PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1909.
VOL. XLIX.-NO. 13,0.14.
SHUBERTS STRIKE
NO TRACE OF LOST
KEEP LAND FREE
E
14-INCH LIFT TOO
STRAIN OF TRIAL
TELLS ON COOPER
AT BIG SYNDICATE
PEARL NECKLACE
HIGH FOR SKIRT?
FROM ORIENTALS
9, LIKELY
secure booking. rights for
300 theatks.
SUSPICION" TURN'S TO SHREWD
HOTEL THIEF.
XTRA SESSION
EXTRA
MARCH
mi SIDE
6111
STERN" COURT HOLDS IT IS;
WOMAN' JUSTICE SCOFFS.
SUSPECT CAUGHT
Chas. Wells Arrested
In Tacoma.
BEING BROUGHT TO PORTLAND
Shadowed When rle Began to
Spend Money Freely.
SAID TO BE EX-CONVICT
Petrctlvea TVx-lare They Have
Incriminating Evidence Against
Young Man Said to Have
Sent Money to Ogden.
TACOMA. TVash., Feb. 26. ,Spe
years of age, was arrested here to
night by Sheriff Morris and returned
to Portland on the midnight train by
Deputy Sheriff Archie Leonard, of
Multnomah County.
.The greatest secrecy was main
tained by local and outside officers,
but it leaked out that Wells was sus
pected of participation, in the East Side
Bank robbery in Portland some months
ago. when J 17,000 was stolen.
Wells had been hanging about Ta
coma for the past six weeks, spending
money freely, and had apparently been
under surveillance during that time.
Chief Ahern. of the Pinkertons. worked
quietly, in conjunction with Leonard,
and they practlcaiiy spirited Wells out
of the State of Washington and will
arrive in Portland early Friday morn
ing. It is said the evidence obtained
against Wells is of the strongest kind.
SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED
AVcHs, Kx-Secretary Bartenders
I'nion, Kesigned Before Robbery.
Charles Wells, the man arrested for
suspected complicity In the East Side
Bank robbery. Is well known in Port
land. He was formerly the secretary
of the Bartenders' Union in Portland
and resigned his position Just before
the robbery was committed. He has a
wife and child now living here. The
home is said to be on East Davis street.
The authenticity of the report that
Wells is really one of the robbers
would not be confirmed or denied by
Henry von Greenwald, the local super
intendent of the Pinkerton agency, but
It is known on the. best of authority
that there is good reason to believe
Wells is the man and that he has prac
tically admitted his guilt.
Wells Is alleged to be the man who
grew frightened and sent to Ogden a
large package of money addressed to
Charles Price. The money was discov
ered through accident. Wells' photo
graph was shown to the young woman
clerk in the postofflce and she identi
fied it positively. Following his visit
to Ogden. Wells came back o the Coast
drawn back by his fascination for a
woman of the North End. This woman
Joined him in Tacoma. and through her
he was finally traced down.
Wells Is known to have . been seen
in Portland for three days following the
robbery- He then made his night from
town. Just after the robbery he was
seen with large sums of money and the
day he left Portland his identity became
known. Wells is an ex-convlct. He was
confined in Walla Walla penitentiary
for a hould-up Job.
It is believed that the arrest of his
two confederataes will follow in a shrort
time.
GRAFT PLOT IN CHICAGO
Saloonkeeper Mnst Tell 'Who "Men
Higher l"p" Are.
CHICAGO. Feb. 25. An alleged graft
ing plot, said to involve Chicago poli
ticians of state-wide Influence, was re
sponsible for the appearance of nearly
l' saloonkeepers before the grand Jury
They were faced with the alternative
pf indictment for maintaining gambling
devices or revealing the identity of those
to whom they are alleged to have paid
tribute.
The clique to which the tribute is said
to have been paid is alleged to have di
vided ?60,0ft within a year through
farming out unlawful privileges to keep
ers of saloons.
TWO SEATS STILL VACANT
Another Juror in Calhoun Case and
One Clvallenge Allowed.
