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Newspaper Page TextTHE , WEATHER. . Rain tonight," cooler; bowers; southerly winds. THREE STATES JO Two Hundred Delegate; From ' Outside Portland Gather for ; : Convention of ' Oregon . .and Idaho Worker. LEADERS IN MOVEMENT TO ATTEND SESSIONS Gathering Promises to Be One of the Moat Enthuaiaatic Ever Held Ore-4- g on-Colleges . Send. Many Student . Visitors From Washington V- Branchea Come. rr-. i There hrfve been fw more enthuslss tlo. getlieringsof religious worker In Portland than 'marked the opening occ asion In the Y. Jf.C A: auditorium thle afternoon of the sixth annual oonvsn ' tlen of the Oregou-Idaho Young Men's ' Christian' Aasocationer Delegates from iduho, Washlnaton and outside eltlea In ' Oregon number! more than two hun dred end representatives oi iocs. clelles numbering seversl hundred formedi an audience that niled -the eu dltorlum to evernowlng. The conven- i tim anlrlt manifested Itself In a thor- .ouahlv rouaina meeting.. Home of the " moat prominent workers In the aasools nlon cause on the Paclflo ooaet, and ;Fred B. Smith, secretary Ot the Inter ? national ', committee' end one of the beat known man's avsngellsts- In the Held, ' were present to take part In the open ing esaslon ana win remain in ' nrt throushout the convention. : Sessions will be held tonight, tomor- rew morning, afternoon ana mgnt enu Sunday morning afternoon and even . Int. Convention ffloere were eeleetetf ..! artaramt and tomorrow officers end : ...-.,,.-. nr tha executive committee of ' "the-Interstate association wtll InVchooen.'t - Horace E. Neel. a banker or woise w 'and one Of the directors or m " Vi.nn in tht Htv. era nosen-eonvea- -tloa president, .The executive commit tee now serving, with J. .Thoruburn Roes ee Ite president, will probably be elected tomorrow, t. D. Rhodes, at " , present educational director of the Port- , innu ewwiwv., - - pointed to the position of eeoretary of the Interstate work to relieve Secretary . fuone of the local association and George Sutherland, a present superintending hniiriinr work In Sookane. Is to be made i general superintendent end secretary of building work for the states or vregon. Washington and Idaho. ... . --. 'i ; . Delegates Antra Seriy. ' Delegates te the convention began to arrive In the elty eeriy mis morning and continued to come during the day ' A few who oould not leave their homes today will arrive tomorrow. The vis itors went dlreotly to the local asso ciation needquartera,where they were 7 assigned to places - of - entertainment during their stsy, accommodations for ell being furnished by the local ssso- . i i.. .Kama wKa VIM present were invited to the euditoriuli and a morning prayer meeting was there. rred' B. Smith, the leading peAisr or "the-ctmxetit Ion.-delivered- , short talk and otner prominent woraers in attendance added a few words. .At noon the members of the executive cOm niiix nthared In the Oxrmin room St the Commercial -club and held a brief ; business session to arrange the details of the convention work. , , U-AnMi the cities of outside : states -r sending representatives to the gather- Ing are Boise, pocateno, loano; oeenie, ' Spokane. Walla Walla. Olyrepia and Ta r coma, Washington, and from Oregon there ere delegates from nearly all ths larser towns and practically kll the colleges SnJ schools where Y. M. C. A. , work has been esubllshed. The Indian . school at. Chemawa la represented ny a delegation of 10 yoang Indian students, - who are among the most Interesting at tendants. ,.''" - gome rromiaeat Visitors. I. ' : Among the most prominent workers ; who ere present ere Fred B. Smith, see I retary of the International cpmrrilttee I of New York; A. 8. Allen, general eeo- retary of the Seattle essoclatlon; C. W. Wilcox, Washington state secretary; C. C. Anderson, president of Boise City . ' association; Horace K. Heal, director LotBolse.CHy association; .A.' . Jennings, general secretsry of the Railroad Y. M. ' : C. A. work st Pocatello; President P. I Campbell, of the University of Oregon; lean Niehl"r-!i;Bivareitr-f - Id&hoi W. R. Miles, Paclflo college. Forest Grove, V orcgui. -e". A- jTbemoum 'Wqs, vrrsi j dent of the interstste executive com- mlttce. - ' ' The colleges snd schools of Idaho' and , Oregon are well represented and the (Continued on Pege Two.) - " PORTLAND GIRL WEDS f ' GOVERNMENT EXPERT T"perlt Ptinxtefe te The Jnorsil.V Fort Collins, Colo., March 10.