The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, April 09, 1911, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPages 1 to 16 80 Pages : y y w t . nnrnnv aiTvnAA' Mni?VTa. ATT1TTj O. 1911. - PRICE- FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXX NO. lo. , ' " ' T y ' I I . COAST HAS GAINED Westward Torrent Ex cels All Records. NEWCOMERS SEEKING HOMES New Railroads Cause Many to Go to Central Oregon. CHEAP LAND IS TEMPTING I'rora Farms and Factories of Faat, Middle West. Sooth Horueseciers Hock to rclflc Travel to Reach Maximum Todaj. KF.ro an or spring colonist HOtCMtM. Omaha salsway .00. Via Bouttl.Mt smt.wT 1S.OOO. vi ru Paul ust is.000- Te Canada (for year 1911) SoO. oou. BT HERBERT WATERS. CHICAGO. April .-(SpclD-Fifty thousand persons carried Into Pacific Coast territory and a great majority of them seeking new home la the country of almost unlimited wealth each la the record of the Spring colonist movement which will be brought to a cloae Mon iay. according to forecasts made by of ficial of the Harrlman road and other II nee It represent a volume of bulne that smashes all previous total for this kind of traffla and I a tribute, railroad official declare, not only to the mtenlre advertising- campaign that ha been carried on by commercial nd other bodle In Pacific Coast cities, but also to the Intrinsic worth of the propositions they have offered to all !hose see kins; substantial Incomes and animate Independence. From practlcal'y every place; la tha Fast and from almost every city and hamlet In the South, thera have com thousand of persons who are tired of skin out a bar livelihood In shop, factory and farms of questionable" fer tility and are determined to cast their fortunes In that part of the country where a reasonable amount of Industry will surely result In a handsome In tome. 10,000 Come Through Omaha. Although final figure are not at band. It la estimated that 19.000 per son wtU have passed through tha Omaha gateway over tli Union Pacific road to the Pacific Coast when tha present cotonlst movement ends Mon day. Through this outlet there passed last Spring 10.S0O passengers, classed as colonists, as compared with 11.900 tha Spring previous. Tha movement this year via Omaha has been so heavy that SO.000 Is con sidered a very conservative estimate of tha total number of colonist moving during tha present 10-day period to California. Oregon and Waahlngton. It Is likewise estimated that 13.090 colo nist traveler will have reached tha Western eda of the continent via Foutbern routes by the time the last train carrying this class of traffic steams Into Its destination and a simi lar number. It Is calculated, will go through Ft. Faul over the Northwest route. Officers of tha Harrlman lines de clare that the big rush Invariably come at. tha end of the colonist season and the "peak of the colonist load." aa they term It. Is aow being rapidly reached. Special arrangements bav been made to take care of the Immense travel which It will be necessary to handle during the remaining few days la which the colonist fares will be of fered. Central Oregon Attracts. -We have had an exceptionally heavy colonist business this Spring into tha Northwest." said an official of the Northern Pacific road. -Where wa had . ibs Inquiry In regard to opportunities lConrludd on Pas J 00 COLONISTS Settlag. . . . ' ' T 4 IIMARI C TO FAT GLOVES, MAN DIES STARVING, HE COOKS BUCK SKINS, snOOTS SELF. Discovery of Body of Hontor lost li Idaho Wllda Shows How Life Was Ended In Dopalr. BOISE. Idaho. April S. (Special.) James Boss, who was lost In the wild f Eastern Idaho last December, cook ed hi buckskin gloves to ward off starvation and. finding that last- chanc meal repulsive, blew out his brains. Boss body, leaning- against a tree, and a tin cup containing his gloves on nil mt aahaa. were found Friday. A gaping bole la tha skull and a rifle containing an exploded cartridge by tb body told how Ross. In despair, had taken his life. Ills tragic ending recalls the death of B. E. Corbln. a Boise banker, who was lost In the same manner while hunting In the same section of the country. Ross was with Jimio Toung and both lost their bearings In the tim ber of Freemont County. Believing he recognised mountain peaks in the dls tance. Boss proposed to walk In that direction. Toung demurred and the two hunters parted. Toung found his way to tha ranch of K. M. Musgrave. near Lake, la Freemont County. Boss never returned. Just 20 miles from the point where the two hunters parted the body of Bos was found by Musgrave and his two sons. ' SON'S LOVE WORTH $80,000 Widow Allege Capitalist Stole Boy's Affection. SAV FRANCISCO. April . (Special.) Lrficlen George, capitalist, by Inherit ance of 1300.000 from the wealthy George estate probated at Mary svl lie. was sued today for 180.000 damages by Mra Emma F. Sprague. a wealthy widow, who accuses him of alienating thi affections of her l-year-oId son, Leslie Sprague. George Is at present out