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 23. There was
another shift of.jurors in the case of Pat
rick Calhoun today. Duncan B. Hihler,
an auctioneer, was passed by both sides
to occupy one of the two vacant seats
in the box. and later in the day Jurlce
William P. I.awlor allowed a challenge
by the prosecution directed against David
Holxberg. one of the jurors accepted sev
eral wfks aro. The session of court
ended with the tenth talesman of the
day under examination by the prosecu
tion, after he had been passed by the
defense. Of the i citizcrrs summoned-on
the fifteenth venire 25 were excused.
Perfect - Lady - Rainy - Pay-Muddy-Ground
Combination Makes This
Height About Right, Says She.
CHICAGO. Feb. 25. (Special.) May
a perfect lady hold her skirt 14 Inches
from the ground on a muddy, rainy day
and remain a perfect lady and escape
the attention of the police and inhibi
tion of the law?
The Milwaukee courts to the con
trary notwithstanding. Mrs. Catherine
Waugh McCulloch, of Evanston. a Jus
tice of the Peace, says she may. The
Milwaukee Jurist whom' she overruled
is Judge Ncelan. of the Wisconsin Dis
trict Court, who fined Mrs. May Wal
ters because a policeman testified that
her dress was raised 14 inches from the
ground.
"If Milwaukee Is as muddy as Chi
cago, she had a fight to hold her skirt
that high," was Mrs. McCulloch's state
ment. T should say that 14 Inches Is about
right on some days, and one hardly
could blame her for not wishing to get
her skirts muddy."
"Would you make that ruling If such
a case was brought before your was
asked. , .
"I'll wait till the case comes before
me." she went on. "I think that women
should be allowed the liberty of
thought and Judgment on feminine
matters like the handling of their
skirts."
PUTS HEAD IN CHLOROFORM
Son of Oregon Pastor Commits
Suicide.
SALT LAKE. Utah, Feb. 25. (Special.)
Grieved and broken-hearted because of
the desertion of his wife, Clarence L.
Baker, son of J. Leonard Br.ker, Meth
odist pastor at Cove. Or., on Wednesday
night ended his life by immersing his
face In a basin of chloroform. Baker,
who was employed with a transfer com
pany here, ate the usual noonday meal
with his wife Wednesday. He returned
to the rooms three hours later, to find
that she had packed her trunks and left.
At 11 o'clock at night he went back to
the apartments and this morning he was
found lying on the bed fully dressed,
even to his overcoat, and with his face
In the basin of chloroform, which he had
carefully propped up between two pil
lows. On a table nearby was a loaded
revolver.
A feature of the tragedy occurred this
rtornnon. when Mrs. Baker came out
of a theater to hear the newsboys cry
ing nut "AH about the suicide of Clar
ence Baker." Her first Intimation of the
death she had caused hysterics, and In
an Incoherent way she said the cause of
the trouble waa drink, but the employers
and friends of the suicide say that Baker
never drank.
ARM BLOWN OFF BY LAMP
Automobile Accident Injures Man,
Breaks Windows, Frees Birds.
TfEHKELET. Cal.. Feb. 25. The
left arm of Walter Sheridan, a con
tractor of this city, was almost blown
from his body today by the explosion of
an acetylene lamp attached to his auto
mobile. The explosion threw him to the
ground and shattered several windows in
the neighborhood.
When he arose, Sheridan found that his
left arm was helpless, and on being taken
to a hospital it waa found necessary to
amputate It a few Inches below the shoul
der. Among the windows broken were thosa
of a blrdstore, and hundreds of songsters
made their escape.
The police are also working upon inn
theory that some, shrewd hotel thief
has managed to secure admission to the
hull under the protection of a mask
and that a carefully planned robbery
has taken place.
SOUGHT TO BREAK MARKET
Two 16-Year-Old Boys Had "Sys
tem" to Rout Chicago Brokers.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25. Detectives arrest
ed two 16-year-yold Michigan City, Ind.,
youths today who confessed to having
left their .homes to "break" the Chicago
Board of Trade. They gave their names
as Carl Taylor and Lloyd Klesner. They
said they had a "system" to beat the
market and produced between them $900.
