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VOL. XXVIII. NO. 12.
PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SICK SENATOR CAN
BREAK DEADLOCK
COLTUCKERTURNS T
TARI FS nN WIFF I
RIVALS
KINDEL. WINS LONE
WH1TLA BOY SOON
. TO BETAKEN HOME
BEVERIDGE NOW
CLEMENGEAU MAY
FIGHT FOR RATES
BOSS OF INDIANA
S'TOCA
UNLOAD SI MYAfl
DENIES CHARGES IN HER DI
VORCE SUIT.
DENVER MAN WARRED ON
FAIRBANKS
RETIRES
FROM
ROADS SINGLE-HANDED.
POLITICS COMPLETELY.
66 Pages
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NEW
FQRHQPK m
California Senate Divid
ed on Primary.
TWENTY ARE ON EACH SIDE
Issue Is Vote on Senator by
Districts or at Large.
SPECIAL TRAIN FOR BLACK
Senate Sends Doctors to Examine
lllm and Sergeant-at-Arms May
Escort Him to Sacramento
If Health Permits.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. March 20.-f(Spe-rlnl.)
Senator Marshall . Black will bo
brought from I'alo Alto by special train
so that he may vote upon the direct pri
mary measure Monday unless a special
committee of physicians named by Lieutenant-Governor
Porter decides that he
Is physically unfit for the trip. Such Is
tho purport of a resolution adopted by
the Senate this afternoon.
Meanwhile tho deadlock between the
backers of the district vote plan and
those who stick for a state-wide expres
sion of sentiment In regard to the United
States, continues. With the exception of
Black, every Senatorial seat was filled
when the direct primary special order
was reached. Senator Weed, chairman of
the public morals committee, and one of
the unflinching stayers on the Wolfe
Leavltt side for the district vote. Imme
diately Introduced the resolution provid
ing for a special train to bring the absent
member to the fold.
Protests From Black's Friends.
There was a chorus of Indignant pro
tests from Black's friends, for the reso
lution was. they said, so worded as to
cast reflections upon his motives and
to place In doubt his own statement of
hit condition. Walker went so far as
to say that the resolution was an In
sult. He wanted to know If the Senate
was willing to imperil Black's life for
the sHke of Including the district vote
provision In the Wright-Stanton bill.
Camlnettl questioned the authority of
the Legislature to name physicians to
pass upon the cc-litlon'of a member,
and he and the Lieutenant Governor
became engaged In a dispute which was
more heated than parliamentary. Por
ter declared that he would not sit still
and hear him self adversely reflected
upon In regard to the kind of medicos
he would name. Camlnettl said that he
would not submit to bavlng the chair
tell him what he should do as a. Sen
ator. Result Hinges on Black's Votes.
As It Is understood that Porter will vote
with Wright, Leavitt and Wolfe in favor
of the district plan, if ever the whole
Senate can be gathered together with 20
votes on a side, the selection of a phy
sician was a Question nearly concerning
the eventual fate of the measure.
Wright's men Insisted that they meant
no disrespect to Black, but merely wanted
to ascertain when he would be able to
return, and to provide easy transporta
tion for hhn when his health returned.
Xhe resolution was so amended as to
take from It all suggestion that the Sen
ator had voluntarily absented himself.
It was then passed by an almost unani
mous vote.
Doctors to Examine Black.
Eddie Wolfe went so far as to say
that in view of the rumors which had
been put in circulation the passage of
the resolution was a favor to Black.
Porter said that he would appoint Dr.
John Galloway and Dr. Howard Mor
row, of San Francisco, to examine
Black. If their report is favorable
the Sergeant-at-Arms will escort the
Senator from Palo Alto to the Senate
Monday afternoon. Meanwhile no fur-
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Objects to Paying Counsel Fees and
Says Spouse Is by Far Richer ,
Than Himself.
CHICAGO, March 20. r (Special.)
