VOL. XLIX. XO 15,061.
PORTLAND. OREGOX, SATURDAY, MARCH Gt 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SPEGIAL SESSION
GULLED MARCH 15
Gov. Benson Issues
Proclamation.
TO REMEDY DEFECTS ONLY
Members Promise Executive
. Not to Take Up New Laws. .
ASYLUM NEEDS MORE ROOM
Crowded Condition of State Institu
tion Makes It Xecessary That Ap-
proprlatlon Be Made, ,3e
ctares Governor Benson.
SALEM. Or., Marc 6. (Special.) Gov
ernor Benson Issued a proclamation this
afternoon calling the Legislature In spe
cial session at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ins. March 15. for the purpose of passing
the appropriation bill which failed at the
regular session because of a defect In the
proceedings.
In a statement to the press. Governor
Benson says that a majority of the mem
bers have voluntarily1 promised that no
new legislation will be taken up but he
indicates that there may be a number
of minor defects in acts of regular ses
sion which will need correction at the
special session. In this, he evidently has
reference to the game code, the tax com
mission law and some minor bills in
which defects . have been found.
Call Is Made Specific.
In his proclamation calling' the special
cession. Governor Benson announces that
the session is "for the purpose of en
acting Senate bill No. 254, Introduced at
the Joth regular session of the Legislative
Assembly of 1909, and upon which bill
final action was inadvertently not taken,
being an act. entitled 'An act to appro
priate money- for- the- expenses of the Im
provements, equipments, betterments,
supplies, repairs and other necessary ex
penses at the Oregon Btate Insane Asy
lum, 8tate Penitentiary, State Reform
School, Oregon Institution for the Blind,
Biate institution for Feeble Minded and
the Oregon Soldiers Home. "
In commenting upon the necessity for a
special session. Governor Benson said:
State Wards Xeed Hellef.
"Failure to appropriate money for Im
provements at tne insane Asylum, peni
tentiary, reform school, blind school, fee
ble minded institute and soldiers borne
for the next two years would place these
Institutions and their Inmates In a sorry
and In some Instances, a dangerous
plight. The asylum has accommodations
for 1500 patients, but there are 1571 pati
ents there now. and the Institution la
crowded beyond Its capacity. The steady
Increase In the population of our State
warrants the prediction that there will
be more than 1700 patients before the
next regular session of the Legisla
ture, and for this reason, additional
room at this institution Is a matter of
absolute necessity.
"The entire asylum building is sad
ly in need of a system of fire protec-
t tion and also a central heating- plant.
'The construction of this central heating-
plant would save the wtate some
thing like $50,000 a year in the pur
chase of fuel, and would lesson the fire
risk. At the present time there is
little or no fire protection for the un
fortunate wards of the state who are
confined in the asylum.
Money Needed In Advance.
"Other institutions provided for in
the apropriation bill that failed to pass
at the regular session are also in urg
ent need of repairs. Improvements, et.
Che State cannot make any of there
improvements on credit and Incur lia
bility, as in the case of maintenance,
and if improvements of any nature are
made the money must be appropriated
In advance. In view of the urgent
needs of all of these Institutions, par
ticularly the insane asylum, the call
ing of an extra session at this time
is Justified beyond all doubt.
"Beside the appropriation bill in ques
tion there may be a number of minor
mistakes and omissions In other bills
that will need correction. These mat
ters can be attended to in a very short
space of time. I have not attempted to
exact pledges of any nature from the
members of the Legislature, but have
received voluntary assurances from a
majority of the Senators and Represent
atives that no new legislation will be
considered, and that both houses will
attend to the business which has called
them together and adjourn. Several of
'the members have volunteered to "serve
without pay, and as there will be little
or no expense In the. matter of clerk
hire, printing, etc., the cost of the ses
sion to the taxpayers will not be a
heavy one."
XO CORRECT MISTAKES ONLY
Members of Multnomah Delegation
Would Xot Tackle Sew Work.
Members of the Multnomah County leg
islative delegation seen last night were a
unit in declaring that the business for
which the special session has been called
should be transacted In the shortest pos
sible time..
The same members were Just as unani
mous In insisting- that under no circum-
(Concluded on Pose 0.)
