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' .The Cl.xutx -on ' ' " J "J ft , C Of The Journal h ; Jit j ! ' 4 ilm4 "I ' Ttt V.r '-" Too'ht, flf and cooler; Tbure i day, lair, ' warmer; ' northwesterly '. .' ' wind v -. , tl. VOL. XV. NO. 41. - -V' Gathering - f rem i !Hcun- H tains and ydleyiof Bli;01dJt)regoh.m OPPORTUNITIES THAT VARE AT LEAGUE'S DOOR Sectional j Differences Are All ; Buried and Forgot and the i ; Organization Is Working , ''-.' UAI . ,.,. . ' 1 1 ir 1 .1 mi n irir 1 ww m m i 'V'v -. "A lone, strong pul and a pull all to- ' vether for Greater Orecon " waa the alo- . ; can o(. hundrede of men In Portland to- "Away with bickerings and . sectional .. Jawloualwr. - - . ; 1 . ; "Down wlth'knockera'r' ' v'u, ''"These 'and similar expressions were heard In halls, corridors and on street ornera. It was a day of renewals of ' ' pledgee of harmony and unlbcd work for 1 ' the advancement of Oregon's welfare by " reresentatiTes from all sections of the '.'.', . t i j ; ? r n ', .- An enthusiastic body of men repre .. sentlng .the various , commercial clubs affiliated with the Oregon Develooment ., feairvue ' sau h r rfd here .'this .morning to-i hold t their second annual "convention, y .JTrom some cities practically the entire memberhlp-of the clubs came. Other L. oommsnttleii were represented by dele- . gat lone of from two to a dosea men. j . The ' enthuslaetio workers, cum to gethnr at the Marquam Grand theatre when the hour for opening the meeting arrived, and they entered on their la- ors in convention with the Tim ana 01- termination that bring practical results. The conYSRtJLojuUl. list. nnUlr tometrow , .evening. ..- ... ; vv - ;t . , ; v . riags riy and Bands Flay . There are big delegatloar from Hood ' River.TForeet Orove and Jndependence, , and some, of them brought brass bands. which dleoouraee -muiilc orr "th" arecle for half an Hour Before tne opening ses slon. . The Hood River delegation set the pace. . Accompanied by , the Hood ' River brass band. It gave a parade on I Washington' street-, There - were more than 100 men In line. Their ranks were "V carefully graded according to the height V of the marchers, the tallest heading the line, ann furrnni. a nannr- "- -- PC iff .ssffi S Rf RK A SOANDAl THF PIffl!ir ; " f V fid O 1)1 11 teetlmonr. of Hymn Btern. the pawnbroker rom whom U to , 1 1 Jf IJ . U Vill llilw I ULi 1 liflVLii rMaTnooS Riverain large letters. '..' Each man wore a canvas helmet, en . circled with wreath of apple blossoms. . . At Intervals on the march the delegation broke into a- yell of ,"Rab-raii-rab : Hood-River, Hood River apples,, apples, . strawberries-cider, hoo-r-a-yi Teeldtit ' m . It, Smith, Governor r rhamberlain. H. M. Cake. Tom Richard : ' son, H. W. Ooode, Judge Lowell of Pen . dleton, .W. L Vawter of : Medford and .' others prominent In the work of the De : velopment league , and - the' exposition 1 wtra early on the scene-- in the lobby arrivals were received by E. I Thomp- . son, W. E. Coman, 8. Q. Reed. Mrs. P. J. Mann and Mrs. A. H. Breymaa. Each 'nereon resistered and received a badge. ' Among the olde pioneers In attendance was John Mlnto of Marlon county. From ' Jackson county came John Olwell, one of southern Oregon ;, famous orchard lute, and A. A. Uavla. president of the ; Medf ora . crater Liaae rauroaa, now being built from Medford t the hraJ i. of Rogue river. Mr7- i ' -. ' Oetoffatea Weleomed. ; -- . ., ' President Smith . opened . the oonven tlos and Introduced Governor Chsmber ' . lain, who mads a brief address of wel ' come.'' He said It waa eustomary to ask the governor of a state to -, welcome ' people from other .states only, .but In the present v Instance an eaoeptlon bad '4 been made, he supposed, because In the past the various parts of Oregon had : been, like the countries of South Amer . lea, ' at war with seen other, and all arrayed agalnat Portland. -Now - they v were getting together, and would make Oregon the greatest state In -the repub '' Ho. . He spoke of the great resources of Rogue River 'valley and southern Ore 's gon, 'Hood River, eastern Oregon, cen .. .tral and southeastVrn Oregon, and, the great mineral districts." The : word ' - great- was called Into use Innumerable 1 times In the course of the addresses by all the speakers,, as no other word " seemed to fill the place., , 1 ; "I welcome you in toe name of this great etate. : ee clttsens of Oregon," : ..said the governor. "With the Lewis and . .Clark- fair, a representative, from every .'section in attendance there to work for -r-' the -results desired, the state will be rapidly populated and developed.", . . ..