DXv STEPHEN Rj tonight knd Sunday; wathTly XV J VGj U J U VOL. V. NO. 253. , CUM (MESSES TO IfflILM(E MIFACf ffi Albert Olson Admits That fie Took Care ful Aim' and Fired Rifle at Mrs. Ayres of Warren Who v Portland Aid Society Five Years Ago. Angered Because (Special Dispatch St. Helens, Or., Dec. 29-Because she spanked him to make hi in go to bed, Albert Olson, a 13 killed Mrs. barah Ayres at hcr.nome pear Warren last night, I Tie boy was the adopted son of his victim. lie made a complete con fession of his crime to Sheriff White. . ',.'',, i ; :Ihcmvir(lcrwas .committed f . . - e. a . a..'. , ume aner me ooy naa Deen maae his imagined wrong he decide to Rising quietly? he tip-toed "into 'the, hallway, where' a .45-60 caliber rifle was kept. , The woman sat in the kitchen sewing. In his bare feet he cautiously, entered the room in which she sat and rested the rifle upon a .chair. "Taking deliberate aim he fired, the m . m m a mm m a' ,e at e m a e ai a - ball entering the back.oi her head and killing her instantly. ," ' Informed . Hastily dressing the boy went, neighbor, and told that his mother had been, shot. He was in bed at the time, he said, hut vas arQused by(the,i'eport.He heard no one in the house, but declared that he heard a sound as if some one ; was runnirig near the barn immediately after the shooting. Then i he went to the, home or v.. it. . peated'the story. ; '.V "i J) 0 ' Neighbors found the rifle with an empty cartridge in the house and found other things which directed "suspicion toward the boy. On the arrival of Sheriff .White, who closely questioned him, many -discrepancies in uis siaiemenis were were conhrmed. " ; : v , : ,.-..f :.-. ( 'Taken Into Custody. ' . ' The boy was taken into custody, but stoutly maintained his in nocence. He was removed to the : ' Coolly and without the slightest sign of emotion the .youthful ; matricide told now he planned to avenge, himself, for the punish ment he received: how he arose , from ' bed. secured" the rifle and crept noiselessly into the kitchen, ' dered her. He said that he refused to go to bed when she had or dered him to do so-and that she had struck' him with a stick of v wood and had cursed. him. Neither the officers norYthe neighbors believe the last feature of his story, for the woman-was known to treat the boy with the ut- most kindness, "('s.' '.s; Ks-'' . : ..V'' ' The juvenile njurderer is bly 13 ycaVs of age. He was adopted by Mrs Ayres-and -her husband . five years ago. They, took him from the Boys' and Girls'Aid society of, Portland. . He was born at Lebanon, Oregon, but his parents 'died when he was scarcely ...more than an Infant . He has a number 'of brothers and sisters in "different parts of Oregon. a r ; ' : V : . ;'wvV:-'i- '. , . . .';. ",."'" Mrs. Ayres was the Ue of, CJL.-Ayres, a respected citizen of this county. , She resided on a ranch a snort distance from Warren. Her husband, at the time of the murder, was at another ranch. He : was'notified today of the crime. Besides her husband Mrs. Ayres . is survived by a grown daughter, Mrs. Mary Balch, -of Scappoose. ' Sheriff White, Coroner H.-R. Cliff and Deputjr District Attor " ney W. H.' Powell left this place for the scene jbf the murder as soon .... as the news reached here last night."". Today,, a coroner's inquest was held' and a Verdict returned that death, was due to a gunshot wound inflicted by the boy. - , " 7 ; ' . ' . , You Want Everybody Is looking for that, and when It comes to a newapapef, a . very large percentan of tha people In tha Oregon country bava found It in The Sunday Journal. 'Without a doubt Tha Journal la tha best Sunday paper m the wrat. It prints all tha news worth reading from all the world MEWS without color or bias;- every department Is con. , ducted by an expert; tnuele, dramav eport, finance and commerce, women's 5 pagea, featurea for tha young; Ita special artlclea are contributed by ' able, conscientious writers; tha beat artists la tha country make Its pictures, end The Sunday Journal's funnlea. are superior to those of any paper In the northwest. , , .- - Ydu Need The Sunday Journal. S. i. WISE G WES ? : ; PORTLAND, . OREGON, SATURDAY . " "" . - . . , , ' x" " - - : ' MADE BRIDE TODAY IN TOKIO . . In n in HIT ffiT. f XL 1fIHfl0 TS Adopted Him From He Had to go to Bed to The Journal.) - year - old boy, shot and instantly at 7:30 o'clock last nighV-a-shoft a . . a. a.. l. to go xo dcq. jueaiiaung upon kill his mother in revenge.; , iv Neighbors. - ' ' i '. to the home of Xd'u Davies,; a Lyncn, another neighbor, and re- A' J 'f f-'l '." aiscoverea ana incur suspicions jail at St. Helens, where after where she sat sewing, ,and'mur- ..';..