TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rORTLAXD. FEBRUARY 21, 1909.
TALKHOT HONEY,
FOR MRS. YERKES
Widow.of. Traction King Says
i Owsley Unwillmg'to Give
: .Up Funds.
SOLD RAILROAD- CHEAP
Says. Executor Wished to Sell Xcw
.Vork Residence and Art Collec
tion and Charge Her Com
'. oci(iioii on Sale.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 20. (Special.) Mrs.
Mary Adelaide Yerkes, much bored by
the proceedings, took the stand before
Probate Judge Cutting today In the
hearing: of her petition to have Louis S.
Owsley removed as executor of the es
tate of Charles T. Yerkes. the late Chi
cago and London traction magnate, and
told the court that there had been nothing-
but "talk, talk, talk," ever since
the (tenth of her husband.
"Tney have been talking for three
years," said Mrs. Yerkes from out of
the depths of a tremendous brown hat
and a heavy brown veil, which all but
concealed her features and gave her
tiie appearance of a tragedy queen.
Got Widow's Dower by Dribs.
"I've only been able to get my wid
ow's award by dribs," she said a little
later, "and every time I'd ask Mr. Ows
ley for money he'd say 'There Isn't
any.'!' .
Mrs. Yerkes said she lost faith In
Mr. Owsley when he wanted to sell
the Chicago, Harvard & Geneva Rail
way lor . t000. :
"I told. him. that ; that was a small
mount of pay for a railroad," she con
tinued. "He saii he would sell it any
way. ' Fve mistrusted him ever since."
Then again she was forced to listen
to figures and business facts, "which. I
usually iiovr.do," she -continued, when
Mr. Qwsley, in order to raise a million
and a half of needed funds, la said to
have tasked her to sell her house and
art collections In New York and pay
him S per cent on the transaction as
his fee.
Soil -House and Paintings.
"I told him I simply wouldn't do it."
he testified. ) "Then he said If I didn't
Eive him the 6 per cent he would blow
me higher than a kite."
Mrs. Yerkes was on the stand from
JO.o'elock until 11:30, when she was
mcceeded by the Only other witness of
the day, President John M. Roach, of
the Chicago Railways Company,, who
reluctantly testified to having acted
confidentially as a restorer of peace be
tween the widow and her executor
when a settlement was desired by the
other heirs In the Fall of 1906.
FORM SPRINGFIELD GRANGE
Members From Four Other Societies
" Join In Ceremonies.
EUGENK. Or., Feb. 20. (Special.)
Etate Lecturer J. J. Johnson last night
organized a new Grange at Springfield,
to be known as the Lane Pomona
Grange. The new organization begins iU
existence with very bright prospects, as
It starts with a membership of &4 mem
bers. - At the meeting last night there
were representatives from four different
granges present Pleasant Hill, Siuslaw,
Irving and Springfield.
The officers elected were: Master, J.
A. Youngreen; overseer, E. A. Bond: lec
turer, Jlinnie Bond; steward, W. B. Haw
ley assistant 6teward. A. D. Ruddlmeon;
chaplain. Mrs. J. S. Douglas: treasurer.
J. F. Brewer; secretary, W. B. Dillard;
gatekeeper. H. McBee: Ceres. Mrs. R. Q.
Van Valzah: Pomona Rachel. Brewer;
Flora. Mrs. L. A. Zumwalt; lady assist
ant steward. Mrs. B. F. Russell; execu
tive committee, C. J. Hurd, J. H. Crow
and J. Clem.
The next meeting will be held at Irving,
March 12, 19u9.
SCIENTISTS END MEETING
Oregon Academy of Sciences Plans
' Year of Activity.
SALE.U. Or.," Feb. 20. (Special.) The
Oregon Academy of Sciences closed a
two days' convention in this city this
afternoon. One of the features of the
passion was an illustrated lecture by
"William L. Finley the Eastern ornith
ologist. It was decided to hold the mid
summer meeting at Forest Grove about
October 15. and the annual meeting In
Portland in February. 1910. A. L.
Knisley. of Portland, was elected presi
dent; Charles O. Chambers, of Forest
Grove, first vice-president; Ernest Bar
ton. M. r.. Portland, second vlce-presl-dnt:
J. -L. Lee. Portland, third vice
president; F. W. Power. Portland, secretary-treasurer;
A. W. Miller Portland,
librarian and curator of museum; A. W.
