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INTERVENTION
TUFT TELLS DIAZ
Maneuvers Not Signifi
cant to Mexico.
MEXICANS TAKE NEWS CALMLY
Many American Residents See
First Step to Intervene.
PEARSONS DO NOT PROTEST
.Taft Says Army Mownent Should
Cause No Concern to Mexico, and
Dlas Sends Thank, but Skep
ticism Is Prevalent.
MEXICO CITY. March . Petting at
rest all rumor that the United States
la preparing lor Intervention In Mex
ico. President Taft today sent to Presi
dent Diss a telegram In which he says
the military maneuvers being conduct
ed alone; the frontier In Texas have
no siantacsnce which should cause con
cern to Mexico.
The message wss transmitted to the
Iepartment of Foreign Relations by
Fred M. Ieerlra. Charge d'Affalrs of
I. .f American Embassy. Following la
the text:
"I have the honor to advise your
excellency that I am In receipt of In
structions from my Government, di
recting me to Inform his excellency.
President ltx, through the medium of
your excellency, that the President of
the foiled States wishes to express
the hope that no misapprehensions will
result from unfounded and sensational
newspaper conjectures as to the mili
tary maneuvers about to take place la
Texss anj elsewhere, and to give to
President Ilas assurance that the
maneuvers have no significance that
should cause concern to the friendly
neighbors of the United States to the
south--
Itiaa Kxprce Thanks.
To the foregoing General Diss re
plied through Minister Creel and the
American Embassy, acknowledging re
ceipt and expressing gratitude "for the
courtesy of explaining In such ex
plicit terms the situation.
A calm and dispassionate view of the
mobilisation appears to have been taken
here by the Mexicans. No excitement
followed the appearance of the news.
Dallies In Spanish as well as the Amer
ican morning newspapers give much
pace to the details of the movement.
Many Americans Skeptical.
In some quarters, nevertheless, the
explanation given out at the White
House as to the significance of Fresl
Sent Taft's order was viewed with skep
ticism. "This was particularly true as
relating to American residents In the
elty. many of whom professed to see
In It the first step In a move toward
intervention.
Leading Mexicans who were ap
proached for opinions declined, for the
most part, to talk for publication, but
privately expressed confidence In the
good Intentions of the American Gov
ernment. No Protect Sent lo Britain.
That any protest regarding damages
sustained has been msde to Great Brit
ain by Dr. Pearson ha been denied by
Ms representatives, both to the State
Department and to the newspaper. Wal
ter Gowe. Dr. Pearson's representative
at Toronto, sent a telegram to the State
Department, saying that the Pearson
(Syndicate, a large British and Canadlsn
construction firm, has made no protest
On the contrary, he says, the company
has done I'm utmost to minimise the
extent of the trouble.
Lord Coadray. who before bis eleva
tion to the peerage some months ago
w;m known as Sir Wee t man Pearson, and
who also has extensive railway and mi
ning Interests In Mexico, took occasion
torUy to say be had made no appeal
to his government for protection.
"The statement that we Pearsons
have asked for protection from our gov
ernment Is absolutely without founda
tion." said Lord Cowdray to an Asso
ciated Press representative tonight. "No
better protection than that which the
Mexican government itself gives la re
quired." Two Prsrwn Sjndlralrs Kxlt.
The pres dispotche giving rise to
ths confusion referred simply to "the
Pearson Syndicate." Dr. S. K. Pearson
Is the principal stockholder In the Mex
ican Northwestern, the railroad which
has been put out of commission by the
revolutionists, and one of the chief
stockholders In the Mexican IJxht &
Power Company, which operates the
Mexico City street ear system.
I-nrd Cowdray Is the Joint owner with
the Mexican government of the Tehaun
t'pee Railroad, and Is the man whose
oil land holdings In Mexico- have en
abled him to become one of the moat
formidable competitors of the Standard
Oil Company. Both he and Dr. Pearson
are subjects of Great Britain.
DEAL WITH tH.VZ SfSPECTKU
Washington Believes Two Presidents
Work la Concert.
WASHINGTON. March B. Official
Washington atlll Insists, for publication,
that the sole purpose of the sudden and
tCeacludeo. ea Page a.)
HOODOO FOLLOWS
BIG HOPE DIAMOND
K. T. M LE.VX AND Wire ARE
SrED FOK PKICE BY DEALER.
