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OREGON G OOD EVENING. The Weather I Tonight and Wednesday, cloudy J and threatening, with occasional ' rain; south to west winds. VOL. n. NO. 24G. LAWMAKERS!! MAY FINISH TOMORROW Members of Upper Support Motions ; . Work Portage Railroad Bill Intact--CeMo. Canal Matter Taken UpRailroad Car Shortage Bill Re portedSundry Measures Discussed. : ' (Journal 6pdtl Service.) ,-.'.-Salem, Dec. 22.- "Build the Celilo ca nal." This is the unanimous Bentiment expressed by members of both houses . today, Congregated In groups about the capital corridors 'prior to the convening of the session , this .morning this topic was paramount and was enthusiastically discussed and its far-reaching ' effects for the benefit, progress and prosperity of the whole state were rehearsed la full. The great bearing of the enterprise as a check to transportation oppression, and , many other features of advantage were . .. brought out. . . i-'- y-.- . ; Next, to the Celilo matter in Import v ance among the legislators Is the car shortage problem! and this formed the subject for serious comment. It Is ''ex . pressed here that the depression of busi ' ness in the wheat and timber belts of the state Is due to a lack of railway .facili ties or an Inclination to handle freight . ' The fact is deplored. The actions of the . railway, companys In raising to an ex orbitant figure freight rates and the un fair method of the application of tariff, were themes for the expression of in dignation, and for advocating that, the evil conditions be. remedied.- ii Senator Alex S week of Multnomah, a member of the minority party: has a bill for regulating railways, which le-ready for Introduction in case general leglsla ' 'tion prevails and the opposition, neg lect to act on tba subject ... ' J- i - A ruroqr is in circulation today that the 6. R. & N. company, will come before the legislature and, make- the .state a present of the Celilo' right of way, . : . To Aftjouxa Tomorrow Higbt. The senatSpSnf d t 10 o'clock with prayer i G. T. MyeVs Of Multnomah of : f ered a resolution, which was - adopted, 1 that the permanent organization of the body remain the same.- F. P. Mays of Multnomah offered a-resolution that the senate - adjourn sine : die tomorrow at . midnight 'The motion was carried unani . mously. ; A- concurrent resolution. Intro duced in the house by Eddy to the same effect, was also ratified. Representative HoUson introduced a motion in the house that, the secretary of state turn over to z the legislature for its consideration all - bills- vetoed by the governor. This was turned down in the senate upon the mo tion of Senator. 8 week. !.BUls 'la the House. - The hbuse met at 9 o'clock and' the first thing brought up was a resolution by Eddy fixing the time of adjournment -for midnight Wednesday. This car ried without any opposition. ; Hodson's joint resolution calling on the secretary --of state for the transmission of all ve toed bills for consideration carried. Most of the Republicans Voting for thelf re turn, and- the Democrats opposing the resolution. ; " ' ' - ' When, bills were called for there was a flood of them, Kay had one repealing the Phelps act 'and another re-fenactlng -the old Iaw,7Bllyeu had a similar bill and Phelps had one curing the defect in the present law. Kay's and BUyeu's are up for consideration this afternoon and Phelps was referred to the committee on taxation. A very Important ' bill was that of Banks providing for flat salaries of state 'officials. Jones of Lincoln filed a bill for regulating transportation com panies, compelling the supplying of cars " when demanded by shippers. , - - oar Snortag-a BllL "- , ; The Jones bill. for regulating railroads is a drastic measure, providing for fur nishing of cars when demanded by ship pers under, a penalty as follows: If 16 or less are demanded, three days time is given; 10 to GD, six days; over 60, 10 days. The penalty 'to the company for not complying is $26 per car and actual damages to the shipper. Snipers' are compelled, to Use all oars callel for or , pay a $25 penalty for each refused.- The , measure attracts great attention and will ; be fought strenuously. The Celilo OanaL The Celilo canal right of way bill by Whealdon is Jn-the hands of the Judici ary committee. -The measure- provides for an-appropriation of 11100,000 for the ; right of wiy for thje ship canal at Celilo, i and creates a board consisting of the governor, secretary of state and treas urer, to contract for the right of way and then turn the satne over to the fed eral government thus Inducing the latter FORGER BROCKWAY FOOLS DETECTIVES ' (Jonrnal gpeclal Berrlee.) Trenton, N. J.. Dec. 22. With the ex- plratlon of William E. Brockway's term of Imprisonment here on conviction of ' counterfeiting. It became known today that for two years a secret service man 1 ha served as -aprisonFand -for -some , time shared Brockway's cell-Jn an effort r to learn where an engraved $500 plate was hidden. The identity of this govern . ment detective wa,s not known even to the warden of the prison. Officially he is a convict, Ho has worn stripes, COUNTRY TWEEDS.? A . 