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voi.. xi.,X-Xq. i50;s. vonr,.,. obEgoiDAT, mauch so, iooo L MAGNATES MEET AT SPRINGS Harriman and Hill Both at Paso Robles. SUDDEN CHANGES OF PLANS Hill Calls Conference of Lead ing Officials. DEALS WITH OREGON LINE Veiled Admission of Interest In New Coos Bay Line Various Inter pretations of Movements of Railroad Chiefs. I PASO ROBLES. Cal.. March 25 This town was the scene of several lightning movements of the heads of the rival Harriman and Hill railroad systems, which seem to have a decided bearing on the expected Invasion of the Harri man territory by the Hill lines In the Coos Bay region. Mr. Harriman's special train, bear ing Mr. Harriman, Miss Mary Harriman. K. E. Calvin, vice-president and general manager of the Southern Pacific Com pany; Dr. and Mrs. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. tloelet. Drr McKenzle, Suerlntendent Ahearn, of the Coast division of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and a corps of secretaries and clerks, arrived last night. Mr. Harriman announced his intention of remaining several days to take the baths. Shortly after Mr. Harriman's party ar rived in rolled the private car of Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, bearing Mr. Hill and his fam ily. Mr. Hill brought his automobile, and It was announced that he Intended to remain a week or two, automoblltng and bathing. - Hill Calls Conference. But Mr. Hill had not been here a day when he announced his intention to leave here tomorrow morning for Los Angeles to attend an Important conference be tween Great Northern officials which will be held In San Francisco tomorrow, chiefly In reference to the extension of the lines of that company. There was recently Incorporated at Tacoma the Pa cific Oregon Railway & Navigation Com pany, and It Is hinted that the company may be seeking an entrance Into San Francisco, or at least to Coos Bay. . "I can't say anything about the new company." said Mr. Hill this afternoon, "for I don't know enough about It. I will leave Paso Robles Friday mornins for San Francisco. That same afternoon there will be a conference with officials of the Great Northern from Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, who are to meet me there. I can't give out any statement as to the Coos Bay line or any other pro posed extensions. Perhaps after the conference there will be some announce ments." Harriman Hurries Away. This suddon change in Mr. Hill's plans was followed by a change equally sudden in Mr. Harriman's movements. He will leave for Del Monto early tomorrow in his special car, but expects to remain there but a day and then go north to Burllngame. Mr. Harriman gives every appearance of being In good health. He was about the hotel today and when he stopped upon a scale platform he tipped the beam at 135 pounds. What Docs It Slgniry? The question which naturally sug gests Itself to the Inquirers about the hotel Is: Was this conjunction of two great planets In the railroad firma ment accidental and did they decide to fly in different directions lest they give color to the Impression that It was intentional? Or was It Intentional and did they hold a conference -which may have a great bearing on the rivalry of the two systems and to which the con ference announced by Mr. hill has some relation T Or did one or both of them learn something of importance about the plans of the other which caused them to get busy? Mr. Hill's announcement of a con ference of Great Northern officials shows that there Is more than appears on the surface In the Incorporation of the Pa cific Oregon Railway & Navigation Com pany. Whether it Is contemplated to run a steamer line to Coos Bay and San Francisco, connecting with the North Bank Road at Portland, or to extend that road down the coast to Coos Bay or up the Willamette Valley and across the Coast Range to that point remains to bo developed. President Clark, of the Spokane. Port land &. Seatt.e Railroad, left Portland last night, but it Is not known whether or not he left for San Francisco. H M Adams, general freight agent for the Nortn Bank road, said last night that ho was not aware that Mr. Clark had left the city, nor did he know of any confer ence being held at San Francisco. He was not awara that any Hill officials had left for San Francisco. A- D. Charlton, assistant general pass enger aent of the Northern Pacific Rail way, made a similar statement. General Manager Nutt left Porfland Wednesday, but Mr. Charlton believed that he had gone to Tacoma. while saying that he had no knowledge of Mr. Nutt's move ments. Judging by th hour that Mr. Nutt left his hotel. It Is assumed that he went aboard the Southern Pacific train. hi BECKER DROPPED BY WICKERSHAM XOT SUCCESSFUL IX COWICT IXG LAXD THIEVES. Special Prosecutor Will Not Keturn to Oregon Because Not Tp to Standard. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington,. D. C. March 25. It has been' decided by the Department of Justice that Tracey C. Becker, special prose cutor in the Oregon land fraud cases, will not be returned to Oregon and will have no further connection with the Government's land grant suit against the Oregon & California Rail way Company, or with any other land cases. Mr. Becker is to be retired from the service. The Government is not satisfied that Mr. Becker measures up to all the re quirements. He has not been success ful In securing convictions, nor is It felt that he has had adequate under standing of the Issues involved In the land grant case. Whether Mr. Becker's place will be filled, or whether future prosecutions will be left in the hands of Prosecut ing Attorney McCourt, has not yet been determined. It is not known here just what Mr. Becker's plans are. TEST SPOKANE DECISION Kailroads Get No Encouragement From Prouty's Explanation. CHICAGO, March 25. (Special.) On behalf of the Western railroads in volved In the Spokane rate case, J. C. Stubbs today tried to get some light on the decision of the commission. At his request. Commissioner Prouty met him and the various points in the decision were gone over and discussed. It is understood tnat the Commis sioner informed the railroad man that the decision meant about what it said and that the order was drawn in a way which, in the opinion of the com mission, would make it most difficult to attack successfully. No secret is made of the fact that the railroads have decided to test the order in the courts, because they feel that the struggle between the commission and the railroads with regard to rate prin ciples must be fought out to a finish. FAMILY FEUD KILLS THREE Mexicans Dispute Border of Estates in Regular Battle. . VICTORIA. Mexico, March 25. A feud between the Chavez and the Padilla families, living on adjoining ranches north of Padina, has already resulted in three deaths, and it is feared another outbreak will occur. The trouble origi nated in a quarrel over boundary lines. In a battle with revolvers two of the Padilla boys were killed and one of Chaves' sons met death. Several fights have occurred between the members of the two families and their cowboys. SAILOR., LOST FAR AT SEA Wayfarer Drop9 Man Overboard. In Midocean and Kails Rescue. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 Michael Mackellvlck, a seaman on the British ship Wayfarer, which arrived today. 150 days out from Newcastle, England, was shaken from his hold In the rigging on September 21 and fell into the sea. His shipmates were unable to reach him before he went down for the'last time. The ship encountered rough weather across the Atlantic and w-as damaged slightly. She was becalmed later for 21 days. MINISTER IS UNFROCKED Epicsopalian Pastor Dismissed Af 'ter Charges Are Made. SAN FRANCISCO. March 23.-Bishop Ford Nichols, of the 'Episcopal diocese of San Francisco, announced tonight that Rev. Payson Young, the pastor of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Is no longer a minister of the Episcopal Church. Rev. Payson Young was accused of var ious irregularities in connection with his church work after he had been mentioned in connection with the sensational disap pearance of Miss Edna Clark. The charges agxlnst Young were not spe cified in the decision of dismissal. BURIED WEAPONS FOUND Discovery in Mexico Includes Suit of Copper ' Armor. - FROXTERA.