Daughter and Son-ln-Lw of Late
Millionaire Walsh Decide lo
Shun Hoodoo, but Fall.
WASHINGTON. D. C. March l (Spe-c!al.-The
hoodoo of the Hope diamond,
which has followed Its successive own
ers since the Jewel graced the corsage
of the Ill-fated Marie Antoinette. Queen
of France, has attacked the new own
ers of the expensive bauble. Mrs.
Evelyn W. McLean, daughter of the late
Thomas F. Walsh, the multl-mllllonalre
mine-owner of Colorado, and her hus
band. Edward D. McLean, son of Joh t
R. McLean, of Ohio and Washington.
The first evidence to reach Its pres
ent owners of the unpleasant noto
riety which Is said to radiate from
the exquisitely chlseleu facets or tn
diamond Is shown today in a suit at
law filed In the District Supreme Court
by "Cartier" of New Tork and Paris to
recover JlMW, the price of the gem.
from Mr. and Mrs. McLran.
A few davs after Cartier left the gem
at their residence. Mr. and Mrs. MO
I-.n decided, their friends assert, that
they did not desire to purchsse It. and
It Is said that several times since men
the Arm of Cartier bed been requested to
take the diamond back.
1 DIVIDEND DOWN, 1 UP
President of w York Central
Blames Rate Decision lor Cut.
vvw TfiHK. March $. Directors of
the New York Central Railroad at a
meeting today cut their quarterly divi
dend from 14 to Xfe per cenu -nlrhi
President W. C. Brown Issued
a statement announcing that the re
duction was due to the recent aecisioa
of the Interstate Commerce Commls-
ilon denying Increased freight rates.
a. re. ult of the decision." said
Mr. Brown, "the New Tork Central &
Hudson River Railroad has reduced its
dividends from per cent to 6 per cent
per annum.
"Every economy that can be adopted
and enforced, which will not result In
i - tttrv t a the rjrooertr or Impairment
of the service will be made; and. If the
result demonstrates the correctness of
the commission, the railroads win
heerfullr ackuulwedge they were mis
taken In their apprehensions."
The directors of the Lake fcnore
Mtchlgsn Southern Railroad, which Is
wned by the New Tork Central, de
clared an extra dividend of per cent.
DIAZ IS IN GOOD HEALTH
President Receives Admiral, Takes
Walk Correspondent Sees lllm.
MEXICO C1TT. March I. General
Dlas received Admiral Lajorte and
members of his staff at S o'clock today
In the National Palace. At 8 o'clock
tonight he was In conference In his
town residence with the Governor of
Guanajuato.
In reply to a query from Barcelona
today by a member of the President's
staff, regarding the truth of rumors
which had reached there. Colonel Tor
flrlo Dlax. Jr.. cabled that his father
was In excellent health.
The President passed the morning In
his office In the Nstlonal Palace and
walked In Cbapultepec grounds as
usual.
MEXICO CITT. March 8. I saw
President Dlas personally last night.
In apparent good health.
(Signed) WHIFFEN.
Correspondent Associated Press. Mex
ico City.
WOMEN TO GUIDE HORSES
Fair Rex Largely Represented In
Entries for Pasadena Show.
LOS ANGELES. CaU March 8. (Spe
cial.) Equestriennes and feminine
whips In large numbers will add con
siderable Interest to the Pasadena
Polo Club's show at Tournament Park.
Pasadena. March If and 17. Entrlea
cloaed today.. The feminine horse fan
ciers will be Included among the en
tries la larger numbers this year than
ever before, while not a few will drive
or ride their favorite stock for the
ribbons and trophies.
Among the women who are to be
seen to advantage are Mrs. A. C An
derson, of Seattle; Mrs. Frank Ilogan,
Miss Ines Pearce. Mrs. Stuart Harper.
Mrs. John Vlsher Elliott and Mrs. A.
Klngsley Macomber. Mrs. Anderson
will be a bright particular star at the
show, for she has entered her string
of seven equine blue bloods from her
Seattle ranch and Is confident of win
ning her shsre of blues.
CHURCH SAYS "HATS OFF"
Chehalls Edict Orders Women to
Bare Heads at Prayer.
CHEHALI3, Wash, March 8. (Special.)
With Easter only a few weeks off.
women of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of ( '-.ehalls are dealt a hard
blow by a ministerial ruling that re
quires them to remove their hats during
services.
