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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1910. DEADLOCK UN VETO STILL UNBROKEN Asquith Rejects Compromise Offered by Redmond to Solve Problem. MORE PRESSURE NEEDED Only Liberals and I.aborltes Ca Force British Cabinet to Place Budget in Second Place Xew Election Seems Certain. BT T. P. O'CONNOR. (Fpecjal Cable to ,the Chicago Tribune. copyright. 1B10. by the Tribune.) LONDON. March 27. (Special.) The political sky suddenly became more favorable at the beginning- of the week and for some hours the papers reported that a means of compromise hl been found between the Liberals and the Irish. The conciliatory speech of Asquith inviting- the Irishmen to a friendly ne gotlation. was followed by an inter view between Redmond, Dillon and J-loyd-Georsre. The conclusion that everything was arranged was soon dissipated, however ny a communication from Redmond declaring- that things remained as they ere. ine deadlock was still on, due to me Insistence on the one hand hv the Liberals that the budget must go through all the stages before the veto resolutions come down from the House 01 Lords, and the insistence of Red mond that the budget must be held up mi tne loras nave pronounced on the veto. Way to Break Deadlock Sought. Redmond was even willing to vote for the budget during the early stages pioviaea mat the last stage be re ervea. Dut the Liberals fear this mignt mean the loss of the budget muuKii tne resignation of the minis try on the rejection by the lords of tne veto resolutions. They declare mey care not face their Knglish con stituencies without a buuget The several parties are working to find a way out of this deadlock but up to the present there is no sign of any way Delng found. The determina tlon of Lloyd-George to get the bud rl' " wnicn nis whole reputation depends, is backed by the equal deter mination of most of the members of tymnet. However, the issues In volved are so tremendous and a rup ture means such gigantic disasters that the hope of a final compromise cannot be abandoned, though the situ- akiuu remains tense. Pressure May Move Cabinet. The chief hope of a compromise II scnt-rai agreement among the Liberals and Laboriles with Redmond's policy and they still exercise a strong pressure on the cabinet. But the cab inet, now, as at the beginning of the session, is not in close touch with the rank and file of the Liberal party and the members have been steadily hard ening towards a rejection of Redmond's terms. Redmond. In the meantime, is backed "P by Irish opinion In extraordinary unanimity. I went with him to Liver pool last Sunday and never saw such scenes of enthusiasm. The great meet ing was followed by an Immense pro cession, where the cheers were deafen ing and where the largest subscrip tion for 20 years was received. The Irish party today Is certainly in a stronger position than at any moment since the Parnell split. Possibly the excitement raised by the debate on the veto resolutions against the Lords may excite a flame both in Ireland and England and may also give assur ance of the reality of Asquith's cam paign against the Lords and enable both parties to approach the compro mise in a more tolerant and reasonable spirit. Lords Try to Ward Off Storm. The resolutions for the moment have done the ministry good and. though criticised as to details, they are gen erally approved. The futile attempt of Lord Rosebery and the other pro gressive peers to get the House of Lords to make an advance towards the reforming of themselves is helping the government In spite of the futility of these attempts. One remarkable sign of the times is that the House of Lords accepted by an overwhelming majority the Rose bery resolution, declaring that the her editarfy titbs should no longer give the right to any peer to remain a member of the House of Lords. Balfour will return from a holiday In the south of France at the beginning of next week and the Unionist party will then develop its line of defense against the attack on the Lords. The three to four weeks which will be oc cupied by the debate of the veto in the House of Commons, thus bringing the Liberals and Irish into the same lobby night after night, may help to ward a compromise. Anyhow it will Rive plenty of time to both sides for reflection. Election Conies Xearer. The most paradoxical point in the present paradoxical situation is that a general election seems Inevitable and is coming nearer every hour, with ail parties waiting and dreading the' elec- non. i ne proposal still is suggested by Steele that the question of the Lords be settled by referendum at the ex pense of the state, so as to avoid the turmoil