The Oregon daily journal., December 21, 1906, Image 1

RADDI STEPHEN S. WISE TELLS SUNDAY JOUR.N AL HEADERS OF THE WOES OtT PERSECUTED -KVZ
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THE WEATHER.
Rain tonight and Saturday; south
east winds.
PORTLAND, : OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING,'- DECEMBER 21, lm TWO SECTIONS-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE-TWqENTS. lilSimP SSnl
VOL. V. NO. 249.
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Workers Sawing Rails
Under Car Which
. Pinned Hicks Down
When Tunnel Fell
Wonder Grows at Remarkable
Vitality and Will Power Shown
,. by Man Buried in Earth for
V: Fifteen ' Days Will Be Freed
Probably by NlghtT ': u i.
(Jeurasl Special Service.) '
1 . Bakersfteld. Dec. SI. Stilt thers has
bssn no' rescue of U E Hicks, and still
thar- wonder grows of his remarkable
vitality nd will power. Tbta morning
It u reported that tie bad been' re-
,' leased, but at noon the rescue party
was still hard st work. -
Conflicting; reports come downjtfrom
the mountain. Mow. rescue Is Imnrment,
and the next hour the releaae Is Indefi
nite. - Hlcka himself seems confident of
... bis early release. . . "
The failure to complete "the rescue Is
' keenly felt In. Bakersfleld. On the
streets, St homes and at' business houses
everything Is laid sslde for the dls
, eusslon of work on the mountain. Grand
preparations were made last night to
"celebrate th-crrcellng of. tUeTecuoTy
whistles and the ftrlns-6ff' cannons.-En
thusiastic men are sleeping beside the
., ound producing Instruments. News
paper offices are swamped with in
quiries ss to the progress of the rescue
work. .a"'.. "''' - " -,-irv
Oat Balls trades' Xln-
t Hicks' release was expected late last
night but the reeeuers encountered no
; forseen difficulties. At 14 o'clock this
' morning workmen began cutting the
rails from beneath the car la -which
- Hicks was Imprisoned. - v
For II days L. B. Hicks has been
burled tinder CO feet of concrete and
. granite so tightly that he could not even
sit up. He was caught In a cave-In In
the Kern river" tunnnel of the Edison
Electric eompeny and only the car
under which ha took refuge kept hire
from being crushed to - death - by the
avalanche of the slide. ...
After lve days of Imprisonment, dur-
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OWNER TO PAY FOR WATER
Renter Should Not Be
? dares William Hey,
Inspector in His
Beooramendatlon that the earner of
the house Instead of the renter pay the
water rats Is mads in the annnsl re
port of William Hey. city plumbing In
spector. . .' ... 'k
-A great many owners and landlords
" Belters anything good enough to rent,
while they keep the house they live In
In good repair," says Mr. Hey In his re
port filed with Mayor Lane this morn
ing. Tbey believe when plumbing Is
: ones installed In a rented house that it
' should last forever, when in reality tt
should be gone over every year. I
-would recommend that the property be
' mads to pay the watsr rate and have a
flat rats of payment for, all water used.
I believe they (the landlords) would
. then keep their plumbing in better repair.-
The plumbing inspector offers orltl
slsm of ths water department. ..Says
bst
"I have asked ths water board for a
four-Inch main on OUn street to run
from Dawson (00 feet south, and was
turned down because ths street was not
graded, which I think is a poor excuse,
as ths country In that locality la prao
tJoally level, and very llstle extra work
wsnld be required. If any.
There arc now 14 houses em a one
rach service pipe, and tt Is useless to
l try to. get rid of the open vaults when
ths people are without water.
Ths same trouble exists In Irvtngtoa
of East Twenty-eighth street on
Lucky Baldwin:
Once Again in
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' (Jearnel Speelsl lervtee.)
Ssis. Bernardino, CaL, Dee. 11. K. 3.
