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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 1, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HILL EXPECTS END 0FTERIV1INALFUSS JAPANESE VESSELS CHIEF OF GREEKS STILL LIES HIDDEN AFRICA PREPARING FOR MR. ROOSEVELT POLICE FOR MOTHERS ARE BEST ACTRESSES: GADSKI GANNON APPEALS WILL VISIT COAST NIGHT RAIDS TO TAFT FOR AID cnnsEKS to call at sax LION'S AND ELEPHANTS REPORT ED INVADING TOWNS.' NOTED SINGER TAKES EXCEP. TION TO FREMSTAD VIEW. FRANCISCO AND SEATTLE. VOL. XXIX. NO. 15,083. ilCTED Says Harriman Talked MatterOverWithHim. CONFERENCE ON POINT ALONE Division of Territory or New Lines Not Discussed. NORTH BANK TO USE DEPOT Harriman Wishes to Purchase Ad . Joining Property of S. P. & S. Terminals and II1H Gives Im pression Sale Will Be Made. 9AN" FRANCISCO. March SI. (Special.) Ixuis XV. Hill, president of the Great Northern road, who Is at present at Iel monte. declared in an. interview today that the only subject considered by him self and president E. H. Harriman. of the Southern Pacific, at their recent con ference at Burlingame, was the question of permitting the use by the Spokane. Portland & Seattle Railroad of the Port land terminals belonging- to the Northern Pacific Terminal Company, the majority Interest in which Is owned by the South , crn Pacific. He declares that the published state ments that Harriman and himself con sidered at their conference any question of division of territory, or any agreement to build or not to build new track, are entirely without foundation. President Hill said: "My attention has been called to cer tain articles relative to the scope and result of a conference recently helri k twee n , B. H. Harriman and myself at eurnngame. Only One Question. "There was not considered at this con ferenco any question of dlvlBinn of rltory, any agreements to build or not to build ny branch lines, or unv vihit connected with , the general policy or future action of any Interest represented. The sub.lect of the conference was of a purely local and not of general Interest. "The simple facts are these: Mr. Har riman and myself met by accident in cuuuit-rn tanrornla. while each of us waa on a vacation. There existed a con troversy regarding the use of the Port land terminals, belonging to the North ern Paclflo Terminal Company, by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad v. ompany, which has Just recently com menced operation. The Spokane. Port land & Seattle desired an entrance Into the terminals at Portland, the majority interest in which Is owned by the South ern Pacific. The terminal company de sired to purchase of the Sonkan, -pt land SeattU certain property which ine miter uwned. for the purpose of en larging and extending terminals. The local representatives hari h-e. .,oki agree upon the sale of. this property, and the admission of the Spokane. Portland & oeatue 10 me tannlnat facilities. Much Progress Made. "With a view of providing smn o- rangement for co-operation In providing necessary extensions and Improvements to the facilities of the terminal company, thd local representatives of the Southern raciiir, Spokane. Portland & Seattle, an. Northern Pacific were summoned to Call fornla. to attend a conference between Mr Harriman and myself. This conference nal tor its purpose solely the settlemen if the Portland terminal question. Ni other subject was In contemplation an m other subject was discussed. "I may add that much nrnrrMa w. made toward a solution of iha rma.xnn under consideration, and it Is confidently oeneveu that an agreement will reached which will be satisfactory to t be the pmiiic. and when such an screemonr is reached the public will be fully advised m us nature. I have been In tel graphta communication with Harriman Krecs witn me that these newspapei reports should be corrected nr.. I th. purpose of our conference given to the yilOMC. AUIJF.KMKXT IS NEAR O'BRIEN lcH iares Portland" Terminals Will Soon He Vnlted. . ... no exneci th. T.-..i.,... . . u ....... . - 1 .v. iL-rminai matter to be settled within the coming 3 nit statement of J. p. O'Brien Keneral manager of the Harriman lines est. when he returned yes trrday from a terminal conference 1, In ... V I , 'Uh the HIU officials. I resident Louis TV vim .... x- .v. -i me tireat Northern, will come to Portland about .