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PORTLAND, OREGON, ..THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910.
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OUTDFCDMMITTEE
Republicans Back Up
in Ballinger Case.
DEMOCRATIC FURY AROUSED
They Will Start Uproar When
House Takes Action.
SIX INSURGENTS BOLT
Though One Insurgent Placed on
Committee, Cooper Leads Break
From Caucus Hot Debate on
Rejection of Democrat.
WASHINGTON1. Jan. 19. The caucus of
Republican members of the House today
named the 'House members of tlJc Bal
linger - Plnchot investigation committee
and Incidentally rejected Ralney of Illi
nois, one of the two Democrats selected
by the Democratic caucus last Saturday
night as the minority's representatives on
the committee.
The six men selected include three regu
lar Republicans McCall of Massachusetts,
Olmsted of Pennsylvania and Denby of
'Michigan; one "insurgent" Republican
Madison of Kansas, and two Democrats,
James of Kentucky and Lloyd of Mis
souri. Six Insurgents Bolt.
The caucus lasted three hours and,
while characterized by much acrimony,
was more peaceful than moBt members
had expected. Even at that, there was
a bolt of six insurgents led by Cooper
of Wisconsin, the other bolters being
Ix-nroot, Nelson and Carey of Wiscon
sin, and Davis and Llndberg of Minne
sota. In several speeches strong objections
to both James and Rainey were voiced,
the objectors professing to express the
Mews of President ToItr.lUK-.wwsi-
oojection to either of them personally,
but it was urged, especially against
Rainey, that their alleged extreme par
tisanship would unfit them for a judicial
Investigation.
Against Rainey was cited activity in
stirring up trouble for the Republican
administration in Panama canal matters.
The question probably will come up in
th House tomorrow and it is expected
the opposition to a man will vote to re
pudiate the Republican caucus action.
Cooper Champions Democrats.
After the vote had been taken, result
ing in practically unanimous approval, a
separate vote was ordered on the Demo
cratic members of the committee. At thla
juncture Cooper declared that he was au
thorized by a number of his colleagues
to say that they were opposed to naming
Democratic members of a committee in a
Republican caucus.
"It would be harmful to the Republi
can party to do so," declared Cooper.
Cooper constantly caused laughter by
repeated inadvertent allusion to Ollte
James as "Jesse" James. When cor
rected, he said he had got the name of
the famous outlaw In hla mind through
reading one of his law cases today and
meant no reflection upon Representative
James. But the laughter wa suproarous
when. In making his explanation, he said
he "meant no reflection on 'Jesse
James.' "
The strongest partisan speech was that
or J. Sloat Fassett of New York, who
asked the Republicans to name the whole
committee without regard to Democratic
selections.
"This is a Republican cleaning," tald
Fassett, "and the Democrats have ntoh-
ing to do with It."
No Compromise, Says Cannon.
Speaker Cannon opposed any compro
mise.
"You've got only two propositions,
said he. "Either select the Democratic
selections or reject 'em."
When the caucus opened, a note from
the Democratic caucus was read appris
ing it of the minority selection of James
and RaJney. A motion by Douglas or
Ohio to return the communication with
the request that other Democrats be sub
ntltuted was overwhelmingly voted down.
A motiqn by Norrls of Nebraska, . an In
surgent, that the caucus vote first fot
the four Republican members of the com
mlttee was laid on the table.
CUNNINGHAM SAYS HE PAID
Transaction Took Place' Years Ago,
Coal Land Claimant Explains.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 19. A morning
paper quotes Clarence Cunningham today
as saying tnat he paid Secretary Barling-
er, then a Judge in Seattle, to examine
the patents to the coal claims which
later caused the controversy which result
ed in the removal of Forester Pinchot and
Special Agent Glavis by President Taft.
As a. result of the examination, Bal
linger told Cunningham the patent
"looked all right to him," according to
ine puDusnea statement.
"They nave been saying-all sorts of
things about Ballinger," Mr. Cunningham
Is quoted as saying. "I admit ho was
paid money by us. but that was several
years ago. while he was a Judge in Se
attle. Judge Ballinger told us the pat
ents looked all right to him. We sent
him back to Washington and 1 pressed
2St on him. As far as 1 know that was1
11 tha -money I ever gave him."
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WOMAN GOES MILES
IN FACE OF DEATH
DEFIES BLINDING STORM IN
SEARCH FOR HUSBAND.
