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W& VOL. L. NO. 15,362. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. XJL - www 1 BURNING CAR STRIKE Mad Mobs Hold Phila delphia in Terror. STRAY BULLETS HIT WOMEN Number of Cars Wrecked, 297; 2603 Windows Broken. BOYS SET FIRE TO CARS Passengers Stoned in Widely Sepa rated Localities Sympathizers Attack Nonunion Men. 3000 Police Sworn In. STATISTICS OF ONE DAT OF PHILADELPHIA CAR STRIKE. Cars wrecked 297 Car wlndowa broken 2608 Arrests made 40 Women shot 2 Extra police ordered 3000 Total employed by company 7000 Strikers' estimate of men out....620O Company's estimate of men loyal. 3500 Strikebreakers Imported 175 PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 20. Rioting in every section of the city followed the attempt of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to operate its lines here today. Passengers and crews were driven from cars by Infuriated mobs of strike sympathizers and In nearly a score of Instances the abandoned cars were burned or otherwise destroyed. At nightfall every car was with drawn from service. Stern measures were adopted by the police to quell the disorders. Five persons were ar rested, charged with inciting to riot. Two women were taken to hospitals. 3000 Police Sworn. Mayor Reyburn tonight ordered Di rector of Police Clay to swear in. 3000 additional police and to issue a proc lamation enforcing the riot act. The executive committee of the Cen tral Labor Union this afternoon pledged both moral and financial support to the strikers. It also decided to call a sympathetic strike of every union man in the city In case the authorities put into effect' their threat to operate the cars with policemen and firemen. In the morning cars were run on every line with little difficulty except in the mill district of Kensington, where cars were stoned by mobs. At 11 o'clock transit company officials an nounced that cars were running on their regular Sunday schedule. Shortly afterward riots were reported from scores of widely separated localities. Boys Burn Car. In the southern section a mob of boys drove a conductor and motorman from their posts and, after the four women passengers had left the car, set it on fire. The car following was stopped also and was being set on fire when a de tachment of police and a chemical engine reached the scene. In this same section Mary Devlin, aged 16 years, was shot In the leg when .the police fired their revolvers in an effort to check the mob. In the usually quiet residence section or West Philadelphia, mobs ,or a time baffled the police. Iron bars and stones were piled on the tracks and several cars were wrecked. Mounted police were powerless to disperse the mobs, and a fire hose was brought into play. Strikebreakers Attacked. Contradictory claims are made by the opposing forces as to the number of men on strike. Leaders of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Rail way Employes say that 6200 of the 7000 employes of the transit company have left their cars. Officials of the com pany say that 3500 of their employes are loyal and that regular service will be resumed at daybreak tomorrow. The importation Of 175 strikebreakers from New York led to an attack on the barns and main offices of the company this afternoon. Windows wore broken by the mob. which was finally dispersed, after 33 arrests had been made. Girl's Wound Serious. The most seriously injured person was 13-year-old Viola Beven, shot in the abdomen by a stray bullet from a policeman's revolver as she was step ping from her house when a mob was attacking five cars in front of It. George Keltsaup, a nurse, also was struck by a stray bullet when hasten ing to a train. His condition is not critical. Transit officials say that 297 cars were wrecked, two completely burned and one partially burned today. Two thousand, six hundred and eight car windows were smashed. Union leaders say they will force the company to arbitrate. They charge that the company, for months, by a series of petty persecutions, has been endeavoring to force the union to. strike, and finally, by discharging a large number of union men, practically declared a lockout. Wonderful attention to details was shown by those engaged in wrecking and burning the cars. Before the car was burned at Twenty-sixth and Whar- l Concluded on XVe 2.) RIOT null AND n i mm STRICKEN IN PEW, DEATH-CALL HEARD MRS. SARAH WEIL, OP PORT LAND, DIES IN CHURCH. Christian Science Rail Scene of Sudden Demise of Prominent Attendant at Service. Seized by an attack of heart failure while she sat in her pew in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in the Scot tish Rite Masonic Temple, Just before the morning reading began, Mrs. Sarah Well, 70 years old, died within five min utes after being carried into an ante room of the hall. ' Mrs. Weil, who was a regular attendant at the services of the Christian Science Church, arrived at the hall early. She appeared to be in good health and excel lent spirits when leaving the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louis Hexter, of 193 Twelfth street. It was about 10:45 o'clock, five minutes before the musical programme for the morning reading commenced, when those sitting near her saw Mrs. Well sway in her seat and fall to one side, apparently unconscious. Ushers were called and she was carried to an ante-room, where a few minutes later she expired. The Incident did not create any great stir in the congregation as only a few knew of the 'seriousness of her Illness. Howard C. Van Meter, the reader for yesterday morning, was able to proceed with the services as usual. Deputy Coroner Dunning was called and took charge of the body later pronounc ing death due to heart failure. "TYPHOID MARY" RELEASED Woman Who Is Walking Reservoir of Germs Is Freed. