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VOL. XX.VI.-JfO. 14,466. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. KNOCKS OUT PROP UNDER OWNERSHIP Chicago Cannot Buy Streetcar Lines. SUPREME COURT ANNULS LAW Mueller Certificates Would Ex ceed Debt Limit. . DUNNE'S DREAM VANISHES City Could Not Guarantee Franchise if It Should Default on. Interest. Busse's Election Avoids Endless Litigation. CHICAGO. April 18. (Social.) The Su preme Court of Illinois today declared un constitutional the Mueller law certificates, thereby knocking out the sole prop upon which was built the Iridescent dream of municipal ownership for Chicago and other large cities. The. Mueller certifi cates were Intended to provide the finan ces for municipal ownership, and until some other scheme is evolved that will stand the test of the courts and prove acceptable to the voting public, the trac tion companies wljl continue to do busi ness. The court holds that the Mueller law would Increase the bonded debt of Chi cago above the S per' cent limit' The, right of the city to purchase property and give a mortgage on It Is recognized, pro viding . that property Is the only prop erty affected by the debt. The court holds that, In the case of the Mueller law, not only are the physical properties mortgaged for all or a portion of their purchase price, but in addition the city has guaranteed a 20-year franchise, to the mortgagee. In case he has to fore close on the property. . Problem of Ownership Itaised. ' iTwo years ago Chicago fushed frantically- Into the municipal ownership Idea Without ligurlng what the courts would do. Ex-Mayor Hunne and his party pledged the public 'immediate municipal ownership" and the entire country watched with unusual Interest for . toe experiment of a great city owning and operating Its own streetcars. Meanwhile, however, there arose the question of how the city would acquire the traction prop erties, worth 50 or more millions. Con demnation proceedings alone would not stand the test of the courts, although the mora rabid municipal ownership advo cates Insisted that all that was neces sary was to seize the properties and run them. ... ConliKcatlon was seen to be out of the question after the election excitement began to cool oft and then the Mueller certificate plan cume to the front as pro viding means to buy the lines. In brief, this mortgages the earning of the trac tion lines against the expenses or, fig uring that the expenses will be a certain figure or. near that, and that the earn ings will reach a certain figure, certifi cates were to be issued against the earn ings, minus the expenses. Reaction on Second Thought. While this vital question was before the public. Chicago began to react against the municipal ownership idea. Samples. of what the streetcar service would be un der municipal ownership were to be had .n the wretched water, gas and other public utilities which bore no comparison whatever with service furnished by pri vate concerns. Consequently, at the last election, the voters overturned Mayor Dunne and the entire municipal owner ship crew and voted by a heavy majority to accept the 20-year ordinances, which permit the traction companies to operate their own properties under strict super vision by the city. These ordinances pro vide that the city can enforce the best service. Had Mr. Dunne been re-elected under his pledge of forcing municipal ownership, the city would have been face to face with Interminable and costly litigation as a. result of the Supreme Court ruling of today. The Mueller law was adopted at the city election of April 5,. 1904, by a vote of & to 1. Under its provisions the City Council in January, 106. passed an or dinance authorizing $73,000,00,1 worth of street railway certificates. The lower court sustained the validity of the law and the ordinance. On appeal, this de cision was reversed today. MAY BECOME OPEN CAMP Uoldfield Mineowners Weary of the Struggle Between Unions. GOUDFIKIJ3. Nev., April JR. Persistent rumors have been In circulation for sev eral days that an agreement had been reached between the Mineowners and Business Men's Association and the labor leaders whereby the miners would return to work the first of the week. It has been stated on authority that no agreement has been