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TtiS FUNNIES IN . THE SUNDAY JOURNAL: :ARE FUNNIER; THIS : WEEK THAN EVIL - Journal Circulation 9 VOL. V, NO. 237, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1906. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. HtSaSVSS- 7 PERISH . , SUES FORMER FRIEND .SOLONS TALK ON RATE REGULATION ' ,-Xv.vlll 4 r,;-i ' f -7 . r--- ' .. i . 1 , . 1 THINGS OF J- ' Hi CORNELL fire Destroys Chi Psi Fraternity House, the Loss Is $200,000, Inmates Injured Oldest and Most Exclusive Fra ternity at ; University Suffers Heavy Loss Students Over come by Flames While Wall p Falls Upon Firemen. (Journal Ipcrlal hnlit.) Ithaca. N. Y.. Dec. 7. Fir this morn. Ing destroyed the Chi Pni fraternity houee. Seven people perished In the ' flamea and one other was fatally' In Jured. Tha property loaa ia placed at ioo,vo. The dead are: - a W. Crelie, student. New Jersey. W. H. Nichols., atudent. Chicago, II- ., unois. O. L. Rchmack. studenC Pennsylvania. A. a. Robinson, attorney; Ithaca, . John Ramsey, Ithaca, Katy Liandrum. clerk. Ithaca.' ' J James MeCutcheon Jr., atudent. Pitta- Burg. Pennsylvania, Fatally injured: " . ' - Clarence J. Cape, student. New Jersey. Roblruton. Rumaey and Landrum were Volunteer firemen who were assisting la , fighting the flames.- They were pouring water Into the window when the- wail fell, crushing all beyond recognition. McCatchon wss fullback on . the -Tvarslty- team. Willi t'oHe he attempted ..to fun lha gauntlet of Are 4a- tha -hell, aud unconscious, tha two were rescued. but he firemen could not reach Nichols and Rchmach.wh perished ' In the . flamea. Crelle'a body waa taken from the rulna burned almost beyond recog nition. ' ; ' The Chi Pat la on of the richest and 'moat exoluslve Oreek letter fraternities eatabllahed at Cornell university. Fire ' broke out early thla morning In the magnificent mansion occupied .by the fraternity, presumably -from ' crossed electric wires. -TQuliaing igjrttuatnrt some uiaiancs irora me ciiy. . SHEEP. SLAUGHTERED - IN YARD COLLISION (SveHal DUpetca to Turn J-wnuL) ""Pendleton. Or., Deo. 7. By the col lision of the two parts of a switching . freight train 11 sheep were killed In the Pendleton yards thla morning." One car of merchandise and two of- sheep were demolished. The aheep war from Twin Kalis, Idaho, consigned to the Portland atockyarda. No .other damage wm done. . , TE DIVORCES IN TWO HOURS ' - Judge Sears-Breaks All Local1 Records for the Separation of Mismated Married ; i ? . People By His Work1, Today Tea divorcee were granted by Judge Rears in . tha state circuit court this morning. This la the largest number . ef divorce aver tried end granted In ay on day in the local circuit court. Tha trials this morning occupied one . hour 'and half. Big of the applicants for dlvorea were women. None of the suits tried tnis morning were eon tested. .gag only tns number of witnesses re i aulred by law In each ease waa exam ined. Desertion waa the charge In eight f the'eutta. . One divorce -wss sranted for aruelty, and one for Infidelity. -Two babeg werg left tn TehHrf ITbfTT C LUlls by Ms wife, Anna LI Ills, In April. ItOI. After the woman had been absent several hours LUlls found a note front bar stating that ahe- did not In tend to return.. They were married at Vancouver Washington, la November, -llll. Llllle waa granted a divorce and the sue tody of the two children. With Amothot Kaa. ', " "Well, air. ah Just ran away with another' fellow, that .was all," aald Oeorge White when asked why Jennie White bad deaerted him in April, .1(01. White aaid tha other fellow's name Anderson. The litigants were mar- RABBI STEPHEN S. WISE. Who worked so ' faithfully and well for the upbuilding ot theUregon country ; HAS A MESSAGE of hop and cheer for; the people of the. northwest and the whole country in , THE SUNpAY JOURNAL A I Mr. Leslie Carter Payne ACTRESS SUES OLD CHI FOR L 7 v Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne Se cures an Attachment Against Norma Monroe for Money Al leged to Have Been Advanced to Pay Various Bills. , New' York, Dec T Mrs. Leslie Car ter, the actress, who married William Lewis Payne last summer, has sued bar former chum. Norma I Munro. for Mf.i. alleged debt, and Ties secured an attachment for that amount. The schedule of Mrs. Cai ter Paviio'a tlsluis agatnst-Mtaa Munro waa banded to her attorney In . September. It Includea these Items: Loan for Calve, . 