turn VOL,. VXLIX. XO. 15,321. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RAILROADS HEARD, BUT TAFT IS FIRM WALSH ENJOYING SOME MONEY YET BLOCKS RAREBIT VICTIM'S DREAM REALISTIC SluOMOOO IS AIR CRAFT DRIVE ,BIRDS FROM FRANCE EX-I E FOOTBALL HELP TRUST PILE BECOMES .2814 EX-BANKER WILL BE WORTH $600,000 AFTER PAYING NOTE. SEATTLE MAN GRABS CHAIR AND SMASHES FURNITURE. FEATHERED FLOCKS FRIGHT- "ENED AT AEROPLANES. GAY J OR MNKEO MORS BANK Spirit of Message Same After Conference. TWO SECTIONS TO BE SENT Trusts and Interstate Law Taken Up Separately. STOCK "WATER" WANTED Restrictions in Stock and Bond Is sues to Bo Recommended J. I. Morgan Is Mediator and Xoted Railroaders in Attendance. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Following? a forenoon conference with presidents of six of the great railroad systems, President Taft late this afternoon aiir nounced a change of programme in the sending; of his message , dealing; with interstate commerce and anti-trust law amendments to Congress. The message will be split into two parts. The section dealing; with trusts will be sent to Congress Thursday noon. The section dealing with the interstate commerce law, in which rail roads are directly Interested, will be deferred until Friday. The President's epeclal message on conservation of natural resources is expected to be ready for Congrress Monday. Each Part to Have 4000 "Words. Soon after the railroad presidents had left the White House, it was an nounced the President still hoped to have his message ready for Congress Wednesday. It had been his original intention to treat together the two sub jects of interstate commerce and anti trust amendments. It was said late this afternoon that the message prob ably would receive greater attention if divided into two parts, neither of more than 4000 words. As a result of the call of the rail road presidents, it was said that only a few verbal changes would be made " in the message dealing with the inter state commerce laws, and that these would make the Presidents position more clear. "Wickershiun Bill Objected To. Mr. Taft found the railroad men most considerate in presenting their views. While deprecating the idea of any leg islation at all at this time, when, they declared, conditions in the railroad and industrial worlds are righting them selves, after two years of depression, they did not seek to deter the Presi dent from sending his message. They devoted themselves to more or less spe cific objections to the bill prepared by Attorney-General Wlckersham, which forms the text of the message. ' The President, it is declared, will not attempt to force the Wlckersham or any other bill upon Congress. He will say in his message that such a hill has been drafted and is at the dis posal of Congress. Morgan Is Meida4or. The railroad president admitted that their objections to the proposed amend ments to the interstate commerce ct were general in their application to all the amendments, -The president, how ever, had made his position clear to J. P. Morgan in a brief interview last Friday morning. Mr. Morgan In turn arranged for today's conference and advised the railroad men to confine themselves to suggestions of changes in amendments rather than to an at tempt to Influence the President as to his general course. - Mr. Taft has let it be known ho not only will make recommendations for changes in the law, but 1 that he ex pects Congress to adopt the suggestions at this session and thus carry out the promises of the Republican party plat form. Those who attended the conference today were Presidents McCrea of tho Pennsylvania: Lovett, of tht Harrlman lines; Brown, of the New York Cen tral; Mellen, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford; Baer, of the Phila delphia & Reading, and Kin ley. of the Southern Railroad. The railroad pres idents brought Lewis Cass Ledyard, of New York, with them as general coun sel. The Attorney-General represented the legal department of the Govern ment. Stock-Holding Clause Changed. One of the changes which Mr. Taft agreed to make In hts recommendations has to do with the language of the pro posed amendment prohibiting a railroad company from acquiring stock in any competing railroad In the future or from holding stock in a competing railroad after a given date. It was maintained that the wording of this proposed amend ment