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Jjf 1'OIMXAND, OREGON", WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HARRISON ELECTED GUNPOWDER TAKEN ROOSEVELT TODAY FIFTH AND ALDER HENRY CHILDREN POLITICS FILLS I INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS TO NERVE SLAYER GETS SKYSCRAPER I. GEVrKTZ 60X WILL BCILD IS GUEST OF CITY TAKEN TO MEXICO DF NEW CONGRESS The Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, BO drsr.es; minimum, 13 degiwea. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly . winds. ' WITNESS SATS YOUTH DRANK EXPLOSIVE IN WINE. 11-STORY STRCCTCRE MAYOR DP CHICAGO Three Democratic Can didates on Floor. SHADOW OF PRESIDENCY NEAR Clark Makes Speech Forecast ing Work of Session. HOUSES SURE TO CLASH DemocraU Will rs Tariff WIls in Hosw, Hepnnlh-ans Kill Them In Senate Insurgents Flock t7 Themselves la House. TATT tmi TAPJRIF BOAKO BILL. , WAmxoTOx. Apffi . Pr.st4.st Tsft bu detld to rnBcratrst hU itMtloa upon rvrtprocttr with "- 4a. ii It was tndlcst.4 today that be Ml attempt to sure a per- f sssaent tartlt commission at tb spe- J da! ss lost of Conim 4 Ha told callers ha had eome to the rerfrlosloa that tha proper ttma ta t ask Coaraa for 'a parmanaat tariff I hoard would ha at tha bgtnnlc ef a rasa'.ar aatoa. f Tha rraaldcat told visitors ha h- l!ar4 hr Ztaeamhar tha praaant tariff I hoard would wave prorrd Its worth. a WASHINGTON. April . Ths Sllty socond Con rass mat In extraordinary session today. What tha session will bring forth, or whan It will adjourn, vara mstt.rs of conjecture bar a. Tha Democrats took possesion of tha House and put Champ Clark In tha Speaker's chair. In bis speech accept In tha honor he warned tha Derao era tic in embers that tha eyes of tha country were upon them; that tha party waa an trial, and that It had an oppor tunity for the first time In 1 yeara ta prove Ita worthiness for a still higher expression of confidence. ' Throughout tha day the shadow of tha comlnar Presidential fight fcov-ered about the Capitol, and there la no (jura tion bat that tha maneurers for politi cal advantage will play an Important part In tha affairs of tha Hot and Senate In tha next few months. Bryan and Harmon on Hand. William J. Bryan, of Nebraska, and Governor Harmon, of Ohio, were lead ins" flrurea en tha floor of the House. Had Governor Woodrow Wilson been present, the list of generally accepted Democratic Presidential possibilities would have been complete. The Senate'a openlnc was sedate aa visual. And while tha leadership of tha npper branch remains In Republican hands, the chance In the personnel waa almost aa marked aa In tha House. Aldrich. Hale. Beveridge and there of both tha reamer and progressive fac tions were missed. President Taft'a message, dealing with Canadian reciprocity, will ba read la Congress tomorrow. The Democrate f the House, however, have formulat ed an ambitious programme, which In cludes the revision of schedules of tha Payne-Aldrlch tariff laws. Tariff Bills Will Be Rilled. Republican leaders of the Senate rave announced there shall ba no tarltf legislation. They devlare they are not alarmed at the threat of the Democrats to hold back reciprocity until action Is secured on tariff bills. This differ ence promise soon t, bring the two branch ee Into conflict. A legislative deadlock la predicted, and the length of the session seems to depend on how long the Democratic House will bom bard the Republican Senate with gen eral legislation bills. from a political standpoint It Is likely that one of the most Important things tha temocratlc House will do will ba to order aa Investigation of tha departments and branches of tha Gov ernment service. The temocrats say there have been no auch Investigations for 20 years, and that a aavlng to tha people will result. The House seeslon waa devoted to the work of organization. The adoption of the new rules waa put over until to morrow. The Republicans will make their first fight on these. They resent the action of the Democrats In Increas ing the membership of committees with out Increasing the percentage of minor ity representation. Inargrnt Flock Alone. The Republican Insurgents In the House Indicated their purpose to act ladapendently by declining to vote for Mann for Speaker, and by giving their support to Cooper of Wisconsin. The Insurgents gained a member when Ak in of New Tork. elected as an "Independent .Democrat" and heretofore carried on law Democratic rolls, cast Ma lot with them and chose a aeat on tha Republican side. Berger of Wisconsin, the only 80 rtal'st