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BOMB IS EXPLODED IN HOUSE BY EATON Attack on Bourne, U'ren and Fulton Surprises. ATTEMPT AT TRADE RECITED Loyalty to Selling Held Reason for Speakership Loss. FOUTS NAMED GO-BETWEEN Appointment of Committor and Organisation of Hons Uriel to Be tndcr Control of Bourne and ex-Senator Fulton. STATE CAPITOL. Halem. Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.) Senator Bourne. ex-Sena-tor Fnlton and W. S. ITRea were se verely arraigned by Representative Ea ton, of Lane. In a speech In the. House of Representatives today for their par ticipation In the organization of the present Legislature. Eaton'a address, which was In some particulars sensa tional, was delivered as a valedictory, following the unsuccessful attempt of the Lane County man and his associ ates to wrest from Speaker Rusk the appointment of the House standing committees. Mr. Eaton concluded his remarks by announcing that he proposed to cut away from Oregon modem-day politics as 'the game Is played and "step upon a platform of decency, consistency and honesty." "The Legislature was not organised by Its members." declared Mr. Eaton. "While I regret to say It. and also to admit that I at one time voted for him. the first card was played by Oregon- senior Senator. Jonathan Bourne. The next card was played by Charles W. Fulton. -United Plates Senator, while still another card In the game was played by that all-wise, far-seeing statesman and law-giver. W. 8. VRen. who Induced Representative Llbby, against his personal convictions and tense cf decency, to sign up with Thompson for the support of Rusk. Deal With Fulton Told. "Mr. Fulton came to the members of the Lane County delegation and told them that the Thompson force would consent to the election of myself as Epeaker If the two Senators from that county would support Bowerman for president of the Senate. But there was nothing doing. I refused to consent for the reason that I had from the be ginning wanted Selling elected presi dent of the Senate. The next proposition, while It did not come directly from Mr. Fulton, was undoubtedly Inspired by him. and was that If the Lane County Senators would support any other man than Selling, the election of myself as Speaker would be granted without any concession. Because of our loyal support of Sell ing this, also was turned down. The final proposition. In the attempt to de feat Selling, was that If either Senators Calkins or Bean, of Lane, would accept the office, they would be elected presi dent and I would also be elected Speak er of the House. But we rejected all these overtures. "The last card, however, in this or ganization fight was played only a few days ago. when I Iwaa given to un derstand that If I persisted In my fight the University of Oregon would suffer for It. The same threat was made to the Representative from the county In which the State Agricultural College Is located. If It has become necessary for me to compromise myself In order to avoid this threat, then these instltu tlons will have to get what they can. They aurely can go .before the Legisia ture on their merit and If they are not to treated, those members of the House responsible therefore will have to as tume the responsibility." Loyalty to Husk Affirmed. "At the beginning of thla campaign I became a candidate for Speaker, be lieving that a member of the House could be elected to that office without making promises. I found out. But I wish at this time to reaffirm my loyalty to Jerry Rusk as our Speaker and to assure the members of the House that I have no desire further to carry this fight. But I tio want to say that I do not think It Is right that the Speaker who represents the choice of a majority of ftie members, surrender to one man. who represents nine votes, one of the prerogatives belonging to the Speaker. "The Speaker himself Is not directly to be blamed for this deal. He con ducted a clean campaign. The man who negotiated the deal and bargained away the committee appointments waa Seneca Fouls of Multnomah. As evidence that a deal on these committeeships was made. I will at this time forecast a number of the chairmanships aa they will be announced. Mahoney will be chairman of banking. Brooke of Judi ciary. Fonts of revision of laws. Hollls of Insurance. McKlnney of Irrigation. Bryant of railroads, and Abbott of ways