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Newspaper Page Texti GOOD EVENING : i . . ' THE WEATHER. .y ' Fair, winner tonight. , Friday, in. , creasing cloudiness, probably cooler; easterly winds. Journal Circulation JO, Yesterday was VOL. V. NO. 32 ' PORTLAND, ; OREGON, -THURSDAY : EVENING, , APRIL 12, 1906. TWO SECTIONS -,20 ; PAGES. TrT-,T7 fir rT? vttO : ow naive Aim arrws "VO VV Vf Wiil k. STASDS. IIVI tTl AND I PORTL TALIANS ARE. CALLED UPON FOR TO THE VOLCANO. SUFFERERS VsBi!g Hail of Cinders : From Vesuvius Continues but Rovy of Lava and Showers of Stones ''. and Mud Cease. . - GHOULS ROBBING DEAD - ' . IN DEVASTATED REGION King and Queen Leading In Relief t Work Famine' Among Sufferers j Portland Italians Raise Fund for Stricken , Countrymen Martial .Law for-Naples, f v j w I -- A fund, for : th relief of tb Sufferers of ' southern Italy, where the country haa been laid waate and hundreds of lives lost by the eruption of Mount Vesu ' r . ' vius, will be atarted tomorrow In this clty Pr. C K. Candlanl, Italian consul to -this city, Is preparing - letters today to bo submitted to the different Italian societies tomorrow, asking for united sxtlon T in . raising - funds, for th relief of their f ellpw .eonntrymen. ' i 7 Mayor l4in wilt set on a, ur- i geation made In a telef ram re ceived last, night from the New York American and will appoint ' a commute of oltlaena' who will '' aaniat in raising funds. ' ' In all - probability this oommlttee r will ; 1 . work In conjunction with , th JUllan societies. t;- - . Dr. Candlanl aaidV there were , 4,000. Italians In thla city and that all of them would eon- . tribute llberaUy to th fund. ' He expected that at ; least $3,000 would b raised. ,. ;m ' T ' Joornl Special Serrlee.J . Naples, April 12. While th hall of cinders from Vesuvius has begun again, nevertheless the dangerous phenomena -continues to Decrease. Th general out look continue to improve and the hopes '. of th people are aroused to believe that the worst is over, Showers of hot mud and stones have ceased. - 7. 1 Messages from Mattucct who is still In th observatory on ths side of the I volcano, are reassuring la character thla morning"-and are doing much to re store th confident of th people. Th - city 1 no longer panle stricken. - - It-la announced that-Naple will be placed under martial law. If this ac tion Is taken It Is certain to Inflame th -popl-and Tesuit In serious outbreaks. : Ther is a great sbortag of food. Hun- : ger Is making th refugee desperat. . Soldiers are en short rations, sharing : th hardahlps of th people. , All railways ar burled under several feet of sand and ashes, making It lra- . possible for, relief trains to arrive. Th entire district around Vesuvius, - from Naples to Caatellamare, la practl .cally .destroyed. The .destruction ; of property Is greater than at first st1 , mated, but th loss of life Is less, and is now estimated at 1,000. Th report of th destruction 1 of Barno and Ban Geaaro proves to b false, though ' the . district about both towns has been devastated. Ottajano is now practically burled, th hasp of ashes: ther rising above th tops of th houses. Th fall of volcanic ashes has dlxntn- - ished In Intensity, but th ashes - are nnerr and It Is the general opinion -that th eruption has spent Its 'fore. "sOhoola Ar Basy. -t'A partrt rescuers In th vicinity of Ottajano found th body of a, young woman, daughUr of th owner of a , large vineyard., badly , mutilated, th Angers cut off and th eara torn, appar ,' enUy by- ghouls,, who stole her Jewelry and earrtnga. Clothe have been out from th bodies of men, apparently to ' steal money belts, which man 7-' peasants wear. fUscuers .- hav found many houses looted by thieves who preceded .. them. Th king, and queen hav completed their tour of th hospitals. ' Th. king :' has spent a ' fortin from his . private ; purs In assisting th sufferers. Both h and Queen Helen ar practically un attended la touring the stricken dls : trlot ; They ar- weloomsd with joy ' everywhere and hay don muoh to re store ealm. (" " . , Pop Plus has sent 11,000" t rellave th suffering. The report that the pontiff had vlelted Naples Is not true. ' . Ohouls ar busy In th towns that ar . devastated sAid hundreds of arrests hav been made.' Th British squadrdh has arrived and begun th work of relief. It la believed that mor than COtt lost . their Uvea at Ottajano, which was 00m . pletely burled under ashes and cinders. ' It I not posslbl to reach th point that hav suffered most severely and , It I therefor Imposslbl to form any rrot Mtlmat or th total, losses. Otaasr BU ten Bmv-.