In the House, voted ""present" In the Speakership balloting. He also , choes a seat on tits Republican side. In his speech accepting the Speakership I Clark- enumerated the promlaee to the (CoaeJsded en rare . Contract Fntrred Into With Henry 1-alllnz Folate for 10-Year Lease on Quarter-Block. Contract for a lease for SO yeara of tha quarter block at tha southeast cor ner of Fifth and 'Alder streets has been signed between the estate of Henry Failing, tha owner, an I I. Gevurts A Son. furniture dealers. It la tha Intention of Oevurtx Son to erect a -story. building on the sit, and plana are now being drawn by WhiJden dt Lewis, architects. Tha present tenants will hold until July 1. 112. and six months will be al lotted for construction of tha building. The six-story building that now stands on the ground is of first-class construc tion with steel frame. This frama will be utilised In the new building, and six stories added. The brick facing on the present building will be torn out and tha proposed structure will be faced with terra cotta tile. The building la to be strictly -Class A" and the fittings and arrangements will be of the most modern type. Part of tha ground floor on Airier street and most of the space on tue upper floors of the present building la now occupied by the Honeyman Hard ware Company. Tha second floor la occupied by the Fred A. Jacobs Com reny. realty dealers, and the Fifth- street frontage Is divided Into retail stores. The new building will be the largest structure devoted to the retail furni ture business In the United States. I. Oevurtx. head of the firm, started In bustness In Portland more than 1 years ago with a little store It by IS feet at First and Yamhill streets. The concern has occupied Its present quar ters at First and Tamhlll for the last It year, and will maintain a branch In this location after the new building is completed. The architecture of the building Is to ba attractive and In keeping with new structures In that Immediate neighbor hood. Tha front on both sides Is to be of steel and plate glass, and as much glaaa aa possible will be used In con struction, so as to make tha building llfbt and airy on all floors. CLERIC SEEKS HONEST LIFE La Grande Minister Leaves Pulpit for Orchard Church Scored. LA GRANDE, Or, April 4.-Fpe- rtai.) Informing his congregation that he la thoroughly disgusted with the "systems" In vogue la the so-called church and asserting that be could not be honeat and remain In the church as Its pastor and do the thlnga required of It. Rev. Ford Ellis Sunday night preached hla last sermon In tha Cen tral Church of Christ and Is today moving on an orchard In this valley. The demands made of the preacher today, ha said, were auch aa to forbid an honest living. Ha mads these statements a week ago, when he startled hla congregation by the charges related, and during the week waa roundly criticised. Last night ba reiterated his former statements and added that the system and cuatom bade him obey certain rltea and customs, while conscience told him otherwise, yet his personal beliefs had to be dis regarded In order to earn his bread and butter. T am leaving tha local organisation for a Held that la not limited by forma and formula." he said. ORIENTAL RATE WAR ENDS Steamship Lines Agree) to Xlesnmo Former Tariffs on Cereals. SEATTLE! April 4. Representatives of ths trana-ParlOd steamship lines be longing to the Trans-Pacific Tariff Bu reau, at a meeting hold here yesterday. agreed to restore the former rates on wheat and flour from North Paclflo porta to Japan. China and Manila, tha agreement to become effective June L thereby ending the bitter rate war which baa been on for the last two months. Since ths rate war became acute all tha lines have been quoting a 11.50 rate on wheat and a fl rate on flour. The regular rates, wntch will be re stored June L are f 1 to ports In Japan and Hongkong and fl to Shanghai. Tha following lines were represent ed at the conference: The Bank line, the Blue Funnel Up, the Nippon Tusen Kalsha. the Great Northern Steamship Company, the Canadian Pacific Steam ship Company, the Osaka Shoehea Kalsha. the Portland-Asiatic Steamship Company and tha Paclflo Hail Steam ablp Company. DEATH ENDS BOY'S PLIGHT Child, Murderer, Die in Prison - Serving; Life Sentence. THOMA9TON". Teg, April 4,-Deatn brought to an early end yesterday tha Ufa sentence which Kentaon Preble. II years old. was serving In the state prison here for the murder of his chum. Morris W. Heath. Tounr Preble was but IS yeara old and weighed only 19 pounds when committed to prison In September. 