The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 31, 1906, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTin: cnrcoN; daiiy journal; tohtland. Monday evening. December si. i90r. S frag: 2Efl 111 ill!) EOD Seattle Lumberman Closet Big Deaf and Then Falls Victim ' ' to Fair Siren ' .Tn eo,ne o Portland to -closs a HIT vimi) Cn.1, but mod aftsr arrival w n victim to tbs wiles and artj. fees of a beautiful, handsomely et tired adventuress, who lured him Into anma saloon, wlwn ha . nlM with drugged liquor and robbed of $7. was n strenuous experience yesterday aft' jrnoon of J. W. Redding, a Beattla lum barman.' ; :.... . . ., . .Redding made hla way te pollea head quartera thla morning to enlist tha aorv iota of tba authorities In locating bis designing- -female companion and Incl dentally his lost, bank rail. Redding , " or scapada, although not env bracing any featurea new to the deteo lives, nevertheless demonstrates tbs existence of a sans of dangerous crlral rials in tha city. , - , -According tba statement made to inspector Bniln. Redding arrived here yjaterdey and during tha oourss of the afternoon was attracted to tha vicinity of tha Grand theatre en Washington street bv tbs firs apparatus racing up that thoroughfare. After ascertaining a conflagration was not la prog ress, the Seattle tlmberman retraced bis steps toward Seventh street. , ' .' i J Ms) CTiartaer. - It was at this juncture that ha met nls fair charmer, whom bo describes as being exceedingly handsotne and from r swarthy complexion, either Spanish or Mexican. "She smiled-at me, and' noticing that shs was good to look upon, . I smiled also," Redding aays is tbs way they becams acquainted. ' , v "I ana awfully thirsty and I would greatly appreciate It If a nice-looking man like you would buy ma a little llquld-eefrtshraent." was her next sally, . and Redding readily consented. . Tbey started toward tba- north and. and Reddingbecoming auspicious, asksd the reason for going to that dlatrjct. "Well, you see, I know a gentleman who keepa a saloon down bare and he's perfectly lovely fellow," said tha elren with as Irreslstibls glance from bar dark eyes, . and Redding Ilka a Iamb being led to slaughter, meekly accom panted bar. -.- After arriving at - tha "thirst em porium" aeveral rounda of drinks wars consumed and then all waa darkness. Nan. Seated and Buffering from Sn aouta headache, Redding awoke soma time later and found hlmaelf tans woman and . aana wallet. '(' , ' Dapps Straagar. '-:' Upon opening tha door of the saloon to get out on the street, hs says ba waa approached- by a dapper-looking stranger, who Introduced himself aa a private detective. After inquiring In a aolicitoua manner aa to tba reason for Redding-s apparent Indisposition, tha "detective" Interrogated tba tlmberman relative to tba loaa of tha money. ---Jusjf leave tha matter la my hands tonight and eea me tomorro . We'll get the 1 coin, all right." s'1 tha pseudo sleuth, and walked hurriedly away. ' Redding did not dlacover onto today , that tha fallow waa evidently a eonfed- erate of the woman, and bis admonition not to notify the police was dona to give ' he time t to escape, Redding v clalma.. - fee . . Intimate of Mayor Moore and ' Chief Wappenateln - of Seattle,- and referred to- them affection ately aa dllly" and "Wappy." De t active Hellyer haa been detailed en tha esss.and ts searching for a woman who answers tha description given. Red ding waa extremely anxloua that no publicity bo given the matter, aa he is a married msn.v . -r ' . VELCOMES T0HE17 YEAR TO BE OF VARIOUS STYLES Many Churches Will Hold Watch - Night Meetings, While Crowds i Will Throng Streets.. . , Crowds of people, young and old. throughout tha whole city will welcome In the latest arrival In tha Tlmo family tonight. In widely varying manners, in greatly differing scenes; some will dance In tha new year, soms will sing It In and som will pray it in, according as their natures prompt, .a - , Tha ehurcbea have alwaya made tba coming In of tha new year the taking up of a great responsibility, and so for '. tha greater part do not receive tho hr troductlon In a frivolous frame of mind. Tba Baptlata of tha city will probably nave tha most extensive celebration In . tha form of A union meeting at the First- Baptlat church. , The program varlee to conatder tha wishes of every one. From 1:80 to 1:80 there will be a musicals, st 10 sn address by I W. Rily of McMlnnvllls college, from 10 to II a soclai with refreehments,- and ; from 11 to 12 a aermon by Rev. H. Wise Jones, tbs stats evangelist, and a con aecration service with New Tear reso lutions. An orchestra will play during the social nour. v A number of tha emaller churchea on the eaat side will have watch parties, mostly of a soclai nature. The Toung Men's Christian Association will have a large general entertainment, with A basket-bell game, an orchestral onct and games. -.. Leading In " prominence ' among tha fashionable events this evening will be .the first formal ball gtvsn In ths nsw home of the Corioordla club. Tha bulld ' Ing has not been opened with any for - mal event a before, and tha New Tear ball Is alwaya an event among tha ex clusive Jewish est .The Omega Nu sorority of tha High school will give, Its annual dance at tha Womeobf Wood craft nail, wmcn wiu engage ine atten tion of tha younger set. Among the heme affairs the bridge party given by .the Misses Flandera will, ba ths moet . faahktnabla. s Lodge circles will be right In line In their celebrations. rOryp of tha largest affairs wll be the initiation of (00 new members by ths Woodn4n of tha World - in tlelr new tample s.t Eleventh and Aldr, which will te dedicated tomor row. t A big soolaj time jerlll follow. JOHN M' KIN LEY TRIES ' TO COMMIT SUICIDE . vr . PeadUton, Or., Dec. 11. A man of mldile age, named John McKlnliy, at tempted to commit suicide at Echo last aveilng by cutting-b I msejf. on tha wrist , wltt a knife. He rttMeei St Echo Some tlmi. Ho grew despond" and fell to drinking. Ha has beenlJw-orrght,' to. a J'endtaton hospital, wbsrt it' Is thought hs will recover. He was employed on the Irrigation project In tha Echo district. Winter unusually mild so far around i Beksr City. ' 7 REOO UASSAGEPABLOSS : RUIi'l MS : Mrs. , Baldwin Investigates the Women Who Put Out Alluring r:. ; - Ads and Clgns. ' ; ; ' - "Some of the alleged maasaga parlors In this city ara nothing more than, toboggan-slides to tbs north snd for un suspecting girls, who ara lured into tba places ostensibly to teaob them tha art of seslp treatment but la reality to en- eompsss their, nun. Is tha way Mrs. Lola. O. Baldwin of tha Travelers AM society brands the class of resorts now undsr investigation by tha oollca. Arouaed to action by tha numtor of complaints received against tha man -mtasaga parlors Which nave naa muahroom g wth in all aeotlona of tha city, Inspector Bruin haa caused notlfl. cation; to ba served onfall women tnss- seurs that' they must remove all signs designating their calling from sntrances to- buildings and absolutely prohibiting them' from accepting men for treat ment. - -: v - j" - - Tha licenses of all of the women ax. pirs today and a strenuous effort is to bo made by tha authorities to Induce tha Ucanae committee of tha council to re. fuaa any renewals. Tha places in quae tion pay a quarterly license of f II and under ,tbe provisions of tha law tba li censees maintain that tha polloa cannot cauaa them to either remove their signs or proscrlbs whsther mala or female pa tients ara to be treated. Inspector Bruin haa declared that he will not tern porlse with the women and arrests are likely to follow. i Mrs. Lola O. Baldwin haa badn auletly conducting; an Investigation of tba parlors" and declares that shs finds a disgraceful condition of affairs prevail Ing. "Tha work of tha Travelers' Aid so elsty," shs stated this morning at police headquarters after a conference with Chief Qrltsmacher and Inspector Bruin, "la one of prevention and not of reacua. Acting upon that theory and assured that tho masse ge -institutions offered a peril to the young girls of tha city, I have been making an investigation with tha result that I have een astounded. "Take for example a young girl working In one of tho storea, who Is de sirous of securing employment offering nigner recompense and entailing leaa labor. Allured by the advertiaements that aha can tsarn tbs profitable busi ness of scalp massage, she visits one of these plscss and Is soon enmeshed in a net that -Is certain to -drag bar down Into tba depths of degradation. At first her labor consists solely of scalp massage, but shs Is finally in duced by tha "madams" to assist In giving soma man a cabinet bath, and unaware of her danger, ahe soon falls. "She is soon Introduced to some design Ing man, who with flattery and other means Induces her to leave tha place and her ruin Is than complete. Another girl must be found to take tba place of toe poor unfortunate, and so ths mea sure parlors. grind out their vlotims. Portland is far behind ether cltlea , in stamping out this pernicious evil and It is to bs boped that the. police will wag unceasing warfare on these women. "There ara a number of respectable and legitimate maasaga parlors in this city, and their bualneaa suffers by tha action of tha Illegitimate ones. I have aetised that ess e ttwmtoer of theatre ear tains there- are ada of the masseurs, whloh should not . be allowed. it waa only tha other day that I saw one of tba signs reading sugsestlvo and thera peutic massage.' What -auggeetlve maasaga' means I am unable to fathom. I .,111 k, k. .