V .VOL. XLIX.-NO. 15,103. POItTLAXP, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1909. PRICE FIVK TFXTS TWIN GULES RAGE ACROSS PRAIRIES Storms Leave Trail of Death and Ruin. THREE TOWNS SWEPT AWAY Twenty-one People Killed in Southern States. FIVE KILLED IN CHICAGO Lees Than 12 Hoars .Separate Tor nadoes That Sweep From Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico. DAMAGE OF BIG STORM. Chicago Five people killed, many injured. 23 houses demolished. Hornlake, Ml,. Town completely demolished, many reported injured, negroes killed. Harrolton, Ark. Town swept away; no details. Golden. Mo. Four dead. 12 in jured, town wrecked. South Wend. Ind six hundred feet of state penitentiary wall torn out by Bale. Louisville. Ky Hotel wrecked, many houses blown down. Peoria. Ill Chicago. Burlington & Qulnry freight-house wrecked. Union Depot damaged, several hurt. Cherokee. Ia. Twenty houses wrecked. Twenty-one people reported dead In Tennessee. Arkansas and Mlss Isnsli pi in towns not included In above. Tops and rrult badly damaged throughout all Middle States. Heavy enow reported in Wyoming. Montana, Wisconsin. Pennsvlvani. and New York. CHICAGO. April 29. Two terrific tm-ms. sweeping over Middle West states within 13 hours of each other, have today paralyzed the region from Chicago to the Oulf as seldom before. Both storms were accompanied by thunder and lightning and deluging torrents of rain, and both caused loss of life, not only In this city, but ln regions to the south. Two towns, Harrolton. Ark., and Horn lake. Miss., are reported as completely demolished by tornado-like winds that wept over the prairies during the day; and reports of death and destruction in a lesser degree are coming In over the crippled wires from every point with which communication can be opened. Heavy Snow Reported. ' Coincident with the violent gale re rorted In the Middle States, unseason able falls of snow are reported to both the east and west of the stricken area In New Tork several Inches of snow is reported from the rural districts, while the big metropolis ltsen had a violent now squall early ln the day. From Wy oming comes the report of suffering on the sheep ranges caused by a five-inch fall of snow. Snow is also reported from Pittsburg, Milwaukee, and Montana points. A SClUall. With wlnH an hour, and rain falling ln torrents, struck Chicago at 6:15 o'clock tonight Wires went down ln every direction and communication with other cities was completely severed. Peoria Shut OTf. "Peoria Is experiencing the worst storm ln Its history," was the last mes sage sent from that city Just before com munication was cut. The local center of the storm was on the South Side. There three laborers were killed and several were injured when the roof of the Grand Crossing Track Company's plant was blown off. A cottage at Seventy-ninth street and Kills avenue was blown down, an 1 it was reported to the police. that two men were Kiuea ana a woman and a child injured Wires All Prostrated. Telephone and telegraph wires were cu down on all sides of th., fit, it ... i most complete prostration of wire service n years, me Western Union report ed - that all Its wires were cut off as tnougn by a flash of lichtnino- rv. munlration with the East was established siowiy and by a circuitous route.. The Postal Telegraph Company at 7 o'clock had the only wire in the city to New York. Traffic was Impeded on surface and elevated lines and suburban trains were delayed. Two Inches of rain fell here and In neighboring cities. Many persons were injured by flying boards, and knocked down by streetcars and wagons. Woman Burled ln House. Mrs. Matilda Johnson was standing In the front door of her residence on Ellis avenue, watching the effect of the storm, when the wind took the roof from her house and the building collapsed. She was dug out by the police, badly In jured. Miss Eleanor Richardson, a 17-year-old girl, was trying to hold an umbrella over her head while crossing North Clark street, when she was struck by a street car and fatally Injured. Twenty-five houses were blown down or damaged by the storm ln Blue Island, a southwestern suburb. Several