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&2 GOOD MORHIHG Journoil Circulation 25M2 THE -WEATHER. Yesterday Was Partly cloudy; variable wind. VOLnil NO. 2. ; PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING,' MARCH 23," 1906. FOUR SgCTION3yORTYPOUR-PAGES.- -PRICE FIVECENTJ SCOTTY TAKEfJ HADLEY BESTS TD PRISON OIL TRUST : JilBJ IWiTsmwHpMiai .miiiiiiilasawsaaaaaj i I easasmesmesmemeaaas.eaeseaamm ; . , - " ' A i : ' '' - i - ) ;'. . ".'.' ':;...'' ' '1 ... 1 . 1 . t.. -, Jt. Declared Reasonably Certain " That President Will Not Re- appoint Oregoo-Dlrtriot iV7t HENEY IS WORKING IN " ; , BEHALF OF SUCCESSOR Conference Between President, At torney-General Moody and Fulton on Sub ject-r-Senate Committee Re- . bef ' and 'Stone 'Act' V ' "Y - ..S i ,i. . . . . . . . t . ..' Washington, Uci March 4:-euat ;, Pultoa van In conference' tbla morning j -with President Roosevelt and Attorney i .General Moody Iti reference te the case ,' 'of District Attorney Bristol. None of the parties to the conference 1 disposed -to j elve for publication. Its results, i It. Js learned, however, that the Bar Assocla l tlon of Portland - has declined to pass . upon .the case thus throwing ,the Te j aponslblllty again upon the department j of Justice and the president. . ' i "While no definite Information on the j" subject - could be obtained today It Is reasonably certain that he president has decided net to reappoint Bristol and has requested - Senator; Fultom. to - recom ) mend his successor. ' . Francis J. Heney bad a long talk with i - the president today after the conference which he held with Moody and Fulton. ) It Is stated by the Washington Star that Heney Is doing everything he can te , have Bristol retained and Is using- every argument and fact he- knowe to bring ' about this end. Heney will not talk for publication In reference te the matter. - ) , REPEAL TIMBER ACT. Fubli Xaada Ooeasalttee of Seaate Au ... thorlses Favorable Xoport em BUI. ' (Weahlntto Bnroaa of The JdnTnal.) 'Washington,.' March J4. The senate public lands oommtttee today authorised a favorable Teport'iwpoi w.the - Hans b rough bill to repeal the timber and tone act, amending it, however. In many; Important particulars. The bill as amended,' and which probably will pass the senate, repeals the timber and tone, act and provides that hereafter lands,1 chiefly -val uable-rf or timber, shall be appraised ' and sold by ' the secre tary of .agriculture, at public or pri vate aale to the highest bidder. Ten per Cent of the profits .shall be given to the states, to be expended on public roads and for the benefK of public schools in 'counties In which the tim ber Is sold, and tO per cent -shall be converted Into the national Irrigation fund, r " --,. A penalty of fine and imprisonment is" provided as punishment forepersons cutting timber on the publlo domain or maliciously setting : lire " to timber pr -underbrush. Provision is made for free use by Bottlers Of timber for farm end domestic purposes. Lands chiefly, val uable for commercial -stone shall - be subject to entry under the-placer min ing laws. ' ' Senator Fulton of Oregon made a vigorous protest against the bill and will endeavor to have the fund for counties Increased to JO per cent. FOREST RESERVE LAW. Favorable Beyer em BUI Frovtding for ettlesnaat of Agricultural Lend. (Wsahlnftoa Bums of The Journal.) ' Washington, March 14. Th senate Dublio lands committee today sutborlaed a favorable report upon the Cater bill to provide for the entry of agricultural lands -within forest reserves. The bill provides -thatJanda within forest re serves, chiefly valuable for agriculture, hall be listed in the land office of the district in which they are situated and snaM.be open to settlement ana entry under the homestead law. The bill also permits settlers in forest reserves, whose homestead rights have been ex hausted, to purchase agricultural lands upon whloh they have aetUod at 12.60 per aore. ' , ' fc , . Vy COURT IN CHINA. . BUI Introduced la Bouse to Create Judlolal District ia Celestial Smpure. ' (WaahloKtnn Boreao of The Journal) . Washington, March 24. Edwin Den by, congressman from Michigan, intro duced in the house. of representatives today a. bill