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Jtiiitisr Jgg VOL. L. XO. 13,391. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LYTLE FREED ND TELLS ABOUT Unexpected Move Made in Moore Case. DEFENSE IS TAKEN UNAWARES Ex-Director Accuses Moore of Misrepresentation. EXPLAINS HIS CONNECTION Elected Officer, Ho Says, Without His Knowledge Private Specula tion Carried on With Funds of Oregon Trust, He Ieclares. By a coup maneuvered toy Icputy Dis trict Attorney Fitzgerald, which was ftartling because wholly unexpected, K. K. Lytle, president of the Pacific Railroad & Navigation Company, one of the di rectors of the defunct Oregon Trust & Savings Bank, and a co-defendant with "Walter H. Moore to the charge of having received deposits in the bank knowing it to be insolvent, was introduced yesterday afternoon as a witness for the etate. Just before going on the stand for the prosecution the. Indictment against Mr. Lytle wan dismissed by Judge Morrow in the Circuit Court on the request of Dep uty District Attorney Fitzgerald, who mid he was convinced that Mr. Lytle was Innocent of the charges against him and that a majority of the grand Jury which returned the indictments volun tarily recommended dismissal. Mr. Kitz gerald said further that he thought the conviction of Mr. Lytle an impossibility, l-jtle's Testimony to Refute Moore. The testimony given by Mr. Lytle the prosecution believes1 is of a damaging character against Mr. Moore. Summed up. Its purpose was to show that Mr. Moore had deliberately misrepresented the true condition of the bank, had con cealed the notes and other evidence of private speculations indulged In by him self and W. Cooper Morris from the other directors and had disobeyed the in structions of the board of directors. It was apparently njeant to nullify the en tire fabric of the defense so far set up that Mr. Moore, instead of having en tered upon speculation for himself, had done so for the bank. Mr. Lytle accused Mr. Moore of false hood "bout the Board of Trade building deal end the Pacific & Eastern deal and Save an Insight into the alleged Inside of thee various transactions. His story made the courtroom, which was packed to its utmost capacity, so still the silence was nt times oppressii'e. Mr. Lytle repudiated various transac tions attributed to the bank and its offi cials and said he had denounced all these fleals and ordered as a director that they should not be engaged in. He said he had been elected to the bank's directorate without his consent, had been led to be lieve the bank was in good condition and Induced to pay a premium of 40 per cent on his stock, which he offered proof to show he had paid for. He was not a stockholder until several months after his election as vice-president and director. About 2 o'clock Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Page, from the District Attorney's office, went before Judge Morrow, the presid ing Judge In Circuit Court, and moved for the dismissal of the indictment against Mr. Lytle. Mr. Fitzgerald said the facts would not justify a trial of Mr. Lytle and asserted that even the grand Jury which had brought in the Indictments had be lieved Mr. Lytle was not guilty in any way. He presented a petition signed by four of these Jurors who had signed the indictment asking for Its dismissal. Upon this request the indictment was canceled and Mr. Lytle qualified as a witness in the Moore case. He was immediately taken to the courtroom and called to tes tify. When. Mr. Lytle took the stand. Mr. Fitzgerald, by his questions, brought out the fact that he had been a railroad president for the past 15 years, and as such had had considerable experience in railroad construction. He was then asked if he were ever connected with the Ore gon Trust & Savings Bank and to ex plain his relations with the bank. Lytle Explains Connection. "I was supposed to be the vice-president and director of the bank," he testified, "but I was in Tillamook when this part of it occurred. The first In timation I had that I was connected with the bank came through the papers. I picked tp the morning paper and no ticed that I had been elected vice-president and director. When I came back Portland a week later I asked Mr. Moore why this action had been taken R-lthout my knowledge or consent. He aid he had recently gone Into the bank nd wanted me in it, too, and had elected ne. "I told Moore I wasn't a banker and would have preferred not being connected with a bank; that my business was the railroad business. He said that inas much as he had helped me while I was building the