107. His health bad failed during hla Imprisonment. It was fear of a bigger boy that led young Preble to commit the crime, ac cording to the lad's confession. "Be cause I kicked Morris' dog." he said. he said he. would kill me. He was bigger than ma, so I had to kill him." was the substance of the boy's state ment. Court Defied by Mother and Affinity. CALIFORNIA SCORNED BYLAW Mrs. Henry and Six Armed Men Flee South in Autos.' KELLEYACTS IN COLLUSION Divorced Wife of Seattle Man by Force Takes Her Offspring; and Her Consort Is Accused of Devising Whole Scheme. FAN FRANCISCO, April 4. (Special.) Pursued by police, private detectives, Sheriffs and peremptory court orders. Mrs. Albert J. Henry, the Seattle so defy woman who forfeited her rights as a mother by eloping to San Iran Cisco .with' & Foster Kelley, the Seattle capitalist, and himself a husbandand father, la today defying all the machin ery of the law In the flight that began last night when she kidnaped her two little children. Judge E. P. Mogan of the Superior Court at noon today ordered the serv ing of a second writ of habeas corpus on Mrs. Henry and the nurse in her employ. Miss Pearl Wlckoff. ordering them to appear In court Immediately after lis service and bring the children with them. A copy of the writ waa ordered sent to every Sheriff and city police depart ment In the state, and the entire ma chinery of the California law Is now In motion to nead off the desperate mother In what Is believed' to ba an attempt to reach Mexico,' , Xirne Severely Grilled. Miss Pearl "Wlckoff. the trained nurse to whose car Mrs. Henry gave the chil dren If days ago when she left for, Seattle to defend Henry's divorce suit, was summoned to the Superior Court by Judge Mogan this morning and un derwent a severe grilling by the court and W. II. Metson. Henry's attorney. Her testimony established the fact that 8. Foster Kelley and Mrs. Henry lived together or in close gommunlcatlon with each other at the Hotel Savoy, on Van " Ness avenue, and that It was Kelley who paid for'the board and care of the Henry children after Miss Wlck off hook charge of them. After Judge Mogan had listened to Mlsa Wlckoffs story he Issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Henry, John Doe Bogan and six other Does for contempt of court. Bogan Is the tall, burly fellow who led the squad of private detectives with Mr a. Henry at the nurse's apartments oij Jones street last night. Kelley Alda In Kidnaping. Kelley has been living In San Fran cisco since he eloped with the wife of his former employe last Fall. It 'la believed that he financed and helped plan Mrs. Henry's daring plot to take the children In the face of a court order. With the aid of half a dosen private detectives, whom she had employed for the undertaking. Mrs. Henry succeeded In gaining possession of her two chll- (Concluded on Paga ft.) :; r - ' n ; - : ; r- -: i; ! , . $ f b v I LED 1 05.2 ; u M Orel so. Giuseppe de Marin to. sllegad Camorrlst, d, nlea murder plot. Paxa 2. Mexico's ex-Ambassador to United Stages and Madero representative bold peace conference In Washington. Fags 3. . ' National. Conrrnu meets In extra eesion and Clark leus Democratic policy, rage 1 Vomeatie. Vrs. Hrnrv and detectives abduct h' chil dren and start for Mexico: California courts seek her. Pass 1. Baron da Con.tant says war between united State, and Japan would be lolly, rase a. Social-Democratic party defeated In Mil waukee election. Page a. Los Angeles streetcar held up; 82 are robbed Oy two. Pace 4. Politics. Harrison elected Mayor of Chicago by pl' ralltr of 17.06- Pace 1. Roosevelt .peak, at Sacramento In favor of government by tha people, rage J. Sport a. Coa.t Leamie score: Portland, 2: Vernon, 1: other games postponed. Pass T. Reinstatement of Ben Henderson, Beaver pitcher, la reversed. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. rtr.mn Rnnr.ni. Court hold, owner of abut tins property owna dirt out to middle of at reel. Page a. Six studcrta found guilty of hazing girls at Washington State College. Page ! Civil War veteran, aged 81. sues for dlvjrce from woman 73 yeara old. Page 13. Witness In Hoqulam murder case declarea , .layer of Chinaman took gunpowder to nerve aeir for crime, fane J. Coal land Indlctmenta quashed In Seattle no further action to be taken until Su prama Court Interprets law. page 6. 8e mour beats Mayor Fawcatt In Tacoma recall vote, but not getting majority new election will be held. Page 6. Jury puszled In convict case at Salem. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Sheep pelts decline In sympathy with wool. Page. IS. Wool aalaa large In Boston market. Page IS. Northern railroad stocks strong feature dt Wall street. - Page 18. Members of the Old Port Commission hav ing given 110.000 bond, employes re ceived monthly pay cbecka. Page IS. Port land and Vicinity. Theodore Roosevelt guest of Portland to day. Pagei. Influx of colonists growing greater. Page 12. Board of Education may dismlsa Architect Jon. Page 12. J. P. O'Brien, head of Karrlman lines In Montana, arrested for blocking streeta with tracks, page IS. Judge Kavanaugh decldea today whether new bids are to be asked for west wing of Courthouse, Page a. Skyscraper to be built on Fifth and Alder. Paga X. City demande valid reason for rejection of Broadway bridge bonds by Chicago nmv paga 10. F. 1 Brayton dlrecta construction of Wil cox akyscraper by telephone when quar antined. Paga 14. BROTHERS ARE REUNITED Salesman Brings Men Separated 85 Yean Toccther. 1X39 ANGELES, Cel.. April 4. (Spe cial.) Through the wonderful memory of a traveling salesman two brothers, sepa rated 35 yeara without knowledge of each other's whereabouts or hope of finding each other, were brought together today. Several months ago James Memslng, of Cincinnati, was talking wtlh the sales man and Incidentally the latter told him of having heard the same name in York, Pa. The commercial traveler promised to look him up on his next 1 trip. Meantime Ferdinand Memslng. the Pennsylvania man. came here to spend part of the Winter. James Memslng arrived today. and the brothers were reunited. KNOCKOUT MAY BE FATAL Wakefield . Loses at Boise, Anne . Flees, Three Arrested. BOISE. Idaho, April 4. B. Wakefield is in a precarious condition from the ef fects of being knocked out in the ajxth round of his fight at Haley tonight with Carl Aune, of Philadelphia. He was unconscious for two hours and little hope is entertained for his recovery. Art Jackson; the promoter; Ous Terxoldt, the referee, and George Coatea, the timekeeper, have been ar rested. Aune escaped. Merriam Falls Behind Busse's Vote. "SILK STOCKINGS" ARE SUPINE Their Fear of Wet Feet Helps to Defeat Professor. SOCIALISTS ARE STRONG Totals Show Jjarge Increase In New Party's Vote Harrison Helped by Promise of Cheap Gas. Dunne Men Fall to Bolt. CHICAGO, April 4. Carter H. Har rison, Mayor of Chicago from 1897 tin; til 1905 and son of Carter H. Harrison, 6r, who occupied the Mayor's office from 1879 to 1887, was re-elected in 1893 and was assassinated during his World's Fair year term, was re-elected for the fifth time today. He defeated Charles E. Merriam, Republican, by 17,082 votes, receiving a total of J.77, 158 votes. In spite of the opposition of most of the press, the election was a complete Democratic victory. A City Council of 41 Democrats and 29 Republicans will greet Harrison's Introduction to his fifth term. Milton J. Foreman was defeated by Albert Xearney, uemocrat, presiaeni ui tug Three-I Baseball League. Harrison Declares Policy. When the result was assured Mr. Harrison issued a statement partially denning his policy. Ho calls atten tion to questions which will come up. Including subways, unification of the transportation service, the price of gaj and telephone and electric light rates. Concluding, he says: J "It is, of course, an impossibility to stamp out vice in a great communiy. The police can hold It in check, how ever, and the police will hold It In check for the coming four years. "My father held the office of Mayor for four successive terms, was out of office two terms and then was re elected. By a singular coincidence that Is Just the history of my publlo service. I shall do my best to give an administration that shall show 'the confidence of my fellow citizens has not been misplaced." Made Good Fight, Says Merriam. The final count gave Harrison 177,358, Professor Merriam 160,276. Rodriguez, the Socialist candidate, received 22,294 votes. Merriam conceded the election of Har rison at 6:30 P. M-, two and a half hours after the polls closed, but said the re sults were auch aa would give him hope for another contest. In giving up the fight Professor Merriam said: I am satisfied with the fight we have made. We have presented the Issues of decent, honest, economical and progres sive government squarely to the voters. I wish to thank every one of my friends who have loyally supported me . with their time, money, eloquence and enthu siasm. I congratulate Mr. Harrison on his victory and wish him well in his ad ministration." Scrutiny of the returns by ward and precinct shown that Professor Merriam (Concluded on Paga 2.) Roommate of Hoquiam Prisoner De clares Murder of Chinaman Was Premeditated. ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 4. Testi fying In the trial of Louis Sklazar, the youth on trial at Montesaiyfor the murder at Hoquiam November 12 last year of Ah Fook, an aged Chinese gardener; Dan Muners, former-roommate of Salazar and also a Chilean, said that before visiting the home of the Chinaman Salazar took a draught of wine In which he had mixed gun powder to nerve him for the murder. "He pulled the bullets out of two revolver cartridges with his teeth," said Muners. "poured the powder into a glass of wine and drank it- I told him he was crazy, but he said it would give him nerve for a Job he had on hand that night." Muners testified that the morning following the crime Salazar confessed to him. The witness also said that Salazar importuned him to aid in the murder, .declaring that there would be $2000 In it for them. Muners was sub jected to rigid cross-examination but his story was not shaken. As Muners testified Salazar, for the first time since, his arrest, seemed to realize the seriousness of the situa tion. His hands trembled and his lips quivered. The case went to the Jury at 6 o'clock this evening, after Salazar took the stand In his own behalf. He said he had quarreled with the Chinaman over a 75-cenfwash bill; that he told him he would pay him pay day. The China man, he said, picked up a hammer and he (Salazar) wrested it from him and felled the Celestial. When the China' man called for help, Salazar said, he cut his throat with a hatchet to silence him. He then took $5 which lay on the table and made his escape, after throwing the body into the river. GRAIN HELPED, FRUIT HURT Walla Walla Frost? Menaces Peach, Apricots and Cherry Crops. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April 4. (Special.) Greatly enhancing the pics pects for the grain crop, but probably killing every peach, apricot and charry in the Valley, the worst storm of the season hit- Walla Walla early this morning, following an all-night rain. The rain was badly needed by the wheat of the country, and farmers re joice in the moisture that has been given the ground at a mtjst opportune time. They say that the . crop con dition at present Is little short of per fect, and that there Is no reason why there should not be the biggest wheat yield the valley has ever known. Half an Inch of rain fell. , Following the rain, a heavy sndw began falling about daylight, and at noon two Inches of white covered the gardens and trees. This melted quick ly with the afternoon sun, but the sky, cleared of clouds, bids fair to make way for the heaviest frost of the Spring. Peaches, cherries and apricots are in full blossom, and should the frost. which has already begun to appear. continue through the night, the damage will be Immense. Appearances are that apples may also be 'damaged, but they are hardly far enough along to be hurt much. SWEETHEARTS KIN, PERISH Man Dies of Grief After Learning: of Relationship Girl's Body in Lake. CLEVELAND. April 4. Shock and grief caused by the discovery that his sweet heart, Anna Xeumelster, aged 17, was his half-sister, is believed to have caused the death of John Ott, who died on the street yesterday, according to the Coro ner's verdict today. The body of Miss Neumeister was taken from Lake Erie a short time before Ott died. The discovery of their rela tionship had prompted her to take, her life. . Ott became a boarder at the Xeumels ter home recently. Sunday the mother found him making love to Anna. She then informed the sweethearts that they were relatives. Ott quit the house and was seen no more until his body waa taken to the morgue. It was at first supposed he had committed suicide, but the Coroner could find no evidence of poison. Miss Neumeister left home Sun day afternoon. Testerday her body was found in the lake. Late last night it was Identified. NORTHWEST MEN IN REAR Most Representatives Unlucky In Drawing Seats in House. ' OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, April 4. As usual. North western Representatives, with one ex ception, were unfortunate in the draw ing for seats in the House of Repre sentatives today and In consequence most of them are located In the rear of the House. La Follette of Washington, the lucky member, was third to be called in to day's lottery and, strangely enough, he selected a seat Immediately behind Dalzell of Pennsylvania and diagonally across the aisle from