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THE' OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1908.
FIX CITY TAX HAHYATOPEUIHG
V on IF SOBFEREDCE
mi hi o.o
- I;
.1:
Council Adopts llecommen
dation of Ways and Means
; 'A Committe&--Cellars Vain
) Attempt to Reduce Levy
1 for Folicc Department
r : . . . .
. iat Its session ibis morning the city
council passed an ordinance fixing the
city tax levy for 1S09 at . mills. This
will orovide a little over f 1.424.006 to
meet all municipal expenses, including
the Interest fund. Jn addition to this
the council -will In all probability set
aside levy or 1-19 mills ror a sunt
: inf fund to pay off bonded Indebted
nest at present outstanding. The ordl
nance was passed at it was recommend'
ed by the wsys and means committee,
: but not until after a fight had been
made by Councilman Cellars for a re
duct Ion f the police levy.
When the budget first came Up for
: consideration it was moved that tbe or
finance be passed, as Mr. Cellars oh
Jected to this. He asked that conslder-
r ation or the dlferent levies be taken
up separately. His object in so doing
-was soon apparent He waited until the
... police levy came up, then moved that
this be cut from 1.87 mills to 1.10, The
levy last year was 7-10 of a mill. The
Increase this year Is for the erection of
an east aide jail and among other Items
one suiting tor additional policeman.
: Says JPolioe Are Drones..
'"Whst the city wants," said Mr. Cel
lars, "is not a larger force but a more
efficient one. I am heartily in favor
nt erecting a new jail, Dut 1 do not
think the city should pay salaries to
officers in the - police department who
do no work. I understand there are
four such men working for private in-
" rcver to tne ousted aeteC'
tives." ..
. The councilman continually eyed the
: mayor aa he made these statements
and took evident enjoyment In sarcastlo
; rrierences to tne policy of the execu
tive. Mayor Lane has repeatedly said
that the city la better off without the
juur aeiecuves in question, whether
their salary goes . on or not He de
clares that the city would be money
ahead If the sleuths were pensioned for
ujw imiu i i tie same time Kept on: duty.
n. i v-cjiou uma mi ciem read an
editorial from - an evening paper, in
wiuuu ie ponce Department wai - se
verely criticised and tbe chief was
-iiaii;i.erisea as a man who la not to
blame for the inefflciyncy of the police
department He cait help It. He Is
Mted by nature to fulfill the position
of office boy and Harry Lane cannot
; ihiiiiv ii nature. .' 4,
"."Your honor." Interrtinteri Pnnnnman
Vaughn, "we don't want to listen to any
harangue. We are discussing the police
ve.ve bad many harangue In
years gone by." cut in Cellars, "and we
will have many more. I Insist that we
ow mn neea any more policemen, but
we want to put. what we have got to
wi. ji mm not in. ravor or increas
ing the levy Just to add lot of Idle
policemen." - - ... . ....
Councilman Cellar's motion to cut the
tax was not seconded and Jtushllght's
motion to Increase it to 1.8 mills was
defeated. The original levy of 1.87 as
recommended by the ways and means
committee was finally passed.
Dr. Cottel then asked the mayor If
. the article read by the clerk was true
ana aiso as to tne truth of ona read by
Cellars from a weekly paper, charging
that there is graft in the police depart-
fiiT-ni. wiu uin me mayor Knows it.
3Iissionary Work Discussed
by Ministers of State at
Oregon Institute.
The fourth session of the Oregon
Conference Institute .opened this morn
ing with a large attendance. Mission
ary work was again the general sub
ject with the theme, "How to Create
Missionary Spirit" In the absence of
Bishop O. W. Smith, the new bishop for
this section, .who was yesterday called
to the chair. Rev. W. R. HnllinrKhearl
distrlot superintendent of the Portland
aiHinct presided.
l ne papers for the morning were
.Advantages or conventions nnci inn.
Terences." by R. c Blarkwell. sec re.
tary of Home Missions and Church Ex
tension for' the Salem district and
"The Work of the Hoard of Church
Kxtension In the Oregon Conference,"
by F. 8. Akin.