Miller, trustee.
A committee was appointed to confer
with the Philosophical Society and the
Political Science Society to try to ar
range for joint meeting. .
18 HELD FOR GAMBLING
"Wholesale Arrests Made by Sheriff
at SUmnicrville-.
LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. 20. (Special.)
Eighteen men were arrested in and
a round Suinoiervllle yesterday. .The In
dictment were returned by the grand
jury a week ago. All but three of the
number were for gambling. Other
warrants charged John, Hymen and
DormldFon Stevens with selling liquor.
Thd.sa.liich are supposed to have left the
state between the end of the grand
Jury session and yesterday.
ANTI-SALCONERS LOSE OUT
t'tah Scnato Turns Down Drastic
; Measure for Substitute.'
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 20. Al
though a severe blow was administered
to the forces of prohibition when the
State Senate today .adopted the report
of 'the manufacturers and commerce
committee recommending the defeat of
the Cannon state-wide measure, the an
nouncement subsequently that a sub
stitute measure had been drafted by
the, committee mitigated considerably
the. shock to the representatives of the
Anti-Saloon League. ... .
The". auoaOiiie-bill la not-wholly de
void of drastic, features. Its Intent la
to regulate the traffic of liquor In the
state under high license.
DRY AMENDMENT DEFEATED
Not Enough Senate Votes to Submit
In West Virginia.
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Feb. 20. The
prohibition amendment resolution
which was adopted by the House over
whelmingly came up in the Senate to-
?ar o ti .4 thtt vnta .fooH Ifi for to 11
j against. The measure requires 20 votes
iq pitas.
There were three absentees, and an
nouncement of the vote was postponed.
Later the absentees appeared, and, after
voting, the result was announced as 16
for and 14 against submitting the pro
hibition amendment to the people,
which settles the measure for this ses
sion. Both the Republicans and Demo,
crats in the last campaign had a plank
in their platform promising to submit a
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Mrs. Mary A. Yerkes, Who I
Trying to-Onnt Owsley aa Exe
eutor of Husband's Estate.
prohibition amendment to the people at
this Legislature. A
DIVIDE ON" XEAR-BEER- ISSUE
Illinois. Jury Ignores Judge's Dec
laration It Violates Law.
DECATUR, 111., Feb. 20. In a crimi
nal case against the Decatur Brewing
Company, charged with violation of
the local option law, the jury today
disagreed. The sale of "temperance
beer" was the foundation of the prose
cution. Judge W. C Johns Instructed
the Jury that the sale of malt liquor.
Intoxicating or not, constitutes a vio
lation of the law.
NOT ONE . DROP OF MOISTURE
Absolute Prohibition Bill Signed by
Governor of Kansas.
TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 20. Governor
Stubbs today signed the bill establishing
absolute prohibition of the liquor traffic
in this state.
The bill will become a law after its
publication In the statute book. As the
statutes cannot be published until the
latter part of May, the druggists will have
until that time to comply with the' law
and dispose of their stocks of liquor.
FOUR-DAY BBIOE KILLED
REJECTED SUITOR SHOOTS HER
DEAD AFTER STRUGGLE.
Husband Gives Him Ticket to New
York, but He Remains in Chi
cago to Commit Crime.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Mrs. Ida Cooper, a
bride of four days, whom the police be
lieve to have been murdered, was found
dead in bed In her home today with a
bullet wound in the head. Five men eaid
to have been boarders at the house were
taken into custody, but were not locked
up. Mrs. Cooper, who came here re
cently from California, was said to have
expressed fear of eome man.
There were finger ma:ks .on her
throat. Indicating a struggle, but death
was due to a bullet wound in the head.
The boarders who were arrested were
released when the police learned that
a former suitor had been seen leaving
the house shortly after the sound of
two shots had been heard by two little
girls, who were playing in the neigh
borhood. Another story given the police was
that the former suitor had been given
a ticket to New York by Mr. Cooper
on the day of his (Cooper's) wedding,
but that he apparently had not used it.
Mrs. Cooper's maiden name was Mil
ler, and her home was In Chicago.
LEVIES ON MAYOR'S CHAIR
Sheriff Leaves 'Winnipeg Executive
Nothing to Sit On.
WINNIPEG, Feb. 20. Sheriff Inkster
seized the Mayor's chair at the City Hall
today to satisfy a judgment obtained by
O'Kelley Bros., contractors for one of
the city's bridges.
