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JOURNAL WANTS PAY BEST V , More Help Vntod7 s " Uordrm Wanted? r Advertise in The Journal JOURNAL CIRCULATION ; VESTEIlOAr WAS : 27,800 Rain tonight and Tuesday; warm er tonight; southerly winds. K VOL. VI. NO. 286. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1908. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. .MavjPc1! i ' " '. .. , . if- , . by Fm OHNSON BANK'S NEW IfVIAYS NOT . ninrr.Tr.nw l mni mrn HAS NARROW ESCAPE mmi mum sk it io aim LIEUTENANT J Member of Engine Company No. 1 Over come by Smoke Peaslee Bros. & Chausee and Kilham Stationery Com pany Damaged Bottle of Varnish Ignites and Causes Expensive Loss rroinineiit Jwisiness .Men to Jluku up Executive Hoard Directing Proposed Mer jrT of Oregon Savings With (iernian-Anierican. In a fire which started just be fore 11 o'clock this morning In the three-story bi kk building Ht 90 and 91 Front street, the building and the plant of the Peaslee Brothers & Chausee Printing company was dam- , aged to the extent of $20,000 and the building in about $10,000. Although hampered by the slip pery and Icy condition of tho streets the fire department kept the blaze well In hand and confined it to the third floor of the building. Within 15 minutes of the alarm -0 streams of water were directed at the fire, the men working from the front and through the hallways. The huge alr Bhaft which runs from the basement to the roof, endlug In a glass sky light, served as a feeder for the flames and Increased the difficulties of tho firemen. Lieutenant George Johnson of en gine No. 1, one of the first to climb the extension ladder and enter the third floor of the burning building, was overcame by the smoke and nearly suffocated before he was res cued by members of his company. He revived quickly, however, when car ried down to the street and was able to go back to work In a short time. The two upper stories of the build- I Ing. which wan Inillt In 1NM .mil Is owned lv ex-Senator S. H. IIiihIoii, are ociupled by the I'enxlee liroM. an I Chaurfee company. The Kllham Htation erv company had n storeroom In the fiont of the third floor whlc h Miev used for the Ktorage of denk and as a furni ture repair room It wan In thlx room that the lire started. A workman ha 1 been unpacking ucakn there for a week or more and It la atiid had a Itottle of varnish with which lis iv.;n retouching them. He left the room to .-o down atalrs and a few minutes later employed of the f'eaalee com pany, working at the presses in the rear of the building, saw fl.-tmeH and smoke Issuing from the storeroom. They gave the alarm and hurried down stairs. The offices of the ! 'en filer company are on the ni'i oml tloor and the book keeper.' Mlxs Martlet (Unary, telephoned the fire department and then securing all the boon of the company and the valuable papers In the safe, made hep esrapo. The flieboat George II WIlllnmH reached the foot of Stark street before the engine companies were able to trav erse the distance over the snowy vave- ments. Hon 1. chemical 1, hose 2 -and chemical 2, engines 1, 3. 4 and 7 and trucks 1 and i responded -to the still alarm. They got n 80 font extension ladder up to the third story, but It didn't reach the window and It had to be lowered while another one was run on. The lack of a water tower at this Juncture of the game lout eonald eiabl, lime, but by the time the second ladder whs raised the fireboat was pumping away at two streams and these were carried up tne iront siairs to me third floo' Smoke was pouring nut in clouds from the upper story windows and It was Almost Impossible for the firemen to force their way Into the burning butld- Several Wealthy Country Hankers Considering Prop osition to Subscribe Addi tional Stock Way Clears for Success of Scheme. (Continued on Page Two.) BANK HEARING jet ram 17 Attorneys for Indicted Bank Officials Will Argue De murrers to Informations. Hearing of the demurrers In the capon of J. Thorburn Ross, T. T. Burkhart, . I -i . L1..1.I nnJ flakrfra I I 1-1 11 1 JQIlli T. 111 llinuil aim uiiv - . - - , wno are accusea or mismitiiHit.i"ie .. falrs of the Tltlo CJuarnntee & Trust company, was set for February 17 before Presiding Judge Cleland in the circuit court this morning. 