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- V GOOD MORNING Journal Circulation 27,718 7THE AVS ATHER.- Yesterday Was Rin; southerly winds , breege along coast VOL, III. NO. 39. Members of Press Hold High Jinks Teddy's Panama Trip Topic of Satirical Fun Find Take-Off on Secretary Taft v- Who Is Made to Carry a Red T Hot Stove Labelled Cuba .Hearst-Selected-From-Down and Out Club for President (pedal Dispatch by Loiaed Wire to Til Journal) Washington, Dec. t. The president l. : and 12 other guests, consisting ot tn- - etors, members of the supreme court, members of congress, railroad presl- dents and diplomatic and lesser lights, wars entertained tonight by the Olid Iron club. For four hours the fun was fat and furious; - It began at the fall of the gavel, when - the guests were - seated at the table and continued long after the cigars and coffee. There was a fin takeoff on the secre . tary of war. Lata In the dinner the 'fattest member -of the elub, carrying a red-hot stove, walked In. Ha was made - up to represent Secretary Taft. When . called to order by the president of the club, he said the- stove was the Cuban situation; that ne was tirea or it ana that he Intended to leave It on the t- Walt -House stops. It was suggested to him that unless all the battleships , were out of commission, ho would prob- .- House. ' .... ..1. . i" Hearst Made woreraesv , There was a "down and but" dub (''from .which were . selected .of fleers for Cuba. William Randolph Hearst was elected governor. Representative Bab- cock secretary, John B. Moraa attorney " general. Representative Wadsworth 'vsm retary of agriculture. Secretary Mo des ry of Minnesota for tariff expert. .- ,...MO, .r r!Maao to Speaker Cannon to have con- i. . 1 1JT for statistician. One of the . most enjoyable features pf thejfllnner wssjthe singing bjr the rilub's choir. The song" to' Secretary Shaw was sung to the air ef "So Long, Mary," and was , In the nature of a farewell to Shaw, who. leaves the cabi net soon to go out and promote life presidential boom. . - ' . ' ,"So long. Leslie, we will rotas yon so: Bo long, Leslie, we hate to see you go. - "And we will be ail longing for you, Leslie, while you roam. So long. Leslie, we hate to see you go. back home." - . Parody oa Panama. The president's recent trip to Panama was told tn a parody on "He Walked Right In. etc." The chorus ran like this: "He sailed right in and turned around, then sailed right home again. His trip across the Isthmus strip " took him only-hours ten. - He asked hts questions on the fly, and scarcely stopped to say good bye, - (Continued on Page Ten.) STEAL 820,000 GOLD ORE FROM - G O LD FI E LD M 1 fi E Robbers, Tunnel Around Heavy Partition in Strong Room and ' Secure Wealths-It' Is Third Robbery Within Six Weeks on Famous. Jlohawlc-Lease. (Stveial Dlnpatrk by Leased Wire te Tba lonrnal) Ooldneld, Nov., Dec (.While the regular fores of miners were st work last night In the Hayes-Monnette mine In the famous Mohawk lease, a tunnel was excavated around the heavy parti tion of the strongroom and 16 sacks of the richest ore, valued at 120.000. taken out. The robbery was discovered this morning. The apartment from which this treasure was stolen was formed by a partition of heavy timbers being piaoea across the deserted drift. To add to the strength of the room strong wedges -were inserted between the tim bers and the walls. Of the drift. The robbers removed one of these wedges : aad In the place It had been dug a hole r enuring the vault. . The aperture was made large enough for a man to .enter and be able to remove the sacks. The Truett mine Is working no shift between the hours of 11 o'clock st night and T o'clock In the morning, and it la ''.ought probable that the robbera en tered through the shaft of this mine and removed . their booty through the asms shaft. .. This- robbery Is the third of a series Of depredations that have been com mitted on the Mohawk lease. . The first of these occurred October 0, when masked men held ' up and robbed the guards at the Hayes-Monnette mine, semiring are valued at $13. GOO, The second happened November , when the guards at the Frances Mohawk ware doped and $16,000 worth, icf or was Racked away, oa burros while tbey, slept. with strong PORTLAND, HUMORISTS LATEST PHOTO mm i "v..; ? : . r - Mark Twain. P WAHTS THANKS OFCbNGRESS FOR STAYING AWAY Li.'