on 11500 cash ball, fixed by the District Ap pellate Court to Insure his appearance In the Superior Court to answer to a felony charge Involving the boy. Twelve years sgo Sprague left his home one day and haa never since been heard or. HI wife has long since made up her mind that be met with acci dental death. Since that time the widow baa had the custody of her son. until October 1 last, when, ' is alleged In the com plant, the boy fell under the Influence of George. Until February IT. last, when the boy was taken from George, the mother alleges, he was with him almost continually and that during that period ehe was deprived of the affec tion, support and companionship of the youth. . George la IS years old and since com ing Into his money haa not been en gaged In any business. COUNT ROILS .PENDLETON Census Total Indicates That City Gains Only (4 la Decade. PENDLETON. Or., Aprjl . (Spe cial.) The receipt of the official census report for Pendleton giving a population of 44(0 and showing a gain of. t persons or exactly ; 1 per cent In 10 years has aroused a storm of protest and disgust In this city. "Farcical" and "unfair" are a few of the mildest term applied to the report, but at this late day It Is not believed any protest, will be made to the department. It wa learned today that Jhe 600 bona fide name furnished by the Commercial Association worker after the Government census-takers had failed to do their work properly were rejected by the census director. No reason waa given for throwing out these names though It Is declared there waa not a "fake" one in the Hat. DEATH MATTER OF HOURS Tom Johnson Not Likely to Live Tli rough Night. CLEVELAND. April I. It was an nounced tonight that Tom L. Johnson waa close to death and. according to close friends, his demise was but a matter of hours at most. CURRENT ' ; v ( g6ij i ' . .it mwfh -zsJs Lasif m?f Sf -M?mki.(m Wmm! Watch Me Slake a 4 Rep.1 INSURGENTS ARE TARIFF Fate of Bills Depends on Their Attitude. SENATE COMMITTEE IS FRED Worst Regulars Can Get Is Tie, Which Kills Bill. INSURGENTS IN DILEMMA Committed Both to Tariff Reduc tion and Tariff Board, They Can't Be Consistent Sorao Demo crats May Help Regulars. BT HARRT J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NBTVS BUREAU. Wash ington. April i. The Democratic legis lative programme, as mapped out by the caucus of the House Democrats a wet-k ago. Is bound to encounter determined opposition In the Senate, especially fts regards the tariff, and the ultimate ou: come will depend largely upon the attl tude assumed by Republican Insurgent Senators. None of the important bills passed by the House can hope to get through, the Senate without running the gauntlet of protracted debate and deter mined opposition. As to the tariff. It can be aald on authority of some of the older Republi can Senators that there will be no al teration of the Payne-AIdrlch law other than provided In the Canadian reci procity bill If the majority of the Republican membership of the finance committee can prevent It. The Republi- csnei have a majority of four on this committee, snd It Is planned to give the Insurgents not to exceed two mem bers on the committee as It I to be re organised. This arrangement. If fol lowed out. would leave the regulars In virtual control of the committee, for If the two Insurgents Join with the Demo crats, the committee would stand tied, and a tie vote la negative. Democratic Aid Expected. The regulars however, are not depend ing altogether on a tie vote in the finance committee to hold back bills re vising the Payne-Aldrlch law. They believe that several Democrats will stand wuu them In opposing Immedi ate revision of the tariff, schedule by schedule, as the Houa proposes; and with the aid of one or more Democrat they can probably hold back Indefinitely all bllla that may be passed by the House. Such a plan would leave the Senate powerless to act, unless a ma jority, made up of Democrats and In surgent, should vote . to discharge the corataittee and bring In the bllla for consideration by the Senate. Many of tha Republicans who are pro nounced In their opposition to revision of the tariff at the special session in sist that nothing shall be done until Congress has the report of the tariff board. They maintain that, without the information gathered by this board. Congress will not be In a position to pass Intelligently upon the wool schedule, the cotton schedule, and others that are to be first attacked by the Democratic House. There are In surgents ao well as regulars who ad vance this argument. Insurgents Are In Predicament. Of course, the regulars are opposed to revision of the present tariff law on general principles. Some of the Insur gents, however, are on record as favor ing tariff revision only after report by the tariff board. It was Insurgents. In the main, who ftrat Insisted upon hav ing a tariff board or commission and, having brought about the creation of such a board, they cannot consistently vote to revise the tariff until they learn what that board has gathered as to the cost of production at home and abroad, etc Some of the Insurgents, moreover, hail from states that are great wool producers, and these Sena tors are In no hurry to have schedule K revised, notwithstanding they have (Concluded on Pass . ARBITERS EVENTS GIVE HARRY MURPHY NUMEROUS TOPICS FOR HUMOROUS DRAWINGS. Dial aeaaebedy Say Eaater Hat 7 t I 7 I I INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTER DATS Maximum temperature. OS degrees: minimum. 