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WHITLA LAD PICKS
EXPLORER FAST IN
SENATE PREPARES
DUSTIN FARNUM IS
SCRIBER IS HELD
UNITE VANDERBILT
JAP S FIANCEE M
GRIP OF ICE FLOE
MARRIED SUDDENLY
DUTBOTHCAPTORS
TO HARRIMAN LINES
OWN TARIFF BILL
TRAIN FOR OREGON
SOUGHT PROVISIONS IX SMAMi
BOAT.
ACTOR DECIDES SOT TO WAIT
GREAT EXPANSION OF MERGER
TILL JITXE.
BULLS RAILROAD STOCKS.
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MANY
COUNTS
Mystery Over Identity
of Woman Prisoner.
POLICE FIND PRISON HOUSE
Suicide Adds to Mystery of
Kidnaping Case.
SCANDAL HINTED IN CASE
Iet-ctlves Want to Know What Part
"Mrs. Boyle" IMays in Case,
nd Seek Explanation or
Father's Odd Attitude.
CLEVELAND, o., March 24. Four
notable developments occurred In the
Whitla kidnaping case today. The first
was the positive identiflcatlon'by Willie
"VVhltla of the man and woman captured
yesterday as the man who had taken
him away from the Sharon school and
the woman who had guarded him dur
ing his captivity. After the identifica
tion the man said he waa a plumber in
Sharon and that his name was James
Boyle, and that the woman was his
wire.
The second development of the day
was the finding of the house in which
Willie had been -held prisoner. This
hlontlilcation was made possible by
Willie, who said that from its windows
ci.nui see the signs "Thorpe's Hotel"
and "Stone Church." The police found
He house to be the Granger apart
ments, a downtown fiat of the better
iluss. Boyle and the woman rented a
suite there on the second floor front.
Mystery Comes Into Case.
iM.vstery surrounds the third and
fourth developments of the day. The
first was the suicide of a woman named
Mary Delner, whom the police believe
connected with the plot. She swal
lowed morphine while standing on the
street in front of an East End drugstore
near the Granger apartments, and died
on the way to tha hospital in an ambu
lance. ,, -
The fourth development did not take
definite shape until late thia afternoon
when representatives of the press
called upon Mrs. Maud Koraker, a sis
ter of Mrs. Whit la. in Norwalk, O.. and
gave her a description of the Boyle
woman. She at once burst into tears
and exclaimed:
"That woman again!'
She then became hysterical and could
say no more for several minutes. When
she recovered her calmness Mrs. For
aker would not explain her remark.
Police Seek Hidden Ietail.
Throughout the latter part of the
case the police and others investigating
the kidnaping have felt that there was
something behind the case that was be
ing kept hidden by those most closely
concerned. The first indication of this
came last night, when the woman with
.Boyle, shortly after arrest, said:
'There'll be hell in Sharon tomor
row." Mr. Whitla's subsequent actions and
his apparent hesitancy about taking
any steps that might expedite the
prosecution of the kidnapers have led
to a further belief in this mystery.
The police do not believe that the
woman arrested with Boyle Is his wife,
and they are bending every energy to
pierce the veil of mystery with which
she is surrounded. Mrs. Whitla's sis
ter's remark shows that the woman is
known to the family, and Mr. Whitla
has told the police that he knew Boyle
slightly in Sharon.
These facts, taken In connection with
the extraordinarily kind treatment that
Willie Whltla received at the hands of
the kidnapers, have put the police on
the qui vive, and tonight their efforts
re being exerted to discover the iden
tity of the mysterious woman in the
case.
Whitla Silent as to Woman.
The woman declared that her identi-
tuauon would cause a sensation in
Sharon. Mr. Whitla would say nothing
rrgaraing the woman. He said he knew
Boyle slightly.
Immediately after Willie had seen the
prisoners they were taken to the County
t ourtliouse and there appeared before
the grand iury. The charge under the
laws of Ohio against the man and
woman, if an indictment were found
would be blackmail.
As Boylo and his wife are held by the
police on suspicion only, an indictment
will afford a means of placing them un-
ilor arrest formally.
