VOL. XLIX NO. 15,087. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOUSE FIXES M FOR TARIFF VOTE LAWYER ASKS PART ROOSEVELT RIVAL AUTHORS IN EARLY RISING ROW EVIDENCE STOLEN CONTRABAND FURS ESTHER MITCHELL OF WIDOW'S CASH ON NAVAL VESSELS NOISY E IN HASKELL CASE LEAVES ASYLUM AIDED MRS. SARAH E. SMITH IX CERTRCDE ATHERTOX OBJECTS PULITZER S EARLY BATHS. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS MAKE IM- OBTAINING INHERITANCE. PORTAXT RAID IX SOUTH. 6, GIN WELCOM Decide Fate of Payne Bill on Friday. REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IS 16 Twenty Members of Party Go With Democrats. FLORIDAN SCORES BRYAN li ' Not Prmoorat of Populist Stripe, Says Clark Separate Vote on Lumber May Put It on I'ree List, Fears Fordney. Estate of $350,000 Procured by Deathbed Marriage by At torney's Advice. Naples Pours Out Mul titudes to Cheer. Brother of Xew York World Man SUltCaSe Full Of ueis ip tseiore Sun and Dis- Depo- A A SH I N G T O X. April F.. Three oVlork P. M.. April 9, was set by the House today for a vote on the Payne tariff bill. The long: resolution of the committee on rules closing; general de bate, providing for certain committee amendments and a full and free opper tunlty to change the lumber and hides schedules was reported late in the day adopted with 16 votes to spare notwithstanding the desertion of itepunmans. Kour of the 16 votes came from the Louisiana delegation wno likewise broke away from their pnrty. Floridun Denounces Bryan. lark of Florida made an address denouncing Bryan and Bryanism. Pop ulists and Populism, and declaring he would support the Payne bill if it contained what his constituents want ed a duty on Sea Island cotton and protection for citrus fruits, pineap ples, etc. His remarks led him into an exciting colloquy with Randall of Texas and other Democrats, but he declared that having been Instructed by the Legislature of his state and his constituents as to the stand he should take on the articles mentioned, he would not violate his obligation. His whole attitude was one of defiance. Before the rule was reported there were numerous speeches on the bill. The hour of noun having been se lected as the time for bringing In the rule, the House spent the preceding two hours In general debate. Clark Ready to Amend. After a motion by Payne to take up win dim. LiurK or Missouri made a parliamentary Inquiry whether general debate could not be dispensed with and its reading for amendment begun. He wanted the whole bill considered par agraph by paragraph. '"We are ready for that performance now." he "said. While the chnlr was ruling that the question was not n parliamentary one, the Ttepuhllcans shouted for ''regular order' and the House was thrown into great confusion. The first speaker was Bartlett of Georgia, who advocated free lumber and who charged that the bill discrim inated against the South in favor of New Kngland. I aide lead of Kansas, a member of the ways and means committee, de- nied that special privileges were granted to anybody by the bill. He contended that the laborer and the farmer were the principal beneneiariei The protection clock strikes 12 in this bill as certainly as I am standing here," said Burgess of Texas, In op posing the protective policy of the Re publican party. "You are deluding, you are making an effort to give the people bread, but you know you are not doing it," he exclaimed. Rule Limits Amendments. At 2.25 V. M., debate was suspended and lalzell of Pennsylvania, from the committee on rules, reported an order of procedure on the bill. The Republicans loudly applauded as the order was sent to the desk to be read. It limits amend ments to the bill to those which the ways and means committee will report and to the lumber, hides, barley and barley -malt schedules. An ansfndment imposing per cent, aa valorem on petroleum Is pro vided for. The vote on the bill Is fixed for 3 o'clock Kriday. It permits a vote on the question of free lumber. CHICAGO, April 5. (Special.) The mys tery which surrounded the suit for $35,000 recently ilied against Mra. Sarah E. aenhh. widow of James R. Smith, former eopp;r and ice magnate, by 9eth F. .Crews, an attorney, was cleared todav. It involves an engagement lasting six years, the I HclllS CX-PreSideilt 3S SllC hasty marriage to the man on his 'death bed, and the 'inheritance ay the woman, said formerly to have been a stenograph er, of a fortune estimated at $350,000. Attorney Crews was hastily summoned. September 25 last, to St. Luke's Hospital by the woman. Physicians had told her Mr. Smith could not live another day. She displayed a license and said she and Smith were to be married in 15 days. The ttorney told her that the will and mar riage were the only methods for her to in herit the property. A minister was im mediately called, and the marriage cere mony was performed