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VOL.. Jj. NO. 15,375. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, ' MARCH 8, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HEYBURN SCORES GIFFORD PINCHOT imfw hatq mi inw I LESS THAN 20, 2 HELD FOR THEFT OF BODY OF BABY GUDAHY NOT TO BE PROSECUTED MORGAN'S MONEY MAKES HIM LONELY PEARY REFUSES TO SHOW POLAR DATA Publishers Have First Claim, He Says. iil.ii i iii i w i vy i i v ii CARTWHEEL IDEA STRIKE, POLICE SHY PhiladelphiaConditions Appear Better. PRICES WILL ACCORD ENORMOUS SIZES. WITH WOMAN BEADS CARDS TO LEAD OX DISTRACTED FATHER. REFUSES TO TALK IN ITALY AND DOUBTS HIS FRIENDS. Rights of Settlers of West Disregarded. SENATE HEARS CRITICISM Demand for Money Increases in Forestry Bureau. WEST CRIES FOR SETTLERS Idaho Senator Gives East Insight Into Western View of Conserva tion Gallinger Says Word for Rocky New England. . WASHINGTON, March 7. The forestry reservation question was discussed and the Forest Service was criticised by Sena tor Heybura, of Idaho, today, during con sideration of the agricultural appropria tion bill before the Senate. The measure carries an appropriation of J5.703.700 for the Forest Service, or about J4.000.000 In excess of the receipts from the service. Mr. Heyburn con tended that the appropriation " was In creasing from year to year, whereas as surance had been given that the service would be self-sustaining. He said the last Administration had been conducted regardless of the rights of the settlers in the West, and had gone upon the theory that, where there was no law there should be no license. He expressed confidence, however, that the country was now entering upon a differ ent system. Heyburn Wants Settlers. Mr. Heyburn contended that "the-- best use for-. he land was settlement, and declared that he would rather have one man on an acre of ground -than to have 10.000 trees, and one Alderney cow than a whole herd of spotted fawn. Answering objections that the publlo lands were owned by the people, those of the East' as well as of the West, he said that they were only owned by the Easterner to the extent that they util ized them. "If they own the public lands let them come West and take, possession of them." he said. "We will welcome them, but we of the West claim the right to adminis ter our own affairs, and we want the lands so utilized as to make them pro ductive." He continued: "If. when the settlement of this coun try began, there should have been some English forester to tell the people that they could not go upon the land .or take the timber, the line of. settlement would not have extended more than ten miles from the Atlantic seaboard." Land Owners Pay $190,000 Taxes. As going to show the effect of the withdrawal of the lands In a given com munity. Mr. Heyburn said that while rwo-third of the land In Bonner County, Idaho, was In forest reserve and owned by the Government, it contributed only 1700 a year to the support of public In stitutions, while the private owners of the remaining one-third pay $190,000 in . taxes. ( Quoting from a newspaper a statement that $1,000,000 worth of timber soon was to be sold by the forestry officials. In Ida ho, Heyburn argued that the timber did not conserve the snow supply. Indeed, he said, his observation had taught him that the snow lying under the trees melted much more rapidly than on the bare ground. While the agricultural bill was under consideration there was. extended discus sion of a provision appropriating 178.000 for the Investigation for the drainage of swamp lands. Senator Gallinger found in the para graph the possibility of entering on the reclamation of swamp lands and said that If that were to be done. It would Involve an expenditure of millions of dollars. Later, when Heyburn suggested that the expenditure of the money should be con fined to lands overflowed by Irrigation, Gallinger said: Senator Gallinger Jokes. "If the Government is going Into this sort of thing. I wish it would take the rocks off the land up in New Hamp shire." He said suoh & -policy would "swamp the Government." and he warned Sena tors that If they expected to curtail ex penditures to the extent of $300,000,000 as Senator Aldrich had said might be . done, they could not go far in the di rection of this provision. In supporting the amendment. Money said the only fault he found with . Secretary Wilson wa that he was too economical. "He" has not misspent a dollar." he said, "and we can trust him. He has done a great deal to instruct us. and we want to empower him to continue to do so." The question ultmately was