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s - - . .... . , ' . ' .-. ' - . ,( ' -.,- .' ,..' . , . - " ' ' . GOOD EVENING THE WEATHEK. - J Occasional rain tonight and Wcdnea , day; southerly winds. . ' "PORTLAND; OREOONT'TTUEiSDAY'EVENINGNOVP.MBER 20, lSOfl-SIXTEElsL.EAGESL ' VOL, V. NO. 222. J'BICE-.TW-Q-CEN.TS. , SKiMST mm mxvu .,to;h Joseph N. TeaL FLOOD DAMAGE AT. CASTLE ROCK NEARLY MILLIOH Conditions Assuming Brighter Aspect Business Being Re sumedForty Houses Swept Away Town Presents Most Forlorn Appearance. , ""'" . (Special Dtepatch to TV Jonraal.) Castle Rock. Wash., Nov. JO. Condi tion are assuming a rather brighter aspect hero. PeopU who lost their homes In the flood are getting; tempor 7 kDl qartre ana tonelneea Is rtMntt Mall Is being received and communi cation with the outside world Is again . established. The stammers Kellogg, Undine and Oeorgla Burton have been .brought up from the Columbia, and are plying between -Kelso and Oleq.ua. and ' the Northern Paclflo la transferring passengers around the washout by boat. It Is impossible yet to gtre a con servative estimate of the loaa of prop erty, but It will undoubtedly run up ' pretty close to f 1,000,000. So far no loss of life has been re- ported. The- whole south half of town pre sents a dilapidated appearance. About 40 house were awept entirely . away and half a score of others are either 'tilted otw or removed;, from. the Jots on which they stood. Some lota have been waahed out to a depth of 10 or II feet, while others have several feet of sand deposited on them. -' There are 'houses still standing with - two feet of sand deposited on the lower floor. . '" ' -r' ' : Articles of household 'effects and wearing apparel are being picked up along the river for miles below, but nearly everything found so far la ao badly damaged that It la practically useless. ' "- FRAGMENT OF STEEL t CAUSES LOSS OF EYE (Special Dlapetck te Tbe JearaaL) Barlow, Or, Nov. 10. A piece of steel from a sledge-hammer, flew Into U. S. Armstrong's eye Saturday. Ha waa taken to Portland to a hospital,' and It waa found "'necessary to take the eye at In order to save the other aye. PREPARING CONSTITUTION FOR OKLAHOMA STATE Outhrle, Okla., Nov. 10. The Okla homa constitutional . convention opened today and Is expected to last SO daya Ninety-eight of the 112 delegates are - Democrat. One of the Republicans, Rev. Henry L. Clound, la a full-blooded Indian. Man Wanted! . AVS OTHIK MALI HILT. TAIIOR who caa do ermine; experienced Brafarrml uin can oaoaar 1, K. Stern. 4A9 WaaMnfftm. at practice for young phalclaa Boa WANTED Bora and clria ever 10 te wrap aoap. I.uck.l, King Cake Soap Co., A FW more hoji about 14 to e-II aortone; ran nuke an to BO rente after echnnl; none but good, hnneet hoys need apply. f. Culver, Mi anlcnhcln. WANTED Two tint-elate enllrUorc; we ,. TiirnUh the waenn. Apply to Vienna Dre Worka. SH Tfclril at "WanTESwI eteaoj boy. 65 Front, romar uavie. WANTED--Rtfnnf hoy akont M veare old. 7aJamllBtlnJV0rjlratat. WANTED Roya "16" to I. work In f.fWT . Portland Aabaatoe Mannfaetarlng Co.. 238 Rnawll at.- a VTRIW OflM rnmeinn.", t, C" Bar rnrnar Co. 965 ftornod (. WAKXILD Itery maa er boy, whataar yee are worm aaf er sot, te read "Halp Wanted Kale" ada dally. As eseeptloaa! poattloa aaay be a Wirt te be ef fated yea, poa't nlas It. Nor Turn to the Classified - "Pages ' . AXS COST XmiMBEO LXt THAJf, JOUmiTAL WairTf A .-Ciri A W0AD. a " yp! : J 8 SAVE .'..'...", ' " ' RECEDE IS Judge Nortfjup. Makes Attempt Before Oregon-Bar .Association and Fails The Oregon ' Bar association e elected the following oftloera 4 thla afternoon: - President R. T. Piatt.- " " Secretary R. A. Letter. , Treasurer Charles J. Senna- beL ,. ..'