Immediately after leaving the grand
jury room Mr. and Mrs. Whitla, Willie
and the janitor of the Sharon school lert
for Sharon. As the prisoners have not
waived extradition, they will be held here
two or three days, until the necessary
papers for their removal to Sharon can
be arranged.
Chief Angered at Father.
When Attorney and Mrs. Whitla ar
rived here today Wltitla telephoned to
Chief of Police Kohler that he was
ready to see him. The Chief replied hot
ly that, he was at the police station,
where the prisoners were being held.
and that Whitla could see him there if
he cared to assist in the prosecution of
the man and woman in custody.
Mr. Whitla then went to the police
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Victor Stefianson, ot ew York, May
Be Held In Frozen. North
Many Months.
SAX FRANCISCO. March 24. Explorer
V. Steftanson, connected with the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History; has
been caght in the ice floes, off Flaxman
Island, and will have to remain some
time in the frozen North. This informa
tion was received here today in a mes
sage from Dawson, together with the
news that the whaling schooner Rosie
H. is also fast in the ice.
After several months of hardship, Stef
tanson is reported to have started in a
smaU craft to obtain supplies from the
whaling fleet at Point Barrow. The
whalers failed to put in an appearance,
and Steffanson started in search of them.
When 40 miles off Flaxman Island his
sloop was imprisoned in the ice. He may
have to abandon his vessel and mae
his way to some native settlement.
It was near Flaxman Island that the
bark Duchess of Bedford, conveying the
MIkkelson - Leffingwell expedition, was
wrecked.
ANGRY WIFE IS AVENGER
Fights Woman W hose Husband
Fought Her Spouse.
PENDLETON. Or.. March 24.-tf3pe-cial.)
Angered because her husband had
been whipped on the street in a fist
fight and stung to the quick when the
wife of the victor laughed in her hus
band's disfigured face. Mrs. Ole Oleson
rushed out of a Main-street restaurant,
grabbed Mrs. Kenneth McRea by the
shoulder, shook her fist In her face and
oared ner to laugh. A crowd quickly
gathered, but Mrs. McRea escaped her
assailant and made her way to the po
lice station, where a complaint was filed.
Mrs. Oleson was brought into court anTl
nnea io for assault.
The first fight occurred in the forenoon
and the latter In the afternoon. The first
grew out of a suit for the possession of
land, and though McRea th. o-
grcssor, was fined $10 for starting the
fight, he declares Oleson had spit in his
(ace and committed other insults which
could no longer be overlooked. Both
encounters occurred on the main street,
in the very heart of tha city, and were
witnessed by scores of spectators.
HARRIMAN AT PASO ROBLES
Wizard Bothered With Rheumatism
and Will Try Baths.
SANTA BARBARA. Cal., March 34.
E. H. Harriman has .gone to Paso Ro
bles to take the baths at the hot
springs there, the same which were
beneficial to Admiral Robley D. EvanS,
when he arrived with the Atlantic fleet
on the Pacific Coast, suffering with
rheumatism. Mr. Harriman is being
bothered, with rheumatism, too, but his
physician. Dr. Dixon, says that he Is
not ill, but simply desires to try the
hot baths.
Before he left this city at 2 o'clock
today Mr. .Harriman had a short con
ference with E. P. Ripley, president of
the Santa Fe Railroad Company, but
both stated afterward that it had no
significance.
Mr. Harriman will remain at Paso
Robles for two or three days, if his
present plans are carried out. and then
proceed to San Francisco, where he will
remain one day. He-will then leave for
New York, arriving there during, the
first week in April. ,
INVESTIGATE LAND FRAUDS
Ballinger Sends Out Special Agents'
to All Sections.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Additional
special agents to investigate alleged
land frauds in the .West were appointed
today by Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger, as follows:
James B. Harness, of Missouri, as
signed in the field service, headquar
ters at Spokane, Wash.; John M.
Blumer, of North Dakota, to Fargo, N.
D.; John V. Coughlan, of Utah, to Salt
Lake; Joseph H. Favorite, of Maryland,
to Huron, S. D.; Henry J. Goodale, of
Montana, to Helena; Edward V. Murphy,
Jr., of this city, to Gainesville, Fla., and'
George E. Woolley, of Utah, to Salt
Lake City.
