-- - .. . VOL. XLIX yo. 15,089. PORTLAND, PRECOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909. PRICE JIVE CENTS. "I ' ' - """""'MM"""M"M"M"""''"''M'''''''M''''''''M"MM n I fl n I r n n mn o r- -i--i-1 r i i nrr 1 T : SEATTLE LAWYER i An nii iniiDNCv. 1 WHEAT RUSHES UP MILLIONAIRE PUTS BODY BLOW DEALT int-f V7 I JUUI1ITL I , HARD TO SUBDUE PARENTS FRANTIC IN NIGHT IN JAIL BY ACCLAMATION ONLY IS LACKING PAST GATES PRICE TO STANDARD OIL POLICE COURT ETHICS ARE SADLY SHATTERED. THREE-YEAR-OLD GOES LOOK STANLEY SMITH, WORTH EIGHT ING FOR GRANDMOTHER. MILLIONS, HAD NO BAlL. blMUN hUK IV AYUK BOARDS APPROVAL Ex-Senator Indorsed by Republican Assembly. NAME WILL GO BEFORE VOTERS Full Ticket Recommended for Nomination at Primary. BODY DOES WORK QUICKLY Simon Accepts Honor, and Promises Fealty to People T. C. Devlin and Cay Lombard Nominees for Councllnien-at-Large. CANDIDATES INDORSED BY THE RKPl BLIt AN ASSEMBLY. May'"" Joseph Simon C'ouncllmn-at-l.arg Thoj. c. Devlin. Oay Lombard flty Attorney J. P. Kavanaugh City Treasurer J. E Werletn flty Auditor A, L.. Barbfar Municipal Juiln. ..Frank S. Bennett Wnrd Councilmrn Second Ward.. Third Ward... Klflh Ward Ninth Ward... Tenth Ward... W. W. Banks E. C. Mfoars ...Frank E. Watklna ...... R. e. Menefee W. M. KUIingsworth Jospph Simon. ex-United State Senator was yesterday nominated by acclamation by the Republican assembly as the party's candidate, ror nomination as Mayor in the primary nominating election May 8 Can didates for all of the other municipal of fices. Including two Councilmen-at-large and Ave ward Councllmen, .were also in dorsed. The assembly was attended by a.0 of the 600 delegates selected by the Re publican City Central Committee. "I would be l.-sa than human If I were not sensible of the great honor you have conferred on me' said Mr. Simon. In ac cepting the Indorsement and consenting to h the choice of the assembly In the pri mary election. "The Republican party of thla city, county and state has on many occasions bestowed distinguished honor upon me. but never before such honor as has been shown me here today. "It Is a serious undertaking you . have Riven me, should I be fortunate enoush to be nominated and elected. If elected it will be my highest ambition to serve the people of this city to the very best of in ability. I shall endeavor to give to the City of Portland, where I have lived all my life, and will continue to live during the balance of my days, the beet that Is In me. "But I cannot accept this Indorsement without a great many pangs of regret. I had hoped that you might find some one more worthy and capable of filling the office. I will accept the indorsement and. If elected, do what I can in the Interest of the city. I accept the Indorsement for the further reason that I am a Republi can and believe In the principles of Re publicanism, and because it comes from an assembly of representative Republi cans." Assembly Hoes Work Oukkly. The work or the assembly was trans acted with dispatch, lack of confusion and a unity of action which suggested pre-assembly work of organization, it was a representative gathering of prominent Republican workers. Seated side by side were to be seen members of the former Mitchell and Simon fac tions whose hostility each to the oth er in days gone by almost disorgan ized the party and In no small measure made possible Democratic occupancy of sonte of the Important offices in the fity and state. Every part of the l!a- -r i neater, in which the assembly was held, seemed to be alive with the sentiment that Republicans should get logcmer ana stand together and It was that feeling which contributed to the harmonious proceedings of the day. The clock-like precision with which the details of the work of the conven lion were transacted was Interrupted only once. It happened when J. F. Sin ger, committeeman for Frecinct S3. In troduced a resolution as an amend ment to the report of the committee on older or business. It proposed that the assembly should recommend a can- tmiate for Mayor only and adiourn. Chairman Moody ruled the resolution out of order for the reason that the assembly already had adopted the committee's report, which provided for t.ie nomination of a complete ticket. city