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; Th weather: ' Sunday, showers atter nooa or evening;' cooler wind. ( - . ' ' - . VOL. 1 NO. 10. ? ; .'4 ; f PORTLAND - OREGON.' SUNDAY ? tyAdc!:3rr,::iUcij p:fc:tb:vul cf , bel:::: j Trilur :otiarjF v -; v SyiT5AIST city T W5f1 Cnd Every Cnergy to Make ; K ; It.tmpotslbla to Apply Pri-f ' mury ikvf to Nxt Ballot -Vf.-;VXontst in the City, i , To orerthrow th direct rlmr7 nom-.- lnatlon - law nd . peralt . tb. , members . , , of the present city 1 4mlUtraUon f'to hold office untu June, 197, U the pur poae of the.' machlhe. . .1 Jt wee. to carry "out this, plan that the ''machine loeplred the ' ault . brought before the atate cir r cult court, by City Attorney McNary : last Friday to realraln County 'Clerk V. , H. FleMa from e-reglaterla .roters as i to party af fUlattoa neoeaaary prellm-1 ' : Inary to pomlnatlona by direct primary. . Aftat1 careful eMmlnutlcnr of the sub Ject an unqueatloned laf . authority r yesterday afteraooa aaadauw followlna: "aaertlonar '; - -'" , . , .- "If the attempt to prtvtnt application 1 of the direct primary nomlnationa law . , to the city election of lOi sucoeeda, no election of any kind' can be Jieid in . . ortUm4 this year." r v .: : ,; ; ' "If the Injunction be.lTMnted as aaked ; for . In' City McNary' a complaint, ' re--atrainlng-Countiy Clerk .' 8. Klelda from ' maklnc preparatioBa -for. .the. election under she direct nomlnationa law, the A preaent clfy officers . will . remain In . office until uly. 10T. If the direct nominations law does )iot apply to the' 1505 city election,' then ' there la no law in force under which an election can be held,. and It, would not be possible for the city officials leg-ally 'to -prepare a ballot and submit it , to 'the voter,. v , - WwM yiarent Bleotlon. , v ' - "Understand, those who hare attacked the dlreot primary nominations law do t not question ita validity as ' a central proposition applying - to the- state as a whole. They concede that It Is a valid law, and that It will pply to Portland elections in the future. - They only claim ' that It does not spply to Portland this year. You will see, then, by admitting - the validity of the law as a whole, they concede that la section it of that law .all laws governing elections previously enacted are ' repealed, so . that, could ' they establish their, contention that It does not apply this year to Portland, ' they, have effectually. prevented holding ,any election this year in this city." --. ' Kayo WtUlaaaa rosMoaw "Mayor .Williams has been promised that, if he will defeat the primary nomi nation law for the present election he will receive support from the machine for . re-election. If. any other method of con ducting a city election ' be valid; or. If not,'- then he has been influenced to take , a position agalnat the application of the law In the -hope that he woutd be able to continue as mayor until WOT,", said, a man well qualified to talk last evening. 'That such an arrangement baa . been made-1 am almost certain, and the 'facts that are known are such as to bear out - that theory. ' Mayor Williams originally was favorable to the. law. He urged Its adoption when! It was first proposed. , He favored tl up to the time he was Induced ' to light it la order to obtain a dnch on the office, he- now holds.' Ha' wra given to understand that If the new law were " applied he could not carry the primary . nomination election on . account of the Immense number of Republican voters ' who unalterably ' oppose him and his , policies.. - -.''"' '" .. "Therefore, believing that he could not v win a nomination under that law, be has consented to light It, and has Instructed City Attorney McNary to Institute In . Junction proceeding and attempt, te nullify It" V . Tke &ogie of Xt. - The course of reasoning Whereby the " foregoing conclusion la reached regarding the Impossibility of having a city elec tion If the direct nominations law shall be declared Inapplicable this year la as follows: : . J; . The city charter; adopted by tho peo ; pie of thla city m the general election . of IMS and enacted by. the legislature of '. 