to create a federal district court in China with extra territorial jurisdiction. The measure was first in troduced In the senate by Senator Ful ton at the. behest of J. H. Brown and other oriental Interests, who complain that the exercise of Judicial powers by consuls often works great lnjustloe to American interests. It Is pending be fore the foreign affaire committee of the senate ; with prospecte of . an early re port. , .; PORTLAND TIME-BALL j -. . j- See rotary of the Wavy Approves Appli cation fee System to AM ltarU.ee. f (Wuhlofton Bareaa of Tbs Joorn.l,) Washington, V. C, March 2i. Senator Fulton was assured today by the secre tary, of the navy that the equipment bureau of his department has been in vestigating the necessity Deinstalling at - Portland a . time ball system for the alii -of mariners. Senator Fulton had pre sented the request of the Portland board ot trade, with an urgent appeal to the secretary that this usual - feature it maritime eltlea be part of the govern ment equipment of Portland.. The, mst- ,(ConUnued on Pag Sleven.), . , Former President of Mutual Life to Make Complete. Expose joCJTlfiderh-JJfe-Jnsur- ance Methods. WILL BEGIN WHERE -tizrHAMILTON LEFT OFF -i (1 Past Trouble 'of Company Nothing as Compared to What la Comlnc ; Peabody to Resign -'Presidency- Xawson's , Reply to Butte Miners' Union Lobbist Honored. . ew lork.Jklaroli iJ.-Tlie persUten rumor that Charles A.' Peabody will soon resign as president of the Mutual Life '-Insurance . company was jt given strong confirmation . today when it was said he had told an Intimate friend, a man high . In financial: circles, that he would not remain as executive head of the Mutual more than a few months longer. The fact that Mr. Peabody has thus expressed himself 4oea not come as a surprise to those conversant- with Insurance affairs; It, la said f urtherHhat he is confident the present troubles of the company are nothing la comparison with what tbey will be when the trial of the eight suits brought by the Mutual against former President Klchard A. MoCurdy, hla son. Robert H.r and the firm of Charlep U. Kayoond a Co. come to trial. - It - waa learned today that "Mr. Mo- Curdy, ' through hla . counsel, .Delanoy Kiooil, will fight the action fiercely and will etrlke right and left, among- the men who wera associated with him as officers and trustees. The Intention ot Mr. MoCurdy, It is said, is te spare no oae in his answer to the suits,- In which the trustees' seek at the-same time to discredit him, and to relieve him of an Immense sum of money. ' ' -' Andrew Fields, - former legislative agent of -the Mutual, who has been in seclusion ever since the publlo hearings of the. Armstrong Investigating eommlt Hpn, ta asld- --b, loyel.-to Mr. Mo Curdy and It la rumored stands ready to furnish the former- president with facta and Ognres whloh will serve to prove' that- the . trustees - were . fully aware of all ' the - -discredited trans action now loaded upon the elder MoCurdy.-. in ihe. words of a relative ot the Mutual' late president: "Mr. McCurdy - will begin ' where Andrew Hamilton left 'off and will apare no one." , y ' LAWSON'S REPLY. Boatoalaa'a Smooth Answer to Montana '"- .' Miners' Message. (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Jooraal) Kmtmi. Mitrrh i. AH of Thomas V, Lawson's fluency was drawn out by the dispatch -whleh the Butt Miners' union sent to him, and his reply Is as smooth as treacle. It iS-s follows: , . - -"To the Butte Miners' union. Frank O'Connor..- president; William lialloy, secretary, Butte, Montana: , "I thank your' union for its prompt and courteous treatment of my state ment, which cost your union nothing to receive. - , "I think you are in - error .4n your reference to the Helnie-Cole-Ryan-Rogers gang being bucketahop opera tors. They are stockjobbers all right, but I do not think they have yet sunk to that depth of all depravity bucket shop operating. I am pleesed to know you do not need their help. You are also In error about my attempting to depreciate Butte property by attacks on the Butte banks. - "Again you are in error aboat my wanting the aid of your union in any. of my work. . I would welcome the coop-J riev-f-yur-'magmricn'r body in any work