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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. ,
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pagea, featurea for tha young; Ita special artlclea are contributed by '
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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-
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the Best
CUHDAY JOURNAL READERS
PRESIDENT GOT
OFF OIJ IVROfJG
FOOT , FOR JAPS
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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,
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- 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
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-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 ,
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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.
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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.
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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
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