PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1903.
VOL. XLVIIL "0. 13,023.
CHAPER0NE ORDER
GORGE
PUTS QUIETUS ON
JEKYLL AND HYDE
DEFERRED
AFFINITY CRAZE
CAREER HIS FATE
ANGERS 20 GIRLS
-JAP BILLS
THIGE
ON THEFT CHARGE
FELONY TO DESERT WIFE OR
PHYSICIAN" ARRESTED IN EAST
FOR ROBBERY.
PRETT5T PUPIL CALL PRINCIPAL-
"MEAN OLD THING." '
HUSBAND FOR ANOTHER.
MANY WORKMEN
BURNED JN TRAP
COLUMBIA
CORDON ARRESTED
AGTIQN
0 NT
blocked m
Ex-Judge Accused o
Cashing Check.
BONDS PLACED AT $20,000
Warrant Issued in Spokane by
by Great Northern's Order.
ASSERTS HE IS INNOCENT
Accused ATIII laT for Spokane To
day In Company of Deputy Sher
iff 'Prisoner Allowed to Spend
lgbt at Home Vnder Gnard.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. (Special.)
Former Judge M. J. Gordon was ar
rested late tonight at his home' in this
city by Deputy Sheriff Long, of Spokane.
on a telegraphic bench warrant.
The charge Is embezzlement and the
amount is presumably $10,000. as it is
understood the ball required Is 120.000,
or double the amount of the alleged em
bezzlement. Gordon refuses to make
any statement except to say that he is
innocent and" will leave with Deputy
Long for Spokane at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon. He will spend the night at
his home In custody of the deputy
sheriff.
It Is reported that the warrant was
sworn out by some official of the
Great Northern Railway at Spokane, but
Gordon's friends do not believe this.
claiming President Hill testified before
the Bar Association that Gordon's ac
counts had been audited and balanced
and that there was no charge against
him.
GREAT NORTHERN ACCUSES
Gordon Said to Have Taken Money
Awarded In Damage Suit.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. 2D. (Special.)
Warrant for the arrest of SI. J. Gor
don, whose, alleged shortage while Spo
kane counsel for the Great Northern
"Railroad Company and connection with
the Irregularltlrs of Judse MHo A. Root
led to the investigation by the State Bar
. Association committee and Judge Root's
resignation from the State Supreme
Court, was Isssued this morning by
Judge J. D. Hinkle. of the Spokane
County Superior Court.
The warrant charges Sir. Gordon with
embezzlement of ItTm) from the Great
Northern. The charge Is Ra-ed on In
formation filed in the Superior Court.
Deputy Sheriff Clarence Ixng went to
Tacoma today to bring Mr. Gordon to
this city.
The charge of embezzlement grew out
of the suit of James Sparrow against the
Great Northern for damages for personal
injury. Judgment was given by the
Superior Court for IWin against the rail
road, and a draft was drawn on the com
pany by Gordon, which was Indorsed by
Nuzum A Nuzum, attorneys for Sparrow,
and cashed by Gordon." At the same
time Gordon- delivered to Sparrow's at
torneys a stipulation that the fcCOO
would be paid before August 31. lfOS.
Before that timo Gordon's connection
with the Great .Northern was severed,
and when the stipulation was tiled In the
Federal Court the sum was paid by N.
C. GHIman. general counsel of the Great
Northern In Seattle.
In an Interview tonight N. K. Nuzum.
of the firm of Nuzum & Nuzum. said:
"1 understand the warrant was served
this morning and that bond was fixed at
$10,000. While I do not know that bond
was furnished. I think there is little
question that Judze Gordon could get
bond to that amount In Tacoma."
OBJECT TO BIBLE READING
Hebrews Want Less Sectarianism In
Public Schools.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 30. After a
spirited debate on the question of means
to prevent sectarian teachings in the pub
lic schools, the delegates to the grand
council of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations today passed a resolution
appointing a committee to circulate
literature that shall take the position
that from a constitutional standpoint this
Is not a Christian country.
