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. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. 1,-XO. '15,048. REGIME AS U Choice of Plamondon is Explained. . STEWER TOO COSTLY S CHIEF Senator Bovverman Says Su perintendent Bad Manager. ADVERSE ACTION FORESEEN Ex-Art Ins; (KiTfrnor In Strong frpeech Says Expensive Tastes of Institution's Head Made Him Unworthy to Handle Coin. STATE CAPITOL Salem. Dr.. Jan. 1J (Special-) Champagne and wine laiiM. a big red automobile. Vermont marble. Davenports, expensive 'Wilton rua-i and lare curtain, all figured In rapid-fire order In the Senate thla aft rnoon when Senator Bowerman hurled rharKea of extravagance at Ir. R. K. Lee Kleiner, superintendent of the In vane Afjlum. Bowerman's speech was delivered In upholding his own action In appointing It. J. I. I'lamondon as superintendent ef the new branch asylum for Eastern Oregon, explaining that his knowledge of the expensive tastes of Dr. Stelner prompted him to appoint Dr. Plamondon. who, he said, he knew would protect the stats In managing the new Institution. In a clear-cut marshalling of charg es he told why he considered the pres ent asylum administration extravagant, reading Item after Item from voucher after voucher given to the Secretary of Stat for furnishings In the new physician's cottages at the asylum, for which the last Legislature made an appropriation of ITioO. and. for which 1 12.000 was spent In completing. Inquiry Urged Warmly. The resolution calling for an Investi gating committee of the Legislature to Inspect the Eastern Oregon Asylum Ite and determine as to the feasibility ef purchasing new ground for a build ing brought forth sensational allega tions and charges that almost dimmed the fireworks of yesterday and created furore around the CapttoL Wood proved to be the only member of the body opposed to the resolution, which was speedily adopted when put to vote, but reading of It brought forth expla nations on the part of some members and no effort was mad to use soft and soothing expressions. President Selling announced Bean and Chase as members of the commit tee from the Senate. Speaker Rusk not having made his selection, this to come tomorrow. Bean voted for Selling In the organization and Chase for Bower man. Chase being named regardless of the fact that liuwerruan made an ex press request ef the President to keep anyone from the committee who bad been a Bowermen supporter at any time on the floor of the Senate. Nottingham lenlea leal. When the resolution was reported. Fenator Nottingham, chairman of the hold-over Legislative committee that Investigated the asylum here recently, and who accompanied Bowerman as chairman of the ways and means com mittee when site Investigations were made for the Eastern Oregon Institu tion, requested a hearing In explana tion of the site selection. "All kinds of Insinuations and Inti mations have been bandied about the state saying we were parties 'to a deal and a political trick In selecting that site." he said. "I don't elalm to be perfect nor do claim that I never make a mistake. But I do claim that we selected that site In good faith and If the new board had any objec tions to make they should come to u with those suggestions. e paid par ticular attention to the quality of the land In making the selection and In doing this we may have overlooked building site. But we did select the bench as a building site overlooking the valley, and as far as rock Is con earned, there should be no rock, as we found thla necessary In constructing our smokestack at the Salem Institu tion. Kay 'a Step hcored. "The new board should have come to the Legislature with Its request for a new site if It needed the money for such. Instead cf first going to the newspapers, which have been full of Innuendoes. I think a decent man. would resent such attacks as have been made and a big man would not have done It. Treasurer Kays says now. after setting off all the fireworks, that he thSks we secured the best site obtainable, and now, after doing us all the damage be can. comes around on the quiet, and says. 'Let's quit.' "It Is not a good time to quit. It Is not the time to have peace after you have been knocked down and stamped on. and we are in no mood for peace." Joseph Wants Inquiry. Joseph suggested that there was no greater reason to be urged for appoint ing a committee than that urged by Senator Nottingham In saying possibly mistake had been made. "I will have to admit that there was but limited time In which to make the (Concluded ob i'age 7. 