The arrests were made on complaint of
their fathers.
CANNOT SURVIVE NIGHT
Lucky" Baldwin's Doctor Says He
"Is Near Death.
I.OS ANGELES. Feb. 25. A telephone
message from Dr. Trueworthy, in at
tendance upon E. J. Baldwin, late to
night, was to the effect that he did not
expect the aged millionaire to live out
the night.
HARRIMAN JS SIXTY-ONE
Magnate Celebrates Day by Indulg
ing in Target Practice.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 25. E. H.
Harriman quietly celebrated his 61st
birthday today. He passed- the morning
In pistol and rifle practice, and said he
never felt better in his life.
Heavy Rain in Klickitat.
GOLDEN DALE. Wash.. Feb. 25. (Spe
cial. Copious rains and the abundant
moisture of this Winter promise much
for farming and fruit interests for the
year l'J03 :
Defendant Petulant in
Many Answers.
ASKS JUDGE FOR BRIEF REST
State Again Harps on Honor
of Aged Colonel.
GETS ADMISSION OF DEBT
Witness Finally Excused From Long
Cross-Examination, but Will
Be Recalled to Stand by
Lawyers for Defense.
.NASHVILLE. Tenn., Feb. 23. After
nearly two days under searching cross
examination. Colonel Duncan B. Cooper
was surrendered to his own counsel to
night by the state.
Tomorrow the case against the Coopers
and John D. Sharpe, charged with having
murdered ex-Senator E. W. Carmack.
will be resumed, with the aged defendant
still on the stand. His counsel have de
cided upon a brief re-direct examina
tion. Governor Patterson and his Adjutant
General, Colonel Tully Brown, will be
called to tell what part they played In
this political tragedy.
Strain Begins to Tell.
During the day's proceedings all con
cerned lit the case showed signs of im
patience, and it was clsarly evident that
the strain of the long trial was becoming
unbearable. Judge Anderson banged his
gavel and administered a rebuke to the
attorneys soon after the opening of the
proceedings, declaring that the long ar
guments over the admission of certain
evidence must stop, as they were a waste
of the public time. Colonel Cooper be
came petulant in his answers and finally
asked for an adjournment, so that he
could rest. This the court granted him.
While testifying in regard to the de
bates between Senator Carmack and
Governor Patterson, Colonel Cooper
showed the first evidences of being worn
out.
The witness was asked if the Nash
ville papers did not report this debate
in full and If he ever read cf Car
maek's attack upon him in the Amer
ican. He said he had not read it, but
he believed the papers did not publish
the debate In full.
"Who else -told you of the attacks?"
John Sharpe and Governor Patter
son and hundreds of others told me."
"What were the facts of this attack
the words?"
"I don't recall except the one about
the 'angel with the smell of hell upon
his wings.' "
"Don't you know he never said hell?"
"Yes."
"You put It In you use the word hell
often?"
"I certainly do. It's a favorite word of
tConcluded on Pace 8 )
ALL
Only -Alternative Is Miss Crocker
Dropped Pearls on Floor
While Dancing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. (Special.)
No trace has been found of . Miss
Jennie Crocker's matched pearl neck
lace, valued at ioO.OOO, which was lost
or stolen at tho Mardl Gras ball given
by her sister, Mrs. C. O. Alexander, of
New York, at the St. Francis Hotel
Tuesday night. " A score of detectives
has been working steadily on the case
Bince the matter was turned over to
the police, but they have found abso
lutely no clue.
At first it was thought that Miss
Crocker's maid might have ; removed
the necklace when her mistress
changed her masquerade costume, but
the maid Is exonerated, as she. was not
present. Miss Crocker changing -her
own dress. The only tenable theory Is
that the clasp which held the costly
string of jewels gave way while Miss
Crocker was dancing, and that the
necklace fell to the floor and was
picked up by a guest or servant.'
DEATH REVEALS EXCHANGE
Brothers Divorce Wives and Re
marry Opposite Mates.
