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VOL. yO. 13,399. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL, 5, 1910. TRICE FIVE CENTS. VAT CAN INCIDENT GROWS IfJ EXTENT Francis Joseph Not to Receive Roosevelt POPE AFFRONTED IS EXCUSE Italian Papers Bitterly Take Sides in Discussion. METHODISTS ARE PLEASED fCx-JPresident Thanked for Failure to Have A u d ie nee and Pas tor Ex plains His Work Pontiff Xot 1 Told of Telegram of Refusal. ROME. April 4. (Special.) Not only is all Italy wrought up over the failure of th Pope to rec.Ive Colonel Roosevelt In audience, but the matter threatens to become world-wide In its importance. It is learned here today that Emperor Krancfs, Joseph of Austria will probably refuse to receive Mr. Roosevelt because of the latters refusal to meet the condi tions imposed by the Pope and the con sequent cancellation of the intended visit to the Vatican. The Austrian monarch, it is said, looks upon the failure of the Vatican audience as an affront to the Pope. Mr. Roosevelt declares he could do no otherwise than reject the Vatican de mand. Catholics Much Stirred. The incident has produced a painful impression upon all Catholics here. Th.e cardinals refuse to discuss the su-f&ct at all, but the correspondent learns that the Vatican had decided to show to the world that the Pope wished to see Mr. Roosevelt without any restrictions on him and merely made a suggestion in the hope that a reptition of the Fairbanks incident would be avoided. It is ex pected an official statement to this effect will be issued. Ambassador Leishman. it seems, did not communicate to the Vatican Mr. Roosevelt's last telegram, announcing that the audience would be impossible, hence it came as a mirprlse to the Pope. H ad the contents of t he message been made known to him. It is thought that the matter, which is now bound to as sume great Importance, might have been arranged without so much publicity. Americans Iveep Clear. It Is averted on behalf of the Ameri can officials here that they have kept clear of the whole affair, Mr. Roosevelt acting throughout on his own Initiative and insisting on his right to proceed In accordance with his personal views and feelings. Commenting on Mr. Roosevelt's can celed audience with the Pope, the Oior nale d'ltaiia, the organ of ox-Premier Sonnino. says the incident between the Spanish Tapal Secretary of State and the ex-Colonol of the Rough Riders, who be came so popular in the war against Fpain, demonstraies Cardinal Merry rel Vals' permanence in the Borgia appoint ment and will not augment the cordiality between the Vatican and the United States. Roosevelt's Dignity Praised, The Republican paper, Raglonei says that what occurred shows the nar rowness of mind of the Papal secre tary of state, while Mr. Roosevelt ad mirably maintained a decorous dignity. The rudeness of Vatican diplomacy ktys the paper, "will augment his popu larity among the American people. Thft whole Vatican press takes as basis for comment the statement made last evening in the O&servatore Ro mano, the official organ of the Vatican, which explained the Vatican could not risk a repetition of the Fairbanks in cident. .Methodist Activity Decried. "It is now notorious to all Romans end foreigners," continues the papers, "what the Methodist Church here is. It is the center of all hostility against the spiritual power of the Supreme Pontiff in his own teat, a center from which radiates all encouragement, ma terial and moral support of a propa ganda in Rome favoring apostasy and incitement in every way and by every means to open rebellion and war against the church. "There was not, therefore, any of fense against Mr. Roosevelt's freedom of action and conscience, as he could freely attend elsewhere to the duties of his religion (Mr. Roosevelt Is not a MethodisO. What was asked was only that Mr. Roosevelt abstain from plac ing the authorit y and prestige of his name at the service of the very insti tution which directs by calumny and open rebellion a disloyal war against the Catholic Church in Its own me tropolis. Vatican Merely in Defense. "Thus there was no imposition and rto minimizing of anybody's liberty, but simply the accomplishment and the de fense on the part of the Supreme Pon tiff of the duties and rig-lit strictly connected with his own spiritual power." The Trtbuna says that the