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Pages 1 to 12 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXIX. XO. 8 DftPCPC IC CLUB WOMAN OF 90 COAL WORTH FIFTY RUSH FOR LAND IS DECLARED CERTAIN LORDS OR BUDGET, WHICH IS FIRST? BLUSHING BRIDES AND SLEUTHS SAIL PHILADELPHIA GAR STRIKERS BURN. HIT mulXLIIJ IU VISITS MRS. SAGE PRICE PAID NATION-WIDE T BERMUDA VESSEL CARRIES 52 COUPLES OX HONEYMOON. MADAMK SEVEREXCE CHATS WITH MILLIONAIRESS. YUMA CLAIMS TO BE AWARDED BY MAD SCRAMBLE. ' 78 Pages WAR ON RUES ow Juries East and West Ready to Indict. ANCIENT LAW IS UNCOVERED New Jersey Forbids Storage to Influence Markets. CIVIL SUITS IN MISSOURI Sherman Anti-Trust Provision Will Be Basis of Attack in Many States Kach Illegal Act to Be Regarded Separate Offense. CHICAGO. Feb. 19. (Special.) War fare upon Packingtown has assumed Nation-wide proportions. Indictments were voted yesterday against directors of the National Pack ing Company by a New Jersey grand jury. The Federal grand jury la Chicago,- delving into the records of the packing industry for evidence of anti-trust law violations, has about completed its big task, and a report within two weeks is expected. Investigation of the packers .in Mis souri under the state trust law, is well under way. More recently Kansas has inaugurated similar proceedings. High Prices Quickens Action. This combined attack, broad as it is, may be augmented further. Many states, it was declared today,, have enacted anti-trust laws under which they may proceed individually against the big firms of Packingtown. . A , number, it was ascertained, contem plate doing so. This inquisorlal activ ity is attributed in some quarters to tiie high price of meat. Action in New Jersey is based upon an ancient law which forbids the stor age or destruction of produce with the intent of influencing the market. Originally it was an old English stat ute, and few states have adopted it. Nevertheless. the New Jersey act, though long unused, is believed by the authorities of the commonwelath to furnish grounds for prosecution. Packers Are Xot Worried. A somewhat modified view obtained in Chicago. Many held that the sud denness of the New Jersey jurors" de cision tended to cast doubt upon the seriousness of the attack. There is a wide distinction between indictment and conviction, it was pointed out. J. Ogden Armour, Iouis F. Swift, Edward Morris and other packers named in the new charges were unwilling to be interviewed, but their attorneys ap peared confident that the New Jersey attack would fail. The suit in Missouri is in the civil courts and the punishment which that state seeks to inflict upon the big packing houses is eviction. The Chi cago grand jury, on the other hand, is conducting its inquiry under the Sher man anti-trust law, ' and whatever ac tion it may take will be the result of mature consideration. Chicago Inquisitors Busy. What would develop if the beef in vestigations in New Jersey, Illinois. Missouri and Kansas should utilize evi dence and still more complicated ques tions regarding possible convictions at different points were cleared up by lawyers today. The constitutional provision that a man cannot be punished twice for the same offense was held to offer no obstruction to proceedings conducted simultaneously in several states, for when an act held to be illegal is com mitted in many states it is regarded as a distinct offense in each. Although District Attorney Sims had little to say of the developments in the warfare upon the packers, it was learned that the course of the local Investigation is nearing its end. The body may be ready to report to Judge Lnndis in two weeks' time. I,mtc Him a "Paramount Imne." An .000,000 DrynrKx . Cool Off, Jrtt. SIk" ot the Hlsrh-Flnance Banker. Pome Make Thin Oame Pay. The Rules Will Re Revised. Canned. . ... : Suffrage Loader Journeys in Auto mobile to Make Call on Visitor at Pasadena. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 19. (Spe cial.) At the request of Mrs. Russell Sage, Madame Caroline M. Severance, "mother of women's clubs in America," and although 90 years old. still a leader in the suffrage movement, journeyed today to Pasadena to meet the New York 88-year-old woman of millions. The two women lunched and chatted together for nearly two hours and at parting were delighted with one an other. One of Mrs. Sage's first thoughts on reaching Southern California was of Madame Severance. "There is one woman in California," she said, "whom ' I must meet, and she is Madame Severance." The desire was duly communicated to Madame Severance and as the club woman was feeling unusually vigorous yesterday she called an automobile and started forth. The meeting of the two noted women was an interesting event Mrs. Sage will return Madame Sever ance's visit as soon as she is strong enough to make the trip. CONSULS MOVE FOR PEACE representatives at M'anaqua Proffer