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LARGE DAMAGES
Sill
Loss Will Foot up Over a
Million Dollars In Washington
Alone
TRAIN SERVICE STILL BAD
New York H FourtMit Inches of
Snow, the Heaviest Tbla Winter,
and Baltimore's Electric Wlraa Art
Practically AU Down.
BALTIMORE (By United Wire
lest from Washington, D. C), March
S. The luteal ettlmatet place the
damage by yeiterdey! ttorm be
tween $700,000 end $1,000,000. Harry
Granger, a brother-in-law of George
R. Gaithcr, the last Republican can
didate for Covernor wae found dead
today, a victim of the ttorm.
Train Service Demoralised.
NEW YORK. March S.-The train
lervice between here and Washing
ton it still badly tied up today.
Trains are running five and six houri
behind time. Little parties, thoe who
went to tee the inauguration, strag
gled in with itoriei of great hard
thips. Lots Quarter of a Million.
BALTIMORE, March S.-It I
estimated 100 electric wirci were
down within the city limiti at a re
mit of yesterday't itorm. The mone
tary lost if estimated at a quarter of
a million not including lost of busi
ness. Fourteen Inches of Snow.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., March S.-The
bliisard beginning yesterday con
tinues In Central New York with 14
Inches of snow, the heaviest of the
winter.
Washington Death List
WASHINGTON. D. C, March S.
The record of casualties Incident
to the inauguration ceremonies of
yesterday was three deaths, three
probably fatally injured and more
than 75 persons slight injured.
. Sam Young was electrocuted by
stepping on a live electric wire on
Wisconsin avenue; Norman Aatwill
died of epilepsy, while viewing the
parade, while Andred Doran, a Pull
man conductor, died of heart failure
upon arriving at the Union Station
last night. Dirk was severely In
jured in an attempt to arrest a Greek
for disorderly conduct. Carter was
stabbed In the abdomen by a negro,
and Deniel was overcome by gas.
Creeping along at a snail's pace,
heavily laden trains today slowly
bore the Inaugural crowds away from
the capital. Crippled telegraph and
telephone facilities, which made it
impossible to operate trains last night
within from six to 12 hours of sched
ule time, were somewhat Improved,
ENTERS PLEA TO
BE ELECTROCUTED
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Patrick, Condemned Murderer, Says Governor Had
no Legal Right to Commute Sentence
NEW YORK, March S-Declaring
that death in the electric chair Is pre
ferable to life imprisonment and as
' serting that Governor Hughes had
no legal right to commute his sent-
ence to life imprisonment as he didn't
asked nor consented to such , com
mutation, Albert T. Patrick, pleaded
before the appellate division of the
. supreme court in Brooklyn today for
' his liberty or execution of the death
. sentence. Patrick was convicted In
- September, 1900, for the murder of
but still far from normal. The thou
sands who flocked to the ceremonies
seemingly attempted to leave the city
ut one lime,
Immense crowds flocked to the
Union Station and military and civil
organizations vied with one another
in their display as they departed.
All through the day the crowd at
the station was aroused now and then
by tome enthusiastic organization
marching round and round through
the vast concourse in the station,
with a band In the lead. One organi
zation had three bandt leading it.
MARVELOUS IMPROVEMENT
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
March 4. Professor W. F. Durand.
head of the Department of Mechani
cal Engineering has perfected an Im
provement to the seismograph which
if successful will prove Invaluable to
building Interests on the coast. While
the present instrument! record only
direction and duration of the shock,
Professor Durmand's Instrument is
calculated to show the exact destruc
tive force of a shock at any point,
thus being of especial value in com
puting the record strength of founda
tions for buildings in earthquake dis
tricts. AUTO COACH SERVICE.
NE WYORK. March S.-Automo-bile
coach service will be inaugurated
between New York and Philadel
phia today, not because of the bliz
zard yesterday, but because of an In
novation and a reminder of days
gone, which, it is believed, will prove
popular. The first automobile is due
to leave Philadelphia at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel at 10 A. M., and will
have the Waldorf-Astoria here as Its
objective point. Because of the bad
roads it is impossible to say when
it will reach this city. After remain
ing in New York over night the car
will leave for Philadelphia at 10 A.