of mutual Interest I might be engaged in, but at present I sm engaged lit no work which I am not able to push te complete success without the aid of any one. ' i"I would respectfully ask your union frame ,my statement and your cour teous reply, and if your members do not gaae upon them within 12 months through that pickled mist which scalds while It clarifies I will come to Butte to present myself to . your esteemed union for a football or punching bag. "Am mailing you check for coat-of your courteous --telegrams . "THOMAS W. LAWSON." i Hamilton Boaored. (Special Dlapateh by Uaaad Wire ta The Joarnal) Albany, N. Y.. March 24. Andrew Hamilton, former legislative" agent of Ufa insurance companies and guardian of the yellow dog fund, waa tonight unanimously -reelected for the sixth consecutive - year to the presidency of the Albany club, this city's most emi nent social institution. COUNTESS CASTELLAN E -WILL NEVER WED AGAIN (Special Dlapatch by leaaed Wire to The Journal) Paris, March 24. Countess do Castel lans, when asked by a friend today re garding her reported intention to re marry after getting a - divorce - from Count Bonl said: . "The atorlea connecting ruy name with Mr. Kuatla and Stewart White. tM novelist, are baseless calumnies. . After I secure, a divorce, I will certainly never re-marry. That la my unswerving de termination." j - ; To Keep Aliens From Fishing-. -(Wa.htnftoa ftnreas of Tee Journal.) Wsshlngton, March 24. Senator Ful ton's bill prohibiting aliens from taking fish In Alaskan waters -nss been favor ably reported In the house, where Its pas- ag max D expected soon,. , .. . j . : v-.. " ...a ..V T1 a '.J '; V LL.1 ifilri ' v, - 4, :.-.'' .-t A ..'f . . . , t I - .v r - - v . . . . , (j I- - "f; "'-"'1j.' " " . sthart..m?V m fiaiiea eMstrf, esaissii is' am ai aTssiitsl rfh ti in SiasTi it " nrt.a.tuii a,. V.fi- ,riiaatT.,'.:iii -r.ara ,ia aaX Sacajawea. SACAJAWEA I N THE 'CITY PARK Standing on a lofty knoll, in the City park the statue of Sacajawea, the Indian wqaiia.J"rti-eOTwmrrttnFodT and Clark exploration party to Us desti nation, looks . out '. toward the Pacific. The statue, which stood at the head of Lakevlew terrace .at the' IewlS end Clark fair last summer, has finally been moved to Its permanent resting place. '. It Is situated on an emlnenoe near the majestic group,' the central figure tlRS. S. A. D. PUTER INJURED fH RUMAVAY ACCIDENT Thrown Out of Buggy v and Dragged Nearly a Block by, - -Frightened Animal. '; ; (Special Dlapateb by Leased Wire to Tna Joarnal) Berkeley. -al.. March 24. Thrown from her buggy by the sudden . turning or a-frightened horse, Mrs. 8. A. D. Puter of 1517 Spruce street: waa this morning dragged for- nearly a - block under the heels of the animal and. now Ilea at -her home- under the care of . a physician.. When hurled to the ground Mrs. Futer became- entangled .In . the reins In some manner and but for the bravery of a carman, who witnesssd tho accident -and -stopped the .horse, would unudoubtedly have been killed. Mrs. Puter is the wife of 8. A., O. Puter, who Is wanted. by the govern ment to testify" in land fraud cases agitlnst Congressman Blnger Hermann, and also to answer to a similar charge against himself. Since her husband disappeared Mrs.' Puter has resided In North Berkeley, She Is a clever horse woman and makes.lt a practice to drive the most spirited anlmala This morn ing, while .turning from her private driveway Into 8jruoe street, the horse became unmanageable, - -t Friends helped Airs, puter, to her '.Ja' H ' J.ZJ Statue as . It Now Appears in the City of which is the haughty t chieftain, Multnomah, who with two braves stands peering Intently- into lbe .ill wtanne, a wait ing the "Coming' of the 'White "Man." The Sacsjewea statue waa moved yes terday under the direction of the park commissioners, who assumed charge of It Immediately after, the "women of the Bacajawea - association voted to give It to the park. It has been mounted on a gigantic botiMer secured especially for the purpose from the quarry near St. home, a short distance away, and a phy sician was , summoned... Examination showed that no bones were broken,, but the extent of the Injuries could not-be fully determined. Nervous shock as