The Sunday Oregonian., December 29, 1907, Page 4, Image 4

THE L'TTXDAY OREGOJiTAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 29, 1907.
LIGHTNING HITS
AT
Wireless Station's Aerial De
molished and Other Wires
Are Burned Out.
TERRIFIC REPORT IS HEARD
Weather Bureau Instruments Are
Touched Up and Fire Is : Started
. In Observer's Office Ilwaco
Phone System Knocked Out.
NORTH HEAD, Wash., Deo. 2S. (Spe
cial.) During an electric storm late yes
terday afternoon, lightning struck the
North Head wireless station's aerial.
part of which was destroyed, besides
burning out all land wires, running from
North Head.
At 4:30 P. M. a bolt struck the wireless
station's aerial, accompanied by a ter
rific report, and passing through the
operating room was partially grounded
by a lightning arrester, but sufficient
current remained to jump a distance of
ten feet into the telegraph and telephone
wires running between the wireless sta
tion and the Weather Bureau, totally
wrecking these lines. Upon reaching the
Weather Bureau, the bolt jumped quite a
distance Into the recording instruments
and burned out the cable leading from
them outside to a steel tower upon which
some of the Instruments are located.
The inflammable material., used in the
cable started a small fire in the Instru
ment room, but was soon put out by J.
J. Kelleher, observer. The current also
traveled a distance of three miles over
the llwaeo Telephone Company's wires
and burned out every fuse on the cen
tral office's switch-board. The damage
to the wireless Instruments was tem
porarily repaired and the accident re-,
ported by wireless to the Mare, Island
Navy-yard last night, but the land wires
were down until late this atternooni .
IITES IX FEAR OP BRUTE
Albany AVoman Afraid to Testify
Against Husband.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. . (Special.)
August Kuss, who struck his wife over
the head with a pot filled with boiling
water, is yet confined In the City Jail.
His wife, whose Bhoulders and back were
severely burned, ia gradually beginning
to recover.
Deputy District Attorney Gale S. Hill
today announced his intention of filing a
complaint against the man in the State
Circuit Court and, if possible, bringing
him to the whipping-post. He Is alleged
'to- have beaten his wife In addition to
using the pot as a weapon. The only
Slock to his conviction In a higher court
is that his wife is In fear of her life and
may refuse to testify against hlmv She
has told officers that' he has frequently
made threats to kill her and she wants to
recover from her injuries and leave the
city before Kuss gets out of jail so that
she can escape with her life.
Kuss is a German 3 years old and can
speak English only brokenly. He and
his wife came to this city only recently
from California.
CLOSER BUSINESS RELATIONS
Lumber and Shingle Shippers Form
New Organization.
SEATTLE Dec. 28. For the pur
pose of establishing closer relations
between all departments of the shingle
and lumber industry, the Pacific Coast
Shippers'- Association has been com
pletely reorganized. At a meeting of
the members this morning it was de
cided to reincorporate. Increase the
trustees from three to nine, raise the
capital stock to $10,000 and employ a
salaried secretary to look after the In
terest to the members. The associa
tion will widen its scope and adapt
Itself to conditions as they exist to
day. An affiliation will be sought with
Middle West retail lumber and shingle
industry. Twothlrds of those con
nected with the lumber and shingle
Industry in the Northwest are affilia
ted with the reorganized association.
SILVERTOX MEN SIGN BYLAWS
i
Eighty Per Cent of Acreage of Dis
trict Is Enrolled.
SILVERTON, Or., Dec. 28. (Special.)
The Silverton Hopgrowers' Association
held a very enthusiastic meeting in this
city this afternoon, the object of which
was to formulate plans for the organiza
tion of a local branch of the Pacific Coast
tHopgrowers' Union. About 100 growers
were present and of this number 50 signed
the constitution and bylaws. ; Others
living north, of this distirct signed with
the Woodburn organization.
Seven hundred acres of the hopyards in
this vicinity sre represented in the local
union, and this is fully 80 per cent of
the total hop acreage' in the Silverton
district ; .
!. Sr. Opsund was elected president of
the union and George Morley secretary.
