'fjill PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI NO. 1J5.GS1. V ROADS SHIFT VIEW OP RATE RULING Big Interests Approve Bar to Increase. PESSIMISM IS DISSOLVING Wall Street See?, Change of Heart Among H?il Chiefs. GENERAL COUNSELS MEET Attorney for Eastern Lines Dlseoss Comnrm Commission Order, but Superiors Are Lotting la ' lerest la Protest. NEW TORK. Feb. 27. Heads of tha railroad svste--cs of tho United States who expressed great dissatisfaction with tha ruling of tho Interstate Com merce Commission against sn Increase In freight rates, when It was announced recently, hare undergone a chang of sentiment and several hare approved the Commission's action. Many po erful financial Interests are now tak- ln( the sams view. Thla fart became known her today when It was learned that the executive head of the railroads had given op for the time being a general confer ence, which was to hare been In the nature of an Indignation meeting, to protest against the ruling and discuss wars and means of defeating It- General counsel for tha Eastern rail roads confrrrej today In the office of Vice-President Harris, of the New Tor It Central, head of Its legal de partment. Executive heads and bank ers took no part In the session and Wall street attributes this and the tentative abandonment of the general conference Mea to a reaction In rail road viewpoint en tha Commission's order. Man Approve Rating. The peselmlsm which first greeted the Commission's ruling has given war. . argues Wall Street, to aoqolescenco and. In not a few Instances, to genuine approval of the blow to rate Increases. Only the legal phases of what th Eastern trunk Una railroads propose to do In tho fare of the decision of the Interstate Commerco Commission were considered at the conference today. Fifteen attorneys discussed tha situa tion for several hours In tha offices of Vice-President Harris, of the New Tork Central, head of Its legal department. The abandonment of tho original plan to have at meeting of the execu tive heads was due. It la said, to tha railroad officials' deslra that their ceuaeel shall first determine the status of their rase from a lrgsl standpoint. No Derision Reached. It Is believed that while the discus sion today hinged npon the question of constitutionality of tho Mann-EIktna bill, the IS attorneys present ram to no decision whether tha constitutional ity of the bill would be attacked. If It Is attacked at all. Those present at tha conference to day Included: Ueorge V. Msssey. general counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Edward D. ftobblns, general counsel of the New Tork. New Haven A Hartford Railroad; Clyde Hrowa. of counsel for the New Tork Central lines, who had charge of that company'a fight for Increased rates: Hugh Bond, of tha Baltimore & Ohio; George Browne!, of the Erie; W. H. Jenny, of the Lackawanna: John R. Kerr, of tha New Tork. Ontario dt Western: Jackson E- Reynolds, of tho Central Railroad of New Jersey. MURPHY GRILLS SHEPARD Tammany Chief Breaks Precedent by Reply to Criticism. NEW TORK. Feb. S7. Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Halt, broke a precedent tonight and Issued a nine peg typwrttten statement replying to. and bitterly attacking E. M. Shepard. who characterised Murphy's dominance as a "Voting trust" In his letter of yes terday withdrawing from tha United States 5enatorshlp fight. He holds Mr. Shepard directly to blame for the deadlock at Albany, and says he la Inclined to be lleve that Mr. Shepard and his friends would not have been ao quick to criticise Tammany Hail bad It supported Phepard's candidacy. To clinch thla assertion. he says that flhepard's friends begged his (Murphy's) support. JAP COOLIES GOING HOME Figures for Three) Years Show Num ber In America Smaller. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IT. The num ber of J' panes laborer In the United States has decreased n.K3 la tb past threo years. If statis tics prepared by the Japanese Foreign Offtc are correct. The figures were made public yesterday by Matsuso NagaL Japanese Conaul-General for Fan Francisco. . Th report Indicates that th Called States has lost (171 Japanese of all classes by excess of departures over arrivals la tha threo yi SHOW GIRLS FLEE IN HAREM SKIRTS BROADWAY TRAFFIC BLOCKED AS THEY PASS BT. Pretty Young Actresses. Wearing Divided Garments, Forced Tlireo Times to Take Refuge In Taxi. NEW TORK. Feb. r.