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VOL. V. NO. "238.
PORTLANDOREGON,SATURDAYj;VENlNGlPECEMBER 8 1908. TWO SECTIONSTWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. JKU?AV
cists
E SELECTS 1100
Li U
LiA0 TO COAST
ENTIRE LINE f
TO BE BUILT
IN 3 YEARS
Line Follows St. Joe
River to; Mouth and
- Crosses the Columbia
Near Tekoa-
Connects at Maple Valley With
JHarriman - Line to - Seattle-
New Road From Black River
Junction to Tacoma Use
Harriman Tracks to Portland.
' (Joornal Sped! tarrln.)
Chicago, . Dee. I. Definite announce
ment of a new railway from thla cliy
' to the Paclflo coast wag made today by
the Chicago. Milwaukee St. Paul Rail
road company. It la atated that the
extension to Butte,' Montana, will be
completed by January t. 108. Work
will begin Immediately to complete the
line to Tacoma and Seattle. The entire
system will be In operation early In
. ISO.
r- Fwm Butte westward, the-Hna fofr
lews the Deer-Lod re.' Hell -Geter Mte-
sou la and fit. It vie rivers to a point
" about four miles west of Salteee, Hon
- tana, where the ascent of the Bttterroot
mountains begins. St. Paul pass, at the
summit. Is reached at an elevation of
'v 4,300 feet, and a tunnel 1.600 feet In
-length ts 'necessary In crossing thla
range, -
Crosses ZJae at Vekoa. '
The Una follows tha drainage of the
St Joe river to within a few miles of
its mouth, and crosses tha Idaho-Wash-Jngtonlate
llnajiist..nst of TgJroa
Wash. The Columbia river will' be
- crossed by a bridge of fifteen spans,
having a total length of 2,764 feet.
At the Johnson creek summit, SO
miles west of the Columbia river, there
will be a tunnel 8.400 feet in length,
and at Snoqualmle pass there will even
tually be a tunnel two miles long at
the maximum elevation of J. S feet,
but for the present operations through
) the pass will be by a surface line at
"a maximum elevation of 1,010 feet. "
At Maple Valley. Washington, con
' nectlon will be made with the Columbia
' Puget Sound railroad, over the tracks
of ' which access will be obtained to
ample terminal property purchased at
Seattle by th Harriman company. , A
new line will be constructed from Black
River Junction, Washington, to Taco
ma, where a large amount or terminal
property haJeibee"B- secured.
- Sastera Section of Boa. "
Tha eastern section of the new line
extends from the present terminus at
Olenham, South Dakota, 10 miles west
of Aberdeen, through the Standing Rock
"" Indian reservation. The atste line be
tween North Dakota and - Montana Is
crossed' at a point about eight miles
- west of the Little Missouri river, and
the road follows the Yellowstone river
from Terry, Montana, to Forsyth.
- Leaving -the valley of the Yellow
atone at Forsyth, tha line follows Por
cupine nd Home creeks to Musselshell
Talleyi'(which Is followed to Harlowton.
where connection .will be made with the
Montana railroad. 4 '
' At Lombard the line - crosses the
-Northern Paclflo railroad overhead, and
the Missouri river by a six-span bridge.
(Continued on Page. Two.)
STO R E R MAD ESCA P EGOATTO
-GO N 6 E ALT-EDDY-S-B L:UND ERS
Correspondence Shows That
Roosevelt Himself Urged Am
bassador and . Wife to
' Work for Ireland.
(IpMlet Dtaretek te The JearaaLI
Washington. D. C, Deo. I. Bell;
Storer, former ambassador to Austr
- has stirred up a- mass In the caplt
the- publication of his eorrespotv
with President Roosevelt over tjhe si
- leged Intrigue of the ambassador and
, his Wife with Tatlcan authorities, with
the purpose of making Archbipiop Ire
land a cardinal.
Sterer severely scores the president
for dismissing him from the ifilplomatlo
service. Copies of Storer Setters and
correspondence have been i-fent to the
' president, members of the fablnet and
the foreign affairs coram lsttee of the
. senate.
