K V .,. .. PORTLAXD, OREGO. ' TnURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. nL. I! - i.,t. m DE MOCHATS TRY TO House Insurgents Are Asked to Form Party. COMMITTEE PUCES ARE BAIT Bourbon Leaders Scheme to Perpetuate Division. SUCCESS NOT PROBABLE Invitation to Insurgents lo Nime Candidate for Speaker and Be Represented Separately on Committer Unwelcome. T HABRT J. HROWN OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March ;. The Democratic ways and ntani committee, which l to make a!! committee mlitrmmn In the lovrr branch of the n' Congress, has submitted a novel proposition to the Republican Insura-ent member. Intend ed to breed trouble and discord In the minority rank. In brief, the proposi tion l that the Insurgents shall not go Into the Republican caucus to be held Just before Congress assembles, but hall have a separate caucus of their own. shall perfect an organisation and nominate a candidate for Speaker, this candidate, when chosen, to be the rec ognised leader of the Insurgents. The proposition of the Democrats Is Intended to keep wide open the old split between regular and Insurgent Repub licans. In the hope of rendering the Re publican minority In the next House utterly helpless and Ineffective. It would result, primarily. In nominating three candidates for Speaker, some thing that has not been heard of In latter times. If ever. Neither the Insur gent candidate nor the candidate of the regular Republican rsucus could stand show of election, of course, but the two Republican candldstes would vie with each other for minority leadership on the floor and would bring about 'confusion worse confounded." Insurgent Can Gain I .It tie. In submitting this proposition to the Insurgents. the Democratic leaders promise to give the Insurgents repre sentation on committees In proportion to the strength they show In organisa tion. There are 11 Republican mem bers of the next House, and It Is esti mated that there are to Insurgents In this number, one-fourth of the total. If the Insurgents caucus by themselves, perfect an organisation and nominate an Insurgent candidate for Speaker, then the Democrats of the wsys and means committee will give one-fourth of the good minority committee places to Insurgent members but no chair manships. The chairmanships are all reserved for Democrats. What the Insurgents could hope to gain by any such deal as this Is diffi cult to determine. Minority member ship on committees Is not worth much at any time, and It Is a foregone cer tainty that every Insurgent member of the House will get some committee as signment, perhaps two of them. It Is true that a few of the leading insur gents might be placed on more Import ant committees than would fall to their lot did they not enter Into this deal with the Wmorrata. but there would not be enough good places to go around, and a majority of the Insurgents would be no better off than If they refused to entertain the Democratic proposition. I'rw I.IWely to Consider Deal. Whether the Insurgents will listen to Jtemocratlc promises and adopt the course suggested, remains to be seen, but a number of Insurgents of the less radical type will certainly not agree to ny such bargain. The Democrats will not be able to perfect a hidebound agreement among all Republican Insur gent members and the probabilities are that their proposition will ultimately be rejected by enough Insurgents to Tend-r tt of no consequence. The In dications are that there will be but two nominees for the Speakership. Champ Clark. I democrat, and some Republican who will be agreed upon In caucus. PORTLAND MAN ARRESTED I.uiii It. Cole Accused of Imperson ating Armj Offerer In El Iao. EL PASO. Texaa. March :. (Spe cial Louis B. Cole, who says he is an Oregon politician, was arrested by ofn cers of the Department of Justice this afternoon on a charge of Impersonating an army officer. The complaint wa made by the St. Regis Hotel Company, and according to the complaint, he had obtained money from the hotel com pany under the pretensions. It Is said that Cole had passed him self as a colonel and during the past few days had been around with many of the army officers stationed near EI Paso. He was taken before I'nlted States Commissioner Oliver and bond was fix ed at ISOfl. He will make an effort to rave his friends go on Ms bond. He Is a member of the firm of Cole A Cole, manufacturers' agents. il and 117 Worcester Block. Portland. Oregon, and of San Francisco. He has been touring the large cities of the Cnlted States for some time. W DEN BREACH SUFFRAGISTS SNIFF AS "ANT." SPEAKS MIN PHOEBE COCSIXS lAiMil'ES BETORE ILLINOIS SOLOXS. Vote tor Women" Delegation Grows Indignant aa It Hear Her Assail Equal Kights. STRING FIELD. 