VOL,. XLIX. NO. 15,301. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WEST PLEADS FOR BETTER HARBORS BATHHOUSE JOHN. IS LET DOWN EASY GIRL BETRAYS BITS OF ANDREE'S BALLOON FOUND 8-STORY BUILDING TO RISE ON FIFTH BARE LEGS SHOCK TOPHILADELPHIANS '5 AS BLACKMAILER ROUNDLY CHEERED FIRST-WARD BAIL FORBIDDEN BUT CONCERT MAY BE HELD. NATIVES SAY. STARVATION IS . FATE OF. EXPLORER. RAYMOND DUNCAN MUST KEEP , BOY "SENSIBLY" CLAD. Oregon, Washington, Work Together. Mayor Busse Last Tuesday Gave Hla Ultimatum Howl Arises for Money Back. Repenting, She Seeks Bail for Both. Another Version Is Party Met Death in Fight With Eskimo Tribes of North. Lipman - Wolfe Lease New Store. Little Menalkus Must Wear Shoes and Stockings or Father Will Go to Jail. ' m a r j ASDUITH WORDS Premier Lays Down Party's Policy. BIG MEETING IS ENTHUSIASTIC 4 TELL CONGRESSMEN NEEDS Portland Man Asks for Colum bia Improvement. HAWLEY OPPOSES TEAL Congressman Objects to Purchase of Canal and Locks at Oregon City, ' but Advises Building a New Channel. ' 0HFX30NIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wanh Ington, Dec. 10. Joint delegations, repre senting Oregon and Washington, had an hour and one-half hearing this afternoon before the House rivers and harbors committee In order to present arguments In favor of liberal appropriations for Northwestern waterways. J. NT. Teal, of Portland, made the open ing statement. In which he asked the committee to appropriate all the amounts recommended by the Army Engineers, particularly for the mouth of the Co lumbia and Celilo canal, both of which projects, he said, should be placed under the continuing contract system to Insure early, completion. Mr. Teal also urged the adoption of the 30-foot project from Portland to the mouth of the Columbia. He showed by figures how river Improve ment In the Northwest baa forced the re duction of rail rates, and predicted that Celllo canal, when completed, would very soon save Its entire cost TchI Asks $300,000. Teal also urged Congress to appropriate 300.000 to be added to a like appropria tion by the State of Oregon , to purchase the canal and locks at Oregon City. Representative Hawley, who followed, strongly urged liberal appropriations for the ripens and harbors of- Western Ore , gon. He pointed out the manner la which local interests by bond issues and other wise had raised large amounts to assist In Improving their waterways, and argued that people showing this spirit of co operation should receive finanlcal assist ance from the general Government. The people of Coos Bay, be said, were raising JSOO.ono to Improve their harbor, and asked Congress to give them a 40 foot channel across the bar at entrance to the bay. He favored the adoption of the new project for Siuslaw River which had been recommended by the engineers. At Tillamook, lie said, the engineers, notwithstanding the direction of Congress, had made no survey, but had submitted an adverse report. This.", he maintained, was unjust, and he strongly' recom mended that the committee adopt the new project for this locality on which Government and local interests can co operate. Dredging should be done in Ya quina Bay, he said, to remove bars re cently formed In the channel. Opposition to Canal Purchase. As to the situation in Oregon Cltyk he differf-d "with Teal, and suggested that the committee make an appropriation for building a new canal on the east side of the river, rather than purchase the existing canal and locks on the west side. The new canal on the east side, he said, would be shorter than the existing canal, and could be built cheaper than the old canal could be bought and repaired, and when completed would be more satisfac tory for navigation purposes. Money appropriated by the state, he said, could be used for this purpose. Senator Jones and Dr. Blalock, of Walla "Walla, spoke briefly in support of the Columbia River improvement from its mouth to Kettle Falls, and also for the Improvement of Snake River. Secretary Norblad, of the Astoria. Cham ber of Commerce, stirred the committee In a brief talk in which he pleaded for the immediate completion of the improve ment of the Columbia River, particularly at its mouth. He said the Columbia Is the only port of the Pacific having a hown grade haul from the Inland Empire to deep water on the Columbia, for ISO freight cars, whereas, to all other Coast ports two engines together can haul only 40 cars over the mountain grades. The committee made no comments fol lowing the hearing. GREAT CONVENTION- IS ENDED w Department Proposed and Bonds to Prosecute AVork. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. What is de clared by its officers to have been the most successful convention of its kind ever held came to an end today when the National Rivers and Harbors Con gress adjourned after a three days' session. Representative Joseph E. Ransdall, of Louisiana, was re-elected president at the morning session, and Captain J. F. Ellison, of Cincinnati, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. The new board of directors took up the question of the date and place for the next convention. Toledo, Ohio, and one or two other cities sought to have the delegates meet elsewhere than in Washington in 1910, but the matter was put over. It was declared at the (Concluded on Page 3.) CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (Special.) Revela tions In the City Hall to"day brought to light that as long ago as last Monday Mayor Busse flatly informed the Alder men from the First Ward that he. would not permit them to give. at the Coliseum Monday night the dance which was aban doned yesterday afternoon after a per sistent crusade. They were loath to believe that the bp position which for 11 successive years has been unable to stop the annual saturnalia and night vice parade could be effective this year, and went ahead with their plans. Tuesday they were given to un derstand that the Mayor meant what he sakl, but, on the other band, was not taking the steps out of a desire for pop ular applause, but would let them relieve themselves from embarrassment by mak ing the announcement that they had changed the plans for a ball, and were going to give a concert. Today throughout the First Ward there was a howl from the men to get their money back. 20,000 worth of tickets hav ing been sold. COOK NOT IN SANITARIUM Intimate Friend Rallies to Support of Explorer. NEW TORK. Dec. 10. Charles- Wake, an Intimate friend of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, rallied to his support" today with a statenTent reasserting his confidence in the doctors integrity and attacking the credibility of Captain A. W. Loose and George H. Dunkle, who have sworn that tbev assisted the explorer In the prep aration of data concerning the North Pole. The statement says In part: "There is no shadow of doubt in my njlnd that the story is a fabrication. I ask nothing more than that the public suspend judgment until the doctor has sufficiently recuperated to take up the battle against his detractors. ' 'Meanwhile. In the serenity of his re tirement far from the road of the well greased affidavit mills, he Is in entire Ignorance of this latest tempest in a teapot, and I propose to keep my pledge by respecting his retreat. I can say, how ever, that -he is not now and has not been iij any sanitarium." COOKE'S NAME BROUGHT IN Second. Indictment. Brought Against Woman in Warrlner Case. CINCINNATI, Dec. 10. For the first time the. name of EJdgar S. Cooke, of Chleaero. has been legally connected with the $643,000 shortage in the local office of the Big Four Railroad, for which ex Treasurer C. L. "Warrlner Is in jail under indictment. The grand Jury today returned a second Indictment against Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford, ."the woman . in . the case." She recently was indicted, charged with re ceiving stolen money, and by the true bill returned today, she stands accused of blackmail. Although Mrs. Ford now is charged witK two criminal offenses, she has not been arrested on the new Indictment. The cause for the delay is on the ground that the woman is broken down In health and her arrest might have serious consequences. PEARY'S BOAT MAY BE SOLD Famous Arctic Steamer Roosevelt Offered to Astoria Firm. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) The Alaska Fishermen's Packing Com pany received a letter today from Samuel Holmes, a broker in New Tork, offering to sell the company Commander Peary's Arctic steamer Roosevelt. The lefter states that the steamer is especially adapted for sailing Northern waters, and cost when new 150.000. but. having accomplished her purpose, the owners have no further use for her and will dispose of the craft for 60,000. JAPANESE ENVOY IN HURRY Sails From Honolulu and Will Hasten to Washington! SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. T. Tuchida, newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to the United States to succeed M. Takahlra. sailed from Honolulu today on the liner Tenyo Mam for this port according to a cablegram received by Japanese' Consui General Nagal. The Ambassador is anxious to reach his post at Washington as quickly as pos sible and will take "the first possible train for the East after the arrival of the Tenyo Maru on December 16, WOMAN SUES ZELAYA, JR. Marriage Promise Alleged Broken, $100,000 Asked. . NEW YORK.