and means. Llbby was to get chair manship of roada and highways, but a change has keen mail In that commit trc. Clyde, while scheduled for head of the committee on education, will also be replaced." Without an exception the predictions ACoaoluded ea Peas SU MASTERDEAD: DOGS WATCH OVER BODY CLMXES GCARD CORPSE OF MAX KILLED IS WOODS. Faithful Animals Bravo Cold In Wilds Near Scappoos When August Long Loses Life. Faithful even unto death, two dogs that were with August Long, of Scap poose when he wa killed in a hunting accident near hl home last Saturday, although starved and half froxen. refused to leave their mastei-s side until they were tempted away by a piece of deer meet offered by a rescuing party that bad discovered tho dead body. Long, who Is a son of Oustave Long, a pioneer of Columbia County, left his home Saturday morning In quest of game. Hla failure to return before dark occa sioned alarm. A searching party wa organised. At 4 o'clock Sunday after noon they found the oocy lying Dev-" two lops, about six miles from his home. Ills two dogs, with their neaai upon ih.i. fr-reiei. ahrl their eyes alert, lay one on either side, guarding the hand that had no food to oner ana uw that could give them no warmth. A cold wind raged around them. Evidently Long was Injured in crossing the logs, aa his body bore no gunshot wound. Hla rifle had been discharged, for the supposed purpose of attracting attention. Half a mile away a deer which he had killed hung on a limb of a' tree, dressed and ready to carry home. It was only by cutting on sxrips oi venison that the dogs could be Induced to leave the dead body long enough to allnar the men to take possesion. .igm came on and It was Impossible to move through the heavy underbrush. The body vu premltted to remnln where it had fallen and waa not returnea io 1 s.nw home until late yeeterday evening. Seven men labored all day n conveying It through the forest. The dogs tranea pitifully along hhlnd. SENATORS GIVEN SURPRISE Whisky Found In New Boiled Water Fount at State Capitol. oe a ripimi. Ralem. Or.. Jan. 18. i (Special.) Some Senators were sur prised, some chagrined, today when they tarped the new tioiiea water iouni for the aolons which has been placed In the cloakroom of the Senate cham flrat ware greeted with the distinct odor of whisky rising from the giaas. and. on closer investigation. v,. .r familiar with the taste de clared that It had all the taste of whisky. If not the appearance. Janitor Rockwell denied the Insinu ation made by some of the Senators ,., th tiniiiMl water had been made germlcss In an empty whisky barrel. It Is reported a portion oi me rca liquor" waa dropped In the top of the boiled water fount by some practical Joker. HOT FEET BRING ARREST Prosperous Farmer Swings Extrem ities to Cool Them; Goes to Jail. VANCOUVER. Wash-. Jan. 16. Spe clal.)..For sitting In the open door of a boxcar to cool his overheated feet, H. U Carter, a farmer, waa arrested and caused to spend last night In Jail. He was released this morning by Jude Blgham. when he proved ho waa a pros perous farmer at Toledo, and had a wife and 10 children" to whom he was returning when arrested. He was waiting for the train In the union depot and was wearing a pair of rubbers with German socks. Be coming too warm, he went outside and finding an empty boxcar, be eat In the door and swung his feet In the air to cooL . FIRE BRINGS BANK SCARE Seeing; Crowd Gather at Blaze, Cltl- sens Think Run Is On. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) Scores of people crowded around the Vancouver National Bank at noon today and others, farther up the street, thought there waa a run on the bank, and Joined the excited crowd. The furnace In the basement of the bank had been overheated and had be gun to belch forth flames so the fire department was called. The chemical put out the fire with little damage. " I COAST TOWN DESTROYED Gardiner Reported Wiped Out by Fire: Resident) Suffering. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 1. The fol t menus ire being sent from Marshfleld. Or., to Roseburg. Or..