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SEVERE REBUKE
FOR ROOSEVELT
TUCKER WILL FILE
SUIT ON OWN PART
SOI TELLS OF
GIRL BELIEVES
OWN FABRICATION
IlLlfLiiULU ETHEL ROOSEVELT
FATHER'S
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AS OFFSET
EI. LA G INGLES DECLARED TO
HAVE HYPNOTIZED HERSELF.
PBESIDENT'S DACGHTEB
VERGE OF BETROTHAL.
PAYMASTER PLANS
REPRISAL.
AVAR OF
THREE HARRIMAN
LINES FDR OREGON
MORE
CRM
MADE
Roads Will Crisscross
Undeveloped Parts.
PLANS EAST AND WEST ROUTE
Wizard to. SDend Millions in
Northwestern Work.
DECLARES WAR ON RIVALS
Recent Bond Issne,Vill Be Used to
"Nail Down" Territory to Which
Bill and St. Paul Roads
Are Buildingr.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. (Special.) A
' larre part of the millions which che
Southern Pacific management has de
cided to raise by bond and stock is
sues is to be devoted to a battle which
Edward H. Harrlman is going to wage
in the Northwest, with James J. Hill
and the St. Paul Interests, for the pos
session of valuable territory. It Is un
derstood that an official announcement
will soon be made of Important exten
sions to be made by Harrlman In Ore
gon and other portions of the Pacific
Northwest.
The State of Oregon Is to secure
railroad advantages which were not
dreamed of a few years agov and which
will bring that state into the forerank
of the Northwest In the way of future
development. The advent of the St.
Paul Into the transcontinental field,
the activity of the Hill lines in sur
veying new territory, and the prob
ability that the Northwestern will soon
decide to seek a Coast extension, have
made Harrlman determined to secure
all of the valuable territory in the
Northwest that It Is possible to obtain.
Will SKnI Millions.
This territory was as valuable sev
eral years ago, to far as future pos
sibilities were concerned, but the fact
that other railway systems have cast
longing eyes upon the golden North
west has caused Harrlman to bestir
himself. It Is stated in connection with
the new Issue of securities that many
millions will be devoted to extensions
and new lines to supplement the Har
rlman network of roads in the West
and Northwest.
Harrlman will settle the Portland
gateway fight by building his own
line , from Portland to Tacoma, and
using the Milwaukee right-of-way be
yond that point to Seattle. Work on
this line has already been started, and
the agreement with the Milwaukee
road has been signed.
To Extend Shasta Route.
It is also known that Harrlman has
' decided to rush his new Shasta route
to speedy completion. The line has
been built from Weed. Cal.. to Klam
ath Falls, and is to be continued on
north to a connection with the present
main line at Natron.
It is well understood that the Har
rlman people have decided to build an
east and west line across Oregon, start
ing at Ontario on the east, on the Snake
River, and extending almost due west
to Natron. A third line will be built.
It is said, along the Deschutes River,
" south from the Columbia River to a
'connection with the Shasta line at. a
' point north of Klamath Falls. These
.' lines will "nail down" a large portion
of the unoocupied Oregon territory for
the Harriman interests.
PLEASES OREGON INTERESTS
aianiman Activity Regarded as a
Great Boon to Entire State.
The decision to appropriate such a
large part of the money realized from
bond flotations by the Southern Pacific
to Oregon projects confirms the an
nouncement already made of a line into
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HARRY
AU IB.
Indignantly Insists Story of Kidnap
ing Is True and Baffles De
tective Skill.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-(3pecial.) While
Klla Gingles whs identified today as a
shoplifter, she is no longer accused by
Captain P. L. O'Brie of a "frame-up."
The head of Chicago detectives after a
lengthy interview, in which he questioned
the girl at the Frances Wiliard Hospital
until she was apparently exhausted, said
he was firmly convinced that the girl
believed she was telling the truth in her
version of the kidnaping and torturing at
the Wellington Hotel.
