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SHAMEFUL
REBELS illlDili
i IE WAR
11 11 0 S SI A
Two High Officials Killed
by Revolutionists Barri
caded Near Moscow -They
Surrender Under Artillery
Fire.
Moscow; Dec. 26.- A number of police
men, including- uaron ;ouc. cmer or. me
secret political police, and Colonel- Mu
raki, were killed today in a clash with
revolutionists' at a villa near here.
Trooos are now on the scene.
Reports say the fighting was fierce
and Moody, and that the stand made by
the revolutionists was the most stub
born the police have met In a long time.
Only meager accounts of the fighting
have been received and the details are
not known. Several revolutionists, how
ever, are known to have been killed.
The villa on the Island of Elf has
been the scene of secret meetings of the
revolutionists, which the police had tried
to disrupt. The latest attack of the po
lice was met by the revolutionists, who
ri red from barricaded windows.
After a repulse the police again at
tacked the villa, only to be met by a
volley that killed Baron Cotte. Colonel
Murakl then ordered a detachment of
artillery to bombard the villa.
The revolutionists withstood the ar
tillery fire for awhile, but finally, with
the walls crumbling and. the building on
fire in many places, surrendered.
The authorities rushed several addi
tional detachments of troops to the
island during-the day.- hi, . ,
HEdRYlV, POOR
IS BAN
I
Famous Operator in Wall
Street Forced to Make
Assignment.
New .York, Dec 26. Henry W.
Poor, operating under the firm name
of H. W. Poor & Co. at 83 ; Wall
street, assigned today for the bene
fit of his creditors. Poor was the
publisher of Poor's Manual of Rail
roads, president of the Postal Tele
graph company of Texas and a di
rector of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railway. '
COOK BELIEVES
III CLOSED Will
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San Francisco's New Police
Chief Has Shakeup in
. His Program:
San Francisco. Dee. 3(. Chief of Po
lice Jesse B. Cook, successor to the
Ill-fated Chief of police, William J.
Blggy, took his position at the head
of the police department today after a
simple ceremony during which he took
the oath of office before the - police
commissioner.
A resolution was passed by the com
missioners granting Cook a leave of
sbsence for one year. In order that In
the event of his being relieved as chief
he may be able to return to his rank
ss sergeant and thus protect the pen
sion whlfh will be due him when he
reaches the age limit.
Speculation as to the changes to he
made under the new regime Is con
fined at present to the assignment of
.the position of property clerk, which
Cook has vacated, and- the posslhle se
lection of a new clerk to the chief. The
detective bureau, will also, be shaken
up. early in the new year. -
The chief has expressed himself In
tavor of a closed town and It Is pre
dicted that' a shakeup In the force will
be necessary before this can be accom
plished, i : .7 i
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LIKE SARDINES 1 CELL
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' Cell No. 6, .Portland's city Jail,
Designed to hold 35 men, .the city
Jail ' last night - was , forced' to hold ' 8 3
men. One man died. He was one
of 12 who slept in a cell nine by nine
feet.- i
Once again the shocking and dis
graceful conditions of the city's place
of detention is brought forcibly be
fore the public. The black hole at
Calcutta was, hardly .more horrible
than this place, where drunks,, crim
inals and innocent men; are herded
together until the municipal" Judge
passes on their cases.
Robert .Burns., a ' young machinist.
was the victim of the overcrowded con
dition of the Jail, which for years has
been known -to be utterly inadequate to
the needs of the city.. Burns was drunk
when, brought in at S o'clock' in the
evening, and it Is undoubtedly true that
alcoholism was at- least a -contributing
cause to his death. Tet he was not
drunk enough' to die from the liquor he
had dranlc
- Black lm toe Fact. .
City JPhyaioUtt Itlgler pronouncsd the
primary oeuae of Burns' death to he al
coholism, hu asdared that It is entirely
probable hs was smothered to death by
another prisons rolling oa top. of aimtives In the city.
as the man slept In their Uttle hatred
boa. Barns'' position had forced , his
blood to the head, disoolorlng the faos
so that the . officers first thought the
maa was a negro.
The odor of the Jail when; the Cells
were , unlocked ' this morning . would
atcltan itrnni man with his lungs full
ofTresh- air. Burns had been one of
thh dosen human sardines packed Into
the tiny cell. . ..
n, k. Kit lm vlolatlnr its own
liw. everr hour was discovered this
morning when the Jail was measured.