1909, adopts the state . law as the sole , 'governing force as-to manner la whlok -Selections for. city officers shall be con ducted. Tbja Is specified In section M, ' chapter II, article 1. of the - charter, Section tl makes this Intention clearer by carefully specifying that the direct primary nomlnationa law shall apply to , ' city elections. ...... . To the direct nomination law; therefore, . must the city officials look for their sole suthortty for conducting a city election. The charter provides for t preparations for snch ah election by the'coantyelerk, who Is commanded to open books March i J and keep them open for 10 days, to accept registration of voters who are not ' enrolled the previous year, or who, being . . ., a ' - .- ;.- w , ...' 'vrVl -vV .'c'V-.w.i va.-i .:v.H' V ,v: . , jr . ... :. v Steicrds'r Levies m ynpstTcx Upon Peo- cf Ccantry. Y MISS TARBELL EXPOSES METHODS OF THE SYSTEM Keep Prices High pnRefined clOil, Low on Crude, by Con f rtrolfing Market and JuggU 4 ,$V" ,n P"06 of Both. ! f ; ' i" ;.' - i.ar'i , ',-''" oi'.v '',.': '-:t-''''' i . ? ! (By s ar. TaxbsD.) . r v."; '. (pedal Otspatrk hjr Leased Wire b The fesraal) San Francisco, Feb. SS.--I believe hat the' Standard oaj-eompan)f leviea and that It has for t years;;1evled an unjust tax on ' the, people mf ,thls Country. I believe that It does thlst First by -controlling the output, of refined oil-and keeping prices high. ' Second By making lUelf practically the only buyer of crude oil and keeping prices low.- i :' - . Third By Juggling the pHces of both crude and refined oil In the market. - The , Standard Oil company,- ty Its own confession, jr as formed- to keep up the price of refined oil. - It was. because people - were producing too much oil, which was consequently growing cheap through, its . abundanoerthat - tbeHrst oombination - of Standard - forces - -was adopted. .ItHiuooeeded in killing off Ita rivals until it made nearly tS per cent of all the refined oil In this country. Tbera' hss never been 'a time for Si years -when It did not control " over' SO per cent of all the oil made. Now, any economist" will admit that persona con trolling TO per cent of a product control Its. price... .- - c, -'. . .. ; :...'.: 7n of OontroL ' How has the. Standard Oil company' used. this-control -of prlcef ' When It first secured control It made oil so' scarce that . It was able to run up the price from 1 cents a gallon to to and even IS cents. It limited the output and kept up prices so that the profits on a barrel of oil are known to have Increased In one case from tS cents to $2.60. . - ! , When' Independent oil men tried ' to escape Ita power by building pipe linos and . putting more refined oil on the market It drove them , out of business, solely fhat It might keep up ita policy of making Oil scarce' and so keeplng.lt dear.H For many, years, while millions of barrels of oil were stored in Penn sylvania and -Its owners were paying over and over again Its value In atorage chara-es. the Standard Oil com nan v was keeping oil short In order to keep up Its price, s--- ... --.j,.- . Nothing but the sma& amount of com petition whieh men who v refused io be driven out of the business have been able to offer, haa ever driven the price of refined oil down. STake the price at which refined oil la being sold alU-over the country today. There ' Is; no such thing as a -normal market price. ! Out 1n Kansas the dealers have-been paying t and cents for what dealers' in Kentucky pay t and t cents. The reason is obvious, "rtiere baa always been com petition In Kentucky. There never has been any In - Kansas, , , . -" -. Bffeot of Competition. There are points, only a few miles apart in Ohio where there Is a difference of aa much as S cents per gallon in the price of refined oil, all because one, point has competition and another has not. The ' Standard Oil oonpanya control of ratlroadaand pipe lines Is such that the Independent dealer is unable often to get Into a market to offer thla competi tion. There are railroads In this country which even refuse to quote an Inde pendent dealer a price for shipping oil that Is, the Standard OU company haa such