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. "Typhoid Mary," whose real name is withheld at the re quest of the New Tork health authorities, is a. free woman today after having been confined in city hospitals' off and on for 3 yeans because physicians said that she was a living receptacle for typhoid germs and a menace to public health. She is a cook and is considered partic ularly dangerous in that capacity as like ly to transmit disease, but with the un derstanding that she Is to cook no more. Health Commissioner Lederee announced today that the department had decided to release her. The case is unique in medical records. After cases of typhoid fever were repeat edly discovered in families for whom the woman had cooked, the authorities made an, Investigation which resulted in. her detention on the' thsory . that she was a walking :reoervoir for typhoid germs, harmless to. herself, but dangerous to oth ers. NAVY SCANDAL REVIVED? Surgeon Robnett Declares He Was Illegally Punished. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. There is an uncomfortable suggestion of the reopen ing of the famous Auld-Robnett court martial case which It was supposed had been settled finally by the approval of the,Navy Department of the findings of the. court-martial. It appears that attorneys for Surgeon Robnett have been authorized to present to the department arguments to show that the young officer was illegally pun ished In the Imposition of the court-martial sentence of a loss of numbers after he had received a letter from the de partment which. In the opinion of his at torneys, amounted to reprimand and therefore a punishment. STUDENT SHOOTS PREMIER Egypt's Foreign Affairs Minister May Live- Crime Political. CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 20. Boutrea Pasha Chali, Egyptian Premier and Min ister of Foreign Affairs, was shot and seriously wounded today by a student, who fired five shots, three bullets lodg ing in the Premier's body. The assail ant was arrested. The bullets were extracted, and it is thought that the Premier will recover. The crime was of a political nature, the would-be assassin being a National ist. He declared that his motive was the desire to avenge various acts of the gov ernment, which the Nationalists at tributed personally tor Boutres Pasha. STREETCAR PANIC FATAL Passengers Jump Alien Fuse Blows Out, Two Being Killed. EL PASO, Feb. 20. Two persons are dead, one is perhaps fatally hurt and several are slightly injured, as a result of a streetcar accident tonight, caused by the blowing out of the fuse. Flames filled the car and the people became panic-stricken, several jumping from the swiftly-moving car. The "dead are A. G. Smith, 33 years old, and Miss Maggie Riley, Canada. Both their necks were broken. TAFT ATTENDS CHURCH For First Time Since Elected, Ex ecutive Visits Friends,. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. For the first time since he was elected Presi dent, Mr. Taft today attended a meet ing of the Friends Church on I street. Northwest. Some time ago he promised to join members of the Friends Society at weekly worship in their modest church and when it was learned that Henry W. Wilbur, of Swarthmore, Pa., would speak today, the President was urged to attend TAFT'S NEW PLANS -PLEASE LEADTRS Modified Schedule Is - Hailed as Relief. SUCCESS THOUGHT POSSIBLE Agreement on Postal Savings Bank Bill Assured. RAILROADS TO COME NEXT Only One Conservation Bill to Be Advanced, but Others Will Be Perfected' for Considera tion. Next Session. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The announce ment from the White House that Presi dent Taft had, by his own motion, cut down to four the number of Administra tion measures he would demand at the present session of Congress, is received by Republican leaders with unmixed feel ings of relief. The Administration pro gramme was so formidable that members warmly supporting the Taft policies hard ly knew , where to begin. A. schedule, including -only the bills to amend the Interstate Commerce laws, to regulate the Issuance of injunctions, to start Arizona and New Mexico on the road to statehood, and to validate the withdrawals of public lands for conserva tion purposes, is regarded as quite pos sible of attainment. Most of these meas ures, it is believed, can be put through the' Senate while the House is wrestling with appropriation bills. Committee to Act Promptly. ' When it was reported at the capitol yesterday that the