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VOL. V. NO. 290.
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illetins From Up the Willamette
Valley Show
Risz jn Portland for Two Days
to Comz-Grewsome Oftecf
Drought Down in Vast Drift
A rX,.
While the Willamette , will continue
rising at Portland for two days to come
' the danger of a disastrous flood Is now
practically over. The crest of tha flood
la sear Albany today and even' heavy
, rains In the upper valley would fall, to
have any4 effect upon the stsge of tiia
river, as tha fresh flood would not be
ablo to catch up with the immense vol
ume of water now heading fop- the aea
.at the rate of 10 miles an hour, front
street will remain dry, although the wa
ter a l!l come within a , couple of feet
of covering the pavement. ' i
District Forecaster Beals ta receiving
bulletins from the upper - valley as
quickly aa It la possible to get them
through, but he has been confronted
with many troubles because of the
Only two reports rave corn e irom trie
upper Columbia district sinoe yester
day morning and they traveled by way
of Chicago, Bait Lake and Hon Fran
cisco. According to them the Colum
bia Is rising slightly at The Dalles. v
l Ice floiga BraaVlag Cp. ,
. Mr. Beala anya that condition have
changed materially at.Tha Dallea atnee
tha reports ware received, howavar, be-
cause tj report wera ant out bafore
' tha Chinook wlivd raachad there. Tha
" lea- gorge, which wa . practically In
tact yeeterday, la now believed to be
'breaking tip, aO that tha river will. be
'"open tor navigation tn a (aw day. In
.: place above Tha Dalle the' river Is
; wide open, while at other places again
. the banlca are lined with Ice, making It
, Impossible to reach tha opes channel
( from shore. v
There la said to be practically no
danger of bAckwater from tha Columbia
crowding tha Willamette farther over
Its banks, so that when tha crest of
tha flood passes tha aertouanaas ' of the
situation will be over. ,
: Bhippara Xaed Warning. . .
Warned In -tlm by Teporta from tha
weather bureau local shippers and mer
chants will sustain comparatively .no
loss aa a result of tha flood. Property
waa removed yasterdsy from tha lower
docks and cellars that began filling dur
ing the night had already been emptied
met "j Tuuon
the property by the encroaching water.
Tha lower dock of tha Atnsworth Js
. completely submerged and all freight
. la being handled from the tipper deck of
" tha wharf. Tha ateamer Costa, Rica Is
receiving freight today from a barge
. upon which It waa placed when tha wa
ter began fo reach the dock.
" The water reached a level with the
Couch street dock shortly before noon
today and tha office of the California
' Jk Oregon. Coast Steamship company haa
been removed to - tha- Greenwich dock
temporarily. The-Hver ateamer off ices
have ail been removed to the upper
the lower dock'', sign Displayed in con
spicuous places, although no one would
be apt to attempt to deposit freight tn
two or three feet Of water, . p
" Casket' la th Drift.
Drift 4s eomina - down tit greater
quantities today than ' yesterday and It
Is-composed of all sorts of things, from
aaw logto TOfflna"afid "small dwell
Ings. Quite' an excitement-, wss cre
ated this morning by the discovery of
a raakrt floating amidst, a lot of drift
between the. Burnslde and steel bridges.
It could be seen plainly tha,t Patrolman
n f n nAOoninrnn nm nnftT
WW rHOOLHbCHO Uli DUMI
; 0. R. & N. Steamer Makes Connection i With
f Trains Headed for Portland Now Snow
bound irt the Columbia' Gorge
v Passenger and mall service wss re
stored today by th O. R. V N. Co. be
tween Portland and the east. Tha nav
I gallon end of tha corporation came to
the rescue of the railroad and steam
boats were put Into service between
'Portland and Bonneville, where- ' the
passengers and accumulated mall of all
..through trains from the east sine laat
Saturday Were being held.
The steamer . Harvest Queen left
tionneville at 10:30 this morning heavily
loaded with passengers .and, mall and
Is expected to reach Portland' by I
o'clock this afternoon. The. steamer
Fpencoc wra chartered by th railroad
company and left for nil river at 11
o'clock this forenoon. This steamer Is
expected to return with passenger and
mall about R o'clock thia evening.
Boat to The Dalles, 1
The passenger' traffic department of
tho O. K. N. Is making arrangement
h?Uj - . ; -:rr3 Thn. OTnnMri - niiiTr;hihiiT -
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That WatetWill
Croxford, who has the east side beat
north of Burnslde street, aent tn i
port to the station. . The find In turn
waa reported to Coroner Flnley with
the result that A. L. Flnley, deputy,
bum a peraonai investigation from a
The casket waa a new .one and In
tact ' Upon breaking open the lid It
waa found to be water-logged and with
out aigns of having been used for Its
Intended purpose. Air. Flnley let the
casket drift along, aa It - would -have
been difficult to extract It from the
rluater of drift In which It waa found.
