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If You Arc Worth More , - ; you ou 1AU mora. Tell what yon saa do what you cab 40 wall la a Journal "WUTT AT." WANT ADS COST BUT LITTLE The weather Fair tonight, with heavy frost; Friday fair and warmer. VOL. X. NO. 33. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1911. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 2?AIS."27,MS,rt YOIARG TQPAV ULATORS IMG-PET ! : 0 c FOUR MEN MED IN PRISON; OTHER ARRESTS TO COME MUCH MORE, IMPORTANT BUSINESS Conspiracy Is Said to Have Been Formed by Accused to Sign Names of Voters to Lists. EVIDENCE IS OBTAINED BY PRIVATE DETECTIVE Additional Developments of a Startling Nature Prom ised in Case. In the arrest thlir morning of Juiton H. McCarthy at Tenth and Washington streets, Chester A. Rowland, alias Courtney A. Rowland, at 6 Kant Eighth street; Frank Davis, alias filmer Brown, alias George O Conner, alias Joseph K. O'Connell. In the municipal court room, and Charles Cleveland at 9 Giand ave nue, on perjury charges, new light l;a been thrown on the petition of Council man Ellin for tin- amendment of the or. dlnance which deals with street paving. It Is charged that practically xn per cent of the namen are l'ororerles: that 10 per rent are fictitious, and but 10 per cent legitimate. The men arrested and several others for whom warrants have been Issued are said to be members of a gang who conspire' to furnish names for petitions or enumerations, and It is said that they have operated not only on the Ellis paving petition. bi.,( In the case f others. It has also ben determined that these men are concerned with the slf nature on Councilman Kills' peti tion on the proposed billboard ordl- : nance- v one tit iliai in jni iiMBmainT rested on the billboard charges' ss yet, It la understood that they will be ac cused on. that score and, that their ar rest on second charges will follow. A private detective, employed by business- Interests affected, secured the In formation against these men and It Is reported from reliable sources that, In addition to the war against these con- TORNADO WRECKS mm i 25 DEAD. 1 1 4 HURT Windstorm Devastates Kan sas, Missouri and Oklahoma Cities One. Village Liter ally Leveled to Earth. FIERCE GALE CARRIES WOMAN HALF A MILE LOWIT KILLS SELF WHILE IN CUSTODY OF DENVER POLICE ii WE PUT LOR MER VR COST MONEY BUT WORTHWHILE Former Portland Merchant Breaks From Officers and Leaps to Death From Win dow of Attorney's Office. Twenty Children Injured When Blow Demolishes School Building. Uncle Sam Sorry, Boys, But I Must Leave You (Continued on Page Five.) LAtJE WITHDRAWS AS CANDIDATE IN Fl RACE MAYOR HEAVY FROST DOES 10GRESSIVEST0 PUSH BILL FOR'i SENATORS' RECALL GREAT DAMAGE TO SNAKE RIVER FRUIT Ground Is Frozen Three Inches Deep at Wawawai; Alfalfa 8 Inches High Flat; Ice Cov ers Pullman Firemen. WAN E MOTS BREAK OUT AFRESH Declines to Run for Office Which He Says He Would ' Not Be Able to Rule With Free Hand. Pr. Harry Lane will not be a can didate for mayor. After being once persuaded to announce himself, he has reconsftered, and today declared that he has finally made up his mind to stay out of the race. 1 "If I could be mayor with power of appointment and removal, wanl not be tied hand and foot at every move, I would go In gladly and offer such serv ice as I could give," said Dr. Lane. "But after thinking It all over, and re viewing the four years' experience I had In the office, I do not feel like undertaking the task. "Two years ago I experienced a feel ing of relief In retiring, and many peo ple with whom I could not agree felt relieved that they were going to have a quiet, peaceful, business administra tion. Now, after two years of that 'quiet, peaceful, business administra tion'. If I were to be mayor again I would have to fight as I did before, and I would not have the power to go ahead and clean up the town.. Same Old Story. "1 can foresee the ' old' story over again, and I am not willing to go Into that kind of a game. "What can the mayor do with hia hands tied? The breweries have more power than the mayor, and are able to (Special. nWpjitch to The Journal.) Pullman, Wash.. April 13. An unpre cedented April