Captain O'Brien thinks Miss Gingles Is
the victim of autohypnotism when it
comes to recalling events preceding the
time at which she was discovered tied in
a hotel bathroom. The girl changed her
story somewhat today, though on the
principal points she maintained the same
attitude.
"It is the greatest mystery that has
confronted me In my police career," said
I Captain O'Brien. "I pointed out to her
the inconsistencies of her story, but she
clung indignantly to it. Her tale is im
possible, but I am sure she believes it."
Attorney -O'Donnell said this afternoon
that an investigation of the hotel was
involved in his plans. The affairs of
Miss Barrett and Mrs. Kenyon, would
also be Inquired Into.
IMPALED BY HUGE ICICLE
IallPu Mass of Ice Tierces Man's
Check and Pinions Tongue.
SPOKANE. Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Engaged in knocking huge ici
cles from the -avc of a saloon and
dance hall In Burke, Idaho, using a
garden rake, a swamper known " as
"Shorty" looked up at the wrong in
stant to catch one of the falling spikes
on his left cheek. Driven by a weight
of several pounds, the icicle went
through his cheek, making a hole more
than an inch in diameter and penetrat
ing the tongue. The left side of his
face is badly bruised and swollen.
While "Shorty" was prostrate another
chunk of Ice struck him on the knee.
bruising it so severely he is unable to-
walk.
EX-VICE-PRESIDENT IS -ILL
Adlal E. Stevenson Overworked In
Last Political Campaign.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Adlal E. Steven
son, ex-Vice-President of the United
States, Is III at his Home In Bloomington,
111., according to reports deceived here
today. His activities in the recent cam
paign are said to have proved a severe
strain .on Ills 74 years.
BLOOMINGTON. III.. Feb. 20. Ex-Vlce-President
Adlal E. Stevenson is
recovering from a recent severe bilious
attack, which caused alarm for a time
among his friends. Mr. Stevenson, it is
stated, has now almost completely re
covered. CASTRO L0SE HIS TITLE
Venezuelan Court Decides He Is No
linger President.
CARACAS. Feb. IS, via Willemstad.
Feb. 20. Cipriano Castro has lost his
title as President of Venezuela, the High
Federal Court having rendered a decision
that sufficient evidence had been pre
sented in the suit brought against him
on the charge of attempting to bring
about the assassination of Juan Virrcente
Gomel, the Acting President. In Its
decision the high court transfers the
suit to the criminal court and declares
that Castro is constitutionally suspended
from the Presidency.
SNELL WILL RENEW FIGHT
Will Now Charge Father Had Insane
Delusions About Him.
DF3CATUR, 111., Feb. 2o. In spite of the
Supreme Court's derision upholding the
will of the late Thomas Snell, of Clinton.
III., his son, Richard Snell, .will make
another attempt to break the will. The
contention this time will be almost solely
that Colonel Snell had Insane delusions
as to his son, and that these delusions
were unfounded. The estate amounts to
-1,700.000.
MURPHY MAKES PICTORIAL COMMENT ON THE DEPARTED LEGISLATURE AND OTHER INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE
The Son That Plumbers la the Shell.
Session Costliest of Any
in State.
TOTAL EXPENSE IS $4,200,000
Additional Revenues of Over
$300,000 Provided.
KILL MANY "MORE" BILLS
Appropriations or Over $1,000,000
Go to Graveyard Good Game
Code Enacted Normal
Graft Bill Killed.
APPROPRIATIONS BY I.KCilSLA
TIRE. Senate appropriations. . .. yl.Oii.nno.no
House appropriations. . . . l!,t:ti,47.'t.81!
Continuing appropriations
of preceding Lrlslature 515.8O0.00
Total
73.S2
STATE CAPITOL, SALEM, Feb. 20.
(Special.) This latest Legislature of
Oregon's passed appropriation bills for
some $1,100,000 more than did its pred
ecessor of two years ago. While the
session just ended was the most ex
pensive the state ever had, and in
some respect? the most extravagant, it
provided three or four new sources of
revenue, which will partly make
amends.