-waa picked up by the wireless station nere i v i - mornlnar: -Have Just' been Informed that city of Gardiner. Or.. Is totally ain,, k. doubt many people are In j,,.. Aimoat tmDosslble for us to reach them Immediately. Think best way to send assistance Is by way of Scottsburg." . GIRL SLEEPS FOR 15 DAYS Illness Produces Insensibility and Wenatchee Resident May Die. WENATCHEE. Wash- Jan. Spe cial.) Francea Lewis, the 20-y ear-old daughter of R. M. Lewis, of this city, has been In a comatose state for the past eight days and attempts to rouse her are futile. For IS days she haa taken no food. She passed Into unconsciousness as the result of a long period of sickness. There Is very little hope for her re SHEEHAN NAMED, BUT 25 STAY OUT Deadlock on Senator Is Likely in New York. SHEPARD MEN HAYE PLEDGES Enough Secured to Prevent Election in Assembly. DIX IS AGAINST - CAUCUS Governor- Says Election Should Be Held Openly as Law Provides, to Joy of Siiepard Forces Little ton May Bo Dark Horse. ALBANT. N. T- Jan. 16. William T. Sheehan was nominated as the Demo cratic candidate for United States Sen ator at the Joint caucus of Democratic legislators, receiving . 6Z votes, four more than a majority of all the Demo cratic members of both houces. Besides Sheehan's, the name of Ed ward M. Shepard. of Brooklyn, and D. Cady Herrlck. of Albany and New Tork. were the only ones presented to the caucus. Shepard received 22 votes and Herr'ck seven. - The 25 legislators who bolted the caucus will be In a position to declare themselves unbound by Its action and. even if all those who entered the cau cus vole for Sheehan tomorrow the ab sentees can prevent his election, be cause a majority of all the members of botu houses prese.it and voting Is nec- essary for election. An effort to make the nomination of Sheehan unanimous failed, because two Assemblymen objected. At the last moment and after con siderable opposition, it waa decided to admit the newspapermen. Shepard Men Organise Bolt. The 'bolt" was organized late today when several supporters of Shepard and opponents of Sheehan met at a down town hotel. Senators Roosevelt, of Ducheea. and Saxe. of New York County, and Assemblyman Friedman, of New Yorlt. and Drummond. of Cayuga County, were the leaders In this movement. Twenty-two delegates attended and at S o'clock sent a committee to the Gov ernor to try to get from him a declara tion In favor of some candidate. The Governor told them he could not Inter fere and declined to Indicate the course they must pursue" beyond referring them to his statement Issued early In the day. After the committee had returned and reported to the conference, all those present pledged themselves not to at tend the caucus. Just before the caucus adjourned there were rumors that some of the Shepard men were weakening, but the rollcall showed 25 absentee. more than the originators of the move ment 'had anticipated. Assemblyman Cosnde, of 8eneca Coun ty. who was elected ea an "Independent (Concluded on Paso 2.1 WHEN l ' " - - - - - - . .i . a a't -xt ' " ' ' '' ' " ' ' 'T IIIIIIIMIUM isssiississaau- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. . YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 37 decrees; minimum. 28 degrees. TODAY'S Rain and wanner; high south erly winds. Legislature. Eaton says organisation of House Is con trolled by Bourne. Fulton and j Ren. Page 1. Clyde Is sole man to complain of Rusk s selection of House committees. Page o. Governor West opposes choice of site for Eastern Oregon Asylum. Page 9. Whitman grant arouses debate In Wash ington Legislature. Page 2. National. Attorney-General Wicker. ham argues Stan dard Oil case before Supreme Court. Bourne and Chamberlain declare Colwell and Mal.nlm rvrllini 1 1 V ObnOXiOUS. PSKS X Speaker Cannon again defeated on Inter pretation or liouae rule.. ri" Railroads defend advance In Western rates. saying Government owneramp - lam.rfv Pin S. Army Engineers' report on West Umatilla propect 18 ia.Tora.ute. J - " - Rear Admiral Barry hauls down flag on cruiser ana retire i cloud. Page 4. Politics. Democratic banquet at Baltimore will be luxurious anair. out. ..... - Sheehan nominated for 8enator by New York - . . i . .MAmH rm hnlt. forecasting deadlock. Page 1. Domestic. Girl detective's story In Schenk case un shaken by , gruelling croH-min.u. Page 1. Release of large quantity of produce from cold storage In Chicago arouses food In siectors to vigilance. Page 1. Scouts In airship fall to find advancing army. Page 3. Industrial commissioner of Commercial Club secures seven new factories for Port land. Page T. BDorta. . . Dorothy Eaton. 