Miner, Wlio Had Endured Awful Ex
perience, Is Found Exhausted
Wtih Both Feet Frozen.
LOS ANGHLES, Jan. 19. (Special.)
After fighting her way through a blind
ing snow storm for 16 miles, Mrs. Dennis
J. Callahan found her husband more dead
than olive, and he now lies at Nipton,
Nov., with both feet frozen, a nervous
and physical wreck, as a result of 45
hours' exposure in the raging elements,
during which time he wandered half de
mented along the. foothills.
Sunday Callahen started to walk from
Nipton 12 miles to his mining property in
the McCullough range. He exhausted
himself climbing the grade and was
taken with a hemorrhage and fell in the
now, where he lay all night. Next morn-
ng he made another start nad staggered
about all day, having lost all sense of
direction. Finally he stumbled upon the
Salt Lake Railway tracks and slept under
a trestle all night.
Another morning came, and, with both
feet frozen, he continued his struggle
against death, keeping to the railroad
track, and finally was found, almost dead
from freezing.
Mrs. Callahan herself was exhausted
after her terrible experience in the "snow
and. cold without any food or drink for
hours, in her determination to find her
lost husband.
ROYALIST PRINCE TO WED
Leopold's Death Removes Obstacle to
Marriage of Clementine.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 19. It is believed
here that the engagement of Princess
Clementine and Prince Victor Napoleon
will be announced on - February 20, the
date on which the court's official mourn
ing for the late King Leopold will be
ended. The Prince is a cousin of King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy.
Leopold opposed the marriage five
years ago on the ground that It might
strain relations between Belgium and
(France, but the political objections dis
appeared with the death of her father,
when Clementine became the cousin of
the reigning monarch of Belgium.
Prince Victor is regarded by the Royal
ists of France as the hope of a re-estab
lis-hment of the monarchy, but he has not
concerned himself greatly with politics.
VICTORIA IN GRAFT QUIZ
New Mayor Starts Inquiry In Reser
voir Construction.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 13. (Special.)
As a result of the re-election of Mayor
Morley (after two years' retirement from
municipal affaire), that official has en
gaged Griffith R. Hughes, expert ac
countant, to Investigate expenditures dur
ing the past 18 months, " especially with
respect to Smith Hill reservoir, a con
tract suspected of having cohered consid
erable jobbery. - 1
City Engineer Topp having resigned, a
successor Is sought, while notice of dis
missal has been given City Solicitors
Mason and Mann. The construction of
Smith Hill reservoir was vested wholly
In Walter L. Adams, of San Francisco,
an expert In. waterworks policy, who con
trolled all incidental purchases.
TWINS BORN ON ICE FLOE
Mrs. William Shields, of Ohio, Gives
Birth on Ohio River.
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Jan. 19. While
being buffeted about in an ice floe on
the Ohio River early today, Mrs. Wil
liam Shields gave birth to twin girls.
The family lived on a houseboat
moored at Millwood, TV. Va. The boat
was torn loose by the ice and when it
landed today the mother was attended
by physicians.
The girls were -named '3hio" and
"Virginia," as a memory of the try
ing ordeal under which they were
born. .
BALLOON WILL CARRY 300
Passenger Service to Begin Between
Hamburg and London.
COLOGNE, Jan. 19. Count Zeppelin,
whose aerial flights in dirigible balloons
have attracted world-wide attention, is
planning a monster airship capable of
carrying 300 persons' and which it is pro
posed to use in a passenger service to be
established between Hamburg and Lon
don, it was said today. A service also
will be maintained from Hamburg- to
Cologne and Baden-Baden.
The craft will be 984 feet In length and
about S5 feet in diameter. It will . be
driven by eight motors.
LEE'S MEMORY HONORED
Customs House and Postoffice Closed
at Newport News.
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 19. The New
port News Customs-House was closed
all day in observance of the anniversary
of Robert E. Lee's birthday. While the
main doors of the offices remained
locked. Collector Stuart and several
deputies remained on duty for some
time in the forenoon to clear and enter
any vessels arriving and departing.
In the afternoon, the day was made
a complete holiday at the Customs
House. The Newport News postofflce
also was closed, with the exception ot
observance of the regular holiday
hours. ....
BUT ONE POINT IS
AGAINSTHERMANN
Ex-Surveyor Meldrum
Supplies Only Link.
JUDGE ILL; COURT ADJOURNS
Sorenson Begins to Lay Bare
Conspiracy He Headed.
LAND BOARD INVOLVED?