A resolution sdopted last night at the
second quarterly conference of the con
gregation's officers allowed them no ex
ception, not even for the Easter cre
ations. Rev. F. A. La Vlolette. pastor.. believes
'the rule to be a good one. but does not
take all the blame for the ultimatum,
ssylng other men at the conference mere
Instrumental In bringing about the bat
ban.
ROADS PLAN FOR
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Freight Rates to Coast
Will Change.
NEW CONDITIONS TO BE MET
Two Distinct Schedules Are
Being Considered.
MEETING WILL BE HELD
One Tarirf May Be Low to Meet
Water Competition, Other Higher
for Commodities Not Affected
by Water Traffic.
CHICAGO. March 8. (Spelcal.) Trans
continental railroads will hold an Import
ant meeting In Chicago next week, begin
ning March IS, to check over the freight
tariffs applying to both California and
North Pacific Coast points and to dis
cuss recommendations and plana which
have been under consideration for a long
time relative to changes .In the west
bound rates.
Soma time ago. It will be remembered.
the transcontinental lines drew up a
iviirm of rates to meet the require
ments of the Interstate Commerce Cora-
mtae4on. aa announced In some of the
noted Western rate cases, the festure of
which was an advance In coast terminal
rates and a graduated system, according
to distance, applying to the Interior
nntnt. a full met of Dronosed rates was
drawn up covering transcontinental ship
ment.
The transcontinental lines, however, are
not agreed as to whst changes can or
should be made In the class and com
modity ratea to the West. That the
railroad, nuv decide. In view of coming
Important developments In conditions
nntsblv the oDenlng of the Panama Canal
to adopt an entirely new plan of meet
ing water competition seems probable
from some of the proposals which' will
come before next week's meeting of the
roads In Chicago.
Two Tariffs to Coast Suggested.
Two different westbound tariffs, each to
contain a different scale of rates, have
been suggested to coast points, one to
be considered a strictly water competl
tinn tariff, naming rates to Pacific Coast
terminals only on hlpmenta which are
subject to water competition, the other to
name rates to the coust on commodities
which are not materially effected by
water competition, and carry a mgner
basis and apply to Intermediate points
on the same line.
Important changea .are proposed on
some articles on the ground that they
are not water-borne commodities. The
following propositions have been made:
Firwt To continue the existing rates,
except to make the New Tork ratea apply
to all common points.
Second To continue present rates from
Ciilcsgo and points west thereof and
apply same rates to Intermediate points,
cancelling present through rates from
points esst of Chlcsgo.
Third Incresse present rates to Pa
cific Coa"t terminals and apply such
rates to Intermediate points.
The proposed sctlon of the transcontln
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OPENING
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
l The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 52
degrees; minimum, i degrees.
TOPAfS Occasional light rain, followed by
clearing weather ID the afternoon; south
westerly winds.
Mexican Revolution.
London wonders what reasons for United
States Army movements are. Pag. 3.
Plsren.lon defeats Army of Leyva and Bert
' hold. Pag. 3.
Tft sends telegram to Dlas assuring him
Army movement does not concern Mex
ico. Page 1.
Mexican officials ' cannot conceal anxiety.
Page 3.
- Domestic.
Speaking of Japan's ambitions. Navy League
speaker urges powerful fleet for United
States. Page i.
lira. Trumbull's daughter loses suit for Bald
win gold. Page 1-
Transcontlnental railroads to hold confer
ence on rates to meet water competition.
Page 1.
Ruef goes to work In jute mill at Esn Quen.
tin. Pag. 5.
Hocdoo of Hope diamond pursues latest
owners. Page J-
California storm passes away, leaving dev
astation behind. Page 5.
Battling fierce storm life crew saves eight
men with line. Page 2.
Government revises deal with connecting
steamship lines on Panama route. Page 2.
Foreign.
Canadian Parliament refuses to defer sc
tlon on reciprocity. Page 14.
Pacllle Northwest.
Oregon Masons will convene lodge on his
toric mountain In holy land. Page 1.
Washington House refuse, to abolish Land
Commissioner Koir office as passed by
Senate. Page 1.
Victory of Powder Vallev Irrigation Com
pany before Supreme Court is boon for
Kaatern Oregon. Page 6.
Actress once with Willie Collier marries
Chinese merchant at Vancouver. Page 7.
Striking variety of men elected by Spokane
as city commissioners. Psge 6.
Sports.
Columbia University soccer tesm Is cham
pion to Interscbolaatlc League. Page a.
