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Newspaper Page TextGOOD EVENING Journal Circ::!;.t:. :: Yesterday THE WEATHER, Snov flurries tonight and Wednea- flay; cower: nonneny winds. , - - a . -r v vol; v. 7 no. -Mi.y;. :tf;;vi PORTLAND, " OREGON, - TUESDAY EVENINO, JANUARY 1, 1907. EIGH7.EEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. ft T1 UN". 0 K ... X : ' ' . . : 1 1 ' WILL BUILD x. a a a " i i -i' . ; i . - , V AjT)pleBackingAsurM United Railroads; by Easternand. Local Wen ofWealthv Loss to Have Charge of Con trt atructlon Steel . Riils - Or V dered ' and Work to Com mence Within ThlrtjTDays . C. M. Warren Among Backers, .... 1 - acius. construction oj: in umwu iVrUllwaya tinea In th pity of Portland I will o commenced within SO days. Com- plete arrangement a, to, th. t Inanclng of the'Sd were closed loday. Eastern ' capital will build th . vf if m . In tta en tirety. - i ; C. EJ. Xoss, who a few months ao ; aaaum4 ownarahlp f tha atooW f -ilia company and undortook tha taak of . flnanolnff the llnaa wider' Conaldarabla rtirricuuy. win continue in control and " have entire charge of gonatfuetton. Ha a 111 remove to Portland freoa Loa An aelea and make this "try hla home per ? Aiaaently lie ia determined to. make a ' aucceaa of the . United Railways enter- ' srlse.. Ike aaya, and will chanae frein .jne row m wnunuHorj wmoa in nmm adhered to for St yeara, and baooma aa Bella Are ea Way. Mfteea ; carloada of .CTrlib-yi tmlla save been ordered .from the Lorran (Ohio) Hteel Jtatl works, fof dellrei-v within ; two weekav i The trooved ' rail , win be Mid on Front street. In compli ance with .the terms of the ordinance. Orders have been alven for aaembiir -of equipment for beflnnlna ooastractloa . before the end of-January. . " ' Oranisation of the new syndicate has k been carried on with tl.e titanoat secmcy ' with a view to avoidance of opposition vnrom existing elec,triu railway Interests ynsturally antagonistic to'- the United X Itailwaj's company's project In splu of .precautions, the facta have become j known and he principals In the deal do not dny their authenticity. At the head of the new syndicate la C. M. I Warner, a Syracuse millionaire, and as aocla ted with him Is a well-known financier who Is largely Interested in AVestlngHouse companies. Also asso ciated with Mr. Isa are Herman Wit tenberg, Louis J. Wilde and others. In cluding men connected with the Oregon Havings A Truet company. Xsad of Byadloat. Mr. Warner is principal owner of the Paclflg Coast Biscuit company, with planta In - Portland. - San Francisco. Reattle and Taooma. He is Interested in the petroleum business In the east and ha for years been known as, one of the strong and efficient fighters against the 1 Standard Oil company. Ha nwUM 1ntratil In K. Tnrf ) 'electric railway project through repre sentations mut oy Mr. Wittenberg. An examination- followed, and condition Continued on Pare Three.) BUREAUCRACY AT OLD GRAFT GAME Valuable Concessions Secretly SolcT i Appropriations for Army,Navy and Famine Re lief SquanderedWill Dis solve New Douma. ' ; Ioaraal tpaelal Bertles.) i flt. Petersburg, - Jan. 1. The bu reaucracy lias resumed Its old business of graft and persecution. Valuable concessions Involving thousands of square miles of land and many mines have been secretly sold to foreign syn dicates, while appropriations for the army and navy and-for famine relief hay been squandered. Government papers' cynically an nounce that In case of an opposition victory not only will tha duma be dls . solved, but renresentativa institutions iL--wlll be abolished. This threat has served to unite opposition -parties. - 4 ' Several sailors were shot In frus trating a bold attempt by political con , splrators to dynamite the steamship . Oregory Morch last night on Its ar ; rival from New Tork at Odessa. The vessel was loaded -with guncotton -and dynamite. The fuse of a bomb was ex tinguished Jifet In time to prevent its explosion In thj hold. The jonaplra tors bonrdtd the vessel on Ita arrival and went below decks.. Their actions aroused suspicion. Rallors discovered the men lighting the bomb. With pistols drawn -the, sailors and conspi ratois fought. Two of the conspirator r shot, arid the others wer routed. -VMIS3 E. B. It R ( Beauty Coat Beautiful Young San grapner nemovea IS II CRII some That Judges; Couldn t Work " ""' (Hnirtt ; 'Jtews aerrlce.)