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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 18. : 1S07. PUT UP com OR BE DEFAf.1. . Witnesses In Meier A ; Frank Semler Case Tell of .German Editor's Visits' ta Them. JUDGE PAYS FINE OF MCKENZIE IIANDCDFFS WERE imrirnrnn inu POWER LINES CRIPPLED BY MEDDLERS' CHAINS -v. ; : : .v; Electric Company Offers Urg RewardLight and Car Service Iri Portland Frequently and Mysteriously Interrupted by !. ' Act of Miscreants Near the Old White House. , SNATCH AT AVERS' DMI1D STUD GREAT EFFORT Oil V.LL C.A.F0II0 VjhgT I I I sx W W kaF fce :' ' ; . v Hi Californtans Indicted In Land Frauds Answers Phone Mes-'Y ' sage to Meet Deputies. Veteran Bill Distributor Tech nlcally Punished for Slapping Six-Year-Old Girl. Bold . Highwaymen Unsuccess- Tomorrow Is to Be a Star Day , fully Try to Get Pool- y . Seller's Jewel. for the Indefatigable ' Solicitors. ', . ' persona whose Identity Is yet to be ...4 him Mt utuu tha novel plan r inconveniencing tbe general public of , Portland by throning" Iron' chains tiver the hlgtf. voltage wlrea mar P"" from thii station at Willamette falla o this city. Evary now and then during - the past few weeks break In tha light and streetcar services bar occurred without any apparent cause, but today F. l. eykee, general manager ot tha light and poirw department of the . Portland Railway. Light at Power com pany. announced, that the causs la very plain and reward of 1259 haa been of- fered " for Information leading to tha conviction of the guilty persona ; - h throwlnc wires and heavy Iron iirnl'fU'a" " iiyh-eltaae wtoaa-taa.tiry by m. ahort circuit on the line from run along the White Mouse roaa me . .miscreants, have, .been able tot cause a short circuit and deprive the company "of the use of power from the station at the falla , . " , Thla waa done Saturday night at 10 . ''clock, -when the lights .-In the city went out and the 'street cars lay erlp pled on the tracks until connections could be msde with the steam power station In - North Portland. . . It. hap pened again yesterday afternoon at I o'clock and thousands of people who had planned an afternoon car ride were deprived of the outing because of the unexpected break In the service. Uneaten rind Claims. The cause waa discovered Saturday night by linemen sent out to locate the trouble. At a-point beyond Fulton , where the road crosses a sleep ravine . the linemen found plecea of a heavy Iron chain on the ground under the wires. The chain had been thrown ovei the wires and burned Into pieces after TIIMMII l-P4RTRAIlB01D.C0I.il OF EVIDENCE After Hard Fight, Testament and Codicil Admitted and Read - ':. "Z to the Jury. ' (Jrrarml Sperlsl Merries.) 1 New Tork, Feb. 1. Thaw won a de cided victory today when his will and ' the codicil were admitted as evidence and read to the Jury. There was a bit ter fight over this, but Delmas made , ground for It as hs went along and the , court finally, said the documents were admissible. - ' , Dr. Evans was recalled and was given a copy ot the will to Identify. Hs read It alowly and a wrangle developed as soon as Delmas tried to question Evans, i. Dr. Evans said he recognised the docu ments as the will and codicil thereto' of . Harry Thaw. v - r - - "I offer these documents as evidence, , your honor," said Delmas. and after fight, tie will was admitted. , The codicil waa- then admitted. Je rome insisted that. Evans tell If be I found In the will any- evidence of the same kind of Insanity aa was Indicated !y the examination after the shooting. Kvans said "You called It 'developed . delusion.' " He said the delusions were , unaystematlsed, though he had not been : with the prisoner long enough to make ,'a poeitlve deciaion. ' t Thaw Issued a statement from the Tombs -at noon in regard to the pub "Untied report that Governor Hughes had ; refused an offer of 1250,000 to tak charge of the Tha w defense. The prig- .oner did not sty whether tho offer waa made to Hughes or not, but denied soma . of the statements la connection with ,th report and thought the proposed i fee might have been reasonable. .. GOVERNOR 10 NAME PORT .....a itr i Buff rarrDoedMit.l : Salem, Feb. The Multnomah dele- . ' gallon thle afternoon voted to amend the ' ' v.rt of Columbia bill to give tha sp ;polntment of commissioners to the gov ' 'tirnor; The amendment waa1 made on i motion by Malarkey after several norat ' nations had been made. . Malarkey said i the change would gain .votes for the measure, lessen the chance of the gov ernor's veto and prevent possible dle ) sanslon in the delegation because the i. . friends of any member were not elected l by the delegation. This visw was taken by others and by Ayers of tha chamber f commerce. Bailey said ho was op posed to the principle of the governor nppointlng, but believed It to be for the . ' best interests ot the mil, - v - The list of csndidatea favored by tbe : chamber of commerce, given to Drlscoll, chairmen of the. delegation, la aa fol : Iowa: Inman, Wilcox. Alnsworth, Mesrs, Wheelwright, Livingston. . McMaser, Campbell. London. Tho following nomi nations had -been made before Malarkey . offered his amendment: Ch 11 cot t, Beuh- rer, Holman." Kennedy. Wilcox. Went worth. Wright. Wrlgbt declined to serve. . - Malarkey said the people had no Idea of tha efforts mads In tha senate by Astoria to defeat the bilL DEATH FROM BLOW BY BASEBALL YEARS AGO (Soerlal Ptapstrs e The Jnarstl.l Oarfield. Wash.. Feb. ; 1 $. Funeral services for Jackson McMlllian were 'held at tho home of the deceased yes terday and tha body was interred In the Oarfield cemetery. Jackson Mc Mlllian was 'the son of Mr. snd Mrs. . J. McMillan and waa ! years old. The young man. while watching a baseball HHtne several years ago, was accident ally struck by a ball on. the leg. Com plicstlnns sroee and the limb was am putated aa tha result, but the bono had lugun to decay and finally resulted In Musumption. - - HEAD OF SUFFRAGISTS IS REV. ANNA SHAW iJoarMl gpeelal BerTlce.) Chicago. Feb. 1. The National Woman a Buffrage essoolailon today -!etrd Rev. Anna Rhnw president and Vrm. ,Mury Hmrry of San Francisco rr.Tt1 aiKtltcr. Buffalo gets the next r.rvt-nM..n It ws decidod meet li"n-r la the auiumn. forming a ahort circuit Some of the strands of the high-voltage cable bad also been burned off. consequently f-erlw-1 1 -the eervlca ' ; "We hare bad trouble or. this Kind since February V as Id Mr. Sykes thla morning, "and at first concluded to aay nothing about. It. but yeaterday the service u Interrupted for thethlrd time, and wa have now decided "upon offering a reward for Information that will put a atop to the practice. It mat-, tera Utile to the company, but causes tha public a great deal of Inconvenience. City Darkened la Consequence. To begin at the beginning. I will aay that on the night of February I tho light service was crippled very ouaaen nntmn Citv. Our nien heevv-ehaln.- hanging-over- thw -light j wires near tha site of tha old Whits House tavern. . Evidently an attempt had been made to throw tha chain over the 10.000-volt power wire, but it had fallen ahort. The damage was quickly repaired.' ' . ."Saturday night another chain was found near Fulton and It reached over the power wire ao that wa had to con nect with the ateam plant In -North Portland. The city waa In darkneaa and the cars remained tied up while the change was made. Yesterday afternoon the same thing recurred, but since no chain could be found the linemen came to the conclusion that wire had been ueed instead of chain and that it had been burned up when tha ahort circuit waa formed."1 ;..:. The company Is In possession of the chalna and they will likely go a long waya toward revealing tha . Identity ot the guilty ones. .:.,.... ; ' III DC , IiAUlIi HI UHUL Tomorrow or Possibly Late To r day Geer, Westgate and ; West Still Mentioned. " (By a Staff Gerreseeeeaat.) -R.im. Or.. Feb. IS. Tha railroad commission will probably bo appointed by tha state board either late this aner- noon or tomorrow. It la unaerstooa me governor haa decided on his appointee, and will recommend the other two mem bers of the board, secretary -or niaie Benson ta considering three men. bar ing eliminated all other applications from tha first congressional district, tha section from which ho comes. State Treasurer Bteel haa returned from Port land after a two daya oonrerenea on the appointment of a. commissioner to renresent tho second congressional dis trict Great secrecy haa been main tained regarding possible appointees. Th. names of Gear. Westgate and West are still being mentioned. Westgate and rt era emDhatlo. in denial ot their candidacy, - . ' 1 ' . Great pressura Is being brought from Cottage Orova In favor of T. K. Camp bell, and Mr. Benaon a being flooded with telegrams and litters urging his appointment. . All members or me noara have their desks burled under tha mass of applications and recommendations. Speedy appointments will be made to stop the flood of correspondence., r ' , ASYLUM BILL AGAIN ::;-.,' V !. Settlernler'g BaJary Mnmnl Called ..ir,i.l.J'i., BarW.gJtd - Jj (Special Dwpatek ts Tti. yoerBSl.) ""Balom, Or.,' Feb It. Tha house this morning reconsidered tho Bettleraler bill giving physicians of the Insane asy lum a raise in aalarles and providing two . additional . physlcisns. -: Davey called the bill back and championed It. He said thst within ths last year two expert physleiana had left tha Institu tion because of tha low salaries. W. T. Williamson, one of them, had said tha asylum sbpuTdTiava two physicians for every J00 pstlents. - If not. it was not sn asylum, but madhouse. . Davey said there Is now one physician