He believes It was carried from some
warehouse along tha. upper .Willamette.
or one of its tributaries. - At first It
waa thought some country graveyard
had been waahed out by the flood but
If tee this theory. .
Boathouse sit Draw.
A large house boatN orashed aaklnat
the" draw rest of ths Madison bridge
mis morning and stuck there. Effort
Is bclngmda;bj.th,.rii-tdg craw
ui.iiuuKi 11 in urasr 10 prevent the
drift from starting to collect 'there, as
it did at the time of the last big1 flood
nern.
. Boats on tha wars at tha various
shipyards will be In no dsnger of drift
ing away unles tha river climb to
a height or .at leaat St feet, and ac
cording to the weather bureau Ml feet
wiu be the limit- The water la el
ready covering the ground , of -Supple s
Doai yara on tne east aide, but the men
are able to continue work by wearing
rubber boots. . ,,
Water has seeped through th ground
and partly flooded' tha filled ground on
the eaat side - mud flats but without
causing any damage to th work going
on there. : r , - ,;"
MOLALLA'S STAGE
Highest In 16 Years aad Higher Tet
Ig Looked For. -: ;- -
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Canby. Or., Feb. . The rain ceased
yesterday, and a warm south wind in
""" "'h will brlna the annw nut
- m hiiicb( water
In yeare la lobked for by old timers.
The Molalla river la th highest It haa
been for If year. It la out of banka
and overflowing tha road between Canby
and Barlow.
The Southern Pacific train service Is
demoralised. During a, J4-hour period
ending yesterday at noon, Canby had
only on train into Portland, that being
tha local yesterday morning. Travei
Ing, men In town yesterday 'talked of
hiring rigs and driving. to Oregon .City
;;-ta-rquantly-dene. Canby 1s "only
14 miles from Portland, but might aa
well be t,000 at tlmea, so fsr as getting
ALMOST. AT-THE CREST
HHbnreJExpeyf F'l fai tfrrWlr4d"'V-Beaco --ftTOt-th ..proposed
lamed to Bogln.Any Tltne.
(Speelal -Dliatc1i"a'iae Jonroai.)
. llarrleburg, Or.. Feb. . The Willam
ette river here stands at 14 5 7eet and
fa rising slowly, though abont 'at a
standstill.
Th recession af the flood
IS expected hourly. The e.
im ha near-
ly coaaed, for the prsentat
for regular boat service between Fort-
sb long as the railroad s crlntjled.
Boats .III leav. Portland morning ind
sfternoor, to connect win, ,ral?s
The Dalles or Bonneville. ,
line' I'J?.'? t- tha main
Una open before Friday or R.in,.
Drift, of snow ,nd ice 10 to
high block.de ,1,. im. variousiofnT.
and there ar many landslide cVused
r.Khw7U,, "lng sleet. Never
In the history of the O. R. N. Co.'s
msln line has It been so thoroughly
helpless aa at tha present time.
For a distance of 10 miles east of
Troutdal the telegraph lines are de
stroyed and It la Impossible for the of
ficials to direct a campaign of restora
tion. Oenersl Superintendent Buckley,
who hns aotarjt plow and repair gang
(Continued oa Fag Twa
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 6, ,1907. SIXTEEN PAGES.
The Willamette will register x
21 feet tomorrow and it feet
by Friday arternoon. From that
time UU Sunday the river will
remain stationary and then H
will begin to fall. It is 1 feet
t's afternoon. - ,
: The antlam and Tualatin
rivers are falling but the Yam
hill rose i.S Inches at McMlnn
ville during the- past. 14 hours,'
. snd ia now at Sl.S.
. The Willamette 'is falling at
Harrisburg." It has also fallen
at Eugene.
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Alnsworth Dock, Showing the Stage of Water Today, Compared With Yesterday.' ,
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010 S
TfKER
WITH STATEfilEfJT
Would Change It to Make) Can
didates Pledge Themselves to
Vote for Party, Instead of Peo
ple's Choice for United States
' Senator. " - : -.
