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. LafcMSs .30 200 ' "; The woather-Sunday fair; north-, V " ' 5aiSi r..:, ! T- Xl JJGmmXJJ j erly winds. Y ; :.. v ' V-" ' . . " ' - ' . y;. - WgL---r'' , , - " ' r ,'. ,. . H. ' " ' ' 9 ' ' ' - - , . PRICE FIVE CENTS. ; PORTLAND. OREGON, ' SUNDAY MOKNINU, JANUARY; xb, 7 V - r "3AF1LM-A 5TOR.Y, OF THE ORIGINAL NATURE FAUEIt lM!iMO7Mm0Sm FOR i' . ' . - S"';' ' ' l i fist Important Suit inHis- tory 5 of Government Ac tions Begun With Filing of Papers in Attack on Numerous Trust Interests. .. (Vilte4 . Press Ihh4 Win.) . i . Washington, Jan. 25 What prom ts to be the government's greatest test In its struggle for regulation interstate railroads was begun to y when the preliminary work was mpleted for the long-threatened ;al attack upon the Harrlman gys- Suit was directed brought by the korney-general ' to .dissolve the H- J;al combination between the Union Keltic and Southern Pacific and the Pedro-Los Angeles-Salt Lake It was also ordered that the courts clare Illegal "the ownership by the Ion Pacific of. the Oregon Short Ine, of au stocK neia in ine cant the Great Northern and the Irthern : Pacific, all of said lines ing competitors of the Union Pa le," to use the language -of the .orney-geheraL';: The following statement wrfs made hlght: s. The ; proposed ; action , not ly strikes at - the Harrlman gys fn in the west but will attempt to jthrone t the great' financiers and 'pltallsts of the east closely Iden- led with Harrlman in coniroi oi 1 1 railroad manipulation, ; for the orney-general ' announces that in dition to the railroad companies Dntlondd individuals will be made pendants, including r r; B." H, Har ban the railroad king; Jacob. HL biff, New York banker and capi (list; Schlff's ; associate, Otto ... H. hn; James Stillman, president of NaUonal City bank ot New york, mmoniy known as the Standard ft banker; Henry C. Frlck; of Pitts yg the coal and coke magnate, m nromiripnt fleure in the United tea Steel corporation; Henry; H. . . m m - t lb. "igers, one or tne neaas oi iaa ndard Oil company, and wiuiam Clark, the . millionaire United tes senator -from Montana; tne rmers' Loan tc. Trust company of w York, defendant as depositor of a stock of the San Pedro road un- r a contract by which the attorney-; leral saye it is , required to give Mdes to such persons as ' may be med by Harrlman and Clark for beriod of years under their agree- ,5t made at ' the ' time Harrlman ced Clark to abandon the Can dro, an Inde'lJendent line which he 1 constructed,rand turned It over Harrlman, his arch-enemy; ; Portland Mentioned. ; i f EThe. attorney-general, sayst j'The )artment' of Justice regards this a as of first importance, as seek : to break up substantial monopoly the transportation , business be en the Missouri river on the east the entire - Pacific coast south Portland on the west."!: s The decision of the government Is ledlipon i the ; investigation ' con fcted ; byi the interstate .commerce Vimissicm in, the 'operation of the I'nfl-continental syBtems and from ependent investigation by the de- tment.. 1 From the evidence adduced," the brney-general states, .''the depart- 'nt'of Justice has arrived at the 'iclusion that stockholders of the jloa " Pacific and , its v subsidiary 38 in tne coryorftiioiiB uicuuuucu violators of the Sherman anti- st act. 1 : ' 'The testimony shows that In ) 1 Harrlman and certain ' associ- !s formed the objectionable com, 1 atlon. obtaining a monopoly of all as-continental transportation bus- ( Continued oa Page . Two.) , SEE ROOSEVELT ON : , ; ; BOARD MULE MAUD Vx (TJolted Press teased Wire.) .. Vashlngton. Jan. 28. Array -officers much wrought up, aa they irelleve isldent Roosevelt intends to modify an- unexpected manner nis orwiniu semanfthlp teat order. It provided 16-mne riaes. iney may u wwsu v require a ride of 80 miles la. three I GREATEST. SUIT '. '!vC' ;:-;"''V 'VV.WHO TUB DEFENDANTS AltEx"" --v '-. - Union Pacific, Southern Pacific," San Pedro, Los Angeles and": Salt Lake railroad (Clark line), Oregon : Short Line," Santa - Fe, ; Great Northern, Northern Pacific, E. -iH. Harrlman,' Jacob ,IL-" - Schiff, Otto H. Kuhn, James Stillman, Henry C.' Frick,' Henry H. Rogers, William iu Clark, 'Farmers' Loan A Trust Co., New Tv-York. v ConsoiracT ' in restraint of transportation business of the country between the Missouri river in the east and the Pablflo coast south of , Portland, Oregon, on - the west. r-i,, " ': : ' ' Vj . ' -v' - .. WHAT 18 .v Dissolution of the Illegal combination Between ine union ana Southern Pacific, and, San Pedro-Los Angeles lines.; That owner; , ship by Union Pacific or Oregon Short ' Line of the - Santa Fe, ; Great Northern and .Northern Paclfiq be declared illegal. Brothers'of GladysConsent to Attend Ceremony Which WiU, Give; Her Title, but Cornelius Objects to . V ' ; . Wearing: Knee Breeches and Silk Hose. 4a (Heant Ktwi'br toogwit Lm4 W!m.) ' 1 New York. Jan. 2. A elwentn hour reconciliation, effected only by most strenuous.' measures at a time when there ww deep gloom In the Vanderollt family, tonight brought the brothers of Mlr Oledye -Vanderbllt the bride-to-be. Into .harmony with her t mother and Count Lbi1o Siechenri. ' ' '-. ' Jn.f ahn it looked a thourh dl- rnrrt wnuld mar bevoild reoalr Monday' laboratelr planned : wedding,- all 'the the -eldif eon, agree a to -bis motneri wieh that, he come back-to hie rightful place aa head -of the family? uf give away hie aleter to the Hungarian noble man. Hir agreement placed hlra -once mora at the bead of the masculine Van oftrbllt line. Hia father took the post away from Mm-irears asft- when he mar- riea Miss urace -vyiiaoa." Aiirea. in second son, consented to attend the Wed rtinc bur? bis unfriendliness and greet Count Ssochrnyi as a brother. Reginald, tne intra son, wno Drougm aooui mm recnnclllaUon, gladly- assented' -to-the riving up ot hie black satin knlcker bockersand Fauntleroy costume be was to have worn as head of the familr. and was equally nappy. In turning over to Cornelius : the task .af giving - Ifiss Qladvs away. A harmony dinner in the' "big house" tonight celebrated the coming together of the family. Those oresent were airs. Cornelius Vanderbllt, who sat at , the head of me taDie: corneuua, to ner Count 8sechenyi. Count Anton Slgray, the beet man, ana tne Misses jjoroiny Whitney and Ruth Twombly, the brides- malas. . It was a happy, jolly, family affair, with more laughter and good feeling to the minute' than the Vander bilt dining-room has felt In many a month. All the trouble were forgotten and the atmosphere was wade clear for Monday's Joyous occasion. Thu reconcUlatlon included Rarrr Payne Whitney, too, It was said, who all along has sided with Alfred Van- derhUt In opposing the marriage and TILimill DEIIIES LOVE FOR TRUST Pitchfork Senator Says He Talked Golf When With -i r John D. Rockefeller. ( ' . f United . Preas Ltumi,- Wire.) . '''::'WashlngtoBv..rX C Jan.' J5. Senator Benjamin Tillman,' of "pitchfork" fame, characterises as a Ho, with the capital '.'dand daah .included "the stories from Atlanta that he bad In a chance rail road meeting ? been i won by the , elo quence of ' the Standard Oil plutocrat, John p. Rockefeller, to "reactionary Ideas. .-''v-'i -' :'! '-. : rrii'iman arrived here todav. " YL de clared Rockefeller sought him out but that he saw noi a worn movui, v" Tillman savs they talked about, golf, about which ha knew tittle, but more about largo contributions by northern millionaires to negro educational funds in the south. He scolded John D. be cause those "damned northern million aires think more of negroes than of thewhitea He-says he also threw In a few more) iinum that : John X. seemed much Impressed with, but made no deflnlf promises. KING LEOPOLD TO : GIVE MCE CONGO ' (Hearst KewS by tongest .teased Wire.) ' Paris, - Jan. 25. It la! semi--offlciaIly announced here today that the transfer of King Leopold's Congo properties to the French eovernment will become an accomplished fact within a month. The terms on which the proposed transfer is to be made are kept a close secret, x days and to include the test Of walking and leading the horse several miles daily; - i (J.. r0 tK.i nffti,.,. halt. Iimm heard to whisper "soft and Tow" tnat the sweetest