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PRINCIPAL B. E. HUGH80N
Fifteen-Year-Old Lad at St. Vincent's
Hospital Suffering From Severe Injur
ies Hughson Denies That Heavy
Blows Were Inflicted by Him
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Examination Shows Rus
Marks Proving Steel Had
Split From Top Held To
gether-by a Very Slender
Band.
Reading1,' writing and
learned at the end of a hickory stick,
aroused a commotion in University
Tark which culminated this noon . in
the arrest offt Principal B. E. Hughson
of the Portsmouth school on a charge
of assault and battery preferred by A.
E. Mathews, a timber-land dealer, with
offices In the Couch building. ,
Fifteen-year-old Arthur Mathews,
formerly a pupil In the Portsmouth
school. Is In the children's ward at St,
Vincent's hospital, suffering from In
juries to his right knee and leg, which
Dr. E. hi. (.'.able, the attending pnynician;
says are serious and mav reuulre an op
eration. The boy and his father claim
the injuries were inflicted by Professor
Hurhson with a wooden paddle.
According; to xnt uoy, tne principal.
angered at his having "skipped" one
session, threw '. .m against the corner
.of his desk, striking the knee, and then
punished him with the paddle, cutting
him across the shin with the edge or
the heavy blade.
His injuries are such that -Dr. Cable
had him removed to St. Vincent's for
treatment It is possible that an op
eration mar be resorted to to save the
JlUJD. . , .
807 Xs Trail.
The punishment which resulted in the
present trouble was inflicted a week
ego last Friday. According to Arthur
Mathews, who is a ftpll and delicate-
looking boy. . he and nine other boys
from the school left school for part of a
aslon and did not show up until re
cess, it being the last day of the term
and the work- naturally being more or
less demoralized.
When they dirt report in they were
ent to Principal Hughson. According
to the Mathews boy the six biggest fel
lows concerned in the truancy were al
lowed to go without punishment, but the
four smallest boys were all whipped by
Hughson.
Young Mathews, from his eot in the
children's ward - at the hospital this
rlthmetlo, as morning, told the following story of the
case:
"When Mr. Hughson had kept out the
mnlltkat hnvi hn tnM !! Via wn trnn V I
to whip us all. He didn't say anything explorer, has confirmed the lnter-
Dr. Carl Peter, the noted German
rru,V5r,r? , :e" rVwK view published In a New York pa-
down hard against the corner of his per in which he said that Japan has
aesit. My Knee leu runny as mougn n PnirtnArrti n snirlt nf "Asia for the
had a lot of needles pricking it but I engendered a spirit oi Asia ior uie
was too scared to cry. Then taking the Asiatics." Dr. Peters says that the
paddle he hit me wherever he could. I rrv i et,nprsl n JanQn He con
lay on the floor and he struck my legs crv 18 general in japan, ne con
and arms and wrists the edge of the sidera the antUwhites movement to
fd1?. y,?!'"?- "I)in "? be very serious and believes that
iimi 11 uiau. iu7 iniiic. vv licit tie kui i
through r.e eent me back into my room. I there is some sort of Becret under-
Section Boss and Train
Hands Only Person Sum
moned to Testify Before
Coroner's Jury Track's
Weakness Xot Discussed
I felt too dazed and
standing between England, Oer-
From appearances the steel rail which
caused the accident at Forest Orove
I didn't cry.
frletitened.
Goes to Hospital. many and the United States to act I Tuesday night, when three persons were
"That nliht I told my mother about in concert if the situation should be-jk'ed. had been cracked for many
it and she sent me down to the office,
where I saw my father. They had to
carry me home and carry me from the
car to the house. Then I went to the
hoxoltil."
Mr. Mathews, aroused bv the Incident,
wUo Superintendent of Schools Rigler
an aiked him to investigate tne case.
Mr. Rigler says that he did not receive
the' letter. Yesterday Mathews wrote
Mr. Kleler a second letter and aaked
hint to do something. Mr. Rigler said
this mormnf that he received the sec
ond communication last nlsrht and hud
not yet had time to conduct an investi
gation but would call uion Mr. Hush-
son fur an i explanation this arternoon
r tomorrow.
