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Jlfomitf g jjjj N VOL. L. NO. 15,348. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IT IS MAN ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPING HIS SON TARIFF WAR WITH CLAIMANT IS LEFT TO BATTLE ALONE MCCARTHY'S REIGN TO BE SUPREME TRUCK DRIVERS TO PEER INTO MIRRORS J.C.STUBBS' CHILD SUES FOR DIVORCE HELD FOB MURDER AVERTED TAKES BOY FROM MOTHER, WHO SEEKS DIVORCE. LAWYERS GIVE TP CASE OF SACKVILLE'S NATTJRAL SON-. FREAK TRAFFIC ORDINANCE IS PASSED AT LOS ANGELES. SAILORS HIE GERMANY Body Is Found in Water Weighted Down. WILLIAM GOHL IS ACCUSED Aberdeen Police Said to Have Startling Evidence. iBAY YIELDS MANY DEAD III Five Years 40 "Floaters" Have Drifted Ashore in Grays Harbor. Boasting by Prisoner Leads to His Immediate Arrest. ABERDBTEy, Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.') With the arrest here today of "William Gohl, agent for the Sailors' Union, on a charge of murder, the police believe they have found evidence of a series of grew nme crimes equal to the mysteries of the Gunness farm tragedies. Gohl Is accused of killing Charles Hat berg, a sailor and farmer caretaker for Gohl. Hatberg's body, with a 50-pound anchor tied to It and two Jagged bullet boles In the head, was dragged from the waters of Grays Harbor, at the mouth of Indian Creek, yesterday afternoon. Boasts; Arrest Follows. " Chief of Police George Dean Is author ity for the statement that boasting re marks by Gohl led to his immediate ar rest. During the past five years more than 40 bodies have been recovered from the "waters of the harbor. Many of the bodies bore evidence of death by vio lence, but at no time have the authori ties believed they had sufficient evi dence to make criminal charges, and the Coroner juries have been compelled to return unsatisfactory verdicts. It Is the Gunness story over again with the exception that the water and not the earth has been used for graves. Jailed Before Warrant Is Read. Gohl was arrested by City Detective K. Y. Church, and the warrant was not (read to him until he was placed in ;3ail. "My God," exclaimed Gohl, when the i charge was made known to him. '"Please notify my wife and my attor ney. Wilson Buttner." Men are now dragging the waters -for the body of John Hoffman, who re cently disappeared, with Charles Hat berg, and who, the police have reason for believing, has also met with foul play. natberg Gobi's Witness. Hatberg, who It is said was friendly with Gohl, last Summer lived in a shack on the waterfront which he had leased from Gohl. When Gohl was ar rested last Summer on a charge of hav ilng stolon automobile blankets, Hat- berg was one of the principal wit messes for the defendant. Hatberg is believed to have been murdered shortly before Christmas, 1909. Two Jagged bullet holes In the back of his head mutely testify to the I cause of death. When Hatberg's body was found, a 50-pound anchor was tied ( to his waist and his revolver was fastened to one of the flukes of the anchor. Anchor Is Identified. The anchor attached to Tlatbcrgs body has been identified as one belonging to Caldwell Bros., logger, which was stolen from one of the Caldwell Bros.' launches last Spring. The anchor is of a peculiar jiatent and easy of identification. The police say they know who had possession of the anchor. Gohl in an interview tonight denied all knowledge of the murder of Hatberg. "There is nothing to it." he stoutly affirmed- "There is no more to tills caise than there was to the laprobe accu sation, and you know how that came out. I dnn't know any thing about Hatberg or bow his body came to he found in the bay." Gohl Given Heavy Fine. Gobi has for the past seven years served s local agent for the Sailors' union, coming here from Pan Francisco to take chance of the local office. He lias several times given Grays Harbor pence officers trouble. During the big waterfront strike of 1005 he was charged with "assaulting men under arms." Then Gohl. loading a body of men in a gaso line launch, attacked the schooner Fear less as Hhe was lying at anchor in the lower harbor, and succeeded in taking off members of her nonunion crew. For this he was tried in the Superior Court and fined $1250, which fine was sustained In an appeal to the Supreme Court. H0PPE IS OVER 200 AHEAD BIIMardist Makes Second 500, Morn ingstar Close Behind. FITTPBtTRG. Feb. 3. Willie Hoppe ran up a second block of 500 .points tonight in hi irX-polnt championship 1S.2 balkllne billiard match with Ora Morningstar, but his opponent was close on his