M. Saturday.
FAMOUS CATHOUCSUIT
DECIDED IN NEBRASKA
AFTER TEN YEARS HARD BAT
TLE BISHOP BONNACUM
WINS HIS CASE.
LINCOLN, Neb., March S.-By a
recislon of the supreme court this
evening Bishop Bonnacujn of the
Catholic diocese of Lincoln wins af
ter 10 years of contest witji Father
Murphy at Seward, Neb., for posses
sion of St. Vincent's church. The
court sustains so far as the civil
court has jurisdiction the decree of
excommunication pronounced by the
Bishop against the priest. After
Murphy wat excommunicated in 1901
the Murphy parishioners were loyal
to him and refused to surrender the
church property to Murphy's suc
cessor. Six times the case has been
tried in district court; three times be
fore it has been in the supreme court
and twice it has been before the
Pope.
William Marsh Rice. x
Patrick declared today that his
conviction was due to a . "Colossal
conspiracy on the, part of the justice
at his trial and the authorities who
prosecution him."
The scene In court today during
his plea was very sensational. As
sistant District Attorney Taylor in
his reply said that if Patrick was not
willing to accept life imprisonment,
the only alternative was to electro
cute him.
ASTORIA,
C11U! IS
No Protest Filed and He Now
Accepts Ex-Senator Gearin's
Seat
FULTON N0TIN FAVOR PROTEST
Senate Received at Its First Regular
Seeaion and Confirmed the Presi
dent's Nominatlona For Varioai
Cabinet PostlontTwo Sworn In.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 5.
In its first regular session, the Sen
ate today received and confirmed the
nominations of President Taft for
various cabinet positions and also
that of Wilson as assistant secretary
of state. In addition Senator Cham
berlain of Oregon and Senator Smith
of Maryland were sworn in.
Chamberlain was given the seat
formerly occupied by Senator Gearin.
No protest was made ag'ainst his
seating.
In being seated as United States
Senator, George E. Chamberlain it
the third man to receive this distinc
tion through the Oregon direct pri
mary system. Hit predecessors were
Frederick W. Mulkey, who was elect
ed for a short term, and Jonathan
Bourne, Jr. Senator Chamberlain now
occupies the seat which John M.
Gearin had, and Gearin was appoint
ed to the Senate by Chamberlain
when Governor, to fill the unexpired
term of the late John H. Mitchell.
No protest was made against the
seating of Chamberlain. This was
expected, for until Chamberlain was
seated the Insurgents could not pro
tests against a seat the man from
Oregon did not have. A letter was
received from C W. Fulton by a
friend a few days ago, in which Ful
ton declared there would be no pro
test and that, personally, he would
not favor such a plan.
Senator Chamberlain did not ar
rive at Washington yesterday in time
to be sworn in, being delayed by a
snowstorm. What effect the delay of
.one day will have on hit place in the
committee appointments is not yet
known. Aside from appointing a
private secretary Senator Chamber
lain has announced that he will not
interest himself in the distribution of
Federal pie and pass that matter over
to the other members of the Oregon
delegation.
S. L. Kline, of Corvallis, will rep
resent Oregon today at the meeting
of the National League of Republican
Clubs. Mr. Sinnott, the state presi
dent for Oregon, was unable to at
tend and the proxy was tent to Kline,
who has been Oregon's official rep
resentative at the inaugural cere
monies. JURY COULDN'T SPELL.
Based Upon This Prisoner Applies
For Habeas Corpus.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.
Basing his application on a badly
written and worse spelled verdict E.
L. McCapes of Madera has appealed
to the Supreme Court of this state
for a writ of habeas corpus. The ver
dict, which was delivered by the fore
man of a jury which convicted Mc
Capes in the justice court of Madera
of burning grass within the city lim
its without a permit, reads literally
as follows:
"We the jorey the fined the defen
det gilty as charge."