Columbia Southern Railroad in Eastern Oregon, he thought I ought to favor him In return. I told him I was not a banker and be said he would look out for my Interests as an officer in the Institution. I don't know that I ever qualified as a director, but after this I always considered myself one. "I knew nothing? about the conduct of the bank's affairs so far as the loans. (Concluded on Pave S.) BANK DETROIT SPURNS 'TAINTED' MONEY FARMER'S WIFE MAY BE RICH ER BY $500,000 ASj A RESULT. James Scott, Once a Gambler, Would Leave Fountain to City, but Objection Is Made. CHICAGO, March 25. (Special.) Facts In the romantic story of how a city may refuse to accept the gift of J500.000, willed to it for the purpose of erecting a public fountain and monument to the testator, because the money is "tainted," and how the fortune may go eventually to the wife of a Wisconsin farmer, were told by Captain A. Beckwith, a relative of the heir today. The City of Detroit and many members of the City Council there, it is said, will vote to refuse the gift. The $300,000 is a part of the estate of James Scott, who died recently at an advanced age, and the money is said to be "tainted," be cause Scott was a well-known gambler in Detroit -40 years ago. The heir in that case is Mrs. C. Campbell, who, with her husband and two children, lives on a truck farm at East Troy, Wis. Mrs. Campbell Is said to be Scott's only heir. "I do not know whether Detroit will accept the gift," said Captain Beckwith. "Scott had no children." RELIGION GOES WITH FUN Dr. Brougher Tells How Truths Arc Forced Down Throats. LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 25. (Special.) A hundred members of the Baptist Social Union held a banquet at the Angelus today in honor of Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher, pastor of the Temple Baptist Church. Rev. Arthur S. PheTps acted as toastmaster. Among; the speakers was Dr. J. Herndon Barnett, who urged close co operation in church work. A similar appeal was made by Dr. Brougher, who interspersed his address with humorous anecdotes. "I treat my hearers as I did my daughter when she was little," said the speaker. "She did not want to eat cer tain foods. So I told her that her mouth was a railroad station and the food a train. Then we played choo choo car and the food went down be fore she knew what had happened. The same thins pertains to the people that come to church. They have to be humored and before they realize what Is happening1 we Jam the truths down their throats." DEATH CHEATED BY CLIMB Youths Save Themselves From Drowning by Scaling Cliffs. . SEASIDE, Or., March 25. (Special.) Walter H. Long and Eric Stanlaus, two young men from Portland, scarcely out of their teens, hemmed in by the noon high tide at a place called "The Trap," about five miles from Seaside, climbed up the face of the bluff and forced their way Into Seaside on the trail leading past the cabin of Charles Willard, the hermit. Their shoes torn oft their feet, every scrap of their clothing in rags, the con dition of the young men on their ar rival here last night .bore eloquent testi mony to their nerve-racking experience. Locally it Is declared impossible to climb the bluff to Tillamook Head at this point, but a resident says the climb was made several years ago by a hiking party of Y. M. C. A. men under the direction of Physical Director Grilley, of Port land. This party was similarly caught ty the rising flood tide. FATHER SCORES HIS SON Pretty Divorce Applicant Has Help of Her Father-in-liaw. TACOMA. Wash., March 25. (Special. i-retty Bertha Blume. aged 19, in the divorce court today told Superior Judge Easterday that her boy husband, Harry Blume, had left her an hour after th;lr secret marriage in Seattle May 11. She returned to her parents' home and said nothing about being married. Blume, pre sumably, had gone to San Francisoo. Blume's father took the stand in the girl-wife's behalf and stated that his son was utterly "worthless," with no trade or profession or Inclination to learn one. The court granted the girl her divorce) stating that nothing could be gained by refusing it. FISH FRESH FROM FAUCET Seaside May Yet Inaugurate Novel Advertising Scheme. SEASIDE. Or., March 25. (Special.) While Seaside is not yet advertising that freish fish may be obtained from house water faucets, there is yet the possibil ity of such advertising as a means of exploiting the . city's possibilities. Tom McKay, a local plumber, while making repairs to the city water main, took out a live trout, measuring over six Inches in length. The trout