..i :: ' - Contention and disagreement marked the course ' of the sixteenth annual meeting of tbe Oregon Bar association this morning. The storm swirled about a resolution Introduced by Judge H, H Northrup asking that the . grievance committee of the association bo In structed to recall the dlabarment.pro ceedlngs Instituted agalnat Judge A. H. Tanner, providing that the aupreme court was willing to allow tbe charges which are now pending to , ba with drawn Routine matters had occupied the at tention of the asaoclatlon up to the time when Judge Northup lntroduoed his resolution. He atated ta the association-that he -wished to present a resolution which waa of Importance, and thoj read to the members a resolu tion' directing the grievance committee the nullify Ita work la the Tanner case by asking the aupreme court to allow the chargea to ba withdrawn and the disbarment prooeeding to ba diamlsaed, Oefeada Judge Tawaev. '"JVdg4 Northup, in' supporting bis resolution, which had bean emphatically seconded by B, 8. Pa rue, said be had believed la Judge Tanner, and yet did ao. in aplte of . the chargea lodged against him. . He had known the. ao and he esteemed him aa an ornament to the Oregon bar. ' Hia trouble had come aa the result f unfortunate eon- dltlona where he had- been forced to fall through the bonds of an old and lasting friendship for a man who was In deep trouble and legal danger. He thought It was fitting to have the charges agalnat him withdrawn If the aupreme court waa willing. Pardon had been granted by the government; hia friends of the bar should also ba mer ciful. . F. V. Holman followed Judge Northup with a motion to Indefinitely postpone the reaolutlon. He held that auch ac tion would not be fair to Judge Tanner. It waa not fair for ao -few of the Ore gon bar to quaeh the proceedings, for it would not carry absolution from the stain of the charges. It the resolution failed, th speaker contended. It would mean that the ' asaoclatlon had con demned Judge Tanner. F. D. Chamberlain followed Mr. Hol man and aatd ha waa with the former apeaker. He waa a friend of Judge Tanner, had visited In hia house, en joyed hia hospitality, but ha Intended to vote agalnat the reaolutlon. The caae had been argued before "the au preme court and waa in their hand a If they dismissed It Tanner waa vindi cated. If it waa found that he had been guilty he should suffer and ba dis barred. Jadge Webster Talks. Judge I R. 'Webater came Into the breach at thla Juncture and mad a forceful plea that no action be taken. He contended that while the Bar as aoclatlon had dona things which per haps should not hava been done, still It could point to the work of Its Inves tigating or grievance committee wtth pride. The committee had dona a great work In the past and should not ba In terfered with. He said that if he waa a member of the committee and auch an arbitrary order waa Issued aa the resolution called for ha would resign afidtelt -the- association- to- do Its -own Investigating. v 8. H. Oruber asked Judge Northup to withdraw bis resolution and let tha aupreme court take Ita oourae with -tha complaint Xayter dives Xla Opinio. Oscar Hayter of Dallas, a member of the grievance committee, followed Mr. Oruber. The reaolutlon, he said, was' moat unfortunate. If It prevailed ha gave It aa hia opinion that In tha future (Continued on Page Two.)' COUNT BONI OFFERED $400 A WEEK JOB ON VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT (Jonrnal Spoeta! Kerrlee.) New Tork, Nov. 20. Keith A Proctor, fie theatrical magnates, have cabled Count Bonl de Caetellane an offer of too a week for a to weeks' engagement et a vaudeville olrcult Caatellane's specialty, ahould ha ac cept, would be a demonstration of a vordamsnshlp on tha field of honor In I ranee. Keith Proctor accompanied tie cable message with a