reached, but there is some basis for the report that, the miners will return to work shortly. The executive committee of mineowners and the labor leaders have had several conference during the last few days and earnepit efforts have been made -to reach an understanding. Acting President Ma honey, of the Western Federation of Min ers, who Is conducting negotiations' on be half of the miners. Is quoted as saying that a settlement Is in sight. Thil mine owners decline to go that far, but 'several of the leading operators in Ooldneld are known to be "preparing 'for' an early re sumption of work on their properties. It appears to be certain that the mines will start within the next week, whether or not a settlement of existing differences is reached. If no settlement is agreed to and the mines resume, it means that Gold field will be an open camp. The operators have about reached the limit of patience and are determined to operate their prop erties. There is an optimistic feeling here tonight. - PARIS WAITERS ON STRIKE Make It Difficult to Eat and Vilify the Cabinet. PARIS. April 18,-Crowris of striking waiters paraded the boulevards today en deavoring to call out nonunion .waiters. Several arrests were made on the charge of Intimidation. The Confederation of Labor is placard ing the buildings with most violent mani festos condemning the criminal govern ment's" attempts to defeat the efforts of the workingmen to ameliorate their con- F. C. Hagerman,. Who. Has Resigned ! Governor of New Mexico and la Hucceeded . by Captain tteorge Curry. '----TrTTTtt.l. dition and vilifying especially Premier Clemenceau, Minister of Education Briand and Labor Minister ' ' Vivian! in connection with the arrest of the strike leaders, Marck and Tvetot, under charges concocted by means of barbarous and an tiquated laws. The strike extended during the day to many of the principal cafes, and caused the greatest inconvenience at luncheon time, when some of the staffs deserted entirely. The older men, however, generally- remained at their posts and con trived to carry on the service with the assistance' of amateurs, under the protec tion of police. Hundreds of excavators employed upon the new Metropolitan Under ground Railway lines joined in the strike movement this afternoon. Detachments of cavalry patrolled the boulevards during the evening. Many slight disturbances occurred because of the strikers intimidating workers and a number of further defections in Import ant establishments were announced. MRS. M1EAN WINS OUT Daughters of Revolution . Vote for President. WASHINGTON'. April 18. While the vote of the Continental Congress for National officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution will probably not be announced until tomorrow, it is freely admitted by,-both factions tonight -that Mrs. Donald McLean has been re-elected as president general of the society. Mrs. McLean's supporters claim that the entire administration ticket will be elected by an overwhelming majority. The vote re ceived by Mrs. Elizabeth Howard of Alex andra. Va., the "insurgent" candidate, her friends declare, will - make her the logical candidate to succeed Mrs. McLean at the next session of the congress. - At 11 o'clock tonight the tellers who are canvassing 'the vote announced that their work - would not be completed for several hours. - The official - report will not be made public until sumbitted . to the congress tomorrow. The election of the other National offi cers, ' however, will be exciting, as more than one candidate -has been selected- for every office. In opposition to Mrs. Char lotte E. Main for 'the- vice-president-generalship of the .organization of chapters, there Is- Mrs.' Jeppley. The remainder of the ticket of, the opposing factions is as follows: Administration; . Recording . secretary general. Miss Elizabeth P. Pierce. Corresponding secretary-general, Mrs. John P. Earnest. Chaplain - general, Mrs. Esther F. Noble. . Register-general. Mrs. Amos G. Draper. Treasurer - general, Mrs. - Mabel G. Swornsteadt. Historian - general, Mrs.. J. Eaking Gadsby. -- Librarian. Mrs. Helen M. Boynton. ., ' Opposition: Recording secretary-general. Miss Catherine Barlow. Corresponding secretary-general. Miss Virginia Miller. Chaplain-General. Mrs. J. A. Gilflllan. Register-general, Mrs. L. B. R. Fisher. Treasurer - general, Mrs. Charles W. Brown. Historian-general. Mrs. H. S. R. Hetzel. Librarian. Miss Aline Solomons. Mrs. McLean was nominated by Mrs. A. A. Kendall, of Maine, and Mrs. Charles Terry, of New York, seconded the nomination. The indication that Mrs. McLean did not have the unanimous sup port of her own state delegation was the nomination by Mrs. Little, of Rochester, of Mrs. Howard and the seconding of it by Mrs. Herron Grossman, of New Tork. Several states voted solidly for Mrs. Mc Ian, Connecticut. Massachusetts, New York and Indiana being divided. Virginia was divided also In its support, while Colorado voted for Mrs. Howard. VOLCANO GIVES ONLY LIGHT Pnyehu Causes Enormous Loss Among Mountains of Chile. LIMA. Peru.. April IS. The volcano Puyehu. In the province of Valdtvia, Chile, is yet in active eruption and new craters have developed and opened. The losses in the neighborhood are enormous and the Inhabitants are panic-stricken. Absolute darkness would prevail but for the light from several fires over an extent of six miles. A great number of cattle have been killed. - The ruined inhabitants are fleeing in all directions: Tiro- govern ment has sent for assistance. I Pi. v 1 1 1 '-'! 11111 9 WWWWSpBSC1! HAUGH EXPIATES E Dayton Doctor Meets Retribution. KEEPS SILENT UNTIL LAST Convicted of - Killing Parents and Brother. BURNED HOUSE AND BODIES Pleaded Insanity at Trial, but He Failed to Establish Claim Fact Brought Out He Was Addict- ed to the Use of Drug. COLUMBUS, O., April 18. Dr. Haugh, of Dayton, convicted of the murder of his father, mother and brother on the night of November 4, 1906. was electrocuted in the annex at the Ohio penitentiary a few minutes after midnight. During the early part of the night a break in the machinery at the Columbus Public Service plant threw the prison into temporary darkness. The break did not interfere with the elec trocution in any way, however, as the current for that purpose is supplied by the prison dynamo. Indifferent to the Last. Haugh manifested an apparent indiffer ence to his fate until the last. All visitors were excluded from -the annex at the pen itentiary today and Haugh had seen no one outside of the prison officials except Father Kelly, his spiritual adviser. Dr. Haugh has never admitted the crime for which he was sentenced to death. He has never discussed It, so his attendants say, since he entered the annex. He is re ported, however, to have protested his innocence. The murder of his parents and brother occurred In Dayton on the night of No vember , 1905. The house in which the Haughs lived was burned and a search of the ruins revealed .the bodies of the elder Haugh. his . wife and a son. ' All circumstances Indicated that the family had been murdered and the house burned to conceal the crime. Strong circumstantial Evidence. Dr. Haugh declared he had barely es caped from the house with his life and, though he denied that he had committed any crime, suspicion pointed toward him and after his arrest a strong circumstan tial case was made. His defense was in sanity, but he was legally declared to be sane. It was brought out, however, that he was addicted to the use of a drug. GRIM CHAIR I ..: it vm.;.v Later attempts were made to connect him with the murder of several women at Cincinnati who were mysteriously stran gled. He was also said to be Involved in the death of May Twohe, who died under suspicious circumstances at "Lorain, O., and with a Mrs. Annie Patterson, who died mysteriously at Chicago. Haueh was married and his wife, now divorced.' and two children, are living in Dayton. " Haugli walked to the death chair un assisted. When asked if he had. anything to say he fimply shook his head. INSANE MARQUISE SHOOTS Italian Noblewoman arid Nephew - Stand Siege in Burning Palace. MILAN, April 19. The beautiful March ioness Atala Ramblet Massaglla, a mem ber of an illustrious-Italian family, sud denly became insane Wednesday and bar ricaded herself In the family palace. She then dressed herself to her robes of state and set fire to some furniture. When fire men arrived she shot at them with a re volver. There was a protracted siege which end ed only when her ammunition was ex hausted. The firemen, on entering, discovered a nephew of the Marchioness