- .- ' - Xarae's Opportnatttosu .' -'. i President Smith, reanevidlng : to the --governor, laid stress '.otT the' work: that "1 before the leatia. ana thi araat on' ; . portunlty with which It" Is oonfronteJ this year in connect ton With the expo ' .-i sit ion. ... . - 1 . . 1 ; , "There la a tide in the affairs of men , . which, taken at Its flood, leads on to fortune," he said. "This In your oppor- - tuntty. A tidal wave Is to sweep ever this state not from the see, but from 1 land e. wave not at watee,' but of In . telligent, home-seeking men. What Is 1 the story we shall tell them. That , Oregon, among the states of the Union, . Is seventh In area, and in resources Is ... equal to-any: that hey soli Is, fruitful; '; jContloued en Page Two, : V'',; ' " " ':;K'v;.',"V'.; ', "r-vJ"' a't '' I JralrBll HnMarlaVl iFflM.l 5 .. -J. I- 'A . r - f New Tork, April Jt-The feStni'e was the testimony of Hyman Btern, the pawnbroker from Whom it to alleged by the prosecution hat 'j. Morgan, Smith. Nan's brother-in-law. ' ', purchased, the reyolverwlth which" Caesar .Tpung, ' the bookmaker, ; was 4 killed. Stern failed to identify filmith In court this morning, and e 4 also failed to Identify Mrs. Smith as the woman who. was with the man 4 4 ,when the revolver was purchased.'. The first .witness called this aa employeef the Smith ft Wesson company. ' He Identified - the re-. 'e-.- vvolver which was found In TounVa. pocket after hls death, aa ene that .''';?"' waa made by his firm Jn 189.t Dr. Charles Phelps, police surgeon, who5 4 has 'made a study 'of pistol wounds, testified that he believed the re-4 volver with which the fatal' shot was fired was held not less than three 4- Jnchea and not more than five Inches from Young's coat, and that .the "; - , ballet waa 'fired, from left, to right-" He Illustrated by means i ;pf (a , "' ' , f skeleton . th course the bullet took. The skeleton was then, removed, ' -i "wgv if lf i : '. 1(1 .''CR. - - ..7. '..- Photograph o( J. Morgan Smith who U stipposed to have boaght the pistol with which Caesar Young was IdUed. : Below meeting . of . Nan Patterson ' and her ; sister in the Tombs. TEN MEN HURLED TO : DEATH IN MINE Hoisting Rope Breaker Dropping ' Cage Distance of . One -1 Thousand Feet- ;;; ! SEVEN MANGLED BODIES , FOUND AND IDENTIFIED Machinery "Working r Perfectly and Disaster . Occurs . -? Without .Warning, ? - Joaraal Bpeelal servlrt .' . . .' Wllkeabarre, - Pa., April . As tha result of the breaking of a hoisting rope attached to a mine cage at tha Cotting ham shaft of the Delaware eV Hudson Coal company's mine at :i0 o'clock this moraine 10 miners were nrer.lnltstnl nearly ,1.00leet to 4nsttit-d;catH'at tne pottom o tne snart. a tie men were being lowered to their work when, the accident occurred. , ,'v The engineer says the machinery was working perfectly when the rope snapped without any warning. -A i cue party lowered at tha other aide of the shaft found the bodies mangled In a horrible manner. - t . - . Up to noon seven, of OI dead had been Identified, William Harvey, FranU Roget,- August xyarcey, jonn juritakl, Harry. .VioOaw, Anthony ' ZIlvlo and Lorens Warnlck. i . I CJoaraal Special Bervic.) 'Hongkong. April 1C The British steamer' Calchaa from Glasgow for Tokohama eported sighting three Rus sian battleships, and.' two cruisers this morning; steaming southeast off Min ting Island,- 100 miles southwest of Hongkong. The . three .battleshlp,Andt two crulsera, however., proved to bexwrt af tha British Aalatlo Squad roe- . -' .'l PORTLAND. OREGON." WEDNESDAY EVENING. ; APRIL of the Nan Patterson trial today e ' ' morntng was George H. Chamberlain. '.. d.f4? ; j . .. sstf isiBBi in at w . ' ... ,i - - t r a s in ill iua II IV. a ' - . 