at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. An hour and a hall later Smith died, and Mrs. Smith inherited Ms ei-tate. At torney Crews demanded a Tee of 10 per cent of the estate for bis advice. The widow refused to pay this amount, and the suit followed. KAISER SENDS GREETINGS cessful Hunter. VISIT TO DUKE OF AO ST A Teddy Compares Xotcs AVltli Him on African Hunting Most In teresting American, Says Duchess. turbs Xoted Novelist. SAX FRANCISCO. April 5. (Special.) Alfred' Pulitzer, the brother of the owner of the Xew York World, who Is writing ie reminiscences, has clashed with Ger trude Atherton, the novelist. The two are staying at Tamalpais Tavern, on top of the mountain that overlooks San Francis co and surrounding country for 60 miles around. It seems Pulitzer has the fad of rising at 4 o'clock In the morning, getting breakfast and then doing his literary work. He makes much racket taking his bath and striding through the halls to his early meal. Mrs. Atherton, who sought the hotel for its quiet and seclusion, ap pealed to him to rise later, but this appeal has not been heeded. What the result will be Is uncertain. Maybe Mrs. Atherton will pillory the ex-editor In her new story, which she is now writing. The chef, and all the hotel servants would like to see Pulitzer reform his early-morning habits. DIRECT RRIMARY KILLED Colorado Legislature Will Be Re called to Pass Shafrotlt's Bill. IJKXVER, April 5. The session of the Legislature ended by limitation at midnight. Governor Shafroth an nounced tonight that lie would call an extra session to pass measures that he had urged. " It was proposed that some action be taken on the direct primary measure, the Railroad Commission bill, the back- bar bill and the resolution providing for the submission of a proposed constitu tional amendment for the Initiative and referendum, but the Legislature didn't pass any of these measures. NAPLES, April 6. Theodore Roosevelt passed several hours in Naples today and was given many evidences of his per sonal popularity with the Italian people. The steamer Hamburg, on which Jklr. oosevelt was a passenger, coming in soon after noon, was greeted with the blowing of whistles, the fluttering of many flags and the playing of bands. Italian warships' in the harbor, steam- ers. private yachts and crafts of all kinds, dressed in bunting and signal flags, added to the picturesqueness of the scene, which Mr. Roosevelt characterized as magnifi cent. Great crowds, too, waited for his appearance on the streets, and. when he rode along in an automobile, he was greeted with enthusiasm that astonished him. He met various official delegations at the Hotel Excelsior, scores of promi nent Americans and the representatives of other countries, and to them all he expressed his warmest thanks for the welcome. He visited the Duke and Duchess of Aosta at Capodimonte and later dined in private at the hotel, going aboard the Bteamer Admiral at 10 o'clock tonight. Greetings From Kaiser The Admiral, which will convey Sir,, -nooseveit to Momiassa, was ready to sail at midnight. The ex-President' quarters aboard were filled with flowers which had come from admiring friends. Chief among them were bunches of red. wnite and black carnations from the German Emperor and a great cluster of fragrant blossoms from the Empress. Emperor William showed great Interest in the ex-President. The German Con sul-Goneral, in the name of the Emperor, carried to Mr. Roosevelt the warmest greeting and a letter in which the Em peror expressed the hope that he would see Mr. Roosevelt in Berlin on his re turn. In reply to this Mr. Roosevelt ,-.1,1 f ,. 1 1 , . 1 I . , MAN HAD HEART OF STONE Emperor that he would certainly go to the Gorman capital and would tell the New Yorker Who Iicd in Stockton Had Lime in Yentricle COLORADO HAS LATE SNOW Over Ten Inches Reported, but lrifts Melt Away Quickly. DENVER, April 5. The storm which has been general throughout the state for IA hours caused little or no Inconvenience to the transportation or telegraphic com munication. The snowfall throughout the state has been from 8 to 10 Inches, but the snow melted nearly as soon as it fell and will be of great benefit to the crops. Cripple Creek, Salida and Montrose re port more than 10 inches of snowfall. Ouray reports a snowslide at Pough- keepsie Gulch, which severed communi cation with Red Mill. Emperor "how the white man can live and fight in Africa." The Emperor closed liis letter with STOCKTON. Cal., April 5. The au topsy to determine the cause of the death of E. S. Maud, a recent arrival from New I York, found dead In his room in a lodg- ! ins-house in this city last Saturday, de veloped an unusual condition. "While pneumonia probably was the cause of death, it was discovered that in the heart was a deposit of lime, like a number of small bones, clinging closely to one of the ventricle walls. The deceased