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CAUSED BY
Refusal ot Managers
to Make Concessions
Causes Unionists to
Lose Patience'
Commissioners Much Discour
aged at Efforts to Adjust Mat
tersSituation Is. the Same
as at Starting , Point Noth
Ing Gained for Peace.
(Journal Special Brvlc. :
Chicago, April J. At tha' "moment
whan the railway situation seemed past
th crucial point the radical lament
In the unions' committee became active
and at noon there la much uncertainty,
Chief Qsrretson of the railroad con
ductor said after a conference this
morning:
"We are. Just at the starting point.
Xothlng has ibeen sained and nothing
lost. The labor sldo has not receded an
Inch from its . original position. The
men'a patience will be exhausted priajty
soon If the roads do not show a eptrlt
of concession.' ;
' . Commissioners Knapp and Nelll are
' 'apparently - much discouraged. Tbey
have been untiring- In their efforts te
bring about a peaceful adjustment of
the difficulty, since arriving at Chi
chsto; Knapp and Neill bavs been Jn eon.
ference with either the railroad men or
the trainmen almost constantly and be
lieved this .morning that the end ef the
trouble waa in sight. - ,' :' . . .. . .
The last offer made by the railroads
was an Increase In wages of 10 per
cent, and' a 10-hour day. , The trainmen
had originally asked for a 15 per sent
Increase In wages and a'nlne-beur. day.
but finally receded to a It per cent In
cresse In wages and a nine-hour day.
At this point the roads snd men were
unable to make any further progress
snd arbitration waa asked.
: The trainmen had" yielded the waer
scale to the latlroad managers, "agree
ing to a 10 ber cent Increase, but stood
firm In - their demand for a nine-hour
day for ine- kteomottve--firemen, he
railroad managers remained 'I-m In
their position that a 10-hour lay waa
the best oomeeslon. they could snake
In this retrard.
. The obstinacy of the railroads in re
fusing to sutede to-this request of their
employes was the only obstacle In the
way of an amicable settlement of the
threatened strike. The trainmen I'xd
so far yield d -everything , that tin J been
yielded since Commissioners Knapp Mid
Nelll undertook to arbitrate the diffr
ancea betweon the railroads an-1 th?
employes, an 1 thav feel that some c-n-eesalons
fro n the railroads at this time
are dus th-wv. '
SIR WILFRED LAURIER '
TO BE MADE A PEER
- - (special M-neteb te Tke yesrseX)
. Vancouver, B.. G. April J. A Mon
treal paper says Lord , Strathcona will
..retire, from the. position ..of high cm-
mlssioner lor iwuat aaa mat ir wu
7ffd Laurler Is to take his place and be
rifJsed to the peerage tinder the title of
Word Athabasca. .
EDDY MILLIOHS
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f III TRUST FUfJD
Christian Science Leader Places
Property In Hands of -Three
Members of Church Who Will
Act as Trustees.
(ienreal Special errtee.t -
Concord.. N. H., April t. Mrs, . Mary
Baker Eddy has given -her millions into
, the charge of three men who are prom-
t Inent in the Christian., ffalenee church,
, who will act as -truatae as long as ahe
lives.
The transfer was made on March ' i.
but only became known this afternoon
when the attorneys made a return to
the suit in equity to compel the lead
en, of the church to answer to charges
of Anlamanagenient and mlsapproprlat-
' Ing Mrs. Eddy's property.
By virtue of the ssslgnment the three
trustees moved this afternoon for leave
to Intervene and be substituted In place
- of the so-called dear friends, Mary
Baker .Olover, Qeorgs W. Baker and
Mrs. Eddy's relatives. ,
The surprise had been promised by
the defense and created a sensation.
'The transfer of property, both reel
and personal, waa mads for the con
sideration of tl. the trustees te control
' during- Mrs. Eddys lite, -. -
President Rooeevelt. -
r.lRS. BELLINGER,
WIDOW OF THE
JUDGE, IS DEAD
Passes Away on Her Farm on
the ' Columbia River, Though
Receiving Friends in Portland
"buta" Few" Days Before-
Married Jurist in Early Life.