3 9mm Mmmmm ' ..... i HYDE WILLING . - i (Jooraal Special Service.) ' New York,'. April it. James Haxen Hyde will resign ths office of vtce-Dres! dent of th . Equitable IJfe , Assurance society and will Invest the committee oC the board' of directors t)f the society with the voting' power of his stick. If Jsmes W.' Alexander, president . of the Eaultabte, and ' Gage E. Tar bell, one of tne . vice-presMenta, -are ' euminaieo, This announcement was made today by person close to Hyde. . As a result of this concession on the part of. Hyde It is asserted that the Prick, committee will recommend that Alexander and Tar be 11 resign. That both of them will be forced out. Is a moral certainty. After Alexander and Tarbell are forced outthone i agentswho twfSTnstrdmhtar'ln stirring were instrumental in stirring up . uie tratihle wtl mn h dlsmlaaed. Another session Is being held by State Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks, Henry C. Frlck and former Attorney General' Knox regaratng. the Equitable Assurance matters today. The Frlck committee also held several meetings and many witnesses were examined. s James J. H1U. who was selected by the directors aa one of tha Frlck committee, has declined to serve on account of lack of iim. to devot to tha nroner Investi gation.' ' i .-: '. The Eqnltable Aseurance society was founded - in 18S by Henry B. Hyde, father of James Hssen Hyde. His ss- soclates were fellow clerka, o&tha Mu tual Ufa, where he had learned the-Un-suranc business. "He allied with him self the Princeton Alexanders, and made one of them president to add social and rellgioua prominence to. his practical knowledge.. . . ' . --, . . These young ' men Hyde. Alexander and their associates raised 1109.000 wtd-Tgantsed a slut'k company to con duct a Ilfn Insurance business. .. . .. . Henry B. Hyde owned a majority, of . .' .i.j :.: J., the stock. This majority of stock, left to his heirs and kept Intact by a deed of trust, gives James Hasen Hyde; his control. But this control is limited' be-' oouse the deed . of trust has not expired and .President Alexander la -one of the trustees under lt, .'.' t The control is not only over the 1100.- 000 of capital stock.-but over the man-t sgement. possession and Investment of $400,000,000 of aaseta representing the savings, of BOO.Otte- policyholders, whose average Insurance la less than : $3,000 each, although the total aggregates ovr $1.700.000,000 a aura greater than the national debt of -the 'United States and the dnbts of all the 5 states.. Both the Equitable charter and the Insurance law of the state require that all -theee ejwiet, both reerve fund and surplus, shall be held and used solely foTthe- policyholders, ' -. . . . . . ASSASSINS CAUGHT i ' ; LOADED WITH. BOMBS . ' ' , mm . . . . Ueeraal Special Serriee.) i '.Vienna, April -1 Four Bulgarians. alleged to be: Macedonian revolntiontsts, have been arrested on the Servian fron tier. The men carried bombs 'and arms and had. a list of Servians Whom they Intended to assassinate, , Including' all the Servian-Macedonian, committee at Belgrade. - ;s, ; aooxvt jonrsosra ytA ;.:... : IJoaratl SiwcUl Servtce.l r Chicago, April I (.The traction com pany announces that It will accept the municipal ownership , plan outlined by Mayor Tom Johnnon or Cleveland, and la ready to rehabilitate the property and aurrender it to the city, In exchange for guarantee dividends for Jt feam . .s .'