to lo patients. The bill passed with only two negatlvea .votes. ('.: , IL1ATRIC1DE CHARGED AGAINST . RICH WOUAK . . . ! " (Jouraal Ssselsl gervie.) ' ' New Tork, Feb. It Mrs. Lottie Wal Ian haa been held without ball on tha charge of poisoning her mother. The caae haa caused a tremendoua sensation, owing to the prominence of tha people involved In the terrible crime., Tha mother of Mrs. Wallau was Mra Binge, a wealthy widow, who lived with her daughter and died February . three weeks after an operation for cancer. Following tho receipt of an analysts of tha contents of the dead woman's stom ach, ths coroner late last night desired the arrest of Mrs. Wallau. It was on tho repcrt of Drs. Wltthaue and Degay,' who had examined the kid neys and liver of Mra. Binge, that they had- found therein bichloride of mercury, that an Information was drawn up by Assistant District Attorney Corrlgan, upon which tha warrant charging mur der la the first degree was Issued. Mra 'Wallau la the wife of. an Importer of bronsea In this elty. ' ' . M i . i i i ii i ; MEASURE WILL BENEFIT MANY HOMESEEKERS (Jeernal pedal gervlee.f ' f- ' Washington. D. C. Feb. IS. A bill haa been reported favorably' by the Ir rigation committee to enable ,home ateadera under tbe reclamation act to commute their 19 payments at tha end of five yeare, provided they had thoir land under cultivation at that tlma. RELIGIOUS AWAKENING AT GARFIELD, WASH. (IsrflcM, Wash.,' Feb. H. Evangelists Winter and Smith - have -been holding meetings at the Methodist church cf this city for about 1 days. The meeT inga will continue for soma time yet. There Is a great rellgioua awakening, and the church la overcrowded every evening to standing room. Tha meet ings are attended by. people from all the Christian clirches of the city, As a Yes u H of an enoounter with twe bold highwaymen who attempted to hold him . up on Morrison street near Fourth last Tuesday night at o'clock, Wil liam Ayers, a well-known seller of pools at tha local recotrecka. la confined to his rooms In the Ooodnough building with a black -eye, which ha received from one of his assailants. . Tha men did not get anything from Mr. Ayers. although they tried to grab a valuable diamond stud which ha wore in his shirt-bosom. . ' The early hour when tha attempted holdup occurred makes the affair one of tha boldest that haa aver been tried In Portland, and tha detectives are on a quiet hunt for tho men .who did. th work. Mr. Ayers believes that as will ' know the man who struck him If he averThasTlEa-TchaftTa-to rcoirfront . tha holdup, and Is quite sura that he reo ognlsed tha second one as a, racetrack follower. ...... Tha men followed Mr. Ayers for sev eral blocks and made their attempt when they arrived at a spot where the crowd: on the street were not ao great as else where. As the. first highwayman atart ed to reach for tha diamond atud Mr. Ayers threw up his arm and tha robber struck him a blow In the' eye, which left a circle ot black and blue around the optic. ' . . . '-. CAPTAIN SCOTT OF FOREST GROVE KILLS HIMSELF : (Special tnspatrk to Tbe Journal.) ' Forest Orove, Or., Feb. 18. J. B. Scott, captain liT. tha civil-war.-ex banker and a well-educated man In In dependent clrcumatancea, ended his life at J?(TZ.Wlnjnljjsi-fcu:y home near here with a gunshot from an old musket. - Mra. Scott beard the shot and round her husband at the foot of the bark steps on the ground with blood flowing from bis left aide. Tho smoking mus ket and a loaded revolver lay on the porch.'' Ha expired in about half an hour. Tho tragedy la due to a nervous breakdown and heart disease. Captain Scott distinguished himself In tho Red river campaign. Before coming hero he lived at Fort Dodge. Iowa, where he was a well-known banker and had served as county treaa urer. He owned tha building occupied by tho John E. Bailey mercantile estab lishment or tma city ano aiso oiner valuable property. ; . -Ha leaves a wife and three children. - HARRI7.1AN I.10TIYE FOl'ER I.1EN ASSE06LE Portland is tha convention city today for superintendents of motive power ot the Harrlman railroad linea, and their host Is J. F. Graham, auperlntendent of motive power of tho O. R. N. com pany. . The session la one of tha period ical meetings that are held by heads of departments of tho Southern Pacific andUnion Pa ctfto- gystenrs-a-r--various points where mattera of interest -are up for discussion, and experiences are exchanged by tha officials. Among tha visitors hero are: W. P. Murphy of St. Louts, H. J. Small and W. R. McKeen of Omaha, J. C Hubbell of San Francisco. F. E. Davidaon - of Los Angeles, J. F. Dunne of Salt Lake City, P. W. Madsen of 8t Lousl, J. E. Neuffer of Chicago. REPORT WILL FAVOR RADER ' 81xteen members of the committee of the Anti-8aloon league met thla after noon at the -Taylor street Methodist