-Speclal.) Fifth avenue shoppers and crowds In Broad way from Herald Square to Forty-fifth street this afternoon wer treated to a epectacJ of th harem skirt In use by two pretty young actresses. So fascinat ing did the sight prove that throngs which gathered to gsse Joined in tne nrareasston which followed, blocking traffic and driving th young women to refuge In a taxlcab at threo different times during their promenade. In Broadwsy everyone becam Insistent to their effort to miss nothing ot tn entertainment afforded, and such a crush develoned that the young women wer almost swept from their feet and carried Ir.to th street by the crowd struggling t catch a sllmpse of tha much-dlscumed dra perlee. The two actreseea first appeared In Fifty-ninth street, near Third avenue, where they bad gone to try on th skirts. They wer so pleased with the general effect thst they iromedlstely decided to wear tha skirts to their apartments. $800,000 HOSPITAL GIFT San Francisco to Get Memorial to 31111s and Paige. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IT. (Special.) A new St. Luke's Hospital, to be on of the most modern In th world and to be erected at a cost of T.0C0. la the monument which two philanthropic women, Mrs. Whltelaw Retd and Mrs. Louis F. Monteagle. hav decided to erect to the memory of two of Califor nia pioneers, the 1st D. O. Mills, father of Mrs. Reld. and th late Calvin Paige. unci of Mrs. Monteagle. Tha new hospital will be built upon the sit of the old on at Valencia and Twenty-seventh streets, where additional ground ha Just been purchased, that tha gardens and settings may be as adequate as th large edifice may require. Mr. Monteague and Mrs. Reld. who Is her with her husband. Whltelaw Retd. Ambassador from th United States to th Court of St. James, are personally supervising many of the preliminary de tails regarding tha plans and specifica tions of th building, and th old struc ture will b. raxed at an early date. All of th prominent doctors and many of the leading nurses of th ctty hav been asked to advance Ideas and sugges tions, that th hospital may be th peer In point of convenience and equipment of any like Institution In the world. Two distinctive features planned sre th "contagious ward" and th annex for convalescents; Every room. It Is ar ranged, will open to air and sunlight. UTAH'S 1 GIFT RESENTED Presbyterlano Protest Against Mor mon Pictures on Warship's Plate. NEW TORK. Feb, JT.-The Presby- erian Ministers' Assoclstlon of M Tork and vicinity adopted resolutions to day proteexlng "as eltlsns and patriots against th proposed presentation of a silver service to be plsced on th United Ststes battleship Utah, aa tha gift of th State of Utah." "This servlc." continue th resolutions. bearing th portrait of Brlgham Toung and a picture of th Mormon Tempi at i Salt Lake City, wilt discredit th state making th gift and be a disgrace to th Nation If accepted. Th tnsolenc of this prtporml rsliai for Immediate and empha tic resentment. "Th Insignia of any church has no place on th service of a United States Mp and th Insignia of th Mormon hurch so placed k an Insult to th Christian people of the whole country. NEW CLAIMANT APPEARS Ohio Woman Says She I Baldwin's Daughter Want Money. LOS ANGELES. CaU Feb.-IT. A new claimant to a ahar of tha Baldwin es tate appeared today, when Mrs. Laura P. Alslp. who resides In Illinois, filed a psper la the probate department In which she claims to b a daughter of tha late turfman. Th new claimant allegee that before 1150. the late millionaire wa known as William Baldwin, and under that name ha married Ophlle Henderson. In Ohio. In September, 1145. Mrs. Alslp clalma to be an Issue of that mar riage. A further charge Is made that Baldwin abandoned his wife in 1S5S and took the name of Ellas Jackson Bald win. Mrs. Alslp asks for one-third of th estate. CAUCUS ASKED TO DECIDE Colorado Democrats Seek to Force Selection of Senator. DENVER. Colo.. Feb. IT. Further ef forts to bring about a caucus on tha I'nlted States Scnatorshlp were begun today. State Senator Franklin E. Car ringer circulated an agreement providing for a caucus of tha 4 Democratic mem bers, th caucus to meet dally at !: P. M. and vote for th various Candida tea. As soon as any on candidal receives SI votes In the caucus he or she shsll be declared the caucus nominee and alt Democrats will thereby become bound to vote for such person In Joint assembly. Flft-one Is a majority of the Joint assembly. It Is