President would be satisfied with the enactment of the four measures named, steps were taken to bring all these questions, out of com mittee at the earliest possible moment. The Postal Savings Bank bill already Is before the Senate and an agreement be tween supporters of conflicting amend ments Is assured. It Is regarded as prac tically certain that the bill can be passed this week. Hearings have been -closed by the Sen ate committee on Interstate Commerce on the bill to create a commerce court and to strengthen existing laws for the reg ulation of common carriers. The com mittee will meet tomorrow, when an ef- (Concluded on Page 3.) PRINCIPALS IN DYNAMITING MYSTERY AT BURKE'S SANITARIUM IN CALIFORNIA. ' y - 3 r -J i-at " V"' ' 7'"' II " ' ff v;- 7 f: f A " ll Loella Smith aad Bar Child. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 45 degrees; minimum, 37 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; light southwest winds. ' ... v Foreign. Band of Americans prove mettle In fight with Insurgents in Nlcaraguan battle. Page 8. British Ministry not to abate war on House of Lords. Page 1. Premier An'jith chooses minority vacan cies Parliament opens today. Page 4. National. End of Batllnger-Plnchot inquiry in sight. Page 3. Indictments drawn in Chicago' against pack ers; grand Jury continues inquiry. Page 5. Secretary Ballinger vetoes endurance test in contest for Yuma farms. Page a.. Congress' activity to be centered upon Pres ident's revised programme. Page 1. Domestic. Cairo. III., women enter race war ordered to shoot If attacked. Page 2. Senator Tillman recovering speech; symp toms all favorable. Page 3. Testimony of Miss Lucy Lee Swope, It la thought, will hurt Dr. Hyde. Page 6. Bribery Investigation in New York expected to bring forth sensations. Page-. 2. Streetcar strike In Philadelphia marked by rioting all over city; mobs stone passen gers .nd burn cars. Page 1. Wall street takes more cheerful view of market prospects. Page 2. Preliminary programme for National Chari ties and Correction conference is made public. Page 2. Explosion expert examines scene of dynamiting- at Burke Sanitarium. Page 1. Tot saves baby when home bums. Page 1. Washington weather bureau says cfilll will wrap extreme West Tuesday; general cold wave predicted. Page 4. W. J. Conners, chairman New York State Democratic committee, refuses to resign; rallies supporters to retain leadership. Page 4. Pacific Korthwest. Man strips, wanders in snow of Eagle Creek Hills, all trace of him lost. Page 8. Idaho mining man confirms reports of rich strike at Elk City. Page 14. Prosser. Wash., pastor prevents panic in church during lecture. Page 9 Highwaymen make $1800 haul in shadow of Fernle. B. C, City Jail. Page 9. Vancouver Police Chief . raids three pool rooms; 16 are arrested for alleged gamb ling; poker chips seized. - Page 9. Body of-Mrs. Eaton, woman who disappeared from- Oddfellows Home at Walla Walla two weeks aso. Is found In mill dam. 1 Page H. ' Sports. Battling Nelson shows bitterness he holds for' his Tuesday oppoaent. Ad Wolgast. Page 1.1. Jetfrles-Johnson tight to take place In Cali fornia but in what city promoters will not divulge for several days. Page 15. Fight fans at Portland expect good bouts In next few weeks. Page 15. Frankie Conley favorite In fight for cham pionship Tuesday with Monte Attell. Page 1 5. Manager McCredle and baseball tossers leave tomorrow for California training quar ters. Page 15. Portland and Vicinity.' Band concert for benefit of Rose Festival decoration fund delights auditors. Page 5. Mllwaukie and Linnton take opposing views of Railroad Commission's power. Page 7. Clackamas annexation plan meets with much opposition. Page 10. , T. J. Cleeton will not discuss assembly plan and declines to say whether he will be candidate for County Judge. 'Page 10. Linnton prison Mast moves 120,000 tons of rock. Page 10. Preparations are complete for Rose-Plant-mg day ceremonies f t the. City Park to morrow. Page- lti. v . -. Portland fair to outshine previous exhi bitions, says D. O. Lively. Page 14. Mrs. Sarah Weil, of Portland, stricken In church pew, dies" within five minutes after attack. Page 1. Canadian Pacific to retaliate if roads in United States cross boundary line. Page 14. White Temple may call Dallas, Texas, pas tor. Page 10. Schools and patriotic societies of Portland to commemorate Washington's birthday. A Para lis. Schooner Jim Butler ordered into annual Inspection at San Francisco. Page 11. Dr. EXPLOSIVE EXPERT SEES BURKE PLACE Startling Evidence Is Said to Be Found. FRIENDS OF DOCTOR ON JURY Indictment Expected, How ever, by His Family. LUELLA SMITH FEARFUL Intended VicCtm of ' Dynamiting at Sanitarium Wants to Be Seclu ded and Worries Lest Her Child Be Kidnaped. SANTA ROSA. Cal., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) John Birmingham, an expert'on explosives, who had charge of the forces of men dynamiting buildings during the fire that followed the earthquake in San Francisco in April, 1906, has been retained by the District Attorney. Clar ence Lea, of Sonoma County, to aid in the prosecution of - Dr. Willard P. Burke, charged with slaving attempted