14-year-old swimmer of San Francisco to race in aquatic cr" "-Jl-next Summer. Page 8. HcCredle says ban on Tommy Sheehan Is unjunt and that he will plead to have decision changed. Page 8. Pactflo Northwest. Two shot, one beaten, at Wallowa. Or., in odd fight .of father'a-m-law and sons-in-law over postoftiee box. Page 1. Strange light thrown on past of Curt Pless. Pass 7. Commercial and Marine. Lightship drifts from position on Vmatllla Reef when cable snaps In storm. Page IS. Local whest msrket weak with few sellers. Page IB. Wheat heavy and cent lower at Chicago. 1 Page 10. New york stock market dull and spiritless. Page 18. . ' ' Heavy run on North Portland Stockyards. Page ltt. Portland and Vicinity. Dogs brave cold and hunger, guarding body of August Long In woods. Psge 1. Oregon State Association of County Courts indorses Ave highway bills before tho 1 .-I. B Ml.. Pl't 9. Federal Judge Bean refuses to srant re straining oraer ror .eie . ' . bridge bonds. Page 12. Traln dispatchers demand for 835 a month extra likely to be granted. Page 18. Woman dona hobble skirt In court to show magistrate how It mlaflt. Page 13. -Mrs. Abigail fVott Dunlway says suffragist trouble at Tacoma convention, was more- ly culmination of personal difficulties. ti. .... i.i E. C. Bronaugh. general counsel of Title A Trust t-O.. SSVS .lioruejr oiuu.u., mistaken In his charges against concern. Psge 14. v. ... I nr. trial for altered murder of Vera Hall, who died under his care atter aiiegeu crmuwu !. . . - .a Ironworker shocked by 10.000 volts, falls it feet; Uvea. Page 4. Man and wife convicted of swindling lodge members, psge ii VAGRANTS MUST CUT WOOD Vancouver to Compel Hobos to Gather Fuel for Stoves of Xeedy. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. (Spe cial.) When hobos come to Vancouver In the near future, they will be arrested and put to work clearing land and cut ting the trees Into stove wood, to be given the needy upon application to the city authorities. MISTER CHINOOK GETS INTO ACTION, ICE-STORED FOOD KEENLY WATCHED Health Officials Vigi lant Over Supply. ay;ukghe falls on Chicago Release of Vast Quantity Re garded as Danger. PRICES ALREADY TUMBLE Fearing Seizure by Federal Inspec tors Owners Try to Unload Old Supplies In Illinois? but State Officials Are Alert. CHICAGO. Jan. 16. (Special.) City and Federal authorities today took steps to prevent the sale of any but ter, eggs and other cold storage prod ucts which may be found unfit for food. following the reported unloading or millions of pounds of produce on the market. The avalanche of produce from tne cold storage houses, some of which Is estimated td be five years old. stirred health department officials and Inspect ors connected with the Government nnr. fnnH lahoratorv to action. Orders to condemn all produce found to be unfit for food were Issued. Dr. Benjamin Perry, chief food In spector for the city, ordered Inspect ors to search South Water street too the cold storage product on the local market and to condemn everything that Is found below grade. Federal Inspect ors working under Dr. A- L. Wlnton. in charae of the local btreau. were ordered to keep a close watch on Inter state shipments and to seise all food not In good condition. - Vnnrf Inanectora James J. McCarthy George Turner and W. J. Welsen were detailed by Dr. Perry to make a spe eiai investigation of the products re leased from the cold storage ware- houses. Pood coming from cold storage warehouses spoils very quickly If not carefully kept." said Dr. Perry. Dr. Gottfried Koehler. deputy health ..mmlialoner. said cold storage prod ucts would be unfit for food within 24 hours after leaving the plant, If no .... for. .Activity of the Government In seiz ing cold storage products found to be unfit for food Is said to be one of the reasons why the contents of the cold storage warehouses are being thrown on the local markets Instead of being .hinnH out of the state. The Federal authorities have the right to seize products declared to be violations or the pure food law only when they have been shipped In Interstate commerce. During the last few months Govern ment officials have made a campaign ..,lnt hud food. Substantial reductions In the prices of staple foodstuffs were reported to- (Concluded on Page 8.) PISTOL HURTS TWO IN FAMILY MIXUP FATHERS-IX-LAW axd soxs-ix- LAW IX ODD FIGHT. "Wallowa Man Shoots Spouse