.:,.., '., v-'--- " ' Mark Twain Visits Capitol to Lobby .for Copyright BUI and ' Transgresses 'All .'Rules of pT3IteTlHoTi9epeportmert Without Being Ejected- (Bseeial PSjpewSi ay LasSaj WHS iT naaaat) Washington, Dee. t. Mark Twain, la one of his drollest moods and his own Inimitable style, sent a hurry-up mat- grees pass a vote of thanks for keep Ing away from It for 71 years and ar riving at this belated period only to skew It what It.jcaUx. Puhi to . do. Not content with having usurped Speaker Cannon's room, from which he la lobbying with the most brasen' ef frontery for the passing of the copy right law, the humorist ants congress to give him the right of the floor. . The visit of Mark Twain to congress is a source . of .constant Joy and un varying delight to those there. He ap peared today In somber garments. The white flannel suit and the sign of purity disappeared for the day. - Be fore making . his modest request to Speaker Cannon, a ' request which" has no parallel In the history of congress. Mr. Twain called on the president to get his support for the ' copyright bill as Mr. Twain understands 1L Emera Ing from the White House, where Mr. Twain did not know the rule of no quotations from the president. Mark Twain announced that the president wss with him. In other words, that Mr. Twain In a few minutes had brought the president over to his way of think ing about the bill. Violates All Sales, Mark i Twain knew nothing of the rules of the White House. He did not go there by appointment. He Just went there and , stayed , there until he .saw the president face to face. Other peo ple under similar circumstances have been "thrown out" Mr. Twain talked with the' president for only about, five minutes, and came out announcing that 'It la all right." If Senator Beveiidge and Senator Cul lom had declared -themselves - In that way to newspaper correspondents, they would have been called down by a note from the president. - , . , Mr. Twain's appeal to Mr. Cannon was characteristic in the extreme. He wrote as follows: y - "Te Dear ITnole Joseph: Please get me the thanks of congress not next week, but 'right away. It la very nec essary. Do accomplish this for your affectionate friend right away by per suasion it you can. Dy violence lr you must for , it Is lmpsratlvjaJhstLjet on the floor for two or three hours and talk to the members, man to man, tn behalf of -the support, encouragement and promotion of this bill. . , Only Wants a Oaaaoa. ', "Give me' a chance. Oct me the thanks of congress. Don't wait' for oth ers. There Is no time. Furnish them to me yourself and get eongress to rat- (Continued on Page Ten.) . Most of the Companies Pay Up From : Ninety to a Hundred Per Cent but Some Set tle at Seventy-Five, ' (peetal DlapatHi by aaed Wire to TW jnera San Francisco, Dec. I. The report of Professor Whitney Of ths University of California on ths Insurance situation tn Ban Francisco following the April dis aster has been approved and Issued by the chamber of commerce. Professor Whitney bases his tabula tion of ths various companies and their psrtormsAcss , upon 'a . coaslderaUoa , ot a HOW' INSURANCE OREGON," SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 0, 1906. T(l Ill, p- E TO Because He Would Not Wed Her, Annie Brad ley of Salt Lake Shot Arthur Brown Former United States Senator From Utah Seriously Wound ed by Bullet From Gun in Hands of Woman He Wronged Scandal Existed for Years. (Jonraal Special BerTlee.) . Washington;' Dec. I. Because he would not marry her, Annie M. Bradley of Salt Lake City mbo former Senator Arthur Brown of Utah- this afternoon at the Raleigh hotel, where both bad registered, for years the' names of the two have been ooupled together and it was a-result of their Intimate rala tlons that the shooting