freeze completely de stroyed the fruit crop of the Snake river district last night. Some estimate the loss at 1,000,000. All peaches, apricots and cherries are completely tilled, it Is said. Plums, prunes and pears may yield a half crop. The cold was so Intense at Wawawai, on Snake river, that the ground froze inree inches deep. Alfalfa eight inches high was laid flat From Clarkston to Rlparia, 70 miles, the fruit crop has been almost totally destroyed. The La Follette orchard at Wawawai. containing 250 acres, which has always escaped damage If any fruit on the river front was uninjured, suf fered the entire loss of Its crop for the first time in Its history. Apples on uplands are believed not injured, not being far enough advanced to he hurt." . The cold was so severe here last night that firemen fighting a fire at 4 o'clock this morning were completely covered with Ice when the fire was extinguished. One man had hia fingers .frosen while holding the hose. It was 18 degrees belcw freezing here. Convassing Colleagues to Se cure Support for Constitu tional Amendment Contain ing Popular Measure. (Continued on Page Five.) - ROGUE RIVER ORCHARDS MUST BE WARMED ONCE MORE BY POTS TONIGHT (Sp'lal IHspatcb In The Journal.) Medford. Or.. April 13. Orchard men In the Rogue river valley are today re plenishing their smudging pots with fuel for tonight, following a successful fight against Jack Frost last night, when the worst frost of the season was experienced. The prediction for tonight, however, is for a still longer cold spell! (Continued on Page Five.) ON BOOM FRIENDS OF TAFT ST ART RENOMiNA i DEMOCRATS MAY HAIL WILSON AS THEIR "HOPE (United Preaa Leased Wire.) Washington, April 13. When the house convened Rucker (Dem., Mo.) at once called up the Joint resolution for the direct election of senators. The hpuse then began Its first real legis lative work. It was learned today that many of the progressive Democrats are canvass ing their colleagues to secure support for a constitutional amendment provid ing for the recall of United States sen ators. ( Complains of Haste. Young (Rep.. Mich.), complained that there was undue haste In endeavoring to force the passage of the resolution for the direct election of senators. A spirited debate with Rucker followed In which the MIssourfan warned the Republicans that unless they stopped their dilatory tactics "gag" rule would be adopted to end debate, and the steam roller with the Democrats In the en gineer's seat would be brought out. He turned to Young, saying that un less delays were ended he would move to cut off debate and pass the reso lution at once. Underwood (Democrat. Alabama) got Into the debate saving the Democrats were willing to grant reasonnble tie-bate. "But I want to say that this lerlnla tlon has been demanded by the people for four decades and we are going to pass it," he added. Rucker finally, agreed to a compro mise by which fojir hours debate was MILLIONS WASTED More Than 2,000,000 Gallons of Rare Vintage Emptied Into Streets; Growers Defy Troops. ( Culled Preaa f1 Wire.) Kansns City, April 18.- Twentv-flve dead, 114 fnjured and damage of more than a million dollars Is com puted today ss the toll of a tornado which last night wrecked 14, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma towns about 1000 people are homeless. Following are the more serious cases in some of the largest towns devas tated: Oklahoma Bib Heart, ten dead, 40 Injured, Checotah, two dead; Meeker, four dead;Netawka. three Injured. Kansas Hiawatha, 83 dead: Law rence, three dead, ten Injured; Man vllle, one dead; Powhattan. six dead, one Injured; Whiting, one dead, 80 In jured. Missouri Joplln, one dead, four In jured; Webb City, four Injured. The town of Whiting, Kansas, was absolutely destroyed, .60 buildings be ing leveled to the earth and practically ' veXJLJ?.nf-10t UUeic lobaJLiUant injured. MrT5avId Stone, itoa wife W a "Whit ing farmer, who was killed, was car ried half a mile by the terrific wind, and every hone in her body broken. At Eekerldge 20 school children were Injured when a school house was de molished. Passengers on a Santa Fe train which was stalled near Eskeridga witnessed the destruction. Four persons who have not been iden tified died while en route to the hospital at Sapulpa. The Sapulpa hospital Is taxed to Its limit with the dead and dy ing and the Injured are still being brought In. The oil fields In the vicinity of Big Heart sustained heavy damage. I - Jit ( 2 ",-( 4 IN' ' A t " f "yt t 4 -Hi N i V ; ' f ' ?? 