- . .w-. - nA.W,,l. Zt .k,.""' ..;othor prominent members of tba Wood- drive them .Into tho restricted district. where they Justly belong.' UNITED RAILWAYS CLInCH fnWSE- ,- Loss Company Sends One Thou sand Dollars to City. Auditor " on Last Day of Year. A check for ttOOO was sent this after noon by C. E. Loss to ths city treasurer or Portland, on account of the United Railways company franchise. According to tha Interpretation of tha franchise it waa believed that a payment on account before tha laat hour of theyear not wss necessary in order to make sura that ths franchise would not ba forfeited. Mr. Loss said: j . . "We have already spent so much money, on this project that it la proba bly worth while to chanoa a few mora dollars, rathar than let It go by the board, and I guess wa can loae another thousand as easily aa wa have the first. No, ws ara not ready to begin the con struction of tha road, but wa believe tha chances ara fair for putting It through. A little mora time la necessary before wa can be certain of anything." NOT MUCH HOPE FOR THE ALICE M'DONALD Special Dtepateb to Tee Jnersal.l ! ' Astoria. Or, . Deo. 1. The three masked schooner Alloa MoDonaldT" which went ashore . yesterday on tha sands ttorth of ths Jstty. is still hsrd and fast, with tha Ufeaavtng craws and tugs In eesy reaching dlatance. Captain Bender and tha crew ara still aboard. They ara not considered In any danger. Tha schooner Is In ballast, sis days out from 'Ban Francisco. Ths Fort Csnby llfesavlng crew has Just succeeded In getting , lines on board, but tha hawser from the schooner la not yet attached. It Is thought tha ehanoeg of getting her off ara eiim, .. . - . SOCIALIST MAT DEBATE WITH DR. C. T.WILSON Vincent Harpr, . well-known writer and Socialist of fe-ttla. will deliver a lecture on "Thd P--er m the Press" at; Socialist hall. J0 Datls atreet, next! -be nremens attitude, la that when Thursday evening. Mr, Harper has ssntl hosts go Into any way port thg firs word to ths local members of bis party I nin only work about foar houre. Local that he WUI OS g ted to novo tnem f.irprcHnHT i am anion araii ne X .h.i.'hotvMn him a-M -- I rule waa for terminal ports but the Clarence True Wilson, who attacked the ! Racialist doctrine In his pulnlt several weeka ago. . Mr. HarpT will, ba associ ate editor. of tbe Seattle Socialist, a new weekly paper to appear In the Puce t aound city on January V ',.: i , COREY DENIES THE ' -SOFT IMPEACHMENT (JmirBal ipHal grrTlee.l Fnrls. Dee. tl. W. E. Corey arrived here and announces that ha will not msrry Mabel Oilman this trip. - However, the Impression pravalla that tha wedding wlH Uks place at ones.. . TRY TO GET COn, CilUSE-DEilJl) - Farmers and Telegraph Operator ' i Arrested' for Wrecking ::;v7v; a Train. ' ' (learesl pee'U Service.) Salt rake city. Utah, Dee, tl I, tectives of tha Oregon Short Lins to dsy arrested five farmer and tale graph operator at ePterson, Utah, on tba charge of having csused tha wreak at Peterson, , If miles esst of Ogdsn, yeaterday. . .tr.j.'n' A train was sent into Weber river, killing Engineer It A5 McFeely snd in luring Fireman .A. B.Trask and Brake man M. H. Trhte, ' Tho faraeref aaylhey .endeavored: to atop tha train to' secure eosL Tba op orator confessed that ha gava tha order. SAYS C00D3M TEKPLE IS BEST 0 COAST " Boak Is Enthusiastic in Praise of . Structure He Has Come . to Dedicate. : I. X. Boak, head eonaul of the Wood man of tha World, who la in Portland to attend tha dedication of the neen Woodman temple tomorrow, paid tha local members a magnlfloent compliment today by declaring that the new struc ture la tha best and most complete Woodman temple In tha Paciflo division Tha compliment la an unusual one and means mora whan one takes Into con sideration that tha Paciflo division, em braces Colorado, Wyoming, . Montana, Utah. Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon and Waehfngfon. Consul Boak Is on A month's tour of Oregon.. Washington and California and said today that tha affaire of tba or gaalsatlon were In splendid condition. In speaking of tba work, he aald: - "The order la In splendid condition. Tba Woodman of tha World ara doing wonderful work la tba west, not only in paying mllHona of dollars to widows and orphans dnd distributing vast suma of money for charitable purposes, bu"t tbey have already erected a large num ber of fraternal tamplea that are A credit to the organisation and to the cltiea In which they have been built. At .the present time, there ara mora than f Woodman buildings in. 'the course of construction in tha varioue towns and ottiea of tba west "We ara tha second largest benevolent society in tha world, sad In tha Paciflo' division alona have 101,000 members. Our financial condition Is excellent. Our net resources arel,00,000 and .of that amount wo have tl.tPO.OOO In vis ted in a permsnent reservo fund." , Mr. Boak will ba in Portland until Wedneaday, when he will go to Oregon City for a day. January It ha will dedi cate tha new. temple at San Francisco. This building Is nnlqus In that it la a lob cabin and will ba the temporary headquarters' building of ths order. The log cabin" wee bunt by" the members of the San Francisco camps; -All aha labor on -the structure waa donated by the members snd a great deal of tha lumber waa also contributed free of cost to ths organisation. I 111 "UU11.1UU