HARR1MAN PLANS LINES
(Continued From First Par. )
Central Oregon up the Deschutes River,
as well as to Puget Sound from Port
land. The completion of the line north
to Klamath Falls from a connection with
the main line of the Southern Pacific at
Weed. Cal., and thence on north to. an
other junction with the main line at
Natron. Or., has been regarded as a live
project for some time. Work is going
forward steadily on this construction and
the road will be completed Into Klamath
Falls, it is believed, this season.
That Harrlman is realizing the value
of the territory he has neglected for so
long Is indicated by the activity of the
Central Oregon line, and work on the
Puget Sound extension. Both these
protects will probably be well along by
the 'middle of Summer. The mid-Oregon
line, from Natron to Ontario, has not
progressed beyond the surveys, but maps
have been filed, and it Is understood there
Is nothing in the way to hinder the
progress of this construction when the
decision Is reached to go ahead.
The news from Chicago that much will,
be doing In the way of railroad building
by the Harrlman lines throughout the
Northwest within the next few months
and that announcements of additional
roads to be made soon, cannot but be
hailed with delight by the people of this
state and those Interested in its develop
ment. Jry Dr. Lorenz' Nerve Tonic Tablets.
Eyssell'a 289 Morrison, 4th and 6th.
FLEET IS UNITED
Fl
Sperry's Warships Joined by
North Carolina and
Montana.
WILL PASS CAPES MONDAY
Arrive Off Hampton Roads Today
and Be Reviewed by President
on Completion of Great
Voyage Monday.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va., Feb. 20.
When the saluting guns on the forward
bridge of the armored cruiser North
Carolina boomed 13 times today in honor
of the blue flag of Rear-Admiral Sperry
on the battleship Connecticut, the com
bined forces that are to enter the 'Vir
ginia capes on Monday morning to .be
reviewed by President Roosevelt in cele
bration of the world cruise of 16 American
battleships were completed.
Wireless signals from the North Caro
lina and her Junior consort, the Mon
tana, early today told of the approach
of the last two ships sent to welcome the
home-coming vessels to the main body
of the fleet. The wireless station at the
Norfolk Navy-yard could not pick up the
fleet direct, either last night or today,
on account of static Interference In the
atmosphere, but the messages from the
North Carolina were sufficient evidence
that the fleet Is near enough to the
Virginia capes tonight to Insure its ar
rival oft the entrance to Hampton Roads
some time tomorrow.
Enter Capes Monday Morning.
The fleet will lay to or maneuver off
the capes tomorrow afternoon and eve
ning and will get under way Monday
morning in time to pass into home waters
and begin filing by the Mayflower exactly
at the hour indicated.
Last night's static interference with the
wireless and the inability of the appara
tus to carry over great distances during
the day have resulted In a congestion of
outgoing messages at the Norfolk station
that probably never will be fully straight
ened out until the fleet actually is in
port.
Wive ' to Meet Officers.
Scores of officers' wives are already at
the hotels here. Among them are about
19 who made the Journey all the way
around the world on merchant ships and
who overtook or awaited the naval ves
sels at the various ports visited. Borne
of. these intrepid women even went to
Australia, but most of them remained
In Japan while their .husbands were in
the antipodes. There are other wives
here who went with the fleet as far as
California.
The social feature of the fleet's return
and stay in the Roads is to be as notable
as the departure. Washington's birthday
is to be celebrated as a holiday more
generally than ever befbre in this sec
tion, and all the residents of Norfolk,
Newport News, Hampton and other cities
who can possibly do so will either be
afloat or gathered along the shores of
the roadstead to witness the impressive
arrival of the chips and the ceremonies
attending the visit of the President.
Anchorage Cleared for Warships.
The man-of-war anchorage, stretching
three miles In a crescent from the old
point pier, was cleared today of all mer
chant ships.
After the Mayflower leaves for Wash
ington late Monday afternoon, however,
excursion steamers will be allowed within
the anchorage grounds, and may steam
between the two long lines of 20 battle
ships and five big cruisers.
Rear-Admiral William H. Emory, who
commanded one of the" divisions of the
fleet up to the time of his retirement at
Manila last November, arrived today to
witness the homecoming of the fleet.