CHAMBERLAIN IS
ATTIRED IN TOGA
TAKES OATH AS SENATOR AXD
AO 3IAN PROTESTS.
Will Have Nothing to Do With Pat
ronage Unless Unfit Men
Are Appointed.
OHEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 5, George E. Chamberlain
was sworn In as United States Senator
from Oregon at eight minutes past noon
today. He was escorted to the Vice
President's desk by Senator Bourne, and
after taking the oath, shook hands with
Vice-President Sherman. He was then
assigned to the seat formerly occupied
by John M. Gearln In the back row on
the Democratic side near the center
aisle.
Prior to noon -today Mr. Chamberlain's
credentials were examined and found to
be regular. No protests of any character
had been presented against permitting
him to take his seat, and he therefore
became a full-fledged Senator as soon as
he had taken the oath.
When asked today regarding his atti
tude toward Federal patronage in Oregon.
Mr. Chamberlain replied:
"My inclination is to have nothing to
do with it, unless men are appointed
whom I consider unfit for public office. In
such event I shall certainly enter a vig
orous protest. But as for selecting men
for appointment, that Is something in
which I do not expect to figure."
Mr. Chamberlain said he had not con
ferred with Mr. Bourne regarding the
Portland postmastershlp. He also said
he did not care to discuss at this time the
rumored selection of ex-Senator Fulton
for the new Federal Judgeship.
SCHLEY APPEALS FOR AID
Would Have Expedition Sent to Arc
- tic to Rescue Dr. Cook.
NEW YORK, March 5. Rear-Admiral
Schley, on behalf of the Arctic Club of
America, In a letter made public today,
makes an appeal for financial aid to en
able Willon Wallace, Arctic explorer, to
rescue Dr. Frederick Albert Cook from
the Arctic regions. Dr. Cook has not been
heard from since last March.
When last reported Dr. Cook was 40
miles north of Cape Thomas Hubbard, in
good condition, and ready to make his
dash for the pole.
"It is the worc of such men as Dr.
Cook," says the letter, "that - gives
prestige to our country, adds renown to
our character, and reflects honor upon
our flag. The Arctic Club of America
feels certain that our countrymen will
aid it to bring about the rescue of this
heroic and daring explorer, or, should
misadventure have overtaken him, to
bring back his honored remains."
BABE RISES FROM COFFIN
Child Thought Dead for Three Days
la .Resuscitated.
EL PASO. Texas. March 6. With
the mourners gathering to attend the
funeral, the two-months-old daughter
of C. C. Harrington, of Orange. Texas,
declared dead three days ago, and who
had exhibited no signs of life since
that time, moved in her tiny coffin,
gasped and opened her eyes.
After the child had been declared
dead by the physicians she was pre
pared for burial, but the funeral was
postponed until today because of the
condition of Mrs. Harrington, who was
suffering from shock. The child Is
pronounced out of danger ' tonight.
The coffin has been sent back to the
undertakers.
STUDENTS MOB SOCIALIST
Oxford Undergraduates Break Up
Political Meeting.
OXFORD, England, March 5. At a
meeting of the University Fabian So
ciety in the town hall here tonight.
James Kelr Hardle, socialist member of
Parliament, who was to have been the
principal speaker, was unable to gain
a hearing because of the hostile demonstrations-
of the undergraduates.
Amid scenes of the greatest disor
der firecrackers were exploded, au
tomobile horns were blown, there were
shouts and bursts of song by the stu
dents, eggs and oranges were thrown,
and the platform was stormed. Many
free fights occurred during the demon
stration. CAMPAIGN AMONG SCRIBES
Suffragettes Plan Early Morning
Rallies In Gotham.
NEW YORK, March 6. The New
Tork surrragettes have organized a
crusade for the furthering of their
propaganda among the newspaper men
who work on the morning publications.
The opening meeting of what promises
to be a long campaign will be held on
Park Row. near Brooklyn Bridge, on
Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock in the morn
ing. The suffragettes will gather in
automobiles, and a half dozen speakers
will make vigorous demand for votes
for women.
DANCE WITH HELEN TAFT
President's Daughter and Son En
tertained by Young Folks.
