PORTLAND, OEEGOX, MONDAY, APRIL 12, - 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
OREGON BETS HALF
OF All COLONISTS
COWBOY SETS NEW
PACE AT HARVARD
MUCH REVENUE TO
BE LOST BY BILL
"AN ENGLISHMAN'S
HOME" HISSED OFF
ALL EYES DAZZLED
VOICE OF NIAGARA
AGAIN IS STILLED
BREAK NOT FOUND;
BLAME NOT FIXED
BY EASTER FINERY
1 EARNS EXOCGH TO MAKE SUM
KIVER FROZEN : SOLIDLY FROM
GERMANS TAKE - VIOLENT MS-- "
MER TRIP TO EUROPE.
BANK TO BANK.
LIKE TO PLAY.
VOL. XLIX XO. 1 0,092.
Movement of Settlers
Is Astonishing.
LAST YEAR BEATEN TWO TO ONE
Over 40,000 New Citizens Are
Coming to Northwest. ,.
BRING MONEY FOR START
Travel Mostly of Homeseekers, Who
Are After Farms Railroad Men
Prophesy Period of Great Pros
perity for Entire Section.
OYER Bit PER CENT OF COI.ONIST
TRAVEL, COMES TO OKEUOX
"The following figures for the
month of Maroh, given out by
the Harrlma.n lines. Illustrate the
extent of the colonist travel to the
Northwest, compared with last year.
It will be noticed that more than
00 per eent of these tickets are to
Portland and Oregon:
To rortland 1BT8
810
7 S3
8T
MIS
730
To other Oregon points. ..1138
To Puaret Sound tolnta..-.
To other Washington points K60
To Idaho 1346
Total 6371 8123
BT 6. QLBX JkNDRUS. v
CHICAGO, April 11. (Special.) The
colonisation of the Pacific -Northwest,
which was halted by the general bust
ness depression and by the fears of the
financial Interests of the country, is
again In full swing. The first month of
the Spring colonization period has Just
closed, and the railroad managers are
astonished at the results shown by the
net figures of the returns.
These figures, as compiled by both the
Haniman and the Hill lines, show that
the present year bids fair to surpass all
previous years In the numbers who will
seek homes in the land of golden oppor
tunity which Lewis and Clark opened In
the Northwest. This belief is the result
of the first four weeks of colonist travel
which ended March 31. The returns are
not all in as yet, but enough have been
recoraea to convince the railroad men
that there will be at least twice as many
people settled in new homes this year in
the raclflc Northwest as there were last
year. If records are not broken in this
respect, there are a number of colonlza
tion experts who will be sadly disap
pointed.
Iast Vear Beaten, Two to One.
During the first four weeks of the colo
nist travel the Harrlman lines carried
almost double the number of people car
rled during the corresponding period
last year. The eagerness with which
the homeseeker is looking toward the
Northwest Is shown by a table of one
way colonist tickets sold by the Harrl
man roads for the month of March, the
ales being tor the States of Washington-,
Oregon' and Idaho. A significant fact In
tne table is that more than 60 per cent
of all the tickets sold were to Portland
and other points in Oregon.
These figures show that a total of 1248
leople In excess of March last year hav
tl'oncluded on rase l.
CITY PARK RESERVOIR,
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Star, Makes Pennies Grow
to Dollars.
BOSTON". Mass., April U. (Special.)
To earn his -way through college by
arious occupations, engage in football.
basketball, baseball and track -work and
save enough to make a tour around the
world each Summer, are some of the
achievements of Earl Van Meter Long,
Harvard Junior and ex-cowboy.
After the final examination In June he
will visit Greece, Italy, Turkey, the Holy
Land and Egypt on money he. has saved
during this college year. Long came to
Harvard two years ago with little money,
but with a lot of experience in rough
ing It and making pennies count. He
had tired of the relatively quiet existence
at the University of Illinois and longed
for real life In a large university like
Harvard. -
He was the star track man and ! foot
ball back of Illinois College, and all the
year kept as hard as nails, so that he
was known as the man who was always
In training. For two years he went to
the University of Illinois and during his
cummer vacations there he was a cow
boy at Bone Gap. Colo.
BRITISH SAILORS LANDED
Persian Situation Approaches Anglo-
Russian Intervention.