(By a gtaff Correspondent. I
Salem, Feb. There wlU be a, fight
In th senat Over th proposed amend
ment of statement one of tha direct pri
mary law to make candidates -pledge
themselves to vote for the choice of
their party for United States senator. In
stead of pledging themselves to vote for
the, people's choice. The elections com
mittee will make majority and minority
reports this afternoon on Bailey's bill
providing for their amendment Wheal-
believes the . statement should be left
imfhnfft
Tha bill extending the death penalty
to hold-up men waa defeated In . the
senate thla morning on adverse report
by the committee. It waa Indefinitely
postponed by unanimous vote. , .
Trie .lmlt of damages recoverable for
eath waa raised from I5.O00 to IJ.600
by a bill which passed- the senate.
A bill providing for the garnishment
of salarlea of state, county and city of
ficers and employee paased. . A bill
abolishing hunters' licenses waa killed,
also a bill providing for anglers' license.
The insurance commute reported fa
vorably the chamber of commerce Insur
ance bill Introduced by SicheL
SPEAKER CANNON IN
GRIP OF A COLD
(Journal gneclat gerrlee.t
Washington, Feb, (.Speaker Cannon
Is confined to hi home with the grip,
and Representative Dal sell is presiding.
The house m committee of the whole
Is considering th river and harbor
appropriation. '
OKLAHOMANS DEFEAT k
f WOMAN SUFFRAGE
TJonrnel ineelal ,Serlc.l
Outhrle. Okla., Fell. . Th consti
tutional convention this morning killed
women attffrag by adopting a clause
giving the votes to males only.
'', Thieves Waive Booty. . i
(Special fnapatetl m Tt Journal)
Astoria, Or., Feb. (.eleven bolts of
cloih out of the twelve that were stolen
from tha tailoring establishment of
Kllpunen Sunday night were picked up
In the bar yeBtsrdar. hivlflHntly the
thieves hsd dropped their booty Into
rlvcrto avoid suspicion.
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KIBOSH ON SHORT
POUGEfidTIEd
Applicant Need Not Now Be Five
Feet Niny Inches in Height,
as Chief Says Tallest Men Are
Not Always the Best Officers
by Any Means.
Have small men more brains than big
menT-Chief of Pollc Orttsmacher be
lieves they have, and Police Captain
John T. Moore., who la one of the most
xperlencedoif toeroiu thf orce. and
who must bend his head when he pasaee
under a six-foot doorway, believes the
Chief Is right.--'- - -
Civil , Bervlc Commissioner . w. - U
Brewster, who hlta the notch nt six
feet' two Inches,
said in smaii man
. -l . i. MA Kmlea than ' the rail
mar. and hwawilllngto give the
imt fenowJocTon f the police force
Just to show what he could do.
CftrfinilSIIOTel
tands tn his stockings st five feet ten,
sympathised with Mr Brewster. Com
missioner J. W. Plain, who measures In
his shoe five, feet eight and one half,
believed a big man would cut a more Im
pressive figure than a small man on the
police force. '
- Evan Mayor Disqualified.
All this talk came up at a meeting
of the civil service commission this
morning. Out of 3& appltcanta for po
sition on the police force only two
had been successful. They were Fred
A. 'Grave, born In Missouri and SI
veara old. and Benjamin F.vflherwood,
born in Iowa and 44 years old. . Five
were rejected because they did not
reach the height of five feet, nine
Inches; seven because they were under
and over weight; two failed "to pass
the running test; one withdrew, and
the 'other were rejected for physical
causes.
"If thi keeps up." said Mr. Brew
ster, "we won't hav any policemen.
W shall hav to Teduce- th standard
of height and weight. How many of
us could pass the examination T" ,
Mr. Will is' admitted ,that h could
not meet th requirement on account
of age -and ' Isck of weight, and Mr.
Wain said he fell below the alandard
of height by one-half an Inch. Mayor
Lane said he could not meet the- re
quirement for either height or weight.
Cassia Would Fas. .
Brewster moved that ' the height
standard be reduced from flv feet,
nine Inches, and the weight from 140
to IIS pounds,
"That looka good," said ' the mayor,
"but our detectives seem to be of the
lean material. What a detective Caa
slu would have ma Jo!" and the mayor
blew a reflective ring of clear smoke
Into th air a he thought of tire the
atrical ere lien- -of -the- great- metaphy
sician of the dramatists. -"I wonder It
Continued on Psge Three.
OFF BY OFFICIALS
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COfilfillSSIOfl TO
be
THE 60VERH0R
Chapin Railroad Bill Will Be
1 Favorably .Reported by Joint
Committee, Some of . Whose
Members Engage In Warm
Remarks on Influence of Pass.