1IU March - Snap ping eyes snd an Indignant tosa of the head from lime to time evidenced the dlefiesaure of Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch. Misa Harriet Grim and other suffragist leaders, as they listened to the addrees of Miss Phoebe Court ns, of Washington. D. V- In the Hall of Repre sentatives this morning. In lancusee keenly ssrcaatlc. Miss Cousins excoriated equal rights wjM votea) for women. Her address w the first Important one against woman suf frsge by a woman. Woman suffragist 1..-.- wore nresent when Mlssi "nulna l-.r.cn speaking. In a short i.-ne tne gxl- ...flrs and .ohbv of the mair tioo- o the House were well filled wit', a ferorle gathering. T,-t i,-il v the entire House member- in hmrA the soeech. In which M!e Cousins argued that the entrance of women Into politics had been untenaoio -.i n nrrwttift tv of good result. Sev eral Si-natora occupied seats In the body of the House and heard the speech. Mrs. McCulloch and Miss. Grim oc cupied scats upon the floor. In front of the Speakers) stand. Both busied them selves taking extensive notes. At the conclusion of her speech. M!sa Cousins left the House without meeting any of the suffragists. LODGERS FLEE FROM FIRE Blase at Sixth and Pine Streets Does $2000 Damage. Lodgers In a frame building at the corner of Sixth ,and Pine streets had narrow escapes this morning, when, at 1:40 o'clock fire broke out In C. Dapp ler's restaurant on the ground floor and threatened for a time to wipe out the entire block corner. The cause of the fire Is not known. but when the fire department arrived the Interior was burning briskly. It took .an hour'a work to quench the flames. For a time lfwas spectacular and natrons of the Oxford Hotel, ad joining the frame buildings, and near by lodging-houses were aroused irom their sleep In fright. The total loss Is about 13000. ot which $700 was suffered by Dappler's restaurant. Other concerns suffering damage were the Henry Investment Company. Seaqucst Bros., hardware merchants at S Sixth street, and a barber shop and the Palm restaurant. at Ct Sixth street. A. L. Seaquest and C L. Seaquest and their mother were asleep On the second floor of the two-story struc ture when the fire broke out. The flames were creeping through the floor of their apartments when Police Ser geant Klenlen and Patrolmen Epps and Rupert awakened them and led them downstalra to safety, VIOLIN, AGE 241, IN ATTIC Eugene Girl Kinds That She Is Owner of Real Cremona. EUGENE. Or- March 2. (Special.) What la believed by violin experts to be a genuine Cremona of 1S70 has come to light In Eugene, after having lain In the dust and oblivion of gar rets for more than 40 years. It bears the Inscription: "Andreas Guarnerlus fecit Cremona sub tltulo Santa Teresls, 1(70. It Is "warped and mouldy, but Ita tone value has not been destroyed. The Instrument Is the property of Miss Muriel Mayhew. who received It as a gift from her uncle. Theodore Itenshaw. now of Deer Lodge, Mont, but formerly of Eugene. Mr. Kenshaw traued a new 110 violin and a double bitted ax for the old Instrument more than 40 years ago. obtaining It from Marlon Zumww.lt. who was murdered shortly after the trade. It lay for gotten In his garret until a year ago. when he sent It to Miss Mayhew, a violin student. The old violin was so battered that Miss Mayhew made no effort to use It until last week, when she took It to an expert violin maker to have It re paired. After careful examination the expert declared It to be a genuine Cremona. CREWLESS SHIP SAILS ON Steamer rinds. Hark W ith Canvas Set and Light Lit. but Trnantless. IjONDOX. March 29. The captain of the steamer Branksome Hall reports that the four-masted steel bark Bute shire, laden with nitrate. Is roaming with sails set. but crewless In the Bay of Biscay. Tbe Branksome Hall bore down on the vagrant Monday and found her de serted and a lifeboat gone. The bark appeared