The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 29, 1908, Page 9, Image 9

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    FIGHT FOR TWO LIVES
IS A FIGHT
Russia Demands Lonzius Gorous, and Adclpli Herman
Ostensibly for Punishment as Murderers, utRcat-
'vV ly for Butchery as Revolutionists.
(Celted Pim Ussed wm.r . - -M
Chicago, Nov. 28. Twenty thousand
wen who fought for their Uvea en -"Red
Sunday" and the days of terror that
followed it in Russia, ere fighting for
their Uvea in America today. ' On the
ruling of United State Commissioner
Mark Foote in this cltyjn the case
of Christian Rudovlts, whose extradi
tion to . Russia the csar'a agents are
seeking on charges , of murder, hangs
the fate of J0.000 Tefugees who fled
the csar'a domain, - .
During today's hearing of " the case
before ; Commissioner Foote, Lonslus
Oorous.. former leader of the revolu
tionary or Social Democratic party, in
the Russian , douma. and Adolph Her
man, military leader of the revolution
it Riga, revealed the secrets of the
ast revolution and in vivid language
painted a graphio picture of the scenes
of horror attending the peasant upris
ing of 1906. Upon the beads of both
men the csar baa set a price, - and a
stenographer employed by the Russian
f overnmeat took , down, every , Word ot
heir testimony. - - ,,' .'
Rudovlts is an avowed revolutionist
Hit. counsel charge that the placing of
the murder charge against him is a
subterfuge by the Russian government
to get the man back to Russia to exe
cute him, not because he Is a murderer
but because he is a leader of the revo
lution. -
Counsel for the. car alleged that' Rud
ovlts could 5 not claim protection by
claiming to be a political refugee, be
causa there never was an organised
revolution in Russia, It was to combat
this contention that Oorous and Her
man testified today.
Story of ot Toreed Omt
Oorous testified that he was one of
the SO men who first organised the Rus
sian revolution. He told of the first
operations of the revolutionary commit
tee at Berne, Bwltserland. and of later
moving their headquarters to St Peters
burg. The attempt to present to the
"Little -Father" a petition for redress
of the grievanoes of the people and the
horrors of "Red Sunday," which that
attempt precipitated were graphically
described by the witness. Ten cities
revolted and the peasants rose in a
body to avenge the death of thousands
of man, women and children In the
tsar's capital.
Oorous testimony was supplemented
by that of Herman, who told of the
proceedings of the revolution at Riga.
Russia. He 'said 17,000 men, women
and children responded to a call to
arms which followed "Red Sunday." The
Imperial officials of the city were unT
seated and for a week the revolutionists
L1IIIIIIG PROJECT
MEETS SUPPORT
Alny Commercial Club In
" dorses PI an to Build
100-Ton Smelter. t
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tiSeectU Wlftat4fa fbe JooritU ',-f S
Atbarty," Or., Nov. The Albany
Commercial club of this city has In
dorsed the -proposition to- erect a smel
ter In the Gold . Creek mining, district
In the North Santlam country. It Is the
opinion of the club members that the
building of a smelter in this district
would be an Invaluable asset to Albany,
as that country is tributary to this
city... -
To ascertain conditions. In the . San
tlam district, a committee was appoint
ed. The committee Is composed of B. I.
Dasent, F. J.- Miller, F. M. French, W.
H. - Davis and Oeorge Taylor, They
"It in our opinion that the opening up
of these mines will brlntr about a ranld
increaae in our population, and will ma
terially aid the industrial and' commer
cial development or Albany."
Located on Gold creek are the three
mines -known as the Gold Creak. Fra.
land and Electric- The managements of
the three- companies have entered Into an
agreement with the Wilson Oadaden
Smelting company of Portland for the
erection or a luu ton smelter to be con
srructed at, the mouth of Gold creek
near ins inree mines,
lit Is nlanneti to eraet a nnwar nlant
build a dam and to complete roads to
the smelter site, and to have sufficient
xunas to insure the production of 100
tons of ore a day, -
EX-GO VEKNOR LORD
TO SAIL FOR ORIilNT
(Salem Bureau of Tbe Journal.)
. Salem, Or., Nov. 28. Ex-Governor
William P. Lord has engaged passage
to Honolulu and . Tokdhama and .will
leave hlav home -in Salem December tt
for tbe orient His daughter, Elisabeth
Irird, will accompany hlnv -They. w111
return next summer.