Tacoma to Entertain State Federa
tion Meeting in January.
TACOMA, Wash.. -Dec, 2S. (Special.)
Great preparations are being made by
Tacoma unions for the annual meeting
of the State Federation of Labor, Jan
uary J. A committee is raising money
ana Dusiness men have responded liber
ally.
Between 250 and SO0 delegates are ex
pected and 400 out-of-town . union .men
will be In the city during the meetings.
A banquet will be given in the Masonic
Temple on the evening of January 9 and
the following night a dance will be held
in Germania Hall.
FIXE CROP OF EASTERN TROUT
Oregon City Resident Makes Suc
cessful Experiment.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec 28. (Spe
cial.) .The first eggs to be taken from
Eastern brook trout and brought to
maturity on the Pacific Coast are In
a miniature hatohery at the home of
Frank Busch, who obtained 1500 East
ern brook trout fry from the United
States Bureau of Fisheries in the
Spring of 1906. He has a sparkling
spring pond at his residence on Jeffer
son street, and the fry planted in this
pool and have been fed and cared for
until there are now about 900 fine
speckled beauties, from 6 to H inches
in length. This Fall the trout became
of spawning age, and eggs were taken
and placed in trays in a trough made
for the purpose. The little embryo
can be plainly seen in the eggs, and
NORTH
are strong and healthy. It is estimat
ed that about JO. 000 fry will be raised
from these eggs. The experiment of
Mr. Busch demonstrates what can be
done with fish introduced from the Far
East, :when the right- methods are
adopted and followed, ,. , '
' Taking ICgs to -South, America.
OREGON CITY! Or., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) Frank Brophy, formerly con
nected -with the Baker Lake, Wash.,
station of the United States Fisheries
Bureau, is at Clackamas Station for
a few days, en route to Argentine,
South America, and will sail from New
York on' the St, Paul January 18, with
a consignment of Chinook, blueback
and silver salmon, rainbow and East
ern brook trout, and also some cojlnsh
eggs from Gloucester. Mr. ophy wrfU
go to England from New York, an
there he will pick up a, consignment
of Atlantic salmon eggs. He has en
tered the employ of the fisheries bu
rean of Argentine Republic. ,
Ughts Out In Brownsville.
ALBANY, Or.,' Dec. 28. (Special.) As
a result of the recent flood in the Cala
pooia River, the City of Brownsville will
be without electric lights for some time
and must depend on rainfall and the
Calapooia River for it's water supply.- A
part of the dam in the river just above
the city washed out In the flood and this
has left the mill-race practically dry.
Besides shutting down the electric light
and city water plants it will stop the
Brownsville Woolen Mills and the flour
mills, thus tielng up practically all of the
Industries of the town.
Coal Cheape? In Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 28. (Special.)
Announcement is made of a reduction in
the price of steam coal from $4.50 to $3.75
per ton. Profiting by the experience of
last year, the coal dealers put in un
usually large stocks during the Summer.
They prepared for a heavier trade than
has developed so far and coal is a drug
on the market.
REFUSES GARE OF FATHER
PENDLETON MAN SENDS AGED
PARENT TO ASYLUM.
Harry F. Johnson, Well-to-Do Uma
. tilla County Resident, Has His
Father Declared .Insane.
PENDLETON, Or., Dee, 2S.-(Speclal.)
Bent and feeble with the weight of 79
years, with hair as white as snow and
eyes dim with old age, a burden to those
for whom he - has . cared and watched
over for nearly three score years. Dr.
Henry B. Johnson is to be confined to
the insane asylum because he is "dan
gerous to be at large."
By an affidavit flle,d at the courthouse
today, Harry F. Johnson, a man who is
assessed on the rolls of Umatilla County
for 770 acres of the richest farming land
In the Northwest, who owns 17 city lots
in Pendleton, and whose personal assess
ment figures up to about 16,000 in ad
dition to bis realty holdings, has charged
his old and feeble father with insanity
and has had him committed to the in
sane asylum.