not considered possible to seen re the signatures of the entire Democrstle contingent In the Legislature to this agreement at present. LOHIMER FORCES SECURE VANTAGE Vote to Be Taken When Enemies Napping. CASE MY SOON BE DECIDED Night Session of Senate Is Forced by Conflict. BAILEY CALLS FOR VOTE Cammlm Is Equally Determined to Have Action on Tariff Board, So Xo Receis Is Taken, Though Sherman Dines Senate. CRAWFORD ON FLOOR AT :1S. WASHINGTON. Feb. 31. At l:l( o'clock this morning, with many Senators sleeping In their chairs and on lounsea about the Senate cham ber. Senator Crawford still held the floor after having been talking al most continuously for Ave hours. There we would yield. aa no Indication when b yield. WA8H1.VOTON. Feb. ST. It took sev eral hours to accomplish- It. but support ers of Lorlmer tonight advanced th case to th point where a rollrall In th Senate may be started at any time when th antl-Lorlmer forces may be caught nnpplng. Bailey took advantage of a lull In tha proceedings to raov that, when a vote la taken on th Lorlmer resolution. It be by calling of the ayes and noes. Brandegee. who was presiding, submitted tha question to tha Senate and It was declared carried. Stone and Owen suspected a snare In the request and both were pleading for recognition a th question was sub mitted. Throughout tha proceedings, after Bailey had accomplished Ms purpose, there were demands for the regular or der. Stone, somewhat nettled by thee calls, warned his colleagues that their course might "bring home a black chick en to roost." Iorlmrr Men Have Advantage. Tha Lorlmer forces expressed them selves as very well pleased with the ad vancement made. The parliamentary po sition of tha Lorlmer resolution allows a rollrall to b ordered without a prelimi nary motion. If th Lorlmer supporters hav th votes claimed by them, th effect would b to dlspne of th case. Crawford at 10:15 o'clock resumed his speech tn opposition to Lorlmer' s reten tion of his seat. La Follett Interrupted and raised th point of no quorum. Seventy-five Senators responded, but drifted out Into tha cloakroom again as th South Dakotan resumed his analysis of tha testimony. Two Senators Force Session. Tha night aesslon was forced by tha determination of two Senators to fore a vote on a pending measure dearest to (Concluded an Pax 2.) CHORUS "SAY, FOLKS, DON'T FORGET TOMORROW ABOUT INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. TESTIHDAT'I maximum temperature, 42 d.rr: minimum temperature. IT de- TODAY. ilr; easterly winds. ' Foreign. Dr. Oomtt sirs peace overtures sre reiter ated. Pace 3. National. Rajmer. makee Impassioned plea for direct election ot senators, i-ase j. Railroads ch.ns. views of rate ruling; many now auorove. Face jl Lorlmer men force nlxht session of Senate and score strons point, fage l. Bourne attacks Taft In Senate, accusing him of abuse of appointive ppwer. fag 2. Domestic Joaouln Miller's dauehter forsakes art ca rear to nurse him back to health, rage 1. One of Georgia train-robbers Identified "Old Dill, miner. 1. Actresses In Harem skirts cause traffle blockade on Broadway. Page L One white man and eight Indians killed la running njent. I'ae. J. 8teamer Amerlke b.lng searched for Dram- mond Jeweia. 1'ase x. Sports. Betting ling menaces' basketball. Page 7. Reed CoUeee to foster and encourage ail forms of athletics. Page 7. Burns knocks out Powell la 19th round. Page 0. FaelAe Northwest, Dynamite explosion near The Dalles kills - four and Injures six. Page . West Inspects Pendleton asylum site, while bailing is Acting uovernor. i-age a. Baker rate case argued at Salem. Page t. Washington House passes eight-hour bill for women, t to si. rege s. Governor West plays politics In numerous vetoes. i'age l. Junction City, Wash., scene of 1 100, 000 lum ber plant ore. rage f. Commercial and Marine. Large trade In export flour keeps wheat market steady. Page 17. Cattle and sheep firm at Portland Stock yards. Page is. hort roverlns feature of Chicago wheat market- Page 17. Small progress made In stock market re covery. Page 17. British bark Inverroay with cereal cargo. ordered not to clear, speculators watch result with Interest, page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Brisk wind sweeps all Northwest: Portland has 10 fire alarms in as many hours. Page 12. Lovett and Kruttschnltt. Harrlman line chiefs, coming to Portland thia week. Psge 12. Fight for pure milk to continue, says city