LONDON, April 11. The Persian sit
uation is gradually developing in the
direction of Anglo-Russian interven
tion. British bluejackets were landed
irom tne cruiser ioi at Bushire yes
terday, after a British resident had is
sued a proclamation hOldinK forth the
necessity of this action because the
local authorities were unable to pro
tect foreigners. It is understood that
the landing was sanctioned by Russia.
TRAIN KILLS THREE GIRLS
High Wind Prevents Ilearinir An-
proachinfc Engine.
DUBUQUE. Ia., April. 11. The Illinois
Central 'Flyer" struck and instantly
killed Anna, Mabel and Ruby Foldor,
aged 7, 8 and 14 respectively, daughters
of Fred Foldor, four miles west of here
today.
The girls were walking on the tracks
toward the approaching train, but-before
a high wind they had their heads down
and did not see it.
SEVERE QUAKES DO HARM
Sweden and Austria Both Shaken by
Temblors.
, COPENHAGEN, April 11. A violent
carinquaxe occurred Saturday near
Sundsvall, Sweden. It lasted nearly a
minute, and, according to reports, did
considerable damage.
LAI BACH, Austria, April 11. Three
separate earthquakes wtre registered by
tne seismograpnic Instruments at the
observatory here Saturday.
TAFT CORNERED ON STEPS
Forced
to HoAd Reception
Easter Services.
After
WASHINGTON, April 11. President
Taft attended Easter services at St. John
Episcopal Church today. Afterward he
was compelled to hold an informal recep
tion on the steps of the church.
The President made his exit from the
church In advance of Mrs. Taft and
while waiting for her a large number of
persons passed by and saluted him.
WHICH SUPPLIES WEST SIDE,
BY CROSSES IX RESERVOIR PICTl'RE
AmendmentS'l &
Away $20,000,000;
SENATE MUST MAKE UP THIS'
Monu rhnno ! Dw
i.iuiij wiictiiyto in ( ajlic ilicaa-
ure From Dingley Rates.
. i ...
GOES TO PUBLIC PRINTER
Will. Be Ready for Committee on
Finance Today Free List Great
ly Extended and More Luxuries
Have Increased Schedules.
"WASHINGTON. April 11. The esti
mates of the revenue which the Payne
tariff bill will produce have been re
duced nearly J30.000.000 through the
amendments made by the House. The
Senate finance committee must provide
means for making up this difference, if
the original estimates are to be met.
The striking out of several countervailing
duty clauses will -lessen the bill's pro
ductiveness another J20,000,000.
The amendment taking off the 8-cent
duty on tea subtracted J7.000.000 from the
estimated revenues. The striking out of
tiecountervailing duty on coffee disposes
of what probably would have been J15,-
000.000 in duties.
Taking out the countervailing proviso
for lumber and for petroleum means a
lost opportunity to Increase the revenues
by several million dollars it is estimated.
-ine senate nuance committee- ma
terially reduced many of the Dingley
bill s schedules as it passed the House
but in order tosvincrease the revenue-
producing power of the Payne bill the
committee must take different action with
regard to the latter measure.
Free Hides to Cost $3,000,000.
In 1897 the Senate committee placed
duty of 1V4 cents per pound on hides,
which was change-plater to 15 per cent,
but-he Payner bill, a? Yi passed the House,
places hides on the free list. Under the
Dingley law, hides have produced mora
than J3.000.000 revenue annually.
There are many changes In the Payne
bill from the provisions of the Dingley
law. Its maximum and minimum
tallatory feature, the additional method
of valuation for the purpose of prevent
ing undervaluations and Its provisions
for the J40,000,000 Issuance of Panama
bonds and a J25O.O0O.OOO issue of Treas
ury certificates are new. It extends the
drawback privileges so that domestic
raw material may be used In lieu of Im
ported material for the purpose of col
lecting a drawback, provided- an equal
imount of identical imported raw ma
terial Is manufactured Into the same pro
duct upon which the drawback Is col
lected. An - inheritance tax, by which
it is hoped that J20.000.000 will be col
lected, is provided for.
Hose and Gloves Increased.
The two increases that stand out most
prominently are those in women's and
children's gloves and hosiery. Cocoa,
which is now Imported free of duty, has
been made dutiable at the rate of 3 cents
per pound.