SB per onnt off on cut glass at Met
get's, 142 Washington street v,
PIANO
TUNING AND
REPAIRING
Our tuning and repairing 3
department has for ears
been considered tbe finest
on the coast,, but -.realising .
that the best was none too
good for our- patrons, we
engaged me services or
Mr. A.1 eaw. a piano
and piano-player expert of
Jdde experience xin -eastern
actorles. :,.-r
Mr. 8haw has surrounded
himself with a r-corpss'of
trained tuners and., repair
men and the Quality of
their work-, has met with
our entire r approval.
. Last year unaerour s.so
er year ' coniraci i.uera
'lane House tuned - over
7100 : tilanoe Of various
makes snd styles. This sea
son, i with our doubly effici
ent Corps of. tuners,: we ex
peot to add. greatly to this
Let nm fxplain rf you
how lour,' yearlv- contract
will . sak-e you' money, will
Insure yok -piano always
being in tune, and, best of
all, will prevent your piano
: from depreciating in value.
Telephone or KaQ ' Orders
XeosiTf Froapt Attentios.
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FOR 20,000
held the place antll an army of Cos
sacks arrived. Tne revolutionists were
dispersed after a bloody battle? the
"massacre of the iron, bridge,"
i-V'-v SlaogfeUl sr Cossaoksv
The horrors of thin massacre, which
be 'personally witnessed, he" described
to a crowded ' courtroom. How the
rebels, armed with crude ' weapons,
thronged the bridge," and horn the Cos
sacks advanced to within t paces and
then fired volley after volley into the
crowd , of peasants,) the witness dwelt
on ; at great length. . Seventy-five fell
at the first volley, he said, and when
the peasants started to disperse, the
Cossacks rode their horses over their
heaps of dead and trampled the bleed
ing bodies. ,'?
Both Herman and Oorous and another
revolutionist, Martin Jurow, who pre
ceded then, refused to divulge the
names of any of their companions in
reDresentln the csar. demanded that
Commiiilontr Foote corneal them to do
so, but Foot refused and added .that
he respected the men the more tor
refusing .to betray their comrades tn
arms. - ...
r , Waat autraditio Veejisv
Ths case of Rudovlts is looked upon
as a test case. '
' If the men is deoorted the csar will
be free to ask similar action for all
tha - 10.000 men vha aousht refuse In
this oountrv. These men fear- that if
they are returned they will share, the
fate of Mefota Zernorekow, a boy of
1 1, accused of -murder and- surrendered
hw tha United Rta.Ua authorities. De
tective Mike Mills, of Chicago, took the
lad back to Russia and saw him butch
ered, by Cossacks as soon sa he set
foot on his native soil. Mills says
he bad Just delivered his prisoner to
the Russian authorities and the lad
had extended bis hand to aay goodbye
to his American escort when Cossack-
standing nearby thrust his sabre
Into the lad's neck before tha detective
could grasp his hand. ,
, Xaas Keating in rroteaV
The case of Rudovlts has attracted
the attention of the Political Kerugee
Defense Leaarue of America, which Baa
Issued a call for a mass meeting to be
held, here tomorrow arternoon to pro
test to the department of state against
denying refuge to men who fled from
tha tvrannv of .the csar. The call de
nounces the csar as "an Insatiable mon
ster." and asks "win you grasp tne
blood dripping hand of Nicholas?"
Amem the aoeakers at the meeting
will be former Mayor Dunne and Jane
Addams. .
ARGHBOLD IIEXT
TO GO OH SMO
Will Go On Handicaped by
Damaging Admissions
1 Ilis Chief Made.
(Hearat News br Loeteat LetKd Wire.)
w ?ew York. Nov. '28. John D. 'Arch
bold, 'little king" of Standard Oil and
the second star witness of the defense
of the. greatest of trusts, will resume
the witness stand Monday morning n
the government's suit to dissolve the
Standard OH company of New Jersey.
There is no longer any question that
he will be the most voluble witness that
In this last extreme has been called out
to save the trust Morlts Rosenthal,
who has temporarily succeeded John O.
Mllburn as leader and questioner, has
said he. will occupy at least three days
in Archbold's direct examination.
There has been talk within the past
two weeks that John D. Rockefeller,
dissatisfied with the exhibition of Arch
bold as a writer of certificates of de
posit made In the last campaign, had re
turned to No. Broadway to take
charge;
No freshman ever coached harder for
a final examination in a neglected sub
ject than did Rockefeller, the richest
man In the world, on the questions that
.John O. Mllburn asked him In direct
examination. - There has - been specula
tion the past two weeks as to what the
rovernment really got out Of John D.
