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. r nn ml . ' h. " PRICE FIVE CENTS.- OL LI . 1 ... , : - -. I I REVENUE PROVES STUMBLING BLOCK Democrats Facing Tariff Dilemma. FREE WOOL MEANS BIG LOSS Way to Make Up Deficiency Is Not Apparent. LOWER DUTY IS PROBABLE Vet lias SmU Voice In House In Shaping Schedule H, Hut in Senate Dominating factors Will He Heard. rtT IIAftRT J. FROWN. ORKGOX NEWS Bl'REAl". Washing ton. May IS. Inability to reduce ma terially the cost of running the Oo rrnmrnt Is proving embarrassing to Ihe Democratic leaders In Congress In Ihelr enilearor to shape a tariff revi sion proeramme In conformity m-lth the platform pledaes of their party. The Democratic leader, brought face to face with an Imminent legislative sltu aiim. are Ilndinir out that It la one hint: to d-noun.e the Republicans for extravagance and quite another to lay their hn.ls on specific Instances of ex travagance and. by curing them, effect a savlnr- Wool situation Inling. TM peculiar situation Is illustrated clearly by the present embarrassment of the Democratic leaders of the House who respect to the proposal to amend Ihe wool schedule of the Tayne-Aldrlch law. I'nqucstlonably a large majoilty .f 'he I emocrilic members of he House are at heart In favor of frea raw wool. The party promised frea wool If it rot in power, the majority wnts free wo"L but hesitates to pasa a bill putting wool on IBe free list. Why? Urmply because the placing of raw wool on the free list would re duce the Federal revenues Jll.oao.OOO a year, and the Democratic House does not now see where It ran reduce the cost of government to this extent with, out Injuring or Impairing the public sorvi :. The probabilities are that when the Iemocrats of the House caucus on the wool problem next week they will fa vor a reduction, but not the removal of all duty on wooL And this will be brought about with tho reluctant con sent of many a Iemocrat who would like to vote to put raw wool on the free list. It was not lone ago that a majority of the I "emocrats on the ways and means committee expressed them selves In favor of free wooL But Speaker Clark. Chairman Vnderwood and a few other prominent and influ ential IVmocrats instantly saw that suca a thing, if worked out. would prove everlastingly embarrassing to the Democrats, for It would create a big deficit In the treasury, and that would not te a good thing for the Democrats to face In the first Presi dential campaign in li years in which they have had any chance of success. Hrdnctlon Mul Suffice. So a majority of the ways and means committee accepted the Judg ment of the Speaker and of Chairman I'nderwood. and framed a tentative bill reducing the duty on raw wool to a rate running from Itf to SI per cent ad valorem. The same Influences which brought a majority of the ways and means lemocr.its Int li-ie Is likely to bring a maicrity 3f t'le Wmocrai'c House caucus Into line, although it will be a btcger Job controlling the Democratic membership of the House than It was to control a maojrlty of the Democratic membership of the mays and means committee. At that. It may not be pos sible to line up the Iemocratic caucus In support of the ways and metna committee bills. Some other rate may have to be substituted for that fixed la the bill to be submitted by the com mlvee to the caucus. Nevertheless, It Is conceded that the caucus will not go on record f.r free vool. even though a rUar majority of Ita members would rix the denVtt and take a chance on cutting down government expenditures to a point a here the dedost would be wiped out. Bryan Still Has Following. The fact that William Jennings Prran Is clamoring for free raw wool will make It more difficult for the House leaders to swing the caucus Into :ne than would have been the case had the great Commoner remained silent, or acuuiesced readily In the scheme to retain a "reasonable tariff on raw vooL Not withstanding his re peated defeats. Bryan Is today as great an Idol as ever with many I democrats In Congress, and his Judgment to then Is law. They are willing to agree that free raw wool la the proper thing. If Bryan says so. and up to the present moment Bryan baa not oublicly con fessed to an error In Judgment There Is one ether thing, however, that deters the House leaders from giv ing assent to the passage of a free wool Mil. and that la the iieJlule certauvy that such a bill cannot hope to pass the present Senate. If the Democratic House should paaa a free wool bill with the abo'ute knowledge thst Its bill Ceocluded oa face ft- GIFT BY TEACHER AIDS ANNUITIES VXXAMKD DONOR ADDS S00 TO PKNSIOX H"XI. .tt'ihe Work to Obtain 300 Neces sary Names to Insure Organ isation to Bo Begun. With a Rift of $0000 from a former schoolteacher whose name la withheld and a guaranteed annual contribution of 13000 from the county school fund, the Teachers Retirement Fund Asso ciation of Multnomah County will start active work as soon as iOO teachers are