The lcadinr address nf the riav
given by Dr. Fletcher Homan, president
of Willamette university. He cham-
f'lonea A college education and especial
y an education in a denominational
school. He ftnoke of the lmrmrunen of
the : religious Influences surrounding
young men and women in their vouth
una neia tnat many missionaries and
ministers are made through the influ
ence of a denominational college, be
cause only there can the religious side
b emphasised.
Yesterday afternoon . the Sunday
school and the Epworth league came
in for their share of attention. Rev, J.
T. Abbott read a Diner showing that' H5
per cent of the church members are
first Sunday school workers. More
than 1600,000 has; been raised by tho
Sunday schools for church extension
work, "W.:,H. Warren followed with a
talk en the Epworth league, and spoke
of its Importance in home mission work.
He announced that a rally will be held
in the Mount-Tabor church January 8.
Dr. C. T. Wilson spoke of the -Important
place the district superintendents and
the pastors held in missionary work in
the church.
T. 8. McDaniel was the principal
speaker at the evening session treating
of mission work among the foreign ele
ment Following were short speeches
by men representing the work among
the different nationalities: E. E. Herts
ler for the Oermans, John Ovall for the
Swedish work, XL p. Nelson for the Norwegian-Danish.
Chan Sing Kl for the
Chinese and H. B. Johnson for the Japa
nese... . '
THROUGH TWO
CITIES OF
DEATH
Man of Messina Fated to a
Double Portion of Horror
Reggio and v Messina
Seen at Direst Hour How
Ships Were Wrecked.
MARY J. HEEDS
V.,, ;, ' , , f . ,. ,
f,IilHY EMS
Must Face Multiplicity of
Serious Charges in Munic-,
ipal Court Next Week.
HAY
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SEATTLE'S
SCHEME
Obtain Headquarters of
New Eailway Mail Divis
ion for Portland -Sound
City Fights for Honor,
(United Preu Leased Wire.)
Catania, Sicily,' Dec. 30. City Chemist
Gregori of Messina arrived here this
afternoon with one of the most re
markable stories yet told of the great
disaster.
"1 was on tbe ferry boat Just outside
Messina when the quake came," he said.
"It was the most terrific shock that
could be Imagined. The sea in front of
the boat opened 10 a great chasm and
the water being suddenly withdrawn
from beneath us. the boat went down
ana struck bottom witn sucn xorce that
it was shattered to nieces.
'"The boat was crowded and I believe
I am the only person that survived, I
remember little after the boat went to
pieces, except that I was cauarnt in a
great swirl of rushing, roaring water,
in
tli
on the Italian aide,
some war I managed to climb to a
piece of wreckage and at length landed
"I made mr way to Rea-srlo. where I
found the streets literally filled with
dead bodies and people absolutely In
sane. It was one long picture of ruin
and horror. - I had a hard time holding
on to my senses. I thought for a time
I had died and gone to hell.
Insane Singer Vonraed Birds.
"In a public square I came upon Tina
Marlnla. the opera singer, seated among
a great pile or bodies of women and
RUEF RECEIVES
THE MAXIMUM
(United Press Leased Wire.) :
San Francisco, Dec. SO. Abe Ruef, the
convicted municipal grafter, was sen
tenced late last evening to 14 years In
the 'penitentiary,' the maximum term.
Sentence was pronounced at the close
of a day spent by the defense In a last
desperate attempt to Interpose obsta
cles to the further course of the law.
When Judge Lawlor had denied mo
tions involving delay, the defendant
arose and stood unmoved through the
recital of judgment. There was no
demonstration on the part of the spec
tators during tne proceedings in tne
courtroom, nor later, when Kuef started
on nis long nae to tne county jail.
Before tbe adjournment, of court no.
ties of appeal had been filed on behalf
or tne oerenaanc ' ana tne court nam
signed a writ of probable cause, which
win act as a stay oi execution.
HENEY SAYS KUEF
WILL DO FULL TIME
men, crooning over a bird cage In which
birds were chirping quite gaily, Marin la
The mayor .answered at leno-th an k.
fore he had concluded he charged the
council 'with being . responsible more
man airy oiner one 'cause ror the ex-
isieni-a vi crime in tne city. .
v 'stayer ea Defensive.