heels with :.. The total score now stands: Hoppe 1000, fclorainsstar &0J. Party Seized on Way to Mexico and Much Traveling Results From I. opal Activity. SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. Special.) Louis B. Adams, a wealthy San Fran ciscan, N. W. Murphy and Nora Mc Laughlin, a nurse, are under arrest at Tucson for kidnaping Adams' 10-year-old son John and taking him to Mexico. The story is peculiar. Mrs. Daisy Kim ball Adams Is suing her husband hero for divorce and pending the result of an appeal to the courts she bad possession of the 10-year-old boy, who has Inherited $300,000 in his own right. The father last week got hold of the boy and took him on the Southern Pa cific to Old Mexico. The mother tele graphed to the authorities and the party was arrested Tuesday at El Paso, Tex. Detective Charles , Taylor, who repre sented the mother and Identified the party in El Paso, was taking all Involved back to this city on extradition, when ha was held up at Tuma on a habeas cor pus and ail were taken back to Tucson. Detective Arthur McPhee leaves here to night for Tucson with, fresh extradition papers. ' Today in court Mrs. John S. Kimball, grandmother of the boy, was made his le gal guardian. All principals to the suit are very wealthy. ACTOR-SMOKERS NEAR BAN Spokane Chief to Require Fireproof Rooms for Hasty Whiffs. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.) No -more hasty smokes for the actors, no more quiet puffs from the cigarette for the chorus girls unless they retire to a fireproof smoking-room. Fire Chief Harry Meyers will Issue this order to the theatrical managers of this city Immediately, to put a atop to smok ing In the dressing-rooms. "That is one of the most dangerous practices going on in this city at present," said Chief Meyers. "Actors rush off the stage, grab a cigarette and light It, never paying any attention to where they throw the matches. The burning stubs go on the floor any place. My idea is to pro vide a fireproof smoking-room and re quire the smokers to retire to this place instead of using the dressing-rooms." Chief Meyers said the case would be taken up immediately with the Fire Com missioners and then before the City Coun cil. . VALUABLE WITNESS FOUND Former Official May Talk in Beef Trust Case. CHICAGO, Feb. 3. That the Govern ment has found a valuable and well-informed witness In the beef trust case In the person of a former trusted , official of a large packing company was the re port about the Federal building. This man is said to be on a pension at pres ent, but has consented to tell the Jury all he knows In return for Immunity. Two more employes of Swift & Co. were subpenaed today. Ralph Crews and Arthur Colby, gen eral counsel and assistant treasurer of the National Packing Company, were the principal witnesses before the Fed eral grand jury tcday. Mr. Crews car ried a number of books and papers Into the Jury room and in a few minutes he came out without them. DOGS AFTER GREAT CAT - - Salemite's Siberian Hounds to Seek Jest r uctl ve Cou gar. SALEM. Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) Henry jVtnrnarch has purchased two Im mense Siberian hounds, which he will take out tomorrow to Brown's Island, a few miles up river, to hunt a mam moth cougar that has been terrifying people In that vicinity. The cougar has been on the Island for aging on farms since the- recent high water. The brute destroyed several ani mals a.s well as terrorizing some of the ranchers. Marnarch says he will catch the cougar, lie will leave here shortly for the Alberta country to live on his homestead and will take the hounds with him to run antelope. DOUBLE SERVICE ASKED Telephone Companies in Los Angeles May Join Systems. LOS AXJ3KL.B3. Feb. 3. If the plan proposed today to the public utilities by the Municipal League is adopted the sub scribers in this city will enjoy the serv ice of two existing telephone systems in stead of the one they now subscribe to. The plan is to have both companies agree to connect their lines for sub scribers upon payment of a fee of 5 cents for each connection. It is thought a decision in the matter by the companies will be made within a few days. ACTRESS GRANTED DIVORCE May Buckley Seen res Decree Against W. S. Martin. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. Mrs. Marie Martin, known on the stage as May Buckley, was today granted an inter locutory decree of divorce from W. S. Martin, whom she married' in Denver on January 17 of last year. Cruelty was the ground of the com plaint and the suit was not contested- leat- Inspection Left to Future Action. MiNSMUMS ARE EXCHANGED Business of Half Billion Annu ally Is Involved. BOTH COUNTRIES GAIN President Gratified That Agreement Has Been Reached Berlin Learna About Pure Food' Law and Will Modify Pork Regulations. WASHINOTON, Feb. 3. Concessiocs.by both the United States and Germany have averted a threatened tariff war. Negotiations have been concluded, be tween the two countries which settle the question of a minimum and maximum rate with the exception of the cattle and dressed meat issue. This was eliminated, from the present negotiations and will be taken up later in seperata dlplomatio representations. Under the agreement made today American minimum rates will be exchanged for the entire minimum list of Germany. The result Is consid ered advantageous to both countries. Commerce Not Interrupted. The State Department today issued a statement, which in part is as follows: "By the understanding arrived at, there will be no tariff war and no interruption of the enormous commerce passing be tween the two countries. The magni tude of this -business appears from the statement that in the calendar year Just closed the direct interchange of commodi ties between Germany and the United States exceeded $409,000,000, and, allow ances being made for German importa tions through other countries, the actual volume is possibly In excess of J500.000.000. "Products of the United States will be assured the fullest opportunity to par ticipate in the constantly growing business of the "German Empire. This will be done on a complete equality with the competing products of other countries. Lowest Rates Kxtended. "By the terms of the commercial agree ment which has been In force since 1907, Germany extended to the United States her conventional or lowest rates on about 100 out of nearly 4000 tariff numbers. Those 100 numbers covered a large per centage, in value, of the actual imports from the United States, but. nevertheless, left many important commodities of American manufacture at a disadvantage in competition with similar products from other countries. "This agreement expires February 7. It was the earnest desire of the Ger man government to reach a solution of the questions at Issue so that the neces sary legislation might be enacted to prevent any disturbance of existing commercial relations. The President fully reciprocated this sentiment. Both Countries Friendly. "In consequence of the'friendly dis position of both governments, an agree ment has been reached under which it will be possible for the German gov ernment, with the co-operation of the imperial Parliament, to avoid any in terruption of trade and at the same time to extend to the United- States (Concluded on Pas 0- Clarke Refuses to Ask Court to Await Arrival of Documents From Spain. LONDON, Feb. . Sir Edward Clarke, counsel for Sir Ernest Sackville-West in the tatter's suit to establish that be is the legitimate son and heir of the late Lord Lionel Sackville-West, withdrew abrupt ly from the case today, following a disa greement with bis client. Several depositions denying the reputed marriage of the late Lord Sackville-West and Josefa Duran had been read, when Sir Edward arose and announced his re tirement, in consequence of a letter hand ed him by his client. In which he was instructed to request the-court for an ad journment pending the production of im portant documents from Spain. Sir Edward explained he was not pre pared to apply for an adjournment, as he could not say that the-Spanlsb documents referred to were material to his case. The petitioner's Junior counsel followed suit. Among the depositions offered when court opened was a statement by the diplomat, in which he had said: "When my daughters stayed In Wash ington they parsed as my legitimate children, but everybody knew they were illegitimate." It was at the conclusion of the reading of this deposition that Sir ETlward an nounced his withdrawal. When court reconvened the petitioner announced that he desired to plead his own case, adding: "I know I snail lose, but I will have a good try." OFFICERS WILL GIVE HOP Vancouver Barracks Will Be Gay. Relic of Early Garrison. Found. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Feb. 3. (Special.) An informal hop will be held at the post gymnasium for officers and their friends on Tuesday evening, Feb ruary 8. The post Adjutant has an original requisition for wood signed in 1833 by Zachary Taylor, who was then Colonel of the First Infantry, which is the regi ment now stationed at Vancouver Bar racks. The Infant son of Battalion Sergeant Major Albert C. Bellamy, First Infan try, who died last night, was burled in the post cemetery this afternoon. Sergeant Perry A. HilC Company A, Is detailed on special duty In charge of the barracks of Company K, First In fantry. Second Lieutenant Irving J. Phillip son, First Infantry, is sick in his quar ters at the post. Privates Ward A. Colby and Stephen Zuwiensky, Company I, First Infantry, have been appointed Lance Corporals. Sergeant Thomas G Tucker, Com pany G, First infantry, left the post yesterday to spend a month's furlough In Portland. Lance Corporal Max ' L. Underwood, Company I, First Infantry, has been promoted to the grade of Corporal. First Lieutenant Elliott Caziare, First Infantry, has returned from leave of absence spent in Seattle. Private Clarence N. Smith, Company G, First Infantry, who is serving sen tence under the civil authorities, has been discharged without honor. BUYS LOT AS INVESTMENT Purchaser at Tenth and Everett Keeps Identity Secret. A single lot, 50x100 feet, at the south west corner of Tenth and Everet streets, has been sold by Jacob Boeh mer for $23,000. The sale was closed yesterday. It was negotiated by George P. Dekum, of the firm of C. K. Henry & Co. Mr. Dekum says that the purchaser Is a Portland investor, who does not want his name mentioned. The corner is occupied with frame buildings and will be held as . an In vestment. Another sale reported yesterday by Mr. Dekum Is of a single lot at the northeast corner of Seventeenth and Lovejoy streets, which also was sold to an unnamed Investor for $9000. The property Is 50x100 feet and is vacant. It was owned by the Beal estate. The corner is regarded as good for ware house purposes and may be improved with a wholesale building by the purchaser. HEY! STOP THAT. AND GET TO WORK!' Bay City Completely in .Mayor's Hands. OLD REGIME IS SWEPT AWAY Liquor Men and Union Heads Fill Official Boards. 'RULE OR RUIN" IS POLICY School Board Alone Puts Up Deter mined Fight Against Executive. San Francisco May Yet Be Paris of America. M'CARTHVS POWER TESTED. SAN FRAN-CISCO. Kb. S The Tight of Mayor McCarthy to remove members the various murtclpal boards and commissions is being tested in the courts. Arguments . were begun this afternoon before Superior Judge sturtevant on a mo tion made in behalf of the Mayor to dissolve the temporary injunction obtained by three members of the Taylor Board of Education, restrain ing him from removing them from office until his power to do so had been judicially determined. Attorneys representing the Mayor contend that he Is given authority by the charter to make removals "for cause," while counsel for the board holds that the charter declares against the spoils system. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) San Francisco is In the hands of Mayor McCarthy and his cohorts. Commencing- with the throwing out of office of members of the Board of Po lice Commissioners and following that up with the decapitation o the mem bers of the Board of Education, the newly-elected Mayor practically com pleted his reign of terror the fore part of the week, when he lopped off the heads of 15 more of the Taylor Com missioners, and In the early hours of the morning had 15 of his own men sworn in. Neither the ousted Com missioners nor any of their attorneys knew what had happened until long after the transformation had been ef fected. Control of Patronage Sought. It is not the beginning of the end, but it marks what Mayor McCarthy said upon his installation into office that he proposes to run the city after his own manner. In short, he wants to control absolutely "and without ques tion, the patronage of the city, and failing to convince the Commissioners that they should resign, he has brought it about by more tyranical methods. Saloonmen, members of the Royal Arch, a liquor dealers' organization, and heads of various union bodies of San Francisco, make up, for the most part, the newly appointed Commissions, so that it is easy to see. who is going to rule the roost for the next two years, at least. City Charter Is Ignored. It is going far, perhaps, to say that San Francisco is to be. the Paris of America, but the complete disregard (Concluded on Page 6.) Teamsters of Covered Wagons Must Bo Able to See Behind Them in Crowded Districts. LOS ANGELES. Cal, Feb. S. (Spe cial.) If a be-whlskered pilot of a heavyweight truck is seen beatlfteal ly squinting into a mirror as he steers his conveyance through the street, it will not be due to vanity, but to a freakish