4 x " 3 e ' t . III i i " Affidavits Filed Today Tell of Hines' Alleged Boasts of How He Raised $100,000 for "Blonde Boss." "PROMISED TO SUPPORT HIGH LUMBER TARIFF" Another Affiant Swears Lum berman Said, "It Cost $100, 000 to Put Lorimer In. (Continued on Page Nineteen.) THERMOMETER SHOWS 30 DEGREES WHICH " BEATS LONG RECORD Pre.. Leaatl Wfc. Washington, April 13. With the South Carolina Republican executive committee announcing indorsement of President Taft for renoinlnatlon, friends of the president today started In earnest to line up other states. In an effort to, bring about his renominating ' Leader of other southern states bave pledged their delegations to Taft. and a number of western and eastern states, Including New York and Pennsylvania, have alto wromlted thejr cooperation.., . ,'.. (United Preaa leased Wire.) New York, April 13. Governor Weed, row Wilson of New Jersey may, be hailed as the next president of the United States at the great Thomas Jef ferson birthday dinner to be- held-in Jersey Glty tonight. Democratic leaders of New York and1 New Jersey who are admirers of Wilson believe that the, time is rlpw for launching a presidential boom for the former Princeton presl-' dent, and they, may take advantage of tonight's banquet to start the ball roll- The coldest temperature this late In the season was recorded at -the local leather bureau of fice at 6 o'clock this morning, when the thermometer registered 80 degrees. On February 4 last, the thermometer (Ujffwed 28 de grees, but the newest approach to the temperature of this morn Ins In the last 37 years was that taken April 13, 1S99, exactly 12 years ago to the day, when a late season cold wave record was established with the ther mometer registering 31 degrees. On two other occasions only has the thermometer ever fegistered as low as 31 degrees during the month of April The forecast for tonight says (filled Preaa I1 Wlni.! Paris, April '33. With the coming of dawn the burning of wineries and the pillaging of villages In the department of Marne by wine growers, who are en raged at the action of the senate on the champagne labeling question, was renewed. At Venteull the growers have barri caded the town against troops and the wineries are being sacked and burned. Two thousand growers are reported marching against Rhelms. All wires running out of .the city have been cut and It is Impossible to learn the exact situation there. In an effort to check the work of vandals the government has rushed 13, 000 troops to Epernay and neighboring towns. The villagers are meeting the charges of cavalry and Infantry with dynamite bombs and bottles of rare vin tages. Troops have been ordered to shoot anyone. caught setting fire to the win eries or looting. It waa announced to day that the government would send 60,000 troops to quell the disorder If necessary. Conservative estimates today placed the amount of champagne emptied Into tlio streets at Epernay, Damrry, Marieull, Dlzu and Venteull at 2,000,000 gallons. Women took a prominent pnrt In the rioting. They were used as shields HKainst the dragoons. The soldiers re fused to ride down the mobs In which women were present and In the mobs at Epernay women were placed In the front ranks. Plan Threatens Industry. (t'nlted l'resa I.eaaed Wire.) Paris, April 1?. The wine Industry of France, already hampered by riots, government regulations, floods, earth quakes and cold weather. Is today threatened with another serious com plication the "clandestine" plant. This growTth, long known in France along streams, has attacked the grape vines throughout southern France and once It entwines Itself about the vine liter ally squeezes it to death. Ten Dead at Big Heart. (United Preaa Leaaed 'Wua.i Big Heart, Okla., April 13. Six of the ten dead In yesterday's tornado were ldontlfled today. They are; JOHN KERN 6V. E. HAMMOND. WILLIAM