The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 04, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGOOD EVENING THE WEATHER. Rain tonight and Tuesday, po atbly part mow; easterly winds. Journal Circulation 25,308 Sunday PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 19Q7. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. OW THAIVt im vrwi' aiAjiitt, rivi cists TDlATf TlWTT? UjlVVsHUMiiV) VOL. V. NO. 288. ; ' - W AM, SAYS DEWEY TELL STORY YEASTS WORST FLOOD I :K A''. 1 1 1 -AC RilllDlll-B - IS DEFENDING THAW ... I . . . - . - Hero of Manila Cowardice of Official Who Afraid to Fiaht Americans Could Sweep . " . i v (journal special service.; j . - Washington, D. C, February 4.- Admiral George Dewey is re . ported to be very indignant at what he terms the cowardice of a cer tain high official, who has "acted as if he feared Japan." The fight- ing heropf Manila bay says we could get our navy into eastern waters in six weeksand that within two weeks after, its arrival there . it could sweep the Japanese navy from the sea. He does not believe - there will be trouble but if there is he would, not consider Japan-a foe to fear. He says that Japan might seize the Philippines and possibly Hawaii, but ouriavy is amply able to cope with the Japa nese navy and that we would quickly retake the islands when we got ready;' - ; '' -. '. , .- ' Nothing to Fear in a War. - Admiral Dewey thinks San Francisco hasnothing to fear from a JlosUIejQssi "In the science of warfare:" he that a foreign nation would attempt to take'.onerof our seacoast -cities. Should Japan capture San Francisco it would require her en tire navy to hold it, and her forces would be cut off from all sources of supplies and surrounded on the land side by the entire military force of this nation." . .Admiral Dewey believes that we do not need more coast defenses but like a true sailor pins his faith to the navy, which he would have steadily increased in strength. He says also that if war has to come it will be well to let it come soon, as delay will only favor Japan. : ntier la soma aeeculatlon here ae to how president Roosevelt win receive Mayor Bchmlta, wno aapirwo "with the members of the board of edu cation fer 'Washington, of whom he is reported to have spoken rather con temptuously recently, and bo Is sue .tmA wlshin to share with - the nresldent the glory of settling the Japanese school question without re course to war. .'"-'.'' As for the president, he Is saying nothing, but It la believed he Is doing a "powenful" lot of thinking on the s4?Whateveii he may feel like doing it Is " . . . . - i J will mtmnA DV . eviaeni ins Knuoi - - - . Bchmlta and any persistent attempt to Ignore him in the negotiations may re ault in the failure of -the ratification 'on thet supposition that there je-aa reaUy. some danger ofwar nto Perkins- lecture Is being severely "ill olsed for the alleged warlike talk ; le It. r ' rerklaa to OUgnee. ( The Washington Herald . said ' this jnolng rtry moment when the ad ' ministration and the California delega- tlon were In agreement, when selt- OFFER 10 PASS COMMISSION BILL Governor -Told That if . He .Will . Name Republican Members, Opposition to Chapin Railroad Bill Will Cease. f v SUff Comwpoedesw.) f- ' Jm. Or.. I1 CD. .. Ktovnmvr inuu- berlain has. been felt out b- the legis i.tura mcardlng whether or not he would appoint two Republicans on the railroad totnmUalon In the event of, the psssag of the Chapin bill, according to excellent authority. It has. been repre- ; nented to him by this same authority .- that If he would promise to appoint two . Republicans to the commission the bUl would pass both houses with little op position. : Aocordlog to the story, which Is well founded, a prominent Republican, acting s scout for those opposed to the ap pointment of a eommlsslon- by a Deme- . cratle governor, waited on Chamberlain during the time the joint railroad com mittees were holding publlo hearings - end asked him his attitude concerning appointments. The governor was asked whether or not he would appoint two Republicans on the commission, and was .' told in substsnoe that if he would prom. ' lee te do so there would be no trouble sbotit the passage of the Chapin bill. It Is understood that the governor made no promise of sny kind, but, on the other hand, refused to discuss the