WASHINGTON. March i Miss Helen
Taft and her brother, Robert, were the
guests of honor tonlsrht at a dinner sr1vn
at the home of Mrs. Charles A. Munn,
after which they were entertained at a
theater party. The partv then returned
to the Munn roiztrl
number of guests, a young people, have
een invited to meet Miss Taft at a
dance.
NO - DELAY ABOUT .
TARIFF- SESSION
Taft Tells Committee
Will Soon Call It.
INHERITANCE TAX IS PROPOSED
Tariff Tinkers Tell Plans to
New President. .
KNOX' . SHORTLIVED JOY
No Sooner Out as Senator Than He
Is Confirmed as - Secretary of
State Taft Holds Two
Belated Reviews.
WASHINGTON, March 5. The Taft
Administration took its first stride to
day. The President named hl3 Cabinet,
the Senate confirmed his selections, and
its members will take the oath of office
tomorrow, with the exception of George
W. Wickersham. who was sworn in as
Attorney-General today, and of Messrs.
Dickinson and MacVeagh, whose per
sonal affairs will not permit them to
report. to Washington for a week or
more.
Provide Inheritance Tax.
Mr. Taft and the Republican members
of the ways and means committee held
a conference during the day. The com
mittee has framed a tariff bill, which, it
is understood, contains a provision for
an inheritance tax, one of the sugges
tions for raising revenue contained in
the inaugural address of President Taft.
Mr. Taft told the committee there would
be no delay in the official proclamation
calling the extra session of Congress
on March 15. His message, he said,
would recommend that it confine its
work exclusively to tariff revision, that
there might be no unnecessary delay
in enacting this most important law.
He said that he would not discuss in
his message the details of tariff legis
lation" leaving all such matters entirely
to the Judgment of Congress.
Knox First of Many Callers.
Aside from these important accom
plishments, Mr. Taft gave himself up
heartily to the demands of his friends
and thousands of inaugural visitors
who wished to shake hands with him.
Philander C. Knox was the first caller
at the White House. A 15-minute In
terview, Mr. Knox said, had its Import
ance, but was not for publication. He
was rejoicing that since noon yester
day, when his resignation as Senator
became effective, he was simply a, pri
vate citizen. His rejoicing, however,
was brief, for before the day was much
older he had been nominated and con
firmed as Secretary of State.
Speak on Lake Champlaln.
Governor Hughes, of New York; Gov
ernor Prouty, of Vermont, and the Sen-
(Concluded on Page 2.)
I WONDER IF WE'LL EVER
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AUTOMOBILE EDITION TO
MORROW. Every one who owns an auto
mobile or is interested in mo
toring should read the special
automobile section of The Sun
day Oregonian, to be printed to
morrow. Articles covering a
wide variety of subjects pertain
ing to motor vehicles will be in
cluded and these will be appro
priately illustrated. There will
be a brief review of the organi
zation and work of the Portland
Automobile Club., with especial
attention to the efforts that are
being given to road improve
ment. Other articles will deal
with automobile races, road
signs, the auto on the farm, mo
toring by women, and many
other topics.
This section will be of partic
ular interest because of the in
itial Portland automobile show
that will open at the Armory
Monday and continue - through
out' the week, and that will be
under the auspices of the Auto
mobile Club. ,
WANT CARNEGIE LIBERAL
College Presidents Ask Him Xot to
Bar Former Sectarian Schools.
NEW TORK. March 5. Andrew Carne
gie has been asked to change the restric
tions of his pension funds for college
professors so as to include In its pro
visions about 75 Institutions now barred
as sectarian.
Thirteen college presidents, whose in
stitutions are among the 75, today pre
sented, a memorial making this- request
to Dr. Harry S. Pritchett. president of
the -Carnegie Foundation. The memorial
urges that many schools originally found
ed by religious todies are today free to
men of all creeds and do not teach doc
trines or dogma or require any particular
religious beliefs on the part of students
or faculty members.
lunatic Defies county
Provided With Guns and 1SOO
Hounds JBf Ammunition.
LEXINGTON. K en., Marcii 5. Bar
ricaded in his country borne, armed
with two rifles", several pistols, and
1300 rounds of "ammunition, John W.
Thomas, Jr.; is today defying officials
of all Shelby C'liinty; and threatens
to kill any oneproachlng the house.