o vra.ui ovm. JJI.I.. A M -Sv nt. men of the World who will attend to morrow's dsdlcatory services will be E. F. Conner, head escort, of Seattle; W. C Hawley, hrtd manager,. of Salem; P. B. Bnod grass, need banker, Eugene; A. D. Stillman, bead manager, Pendleton. Tonight one of the largest classes in the, history of ths order will be initiated UntcMthe local order. Tha members have worked for weeks to seenre thess nsw members and aa a result 500 men will bo Introduced - to tha myaterlea of tba organisation.. . OPEN RIVER ASS0CITI0H HAKES REPORT Is Convincing Testimony to Wis dom of . Construction of Celilo Portage Road. Tho annual report of Frank J. Smith, trafflo manager of the Open River as sociation, waa lasued lata thla afternoon. It shows tha expense of operation and amounts of ' tonnage paaslng up and down tha t line, between tho upper and lower river, and Is convincing teetlmony to ths wisdom of construction of ths Celilo portage road. Soma of tba results growing out of tho operation of the road, and virtually affecting "tho ahlpptng interests of the people at large, ara treated In tha re port. . 8weeplng reductions have been mads by ths O. R.' s. N. Co. sines the Portsge road began operations. Whlls tha Portage haa not handled anything near the bulk or tonnage between port- land -and the ' Inland empire, Ite mere operation la rapidly securing the results desired by the people In ths lowering of ths freight rates and Improvement of service of the-commercial railroad that parallels tho river.- ; MARINE FIREMEN QUIT WORK AT FIVE O'CLOCK (Spatial tnspatea ts Tee (eareaM ' Seattle. Deo. tl. Acting under A clause In their agreement that provides that marina firemen shall not bo com pelled at terminal potnte, to work be twee- "p. mi and 1 a. mv the firemen on tha "Paciflo ooasf company's boats have refused to do any. work at all between those hours. Tnsy claim that union officers at Baa jrsneisco gave tnem mess instructions, ins oireoi or firemen will not work without new order. : . I-.': ... COAL AND CAR FAMINE PARALYZES SHIPPING (Special Olspeteb te The Joarsat -. Seattle, Dec II. Coal famine and ear shortage ara threatening geattle'e com merce wlh foreign ports. Th gphoortsr-4 Robert O. Hind was ths only sailing vsssel to go to sea today. In order to aend this tug out the other tugs belong ing to -the company had to be stripped of their soat the.shoftsgs in. coal, for domasUo purposes coAUnuea, . . , 10 0E FKJISHEO OHE YEAR Work on North Bank Line of Great Northern and Northern . Paciflo to Be Rushed. ; A year from today tho north bank Una of tha Great Northern and North, era Paotflo will ba completed and trains running over it Into Portland. Thla is ths expectation of ths builders, who have now spent over 112.000,040 on the project. No possible compromise be tween tha Hill 'and Ilarriman interests can prevent Its completion. v- . Construction of ths Portland termi nals, tbs peninsula Una and bridges of ths road hsve been turned over by President C. M. Levey to W. R. Darling, chief engineer snd first vice-president of ths Portland A Seattle Railway com pany. Multiplicity of dutlea In connec tion with tbs project have compelled President Levey to dlveet himself of tha detail work as ' rnuoh aa possible. Development of terminals and the posal billtlss of trafflo ara already occupy. Ing a large share of attention of the officials. Tho Northsm Paciflo and Great Northern ara equal partners In tha north bank Una. - Ooatraets An Te. , -. - While no official announcement la mads to that effect It is reported that contracts have been,' let for construction of two of tha freight warehouses for tha Portland Seattle In thla city, and that PiercerBroa. of Seattle were the aueceaaful bidders. President Levey, who was -in Portland today, aald ha had not been advised aa to ths correctness of the report : His understanding wss that Mr. Darling had,, asked for bids soms Urns ago, but ha did not know thay were Jet. -Regarding progress of work on ths north bank ha aald: "Construction of tha road ts proceed ing satisfactorily. Of course, the diffi culty to retain a full working force continues, but we have a large amount of rock work to do, which doea not re quire so large a force of men aa could ba used on ordinary grading." Ob Straight Xdaa. It la bald that from Trent, a point eight miles aaat of Spokane, the Port land Seattle railroad will ba ao near ly a straight Una to Paseo that at no point wlU It ba farther than 1 milts to one side or ths other. Its aaatern termlnua la Trent, where it leavea the Northern Paciflo, and thereafter ahlfta for Itself through to Portland. Crossing ths Spokane river above the city. It drivea its way through Spokane two miles north of Riverside avenue. In a cut SO feet deep, and below the city again It leapa the Spokane river on a ateel trestle ISO feet high, bleects the parade grounds of Fort Wright military poat on a trestle II feet high, and turns southward on a three-degree curve, the sharpest curve