"Baldwin has made a rich gold strike
sn tbs desert . This news wss brought
hers by miners, who ars excited over
Baldwin's slrfgular stroks of lock, and
ths report wss corroborated when Bald
win sent to the recorder's offlcs a big
batch of locations.
"Lucky Baldwin Is In ths Saratoga
ftprlnga region, far' out on ths desert
With him sre H. A, Unruly Robert John
son. L. R. Rush, Charles Fawcett and
C --- L, Tacker. They havs Died oe
WALL STREET
BOARD OF TRADE
AT CHICAGO SPLIT
BY DISSEUTIONS
Be Two Boards Within a Few
Months Unless Some Radical
. Changes OccurTrouble Due
f to Era of Bad Times In Spec
ulative Grain Trade.
(SfMclal DUsetefe te The Joanul.)
Chicago, Doc, SL The Chicago board
of tradethe pi
the world. Is In danger of splitting In
twin-as the result of .dissensions if bleb
for months have taken attention from
the markets and made the floor of the
exchange a great debating school
votes by the general membership yes
terday accelerated a movement whicn
has tended toward a break In the ranks
of the board for several months. Un
less a radical change occurs there will
be two boards of trade in a few months.
V Amendmeats Toted Sows.
One amendment, which was-voted
drown, provided for the filing of claims
against tnen who are In debt and the
compulsory transfer of their member
ships. This change waa Intended to do
away with that class of members who.
In the words of an ex-presldent of the
board, "are possessed of one trading
card and a lead pencil."
The vote showed that there Is little
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Forced to Do so, De:
the City Plumbing
Annual Report x
Broadway, Weldler and streets in that
locality. "
."I believe this matter should receive
Immediate attention, as I believe the
people are entitled to water for aanltary
If not for fire purposes." , ,
Ths Inspector declares that ths city
Is growing so rapidly that sxtensions
of sewers snd water mains can hardly
keep pacs with the growth. - "Sellwood
Is badly In need of sewers,- he says.
He suggests that aewera put In now
would save ths small, property, owners
the expense of a cesspool, which could
be applied en their sewer assessments,
bound to come sooner or later any way.
He also asks for better drainage for
ths region south. and west of Portland
Heights, for an sxtenslonsof the Tanner
creek -and Marquam gulch sewers.
"University Park, Portsmouth, WoM
lawn. Mount Tabor, Montavtlla and in
fact all the outlying districts are badly
In need of water," he declares.
Mr. .Hey says some provision should
bs mads for examination of plumbers'
apprentices. He writes: "I believe it
to the -Interest of ths master and Jour
neymen plumbers to Instruct their ap
prentice and turn out good mechanics,
not as they ars turned out now, a detri
ment to the master and journeymen
plumbers." . .
Mr. Hey ssks for sn Increase In his
salary- to mike It 1110 a month. This
Is the sum being received by ths build
ing Inspector. He also asks for $138
a month' for Deputy Inspector BerrelL
Strikes it Rich
Nevada District
SO prospects snd two mill sites; ths
ledges show high vslues In gold, silver
and copper. " " TJI
Baldwin,, who made the first discovery,
has ths choicest locations, i -
Charles Ounham, who brought ths
first news of Baldwin's luck, states that
Baldwin lied been touring the Nevada
camps In a' private car. Tired of rld
I lg; he strolled over the hills. Jocularly
saying, he would come 'back a mine
owner.. He returned shortly with rock
fairly aulas with gold tracing and ths
sntlrs party stampeded for the diggings.
FINANCIERS PLANNING MULTI
nt
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From Leftjo Right John D. RockefeUer Jr James Stijlmari. President of National City Bank; J. Kerpont
. . v ' Morgan, Daniel Guggenheim and Murray Guggenheim. -.V ' ".
TOTO
WORLD'S BIGGEST
TRUST 10 OWII
LL OUR .HUES
Powerful Interests In Wall Street
Quietly Moving for a Con
solidation of All thai Great
Mining and Smelting Interests
jf tho United States.