was such that it might be held to apply to lines like the New York Cen tral and the West Shore. The latter is, nnd for many years has been, a New York Central line, serving eventually as an overflow trackage system on the western shore of the Hudson River. Tho laws, as Mr. Taft will suggest, will provide that where a railroad owns B0 per cent or more of the stock of an other, it may acquire the remainder. Thie, it is said, would afford a measure of protection to minority stockholders, for, tConoludcd on Page fl.j l)ebt for $7,121,887.12 to Be Settled in Chicago Soon Stocks and Realty Left. ' . v . CHICAGO. Jan. 3. (Special.! John R. Walsh, it was revealed today, will be worth between $600,000 and $730, 000 after the settlement of his. J7.121, 887.12 note to the Chicago Clearing house Banks, which will be effected within a few days. Estimates of the wealth of the ex banker, railroad and quarry owner have always varied widely. Prior to his financial troubles, which began in 1905, his fortune was variously 'given at figures between $10,000,000 and $35, 000,000. The former figure, he, dis proved by putting up $14,039,000 in se curities to cover his note, and the higher figure is discredited in the reve lation that his assets after settlement of the note will not exceed $750,000. There is no way of computing the cost to him of litigation and settle ments following the suspension of his banks, but his intimates declare it could not have been sufficient to re duce so far as big a fortune as $35, 000,000. Stocks and real estate will make up the three-fourths of a million loft to the banker for his life of hard work. Those will include his home, some Indiana real estate, comprising a small piece of coal property, and Chicago real estate and listed stocks. He will probably Sspose of his Wis consin and Michigan railroad stock, ac cording to those near him, and also of his "shortest belt line railroad in the world," the Loraine & Southern, in Ohio, which is only eight-tenths of a mile long and has four miles of track, all in the quarry section. CALIFORNIA HAS NEW PEST Insect Like Ladybug Lays Waste Many Grain Fields. JACKSON, CaJ., Jan. 3. (Special.) A bug, Bomewhat like the common ladybuff, has made its appearance near here. In sowing- a piece of land to grain, a num ber of sacks were left over night in the field. An examination the next day led to the discovery that each sack was swarming with small bugs with a dark yellowish back. Other parts of this county were affected by the same kind of insects, it is believed, last year. The lands so visited were de nuded of all vegetation, and the- soil produced nothing for that season. It was as if & fire had swept over the surface. One large ranch had fully 100 acres so affected last year. While there Is no general appearance of the bug- in the county. It has appeared In localities wide apart. BROKERAGE HOUSE BLAMED Stock Exchange Discusses Recent Rock Island Flurry. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. The Rock Island episode on the Stock Exchange of a week ago was the subject of informal discussion by officials of the exchange today. The report of the special com mittee of Inquiry which will not be issued until January 12, holds at least one prominent brokerage house re sponsible for .the incident.' Its part in the events of that day comes within the scope- of the consti tution of the exchange, which pre scribes that "acts detrimental to the welfare of the exchange" shall be pun ishable on vote of a majority of the govening committee. The punishment is fixed at suspen sion for not more than one year. MARCH CAUSE OF MUTINY All but Nine of Company Refuse to Take 1 5-Mile Hike. ( FISHERS ISLAND, N. T., Jan. 3. Many Of tho non-commissioned officers and men of the One Hundred and Thirty First Company, U. a Coast Artillery, are confined in the guardhouse, at Port H. G. Wright, tt is said, as a result of a mutiny Saturday. The company was ordered out for a march of 15 miles and all but . nine men declined to do the duty." It was declared authoritatively today that a majority of the men in the company had been ordered before a court-martial. SWIMMER DODGES ICE New York Policeman Goes Halt Way Across Hudson and Back. NEW YORTC. Jan. 3. James Scan Ion. one of the several champion athletes on the New York police force, swam half way across- the Hudson River today and back