Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 29, 1909, Image 1

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SEEKS ARREST TO
SPLIT
CARTER HARRISON
UTTERS
HELD BABY BY ITS
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WILL
LIBERATE HUSBAND
BACK IN POLITICS
DEMOCRATS
CALHOUN
AMID
OUTPUT ONE-THIRD
Manufacturers to Take
Drastic Action.
NECK, IS CHARGED
DUTY
PROTEST
BE KEPT PRISON
ER
MRS. JOHN DOBSOX IJfSISTS ON
CHICAGOAX PLAXS TO RUN
GERALDIXE FARRAR CRUEL TO
TAKING HIS PLACE.
AGAIX FOR MAYOR.
IXFAXT, SAY SPECTATORS.
LUMBER
ANGRY
i
TARIFF DISCUSSION IS CAUSE
No Market Said to Exist in
East for Product.
CREWS WILL BE REDUCED
Bwrrping Curtailment Is Ordered by
Lumbermen In Session at Seattle
to Last Until Demand for
Product Picks Cp Again.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 2S. (Sper
cial.) As the result of an understand
ing reached at a meeting of SO of the
lumber manufacturers of Washington,
Oregon and Idaho In the rooms of the
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers
Association .yesterday, the present out
put of the mills in these states will be
curtailed at least one-third. This will
mean the mills of three Pacific North
west States will not be producing more
than one-half of their capacity during
the month of May. A poor market in
the Kast caused by the tariff discussion
Is assigned as the cause.
Men at this meeting represented some
of the largest mills in the Northwest.
The dally capacity of the mills repre
sented exceeds 16,000,000 feet of lum
ber, or more than 65 per cent of the
capacity of the mills of the three states.
Four big lumber associations the Pa
cific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, the Oregon and Washington
Lumber Manufacturers' Association, the
Southwestern Washington Manufactur
ers' Association and the Western Pine
Manufacturers' Association were rep
resented at this meeting. Delegates
war here from California, as well as
the three Northwestern States.
Grays Harbor Holds Aloof.
'. . The meetlna was called hv wi.!n.inn
mtllmen. whose mills have been operat
ing at a loss for months. The only lumber-producing
section of the Northwest
not represented at this meeting by Its
largest producers was the Grays Harbor
district. letters wera sent out last night
to all the large mills -in that territory,
calling attention to the understanding
reached at this meeting. Many Grays
Harbor mills are already operating on
short shifts, and lumbermen believe they
will all follow the lead of other sections.
No definite agreement as to the length
of the shut-down was reached. Each
man present at the meeting stated what
plan he would probably follow. Some said
they would shut down entirely. Others
said they would operate half time, and
others will operate their mills only 48
hours per week.
Complete Shut-down Opposed.
At yesterday's meeting the Puget
Sound mlUmen opposed a complete shut
down, stating that the heavy demand
in the Pacific Northwest was furnishing
some business. Nearly every miUman
present agreed to curtail the output ot
. his mill.
"The Oregon, the Idaho, the Eastern
Washington market conditions have been
unpreccdentedly Inactive since the first
of the year." said Robert Allen, editor
of the Pacific Lumber Trade Joitrnal.
and acting secretary of the meeting.
"Mills that have been operating have
done so at an actual financial loss and
a curtailment of production seems abso
lutely necessary until such ilm th
long-anticipated buying movement sets
tn.
Today's meeting was a general meeting
of all lumbermen and the attendance
was only limited by the capacity of the
room in which It was held. Each mnn
facturer talked freely of conditions at
nis own and neighboring millls, and
wlille they were not unanlninim In all
things, they did agree to a man that all
mills running are doing so at an abso
lute financial loss and at a great waste
to their sttimpage assets. For this rea
son there will be a curtailment of out
put of about one-third the cutting ca
parity. If it were possible to take con
certeS action, the curtailment would be
greater and the protection and conserva
tion of sttimpage resources more satisfac
tory. This prospective close-down Is
simply to oecur as the individual mills
find it necessary.