affair arose. Brown was removed to the Emerg ency hospital, where his condition was at once recognised as very serious. Two shots had been fired, one entering his abdomen and the other his right band. The woman was locked up In the first precinct police station... . - Mrs. Bradley came to Washington early In the day, registering at the Raleigh about o'clock. ' She was as signed to room 127, only a short ous ts ncs from the one 'Senator Brown had been occupying for several days-room Ml. About 1:10 e'olook Mrs. Bradley went A maid on the floor heard loud talk. Tula was followed by two shots; The staid called an elevator boy, who rushed ta the room, to find Senator Brown lying on the floor and Mrs. Bradley bending over him. . The senator was removed to the hospital. Ha was conscious. Mra Bradley waited In the room until a policeman same to place her under arrest. "All Utah knowa the reason for , the Station. She told the police that she waa the mother, of lour children and that Brown waa, the .father of two of them. - "I cams hero to make him. marry me; not that I lovo him, but to right a wrong," aba said. Szpeoted to Be Mrs. Brows. Mra Bradley inquired as to Mr. Brown's condition and asked If he had made any statement. She herself de clined to talk for publication until aha had consulted Senator Sutherland or other advisers. "I senr for Senator Sutherland be cause I know no one else In the city," she explalnedWhlIewaltlnKtobe searched by a matron. "If he does not come I don't know what I shall do." . Mra. Bradley was asked where her home was. "In Salt Lake City. If I may be. said to have a borne," was her-reply. A reporter but slightly acquainted with the circumstances asked her If Senator Brown was a Mormon. "He Is a Gentile in faith, but a Mor mon in practice. -- Mrs,- Bradley registered at the hotel under the name of "A. M. Brown." When questioned by the police why she used this name, she responded that she expected to be "Mra Brown" In. name before she left the hotel. -he Went Bast With a ana. ' ' About a . week ago Senator Brown came to Washington from Utah to make the argument for the St. Louis Mining company tn Its suit against the Mon tana Mining company. He had been at the office of the clerk of the supreme court during the day, and was to have made hts argument Monday. When Brown left for Washington Mrs. Bradley decided that she would follow him and have a quiet marriage In this city. She seised her first opportunity to confront the senator, wnicn was when he returned from the capltol. When Mra Bradley went ta Senator Brown's room to make him marry her xrlert a mssslva-juatol In a hand. bag. The conversation was limited to her demand that he marry her. Mra Bradley deolares she shot but once, and that the two wounds the sen ator received was due to the fact that he was holding his hand over the ab domen when aha shot. When Brown fell to the floor- his as sailant put a pillow under hla head. (Continued on Page Two.) 1 MR soma 10,0 settlements, information concerning which waa furnished by ths Insured and reports received from a number of savings banks. The profes sor's tabulation is as follows: Sew They Paid Up. ; Aachen aV Munich settled most, of Its claims st i per cent but paid to 10 per cent on many claims. Aetna settled st 100 per cent I Agricultural began by discounting at 71, later paid mostly In full, less 1 per sent for eash. v Alliance of Philadelphia paid InfulL less 1 per cent for cash. , I . Alliance of London, same as Commer cial Union. ' American of Boston settled at 40 per cent.. ' American Of Newark began by dis counting, later paid in fall, lass I par ' - '-'( ; i : ;- -v.-. - ....., ... ...A . : UTME.RS ATTRACTIONS AT THE NATIONAL ZOO aVLrT.nN MKL THEM'f THUR POSITION r. Urnoh v-latcJ ; ' ;.y , Z.-T. w su aja-i sasa ak m rtw f sirr m..- r ri si i i r " r if n i i I'-fTr t wri t m , r i . . 