1 V I S H GARB OF ANCIENTS SHOCKS POLICEMAN WEARER OF GREEK CLOTHING HALTED ON STREETS. Itavmnnil Dnnrin Complains to Chief of Inrlv'llty of Officer Train Almost Missed. Garbed In a thing like a bed sheet, with his shin's exposed to the Inclement blast. Raymond Duncan, advance agent of the "New Hellenism." ran Into a rank modernist In the person of Pa trolman Cameron, and there were words. As a result. Duncan writes to Chief of Police Cox. from the Hotel Lincoln. Seattle, to protest against the violation of the rights of hospitality, of which he accuses the policeman. Accompanied by his secretary. Dun ran was on his way from the Nortonla Hotel to the railroad station, to taKe a train for Seattle and carry the new creed to the benighted dwellers upon Pugct Sound. With sour demeanor and ready club. Cameron barred his path, saying. "What sort of a country might you be from?" "I am an American, sir." responded Duncan, haughtily. "Then you must be batty: g'wan or I'll run yon In for being on the street In these rags." said Cameron. Duncan's Boswell Interposed, saying that the officer would cause them to miss their train. "All right. If you're getting out of town." said Cameron. and be sure you don't remember to come back." Duncan says In his letter that he wears the garb of Christ and Socrates, and that there Is no Improper exposure, , He says that he Is coming back next week, and wants Chief Cox to Instruct Cameron In hospitality, as practiced by the ancient reeks. DRESS IDENTIFIES SISTER Three Women Meet at San Fran- clsoo After 35 Years. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. !. "I will be standing, al the main entrance of the Ferry bdfldlng; I will be dressed In black, and will near a red carnation on my corsage. This was the wording of a night mes sage sent by Mrs. Martha Clarke, of Ventura, to her sisters. Mrs. Jason Mor rison, of Denver, and Mrs. David Clark- son, of Portland, who are expected to ar rive here this morning on account of the rlous illness of their brother, Charles Davidson, of Ventura. Mrs. Clarke Is 10 years old, and until he met her sisters at the Ferry bulld- ug. they had not seen each other In 36 years, since they parted In the little town of their birth In Indiana. Mrs. Clarke was recognised by her sis ters, who are both older than she. and the scene at the Ferry building was touching. FLOOD TRAPS GOAT BAND Yamhill River. Out of Banks, Is ' Rising, but Slowly. M'MINNVTLLE. Or.. Jan. 19 (Spe cial.) The crest of the flood Is passing at this point, the Tamhlll River regis tering 43.4 feet and rising but slowly. In the last II hours the river rose It feet and Is nearly half a mile wide here. The timely rescue of a band of thor oughbred Angora goats belonging to Rd Talbott. southwest of this place, came yesterday when the river was rising at the rate of one foot an hour, the animals were marooned on a low Island and could not be driven out. A, fir tree was felled across the narrowest place on the backwater and quickly trimmed of its branches and the goats were persuaded to cross on this to safety. PARTIALITY RATES BARRED Senate Bill Provides line for Dis crimination by Railroads. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.) Rate discrimination by railroads must cease In Oregon, If a bill prepared and Introduced by 3enator on der Hellen passes. It Is provided that there shaU be no peclal rate, rebate, drawback and that there shall be no greater or less com pensation exacted from one person than from another by means of any false classification, false-weighing device or other device on any transportation company operating as a common car rier In thla state. A penalty of a fine ranging from 1100 to 1 10.000 Is exacted by the terms of the bill. OREGON CATTLE WINNER W. O. Miner's Entries Take Bine Ribbons at Denver Show. DENVER. Jan. 19. Entries of Belgian horses. Aberdeen Angus. Galloways and Shorthorn cattle and five varieties of sheep were Judged at the Western Stock Show today. The University of Wyom ing carried off all the honors In sheep. In the Shorthorn class W. O. Miner, of Oregon, won first 2-year-old and un der 1, second senior yearling heifer and first senior bull cattle. SALEM GIRL IS DROWNED Daughter of J. I). Ferguson Falls Off Loj Into McConnell'a Creek. SALEM. Or, Jan. 19. (Special.) While crossing a footlog over McCon nell's Creek on her father's premises yesterday afternoon, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. . Fergu son, well known residents near Scott's