settled by the adoption of a modification requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to make a complete report of operations under the pj-orv-ialoru Mother Insane, Children Taken. DALLAS. Or.. March 7. Mrs. May Holmes, of this city, was taken to the In sane asylum at Salem Friday, and on Sat urday her three small children were taken to the Boys' and Girls Aid" Society in . Poctland. tZba XaXhex ia, dead.' For Women Who Are Fastidious Six Different Hats Are Prescribed for Wear on Various Events. CHICAGO. March 7. Spectal. On the eve of the convention of National mil liners, which begins here tomorrow, sor rowful information 1 given out by Mme. Mao lie, otherwise Mrs. . M. S. Harris, president of the association, that milliners have raked ancient paintings and sculp ture, catacombs and ancient tombs of Greece and other countries " for "ideas." Hideous as "merry widow" and that tribe of headgear was, it will be out done by the new cartwheels. Everything will be gay In the extreme, brilliant colors in flowers and ribbons supersed ing subdued colors in vogue last season. .Incidentally, there will be- a "corner" In leghorns and only the affluent can afford them. Ostrich plumes will also be much higher, not because the supply is limited, but jobbers have cornered the supply. Women must have an especial hat for restaurant dining, for automo biles, for dinner, for opera, for street, for Sunday and for receptions. No fewer than six hats will be accepted as the proper thing for any woman "who' Is anybody." Prices? They will be strictly In accord with the enormous size of the new lids. BILL MAY HURRY OPENING Plan Would Allow Exiled Modoc Reds to Select Klamath Lands. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 7. (Special.) As an essential to prevent de lay in opening of the Klamath Indian Reservation, Representative Hawley has been requested to Introduce a bill and endeavor to bring It to .passage at the present session of Congress, amending the act approved March 3, 1909, allowing the exiled Modoc Indians to return and select allotments, so that the ModocB must either return and make their selections before August 1, 1910, or have such selec tions made by some person already on the ground. Under the act qualifying the Modocs to return to the Klamath reservation and receive allotments, which applies to about 66 members of that tribe, there was.no time limit fixed hence it might indefinitely delay opening of the reservation, which It is expected may be ready for settlement during the present year. Allotments have all been completed ex cept the Modocs, and there will remain open to settlement about 800,000 acres, of which probably 50,000 acres or more Is suitable for general farming purposes. Of the remainder some Is good timber, probably two-thirds ot the total, and the remainder is partly good grazing lands. CASTLE ROCK MINES CLOSE Action Follows Arrest of Colonel Garland, Owner of Properties. CASTLE ROCK, Wash., March 7. (Spe cial.) Colonel W. H. Garland's troubles have caused a temporary cessation of work in two coal mines near this city. The Apex Coal Company, of which he Is said to be the head, had taken leases and secured options on the two mines, and actual work was begun In one, while the other was being pumped out by the owners preparatory to turning It over to the company. A Portland man, who had been induced to put all his money into the deal, was placed in charge of one of the mines and was getting out considerable coal, but had to depend on collections to pay his men, as no money was forthcoming from the office of the company. As con siderable preliminary work had to be done, the small amount in hand was soon exhausted and work shut down, the un fortunate manager returned to Portland. At the other mine, the men struck last week for want of confidence and their wages', and both mines are now "dark." $25,000 ASKED FOR PARK Klamath Chamber Memorializes Congress to Aid Crater Lake. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., March 7. (Special.) The Klamath Chamber of Com merce has memorialized, Congress to ap propriate $25,000 for the improvement of Crater Lake National Park. Copies of this resolution will be forwarded to mem bers of the Oregon delegation, and other commercial bodies of the Pacific Coast will be asked to advocate the provision of a sufficient fund for the undertaking at once of many needed betterments in the great playground of the public The annual appropriation for this matchless natural attraction of the Pa cific Coast have been only large enough to cover the most meager cost of neces sary administration, and it is desired to take the Initial steps toward more ade quate provision. Sllverton Accepts Challenge. SILVERTON. Or.. March 7. (Special.) Because of their excellent success In basketball games at Vancouver and Port land last week, the Sllverton High School team has offered to accept the challenge of the Payette High School fo ra game in Portland. The Payette school boys claim the championship of the Northwest. The Sllverton team will also accept the challenge from the Eugene team, which claims the championship of the Wil lamette Valley. The Sllverton team has played ten games this season, losing none in the Junior class. Dog Rolls, Breaks Man's Leg. EUGENE, Or, March 7. (Special.) W. B. -Goodman, of Pleasant Hill, broke his left leg in two places when a log rolled over him, while he was at work on a drive at Lowell Friday. Mr. Good man was taken to the emergency hos pital, 15 miles above Lowell, on the Natron-Klamath Falls cut-off line. Eugene Brick Building to Rise. EUGENE, Or.. March 7. (Special.) Work will be commenced at once on the Campbell wo-story brick building to be built on the corner of Olive and Kast Ninh streets. The building will be 64 bx: 1Q0 feet and will cost $16,000, DAY IS COMPARATIVELY QUIET One Rather Severe Clash Is After Big Meeting. CAR SERVICE IMPROVES Company Has About 1000 Cars on Runs Master Builders Condemn Labor Leaders Latter Bitterly Assail City Administration. PHILADELPHIA. March 7 Tc h computation of the Philadelphia police department Js correct and the officials declare it to be based on careful ni complete canvass of the city less than ju.ouu workers have responded to the call for a general strike. Tonight the Director of Public. Sa(tv. Henry Clay, issued the first detailed statement purporting to show the extent to which the sympathetic strika in sun- port of the striking conductors and motor-men of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran sit company has affected the industrial life of the city. Day Comparatively Quiet. The day was the quietest since the call ing of the general strike. Up to late tonight there was absolute auiet. accord ing to police reports, and every indica tion tnat the night would pass without serious outbreaks. Mayor Reyburn said- late today that the sympathetic strike was over, so far as the city administration was. concerned, adding that the aftermath, could be safe ly left to the police to handle. Word that the order for Federal troops had been canceled -. Indicated that the authorities believed the worst of the trouble was over. . The transit conditions, to every appear ance, showed continued Improvement to day and tonight. There was less neces sity for the presence of the police on the cars and even timid people are "beginning to show & disposition to ride. , 18,4 0 7 on Strike, Say Police. The police made a careful canvass today of the city's Industries to ascer tain the number of men on strike. The returns tabulated by Director Clay showed that 18,407 persons had re sponded to the general strike call. The police did not attempt to ex plain the discrepancy between these figures and those of labor leaders, who say 100,000 or 126.000 men are on strike. The labor leaders scoffed at the po lice figures. According to the police, establish ments affected by the sympathetic strike employ 54.954 hands. There are 121,293 employes In other establishments not affected by the strike, and this gives, by the police figures, a total og 176,193 employes, of whom only 18,407 are out. Many have quit work, it is declared, not from sym pathy with the striking carmen, but ,n .g, L legging. (Conclud.d on Page 3. I OVERDUE: MILLENNIUM V ZMMi SVCH THINGS WILL I ' j fcfflF I PHILADELPHIA - - - - ri, . ........ . . . . . . .1 Told, to Ride Out Lonely Road, His Place Is Taken by Deputy, Wlio Is Recognized. GREAT FALLS. Mont., Mar. 7. (Spe cial.) Alice Locker, 23 years old. em ployed in a local laundry, and Edward Locker, . 