much as bodily injury makes her conUi- tlon aerioua. KILLED BY COLLAPSE , ;0F BATHING PAVILION i .f , : k i - (Sprrlal Dlapatch by Leased Wire to The Joarnal) Atlantie City. N. J., March 24. With a crash of ateel and aoft concrete, the new bathing pavilion in front .of the Hotel Denis fell today, bringing death to Alfred Stltt and injury to several in cluded In the thousands on the famous board walk.. The accident Is said fo have been caused by the removal of the casing of they pillars, that support' the roof of th new building before the con crete Jiad become hardened fully. ' The firemen and policemen, assisted by the workmen who. were not caught by the. falling roof, worked hard to reach the men. . Stltt was found dead. CHARGE AGAINST NEIL : ? AND OTHERS DISMISSED (8p-elal Dtopatrh by Leased Wire to The Journal) Son i-rsnclsoo,' March 24. Pollc Judge' Cabaniss today dismissed . the charge of mnnalaughter1 that wss lodged against Frankla Nell and six other men conoerned In the doath of Harry Tenny. The district attorney announced that the matter will how be laid before the grand Jury, with a view to having the' accused men. Indicted. r , . y . ' -, r; -.:. , Park. Helena. The association contributed $109 toward securing the massive base. The base itself will be one of the at traction of "the park.:- Tlie huge grayf stone was removed with great difficulty to Us present location. Bits of fern anil moss still cling to Its nigged sides. The . statue to the Indian woman stands Just west of the platform at the Salmon street entrance, near which the Lewis and Clark . monument Is to be erected. 1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IS DELUGED BY FLOODS More Water on Land and in ' Streams Than for Many Years -Rivers Out of Banks. (Bpaclal Dlapatch by Loaeed Wire to The Joarnal) Modesto, CaX,- March 14. There Is more water In all the streams and on the land in this county now than there has been' for many years. All the rivers and creeks are higher than for years and damage Is resulting everywhere. The. town of Elmweod on the Santa Fe wna flooded .last night, Section Boss Noley having to carry his wife and children from their home at midnight in water reaching above his waist All places except th,e depot are under water. The Santa Fe track was washed out at that point. . The Southern-Pacific track was washed out at Montpeller. , An Immense volume of water, la going over the big Joint Irrigation dam of Mo-desto-TurJock districts and debris of teleffrtph poles, fences, bridge- timbers, etc,, show that much damage has been suffered on the Tuolumne river, while reports of bridges washed out are com ing from alt parts of the country. Ninety hundredths of an Inch of rain fell In two hours tUls afternoon. - . '. -, Spectacular Terror of ' Death Valley" Arrested TrTSarT Fran- , !UcoJojMaut ireVI.," Deadly Weapon. FEINTS AT HIP POCKET BUT GOES PEACEFULLY Poses In Front "of Ferry 'Building; to - Await Cheers That Do Not Come - CHvss Bail and Is Released While , Prisoners Clamor for a Sight of King of the Desert Mine. (SpoeUl Dlspatch.by Leased Win te The Jooraal) vlnced that every man la hla own best press agent, Walter ' Soott, otherwise known, as "Sootty," got into town from the north tonight and waa spectacularly arrested soon afterward at the entrance of - the -St. Franols. 2 Though - he had been Informed that a telegraphic war rant from San Bernardino charging him with assault with a deadly weapon would be served as soon aa he errlvedJ n San FranctaoO, "Scotty" pretended to be greatly surprised when - Detective Harry-Reynolds took him Into custody and haled him to the city prison. Having registered In a little book con taining the names of less conspicuous captives, the young man who lovee to talk about himself sat down oa a bench and ecstatically listened to the clamor ous plea of tho cell Inmates, that they might behold him. ' . - . . Boe Wet With Oheera. ? Judge Cabaniss then opportunely turned up, listened to "Bcotty's" de mand for freedom on bail, and declined the responsibility.