Columbia River loggers were repre
sented at the Seattle meeting by F. C.
Knapp, of the Peninsula Lumber Com
pany, and Donald Mackay, of the North
Paclfio Lumber Company.
These lumber producers held a con
ference in this city 10 days ago when
the logging situation was discussed.
They concluded it would 'be necessary
slightly tj curtail the output of the
mills to meet the demands of the trade
If a congestion in the lumber market
and consequent depreciation in values
were to be avoided.
Messrs. Knapp and Mackay are mem
bers of a committee appointed at that
meeting to confer with the ' Puget
Sound manufacturers that some defi
nite plan might be formulated for
meeting the .situation and
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maraei vuusi
1
A r let a. . Man TJnc-allantlv
Denies
Ownership to Vicious Dog
Wife Faces Charge.
and
wnen John Dobson, of Arleta, was
arrested yesterday by Constables Wag
ner and Klernan i'or keeping a vicious
dog, his wife hurried after the officers
to Insist on taking his place in the
toils.
It s my dog- that Is said to be
vicious and I don't think my husband
ought to be held to blame," said she.
The officers asked the husband If tis
was the truth. He ungallantly ad
mitted that It was. "The dog cer-
"uniy aoesn't belong to me. he as
serted.
When Justice of the .Peace Olson's
courtroom was reached the matter was
explained to him. He directed that the
warrant of arrest be changed so that
it. would be directed against Mrs. Dob
son. This was done, Dobson was re
leased, his 'wife was arrested, and she
will have to stand trial on the charge
next Tuesday. She was released on
her own recognizance.
The complaint was sworn to by L
N. Fletcher, a neighbor of Dobson, who
says the dog is a ferocious canine and
a menace to the - whole community.
Mrs. Dobson says her dog is of a mild
and tractable nature and wouldn't hurt
anyone.
KLEIN TO MAKE APPEAL
Friends Kalse Money and Deporta
tion Will Be Fought.
TACOMA, Wash.. April 28. (Special.)
Hoping to escape deportation, although
It has been ordered by the Department of
Commerce and Labor, on the grounds
that he is a paranoiac, Josua Klein this
morning ordered nis attorney to appeal
his case to the Supreme Court.
Klein has been held in the County Jail
since convicted of assault with a dead
ly weapon on Miss Dora Culbertson,
aunt of Miss Dora Sauvagqot, who re
turned to her parents from Klein's col
ony in the Swiss Alps only when she
learned Klein would be' held In custody
until she complied with his demands and
those of her parents.
This morning several of Klein's most
influential backers held a consultation
with the "radio-active" ono In his cell
and subscribed funds to appeal the case.
Should Klein be acquitted by the Su
preme Court, he will right deportation.
TRUST COMPANIES UNITE
'our Gotham Banks Combine, With
Resources of $40,000,000.
NEW YORK. April 23. Charles C.
Dickinson, president of the Carnegie
Trust Company, announced today that
directors of his company, together with
other Interests, had formed a syndicate
which had acquired control of the Van
Norden Trust Company, the Nineteenth
Ward Bank and the Twelfth Ward Bank.
It is the intention to consolidate all these
institutions with the Carnegie Trust
Company, thereby creating a banking in
stitution with resources of t40.000.000
and a capital and surplus of $4, 500,000.
TEETH PULLED MAN DIES
Slowly Bleeds to Death From Exces
sive Hemorrhages.
HUWLIAM, Wash.. April 28. Special.)
Abraham Smith, 54 years old, died in
the General Hospital here today from al
most continuous hemorrhages following
tne extracting of three teeth two days
ago by a local dentist.
lamim mu mug oeen employed in a
local manufacturing plant, and it is said
excessive bleeding from trivial injuries
was one of his physical conditions. No
blame is attached to the dentist.
WARM ON TRAIL OF MARS
Johns Hopkins University Professor
Will Take Up Signalling "Work.
