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VOL. IV. NO. 81.
t Mitchell' Counsel ' Interposes
Plea in a Single Case Which
May- Nullify Grand . :
' Th openlns tun of th (Tett
bttl which la to-detarmlne tha suut or
' Innocenca of BenAtor John H. ' Mitchell
. was flrad , thla mortitns 'when 'ha
"f appeared In tha faderai court In ' ra
" : aponaa tp tha Indictments charging- him
with complicity In tha land frauds. ;'
To thre of-tha four indlotments Sen
ator Mitchell, through hla nttorner.
J Judge A. B. Bennett, entered a plea, of
, not guilty; to . tha f ourth ha demurred
. and filed a. plea In abatement. . Judge
' Bennett explained to the , court , that
-' thre of the ImJlct'raenU .charged acta
- Involving moral turpitude, aiul. aa fo
" theae his client .desired earljr trtel and
. , would interpoae . no . dilatory '- motlona.
but a to' the remaining" Indictment.
which, ia hh .opinion-charged only ,a
" technical oXfeaaa h would fmiaa obJee
'ina na.ve. Deen. nexu
' -: t fnll Xaock Ottt An. ;
' .' inaamuch aar the. plea In abatement
filed to thla laat Indictment attacks the
, . Yalldlty of tha grand Jurjr'e prooeedlnga.
It, would. If auatalned. have tha effect
, , overthrowing all of tha indictments
which have been returned.
f i The federal courtroom . was crowded
when Jndga Bellinger took hla seat upon
- tna Dencn tnia morning; - Many .lawyer!
' were preaent aa well aa s number of per
' , aona who are under indictment In other
, cues, and who appeared, expecting to
, be arraigned.- Judge A. & Bennett of
k The Dalleat -who la to conduct the de
- fenae of Senator Mitchell, Congressman
Williamson, tha offlclala of the Butte
Creek Land Lumber company and John
. Northrop, the Indicted member of the
- DorensoD jury, aiiraciea aiiention. Tall,
aioop-anouiaerea, careieea in nia attire,
. yet with an waay confidence born of
. long experience in the trial of hard
fought caaea. Judge-Wennett excited
; . much curious comment while the brief
l oti Cuil JJ Fleet of Transports Pc:a
Sspohse toThrec'or I v X Singapore to Join Res-
v : Four Indictments. '-SS'i -sian Squadron; ? ;
GRAND JURY'S LEGALITY : !; . I , !
h'?? DENIED BY BENNETT v 1 I il III .. '!? In
I proceedings were In pios'ieaa.-
"Ht 'you some arraignments ' yon
. : wish to make thla t mornlngr asked
J- Judge Bellinger of Mr. Henev.
' -. "yea,- your honor, we expected to ar-
ralgn John H. Mitchell, but he la hot
, ' yet here." , v.; ,
, Judge ' Bennett ' explained that his
' client would arrive very soon. -.
A caoment later Senator Mitchell an-
tered the room and took hla Beat be.
dreaaed tha court:'
"W waive the reading of the lndlct
menL ' We wlah to teat the legality, of
, tna organisation or the grand jury and
. tha right of MrvHeney to appear before
, the jury by s plea In abatement We also
Wish to file a demurrer; atlpulatlng. now-
' ever, that this shall not bo a waiver of
the plea in abatement."
:"'f .Vi '.-keney Objaets. '
I; f 'Mr. Heney consented to the stipule
'. t Ion, bat objeoted to the plea in abate-
i mentfon the ground that It was filed too
;' late.. v; ''-- -
: - "There are' three other Indictments,?
resumed Judge Bennett, "which charge
Senator i Mitchell with acts Involving
moral turpitude, and In these cases we
' waive all technical objections and plead
' not guilty. We waive the reading of the
' Indictments. We wish to urge an early
, trial and wouldMIke to have the cases
4 set at the earliest possible moment.''