. "I want to tell you, gentlemen, said
the mayor in concluding his remarks,
that the work of this council makes
for crime. You give licenses to dives
and shooting galleries. Only last week
you gave: a license to one of the big-
Kvai uiifvii mo cuy -iias ever seen, rne
man is an auctioneer and you know his
name well.
--'1 tell yo , that I don't care If you
appropriate a quarter of a mill for thj
police department,' or If vou give us
nine policemen or 100. You wllliget
Just such service from the department
. as you provide."
."Why don't you notify the council if
any shooting galleries are Illegally con
ducted t asked Mr. Mcnefee of the
mayor.
"Well. If the work of the liquor 11
cense committee Is any criterion I don't
see what would be the use." replied Dr
.leuie. "but." he added. "I wHl see that
you are notified if you direct tne to
" he question of policing this town 's
up to the council."
"Owing to the mild climate of Fort
: land in the vlnter, criminals from all
R1rt w "fv1 "r ttracted here.
The police run them out of the Cali
fornia cities and out of 8eattle and
they stop in Portland only to be har
ried by the local police force. A mat
n't reform If he wants to. This sys
tem Is all wrong, and ss long as it is
continued crime will Increase?
Forced Into Crime.
; '"Even If a man be honest and h
stops in the city penniless on a cold
stormy night and asks for a ulRht'i
shelter at the police station he can n t
get It. The Jail" is cioweW to suffn-
uvn wiin aruiiri w no nave
malted Prea nA- Wlr t
New York. Dec SO. Francis J. Henev.
who is in tnis city today, when asked
his opinion of the sentencing of Ruef,
said: . - ,
"Ruef certainly will, serve the full
14 years. We have 114 indictments
against him. charging IS .different
crimes, and I am sure he will be satis
fled to take his medicine.
"Ruef- is not the most important.
Neither is Schmits. . It's Calhoun, 'the
business man,' that- we're , after. It's
always the business man in politics who
commits the greatest crimes. They
mane sucn men as Kuer ana scnmlts.
Pittsburg could well afford to let every
councilman accused be bathed in Im
munity, to Insure the conviction of one
Danker. counciimen and politicians
are simply the agents of . men
higher up." -
Heney is returning to San Francisco
to tana cnarge or tne trial of Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Railroads.
CANDIDATES Oil
ANXIOUS SEAT
The
sneakerahtn ouentlnn ! nnt in
be settled until January 9, according
the latest "done." On that date nil n?
the Statement No. 1 members of tbe
house, and those who will affiliate with
them In opposition to McArthur, are
foing to have a meeting in Portland
o confer on the speakership. After that
meeting it will be rjossible to draw anm
definite line of the result Until then
mere win be nothing doing, say the op
ponents to McArthur. . The Multnnmoh
I'",c? ?f- unfortunates without! Is all over, and contends that he
whVh. iti..e hi Practically certain of election. lie
?htrA'le?-BlS;t el,ti".r ?!e of "Posure places his strength at S3 votes, however.
.u.. .1... -r 01 lu eieci on tne noor or in
I iiouse.
were two little canaries. Although the
was bemoaning the death of all. the
birds m Italy. "
"'All the birds the sweet singers
they- are all dead,' she said, looking up
at me with a faint,, sad smile, aa If she
recognised me.
"She was hopelessly insane, s was
everyone else alive In Regglo. The dead
and dying were everywhere. . It was Im
possible to pass along the streets with
out stepping over the bodies of men and
women. -
. ' "In some places oh, how terrible It
was-e-the- bodies were so thick that -1
could not pass without actually stepping
upon some oi . tne prostrate iorms.
' Dead Ho More Seemed as Bead..'
"The Dresence of so many dead seemed
to numb the senses. Those bodies lost
all personality. They became as so
many bags of wheat after a while.'
"I saw the body of one woman with
two. dead children In her arms, caught
and crushed in a doorway.' Beside her
was a man, evidently her husband, who
seemed to have oeen struck down while
trying to release her. Such sights were
so common that I hardly noticed them
and I cannot-tell what it was that im
pressed this group on my dasedi brain.
"Every building in the city seemed to
have been wrecked. I tried to get away
as quickly aa possible. I did not know
or care where I went, but crowded Into
a boat bound for Messina.