- -At Bom ma the sand and cinders ar six feet deop. . None of the inhabitants remain In this region although th few who stayed behind undoubtedly perished. Th same la true at Torre del Qrerd, Bsmo and Ban Genarro and .Tortlce Clroallo, Poggto snd Morinn. - I ta.faga.Thr, , vlesfsala Queen. Helena of Italy,, Who Has liev Suffering in the SUBURBSSLIP IfJ BY niSTAKE . ... 4 't Ordinance - Unwittingly - Lets - in Montavilla and Part of v Mt. Tabor. V i ALL NECESSARY NOW ; ; ; IS" VOTE OF DISTRICT -"?"-'.." 'V 11 ., ;,.,T As Residents Ar Almost Unanimous .la: Favor fit Annexation,. It la Evi dent Tht This Will Be Easy Pe "ttdonerinbw'ChirterT" ' ,' Action r taken bjT th Portland -city council last night in regard, to th an nexation of Mount Tabor and Montavilla will no doubt admit ' those - suburbs, though this, was by no means what th councilman desired. At last - night's special session the council,- without a dissenting vote," a greed to let the'sn nexatlon Question take Us regular course aooordtng to th charter provisions. , It has 1eea understood generally that th charter provided that the question be submitted to popular vote of both, the city and auburbs and In accordance with that idea th council took It action last night. , V . ' - Th backers of the Montavilla peti tion, nowever, knew the charter bet ter than th councilman, and were cer tain that - ahould the council - vote - to submit' th matter to the people under th charter, -only the people of the dis trict to be annexed would vote on! th question, which means th almost unan imous acceptance of th merger, ther being few oltlsens of either suburb who do not favor annexation. ' -f. ; , Th chatter says: ' .'.-;' 'f v ' "Th oounell may-' by a- two thirds vot thereof pear a resolution providing for th submission- of ths question of snnexatlon of such territory or any part thereof,- proved ueh resolution shsV b passed at least SO days befor said general lotion.-. . , ... . . . t . "In case a majority of th qualified voters residing In such, territory and voting on said question-vote In tavor of such ( annexation, - such ' territory shall on th first day In July next following said election be and become' part of the eity of Portland." . f- t 4 In th condensed statement' preceding the: charter, proper ( the ! following ap pears: ' , . . , ' "Annexation of Territory Councif by two third .vote may pas a resolution in favor of submitting to vote; if ma jority of people hv territory .to be tan nexed vot In favor of annexation,' ter. rltory is to be annexed. to Portland.' As a mar matter of routln th coun cil last night approved th report of th judiciary commute which recommended thst the annexation petition taker the regular course -under th charter. ' It was ' known that- several members 'op posed leaving this question to the peo ple of , th suburb .Interested without giving the residents of th city a chance to vot. on th matter. Clty officials who ar Informed a to th charter pro visions assert mat there is nothing left ror in oouitcu to do and an th 1 do and all thsx Is re 00. PagThi4. , Continued Been Doing Her' Utmost-to Re- Vesuvkn Commune. , TEDDY'S SPEECH IS STOLEfJ BYNIGK Trouble in the Roosevelt House hold Over Stealing" of Presl- : dent's Thunder. , FAMOUS MUCK RAKE TALK CRIBBED BY LONCWORTH --V-,'- ' ' - - ....u:-,,r. Denunciation of Writers Made by JExecutiveatT6ano.ueOPelivered as Original by His Newly-Made Son-in-Law. ? - " . ' Ijoanal -gpeelal asntes.1 . . Washington, April II. Ther Is trou ble In the Roosevelt household. Son-in-law "Nick": has donned th battle armor of his illustrious father-in-law and gone forth to th wars without get ting permission to support th family coat of arms.- In fact Nick -has stolon th president' thunder and his father-in-law la not.pleaaed. It all grows out of . th widely advertised "muck rnke" speech Th president is to' attend th ceremony of laying of th corner stone for the office building of th house of representatives on Saturday. He will make an address and It Is is to be known technically as the "muck rake" speech.. ' ': ' : 1 "t'ncl" Jo Csnnon; speaker' of th hous and csar of the lower body of congress, soma, .week ago entertained th Gridiron dub at dinner. : Th presi dent at this dinner scathingly denounced the men'h designated as "destroyers of reputations snd mud-sllngrrs. He said magaxln writers and other authors of the day. were "going around with a muck rake, digging up slim and filth and be- smlrohlng characters." . , . What "happened at. th dinner was under the seal of secrecy. On of . the guest at the dinner was Congressman l-ongworth, son-in-law of th resident The-Hamilton club gave a 6.aur In Chicago last j Saturday night at which Longworth was th guest of honor. H mad - a ' speech In which ' tho '- who later read th report recognised In it sentiment th phraseology used la th far famed "muck rake", speech .of th president. The cribbing of th presi- denrs speecn ana its searing on ths coming, address next " Saturday Is said to have aroused deep resentment In th hart f th praidnt,. s ' SURVIVOR OF OREGON'S ' FIRST SENATE REGISTERS Albany, Or.. April ll.