1 This date was fixed by the court at tha reauert of District Attorney Man . mlntr. who made two Ineffectual at- temDts to hurry the proceedings hist week, while Judge Cleland was 111 and judge Gantenbeln was presiding; tempo rarily In his place. Judge Gantenbeln refused to take up the cases because judge Cleland has had personal charge of all Drevlous proceedings In relation to theje cases In the circuit court. Postponement until tne midrue or tne month was made necessary because of the absence from the city of WalTace McCamant, attorney for J. Thorburn Ross, ne being engaged in the trial of eases in anotner county. 11 is expected that the argument on the demurrers will occupy nearly a dny's time, as the attorneys for tho defendants have In dicated a purpose to make extended ar gument. If the demurrers are overruled the cases are likely to be brought to trial at the March term of court. Six points of demurrer have been alleged, the most prominent being tne cintm tnat ine in formations do not state facts constitu ting a crime and tnat tne district at torney has failed to state the circum stances with sufficient particularity. V Killed by Exploding Boilers. : (Special Dlspntcu to The Journal.) Monacco. Fa.. Feb. 3. Three foreign ers were killed .and, six others injured today when the boilers in the Welch Brick plant exploded. Two Brothers Killed by Train. (Sperlnl Dlsptten to Tie Journal. Bradford. Pa.. Feb. 3. Louis and Michael Blako, brothers, were killed by "a train today while walking on the rail road track. 1 THAW TO STAY III AMiIilllE Littleton Does Not Deem it Advisable to Move at Once for Release. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) New York, Feb. 3. Action for the re lease of Marry Thaw from the Mattea wan asylum Is i:ot likely for at least a month. It Is said Martin V. Little ton, I haw s chief counsel, will go on a vacation and will probably be absent two or three weeks. It is said he Is opposed to an lrnmliate attempt to se cure Thaw's release and :o move will be made until some time a-fter he re turps from his vacation. HANDFUL OF SNOW USED TO PUT OUT FIRE At 1:30 this afternoon the fire de partment responded to an alarm at Second and Taylor streets to find a little smoke issuing from the roof of the three-story brick block which stands on the corner. Two firemen mounted the extension ladder which was busily raised, and extinguished the blaze with a few handfulls of snow amid the cheers and jests of the admiring crowd in the street below, while one of the many Chinamen who occupy the build ing could be seen peacefully smoking his pine in the window directly below where the firemen were at work. It Is supposed that the fire had its origin in a defective chimney. Hong Yick & Co., who have a small general Chinese merchandise store on the ground floor of tho building are the owners, and were quite unconcerned at the threatened destruction of this property. OAS KILLS TWO AND WRECKS HOME Tiie men who are reorganizing and enlarging the capital stock of the German-American bank for the purpose of merging with it the Oregon Trust & Savings bank and carrying out the pro posal to pay the. latter a depositors dol lar for dollar are now negotiating with a number of prominent business men with u view to forming a strong direc tory of seven or more persons. There are now four who have accepted positions on the directory and made subscriptions to considerable amounts of stock. These four are a O. Reed, Thomas C. Devlin, of Portland; J. M. Conkltn. cashier of the Mount Angel bank, and JuckRon V. Burke, formerly with the London & San Francisco bank. The work of forming a new directory has been until a few days ago de layed becHtise of the necessity for hav inx an up-to-date statement of tho con dition or the two banks and the German-American bank's proposal. newspaper Hurts Flan. These statements were completed and submitted to the court the last day of the week Just passed, and now the way is clear for Mr. Heed, who has been offered the presidency, to consult with his friends and present the