r VOL. Li. NO. 15,400. PORTLAND, . OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GQHLIS MURDERER SAYS SAILOR Hoffman Slain by Him, Mariner Confesses. HE ADMITS KILLING HADBERG Witness Declares Union Agent Forced Him to Shoot. ANCHORS SUNK TWO BODIES J. Kllnporberjr, Seized on Schooner Bt Aberdeen, Owns X"p Details of Crimes Told Story Not Doubted Crowds Search. ABERDEEN, Wash, April 6. (Special.) Confirming in practically every respect the theory maintained by the local po lice, J. Klingenberg, arrested yesterday on the schooner A. J. West, today made a complete confession declaring that Will lam Gohl, former Aberdeen agent for the Bailors' Union, killed John Hoffman and that he (Klingenberg) was forced by Gohl to murder Charles Hadberg. ' The confessslon was taken down by a stenographer In the presence of the Prosecuting Attorney and is a lengthy document. The fact that Klingenberg was on the liigh sens for some time prior to Gohl's arrest on a charge of murdering Hadberg until the present and was entirely away from communication with the world, ap parently makes his testimony regarding the location of Hadberg's body and other details absolutely conclusive and truth ful. Crowds Take Tp Search. Klingenberg's assertion that the body of Hoffman was hurled into the Chehalls River opposite the Michigan mill today sent a large crowd of men to the spot. The river was dragged until darkness ended the search for the day. Nothing resulted, but the search will be resumed. Jn brief Klingenberg's story is as fol lows : William Gohl, John Hoffman and Kling enberg embarked in Gohl's launch. Patrol, for a trip down the bay at a date which Klingenberg designates as "shortly be fore Christmas." It was a dark night and after the launch had proceeded down the bay a short distance Gohl drew bis revolver " end. suddenly pointing it at Hoffman, fired. Hoffman sank to the bottom of the boat dead. Anchor Tied, to Body. The men then fastened a heavy anchor to the body and, when a short distance below the Michigan mill, threw the body overboard. When the launch reached Indian Creek the men entered the cabin occupied by Charles Hadberg. Klingenberg then said that Gohl talked about the killing of Hoffman, declaring that Hadberg must be made away with Gohl. says Klingenberg. told him that he (Klingenberg) must kill Hadberg or he (Gohl) would put them both out of the way. Klingen berg declares he believed that his life was In danger If he did not follow orders. With this motive the men entered Had berg's cabin and shortly thereafter Hadberg fell, mortally wounded, with a bullet hole through his head, fired from a revolver In the hands of . Klin genberg. The men then, as they had done with Hoffman, tied a heavy an chor to the body and, loading It into the launch, started back toward Aber deen. Second Body Sunk. It was high tide and after the boat had wroceeded a short distance Hadberg's body was thrown overboard In exactly the same place where it was found six weeks afterward. Continuing their Journey to Aberdeen an accident of some sort happened to the launch machinery and finally the ebbing tide left the helpless craft aground and Gohl and Klingenberg walked Into Aber deen. That Is the essence of Klingenberg's confession. It Is so accurate as to de tails, which could be known only by an eye-witness, that It is undoubted. Captain Verifies Sailor. Captain H. Smith, of the A. J. West, corrobrates Klingenberg's absence on the night in question, saying that the sailor had been employed on board the a schooner as donkeyman during a por tion of the time the vessel was load in. One night, shortly before. Christmas, he left the ship and did not return un til the next afternoon. That day Cap tain Smith met Klingenberg and Gohl on Heron-street bridge and Immedi ately asked the sailor what had de tained him. Before he could reply, Gohl answered that he and the sailor hsd been down the bay on a "little trip but the launch broke down and we spent the night on the tide flats." Gohl Very Anxious. Oohl was insistent that Captain Smith take Klingenberg back and of fered to pay out of his own pocket any monetary loss that might have been occasioned by his absence. Gohl knew at that time that the schooner West had a charter for Mex ico and would probably sail in a few days. Chief of Police George Dean shortly CHUM ..Concluded oa Page COTTON COMBINE IS EVEN WITH PATTEN WHEAT KING'S LOSS IN" DAY MAY BE 000. Liverpool and New York t , o. Join vv to Work Downfall I J. v follows Big Import. CHICAGO, April 6. (Special.) -James A. Patten, king of the wheat pit. lost a fortune in the cotton market to day. It Is estimated that his losses will be J500.000, and may reach 1. 