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.I2.VSRY READSil .OF TXiE. UUi JDAY JOURNAL GUTO " f -- -ENBID PIECB-OF- MUC- GOOD EVE HI II G Journal Circulation 2-122- THE WEATHER. Y Occasional . rain tonight and Fri day; strong southerly wind. A ' VOL. V. NO. 285. -PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 31, 1907 EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ow TRAW8 m Trews aiANbs, nvs emu TV" mm mm mm 1 1 a -jiiyjjD-iio) ' ' ' s ' 1..-" ..' .Mm TREACHERY - TO PEOPLE Newspaper a Stock- - holder in Corporation Owning Locks Gets Farmers Profits Jones Exposes Efforts Made by Journalist to Thwart Interests of People of Willamette Valley - by Importing Government En glneer-to State Capital. . (By a Staff OorTiwpondent.) "Salem. Or.. Jan." II. Th perfidy at th Oregonlan to th people of the Wil lamette valley and It concealed part nership with corporations - was "lin- masked In the house yesterday by Repre sentative Jones who laid bare the course jtpuraucd by-the Portland newspaper fn -lobbying to kill the bill for the purchase ; or construction of Jocks at Oregon City . to relieve people of the Interior from exoeseiv freight rates. : It la surmised . that similar exposures will follow the Oregonlan'a effort to defeat a railroad commission bill.' " "'"' "T ..T'"' - f '"' Tha members of th house rods over , the Jones locks bill In committee of the whole, cutting out the amendment of ' fered by Jones of Polk and Lincoln, '. .providing for condemnation- of the ezlst " Ing locks, which provision had been left " jnit ot th original bill through over " sight aid clearly showing their inten ' tlon to give the, measure no serious con sideration, r "' "'',',' . Oregoniaa's Treachery. ' Sensational charges were made by Jones, who accused Leslie Scott of the Oregonlan and Representative Newell of having sent t Portland for a govern ment engineer to com to Salem to as sist In killing tha bill. ' He alleged that ie Oregonlan, though posing as a lend of the people, had never referred to the effort being made for the opening "of the Willamette 1 river until it - at .. tacked hla bill and that It bad taken the stand It had because tha Oregonlan owned atoek-Jh th locks company, and did not want to be deprived of. the hold ing. v" ' '-'".'v ." Ths speaker -contended that It was not manly lor the house to stifle the bill In committee of th whole or by In- definite postponement as seemed to be Intended, but. that th members. who opposed It should come"out in the open and go on record .against a measure ( - which had bei called for by the whole people of the Willamette valley. He said that the house might kill the bill at this 1 time, but that th people of th state . would have vengeance and Justice in June next, when they could go to the polls under th Initiative and secure their rights. Th bill was Anally re-referred to the special committee having it in charge after Its first reading and in all prob- Contmud on Pag Fourteen.)- TRIES TO FEED FATHER POIOII Cgn-Year-Old Boy Attempts to Put Strychnine in Food for J FosieT ParentMn Revenge for Punishment. Administered.!1 (Speelsl Pleestrk te The Jnenul.l Osrfleld, Wash... Jan. ill. Orvltle Jackson, . aged loyearsl th adopted son of T. JU Jackson of this place, at tempted to poison hla foster father jrre . , terday, - - " Mr. Jackson -and the boy live alone on a ranch four miles south of Garfield. The bnv had played truant from school and hsd been punished by th father. - The little fellow resented th whipping and yesterday, before leaving for school, be dosed the breed, meat and potatoes with strychnine which was kept In the house bythe oldor mn for poisoning squlrMLa. . ; t.-r- When the fathor enme In at noon for his dinner hn discovered the ' poison scattered liberally over the table and the food. Thnt nlghf upon his mum" from school th boy admitted having tried to poison his father, He spoke of his ef 4 forts as follows ' "1 was trying .to gel my lessons and could -not got my arithmetic. I was : rrnld Dad. would whip me for not get ting It. "1 was mad and derided to poi son him. I knew th stuff would kill him If h ate enough of It." Jackwm adopted the boy flv years aco. The lad has an ungovernnOle r . temper and has been sent to the Ch halls Reform school. - RESCUER OF AGED PARENTS ! r ' O. 8. Hendee. OFFICER filUST -EXPLAIfl CdriDUCT iiiimyiARo -:'-?