on the entire line. Reaching Hangman'a creek. It aacenda on a minimum grade of .1 of 1 per cent to ths summit at Cheney. .... Burrows Vadss SU1L From' Cheney the road follows an al most straight Una to Washtucna and Kahlotus, and at tha latter . point It burrows under the hill through a lpng tunnel and cornea out on the bank of the Snake river, which stream it follows to Pasco, where it will cross on ths present brides est .tha Nortkesn Psslflo and start upon Ita . wonderful route throu ghthe orgs of ths Columbia river ' to the point of crossing at Vancouver. Tha physical construction of ths llns from Trent to Vancouver ts said to be tha heaviest and most sxpenslvs of any piece of railroad of equal length la ex istence. Cute and tunnela are made in solid volcanlo ' rock at innumerable places, and some of the cuts are 10 to 100 feet deep. The tunnela range from SO to 1.000 feet In length. At many placea tha road will pass over fills ,00 feet to their - bottom, where rolls the mighty Columbia; Crossing the Colum bia at Vancouver on a 1 1.000.000 ateel bridge, the road, will delve Its straight course through tha peninsula in a cut 0 feet deep snd come out over i 1 1.000.000 bridge across ths Willamette. Marvel of Ballroadlna;. Not only from a conatruotlon stand point, but from ths vlsw of operation and trtfflo, the road from Spokane to Portland will ba one of tha marvels of railroading and will snable J. J. Hill to laugh at all competition. From Cheney, the summit, it is said a loaded freight train equipped with air brakes could bs operated to tidewater without tha uss of motlvs power. So gradual la the grade that Its ascent of the- Columbia river la at no point ateeper ihan four tenths of ons psr cent It is distinctively a Una for through traffic, and Is not Intended to develop any great amount of local business west of Pasco. HE WANTS MILLIONS FOR A GRUBSTAKE Collector of Customs Causton Ties Up Property of Founder of Fairbanks. '.v 7; (Jeorsal Seeelil temea.) Seattle, Dec tl. EL, T. Barnette, founder of Fairbanks, and one of tha best-known and wealthiest mining men In Alaska, waa restrained by Superior Judge Griffin thla morning from eelllng or transferring any of hla Alaska or otbsr holdings. The ordsr waa aecured by Jamee H. Causton, United States col lector of customs of Porto Rico, who Is suing Barnette for half Of hla property, basing his claim on aa alleged grub a taking. ' Tba affidavit sets un that Barnette Is trying to sell his property at a tsnth of Its value in order to defraud hla creditors. It was in ths conrss of his testimony in this case that Barnette waa forced to eonfess.hs had served time tn-the-Orego penitentiary. " Tha order dthlsTriornlng tlea up prop erty value wr nearly ils.OM.OQO. CRIES OF A BABY . : HAUNTED MURDERER .' ' ' . - . Philadelphia. Deo.vll. John O. Pries todsy confessed to tbe murder of Mrs. Maurice X. Lewis, thereby elearlng np a mystery that baffled the pollea for weeks. Hs said tbs crlss Of his vic tim's baby nauntsd him. '. Officers of Tnsa-a-lnaa Orange, Prsewater, Or Dee. tl. At A meeting of Tum-a-lum grange. No. 141, held In the Orange ball, two miles from this city, the following officers were elected: Master, K. P. Jeneewt--overseer, James W. Mulr; lecturer. Mrs. L.-A- Brecht; stewsrd. Will Hardesty; ssslstant stew ard. Robert R. Knlghli tressurer; O. Ballon: gatekeeper, Dv B. James: Ceres, Mrs. r. r. Janea; Pomona, Cora Bab sock; Flora, Josls Bsboock. . ... OPPONENTS OF RACE SUICIDE ; . WILL SEVER . - ... Race suicide hss not troubled Patrick and Kate Cunningham... though they have become tangled in the tolls of ths divorce evil. They have eight children, and six of thsm are between tha agea of and 10 years.. They are: Francee, aged Robert, aged Y Helen, aged -7: Anduw, aged I; Charles, aged Annie, aged lT "Mary, aged 12, and Martin, aged 14 years. . ; ..... Their mother, Mrs. Kate Cunningham, filed suit for a divorce from 'Patrick Cunningham in ths atata circuit court thia morning, charging that aha haa been cruelly treated ever since they were married 17 years ego. . Shs says hsr -husband has a Jealous and ungov ernable temperfc that he haa beaten" her, called her vile names and become so. sddlcted to ths uss of liquor thst shs earl no longer live with -htm. She al legea also that shs is afraid be will do her Borne bodily harm. - They were married in thla city In December, 1880. - Mra. ' Cunningham asks a decree of divorce, the custody of the children and f 1 a week alimony. Attorneys Oeorge J: Cameron and A. W. Wolff appear for UNDERGROUND WIRE LAW IS PASSED BY COUNCIL . , Within Two Years Thousands of Telegraph Poles Will Have ' to . Be Removed. Thousands of telegraph and telephone polea inside ths firs limits' of ths city must go out of sxtstsncs within two years, according to the ordinance passed by ths council this morning. After ths tax lsvy bad bssn fixed, ths ordinance for underground wires. which has bssn banging flra for aeveral months, waa brought up for final