1600; Academy of Music, S3.7S0; flower bllla, 1160; - coat of autorrjoblle and gecessor lea. H,l0; pearl bracelet. 171; gold and diamond bracelet, 1110; dog collar pearla. ii.suo; mree uttie rings, IJ70; replevin action against Mrs. Osborn, $1,500; bills ror . doming, doctors and necessaries, 110,000; presents to Tunla ean..Belaco and other friends, $10,000. These Items, with minor ones omitted, footed up to 157. when the schedule waa handed to Mla Munro'a attorneys. The attorneys aald thev did not know what had been struck off the Hat. , rled In September, 100. ' White was allowed a divorce, Grace James testified' that laaae K. James never -helped much toward sup porting her, and that her mother did moat of the supporting.. Desertion waa alleged to have occurred' In July.- ltOS. The littganta were married at Humph rey.. Nebraska, in April, 189S. . They have two children. Donald, aged years, and Haaet, aged 4 years, whose custody was awarded to the mother, Mrs. James was granted a divorce and waa por- mltted to . resume . her... maiden., name. nitcTilngsT ' Adelaide. ," Rhumway Vas granted a divorce from Charles T. Rhumway be cause of desertion beginning at Jack son, Michigan; In June. DOS. They were married at Pavilion, New Tork, In January, 1S82. ,i( .. i Was Jolly, Good eUow. .' "- "He waa Jolly, good netured fellow, who drinks and sports around and en Joys himself." waa the way -Fred' EL Back was described by a witness who testified that Back had, deserted Annie Back In April. 1903. The .litigants were married at MonttreMo, -Iowa, tn November. 1181. Mrs. Berk waa al lowed a divorce, tha custody of two mi nor daughters and the privilege of re suming her maiden nsTne. Boner." "T" A divorce wss granted to Amelia Keller from Ouatave M. Keller for de sertion beginning In January, If 01. They were married at - New Tork In March, . Anna B. Wiley , wss allowed a divorce from Ram MT Wiley on the ground of desert'oa at - Grants ' Pass. Oregon, In December, l0t. They were married at Eugene in November, 1817. Un, Wiley wag given the custody of her .. 1-year-old daughter. Henry L. Avertll was granted a . diverse from Nellie M.-Avert 11 because of Infidelity. They were married at Randstone. Min nesota, in March, ISOS.t William A. Mv Naughton was divorced from1 Annie Mc Naughton. and Annie K. Kowler was allowed a divorce from Charles N. Fow - 46 All ler, beta en the ground of desertloa, - , FOR PARKS Si rr Board Recommends to People of Portland That They Expend ' Sum for Purpose Suggestion to Include Purchase of Council Crest in Expendi ture of Amount Is Incorporat- ; ed in the Recommendation. Driveway Plan Is Favored. Recommendation thst' the people of Portland spend 1500,000 In buying and Improving new park- properties will be made by the park board before the first of the year. Thla policy was determined upon at tha meeting of the board this morning. Various, pieces of outlying realty are under consideration. The ' only one fixed - upon . ' already Ja Council Crest. whose IT acres Tieve been offered the city, for 100,000.: By resolution the board decided that thla property be In cluded In the list of prospective pur chase to be made up later. : Tbe aHggeationa . Included In the Olmatead plan tor ' an extensive park system for Portland, will be partially carried out .Thla will mean the eventual establishment of a parkway running along the hllla to the west of, the city and eatendlng fur several mllea.. The - view from tills parkway, which will touch such points as Council crest, will be una) r passed. f Mrs. Preaton Smith, wbo with W. K. and W. v. Bmlth share tha ownership of Council Crest, presented her