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THE DAlYy JOURNAL IS , WO CENTS A COPY Sunday Journal 5, cents; or IS. cent -. a week, for Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. ' - The weather Fair tonight, with light .frost; Wednesday fair. JOURNAL CIRCULATION : ' ytSTJKRD.iV HAS VOL. IX.- NO. 20. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY- EVENING, MARCH 29,M 1910. TWENTY PAGES. 1 PRICE ,TWO CENTS., on maro a wo wrwe xAiiua m cum i I! Si L I MANY M1LU0NS TO ' JAPANESE ON U NEW YORK'S LATEST SCANDAL BE EXPENDED IN IMPROVEMENTS 'Contracts That Have Been Held in AbeTancrMay " Now Be Carried Out as Originally Authorized. : ' ; The announcement by the state upreme court that "the district assessment law providing for the payment of the coat of x'er mains Is valid means that mil lions more will be spent In Port land for street Improvements during the coming; year than would hava been expended If the suit brought by Attorney R. H. Lam son ' had gone against the city. (Salem Bureau of Ths) Jnnrml.t Palem. Or., March 2&. In an opinion written by Associate Justice McRrliis the case of Irving Real Estate Company vs. city or t'ortiand was arnrmea in- day, and the right of the city of Tort land to make the entire method pre scribed In the- city's charter for .-levying and collecting drain and Bower assess ments applicable to watrr main Im provements .wss clearly established. The case was tried before Judge Rob ert O. Morrow In the circuit court for Multnomah county, and his decree In favor of the city Is upheld by the su preme court. . The opinion is a abort one. "The first point raised by the appel lant real estate company, attacking the. validity of the enactment of the ae. 'a held to have been fully discussed and decided In McKenna vs. City of Port land." says Justice McBrtde, "wherein the initiative amendment la held to give the people of Portland power to chango their charter In respect to provisions of this order. "The other question rained In the ap pellant's brief goes to the fulhorltv of the city to assess the crtst of Im provements upon the property benefited. "That part of the amendment granting power to construct and lay water mains reads as follows: fc . "After the taking; effect of this act all water mains laid or constructed In the City of Portland snail be laid,' con structed, assessed and paid for tn the same manner ss provided by article VI of chapter 6 of the charter of the City of Portland, with reference to' the con- atmctlon. assessment and payment o sewers and drains In said city. "It Is clear, therefore," says Justice McBrlde. "that the intent of the law making power In enacting the amend ment now In question was to provide for the payment of the cost, of construct Ing water mains, by assessment upon the property benefited by the Improve ment" Though ths enactment may havs been IMPLICATED AS A SPY, IS REPORT Two JapaneseOff jeers Arrest ed Said to-Have Had Draw ings of Corregidor Fortifica tions in Their Possession. GOVERNOR MAY DEMAND RECALL OF THE CONSUL V. If. Mooro, president of the defunct Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. BANJCER III, ON STAND, 1 THROWS GUILT ON IRRIS Islands Are Overrun With Spies and Much Excitement Reigns. (Continued on Page Five.) J LfDGE BOWERS TO s SUCCEED BRE 1R NHS TCOURT Associate Justice Victim of a Sudden Attack of Apoplexy; Western Man From Federal ; Court in Kansas. CWaihtnrtoo Bnrean of The Joornirt.1 Washington, March 29, I,loyd M. Bowers of Illinois Is said to be slated to succeed David J. Brewer; late as sociate' Justice of the superior Court of the United States, who died last night. It Is claimed by some that Blnce Mel ville W. Fuller, now chief Justice, is from Illinois, the new Justice might come from Kansas or Missouri. Washington, March 29. David J. Brewer, aged 73 years, associate! justice of the supreme court of the United States died suddenly last night of apo plexy. The end was altogether unexy pected. Although 'he had not been feoK lug well for the last few days the famous Jurist wa,s In .good spirits at din op and sjent the evening reading. Shortly before 10, o'clock Justice Brewer - retired to his ' room. Mrs. Brewer heard heavy-fall 'and went to Investigate. She found her husband prone on the floor of the bathroom. He did not regain consciousness ana aica before a physician could reach the house. 1 '.'