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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL. ' PORTLAND,; SUNDAY MORNING; TEBR 19 .v -TV' BUST 0F;XIXC0LN- FOB "WHITE HOUSE. Cannon to Right of Him, Eultou to Left of Him, Ankeny Back of Him. fEoosevelt Sees His Bitter f ' (Unlltd PrM Uwl Wirt.) Washington, Feb. 11. Characterised I t "abnormal" by Speaker Cannon and a 'dangerous menace." to tba re-1 ublic by. Senator Fulton. President I fttOOMvelt was criticised with greater l)IUarnaa than hae rat mandated it- hmt In political circles her at a dinner ktjren by Senator Levi Ankeny Of Waeh- ngton laat night to his- colleaguea. ftVhll ca ra was taken not to rafer to ha president by nun a. tba atucka kara ao pointed that thoaa present rao- gmsea to wnom tne two sneakers re- errad. Caanon. in tha eouraa af hla remarks. I'wurto mat tne present period or ar- ri 10 reorganise ana Worm conat ion in tna country wu not unuaual. "All who atudy tha hlatory of our otiniry," na aald. "will find that about vary onca in ao often a period of onormai activity. Irian .develops. However, If the atudy pursued you will rind that tha atorm loon biowa over and when tha aun omes out wa were still doing business i ma aama old rait in tna same old ray at ma aama old place. Speaker Cannon declared that In this aee aa In the past, the-people would oon awaken to tea 'Tolly or tna situ- tlon and would ceaae following falaa octrines. This attack on tha president created onsiderahle surprise and threw Senator naenr. tne nost. into a riurry oi ex- ltement. He Is a candidate for reelec- lon for another term In the senate, and ava evidence of fear that news of tha oatlmenta expressed at the dinner right harm bla chances of reelection If X reached hla enemies. .While Speaker Cannon a attack was a urpriae, tha bitter attack upon tna ' .. ,. ' , y.. , ' . I. I- ... 1 . V . i 1 . . 'it''. . ( ' . . .' ' . '.-,"'Y ' ., '!''.''' V''-''-'"'1' ' :: ' ' V . ..-v' '.H'j M 4f?i s,;: r III t J '' ' -.. 'v -Vk'. 'i : iiVVH1 jfu m m ' .. -' 'v furl 1 I riE' REBATine SCANDAL AIRED , aaaBBaaaaaBjBaaaiBpBaaBBBSBBBaaja , , diesapeake & Ohio Eailroad May Be Investigated by Federal Grand Jury. (United Press Leased Wire.) Richmond, Fab. 11. A federal (rand jury Investigation will probably' be the outooma of tha inquiry Franklin K. Lane, Interstate commerce commission ar, haa mada into the operatlona of tba I Chesapeake A Ohio railroad. Far mora aerloua facta are aald to I have developed than were looked for at first. Tha alleged connection of aev era! railway officials, aa well aa a number of Richmond merchants and their employes, who are aald to have prorited by tha rebating, will prooaDiy be looked Into. Kalae billing. It. la charged, was resorted to In ravor of certain shippers and to tha detriment ofi connecting lines. Soma of the rail road's recorde alao, it . la atated, bava disappeared. Statements ara rjso made tonight that the Atlantic Coast line and Sea board Air line are preparing to seek elvll dsmagea from tha C. A O., which elalm they have been deprived of thou sands of dollars through the alleged C. A O. rebating. SUPPLIED UGLY WIFE; CONVICTED OF FRAUD Jury Derides Matrimonial Agent De ceived, Thongh the Hutiband Like Woman. P. H. Cole, President of the Denurt ment of Oratory and Debate at the Oregon Agricultural College. resident by Senator Fulton of Oregon, no. haa always expressed great admira on for the president, and lias been on f hla constant defenders In the senate. iade several of the enemies of the ad ministration sit ud and rlnch themselves b sea if thev were awake. Senator Fulton Is understood to have filled upon the Republican senators resent to rally about him to prevent tie president from dictating his auc- ieasor to tne KepuDiican naiionsi oon- entlon In Chicago next June. Ha declared the Republican party waa ice -to face with tho greatest crisis In a history; unless the 1 Barters or tne epubllcan party rallied at once the untry waa doomed to be governed In la future by the whims of one man hd would