church, to hear tho report of the spe cial committee on Investigation of tha affairs of Secretary Paul Rader. The special committee went Into executive session and after ' hearing the report read tha general committee was called In and the executive session continued vntlLlato In tho day. The contenta of the report were care fully guarded, but It Is believed the document, contains no finding of se rious chargea agalnat Secretary Rader. It ta aald tha committee will probably, give out a statement tomorrow. ' LUMBER DEALERS HOLD SESSION Ninety-two members and guests at tended tha aecond annual dinner of the Oregon and Washington Dumber Man ufacturers' association Saturday evening at . the Portland - Commercial club. Speeches were made by a number of members, toasts were responded to and reports of tha year's business were read. Tha following officers wera elected for the ensuing year: . President, Philip Buehner; first vice president. D. 1 Wiggins; second vtco presldent, 1 J. Wentworth; third vice president. A. C. Dixon: fourth vice president, C. W. Thompson; fifth vica preaident, J. 8. Bradley; treasurer, F. C Knapp; secretary, E. P. Sheldon. - -y PAL0USEMN FOG THAT ... ' CH ILLS ;T0 THE BONE Garfield. Wash., Feb. Is. Tho Palouse country has been enveloped In fog for tha past week. The air has been filled with a moieturo that would In a few minutea chill one through and through, snd it has been difficult for pedestrians to endure expoeure to it. v - . i . 11 mil ii . : Hobo Coal TJileres. Pendleton. Or, 1-eb, Is. Three men are In the county Jail tor eteallng coal of the O, R. N. Co. from freight trains and selling It to residents at Echo. Over $90 wofth was handled In this wny. The men will serve 10 dsys In Jail. Their names are not known, as they belong to tha hobo element. ' 1 , Budding permits. ' Building permits have been Isaued as follows: Jacobs Shirt company, repalra. Stark between Foorth and Fifth, 50O; Mra A, Hansen, one-story dwelling. Grand avenue between Weldler and Broadway, 1,06 . , . Tomorrow will bo a big day with .that workera who are trying to raise tha necessary funds for the, new T. M. C A.- T. W. C. A. building in Portland. They will gather at tha Y. M. C. A, bulling at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow morning and will apand tha day until 4:10 in tha afternoon securing subscriptions to the fund. ' The hopes of tha solicitors have risen to a high point in the past few days because of the encouragement they have received from cttusena and they expect to obtain a large amount of their extra efforta tomorrow. Subscriptions ' con tinue to coma in with great -regularity and .with promises of several large ones from wealthy cltisens' the members y-of the committee expect Utile difficulty In having sll of the 350,000 fund by the end of .themanlti Today was an off day for tha com mitteemen, although nearly 1406 was re eeived. Two subscriptions for 1100 helped to swell tho fund, which reached a total for tho day of 3l. Those who gave today were aa follows: Douglas W. Taylor, Campbell-Sanford-Henley com pany each 1100; Pearaon-Page company. Max G. Cohen, V, Page Harris, Reed. Fields 4k Tynan Co., Portland Wire and Iron Worka each $26; cash, J0; two friends, $10; cash. $1. .... . ; A CAPITALIST'S LIFE FOR A BABY'S TEAR (Journal Special Servtee.) ' Dead wood. 8. D.. Feb. II. "It would not bo surprising to .witness tha loss ot one capitalist for every tear ahed by the little daughter ot Haywood." aald Marlon Moore at tha demonstration hero, in f a votof W. Haywood. -Charles H. Moyer and George A. Pettlbona. awaiting trial for tho murder Of ox Governor Steunenburg of Idaho. . - Tha meeting, tho largeat ever ' held in the Black Hills, waa called by tha District Miners' union, and Incendiary speeches, threats of violence to capltal tata and menacing protests against, le gal authority were,' f eaturea of it. " Tho leading factors In the demonstration were Marlon Moore of the Western Federation of Miners, with headquar ters at Dsnver, and Freeman Knowlea. former congressman and one of tha moat prominent socialists, and poli ticians of tha atate. . Fully 1. 