(Joer.il gpeefifl Serrlce'.)
. New Tork, Deo. 11 Powerful Inter
ests In Wall- street ars quietly moving
for k consolidation, of all ths great min
ing and . smelting Interests of the
United States . that will dwarf svery
other combination thus far effected in
the financial world. '
The Standard Oil company, the Oug
genhelms snd the steel trust magnates
are the ones who will ultimately get
together. Thua far only preliminary
negotiations have taken place, but ex
perts say affairs ars taking such s
trend that ths great combinations re
ferred to must unite to protect them
selves. The only obstacle In ths way
la public sentiment, which It la ad
mitted, will be aroused as never before
if this greatest of all combinations is
undertaken. Involving billions of capital
and practically making a monopoly of
the mineral productiona of the United
States.--
Those moet active In promoting the
new multl-bllllon dollar combine ars I.
Plerpont Morgan and ths steel trust
magnates, the Rockefellers. James Bllll
man, , president of the National City
bank, and the Ouggenhelmg of the smel
ter trust, which already controls the
copper and lead mines of the conn-try.
TEN TERRORISTS :
EXECUTED AT RIGA
f loams!' Speetsi Sen Ire . I ' c
v Riga, Dee. si. Ten terrorists were
executed today. They were guilty of a
series of robberies, bomb, outrages snd
murders extending over many months.
HARRIMAN AND. HILL IN
ANOTHER CONTROVERSY
A big deal Is on between ths powers
of ths Northern lines snd ths Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific, the 'result
of which V.U1 determine whether ths
Harrlman roads may uss ths new Wil
lamette river brldge-and peninsula cut
of the Hill linns, or whether the Harrl
man lines roustttnove and rebuild the
steel bridge and tunnel under ths penin
sula. Aa told previously In Ths Jour
nal, Harrlman railroad men ars con
vinced tbst they wilt bs unable to com
pete on an equal looting on ths present
heavy grade of Sullivan's gulch or ths
round-about way vis, St. Johns. .
One of the worst features - of . ths
Southern Pacific and O. R. st N. saat
aide termlnala is ths restriction on traf
fic at the east end of tbs steel bridge.
Belong as there was no competition,
Harrlman officials saw no fatal weak
ness in the present practice of send
ing out tralna of SO to SI loads with s
doubls header op the hill, snd a strain
ing of couplings and motive power In
pulling trains sround ths curves to get
en or oft ths steel bridge Caused no
apectar xmeastTress. Buswlth-tho pros-
poet ahead of seeing ureat Northern,
Northern Pacific and Burlington freight
trains come and go with ease hauling
60 to 10 loads across ths peninsula with
a single locomotive, the management
of the Harrlman roads has corns to a
realisation that something ahould be
done to place them on a fairer operating
basis. ' - -
Xaslest lroposlloa. ',. -Ths
first and easiest proposition la
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- BILLION DOLLAR MERGER OF
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CONGRESS REFUSES AID;
(SUNDERS ARE PEOPLE
WITHOUT A COUNTRY
rrabitantsavV4.o1Real-Crt
Izenshtp Anywhere and Can
not Be Naturalized.
. Washington. Dec SL In spits of th
president's recommendation, no cltisen
ship for Porto Rico will bs granted by
this congress, probably not by "next
There are said to be grave matters of
publlo policy Involved, which might be
seriously . complicated If citlsenshlp
should. . be granted at- this - particular
time. The objection-to eltltenahlp for
Porto Rico Is based upon the condition
ftfTKe population, and ths" largs percent
age. of mixed Hpanish and- negro. The
proportion of Illiteracy la large. .
