The Sunday Oregonian., April 18, 1909, Page 7, Image 7

BUST SET OFF;
40 LIS IN PERIL
Drunken Workman Raises
Havoc in Tunnel Near
Klamath Falls.
SHOVEL SAVES MEN'S LIVES
Thirty Rents of Timber Knocked Out
ny Kxploslon of Dynamite One
Man. Iitjnrcd. and Horse
Is Killed.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. April 17
(Special.) The lives of 40 men were
Jeopardized, a horse so injured that its
death ensued, and about 30 bents of
timbering destroyed In the new rail
road tunnel near the Oregon-California
line on the California Northeastern
Hallway by the explosion of two
batches of dynamite last nisrlit. Ignited
by a laborer named Peterson, who In a
half Intoxicated condition had taken
umbrage because ordered to leave the
tunnel.
About 40 men were employed on the
nitrht shift In the bt bore through the
u,innilt of the divide, and onlv by the
chance that a steamshovel had been
left standing: within the tunnel were
. the men protected from the flying de
bris, thrown by the heavy blast. Wit
nesses to threats made by Peterson,
and one man who was Injured by being
struck by a fragment of stone as he
was entering the tunnel, saw Peterson
running away.
Krlcson & Peterson, the contractors,
estimate the damnife at about $2000.
Operation of the Klamath Falls line
was not interfered with by the explo
sion, as the road crosses the mountain
temporarily on a shoo-flv over the
summit, and the tunnel will not be
completed for the main line for several
months.
ORCHARDS ARE INSPECTED
I'rofcs-sor Thornber Ilnds Fruit
Trees in Splendid Condition.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 17. U. Spe
cial.) Professor W. S. Thornber, head
of the Department of Horticulture of
the Agricultural College at Pullman,
reached Vancouver today and spent the
morning Inspecting the orchards in and
around Ellsworth and Fishers and on
Kast Mill Plain. This afternoon he was
at Felida, Lake Shore and Fruit Valley.
On his tour of Inspection he was ac
companied by Senator A. B. Eastham
Representative K. L. French and Scott
Swftlam", who were Instrumental in
having the professor come here, that he
might Inspect the fruit conditions.
1'rofessor Thornber says that the or
chards that he has so far inspected
are in first-class condition. The or
chards along the river are in full
bloom, but those back on the hio-ho.
ground are about a week behind the
trees on the river.
Vancouver Is now working to have
a sub-experiment station of the Agri
cultural College established In Clark
County. Asked what he thought the
chances were for getting the station
here. Professor Thornber said that the
only sub-station west of the mountains
was at Puyallup, and he saw no good
reason why one should not be estab
lished here. The matter will be taken
up at once with President E. A. Bryan
of the state college.
CLAY DEPOSIT LOOKS GOOD
Blngcn Man Believes He Has Made
Valuable Discovery.
BINGEN. Wash., April 17.-(Special.)
This morning Detllff Tarns, who owns
the land on which the pottery and china
clay was found, received a letter from a
company In Nelson, B. C, asking him to
put a price on the property. If a deal
can be made the company will make ar
rangements for working the clay and
shipping it to San Francisco.
This bed of clay adjoins the townsite of
Blngen and was discovered some three
weeks ago. A sample sent to S. G Dew
snap, director of the state mineral de
partment, for analysis was reported by
him to be a good white plastic clay, suit
able for making excellent chinaware. A
block of the clay will be sent to the Se
attle Exposition.
N. P. SUES MILWAUKEE LINE
night of "Way Demanded Through
Milling Center of McKenna.
-nPL,YIrIA Wash-- April 17. (SpeciaD
The Oregon and Washington Railroad
which, as set forth in the petition. Is to
be built from Portland to Everett, nas
brought suit here to condemn a right of
way loO feet in width through the prop
erty of the Salslch Lumber Company at
the town of McKenna, which Is owned by
the Milwaukee Road.
Negotiations have been pending for the
sending of the Oregon and Washington
line around the lumber company's land,
along the east bank of the Nisqually. but
the suit shows the Harrlman line intends
to go straight through the lumber com
pany s grounds and througn the town in-
waukeepSjCd"8 " "
TRY FILIPINOS IN NORTH
Salmon lookers AVill Experiment
With New laborers in Canneries.'
WKnTOK,.U' r- Ap,tl (Special.)