trains on the Chicago & Alton Concluded on Face 7.) WEDDING DELAYS LARCENY HEARING MISS IDA LIXDELL MARRIED WHILE OFFICERS HOT. Happy Denouement ln Justice When Bride Appears and Proves Her , Innocence of Charge. While constables were hunting high and low with a bench warrant for Miss Ida Charlotte Llndell, who ruffled the dignity of the Justice Court by failing to appear at the hour appointed for her trial on a trivial charge, that young lady was being quietly married at Vancouver, Wash., to Claude Banfleld, a Portland .young man. Her case was set for 2 P. M., and when she did appear, two and a half hours late, she was accompanied by the bridegroom. She apologized to the court for the delay she had caused, whereupon, In recognition of the happy occasion, Justice of the Peace Olson for got his trampled dignity, dismissed the bench warrant and later the trial charge was dropped. Larceny was the charge against the young woman. But 1t proved to be alto gether a mistake. It appears she had been employed by Mrs. I. C. Carlton, vibration masseur, Eleventh and Alder streets. Recently one of the vibrators vanished from the place. The bride elect left about the same time. A war rant was- Issued for her arrest and she was taken in custody by Constables' Wag ner and Kiernan. She explained at the time that it was a mistake, as she had merely borrowed the machine. Believing her story. Judge Olson let her go on her own recognizance. When Miss Lindell did not appear for trial the bench warrant was issued, but as the officers could not locate her, it was rightly believed she had left the city. But the denouement was entirely unex pected. Judge Olson, instead of sitting in a criminal case, left the bench to wish the young people success and prosperity ln their married life. MISSIONARIES NEED AID Two About to Be Tried in Congo Free State by Belgian Courts. NASHVILLE, April 29. Fir. a . Chester, secretary of the Foreign Mis sions Board of the Southern Presby terian Church, has gone to Washington to ask the Government to intercede In behalf of the two Southern Fresbyter- an missionaries In the.Consro fva State, Central Africa, shortly to be tried by the Belgian government at Leopoldville on the charge of slander ing tne government. One of the mis sionaries Is Dr. Morrison, of Virginia, and the other is the negro missionary, ur. sneppard. ROOSEVELT TRAILING LION Breaks Camp to Pursue Black- Mancd Beast Into Hills. NAIROBI. East Africa. April 29. Theodore Roosevelt is about to leave the ranch of Alfred Pease on the Athl River for a point in the Mau Hills near Machakos, where he hopes to bag a lion. He is due to reach the hills tomorrow. Settlers in the hills have reported see ing a black-maned lion every day for several days past. DROWNED BY UNDERTOW Three Women Die While Bathing, Companions Standing Helpless. HENRIETTA, Tex., April 29. While bathing in the Little Wachita River today. Mrs. J. E. Lebus, Miss Kathrlne Weaver and Miss Mazelle Ellis were caught in a strong undertow, swept Into a deep hole and drowned. A half dozen young girls stood helpless. FAIRBANKS BUYS HOME After World Trip Will Live in Pass dena"s Residence Section. PASADENA, Ca!., April 29. Bx-Vice-Presldent Fairbanks concluded through agents today a deal for the purchase of a $30,000 residence In one of the fashion able districts of Pasadena. It is said that he will make this his future home. PIQUE LEADS TO SUICIDE Woman Kills Self Because Not Taken on Trip by Husband. LOS ANGELES, April 29. Because she had not been Included in a fishing trip which her husband had planned, Mrs. Anna Fry, aged 24, today placed a pistol in her mouth and fired a shot whih im mediately ended her life. Mrs. Fry was soon to have become a mother. SMUGGLED IN CHINAMEN Ex-Polloe Chief Indicted, After His ... Flight to Mexico. ROSWELL. N. M., April 29. The Fed eral grand jury today again indicted Ed ward M. Fink, of El Paso, Tex., ex-Chief of Police of that city, on the charge of having conspired to smuggle Chinese into the United States from Mexico, via El Paso. PAYING TELLER ARRESTED Oakland Man Charged With Robbing Bank of $3000. OAKLAND, Cai., April 29. Earl E. Bo