The condition of the people of Porto
Rico Is anomalous. ' They havs no real
citizenship anywhere. No one ' knows
just how far they could be protected
by an American passport In a foreign
land. Not being foreigners, they can
not be naturalised In the United States,
and not being citlxens, they cannot vote
unless the supreme court decides that
Porto Rico Is an integral part of the
United States, and that ths people are
citlxens of this country, at leaat when
they come to this country. '
Many opposed to citlsenshlp for Porto-
Rico say that the situation there must
be treated In connection with --Cuba.
Most believe that ths government,
which is to bs set up at Havana, will
prove a failure, and that there Is scarce
ly any doubt that ths United States will
take Cuba for better or for worse. Al
ready this country has a hold In San
Domingo, which it will not bs easy to
relax. , ' -
Under snch conditions. Republican
leaders ars particularly alow to estab
lish a precedent In Porto Rico, which
may later on cause trouble In tbs other
West India islands. andr ultimately in
ths Philippines. .: .. - ... ,
veil Oase Dismissed. , . .
Salem, Deo. . SI. The case against
Fred Mell, the young man charged with
embnsxlement v by W. W. Irwin, ' the
Aurora butcher, was dismissed by Jus
tice of the- Pesos ..Webster sfter a
goodly number of witnesses had been
examined. : - .-, t i - i .
Big: Deal on to ,: Determine
Whether Harriman Roads May
Use the New Willamette River
Bridge and Cut on the Penin
sula. "V -; ' ' ' ' -
that of Joint uss of IhS Willamette river
bridge and the peninsula cut to Maegley
Junction for ths O. R. A N. Co. trains,
and the same routs continuing, over the
Columbia river brldgS to Vancouver for
the Southern .Pacifies "Trains, to ths
sound. It Is a. very serious proposition
for the" Harrlman lines, and means the
Investment of 1 1.000.000 to IS.000,000 In
a double-track bridge and a 4.000-foot
tunnel, should It bs. found Impossible to
get an equitable bargain on- Joint uss
of the Hill line. ' '
fmm fMa beginning ths Hill com-
Hill
parrlrs- hare shewn a-dlepoeltkm-to-eo
construct their terminals that It would
be Impracticable for the Harrlman lines
to uss them. The authorities of ths
Harriman roads havs taken serious ex
ception to this policy. They havs pro
tested kgalnst the location of the Wll
lametts river bridge and the grade of
the line that- Is being cut through the
peninsula for ths Hill roads, they heve
declared it would he' Impnealble. for
these terminal faojlities to bs used by
CANS
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ALL MINING AND SMELTING
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BARKED)
KILL THE LORDS
IS CLAMOR OF
-BRITISH PAPERS
Radicals and Non-Conformists
Throughout England Enraged
at Attitude tk Peers In Edu
cational Matter-To 'Oust
Established Church.
(Journal Special Service.)
London, Dec. Jl.-"The Lords Havs
Killed It. Let Us Kill the Lords." This
line. In bold black letters appears across
ths front' pags of last evening's Star.
It metaphorically represents ths feel
ing of the Radicals, especially ths non
conformists throughout the country,
over the action of the house oflords In
the defeat of the Liberal government's
education bill. A terrlflo light will be
waged against ths upper house for a
vote. -
The Star, which voices ths views of
thousands of advanced Radicals snd So
cialists, counsels a remorseless religious
war with the aim of ''ousting ths Church
of England from our schools and from
parliament.''
"As for ths house of lords," continues
ths paper, "it la fitting that It ahould
share the fats of ths church to which
It has prostituted Itself. Let them both
pertsh together; the church has chosen,
aa aha has chosen In Francs, to defy the
nation."
Bitter resistance' will now bs made
throughout the country, poaatbly accom
panied by some disturbances, to the ex
ecution of the education law a -
Itre a Sngsus. .
(ftpeetsl Disputes to The Jsarael.)
Eugene, Or., Deo. SI. A small resi
dence in ths western part of ths city
owned by -Mrs. Lucy Purkerson of
Pleasant Hill and occupied by D. L.