The bill contains many reductions from
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AS IT APPEARED YESTERDAY, AND PALATINE HILL PUMPING -STATION, WHICH HAS BEEN PUT IN
FIFTEEN YEARS' DISUSE. .
SHOWS HEIGHT TO WHICH WATER
u Maurier's Production, Aimed at
Teutons, Stirs Up Much
Bad Feeling.
iJHiKJjIN, April U. The German version
of TJu Maurler's -. "An Englishman's j
Home," was produced at the Neues Thea-
ter tonignt before an audience which In
cluded high officials of the Imperial Court.
This Is the play that created, a sensa
tion in England; dealing with the Invasion
OI. lnat coumr5' y foreign force and
originally it was thought the play was
aimed at Germany.
its reception tonight was so hostile It
likely will not be -repeated. : It-virtually
was laughed and hissed off the stage.
The hissing, stamping and hooting be
gan with the second act and continued
almost incessantly until the final scenes.
tne words of which were completely
arowned In the din.
NEVER
HEARD OF TEDDY
Recluse Miner Makes First Visit to
Civilization in Fifteen Years.
SAN BERNARDINO. C&I.. Ar.rH 11..
AiDen Courtney, 70 years old. and for
15 years a recluse miner, arrived in this
city today from the wilds of Southern
Nevada, He said he had seen very few
persons during his long isolation.
Upon his arrival here he learned for
the first time that Queen Victoria was
dead, and expressed surprise and would
not believe it until shown newspapers
mentioning King Edward of Great Brit-,
ain.
uneodore Roosevelt he had never
heard of, he said. When newspapermen
asked if he knew "Teddy," he thought
they were joking with him.
WATER COLD; 45 DESERT
'N'avy of the Lord" Church, Colored,
Immerses Eighty Converts.
ST. LOUIS. April 11. While thousands
of persons struggled for points of vantage
today, 80 out of 125 recruits found in the
'Navy of the Lord," a negro church,
were immersed in the Mississippi River
by the pastor of the Congregation, Hev.
J. B. Parker, who is called "The Ad
miral." The negroes after running from
the water, changed their garments in
nearly Doner snop.
Forty-nve of the recruits decided not
to join "The Navy" when they felt the
cold water.
ENGLISH MECHANICS COME
Cannot Find Work in England and
Leave for America.
NEW YORK, April 11. Fifty English
mechanics, unable to obtain employment
in England, arrived here today with their
families. Leonard S. Reading, spokesman
for the party, said:
"We are all good mechanics, and as
ruie snouia get along best in our na
tive country, but there is no work for
us there and we have come to America
to become citizens. We cannot support
our families in England."
INDIANS DELIGHT LONDON
i
L Arrive in Full Regalia and Let Out
Sundry Warwhoops.
LONDON. April 11. A contingent of In
dians and cowboys from the Dakota reser
vation, who will take part in exhibitions
here this Summer, arrived in London to
day. The Indian.? were in full war dress
and delighted with their whoops the great
crowds wnich followed them.
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Churches Bright With
Spring Raiment.
THOUSANDS IN FASHION PARADE
Hats of Wondrous Size and
Shape Make Debut.
MERE MAN . IS OBSCURED
Creations . of . Feminine Headeear
Along N'ew and Startling Lines .
Vie in Splendor With Deco
rations In Churches.
CHICAGO'S VISITATION.
CHICAGO. April 11. (Special.)
Easter In Chicago this year was' re
markable chiefly for the fearful and
wonderful display of millinery it ush
ered In. The chief feature of the '
hats brought out today Is their enor
mous size. Women, appeared to be
staggering- under the load of straw
and flowers and vegetables. Hats are
worn very low over .the eyes, and
this rakish effect makes It necessary
for one to bend down and peer un
der the hat to discover the identity
of the wearer.