'in i j . i i i . i FRAUD CASES HEfJEY ABSEI1I Special , Prosecutor Cannot Get . Away From 'Frisco at Present Time and Cases Cannot Be atled-TirFetferal Court To- morro w. ; - The Oregon land fraud trials are a thing of the Indefinite future. No cases will bo called on tomorrow morning In the federal court at least none of those cases which have caused tba publlo to wait In suspense for the return of Francis J. Heney from San Francisco. Mr. Heney who was expected back In Portland yesterday, has not left San Francisco, neither has he sent word here either to United States Clroult Judge yilberU-OLtoJJnitad States Atr torney Bristol as to when he will be able to leave San. Francisco and the graft Investigation there to come to Portland to take charge of the land cases waiting for him. It was ex peoted by federal officials that Mr. Heney would reach Portland yesterday, and the Stelwer land fencing case, at .Mr. Heney'a direction, has been made ready for trial as far as ths govern ment Is concerned. Masat Beard lrom Xeaey. Judge Gilbert last night stated that he had not heard from Mr. Heney and did not know when the land cases would be taken up. He said no. trials would be called Monday, as none had been set down for any certain data Until Mr. Heney communicates with both Judge Gilbert and District Attorney Bristol and tells when he will be able to return to Portland, no effort will be made to resume the land cases. The federal court has been hard at work, with Judge- Wolverton on - the bench, clearing up the docket, which be came badly congested while the judge was absent in San Francisco and during the Mays trial. It would bo possible for the land cases to be taken up at tba present time with but little Inconven ience to the civil docket. The Schmlta- Ruef trial In San Fran cisco wt)l J fialled tomorro wXorlhe . aralgnment of San Francisco's mayor and boss, and upon the action taken there will depend In large measure the time of hearing the Oregon caaea If the San Francisco trial should be post poned, and the grand Jury work would permit, it Is possible that Mr. Heney may come to Portland long enough to try the Stelwer case. If not, there la no telling when the land fraud prosecutions will .-be resumed. 1 cent for eash. American Central paid mostly tn full, J to f per cent for cash. American ef Philadelphia, settled at 10 por cent. Assurance Company of America set tled In general at 76. Atlanta. Birmingham, nothing paid; offers of If per cent In cash and II per cent tn notes recently received. Soma Settle. Soma Boat, Atlas settled In full, less 1 and I per cent for cssh. Austin ire, M ta It, largoly at about 7t per cent. Austrian. Phoenix; denied liability, withdrew from state, paid no clalma , British America of Toronto, soms claims at II and SO per cent, but large ly at one third cash, one ' third ill mouths, ona third II months. ARF TIFt AYFIl: HFRn r. I'M.IA RIlflH IInFI FSs IN afrl Bll Hi I ' WfcfclllhK ' I - 1 ltllliW-l lllllll r VIWISW WWSaSaSaWW tso I ... I ' . , 1 I C0MPANES FIVE SECTIONS FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. mope; NoTrtiNCr AFFECTS EM 'J CREVI SAVED BY Wife of Light Keeper at Cape Beale Tramps Ijrr Storm : for Five Miles Through Bog to Send , Aid to Shipwrecked Sailors - of Bark CaJomar (Special Dlapatrh te The Jesrsal.) , Vtctorta,& C. Deo. I. The bark Co- loraa, bound from Everett, Washington, to San Diego, California, -went to pleoes off Cape Beale. on the west coast of Vancouver island. Thursday night. Cap tain Allison and the remaining nine members "of the crew have all been saved and will be in Seattle tonight. They owe their lives to a woman'a hero ism. By a most fortunate circumstance -the dominion gouerament steamer Quad--ra was close at hand when the accident occurred and succeeded In rescuing all those on board. Had the Quadra aot gnny'"?lnty "T nothing rTiild have saved the crew -and all would have undoubtedly gone to death before the rocky , shore . could ' have been reacheo. ' -'- Ship Bot Be worthy. ' Acoordlng to the story told by the crew on arrival here the bark Coloma waa not ' seaworthy. She could not stand the seas but an the contrary her seams opened when shs waa put to the test of rough weather. . For 11 hours Thursday night the crew were at the mercy of the waves on ths