traffic ordinance "passed by the Council today. This Includes the ukase that drivers of all covered ve hicles must have some means of see ing what is going on in the rear as well as in front, and the looking glass may be a lady's fine triple reflector, or the whole front of a bureau, but it must be there. Under this ordinance a driver is liable to arrest and fine if he stops a vehicle more than two feet from the curb, or less than 25 feet from 'a city hydrant or within 40 feet of a street intersection. A driver must not back bis vehicle in a downtown street in such manner as to block traffic, even for a second. This is aimed at automobiles. Driv ers also are ordered to enter alleys in the business district from the nortli and leave from the south. The limits of the taboo district are First and Tenth streets. Hill and Los Angeles streets. LIQUOR POURED INTO JAIL Paper Funnel and Kind Friends Keep Two Loggers Drunk. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) By means of an improvised paper funnel running: from the outside of the Jail to the Inside, two loggers who had been arrested on a charge of drunk and disorderly were enabled, with the kind assistance of their friends, to remain in a gloriously intoxicated condition all day. Chief of Police Farrington meant to bring them up in Police Court for a hearing, but their condition was such that they will not be able to appear in court until tomorrow morning. The scheme of their friends was not detect ed by the City Hall authorities until late in the day, and much liquor had been poured through the funnel into their thirsty throats. BUZZSAW PROVES FATAL Head of Karl Webster Cut Off in Mc Kenzie Mill. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Earl Webster, head sawyer at the McKenzie sawmill, near Battle Ground, was Instantly killed yesterday afternoon by falling- across . rapidly revolving saw. He was pushing- a log on the dog- in front of a buzzsaw with a plnchbar, when the bar slipped and he fell forward. The portion of his head above his ears was cut off. Coroner Knapp, after Investigating- the circumstances, declared, that death was accidental. Webster was 45 years old. He Is sur vived by hl wife and seven children, the eldest of whom is 15 years of age. The family lives on Salmon Creek, near Felida. about six miles from the sawmill. The Websters came to this county about three years ago from Wisconsin and the body may be shipped East for burial. ASTORIA'S TAXES HIGHER Dike Improvement and Better Schools Cause Part of Increase. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) The work of extending the taxes on this year's roll has been completed and the roll will be open for collections next Monday morn ing. The total is $334,084.04, which is $36,722.70 more than the total last year. The main portion of the increase was occasioned by the larger state tax. the sum raised for constructing dikes on the west side of Young's Bay and the addi tional sums required by the city to retire bonds and by the Astoria school district to defray the cost of Improvements to buildings. The tax for state, county and city school purposes amounts to $159, 922.94, compared with $158,076.44 last year. The tax for the city of Astoria, in cluding public park and library, Is $59, 146.04, whereas last year It was $37,480.01. The Astoria school district tax amounts to $34,790.22. compared with $24,295.72 last year. BAKER WAS NOT PARTNER Seattle 3Ian'Loses Claim to Interest In Snoqualmle Power. CHICAGO, Feb. 3. Jud&e Barnes, in the Superior Court today, dismissed for want of equity a. suit brought by Charles H. Baker, of New York, to es tablish a co-partnership with the late William E. Baker, his father, in water power rights in the State of Washing ton. Property valued at $1,000,000 was Involved. The enterprise was at Bnoqualmie Falls and was organized to develop electricity for Seattle and Tacoma. The court held that there yraa no evidence of a co-partnership "and that Baker was entitled only to his share of the estate as an heir. WESTON NORMAL UP AGAIN Initiative May Be Invoked to Re establish State School. WESTON, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) The first step promising an initiative cam paign for the re-establishment of the Eastern Oregon State Normal School at Weston, was taken today, when Mayor Turner issued a call for a mass meeting to be held next Wednesday at the local opera-house. The attitude of the com munity as to whether such a campaign Is advisalfle. will then be determined. The matority favors making another