was re moved from the pipe in the center of the city. NEW YORK WARM IN MARCH Highest Temperature for Month in 40 Years Is Recorded. NEW YORK, March 25. The mercury rose to 77 degrees this afternoon, the highest temperature recorded for March in New York for 40 years. ROOSEVELT VISITS TOMBS OF BULLS Wonders at Paintings Made in 3500 B. C. GLORIES OF OLD EGYPT SHOWN Animals in Pictures Are Like Those He Has Killed. MOVING PICTURE MAN BUSY Riding on Camel Lent by Khedive, Colonel Deligths in Antiquities and Distances Companions in Walk Across Desert. ROOSEVELT TO HAVE ROYAL HONORS. BERLIN, March 25. (Special.) Emperor William's invitation to Ttieo dore Roosevelt to be his Kuest at the royal castle promises effectually to frustrate . the ex-President's ex pressed desire to be received In Eu rope u & plain private citizen. The invitation is at variance with all court precedents. Heretofore no foreig-n private citi zen has ever enjoyed hospitality at the royal castle, and the only per son not of princely rank who has been thus honored Is Count Zeppelin, whom the Kaiser has called the greatest man of the century. turlnic his stay in ' the palace. May J2 to 10, Mr. Roosevelt will have the suite occupied by King Edward on his recent visit, and will be the center of attraction In a brilliant circle comprising- the Emperor's clos est official advisers. CAIRO, Egypt, March 25. Up with the sun today, after a restful night at the Mena House, Colonel Theodore Roose velt and his party early prepared for a visit to the metropolis of Sakkara, where are the wonderful tombs of various kings, of Thy and of the Apis hulls. Last night the sphinx was viewed by moonlight, and Colonel Roosevelt said today the "weird eight had been thor oughly enjoyed by himself and his fam ily. It was the most interesting thing he had seen during his trip to Africa. Tonight Colonel Roosevelt and his fam ily returned to Cairo, dined with the American consuJ-general, Mr. Iddlngs, and later attended a banquet tendered him by Sir Eldon Gorst, the British agent and consul-general in Egypt. Khedive Lends Camels. Major K. K. Watson, pallia, aide-decamp to the Khedive, who met Colonel Roosevelt a year ago at Port Said, was an early caller at the Mena House to day. He paid the respects of the Khedive to the American hunter and tendered him the use of the Khedive's special camel corps for the eight-mile ride across the desert of Sakkara. Such a tender always is a special mark of favor and Colonel Roosevelt accepted it with pleas ure. The Colonel and Kermit each rode one of the animals over the dreary waste to the Necropolis, but Mrs. Roose velt and Miss Ethel chose a more com fortable conveyance. Arrived at the tombs of the bulls of Apis, the oldest of which dates back to ' (Concluded on Page 2.) t BIG EASTER EGG. j J ! ............... . . . ......... CUDAHY FLEES TO AVOID REPORTERS FATHER'S HOME IX PASADENA IS PRESENT REFUGE. Young Man Seeks Seclusion 'While Parent Tries to Effect Reconcila ation With His Wife. PASADENA, Cal., March 25. (Spe cial.) Jack Cudahy arrived tonight. Dispatches from the East announced his intention of coming here to hide at ills father's home after his affair with Jere Lillls in Kansas City, and a corps of newspaper men and photographers were at the station to receive him. But Cudahy saw them first, and, bribing: the porter with a dollar, he leaped off the opposite side of the train. He landed in a cinder heap, cut his shoes, tore his trousers and scraped his hands before he escaped. Then he rushed up the railroad track to Colo rado street, caught a tajclcab, ignoring the salutation of two Kansas City friends who recognized him, and fled to his father's home at 265 Belle Fon taine "street. Once inside, he defied the reporters, who chased him across the city, and from behind barred doors the servants told the newspaper men to go away. It was rumored that Jere Lillis was also on the train, but he failed to ap pear. Michael Cudahy, Jack's father, went to Kansas City a few days ago to try to effect a reconciliation between his son and the son's wife. The result of his efforts are not known. It is said by Cudahy's friends that the younger man will remain here with his mother and brother until his father has pre pared the way for him to return to his family. RIVER TOWNS WILL, MEET Merchants Demand Better Transpor tation Facilities at Once. ALBANY. Or., March 25. Albany business men tonight called a conven tion of the commercial bodies of all towns on either the "Willamette River or the Southern Pacific Railroad be tween Eugene and Oregon City to meet at Albany on April 14 and discuss plans for better transportation facili ties on the Willamette, to furnish competition in freight rates on the Southern Pacific. The convention will consider the advisability of the valley merchants establishing and maintaining an inde pendent line of steamboats on the Wil lamette to provide competition for the present line. The railroad and will also urge a Government appropriation for the purchase of the Oregon City locks. HOGS AND CATTLE SOARING Both Rise Another JKotcli in Missouri River Markets.. . . ST. JOSEPH,. Mo..