- After which the blue-shlrted hero of his own imagina tion summoned counsel, by whom be was taken before Judge Graham of the superior court, by whom he was released on sufficient security. "Scotty" was the last person to leave the ferryboat which tied up on this side of the bay at half past. . He walked plowly down the stairs leading from the upper deck, and stood pensively at the bottom of the stairway until he wai sure the few-loiterers beyond the gang plank- were, not going to burst Into cheers. Than pulling open his coat so that the familiar blue Shirt and red tie might be plainly visible, he pushed hla laombrero a little farther back and Swag- gered forth to the cab whither Mrs. Scott had quietly preceded him. Two newsboys and a bootblack recognised htm during this passage, and shrilly announced Ms Identity, which made him smile happily. And a moment .later tho cab rolled away with him through the murky night. , Feinted at Xlp Pocket. On reaching the St, Francis. "Scotty" registered, escorted Mrs. Scott to the elevator and "returned' to-the steps at the main portal. - The oabman, whom ha had not yet paid, looked up at 'him ex pectantly. But "Scotty" was waiting for something. Then Detective Rey nolds gingerly" approached the. terror of Death valley and huskily ' announced that the "chief" would like to see) "Scotty" at the hall of Justice. "Scotty," who had been saying at every station between Redding and San Francisco that he expected to be ar rested and wanted to-be arrested. started back lu indignant araasement. feinted at hla hip pocket, but want quietly along. Chief Dlnan not being in hla office, the "King of the Desert Ml he" was taken up to the city prison, where, after thinking deeply for several minutes, he said: "The only objection I have to this hotsl is that it does not coat me any money. GERMANS1NDIGNANT AT RUSSIA'S COURSE (Copyright, Hearst News "errloe, by Leaa Wire to ids joornai.) -. . . BaYlln. March 24. Tliero Is the greatest indignation here against what Is called Russia's perfidy at the Alge clras conference. Count Casslnl is ac cused of truckling te France and every where are heard words against the csar, who seeme to have forgotten the serv ices rendered him by Germany ever since the outbreak of the war with Japan. 1 - At the bottom or this indignation ia the fear of an anti-German alliance be tween England, France and , Russia, which .It la known that King Edward Is favoring and working for. Such an al liance would ' mean the . end of Ger many's Influence and power in Europe and leave her entirely isolated. Austria being more inclined to Join hands with Russia and Italy openly sympathising with France. The kaiser even is said to he greatly perturbed at the gloomy political outlook. . , . TONGS READY TO FIGHT " ; FOF BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN ' 1 (SpoHaleWepatrh te The Joarnal. -Seattle, Wash., March t Represen tatives of the Chinese societies In Port land. 'Seattle and Bnn Francisco are here ready to make "a. fight for ,lT-jrrsr-oId Ah.Tlng. a beautiful Chlnete girl, if she Is not deportd to China. The ease w"iH come up before Commissioner Klefer next Saturday. "The girl wss arrested In February for being In th country Il legally. It la said the ease will fall through. . . The girl Is out on ball and la a pris oner in a Chines lodging-house on Washington street. Chinees say that as soon ss she la released she will be auc tioned off. going to th highest bidder, -The money will go to her former owner In San Francisco; . , Ownership , of Subsidiary Mle eourl Companies Reluctantly lAdmitted by Standard Oil Officials. SUBPOENA SERVERS OUT . . WATCHING FOR JOHN D, Son's House Surrounded by Officers ' -Watching to Catch Richeat Man-i: 1 Only- Tunnel Exit Can SaT"Hutf From- Capture WhOo Visiting) t Newiy-Born Grandson, . . ,' 1 (Copyright, Hearst ews Serrlra, by Leasse) New York. March 24. Uncouraged b in decision or tns court, Maury m Rogers, the figurative head of the giant ' Standard- -Oil trust which General Hadley of Missouri stigmatised aa th greatest combination of th earth. Inasmuch it thrived on-th necessi ties of the people, - todjay atated that that corporation was a trust within tho meaning of the law. ' That admiaslon was made' bofor Com missioner Banborn, appointed by tho state of Missouri to take testimony la this city In th suit brought by tb state of Missouri to oust th Republla Oil