. Justice Brewer came to the supreme court of the United States from the federal court of Kansas. He was t!e second oldest member of (.the court, Justice Harlan only,., being his senior. He was regarded as - the most' demo cratic of all the niembers ofthe court, affaVtlA a nnrnflehnhl a And fteenm. i IIIUPL --- rnodating. ' justice Brewer essentially -was a Western man and his sympathies were always witb the west. He was deeply versed in corporation law and will be missed immensely during the framing of the opinions . of the supreme court on the momentous Questions concern ing the Standard Oil and v the tobacco cases now under consideration. Throwing the guilt -fit high finance In tlie Oregon Trust & Savings bank on W. Cooper Morns, giving the lie to testimony of E. K. Lytle, protesting his ignorance of the big Golden " Kaglo overdrafts and of several had notes, denying that lift was in the bank when the draft cf Minnie Mitchell was do posited, and declaring he believed the bank was solvent up to tha. moment It closed Its doors, Walter II. Moore took the stand In his own defense this morn ing. In his trial on the charge of re ceiving a deposit when he knew the bank was insolvent. Moore faced the Jury calmly and spoke In a conversational tone in giv ing his story. Starting with a recital of his earlyi life, he was little inter- of the existence Eagle notes, the Lytle, was Ignorant of additional Golden fullinan 'Auto Car note, the John Bar rett notes and other debts that ap- tl,ne m.nTnf ' dlre'o rupted as lie 'jiroceeded to unfold his version of the Oregon Trust failure. . Denies Allegations. Damaging facts shown by the state were placed in softer light or given straight denial, but never with any show of Indignation or feeling. The spectator, ' unapprised of the tremend ous Importance of his testimony to himself and to the thousands inter ested In the affairs of the bank of which he was president, might have supposed he was reciting off hand the details of some business deal of no particular Import. In an hour and a half this morning C. W. Fulton, his chief counsel, had deftly Jed him over the snd trail of the last days of the bank, drawing out the history of ho Board of Trade building deal, the alleged deceit of W. Cooper Morris In the Golden Eagle transaction and the denial of incrimi nating statements of K, E. Lytle. Through It. all there ran a plaintive strain, a half expressed appeal of a man unacquainted with the mysteries of bookkeeping and misled by members of his business household. Moore declared that he, as well as Ai:gust 18, 1907, two days before the bank closed. , - "The directors - meVto go over the accounts,'' he said. "We started In sometime in the forenoon and were In session all day, except a little time for lunch. We went through the notes and securities nnd adjourned until after supper. When T returned Lytle and Leo Friede were there, and Mr. Trtiby, the assistant cashier, said he wnnted to Hhow nic Fomething. He said. 'ln you know about the -notes in this pouch?' "I asked him what they were. He said the most of them had been kept there all the time. This was the first 1 anew of them. Mr. Truby seemod unable to explain much about them, or was not disposed to do so. I told him ' felt much agitated about it and he said, 'This is not all.' Supposed Moors Knew. ' "Then I said. 'For God's sake, what else Is there?' He said he supposed I knew there were notes for $50,000 more. Well, It .knocked me off my pins. I did suggest to Lytle not to tell Friede at that time. That was because Friede said ho was sick and he looked worried. 1 had made it plain to Friede that unless we could get some help In the way of rash it might bo come necessary to close the bank. "The cash had been continually going out, more thaVi was coining In, but I ha.d no feeling of doubt as to tho solv- lency. I thought a little cash would carry us over. Mr. Morris at this time was In New l ork. Taking up the Golden Eagle account, Moore said he did not know Just when or how It was opened. Tt came In ths (Cnltrd Prpaa tUrd tVlr Manila, March 29. Citizens were much aroused here today by a wide spread report that the Japanese con sul Is Implicated with the two Japa nese officers who 'are Bald to have had rough sketches of the Corregidor fortifications in their possession. While Governor Forbes has made no statement, It Is reported that he will probably demand the recall of the consul. Should such a demand be met with refusal, It Is said the con sul's passports, will be returned to him. The two allegeuNfiples are under ar rest. They are Imprisoned at Bilibld, where they will be Kuf until In structions are received from Secre tary of War Dickinson at Washing ton. It Is known here that the islands are overrun with gpies and the fact that they are operating n thejslaada ww eto rfir . - 3 -it O V- 1 : ' V'Vv ' ' k - j 'J i f I i'.?