again, his only difficulty being in dodging large cakes of Ice. Scanlon had a wager with another po liceman for a swim across the river, and as his challenger failed to appear, Scan lon started without him. SEAL RETURNS TO BE FED Holmes Pet Finds Way Home Alter Being Cast Out. LONG BEACH. Cal.,' Jan. 3. L. L. Homes, of this city, purchased a baby seal from fishermen a monh ago. On New Year's day he gave the little fel low its liberty, casting it into the wa ters of the bay. The seal was found early today be fore the door of Holmes' place, crying to be fed. It.was taken In and cared for and will be given a permanent berth. . Gotham's MayorShows Humorous Vein. HE BELITTLES GRIDIRON AIDS ' '0 : Street Commissioner Edwards Let Down Easy, However. RIDDER REFUSES OFFER Newspaper Publisher Unable to Ac cept Park Commissionership. . J oil ii White Succeeds the Late Tim Sullivan. f NEW YORK, Jan. 3. The quips of Mayor Gayner continue to enliven New York. , - Today he sent the following letter to W. J. Edwards, Commissioner of Stret Cleaning, better remembered as "Big Bill" Edwards of the Princeton fotball eleven: - My dear Commissioner: Take on a few more football players and maybe yon will do better yet. Sin cerely yours, William J. Gaynor." The statement given out by Mayor Gaynor seemed to indicate that Ed wards would be removed to make way for a new Commissioner of the Mayor's own choosing. "Big Bill" Has No Comment. Therefore "Big Bill" had no com ment to make today on the Mayor's praise. Besides Edwards there are the following football stars in the Street Cleaning Department: James J. Hogan, an old Yale captain; Harry Slaughan, the Yale ned, ana George Buckwalter, of Princetown. Next week -will test the new Mayor's Quality with regard to one of the most important questions of policy a Mayor must decide. Is this to be a "wide open" or a "closed" town ? Are Sundays to be "dry" or "wet?" There were plenty of questioners to ask the Mayor, but to all inquirers he begged to . be excused from . any expression of opinion until he had time to make changes in the police department he in tends. . . . . v New Police Commissioner Likely. Willllam F. Baker is still Commissioner of Police, but the Mayor's statement of last night indicates that a new mn will have the job. With the Mayor noncommittal, specu lation reverted to collateral inferences and reminiscences of his camgaign utterances. He said then that he favored a liberal interpretation, of the excise law and that there should be no more empty threats to close Coney Island and other resorts that had a right to keep open -on Sun days. ' Those that ought to be closed, he added with firmness, would be closed and would stay closed. Herman Ridder, publisher of the Staats Zeitung, has declined to be Commissioner of Parks of Manhattan and the Borough (Concluded on Page a.) Everything Real to "Fiend" but Burglars, Even Police Finally Coming to Rescue. SJ1A.TTLE, Wash., Jan. 3. (Specials Had it been a real burglar instead of his own reflection in the looking glass, J. E. Britt, proprietor of the Britt apart ments; at Second avenue and Cedar street, would have beaten the intruder to death with a chair, at 3:30 o'clock thta morning- As it was. only the mirror was splin tered, the chair made eligible for a long stay aft the repairer's, a few minor articles of furniture put out of com mission, and the entire neighborhood in general and the occupants of the apart ment, in particular, frightened speech less. It was Welsh rarebit that started it all. Mr. Britt got away with a lovely rarebit at midnight, and at 3:30 o'clock the nightmare was working beautifully. It -was in that stage when two murderers were leaning over his bed with uplifted knives and the blood-lust in their eyes, a la the "melodrammers," when Mr. Brttt let out the first howl and hit the floor with both feet. "Wow!" yelled Britt, "I can "go some, too; come, on you assassins. There's never a law of God or man on the corner of Cedar street and Second avenue, come on!" 1 Mr. Britt grabbed a chair. So did one of the asaastiias. - "Lay on, MacDuff," howled Britt, "I'm going to get first crack at you." He did. That was- when the looking glass was cracked 40 ways from the jack. It was also when Mrs. Britt began adding -her screams to the war cries of her infuriated husband and brought the neighbors and the police running. HOLD-UP