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Newspaper Page Text: ;THEJDAII.Y JOURNAL-HAS A iLAHGER PAID CIRCULATION INjPORTXNDJA STKEKTS 01 TORTID As COPY ! . 1 TO SELL REAL ESTATE J v TO HIRE MORE HELP : ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL The' weather Occasional rain to- t nigm ana i nursaay, , -' " ' - - I , , , . , . , ... M . - ..... 1 , JOURNAL CiRClilAf ION ' ; rESTKKDAT, WAS J, ' 450 iPortland's Water Sources Filed on by Moiint Hood 1 jKailroad Company Eellet i Only Through Congress- : lonal Interference. Conflicting Filings" of Com- pany and City Make Situa tion Acute Water Board X Rushes Into Three-Hour : ' Secret Session. Outmaneuvered in making water ' flltnss on the Bull Run river by the 'Mount Hood Railway company, the . City flnda itself confronted with a :l$ltuatton which: irU aaldVc&p ' only r f f f W 'i ' '. 1 V I " , : - - ; 11 SPARKS LOSES TEDDY'S ROAST Letter t From President to Nevada Governor Stolen From Legislature. Chamberlain Takes Indirect Rap at Re cent Queer Findings of Courts. Mrs.' Hetrman .Oelrlchs is making an active canvaas to - obtain 1 proxies for 600 ' shares z of Illinois 'Central ;be relieved vby congresslonf4l.iBte-1 storn11nt'irfefrt.-rtMr1'eslln ference guaranteeing the city ex 1 Fish: Mrs.; Oetrlchs recently created ' clualte water rtehts r . cltlni M the'cbmpany or itnr othW f t Clgfttette; ; She J holds ,4 ; I that ; smoking is 4 not .uncommon I (Pnlttd Pith Lcvwd Wlr.) Reno,, Nev Jan. 15. War Is on at the ipecUl session of the legislature. President Roosevelt's letter to Gov ernor Sparks.' in which" the .chief execu tive .of Nevada, is severely criticised for appealing ror troops ror uoicmeia wnen no reaaon ror sucn cau exiatea, nas Bern aioien. This was announced at Caraon today when the lealslators were preparing to ask the governor to present tbe com munication to the session for considers tion. Sparks avers the letter was stolen from his ornce and me rnam is now made by the union men that the letter was stolen to prevent the scandal that woum follow its publication in run and that the crime has been committed by friends or tha Mine owners associa tion. : On the other hand , the mine owners allege that the letter has been taken, bv the miners.. . : Arrests are.' threatened .unless the communication Is ' found . before the among society women ot the east. IMIi JUDGE OF . JUVENILE COURT Individual or corporations. ,So acute baa the situation become because of conflicting filings .made in the; past tew weeks by the city and the railroad . company at . tbe Oregon City land office that a secret 'session ot the water board was held yesterday morting, which was at: ; tended - by members s of the board, s Mayor Harry Lane, City Attorney Kavanaugh, Superintendent v Dodge ' and "Debuty Auditor Witegand. All other persons were excluded not ex cepting newspaper men. - i'" : ; " rtUags" Wsre Xnoorrtct. " " The fight' between the company and the city Is for, the possession of water rights in excess of those now controlled by the city. The present rights are fully protected but If the city should wish to extend Its present system It eouid no .ao so wunow securm iU8 iMiaUinat ,man who saw ihe boys rights over wmch tne present eoniro- versy binges. . vnr.Tinn DtJUU US1K it-, HUIIDRED (Special OUpatrh to Tb Jooroil.) Salem,' Or., Jan. 15. George Put nam, editor of the Med ford Tribune, who was fined $150 for alleged libel on the grand jury of Jacksonville county," refuses to avail himself of the efforts of his friends to procure from Governor Chamberlain a re mission of the fine, and proposes to carry bis case to the supreme court. Numerous ' friends of Putnam wrote or wired to Governor Chamberlain urg ing the exercise of executive clemency And now there is no doubt that the governor would have complied with these requests, but today Railroad Com missioner Oswald West received a let ter from Putnam Baying, "I can neither ask, nor accept a remission, of the fine imposed on, me. I Jhave done no wrong, I am guilty of no crime, and a fair trial will