signed as members by a committee which was named at the meeting; Sat urday. The signing of tho necessary number of teachers Is expected to be completed this week, only 300 being re quired of the teachers In the city. The constitution and by-laws will be adopted at a special meeting. Dues and the permanent fund from the county are to be the nucleus from which the retirement annuities will be paid. The annuity given at the completion of 30 years work will be $500. and Its acceptance makes the resignation of the reacher from his position Impera tive. After 20 years of service, on the advice of a physician employed by the association, the teacher may be retired with tiZl.33 l-Z annuity, which Is in creased by H. 3-3 each year until the JOth year, when it remains at $500. The dues for the first ten years, ac cording to the by-laws as now framed, will be $1 a month of the ten school months; for tho second ten years they wilt be $2' a month, and for the third ten years. $3 a month, when the teach er Is retired, if ha wishes It. Teachers retaining their .positions at the end of that time do not receive the annuity. Teachers who wish to pay back Install ments for the number of years that they have taught, but not belonged to the association, may do so on the set scale, with compound Interest, the whole amount to be paid not exceed ing $410. ALFALFA IS HUMAN -DIET Fanner at Spray Proposes to Can Hoots for Table Vse. Alfalfa now has reached such a stage of development that It ran be used for human consumption at least the roots of It can. C. V. Waters, an enterpris ing farmer residing near Spray. Or, has completed experiments that con vince biro that the roots of the ordinary commercial alfalfa plant can be treated so that they will be readily edible as well as highly nourishing and palatable. He has arraaged to construct a large building for canning alfalfa roots and expecta to 'offer his prfcduct to the trade within the present year. The roota can be taken from the ground a. er the crops of several seasons have been harvested, so that the plant Is given an added value. Mr. Waters de clares that by proper treatment the clever housewife can convert canned alfalfa roota Into a variety of tempting dishes, which can be served either as a vegetable or as dessert. PHONOGRAPH CRIES 'FIRE!" Vancouver Folk Hash to Aid of Supposed Person In Dl.stress. VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 18. (Spe cial.) Cries of elr. Police: "Mur der." and "FlreT and kindred calls at tracted people on Washington 'str today to a building on Fifth street. The cries coming from the house caused the pedestrians on the street to believe that a crime was being committed and rushed to the assist ance of the distressed. They found a large phonograph, with a big horn attachment, grinding out "Kill the I'mplre. Kelly's Safe." The horn, which waa of unusual propor tion, magnified he sound, and the usual din of the street softened the grating sound, usually heard on such Instruments. V- 'v' -i ' 1 : -A - --T- t -I - - - ' - 1 ' - AV'V ;- s At- y y . r ... J j Jk ' A x' " "'"" f JOIIX W G4TE1. WHOeTKSTI-0T BEFORE HOCSE ItVESTIGATOBJ OK STEEI, TRI ST REVEALED ITS HISTORV, AND GrSTAV SCHWAB, ANDREW CARNEGIE, J. P. JOIIV.CTEM-HOI;TI.STI11i ,AB0VE AMI E. H. GARV, STEEL MAGNATES IXVOMBD WHO WILt BE SIMMOSED TO TESTIFY. . GARY MUST TELL SECRET OF STEEL Corporation Chief Is Subpenaed. COMMITTEE SUMMONS HIM John Lambert, of Republic ' Company, Also to Testify. STANLEY WELL SATISFIED Itcpres-eiilative Who Heads Con gressional Inquiry Body Is Well Informed Gates' Story Throws Spotlight on Hearing. WASHINGTON. May 2$. (.Special.) Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation and the real chief of the organization, will furnish the second chapter of the Stanley committee's his tory of the great steel trust. He has been subpenaed to appear next Thurs day morning. There will be a commit tee meeting on Tuesday, but in all probability no Important witnesses will be heard at that time. John Lambert, of the Republic Iron and Steel Company. Is to be heard soon. Representative Stanley Is more than pleased at the result of the first at tempt of his committee to get at the facts behind this gigantic combination of capital. What John W. Gates said under oath yesterday was not all new to Mr. Stanley, out part of It he only suspected. Eyes Are on Hearings. The graphic way In which the vet eran f.i.anclcr described the movements in the big chess game that led up to the elimination of Mr. Carr.egie and the pooling of Interests In ene holding company of $1,700,000,000 capital has centered the eyes of everybody In Washington on the hearings. It has become apparent that -Mr. Stanley knows what he la talking about. In nearly every Instance yes terday he asked his questions of Mr. Gates In a way to show he expected a certain answer. When he got It he would nod his head In satisfaction. The truth Is. Mr. Stanley has made the investigation of the