DENVER, Feb. 25. -When H. P. Hull,
of Denver, went to Norfolk, Neb., a
few "days ago to attend , the funeral of
his brother, Philip Hull, he made" the
discovery that the widow of his brother
was the wife whom he himself had di
vorced some time previously. The widow
divorcee also made a discovery
She learned that the wife of her first
husband, H. P. Hull, was also the di
vorced first wife of her late husband,
Philip. In other words, each of the
brothers had been divorced and each
had married the other's divorced wife,
although none of the parties to the cere
monies was aware of the fact.
POLITICS RUINED SPARKS
Nevada's Late Governor Lost All in
Struggle for Office.
RENO, Nev.. Feb. 25. The home ranch
of the late Governor Sparks has been sold
at public auction here bythe Sheriff to
the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Reno
for J46,709.25. The property includes 317
acres of land with improvements and
water rights. The Governor at one time
was rated one of the wealthiest men In
the state but spent most of his fortune
being elected Governor and trying to be
elected United States Senator.
KEEP ANTI-GAMBLING BILL
Nevada House Refuses to Recon
sider, and Measure Goes Higher.
CARSON, Nev., Feb. 25. The motion
to reconsider the vote taken on the
anti-gambling bill In the Assembly
yesterday afternoon was lost this after
noon by a vote of 28 to 19. The bill
will now go to the Senate and will
probably pass there by a margin of two
votes.
GOIN' OUT AN' NOTHIN' COMIN'
Hayes Gains Support
Among Democrats.
PREDICTS MOB OUTBREAKS
Clark of Missouri and Harrison
of Same Opinion.
EXCLUDE ALL ASIATICS
Californian's Views Find Hearty
Indorsement Whites Can't Com
pete With Chinese in Star
vation, Says Clark.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The Japan
ese question was the subject of brief de
bate in the House today during the con
sideration of the sundry civil bill. Hayes,
of California, declared that the people of
California would not only exclude the
Chinese from tho soil of their state, but
also the Japanese and "all other Ori
entals In the category."
"The race problem In California has
not reached a state of mob violence,"
said Mr. Hayes, "but it must come. When
men are hungry, I look for trouble. There
are 22,000 white men Idle In San Fran
cisco, and yet in my district there are
10,000 Japanese, and nearly all of them
are employed. I believe I represent the
view of 95 per cent of the people of Cali
fornia In asking that Congress protect
us from this menace and aid in preserv
ing the lands of the Pacific Coast for the
Caucasian race. There is an immediate
and pressing necessity to stop the influx
of Orientals."
Clark Also for Exclusion.
Hayes' remarks were greeted with
applause by the Democrats. Champ
Clark of Missouri expressed his approv
al of the exclusion of the Japanese and
Chinese, which, he said, was advocated
not only by organized labor but by all
labor.
"I have been a laboring man all my
life," said Clark, "I started out as a
farmhand and I am against this im
migration. The Caucasian race has al
ways been the dominant race as now,
and will be as long as there are any of
us left."
While superior to the Oriental races,
Clark said, the Caucasian race could
not compete with the Chinese In the
matter of starvation.
. "If you let them in," he continued,
"you would starve out our labor. It
is currently reported that there are
1,000,000 American laborers out of em
ployment." Clark added that he had had a high
regard for President-elect Taft since the
first time he met him, when Mr. Taft
appeared before the House committee
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IN
Clever Move Enables Them to Wrest
From Klaw & Erianger Con
trol of Central States.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25. The war on the
Klaw & Erianger .Theatrical Syndicate
by the Shuberts was taken into new
fields today when J. J. Shubert took over
the "booking control" of 56 theaters in
Iowa and Illinois for the consideration of
JL'75.000. The step taken today is said
by friends of the Shuberts to have paved
the way towaid giving the Shuberts the
ultimate control of the Studebaker, and
probably the Grand Opera-House in Chi
cago. The Garrick they now own.
The circuit has had a working agree
ment with Klaw & Erianger, who have
represented It in the East. Through this
circuit Klaw & Erianger also have repre
sented the Central States Circuit, the
new Crawford Circuit and several minor
chains of theaters, numbering in all
about 300 houses in the territory from In
diana to the Missouri River, and from
Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
The control bookings for all these
houses, covering the entire Mississippi
Valley, will pa.s to tho Shuberts.
