- - ' ' ' iJrrTAXD OI EFE FIVE
TAPPERS FOILED
UNITE NATIONS
WAR THREATENS
NORMAL SYSTEM
WIPED OFF SLATE
NIECE AWARDED .
SNELL MILLIONS
IN GREAT SCHEME
TRY TO GET $150,000 OX BOGUS
VAXDERBILT CHECK.
TO REND TURKEY
HOSTILE RACES READY TO FLY
AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS.
GAY OLD MAX COULD MARE
WILL, THOUGH IMMORAL.
TUFT IS INITIATED
AMONG KNDGKERS
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PEN WAR BEGINS
IN STEEL MARKET
GONSEH
House Bills Fall Like
Blocks in Senate.
REPEAL FORMER LEGISLATION
Field Clear for Smith One
School Measure.
MONMOUTH ALONE IS LEFT
Werton and Asliland Go Down In
Rapid Succession and Monmouth
Follows, but Substitute Hill. .
Will Kesnscltate School.
STATE CAPTTOI Salem, Feb. 19.
(Special.) Routed In the Senate, the
Normal schools find their power wan
ing In the. House, and the probabilities
are that the LeRtslature will appro
priate for only one permanent Normal,
at a place to be chosen by the Board
of Normal Regents.
The Senate this afternoon, on recom
mendation of the ways and means com
mittee, killed in succession House bills
appropriating $106,000 each for Weston,
Ashland and Monmouth, by Indefinite
postponement, rejected minority amend
ments to the Monmouth bill appropriat
ing $10.onn each for the Normals for
the rest of the school year, and $70.
000 for permanently continuing Mon
mouth, and then passed a bill Intro
duced on the spot by Senator F. J.
Miller, repealing all normal legislation
of past sessions this for the purpose
of undolnpr all trade legislation of pre
ceding Legislatures and cutting the
Normals off from the state treasury.
Senators from Normal counties fought
each of these steps, but, lost In each
case before a phalanx of between 17
and 10 votes. Bowerman and Soiling
led the attack. Smith of I'matilla,
Johnson and Mullt, the defense.
One Normal Is Probable.
All this leaves the Normal forces In
the House to make the next move. In
that body the ways and means commit
tee will report favorably with amend
ments Senator J. N. Smith's bill for one
Normal at or near-Portland, the amend
ments to consist of $10,000 for each of
the Normals for their work until next
June and $45,000 to maintain Monmouth
until after the referendum In Novem
ber. 1910. In that election the voters
are to declare whether they approve the
Legislative act abolishing the three
schools and directing the Normal Board
to select the location of the new insti
tution near the center of the state's
population. By common understanding
Monmouth will be selected.
This report of the House ways and
means committee will stir the Normal
traders In that body to their last
stand. They find their power ebbing
because many of the appropriation bills
of their allies have been disposed of.
and the allies cannot so well be held
In line. The Normal traders have
pulled all the strings and wires in their
reach and made many threats. But
they were unable to budge the Senate
and will be unable to control the ways
and means committee of the House.
The general opinion is that they are
beaten. Southern Oregon members
have been pacified for loss of their
Ashland school by passage in both
houses of the $100,000 bill for the
Crater Lake road. It was suspected
that they had traded this off for the
road appropriation, but this they deny.
Buildings a Snag.
Should the one Normal plan win,
the Legislature will next have to dis
pose of the Normal buildings at the
three towns or at Weston and Ash
land. The buildings may be donated
by the state for high schools of the
respective districts.
Chairman Nottingham, of the Sen
ate ways and means committee, report
ed the bills today against the wishes
of the Normal men, who wanted fur
ther time for trades. The first to be
' slaughtered was Weston, which was
Indefinitely postponed by a vote of
20 to 9 against the protest of Smith
of I'matilla, who wanted the bill made
a special order for tomorrow morning.
To this Selling made strenuous objec
tion. Next came the Ashland school, which
Johnson wanted sent back to the com
mittee with instruction to amend the
adverse report so as to appropriate
$45,000 for maintenance. This motion
was voted down by 20 to 9. and the
bill was then killed.