authorities. Page 11. County Judfto Cleeton and Commissioners Hart and Llghtner arrested for blocking navigation. I'age lu. City brines suit asalnst terminal company for East bide approach of Broadway bridge. Page lu. Mrs. Charlotte Mot feu-Cart wrlrh t sues to regain possession of property worth .150. VOU she deeded to won. Page 10. H. A. Uullford. serving sentence for at tempted bribery, confesses; beneca FoutS and Alex hweek accused by him. Page . Clvto Council names -committee of 60 to hear complaints against Board of Edu cation. ygm 4. Elks add over $6000 to entertainment fund In day. rage . FROZEN FIREBELL COSTLY Pendleton Suffers 10,000 Blaze Decaatte Alarm Not Sounded. PENDLETON. Or, Feb. 27.-(Special.)- Flre today destroyed the Love boarding and rooming-house on Johnson street, to gether with all Its contents. Twenty roomers lost all their worldly possessions except those they hsd on their backs. Two other buildings were badly damaged and the entire block was endangered for an hour. Th loss will be flO.OOO or more and Is only partially covered by Insurance. The fire bell waa frozen up so that no alarm could be sounded and th flames had gained great headway before th volun teer department arrived on the seen. 30 ARE FROZEN TO DEATH Finding; of Derelict In Caspian Sea Reveals Tragedy. LONDON", Feb. 17. A news dispatch from Odeana says a tragedy of th sea was revealed In th discovery In the Cas pian Sea, a few miles off Astrakhan, of a derelict vessel, th whole crew of which, numbering 30, had been frozen to death. The ahlp waa a mass of Ice. WHITES AND REDS BUTTLE; 9 KILLED Indians Defeated Running Fight. in SQUAWS WOUND WITH ARROWS 2 Women and 2 Papooses Are Among Tribesmen's Dead. PURSUERS LOSE ONE MAN Posse Nearly Wipes Out Party of Shoshones Sought for 'Weeks as Murderers of Four Wealthy Stockmea la Nevada. WINNEMUCCA, Nev., Feb. 27. Eight Indians, Including two squaws and two children, and on white man were killed In a running fight yesterday afternoon near the Tuscarora, when a pursuing posse of 21 men came upon the band of 12 Shoshones. charged with tha murder of four wealthy Nevada stockmen in Northern Washoe County, on January 19. On the posse's side. Edward Hogle, of Eaglevllle. Cal- was killed. A 16-year-old girl and three children wer captured. It is saiu mat iooi taken from the bodies of the murdered stockmen waa found In the camp of the Indians. The state police, under Captain Don nelly, and Sheriff Smith's posse had been trailing the Indiana elnco February 8. when tho -mutilated bodies of th mur dered stockmen, frozen solid, were found. Indian Leader Killed. Captain Donnelly and Bherlft Smith and their men stopped Saturday night at Stewart'a ranch, 25 miles from Winne mucea. Yesterday morning a report reached them ther of a band of Indians camped about about ten miles north west. Led by Skinny Pascal, an Indian trailer, the soldiers followed the trail and about noon alghted tne bnoinoncs, moving In single We, 50 miles northeast of Wlnnemucca. After a consultation Skinny Pascal was sent aneaa to iaik to ins u When within 100 yards old "Indian Mike raised his rifle and fired. Pascal dropped from his horse unhurt and fired twice. Indian Mike fell and was seen to crawl awav Into the bushes, wnere no later was found dead. When they saw their leader had fallen the remainder of the band started down a canyon, driving their stock before them. A running fight ensued. The bucks with their rifles acted at first as a rearguard, while the squaws and chll dren ran ahead. One of the young bucks fell under the posse's fire. Two miles down the canyon the Indians crossed a ridge and went Into another but smaller canyon. Women and Children Fight. Here they made a stand, the Indians, Including the squaws and children, ex ecuting a "war dance." The white men dismounted and, crawling through and over rocks, engaged the Indians in a pitched battle. It was her that Ed Hogle was killed. With only two bucks armed with rifles (ronrluded on Page 4.) THAT EASTERN FRIEND 1 JUANITA MILLER TO NURSE FATHER SIERRA POET'S DAUGHTER DE SERTS ART CAREER. Young Woman Gives T.'p Studio In East to Care for Writer During Declining Years. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 27. (Special.) In order that she may remain with her father during the last years of his life, Miss Juanlta Miller, the 24-year-old daughter of Joaquin Miller, an nounced today that she would give up her studio and musical career In New York and that she would make her home at "The Heights," near Oakland, with the aged poet. . Miss Miller will leave for the East In a week or ten days and will Imme diately close her studio, terminate her affairs there, and return to nurse her father back to health. Mr. Miller's condition Is Improving dally, and his physicians state that there Is little probability of relapse. Mies Miller said: "It was one of the hardest blows of my life to bear when I learned that my father had been found sick and helpless in his mountain retreat, and that he had not received proper care and attention. I was thousands of miles away from him, but I hurried to his aid as quickly as I could. Now I have determined that no such unfor tunate .thing can ever happen to him again as long as ha lives, for I pro pose to give up my studies and take care of him myself. " WEDDING LINKS FORTUNES Helen Irwin Becomes Bride Templeton Crocker Today. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. (Special.) The wedding of the two most fortunate of San Francisco's youth, F. Templeton Crocker and Helena Irwin, will be cele brated tomorrow afternoon at the home of the bride. The service will be per formed at an altar erected In front of the stained glass window at -the stair landing. This marriage unites two for tunes that will at least top the SXI.OOO.OOO mark. The bride starts In her new venture ot housekeeping well outfitted by thought ful friends. Her father, William O. Ir win, presents her with $1,000,000 In gilt- edged bonds, to help defray expenses, The mother gives her a beautiful landau- let automobile In which to do her mar ketlng. The bridegroom's gift Is a dla mond necklace with emerald and pearl pendants. His family offer many gifts In costly Jewelry. Mrs. Whltelaw Reld gives a ring and her daughter, Mrs. James Ward, a Jewel-studded gold purse. Miss Jennie Crocker, the only sister of the bridegroom, has made many indi vidual gifts of handsome Jewelry. . Mr. Crocker has had "Uplands," the beautiful Crocker country residence at San Mateo, thoroughly renovated to be worthy the reception of his bride. TOURIST LOSES DIAMONDS Thieves Get Jewels Worth $800 Handbag Left In Pullman. in Diamonds worth about $900 were stolen from a Pullman sleeping car in the Shasta Limited, at or near this city, on February 24. and the. loss came to light yesterday when the Pullman officials re quested Captain of Detectives Moore to have his men watch for the expected offering of the Jewelry for sale In this city. C. P. Bratmeyer, a passenger on the train en route from Seattle to San Fran Cisco, was the owner of the diamonds, which he left In a handbag in his berth on the car "Brazlte." With them was $lg In money. Bratmeyer was) absent from his seat but a short time as the train was approaching the Union Station, and is confident that it was within this period that his valuables were taken. He lnv mediately announced the loss to the train officials. It la supposed that the thief, after taking the handbag, alighted from th train and escaped in the crowd at th gate. CHIEF P0IS0NED, BELIEF Comanche Medicine Men Accuse Bretliren of Cheyenne Tribe. LAWTON, Okla.. Feb. 27. The death of Quannah Parker, chief of the Com- manche Indians, last Thursday, result ad from poison administered by medi cine men of the Cheyennes instead of pneumonia, as reported by the white physicians, is the belief of medicine men of the Comanches, announced here today. The Comanches will send White Par ker, son of the late chief, among the Cheyennes to Investigate. Quannah had been among the Cheyennes three days when he became 111. He hurried home and died 20 minutes after reaching there. SOLDIERS TAKE LCNG WALK Two Men Marching From Sew York to San Francisco as Test. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. To test the efficiency of a new Army knapsack, an invention of an officer of the National Guard of New York, two privates of that organisation, who left New Jork February 9 and arrived in Washington today, are walking from the former city to San Francisco. The men are privates Medos Gravel, of Company C, Twelfth Infantry, and Fred B. Ostrander, Jr., Company E, Seventy-flrst Infantrj The men are re quired to walk 25 miles a day, except on Sunday. They are expected to arrive at their destination July 4. The new equip ment they carry weighs 16 pounds. POLITICS PLAYED IN WEST'S VETOES Friends' Bills Signed, Foes' Discarded. CORPORATION