ex-President ard the King discussed several questions and the King secured- from Mr. Roosevelt his opinion on the or ganisation of Italian Somallland. where .Conclude! on Pace 3. . ICE WALL DCV NOT DAUNT CLIkV-RS - KAPII PROGRESS IS 3a T7P MOUNT 3I KIXLEY. G Gap Is Found Which It Is Believ, - 'Will Permit Trip to Summit Without Difficulty. SEATTLE, April 4. The steamer Northwestern, from Valdez. Alaska, brings news that the Mount McKinley expedition, which left Fairbanks in January and which 1b composed of Thomas Lloyd, Robert Horn. Harry Karsten and Charles McGonigle, all ex perienced mountaineers, made more rapid progress than had been expected, and attained 12,000 feet without special difficulty. . From the 12,000-foot altitude to that of 16,000 feet an almost perpendicular wall of Ice arose that at first seemed to forbid further ascent. Undaunted, the climbers began to explore the ice wall and succeeded in finding: a gap. In a letter sent to Fairbanks by a hunter, Lloyd said: "From the surveys we have just com pleted we believe we have found a route by which we can make' the sum mit without having to overcome any very serious difficulties. It will be steep climbing; over one stretch, but that is the only prospective delay on which he will have to figure." When the party set out they did not expect to make the dash for the sum mit until Summer, but Lloyd's letter indicates that the men intend to lose no time. SOCIALIST MAYOR MAY WIN Milwaukee likely to Carry Added Distinction After Today. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 4. (Spe cial.) Milwaukee may be the first big1 city of America to have a Socialist Mayor. Emii Seidel. Socialist-Democratic candidate, Is admittedly the leader in the race, which closes with Tuesday's election. Early In the campaign It was thought It would be impossible to t defeat V. T. Schoenecker, now. city treasurer, the Democratic nominee, for Schoenecker had the entire city hall administration at his back. Then Seidel came to the front, the Republicans, who had failed to make a strong showing- for six campaigns, except in the run of Sherman Becker, "the boy mayor," having little hope of naming a winning candidate. Socialist strength In Milwaukee has been built up largely of Republicans, who have refused to support the regu lar party nominee because of bitterness resulting from the " La-Follette war against the old regime. The Socialist vote is nearly three times the actual party membership. UNEMPLOYED GO ON STRIKE Tacnma, I.iko Simknne, May See Trouble With I. W. W. People. TACOMA, AVaJrh., April 4. Unem ployed men who have been regular applicants at the employment agencies went on a "strike" today, declaring they would not work for less than 30 cents an hour, with 40 cents for heavy work. A party of 15 was employed to fro go to a local wharf to do stevedoring work, but when the men arrived at the Job they demanded 40 cents an hour. They were chased off the dock by a policeman and gathered at the City Hall Free Employment Office to the number of 50, and declared they were sustained by the Industrial Workers of the World and would continue the strike. MAN FINDS BRIDE DEAD Body Lies by ltoati Along Which She Went to Meet Him. ASHLAND, Or., April 4. (Special.) "When Joseph Buck returned from his work in a sawmill yesterday he found his bride of two weeks lying dead beside the road along which she had gone to meet him. Ruck and his young wife lived, on An derson Creek, a short distance west of Ashland. It was the custom of Mrs. Buck to meet her husband each night as he came home from his work, and the body was lying only a short distance from the little home. The Deputy Coroner made an investi gation, and decided that heart disease was the cause of death. "JIM" HILL CALLS ON TAFT Knipire-Builder Comments on iFine Weather of ortliwe.t. WASHINGTON, April 4, Jamea J. Hill, the railroad magnate, spent some time withhe President today. Mr. Hill sad he had just come from the West and called on the President to pay his respects. "Farmers in the Northwest." said Mr. Hill, "are a month ahead of time plant ing their crops, because of the fine weather. WOMAN STARVES TO DEATH Placed in Jail on Arson Charge, Prisoner lief uses food. TOPBKA, Kan.. April 4. Mrs. IX K. Evans, who was arrested at Logan. W. Va., and brought here to answer the charge of arson, died today, having de liberately