-. lvf , , ; ..; K In His First Set Speech He Up holds Roosevelt Policies and Sternly Rebukes Congres sional frodigality. (Continued on Fage Five.) VILLAGERS NEAR ETNA ORDERED TIT REMOVE P DANGER ZONE (United Pre Les"4 WlnO Catania, March 29 The civil author! lies today ordered 76,000 residents of the southern slope of Mount Etna and vicinity to abandon their homes in ant icipation of a. great, eruption of the oh ano. The action was based upon an official report by a party of scientists, wno risked"thelr lives In climbing the mount ain and making an examination of sev- ral of the: craterfl. The scientists could approach only the lower fissures on the mountain and this they did at imminent risk of suffocation. The report shows that Etna Is choked with .masses of rock and -'ashes. The constantly- i recurring .explosions within the craters lead to the -belief on the part of the observers that Etna will soon burst the temporary bar rier. The Scientists also regard the actions of Mount Vesuvius as significant. When Etna recently . subsided Vesuvius be came ac,tive. Now, save for a thin column of smoke,' "Vesuvius Is 'quiet. Etna Is in an active state. This leads scientists to. believe that the volcan oes have. subterranean communication. It is stated that the recent erup tion of Etna prevented a great earth quake. , In,, view of this belief and the present choking of the craters on Etna, observers here believe that un less th Volcano throws off the clog ging obstacles another great earthquake The orders to the" Inhabitants of the ! villages on Etna's slopes have caused sorrow among the refugees here. They believe the destruction of their homes and farms is foreshadowed In the gov ernment action. Already thousands of peasants, have left their houses and camped in the open -fields. "Now they lave been ordered to abandon these and proceed to a considerable distance from the volcano. " Uneaaineh-s Is felt here because of the reported broadening of the danger zone. The scientists report that the new crater at. Volta San Glacomo is particu larly active and was unapproachable. This opening is the one which partly ruined the tewns of Castello anH Alban- ew. - i Slight earthquake shocks In the vicinity of the mountain are felt from time 'to time but ttyese are inconse quential and have caused no loss of life. Tho prefect of Catania, at whose in stance the orders to abandon the towns on the southern slope were Issued, to day declared that more than a dozen mountain villages were involved In the orders. The towns will be occupied by the military, whose duty now places them 1 in constant dang'er. . Vegetation in the vicinity of the mountain is destroyed.! The orchards and vineyards have been; beaten by a hall of hot stones and cinders, buried m lava or smothered in volcanic dust. The ruined area la many miles in length. ' '. (Pntted Fresn Itemed W!r.) Washington, March 29. "While there has been conservation of natural re sources at the presldfnrlal spigot, there has been enormous waste going on at the congressional bung," declared Sena tor Chamberlain of Oregon today, speak ing on the bill empowering the presi dent to withdraw public lands for for estry sites and other purposes. Cham berlain favors the measure, and on It he delivered his first set speeTh. The bill specifies that the president may withdraw land for water power sites. Irrigation, forestry reserves, clas sification or other public purposes. In giving his reasons for favoring tha measure Chamberlain said that first, the main principle Involved, the right of the president to withdraw portions of the public domain from entry, settlement or sale, had been approved by every de partment of the government from the earliest days. The. exercise of power necessary to protect from legislative Improvidence what was left of the public domain made the bill advisable, he declared. He argued that It was necessary to conserve undisposed and unappropriated natural resources and favored the bill as the best plan for accomplishing this purpose. He cited a number of federal court decisions unholdlng the president's pow er to withdraw lands, contending that fir.. -.'