The Oregon daily journal., January 21, 1907, Image 1

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GOOD EVENING (liTfn-r ?f f?!fetT5. U STrllrlYft1 Journal Circulation :
.VOL. V. NO. 276.
Insulting. Letter to
Admiral , Davis, - Who
Represented This Na
tion in Kingston ;
. ." ' T-. (Jourm! Rptelal Scrrlc.)
London, Jan. tl Governor Swetten
hmm h railed on th covernment aak
llnc that thanka ba extended to Jtmar.
lea for the assistance received by Ad
tnlra.1 Davis. He does not mention the
unpleasantness. The government - has
ordered him to report hts version of
the unpleasant affair ' at once; - .
- .; - -Klnirston. Jan-.-Sl. Thenr-wi much
-.r-. disorder -here : last . night and discon
tent Is rife. Governor Swettenham and
the mayor of Kingston -ere at logger
- ' heads and everybody la expressing the
.' opinion that the governor made a mesa
of the situation and an asa of him-
aclf.
-A number of small rum ahopa opened
- . secretly and Vegroea are causing much
i trouble. - , .,'
Ldy Swettenham Is the angel of the
" stricken city and is constantly at
"" work directing nurses and aiding the
-11 tnlnred. P he-baa alept very little sine
the disaster. .'. ., ( ,
' ' ' Oeoniai RpecUt Serrtee.) ". r ' 1
Kin gstan,. Jamaica, Jan. 1 1. - - The
- United States, through Rear Admiral
- Devise-received a deliberate insult from
Governor Bwettenhanf, for which the
' British government will ' undoubtedly
apologlae. Admiral Davis, who" had
"landed men from the warship Missouri
and Indiana and gunboat Yankton, to
and in the rescue, hospital and renovat-
lng work; . vM ordered to reemberk
them, and leave the British to handle
the situation as they saw best..
- The incident has created a. remark-
able stir; already the demand for', the
governor's removal has been made here,
and In London It has been suggested
that bis excellency be recalled.
Tli. ,rAiiHlj wMoh will unit nnhtjull
lafauss an International complication, be-
rr a n when P.r AltTilrel riavla eallerf
Into the harbor ,ta render, whatever aid
possible to th people here. ' The ' gov
ernor' objected to the aalute from the
American - shlpr' he said hs feared ' the
.' people would mistake the effect of the
concussion of the guns as renewal of
.the terrible earthquake.. At th same
time he declared that ha had sufficient
resources at hand te cars for the wound
ed, and that he did not think outsid aid
wa necessary... . '. .-.',.
... Admiral Savla' Apology- "
The following letter was sent to the
J. governor , by K ear-Admiral Davis, in an
effort to mollify his excellency:
. "My Dear Governor: I beg you to ae, i
eept my apology for the mistake- of th
salute this afternoon. - My order -was
misunderstood and th disregard 1 of
your wishes was due to a mistake in the
transmission .of my order. I trust ths
- . apparent disregard of your wishes will
be overlooked.
'.1 landed working parties from. both
'ships to .aid In clearing the various
streets and buildings, snd purpose land
ing parties tomorrow for the same pur
. pose unless you expressly do not desire
. it. I think a great deal may be done In
. the way of assistance to private Indi
viduals without Interfering with th
, forces of yourself and th government
officials. As ths only object of my be
" , lng her Is to render such assistance
as I can. I trust you will justify me In
- (Continued on Pag Nine)
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.The Journal, according tn th advertising authorities, as well s to facts,
backed up by documentary evidence, leads in circulation In Portland and
Oregon, having a greater average dally paid-for circulation than any daily
paper printed In. Oregon, leading its two contemporaries In Portland by upward
ef, 1.000 copies, and the lead is Increasing. .
The circulation records of The Journal a r open to the Inspection of
advertisers, who ar Invited to Inform themselves as, to th quantity and
quality Of. circulation. . ' . . . ,-i '-' '
The Advertising Record of Portland Papers
The following table shows th volume of advertising carried by the three
papers of Portlsnd durlng'th past week, ending January JO: ' j t V
'" ' ,' Journal. . OTegoalaa,' Telegram,
t - v '' " '.'-- v T Xssme.----,.-T Issmee.. tssnes.
Local Display, inches.'; . . f ...... 1 .5,735 -f-v 4,254 1
Foreign Display, inches 637 1,295 .
Classified and Real Estate, inches .'. .2,156 2,611
Readers, inches..,...........".....".' .47 ; . 68
Total, inches i.. .........