Rockefeller. His fenoing when on the
stand was masterful. The' newspapers
did not make too much of it
, Yet the government's case) went
ahead; indeed, made more definite
strides under Rockefeller's testimony
than it has under any of the scores of
witnesses who have been examined since
the taking of testimony started a year
ago last September.-
Admits Znormons Bebates. . ..
Here Is admission No. 1, and any of
Mr. Kellogg'a company of government
attorneys will tell you that It will be
of value when, in the middle of Feb
ruary, they go before the five judges
of the Eighth circuit it Is the mid-continent
circuit and they sit at St Lou la.
for the final argument of the dissolution
mitt:
Before Rockefeller bought up the
Cleveland refineries he had entered Into
the South Improvement company
scheme, 'by. which he was guaranteed a
reDaie oi su per cent on tne freight
paid on tbe on , or any other shipper,
into mis ooum improvement company
he confessed be, had drawn all freight
roads concerned.
She Monopoly Admissions.
Here is admission No. I:
Between 1877 and 1879 Rockefeller
entered into various stock commissions
by wnion no acquirea who me imme
diate partners the control' of 16 or 2
of the bis oil refining works of tha
country. Before getting the last of
these contracts Hocxereiter put over the
first Standard Oil trust aarreemant
under date of ISTt and took more palus
than be would admit to keep It secret
Rockefeller admission wo. i:
For the first time in his life. John
D. Rockefeller, under oath, admitted
that the Standard bad received enor
mous rebates.
Arimtaalnn Nn. 4! ' ' - -
Draraed out of the oil kins?, deala'
with ths monopoly or in-e oil terminals
at tha New York seaboard of the Newt
Tork Central, tha Erie and tha Piniw
sylvanla. He practically admitted that
the other reriners naa to come to his
terms or go to the wait (,, j
There Is no immunity or statute of
limitations in this monopoly business.
All the government attorneys have to
do Is to establish a continuity of of
fense. - .'.. " !
Football Game C Vancouver. , a
(Sperlal PUpe'teh t Te Joamal.t
Vancouver.. Wash., Nov.-IS. -The fit
James cortege team will meat the crack
team of. the Alblna, Athtatid club tomor
row oh the T rl-Clty league . grounds In
this city. This will be - tbelr fourth"
same on the local a-rounds. They, have
won the first three, and expect to put up
a gooa right tor tne lourm. The lineup
Is as follows: .....-' I ,
St. 1. n. - . A. Ai C
Davis :.C..., Lolllck
R. Thompson . ,.,,ROL, . .L. R. Fortler
Burrows ........ ,L OR. ..R. F. Fortler
Crlstis . . .'....; ...RT D: Howard-Dufur
B. Thompson LT R.&eagle-Cameron
Snooks ........... RED.. Crlder
Reee .. .'.maGB.Vx.;,' ' Todd
Sutherland ;.Q. .'...J.:. Ticbner1
Hwmw a '.' ...HHIn..: Henderaon'
Uvoods V. t:, , . .L H R . 't f Beagla
.iiJJ !, Ii ." ' , 1,1.' " 'n "
' : ii .per cent' off on dJamonda.at Mats-'
ger', tt2. Washington street J . j
KEtLAHER WACTS
CITY OUSIIIP
Councilman . .Threatens : to
Submit Municipal Light-
, ing to; Initiative.
, t .;; .. .. ' . ;
'Tf the council persists In Its refusal
to give tbe city a lighting plant we will
resort to the Initiative. I myself will
circulate the petition .to have the ques
tion put upon the ballot at the next
general election. The people are tired
of submitting to the rapacious demands
of the Portland Railway. Light &
Power company," said Councilman Kel
laher but night ' , ' "
The money we are giving tip to the
light trust every year for inferior serv
ice would pay 4 per cent on a bond is
sue of 12,100,000 and an appropriation
of .'2.000,000 would be ample to furnish
the city with a modern lighting plant
that would provide cheap and efficient
service and an abundance of lights in
the clamoring suburbs . for a. hundred
years to come.
"City Engineer Taylor has estimated
the cost of a plant that would generate
75,000 horsepower and could be installed
at an Initial cost of less than 1600,000.