.; ;'v M': " ' 3, 1 09. FOURTEEN PAGES, United States -National Negotiating Purchase; :vi feof Ws-Fargo; m THREE BIDS RECEIVED v ' V ; FOR LOCAL CONCERN In Taking Over Property, the v Purchaser Will Retain Many of j. i .the Men WhoJMade the In- ' . stitution Famous Here, i : : Wells, Fargo a: Co.'s Portland bank will be absorbed by the United States National bank of this city. Negotia tions have been in progress for the past two weeks and formal announcement of the consolidation of tha Institutions Is expected at any time. - -j There have ' been ' three -bidders for Wells Fargo eV Co.'s business In this cltyt Representatives of a large bank ing flrmr on the sound and of a great San Frasolsco banking house hsve vis ited Portland In the past two weeks and Investigated the bualneas - of the local concern. - Blda were- submitted by them and also by the United States National bank of this city.- ; : r ' The bids are now being considered by Wells Fargo officials in New Tors City, from which place the" final an nouncement will be.madaj It la as sured, however, that ' the bid of the United States National bank has been accepted, and that the formal transfer will be made before June 1. ' The Wells Fargo Express - company was the owner of ifour banks', until re cently, when the San Francisco insti tution was absorbed by the Nevada bank of that city. It ' waa prlglnally In tended., it is said., to release control at the four banks simultaneously, but when th San Francisco deal was closed officials of thS company readily- gave the details to the public. -, - Bids are under consideration for ythe absorption of the' Salt La Its GHy branch. The Wells Fargo ft Co.' bankvln NSw Tork CJty. It. IS eafd, will re-nala-Jn possession of the express company..;' ' The consolidation - here' "will include the absorption of the entire business of the Portland branch by - the United State National, and also the personnel of the local establishment. The Port land Wells Fargo bank, $40 Washing ton street. Is in 'charge of R. IJea Barnes, -cashier, and Walter A. Holt, as. slstant cashier," who - will become of ficials -of the United Butts National after the consolidation. - J. C Alnaworth Is resident of the United States National bank. Third and Oak streets, and the other officers arc: W. B. Ayer, vice-president; : Ri . , W. Schmeer, cashier; and A. M. Wright, as sistant cashier. The board ofdirectors is composed of the following: J .W. Hellman, Peccy T. Morgan, W. B. Ayer, Rufus Mallory, W. D. Wakefield. George K. Chamberlain, R. L.. Macleay, H. i. nttock and J. c Alnsworth. . . It is capitalised at $300,000, which, it Is said, will not be Increased after the abaorptlon Is completed. ,. Its deposits exceed $3000.000. . . v ,' , . .... . , ' , . ' ; BIENNIAL CONVENTION f, 0EY.W.C; A, IN SESSION ' . v '. esaaa-saeaawBsxexasasBBi - ' ' ' ' JewDal SiMeialServlce.1" : Detroit, Mich..' April H.-The opening session of the tenth biennial convention of the American committee of the Young Women's Christian association was held In the association building in this city this afternoon. . Three hundred delegates were present, representing an aggregate membership .of 6S.O0O young women. , '- The work of the conference, which will be In session five daya, will be Bible study and discussion of association work In college, city and mission fields, Mrs. E. W. Moore of London, England, repre senting tha world's committee of the aaT soclatlon. Is the special guest of the con-J ference. UOT. ,001 Swiee4 Chicago, . April 1. The police today received a letter from Carl Loeffler, of Durbach, Germany, saying ho recognised a picture of Johann Hoch as a man who married his niece, Justine Loeffler. In Chicago In 19. The woman died mys teriously In New Tork. He thinks Hoch must have murdered her. ... . , '.- ' VlTTJUiBT ewansisn wwvysf , - ;' : (Joorsal Bpeelal sVrviee.) " . Lahore. India, April 1 -Within region ef T00.000 square miles contain ing .4S0.000 population, every building naa eoirapseo or been rendered unin habitable by the recent earthquakes and tha deaths will exceed 11.000V accord ing to the governor of Punjab. ,. wnrs AT MTUOM. (Jeernal apeetal service.) . Ixmdon. Aprir . Blr James Miner's Pharisee, with Danny Maher up. won the City and Suburban handicap for l-yeer-olda, a. puree of 1000 sovereigns, t.r. p- vowng i toda X''.- -Af: i " '; Assistant Secretary , of State Accused by Cas V tro of . Graf ting. ' ; .'-;l;iU.'