FORT WORTH. Tex'., April 28.-A mes
sage received here today from Professor
Robert W. Wood, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, practically agrees to the estab
lishment of an - observatory at Stamford.
west, lexas. wnicn will be used in
effort
Mars.
to communicate with the planet
WAKES FROM LONG SLEEP
Girl Who Slumbered lOO Hours No
Worse for Nap.
KENTON, O., April 2S.Miss Laura
Kasper, 20 years old. vhn
asleep for 100 hours, awoke today appar
ently in good health, although weak.
Physicians said that her
due to a nervo-hysterlcal collapse. The
gin naa no idea of the length of time
she naa been asleep.
CHILDREN , PERISH IN FIRE
Father Severely Burned Trying to
Save Little Tots From Death.
STURGIS. S. D., April 2S.-Two chil
'dren of William Reihman, a boy aged 2,
and a girl aged 4, were cremated in a
fire which destroyed the Reihman home,
two miles north of here, tonight. The
father was badly burned trying to rescue
the children.
Simmons Strongly for
Present Tariff.
REJECTS BRYAN'S PLATFORM
Burkett Stirs Up Hornets' Nest
. by Its Mention.
PLANK MADE AT MIDNIGHT
Tariff Debate Enlivened by Differ
ences Among Former Advocates
of Revenue System Ai-
drlch Chuckles.
WASHINGTON. ' . April ?s a
haustive treatment of the lumber sched
ule of the tariff bill by Simmons of
North Carolina was the feature of the
session of the Senate today. Simmons
advocated the retention of the present
tariff, which, he maintained, was but a
revenue rate.
Several times the National nm-..i.
i""'ra oi I JUS. which il.li..j
free lumber, was Inlxrt.H .i
..iw inn UIH-
CUSS1 y republican Senators, and
Bacon or Georgia remarked that he was
not bound by declarations written into
a platform at midnight by a few inter
ested men. Burkett of Nebraska, whose
home CitV is I.inrnln aim.o-h. .
. fc.v Biate
where the Democratic platform actually
urawn, .DUt Simmons refimoI
yieia time to prolong the discussion.
Brown of Nebraska, mtvunt . in
stitutional amendment for the collec
tion or an Income tax.
Iumber Price Mostly Labor.
Simmons opposed the nrnnn....
ductions In the lumber tariff t,-i-
cipally, he said,' because labor consti
tuted a larger element in the cost of
producing lumber than in ,the .n. t
producing any other manufactured
product, and furthermore that the lum
ber was a competitor with some of the
articles which added to the cost of its
production. ....
The present crusade against a lumber
duty, Simmons charged, had been in
stigated by speculators having interests
in Lanaaa. He declared there was i
lumber trust.
xo muse oi tne senate who wor
T . I . . . -
favorable to high rates of dutv on th
products of the farmer, yet who were
advocating free lumber. Simmons de
clared as a note of warning that they
were standing in their own llarht. Tt
asserted that the best purchaser in the
south or meats, "corn, hay and wheat
from the West was the sawmill laborer.
Gallinger declared that New England
was almost in an Identical position,
and that the arguments presented by
(Concluded on Fate 4.)
ABDUL'S
t si. JTT nry?l IMMWWWUVW v Y-V r, UUV nil' 1
followers Declare He Win Also Be
Sent to Congress and Then Be
Nominated for President.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 28. (Spe
cial.) Carter Henry Harrison, four
times Mayor of Chicago, has listened to
the lure of a fifth term, and is packing
nis Deiongings in Pasadena .to return
to the Windy City next week. His
declaration. "I will not return to this
section until I am ofd and have rounded
out my career," has strong significance.
Private advices are that a great , po
litical welcome ' and demonstration
awaits the temporarily deposed Demo
cratic chieftain, and that the Harrison
henchmen have already decided in what
ward he must live the next few years.
That selected is the 25tb.
. From the same sources comes the in
formation that Harrison is ta be put
in the field against any and every can
didate, and after his . next Mayoralty
term is to be sent to Congress. His
loyal followers do not stop at that, but
declare they will eventually see him
nominated for President.