. V Judge Bellinger explained that the
cases could not be heard until the court
. has occupied the renovated quarters In
tha old postof t Ice building,, and that the
,' cases could probably be called "by June
. This ended the proceedings so far
. aa Senator Mitchell was concerned!
The demurrer filed by Judge Bennett
- Is s-eneral and soes to each count of the
' indictment. 't alleiws that the facts
" alleged are not. eurricientito estsDiisn
...'.any crime. -".?.
rioa'ta Abstossaat,
The plea In abatement Is voluminous,
and Is. an attack upon the validity of
the organisation, of the gTand Jury, aa
well as upon the right of United States
District Attorney Heney. to appear be
. fore the Jury. It la alleged in tha plea
; that certain members of the Jury were
not qualified, and that the proceedings
were thereby Invalidated. -
It Is charged that George Qulstln,
-one of the Jurors, is not dtlsen of the
United States, ami was therefore Ineli
gible to Bit In the Jury. Frank 3oltr
and Joaeph Basner are also oVclared to
have been disqualified for the reason
' that neltherof them was on the tax roll
' of the county In which he Uvea, - fur
ther objection Is made that W. E. Rob-
ertson, tha flrat foreman of the Juiy,
was excused one day after the grand
Jury was impaneled, and that alx days
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; A. .r',.Xeding Figure! in the Equiublc Lif Insoranct , Company's . ydifflcultie u' 1 ' J
. " ,1 .J ' Vhich har got Into court.- On tb left b shown President Alexander, . .. & ' rl
V" -. ' ; 'y I 'Z . .in the npper righ hand corner Jacob aSchlff, below him.James H. Hyd S ' Cl ' Yf ' ' y ' ' Jy
- '' " ' ' bottom Ambassador Cambon, In whose honor the famous ' ,7" IP(I '.tj w
, ' ; V;,' ,i 'v $30oo dinner was giren, a scene at which Is also sliowiu -j ''"It' I N ' " ;
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Equitable Ufa Develops the MosJ
Astounding Financial Scan-
; . 'X. dal In America.', V
HYDE'S POLICY PAID FOR
BY THE POLICY HOLDERS
Absurd. Extravatrancies But:
malLEwportioajoLDirecU-i
t ors Wrong-Doings.
''' i' (Joornsl Special Berrta,)
New" York,. April 11. Before Justice
Maddox, In the superior court at "Brook
lyn, the hearing of the application ot
Prank B. Lord, stockholder in the Equit
able Assurance society for an Injunction
to restrain the officers and directors of
the society from mutuallzlng the con
cern was continued ' today. Attorneys
for Lord argued that tha property rights
of ths stockholders cannot be fsken away
without due process of law and that the
charter does not permit the destruction
ot these rights. r . ..
The battle for the- control of tha sur
plus and assets of . the Equitable Life
Assurance society has revealed the most
astounding and far reaching, financial
scandal unearthed in America ..It - di
rectly involves the savings of 100.000
policy holders and the J. 000,000 ultimate
beneficiaries of these policies, and reaches
to , the uttermost parts of - the stupen
dous system of organised capital, relat
ing not only to insurance .companies
but to banks, trust-companies, railroads
and . Industrial undertakings with- an
aggregate capitalisation Of hundreds of
millions of dollars, r .
The exposures all ' revolve around
James M. Hyde, son' of the founder of
the Equitable Life, v- Hyde flrat came
into public notice by an elaborate din
ner at Sherry's in honor of the French
ambassador, Cambon, In 1102. This
dinner cost. $10,000 and. was .most elab
orate n Its details. It was charged to
the advertising fund-of the-Equitable
and paid for by the policy holders. Hyde
stating that it waa a good advertisement
for the company, when objection was
mads. Many prominent men were gueets
at the dinner who have since stated that
they had no idee, they were participat
ing In an advertisement for the Equita
ble 'Life. - ' :
Mr.- Hyde's most recent extravacancS
was the giving of a 1 100,000 baM In the
costumes of Louis XIV at Sherry's.