Portland seeks National Bowling Congress.
Page 8-
Cemmerrlal and Marine. -
Active Oriental demand for wheat and flour
Pass ID-
Export buying and crop reports strengthen
wheat at Chicago. Page 19.
Stock market unsettled by Mexican situa
tion, page lu.
Prospects of deepening river channel east
of sand Island discouraging. Page IS.
Etrong demand for apples brings high prices.
Psge 19. ,
Fortlaad and Vicinity.
Prorrees of Grand Trunk Psoiflc Railway
told. Page 12.
Admen told that civic pride helps city.
Page IS.
Man accused of collecting Breslln Hotel rents
denies Identity. Pag. 11.
Cities spring up In Eastern Oregon. Page 10.
Ordinance for censorship of playa and films
offered In Council. Page S.
Mrs. Urruh says W. C T. U. wants Dr. Lsne
to run for Mayor. Page 20.
Seamanship of Commandant Shepherd, of
Naval Reserve, made international ques
tion. Page .
Millers buncoed by forged bills of lading.
Page 14.
MINERS RACE TO BEAT SUN
Hundreds Start for Alaska Gold
Fields Before Spring Thaw.
SEATTLE, March 8. The steamships,
Jefferson and Alameda, sailed for South
eastern Alaska, with all accommoda
tions taken. The stampede to Alaska Is
due to the desire of miners and prospec
tors to get into the interior before the
snow trails are made Impassable by the
Spring sun.
Among the passengers tonight were
100 miners from Goldfleld. Nev., several
parties of big game hunters, an orga
nized body of prospectors from Salt Lake,
and a large number of cannery em
ployes. The shipment of freight to Alaska Is
also so heavy that old steamers tied
up la the harbors of the Puget Sound
and almost forgotten have been brought
out and put In service. The great high
way of Alaska, the Yukon River will
not be open, until the latter part of
May.
Cavalry Moves From Boise.
BOISE, Idaho, March 8. Three troops
of the First Cavalry, stationed at
Boise Barracks, left tonight for Fort
Huachuca, Arizona, on the Mexican
border.
WHAT'S UP, UNCLE SAM?
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WASHINGTON LAND
OFFICIAL IS SAFE
House Kills Bill Aimed
at Ross.
INVESTIGATION ALSO DOWNED
Vote Quashes All Action
Against Commissioner.
DICKSON HAY'S CHAMPION
Representatives Disapprove Abolish
ment of Office and Creation of
Appointive Board as Urged -Early
In Senate.
SOLON'S IN SESSION LONG.
OLYMPIC. 'Wash.. March 9. (Spe
cial.) At 12:45 A. M. the Senate was
still In session after devoting five
hours to road bills. Nearly $2,000.
000 was appropriated for roads after
the Senate bad shelved the Pacific
highway project. The Senate's action
has completely overturned the House
road programme.
The House at 12:30 A. M. passed
the Senate bill for a fSO.000 bridge
across the Lewis P.lver.
The Legislature will adjourn to
night. OLTMPIA. 'Wash.. March 8. (Special.)
The report of the legislative Investi
gating committee dealing with the affairs
of some of the state departments and
particularly with the State Land Com
missioner, came to naught today.
The House postponed indefinitely the
bill passed In the Senate providing for
the abolishment of the present office
and creating an appointive board of com
mlssioners to handle the land business of
the state. The motion to defeat the bill
was carried, 56 to 41.
Ross Forces Win.
After the victory had been won In post
poning the bill, the House concurrent
resolution providing for an Investigation
of the Land Office was offered. A motion
waa made to postpone this resolution in
definitely and it was lost. Friends of
Land Commissioner Ross then moved to
reconsider the' vote by which this was
lost and the old fight was opened again.
The resolution was placed on passage
again and was defeated by 30 to 64, with
two absent. This disposes finally of any
action against Mr. Ross.
The Investigators' report intimated bad
management in the office of the Land
Commissioner. It was largely due to
statements made by friends of Governor
Hay in connection with the report and
the incumbent on the floor of the Senate
early in the session that the bill passed
in the upper house. In the lower house
today the Governor's followers did not
place credence in the report and did not
favor the passage of the Senate bill in
its present form. They sought to abol
ish the offices of the Tax Commissioner
and Land Commissioner and consolidate
them with the newly-created Public
Service Commission, giving as the only
reason a 'policy of economy and re
trenchment. Leading the fight on behalf of the Gov-
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MASONS TO MEET
ON MOUNT MORIAH
OREGOXIANS TO CONVENE SES
SION OX HALLOWED SPOT.