While the Columbia River Packer'
Association is to make the exrtment
u V.fa,SO" ,' emP5 lng Filipinos at
Its Nushasak River cannery, few be
lieve that the experiment will be a
success, the reason being that trouble
Is almost certain to arise between the
l ilipinos and the Chinese and Japanese
rrews. A tew years) ago a number of
Porto Ricans were taken north by this
company, but there was almost constant
fighting between them and the Japs
and the experiment was not tried again!
ASTORIA PAPER IS SUED
Aberdeen Meat Dealer Asks $5000
Damages From Finnish Paper.
A BF.RDRteN. Wash.. April 17. (Spe
cial. ) Alleging that his- character has
been damaged and his business injured by
the publication of a defamatory article.
Andrew K" w llnnl-l a . . i ,t, t c, , v.
Aberdeen, has commenced suit for J5000
damages in the United States Circuit
Court at Portland, against Vaino Piippa
and Richard Pesota. publishers - of To
veri. a Finnish newspaper, printed in As
toria. Or.
A separate suit for the same amount
of damages has also been commenced
against the same publication by Alex Jau
honen, who operates a boarding-house in
South Aberdeen.
According to the complaint, the story
accuses Kallunki of fighting against so
cialism and unionism in a "most barbar
ous manner."
Kallunki is also frequently referred to
as a "scab" In the story, and he is ac
cused of being "a runner for nonunion
longshoremen" and of conniving with
strikebreakers to secure the defeat of the
longshoremen during their recent strike.
During the article the term "satmala
mens is applied to Kallunki. A strict in
terpretation of this term, it Is stated,
means 'thief and blackmailer." and It Is
J.Y . latePent Particular to which
plaintiff objects.
The story also, charges that Alex Jau
honen conducted a "scab" boarding-house
and that he furnished his boarders with
scraps of meat" of the same kind "that
dogs are fed upon."
WALTERS IS BOUND OVER
ACCUSED OF ATTEMPT TO
BLACKMAIL MERCHANT.
Baker-City Schoolgirl Held as Wit
ness Against Defendant at
Baker - City.
BAKER CITT. Or., April 17.-(Special.)
Will Walters, who with Kenneth Chute
and Leone Elms, was charged with at
tempting to blackmail J. B. Griswold, a
merchant of this city, with Intent to ex
tort 9O00 from him. under threat of ex
posing to pure food officers goods that
were purchased at Griswold-s store and
which goods are alleged to have caused
ptomaine poisoning, was today arraigned
and bound over to the grand jury in the
sum of $1000. Miss Elms and Kenneth
Chute ajo being held only as witnesses.
While it is alleged that there was a
Plot to blackmail Mr. Griswold and force
him to pay the sum of money, it is stated
tonight that officers are trying to obtain
sufficient evidence to warrant a thorough
Investigation under the pure food law
Miss Elms is a daughter of prominent
rancher on Burnt River and claims she
was Induced to be a party to the alleged
plot by Walter, who is her friend
DR. VIA DIES SUDDENLY
Forest Grove Physician Passes Away
at Age of 6".
FOREST GROVE. Or.. Aprli 17.-(Spe-
Of the cltv' nM. 1 ; "
' . " . n 'i-iin la ano one
or the county's Kt.unn.n i. j
passed away at his home here suddenly
this morning at an early hour. He hao.
lived here off and on for 20 years.
irPr" Yia as born in Albemarle County.
Virginia. Aiifnat i icjo j .
, , , . - - - J01Ji, anu wnen a
child moved- with his parents to Missouri,
......... 6i w io manhood. He grad
uated from th c t . !S..lu
Qr V" . -weaicat college
f fIil!'.,Mo--.and "s bee engaged
u i . X. "l meaieine ever since.
5. 1872. H A"""lu"on .Mar5J
and practiced in Forest Grove; after a
here u7 1S98 " .mouh and returned
T3r. Via. wa a af n A r
tt- i t v"c nine coroner for
of the" oh CU.nty- He was a ber
of the Order of Masons. He leaves a
Vt?A T SOn' Guy- Forest- f this city.
, . . ' i-inversiiy or Orecon
Medical college, and Lee, - a drug clerk
or tl?na- ne "hter. Esteua
of this place. Both sons are married The
BUILDING PLANS CHOSEN
.
Forest Grove Accepts Design Offered
by Portland Architect.
FOREST GOVE, Or., April 17.-(Spe-cial.)-The
School Board of Directors
have adopted the plans of Architect P.