steel trust his hobby for many years. There was one thing that he and his colleagues on the committee were especially eager to learn, rnd that was tho exact reason for the sudden merging of the com peting steel concerns 'n 1900 and 1901. Mr. Gates solved It all in the one maglo word "Carnegie." Carnegie Is Suspected. I suspected," said Mr. Stanley to day, "that Carnegie- was the cause of It at that particular time, I believe that he had decided to make Morgan and his crowd buy him out at his own price or else dominate the entire steel Industry himself by going Into the manufacture of every kind of steel products and the building of railroads, Mr. Gates explained it Just that way." The committee will continue its meetings here until the end of the present session of Congress. It then intends to go to New York, Pittsburg and Chicago and take testimony. There will probably be no man of prominence In steel affairs or In any great bank ing Institution or other line of Indus try that is in any way connected with steel who will not eventually be ex ( Concluded on Page 2.) MEN Or WORLD-WIDE PROMINENCE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN CONGRESSIONAL STEEL TRUST INQUIRY. AMUSEMENT PARK IS RAZED BY FIRE CHUTES, SAX " FRANCISCO, E- STROYED ; LOSS $250,000. Woman and Man Hurt Jumping ' From Second-Story Boardlng Hou.se Firemen Fight Hard. . BAN FRANCISCO. May :9. 4 A. M.) Chutes Park, the largest amusement resort in the city, was destroyed by fire this morning and a number of boarding houses and other buildings in the vicinity damaged. The ' loss on the park Is over $250,000. Delle Alviso. 19 years old. Jumped from the second story of a frame boarding-house near the resort and. was dangerously Injured. William Williams, who attempted to catch Miss Alviso as she fell, had his wrist broken. Joseph Feist, a tailor, who also jumped from the second story of the boarding-house, broke his right leg. Every fcuilding within the block is on fire. The amusenresort was gutted and the firemen then attempted to save ad jacent buildings. Every reserve fire company In the city has been called out. . The building occupied by the Cali fornia Bakery Company caught lire several times but the flames have been entlnguished before they went beyond control. The fire started in the rear of the Pullman billiard hall and was beyond control before an alarm could be turned In. Employes of the chutes from the top of the scenic railway fought the fire with a garden hose until they were driven from their position by heat and smoke. . v Every building in the resort IoCk has been destroyed. Including SO stores oc cupied by concessionaires. The owners of the resort estimate their loss V $250, 000. jg The power-house across tf treet from the burning buildings T? saved. At 3:15 the fire was under control. A cage of monkeys and a baby lion were saved by daring efforts of the employes of the park. The police suc ceeded In rescuing several occupants .of the Chutes Lodging-House after they had been overcome by smoke. HITCHCOCK HAS SURPLUS Postal Department Turns Over Mil lion Dollars. WASHINGTON, May 28. For the first time in the history of the service, the deficit In the Postoffice Depart ment has been entirely wiped out, and $1,000,000 surplus for the current fis cal year ended June 30, is In- the Treasury to the Department's credit. Postmaster-General Hitchcock last night signed a warrant returning to the Secretary of the Treasury $3,000,000. the last of the amount set apart from the public funds to assist in defraying the expenses of the postal service for the present year. Reforms In the fi nancial system. It Is said, have made the refund possible. An accounting plan, which was adopted a year ago. Insures the prompt deposit In the Treasury of postal funds not required for .lsbursement at post offices, thus making available for use by the Postoffice Department several millions of dollars that, under the former practice, would be tied up In postofflces. SON BORN TO CHURCHILLS Stork Visits English Home Secretary at London. LONDON. May 28. Mrs. Winston Spencer Churchill, wife of the Home Secretary, today gave biith to a son. Mrs. Churchill formerly was Miss Clementine Hozler. daughter of the late Sir Henry Montague Hosier. She was married to Mr. Churchill In 1908. GOAL GLA1 HITS SUBPENAED NORTH 30 Days' Grace Is Al lowed Locators. EX-GOVERNOR GILLETT IS ONE Wife of Former California Ex ecutive Must Appear. ALL . CALLED TO JUNEAU Holders' of Douglen Group Lands Arc Ordered to Prove Good Faith in' Filing on Them 39 Deemed Dummies. SEATTLE, Wash, May 28. James N. Gillett. ex-Governor of California; his wife, Isabella Gillett; James McLachlan, ex-Representative of Congress, of Pasa dena, Cal., and a member of the Na tional Monetary Commission; Henry T. Oxnard. president of the American Beet Sugar Company, and all other claimants to coal lands in the Doughten group, Alaska, have been notified by the Regis ter of the Juneau Land