--viv.v'i4 WHILE MINISTER WAS IN PAY OF ASPHALT TRUST Charged With Using His Position to Make MoneyReal Rea- -son Why Venezuela Can : Defy United States k (Jeernal Special Servle.) . . '' ' Caracas. VeTUsuela,: April It. A se rious scanA", - Involving Assistant Secre tary of State F, B. Loomls of She United States - has . become, public,. Briefly stated, the scandal, which Is how public property - - Involves . the allegation that while acting under the United States aa minister - to. Veneauela, the-present iislsUnt secretary of state, Mr. Loomla, obtained considerable pecuniary benefits from the New Tork A Bermuda. Asphalt company . (familiarly known- as tha as phalt trust), ana that a caeca snowing, the payment of $10,000 to him by the r company la now In the possession of President Castro, ' .,.. -,-. . .-. v .' .: This.' It is held. stTDDllea the true ex planation of President Castro's continu ous defiance of the United States In the asphalt-.. matter, and It fs said clogged the free action; of the United States government, which Is not ai toua for the ventilation of the adminis tration scandal.-. '- f Other ' 'charges against Loorols are that, while United States minister. he purchased- for a trifling sum a claim for $4,000 against the Venezuelan, gov ernment and then used his Influence as minister to collect the full amount. ' - Still another document Is apparently the draft ofp eon tract entered Into be tween Iomls 'and one' Meyer, . under which Loomla 'fcgreed to use his Influ ence to adjiist the heavy outstanding obligations of Venezuela to tha amount ef $10,000,000 for the consideration of one seventh of that surnnr nominally $400,000. . ; The allegations against Loo mis have been laid before the state department at Washington. ' Secretary Hay, Acting Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt are all cognisant of them. - 1 ..... . , m , MONTANA BARS OUT ' ' BIRTH INSURANCE .- v.. - :. 0 i .. (Rtwelal DUpatc to The loantal) Helena.' MonC, April St. Because the .laws of Montana contain no pro visions for the regulation of such com panies. State Auditor H. R. Cunning ham has denied the application of the American . Birth Insurance company of Boston, Massachusetts, to enter the Montana field. Otherwise the auditor has no fault to find, lta papers being duly prepared and properly presented.. ' Tha company places a premium upon births paying the Insured from $300 to $600, upon the birth' of a child, the ex act amount being determined by the number of pay men ta made. . Auditor Cunningham said he was. a firm be liever in President Roosevelt's "anti race suicide" expressions, but was com-, pehed to deny the company permission to transact business in this state for the reason stated. ; ,i . . :,! ;.. , , CONSTITUTION GRANTED .TRANSVAAL BY BRITAIN s(Jooraal Special Serrice. .' .' London, April X6. .The draft of the new Transvaal constitution has been Lissued, providing for a progressive as sembly eensist.iAg.or a lieutenant gov ernor, 19 orUclal; members and $0 to 35 elective numbers. Every burgher f the late Bourn African republlo is en titled to vote as weir as all white males of British birth, occupying premises ut aBn-Tntar-oni nsil "Tha n $ S0r having capital or the value of $500. - mrsTannie underwood v - S' - EXPIRES AT. STONE '! (Sperlal DUpatcS' te Tb Jaoraal.)-- -Oregon City. April !. Mrs. Annie Underwoods the, wife of . Jobn J,. Under wood, of Stone. (?Wkamas county, died this morning' af 3 o'clock of consump tion. She waa 3$ years old anL before her marriage was Miss Annld Mum power. The funeral will be held from the residence at 19 o'clock tomorrow and i the burial will be at Mountain View cemetery. . " - xrjutAjrr . WAjrn uotTBOcrrr. ' ' ' , ' (Joara! Spetial Serrlea.) ' ' Berlin. April I.-The Imperial rv- ernment has notified the American i v--ernment that the tariff - 100 expires luarcn 1. 1..-. tit many stand res.y 11 I it' Sou. tF-t.Z - - . '. ? -V.,:, If :U V'f -J PRICE FIVE CENTS. District Attorney Harict j Learns fhis; Was Peili, to Defeat Franchise. it '"' i" GRAVE CHARGES MADE I v AGAINST COUNCILMEfJ How Efforts of Company , to Es tabliah New Telephone Sys- 'tem in. This City Are Said 7 ; to Have Been Defeated. Charges have been lodged officially Lwith the district attorney that .