Tl correspondence ahos the famlt
lar relations or tne presf (tent and the
torers from fhe time Roosevelt
was governor , of New .Yrk. Just' aner
the Spanish war. Btorrfr asserts that
Roosevelt himself, whljf, governor of
i New York, urged the Ktcfnn t0 tnr
inuwnn wun in vat
ran for Ireland's
Grorer'
CLEVELAND SICK
Doctor States Thif Ex-President
Is III From Acute Indigestion
-Every Precaution - Is Being
Taken but Patient Shows No
ImprovementIs. iri-Pain. :-
Princeton." N. J-'; Dec, tt.-Orover
Cleveland Is ill at bis home, Weetland,
of acute Indigestion. He has been ill
mora, thana v week anaV ahows -no rm
provement." )very precaution la being
taken by hla family physician and by
Mrs. Cleveland. Dr. Carnochan said
Cleveland Vs not in - a tery serious
condition. rut was in pain.
Asked If Mr. Cleveland was suffer-
trig from
thlng except Indigestion, he
replied:
I hav
no kndwledge of anything
else.
He sal
Mr. Cleveland had been III
for some
time, and only; by . the most
extraordl
ary efforts had he seen An-
drew Car
egle, who called Wednesday.
We
nect Mr. Cleveland out In a
few days." coLtlnued Carnochan," '"but
I cn"t t)ell exactly when."
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COLORADO RIVER NEAR
DANGER POINT' AGAIN
. ' ' .
(Jonrnal SneeUl Serrlee.t .
Vom JAngeles, Deo. I. The Colorado
river 1A again approaching the danger
mark, lit is now six feet above the
norma If The Southern Paclflo ts work
ing a large force along the levee and
Intake! of the imperial canal to. prevent
another break. The gsuge shows 21
feet And still rising. The rise is due
to hefivy rains in the mountains, v . .
Saa Baba Wiped Out. ; r
(Jnnrnal Sperlal Set-rlca.) ,
El I'aso, Tex.. -Dec. t. Fire last night
wlpe.l nut the business section of Ban
Babal The Rss Is tlOO.000.
a nawii
J 4 U
Immmmd ttU .1 11 in 1 1 t m Wl sT
Mrs. Bellamy Storer.
promotion, believing that the prelate's
well-knowa , patriotism would aid la
Iff COUrif RY HOME. TEACHIHG
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wm m
Cleveland.'
DON'T BELIEVE
Local Publio .School Officials
Scoff at President's 'Idea of
Establishln Shooting Gal
.. leries In the schools and Call
. It Unpractical:,
J
Officials of " the : , publio . aohools of
Portland are disinclined to consider
seriously the recommendation of Preal-
dent Roosevelt for tha establishment of
shooting galleries in public schools. In
deed many characterise tha recoirlmen
datlon - aa ' ridiculous and unworthy a
president's message to congreBa. "
In his latest annual message President
Roosevelt expressed the belief that
shooting galleries should be established.
He said:
"We should establish shooting gal
leries In all ths large publio and mili
tary schools, should maintain national
target ranges in different parts of. tha
country and ahould in every way en
courage the formation of rifle clubs
throughout all parts of the land."
Many of Portland s public achoul of
ficials believe that there are more Im
portant things for children to learn than
how. to shoot.' Portland mothers who
fear that perhaps the use t firearms
msy bo added to the curriculum are
assured that Immediate alarm ts -un
necessary.
Whet ITlttenberg Saye.
"Our country has not yet reached the
point where It Is necessary to teach
children how to shoot," said Director
Herman Wittenberg of the school board.
"Such a recommendation aa that of the
president Is looking entirely too far Into
the future. And. Indeed. It would ba a
dangerous experiment There would
be too many accidents and deatha. -
"But, really, the idea is too- far
fetched to receive serious consideration.
I think tha president must have men
tioned It In his message without giv
ing If much thought, Just as Be did the
(Continued on Page Two.
Inconsistency Shown in Letters
From President Sent to Mem
bers of Foreign Af:
'' ' fairs Committee.
solving the problems connected with the
Catholic church In the Philippines. Later
letters of Rnosevelt'a as prrpldent are
published evidently- to show "the presi
dent's Inconsistency.,
One letter of the president to Mrs.