- The secret marriage . of Miss e Mary Blanohe Wilson of Port d lend to Joseph 8. Reed, a plant 4 n growth expert of the depart-' e ment of agriculture, et Altoona, ' Psnnsylvanle, two weeke ego, has Just been disclosed here by a . mutual 'friend who was at the d wedding. Reed met end wooed ' Miss Wilson et the Bute Agrt ' e cultural college here, of which ""he ta a gmdtiste.-- He has been e located et Falrfle'ld. Washington, e for two years, conducting plant 4 growth experiments. e O eOOww eJ II! Saturday, SEHD Y. C. A. e The sixth annual convention of e e the Oregon-Idaho young Men's ;w . Chrlstlaq Assnclatlon opened -ta-e) 4 this city In the auditorium or i the local T. M. C. A. building this afternoon et t o'clock. More than 100 delegates representing associations In the varloua cities and towns of Oregoa, Washing ton and Idaho are in- attendance, ', -t The college end school branok of the association la well' rep-', resented and thle Ifne of associa tion labors will be given especial, attention. Sessions will be beld morning, afternoon and evening " esch day until the convention " closee. Saturday night. ' , Fred B. Smith, secretary of the -International-eommittee and pne . of the most celebrated of men's evangelists, is present and will be i the- principal speaker at the Important sessions. A number of prominent work- ers from Washington points are -also present as -visitors and will, take part In the programs of the various sessions. The object of the gathering la progreea. , ' Auditorium of tha Y. M. C A, Where FOR 20 DAYS Miraculous Survival of Thirteen Victim of French Disaster at Courriers. LIVED ON GRAIN KEPT . FOR MULES OF MINES AH Well When Found but dould Not Have Lived Much Longer Pale, 1 Weak ' and ' Emaciated Lived in "Darkness.. '.'''!'.'. ' . , fJoarasI Spedsl Serrice.) 'Ienv rrenee, March Thirteen of the miner entombed id the Courriere mine et the time of the disaster March 10, when more then 1.000 workmen loet their lives, were taken ut alive mis morning by a searching party exploring the workings. The rescued men were In terrible condition from stervatlon and It wna evident that they could neve ex leted but a short time longer. The men, were found In a remote part of the mine which had not been affected by the fire which raged for two weeks In the mine ronowmg Tne -ex p umiun. They had lived for 20 daye with no nht and but little air. With one ex ception the men -were welt, but could not have uvea long. ,.x .When cut off by the explosion the miners look refuge in a stable where the mules were kept They subsisted for dsye on the lunchee that their dead comrades took down on the day of the disaster and had left In the stables. When all these lunches were exahusted, the men lived cn'the grain and water kept for the livestock. When taken out the men looked more like ghosts than human beings. Pale and - emaciated. colorless, blinking at the unwonted light of day, the roe cued were indeed pitiable objects. They ware Immediately surrounded by a throng - ot friends and relattvee. who showered their congratulations upon them. - All were tsken to a hospital where they will be treated until able to return to. their homes. . . ARLINGTON IS SCENE " OF STABBING AfTRAY - (Rdm 111 rdaoatrb 'ta Tse Jesrsel.) : ' Arlington, Or., March . A character known ee "Vlgarette" Kelly knifed a man here today named - Mike Sullivan. Roth men were employed on the north hank grade. Marshal Snell took Kelly In custody. Huillvws injuries are Painful but not aerloua. '4x- . i . '-i , - ; EI1T01EDI MINE PORTLAND. - OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING. - MARCH ' '30, iB ' ! ' ' lirt A u I StanoiitgKeaaing From Vdt to Right - "- . -... v r : ; ry x x r; J the Convention I T Being Held-Photo by Journal Suff Photographer. n'VICAR SLAIN BY two poisons Victim of Trunk Mystery Killed by Morphine and Chlorate V Says Chemist. INQUEST IN PROGRESS ' : AT. STOCKTON TODAY