- Dec. 10. Dr. Anabel Zelaya. second son of the President of Nicaragua, and a graduate of the medical school of Columbia University, appeared in the Supreme Court here today to de- fend a suit against him for J1O0.000 brought by Elizabeth Juliet Hero. The woman asserts that young Zelaya courted, her while he was a student at college, and it hat he promised to marry her. but that the young man's father forbade the marriage. CLEW SEEN IN HANDWRITING Love Missives Resemble Let ter Threatening Boy. EXPERTS GIVE TESTIMONY Law Master of Both Spcncerian and Vertical Penmanship Parson's Letter Is Combination of . Two Methods. GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) Betrayed by his sweetheart, who since giving testimony against him has repented and now is seeking bondsmen, Matthew Lav, 22 years old, a factory hand, was arrested today on the charge of threatening to kidnap and torture the son of Mrs. A. N. Par sons -unless blackmail were paid in gold under conditions prescribed in a letter received by Mrs. Parsons on No vember 29. Law had a preliminary ex amination this afternoon and was held to the grand jury in $1000 bail. Officer's have guarded the Parsons home ever since the receipt of the threatening letter. They have pur sued clews, too, and a similarity of handwriting led them to look at letters-written by . Law to Miss Dollie McKee, 18 years old, who lives most of the time with her parents on Evans Creek, Jackson County. The young woman was found here and taken to the office of the Prosecuting Attorney, where she became indignant in the belief that Law had tried to im plicate her and declared that she would help to send him to the penitentiary. .. Tells,. Then Recants. She pointed out the similarity' be tween the writing of letters Law. had written ..to--her and ' that received by, Mrs. Parsons 4n November 29. Then, at the preliminary '" hearing,' she changed her attitude and was not so sure about It. The officers . declare that she and Law, whose little love affair has not run. smoothly always, have adjusted their differences, and that she is likely from now on to be an unwilling witness for the state. The officers . believe, too, that there are others in . the conspiracy. The Federal Government has taken cogni zance of the affair, and Postofflce In spector B. K. Morse arrived today from Portland to make an Investigation. If he is convinced that the postal laws have been violated he will take action to brig the v case before the Federal grand Jury. Thus far, the case against Law is circumstantial only. The testimony of handwriting experts will enter largely into it. Experts were examined at the preftminary hearing today and com pared the letter received by Mrs. Par sons with other letters known to have been written by Law. They gave the opinion that the blackmailing letters and the others" were written by the same person. Prisoner Good Penman. Law is a good penman, a student of both the Spencerian and the vertical methods, as .Miss McKee told the offi cials when she was examined first. She had received letters, written both ways, from Law, and sometimes he wrote a (Concluded on Page 8.) 'HAND OVER WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec." 10. (Spe cial.) Bishop Pascal, who has charge of the diocese of Prince Albert, which em braces the sub-Arctic country to ' the north of that city, brings back with him a story of the finding of traces of a bal loon in which S. A. Andre, Swedish ex plorer, atteriipted to, drift across to the North Pole. One of Bishop Pascal's missionaries re ported to him that, while .working among the Eskimos of the Arctic region, he met a tribe which had soraeOf the plunder of the' party with them. These natives had in their possession a quantity of rope of a quality which they could not get in a barter from ships which enter the Arc tic Sea. When questioned, the Eskimos told that many years before they had come across two . white men who came down out of the sky in a "white house." These men had afterward starved to death, and the natives ba'd seized upon the balloon, the cordage of which they converted to their usesJ Bishop Pascal instructed the missionary to return and get further details. . A Hudson's Bay factor has the same report in a somewhat different form. 1 His story is confirmed from the London office of the company, where It was sent In official dispatches. According to the fac tor, an Indian arrived at his" post on the Upper Churchill in 1900 from an