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76 Pages '$ Pages lto 12 VOL. XXVIII. NO. 51. I'ORTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WEDDING CAKE FOR KING IS IMMENSE LYNCH IS CHOSEN BY RIVAL FORCES LANDL0RDSCANN0T SHOO AWAY STORK THIEF IN FEMALE TOGS FLEES ROOM ABERDEEN CANAL PLANS ALL LAID IS ASK-HELP FROM U. S. AUCKLAND BAKER BUILDS- IT FOR TONGA MONARCH. CHICAGO FLATDWELLER BRINGS TEST SUIT AND WINS. WOMAN" AROUSED, SEES BCR ' GliAR RTJX LIRE MAX. WATSON VANISHES MANAbUAN WOMEN Mi nra Brother ExpldinsPoet's Attack on Asquiths. WROTEGREATPOEM.COLLAPSED After 50 Hours' Labor, He Won Fame and Fortune. 4S VICTIM OF DELUSIONS - Form Against Asquiths Due to Belief He- Has Mission Against Them and. Not Responsible Utterances. NEW YORK. Dec. 18. William Wat anc. the British poet who came to this country recently, has disappeared as completely as has Ir. Cook. His brother, Robinson Watson, believes he Is under the obsession of a recurrent hallucination that first attacked him 17 years ago from stress of overwork, and the conflict of powerfully opposed emo tions. "I declare deliberately, in full knowl edge," said Robinson Watson, "that the terrible things lightly hurled "By my brother against a certain distinguished . family are In no sense the responsible utterances of the poet, William Watson. They are the outoome of a mental mal ady alien to himself, awa when he re turns to himself the William Watson we know will condemn them with burning words and bitter tears. Poem on Tennyson Unhinged Mind. Robinson Watson goes on to explain. In an Interview telegraphed from Mon treal, how his brother came to enter on "what is perhaps the saddest experience that can be endured In the life of any man a- mental aberration." .On the death of Lord Alfred Tenny son. William Watson, he said; labored 60 hours without rest and almost "with out food, to produce what was origin ally Intended tt be a brief oommemora tive poem, but, under the impulse of burning ambition, became lachrymae Musarum a poem of which Robinson Watson quotes Gladstone as having said that 'It is greater than Tennyson's own ode on the death of the Duke of Wel lington." The poem won Its author Im mediate fame and a grant of 200 from the Royal bounty fund. "And now I must disclose the fact that at that time my brother had been for many years contending with ad verse pecuniary conditions," continued Robinson Watson, " and when the great news came it was like a veritable aval anche of good fortune to him. Imagines He lias Mission. "But It was too high; it was more than he could bear. A week later it be came evident, beyond all doubt, that his mental balance was gone." William Watson's delusions, says his brother, assume the form of a belief that he had a mission to perform against certain exalted personages. That belief, the brother is convinced, has returned. "The poet," he said, "has come to America with a deeply-rooted belief that he has a mission of hostility against a certain family In high station in England. Nothing can dissuade him from that Infatuation." This family, as disclosed in New York recently by the poet himself, is that of Premier Anquith. BRIDGE PILING GOES OUT Aorth Coast Ralw&y Suffers Damage on Upper Columbia. ATTALJA. Wash., Dec. 18. (Special.) Piles for pier No. of the North Coast bridge to span the Columbia River here were carried away by the strong cur rent yesterday. Work on this pier has been abandoned until the water Is lower. These Scales ?&lh$J& XMmiimm&i. Ifm"? Ltra&zfe .-.AJrlPr Kt Fixe. , Ok, Jryt Weight Is 500 Pounds and It Bears, Carefully Concealed, In itials of Bride. , CAPE TOWN, Dec. 18. (Special.) By command of King George of Tonga, at baker of Auckland, New Zealand, has designed and. built a cake for the com ing nuptials of. that potentate. In Its splendor and imposing proportions the cake, to quote the local press, -"has never had an equal in the annals of Australasian confectionery." It weighs 500 pounds and stands eight feet high. Decorating various panels are the Tongan coat of arms, the Tongan royal crown and the ini tials of the King and his bride. Curiously enough, the lady's Initials are concealed from the gaze of the crowd who admire the cake in the baker's shop window. The Identity of the future Queen is In fact a mystery, and one of the conditions Imposed on the baker was to complete the secrecy regarding her initials. It Is under stood that there has been some compe tition among the ladies of the Tongan court for the kingly bridegroom, and that In order to defer the disappoint ment of the unsuccessful ones till the last possible moment His Majesty will not reveal the name of the bride until the day of the ceremony. BOY KILLED BY BROTHER Isolated Cabin Scene of Accidental Shooting With Rifle. HILLSBOItO. Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) Armen Harrison, aged 15, was shot and killed accidentally today by a bultet from a 38-caliber rifle discharged by a younger brother. The two boys were alone in a cabin 20 miles northwest of this city. The father and stepmother yesterday moved to Linn ton, taking In a load of household effects and left the boys to watch" over the re mainder of the furniture. The younger lad was playing with the rifle when It was discharged, the bullet striking the elder in the stomach, killing him almost instantly.