Mr. Hughson admits that he whipped
young Mathews with the paddle but
says he was not thrown against the
corner of the desk and was not struck
with the edre of the rtaddlft.
"The whole trouble originated in
apiteworjc," said Mr. Hugnson. "The
Mathews live beyond the limits of my
district, and I told them they would
have to attend the Peninsula school.
This angered Mr. Mathews, and he
brought this matter up to injure me.
come serious.
LESLIE SHAW
BOOMS MORGAN
Former Secretary of Treas
ury Says Financier Would
Be a Fine President.
(Continued on' Page Three.)
HANGS IN BALANCE
Townsend May Receive Ap
pointment. Until Contro
versy Can Be Settled.
(Dnfted Press Leiied Wire.)
JVashlngton. Feb. 18. In the hope of
jNtfewactlng- the senate in its Intention to
defeat President. Roosevelt's, wishes re
latlve to the appointment of a United
States district attorney for Oregon,
Francis J. Heney has decided upon a
plan which he thinks will have a won'
derful effect. Report has it that the
president has placed hla stamp of ap
proval upon tne scheme.
Heney practically is acting govern
ment attorney at Portland. The presi
dent turned down a candidate recom
mended by Senator Fulton and the two
Oregon congressmen and nominated
Christian Scliuebel, who is backed by
Bourne, but Fulton made a fight on
Schuebel and Bourne weakened, so his
name Is to be withdrawn. The delega
tion recently got together and recom
mended T. J. Cleeton of Portland.
B. D. Townsend, -assistant district at
torney of North Dakota, has been work
ing on the Southern Pacific land grant
case in Oregon by detail of the presi
dent and has met Heney there. Heney
has recommended to the president that
Cleeton be turned down, notwithstand
ing the fact that the entire delegation
has recommended him.
Heney recommends that Townsend be
appointed ad interim to service, as as-
LW. C. Bristol of the work of the office
BThe ad interim appointment can be
Imade by the department of justice, and,
It is unaersiooa nere mat tne depart-
(United PreH Leaed Wire.)
Detroit Mich., Feb. 13. "1 would like
to see J. Pierpont Morgan president of
the United States," is a remark at
tributed to Leslie M. Shaw, former sec
retary of the treasury, by an article
d rlnted in the Detroit Journal.
The following Interview wtth Shaw
by the Journal's correspondent at Jack
son, Michigan, is printed:
les, sir. li like to see J. flerpont
Morgan president or the united states.
Of course, I know this remark will bo
misunderstood by the public, bo is
Morgan misunderstood by the people.
He is a big man morally and mentally
months. After the accident it lay
alongside of the track, where it had
been placed by the section men, and
was examined by hundreds who visited
the scene of the disaster yesterday.
The ends of. the rail showed conclu
sively that the crack had become rusty
on the Inside and extended from the top
of the rail to the bottom, the steel
being held together by parts in the cen
ter which until Tuesday night appar
ently had not given way.
mTh spot of new-looking- steel on the
upper and heavier part of the rail which
had held the piece tog-ether was not
much larger than BS-ceat piece. At
the bottom was another small space
which showed that the rail had merely
been held by threads. Surrounding- the
bright spots la the rail the crack was
rait from ton to bottom. To have rust
ed It Is evident that the orack must
have been exposed to the weather ele
ments for months, and perhaps years.
The old rati, which it is understood
had done duty in the same place for
several year:, must have been cracked
some time ago by the sudden lurch of
a locomotive or a neavily laden car.
Day after day, as the trains came and
went, the crack was enlarged by the
force of the K'reat dr!vewheels pounding
meir way 10 ine irains destination.