Hawkins and family, waa burned to the
ground yesterday afternoon. Loss
$1,000' The alarm was turned In by
phone snd misunderstood. Ths flames
bad done their work before ths fire
fighters arrived. .
any other line because of .their height
from the ' water grade, and that the
Hill people should bs forced to sdopt
grades thst would enabls other roads to
profit by ths common user principle ap
plied by ths- federal government to Its
bridge charters. The Harrlman. people
say It Is a fares to declare in a bridge
charter thst other lines mty use the
bridge under Joint terms to be dictated
by ths secretary of wsr, snd then suf
fer ths brldgs to bs so constructed thst
by no physical possibility could any
other line use. it.
The proposed Southern ' Pacific line
from Portland to the sound Is regarded
as the most -serious consideration In
getting from th union station to ths
Columbia river. Mr. Harrlman has ex
pended about t3.000.000 In securing
terminals In Seattls and othsr fortunes
In getting properties st Tacoma. His
engineers sre setting final grade stakes
for tbs road between Vancouver and
Tacoma. , It is dp to the management
to determine how they srs going to
connect up the line between the union
station" i ndv"inf miTer.-witir-sj-srrntgh r
rosd snd a gradient that will enablo
them to move tonnage st ths very mini
mum of cost The problem will prob
sbly not be ssttled st once. It la en
tirely feasible to operate the sound ex
tension -via Bt Johna for a time. But
the direct route through the peninsula
must sooner or later be 'adopted, and
the engineers and financial arbiters of
the companies Involved ars wreatli.ig
with It - - - -.
INTERESTS
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FLOODS SWEEP
EASTERN OREGON
FOR THIRD TIME
Serious Washouts Caused by
Rivers Overflowing Banks
Block Traffic Levees at Pen-
dleton Again Threatened No
Serious Damage Reported. '
(Rpeetsl PUpatcs- te The Journal.) '
. Pendleton, Or., Dec SL Though Jt Is
midwinter, floods for the thJriJ.lmeJ
fills ysr fSvairiiTiimatllla county,
All rivers and ereeka are high snd much
damage la anticipated ; unless ths
v,eather grows cooler. Paasenger tralna
No. i and wers held up several hours
this morning at Pendleton on account
of a half mils of track flooded and 100
feet waahed away . abore ..North ..Fork,
to mile east of here. ' .
Meaeham creek has overflowed on ths
mountains on account of the - warm
weather, tbs heavy rains melting, two
feet of snow.
Umatilla river Is rising snd soma of
thf leves repairs being made have been
washed out. ' It Is - over Its banks In
places at ths west end -f the-rttT
where considerable damage will he'll 6 ne
unless ths waters go down soon. Men
and teams ars working to keep tt from
coming over Its banks. Should a flood
occur now It might repeat the flood of
18S3. It waa December SO when It oc
curred. '
Ths sky Is now clesr and people ars
hoping It will freese tonight No ser
ious damags has been done up to this
tlms. - - -
Bttgess Tax Levy.
Eugene, Or., Dec. 31. Ths annus! tax
levy for ths city of Eugene waa fixed by
the council st last night's meeting st
I mills.
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ACCUSES BROTHER OP GIIE
Mrs. Annie Hillages Says W. D. Bitters Shot
Woman and Escaped Punishment Be
cause Victim Shielded Him
Thst her brother. Welter D. Bitters,
shot and killed a woman In Omaha sev
eral years sgo snd escaped punishment
because the dying woman shielded him
by declaring that It was an accident,
was the . statement - made to Deputy
Sheriff , Harry Bulger yesterday after,
noon by Mrs; Annls Hillages of 114
First street. Laurelwood. .
Deputy "Sheriff Bulger had gone to
Mrs. Hlllsgas horns to arrest Bitters
on a- warrant charging him with threat
ening to kilt his wife, Mrs. Sarah Bit
ters. - The two women appeared at the
sheriffs offlcs yesterday afternoon, and
stated that Bitters had threatened to
kill Mrs- Bitters unless he wers allowed
to see his son.