effort to put the school on a permanent basis. Action will likely be taken similar to that at Monmouth, Or., whereby each school may go before the state with an Independent bill, leaving the choice of one, two, three or none of the voters. Mrs.BeulahSunderland Leaves Husband. YOUNG WOMAN MAY BE ACCUSED Complaint Secretly Filed at Reno Reveals Discord. UNHAPPY SEVERAL YEARS Son of Nevada Pioneer and Leader In State Polities Is Target of Attack by Daughter of liar rlman Line Official. RENO. Nev., Feb. 3. (Special.) A sen sation was sprung throughout this city today when It became known that Mrs. Beulah Stubbs Sunderland flled suit for a decree of divorce today against her husband, John Sunderland, son of the late pioneer clothing merchant of the same name, himself one of the most prominent in that business of this city. The plaintiff, who is about 28 years of age. 1 the daughter of J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager of all Harrlman lines) with headquarters in Chicago. Discord Reigns for Tears. Her attorneys. Cheney, Massey & Price sealed the complaint when filed and the nature of her allegations is consequently not disclosed, but it is the common un derstanding and rumor that they have not lived happily together for the past three or four years and it is said she left him, remaining away for several months upon one occasion. She is now in Chicago with her parents, although they have apparently been living together until very recently, as when Mr. Stubbs passed through this city a few weeks ago she and her husband were together at the depot to meet him. To many in this city, this- suit does not come as a surprise, as it is hinted that the complaint possibly names a co respondent In the person of a well-known, young woman here. Mr. Sunderland left for San- Francisco last night. There aref no children involved. Husband Leads in Public Affairs. Mr. Sunderland is National Democratic Committeeman from Nevada; is occasion ally an active member of the Reno Com mercial Club and is prominent in local business affairs. They were married about five yeans ago in Chicago, she being a society leader. The homo In this city, built by her parents, was offered for sale recently for $15,000. They gave It up and went to Chicago together, Mr. Sunderland returning recently. Many stories of family jars in their marital relations have been current and this action has been anticipated for a long time by many residents here In prominent social circles. MEN BARRED LIQUOR SUE Yakima's Mayor, Councilmen, Police Chief Saloon Tabo Defendants. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.) Mayor Armbruster, six of the City Councilmen and Chief of Po lice Stfory face suits for damages ag gregating $150,000. Two actions, each for $15,000. were begun today, and six or eight others are threatened. Three suits filed today were brought by W. R. Denham, a butcher, and Frank Hull. They assert their names were included in a list prepared by some of the Councilmen and ordered posted in all the saloons in the city. At the same time orders were given the saloonkeepers not to sell liquor to any of the men listed, under penalty of having the saloon license revoked. The plaintiffs say they have thus been slandered and damaged each in the sum of $15,000. DEBAUCH IS HIS DEFENSE Guarantee Association Agent Arrest ed for Vttering Bad Checks. II. W. VanSlyke, an agent for the Union Guarantee Association, room 1. Commercial Club building, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Constable Wagner charged with forgery. An information filed at the office of the District Attorney charges that VanSlyke forged the name of C. H. Weston, manager of the sales department of the association, to a check for $50 and secured cash from Frits Drewfs, proprietor of a saloon, at 220 Crosby street. VanSlyke admitted the charges. He said that he was a debauch when tho check was made and was not responsible for his actions. In default of bail he was taken to the County Jail. VanSlyke is 32 years old, is single and lives at 214 Holladay avenue. Salem Heights to Have Cars. SALEM, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) Resi dents of Salem Heights, a suburb Just south of the city, who have been seeking car service for years past, have made the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company a tender of a 10-cent fare from the Heights, and Manager Page, of the company, has given assurances that reg ular service will be established within 30 days. The Railroad Commission had decided that it had no jurisdiction.