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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909. SUSPENSION FOR FRESHMAN HAZER Five Other Students Placed on Probation at Univer sity of Oregon. TROUBLE FOLLOWS PRANK Fellow Class Member Com polled, to Do "Salome" Dance Before So rority House Portland Boy Said to Be Leader. EL'GHYH, Or., Feb. 4..-(9pecial.) Finn Coovert. of Portland, a prominent fresh man at the University of Oregon, has been suspended for the remainder of the semester, and five other freshmen allowed to remain In college pending good be havior because of a recent hazing episode. This action was taken at a meeting of the university faculty this afternoon. A fellow-freshman was the victim of the hazing, and was forced to give a moonlight exhibition of the "salome" dance in front of one of the sorority houses. The faculty passed resolutions some time ago to the effect that hazing in any form would be punished by imme diate expulsion, and in carrying out this policy the student affairs commit tee of the faculty recommended expul-t-io:i of all Implicated; but on account of the possibility of the news of the resolutions having not reached these t-tudents. leniency was shown In tne case of Flagle, Brown, Randall, Roche and Blackman. who will remain on the college roll under probation. FRIGHTENED TEACHER BACK l'edagogne Who Fled From Irate Women 3Iay Start Suit. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) J. J. Clarke, the teacher who fled from Scotts Wills because of an attempt of irate wo men with horsewhips to repay him for an alleged beating of a young boy. finally appeared at Salem today, after being ab eam from his school Blnce Monday. He told County Superintendent W. XI. Smith that he would consult an attorney and take action of some kind against his al leged persecutors. He says he is ready to return to Scotts Mills and fulfil hia contract as teacher. It is said Clarke's action is upheld by the School Board at Scotts Mills, and this was reiterated by S. D. Adklns. prominent resident of Scotts Mills and candidate for Legislature last eleotlon. Clarke says he has been persecuted, and that at one time a certain element played Night-Rid-ers and stoned bis home. He says be whipped the -boy who was responsible for the latest contention at the sanction of the School Board. The Board has decided to hold no more school for a week, and It Is possible Clarke will return to hia duties there next Monday. WIFE IS DENIED DOCTOR Holy Roller Fights Off Neighbors Who Go to Her Aid. BELLTNGHAM. "Wash.. Ft. 4. (Spe cial.) After he had hidden all tne med icine hi the house, forbidden a volunteer nurse, the wife of a neighbor, to give hia sick wife any drugs to relieve her. and driven away with threats of bodily harm the driver of the ambulance sent by the city physician to take the woman to a hospital. John Willis, a burly six-foot alleged "Holy Roller" fanatic waa today checkmated by the police, who accom panied the ambulance on its second trip to his house and forced him to allow his wife to go to the hospital. Willis had bid defiance successively to public opinion, the Belllnghani Asso ciated Charities and the Health Depart ment, but even a love for his creed was not sufficient to support him against the husky "cops" of the police force. NEW STEAMER FOR PACIFIC Another Japanese Liner to Connect With St. Paul Road. VICTORIA. B. C, Feb. 4. A third steamer la being built for the Toyo Klsen Kalsha's trans-Pacific service to be called the Kanyo Mara. She will be ready for service at the end of the year. The Osaka Shoshen Kalsha Is arranging a loan of $1,600,000 to com plete the steamers for the trans-Pacific line In conjunction with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Advices from Japan state the founder of Japanese foreign shipbuilding. K. Oki. proprietor of the Okl shipyard at Shinagawa, is dead. He built the first foreign style vessel In Japan In 1850. GET OLD CAPIT0L SITE X'nlted States Supreme Court De cides Land Tangle at Yakima. NORTH TAKIMA, -Wash.. Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) By a decision of the United States Supreme Court, Charles H. Wilfong. J. EL Yordy and the estate of the late Sen ator Reed are given title to four blocks of city property here. This property was purchased at a tax sale several years ago for a mere song, and Is now worth nearly I100.0CO. The decision is against the On tario Land Company, which holds prop erty in many sections of Washington and Oregon. The property in question was at one time reserved! as a site for the State Capitol. ELKS OCCUPY NEW HALL Albany Lodge, 560 Strong, Holds Parade Amid Fireworks. ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Headed by their own band and amidst a display of fireworks, tho Albany lodge of Elks. 80 strong, marched down First street tonight from vnelr old hall to the splendid new Elks' Temple, at First and Lyon streets, and held tne first meeting in the new hall, which is the largest hall in Albany. The Elks' Temple will be dedicated February 18, and all Hlks In the state will be Invited to attend the dedication. LIFE RISKED TO SAVE DOG Virgil Venables Dashes Into Burn ing Home to Save Spaniel. SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 4. (Special.) Vircil Venables, amateur light-weight .t11.io- ohotnnlrtn flf ttlA Pacific Coast, risked his life to save a cocker spaniel. He saturated his clothing with water and dashed Into the cellar of his burning home here today, where the spaniel, having missed her three ten-day-old puppies, had returned to search for them. The dog was saved only after Venables had cut his way through a wall with an ax after his face and hands had been scorched. In the excitement attending the re moval of the household effects the fate of the mother spaniel was overlooked, as she had been foraging for food when the rescue of her black-haired puppies had been made. The fire had enveloped the entire two-story building when the cries of the mother spaniel were heard in the cellar. Answering whimpers came from the puppies which were held In the arms of Mrs. Venables, and at the latter"s tearful request her athletic husband consented to try to save the dog. The house was completely destroyed. JERRY SHEA, PIONEER, DEAD Familiar Figure in Stagecoach Days Passes Away. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 4. (Special,) Jerry Shea, Oregon pioneer of 1S52 and one of the best-known men In Linn County, died last night at his home, near Foster, after a long Illness. He was a native of Can ada. 61 years old. Mr. Shea was for many years the most familiar figure along the Willamette Val ley and Cascade Mountain wagon road. His home was a stopping place for trav- sm em- fm era elers In early days and his hearty man ner won him hundreds of friends. He leaves five children: Mrs. S. P. Pickens, of Sweet Home; Mrs. H. L. Peery, of Prineville; Anthony and Peter Shea, of Foster, and Mrs. E. J. Flagg, of Albany. ST. PAUL TO SEATTLE MAY 1 Railroad Rushes Construction to Puget Sound Oity. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 4. The last gap between Seattle and the summit of the Cascades on the Pacific Coast exten sion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway was closed yesterday, and the final spike was driven. The com pleted stretch of track, which marks one of the fastest feats of road building on record In the United States, leaves only two breaks to be filled, and has caused the officials to figure on trains running into Seattle by May, a month ahead of the time given out heretofore. By using the tracks of the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad from Maple Val ley to this city, the St. Paul Is now able to operate trains to a point 25 miles east of Ellensburg. VANCOUVER GETS FACTORY Wooden Pipe Concern to Invest $25,000 in Plant and Site. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) R. E. Duff and J. M. Charters, of Tacoma, will build and operate a $25,000 stave pipe factory in Vancouver. They have secured a site and will have a spur track run Into the buildings from the 8. P. & S. Railroad. They expect to begin construction within 10 days, and to have the new plant In operation within 90 days. They will employ a dozen men at first, but as the business Increases they will enlarge the force. Mr. Duff says they ex pect to employ 60 men before the end of the year. The plant will manufacture all sizes or wooden pipes. Wares In this country were 8.T per cent higher In 1907 than in 190. but had one- half or one per cent leM purcnaeina power. POPULAR HOSEBl'UG PASTOK GOES TO TtCSON. I : .: ,4' ; ' 4 Kev. K. H. Hicks, of Baptist Church. ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) Rev. E. H. Hicks, pastor of the Baptist Church here, has tendered his resignation to take effect March 1. The news came as a surprise to the members of the church, who regret to see him leave. He has accepted a call to the pastorship of the Bap tist Church at Tucson, Ariz. Rev. Hicks was born and reared among the mountains of Tennes see, coming to this city five years ago. Since assuming charge of the local church It has enjoyed a period of prosperity, the edifice having been greatly enlarged to accommodate the large audiences with which Mr, Hicks was regu larly favored. Rev. Hicks and his family will leave early in March for their new home In Arizona. MM U U U U :: 44m n n m h t.A tmm mmm PUMA.-:-, vmm 1L fe HDUSETALKS LONG ON LOCAL OPTION Friends of McMasters' Bill Hold Fort atOlympia Far Into Night. GALLERIES ARE CROWDED Enemies Frustrated in EXfort to Substitute More Liberal Mea sure Dozen Amendments Are Voted Down. OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 4.-(Special.) With a solid total of 51 members to do their bidding, the local option leaders In the House today forced consideration of the McMasters or Anti-Saloon League bill, prevented substitute by a more lib- 6 P: 1 udniW h m nnnn f SEW 950,000 SCHOOL BUILDING REARING COMPLETION eral measure and, taking It up section by section, defeated a dozen or more amendments Introduced to modify the more stringent measure. Convening at 10 o'clock this morning, the House remained in session until 10 o'clock tonight, with the exception of two recesses for meals, and did nothing hut wrangle over the features of the bill. When adjournment was taken tonight only 18 of the 23 sections had been read and the fight will bo resumed tomorrow morning. Opponents of the Mil continually re sorted to filibustering tactics, proposed frivolous amendments and interspersed the debate with motions to adjourn. The old trick of moving to lay an amendment on the table, thus carrying the bill with it, was successfully carried out, but the local optlonlsts awoke In time, defeated a motion to adjourn and lifted the bill again after two rolls had been