propo sition clearly to them. "Seme difilculty has been caused in the past by derogatory articles appear ing in a local paper, but it is hoped that the troubles of the Oregon Trust & Sav ings are now about over," said Mr. Reed. "One of these articles caused the withdrawal of a subscription for a very large amount of stock from a Wil lamette valley banker who was prepared to put cash Into the reorganization. "Ills withdrawal was for no reason othfr than that he disliked the kind of punncuy mat was oeing given, i minn :he business men pretty generally un derstand, and what can be done under the present stage of the proceedings will from now on 'be done promptly to complete the organization of the direc tory. We will have some of the solid business men of Portland." A number of wealthy country bank ers are giving the proposition serious thought, and if the opportunity remains open to them will probably come in with considerable subscriptions to stock. Ezpsrt at Work Again. In response to demands from I.. J. Wilde and officials of the Oregon Trust I ,v Havings bank Dmtncr Attorney Man ning today placed Expert Accountant Ferguson in the bank to make a final examination of the books and accounts with a view to determining the causes of the bank's suspension last summer. Mr. Wilde stated that whatever in vestigation there was to be made should be made at once, as later on he would not consent to any disturbance of the German-American bank's business in the event of the two banks having been merged. W. C. Morris, former cashier of the Oregon Trust & Savings bank, for the last 10 days has been Insisting on an investigation by the district attorney.. He directed his attorney, Alex Sweek. to ask the district attorney to proceed at once, before the proposed merger had reached a final stage. Accordingly the Manning accountant began his work today, and Is expected to have a report ready before the end of the week. The affairs of the Oregon Trust & Savings bank have been thoroughly threshed out by the recetver, and hi findings have been published bv the newspapers with a degree of freedom that has left little to he discovered that would throw new light on the subject Harassed by llem v He Re- comes Hopelessly Tangled and Cannot llcmcinber Anything Prosecution Prepares for Rebuttal. Poor Witness for Defense Which Announces John H. Hall Rests His Case End of Land Fraud Trials Near. John II. Hall lias closed his defense n tho land fencing ease under slow way in the Inltel States court and Mr. Heney has begun on his list of wit nesses in rebuttal. The beginning of the end In the long drawn out trial la now coming (lose enough to be seen with the naked eye Kdwln M. M;iys. when he was released from his uncomfortable place on the witness stand at 11 o'clock this morning. marked the iter led of the defendant's asc. though Judge Webster reserved the right to put Charles H. Carey on the stand for "just one question as soon as it "wer possible-to notify Mr. Carey anu secure nut attendance on the court. Mr. Honey says h will he able to close his rebuttal before the adjournment this afternoon and then, unless Mr. H ill de- il'cs to take tlie stand HKain for a short time to straighten out the tjinffo Mays left by his ttliiriniv. the arguments will begin. Kdwln M. Mays repeated his exhibi tion of foi gel In ! ness duriiiK bis Mrsi part of the session today iind consist ently forgot everything that might have any bearing on the case at bar either directly or bv .Implication. He was harassed by Mr. H ney until lie was hopelessly tangled and then dismissed without any questions being asked him by Judge Webster or redirect examina tion. Mays made a poor witness for the defense and already his evidence has been Impeached by the testimony of C. E. Hayes ami Edward M. Heady, while S. C. Spencer has still further testi mony yet to come, ten!ing to show that Mays rorgetfulness covered some pretty vital points in his story. Cross Examination. Continuing with the cross examina tion of Mays from the point where he, left off on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Heney went still further into the Thayer land steal and twisted the