and huge cost of an election, but this suggestion has received little fa vor. Finally the attitude of the King re mains undecided and both parties shrink from bringing him into the con flict, involving the safety of the dy nasty and bringing perhaps to the Liberal party a great disfavor owing to the King's personal popularity. A desire to avoid this contingency is sup posed to be one of the motives of As quith in not accepting Redmond's pol icy. Some people even suggest that teveral of the ministers are deliber ately riding for a fall to escape this unpleasant encounter with the King. LAUNCH LEAVES NEWPORT Captain's Popular Daughters Guest t Farewell Dance. NEWPORT. Or.. March 27. (Special. The gasoline launch Rose, commanded by Peter Johns, will leave here next week for the Columbia. River, where she will engage in carrying fish for a large cannery. Captain Johns says that he will not return to Newport. Other launches' are expected, which will take parties over the) bar for deep-sea Ashing. A farewell subscription dance was given on Friday night in honor of the Misses Ka.tiicrine and Frances Johns, the popu lar daughters of the captain. t BRITISH CHANCELLOR WHOSE BUDGET IS FEATURE OF BagWWiit-rtlilMltnWi ' A f ' $ -r ' - - i' t t i - ' i-. , it - - . tf , - s - t f--. yy : ' "- j , " ; ' - " " u " . -.. .Ta.fri1....,.-.v, -rY ifii n mi inrri -fti nf iTiTi it T UAVIU LLUVD BANKER IS EASY Noted Millionaire Tells How Maybrays Beat Him.' TOTAL LOSS NOW $40,000 Thomas W. Ballew Declares'He Saw Race. Jockey Chewed Liver, Blood Kan and "Promoters' and "Bettors" Took to Cover. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. March 27. (Spe cial.) Thomas W. Ballew, millionaire lumberman and banker at Princeton. Mo., one of the numerous victims of the May bray gang of swindlers, told of his ex perience today. I was an easy mark, all right, but I was not as easy a-3 it looked at first glance," declared Mr. Ballew. "I simply loaned my money to help out a man whom I had befriended before. I had known Dobbins for a number of years' and held a note of his for 40. He didn't afk me to bat on the race, but he just offered to let me go to see the race. which was to be an exclusive affair, to settle a wager between friends. Of course, he ran out of cash and I fell' for the game, lending him $30.W9 to help him out of the hole in whicli he found himself. The game could not have been worked on me if I had not been htn friend. "The jockey had some fresh liver In h!9 mouth, began chewing on it. and thought he had a hemorrhage. I was badly scared, as the others pretended to be, and 'beat If in double-quick time; so did my $30,000. I have since learned that Dobbins received $7500 as his commission for stinging me and I have spent that much n landing him in prison. Altogether. I out nearly $40,000. but I do not re gret the loss of the money so much a do the loss of my faitli in human na- ure. SQUATTER WILL NOT GO Owner of Wahana Site Kinds Strange Man in Possession. SEASIDE, Or., March 27. (Special.) When a squatter squats in a nice lit tle cabin on one of your choicest lots and refuses to move. Just what is the next action to take? K. W. Wright, of Portland, has the problem to answer. Air. Wright Is the owner of a choice building: site the Wahana River, a tributary of he iNecanlcum. A few days ago he isited Seaside to make arrangements for a Summer cottage and was thun derstruck to find one erected on his te and a man in possession. When the property was purchased early two years ago, Mr. Wrlirht earned of this squatter but was in formed that he had moved. The squat- er said frequently that he would move but did not. When Mr. Wrie-ht rges him to give up possession he begs for a succession of fine days so mat nis oeiongings 'may not be dam aged. " ) Mr. Wright left last night for Port land. He has promised the squatter to return next Saturday and has inti mated he means business. SCHOOL BOYS IMPLICATED i Class Colors Painted on Walls and Report Records Destroyed. 