The resolution suggests for an educa
tional campaign on this subject, the pam
phlet of the Central Conference of Ameri
can Rabbis. "Why the Bible Should Not
Be Read in the Public Schools."
MONEY SURE FOR OREGON
Ijnergeney Appropriation for River
, and Harbor Work.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Jan. 10. In the absence of a gen
eral rivers and harbors bill, emergency
appropriations aggregating J7.000.OCO will
probably made for the work actually
required during the next fiscal year. The
projects to be listed in this appropriation
In Oregon are: Coos River. t!3X-. Tilla
mook Bay. rO: Snake River. J0O00: Co
lumbia and Lower Willamette. JloO.OOO;
Upper Willamette. J13.000; Cowlitz River,
J.O00. For Washington river Improve
ments, 3,500.
Declares Whisky His Nemesis, and
Dual Personality Beyond
His Control.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10. "Today I am a
criminal caught red-handed, an asso
ciate of evil persons, a bandit, robber,
an enemy of society.
"Tomorrow, I shall be a scientific
recluse, deeply studious. Interested in4
psychopathic literature, an analyst of
the human mind and, moreover, a neu
rologist. "It is fate. Highly nervous and
overstudlous In these recent ' years, I
have overstrained. Whiskey is my
Nemesis, but I am not a drunkard.
Without It, I am the gentleman my
parents bore; with it, I am the fight
Ing. adventure-seeking, dangerous
character the police have captured. In
all my reading I never encountered so
strange a case of dual personality as
my own."
This amazing statement of his case
was offered today by Dr. Paul Trot
ter, a young physician and graduate
of Tulane University and of the Wash
ington University Medical Department
at St. Louis. Mo., who is held on
charges of highway robbery.
C0SGR0VE STARTS FRIDAY
Governor-elect Declares He Feels
Cured, but "VVI11 Return South.
PASO ROBLEd HOT SPRINGS. Cal.
Jan. 20. (Special.) Governor-elect Cos
grove and party will leave here Friday
for Olympia to take the oath of office
as Governor of the State of Washington.
His condition Is greatly improved.
Yesterday he took an automobile ride
with George Klelser. of Portland. This
afternoon he made the statement that
he believed himself to be completely
cured, and only lacked strength to feel
as well as ever.
ills plans are to remain In Olympia one
day and reUim to Paso Robles Hot
Springs to remain until Spring.
F. W. SAWYER, director.
RECALL MAYOR HARPER
Los Angeles Reformers Start Move
ment Because of Misconduct.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 20. Two hundred
and fifty prominent citizens of Los An
geles, at a meeting today at the instance
of the Municipal League, voted to pre
pare and circulate petitions demanding
an election for. the recall from office of
Mayor A. C Harper. It will require the
signatures " of about 800 voters to call
the election.
The allegations of misconduct In office
made against Harper are based principal
ly upon his recent appointment of Chief
of Police Kern as member of the Board
of Public Works and upon allegations of
vice protection under his administration.
AEROPLANE IS SMASHED
British Army Machine Falls With
Thud and Is Wrecked.
ALDERSHOT. England. Jan. 10.
The aeroplane with which the balloon
corps of the British army Is conducting
expeVlments again came to grief here
today. After a couple of short flights.
Captain F. S. Cody, the American in
charge of the experiment work, started
on a more ambitious trip.
He had hardly gone 100 yards at a
height of ;o feet on his third trial
when the lifting fan buckled and the
machine came down with a thud and
was badly wrecked. Captain Cody was
not hurt.
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DIVORCE ENDS ROMANCE
frwcllrt I.o Angeles Wedding Has
Miserable Anti-Climax.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The most aristocratic romance this1
Ity ever had was shattered today by a
'hurry-up" divorce granted by Judge
James to Laurlne Bayly from William
Bayly, Jr. They began it as children of
millionaires and it culminated in 1904 in
the swellest wedding Los Angeles society
ver attended.
The bride was Miss Laurlne Harding,
daughter of 31 r. and Mrs. B. L. Harding,
and the groom is the son of William
Bayly and a conspicuous Stanford fra
ternity man.