businesslike Itter avnlainlns? tha of far. In detail. .It ,li their fiurposs'la tbe event of Couat EM P. W. Mulkey. WANTS COUNTY TO PURCHASE FALSE TEETH Pat" 'White, Prisoner at Kelly . .Butte, Says He Can't Eat Jail Fare Unless He Is Provided With a New Set of Artificial Grinders. False teeth are demanded of tha eounty by Pat 'White, a prisoner serv ing a nine months' sentence st tbe eountv health resort and good roads In stitute at Kelly Butte. . White baa been at tha yoekptl 40 !aye. bat hao already ahown himself to be such a willing sad efficient wlelder of the hammer that thi guards believe his requests ought to b considered, and have re commanded him to the eounty court. Whits haa not a tooth In hia head. Sunday Commissioner Llghtner visited the aubjall with Assistant txmniy Physician C C. McCornack. White availed himself or the opportunity to explain that the diet given tha prison ers at the rockplle la difficult, of maatl- AA.tytM m a tnnthl.M man .nrl k wA not pay for a aet of false teeth for him. White's request waa brought before tha eounty court thla morning by Mr. Llghtner. . He said the guarda at the rockplla reported that White la an. ex perienced man with a hammer, being a particularly capable drlllman and - a willing worker. aosage-Orladev May -Do, -- Commlasloner, Barnea euggeated that It would be cheaper to buy a aauaage grlnder for White to chew his ration with. Judge Webster thought of In structing the cook to make soup for his benefit. Alt agreed after, aome discus sion that the beet workman at the rock plle ought to be afforded facilities to eat his tneala with, and Judge Webster finally atated that the falae teeth would be purchased for White If ba would a tree to work for the county after the expiration of hIS sentence and pay for them. Vfae teeth will coat 110. White says he Is the victim of un fortunate circumstances. Only a ahort time ago he waa released from the Washington atate penitentiary at Walla Walla, after serving eight yea re. He came to Portland and had bla teeth pulled, thee .to - kill the pain drank liquor. He took too much, and while Intoxicated he borrowed a pair of trou sers and forgot to return them. Be fore he could arrange for a aet of falsa teeth he waa aentenced to nine montha on the rock pile, and now ha haa to look to tha county for teeth. COYOTE BILL AGAIN ON . TRIAL FOR MURDER (Journal gpeelal Service. 1 . Helena, Mont., "Nov. 20. K T. W. Beenkove, known aa "Coyote Bill," Is on trial hers for the alleged murder of Wil liam Blrrlg, of Missoula county, last June. Beeskove was convicted of mur der In the first degreefbut a new trial was granted by, the suprVme court, and It -waa sent hwre on change of venue. "Coyote BUI," who owns a ranch In Rattlesnake valley, haa for yeara been a noted character, and haa been more or Icaa Involved In tha courts for a num ber of yeara. - A Jury had not bean se cured up to a late hour. . STo iqilljon From Oaraegte. , (Journal Special Samoa.) New York, Nov. 10. Andrew Car negie today denied the atory that he had promised Congressman Bartholdt tl. 000.000 In furtherance of peace plans. Bonl's acceptance, to attempt to arrange a aerlea of fencing exhibitions with tha moat noted experts of Europe and America. ' Thla even beata tha offer of the Cafe Martin, the proprietor of which cabled Caatellana Sunday offering him a Job as inaltre d'hotel at 210.000 a year. If he accepta the restaurant offer the count Will hava his' keep for nothing.' The Cafe Martin haa had ' counts In Its employ before and Is. holding Jqb open lor Castellans, . .. am JAM y y s GOVERNORS WELCH CONGRESS v S All States Represented at T(ansiiJritMeet- .. ing Flags of Latin- America m Hall President Francis Delivers An nual Address This Afternoon, Alderson to Speak for Western Federation