Simultaneous Sessions of Grand
Lodge in Portland and Palestine
Tnicjue in History.
ALBANY. Or., March 8. (Special.)
When the Masonic Grand Lodge of Ore
gon convenes In annual session In
Portland June 14, next, three leading
Oregon Masons will convene a session
of the Oregon Grand Lodge on the slope
of Mount Moriah. in Palestine, a moun
tain noteworthy In Masonic history. It
will be the first time In the history of
Oregon Masonry that a session of the
grand lodge of this s.tate has been con
vened in the Holy Land. The men who
will participate In the unique cere
mony are Rev. J. R. N. Bell, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, of
Corvallis; Professor J. B. Horner, of
the Oregon Agricultural College, and
Dr. J. L. Hill, of Albany.
These men have calculated the exact
hour, Palestine time, at which the
grand lodge of Oregon will convene In
Its annual session and at that moment
they plan to be on Mount Moriah and
convene their session. For 36 contin
uous years Dr. Bell has served as
grand chaplain of the grain, lodge of
Oregon, thereby achieving the record
of being the oldest grand chaplain in
Masonry in the world, and he will at
that time repeat his prayers as grand
chaplain, though on the opposite side of
the world from his brother Masons of
Oregon.
Dr. Bell has taken 32 Scottish Rite
degrees and 12 Tork Rite degrees. In
addition to 96 "Egyptian degrees." He
belongs to the blue lodge at Baker
City, the chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons and the Council at Corvallis, the
commandery of Knights Templar at
Baker, the Eastern Stcr at Corvallis,
the Scottish Rite temple at Portland,
and Is a charter member of El Kader
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at
Portland.
RECIPROCITY GETS BOOST
Reports of Ambassador Bryce to
British Foreign Office Favorable.
LONDON', March 8. Ambassador
Bryce's reports to the foreign office
on the subject of the United States
Canadian reciprocity negotiations were
issued this evening. In a communica
tion under date of January 22 the date
following the confirmation of the
agreement, the British diplomat says:
"As at present advised, I am dis
posed to believe that British interests
are not to any appreciable extent
prejudiced. ...
"The arrangement rests, in reality,
on a growing realization of the fact
that a high tariff wall between con
tiguous countries whose products are
economically Interchangeable is an in
jury to both and is opposed to sound
fiscal principles. . . .
"Insofar as the arrangement over
steps this basis it Is probably influ
enced and will at any rate be publicly
Justified . and defended in the United
States of promoting closer economic re
lations with the United States of the
Western Hemisphere."
HONORED DEAD WANTED
Remoral of Body of ex-C S. Senator
Baker to Salem Asked.
MEDFORD, Or. March 8. (Special.)
A movement to have the body of
Edward Dickinson Baker, one time
United States Senator from Oregon,
brought from its present resting place
in Oakland, Cal.. to Salem, Or., was
started here last night at the annual
reunion of the IllinoL. Society of this
city.
Baker was by birth an Illlnoisan and
while for a time a resident ot the
State of. California, it was Oregon
which honored him by sending him to
the Senate. On that theory the speak
ers last night, among whom were
State Senator Westerlund and District
Attorney and ex-State Senator Uulkey,
base their claims that the remains ot
Baker should be given a final resting
place ! the capital city of the state
he represented at the National capital.
BULLET SHATTERS WINDOW
Caretaker at Home of Late Judge
Williams Tells Police.
Robert Coventry, who takes care of
the residence of the late Judge Will
iams. 41 North Eighteenth street, re
ported to the police last night that a
front window of the house had been :
broken by a bullet. I
Tuesday night a bullet was fired i
through the window of the residence of!
J. Glendenning. In the same neighbor
hood, and fell under the dining table !
where the family was eating. Coventry
did not know when the shot was fired ;
through the window of the Williams
residence.
"BUSTER BROWN" COMING
R. F. Outcault, Originator of Col
ored Comics, to Live in Bridgeport.
SPOKANE, Wash.. March 8. (Special.)
Buster Brown and Tige hereafter will
romp in an apple orchard, chase bear3
and wildcats and enjoy life on the bor
der.