The city could almost make operating
expenses with the proceeds from the
sale of surplus power and light
'It has been argued that all the avail
able water power convenient to the city
has been cornered by private enter
prises. This argument has no effect
when It ' is considered that the' state
legislature can pass a law which will
enable the city to take over any water
rawer it needs bv condemnation pro
ceedings. " I know of a place within IS
miles of the city where abundant power
can be secured right at this time for a
reasonable prioe. -
"Ii water nower could not be obtained
there Is enough latent electricity going
to waste In this city to run a plant
many times the slse of the one we would
need. I refer to the waste from the
sawmills which - could be secured by
long term options,
ebeHdesId
mo fib shoes
Tanners and Shoemakers
Ready to Agree Ranch
men to Hear From.
(Cslted Frees Leaaed Wire.
Washington, Nov. 21 Free hides, free
leather and free shoes these things
seem to be foreshadowed In the com
ing tariff bill, judging from the pro
ceedings " before the ways and means
committee today.
Tbe tanners lined up to demand that
the IB per cent tariff on hides be re-
........ MM U -A.,n . V. . . I UH.flt.
only the meat trust
"Unless tne tanners, tnrougn rree
hides, are slven a wider field in which
to purchase their raw material, they
will be driven out of business within
three years," was the prediction made to
tne committee.
When the tanners were asked whether.
If they were given free hides, they
would be wllllna- to have leather Dl&ced
on the free list they responded In tbe
affirmative.
Then along came the shoe men with
a cry for free hides. They were asked
wnetner tney wouia consent to rree
shoes If given free leather and hides.
They really wanted a little duty on
shoes, but they agreed to free shoes If
given free raw material. - Chairman
Payne declared that he had always been
In favor of free hides. i
Xanctunen to Hear From.
Nobody appeared te argue for a tar
iff on hides, f tt Is considered likelv.
however, that the ranchmen of the west
will be heard from before the new tar
iff bill is framed. The Chtcasro Backers
will also submit arguments in the course
or tne winter.
Manufacturers of leather articles
other than shoes also asked for free
raw material, for which they were wlll
lna; to have their products placed on the
free list
A lower duty on gloves was asked for
by F. W. Brooks, who appeared for New
Tork Importers. Congressman Dittauer
made a vigorous argument in favor of
tne present tarirr rate on gioves.
- E. J. Baker of Kansas City, president
Of the United Brotherhood of Leather
Workers on horse goods, asked that the
duty on barnees be increased 45 to 60
per cent
Tariff Changes Asked.
At tcnlght's session of the committeo
applications for tariff changes were
maae as roiiows:
Charles A. Rogers, manufacturer.
Hartford, Conn., Increased duty on sad
dler v. .
E. J. Deltrich, manufacturer. New
Tork. increased duty on fancy , leather
articles.
representing 76 hat manufacturers, said
Increased duty on men's hats was de
manded because foreigners threatened to
flood this country with their produc
tions, '
Bryah Dathrop of Chicago, speaking
for the American Art league, asked for
the removsl of duty from all works of
art which have an educational value,
inMuriinr nalntlnars and sculDture. from
objects of art of an ornamental char
acter or or an eaucauonai iiu, pro
Auia mora than SO years aao.
Pnhart W Da Forest president of tha
Municipal Art association or xxew none
said the United States was the only
civilised nation In the world that im
posed a duty on objects of art .
$22,000 BONDS
FOR LEVIISTOII
Extensive Paving Project to
Be Carried Out In Ida
ho Metropolis.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Lewlston. Idaho, Nov. 28. In today's
bond election Lewiston removes the last
obstruction In the way of street pav
ing. The bonds carried the required
two thirds majority in all the wards
of the city.
Tne issue gives ine cuy uniuruj vo
laaua bonds for 122.000 to Dave the
cross streets tn the proposed paving
district' The cost of paving the entire
district is estimated at 1162.000.
Bids will be openea Aionaay on tne
contract Bltulithlc pavement has-been
selected as the material to be used. The
Warren Construction company of Port
land is among the bidders.
SAMUEL S. ROGERS
' " DIES Off PARALYSIS
" (Hearst tftws by Loafest Leased Wire.)
rfhii-a-rv Nov. IL flamuel SheDDard
Rogers, business manager and assistant
to the publisher of the Chicago Dally
News, and for two years president' of
tha amarl7an Nmitiiur Publishers' as
sociation, died today at Crystal Lake,
nw or parajyaia, arter an tunes ot
months.. . ; . ,-, : .. -f
OUTLAW BAUD
: UIIDEIi ARREST
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Revenue Department Depu
ties Surround the Lair of
Dangerous Moonshiners.