Next to the shambles came Mon
mouth, which was Indefinitely post
poned by a vote of 18 to 11. On this
hill a minority of the ways and means
committee. Hedges and Smith of Mar
lon, recommended amendments for con
tinuing the schools during the present
year and keeping up Monmouth until
after the election and the choice by
the board. This minority report was
voted down by 17 to 12.
"Weston. Cp First.
The first bill reported adversely by the
ways and means committee was that for
Weston. Smith of Umatilla asked that
consideration of the bill be made of spe
cial order for 30 o'clock Saturday morn
ing; . explaining that he considered It
Mabel McXamara Awarded Money
of Man Who Lavished Wealth
on Many Loves.
6PRINGFIELD. 111., Feb. 19. The State
Supreme Court today set aside the verdict
of the Iewltt County Court in the famous
Snell case and left no ground upon which
the contestants may hang another case.
It Is held by the court that, because a
man has relations with a woman which
might be deemed improper. It does not
affect his ability to make a will, and the
point at issue Is a moral one and not
one which would be material In this case.
The decision sustains the will of the late
"Tom" Snell. the Clinton millionaire.
Richard Snell, the son. was cut off with
$50, and Mabel Snell McXamara, of Kan
sas City, got a life annuity.
The main point urged by those who
sought to break the will was that Snell
was of unsound mind and had been un
duly Influenced In making bis will. Im
moral letters were produced as evidence
that his career was profligate during his
last years. The Supreme Court finds no
evidenco that Mabel McNamara In any
way Influenced the testator.
HIGH TIDES AT ASTORIA
Water Again Takes Out Dykes at
Warrenton.
ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 19. (Special.) For
the third time this Winter an exception
ally high tide was experienced this morn
ing In the lower Columbia River district.
The predicted tide was 9 feet 4 in?hes,
but the rise was 12 feet 6 Inches, the tide
being backed up by the southwest swell.
No damage has been reported in this
city, except the flooding of basements,
but at Warrenton several of the recently
built dykes'were washed out and the con
ditions are worse there than they have
been.
Similar reports come from the Lewis
and Clark and the Youngs Rtver districts.
REPRIEVE AT LAST MINUTE
Hangman Waiting for Convicted
Man When Message Conies.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 19. With only
an hour to live, under the terms of the
death warrant read to him, R. Mead
Shumway was reprieved by the Su
preme Court this afternoon and a stay
of sentence granted until March 6.
Shumway was sentenced to die for the
murder of Mrs. Sarali Martin on Sep
tember 3, 1907. A crowd of 150 waited
in the cold Broom Corn Warehouse and
the hangman was leaning against the
scaffold waiting for his victim. Then
the warden ran across the court crying
out the reprieve.
PREDICTS BIG QUAKE TODAY
French Observer Bases Opinion on
Astronomical Figures.
PARI 9, Fob. 19 Kmlle Marchand, di
rector of the observatory of the Pic du
Midi, in the Pyrenees, in Southern
France, says that he has mado calcula
tions which lead him to believe that there
Is a likelihood that a big earthquake
will occur tomorrow. His calculations
ere based upon the positions the earth,
sun and the moon then will have at
tained. CRUISERS SPEED TO FLEET
Last of Welcoming Squadron Puts to
Sea to Meet Battleships.
OLD POINT COMFORT. Va., Feb. 19.
The last of the naval fleet of vessels
designated to meet the incoming bat
tleship fleet, the armored cruisers North
Carolina and Montana, sailed eastward
today.
The big gray cruisers, which are nearly
a third as long again as the largest of
the battleships, will join the fleet to
morrow morning and steam in again with
the combined squadrons of Admirals
Sperry and Arnold to the southern drill
grounds, 60 miles off the Capes.
FLOODS INELBE VALLEY
Swamp 50 A'illages, Ice Crowding
River From Channel.
MADGEBURG, Prussia. Feb. 19. Fifty
villages and 50,000 acres of land are under
water aa a result of the Elbe being out
of Its banks.