At this point Kred J. Brady, who has been discussed as a probable can didate for Councllman-at-large. sought to have reconsidered the vote by which the report of the committee bad been adopted In order that the Singer reso lution could be received. This re quest also was denied by the assembly which apparently was determined to carry out the recommendations of the regular committee and recommend candidates for all or the offices. Proceedings or Assembly. Shortly after 10 o'clock, with approxi mately :&0 delegates present, Chairmun A. B. Manley called the assembly to order. In his Introductory remarks.. Mr. Manley explained that the gathering was not a convention, but. on the con trary, an assembly of party workers tCoacluded a race IX Thomas I. Page Fined lor Con tempt and Beaten by Patrolman and Bailiff Into Submlsion. SEATTLE, Wash., April 7. (Special.) Police Court ethics were rudely shat tered this morninc when Thomas D. Page, a Seattle attorney who Insisted on using insolent language and resort ing to ungentlemanly conduct to Judge John B. Gordon, was fined $5 for con tempt of court, beaten and choked into submission and subsequently ejected from the courtroom. The trouble started after Judge Gordon had three times warned Page regarding his manner of Interrogating witnesses. Page became boisterous and was fined and ordered to sit down. Page refused to do either. Baliff Tip" Winchell and Patrolman Keefe rushed at him and tried to put him into a chair. He fought, and Keefe, getting a strangle hold on Page's throat, forced him back to the rear of the courtroom, striking him in the face and knocking spectators right and left. The fight in the rear of the room became exciting and Page cried enough. Ha upbraided the patrolman for as saulting him and then walked to the front of the courtroom. He was again asked to sit down and refused. Patrol man Keefe took a step toward him and Page left the courtroom. BIG BILL FOR "QUEEN LIL" Hawaii's Former Ruler Must Pay Doctor $11,600 Fee. WASHINGTON, April 7. Ex-Queen Lilluokalanl. . of Hawaii, otherwise Mrs. Lydia Dominls. must pay $11,800 to her 'court physician," under a Judgment ren dered by Chief Justice Calbaugh, of the Supreme Court of the District of Colum bia. The Judgment is in favor of Dr. Charles H. English, of this city, who declared he had a contract to act as medical adviser to Mrs. Dominls for two years at a monthly salary of $500 and a bonus of J5000. At the end of two months, during which he received his salary, he claimed she made it impossible for him to flulfll his contract. The. ex-Queen made no defense. The papers will be forwarded to Honolulu. MARRIES GIRL OF 13 YEARS Montanlan Accused of Fraud by Father of Child-Bride. GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 7. (Soe- clal.) Charged with a statutory offense in connection with his marriage to the 1.1-year-old daughter of John Marckele, of Mondak. Henry C. Stoderberg, ranch er, aged 30, residing near that place, has been arrested. It is allaged that Stoder- oerg took the girl Into Canada, where he was married to her, after representing that her father was dead and showing ine written consent of her mother. STILL DEMAND BLACKMAIL Moon Family Threatened Even After Child Is Drowned. r i . Mich., April 7. Anonymous blackmailers who have written from De lavan, AVis.. have threatened the lives of the mother and sister of 10-year-old Harold Moon, whose body was found last Saturday in Thread Pond, unless the boy s father turns over $3000 to them. HUGE STRIKE ON LAKES Ten Thousand Men Refuse to Work, Tying vp Traffic. . nil. ago. April 7. Ten thousand marine engineers, firemen, oilers, water tenders and deck hands went on strike tonight, and the opening of navigation on the Great Lakes Is threatened with a complete tieup. The strike was caused by the refusal of shipowners to recognize the Marine Engineers' Union. UTAH GAMBLERS HELD UP Five Robbers CJet Over $1500 In Ogden Faro Dive. OGDEX. Utah. April 7. Five robbers walked into the White Elephant gam bllng house tonight and. after holding up tne place, made their escape. Four of the men held the dealers and a crowd of Players under their guns, while the fifth robber gathered in between $15U0 and $2000. BALLOON ITALIA TUMBLES