1IEDFORD. Or.. March 27. (Special.) Some of the high-school students went into the Medford High School last night and after painting their class year and colors on the wall, and spilling paint on the porches, they destroyed some report papers. As some trouble has been had from the same source before, a guard was set to watch the building and some of the boys were caught. The case has been taken up by the District Attorney. WITNESS QUITS PASTOR Rev. Mr. Patton's Case Against Sa loons Is Weakened. SEASIDE. Or.. March 27. (Special.) Fred Johnson, one ofVwo witnesses, upon whom Rev. J. J. -Patton was counting to give evidence regarding the sale of liquor in Seaside saloons DETERMINATION TO GET THE CONTEST IN PROGRESS. - GEORGE last Sunday has announced he will have nothing more to do with the case. The police committee has demanded that Mr. Patton meet with it early in the week with his witnesses, and the defection of one will prove serious. -Mr. Patton's other witness was A. H. RuthrafT. son of A. S. Ruthraff. It was Ruthraff who alleges fhat he bought the bottle of whisky Sunday that Mr. Patton displayed from the pulpit-the same evening. Councilman Laighton. one of the most influential men here, said today he had no doubt there was truth In some of Mr. Patton's charges. "But the peculiar part of the affair," said Mr. Laighton, Vis that Mr. Patton should pick on known drunkards as his witnesses. If he had been seeking evidence and it was to be obtained, why did he not have men whom, we know and can believe to give testi mony for him? As to his charge of gambling. I have seen card playing behind the cigar stores many times, but on no single occasion have I' seen a cent of money on the table or been led to believe otherwise than that the games were Triendly." Mr. Patton asserts he has seen gambling In progress in the city and that he obtained his information when he went through the so-called dens, disguised as a logger. No allusion to the situation was made in the Methodist Church today and Rev. Mr. Patton will take no further steps until required to do so. HOLDUP Efl CONFESS SALT LAKE MURDER CLEARED OX EASTER St'XDAY. Baltimore Boy, After Xight in Jail, Tells All Says He "Didn't Mean to Shoot." SALT LAKE CITY. March 27. Harry Thorn today confessed to the murder of George W. Fassell. an Kast Side grocer, during the perpetration of a holdup last night. Thorn, who is from Baltimore, and as serts he is but 18 years of age. names John Hays and a man called "Curly" as his associates in the robbery. Hays also has admitted his complicity. "I thought he was getting ready to do something," said Thorn, "and told him to hold his hands higher. I stuck my gun Into his side to scare him and it went off. I did not mean to shoot." Thorn and Hays were arrested within an hour after the robberv. "Curlv" is at large. On their arrival in town a few days ago they had come under the obser vation of George Sheets, chief of detec tives. Sheets took the precaution to find out where they were rooming. The de scription of the robbers, obtained after the murder, while meager enough, was sufficient to connect them in the mind of the detective, with the men he had suspected.- A detail of police walked from the police station to a rooming-house half a block awjy and burst into the room noted In Sheets' memorandum book. They found two men, breathless from fast walking, a warm revolver, money corre sponding to the sum taken from Fassell's store and loot from a recent burglary. Thorn passed a restless night in ' the City Jail and told of his crime with little persuasion when questioned today. CHINESE G0NE4 MONTHS Xo Trace Found of Prosperous Gar dener Who Lived Xear Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 27. (Special.) Although Lu Park Lung, a Chinese gardener who formerly lived four miles east of Vancouver, has been sought for the last four months, it is said not a single clew has been found. He left 400 sacks of onions, several hundred sacks of potatoes, a team and wagon, and his house and personal ef fects. These are being cared for by Lu Kee Sing, a cousin. Some of the Chinese profess to be lieve Lu Park Lung was killed for his money, and his body burned or thrown into the river. His native friends have written to San Francisco and other Coast towns, and to China, with no re sult. He had lived on his place for 20 years and sold garden products in Van couver and Portland. Many Charges Confront Davlj. HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 27. (Spe cial.) Since W. H. Davis was brought here Thursday on the charge of issuing fradulent checks. Sheriff Morse, of Hood River County, has received information that Davis Is wanted in Pendleton. Jack sonville and Albany. Or., as well as at Tacoma and - in a Missouri town on similar charges. Two wine glasses of the Italian Swiss Colony's choice Tipo. Zlnfandel or Bur gundy with each meal will work wonders. Be sure and order Asti Colony wines at the hotel, restaurant or club. E CAUSES 'S DEATH Daughter of J. C. Stubbs, Har riman Man, Dies Sud denly in South. MENTAL WORRY IS CAUSE Mrs. Ben Ian Stubbs Sunderland, Divorced March 1 6 at Reno, En Joys Freedom From Matrimo nial Bonds Only Ten Days. RENO. Nev.. March 27. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Beulah Stubbs Sunderland aaugnter of J. C. Stubbs. trarac man ager of the Harrlman lines, who was divorced from John Sunderland, regent of the Nevada University and National Democratic committeeman for Nevada, on March 16 in Reno, died at Berkeley, Cal., Saturday night at 9:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. B. F. Brooks. Death was sudden and is ascribed to Bright's disease and mental worry brought on by the divorce proceedings. Mrs. Stubbs Sunderland was born in San Francisco. May 16, 1SS1. She was married to Sunderland, who came of one of the most prominent Reno families, in Chicago, on February 18, 1902. They had maintained one of the most luxurious domes in Reno up until a year ago. Woman Long Invalid. Ill health practically forced her re tirement and she has been an Invalid for several years past. Several days ago Mrs. Sunderland left for the Coast to visit school-day friends and relatives and at that time seemed well and in good spirits, de spite the recent trying ordeal in the divorce courts. The divorce was granted on the grounds of cruelty. J. C. Stubbs, who has been making an inspection of the Harrlman lines in company with Judge Lovett, was no tified of the death at Imperial, Ariz., and has hastened to San Francisco. He will leave San Francisco with the body in a special train on Monday afternoon. Family Hurries West. Mrs. J. C. Stubbs and daughters. Mrs. Harrison Parker and Helen Stubbs, who have Just returned Kast from California, left Chicago tonight and will join the funeral train at Salt Lake City. J. E. Stubbs, president of Nevada University, who is an uncle of Mrs. Sunderland, will also accompany the body to Ashland, O.. the family home of the Stubbs, for burial. BUSINESS AFFAIRS UNSETTLED Mrs. Sunderland Came West to Ar range Certain Matters. BERKELEY, Marcli 27. Mrs. Sun derland, who died at the home oUier life-long friend, Mrs. B. F. Brooks, 7237 Piedmont avenue, Saturday, came here last Wednesday, from Chicagd for the purpose of settling some business mat ters. She was to have returned to Chi cago in a few days. 1-ollowlng the sudden attack of acute diabetes from which she died, Mrs. Sunderland was attended by Dr. Clarke Burnham. of Berkeley, and her brother-in-law. Dr. Morton Gibbons, of San Francisco. "DRYS" TEAR "WET" PAPER Campaign Circular Sent Through Dayton Mails Handled Roughly. DAYTON, Wash., March 27. (Special.) livery qualified voter of Dayton re ceived this morning through the mall an attractive circular labeled "information," sent out by the "Wet" committee. After the mail was delivered scores of the cir culars were seen in the streets, unopened or torn to bits evidence that they had fallen on "dry" soil. This is the first personal effort made by either side to Influence voters in the local option election to be held next Tues day. Both "drys" and '''wets" admit that the ret-ult will be close and interest is at fever heat, with some money changing hands. A physician bet- $100 that the town is going "dry," while the Commer cial Club has announced Itself as strongly "wet." RAILROAD WANTS TEAMS Pacific & Eastern Expects to Reach Butte Falls In June. t MEDFORD. Or., March 27. (Special.) Chief Engineer Gerig. of the Pacific & Eastern Railroad, reports that 75 per cent of the road to Butte Falls is com pleted, that almost 1000 men are now at work and more are being added each day. All the teams that can be gathered are being used and .more are wanted. It is expected that the road will be completed to Butte Falls in June. The company is having some difficulty in securing the right of way in Medford to the place selected for the depot sTte. BILL AIMED AT LIQUOR Interstate Character of Shipment Would Cease at State Line. WASHINGTON. March 27. That the Interstate character of Interstate ship ments of liquor shall cease upon ar rival within the boundary of the state to which consignment has been made, is the essential feature of bills Intro duced in the Senate by Senator Curtis and in the House by Representative Miller of Kansas. BELLINGER CASE UNUSUAL I Judge's Will Probated in Oregon, Washington After Inheritance Tax. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 27. (Spe cial.) When Judge McMaster, of the Su perior Court of ,this district, convenes court at the next session, he will be asked to approve the appraisement of a portion of the estate of the late Charles B. Bellinger, for years on the Federal bench in Oregon. The appraisement of 00 acres of land valued at $30,000 in this count', was ordered by the State Tax Commission that it might levy the state inheritance tax. The -case has unusual features Judge Bellinger left a large estate. S00 acres beiny in Clark County, near Ridge- DIVORC MAN field. He bequeathed one-half of the property in this county to his sons. John B. and Howard Bellinger. He died May 12, 1905. As the property was comir.unlty property, Mrs. Bellinger made a provi sion in ber will bequeathing her share of one-half of the 800 acres in this county to the two sons. She died April 1. 