33 decrees. TODAY'S Showers; south to west winds. National. Regular Senators have programme made to kill Democratlo tariff bills. Section L page L Porelge. Mexican rebels under Williams almost ex terminated in battle near Mexican. Sec tion 1. page - 1 British Tories begin long filibuster against Lords' veto bllL Section 1. page S. Polities. Leading Insurgent Senator In California Leg islature talks la Portlano. Section 3. pace 18. Domestic. Colonist movement to Pacific Coast breaks all records. Section 1, page 1. Lorlmer bribery investigators secure bsnk records showing "slusn" fund waa raised. Section 1. pace a. Suitor's rejection at father's death causes him to sulks sweetheart. Section 1. page 1. Minnesota Railway Commission loses In at tempting to reduce passenger and freight rates. Section 1. page 2. 125.OuO.uoo estate fight of Miller Lux settled. Section 1. page S. 4 Sports. Pugilism on higher plane than 20 years ago, says Jim corbetu Section 4, page 5. Wolgast fight hurts boxing game in San Francisco. Section 4, -page a. Vancouver looms as fight center. Section 4, page 9. Big crowds see horse show at Salem. Sec tion 1, page 8. Heads of National and American leagues predict close contests. Section pages. Pacific Coast tragus results: Vernon 2, Portland 1; Sacramento 6. San Francisco 1: Oakland 6, Los Angeles 0. Section 2, page 2. ' University of Oregon wins Indoor field meet at Columbia Coliseum. Section 2. page 3. Pacine Kortbweet. Effort to Ignore Roosevelt In Seattle falls. Section 3. page la Four bank presidents ahl two others Indicted at 6pokane for alleged eucalyptus land swindle. Section 1. page 4. Roosevelt In address at Spokane declares be Is not seeking office, again. Section 1, page 1. Starving lost hunter In Idaho cooks buck skin gloves to eat, then blowa out brains. Section 1, page X. Insane man held at Colfax as murder sus pect. Section 1. page 8. Tacoma taxpayers paying for their recall election. Section 1. page 7. Historic Tonquln wreck to be portrayed at Astoria Centennial. Section 1, page ft. Automobiles. Autos put to many uses. Section 4. page 4. T. M C A. automobile classes growlnv. Section 4. page 4. i Motor bog displays villainous road man ners. Section 4. page S. Hood River road will be wonder. Section 4, page fc. Automobiles aid railways In tapping Central Oregon. Section 4. page 8. Telephone companies put autos to good use. Section s. page 9. Real Estate aad Building. Princeton Trust Company to build 12-story block at Park and Morrison. Section 4. page lo. Jennings to build 400.000 block on East Side. Section 4, page 10. Many apartmer.t-houses built on East Side. Section 4. page 11. ' Building permits average 140,000 a day. Section 4, page 11. Realty Board outlines plans tor year. Sec tion 4, page 12. Many sales of real estate reported on East Side. Section 4. page 1. - Commercial and Marine. Rale war among river pilots In prospect. Section 2, page 18. Half of the unsold 1010 hops bought for export. Section 2. page 19. Selling of wheat by mills weakens Chi cago snaraec section z. page is. Stock speculation at New York Is dull. Sec tion 2. page 19. Portland,' and Vicinity. Swift and Sulzberger agreement indlcatca $.000,000 packing plant for Kenton. Sec tion 1. page 1. Sheriff 8tevens arrests at Seven-Mile House three wnom he connects with Welser'e alleged system to ensnare girls. Section 2. page 20. Dr. Harry Lsna will run for Mayor. Section 1. page 11. Councilman Ellis declares Attorney Seneca Fouta offered him $3500 to kill paving measure. Section 1. page 4. Farmer retires with fortune won from sage brush land. Section 1. pace 15. Portland Auto Club starts membership campaign. Section 2, page 4. Promise given of real bids for bridge bonds. Section 1, page 13. Scavenger wins 1482 verdict against Super intendent Napier for assault. Section 1, page Is. George W. McMillan's funeral to be held to day. Section 1. page 4. TRAGEDY RESULT OF PACT Foster Daughter Shoots Father and Turns Gun on Self.' LOS ANGELES. April 8. As the re sult. Is Is believed, of a deliberate pact to die together, Eva Dania, the 20-year-old adopted daughter of S. L. Dania, who last Saturday shot and killed his little daughter, Ledalla, to night at the County IIv. Hal shot Dania through the head, and turning the revolver on herself, fired four shots Into her own breast. Since then he has been at the County Hospital and it was believed was ou fair way to recovery. Neither Js expected to live