gardus. paying teller of the Bank of Ger many, was arrested today and charged by the bank with having embezzled J3000. This amount is set as the first, as it has not yet been determined to what extent his peculations have gone. PASSENGER TRAIN HELD UP IN IDAHO I Two Men Loot Mail car on N. P. FIREMAN FLEES AFTER SHOTS Engineer, Giin at Head, Takes Mailcar Down Track. AMOUNT OF LOOT UNKNOWN Men Board Train at Sand Point and Hold-up Takes Place at Hou ser Junction, 2 5 Miles' East of Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash., April 29. Spectal.) Two men held up Northern Pacific train No. 3 tonight at 10:25 o'clock, three miles east of Houser Junction, and 25 miles east of Spokane. Conductor A. F. Miley states that the robbers cut the engine and one mail car from the train, took two shots at the fire man, missing him by a very narrow mar gin, ordered him off the engine and put a gun to Engineer Whittlesey's head, com manding him to go ahead until they told him to stop. The other robber tnfiW tb place of the fireman, and as they passed j-touser at 10:30. he was throwing coal into the firebox in an inexperienced man ner. Dispatcher Sounds Alarm. This, together with the fact that there were no markers on the rear of the train and as the engine crew disregarded sig nals. It was at once surmised hv th or.. erator here that it was a holdup, and he at once notified the dispatcher in Spo- Kane to that effect. Officials In Spokane as well m -Rath drum were at once notified, and while the mail car was beina: rnhherl luinun JTrerit and Yardley, posses were forming ai eitner side or the robbers to overhaul mem. ; The engine and mall car ran by Its sig nals at Trent-10 miles east of Snnkana and at midnight had not shown up at xaraiey. One highwayman is described by Con ductor A. F. Milev as helntr n l9r.nM portioned man, the other of ordinary size. . Conductor Tells of Robbery. Conductor Miley's version of the holdup is as follows: "On leaving Rathdrum, the electric lights were cut off and an electrician on the train repaired them, but they were bouii eJiiiiiguiBirea again, He at once knew It. was a holdup and went forward and found that the robbers had cut the mallear and the engine from the train ordered everyone out of the mailcar taken tne engineer with them a mile down the track and had thrown him rr "After the robbers had taken at the fireman and driven him oft the engine, they discovered a youn man (Concluded on Pace 0.) DURNED IF I DON'T I - - - 1 T. I " : I , I . . mammt HEIRESS IS BORN TO DUTCH THRONE ARRIVAL OF PRINCESS CAUSES GREAT JOY IX HOLLAND. Assures Survival of House of Nassau and Escape From Rule of German. THE HAGUE. April 30. Oueen Wilhel- mina gave birth to a daughter this morn ing. This news was received with o-f-0 jolcing throughout the Netherlands and was announced by the firing of a salute 01 01 guns. Queen Wilhelmina was, until the birth this daughter; the last eurvlver of the house or Nassau and If she had died with out heirs, the crown would probably have passed to a German Prince and the kingdom have become practically a vassal state of Germany. This fact explains the keen interest taken by the people In the birth of an heir and the great rejoicing which followed the event. PRISON WALL TORN OUT Tornado Carries Away 600 Feet of Penitentiary Barrier. SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 29. Six hun dred feet of the west wall of the North ern Indiana State Prison, at Michigan City, was blown down at 7:1K nVlnk to night by a tornado. The prisoners were an in tneir cells at the time. Any possible outbreak was averted by the prompt action of Warden Reid, who placed patrols ln the corridors with orders to use their rifles to put down any attempt at escape. However, the convicts were so excited that no effort was made to effect a de livery. A company of National Guard will proceed to South Bend. No lives were lost by the falling of the wall, and as far as can be learned no one was Injured. CAPTAIN TAKES OWN LIFE Could Not Bear Disgrace of Wreck ing Steamer Indiana. SAN FRANCISCO! Anrll ! r-- the suicide of Captain J. F. Robinson, of me -acinc Mail steamship