Mrs. MargeryS. Bellinger, widow of
the . late i Judge. Charles . B Bellinger.
died 'at midnight -last night, -on the
Bellinger farm, up the Columbia river.
Dr.' Alice Chuman- was . In attendance.
Mrs. Bellinger had been suffering for
some time," but until the last few lsys
Aid not. yield to her-Illness, and only
a few days sgo . wss rtcelvlne;1' - her
friends In Portland. Arrangements had
not been made, this - mom In for the
funeral. .
' Mrs. Bellinger '.'lived while at';home
with her, youngest daughter, -Irs. W.
J. Morrison, at 411' Holladav-avenue,
bnt almost the entire winter had been
spent . at her epuntry, residence, flnce
the death of the udge. - much of her
time had been"passd--there.
' Judge Bellinger of the United ttcles
district court dies' May ' L!. -190S.- lis
wss ons of the best known figures in
Oregon history. Ha came hen as a
boy of 8. crossing ths plains with his
"father end - grandfather. He studied
law at Willamette university, earnftag
his own way through college, and later
studied with Judca B. F. Honham of
Balenv. He was -admitted to the bir
In 1861. practiced law In Salem, edited
two papers there, edited the Albany
Democrat, represented Benton coujitv in
the leglslsture, founded and. edited the
Portland News, later the Portland Tele
gram: was elerk of ths supreme court
till appointed to fill a vacancy on the
bench of the criminal court, wVa part
ner at law with John M. Geartn, later
Joining the firm of Dolph, Bellinger,
Mallory and Simon, and. tn 1)3, was
appointed by President Cleveland Jud-
of the United States district court. In
place of Judge Dead y, deceaaed.
Mrs. Bellinger, who was Margery S.
Johnson, waa born In Ohio In 1S6S. Mb
crossed ths plains with her father,
James Johnson, and settled on a farm
In Linn county, where she married C
B. Bellinger In his early life. Seven
children . were born to thorn, of whom
four .are living In Portland Mrs. Law
rence H. Knapp, Mrs. - W. J. Mortis in.
Emmet and Howard Bellinger. . .,
VANCOUVER CARPENTERS
AND PAINTERS STRIKE
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(Sperlal -Dtaeateft te The IwU)
Vancouver, B. C, April I. One thou
sand carpenters In Vancouver have gone
on atrlke. - The trouble arose over the
contractors refuatng to advance wages
from fa.KO to I4.S0 a day.
The painters1 srs also out.- For the
past two years ths scale of. wages has
been 40 cents an' hour and, the open
shop. ' At a meeting:,, the painters de
cided not O work till h0 cents an hour
and the closed shop were granted.- I
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BEGGE&CRSH,
$200,000
President " Made Agree
ment With the Railroad
Magnate Promising to
Retire Depew .
Roosevelt Denies Statement As Falsehood
And Places Harriman In His List of Liars
' (Journal Special Serviced
"New Tork. AprU J. The World to
day prints a letter written la Decem
ber, 10, by E. II. Harriman to Sid
ney Webster, a millionaire attorney of
New Yorkv In which tit railway mag
pate - tells how. -at President Roose
velt's request he raised 1200.000 In the
campaign of ISO, which helped the Re
publicans to carry New York state. Of
this amount Harriman says he gave
$50,000 himself.
Harriman - said ' the agreement . he
reached with the president before he
undertook the task was that Depew was
to be taken out of the race for senator
and given a post abroad probably that
of ambassador to France. This agree
ment, Harriman says, the president
later repudiated. '.l..'..
oosevel reared Democrats.
- Harriman In his letter wrote: "About
week before election in the autumn
of 1004. when it looked certain that
the stats ticket would go Democratic
and It was - doubtful aa to Roosevelt
himself, he (the president sent m a
request to go to Washington to confer
upon political conditions in New York
piled.