PATHFINDER'S SON OUSTED
Major Fremont to Be Dismissed
From Army in Disgrace.
WASHINGTON. March 24. Major Fran
cis P. Fremont, Fifth fnlted States in
fantry, is to be dismissed from the Army
as a result of his conviction by court-martial
in Cuba on the charge of insubor
dination. President Taft having approved
the sentence of the court today. Major
Fremont is a son of "The Pathfinder,"
and is now stationed at Plattsburg Bar
racks, New York.
PANAMA IS TO HAVE FAIR
Republic Slaking Preparations for
Opening of Canal in 1912.
VANCOUVER. B. C. March 24.
(Special.) Rev. John F. .Calm, a vet
eran Church of England missionary in
Central America, is in Vancouver. He
announces that the Republic of Pan
ama is making arrangements for hold
ing in 1912 a worlds fair in celebra
tion of the opening of the Canal, which
is expected to occur in that year.
Conference Will Make
Final Revision.
MAY AVOID SPECIAL TAXES
Committee Aims to Reduce
National Expenses.
MAKE THEM FIT REVENUE
Experts Regard Free Hides and
Lumber as Questions of Senti
ment Conferences May
Continue for Weeks.
WASHIXT.Tnv hi ... .. .
Auaiu ne lanre
bill to be recommended by the Senate-
....... nee nnance win be ready to
be reported on the day the Payne bill
passes the House, according to pres
ent intentions of the Republican mem
bers of the committee who are hold
ing daily sessions. Consideration of
the schedules on earthenware and pot
tery was begun and concluded today.
Ideas t wt n t.-wi n- - .
-j j A.u.iuu icier-
.7 .. r ...
in iavur oi me reauctlon of pub
lic expenditures so as to fit the normal
revenues of the Government, rather
than expanding the income to grow
ing extravagance is receiving general
support among Senators. It is now
believed it will be possible to avoid
all forms of special taxes, especially
as Government .officials are counting
confidently upon better industrial con
ditions throughout the country as soon
as disposition is made of tariff legisla
tion. Few controversies between Repub
lican members of the finance committee
are expected. The tariff experts in the
employ of the committee, it is said,
regard such questions as those of free
lumber and free hides as purely "sen
timent.'' believing that placing them
on the free list would subtract little
from the revenues of the country, and
that the importations would .be so in
finitesimal as not to come into compe
tition with American lumber and
American hides.
CLARK OPENS HIS ATTACK
Says Tariff-Makers Did Not Revise
Rates to Raise Revenue.
WASHINGTON, March 24. Declaring
among other things that a mistake was
made in the Payne bill is not arranging
the revision on the basis of raising reve
nue only on every element, Clark of Mis
souri, the minority leader, held the atten-
(Concluded on Pare 2.)
Weds Leading Woman Quietly at
Home of Dr, Mangasarian, Elud
ing Even Press Agent..
CHICAGO, March 24. (Special.) Elud
ing his friends, members of his com
pany and even his press agent, Dustln
Farnum, the star in "Cameo Klrbv."
playing at the Studebaker Theater, was
married today to Miss Mary Conwell.
by Dr. M. M. Mangasarian. . The cere
mony, announced two weeks ago - ana
originally set for June, was performed
at the Mangasarian home, 177 Eugenie
street.
The decision to change the date of the
wedding, was reached by Mr. Farnum
and his fiancee only today. They com
municated with Dr. Mangasarian and he
agreed to tie the knot on short notice.
Mrs. Farnum is 27 years old. She Is
a native of New Tork State and has been
Mr. Farnum's leading, woman for sev
eral se'asons.
The couple will live in a North Side
apartment which Mr. Farnum has rented.
Mr. Farnum obtained a Cook County
marriage license two or three weeeks ago.
Dustin Farnum was involved in the di
vorce suit of Frank Gould against- Kath
erine Clemmons Gould by some of the
witnesses. It was alleged that ' Mrs.