called. Spectators on the floor of the House partlclapted In the viva voce vote to lay on the table and wtre warned to desist on penalty of clearing the floors of all but members. "Dry" Tield Few Points. Filibustering methods were adopted, even to the extent of demanding roll call on amendments made by the "wets" and consented to by the "drys." The bill as It now stands has been amended In a few particulars consented to by the drys. The percentage of voters on a petition to bring about an election on the saloon question has been raised from 0 to 30; the length of time that signa tures remain good thereon has been re duced from six to three months. Brew eries are permitted to manufacture their product In dry territory; the right of County Commissioners to appropriate money from the general fund for de tective service In securing convictions of violations of the act Is eliminated and a section regulating doctors' prescrip tions Is stricken out. The main feature, the county unit. Is retained. The vote to resurrect the bill from the table displayed the actual strength of the "dry" combination, the vote stand ing 67 to 38. A crowd that packed the galleries was attracted to the House chamber this morning by the report that the local option bill would be sent back to the House by the Judiciary committee for consideration, and It was not disap pointed In its anticipation of a display of oratory. Applause frequently fol lowed forensic flights, and the Speaker made little effort to control it. The judiciary committee submitted a divided report. A majority of eight sent the McMasters bill to the House without recommendation, while five signed a minority report recommending a substitution of a bill providing for separate units In voting on the question of establishing anti-saloon territory. The substitute bill provided as one unit that portion of any county not Included within incorporated cities, while each city was given the right to vote as one unit. Two members of the committee declined to sign either report. Debate leasts Until Xoon. The debate over a motion by Beach, of Mason County, to adopt the minor ity report lasted until nearly noon, the participants frequently departing from the question at issue and going Into the merits of the bills. The substitute bill was criticised as being Inadequate in that It did not provide sufficient penal ties for violations of the act and failed to control blind pigs or the sale of in toxicating liquors by unscrupulous druggists. On the other hand, the advocates of the substitute bill contended that provi sions of the McMasters bill were unfair, but that it was drawn in such form that reasonable amendments could not be adopted without reforming the whole act. It was declared to be impossible to amend it Intelligently on the floor of the House. The vote on the motion to adopt the minority report was taken Just before noon and resulted ayes 36, noes 59, the latter giving a fair Indication of the strength in the House of the advocates of the McMasters bill. Upon reconvening at noon the discus sion was renewed over an attempt to make the bill a special order for next Tuesday. In support of the motion. Palmer of King declared his convic tion that not ten members of the House as yet had read the entire bill. To prove his assertion he asked that alt who had read It arise, and was surprised to see members bob up from all over the House. The members who had read the bill lacked but a few of being a majority of the House. The motion was lost, 54 to 41. This action then put the bill on second reading and opened it for amendment. All afternoon the discussion was centered on the first section of the bill declaring what shall constitute the units in voting to abolish or retain saloons in a given territory. In an effort to destroy the county unit provisions, an amendment was proposed making first, second and third-class cities separate units. An amendment to this .amendment was proposed making all in corporated cities and towns separate units. The effect of this amendment If adopted as a provision of the law would be to prevent voters residing outside of cities from controlling the action of such cities In reference to sale of liquor. The amendment to the amendment and the original amendment were successively voted down, the McMasters adherents standing firm on both questions. With the shades of evening falling, and although seven hours had been spent in debate, the local option element was de termined to proceed with the considera tion of the bill and forced a recess until 7:90 o'clock instead of an adjournment until tomorrow. SETTLEMENT NOW IN" SIGHT Judgeship Squabble Likely to End With Jobs for Two. OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 4. (Special.) The settlement of a squabble over the naming of a new Superior Judge In King County under the provisions of the bill now pending to Increase the member ship of the court in the county will like ly result from the Introduction and ex pected passage of the bill introduced in the Senate today increasing the mem bership of the Supreme Court from seven to nine. The King County delegation has been having Internal dissensions over Indors ing a candidate for the prospective Judgeship In that county, the two lead- AT MARSHFIELD. tng candidates being John F. Main and Kenneth Mcintosh. The former was one of the bar primary selections' for Su perior Judge, but was defeated In the succeeding regular primary. Mcintosh has Just retired as Prosecuting Attorney. It Is now proposed to elevate Superior Judge George I. Morris, of Seattle, to the Supreme Bench when the Increase in the court is allowed and secure the appointment of Mcintosh to the va cancy thus created In King County. This leaves the field clear for Main to secure the appointment as Superior Judge when the increase Is made in the lower court. King County men interested in the deal claim that the appointment of Morris Is assured and that the other conditions can be. brought about. It is understood that Mcintosh has withdrawn his name from present consideration as an as pirant for additional Superior Judgeship soon to be created. HAY HAS SPECIAL 3IESSAGE Recommends Exchange of Location of Several State Institutions. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 4. (Special.) A message from Acting Governor Hay was read in both branches of the Legis lature this afternoon. The message rec ommends an exchange of locations by several of the state institutions and urges the transfer of the State Training or Reform School from Chehalis, in Western Washington, to a site to be se lected In Eastern Washington. His rec ommendations are: First That the State Training School, at Chehalis, be removed to one of the irrigated districts of Eastern Wash ington. Second That, instead of increasing the buildings of the Western Washington Hospital for Insane, at Fort Steilacoom. the buildings at the State Training School, at Chehalis, be used as an asylum. Third That the old soldiers at the State Soldiers' Home at Ortlng be re moved to the Veterans' Home at Port Orchard, thus combining the two homes Into one institution. Fourth That the Inmates of the Insti tution for Feeble Minded at Medical Lake he removed to the present Slate Soldiers' Home at Ortlng. Fifth That the buildings now being used at the State Institution for Feeble Minded at Medical Lake be added to and become a part of the Eastern Washing ton Asylum, this building to be used for convalescent patients. QRTDN'S BANK BILL FAILS COMMITTEE W1IL MAKE TJXFA VORABIiE REPORT. Mahoney Proposes to Amend Pres ent Law to Permit Examinations Twice a Tear. SALEM. Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Or ton's bank guaranty bill will be reported unfavorably In the House tomorrow from the House committee on banking. Rep resentative Davis may submit a minority report in favor of the bill. This was the decision of the committee after hearing arguments for and against the bill by representatives of the State Grange and the Federation of Labor, at whose in stance the measure was Introduced, and several of the leading bankers of Port land. It Is the intention of Representative Ma honey, chairman of this committee, to introduce a bill tomorrow, amendatory of the present state banking law and pro viding that every bank in the state shall be examined twice every year. The amendment, in addition to making the present law more stringent, provides that these examinations shall bo made either by the Bank Examiner or his assist ant. Under the present law, all Investigations are required to be made by the Examiner personally and without the amendment it would be Impossible for him to make the two examinations annually that will be called for In Mr. Mahoney's bill. Reduced Fare Accepted. SALEM, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Officials of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad appeared before the State Railroad Com mission yesterday afternoon and acqui esced to a fare of -three cents a mile on that road, the reduced fare from four cents a mile to go Into effect on or before M&y 1, 1909. 1 V-? - - h 0 0UD j ifiiili r . : HASTINGS IS ANGRY Idaho's Treasurer Flares Up When Accused in House. BLOWS BARELY AVERTED Representative Shaw Takes Um brage at Remarks and Starts for Official Anti-Jap Resolu tion Falls to Show. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 4. (Special.) The feature of the Legislative session today -was the- grilling received in the House by State Treasurer Hastings, who has been charged with violating the depositary act In leaving enormous balances in favored banks under the guise of having drafts collected, some of which it is alleged were cashed by collection account banks the day Has tings received them, but retained on deposit. Instead of explaining his reasons for his alleged unlawful acts, Hastings, who had been called on the floor, flared up on a personal attack of his accusers saying, among other things, that the State Land Board had also maintained similar accounts. During the discus sion, Representative Shaw, of Ada County, took umbrage at something Hastings said and started for ' him. An encounter was prevented, but Shaw unmercifully flayed the official. MURDERER GIVES IIP HOPE JOHXSOX EXPECTS TO GO TO GALLOWS. Sees Xo Chance of Clemency and Is Preparing to Meet His Death Calmly. SALEM, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Wal ter Montgomery Johnson, sentenced to hang at 12:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, gave up all hope of a stay of execution this afternoon, after holding most op timistic views since his incarceration several weeks ago, and made the unusual request that Rev. W. H. Selleck, of Sa lem, a Methodist minister, visit him to morrow morning, that he may make eleventh-hour repentance for what sins he has committed. As a general