600.000. It is reported a combine of specula tors In Liverpool and New York were against him and the heavy rains in the South are said to have caused an enormous loss to Patten and his crowd The price of cotton declined 1 cent aorpound during the day, and a further decline is expected. Patten alone Is said to have 300,000 bales on hand. If this is true, it would Indicate a loss of approximately J 1.600,000. News that a shipment of 15,000 bales of cotton from Liverpool to New York was made last Friday, caused a flurry In the Patten crowd. This indicated that the millionaire speculator will have more to take care of than he bar gained for. The sentiment In New York today was that the backbone of the bull mar ket had been broken. If this is so, local speculators say the losses of the Patten crowd may reach $5,000,000 ulti mately. NEW YORK, April 5. The cotton market was more sensationally active and excited today than at any time since the culmination of the first bull movement of the season, and the big break of last January. Selling was general and at the low level of the day prices showed a loss of from j,15 to $5.86 a bale on the active months as compared with the high level last week. BLACK HAND MAN KILLED Victim, Going to Pay Money, Rec ognizes friends and Fires. GREENSBURG. Pa., April 6. Great excitement prevails among foreigners here as the result of a shooting af fray today that resulted In the death of one man and the serious Injury of another." Three days ago Zesse Raimando, a prominent Italian, received a letter from the Black Hand, demanding J 1000. The letter said the sum was to be paid over personally by Raimando in a field a mile from here. Raimando to day put the required amount in a wallet and arming himself set out for the meeting place. Reaching there, lie met four Italians, whom he recognized as former friends. Drawing his re ver he opened fire. Mara, one of the four, also drew a revolver and shot Raimando In the left leg. As the latter fell he fired again, shooting Mara through the heart. The other Italians fled. A detachment of State Constabulary has started in pursuit. GRANTS TO BE SURVEYED House Passes Bill Compelling Taxa tion of Railroad Lands. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 5. The House of Repre sentatives yesterday passed the bill pro viding for the Immediate survey of all unsurveyed portions of railroad grants that they may be patented to railroad companies and become subject to tax ation. The bill requires railroads to which land was granted to deposit to the credit of the Secretary of the Interior sufficient money with which to pay the cost of surveys, and any railroad failing to make such a deposit within 60 days after the demand by the Sec retary of the Interior shall forfeit its right to lands sought to be surveyed. If the bill Is passed by the Senate, It will result in the survey of 280,085 acres of land in Oregon, 729.034 acres of land in Washington and 571,520 acres in Idaho. There remain unsur veyed of the Northern Pacific grant 4,295.934 acres; of the Southern Pacific 1.256.800 acres: of the Oregon & Cali fornia 280.9S5 in California, and 10,940 In Oregon. PAYNE DEFENDS HIS TARIFF Maximum and Minimum Clause Opens Markets, He Declares, -WASHINGTON. April B- "The present tariff laiw is every day confuting the many liars who attaok It." declared Rep resentative Payne, of New York, one of the authors of the law, as he was leaving the "White House today after a tariff con ference with President Taft, Payne appeared annoyed, at the attacks on the law. "From every standpoint, it is the most successful bill this country has ever had," he declared. "It talks for Itself every day in tlie upbuilding -of American busi ness at home and abroad. The maximum and minimum provisions of the bill alone have opened the markets of the world to the snoods of the United States." MOB SEIZES NEGROES; KILL Arkansas Constable Overpowered. Prisoners