to kill Luella Smith and her 11-months-old child by the use of dynamite. Birmingham visited the scene of the explosion in company with Lea and Sheriff Smith today and made a minute examination of the tenthouse in which the Smith woman and the child were sleeping when the effort was"made to destroy them. He refused to state any opinion or in any way to discuss the case when he had concluded his in vestigation for the day. Important Evidence Found. District Attorney "Lea is planning to present to the grand jury i.t the ses sion, probably next' Thursday, some very startling evidence In the Burke Sanitarium dynamiting case. The nature of much of that evidence gathered by him has not been made public, and may not "be -known even ,to the principals on the side of the defense until a transcript of the grand jury testimony is submitted. That the sanitarium owner will be indicted' is practically conceded by the members of the family of the doctor. It has been said by District Attor ney Lea and his assistant, G. W. Hoyle, that portions of the testimony against (Concluded on Page 4.) Willard F, Burke EXTRA INCENDIARY BLAZE HURTS FALL CITY LOSS OF NEARLY $50,000 IS SUFFERED. Store of Walter Jj. Tooze Entirely Deroyed, But Wind Blows Away From Town. FALLS CITY. Ore., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Fire supposed to be of Incen diary origin destroyed the general store of Welter L. Tooze and the of fice building owned by Mrs. E. F. But ler, and for a time endangered the whole town early this morning. Mr. Tooze's loss is $45,000. with $30,000 in surance; Mrs. Butler's, $500; J. H. Flow er's, $800, and damage was done to the Tavern, owned by T. E. Dwyer, of $1000. The flames were discovered by Mr. Tooze, who lives across the street from the store, about half past twelve. They started la the rear of the build ing among the groceries, where there was no fire in the furnace. Owing to the fact that a strong south-west wind was blowing, the - sparks were carried away from the rest of the town, its destruction was avoided. The only fire-fighting aparatus available was a small chemical engine and a bucket brigade. Tin citizens worked hard, however, and with great difficulty saved the hotel. Mr. Tooze announces that he will rebuild his store at once. TRAIN HITS AUTO; 2 DEAD Sifnta Fe Tracks Near Los Angeles Scene . of Latest Crash. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Mrs. J. Martin and Miss Flora McEwan are dead, Charles A. Ericson fatally injured and Louis Anderson shaken up as the result of Anderson's touring car being struck by the Cali fornia Limited on the Santa Fe Rail road at Azusa tonight.. The only one of the five people in the touring car to escape unhurt was Mrs. Martin's 7-year-old son, Howard Martin. Anderson was driving the automobile and says he did not see the limited un til he was on the tracks. The train was going at full speea wnen the fatal ity occurred and "the automobile was demolished. The limited was stopped and it was found that Mrs.- Martin had been killer) instantly. Her body was left at Azusa and the other injured people brought here. Miss McEwen died on the op erating table at the Santa Fe Hospital. Ericson, who is at the hospital, is not xpected to recover. Anderson was well enough to go home to Pasadena. CHILD IS FIRE HEROINE Four-Year-Old Saves Baby Brother When Home Burns. BOZEMAN, Mont. Feb. 20. (Special.) Four-year-old Rosle Bush proved a hero ine yesterday when alone she rescued her baby brother from certain death in their burning home. Mrs. Bush left a. few minutes to go to her husband's restaurant for lunch and had left the little girl to look after the nine-months-old baby. How the fire start ed is unknown. The flames spread rapid ly and the whole house was ablaze before help could come. The little girl's first thought was the baby. Hurrying to its crib she put her arms around the little one, and, half car rying and half dragging him, got him to a place of safety outside the burning house. When the fire department arrived a few minutes later the blaze was soon brought under control but the fire had spread throughout the house so rapidly that the furniture was almost completely destroyed. Several kittens were found smothered by the smoke. , MILLIONS IN YERKES ART Appraiser Says tiallery Is Worth Not Less Than $2,000,000. CHICAGO, Feb. 20. (Special.) An appraised value of more than $2,000,000 is to be entered in the County Court this week on the art collection of the late Charles T. Yerkea by Attorney Robert S. lies, appraiser of the Yerkea estate. Attorney lies, who is finishing his work of placing valuations on the dif ferent articles making up the collec tlon today said he would be ready to submit his report to the court the last of this week. "I have gone over the reports of the experts carefully," he said, "and have placed values on all separate articles but have yet to total the amount. It will be lower than $2,500,- 000 but will not drop below $2,000,000. One of the most valuable works of art 1 have listed Is Ruben's 'Ixlon and Juno," appraised at $76,000." PORTLAND MAN QUALIFIES C. M. Keep-Lands 2 4-Pound Catch, Gets Bronze