Thomas- Is believed to be' Insane and
has demanded that a relative place
115.000 at his order or killed.
An appeal for state troops, to dis
lodge him was made today, but the
Adjutant-General refused to send them.
AHEARN FIGHT REOPENED
New York Supreme Court Rules AI
dermanlc Reinstatement Void.
NEW TORK, March 5,-The proceedings
Instituted by William S. Jackson, ex
Stati Attorney-General, to oust John F.
Ahearn from his position as president
of the Borough of Manhattan were rein
stated today by a decision of the Appel
late Division of the New Tork State Su
preme Court.
Tlw court In its decision held that the
Board ol Aldermen acted illegally In re
electing the Borough president, after his
removal by the Governor.
GET TO WHERE
OF THE
WE CAN LET ALL
TIME?"
PATRICK PLEADS
TO BE EXECUTED
Freedom or Death His
Request of Court.
DENIES RIGHT TO COMMUTE
Lawyer-Convict Makes Sen
sational Plea.
SAYS JUDGES ARE GUILTY
Convicted Murderer of Rice Turns
Accuser of His Accusers and De
clare l,lfe Sentence Is
Worse Than Death.
NEW TORK. March 6. Declaring death
In the electric chair to be l-ss terrifying
than life Imprisonment and asking the
court either to grant him liberty or to
disregard the commutation of his sent
ence and send him to his death, Albert
T. Patrick, who was sentenced to elec
trocution for the murder of William
Marsh Rice In September, 1900. argued
nearly four hours today for his liberty
before the appellate division of the Su
preme Court in Brooklyn.
The principal points of his contention
were that his conviction was tlie result
of a ("colossal conspiracy on the part of
the Justice at his trial and the authori
ties who prosecuted hjm," and that Gov
ernor Hlgglns had no legal right to com
mute the sentence to life Imprisonment.
as ho had not asked for or consented to
such commutation.
Patrick declared that under the law
"he who uses legal process to commit a
crime Is no less guilty of the crime."
and that accordingly all the state offi
cers and the Judge at his trial were
guilty of attempted murder.
Conspiracy of Officials.
"It is getting altogether too common
these days." he added, "for public of
flcials to conspire to overthrow a man's
defense at his trl.il. and subvert the
ends of justice."
Patrick, declared his conviction was
void and his sentence oppressive and
Illegal.
Mr. Taylor argued that Patrick should
either accept the sentence of life im
prisonment or. If he did not accept It.
the only thing left to do was to electro
cute him..
Decision was reserved. ,
Patrick's plea throughout was impas
sioned. Much of It appeared to be ad
dressed rather to the crowd in the court
room than to the court, and at one time
Justice Jenkins reminded him he should
speak to the court.
The prisoner referred bitterly to the
manner In which alleged Justice was
dispensed "In these modern times." He
Contlnufd on Pm 4 )
THE STREETS ALONE SOME
LAD CAPTURES TWO
BOLD HIGHWAYMEN
CHARLIE RHIXEILAItT, I0-YKAR-OU),
A HERO.
Sees Thugs Beating Man, Grasps
Gun. Vol lows Them and Calls
Teamster to His Aid.
I.OS ANGELES, March 5 Charlie
Rhinehart. a 18-year-old boy of West Oion
dale, a suburb of Ix Angeles, estab
lished his resourcefulness and courage
a day or two ago, when with a loaded
shotgun he trailed two men accused of
highway robbery until he succeeded in
attracting the notice of a passerby, with
whose assistance one of the couple was
chased Into a swamp and compelled to
surrender at the point of the gun. He
Is now In the County Jail, where he gave
his name as George Nickel. The other
man escaped.
Charlie saw the two men beating a
third Into Insensibility In the road near
his father's winery, and seising a shot
gun, followed the. men. Ho attracted
the attention of a' man with a horse J
ana wagon, with which vehicle they pur
sued and overtook the men. One of tueni
surrendered after a shot was nrcd over
ttwlr heads.
Charlie then stood guard over him
with the shotgun, while his assistant
went to the rescuo of the victim.
The latter. Mark Carrlg. a farmhand,
says the two men set upon him in the
road and beat and robbed him.