was 5 years of age. Doctors expressed sur prise that he had lived so long. (Concluded on Page 3.) sitions Gone. R1YAL LAWYERS FRATERNIZE TWO SHOTS FOR BAD CHECK Youth Tries to Swindle Bank Out of $16.15, but Draws Bullets. SAX FRANCISCO, April 5. A sensation was caused at the Crocker National Bank late this afternoon by the tiring of two shots at Forrest Tucker, a young man who had attempted to cash a bOUS check for $16.15 and who was making a dash for the door. Failing to obey an order to halt by Special Policeman Smith, the latter rushed after Tucker and fired at him twice just as he reached the street and broke Into a run. Neither shot took effect. Tucker turned up Sutter street and ran into a saloon, where he was arrested. Meet at Hastings Depot and Forget to Watch Baggage. TOWN-LOT TRIAL BEGINS Attorneys Spend Opening Day In Wrangling Over Effort to Quash Indictment Hearst Libel Delayed. ONCE CHINESE, ALWAYS ONE Dragon Empire Adopts New Law De nying Naturalization Kiglits. PBKIN, April 5. A new law of natural ization was formally promulgated today. It provides that Chinese may no longer adopt foreign citizenship, and It declares that Chinese who in the past have be como the subjects or citizens of other states are still Chinese. Many Chinese are affected by this ruling, especially those who have registered at Hongkong as Brit ish subjects, as are a number .of high Chi nese officials both at home and abroad. TOLEDO. Ohio. April 5. The Toledo police today took a hand In the Gov ernor Haskell-William R. Hearst libel case, when they began a search for pa pers valuable to Hearst which. It is said, were stolen Saturday In the depot at Hastings, Mich. For several days Scott MacReynolds, of Chicago, and E. A. Freshman, of New York, representing Hearst, and J. i. smitn, of Guthrie, Okla.. repre senting Governor Haskell, have been in Toledo taking depositions. Sunday MacReynolds and Freshman went to Hastings, and while in. the station at that place, their grips, which contained all papers In the suit were stolen. When Freshman went to the station, after getting his depositions, he met Smith. The rival attorneys stepped into the station, forgetting the suit case which stood on the platform. A moment later the suitcase was gone. IS NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO lteason Uetired Army Captain Gives Wife for Suicide. NEW YORK, April 5. Chambers M. Craig, a retired Captain of the United States Army, committed suicide today in his apartments here by shooting. He left a letter to his wife, saying: "I wish you great happiness and wish I could remain with you, but there Is not enough for two. You will realize $75 a month sometimes and other times there is H25 a month." Goods Seized at San Diego Are De clared to Have Been Brought In on Mine-Laying Ships. SAN DIEGO. Cal., April 5.-Customs officials here today seized several bales and boxes, packed with furs, at the local office of the Wells-Fargo Express Com pany, Just as the goods were ready to oe snippepd to points in the East. The Customs officials declare the furs were smuggled to shore last night off the two mine-laying vessels. the Malor Ringold and Colonel Armistead, which ar rived here Friday after a trip around the Horn. The seizure and consequent exposure of the source whence the furs came has created intense excitement in local Cus toms and Naval circles. Collector of Port Blake declares the seized goods are worth , at least $3000. No arrests have been made as yet. ARLINGTON BRIDGE BURNED O. It. & X. Traffic Tied To and Trains Have to Be Detourcd. The bridge of the O. R. & N. at Ar lington caught fire about 3 o'clock this morning from cigarettes smoked by hobos in a boxcar. The structure wnicn is a wooden one, blazed up quickly and in a short time was en tirely destroyed. Trains 3 and 5, west bound, were held at Umatilla, and later were detoured over the tracks of the North Bank. They will reach Port land a few hours behind their regular schedule. The destruction of the bridge, it was announced, would delay all traffic on the O. R. & N. for 15 or 20 hours till a temporary span can be built. The flames spread to the stockyards. and at an early hour this morning they as. well as the station were burning and several boxcars had been de stroyed. "Holy Roller" Convert Set Free. TAKEN TO HOME AT WALDPORT Shot Her Brother After Latter Had Slain Creffield. SISTER TOOK OWN LIFE SEND SMITH TO VANCOUVER HASKELL FIGHTS FOR DELAY First Day of Town-Lot Fraud Case Is ' Given Over to Preliminaries. TULSA, Okla., April 6. Governor Has kell, when called before ; the Federal Court today to answer to Indictments charging him with fraud in connection with Muskogee town lot cases, made hard tight against the case coming to trial. Judge Marshal, of Utah, who is presid ing, heard extended arguments by both sides in the matter of Haskell's .de murrer, and likely will render a decision tomorrow. Want Indictments Quashed. Governor Haskell's attorneys began their fight by asking that the indict ments be quashed, charging Special At torney-General Rush with misconduct in conducting the grand jury inquiry which resulted In the indictments. It also was charged that the grand jury had been illegally drawn; that a stenographer had been present during the Inquiry, and that Concluded on Page 4.) San Francisco Man May Be Substi tute for Barry. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 5. Brigadier-General Frank A. Smith, now stationed at San Francisco, probably will be detailed to command the Department of the Columbia, General Barry, who was expected to be given this detail, wishes to remain here to prepare his report on operations of the Army of Pacification in Cuba, and then will take an extended leave. In view of these facts. General Smith is expected to be sent to Vancouver. Girl Iteleased From Steilacoom Insti tution on Approval of Superinten dent Calhoun and King Coun ty Prosecuting Attorney. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 5. (Spe cial.) Esther Mitchell, central figure in the murder of "Joshua" Creffield. and the killing of her brother. George Mitchell, who had shot the "Holy Rol ler" leader, has been paroled from the Steilacoom Asylum. She was taken to Oregon by O. V. Hurt, who suffered more than any other man from the Creffield teachings, and whose daugh ter married the Holy Roller agitator. Superintendent A. P. Calhoun, of the Steilacoom Asylum, granted the parole for Miss Mitchell, with the approval. said, of the Prosecuting Attorney of King County and Superior Court Judge A. v. Frater. Iteleased Subject to Recall. One of the stipulations in the parole s that Miss Mitchell shall be returned to the Steilacoom Asylum if she shows ny symptoms of a return of her mal ady. However, the Hurts' took her to heir home at Waldport, Oregon, and t is doubted by state officials wheth er Miss Mitchell could be compelled to return from that state. "Apparently the girl had recovered," said Superintendent Calhoun today. For some time she has appeared ra tional, and we could find no symptoms of any danger of the return of her affliction." Was Friend of Maud Hurt. STARVATION OR MASSACRE TEST PRIZE-FIGHTING LAW1 New York Police Haiti Athletic Club After Ten-Hound Bout. NEW YORK. April 5. The descent of of the police tonight on the Marathon Athletic Club of Brooklyn at "the con clusion of a ten-round bout between Johnny Iohan and Fighting Dick Nelson is taken by the followers of the fistic sport as an Indication that an attempt will be made by the police to test the validity of the law under which such contests have been made possible. The referee and both of the principals were held in $500 bail. 1 m lzfll P V nlntriotl t h ruU In ..t all I itiicryvood of Alabama, a member of the CROKER CALLS ON TAFT committee on ways and means, said he believed tile consensus was in favor of closing general debate and that an order was not necessary. He declared, how ever, the only question of difference was a to how the bill itself should be con-t-Mcrod. He opposed voting en bloc on H i- amendments and the various provi sions of the bill. lMoa for Tobacco-Growers. : "In the name of common justice," pleaded Stanley of Kentucky, "will not He ways and means committee either bring in an amendment taking the tax off leaf tobacco in the hands of farmers or some member who refuses to do It have the courage and manhood to rise on this floor and defend his act?" "Sooner or later." he predicted, ad dressing the Republicans, "this one little hedule will rise like Banquo's ghost and demand that w hat I ask be done. Clark of Florida got a round of Repub lican applause when he said that Inci dental protection absolutely was now - necessary In certain ees. "Are you a protectionist or not?" In quired Randell of Texas. Clark declared that all legislation was l Concluded oa race I ) Two Leaders Chat About Golf and Knee Horses. WASHINGTON. April 5. Richard Croker. ex-Tammany, chieftain, called on President Taft at the White House today. He is returning from a Winter passed In the South. His call was purely so cial. The two ihatted together in the executive offices about horses and golf. Mr. Taft asked about Mr. Crocker's horses, one of which recently won the English Derby. STORM HITS PENDLETON Gale of Dust Is Most Severe Three Years. for PENDLETON. Or.. April 5 (Special.) A dust and wind storm, the worst In more. than three years, has been raging here today. It has filled houses with dirt and played havoc wit. - telephone lines and awnings. Some damage has undoubtedly been done to growing wheat, but it is impossible to estimate this yet. 1! Horrible Alternative Confronts Be sieged People of Tabriz. LONDON. April 6. A special dispatch from Teheran, describing the situation at Tabriz, says