- , Coroner E. C. Brown left at C o'clock this evening, accompanied by Sheriff Han cock, to investigate. The boy's Btep mother is In Linnton tonight, and the fa ther is making his way back through the mountains, and learned of the accident onlv at dark this evening. The boy's mother Is said to be in Michigan. MEN GO ARMED ON RANGE Trouble Will Follow First Overt Act in Central Id alio. SPOKANE, Dec. 18. War between the cattle and sheepmen of Central Idaho may break out at any time. For more than a year the situation between the cattlemen and the sheep owners of the Salmon River Basin has been growing- more and more tense, until now an armed truce is maintained that may give way to violence, should any member of either party commit an overt act. The cattlemen, when they ride the ranges these days, have their "guns handy at their hips and the sheepmen go armed as well, say reports from south of Grangeville. Into this cowpunchers paradise the sheepmen have driven their flocks and the cattlemen resent the intrusions. BROKAWS WON'T REUNITE. Both Sides Say Reconciliation Is Out of Question. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. "Next week may see the Brokaw vs. Brok&w case completed and ;t may not," was the Indefinite statement today of coun sel in Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw's suit for a separation from her husband, W. Gould Brokaw. If Brokaw takes the stand the case is likely to be long drawn out. as Attorney Baldwin- has indicated that he will subject the de fendant to a lengthy Cross-examination. . There was a break today in the narration of events In the married life of the coupte, court having adjourned over to Monday. Meanwhile reconcili ation rumors persisted. They were scouted by both sides. "A reunion with Mrs. Brokaw now is out of the question, " was Brokaw's declaration. MURPHY FINDS A VARIETY OF TOPICS WITH 'KingofUmpires'Heads National League. BITTER DEADLOCK IS ENDED Brush Finds Solution by Re quest of Directors. X NEW PRESIDENT SPEAKS Asks Newspapers Not to "Roast" Umpires, but Complain to Him. His Own Experience With ' Nick Young Related. NEW YORK. Dec. 18. The deadlock in the National League of Professional Base ball Culbs over the election of a presi dent was unexpectedly broken this after noon bv the unanimous selection of Thomas J. Lynch, whose name had not been considered or publicly mentioned for the position. There is reason to believe the eight league presidents held a secret confer ence, which did not end until 2 o'clock this morning, at which the supporters of John Ward, of New Tork, and Robert Brown, of Louisville, came to an un derstanding. It is understood each side Instructed John T. Brush, of the New York Club, to select a man whose name had not been before the league as a candidate.. Brush consulted none of "his colleagues, but telegraphed to New Britain, Conn., for Thomas J. Lynch to come 'here at once. Three ballots were taken, all resulting in the same tie four for Ward and four for Brown. Then, ap parently by agreement President Ebbetts-, of Brooklyn, read a letter from Ward in which he withdrew from the contest. At the same time Stanley Robison, of St. Louis, withdrew Brown's name. "Ring of Umpires" Quickly Chosen. Following the pre-arranged plan, Brush then mentioned Lynch, referring .to him bv his better-known title, "King of .Um pires." ' The seven magnates quickly sec onded the nomination and the election was made unanimous. Bbbetts. who had been one of the bitterest fighters against John A. Heydler, who succeeded the late Harry C. Pulliam as president, then nominated Heydler for secretary-treasurer, a position which he has filled continuously for many years, even while president. There was a long silence. It was understood that Heydler would not accept the appointment for one year and after a conference he was nominated for three years and unani mously elected. Lynch's election is for one year. After the meeting Lynch and Heydler were formally introduced to the news papermen. Both made speeches. Lynch is 52 years of age and was for a long time a resident of Cincinnati. To the reporters he said: Lynch Tells Policy With Umpires. "The hardest thing the president of the league has to do is to protect his umpires, and I want the newspaper men to help me. If you see an umpire that you think won't do, come and tell me and I will keep my eye on him. Don't roast him. That does not go. I -was a young fellow when Nick Young made me an umpire, and the first six games I umpired were here in New York, three with New York against Detroit and the other three against Chicago. "My first decision was calling a ball on a home pitcher and that whole week the newspapers and fans roasted me to a frazzle. They gave me hell, I tell you. They called me a robber, thief and every thing, and players