Hyde has his gardener, his valet, and
other personal .servants and employee
on the payroll of the Equitable, and It
is charged the policyholders of the con
cern have been paying for all .the fol
lies committed by this young financier.
When challenged to resign aa vice-
president of the society or face ex
posure, Hyde drove Jauntily down town
In .his private htnaom cab. his horse.
coachman and himself decorated with
violets. - '
Among -the charges made la that
Jacob H. Bo hi ft. through the firm of
Kuhn, Loeb A Co sold to the Equitable
bonda and securities of great value and
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FRENZIED flNANCE
PORTLAND,' OnSGONV TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL
NICE GOLD BRICK
HANDED
Saloonkeeper Learns That Welt-Dressed Newcomer Has - Lent
v Man From Old Town One Hundred Dollars,- and Bets Him , '
j-1 Fifty That Borrower Will,Not Return It That's AH.V ,. ;
A ' well-dressed -' man - entered August
LKratrs saloon. 122 Sixth street. - last
night, and patd for a -drink. Then he
politely Inquired .if there . would be any
objection to hla taking a seat and wait
Ins for a friend. k - ..... j.. J
"Not at all; not at alL"- as was as
sured. , ... (:' r- !
The man hid been sitting In the sn
loon for about an. hour,- when he began
to show signs of restlessness;, he arose
and paced the room for a few minutes,'
then he resumed his seat, - . - i
Mr. Krata. as he dropped into a chair
by the side of the stranger. -
"Oh.- no; I loaned a .friend I10S this
afternoon, and he was to be here, at 11
o'clock tonight and repay it - I'm mere
ly getting tired of Inaction, that la all."
Mr. Krata scented a bunko, game, v He
asked the details of the transaction, and
heard something that left no doubt. In
his mind as to tha accuracy , of his, sur
mise. .- - ' - '
'Welti reached here from Ml not. N.
a few days ago," said the stranger.
and this afternoon met a man at the
depot with whom S had a conversation.
I was surprised to learn- that for soma
time he lived In my home town and that
hla srelatlves are there now. , I, know
them. well. .....- ;....'-.-.'
It : appeared that ' ths gentleman's
cousin died yesterday, and ' he had to
ship tha remains to Mlnot.' iHe needed a
little . ready money- and I loaned, him
$100. He is to bo here to pay roe back
at U "clock.? .i rJ ". ',
, Mr. Krats grinned; then , he looked
sympathetic' ' r'
My friend," he remarked, "you nave
been .bunkoed. That Js an old dodge
thla thing of coming from a - man's
home and knowing his people. - You will
never - see that hundred . dollars again.
and you are lucky if you ever, lay eyes
on the man .you loaneo it to." .. .- ,
NEW MOTOR SOON TO
- START FOR PORTLAND
, . (Joarasl Bpedel Servic.)
Omaha, April 11. The new Union Pa-
clflo'a motor car, which. It is believed,
will mark a new era in passenger travel.
will start under Its own power In a few
days on . Its Journey ' to PorOand,70r.
where It will be placed in service. To
day the car will make a short run with,
passengers, ana in ine evening -will be
on exhibition . In the, local yards. On
a prlvste trip yesterday the ear ran aa
smoothly as sn electrlo motor.
Several
EARTHQUAKE KILLED
EOURTEENTHOUSAND
- (Joaraat MpeeUI Serrlee.) - , 1 ' '
Lahore, April 11. CommlaaiOher JifH-
lundur, ' after an investigation of the
fatalities during the recent earthquake.
reports that 10.000 were killed .ra , the
Kansra district, 2,000 In the Palsropur
district At PharmsaU tit were killed,
KRATZ
- "Ton- are mistaken,"' Indignantly" re
torted 'tb. stranger. "Why, thin man
not only knows my relativesthough be
left the town before I took uprmy resi
dence there out he knows 'all the for
mer officials. ' There' can't, be any
bunko gams about this.", t - v
. The proprietor of the ssloon glanced
at the clock. The hands indicated Just
five minutes of the hour of 11 o'clock.