proposition, and stated that, abould the '"'bill pass and the eoromlsnien-be ore , sted. he would be governed solely by the fitness of men for the pealtlon on the eommlsslon, and that politics would not enter Into his consideration In the lightest degree. Hie sole object would he to create en effective eommlselon The Joint railroad co-imltteee will oon. -t4ne- Flvate discussion of the .railroad bills tolilght. ' ' ' r " "' Bay nngry M "-" , . m .1.,FT KH:UM rn H err; U N : a Certain High Has Acted as If Japs From Sea says, "it is ridiculous to suppose restraint and the preservation of good humor were necessary to Insure the con tinuance ef harmonious relations, Sena- tor Perkins, leeder of the California delegation, delivered a seml-publlo ed it reap in which he predicted that war was Inevitable between Japan and the United States. - Friends of Senator Perklne are chagrined and humiliated over thla unexpected outburet. and c.n not understand the motive thst actuated it. it was said yesterday that his pre diction would have come with bed grace at this time from any member of the California delegation, but the fact that Senator Perkins la part of the treaty making power of the government ac centuates the offense." , Senator .Perkins today by way of ex tenuation said that he had- 'not pre dicted war. Re thought any serious difficulty between the two countries could be settled -by,arhitretlos-wUhoV resort to.war. : : , , - V BAD Buildings Unsanitary; Children Herded Like Cattle and Taught Useless Things, With . No Regard for Their Health . Mayor Lass swung a heavy flail on the publlo . school . system of . Portland In his address before a meeting of So- delists at . Allaky hall last night He threshed out of the existing unfavor able local conditions tbe probable re sults, scored the unsanitary environ ment of the thousands of children dally brought Into contact with dlseass germs. spoke against the unhealthy etudy rooms and aald the wonder wag not that so many children die, but thst so many live In the face of death-fostering conditions. Ths mayor spoke on the subject. The Publlo Schools and How to Improve Them," and at . the conclusion of his addreea he was tendered a vote of thanke by the large audience which tilled the hall. He ssid he thought the present system of deed-level method of education waa altogether Wrong. The Week's Record ' , , . : - r - ...... .-- For the week ending February 3 The Journal carried 8.T02 inches of advertising, which was 179 inches rnore than the Ore ponian, and 2,702 inches more than the Telegram. - , Journal. Orejortfaru Telegram. ,." ' 7 Issues. 7 Issues. '6 Issues. . Local Display, inches . ... . .. .. Foreign Display, inches ....... Classified and Real Estate, in.. Readers, inches Tout, inches than any other daily paper. The circulation records are open to the inspection of interested advertisers." " ' ' . v i i ii iiiniiiii in 1 i i n n ii iiiiiii i ri ni fevf lSitJ; .. ' ) COKGDOWII BLOCKADED Lr. msoner vvmces ,; H U U, J , Admiral George Dewey. REGULATE HATS WORN BY LADIES! Missouri ; Legislature to Strike Another Violent Blow at .Woman's Headgear by Limit- ing Quantity and Price. (Jnorntl gpeeltl BeTflce.l ' Jefferson City. Mo, Feb. 4 Missouri, through Its legislature. Is to be asked to strike another violent blow at woman's headgear. This time It Is pro posed to set a limit on both the num ber of hats a woman may have and on the price she may pay for them.,; Several yeara ago the legislature en acted a law making It Illegal to wear the plumage of birds on women'e hats. A great outcry from the fair sex arose against the enforcement of the law and today It Is virtually a deed letter. The present bill provides that no woman In Missouri shall be allowed to purchase-more than two. hata In a sin gle calendar, year. Society women Itere say It Is a bold attempt to lift the ltd" In Missouri. uebowds are streegely reticent re garding the bill. . . ' --r- 7 ."It Is," hs added, Procrustean bed where each. child Is either eut -down to fit or stretched out to fllL There Is little opportunity for the child of par ticular talent or genius to develop. Many of the text books are worthless. teaching , positive error, or else com polling the child to cram for examlna tlon a lot of atuff which is forgotten ss soon as school is dismissed. . It wss, the mayor said, as a physl clan that he advocated the Pueblo, Colo rado, plan of school buildings. "We know the unsanitary condition of most of the scnools of Portland." he re marked. ' "Many of them are ' totally unfit for use. Ko playgrounds, poor ventilation,' the 'children herded In the basements during the noon hour and recess. In close proximity to the cess- (Continued, on Page Two.) SAYS I'll 5,664 4.531 ,' .1 4,582 821 1.38S 850 2,157 2.492 1.160 60 64 - 38 8.702 . 