spiked me and made life not worth living. I was sent the next week to Pittsburg, and at the hotel they handed me a telegram. I thought it was all off with me. But that telegram was from Nick Young, and It warmly con gratulated me on my fairness in the New York games. Then I said they could all go to hell, -as long as I'd been honest and fair. "And that is going to be; my policy as president of the National League. I (Concluded on Page 2. J Hew Tser Grswl Great Gladness Among Those Who Have Endured . Insults of '. Janitors Ensues. . CHICAGO. Dec. 18. (Special.) Hard hearted Illinois landlords and. flat agents must not shoo the stork away from their premises. The law h8M its first test today, and was upheld. This bodes ill for landlords who refuse apartments to' parents, actual or pros pective. , -Rolla R. Longenecker, father of a boy of 5 and a girl of 3, brought suit against W. L. Boylston, as owner, and Robert F. Schenck, as agent, for re fusing to renew his lease. They made It clear that the reason was that he had children. , Longenecker, who is a lawyer and son of the famous .lawyer and judge. Immediately began a test of the law passed last Winter covering such cases, and Municipal Judge Himes decided that children and their parents, under the Constitution, are entitled to life and reasonable liberty. . INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. T ESTERDAT S Maximum temperttur. Z degrees; minimum, 26 degree. . . TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. 'Cook failed, is report given to press at Copenhagen. Section 1, page 5. Princess Louise" takes first step to contest King Leopold's will. Section 1, . page 8. National. Officers await orders for arrests in sleeper trunk frauds. .Section 1, page 3. Minority sees rlot to tresoass uoon state right in "white slave" bill. Section 1. page . Here wed attacks on Ballinger arouse TaCt; Forest . officials slated for removal. Section 1, page 4. " Domestic. Two Portland i persons are injured in Illi nois wreck. Section 1, page 2. . - Winter causes more trouble for railroads than any In dcade. . Section 1, page 2. William Watson disappears and his brother sa attack on Asquiths frs due to de lusion. Section 1, page 1. Dr. and Mrs. Dosey both held for murder of Erder, whose sister played detective. Section 1. page 3- Mother of ' murdered " Mm.' Snead says she has - no dealings- with sister. -Section l- page 6. - - ... Bitter blizzard sweeps over. East, North and Southwest, causing - death and - ufferiog. Section 1, page 2.-- " . ' . Sports. ' Bobby Tetland: of Seattle, signed for match with Frankie Edwards in Portland Tues-" day. Section page 5. Entry list for Christmas ;wira is practically complete. Section 5, page IS. a National League elects Thomas .f. Lynch president as compromise. Section 1 page l. Alrord tetta remlniscerices of baseball. Section 4. page A. , . Winter motorboat races to be held on Wil lamette. Section 4, page 4. Goaslp about Jeffries-Johnson fight. . Section 4, page 4. Cate of suspicion about Jeffries-John on fight. Section 4,- page 5. Gleason insists plans for big fight are square. Section 4, page S. Pacific Xorthwesi. Washington Good Roads Association plan ning to awaken interest in better high ways. Section 3, Page 18. Insanity is defense of Koselair, who killed wife. Section J. page 6. Aberdeen-to-Portland canal assured. saya engineer who made preliminary survey. Section 1. page 1. Salem's typhoid fever epidemic growing. Section 1, page 6. Supreme Court denies writ of habeas corpus for Hamilton. Section 1, page 7. Walla Walla campaign on liquor Issue closes with street fighting. Section 1. page 7. Vernon Howe thought lost for three months In British Columbia woods, returns with chum. Section 1, page 8. After camping out all night Fern Hillltes compromise and end car blockade. Section L page 4. Portland and Vicinity. Professor Cole lectures on orchard pruning at T. M. C. A. Section 2, page 1. Husband, sued thrice by wtfe, files her love letters in his answer. Section 2. page 12. Inventor says his plan to revolutionize power overcomes dead-line" with compressed air. but Is not "perpetual motion." Sec tion 3, page 12. Whitman Massacre. Oregon Historical So ciety theme, two aged survivors attend. Section 3. page 18. Campaign for sale of Christmas stamps draws to exhausting close. Section 3, page 14. J. J. Hill returns Bast; announcement of "feeder" policy expected soon. Section 5, page 12. People of Linnton win contention -In court for &-cent far to Portland. Section 3. page 18- . . , Teamster killed by fall from Wagon which hits chuckhole in street. Section 3. page 13. Real Christmas shopping begins: 2000 added clerks overwhelmed with work. Section 8, page 13. Multnomah and Cricketers play tie at soc cer. Section 2, page 2. State Board of Health wants to assume func tions of Dairy and Food Commissioner. . Section 1, page . Burglar In female attire escapes after awak ing woman in room. Section 1. page 1. Outlaw holds up saloon at Fourth and Gllaan-streets, - cows six men, forces bar tender to empty cofn into bag. Section 1 