Indiana, which was recently wrecked nt ih . trance to Magdalena Bay, reached this city mis afternoon by means of a wire less message from one of the vessels now at Magdalena. The mltted on Monday night in the cabin of me inaiana, now pounding to pieces on the rocks where she stranded. Captain. Robinson. Who foari Keen tm. K years ln command of vessels navigating xne iacinc, worried by the censure to which he has been subjected since the loss of the Indiana, shot himself to death m nis stateroom. He was a resident of Alameda, where he leaves a widow and five children. SUFFRAGETTES ARE SPLIT Bolt In Convention on Question of Membership. LONDON. April 29. A serious split ln the woman's suffrage ranks took place toaay ai tne morning session of the In ternational Suffrage Alliance, and as i result a body of delegates left the hall. The trouble developed In the course o the discussion, of the constitution. . Some of the societies desired to enlnifl.A .Via membership, but under the leadership of ine ev. Anna Howard Shaw, one of the American delegates, the " ' -.uiu to reserve membership to societies hav ing tne enfranchisement of women their sole object. THINK MOTHER EARTH'S TRYING L IN BRITISH TAXES Liquor Men and Land Owners to Suffer. WEALTHY TO PAY UP DEFICIT Tories and Lords Cry "Social ism, Confiscation." CORPORATIONS HARD HIT Lloyd-George Proposes Revenge for Defeat of License BUI by Put ting Heaviest Burden on Liquor Interests. LONDON. Anril 23 ... of the trade." as the liquor business rvw.riy caned in the Liberal gov ernment's budget, which David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented in the House of Commons, re mained to day to bear the burden of the 15, ,62.000 (J78.810.000) deficit of the fiscal year Incurred by the old age pension and -i. Wlln Germany for Dreadnoughts. w Taxes Enrage Lords. ouulllsm and confiscation!" the wealthy classes are already crying, and a few are cltttehinor a t th v.nn. ... House of Lords, which represents the may mrow out the budget en tirely, but this Is lmnrohahio t income taxes, death, estate and legacy uuura' a la of 20 per cent on future increase In the value of land due to the enterprise of the community, taxes on motors to be devoted to keeping up the r"-rt""P taxes on sales of property are the principal levies upon wealth. Revenge on Liquor Trade. .The government get. . the rejection recently by the Lords of its licensing bill by increasing the taxes on some -classes of . public liou., anri the customs excise drifter 6n "splrttV.. A oi m on tne pound on sales of liquors in clubs also- Is Imposed, and this Is likely to antagonize both the liquor in- "a me workingmen. The new taxation bears henvtlv porations. The only features affecting the mcu otaies are the increase in the tobacco tax. a tax of 3d r- n - t" en, iuii on petrol and heavier stamp duties on stock transactions. Maddest Budget Ever Seen. The first comments of the roomHo.-., both parties show astonishment at the number and the sweeping nature of the cnanges m tne country's financial system "The maddest budget ever introduced.'' d.i riouencii uteorge Banbury termed it during a speech in which he declared mat me new budget included every fad -MUHien wnamoeriain denounced it for imposing a large portpn of the natlon'i burdens on a few people by different de vices. John Redmond, leader of the Irish par ty, asserted that the whisky tax imposed another burden on Ireland, which the (Concluded on Paste 5.) TO FLIRT WITH ME. RADIGA GRANGES MYSTERY IN DEATH OF OLIVE LOGAN DRAMATIC AGENT SAYS SHE HAD SIONEY AND JEWELS. Asylum Authorities Registered Her as Pauper, and Friend Wants More Details! LONDON, April 29 (Special.) Cor es Claflin, the London dramatic agent rho befriended mti-a t no.cn i. dlgnant at the nsvlum mithnlin.. Banstead for registering her as a pau- ne sai a ner death mriad ystery because of the Hlsiinnr.n.. of her money and property.. W"hile she waa in rr.. . had. to my knowledge, a sum of money -.,u, ura nne laces, jewels, trunks nd other thirnr. ( v, j vi. ..i t o h 1 1 a gone when she was taken to the work- i.uiiae inrirmary In Kensington. "Testerday. my wife was told by