Of the gowns, light, pale shades
seemed most In evidence. The skirts
are tight-fitting and are supple
mented by long coats fastened with
from one to three enormous buttons.
f . j . .
viUiiiI1Cs n!lu streets in .Portland were
converted into vast botanical, hnrtlcui
iurai, agricultural and ornithological
displays yesterday. The Easter hat
lor 1909, a marvelous creation with its
multifarious, multi-colored soecimena
of bird, and plant life held dominion
oy special dispensation of .lunit.r
jriuvius. Who called in question
"""-"J1 me weatnerman tw paus
ing the day to remain dry and almost
clear. - .
c-peciai services at all th r.),.i,u.
in conclusion of the Lenten r,inj
.. wu
were an incident of the day. Thev
atrorded an opportunity for auspicious
millinery competition among devout
reinlninity. . So at every church the
congregation had, the aspect of an ex
perimental station in full bloom, and
It lsn t to be wondered that the hymn
cooks did not monopolize the interest
Yomen Hidden From View.
or some SO, 000 women in Portland
conservative- estimate places the
number who were abroad In new
Easter hats at 79.999. In the lot were
some of the most remarkable crea
tions ever devised to satisfy the world
eccentric. Every woman who followed
the dictates of Dame Fashion was all
but hidden from view under a great
mass of straw, velvets, ribbons, plants
fuss and feathers.
For the 1909 Spring hat is nothing
if not eccentric and gorgeous. When
thfe "Merry Widow" came to pass it
was regarded as a marvel of eccentric
ity in Itself and only the brave dared
wear it at first. But with the latest
creation in general use the "Merry
Widow" might be adopted by nuns, who
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ON SIPPLY AFTER PIPELINE BROKE
Storm Piles Up Ice and Forms Bar
rier Damage Estimated
at $1,000,000.
. -
BUFFALO, N. Y.. April 1 1. The voice
of-Niagara was mute today, for the
second ttsne in the memory of man. and
the river is 'frozen solidly from bank
to .banlw. . -. ,
On.WeuTfsday the worst gale of the
season piled. the solid icefields of Lake
Erie in -a huge mass at the lower end
of the 'lake. ' At Niagara Falls there
had been a heavy ice bridge In the
pool below the cataract since the mid
dle of Winter. Under the Impact of
the Ice ' of the lake above and the
added floes - brought through by the
wind, the bridge gave way and began
to surge down the rapids. But before
it could win freedom In Lake Ontario,
the wind shifted to the north. . Instant
ly the moving floes packed . at the
mouth of the river.. The pack froze
steadily, .and each hour brought added
pressure from above.
Unable to traverse Its natural chan
nels, the level of the river rose Quick
ly. The highest flood level recorded
from previous years is 28 feet above
the normal. Friday night the river
was 40 feet above normal. Water
poured over the window-sills of the
power-house of the Ontario Power Com
pany and flooded the machines. The
tracks of the Great Gorge Route were
covered . from the lower steel-arch
bridge to Lewiston.
Conservative estimates place the
damage at Jl, 000, 000.
ANARCHISTS ARE UPHELD
Emma Goldman Will Not Renounce
Those AVho Do Violence.
"EW YORK. April 11. Emma Gold
man, the anarchist, in an address to
night denied that she is responsible
for the various acts of violence com
mitted by over-zealous anarchists.
one declared that many persons.
knowing her to be opposed to vio
lence, had asked her why she did not
renounce . those of her cult ho ad
vocated forcible means of impressina
upon "tyrannical .rule" their determi
nation to improve the lot of man.
"I cannot condemn these people,"
she said. "They are merely human
beings who have convinced themselves.
through their own psychology, that It
is their duty to help their fellow man
even at the cost of human life."
1 nl fll I ill A
HAINS REFUSES
i w iwn w b n
Will Not Testify, on Behalf of Her
Husband.
BOSTON, April 11. Mrs. Claudia C.
Halns is said tohave declinedpositively
to go to New York to take the witness-
stand In the trial of her husband, Peter
C. Halns, charged with the murder of
William E. Annis.
Mrs. Halns had a long interview today
with District Attorney Fred G. Dewitt, of
Queens County,- New York, who came to
Boston with the idea of inducing her to
beoom a witness in the trial. He re
turned tonight, unsuccessful.
WIRELESS PHONE BETTER
Conversation -Over New Instrument
Much Clearer.
PARIS. April 11. Naval Lieutenants
Colan and Jeance, the inventors of
wireless telephone apparatus, with which I
they succeeded last Fall In communicat
ing with Dieppe from Paris, tested a new
and greatly-Improved system today.
COMMISSION AFTER
CAUSEO
RECESSION.
River Water Flows in
. West Side Mains.
SCHOOL TO BE CLOSED
Work of Repair Will Begin
Early This Morning. .