8.523 ',6.630 ;,i inose WTO aaw; - ..- 111(11 1 AMCTTC flf fl D P Fl Evelyn Thaw and Mae Mac Ken zie Forced to Leave Court room With Other Witnesses, Indicating They Are to Be Called LaterT " (Journal Iptclal SertfcO New Tork. Feb. 4. Bulletin The de fence announced that It pleads Insanity. (Jonraal Bptclal Bervlca.) -; New . York, Feb. 4, The opening of the trial of. Harry Kendall. Thaw, charged with the muf der of Stanford While In Madison guiisra gurrtsn. was delayed this morning by the formalities Incident to the opening of the February term of the supreme court. .Following these the special term called for the purpose of trying Thaw was called. - Conferences that lasted several min utes were . held at the bench between the judge and the vasepctlvs groups of counsels On the opening of the case it becc.me at once apparent that the jury as acoepted last week would re main unchanged. It was at precisely 10:49 o'clock that Assistant District Attorney Garvan be gan tbe opening address for the state. He said. - - "One purpose of the punishment of crime Is for the sake of the example to the eommunltys The defendant Is charged with the murder of Stanford White with premeditation on June IS, I0." - Mr. Garvan detailed the scenes con nected. with the killing and continued: Tu.s murder wss criminal, cruel and malicious and the state will prove these facts." ' Witnesses Z,ea,ve Boom. When Garvan closed, District Attor ney Jerome ssked all witnesses, to leave- the room. Mae MacKensle at once arose and left, accompanied by Evelyn Thaw, who, on passing her husband, clasped his hands. the tears streaming down her cheeks as she turned away. tawrencr Whtts, ' son of thsdend architect, waa ths first -witness called. He told of dining at the Cafe Martin with his father and a friend and of their going to the theatre at Madison Square garden, where be parted from rhera. He said he . went home. He learned of the death of his father from a newspaper 'reporter. The de fense declined to examine the witness. Robert Paxton as called and de scribed Maoison Square garden theatre and the arrangement of the refresh ment tablea.i, He said he beard a shot and turned In time to- see Thaw as be fired the 1 -st two shots. Psxton said that an ' officer took charge of Thaw. Miss Paxton was not cross-examined. . Cohen Behearses Tragedy. Meyer Cohen, manager for the music publisher for "Mile. Champagne," a show which was playing at Madison Square garden, next took the stand. Cohen said: "I saw. White seated at a table. Thaw came later. Thaw walked alowly toward White, walked around and approached White from the rear He fired three shots,--then held hts re volver above his hesd by tbe barrel." (Continued on age Two.) BREAK IN STOCK OF LOU DILLON Larry Sullivan' Pet Mining Se curity,. Floated at Thirty , Cents, Tumbles Down to Fif teen on Stock Market Today. (Joanul Special Servtee.) ' San Francisco, Feb. 4. A sensational break occurred today on the mining ex change In the stock of the Lou Dillon Mining company, one of the most noted of the prospects floated by the L. M. Sullivan Trust company. At Saturday's close the bid price was 21 eents. Todsy the stock closed at IS cents asked. Leu Dillon was originally floated at (0 cents and was quickly forced up to 60 rents by Sullivan's brokers. In the ef fort to make a market on which the promoters could unload. Tbe effort failed and stesdy decline ensued. Large blocks of stork have been car ried by the brokers and today's break Is attributed to their efforts to get out from under and to save something from th JrfeU,". V : - -1 I Attorney D. M. Delmas. 