to be seaworthy and In good shape and her lamps were still burn ing. Indicating that she had not been long abandoned. A gale prevented an attempt to board her. PEACE COMMITTEE FORMED Member of IIou of Commons Support Tart's Arbitration Treaty. LONDON. Mann S. A general com mitter, to be made up of members of the House of Commons of all parties. Is under process of formation, with the object of supporting President Taft's T OF F Facts Told by Man Who Keeps Name Secret. E0JT03 RESPECTS CONFIDENCE At Risk of Jail, He Refuses to Tell Illinois Probers. NEWSPAPER CODE FORBIDS Statement That $100,000 Was Vsed to Elect Iorlmer Is Repeated to Committee Hopkins May Be Forced to Testify In Case. BY AHTHT'R M. EVANS. SPRINGFIELD. Ill, March 29. (Spe cial.) H. If. Kohlsaat. editor of the Record-Herald, today declined to dis close to the Halm Investlgstlng com mittee the source of Information that had come to Mm concerning a $100,000 fund raised to bring about the election of Senator Lorlmer. on the ground that It would be a violation of newspaper ethics to do so. The Information which was given the Chicago editor-ln-chlef shortly after the White confession last Spring, was of such reliability that It was used as the basis for editorials urging an In vestigation of the Lorlmer election. Upon taking the stand this morning. Mr. Kohlsaat was given a copy of an editorial published In the Record Herald last month and, after declining to say whence came the Information on which It was based, he proceeded to narrate the general facts in the case In his own way. . . Friend Tells In Confidence. "Shortly after the Chicago Tribune published Representative White's story last Spring." he said. "I met a friend of mine, a man of the highest charac ter and Intelligence and a man who does not make reckless statements, and he gave me a detailed account of the raising of $100,000 to bring about the election of Mr. Lorlmer. "He gave It to me In confidence. I told him that the confidence would not be betrayed. With that feeling of perfect security that this man's Infor mation that he gave me was absolute ly reliable. I took the position that the election should be Investigated, and came out editorially and backed the Tribune In Its fight. Confidence) Must lie Respected. "As I say. this was given to me In confidence. The cardinal principle of an honorable, upright newspaper man Is confidence. When I engage a cub reporter or put out a correspondent or a financial man on the street. I say: 'Now, one thing you must understand from the start, that when a man gives you a piece of Information In confi dence, you, under no circumstances whatever, must ever divulge his name. If you do you will be discharged, no KQHL5AA mwm r LORIMER I (Conrludrd on rase 3.) I confirmation. . I y . ...... ................ ....... . i WEATHEE MAN EVIDENTLY DOESN'T BELONG TO THE TRUST j v . ? en o'(G" CjtL j INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS . The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 73 dirrs; minimum. 44 decrees. TODAY'S Fair; north to east winds. Francisco Msrtero, Sr.. and Gustave Mad-ro likely to ko to President Madero's camp with Diaz consent. Pas 5. Foreijn. Accused ramorrlsts make tumult In court when Informer testifies, l ag 3. Arbitration movement euloirUed by British and American statesmen at Bible Ter centeusry in London. Fate 1. Nstloasl. Democrats ask Insurgents to organise as party. Pare t. ttenattnr Bourne may become chairman of committee on postnfflces. Pare . Politic. H. H. Kohlsaat savs $100,000 was raUed to elect Lorlmer Senator and risks prison rather than reveal Information. Page Murphy, attacking Stetson, ssys he Is In pint to name Senator of F. H. Piatt's choosing. Page 1. Domestic. Precious historical relics destroyed by flr In Albany Capitol. Page 2. 'Garry' Hermann again f'gures In Cincin nati! grand Jury Investigation. Fage . Illinois suffragists hear with Indignation Washington woman arguing against them before Legislators. Pae 1. Joartuln Miller's wlfa Joins him after ten years separation. Pace 1. "Black Hand" kills policeman because he knows who killed woman. Page 3. Sports. Woman now owner of SU Louis National League club. Page UK Washington High School nine defeats Port land Academy 11 to 3. Page iu. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 1. Los Angeles) 0; Vernon , tisn Francisco 3; Oakland S. Sacramento 0. Page 10. Twenty-one thousand see auto races on Florida beach. Page 10. Pad 0c Northwest. 8tayton State Bank closed by Bank Ex aminer WHght. Page . Sudden death of two men at Natron and Springfield msy be due to bootleggers whisky. Page A. Man and wife unhurt although bomb placed by enemies demolishes bouse as they sleep. Page 7. Ex-Bookkeeper Robnett sys be Is respon sible for 9m. ooo of Lewtston bank's shortage of $117.000. Page 7. Boy students at Washington State College throw co-eds out of tbelr beds In mld nigbt hazing, .page 7. Commercial and Marine. Barley and oats sell at new record prices for season. Page 19. Favorable weather sends wheat prices down at Chicago. Page 19. Early gains In stock market lost In slump near close. Page 19. Yucatan to be towed to Portland for re pairs, page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Colonel Roosevelt's route of travel in city fixed by committee. Page 13. Woman who says hsr marriage 12 years s go was compel led by force wants di vorce. Page 31. Twin Falls, Idaho. Jeweler near victim of $3000 swindle, say police. Page 9. New ruling closes Postofflce Sundays. Page 12. Railway mall clerks oppose labor onion Idea. Page 18. Three indicted for failure of Mount Scott Bank of Lenta. Page 4. Canby-MoUMa line will benefit Hill line properties. Page 1L Government falls to connect James Whaien with gold bullion theft from malls. Page 12. State Forestry Board to name Forester for Oregon. Page 18. Chief Cox refuses permit to negro to blow coach horn for Panama Exposition. Page 12. Third Oregon Infantry. Battery A, and Ambulance Corps Inspected by Gover nor. Page 4. Gay Lombard puts Councilman Baker on list of "undesirables.' Page 4- Hopmen predict high prices this season. Page 5. CHINESE ATTACK REPORT St. Pttersbarg Hears Orientals Have Surrounded Amur Capital. ST. PETEUSBURa., March 19. A rumor was current tonight that the Chinese had surrounded and were at tacking Blagovleshensk, capital of the Amur province, on the Amur River, in Asiatic Russia. The rumor Is without confirmation. i i ANGLO AMERICAN MR HELD CRIME Asquith and Reid Unite in Like Sentiment. TREATY TO PERPETUATE PEACE Bible Tercentenary in London Is Occasion. TAFT SENDS GREETINGS Cause of Arbitration Promoted by Declarations of British Premier and American Ambassador. Bible Is Bond of Union. LONDON. March 29. Premier As quith and Whltelaw Reid. the Ameri can Ambassador, at a meeting of states men this evening, took occasion to eulogize the arbitration movement. They were the principal speakers at the tercentenary celebration of the completion of the English translation of the Bible, known aa the King James version. In 1611. Suffragettes Interfered with the pro ceedings. When the Prime Minister began, they unfurled banners bearing the inscription: "Votes for Women." The banners were torn up after a fight. In his address Mr. Asquith said: "The English Bible belongs not only to the subjects of King George, but to the whole English-speaking world. One of the truths which I firmly believe is rooted In the faith of Christian men and women on both sides of the At lantic Is that war between English speaking people would be not only a crime against civilization, but an un forglveable breach of those command ments which are enshrined In the test ament on which both nations have been bred." Mr. Reid said: "From the men and from the peoples nurtured on the precepts of the Bible and mainly on this version came the recent statesmanlike proposal of the President of the United States and the Inspiring response of King George, through Sir Edward Grey, which prom ises to make war as a settlement of any dispute henceforth between any English-speaking peoples Impossible, and between any other civilized na tions discreditable." BIBLE BIXDS TWO NATIONS Taft Sends Message Rejoicing in So Precious Tie as Scripture. WASHINGTON. March 29. Felicita tions on the Bible centenary celebration In London today were expressed through Ambassador Reid from President Taft as follows: ' "The tercentenary celebration of the publication of the King James version. Royal Albert Hall, London, England: It affords me very great pleasure to pre- (Contlnued on paire 3.) JOAQUIN MILLER JOINED BY WIFE AFTER SEPARATION OF TEN YEARS