Mills, In this county, slipped and fell Into the swollen stream and was drowned. The body has not been recovered. IS TAKEN Death Comes Only Hour After Attack. CAUSE IS AUTO-INTOXICATION Brother Tells Story of Their Last Day Together. VACATION LONG DELAYED Rejected for Life Insurance by His Own Company, Equitable Frcsl dent Ridiculed Warnings and Continues Hard Work. NEW TORK. Jan. 19. Paul Morton. president of the Equitable Life Assur ance Society and Secretary of the Navy under Theodore Roosevelt, died of cere bral hemorrhage In the Hotel Seymour tonight. He was. stricken In a hallway of the hotel and died an hour later without regaining consciousness. His wife and his elder brother, Joy, were summoned to his bedside, but he died a few minutes before they arrived. His close friend. E. J. Berwlnd, arrived 10 minutes before Mr. Morton breathed his last, but the stricken man was un conscious from the moment of the stroke and neither recognized those about him nor spoke. The body was removed to the house to night but no statement of funeral plans was given out. The Coroner's office is satisfied that death resulted from nat ural causes, and there will be no autopsy Mr. Morton himself had no Idea that his life was In danger, but his family, his physicians and a few close friends knew that his condition was precarious. Joy Morton, after he left the room where the body lay, gave a full ac count of his brother's 111 health and sudden death. . . Brother Tells Story of End. "Paul and I took luncheon together at noon today," he said. " I came from Chicago this morning and Paul met me at the station. We went to the Equit able building, where, at Paul's request, I attended a meeting of the board of directors, at which he presided. Then we had luncheon together In the build ing, and sat together talking until per haps 1:30. "I had other business and so had he. "See you at the house at or a little before.' I said, and we parted. At 5 o'clock I dropped Into his office. So I went on up to the house, where I met Mrs. Morton and we drank tea together. I told her Paul had promised to be home at 6 o'clock and as It grew late, she said: 'Joy. Isn't It odd that Paul is later He's always so punctual.' The words were hardly out of her mouth before the telephone rang. The butler anawered and then said: 'Mrs. Morton, the Betel Seymour telephones that Mr. Morton has Just fainted.' "We Jumped Into an automobile and were there In a Jiffy. Mr. Edward J. l-rwlnd was there before us. The hotel had telephoned to the Metropoli tan club, to Paul's office and to several friends. Rejected for Life Insurance. "He was stricken on the fifth floor. where he had an apartment with a lawyer, whose name I'm not sure of. (Concluded on Pas 2.) PAUL MORTON SUDDENLY INDUSTRIAL PICTUEES NOTABLE. The Oregonian has taken much pains to get only the best and most strikin? pictures ob tainable for its Fiftieth Anni versary Edition, which will be published February 4. Excep tionally notable will be one en lire pictorial section, revealing Oregon's leading industries and resources. People in the East who have no true conception of the wealth of this state, after inspecting this industrial section, will have a very good idea of con ditions as they are. They will see views of some of the state's finest orchards and orchard products, one full page being devoted to the apple; pictures of hay and grain fields and their products, hop yards, onion farms, etc.; scenes along the npper and lower Columbia River when salmon fishing is at its height; views of some of the most valuable mining prop erties in the state; photographs of the- leading manufacturing industries, and other pictures of equal interest. The price of the Anniversary Edition will be 5 cents. Post age in the United States. Can ada. Mexico and the island pos sessions, 7 cents; to all other countries, 14 cents. POTATO YIELD IS HEAVY Crop of 64 5 Bushels on One Acre Wins Prize of $500. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 19. (Spe cial.) The palm for the greatest yield of potatoes this year goes to the Twin Falls tract In Southern Idaho, Louis A. Snyder, a farmer living near Twin Falls, raised 45 bushels on one acre. winning the Burley prize of $500 of fered by the general passenger agent of the Oregon Short Line. The contestants were farmers living along the Oregon Short Line railroad In Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Wyoming. The prize po tatoes were the Dalmany Challenge, originally Imported from Dalmany, Scotland. " The potatoes were planted by. ma chinery May 21, 1910. All the cultiva tion was done by machine. The rows were S3 inches apart, and the hills 9 inches apart. The first cultivation, 8 Inches deep, was on June 13, and the second, 6 Inches deep, on June 24. The ground was Irrigated three times and the land was furrowed for irrigation June 28. The crop was harvested Oc tober 24-25. The yield Is also remarkable because Mr. Snyder had no farming experience until four, years ago. WOMEN TO COMPOSE JURY Fair Sex to Hear Case of Assault With Gun, In Police Court; TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 19. (Special.) The first woman Jury to try a case In Tacoma since women became voters will sit in Police Court one day next week. The Jury, which consists of six persons for a. Justice court trial, will be composed entirely of women, accord ing to predictions of the attorneys. The case will be that of Karl . Bets- chark, a milk dealer who was arrested Tuesday on charges of having drawn a revolver on Arthur Borchart, of Rlg- ney Hill. Tomorrow the Jury wt-11 be drawn and the case will be set for some day early next week. More for the novelty of the thing than anything else Police Judge Arnt son, will consent to a woman Jury and will aid in getting one. In this case Judge Arntson will pick 18 names from the registry books In the City Hall, both men and women alike, the Jury will be drawn from the 18. WASN'T IT GREAT?" GRAHAM S HETLING "RULING REVERSED Beavers Given Three Disputed Games. NAHUflAL bUMMlJOlUll AU16 Portland Spokane Each Are Fined $100. MTRFD t IS NOW JUdILANI Pennant Already Won Now Held by Wide Margin "Farming" Player Is Illegal, but Infielder Is Ad judged Portland Property. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. (Special.) Judge Graham's famous decision in the Gus Hetllng case, which resulted in tak ing from the Portland baseball team the three games It won from Oakland and giving to oaRiana inree gamen n. to Portland, has been overruled by the National Baseball Commission and the Portland team will receive credit for all Its victories during the past season. While this decision does not alter Portland's standing. Inasmuch as it car- rled off the pennant in spite of Judge Graham's handicap. Representative Mc- Credle is highly elated to find he is en tirely vindicated In the fight which he made on Judge Graham, for the Na tional Commission sustains all of Mc- Credle's contentions on the main points Involved. Fine of Minor Importance, That the Portland club must pay penalty of $100 for "farming" Hetllng to Spokane, McCredle considers of minor consequence. No tears will be shed over this loss. Inasmuch as the National commission has restored to Portland all the games to which It was rightfully entitled. - The decision of the National Commls- s.on. after reviewing the full history of the Hetllng case, concludes as follows: It Is admitted by both the Spokane club and the Portland ciud mat nei- llne was loaned by Portland to Spo t-no and was to be returned to the Portland club. This Is 'farming pure and slmole. No optional agreement or rorm or re- l.osp ils reaulred by me ruies, wu ntered Into, or filed In this office. Ip- on Joining Spokane in the Fall, Het llng was persuaded to sign tne con tract with Spokane, the evidence shows. but such contract was not to be bind ing, but was to be shown in the event of an objection, being raised. Both Clubs Penalized. "As the rules provide that no player ran tartlclrate In any game without first signing a contract, for the offense of farming both clubs. P.ortland and Spokane, were fined 1100. In the papers of two distinguished Judges, reference Is made to Hetllng a 'contract Jumper. A contract Jumper' Is a player who disregards his reservation or contract, and Joins the club outside the pale of organized baseball, and therefore beyond the urlsdlctlon of organization officials. Player Hetling does not come within this category. "Reference Is made also to article 61, section 1 1 : 'No club shall enter (Concluded on Page 8.) STATE PACIFIERS MAY END STRIKES BILL WOULD MAKE RAILROAD COMMISSION REFEREE. Representative Collins Wants Board of Arbitration to Settle Employe and Employer Fights. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 19. I (Special.) Settlement of all disputes through an official State Board of Ar- uiutLLiuit is ine purpose 0 a Din intro duced In the House by Representative Collins today. By Its provisions the powers of the Oregon Railroad Com mission are enlarged and through It all such controversies are to be ad Justed. It Is provided that in event of dif ficulty between an employer, employ ing more than 25 persons; and his em pioyes, the Railroad Commission, on the request either of the employer or e iiiujui iLy ul me employes, snau arui- trate the trouble. The findings of the Commission shall be final and shall be binding: on both sides for six months or until notice Is served by one side or the other that It no longer Intends to be bound', by the- agreement. Should either party to the controversy fall to abide by the findings of the Commission, provision is made whereby the other side may institute suit in the Circuit Court al leg-Ins contempt. In case of a strike It is made the duty of the mayor or president of a town or municipality to communicate with the Commission, which shall first make an attempt to adjust the differences amicably. Fall Ing in this, it Is incumbent on the Com mission to proceed as a Board of Ar bltration, receive testimony and decide the case on its merits. AGGIES PADDLE ON CAMPUS Students at Cor vail Is TJse Canoe to Rescue Instructor's Hat. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallls, Jan. 19. (Special.) The students were treated to a novel and in teresting sight yesterday afternoon when a canoe, manned by two ambitious under graduates, put out from one of the rooming-houses and. paddled about the cam pus. For two days the campus has been in undated, owing to the overflow of the drainage ditches, and ' the navigators created no end of amusement. Their feat of rescuing the hot which was blown from the head of the Instructor in the department of oratory was wit 1?,' The college heating plant Is still out of commission today, despite the continual efforts to keep out the flood. In all the buildings warmed by the central plant it has been found necessary to dismiss all classes. The flood on the campus, how- over, has subsided somewhat this morn ing and some few of the sidewalks are reappearing above water. CHILD IS LOST IN STORM Soldiers Care for Wanderer, Who Trudges Far From Home. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Jan. 19. (Special.) In the worst storm of the season a child hardly 4 years old, scantily clad, wet to the skin and accom panied by a faithful puppy, wandered Into the post yesterday and was. found by the soldiers In the quartermaster's department. The child was fed and put to bed by the soldiers, who reported a straggler In camp to the officer of the guard, who notified the police In Van couver. The lad proved to be Edgar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Chappie, who live four miles east of the post, on the East Mill Plain road. A searching party had been organized and far into the night 60 men looked for a little llght-halred boy with a puppy in vain. a hey had traced his stepB several miles through the woods In the snow and mud, but finally lost all trace and gave him up as dead. The child had walked at least 10 miles ou his way to the post. GIRL'S RED HAIR IGNITED Loose Tresses Catch Fire From Stove Setting Comb Afire. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Jan. 19. (Spe cial.) A wealth of Titian tresses that adorned the head of 16-year-old Vera Harper, who lives near Centralia, went up In flames this morning, when her celluloid comb caught fire. With dif ficulty she saved her face from being burned, and when she rushed out of the room, her young brother threw a table cloth over the shrieking girl. Miss Harper was busy preparing breakfast for the family and. in knoel- lng before the open door of the kitchen range, some of her loose hair blew into the flames. In withdrawing hurriedly, she bruBhed her hand Upward and backward, driving the little thread of flame to the lnflamable comb, which Ignited instantly. Her scalp was scorched, but not permanently injured, and the family physician says the hair will grow again. MAD COYOTES 'INVADE CITY Durkee Residents and Dogs Bitten. Citizens Kill All Canines. BAKER. Or., Jan. 19. (Special.) A band of coyotes afflicted with rabies charged into the village of Durkee near here this, evening. Several per sons were attacked and many dogs bitten by the brutes. Fearing that the dogs would go mad, citizens armed themselves and the bat tle on coyotes and dogs was waged until a late hour, resulting in the an nihilation of every dog in the village. TAKEN OF rs wives Enumeration Made by Business Manager. 