LAWYERS H:LP Railroads Favored in Casting Out of Measures. FUND SAFEGUARDS KILLED Governor Fulfills Threat Not to Sign One of Thompson's Acts Settlers' Flea Not Heeded Vengeance Prompts Disapproval. SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. (Stair Corre spondence.) The very large number of bills vetoed at the close of the recent Oregon legislative session Justify care ful scrutiny as to the reasons which brought about Governor West's disap proval. Many citizens who endeavored to wander through the maze of pro posed legislation and sought to under stand the efforts of the lawmaking body, as well as the activity of tha Chief Executive, ase much Inclined to the belief that many bills were intro duced which might well have rested and Incubated In the more or less fer tile minds of embryotic statesmen and that the Governor sought by the use of his veto power to play a game of poll-, tics at the expense of the material In terests of the state. An examination of the record of tho recent session discloses the fact that bills were permitted to become laws or were given their everlasting quletua by vetoes, not according to merit but by reason of the author's being "In"- or "out" with His Excellency. Partiality Is Shown. A salmon hatchery bill introduced by two friendly House members from Clat sop County was passed and allowed to become a law, while a similar bill for a trout hatchery. Introduced by Uerryman In the Senate and backed by his col leagues, Thompson and Belknap, In th House, was vetoed. Of IS game bills, Thompson fathered two, Mahoney on and Church one. These were vetord. . One of the Thompson bills was par ticularly meritorious. It sought to change the trout-fishing season In Lako County so that It would not permit fish ing during the spawning season, as at present. Under the present law tha streams of Lake County are fast be coming depleted, but this bill received the same unfavorable consideration ac corded most of the Lake County mem bers' measures and was placed at tha top of the Gubernatorial Junk heap, and yet crabs, lobsters, ginseng and many other productions of the state wer fully and carefully protected by tha Governor and his legislative, biparti san associates. Senator Woods Not Heeded. Many of Senator Wood's bills likewise decorate the backyard of the executive department. Wood was the chairman of the committee of holdover Senators appointed in 1909 to examine the various state Institutions and report as to tha conditions found and make recommenda tions to the 1911 session. As Is his cus tom In official matters, he went into tho situation with thoroughness and discov ered several reforms which he thought should be made. Under the present law the several su perintendents on the first of every month call at the Statehouse with pay rolls prepared by themselves and hav them allowed by the Board. Every pay roll Is then presented to the Secretary of State, who draws a warrant to tha superintendent and he receives from tho State Treasurer the full amount of all salaries and then pays the employes- Senator Wood felt that this system was loose and would lead to abuse. He proposed that a warrant should be drawn to each employe and paid to him, but th Statehouse lobby was too strong for the Senator from Washington and his bill was defeated on the floor of tho Senate after many of the members had been importuned personally by various state officers to oppose the bill as It was considered "an antl-administratlon" measure. Coin With Subalterns. Senator Wood also looked carefully Into the question of deficiencies and found that the taxpayer was not being protected In the expenditure or nis money. Under the existing system tha Legislature meets biennially and passes bills appropriating money for the various branches and departments of the stato government. The expenditure of this money Is left to the State Boards and by them to the numerous superintend- nts and underlings cf various degrees of Importance and many titles. If these officers and subordinates conclude that the Legislature has been parsimonious or that, for any other reason, more money should be spent than has been author ized, they go in and contract debts with out stint, let or hindrance of law ex cept their own sweet win. interest- bearing certiflcates of audit are Issued nd the next succeeding Legislature la then called upon to pay tho deficien cies." . Wood Introduced one bill which abso- (Concluded on Face 6.)