Coroner Confident That Man Wat Put in Trunk 'Alive New Problem Is . Faced by Proaecution Defend ant's Admission. ; ' (J normal 8 peril I Senrtes.) ' Stockton. Cel., March 80. Chemical examination -of ths stomach of Albsrt N. McVlcar, whose body wee found In a trunk In the baggage-room of the Southern Paclflo railroad last Saturday night, shows that McVlcar came to hie death ae the result of morphine and chloral poisoning. All doubt .of the manner of hie death was put' at rest by the report received' today from the San Franolsco- chemists. . The Inquest will be held this afternoon and, further davelopmente are .looked . for. .. .. Coroner Bouthwortir this morning re ceived the following from Roy R. Rog ers, the chemist In San Francisco, who wss employed to make en enaiynie or the deed man's body end search for tracea of poison: ' . .. ' . "The examination or the ,. etomacn. nanoreaa and liver -discloses a small quantity of chloral and a large quantity of morphine, snowing tnat ins oecsasea rem to his death from these two poi sons. ' Persistent efforte were made to And traces of cyanide of - potassium which resulted Id positive proor or us No morphine or chloral has been found in MoVlcar's or Mrs. Le Doux's effects. Thle puts a new light on tne situation nt mkea a new problem ror ine prose cution to' solve. A home or cyaniao or. potassium was -found In Mrs. Le Doux's grip and It was at first thought that thi victim of the trunk tragedy had met his death by prussle acid. , ' The Inquest Is being beld thle after roon. ,The defense will probably claim that Mrs. La Doux did not administer the poison which It will stats wss given to the deed man by the mysterious missing man. Miller, of Whom Mrs. U Itoui ban frequently spoken , and whom the prosecution alleges is a myth ic I person. The defsnso will admit that Mrs.' Le Doux put the body la the trunk. In fact shs hss stated this herself. The cor oner Is now poult Its thst McVlcar was , -ut lht the trunk, while alive, . ; PROMINENT'Y.-M. CAr WORKERS.; Renp Hutchinaon, A. O. Jenninga, I. D. Rhodes, C W. WUcox. ' .a, k.?j To.. ...... l CRUSH OF CURIOUS DELAYS Riotous Scenes Enacted at Tow- son, Maryland, at Execution of Negro Murderer. EXCITED MOB CROWDS VICTIM OFF CALLOWS . - - Crowd So Dense That Sheriff -I Unable V to. Fulfills His 1 Office Prisoner Fights . Viciously fof Life.... ,7QC, ','' .:,;.'. . (Joarntl Seerlil Rervlre.) - Baltimore, Mi. March 0 Riotous scenes were enacted at Tewson. the county seat of Baltimore county, this morning where the authorities after desperate fight with a mob succeeded In hsnglng Isaac Winder, a negro,, for the murder of an hged toll gatekeeper named Relnhart, a few daye ago. Winder- was arrested, tried and con vlcted within the space of a rnontruThe mob wawnor artoiaus ens snd fViade no attempt to stay the progress of the execution, but became hysterically ex cited In Its effort to witness the bang ing. Only a few people had been In vlted to the execution.- but the crowd early tore down the barricade about the Jail yard end the police were unable to cope with It. . The crowd ' was so dense about the gallows "that the hanging was delayed more than an hour, ths sheriff being unable te execute 'the prisoner on so count of the masses of people. Trees end housetops nearby were crowded, while hundreds fought with one another for points of vantage. Winder, whose execution had been placed at o'clock, waa hanged - at 11:40. Ills - progress from the eell to the gallows was ons continual strug gle. He fought madly with hie guards until beaten Into submission end placed over the trap. He was pronounced head tO minutes Ister.- his neck having been broken by the fait ' 7- - GOTHAM BANK TELLER ARRESTED FOR LARCENY Uonraal "soetel Service. t : New- Tors, Maroh -10 Joseph P. Turner, note teller In the National Bank of North America, and a captain In the New Tork National Guard,- wee mltted to the Tombs thle morning with-ont- he.ll orv the charge, of the larceny of $14,000 covering a period of Ave years, llauk oOlcers are the complain: ants.. , v ,j 1. ;. 