starved herself to death. She had been in Jail two months and had taken no food except what was forced down her throat. JUDGE WILLIAMS' LIFE QUIETLY ENDS Oregon's Grand Old Man Dies in Sleep. HONORS OF RATION WERE HIS City, State and Country Will Mourn His Loss. END COMES AS HE WISHED IDs Daughter, Summoning Him to Arise, Finds Death Has Touched' If i m Ac tl ve tp to Last and Cheery W ith Usual Health. t GEORGE H. W1IXIAMS. Of no diBtemper, of no blast he died. But fell like Autumn fruit, that mel lowed Ions, E'en wondered at because Jt fell not sooner. Aye seemed to "wind htm up for four score years. Yet slowly ran he on seven Winters more. Till like e. clock, -worn out -with beating- time. The--wheels of weary life at last stood stllL With the same serenity that had marked the later years of his long" and useful life. Judge George H. Williams early yesterday morning- passed to the Great Beyond. Sunday night. Oregon's Grand Old Man had retired at the usual hour after a quiet day spent in good healtn and spirits. At the rising hour the empty tenement of clay was found reclining as he had gone to sleep, the face as placid as that of a slumbering child. There was no evidence of a struggle as the spirit left the body, no indication that there had been the slightest de gree of suffering. Judge Williams had died in the manner he had often wished by "simply slipping away."' Hays Grow Brighter Before End. For a week Judge Williams had been unusually cheery, and for five months he Tiad been freer from physical suf fering. than for several years. For a long time prior to last Kali he had been inconvenienced by an internal disable ment more or less chronic, yet it was of such a nature that his active in terest and participation in business af fairs was not impaired and not even his most intimate friends realized the pain he suffered. About seven months ago, during a severe attack of this ailment, his physicians decided upon drastic meas ures In spite of Judge Williams ad vanced age. A dangerous operation was performed, but a wonderful vital ity for a man of 6 years pulled him through. Health of Last Month, Better. In two months he was again at his desk and seemed to gain strength day by day. The suffering, too, was over and a deserved peace and tranquillity settled on his declining years. Up to last Saturday Judge Williams had not been visited professionally by a physi cian since last November. He had been t Concluded on Page 12.) ; "COME ON, PATIENCE HAS CEASED TO BE A VIRTUE." i I - Xt .. . .......... ............. .A - !MaBJBSSBBBJSBSBJjjSJBJSJBjBjBHBi1IIIIIIBJBJBlSBBJH'' M I) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The IVeatner. YESTERDAY'S Maximum tem-peraturefc 64 degrees; minimum. 41 degree. TODAY'S Partly cloudy, probably followed by showers; easterly winds. Ex-President RootteveU. Vatican incident promises to assume world wide Importance. Page 1. Methodist bishops applaud Roosevelt's course In controversy with Pope. Page 2. Roosevelt party dines with King and Queen of Italy. Page 2. Monsignor Falconi. papal delegate. says Methodises are to blame for Roosevelt Vatican lnvication Incident. Page :. Death, of Judge Williams. Oregon's grand old man peacefully passes from sl-e-ep into death. Page L Anecdotes about Judge Williams show kind ness of heart was his recognized attri bute. Page 10. Judge George H. Williams, Oregon's grand old man, is dead. Page X. Departed distinguished Oregonlan, lawyer at 21. was one of the first Judges of Iowa in 1847; Nev York his naiice state. Page la Although in harness 65 years. Judge. Wil liams age rested lightly upon him. Page 10. Xatlonal. "Washington' school land case may go to . Supreme Court for final determination. Page 5. President gives 'consideration' dinner at White House. Page 1. Roosevelt still believes in President Taft, says Washington report. Page 3. Railroads win decisions against Arkansas and .Nebraska, before- United States Su preme Court. Page 3. Sen ator Iod ge offers bill to cl ose Boston draw bridges during rush hours. Page 5 Irrigation committee said to be preparing report criticising Director Newell of Kec- lancatlon Service- Page &. Domestic. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, soon 90. now has 47 "children" in 24 states. Page 1. Beveridge's friends aim to block indorse ment of Payne-Aldrich tariff at Repub lican convention. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Wcrk already under way for railway from Marshfield to North Bend. Page Wall of ice does not block ascent of Mt. McKinley. Page 1. Second arrest is made In Gohl case at Aber deen. Page 6. Eugene's administration ticket wins eleo t ion . Annexation plan victor also. Page 6. Ixmger seasons would save salmon, declare Oregon Hatchery superintendents in Sa lem meeting. Page 7. Sports. Portland opens hard series with Vernon team today Page 8. Jeffries begins three months training today. Feeling fit. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Export movement does not help local wheat prices. Page 19. Chicago wheat market closes lower. Page 19. Stock market sluggish. Page X9. Columbia Contract Company begins work on Fort Stevens jetty. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Portland wins court decision against South ern Pacific for Fourth-street use by steam traffic Page 11. Authorities release Owen McLlnden. In jail since November charged with brother's murder. Page 18. Mayor cites Donald Mcleays deed of park to city to uphold improvements made there by Park Board. Page . Census Supervisor Beach -will make tour of district to instruct enumerators. Page 9. Ordinance granting Wakefield & Co. permis sion to haul dirt on railway tracks to Mt. Tabor reservoirs is vetoed. Page 20. ARMLESS FIREMAN LAWYER Admitted to Practice Bclore Su preme Court of United States. WASHINGTON, April 4. Hugh L. Dickson, of San Bernardino, Cal., gen eral counsel for the Brotherhood of Firemen and Englnemon, attracted at tention today when he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. As a fireman he lost both his hands. Afterward he studied law. Today he signed the roll ,of attorneys by hold ing a pen between the stubs of his arms. q BLOW AIMED AT HATPINS Law Would Keep Length to One Inch Beyond Hat. WASHINGTON", April . Any woman wearing a hatpin projecting more than an inch beyond the hat will be sub ject to arrest in sthe District of Colum bia, If a bill Introduced today by Rep resentative Coudrey, of Missouri, should be enacted into law. TUFT ASKS ACTION CO SEBVAT O Topic Is Before Diners at White House. TALK KEEPS UP TO MIDNIGHT Members of Public Lands Committee Are Guests. PRESIDENT GETS SUPPORT Senators and Representatives Agree to Work for Reasonable Measures. Smoot Bill for State Con trol to Be Reported. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. April 4. To bring about more united action In support of his con servation bills In Congress, President Taft tonight gave a "conservation din ner" at the White House. ' The President discussed conservation legislation with his dinner guests until midnight, but no definite conclusion was reached. Some Bills May Fail. It was the consen-jus of opinion among those present that not all of the Presi dent's conservation bills would be passed, but it Is impossible at this date to de termine which ones will go through and which will be postponed. There was a general disposition ex pressed on the part of the Senators and members of the House to make honest efforts to secure reasonable conservation legislation, and the first efforts will be put forth on the bill authorizing the President to make withdrawals of land for public purposes. Smoot Bill to Bo Reported. There was no agreement on the bill regulating tiie use of water powers, but on Wednesday the Senate sub-committee will report to the full committee the Smoot bill recognizing state control of water-power development, and, this, it is believed, will be satisfactory to the Ad ministration. The guests at the White House din ner were confined to several members of the public lands committee of the Senate and House and others directly interested in the measures. Oregon Senator Is Guest. Among those were Senators Clark of Wyoming, Smoot of Utah, Dixon of Montana, Chamberlain of Oregon, Hughes of Colorado, and Nelson of Minnesota; Representatives Mondell of Wyoming. Pickett of Iowa, Parsons of New York and Smith of California. Secretary of the Interior Ballinger and George Otis Smith, Director of the Geological Survey, also were guests. CORNELIUS TO STAY "WET" No-Liquor Element Defeated by Small Majority of Votes. CORNELIUS. Or., April 4. (Special.) This city voted today to remain "wet," the "drys" being defeated by a small ma jority at the election. The