-".-v-'.-i.. .'. v. . Lieutenant F. C. Taylor of The Dalles Is Said to Have Been on rroionged Debauch, Jn t: Uniform, Jn Portland's Bad Lands. J OTrst " Lieutenant Franklin C "Tyler, company V, Third - Oregon - Infantry, stationed at Th Dalles, has been or dered by Governor Chamberlain to ap pear before a beard of Inquiry in Port land and show reasons why he should not resign his commission. Lieutenant Tyler.-1 specifically charred with eon. duct unbecoming an officer : and gen tleman. ! ' ' ' : It t ald -that Lieutenant Tvler came to Portland In th holidays, to attend th officers' banquet at the regimental armory and afterward, while dressed In his military uniform, visited th north end resorts, where he lived for two weeks. His absence was noted at Th Dalles and advertisements were pub lished in The Dalles papers by his rela tives and friends, who feared that Tyler naa met with foul play. ; a. "V Spent yiv Xuadzd. The Portland police were notified to search for the missing officer and for two weeks the search went on without trace of the lost man. Finally he was picked up in a north end lumber yard by several workmen, 1 " - ' At the time Tyler was found he was la a daxed condition, said to be a result of his extended debauch among the gay inhabitants of th north end, where it is said tha dashing military officer spent about f509 on his escapade, Jt Is said, (Continued on -Pag. Two.) ' . . - V,., '- - A . V . -'. 1 0 A 0 Bret Harte's Daughter Makes the Best of . Her Bad Luck and Employs Her Time ' ; in Writing Drama - Portland, Me.. Jan. 4i. In very com fortabl quarters In' Portlaid's poor house. Mm, Jessamy Hart Steele, daugh ter of Bret Hnrte, Is accepting hr sudden- poverty stricken condition almost philosophically. , Th "overseers of th ponrhoiiae hav been very kind to' her and all her wants have been attended to by th -motherly bead nurse of th hospital. . ' , , Mrs. Steele has been given th largest and sunniest room In the- building. When th correspondent called, Mrs. Kteele wss engaged in writing a play. In her four days" stay at the almshouse eho has almost- completed a four-act drama. The authorities here , think Mrs. Bteele has a mania for spending TRY IT i - The-Sunday Journal Is th people's paper; it Is mad and printed for them; that I th secret of Its popularity. It publishes all th news of -th -world that- Is worth -riding.- it 1 can produce and money buy; It give a full record of th happenings in , society; all th latest' news of books, music, art and literature. - It has added a special feature, , . ... . , A Piece of k Music By the best song writers and composers In th country, which Is given free with each Issue. Its pages for gins- oeparimeni nas no rival ana tn comics max young snd old laugh. In ths newspaper world there I nothing quit so good as ' ....... t . ; The Sunday Journal RESCUES HIS FEAR GAGS i SSe MSrM V' rV" ' - " - ' -t O. S. Hendee Bears Aged Father From Burning Home Von fifth Street r Reaches Home in" Time to Find Brave Mother Almdst Suffo cated and Infirm Father Un vable" to Move " Himself From .. - -.. 4 .-. , . the Flames. . , . ; , I. H. Bende and wife, an aged cou ple" living at 5 Fifth street, were rescued . from possible cremation by their son, O. 8. Hendee, this morning. Both, however,' were seriously injured In th fir which partly destroyed their residence. ..,.,.-., , . On his arrival this morning th son found the house enveloped In flames and smoke. Rushing inside ha- found his mother slmost overcome by th smoke and feebly trying to raise a window that she might eeeap. The father, who had been ill for sev eral weeks, was ia hla bed in another room and partly suffocated... Th son quickly removed his mother from . the house and . Tushed back - to sav jits father. -.