R0HIBITI0N BILL STANDS
Tennessee Legislature
Over Governor's
Passes
Veto.
It
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Jan. 30. Over the
veto of Governor Patterson this afternoon
both houses of the Legislature passed
the Senate bill which prohibits the sale
of Intoxicating liquor within four miles
of a schoolhouse In Tennessee, and Is in
effect the statewide prohibition act. It
Is effective July 1, 1909.
HERO FUND GIVES $14,750
Two Indians Among C(S Who Get
Hero Medals.
PITTSBURG. Jaa. 20. The Carnegie
hero fund committee today awarded 26
medals. $14,730 in cash and pensions ag
gregating Jo5 per month for deeds of
valor performed since the last meeting
of the committee. Among those rewarded
are two full-blood Indians living on Gov
ernment land.
California Assembly Is
Willing to Wait.
JOHNSON HOTLY PROTESTS
Insists Japanese Population Is
Still Increasing.
DREW ASKS INVESTIGATION
One Week's Respite Granted In Face
of Agitator's Fierce Assault on
Roosevelt Move to Demand
Information Falls.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 20. Con
sideration of the bills denying to Japa
nese to own American land or to be
directors of corporations, was delayed
for one week by the Assembly this
morning at the request of President
Roosevelt and Governor Gillett.
When these measures came up on a
special order. Preston, of Mendocino
County, offered a resolution request
ing the President to furnish the Legis
lature with all documents and data In
possesion of the Federal authorities
bearing upon the Japanese situation.
This was declared to be out of order.
Then Drew moved that his bill deny
ing Japanese the right to own land be
made a special order for a week from
today.
Grove L. Johnson, author of the di
rectors' bill, opposed postponement in
an Impassioned speech, declaring that
the request of the President for delay
meant nothing to the Legislature, as
the Governor had not seen fit to trans
mit It to the Assembly through a spe
cial message and no such request was
before the House. He suld that the
Japanese were increasing in numbers
Instead of decreasing, as stated by the
President, and there was urgent de
mand all over the state for action at
once. He, for one, would not give up
the fight against Washington's inter
vention.
Drew, who. introduced the land bill.
aid that he was as anxious as any
to have action on the bills, but he
favored a delay of one week.
On roll call the motion to postpone I
was carried. 43 to 34. Johnsons bill
was then put over without roll call to
the same 'date. Drew then Introduced
a resolution calling for the appoint
ment of a committee of three to Investi
gate the Japanese problem In the state.
Roosevelt Much Concerned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. While such
assurances as have come from representa
tive Pacific Coast men regarding the lm-
Concluded on rage 3.)
HERE ARE EIGHT HANDSOME LEGISLA TORS WHO CAME WITHIN
HARRY MURPHY'S PENCIL
feet
'ENftloR & inn oT T.
Head of Normal Says "Minstrel
Maidens" Must Be Accompa
nied by Mothers.
BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Jan. 20.
(Special.) Because Principal Edwin
Twltmeyer, of the Bellingham High
School, does not believe that six
chaperons who have already volun
teered their services, are enough to
keep In order 20 vivacious and pretty
school girls, while they are on tour
with a high school theatrical produc
tion, the amateur company will prob
ably not be allowed to go on the road.
The principal Insists that the girls
shall have at least one chaperon
apiece, or In , other words, that each
member of the company be accom
panied by her mother or older sister.
The fact that the performance of the
"Minstrel Maids" Is given In cos
tume, and abbreviated costume at that,
is thought to have a good deal to do
with his fervent Insistence on the
conventionalities.
A storm of protest has been caused
by the principal's decision. The girls
have sent up a complaint whose burden
Is "mean old thing." -
BAY STATE JABS COMBINE
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Road In Trouble Once More.
BOSTON, Jan. 20. The Massachusetts
charter of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Is declared to be sub
ject to forfeiture In the annual report of
Attorney-General Malone to the Massa
chusetts Legislature, presented today, be
cause of the action of the railroad in
merging with the Consolidated Railway
Company, of Connecticut and increasing
its capital stock.