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; (United Press Leased Wire.)
Annlston, Ala., Nor. 28. Meager re
ports by telephone, state that a desper
ate battle, today, between internal . reve
nue deputies and moonshiners, -resulted
In the capture of several members of
the Floyd gang of outlaws. So far as
known there was no serious casualties.
Trie battle today was the climax to a
series of skirmishes between the
deputies under United States Revenue
Collector W. W. Battle and moon
shiners. Will Floyd And Bob Allen were
were captured on ruesaay ana aner
ward were rescued by their friends. To
day a. posse went out to recapture the
two men. They surrounded the outlaws
In the Turkey Haven mountains and a
battle ensued. The moonshiners were
overcome.
MEXICANS KILL -YANKEE
JUDGE
-r::Yv;;.-;,
Criminals Show Malignant
Hatred for "Gringoes"
: Victim Is Ambushed.
Boqulllai, Texas, Not. H.- Another
American has fallen a victim to Mexi
can hatred in this Isolated portion of
the upper Rio Grande border... M. A.
Ernst justice of the peace, whose pre
cinct eoverea a territory auv i",",'"i
and SO miles wide, was way laid and
hnt whlla t ravelins: horseback to a
distant part of the country to serve a
P The shooting took place about 100
n(l frnm a railroad and 40 miles from
Boqulllas. He was found lying by the
side of the trail by a passing Mexican.
Although he had lost much blood, he
was still conscious, neip "
moned and an effort was made to get
him to his home at Boqulllas. The
nearest physician Or aurgeon was at
Alpine, 80 miles away.
A mesenger was hurriedly sent for
him. This messenger made the trip of
90 miles In less than zt rours ny con
stant riding and changing horses twice.
Ernst did not live until the physician
arrived. He expired before he reached
his home at Boqulllas.
A remarkable feature connected with
this tragedy is that the wounded man
declined to tell who shot him. He was
repeatedly asked by the men who were
with him after the shooting to make an
ante-mortem statement.
"I know who shot me. but III attend
to him myself when I reoover from this
wound," was all that Mr. Ernst would
He laughed when told that the wound
might prove fatal.
'Tve been through a good deal In my
lifetime down here on the frontier," he
said, "and I guess I can stand to lose
some- blood."
Loss of Blood ratal.
It was the loss of blood that killed
him, it la said. The wound was not
in a necesearllv vital soot but be had
a sinking spell lust before the Journey
of 40 miles to his home was finished,
and died oh the road.
The peace officers of the county have
made every effort to discover the Ident
ity and apprehend the man who assas
sinated: Mr. irnai tn nis oiiiciki ca
pacity as Just of the peace, Mr. Ernst
tried many Mexicans ror various oi
fenses. Some of those whom he found
frulltv were punished by being- chained
o a tree near Mr. Ernst's residence.
In the absence of a Jail or calaboose
within the borders of the precinct and
the fact that it is 100 miles to the
county jail at Alpine, the cheapest and
most practical method of holding a
prisoner was to chain him to the tree.
Life Is held very cheap by the lower
class of Mexicans of the Big Bend re
gion of Texas, where Boqulllas Is situ
ated. It is a common saying here that many
of these Mexicans could be hired to
ill a man for a dollar. It la supposed
that Mr. Ernst was assassinated by
some Mexican whose hatred he had In
curred In his administration of the law
aa tuatlc of the peace.
The killing of Mr. Ernst was not a
surprise to pioneer American peace of
ficers who have long been familiar with
the character of many or tne men who
make their homes in this remote region.
In fact, he lived much longer than was
expected. He came to the Boqulllas
locality 10 years ago and had been here
but a short time when he was elected
justice of the peace.
At the time of his advent there had
hen a aeries of murders and assassina
tions of American residents of the Big
Bend country. The Mexicans who com
mitted these crimes escaped across
the Kio uranae into ineir own cwuoirj
and were never apprehended.
The Big Bend territory was the ren
dexvous of American and Mexican out
laws for many years. It was the last
place in the southwest to be dominated
by this criminal element and many of
them are still to be found here. Its
mountains and remoteness from the
railroad and other ordinary routes of
travel made It tne niamg piace ior aea
peradoes of all classes.