Although fined only $25, McCapes
appealed to the Superior Court of
Madera County and when that tribu
nal denied his application, he filed
his present petition with the highest
court of the state. The writ was
granted and made returnable April
S.
SEATED
OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6,
NEXT ANNUAL TOUR.
NEW YORK, March S.The start
of the next annual tour of the Ameri
can Automobile Association will pro
bably be made in Detroit. A resolu
tion to this end has been adopted at
an executive meeting of the Asso
ciation of Automobile Manufactur
ers. The preference of Detroit at a
starting point is expressed because
of the many factories of automobiles
three and it was pointed out that
there would be at least a dozen en
tries from that city alone.
PATRICK CASE AGAIN.
NEW YORK, March S.-Albert T.
Patrick who is serving a life sentence
in Sing Sing for the murder of the
aged millionaire William Marsh Rice
will make his second appearance this
week, today before the Appellate di
vision of the Supreme Court in Brook
lyn to argue personally habeas cor
pus proceedings by which he hopes
to gain his liberty. Patrick will set
forth that the commutation of the
death sentence to life imprisonment
was illegal and he has heretofore de
clared that he would rather die. He
started the argument 4 his case
Monday but it was continued at his
request. Patrick leaves Sing Sing tbil
morning and is due In court this af
ternoon. RAILWAY JURISDICTION
EXTEfiDED
ALLOWING COMMISSION TO
CONTROL TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH LINES.
OLYMPIA, March 5 Both bouses
have passed the bill giving the rail
way commission jurisdiction over
telephone and telegraph companies
and power to compel physical con
nections between competing long
distance companies in cities where
both have exchanges. The same act
gives the commission discretionary
powers at to permitting railroads
constructed hereafter to cross other
railroads or public highways at grade.
Another act that passed the house
today and now goes to the Governor
puts the control of public warehouses
and the inspection of gram in the
bands of the railway commission.
The senate has refused to concur in
the amendments placed in the crim
inal code by the house. The house
has refused to recede, and unless the
difference is settled in the conference
bill it will fail. The house struck out
the sections incorporated by the sen
ate prohibiting the sale or manufac
ture of rectified liquors and struck
out the exception of the felony gamb
ling section against games, played for
wagers in private apartments. The
house dedefinitely postponed the bill
providing for submission of the con
stitutional amendment providing for
initiative and referendum. The sen
ate adopted the bill prohibiting the
sale of liquor within three miles of
any naval yard,
PUGILISTIC MATTERS.
NEW YORK. March 5. Cvclone
Johnny Thompson defeated Mikey
Gannon tonignt in a ten-round oout.
NEW ORLEANS, March S-Fred-
dv Walsh knocked out Ray Bronson
in the 13th round of a scheduled 20-
round bout here tonight.
SECURES TWELFTH MAN.
SAN FRANCISCO, March S-The
12th juror was secured in the Oal
houn case today subject to a peremp
tory challenge. Just as the 12th
juror had been passed, Juror Costel
lo, an insurance broker, addressed
the court declaring his business
would altogether be .. destroyed if
compelled to attend the sessions of
the court two more months. An ex
amination showed the man worrying
about his personal affairs to the ex
clusion of the proceedings of the
court and Judge Lawlor ordered him
excused and again there was a va
cancy. Just at the hour of adjourn
ment the jury box was again filled,
subject to peremptory challenges,
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SPEdSESSI
IS
Legislature Will Convene on
March 15th to Rectify Its
Mistakes
GOVERNOR ISSUES THE CALL
Majority of Legislators Reported to
! be Pledged to Enact no New
! Legislation Other Laws Passed
' Found With Grave Defects in Them
! SALEM, Or., March 5-The call
for a special session of the legisla
ture to convene March IS was issued
.today by Governor Benson. The set
sion is called for the specific purpose
'of rectifying sn error in the appro
priation bill covering the improve
ments for state institutions. A ma
jority of the members have pledged
themselves not to enact 'any new
legislation.
i It has been discovered that the tax
'commission law is defective in sev
eral particulars. The bill contem
plates that all corporations engaged
in public service business in more
than one county shall be assessed
upon the unit. Plan. The title oi
!the bill attempts to enumerate the
r concerns that shall be thus assessed,
'such as railroads, electric companies,
'etc. No mention is made of tele
! graph, express or sleeping-car com
panies in the title, though they are
mentioned in the body of the act.