-. .m K is expected then to the existing terminal differences. The impending settlement will end it i Z. ,r in terminal . entering the city have ample facilities to -m 111 business. The North Bank trains will their be -ccess to the Union depot and freight facilities in -v.-.-. v. n the v.l Hil 1 HI, u 11 - questionably, will be made common prop- un ...... Oregon Washington. the ...r.n.n line to Puget Sound, will play ..v. in m me settlement, it Is out. This prelect it i. . . .... r gi ;ven Is to go ahead as iir.ariv 1 ref erence to the local situation at Portl and 111 regard to terminals. "The conference tfe. ltu- atlon was satisfactory In a eneri n-tory In a genei vd! on Pas 14.) y. (Concluded Navy Department Puzzled as to How to Obtain Funds for Knter i tainment of Officers. WASHINGTON, March SI. (Special.) The Japanese cruisers Aso and Ijichi will visit San Francisco about April 25. ac cording to advices received at the Navy Department. The two Japanese cruisers are being utilized for training purposes. nd carry 180 cadets. The ships are under command of Admiral IJlchl. They were captured during the Russo-Japanese war. and were formerly called Bayan and Varlag. The entertainment of the Japanese isitors is a serious problem. The Navy Department has no special entertainment fund, and the only thing that can be done is to take a small amount from the contingent fund. A certain sum has been set aside for the purpose by Secre.tary Meyer, but it is not enough to give the Japanese sailors nearly as elaborate an entertainment as the Japanese gave to the sailors of the American fleet. After lslting San Francisco the two cruisers will go to Seattle. ROSPERITY 'MELON' IS BIG Over $155,000,000 to Be Paid in Dividends and Interest. NEW YORK. March 31. (Special.) Approximately $155,009,000 In dividends and interest will be distributed among stockholders of various railroad and in dustrial corporations tomorrow. This Is one of the largest amounts on record for that month, and compares with about $140,780,000 last year. Of the $155,000,000. the sum of $U0.4S0,48 will represent divi dends. Since the last election 21 companies have put their stock on a dividend-paying basis for the first time. Nineteen have increased their rates, 13 have dis tributed extra dividends, and 11 have started paying dividends that were sus pended in most Instances during the panic. DANCES WITH HURT ANKLE Walker Weston Shows He Is Game in Spite of Bad Sprain. PITTSBURG. March SlHavlntr sprained his ankle during; the day's walk. Edward Payson Weston, who is walking to the .Pacific Coast, arrived at Union City, Pa., late today, several hours behind his schedule. After leaving Jamestown, N. Y., this morning, he met with an accident, in terfering with his usual gait. At Cly- mer. N. Y., ho went to bed at 2:30 this afternoon and slept till 4 o'clock, when he resumed his tramp. To show that hi J ankle was not seriously sprained, he danced a Jig upon his arrival at Union City. HONK TOOT ORDINANCE OUT Spokane Autoists Plan Noisy Pro test Against Law. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 31. (Spe clal.) Automobllists of Spokane plan to toot the horn-blowing ordinance out of existence. At a meeting of the Motor Club today it was decided to request every owner of a machine in tlK city to obey the city ordinance to the letter and honk long and vigorously before passing a street crossing. It Is believed by the club that this will be the most effective manner of making the ordinance a flagrant nuisance and ef fecting its repeal. Recently many motor ists have been arrested and fined for neg lecting to toot their horns at crossings. "HYAS PETE" WOULD WED Indian of 80 Years to Take Bride of 7 8 Summers. jmu.n x e.sA.u. w ash.. March 31. (Spe cial. -eter lokum. a Chehalis Indian, Detter Known as "Hyas Pete." from the Oakville reservation, came to Montesano yesterday to get a marriage license, so he could marry Miss Betsy Bill. Pete Is 80 years of age, while his blushing bride to-be Is 78. 