Colonel William F. Tucker -turned the
tables on his wife today when he filed
an answer to his wife's petition for
divorce and attorney fees. He asserts
that he is innocent of the charges of
desertion and drunkenness which she
has placed against him, and declares
that It was her who deserted him and
subsequently remained away from the
home that he had provided for her.
The colonel admits that his home was
far from happy. He says that his wife,
Marj- L. Tucker, frequently Indulged in
violent sallies or passion, and con
ducted herself "with great austerity of
temper." He answers her request for
solicitor's fees by saying that she has
four times the income which he re
ceives, exclusive of his. Army pension,
and that her possessions of real estate
are valued at more than 1100,000.
The colonel substantiates his state
ments by recalling her expenditures
in her attempt to have him dishon
orably discharged from the Army. The
expenses, all told, he charges, amounted
to thousands of dollars.
SEEK PETROSINO'S SLAYER
Palermo Police on Trail Shipment
of Body May Be Prevented.
PALERMO. March 20. Signor Geola,
tho head of the local police, said in an
Interview today that the authorities were
doing everything possible to apprenend
the slayers of Joseph Petrosino, head of
the Italian Bureau of the New York Po
lice Department, who was killed In this
city March 12. The activity of the author
ities has been extended to Naples, where
Petrosino spent three days before coming
here. The authorities think that the plot
was hatched in Naples.
The statement that the body of Petro
sino was placed last night on board the
steamer Slavonia for conveyance to New
York, was an error. It has not yet been
decided by what vessel the body will be
sent home. The police have been warned
that an attempt may be made to prevent
embarkation.
MRS. TAFT GOES SHOPPING
Rides on Omnibus and Mixes In
Bargain-Counter Crowds.
NEW "YORK, March 20. Unrecognized
by the people In the streets, Mrs. Taft.
the wife of the President, spent a busy
day making purchases of her Spring and
Summer apparel. Accompanied by Miss
Mabel Boardman, of Washington, Mrs.
Taft rode on top of a Fifth-avenue omni
bus and waited her turn at crowded
counters. Later she and Miss Boardman
received friends at the Hotel Bucking
ham. They will return to Washington
tomorrow.
LIBEL CASES TO BE TRIED
Panama Canal Suits Not to Be
Dropped by Administration.
WASHINGTON. March 20. There will
be no abandonment of the Panama libel
prosecution by the Administration accord
ing to a high Administration official to
day. Attorney-General Wickersham's in
vestigation of these cases. It is said, has
satisfied him that the Government should
procs?d with the prosecution. Whether
he has advised President Taft of his at'
titude is not known.
MODJESKA STILL VERY LOW
Physician Says Noted Actress May
Pass Away Any Time.
' LOS ANGELES, March 20. The con
dltion of Mme. Helene Modjeska, who
Is lying very low at her country home
near Santa Ana, remains practically
unchanged.
Dr. J. P. Boyd, who is attending Mme.
Modjeska, states there has been no
change in the condition of his patient
for the past 24 hours, though death
i might come at any time.
HARRY MURPHY
Lowden and McKinley
' Both Enter Race.
BACKED BY CORPORATIONS
Traction Companies Against
Trunk Line Railroads.
EACH MAY KILL OFF OTHER
As Hard to Land Either as Hopkins,
but Effort to Crush ex-Senator
Will Be Made Old Guard
Is for McKinley.
CHICAGO, March 20. (Special.) Trac
tion companies and puolic utility corpora
tions are bidding against the trunk line
railroads In an effort to break the Sena
torial deadlock In Illinois, accordtne to a
story that leaked out today from authoritative-
sources. Congressman Frank O.
Lowden, who is at the Auditorium Annex,
is an active candidate for the toga of
Albert J. Hopkins, with the backing of
the railroad interests, say Lowden ad
herents. Congressman William B. Mc
Kinley, of Champaign, Is the- candidate
looked upon with favor hv tho
companies, and public service corpora
tions, assert men who are knenine- r-lniA
to developments at Springfield.
Both After Hopkins' Votes.