According to advices received here, the
Georgia is not the only one of the 16
battleships that is coming home in com
mand of the executive officer. Captain
Hamlltqn Hutchins, who sailed with the
Kearsarge from Hampton Roads all the
way to Gibraltar, became ill and asked
for relief. The Kearsarge Is probably,
therefore. In command of Lieutenant
Commander Nathan C. Thwinlng. Captain
Hutchins returned from Gibraltar on the
Koenigen Lulse.
CARRIES GOLD FOR SAILORS
Yankton Goes to Join Fleet With
Pay of Crew.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Carrying
$200,000 in gold pieces fresh from the
Government mint to pay the officers and
men of the Atlantic fleet, the gunboat
Yankton, which yesterday completed a
cruise around the world, left today for
Norfolk to rejoin the fleet.
UMATILLA FARMERS UNITE
PLAN" BETTER GRAIN AXD
WHEAT PRICES.
Will Work for Iioeal AYarehousea,
Cheaper Sacks and Other ... .
Improvements.
PENDLETON, Or:, Feb. 20. (Special.)
Local and cpunty organizations of the
Farmers' Educational and Co-operative
Union of America were formed in this
city today. Two sessions were held, one
in the morning and one In the afternoon,
and both were well attended and were
among the most enthusiastic gatherings
of farmers ever held in Umatilla County.
Graingrowers were present from every
section of the country and practically all
who were in the city became members of
the organization.
The two principal addresses of the day
were delivered by State Organizer H. D.
G. Cox and Dr N. G. Blalock, of Walla
Walla. The latter declared that any
farmer who refused to go into the or
ganization was an undesirable citizen,
and not worthy to be called neighbor.
Better prices for wheat, better grain
rates, lower prices for sacks' and Inde
pendent warehouse are the principal
things which the graingrowers expect to
accomplish.
LUMBERMEN HAVE BANQUET
Oregon and Washington Association
Elects Officers.
Some 40 members of the Oregon and
Washington Lumber Manufacturers' As
sociation attended the third annual meet
JRllOiViE
COMING
ly- i i..t itrhf st the Oommer
cial Club and during the course of the
banquet addresses were delivered on
topics of interest to the trade, by the fol
lowing: J. N. Teal, G. A. .Griswpld, O.
M. Clark, Robert Inman, I. W. Ewart,
Seattle; L. J. Wentworth. E. T. Allen, F.
C. Knapp and G. M. Cornwall, George H.
Kelly, of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Com
pany, acted as toastmaster. The advis
ability of having a Hoo-Hoo House at the
A-Y-P Exposition was discussed.
A business session was held in the aft
ernoon at which reports from officers
were features, together with the reading
of papers on special subjects. New offi
cers of Uie association elected are the
following: President, L. J. Wentworth,
Portland Lumber Company; treasurer, G.
T. Gerlinger, Willamette Valley Lumber
Company, Dallas; first vice-president. A.
C. Dixon, Booth-Kelly Lumber Com
pany, Eugene; second vice-president, F.
C. Knapp, Peninsula Lumber Company;
third vice-president, O. M. Clark, Clark
& Wilson Lumber Company; fourth vice
president, C. W. Thompson. Wind River
Carroll D. Wright, Prenlilent of
Clark College and ex-Chief of
United States Bureau of Labor.
Lumb?r Company, Cascade Locks; fifth
vice-president, G. B. McLeod, Hammond
Lumber Company. Astoria, and secre
tary, A. B. Wastell. reelected.
CHI TO EXTEi ROAD
RAIL LIXE IXTO CROWS NEST
TO DEVELOP BIG COUNTRY.
Proposes to Tap Butte and Other
Cities, Giving Montana Short
est Route t Coal Fields.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) It Is understood that J. C. Cor
bin, the Spokane millionaire who co
operated with the Canadian Pacific
Railway in building the Spokane In
ternational line, the new link connect
ing Spokane with the Crows Nest Pass
branch of the Canadian Pacific "Rail
way, will start work early this Spring
on his proposed line through the Flat
head River Valley In southeast Koote
nay, thus opening up a rich coal basin
and fertile agricultural region.
The necessary authority was given
by a bill incorporating the Flathead
Valley Railway Company, recently in
corporated by the .Provincial Leglsla-.
ture. The road has already been built
from McGillivray, a station on the
Crows Nest Pass line, to his coal mines
16 miles south. For the latter point
of the international boundary, the lo
cation surveys have already been
completed.