1 eie saio. w nen ne was young it cost $XV and several ponies to get a Klootch man. but now it only cost $3, the price or the license. HEIRS WILL FAVOR WIDOW Mrs. E. J. Baldwin Likely to Re Given Compromise Share. LOS ANGELES. March 31. By consent of the interested parties, the probation of the will of the late E. J. (Lucky) Bald win, disposing of his $25,000,000 estate, was continued 'until next Wednesday. As a result of the threatened suit against the will by Mrs. Baldwin, It Is rumored that the widow will receive a much larger share than was bequeathed her. Her share under the terms of the will amounts to less than $300,000. PRINCE KILLED BY SINGER Dramatic Crime at Warsaw Suicide Attempted by Woman. WARSAW. March 31. Prince Masatkiri Rosteofscff, a member of one of the best known families In Russia, was killed here today by a concert hall singer named Rosa Bauer. The woman made an un successful attempt to commit suicide. The Prince's son is one of the Imperial pages at St. Petersburg. Not Caught, But Ready for Surrender. ONLY ASKS FAIR TREATMENT Sends Messenger, but Does Not Reveal Haunt. SCOUTS SEARCH FOR HIM Crazy Snake's Cunning Causes Dif ficulty In Making Reply Rebel Indians In Hiding and Good Indians Many. PIERCE. Okla.. March 31. Reports that Chitti Harjo (Crazy Snake) is hiding in some secluded gulch In the Tiger Moun tains, about six miles from here, were confirmed today. Hie surrender. It was said, might be expected within 24 hours. Crazy Snake's inquiry as to protection in case of surrender was not official, but was communicated In a roundabout way in keeping with the characteristic cun ning of the man supposed to have sent it. An Indian boy came to the home of Dr. 31. iv. McDhenny. at Brush Hill, six ir.iles from here, on Monday night. He said the old chief had suffered a slight gunshot wound In his leg last Sunday, but was able to move. The lad declared that the lugitive wished to surrender If Dr. Mc Dhenny would guarantee fair treatment. Will Promise Fair Trial. Then the messenger disappeared: leav ing the physician to wonder how to reach t-razy Snake with an answer. Since that time, it is said, it has been the Inability to find where to deliver his assurance of safety that has prevented the surrender of the chief. Colonel Hoffman today called to his aid a well-known and respected Creek of Che cotah. John Thompson, a trusted friend of crazy Snake. Thompson was given Colo nel tiorfman s authority to promise the Creek chief perfect security and a fair trial if he would surrender. Colonel Hoff man and his new scout then passed the entire day searching for his hidintr nlace. Detachments of troops and squads of dep uties scoured tne country in every direc tion, despite the rain and short rations. but without result up to a late hour to night. "Good Indians" Now Abound. A newspaper man, who made the trip irom tienryetta found "good Indians " j wiiv Cleaning ineir rarms or ..s iul in o spring sowing of corn ana cotton. So thoroughly have the fui. tive followers of Crazy Snake taken to cover that the scene would suggest any imng out wariare, were it not for the scurrying posses of mounted citizens and the khaki-clad Oklahoma Guardsmen. NEGRO LEADER IS CAPTURED Blacks Declared Worse Than Reds, Checotah Has Scare. MLSKOGBB, Okla.. March 31. An (Concluded on Page 8.) 'MAYBE I COULD RUN A LITTLE BETTER IF SOME ONE British Officials Also Active, New Roads Are Being Built and Reception Is Planned. MOMBASA. British Bast Africa, 'March 31. The preparations for receiving Mr. Roosevelt here are . nesting completion. blr James Hayes Sadler, Governor and commander-in-chief of the protectorate. who has been transferred suddenly to the Windward Islands, is much disappointed that he will not be, able to receive the former President. This duty will devolve upon Frederick John Jackson. Lieutenant Governor of the protectorate. Since the advent of the rains, lions have been terrifying the natives within . four miles of Klllndini. An elephant made Its way yesterday into the bazar at Maslngl and played havoc. The natives at. Ma slngl have been assured that they need have no further fear, as Mr. Roosevelt is on his way to the protectorate to ' bunt. They are awaiting his arrival contentedly. R. J. Cunningliame. the welUkpown hunter and field naturalist, who. is to man age the Roosevelt expedition. Is complet ing his preparations with much secrecy. The government is constructing- a - new road to facilitate the landing of the Roosevelt party at KilindinL Packages addressed to Mr. Roosevelt are. arriving on every steamer from London. SIXTEEN MILLIONS MISSED Express Company's Receipts $17,- 000,000, Profits