extended trapping and trading trip along the bor ders of the Arctic In Northern Canada. The Indian told of having met a party of Eskimos who had been hunting on one of the islands of the Arctic Ocean, and one day they beheld a peculiar apparition in the sky. When i finally landed, three men stepped out. They started to ap proach the natives, who were in a state of terror and made hostile demonstra tions. One of the white' men fired a gun, and a fight followed, in which the na tives were victorious, killing all three of the wanderers. MADMAN FINALLY KILLED Bullet Brings Down - Lunatic Who - .. . Terrorized Countryside. SHBEVB, . O., Jec. JO. After . . killing Sheriff Jacob Bell, of Holmes County, running wild for- 18 hours and terrorizing the people. O: B. JSoley, an escaped patient from' the Massilon Sfate' Hospital for the Insane, was fatally shot and cap tured on the farm of R. S. Wells, one mile north of here tonight. Just at nightfall the Mlllersburg posse saw Boley running across an open field. W. a Hoover, Town Marshal, called upon him to halt," "and then fired, the bullet striking . Boley In the abdomen. He fell to the srround but fought savagely, kick ing, biting and scratching until over powered. - He was placed aboard a train for Wooster and died on the way. WAVES WASH BABE ASHORE Body Found on Ocean Beach Near Columbia River Mouth. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) A body found on the ocean beach near Ham mond, south of the mouth of the Colum bia River, today, is thought to be that of Nellie Hunter, the little girl drowned when the lifesavers' boat capsized in the breakers at the time of the Argo wreck two weeks ago at the entrance to Tilla mook Bay. The body was found by Captain Wick lund, of the Hammond lifesavlng crew. J. A. Gilbaugh, Coroner of Clatsop County, will make an investigation to morrow. SOME OF THAT PROSPEBITYWE STRUCTURE MAY GO 12 STORIES Present Location Olds, Wort man & King to Be Razed. COST IS CLQSE TO MILLION Steel and Concrete Will Form Con struction Material Another 12- - Story Building Is Proposed for East Side of Fifth Sfcreel? . Announcement was made yesterday by Lipman, Wolfe & Company that the leases on the Corbett estate and O'Shea Bros." property on the west side of Fifth street, between Washington and Alder streets, have now been completed and arangements made by the Corbett estate, O'Shea Bros, and William O'Donnell to erect a gigantic store building on the property upder a 20-year lease to Lipman, Wolfe & Co. j The structure will occupy an entire half block, with .200 feet frontage on Fifth street, 100 feet on Washington -street and 100 feet on Alder street. The building will be eiglit stories high, according to the plans as now prepared by Doyle & Patterson, architects, but. the walls "are te ,be made heavy enough to support four additional stories, and it may be that by the time the building is started a contract will be let for a 12-story struc ture. Cost Is Cfose to Million. There will also be a full basement, and this will be added to the retail floor space, giving a total of 180,000 square feet, even should the building be but an eight-story structure. If 12 stories are built, the total floor space will be 260,000 square feet. "Under the terms of the lease the Cor bett estate, O'Shea Bros, and .William O'Donnell will build this "structure for Lipman, Wolfe & Co., and will give a 20-year lease to the large retail estab lishment. No provision ' is ' contained in the . lease for-any renewal at the end of the 20-year period. The cost of the. struc ture is estimated-at from $600,000 to 700, 000, with the interior fixtures an additional 160,000 to 250,000, bringing the total cost of the structure between 7 50,000 and $96,- 000. Big Building to Be Razed. The four-story building, corner Fifth and Washington, now occupied by Olds, Wortman & King, and owned In part by O'Shea Bros, and the Corbett estate, will be torn down. Never before in Portland has any such substantial structure as this been removed to make room for a skyscraper. Property Values Boom. Announcement of this new project has added wonderfully to the values of sur rounding property, as establishment of this big store on Fifth street, with the Meier & Frank Company permanently lo cated on the same street, leads to the belief that this part of the city for years to come, will be the center of Portland's retail district. The stAicture will be built of steel and concrete, with the first, second and top stories finished in cream white enameled terra cotta, and the side walls in a warm gray brick -and enamel terra cotta trim. The building will be