-On of th last man to register, in Linn county wa 8. R. Scott of North Harrlsburg. . Mr. Scott 1 11 years of ag and in th only sur viving member of the first. Oregon son ata. He served In that capacity repre senting Linn county and can at this 1st date remember and call by nam, each member who participated In that memorable session. . . . , "... U As far as he know all tho 'who psrtlrlpatwd m th deliberation of that sesekvn are now dead, h being th only surviving snember." Mr. Brott is a Re publican In politics and halo and hearty vat advance mi V vj-. SSiS ' .-..V Besides Present Possessions, Ne gotiations Are Pending for .Love Tract of Seven Hun- " dred Fifty Acres. THIS CAN BE SECURED FALL HEIRS AGREE Gregg and Force Tracts, Amounting to Seventeen Hundred Acres, Re. cently Secured, Said to Have Been - Acquired for 'Armour Company ' Portland to Be Packing Center. packing Interests, which now own mor than 4.000 acre of land contiguous to th Columbia river, in a radlu closely tributary . ,to . Portland?- ar negotiating for the-lxv tract off 7 SO ere. It Is absolutely certain that th Columbia slough side of the peninsula will become th greatest, packing-house ana stockyards center on the Paclfio coast and that the packer known a th "Big Four" will be represented her in about th same manner they ar at Chicago.. Kansas City and Omaha. . Th land already acquired along .th Columbia river ar as follows Acres. ..1.000 ..1.700 . no Swift Packing company......'.. Armour Packing company. ... ., Union stockyard company 1.... union. Meat -oompany . -v , At ciami 100 At Troutdal . ... 100 . It is reported on good 'authority, but not officially confirmed, that th Union Meat company plant and lands hav passed to possession of th Bwlft Pack ing company, and that the latter I al ready In practical control. . Th Bwlft company iwlll b th first Of th "Big Pour" to begin actual construction. A fin residence property embracing six acres snd a handsome residence fronting en Columbia boulevard, near Maagly Junction, baa bean purchased for ths us of th Bwlft company' superintend ent . of . construction. . P. P. Walker, former owner and present occupant of th property, ha ben notified to va cate before September 1, Stay Bay tov Tract, Ths Love tract of 7G0 acres, a mag nificently located- eatate lying on the uplands toward Portland, was left by th 1st Lewis Love to his heirs under a stipulation that th lands should not b divided ' befor January 1, 1007. George F. Heusner, who is said to be acting for on of th packing Interests, is negotiating ror the purchase of the entire tract. It is reported that h has secured consent of a number of th heirs to the sals of th land, andtht his agents ar In correspondents with th other hlr. A legal opinion nas been obtained to th- effect that- th lands can. be sold If all th heir give consent in writing, but that if any on of th heirs refuses consent thsy must be held according to th provision or th will. .Th rapid rise of value in all lands on th lower peninsula - aino th. beginning of th packing-house movement has mad it difficult for agents to deal with land owners in that vicinity, and the advan tageous location of th Lov land make them especially desirable for residence. aa well as industrial sites. Armou Oompaay Bays. Th recent purchase by local men of th Gregg and Fore tract, amounting to about 1,700 acres, 1 said to hav been for th Armour company. Whan th - Portland Union - Stockyards " company- bought -100 acre at Maegly Junc tion it acquired nearly twice as much land as it would rsquir In it busi ness. Sine that time, it Is said, th company haa mad offers to sell s large slice of the land to th Armour oom pany, but has been advlsad that th Ar mour people hav already purchased all th land thsy will need on th penin sula. -' ' V ;' ; ' . ' The Oregg and ' Fore tracts, bought for th Armour .company. 