Office to appear before him within 30 days and ' show cause why their entries should not be reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office for cancellation or rejection. Estimates of the value of the lands range from $23,000,000 to $30,000,000. Charges have been filed by a special agent of the General Land Office against each of the claims. The Government al leges: Outside Interest Alleged. "That the claimants did not make their respective locations and filings for their own exclusive, individual use and bene fit, but that each and every one of them prior to making said locations en tered Into an agreement with Charles H. Doughten and Raymond Brown, whereby It was agreed that Doughten and Brown should receive a certain in terest in the locations and filings and enjoy the benefits of a greater number of locations and entries of coal lands than allowed by law. "That the claimants did not locate and file upon the lands embraced in and cov ered by their several filings in good faith, but each of said locations was made pursuant to an unlawful agree ment and understanding entered Into by each and every one of the claimants with Doughten and Brown, whereby the entries were to be made in the Interest of Doughten and Brown and various other persons or corporations. . Indictment Held Valid. "That the locators of the claims did not open and Improve any mine of coal, as required by law." , The promoters of the Doughten group, Harry White, of Los Angeles, ex-Mayor of Seattle; Donald A. McKenzie, of Washington. D. C; Charles A. McKenzie. of Seattle; Raymond Brown and William I. Dunn, of Spokane, and Charles M. Doughten. of Pearson. Wash., were In dicted by a Federal grand Jury at Spo kane last October for conspiracy to de fraud the Government of possession and use of the Doughten group of lands. They demurred to the indictment, but United States District Judge Judkin held that the indictment was valid. There are 39 claims, and land office officials say that all the original locators were dummies. Following Is a list of the original 39: Martin J. Kales, Francis A. Fisher, (Concluded on Page 2.) MEXICAN ROBBERS SLAY AMERICANS RANCHER MURDERED AND WIFE CARRIED OFF BY BAND. Mining Engineer Held Vp and Then KilledSteamer Newport Brings Rcfngees From South. SAN FRANCISCO.' May 28. (Special.) The Pacific Mall steamer Newport ar rived tonight from Panama and Mexi can ports four days overdue and crowded with refugees from the Mexi can Coast. All these refugees unite in saying that bands of freebooters who call themselves insurrectos. ' are plundering and burn ag and that there Is no safety for life and property ; In Western Mexico. Robert J. Swazle, an American planter in Mlchocoan. was killed by a band of Insurrectos; his ranchhouse burned and. his wife probably taken by marauders as she disappeared the night of her husband's murder. James Mclntyre. an American miner, was held up --nd robbed by a band of Mexicans near Ahuijudla. After they secured about S2T00 from Mclntyre. the Mexicans decided to kill him and promptly filled him with lead. Dr. George D. Rich, an American phy sician at Colima, received word of Mc Intyre's fate. Many stories of wanton outrage and burning of property were brought by these refugees, few of whom saved any of their possessions. The steamers passengers told of a battle at Acapulco in which 83 federals and an unknown number of rebels were killed. The Newport brought $140,000 in her treasure tanks. Shipping at the Mexican ports is at a standstill and great difficulty is be ing experienced in loading and dis charging by vessels calling at the va rious ports of stop. MOTHER SEEKS CHILDREN Mrs. Jack Cudahy Trails Mother-in-Law Who Has Possession. LOS ANGELES. CaL. May 28. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Jack Cudahy left the Hotel Alexandria today for Kansas City to begin, a search there for her four chil dren, who were suddenly taken away from Pasadena last Sunday by their grandmother, Mrs. Michael Cudahy. It was Mrs. COdahy's intention to leave last Tuesday for the East, but her de parture was delayed by the circulation of a story last Sunday that she had been asked to leave the hotel by the management. Mrs. Cudahy made inquiries last evening at the Cudahy home In Pasa dena and at the convent near Alhambra, where her children had been staying, but she could get no definite Informa tion as to their whereabouts. Tele graphic advices from Chicago last night reported that Joseph Cudahy, the son of Mrs. Michael Cudahy. declared that his mother had left Pasadena with the children and he did not know their present whereabouts. Mrs. Cudahy will be accompanied East by Mrs. Williams, who has been her companion during her visit here. WOMAN IN PERIL FOR CUR Salem Resident Drags Dog From Track as Car Speeds Near. SALEM, Or May 28. (Special.) De votion to a mongrel dog nearly cost a woman her life here today. As an East State street car was bowling along toward the