The Dlan of namnnicn Wh ,1 t
which the big interests are Involved is to
convince Hopkins' loyal supporters first
mat It Is Impossible to land their man
Then it is the game of the Lowden people
as wen as tne McKinley followers to
come out In the open and fight hard to
pick off the Senatorial plum. - -
Mr. McKinley It was who rieveinnct th
ill inois traction system and for the last
few weeks, it Is said. Postmaster Weir,
of Rantoul, Champaign County, has been
at tne state capital keeping his. ear to
the ground and letting the Champaign
man know Just how the land lies. An ef
fort is to be mae next week to crush
Mr. Hopkins out of the race. The inter
ests against the ex-Senator are said to be
ready to move hard to accomplish this.
Hard to Land Either Man.
Political prophets are fleurine- that
the opposition to Mr. Hopkins should be
successful in pounding down his vote so
as to eliminate him, it will be just as
hard tp land either Mr. Lowden or Mr
McKinley. Well informed men in Illinois
pontics say that if the contest should
narrow down to a contest of strenirth he
tween these two men. the traction mar,
would receive substantial support from
members of the old Senate organization
Those ' who are usually informed on no.
lltical happenings assert that Mayor
hsusse. Postmaster Campbell, State Sena
tor Corbus P. Gardner, Stanton C. Pem
berton and otiiers of the old sruard who
were a power In the State Senate, would
take the , McKinley end of the fight
against Mr. Lowden. Congressman Will
iam Lorimer is classed with the Lowden
interests.
Deneen Takes No Sides.
Governor Deneen, it is figured, would
not advise his friends to rally to either
Mr. McKinley or Mr. Lowden. This sit
uation, it is contended, would result in
failure to break the deadlock.
State Senator Ldward C. Curtis broke
the McKinley ice last week, when he
switched from Mr. Hopkins to the Cham
paign Congressman. btories that come
from Springfield are to the effect that the
McKinley movement Is being carried
along under the surface more completely
than the Lowden manipulations.
Italian Noble to Wed Miss Thaw.
ROME, March 20. Miss Thaw, daugh
ter of Alexander Blair Thaw, of Pitts
burg, will marry Marquis Teodoli,
member of one of the best-known and
oldest Roman aristocratic families.
FINDS VARIOUS THINGS
Brought Score of Suits Before Inter
state Commission and Was Long
Regarded as Mere Joke.
CHICAGO, March 20. (Special.
Oae of the proudest citizens of the
United States today is George E. Kin
del, of Denver. After a strenuous bat
tle lasting nearly 20 years, Kindel has
won an important victory over the
combined railroads of the West and has
ceased to be regarded by his fellow
citizens as a Joke.
Kindel is the man who brought suit
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission against more than a score of
the greatest railroad corporations in
the country and compelled thereby a
reduction in Denver freight rates from
all points east of the Missouri River,
and from Denver west to Utah and
Colorado points. The victory was a
sweeping one, and was practically won
by Kindel single-handed. He had
amassed a comfortable fortune in the
manufacturing business In Denver, and
he neglected this in his mad hunt after
rate justice."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 45
v, III tU 111 U III, JO.
TODAY'S Rain; brisk southerly winds.
French government may throw over Slra-
aiir itiiftcrs. . eecuon i.
Panic in Britain about increase of German
navy. Section 1, pare 3.
German steamer Ella held up by Nicaragua
- biiico tana arms. sec
tion 1 nao-A A
Zelaya'a cheme to Invade Salvador and
fV j-.uctuM, lunea ny American
diplomat. Section I. page 4.
Taft announces several Important diplo-
""'V JiJVJiin.iit3t. DcLion x. page z.
Cuban reciprocity may trause tariff war
-- ... w uonuus. oi:iiun x, pa.se .
Government will eeek no more land-fraud
Section l, page 3.
Domestic.
Both Coopers guilty of second degree mur-
umi , uui on Dan penaing appeal. sec
tion 1, paee 5.