waterlogged ship, exposed to chilling winds, buffeted by - the storm and drenched by the waves dashing over them. Wednesday morning, when ' about II miles off Cape Beale, It waa found the vessel was taking water, with a strong wind blowing from the aoutheast. The wind increased and all day the men worked at the pumpa In the evening Thursday the steam pumpa were started but by t-o'olock, with the water gaining, seas broke over and put but .the fires. Shortly atter ths Coloma became water logged ehd the mainmast, mlxaen top mast and foresails went by the board. Huddled together on the deck at the mercy-of-thsrwavss-ths men blade what distress signals cbuld be made. Saved by Woman's Heroism. To Mrs. Patterson, wife of the light keeper at Cape Beale, the men owe their Uvea When morning - broke the pre dlcament of the bark waa seen and while her husband attended to his du ties at the lighthouse, ready to render (Continued on Page Ten.) ' . British American of New Tork, same as British America. 'Buffalo German settled in general at from 75 to to per 'cent. - Caledonian-of Edinburgh settled -from 75 to -M, but largely at about 10 per cent . i Caledonian American, same as Cale donian of Edinburgh. California, paid 100 per cent. Calumet, certain stockholders suta scribed - special fund ef 5500.000 upon agreement of majority of clalmanta to accept this, releasing the plant and al ready existing assets pf company -from further claims; surplus to policyhold ers at time waa 1176,000. Most Are Bonorable. Camden, nplved tn cpnflagraUon only as reinsurer. nor fROm DEATH PAY TriE AONDERFyt RHIN0SENATORV CREATORE.5 EVER J5ISCOVE.RG.P. heir: HIDGS2 COAST DEFENSE CASE OF. ViAR Lack of Men to Man Weapons Puts Country at Mercy of Ja- , pan or Any Other Nation At tempting, to Attack Pacifio Coast Say" Navy Men. (Special Olapeteb by Leased Wire to The JoaraaU San Francisco, Dec I. That In event of war the United States would find mora than two thirds of Its coast de fense guns useless through lack of gun ners to man them. Is the remarkable statement vouched for by army of -fleers both at the Presidio and at At lantic coaat etatlona. The sltnatlon Is regarded so seriously that every officer In the coaat artillery corps Is . exerting himself to the Utmost to further the passage of a bill now before the house looking toward' the reorganisation and the - Increased efficiency of 1 the . coast! dofonnca. Condition Is Bad. Many artillery officers stationed at the Presidio are tn receipt of letters from Captain Johnson S. Ager at Wash ington stating in - bald terms how se riously the service Is Impaired, and urg Ing the officers to exert their Influence to have -.the board of trade and other commercial bodies pass resolutions fa voring the proposed legislation, and re-1 questing them to write themselves and nave tneir xrienan wrue to me mem-1 Washington ststtng the necessity of in creasing ths efficiency of that branch of the service. Military Journals Including Army snd Navy Life, a semi-official period leal, recognise the urgency of the case and aupport the statements of .the of ficers. These sensational . statements are supported by officers of tho artil lery corps, who, while they decline to discuss Ihe jmatter'Tdf publication, have no neaiiancy in saying wnen mun that their names will not appear In print, that the situation la serious. Bave Oaas, Bot Ksm. "Ws have the guns," said an artillery man. There are none better In exist ence. - Our machinery is modern and highly efficient. But wa lack the men. This Is bad, because In event of war the militia could not be pressed Into service. Considerable training is required to en able a man to handle ona of the coast defense- guns. The government In now prepared to spend fl.OOO.OOS for fortlfl- (Continued on Page Tea.) LOSSES Some Concerns Withdraw From State Rather Than Pay What They Owe and. Others Plead Quake Clause, Cltlsen, In full, less I per sent for cssh. Colonial Underwriters', same aa Na tional of Hartford. Commercial I'nlon of London, 'earth quake clauss; settled ta and 76; claims of 1600 or less