Harrison will not discuss politics di
rectly. He admits that that is his busi
ness, and says he is going back to at
tend to "business.
FRENCH MEDAL FOR BINNS
Wireless Operator Who Saved Re
public's Passengers Honored.
PARIS, m April 28. The French govern
ment has awarded a first-class life
saver's medal to- John R. Binns for
courage displayed when the White Star
steamer Republic was cut down by the
steamship Florida off Nantucket in Jan
uary last. Binns was the wireless op
erator on board the Republic and tele
graphed the distress signals which
brought help in time to save the passen
gers. RECONCILE OLD ENEMIES
French Statesman Given Enthusias
tic Greeting in Berlin.
BERLIN, April 38. Baron d'Estour
nelles tde Constant, president of the
French Parliamentary group, was given
an enthusiastic reception on the occa
sion of a lecture which he delivered to
night advocating a better understanding
between France and Germany. The aud
ience included many members of the
Reichstag and men prominent In com
merce and finance.
LARAMIE MILLS RESUME
Harriman Subsidiary Enterprise to
Operate Arter Idle Year.
LARAMIE, Wyo., April 28-The Lara
mie Rolling Mills of the Union Pacific
Railroad, which have been idle for a
year, will resume operations within
ten days.
The mills produce the continuous rail
Joints, tieplates, bolts,, nuts and spikes
used by the Union Pacific in new con
struction work.
DEPOSED, BUT HERE'S KING
Brushes Aside Lawyers
, to Address Court.
ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE JURY
Each Party Accuses Other of
Unfair Action.
SIGNALS MADE IN COURT
Prosecution Makes Charge and Dc
fense Declares It False in Angry
Colloquy at Trial of Street-
' car Magnate.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 28. The un
usual spectacle of a defendant address
ing court and jury while his five at
torneys remained silent In their chairs
was presented today during the trial
of Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads. At a critical Junc
ture in the proceedings, after there
had been presented to the court an
allegation touching the good faith of
the jury, Calhoun, Ignoring the appeal
from A. A. Moore, his chief counsel,
arose from his chair and said:
"I am on trial for my liberty and as
a citizen I desire to enter a protest
against the remarks of the District At
torney, which I designate as miscon
duct. They are contrary to every rule
Of law practiced among English-speaking
people. The prosecution Is at
tempting to establish a controlling in
fluence over this jury by reference
to an allegation that a man has been
making cabalistic figures at my desk.
I think the reference Is absolutely ab
surd and irregular."
Attempt to Influence Jury.
Assistant District Attorney OGara
precipitated the extraordinary climax
by an interruption during the examina
tion of James F. Kelly, the fourth axc-m-oerof
the Schmlt Board o; Super
visors to be called as a witness- In the
case. '
."I desire to call the courf's atten
tion," said Mr. O'Gara, "that a young
man seated at - the defendant's table
has been laughing and smiling at mem
bers or the Jury whenever he con
ceived a point to have been scbred in
the defendant's favor, and that he has
been snarling at portions of the testi
mony of this witness."
"That is absolutely false," said John
J. Barrett, one of the attorneys for the
defense. "Mr. O'Gara based-this accusa
tion upon a report made to htm a mo
ment ago by one of the men who sit
there all day long, looking menacingly
In our direction."
Mr. O'Gara's reference was to Jerry
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POTATO
Singer Accused of Strangling Babe
to Stop Its Cries, and of Throw
It Orf Stage.
PITTSBURG. Pa.. April IS. (Special.)
Geraldine Farrar, in the closing
scene of the opera "Madame Butterfly."
this afternoon developed a scene border
ing on a panic In the Njxon Theater.
Most demonstrative Indignation was
caused by her treatment of an infant
which she employed in this scene. Mini
Farrar was singing a tragic song in the
last act. the business of which Is the
surrendering of the child to Its father,
after which she commits suicide.