Mr. Ernst rendered valuable assist
ance in clearing the Big Bend of the
outlaws who formerly infested it. Un
til about 12 years ago It was worth a
man's life to travel through the border
region without an armed escort
It was into the shelter of the Big
Bend that train robbers, cattle thieves,
murderers and desperate criminals of
various kinds fled from other parts of
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona when
too closely pressed by officers of the
law. For many years extensive smug
gling operations were conducted along
the Rio Grande, which forms the south
ern boundary of the Big Bend. The
killing of United States customs In
spectors who were stationed In the Ill
favored territory was of frequent oc
currence. COUNCIL CAN ALLOW
SMOKING ON CARS
4 Devotees of the smoke wreath. e
e puffers of the after breakfast 4
4 cigar, and users of the maligned e
4 and ubiquitous cigarette will hall 4
4 with pleasure the assurance by
4 City Attorney Kavenaugh that
4 the city eouncll baa the right to 4
4 regulate smoking on streetcars 4
e and may, if it so ordains, nultfy
e the rule of the Portland Railway, e
e Light A Power company which
4 prohibits Indulgence In the habit
4 Nearly all the councilman are 4
4 Inveterate smokers themselves,
4 - and should any concerted- effort
4 be made by the smokers of the
4 city to sssert themselves and de- 4
4 mand the abrogation of tbe antl- 4
4 : smoking regulation recently
adopted by the railway it Is oer- 4
e tain that the lawmakers will not, e
4 be averse to passing an ordl-
e ' nance which will permit a return 4
4 to the old regime.. e
4 '.
: ,.M per rent off on -cut glass MetB-
avi , . i. . - w " , (
REALTY BOARD
Oil A' JUNKET
. .j . ... .". i
Large Delegation : of -Port
land Business Men Pay
Vancouver a Visit. ; f
Loaded with nearly 200 members Of
the Portland realty board, three of, the
largest cars of the Portland street rail
way company left Second and Washing
ton .street at 1:10 o'clock yesterday
afternoon for Vancouver. Wash., where
tne local realty men spent two nours
seelne the siirhts of the citv by the
Columbia. The excursionists were met
at the ferry landing by a delegation of
Vancouver real estate brokers and prom
inent citisens and were iasen ror a car
ride over the recently constructed lines
of the Vsncouver Street Railway com
pany. Later the entire party were en
tertained with a reception at the Colum
bia club, Vancouver's leading commer
cial and social organization.
Speeches were made by Mayor Green
of Vancouver and other members of the
reception committee, and responses were
maae ty President Ties or tne forx
land realty board, J. O. Rountree, secre
tary snd Tom Richardson of the Com
mercial club. Following the speech-
making punch and cigars were served.
Promptly at 4 o'clock, the Portland
party boarded a special train furnished
by the North Bank road and made the
run back to Portland, crossing the Co
lumbia and Willamette rivers on . the
new steel bridges.
"The development of Vancouver was a
revelation to many or tne fortlana vis
itors." said J. u. Kountree or tne
realty board. "We were surprised to
find that the Washington city had at
tained such a remarkable growth m the
last two years. Several buslneas build
ings, that would be a credit to a city
much larger than- Vancouver, have gone
up In the business district while the
two principal streets are paved with
hard surface, pavement The realty op
erators over there are live. uD-to-date
business men and are accomplishing
much toward tbe up-building of the
cy.
JOSEPH M. FOX
DIES AT IflCTOIl
Prominent Portland Physi
cian Passes Away After
Short Illness.
Dr. Joseph M. Fox, a prominent phy
sician of Portland, died suddenly yes
terday .at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. McCallahan of Victor, Colo. Dr.
Fox left here only about three weeks
ago and had only been 111 about two
weeks when death came. Telegraphlo
advices received here do not tell what
his ailment was and the family Is as
yet In doubt as to the cause of his
aeath. .
Mrs. Fox left here as soon as she
beard that tne doctor was seriously
sick and should have reached Victor
late yesterday afternoon. It was the
orlsrlnal clan to brine the bodv to Port
land for burial but thin will not be
definitely decided till after Mrs. Fox
reaches victor.
TROUBLE AHEAD
FOR YELLOW fill
The Rulintr Dynasty of
China Confronted With
Threats of Revolution.
(United Press LeaseK Wlre.t
Hongkong, Nov. 28. Despite the fact
that the "ruling dynasty" Is, on the sur
face at least in "complete control" In
China, it Is already apparent that he is
in for trouble with both the extreme lib
eral and ultra reactionary elements.