Colonel Tucker eays wife tried to disgrace
4iim. Section 1- usee 1.
Roosevelt admits mistake in denying Tie
pmnugiopn m raas ana f ancies.
Section 1. Dare 3.
Harper and Kern will refuse to testify on
fan. uotui o Rran a jury. section a,
page 5.
S41 her of Whitla boy meets kidnaper at
"D,ll"ui tu pay ransom, bection v
page V. 1 '
Polities.
Lowden and McKinley rivals for Hopkins'
scat in acnaio. section 1. page a.
Fairbanks retires from po lit res entirely.
Section 1. page 1.
Beveridge becomes Indiana boas. Section
! page 1.
.California? Senate sends for sink member to
D, aeaaiocK on direct primary. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Faciiic Xorthwettt.
Prairie city bank, unable to meet pay
ments. rlARAM HnnrR 1 r
U.UIS , ja e o
La Grande farmers organize co-operative
11 loiiipauy. cecuon l, page 0.
Municipal ownership again chief , Issue in
Section 1. nas-r T
Acting Governor Hay vetoes special-privl-
ouuuttjf liquor law. section 1.
page 7.
Spokane center of extensive railroad con
struction. Section 4. page S.
Ontarlo preparing for 500 delegates to
vicguu-mano industrial congress. Sec
tion 1, page 6.
feports.
Activity In rowing circles will begin today.
Section 4. page 6.
Portland Northwestern Leaguers begin
practice at Medford this week. Section
4. naEe 7.
X. M. C. A. will undertake to form ama
teur Daaeoau league, section 1, page 10.
Willamette Valley Fair Circuit announces
dates for Summer meets. Section 4,
Mcintosh says Jeffries will return to ring.
Section 1. page lo.
Features and Iepartments.
Top grafting old apple trees. Section 6,
page 2.
Japanese school boy's letter. ' Section 6.
page 3.
Gold medals for victories of peace. Section
6, page 6.
Famous preachers who are more than that.
Section 6, page 4.
Shorty McCabe. Section 6. page 3.
Changes In Spring styles. Section 5, page 5.
Household department. Section 5, page 4.
Book reviews. Section 5. page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
Lodd estate will erect building at Third and
. Washington streets. Section 1, page 8.
Experts find Madison-street bridge to be
bad wreck. Section 2, page 12.
Fire cuts off Pacific telephone service on
West Side. Section 1, page 8.
Prohls plan to vote state dry next year.
Section 4. page 10.
Republicans seek about in party for Mayor
alty candidate. Section 4, page 10.
Definite plans made for launching 5O0.000
movement. Section '3, page 8.
Citizens tell what half million population
will mean to city. Section 3, page 12.
Oyer 1000 children expected to join Poultry
Association. Section 2. page 12.
Realty transfers average more than flOO,-
000 dally. Section 3, page 6.
WORTHY OF RECORD
Father Meets Captors
Near Ashtabula.
TO PAY RANSOM IN MORNING
Pittsburg Detective Success
ful in Tracing Lad.
SLEUTHS WILL PROSECUTE
As - Soon as Fattier Recovers Son,
Officers Will Arrest Men Who
Have Held Boy and Law Will
Take Its Course.
CLtEffVET-ANIL. O.. March 21. According
to a report given circulation here at 3
o'clock this morning J. p. Whitla, of
Sharon, Pa., father of Willie Whitla. the
kidnaped boy, is in Ashtabula with the
$10,000 ransom. It is reported he is
closeted with one of the kidnapers nego
tiating for the payment of the money
and the return of his son.
Detectives are said to be In the vicinity
to take up the thread after the deal is
closed.
HOT 03f . TRAIIi Of LOST BOY
Pittsburg, Detective Thinks He lo
cates Whitla Near Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, O.. March 21. The
Cleveland Leader says:
The Whitla kidnaping case seemed near
solution at 12:30 o'clock this morning.
Detective Perkins, of Pitteburg, who
came to Cleveland at midnight, it is un
derstood, said definite information was
that the boy was uear Cleveland.