MAN IS HELD UP Barroom Desperado Loses Fight Against Five Victims. BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Jan. 3. A man giving the name of Hank Kennedy en tered a saloon in East Bakerafield at 8:30 last night with a drawn revolver and ordered the five men in the bar room to throw up their hands, which they promptly did. While the desperado was abstracting a purse from one man's pocket another of the victims jumped the holdup man. and the fiv joined in subduing him. When searched a complete burglar s outfit was found upon Kennedy. His description has been wired to the prin cipal, cities as that of a probably much wanted criminal. MANILA HAS CANCER CURE Treatment Consists in Immunity by Vaccine From Patient Himself. MANILA, Jan. 3. A conditional and preliminary report of what is hoped will prove to be -a successful treatment for cancer was presented before the Manila Medical Society today. The treatment consists In making the patient immune from the further' progress of the disease by the use of vaccine prepared from his own cancer. Experiments have been made during the last ehjht m oaths, both in cases where operation was possible and where it was not. A'number of patients, apparently cured, were exhibited before the society. The medical authorities desire to watch these cases for an extended period. BIGGER YET. J. P. Morgan.T. F. Ryan andL P. Morton Unite. MERGER BIGGEST OF NATION Guaranty, Fifth Avenue and Morton Trust Companies. CONSOLIDATION IS VOTED Alexander J. Hemphill Mentioned for Presidency Deposits of In stitutions Enormous Terms Are Not Disclosed. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. J. Pierpont Mor gan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levi P. Mor ton linked hands in New York today in a trust company merger which unites resources of $150,000,000.- It is a triple - combination, bringing the Guaranty Trust Company,- the Mor ton Trust Company and the Fifth Ave nue Trust Company, all of this city, under one head with the ytitle of the Guaranty Trust Company. The merger is perhaps the largest of its kind in the United States. Directors of all three companies met today and informally proposed the terms of merger which will be put in more definite form Wednesday, when another directors' meeting will be held and the plan ratified by stockholders. The formal vote will not be taken until later. Morton, Merger Chairman. Levi P. Morton, president of the Mor ton Trust Company and of the Fifth Avenue Trusi Company both known as Morton-Ryan concerns has' con sented to act as chairman of the board of the merged companies. No presi dent has been selected. -Alexander J. HemphilU vice-president and. acting president of the Guaranty Trust Com pany, has been mentioned for the posi tion. ' The new move in finance follows the recent absorption of the - Guaranty Trust Company by the so-called Mor gan interests, but upon Just what terms the merger was made is not disclosed. The Guaranty Trust Company was or ganized in 1891 and has total deposits of more than $88,000,000. Its Deposits $45,000,000. The Morton Trust Company, form erly the banking house of Bliss, Morton & Co., was organized in 1899. Thomas F. Ryan is vice-president. Its deposits aggregate more than $45,000,000. Like the Guaranty Trust Company, its cap ital and surplus are $2,000,000 each. The Fifth Avenue Trust Company, founded ten years ago, is one of the better known up-town financial insti tutions. With a capital and surplus of $1,000,000 each it has paid large dividends. The capital stock of the new company probably will be fixed at (Concluded on Page 3.) Cmte Clary Declares His Country Faces Danger of Extinction of Winged Species. PARIS, Jan. 3. (Special.) Birds of all kinds are becoming scarcer in France say ornithologists. According to no less an authority than Comte Clary, president of the St. Hubert Club, the danger of ex tinction of the winged species is increased by the use of aeroplanes. "All who were present during the avi ation contest at Rheims," said Comte Clary today, "will recall that the be havior of the frightened birds, as the aeroplanes rose, was a picturesque fea ture in the1 early part of the week. In some cases they seemed to be paralyzed with fear, while in others they scudded away with loud cries. By the end of the week few birds were to be seen on the field. The same has been true in