The son of today forgets the father of
yesterday, and says that he is a con
stant eare, that it is necessary for some
one to watch him continually. His mem
ory fails to recall that there was once
another time when he himself was a
care and had to be watched continually,
when he had to be fed and put to bed,
when he had to be clothed and sent to
school and watched over and fostered.
Dr. Henry B. Johnson is in his own
right possessed of a home and nearly
$4000 in cash, sufficient property to pro
vide all the necessities for himself for
the short time he will be on this earth.
If a little of this money, his own money,
were to be spent in making his last days
comfortable, however, there might not
be quite as much left to devise and be
queath to those who by law will fall
heir to his property. His son, the same
one who signs the insanity . complaint,
has been appointed his legal guardian
and does not propose to spend but the
beggarly $10 a month "which will be neces
saryfor his maintenance at the asylum,
so his feeble, tottering father will, within
a day or two be received at the state
institution, where he cannot be a care
except to paid employes.
"Dangerous to be at large," is the
charge, and it is a fact that he is un
able even to dress himself, because of
his weakness. This is the sworn state
ment of the son and legal guardian, the
oath of the boy that was tended in his
infancy by his happy, hard-working
father, and so the madhouse is the fate
of this father for the few remaining
hours assigned him. Strangers will watch
the spark of life feebly sputter and go
out. Asylum - attendants will close his
eyes In death. It costs too much and
it is too much bother for those who were
once dependent on him to supply him
with his dily bread.
Meeting at Chehalls Monday.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 28. (Special.)
Western Washington bopgrowers will
hold a meeting, at Chehalis, at 10 A. M.,
Monday, December 30. The California
committee will be present. From Chehalls
the California committee will return
south, expecting to visit the Puyallup
and Yakima sections later. A large at
tendance is expected her.
DROPS DEAD AT A DANCE
Death Claims Aged German While
Making Merry at Wedding.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Dec. 28.
(Special.) C. C. Heinrichsen, a Ger
man, 75 years old, who had been en
gaged in gardening in Klamath Falls
for six years, fell dead last evening in
the parlor of a local hotel while waltz
ing at the marriage feast of a friend,
Henry Janssen. Deceased was a bach
elor, held in high esteem in the com
munity for diligence and frugality.
It is said that he formerly lived at
Portland and owns 'property there. By
a will made about 10 days ago he
bequeathed all of his property, real
and personal, to Alex Martin, Jr., cash
ier of the Klamath County Bank, who
had befriended him. Only property in
this city is explicitly mentioned in the
document, which was in the -usual
form, but drawn briefly.
NEGRO ADMITS HIS GUILT
Man Arrested In Portland Confesses
to Murder In Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash,, Dec. 28. (Special.)
Horace- C. Bailey, a negro arrested in
Portland several days ago on suspicion
that he was guilty of the murder of
Marshal Combs, also a negro found dying
in a boxcar, December 16, this evening
confessed that he was guilty. Bailey
says that he and Combs were shooting
craps in the car and that tha latter re
fused to pay him J10 won during the game.
A fight started during which Bailey stole
Combs' watch. Bailey was getting the
worst of the fight when he grabbed a
heavy handle and struck Combs over
the head fracturing the latter's skull. He
then caught a train for Portland.
DIRECT PRIMARY,
STUMBLING BLOCK
Seattle Republicans Fearful
Lest Opponents Name
Their Ticket.
CHAOS IN MAJORITY PARTY
The Democrats and Independents
Threaten to Go to Polls and Name
Undesirable Candidates for Re
publicans Managers at Sea.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 28. (Special,)
Republican politicians, facing a direct
primary complication, wherein a half
dozen or more caldidates will ask for the
Republican nomination, are fearful lest
the Democratic and Municipal Ownership
leaders send thetr voters in to manipu
late the result of the Republican canvass.
' There is not going to toe any trouble
about the nomination of the Municipal
Ownership ticket. That will be slated
in advance and a complete ticket, headed
by Mayor W. H. Moore, can be named
by the City Party, successor to the Mu
nicipal Ownership party, without any
trouble. The Democrats may have a
fight, but that is ene of the remote pos
sibilities. If it all shapes up as present indications
would lead the publio to believe, a few
Pan P. Doherty, Who Shot and
Killed Oscar Allen In Lexington,
Friday IVleht, December 30, t
A. P. Inakeep'a Saloon.
scattering votes could put both tickets In
the field. The rest of the strength of
both parties would go to waste tasking
on behind an a sort of ratification of vhat
the ones gone before had done.