influence .over these roads that the freight - agents refuse to handle the ollfyrafno -of the Independent. This stawment can be proved b letter which arete.t hand. To keep the" Independents out of ths market by Illegal processes and so keep up the, price of oil Is, and has always been, the sole object of the Stand ard Oil company. , ...Volley ef Standard. ' -. Why should oil fsll from It to T cents the other dsy In the country' around Wllkesbarre, Pn-t Because the pure oil company the only Independent concern In the country which has had the cour age and patience to fight ita way with a pine line te the sea tapped Its lines and offered competition, -Let independents Into a market and the Standard Oil .com pany always gives cheaper olL Thla Is a fact and Is proved by figures. Now. what does It mean to keep up the price of refined oil a necessity of the life of the poor? It means darkness and cold for those who must look at every penny they spend. The to. 40 and 41 per cent dividends the Standard Oil company pays are wrun from the poor who burn oil, not from the rich.' who use gas snd elec tricity and candles. Recall' the , coal strike of 1002-01, when the poor people were forced te go without other heat than that of the oil stove. With oil running to waste in certain porta of the i '.;. V . ." 'i " LM ; ,,'' X ' :; '' i - -f'-iiT i-.'- - ; -' ; ..... . TOOK CHORDS GIRl IHTO MILITARY CAMP American Performer Who Went to the Front With Grand Duke ' ' Bone Telle of Trip CARLOADS OF CHAMPAGNE V; " MADE TRIP A MERRY ONE CzaSpoiled Things by, Ordering Pretty Girls to.- Ketum . 4 "Wasn't it a Shame?" (Special Dispateh by Leesed Wire to Tee loaraal) . Npw . Tork.; Feb. t5. It was' not In Grand , Duke Boris- champagne-charged private ear on the bleak Siberian- rail way on which, with .-11 other -, girls gathered from the St' Petersburg -theatres and muste halls, she queened It on that memorable Journey, across the snow covered .steppes-when -Boris started 'for the front to fight for his country. It was . In the baggage room of-the- New York Central and Hudson River, railroad at th Grand Central r station. In. New Tori-. -. ' -A - l"i. - ';- i She was alt the more effective by. con trast . therefore. In- her vivid reds; and blacks, as sh leaned negligently at the window sill looking oddly out Into Van derbtlt place wlfUe her French maid bus tled about and-- sorted 4-out -her nine trunks. - v '- " " - - "Benorita neloise TUcombeT asked a newspaper man. . i i ." "81, senor." replied the dark-beauty raising her heavy lidded Spanish black eyes with southern languor. Ton wish to speak with me T" .x. ..T: . " ...: "Ar you the young woman that was of that celebrated party of actresses, who started with Grand Duke Boris to th seat of war .when he was ordered ta the frontr . - . w .- Th senorlta, languidly raised bar Jetty black eyebrow; - ... "And Is It really true that yon were the favorite of the whole crowd with the grand duke hlmselff!" ' ,v ' The beauty smiled pacifically. M ' "Welt," sb said confidentially, -we certainly did have a swell' time. To tell the troth, I wasn't exaotly born In Buenos Ayr, but I've been there. I am a Washington (D. CI girl." , ' . - , "Then the grand duke " '', - "Oh yea. he took a fancy to me be cause I waa an American. . He loves all American girls, you know. . There were a lot ef Amertoaa girls In that per)y that went to Siberia. -. - "Welt you know of ' course.', "that Grand Duke Boris snd his brother, Cyril, loo are awfully Jolly fellows and MORNING, FEBRUARY k 4 - " jfOfL SarglBS Witts, presidestt of the eommtt tee. of ministers,, wkleft, yesterday cheeked th . jaf oi ntsa s by 'postponing , ladeflaloshy th oall for th semsky ; sobor. - Above his prtratt 1 that of . his wife, a beaatdfnl passant, to whoa .; huaband X. Witt paid tiaOO on o - ditto that b seenr a drvoree. ' MILLENIUM HAS COME ; : IN NEW. JERSEY TOWN Mayor) and t Council ; Join Cam paign Waged Against World, - the Flesh and the Devil. I . J. ' ' ) ; ; . , .