Amour the liberals there is less dis
satisfaction wfcth tha new regime's pol
icy than with any other government
under the present dypa&ty. As patriotic
Chinese, the liberals look upon the Man
churlans as alien conquerors, and their
work has long been as much along the
lines of a Chinese government for the
Chinese people as in the direction of
more liberalization. -
Dr. San Yat Sen. one of the move
ment leaders, declares that the revolu
tionary party s dsns will be pushed
as vigorously against Prince Chun as
during tne administration or the dow
ager empress, although he admits that
Chun is srtvlns: a wise administration.
Tbe reformers are preparing to strike
and news of widespread uprisings Is
looked for from central China any day.
The reactionaries, consisting of prac
tically the same element that partici
pated tn the Boxer outbreak, are furi
ous . over .the new administration's
avowed purpose of modernising the
country.
The fact that the late emperor was
a liberal never concerned the reaction
aries Inasmuch as he was completely
eclipsed by the dowager empress but
ner aeatn piacea securely in ine sauaie
the advocates of an up to date policy.
In anticipation of the threatened dan
ger the regent Is concentrating troops
at points where they will be ready
when needed snd directing the arrest
of all agitators. He Is also distributing;
the army commands among generals of
oortoslte nolltical views that he will be
secure against an army conspiracy that
would weaken bta prestige.
Five Lives to Pay for Reck
lessness on New Haven
Railway,
(United Press Leased Wto.t
Boston. Mass.. Nov. 28. -Mansled al
most beyond recognition, - one man Is
dead, four are dytnr and more than BO
seriously injured and are In Boston hos
pitals tonight- as the result of a rear
end collision' between two New Haven
trains at south Boston station.
William Buchanan, a trainman - of
Boston, was Instantly killed.'
-i ne uying:
Conrad K. Bcbultte of Dorchester.
Stephen P. Frost of Boston.
Thomas Kelley of Dorcheater.
Susan Hallaran of Atlantic City;'
The accident was caused bv a bunr-
ling effort to- detour passenger traffic
around a wreck of four derailed freight
cars in me yaras soutn or tbe Dover
in-ei pnage. . v . , -
i iib engine or Tne second train tele
scoped the last car of the first train for
one third of Its-length. - " . - ' -
""'Save !S pef cent on everything at
Metiget's, J42 Washington street.
WRECK CAUSED
BYDUWIIG
"KEEP PLEDGE OR GO
r. . , V- '. ' ' ' ' ' ' I-.'- '-".H - ' 4 v., I "M
OUT OF BUSINESS"
Lincoln Evening News Editorially Calls Attention to
i 5 Fallacy of Legislators Ignoring Will of People :
False Promises Would Be Political Suicide:, ,
" " (SpecUI IM spates te The Journal.)
Evening News, discussing the Oregon
senatorial situation, finds a line of re
semblance In that state to conditions
which may prevail In Nebraska.
The News editorial sava in nart: "Re.
cause of the fact that the Democratic
legislature in .Nebraska may pass a law
modeled upon the 'Oregon plan,' for in
suring the choice of United State sena
tors by direct vote of the dkodIa. de
velopments from the situation now
existing In tha coast state will be
watched here with much interest. .
: 4.nere n not mucn procamnty mat
the Republican legislators In Oreson
who bave pledged themselves to sup
port ' the popular choice will break tbe
promises given. There may be talk of
such action, but when the time comes
for performance these men will prob
ably keep their word. It Is recalled that
in both legislative sessions In Nebraska,
FRIENDS PLAY CRUEL JOKE ON ;
SOLDIER BOY AND FIANCEE
James Poole, a soldier boy stationed
at Vancouver barracks, spent several
anxious hours at the office of the coun
ty clerk yesterday afternoon. He came
for a marriage license, accompanied by
the bride to be. Miss Annie Evans, but
his plans were interfered with by a
telephone message from a man who
represented himself to be the father of
the girl and asked that a license be
denied.
It wss about S o'clock when Poole
snd Miss Evans arrived. Shortly before
that time a man called up Deputy
County Clerk Herman Schneider and
said that he was "Evans." He did not
cive his first name, but called Schnei
der by his first name, as though well
acquainted with him. He said that his
daughter was likely to ask -for a ma
rlaee license to marry Jim Poole, a
soldier who would come with her,
dressed in uniform. He said bis daugh
ter was only 16 years old and no license
should be granted.