CAUSE OF BREAK HIDDEN
Intention Is to Rush Repairs on One
of Broken Mains, Turn on
Water and Then Repair
Other One at Leisure.
WATER SITUATION IN SITSHELU
There will be no Bull Run water
for West Side consumers before
Tuesday, and probably not then.
Palatine Hill pumping plant proves
capable of keeping up ample supply
of river water.
Water Department officials were
able to accomplish nothing yesterday
toward locating breaks In submerged
mains or determining responsibility
for accident, owing to lack of
dredges.
Treasurer Campbell. of Pacific
Bridge Company, says dredge of that
company 'has been working 100 feet
above supposed location of pipes, but
that it is Impossible for dredges to
have done the damage.
W'est Side schools have been or
dered closed today, to avoid possi
bility of contagion by use of river
water.
Until the extent of the injury has been
ascertained, officers of the Portland
water department will not be able defi
nitely to say how long it will take to rep
pair the broken pipes in the river and
resume the supply of Bull Run water to
the residents of the West Side.
One of the two pipes will be resur
rected tod ay.--and U- may be possible to
repair the rupturs by tonight or tomor
row. All depends, however, on the ex
tent to which the pipes have been dam
aged. It may be a week before the water
sefvlce on this side of the river can ba
resumed.
City School Superintendent Rigler an
nounced yesterday that the public schools
on the West Side of the river would be
closed until further notice, on account of
the water situation. At a meeting of the
Board of Education thts afternoon the
question of keeping these schools closed
until the water service is resumed, or Of
providing a proper water supply, will be
considered.
Responsibility for the breaking of the
two submerged mains has not been fixed.
Divers made futile attempts yesterday to
determine the nature of the injury to the
conduits. Early this morning a dredger
will be called into service and one of the
pipes raised to the surface and repaired
as soon as possible. . .
Until the broken pipes can be taken
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 37
degrees; minimum, 43 degreea.
TODAY'S Probably fair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Castro protests against French, declaring
expulsion to be breach of international
law. Page S.
Du Maurier's play, "An Englishman's
Home," hissed by Germans. Page 1.
Scandal In French navy, new battleship
found useless. Page 3.
Xatlonal.
Nicaragua insults American diplomat and
latter is recaiiea. rage 4.
Amendments to Payne bill take away murh
revenue that will have to be replaced.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Oregon geta M per cent of colonist travel
t hat will break all records. Page 1.
"Toughy," famous husky, ending career
peacefully in ban Francisco uog hospital.
Pae 4.
Senator Cullom pleads for election of Sen
ator by Illinois Legislature. Page 2.
Smaller bakers will be forced out of busi
ness by present wheat prices. Page 3.
Six lives lost in Lenox. Mass.. tire. Page 3.
V'olce of Niagara still for second time in
memory of man. Page 1.
Twelfth juror secured In Calhoun trial
after 13 weeks. Page 3.
Sports.
Portland takes two games from Oakland.
2-1 and 5-4. Page 13.
Med ford wins from Casey's Colts, 4 to 3.
Page 13.
PhU Cooney. Portland shortstop, tells of
his row with Medford fans last week.
Page 13.
Pacific "orthwet.
Aokl and bride locate in Seattle suburb;
wife protests against further interviews.
Page 5-
Tacoma police advance startling theory
regarding murder of Contractor Frace.
Page 5.
Salem High School ball tossers accused ''of
looting Corvallls hotel. Page 5.
Crased Italian passenger shoots conductor
twice at scene of Bristol wreck. Page 5. .
Chaplain Joyce appeals for morality In
Army. Page 5.
Industrial.
Klamath Count;, to build good roads to Jd
hauling of Portland freight. Page 12.
Great sugar beet seed industry is started
near Nyssa. Malheur County, page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Dredge starts today to uncover broken wa
ter mains. Page 1.
Feminine finery makes brilliant display in
churches and . taster fashion parades.
Page l.
Ex-Senator Filton not expected ' to accept
appointment to China. Page '14.
James A- Finch still hopes to escape hang
ing for murder of Ralph Fisher. Page
Fire does 5000 damage in Drew Hall, Sec
ond, and Morrison. Page 7.
Calvin Heilig says war between Shuberta
and Ktaw St. Erlanjrer wm fcp )Htter at
tractions from Portland. Page 8.