I
Ninth Day of Trial Shows Little
Progress by Prosecution An
other Notary Public Admits
Stamping Applications.
Jl'DG-E ILL,
HERM ANN
HALTS. An adjournment was taken in the
Hermann trial yesterday afternoon at
4:16 o'clock because of the illness of
Judge Wolverton presiding-. A re
cess was taken earlier In the after
noon that the ailing jurist might rest.
Tt is not believed that the trial will
be delayed at any length because of
the indisposition of Judge Yv'olver
ton, -who may bo able to resume the
hearing this morning.
At adjournment the witness chair
was occupied by George Sorenson,
probably the only one of the orig
inal conspirators in the Blue Moun
tain Forest Reserve case who will
be placed on the stand for the Gov
ernment. Franklin p. Mays and
Willard. N. Jones, it Is aid, are de
manding a pardon, in consideration
of their testimony being offered to
the prosecution. Federal authorities,
it is believed, will not consent to th-e
bargain.
Sorenson is relating the entire
story of his connection with the Blue
Mountain Forest Reserve. He was
convicted of conspiracy but has .not
yet been sentenced.
With the close of the ninth day of the
trial of Binger Hermann, the Govern
ment had not connected the defendant
directly with the Blue Mountain Forest
Reserve ' conspiracy. Ex- Survey or-Oeneral
Meldrum's testimony that 'Hermann had
advised him to Invest in school lands in
the Blue Mountain district . is the only
point scored by the prosecution.
The last witness yesterday afternoon
was George Sorenson, who originated the
attempt to loot school lands by procuring
the creation of the Blue Mountain For
est Reserve. He had just begun his re
cital of how the plans were made when
the court adjourned because of the illness
of Judge Wolverton.
It was made plain by the testimony of
Sorenson that his fellow conspirators,
Franklin F. Mays, H. A. Smith . (de
ceased) and W. N. Jones, were experi
enced in acquiring school and Govern
ment timber lands illegally and that they
had. associated in many deals previous to
the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve coup.
Various witnesses testified that' when
W. N. Jones found that a large amount
of the school land was embraced by the
Blue Mountain Foreet Reserve, he en
gaged E. P." McCormack, of Salem, to
prepare an Indemnity selection list. In
so doing the unsurveyed lands were used
as a base, and a selection of surveyed
lands, made in that part of the state, was
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
degrees; minimum temperature, U7 de
grees. TODAY'S Occasional rain, Possibly part
enow, southeast winds.
Commercial and Marine.
Potato shipments on a small scale. Page 17.
Slump in Chicago wheat - market. Page 17.
Hocking Coal & Iron stocks coflapse.
Pase 17.
Sloop Condor passra over Newport rough
bar in safety. Face 0.
Jean Bart clears with wheat, first' cargo
In January. Pace 6.
Pacinc Northwest.
Many evade spirit of land laws, taking ad
vantage oC Garfield-Pinch at "regula
tions." Pase 6.
Boise River jammed by gigantic i?e gorges
people ilee to highlands. Page tt.
Indian War veterans of 1855-6' ex haunt, two
pension appropriations srantqd by State ,
of Washington. Page 6.
Ship William H. Smith, once taken in tow
when die masted and helpless, adrift
again. Page r.
Domestic
Governors jealous of . states' rights in dis
cussing conservation. Page
Enemies of President Lewis of United Mine
Workers win point in convention, sus
pends salaries of his organizer-delegates.
Page 2.
Foreign.
French Minister of Public Education says
Catholic war on public schools is caused
by enemies of republic to force church
supremacy. Face
Danish professor says Cook is not proved
fraud. Page 3.
Ciitional.
Statehood bill will delay admission bill
11111, says Senate committee. Page 3.
Politics.
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, deprives old
bosses of accustomed patronage. Page 3.
' Domestic.
Woman goes 16 miles in blinding storm in
search of husband lost on desert. Pa.ge 1.
French aviator Louis Paul ham files out over
ocean at Los Angeles, with wife as pas
senger. Page 3.
Sensational declines of Columbia A Hock
ing stock on New York Stock Exchange
carries down two brokerage concerns.
Page 2.
Banker-convict Walsh passes first night in
Federal prison, prophesies he won't live
out sentence. Page 1.
Sports.
Salt Lake plans big reception to Jeffries;
Workmen begin construction of fight pa
vilion. Pace 7.