revenge they could wish for- would be to see- - the president "rough riding" astride Hooligan's mule "Maud.1 . - III LEGAL HISTORY, i trale and illegal monopoly of the DK31AA"l!aiJ I, '-':.',! ': ' " Tl refusing to establish social relations with the count. Neither Mr. Whitney nor Alfred intended to be present at the wedding for several reasons. .Beggte Z Xero. A trip to Newport through the blls- umrA niHa hv R,rr1. Slid m. lOTIW broth erly appeal to Alfred on his lonely, snow covered farm, were the arguments out - the second - son's capitulation. It has been an open secret that none or tne .vanaerDiit nays ap proved of their sister's choice of hus band. Even before they met the count they . were against, him. This feellnz Increased, when they saw hlra and siaed him up. He Is by no means the type of man they are. , The date of the wedding, combined with his dislike of fiiechenyl. put Alfred on the outs with the affair. Long ago he and Harry Payne Whitney promised that on Jan uary tl they would act as uahera for their warm chum, Frank K. Folk, who Is to marry Miss Potter of Philadelphia '"when Alfred" heard that the date for his sister's wedding had been selected, and was that very day. he asked his mother to change It, telling Jier of his previous promise to Polk. But Mrs. Vanderbllt ths elder Is a martinet In family affairs.: 6he refused point blank. Bo last ; week Alfred ran off to the Adirondack, then to- Newport and Jur ied himself on bis farm. . He discussed the situation with Whitney and both decided they would go to Philadelphia on Monday Instead of attending Miss Gladvs marriage, - v , . Whitney has no use 'for Szechenyt. though - the count has been making his home In the -Whitney house since the engagement was announced. . Mr. and Mrs. Whitney have avoided him on every possible occasion. The first thing Whitney oia wnen ine - Hungarian in stalled himself as a guest was to run down south on. a shooting expedition. Bope Cons Will aTever Betoxs. Ho until the very last minute Alfred and . his chum, Harry Payne Whitney, (Continued on Page Two.) AREDEFEATED Eevolutibn Nipped in Bud by Well Trained Troops of the Government. - ' (United Press teased -Wtre.) Port Au Prince, Haytl Jan. 25. Tt is announced at the president's palace that the revolution which started Janu ary 18, with the landing of an expedi tion near "Oonaives, has been quelled. Local troops defeated the rebels with a heavy loss In a pitched battle at Des sallnea, close k to Oonaives. General Kean Juneau, credited with being lead er of the party, was taken prisoner and after being tried for treason by a drum- bead courtmartiai was shot dead. - All the rebels are in retreat, badlv demoralised. It Is not expected they will be able to make a further stand. The failure of . General Flrmon, for merly Haytlan minister to Paris, to lead as expected, disheartened the rebels and they did not make their ex pected determined stand.. - - -- ' - r REBELS SCIENTISTS FAIL TO FIND INTER-MERCURIAL PLANET (Hearst Xewa by tongest taased Wire.) San Francisco,' : CaL," Jan. 25. The William H. Crocker eclipse expedition, headed by Director W. W. Campbell of Lick observatory, Arrived on the steamer Mariposa from Tahlta today, .bringing the first definite . news of the success which attended ' the observations on January . tK-:'''gf '" ' All the photographlo work done dur ing the eclipse was highly satisfactory to tha. astronomers,' development of the lates showing mai every one or mo 0 Ihstruments had been perfectly ad justed. The space surrounding, the sun Was ' pnoiOBTapueu luuiuufiuj, ui purpose of discovering an lnter-mercur-lal planet. It .wljl require-several tT. tn . determine whether auch a prise has been obtained, but the astron omers , are umiu " planet between Mercury and the sun. The study of the corona. that fringe or band of. light which can be studied only goring aa eclipse and whose- fiery iliiB . . .... ... .1 - j . y. ;.r - - - Jack London's, Own Story of - His Trip to Papeete in the ;Snarkiold for Headers of ' The Oregon Sunday Jour- Some ' Trouble Aboard the Little Vessel Between San Francisco and Honolulu-Will- Continue