Gould was very friendly with him and
that they frequently had supper and
automobile rides together. Some wit
nesses said theV vere at the same hotel
at Hot Springs, Va but that nothing
improper was observed in their actions.
HUME PROPERTY $375,000
Must Be Sold to Pay Bequests of
Will Fishery Closed.
GOLD BEACH. Or., March 24. (Spe
cial.) The property of the late R. D.
Hume in Curry County has been ap
praised at $375,000. Mr. Hume left very
little money at his death, and to carry
out the bequests of his will the prop
erty must be sold. ' .
It is stated the fishery owned by the
dead salmon king will hot be operated
this year. In fact, it Is given out that
the cannery will be sold as soon as pos
sible. It is currently reported the value
of this property depreciated 60 per cent
at Mr. Hume's death.
DURAND STILL OBDURATE
Again Refuses to Answer Questions
About Los' Angeles Graft.
LOS ANGELES, March 24. After an
hour's questioning by the grand jury
today, Joseph Durand. the witness who
was sentenced to Jail for refusing to
answer the questions propounded by
the foreman of the grand jury, was
again taken back to the County Jail.
It is presumed that he again refused
on advice of his attorney to answer
the questions.
District Attorney Fredericks stated,
however, that his only purpose now
was to hold Durand in case he was
wanted as a witness at some future
time. y
L y.u ruga o. y
THE KEY. 'I
Grand Jury Reports on
La Grande Case.
FRENZIED METHODS CHARGED
Cashier of Wrecked' Bank
Faces Four Indictments.
NO ONE ELSE IS BLAMED
Suspect Is Accused of Covering Vp
Tracks for Years While Forging
Notes and Stealing Funds
Almost at Will.
The aftermath of tha failure of the
Farmers' & Traders' Bank at La
Grande, Or., was furnished yesterday
afternoon by the Feaeral grand jury in
the batcn of indictments returned by it
before Judge Wolverton. Among these
accusations were four against J. W,
Scriber, the former cashier of the Farm
ers' & Traders' Bank.
Of these four Indictments one was for
making false entries in the various books
of account which were unde.- the cjntral
of the cashier. It was a moMi vnlnminnni
and' long-drawn-out document, contain
ing a counts, each count hpinj- n
arate and distinct chiw r.r nr. indi
vidual false entry. Each entry charged
was accompanied by the name or names
oi .r.e persons that were usad in the
'malting or the entries, and tha a-.-.n
panying statutory offense duly catalogued
wun it.
Long List of .Charges.
These namen inrlurioH vurin.,..
doing business with the bank, all of
whom were entirely unconscious of the
iact or any maniDulatlon of their-
tures. This ponderous scnisiiinn -oi.ho
monotonously meiaclng, concluding with
itn tne ueual averment against Scriber
In.- a mannft't'- tuerttcsfc- th: constant
repetition of the' words "thou art the
man; thou art the man."
A second indictment charges Scriber
wnn reioniousjy taking the money of the
irom tne possession of the instltu
tion by means of forged notes. The man
ner of dointr this, ninnrrtin- k h
, -n -negations
of the indictment, was by means
of depositing notes and takinsr nut- nnn
in their stead. These notes bore the
names or persons outside of th hg.v
and were supposed, at the time, to be
oona nae commercial paper. But. accord
ing to the charges in the InriWmo.,
these notes were in fact forgeries, never
maoe or signed by the reputed makers,
Pool Buying Union Pacific and New
York Central to Carry Out
Scheme.
NEW YORK, March 24. (Special.) A
significant feature of the present situa
tion in Wall street is -the fact that al
most invariably those who are bullish
on union Pacific shares are not less bull
ish on New York Central. In many in
stances, long lines of both these stocks
are to be found in the account of one in
dividual and in some good quarters it is
opined that a coming plan, said to be of
great interest to Union Pacific stock
holders and which It is said may be an
nounced within -two months, will provide
for a union between the New York cen
tral and Union Paclflo. n-v
talked about some time ago.
It is contended tht T w
acquisition of the Illinois Central was
accomplished in the interest of such a
scneme, and that a new pool dealing
heavily in Union Pacific and New York
Central, which is said to exist and to
contain in Its membership E. H. Harri
man, jonn Jacob Astor and Houseman &
Baruch, Stock Exchange firms. was
formed in anticipation of carrying out
the plan.