Shot and Hanged. KKO, Ark., April 6. A mob. com posed entirely of negroes, overpowered Constable Mallory, of Keo, four "miles north of here last night, seized his two negro prisoners, one a woman, shot them to death and hanged the bodies. The victims were charged with kill ing the husband of the woman and wife of the man. Darn ace Repaired at Salt Lake. OGDEN. Utah, April 6. Trains passed over the Ogden-Lucin cutoff last night, arriving in Ogden at an early hour this morning. The damage resulting from the lake storm of Saturday night has been temporarily repaired and a small army of men with work trains will con tinue the reconstruction of the roa FOREST RANGER'S IS Senator Heyburn Holds Senate Three Hours. ID AHOAN PREVENTS VOTE States of West Must Be Reck oned With, He Says. REPUBLICANS ARE WARNED In Speaking of Railroad Bill. Solon Declares if Self-Constituted Lead ers Are Permitted to Have Way, May Mean Deatli. "WASHINGTON, April 5. With his main object to prevent a. vote on a bill. Senator Heyourn, of Idaho, for three hours today held the floor of the Senate. He began his address shortly after the Senate convened to prevent ballot ing on Senator Warren's measure au thorizing the sale of the surplus waters of Government irrigation projects, but he gave much attention, during his speech, to his proposed amendment to the railroad bill providing for a public lands court. This line of discussion was contin ued when, at 2 o'clock, the railroad bill was taken up, so the change of sub jects was only technical. Speaking of the power exercised by the forest ranger, he declared; Forest Ranger's Power Sliame. It is a shame upon the country." Asserting there should not be a vote in- the Senate against the land court, he nevertheless was in evident despair of success for he declared it was impossible to get attention for any subject that was not "scrappy." He wanted it understood the states of the "West were as much entitled to consideration as wero those of the Atlantic seaboard. He asserted without the precious -metal supply of the states west of the Rockies, the country would be on a greenback basis. "What are you going to do with that great country out there?" he asked. "Laugh at it, because it has not grown large enough to wreak vengeance on you?" He hoped when the West does come Into power, as It surely will, It will not retaliate on the East. Referring to the scant attendance of Senators, he said he would not be deterred by that fact from doing his duty to the people of the West. West "Turned Dow n' by East. "I vote with you In voting the hundreds of millions necessary to make your navy yards hum, but when I ask you for some little measure of justice, my request is received with a smile," he eald. "If my land court measure should come up now I would be sure of one vote." At this point Mr. Briggs, of New Jersey, raised his hand. POWER SHAME (Concluded on Paee 3. r . ............ ..............'' . IN MEMORIAM. j : INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature, 65 degrees: minimum, 46 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, followed by fair weather; westerly winds. Ieatb. of Judge Williams, Funeral of late Judge Williams will held at Trinity Church this afternoon. Page 9. President Taft telegraphs condolence to daughter of late Judge Williams, ex tolling departed Jurist. Page 9. Late Judge William feared not death and died as he wished. Page 9. National. Representative Martin renews charge that Wickersham aided Sugar Trust to get Friar lands. Page S. Ship subsidy lobbyist arrested for criminal libel. Page 5. Conservation dinner at White House show result In new bill to be introduced. Page 2. Advocates of state control of water power cente efforts on Smoot bill. Page 2. Politics. Indiana Republicans indorse Taft and Bev erldge, but omit mention of tariff law. Page 3. Iomestio. Cornet expert says HaJ ley's comet' will wear itself out whirling around sun. Page 1- Patten victim of Liverpool and New York combine on cotton market; loss may be $1,500,000. Page L Pacific Northwest. Pretended son of Al Klngling confesses he is fraud. Page 6. Pacific Coast hatchery superintendents or ganize. Page 6. Sports. William J. Warner, Cornell man, to coach Vnlversity of Oregon football team. Page 7. Portland team beats Vernon lO to 1 at Los Angeles. Page 7. Portland Automobile Club to elect officers tonight. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Keen competition sends up mohair prices. Page 3 9. Poor grade of livestock reaches local mar ket. Page 19. Advancing tendency of stock prices at New York. P&ge 19. British bark' Altair clears for United King dom with 132,19-7 bushels of grain. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Trial of W. Cooper Morris is set for May 3. Page 6. Woman bplrltualist says Ernest Harps will develop into wonderful medium. Page 12. Chamber of Commerce takes stand for "open thop." Page 8. Deposits in Portland National banks in crease 27 per cent in year. Page 12. President Hill of the Great Northern ac cuses Reclamation Service lecturers of discriminating against Oregon, Washing ton and Mon tana lrri ga tio n p ro J ec ts. Page 12. School board decides to buy Kamm block as site for new Lincoln High School. Page IS. t Two decisions in poor farm litigation due today. Page 8. COPPER STOCKS TAKE FALL All Lake Region Sown, Calumet & Hccla 30 Points. BOSTON, April 5. A slump in some of Boston's favorite copper stocks, es pecially those, In the Lake region, .-.iueod & sensation in the local copper market today. Lake fell off 11 points from yester day's close, Indiana went down 6 points, and even Caliunet & Hecla, the gilt-edged stock of the list, re corded a loss of 30 points. "There was a recovery at the close and the general list closed with a gain. SALMON PRICES ADVANCED Fiihcnnen Union at Astoria An nounces Scale. ASTORIA. Or., April 5. (Special.) The Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union at its meeting tonight fixed the price of raw fish for the coming season at 5 cents a pound for cannery or small fish and 7V4 cents per pound for cold storage fish, or those weighing 25 pounds or over. This is cent Increase fro mthe prices l Mill Jr V t 1 1 t-tl HLai OTttOUll. ILLINOIS CITIES ARE WDN BY 'WETS' License Makes Gain in Election. VOTE TAKEN IN 240 TOWNS 32 Were Dry, Now Wet; 13 Change From Wet to Dry. GRAPE CREEK HAS RIOTS Militia Called, but Disturbance I Settled by Itarge Force of Dep uty Sheriffs Danville Has Very Exciting Contest. CHICAGO, April 5. Incompleta re turns on the local option issue voted on in 240 cities and towns throughout Illinois today Indicated gains for the "wets." These figures showed that 32 towns changed from dry" to "wet," and 13 changed from "wet" to "dry." Of 93 towns, 48 voted "wet." Among the cities which had been "dry" but which returned to 'wet" were Decatur. Pana and Rlverton. Issne Not Raised in Chicago. The issue was not put before the voters In Chicago, the plans for doing so having falen through because of in sufflceint signatures to the petition. Danville township voted "wet," after one of the most exciting elections in its history. At Grape Creek there were numerous fights and at one -time it looked as If It would be necessary to call out the troops. In the course of the afternoon. Judge Allen telegraphed Governor De neen, asking him to order out. the militia, but later the Sheriff swore in a large number of deputies and'the or der for the troops was cancelled. Impotant Cities "Vet." The following important cities went "wet," the numbers indicating ma jorities: Carml, 105; Springfield, 1200; Decatur, 6B5 (dry by 1000 two years ago); Joliet, 1500 .to 2000; Centralia, 178; Rockford, 206; Freeport, 1011; Elgin, 1300; Pana, 101 (dry two years ago) ; Danville, 4S5; Clinton. 70 (dry two years ago); 'Bloomington. 84; Matoon, ; Rock Island, . Majorities were won by the "drys" in the following places: Monmouth, 200; Taylorville, 41. CHICAGO COUXCIIj DEMOCRATIC "Bath-House" John Re-Elected Al derman by 1arge Majority. CHICAGO, April 5. The complexion of Chicago's City Council was changed from Republican to Democratic in to day's election. In the 35 wards the (Continued on Page 2.) HALLEY'S COMET MYSTERY JOLTED RENOWNED PKOFESSER SAYS IT'S MERE "WHIRIjER. Dr. E. E. Barnard, of Xerkes Obser vatory, Declarer It Will Wear Itself Out Around Sun. CHICAGO. April 5. (Special.) Hal ley's comet, that great mysterious lu minary of the heavens which has been "touted" many months, is not so much after all. It might have been once, but the chances are that it will prove a disappointment when it gets