Journey Around the World. (Bearst Knrs by toegest Isased Wire.) San. "Francisco, Jan. 25 Jack London came back today from the South sea, not in the kedge Snark, In which he sailed last April for a seven- years' cruise of the world, but in the more comfortable and luxuri ous', steamer Mariposa, direct frorh the port oi Papeete, Island of Ta hiti. With him was Mrs. London, and both were sea-tanned and ap parently in the best of health. Both voyagers laughed when they learned that there had been more or less anxiety over their safety at sea in the Snark, and. London, in his characteristically 7 careless man ner, said he preferred the Snark to the Mariposa for real comfort... London's home-coming was a great surprise. News of his ship wreck and . possible loss was rather expected, but he declared that there had been nor, even . an accident on board the Snark, nothing but good times and pleasant ' weather. - and free-and-easy life ' that' Just suited all hands. He declared that his run home was only to relieve the monot ony of a long sojourn at Papeete, where the Snark's gasoline engine is being overhauled and the vessel is being put in condition for the next leg of the Journey in the summery seas. '- - Mr. and . Mrs. London . say that they will sail for Papeete again on the Mariposa on February 2. This afternoon they went to their Oak land, home at 470 Twenty-seventh street and today or tomorrow Will go up to their country place at Glen Ellen for a brief rest, London's Story. ' "It Is not very strange, after all, that people might have thought something had happened to us," said London today in the smoking room of the Mariposa, : "for we did not hurry on the ! trip from Hilo to Papeete. We left the Hawaiian port on October 7 and Instead of being four or six weeks oa the way we were 60 'days out before arriving at' Taichae, in the harbor of Nukahiva, in the Marquesas group. The weath er had been fine, .but there was a strong westerly current that was a little too much for us to speed against. But what a time we had! Not a single sail was, sighted In all that 60 days, but It was jiot monot onous, Why, for three weeks at one stretch we were followed con stantly by a great school of bonltas that afforded us all kinds of enter tainment. . "I landed one dolphin four and a halt feet long, and on another occa sion we took a big green turtle that gave us hot only savory steaks, but even entered Into our curry and rice. There were sharks, too, of the man-! eating kind, and some' of these were landfed on our deck. You know, we (Continued on Page Two.) streamers extend out from the solar body In varying distances to aa much as a million miles, or more, .was the chief work of the party. Concerning the results obtained. Director Campbell said: - , " ' f " "With the largest camera, 40 feet In focal length.: we obtained photographs which , show the Inner corona beauti fully. The smaller instruments gave some very fine pictures of the outer and larger streamers. With three spec troscopes ' we obtained ' aplendld. ' photo graphs of the spectrum of the corona, and with the large rectroacope we photographed the spectrrm of the sun a atmosphere as, that atmosphere waaun covered by the moon. The method Is the same which I used In Georgia and In Spain but the results will prove much better than those obtained at ; either of the-earller ecllpsea.. "'.,:: i.-v "Wa bad four cameras for tuylng the corona In Its polarised flight.- this being a very fine means of determining its composition snd character. Our ob servation support - the view, that ' tha ' ir It. i 'I'M i, t ' 1 : -- -;'iii!fe-; Pursued by an Overpowering Foe and by Thought of Ultimate Death, the Ostrich Buries Its Head in the ' " Sand. (From a Not Altogether Unnatural History.) r ' ::.?'M'-.; mMm&L nisTom oFBemy TUFT SOP" HEW NAME FOR BLUFF Teddys Crown Prince Will Eeceive Several Jolts From Hughes' Friends. 4 (Catted Press teeaad Wire.) Albany, N.j T., Jan. 16. Secretary Taft's sop to the Hughes boomers came too late to ' avert disastrous . faouonai warfare, : So the leaders of the stata Hughes league declare tonight. "Bluff Is what they: eall tha war secretary's letter to . Parsons, saying he does not inc nis irienaa to xigni vo uoiaiu m rlded delegation and. following a council of war here today, they are vigorously preparing to carry tne war Into "Africa." 