there. He also was insane. Both are now in the asylum. GRAFT IN KEYSTONE STATE Legislature May Cause Arrests In He gard to Capital Scandal. HARRISBVRG, Pa., April 18. Senator Fisher, chairman of the legislative com mittee which is investigating the charges of extravagance in the furnishing of the new State Capitol, said at the close of the hearing today that enough testimony had been brought out to warrant the Attorney-General In entering suits against the alleged offenders. He also said that certain former state officials would be called before the commission before the preparation of its report to tbe Leglrla-ture. OREGON MAN STEPS UP Professor Coghill, of Willamette, Elected to Denison University. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April ' 18. (Spe cial.) Professor George E. Coghlil of Willamette University, Salem, Or., 'has been chosen by the trustees, of Denison University, of Granville, Ohio, to fill the chair of zoology, recently vacated by Professor C. J. Berry, 'who was made professor of neurology at Chicago Uni versity. x-rofessor Coghill graduated from Brown University in the class of 1896. Taft Starts Home From San Juan. SAN JUAN. Porto Rico,-April 18. Sec retary Taft and his party sailed for home today on the dispatch-boat Mayflower, at noon, accompanied by Beekman Win throp, the retiring Governor of Porto Rico, and Mrs. Winthrop, Mrs. Taft and Miss Marjorie Ide. An lmmenee crowd bade the Secretary farewell. The Insular troops escorted the party from the pal ace through streets lined with people waving good-byes. Mr. Winthrop gave a banquet last night to Mr. Taft and the members of the Supreme Court. British Firm Leases Ferrol Arsenal. MADRID, April 18. It is said that the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company and the Armstrong-Whitworth Company are the British firms which have offered to lease the arsenal at ferrol and that the offer has been accepted. WHAT WILL, THE HARVEST HENEY AROUSES STORM OF CHEERS Hero of San Francisco Earthquake Feast. CALLS FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP Scornful Against Jurors Who Make Excuses. STAMP OUT DISHONESTY Thousand Merchants Banquet to Cel ebrate Physical and Moral Re generation of City After Its Great Disaster of 1006. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. While there was no general cessation of the work of rehabilitation, the first-anniversary of the earthquake and the fire which left this city a mass of ruins was ob served today by appropriate religious services and commemorative exercises by the Building Trades Council and other organizations. The crowning event of the day was the banquet of the Merchants' Association at the Hotel Fairmount, at which the material and civic regeneration of the city was amply discussed and faith ex pressed in a new and greater San Fran cisco. The principal business streets were decorated with bunting and incan descent lights. Flags were flying every where and the dome of the City Hall, still in a partly wrecked condition was "illuminated as on gala occasions "be fore the fire." About 1000 guests assembled at the Fair mount at 6 o'clock this evening for the merchants banquet.. After a lengthy menu had been served. President Frank J. Symmes, of the Merchants' Associa tion, pressed an electric button which Bet aglow 2100 electric lights on the dome of the City Hall. j.-- Heney Hero of the Hour. Francis J. Heney was the hero of the evening. His speech was cheered to the echo. Time and again he was interrupted. When he referred to W. J. Burns, pande monium reigned. There were loud cries of "Burns. Burns," but the famous detec tive concealed himself behind one of the huge pillars of the room. Mr. Heney said in part: "I recall what. Gail Hamilton said. 'How we think we could all be heroes until we are called upon to act.' "As I arose to speak. I thought to my self, how I would like to have these 900 BE? names in the jury box out in Judge Dunne's court;" and then I rememberd what Gail Hamilton said and, when the Judge asked for excuses, I saw 199 rush forward with excuses. Am I overdrawing It?" "No," from the crowd. Question of Moral Caliber. ' ."That is my text. As San Franctoco was on trialr-one- year ago, you are now on trial before the people of the United States as to whether you possess a high enough class of citizenship to govern yourselves properly. An it Is not build ings that make the city, so it is not the political party that makes the govern ment. If lahot a question of candidates, but it is a higher question. Do you pos sess the moral caliber to face dishonesty and. stamp it out? .. .. ... 