Chief Kohler said at 1 o'clock that de
velopments were expected at any mo
ment.
The Leader telephoned for Mr. Whitla
at 9haron, father of the boy, at 1:45.
Mr. Schilling answered the call. He
would not say whether Mr. Whitla had
made arrangements to go to the place
at which it was expected "Billie" would
be found.
CLEWS ALSO POINT EASTWARD
Missing Boy Thought to Be at Buf
falo by Some.
SHARON, Pa., March 20. With his
eyes filled with tears, and showing every
indication of the terrible strain ' that he
has been under, but not yet devoid of
.hope, James S. Whitla said tonight that
there were absolutely no new develop
ments in the search for his child, Willie.
This statement was made after he,
Frank H. Buhl, the lad's millionaire
uncle, and Chief of Police Martin Craig
had held a conference at the Whitla
home. "
What was discussed there was not
given out, but information from a close
friend of the family was to the effect that
new developments were expected shortly
in the neighborhood of Buffalo, and that
no let-up would be made in the efforts
to secure the child's safe return. That
is all that Mr. Whitla wants, and he says
he is ready to pay the $10,000 reward and
ask no questions if only his boy is brought
back.
Uncle Leaves Cleveland.
Frank H. Buhl, the millionaire uncle of
the kidnaped boy, returned late today
from Cleveland, whither he went last
night to investigate reports that the boy's
abductors had been captured in that city.
He said that the reports wore untrue.
Brought to Cleveland by the statement
that the boy had been seen there,
Mr. Buhl upon arrival was taken in an
automobile, accompanied by police offi
cers, to various addresses furnished the
detectives by a man giving the name of
Harry Ball. Disappointment was . the
only immediate result, for after three
(Concluded on pare 4.)
BY A FEW STROKES OF
New State Chairman Will Be
Named and Beverldge Will
Dictate Appointments.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 20. (Special.)
The announcement is made by friends
of Charles W. Fairbanks that he has re
tired completely from politics for the
present, and that after an extended tour
of Europe he will settle down to the
practice of law. On the heels of this
announcement comes the report that a
new chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee is to be chosen in
the near future to succeed James P.
Goodrich, who for eight years has been
recognized as Mr. Fairbanks' manager
in Indiana, and out of it, too, when
there was need of his services.
It Is known that President Taft will
make a number of changes In the per
sonnel of Federal officers in this state,
and that these changes will be made on
the recommendation of Senator Bever-
ldge. With changes in the State Central
Committee and a complete change of
the Federal officers. It would seem that
Mr. Beveridge is to be the supreme
power in the state organization, a posi
tion that Mr. Fairbanks held for more
than 15 years.
BALLOON UP IN MOUNTAINS
Sails Over Sierras and May Have
Trouble Descending.
PASADENA. Cal., March 20. The big
balloon America, piloted by Captain A. A.
Mueller and having as passengers R. C.
Halsted. L. C. Gillian, Sidney Gray, Har
old A. Parker and J. Dobbins, business
men of Pasadena, went bp at Tournament
Park at 3 o'clock this afternoon and was
seen an hour later passing over Sierra
Camp, high in the mountains above
Pasadena.
The balloon took a northerly course
when it first went up and was sent to a
very high altitude. Later it was seen
to drop and then it disappeared in the
clouds:
It is feared that the aeronauts were
compelled to descend in the mountains
and that they will have a hard time get
ting out. No word of the balloon or its
passengers has reached here up to mid
night. CZARINA NERVOUS WRECK
Czar Expresses Anxiety Has NoH
Recovered From Yacht Wreck.
BERLIN. March 20. The Kreutzer
Zeitung states on the authority of a
distinguished personage, who was re
cently received in audience by Emperor
Nicholas, of Russia, that the Emperor
expressed considerable apprehension
regarding the condition of the Empress.
Her majesty has been unable to re
ceive visitors, the Emperor having
asked her to follow the advice of her
physicians in this regard.