- t . Carries Out Wa Father. " Th old man was unable to 'walk and was carried bodily from the place.. He was removed to th home of a neigh bor and a physician summoned. Having - rescued- his - parent,- I J, - . Hendee returned to th house and began to fight th flames. - Meanwhile on of th neighbors had turned in an alarm, which was answered by an engine company - close by. However, . he had succeeded in -.practically extinguishing the flames before th arrival of th ap paratus. , -- The aged man and women were round to have suffered greatly from the smoke and excitement and both are prostrated as a result. - It Is Said Mr. Hendee's condition is serious. . v Tibrator Oaoaa Fir. ' The" fire is believed to - have been caused by a defective electric vibrator attached -to the wire that enters the house. The woman was using ths vi brator, and, though she Is unable to ex plain how it happened, it Is believed thnt the Instrument caused th firs. Several articles of furniture were de stroyed and the walls of the house dam. aced. However, the fire, was extin gulshed before great loss was sustained. money and on this on subject they do not. consider her quit rational. She herself says: ' , ' "Tbi 1s but a temporary emharrass- ment. ' I Intend to go on the stage soon. and beside, th play ought to bring me In something." .When asked about bsr dobta. she-said: "Oh, I owe 'a little money, but it Is a iner pittance. Some $500 or. so." Her only assets are mag nificent gown. . .- . "I am not poor," ah continued, "but my father's estate is so tied up that mother la able to send m but very little. I- hav left my . husband and so cannot" expect anything from .him. But I shall soon hav plenty of money." gives ths best festurwr tnat brains women ar th best the boys'-and.. ' No Favorsjn Future if They "Complain too Loudly of Rates of the Railroads . : Axiom Well Established That - -Oregon - Shipper 71 Is to Be ChargecUAII He" Can Possibly Afford to Pay Without Regard ' to Legitimate Profits. . Of tha specious arguments advanced by railroad - attorneys before th Joint legislative committees at Salem perhapa th most misleading was a statement that there has been no complaint about high railroad rates in Oregon : No one who Is a shipper wilL of course, believe this statement for a mo-1 ment. But in the absence of actual shouting and uproar against rates, aud ible to the cars of the' general public. It might be assumed that this railroad advocate was right; that there was no protest outside of the newspapers. No greater mistake could be made by a legislator than to believe that . there has been no complaint from shippers and consumers against th existing rail road rate tn Oregon, and throughout tli country. It has become an axiom that the railroads, charge, not rates that ar fair, but rates that represent ail the traffic will bear. In other words, th railroad rate-makers sis up a man's business, make a freight rate that al lows him "a small profit, and" the "re-' malnder of th money that ia to be made In a given territory the railroads appropriate to themselves. , Faxtlal to Trust. An example of this theory may be seen-In th shipment of any raw ma terials that are necessary in the manu facture of articles that are finished and sold in Oregon. Pulp plaster Is one. Recently a pulp plaater concern quietly closed up its business and stored its machinery in Portland because it could not get a -freight rate on gypsum that would enable it to manufacture and sell at a profit her. At the sam time the railroads are hauling ore for th smel ter trust at. much lower - rates than were asked by the plaster people, and ar apparently making a profit on the or tonnage,- els they would not carry , the business. - Shippers who are groaning under ex cessive freight rates do not complain aloud. . They suffer In silence a long time. That Is tb reason "there has been no complaint about Yrelght rates in Oregon" loud enough for th railroad advocat at Salem to hear them. The shipper who roars aloud against th oppression of the railroad baron s (Continued on Page Fourteen.) s Roosevelt Gives Ohio ' Senator . ' .... .. ,- - -Chance to Prove Friendship v for Negroes by Appointing Ohio Black to Federal Office. ''' (Joeraal Spseia! bi