Republican leaders are fearful lest the
Democrats and Independents - send their
men to the polls In February to manipu
late the .Republican tickets.,- With an
overwhelming majority the Republican
field of candidates Is crowded. There are,
for instance, seven candidates for Coun
cllmen in one ward. There are already of
record a half dozen candidates for Mayor,
with others threatening to enter the fight.
There are at least three aspirants for
Ci'jr Treasurer, and "all the Republican
lists are filled. " .
City Strongly Republican.
What Republican leaders fear is that
the Democrats and Independents will
take advantage of a chaotio party situa
tion to force upon the Republican ticket
a list of undesirables and to put the mu
nicipal campaign between the Democrats
and Independents. In such a scramble no
one could foretell what might happen.
Indisputably Seattle is overwhelmingly
Republican. It Is probably conservative
to declare that on strict party lines there
is a majority of 8000 or more for the
Republicans. Two years ago Moore was
elected Mayor toy a scant la plurality on
in independent ticket, and there is a
troublous sentiment afloat now in favor
of independent action in a municipal cam
paign that could dissipate the Republican
majority. .
. By reason of the fact that the vote Is
so strongly Republican, the fight over
municipal nominations is confined almost
entirely to Republican ranks. Neither the
Democrats nor the Independents will have
any trouble in filling out their ticket, and
the nominations will be something in the
nature of a ratification of what the
leaders determine.
Republican leaders two years sgo were
enthusiastic over giving the public a di
rect primary m. jacing a chaotic mu
nlclpal situation in the forthcoming cam
paign, they are skeptical about the bene'
fits of the direct primary. , .
It does not violate any confidence nor
reflect upon any candidate to assert that
at least half of the Republican candidates
for office would never have considered
the fight if a convention had to pass upon
their claims. Most of them know they
would not carry their home precincts,
but in a free-for-all fight one might be
nominated without home support. That
brings in the big mass of candidates and
complicates the situation from a party
standpoint.
Tha Municipal Ownership crowd held a
mass meeting and decided to designate
-the movement as a City Party affair. At
the same time a platform was drafted.
The Democrats met in convention and
named a platform.
Afraid to Hold Convention.
Both are minority parties and can "get
away with it." The Republican leaders
do not dare call a city convention to frame
a platform or Indicate a preference for
certain candidates. They are afraid that
a cry of Jobbery will toe raised about the
majority party. As a result. Republican
leaders have not even dared to suggest a
preference of candidates, thus far, much
less suggest party principles for which a
nominee would stand.
There remains but little more than a
week to complete the filing of declara
tions of candidacy, and party managers
are as much at sea as though the cam
paign were a year distant. A dozen strong
men have been asked to be candidates for
Mayor, but just as frequently they have
turned down the suggestion. And now
the majority party, is in the attitude of
preparing to prevent the minority from
naming its candidates and from taking
an eleotion away from it This, poli
ticians insist, is the first result of the
new primary law In Seattle.
New Election to Decid Tie.
CHEHALIS. Wash., Deo. Sg.Spe-
cial.)- At a- special city election held
here today to determine a tie between
A. C. St. John and Georga Geissler for
one-year Councilman, the latter was
- f i
Jan Kubelik, the eminent violinist,
at the Heilig Theater, Thursday eve
ning, January 9th; Saturday after
noon, January 11th.
The Knabe Piano is used exclu
sively by this greatest of the great
violinists for playing all his accom
paniments. The Knabe has received the un
stinted praise of such artists as Saint
Saens, Tschaikovsky, Carreno, Ham
bourg, Von, Bulow, and. D 'Albert. Its
tone is beautiful. .
Shermanaj'&'Co.,
Sixth and Morrison, Opp. Postoffice.
Wholesale Dealers Victor Talking
Machines.
elected. Qefssler received U7 votes,
St. John, 176.