Kaufman almost knocks out Jack O'Brien
in six-round bout. Page 7. i
Aberdeen, aroused over baseball deal, plans
. revenge by boycott method on Seattle
wholesale houses. Paee 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Building Inspector Dobson's resignation to
take effect March 1. Page 13.
Klickitat Development League plans another
meeting at G-old.end.ale. page 9.
Charges If mismanagement of Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company made at
meeting, causing big sensation. Page lO.
Court upholds C. J. Reed as to accounting
in John. Green estate, but refuses to
order distribution of property. Page 9.
Proprietor of Delmonico Restaurant on trial
again on appeal. Page 16.
Ninth day of Hermann trial shows but one
point scored by the prosecution. Page L
District Attorney will investigate Detective
Day's charge against Quaker City mag
istrate. Page 3 0.
Floods, as predicted, follow thaw caused by
two-day rain and windstorm. Page 5.
Mayor and Board of Health decide to buy
Decarie crematory for $119,300. Page 10.
Aberdeen lawyer short in Loans & Savings
Association accounts, turns over library
and realty to cover deficit. Pace 1.
BODY- IS FOUND IN TRUNK
Mysterious Murder Is Uncovered at
Beach at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Jan. 19. A murder mys
tery, similar to the one revealed in
the Fall of 1907, when the body of a
woman was found in a trunk on the
beach near Alki Point, was discovered
late today when beach-combers walk
ing. along- the shore beneath Magnolia
bluff at the north entrance to the Seat
tle harbor found a trunk containing the
dismembered remains of a young:
woman.
The Coroner's physician states that
the remains are those of a "young
woman between 18 and 20 years old.
She has been dead "more than a year,
but the remains found in the trunk
show that the body had been hacked
in two at the waist before being placed
In the small receptacle.
No marks of identification were found
on the trunk nor oit the remnants of
clothing within.
The trunk had been buried high up
on the bluff, and had been carried
down to the beach in a recent land
slide. When found the trunk was se
curely locked and tied with a rope. The
men who . found it pried it open and
upon discovering its grewsome con
tents notified the police, who went to
the scene in a revenu launch.
THE BALANCE OF POWER.
WALSH WON'T LIVE
OUTTERM.HESAYS
Banker-Convict Proph
esies Own Death.
PRISONER'S NERVE KEEPS UP
On Iron Cot, "6861" He
Passes First Night in Prison.
READS TILL GONG SOUNDS
"If I Violate Any Rules, I Assure
You It Will Be Through Ignor
ance Only," Says Walsh to
Jailer as He Enters Cell.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Jan. 19.
a little iron cot in a cell of the Fed
eral prison here, John R. Walsh, who
today began serving a five-year sen
Tence for misapplying funds of the
Chicago National Bank, spent his first
night in the penitentiary.
If the change from a luxurious room
in his Calumet-avenue mansion in Chi
cago to a small barred space worked
a hardship with the prisoner he did not
show it. He has accepted his ' new
situation with smiling good grace. He
is outspoken in his approval of the
kindly manner in which he has been
treated since his arrival at 11 o'clock
today.
Behind his brave front there is be
lieved to be a secret belief in his own
mind that he never will live out his
sentence. Tonight (.t became known that
while Walsh was talking in private
with an old friend a man, like himself,
with white hair, whom he has known
for half a century he remarked, sadly
Walsh Is Prophet.
"I don't believe I ever shall live out
my sentence if I am not pardoned."
The surroundings did not make
Walsh who is known as "Convict
6861" nervous. He sat "calmly; in "his
cell tonight and read untii the big
gong sounded "lights out" at 9 o'clock,
Then he disrobed sand retired. When
a guard passed the cell a few min
utes later the ex-banker was sleeping
peacefully.
When the convicted banker was
shown hi cell he asked several ques
tions about rules governing his lncar
ceratioir.
"Just tell me what to do and I will
do it,", he said. "If I violate any
rules. I assure you It will be through
ignorance only."
Little attempt was made ' today to
,teach ' the new prisoner At he rules,
Prison officials thought it best not to
burden his mind .with little details of
prison life until he had become thor
oughly rested from the trip.
Friends Predict Relapse.
Many persons who saw the convicted
financier enter the prison today with
sprightly step and smiling countenance
predicted that a relapse would follow
when he was settled inside the walls
It was said that Walsh was straining
every point to make himself appea
cheerful Before his friends. Few men
even two-score years younger than thl
gray-haired convict, have walked so
calmly into prison as did he.