7, I G C . -A I . and; Lower House to . Make Short1 of It to "build the ship canal with no interfer ence with the portage railway. a Oault's bill to repeal the portage rati way act-was read for the first time and rejected." Several southern, Oregon Dem ocrats Voted for the passing of the' bill to its second reading. . The rejection car ried by J8 ayes,-12 nays.- This, kills all opposition to the portage railway pill., Other Bins.. '.- J " A bill for the amendment of the char ter j of Milwaukie was Introduced by Brownell and passed. ; A bill authorizing the hiring of - assistant prosecuting - at torneys in Baker. Union and Wallowa counties at S0O each per 1 year waa re ferred to the Judiciary committee. . The measure providing- for - the salary tot county judge of Lincoln county passed. ! Senator Miller of Linr introduced bill regulating - the fees of - recording clerks. Brownell stated he also had bill -that bad been prepared by Judge McBride,. who rendered an opinion oh a case under the old law, whlctKcovered . the - right of county omclals to. colleqt fees and decided. in favor of the officials. Howe of Yamhill kicked on the passage on the ground that the senate knew noth ing about it J- - . . - Smith of Multnomah raised a point that any member who did not Know any thing about a bill would not be better in farmed after the bill was printed, v. Howe retorted that after reading -it he would be as wise as Smith about the measure. but was sure that even then he would know . nothing' about it The , bill . was referred to- a committee. . r Carter of Jackson, Curry and Coos pre sented a bill for. a closed season for. elk in his district until September, .1907, This bill was passed. : : , U ' Hunt of MUltnomah introduced a bill for printing 1,500 copies of the game laws to be distributed by the state game war den. This .war referred to the game committee. " Bills were brought from the house on the amendment of fhe- charter of The Dalles and Athena, and for the incorporation of Cottage Grove..- These passed., A resolution for a 'caucus at 1 o'clock carried. Sweek suggested that the Democrats be 1 invited to attend in order to balance Republicans. The Invi tation was not extended. f . ''i - tarry BulliTma Active, ' A- ' '" Larry Sullivan is here hobnobbing with the Multnomah delegation. ' His presence is supposed to be with -a .view to fore stall any gambling legislation that may arise- in case -of an - extended session. Las.t sessloif he was the. fttvited guest of the senate. M. Mosessohn, assistant secretary of the Portland . chamber of commerce la here representing his organi sation. The:chamber is In favor of the $100,000 appropriation for the granting or the right or way for the Celilo canal and also wishes the portage bill to re main intact. - Resolutions will probably be adopted by the Portland chamber of commerce today outlining its position. . ": Canons Adjonrns. Tne'Ttepublfcan "caucus rinefat'Tioorj and adjourned until tomorrow noon. The bill by Rand for the hanging of Pleas. Armstrong has been under consideration by the attorney-general and will be In troduced this. afternoon. - tiQWT nr OAircrSBS. Bepubllcans at &ast Tot for Adjoura- . .. mcoit Tomorrow Bight. .... Salem, .pec 22. Indications! today point to an ' adjournment -tomorrow night .The. Journal yesterday' printed the story that, the majority, of members, although they denied, the fact," were in favor of a long session,, and that the most " of them had bills' prepared ' for introduction, in case some scheme could be formulated to kick : down the bars for - general legislation in a- . manner smooth enough so that .the responsibility would fall, on all alike.' , Although this end has been to a certain extent accom-pllphed,- it is' Bhown that "the "majority of Republicans favor an early closing. - Scheme to Gag leglslattojr. : ' " ,' When Representativo , B. "I Eddyi of Tillamook, at the. opening of the caucus made a resolution that the session close tomorrow, in the interests of economy, good politics and lack of 'necessity for wasting further time,. but few, if any. of his . brother law-makers ' were , aware that it was a scheme to sidestep certain worked" at "hard 'labor - and eateV'the coarse fare- of 'prison ,lifein .common with all others,, never