Biowiy Dut gradually the crack in-
Judge Burnett Favored bv &mr?Wfc f'unmt&l
" . , " people of the country realize. If he by a mere thread. And then, when there
HeneV and U Ben lOr were in the White House he would sink w.tts . ""A06? lurch- was probably
Attorneyship.
ment
(send.
stands ready to appoint Town-
If President Roosevelt can secure the
acquiescence of the Oregon delegation,
the name of Judge George II. Burnett
of Salem will be sent to the senate
within a very short time for appoint
ment as United States district attorney
to succeed W. C. Bristol. If the dele
gation offers such opposition to Bur
nett as to make it probable that the
senate would refuse concurrence in his
appointment, the president will probably
defer action until congress adjourns ami
the Salem jurist will then receive the
office as an interim appointee.
Meantime B. D. Townsend will be ap-
fiolnted by the department of justice to
he office of assistant district attornoy.
with extra compensation, in the same
manner that Heney was SDDotnted as an
assistant to John Hall, before the lat
ter was removed xrom orrice.
Keoommend Burnett.
As published yesterday The Jonrn.ql in
in possession of positive information
that Francis J. Heney and W. S. U'Ren
have strongly recommended to the
president that Judge Burnett be an
ointed m Bristol's place. T. J. Cleeton
s regarded as out of the running and it
now seems nrohahln that fhris Rj-hn.
Dei win not even get the position of as
slstant district attorney, which was to
have een given to him as consolation
ror nis rauure to land the higher job.
Roosevelt is reluctant, however, to
nave a rresh breach with the Oreron
delegation ana private information re
his own interests entirely and devote
himself to the paramount questions con
fronting the united (States. DrinKinir to
bear the strong, calm judgment that
made him such a power in the recent strain.
given by the locomotive or the hao-raarn
coach of the Sheridan local Tuesday
evening. Just as It took the cracked rail.
mo rusiea parts were, not equal to the
financial disturbance.'
TEDDY FORGOT
TO GET MONEY
President Will Have to Pre
pare Emergency Bill or
ay Own Expenses.
(Continued on Page Three.)
P W Illl FOR FAIRBANKS
President Announces That on Investigation He Has Be
come Convinced That Federal Interference Is
Necessary Martial Law . Is Declared.
(United PreM Lewd Wfre a
Washington. Feb. 18. President
Roosevelt announced this morning; that
he has decided to send federal troops to
Fairbanks, Alaska.- to preserve order
among the striking miners. a
i The-president had declined to act
'jntll he was convinced beyond doubt
fhat unless he took the action he has
iust decided upon the disorder might
iave serious results. .. ' .. . .
i This would make It appear that Mar.
shal Perry has not complete control of
the situation as was announced through
the mlneowners some days ' ago. A
strong force of federation men is still
on the Valdes trail.
Martial law has Just been declared by
(United Press Leaned Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 13. President
Roosevelt forgot to ask congress for
the appropriation of 125,000 which
he is entitled to as traveling expenses,
so If he travels around the country next
year he may have to reach down in his
own pocket for money.
When tne president asuea ror tne ap
propriation last year congress at nrst
ignored the plea, but when he made an
other appeal in an emergency message
the request was granted. Should the
president suddenly realise that he had
entirely overlooked this matter of $26,
000 and that he will need every cent of
it, he must prepare an eamrgency mes
sage and emergency bill to congress.
D0EA M'DONALD TO
DON GARB OF NURSE
- (United Pr Leased Wire.)
Chicago. Feb. IS. With-her acaulttal
on the charge of the murder of Webster
Ouertn came si declaration from Mrs.
Dora McDonald today that she would
devote the remainder of her life to
nursing and helping children in need.
After a trip to Palestine with her
mother she will don the earb of a nurse
and enter the hospital of the Daughters
of the American revolution. The hos
Marshal Perry swearing in 100 deputies.
le
to
Dank rrom yaidea to attend to any
All the saloons .are closed. District At.
torney Harlan nas been ordered tpFair-
oriminal action that mav be necessary
in the trouble between the unionists and
th new arrivals. ,
bltal is to be for maternity cases and
one of the wards is to be named the
'Dora MCDonai-d ward."1 '
CHINESE MINISTER
STARTS FOR AMERICA
And then the crack rave wav Mm.
pieieiy. i nree coaches were hurled
nown an emoankment. Three persons
were xuiea ana z persons injured.