RATE WAR TO CAUSE CUT?
Chicago Traffic Men Fear Harri
man Will Have Sequel.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25. Railroad traffic
men are undecided as tq what effect the
rate war between the Pacific Mall Steam
ship Company, owned by Harriman, and
the American-Hawaiian steamship line,
will have upon all-rail transcontinental
freight rates. The cut in rates made by
Harriman steamships is a severe one.
Ocean rates from the Pacific Coast to
the seaboard and in the opposite direc
tion vary front 75 to 45 cents per 100
pounds.
The cut made by the Harriman boats
is to 40 cents per 100 pounds for all
classes of freight. The transcontinen
tal freight rates are low on account of
this water competition, and it is there
fore feared by railroad men that (Harri
man will In this manner force a reduc
tion in all-rail rates.
TO TRY ALL LAND CASES
Government Will Not Dismiss Any
Oklahoma Fraud Suits.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. Congress
has declined to direct the Attorney
General to dismiss suits brought by the
Government to set aside land titles In
the eastern district of Oklahoma, In
cases where the decision was not in
equitable and In cases where there Is
no fraud involved. .
It is declared that If such action had
been taken it would compel the dis
missal of suits brought against Gover
nor Haskell, of Oklahoma, and several
other prominent citizens of that state,
as well as about 2000 Indian land cases.
CHECK TRAFFIC IN OPIUM
International Conference Says Mor
phine Most Dangerous Drug.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 25. The Interna
tional Opium Commission has virtual'"
completed its work here by the adoption
of nine resolutions suggesting means of
fighting the opium traffic.
The commission declared that unre
stricted morphine traffic constituted a
grave danger, and that the morphine
habit showed signs of spreading, and
urged upon all governments the import
ance of drastic measures to control ti''
manufacture, sale and distribution of
morphine and other noxious derivatives
of opium.
LOWELL SEES END OF ALL
Professor Sure of End of Earth, but
Uncertain as to Date.
BOSTON, Feb. 25. "A collision of an
unknown dark planet with the sun will
terminate life on the earth," said Pro
fessor Percival Lowell, director of the
Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.,
in a lecture tonight at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
"The event will be prophesied 14 years
before the catastrophe occurs, and tliao-tic-confusion
will reign in the world dur
ing the days preceding the calamity."
SNOW DRIVES DEER OUT
Large Herd Seen in Open Xea
Gunnison, Colorado.
PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. 25. Driven by the
deep snow along the bare ridge to the
southern exposures on the brakes of
Beaver Creek, 100 deer were seen today
feeding on the grass cliffs. The herd was
seen about four miles below Gunnison.
The snow here Is not crusted or more
than two feet deep on the level, and the
deer seem to be going along comfortably.
TEAL CASE IS WITH JURY
All-Xight Deliberation on Former
Portland Woman's Gase.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. The case of
Mrs. Ben Teal, wife of a theatrical man
ager, charged with attempted suborna
tion of perjury In connection with lira
Gould's sulf for divorce, went to the jury
late this afternoon. The jury was still
considering the evidence at midnight,
when it was locked up for the night.
Benson Will Convene
Legislature.
CHAMBERLAIN WILL RESIGN
To Relinquish Governorship
Before He Goes East.
NO CHANGE IN OFFICES
Present Heads of Departments Will
He Retained by Ilcnson Frank
K. I.ovell to Ho Chief Clerk
to Secretary of State.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 25. (Special.) In
all probability, a special session of the
Legislature will be called to meet Mon
day, March 9.
Secretary of State Benson said today
that a special session now seems un
avoidable, and that if he should call a
session it would -be for that date. As
he is not yet Governor, he will not say
definitely what he will do, but his com
ment upon the subject leaves no room
for doubt that the Legislature will con
vene on the day named, if Benson be
comes Governor before that time.
McArtltur will not take his office as
private secretary until after that date,
and will therefore preside as Speaker
of the House.