1 - 1 -' 'i 7'F , , :, , t ..... ,ej i .L HANGING 1906SIXTEEN PAGES. Fred W Witham. Lower Row ': , ). . ... V USE WRECK TRAINS Believed ... Biz Land Slides on Southern Pacific Caused by Band of Robbers. ARTIFICIAL AVALANCHE. CAUSED BY EXPLOSIVES Train Crew Finds Beneath Rock Ten Sticks Near Scene of DelfcTWreck, ; Tied . Together and SeV WithlAt. ute Time fiiee, j ,::X1':, ' ' (Journal Hnerlal Irrrlee.l Red Bluff. Cel.. March 10. The dle- covery of 10 sticks of dynamite bound together by a wire at the scene or tne recent land slide and train wreck near Delta has led to the belief that robbers are using dynamite to' start land slides oh- the precipitous mountain sldea for the purpose of wrecking tratne and ob taining an opportunity to loot the eare. Land slides have been occurring with startling precision Just at the time of train arrival and now tne rinding 01 the connected sticks of dynamite with a three-minute fuse attached to the In fernal contrivance has caused railroad men and local authorltlea to think high waymen have been using the avaianone as weanona of attack on trains. litartlln and effective as Is this means of hurling ears and engines from the track, with the killing of men, and tbue affording an easy facility for loot, the land elide ordinarily destroys all evidence of ite origin. ' The strange timing of land slides to the arrival of trains has heretofore been explained by the supposition that slides high up on the sides of the' mountains have been started by the Jarring of heavy trains. But The-Bisr "brought ujrtne wew r freight train from-the north yesterday leads to the belief that another attempt to destroy the track of the Southern Paclflo company was made at the scene of the recent slide aoovs wi Th. southbound freight wag com ,ni ta wait at a switch for the pass ing of the. Oregon express, and while there the members 'of the --train crew passed their leisure time strolling about In tho neighborhood. Several pieces or money, including a $10 gold piece, were picked up and thla prompted the train men to use extra efforts to find eome- thUnda 'rock close by the track tie conductor picked up 10 etlcks of dyna mite bound with a "Ire and with a three-jnlnute fuse attached. A few years ago a train was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite and the trainmen came to the conclusion that anothsr at tempt to wreck a train was being pre- Ater investigation caused the be lief that' the recent fatal -slides, in which Engineer Denny Freeland and his flremsn were killed and eeveral ethere wounded, wars the results of a delib erate attempt to wreck a train and that the 'moving madsee from: the mountain were started by dynamite. REMARKABLE FORTITUDE " SHOWN BY SMALL BOY (Joarssl flpenlel Service. Denver, Colo., March 10. Displaying fortitude which greatly surprised the police surgeon, William Downs, aged $ veara. submitted to. a painful operation at police headquartere without a quiver or outcry and witnom ins am anaesthetic. .The boy, who le a son of a widow, was steeling rldee la the rail road yards when hs slipped from a box- e and fall beneath the wheels of a wiftlv moving train. His left arm w crushed so badly that amputation above ha elbow was necessary.- When taaen to police headquarters be repeatedly ton pressed upon the doctor that It wsa all hie fault that he had been hurt, and expreesed only one fear that he would be spanked by bis motner, . - , ' " " r-'- , . ... Marlaa WUl Steelga, , - flnsnal eoertal Ben Irs. - Washington. March $0. Th Post states that Associate Justice J. M. Har lan of the supreme court has announced that If the New Tork Avenue and As sembly Presbyterian chnrches will ron solUlste. he will resign from the bem- and. take personal charge of the wc and see that it le auoceasfuU. OYIIAfillTEJO PRICE TWO EflUlESE HALF AGREE TO Captain Bruin IssueaTSweeping Order to End Contamination , of Girls and Boys by Vicious ..Orientals in City Dens. PREVALENCE OF EVIL .., SHOCKS DEPARTMENT Every Youth Found Visiting Laun dries at Unseemly Hours Will Be Subject to Arrest and Parents Will Be Warned to Keep Their Children Out of Such'Placee. - - - ) Aroused by the disclosures In con nection with the arrest of two Chinese for teaching American girls the use of opt wm and in other ' ways accomplish lng their moral