DHL! DAY IN BOISE COURT
Defense Reads Depositions on Brad
ley House . Explosion.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 28. The defense
in the Pettibone trial spent all of to
day's session In the reading of depo
sitions of San Francisco witnesses on
the explosion In the Bradley residence
which Orchard claimed was the result
of his placing a bomb under the door
mat in the vestibule of the residence.
The depositions were taken at San
Francisco during the Haywood trial.
By holding court past tha usual time
for adjournment, all the depositions
were read, and Monday the defense will
begin the examination, of - witnesses.
The proceedings were uninteresting
and there were practically no specta
tors at either the morning or afternoon
sessions.
At the afternoon session the deposi
tions of William T. Walsh, a member
or the San Francisco Fire Department;
James Delavlago, who occupied an
apartment in the same building with
Bradley; D. Elmer Keller, who was
ealledi to attend Bradley; P. W. Doyle,
a carpenter who repaired the building;
O. A.' Creamer, contractor, who had
charge of the repairs, and B. R. Lewis,
a plumber and gasfitter, were read.
In all of these depositions the effect of
the explosion was described, and the
testimony supported the contention of
the defense that the explosion resulted
from a leakage of gas.
PREACHER ANGERS TEACHERS
Reported to Have Said They . Got
Drunk Now Seeks Other Home.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 25.
(Special.) -Details of - an Interesting
discussion in the town of Dayton, Co
lumbia County, between a minister of
the Baptist Church, Rev. Mr. Jennings,
and the entire corps of teachers in the
Dayton public schools have reached
Walla Walla. Jennings has resigned
his position, but he maintains that the
attacks of the pedagogues had nothing
whatever to do with his conclusion to
change climate.
A few weoks ago Rev. Mr. Jennings
was aqcused of remarking that many
of the teachers were immoral and at
some recent time In company with some
students of the high school were un
der the influence of liquor. In fact,
it was reported that the reverend gen
tleman said the teachers and pupils
were drunk.
Jennings later denied making the re
mark but Interested parties aver that
the denial was made after threats on
the part of the teachers to lead a horse
whipping party had been made. It is
said that Jennings was at one time a
saloonkeeper at Cleelra, Wash.
STARVES . IN lONEliY . CABIN
V. J. Johnson Rescued Just Before
Life Spark Flickers Out- .
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec 28
(Special.) With the spark of life al
most extinguished, the emaciated body
of W. J. Johnson, formerly of Belling
hara, has been found in a cabin in the
Bellacoola Valley, 300 miles liorth of
Vancouver. For six days Johnson lay
In his deserted-cabin, miles away from
any other human being, nearly starving
to death. All during that time he lived
without food or drink, and there was
no fire to protect him from the bitter
cold of Uie region. Today the body of
Johnson was brought here, but the
little life left In him at the time he was
found in the cabin in the lonesome val
ley bad departed, death coming to the
man while he- was being brought to
this city. Starvation and the effect of
the six days' exposure caused his death.
Held to Circuit Court.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. . 28.(Special.) Gus
Johnson, the hobo who held up William
Follis In the latter's house Christmas eve,
and later terrorized the Kingston country
toy his peculiar actions, this afternoon
waived examination on a charge of burg
lary and was held for the Cirouit Court.
Hammersteln's Orchestra Strikes.
NEW YORK, Dec 28, Cleofonte Cam
panini, the great director, to whom is due
much of the success of the Manhattan
Opera House, came very near returning
to Europe yesterday under exactly the
same circumstances which Induced him to
come to America.
At 10 o"clock in the morning a rehear
sal of "Don Giovanni" began and at 3
o'clock in the afternoon the members of
the orchestra decided that five hours' re
hearsing was enough, and they put down
their instruments and refused to go on.
Signer Campanlni rustjed from t(ie the
ater, deolarlng that- ha would no longer
attempt to direct an orchestra which
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would not rehearse as long as he wished
them to, and would return to. Europe
forthwith. . Oscar Hammersteln made a
ehort speech to the members of the or
chestra, calmed the excited leader, and
the rehearsal continued for another two
hours. It was after an orchestra -at La
Seala. Milan, had refused to continue a
rehearsal that Mr. Hammerstein Induced
Signer Campanlni to come to America.