In explanation of the Empress' con
dition, the Emperor said that since
the accident to the imperial yacht in
Finnish waters her majesty had suf
fered greatly from nervousness and
had been unable to regain her normal
composure.
BABE MADE MILLIONAIRE
Dr.- Lawrence Bequeaths Estate to
Three-Months-Old Girl.
ST. LOUIS, March 20 Josephine Law
rence Bennett Hopkins, the 3-months-old
granddaughter of Dr. J. J. Lawrence, a
former resident of St. Louis, is willed
the Lawrence homestead In Nash County
North Carolina, and with her possible
future sisters and brothers is made sole
residuary legatee of the Lawrence es
tate. The eBtate is worth $1,000,000 or
more.
NELSON -FINDS DOUBLES
Two Men Swindle Hotels, Banks
and Theaters in His Name.
CHICAGO, March 20. Battling Nel
son, the lightweight champion, com
plained to the police tonight that two
mn had been using his name in New
Mexico and . Texas in swindling hotel
keepers, banks and theaters.
HIS HUMOROUS PEN
Throw Minister Over
to Quiet Strikers.
MANY ABUSES ARE EXPOSED
avoritism in Telegraph Serv
ice Due to Politics.
00D SUPPLY AFFECTED
Paris Can't Get It. Because Imposo
Bible to Send Payments Social- j
lsts Hall Strike as Harbin- -ger
of Emancipation.
PARIS. March 20. The government is
sued a reassuring statement tonleht eon..
cerning the strike, in which the situation
was said to be notably Improved, many,
of the strikers, especially the telephone)
girls, having returned to work. Th
strike leaders, on the other hand, wera
loudly proclaiming war to the hnt nA
there are disquieting rumors of railroad
and other co-operative strikes.
May Make, Slmyan Jonah.
The belief prevails that there will b
important developments over Sunday;
through the elimination of M. Bimyan,
L nder Secretary of Posts and. Telegraphs,
whose presence has been tha chief ob-
stacle to a settlement. It is openly Inti
mated that the government, having se
cured the indorsement of th nhmhr
Deputies, is not anxious, longer to ahoul-
uci- mx. onnyan a unpopularity.
Disclosures in connection with ti,
strike indicate that the abuses and fa
vorltism charged have been largely dua
j me xact that politics have had much
to do with the administration of the post
ana. xeiegrapn service.
Expect Break This Week.
At a late hour tonight the situation
was practically stationary, hut th...
was a growing impression that the first
of the week would see the return of
many of the older employes in response
to the -circulation of a seml-offloiui in
timation that M. Simyan would resign
ana mat tne government would under
take a serious consideration of h.
grievances ot the men. By the return
oi tne older employes it Is hoped to
Dreatt the backbone of the strike.
Some evidence of the growinar Ht-
lessness is found In the fact that prac
tically no strikers responded to a pall
for two big meetings this evening.
Nevertheless, the strike committee still
maintained that the movement was
strong throughout the country and had
even made notable progress in the val
ley of the Rhone.
The organization for the protection of
the rights of trades unionism has called
meetings of every branch of industry and
commerce, when it will be nrmmuH tn.
join them unless the government finds a
quick solution. The organization voted,
J1000 to aid the cause. Another serious
indication is a small contribution from the
Paris police.
Famine Threatens Capital. '
The lack of food In the capital, an out
come of the impossibility of .forwarding
payments, is making itself felt today, and
provision dealers declare that If there is
no improvement the city in a few days '
probably will be confronted with faminer
conditions. The lose to business in Pari a
alone is variously estimated at fro mi
$600,000 to $1,200,000. Only a few wires to
day connect Paris with Europe and the)
outside world.
The government has formally noti
fied the strikers that 48 hours of
grace will be allowed them to return t '
work, after which their dismissal will btt
irrevocable.
No attempt yet has been, made to re
store the money order and the registered
mail service in Paris. The paralysis o -
- (Concluded on Pa if e 4.)
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