until morning. )M DEiELfj PflEN) Ckamploa of the North weat. PACKERS TO BUILD $2, T Swift and Sulzberger Sign Memorandum. KENTON SITE ESTABLISHED Large Capacity Will Promote ' . industry in Northwest. WAY FOR -DEAL IS CLEAR Interest In Colon Stockyards Com pany, Wharfage Rights and Pur chase of Sufficient Land In volved In Agreement. PLAN CONFIRMED IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK. April 8. (Special.) Ferdinand Sulzberger, of the pack ing firm of Schwarzschlld It. Sulzber ger, when asked tonight regarding a report from Portland to the effect that hla firm contemplated building a large plant In that-city, said: "Our firm already has a packing bouse In Portland, but the Increasing business on the Pacific Coast haa caused us to decide to build a much larger plant, modern In every respect. Th details of the new plant will be handled by the Chicago branch of our firm." By the signing of a memorandum of agreement In Chicago last week by Louis Swift, on the part of Swift Sc. Co., and M. J. Sulzberger, for Schwarz schlld Sulzberger, a tentative arrange ment has been perfected for the con struction of a COOO.OOO packing plant in the Kenton district. Negotiations have been pending a year and with the successful conclusion con firmed In the dispatch from New York the enterprise will represent the largest and most Important commercial move of the year. It Is the understanding that ther will be erected In the packing house district, now occupied by the Swift concern, a plant even larger than that of the Swifts and modern in every respect. The memorandum covers all the de tails of the transaction. It Involves a transfer of one-third Interest in the Portland Cnlon Stockyards Company, and the nurehase of sufficient ground. in fee simple, for the plant. Including wharfage rights and an interest In the Peninsula Industrial Company, which owns 8000 acres of the present packing district and the townsite of Kenton. Commercial Club Acts. The result was - brought about through the co-operation of the Swift Interests and the Industrial department of the Commercial Club, as represented by R. W. Raymond, Mr. Raymond re cently made a trip to Chicago in an effort to close the contract and brought all the Interests Involved together. It was due to his presentation of the sub ject that the deal has reached its present stage. One of the difficult factors In the es tablishment of the 12,000.000 packing plant was the rental charged for the present small packlng-houso which is used by Bchwarzschlld & Sulzberger in South Portland. It Is currently report ed that the present owners of the prop erty had decided to increase the rent nearly 100 per cent. It was necessary to occupy the premises until the new plant was constructed, should It be de cided to build one In the North Fort land yards, or Kenton district. Efforts to adjudicate the rental were success ful vesterdav and It Is understood that the way Is clear for the completion of the deal and that contracts wilt be awarded for the building In a short time. The buildings alone are to cost !1,00.00&. Kenton's Status Assured. The addition of a large packing plant In the Kenton district assures for all time the location of the livestock cen ter, with Schwarzschlld & Sulzberger rger j (Concluded on Page 2.) Ia Seaaloa. PUN LOVER'S IRE ENDS GRAVESIDE GRIEF ENGAGEMENT BROKEN BY GIRL AS SUITOR'S FATHER DIES. Note Telling She Is to Wed Another Received at Funeral, Causes Man to Strike Sweetheart. LOS ANGELES, April 8. (Special.) From grief to rage, from the grave side of his father In Seattle to Los Angeles to Interfere with the an nounced marriage plans of his sweet heart to another suitor, was a quick transition for B. F. Brown. Within 10 minutes after he struck down Miss Bernlce Parker, the object of both his lova and bis rags, he was In police court facing a charge of battery. After Miss Parker related the details of the affair Brown pleaded guilty and sought to show in extenuation that he lost his reason when he realized Miss Parker was to marry another man. Miss Parker and Brown had been sweethearts for three years. She had assisted in paying his way through col lege. Three weeks ago Brown was called to Seattle by the Illness of his father. Several days ago the father died, and after his funeral the son hastened to Los Angeles. The cause of his haste was this message, written on a postal card: "You needn't coma back to Los An geles. I'm going to marry, and I don't care to see you again. Bernlce." BLACKLIST IS STARTED Undesirable Employes to Be Barred From State Service. SALEM. Or., April 8. (Special.) "Undesirable employes" who have been discharged from one state Institution In Oregon will find short shrift In oth er institutions when they apply for positions In the future, as the black list will be Inaugurated following an organization of all the superintendents In the offices of Governor West. Superintendent Stelner of the asylum was elected president, and Superin tendent