prove- my cause- to.be a. Just In view of Putnam a-Attltude Uift gov. ernf cannot lntervoue, but ne said to "ssumlnr the facts to he as stated la tat press reports, Xr. Fntnam la car- Italaly entttlad to remlsslo of the flas Imposed y :' tae faektosviUa court U he wants It, Ky knowledge of the facts has feeea derived from tne aewspapera "Rnriipq Tllimpn Jit TlnVA PS-1 ad from the laformatloa thus received town Are borteu and Dis played f orr Idehtiilcation; Boys,' Who Stole Her Leather Good$ Bpport to, Her Daily, i (United Preu JLctaed Wire.) Boyerstown, Pa., Jan. IS A ghastly ' scene . Is being enacted, here today in the public school house where the vic tims of Monday night's theatre fire snd panic are being Identified. During the nlcht three undertakers and their assistants sorted out tne cnarreci Dooies, separating those with marks by which they could be identified from the ones that cannot posnioiy ne recognised. Bv davugnt tnia gruesome worn naa - . . ... - wnen tne uoors or vere opened to those seeking the remains of friends and relatives, a heart-rending Hcene fol lowed. Several women, after recognls- swQonea ana HThii tomnan had these excessive rights i j nnarln MKiinil hill1 tha limn limit had I itmllliul tti.l. jriiilt. lapsed and the city saw an; opportunity j stolen cards were returned. Part of; the to steo in and secure to em ror the of leather and leather oards valued at contemplated extension of its present 1 112 had been given away and traded system. Papers were filed but were not i away by the youngsters ajid Mra. Dock ered the mlsUke and filed fresh papers Mrs. S. M. Dockarty, 824 Washington street, has established a juvenile :court of her own. ... ,, Mrs "Dockartv slls Dostal cards and I in features of the' dead hurnt lMthep Vnvl Tun itiiva a in her I were carried, irom ine room, as eacn burnt leather goods. Ten i days ago her bo(Jy WM ,dent,fled lt wa, borne t0 an buiiivi wl uivicu iuiu ujf biitpui Mvjr uiu i Adjoining TOOII1,' several hundred , cards taken. By the! Coroner Kohler has announced that au oodles must oe Duriea wunin mree Fln. uvlih. . Mr, iy, wnimw or noi iny are iuriiiiiicu. "i' .n. r.. iur u "r, . I In all. 168 bodies have . been recovered, c","""t"'c,'.'u"",l'- .' , VnhUr think. th rtBath Hut will h iiannva wnra nrniirni narnrn nur nn : - - ----- tmitted their auilt. . Part of: tne I f rom 1 1 6 to .200. , but this time forgot to. file ; a jpiat along with them. The company of f 1 eials learned of this, and filed on the same rights. Finally discovering the latest, error, the city filed the third time. . Company Svldently Winner, " Whthr th rltv cnn regain the rights tt lost through -the bungling, of the papers in the courts Is considered extremely aoupuuj. -- to ao mo wuuiu be necessary; to Show that the city's rights are net only prior but .superior to those of - the company. , Inasmuch as Improvement work is necessary to hold the rights It will be necessary for the company to be able to show good 'faith jnprotecnnr its rignis. . There can be no doubt as to the prior ity of the company's claims and It Is reasonably certain that It will proceed with its Improvements: as rapidly as possible to protect it rights ; in that t.; iS.ithnr th comrianv nor the city of ficials care to dlfccuss the case and It Is believed the company is endeavoring , to compel the city to accept a compromise which later will he 11 to the oenent oi tne company. v.j ' hh.iuii u neclally members of the water board retiis that the only way to secure a perfect water system from the Ball Run reservation will be Ao secure ex clusive rights on al the headwaters of the virious streams. . City, la Dangerous Position. ' To allow the company to drive In the entering wedge, ai tnis lime wuum greatly weaken the city's position in fu ture action, i With this Idea, in mind, a delegation from the water board con ferred , with Senator Fulton and Con gressman Ellis Just before the members went back to Washington, In regard to securing . favorable congressional ae- iPWhlle It was given out that Senator Fulton and