company, the Watsrs-Pleroe Oil com pany and'- the Standard Oil .. company ot Indiana, .who are doing business tn that state, presumably as Independent concerns, but as a matter of fact aa branches ef the Standard Oil trust of ' New Jersey, dividing the territory of the state between them tor business) purposes, regulating the supply and th price of oil to auit -themaelvea and throw , Ulng all competition. ; , Betama Witt Bridenoe. It means that Mr. Hadley can now re turn to his horn stat with evidence on which the courts must find the trust concerned guilty aa' charged and InfHct tbe penalty, which la either conhsoa tlon of all tb oil trust's property in ' the state of Missouri, a. forcible ajact -meat from the state, or a heavy fin, ' to. be repeated every time the often Is committed. - It was the first time" In all the Ions;' years of litigation that th powerful . aggregation has ever been In, In which various state have endeavored. In vain, to destroy the octopus that has strangled all competition and compelled the con sumers to buy and pay for oil the price their greed dictated, forced to ad that It Waa a combination In violation of the anti-trust laws. Tn obtaining that admission I have) accomplished all I came for," said Ate-torney-General Hadley Jubilantly to night. "It has' been a hard struggle but I have dragged It out at last." , Beluotaa urreadar. v The incriminating and convicting ad- mission was not given willingly. The highly paid counsel-from--five different states, who had been, brought on her by the Standard OH company to de fend them, doubled and twisted and tried every movement known to th sharpest lawyers before 'they reluctant ' ' ly surrendered, , First they stopped Mr. Rogers wheal he wee about to reply to the question embodying -the ' admission, by aaylng they would prefer to se th admission in writing. Then they wrote the ad- . mission dexterlously, in. such an am-4 - blguoua form that It could b con strued any way. Mr. Hadley waa too sharp and de tected the barefaced trick and Insisted that if there waa to be any written ad- ,' mission It certainly would have to bo In such form that It could be compre hended and also would have to b epea cldo and comprehensive. " .' Unath JtW,Xlagml The Standard Oil attorneys consult!" for at least It mlnutea more and pus sled tbelr brains apparently like school boys over a first essay. Then In trU umph they presented another preduo- ' tlon of. their Joint talent., In which two innocent-looking holes were left for the) trust to slip harmlessly through. Mr. Hadley spotted the omission. . Then, by the- aid of a few suggestions from the attorney-general, they were -enabled to return la a few mlnutea th statemsnta whloh Mr. Hadley and hla representative here. Henry Wollman. described -aa a copper-riveted statement embodying all they had been endeavoring- to drag -from- th- unwilling wlU nesses of the trust-for the last -11 months or mora. With th convicting testimony from the mouth of Mr. Rogers, the presence -on the wltnees stand of John D. Rocke feller is not so necessary to Mr. llad ley's case. . In the light of develop ments since Mr. Hadley began taking testimony In this city, however, he la' -still anzloua to have the founder of the oil truat before him under oath. For that purpose today almost the en tire army oCsubpnena servers who have -. been employed In New Tork by .the state of Missouri to watch every entrance to Mr. Rockefeller's bom and that of. hie son, which houses are connected by a) subterranean passage. ;. Bockefsll a Prisoner. '"Into No. It that fateful number ,' West Fifty-fourth street. Mr. Rockefel ler was seen to gild lost night- by a ... reporter for the Hearst News Service, who -promptly informed Mr. Hadley of . the fait. The latter, although he had Said facetiously during the day that ha would grant saf convey to Mr. Hock- . feller to visit his newly born grandson, felt somewhat piQued by the attempt of . th mllllonslare to defeat Mm snt promptly not I lied th suhpnona server. AS soon as they could get tognthar ' they flocked to th house, which has ', been closely wnirhed over slnre, at that unless the oil magnate ssr-sped hark to the fastnesN-of hie J,jcwl CcnUnuel oa Yt. o JUcvea.4 J jr 7