following were elected: Mayor, H. Challacourt, Councilmen, George Hoe scher, H. A. Lytle, J. Brown,. J. B. Merrill. PEARSONS, SOON 90, HAS 47 'CHILDREN' CHICAGO PHILANTHROPIST TO GIVE POCKETBOOK REST. "With Over Two Score Colleges In Score of States, Doctor Is Happy Because They Are Grateful. CHICAGO, April 4. (Special.) "I have 47 children In 3t states, and I must take care of them." On the threshhold of his 90th birthday. Dr. r. K. Pearsons, the Chicago phil anthropist, who has given away so much that he has lost all acount of it, referred as children" to 47 colleges to which he opened his purse in days when they were struggling for a mere existence. The giver of millions will be 90 years old on April 14, and chief among his birthday resolutions is a decision to give' his pocketbook a well-earned rest. Dr. Pearsons' voice trembled a little as be told more about these 47 "children." "I picked them up when they were poor little things, mean and poverty-stricken and Just able to struggle along," he said. "And now they are great, thriving col leges, as good as there are in the land. Twelve of them are in the South. They give me more happiness than any, be cause they are so grateful." QUARTET SLEEPS; OUSTED San Francisco Official 'Bounces' Clerks; One Relative of Mayor. SAX FRANCISCO, April 4. (Special.) About two weeks ago, when the warm Spring airs were Just beginning to permeate the inner recesses of the County Clerk's office, Harry I. Mul crevy, anxious that the machinery of public business should not be affected adversely by the weather, detected four copyists asleep in the garret, where the rays of Springtime were most in evidence. They were John La Grave, William O'Brien, William Hagerty a.r-1 Leo Sullivan. La Grave, who was on the county committee of the Union Labor party and at one time a deputy under Sheriff O'Neill, was the first to go. O'Brien followed. The other two were given a chance. They were caught again and today were bounced. As Hagerty is a cousin of the wife of the present Mayor, It is said there may be a rupture between the Mayor and the County Clerk. But Mulcrevy says he must have efficiency, and he proposes to drop any others who go to sleep, over their work. WOMEN HUNT MEAN MAN Hundred Dollar Donation Spurned, and Hats Kept On. BERKELEY, Cal., April 4. (Special.) The women of the Rir6t Congregational Church of this city are making efforts to ascertain who the man of the congrega tion is who offered to donate $100 toward the church debt fund, provided the wo men would remove their hats during the services In the edifice. Berkeley women, like those of any other city, derive such satisfaction in dis playing their latest creations in millinery that they refused the offer, but desire to know the identity of the individual who "wishes to deprive women of one of their greatest joys as one of the wo men expressed it. The offer was made during the cam paign to lift the church debt of $8000, which closed Friday night with a so cial. BOY ORDERED INTO COURT Grandfather Will Spare No Expense to Kind Grandson. ' SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. During the proceedings today, which resulted in Mrs. Daisy Kimball Adams being given the custody-of her small daugh ter, Dorothy, it developed that her husband, Lewis Adams, who was ar rested recently in Arizona on a charge of abducting his son, is the son of the late Al Adams, the so-called "policy Icing' of New York. John S. Kimball. the millionaire steamship owner, told the court today that if necessary, he would spend $1. 000,000 to recover his grandson, who is with his father in New York. Judge Graham gave Lewis Adams 30 days in which to produce the son In his court here. TACOMA USES BLOODHOUND City Determined to Trail Woman's Brutal Assailant. TACOMA, Wash.. April 4. Blood hounds were today put on the trail of an unknown assailant, of Mrs. G. P. Freudenstein, who last night called the woman to her door and beat her over the head with an ax handle. She was left lying unconscious and word of the attack was carried to the neigh bors by her small children who had witnessed the assault. The woman was in a serious condi tion today but will recover. She did not see the man's face, she says, and did not recognize his voice when he said, "now I've got you where I want you." FRANCE TO GET STATUE Virginia Offers Replica of Houdiu Statue