Congressman tuns woum do all in their power top secure, the pas sage of a bill guaranteeing cities simi larly situated to water sources as Port lr,A tt t haiiAvml In the 'facs of re cent Congressional action it will be Im- fn osslble to round up congress intopkss- g such an aet. r v Both the city and the company have conflicting filings on the Little Sandv river and streams other than Bull Run river. , That the situation is "very serN oua Is not denied by those protecting the city's interests and Justi what course of action was decided upon this morn ing was withheld. The meeting lasted several hours and the : members ap peared to have passed a strenuous time when they emerge from the committee room, . . . . artv wan comoelled to stand the loss. But Mrs." Dockarty did not report the matter to. the-authorlties. r It she -did she realised that the youngsters would rrobably be sent to some reformatory, n stead she made up her mind to try to do a little good in the-world herself.-. . Woman Acts as Judge. The youngest' boy is 10 years, the oldest 16 and the other about 12. Two of them are Italians. ; ' b The boys seemed sory for the theft they had committed and their actions and guilty ;i manners .., impressed . lh woman they had robbed. They plendd with her -for another fchance. and tlte chance has been given them. - Mrs. Dockarty has not even In AMERICAN TARS ACT WELL AT RIO JANEIRO am oertalnly of tae opinion that the fine should sot have bees Imposed. Bat since Xr. Putnam la determined to carry Us ease to tae supreme court, there Is no occasion for me to Intervene." Putnam's alleged offense consisted in criticising the grand Jury of Jackson county for Its failure to indict W. S. Rnrmim who made a murderous assault with an ax on J. F. Reddy, mayor of Medford. The grand jury retaliated by indicting Putnam ror iiDei ana on nis trial tne ludae rerusea to auow tne ad mission of evidence offered by Putnam to prove the truth of his charge against tne grana jury. - APOLOGIZES TO HAWAIIAN GIRLS Brother of Stanford White Sorry He Said "All Coons Look Alike to Me." (United Frew Leased Wire.) (United Press Leased Wire.) I e'in. t. k a f annlnra Rio De Janeiro. Jan. 15. Flag offl- T .l! V.'.V'. eers and a few senior captains of Rear- savea nicnara mansneia mui, Admiral Evans' fleet of 16 warships oft-the late Stanford White, from expul- are today the guests of President Penna sj0, ia8t night from the Seattle Com American seaflghters met several Bra- suian ornciais and merchants. During -this afternoon American1 Em bassador Dudley will entertain all the officers of the squadron and the news paper correspondents at a garden itrty. The excellent conduct of the American jackies ashore Is being generally com mented upon. Argentina announces tnat it win send formed the, parents of the boys of the a division of warships to greet the robbery. ' '... 'American fleet xff the coast and Chile " 11 ' " ".' ". 1 " 1 ' "': win send a fleet to greet the AnerU (Continued on Page Two.) : cans -off Patagonia. tnercia! club. During the recent visit of the Ha waiian girls in this city and while a banquet was being held at the Com mercial club White used the expres sion quite audible, "All coons look alike to me." ; For this .action the directors deemed that his conduct .was not that Of a gentleman and voted to expel him from the club. . White heard of the action and sent a most abject apology for his conduct and Mr. White is still a member of the organisation.. ,-' " :-, PLUM PUDDING uks Feast Guest of Honor Whipped by Host for Hugging Wife While Saving Her Life. . (Special Dispatch to Tbe JoenuL) Paris, Jan. 15. Quite a tragedy at tended the entrance of a plum pudding at a party in a flat In the. Rue St. Hyaclnthe, .where in honor of a young Scottish friend the host had ordered the pudding to ' be well lit up with rum. Just as the servant was about to de posit It on the table the flames caught her lace cap. With a cry of terror she dronned the dish on the table. . It was smashed, and the blazing rum set Are to a lady's dress. She flung herself Into the arms of her Scottish neighbor, screaming "Save me." With great presence of mind he emptied a bottle of mineral water over her corsage. The flames were extinguished, but she Immediately abused him for spoiling her dress. The jeaious nusoano next attacked the un fortunate cot for embracing his' wife, and the .combatants had - to . be 'sepa-i rated, ,y.:., r: .. t. . vk i -V'l'o TOMS in Sims of Chicago ? Plans i to Extract Eighty Millions From Oil' Trust ? '"m l .'niii i v mm ' u i r,- w ,at, , w I ului niiu i V( n SHOULD .... J '-.!