Pages 1 to 14 VOL. XXX-XO. 9. PORTLAND, "OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1911. PRICE FIVE CEXT3. - i E FORTS FOR CANAL Party Lines Crossed in Both Directions. TAWNEY IS BADLY BEATEN Motion to Neutralize Canal by Treaty Rejected. SMITH TAFT'S SPOKESMAN low an Contend It Is Duly to Pro tret Can I Shirk-jr. Democratic Speaker, Given Oration by Opposite Party. WASHINGTON". Feb. S.-AfUr nearly five houra of debate, tha House, shortly before 10 o'clock tonight, voted over whelmingly In favor of fortlry'ng the Tanama Canal and appropriated COHO.0) to bruin tho work, the total cost of which la estimated at S::.0.M. The action of the Ilnuse practically settles the question of fortification for tha sentiment 'n the Penate Is said to be mors than 2 to 1 In faror of protectlnc tha Isthmian waterway. The rl test came on an amendment - proposed by Tawney. chairman of tha committee on appropriations. The amend ment provUled that no part of the money set aside for fortifications should be used until the rresljent had attempted to (ntlats treaties with all the leading maritime tist'ona guaranteeing the neu trality and International protection of the canal. Peace Party Twice Beaten. FMrtey of Kentucky attacked thle amendment and warned members that It bad been introduced for the sole pur pose of defeating the appropriation. The Tawney amendment then was voted down by 1 to CX A motion by KMfer ot Ohio to strike out all provisions for the fortification ot the canal was lost by a vote of 13 to M. The real Interval In the debate seemed to center 'n the Tawney amendment and the speeches mad for and against It by Tawney and Shirley. Tawney, a stalwart Republican, looked to the Democratic side for sympathy and applause and re ceived both. Shirley, one of the Demo cratic leaders of the House, was accord ed an ovation by the Republican mem bers. When It came to voting the Repub licans generally supported the fortifi cation of the canal, and the Democrat opposed It. The defection of about 20 Republicans from the general policy of fortifications was offset by a similar defection on the part of the Demo cratic side In favor of fortification. Smith Is Tsft's Advocate. The fortification of the canal, as pro vlJed for in the sundry civil bill, was considered In the House practically as a separata measure, and after all the other feature of tha sundry civil bill had been disposed of. Walter I. Smith, of Iowa, led off the debate In favor of fortification, and was followed, by Kelfer. who led the forces opposed to the provision. No leas than J members speke from i to 20 minute. rnith was generally regarded as rep resenting" the Administration In the fight for fort! flea t to a. He cited the tarloos treaties on the subject of a canal. 1 am here to insist that wa have tha right to fortify the canal." be said, "that It Is mora than a right: that. In fact, wa have contracted to preserve Its neutrality and to protect It against blockade. This makes It the solemn duty of this people to fortify tha en trace to the canal as securely a any of the ports of tha country." When Kelfer had concluded bis speech scaJnst fortification ha made a point of order against tha appropriation for (Concluded oa Pmmm 2. k Tafcs Verdict Cwaatf HOUS DECIDES ON GAS COMPANY HAS BECOME DOCTOR AXGEtEXE SCFFERERS FROM THROAT IHSKASES CURED. Napthalene Fumes Found to Give Relief and Company Treats All Sufferers Free. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. 25. (Sp clal.) An epidemic of whooping cough In this city hss brought to light a novs cure for the annoying contagion. ' The Los Angeles Gss Electric Cor poratlon has turned doctor. It has developed the strsnge trestmcnt of the disease and Is tendering its bene nVlal services to the children of rich and poor, free of charge. The company's chemist made the dls covery that the escaping naphtlialen fumes in the nurlfrtnar rooms hsd I soothing affect upon all diseases of the throat. He induced several chll dren suffering from whooping cough and a number of adult persons havlni chronic asthma to take free treatmen at the aas plant. The result was s grstlfytng that the hlg corporation opened the doora of