- : T v. ' '. , v-'-' :-; . j (Special Dispateh by Leased Wire te lbs Maraal) " Ocean City, N. J,' Feb.' tl. Th mll- lenlum- bg. come in, Ocean, City. , After a10 days, campaign- by tan, evangelist by the name of Webber- against-, the world.the flesh and' tb devil, the only feature of the town that savors 'In th slightest .degree., of wdrtdllnesa la the proximity of Atlantic City,' Just across Kgg harbor from her. .', . l-.V . , Mayor p Joseph r C - .Champion. , his brother, . th. city treasurer and Post master " Sutton led - --the) way to-the mourners' - bench'. In the First- M. -E. church, where U revival is being bold,' They -were followed on by on by th members of the common council until but tone, .of that; body remains unre claimed. ;'. ; .-' : -! ';;....'' Tonight . th meeting ef i th Council, which hitherto has displayed no signal characteristics to distinguish ' It from worldly wis lawmakers of other cities, was. opened with prayer, 'and after the usual adjournment the city fathers tar ried a while In the chamber for servlo of song and further devotions. The Rev. Pennington Carson, pastor of the First M. fi, . church, said today that "out of the whole population of 10,00 In th town,' there remained only 10 who bad not professed 'their .salva tion at hla church wlthla th - last It daya." ' t ! .. ' . . - Th wav of revival baa swept th place from end Mo-end. -- The younger people ere 'foremost - in helping, tee movement along. Even th proprietor of tbo-one "speak-eaay" In the town, has broken up his bottle and dutaped the I inn (i i n ii n rxYH ' IJ 11.11 l( It M A . 1905.i-FOUR SECTIONS 36 . , 1 i PMTOF V, - vi'i i ' i IIAS$9,0,CC3 AND Jennie Adeline Crocker Is Eight. V ; een and Worth Nine Mil- n ' -1 ':-! lion Dollars. . ' V;:s'- SHE'S AN ORPHAN AND JUST COME TO HER OWN Has Announced Her. intention of , FollovrinjgrSister'e Example ' "and Getting a Husband. ; (Special DUpstch by Leased Wire te The Joarosl) f San Francisco. Feb.'; 26. A- t,000,000 girl. .- a native Calif ornian, . 1 t-year-old orphan, nam Jennie Adeline Crocker. In nugget form "that la th history Of ths most financially ' Important so j;lety tnalden In the golden state. fTeslerday Miss Crocker attained her majority. Bbe la now in possession or will be as soon as the necessary legal formalities- are' over of - a vast estate Inherited from her father, -Cot. Fred Crocker. Realty,; cash, and ' gilt-edged dividend paying securities to the amount of tt.000.000 pass Into th fair hands ef ths young1 woman. ' - Speculation aa to Miss Crocker's mat rimonial course in annexing-a husband to her other valuables is based largely upon two facta: First the young lady's already expressed intention of following her , sister's example and marrying yeungt second, her Independent Ideas of what constitutes a suitable match for kor; and incidentally her money. A husband would' be a decided help In getting ltd of the superfluous wealth that keeps on multiplying In ths Crocker coffers. - Henry T. Scott and Charles E. Green have divided the honor and responsibil ity , of the heiress ' guardianship sine her rattier s neatn. Her oroiner, unanes Templeton Croqker.l will reach his ma jority within a few months and gain control of his third, snd her sister, Mrs, Burton Harrison, haaValready re. eelved - one-third ef ColoneL Crocker's estate.; - 4 . - . - ... , it sncmsurTS. (specUl Passtrh Is TW Jearaal.t - Colfax. Wash, Feb. It. Albert Man cheater, a native ef Rhode Island and M years ef age, died -her last week. He married Lydla Cornell of Ttverton. Us I. He shipped on beard a whaler at th age ef It. Loter engaged In -i the aawmlll business snd the Manhattan fishing- In dustry. In 1I7 he moved with his fam ily to. California, where ho resided until litl. when he cam t Whitman county. He leave, four sons. It rrand children FOR I ; '.. T.... WOULD MARRY YOUNG - -r PAGES. iii System Byhich Prison ers Escape Will Be ated.: SENATOR SICHEL ASKS r POINTED QUESTIONS Says a Thorough Examination Will Be Made Into Methods at -Police. Station, anof That . Facts h Made Public. ' " . By request of Chief of Police Hunt the police commission .yesterday afternoon began an Investigation of th circum stance surrounding the 'escape of four prisoners ' from the city Jail, with the intention of endeavoring to fix the blame where