4. WEDDINGS ARE RECALLED Brother of Mrs. Turnbull Is Witness in Suit. HE CONTRADICTS LAWYER Attorney for Turfman's Estate Reads Alleged Deposition in Old Case, but Ashley Denies Any Knowledge of It. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19. "tiidcy Baldwin's many marriages were enumer ated today In Judge Rives' department of the Superior Court, where the contest of Beatrice Anita Baldwln-Turnbull for a daughter's share In the estate of the dead multi-millionaire turfman was re sumed. Attorneys for the plaintiff, after plae lng Everett P. Ashley, brother of the claimant's mother. Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull. upon the stand, called for H. A. Unruh. executor of the will of Bald win and brother of one of the dead man's wives. On the witness stand Mr. Unruh, in response to queries, said he formerly was business tnanag-.r of the deceased horse man and now was executor of his will. "How many times was Baldwin mar ried before January 1, 1893?" Unruh Corrects Himself. "Three times," answered Unruh, but before he had finished he had testified that the answer should have been four. 'Who was his first wife?" 'Sarah Ann Unruh. They were mar ried in the northern part of Indiana." Mr. Unruh also asserted that only one child of the marriage, Mrs. Clara Bald win Stocker, now is alive. 'Who was the next wife?" 'A widow by the name of Cochrane. 7 hey had no ch'ldren. , She s still alive and Is somewhere in California." Virginia Dexter Third Wire. And the third wife?" She was Virginia Dexter. She and Baldwin had one surviving child, Anita Baldwin McCIaughrey. She was born be fore Baldwin marr'ed her mother." "And Baldwin's next marr'age?" That query was followed by an objec tion, but Mr- Unruh finally was permitted by the court to answer, saying that the fourth wife of the turfman was Lilly Bennett, the surviving widow, who be came Mrs. E. J. Baldwin, May 20, 18S4. Mrs. Turnbull was recalled to the stand by the attorneys for her daughter. Be- (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temporature. 44 degrees: minimum. 37 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain, westerly winds. Legislature. Board of Pilot Commissioners condemns abolishment of compulsory pilotage as menace to Portland. page 7. "Washington National Guard called farce In Senate in fight over deficiency appro priation. Page 0. House bill Is introduced to make railroad commission a board of arbitration to set tle all Oregon strikes. Page 1. Idaho Legislature has resolution for state wide prohibition. I'age 9. Bowerman tells Senate mismanagement of Salem asylum by Dr. Stciner prompted him to appoint Dr. Plamondon. Page 1. National. Bourne and Chamberlain strike new ob ttacles in Colwell and Malcolm cases. Page 4. Interstate Commerce Commission hears .1000 pages of evidence in rate hearing-. Page 13. Kelfer and Hobson open debate In House on fortification of Panama Canal. Page Z. Borah speaks In Senate on evils of present system of electing Senators. Page 8. roil tics. Democrats of House name Clark for Speaker and talk of tariff revision. Page 4. New York Senatorial deadlock to continue over Sunday. Page Domestic. Census taken of Baldwin's wives. Page 1. Senator Root urges Judges to make deci sions short and simplify court procedure. Page 8. Paul Morton dies suddenly In New York. Page 1. Grateful, enthusiastic San Francisco pre sents gold plate to xeirazzmi. rage o. Sylvia Parkhurst denounces western wo man who refuse to sit on Jury. Paie 8. Mrs. Eugene Derouder. formerly Orace Wal ton, of Portland, suid for divorce be cause she loves another man. Page 5. Sports. Interscholastic League favors Summer base ball rule, rage 19. Queer mlxup In basketball match results In Washington-Lincoln game being called tie. Page 8. National baseball commission overrules Judge Graham's famous decision In Het llng case. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Public drydock charges cut 30 per cent. Page 18. Attempt will be made to abolish duty on foreign hops. Pae 19. Profit-taking sales check advance In stock market. Page 19. Breaking of Southwest drouth weakens wheat prices. Page 19. Local. Evidence of mother of Vera Hall damaging to Dr. Rosenberg. Page 12. Mr. Hill may be planning ' connection by rail with San Francisco. Page 18. Railroads repairing flood damage; rlae of river still theatens. Page 14. Attorney holds cities that have voted "wet" ., may issue saloon licenses under Homa Rule bill. page 14. Eastern roads to establish offices In Port- land. Page 12. Garb of ancient Greeks' shocks Portland's patrolman. Page 1. CENSUS A III