Storer. dated . December 11, 1905. after
the efforts of the Storera In behalf of
Archbishop Ireland .began to attract at
tention, .. contain the following (Pas
sages: 'Your direct or implied complaint of
and reflection upon my own personal
enndurt give me no concern, but I am
very gravely concerned at the mlachlev
oua effect your . letters must have in
misrepresenting the position of the
United States government, and by the
far-reaching governmental scandal your
Indiscretion may at' any time cause-.
"Your letters not only convey a to
tally wrong Impression of my attitude,
but they are suoh as you have no busi
ness whatever to write. In view of the
position (of your husband la tha diplo
matic service.
WIRE NEWS
SERVICES
Publishers Press Is
Secured by Journal
iZirv -Adclitionr-to the
Hearst Report
Journal Now Supreme In News
Field-Oregonian Loses Its
' Leased Wire Service It Found
Necessary to Supplement As-
sociatecLPxess-With.
The Publishers' Press full leased wire
news service has been secured for the
Journal. In addition to the. Hearst leased
wire service, giving The Journal the
full report of two of the largest news
gathering organizations In the country,
and with ita complete special dispatches.
making The Journal supreme In the
news field. j
Xs Oregonlan'a "boss.
The Journal's gain Is tha flresonlan'a
loss, for the latter parpen reeognixing
tha superiority of the Publishers Press
over the Associated Pras, found It ne
cessary to supplement tha. latter with
the Publishers Press.. On the purchi
of the controlling interest In the Pub
lishers press by . tha , Scrtpps-McRae
Press association, however, the Journal
as a client of the latter, waa given the
Publishers Press service In preference
te the Oregon lan.
Over . 200 of the largest morning p
pere In the United States take the Pub-I
acknowledged to ba without a rival.
Supreme la Oregon. i
The readers of The Journal are al
ready familiar with the . Hearst newa
service. With the Publishers Press ser
vice also. The Journal will still further
Increase Its lead in news, circulation
and advertising over all competitors.
Another mammoth prees has been or
dered from the Hoe people In order to
handle The Journal's rapidly growing
circulation to better advantage, A 'dally
leased wire news service has been eon.
traded for, which will be Installed as
soon aa the wire la completed. In every
way The Journal is enlarging and Im
proving to maintain its supremacy as
the newspaper of the Oregon country.
LARRY SULLIVAN IS SUEO
FOR REPAIR: BILL-
Henry Berger Company Wants
Fifty-Two Dollars the Firm
: , Says Is Past Due.
Larry M. Sullivan, corporation' mag
nate and mining promoter, was sued for
tbl for repairs in his residence by the
Henry Berger company, paint and. wall
paper dealers, in the stata circuit court
this morning. The complaint states tnat
the repairs were made In Bulllvan'a res
idence at Its North Eighteenth street in
August of this year, at tha request of
Sullivan.
Berger asserts, that he has demanded
tha payment of the bill, and that no part
of It has been paid, though it was long
past due. An attachment waa sought,
but Sullivan Is not In the city, and the
sberlXX:C9Ullnotscrve It on him... AU
torneys Caldwell and Reeder, appear for
the paint and paper dealers. . ,
COTTON BELT ROBBERS
SECURED RICH BOOTY
(Joans! Special gerrlre.)
Palestine. Tex., Dec S. - It Is learned
that six train robbers who murderously
assaulted Pacific . Express Messenger
Orlssett on a Cotton Belt train at Eylau
Saturday secured close Co 1110.000. Five
of the robbers are now under arrest.
Your WANT ADS
received until 10
o'clock; tonight for
the big SUNDAY
JOURNAL Rate
only five cents a
line7 Results? Yesj
splendid. Try one.
DESTROYED BY FIRE
mm
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K; ; t, b IT I -a - - !
Chi Pal Fraternity House at Cornell
Burned Yesterday, Causing a Loss
' Thousand Dollars in Property.