wit ness still more in his story. Mays was able to Identify but one of the mass of letters which It was claimed he had been given by Greene or Heady but which he said he did not remember having ever seen. This was a letter written bv Claude Thaver October 3. lxn to John F. Watts In this city, which dealt di rectly with the discussion of the Til lamook case. He said none of the other letters had been plvcn, him by Greene and he had never seen them. The wi ness SAld that Snenoer bad a Impwrilti-n paper which he had brought before tha grand jury when he appeared. This, the witness said, was the only paper Spencer had given him He sahi he did not know that C. E. Hayes had filed contests against i5 entries and he de nled that the evidence of these con tests had been given to him by Greene. Heney Fats Question. "Will you swear." asked Mr. Henev. picking ii) the papers in question and which the witness said he had never seen, that you did not have each and every one of these in the grand jury room when spencer asked ror mem . The witness said he did not remember whether he had them. "Will you swear you did not tell Spencer that you did not have the pa ENGLAND PREPARES TO HEAD OFF REVOLUTION fx f? o III - , f 'VIW .t4w', ' .ill 1 1 t J "i t j I l'':V:vWv,i--' 'eVt x f-r vfl I U H A iA F . A f 1 H f'llK llll. Ad I BEAVERS MUDDLE BROTHER GIVEII WEATHER SHARPS BOOKOFSERHIOSS 01 U 1 NOW RULES Strict ( ensorslup rrcvents; Correct News of Assassin ation from Franco WTio' Is Said to Re Attempting -to Crush Regicides. ; t (Rpeclal Plupitrta to Tha Jniirnal.) ., '; j OlbraJtar, Fab. 3. Tha British cruisa flaat sailed from bar aaxly tola morn ing; for Lisbon. 3Iidwinter Foraffijiff Means Things, Rut What? Beavers on Increase. (Continued on Page Two.) CAPITALIST DIES AT AGE OF NINETY-FIVE (Special Plipatch to The Journal.) Pittsburg. Feb. 3. Judge Thomas I). Mellon. ivtiieu. one of Pittsburg's loieinost citizens and well known throughout tiie country ns a banker and capitalist, died today,, -the nlnety- f 1 1 tli anniversary of his birthday. NICHOLAS 311 LO ARRESTED BY CHICAGO POLICE Special TMnpatrb to The Journal.) Ciiicago. Feb. 3. John Mutison was killed and his daughter Catherine was probably fatally injured and their home partly wrecked this morning by an ex plosion of gas. BELASCO'S COMPANY IN TRAIN WRECK ON WABASH RAILROAD r ' Special Dispatch to The Jeuroal. ju; Detroit, Mich., Feb. 3. 'The east bourtd Wabash passenger . train Jfo. 4, the " Chicago St Str Louis trail, was wrecked. 47 milea - from Detroit 4 this mortilngr. probably by a broken rail. ' Two; j women ' passengers were killed and 34 (persons injured. i, ,; Among the injured were a number of theatrical people who were registered as being from BeJasco's theatre. New 1'ork. ' The dead-- ' tr. Frances Vargo, Budapest, Hun gary. ' ; Mrs. John Smith, Milwaukee, Wis consin. ,-. v,.,j;,;,' GAS ENGINE STARTS VERY COSTLY BLAZE (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Buffalo. N. V.. Feb. 3. The explosion of a gas eneine In the Merchants' Ai Shippers' warehouse todaj started a fire which caused about $200,000 dam age and injured two firemen. f SEVEN 31 EN KILLED IN A ROLLING 3IILL iSiial lilfi'Utch to The Journal.) Sunbury. Pa., Feb. 3. Seven men were killed and six injured today by the explosion of a boiler in the rolling mill of Van len & Co., at Northumberland. Mrs. Harris Dies of Cancer. Chicago Feb. 3. Mrs. A. W Harris, wife of the president of Northwestern univwslty, died at her home at Evans toif this triorning of cancer, . . i r - " ' '" " " (United Proas Leased Wira.) 4 Chicago. eb. 3. Nicholas 4 4 Millo. a cook, who it is believed Is 4 wanted for murder in Pottlaiid. 4 was arrested here today by De- 4 4) tective Longobardi while search- 4 lug for black hand murderers In 4 4 a Kuloon. He is lielj awaiting 4 4 information. 4 Nlekolas Milio is wunteJ in 4 4 this city for the murder of 4 4 Glaeohino Alaria. The murder 4 4 was committed on tlie evening of 4 4 Deeemljcr 24, In front of the sa- 4 4 loon at the corner of First and 4 4 Clay streets. 