The steam Icebreakers can make no
progress In the Elbe owing to the thick
ness of the Ice.
"SAINTS" INVADE BAY CITY
Mormons Will Build Temple In San
Francisco in Xear Future.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. According
to Elder H. A. Smith, .of the Latter Day
Saints, who is In this city, a Mormon
Temple Is to be built In San Francisco
with money contributed by the church In
Salt Lake. The elder says that he has
obtained options on several final sites.
DRIVEN OUT BY BEGGARS
Castro Flec9 From Berlin to Dres
den for Quietude.
BERLIN, Feb. 19. CIprlano Castro,
ex-President of Venezuela, left hene to
day for Dresden. His leaving was caused
by the receipt of quantities of begging
letters, due to the fanciful newspaper
stories of his lavish expenditures while
In this city.
Trust States Purpose
to Meet Cuts.
BUSINESS NOW DEMORALIZED
Decrease in Demand Due to
Tariff Question.
GARY EXPLAINS SITUATION
Conference of Trust Officials and
Leading Outsiders Results in
Declaration of .War AH
Out After Their Share.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. An open market
In the Iron and steel trade that manufac
turers believe will lead to stimulation
of the Industry was created late today
when ex-Judge Gary, chairman of the
directorate of the United States Steel
Corporation, made an official announce
ment that "the loading manufacturers
of iron and steel have determined to pro
tect their customers and for the present
sell at such modified prices as may be
necessary with respect to the different
commodities In order to retain their fair
share of the business."
The prices which may be determined
upon will be given by the manufacturers
to thefr customers direct.
Result of Price-Cutting.
The action of the leading manufactur
ers 'In effecting an open market followed
a scries of conferences that have been
held here for the last three days by Judge
Gary and the heads of the various sub
sidiaries of the corporation, together with
officials of other 6teel manufacturing
companies.
Judge Gary. In the official statement,
says that the smaller steel manufactur
ing concerns, for one cause or another,
particularly tho tariff agitation, have
become more or less excited and demoral
ized and have been selling their products
below the prices generally maintained,
and this led to unreasonable price-cutting
by certain manufacturers, who, though
onposed to a change, felt the necessity
of protecting their customers.
W hy Prices Were Maintained.
Following is the ' statement concerning
the attitude of the leadidng manufactur
ers, which was made public by . Judge
Gary after the meeting of the steelmakers
today:
"Following the panic of October, 1907,
the iron and steel industry was In
jeopardy. Jobbers and consumers through
out the country had purchased large
stocks at prices prevailing when condi
tions were favorable, and these were un
disposed of. 'Pending contracts for con
struction, which involved large purchases
of Iron and Steel, were extensive. Con
tracts for new furnaces, mills and equip
ment and for raw and seml-flnlshed ma-
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'YOUR PALS GOT AWAY BY THE EMERGENCY ROUTE,
Abortive Attempt to Secure Cash Is
Probably Move in Great W ire
Tapping Game.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. , 19. (Special.)
Two seedy-looking men representing
themselves as Ohio farmers, but believed
to be clever crooks and conspirators In
one of tho most gigantic transcontinental
wire-tapping plots .ever attempted, pre
sented a forged check for $150,000 bearing
the name of W. K. Vanderbilt at the
Farmers & Merchants National Bank, to
day. It was drawn on the First National
Bank of Traverse City, Mich., a resort
where Mr. Vanderbilt sometimes spends
his Summers.
The Michigan bank advised by wire that
Mr. Vanderbilt had no account there.
When told this the two men, whose names
have not been disclosed and in whose
favor the check was drawn, expressed no
surprise, remarking that they were "not
out anything," because It was merely a
patent deal and no transfer had been
made, and left with the paper. Officers
are now looking for them.
The presumption of detectives Is that
the men who presented the check have
expert confederates in Traverse City or
possibly here, who were expected to
Intercept the messages between the two
banks and return a favorable reply, but
something went amiss and the correct
answer came back instead.