Tki...h ti,. ouhif air ordinance now In
force requires 660 cubic feet of air for
each person sleeping In an apartment
there was less than 170 cubic feet for
each man in tne jau last nignu
Jail aa Abomination.
"That city jail in an abomination," de
clared Dr. Esther CPohl, city health
of fioer. this morning. "The city is
breaking -its ordinance, in fact the po
lice department Is about the worst of?
f.nifa. In ftl MtV
"It Is Impossible to say anything too
bad about the Jail. It is a danger to
all the prisoners confined in it, ana in
nu of Infectious dlsecAes the crowded
condition of the Jail is of course a gen
eral menace. Our cubic air ordinance
unfortunately does not demand gooa
CONDITIONS AT
i PACED
Where Robert Burns died l&st night.
ventilation as wall as 'the S60 cubic 'feet
of . air space, and a new ordinance must
be drawn v which 'Will remedy this de
tect" -
The' ' ordinance ' In question oddly
enough makes it the duty of the chief
police to Investigate all cases where
1
SD
is suspected ' Insufficient air is pro-
vlded. The offender is to be brought
into the municipal court, savs the or
dinance. Chief Gritzmacher's attention
was directed this morning to this clause.
Chief Can So Hothlng.
have been trying tor three yeara
to, get a new jail, so I don't see that
they can do anything to me under that
ordinance," he replied, i
In the . chief's last report to the
council he pointed - out in most em
phatic terms the need for a new jail.
The report told how the officers had
worked for half an hour to revive a
man asphixiated by the malodorous
fumes of the prison.
Burns,, the man whose body was found
lying close by the side of 11 living
men this morning, had In his pocket
a civil 'service application which he
had filled out and evidently Intended
filing today. It was for the position
of water caulker In the city water de
partment. In this application he gave
his birthplace as New York city, his
age as 2 years, his residence as the
Bauman hotel, North Sixteenth and
Vaughn streets, his former employer
as the Willamette Iron A Steel
works, and his trade as machinist and
steam fitter. He said he had no rela-
Burns hsd been Dlaced In No. 8 cell.
wnicn is oare or anything except ce
ment floor. It is in this cell that
drunks are first confined when they
enter tne Jail, being taken out as they
become more sober.
CONGRESSMAN DAVEY
OF LOUISIANA DEAD
(United Pren Leae4 Wire.)
New Orleans. Dee. 26. Representative
Robert C. Davey of the Second congres
sional district of I'Oulsiana died today
of apoplexy. He had served continuous
ly at Washington since the fifty-third
congress, with the exception of one
term, when he declined the nomination.
Davey was born in New Orleans In 1863,
served several years in the state senate
of Louisiana, was elected a judge In
1880 and in 1888 was defeated for mayor
of New Orleans. He was reelected to
the sixty-first congress.
SEA THREATENS
' MOCUPS' RUM
Five Hundred Feet of Bulk
head Torn Away in a
' Terrific Gaie.
(Special- Dispatch te Tbe loaraaL)
Aberdeen. JWash., Dec. 26. Moclips,
a summer , resort, at 'the , terminus of
the Northern Pacific railroad. SO miles
from here, on North Beach. Is threat
ened with destruction from the sea. A
high gale, with a velocity of from 76
to . 99 miles per hour,, yesterday dam
aged the. town's bulkhead, 500 feet be
ing torn away , by .the force of the
wavea. . .. . . -.' - .
The piling In iron t of the big Moclips
hotel was damaged. The hotel - Is
threatened with destruction. Ss well .as
Sawmills and other hiHIrilnB-it- PahI.
dents are moving to high ground.
The sea wall was built by residents
at a jpost of;.tlS00. , '..,,. , -'Jv ,i , .
BELIEVE FIWCH DEFENSE OPENS FIGHT
FRIED UP FOR CAPTAIN HAMS
DEFEASE -
Prosecuting Attorneys In
quire . Into Story of As-
. sault Told by Defendant
Call Murderer Martin to
Testify.
That James A. Finch has changed
his defense from time to time since
his arrest and shaped up his story of
being struck by a notarial seal
hurled by Ralph B. Fisher after he
had received the information that
there was such a seal in the office
through an investigation made by a
reporter for The Journal, is the
theory that the district attorney will
lay before the Jury that is trying
Finch for killing 'Fisher.