4 4 Chief Oritzmacher haw been ad- 4 vised of the arrst mude bv the 4 4 Chicago police and a request was 4 4 'made them fur a photograph of 4 4 the murderer in order to tlx his 4 4 Identity. As no photograph of 4 4 the man Is available In this city 4 O Chief Grltzmacher has wired the 4 Chicago authorities to liave a 4 4 photograph taken of the man 4 4 under arrest and forward the 4 4 same here . for identineat ion. if 4 4 the suspect proves to be tiie man 4 4 wanted an oftlcer will be sent to 4 Chicago te bring him back for 4 4 trial. ' :- . . (Special Dispatch to 'Hie Journal.) Rock Creek, Or., Feb. 3. The appear ance of beaver ho near tlie Columbia river as tlie mouth of Hock ereek, on the John Day river, not only proves that this valuable fur-hearing animal Is not entirely extinct in this section of eastern Oregon, but that it is on the increase. A family of these Industrious little animals made their appearance last fall on the. farm of J. L. Huft" on the John Day river, about f miles from I lie Co lumbia. They built their house and cut enough willow chunks, it was sup posed, to supply them with bark tor food during the winter. Hut during tho past two weeks it haa been notieed that they are out again, presumably after more bark, at least they were engaged in cutting more willows. Sportsmen jn the vicinity differ to the reasons for their appeu ranee at this time. Some contend that the most se vere weather of the winter lias passed and that there will be un early spring. Others claim that the worst of the win ter is yet to come, and ihe beavers are ureiiarlnir lor it. Tho weather developments of the nant few days seem to give Ihe mora pessimistic theory tlie best of it. Ellen Norcross Wills the Bulk of Her Property to a Niece in Chicago. HKAVKKS A (JKKAT PJvST. In Klamath Unsin They Mood Lands and Are Immune. (Special DLiiatch to The Journal.) Silver Lake, Or.. Feb. 3 Beaver, whiih but a few years ago were thought to have been exterminated In this re gion, are abundant and troublesome in the Hican marsh, which drains into the Klamath. Their dams have Hooded the reclaimed marsh hinds of the A. X. company and have rendered haying and pasturing limiillil over iiiuii;iium Ml ncres 'Prannei s do not molest them. owing to legal protection and the low price paid for their pelts, hencu the rapid iu lease Cougars are name numerous in uie rough country, and t'reiiuent hunts are organized against them. Ihe utock men's association pays a bounty of $10 on each scant taken within their range, limits. Deer are unusually scarce, ana iew are known to have been killed in luhj section this season. Dog and Poultry .Show. (Culted Presa Leased! Wire.) Indianapolis, ind., Feb. 3. The best dogs and poultry stock of several states are displayed at the annual show of the Fanciers' association of Indiana, which opened today In Tomlinson hall. Two thousand dollars in cash premiums and a score of sliver trophies have attracted a reeord-breaki(JJst of entries and competition, among exhibitors la of the keenest Judging ofvexhiblts rw-gan to day and will continue until the show closes next' Friday. .r . " Willing her book of evangelical ser mons and such other books as he nriy wish to her brother, and giving $500 to niece in Spokane, Ellen Norcross be stowed the remainder of her property upon another niece. Ina L. Robertson of 'Chicago, expressing the desire that one-tenth of the share received by tha latter be devoted to foreign missions. The will, containing these bequests, was admitted to probate in the county court this morning. It was executed December 23, four days before the tes tator's death. She Is survived by two sisters, but neither is mentioned in tho will. The brother who receives the book of sermons is William McMeeken of Prineville. and the niece who gets tlie $r,00 beipiest is Lillle M. Robert son of Spokane. The estate consists of personal prop erty. In this county valued at 11,825.15 and a tract of timber land In Douglas county. The hope la expressed In the will that the Chicago niece will not sen the land but will confer with F. M, Cook of Portland in regard to.it. Let ters on tho estate have' been 'rasued to II. W. Hogue and Orpha King. CASHIER NEAL PUT UNDER BOND (United Prcsa Leased Wire.) Boise, Idaho, Feb. 