- ' the Best CUHDAY JOURNAL READERS PRESIDENT GOT OFF OIJ IVROfJG FOOT , FOR JAPS . - .... ,'' k '.,. .. ... .. . Lawyers Tell Executive That He Has No Ground to Stand Upon in His Contentions Regarding Admission of Orientals Into .San Francisco Schools. (Jnraal ffpril Bcrvtet.t 'Waihlnfton. Deo. S9. Thor la 4 no" doubt that . Frealdent Roovlt hai ben told by .tha beat lawyarh a.va.Uabla for . consultation, man whs ur not in tha dapartmant of Juatlca. that ba bad no ground to stand ton In bla oonuntlon ragurdlnr tha Japaneaa aohool jutlon and that ha naad not be aufprlsad If tha court aheuld decide acalnst him In the eontrorerar. . . . . "Tha man. who advised the ' crealdent xo put tne oiauaa in bis message," said a prominent senator, "ought to ba taken by. . tha heela and thrown . Into tha Po tomac. It la posalblr tha great blun dar of his administration, weakening mm at noma ana making mm rid ouloua abroad. Talk about tha treaty. - Why. it would ba neceasary-to amend the con-' f-atltutlon to permit a treaty to dictate what a stata should do In tha manage ment of its schools." .. I Is understood that . the - senator quoted, on tha request of tha prealdent, made an exhaiietlye study of tha law and of conditions In similar cases, and mat na aeciarea tha prealdent had no chance for bis contention to beupheld by tha supreme coura. DIED JUST TOO LATE . TO INHERIT FORTUHE LEFT HIM in ENGLAND Scion of Wealthy Family Passes Away in Poverty Millions Left to Him. ' (Joatnal Speelsl Sorvlee.) San Francisco, Deo. 2. One month ago William- T. Englls, in a worldly way a failure, but In. birth a son of ona of Publin's first families, died at tha coun ty hospital of Alameda county, an ob ject of charity. His body, was con signed to the potter's field. , .And now comes a tale from over the water that this, pauper waa heir to. a rich estate left by his father. Lord Mai polm English, a rich wholesale grocery man or Ireland's capital. Tbo son was an outcast and bis unhappy widow and her three little children now live In a tent In a refugee camp here. It is said that tlJ.000.000 In property was left behind by the elder Englls and that a legal way may ba found to se cure . a . portion- of tha aetata for ' tha Englls family of Ban Pranclaeoi. Tears ago William Englls left his home and came to this country. Ha lad a die solute life and his people -at Dublin contributed 140 a month for tha eup port of his family. For two years the' family Ilred In' Ban Francisco and just before tha Are Mrs. englls took the children and went to live apart from her- husband. ' - TAFT POOH-POOHS :v CUBAN WAR STORIES ' " fjoeresl Spertnl servlre.t ' ' Washington, Dec 2. Secretary Taft this morning said assuring reports of Cuba had coma from Governor Magoon and there was no danger of a general uprlsng. Tba provisional government this country had established would continue Ita ' functions peaceably, he declared. v . SILVER PURCHASED AT SEVENTY AND A SIXTH V . fjnarasl SiMrUt nrrtoe.t Washington, Dec. l.The director of the mint has purchased 100.000 ounces of silver for delivery, at Philadelphia at tba prlea ot T'.lfl. r , EVENING,' .DECEMBER" 29, - ' .Kv v.'- ' : -.;i;.r - mvrre r-?! H ' -' j-- -. f . '. . ' ' ' ' - - ' Hallie . Erminie Rives. WANT BLOOD TO PUMP IN iriVALID Twenty-Five ; Hundred Dollars Reward Brines ' Offers From Prisoners Who Consent to Run ; Risk of Death, but Physicians Fear Result Too Much. : : ... (Joarnal Special Borrlce.) Oakland, CaL, Dec. 2. To save tha life of former Assemblyman David F. McWade, one of the most popular young men in Oakland, who lies at the point of death from blood poisoning, at.Fablola hospital, Drs. 8. H. ' Buteau and I. D. Mamlln formed the plan to Inject Into his system a pint of blood, for which they agreed to pay ,$3,500, to be taken from the veins of a healthy. man, which, it Is believed. In accordance with recent scientific discoveries, would counteract tha effects of the poison In' the sick man's blood and aid him in bis struggle for life. , . , Tha physicians after forming tha plan made an offer of 11,600 to anyone who would furnish a pint of blood, this large amount of money being . specified be cause of the excessive danger to anyone engaging to do ao. . In a very few moments after making the offer, t-o prisoners at tha city Jail agreed to submit to 1 ths operations necessary. Drs .Buteau and Hamlin went to tha Jalt' prepared to take tha pint of blood' from ona of the men, but after a. long