"I r tell you," he Insisted. "that you
have : been bunkoed. That fne
uldTss VeblUa.'lt has whiskers long
and gray, i am sorry ror- you If you
can't afford to lose -the money." . .
1 Til bet you 160 that t have not made
a mistake in my estimation . of that
man, confidently asserted the stranger.
"Til take you," answered Mr. Krats,
"though I hate to take your money it
looks like highway robbery." .
Then he stepped, to ths telephone and
called up Detective Welner at the po
lice station,, aaking, him to come to the
saloon . Immediately. .
- Just as ths, minute hand had passed
the mark two notches a young, vigorous
looking man haatened Into the ssloon.
. 'Ah, .there you are,",, he exclaimed,
brightly, "I tried to be as near on time
as possible. .Much obliged, old man, for
the. loan here's . the amount. Havs a
drlnkr
They rook a drink,' In which Mr. Krats
was invited to . Join. . -. The proprietor
looked sheepish as hs handed the stran
ger the fSO he 'had Won. The latter
thereupon "set .'em up" again. , Then the
two men walked out, engaged In earnest
conversation. At thla juncture Detectlvo
Welner appeared. ' He waa told of what
had .happened, and narrowly avoided an
attack of hysteria. , - ; .
... "Krats," he fairly shouted; "It's plain
as day a bunko game has. been pulled
off, beyond question. . Tou're it."
ratnoA Improvements In the -mechanism
have been made since the car waa first
turned out of the shops four weeks ago.
Excessive oscillation, and . all Jarring
motion Incident to starting and stopping
have been overcome. The car la. de
signed especially for ..cheap suburban
service.'' While the speed capacity la
almost unlimited, it Is expected in prac
tice to limit it to SO to 40 miles sn hour.
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. BPOTTKo nrn nr iowa.
- (Joarasl Special Barrlea.)
' Pes Moines. la., April 11. The first
victims of spotted fever In Iowa are re
ported. " They are Eva Lambiith and
La lajdys
wuson or sao city,
besides ' the 100 Ourkhas troops who
were crushed to death by the falling
stones of the barracks,
i News reached here today that ' an
earthquake has destroyed Kort BUboo
Aylrorool. Tho klutn, his uncle, five
cousins and 21 others were buried la
thS ruins, ,;wi. i ' t 4 '-.'"; '
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II, 18C3 FOURTEEN PAGES.
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PRINCE SAVIRE IN
-A-
Arrested ' In Berlin With Fifty
Thousand In Cash and Con-
, veyed to Russia. .,
ONCE STOOD ON STEPS
OF BULGARIAN THRONE
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Had It Not Been for Czar, Inter-
national Swindler Would
"a Have Become King.; -
' ' (Joenial Speelal Kerrlee.) .
'". Berlin. April 11. For . reasons 'not
made public,' .'Trlnce". Savlne waa ar
rested, at Bremen Saturday st tha re
quest of the Russian consul In this elty.
He. was conveyed to the -frontier by two
policemen, and turned over, Us Russian
authorities, as was also, tho . sura ' of
180,000 which ha had In his possession
In an Interview with a newspaper cor
respondent, Savlne stated that he was
arrested many years ago by Russia for
political reasons and sent to Siberia,
whence he escaped to ths United States
by way of Vladivostok. He' asserts
that he Is an American aiusen. ...