MORROW. T. H. HANN. MRS. WILLIAM KERNS. Child named Brown. The tornado was accompanied by a driving rain and swept everything In Its path. Houses were blown from their foundations and the occupants whirled through the air. The town waa demoralized and telegraph communica tion cut off. Big Heart has a popula tion of 400. The loss Is put at 3600,000. Victims In Stock Cars. I United Preaa Laaaed Wire.) Muskogee, Okla., April 13. Fortv persons seriously injured were taken from Big Heart to Tulsa In stock cars early today. The Midland Valley rail road officials report four dead. Instead of eight as other reports said, and more than 100 Injured at Big Heart. Many of the Injured. It Is believed, will die. Nebraska Towns Hit. (United Pra Ieaard Wlra ) Omaha, Neb, April u. The towns of Snell and Oconto, Neb., were visited by tornatodes last night. Considerable damage was done but there were not fatalities. Gus IiOwit, who leaped to death from fifth floor of Denver building. (t'nlted Preaa Lraaed WIre.t Denver, Colo., April 13. With his neck broken, his skull fractured and nearly every bone ln'hls body shattered, Gus Lowlt. formerly of Portland, Or., Is dead today in Denver. While chatting with his attorneys yesterday, Lowlt, who had been ar rested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud, broke away from the officers and plunged to his death from the fifth story of the Ernest ot Cranmer build lng. Several years ago Lowlt started a department ntoro In Portland. When the Oregon Trust & Savings bank failed It was found that Lowlt was Indebted to that Institution to the extent of over $100,000. The money had been lent to Lowit on unsecured notes. Lowlt was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud, was dismissed on technicalities and came to Denver. Later additional information concerning the Portland affair was filed here and Lowlt was arrested for the Second time. Again attorneys secured his release on a technicality. Lowlt was arrested here Tuesday for selling an automobile which had already been mortgaged. He had been taken (United Preaa Laaaed Wlra.) Springfield. 111., April 13. M. B. Lean. special Investigator for the senate com mittee Investigating the Lorimer elec tion, this afternoon presented affidavits tending to prove the truth of the story that Edward Hlnes of Chicago raised $100,000 to buy Lorlmers way Into the United States senate. The affidavits were by Frank Russell, Robert Lowe and E. B. Mosher of Mar quette, Mich. Russell's affidavit said Hlnes tojd him "We put Lorimer over. It cost a lot of money, but It was worth while. Ha promised to support the high tariff on lumber if elected." Lowe's affidavit confirmed Russell's. Mosher asserted that Shelby B. Jones told him "It cost 1100,000 to put Lorimer over." Lean said Jones denied Moeher'a testi mony, He said Jones told him "I am a good friend .of Hints. -JF don't want to be mixed up in this- deal." James Forster of Duquoin, III., when called to the witness stand, denied that be had told Harry Ward, Charles Ward and J. I. Hughes of Duquoin, that Hlnes told him "It cost )100,000 to put Lori mer over." Forster is manager of the Muddy Val ley Mining company, one of the bi coal mining corporations f the state. Herman Hatten, a lumberman, testi fied that Hlnes had told him In thci Union League club In Chicago on the day that Lorimer was ejected that,"fia "had put Lorimer over." Hs added, how- ever, that nothing had been said about any $100,000 fund p connection with the election. (Continued on Page Five.) day will be waimer. ami wester ay winds will prevail. OUTRAGEOUS LIE SAYS COLONEL T. R. (i;ntld Preaa Lc.