discussion' upon tha merits of the plan they decided not to attempt It, as there was a risk to ,ine other life. . . ... -v' GROVER CLEVELAND If NOW CONVALESCENT .. (Joarnal Special gcrrtc.) . - Princeton. N. Dc 89. Orover Cleveland.: who has been seriously 111 for ' a week, is . now convalescent, and Dr. Carnochan, . bis physician, . said he would without doubt ba able to go about the house In a week. . Mr. Cleveland sufferedivfrom a severs form of indigestion, which attacked blm last Saturday night, after a visit to New Tork, where he had been a mem ber of a dinner psrty on the previous night. So severe was his illness that all plans whloh tha family had made for Christmas were ebandottjl. Presents were left, unopened and hurried mes sages were sent to four persons who had been Invited for the day, canceling all engagements. ' '' - -' ; Brewer Bosch Better. (Journal Rpeclal BVrvlce.)-' St. Iu1b, Ma, Dec 29. The condi tion of Adotphus bunch, the mllllon tire brewr,' Is -mors favorable. He is expected to pass tho crisis of bis mal ady todor, ' fj ri i i ' " ' .''""''.'" -CLCSE--VIEVA 190fl.TWO SECTIONS 18 AUTHORESS WEDS YOUNG DIPLOMAT Hallie Erminie Rives Married to " Post. Wheeler, Second Secrep f .tary of American Embassy at I Tokio--WHI Sail for America ' to Spend the Honeymoon. ' Hoars! perta! service - ' ' ' ' Toklo, Dec. 2. At the Amerlesn em bassy today Miss Hallie Erminie Rives, the well-known writer, waa married to Post Wheeler, second secretary to the embassy.' The ceremony was performed at noon.1 and was witnessed ty tna American ambassador and Mrs.' Wright, the embassy staff, and many prominent members of - the American colony In Toklo. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler are to sail Immediately for America and Intend to spend the remainder of the winter and early spring at Ocean Grove, New Jer aey. .....-.'' ..... . Mrs. Wheeler is a nanasome aaugnter i (Continued on Page Two.) DEVIOUS METHODS WREGKTILLAMOOK ROAD TO BE In a suit to bo- pushed In the New Tork courta by - H. Melville Walker against Edward H. Harriman on the charge of criminal conspiracy. It la said tha inner detalle or tha wrecking or tne Portland, Nehalem Tillamook rail road will bo laid bare. - Tho- teetlmbny Is expected to show ' In an Interesting light tho methods Of railroad autocrats who lay claim to certain sections of territory" and deny the light of Inde pendent capital to build railroads with in that territory.' ,".' ' : Walker will, at tha aame time, ac cording to report from New - Tork, institute civil aulta In Portland against John McCrakan, H. I lit took and other directors of the Portland. Neha lem aVTIllariook Railway company, for a sum upwards of 8275,000. A Portland attorney who. has just re turned from' New, Tork. says Walks has secured his evldenco and perfected arrangements for hard legal fight to reoover from ths men whom he charges with having wrecked tho railroad which b and his associates, began last year to build from J III Inborn to TUlamook. It la alleged by -Walker that money considerations were need by -the llarrt maa interests - la accompUshlnt their , OF CAPTAINS f. PAGEJS., PRICE TWO - FAR; KEEPS ALL Shipments From Portland Sawmills Are Fifty Million Feet More Than Last Year or Nearly as Much as 1 Output of Both Local and the Columbia River Mills .. i ;. : ' Portland lumber shipments 'for' 190S have Increased 60,000,000 . feet over the record of 1906. During the. year 1905. Portland sawmills shipped nearly 200, 000.000 feet,-and broke all previous reo ords.- Tha figures at tliat tlma were considered remarkable because of being by far the largest in 'the history of tba port, but now comes tha year 1100 with a record of fully (0,000,000 feet greater than that, of the preceding year. With tha close of this month . ths papers at tha eustom house will show that since January J. 1100, and 'the end of tha year, Portland sawmills set afloat 24 948,4 41 feet of manufactured lumber. This amount la nearly as large as the entire output of the local mills and thoaa on the Columbia river last year. '- Foreign UpmsstaL ' ' Tha foreign shipments have showiwa remarkable Increase during the year. In 1905 Portland exported B.06. feet of lumber, while during the year now closing the exports aggregats 111.095. I8 . feet, or about 90 - par cent more. The markets for tha year have been about the same as those of the preced ing year, excepting, perhaps, that larger shipments have been made to Europe. Several cargoes wars' ahlpped this year to continental Europe,' two of them go ing to Genoa. Italy, and