It may properly belong. Though the investigation has by no means been completed it haa already practically de veloped 'Into an Investigation of Chief Hunt himself and his "system." He waa aaked a number of searching questions by Senator Sig. Blchel, to none of which did he give a satisfactory answer. The Inquiry haa further disclosed the fact that three months ago Jalles M, UlUs, who with Captain Moors is accused by the chief of carelessness and neglect of duty, handed a written report to the head of the department In the presence of CaptlRn BaJtey,- in which rhe Stated that many locjc in use at the Jail were frail and almost worthless for th pur pose for which they were, designed. Other locks were said to be used with difficulty. . The Immediate cause of this report was the finding of several locks lying on the floor of the Jail by lillla when he went on duty. He notified Captain Bailey of the discovery and was advised to make a written report to Chief Hunt , . " Chief Take ST Actios. ' Th report waa 'couched In strong languago and handed the chief In the presence' of Captain Bailey. -No action was taken by Chief Hunt at that time snd none was taken subsequently, look ing to bettering the condition of the Jail . and . minimising the cnanoea of prisoners " escaping. -i In addition to drawing attention ' to the weakness of the locks and the fact that several had been found lying on the floor, Jailer Ullls also reported to Chief Hunt that certain bars at .the prison were loos and should be tightened be fore advantage waa taken of their condi tion. Nothing has sine been don by the) chief to remedy these defects In the Jail, ' nor. It Is said, did he even make a reply when the information waa given him. ':- - It was commonly- supposed that when Keith. Dnartrabe. Darwin and MoGloln climbed through a skylight after prying th locks off two doors they walked over th roof and went down tbe stairway lending to tb police court'-Keith and MoOloin hare stated that they clam bered ever the roof to the rear of. the building and emerged on - the - street through a Chines lodging house, td which they sained access by means of a skylight They were spprehended through the detective work or ratroi Driver Price, who learned that Keith had visited bla sweetheart and at her house had Stated that be and McOloln Intended going to Vancouver, Wash., and from there to Seattle. , . 1' v Another Snoap Wot Beported. . Not tb least interesting fact Brought out at the Investigation was that Pat rick Burke made hi escape from th city Jail three weeks ago. and that Chief Hunt not only failed to Institute sa In vestigation but kept the fact of the es cape from all but a few of his favorite. Burke was -sentenced - to- serve three months for permitting hi wife to lead a life of shame. . . , ,f '- Jailer Ullls charge that Burke was la th habit 'ft - leaving the Jail as "trusty" whenever be sow fit and obtain ing liquor. Three weeks ago. It Is said, be slipped away from th prlsom to get liquor snd failed to return. . ' ' vi am reliably Informed." said till I last night "that a number of prisoners at the city Jail manage to obtain liquor whenever they want It Several of them have told me that 1f th pollc commis sioners desire to learn tbe facts they will tell all they know. . 14111 also assert- that during th re cent cold spell several Of th prisoners Suffered severely from chills. At that time, he says, be tadnced Chief Hunt to allow a stove to be placed In the corri dor. McOloln was allowed to enter the corridor and atand before th stove to warm himself before he washed his ua derclothlng the night of the eecape. ; Chief Za Wratky. Chief "Tlunt was furious yesterday morning when he. learned of the four men making their escape. H sent fdr DeteoUv Hellyer and aaked how tbe lock war broken. Hellyer said he un derstood a broomstick had been used. Waxing wroth at thla answer, tbe chief ordered Hellyer. out of the office. He also shuaed Detective Vaushn, and de manded to know what- he "bad been do ing for the last two days, anyhow." THEIiiflNis "tffi GRILL CIRCULATION OP TH3 - OA C j P JOURNAL YESTERDAY ; U,t J, f.r - w , PRICE FIVE CENTS Japanese Charge, to ViiVv tory Over Corpses cf :. Their Own Hen : ' ,:-r--... KUROKI IS VICTORIOUS AT BERESNEFF. HILU Exploding Mines, Hand Grenade and Barb Wire Fail to Check " rr-.;! the: Furious Onset of ' Japan's Warriors, .ferr;-..