COUPLE REUNITED. With Daughter, Spouse Hurries West to Bedside of Poet of Sierras. OAKLAND, Cal March 29. (Special.) After a separation of more than 10 years, Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, and his wife are reunited, Mrs. Miller coming from the East to her husband's bedside at Fabiola Hos pital. Mrs. Miller, who has been living with her sister, Mrs. Leland, In the latter's country home near Saratoga, New York, accompanied by her daugh ter, Juanita, arrived In Oakland yes terday. Alarmed at the reported relapse of the poet, following Miss Miller's de parture for New York to close her studio, mother and daughter hastened at once to the hospital, where a happy and touching reunion took place. A decided improvemi nt In the con dition of Miller has been noted by nurses of the hospital since the arrival of Mrs. Miller and the poet's daughter, and he was able to take automobile rides both today and yesterday. Mrs. Miller is at the present at "The Heights," making preparations for the home-coming of the poet, who, accord ing to present plans, will be taken there on Thursday. Mrs. Miller left California with her daughter 10 years ago In order that Juanita might obtain the advantages of a musical education In the metropolis. She has resided In the East since then. When Miss Miller went east a few weeks ago she induced her mother to return to California. NURSE GETS HALF MILLION 3Irs. Lamberson Receives This From Late ex-Mayor of Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 29. (Spe cial.) That the late John Brj'son, ex- Mayor of this city, gave Mrs. Gladys Lamberson, now Mrs. Woodward, $500, 000 during the 15 years preceding his death, while she was his nurse and spe cial friend, is the statement made in a deposition today by his son, Isaac Bry son. - This is the first definite figure ever named, though it was generally believed that tha woman had obtained a large amount, possibly J100.000. This deposi tion and many others locally were taken for use in New York in the J50.000 dam age suit of Mrs. Jean J. McKay Glldden against Mrs. Woodward for alleged alien ation of GVidden's affections. That case will come to trial two weeks hence and promises sensational disclosures. Glidden, who Is the local representative of the Palace Hotel Company, made "a somewhat remarkable confession this evening. "Gladys Lambenson," he .said, "had a strange hypnotic power which fascinated nearly every man she became ac quainted with, and, sorry to say, I be came "better acquainted with her than most men." KAISER WANTS AMERICANS Berlin Paper, Replying to Criti cisms, Tells Why Singers Engaged. BERLIN, March 29. Criticism Jn the Prussian piet and the Berlin press re garding the management of the Im perial opera, especially In connection with the engagement of American artists, calls forth from the Berliner Mittag Zeltung a report relative to Emperor William's tendency to en courage foreign singers. His Majesty, according' to the news paper, in talking at a recent concert with Putnam Griswold, the American baritone, who is one of four Ameri cans in the royal singing staff of 35, said: "I regard the regular appearance of American artists on the German stage and of Germans in the American the aters as equally Important and valu able as the exchange of university pro fessorships." PLAY PIRACY IS CHARGED Stenographers Caught Working on Manuscripts in Office Raid. CHICAGO. March 29. Federal Secret ServTce men today raided the offices of the Chicago Manuscript Company in La Selle street, charging the concern with pirating copyright plays. Eight girls stenographers working in the offices were subpenaed, each with the manuscripts on which they were work ing. Warrants were Issued for Alexander Boyer, who Is said to be the owner of the company, and for his wife, Mrs. Anna Boyer. The raid followed complaint by Lig non Johnson, of New York, counsel for the National Association of Theater Producers, who charges that the Chi cago company would send Its stenog raphers to plays, have them take down the dialogue in shorthand and note the stake directions, and that copies of this manuscript would be sold far be low the royalty price. CANADA DRAWS SETTLERS Steamers Diverted in Order to Carry Northbound Immigrants. ANTWERP. March 29. The diversion of European migration from the United