require many years to recov- rrom tne damage to its Dullness ana 4 policies. Next he declared the Republican party aa doomed to destruction unlets tha irty leaders "prevented its domination if one man, urging them to ignore me asldent He instated tnat tne only In a that could ave tha. country and a party from destpeton was the de at of the purpose of a "single man rule both the party and the country, tpr h a had .retired f roib uflo." .... . . senator-Frtlton -would not discuss tha Leech today. . ABY PICKPOCKET IS ilOI AFTER SYMPATHY ive-Year-Old GiiJ- Says, fGet on the Job," VVlien , Preacher Approaches. -s w: t 1 v-;-, v K' Ti Chicago, Feb. 11. Marlon Ooode- nough, three times married and mother of a S-year-old aon, who aa Marlon Grey conducted a matrimonial bureau In Elgin, Illinois, was found guilty to day of having used the malls In per petrating a fraud on William Orable. of Dearborn, Missouri, by falling to pro cure for him a wife aa "wealthy and good-looking" aa promised In advertise ments sent out by tier. Orable waa married to the woman fur nished by the bureau and waa aatlsfied with her, though he testified ha had been deceived as to her beauty and wealth. The Jury decided that tha description constituted a fraud. Orable paid only Marion Qoodenough facea a Jail sen tence. TORPEDO BOATS OUT FOR WINTER MANEUVER (Hunt News bf Longest tid Wire.) Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 22 Headed bv the converted yacht Scorpion as convoy, tho torpedo boats Porter. PeI,ong, Blakelny, Tlngey and Thornton passed out of the capes tonight en route to .Key West, lorlda. for winter maneuvers. They will call at Charlestown. South Carolina. MONSTER RANCH IN MONTANA IS SOLD A colossal bust of Abraham Lincoln, nine times life slie, has Just been completed by Oution Bor glum, and Is now on exhibition at the White House. Picture of the bust Is here shown. (Hunt Nrws hr Longr-nt Leax'd Wire.) Miles City. Mont.. Feb. 22. The A. B. Clark ranch, one of the largest In Montana, comprising 20.700 acres, has been sold to W. H. Dyer of Indianapo lis, Indiana. (:Ar 0 v i E. C. Calloway, Elected Editor of "Orange" Junior Class Annual at Oregon Agricultural College, Will Represent O. A. C. at Intercol legiate Oratorical Contest at Mc-Mlnnvllle. REAIj COP ON STAGE; ARRESTS COMPANY Stolen Goods Are Fonnd Among the Performers' Baggage and Per formance Is Interrupted. Philadelphia. Feb. 12 Little Mary aa. 5 years old, but under arrest as professional pickpocket, took impris ment at the house of detention quite a maltor of course. When some of the women attendants me near the chill would stuff a ubby net into one or ner eyes una ke-out a few salty drops, but thla , iiavi nrennratorv to asking: somo Ivor suggested by her older stepsister, inle Smith. When no one was. looking, Mary was composed as tne average convici De- nin a fifth term. By coaxing out few tears the youngster got a front it at the services for her stepsister ianother for herself. lllfft when the parson, after his ser- n. atucK a ringer unaer mary s imp little chin, the baby pickpocket lelled the attention. "Oh, gr"wan!" she exclaimed. "Oat on tba Job." Kt first the minister did not quite deratand, or affected to mlsunder- ind. The Infant purse-nipper then kculated: 1 Thafjl do; get on me jod: nnle Smith, the stepsister. Is by no ana a stranger at tne nouse or oeten n. Indeed, she is looked upon there a confirmed young thief, not at all a Dd subject for possible reformation, e la probably one of the moBt expert rse thieves operating in nu oui oi iladelphla. At ner last oirinaay. wmher 24. she was Just 11 years old. vVhen Annie Smith waa first arrested. ra than ia year ago, tne gin witn was Minnie Kirk. Agenta who in stigated learned that these two girls rked New York stores at that time -four days a.nu returnea to rnna nhia with so much money that Mrs. iggie Kirk, the woman who sent im out, naa to spread ner apron 10 d It all when they emptied It out in Ian. This Mrs. Kirk was sent to I house of correction for a year for chlng the