000 men were present, repre senting the Terry, Lead and Galena unions. , One of tho 'dramatic features waa tho street' parade. Several men bora a coffin on which was inscribed one word. Liberty." at tha head of the procession, and behind It waa a band of music, whioh -played slow dirges. . Mr. Moors aald be hoped nothing more than a proteat of thla aort waa necessary to disclose tha attitude of tha miners and their friends. SYMPATHY SHOWN - FOR ARRESTED MINERS (Joeraal Seeclal Servlrel) Chicago, Feb. 18. Tho anniversary of tho arrest or Unarlee H. Moyer, wmiara D. Hay wood" and George A. Pettibone, officials of., the JWejjterii Federation of Miners, eccused of complicity In tho murder of ex-Governor Bteunenberg of Idaho, waa marked by a, great parade here. In which red flags were unfurled. - The parade waa followed by a maaa meeting, where revolutionary .speeches In English and German were made In denunciation of capitalist The decision of the federal court up holding the Idaho authorities In holding the accused men for trial was declared to bo a aecond Dred Scott decision and would." It was predicted,-bring about similar reeulta. Lucy Paraons, widow of one ot tho anarchlata banged for participation In tha Chicago Haymarket riot, attempted to harangue tbe audience, but her voice waa drowned tn tha noise and shouting. John M. CNell of Denver, editor of tha official Journal of the miners' organisa tion, apoka. A collection netted $110. LESSEN DAGGER OF BRIDGE . ACCIDENTS IS CITV . From present Indications ths Masters ordinance, limiting the number of cars upon a river bridge while tho draw Ii open, will be taken up and acted upon at the metetng of the oounoll Wednes day afternoon, - The Intention of tha ordinance Is to permit only one or two eara to atand between the piers, which are too feet distant. ' At present all tha care that can bo crowded In together are run on when tho draw Is open. The strain upon tha bridges Is great, and for fear of A collapse and the dropping of overloaded cars Into tha river Mas ters proposed ths new measure. . The ordinance waa before tho street committee last Friday, but it waa laid over until the next meeting for amend ment. . It la believed that It will be taken out of the amendment box Wednesday and acted upon. - HERMANN LETTERS WILL . : GO BEFORE JURY Washington, Feb. II. In tho Her mann ease the United Statea won Ita first victory when Judge Stafford ruled the government could file an amended bill of pertloulara this afternoon. . The result1 will bo the admission ot several hundred letters which have been tha subject' of controversy aver since the Herman trial began. ...a. A. 8. Worthlngton, counsel for Her mann, aaid many of the letters wars personal.- Judge Stafford replied tbey were signed "Blnger Hermann, com mlseloner, and sent under tba depart mnt -.frank, without stampa; that If tha letters were personal, and not gov ernment business. Hermann was liable to a 1300 fine tor every Iwtter so sent. - STRANGER AT PENDLETON .CHARGED WITH FORGERY Pendleton, Or.,, Feb, II. A ' stranger giving tha name of C. JE. Johnson Is said to have worked off a forged check for M, Tha name forged was that of D. C. Knowlton. It Is charged" that Johnson attempted to . fash several other checks st business bouses here. I and when be was refused he took alarm land left -suddenly. ' He Is about -II years of age and well dressed. Evidence that Portland's German ed itors are sealous disciples of Colonel Mann and that the yearly Nahrrensplegl Is but an Imitation edition ot fada and Fancies - was introduced - tntba- ch-cutt court this morning on "behalf of Meier Frank, who are being sued for falae ar rest by Dr. Jaul J. A. Semler. - Semler haa been connected in an ed itorial capacity with three of tha local German papers the Deutsche Zeltung.-l the Nachrichten and tha Nabrrenaplegl and he Is accused Jointly with A. E. Kern of numerous blackmailing under takings. ' Money In the form of advertls tag contracts is said to have been queesed out of many local business men In exchange for the suppression of ar ticles reflecting on their characters. - Proof of seasatioa, Tho favorite method seems to bava been to prepare tho article and submit It In proof to tha victim, aooompanytng It with strong suggestions aa to tha ad- .... . ' .w- 1. II' .1 T Tsruatni value u. nm ijuuuuuiihi. the tlah failed to nibble, open threats war made. If an agreement was reached. tho article would be auppreased; If not. It would be published. ' Should tha vic tim have no use for advertising apace, the cash, would be taken Just as readily. The story or EL Gluten, aa employe oi the Wei n hard Brewing company, la said to be typical. Olutch declared on tha witness stand this morning that about three years ago he had troubles with hla wife which resulted 'in divorce. The German editors called on him and sub mitted tha proof of a eenaatlonel ar ticle which they said they expected to print In tha Nachrlchen. Gluten of course demurred, and Kern suggested to him that If ho would influence Weln hard to place a subatantlal advertise ment with tho paper, tha article would bo suppressed, Clutch thought he could not do this, but finally a bargain was reached whereby Clutch-signed. 11 notes for 120 each. WntTTi were tu be paid onofa at S time, monthly. Not satisfied with squeeglng IJ40 out of Gluten, Semler and Kern called on him some time later and showed htm a defamatory article concerning his father-in-law. Clutch declined to . be bled further and tha article was pub lished. - - -'-,.