2b, supposed to be her husband, held in connection with a mysterious grave robbery three months ago, when the body of the infant son of W. G. Con rad, one of Montana's prominent bank ers, disappeared. The charge Is complicity In theft. The missing body, has not been recovered. . HarfieW Conrad, the father, received a ; letter some-time ago advising him that by calling on the writer he would receive information as to the where abouts of the stolen body. He called and found Mrs. Locker. By card read ing she told him enough to convincee him that she knew more about the rob bery than she cared to admit. The worried father went to see her several times and finally was told that he would receive a letter which would tell him how he might regain the body on payment of $5000. The letter came and he was directed to drive out on the Sand Coulee road with a lantern so fastened to the dash board of his buggy that it would shine full in his face. A Deputy Sheriff, who resembles Har fleld Conrad took his place for that night drive. All directions were followed the carriage. Two men, fully armed, met the carriage at the appointed place. One peered into the deputy's face. "You're not Harfleld Conrad," he said. The other looked, and after a searching glance, held up his gun and ordered the deputy to drive on in a hurry. The others came up -quickly but found no traces of the pair, nor were blood hounds, put on the trail, any more suc cessful. REDS FEAR DRAIN PLAN Toppenisli Mass Meeting- to Explain Irrigation Method to Be Used. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, March 7. A big meeting is to be held at Toppen lsh soon to discuss the question of draining the Yakima Indian reserva tion. Secretary Balllnger was Impressed with, the necessity of .this work when he was here with the Senate com mittee on irrigation last Fall, and upon his recommendation $250,000 was set aside to carry on the work. The improvement, however, will not be un dertaken until the Indians and other owners of land on the reservation have signed up their land for this purpose. The Indians are backward about do ing this, fearing that there Is some thing behind the plan that will work to their detriment. It is for the pur pose of discussing the subject openly with the view to Inducing the Indians and other owners' to sign that the big meeting will be held soon. Thousands of " acres of the finest land in the Yakima valley will be re claimed by this drainage plan. LIQUOR SALE COSTS $400 Eugene "Bootlegger" Guilty on Two Counts, Denies Six Others. EUGENH, Or., March 7. Special.) Dick Spong. of Springfield, arrested last Saturday for selling liquor in violation of the local option law pleaded guilty on two counts in the Circuit Court here to day and was lined $200 on each count. Spong pleaded not guilty to six other charges. The grand jury now in session Is in vestigating several cases of alleged bootlegging. Assaulted Banker Not After Legal Revenge. LILLIS' CONDITION IS BETTER Mrs. Cudahy Thought Guilty of Indiscretion at Least. SHE ADMITS NIGHT RIDE Explains Relations With Injured Man on Night of Attack by Saying They Had Been Trying New Runabouts-Packer In Hotel. KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 7. Never in the history of Kansas City has so much interest been aroused in any of the doings of the social set as In the assault made on Jere Lillls, president of the Western Exchange Bank, by John P. Cudahy, millionaire packer and club man. The fact that Mr. Lillls refuses to prosecute Mr. Cudahy, even after the satement given out this afternoon by Mrs. Cudahy, is the cause of as much comment, almost, as the story of the as sault. Alhough Mrs. Cudahy has been very popular in the highest social circles here, there is a feeling among those who have been most intimate with her that she has been guilty of an Indiscre tion, at least, in her conduct with the man whom her husband said "ruined his home." Lillls Not to Prosecute. That Mr. Lillls will not prosecute the man who humiliated him and nearly caused his death became known this afternoon, when his attorney. Judge vV. T. Johnson, gave out a statement to this effect. - - - "We have no desire to take any legal steps against Cudahy,". he said. "There will be no prosecution." Charges of disturbing the peace, made by Bryan Underwood, a police man, who interrupted the punishment of the nocturnal visitor In the Cudahy household, will probably be dismissed with a nominal fine in Police Court when the case comes to trial, March 15. Thus will end the affair, so far as the punishment of Cudahy by the state Is concerned. Liilis, Is Recovering. Llllis' condition "is improving rapidly. Nurses at St. Mary's Hospital said to night he could be removed to his home tomorrow morning. His wounds will be slow in healing. It Is believed, but most of them will not prove serious. Mr. Cudahy has taken apartments at the Coates House, a downtown hotel. He refuses to say whether he will return to his home. . Efforts to locate John Moss, the chauf feur who Is believed by Mrs. Cudahy to have disclosed the presence of Mr. Lil lls at the house, have been unsuccessful. Father Comforts Mrs. Cudahy. Into the arms of her father,- General Suspects They Love Him for His Wealth Dogged by Police