G R E LLE , G 0 R n E L L -
DISASIEOiaTlfil
WHERE
Young Man Who Met Tragic
' Death Has Brother and Many
, Friend and 'Acquaintances'iri
. PprtlfleitJ
-Brother' Leaves for
East
Fate Bad evidently seleoted a tragi o
death for young 8. W. Oralis, a brother
of C. E. Orelle, of Portland, who was
killed In the fire that destroyed the
chapter house of the Chi Pel fraternity
at Cornell university yesterday. Orelle
waa in a runaway accident with hi
father four years ago In which his
father waa Instantly killed and the
young man himself narrowly scaped
death. Orelle, In company with his
mother and sister, visited his brother
In Portland, tn tHs summer of 104. and
made many frlenda among the younger
set Chester a. Murphy, who Is an old
Cornell man and a close friend of C. E.
Orelle, told of young Orelle this morn
lng. He said: . .
"Orelle was a freshman at Cornell
and was one of the moat popular men
or his class. He was "spiked by nearry
every ' fraterritty"at"tha-unlveraltyv.and.
for a long time was undecided ss to
which one he would Join. He finally
selected the Chi Psl and was an active
member at the time of his death.
'The young man waa In Portland two
years ago last summer In company with
his mother and sister and last year ac
companied tliem to- Europe. At that
time C. K. Orelle of this city went to
New .Tork to see them off on their for
eign trip. Mr. Orelle left this morning
for New Tork, where he will take charge
of bis brother s remains.
(Continued on Page Two.)
CLIMBED TO; TOP OF
MOUNT M'KINLEY UPON
WOOOALCOROLIIET
....
Bad Luck From the Start for Ex
plorers' ,Party -Dogs Ate
' Horses Peak Scaled. .
rioorssl Sreeial Semes.)
New York, Dec '$. Dr. Frederick A.
Cook told the Explorers' club last night
how he climbed to the top of Mount
MrKinlev on a diet of wood alcohol.
His party left Seattle on May 10 last
and had bad luck from the start. ' The
Esquimaux dogs ate the horses and
some of them got away. Ice cold rivers
were crossed by swimming, and snow
drifts and quicksands were encountered
before the base of tha mountain was
reached.
A barty of seven, tied together with
rope, ascended 8.000 feet of foothills
to perpendicular cliffs l!j.0fl0 feet high.
An old trail led to the top.
The 'party had dried-beef and tallow.
hard biscuits, tea. sugar and pea soup,
which wood alcohol, used for fuel, had
soaked and which they were compelled
to eat. Tha temperature at the top was
It degrees below aero, and their hearts
pumped violently, while their noses and
ears bled, it was an errorrTo- nrt -one
foot after the other.
Terribly exhausted, the party reached
the top On September 1. but could re
ntal , but 10 minutes, swing to aisai
nesS and numbness.
VP
Unix
Uniwrity, Ithaca, N. - Y Which
of Seven Uvea and Two Hundred
BEATEN BY THIEF
GIRL LOSES HER
BIRTHDAY GIFTS
Sixteen-Year-Old Maid Awakes
to, Find Burglar, in Room -
--Screams on Being Told to
'. Keep Quiet and Is Knocked
r 'Insensible. .
(Sserlal Dkpttcn te Ths Jnaraal.)
San Francisco, Dec (. Beaten Into
unconsciousness by a burglar who had
stolen Into her room and robbed her
of Jewels that had been presented to
her was the first experience of pretty
Edith Hoefler of 119 Halght street on
the morning of tha anniversary of her
sixteenth - birthday. 'Shortly after" 4
o'clock this morning Miss Hoefler, who
la the daughter of Attorney L. M. Hoef
ler, was awakened 'by the sound of some
one moving softly about over the floor
of her chamber. In telling of. her
perlence. Miss Hoefler said
I heard the man, but supposed It was
one of the family and did not speak. I
must have moved about in bed, for the
next I knew,-a ahadow came gilding
toward the bed. a soft hand .was' laid
n--my- forehead, and aomeone said, 'Be
quiet, aweetheart. and I won't hurt you.'