forgetting for a moment that his duty was, to find the plate, but Brock way kept .his secret well and now the governmentjsjaboutreidy to-onfesrttself beaten. - - ' ;.,).,, , It is said that the-secret service man was liberally paid for the exacting ser vice required of him. i He was well liked by Brockway and the latter on being dis charged gave him several valuable pres ents, . J . .. .,, .. . .... . tit III M ... PORTLAND, OIJEGON. railway legislation. Mr.' Eddy has been connected with railway corporations for years "In confidential positions and Is now said to be in the employ of Oregon transportation corporations. Senator Booth- came to Salem with a bill in bis- pocket to regulate the rail roads, as the extensive Interests-of the Booth-Kelly .company are ..said to be suffering greats financial loss - through lack of curs. . , . - . - , . The Celilo canal legislation. was con-. sidered" a foregone ; conclusion' if "the work of the. solons, was. not confined to me lax issue ; ... , , - .. Mr. -Eddy realised that - the '. only ' way to protect the interests he represented was to ' gag, all other legislation. - His failure to do this was the real basis for his vlcous attack on Brownell for sug gesting an extended session. - I: After -two -meetings-' in caucus, ' in which' hot air- circulated freely,, the Re publican majority, arrived at no definite conclusion, at. the wind up last night as to the length f the .special session. The only result accomplished was the put ting on record ,of some of the members and th 'exposure! of the contents of many 'of the bills which', were known to be in readiness in case general .legisla tion la opened. At the last moment of the caucus a s vote -was taken . as. to whether the Eddy resolution for the ad journing on Wednesday .'should ,be re scinded..' The. vote showed an. even sen timent on the Issue, 24 voting for and 24 akainst the motion. It was decided by Chairman -Kuykendall casting his al lot i,n iavor;or an eany adjournment. ") "stool- 'WrMgUngvV'-V'"' - 1'hts bills finally agreed .upon as-being paramount,-' which were set apart ;for consideration were - the - tx. bil 1. portage railway,- oar snortage, - recoraers rees, execution ' and .fiat" salary. . These ' were discussed and. re-discussed. Other bills, from protecting salmon t to .: changing cnarters, were orougnt up in quicx sue- . - - - . .. - '-. - v . i V 1. cession and as quickly turned down. After the wrangling, had been In pro gress for many hours and the satne ground was being covered at -regular intervals,-Senator Brownell arose to the occasion and declared that the action of the caucus had been childish and that. lt was absurd - to try and arrive at .any conclusions in a ' body of - men among which there was "a lack of sincerity or courage. Hie stated in part: - ,The caucus is a child's. play. None of, you have a right' to-here agree what shall , or .-what shall -not be introduced in the two houses. You can promise to do certain , things, , but 'they ..are: tiot : obli gatory.' -I tor one 'will ' not be bound by Jthe action-of- this -meeting. : On the one hancf enough bills have been. sug gested ' to keep a session - going many days, and on the other it-is declared we adjoifrns on Wednesday.. '1 One of -these contentions- V -is r: -Wrong. .' :.Every!j . mart knows' thnt .the .bills suggested,, some of which are of : great importance . cannot be passed in two days, and if it has been decided to submit all the . measures brought up tt is only hypocrisy to make believe that we can get' through, and it would be more manly to get up and de clare, that we take time sufficient to dis pose of the1 business. The 'cause of '-the special ' session - is through - the fault of previous '.-bad- legislation r and ' effort should be made - that In the future the same shortcoming would nof occur. 'I am in favor-of taking 'time to .transact the business now.jon hand and; will not be a party toiany rushed or. slipshod legislation.'' ; -; . y'',- ?. lt ''iy t Representative 'Eddy ' who, had ' intro- tduced the resolution for. the adjournment opened .his .. oratorical . batteries ... and roasted , Senator. Brownell in v no mild terms. -, Ha . stated:. ',T am astonished that the smooth member from Clackamas has : fhe . audacity ' at this - stage of ; the procedtngs to get on the floor and brand the acts of .the .other .members as insin cere and childish. I question his posi tion... He : has been present for , hours and not raised his voice In a suggestion. Now when he has become familiar with the ideas of the majority and sees which way the sentiment runs, he declares him self in accordance with the popular Ideal to make political capital.: The statement that he would not abide by the pledge of the caucus,! shows he is not loyal to the- party which' gave him a placB of honor," " . Oil on Troubled Waters. Senator' Brownell made-, reply "to.r the Imputation on his position by responding humbly. He stated that h'" attitude Bad been misconetrued and .that he per onally was nei-4n-f avor-of-a.