Several coincidences In the statements
made by "Prince" Savlne lead to the
belief that Nicholas B. Savlne. count of
Toulouse-Lautrec the internationsl
swindler, who once stood on the steps
of the thronal is again in conflict with
Russlkn authorities. - - - "
"Prince" Savlne is the son of Oenersl
Savlne ot the Russian army, and Coun
tess Helena Toulouse-Lautrec a member
of. an ancient Bourbon family. It Is a
matter of history that Stambouloff had
arranged a place for "Prince". Savlne
on the Bulgarian throne, 'when Russia
stepped In with serious charges against
the man who would be king. ;
Since then "Prince" Savlne has had a
varied career, and Is known to tbs
police of half a dosen states of-America,
including those on the Pacirie eoast.
KAISER ARRIVES AT '
. ' -rv CORFU, IONIAN ISLES
' Corfu, Iolan Islands, : April 11. Em
peror William ' arrived - here .today - en
the royal . yacht liohensnllorn. accom
panied by a fleet of Greek vessels. A
line crowd .greeted the emperor, who
was glvea aa - enthuslastlo reception.
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Representatives Offer Jq .Submit
' Grievances to Hint "for :;
Arbitration.
EXPRESSES WILLINGNESS.
TO NAME ARBITRATORS
Cautions Strikes Against Breach
, of Peace and Says Will ;;
Enforce Order. . :
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Chleako. Aoril 1L Twenty represen
tatives of labor unions Involved In the
strike against Montgomery, Ward
Co, called ion Mayor Dunne this morn
ing and offered to submit their griev
ances to him for arbitration. ' Dunne
expressed a .willingness to appoint arbi
trators, and approved the idea of a
court of arbitration .for labor disputes.
' Tne ' mayor warned' . the union- men
against breaches of the peace and an
nounced his lntentlon'to preserve order
st any cost. In ths meantime two cara
vans of . wagons -moving through the
streets to the frelghthooses were as
sailed by mlsslls of every description.
The police made several -arrests. . t
FISHING FOR COYOTES :
. WITH BIG: FISH HOOKS
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Bants Fa. N. M.. April 11. Ranchmen
In this county have discovered a scheme
for aettlna rid of coyotes, which' have
been a source of almoat endless trouble.
Large'' fishhooks are being ' tied 'to
bushes,' placed some, distance from the
ground in order to force the anlmala
to Jump for the-meat.- When the Jaws
of the coyotes close upon the food theyj
are causht by a hook and held suspend-1
ed until killed. The plan is working
extremely well, and ranchmen who have
been loalng chickens and lambs in large
numbers are much pleased with the re
sults. . -:7V' .,..' v. . ,-',' . " w ' ;
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COPLEY TRAIN ROBBERS '
, ARE REPORTED SHOT
'' (Jearasf Sperisl Srvlce. f
San IVsnclaeov April 11. According
to Detertlve Tharker of Wells-Fargo,
ths two Oatea brothers, who held np the
Oregoar express at Copley In March.
1294, were ahot and killed last month Jn
New Mexico, after holding up a saloon,
in a fight with a posse. - -H- .--.-
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-lr . (ieorsU Special Serv-e.V ' f,
Paris, - April 11. Captain Volport of
ths Eleventh -Infantry has keen arrested
on a charge ef complicity In a sup
posed military plot against ths security
of the state. . y j '
JXTBSS COAS 2UIOOTZ-
' (Special Dlspetrb te The Joerr
Dallas, Or., April 11. County Jurf-re
Coad Is out In the open air and sun- nine
for the first time since his ,.,,
which hes laatel for s'x t. jLr.
Coad U recovu 3 vtr; '
psiCE five c:rrc
RnJFSTVFNSKY MAY flACI!
SWWBsjnr w -ear i w mil ayrivl
NORTH TO VLADIVOSTOK
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Half of Czar's Warships May Ca
: Sacrificed-Japan to Place
uimRmen in tibiq , -
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-'.' Against Unievitch. :
(Jearasl Specisl Strviee.) '
London. April Ul. A dispatch from
Singapore says that four largn steam
ers, apparently colliers, passed Singa
pore this morning going. eastward. They
are believed to be vessels of ths advance
guard of II German vessels chartered
by the Russians aa supply Bhlps to tha
Baltic squadron. It is supposed Ro
Jestvensky Is awaiting the arrival of
this fleet before trying to .cross ths
China sea. - . . . - .