penitentiary a dog, which was accompanying a carriage, lay down on the track in front of the car. A woman in the carriage jumped out and ran in front of the car to drag the dog away. The motbrman succeeded in getting the car under control when it stopped within a few feet of the woman and the dog. The woman's name could not be learned. MORGAN PREACHER SLAYS WIFE WITH CLUB Occult Message to Murder Obeyed. ATTEMPT TO KILL SELF VAIN Minister's Effort to Drown in Ditch Is Futile. SCENE IS NEAR KITTITAS T. H. II. Gardner, Itinerant Clergy man, Surrenders to Sheriff After Crime Man Released Re cently on Insanity Charge. ELLEXSBt'RG. Wash.. May 28. (Spe cial.) In a fit of Jealousy. T. H. H. Gardner, a traveling preachar. beat his wife to death with a board 'early this morning and surrendered after attempt ing to drown himself In an irrigation ditch. The murder was committed a mile east of Kittitas. In the County Jail this afternoon Gardner confessed the murder, saying that he feared if he did not kill his wife that she would have been influenced by his enemies to be unfaithful to him. He acknowledges that he had no reason to suspect his wife of wrongdoing, but re ceived occult messages to that effect. Gardner is 47 years old and his wife was 25. Gardner has been a traveling preacher for years, but for the last eight years has been affiliated with no sect, preaching a religion of his own. The slayer was educated In the West ern Maryland Theological Seminary of the Methodist Episcopal faith. After 10 years of preaching be met the woman he killed today and was united to her by common-law marriage. They were mar ried in Virginia later. Death Messages Heard. Until 1907 Gardner preached a religion of his own. Then he gave up that work and for the last four years traveled from place to place, being supported by his wife who canvassed for a cookbook. At Vancouver, B. C, in April, Gardner says he began to receive messages about his wife and planned for death. "I became miserable," he said, "and asked my wife about the messages I re ceived, but she laughed at me. We made a trip to Lopez Islands, where we (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 7S degrees; minimum, 46 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and continued -warm. Rational. Supreme Court' report on tobacco trust expected today. Page 2. Gary must tell Stanley committee steel trust eoret. Page 1. Democrats in Congress find it hard to re duce tariff and provide revenue. Page 1 Foreign. Emperor Fran Josef attacked by senile de cay. Page 2. Lady Malddstoue, formerly Miss Margaretta Drexel, ts most beautiful peeress in Great Britain. Page 3. Twelve aviators start in Paris to Turin flight. Page 3. Madero thwarts plot to overthrow him and start counter revolution, page 2. Domestic Chutes Park, San Francisco, destroyed by early morning fire; men reported missing. Page 1. Freebooters riot and . slay Americana on West Coast of Mexico. Fage 1. Two killed and much property damaged by heavy winds, page 3 Politics. Rushlight's position on public questions still mystery. Page 9. Heaviest vote in history of Portland ex pected next Monday. Page 0. Short Ballot League of Oregon is formed with Ben Selling as president. Page 14. Five are killed when auto and -streetcar collide. Page 4- Sports. Pacific Coast League results yeseterday Portland 6, San Francisco 0, Oakland 5-4, Vernon 0-3, Los Angeles 9-2, Sacramento 2-3. Page 8. Northwestern League results yesterday Portland 8, Victoria 2; Spokane 2, Van couver 4; Seattle 4, Tacoma 0. Page 8. English and American polo teams to play this week. Page & viator Walsh disappoints 10,000 when en fine breaks, page 8. Pacific Northwest. Roy McClallen Is acquitted by jury at Rose burg for killing B. A. Mahan, March 13. Page 5. F- H. H, Gardner, itinerant preacher, kills wife near Kittitas and surrenders self to Sheriff. Page L Alaska coal-land claimants. Including ex Governor Gillett of California and Mrs. Gillett, are summoned to Juneau to prove validity of claims. Page 1. Valuable Indian table and skulls unearthed at Oregon City. Page 5. Industrial. Arrow Rock dam In Boise River canyon to be highest in world. Page 10. Rich gold strike made In Lucky Boy mine In Lane County. Page 10. Jackson County building better roads. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Bountiful supply of fine roses assured for festival week. Page 14. Max Holts says Portland is favorably re garded In East. Page 1U. Dock systems of world to be studied by Portland Commissioners. Page 15. Electrification of Fourth-street line awaits action of directors of Southern Pacific. Page 15. ? General Daniel W. Burke. U. S. A., retired, dying at Portland home. Page 16. Workman perhaps, fatally hurt by breaking of flume at Goldsmith HilL Page 11. Former teacher gives I5OO0 to start annuity fund, page L Companions of burglar caught by real es tate salesman. captured by police. Page 16. Memorial day sermon preached In churchea. Page . r