of Foe's Daughter; Sire of 'Victim Wields Bar Peacemaker Hit. WALLOWA, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) Two fathers-in-law, two sons-in-law, brothers, and their father were strange ly mixed In a fight here this morning over a postofflce box at Lostlne. One of the sons-in-law was shot In the fane, as was a peacemaker, and the father of one of fne sons-in-law bat tered the fat'her-ln-law of one of his sons with a crowbar None is seriously Injured. The odd fracas took place on the street after W. W. Winnings and Post master McKenzie, of Lostlne, quarreled In the postofflce over a box rented by Winnings. Winnings left, muttering un complimentary things about the post master as'he walked up the street. At the printing office. Winnings was met by W. W. Wlllette and his son. Arch, son-in-law of Postmaster Mc Kenzie. They chided Winnings about re viling McKenzie and young Wlllette struck Winnings. Winnings drew an automatic revolver and shot young Wll lette In the face. In the' mixup, Wlllette, Sr., battered Winnings with a crowbar. Then Pearl Wlllette, City Marshal, brother of Arch Wlllette, son-in-law of the postmaster, a son of Wlllette, Sr., and son-in-law of Winnings, the pistol wlelder, rushed to the scene to avert a tragedy. While he grappled with his armed father-in- law, J. L. Nolan also rushed In as peace maker, and Winnings' revolver was dis charged accidentally. The bullet hit a pipe Nolan had In his mouth and either the slug or a piece of the pipe cut an ugly gash in Nolan's cheek. Doctors said after the smoke of bat- tli had cleared away that none of the Injuries of the three men will prove fatal unless blood poisoning results! WOMAN, SNOWBOUND, DIES Seaside Resident, Caught In Mon tana Blizzard, Gets Pneumonia. SEASIDE, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) Snowbound In a Montana blizzard for 24 hours, and forced to stay In an un helped car, Mrs. Rhoda Remlllard, of this city, diea of pneumonia here today. as a result of exposure. Mrs. Remlllard left Julesburg. Colo. for Seaside New Tear's day, after a visit with her sister. The train was delayed a. dar In the Rocky Mountains by blizzard. ' With the temperature below zero and no heat for the cars, the pas sengers suffered severely. Cold con tracted by Mrs. Remlllard at this time developed Into pneumonia upon her ar rival home a few days ago. Mrs. Remlllard lived here for 14 years. Before coming here Mrs. Remlllard lived at Mount Tabor, Portland. 6he was 65 years old. Her husband, who conducted a drygooda store, died here a year ago of pneumonia. MAILCLERKS WALK OUT Discontinuance of Double Pay Causes Strike at Goldfield. OOLDFI ELD. Nev., Jan. 16. A strike of the mall clerks in the Goldfield post office because of the discontinuance of double pay. which the men have been receiving for the past three years, was postponed today until the first of Feb ruary, to allow Congress time to re new the emergency appropriation bill governing postofflces at Goldfield, Nome and Fairbanks, Alaska. This emergency bill provides that clerks receiving $600 a year in other places shall have 1200 in these three postofflces on account of the higher cost of living. The intimation that clerks would be brought from San Francisco to take the strikers' places failed to effect a settlement, the local clerks responding that the regular pay would not buy a meal ticket In the gold camp. RUDKIN YIELDS TO TAFT Washington Jurist Goes to Federal Bench Now. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 16. Upon re ceiving a second message from Presi dent Taft, urging him to accept the place, Frank H. Rudkin, of the Wash ington Supreme Court, announced to night that he would accede to the wishes of the President and become the successor of the late Edward Whltson on the Federal bench for the district of Eastern Washington. Governor Hay, who will now be called upon to name a successor for Judge Rudkln's place on the State Su preme Court, said he had not been of ficially notified as yet and had noth ing to say as to whom he might name for the vacancy. ' ARMOUR TO PENSION MEN Plan for Caring for Old Employes Now Being Formulated. CHICAGO, Jan. 16. J. Ogden Armour today onflrraed a dispatch from Kan sas City that old age pensions were to be established for employes of the Armour .companies In all cities. Mr. Armour said: "For several months we have