pas sags. Kellaher alona voted against it All trunk wlrss in ths fire limits are to go underground, and where connec tions are made wTth a building tha wire must pass through a tube to protect tha structure against sny vagrant cur rent Trolley wlrea are excepted, of course. There ara also a number of other exceptlona, but tha councllmen declare thla measure will result Ifi -a large number Of polea being taken down. . ROBBED BY MASKED MEN ON MT. SCOTT LIKE Frank and William Mac rum Yield Up .All They. Have Late Sunday Night. . , " T" Prank anS"-William Mac sum . wars held up 'snd robbed by a masked hlgh ma -at 11 o'clock last nfg hr near Brown's 'tsnk,' between, Myrtle' and Bta wart stations, en the Mount, flcott csr irhiThs' robber eeouJCnrt-iatrSnts I rowWimam,w11S frank, who ne4 up hla aack, refuses to tell how much It contained. The victims had spent the evening at tha Kern Park ekatlng rink' and were atrolllng along tha track waiting for a car when they were confronted by the robber with tbe command of "hands up." Tha highwsyman relieved them of their coin and disappeared in me orusn thst lines ths road at thia point, The Maerums were carpentera. They were unable to give aa accurate descrip tion of tho highwayman WALLA WALLA'S POWER IS SHUT OFF BY A ROCK Power Plant Flume Cut "and AI the . Wheels Have Quit Going -Rounds rftMHat rrtmn.trh te Tbe Jeeraal.l Walla. Walla. Wash.. Dec. II. A rock weighing a ton. in a landslips Just be low tha beadgate of the eirxstrio power riant on Walla Walla river, at t:S this morning removed a 10-foot section of the big power nume. oupennienaeni Paul Young with a large force of .men haa left for the scene of the accident and expects to complete repairs this afternoon. Tbe evening papers of this cltv will bs hand-set today and tbe streetcars will be stoppsd until ths flume Is mads whols again. MEXICAN PLUTOCRAT ACCUSED OF TREASON rrflnrnal flnedal Service.! San Antonio. Texaa. Dec 11. Patricio Querra of Coahulla, one of .tbe wealth iest and most prominent eitlsens or msx Ico, waa arrestsd here today on a charge of be In a the leader of the Jlralnes raid. He has been placed Iq Jail here. He owna 1.000.000 seres of land and la considered the biggest catch of allsged revolutionists yet made. . CALIFORNIA WANTS NO MORE JAPANESE f Jaernal iDeetal Serrlee.) San Francisco. Deo. II. Assembly- msn Cochlsn announced today directly after tbe assembling of tbs legislature that bs would preeent A resolution In atructlng the California delegation-in congress to make every effort to se cure the passage of m bill restricting lm migration of Japanese. LOAN EXHIBITION - t OPEN TOMORROW Tha loan exhibition of atchlnge and engravings, which la the beat that naa averbeon eeen hers, will bs open to morrow at the Museum or Art- from I to 4:10 o'clock. Admission is -free. Building permits. The following permits have been Is- susd: S. B. Tobyne, one-story dwsll lne "Kinsman corner East Fifteenth. cost 11.0001 Mrs. M. L Jeter, one-story dwelling. East Harrison between East Thirty-seventh and East Thirty-eighth, cost. II.00O; Otto J. Krsemer, two-story dwelling, Esst Thirtieth between Haw thorn aventtVend -East Madison, cost, 'ia.SOOr'O D. Meeker, repairs, Hancock between ' East Ninth and East Tenth, cost. UN. ; . - , -i-.-. ' T .i THEIR RELATIONS her. i . Another husband who ts charged with being Jealoua la Joseph H re nan. His wife, Anna Heenan, tiled ault for e di vorce in the rtrcuit court thla morning, charging cruelty.' She -charges that her husband is sddlcted to ths excessive uss of alcohallo stimulants and baa re peatedly called her vile names In tha presence of others. Tbey were married In Michigan In August, lit. Mrs. Hee nan aka that shs ba permitted to re sume' her maiden name. Anna. Wllkle. Rha la represented by Attorney Dan R. Murphy. Olive - Coblne waa granted a divorce from Robert W.. Coblne by Judge Bears this morning on ths ground of cruelty, which Mrs. Coblns ssys was so extreme aa to ahatter her health. Bhe testified that Coblne threatened to kill her. false ly accused hsr of Infidelity and used langusgs to her1 that waa bad and con stantly grew worse. Tha litigants were married at Oregon City in October, 1000. -Mrs. Coblns waa given ths custody of her -y ear-old , son, Ralph. - A. T. Lewis appeared aa her attorney. . ALLEGES HOLMES ESTATE . PAID ALL CLAIUS Executrix of Estate of Former County Clerk Files' Answer In Circuit Court. ' That tbe estate of former County Clerk Hsnley IL Holmes, paid to tha county f It. 839 In full aatlafaetloa Of all tha clalma of tha county la alleged In anawer to the ault of the county against tha executor for IS.OiJ. The suit wss brought over two yaara ago. It was Charged that Clerk Holmea had received the sum of $1,011 for marriage, liquor and medical licenses, filing fees and taxea. and did not turn it over to the county. . , t Anna Holmes, executrix of tha eatata. filed sa answer to ths suit this morn ing, la which, shs states that on Decem ber I, 101, ahort time after Clerk Holmea died, an accounting between tba aetata and tha county was had. She alleges that it waa agreed that there waa due to the county tbe aum of til tlO. which embraced all claims, snd was psld to ths county and accepted. Tbe 13.011 aued for la alleged to have been included In the accounting had In De cember, ltou -.'