- March 25. The top price on hogs at the South St. Joseph market today was $10.85 per 100 pounds, 5 cents higher than the pre vious record. Two loads of quarantine cattle brought $8.50 per 100, the high est price ever paid at a Missouri River market. KANSAS CITT. March 25. Two price records were established in the local livestock market today, when hogs sold at $10.87 per hundred, and quaran tine cattle for $8.35. SONS GET PLATT ESTATE Estimates of Value of Lute Senator's Property Withheld. OSWEGO, N. Y.. March 25. All the property of Senator Piatt Is left to his three sous under his will, which was admitted to , probate here today. The sons are Edward H., Frank H. and Henry B. Piatt. The value of the estate is not given In the will and attorneys decline to make any estimate as to the extent of the late Senator's property. The three sons are named as execu tors without bond. G BANKS INVOLVED IN GRAFT CHARGES 31 Indictments Found in Pittsburg, THREE CONFESS TO BRIBES City Funds to Be Withdrawn From Depositaries Accused. NEW EXPOSURES EXPECTED Grand Jury Recommends Leniency for Those Who Gave Evidence. Presentment Bares Frauds Covering Three Years, PITTSBURG. March 25. Exposure of the appalling details of Pittsburg's civic unrighteousness, indictments against 31 present and past Councilman and a de mand upon the directors of the city de positors to Investigate their own boards and ascertain the bribe givers In connec tion with the ordinance dealing with their Institutions as city depositors were the features of two presentments made by the errand Jury today. The presentments made a sensational story of the corruption in the municipal bodies in 1908 and the demand on the banks indicates that even more sensa tional developments than have been ex posed are expected Monday, when the bank directors, complying with demands of the grand jury, make their report. Banks to Lose Funds. A further result of the presentments of the Jury was the order of City Con troller Morrow late today for the with drawal of all city funds from the sjx banks and for the practical nullification of the ordinance designating them cys todians of city funds. About $3,640,320 of city funds is in these banks and this would be increased many millions next week by the taxes now be ing paid. Accordlngto the Controller, the with ddarwal of the funds will be gradual, that the Institutions may suffer no embarrass ment and depositors be given no cause for alarm. Report From Banks Demanded.' The extract from the presentment call ing on the bank directors reads: "We call upon the directors of the six banks named as city depositories to In vestigate who paid for each of the said banks, the bribes herein sot forth, and report the same to this grand jury, not later than Monday, March 28, 1910. And we fuiier demand said report be In writing and certified by directors of said banks individually. "We strongly recommend and insist that the proper officials of the city of Pittsburg take Immediate legal action to nullify the ordinance naming the said Farmers' Deposit National Bank, the Second National Bank of Pittsburg-, the German National Bank of Allegheny, th.e Columbia National Bank of Pittsburg and the Workingmen's Savings - and Trust Company of Alle rectly, $17,500 to obtain the city de posits for the Columbia National Bank, gheny, as city depositories, that the bribe-givers may not benefit by their own wrongdoing and criminal conduct." The presentments give the full de tails of the plot of the councilmen to (Concluded onPaKe 8.) EVANS TOO SEVERE, CRUISERS' MEN SAY SAIIilXG OF VESSEL DELAYED PENDING PROBE. Department at Washington Sends Admiral Dillingham to Make Investigation. NORFOLK, Va., March 25. Because of an Investigation begun here today by Admiral Dillingham .. into charges of alleged harsh and Inhuman treat ment to the men aboard the scout cruiser Salem the sailing- of the ves sel has been delayed. It was to have joined the Birming ham, a sister ship, in a cruise to South America and to the west coast of