' Tbs Japanese government has closed
the Port of Kelung. at the North end of
Formosa, to foreign eh I pa This action
Is taken to Indicate that the port will
be need by- Admiral Togo aa a baae for
bis fleet. -
RoJestvensky, steams northward In the
direction of Vladivostok. Togo probably
will allow him to proceed for some dis
tance with no further molestation than
an occasional torpedo attack, and glva
him battle off Pescadores.- That, would
be an -Ideal fighting ground for the Jap
anese, inasmuch as they have a naval
base In the lalands.- On the other hand.
It la thought likely that tha Russians
will attempt to seise a temporary base
somewhere in Indo-Cbina, or in the'
Dutch Islands. , . , '
The startling theory has ' been ad
vanced by one of England's best naval
experts that RoJestvensky Is prepared
to sacrifice Vice-Admlral Enqulst's di
vision of his squadron aa an effective
way of smashing Togo. Thla la the ex
planation of the disappearance ef- the
Russian commander and four of bla
. It is believed that Kojeatvenekys
plan Is to allow Enqulst with hla three
battleships and 12 cruisers and seven
destroyers to give battle to Togo, while
he runs for Vladivostok with his four
battleships and attendant cruisers, snd
by co-operating -wim is three great
cruisers uromoooi. ttossia ana vogatyr,
to defeat Kamlmura's blockading squad
ron and then to. rush back and engage
Togo s weasenea neeu -
TERRORISTS ACTIVE1.
res Taken tw rtafegaard ths
' perot at Tsars koe Sola,
.""' (Jonrsat Speelsl Bervtce.
' Paris. April 11. 8ome Interesting; de
tails respecting' the. condition-of the
cxars -life as they appear to hla de
fenders havs been communicated to tha
St. .Petersburg correspondent of a Paris
Journal through an officer of police. He '
Bays that his majeaty's view Is under
stood to bs that all possible precautions
must be taken to thwart criminal plans,
not so much in his own personal Interest
aa for the sake ot those who entirely de
pend upon him. . Therefore Tiarskoe
Selo, from the railway station to tha
imperial apartments, la" filled with ds- '
tectlves, spies and troope. Hard by the
nalace are barracks In continuous com
munication with his majesty's house
hold, so that the soldiers, who are ever
ready, could be summoned at a mo
ment's notice, t " " - . ;
' Inside the edifice itself are trusty
warriors, devoted body and soul to
"God's lieutenant," so that It is abso
lutely Impossible for any unauthorised
outsider to enter.-' "And yet," says thla
terrorists makes one shudder. . Recently,
for Instance, when we Investigated tha
case of the explosion In the xiotel Bris
tol,, our men made a discovery which
horrified them, and. indeed, all of us.
They found the costume of a police of
ficernothing more but what is signi
fied was that the diabolical criminal who
was killed by his own bomb Intended to
disguise himself as a police officer, get
close access to some dignitary or other
personage, and then perpetrate a horrl
ble crime ? ,- ,1 .,
Ty ARMY OF A MILLION.
Japan WOl sVeUforos tasaeharlaa P'
Streagthealaar rer Shnaok, .
v (Joorsal Bpertal Su-,tre. ,
Toklo, April 11. According to a hlir
military authority, Japan Is msklng
tensive plnns to reinforce Manchurt
trmtes ss a counter move to the Rues -
Reorganisation scheme. The total tr
tary orgsnlsatlnn will be Increased ti 1
minion men In-the flald. which will r'
a flghllng force ot 700.00. The 1
foroamenta will affect avrry brar. .
tha service.
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