Warden R. W. McClaughrey, an old
personal friend of Walsh, was one of
those who feared the prisoner might
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LAWYER SHORT IN
FIRM'S ACCOUNTS
ATTORNEY J. C. CROSS, OF AB
ERDEEN' ADMITS DEFICIT.
Secretary of Savings & Loan Associa
tion Then Turns Over Library
and Realty to Cover Same.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 19. (Spe
cial.) Accused by officers and trustees
of the Aberdeen Savings & Loan Asso
ciation of being short $15,000 in the funds
of the association. J. C. Cross, a well
known local attorney, who for two years
has been secretary and legal counsel for
the organization, was confronted yester
day with the descrepancy.
After admitting he was shwrt in his
accounts, the attorney this afternoon
turned over practically ail of his realty
holdings In this city, his law library ana
securities and Judgments which. It 'is be
lieved, will about cover the deficit.
Charges of irregularity, made some-
weeks ago, resulted in the books being
gone over by an expert. The denouement
today followed. For the first few months
the business increased and stock proving
valuable, many thousands of dollars were
invested in the association. These funds
were loaned on real estate securities and
used by small borrowers In the construc
tion of homes. Attorney Cross, as sec
retary, had charge of the funds. More
than 100 local people are Interested in the
association, either as borrowers or in
vestors, and many people have invested
their small surplus earnings.
When confronted with the shortage
Cross declared himself at a loss to
account fo.it, maintaining that he had
not wilfully appropriated the funds.
as the experts delved further Into the
books and accounts the shortage in
creasjjd rather than diminished, and
unmistakable evidence of the deficit
became apparent. What further action
will be taken is not yet known.
TRIP IS TO SETTLE DISPUTE
Preacher and Brewer Go to Pendle
ton to See for Themselves.
PENDLETON. Or., Jan. 19. (Spe-cial.)-Dr.
Norton Rose, pastor of the
First Christian Church in North Yaki
ma, and John J. Schlotfelder, proprietor
of the brewery in the same city, have
been, in Pendleton since yesterday to
settle an election day dispute.
During the recent liquor election in
that city, these two men became en
gaged in an argument concerning the
reliability of certain data and pictures
reTating to Pendleton since the saloons
were voted out and contained in a
pamphlet circulated by the liquor men.
After a large crowd had gathered they
agreed to call off their dispute and
come to Pendleton to make personal
investigation and see which was right.
They b.ave been here since yester
day but have not yet announced the
results of their investigation.
MRS. STEVENSON. BLAMJED
Novelist's Stepson's Wife Says Moth-cr-in-Law
Caused Marital Trouble.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. (Special.)
From what the lawyer for Lloyd Os
bourne, the author, and stepson of Robert
Louis Stevenson, said today, it is evident
the ehort-story writer is trying to settle
domestic troubles with his wife without
having the publicity of a divorce court
proceeding Mrs. Os-bourne is suing for
the custody of the children and $o00 a
month alimony. Her complaint declared
that all the troubles with hrr husband
were due to his mother, widow of Robert
Louis Stevenson, and that Osbourne did
not dare disobey vher because he was de
pendent. on her for his income.
When the case came u,p today Os
bourne's1 lawyer asked for a month's con
tinuance, as he said his client was en
deavoring to settle the trouble out.of
court. Me declared Mrs. Osbourne now
had an income of $275 a month.
FRIENDS "GIVEN JEWELRY
Voorhecs Bequeaths- Watch Chain to
John L. Wilson.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 19. (Special.)
The Will of the late Charles Voorhees,
filed for probate today, bequeaths" his
law library to his brother Reese, rare
books to I1I9 elster Harriet; his father's
cuftf buttons to James Voorhees; the
watch and chain carried by deceased and
his father before him, to John I Wilson;
scarf pin with diamond setting to Fred
Dudley.
Other personal remembrances are made.
His daughter is given 1000 shares of stock
in the International Coal & Coke Com
pany, and the balance of the estate, real
and personal, go to the widow.
OPTiONISTS SEE DEFEAT
Recount in iVctoria Election Will
Be Completed Today.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 19. (Special.)
Tomorrow will complete the recount in
the local option battle with defeat for
the Optionist3.
Today they gained 160 in 13,110 reviewed
ballots, making 2C4 gained out of an
aggregate vote of 30,000. There are lT.OiX)
more to check, with local option 1304
short of victory.
Lodges Are Revived.