States to Canada is said to be seriously affecting the Atlantic steamship lines. The Red Star line today gives up to the American-Canadian line two of the best special emigrant steamers afloat, the Gothland and the Samland. These ves sels, heretofore In the Antwerp-New York service, are now to be operated from Rotterdam to Canadian ports. MURPHY PLOT AT Stetson Is Accused of Deal With Piatt. SENATORSHIP HELD OBJECT Tammany Chief Bitter in His Attack on Lawyer. HE CALLS HIM TRUST ALLY "Boss" Says He Brazenly Works to Elect Man of Express Magnate's Choosing Through Republican Votes Record Assailed. NEW YORK. March 29. Charles Mur phy came out tonight in a statement at tacking Francis Lynde Stetson, a New York lawyer, accusing him with working openly with Frank H. Piatt, son of ex United States Senator Piatt, in making a deal with the Republican machine to elect a man of his own selection for United States Senator. He charges Mr. Stetson with being the "mysterious power behind the insurgent movement at Albany." "All efforts to discover the identity of the man really responsible for this action have been in vain," continued Mr. Murphy's statement, "until yesterT day, when with brazen effrontery, Fran cis L. Stetson, a political Pharisee, stepped Into the limelight and boldly as sumed charge of the entire movement." , Who Is Stetson? Asked. "Who is this F. L. Stetson?" asks Mr. Murphy, and then proceeds to ask if Mr. Stetson, is not the same man who acted as counsel for the steel trust, "the greatest piece of stock watering and ' stock Jobbing in modern times and which is Just about to be investigated by the Congress of the United States. "Is he the attorney also for J. P. Mor gan and for Thomas F. Ryan? Is he the man who organized the Northern Securi ties Company? Did he organize the In ternational Mercantile Marine-the ship ping trust; the rubber trust; the har vester trust and other similar bodies?" Stetson Held "Interests." Along this line Mr. Murphy proceeds with his attack, listing a dozen corpora tions of which he declared Mr. Stetson was a director and then adds: ' "This man Is not alone the representa tive of the interests he Is the personifi cation of the interests he is one of ths interests." Murphy's attack on Stetson was seri ously interpreted, but most of those who heard it, agreed that its chief sig nificance was that the end of the fight was not as near as recent developments showed. AGREEMENT IS NOT IN SIGHT Rumor Says Murphy Is Just About Ready to Support Cady Herrick. ALBANY, N. Y March 29. The third session of the Democratic Senatorial caucus lasted long enough to permit Senator Cutten to move for an ad journment until 10:30 tomorrow. The expectation that an over-night agree ment would be reached whereby tha insurgents would be made to see their way to an adjournment was not rea lized. One of the rumors afloat tonight was that C. F. Murphy favored Judge D. Cady Herrick, If assured of enough insurgent votes to elect him. It was said, however, that the insurgents would not pledge themselves to Her rick, but prefer John D. Kernan. An interesting factor appears to be a division among the Republicans re garding the expediency of helping the Insurgents name a man. This has en couraged the regular Democrats to procrastinate. Most significant of the statements' made tonight was that by Speaker Fresby, who said positively that a Senator would be chosen before Ap ril 5. "NOT INTERESTED" STETSON Lawyer Thinks Murphy Is "Largely Justified in Resentment." NEW YORK, March 29. When told if Murphy's attack upon him tonight,. Mr. Stetson said: "I don't care to have you read it to me- I am not at all interested in any thing Murphy has to say about me. "Mr. Murphy Is entitled to form any oDinion of me he sees fit. I think he is largely Justified in his resentment." WIFE AND BAIRNS WARNED Armed Indian After Camas Prairie 3Ian, Family Takes Flight. WHITE SALMON. Wash., March 29. (Special.) Mrs. Guy Chapman and chil dren are fleeing from their home at Ca mas Prairie to White Salmon, having received a message from Mr. Chapman at Goldendale that Dave Inyard. a half breed Indian with a gun. was after him, and might appear on the premises at any moment. Inyard was released from the peniten tiary recently after serving a sentence for shooting an Indian two years ago. ALBANY