It has been decided to move the offices
of the Harriman road to the new Grand
Central station of the New York Central.
This circumstance Is at least highly in
teresting in connection with the sugges
tion of a Union Pacific-New York Cen
tral merger, and it may have great sig
nificance as tending to corroborate the
story that such a great deal is on.
TH.REE DIE IN WILDERNESS
Party or Four Pedestrians Reduced
to but One, Who Keeps On.
NEW YORK. March 24.-According to
Clarence L. Hay. secretary of the
United States delegation to the recent
Pan-American Scientific Congress, who
arrived today on the Prinz August Wil
helm, three American pedestrians, mem
bers of a party of four that started to
walk overland from Buenos Ayres to New
York City, two years ag-j, died recently
in the wilds of Bolivia. The fourth mem
ber, a man named Emilio Smith, is now
in Chineros, Peru, where he was seen by
Mr. Hay. . ....
Smith told Mr. Hay that after a series
of hardships, , iiis Companions-rWaKer
Ryau, T.-ieodore Wintergreen and Alberto
Lamman had succumbed to diseases con
tracted during their trip from Argentine
to Bolivia. Smith himself had been seri
ously ill several times, but he intended to
push on alone and complete the journey
to New York, if it took him a dozen
years.
MINERS WILL NOT STRIKE
Leave Board to Arrange Scale May
Ask Taft to Arbitrate.
SCRANTON, Pa., March 24.-(Special.)
Reaffirming the demands already pre
sented to the operators, the anthracite
miners tonight voted to remain at work
after April 1, allowing the district ex
ecutive boards of the hard coal fields
of Pennsylvania to continue their efforts
to get an agreement satisfactory to the
men.
The miners were instructed by th-
convention to continue at work until
they are otherwise notified by the of
ficial representatives of the three anthra
cite districts and the executive boa-ds
were instructed to negotiate an vree
ment upon such basis i. .he boards in
their judgment believe the conditions
warrant.
A resolution to ask PresiJnt Taft to
appoint a commission to arbiaat-a dif
ferences was adopted tonight by the
miners' convention and referred to the
executive boards tj out it into effect at
their discretion.
TAFT'S CHAIR BREAKS DOWN
Was Strong Enough for Roosevelt,
but Not for Big Successor.
WASHINGTON. March 24.-(Special )
President Taft severed another link con
necting him with the Roosevelt adminis
tration yesterday when, as ex-President
Roosevelt was sailing out of New York
Harbor for Africa, he broke the chair
formerly occupied by his predecessor
Early today the chair was borne from
the White House and sent to a local
shop for repairs.
It has been understood for some time
that the new President w.,,.. .
size, would have a new chair made of
large proportions, for his use. The
chab taken from the executive offices
today was a . large mahogany swivel
chair. At just what juncture In the ar-
tairs or state thechair gave way was
not made clear at the White House to
day. WILL WED TITLED POET
Mrs. Fiske to Be Bride of D'Artag
' nan's Descendant.
NEW YORK, March 24. The announce
ment was made here tonight of the en
gagement of Count Robert de Montes-quieu-Fezensac,
the French nobleman
and poet, to Mrs. Robert T. P. Fiske,
an American widow of means, who long
has been a resident of Paris. The Count
and his bride-to-be are visiting Mrs.
Henry W. Miller, mother of Mrs. Fiske,
on Staten Island. The Count claims to
be a descendant of the adventurous
d'Artagnan and belongs to the so-called
decadent, school of French poets.
Leaves With Mother to
Come to Portland.
EXPECT TOLERANCE IN NORTH
Mother, Who Travels With Her
Daughter, Bitter in Speech.
FATHER SEEKS TRANSFER
Archdeacon Would Leave Scene of
Recent Criticism Mother Says
California Filled Willi
"Scum of Karth."
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24.-(Spe-cial.)
Trunks were packed In the Emery
household today and . tonight the wife
of the Archdeacon and her daughter,
whose strange infatuation for the Jap
anese still continues, took the Oregon
express, headed for the north.