From the above iu Is te be seen that The Journal for th week led th
Ore r on lan for th same Issues by 147 inches In volume of advertising, and
ta Telegram, the evening edition of the Oregonlan, and not a dally In fact,
being printed only six days In the week. by9 inches.' '' - 1 - .. )
- - The live advertiser first looks te the - paper trf - largest paid -circulation,
which Is -Ahe chief reason for' The . Journal being preferred as the ."best
medium' on th part of advertisers. , ; y .(.-,
EDITIOI J COMPIvILTILIY;
FAILSIH"
SUB-COf,lf,llITEE
Senators - Kittredgs and Tallia-
.ferro Report Against th Djs?
strict "Attorneyr Who" May "Be
: Rejected--FuIton's ' Hostility
.the Cause..' ,'..;,-. r,.:v
'''' (apictal Dlspttcs to T6 JooraaL) ' 1
' Washington, D. C, Jan tl The aub.
eommittee. Senators Kittredge and Tal
llaferro, today reported to the senate
Judiciary committee against United
States Attorney - Bristol - and ' reoom
mended, unanimously that bis nomina
tion be rejeoted.' .-
The committee possibly, will, act on
th report at next ' Monday's regular
meeting. An adverse report by the full
committee will doubtless be the result.
Senator Fulton who has bitterly op
posed th confirmation of W. C Bristol
as United States district r attorney for
Oregon, la undoubtedly responsible for
the action of th subcommittee, which
voted todsy to reject ' the nomination.
As it is on of the unwritten laws of
th senate that no nomination shall be
confirmed tn the face of - positive op
position by th senator from the state
wbere th appointee 1 to hold office, it
In deemed probable-that the report f
the subcommittee will be approved by
th whole committee and then by th
senate. ?-?',. '7 .-;
Th. n.t.n.lhl. Ka al - tnr 4ijk ' Annnsl.
tion to - Bristol ilea In som charges
which were filed agwnst him mora than
a year ago. President Roosevelt caused
the charges to be, thoroughly Investi
gated and that he regarded them as of
no moment was " fully , demonstrated
whenh sent Bristol's nomination to
the senate a second time, upon th con.
venlng . of th - present session. ; His
confidence --in Bristol's Integrity ' and
ability- baa been shown' repeatedly Id
other ways.' j , ;
BRAVE SOLDIER USES"
U LIFE-SAVING fRQERTY
Haines, Alaska, Jan. - Th herolo
work of th soldiers of th Tenth In
fantry from Fort William H. Bewnrd
saved this city from total destruction
by fire this morning snd on soldier wss
burned t death; ' The property loss Is
(20.000. ' """
and Advertising m.
4,668
694
1.205
41
6,608
.8,575
8,228
PORTLAND, OREGON, ' MONDAY EVENINQ, JANUARY,
-- ',- There were-many proDdnent English men and women at Klnon, Jamaica; when that city was almost
destroyed by the earthquake and tire. The pictures of som of the moat prominent are given herewith. The
photographs from left to Tight are thoae of Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, president ot the Elder ft Dempster Steam
ship company; the Hon. Evelyn Ellis and son and the Countess ot Dudley, '
. ,. : r- 1 7
. -."- j '.'. .."'.:,. ' '. 'in ,'. - v.-
Jud C. B. Hebbard
' : i nai his reiiows
V : I t Weak
'. (Joaraal Special Service.) , , '
San Francisco, Jan. tl-Judge J. C.
B. Hobbard haa chafged ' hts fellow
members of th superior court with In
competency, weakness, dlshoaeaty end
incorrigibility, and thereby has created
a senratlon as great as that with which
the Impeachment of Mayor Schmlts and
Aa-e Ruef was' received. - --m-x.-
- ."I want' to say that this court has
been criticised by th press, ths pub-,
lio and the - leading lawyers at th
bar as being; Incompetent. My opinion
Is that It Is not only Incompetent, but
incorrigible, - and ought to be Impos
sible. Personally 1 em In favor of a
universal Impeachment by the legisla
ture of the entire -bench of Ban Fran
cisco. The personnel of the Judges if
pictured by Crulkshanks would make
more merriment than hi pictures In
the "Rake's Progress.' We ar Incom
petent'! .-'' ' .-.'-'-..
This Is a part of a written statement
prepared by Superior Judge J. C. B. Heb
bard for submission to th annual meet
ing of his fellow Jurists -e th bench,
Vear JPablie Opinion. " -
- "W psolong th trial ef cases beyond
all reason. W ' delay - decisions, or
SHOSHONES GO
Ofl THE AVARPATH
Indians ; Whose Lands ,! Were
.Thrown Open to: Settlement
Without Their Consent Mur
' der a Rancher, andSeek to
C . r, .' ' , i
: Slay, a Missionary.. ." V .', -;
- ( Jonrnal Special SerVfee. ) , . -Lander,
Wyo., Jan. Jl Th discon
tent among the Shoshone ndlans, whose
lands were thrown open to settlement
last summer, Is reaching a- serious
stage. Forty members of th tribe,
who never .consented to th arrange
ments, hav refused, to take up their
allotments. These' . malcontents hav
since stirred up trouble and threats
a re made against-all who favored th
treaty.- .