Telephone companies are not men
' tioned in either the title or the body
l .1.. . IM.. ..t .'. (Wfr Ho.
fective, either because the title is not
! sufficient or because the law dis
' criminates between telegraph and
telephone companies, which should
be treated alike.
Moreover, in the section relating
to appeals the enrolling clerks drop
ped the latter part of one sentence,
leaving an important provision In-
j The emergency clause of the act
is open to the same objection that
; Attorney H. E. McGinn has raised
against the corresponding clause in
'the bill . providing an additional
judge for Multnomah county,
j It is altogether likely that the tax
commission bill, the game code and
'one or two other measures will be
passed' again in order to , correct
errors.
SIDE LIGHTS ON CONCRETE.
In quoting rom a recenft newspaper
'article Ccmeiit Age, New York, gives
! some interesting side lights on re
'inforced concrete construction:"
I "As every one knows who has been
led astray by the careless use of the
word, concrete is a hard stonelike
substance composed, in varying pro
portions as its uses may demand, of
water, broken stone or gravel, sar.d
and cement. The nearest approach in
nature to concrete is found in the
old pudding stone, those round tre
merlduously hard boulders that w
i'md so often forming the rugged
stone walls of New England's farms.
"Crack the pudding stone and ym
will find it is seemingly a mass of
pebbles ot varying size, from that '.f
:i gru'n of sand to an inch or so t
diameter, all knit together into a
compact mass by some e'ementitious
substance. That is nature's concrete.
"When concrete is used for bull
ing construe ncn it is almost invari
ably reinforced, and it is in the cor
rect estimating of the size and plac
ing of this reinforced steel that the
science of reinforced concrete con
struction comes in.
While the use of concrete goes so
far back into history that its origin
is unknown, the utilization of steel
as a reinforcement of concrete is a
comparatively recent invention, The
discovery is credited to French gardi
. ener who conceived the happy idea
of puttng a wire reinforcement into
his cast cement mortar flower pots
CALLED
in order to prevent them from crack
ing. He found that his experiment
was so enormously successful that he
gave up his work as a gardener to
devote himself to the study of re
inforced concrete. Many of the first
reinforced concrete structures were
built from his designs.
"The reason for his reinforcement
is easy for a layman to understand
when it it explained that concrete,
like granite, has enormous compres
sive strength, that is to say, a column
of concrete will uphold very great
weight, but concrete it weak in ten
sile or pulling and bending strength.
When steel rods are correctly placed
and properly embedded in a concrete
beam they will take up all the bending
and shearing stresses and the con
crete will tafely carry all the com
pression stresses- '
"The reason why concrete is an
economical building material aside
from the fact that it fireproofs the
steel reinforcement is, as one engi
neer well expressed it, 'One dollar
will buy as much compressive
strength in concrete as two dollars
will in steel."
"Thus this combination utilizing
the economical concrete to support;
the compressive loads and the equal
ly economical steels rods to with
stand the tensile strains produces the
cheapest and most serviceable build
ing material so far discovered, rein
forced concrete."
STATE SCORES IN TRIAL.
NASHVILLE, March S-This was
the state's day in the trial of the
Cooper-Sharpe case. Not only did it
break down the testimony of S. J.