'Theodora Roosevelt Is to have the fight of hla life and In his 'own' state. Ex-Governors Black and Odell are lead ing the straggle against him and they have able lieutenants. We will, send delegates from New York state in structed for Hughes, first and last and all the . time. ; They Will have no sec ond choice,";! the way Hughes men PUt' It. Tha ' Hughes' faction will force an early . convention. It will name four dAientMus-t-iare-a. who will be out-and- out Hughes. men.r a snrewa sru ess at Black. their make-up , would be Odell, President Schurman of Cornell and the governor himself will go. If not, aome nan itMit.lr fnr'Hnrh.l Will STO. ' And the congressional district delegates will be sealed up. The convention will issue lronciaid mstruciions xor nuo mm New York's delegates the Hughes boom ers will try to land those from New England and Pennsylvania. And they are confident they -have a chance; ev erything will be sacrificed to prevent the nomination of , Taft on the first ballot and If that is accomplished the Hughes men claim they wm nominate their man. our war-cry from now on win oa Take-"' declared an ex-governor w nlght Taft'a retirement rrom ew York was a diplomatic move engineered by President Roosevelt himself to make Taft our second choice and deliver us to him on the second ballot, but there will be nothing doing." - . corona ' la composed of solid particles Instead of gases, and we feel sure that this .view Is correct" . . Another important work was that car Med on by Director Charles Oreely Ab bott of t the Smithsonian Institute ob servatory in measuring the, corona's heat. During a -total eclipse the xhlll resulting from the shutting; off of the sun's raya can be felt, but on account of the briefness of the slight change In temperature no effect la shown By the thermometer. Prof. Samuel P. Langley, the famous Smithsonian, 'known to the general publlo . chiefly on .account of his aeroplane experiments, devised an instrument so delicate -and sensitive that It measures less than a ten-thousandth of a degree Farenhelt This is the bolometer and t wa with, the bolo meter that Director Abbott, formerly Professor Langley assistant, observed the heat condition Of the corona, ."Director Abbott measured the neat radiations at several distances, ' said Director. Campbellt ---the head of the ex- (Contlnued ea Pag Two.) - if mm phi FAITH III BRYAH Oregon Jeff ersonians See in Nebraskan Party's Only logical Candidate. Bryan for the Democratic standard bearer! . . . Prominent Democrats of Portland and of Oregon are presenting 'an unbroken front "for William Jennings Bryan as the party' nominee for president Tne party leaders pick Bryan as the one man who Is the Ideal candidate from the standpoint of the people at large. In Interviews secured . yesterday by the Journal the leading Democrats ex pressed themselves as helng; for Bryan unequivocally.1 Governor Chamberlain expresses the opinion that Bryan. If nominated, will sweep the state. These men have riven their ideas of the sit uation clearly and concisely. They be- neve tnat any taia or a spiit-up in the nartv ' or of anti-Bryan feeling: at lease so far a Oregon Is concerned, is too Inconsequential to even think about. Her Is how they view the situation; . Bryan Strongest Han. Governor " Chamberlain -With ' the Democrats 'of Oregon Bryan Is the strongest man today. I think he would In all .probability carry the state. All of the things that have made President Roosevelt popular with the people of Oregon were policies advocated by Bryan in 1898 or 1800. He made war on the trusts, stood for rate regulation and control of the railroads, and gen erally stood - la opposition to special privileges.