girls to steal. . Probation officers reported that Mrs. ilth, mother or Annie smith, is a peCtable. woman. Her husband, Ben nin Smith, died June 18, 1899, and next December she married Al- onse Ross, father of the 6-year-ord !iry Ross, now In custody. When first visited Mrs. Smith, or Mrs. Ross, lived at 407 Earp street. It was Mrs. Rosa' excuse that her little girl Annie was "out of her head" and that as a mother alio could do nothing with her. Annie maae the acquaintance of the Kirk girls, of whom there were two. Annie and Minnie. Mrs. Ross insisted that nhe went to the Kirk house repeatedly after the child, Annie Smith, but that Mrs. Kirk hid Annie away, saying she was not there. Twenty-rive Pnraea Pound. When Annie Smith and Minnie Kirk were arrested together, 25 purses alto- f ether, were found in their posBesslon, 9 of these In the Kirk house. In most instances the children take only money, not the purse. It was after this arrest. In March, 1907, that the two girls, Min nie Kirk and Annie Smith, were held to the Juvenile court by Magistrate Gorman and later brought up before Judgo Ralston. -r Minnie Kirk, 12 years old. was turned over to the children's bureau for a country home, knd Annie Smith, 11 years old, was ordered sent to her grandmother in England. The English authorities were Informed of this, and the child was promptly deported to this country. She landed here and was back in her old haunts before tho probation officers knew anything of It. which accounts for the issuance of a bench warrant. After Annie Smith waa brought back to this country her mother. Mrs. Ross. moved to Camden, living nt 808 South Second street. It Is supposed by tho police that thla waa to elude the bench warrant. A week ago Friday. Annie Smith and Mary Ross left the Camden house and did not come back. Tho mother. Mrs. Ross, became alarmed, and in formed both the police and the news papers mat ner children were mlssln Really arrest. SAILORS CONDUCT EXCITES PRAISE leally it was this that led to their Annie Smith talks freely of her abil ity aa a pickpocket. She explained her system to the detectives. Her little sister Mary, while by no means as dex terous, is clever and can onen a hnnrl. bag almost as quickly aa Annie. LOEBERINO HAS BAD CASE OF LA GRIPPE (Unlte'if Prens Leased Wire.) Washington, Fab. 22. William Loeb, Jr., secretary to the president. Is suf fering from an attack of the grippe. It is also announced from his home that he is suffering from a bad cold, but there Is a persistent rumor tonight that his condition Is such as to require close watching. Loeb left his desk at the white house on Monday, expecting to re turn to work In a few days. This is J i, . NOT VT the way ' l . ,1 iffe make . 1 front jj j shoulder jf r I leeve ; NB,i i rf head. :":7 -... this IS tne way we make . front The. Browns ARE IN TOWN The Greys ARE HERE, ALSO tho;Jer Come and See Them They look very, genteel and stylish for your spring and summer suit when made up by us. - '. WERNER PETTERSON CQi fashionable Tailors to Men , - 148 .2nd Street Near Morrison sleeve . head. . Tars of Admiral Evans' Fleet Celebrate Washing ton's Birthday at Lima. Callao, Feb. 22. Tha Jackiea of Ad miral Evana fleet celebrated Washing ton's birthday today by playing several gamea of baseball, watching a bull fight arranged in their honor and attending theatrical performances In tha evening. Many of tha men went by train to Lima, where they were given a warm welcome. The conduct of the aallorj ashore has been exemplary and the Peruvians are warm In their praise of the visitors. Captain Uowyer of the Illinois and 15 officers of the fleet were entertained at dinner last night by the Lima repre sentatives of the firm of William R. Grace & Co. of New York. The officers of the fleet and members of the diplo matic corns are to be the guests of President Pardo and United States Min ister Combes at a theater party In Lima Monday night. YELLOW CUR CAUSE ' OF DOUBLE MURDER Jonesboro, Ark., Feb. 22. After trou ble over a yellow cur. Green B. Gar ner, a