After vetoing 56 bills passed by the
recent Legislature, Governor Chamber
lain "is ready to lay down tiio cares
of chief executive of the State of Ore
gon. According to good authority, he
will resign his office in a very few
days, the resignation to take effect
at once and not contingent upon his
being seated as United States Senator.
While the Governor declines now, as
he has at all times, to say when he
will resign, his close friends say that
Secretary of State Benson will be Gov
ernor by March 1 at the latest. Mr.
Benson evidently Is shaping his af
fairs in expectation of such a. change.
Today it wts stated that Frank K.
Lovell would become chief clerk In the
office of Secretary of State. Lovell
served in the Secretary's office during
the terms of McBride, Kincald and Dun
bar, and is familiar with all the duties
of the office. Mr. Benson has said that
he will make no changes in the man
agement of the State Penitentiary,
where Democrats are filling the posi
tions. GOVERNOR APPLIES VETO AX
Finds Defects in Dill Providing for
Creation of Counties.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 25. (Special.) The
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
Y EST KK I) AY'S3 Maximum temperature,
47 It degrees; minimum, 41.3.
TODAY Portland and vicinity: Occasional
light rain; variable winds.
Foreign.
Riotous fi.ffragef.es eo to Jail In London.
Page 4 ,, . .
Chinese resents explains policy to Ian.
Page :t.
National.
Bureau of Corporations tells power of to
bacco trust. Pase j.
Navv reorganization commission recom
mends changes. Pace 3.
House adheres to limitation on ecret serv
ice after debate i -U Roosevelt Is
savagely attacked. Page 4.
Ttailroad right of wa ... ...eschutes River
' heM "P by Reclamation Service. Page
Oriental '.iu.'i'm supported by Democrats
in Uous '. Page 1.
POIUICM.
Taft decides on MacVcagh for Secretary of
Treasury. Page 4.
Woodruff and Hoot defend party government
in New Vork. Page ).
IoiueNtie.
Oklahoma accused of reviving secession doc
trine In new form. Page o.
Governor YVHlson of Kentucky pardons man
convicted ot libel. Pate 5.
Cooper undergoes rlgi.l examination, and his
record Is shown us. Page 1.
No trace of Jennie Crocker's necklace found.
-herm""1..' way h.m.e will. Williams, ab
sconding leather-worker. Page o.
Woman Justice of Peace disputes ruling of
( "hie-ago Judge on how high woman may
lift skirt on rainy day. Page 1.
Shuberts secure control of all theaters in
c entral Stales. Page 1.
Imlire Anderson rules In Standard rebate
cae limiting tine to STS'J.UtHJ. Page .
cDit l Hke man commits suicide In original
11 1 . .iu.rt htm Pnee 1.
way iiecaue w.'e ..... r
Dry farmers adopt permanent organization.
Page it.
. Spurts.
shr.ibb wins l.Vmlle race with Dorando.
breaking 1.1 records. Page H-
McCredie ready to start for California tra.n
ing grounds. Page 11.
Portland Hunt Club buys .10 acres at Gar
den Home. Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor Chamberlain wjll resign office 'be
fore he leaves for Washington; P.enson
will call extra session of Legislature.
Page 1. . ...
aenato a- Olvmpla wrangles over fruit In
spector bill until president threatens to
call officer. Page 1-
jury secured in Peacock case at Cathlamet.
l'age ti.
state Board of Equalization announces
amount of taxes due from counties.
Page 7.
Commercial and Marine. '
Oregon hop supply almost exhausted,
page 15.
July wheat touches new record at Chicago.
Page 15.
Violent reaction In stock prices. Page 15.
No more grain in Portland for foreign ship
ment. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
ci- arles Well, suspected of Kast Side Bank
' jobbery, arrested at Tacoma. Pago 1.
A 1 Seven 'seeks divorce, alleging wife
had affinity. Page 10.
Salmon Interests of Oregon anil Washing
ton pleased with new laws. Page 14.
Councilman Wills has little support anion
colleagues in North End crusade Pag
1.