Lest He Smuggle Art 'Works. ROME, March 7. (Special. ) J. Pierpont Morgan, who is visiting in Rome, refuses to be Interviewed and has warned his friends not to repeat even ordinary con versations with him. .He la said to have declared that newspaper men are closely watching all his movements, eager to catch a single word wherewith they can conjure up a long story. When Mr. Morgan is abroad, and espe cially in Italy, he is pestered by dealers In antiques and incidentally Is placed under police surveillance, lest he attempt to smuggle works of art out of the coun try. One of his friends who crossed the ocean with him said that Mr. Morgan, despite his wealth and prominence and many satisfactions he had experienced in life, feels lonely, since he cannot help think ing that he owes all his friendships to his money. His only disinterested friend seems to be his Pekin dog, which is his constant companion. Mr. Morgan is undecided whether to call on the Pope or King. AID DUE POOR CHILDREN Portland Dental Society May Estab lish Free Clinic. In- a letter to members of the Board of "Education, Gay Lombard has Informed the directors of a desire on the part of the Portland Dental Society to have an Inspection made of the teeth of the pupils In the public schools of this city. The Dental Society has expressed a willing ness to provide the inspector (them selves. In the same connection, the dentists would establish a free clinic where chil dren, who are unable to pay dental bills, can have their teeth treated free of charge. This would necessitate the rent ing of a suitable room In some down town office building and its equipment with the necessary paraphernalia inci dental to the purpose for which it Is to be used. The Dental Society "proposes to furnish competent dentists on Saturday of every week. The plan contemplates that on the presentation of a card from the principal of the schools, the children will be treated free of charge by compe tent and experienced men. The - Board of Education is asked to make an appropriation of about J1000. which, it is estimated, will be sufficient to cover the expense of this work for the first year. It is figured that the rental of a room suitable for a clinic will cost about $300, the remaining $700 being neces sary for the equipment. FERRYMAN LOSES HIS LIFE Father of Five Knocked Off Boat by Swiftly-Turning Crank. CALDWELL. Ida-, March 7. (Spe cial.) Joe Tracy, ferryman at the Homedale-Fargo ferry across Snake river, lost his life today by being knocked off the boat while taking a four-horse team and two men across. The accident was caused when one of the steering ropes broke, thus giv ing the crank on the drum such ve locity that It knocked him into the river. His body floated in the swift current for a short distance and then disappeared. He was 65 years old and leaveS five children. WEALTHY PIONEER DIES Caspar Zorn Passes Away at Age of Four-Score. CHAM PO EG, Or., March 7. (Special.) Caspar Zorn, 80 years old. the largest land owner in Western Oregon and one of the wealthiest men in the Wil lamette valley, died at his home here yesterday. .The firm of Hofer & Zorn, in exist ence over &0 years, was severed a few years ago by the senior member. Mr. Hofer. desiring to retire from active business affairs. The funeral will be held Wednesday from the late residence. Mr. Zorn was never married and leaves few rela tives In this country. It Is believed his will makes his relatives in the old country his heirs. DIVORCED COUPLE REWED Camas Man and Woman Honor Separation Anniversary. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 7. (Spe husband and wife, celebrated the first Hlnk, of Camas, until March 7, 1909. cail.) Anton ink and Mrs. Victoria anniversary of their separation today by being remarried. Mr. and Mrs. lnk, of middle age, were divorced a year ago, the decree being granted to Mrs. 41nk. Later they reconsidered their action and smoothed over the trouble, and today came to Vancouver and were wedded a second time. "For life this time," said the twice happy bridegroom. STATE BOUNDARY TO BE FIXED Oregon and Washington Officials to Confer Here Today. SALEM. Or.. March 7. Special.) Gov ernor Benson. Attorney General Craw ford. State Engineer Lewis and Master Fish Warden McAllister will go to Port land tomorrow morning to meet Gover nor Hay and other Washington officials to discuss the Washington-Oregon boun dary line. The -purpose of the conference is to fix arbitrarily the boundary in the Co lumbia for the purpose of amicably ar ranging1 the assessment of the Inlands an other property In the river. The asses