-Xdquor Secretary Toatiflaa,' A. Crofton. manager of the u Liquor, Dealers' association, was another wit ness agalnat Semler.; Hs swots that previous to a recent election tho Ger man editors, called on him . and at tempted to extort 1 1,000 from him under tbe threat that they would support the local option movement if tha money waa not paid." Crofton told them thay could not do buslnee with him and afterward tha Deutsche Zeltung cams out for local option. -- 1 Jacob KImmal, Otto Schumann and A. Eschel each gave evidence of leaser Importance to show crooked dealings on the pari of Semler. . The suit now on trial grew out of an alleged attempt of Semler and Kern to blackmail Meier Frank out of 1590 a little over a year ago at the time ot the smallpox scare. The editors are alleged to bava pro pared an article aaylng that tha Meier at Frank etore was full of smallpox, and then of having offered to suppress ths story for 1500 In advertising. . , ' Wesstxurer- a Safes dank. Tho department store people had tho editors.. jUTe8ted.forex.tQrtijn. ths jury disagreed and tho ease waa dismissed. Semler Is now suing for $30,010 for ma licious arrest. The case haa been' In court for four days snd It will probably not be finished until tomorrow. Because Paul Wesslnger of ferrd the services of his personal attorney. C. E. B. Wood, to help prosecute tho blackmail charge, ha la made a codefendant with the Meier dt Frank company. , Tha case Is being fought vary stub bornly by both sides. Attorneys Wood. Joseph end Carey represent Meter- a Frank and Wesslnger, while Attorney John Dltchbura Is conducting; tha case tor Semler. STATE PRINTER PLACED ON FLAT SALARY (Special Dtaaatrti te Tbe Journal. - Salem, Feb. II. The state printer has been - placed on a flat salary of $4,000 a year by the bill whloh pasaed tha house this morning. It takes effect tha second Monday of January, 1111. Ths bill was considered by tho house In committee of the whole. A section of the bill making appropriation of H8, 000 for the stats printing waa atrlcken out, leaving auooeedlng legislatures to make appropriations for tho expanses of the. atate printer's office. Tho com mittee of tha wliole made tha flat salary provision take effect In 1111 Instead of HOI." State Printer Dunlway was on the floor of tha house working among members while tho bill was being con sidered. - i Ths bill providing for erection of a stats printing plant and appropriating 120,000 for that purpose was killed by the houaa ' awtsrs bill fixing fees of attorneys upon admission to the bar at $10 was passed. Fees of attorneys from outside the state are $20. Campbell's bill pro viding for a prosecuting attorney In each county In tho stats was defeated. TRIES SUICIDE IN ' SHADOW OF GALLOWS - (Joernel gpeeial Service.) Kansas City, Mo., Feb. II. Frank Hottroan, convicted with Mra Aggie Myers of the murder of her- husband, Clarence Myera, and awaiting execution for his crime, stabbed himself twice this morning. ' Hs was found uncon scious. - - ' - IROQUOIS MANAGER PLEADS NOT GUILTY ' (Jeeraat Special Serrtre.) Danville. 111., Feb. H. Will Jj Davis, manager of the Iroquois theatre. Chi cago, at tho tlma of tba fire, pleaded not guilty to the charge of manslaugh ter thla morning. Tha trial was set for March 4. SECTION MAN BLOWN " UP WITH DYNAMITE (Joornal Special Service. London, K y, Feb. It. Foreman But ton and three of hla men of a section I gang ot the Louisville A Nashville rail j way were. blown to atoms by dynamite I this tnornliif near Ilaselpatcb.' - " ' " -' ' ' 'i - "I thought ha was Santa Claua," aald pretty little s-year-old Lemle Davodadta to. Judge Cameron this morning, when naked by the police magistrate If ahe really , thought that" A. Mackensla, the venerable bill distributor, who waa ar rested for striking her In ths face, was Kris Krlngla In tba flesh. ' : Mackenste waa before the- court o answer to a charge of assault and bat terv and entered a nlea of guilty. In extenutlon of hla offense he stated that ha had often been bothered by children In varloua parta of tho city and. waa particularly Irritated Saturday morning owing to an attack of rheumatlam. ' Little Larole, attired In a blue plush coat and a poke bonnet to match, waa present In court to give her testimony. 