Chapelle Browne, of Portland, for the
new Bchool building, to be erected here
in the north part of the city. F M
KNOWN EAST Sinn t
RESIUEXT LAID AT REST.
WELL
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The Late Mrs. C orne-.-a hi. Stan.
!iurroiif(h .
The funeral of Mrs. Cornelia
Stanburrough. wife of Edward
.Stanburrough, who died Wednes
day morning, was held vester
day afternoon from the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Grace Forbes.
541 East Fifteenth street. South,
and was attended by relatives
and friends. Dr. Alfred Thomp
son, of Gresham. conducted the
services, and the Interment was
In the Kelly family cemetery on
the. Powell Valley road. Many
floral -tributes were received.
Mrs. Stanburrough was a pioneer
of 1851 and was 68 years of age.
Her father was William Kern,
a well-known pioneer. She Is sur
vived by her husband, Edward
Stanburrough, and a son and
two daughters, Charles A. Stan
burrough, of Prineville, Or.; Mrs.
Frederick C. Forbes and Mrs!
Nathan Mark Montgomery, of
Portland. In Portland there are
many other relatives.
Starrett, of this place, will have super
vision of the construction work. The
building will cost about J15.000.
Searchlight. Nev. Arthur S. Dow and
Frank Orr. two mining men. were murdered
Friday at Newbury Mountain. 17 miles south
of here, n Is believed the deed was com
mitted while the slayer was temporarily In-
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THE SUNDAY OREG0XIAX, PORTXAXl). APRIL -18, 1009.
E REPLACES
POSSUM
BEAR
Gridiron Club Springs New An
imal as Emblem of Adminis
tration at Special Dinner.
MANY CLEVER STUNTS ON
Tariff Discussed Pro and Con:
"Pro" for the Trusts and "Con"
for the Consumers Roosevelt
Is ot Forgotten.
WASHINGTON, April 17 The broil
er of the Gridiron club, that famous
organization of newspaper men, was
kept busy tonight serving up wit and
humor at a special dinner compliment
ary to the new administration. The
dinner was given In the banquet hall
of the New W'illard.
Care was taken that men prominent
In the public eye got all that was
coming to them in the way of thrusts
nd jabs, and the great assemblage
was in a constant uproar.
Of course President Taft was there,
as were Speaker Cannon, members of
the Cabinet and diplomatic corps, Sen
f!? a.nd, RePresentatIves, men high
In the industrial, and financial world,
and many others of distinction. In the
absence of President Henry Hall, who
is just recovering from a long illness
Tnoe SC,," - Bone' ot the Wash"'
ington Herald, presided
bel onslaught on the banquet room
dfnner k If" he club's 'd-f aahioned
dinner bell announced that everything
atedther. SOOn aS the werS
nets white m ?!,thrwn ,nt dark
ness, gillie a musical welcome was ex
Then th dIstin'hed guests,
flashed fma"m0th e,ectrlc gridiron
turned uV,ew- the ,,shts were
JnT7. " througl,out th-e worn, and
the fun commenced.
Cabinet as Minstrels.
Almost the first thing to greet the
fome18 WaS R handb'. distributed by
in? thaTldy messenger boys, announc
,?i t thlre WOUId be a great min
strel show by all-star performers. i-
?, VcaIlsts- eomedlans and tab
inet officers.
,iH Wa.S the hit of the evening. I
ll ml"streJ fashion, with all the ac
companiments of dusters and a mote
J I, I d's,coriant band, this troupe
'cl.ub. talen' paraded through the
hall before going on the stag?. The
imfarUonmef0fththe 8h?w Ws a cle
ti -the real thfnr. even to
the naming of the executive staff to
gether with a special "note by the
management," which called attention
iniTt W?s to come' and with the
fliwers.n thCre Should no
"Eating through Georgia" was the
opener, and it ran like this-
Song Makes Hit.
UI!n.th l?od old din"er horn, we'll
when'T-Mib "', Taft onne mde.
ti 'ith digestion strong.
He ate lis share of everything that
they would bring along
As wc went eating through Georgia,
Wetoabake PS8Um tliat they took caro
Wetht?aSPi2S!-ho?l2K?lon and a d,sh
Wegator,'stea'kr dFaW U at a111
As we went eating through Georgia.
By Southern hospitality our hearts were
surely won.
And we resolved to do the very best
that could be done
.uWft and 80 ve saved snie
pie for Dickinson,
As we went eating through Georgia.