At the coroner's inqnest at Forest
Orove yesterday only one of the sec
tion men was examined. He was the
boss of the division. The Inquiry was
devoted principally to members of the
train orew and others who "iad nothing
to do with the track. Othars whose
doty It was to inspect the track daily
with the exception of the section boss,
were not called before the coroner's
jury.
DID NOT VISIT SCENE.
RLGISTLR NOW OR YOU WILL BE, SORRY
J I , ,
(W I LET THE OTHE? 1
rj FELLOW REGISTER
IjjL ihavent time yy
luiw ' tf
Before and After Election
CALLS ALDRICH'S BILL
SOP FOR WALL STREE
Coroner's Jury Learned That Track
Had Been Ballasted Since Wreck
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
forest Grove, Or., Feb. 13. The First
Congregational church of this city was
teeming with people this afternoon at
1:30 o'clock to hear the memorlnl nA
dress of Rev. Daniel Staver of Portland
over the body of Mrs. J. E. Bates and
infant son, whoso lives were snufted out
by the train wreck near this city Tues-
(Contlnued on'Psge Three.)
WHEN A MAN WANTS
A NEWSPAPER
; Toklo, Feb. ' l.Wu Tina
new Chinese minister to
Fang, "the
ashington.
sailed tot tne united states today on
the Pacific Mall liner Siberia, He Is ac
companied by- M students, .
.
He wants one that is up-to-
date.
He wants one that follows
modern news methods and does
not live in the past.
He wants one that gives him
all the news that is news.
He wants one that is of at
tractive form, amply illustrated
and made typographically pleas
tag. -
He wants one that is inde
pendent and which can "talk
politics" without giving only one
side of a' question.
He wants one with two leased
wires and a line magaslne such
as The Oregon Sunday Journal.
A . newspaper for all of the
household
And.
"He wants what . he . wants
when he wants it."
Washington, Feb. 13. A petition
.
demanding that the Aldrich financial
bill be defeated because It was
drafted solely for the benefit of the
Wall street money kings and that
It places In the hands of such men
as Rockefeller, Morgan and Ryan
the power to create panics and to
expand the currency to the extent of
hundreds of millions of dollars at
their will, was today presented to
the senate by Alfred Crozier of Wil
mington, Delaware.
The petition was announced by
Senator Tillman with characteristic
comment. The document charges
that the Individual wealth of six
"powerful gamesters of Wall street"
is sufficient to create a corner In
gold to enable them to "demand any
price therefor from those who must
have actual gold to pay on vast num
bers of maturing bonds."
Crozier declares that the bill coif
tains other dangerous features; that
It would satisfy the well known
spirit of revenge of the financiers
and block all progressive legisla
tion between a Democratic adminis
tration and a ; Republican congress. 1
The petition further asserts that
the bill will multiply the political
power of the "Jawless, relentless
masters of Wall street," and that
by controling the secretary, of the
treasury they would be able to wield
their influence over all the . banks '
of the country and thereby build the :
greatest machine in the history of
the United States.
RACES TO UK;
LOSES his com
ffinff Cashier Holds the
oW
Doors Open for Depositor
Night Before Failure.
LUHH TO
H HIP I S
(United PressBsed Wire.)
Dowagiac, Mich., Feb. 13. Charles
Crlffield. a wealthy farmer, thinks he
is the most unlucky man in the world.
Last Monday he disposed of property
valued at (10,000 and Immediately
boarded the next train for Dowagiac to
deposit the small fortune in the city
bank.
The train reached the city behind
schedule time, and Crlffield, anxious
to' reach the bank to deposit the money
before it closed for the day. ran an
fast as hla legs would carry him from
the train. He rushed Into the institu
tion iust as it was closing, but the
accommodating cashier sua ne wouia
break a rule for Brother Crlffield and
accept the deposit Then the bank
closed, and has not ODened since. De
positors figure they will be lucky if
they get 20 cents on tne aonar.