LEBANON. Or., Jan. 19. (Special.) The
A. O. U. W. and Degree of Honor lodges
of this city, which have been at a low ebb
for the last few years, held an open
meeting last night and reorganized, re
ceived new applications for membership
and concluded their session with a ban
quet. Past Grand Mayter Ralph Feency,
of Portland, addressed t lie lodge, as did
Deputy Grand Master John B. Gentry,
and CSrand Matron -Miss Maggie Barker,
of Albany.
ABERDEEN
PLANS
STERN REVENGE
Bitter Against Seattle
Over Ball Deal.
MERCHANTS WOULD B0YC0T1
Ousting Club From League
May Prove Boomerang.
CITY NOW BASEBALL CRAZY
Action of Northwestern League a
Seattle Tuesday Takes on Com
mercial Meaning to Aber
deen Aim at Dugdalc.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Jan. 19. (Spe
cial.) With a bitter feeling of antag
onism raised by the action of D. E.
Dugdale, owner of the Seattle fran
chise In the Northwestern Liguc, in
heading, as it is believed, the move
ment to drop Aberdeen from the North
western circuit and continue the league
as a four-team affair, consummated at
the meeting in Seattle yesterday, busi
ness men of this city today wired Seat
tle wholesale merchants and jobbers
threatening a boycott, against Seattle
houses.
They will transfer their business to
Portland unless the action of the league
magnates in dropping the city from the
circuit should be rescinded.
Had an earthquake suddenly been
turned loose in this city and razed half
the town. It could not have created
more consternation or aroused greater
feeling:.
.All Aberdeen Talks Baseball.
In every business office, store, hotel
and residence today the sole topic be
tween men, and even women and chil
dren, has ..been .baseball. The sport
ing end is but a minor factor, the com
mercial end having stirred business
houses.
It is felt that the loss of fche team
will harm the city to a considerable
extent in the way of advertising and
commercial lines and that, as Seattle
has caused this loss, retaliation in its
own coin is more than deserved.
During today staid leaders in the
business life of the city, conservatives
in all tilings, were the most active in
making a canvass of stores and other
business establishments, conversing
with the proprietors and lining up a
campaign to turn every possible amount
of business away' from Seattle in favor
of Portland.
Questions Put to Merchants.
"Do you do any busines.s with Scat-
tie?' became almost a slogan and the
man who could swell his chest, and hon
estly say, "No, Portland," was the ertvy
of those connected with the Northern
city.
Anxious to fight, President-Manager
Rowland returned to Aberdeen on the
noon train. He declares his belief that
the action was a "frame-up." designed
I to perfect an all-Coast league In 1911.
It is hinted that the dismissal 01 Ab
erdeen was a part of an agreement witir
the California 'baseball leaders and that
the surrender of the Portland franchise
by W. W. McCredie was the first step
in the scheme.
So far as the local directors are con
cerned the dropping of the team came
so unexpectedly that they have been
taken off their guard and as yet are un
certain how to proceed. j .
All Plans Hang on Dugrialc's Action.
One thing can be stated authoritative
ly, however, and that Is that if there is
any possible course, which can be
adopted to force Dugdalc to rescind his
action it will be undertaken.
Never before in the history of Aber
deen's membership in the league, it Is
declared, has the sentiment of the city
been so unanimous for the continuancw
of professional ball. People who here
tofore only, subscribed $25 have conic
through with $100 and in addition almost
$1000 was received from San Francisco
shipping and lumber firms doing business
with the Harbor.
Dugdale would be in dire physical dan
ger in this city tonight.
HUNGER EMBOLDENS FOXES
Animals Never Before Trapped in
Blue Mountains Yield Furs.
DAYTON. Wash., Jan. 19. (Special.)
Made bold by hunger caused by the long,
severe Winter, wildcats, lynx, wolves and
other ferocious animals are attacking
horses, cattle and even human beings in
tlie 'Blue Mountains of Oregon and Wash
ington, according to reports brought here
from the Tukanon. Salmon River. Wil
lowa, Panjafb. Upper Patit and Touchet
districts.
Driven to desperate straits the animals
do not hesitate to attack. A few days
ago Orval Payne struggled . with a huge
wildcat, finally overpowering the brute.
County Auditor Frary recently paid out
$214 in bounties. The list includes 54
wildcats. 22 coyotes, four lynx and sev
eral wolves. Many foxes have been
trapped. Foxcf were never known to be
trapped in tl is district before. No bounty
is paid on them but the fur? are valuable.