- Mex.. March 25. During the work of excavation going on here, a receptacle with an Immense assort ment of prehistoric arms was uncovered. The entire deposit is la an admirable state of preservation. A great many of the arms are strange to the collection now extant. A complete suit of armor, made from copper, is among the articles, and many kinds of weapons. SENATE MODIFIES MEASURE Colorado Vpi er House Adds Conven tion Plan to Direct Primary. DENVER. March 25. The direct pri mary bill, amended to include the con vention plan of nomination with the petition feature, passed the Senate on third reading today by & vote of 22 to 13. The bill will now go to the House for concurrence in the Senate amendments, after which it will go to the Governor.' SENATE REVISING NEW TARIFF BILL Committee to Propose Tew Changes.- LUMBER RATES DIFFERENT Admit . Dimension r Stuff Free, but Duty 6n Culls. WOULD PREVENT WASTE Dingley Rates on Wool May Be Re tained May Increase Duty on Manufactured Goods Early Report Is Predicted. WASHINGTON, March 25. Members of the Senate committee on finance re asserted today that they would be ready to report a tariff bill whenever the House passed the Payne bill. Aldrlch said that the Senate committee could be ready in three days, if necessary. - - W It li every day's consideration of the Payne bill, the Senate committee is im pressed with the fact that It remains close to the lines of the Dingley bill and as a result the work of the committee is. much simplified. The changes to be made will be far fewer than was at first expected. An esneclnl effort, will w made to avoid the possibility of under valuation of imports. Encourage Plg-Iron Imports. A question which is concerning the finance committee to a re-arrangement of schedules on related articles. Amorte- these Is pig iron and manufactured pro- aucis or pig iron. Under the Payne bill some fear is exDressed that tlmr. a too great a similarity in the reductio'ns oi tnese -related articles and that in stead of the desired Importation of Iron in pigs the manufactured products may, bo imported and thus cause competition with American manufacturers. . It is reported that the rate on manufac tured articles may be increased over the Payne schedules. Revise Lumber Schedule. A proposition submitted to the com mittee on the subject of lumber was re ceived with some favor. It provides for the free importation of dimensioned lum ber, but with the continuance of the duty on the cull from which . lumber of an inferior grade is manufactured. For some of the figures It is asserted that the difference between the cost of producing dimensioned lumber in Canada and In the tinited States is not sufficient to make up for the difference in freight rates between American milln on dlan mills to the American market. The deduction reached from this is that, even if the duty on this class of lumber should be removed entirely the American lum ber producer would not be injured but at the same" time the retention of the duty on culls vwould compel the manu facture of these culls into inferior lum berfor packing boxes Instead of per- (Concluded on Page 6.) K,j"'"iiiliiiiiiiUiu;.F! speaker Accuses SENATE OF FRAUD STARTLING CHARGE AGAIXST NEVADA ITPER HOUSE. Ilead of Lower House Says Report on Derunet Bank Falsified to Shield Officials. RENO, Nev., March 25. Assemblyman Giveen, late Speaker or the Nevada Leg islature, made some startling statements today in an impromptu speech at a lunch eon given by the Commercial Club. - During the course of his remarks, which were mostly confmH tn ih. j - by th-3 recent Legislature, he declared that out for the "whitewashing and dila tory tactics" of the members of the Sen ate committee which invesUgated the State Bank & Trust Company, there was no doubt in his mind that certain ITate officials would have been indicted in con nection with the defunct bank. He felt sure ihe report of the joint committee which InvesUgated had been falsified by the Senate members of the committee and that the report as it now stood on the record book of the Senate was "false and fraudulent." It was made, he said hv c members of the investigating committee, who had tho report changed at the time It was read to the Senate on the ground that the changes sought to be made were typographical errors made by the sten ographer in transcribing the report. FALLING WALL KILLS FOUR Fire-swept Ruins Crash Down on Men Working on Xew Building. CHICAGO. March !."; v. - v. . . 