Its purifying room! to all sufferers from throat disorders and anywhere from 20 to 200 patients are there dally. Two thousand have been eurd. The naphthalene Is a by-product of the oxides of iron used to divert the sulphur from the gas. DAYS OF COAL NUMBERED Electrician Predicts Heating by Elec tricity Stored In House. NEW TORK. Feb. 25. At an electrl cal dinner at the Montauk Club. Brook lyn, tonight. Charles W. Price, editor of the Electrical Review, one of the speakers, said: "I make the prediction, based on knowledge of important experiments, that the dsy Is not fsr distant when the cosl pile In the cellar will be re placed by the electrical reservoir of box-Ilk shape and moderate stse. to furnish hest throughout the entire building and for cooking. "And this will be done economically. compared with coal, as this accumu lated electricity will be stored at low cost and be on tsp when needed. I am hopeful that this will be realised before we meet again, one year from now. "Then will the coal wagon In front of the house dlssppear. the furnace caretaker lose his vocation, and the ashmsn become a reminiscence." ELGIN ICE 8 INCHES THICK Rig Surprise Sprung on Market When Cold Weather Comes. ELGIN, Or, Feb. 25. (Special.) El gin Ice men have again concluded they are poor weather prophets, as they have nearly tilled their houses with Ice shipped in from North Powder, the rakes bring about 12 Inches thick. Yes terday they commenced cutting six Inch Ice here, to complete filling their houses, and this morning the Ice Is reported eight Inches thick, and a car Is being loaded here todsy to ship to Palmers Junction, to the Graham packing plsnt. FISH PRICES FALL AT LENT Largo Catches Responsible for Drop In Chicago Market. CHICAGO. Feb. 25. With Lent only four days away a cut of more than 0 per cent In the price of strictly fresh fish waa announced here today by one of the biggest houses In the business. This house announced to re tailers that the price of whltensb. tall bees and pickerel had been reduced from seven cents to three cents a pound. CARNEGIE'S CASH TAINTED CrooLsvllle, O., Potters Want None of Magnate's Library Money. CKOOKeYlULH. O- Feb. Andrew Carnegie's money Is "tainted, say union potters of this city, and they have pro tested the acceptance of (30.000 from him to construct a Carnegie Public Library.' HARRY MURPHY OFFERS MORE OF HIS MANY VARIETIES OF Dews ! PREMIER BRIAND QUITS IN DISGUST France in Power of Ex treme anti-Clericals. LAST ASSAULT CAPS CLIMAX Radical Socialists Can't For get Railroad Strike. SANE REFORM AT DISCOUNT Resignation of Cabinet Only In ferred Till After Brnn'a Funer al Moderation in Dealing With Church Is Condemned. PARIS. Feb. 25. Premier Briand and the members of his cabinet will resign Monday. They reached this decision this afternoon at a conference In the Premier's office, when the political sit uation was thoroughly canvassed. The bare majority of 16 which the gov ernment received last night In a vote of confidence In the Chamber of Deputies. following the Premier's arraignment by the Radical Socialists, Louis Malvy and Paul Meunlr. was a sore blow to the Premier and his associates, who had been sustained many times In previous battles by larger majorities. The Pre mler said he "was slrlc of It all." Xcw Premier Not Chosen. The only reason for waiting until Monday to present their resignations to the President is that the Ministers wish to show their respect for the memory of their late colleague. Colonel Rrun. whose funeral will take place Monday. There Is much uncertainty tonight as to what will happen whether Presi dent Falllerea, after taking counsel with the leaders of the Parliamentary groups, will ask M. Briand to stay In power, or whom he will Invite to form a new ministry. -Leon Bourgeois, ex- Premie r and ex-Mlnister of Foreign Af fslrs; Ramond Polncare, ex-Mtnlater of Finance; Theophyle Delcasse, ex-For- elgn Minister, and ex-Premier Einlle Combes are among those mentioned, al though It Is understood M. Delcasse is personally not liked by the President Extreme Radicals Triumph. The decision of the Ministry to with draw has caused an enormous political sensation. The