Engine Breaks Down, but Aeronauts Are Not Hurt. SCHIO. Italy. April 7. The trial of the dirigible balloon Italia today ended dls astrously. After maneuvering for some time at a height of 1200 feet, the engine oroae aown and tne balloon descended precipitately. It was badly damaged, but tne aeronauts were not hurt. WESTON STRUGGLES AHEAD Aged Pedestrian Buffeted by Storm In Ohio. MANSFIELD. Ohio, April 7. After bat tling witn a gale, E. P. Weston, who 1 walking to the Pacific Coast, arrived here tonight. It took him four hours to cover tne last miles. Weston will leave to morrow for Bellevue. Harriman Directors to End Terminal War. HILL GIVES DETAILS OF PLAN Only One Depot and Freight Yards at Guild's Lake. MAY PUT ON STEAMERS President of Great Northern Says Line of Boats to San Francisco From Portland Is Considered and Would Be Permanent. Only the approval of Mr. Harriman's board of directors is wanting to settle the Portland terminal war once and for all. This is expected by wire from New York at any hour. It may. come today, and then the ghost of terminal dissension between the Harriman and Hill interests will be laid away for all time. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, expects all differences to be set tled during his present visit to Portland, which may end today. Mr. Hill said also his company is figuring somewhat on a steamer line between Portland and San Francisco. "It is up to the Harriman people," de clared Mr. Hill last night, referring to the terminal question. "The local of ficials wanted it settled long ago, now Mr. Harriman wants it and everybody wants it. I think we are going to get it fixed up. Mr. Harriman and I talked the set tlement over while in California lately, and we reached a practical agreement. However. Mr. Harriman wanted to sub mit the matter to his people in New York before legal steps were taken to carry out the details determined upon. Both Heady to Quit. We were both throwing bouquets In arranging the settlement. Both sides were ready to giva . upavy thing wo had. It was a magnificent floral display and I feel that we kept up our end. Mr. Harriman was feeling pretty good as the result of his rest. He seemed more mel low and to feel more kindly than usual and we agreed quite readily on terms of adjustment. Mr. Harriman said we should talk more openly to the news papers so they would understand the matter better. It has always been our policy to take the people into our con fidence and thus gain their support. We feel that the business men here want the matter settled. We had made some plans for a separate passenger station, but we found the people wanted a single union station. The busi ness interests of Portland will be helped by having improved terminal facilities. We found Portland does not want two depots, otherwise we would erect a sep arate station on our own property, where we have reserved room for one. Suits Will Be Dropped. "The settlement reached will mean the abandonment of condemnation suits now In the courts brought by both companies. It will mean the use of the Union Depot by our trains. We want 10 per cent of the terminal company's stock for the (Concluded on Pane 14.) Boards Train, Is Taken on Trip, and During Meantime Mother Is Almost Insane. STOCKTON. Cal.. April 7. (Sneclal.l The 3-yeaf-old son of Principal Car son, of the Lod! High School, started out yesterday looking for his grandma. wnwe nis lond parents are searching the entire town for him. The young ster, boarded the train that runs to Valley Springs, and ,vas not noticed until the train was well on the run. Then It was impossible for the con ductor to learn the boy's name. Knowing that he had boarded the cars at Lodi. Conductor Mi-ni.nand decided to take the boy to the end of the run and bring him back. One of the trainmen kept a close watch on him during the 40-mile trip, and re turning to Lodi stated that a lost kid was abord. The parents were almost frantic by the time the train pulled into the depot, and on learning that a boy answering the description of their cnuo was at the depot, thev rushed to the spot and the scene that followed cannot be described. The parents had given the boy up for lost. AUT0ISTS SACRIFICE CAR Plunge Into Flooded River to