ex-Speaker Can non. He is In the very center of the old guard which clustered around Can non and is removed from most of the other insurgents. v- Lafferty was called comparatively early, but chose a seat about half way from the last aisle on the Republican side, immediately adjoining the "Chero kee strip," that is filled with. Democrats. Short Stay to Be Full of Incident. RECEPTION LONG PLANNED First Feature After Parade Is Multnomah Dedication. MERRICK TAKES WELCOME Postmaster Will Carry Mail to ex President at Koseburg Finish ing Touches Put on. Plans for ' Surprise in Store for T. R. PROGRAMME TO BE FOLLOWED BT COLONEL ROOSEVELT. J:30 P. M. Arrival of ex-Presl-dent Roosevelt from San Francisco at Union Depot. 8:00 P. M. Dedicatory services up on Multnomah Club Field. 8:30 P. M. Start for East Side to . view school children on Grand ave nue. 4.30 P. M. Arrival at Portland Ho tel, occupying rooms 210. 311, 213. :00 P. M. Escort consisting- of . President Beckwith of Commercial Club, Governor West and Mayor Si mon to call at hotel tq take Roose velt to Commercial Club banquet. - 6:15 Arrival of Roosevelt and es cort at banquet hall. 7:00 P. M. Armoay opened to the general publlo from the Eleventh strait entrance. 7:80 P. M. Third Regiment Band to give concert In Armory until ar rival of ex-President. 8:30 P. M. Roosevelt and escort leave Commercial Club banquet for ' Armory. :40 P. M. Arrival of ex-Presl-dent at Armory. 8:45 F. M. Roosevelt begins to spealc. 10:00 P. M. Roosevelt leaves for the Press . Club, escorted by Presi dent Vincent, of Press Club; Presi dent Beckwlth, of Commercial Club; Governor West and Mayor Simon. 10:30 P. M. Roosevelt leaves for private car of H. C. Nutt. fourth vice-president of the Northern Pa cific at Union Depot.. 11:15 P. M. Train leaves for Ta coma. with Roosevelt aboard. Theodore Roosevelt. ex-President of the United States, will, today be the guest of Portland. A royal welcome Is to be given the distinguished traveler and statesman and the many sub-com mittees in charge of the entertainment have everything ready so that the re ception to America's foremost private citizen, beginning upon the arrival of Colonel Roosevelt and party on tho Shasta Limited from the South at 2:30 P. M. and ending on his departure at 11:15 tonight, may be carried out with the nicety of a piece of well-oiled ma chinery. "Strenuous," to use the Colonel's own word, have been the preparations of the Commercial Club and other organi zations for the Portland reception. For more than a month the plans have been worked upon and the surprises in store for Mr. Roosevelt added to until it is now believed a genuine treat will ba in store for him, busy though he will be all day. Welcome to Be Hearty. That Mr. Roosevelt may leave Port land with the one idea in mind, that "of all that is good Oregon affords tha best." is the sole aim of the reception committees. Royal is only a mild term which can be used for Portland's wel come to "Teddy." a welcome which will Droclalm the real good feeling which this city and district feels toward the ex-President, a welcome for which Ore gon people are noted. The Weather Man has been appealed to. and while he does not promise ab solutely to hold back a gentle April shower or two, he has been asked to be good so fervently that those In charge of all other, arrangements asldo from the weather are hoping that this autocratic individual may be lenient. Aside from tha possibility of rain there, seems to be no chance for anything; happening to mar the success of tha day. x I When Mr. Roosevelt departs from Portland it will be as sc king leaving behind a loyal following, wishing him God-speed on his travels. He will ba accompanied to the Union station by the managers of the Commercial Club and others who will have helped to make, his all-too-short stay in Portland aus plclous. At the station will be wait ing the private car of H. C. Nutt, fourth vice-president of the Northern Paclflo Railway. ' Great Surprise In Sore. Finishing touches were placed in tha banquet hall (or the big surprise which has been planned for almost a month. In the matter of the arrangements for the dedicatory services at the Multno mah field, where the new 8300,000 build ing will receive its start. President Holt reported to the general commit tee that he had everything well In hand and that not only the inscriptions upon -the corner-stone were complete, but the silver trowel, which the ex-Prest-dent will handle while he smooths tha cement which will bind the stone to its (Concluded, en. Page 1ft)