The marder of Oeorg Terry-last
weeW Is laid -to these Indians and other
crimes ar feared. - . :- , ... .
Rev. , John Roberts, who haa . been
among the Indians for II years as a
missionary, was ambushed by a band
of redskins while crossing the reserva
tion on his return - from a funeral t
North fork. When he saw .th Indians
hiding along the trail he stopped his
horse. Then they beckoned him to
come toward them, but he wheeled his
horse and rode to this place, where he
telephoned to Fort Wsshakl and a de
tachment of soldiers was sent to the
sgency for Mrs. Roberts and .their
child. Mr. Roberts. . escorted by a
strong guard of soldiers, lias, left Xor
ijOLD'
of-Superior Court-ofcSan Francisco,:Asserts
Are uisnongst. incompeieni,-1 ime-oervingr:
make them pro forma,' for convenience,
until- th lawyer Is tired.- - W ere not
dishonest.' but old Judge Jeffries would
laugh gleefully to see us In our honest
dishonesty. . We fear public opinion, and
we .have not enough bowels to etand
against It and decide eases according to
the law and the constitution.
"The barof - this community, - while
It has been bad enough In ths 20 years
past, was never so. bad In its large ma
jority as It Is now; and God help som
litigants In their property rights, . In
their family rights, and otherwise. If
th scrutiny of our Judges of the pro
ceedings before them Is as careless as it
seems to me.'", ." f ' '.i
' "I think that every office of patronage
In this sourt should be declared vacant,
and at the adjourned meeting that they
be filled. This Includes th examiner
of th Insane, the court commissioner
and the interpreters.
i'T believe that at our adjourned meet
ing, when under th law w must select
the 144 grand Jurors for th year, after
their names hav been officially passed
upon and accepted, said names should be
published In the dally press for a period
of five days, - In order that th press
WILL SELL LANDS
TO BUILD ROADS
Southern Pacific- Will Offer for
Sale All Agricultural and Oraz
lng Lands Granted to Central
Pacific Between- Sacramento
,',7 and Og&?ni-;mm'''m.;
' (Jflsraa! gpeeial serrta. .
. San - Francisco..' Jasu 2L.A11 - lands
ef th Southern Facine company : In
cluded In th government grant to tb
Central- Paclfla railroad in - this state,
Nevada and Utah, with th exception of
timber property, will be placed on sal
not later -than July , 1 of this year.
The holdings ar approximately ,00,
00 acra ,' .
This move is looked upon by rail
road men as part of the plan- for th
rehabilitation of the Pacific coast. roads
of ttutllarrlman system. ' ,
The land. Involved comprises agri
cultural and graslng territory. Bet
tered through the northern part of Cal
ifornia, and widely distributed over
Utah and Nvada- .' . ; ,v -
The timber land on the company's
holdings wilt not be touched, but will
be reserved for later sale. .1 The grant
which will be placed on the market
take In territory from Sacramento to
Ogden and RosevlU. north . to , th
hnimdnrr ef Oregon.-- - - '
Washakie, wher he will Join hi fam
ily, . T- ; 'v.: ' - ' ' - m
QUT-MUJIC AGAIN NEXT SUNDAY '
2l 1907FOURTEEN PAGES.
and ths public may know who they are
-JMosi of the decisions arfd most of
th actions' of th Judges depend Upon
what- th public la going to think
abOOt It- i'rv ''.,'-. '
"The bar Is absolutely rotten. ' -"'"We
ar throwing . lawyers out of
court every day. They bring suits
without rhyme of .reason. They defend
without a defense simply to get th fee.
Th condition Is frightful. Any kind
of cases, for any kind of fee, is their
motto. W ar- obi Iced to look care
fully Into every -document submitted
te us. I think th public should know
of these things. I consider It my duty
to th bar jnd to the people who elected
me to say "what I hav said.
"Thar Is 'no harmony ' among tbo
JudgeS. On or two herd together, but
there are never any consultations, and
fif there were It would be useless. I
hsve no-remedy 'to offer save that I
believe , th present legislature should
take the Judicial office out ef politics.
leave th appointments to competent of
ficials, make the tenure of office life
during ' good behavior and give them
compensation to support themselves and
faml Ilea.''