0IL-TRUST-L0SES TREASURY GRAFT Financial Department of Govern ment to Be Thoroughly Over hauled by New Secretary When He Takes Hold. (WaiMniton Boreas of Tbe Jcmmal. ) Washington. I). C. Feb. 4. While George B. Cortelyou positively declines tdv discuss the policies that will mark his administration of the office of eec-retary-of the- treasury-tts known that the financial department of ths gov ernment will be thoroughly overhauled when Cortelyou takes hold. - There is good reason to believe .cer tain financial Interests of New Tork, notably the Standard Oil company, will witness the stoppsge of "leaks," from which, they have derived for a long time information of great value to them In the money market. ' These "Interests" were responsible In a lara-e part for the so-ralled sltlon to the confirmation of Cortelyou ss Shaw s successor. . E Great Crowd Attends RS ARE TA TO COURT - of the Gang Charged With Looting the Sellwood and St. Johns Postoffices j- . ... . Not since the day that Frsncie J. Heney hurled his terrible invective at the defendants In the Blue mountain land fraud case has the federal court room been crowded wlfh so Interested and expectant a throng of citizens aa at tended the preliminary hearing of Frank Wane. John Anderson, William Carter. Louis L. Smith, Arthur "Toots" Bryant and Frank 8. Kanklna. the rob bers arrested for looting the St Johne and Sellwood postoffices. this afternoon before United States Commissioner Ed ward McKee. Not only did the visitors lean forward and look with craning necks at ths pris oners ss they filed Into the courtroom bound with steel handcuffs, but the 10 or more witnesses who had been sub poenaed to sppesr and testify against the prisoners watched every move of PRUDENTIAL TO BE PROBED ; T"" : : . Senator Dryden's Defeat for Reelection Foreshadows Legislative s Investigation of Methods Used In Building Up ' Great Insurance Business., (Jonroal Special Berries. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 4. Senator Dry den's decision to withdraw from the race tells the result of his final effort to maintain his grip.- , Ths senator's de feat Is tho result of a revolt which has been growing steadily for two years against what has been called the "be nevolent despotism" of Pryden rule In the state. The iHader of this revolt has been Everett Colby.. In his fight Colby has had all the reform element of the state behind him. Dryden's opponents In the legislature declare his ambition to remain In the senate wag based lololj on tlr-desire River at Danger Mark on Docks Tomorrow and at 17-Foot Stage 7 by Thursday-:; Next on the --program for Portland and the adjacent . country Is a good, swirling freshet. The heavy snow and rain of the past 48 hours are bound to cause both the Columbia and Willam ette rTVefsn" lU (iveiflu their banker District Forecaster Beala says the river will reach s stage of I feet at- this city " tomdrrow afternoon and 17. feet by Thursday. Fifteen feet Is the dan ger line, so that when the 17-foot mark Is reached ths lower dooks wUl be In undated. i The weather bureau will Issue warn ings and keep the merchants slong Front street well posted and today the bureau a telephone waa continually busy. That the flood will be more seri ous thsa ths one shortly before the be ginning of the year Is taken for granted because of the copious rainfall la the upper Willamette valley and the heavy snowfall and subsequent rain In this vicinity. ' . WUlasastta oa Kiss. "Preparations had better be made for a 'flnnri. IwwallM thm WIllamAtt will rise suddenly." said Mr. Beals today lift discussing, the .situation... 'There- Is no escape, for the rainfall In the upper valley Is heavy. While it snowed here yesterday It was warm toward the south, the temperature being 10 today at Roseburg, while here it hovers about ths freezing point. Indications are for stationary temperature here for the next t hours, although It msy chsnge a little either way and turn the rein into snow or make the rain warmer so aa to more quickly cause the snow on the- around to dlsaDnear. Essterlv . (Continued on Page Nine.) the Preliminary Hearing the culprits aa they were- directed to seats by the' deputy marshals who brought them up from the county jail. Oole the Central Figure. " Everybody wanted to see James Cols. the assistant United States district at torney, to whom is given the credit of making the esse against the prisoners so complete. He waa the central figure in the crowaed -courtroom and ' com ments were heard whispered about as he proceeded with his case . before Commissioner McKee. He was careful not to reveal the