-long-ses slon, but considered that it was his duty to take action for- the , best interest .of thecnate, the state and party. That he maintained' it would be impossible tcf in 48 -hours pass - bills of the .'importance SALEM IjCoatlnucd on Tag Two.) . , ,. . , ..... ... , . DA", DU1 TUESDAY EVENING, MRS. BARNETT DRAWS - THE LINE AT SNAKES 1 ' , f f -. isew : York,: Dec 22. Mrs. .Cornelia Cary Hull Barnett sevceral weeks ago- applied for divorce from her wealthy husband on the un--. usual ground that he' thought' more of snakes, than he did of her. In' l the information filed by her attorney, it was stated that Mr.; Barnett . kept cages of pet reptiles In the house.v There were snakes in the ( cellar,' snakes '4n ,the garret, and snakes ; crawling abou' the floors. , ; ,. Mfa, Barnett says that she could not keep a servanf more than 10 ,: minutes. , or until , a time when rthe .hired girl or matt' caught sight of a huge rattler or some other- species of the snake tribe. 7 Mf!s.7Barjn.etC8aid 'she 'tried Japanese . and Chinamen with dlsas w trous results, and finally bad to content herself with doing her own work, much agaifist' Her will. ' : ; , She said' her husband made pets?of.hls snakes and spent all his : leisure hours training 'them, but she was never able to get along'wlth them to any "degree' of satisfaction,.. ' : " , , The lower court refund to grant Mrs. Barnett a divorce and she carried her case ? to the. supreme court with the result that yesterday v ; tnat Dooy anrmea tne rormer aeoision, holding that keeping snakes as household pets does , not constitute gtounds for the separation of hus- band and wife. ; , ... .. . . . LUMBER HILL MEN :-'ll X.ABGSST taun t tkb Bvsnrzss d0U BESSIOK JOT BAK TBAX CISCO WILf 'TBTV TO BSTTLB Dispxrri: saw pbakcisco - mek ' WH.Z. .COHPBOUISS. 1 " (Joornl Sperlal -SerTl.) 1 Alexander .of j Portland ;'and. R. .L. -Mc- Cormick, the confldenital man of Weyer hausers, ' the ' largest 'lumber Jdealors .; in the world,. are in conferenceatl'o'clock this afternoon with the members' of the combine ; here that -represent '.nearly all the big' mills of: the coast ''. TheTdlffer ences" exlstlngr beoeuse of -the-encroaph-menta of the-Eastern firm in the export trade, were discussed. - The . tendency is toward a settlement" that' will .'insure peace and a '. general ; pro-rating' of the business In certain branches.; .The exist ing agreement expires the first of the year. The California members are. seem ingly inclined to mke more -concessions than.they would when then met the. other combine members in Portland last week. They may take a turn that will prevent .the arrangementi but many strong mem bers now express themselves in favor of tjie new agreement - -v WAGES WILL BE CUT BY. STEEL COMPANIES ' ' 'J .(-'.- --': Pittsburg, , Deo.' 22. The : conference held between the representatives tof the Tjpltedtates Steel corporation and the larger independent steel companies have resulted- in an' agreement for a general wage l eduction The cut agreed upon amounts to from 10 to 20 per cent ; The new scale- becomes effective on January 1. The i cut will - affect 80,000 men Xhroughout-the-eountryr, There la an" agreement ' on this -point - between the United States Steel v corporation ; and some of the big Independent companies. The falling off of orders, especially in New Tork. hasliad much to do with the determination to. reduce .the .forces and wagoa, , -, ID CONFERENCE IT "NEEDS- AN.. UNIMPEDED RIVER JUST AS MU DECEMBER 22. 1903. "J'VJ. 4 H" OB B. P. BEBWOraBB UK A SPEECH : BEPOBB KBW TOBX VKTSXCZAITS v BATS THAT XAXXWAY" BOASBEDS ABB BESPOB8ZBUB POB TTPXOZD .;,l"BTEB.v;:.''-V'-,. f ..i:. (Journal gpeelai gprrle.) ' "New York, Deo. 22. Dr. B. P. Ber ringer, In a speech before an assemblage of; physicians, today made the follow ing startling statements: : .'The roadbed of, ; every , , railway in America is a degdly sone . of , typhoid fever infection, a permanent and ever growing menace to the national health. "Our death rate la 46.2 per, 100,000 from typhoid fever, while that of England,- an old and densely-crowded coun try, is only 18.0. This Is due solely to the , lack, of sanitary appliances in the American passenger cars. - 1 "Investigation has proved that thous ands of. cases of typhoid infection are directly attributable to these roadbeds, which, have been steeped - for years in germs blown hither and thither by every wind and by every passing train." SERIOUS RIOTING IN ' HAMBURG STREETS , (Journal Special Service.). . Berlin, Dec. 22. Serious rioting-occurred in Hamburg today. Mounted po lice ' charged the mob and were over whelmed. They secured reinforcement and charged with drawn sworda and re volvers, v order was not restored until Scores were wounded. Many lit era were arrested. . , ' v, ovr account .or. a wokabv- 7 (Journal Special Service.) . 