Bitters' sister told the deputies that
her brother was going to dynamlts ths
house In which" sh and " Mrn. Bitters
lived. She said her-brother always
carried n dirk and a revolver, snd was
a dangerous man. . Ths - women wers
sent to the municipal court where they
secured a warrant which was given to
Deputy Sheriff Bulger to serve. Bul
ger saya that when he went to Laurel
wood to find Bitters hs had gone, but
Mr : Hillages told him her brother
! is Good
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STRIKERS
' ' ' tsss' ' H 0 ' "
Carmen Will Turn Out
Tonight to Hear
JSpeecliesat .Merriirs
Hall v-r;
Cornelius Detained In San Fran
Cisco, but Leaders Say He Will
; Reach Portland Within Short
Time Sullivan Has Not Ar
: rived. . ... - v:; .
.The striking carmen , ars extensively
advertialng a public mass meeUng to bs ,
held tonight at Tderrlll's hall, Seventh
and Oak streets. Among ths speakers
will bs.W. B. Burton, ths carmen's In
ternational vice-president, who arrived
last night from San Francisco to take
charge of ths strike. Union men of alt
crafts as well ss sympathisers of ths
carman are expected to attend and ef
forts will be made to organise Into a
working form what sentiment there Is
behind ths strikers.
Vice-President Burton spent today In
looking over the ground.' in conferring
with the carmen'a strike committee ana
with he executive board of ths Fede
ra ted 'Trades Council, which has charge
of the fight being made on ths part of ,
thsfflltatelTlnTons. .
"I am not prepared to glvs cut my
plans st thla time,'' said Mr. Burton.
today, "since I have not aa yet fully
Informed mvself as to ths situation.
But one thing la certain, ths fight will
continue ana it win do won u n wan
all winter. I find that the Portland
unlona ars a unit In their support of
ths strike and that-the public: are be-
hind the carmen. .Th fact that many
men have not had the courage so far
to leave their cars does not algnlfy that
they do not want better conditions. It
hss always been true that" ;-Trrtnorlrjr
has had to bear the brunt of a fight for
better conditions for all ,.
Ooraellna Xs ZtststnseV ' -
Ths International officer brings ths
news that Richard Cornelius, head of
the carmen's district organisation, has
been detained in San Francisco on ac
count of the proceedlnga of the arbitra
tion board now In session to adjust ths
carmen's demands in ths hay city. Cor
nelius will be here in a few daye, how- .
aver, says Burton. If ths arbitration
board adjourns today for th holidays. '
as la expected. "Cornelius will leave for
Portland tonight and will arrive hers"
gundsy morning.
Manager Fuller of ths Portland Rail
way, Light Power company sn-
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a dangerous man, and had killed at
woman In Omaha. Bulger found Bit
ters later tn a saloon on First street,
and placed him under arrest. Bitters
had no weapons when arrested. II was
taken to the county Jail.
Bitters declares that th affair hi
sister told Bulger of happened in Keo- '
kuk, Iowa and that It waa accidental,
te says another man had placed a re
volver In a bureau drawer In ths room
occupied by th woman and himself.
When hs opened th drawer th re
volver fell to th floow and waa - dis
charged, saya Bitters, the bullet strik
ing tbs woman and killing her..-. '.
Bitters la an Inoffensive looking Oer .
tnss. about (0 years of age. Hs says
hs went to Walla Walla last July front
Salem, where he and his wtfs wer tir
ing. 11 went to work in th harvest
fleldav according to his story, and whesj
bs returned to Salem his wife had com -to
Portland, lie says he worked in a
nursery st Salem until last Saturday,
When he cam here to find his 10-year-oid
eon. He went to the house where
his wife lived, but did not go In. nor '
speak to her. He says he never had any
Intention of harming her and never car
rled a weapon of any kind.
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