proposal to toe ooara mis morning. vmi ui cuy o nave tnia uroo- erty for a. park." ahe said. -We have been offered IIOO.OOO for It, and my pannera say one man'a money la as good.aa another but I went the city to have It." This property covers the ton . and upas ot council urest. lying prao wcuiy insias uie.ioop zormed by the railway line. It fs th, crest of what was formerly-known as Ofas bill, and la the highest place on any of the many bills back of the city. The prop erty now being sold In lota Ilea to the eastward, and properlv sneaklnr la not Council Crest at all, as that name waa given to the knoll by George II. H lines a number of years ago. . Mayor Lane has changed ' his views concerning the purchase of Council Crest. A few weeks ago be told the park board the proposal would be de cried aa tbe apot was only accessible by ear and that a poor man'a children would never receive any-benefit from Now be believes the purchase of the Smith property would be a paying in vestment .'or the city not only aa an advertisement but becauae property val- uea are climbing up. . .. i acayo Cbaagea sis Xaeaa. . "That property around there will build up and wealthy people who want beautiful building el tee - will come to Portland and It will mean thousands and thousanda of dollara to the city," he declared thla morning. "Portland will get a reputation as a health resort and eastern people will come here In stead of going to that dry, cactus atrlcken place Los Angeles. The city could sell It tn five or 10 years at a profit If .It Isn't considered desirable. ; "Tha best thing to do is to put It up to the people. If they don't want to buy Council Crest and other park prop erties. It la their corpse and not ours." - The east aide of the Willamette will not be overlooked. Neither will the playgrounds for children be forgotten. Property now owned by the city but little Improved will' be dressed up to form a part of the great park system now being planned by the board. To pay for all these properties, whoae tout expense Is expected to reach an-I pnmnMm; 'UV.UUU, imfia must DS IS- sued. The voter of the city at the June election will be eaked to decide upon the advisability of this sup. : The board will hold another meeting In a few days to discuss the park sys tem further and to revise its estimates of next yeae'e expenses. . ... - CHAINED AND STARVED a Uoaraal Iseetal terries.! -: Ran .Francisco. Dee. T."The eaptaln of a whaler, when he gets Into the Arctic, Is monarch of all be survsya, and a common sailor cannot do any thing against his wishes." j This statement waa mads by George R. Castleman, a member of the crew of the whaling steamer Herman, when testifying in the examination ef Cap tain Walter 8. Vemum. msster of that vessel, charged with cruelty to four of his crew. ., - long Tula of Cruelty. ' Castleman was the electrician ef the vessel. He told bis tale sf cruelties and swore that he signed a statement to tha effect that he waa guilty of serious charge, whan he was -sctunlly Innocent, so ss to escape the torture te which he was subjected. . , .. Castleman stated that the captain charged hint and Harry Reynolda, W. J. -. V - ., , a. f j i. ...vr ' V ReprescnUtive W. H. Cbapin. leaders of House and Senate Voice Sentiments FAVOR RAILROAD LEGISLATION BREEZY BILL HENKEL HAS AN EASY TIME IN SUBPOENAING J01D. United States Marshal Finds His Job a Cinch Oil King " Charmed to See Him. (Jearaal Bpeetal Bervke.) New Tork, Dec. 7. .Breesy BUI Hen gel, United States marshal, baa grasped the tentaclea of tha oil octopus and llkee tha memory of tbe sensation. r-Ae-Btll ut it Uluiself,- li-ghooHbgnaswlVi Joha D. Rockefeller, Henry M. Vlagler gnd . others while serving them with subpoenas to appear as wlineaaes la ths Standard Oil case". In .Missouri and "never found a finer bunch of gentlemen In Ma life." , ' "Naturally."' aald the marshal. "I ex. pected to have some trouble after read - ing about ..ie time they had trying to serve Jonn jj. last summer. But, say. It really waa a, cinch tha softest thing I ever struck