The child began to cry. Miss Farrar
made ineffectual efforts to ston the noise
and failing. Is said to have grasped the
cnua ( nrst by the feet, shaking it, and
then by the neck, trying all the while to
muffle its cries in the folds of her ki
mono. The singer was so excited that,
instead of handing the infant tn n tr, Ho
lland at the conclusion of the scene, she
Quickly tossed it behind the scene to a
maiu wno stood in waiting.
TAFT PRAISES VETERANS
Tribute Paid Men Who Fought in
War With Spain.
WASHINGTON. April 28. President
Taft's attitude- toward the veterans of
the Spanish-American War was shown
today when in a letter written to Com
mander Rausch of the Department ot
the District of Columbia. United Span
ish War Veterans, he expressed high
appreciation of the work performed
by them.
"I cannot imagine," declares the
President, "the basis for the suspicion
that my attitude toward the veterans
of the Spanish War has been other
than that of the utmost good will and
the highest appreciation of the work
which has been done by them In a war,
the importance of which we have
hardly yet begun to measure.
"The exposure to which those who
went to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines were subjected, the hardships
and the self-restraint and power of
initiative exhibited in the individual
soldier, all entitle the veterans of the
Spanish War. including those In the
Philippines, to the lasting gratitude of
the country."
ALL HOLLAND EXPECTANT
Stork May Come at Any Moment
With. Heir to Throne.
THE HAGUE, April 28. Late tonight
an enormous crowd was waiting anxious
ly outside the palace for news of the birth
of an heir to the throne of Holland. The
Ministers were In attendance at the pal
ace and every preparation had been made
for the event. The physicians reported
Queen Wilhclmlna's condition as satis
factory.
A rumor spread during the evening
that a Princess had been born and caused
intense excitement, but it proved to be
untrue.
THREE SCHOOLS WRECKED
One Man Killed, Ten Injured in
Kansas Tornado.
WICHITA, Kan.. April 2S. A tornado
at Douglas and other Kansas towns to
night killed one person. Injured ten and
did much damage to property. The storm
was the most severe at Douglas. There
Lewis Ayers. 70 years old, was killed.
Misa J. J. Jones was the most seriously
injured. A number of houses were
wrecked, includirig three schools. At
Udall, Rock and Rose Hill, buildings were
blown from their foundations. Fruit and
growing crops suffered severely.
THIRTY-ONE-STORY HOTEL
Gotham Hostelry to Re 376 Feet
to Roor.
NEW YORK. April 2S. New York is
to have the highest hotel In the world if
plans filed today with the Bureau of
Buildings are carried out. They call
for a 31-story structure. GTS feet high, at
the southwest corner of Madison avenue
and Forty-second street. This will over
top by ten stories any hotel Htructure In
the city. The company will expend
Ji.OCO.OOO.
QUAKES IN WEST AFRICA
Continued Temblors Force German
Colonial Officials to Move.
BERLIN. April 18. An official dispatch
received here today reports several se
vere earthquake shocks in Kameron,
West Africa, that have continued since
Monday afternoon.
The disturbances have compelled the
colonial government to vacate Buea and
remove temporarily to Duala.
DOLLAR WHEAT IN ALBANY
First Time in 2 0 Years, but Farmers
Have Little to Sell.
ALBANY, Or., April 28. (Special.)
Wheat sold for 1 a bushel in Albany
today for the first time In 20 years.
This price was quoted by the local mill
of the Portland Flouring Mills Com
pany. Most of the wheat stored here
has been sold, so very little Is on hand
for the $1 price.
Ex-Sultan's Jail Is to Be
at Salonica.
FOUR WIVES TO CONSOLE HIM
Government Anxious to Secure
His Vast Wealth.
BECAUSE IT NEEDS MONEY
Also to Deprive Him of Means of
Plotting Lcisliman First to Con
gratulate Mchcmmcd Mu
tineers Sliot in Squads.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 2S. The
former ruler of the Empire, Abdul
Hamid, will be kept a prisoner in a
large house with walled grounds on a
height overlooking Salonica, it was
learned tonight. He is not to be put
on trial, as has been widely predicted,
for he is considered above the law. It
was thought wise .to keep the deposed
Sultan in European Turkey, remote
from the capital. His household will
be administered upon a generous scale
and his Ufa will be safeguarded, as he
earnestly besought when notified of his
dethronement.