1 1 1 ii were killed and five seriously Injured today, when a 35-foot brick wall left standing after a fire a month ago In the butterlne plant of Swift & Co. crashed do--a on them without warn' The Men were laying foundations for a new building a few ru r .r. tottering wall, which the wind blew over. The dead: ft. A. Srhmlill . - . , .bchmidt Company, contractors. "tames nerDert. . Two unidentified men. Two other workmen are missing. PHYSICIANS jABANDON HOPE Believe Helene Modjeska's Death Is but Matter of Few Hours. SANTA ANA. Cal., March 25.-A con sultation of physicians was held today over the condition of Madame Helene Modjeska, who Is ill at her cottage at Bay Island, near this city. After the consultation. Dr. Boyd, who Is the fam ily physician, stated that while Madame Modjeska's condition is no worse than It has been for several days, she Is liable to fall into a state of coma at any time and the end may come soon. He held out little hope for her recovery, even if she survives the present attack of heart trouble combined with Blight's disease. TEMBLOR SPOILS HARBOR Vera Cruz Waterways Will Xo Longer Admit Big Ships. r VERA CRUZ, Mexico. March 25. The harbor here has suffered from the recent earthquake by - receding waters rendering it so shallow that ships drawing 24 feet of water touch bottom. Dredging will be necessary. . "COME OUT OF THAT!" .". it." 'rT'''','"'' : r MRS LOW GUTS LIFE SHORT Wife of Millionaire Is Weary of Society. IS FOUND DEAD IN BATHROOM Turns On Gas and Breathes Its Deadly Fumes. VAIN EFFORT AT SECRECY Wire of Tobacco King Returns From Party With Him In Good Spirits. Leaves Note' Which Does Not Hint Suicide. WASHINGTON', March 25. Weary of the gay whirl of society and face to face, as she believed, with years of phy sical suffering, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., aged 49, wife-: of the tobacco magnate, committed suicide by asphyxiation at her home In this city today. Her tragic death has shocked the social circles of the capital as has nothing else in years. Tonight the members of the Lorillard family, famous for its wealth, are gathering to mourn over the unexpected blow. The death was made more dramatic by occurring only a few hnnr aftw -vr- -- Mrs. Lorillard had been the guests of Mrs. Townsend on Massachusetts ave nue at a dinner given in honor of Lady Paget. x Attempts to Revive Fail. The butler in the Lorillard residence detected an odor of gas this morning. The gas was traced to Mrs. Lorillard's apartments. The butler was horrified on beholding the body of the mistress of the house stretched lifeless on the floor of her bathroom. The alarm brought Mr. Lorillard from his apartment. The servant was dis patched for a doctor, while Mr. Lorillard attempted to revive his wife by artificial respiration. Two physicians vainly used every scientific method t Coroner Neville ordered Deputy Coroner uiazeorook to perform an autopsy, on the completion of which the Cornner - sued a certificate of suicide by gas poisoning. Try to Conceal Suicide. Extreme reticence Is being maintained oy me .Lorillard family and all others who 'possess information concerning the sudden death. Only a few of the most intimate friends have been admitted to the house since the suicide. Inquiries met with the resDonse that titi- T,rfi lard had not committed suicide. She had died of heart failure, declared the serv ants. Mrs. Lorillard left a note, which the coroner nas seen, but which Mr. Loril lard has declined to make public. It is understood that it contains t in tlon of any intention on the part of Mrs. Lorillard to take her life. The last nerson tn M va t m a alive was her husband, who bade her (Concluded on Page 3.) T HARPER OFFICIAL IS HELD FOR BRIBERY SCHEXCK ACCUSED OF TRYING TO BUY OFF PROSECUTOR. Disgraced Mayor's Deposed Police Commissioner Wanted Ten derloin Spared. LOS ANGELES. all-day session the special grand jury convened for the purpose of investigating charges made in relation to the adminis tration or ex-Mayor A. C. Harper brought an indipimftnt T-l i Schenck. ex-Polic- rrtmmiaci- !rtt UIIUCI Harper. The indictment is based on the c.iarge that Schenck offered a bribe to ex-City Prosecutor E. J. Fleming to in duce him to refrain from causing the ar rest and prosecution of managers and inmates of disorderly housen in thit -i,. The offense was alleged to have been com- """ea " or about September 14, 1907, nii:n was curing the early part of the Harper administration. Joseph Durand. the rer-alr-Itrar.1- -wit ness who has