other parts of France where aviation meetings have been held." The proprietor of a large estate in the South of France says that he has no ticed the greatest alarm among birds, especially among wild ducks, on the ap pearance of a steerable balloon over their heads. It is feared by ornithologists and sportsmen that the advent of flying ma chines will cause a decrease In the num ber of game birds. NEGRO REFUSED ENTRANCE Deported From United States He Can't Land In England. LONDON, Jan. S. A negro who claims American citizenship is an un welcome guest of the Union Castle Steamship line at Southhampton pend ing the outcome of diplomatic nego tiations between the United States and Great Britain to determine the man's nationality. The negro was deported from South Africa after he had been convicted of a crime and served a sentence in a British prison. He was returned to New York, but was refused permission to land there as he was unable to sat isfy the authorities of his American citizenship. He then was sent back to Southampton. The negro mentioned in the London dispatch probably is George Howard, 43 years old, who. was deported from the United States on July 25. WILLIS HAS CLOSE' CALL Ferry CaDlc Fouls and Drum Tender - " Is Injured. HOQUIAM,. Wash., Jan. 3. (Special.) A peculiar near fatality occurred yes terday when the cable by which the temporary ferry is operated was fouled by a raft of logs with such force as to unwind the cable rapidly-from the drum on shore. -That the drum tender, Fred Willis, was not instantly killed seems almost a miracle. As it was, the rapidly re volving crank struck Willis on the arm, shattering that member and hurling the man some distance. The drums are uperaiea Dy gearing and are for the purpose of lowering the cable to per mit the passing of boats and rafts. YEAR FREE FR0M FEVER Marine Hospital Service Reports Improved Conditions. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Officials of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service are congratulating themselves on the fact that in the last calendar year there was a marked improvement in health conditions throughout the United States. There was no yellow fever in the United States or in Latin American countries, which have been regarded as the source of contagion for this coun try. The stamping out of yellow fever has been brought about by hygienic meas ures carefully planned in international conference and strictly enforced. CHILDISH GLEE SAVES LIFE Crackling Flames Amuse Little One, Whose Laugh Wakens Family. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 3. The fam ily of J. W. fjance and two guests were saved from being burned to death Sat urday night in their home in Oak Park by the glee of their infant daughter, who thought the fire was more New Year's cheer in her honor. . Her mother was awakened by her cries of delight and found the house in flames. She grabbed the child and escaped just in time. The others barely escaped. PATRONS SECURE DAMAGES Passengers Win Suit for Voyage In 'Dirty Vessel. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Steeerage passengers who sued the Northwestern Steamship Company for damages be cause they were compelled to make a voy age from Alaska to Seattle in the steamer Santa Clara amid conditions which they declared to bo filthy and uncomfortable, were awarded $300 each, making a total of $9900. by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals today. MERCY WASTED ON GRIFFIN Burglar on Probation Requistioncd for Resuming Old Trade. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 3.-Cover-nor Gillett Issued a requisition today at the request of District Attorney Langdon, of San Francisco, upon the Governor of Utah for the return of John Griffin, who broke his probation by going to Salt Lake and cracking a safe instead of shipping to Australia, as be-.promise i to -do. Prison Stripes Replace Tailored Garments. SENTENCE OF 15 YEARS BEGUN Friend and Deputies Bring Him to Atlanta. . TREATED AS ANY PRISONER Measured by Bcrtillon System, Given Bath, Head Shaved and Placed in Steel Cell Wife Will Work For His Pardon. ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 3. Charles W. Morse, ex-"Icc King" and millionaire banker, at noon today began serving a 15-year sentence in the Atlanta Federal Prison for violation of the National bank ing laws. He is registered as Convict No. 2S14, and tonight occupies a steel cell, 'not In the leajst different from those to which are assigned several hundred other pri soners. His immaculate tailored gar ments gave way to a regulation . suit ol stripes, nor did the distinguished prisoner escape the Bcrtillon expert, the prison photographer, the regulation bath and the barber. Morse arrived from New York at 10:43 o'clock in charge of two Deputy Mar shals, an daccompanied by his friend and close business associate, W. P. Reid, of Boston. He made no protest when tho cameras of the newspaper men were trained upon him. He was placed in a cab and driven to the prison. I Because he had not been vaccinated, Morse was not permitted to eat in the big dining-room with his feilow convicts and his first meal was served in his cell. The prisoner turned over to the prison elerk.J.8 in currency. He was as signed to. "Class 1." which entitles him to the privilege of seeing relatives or friends 30 minutes every two weeks. Morse will be assigned to the tailor shop or put to work on the construction gang. Mrs. Morse, formerly the wife of an Atlanta hotel proprietor, is expected from New York tomorrow. After a confer ence with her husband she will return to New York and begin trying to obtair a pardon from President Taft. Miner Crushed in Shaft. GRASS VALLEY. Cal., Jan. 3. Ed ward McDonald was crushed to death in the shaft of the Banner mine near here this morning. The cage fell 163 feet on top of McDonald. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YE 3TER DAY'S Maximum temperature, 2$ degrees; minimum, 21 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, witli nearly stationary tem perature; easterly winds. Foreijrn. Aeroplanes frighten birds from France. Page 1. National. Zelaya says he has proof American marines aided rebels in battles. page S. United States Government plans raid on Kentucky and Tennessee night riders combine. Page 2. Congressman Hawley prepares lieu land bill for Oregon. Page 3. President Taft bears railroad presidents, but spirit of forthcoming- message will not bo altered. Page 1. National funds show $2.000.00 balance on. credit side for the first time since Payne- A idrich tariff law became effective. Page 3. Domestic. Mayor Gaynor. of New York, want no more football men In city positions. Page 1. Archbishop Ireland defends King Leopold's administration of Congo, denying re porter atrocities. Page 2. J. P. Morgan. T. V. Ryan and L. P. Morton form $150,000,001 bank trust. Page 1. CharlesW. Morse becomes convict No. JS14 and enters on sentence. Page 1. Ex-Banker Walsh will be worth JPrOO.OOd after paying $7,000,000 note in Chicago soon. Page 1. '- Snorts. Jeffries fails to 'convince Chicago he; has his old-time form. Page 4. National baseball commission refuses to alter purchase rules for minor clubs. page 4. Seattle wrestler wins bout with big Greek, Peter Buzukos. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. Two men who thaw out dynamite at Grant's Pass are blown to bits. Page 6. Seattle, man ' proves real victim of rarebit dream and smashes furniture. Page 1. Idaho has her first Mormon Governor tn John Hart, speaker of Idaho Senate. Page 6. Multnomah County's valuation reduced. $4,000,000 by State Board of Equaliza tion, page fi. Commercial and Marine. Local flour prlres are advanced 20 cents a barrel. Page J.7. All grains higher at Chicago. Page 17. Advance In call loan rate causes stock sell ing. Page 3 7. I. B. Smith resigns as manager of Open River Transportation Company. Page 16. . Portland and Y-ctnity. Judite Bean confirms KrHw' title in land "bought from Puter in one case, cancels title in another. Page 11. Josselyn answers RIestand's charge that P. R.. 1. & P. Co. controls Council, page 12. Board of Health appoints two milk, in spectors. Page 3 1. Binger Hermann arrives in Portland, ready for trial Monday. Page 4. Four conventions to assemble in Portland in January. Page 9. Ways and means committee Hi appropriation, recommendations adheres closely to bud get. Page 2. Fred Merrill -acquitted of charge of selling liquor to minor. Pare T. Bold thief confesses and police return much plunder. Page 3. Chairman Cake, of Republican State 'Central Committee, will call meeting to devise plans for assembly. Page 9. Dennett decision holds Silets squatters are trespassers, says Chief Chrlstensen. Far 41.