ONLY ONE PASSES MUSTER
Eleven Other Talesman Disqualified
for Calhoun Jury.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. A single
talesman ran the gauntlet of the Inquiry
today in the trial of Patrick Calhoun
upon an Indictment for bribery, and 11
others, whose examination occupied the
entire day, were challenged or excused.
The proceedings were almost monotonous
and there was not a ringle clash between
opposing attorneys. .. .. ; .
MORE LIGHTS FOR PACIFIC
Straus Wais Vessel on Orford Reef,
Signals for Puget Sound.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. For the
lighthouse establishment throughout the
United States. Secretary Straus today
submitted to Congress estimates amount
ing to J406.600. He asked, among other
things, $150,000 for a first-class steam
light vessel to mark Orford reef, Oregon,
a group of rocks extending two and a
half miles north and south and one and
a half miles east and west, and $41,600 for
six light and fog signals In Pugct Sound,
Senator uut
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CORrUG.N.
Jam Mountain High at
Celilo Canal.
MAY SWEEP OUT CANNERIES
Falling Barometer at The
Dalles Forecasts Storm.
NO FLOOD IN WILLAMETTE
Santlam Reported to Be Falling.
Salem Fears No Damage Unless
River Reaches 30-Foot Stage.
Rains at Mcdford.
High water due to melting snow and
excessive rains has seriously Interrupted
traffic on . railroad lines throughout the
Pacific' Northwest. Many. Inland Empire
towns are marooned by high water, and
at Colfax and Pullman the Palouse River
has ploughed new channels through the
cities.
At The Dalles, ice In the Columbia
River gorge Is piled even with the
basaltic bluffs. So great Is the pressure
of the Ice, that damage to the Govern
ment work on the Celilo Canal Is threat
ened. Seufert Bros", salmon cannery
Is endangered In the path of the Ice Jam,
and a portion of Taffe's fishwheel has
been carried away. Much damage has
been done to waterfront property at The
Dalles by the breaking up of the heavy
Ice.
Yamhill River 40 Feet High.
The Willamette River Is 20 feet high at
Salem, and the Yamhill River at Mc-
MInnvllle. 40 feet above low water and
still rising. A height of 45 feet Is pre
dieted today at McMinnvIlIe. The Santiam
In Linn County is reported to be falling.
The Willamette River is still rising at
Portland, end the swift current threatens
to damage the Madison-street bridge.
Trains on the branch lines running
south from the O. R. & N. are all de
layed by washouts. Spokane has been
unable to reach Portland by way of the
O. R. & N. for two days.
Falling barometers last night indicated
an approaching storm. Early In the eve
ning a severe gale was blowing at Port
land. Astoria sounds warning of a gale
off the Coast. At The Dalles the baro
meter was reported the lowest In 20
years.
Telegraph Service Crippled.
Southern Oregon and the Upper Wil
lamette Valley report heavy and con
tinued rains, which means increased high
water In the ' Willamette River within
the next few days.
Telegraph and telephone companies are
hivlnr trouble In maintaining service
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RANGE OF
REPR? SEhnrVWS'
CRUKlNS.
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Kansas WiU Send Offenders to Jail
If Travis Wins Censor on
Marriages.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 30. (Special.)
"The affinity" business will not be popu
lar in Kansas hereafter. It is certain
that the law making it a felony will
pass the Legislature, and Governor
Stubbs has promised to sign It. Senator
Travis, of Iola, Introduced the bill.
It makes It a felony for a married wo
man to run away with another man, and
vice versa. Even a temporary "affinity"
Is punishable by a jail sentence. Any
man- who deserts his wife or legitimate
child under 14 years of age will be guilty
of a crime punishable by a Jail or peni
tentiary sentence. The same punishment j
is to be meted out to the wife. If a man
refuses to support his wife or child, he
must go to Jail.
Another bill which seems certain of
passage provides that brides and grooms
must be subjected to strict questioning
by the Probate Judge before they
granted a license to marry.