- "These are the things, in brief, which have made President Roosevelt popular, and It was Bryan's stand on tnese ques tions that caused mm to oe cnargoa as 1 being the enemy or property ana property rights. ' ' nt wis in auranco vi uw uuw -mm the people have jiow come to reallxe that Tils fight along these llnea was a fight for the- people against special privileges wnicn nave neen insirunienuu In enriching the few., at the expense of the many. - ' - "Personally. I; think Bryan Is j the choice of the people. At first I thought that Joseph W Folk of Missouri might reunite extremes and prevent party dis sension, but I believe Mr. Bryan to be ths best man in ine country, row. , ' . Only Seal Candidate. - Richard W. Montague "The people "f the Democrauo party ana on ui country at large want out one roan and. he Is Bryan. Taking everything into consid eration Bryan's popularity, hla ability, hi stand on tne great -questions , cvu- (Contlnued on Page Two.) BELIEVE CONVICTS' HAVE MUTINIED AND CAPTURED STEAMER (Catted Press teased Wire.) A Uttl Rock,'Ark.,-Jaiu 18. No. repoil ba been received, from the Arkansas rinr, steamer on which 40 convicts. In' charge-of two guards, left- her Friday for. tne state-oonviot larm at varner, 0 miles . southeast. - Superintendent FHMWtck of '.the nenltentlary fears the eonvlota hav mutinied, killed or bound their guard and landed, taxing witn them horses and mules which were on th boat. 'j.. nrs ENEMIES run CAMPAIGN SSSsasasasMBBBaBMBBSBSBaaasaM ' Conference at", "Washington Aims to Sidetrack the . Silverite at Denver. (Heant Kews by toogest taased Wire.) , WashinKton. . Jan, , 85. Plans for aa active campaign to defeat William Jen nings Bryan- for tha Democratic nomU nation for president at the national con ventlon In Denver next July wer per fected her today at a conference which, lasted for th greater partf the day. It wa -decided to begin a correspond ence . with Democratic leaders in all, sections of th country at once in order to ascertain - whether or not It would be possible to sidetrack Mr. Bryan. - This conference was attended or ior- -. mar Senator James 1. Jones or Ar kansas, William F. Sheehan, Perry Bel mont. colonel u. B. m. Harvey, jame Smith Jr. of New Jersey, and others, Thomas F. Ryan, who arrived her late last night and Is stopping with friends near Washington,, was consulted fre- uentiy over i th telephone by - Mr. heehan. who la on of hia . personal attorneys, i-.-.-. .- :5, , : . . Two clans were arreed unon. the first being to urge -Mr.' Bryan to take him self -Out of. the i race4 permanently by: Inducing him to tame a statement that he will , not be a candidate under any conditions. Falling . In this, a move- . ment similar' to. that manipulated by Ryan and Belmont four years sbo, by which the nomination of Judge Parker was brought. Is to be Inaugurated at once. Since Wall street Is beginning to , fear that it will be unable to prevent the nomination of . Secretary Taft anil Is seeking- to force the nomination of a candidate on .friendly ierms with the "interests' In order to obtain the elec tion of a man who will refuse to allow the department of . Justice to continue a the many suits whlsh have been Insti tuted against the large and powerful . trusts, It Is- understood" that Senator . Jones was selected aa the man to see Mr. Bryan tomorrow and urge him to get out of the race. Sheehan and Colo nel Harvey, who Is a personal friend of Ryan and Morgan, - rehearsed the arguments to be made to Mr Bryan to Induce him to withdraw again and again today. Mr. Bryan' - friends are in an uglf mood tonight, and if he follows the ad vice of these friends there will be a political explosion tomorrow or on M"i day when Colonel' Jones 'sees him. Mr. Bryan's f rienda insist that the very fact that the Ryan-Blmont crowd in York are stretching forth their hand . to seise control of the Democratic m.v chln and to put their personal rep-e- (Contlnued on Page Two.) ' Unless a report Is received by day noon the superlnten-i- nf wnl f .ft down the river in Knsl!ne He said today thar the JW,.y o t ' mean only- that the b"t hud nr- i Upon a bar. John T'ltcock, a hv of the superlnten.ieiit, was In ;..'- of the boot. . , A majority of h fnsU-A " negroes. They were to pi to- -t the Varner farm; tcvei-.i t 1 as desperal crlm!nl. 'i ' ' aags have fa.iJ t'J 1 '