- Faces of His Friends, Dead.
"In mv own city. Messina. X found
destruction and death as general as at
Regglo. Everywhere was ruin. The
streets were blocked and it would have
been impossible for me to have found
my way to my home if It had not been
burned.
I kept recognizing laminar races
among the dead In the streets, until my
mind began to lose its balance, . I be
came seasick and felt that the earth
quake was continuing. It seemed to. me
tnat the whole of Sicily was rocking
to and fro with the movement of the
"Perhans I fainted: 1 cannot ten. i
remember being pushed on by a soldier
who nlaced a bayonet between my shoul
ders and told me to go to headquarters
and report for . duty.
Hundred Thousand, at Zast.
1 then walked through the streets.
making my way over ruins, which some
times seemed to have blocked the
streets entlre.y. I remember climbing
upon a great pile of debris and there
on top of it came upon the bodies of
three little children beside which a
small brown do stood on guard. . .The
dog had not been injured in the de-
atmtlnw n t th nltv Hut in inmA man.
ner had found the children of the. family
to which it belonged. It charged me
By the time Mrs. Mary J, Walker,
proprietor of the ' Kingston rooming
house, faces Judge Van Zante, January
6, it seems that there will be at least
n .r.. tk. ..... I
Ih.hwaTy;rr Club 0S t0
warrant sworn to by omoer Hvde.
charging her with maintaining a house
of 111 fame.. Two more charges will be
piacea against her today.. One will be
selling liquor without a license and the
otner will be contributing to the ; de
llnquency of a minor.
Andrew Draff in. the English sailor.
who says he lost SS7Q In the Kingston
last week, told the district attorney
that he had been given a glass of beer
soon arter entering the place. Draff In
went to the Kingston, whioh is situated
mm with a meaaanrar hnv whn hmA I m-m'H ii.minmii,..u.ug. Aiuiiuuia
guided him from a downtown hotel at an& Alaska 'are to be grouped together
the direction of an elevafor operator, as a new railway mall "division by con
will be 'based' u'ponthe'part Che me.! frM;
senger boy clayed. Four lawyers are terB 1 f hat division, provided the Ore-
actlvely engaged in the ease, defending! gon delegation In congress makes the
either. Mrs. Walker or Mr. and Mrs. shewing tu congress. expected of It by
Tank, who were arrested Friday and the Commercial cluh ami other himin.ua
wno were later married Dy a. well known I organisations wnich have sunt data to
pastor. . .i . ..'., ; ,:. , Washington showing that Portland re-
ii T ,uv" uuj mure man on one
mall train than Is sent into Beat tie over
jAW.JUtJl : ; j i ". YD9 "ne" ot road entering that city.
omTm m -.T-n-tTT -rTiTr u8U.0n "oon to be before
., , " , " . . Jmerclal club to-acquaint the members
Portlanil ratlrnajf men and ahlnneralof the delearatlnn with ih, f.At. t h
wll hear with interest that Allan Cam- I case.
eron, formerly agent for the Canadian I Up to and at this time practically
Paclflo here, has been appointed district the entire Pad no slope has been in
freight agent for the Canadian Pacifla eluded in one railway mu .i,v.
at New York, succeeding E. V. Skinner, headquarters at Ban Francisco This
deceased. Mr. Cameron left Portland division reacheatn.il fit t Via Tan1flrt na a
uiotniu, Aiejiftui, HKeiu van- siaici irum Mexicri trt Alnnirn and in.
couyer. B. C. LateP h, Wjnt with the eluding the latter territory. The growth
O. R. & N., becoming their general of the country, the great Increase in
freight agent for the orient, at Hong- the mall handled and. other consldera"
kong. He went back to the C. P. R. t nu r .Jv"? u '"
again as traffic agent In London, Eng- caused the postofftee derTrtment ti
.--w rruummiiDU in rnnmii Ka. n jtt
vision, consisting of Oregon, Washing
vlr.nnal- anj I. I ""' u"l4" AlBSKS, . DS
clothing. I was forced to. retreat andl tm. ..nn, i. . ...... . . . ...