Only $34,000. ALBANY, N. Y., March 31. Efforts to secure an election of a. new directorate of the United States Express Company, of which ex-Senator Thomas C. Plai.t Is president, were continued today by representatives of the minority stock holders, who appeared before the judi ciary committee of the Senate and As sembly In support of a bill to compel joint stock associations to hold a meet ing and elect officials annually. William J. Roach, of Troy, declared that the United States Express Com pany took care of $17,000,000 worth of business in one year and that its net profits were only $34,000. He wanted to know where the money went. .Eugene Kramer, of New York, said that the Adams and the American Ex press companies held the ..stock of the United States Express Company and con trolled It. This was denied by Carl de Geroders, counsel for .the United States Express' Corapans: ' " M0DJESKA GROWS WORSE Aged Actress Not Able to Be Moved From Home to Hospital. LOS ANGELES, March 31.-Ma3am Modjeska was not removed from her home at Bay City today to a Los An geles hospital as intended by her physi clans. Although a special train was in readiness to transport her to the local hospital, the condition of the aged actress was so Serious that it was deemed inadvisable to make the attempt. There is little or no chance for her recovery. PLANS LONG BALLOON TRIP Amateur Will Try to Sail From Los . Angeles to Washington. CHICAGO. March 31. C. A. Coey, a lo cal balloonist, has announced that next September he would attempt to carry a message in a Daiioon from Los Angeles Cal.. to President Taft in Washington Grand Jury Condemns Moral Squad. KIENLEN IS ONLY ONE NAMED Charge of Theft Made Against Street Inspector Bodman. DEPARTMENT UNDER FIRE Waste and Carelessness Alleeed In Handling Supplies pwned by City on Part of Employes of Engineer Taylor. Indictment if three police officers for misconduct In making night raids. Indictment of a city street lnsnector for theft from the city, and caustic criticism of both the City Engineer's office and the Police Department, were developed by the final report of the county grand Jury, submitted late yesterday afternoon to Circuit Judge "-.antenbein, at the conclusion of the March grand Jury term. Police Sergeant Joseph Kienlen and two officers whose names are not vet omciaiiy known are the ones to suf fer Indictment because of shortcom ings in the administration of Pnii Department affairs. The technical charge against them is that of tres pass. George F. Bodman, street in spector employed in the City En gineer's office. Is the one to be indicted for theft. He is charged specifically with stealing ten sacks of coal from the city. Lax Methods .Are Charged. "Lax methods in every particular," is the phrase which the Jurors apply to City Engineer Taylor's office. "Boisterous, indecent and unauthor ized," are Just three among many ex pletives used in designating the worlc of Chief of Police Gritzmacher's moral squad. As to the City Engineer's of fice, it is set out that there is a great waste of public materials and it Is made clear that the one Indict ment does not cover all the sins of the office, although Bodman was the only man who could be indicted., A charge of wasting money in collect ing evidence against the morally dere lict is likewise presented against Chief Gritzmacher's department. It is certain that the terms of the report and the indictment of three policemen will put an end to the prac tice of entering private premises with out warrants of arrest. Since the in vestigation of moral squad operations was undertaken by District Attorney Cameron and the grand Jury, opera tions of that nature have been sus pended by the police, pending develop ments. The outcome leaves no room for any further work of such an order, and hereafter raids will not be con ducted without full authority from the courts in the way of arrest or search warrants. Just who the two officers indicted with (Concluded on Page 4.) WOULD UNTIE ME.' t Metropolitan Diva Says Joys of Motherhood Deepen Ability to Portray Stage Emotions. NEW YORK, March 31. (Special.) In an Interview which left no doubt as to her attitude regarding a home life for footllght stars, Mme. Gadskl today took exception to the statement of Mme. Olive Fremsad that it was Impossible to be a good artist and a good