8. Horace E. Neal, former cashier of the suspended Capi tal State bank, was arraigned today on a charge of forgery which was pre ferred last Ftidav by Countv At torne v Koelsch. He waived a preliminary hear ing and was bound over to the district court under bond of $10,000, which was furnished. The proceedings took place at Neal's home, owing to the illness of the accused man. It'niieil Press Leased Wire.) ' . London. Feb. 3. So strict la the censorship in Lisbon that the stories of the assassination of King Carlos and his son, with the events follow ing the tragedy are confusing and contradictory in many particulars. Official information is that Premier' Franco has the situation well in hand, but there are rnmoV Indicat ing that Lisbon is still a seething volcano, and that many other cities are on the verge of revolt and that the position- of the- new King-Man- -uqI is precarious in the , extrerne. There seems to be little doubt that the regicides Intended to wipe out the entire royal family and kill the premier and his ministerial col leagues and probably proclaim a re public. Dispatches confirm the report that the leader of the regicides was Ser geant Manuel Bulca of the Seventh cavalry. He was killed. Tne otnera were clerks. Though some uncer tainty about the hour at which Fran co's assassination was attempted, there is no doubt but that such an attempt was made. The reports are that the band surrounded his house and fired on his guards, but were repulsed. The Republicans deny they were concerned in the as3assin-( s ation or the plot. Franco is trying to arrest the leaders of the party, . evidently believing that the promin ent men in the organization are re sponsible. Today's reports seem to make it certain that Admiral Amar al will become premier of the coali tion government. There was a slight depression in me loreigu market today as result or tne as sassinations. Portugese securities have fallen two points. Physicians ' fear for the sanity of Queen Amelie, her majesty has wept intermittently ever since the tragedy and refuses to leave the bodies of her dead, say ing that the wants to follow them to the grave. The new king is' giv ing satisfaction. PORTUGAL'S DILEMMA. by Conwlicated Situation Caused Murder of King nd Prince. (United Press Loafed Wire.) t. Lisbon. Feb. I.-Portugal, robbed at on blow of a king and a crown prince bv the bullets from carbines of a group of assassins, is quiet today. mon archy still under the rule t the boy king Don Manuel II. and the premier Franco If the regit ides ho let fly the fatal volley beltevtd that, their-act would set fire the flames otnbtaioa. unset tho government and establish a "cmiblic they have been grievously mistaken. The house of Browns ha mild ltK toil lor ine lon.v ij uid apparently the dynasty ha saved its thione. l.lSDOil JSl l)uwviuuf. un it was last nigra, j u iuui i t t- ! opening. Fasengers are sven on th ; , . riitL-s- are at half-mast. Decorators are beginning to. shroud tun Diiblie buildings in black. At inejoyul, palace the attendants state ,,Qucea (Continued on Page Two.) i London. Feb. 3. England will go to the rescue of the j tottering house of Uraganza. Don Manuel II : witl'be Stu ported in his throne hy the guns of the English fleet. Despite contradictions from the English admiralty, it is known that J t the Atlantic fleet at Vigo, Spain, has been ordered. hyUele- , graph to put itself in readiness for instant departure for. Lis, 1 bon to intervene in case of a rebellious outbreak tn the part J 5 of.the.:H'scontented Portuguese. .The historic friendship be- tween 'TSngland and-Portugal stands its princes in good stead .-.!'' ' ' j -r i. l. it.- i -r T?-.t:,.l. ...... n.-.,i it.j Z lliimV TJ TW1 IT llf'Cfl IIP IIP IMtlllll III ' EVItl'll.ll I (L 1 flf CillVl ft. I f t- A. rattle of English rifles will be heard irt Lisbon drowning out thehowls of a republican mob. j - ' - " - English intervention, however, means the fall of Franco, -the dictator. The premier, has 'alwavs; been antagonistic to . English influence, " and the 'price of English, support s ill he J his retirement' from the 'CaitioctJ.Viyf. ' . - . w . r. - ...n. :. - -.;,.' ,. i;