Mr. Corbln Is credited with enter
taining the ambitious project of ex
tending this railway south to Butte
and other Montana smelter towns and
providing a route nearly 100 miles
shorter than the branch line from the
Crows Nest built by the Hill 'system
several years ago. Mr. Corbln is said
to be co-operating with the Canadian
Pacific Railway in carrying out this
big project.
SQUATTERS ARE FAVORED
Land Office Gives Them Prior Claim
to Timber Lands.
LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.)
Last Summer a number of La Grande
and Portland parties filed timber
claims on lands In Wallowa County
upon which squatters had settled and
made Improvements. Contests were
immediately filed by the squatters, and
today they won the first round of the
battle through a decision given out
from the local land office in the con
test of Finley AI. Newton against the
filing of Guy Byrkitt. of this city.
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$1000 paid by Abendroth
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CARROLL
WRIGHT
DIES AT HIS HOME
Noted Economist Victim of
Long Illness Which Kept
Him Confined Closely.
CONDUCTED LAST CENSUS
Held Many Honorable Degrees and
Spent Last Years of His Active
Career as President of
Clark College.
WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 20. Car
roll D. Wright, president of Clark Col
lege and ex-Commissioner of Labor,
died tonight, aged 69 years. President
Wright had been a sufferer from dia
betes for more than two years. Af
er his return from Wasnlngton on
December 7, his last public appear
ance, he was obliged to take to his
bed. He did not leave his room, and
conducted the administration of Clark
College through his secretary. This
continued for nearly two months, but
ten days ago complications set in and
he was forced to relinquish all busi
ness, and since that time has failed
gradually.
Carroll D. Wright was born in Dun
barton, N. H., on July 25, 1840, and
received his early education' in the
schools of his home state. During the
Civil War he served in the 14th New
Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, and
after the war was married to Miss
Caroline E. Harnden, in 1867. at Read
ing, Mass. He was a member of the
Massachusetts Senate from 1872 to
1873, and for .the next 15 years was
Chief of the Massachusetts Bureau of
Labor. He was United States Commis
sioner of Labor from 1885 to 1905, and
between 1893 and 1897 completed the
11th census of the Nation.
From 1895 -to 1904 he was honorary
professor -of social economics at the
Catholic University of America; and
was also professor of statistics
and social economics at Colum
bian University. In 1900 and 1901
he was university lecturer on wage
statistics at Harvard College; and be
came president of Clark College at
Worcester, Mass., the following year.
In the same year he was appointed re
corder of the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission by the President of the
Nation.
In 1903 he was elected president of
the American Academy of Applied
Sciences. He was also a member of
the board of trustees of the Carnegie
Institute. He is also the author of
many books and pamphlets, mono
graphs, etc., oi the branches of Inves
tigation in which he was active.
As a tribute to his merit he was
made a member of the French Legion
of Honor; and held honorary degrees
from Tufts, Amherst, Wesleyan, Dart
mouth and Clark colleges.
C. W. Mead, Philippine War Veteran
VIRGINIA CITY, Mont., Feb. 20.
Word has been received here of the
death in the Philippines of Captain
Charles W. Mead, one of the most prom
inent of the National Guardsmen of
Montana, and a veteran of the Philip
pine War. At the time of his death
he was superintendent of a coal mine.
A. E. Brown, Biographer.
BOSTON, Feb. 20. Abraham' English
Brown, author of "John Hancock His
Book," the standard biography of the
Revolutionary statesman, died today,
aged 60 years.
MADDEN IN MORE TROUBLE
Two More Indictments Returned
Against Labor Man.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. The grand Jury
returned more Indictments against Mar
tin B. Madden and M. J. Boyle today.
Indictments were also returned against
Fred A. Pouchet, business agent of the
Metal Workers' Union.
The new charges are that the men ex
torted 1500 from the Jewel Tea Com
pany for calling off a strike. . A con
spiracy to extort tlOOO from the Joseph
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Klicks Company Is also charged. In
one instance it is charged J700 was paid
for calling off a strike and J1000 to pre
vent the calling of a new one.
The two men were admitted to hail on
the former charges. Madden is presi
dent of the Associated Building Trades.
Boyle Is business agent of the Electrical
Workers' Union.
Bankers to Meet at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. The 35th annual
convention of the American Bankers' As
sociation will be held here in the week of
September 13. Arrangements have been
perfected by President G. M. Reynolds
and Secretary Fred E. Farnsworth. There
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