downfall, the polios have determined to suppress the .evil by. quick and vigorous action. The au thorl lies -are a unit on the problem hlch confronts ... them, . and offenders taken Into- ths police court wUl be given the sevsfest penalties Imposed by km ; . - , Police Inspector. Brum tssusd sweeping order to all detectives and plaln-clothea men In the 'department thla morning relative te the dangers which besst the youth - or the com munity who are permitted to come In contact with Chinese and acquire ori ental vices. That ths ordsr will be carried out to the letter by every man affected IS shown by Individual expres sions of opinion from- ths various mem bare ' of the department, who are alarmed by the disclosures, some of which are. unprintable. laundrieg a Meaaee. - .-' "Tour attention is directed at thle time." reads Inspector Bruin s order, "to ths custom Of soms of our eitlssna 01 asndlng thslr Children' to Chinese mer chandise establishments and laundries and permitting, them te frequent . such places, and also to the persistence on the pert of certain or tne cniness it teaching Oriental vices to young boys and girls and getting, or attempting to get them, te commit acts in violation or the law after enticing them Into their olaces. . "The frequency of such cases Is be coming alarming and you are especially charged to abow the utmost vigilance in regard to such places- end. promptly arrest American, women and boys and sirls 1 who frequent such places, which you may have reason to believe they re sorted to- for ' illegal purposes. .This ordsr " relates - particularly to opium lolnts. gambling houses and like plaoea whsre crime hss . Its origin. Suspicion attaches to any American woman, boy or girl who may be eesn going at any time to these plaoea, or te other eetab- llsbments conducted by cmnese ax un reasonable hours or too frequently. "I therefore direct that every officer in. the department shall deem himself specially detailed to put a stop to this practice by every meana Known 10 mm and that be shall never neglect to cau tion parents to exercise great care in ailowlns- their children to deal with the iCklaess la-en y eapaclty-whanevaa-nia attention shall have been called to euapleioue case. Vot a Boyoort Order. "This order is not meant for the pur- Dose of persecuting the Chinese as class nor of-boyoottlng Chinees mercan tile aatahllahmanta. but with ths tnten- I tioo of protecting young people and J othera who are apt to be misled by some of the Chinese engaged In the different lines of business la this city." Chief of Folloe Oiitsmacher some time ago drew the attention of patrol men to opium end gin Joints conducted by Chinese and ordered them to be vigilant In the dlsoharge of their duties. Until a fsw days ago, however, the police bad no Idea of the extent to which the evil' had progressed, owing to the cunning of the orientals In not allowing either boys or girls to spend their time around places which they knew were under police espionage. The disclosures show that all the illegal work carried on waa at laundries and lodging-houses not likely to be care fully supervised. "We have lesmed," said inspector Bruin, "that this body and soul-destroy Ing drug has been widely introduced among young men in Portland by the Chinese. Numerous Instances have been heard of recently In which girls were sent on the downward path by tb Chinese. No leniency must be expected bv Chinese detected leading America boys and girls stray." The police Intend doing their duty fully." Deputy-City Attorney Fltsgerald said (Continued on Page Three. eeseeeeeeeeeeseee e -W WW W-WWWWW-www-TW-w--ww-w-w- THE SUNDAY JOURNAL FULL OF Mexico le aeountry ancient end quaint.