- ' - 8a n Francisco, 3an. 1. Because she raa ao beautiful;' Miss E. B. McKeen, deputy ctark and stenographer for the appellate court of the first district, baa lost her position. Her beauty dis tracted the attention of even the grave and reverend judges who could not take their eyeson her, and then.-4oo, If is Id that 'the (wlvs-. of thjeae same Jurists had' something, to nay about an attractive bit: of femininity being constantly before their husbands' eyes. They would much prefer a man, and so a man It must be. It has been noted that Miss McKeen, carefully groomed. daintily- hatted, acninuloualv gowned and sracef ully booted carried a sort of sunshine Into the must and gloom of court rooms and judges' chambers. "The aun upon winter's day was not ao fair a slant." The x" th solemn Jurists were THREE F.IILLIOHAtRES FIGHT FOR RHODE ISLAND T06A Wetmore, Goddard and Colt in Contest Chances Favor Wetmore. - ; , (Joaraal asedsl BerTlrv.) Providence, R. I.. Jan. 1. The Rhode Island general aaaembly, which convened today. Is called upon to elect a United Rtates senator to succeed Oeorge P. Wetmore. who ' Is a candidate for re-eloc-tlon. The contest la one of the moat Interesting that the state-has seen in recent" years, fierce fight to over throw the ancient tthode Island regime f despotism as 'Tepreaente- by 8rn tor Aldrleh and Weemore has been on for a long time. During the past summer- the fall movement gained great strength through a union of Democrats and Independents under the leadership of Colonel R. H. I. Ooddnrd, a million aire manufacturer and lifelong Repub lican. The result of the November elec tion waa a victory for the reform forces, but such Is the peculiarity of the Rhode Island constitution that the popular In dorsement of Colonel , Goddard's - candi dacy for the senate failed to give him enough votes In the general assembly to Insure hla election. Hence the con teat must be fought out on the-floor. . - FRANK. BAKER BETTER TODAY STANDS GOOD CHANCE OF RECOVERY .While anil, rn a- critical - condition, Frank C Baker, lately chairman of th Republican Stat central committee, was reported . ta be decidedly, better todayf by hi physician, Dr.- Clarence l'.N1eK. I , ols. Dr. Nlchhls said this afternoon that U th Improvement continue Mr. Baker-will probably recover. ' At midnight last night Mr. Baker's condition was ao alarming that ' all M'KEtN Her a Job. - V - - ' I" I' . r -i. ' -1. liaB 1 ' ? 01 I" . V, ,'v"-r . ' J I; -V sasjjtjsjkmaMsaaaatasasa V7J TO BE PRETTY? Frahcfsco Demity Sterio- lor ceing pp nana- lifted from their books to follow her. Thoughts strayed from the rule In Shelley's ' case and Wharton on contracts- Uk the thoughts of the Judge In "Maud Muller," and, possibly a grim and -unbending : bencher sighed softly and thought of what might have been aa the Joyous-eyed stenographer went her way, (leaving a trace of perfume like a witching memory behind her. Miss McKeen Is to be punished for being too beautiful, ton witching, too daintily gowned. She is to lose the place she has held so long. There will be, no more feasting of the eyes for those heavy ministers of Justice. The gleam of a presence will not again light the darkest Judicial chamber. Nevermore will a half whiff of perfume set old nerves to tingling and old mem ories aatir. Miss McKeen's beauty will Irradiate other scenes. It Is . a political crime to be both handsome and well gowned. In addition to Senator Wetmore and Colonel Uoddard. there la a third candi date In the field. In the person of Colo nel Ramuel Pomeroy Colt, widely known throughout the country as the head of the rubber trust. The cauaUdacy of Colonel .Colt will militate against the success of Colonel Ooddard and throw the balance of power In favor of Sena tor Wetmore, whose chancea of aucceaa are . regarded aa the beat of the three, despite the fact that he has fewer votes pledged htm than has Colonel Ooddard. NO CHILD SLAVERY AND ; MUCH LESS GAMBLING (Joaraal at Hr B-rrW. Atlanta, Oa., Jan. 1. Two Important laws became operative today, the child labor and the antl-turketstop. The former frees children under 12 from toll In the cotton factories. NEW ENGLAND ALSO HAS A COAL FAMINE , (Journal aseclsl ervlee.l-'" T ' Boston. Jan. 1. New England 1 threatened with a coal famine, due to a railroad embargo' on' account of th