Abdul Hamid, with four wives, five
daughters. and two of his younger sons,
two eunuchs and a comparatively
large number of female servants, was
taken from the YildU Palace last night
and started under an escort to Salonica.
Government Wants Abdul's Cash.
The Constitutionalists want to get
the great sums of money that the cx
Sultan Is supposed to have abroad, not
only because the government needs it.
but because It is desirable that he
should be deprived of the resources for
another coup d'etat. Speculation places
Abdul Hamid' s wealth at anywhere be
tween $25,000,000 and $200,000,000.
It was mentioned with pleasure to
day at the palace of Mehenimed V that
the American Ambassador was the first
of the foreign representatives to com
municate his good wishes to the newly
proclaimed Sultan. The Sultan sent
his compliments aid thanks to Mr.
Lelshman. The city was illuminate
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS.,
The Weather.
YESTliTRDAY'S Maximum temperature, 55
degrees; minimum, 42.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Muriel White marries Count Seherr-Thoss.
I'aKe 3.
Abdul Hamid to be imprisoned and deprived
of fortune; dramatic scene w hun no titled
of deposition. Page 1.
Turks renew massacre at Adana. and cre
mate thousands. l'age 3.
British budpet shows huge deficit. Vage 3.
Japan refuses to withdraw troops from
Manchuria. Page
National.
Democratic Senators support present lumber
tariff and repudiate Bryau platform.
rage 1.
Ballinger promises relief to Silets settlers.
Page 5-
Vast area of land reserved for dry farm
ing. Page 0-
Taft expresses warm friendship for Spanish
War veterans. Page 1.
Politic.
Wets win disorderly local option election In
Koss County, Ohio. Page 2.
Carter Harrison to ruu again for Mayor of
Chicago and may try for .Presidency.
Page 1.
I o nicotic.
Van Ylesslngen trlis more of being forced
to continue crimes. Page 2.
Calhoun Interferes in trial to protest against
influencing Jurors. l'age 1.
Kidnaped Cabanne boy given back to his
father. Page 2.
Geraldine Farrar hooted for abusing child.
Page 1.
Prosecution finishes case against Captain
Ha ins and defence offers insanity plea.
Page 0.
Pc I f ic N ort h weal.
Washington lumbermen decide to curtail
output -H per cent. Page 1.
Supreme Court awards child to mother after
many pitiable trials. Pago 6.
E. C. Hughes undecided as to whether he
will accf-pt Federal judgeship. Page J.
Nichols denies he sliarod in Insurance Tecs.
but Nilcs contradicts him- l'age ;i.
Miss lola Mary Oorman to be Queen of
May at New brg. Page H.
Judg McBride tendered smoker br Oregon
City In token of esteem. Paga tJ.
Commercial and Marine.
Advanced prices offered for valley wooL
Page 17.
Wheat a cent higher at Chicago. Page 17.
General advance in stock market. Page 17.
Barkeutine Jones Tuft Is chartered. Pace
16.
Third day of breeders' sale eclipses Tues
day banner record. Page 7.
Coast I-eague scores: Portland P. Oakland
1; Vernon 4, ly Angeles 1; Sacramento
4, San Francisco 0. Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
Organization of new grain exchange likelv
as result of financial straits of Board of
Trade. Page Itf.
Lawyer believes text of excise board peti
tion In courts is Impracticable. Page 1U.
Woman Insists on undergoing arrest to lib
erate husband. Page 1.
Kubhlight and Bailey withhold signature
to pledge to support party nominees.
Page 11.
Important land fraud cases pending will be
tried r.ext Fall. Page 16.
Blanket franchise for extension of streetcar
llns. passed over Mayor's veto, to be
left to vote of people In June. Page in.
William I. Finley appeals to women to
save Oregon birds. Page 12.
John W. Nash disappears. leaving wife and
child, and is sought by police of three
cities. Paga 4.
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