8hgwaf.Une4.io.lhe. bencjL.llX-h.e-L4QkJ lng father. Joe Lavodadla, and braveiy told her story to tho Judge. v " wins Xs Tea BoUana, V ' ' Tha spectacle, of a tiny tot of six years testifying agalnat a gray-haired man of (0, who resented the child's in nocent remark that ha was Santa Claua by slapping her face, was moat unusual and cauaed a buss ot excitement in court- Judge Cameron, tha causa of which developed later, appeared to be extreme ly reluctant to fine his countrjrman. The' court atated from th bench that he did not believe that tha father or me little girl wanted her assailant fined. but Lavodadla quickly dispelled all doubts on this score by declaring other wtee. . Notwithstanding tha brutal nature of tho offense charged, Mackenzie es caped with a fins of Sis.' Cameron's ap parent reluctance to impose a fine waa explained when tne -court comriDuusa the requisite $19 himself, demonstrat ing that blood la alwaya thicker than water. ' ' ' . sras "ahr la Court. Tnff P0art-warned Mecicensle that tha - afj-m -right to pun ish children who annoyed him and ad vised him In tha future to enlist the aid of the Juvenile court. 1 believe." said Cameron, "tnat mis ase should bo taken before Judge Pra- ser. for It an example Is made oi one oi tha children who bother you it. win have a deterrent effect on others." Ths remarks of the Judge relative to haling a baby before tha Juvenile court because In her childish innocence aha thought the bill distributor was In real ity Santa Claus, caused muon unfavor able comment. After stack ens! e was arrested eaiuroay little Lemle went to Patrolman Riley, with the finger prlnta of tho old man s hand still on ber chubby face, and said: Don't hurt Bant Claus; he's a nice man." REQUISITION ..FOR PERSON OF H. CLAY PIERCE (loemsl Special Herri ee.) Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. II. Ths gov ernor of Texas has issued a requisition upon tho governor of Missouri tor tna person of H. Clay Fierce, prealdent of tho Watera-Plerco Oil company, a crimi nal Indictment having been returned at Austin In -connection -with the readmls slon of ths .Watera-Plerce company to the stats. . Pierce was scheduled to meet ths Senator Bailey Investigating committee of the Texas legislature at St Louis this week, but the rennlsltion has re sulted In tho calling oft ot tho engage ment. . '. - ; . DAIRYMEN TALK ROADS . - AS WELL AS HERDS (Special Tnspetek te The sears!.) - Forest Orove, Or., Feb. . It. Tha Washington. County Dairy association met here Saturday and elected tho fol lowing offlcere: A, T. Buxton, presi dent; A. N. Stanton, vice-president; la. V. Whitney, secretary and treasurer. Tho association mot both morning and afternoon. . At the afternoon session L N. Stanton preaented a paper on 'The Selection of tho Dairy Herd." V Rev. Hall and Will Marsh made en thuslastlo speeches In favor ot bonding tho county In order to get funds to tile and rock all ths reads of tho county. Judgs Goodin of tha county court was present and took lasus with ths advo cates of county bonds. - Ths seaalon waa a lively one and many farmers put down the Initiation fee at the cloaa of ths -meeting. - The dairymen will meet again In March, at Hlllsboro. ; BURGLARS AT CHEHAUS ' SECURE LARGE BOOTY 'Chehalis, Wsah., . Feb. II. Robert Fechtners Jewelry store was 'broken Into here some tlma last night ' Dia monds. Jewelry and money of tho value of $15,000 were taken. . Ths atora la In the heart of tho elty. . Toola wars se cured from Kltchell's blacksmith shop near by. Tha dial of the combination on the safe, was broken- off and tha outer door opened. Tha Inner door waa drilled through and tha lock broken oft There Is no clue to tbe perpetrators. - George Veneas of Wlnloek waa held up at about 1 a. m. by three men and robbed of hia watch, chain snd a ring and $10 In money. DOCTOR SUES FOR RESETTING BROKEN LEG - Dr. I a. Holland Is suing the Linn ton Box Jr. Lumber company for $901.10 for attending J. A. Simpson, an em ploye who was badly-Injured at the com pany's mill at Llnntoa last March. Simpson's worst Injury was a broken leg. Because tho patient wss - very restless aa ha layon hla hospital cot tho leg had to ba reset a time or two, and two operations had to be performed on him. After he had left the hospital Slmpaon's crutch allpped. he fell a no hla leg had to be reset once more. The company paid Holland $3S, and offered to pay hint $50. Payment beyond that la resisted on the ground that the treat ment waa unskilled and negligent. Year on the Hock rile. " Jack Adair, an ex-con vlct, who wn arested Saturday- night by Patrolman Wsnless and Detectives ' Tichenor and Jones, waa before Judge Cameron this morning on a charge of larceny, Adair waa found guilty of stealing a quantity of brass from the Oregon Leather com pany and sentenced to one year on tha fockplle. .