The Bean bill for taxation of public
service corporations on capitalized net
earnings will produce "several hun
dred thousand dollars more annual rev
enue for the state than the present sys
tem; how much is yet a matter of con
jecture, but it is expected to bring in
an estimated amount of $250,000, of
which $200,000 will come from taxation
of public-service corporations, and to
add between $25,000,000 and $35,000,000
to the assessable property of the state.
Insurance Law Brings More.
A small additional revenue will come
in from the Clemens-Bean law creating
a new tax on fire Insurance perhaps
$15,000 over and abova the $10,000 an
nual expense of the new insurance com
mission. The new insurance law will
increase the revenue from .insurance
fiom $73,000 to $100,000 a year, this
adding more than $25,000 annually. This
act taxes Are and life premiums 2 V:
per cent and Imposes an annual license
fee on fire companies of $150 and on
life companies of $100. An unknown
new source of state cash is the act im
posing a tax on water franchises- of
between 25 cents and $2 per horsepower
per annum. Another small addition to
the revenue will come from increase of
the inheritance tax.
Some Good Bills Passed.
These several acts are credited to
the merit account of the Legislature.'
While the lawmaking body was extrav
agant and did a lot of things it should
not have done, and while the member
ship of the House Is regarded as con
siderably short of the' Legislative
grades of other sessions which, how
ever, is no recommendation of the oth
ers the Legislature has some things
to look back at with hope of apprecia
tion from its constituents. It has been
a "hatpin" and a "bedsheet" Legisla
ture sure enough, and yet It is only
fair to award some credit, even though
good service, like vlrture, should be
its own reward. It has enacted a good
game code and killed the normal graft
by appropriating no money for keeping
up the normals. . .
Next Year's Revenue Needed.
This year the state will raise $1,200,
000 from direct taxation. It will re
ceive $400,000 from other sources of
revenue. Next year the "other sources"
will be enlarged by the new systems of
franchise taxation, water taxation, in
heritance taxation and insurance taxa-
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"Everyone Hm ! a Dr Fool
Hut Me."
Fortnnate Man Is William Phillips,
Third Assistant Secretary
of State.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. (Special.)
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, who has just
made her debut, already is reported
to be on the verge of an engagement
and gossips are busy wondering wheth
er she will postpone her wedding four
years on a chance of becoming a White
House bride.
The lucky man, according to a re
port in diplomatic circles, Is William
Phillips, Third Assistant Secretary of
State. It is that Mr. Phillips is de
cidedly persona grata with the parents
of Miss Roosevelt and that, although
because of her youth, no positive en
gagement exists as yet, there is
cordial understanding between the
young people.
Mr. Phillips is one of the youngest
men who ever held such a responsible
position in the State Department. He
was appointed Third Assistant Secre
tary December 8, 1906. He belongs to
one of the oldest and best-known fam
Hies in Massachusetts, a family rich in
Colonial history and distinguished citi
zens.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4fl
degree; minimum, 30.
TODAY'S Occasional rain: northwesterly
winds shifting to southerly.
Legislature.
Oregon legislature costs $4.2000.000 but pro
vides more revenues. Section 1, pa-ge 1.
Oregon legislature refuses to give any
money to normal schools. Section 1,
page 10.
Salem sure of capitol for two years more.
Section 1, page 10.
Johnson's road bill slain by former members
in House. Section 1, page 10.
Kecord of bills passed by Legislature.
Section 1, page 11.
Foreign.
Large Argentine steamer burned and many
lives lost. Section 1, page S.
King Alfonso sees "Wrigh't fiy. but is for
bidden to do so himself. Section 1,
page 3.
National.
Sena te subcommittr j recommends severe
rebuke to Roo.evelt for not preventing
steel merger. Section 1, page 1.
J. M. Dickinson to be Taft's Secretary of
War. Section 1, page 5.
Fleet! near Virginia Capes and will enter
point on time Monday, bection l. pagi -:.
Congress passes large appropriation bills.