BONAPARTE SENDS 'REGRET
Attorney-General Not to Testify as
to Steel Merger.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Attorney
General Bonaparte will not appear be
fore the subcommittee of the Senate
on the Judiciary when It meets tomor
row to begin the Inquiry Into the mer
ger of the Tennessee Coal. & Iron Com
pany and the United States Steel Cor
poration.
Senator Clark, of Wyoming, chairman
of the committee, received a communi
cation from Mr. Bonaparte, declining the
invitation to testify before the commit
tee on the ground that he had a prior
engagement for tomorrow in the Su
preme Court.
It is said Mr. Bonaparte's note Ignored
the suggestion that he might appear be
fore the committee at another time.
BARE LAMP BLOWS UP SIX
Mine Explosion in California Is Re
sult of Carelessness.
SAN LOUIS OBISPO, Cal., Jan. 20.-Slx
miners were killed and eight others ser
iously, if not fatally, injured by an ex
plosion in the Stone Canon coal mine,
near Chancellor last night. One of the
miners entered room No. 27 .with a lighted
torch. The room was full of gas and
an explosion followed. Most of the men
were Italians. Two of them leave wives
and families In San Francisco.
The dead were two Frenchmen, August
Magnes and August Vassadeo, of San
Francisco, and four Italians, Dave Nek-
reff, Gio Veccoml, Glo Nadala and Joe
Flor, former residence unknown. Only
seven were Injured and they are doing
well. Three of them will be able to leave
the improvised hospital In a couple of
days.
FIFTY TONS OF DOLLARS
Waters-Pierce Oil Company Will
Pay line In Cartwheels.
EL PASO. Texas, Jan. 20. Nearly 60
tons of silver in the form of dollars will
be turned over to the state of Texas
by the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, ac
cording to a special from Austin. The
attorneys for the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, which has been ousted from the
state and fined Jl, 623.900 for violation of
anti-trust laws, announced at Austin
today that the big fine, with the at
tendant costs, will be paid to the state
in silver dollars. The state will have
to employ a small army of clerks to
count It.
ICE GRINDS TWO TO DEATH
Men Fall From Trestle While At
tempting to Dislodge Floe.
MISSOULA, Mont., Jan. DO. While at
tempting to dislodge a quantity of Ice
which threatened the destruction of a
trestle over Hell Gate River this morn
ing, Roy Robblns and another man
whose name is not known lost thoir bal
ance and fell into the stream. Bobbins
was crushed to death between the ice
floe and a bridge pier and his com
panion, buffeted about by huge cakes of
Ice, which carried him 500 yards down
stream, was only rescued with diffi
culty, and cannot live.
WILL BE 13 NEW SENATORS
Eighteen Members of Upper House
Succeed Themselves.
WASHINGTON, Jan. JO. In event of
the re-election of Senator Hopkins of
Illinois, 18 of the 31 United States Sen
ators whose terms expire with that of
Theodore Roosevelt as President of the
United States on March 4 will be sworn
to succeed themselves. Among the 13
new Senators is ex-Governor Cummins,
of Iowa, who Is now serving out the un
expired term of the late Senator Allison.
BOY
GUILTY OF MURDER
Jury Convicts Lad of 18 in Second
Decree.
BRIDGETOWN, N. Y., Jan. 30. The
jury in the case of Herbert Griggr, the
18-year-old boy on trial for the murder
of William Read, of Vineland, brought
in a verdict of murder m the second de
gree tonight.
Sixty Men Meet Death
on Lake Michigan.
SURVIVORS HORRIBLY INJURED
Bodies Burned, Many Are Torn
From Cakes of Ice.
SACKS OF HUMAN HEADS
Working In Wooden Crib Mile Off
Shore in Frozen Lake, Over 100
Men Are Burned, -Stifled or
Frozen to Death.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. (Special.) Sixty
men were killed and 48 tefribly Injured in
an explosion at the crib, one mile out
In Lake Michigan, this morning. The
men were Isolated on a narrow ledge
without boats, and the survivors had the
choice of remaining and burning to death,
leaping Into the lake, which was thickly
filled with ice hummocks, or smothering
In the tunnel leading to shore and which
immediately filled with deadly gas.