-'. Dr. A. H. Hedderley and Richaru Hynea, Los Angeles capitalists Indicted by ths 'Oregon federal grand Jury last -Aeril with R. W, Kenney. Warren Oil- lelen,. W. D. Gould and David E. Good- " ' win, other prominent financiers of Los Angeles, for entering Into a conspiracy V to defraud tha government out of Its public lands, in Curr county, Oregon, r arrived In Portland this morning In tho ' custody of Deputy United States Mar shal B. II Franklin and Special Deputy E. Dingle, and wera -later released on furnishing- ball in the sum of 15,000. Tha party was on the order ot a gala excursion, rather than that uaually as- ' crlbed to officers and criminal a. Mr. - Hynes happened to be In Balinas, CaIrV---wJ ernir when - the -authorities decided . t. . l.illntul'MM n. II at luM fM . I , l.Q , , II V iiiuiwiw . H. i w - -. Oregon. Ha was telephoned to by Mr. Franklin, who Informed him to Join tha party at Sacramento and proceed north. : ' Although tha distance was more than! 600 miles, Mr. Hynes was on hand at ' ths hour appointed and came north with -tha othera Passengers on ths tralS) -had no Idea that two of tho men were prisoners under tha care of United " Statea offlcera, but thought they com posed a party traveling north for pleas ure. As Mr. Franklin said this morn ' lng, "Dr. Hedderley and Mr. Hynes took , ' cars of ua lnatead of us taking cars ot them." l . The defendants who' arrived . today proteat that they are Innocent and that their connection In tha case lies In the fact that they are dlreotore of tha Broadway Bank 4k Trust - oompany, which loaned money to tha PaclOo Lum ber It Furniture company, which waa operated by the remaining defendants In tha case. When tha lumber company waa declared Insolvent Dr. Hedderley wss appointed receiver and from that time managed tne affairs of ths defunct company. . , . . " Both men are prominent socially and In a business way In- Los Angeles and are well known la all parts ot Califor nia. ; Mr. Hynes has a string of horses , which are taking prises wherever ex hlblteOand tevotes muoh ot his time to thircare of hla pata Dr. Hedderley Is one of the most prominent social fao ' tors in southern California and Is alas one of the wealthiest physicians In his -atate. ,Both men furnished bonds through a bonding; oompany. , DODGES. IDAHO SHERIFF 6Y AN EASY ROSE . - Profiting by tha lack of vtgUanos die played by Sheriff Thorpe of Caldwell. Idaho. J. R- Burton, wanted In that city -on a charge of-felony-ombesalomont,-"--managed to make hia escape from tha peace officer last night In a clever man- ' ner. .- ' ' Burton waa arrested Isst Monday night by Detective Hellyer on telegraph lo in structions from . ths Idaho authorities , but as no further advices were received ' Uho prisoner waa given his liberty. Yes terday morning Sheriff Thorpo arnveo In Portland with tho necessary extradi tion papers. ; Burton waa located last" night with his wife and children In a house at Bast Sixth atreet end Haw thorne avenue. . - - 1 Burton was eating his supper when the officer arrived and requested - that ' ha be allowed to finish tho meaL Thorpe readily consented snd after ths repast Burton, on tho pretense that ho wanted to put his dog outside, opened tho door - I.k. mUt l. out In pursuit but bis prisoner was too) fleet-footed and Bnrton made his es cape. Ths local police are looking for -the fellow, but so tar he haa managed to avoid recapture. , BARTENDER FRITZ ANSWERS" FOOTPAD'S DESCRIPTION H. it. Shlpman, a guest at ths Stand ard, rooming house, was held up and robbed -of $40 et the comer of Park and Stark atreeta at 11 o'clock last night by an unmaaked footpad. As . Shlpman waa passing tha corner of the two atreeta tho highwayman, who waa '. standing In a dark doorway, suddenly covered him with a revolver, and . or dered him to halt. Tha thug was ex ceedingly polite and after aecurlng all -of hia victim's wealtb, leisurely saun tered down. Park street toward Waah Ington. . - - Shlpman notified tho police at ones and Captain Bruin, who happened to be at tha station, started out to seareh for ths thug.. In Kutner's north and dlvs Bruin found a bartender named Frits, who answered in all particulars to ths description of the ' footpad. Shlpman was not abls positively to Identify ths suspect and no arrest waa made. Frits wss found In possession 1 of 111 SO and a. loaded revolver was found behind' the bar, TWO RINGS ARE TAKEN - BY BOLD BURGLARS ' Burglars entered ths residence et Mrs. Joe Meyers, 111 Twelfth street, some tlms between ' and 10 o'clock Saturday night and aecured as plunder a ruby ring, a aolltalrs ring and II In cash. . Ths thieves effected an eptrance by prying open a doorv and tha polios have been unable to secure a olus to their Identity. ' CASES BEFORE THE STATE SUPREME COURT '.-' (Sperlnl Dtspstca e Tbe JsarsaLV Salem, Feb. II. The aupremo court has set dates for tho following cases: White agalnat Joyce, Tuesday. Feb ruary 10. ' - - Portland Iron works Sginet Willett, Wednesday, February 17. Wright agalnat Consolidated Mining Investment rompany, on asms data '.V CANDIDATES WANTED F0RTHE BURNING HOOP The-Multnomah club will present the appearance - of a circus greenroom to. night when all the volunteera and per-' formers for the society circus will as semble In the gymnasium. - Everybody. Is Invited to be present and off'-r them selves to be put through the "burning hoop.- V