Section 1, page 5
Domestic.
Klein convicted of brlbeiy at Pittsburg.
Section 1. page 3.
Robin Cooper tells story of killing of Car
mack. Section 1, page 1.
Harrlman to spend millions on extensions in
West. Section 1, page 1.
Mrs. Yerkes accuses -her executor of pay
ing her income with talk. Section L
.page 2.
Ethel Roosevelt on verge of becoming en
gaged. Section 1, page 1.
Detective says Klla Gingles has hypnotized
herself. Section 1. page 3.
Colonel Tucker will bring cross-suit for di
vorce to clear reputation. Section 1,
page 1.
Carroll D.'Wright ts dead. Section 1. page 2.
Randall on tral for Montana train robbery.
Section 1. page 4.
E- P. Fitch, who disappeared In Europe four
months ago, is found at Naples. Section 1,
page 7.
Sports.
Great automobile racing meet at New Or
leans. Section 1. page 4.
Portland Coast League team will begin
training next week. Section 4. pase 4.
Multnomah soccer team dc-feats United Port
land. 7 to 'Z. Section 2, Page 2.
Sporting Editor Woodruff. of Chicago
Tribune, writes of baseball In Windy City.
Section 4, page 5.
Coast - League does not approve Portland's
participation in Northwestern League.
Section 4. page 5.
Armory will be taxed . by great auto dis
play. Section 4. page 5.
Tri-City League expects successful season.
Section 4, page 4
Pacific Northwest.
Acting Governor Hay blamed and praised by
enemies and friends for his local option
speech. Section 1, page 7.
Bellingham teacher accused of selling di
plomas to students who fall in exami
nations. Section 1, page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Sheriffs new system results in prompt pay
ment of taxes. Section 2. page 1.
Elaborate plans made for rose-planting ex
ercises tomorrow. Section 1, page 9.
Puget Sound excursionists are entertained in
Portland. Section 2, page 12.
Mavor Lane vetoes payment of ex-Bailiff
Macdonald's salary. Section 1". page S.
Moderate activity continues in real estate
and building. Section 3, page 7.
New charter board may recommend Council
of 30 members. Section 3, pa-ge 10.
State military code greatly altered hy Leg
islature. Section 4, page 6.
Tight against Hassam Paving Company car
ried into court. Section 4. page 8.
St. Marv's Academy to celebrate 50th an
niversary. Section 3. page i.
Portland Railway. Light Power Company
will build nine-story block. Section 3,
page 8.
Tracy C. Becker here to begin most im
portant suit ever tried on Ccast. Sec
tion 1, page 8.
A. J. Guthrie severely burned in dye works
explosion. Section 3. page 5.
xt lrar.
Senators Condemn In
action on Steel Trust.
FOR ABSORBING CHIEF RIVAL
Subcommittee Says Sherman
Law Violated.
LEADERS ARE EXCITED
Unwilling to Carry War on ' Presi
dent to Extremes Merger Effect
ed to Save Moore and Schley,
Whom Morgun Squeezed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. By a vote
of three to two the sub-committee of
the Senate committee on judiciary
which has been 'Investigating the
merger of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company and the United States Steel
Corporation, today decided to report to
the full committee that the President
was not authorized to permit the ab
sorption. The committee found also that Presi
dent Roosevelt was equally unau
thorized to direct the Attorney-General
not to interfere with the merger and
not to enforce, the Federal statutes
against it. It was decided also that, as
both companies were engaged In Inter
state commerce, the absorption was in
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law. It was found that the effect and
purpose of the absorption were to
monopolize the iron ore supply of the
country and generally to eliminate the
Tennessee company as a competitor of
the United States Steel Corporation.
Severe Rebuke to Roosevelt.
The fact that such a report was to
be made created consternation in the
Senate. It was realized that, If the
full committee subscribed to the find
ings of the sub-committee, the effect
would be to administer the severest of
rebukes to the President and practical
ly to direct the Attorney-General to
bring proceedings against the steel
corporation under the Sherman law.