-. (Copyright Hearst Hews Service, by - Leesed, . . Wire to The Journal.) ,i ' - Tslnkbetchen, Feb. tt. Th Japanes Attack on Bereaneff hill -haa developed Into an encounter of the - most aan- - gulnary hatnre. The Japanes pros. ' lng forward a bayonet charge, were re ceived with pyroxyl In hand grenades. or. were blown up by buried mines. The Japanese machine guns, which took Jk. ' sltlons to support vtbo advance, . war silenced for a time and beaten back, -The Japanese cam on with greater resolution, : however, and tb - Rnsslana ftnarly- yielded tbO 1U In th face of greatly superior numbers and a deter mined series of attacks which continued -night and day. - ?- . . The Japanese victory was most costly snd won by sheer fore of numbers, -Th batfle was won after the moet dee- perate fight In which' th ' Japanese ; Upressed on through barb wire over the dead bodies or their comrades, driving the foe from Bereaneff hilt The Rus- slans are in full retreat ' t - - , - Kuropatkin's chief, of "staff report: that Kuropatkin has sustained a defeat but says that the enemy- won because -killing; did not stop them and they out numbered their opponents. All the entrenched position were cap-, tured by Kuroki'a army. Ixwaes to both , sides run into the thousands bat the ' Japanese sustalped by far .th heaviest' casualties,;,... MARKED FOR DEATH. Black Sign Beoomo a Tnln f Tarn ' Among Bassdam Officials. (Saeelal Dlssatek by Leased Wire te Ths Jontnal) Warsaw, Feb. ia.-x-Tne systematlo picking off by 'Terrorists organisation of the officials responsible for the re- -cent murder of- workmen In th streets Is causing utter panic among the bu reaucracy. . -.'-. Prinoe Andronlhoff, who baa bean as-. looted, waa number on on the death list which hss been prepared by th Terrorists. , . ' . - . Prino Vssiltehmkoff.' another offWi. - of the guards.' Is number two on the list Count FrieBdrletski. who Is number three, has fled, but -th terrorists say they- will track him to any corner of, Borop. no matte how remote, and kill him.. ... General Novosnlef. who commanded the troops during th recent riots. If aumber- roor on. in ust; ana gtaron jgoucea, chief of police. Is number five. - Those now rarely go out except when, surrounded by Cossacks and preceded by vedette. -who scour th street through; which they Intend to pass, ' ' Notwithstanding these ' preeantlona, every on believe, that th men are marked for death by the Jterrorlsts and will b oalled. ..'.':J" . - GORKY WOT RELEASED. I ? WUe Bays novelist Zs Writing a Flay 1 ' Prise Ceo. (Oesyrlgbt Bearst News BerTies. by teased Wire The JoaraaL) ' ' " St" T Petersburg. Feb. 15, Maxim Gorky has not yet been released but hlo-r friend are hopeful that Trepoff will ac- : eed to the appeal for release- en ball. Th American correspondent saw Gor ky's wife this afternoon. - Mm. Gorky Is extraordinarily pretty and clever. She. said: "My husband In still In' the fortress but I hope that ho may be released Immediately. The pro- ., curator and th chief gendarme have ' agreed to release him If Trepoff eon-, sent upon 10.004 rouble ball a guaran tee that he will appear for trial. -"1 went to Trepoff to plead for hi re lease. I am not sanguine, t saw air huaband Tuesday. ' HI health Is InU different He occupies room on th- seoond floor Of the fortress. It Is col l bat not damp. Th prison food la good." "My husband is now permitted tn oo eupy himself fro literary work. He la busy writing a play, the Russian title of which Is "Diet! Sensta,' or "Children f the Sun." Despite rumor that pear pourparlers ar progressing, a high official at: t that th rumor ar baseless. thl r member of tbe royal fantly f peace. Trepoff was polite bat v pathetle to mim Oorky. ' tint -- son Is 111 with laflaensa, tur mother's anxiety. Continued on Page Six) ,(000 tinned on Page (Continued on Fag Two) neer w ta strsex. and seven greaf-grandchUdren .(Continued on Pag Tk$4 jtmel oa 1