Africa, where the two ships are to con duct long distance wireless tests with Brant Rock, Mass., during the coming Summer. After the' words "Evans' madhouse" had been lound painted on the Salem, which Is commanded by Captain George B. Evans, a seaman who was under sentence of Imprisonment for five years leaped overboard. WASHINGTON, March 25. Inquiry at the Navy Department developed that complaint has been heard that Captain George B. Evans was applying- the naval regulations with undue severity on board the Salem. It was alleged the discipline was harsh in the ex treme and men were punished for tri vial offenses until the situation aboard ship became unbearable. The Department was not satisfied as to the truth of these allegations, but to settle all doubt sent Admiral Dilling ham to Hampton Roads to make a per sonal investigation. GOVERNOR FIRES ENGINE Idaho Executive Keeps Distant En gagement Despite Wreck. BONNER'S FERRY. Idaho, March 25 (Special.) Governor Brady arrived here today on a tour of inspection after an unique experience on the Spokane Inter national Railway. A freight train was wrecked ahead of the passenger train which delayed traffic for 10 hours, and the Governor, who saw an engine stand ing on the main line, ahead of the wreck, climbed the same and told the engineer he had to be in Bonner's Ferry at the time arranged, and that the engineer must take him there on the freight en gine. The engineer told tho Governor that his fireman was not able to fire the engine, whereupon the. Governor pulled oft his coat, grabbed the scoop shovel and tossed coal for the trip. MEAD'S NIECE IS OUSTED Ex-Governor's Relative Must Give Way to 50-Year-Old Clerk. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 25. (Spe cial. ) Bess Vincent, niece of ex-Governor Mead, who has been bookkeeper for the State Board of Control the past year, has been notified her services will not bo required after April 1. She will be succeeded by George P. James, aged about 50 years, who was auditor for the Western Union at Chicago seven years, later practiced law at Se attle, later engaged in ranching on Vashon Island, between Tacoma and Se attle, and who now is employed as clerk by the legislative investigating commit tee. M.isa Van Eaton, stenographer for the Board, is also said to be elated for dis missal shortly after the first of the month. SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO WIN Association of Colleges Retains Them on Accredited List. CHICAGO. March 25. The public high schools of Chicago will be re tained on the accredited list of schools of the North Central Association of Colleges and secondary schools for an other year, under the terms of a reso lution adopted by the Association here today. It was erroneously reported yester day that the Chicago schools had been dropped, but this was true only of the committee report, which recommended that the Chicago schools be stricken from the accredited list. The recom mendation was made because Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of Chi ca'go high schools, had refused to allow the association to inspect the schools. SCHOOLS GET TOGETHER Stanford Student Body Accepts Plan. Approved by Berkeley. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.. March 26. By rejecting a motion to disregard the ultimatum of the Uni versity of California, threatening a sev erance of athletic relations, the Stan ford student body today Indicated that it would accept the state institution's interpretation of the eligibility rule which has been in dispute before the lnterseholastic agreement committee for several weeks. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions preparatory to a new agree ment in accordance with the five-year term of eligibility proposed by the Cali fornia members. COUNTERFEITERS IN TRAP Breaking of Wrapper on Bogus Coin Shipment Leads to Arrest. DENVER, March 25. Secret Service Agent Goddard of Denver reports the arrest In Trinidad of six alleged coun terfeiters, whose apprehension. it is said, resulted from the breaking of the wrapper in which they had shipped counterfeit coins. The men arrested are Rudolph War ner, David Hagerman. Edward Hager man, William Cameron, E. R, Cameron and Alfred Hatch, and they are in jail at Wichita. WILL NOT E OPTION VOTE Glaring Defects Found in Dry Petitions. PROSECUTIONS MAY RESULT 'Drys" Insist They Will Try Again Neit Year. ISSUE MAY BE STATE-WIDE Action to Begin for Referendum Vole to Have Legislature Sub mit Constitutional Amend ment to Voters. CHICAGO, March 35. (Special.) Chi cago will not vote on the "wet