1907. The sons took up farming and began to improve the property left them by their parents. The wills of Judge and Mrs. Bellinger were probated in Oregon, and the proofs of the wills were filed in Clark County. When the Tax Commis sioner ' made an investigation of the estates and cases of probates recently, he ordered that the land be "appraised that the state Inheritance tax could be collected. Myron Clark, E. A. Blackmore and N. C. Hall were appointed by the court to appraise the land. .They appraised the half Interest of Judge Bellinger e.t $10,725, and the share of Mrs. Bellinger at the fame amount. They reported further that there was little appreciation in value of the land from the time the judge died until Mrs. Bellinger died, but since that time the property has enhanced in value. The law requires that the property be appraised at the lime of the death of the former owners of the property. W. E. Tates. of Vancouver, will present the report of the appraisers and ask Judge McMaster to approve It, when it will be determined what is due the state as an inheritance tax. BOND DEMAND IS SLOW INVESTOR TIMID IN VIEW OF FINANCIAL UNREST. Appearance of Short-Time Railway Notes Is Bad Sign Structural Mills Busy at Cut Prices. NEW YORK, March 27. The dull and narrow stock market of last week !bore little relation to tiie course of events- in the outside world except as it -was held in restraint by the pros pect of curtailment by the double holi day and the possible demands upon the money market, of the approaching April settlements. The money position was complicated by the week's sale of $50,000,000 New York City 44 per cent bonds. The results of that sale also illuminated the investment situation in a way not wholly cheering. The first impression of the sale was good, owing- to the large volume of applications and the considerable foreign demand included. The new bonds were Immediately ad mitted to the stock exchange to be traded in "when Issued," and the sag in the price to below the lowest at which allotments were made upon sub scriptions turned the feeling to one of discouragement. British consols sold down in the course of the week, the lowest here since the depression of 1907. and with that exception since the first half of the last century. The reappearance of the short-time railroad note issue In the New York market was additional evidence of the unsatisfactory invest ment demand for fixed interest secur ities. Satisfaction was felt over the set tlement of the Western railroad fire men's dispute. Hopeful views were held, also, of an adjustment of the coal miners' troubles In the Middle West. Cheerful views entertained by the railroad traffic officials helped the confidence in labor settlements. Busi ness in iron was done at receding quo tations. Political unrest had some reflection In the securities markets through ap prehension of a reopening of the tariff question. Railroads last week still withheld orders for bridges, rails and other equipment, but official confirmation was received of previous contracts for cars and locomotives which insures for March the highest record since last November. Bids have been submitted on railroad bridges requiring 9000 tons of fabricated steel, but no awards have been made, and other railroad work is pending calling for 13,000 tons of structural material. With an absence of railroad work there has been keener competition for fabricated steel orders coming from contractors and manufacturers for new buildings. The result has been the re ceipt of specifications for about 25,000 tons taken on a basis of 1.40 to 1.50 f. o. b. mill. The largest local con tract has been 4000 tons to the New Jersey Zinc Company, divided between the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. and the Lackawana Bridge Company. A large amount of new structural work is pending 'and never were the fabricating shops as busy in their esti mating departments as now. Work, present and prospective, will call for about 150.000 tons of structural steel. MAN SUICIDE ON TRAIN W ife and Son, Sitting by Asleep, Are Not Aroused. SALEM. Or.. March 27. (Special.) An drew Jackson Casey, aged 55, en route from Roseburg to Spokane, slashed his jugular vein with a pocket knife, 10 min utes before the northbound Southern Pa cific train, due here at 5:15 this morning, reached this city. So quietly was the deed done that the suicide's wife, sitting Are you or Will you be? 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