sor of Clatsop County will also attend the conference. Asotin to Get Stockyards. ASOTIN. Wash., March 7. (Special.) Frank Simpson, who disposed of his farming Interests in Asotin County last week. Is making preparations to build exteostlva stock yards her a. CAN'T AFFORD TO BREAK FAITH Congressmen Receive Letters Indorsing Stand Taken. EXPLORER IS QUESTIONED 'How Did Peary, With One Man, Sound In 1500 Fathoms Water?" Writes Secretary of Associa tion of Masters and Mates. WASHINGTON. March 7. Commander Peary declined today to submit to Con gress the proofs of his discovery of the North Pole. He sent to the sub-committee of the House committee on naval affairs the following statement: "Commander Peary and his friends say that contracts signed months ago with his publishers render it impossible to make his records and scientific data pub lic now. It will not only subject Peary to heavy damages a loss which he can not meet, having Just extricated himself from debt incurred in connection with his various expeditions but it' would be breaking faith with his publishers, which he Is unwilling to do under any circum stances." Opposition Stands Ground. . After ' hearing statements by Repre sentatives Hobson. of Alabama, and Moore, of Pennsylvania, urging a Con gressional reward to Peary, Irrespective of the question of his proofs, the com mittee adjourned until Wednesday with out taking action. ' Of the committee of seven members It is known that three are opposed to granting recognition to Commander Peary unless the proofs of his discovery of the Pole are submitted to Congress and made public. These are Representa tives Butler, Roberts and Mason. Rep resentatives Bates, Dawson and Gregg have not committed themselves, and Representative Englebright favors grant ing an award. Hobson Would Keward. Both Mr. Hobson and Mr. Moore vig orously urged the committee today to honor Commander Peary without fur ther quibbling over the proofs. The former declared that the granting of the rank of a retired Rear-Admiral was none too much honor to bestow. He argued that the Indorsement of Peary's proofs by the National Geo graphical Society was sufficent. Mr. Macon told the committee that since he publicly declared a few days ago that he would Insist upon seeing Mr. Peary's proofs and was opposed to any "legislation in the dark," he had received letters containing 3000 signa tures indorsing the stand taken. Question Put to Peary. The committee has received a mass of interesting communications on the subject. One from H. L. Hopkins, sec retary and treasurer of the American Association of Masters, Mates and Pi lots, questions the reports of Mr. Peary's soundings, taken near the North Pole. "How did Peary, with one man, sound in 1500 fathoms of water?'' wrote Mr. Hopkins to the committee. WHITE SLAVER SENTENCED Sale of Women in Seattle Is Proved by Prisoner's Letters. SEATTLE, March 7. Max Thurna. owner of a slave girl named Lillian Stein, was sentenced today to hard labor in the State Penitentiary for not less than two and a half years, having been convicted of living off the woman's earnings. Thurna was prosecuted by the United States Immigration Service, which Intro duced as evidence horrible letters writ ten in Yiddish to a fellow slave owner, from which it appeared that Thurna had been long In the business: that he had been driven out of Spokane and Great Falls, Mont., but had prospered in Se attle. The letters spoke of the capture and sale of women as though they were cattle. Judge J. T. Ronald In passing sentence said: "If Thurna had actually murdered the different girls with whVnj.lhe testimony showed he had associated, he would have inflicted far less injury ?m society than he has done." VALE LAND OFFICE CHEATED Congress Passes Bill Affecting Southeastern Oregon. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March ".On motion of Rep resentative ' Ellis the House today passedi the Senate bill creating the new land district In Southeastern Oregon to be known as the Vale land district, with a land office at Vale, The bill authorizes the appointment of a Register and a Re ceiver for the new land office. The bill now goes to the President for his ap- proval. Representative Hawley today introduced a bill appropriating 3000 to survey sec tions 24, 25 and 36. township 37 south, range 8 east; sections 30 and 31, township 3J south, range 9 east; sections 7, IS. 19 and 30. township 36 south, range 7 east; iectlons 1, 12 and 13, township 36 south, range 6 east; Buck Island In Klamath Lake, islands in Silver Lake, and all of township 34 souUvrangea 25 and 26 east. X