Good Offices. i MANAGUA. Feb. 19. The Consular body resident here voted today to offer its good offices as peace mediator be tween the government and the insur gents under General Estrada. The move is considered important, for beyond the international character of the body, the members are versed in Nicaraguan af fairs and are men of more or less in fluence. A committee, composed of the Brit ish, Italian and Spanish Consuls, was appointed and later visited President Madriz, who was found to be in sym pathy with the object of the Consuls, but unwilling to state the terms upon which he would make peace with the insurgents. The Consuls also communicated with Rear-Admiral Kimball, asking him to transmit by wireless to General Es trada at Bluefields a message in which the Consuls condemned further shed ding of blood and asking the insurgent leader to submit the terms demanded. ASIATIC EMPLOYES TABOO San Francisco May forbid Union Men to Work for, Them. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. If the var ious unions affiliated with the San Fran cisco Labor Council obey the resolution adopted last night by that organization none of their members will be permitted to work in a house where Asiatics are employed. The resolution lollowe dthe voting down of a recommendation that no more sa loons where Asiatics are employed be unionized, and it was adopted on the plea that it was not fair to single out the saloons for boycott on account of em ploying Orientals when other business houses were permitted to employ them. COVERT TO COME TO WEST Prominent Postal Official Takes New Position In Service. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Richard P. Covert today tendered to Postmaster General Hitchcock his resignation as chief clerk, of the Postoffice Department, to accept the position of assistant super intendent. Division of Salaries and Al lowances of the same department, with headquarters on the Pacific Coast, probably at Lob Angeles. He will be succeeded as chief clerk by Theodore M. Weed, now chief clerk of the Department of Commerce and Ijabor. Mr. Covert has been identified with the Postal Service, since 1901, and is held in high personal and official regard. ALL DIE ON ITALIAN SHIP Gale Orf Irish Coast Causes Wreck That Costs Twenty Lives. QUEENSTOWN. Feb. 19. The Italian ship F. S. Ciampa, with all of her crew, was lost in a recent gale off Dunwoody Bay. The wreckage came ashore today. It is understood that the crew number ed 20. Some of the bodies have been recovered. HARRY MURPHY MAKES Alaska Fuel Figures Astound Committee. CUNNINGHAM TONS 50,000,000 $500,000 Guggenheim-Morgan Offer, Value $25,000,000. PRE-MERGER DEALS MADE Manager Birch Tells ot Getting Claims Before Syndicate Was Formed -Wickersham Would Be Counsel, Was Refused. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The Senate committee on territories today fur nished an attraction in the way of the developments relative to Alaska coal lands which fairly entitled it to rival in interest the Ballinger-Pinchot in vestigation. Manager Stephen Birch, of the Guggenheim-Morgan Alaska syndicate, was again the witness. He reeled off fig ures concerning the value of coal In the Cunningham claims and the Alaska coal and copper mines that were quite calculated to cause heads of the mem bers of the committee to swim. Placing the tonnage in the Cunning ham mines at 50,000,000, he said the coal could probably be taken out, so as to net a profit of $25,000,000. This statement, taken in connection with the fact that the syndicate had agreed to pay only $230,000 for half of the property, aroused much interest. Mr. Birch placed the probable out put of the entire Bering River coal district, of which the Cunningham group is a part, at 500.000,000 tons, with a net value of $200,000,000 and a gross value of $900,000,000. Merger Prompted Extension. "Bat there'"was another portion of Mr. Birch'B testimony which attracted even more attention than that relating to coal mines. It had reference to his efforts to extend the holdings of the Alaska Coal & Copper Company ia the Bonanza group of copper mines before it was acquired by the Guggenheim Morgan syndicate. Responding to questions from Mr. Frazier, Mr. Birch said some of the land now embraced In that group would be located by himself through the use of his own name and the name of other stockholders of the company. "Did the company furnish the money to pay for the claims?" asked Mr. Fra zier. - - Mr. Birch responded that it had done so, and mentioned some of the stock holders whose names had been so used. "They were dummies, -were they not?" asked the Tennessee Senator. "No, indeed," responded the witness. "They were interested in the property. I located a claim myself." "Was there, an understanding with the company that these claims should be turned over?" Mr. Frazier asked. 