there is no doubt that great tragedy is close at hand. If Ta briz holds out against the invaders, the dispatch says, thousands must die of starvation. If Tabriz falls. probably tens of thousands will be massacred. The rest of the country, however, looks on with traditional Eastern apathy. HURLS BABES OUT WINDOW Demented Johnstown Woman Then Leaps Two Stories'and May Die. JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. April 6. Mrs. Will lam Roberts, 30 years old. today threw her four children, ranging in age from four months to 6 years, out of a second story window and then jumped out her self. None of the children was seriously Injured, but the mother was probably fa .tally hurt. She is thought to be de mented. JAPS WILL VISIT COAST Members of Diet Want to Study Situ ation at First Hand. SAN FRANCISCO. April 6. According to advices received by the steamer Chiyo Maru today, a party composed of members of the Japanese Diet will soon visit the Pacific Coast to study the Japanese sit uation. The suggestion of such a trip said to have come from M. Hatorl, a for mer resident of Seattle. Esther Mitchell was one of Edmond Creffleld's followers in the Holy Rol ler camps of Oregon,, where Creffield was hailed as "Johua" and the new Savior of the world, lihe was an inti mate friend of Maud Hurt, who sub sequently married Creffield and came to Seattle with him. Because of Cref fleld's Influence over his sister and the practices preached in the Holy Roller camp, George Mitchell resolved to free (Concluded on Pase 6- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 57.4 degrees; minimum, 42.9 degrees TODAY'S Showers, followed by fair; west erly winds. Foreign. Bad weather prevents 24-hour flight of Zeppelin's airship. Page 1. Naples gives Roosevelt great velcome and he sails lor Alumnus a. fegs 1. National. House decides to vote on tariff bill Friday, .0 Republicans opposing rule. Pae 1. Argument begins in suit to dissolve Standard on company, page 3. Nicaragua backs down on Emery claim.. Page 4. Politics. Many counties Page 4. in Michigan .Domestic. vote dry. WESTON TRAMPS 56 MILES "WEU, I SKU THE PRIMARY IS COM1.NG AGAIN." YEP, SOMETHING DOl.VG ALL THE TIME." Iteaches Canton After Strenuous Day on I toads CANTON. O.. April 5. E. P. Weston, who Is walking from New York to the Pacific Coast, arrived here from Youngs town this afternoon. He was met by a committee of citizens and escorted to a hotel, from the balcony of which he told tha crowd he had walked 56 miles today. Weston 'will leave for Akron tomorrow. PLANT LINER IS MISSING Atlantic Coastwise Steamer Over 30 Hours Overdue on Slrort Kun. HALIFAX, N. S.. April 5. More than 30 hours overdue, the Plant line steamer Iady Sibyl, which left Boston Saturday .last, had not arrived here at 2 o'clock this morning. Xeep anxiety is felt. Evidence against Haskell stolen from Hearst's lawyer at Hastings, Mich. Page 1. Smuggled furs brought on naval mine-lay' ing ships. Page 1. South Carolina wins dispensary case in Federal Supreme Court. Page 3. Judge Murasky hears contempt charges against graft prosecutors. Page 5. "Wheat makes slight advance in Chicago. Page 5. Gertrude Atherton has row with Pulitzer' s brother. Page 1. Lawyer sues Mrs. Sarah E. Smith for share of fortune gained by deathbed mar riage. Page 1. Shackled woman escapes from Georgia chain gang. Page 13. Sports. Portland to meet Oakland for seven-game series, opening today. Page 7. Berry demands suspension of Olson for spiking. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Esther Mitchell released from Steilacoom asylum, returns to Oregon home. Page 1. Army officers scoff at report that land about Fort btevens is MnKtng. Page 6. Eugene re-elects Matlock. Mayor by large majority. Page 6. Ashland normal withdraws deposit from state treasury; school may close. Fagi 6. Commercial said Marine. Canadian oats are on the local market. Page 17. July wheat touches new high point at Chicago. Page j .. Stock operators advance prices cautious ly. Page 17. British steamship Croydon clears with lum ber xor Manna ana Calcutta. Page Jo. Portland and Vicinity. Joseph Simon now appears probable choice or JrtepuDiicaa susemoiy fur Mayor. I age J.u. Hill-Harriman conference tomorrow will probably settle terminal tight. Page 10. Hotel owners organize state association in Portland. Page 11. O. N. G- encampment dates fixed by gen eral inn. . irage io. Council to fight out question of submitting charter revisions to vote oc people. page J-. St John has no right to issue liquor licenses. Page z. Piece of Heights property sold two years ago for $'j:i.O0 brings JlOO.OoO. Page 10. Ex-Secretary DalEity of Grand Court of For esters arrested on embezzlement charge. Page is. X. K. Clarke, local hotel man, caught by old Spanish swinaie synaicsie. page 11. Siberian team wins Nome dog race. Fags A. Casey lets gui six. uicu. rase . 1