guardians of the wnrkhnnu ,v. Mrs. Logan to the asylum, that they reguiariy paying for her keep there, presumably from the realiza tion, effects or ready money in her possession." Mr. Claflin said that some hundreds of pounds were awaiting Mrs. Logan at the Lyceum Club, Piccadilly, of which she was a member; and at the rooms of which she frequently called until a iu muiiiiis ago. EIGHT KILLED IN FIRE Incendiary Blaze In New York Tene ment Proves Fatal. - NEW TORK, April 30. Eiirht sons are known to be dead and many injurea in a fire which swept through the five-story tenement house at 37 Spring street, early today. The hall way of the second floor had been soaked with kerosene oil and fired bv a rani. When the police turned in the first aiarm tne upper floors were all ablaze, i The bodies of two women nnH aiia child were taken from the fourth finni- while streams of water were being poured Into the structure. Firemen penetrated to the fifth 'floor, hut th. were driven back by the flames, but counted four bodies there and said there were probably more. VOYAGE COST BUT LITTLE Milion and a Half Only Extra Outlay for Battleship Cruise. -WASHINGTON ,Anrll 5fl Of 'thV Navy Meyer today declared that tne in Daitleshlps foZ the Atlantic fleet. wnicn nad made the voyage around th world, were ln excellent condition to the fact that they were accompanied by a repair ship throughout the trip The Secretary said he fonnri iimi ih voyage had . cost only 11,500,000 more than if the battleships had been kept at home. The battleships needed n extensive repairs. BLACKMAIL ON SPRECKLES Two Men Trapped in Attempt to Ei ' tort From Millionaire. SAN FRANCISCO. Anril -!n -r.. men were arrested by detectives here late last night on a charge of attempt ing to blackmail Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph precKeis. George De Martina wa caught in a trap set by the officers an. later Benjamin Soule was captured. The men are accused of having sen tnreatenlng letters, demanding J6000 irom the millionaire. TWO ARE DEAL IN FIRE Flames Imprison Many Families on Upper Floors. NEW TORK. April 30 At 1eat iw persons were burned to death and sev vim wrrr wriousiy injured tn a fire in a tenement house early today. The fire starting on the third floor wnrw n to the roof and imprisoned many families. Two bodies were taken from the build ing and several children, badly burned were taken to the police station and hos pitals. CHURCH CEREMONY HELD Religious Marriage of Miss White and Count Thoss Solemnized. PARIS. April 29. The religious mar riage ceremony of Muriel White and Count Hermann Seheir-Thoss was per formed at St. Joseph's Church today. Owing to the difference In faith of the bride and groom, the service did not take place in front of the altar of the church, but in a side chapel of the. nave. BABE MURDERED ON ROAD Tracks of Two Men and Two Women Are OnIys Clew. UPLAND, Cal.. April 29. The badly bruised body of a baby girl, but a few hours old. was found on the side of a road a few miles out of town today. Nearby were tracks of two men and two women. Dr. Wormer, who held an in quest, pronounced the case one of murder. There is no clew to the identity of the guilty persons. CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS Proressor Scott, or Chicago Univer sity, Meets Sudden Death. CHICAGO. April 29 Rev. Hugh McD. Scott, professor of ecclesiastical history at the Chicago Theological Seminary, was killed tonight by being crushed between two surface cars. He was confused by the storm. GENERAL SAYS SDN Captain Was Excitable From Boyhood. DRIVEN MAD BY WIFE'S ACTS Married Life Happy Until Annis Stole Her Love. STRANGE CONDUCT IN WAR Always in Way During Action in Porto Rico Campaign Mrs. Hains Confessed Love for An nis, Feared Mother's Anger. FLUSHING. X. Y., April 29.