'There was no such understanding," was the reply. "I was there as mana ger and I went ahead and made the locations to protect the company." Law Violation Denied. Asked if he had received any com pensation for tills service Mr. Birch replied that he had not except in so far as hye had received pay for his general work for tha company. "The land was desirable and the law was complied with in all our proceed ings,"' he said. Testifying concerning the Guggenheim-Morgan options on the Cunning ham mines. Mr. Birch said it covered only a, half interest, the Cunningham people retaining the remainder. The syndicate had agreed, he said, to pay $250,000 and to furnish transportation. The company was to be capitalized for $5,000,000. He estimated it would cost $1.75 a ton to mine the -coal and was of the opinion that it could be market ed at-a profit of 50c a ton. Some veins in the Cunningham group (Concluded on Page 2.) SOME PICTORIAL OBSERVATIONS ON AN INTERESTING VARIETY OF Applicants Stand In Line for Hours Only to Find That Method Has Been Changed. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 19. More than 200 men and women who have been waiting in line since midnight to file on the 40-acre irrigated farms at Yuma, which will be thrown open March 1. learned tonight that they had spent days and nights in the streets fronting the Government land office for nothing. Secretary Ballinger, of the Interior Department, wired the land officials here today that he had changed the plan for giving away the Government land, and that instead of permitting entries of "first come, first served" it would be a simultaneous distribution. This means a mad rush and much excitement on the . entry-day, as the Secretary ordered the land office to engage a large hall and there distri bute the 172 farms to those who man age to get in the hall first between the hours of 8 and ' 9. on the morning of March 1. Much dissatisfaction was expressed among the prospective settlers in line when Receiver Robinson announced the Secretary's decision. The only ones who were pleased were those who offered as much as $1000 for pre ferred places in line and had been re fused. ABERCR0MBIE IS SHIFTED Officer Cause of Inquiry Placed In Secondary Position on Sound. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 19. Lieutenant-Colonel Abe r crombie. Twenty-fifth Infantry, who was In command at Fort George Wright at Spokane until recently suspended by Gen eral Maus, commanding the 'Department of the Columbia, was today ordered to Fort Lawton, Wash., where Colonel Ralph W. Hoyt, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, Is in command. TI is action followed the receipt by the War Department of the re-port of Gen eral Maus on the recent friction that arose at Fort Wright, and while no de tails of the report are made public, and General Maus' recommendations are with held, it is assumed, from the circum stances that the department H dissatisfied wiih Abercromble'a conduct, and has de cided to place hhh whx-re he will not have command of troops-, but will receive orders from a superior officer. This change leaves Major Joseph M. T, Partello in command at Fort Wright. JUDGE IS OWN PRISONER Jurist Editor Fines Himself for Fighting on Street. WELLINGTON, Kan., Feb. .19. Just because William Stotler, a newspaper man. happens to be the Police Judge here, that did not excuse him from ar raigning himself in his own court on a charge of disturbing the peace after he had engaged in a fight with J. L. Ferguson today. Immediately after the fight, Stotler summoned himself into court. "Have you been fighting?" he asked himself. "Yes," he answered, "But, Judge, I " "Tut, tut, interrupted the Judge. "I'll fine you $5 and costs." ' Ferguson was then arrigned by Judge Stotler and fined the same amount. Stotler also is the city editor of a Wellington paper. The fight started over an article Stotler wrote about Ferguson. REPUBLICANS UP IN ARMS Taft's Choice of Democrat Rouses Ire In Xew York. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Many New York Republicans are In arms against the reported intention of President Taft to appoint Frederick H. Bugher, pres ent acting Police Commissioner of New York and a Democrat, to the office of Surveyor of the Port of New York, to succeed James S. Clarkson, whose term will expire in a short time. It is understood that for some time Senator Root has been trying to per suade the President to place Mr. Bugh er. who is a nephew of John R. Mc Lean, in the office of Surveyor. Crisis Among British Liberals Has Come. IRISH AND LABBRITAS ANGRY War Threatened oh Asquith if Lords Given Respite. HE WANTS BUDGET FIRST Compromise Possible by Which Cabi net Would Be Pledged to Attack Lords, When Laborites and Irish Would Back Budget. BY T. P. O'CONNOR. (Special cable to Chicago Tribune, copyright 1909 by Tribune Company.) LONDON, Feb. . 