(By Stiff Correspondent. t
Salem, OrM Feb. . - The Chapin rail
road, commission bill will com Into th
house tomorrow with a favorable re
port, J V will alfto carry the recommenda
tion from the committee that the com
mission be-appointed by tha governor,
as provided In the original draft of the
bill. . It la the opinion of house leaders
thst ths report will carry with It-the
a Access of the bill, 'and that Its ' so-
ceptance by the house will, mean Iffl
I adoption ' bythesenate!8ome wsrnj
N'ord,r - were - - usM on the"iSbJect of the
Infl'.ionce of the pass.
The lnt committees of the house
and senate have held another long ses
nlon and have settled all the points of
difference In the bill up to section It,
which takes up the reciprocal demur
rage provisions. This will b threshed
out snd the amended bill wilt be
brought-In tomorrow uccordtng'o'nho'lTeaurTITaOOtt'tollow;
present hope of Chairman Coffey of
the house commltteu.
No vital point in the bill has been
changed. On the miration of appoint
ment of the commission by th gov
ernor, six members or the joint com
mlttee stood solidly for the origins! in
tent of the bill and the others swung
Into line. Those who voted for appoint
ment by the governor were Senatora
Bingham, Bowerman, Wright and Not
tingham and , Representatives Coffey
and Rdwards. 'Those voting for a com
mission either to be appointed by th
etat board or the legislature were sen
ator Miller Of Linn and Marlon, and
Renreaentative Jonea of Polk and Lin
coln, King and Holt. ' v
Jnflnano Of th --. -
What waa perhaps th hardest tilt of
the series of hearings occurred st the
lsst meeting of the Joint committee,
when Senator Nottingham and Repre
sentative Jonea of polk - and -Lincoln
cam together over the provision of th
bill authorising the dorrimlsslon to ap
point special prosecutor tin any cas
brought by th commission against a
railroad.
Mr. Jonea took th stand that the
section should be cut out or modified,
lie said the district attorneys f the
state should and would b sbl to do
all the prosecuting tha commission
needed, ftnd did not think It expedient
to provide power for th appointment
of special .prosecutors.
"I would recall to memory. " said
Senator Nottingham, "recent cases
where It wss necessary to secure a
pedal prosecntor- ln thlitat to se
cure Justice." .
(Continued on Psge Three.)
Yesterday O
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PRICE TWO
ThawVSisters Forced
to Leave Court When
Witness Relates the
Alleged Threats
Dead Architect Said to Have
Shown to Theatre Doorkeeper
Revolver With . Which He
Vowed to Kill the Husband of
: Evelyn JNesbit. ;
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(Journal Special Service.) ---'.'- j -New
York, Feb. (. Nearly everybody
In New Tork tried to get " Into Judge
Fitzgerald's courtroom to bear the evi
dence In 'the Thaw murder triaL Only
a few were admitted, and those who
considered themselves unfortunate when
""v wrra sTtrludrl rlnptt "" f
riot on the atreet. "Policemen were de
tailed to keep th crowd moving, and
had the greatest difficulty In making
way for Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and the
prisoner's mother and Mrs. Carnegie.
The testimony i was such that Thaw's
tffi) .Wtvrs had 1 leave, the courtrffotni
three-more woman, wera overcome by
the. language the other braved the
awful storm of profanity. r - -
District Attorney Jerome was about to
open proceedings by offering an objection
to the testimony of Albert I Thaw, when
D. M.- Delmas arose and announced that
he, asalsted by Mr. O'Reilly, would be
In charge of the defense throughout the
.remainder f th trial, and that Messrs.
Gleasoiv Uurtrldge, -McPUt and Pea
body would act In aa advisory capacity.
Justice Fitsgerald . sustained Mr. Je
roirie'a objection to the testimony of
Albert Lee Thaw, who said he was a
half cousin of the defendant.
(Continued on Page Two.)
TOY BUREAU CHANGES LAW
Of PEKNSYLVAHIA
Mrs. Cuillou Regains Possession
of Childhood Gift After
Many Years.
(Jottraal Bpeetal gervke.t
Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. (.After a
long and bitter struggle, Mr. Emma B.
Guillou of Pasadena, California, was
awarded possession of a toy bureau,
given her la childhood by her mother
and sold by mlstak for Jl!5. Mra,
Guillou Is a daughter of th late Judge
F. Carroll Brewater of thla city. In
188S he married Alrred Guillou, oh of
Ren Guillou, th noted lawyer, and
moved to California. . While there her
father died and the bureau waa sold
With other family effects.
On return
ing, Mrs.. Clulllou found th toy, hut the
purchaser, a woman, reiuaea to sen ii
for any amount. The Attorney for Mr.
Guillou then drafted an amendment to
tho replovln laws of the state and got It
through the legislature.