of Washington. WASHINGTON, April 4, The Ambas sador today received a delegation headed by Colonel James Mann, appointed by the Governor of Virginia, to arrange for the presentation to the French Republic of a replica of the famous Houdin statue of George Washington. The Ambassador expressed the gratifi cation he felt at the tender and prom ised to notify the commission of a suit able date Xor the presentation of the ILLINOIS TORN UP BY LIQUOR FIGHT Campaign Is Fiercest in State's History. NEARLY 250 CITIES WILL YOTE Heavy Advertising Has Been Feature of Battle. CANNON'S TOWN INVOLVED On Result in Danville Hinges Whole County Both Sides In All Sec tions Express Confidence In Winning Contest Today. SCOPE OF TODAY'S BATTLE. In Chicago: Begtetration, 429.299. Estimated vote, 27O.00O. Officials to Be Elected. Thirty-five Aldermen and Com missioners in six special park dis tricts. I. it tie Ballot Propositions. Annexation of Oak Park. K i Annexation of Morgan Park. " ; Annexation of Edison Park. Down State. The Issue is. Shall this city tor village) become tor continue to be) antl-saloon territory? Dry" municipalities voting;. 339. "Wet" municipalities voting. 101. Counties continuing fights, 70. CHICAGO. April 4. (Special.) At the polls will be' settled tomorrow one of the hottest fights between the "wets" and "drys" that has been waged in the state for year's. Nearly 250 cities and villages will vote on- saloons. Of these communities, 139 went "dry" two years ago. Whether they will remain without saloons or will vote "wet," is the question that is interesting tho state outside the metropolis. All the big cities of the state, with the exception of Chicago, will thresh out the question at the polls. Spring field, the state capital, Rockford, Rock Island and Pontiac are the four storm centers of the state. Campaign Hottest at Sprlngfiela. The hottest campaign probably was waged at Springfield. Two years ago, when the question of local option was put before the voters, it was voted down by a majority of 1000. The drys now claim they will carry the city tomorrow by a good margin. The Anti-Saloon League in that city for the last week or ten days has been ad vertising widely and on Sunday prepared nearly three pages of ads to be run in the local papers, showing what liquor has done to the city and citing murders, suicides and accidents, which they assert were caused by saloons. Bitter fights were also waged in Bloom ing ton and Pontiac, and tonight both sides are claiming victories. Two years ago the "drys" swept McLean County clean and Bloomington was almost con verted into anti-ealoon territory. Cannon's Town Involved. During the campaign Billy Sunday, th evangelist, and Clarence Darrow, the widely-known attorney, were the oppos ing speakers and the campaign was marked by great activity in other ways. At Ianville. the home of Joseph G. Cannon," Speaker of the House, Billy Sunday's meetings created a furore, and the "drys" are confident of winning a one-sided victory. If Danville goes "dry," it means that saloons will be voted out of the entire county. Winnebago County, of which Rock ford Is the county seat and largest city, voted "dry" two years ago. The fight there also was bitter. A majority r; 300 out of an estimated vote of 10,000 is as far as the best guessers will pre dict tonight. HONEYMOON IS STRENUOUS Couple Meet, Love, Wed, Separate and Go to Court in 20 Days. WILKE.SBARRE. Pa., April 4. How ard Hildebrand and his wife Elizabeth, of this city, who within 10 days met. fell in love, were married and sepa rated, were in court, the husband hav ing been arrested, charged with non support. They met for the first time on March 7, were married on March 10, and seven days afterward, finding- they could not agree, separated. Alderman Brown continued the case in an effort to have the two see if they could not adjust their differences. CURTISS IS HURT IN WRECK Touring Car Collides With Wagon on Way to Aviation JField. MEMPHIS, April 4---Glenn H. Cur tiss. Mrs. Curtiss, Charles F. Wlllard, J. C. Mars, Charles Heitman, secretary of the Aero Club of America, and W. M. Bradford, a chauff uer, were In jured today when a touring car in which they were riding, collided with a wagon. The aviators are here for the avia tion meeting which opens Wednesday. Krae was so seriously hurt as to pr yeuS. hi appearance in the trials.