PINCHING FOOTPAD ABROAD
Bellingham Police Baffled by a New
Sort of Highwayman. ,
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 28.
.(Special.) Jack the Plncher, a new
sort of highwayman, has been operat
ing in thto city for at least two months
and the police have been able to learn
little of his actions on account of his
peculiar nature, and have entirely
failed to capture him. The fanatic op
erates after the fashion of a footpad.
A woman is spotted on the streets at
nlgrht She is followed quietly until she
reaches some dark place. Then the
pincher hurries boldly to her side,
grasps her by the arm, and as the
blood of the victim begins to freeze in
her veins and she gets a stronger grip
on her purse, the fellow quickly
reaches down and pinches her on vari
ous parts of the body. Then with a
chuckle of glee he makes off in the
darkness, paying no more attention to
the purse, which she may be clutching
tightly in her hand, but evidently sat
isfied with what he has done.
The majority of victims declare they
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS AND
TRUST CO.
247 Washington Street.
CAPITAL, $ 1 50,000.00
Acts as Trustee in all legiti
mate relation requiring . such;
service, as to real and personal
estates and in bond issues.
Does a general banking busi
ness. ' " . -
' Solicits patronage of those re
- quiring service of' a well-.
equipped and conservative trust
company.
Has funds for first-class im
proved property mortgage loans.
J. Frank "Watson, President.
W. H. Fear, Secretary.
R. L. .Durham, Vice-President.
S. C. Catching, Assistant Sec'y.
0. W, T. Muellhaupt, Cashier.
en s ouits
OvercoatsRaincoats
15 to 33 Off
This sale includes one of the finest
lines "of Men's High-class Clothing
in this city New and nobby pat
terns in the very latest styles
SALE PRICES RANGE FROM
10-65 to $29-75
oseeblatt
COR. THIRD AND MORRISON STS.
would much rather be robbed ' than
forced to submit to such treatment.
KILLED IN A QUARREL
Shooting Affray Reported on Ster
- ling Koad JTear Jacksonville.
MEDFORD, Or., Dec. 28. (Special.)
Meager details have Just been received
of a fatal shooting affair, which occur
red on the Sterling Road, three miles
from Jacksonville, about 3 o'clock this
afternoon. Reports say . that a Mr.
Woolworth and son engaged in a quar
rel with two brothers named Mankin,
when one of the brothers shot and
killed the elder Woolworth. Deputy
Sheriff Grant has gone to the scene,
Deatb Found the Disease.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. Edith Wardrop,
TIT is the best thing to say about a shoe; COMFORT FIRST. -
WEAR is the next best thing to say about a shoe; you will like big
value for your money.
STYLE comes last, but not least ; you like to have good-looking feet.
Selz Royal Blue Shoes
Have these three qualities in a greater degree than in any other we've
ever seen or sold.'- You can find them here and have them for
$3.50, $4.00, $5.00
Best OAK SOLE LEATHER used in all our Shoes.
SEVENTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS,
Formerly 149 Third Street.
SALE
I opcoats
the 16-year-old girl who has been in a
state of coma for ten days, is dead at
the Lincoln Hospital In the Bronx. ht
did not recover consciousness. Her case
has greatly puzzled the physicians, who
were unable to account for her peculiar
illness. She suddenly succumbed to com
plete paralysis after running to a window
to see a fire engine pass the house. The
physicians believed her to be suffering
from cerebral embolism, but an autopsy
shows that she died of cerebral hemor
rhage, resulting from a fall, which she
sustained two weeks ago while coasting.
. Auctioneer's License Revoked.
I. Waiourasky's license to conduct an
auction house at 2SS'4 First street, which
was recently recommended by the general
license committee, was revoked yester
day, because of a complaint that was filed
by Chief of Police Gritzmacher. Mazour
asky is the man to whom Mayor Lane
alluded at a recent Council meeting, char
acterizing the auctioneer as "a cheat, a
beat anil a rascal."
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