-An affect ing scene was presented today at the trial of Captain Peter C. Hains. Jr., when General Hains, retired, the aod father of the defendant, related with sup pressed emotion the incidents of his son s life from boyhood to the time when, driven to madness by his wile's alleged infidelity, he shot down the man who. the defense contends, caused It. Beginning with the boy's tendency to nightmares and general excitability dur ing his earlier years, the General traced his career through the campaigns of the Spanish-American War, when he fought under his father in Porto Rico and was "always In the way on the firing line." Annis Destroyed Happiness. In 1900 the Captain wooed and married Claudia LIbby, the General said, and spent years in unbroken happiness with his wife until 1906. when they met Wil liam EC Annis. The scenes which en sued at the family conference held after the Captain's return from an eight months' tour of duty In the Philippines were depicted by the General in a trembling voice. Thornton Hains, the brother, who was txted. and QQUlttcd of complicity in the same crime, appeared In court during the afternoon, but left almost Immediately upon being told that he would be sent for when wanted. Extremely Nervous Boy. General Hains testified that he discov ered at an early period of Captain Hains' life that he suffered from excessive nervousness. He described the conduct of Claudia Hains toward her husband during their early married life as that of "a loving wife." During the Porto Rico campaign the Captain, then a Lieutenant of Artillery, was a member of his command, the Gen eral said, and they all suffered exces sively from the sultry and bad climate of the island. "Describe your sou's conduct at the bat tle of Guaymas," said Mr. Mclntyre. "He was always getting in my way on the firing line," replied the witness, "and when I told him to get -away, ne said 1 had no right to wear that big white hel met on the firing line. Then I told hin: (Concluded on Past 4. ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61 degrees; minimum. 44 degree. TODAY'S Fair; northerly wlnda. ForelKB. Turkish troops relieve Hadjin and stop museacres. Pace & British hudKet proposes radical new taxes to wipe out deficit. Pag 1. Women's siifTraara convention splits and many delegates boll. Puce 1. National. Tariff Mil denounced by Jtavner and Nelson in Senate. Pase 7. Domestic. Captain of wrecked steamer Indiana com mits suicide. Pase 1. Japanese cruisers sail from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Pase 4. Snow and wind storms in East and South paralyze traffic, kill man) persons, do much damage. Page l. General Hains testifies Captain Hains la Insane. Page 1. Rapid progress ln Calhoun trial. Page 4. Strong evidence of discrimination by Har- rtinan lines against Salt Lake. Page 7. Maniac in Montana massacres family and commits suicide. Page 4. JZailroads make tourist rate from Middle West to Allan tic Coast. Page 7. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland Oakland 1: .Vos .Ar,el'" . Vernon li ; Sacramento 5. ban Francisco 3. Page 9. Northwestern League scotvs: Portland Spokane 3: Seattle 3. Tacoma 2; Aber deen 6. ancouver 1. Pago 9. Market for tine horses continues to be brisk at breeders' sale. Pago . Pacific Northwest. Two men hold up Northern Facifle train miles east of Spokane and loot mail car. Page 1. Schively would nave indictments quashed on ground that Jury was defective. Page 8. Three hundred delegates attend convention at Salem. Page H. Pastor leads In hunt for Kitsap Countr mur derer. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Active wool buying at Heppner. Page 19. Wheat prices make further gain at Chi cago. Page 10. Small demand for stocks. Page 19. Steamship Alesla arrives direct from Ori ental ports. Page IS. Portland and Vlrlnltr. Trades unions to take up referendum on blanket franchise passed by Council Page 14. Clash between two affinities of Joseph U Welter described in court. Page li Bailey and Kushlignt refuse to sign pledge to support winner In primary. Page 10. Judge Hunt to take up long docket in Federal Court today. Page 14. Portland lumbermen will take no concerted i". j 1 1 1 1 1 j i uuliui. rage 13. Marriage delays trial in which brtdo Is ac quitted on larceny charge. Page 1. Bids opened for construction of line to Tillamook. l'afr-3 13. Fatal defects are discovered In Gothenburg lluor petition. Page 13. Problem of social evil considered at secret coolerenc at X. M- C. A- Pag f. INSANE