rule, a priest of the Catholic faith is called, and some surprise was expressed at the wish advanced by Johnson. Johnson is in a strangely good frame of mind tonight, and expects to sleep soundly ,the last chance of his life. The crime for which Johnson must pay the penalty with his death was the murder of Elmer Purdue in Washington County. He was convicted December 14, 1908, Al though there are five prisoners In the penitentiary who have been sentenced to hang, he was next to the last to be com mitted, C. Y. Timmons, of this city, who will hang February 26, being the last Im prisoned. Johnson's mother has been in Salem for some time and has visited her son In the penitentiary. She is a quiet little woman and it is a most pathetic sight to see her enter the prison and go to the long second tier of cells where the men sit under the supervision of a death watch. Johnson displays admirable nerve, and it Is stated by men who have watched many executions and have studied the psychology of their actions before hang ing that Johnson will go to his death without a quiver. He was sentenced from Hlllsboro. ALBANY GETS FOURTH BANK North Dakota Capitalist Bays Land and Will Erect Building. ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Al bany will have two new banks this Sum mer, giving the city four banks. Work has already commenced on a building at the northwest corner of First and Ells worth streets which will contain a bank to be established by William Bain, who came to this city recently from North Da kota and bought the property on which the bank building is now being erected. The First National Bank announced last evening that it would' establish a savings bank here this Spring to be operated under the same management as the pres ent bank, but as a separate institution. A new bullldng will be erected for this bank at a site yet to be selected. HOBO BURGLAR CAPTURED Harrisburg Thief Caught in Act of Tapping Money-Drawer. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Barney May and Grant Cunningham, leading business men of Harrisburg, de tected a hobo breaking into the till In the HarrlBburg butcher shop last night and promptly entered the building and captured him. Justice Douglas bound him over for the grand jury on a bur glary charge, and Doputy Sheriff Pryor brought him to the County Jail here this afternoon. He gives the name of Thomas Copp. Several pounds of sausage were stolen, and as this property was not found on Copp, It Is believed he had a companion who was not discovered. 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SEATTLE, Feb. 4. In a desperate pis tol duel between W. S. Dudley and Alex S. Smith, special policemen employed as night watchmen at the freight sheds of the Northern Pacific Kailroad, shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. Smith was instantly killed and Dudley was shot twice, being badly wounded. The shooting occurred in the freight sheds on Second avenue South, Smith was armed with a 3S-eallber Iver John son revolver, with which he shot Dudley twice; once below the left ear, the bul let lodging In the back of the neck, and again in the left hand. Smith was shot with a Colt's automatic pistol, one bul let striking him over the heart, another in the right hand and three in the right leg. Dudley emptied his weapon, firing eight shots, while Smith discharged four of the cartridges in his revolver. Smith was 65 years old and lived with his son. Frank C. Smith, at 621 Blanch ard street, In this city. He was a son of General R. C. Smith, of Mexican and Civil War fame, and beside his son leaves four sisters, all of whom reside in the East. Dudley Is 45 years old and lives In Tacoma, where he has a wife and family. Smith had been In the employ of the Northern Pacific Company about two years, while Dudley has held his present position for a little more than a year. It is said that Jealousy over the arrest of two brakemen charged with stealing freight caused the trouble which ended In the shooting. The brakemen were ar rested by Smith and Dudley, who have been on bad terms, according to report, ever since. LAYING LEWISTON TRACKS SJreetcar Company to Complete Work Before Paving Begins. LEWISTON. Idaho, Feb. 4. (Special.) Coincident with the work of paving the streets of Lnwiston. which Is to begin March 1. the tracks for a street railway system through the pavincr dis trict will be laid. This has been defin itely decided and subscriptions aggre gating $40,000 have been made to the stock of the company which is being organized to build the road. Tho City GARDENS 812.00 MILO M. POTTER, Mgr. V . In' Council has granted a franchise to M, A. Means, who is organizing the com pany and proceeding with the construc tion. The terms of the franchise are such that the railway company Is practical ly a holding company, and provision is made for the entrance Into the city at any time of an electric line that may wish to use the tracks within the pav ing district for terminal purposes. It is understood that the local banks are backing Mr. Means - to the extent of 60 per cent of the stock. Fifteen per cent will be taken by property owners along the line of the road and the balance by local capitalists. The company will be capitalized at JlOO.OOiK SEATS ARE FREEI Men's pants Fine worsteds and all wool cashmeres, cheviots and tweeds at $1.60 per leg, or $3.00 pair. 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