or dry" question on April 5. The Board of Election Commissioners this afternoon held the local option peti tion Invalid after a week's investigation had resulted in the substantiation of charges made by the United Societies that a large proportion of the signatures were unregistered and fictitious persons. Option Leaders Will Not Protest. Unofficial announcement was made that the local option campaign committee would abide by the decision of the elec tion board and would make no effort to carry the fight into the courts. In its ruling the board held: That 26.12S of the 74.026 names on the petition are of unregistered persons. That the document thus contains not more than 47.8S9 valid names. That additional names to the num ber of 3620, whose validity is doubtful, might cut the total down to 44.278. Petitions Short Over 1500 Names. That the petition requires 63.51 1 names of duly registered voters in or der to give the election board author ity to print th "wet or dry" question on the ballot. That the" petition is short 15,613 names, or if the doubtful signatures are included the shortage will reach 19,233. That a duly registered voter means a person who Is registered at his.' pres ent address and that a person who had moved since he last registered was not eligible to sign the petition as waa claimed by attorneys for the "drys." Prosecutions Are Threatened. The day was morked by other de velopments In the battle over the sa loon. Chief among these were the fol lowing: Attorney Levy Mayer, counsel for the United Societies in a blistering arraign ment of the workers in the "dry" cause served notice before the election board that he would place evidence regarding (Concluded on Paire 3.) INDEX OF .TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. lESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. GC degrees; minimum, :i6 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, variable win-ds, mostly south erly. Domestic. Defects in "dry" petition prevent local op tion election in Chicago. Page 1. Foreign. Roosevelt visits ancient Egyptian tombs near Cairo. Page 1. Villages escape Ktna'i fire and worst o eruption is thought past. Page 3. Nntlonal. Heyburn begins filibuster in Senate against bill for co-operation in irrigation. Page Ballinger-Pinchot committee probes iuggen- helm-Morgan plans in A lank a. Page 6. House aurged to investigate acts of Attor- ney-eGnral In connection with Philiplns lands. Page 5. Captain Evans, of cruiser Salem, ts accused cf harsh treatment to men. Page 1. lowetlc. Dozen persons lose lives In Chicago furni ture company's fire. Page 2- Detroit objects to 5flo,0CMi bequest because money is tainted. Page 1. Jack Cudahy goes to father's home in Fasadena. pending efforts to effect recon ciliation with wife. Page 1. Architect Cole's wife No. 1 sues Mrs. Cols No. 2 for $230, 0H), charging illegal love. Pa?e 2. 8 ports. Portland loafs in hot Fresno run and yet wins game by 6 to 4 score. Page 8. Intercollegiate rules committee unable to agree on new football rules and, adjourns. Page S. Commercial and Marine. First sales of early-shorn wool. Page 13. Ivocal cattle prices well maintained. Page IflL Spring weather improves general trade con ditions. Page 1!. Miss Dorothy Corbett to christen tug One onta at launching this atternoon. Page IS. Pacific Torthwet. Seaside Citizens up in arms over minis ter's charges of "wide-open town." Page 6. Farmers' demonstration train delayed y mishaps, but farmers wait for arrival. Page 6. National Board of T'nderwriters report on Tacoma's Fire Department is unfavor able. Paga 6. Teacher of Inland Empire adjourn mt Pendleton ; go to Spokane next year. Page 8. Hill purchases 108,4'JB worth of timber In Sluslaw country. Page 7. Good roads or new State Highway Commis sion, cries Southwestern Washington. Page 6 Portland and Vicinity. E. E. Tytle freed from indictment and tes tifies against W. H. Moore and. Oregon Trust management. Page I. Sell fire-killed timber to preserve country's forests, proposesr J. B. Knapp before forester's meeting. Page 12. Employers will appeal to public in efforts to resist "closed shop" campaign. Page 9. Cities along "Willamette to unite for pro motion of open-river development. Page 11. Price of asphalt paving drops to $1.44 square yard, lowest ever known here. Page i:t. Justice C"urt binds over Ben Hoover, ac cused of attacking Hindus. Page 0. ePninhula residents will distribute a million roses during the Rose Carnival. Page 2. Repairs to "Washington division of O. R. & N. made necessary by storm, will cost $2G0,M0. Page 18, CHICAGO - i