had 'a committee at work on a plan for pro viding pensions for employes of Armour & Co. who have reached a certain age or have worked for the company for a certain number of years. Some plan will be put Into effect just as Boon as this committee makes a report." GIRL DETECTIVE'S STORY UNSHAKEN Mrs. Schenk's Attorney Grills "Nurse." LIES ARE FREELY ADMITTED Secret Agent Admits Unscru pulous Methods in Work. MYSTERY STILL APPARENT Xamcs of Many Witnesses for- State Withheld In Trial of Million aire's Wife, Charged With Poisoning Husband. , ' WHEELING. W. Va, Jan. 16. Five hours of searching cross-examination by the defense In the case of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, charged with ad ministering poison to her husband, John O. Schenk, failed today to shake the story told on direct examination Sat urday by Eleanor Zoeckler, also known as Mrs. Klein, the detective-nurse. She had testified that Mrs. Schenk offered her $1000 to put a poisoned pill In the medicine taken by the patient at the North Wheeling Hospital. Girl on Stand All Day. Miss Zoeckler, who Is connected with a Pittsburg detective agency, was on the stand all day. The woman's veracity, her charactes and past life were probed. Time after time. Attorney Boyce asked: "When you told Mrs. Schenk that, you lied again, didn't you?" Without faltering, the witness an swered on every occasion, "yes," or "sure I did." She declared in explana tion of her course that she was put on the case to secure information from Mrs. Schenk by any means possible. Mr. Boye'e's first question revealed the line which the defense would fol low. Instructions Are Outlined. "You were told to break Into Mrs. Schenk's confidence by any means, weren't you?" "Those were my Instructions," she answered. Mr. Boyce, after two hours of search ing Inquiry, asked: "Isn't It a fact that every statement you have made rel ative to Mrs. Schenk offering you J1000 to poison her husband Is a lie, manu factured out of wholo cloth by you?". "Everything I have told Is true." Witness Makes Denial. "Isn't It a fact that the only mention of $1000 was made when you told Mrs. Schenk that Albert Schenk, John's brother, had offered Miss Evans that amount to take John's key to his safe deposit box and turn them over to Albert, and you said that It ought to be worth that amount to you if you got them for Mrs. Schenk?" "That Is not true; no such conversa tion ever took place." Less than half of the 36 witnesses which It is understood the state has listed to testify In the prosecution had been summoned when the second week of the trial began today. Two Xames Given. The Identity of these witnesses haa been carefully guarded until their ap pearance, but two new names became public today. They are Dr. R. Drlnk ard. an assistant of Dr. Gregory Ack erman, who first diagnosed Schenk's Ill ness as a case of poisoning, and How ard Hazlett, a Wheeling broker, has been subpenaed by both the state and counsel for Mrs. Schenk. Drlnkard has been subpenaed by the state alone. Hazlett Is expected to testify regard ing an alleged attempt of Mrs. Schenk: to dispose of some traction bonds be longing to her husband while he waa 111. The allegation will be about on. a parallel with the testimony of Elean or Zoeckler. a detective nurse, who de clared on the stand Saturday that Mrs. Schenk offered her a bribe of $1000 to administer a polsonouB pill to her hus band, but that Mrs. Schenk failed to raise the money. TACOMA WILLJRY RECALL Plan on Foot to Oust First Mayor Vnder Commission Form. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 16. A move ment for the recall of A. V. Fawcett. the first Mayor elected In Tacoma under the commission plan of government, adopted last year, was started today when M. B. Stambaugh a former city Councilman, filed charges against Mr. . Fawcett with the City Clerk and made formal request for blank forms of re call petitions. Fawcett Is charged with extrava gance, violation of the charter In seek ing to build up a political machine, ap pointment of relatives to city positions, and other irregularities. Stambaugh, it is said, is backed by an organization of the city's foremost business men, which has been working quietly fo over a month to replace Fawcett with a man they consider better fitted. Ther Is considerable talk of recalling all th Commissioners, five in number. m 108.2