Save Child From Death. DAYTON. O.. April 7. Rather than run d6wn a little girl who was in their path, James L. Dlnsmore and F. O. Pro baseo turned their automobile down a 30-foot embankment and plunged into the waters of the Miami River today. The men were driving the car along the top of the levee, only eight feet wide, when the child was seen a few feet ahead. Probaseo. who was driving, said: "Is it the child or the river, Jim?" He received the reply, -"The river for ours." Although t,he river was at a high stage and the current swift, both men escaped injury. FROM SALEM THROUGH AIR First Wireless. Message. Sent From Mayor to Mayor.- SALEM, Or., April 7. (Special.) The first aerogram ever sent out of Salem was transmitted to Mayor Lane of Portland, today from Mayor Rod gers, of Salem. The message read: "harem sends greetings and best wishes by our mutual friend, the air. May you nourish and multiply." BOYS' "WILD WEST" TRAGIC One Lad Killed and Slayer Tries to Commit Suicide. LINTON, Ind.. April 8. While play ing "Wild West," with five companions, Clifford Wolford, 15 years old, was ac cidentally shot and killed by Loren Ham ilton, is years old. Hamilton then tried to commit suicide, but was prevented by the other boys, who took his rifle away from him. KILLED BY. PRAIRIE WOLVES Kansas Farmer's Boy Victim of Wild Beasts. . KINGMAN, Kan.. April 7. Willie Hotchklss, aged 10, son of a farmer living near Rago, this county, was attacked and killed by prairie wolves last nigh, and George Nichols, also aged 10, was severe ly bitten by the beasts'. CONSISTENCY, WHERE IS YOUR JEWELRY? Bull Crop Report Aids Patten's Deal. ACREAGE IS MUCH SMALLER Still Further Advance Predict ed by Wise Ones. CAR SHORTAGE WILL HELP Stampede of Shorts to Buy Sends Price to $1,25 1-4 Patten Calms Storm by Selling 1,000, 000 Bushels. WHEAT'S TOP PRICE IN THREE GREAT DEALS. Highest price In Letter deal..$l.S5 Highest price In Gates d-aal.. 1.25 Highest price to date In Pat ten deal... 1.25 CHICAGO, April 7. (Special.) Amid wild scenes of turmoil equaling the old days of the Hutchinson deals, and after a grueling fight lasting all Win ter, James A. Patten and his following put May wheat up to $1.25 shortly after the market opened today. Shorts were startled by the excitement at Liv erpool, worked up over the election holiday In the local market- Shorts tumbled over each other In efforts to buy wheat offered for sale. The old ttme bull roar, often heard when Ar mour and Hutchinson were speculative leaders, was equaled for a time. The first rush of buying threw the pit Into a turmoil. Every occupant of the steps had orders to execute for shorts or longs who wanted to stop losses or take profits. . Patten Sells 1,0 00,0 0 0 Bushels. Arter'the rush of buying ended, new high prices were established. Mr. Patten, fearing a runaway market and that affairs would get beyond control sold over 1,000,000 bushels of May wheat In a successful effort to calm the pit. Today's high point was 3 cents hlgheT than John W. Gates was able to put the cereal in 1905. Joe Lel ter In 1898 had the old hands in the trade guessing for months In a splurge which landed May wheat at $1.85. Price Will Soar Higher. Still further soaring of the price Is predicted now, in view of the bullish character of the Government's crop re port that was Issued at noon. This report shows that the acreage of wheat planted this year is only 82.23 per cent of the normal, while last year the acreage was 91.3 per cent. These figures, forecasting a shortage of the grain even greater than had been an ticipated by the traders, are expected to result in added strength to the bull movement that may carry the price to almost any height. All of the condi tions set forth In the report, taken to gether, make Mr. Patten's position the strongest ever occupied, probably, by any big wheat operator. He will not have to meet, according to Indications. (Concluded on Page 2.) Pasadena Man, Arrested In Santa Barbara, Finds Himseir Without . Friends, and Goes to Cell. IA-NTA BARBARA. Cal.. Anrll 7. 9ne- cial.)