ona to Copen hagen, Denmark, both of these ports be ing new to tha '.Portland dealers. Tne material was of the choicest class and FERYBOAT SUNK IN . COLLISION IN NEW YORK " " ' ' '. ' (Joaraat Special BcttW.1 New Tork, Dec. I. The ferryboat Patterson, of the Erie Railroad com pany, with 10 passengers aboard, col lided with a freight lighter on North river this morning and sank. All per sons aboard were rescued. Eighteen eams wore drowned. Tha collision took place In a heavy fog. , ... .. MINER HICKS HAS TWO " OFFERS OF MARRIAGE (Journal Special Service.) Bakeraf leld. CaU Iec- 29. Hicks, the lately entombed miner, today received two proposals of marriage, - both from southern California. He refused to di vulge tha names of tha applicants. -He aaya he Intends to look for tba writers when . he- completes his theatrical toon EXPOSED Walker's Suit Against Others Will;Thrqw - - nate ' Prevents purpose of stopping work on ths Tilla mook lino, and' that an Indemnity bond waa furnished to protect Colonel Mc Craken, Mr. Pittock and other directors of the local company from possible eon sequences of .their acts la 'collusion with Harriman. ' ' At tho same tlma Mr. Walker gives the first expose of what Is said to be tho Inside working of the schema that brought financial ruin to- Edward Rec ords, president of the Atlas Contract 4k Supply company, and which with him ruined the Portland. Nehalem at Tilla mook Railway company, then nnder construction between-- Hlllaboro and Buxton, and also the Oregon Trartion company, for which Records was also building an electrical. Una frora Jtr' -nd to Forest drove. OF K3 CENTS. V gfAyrvrtES t 1 ' - entered into direct competition wltltthe product of northern Europe. California drew heavily upon the lumber output here, 122,950.761 feet having been shipped by water - from -Portland since the first of the year. Tha largest quantity, was shipped dur ing the month of October, when tha coastwise shipments aggregated 15.940. tXt feet. .... December with, I4.B89.7S1 will . come aecond. The last cargo for tha year will probably go on , the steam schooner Northland, whlclr cleared to day for San Francisco with 850,000 feet. Bho will not finish loading until Mon day morning, but tha cargo was cleared for the purpose of saving time.' Tbo steam schooner South Bay also cleared today for Ban Francisco with '480.0OA feet and the barkentlno Wrestler will leave down tomorrow with 570,000 feet, also bound for San Francisco, j - . From JUts laws. ... - Lumber shipment from the mills on tha Columbia river nave also been much larger than aver, before In the history, of -tha country. It la safe to eetl mate the output at more than 100 pep cent larger than last year, when It was approximately 50,000,000 feet It la be lieved that when all reports bavo been compiled It will be found that tha lower Coilumbla mills ahlpped all of 136,000,- 000 feet during tba year, so that all . told In the neighborhood of 400.000,000 feet of lumber were ahlpped foreign and) . coastwise over the Columbia rrver bar. - TT WHIRLED ABOUT IN AIR BY LARGE FLY WHEEL1 '' (Joarnal Special Service.) '"'' i. " ' Losr Angeles, Dec' 89. C A. - Bang man. a mill worker In tha employ of tho Waat Coast planing mill, on East Forty seventh sereet, narrowly escaped belnsl whirled to death by a larger fly wheel, and probably owes his life to his stronsr muscles. In starting; his angina ft was found-necessanrto move the fly wheel to get It -off , tho center.", Bangraan climbed upon tho wheel and waa mbv-' ing It slowly, when a negro in. charge at the engine, connected tho sparking aa-' paratus and turned on the gasoline. ; With a Jerk, the wheel began to spina Bangman clung to tho spokes with, all bis strength and was whirled around many times before the engineer could shut off ths power. Bangman's left leg was bruised and lacerated in two plaoea by striking against stationary parts of the engine. .. USED IN Harriman, Pittock and Light ; on Way;fi1ag- -: Construction With ono wave of his wand Han-ima Is said to have paralysed both of thee healthy and commendable project that had been designed to develop traaspeo tatlon facilities In the rich oooniry be tween Portland and the Tlllameok . and incidentally Invade ftoMthern Pacff! territory. : Kyers aTo BoapaasfMot ' " - . Tho pawns In. Karrlmaa ruse, o eordlnc to Mr. Walker's i i,.su nxaev. were the executive -nanlMe a-l ri. dent of the Portland. X . mook railway ranwf. tu""-i J MrCraken, II. U l"tttok t T. Mrere. A Mr. r , at the time of the m - la mook project, srv the e. , jtCo&Uaee i '-- A- v