'I have heard & great deal of talk that labor cannot be trusted to elect honest officials, but I want to eay that I still believe the American people capable of self-government and that . the - laboring V v .r.s i ' 4.. K'l ftllllillHilSllllllllllll L . ... ..... ; .Lai Mrs. Donald McUaa, Ite-Elected pr-raldent of DauffhterB of Ameri can Revolution. people of San Francisco are governed by as high Intentions and as lofty a senae of morality as the merchant class. - Labor Can Be Trusted. "Out of the passion of the teamsters strike, labor and the merchants rent apart, but the time shall come again when they shall trust each other,1 when the laborers can understand that a man can be a merchant or millionaire like Rudolph Sp reck el a and still' have in his heart a love for hi fellow-man. "We must have as high a standard of morality in business as in official life. We must have a. higher standard of morality in politics. None of us 4n this Investigation desires to profit politically. Mr. Sprockets never had the germ. " I had the political appendix removed some (Concluded .on Pas 4.) ( CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER ( The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum, temperature, 62 degrees; minimum. 44. TODAY'S Clearing and warmer; northerly winds. Foreign. British budget proposes old age pension and Increased taxes on rich. Page 5. Kings Edward and Victor confer. Page 5. Colonial premiers banqueted In London. Page 6. Mexican earthquake poisons' country' with sulphur. Page 1. Pope gives red hats to new cardinals. Page ft. Railroads. Interstate- Commission decides - against Union Pacific in elevator case. Page 6. Vice-president of New York Central favors ' Government control. Pag 9. Southern cotton' manufacturers' complain' of , rale discrimination. Page s. .. s . National , , New Governor of Porto Rico Inaugurat ed. Page 5.' ' ' Governor Hagerman.-' of New Mexico, forced to resign. Pajje. 18.. . . , Politics. Hearst slights Bryan and builds up third party in West. Page 4- ' Deadlock In Wisconsin Senatorial contest. Page 4. , Bryan speaks at Hartford. Conn. Page 4. .Domestic Haskln on work of Woman's Christian As sociation. - Page 6. ' v Jerome investigates charge of tampering with Thaw Juror. Page 18. Chicago probes for evidence of police graft . on dives. ' Page - 4. i , , Snow storm In Middle States and South dam ages fruit. Page 18. Case of' Nebraska land frauds In 'jury's , hants. Page 6.. '.r Judge preparing instructions to Jury -In Her mann case. Page 5. Illinois Supreme Court "decides against Chi cago municipal ownership law. Page 1. Dr. Haugh electrocuted for wholesale mur der., page 1- ,k Mrs. McLean re-elected president of Daugh ters of He volution. Page 1. . Pacific Coast. San Francisco celebrates ' anniversary , of - earthquake and makes Heney hero of hour. Page 1. ... . Editor McManus placed on trial at Pendle . ton for killing 'Bob Estes, gambler. Page 6. v - W. H. Perry, wanted in South Carolina on charge of murder, is arrested In Belt lngham. Page 6- ' Congressman Jones toying with Senatorial bee. Page 6., Damage to Missouri berry crop means good prices for Hood River product. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Hearing of Spokane rate case concluded by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prou ty. Page 10. ' P. K. & N. will conclude Us side this morn ing in Tillamook right-of-way light. Page 12. Three old lire horses pensioned for life. Page 11. Ernest Lane, pink domino burglar, proves former O. A. C student, page 12- Boilermakers at Willamette Iron Works walk out. Page 11. Commercial and Marine. Quartecof wheat crop Is yet to be moved. Page l. Chicago wheat market affected by weather news. Page 19. Stock . trading lifeless. Page 19. - Comle Bart clears for the United Kingdom. Page 14. Lumber shipments decline, page 14. .... SULPHUR POURS FROM THE EARTH Earthquake in Mexico Releases Fumes. POISONS BOTH AIR AND WATER Peath List Exceeds 100 and