car shortag. , raaarlvaia tVawaaakr Mi" " (Journal Special aervtea.t - I - HarVlsburg. Pw Jn- 1. Th Penn sylvania leglslatur met at noon today and organised. '1 rnrrsa feared hr-would- n6tIle-tinfn morning. Today ' ha showed ' algna of consciousness, and Dr. Nichols . said both his temperature and hla puis wer better, and also that he seemed more rational. , , . - , , So , on except the physician and nurse) and member of the family have been- permitted to enter th sickroom, and no Information I given out except by th physician. . . , rririhiif:S:v1r MILIUM i NewO.R. &NrSched ule iirt Effect -Today, Is of; Importance ;to i River; Points : Sweeping Reductions Are Made in. Rates From iAJI; Snipping Places on the Upper Columbia Which f Have Advantage, 'of r Water Competition. " r Thw new freight tariff -wWiehr goes into affect today on the O. R. A N. Co. 'a . lines between ' Portland and . the mouth, of tha Snake river makes sweep ing reductions f freight' rates, as . a result ' of tbe operation of . the Celllo portage railway and the running of steam boa ta on tha uppe Columbia. - No changes of any Importance have been mad, to Snake river points, a territory that ' has not yet been Invaded to. any considerable extent by-iStearaer lines. Tbe rate reduction to river points as far east as Waltsburg and ' Walla Walla ar -of tremendous , Importance t the producer aha ahrppera. of ' the, inland empire, aa a saving of hundred eg thou- and of dollars annually will fes tb re sult to the people In the movoaa nt of tonnage Into and otef h jJUerlor ountry. .. Never air. la the history f transportation In the northwestbae so convincing an Illustration been af forded of the efficacy of water compe tition In regulating rail rates.. Aaaoaaf f Bedaetloaa. . In a report prepared by Frank J. Smith. . Buoerlatendent of the Celllo portage road, comparison of old and new rates show the exact amounts of reduction of rail rate on the mala Ha of th O. R a N. Co. - ' Between Portland and Celllo the re ductions, wltll considerable, 'are not ao pronounced aa . to , point above, alnc the rate had already been reduced by steamer competition to The Dalle. The difference after today In th rate be tween Portland and Celllo will be 80 cent per ton on first-claa freight, 40 on second-class, (0 cent on third-class. 11.40 on class A, 40 cents on class B. (0 cent on class E. or car lots, and $6.20 per car on horses. To 2folata Beyond. To point beyond the 100-mile run to Celllo, the reduction are correspond-1 ingly greater. At Arlington th reduc tion of the rate of third class freight is 23.20 per ton. At Wsllula the cut Is deep and strong and will afford Intense satisfaction to the people of that eastern Washington section. - Second class freight can be ahlpped between Waliula and Portland 22.80 per ton cheaper; first class freight goes 12.00 less. A carload of hors can be ahlpped be tween these points for 111 less than be fore the railroad company decided to (Continued on Page Three.) LOST! LOST K pearl-handted carving set. Pe eember 24. rinder vlll pleaav leave at Upeaaa, Welfe a Co. or paoea Baat 14. IWT OoM watek. risoer plew eetn-a to , Joarnal of See; owner will oerlbc: tader . Is kaown. LOOT lleart-abaped gold lorket wltb chain, if i'aataiattia. bete eea anih aed Third at. Ratura te 2 .ortb 30th. R,-ard. IXaT atrtng told a a. Reward for their return to MT tht Mflrrbna. Tel. Kaat !. LOUT k hnneb of key., -ae Yale lock exat ta for a uoatofBce-box. aatera to -city editor. rtH'XD A beasrboat. foot of Stark at. Apply C. . Aohs, LOST Lady's allver watch, aieral "potato" fob attached, oa WTwdlawo ear line. Flader paono Waodlawa TS. RawarA STRAYED from Sorth ATWna ta Nnvaaihv. - aa ' eransa-enlorea eat, tiger atrloeo on Idea; anewera to "Harry "; aaltaM reward for laforajatlon or retnra. Phoaw Valoa 12S4 or Eaat 101. . TOR raRTKX "lOtT AJTD rOnTtD" TORS' TO TKR -OtAMiraO tAax, If you lose anything a 15 cent classified advertisement will advertise the lost among: 100,000 JOURMLReadersl ALBERT QLEMAN, .Z3' ' i i i . I. JL fflw urn Obsenre tbe Pecu BOY SLAYER TALKS OF DEED ... ' , . , ' - : - - . 