$10,009 ' was paid to members of the city coun cu about year and a half ago. to de feat the franchise asked by thenew telephbne company, and that the money, was paid by the Paciflo States Telenhone- . dc Telegraph company to accomplish such aereat. xne charges take rather specific form, and it is claimed that, a list of names of those who are alleged to have taken the money- has been handed Jio . the district attorney. An ' element in " these charges H the statement that Councllmea Rumelln. Sharkey and Bent ley were the most active in opposing the new franchise, and that , three other members of the council Joined with them In preventing It going, to passage. . It is understood that the charges have taken form so specific as to war--rant rigid investigation and that if they -be proven true explanations will have to be made by .Counclimeu Sharkey and Bentley, - as well as . by Councilman Rumelln, , The charges are based on the allegation that Rumelln handled the money, distributing tit to other mem- . bers of the eounotl who agreed to vote - against the franchise. ; . .. In this, connection comes a report that evidence could be secured to orove that a $5,009 check was sent to Councilman Rumelln,' accompanying a letter thank ing him for hla services in defeating tha new company's franchise. This impor tant allegation is to be brought to the attention 'of the district attorney la his official capacity. ' - The members of the council were 11 In number at the time the franchise was up tor enneroermtrorr.-an oi wnom are now In office, excepting B. D. Slgler, who has been elected and has taken the of-1 flee ef county assessor since that time. ' The attitude of ail the members as of record then Is being looked Into In order- to secure a groundwork for the further Investigation, which. It Is said, will be searching.-..- '. - . WARSHIP'S CREW IN IRO.'JS ' FOR HISSING COMMANDEE. V (Josraa! Sperlal Swriea.) ' Galveston. Tex- April 3$. With i J men in double Irons and 49 more- In the , brig under guard, minus 29 deserters, the cruiser Galveston pulled out Intel midstream In the harbor this mornlng.i Her Initial voyage to this city, where! the new ship received a. silver service! from the city from which she took hen -name, has been mbst eventful. ' Three , . hundred men dubbed Commander Cutler i . Fire-eater" for hla tyrannical rulings. and one of the officers aaid that the men .' need only a leader to break out In open i mutiny. The men planned to publicly I hiss the commander in the parade from I the ship to, the theatre to receive thej ' silver service. . Ten of the leaders of the' move are among thvse th irons,..., r . t i , Y. M C: A. CONFERENCE 1st OPENED TODAY IN PARIS' --vf'i r"''v ' "V- -i-k;y-r' ''..-;.'.., (Jouraal gpnrlal- serviee.) i fi-' Parhv April St. With soags. of praise ef thanksgiving, followed by a season of solemn prayer,- the world's conference of the Toung Men's Christian association. . which preparations have been In progress I r tor over a. year, was opened In Paris today. The conference m attended . by , , delegations from more, than 3t countries,' -among them Japan, India, China, Souih, . Africa and Australia. In addition to-the eoMatriss tf Europe and America. -Tha . Chi ted States ami Canada are parties-' ' larly well represented. At the farms! penlng a great reception was given to Sir George Williams or Kngland. wftoej nersonal efforts in setting together 1 little band of young men lii London more ',', than half a century ago resulted in the , establlahment of the organisation which--- - - NEW GEYSER PLAYING ; IN YELLOWSTONE PAH - - ' ' ,. (Joaraal SimcUI Sefvlee.) , ' . -Livingstone. Mont. April 34. Reports from -Yellowstone park announce a ne" geyser la Norrls baeln in the na'1'-- reserve. It is nm.l isxyr'v-ei.- The Ukyrochet" tmr t terrain, -three tlmee a bo'"ng water to s r Tl.a roise sc-!"-thMTtm was t r- tin c- a ir -1 ' I ' ' l-,'-n.. "f