Binning who claimed to have seen
the shooting, but caused Binning's
arrest for perjury. The state also
tried to impeach the testimony of the
governor and others who declared
that the Coopers were invited to go
to the Governor's mansion and that
while on the way there they met
Carmack and the duel followed-
OAY WHEAT TAKES A
DECIDED DECLINE
THE MARKET WAS EFFECTED
SOME BY REPORTS THAT
TRADERS HAD SETTLED
CHICAGO, March 5. May wheat
opened 1153-4, 1171-2; closed 1 IS 3-8.
1151-2; barley, 65-67. The decline of
3 1-4 and 3 3-8 cents in wheat prices
on the Board of Trade today was
based largely on reports that the
leading longs had effected private
settlements with . shorts. This the
latter denied, attributing the drp to
lack of demand for cash wheat at the
principal milling centers. , .
Reports that the dominent trader
was selling some of his heavy hold
ings through commission-houses oth
er than his own also were denied.
"Guess hes shaking out some of
the trailers," was a, remark frequent
ly heard on the curb. May wheat
dropped to $1.15 today before the
market steadied and rallied. This
price was 3 l-43 3-8c under yester
day's close and 41c under the high
price of last Wednesday.- July wheat
at the bottom of today's decline sold
at $1031, or 31c under the best price
of Wednesday. '
BANKS OF STATE
GAIN IN DEPOSITS
Report of Conditions of National and Stats Banks
Show Healthy Conditions of Such Institutes
SALEM, Or., March 5. State
Bank Examiner James Steel today
completed the statement of the condi
tion of state and National banks at
the close of business February 5,
1909. As compared with the state
ment for November 27, 1909, there is
shown an increase of over $1,000,000
in individual deposits, the total being
now almost $75,000,000. There is
shown a million-dollar increase In
FIVE
cms
Appoints Members ot His Cab
inet and Sends Names to
the Senate
NEW TARIFF C!LL FRAMED
Meets With the Republican Members
of the Ways and Means Committee
and Talks Over Tariff Legislation
and Means of Raising Revenue. -
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 5.
The Taft administration took its first
stride today. The President named
his cabinet and the senate confirmed
his selections and its members will
take the oath of office tomorrow with
the exception of Attorney-General
Wickersham who was sworn in to
days and Dickinson and McVeagh,
whose personal affairs will not per
mit them to report at Washington
for a week or more. Taft and the
Republican members of the ways and
Means committee ; held a conference
during the day. The committee fram
ed a tariff bi!V which it is understood
contains a provision for an inherit
ance tax, one of the suggestions for
raising revenue contained in the in
augural address of President Taft.
Taft told the committee there would
be ho delay in his official proclama
tion calling the extra session of con
gress together March 15. His mes
sage he said would recommend that
its work be confined exclusively to
the tariff revision that there might be
no unnecessary delay in enacting this
important law. He said he did not
discuss in his message any details of
tariff legislation leaving all such mat
ters to the consideration of congress,
Aside from these important matter!
the President gave himself up heart
ily to the demands of his friends and
thousands of inaugural callers who
wished to shake hands with him.
POLICE CAPTAIN KILLED.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March S.
Captain W. H. Matthews of the
fifth police precinct of this city, was
shot and killed while sitting at his
desk in the station house tonight by
Policeman Collier. The crime was
committed without any warning.
Collier it is said had been reprimand
ed by the captain for a breach of dis
cipline. The police say they know
no other reason for Collier's action.
LCollier was arrested.
ONE CENT MILK.
CHICAGO, March 5.-?ure milk
in sterilized bottles to be sold in the
public schools at one cent a bottle,
is the proposal made by the Chicago
Women's Club, and the Chicago Per
manent School Extension committee
to the committee on school manage
ment. The plan is enthusiastically ap
proved, and if the Board of Educa
tion acts favorably a number of
schools will be supplied at once.
loans and discounts and in securities,
and a corresponding increase in
money due from other banks, indi
cating that as a result of the return
of confidence Oregon banks are send
ing their money East again.
Out of $8,350,000 reported by the
state banks as "due from other
banks," $2,728,000 is due from Ore
gon banks and the remainder from
New York, Chicago, Sans Francisco
and other outside banks.
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