conservative newspa pers declare that the forces of extreme radicalism are triumphing over sane and progressive reform regarding the clerical Issue, which was raised yes terday as a mere pretext to attain Briand's downfall. They point out that it is ridiculous to accuse the man who constructed the separation law of clericalism and, now that the church and state are completely divorced, M. Briand has been following out a gen eral programme of "appeasement." The vote in the Chamber of Deputies last night which followed Interpella tions blaming the government for not having applied the laws against relig ious bodies with proper severity Is, therefore. Interpreted as the result of Intrigue ssong M. Briand's adversaries In his own party, who have been plot ting his overthrow since the great crista In the railway strike and block ing the Premier's programme of arbi tration in labor disputes In connection with public service corporations. Physically and mentally exhausted by several years of uninterrupted labors In official life, M. Briand Is sincerely anxious to retire. Even now he Is dis cussing with bis friends the dollghts of a proposed trip to the Mediterranean. It Is understood that M. Plnchon. Mln- slter of Foreign Affairs. Is equally de termined to withdraw. The Temps. In summing up the sit uation, blames Parliament for taking too much Interest In the railway em ployes, who Imperiled the security ot the country, and not enough in the measures designated to protect the na tion from civil war. T.H. Toa'r Not Perfect-" 5 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 40 degrees; minimum. 37 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. National. Vote on Lorlmer case ! almost reached and Bailey accuses opponents ot llllDUSier. Bectlon 1. page . House votes appropriation, to fortify Pan mi Canal, section 1. page i Taft agrees with Champ Clark to call extra session to meet April . oecnon page 5. Hons dwi1efi to reconstruct chamber to accommodate larger membership. Sec Uon 1. page 8. Treaty with Japan Is first of scries that country is making. Bectlon 1. page o. ( Domestic Mrs. Oliver ft. T. Belmont to establish ag rlcultura( school for girls. Section 1 page 1. Stunners use photography to beat tariff laws. Section 1. page Ex-Judge Collins of Panama Supreme Court savs Canal Zone is ruled by despot. Section 1. page s. Foreign. French Cabinet will reslcn Monday, driven out by Radical Socialists. section page 1. Italy makes elaborate preparations to try leaders of Camorrs. Section l, page a. Converse and Rlatt have preliminary hear In at Juarez; lives not in danger. Section 1. page 3. Lords' downfall held inevitable due to divi alon in Tory ranks. Section 1. page 2. Fact tic Northwest. Dying highwayman tells tale of duel in which .e and Seattle patrolman met death. Section J. page 4. Seattle's ex-Chief of Police. Wappensteln. arrested on bribery charge, section i Diet 1. Vancouver School for Blind denounced as rotten by Washington Representative on floor ol Mouse, becuon i. page x. RfAti i.ptinn. n f pawcett and Commie sloners at Tacoma to be combined. Sec tion 1. page's. Much important legislation left for last ten oays or asmngion iegisiafcure. tlon 1. pass 7. Cltliens' committee at Seattle succeeds In efforts at primaries In nominating Coun cllmen. Section 4. page 12. Governor West's denial of $50.00 for State Fair, while granting I150.UO0 ror uapuoi, Is criticised. Section 1. page 6. Spokane man tells of Spokane children be- ina aold into slavery, aecuou i. umij Alaeka hurt hy false stories of rich gold strikes. Section 2. page 14. Montesano women visit Aberdeen 'to fight against county division, bectlon l, page . e porta. Beavers arrive at Santa Maria training ramp. Section 2. page 2. Caleb Brlgg beats Olrltlold's mile record for autos at New Orleans, section page Columbia University soccer team derests Portland Academy. 