mother at the same time, and that an opera singer had no business having children. Mme. Gadski is herself a living ex ample to the contrary of Frems tad's as sertion. "Mme. Fremstad may speak for herself In this matter of children, but she must not generalize in her statements," de clared the singer. "She says children and motherhood are a hindrance to art. Per sonally, I have found that unfounded. Before I was married they said in Ber lin that I had a good voice, but could not act. , I lacked a certain volatile touch of realism. After I had experi enced the emotions of a mother and wife. l succeeded.. Children, love and a home are the inspirations of art. Studied art lacks spontaneity. I found it so in my own case. If one has known a bit of suffering and moments of ecstacy in real life, one Is better able to represent that emotion than had It never been experi enced. PORTLAND BOY GETS PLACE Dan McAUcn's Sou to Be Member of Boston "Technique" Board. BOSTON, March 31. (Speclal.)-John L. JMcAiIen, of Portland, Or., won out In today's election by the students at the Institute of Technology of the committee which will have the important function of selecting the board of editors for the annual publication of the institute. The contest for places on the committee was unusually brisk. The John L. MeAllen mentioned in the above dispatch is the son of Dan Mc Allen, of the firm of McAllen-McDonnell. The publication alluded to Is known as Technique, and is the year book of the senior class, usually filled with a review of the class history and many "Joshes' on tne students and professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. KOKOVSEFF TO MAKE TOUR Russian Minister Will Study Kail- road Situation In Siberia and East t . rci i ERSBURG, March 31. Finance Minister Kokovseff will make an extended tour through the Far East this Spring to investigate trade conditions and to look Into the construction of the Amur Railroad and the operations of the exist ing Manchurian lines which are showing large deficits annually. His report will serve as a basis for Russia's answer to the Chinese proposal to purchase these lines before the expiration of the con tract period. xnis wm oe me nrst time In many years that any Minister has visited Si beria. CANNOT SUPPORT HIS WIFE Harvard Football Star Makes End to Romance. ? Sad SAN FRANCISCO, March 31. Helen Beryl uraydon, daughter of J. Parker Whitney, a local capitalist, and wife lhomas H. Graydon, of Cincinnati, full back of the Harvard football team some years ago, was granted a divorce today on the ground of non-support. Her father testified that he had paid his daughter's expenses for a year. The Graydon wedding, which took place in Massachusetts in 1903, followed a ro mantic elopement. Miss Whitney climb lng over a wall to escape from a girls' school in New York. Graydon made only a nominal defense. KISSING AND BLONDE HAIR Dentists Notice That Pyorrhoea of Gums Goes With Them. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 31.-Pyor-rhoea of the gums and the germs of kissing came under discussion at the 12th annual convention of the National Den tists' Association here today. Some mem bers declared pyorrhoea was more prev alent among women whose hair was blonde than in any other class of people. Denver was selected as the place for holding the next convention. COLLEGE STUDENTS STRIKE Boys at Manhattan Object to Disci pline by President. NEW YORK. March 31. Recitations were generally cut today by the students of Manhattan College, a Roman Catholic institution, because of grievances over matters of discipline. Brother Peter, it was charged, had disciplined some of the students for staying out late. The re moval of Brother Peter as president Is demanded. IOWA WET FOR TWO YEARS Constitutional Prohibition Knocked Out by State Senate. DE3 MOINES. March 31. Constitutional prohibition waa defeated today in the Senate. This is the end of the matter for two years. nsurgent Tactics May Wreck Payne Bill. MUST BE BROUGHT INTO LINE eaders . Have Say Recalcitrants Broken Faith. WORRY OVER BILL'S FATE Tariff F ranters Change Provision for Wheat Drawback That Interior Mills May Not Be Hurt by Coast Mills. WASHINGTON. March 31. The situs. tlon with which the leaders of the Houss find themselves confronted in dealing with ihe Payne tariff bill continues to