TWELVE MEN BURNED
BY MOLTEN METAL
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Pittsburg, Feb. 13. rTwelve men were
terribly burned, two of them fatally,
yesterday when 60 tons or liquid metal
reieasea Dy tne Dreaxing oi tne tap
hole of the steel-plated furnace of the
National. Tube company dropped on the
floor and splattered over the unfortu
nate workmen. '
The dropping of the molten metal was
followed by a loud explosion. . The men
saw the metal pouring - out, but they
could not flee fast enough to escape.
The detonation caused by it striking
the cold floor shattered all the windows
in the plant and in ether buildings with
in axaous oi two wocka, .-,-1
Reach an. Agreement With
Railroads for Modification
of Restraining Order.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Seattlo, Feb. 13. Representatives of
the railroads and lumbermen Involved
in the rate controversy and the con
ciliation committee appointed by the
chambers of commerce of the Pacific
northwest met yesterday to discuss
ways and means of stimulating the
lumber trade of the state by enabling
all lumbermen to make shipments east
under the' old rates without conflicting
with the temporary restraining order
granted by Judge Hanford last October.
The original order required the Pa
clfio Coast Lumber Manufacturers' as
sociation, under whose petition the
Northern Pacific Great Northern and
other railroads were temporarily re
strained from putting into effect the
SO-cent rate or east-bound lumber ship
ments to furnish a bond in the sum of
$260,000 to Indemnify the railroads
aarsinat loss in case the new rate la de
clared to be legal and reasonable by the
Interstate commerce commission.
' Tentatively, it was agreed to be
fore Judge Hanford and ask for a modi
fication of his temuorarv- Testrainlns:
order so as to permit the lumbermen to
furnish tnoir own security to tne rail
roads and enable the railroads to accent
such security.: In this way the lumber
men will be enabled to make shipments
east on the Old rate by entering: into an
arrangement with the railroads satis
factory to them to secure against a
possible loss In case the new rate-Is
established. - : v ---:?,
Postmasters Nominated.
, 5 tOntted .Pvesa Leased- Wtr.t
Washington. Feb. 13. The following
postmasters were nominated yesterday:
Washington, O. C. Angle, Shelton. Ida
ho, Albert J, Hopklas, Welser. v,
DEHEY TO GREET
FLEET AT FRISCO
Admiral Accepts James D.
Phelan's Invitation to
Visit Bay. City. ..:.
(United Press tested Wba
San Francisco. Feb. 13. Chairman
James D. Phelan has received the fol
lowing letter from Admiral George
Dewey, giving assurance that he will
be here when the battleship fleet ar
rives: , .f iv A: i,t;':f'-.1A
'My Dear Sir: Pleasev accettt mv
hearty thanks for your very kind letter
of the first instant I hope i shall be
able to be with your citizens upon the
arrival of the fleet about the first of
May. Of course, I shall, keep you ad
vised if there should be anything to
revent my goings With renewed thanks
o you and the reception committee. I
remain, yours very truly
- "GEORGE DEWEY."
Plans for receiving and entertaining
the men of the fleet next May are mi
ldly taking definite shape. Many to
talis of the decoration and entertain-'
ment schemes are under discussion by
the fleet committee.
A. A. Watklns, chairman of the
finance committee, reports that tS.OOv
has been subscribed. ,, :
OLDEST CANADIAN
WOMAN PASSES AWAY
v. (United Pnws Lessed Wire.)
New Westminster. H. C.. K t. 13
The oldest oman In the Dominion of
Canada, Mrs! Margaret Aritnn, 1 1 t;f l
St the age of 1H yar, a.-ror i i,,
family records, althoushvHhi ri.un,., i
be in ber 1 11th year. Her n
currd at Nenbltt, where sjie ia - ,
living with her granilon. JItir n i
Ws due to advanced only. ".i (
born on August 16, In IViiu uk
county, IreltLnd. t