prominent farmer of Bono, Ark., six mllea from Jonesboro, this evening shot Reuben Tolley, 60 years old, and his son, Will, 22, on tha Frisco railroad track In Bono, killing both instantly. Laet summer Tooley killed Garner's yellow dog. Since then the three men have been arrested several tlmea for fighting and were put under police bond. Garner made no resistance ahen ar rested. With four deputies Garner was placed on a handcar and brought to Jonesboro All ara farmers. VASSAR GIRLS TAKE CHARGE OF TRUANTS Become Probation Ott leers In Pough keepsie and Naughty Boys Submit. Poughkeepsle, N. T., .Feb. 22. Stu dents at Vassar college have Joined with tha city court officer in an effort to solve the problem of truancy in the public schools. Miss Inez Mulholland, president of tha Junior class of Vassar, wjth sever al other students, called on Chief of Police McCabe and received permission to study the system of probation which is in vogue. The "swell gowns of the Vassar girls made an Interesting contrast to the grimy little shavers in the juvenile court room, but the girls did not flinch, and with true feminine perception they got at the heart or tnings. After listening to the excuses1 of the truants, the fair students astonished Chief McCabe and Judge Sherlll by per sonally taking charge of several of the most obstreperous, who In a twinkle changed tneir defiant attitudes to sub mission. The girls will act as probation offi cers, and the truants, aa an earnest of their desire to reform, will have to re port at the Y. M. C. A. at regular In tervals. The Vassar students are doing this work in connection with their sociologi cal studies OREGON ATHLETE IS LEGERDEMAIN ARTIST FAMILY KILLED BY CHLOROFORM SPONGES (United Preos Leaned Wire.) Denver, Colo.. Feb. 22. With sponges aoaaea in cniorororm and tied over their mouths and nosea, the bodies of Mrs. Mary ta. - jSIjfon. aaed 60: her daughter, Mm. B. ff. Canter, aged 85 and the 12-year-old aon of the latter. were fouhd today in tha cottage whlcn naa oeen tneir nome in this city. Mrs. Canter is known to have been mentally deranged and tha police be lieve she. induced her mother to commit suicide witn ner or tnat aha chloroform' ed both her son and mother before ad ministering the drug to herself. Tha three had been dead a week when tneir Docues ware qiscovered by neigiiDorn.- GUARDS KILLED BY ROBBERS AT MINE (Hurst News by Loagast Leased tTlf.. El Paso, Tex., Feb, 22. Joaquin T. Barra and aon, Manual, policemen at the Chihuahua mine, in tha Santa Eu lalla district, attempting to repel rob bers ater the rich bullion at tha mine, killed Jose Valdes and repulsed the others, bvt both -policemen lost their lives la" the , g;ot. t - New Haven Conn., Feb. 22. A. C. Gilbert of Portland, Oregon, one of Yale's best athletes and a champion pole vaulter, made his eastern stage debut thla afternoon as a professional illusionist and legerdemain artist. He has invented a new apparatus and cwns much of tha apparatus belonging to "Hermann the Great." Now he Is able to take first place among illusionists and alight of band experts of the world. He haa many pieces of apparatus never thought of even by Hermann. SPIKE R0BS0N MEETS HAYES OF CHICAGO (Heartt News by Loagest Leased Wire.) Grover Hayes of Chicago met In the PhlladelDhla. Feb. 22. Spike Robson. the 126-pound champion of England, and Seok Pardon. dlenrat Nrws bj fonsejl t-eiied Wire.) Washington. Feb. 22 Senators Smoot and Sutherland, of Utah, and Leng, of Kansas, today requested the resident to grant a pardon to R. H. hepherd of Salt lake City, who la under conviction for sending Improper literature through the malls and must snon begin a sentence of 13 months In the penitentiary. The president directed that the case be laid before htm. THE PROFESSOR WAITED A new sort of duplicity among college men was uncovered when the Harvard Crimson recently printed the following: "There appeared In yesterday's Crim son a notice stating that there would be no meeting in music 3. rorssor Spalding, whose name waa signed