I was so frightened that t could scarcely
breathe. At last I could stand the
strain no longer and scresmed. Imme
diately he struck me upon the head
with something soft and yielding. I
yelled 'once more, and he struck me
harder.- This time I must have gone
Into a swoon, as I remember nothing
more." -
The girl's sr reams roused the family.
but the burglar escaped. The plunder !
which the burglar made away with was
valued at 1360. and consisted of a pearl
necklace, three bracelets, a pair of dia
mond earrings,' a gold watch and chain
and a beautifully embossed silver mir
ror, which Mr. Hoefler had Intended to
present his daughter on the morrow In
honor of her birthday. He ransacked
the house-but, took ilttle- besides the
f Jewelry.
Two Fine reatures
That will be appreciated by the readers of The Sunday Journal who knew
.ths old. Portland and those who lovs ths new, will deal
With the First Mayors
The men who planned and built, for ths enjoyment of the present and
future generations, sndwlth "
An Old -Time Statesman
Thev latter article Is a fins appreciation of Carl Schurs, his work and
the' impress he hss made Is American politics., snd.la by -' -
1 Rabbi Steph
I Many other capital features .will be published In tomorrow's paper,
4 ' Including the funniest funnies on The coast, ths health and beauty hints
for women, a full record of. tha doings In society, a resume of ths hap-
penlnga In the worlds of muslo and drama, sporting events, and ail the
T news of the day that Is worth reading, which will make
i THEr SUN DAY J O URN AL
5 The Best Paper in the West t
MY GET
Unless Supreme Court
Rescinds Its Order
- Prosecutor Reames
. May Dismiss Case
District Attorney. Declares New
' Trial Was Obtained by MIs
. representation of Facts
SaysJenningsSister-Woulcl
Plead Guilty If Tried Again.
Unless A. E. Reames, the district at
torney from Jacksonville. Oregon, wha
Is at tha Portland hotel and who prose,
cuted Jasper and Dora Jennings for tha
murder of their father. N, M. Jennings,
at Q rants Pass, can secure aa order
from the supreme court rescinding Ita
order granting Jasper a new trial, ho
aall probability drop the proae
eutlen. 1 Jasper was convicted" Sad aen
tenced to be hanged last January, but
on appeal to the supremo court waa '
granted a new trial. Hla sister Dora
was acquitted. Reames now declares
that If Dora were to be put 00 trial
today aha would plead guilty. In speak
ing of the case Mr. Reames said this'
morning: ,
"I am on my way to Salem, where I
will ask tha supreme court to rescind Its
order granting Jasper another trial. Ha
waa granted tha second trial on a tech- '
nicality made on a falsa showing f h
1 facta and. Jaw in. tha record. This. spe-
wa uie testimony or Wlck
ersham, the superintendent of the nin.
near tha scene of the murder. Wlck
ersham waa one of tha first persons to "
visit the house after tha murder had
been committed, and in . taatlfvinr r
asked him to illustrate h
cloae the man who did the deed stood
to old man Jenning s bed. In reply '
Wlckershara prefaced his testimony by
saying: "I think,' which gave the at
torneys for the defense tha opportunity
to say that I asked for an opinion. Tha
recorda very clearly show that this waa
not the case, and I think that I wtu k -.
able to show to tha members of tha su
preme court that Jenninga Is not an.
titled to a new trial.
BTew Trial Means Acquittal.
A new trial, would undoubted! re
sult in an acquittal for-the convicted -man.
AU r the witnesses have been'
scattered and It would be next to lm
possible for me to gather teatlmony suf
ficient ror anoiner verdict of aulltv.
Of course the testimony! hss been ex
tended as In all cases, but It la doubt
ful In my mind whether It would ba '
binding with a jury in a criminal case,
especially In a case for murder.
Dora Jennings If placed unon thai
stand today would undoubted! nlaed
guilty to the crime. When aha was ao-'
quitted she ran- about shaking hands
with all her friends, even golna to their
houses to show her feelings. She soon
found by their looks and actlona that
they believed her guilty and she baa "
gone Into retirement She Is no longefl
the same girl . ,
Tried to Aeouee Slats.
"Jasper Jenninga tried hard to threw)
ths murder upon hla sister, but with
out avail. He tried to make his 11-year-
01a orouier lie 10 impeach hla sister,
but the little fellow would not alt
him. All efforts to make the boy say
that Dora had made away with Jasper's -rifle
were futile and Jasper had to give -up
his attempta to secure aid from ths
lad. - ' - - -
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