Tlllinghast, of the Mute School, secretary of the organization. Under this new plan all of the Institutions will be brought Into close communion and will endeavor to work for the Interests of the respective organiza tions Instead of being on the former basis, standing as separate and dis tinct entitles. The organized body of -state super intendents will hold meetings at fre quent Intervals with the board for dls. cusslon of the various phases of the state work. Governor West suggested the Idea of organization to the various heads. WATER FLIGHTS ARE MADE Curtlss Gives Exhibitions on Salt Lake With Hydroplane. SALT LAKE CITY, April 8. Glenn Curtiss, the aviator, gave successful exhibitions of his new hydroplane on the surface of Salt Lake this after noon, ascending from and descending upon the water.- The hydroplane was driven by Its own power from the beach Into the water. After skimming over the sur face f or several minutes, turning here and there, Curtiss arose in the air to a height of 200 feet and flew over the lake for 10 mlnues before lighting on the water. He rose again and made another short flight landing on the shore. FIRE DESTROYING DALTON Tennessee Town's Loss Is $400,000 and Flames Unchecked. CHATTANOOGA Tenn.. April 9. At 2 A. M. a telephone message from Dal ton, Oa., said that the entire town Is threatened by fire which broke out at midnight in the kitchen of tha Hotel Dal ton. nnerlal train is now beintr made up In this city to carry an engine and fire fighters to the assistance or tne doomed city. . The loss at 2 o'clock Is estimated at $400,000 and there is little prospect of stopping the spread of the flames. A stiff breeze Is fanning the flames and the volunteer fire department Is help less to arrest, the fire's spread. Aside from the request to Chattanooga for flre-fierhtina: apparatus, other towns have been appealed to for help. IN Another One. i THIRD TERM NOT ROOSEVELT'S MM Tour Made to Thank People, He Says. "CUCX03" PARENTS SCORNED Ex-President Declares He De spises Idle Rich. 4 ,c , CONGRESS AGAIN DEFIED Colonel in Spokane Address Declare He Is Proud of Panama Canal Step and Has Nothing to Hide About It. BTBIKING REMARKS MADE BY ROOSEVELT AT SPOKANE. "I have had everything. No man alive has had such a good run for his money." "The cuckoo type of parent leaves the child to the teachers for all the training." "I do . not envy the Idle rich. I despise them. Poor wretches! Think what they must miss In life." SPOKANE, April 8. Theodore Roose velt came very close today to making a public declaration that he would not be a candidate for President In 1912 or at any other time. In the course of a post-luncheon address before the Com mercial Club he said: . "I am not an aspirant for anything because I have had everything. I am ahead of the game." Thjs Is the first statement of the kind that Mr. Roosevelt has made during the present tour and was made In connection with his explanation of his trip. It Is the closest he has come to making public his frame of mind as regards the possibility of his nomina tion for the Presidency since the days preceding the last Presidential cam paign. "I have a certain difficulty In the fact that when one acts from motives sufflclently simple there are always so many people who persist In thinking that they are too simple to be believ able and ascribe to me a Mephistopbel ian character, with far-reaching and sinister aspects" said Colonel Roosevelt. "I am not an aspirant for anything, because I have had everything. I am ahead of the game. No man alive has had as good a run for his money as I have had. Because of my life In the West, I was not only able to become President of the United States, but to do the things which in my mind made it worth while being President. Gratitude Prompts Tour. "When I left the Presidency I made up my mind that when the opportunity offered after my return from Africa, I should try to visit each section and as nearly as possible every state in the Union to greet the people, to endeavor to show thera my belief that the man who has been a President of the Unit ed States is forever after the debtor of the American people. Mind you. 1 do not care for any ofnee in itself. The only reason why I value any ofnee la because of the opportunity given by that office to do work worth doing. "It Is what the man does in the position and not the position he holds which gives honor and usefulness to his career. Next to Washington prob ably the two greatest men certainly two of the four greatest men In our history were Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton, neither of whom ever held a very great office, but each of whom rendered to this country ser vices literally of inestimable value." Wealthy Not Disliked. Of New York's wealthy men Mr; Roosevelt said: "There are, I am sorry to say, s very large number of the Immensely (Concluded on Page 2-1 B005EVEIT SfflK "P OfOT-AHD WILL HAVE 1.000,000 LESS THAIS A .GENERATION' " That'll Knock 'Em Cold 1 " e-e