.WA. .c-U. . , -.'-o -'- I I II Kfc- -. ' . - a. . - " 1 II II I I II v " " w . V III I I II I . -,W-J-,. r 111 I I rVZ-w. JTZy J nniRRnrni i 11 inn w t ; , i HA Hffl-KflN HA. 7; uvr-. OL Ifl LllUUOLU - H II j ni nn& mrniAT ni 11 n urr i un wjraviiiuH & fc. u m w r- .. ... -j. m ' i a ATTACKED FOR HIS LATEST SPEECH . r Has Heart .to Heart JaJk, With, Nationalist Editors and Crit icisms Are Reserved for His Departure. COLONEL1 IS CREDITED WITH MUCH CLEVERNESS No Other Person Has Dared Talk to Nationalists as Has the Ex-President. " p Men in the Group oflmtn who ;;re the central figures In The -New Y"rk Insurance in vestigation scandal. In the upper pic ture, Superintendent of Insynnce Hotchklss (standing). Is quizzing Fr;mk Julian Price, a witness with a' faulty and changeable memory with respect to men and doings ;ilong the Insurance lines with which he has been familiar in the past. Below on the left Is George F. Sew ard, president Of the Fidelity Casualty Insurance company, who claimed an at tempt was . made to hold his company, up for $10,000 by a man who said ho limelight. was an Intermediary for "Big Tim" Sul livan, the state senator from the Bow ery district. "Bis Tim" said t ! charge was a lie. On the right is Emanuel. IT. A. Cor ren, president of the .Home .Insurance company, who declared that StHte Sen ator Tom Grady several years ago was sunplctouKly active In certain insurance legislation. The scandal is to lie Inves tigated deeper and bids fair to more than rlv.-il In disgraceful disclosures, the Insurance, Investigation that made Charles 15. Hughes governor and de stroyed the reputation of many men of prominence. CHEAT CONGESTION (Continued on Page Five.) Get the Baseball Extra of The Journal Beginning tomorrow the regular baseball extra, or 5:30 o'clock edi tion of The Journal, will start off with Portland vs. San Pfjancisco, at San Francisco. Oakland vs. Sacramento, at Sac ramento. - ' Vernon vs. Los Angeles, at Los Angeles. ' United Press leased wire service to the ball grounds. Special base ball gossip by experts. All the latest .sporting news-in this special edition which will be a complete newspaper including all late .happenings of the day up to 5:30 o'Clock DAY BOAT SERVICE ' BETWEEN PORTLAND AND COOS BAT IS PROBABLE C. J. Mlllis, vice president and gen eral manager of tho Portland & Coos Bay Steamship company, was authority for the statement this morning that that company will probably Institute a five day service between Portland and Coos Bay In the very near .future and that It will be a daylight service, the steamer leaving this port In the morn ing instead of at night. As the Harriman boat will be the only boat on that run when the Alliance Is taken off It is thought that a quicker schedule will be necessary in order to handle the business between these ports. "As our boat will be the only one on the run," 'said Mr. MUlls, "and 'as -we are going to try arid show the peopte of Portland and Marshfleld what we can do In the matter of giving them a good service, we have decided to try and give a five day service between Portland and Coos Bay points. It Is possible that we may not be able to give that service but we will institute a Slx? day service at the very least." When asked how soon the new. sched ule would go into effect, Mr. Mlllis said that he was not certain, as he has Just returned from a two months' trip to New York Cttv and other eastern points. and that until ho had returned to Marsh floM tn look un some matters in eOn- I nectlon with the steamer on that line j he would not be tn a position to .say. 1 "We shall, probably start the- daylight service uiuiq luu iciuiu vt iua v c iv- water to, the run." he, said,. "but until , I have looked up some matters In connec tion with the Ramona, her speed, the length of time it takes her to handle freight and other things pertaining to the boat which will affect her time, I would not be able to say anything de finite on the subject." Mr. Millls said that when the steamer was put on the new schedule she would leave here at 9 o'clock in the morning, Instead of at night as at present, which will give her a daylight run down the Columbia and will also get her to Coos Bay bar In daylight. The announcement of the new sched ule for the Coos Bay steamer gives col or to the rumor that the. Southern Pa cific interests have bought off the steamer Alliance in order to have the rieid to themselves, This, , however, was emphatically de nled this morning In the offices of the Portland & Coos Bay Steamship line, as was also , another rumorteCthej effect that the trade of tho. Coos. Bay sports would be eventually deflected to San Francisco. - ."