Mrs. Emery told the reporters who
were gathered at the ferry depot that
she and her daughter were going to
Oregon, where people were broader
minded than in California. She also
said that she and Gladys would stop at
Sacramento to see Aokl, or that he
might join them. In any event, within
two days they expect to be In Oregon,
where it Is the acknowledged intention
of Aokl and his fiancee to be wedded.
Archdeacon Emery was not a member
of the party, nor did he attend his wife
to the train. The dignitary of the Epis
copal Church is crushed by the affair,
and it is said on good authority tonight
that he has asked to be transferred to
some other field, where his intimate home
affairs have not been under discussion
by the general public. Bishop Nichols,
when asked as to the transfer of Arch
deacon Emery, declined to discuss the
rumor, but would neither affirm nor deny
the .report.
Over af Corte Madera, the fashionable
suburb of San Francisco, this morning,
Mrs. Emery and her daughter completed
their arrangements to leave their pretty
home. The furniture was all packed and
ready to be shipped, and late in the after
noon the pair locked "the doors of the
vacant house and came to San Fran
cisco. "We are going away from Califor
nia," said Mrs. Emery, "away from the
scum of the earth. We are going to
live among white people. We are going
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
t4 s degrees; minimum, 40.1.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Foreign.
Hunting season in East Africa closes witb
great slaughter of lions. Page 4.
Kationsvl.
Senate opposed to special taxes and will
prepare own tariff, leaving conference to
light it out with House. Page 1.
Appointment of Oregon judge is delayed tiU
protests against julLon investigated.
Page a.
Controversy witn Nicaragua narrows down
to on point. Page 5.
Fight on House rules renewed. Page 3.
Politics.
New York and New Jersey receive reform
measures with auathy. Pa ice X
Domestic.
Steffanson, Arctic explorer, caught in ice
and, can't escape. Page 1.
Mrs. Duden acquitted of murder In accord
ance with unwritten law. Page 4.
Whitla boy Identifies kidnapers and house
where he was kept and mysterious
woman u involved. Page 1.
Tornado devastates Wise County, Texas,
killing 1 persons. Page 4.
Dustin Farnum suddenly marries his leading-
woman. Page 1.
Merger of Vunderbilt lines with Harriman
system Impending. Patce 1.
MissJimery and mother start for Portland,
where
weddine with
place.
Page 1.
auki may lake
Contest for Packard's millions begun in
Utah. Page 2.
Carnegie proposes Anglo-American alliance
Page 4.
Factflc Northwest.
Schooner Marconi will be total loss of $t0,
Ouu ; nobody blamed for wreck. Page 6-
Portland to have chance Saturday to see
poultry cars of Southern Pacitic demon
stration train. Page 7.
Scattered remains of Ephrahn Hedberg,
found at Hermistun, ciear uo mystery
Page S.
Charges of wildcat banking against defunct
Prairie City institution. Page J.
Sports.
Comlskey will arrive to confer with Jones
today. Page 7.
Runners in fettle for Marathon tomorrow
night. Page 7.
Casey's band limbers up In first hard prac
tice at Medford. Page 7.
Many records broken at Daytona Beach Auto
races, page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Kgg storing under way In all markets
Page 17.
Wheat advances sharply In Chicago.
Page 17. -Good
undertone in stock market. Page 17.
Fireman Olaf Nelson lost overboard from
steam schooner Shoshone. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Federal grand jury returns indictments
against Cashier Scriber, of La Grande.
Page 1.
T. c. Devlin may( become candidate for
Mayor. Page Id.
Visitors praise exhibition of Portland Archi
tectural Club. Page 9.
Chief Grltzmacher files charges against De
tective Kay. Page 11.
Workers for Oommerclal Club $100,000 fund
put In- busy day. Page 10.
Po,lerJ company is formed to enter local
field. Page 11.
Federal -Court sets time V hearing Han
ley case. Page lo..
Railroad men confident North Coast Is Har
riman project. tage 13.
Council upholds Mayor's veto requiring In
PiTT 9Q bonda to be pald in Portland.
COFrLeTPa!ge onk.nr