In my life, -. I felt almost aaluyned that I hadn't 'a ailver salver tw put the subpoena onhnrr"ent'up to John D. a house, after I had called him up by phone and told blm Unole Bam had a little business with blm. He aet the hour and minute be would see roe, and told me to come up myself. l begaa to think . somebody surely bad been lying about the old gentle man, his manners were so Una. In fact, I was a bit embarrassed when be be gan talking about the weather. I be gan - to spar : for- an opening,' nd he gave me -a chance to get In. - He took the paper and aald he was much obliged to me and regretted that he had given me the trouble of coming all the way up town. Then be shook my ' hand. bowed, to me and I ' bowed back. Hei alao am .led a few more times and then I left Mm with the paper in his band.? TERMS OF WHITMAN'S v DEBATE WITH PACIFIC (Special Dlipatrk te Tbe Joarnal.) Poreat Grove, Or, Deo. 7. Whitman college haa returned tha contract with Pacific university duly signed. It calls for three debates, the first and last to take place In Walla Walla some time between February 14 and IS. The ques tions were to be submitted by the home team on or before, December. L Tb visiting team haa two weeka to ehoQse sides. The subject returned with ,lhe contract Is, "Kesolved. That munlclall. tlea ahoutd own and operate their street railways." ( i DOGS TRAIL NEGRO v POSSE KILLS HIM ! (Joereal IpeHat Herri ce.) Pleasant Plain, . Ohio, Deo. T. Dogs trailed White, the negro 'murdorer of Marshal Baahors of Franklin, Ohio, to a thicket thla morning. A f,osse killed the fugitive. Pope'a Physlolaax Bead. - (Jooraal "pedal Rervlre.) Rome, Deo. 7. Dr. Lapponl. physician of Pope Plus IX, died this morning. Dr. Lapponl wag also the physician of the late Pope Leo X, and; attended him in hla last Illness. ' . . J T Inhuman Torture Inflicted-Upon Sailors-" ln "Arctic Seas' " Handcuffed and Triced Up, : ' and Cruaily Treated. Nobta and- William. Preaslsy with con spiring to mutiny;, he else charged them with stealing deer meat. The eaptaln called ths men 'Into his cabin and ordered them, after they had denied the charges, to be triced up. This waa done, . under the .direction of the cap tain and mate, ltandcnffs were placed upon their wiiata behind their backs and... ths men were-compelled to-itand n tiptoes. . Castleman ' testified that be was bald 1 - it Senator K..W. HaJneg. ALL DECLAR STATE SHALL ; BE PROTECTED Exact Remedy Is In Doubt, but " Need of One Is Freely . Acknowledged. Ballroad legislation. whether by means of a commission or. by reciprocal demurrage provisions, or some other means, will meet with the hearty favor of both the president of the senate and tha speaker of the bouse at the coming session of the legislature, provided the men now In tha jacet-for-thesa. positions are elected when organisation comes. On the needs, and the certainty, of remedial ' legislation, there 1 no di versity of sentiment among the candl datea. All are earnest Is their deaire to sea the people freed from the yoke of Insufficient eervloe and high tariffs which now bows down -tha commerce 1 and business of the state. t 1 Some look 'for remedy In the one direction, some in another, but all are searching stead- faatly for tbe beat possible solution of the pussle. ' ' Sorpeofsthe candidates look askance aT the resurrec tion "of sTTallroad" com mission on account of the history of the old commission, which la not a pleas ant 'one, but even these admit that It waa as much the lack of authority as It was lack of Inclination that made the old commission of no account. They hope that If a commission Is created once mora, the law creating It will give It sufficient authority to enforce Its opinions and .make its regulation ef fective. Reciprocal demurrage regulation le favored by others, but they each and all are willing to give way to' the will of the whole legislature one the ques tion has been thoroughly discussed and tbe aohitton found. All desire to see full and fearless, but at the same time just regulation of 'the railroads