--Stanley Smith, of Pasadena, accom panied by Tom E. Herbert, cama nr. Tuesday in Smith's big car and registered at the Hotel Potter. Later they changed their lodgings to the Ctty Jail, where they spent the night. Smith has $8,000,000 In his own right, but, as he and his friend were penniless when-they reached the police station, and refused to advance any plan by which bail might be secured -.'or them, there was no other course than to let them spend the night In a cell. Mr. Smith and his companion were on pleasure bent, and about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday evening a policeman's attention was attracted by the red racer being driven recklessly about. He gave pursuit ana overtook the machine before a s loon on State, near Haley street, the oc cupants having gone in for refreshments. He jumped into the car and' placed the pair under arrest upon their appearance. This morning they appeared m Judge Rlzor's court, Smith paying a fine of $50 for speeding and Herbert $15 for disturb ing the peace. - WEALTHY BRITON MISSING Harold H. Bagot Drops From Sight on St, Louis Train. CHICAGO, April 1. New York and Chicago friends of Harold H. Bagot, wealthy yotrng Englishman, have insti tuted a private search for the young man, of whom trace was lost In Chicago February 1 last. Mr. Bagot, a resident of Windsor, England, was making his. nrst visit to America. He carried a let. ter of credits on Brown Bros., of New York and London, for $15,000. This let ter has noti been drawn upon. Mr. Bagot came to Chicago from New York and on February 1 boarded a train for St. Louis. r Since then there has been no word of his whereabouts. AMERICANS PLAN CANAL Will Install Big Waterway Tlirouj Servla and Macedonia. UJJNDUN. April 7. A dispatch from Belgrade says there is much satisfaction there over the proposal of an American corporation to build- a navigable water way through Servia and Macedonia along the course of the Moravia and Vardar Rivers, connecting the Danube with the Gulf of Salonika. , This enterprise will bring new capital into that country and tend to promote business and agriculture, in addition to creating a cheap system of transportation for Servian products to a seaport. PEOPLE REJECT UNKISSED Gladstone Dowle Defeated for County Clerk In Michigan. MUSKEGON, Mich.. April 7. Com plete returns now available show that the political debut on Monday of A. J. Gladstone Dowle, the unkissed son of John Alexander Dowle. the "DroDhet resulted in defeat. Dowle was a candi date for County Clerk of Montague Coun ty on an Independent ticket. OBJECTS TO LINCOLN DAY Florida Solon Draws Ire of Confed erate Veteran In Debate. TALLAHASSEE. Fla.. April 7. When Governor Gilchrist's message was de bated in the Legislature today. Senator Beard moved to table that portion which recommended making the annii-ersary of Lincoln's birthday a holiday. Excite ment rose to a high pitch when Senator Broome, Confederate veteran, led the argument in favor of observing the birth day. Beard's motion was lost. ISWOLSKY IN DISGRACE Russian Foreign Minister Dropped After Talk Witli Czar; LONDON. April 8. A dispatch to the Dally Telcgrapn from St. Petersburg says that M. Iswolsky, the Foreign Min ister, has tendered his resignation and Is awaiting the Emperor's decision. M. Is wolsky had a long conversation with the Emperor and was granted three weeks' leave of "absence. This, says the dis patch, is regarded in court circles as a soft cushion to break the minister's fall. DIRECT PRIMARY DEFEATED New York Solons Deliberate Five Hours and Turn Down Bill. ALBANY. N. Y., April 8. After stormy session of nearly five hours the Assembly judiciary committee at 1:30 o'clock this morning voted to report ad versely the direct nominations bill and to report favorably the bill amending the present primary law, but retaining the convention' system. GAUGH READY FOR BEAVERS Iajoie Releases Twlrler to Portland Club at Newr Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. April 7. Manager Lajole, of the Cleveland American League club, released Pitcher Gaugh tonight to fortiand, or. House Reduces Duty on Oil to 1 Per .Cent. SEVERE REBUFF TO SPEAKER Cannon's Personal Plea for Producers Ignored. CHAIRMAN IS OVERRULED Countervailing Duty Knocked (Jul Also Attempt to Amend Barley Duty Falls After Kansas Has Suffered Many Sneers. WASHINGTON, April 7.