11 between Columbia slough - and the Columbia liver, and 4 large part of th land 1 swampy.. In high water periods water (Continued on Page Three.) HOUSE TO-VOTE FRIDAY ; ;0N COLUMBIA BAR BILL ' X (Wsshlss-tsa Ssreea ef Th Joarsal r e " Washington,' April IS. Th house river and harbors oom- , e mltte Is expected to take final s action tomorrow, on th Col u in- e s bla bar Improvement Th sub-. e s committee reported thla morning ) . that an emergency existed, but s declined to xeprea an opinion e s as 'to whether th emergency e e was so critical as to constitute e an exception to- th other oases. r Major Langfltt and . Senator . Fulton and Oearl n , urged that e - th-appropriation be mad, but - s--ttetatonwas -reached" be-" ; yond an, agreement for a vol tomorrow Bom anxiety i felt a by Oregon's representatives con- . earning Ah outcome. ' A ' ' " Si k ' V ' ' a"" . .. . . . . I - '''' ' ' i ' ,; :v. .: .', .... ,.f a-: iit-i:. 11. ,1 v.', , , : , 7- . ; Governor Oeorge E. Chamberlain, Who Is Presiding - Over - the A-' ! Meeting of' Elks Today. ' GOLD III GIZZARD OF LENTS HEN William B. Mason Finds a Nug get, and Starts a Small Ex citement In" Village. ENCOUNTERS BLACK DIRT, i , IN DIGGING FOR WATER Dirt .Was Spread Over Farm and Chicken Picked Nugget From It Examination Discovers Two More Nuggets and s Trace of Color. '. Ther was gold 1n the rixsard of th hen that William B. Mason, a carpenter living near Lents, killed for his dinner last Sunday, And Lent Is excited. It is rumored that many small boys hav killed many fat hens thin week near the village to search th craws for color. and that th small boys' fathers hav been surreptitiously washing black sand in th family wash basin out behind th woodsheds. Bo far, no on , ha truck anything, particularly rich, but Lents is still hopeful. Mason, th man who mad th ftjrt first Una, cam xrom . w lsconsin two rears sgo and .purchased a flv-aor tract -two mile south of Lents, where he srected a- modest dwelling and tsrtd te cultivate th land. A month ago h began to dig a . well, and struck water at th-usual depth. - During th digging process a quantity of black sand - was passed through, a layer of miscellaneous drift, and than solid rock. Th sand was scattered around , th yard:' "'.'' . ' "'.; " Sunday morning Mason killed . a hen for dlnnar. As his wife was dressing th bird sh came across a hard sub stance ths Sit of a pea In Its gtsxard. Mason was standing beside her at th tint, and sh passed It to him with th remark: ' - "What ' Is that,' and whsr ' did ' the hen find ItT - Mason , washed th partlcl oarefully and examined it. . H saw that It was a small nugget.' Sine the hen bad been raised' on the- tract 'and hd never left It during her lifetime. Mason realised that the. nugget had been found on hla land.- H began to make an Investiga tion. In a henp of. black sand near the new well h discovered another nugget larger than th on taken, from th chicken. Th day' search, ended with thre nuggets In Mason's possession, "while trace of gold dust had bean found in th aand taken from th well. Mason visited an aesayer and was told that h had discovered gold. , CHINESE RAILWAY BUYS " v TIES FROM CANADIANS (Speetal IHapah te The Jearaal.) - ' Tsncouver, B. C, April 11 The boy cott sgalnst American business men Is largely for tl contract being placed with Vancouver mills by" Chinese rail way contractor. Ths ttesare required for th Ban Wing Railway company of Canton, China. Th. line will be. 100 miles long. ' t'hln Ten Km, a prominent crmtractor of Portland and Hmttl. Ma msnagnr of th company, whlrli oTsan ised wljA s capital of 13,000,000,. WILL KILL M TO RESTORE LIFE Startling Experiment in Artificial Production of Life at ChU ' cago University. ' " DOG IS PUT TO DEATH THREE TIMES AND tlVES Massage . Stimulant and Tonic. Re stores Animation to Canine Corpse and the ; Animal ' Trots - Off Con- , ', tented. ', .' :. .. .. ..." - , Chloagor April II. Startling rven to in most sanguine believers in th ar- tinclal produotlon of animal life, it wa said befor a clan m th physiological laboratory of th University of Chi cago that an experiment is to be made on a human being by which he will be deprived of Ilf and latr restored, and that a dog had been put to death and revived. thric.--.- ; - r"- r ---.-;- The thr successive experiments on a human being hav not yet been made. a) but one successful experiment In res toration) waa performed at th physio logical laboratory of th University of Chicago. Thr time a dog was de prived of It llf and three times by aid of massag and a stimulant Injected and tonlo th dog waa restored to life. Later th dog was turned loos on th street and went it way apparently none th worss for Its experience. - Th nam of the professor who mad the experi ment was withheld, v ,. ' Professor S. A. Matthews of the phys iological department admitted that th experiment was not impossible, but de clined to discuss th subject in Its re lation to human Ufa. He also declined to discus th experiment with th dog. Th experiment 1 considered