to the notice but who had nothing to do with the Insertion, waited In vain for his class. It Is with chagrin that we mut publicly announce that 'there Is still among us a man wno stoops to ror gery as a means of avoiding attend ance at hla lectures. Afraid to face the result of hla own cuts, he has adopted the method of the coward." Foraery la rather a new crime In col leges, at least forgery with no attempt to gain money aa Ita object. J. A. De Armand of Davenport has announced his candidacy for the con gressional nomination In the Second Iowa district. Mr. De Armand is at presont a member of the Iowa state senate and Is n brother of Congress man De Armand of Missouri, although they spell their names differently. West Chester, Pa., Feb. 22. Charles W. (illlen, detective, of Kennett Square, made his first appearance on any stage, with Special Officer Riley and Acting Detective Jamea Nartln. at Avondale last night. Tha sleuths arrested an entire com pany of seven performers in view of the audience and recovered 1100 worth of goods which had been stolen from the store cf J. W. Parker at Toughkenamon where the company appeared several iJlsrhts aao. John Veals, David Class and Vordle Bond, three or tha prisoners, nave peen he d for trial. Detective Martin, who Is a banjo nlavor. act a iob with the company Bat urday. He was to have appeared laat MULES SEE DAYLIGHT After .Thirty Tears' Under-: ground Ancient Animals Are Brought Out; 1 (Hearst News by Longest Lesstd Wire.) . Reno. Ner, Feb. 22. Twelve mulea" " which have been used to carry ore In'.:, tha 700-foot level of tha Butro tunnel of, . tha Cometock and bava not sean tha , light of day In 10 years, were brought. to tha surface .thla morning, Thai ; mules will not ever return to the Dow-.. ela of the earth, for electrlo power will . move the cara along tba underground railroad in the future. - Ullnkln In the bright light the mulea o - etood at the mouth of the tunnel today ' unl seemed little Inclined to resume tha , ways thev knew before going into the heart of the Davidson mountains. Snow as failing when tha animals were lib-. rated and the unuaual temperature"'' caused U.em to try to stampede. In 1S77. when the Sutro, tunnel was , firm opened, a herd of mules wera taken t - under ground. Aa years passed many, t of the animals died. Tba last dosen, however, became accustomed to tha sub-' terra Henri climate. ' ' .' In isao. when Virginia City was cut' -off from the world by snow, provisions' were let into the mouth of tne tunneL ; hauled flvn miles by the mulea and ' hoisted Jfrom the Con. Virginia shaft, ; thus preventing the people in tha towa - from starving. LARGE CROWD ATTEHDS DEDICATION DANCE night, but mada an excuae and, after ho had found the stolen goods In the baggage and on the persona or tna per formers, notified Olllen. The three sleuths went to the play house, which was crowded, and. Jut as a little oklt waa being given they ap peared before the footlights and made tne arresta. BRIDE HAS HUSBAND ARRESTED FOR MURDER (Hearst News by Longent Leased Wire.) Los Anaeles. Cal.. Feb. 22. O. W. Frailer was arrested today on Informa tion furnished the police by nis bride. who declared be la wanted In Indian apolis, Indiana, on a charge of murder. H.1A. im Kf n rr V. n 1 ,1 at t Vl A l.ltv 1 rl i 1 until the police can receive verification of Mrs. Frasler's charge from tha In diana police. According to Mrs. Frailer they were married only two months. They quar reled bitterly. She called the police and Frailer was arrested after she told the story of an alleged murder. She said that the crime occurred about four yeara ago and that she did not know tha victim's name. Benefit Ball at Armory At tended by 3Iore Than COO People. More than 600 persons last night at tended the dedication and benefit ball given la the new clubroom of the Ar- -mory, recently remodeled at a cost of 1 6,000. The dance waa given by the officers and men of the Third Infantry, Battalion .A. and the hospital corps. The committee in charge was composed of Major Frank S. Baker, Lieutenant John McDonnell. Lieutenant Frank Ranv dall. Lieutenant C. C MacCornack and ' Lieutenant L. R. Kollock. To the music by the regimental band and orchestra the merry dancers passed .:. wav the evenlna. Evertiiing was ar ranged perfectly, and was carried out In tha same way. 