absolutely fireproof. (Concluded on Page 5.) HEAR ABOUT! PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10. (Special.) A. J. Kinkaid. special agent of the Penn sylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty, today called on Raymond Dun can, of California, apostle of the Pytha gorean system of harmony, at his apart ments and informed the Hellenic teacher and his beautiful wife that they would have to keep their 4-year-old son Menal kus "sensibly" clad or show cause in court why .they should not be sent to jail. Duncan was indignant over the threats of Mr. Kinkaid, and ordered him from the rooms, asserting that he would dress his child as he saw fit. He warned the' agent that If he attempted to enter his apartments again he would have him ar rested. According to "Secretary Mills, of the organization,. It is not unlikely that Duncan will be occupying the prisoner's dock in the Central Police Court instead of the platforms of the New Century and Plastic Clubs, unless he provides Menal kus with shoes and stockings. COUPLE, NOW OLD, UNITED Man of 65 Marries Woman Aged Aged 52 Years. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 10. (Special.) The marriage today of Josephus Glover, 66 years old, of Philadelphia, and Alice Hopkins, 62 years old, of National City, revealed a romance of many years. The two were playmates In childhood days in England,' where both, were born. Mrs. Hopkins Is a wealthy woman. She came to California several years ago in quest of health. She was alone, and when the fact that she possessed a consider able fortune became known to land sharks and promoters of "great" mining proper ties,, she fell an easy victim and was In duced to subscribe for much stock said to be absolutely worthless. Acquaintances here advised her to repudiate some of her subscriptions on the ground of fraud, which she did. A Los Angeles brokerage firm sued her in the local courts and was successful in securing a judgment. Glover heard of her troubles recently and came post haste from Philadelphia to look after her tangled financial interests. His old love was renewed, he asked for her hand and they were w'ert. ' POULTRY RIDES BRAKEBEAM Two Hens and Rooster Enjoy Hobo Trip Under Car of Grain. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec, 10. (Special.) Ed. Choate, conductor of the Moscow train, found two hens and a-rooster rid ing the rods when his string of . cars pulled into Colfax Wednesday night. The car they were riding under contained wheat and had been picked up at River side. At the time thetxainmen no ticed the chickens at work eating grain at a record-breaking pace, but thought they had driven them all away. The three tramps that stayed with the car were promptly stuffed into a bag the second time they were found and taken back to Riverside on the next train. The owner has been warned that the next time his chickens travel they will be confiscated to pay transportation charges. EAGLE CARRIES TRAP FAR Bird Killed 300 Miles From Place Where It Is Caught. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) Last week an eagle was killed at Ellison ranch, near Edgewood, in the up per part of Siskiyou County, and on one of its feet was attached a No. 3 steel trap, which had apparently been on the bird's talon about two weeks. It has just been learned that on Novem ber 22 an eagle -got Into a No. 3 steal trap belonging to N. Greenslate, ot i-iym-outh, Amador County, and carried the trap away with it. It is believed the eagle killed at Edgewood, which is Just about 300 miles from Plymouth, In an air line, is the same that carried off Mr. Greenslate's trap about ten days before! LOW LIGHTJRATE OFFERED Forest Grove May Go to Flour Mill to End Darkness. FOREST GROVE. Or., Dec. 10. Local citizens will propose "to the City Council at its next meeting to light the city at a flat rate much cheaper than the Welch contract proposes. Councilman George Patterson is one of the owners of the Crescent flouring mill at this place, which would put in a dynamo and operate the plant from that place. The city is still in darkness, and It is safe to sav that nine to one are op posed to granting the Welch franchise for either 16 or 23 years. VETERANS STILL DRINK Abolition of Beer Halls In Homes In creases Drunkenness. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The abolition of beer halls at National soldiers' homes did not make for sobriety among veter ans, according to the report of the in spector submitted to Congress today. This report says there were 1025 more trials for drunkenness In 1909 than in 1906, when the beer halls prevailed. Republicanism at Stake Is Theme of Speaker. LOWER. HOUSE MUST RULE Party Does Xot Propose to Abolish House of Lords, hut Insists Vp per Chamber Must Recognize Its Limited Functions. LONDON, Dec. 10. At a monster meet ing tonight in Albert Hall, Herbert Henry Asquith, British Premier, laid down the ' policy on which the Liberal government is appealing to the country. He repeated what had been said by other ministers that, if it were returned1 to power, the government would demand the limitation of the power of the House ' of Lords and he pledged that the liberal party would grant self-government to Ire. land. AH Women Are Excluded. The meeting was marked by great en thusiasm of the audience,, entirely com posed of men. Women had been denied admission in the fear that there might be counter -demonstrations by suffragettes. Every corner of the hall had been searched today for women, and a small band-was routed out. But they managed. , to get two male supporters Into the meet ing, who interrupted Mr. Asquith once with cries of "Votes for women." Republican Principle at Stake. "I tell you in the name and on behalf of the Liberal party," Mr. Asquith pro ceeded, "'we have at this moment latd . upon us a single task. That task is to vindicate and establish upon an unshak able foundation the principle of republi can government." Referring to the education and licens ing bills, the Premier said that the gov ernment stood, in the main, upon the principles of the bills that the House of Lords rejected. Takes Fling at Suffragists. Upon the topic of woman suffrage, Mr. Asquith said his views were well known. He had no reason to alter them, despite the suicidal excesses of a small section of the advocates for such a change. Turning his attention to Ireland, which, (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 4 decrees; minimum. 41.2 degrees. TODAY'S Rain, moderate southeast winds. Foreign. Canadian missionary talks with natives who found Andree's balloon. Page 1. Zelaya says he will submit, though misun derstood in United States. Page 5. National. Rules of Government for taking census. Page 2. Several large Western cities Involved In white slave" traffic, says Immigration Commission in report. Page 7. Battleships Georgia and Nebraska collide. . Page 2. Oregon and Washington business men plead with Congress for Improved waterways in West. Page 1. Domestic. Couple aged 85 and 62, sweethearts In youth, united again at Los Ange'e". Page 1. Special session of Illinois Legislature will have stormy meeting. Page 3. Red Cloud, last big chief of hostiles, dead . at &6. Page 3. Mavor Busse forbids First Ward ball but will ullow concert. Page 1. Philadelphia objects to Hellenic costume of Raymond Duncan's son. Page 1. Daughter of Portland man shoots wooer who forced attentions on her. Page 3. Hundred tifty negroes held in Savannah Jail because of murder of white women. Page 4. Negroes held responsible for death of two ' women and dying condition of third. Page 4. Sports. National League presidency fight now be tween Ward and Heydler. Page 7. " Bicycle race at Madison Square Garden loses interest. Page 7. Conference of Northwestern colleges to ar range baseball schedule today. Page T. Pacific Northwest. . . Ellensburg man is said to have cornered hay market. . Page 6. Hamilton case expected to go to Supreme Court on technicalities. Page 5. ' Young man arrested at Grants Pass for threat to kidnap and torture boy: let ters to sweetheart and her confession furntsh clew. Page 1. State assessment equalized at $694,013,836. increase of $6.87.873 over 1308. Pag . Alaska coal-land claimants contend that only evidence against them is in state- ments of Cunningham alone. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Adequate supply of potatoes reaches local market. Page 15. Strong cash demand for wheat in East. Page 15. Uneven movement of stock prices. Page 15. Retail trade lively at all points. Page IT.. Captain Patterson loses appeal from local Board of Inspection. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Local holders of Omaha telephone bonds pool interests for mutual benefit. Page 10. Wife of ' swearing dominie one of eight spouses to obtain divorce. Page 14. Bunnyside peopfca suggest Improvement in car service to Josselyn. Page. 11. Publicity In notorious Johnson case spurs City Attorney to condemn delays. Page 10. State dairymen, in closing session, condemn Portland's milk ordinance. Page 10.-Elght-atory building will be erected at Fifth and Washington for Lipman, Wolfe 4c Co. Page 1. Bridge engineers keep log showing - each draw is open over two hours dally. Page . t J '