and Loveland for San Francisco Sufferer. T" 0- tJoarsal Special gerrtae.) Kansas City, Mo., Nov. to. AT thou sand delegates fillsd Convention hall to day at tha opening of tha seventeenth annual convention of tha Trans-Mlssls-slppl Commercial congress. Tha largeat and moat notable delegations repra aented California, Texaa, Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Iowa, Mlaaourl, Colorado, Arlsona, Waehlngton, Oregon, Wyoming and tha Dakota n. - Every, state and territory In tha Union waa represented today. Tha Audito rium waa crowded. Delegatea were ar ranged by states as In a national polit ical convention, Au oeotone will be publlo. The flags of tha five Latin American countries, tha representatives of which speak tonight, were mingled with tha atara and stripes. J. B. Caae of the executive commit tee called tha meeting to order. ' Ad dresses of welcome were made by Coir onel Fred Fleming, ' Governors Folk. Franta, Hoch and Mlekfy, Senatora Stone and Warner. David R. Francis, president will deliver his annual ad dress this afternoon. Victor Alderson. president of the Colorado. School of Mines, Is authorised to speak "for the Western Federation of Miners. Colonel H. D. ixrveland thia afternoon will ax press the gratitude of the Paoifio coast earthquake sufferers to tha country for rauel. At the beginning of the afternoon session tba committees ware appointed, credentials examined and the conven tion regularly organised. There pre- llmlnarlea ooonpied. tha greater part of lna-Aeislon The program for the congress la only partially outlined. , Following tha pro cedure of former years the executive committee haa decided that It would not fix any sat time for the discussion of various topics. They will be taken up In order.- - As rapidly as ona a ex hauated another wll be lntroduoed. ' . In (Continued on Page Two, "BE GOOD BOY," SHE SAYS, THEH TAKES HER LIFE Suicide of Mrs. Timothy Collins Jn Presence of Her Young Son . Makes a Record of Four Self- Infllcted Deaths During Past Twenty-Four Hours.' "Bo a good Itttle boy." With these words, addressed to her 6-year-old aon, Mrs. Timothy. Collins poured a quantity of carbolic acid Into a cup of coffee, swallowed tha concoction, and, throwing herself on a sofa, paased Into a state Of unconaclouaness which ended In death this morning at 1:60 o'clock. Mrs. Collins suicide waa tha fourth which took place In Portland yesterday. Three 'took their- Uvea by-drlnklng car (Continued on Page Eleven.) Mrs. Timothy Collins., y : - J" ' j i i . . : :-'' ".; . Y TO BE TRIED IN y y : f WIDOW DIED . 1 FROfOISON " ' ' ' Latest photograph oi Harry K. Thaw, whom District Attorney Jerome today asked that a special venire of Jurors ba summoned on December 3 before Recorder Goff. OREGOHIAII HAS MAKES APOLOGY Threatened With Libel Suit, the "MomtnapertusestJo Time In Assuring Senator Fulton . and .the . PublioThat . lt Was All a Big Mistake. Tea, there'a a vast difference between an outraged man In .Washington, and an Indignant brother m Portland, That'a tha whyfore of tbe apology to Senator Fulton that the "only" news-' paper made this morning. .A demand for retraction went with . preliminary atepa for criminal libel proceedings, and tha white flag went up in a hurry. On November 11 the - Oregonlan printed a local news atory bearing the headline "Suspects - Ftilton of Land Frauda." Government agenta ware given aa the authority for the atate menta that tha aenator would be impli cated In tha conspiracy to obtain fraud ulent entrlea on tha Umatilla Indian reservation. ' ' ' ! Senator Fulton in Washington said he would demand an explanation and that he had Instructed his attorneya here to learn the source of the "Only'a" Information. To thla the worthy editor replied that his paper would always