Roosevelt told me he understood
the campaign could not successfully ba
carried on without sufficient money
and asked If I would help them In
raising ths necessary - funds, asv tho
national committee, under the control
of Chairman Cortelyou. had -utterly
failed In obtaining . them, and ; there
waa a large amonnt due from . them
to the New York state committee.
. Bend Depew te Parts..
1 explained to him that I under
stood thst the 'difficulty here was
mainly caused by the upstate leaders
being unwilling to support Depew for
reelection as- senator; that it hs (De
pew) could be taken care of in some
way I thought matters could be ad
justed and the different contending el
ements - In the party - be brought yinto
a close alliance again. We talked over
what could be done -for Depew, and
finally ba agreed that If It were found
necessary he would appoint Depew am
bassador at Paris. -
."With the full belief that he (Roose
velt) would keep this agreement, I
cams back to New York and sent for
Treasurer Bliss, who told me that I
waa their last hope, that they had ex
hausted every other resource. - In his
presence I called up an Intimate friend
ot Depew and told blra that It was
necessary In order to carry New York
state thst $100,000 should be raised at
once and If he would help I would sub
scribe $50,000.
"After, a few words over the tele
phone' the gentleman said he would let
me know, which he did. probably In
three or four hours, with the result that
the -whole amount. including -jny sub-1
scrlptlon, has been raised.
' One Xnndred Thousand Votes,
'vhecks were given to Treasurer Bliss,
SWING RETAIL DISTRICT
TO U P PER MO R R ISON IS
Al M OF PROPERTY-OWNERS
The trend ef ths first class retail dis
trict of Portland for all time hinges. It
la said, upon action to be taken with
in the next few days by . owners of
property adjacent to the Pennoyer
block, bounded by Morrison, Wsst Park.
Aider and Tenth streets.
'If the $$00,000 building to be erected
by the Trustee company on thla site
shsll become s great department store
it will have a paramount Influence on
the drift of retail trade, but should ths
building be devoted to general tenancy
the result would not be ths same.
' Three Ayplicatlome.
Rumors ' to the effect that a - large
department store from Chicago-either
Marshall-Field or some equally heavy
financial concern would occupy ths
proposed new building on the Plttock
block, ore not confirmed by. J. Whyte
Fvnnsv who Is negotiating the deal.- Mr.
Evanssald todny thst hs waa not ready
to announce the names of ths people
with whom negotiations are being car
ried on, as there ere three sppllcatlons
for ths lesse, snd It bas not yet been
decided whether to accept a hotel and
theater, an -office building or ths pro
posed department store and office build
ing combined.
MS FM
TO CARRY
Fifty Thousand Votes
Turned by Money in
New YorK, Asserts the
Financier
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A Deliberate Vntrntk,
, ' Journal special service. ' e
. Washington, April 2. Presl- , 4
- dent Roosevelt this afternoon
gave the lie to the assertions In e
' the alleged Harrlman-Webster ' 4
letter, making publlo copies of
letters the president wrote 'to e
Congressman Sherman of New
York i last summer. In one of e
these letters the president said:
"I understand you to say that ' e
Ilarrlmnn alleged that I made e)
a promise (referring to Depew
aa ambassador to France) at the
time when he hnd come to see
me in Washington when I re-
quested him to raise a 1250,000
fund for the presidential cam-
. palgn then on. -
"Any such a statement is a de- e
liberate and wilful untruth -by e
rights ' should be characterized w
by a shorter, more nglter word.
I never requested Harriman to e
raise a dollar for ths presidential e
campaign in 1904." '
who took them to Chairman Cortelyou.
Thla amount enabled the New York
state committee to continue Ita work,
with the result that at least 60.000 votea
were turned in the city of New York
alone, making, a difference of 100,000
votea in the general result. .
"Some time in December, 1904, on my
way from Virginia . to New York, I
stopped and had a short talk with tha
president. He then told me that he did
not think It necessary to appoint Depew
ambassador to Paris, as had been
agreed, and, tn fact, that he favored him
for the senate. I bad not expected that
he was tha one to decide as to what
would be necessary but he arrogated
tha. to 'himself, and I. of course, could
say. nothing further."
jKarrlmaa Admits Writing- St.