full strength of his caseell he wsnted to show to Mr. McKee wss enough evidence to connect the arrested men In the crimes for which they were arrested. He questioned his witnesses In such a manner that (Continued en Page Two.) to stave off the threatened leglslatlva Investigation of the Prudential Insur ance company, which he conceived and created and controls, and whloh has furnished him with a fortune of at least t20.000.000. Jt has beea freely predicted that-such an Investigation would reveal seandalona and corrupt conditions, '- overshadowing those re vealed by the Armstrong legislative In quiry In New Tork. The Prudential, which he practically owns, was ths cradle of his power. He created It on a "borrowed capital of IS. 000, 10 years ago. Now It hss JS, 000,000 poltcy hoidera, 7 . Passengers Are Being Brought to Portland on Steamer Harvest Queen This Afternoon An avalanche of sluuh Ice, snow and sleet rushed down the mountain aide at Oneonta station at midnight last nlghf snd buried a rotary snow plow snd two locomotives that were trying to force open a passage westward for three O. R." &'"NrpaaenfccrTlntnr simwlmmid Bonnevllle. The operating department has concentrated ' Its efforts today In digging the rotary and locomotives out, as they are at present blockading all main line traffic. , , Oneonta Is 31 miles east ef Portland on the main line of the O. R. A N. com pany. Eight miles beyond is Bonneville, There have been no trains from the east to Portland since Saturday, and as a eonjequence three west-bound pwsen ger trains are held up esst of the block sde. They were consolidated at The Dalles thla morning and run to Bonne ville, where the steamer Harvest Queen took the passengers aboard and started) for Portland. .. , . tea meg Brings Fassengers. The steamer Is expected to reach this city between 4 and S o'clock thla after noon. The passengers number about --people.- They- are" from BDOkirhe. : Chicago and points east. It was expected that the westbound trains leaving Huntington and Spoksne Saturday evening would reach Portland yesterday, but the etorm along the Col umbia river increased In severity anil blockndcd the line between Bonneville and Troutdale before they-could ael through. Trains No. 1 and 6, from Omaha were stopped at The Dalles. Train No. 3, leaving Spokane at 4.1 o'clock. Saturday afternoon . got onlyaav far ae The Dalles. -The Portland train T that left Saturday evening for Kpokan got through, also the train f hat left this city Saturday evenlna for Hunt ington. Since that time no trains have succeeded In getting over the line. J driving storm of snow and sleet raged throughout the Columbia river gorge all Saturday night, Sunday and Sun day night. The O. R. N. operating department fully expected to have the line open -Saturday night, or -at - latest -Sunday night, but the burying of the snow plaw and two locomotives at Oneonta .ended all expectation of run ning trains through today. It Is being planned to resume train service tonight .by running short trains out of Portland to Corbett'e station, there transferring passengers by boat (Continued on Page Two.) BUFFALO REFUSES TO FIGHT BATTLE Runs Away From Matador and Promoters Are Punished by Having to Forfeit Entire Re ceipts for Performance. . (Jeornal g-ecisf tor. In. ) El Paso, Tex., Feb. 4. A widely ad vertised battle between a man and a buffalo In the Juarea bull rinsr yeeter- day afternoon proved a complete fiasco. 10 tne aisappointment or lo.ooo people who filled to capacity the great a'rnna. The buffalo, instead of charslna? the bright red eape of Matador Cuco, be came frightened at the banner and turned and fled. l absolutely refused to fight the matador or the plcwdore mounted on horses, and the Judirna, act ing under Mexican law, announced as a punishment to the management that the entire proceeds of the performance ehould be epproprlsted to ths pulilto charities of Juares. This enraged the crowd, who threw seat eushtons Into the ring snd threat ened a riot until, on pleas of Ian-Kr Felix Roberts, the ruling wss revr.kd The order was then chanse.i to ih,it Of refunding the money at the gate hi. 1 the imposition of a fine on the tmmc sarlo. Uendarmes we re oilIM out te pr-vi 1 t people being crushe.l in th 1 1 1 r-. , 1 around the ticket office sn.i th-i- ,. a number of arrests for c.-M-n ' log.