-Thls was a bad day for the Republican organization of the House. By a coalition between some Republican "insurgents" and the Democrats, the ways and means commit tee was bowled over and the advocates of free crude oil and its products won a sig nal victory when an amendment by Nor rls of Nebraska, placing the lnsignificent duty of 1 per cent ad valorem on those articles, was adopted by a substantial majority. A decision of the chairman that amend ments could not be offered to the oil schedule other than the one covered by the special rule of last Monday, whlchv provided for the removal of the counter vailing duty on crude petroleum and ap plied an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent, was overturned, and not' even a fervid appeal by the Speaker, in an endeavor to rally the Republican forces, was suffi cient to stem the tide avowedly against the Standard Oil Company. By a virtually unanimous vote the countervailing duty went out as the committee had recom mended. Tea and Coffee Free. On all other propositions the commit tee was sustained. The barley schedule ran the gauntlet without change. Tea and coffee were placed on the free list. A colloquy, at first humorous, but later resulting in personalities, developed be tween Stanley of Kentucky and Clark of Florida, and .was terminated only upon an objection by Crumpacker of Indiana that It was against the dignity of the House. No Change In Barley. The first subject, to come up for dis cussion was barley, upon which there was considerable discussion yesterday. There were two amendments pending on that schedule, one by Miller of Kansas fixing the duty at 26 cents a bushel and the other by Alexander placing it (Concluded on Page 9.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 67 degrees; minimum temperature, 3S8 de gree. TODAY'S Fair and varmer. Port land Politics. Joseph Simon Indorsed by acclamation by Republican Assembly lor nomination lor Mayor. Page 1. Republican candidates for Mayoralty nomi nation already announced to stay In race. Page 12. Republican Assembly adopts parly . plat Xorm, page 13. Foreign. Castro lands In Martinique, but France refuses to let him remain and Britain excludes him from Trinidad. Page 4 Roosevelt sends message to Nation on relief worn a.i jaessina. 1'age National. House cuts oil duty to 1 rer cent, over ruling chair and Ignoring Cannon's ap peal. Page 1. House members besiege Pen-it e committee with requests to raise tariff. Page V. Mil burn makes facetious defense of Stand ard Oil. Page 3. Fulton withdraws from Judgeship race arte is offered Chinese mission. Page 5. Taft referee In contest on definition ol whisky. Page 5. Domeetic. MiSFlf-eippl Valley. Ohio and Lake statej swept by storms; many klllcu. Page 3 Wheat In Chicago goes to $1 and shorts stampede to buy. Page 1. Passengers of wrecked steamer Indians arrive at Han Francisco. Page 3. Banished burglar, driven hack from New Zealand, arrives as stowaway, page 2. Three-year-old child rides 40 miles on trair Reeking grandma- Page 1. Millionaire spends night In Jail because h can't give bail. Page 1. Anthracite miners and operators split or recognition of union. Page 4. Mrs. Thompson gets allowance to collec evidence in divorce suit ; Thompson to- s era charges. Page 9. bport s. Coast League scores: Portland 1, Oak lane ; L.os Angeles 12. Vernon 4; acra mento 7, San Francisco 6. Casey's Colls defeat Medford locals again Page 6. Player Shinn is awarded to Sacramento Page 7. Batting averages for first week's serier show few regulars have found stride Page 7. 1'aclfic Northwest. Seattle attorney fined for contempt, beatet by policeman and bailiff. Page 1. Agitation against Whltworth College presl dent; he cries "Soreheads." Page S. Foreigners on Lytle road strike twice it day and grow riotous. Page 8. Henry Lrfing, respected pioneer of Cottag Grove, is suicide. Page 2. Portland and Vicinity. Approval of Harriman directors will en Portland terminal war. Page 1. Jacobs case is settled by payment of abou' 19.HH. Page 1H. Oregon cities will Join in liome-cominr day at Rose Festival. Page 14. Mayor 1-ane declares he will not be candl date for re-election. Page la. Girl eloper promises to go home m-itl mother. and sentence is suspended Page 11. Woman has narrow cscaoe when home burs to ground. Page If.