- ' ... BEEN FINED "NERD WORK," DE CLARES KING. ., ... ,j 0' r. DEFENSE OF nnimrnri Says Appointment Was Mada Only After Careful Con sideration of Attorney Merits by President Roose velt.1 ; t Submits Letters Written in Support of Choice for Po sition Held by .iW,. C. Bristol Schuebel Onco Withdrew. " , : , (UnlUd Press Leased Wire.) Chicago, Jan. 15. District Attorney Sims, upon arriving today from Wash ington, where he is : thought to have discussed the matter with President Roosevelt, announced that he will make an effort "to bring the Standard Oil company of Indiana to trial next week on the remaining 4,000 counts In the indictments returned aralnst the cor poration for alleged rebating. win do possiDie. in tbe event that e company is convicted on each count. to impose fines aggregating $80,000,000. a nflmne lftd to come to Chicago to testify, a .ha was compelled to do in the other trial PAYS ONE DOLLAR FOR TONGUE LASHING (United Press Leased Wire.) Los Angeles, .Cel., Jan. 16. Damages' in the sum of f 1 have been awarded bv a jury In. Judge Monroe's court against Mrs. LiUlU FoutS in favor of Mra. May Marvin, resident or John Hi Hearan chapter; United Daughters of the Con- ieoeracy, wno are not now exaotly unl- iea. xne si was immediately Senator Jonathan Bourne has for warded from Washington the reason -e. . n-wi imiuuuh ii jiaij i u . seu .ivr sua securea vae bp- : (ATI pmlirrftflnn est ItAllana tn Amr- I nnlnlnuiil ' ett Phrlatlan ennoKAi d lea does nor, as - reported," cause! United States 'district attorney for tir.V'TheWnS Mid that there-were If uU text of Mr.: Schuebers letters of many! unemployed. In i Italy; and "that j reconnnendatlon- from prominent their, conditions called:, for -action td j Jurists and5 also declares that Presi preyent their starting. ,x "V'A ' ' Ident Rooseyelt wished to reward Mr. Schue.be! , for hla stanch. - support "of pure political . principles,"' and " of ' 'clean administration and a square deal." ' Senator Bourne's statement follows: , no r,i ' - sFRUIIsWEDflLS Horticulturists Go oh Rec- ?.hr'!t'aa.?chuebeJ. "-n states aiainct anorneysnip ot uregon, but Itio action was not taken .unadvisedly by the president or myself. While, there la no foundation in fact for the state ments heretofore made that Mr. Schue bel'a appointment was being urged by me In liquidation of an election obliga tion either to him or to his partner. Hon. W. 8. U Ren, It is true that 1 have urged the appointment lrv a measure in recognition of. his services to the By , United States Senator Bourne. 1 ' Doubtless the president as well as I will be. adversely criticised by certain . people on aocpunt of appointment of Hon. ord Favonncish.Prizes i j inline; ruture. a J.. . This, morning s session . of the e) horticulturists passed , a - resolu- i e nn in. Mrs. Jfarvlh sued Mrs. FouU for J75. 000 damages alleging that she had slan dered her to other members of the chapter. PRELIMINARY TRIAL ; OF JAP STABBERS (United . Press Lesned Wire.) Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 15. The preliminary-hearing of the Japanese charged with stabbing city firemen Is now going on. There is an evident ef fort to center the blame on one, man, who will be committed for trial in the higher court ,on the charge of at tempted murder. ' o more- honorary rewards for, the apple growers was, the cry, at the sea slon of the Oregon State Horticultural society in Woodmen hall this morning. Half a doxen of the exhibitors spoke on this phase of the prize awarding and uemanuea mai in tne ruture cash prises ranging from S10 to ti a hi h. awaraea. They held that each box nf nnntn shown at the exhibition cost the ex hibitor $5 to bring to Portland and feit that something more substantial than a oronxe meaui or a blue ribbon should tion declaring in favor of a com plete code of water. laws to place water rights on an equal foot ing with land rights; practi tlcally decided to do away ' with the 1 competition for honorary a wards, and to substitute' cash prises 'in the future. ,. "' , i ' Several changes' were made in the constitution as tot time of convention 'and protection of growers , against disease by stricter, quarantine regulations. (Continued on Page Two.) I i 4 . 4 1 i r ' ''v F r . i I w Vmj isWliPtWMiWMiPwi'W'yisWiwwi"idi v VSlf " I UlM II I iUiI,i HM iVQ MUM i $ W x ri f :. i I r ; ; GROUP OF. 3."'; ... , :i : :- V'i 8 Sbbm-.vM;-a'. DELEGATES v.i.uttt?aJAt,i-.v, ,'...i,Jt....-(-M.,.tt...J,.... -...e, ......s , 1 Yin) -TV ,) Mm " - -f '1 Iril 1 1 1 tmW&t Vil ' " " "T " ill I ' . . ,. , TO VTH, OREGON.. STATE, HORTJCLXTURAl. SOClEir IN SESSION 1 TODAY, PHOTO BY, JOURNAL STAFF" PIIOTOaRAPlIER. j Republican party as , chairman of the Clackamas county- central, committee, but chiefly md Dftmarilv On amount of his personal honesty and intes-ritv and my firmly grounded faith in hla tegai attainments, oasea on the indorse ments Of the ludges in whnu rnnrta Via has practiced. Battle for setter System. ? Tet over and above all this th mn. aldnraflnn telth mM ho. kah - - r . lieve it has been the-determining con sideration with the president, to give recognition to the principles for which Mr. Schuebel stands,, and for which his partner. Mr. U'ReJh, 'has made a moat heroic ant unselfish battle for a bettor system of laws In our state, for cleaner administration and for a square deal. I am aware that after Schuebel becomes United States attorney . the .baser pas- . sions of some men may be Invoked to cast stumbling blocks in his way, but he will be. fully sustained by the ad ministration and the department of justice in a vigorous and disinterested execution of the law,, certain of his own ability to make good, and certain of tha cordial and loyal . auDDortnf in w.i,v.i.i log cltliens. -. ,r " - "' , : It has been charged and Drohatiiv ohm again be charged .that, Mr. Schuebel has beenengaged in efforts to undermlna W. C. Bristol, the retiring district at torney. In that relation I asir vnn ,-. quote herewith Mr. .Schuebel' letter, an follows: i .v. j . vaiijt, ut,; nor. u, 1907 "Hon. Jonathan Boumn ir, a , Washington, p jC, My Dear Senator- It-has been said by soma that m. ap plication is an injustice to Mr. IS ristt'l nnd that my friends and f were ,na rtv oring to-'secure. Mr. Bristol's ejection ' so that a vacancy might occur for mv benefit " I was , informed iHt on what I had reason to -beliov m,-, J good authoritv, that Mr. Bristol ."would retire from off ice about the end df thi year, in pursuance, of some "understand-. ng or agreemept. I mademy appM,..,. tion , to you believing that .- thu w.-, true. I have the hitrheut i . MT.-tBrtatol as a man and a lawyer an.l would not, nor would I ask any fri-n-l to do anvthin towm-fl ..,,,.....,. i ' l5fTrirort,rWktln vacancy' in p&foS!'1";?' "My relations with Senator ' Pmton have alwaya beon very -frlwidtv between Senator Fulton and Mr 7 i" 'n. " either. Neither do I wish to u un.i. r' stood as trying to Involve yourself ,,r i?7 lTln' ot mJnf- tn thfi,r rnlsundflr standing for my advantage. I only k i. a vacancy occurs, mv ntun VKK considered at that tinw., n-l that'; I be given a solmre deal no f ?Famber, Pr0''l,n'r' I " iivt that the president tnennw wlint he HV 'that every man is entitled to a aa t . , acal.V 8incr-lv yfur. (Signed) "CHRISTIAN SCHf 'r.r-.rj. ." Withdraws Appllcatioa. Tt has s! ben ehsi-tcl I uml he has ben '"ht-fn.t ' fr t , polntment that he Inal'nlH.I ui",n i gatlon.'. That eharg? la si.- hm. ..... show that I hvn lni-n thu it-....!ci ... iy Tor the reasons Jit ran.. i it, i ,'.. . (Contlnu-i cn I'4- 'i , ,-.)