H,ah' urran., we sound the jubilee;
Hurrah, hurrah, 'twas something fine to
see. ,
We put away three meals a day
And sometimes three times three
' As we went eating through Georgia.
Then there ensued some lively conver
sation letween the middlemen, who posed
as the "Vice-President," and the "Speak
er of the House," and the "Cabinet Of-fleers.-"
who composed the balance of the
troupe. After a good deal of sparring
over the meaning of "Dead Literature"
and whether it referred to Sanscrit or
Aztes, the end men declared it to be the
President's messages.
"Say, Mr. Vice-President," a member
of the "Cabinet" Inquired,' "do you re
member the morning when those boilers
blew up and scared a lot of people?"
Hap at Roosevelt.
"Oh. yes. I remember it perfectly, but
I do not see why it should have scared
anybody. It was .merely a big noise."
"Yes, that was it. Everybody thought
Mr. Hoosevelt had come back."
"Please leavft the dear old trusts alone
they are seeing things at night," was
the title of a song by James S. Heney.
of the Philadelphia Free Press. "The
Wonderful Soft Pedal baritone," in which
the trusts informed Attorney-General
V icusrcham that they "were tired and
sleepy, too." and appealed to him to "put
them in their little beds."
Secretary MacVeagh was classed among
the C7 varieties of Democrats and re
formers who had great difficulty in re
membering when registration day came
around.
This discussion was cut short bv some
references to the tariff, which, 'it was
stated, was being talked pro and con.
"Indeed:" remarked the "Vice-President,"
with evident surprise.
"Yes," replied the end man. "Ps-o
means for the trusts. Con is what the
consumer gets."
White House Cow Arrives.
Tha Whits House cow. now already
famous, was made the subject of one of
the best stunts of the evening. Attended
y a dairy maid, a splendid Imitation of
the bovine was led into the room. Tha
President was informed that while there
had Deen a lot of loose talk about the
possum being the. animal emblem of the
present administration and that the Ted
dy Bear was one of "my policies" that
had oeen inherited. It was all nonsense
The emblem of this administration "'
said the animal's keeper, "Is the cow
and this is it." '
It was discovered that the mllkpail
was minus the lacteal fluid and In its
stead were found numerous articles
among which was a bottle tagged with
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Style Absolutely- Correct, but Not Extreme
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Workmanship SSSfx
Suits Topcoats Cravenettes
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311 Morrison, Opposite. Postoff ice
a testimonial from Senator Aldrich as
ioiiows:
"We used this medicine on the tariff
bill and removed all Payne from it in
stantly." "A burlesque on Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
was a funny stunt. Eliza was depicted
as fleeing across the ice. holding in
her arms two children. Maximum and
Minimum, wrapped in the tariff bill
and pursued- by the howl of the gray
wolves of the Senate.
The speakers during the evening
were President Taft. Secretary Dickin
son, Speaker Cannon, Senators Taylor
of . Tennessee and Chamberlain of Ore
gon, and Governor Marshall of Indiana.
Among the guests were: The Presi
dent of the United States; the British
Ambassador, the Swiss Minister. Sen
ators Aldrich, Beverldge. Borah, Car
ter, Chamberlain. EUkins, Guggenheim.
Kean. Oliver, Scott, Smoot, Sutherland,
Taylor, ,Warren; Secretaries Ballinger,
Dickinson. Kagel, Wilson; Postmaster
General Hitchcock; Attorney-General
Wickersham; Baron L. Ambrosey, Aus-tro-Hungarlan
Minister; Alden J. Ble
then, Seattle Times; Joseph Carlos Ro
driguez, Journal of Commerce, Rio de
Janeiro: Charles H. Boynton, New York;
John Barrett, director Bureau Ameri
can Republics; Pierpont Morgan, Jr.;
Rodolphe Lemteux. Postmaster-General
of Canada; L. H. Nutting. Southern Pa
cific Railroad; Rear-Admiral Sperry;
Kred W. Carpenter, seceretary to the
President.
India has gfl.000.000 widows.
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0 "f , J.ne trouble with the ma
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' Surely this is your day to buy at
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"Watch the Movement Down the River."
Free Ride to Harborton Today. See Page 5, Sec. 4.
LOOK AT OUR BUYERS; NOTE THEIR SATISFACTION
NEAR
Than most of the well-known additions. . Neighbors
are coming to town in 20 minutes. Where
will you be among the
soo,ooo
Without
Of your own?
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200 Chamber of Commerce.
Main 3143; A 1312.
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