2 to 0. Section i. pats 3. Belmont Tennis Club leases new tract for court. Section 2, page 3. Goldondale claims Mid-Columbia basket ball championship, section 4, page 4. Portland to see only nine weeks of North western ball. Section 4. page 4. Columbia University prepares for big In door track meet. Section 4. page S. Seals In training at Modesto. Section 4, page Beavers to play 92 games hers. Section 4, page 3. Gotch msy defend wrestling title In Port land. Section 4. page 7 "housand dogs to be entered at bench abow in April, section 4. page 7. National wrestling championships expected to bring ma smsieurs ncre. ooctiuu nsse 2. Spokane to be bowlers' Mecca next week. section -j. page a. Real Kstate and Building. Deals In residence property and acreage monopolise realty market. bectlon 4. page 8. Thrane home on Heights held as typical Portland home. Section 4. page S. Multnomah Camp of woodmen plan to build lodge haU. Section 4. page v. C. K. Henry home In Iaurelhurst la East Side landmark. Section 4. page . Tax burden held to be handicap to city building. Section 4, page 10. Bulldng permits may beat mark of Febru ary. 1UW. section 4. page lO Willamette Valley once sold by Indians for Sou.000. Section 4. page 11. New home of Dental College to be ready by end of August, section 4. page ii. Big sign marking Healy Heights lighted for first time, section 4. page lz. Commercial and Marine. Onion price cut to head off Eastern ship ments, section x. page jo. Wheat loses one cent in Chicago market. Section 2. pace 13. New ' York banks contlnus to gain cash. Section 2. page 13. Selling not so heavy In stock market. Sec tion out 15. Lumber exports show promise of material Increase, section i. page i. Portland and Vicinity. John F. O'Shea declines appointment to Port Ti . 1 .. J f nmm l.alntl KCtllTl ? Ot 4 J I II 11U -""" ' tiace 14. Needs and growth of Good Samaritan Hos- DitaJ told. Section 1. page 10. Judge Cleeton and Commissioners Hart and l.lgbtner to oe proieruicu i:riiwiiij' for ordera to keep drawa closed. Sec tion 1. page 10. Probation Officer Teuscher and his deputy removed by court. ecuon z. page i. Elks' convention fund now amounts to til. S:0.iO. Section 1. page 11. Colonist rates to Central Oregon effective March 10. Section 1. page 1:. Judge Morrow decides Mrs. Walter Gadsby owns no part of home presented as wed ding gift. Section 1. page 10. Interest In coming Rose Festival already widespread. Section 1. page 11. Commercial Club to renew publicity cam paign at banquet. Section 1. page 10. Veto by Salera Mayor may defeat proposed railroad bridge- Section 3. page 7. flrgt season of Northwestern Frnit Kx ehange proves value to growers. Sec tion . page 10. Bverybodr urged to write to friends in East next Wednesday. Section 4, page 12. Eighty Initiated into myatertes of Sbriaera. Section 1. pass 12. Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club veterans hold eleventh annual reunion. Section 1. pae 12. Wklrb la ae Real Reaaoa f SCHOOL FOR BLIND TERMED 'ROTTEN' Legislators Denounce Vancouver Home. BEDROOMS CALLED "STALLS" Place "Awful and Disgrace ful," Says Lawmaker. BOARD INQUIRY IS ASKED PIc for $50,000 Fund for Estab lishment Brings Forth Criticism on Floor of Washington. Lower House. 'OLTMPIA. Wash., Feb. 25. (Special.) "Rotten from celling to foundation." "Ramshackle flre-trap." "Awful and disgraceful." "Stigma on state." These and kindred terms were applied to Washington's School for the Blind at Vancouver on the floor of the House of Representatives this morning, and It was suggested that the Board of Control be Investigated to fix responsibility for con ditions at the state institution. A touch of sentiment waa given the House proceedings by the discussion of a bill to appropriate $50,000 for an addi tional building for the School for the Blind. Buchanan of King opposed the measure, saying that he did not believe more money should be spent on state institutions outside the capital city, as the House had adopted the Flagg group plan for a new Qapltol and other state structures In Olympla. Shutt of Pierce asked that the subject be postponed until Tuesday. Chairman Davis, of the appropriation committee. opposed delay, saying he based his plea on sympathy and cold-blooded business. Building Called Rotten. "The only building now at Vancouver for the blind Is a ramshackle fire-trap, rotten from celling to foundation," said Davis. "In justice to the helpless blind children and In consideration ot the good name of the state, we should provide for this uulldlng right now." 