Is Still Incomplete. - WHOLE CITIES DESTROYED First Direct News From Cbilpancln. go and Chi la pa Says Few Houses Remain and Sickness Follows . Odor Measures of Relief. TWO SKVKKK SHOCKS AT MANILA. I MANILA, April 18. Two savers I earthquake shocks were felt here : I this morning. No damage Is reported. ' t ... t CITY OB" MEXICO. April 18. Today th Associated Press was in direct telegraphlo communication with a number of towns in the district affected by Sunday's earth quake. FTom the telegrams received it Is certain that the death list will exceed 100. There are a number of small towns yet to be heard from, but up to date the av erage number of fatalities at these places has ranged from 9 to 12 and the number of Injured from 30 to 40. In Chilapa 33 persons were injured and 779 buildings destroyed. Nobody was killed, as- reported yesterday. After the first great shock the air was filled for many miles with a thick, sicken ing, sulphurous odor. This caused great distress to the survivors. There are many speculations as to the cause of the peculiar freak of nature and some con sider it a proof that the earthquake had Its origin In some subterranean explosion. Even the water In the streams was made sulphurous, as the following telegram re ceived from Chilpanclngo by the AssocP ated Press will show:. . Sickened by Sulphurous- Air. . ; "On the 14th of April at 11:30 P. M. an earthquake shock of terrible Intensity was felt here. In the beginning the movement was oscillatory and then ' changed to trepatory. Nobody could tell how long It lasted on account of the Intensity of the phenomenon, but It must have been more than four minutes. -"At the same time there was a very pronounced odor In the air. On the fol lowing day almost everybody complained of headaches. In some parts of the city the odor could be detected when excava tions for water were made. On the night of the 14th. the same odor was detected on the road to Acapulco and in the streams as far as Agua del Perro, a dis- -tance of 9S kilometers from here. Only CO Houses Stand. "There are ten dead. It is Impossible to calculate the amount of property loss, because with the exception of the. City Hall and about-20 other houses the whole city is in ruins. The quakes continue at long Intervals and spread panic among the Inhabitants. There was no disorder, nor were there any acts of pillage regis tered. Everybody is trying to help the sufferers. The authorities are aiding the people to the best of their ability. Lst night there was another shock 'at 10 o'clock, accompanied by subterranean noises." Destruction at Chilapa. A telegram from Chilapa to the Asso ciated Press says: "The number of injured In this town Is 33.. An Infant was killed by falling walls. Thirty-one houses were completely de stroyed. Seven hundred and seventy-nine houses are partailly destroyed, including the telegraph office. The total loss of property. Including the cathedral, the various churches, the City Hall and other buildings, amounted to over J2.000.000." A movement Is under way In the City of Mexico to furnish relief to those ren dered homeless and destitute in Guerrero. Vice-President Roman Correl, acting for President Diaz, has sent a message to all the Governors of the states of Mexico asking for aid In relieving the sufferers in the two states most affected. NO HABITABLE HOUSE STANDS Many Burled Under Ruins of Ayut la Jjoss About 9200,000. ATUTLA, Mex., April 18. Seven people. Including men, women and children, wers buried under wreckage at this place after the earthquake on April 14. None of the killed was prominent. The wounded num ber 37. One died yesterday; another is in in a critical condition and the remainder are recovering. Innumerable buildings have been thrown down, and those which are still standing are In a dangerous condition. None of the houses Is habitable. The losses are estimated at approximately imooo. No communication has yet been received from the outlying districts. General Markley Ketires. WASHINGTON. April 18 Brigadier General Alfred C. Markley, recently pro moted from ; Colonel of the Twelfth In fantry, was placed upon the retired list of the Army today on account of age. Colonel Earl G. Thomas, commanding the Eleventh Infantry in Cuba, has been pro moted to the grade of Brigadier-General.