HOLY ROLLERS ACCUSED
F. M. Crawford Says Ills Daughter
Has Been Kidnaped.
Complaint was made to the police at
midnight last nifiht by F. M. Crawford,
or 534 East Thirty-ninth i-:roet, that his
daughter Mildred, 12 years old. had been
kidnaped by agents or the Holy Roller
sect and had been spirited away to Cali
fornia. Crawford's wife is a traveling
evangelist of the sect and is now in Oak
land, and the husband, who Is not at all
In sympathy with the movement, thinks
the girl has been taken to her mother.
Crawford told the police that he sus
pected a man named Martin. whOKc ad
dress he gave as 278 Alnsworth avenue,
as being the kidnaper. Officers aent out
with Crawford, but were unable to find
the girl, either at Martin's house or at
the Holy Roller school.
STEPHENSON MONEY USED
Witness In Primary Investigation
Says There Was Much of It.
MADISON. Wis.. March 6. That
noon or money was let loose by the
Stephenson forces In the state during the
primary campaign last August, was de
clared by W. C. Cowling, who testified
before the legislative committee Investi
gating the campaign.
The outpour of Stephenson money com
pelled Mr. Cowling to spend more than
he exp?cted would be necessary, he said,
for siaraurl A. Cook, whose rnmnnin i..
was managing. The total expense of
look s campaign was J4530. Mr. Cowling
said he thought Jt possible to spend 107.
000 legitimately in a senatorial campaign,
conquering tha circumstances.
TEXAS PARS BOOKMAKING
Senate Passes Sweeping Hill hidi
Kills Horse Hating.
AI'STTN. Tcx, .March 5. Horse-racing
m Texas where wafers are madr re
ceived a deathblow tonight in the Legis
lature, when the S-nale. after an all-
day session, passed the Robertson anti-
bonkmaking and anti-racing bill by a
vote of IS to 1 All efforts to amend
the bill failed. The measure has already
pass?d the House.
The bill Is sweeping In Its character. For
two days the minority nas employed dila
tory tactics to delay action, but the ma
jority was determined to remain In ses
sion all night If necessary to pays the
measure.
COLD WAVE; STORM SOON
AVeather Bureau See Violent Times
for AVIiole Country.
WASHINGTON. March 5. Storm
warning are displayed on the Pacific
Coast from San Francisco to Eureka.
The weather bureau announces that a
cold wave will appear over the liritlsh
Northwest territory Saturday, extend
over the plains states Sunday and cross
the central valleys, tho lake region
and the Atlantic stages Sunday night
and Monday. This will be followed
by an energetic disturbance that will
cross the continent March 7 to JO.
15 DEAD IN AVALANCHE
House Crushed by Palling Snow in
, Prada, Italy.
ROME. March 5. News was received
here tonight that an avalanche destroy- i
ed a house In the village of Prada, pro
vince of Belluno, Venetla, killing fif
teen persons.
WANT NO JWINE SERVED
Columbus Women Start Petition to
Mrs. Taft on Temperance.
COLUMBL'S, Ind., March & A num
ber of women of Columbus have started
a petition asking Mrs. Taft not to per
mit the serving of wine at White
House dinners.
BEAR RAID SENDS
DOWN MAY WHEAT
Rush to Sell Follows
Rumors of Deals.
PATTEN DENIES SETTLEMENT
Says Long Time Before Wheat
Down to Dollar Again.
NO SIGN OF SCARCITY ERA
Shipment Prom Argentine and Aus
tralia Increase Shorts Are Re
lieved of I.argc Part of
Ixad They Carry.
CHICAGO, Mrrch 5. (Special.) Em--boldened
by bearish news from home and
abroad, and by stories of private set
tlements made for several million bushels
of May delivery grain by influential '
shorts to the Patten crowd, the bears
made a determined ratd on the market
today, and mad progress which may
or may not be significant of the
future trend of affairs. So effective waa
the assault that May lost 27i cents. July
2l cents and September 1" cents.
That any private settlements had been
made waa emphatically denied by those
qualified to speak, but before the de
nial came the stories had had their
Influence. May was more active than
It lias been at any time in the last 10
days. Miscellaneous longs dumped wlipat
Indiscriminately, a number of larger
longs catching the infection and unload
ing later. Meanwhile there was a heavy
rain of short wheat from recently pun
ished bears, who were anxious to make
up former losses.