- Life there le picturesque. , W. F. Woodward upon his recent visit there saw muck ef Interest snd 4 MuOfwrinliail man, eeenea. lont of the nlrtures he secured snd some, V of the things he learned about will X " A nne picture or a narvesier in ins lniana r.mpir- X f the prospects c-f ths wheat kings for this year, will be found le The , , A special writer for Ths Sunday Journal In Warw t it desdlv work being carried on by the Bund. These are onlv three ef the good things In The . y if. enjoy thorn all end let the children Uimh at ' f ptrtur-. , 1 ' . CENTS, IZ&&VcEn. ndicationa That Miners Will Consent to Keep af Work In Properties of Owner That Xi Agree .to Scale, t : ' MITCHELL MAKES PLEA . FOR THOSE THAT.SIGfJ President and . Cabinet - Consider Situation Half . of ths ; Tonnage ' - Opposed to Strike Mors Hopeful ' Feeling on Wall Street Iowa Op eratorg Will Pay Increase. x r... (Jesraal Special Service.) , Indlanapolla, IntL. March 10. The- XJnltsd Mlneworkere met In separate conference this morning to oonslder the question of signing a seals In Individ ual districts, as asksd by Operator r. X Bobbins, who offers to restore the 1101 - scale, and to make preparations for the coming ' strike Saturday nJghC when) neerly 400,000 coal miners employed la the bituminous districts will walk-out". communication -from the operators regarding the appeal to the president - for the appointment of a federal com-, mission to examine wagee and mining - conditions was received - and filed for future reference.- The debate on Rob bine' proposition, was then taken up. President John Mitchell advocated ac cepting Bobbins' plan of - working the ' mlnee of .operators willing to reestab-. llsh the ,10S ecale. He went on reo. ord aS emphatically favoring the prop osition and substantiated his statement that he and Bobbins bad wired to Presi dent Roosevelt the fact that 10 per . cent of the coal tonnage of the country: was willing to sign the. J90 . scale. -Mitchell arwtde a,. long attach, dis cussing at length the resoluUdn to' sign - ths individual scale. ia ssia mat 110 naa telegrams from operators whoas inter-. ests Voted against the settlement. say- Ins- that if the Pittsburg coal company continues to operate at an edvance, their own mines would do so. He expressed regard for -those whose Judbment dlf- -f ers from his and referred to the at tack upon him yeaterday by Operator Parker and said that tne miners aia not believe In hie personal integrity and Judgment as to what was best foe them, he should be ensken. sent noma and relieved of regponalblllty. Mitchell said that the tonnage repre sented by the operators who may be willing to compromise was not only in the central districts but also la tne scuthwest. - The operators who have opposed the increase In wsgss drafted the follow- ing resolutions to the president: "Whereas. The coal operators and representatives of the miners of the' states of Illinois. Indiana. Ohio an western Pennsylvania have met In In-' dlanapolle at 1 the suggestion of - the president of the United Statee for the purpose of endeavoring to agree en m scale of wagee and mining conditions for a period beginning April 1. lOOO and the parties bavlng been unable to reach an agreement end having ad journed, sine-die; therefore,-be 11. He solved. That we, the coal opera tore of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, repre senting at Isast (0 per cent of the ton nage of the territory Involved, whe have felt and still feel unable to pay; any advance in wagee at this ttme, d hereby propose that the president . oi the United Statee appoint a commis sion to Investigate ail matters write H In the Judgment of the commission have an Important bearing upon our relation . to the ecale of wages, which should be paid all olassea of labor In and about the coal mlnee of the territory herein Involved and other conditions now tm posed and Insisted upon by the United Mlneworkere of America; such commis sion to report to the president of the United Statee Ite findings of facts, to gether with Its recommendations; be IS further ' ' "Re solved. That such : commission have power ., to administer oaths and) compel attendance of witnesses," ., , HALF WILL SIGN. KttcheU and Bobblne- Assure Boeeerelf "lfaajr Operators Srrn 0re Balae. . r ' (Joerasl Rpedal Sarrlse. . ' ?. ' Washington, March a. The . presi dent has received a ' telegram from President Mitchell and F. U Bobbins declaring that at least 10 per cent ' the operators srs willing to sign th scale demanded by the miners. This le " tsken to mean that the miners believe (Continued en Page Three.) ' - ww - w - - - w w- FEATURES b found In The Sunday Journal. e t 1 1 t ';