and forever print the newa, "let the ohlpa fall where they may." But yesterday, Clyde G. Fulton, a lawyer and trie "brother" of the aenator, came to town. Ha had Informed a num ber of his friends that be had instruc tions to go to the bottom of the caae. He did it. So did tbe Oregonian It says. This morning. In the courae of an abject apology to Benator Fulton, It blamea a reporter for "Imposing" on the paper and says that no government agent Is trying to Implicate the aen ator. . - TRADE NEW FOUNDLAND FOR THE PHILIPPINES (Joarnal Special Serrlca.) London-. Nov. 80. In oHrmnt circles. It Is said, that Great Britain has suggested that the United Statea trade the Phlllpplnea for New Found land and Jamaica. Washington haa promised to conslrter the propoaaL The stand that New Foundland and Canada wonld take la not mentioned. BAD FRIGHT AND i . , : FUG JACK O'BRIEN STUDIES CLASSICS SO v ' AS TO WRITE A BOOK (Journal Special Service.) Loa Angeles, Nov. 20. ' J'hlladelphU" Jack O'Brien la making good hia asser tion that a prtxeflghter Is not neces sarily a man without ambition along other lines, and aa O'Brien's greatest ambition la to aome day write a book, he la letting no grass grow under his feet In preparation for the teak. Aa a result, Herbert Forder of Oxford, Eng land, la at work dally with OBrlejn teaching him tha rudiments of hlatory and taking tha big boxer by s short out DECEMBER murderer of Stanford White, for APPREHEI1S10II IS FELTCOIiCERIIHIG -CUBAN TROUBLE Small Evidence of Pacification In island Dissension and - Dis satisfaction Flt on All Sides Doubtful Whether Trouble Can Be Staved Off. (Joarnal Special Servtoa) Washington, Nov. 20. -Aprehenslon In Washington over, tha Cuban aituatton haa Increased rapidly within the laat few daya Secretary Taft created a condition of peace when he visited Hav ana, but there waa email evldenoe of pacification. Cabinet officials know that tha pres ent trouble haa been made graver be cause there waa not proper time for tins government to formulate any defi nite plan for the conduct of Cuban af faire. Governor Magoon, practically without preparation, waa sent Into tha very heart of a game of revengeful eroaa purposes and full of possibilities, even probabilities, of dire dlfllcultlea If Governor Magoon la able to pre vent violence until the election ha will accomplish that which It la feared can not be accomplished. President Roosevelt and Secretary Root are determined that orderly gov ernment ahall , exist In Cuba, and that under It there ahall be safeguarded free elections, independent courts and self government. CHINA'S FIRST JUDGE' SAILS FOR THE ORIENT (Joarnal Special Service.) - Ban Francisco, Cal., Nov. 20 Judge E. It. Wllfley of St. Louts, who haa been appointed by the president tq bo tbe first Judge of the newly crenjted con sular court -in China, la among tha pas sengers booked on the Korea selling to day -ftvrth-rleTit; Other nntahlea on the pasaenger Hat are Consul General Rogers, who Is stationed at Shangai. and Senior Ben! to Legarde, a native member of the Philippine commission. Standard Trial Is Set. . .Joarnal Special Service . Chicago, Nov. 20. December 10 waa aet by the federal court thla morning aa the date for arguments to begin on de murrers to indictments charging tha Standard Oil company with rebating. . ThroughrThe classics"; " A visit to O'Brien camp after- work houra ' showed Forder and O'Brien at work wtth the works of Walter Tatar, the lyrlca of Tennyson. Gibbons' "De cline anr Fall of the Roman Empire" and eoma of tha beat modern writers, including Ibsen. . T O'Brien shows by his talk and man nera little a1gn of becoming a literary genius, but la Arm in tha belief that he will shins among tha stars ef the lite rary firmament, hnrrrin nin Autopsy Shows