'I ne dancers danced all the dances on the program, several ex- . tras, and then asked for more. Tna splendid new maple floor of the ball fairly enticed the guests to swing into , the strains of -the orchestra.. ' The ball was given to raise money with which to furnish the new gymna sium and reading room of the remodel :a armory. To those familiar with tha. old structure before the changes wera -made the scene lust night waa a reve lation. The handsome ballroom 100 feet .. square Is beautltuny iininnei, ana inw : floor is one of the flrest that could purchased. Just off the ballroom la the rvxinuinin. and when It Is furnished'. will Ka one nt the finest on tha coast. . he hall from the rvmnaslum is the reading and billiard room of tha ar mory. Back or tho arymnasium arw three rooms set aaioe for tha hospital ; corps. The object of making the extenslva changes was to lve the members of tha : guard a club life In addition to their , regular work as soldiers. When all la completed the ouartera will form ona of ,. the fineat cltiba on ---1 and Is expected to attract a larger memberahfp t. to tho organisation. ; AUTO IS WHAT IT SEEMS In the Eyea of the Police, Who Stop ' the Speedy Looking. Cars. From tha New Tork Sun. An automobilist was reading; tha other day of tha devica of tha Mar- quia da Dion, who fixed up a raeer-liks automobile with a puny motor and had -the laurh on the gendarme who arretted . him for violating the speed law. That reminds ma or tna experience of a friend of mine," he aald. "Twa years ago this friend had a runabout with bucket seats and a 24-bouaepowar motor. . . 'Tha car was pajntaa rOi ana na couldn't go "wo blocks without getting held un. So ha decided to changethef color and bad tba car painted a. demurs gray. "Then na used to be held tip because -the polio said thai it was s Vanderbllt cup racer. . Finally he bad it painteal black and hasn't had so much trouble. 'I bava- always believed that If a man bad a ca.- with a long bonnet which looked as If it covered 100 horsepower. , and wore a akull cap and goggles and drove leaning 'way forward, be d . get arrested If ba war going three, mi es an hour. I think thera ara enough,- lit- s tancea to pi ova it." wlndup at the -National Athletic club tonight and at tne ena or six very rast rounds there was little to choose be- j twean them, and a fair decision would bava been a draw. At the end of the I fifth Hayes had considerable of a lead ! on the Lngllshman. But Robson made i a grand rauy in tne last round and evened .matters up. Tne contest waa ona or tne fastest that has ever taken place at the club. URUGUAY RAILROAD EMPLOYES ON STRIKE (Be rat News by Loef est Lmm4 Wire.) Montevideo. Feb. 22. -Tba employes of all the railroads in Uruguay have rone on strike. There ar about 1.200 miles of railroads In Uruguay, which ar controlled by British capitalists. " : GaniPfrto Donation. (United Press Leased Wire.) Berlin. Feb. 22. Andrew Carneaie has contributed 2128.000 to tha Robert Koch Institute for , the investigation of luoarcujpaia, ... f..i... i,,.- . .. Could raderewski: Render His Program Tomorrow Night on A 65 -Note Piano? Certainly Not He will use an 88 note piano, and we ask; all -music-lovers who hear him -to note particularly, that he- makes use of the lowest and highest octaves of the piano. ..iV',1, The Melville Clark "Apollo" Player-Piano -is the only player-piano in the world operating more than 65 notes (which is the maximum range of the Pianola, Angelus, Cecilian A."' B. Chase and all others). , ..i':j$&l$ 7 'KV,v$'i?''''fih The Apollo Player Has 88 Notes and 88 Playing Pneumatics It Is Perfect and Complete FOR SALE m THIS TERRITORY ONLY BY . . , "K ; Hovenden-Sotile Piano Go. CORNLR MORRISON AND WLST PARK STRLLTS r