PLAN MONSTER BARRIER
Irrigation Dam in Xcw Mexico to Be
Greatest in World.
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 19. According to
Territorial Engineer Sullivan, of New
Mexico, the Gila Farm Company plans to
build In Grant County, New Mexico, a
monster dam, three times as high as the
Government project at Elephant Butte
and three times the size of the Assuan
dam in Egypt. The dam will have a
reservoir with a capacity four times that
of any in existence, and will irrigate 600,
000 acres.
FIGHTING SNOW ON PASSES
Colorado Trains Cannot Get Across
Rocky Mountains.
POJEBLO, Colo., Feb. 19. The Colo
rado & Southern trains are fighting snow
drifts In Alpine pass, near Buena Vista,
and there Is no prospect of telling when
the line can be opened. . -
A westbo'und Denver & Rio Grand pas
senger train out of Buena Vista Is stalled
in the snow at Snowden and the east
bound Colorado Midland from the same
place on the east side of the continental
divide.
STEAMER STARIN AGROUND
Lies In Dangerous Position All on
Board Rescued.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 19. The
passenger and freight steamer John H.
Starln, from New Haven for New York,
went aground late tonight at the entrance
to the Bridgeport harbor and now lies in
a dangerous position. A southeasterly
gale has kicked up a heavy sea. The one
passenger on board and the crew have
been rescued.
svt M llBr-h.- 1
Roosevelt Invites to
' World Congress.
AT HAGUE NEXT SEPTEMBER
Adopts Suggestion of North
American Delegates.
ALL ARE READY TO ACCEPT
Some Xations Disappointed at Xot
Being Invited to Present Con
ference and Suggested In
ternational Meeting.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. So thorough
ly Impressed Is President Roosevelt with
the necessity of conservation of the na
tural resources of the world that today
he directed Secretary of State Bacon, at
the suggestion of the North American
Conservation conference. In session here,
to extend a formal invitation to foreign
powers to participate in an annual con
ference to deal with this Important prob
lem to be held at The Hague next Sep
tember. The announcement of the pro
posed international gathering was made
by the President after a luncheon which
he today gave In honor of the commis
sioners from this country, Canada and
Mexico, who are In attendance at the
North American Conservation Congress.
In addition Ambassador Bryce, of Great
Britain, Senator Knox and others were
present. Mr. Knox, who is to be
Secretary of State in Mr. Taffs Cabi
net, is In hearty sympathy with the idea
of a world's conference.
Made Movement Worldwide.
All of the 45 nations represented at The
Hague peace conference will be Invited
to' participate.
In an official statement given out at
the, White House tonight It was an
nounced that the conference delegates,
representing . the Urited States, Mexico
end Canada, are convinced of the import
ance of the movement for the conserva
tion of the natural resources on the con
tinent of North America and believe that
it is of such general Importance that It
should become worldwide and therefore
suggested -to the President that all na
tions should be Invited to join in a con
ference on the subject of world resources
and their Inventory, conservation and
wise utilization.
Anticipating the Interest which would
naturally be aroueed in other countries
by the present conference, the President
himself saw the probability that it would
be a precursor of a world conference.
AH Xations Will Accept.
By an aide memoire of January 6 last
the principal countries were Informally
sounded to ascertain whether they would
look with favor upon an invitation to send
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BUT I'VE GOT YOU."
Massacres Feared'in Macedonia and
Armenia Army and Navy
Officers Meet.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) The old troubles In Macedonia
threaten to break out again as badly as
ever and strong measures are needed
to restore tranquillity in Asia Minor, es
pecially In Diarbcklr, Kaisariyeh and
Bassoora, where the Mussulmans and
Armenians are about to fly at each
other's throats.
One of the strange symptoms develop
ing here is the fact that naval officers
are holding meetings on all warships "to
consider the attitude of the new Min
ister of the Marine." Army officers are
also holding meetings.