19. This has been the week of negotiations, a rise and fall in fortunes, desperation being succeeded by brilliant hope and final uncertainty. The struggle Is still about the best tactics for facing the question of the House of Lords. The Irish party steadily adheres to the veto bill preceding the budget, believing that the budget should be kept as a lever against the Lords, and obstinately refusing to budge from Redmond's policy as announced in his Dublin speech, that, if the budget is placed before the veto, they would vote against the budget and thus de stroy both the budget and the House of Lords. Cabinet Says Budget First. The Liberal ministers are equally obstinate indeclaring that they must put the budget through before tack ling the veto. Their great argument is that the ministry is responsible for the conduct of the affairs of the ra tion and that it cannot allow finan cial chaos to continue and especially as the country already is threatened with a loss of $50,000,000 owing to arrears in the income tax. which can not be legally collected till the bud get is passed. A large section of the Radicals sym pathize with the attitude of the Irish, believing that a postponement of the veto issue, even by a few weeks, and a surrender on the budget will con vince the country that the ministers are not in earnest in making their fight against the Lords. The Labor party is still more outspoken In demanding the immediate tackling of the veto and George Barnes, immediately after his election as the 'new chairman of the Labor party, writes a public letter expressing surprise at the attitude of the Government. Asquith's Plan Misunderstood. The situation ia complicated further by what appears to be a general mis apprehension of the meaning of As quith's speech, in which he declared he would not assume or retain office without safeguards that the House of Lords could never again destroy the budget or Liberal legislation. The gen eral interpretation was that Asquith would either resign or get a guarantee from the King that he would have 500 new peers created and transform the Liberal minority into a Liberal ma jority in the House of Lords. It turns out that Asquith never meant this and that he has not asked, and as a mat ter of fact could not get, such guaran tee until the veto bill is prepared and passed by the House of Commons and rejected by the House of Lords. A compromise is possible by Asquith's bringing in a series of resolutions set ting forth a plan to force a veto bill before Easter and before the introduc tion of the budget, and these resolu tions, is satisfactory, would be carried by a majority of over one hundred, the Irish combining heartily with the Liberals and Labor parties for such res olutions. It would bo possible then that the Irish could vote for the bud get, but this still remains doubtful. Much, if not everything, . depends on the tone of the speeches on Monday night j Z o-gft no pgpnj3UQ. Skipper Asks In Disgust Whether He Commands Dovecote or Ship, Glad Detectives Travel. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. (Special.) Covered with rice and old shoes from stem to stern, the steamship Oceana, of the Quebec Steamship Company, left today for the Bermudas. On board were 52 newly-married couples. It is as sumed that this establishes a record cargo in newly-weds. The captain of the liner, looking down from the bridge with evident disfavor at his unique cargo, remarked: "What is this, anyway; a steamship or a dovecote?" The bridal baggage was large, and innumerable mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters and friends Were on hand to make the parting pleasant for the victims of Cupid. On board the steamship were also two central office detectives. As usual, the detectives let every one know they were detectives. They resolutely refused however, to tell what took them to the Bermudas. Three policemen In uni form saw them off. The Oceana's cabin, passenger list numbered 336. This is the largest num. ber ever sailing to Bermuda on one vessel. ALSEA BAY HOLDS BACK Citizens , However, Will Consider Yaquina Improvement Project. NEWPORT. Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) The Toledo delegation, which went to Waldport yesterday with the intention of inducing Alsea Bay people to join the Port Commission of Yaquina Bay, to help carry the southern part of Lincoln Coun ty for a toO.000 bond issue for the improve ment of waterways, succeeded in getting a committee appointed to meet with the Elk City, Toledo and Newport commit tees in Newport the latter part of next week. When the terms of the bond Issue stood only for the Improvement of the Yaquina River, between Yaquina and To ledo, Waldport's sentiment was directed against the plan. The lower part of the county protests that it. has been neglected by the county officers, who are nearly all citizens of Toledo. Some time ago a special twelve mill tax was voted for road building and better schools. Of this money seven mills went for better roads -and five mills for I improved schools. It is questionable if . . V- T .. . m I cut nrt GIRL'S DEATH IS PUZZLE Autopsy Shows Ptomaine Poisoning Did Xot Kill Lucile Clark. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. An autopsy performed today on the body of Miss Lucile Clark. 22-year-old daughter of a British army officer, who died in a hotel yesterday, indicates that she did not die of ptomaine poisoning, as was at first thought. Dr. O'Hanlon, the Coroner's physi cian, said tonight that the viscera had been sent to the College of Physicians and Surgeons for microscopic and chemical analysis. Miss Clark came here from India last Fall. She had expected to go to California in a few days. CASTRO HEADS NEW PLOT Hernandez May Also Be Involved In Venezuelan Revolt. CARACAS, Venezuela. Feb. 19. The discovery of a new plot against the Government and in the interest of ex President Castro, has caused a sensa tion. Many arrests of prominent per sons have been made. Disquieting rumors regarding the political intentions of General Jose Hernandez, leader of the Nationalist party and formerly Minister at Wash ington, who is now in Paris, have alarmed his partisans here. VASQUEZ CHECKS MENA Latter Still Fighting With 7 00 Men and Amrican Help. SAN JUAN DEL, SUR, Nicaragua, Feb. 19. Word was received here from Gen eral Vas Quez yesterday, saying he was holding General Mena in check with 1000 men. Mena. he said, was still fighting at St. Vlncente, having 700 men and two Hott h kiss guns and two- Maxim guns manned by Americans. The tactics of the insurg ent General seemed to be "to avoid a de cisive battle and to make his way west ward. - THE WEEK'S INCIDENTS Two Coaches Afire, Mis siles Strike Many. FIRE HOSE DISPERSES MOB Discharge of 200 Trolley Men Arouses Association's Ire. POLICE ALERT FOR CRISIS Turning in of Cars Follows Refused Hi.se in Pay Union Sought Sole RecognitionThousands Walk. Patrolmen Protect Line. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19. Coming when least expected, a strike was1 de clared against the Philadelphia Ra.pid Transit Company by the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Rail way employes this afternoon and tonight the- police and firemen were busy handling turbulent crowds. Two cars were burned, a score of cars were attacked, forcing their crews to abandon them, and numerous arre-sts were made. Except in the central part of the city, streetcar service was almost at a stand still. Cars running through the central sections were heavily protected. Great crowds collected near the burned cars, and for a time it was feared a riot would follow. Firemen were ordered to turn their hose on the crowd and the mob scattered quickly. Many passengers were struck by missiles but no one was serious ly hurt. Strike Second in Year. The strike is the second inaugurated !y the trolleymen in a year. The. men asked an increase in wages and wanted tlio company to recognize no other union but the. Amalgamated Association. The Union leaders charged that a rival organiza tion had been put in the field to defeat the Amalgamated Association's campaign for better working conditions. The com pany declined to recognize the Amalga mated Association exclusively. The break in the negotiations came last Thursday. Last night and today 2o0 men were dismissed for, "the good of the service." This aroused the indignation of the men and they began turning in their curs about 1 o'clock. News of the desertions quickly reached Union headquarters, with the result that a strike order was instantly issued. Police and Firemen Called. The greatest difficulty was experienced from 5 to 7 o'clock when thousands of people found ft Impossible to get a foot hold on the cars and were compelled to walk. Thousands refused to ride on cars, fearing attacks. The police and fire Departments, in an ticipation of a strike, had been on a "war footing" for a month and. were ready for business when the trouble eama today. The moment the news that a strike had been called reached the City Hall, the police plans were placed in operation. Mounted police were . assembled in the City Hall court and squads of police men and firemen were assigned to each of the 19 barns in the city. Policemen and firemen also were put on cars to pro tect men who desired to remain at work. TYPHOID SUITS PLANNED Salem Attorneys See Difficulty In Making Proof for Verdict. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 19. ("Special.) ' Several relatives of persons who died from typhoid fever in the recent epi demic are pooling interests In a plan to bring an action for damages in a large amount against the Salem Water Company, which, it is alleged, furnished impure water. Several of the attorneys consulted have declined to take the case against the water company, believing" that it will be Impossible to, prove facts suf ficient to secure a verdict. J