'r v v.. v .,1.;. Alberb01eman,hirteen-Year-0ldM y pf Foster Mother; Proves Strange Char-: - acter SaysjHe ' At the county Jail Albert Oleman, the 11-year-old murderer of Mrs. Sarah Ay era, tils foater mother, taUaof-lils deed a coolly as If he were-telltng about how he used to walk to Sunday school at Warren once , a week. He reached Portland yesterday afternoon In custody of , Sheriff White and ; will b confined ' In ' the Multnomah county, Jail until his preliminary nearlrg. '. ' ; A boy In year,- he acts, speaks; and looks rs if he might have reached years of maturity. . There Is nothing boyUh about hla face, nothing suggestive of a child In his talk and nothing In hi de meanor or deportment that might sug gest a trace of human sympathy. There Is absolutely no word or sign of regret for the deed he' committed, but already he ha shown that he fears punish ment. rrvpatiar Defease. Toung. as he Is, he. Is clever enough to have already thought out something of A defenaa and Is preparing to set up plea of Insanity. He aays that he must hava been "out of his head" when ha committed the crime and that, he don't believe they -will punish' him If they are abie to clearly understand his condition. ' - -i With his lips he say that he is aorry for the crime, aorry that he took the life of th woman who was a mother to htm. But It Is only' wlth- his lips that he speaks, for a they . make the THAT RECLAMATION VV02K HAY BE POKE CHEAPER Movement to Change, to Con tract System on Klamath Project. - - (Spatial Dtapatch to Th Joarul ) Klamath rails. Or.. Jan. 1. .The agi tation for a change In tha system em ployed In forwarding operations on the Klamath Irrigation project, under the United State reclamation service, gives high promise of a favorable result: Those who advocate the substitution of the contract system for the "force ac count" system have such aasurances from the interior department aa war rant their belief that a comparison, at least, will be made, and they ar confi dent that comparison will be equiva SAD NEW YEARS DAY IN CAPITAL: VICTIMS OF DISASTER BURIED 4i (Joaraal Speolal Sal ln.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 1. This was a aad New Tear's day to many people in -Washington. . This morning the fu nerals of the 41 known victim of 8un- day night' horror at Terra Cot t a, a suburb of thbj city, began to ba held. Hearses war busy ' all day carrying their burdena to tha cemeteries. Many of tbe bodies wer ao badly mangled that relative had them Interred with out taking th usual- last look at their BOY MURDERER liar - Sbaped HcadV Will Plead Insanity y rf ' 4 S - J -fT,-:i sound he look straight at bis listener out of narrow, peculiar eyes that ten far more plainly than bla words that he 1 not sorry and won Id probably- do th earn thing again If given tha op portunity.- .i -i . ( The boy' had J abnormally shaped. HI forehead la high and narrow. Th akull ..extend, far back at th rear, al most egg-shaped. Hla no la atratgut, and his Hps are thin and crneL ' SO ya and Xr.' .'. ' ' But tbe mot peculiar phyalcal fea tures of this prodigy of ortme are his eyes and ear. Hi ye are eolorleaa, though at times they have a bluish tint. They are set - far back underneath the eyebrows, and ar so close together a to appear-almost crossed. They ar neither roving nor quick, but cool and penetrating.- They look at on squarely, never shifting, and ar tlgerlshly cruel in their star. . v . p. -.,.. . His ears are a Urge aa th palm of the ordinary lad.. They ar long and are set far back on hi head. - - "I haven't decided to make any New Tear' resolutions. he said. "I never did mak any and don't think I will this tlm. . . , i i - "I don't know how long I will have to stay there.;' I have a. lawyer, but , he hasn't been to see me yet. None of my relative have been to see me yet, either; ' There ar 12 In our family. My mother .and. father are dead. . He died of a cancer.,"-, j , ..- ... lent to th adoption of th contract system. .. , . - Consideration of tlm. cost and se curity of work enter Into their conten tion. - ' . - f, It I proposed, by way of teat, "that a thorough inquiry be mad Into the comparative coat of constructing '- th lam five mile of th first unit of th main canal under contract, and th first fle mile of the second tinlt of said canal, under . 'force account,' with out contract." .