Button. AVALON, Catallna Island. Cal., Feb. 20. (Special.) The first angler to qualify for membership in the Winter tournament of the Catalina Tuna Club was C. M. Keep, of Portland, Or., who landed a 24-pound yellowtail yester day on light tackle and will receive a bronze button for his catch. Many of the enthusiastic anglers from Los Angeles and Pasadena, who were just waiting for the appearance of the yellowtail, came yesterday to get back into form for the Summer's sport. V BATTLE ON LORDS HOT TO BE ABATED Struggle to Go On Un til Finished. IRELAND WILL AID LIBERALS Ministry's Majority Sufficient to Do Important Things. NEW BUDGET IS SOON DUE Peers, Desperate and Reckless, Like ly to Force Another Election, Although People Are Alarmed at Prospect of Cost. BY T. P. O'CONNOR. Copyright, 1910, by The Tribune Company, Chicago. LONDON, Feb. 20. The Liberal Minis try and its supporters, are very much in the same position as the men who signed the American Declaration of Indepen dence. They have to hang together or hang separately. Many things bind them together. . The first of the forces is, of course. the unwillingness of nearly everybody certainly of all the supporters of the Min istry to have another general election soon. A general election costs an im mense amount of monv and possibly never cost more for a long time than it did in the recent election, which wa fought with extraordinary vigor on all sides. The Tories, of course, spent the most money. Beer flowed In rivulets in some constituencies and the amount spent on bill posting alone by the various organi zations must have been stupendous. It is a new and most important devel opment of British electioneering that ths "lis of every constituency are coverei" at election times with highly attractive and often artistic placards intended to make an appeal to the eye, while the or ators are engaged In trying to reach the ears of' the electorate. In addition to the questioi; of expanse there is another deterrent with both' the Liberal and Labor members in that they have in each ease come back shorn of a good deal of their strength. Having re turned by just the skin of their teeth in many instances, they will be in no hurry to try conclusions with fickle fortune again. The Labor members are in an especially subdued mood. They have not only lost some of their members, but they have given away several seats at a moment when every seat was wanted to the Tor ies by stupid and unjustifiable three-cornered fishts. It Is not altogether a mis fortune that the Labor ranks have been thinned of some of their members. They were so much more hostile to the Liberal than to the Tory party that they might have found the temptation to strike at the Ministry too potent to be resisted and might thus have brought the whole ma chine to the ground and handed over the country once more to the House of Lords and Its adherents. Laborites More Reasonable. For these reasons I am inclined to think that the Laborites will be much more reasonable in the new House of Commons than they were lu the old. Indeed, the smallness of the government majority is from some points of view en advantage In comparison with the swollen majority of the last House of Commons. When the majority is too large, the disgruntled member is apt too often to indulge in tha luxury of a vote against his leaders, knowing that it is quite safe to do so. There will be no room for such luxuries of independence in the next House of Commons. For these reasons I am inclined to think that the Ministerial majority will prove to be much more stable than it looks at first sight. A majority of- over 100, after all. Is above the normal and Is quite as great as other majorities that have done wonderful and very good or very bad things in the Parliamentary his tory of England. Redmond's Position Easier. Nor is the position of Mr. Redmond quite as difficult as some of his enemies imagine. The little gang that William O'Brien and Tim Healy have gathered around them possesses no claim to Par liamentary effectiveness. Already Mr. O'Brien has indicated the line of battle which he is going to take up. He wants at any cost to destroy the Ministry of Asqulth. The object, of course, is to substitute for Asqulth a Tory Ministry. It may seem incredible to some people, but it is nevertheless true, that Mr. O'Brien is obsessed by the Idea that the Tories are more willing to give home rule to Ireland than the Liberals. Every prominent Liberal has pledged himself for years to home rule, arid at the last election, on the other hand, every Tory, from Balfour downwards, renewed his vow never to give Ireland home rule. With all the pliancy of political con sciences it would be impossible for the Tory leaders to make any approach to home rule for many years to come. Xeland Not Overtaxed. I Nor would there be probably any temp tation for them to do so if the policy of O'Brien were successful. Another elec tion might well land the Tories in power once more, and once in power they would certainly have no desire for forswearing all their vows so recently and solemnly made. O'Brien's first proposal i-ill be that (Concluded on Page 5.) inn 107.2