-The publication of Haniman's letter
reveals a peculiar, situation. Harriman
says the letter was furnished to the
press by- a former employe named Hill.
and Insists It Is about aa Imperfect ss
a poor stenographer could get from old
-Harriman warned the World that the
letter must not be printed, but when be
found he could not stop It he telephoned
the American a "release", on the letter
for that paper's nse.
Harriman admitted writing the letter,
but said, "I went further," according to
the ..orld's reporter, "than ths copy you
have. You only have a part of It. - That
letter. If printed, will do ' Irreparable
harm. It Is going to react on the per
son who prints It. It falls short of ths.
marlTalmed at"-The letter created a
stir in Wall street today.
The significance' of ' the statements
made by Harriman Is that It places ths
When asked this morning concern
ing disposition of tha Pennoyer block
Mr. Evans said the final closing of a
department store lease for this prop
erty swalts the favorable ' action of
surrounding property owners. - It has
been desired by a number . of . these
owners to extend the retail district to
thst block and for the purpose ef en
couraging the proposition they have
started a subscription to defray soms
portion of the expense of removal and
establishing of a great retail concern.
Other owners' , of adjoining property
are said to be lagging with the idea
that the required amount wtll be
raised without their aid. It Is said the
building will be given over to general
tenancy In ths event 'that the sub
script lolK sum does not reach approxi
mately $50,000.
Tenancy Only Question.
A - (0-year lease of the ground hss
been finally' closed by Mr. Evans, and
tha required bond for $100,000 baa been
signed, with W. D. Wood snd the Trus
tee Beourlttes Company of Connecticut
ns sureties. Theea papera wtll be filed
within ths next day or aa Ths suo
cessful consummation of ths deal In
building, with a foundation sufficient
sures ths construction ef a five-story I
WEW YORK
Fifth of Amount Was
Subscribed by Magnate
in Presence of the
Executive
president In a bad light In having called
Judge Alton B. Parker a liar In the au
tumn of -.04, Just before election day,
for having' charged ths Republican
party with having solicited campaign
gii.es from trusts and corporations. That
tnese campaign contributions were so
licited and - accepted was afterward
proved In ths Insurance Investigation.
Ths Harriman letter Is a vindication of
Judge Parker's charges.
PLEASES PRESIDENT
Itoosf vrlt Considers Himself Lucky
In Being Attacked Again. ,
(Journal Special Berrtet.)
Washington, April 1. There were In
dications early this morning that.' ths
president would have something to say
soon on ths Harriman letter. . 'All the
correspondents In Washington were
waiting at the Whits House . for ths
utterance. The president first went to
the dentist. If the letter worried him
he showed no signs, but smiled and
spoke cherrlly and waived his - hand at
the Tress gang.
Returning from - the dentist's, the
president attended the regular semi
weekly . cabinet meeting. - After the
meeting adjourned he made public the
Sherman letters containing his denial
of tha charges.
After giving out the correspondence
the president said: "I feel particularly
fortunate In having been attacked with
in the last few dsys by both ex-Senstor
Burton snd Harriman."
The president then authorised tha fol
lowing statement:
"After writing the letters to Con
gressman Sherman the president wss
assured that Harriman had not made
the statement Sherman credited him
with making. Inasmuch aa these ssms
statements appear In the letter of Har
riman now published, the president
deems It proper that tha letters ha sent
to . Sherman last October " shall now
themselves be msde public."
Becretsry Cortelyou. formerly chair
man of the Republican national commit
tee, refuaee to discuss ths matter.
It was - suggested to Mr. Cortelvou
that the one way to settle the many
controversies resulting from the cam
paign contributions Is to. publish ths list
of subscribers In foil and thus end
many disputes.