This was shown this morning when
Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald and
A. C Spencer,' ' the special prosecutor,
recalled Edward H. Martin to the stand
for further cross-examination. Mar
tin, who was convicted of manslaughter
for the killing of Nathan Wolf, occu-
&les a cell In the same corridor with
Inch and has had. frequent conversa
tions with him regarding the case.
Why Martin Was Called.
Martin was brought back for the pur
pose of questioning him concerning a
conversation he had with a Journal re
porter on the Thursday following the
shooting. The state obtained the in
formation that Martin asked the re
porter to visit Fisher's office. In the
Mohawk building, to see if a seal was
there, and to asoertain- what condition
it was In, the reporter later the same
day apprising mm tnat tne seal was
there and describing it to htm.
On this evidence the state apparently
Intends to argue that Finch wanted to
assure himself that a seal was In Fish
er's office before he gave out the story
of being hit by the seal, and that he se
cured ' this Information through Martin
and the reporter.
Martin, however, stoutly denied that
he was gathering evidence for Finch. He
said he the accused man had told htm
about the seal before he talked with the
m-eporter, and that he did not repeat to
-incn tne news ne got rrom tne reporter.
He explained that Finch's story seemed
Improbable to him, and that he wanted
to get some corroboration of Finch's
statement. He said he was interested In
the case as a matter of pastime, because
the hours pass slowly behind the bars.
The reporter, Martin said, promised
him that the story would not be used
until he gave the word to release It,
after talking the matter over with Finch
and making sure that the seal would be
a part of the defense. Martin said he
wanted to accommodate the reporter and
learn whether or not Finch was lying to
him.
Testimony Canses Stir.
The testimony of Martin created a
decided stir among the attorneys for
Finch, who offered repeated objections.
Judge Bronaugh admitted the testi
mony for the purpose of showing Mar
tin's interest In the case.
Finch concluded his testimony In his
own behalf within an hour after court
opened this morning. Attorney Spencer
finished the cross examination at 9:45
o'clock. Finch still appeared to be In
good spirits and at times almost defiant
in answering the searching questions of
the prosecutor. He was again led over
his "lapses of memory." and several In
consistencies were brought out In show
ing what he would have others believe
were the eccentric workings of his
mind. Some things he remembered
with much detail just -following the
tragedy, but he could remember nothing
of other things.
Among the things he had forgotten,
he said, was an Interview with two re-
gorters for The Journal and Deputy
herlff Frank Beatty in the county Jail
library the afternoon after his arrest,
during which time he was sketched by
a Journal artist.
Other testimony was given this morn
ing by Finch's law partner, C- H. Plg
gott. and his office clerk, E. C. Riddell.
Plggofl told of his Interviews with
Fisher In pleading lth the prosecutor
to sign a petition for Finch's reinstate
ment, and said that Fisher bold htm
that he was "ready' for these fellows,"
referring to the attorneys against whom
he brought disbarment proceedings, and
that he was "fixed for them unless
they came up behind him some time."
(Continued on Page Two.)
KILLS SISTER III
DRUJl FURY
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"Dock" Leary, Christmas
Celebrater in Kentucky,
Then Kills Himself.
-(United Press teased Wire.)
ZIon City, Ky., Dec. ,!. The Christ
mas reunion of tha Leary family at
Mount Zlon, Grant county, ky.. resulted
In "pock" James Leary killing his sis
ter, Mrs. Llda Detton, ' and then com
mitting suicide " '
V According to' reports - received here
today, Leary had been drinking and his
sister reproved hlmj In, a drunken
fury hs fired at her and ent . ar- bullet
through his own brain when he saw her
fall dead. '. . ' L
JA
IL COST MAN'S
Hains, In custody, on right;
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Flushing, L. I., . Dec. 36.-The case
for the prosecution in the' trial of
Thornton Jenkins Halns. charged with
participating In the killing of Willlau
Annls by Captain Peter Hains, the de
fendant's brother, was completed to
day with the testimony of Oeorge Bol
ton, an attache of the district at
torney's office, and the defense opened.
Bolton was called to testify'' to the
efforts of the prosecuting officers . to
subpoena John. Tonnlng, a . boatman,
whose testimony., it Is claimed. Is of
the utmost Importance to the 'defense.
Tonnlng has been missing for several
months.