-.. . ' Senator Fulton ha given assurance of hearty sympathy with the proposal for the ter: Th matter wa put Into hap for presentation to th interior department, through th Oregon delega tion In congress, by a committee of the Klamath.cnamber of commerce. The California delegation -waa alwo invited to assist, and Benator Flint, notably, has responded, , h- , .One of the chief practical grounda of complaint is that the estimate of coat, which started at 212.00 per acre, ha advanced to 210. Thla, tt is remarked, ha been a feature generality observed In the government's reclamation un dertaking, and It 1 desired to minimis It har. : The blame for tha wreck rest either upoti Harry Hlldebrand. engineer of the extra train, or Milton Phillips, the operator at Terra Cotta, phlllipa has been- released on bonds of 110,000, but Hlldebrand la still a prisoner. The en gineer persists In bla statement that he saw no light. - . " District officials m-4.lt matt the mt searching Investigation. The coroner s Cirv today vlnltcg the .seen of the reck.-.. , . . . ., ... FALLS 111 SLOUGH 0,1 EASTSr .u ,. J Walter "Green, Nine Old, Attempt ' 0-Crosifoa.aJJjQc! aded1 Street" Firemen Take the UnconscI: i Form of the Boy From V y Water After It Has Been Su'j merged for Nearly an Hour- Youth Is Dead. While orossing the old trestle at East Mark and Sixth street, thla afternoon Walter Green, year of 'age, feU.int- th slough and . remained under 4h water for more than half an hour. Th' body: waa finally recovered by firemen. under .command of Chief Hoi den. Policemen Qoltx, Blakeman and ether -worked herolcally'over "the boy' until it waa found that life waa not ex tinct. -However, their effort wero be lieved to be futile. ' . The boy waa walking along the street with Charles Rhodes, a playmate. Thu street is being repaired and had been blockaded to prevent pedestrlana from crossing. It is perhaps 10 feet above th slough. Th boy and his Companion ignored th blockade and tried to cross. v ,''..".' '-Mem, Kit a JUank. ' The Green boy lost his . footing and fell headlong "from th trestle, - Ilia head struck a large, plank which waa floating on the water directly beneath th .bridge and the- body lodged- on it. Hlacompanloa ran screaming back to Orand avenue and a rescuing party quickly on the scene. , On the arrival of th party the boy waa atlU lying on the. plank, but. In. a Tew minute fell into the water. ; '."'. .' , ',; Member of th fir department, un der Chief Holden. also arrived quickly, and by mean of ladders. . grappling hook and rope endeavored to recover the. body. . . . While the firemen were at work the boy' mother learned of th accident and rushed to th edge of the brl'Us. Frantic with grief she prepared to burl herself nto the water In a frensled ef- fnfl In ,..'. tha tutv V, , i , w a . nt-aw vented by Policeman Blakeman. Sh. wa removed to her home while effort to recover the, body continued. Great crowd of people lined the street end banks of th slough for blocks. . At last one- of th grappling hooka caught In the boy' clothing and th- body was brought to th top of the water. Ropes were tied about him and he wa quickly raised to the street. Although he wss under the water for more than 20 minutes the boy-showed sign of life after policemen had worked on him for several minutes. A doctor wa aummoned and the effort to revive, hlra wer continued but without result, Th boy wa dead. mm -hicks is SORRY SPECTACLE '' -V. J Entombed Man Has Bad Case cf Stage Fright and Refuses to Say His" Piece- Terror Go Great That It Is Pitiable. Probably Last Appearance . (Jcarnal pelil SrTloa.) Iaoa , Angeles, Jan. 1 L, II. i: who for more than two .week buried alive In the tunnel of the T son Electric company. on Krn ;t and whose rescue attracted the --ii-i attention,, made III dehut lnt n: ; an actor, and a sorry p-,t,i. in h Such waa his stage, fricht thnt it m pltlnbl to see hl.s terror. He came hot whs hl numi-f. t flrt man to offer him an cnn and the ahtw had been hIhwv . Tertlaed. Hicks had hen ; , t ,, (Highly and had committed t i t tha story of his amassing e- .tro f death and his ha ki' i i i. .1 i Itnrjr of th redone, which, of om.r had been written fur him. iu!. i a hit. ' At the last minute li I i-i refused to go on lh a Cldaxl that ha d!l r,"i ' manager lot. Ho finally confwnicl ! t t .. In th front ro n'l an ttons at were rut r . first queatlon ) "t I chew of tohaoo I,, r r he sat sullenly nd .-. . i syllable arul itrun- ' ware rt t him, nt.'.l i had paid t.y e I :i I. v 1eft th hll. 1 tnsy ho hlH ! . lie. llle say l. i lactt'ling. i i ' i : 'St.. .,(. 1 i V" i-1 x y