So msny publlo, men who happened to
differ from ths - president hsva been
catalogued .aa liars of one sort and an
other, .that the executive's denial haa
lost much of Its force In the eyes of
official Washington. Politicians are in
clined to think there Is more or less
truth In ths assertions msde in the
Harrlmanrettsr. wh1clithyrthlnlt'WB
puDiissea Decs use tns railroad magnate
Is disappointed In not securing the pro-
(Continued on .-Page Three.)
for 10 stories, on ths Pennoyer block.
Ths tenancy of .the building is now
ths only question remaining to ba set
tled, and the attitude of adjoining property-owners
is being watched with con
siderable Interest, as upon ths result
will depend -very largely the. movement
of retail business In Portland within ths
next five or ten years. '
Sffeet on Bus la ess. -
- The Evans lease of V the - Pennoyer
block is for a term of 60 years, with a
ground rental starting at ths sum "of
$1,600 monthly and Increasing at the
rate of $250 per month for each five
year period. , The lease rental dates
from July 1, 1907. snd from thst date
to Its expiration Involves payments of
upward of $1,000,000, Including the
building, to the owners of the property.
- Notice has been given present tenants
on tha block to vacate, and within a
few weeka ths removal or demolition
of the present buildings will be com
menced. The securing of a large de
partment store for this block would re
sult In Immediate conversion ef all the
property from Fifth to Ninth street
Into, a greet retail trade district and re.
termlne practically for all time the di
rection which the retail movement will
take from Its present center. - v .
: ' :, "B. H. Harriman. , :
JOURNAL LEADS
ILfffiS IN
American Newspaper Annual,
Published by N. W. Ayer &
Son Shows That . the Ore
gonian and Telegram Are
Falling Behind; -.
The American7 'Newspaper Annual
published by N. W. Ayer Son, for
1907. Is Just from the press. Tha Ayer
annual ' Is a recognised authority on
newspaper circulations and advertising
mediums. Ths issue for 1907, of course.
contains information of all Oregon pa
pera, and accords circulation ratings to
most of them, at least to ths larger
publications. '
To the Oregon Ian, . morning, Ayer ac
cords a circulation rating of to, 000
and to its Sunday Issue 10,000 copies.
To the Telegram, the Oregonlan's even
ing Issue, Is given a circulation rating
of 22,111. The Ayer publication gives
The -Dally Journal credit for a proved,
net raid circulation of Z4,8(, and to
The Sunday Journal 20,133. The Jour
nal had attained the circulation cred
ited by Ayer' J A-nual more than jear
ago, and It la surprising that the com
pilers of that usual excellent and reli
able publication go so fsr buck into
the past for their figures. The fact
of tha matter la that Tha Journal's
circulation, both dally and Sunday, haa
been more than 20.000 areraj:e. for six
months past, and for March. 1907, aver
aged $.0 copies, a greater circulation
than that of any daily paper In Port
land or In Oregon. r
MILLIONAIRE DUNLAP
WEDS MANICURE GIRL
Journal Special- Service.)
New York. Anrll iTi. ,-AAt
Milwaukee yesterday of William A.
isummp, m, millionaire nat .manufac
turer and owner of several - Nevada
mines, and Miss Lavender- Jane Byera,
a beautiful young woman formerly em.
ployed In a New York manicure estab
lishment. ' was the ri.u n
qualntance "which began , hers only a
law WYTCJIV sgu,
Dunlspt who Is the son of the founder
of a bia bat ,-wnrlr' mrA ...
- . . , w iij wi n r i
ones before, fell in love with urn
eyers immeaiateir when he dropped
Into the Broadway parlors lately to
hare his nails polished. In s few days
he proposed.
Efforts had been mnda to keep the
marriage arrangements secret, as a
suit for breach of promise bruught by
Miss Florence Pitt, is now pending
against Dunlap. . -
Hhrlllga Cotnmita ftulrMc. .
' IJnarnal Bpeeiil ar1.)