by law, and all will do their part to bring about the enactment tf such a. measure. ' What Haines Rays. E. W. Haines of Forest Grove, ons of the leading; candidates for president of the senate. Is much In favor of railroad legislation, though he bss not- riwclded whether he will support the creation of a commission or some other form of regulatory law. "I have been giving much attention to the railroad legislation question." said Mr. Haines, "but I have not yet made up my mind which particular form of remedy for present abuses 1 will sup port. Tha people need, and I think the legislature will provide, some law for tbe remedy of existing conditions. -- "If a commission should be chosen by the legislature aa the best form of regulation, I would be in favor of the members being appointed by the gover nor, for they should be held closely ac countable to aome one In authority. The last commission wss not a suc cess. I wss In the legislature when It wss abolished and since that time the people bave not looked with great favor on a aommlsslon. . It was elected by the legislature. I would not favor such a course nor yst the election by the peo- frrotriaeT'thoscTt'inrpmttteB-womd interfere. . r "I have been studying ' the question and have been consulting and will con tinue to consult various people who bave knowledge of railroad legislation in or der to gala the best possible knowledge (Continued on Page Blx.) IN DUNGEON up for 41 minutes. He was then lowered and with the other men was taken Into the bold. stlU handcuffed, and the fouej were locked to a chain, wblcn was sus pended between two stanchions. Ths men had to lie In one; poaltlon for H hours. " -" ' i , Trloed fog Torty-Rve Klaatea. The second morning they were taken back to the cabin and upon refusing to confess were again triced up for 4t minutes. Reynolds fainted from the pain. Castleman states bs wes kept chained up for 41 days. During ail that time be got only 11 full rations. To escape the torture Castleman de cided to confess that he waa guilty. To Attomsy . Rchleeslnger the wit ness stated that he stole the venison, but did not do any ot the other things charged. - 1 Harry Reynolds eorro bo rated Castle- J I : . -J .V v -"v n n ReprcgcnUtiva Frank Davcy. DONA GILLIAN'S SLAVER ARRESTED AND ADMITS - BE COUNTED MURDER , -':'.v David Cdrtis Confesses to' Atro cious Crime Police Think , nim insane.""" " 7 (Joeraal Special Ben tee. Dayton. Ohio, Dec 7. David. Curtis, aged IT, - was arrested this morning. having been traced by the Cincinnati Post. He confessed to the assault and murder of -Pona-Ollman. the young girl employe of the National Cash Register company, whoee mutilated remains were foun4 two weeks ago In ths woods near here,' after her mysterious -.disappear ance some days before. Curtis formerly worked at ths shops of the National Caab Register company. where he knew the girl. Ha aald to Cor oner Kline: . "I rode with Dona on the ear. When she got off I did also. I choked her to death, dragging her body into the oon mons. When I found she was dead I that I had done a dirty trick, and I rowed never to touch a girl again." The police believe Curtis to be Insane. He sticks to confessions of the crime. varying them with denials of the mur der. Two years as ""he confessed to a crime, and was afterwarda proven Inno cent.'.'' "" ,.' SPECIAL GRAND JURY '- IN WALSH BANK CASE ' (Jooraal Bpeelal Berrlre.) ' Chicago, Deo. 7. A special federal grand jury haa been called for Decem ber 17 to eonsider evidence In the case of John R. Walsh," Indicted as a result of the allures of the Chicago National and the Home Havings banks, the spe cial examiner having completed Ills work. ' ' . Fire at Holyoka, Mass. , (Joarnal Special gervta.) Holyoke. Mass., Deo. 7. Fire broke ont this morning tn ths McAuflan Wakelln block. The loss la 1100,000. FAILS TO SCALE ICY PEAK Brave VVpman Mountain ' " " r t ' o '" r 1 1 to neacn oummit ot IVIountain in - ( Joarnal Special Service.) ' . New Tork, Dec. 7. Miss Annie Peck. m5 TnoTOTsincTTmof'r. who tiag-proBamr been