been confined in 10 days for refusing to answer questions. was released today on 500 ball, pending a judicial determination of the question ui contempt of court. It is rumored that- th nrinin.i of the indictment brought by the grand jury supposedly against Nick Oswald, who is a fugitive, was to effect his cap ture and enable the grand jury to get his testimony in several matters. The in dictment Is understood to charge per jury, because of Oswalds testimony be fore the former grand Jury. DOG MAY COST MAN'S LIFE Edward Gilbert Strikes at Canine and Fractures Skull. Edward Gilbert. at 1115 East Tamhill street, a driver for Jones' meat market, is in the Good Sa maritan Hospital with a fractured skull all on account of a dog. He will prob- -oiy recover, but his condition is re garded as serious. Gilbert was driving his delivery wagon yesterday about noon at East Nineteenth and "Weldler streets, when a. little monerel no? necon .mi-. viciously at the horse's heels. The rum- pu oi me small canine kicked up fright ened the horse a little, and after a short distance Gilbert tried to strike the dog with hia whip. Gilbert stood ud in his Ron t nnrt loantu forward, and as he did so lost his balance ana ieu out. He struck the street on his head, fracturing the skull just above the eye on the left side. The horse then took frignt and ran away. Gilbert was picked up In an unconscious condition and rushed to the hns-nlta! wViAa on tlon was immediately performed on him Dy ur. z.iegier. the City Physician. QUAKE MAY START PLAGUE Mexicans in State of Panic Because Shock Opened Graves. OAXACA. Mex.. March SK . nn.t nation exists anion? th nonnio r .ki. town as the result of an information mat the recent earthquake shock cracked the walls of the cemetery and exposed the corpses of many victims of the cholera epidemic of lssi. In that year the deaths from cholera were so numerous that it was found Impossible to bury all in the space tuiuneu ior Doaies, and many corpses were sealed up In the niches in the walls. The natives rT- a I-....-. of cholera, but physicians declare that an danger has passed with the years. xnis nas not had the effect of reas suring them. HARRIMAN FACES BIG SUIT John Donovan Wants $800,001 Commission for Sale of Company. NEW YORK, March 25. A suit J800.000 has been been for H. Harriman by John Donovan. whr .-J.- this sum 13 due him as commission on the sale in 1801 of the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Company, of St J oseph, Mo. Donovan declares Mr. Har riman agreed to give him 2K iur any sum received for the property over and above $1,100,000. He says that Mr. Harriman sold his interest for $4,400,000 less $100,000 commis sion to brokers. Mr. Harriman has filed an answer In which he denies making any contract with Donovan. SMART SET MAY TESTIFY Chinese Gambling Case, If Xot Dis missed, to Cause Sensation. SAX FRANCISCO, March 2o.-CounseI for Ah San, the Chinese clubman cap tured during a Chinatown raid, who brought into court as witnesses many of the members of the city's most exclusive clubs, argued today for the dismissal of the case. Police Judge Deasy took the motion -under advisement. Should he de cide not to dismiss, the representatives of the lealing clubs of the city, ordered to appear and toll of the games of chance played in their respective organizations, probably wilt be called on Monday. WOMAN POISONED OVER 300 Made Business of Ridding Wives of Troublesome Husbands. LONDON, March 25. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that a woman named Popova has been arrested at Samara, charged with having poisoned at least 300 persons during the last 30 years. She made a business of ridding Wives of their husbands for a small fee. LAW WILL BLOCK MESALLIANCE HERE Aoki-Emery Nuptials Under Legal Ban. COUNTY CLERK GIVES ORDER Strange, Incongruous Trio Ar rives This Morning. GIRL'S MOTHER IN PARTY Only Hope Now Left for Gladys and Gunjiro Is to Flee to Washing ton's Gretna Green Where Laws Allow Miscegenation. Helen Gladys" Emery, youngest daugh ter of Archdeacon John Bmery of the Diocese of California, cannot marry her Japanese fiance, Gunjiro Aoki, in Port- iana wnetner the mother of the, madly Infatuated girl savs so or not. Whfn tim strange trio of mother, daughter ar.d Japanese lover arrive In Portland on the Lwegon impress this