Turkey before long may be convulsed
with massacres and civil war, although
the pressure exerted by the menacing
external situation tends to prevent an
outbreak of Internal strife
PRINCE 'ON STRICKEN SHIP
Member of Royal Danish Family on
Cruiser Rammed at Sea.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 19. The Danish
cruiser Heimdal was In collision today
during a fog off Elsinore with the Brit
ish tank steamer Astrakhan, and sus
tained serious damages, a great hole be
ing stove 'n her starboard side. The
Heimdal arrived here tonight In a sink
ing condition and was docked. The as
trakhan, which was only slightly dam
aged at the bows, escorted the cruiser
to port.
Prince Axle, a son of Prince Waldemar
and a nephew of King Frederick, was
aboard the Heimdal at the time of the
collision.
The cruiser Heimdal Is a steel vessel.
257 feet long and 1290 tons displacement.
GARDENER AIDS MRS. GOULD
Says He Never Saw Signs of Her
Drinking, as Husband Charges.
" NEW YORK, Feb. 19. A deposition by
James Marlborough, a gardener em
ployed at Castle Gould, Port Washington,
L. I., from March, 1902, to September,
1905. was filed here today in the separa
tion suit brought by Catherine Clemmons
Gould, against Howard Gould.
The gardener deposes that he saw Mrs.
Gould and talked with her nearly every
day during his employment at Castle
Gould, but never noticed anything In
her manner or speech suggesting that
she had been drinking, as charged In her
husabnd's answer. He said he never
met the actor, Dustin Farnum, at Castla
Gould, to his knowledge.
RUSSIA HONORS FERDINAND
Sends Imperial Train to Take Him
to St. Petersburg.
ST. FETER.SBl.RG, Feb. 19. An im
perial train left tonierht for the frontier
to meet and bring hither Emperor Fer
dinand, who Is expected to arrive In St.
Petersburg at 8 o'clock Sunday morning
to attend the funeral of the late Grand
Duke Vladimir. It is expected that tlie
reception accorded him will be that of
an Independent sovereign.
All the newspapers publish articles
suggesting that the Foreign Office avail
itself of the opportunity for the recog
nition of Bulgarian independence.
"BRIGHT EYES" IS LEGAL
Illinois Court Decides Will Directed
by Spirits Will Stand.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 19. Belief in
spiritualism Is not evidenco of insanity,
the Illinois Supreme Court today decided
In the case of James T. Crumbaugh, who
left an estate worth $230,000. He disposed
of the property In accordance with al
leged directions by the spirit of his in
fant son, who Crumbaugh believed, had
grown Into manhood in the spirit world,
and was known as "Bright Eyes."
USED PHONE TO "KNOCK"
North Dakota Politician Accused of
Polluting Wires.
BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 19. Ex-Adjutant-General
T. H. Poole Is under ar
rest, charged with using Improper lan
guage while talking over the telephone.
It Is alleged that he called up the wives
of Beveral men whom he dislikes and
abused their husbands, and that he
used language to which the telephone
operator objected.
AMERICA GIVES MILLION
Red Cross Account Shows Noble Re
sponse to Quake Sufferers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. A contribu
tion today of $10,300 brings the grand
total to $1,000,628 of cash collected for the
Italian earthquake sufferers by the
American Bed Cross Society.
HEIR TO ITALIAN THRONE
Queen Helena Expected to Become
a Mother Soon.
ROME, Feb. 19. The Corriere Itala
says that Queen Helena Is soon to be
come a mother. .
Silent Guest at Cincin
natians' Feast.
FELLOW-CITIZENS' FAREWELL
Many Humorous Stunts for
President-elect.
WIRELESS FROM KAISER
White House C ook Makes Terms and
Torsian Reads Tart's Thoughts
on Many Burning Questions.
Taft Smiles Evolution.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 19. President-elect
Taft was tonight made a "Knocker at
Sight." The initiation furnished enter
tainment for 100 prominent business and
professional men at the Knocker annual
dinner.
The Cincinnati Knocker Association is
an auxiliary of its business men's clubs.
Its principal business is to knock hard
everything that hinders the advancement
of the city and to originate and promote
enterprises and undertakings for the
city's welfare. It Is unique in that it
has no known orl-rin and no one knows
who are its members. It makes mem
bers of whom it pleases and dismisses
them at will. The annual dinners of the
Knockers' Club have become famous for
their entertainment features.