. Ths answer alleges' also that If was not ths duty of ths county clerk to collect delinquent taxes: that no taxes were due on any of tha property cnargea m the suit; that no warrant waa ever issued to tho sheriff for their collection; that none of tbe money sued ror was ever paid to Holmea aa Clark: snd that, he never received any of tha money by -virtue of hla Office. It Is ststed In the anawer that the claim-1 it.011 waa preaented to thd executVlk and rejected, and that the eounty did not present tbe claim to tha county court for allowance but that ths esUts waa allowed to be administered and closed by a decree of the county court. In the preeent year. Tha con tention of the attorneys ' for Mrs. Holmes and tbe bondsmen la that failure f the claim to the county court operated aa a discharge of tha sstats from tha debt, if any existed, and therefore dls charged- the bondsmen also. Holmes was clerk of this county from July, Hit, to November 14,. 1001, when he died suddenly while In office. No allegation of misappropriation of funds la mads, ths confusion arising from tha system of bookkeeping ussd T Holmes. After his death his books wsre exported to determine bow much was due-the eounty. Tho ault was brought On behalf of Multnomah county by District Attorney John Manning, and Attorney Charles H. Csry. Attorneys Ed and A. R. Man denhall appear for tbe executrix and the bondsmen. EMPLOYMENT AGENCY -GRAFT JS DISCUSSED H. W. Stone, secretary of the T. M. C A., delivered a scathing denunciation the People's Forum laat night of ths see t hods employed by the Portland employment- sgenclea to place the laborer la aearch of work. He called attention to the ahameleaa conspiracy that apparently existed between these agenclea and the large employers of labor to eecurs Xeea from laborers looking for Jobs. "It Is common knowledge, said Mr. Stone, "that there is a grsat demand for unskilled labor In and near Port land. Take tha sawmills, for Instance, that are known to ba ahort of hands. But if a man goea to a mill and asks for work hs is turned away with the statement mat no la Dor la wanted. If he then goes to an employment agency and pay a a II fee he can return to tbe aame aawmtll and get the aame Job that he aaked for directly. I know person ally "of many such lnstsnees. I also know of men paying a 11 fee for a posi tion, holding It a lew days, being let out, golnx back to the aame employ ment agency, paying II again and get ting back tha same Job from which he bad Juat been dismissed; I don't chsrgs collusion between the employment sgency and the foreman of tha mill to rob the workmen, but it la aingular that euch thlnga ahould be continually hap pening.' I believe that a free municipal em ployment bureau; would atop this form of petty grsft." FISHPLATES ON TRACK' DISCOVERED IN TIME tffptdal Dtopatek te The Joaraal.) 1 Helena, Mont., Dec II. An attempt haa been made to wreck the North Coast Limited on the Northern Paciflo at Big Timber, and It was only through a timely discovery that an appalling dis aster waa averted. - Unknown miscre ants placed Some fishplates and a car aprtng on the track at a point a mile east of Big Timber. Immediately after the Burlington 'train paased ths spot, which fortunately were dlecovered by a tie contractor and removed Just as ths limited passed at tbe rate of 40 miles an hour. There Is no clue to ths perpe trators, but it la believed to have been the work of persona who robbed the store of the Columbus Mercantile com pany ths night before. The object of wrecking the train Is not known, un less for tbs purpose of robbing tbe pas sengers and tbs exprsss ear. . Wlaaer Appeals Plvoree Case.'' (Jnarnal tpwtsl gi Mil ) . Detroit, Mich, Dec II. The Michi gan aupreme court haa been called upon to pass on the divorce suit of Ann Fllia Wisnnr. whoee husband appealed. They ara well known In the west, ae Wlzner la employed by tha Mexican Gold Min- tns aomnany of Denver. mILl flEl'l LlilE Eugene-Springfield Electrio Lttyi Track Fast as Ma : terials Arrive, EXTENSION WILL OPEN NEW, RICH TERRITORY Mineral Areas of Orcat Promias, To- - f ether With Hunting and Fishing; Grounds and Health Resorts to Bo Added to th World. V ' (Special Dlspatea to The Journal.) ; Eugene, Or, Dec ll. Actual con struction work haa begun on ths Eu-1 gene-Bprlngrjld electrio railway and tha . Eugsne strset 'railway system. Ties are being laid in Fairmount, a suburb of Eugene, through which , ths llns will run- Ths grading and the laying of tho ttea will be done first and aa soon ss ths steel rails, which hae been or dered, arrive they will be put down. Tho -ttea ara being aawed at a mill on Tn Mohawk and are