paid In full, and at least $600 on clalma of 1500 er more. JConUaued. B rs Two, OoiyrlfBt by W. B. HearM- PRICE FIVE CENTS. HIE IN FUELIIOE ..." . . " -. . Midst of the Winter Season May Find Portland Without tho Supplies of Coal Railroads Are Blamed, but Of flcials t Deolare Roads : Arer v Themselves Having Difficulty to Get Fuel Enough for Theti Locomotives."" - '- '' ' - That a dire fuel famine win fan upon Portland In the midst of ths wton ter season is predicted by M. B. Raa kin, head of the Independent Coal as Ice company and the Rock Springs Coal company, ths two. firms which handle a ' large proportion of tba retail ooal trad In thia city. . ; It looks to ms as If by tba middle of January there will be little ooal la Portland." said Mr. Rankin last night.1 "The railroads hsve Intimated that- they-wlU-furnish cars after tba holi days, but It has - been my experience that their word is not to bo depended on. . The railroads have poor mem ories. ,.. . As a matter of faet the fuel famine Is already felt in thousands of Portland, homes. The prices have gone upland the companies refuse to deliver mora than small auaaUtiesv at a tlma The companies are doing tho best they can." explained Mr. Rankin. "They are doing everything possible to. favor tba home people. What coal our com-. panlea have they are holding for do mestto useTWa refusa to selltorfno tories or te ship out of the city. Wa have not any bard, fast rule about tho quantity to be delivered to this houea or that, but our agents are Instructed to use their discretion." , Supply Giving Out. ,' Mr.' Rankin says that the small sup ply of the dusky product of ths deep mines Is fsst giving out. "Wa should be, getting -10Hona -daywhile only 100 tons a week are coming in," Is ths statement of the situation by the dealer. "Very little la coming from British Columbia, while the Australian coal la nearly all going to San Francisco, as the shortage' there Is severe. Only two Australian cargoes have eome to Portland this season. As to tne cause, ino mine people say "railroads,' while the railroads say nothing. The price of British Columbia . coal has increased t- a ton In the past four months at the mines. While wa have been compelled to raise the re tall price, we have not raised it that much. All the standard British Colum bia coals are now selling atM a ton la - Portland." " r Great difficulty Is experienced by the O. R. A N. and Southern Pacifio-Ha In Pre g-ffii lif nwffru enough fuel to keep CContinued on Page Ten.) YIELDS UP COin AND TIMEPIECE T0IIIG1AYHEII Resident of East Side Finds Himself Looking Into Pair of Revolvers Carried by Pair of Undersized Footpads and Obeys Orders With' Alacrity. While orf his way homeward last night at 10:30 o'clock Fred Blaster of Itl East Sixth street: was held up by two armed footpads at the corner of Union avenue and Hassalo street and robbed of a gold watch and 14 in cash. The pair were not "the long and ahort man." According to the victim, both were short men. Blaster had Just crossed the Intersec tion of the two streets when the thuga stepped out of the ahadow of a build ing and leveling their revolvers at kla head ordered him to throw up hie handa After securing the timepiece and money they admonished their vis um to remain oulet and ouloktr disap peared tn the darkness. Busier, as soon aa he could reach a telephone, communi cated with the police and several de tectives were detailed on the case. Blaster aaya that, the highwaymen were anmasked and he wite able to get a good view of thlr aces. He de- senbes them as being about 6 feet 0 Inches in height and aiuutiy built. Kaalt man had a email black mustache. From . their swarthy eomplexlns Blaster is ef the oplnloa that the thuga were Ital ians. One ef them wore a black rap and the other a soft hat, and from their dr both appeared te be nil lore. Ills belief In this particular la Strang hened by tne fact that the robbers started In tv direction of the river after the r Although the police are vilin' - Ing the eat side, no Inn n I pads had been Secured I "- ' J hour this lucrulni "1