clearly within the range of vision in another week or so. These new and surprising ideas were made publtc today by Professor E. E. Barnard, of the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, .Wis. The professor, ranked as one of the foremost comet scholars of the day, furthermore de clared that comet A of 1910 and Halley's comet had upeet all our theories about the composition and peculiar actions of comets' talis. A striking feature of the professor's talk was that story of how comets are supposed to be dragged into our solar system from outer space. Most of them. It seems, dash right in, turn around the sun and dash right out again. Others, however, are literally cap tured by the planet Jupiter, which acts as the policeman of the system. In this event, they whirl around the sun until they are quite used up and there remains only a whirling flock of Iron like meteorites, some of which occa sionally hit the earth. Of this class of captured comets is Halley's. which, as far as can be found out. is less bril liant each time it reappears. COMET AWAKES; ONLY MOON Vancouver Alan, Sleeping Soundly, . Aroused at 4 A. M VANCOUVER, Wash, April 6. (Spe cial.) To be awakened from sound and peaoeful slumber at 4 A. M. today, o be Informed by a woman that Halley's comet was visible in the East, and later finding it to be the moon coming up through a rift of clouds was the un pleasant experience of Charles W. Steward, of this city. . The telephone bell rang and rang, and finally Mr." Steward was compelled to answer it. "When he learned that an enthusiastic woman was trying to tell him that Halley's comet was to be seen, he dressed hastily and sallied forth. When he was scanning the horizon the telephone bell rang again and he answered. The woman had discovered that it was not Halley's comet, but was only the moon. While inconvlenced, Mr. Steward will not divulge the name of the woman who so rudely awakened him. FRESNO CLAIMANT WINS Reported Callfornlan Recognized as Heir to Russell Estate. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 5. It was reported today that William C. Russell, elder son of Daniel Russell, of Melrose, had recognized the Fresno claimant to his father's large estate as his brother, Daniel Blake Russell. Tlfe executor of the Russell will, F. C. Almy, is also said to have recognized the Callfornlan as the second heir to the estate. .William Russell and Almy decline to verify the report, but. should It be true, the identification will have no effect on the hearing which is now in progress in the Probate Court, Judge Lawton having declined to permit the Fresno man to intervene in the suit brought by the claimant from Dickinson, N. D. JIMINEZ AGAIN ELECTED Costa Rica Holds Most Orderly Elec tions in History. SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, April 6. At the most orderly elections in the his tory of the country, Rlcardo Jlminez, Republican, was elected president of the republic for the term of 1910-14, which begins May 8. Jlminez was chosen president over Rafael Igleslas last August, but the election was annulled by the courts upon the allegation that President Ze- laya of Nicaragua had shipped a boat load of Nicaraguans into Costa Rica to vote for Jlminez. The new president is a lawyer and succeeds Cleto Gon zales Viquez. HETTY GREEN IS NOT ILL Rich Woman Enjoys Anto Ride Dur ing Day, Says Son. NEW TORK, April 5. The report be came current in New York tonight that Mrs. Hetty Green was seriously 111, but according to a statement Issued by her son, E. H. R. Green, of Texas, now In New York, such rumors are unfounded. He said: "Colonel E. H. R. Green authorizes the announcement that reports of his mother's illness are unfounded. She enjoyed an automobile ride today." BEER CITY NOW SOCIALIST Milwaukee Social Democrats Sweep Olty With Great Plurality. MILWAUKEE, April 5. Social Demo crats, led by Emtl Seldel, candidate for Mayor, swept Milwaukee In the municipal election today by approximately 8000 votes, or the" largest plurality of any party in a similar contest in the history of the city. The Social Democrats will control the Common Council, 'having elected ail six Aldermen-atDarge and carried 14 wards out of 33. ROOSEVELT TURNS DOWN METHOD STS Rev. Mr. Tipple's State ment Is Resented. SORRY FOR RELIGIOUS TUMULT