'Recently I went with a legislative committee to visit the School of the Blind at Vancouver." said Gandy of Spokane. "Until then I never bellevea that any state would maintain such an awful and disgraceful Institution. These little sightless boys and girls retain modesty. They do not want to undress in the same room. So, to fit up this old building as a dormitory, they have built stalls on one of the floors. That Is all they are Just old stalls. Those are the sleeping quarters of these poor, blind children the state is supposed to be tak ing care of. The stalls are dark, the beds are broken, the springs are broken. there are no sheets and there Is not a piece of furniture in that whole struc ture that I would have In my cellar or hern. I repeat that I was not only shocked but also greatly surprised. I would never have believed it had I not seen it." Investigation of Board Asked.' "Don't you think the Board of Control should be Investigated?" asked Ennis of Pierce. Certainly, if these conditions exist somebody should look into It. It is a stigma on tha state. I oppose any action until we get more Information along this line." "Are these conditons due to a lack of equipment or to bad administration, in your opinion?" asked Goss of King, turn ing to Gandy. Lack of equipment, certainly, replied Gandy; "they have nothing there, that Is all there Is to it." The discussion of conditions was brought to a sudden close by the roll call on the bill to appropriate the $50,- 000 for the new building. The bill was passed by a vote of 7 to 1. , Representative Buchanan, of Seattle, (Concluded on page r HUMOR FOR SUNDAY March 1, Colonist Day. FACTORY GIRLS TO BECOME FARMERS MRS. BELMOXT TO ESTABLISH AGRICCXTCRAIi SCHOOL. Philanthropist Flans to Instruct Women of City in Farming. Men to Be Barred. NEW YORK, Feb." 25. (Special.) Af ter an investigation of Industrial con ditions In and about New York City lasting a year, Mrs. Oliver H. P. Bel mont has reached the conclusion that there Is an oversupply of woman fac tory workers and that the best relief Is to persuade the girls to take up farming as an occupation. With this end in view she has set aside about 200 acres of her land at Hempstead, Long Island, for a school of agriculture for women. An experi enced woman farmer has been engaged to instruct the pupils In practical farm ing. There will not be a man about the place except a boy or two to do chores for the first few weeks. Mrs. Belmont explained that there would be a matron on her new farm who would chaperone girls and who would also teach them cooking, house keeping and home-making. Girls are to be paid while learning and their wages will increase proportionately to skill. DIVORCE LAWS UNCHANGED Effort to Create Year's Residence Requirement in Nevada Fails. RENO, Nev., Feb. 25. (Special.) That the present divorce laws will probably remain unchanged for two years at least was evidenced today when the Senate took the Syphus bill from the file and, by a good majority, voted to postpone action on It Indefinitely. An effort to re consider was also lost. Senator Syphus, who fathered the bill, was absent at the time it came up. The Syphus bill was drastic in its terms and embodied the sentiments of the opposition to the present law. It made the residence clause one year and destroyed the Jurisdiction of the Nevada courts In cases where the cause of action originated outside the state. It Is prob able that there will bo no further efforts at divorce legislat'on during the present session, as the Assembly has already killed a bill similar to the Syphus bill. ROPE STRANGLES COUGAR Youthful Hunter Then Kills Cinna mon Bear With. "2 2." KALISPEX.L, Mont.. Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) Within 150 yards of the same spot. Charlie Ordish, the mountain lion hunt er, yesterday captured a lion and shot two bears. The lion was tracked for many miles, twice treed by his dogs and twice made Its escape, and when Anally captured tried a third time to get away by leap ing from the branch upon which it sat when he lassoed It. But It was noosed and strangled to death. Ordish has caught several lions alive this Winter, which he has sold at from $40 to tuO each to Eastern zoos. CATS STOLEN TO VIVISECT AVellesly Janitor Admits They AVer Used in Laboratory. NATICK. Mass., Feb. 25. Following complaints from a number of residents that household cats were being stolen, John Squires, a Wellesley College Janitor, was arreeted today on a warrant charg ing him with stealing Natick pets for use in the dissecting rooms of the col lege. Squires", the police allege, has admitted that he stole cats to supply the college laboratory. SKIFF UPSETS, TWO DROWN One Boy of Trio Clings to Boat Un til Man Swims to Rescue. OAKLAND, Cal.. Feb. 25. Through the overturning of a skiff In the estuary to day, Oliver Swegan, aged 13 and Arthur Scidelman, aged 15, were drowned. Arthur Merrill, aged 10, was rescued from the bottom of the skiff, to which he had clung, by T. L. Tonny, who leaped from the bank," swam to the boat and pushed it ashore. INSPECTION. Msy Come to Tills. 'WAPPY' ARRESTED: E Seattle's ex-PoliceChief Caught in Net. GAMBLING PERMIT ALLEGED Wealthy Friends Furnish $25, 000 Bail Demanded. SALOONMEN CONFESS ALL Tupper and Gerald Make Clean Breast of Deal Said to Have Been Made for $2500 Bribe During Gill Regime, SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 25. Charles W. Wappensteln, ex-Chief of Police, was arrested at his home today on a warrant charging bribery and based on an Indictment returned by tha graft grand Jury. The Indictment charges that Wap pensteln received J2500 from Gideon Tupper and Clarence Oerald. saloon keepers and members of tho so-called vice syndicate, which Is alleged to have enjoyed exclusive gambling dur ing the administration of Hiram C. Glil. the recently recalled Mayor and ex-Chief Wappensteln, who went out of office simultaneously with QUI. Wappensteln waa taken to his attor ney's off'ce, where ball In the sum ot 25,000 was furnished by two wealthy friends. The Indictment seta forth: Indictment Is Specific. "The said Charles W. Wappensteln on the 20th day of June, 1910. being then Chief of Police of Seattle, did fraudulently, feloniously and corruptly receive from one Gideon Tupper and one C. J. Gerald the sum of JiSOO, as a compensation and gratuity upon an agreement and understanding that hi action In his official capacity should, be Influenced thereby in this, that he. the said Wappensteln, as such officer, would not Interfere with, or molest In any manner whatsoever certain gam bling games then and there being con ducted and carried on by said Tupper and Gerald at a place known as the Northern CIud, and would not arrest said Tupper'or Gerald for conducting and carrying on such games." Among the witnesses whose names are attached to the indictments are those of Gideon Tupper. Clarence Ger ald, a number of policemen and the cashiers of three banks in which Wap pensteln Is reputed to have deposited money. It Is said that Tupper and Gerald made a clean breast of their dealings with Wappensteln, and that Wappen steln's trusted collectors told of carry ing money to their superior officers. Wealthy Man Causes Probe. The grand Jury, which has not yet concluded its work, is alleged to have devoted all its sessions thus far to Wappensteln. The Jury was called after Detective W. J. Burns, employed by a wealthy citizen of Seattle, had laid before Pros-ecutlng-Attorney John F. Mtirphy evi dence which he had gathered concern ing corruption in the Seattle police force. Mayor Gill had already been recalled at n election held February 7 and Wappensteln went out of office with Gill. Wappenstein, who is known all over the United States as a detective, was removed from office as chief of detec tives of Cincinnati after an investiga tion and later was removed from of fice as chief of detectives of Seattle for misconduct. Last Summer he was removed from office of Chief of Police of Seattle by Acting-Mayor I fax War dall, reinstated by Mayor Gill and found guilty ot corruption by a Coun cil committee. "Wappy" Campaign Issue. He was the chief Issue in the recall (Concluded on Paee 2.) THY SAY THEY 17 TAkE a FOR 'T Came With (he Gentle Spring:. BRIBERY IS GHARG