R. F. Outcault, who draws the noted
comics, with i"S wife and Euster and
Mary Jane, the little sister of the pic
tures, are to move to Bridgeport, Wash
where Mr. Outcault has a big orchard
tract. He will build a fine residence and
will make Washington his home, says
Charles N. Crewdson, the author.
GIRL LOSES FIGHT
FOR BALDWIN GOLD
Judge Directs Verdict
Against Plaintiff.
SUIT IS BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Jury Decides 17-Year-Old Miss
Is Not Entitled to Cent.
HER LAWYERS WILL APPEAL
3frs. Turnbull's Marriage to Notori
ous Turfman Was Not Established
by Testimony Declares
Court, in Charge.
LOS ANGELES. March 8. The Jury in
the case of Beatrice Anita Baldwin
Turnbull, the 17-year-old Boston girl
seeking a one-sixth share of the $11,000,
000 estate of Luckv Baldwin, today, un
der Instruction from the court, returned
a verdict adverse to the claimant.
Eight days ago arguments for and
against a motion to 'nstruct the Jury to
return a verdict against the plaintiff be
gan, and a few minutes before the noon
recess today Attorney Garret McEnerney.'
of San Francisco, concluded for the re
spondents. Only a momentary pause
ensued before the Judge announced his
decision blasting the hopes of the young
claimant to the Baldwin millions.
Jndge Charges Jury.
Judge Rives delivered the following
charge to the jury:
"Gentlemen of the Jury We have
about reached the conclusion of this case,
contrary possibly to your expectations.
The matter has been submitted to the
court on purely- a question of law as to
whether or not, taking into consideration
all the testimony introduced and giving
it full weight, wtth-the greatest "possible
favor to the plaintiff, she has made a
case.
"In other words, do the proofs intro
duced establish a marriage?
Marriage Not Established.
"After a cartful consideration of the
matter and a thorough and exhaustive
argument, both as to the facts and the
law, I have concluded that under the
testimony In this case there has been a
failure to establish a marriage and
therefore it becomes my duty as Judge
of this court so to instruct you and di
rect you to find a verdict accordingly."
The Jury then retired and when it re
turned brought In the following ver
dict: "We, the jury empanelled to try the
loo.m raised and Joined therein, upon tho
direction of the court do And that there
never was a marriage, either valid or
null in law or any marriage whatever
between the mother of said Beatrice
Anita Baldwin, otherwise known as
Beatrice Anita Turnbull, and the said
Ellas J. Baldwin, deceased.
Child Not Legitimate.
"Tk.i Roatrlca Anita Baldwin, other
wise known as Beatrice Anita Turnbull.
is not a legitimate daughter or a legiti
mate child of Ellas J. Baldwin, de
ceased." The attorneys for the contestant noted
an exception to the Instructed verdict
and announced they would take an appeal
direct to the Supreme Court.
The suit to break the Baldwin will
has been on trial since the first week
In December. At one time. Just after
filing the petition, there was said to
be a disposition among the recognized
heirs to compromise and procure an
early distribution of the estate. The
Baldwin estate was appraised at JU.OOO.
000, but Is commonly reputed to be
worth twice that sum. One heir is un
derstood to have held out against any
compromise with Miss Turnbull, and the
fight was decided upon.
Mrs. Turnbull Star Witness.
At the trial. Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turn
bull, mother of the girl, was the star
witness on the side of the contestant,
her daughter. Mrs. Turnbull testified
that Baldwin had married her by con
tract on March 3, 1892, upon her visit to
him in San Francisco to accept his of
fer to adopt her, then a young woman,
as his daughter. She left him the fol
lowing May when she learned that he
already had a wife, and her daughter
wna horn a few months later.
Attorneys for the estate cross
examined Mrs. Turnbull as to why
she dil not, in the seduction
case against Baldwin, speak of the mar
riage contract. When she answered
that she did not know why she did not,
she was asked if she was not aware
that a wife, contract or otherwise,
could not sue for seduction.
In the motion of the directed
verdict counsel for the estate
made two points that even if there was
a marriage contract, which was denied,
there was no marriage, because of the
legal provision that such functions
must be followed by general knowledge
on the part of outsiders of the marital
relations of the parties, and that should
Miss Turnbull be declared a legitimate
daughter of Baldwin and a legal heir,
she could In no case Inherit more than
J10. The latter case grew out of the
provision of Baldwin's will, which states
expressly that he had but three daugh
ters, but that if any others came for
ward and were recognized, they should
have $10 each and no mora.