Leaders in the Senate make no
secret of the fact that they are un
willing to go that far. Under these cir
cumstances the full committee, when it
meets on Monday, probably will decide
to consider very fully the possible ef
fect of the report before deciding to
adopt it.
1 r y to Keep Report Secret.
The report acted upon was drafted
by Culbertson, author of the resolution
providing for the inquiry. The inquiry
was conducted by a sub-committee of
five Clarke of Wyoming, Dillingham,
Kittredge, Culberson and Overman. The
first three ot these are Republicans,
and the last two Democrats. Kittredge
joined the two Democrats in making
the majority report. No minority re
port was made by Clarke and Dilling
ham. The sub-committee decided not to
make the text of its report public, al
though the interest in it was so great
that the findings became known to
practically the entire Senate during the
afternoon.
FIrni Saved From Failure.
In addition to the findings of law, the
committee reported on many questions
of fact connected with the merger. It
was found that during the panic in No
vember, 1907, the United States Steel
Corporation purchased all the stock of
the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
except $220,160, the amount of the stock
acquired being $30,375,825. It is shown
that only $632,656 in cash was paid for
the stock and that bonds of the steel
corporation were Issued to the amount
of $84,684,378, or nearly $5,000,000 in
excess of the par value of the Tennessee
Company's stock purchased.
The report quotes trom the Presi
dent's message declaring the absorp
tion was' necessary, according to the
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Examining- l"u5T9th Venire for a
Calhoun Jury.
Leaves Chicago for South and Will
Endeavor to Regain Pay and
Lost Prestige.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. (Special.) Colonel
William F. Tucker walked out of the
Union League Club tonight and entered
a cab. His bag was thrown on the seat
In front of him, and the driver was di
rected to drive to the railway station.
Once at the station the Army Paymaster
purchased a ticket to Hot Springs, Ark.,
and by midnight was a hundred miles
south of the scene of his recent humilia
tion. In her apartments at the Auditor
ium, Mrs. Dolly Logan Tucker- slum
bered in entire Ignorance of the depart
ure of the husband whom she Is suing for
separate maintenance.
In the meantime it was reported that
Colonel Tucker will, in all probability,
cause a cross-bill to be filed within a
few days, and thus set about a desperate
fight to retain the three-quarters pay as
a retired officer which he expects to be
awarded. His friends believe that he will
not be content with merely answering
the allegations in his wife's bill. . If he
should elect to contest the case by ask
ing that the divorce be granted to him
instead of to his wife, all sorts of lively
revelations are expected. The whole
married life of the two will be dragged
into court.
STILL TRUEjrO SOCIALISM
Medill Patterson Denies He Has
Deserted Party.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. (Special.) Jo
seph Medill Patterson has not deserted
the ranks of Socialism. Although gen
erally -believed to have been reynlted
with capital and capitalists by his re
cent election to the secretaryship of
the Chicago Tribyne, he declares he is
Inalienably committed to socialist doc
trines. In a letter to A. M. Simmons,
editor of the official news organ of
the Socialist party, the young million
aire says:
"I have seen two or three newspaper
items to the effect that I have re
nounced Socialism. Will you kindly
give me space for a denial of the ab
surdity. I am a due-paying member
of the Socialist party, in good standing
and expect to be one until the end of
the chapter."
The letter caused rejoicing at the
SucialUt -headquarters.
DECIDES SPOKANE RATES
Rumored Commission Favors Con
tention of Coast Cities.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 20. The Interstate Commerce
Commission has reached a decision in the
Spokane rate case, and will announce
its findings next week. , It te' rumored that
the decision is favorable to Portland and
other Coast points and adverse to the
Spokane contention.
The commission, according to report,
holds that Spokane is not entitled to as
low a rate on Eastern shipments as are
cities on . tidewater, which have the ad
vantage of water competition. No mem
ber of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission seen today would discuss the
decision, and it is therefore impossible to
confirm the rumor.