give the greatest concern at the White House. It was said today that President Taft had been directly appealed to by Speaker Cannon and Representatives Payne and DalzelL The tactics of the Insurgents are worrying the leaders more than they are willlnar tn nrimlt and it is to bring these recalcitrants into line that the President's aid has been sought. Break Faith With Taft. It has been reported to Mr. Taft. ac cording to current report, that the Insur gents are not living up to the letter of the verbal agreement they made with him at the time of the fight against the House rules. It is said the Insurgents pledged themselves not to oppose the tariff bill if the President would agree to keep hia hands off the fight. Change Wheat Drawback Rate. To remedy the objections to the ex tended drawback provisions of the bill. Republican representatives from the wheat-growing states of the West have submitted to the ways and means com mittee an amendment In the nature of an additional provision to the draw back seotion. Their principal conten tion is that the Payne provision would result In the manufacture of flour for export at the cities along the Atlantic seaboard instead of at Western mills, as is the custom now. In order that the Western manufacturers may re tain the export trade, it Is proposed that any article manufactured of grain raised in the United States, in order tc (Concluded on Page 8.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tha Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 58 9 degrees; minimum, 60. 9 decrees. TODAY'S Showers; westerly winds. Foreign. Russia retires Generals of Turkish war and promotes young Generals, page 5. Great meeting In. London cries for big navy. Page 6. Mombasa lias lots of lions for Rooseveit to kill. Page 1. Indians In revolt in Mexico spreading terror. Page 3. National. v French manufacturers alarmed at Payne diii. t'age 3. Taft to decid between straight and imita tion whisky. Page 4. Government worried about reception of Jap warships at San Francisco. Page 1. House leaders make concessions to Insur gents on tarifT. Page 3. Taft declares for permanent Tariff Bureau Page 1. Iomestlc. Ex-Secretary of State Owen of Indiana arrested for gigantic frauds. Page 4. Only two men needed to complete Calhoun Jury. Page 13. Madame Gadski says mothers make bettaf actresses. Page 1. Crazy Snake stiil hiding, but sends offer to surrender. Page 1. Louis W. Hill tells facta about Portland terminal agreement. Page 1. Harriman dlscussea railroad regulation, pro tection and Government extravagance. Page 3. Union Pacific train runs Into slide, five cars burned and two trainmen cremated. Page 3. Trial of Gardiner for murder on whaler Bowhead. Page d. Sport. " Casey's lads swat out victory over Medford by score of 8 to 0. Page 7. Judge McCredl gers more baseball passes than he knows what to do w 1th. Page I. Pacific North went. One drowned, two exhausted after drifting ten hours In Grays Harbor. Page 3. Rose Karasek to face Klein, alleged ab ductor, In Tacoma today. Pagi S. Governor Cosgrove burled with simple funeral at Olympla. Page 6. Young Polish rancher killed by jealous friend near Tacoma. Page 6 Commercial and Marine. First bananas received over North Bank line Page 1U. Julv wheat !n strong demand at Chicago. Page 10. General improvement in "Wall Street senti ment. Page It. Grain export for March short of average. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Grand Jury indicts members of moral squad and street inspector. Page 1. Harriman lines will protest recent Spokane rate decision. Page 12. March statistics show marked Increase in city's business. Page 11. General Manager O'Brien diussea sgreement between Hill and Harriman. Page 1. Oregon Humane Society holde annual meet ing. Page 12. People to vote on charter amendment pro viding for sale or rental of streets. Page 14. Postmaster Mlnto eteps down; Postmaster Young up. Page 12. Local erot-ers make plans for entertainment of National convention In June. Page 16. Committee of seven fails to report to Coun cil on "Commission Plan." Page 20. Federal law forbidding Importation of opium is effective today. Page 13. Republican Assembly of 500 Is named. Page 14. Rear-Admiral . Evans lectures at Armory. rage zu. Judge Morrow rrMis that weslthy bache! id not steal Mrs. Krugere love. Pag 13 1 d v