Those who were not too badly stunned
sprang into the lake and fought with
the ice 'until tugs arrived. Some were
saved, but others perished. Many men
were thrown out of bed by the explosion
and clung to blocks of Ice, their only
clothing being thin nightshirts. The res
cuers found them benumbed and Insane
and some of them fought their rescuers
in their delirium. Some of the escapes
were marvelous. Those who could not
swim swung by ropes over the sides of
the crib, but the flames ate through the
ropes and they dropped to death. Many
were made unconscious by the force of
the explosion and burned to death Inside
the crib.
Burned, Frozen to Ice-Floes.
Horrible scenes were witnessed by the
rescuers. Stark naked, gibbering men,
with their bodies fearfully burned, wero
found frozen to ice floes and. when they
were lifted off, strips of their flesh tore
off and remained on the ice.
One mile away on shore was assembled
an Immense crowd of people. Including
relatives of the unfortunates at the crib.
Helpless, shrieking, hysterical or dumb
with horror, were groups of women and
children. News of the catastrophe spread
almost as quickly as the flames them
selves and the shore for blocks was lined
with spectators.
Human Fragments in Sacks.
The horror at the crib was enhanced 15
(Concluded on Fagfl 3.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTE RDA Y'S Maximum temperature, 46
degrees; minimum, 4A 3 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain, with high cast shifting to
out heart winds.
Foreign.
1 Earthquake near Smyrna does great damage,
but deaths are tew. Page a.
Rational.
More World men summoned in canal libel
case. Page 3.
California legislature holds up an tl-Japa
nese blliH; Roosevelt alarmed as to result
if they pass. Page 1.
Senator Frazler opposes re-enltstment of
Brownsville rfo(rs. Page .
House declares Li) ley disqualified by election
us uovernor. jrage .
Politics.
Illinois (Legislature deadlocks on Senator
and II tip kins loses voto at each ballot.
Page 4.
Taft and Rockefeller meet at banquet at
Auguata, Page 4.
Domestic.
Powder explosion in crib In Lake Michigan
kins uv workmen; survivors terribly
burned. Page 1.-
Kansas bill makes desertion for affinity
penal offense, Pago 1.
Spokane bank swindler captured In fit
juouls confesses. Page d.
Loom Is advocates closer "trade relation
with Japan. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Cheese factories at Coast closed down.
Page 15.
May wheat advances cent at Chicago. Paga
Stock speculation almost at a standstill.
Page 15.
legislature.
Election of Governor Chamberlain as Sen
ator is ratified, but contest ai Washing
ton is possible. Page o. 1
Flood of bills for increase of various salaries
introduced. Pave ft.
Fight on Normal schools renewed. Page 7.
Bili.s to restrict corporations much In evi
dence. Page 6.
Flood of measures introduced in both
branches at Salem. Page 7.
Senator Coffey has bill to redistrtct stats.
Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Columbia River gorge blocked with Ice at
Celilo. Page 1.
Bishop Hughes, of San Francisco, delivers
charge to .president JHoman. ot Willam
ette. Page 5.
Eugene Council starts row in effrrt to force
uy ireasurer to resign. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
City swept by gala of hurricana force.
Page 10.
Madison-street bridge closed to all traffic.
Page 14.
Electric cable burns out, leaving Portland"
in darkness for half an hour. Pago 10.
Manufacturers' Association of Norttowest
holds annual meeting. Page 10.
Charge against Contractor Wakefield for
violation of eight-hour labor law dis
missed. Page 8.
Creston baker beaten and robbed by thugs.
jrage v
Supreme Court refuses rehearing on vehicle
law. Page 10.
Council committee votes to. provide $267,-
745 for police work. Page 10.
Two trains derailed by landslides, and
roads crippled by washouts. Page 14.
Oregon hardware men will extend organisa
tion to other states. Page iL
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