of great Interest to th sclentiflo world , and marks a line by which it is believed It may be posslbl to restore life in cases where animation is suspended In the human body. , ; , j ,, Investigating tows Xasarano. ' Des Molnesr Aprtt-1 .Thr insurance commission today began th Investiga tion of Iowa insurance companies, r; t MMMMWMOM '1 Fail '.. It will he the irrrilxt Simdi Don Easter Sunday Journal ' on Easter morning;. Handsomely illustrated and full of good things ''' to interest you. . , ; . , ; " ; Read about Easter morning in the city of the Rer.?rr an intensely interesting article illustrated in colors. J ' The Ester Sunday Journal wi'l contain all the f chiWren. The coniii! colored pictures will be t' of. Turn antt 1'rit. tlte two bin porcu:iuc8 in t' f- have heen i '"?rviewe this week espec.iJIy for ' lie i r " t say to instruct anil amiM' ' 200 ELKS III Annual Convention Opens With Representatives From Twelve Lodges In Oregon-Gov-ernor Presides. PROPOSITION FOR STATE .GRAND LODGE FAVORED Gathering Will Indorse Judge Harry Melvin of Oakland, California, for Grand Exalted Ruler Some Favor Making, Office Salaried Position Frederick Wards for Lecturer.- : The annual convention of th Oregon Stat Association of Elks opened at 1 o'clock this aftsmoon in the local lodg hall with a largs- attendance of repre sentatives from th 12 lodge of Oregon. Governor George E. Chamberlain la pre siding. Business of importance to tb various lodges of th stats la under dls 1 cusslon. Probably . most Important among th matter being considered la th proposition to recommend to th grand lodg of th United States at It ' next meeting Id Denver that stats grand r lodges b organised to b mad up of delegates from state organisation, and ' that ths, present grand lodge be called th supremo grand lodg and b made up of equal representation from each' state grand' lodge.. , Among -other mat ters befor th convention ar th In- . dorsement of Judge Harry Melvin of Oakland, California, for th position of grand exalted ruler, th election of of ftoprs tor The- stat" assocTaflon. th: creation of a -new office in th grand ' lodg and-' several other " proposed ' change In th affairs of th organ- -Isatlon. --"' .v. -;.."f There are about J 00 delegates In at- . tendance upon th convention. Including ' iS from Portland lodge. Delegates from astern and southern Oregon began to arrive as early as last night and many reached th city thla morning. , ,-, Actios Only Advisory. ' . Th action taken by th stat associa tion will be only advisory. ' It make recommendations to th grand lodge and these may be treated by tb superior body as its members se fit Th higher lodg doe not recognise a stat sssocla tlon as an official organisation and it is for this reason as well a for others even more Important that it la desired that 'stre grand lodge should be organised. Th efforts of the member of stat associations la- to work these organisation Into stat grand lodges. ' . "Our main object in seeking a grand lodge for each stat. said Orand Trus tee John Laroont of the local lodge, "la to sec or fairer, representation in th -national lodg. I At present th grand lodge is made vp of past exalted rulers of local lodges. Thus It may be en that th eastern states, where there are -scores of : lodges- In a , state, have a farv; greater representation than tho west ern states, where organisations ar -few.' It we can scur a grand lodg for each state, then; th lodges of that common weal th .may b directly repre sented in a body which can look after the Interests of the whole better than., they can be cared for by the Individual organisation.- Then, by having a su prem grand lodge, composed of a cer tain ' number ' of delegatea . from each) state organisation, each state could hav equal representation, th national or ganisation would not.be so unwieldy, and befer results could be atUlned." . W1U Elot OflMTS. . -'Th movement toward this end will probably b indorsed by th convention before, the session closes this after. -noon. ' " " t : ; .The election- of officers for the state association will "probably be tb last ' thing on tb program, and up to a tat .. hour no forecast aa to th slat to b put through could b secured. Tactically all th lodge of th west. . ern state hav Indorsed Judg Melvin for th of tie of grand exalted ruler and th stat association is but adding It voice to the unanimous vot. - Ther : has never yet been a ruler of th high est lodg from west of th Rockies and th lodge this side of th dlviri feel that they ar ntttld to th elec- - tlonTof thUr cholc.-- Tbei-eleetlon oo--- - (Continued on Pag Thre. . to Get The niiwr ever nuriliiheft in Fnrtland