Following Bolton's testimony, a' mo
tion on the part of the defense to dis
miss the Indictment against Jenkins
Hains was made by Attorney Mcln
tyre, who began a long technical argu
ment. ,
At its conclusion Judge Crane denied
the motion and Attorney Joseph A.
Shay began the opening argument for
the defense.
hay BsUttlss State's Cass.
Shay strongly attacked the evidence
brought forward by the state, saying
it was flimsy, biased, prejudiced, con
tradictory ana aeBervea euepicion.
He criticised the presence of Special
Prosecutor White, saying mere was
warrant in 1h.w for White's or A
tnrnov navton's aDoearance as special
prosecutor. He charged that White and
Dayton had been engaged by friends
of Annls through motives of revenge.
Rhav reviewed the rulings of the
court throughout the trial and declared
they were adverse to the defense. Ho
said the evidence did not show that a
crime had been premeditated by the
defendant or that the defendant knew
that his brother carried a revolver, un
til the Instant of the shooting.
Shay said Jenkins Halns trted to pre
vent the killing and was horror stricken
himself when H happened. He said
ih. nnttln was mentally unbalanced
snd the defense would show thae causes
leading up to the shooting.
Judge Crane, at this point. Inter
rupted Shay, making a stringent ruling
IOrDluaing' me . nuunn.r ' iui ur-
fense to refer to the relations between
Ci.ntA.tn Halns and Annls. declaring that
tne truth or falsity of any charges of
111 will had no bearing on tne case.
KEY TO AIICIEIIT
ETRUSCAN LORE
Professor Hempl of Stanford
Claims to Hare Solved
Mystery.
( United Press UiKd Wire.)
Stanford '.University, Cat., Dec. SC.
A number of scientists and members, of
the Stanford Philological association
will meet here this afternoon to listen
to the reading of old Latin and Etruscan
inscriptions which have heretofore been
meaningless. Professor' Hempl of the
Uerman -department declares he . has
succeeded In. declphrng inscriptions
and has Invited the sva,.?s'to a read
ing of the ancient writings.
Professor Hempl says hi discovery
will aid mnterlallv In throwing light
upon the 'Aid world history of Oiw
end Italy and. may settle many disputed
points. i
Prosecutor Darrin In1 lower, center.
Judge Crane ' further-ruled that the
defendant might be found guilty of
murder, although the man firing the
shots ' might not be - found guilty, or
even insane.
Annls and Mrs. Xains,
Shay then dwelt on the lineage of the
defendant, citing the army career of the
father of Jenkins. Halns. . He referred to
the defendant's devotion to a crippled,
motherless , little girl, which he pictured
In moving terms.- Shay R&ld the little
girl was the Innocent cause of her fath
er's .misfortune, . as It was for her sake
that Jenkins Halns platnned his visit to
Bayslde to negotiate for a .country home
for her.' ,
The . attorney declared that- Jenkins
Halns carried a revolver because the
boat In which he often sailed was occa
sionally In danger of being blown to sea,
and that in case of accident , he could
give a signal of distress.
Referring to the defendant's brother,
Captain Halns, regarding the captain's
love for his wife and her alleged rela
tions with Annls, Shay said:
"The relations between the woman and
Annls continued until medical Interfer
ence became their only escape1 from
bringing a nameless child into the world.
"By the strange ways of fate, Annls
met death at the hands of a madman
Just four months, almost to the day,
from that which he himself was a party
to the murder of his own child."
Fster Xains Madman.
Shay enlarged upon the alleged way
wardness and debauchery of Captain
Peter Halns' wife, saying It seemed
that while drunk she wrote Captain
Hains plainly regarding garrison Ufa
and that all her letters' were sent in
a package to San Francisco. When thr
arrived then the captain did not wait
for a leave of absence but rushed home
to his. wife.
"To be brief," said Shay, "the wife
confessed all. Poor Pt-r C. Hains. un
der the strain of toll for his country,
was in a weakened . condition, whuii
made the revelation too much for him
to bear. He was a r.i-ulman."
Shay said Jenkins Hains was diree'ed
by his father to watch the capUni. Idl
ing him to "try to make him forget."
WILLIAM M0BSE IX
TROUBLE IN MEXICO
(Catted Press teased Wire.)
San Diego.- Cal.t Dee. J6. Word was
received here today that William B.
Morse, son of Samuel F. B. Morse. In
ventor of the telegraph, had killed a
Mexican on the big ranch of E. L, Camp
bell In lower California. Campbell, who
Is a resident of this ' city, has gone
south overland to furnish aid to Morse,
who Is said to be confined In Jail,
charged with murder.