'San Francisco, Dec. 22. Frank Mona han, a strike breaking telephone lineman, shot and wounded Walter Kelly last night As officers arrested him today he fired . two . shots into his breast'1 The trouble arose over Kelly's. wife. RAILROADS BLAMED FOR GER SPREAD I i AGAINST Two leading Contractors Tell Why They Oppose . V Yearly Bargains. CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE One Says It Is Impossible to Look so Far Ahead, Another That 'He Won't Be Dictated To by ' 4 Unions, . "Iet well enough alone,", said A. Mc Innls, treasurer of the Master Builders' association, yesterday afternoon. That Is his answer to a request for his views on a yearly agreement between em ployers and labor unions. The Feder ated Trades council is still seeking to arrange -fo a yearly agreement on wages and hours in order to avoid delay of work by possible strikes In the active kaeason. Mr. Mclnnls continued: "I would not sign an agreement ex tending over a period - of one or two years with any organisation. It is im possible to tell what - conditions will arise in such a length of time. It is my opinion that too much talking has already been done about this matter. There is no sense in agitating it The question . ought , to , be . allowed to die down. In time the regulation' of hours arid wages will - adjust itself. -1 ? do not pretend 1 to know .'What Other con tractors think of the matter, but for one I am opposed- te any agreement plan in whatever form.' : t Mr. Mclnnia has a large force of men in his employ, and is one of the leading contractors in the city. ' . Won't Be Dictated To. J. H. Oriffis, another large employer and a member of the Master Builders' association, is opposed to entering into an agreement with the unions. Mr. Griffls is very pronounced in his views, arid -declared that no line of argument could change him. He declares that be has had experiences with unionism that he will not sopn forget" : n. .; . "I will have no union or organisa tion," he says, "tell me what 1 must do. Under no circumstances would I sign an agreement with a trades union. I be lieve in the good , old plan of conduct ing my own , business. The unions fought me at every turn' last year, but they failed to gain their point. . All know what opposition I experienced In completing the Mohawk building' last summer. "The unions were so badly 1 whipped last year that I now understand they are ready to sign almost any kind of an agreement But so far as I am con cerned their wishes will never be grati fied. I think. It is the general senti ment among the contractors that -they do not cure to enter into, an agreement With the unions. They do not care to extend them any recognition whatever. Of course, 1 am speaking only for my self, but I think this N is the general sentiment among all the contractors.' : Bays He rays Good -Wages. ' "I have no fight to make against any union mechanic, but I do not want them to-talkabout "effecting" arT agreement with me. I am willing to pay and am paying good wages to competent men. I have 65 on, the payroll now,- and am paying them all the way from $2.50 to $7 a day, Those to whom I pay $2.50 are common laborers. I could get car penters to work for me at the same fig ure, but I do not believe In the theory of cheap men. My carpenters are draw ing $3 and $3.50 a day for eight hours' work. They are paid Just 'what they are worth, and no more. ,, That Is the plan' I Intend to follow. I want no yearly agreement proposition in mine." DAVENPORT ACCEPTS POSITION ON WORLD (Journal Special Strvlce.) ' New Tork. Dec. 22. Artist Homer Davenport has accepted a position on the New York World. ; His first cartoon appeared In this morning's issue. . . It is understood his yearly salary is a little more than $10,000. BEBATOB HAHHA IS BETTEB. (Journal Special Serried) , A New Tork. Dec. ! 2. Senator Mark Hanna Is much Improved , In health today. FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING HUSBAND ... (Journal Special Ser-lce.) Bennlngton, Vt, Dec. 22. Mrs. Mary Rodgers was this morning found guilty of murder' In the first degree. She has been on trial during the past week. The case proved onekof the most sen- satlonalnihehl8toryot-4hla . state. Last summer Mrs. 