page 8. . - Course of Christinas turkey prices atiU un certain. Section S. page 17. THE APPROACH OF CHRISTMAS ABOUT WHICH TO Doat Forget! Pitiful Plea Made for Intervention. ZELAXA'S CRUELTY IS RECITED Horrible Outrages of Reign of Terror Strike Fear. TORTURE IN JAIL FREQUENT Official Ordered to Give Command for Execution of Groce and Can non Throws Down Sword and Refuses Thrown in Jail. MANAGUA, via Corinto, Dec. 18. Some of the most prominent women in Managua have sent a petition to Henry Caldera. acting United States Consul here, setting forth tne tortures to -which Zelaya's prisoners have been subjected, and pitifully requesting the intervention of the. United States Government. . "Numberless prisoners," says the peti tion, "have been tortured in their cells in the penitentiary; their families have been impoverished; liberty has been crushed and patriots have been killed in their efforts to end crime, extortion and tyranny and to prevent the assassi nation of Groce and Cannon. Women Implore Help. "We implore you to bring the male factor to justice, that his many crimes may receive the punishment they de serve, and that he be not permitted to escape." For weeks the associates and adher ents of Zelaya have been conducting a reign of terror. . Their chief victims have been the best people In the coun try. Property has been confiscated, fathers and sons Imprisoned, wives and daughters forced to submit to unspeak able outrages, dragged to Jail qr cruelly injured. Conditions Grow Appalling; So appalling were conditions that a large number of women met and finally decided to submit their plea to the rep resentative of the Government whose warships are close at hand. It Is not only their own protection they seek, but the safety of those who in the last few days have had courage enough to rise in fhe public places and denounce Zelaya. Few Prisoners Are Freed. The agitation became so strong against the holding of hundreds and perhaps thousands in prison that officials deemed it advisable to take steps to release at least some. Most political prisoners were freed today, but many others are still be hind the walls. It was after the American warships reached Corinto that the demonstrations against Zelaya became pronounced, for those who hav"e been crying for the revo lution were fully convinced that bluey jackets and marines from the ships would be landed. , Now they are terrified lest no men be sent ashore. In such an event they fear reprisals by the Zelayan forces. Revolutionists Are Tortured. Many revolutionary suspects have been thrown into prison and put to torture, and there are a number also now in chains who refused to do the bidding of the gov ernment. Among these is Anibel Chavez, In command of the firing squad when Groce and Cannon were brought out for execution. He refused to give the firing order, exclaiming as he threw down his sword : "I am a soldier, not a murderer." Consul Threatened Daily. Consul Caldera dally receives threats against his life, but beyond exercising watchful care he has taken no precau tions - to guard against attack. Word has reached here that Dr. Jose Madrix, Zelaya's candidate for president, has arrived at San Juan del Sue, on his way to Corinto. He is hastening to Managua?1 to inform himself personally (Concluded on Page 8.) Maklas; It Ebit for Sastta. Voice, Too, of Male Tone Incident Recalls "Pink Domino" Po lice on .'Vert. Recalling the series of robberies com mitted here two years ago by the youth known as "Pink Domino," clews found by the police Indicate that a burglar in woman's attire is responsible for many recent Portland thefts. Bolstering this suspicion, yesterday Mrs. M. Roe of 53 Eighteenth street North, reported that she was awakened the night before by a burglar in her room who, though dressed in female apparel, had the voice of . a man. The Invader escaped with fleetness worthy of a member of the sterner sex. Mrs. Roe reported to the police that she was raised from a sound sleep by a noise sounding as if something had dropped in her room. She rose imme diately and confronted a "woman" burglar. But the big and rapid strides taken by the robber in- escaping assured Mrs. Roe the invader was a man masquerading in women's clothes. The form, too, she said was not that of a woman and the grufif exclamation of the burglar upon being surprised was not the shrill cry expected , of one of her own sex. While the police are confident the lat est criminal is a man disguised as a woman they will be on the lookout for female prowlers as well as suspicious characters of the opposite sex. PRIZES OUT TO AID CUPID Mayor to Tie First Knot Free, Mer chants Offer Furniture. WALLOWA, Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) Inducements extraordinary are offered young people of Wallowa to wed. Mayor Digglesworth, recently appoint ed Justice of the Peace, announces he is willing to marry the first couple free of charge,, and an enterprising fur niture dealer declares if- six couples wed in December and buy their house keeping outfits' from film he will give each bride any article