BURGLARS KILL
Beautiful and Popular Girt of
Blaine, Washington, Meets' a
. Terrible Fate in Effort to Pre-
vent Looting of Her Home by
'' Pesperadoes, Who Escape.
Blaine, Wash., Jan. It. Miss Adl
Roper, on of the most popular young
ladles of the city, was murdered In her
home last evening by burglars. -.-
The house was discovered In' flames
about 10 o'olock and when th fire died
out an InspectVm of th ruins was mad
and the body of Miss Roper was found
tied on the floor. ';'-- '
When . the body ' was examined five
wounds war dlscevrd, two In th
back of- th head. - one on the eeck end
two on th left side of the head. --
It Is believed the unfortunate woman
discovered the burglars when they were
robbing th house and that when ah
tried to- give th alarm they killed her
and then set fir .to th house In hop
of concealing th crime . ,
On suspicion that they were impli
cated In th crime, men named Watt and
Lang hav been arrested, and on Slave
ly is sought . Lang says Watt 1 and
Blavely know more about the murder'
than he. .
HOD BURil vICTIfil
Helena," Mont, Jan. II. Herman Os
thorn, for many years a resident ot this
city, committed suicide last night by
hanging. He . is believed to hav been
temporarily insane. , . . ..
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T5T?TrW TWO
Corporate Interests Ef
fect an Organization
to Check . Laws at
Salem ,
People's Wishes to Pass Reme
: dial Acts Agafnst Railroads
, and Public Service Corpora
tions Will" Be Opposed With
-' Great Vigor. 1 ' ''':7m
. lq an effort to prevent th state leg
islature from enacting any laws detri
mental to their Interests, th railroads,
the Oregon Wholesale Liquor Dealers'
association, the public service-corpora-
Hftnt ffinrt nklrg fraternity hav
oemented " together ' their ' financial and
political forces to work both in end out
of the legislature against any remedial
legislation tending to relieve the peo
ple from the burden of , corporate op
pression. ' This new combination will
attempt to' play the .music which will
make every candidate for office dance
berore it. .
Th combine of forces Is the result
of months of preparation, originating
soon after last June's election, when It
was -seen that the will of the people
wa braced against th covert acts of
many of the state's corporate interests.
Even now this combination of finance
and political pressure is thrusting Its
stealthy hand, toward Salem lu an ef
fort to block th creation of an ap
pointive railroad commission; to pre
vent franchise, grants being molested,
guard - the- liquor . Interests, and check
any hostile legislation against banking
Interests. ,
' Seoret Meeting la Peruana. -
- A meeting Is being held In- Portland
this afternoon by the representatives of
th different corporations and trusts
who feel that th people hav reason to
hold grievances sgalnst them, and th
combination to baffle any remedial ac
tion Is being perfected. ,The meeting
will be sv secret session and the result
of. Its deliberation will also be kept
under cover.
Th combination which will b as ac
tive at Salem, as the legislators them'
selves Krew. out of a call .on th part
ot th Interests to those friendly to
them that there waa need of mutual
cooperation. The . letters sent out met
with favorable responses, as It waa set
nut In these communications that there
waa a certainty of measures being In
troduced at th present session detri
mental to the Interests. The result
Is an organisation whose members ar
banded together to defeat any legisla
tion contrary to their plans or financial
gain. . r . -
In various ways the combination is
showing Its hand. Its, full power will
be felt later-as different measures pro
gress toward the third reading and final
passsg. It will be a hard battle be
tween th' creatures of th combination
and icpresentatlves and friends 'of th
people .......'.... . . ...-...,. ..
WOULD tUIFUl l'0RKf.!EN
IHSURE THEIR LIVES
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Professor Henderson Says Pres
ent Social Insurance Provis
' ions Are Inadequate. ;
' ' "" (Joaraal BpMlal Cerrtee.) :
Chicago, Jan. 11. Obligatory Insur
ance tor all Wag earners Is recommend
d by. Professor Charles R. - Henderson
of the University of Chlcaa-o. who la
also chairman of the Illinois Industrial
insurance commission, which Is prepar
ing Us report for Governor Dlneen.. In
an article In the American Journal of
Sociology, to be Issued tomorrow, he
declares present social Insurance pro
visions ar "contradictory. Inadequate
ana- unsystematic" and aaka a state In
surance law to affect all employes.
More than 40.000,000 - people. Including
working men receiving wages and small
salaries would be benefited by govern
ment interference, according to his es
timate. The "necessity of crovldln In.
dustrlal insurance haa become acuta,'
h declares. -- r
SCHUMANN-HEINK'S CARj -
TOPPLES INTO DITCH
(Joornal Special Service.). .