When Miss Evans was told that her
father had telephoned to stop the is
suance of the license, she was incredu
lous and indignant She said that she
TELEPHONE COMPANY
HOLDS RECEPTION
Hundreds of Portlanders availed
themselves of the opportunity of talk
ing over the Home Telephone com
pany's long distance wires yesterday,
without cost to cities on the sound snd
to various Oregon towns In celebration
of the formal opening of the lines,
which have been connected up In all
directions. The Portland people were
allowed to talk to relatives and friends
or to whoever they wanted In any of
the towns along the lines.
Quests at en Informal .reception had
conversations over the "glrlless" sys
tem as far north As Belltngham, which
is near the porthem border of the
United States. Others talked with per
sons they knew, and strangers as well
In Corvallls, Port Townsend. Wash., and
other points.
It is
called
The
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It is a Victor Talking Machine, vastly improved. ; -
It contains no horn; it is an artistic and harmonizing
piece of furniture, beautifully, constructed of mahogany. -
In appearance it resemble a music cabinet, which in part
it is, for it not only plays as a Victor plays, but in addition
provides storage room for scores of records.
THE VICTROLA, AMONG TALKING MACHINES,
OCCUPIES THE SAME POSITION AS THE STEIN-
WAY AMONG PIANOS.
The Victrola is the Victor complete the Victor ideal
ized the perfected Victor.
It costs more than the ordinary Victor, because it is worth
more, because it is more complete, because the tone is finer
and easier regulated, and less mechanical.
If you! can af ford the very best, the Victrola is the only
instrument to bay. There is no question about it, . , . ,(
Priced $200 to $300 Each f
' r. ' : . '
Headquarters Victor Talking Machines, Record and Supplies
; , Sixth and Morrison' Streets, Opposite Postoffice.
Portland. Seattle.- Tama. Everett Belllngham,, Spokane. tVnm, !
North Taklma. Ban Francisco, Oakland. Fresno, gta Jue, L" A'h -
" v and ether California cities. . ,
following the nomination bf candidates
for United States senator by state con
ventions, , -politicians were at work at
tempting to defeat the will of the people
and rumors of bolting were - rife; but
at the final test not -one member had
the hardihood to y with bta vote,
Tbe people have no right to aay whom
they want for senators.' f-
A later instance along the same line
has been witnessed In Iowa.', The peo
ple had expressed their choice- in the
matter and even tl.a political foes of
Governor Cummin a did net, dare te
breast the storm of Indignation that .
would have enveloped them If they had
Violated their pledge. It will be so In
Oregon, unless all Rlgns fall. And if
It is not so the Republican party there
might as well go out of business, for
the people will not tamely acquiesce In
such defiance of their mandate respect
ing the senatorshlp as some of the poli
ticians are proposing. .
was about six months over 18 years
of age and did not need to ask the'
consent of anyone. Her soldier boy lost
his temper for a moment and told Dep-.
uty Clerk Wilde, that he did not - be
lieve such a message had been received
at all. Poole saw he .had made a mis
take and apologized, but the license was
temporarily refused.
Then Poole and the girl began using
the telephone. She telephoned to her
borne for reinforcements in the form of
witnesses.. Her mother could not come,
because she has a baby at home, but
her sister. Miss Mary Evans, and a
neighbor, Ida Whatley, responded to the
calf. They made affidavit that tbe girl
was over 18 years of age, and the li
cense was then Issued.
Poole and the girl expressed the be
lief that they were the victims of a -hoax.
They think that some of the ,
young soldier's friends thought it would
be a Joke to cause him trouble, and
adopted the plan of representing him
self to be the girl's Jather. They prom-'
ised to try to find out who sent the
telephone message. The young couple
will attend to tne matter after that
The free long distance conversations
were had at the special invitation of
Alfred I Tetu. general manager of the
and officials of the Northwestern Long
Distance company which has connection
with all the principal places in this
part of the country.
FIFTY DOLLARS
NIGHT'S FIRE LOSS
Three fire calls' were turned In last
night with a net loss of 160. At 681
Vancouver avenue a defective flue set
fire to the roof and about $25 damage
resulted. At Sixth and Davis the an
swering companies were unable to lo
cate the cause of their Journey and re
turned. A small roof fire took place
at 851 Knott street The damaare was
I not over 125.
Here is a pic
ture and descrip
tion of the most
wonderful Talk
ing Machine and
Musical Instru
ment in the
world
f ieitrola
ay& . Co,