Today, the court, acting nnder ' the
amendment, ordered the bureau re
turned. The news- wa flashed to Mr.
Guillou In California, and the little bu-
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Police Are Working on Theory That More
Than One Chemical Fireman Is Involved
: in Unsolved . Mystery
' Continued Investigation of th condi
tion prevailing In the quarters of hose
nd chemical companies N. 1 on Heo
ond street prior to the arrest of. Cap
tain Archie Turnbull for-complicity In
the -Sell wood and SL John postofflc
robberies tenda to strengthen the sus
picion existing thst thla fir depart
ment house was a veritable hotbed of
crime. Further sensational develop
ments kre expected.
That Turnbull waa led astray by evil
associate and thla la his first criminal
act. I doubted by a prominent business
manwho glvea statement to the ef
fect that at least on on occaalon a
convict after being "leaned from th
penitentiary at Paleni made hast to
visit Turnbull, whom he affectionately-
referred to aa "Archie
This merchant, whime name for ob
vious reasons Is withheld, hns a wide
icnuiilntnticcFhlp with tho criminal cle
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01 TSAlitJ AND VTvr
Rlihm. iivs ciais
Cleveland's Attorney
General Asserts G ov-
ernmentCannotCom
pel Her to Educate
State Cart Make Laws to Protect
Citizens, and President Is Not
Authorized, to Overrule Them
by Force of Argument or of
Arms. 7 "V'". :': ':'':.
; (Journal Special r1e..- .
Washington, Fb- S. No loss an au
thorlty than Richard Olney, ax-seore-tary
of state and of, the treasury, h
expressed himself, and in writing, -holding
the contention of Calif or u.. 4
that the management of schools is noe
a federal affair.
Representative R-sqiuel W. Call or the
eighth congressional Ttlstrlct of Maima
chusetts was quoted tn a Boston paper
as criticising the language the pre Men t
used In bis mesoage, and especially that
portion of U where It referred to th
u jf armed forces of the X'nlted, ..
States "to whip f ulifornlaHiUo. line oa
the schooling' of Japanese, and the In
terview called out the lettur from Mr.
Olney, who said that it. had been as
sumed that tho issue law between tl
laws of the state of California and' th
right purporting to be granted to Jap.
anes by treaty.
Even on that theory, he said, the law
of California should prevail. But what
ha, wished particularly to call attention
to waa that, in point of fact, no such
Issue was Involved. Mr. Olney analysed,
the first article of the treaty and said:
"li that waa all there was to it. It
might be possible to argue, though X
(Continued on Page Three.)
FAY TEMPLETON GETS CSE
- J FIFTH OF LEGACY
Gnawing Tooth of Law Wear
Down HowelT Osborne Be
. quest to Actress. 4 ;.
(Joarsal Special sVrvlee.t
New Tork. Feb. (.Fay Templeton.
th ctres, t-to receive- l!.4( from
Howell Osborne' estate. In accordance
with the report of the appraiser Just
filed tn court. .Her Interest In the es
tate, which amounted to f.100,00 when
Utlgatkm over It began 11 years a so,
haa dwindled to thla sum. Howell Os
borne, who led a gay life, showed a
marked fondnesa for Fay Templeton
about the time of her divorce from Billy
West, . the minstrel, and hi brother,
who waa worth tt.ooo.ooo. left him only
the Income of $309,000. . with th pro
vision that at his death the fund waa
16 beTaistrlbtited rnonghrs children."
"provided , t tiat be did not ' marry
dancer, singer or actress."
Osborne died In February, 19J. In
his will, after making two small be
quests, he gave th residue of his es
tate to Fay Templeton, wh sserte4
that Sh wss his wife. -The will allowed
her the option of taking 1100.00 lot
ttetl of ar-restduary legacy. r '
ment and give it as his opinion (hat
chemical .1 was a Mecr for criminal
coming -to Prh-tlsnd. He goes un fir
as to declare that he 'believe I hat on
occasions crrtoUs were fornlatied wliii
lodging In the fire department quar
ter by Turnbull.
Suspected f Burglary.
Another startling development v. hi. h
may result In the srreat of t ,tlir
members of the fir department ts now
Under Investigation bv th detertlvea
On the morning following tlie l-n. i
gu ration of the street enr atrlke an bi.
tempt wns mad to effort an entr
to ftarells second-hand a'nre ut '.!',
North Third street, b-it th t. i , ,
were Interrupted In ir ii.; t , ., ,
the flonr hv a rr'r l ,
adMrilng Inil'ditur
In llK-ir tluii't the i .,
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