Sacramento, Cel., Jan. 31. Madame
Sohumann-Helnk's private car was de
railed In th wreck of westbound pas
senger No. 1. on the way to San Fran
cisco yeatarday. Three sleepers went
Into a ditch near Newcastle, but Strang
to-sey nobody was Injured. . - s . - , . -
Delegates Arriving-.
tJnorml Special Servlee.)
IVnver. Colo, Jan. l.-Deleat are
arriving for the annual convention vf
the American National Livestock asso
ciation, Tibioli beglna. tomorrow, -
rPHTS 4 IT THAI AWD TW
Hill Purchases, tho
Astoria , Road, and
"Will Extend
Tillamook-
It to
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AH Lower Columbia Thankful
Transfer Has Taken Place.
Believed ; Northern. Pacific In
terests Will Make Important
Port of Flavel.
Wlille offlclala of neither railroad
concerned are ready ' to giv out con
flrmatory new of th sale, the pur
chase of the Astoria As Columbia River
railroad, by - the Northern Pactflo was '
correctly reported In The Journal of
Sunday's Issue.- TfTIs understood that
the Northern Pacific paid approximate
ly 13,600,000 for th Astoria road and-
equipment - , ... . ..
Th purchase Included trackajre. merf.
bed and terminal properties, equipment
and all appurtenances, comprising about
sa mues-since in completion of the
jetty spur at the mouth of the-Columbia.--
Tho Huntington interests ar aaiA
to have cleared more -than 11,900,000
on the deal. .
- The- Astoria road was acquired and
completed by them at a tlm when labor
and property w&a at Mm lowest ebb- tn
th market, and In addition to this ad
vantage they were th recipients of
large bonuses.. j,The rls of th Astoria
road's recent owners marked also the
financial fall of William Reld, who was
the original promoter, and who waa en
gaged in building ths line from the As
toria end of It when the panic of 133
came And swamped him and his enter
prise. , . t. , . ., .
srlay Feller Inoppoites.-
The Astoria and Columbia River rail
road was started Oliainallv to elva the
people of this city sn outlet to th sea
side, with a view ultimately of making
it a profitable line for lumber and tim
ber tonnage. Th organiser of the com
pany financed It In England and bull
the first It miles, between Astoria a-
(Continued on Page Four.)
ICE GORGE SWEEP
E
Malta Hoover and Eleanor Car
ried Through Rapids of Co-
lumbla River by Solid Pack,
Which In Some Places Is
Thirty Feet High. ' .
(Special DUpatck to The Joaraal.)
Hoover, WastL. Jan. II i
lea gorge rushing down th Columbia
rlvr yesterday swept away th Malta
Hoover, the local ataamer. th.
Eleanor, the ferryboat, owned by W,
W. Davis of Hoover. Watchman U
Shoemaker, employed to nurd h.
cTaft whll th river waa running full
of Ice from up-river points, discovered
umi ine ooate had parted the anchor
Ilnesand had floated Into the swift car
rent. Fearing the Hoover would tn
pieces on the rocks of the raplda be
low towns he tried to reach th ferry-
boat, which wa nearer th rlvr bank,
and waa about to pass Ovr th line to
shore when It broke' Th owner of the
ferryboat heard his cries for help, went
to the rescue and took blm from the
boat when It had reached the middle
of the stream. Th. Hoover and th
ferryboat were completely surrounded
by a vast field of Ire and passed through
in rapid at th gap safely and
reached a point several mllea down
stream when the Hoover lodged against
an island and was mad fast by men
along shore. - -
Th ferry la still going down stream
and last heard of It wa above Umatilla
rapids, where ths reefs are dangerous
to river craft. - Th missing boat Is
valued at 13.000 and Is not Insured.
Several small boats and other prop
erty baa been swept away by Ice. an l
vary precaution Is being taken to guard
against damage which in ay result from
th breaking of th great Ice gorre '
which reaches from bank to bank an l
s 10 feet high and reaches for mli-e
abov Kennewlok. This gorge form- i
at the mouth of th Yakima river, where
It empties Into th Columbia. an t
stretches np th river above r.l-M i
It Is growing In stae every hour m i
holding back heavy water.
All boats along th Columbia ar-
tec ted a much as possible. A
Chinook wind haa been blowttiK , ,
region for 14 honrs and t
the Ice and Northern I'aclfl-? . ,
hav had men blasting the ion f
to protect the bridge sto t , , r
between Kannawlck aiul l inn.
lc ha been running l i-icf . !', ,
Columbia and Knake rl.- f ,r i.
weeka
BUYS
ROAD
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