A PROOF OF
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The growth of the Sunday Morning-Journal . demonstrates that It la
the popular Sunday paper of Oregon. The magaslne section Is a special
feature of the Sunday issue. There Is always aom-tnlng pleasing in
the magazine section and tomorrow's Issue will be up to- tha standard.
-"The poem of 1909." by P. H. Doyle, is one of the best that hss been
written-on the subject of New Tear. - t
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the clever short story : writer, presents his
latest contribution, ''Miss Sylvester's Confession.". - -
Frank .H. Meyer, the - explorer was the man who gave President
Roosevelt the data, contained in his message to congress relative f? de
forestation In China.- Read What Mr. Meyer has to write Of the.. ft ills
that confront the forests of the west. ' .
k Portland shoppers' page. Designs from local stores,
' "Looking Forward Through 19t9." What the world may witness lm?
fore another year rolls around. t "
Two . pages for boys and girls, and The Journal's special page for
school children who write and draw.
. "Fortunate Women In the New Tear Picture." : Those t hi.ni tl,e
future-is radiant with nrnmim - .
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t Outcault'a original Rusrer Frown page. The wf ' i. i - 1
Buster sends1 his drawings to the P'indsv Journal.
Many other, special features and all ths'isews of the, wortl t-- it
leased wires,
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t7H7
lLJrl2y
California Capitalist, Octo
genarian and Philanthrop
ist, Dies of Pneumonia
Man Whose Life Was
Spent Doing Big Things'.
San Francisco,- Dec. 28V Claus
Spreckels, the famous sugar king and
one of the pioneer captains of industry
of the Pacific coast, died this morning
st '4:30 o'clock at his temporary home,
2027 Howard street, the end coming
after an acute attack of pneumonia,
which the 80-year-old millionaire con
tracted last Tuesday night.. '
Christmas day was an anxious one
In the hoimehojd of the noted capitalist.
His physicians. Dr. Herbert' C- Mofntt
and Dr. C. M. Rlchter, both reported
their patient very low and as the day
progressed unfavorable symptoms de
veloped which caused the family to
gather at the home, expecting the worst.
John D. Spreckels was the only one
of the .sons In the city at the time, but
Rudolph Spreckels was hurrying home
on the Nipper Macu. A wireless mes
sage was sent him on the steamer, and
when the vessel reached the wharf an
automobile was ready to hurry him to
his father's bedside. These two sons
and their families- were at the beside
of the father when the end came this
morning. , '
Biographical..
Claua Spreckels was born in Lamatedt',
Hanover, In 1828. He' came to the Uni
ted States In 1846 and was first em
ployed at Charleston, S. C, later mov
ing to New York city. In 1851 "he
crossed the continent to try his fortune
In- tha west - He settled In San Fran
cisco, where he first conducted a store
and later a brewery. -
In 1863 -he-established the Bay sugar
refinery. In this venture laying the foun
dation for the vast fortune which he
later accumulated In the, sugar business.
(Continued on Page Three.)
LEAVES GOIWS
TO THE COURTS
President Not Acting So
Long as There Is Hope v.
of Judicial Belief.
(Dotted fntm Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 26. President
Roosevelt will not interfere In the (jum
pers case so long as it Is In (he courts,
according to authoritative information
received today.
It Is understood that the : president
believes any action by him Is unneces
sary, as the defendants, have already
given notice of appeal.
Roosevelt Is preparing' a statement In
reply to the many requests that h
take action in the case. Appeals for
interference from labor, organizations
and leaders throughout the country
have been constantly received at thA
White House since Gompers, ' Mitchell
and Morrison were sentenced to Jail. .-
mnnip nior
nnnuio uhol
OVER AGAIII
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For Third Time Jury Re
ports Inability to Agree ;
-Discharged.
(United Prwn ted Wire.) ''
Irvine. Ky.. Dec. JS. After several
hours in their third conference. 4hs
jurymen In the Beach Hargls rnuTwr
case this afternoon reported absolute
inability to agree. It is understood that
nine were for acquittal. The eourt re
luctantly discharged . them and tin
wholo case will have to be gone over
again. '.
Beach Hargls killed his father in a
quarrel over money matters. .
POPULARITY
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DEATH CLAIMS
1ILLI0WE