Several Rushes to Sell.
During tne opening excitement the
trade was so large and general that in
dividual operations were entirely lost
sight of. The trade cooled down a little
later and there were a few rallies, due
principally to covering by bears, who
had been taught caution by recent de
feats, but each swell brought a fresh
rush of selling. The crusli of property
was still coming when the board closed,
despite the usual evening up okm atlona
on the part of pit traders.
No Signs of Scarcity.
The record of marketings of wheat.
Continued on I'hk
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The
TESTER I) A Y'S Mnximim temnrnute, 3 3
tlsrn; minimum. ; 'J dt-cr!.
TOiAY2i Shower, easurly tt;a.
Korrijcn.
llealy :ells humorous story In court of nfihf
at Irtnh Nationalist convent Ion. rape I.
Lord Kshrr tells secrets luut iucfn V ic
turla. I'Ofce 4.
Nittional.
l"nit! States Attorney Keating or I no Una,
retcru tn nr-itoi mjcmiiikI canal tib
ulla. I'asc 5.
Taft confer with committee, on tariff and
Inheritance tax Hlirnie Is adapted
raft 1.
Senate confirm Taft's t'aitlnet. Tag i.
Foreipn comment on Taft' a inaugural ad-
drM. laK
Itoopfvelt iiPouine tints of at litis tt
Afrla. but refuit interview. Ittfe .
Interstate C.niinlNit:i denounce tJrea'
Nort hern k a terms- Iue S.
lomrtlr 0
Mutual 1.1f elt!e all ulta ncinl graft-
I n If onTK-tals. 1'Mga i!.
VU id acting of Jordan murder in court bj
itn-!s. rse
Jury box again tilled In Calhoun ta
Pace 3
Raid by beam causes break In mheat mar
ket lre l.
Chicago Judge o:(i affinity .iiiinol recoer
rmney given lo lover Iee 2.
Innhy onft se jdot lo plion lioodm ia.
rage 5.
Fraud rhara-oa against muiir.i fakers given
b!a k rye by J-edeial Judv rage. 2
Mrs. Sby. Kaldin's dauelitr. believed to
be aranddauKhior of old minini; ilium,
.'age 1.
Star witness for ("ooperi d-fcns arre;ld
for perjury. l'ag 5.
Ten-yerr-old boy causes arrru of hiffhaay
nif-n. I'aite 1.
Atlantic Coast Mill suffering effects of
l.hswrd Iage.J.
Tatrb k mn k.s unMii jUa fr bis oun exe
cution, page l.
Bishop HonacuiTi wins ten -wr contest for
cnurch in Nebraska I'ase 4.
?lMrt.
Albr'ght offers open challenge to
SMiiith. r: 7.
Mrangler
Sportsmen will ak l-.nci:arire to correct
error In law intended to protect elk.
' 7.
MahoncV t ins Marathon race, white being
disabled. Page 4.
lotfic Norlhnnt.
Sand iKand boundary cai-e said to have
been decided by wrong map. Tago ti.
Governor Henson rail ic1aI session o!
Legislature ior March 13. I 'ape 1.
New Company takes over WaJia "vVaila,
traction line; work lo bcm April 1.
Page .
Olympla Senate refuses in consider bill for
Initiative and referendum. i'age 6.
Commercial and Murine News.
Schedule of wool autles days. Pace 15.
Bad break In wheal at Chicago, rase 1.
Gains aro general in the stock market,
rase 15.
Trice readjustment cause general Improve
ment In demand. Page lo.
French bark Gael makes run from the Co
lumbia Klver to Wueenstown tn 2 days.
Page 15.
Tortlsmcl and Vicinity.
MUwaukle excited over recent discovery of
Australian gold cache. I'ae 10.
Wife divorced from husband who left bed
at midnight to sit on beach. Pago S.
Numerous aspirants for Mayoralty nomina
tion are already in the field. Page 11.
Mayor Lane ahifts responsibility for "moral
squad" raids. Page 9.
Attorney LafTerty declares lntcrvenors art
actuate tilers on O- ; C. land grant.