higher up In the. world than any other American woman, has returned to New York from Peru acknowledging her self repulsed, but not beaten, by Peek Huascan. Twice she attempted to reach the summit of the loftiest of the Andes and twice she failed. Choosing two Bouth Americans to act as guides and five Indiana aa porters, tha young woman set out la the early part ef July to climb the mors than 20,000 feet to tbe summit of the con a Before the first 1.008 feet bad been achieved one of the Routb Americans became creiy and the other proved a ooward. When tb party found them ! THEn The men who thought and planned for Portland, who made the present great, growing city possible, are still interesting, entities to this generation. That is why their story and pictures are published in The SWAY-.JCXjTT. NirLol nAvniirflrc ArA IllUhUI aSVSfVieiWIWr fllVr Taken From Counters By Order of the Chief of Police Patrolmen Have Orders to Ar rest Any Dealer Found VIoIat-. ing inei4iwvput ueajers jp near Resigned to the Order and Obey. . The merry cllokl cllckl of ths nickel ln-the-sl ot ' machino la heard no mora In the town ot Portland. Twelve bone fl red money-makers went out' of busi ness this morning. Cigar store and sax loon counters - were cleared. Waiai where you , will, you. can find no slot machines In sight In Portland. . Chief Grltamacber gave strict orders to all hla patrolman to promptly arrest any ons violating ths law today. But no arrests were made. No dealer oouldl be found who had violated ' tha law. Moreover, . none could bo . found -who would confess to any intentions of fighting the-law In the courts. That the abolition' of the machine will materially Injure the bualneaa of at least the cigar dealers Is frankly admitted by the dealers themselves. But none are willing t aay that the Injury will be ao great aa to drive any of them to the wall. 8om think the Injury - will be only- temporary, wnne others are of ths opinion that It will be permanent. , ' - What Dealers Thin. ' '' ' ' "Our receipts will undoubtedly fall off for a little while." aald Rig fiichal. "but I do not be U eve it wm o long oerore we are making as much aa aver. The sales, however, will hereafter depend upon the man behind the counter and the quality of the goode." -. On the other hand. M. FoeUer of the) Chamber of Commerce cigar store, be .. . L - . . - I l 1 1 V IJ wm. Portland hereafter. "Men Play the machine tor eigara oftener than they would put up their money for a straight purchase," saldl he. ."When they win they ar more lib eral. They glvo away-more to their friends and they smoke more cigars) themselves. On the whole, they spend, more with the machines than they would over ths oounter." -1 ' FoeUer said that about one Tourtu of hla receipts tn the past have) - through the machines. Nevertheleestis not In the least worried abour us future. Manager Schiller of the Schiller store on Washington street declared that the cigars paid as prise through nig) machines never brought the regular retail priced He admitted, however, that his business would be eorofewhat Injured PyXthe enforcement or the law, a the nickel travels more nim bly down a slot chute than over the, glass counter aa Against Sioa. ChlsfGritsmacher stated this Ing tbtt the report that ho had srdaredl (Continued en Pag Three.) Climber Twice Tries t ii- i ' nuascan, tne nignest South America selves far up In the wilderness) at i and glacial lc the man who was a coward quit , In August ths American woman sor prised the natlvea about the village ef Tungay, at the foot ot Huascan, by aa nounclng that ahe was going up the mountain again. This time she chose new porters and took double precaution agalnat falling In ber choice. The sec ond trip ended like the first, in failure. The porters were lasy, superstitious and sullen. To complicate things, the enow waa dangerous and there were snm places that had to be crossed which would have tried the eourag of n better man than any Indian. After 14.040 feet had been climbed Mlas Perk again gave up the'attempt. 4 ft ''