-aed Wln.l New York, April 18. The "shorter and uglier'' has again been unleashed by Colonel Roosevelt. Replying to a charge in CoUlers Weekly that he traded his support to Senator Smoot for' Mor mon votes, the colonel said: - "1 don't know who wrote that, but GERMAN AMBASSADOR RESIGNS; ILL HEALTH (l'nltid (v.., r.aaed V Ire i Berlin, April IS. The resignation of Count J. H. Von Bernstorff, German ambassador to the United 8tates, was announced here today. Ill health Is given ns the cause. Count Von Stumm, at present at tached to the foreign office, it s be lieved, will be chosen to succeed him THE ONCE DAZZLED SOCIETY TACOMA PREACHERS! DO YOUR AUDITORS "SNORE?" THROW BOOK AT 'EM rhiuvAr Ait knew well that he waa Fair, with a heavy frost" Fr4--ryrnjr-it;-is not merely an outrageous He, but one so Infamous, so absolutely without foundation that It i utterly tm- 1, possible that those making me cfcarga Taould ba irnorant that they were lvlna-." , 'I'nltPd Preaa Leaned Wire t Los Angeles. April 73 4 storm of argument rent the First 4 Christian church of Los Angeles today over the methods adopted 4 by Dr. R. H. Ci'issfleld, president of Transylvania university of 4 Lexington. Ky.. to awaken sleen. 4 lng members of his congregation 4 Dr. Crossfield is delivering a 4 series of lectures at the church, and last, night two of his Usten- 4 era fell asleep. 4 When one's snoring threatened 4 to disrupt the gathering Dr. 4. Crossfleld fired a song book from the. pulpit into the sleeper's Pw A second book, heaved In 4 the direction 3f the other sleeper, 4 failed to awaken him. As the 4 snoring was ; less pronounced 4 from this txw-h -was permitted 4 to sleep on. , 1 (UnlK'd P". Leii.d Wire. 1 Atlanta. Ca., April 13. Postofflee In spectors who captured Eddie Kay for the -theft of 3S3.OO0 worth of stamp" from Richmond, for which crime he Is now serving a term in the federal pen itentiary here, are tffday conlnced that he is R. F. Cummlngs, who at one time dassled Tacoma society. The government agents have learned that Cummlngs had $50,000 in banks on the Pacific coast, and they propose to make the Cummlngs account pay for $17,000 worth of stamps which were never recovered, as well. as a $1000 fine imposed on Fay. MILLIONAIRES SAID TO HAVE CANTRIBUTED TO BIG SLUSH FUND (United Preaa Leased Wlra.) Springfield, 111., April II. InvesUga- tlon into an alleged corruption in the election of William Lorimer to tha United States senate was resumed hero day by a state senate committee. The Investigation has led so far straight to the millionaires at the head of the big corporations, which havsr whispered and pulled the wires that have led every previous Investigation of the Lorimer scandal Into blind trails. The committee was surprised when Edward Hlnes, millionaire president of the Hlnes Lumber company,' testified and named the president as being indi rectly responsible for Lorimer's elec tion. They were amazed when Herman H. Kohlsaat, the Chicago publisher, testified and Intimated that he had tha key to the mystery. They were as tounded a week ago when Clarenoe 8. Funk, manager of the International Harvester company, told the first con- . nected story of the alleged $100,000 (Continued on Page Two.) SHE SMILED TOO MUCH MOTHER KILLED HER (United Preaa Leaaed Wire.) Boston, April 18. Arraigned in court' here today on the charge of having murv. dered her own daughter. Mrs. Clark' - Russell, who had confessed the crime,' , gave her explanation to the court. 'Well, I killed her," she said. "I . thought it would be best for her.' I did It because I thought she- would ba ; better off. I have been sick lately and -have worried much. Soma one said Marjorle smiled too much, and that hurt my feelings. She could not help smiling and being happy. But I thought It best to kill her so she would not ha . unhappy." ' GNORANQE OF SLANG GETS HIM IN JAIL; SAID m 11 NOT OPS Mlf DEAR (United Preaa Leased Wire.) New York, April .1 J. "Oh, you kid," to the; discard. On Broadway now It's "Oops, my dear." ": ' ... -" ; Whether It was because he was so far behind tha tlme8uasnqttg..knowthat "Oh, yoi kid! isoNlonger tha thing" In masher circles,' "or that tha 'object of his admiration did not like, his gen eral, style, ;,A.lfAn Durelloo ac coated prettyAllea Griffin, Is today .,' , doing a little tarn on BlUekwelt's Island. And William Griffin, the girl's brothetv is nursing a badly slashed face. - . Griffin Interfered to protect Ms sister,- when Durqllo sprang the old tints "kid" thing, and tha Italian wielded a rasor. After a erowd had' trample Durello nearly-1 Jat-Orif f In was ruah.t.. to a hospital and thai1 status of 'irvt, . my dear" was established the )!. laagL. when . Ma fiat rate I'ool ey- i , Durello his term ea the Island. 4 - s 1 I