being shipped to Etf gene aa fast as turned out, - Two car loads have already arrived. ' Opens Bisk -few Territory. - A. Welch, manager of tho Willamette) Valley-company, which ia building tha line, baa Just announced that tha rs-. eently organized syndicate known as tho Northwestern Utilities company, which . owna numerous electrio, gaa and. water planta In tha Paciflo northwest, will build ths llns ss far south as Eugene, and from here to the Blue river mlnee, tapping tha rich MeKensla valley and: affording rail transportation to tha fa mous fishing and hunting grounds alona tho river of the aamo name 'and to the Foley and Belknap bot springs, aa well aa to tha mines, which are rapidly being developed. - Mr. Welch ssys ths McKensio Una will be built next year. Tba company's sn ginssrs will be here in a few days to run a preliminary survey from hero to Blue River-City. ' , BURNS CLOTHING , . OUT OF REVENGE . Angered over his room-mate's action in reproaching him for Indulging to ex cess in alcoholics. Panax Kakllanoalk, a housemover. residing at 114 North Thirteenth street, ia alleged to have se cured revenge in a manner that nearly eaussd ths destruction by Cm of the house In which he resides and resulted in the issuance of a warrant for his arrest today. Kaktlancslk and Vladimir Davldjuk Jointly share an apartment in the Thir teenth atreet houee and have for some time been boon companions. Tssterday,. afternoon, according- to Davidjuk. Kakll anoalk accumulated an overplua of "bottled cheer" and returned to his room In a besotted condition. Davldjuk rebuked his friend for "his lapse from tha straight and narrow path an Kakll aiwwtxr left -tne room In high dudgeon. ' ITse aess sTskllseiilli hiiuisie- -o-er his companion's interference the more he became enraged, and ao it is said. cast about for aomo method of retaliat ing. Later In the aftorhodn Davldjuk "clalma that . KakHsneath returned to the room during hla absence and gathering all of hla room-mate's clothes, piled the garmenta on the floor and liberally aprlnkled them with kerosene. It ' is alleged that be then struck a match, set firs to the wearing apparel and mado a hasty exit. Roomers tit the house, attracted by tha flames and amoks, broke Into the apartment and extinguished the blase before tho flames bad gained much headway. Davldjuk visited the police court' this morning and laid the matter before tho officials, Ha was reluctant to swear to a complaint charging larceny, but wanted soms action taken in tbe prem ises. He finally signed hla name to a complaint aocuslng . Kakllancaik . with drunkenness. Ths warrant haa . been placed In the hands of tha pollea for service and ball haa been fixed at $50. COMPENSATION FOR FRANCHISE IS FIXED Compensation ' to tho city for the franchise asked by the Portland Mount Hood railway was fixed by- tha strset committee of tho council this morning. This Is not ths company which has fined water rights on Bull Run, but Is a separate company, one of whose chief promoters la Dr. M. O. McCorkle of East Portland.) The executive board- fixed the compen- satlon as follows: Ons thoussnd dollars for sach of the first five years; If.ono for esch of the next 10 years and 13,900 for each of tho last years. - This looked too heavy to the council-' men and they eat tha compenaatlon exactly In half, with tha exception that the i company ia to pay anoiner soev npon acceptance of the franchise - Ths hearing or ine protest against ins opening of a quarry at any looatlon In ths Woods street gulch wss ': set for Tuesday, January I, at I p. m. ... , RELATIVE WITH GUN ' 1 TAKEN FOR BURGLAR Because Alfred Nelson of Eugene brought his rifle with htm when .ho came to visit his relatives, hs nearly : landed In tha elty prison, yeeterdsy on suspicion of being a housebreaker. . Nelson arrived bare yesterday, morn- Ins, and at once repaired to tbo homo of hla kinsfolk at 1010 Clinton atreet. Upon arriving there he found that tho oooupanta of tbe houee were not at ' home, but Inadvertantly ine ooor neq - been left ' .unlocked. He decided to await the return of hla relatives, and ae. cordlngly entered the house ' In the meantime ssvsral of ths neigh, bora, upon aeelng a strange man. armed with rifle,, enter the houee, mistook ' him for a burglar and notified the po lice. Patrolman Slnnott was dispatch! to the scene and found Nelson seated In one of tbe front rooms. Explanations followed and the bluecoat returned to the station. ' i ii i i Observe Sfew Year's. ..All .members of ths Retell Grocers association In this city will close their grocery stores tomorrow all day on ae count of New Teefe day. Since the a aoclatlnn became a factor In tha trade -of Portland It has been the custom te , close all placea of business on holidays. 1 1 1 11 '' 1 ' . i ovsrao Wanes 111. I Journal Sie1a Srle I Fermlnxton, MUh., Der. II. Hrtver sor Werner la so 111 tf bronchial trouble that unless he recovers fh'4ffy-he wil be usable to go te Detroit to be Inau gurated tomorrow.