'Rodgers, her bus band and .the . Woman's paramour. Leon Perham, went oh a private picnic. With alleged playfulness Mrs. Rodders and Perham tied Bodg-nis' -hands behind his back. 'While in thlH oonfiiHon the woman dmlnlstered chloioform, killlnir her hus band, after which tu: guilty j jir threw F YOU HAVE NOT K1 V . QUITE MADE UP YOUR MIND LOOK OVER THE JOURNAL'S LIST OP ADVERTISERS TODAY. , . PRICE FIVE CENTS. Wife Fears a Fatal Acci dent May Have Befallen the Legislator. LASTIIEARD FR0MDEC.I3 Went East of Mountains On a Business Trip U Is Believed That He . . May. Wave Become ' Snowbound, Messages are flying over the stata seeking Frank Davey, representative for Marion county, tne only member ab sent from the special session of the legislature at Salem. . He is assistant to Supreme President P. A. MacFherson of the Ordar of Lions and on December 1 left Portland for a business trip through Eastern Oregon. He was last . heard from December 13, at the town of Whit ney, which is at the terminus of the railroad. Since that date not a word has been' received from him either at the head offices of the order in this city or by his wife. . Mrs. Davey is greatly alarmed. She fears some accident has befallen him. Supreme President MacFherson is mysti fied at his unaccountable absence. ; All Mystified at Hoa-Appearance, On the date mentioned Mr. Davey left Portland, accompanied by Walter Mac Pherson, son of the supreme president, to cover a route taking in the cities and towns of North Powder, Haines, Baker City, Sumptor, Whltney Adams. Prairie City and Caryon City. If possible he was atao to visit the town of Fossil, in Wheeler county, and return December 19, last Saturday, in time to go to Salem and take up his duties as member of the legislature last Monday. Supreme President MacPherson be came alarmed this morning and has been telegraphing and telephoning to all the principal towns In Eastern Oregon all day, but twithout . result. No word in dicating the whereabouts of the missing man had. been received up to a late hour this afternoon. , Talld to Go to Cove.. .Walter MacPherson . and Representa tive Davey gave stereoptlcon entertain ments at Sumpter and Baker City. There being no electricity in any of the towns farther on the route, young MacPherson returned, to Portland December -12. In an tuv iuwub . muiuiuueu ine uruer vl . Lions has lodges, and also at the town of Cove. A letter waa received at .the head offices this morning from Mrs. Juliette Dougherty, secretary of- the lodge at Cove, -She says, that she wrote Mr. Davey a cordial Invitation to -visit that place December 9 or 10. . December T she received a reply frorriyhlm stating that those dates were already occupied on his itinerary, but that he would be pleased to go to Cove, the following week. Mr. Davey never appeared at Cove nor . ha he been heard from by Mrs. Dougherty since his letter of Decem ber 7. ":" , .'x. j..,,,,:, A-, '!. President MacPherson Bonplnssed. "I can make no explanation of Repre sentative Davey's absence," - said Su preme President MacPherson today. "When he -did not come last Satur day and failed to send any word, I could not understand It He had no great sum of money in his possession that I know of. . He left here with sufficient money for the trip and that Is all so far as I know he took with him. He may be hurt or til possibly ill in some out of the way place, where there Is no tele phone or- telegraph communication. i Hay Be Snowbound at ...SonXU'd "He was to make Fossil, in Wheeler county, or Canyon lty. In, Grant county, or both, if he could and get back In time for the legislature. It is probable that he would try to visit Fossil. It is a stage or buggy ride of 65 miles acros country from Whitney, It is possible that he may have started for Whitney and been snowbound on the route either going or coming. That is the only solution Of his silence and non-appearance that seems to me to be probable. If that is so, we ought to hear from him in a few days. , I am wiring all over tne eastern part or the state for news of Mr. Davey. but as yet have received not a single word that throws light on his disappearance," said .the supreme president. In conclusion. Mrs. Davey said today: " "I cannot possibly :. account for Mr. (Continued on Page Two.) the dead bodys Into the river. Perham wrote a note, purporting to have come from the dead man's hands. -Thin was pinned on Rodgers' vest. It said that he had taken his own life. - Perham confessed to the crime, e!y , lng as a , motive that he loved. Mrs. Rodgers and that -they had aRrpf..! t-v kill the husband that they might got $699 irmUTaf-f- - mrfney. Perham said that Mrs, Tto(lger klllt I r i -fant daughteri lat spring.' 'I!. been proved. V . The penalty for th ( the woman U found hanglpf,. DAVEVIS