morning they will nnd that the avenues to marriaee have been fully and effectively shut off. wounty tjierk Melds Issued positive in structions to all his deputies late yester day afternoon to decline the couple a marriage license in the event they appear at the Courthouse. "Not only refuse them a licenan. Hut . if they attempt to argue the matter, tnrow them out of the office," was Mr. Field's terse and unmistakable order to his office force. May invoke Nuisance Law. Further than this they may get into trouble with the District Attorney's of fice if they go about in public and at tract large crowds of people as was the case in San Francisco, whence they come to escape the antagonism occasioned by their efforts to effect such an alliance. Inasmuch as. the victim of this weird love affair is chaperoned by her mother, there will be no charge of impropriety possible, but by arousing wide public interest and adverse criticism they will render themselves liable to prosecution under the public nuisance law. Chief Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald said yesterday that if they pause here for any great period the three of them may be arrested as constituting a public nuisance. (Concluded on Page 3.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. . 63.1 degree; minimum, 40. TODAY'S Fair, winds mostly northerly, foreign. Caetro starts on return to Venezuela, say- -ing he will start revolution on arrival. Page . Prince George of Servia renounces rights to throne following: newspaper charge of murder. Page 6. Coalition In Reichstag broken and Chancel lor von Buclow's power Is tottering. Page -4. National. Porto Rican delegates say tariff has ruined coflee Industry and that self-government ui a farce. Page 4. Duty on coal oil defended in House as being to Interest of producers, and not to Stand ard. Page 5. Senate committee prcoses changes in Payne lumber tariff. Page 1. Domestic. 1 Mts. Pierre Lorrilard, wife of tobacco mag nate commits suicide. Page 1. Whitla kidnapers Indicted In Ohio, but will be turned over to Pennsylvania for prosecution. Page 6. Vincennes woman killed by being forced to swallow carbolic acid. Page 7. Mrs. Frank Thompson, wife of Oregon mil-" lionalre. tells story of marled fife. Page T. Bearish news causes slight decline In Chi cago wheat market. Page 7. Daughter of Portland woman drops from sight in Pittsburg after trip around world. Page 6. Negroes fight all-night battle with deputies In Oklahoma, two killed, many wounded 100 captured. Page 3. Harriman and Louis Hill meet at Paso Robles and suddenly change itineraries. Hill calling conference on Oregon exten sion. Page 1. Ex-Police Commissioner Schenck. of Los Angeles, Indicted for bribery. Page 1. Story of Cradlebaugh-s crime told in court and he testlnes. Page 5. Sport. Comiskey fails to Induce Fielder Jones to return to White Sox. Page 13. Portland's first Marathon race will be run tonight. Page 13. Casey trying out dozen players at Med- Page la" worlt 10 pitchers. Three noted horsemen suspended at Santa Anita for conspiracy to -pull" Key Hindu. Page 7. Gotch keeps wrestling championship in match with De Rouen. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Southern Oregon hens expected to lay more eggs as result of S. P. demonstration lec tures. Page 8. Nine Judges will sit In Supreme Court at Olympia, today; phase of ex-member Gordon s case up. Page 8. Men who find Hedberg's body near Hermis ton refuse to turn corpse over to Coroner, in defiance of official's orders. Page 8. Oregon loses two debates; Washington wins tri-state champlouship. ' Page S. Portland and Vicinity. Local authorities will prevent marriage of Miss Emery and her Jap fiance. Page 1. Bank Robber Wells pleads guilty and 1 sentenced. Page 5. Terminal company buys land adjoining pres ent yards. Page 14. Calvin Hellig plans to erect new theater at Seventh and Taylor. Page 14. A. B. Manley supports plan for Republican Assembly. Page 12. Generally believed that St. Paul read will use Tacoma Eastern In Invading Port land. Page 18. Visiting Japanese business men will b. given royal welcome by Portland. Page Police Commissioner Greene exonerates Tom Kay, of "moral squad" fame. Page 11. Toung woman raptures alleged thief and turns him over to police. Page 5. Steamer H. B. Kennedy shows good snsed on trial trip. Page 18.