of - furniture .in his store she selects. Other merchants are as lavish in in . ducements. Judging from the number of marriage licenses Issued the Indica tions are that the offers of Wallowa merchants will be seized i$on before the close of theVear. WIRE USED TO BRING AID Railroad Agent Saves Cash From Robbers Who Bind Him. ' FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 18. Bound and gagged last night by two robbers who fled after obtaining a small sum if money, Boyd Coates, agent of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad at Hunrerton, near here, managed to crawl to a telegraph key and ask the dispatcher at Fort Wayne to send aid. While the robbers were breaking In the door, Coates threw the railroad's cash and his watch Into the wasre basket and this property was saved. The robbers rifled his pockets and then tied him up. HALF-BREED FOWL SHOT Cross Between Chicken and Pheas ant Exhibited at Eugene. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) A unique specimen . of the bird family has just been placed on exhibition in the show window of a gunstore here, and has attracted great attention from sportsmen. The bird Is a cross between the com mon chicken and a pheasant. It was killed last month near Monrus by T. D. Henaill. a local architect, and has just been mounted. PLUME GOES TO "TEDDY" Election Carries Also Right to Wear Palm Leaf Fringe. . PARIS, Dec 18. The Academy of Moral ' and Political Sciences today elected Theodore Roosevelt to a foreign associate membership. With this honor he will be entitled when delivering lectures at the Sor bonne to wear the plumed cap of an academician, the pearl-handled sword and a suit embroidered with green palms. DriAW HUMOROUS PICTURES Msaera Improvemeats. Survey Made, Work to Begin in Spring. BAYS CONNECTED IN CHAIN Excavation of Only 500,000 Yards Will Be Necessary. LAND TO BE RECLAIMED Promoters Say They Will Carry Freight in Pontoons and Provide Launches for Passenger and Mail Service. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 4S. (Spe cial.) Official confirmation came today that work is to be pushed on the Port-land-to-Aberdeen canal. Rights of way have been obtained and a holding com pany to conduct the preliminary work has been formed. Carles N. Hudson, the engineer who has directed the pre liminary surveys and who has been in the district since September 1. said to day that the project was assured. This means that when the canal is finished a small launch will be able to malie the voyage from Portland to Ab erdeen without once braving the dan gers of the ocean, sailing through a succession of harbors, canals and riv ers and a chain of lakes. The cost of the project is compara tively small and will be Included in the stock of the company. Only eight months will be required to complete the project. Actual construction will be beguit in the Spring. Fast passen ger launches, capable of carrying 100 passengers each, and two mail boats are included in the company's trans portation plans. Freight will be han dled on pontoonB constructed to carry from 600 to 1000 tons. The canal will do more than con nect a section hitherto isolated from the outer world with the larger mar kets. It will afford drainage along ths route for 10,000 acres, and will aid in the reclamation of 400,000 acres of tide-land which, it is asserted, can be diked easily. The route outlined ls from South Bay to the line of Paciflo County, where a ditch from North Cove to the county , line already has been dug. Between the bay and the north, head of that ditch there la to be a cut of two miles. This will take the canal to a tract of marshy land, near where a chain of lakes will be available. From North Cove, Willapa Bay will be used to its southern head. From the bajj the line follows Portage Slough and by a cut reaches the Walllcot River. That river drains into the Baker's Bay on the Co lumbia at a point opposite Astoria. It is estimated that only 500,000 cubic yards will have to be excavated. . "The canal," said Enginer Hudson, "will tap a Summer-resort section now little known. It will also open a line dairy and farming country. The lands along the route are among the richest In the state and -it is not difficult to foresee that the valley will become a Summer playground for the Northwest. A houseboat, for Instance, can be taken from Aberdeen to Portland, traversing a beautiful section. . "From a commercial viewpoint, the canal will mean cheaper freight rates to 1 Portland from Qcays Harbor. It will be an Interstate affair and will come Into direct competition with rail service. Plans provide plenty of boats." HOUSE" RULES DRASTIC Relcbsi-ath Members Who Insult the ' President to Be Suspended. VIENNA, - Dec. 18. The" ' Reichsrath arose today after a continuous sitting of 86 hours, and after passing a bill modify ing the rules of procedure, which au thorizes tine president of the chamber to suspend for from one to three sittings any deputy lnsufting him or disobeying the rules. . x lllVl - . V at KyvviV: TThE (ENTRAU.'OrXEOOr4',MlV.ti J -There's m Reason,