Washington, April 2. Htephen flhel
llga of Cleveland committed stilrld
by shooting hjmaelf aboard the Hnl
ttmore A Ohio train this morning. The
body, wss taken to the morgue in this
city. . , . - , ,
OREGON COUillKlf
BUILIII
FALLS INTO
Front End ot a Brick
Lodging House on
First Street Near
Columbia Collapses
No One Is Injured, Although'
Peter Matson Has to Leap
From Bed Just in Time to See
a Part of His Room Fall
auiau
With, a crash that could be heard for
blocks, the front end of the three-story
brick building at $04 First street col
lapsed this morning, taking with it
quantities of furniture snd leaving tha
rooming-house of Mrs. Mary Kennedy
demolished.
No one was injured, though a domett
teamsters were at work in tha excava
tion adjoining and several persona were
in the rooms that' were partly swept
away when the collapse -came. Peter
Matson, an occupant of tho rooming
house, .was asleep In one of the front
rooms and . escaped ,ln . time to avold
being carried down in the debris. His
bed was ' hurled Into the excavation,
while his hat, which waa hanging on an
opposite wall, la still hanging there.
The opposite wall waa uninjured.
' Building Unsupported.
Mrs. Kennedy, who conducted ths
rooming-house, was In the hall con
versing with a neighbor when the crash
came.- Both women rushed quickly Into
the street and escaped Injury. Other oc
cupants of ths house also escaped.
Tha collapse of the wall and front .
snd of the building was ths result of
excavation work being done by Mr. Shea,
who is preparing te erect-a building for
a plumbing shop at the southeast corner
of First aid Columbia streets. Work
men were excavating near the wall ot
tha three-story brick building which ad
joins on tho south. - -
They had dug beneath the foundation
of the wall and were preparing to place
supports beneath It. It was while they
were so sngaged that a portion of the
wall collapsed, bringing with It the en
tire front wall and a portion of the
building. ' , -
Odd Kbxturs of Debris.
Large crowds were quickly attracted
to view the scene. Into ths excavation
had been thrown beds, chairs and other
furniture, besides hats, trunks and vari
ous articles of wearing apparel. Ropes
were stretched by the polios about tha
place to keep back the curious crowds.
It was feared for a time that other por
tions of the building might fall, but the
remainder of the building Is still stand
ing. - . ,-. - - - - - ,
Flare ot Pat tn. -
"We were In no way responsible for
the collapse." said J. T. Shea, "We
are excavating to build - a four-story
business block and Mr, Hawkins, who
owns tho adjoining building, was to
keep his wall In repair. Wa bad dug
to a level of his wall and ha let the
contract to Bingham McClelland to
underpin it Their workmen started In,
this mornl ng te do sor- "v
"Instead of digging out a bole and
putting the pier In at once, they part
ly bulUrthe piers In two bolss snd then
dug a third hole. It left the wall
stsndlng practically on air, so it fell.
If tho wall had been left as our work
man left It last night It would hava re
mained for an Indefinite period.
JEROME RETHIuS
THAW ALIEr.lSTS
Seeks to Prove Thaw Insane by
the Doctors Who testified In
Thaw's Favor at the Trial
Evelyn Present at Hearing. ,
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- . - (Jnaraat Spatial sarrtoe.t
New York, April i. At the examina
tion of Harry Thaw by the lunacy com
mission this morning District Attornv
Jerome sought to pn.re by the ali'-nioi
who hnd testifier! on beliatf ct Ihiw
that the prisoner Is now insane. A.l
the doctors who hud testltlul nt t -trial
that Thaw waa Inxane wrw-n I
shot White were sulipoen1 bv J. -.
to testify that Timw la Hill I, ...
Jerome asserted to the commission i
In hie opinion Thuw . brn n,
all throitKh the trixl.
The commission l"st t.4 t li '
tins down te tm l n, , on r,. - i
morning. All tti pii.ni- i .
the trial w'r on I ,i. l
ant beslile J'islsli 1 ; w,
man was prisr.t. 1
ery and Jlnnilt'-n. '
JConllrv; I