? Alliance oa X.ast Sua. - .Word ' was recelvedl- yte'rday by Charles G. Stlmpsoh, agent for Gray & Holt here, that when-the steamer AN lian'ce arrives from'.Marshfleld Thursday she will ' have made her last trip to Coos Bay and that she will be stripped and tied up here., - 1 - OF R. R. TRAFFIC IS IL'SJflCTII Tonnage Increasing Too Rapid ' ly for Railroads to Make Ex tensions to Meet Demands of Shippers. ' (Doited Prn UiM WlrI " Chicago, March, 29. James J. Hill today predicted that the railroads flff the United States would experience next fall the greatest .'traffic congestion in their history and expressed the opinion that there was no way to. prevent this state of affairs and that shippers who dispatched goods during this-congested period would do' so at their' own risk. "The tonnage offered the roads i In creasing daily,". Hill said, "and all in dications are that before fail we will not be able to supply sufficient traffic units to care for It. Tonnage Offered for shipment is growing at a much mue rapid rate than are the facilities to handle It and It does not take 4 mathematician to figure what the con ditions will lead to. Tho roads are not to blame for this. It's next ta Impos sible for them to raise money enough to make extension as rapidly they are , needed. There appears to be dif ficulty ahead for the shipper and tho carrier this year." ' ' ... ', iCoptlnued on Page Ttunv) NEW MOTOR CAR NOW . 0N ftM-FBQM ALBANY (FDeclnl tlitco to The oorwai. , Albany, Or., March 29.-A 74 psssen ger motor car arrived her Sunday on Its' own wheel .from 'Portland. It was y terday placed on the Southern Fayli'ln run 'between Albany nd Spring field to accommodate the basswger, tr(fi-, which cduld not be taaen car of tun the regular rl of uie mfTed trnfn day. ' The new motor car IU Jvs aI' tany every morning l 7;S0 o'cloc k, r turnlng in the afternoon at 4 ei Iwh. On tta-fet'ur'n from BrowiwvtUu )n.: day. the '"car rrowdtwl t$rv-fi log with i;ruwnsvt)le pi)plevw!i- c- anxloua to bsv the first n it. ' (fnlted Pri-M Ltd JVie.) Cairo. March 29. Several thousand nationalists made a demonstration this evening before Sheppard's hotel, where Roosevelt Is a guest, following Koose velt'i antt-natlonalist speech of yester' day. "Give us a constitution," they shout ed. "Down with the autocratic govern ment!" , Guests on the hotel veranda fled in terror from what , they feared would prove a violent outbreak. i. : , Roosevelt paid no attention to the demonstration. The Nationalists marched and .coun termarched In front of the hotel, re peating their shouts for a constitution. , They , wore the red tarbouches of the Egyptian Nationalist parly. , ; ;. Cairo, Kgypt. March 29. Contrary to expectation, the nationalist press did not attack Roosevelt for yesterday's speech. The nationalist comment fol lowing the Khartoum speech was very bitter. Today there was no trace of bitterness. . The absence of severe .criticism Is at tributed to the lieift'to heart talk; I Roosevelt had Sunday with the nation alist editors, filing them men must have the courage of their convictions and that they must be lenient with. those who differ in their views. Clever Politic! Stroke. Roosevt-H Is credited with a clever political stroke In coming here and telljng the people what no other per son has evp.lared to tell them, and being able to make the people listen to him. . , Despite te fact that there Is little - open comment, the nationalists keenly resent the speeches made here.. They will not endeavor to make an Issue of the speech until .the. colonel haa de parted, but It Is believed here that latr the nationalist press ,wtll com- Iment more freely. The Roosevelt party today visited the bazaars and spent the morning buy ing souvenirs. Later Commander Tan- akeo of the Japanese fleet called. (Continued -on Page Three.) X