Stom- acrforuead-VYornan" Contained EvidenceGf Murder or Suicide Probably Killed Herself to vent Trial, as She Had Often Threatened to Do In Past e Esther Mitchell Supposed to Have-Known Cause of Death (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal) Seattle, Wash., Nov. 20. Tba asset er's physicians who analysed tha atom ach of Mra Maud Hurt Creffleld. the widow of the lata Edmund "Joshua' CreffleJd, tba Holy Roller leader, ported thla afternoon that enoogtx poison waa found In tha stomaoh of the) dead woman to kill several persona. It Is therefore evident that tha somas wag either murdered or oommltted probably tha latter. Mrs. Creffleld waa tha daughter of Cv V. Hurt of CorvaUla At tha tlm ol her death she was In prison with. Kaths Mitchell, both charged with the murdeg pf Bthera brother, George Mltoceii.- who was killed by his slater in rev an g , for tha murder of Creffleld. She dle4 auddenly about midnight last Friday -night, aupposedly from heart disease. She waa burled yeatarday bealde tha) body of. her husband. Esther Mitohell who attended, exhibited tbe first' alga of emotion aha haa. shown slnoa he crime, and It waa believed that tha bypnotlo spell -under which Ssthar had, : been held by the alder woman .wag broken. . .. . ' . - Suloide wag threatened by both wo men when flrat arrested and a oloaa watch kept over them "to prevent them from carrying out their threats. Bottt expressed a desire to die frequently. Lately, howerer,officlala have been off their guard by tba changed demeanor of tha women whloh Is believed now to have only been a ruae to secure tha polaon. ' How tha poison waa smuggled la la a ' mystery. It Is believed, however thatEsthe5MltcheHls . in the . secret, Tbe closest kind of a watch Is belnaj kept upon bar to prevent her following In the footsteps of her friend tha men tor. ..... Soma Damage as) Athena, Aaa (Joarnal Special Service.) ' Memphis, Nov. 20. At tha otata ag rloultural college at Athena, Alabama 10 realdencea were blown down by the) recent storm. No lives ware loaC' tTnloa Man va. Tobacco Trass, "Minneapolis, Minn, Nov. 20. The) boycott committee of the Federation, of Labor haa recommended that union aid n fighting tha tobacco trust. Onloagw Hotel Buns. Chicago, Nov. 20. -The- slx-stors) Canal atreet hotel - building waa da atroyed by fire thla morning. Tha loaA -la $110,000. , ASKS BRIDE TO PROVE HER LOVE THEH KILLS SELF Wealthy Cousin of Miinonalm ' Corey Throws Wife to Flooi and Tries to Stab Her She, Pleads for Life, He Bids Fare well and Commits Suicide, (Joarnal Special Service.) Braddock. Pa, Nov. 20. "if I though you did not love ma I would kill mya self." Thls-was-msrtufden of jealous fear expressed by Andrew Carasglg Baldrtdge, a wealthy cousin of William Kills Corey, end tha youngest son si John Baldrldgs, a Wealthy property owner and flnancietr one of tha trie ol Braddock'a richest men. when ha oom mltted suicide. For two hours previous to midnight Baldrtdge pleaded with his wife ts prove her love for him, and aha re aaaured htm. It la aUeged that brooding over tha' attitude of relatives cauaed Baldrldgs to be aelsed with a mania, and ha three hia bride of six weeks to tha floor, dree a hunting knlfa and tried to kill baa. They were alone In tha henrae e Baldrldge'e sister. Mra Julia Smith, oft Klrkpatrlck svenue. " The brias tiea.iedTff sperrrely for her Ufa and the husband lifted her to hag feet; then, elttlng at a table, he told ha he would leave her all he had. He roes) from the table, embraced har. and theta. before aha could comprehend what fet waa about tt do, placed tha muasle 0 4 Remlnston rifle In his mouth, pulled th4 trlgser with his foot snd blew off hU head. ' A moment before be had lold f brlde he was only tasting her Wr threatened to kill has. l .;. V