Not Allowed to Speak.
The President-elect was not allowed to
make a speech, which was Interpreted as
a delicate compliment from his towns
men, who were, in fact, saying farewell
to him as a private citizen.
The tension, upon Mr. Taft was made
even lighter than freedom from speaking,
as a skilfully-made-up "double" repre
sented hiin In the entertainment fea
tures, occupying a conspicuous place at
the raised table with "Uncle Sam" and
"Miss Columbia." Fifteen Knockers were
dressed to represent 15 foreign nations,
and a message to the rresident-elect
came from each.
Kiss From Kaiser William.
Emperor William's wireless message
was to announce to Mr. Taft a kiss for
each cheek and the hopo that the Senate
would not find it necessary to reduce the
Presidential salary before the new Presi
dent could get It. Miss Columbia got one
of the kisses from the enthusiastic Ger
man. An Irish cook, direct from the palace
of King Edward was England's tribute.
mt tlie "'v at o"e !i. rop to "rnak"
terms." That ' - tie Charlie" must not
be boss of' tho White House and that
"Charlie P." must not live with his
brother was assured her before she would
remain.
Any one of his 57 varieties of wives
U'oncluued on l'aue it. )
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tin U'eather.
YESTKRUAY'S Maximum temperature, 45.4
degrees; in i ni mum. jy.i! degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; suutn westerly
winds.
Legislatures.
Oregon Sonata knocks out all three normal
schools. jVatje i.
Constitutional amendment permitting state
aid to railroads jjussed by Oregon Senate.
1'agc U:
Washington J-egislature has passed only lit
bills in 40 uays ol session. 1'age 7.
J-'oreiga.
Grand IHike Valdimir said to have been in
volved in emispu acy to appoint, legency
fur Czar. Page 2.
Turkey on verge of civil war. Page 1.
prince Ferdinand asks powers to recognlza
isulsarian independence. page 4.
Guardians named for Gorman Princ " be
cause of hla extravagance. Page 4.
'utionai.
Young's chances for confirmation will die
with present Congress. Page 2.
House committee recommends continued re
striction on set-rot service. Page a.
Committee on paper trade recommends fr
trade in pulp, low duty on paper. Page 6.
Plans to stop waste, in Government print
ing. Page 3
Roosevelt to call international conservation
congress. Page I.
Appropriations for Columbia River intro
duced In House. Page 4.
Politics.
Taft Initiated In Cincinnati Knockers Club
and makes speech pledging support tc
waterways, page 1.
Domestic.
SneM's will giving annuity to Mabel Mo
Namara. held valid. Page 1.
Honey threatens Calhoun's lawyers for In
sulting litni and says Ach knew of Haas
murderous design. Page 3.
Two Chicago labor leaders Indicted for ex
tortion. Page 6.
Wire-tappers Tall In scheme to get $I5O,00C
on bogus check. Page 1.
Boy train-robber convicted in Montana
Page 5.
Steel trust declares war on independent!
and will cue prices. Page 1.
fipOTtS.
Frank E. Watktns defines to manage Mult
nomah football. Page 1.
Los Angeles defeats Multnomah at tasket
ball. 18 to 17. Page 11!.
Councilman Rushlight and George S. Shep
herd squabble over Sixth-street till. Pag
ltt.
Drlscoll has advantage in 10-round fight
with Aitell. Page PJ.
Pacific Northwest.
Asa W. Thompson, of La Grande, sued by
bank receiver for $fiu,"00 note, alleged tn
have been Illegally given by Scriber'a
bank. Page 6.
State of Washington boasts of acting Gov
ernor who Is woman. Page 6.
Father Berrv, of Oakland, writes parents of
Clara Holgate that girl Is innocent of
serious wrongdoing. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Witness vociferounly accuses plaintiff in
divorce suit. Page 16.
Six divorces granted in Circuit Court. Fag
9.
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