Ex-President Asks That Re ception Be Called Off. CATHOLICS DECRY VATICAN Responsibility for Incident Placed on Merry Del Val, Spaniard, Who Is Accused of Giving Vent to Hatred of Americans. ROME. April 6. The chief material de velopment in the Roosevelt-Vatican inci dent today was Mr. Roosevelt's repudia tion of an attempt of the Me'.hodlst or ganization here to Interpret his action as an Indorsement of its work. This repudiation took the form of call ing off a reception to the members of the American colony, which was to have been held tomorrow night at the Embassy .and it resulted directly from the issuance of a statement yesterday by the Rev. B. M. Tipple, pastor of the American Methodist Church, In which he severely arraigned the Roman Catholic Church. Tumult Is Deprecated. Mr. Roosevelt continues to deprecate, in the most vigorous fashion, the fierce religious tumult caused by the incident, which he regards as personal to himself, and continues entirely confident that his countrymen. Catholic as well as Protes tant, when the facts in the case are clearly and dispassionately examined, will sustain his position. When the Vatican's statement, liken ing the situation to what might occur in Germany if he visited the Polish Separa tists after seeing the Emperor, was called to Mr. Roosevelt's attention, he said: "If the German Emperor would place as a condition to an audience that 1 should not see the Poles, I should make a similar reply. Upon that condition I shall be compelled to forego the pleasure of an audience." Catliolics Censure Vatican. A phase of the situation attracting more and more attention here is the open disapproval of the Vatican's ac tion by numerous Catholics. This is not confined to laymen, but extends to the hierarchy and even to the Sa cred College itself. Some of the car dinals have privately expressed dissent from the action that places the church in a position in any way hostile to Mr. Roosevelt. Catholics dwell on the many evi dences of his friendship while he was the occupant of the White House and declare emphatically the church is be ing placed in a false position toward the ex-President and toward America. Merry Del Val Held Responsible. Responsibility generally Is placed personally on the shoulders of Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary of state. An eminent ecclesiastio is re ported to have said: "It is not the church, but the pri vate act of the Spanish secretary of state against the Colonel of the Rough Riders In Cuba." Merry del Val's father, formerly Spanish Ambassador to the Vatican, who Is now in Rome, and who often com plained of the haughty and boastful at titude of the United States in the days of Spain's defeat, said to a friend: "It seems providential my son should be the man to humble a Yankee Presi dent." Roosevelt Is Praised. Mr. Roosevelt has received many mes sages; not only from friends in the United States, indorsing his action, but from people throughout Europe, many of whom he does not know. Hundreds of telegrams from Catholics and Protestants In America congratulating him on his stand have reached him. and this after noon when he returned to his hotel, he found an American priest, now located in Rome, who warmly felicitated him upon what -he had done, saying he believed American Catholics would indorse his action. The ex-President, however, declines to give out any of these telegrams on the ground they would serve to envenom the controversy he seeks to abate. King Victor Emmanuel visited Mr. Roosevelt this morning and following a pleasant social chat they motored to the barracks of the Cuirassiers, where they witnessed a series of maneuvers. Forum Is Visited. In the afternoon in company with Professor Jesse Carter, director of the American School of Classical Studies at Rome, Mr. Roosevelt spent considerable time exploring the Forum. He was ex ceedingly enthusiastic, saying: "No man can inspect the ruins of classic Rome without feelhig he is visit ing the birthplace of civilization." Returning, he stopped at. an antique jewelry store, which he visited 43 years ago as a boy. The proprietor sesrehed the old register and found Mr. Roose velt's name. Masonic Order Confirmed. Slgnor Ferra, sovereign grand com mander of the Supreme Council, Ancient tconoluded on Pare 3.) MG3 106.0 i I