ilea.) waahlngton. Jan. 1. X . V, atiniil in nr si iiiiil mi ,"i nlnr AillttUl' Ti-rt gnlnrrtiT night tie prefldimt at the Gridiron club dinner said, All coons look alike to me." and readForaker a lecture on his duty as senator. ' Foraker rebuked th president and said that a senators ontce Is as sacred as th presi dents, snd that he fForaker) would do his duty free from dictation from th whit nous. Apparently th senator scored a v1o tory oratorlcally. Judging from th ap plause, and until tonight It looked as If Foraker was a real friend of the colored man. Tonight It was announced that the president bad. selected. Balph Tyler of Cotumbus as surveyor of the port Of Cincinnati. Tyler Is a negro and a friend ot Booker T. Washington. It is said ne had no expectation of get. ting the plac.. which puys 15,000 a year. Booker Washington recommended Tyler, but Foraker did not Tyler's selection has been mad with out any consultation with Foraker." It Is expected te prove a body-blow to Foraker politically." "If Is to answer all tli Implied Foraker arguments that Foraker Is a special friend of his col ored brother. Of . course Foraker arid Dick will hav to vote to confirm Ty ler'e nomination, because the negro vote Is BO.Ooa, considerably-mnrs "than" th normal republican majority. PRESIDENT HANDS : FORMER A LEMON n 1" ! L.'. Si l A.x Air il.i it l.tWmp I XDis is a sketcn oi n-veiyn iesDit inaw, oy-iiearsi Stan artlat,-H. Kicn-4 ard Boehm. It shows M rs. Thaw Intently following the examination j - of a trosnctIve) luror. , 4 , ; . - i run mm i nniRin urn nniiiT tvtLi ir LUDiHb m mmn : ,. . ....... ... With World Weary Stoop of Sorrow and Care, Young Mrs. Thaw, Barely Twenty, Shrinks to Hide Herself From Public Gaze ! (Hesrat Kews Berriee.l i--' - ' New Tork, Jan. 81 Day by day and hour by ' hour through the two weeks that has 'seen Jurors chosen' who will decide' the fat of Harry Thaw, little Evelyn Nesblt Thaw ha a sat behind bar husband and listened with lntentness to every word uttered by tn lawyers for th defense and the prosecution, and with eager, searching eyes th llttl veiled figure has anxiously watched each juror as he walked Into the box the men Who will decide whether the young prisoner shall walk out of that courtroom a fren man, or whether h shall be found guilty. Th situation Is on of th .most awful that devoted woman was over called upon to face, and' the pathos seems the greater when on looks upon those four helpless ones mother, sin ters, wife of th man whose trial Is just begun who sit there In th court room taking feverish Interest in every detail of the proceedings, Evelyn's black tailor-made suit and dark furs - and - th heavy chiffon - veil which she keeps over her face through out the entire day makea' her look e.ven mors diminutive than she realty In, and that.- Indeed, IS small,' for Evelyn Thaw scarcely five feet In height and weighs fl pounds. Tha ordeal la telling on young lira Thaw. Through th film of her veil. her blue eyes gleam large and tearfuL. Urcat dark rlogsTurve- formed under the eyes, and tier lips are red and swollen. The great beauty which has led her husband to ths bar of justice Is rapidly deserting the young woman. Her fn"? Is wart and pinched, the features aro growing sharp and her figure Is wasting away. - - On looks In amassment at th shrink E'' C 't ing, child-like figure as she seeks -to hide herself front th public gase. One th demand of artists for a pose of perfect womanhood, now sh might readily pose to perfection for a figure of Grief and Despair in bronse. The Ught hss gone out of ber eyes, and a dull, stesdy gas has taken Its place; the grace has departed from her figure, and Instead there is the world- weary stoop of sorrow and care. In th brief span of her life sbe has lived ages. Once the toait of the studios, heroin of a romance whose theatre encom passed two continents. Idol of artists, dream of poets; possessed of a beauty for, which on man shot down another, a fat la overtaking her that women dread more than that which Harry Ken dall Thaw Is facing. " Sh is growing old. And sh has barely turned ta.. . . Mother aad gist. On