WIRELESS FOR RAILROADS'
liarriman Expert Will Study Appli
cation of Xew Method.
OMAHA. Nob., Feb. 20. Dr. Fred Mil
lener, experimental electrician of the
Union Pacific Railroad, will leave tomor
row for a tour of the East for the com
pany. He will visit many wlrelt'ss sta
tions. Dr. Millener has been experiment
ing with wireless apparatus In connection
with railroading for several months.
TOWN PLANS GREETING
Roosevelt as ex-President to Be
Welcomed at Oyster Bay.
OYSTER BAY, Feb. 20. A reception
will be tendered to Theodore Roosevelt
when the ex-Preeident returns to his
home. Fireworks and illuminated deco
rations on houses and stores will, it is
expected, form part of the celebration.
Mr. Roosevelt and his son Kermit are
expected to leave here on March ,13 for
Africa-
"I,r' Me Out!"
Robin Cooper Recounts
Carmack Murder.
TRIED TO PREVENT KILLING
Plea of Self-Defense Outlined
by Testimony.
WOMEN FILL COURTROOM
Young Lawyer Gives Detailed Ac
count of Fatal Sleeting Between
' Colonel Cooper and Senator. .
Says Carmack Drew Gun.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 20 The ad.
journment of Thursday only seemed to
whet the appetite, of pubHc Interest In
the trial of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper,
Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharpe for
the killing of ex-Senator E. W. Car
mack. When the court opened today
one of the largest crowds ever een
around a Nashville courthouse awaited
the arrival of the deputies.
The missing state witnesses not hav
ing arrived, Judge Anderson at 11
o'clock said:
"Robin Cooper, take the stand."
A murmur of surprise and expecta
tion swept over the room. The court
rapped for order sternly. Some women
arose the better to see, and then depu
ties ordered them to remove their hats.
Robin Cooper is a slender, boyish,
clear-cut-looking youth. He gave his
age as 27, his profession as a lawyer.
He said he was a son of D. B. Cooper
and knew John Sharpe, the other de
fendant, very well. In a clear voice
and with the refined accent of the edu
cated Southern man, Cooper gave a
brief sketch of his lite.
Much Interest In Witness.
From the moment her favoritd
brother began to talk, Mrs. Hurch
leaned forward in her chair, looking
eagerly Into his eyes and seeming
scarcely to breathe. Colonel Cooper,
seated next to his youngest daughter,
Mrs. Wilson, sat back in his chair, and
when his son referred to him us "papa"
the Colonel "smiled and played w ith liis
gray military mustache. Tiio jury be
trayed much Interest. Robin Cooper
testified that his futiier told him that
he was afraid of trouble.
"I asked him why. He said, in sub
stance, that Mr. Carmack, in his paper,
had been printing editorials attacking
his character, and, as he put it, shoot
ing poisoned arrows. He said it whs
becoming .unendurable. He liai seen
Air. Craig the niyht befure unil lolil
him to tell Carmack lliat he must cra.e
using li is name in his paper, lie .s;,id
Mr. Craig returned and said lie had seen
Carmack, but larniadc would agree to
nothing.
"As I remember it, Mr. Craig said to
papa that Carmack was in a vicious
mood. He said lie also told Craig to
tell Carmack that unless he teased us-
ing his name the town was not biff
enough to hold them both.
"I was greatly worried, and said my
uncle could bring Influences to bear to
show Carmack the injustice of his
course. It was then that papa said:
'He had no right to use my name, and
I have a right to protect myself.'
"How old is your father?"
"He is 67 years of age."
"And his physical condition?"
"His right hand ts crippled, the two
smaller lingers of the hand are bent in
and cannot be moved."
May Xot Call Colonel.
This line of questioning Indicated
that the defense will not put Colonel
Cooper on the stand.
The witness detailed the walk from
Bradford's office to the scene of the
shooting. They walked up toward the
Arcade.
"At the middle of the alley inter
cepting the Arcade we met John D.
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WEEK.
Only Elevrn Dy More.