looks at th mother ' of Thaw with - admiration scarcely with pity, for her large, kindly fac has a quality of commingled pride and self-reliance which aeama adequat to any situation; th fac of a woman In whom -strength of character and Independence ar para mount; a woman who would scorn pity, snd- to - whom "sympathy might aeen almost an affront. Th kindliness of her fac is not of th passive sort, but rather th - kindliness that come of Borrow endured: of pain borne snd emo tions subdued. The quality of the Spar tan mother" la there; the mother who would endure, would saertfieei. would Suffer- silently; the mother- whom one could sdmire, but would not dure to pity. Mrs. Carnegie, whose intersw la Just -it e th-ii nf Mrs. Thaw and of th wlf, shows little sign of emotion In JCouUnued on f Two.j m caused Two jurors. Excused on Court's Opening. Expected. LisUte-Be Completed by -Night (Journnl Hpedsl Swlce.) New Tork, Jan. SI. Jurors David S. Walker and Louis Ias were excused this morning upon the opening of court by Justice Fitzgerald. I The prisoner was surprised at the an nouncement, but appeared satisfied with the explanation of Attorney Peabody, though he showed ' irritation at th further delay. JUponleavlng Court, Walker Said h was surprised that ha "Had "'iver "fceirh a'c'--cepted as h was acquainted both vrltU Whit and some member of th Thaw family. Jf has refused to discuss th matter. Jeromo told tb court he did ' not think It advisable to make known the reasons for relieving the two men..'""..'"".. " '' . It was rumored before court opened that Jerome would ask the dismissal of tha. two Jurors , Thaw's counsel on hearing th reports, gSald he would np pose any. such move. Jerome and his assistants consulted with the Judge and counsel for th defense Just previous to th opening when th name of th two excused were announced. At 11 o'clock before hla-sttorneys appeared In court, it was said Thaw's lawyers fought hard to retain th jurors Jerome dropped. ... - Thaw Family Harmonious. All of th Thaw family was In court when th court called the order roll ef th new panel. - There was a friendly greeting between the. Thaws and Evelyn, an evidence of restored amity. Thaw entered smiling but is In a thoughtful mood today. . . H carefully perused a pile of letter and a number of newspa per clippings. Oscar A. Pink, salesman, it years old, and - married, was chosen th twelfth, juror at 11: It o'clock. Wilbur F. SteeL a- manufacturer, 6S years old." was se- -lected as the thirteenth. Juror. Eleven mora ar now In th box. Th twelfth ' and thirteenth take the place vacated (Continued on Page Two.) WAR WITH JAPS NOW PROBABLE Serious Situation Confronts tha , .. . , t Government -Thousands of. Mikado's Veterans Organizing Regiments in United States. (Jcnrnsl Ipeelal genie.) ' San Francisco, Jan. II. A special ta th Call from Washington says; Despite th most vigilant precautions of th president snd hi advisers In-keeping tha Information to themselves, th fart has leaked out that tha relations be-, tween the United States and Japan hav reached a most critical stage. . According to on of the president' advisers the two countries seem to bo drifting rapidly toward war. and deft and vigorous diplomacy must be exer cised if certain new developments ar to be disposed of without explosion. An .Ximportant attach bluntly stated th administration ia In possession of In formation which forces It-to assume th Japanese government ia attempting to withstand tremendous pressure temllng toward a rupture of th friendly rela tions with th United States. - This ominous situation with Japan t made doubly critical by the attitude ot the Pacific coast. In th face of thi stubborn attitude of th pe'!'l of Jsrn and thos of California mme ths u.1 rumor from Hawaii that thnusnti'H t Japanese) veterana of the H'wim-ji ,. nese wr ar forming a movement t, secret to organli military com; ir 1 on American soli. This Inform. 1 Said to hav reache.1 tlm wnr mnt from authentic sonrr.. In negotiations ovr trie 1 It 1 understood thnt Jrr . Stop the ImmlirrntiA,, . stands firm on tl slsilng tht J : rmnicl Lit 1 1 .H