k passage through another street. I which - la tn ha ...wiVil T Vn 7 ZZJZJlLl
Two soldiers at headauartera told . ? . ubmltted to congress
me tney naa maae an estimate rrom nmmmrt7i 7f .k.T...i . .
observations and reports. indlcaUng that m mn?,K?tK,n.hi.Septm?nt th?.1' J"
60,000 were dead In Messina and an ?BndA0Ubt but tnat th division will be
equai numoer were dead in Kegglo. 1 . .
believe this Is not In the least axaa-- Questio left Open.
rpiT ; "npossiuie to exaggerate o provision nas been snade for the
i. a iif7i IB iiu wb.v ill ini nr Tna nnr. r eaufiiiHrreni nr th, naw .1 via nn v.n..
ror of the disaster, much less nfnin I ever. This win k '. , ,..
I time the annrnnrlatlnn im m.iia fn. Ka
n..nn.l .ammm 1.11 t . i . .. . I ii.i . . . " v ' ' a
. . v, i iniinuL mil iiiiw i m w,,r mill ifiivi.iim . a. will . . . . . . i. j i
;.f.i.j'..v . ,iV E . "u 01 tne postmaster grenersj.
fainted after telling his story and is in The headquarters will have
IVIDOW OF AIIIIIS
SCORNS I'JITHESS
. I..,. ,11.1.11
Negro Girl Tells of Alleged
Relations of Her Hus
band and Claudia.
(United Press teased Wlra.t ,
Flushing, U I.; Deo. 80. It was an
nounced today shortly after court con'
vened that tbe mother of Thornton Jen
kins Hains, on trial for participation h
the killing of William K. Annla hv
Captain Peter C. -Hains. had collapsed
during the night at a local hotel and
wouia re unable to-4estlfy.
Attorney Mclntyre, for the defense,
arm mi aanisiant to ascertain ner conai
tion and announced that he would run
sider the presentation - of . Mrs. Haina'
uei'usition.'
At the beginning of the morning ses
Rlon Judge Crane revoked his former
runng excluding tne prosecution's -wit
nesses from the courtroom. Attorney
fliuui.vi uujeuiea due xne nnie.p.Ttnii
was overruled.
Minnie Rorjne. a colored AnmaaMe. m.
ployed In the home of Captain Hains,
today corrected her previous- testimony
given by her that she told .Captain
Hains of his wife's alleged misconduct
On the day of his return from flan Fran.
Cisco. The witness said she first told
the captain Of the allaa-ad mlannnn'iir.t
n me eunoay following nig arrival at
home. ...
While the colored servant taaH.
fytne regarding the alleged relations
exlstlnr between Annla anil Mri f'lan-
aia Mains, Mrs. ahihs, widow of the
man for whose death Jenkins Hains is
on trial, majestically entered the court
After enmnrehenrllnr the tui ,e
ui wiuir testimony. Mrs. Annie
plainly showed her scornful nlahaliaf
01 tns cnargea. . . .
On account of the illness of Attorney
Mclntyre an adjournment was taken at
uuuu uniu tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Annls declarad hr hallaf in it
innocence of her husband mil tnt,i
that her attitude toward Mrs. Claudia
xiams was tnat or a friend.
AFTEH ASSAILANT, -
OF 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL
a serious condition.
THIRTY BODIES OF
headauartera will hava rham
Of the management of all the mall han
dled in the district It will mean that
approximately 60 'families will be
brought to whatever nlaca ia aalantarl
TOURISTS RECOVERED a3dSh0Vl,d aT lrt 1&Ti2X&
wiue causea oy reason or the location
of the headquarters..
Seattle wants , the headquarters also,
and the Washington senators and con-
Pnited Press Leased Wire.) -Rome,
Dec. 30. A report from Mls-
bodlei of German and 1 EnTlsh tourist 2 gre"men 'ra now working, backed by
h2v been taken'frnn? h2in?-,tnV:,''" P.lne- d business organlxa-
rrla where hr. w. n .,,-. VI tions, to secure tne prise.
?,.,,w..5,.An wr, "2. u"t"- I Oregon's de esatlon Is heln
covered tonigh : o ? tomorrow M in SMtlr behalf of Portland
'-i!:e.re? .l..m"'nl .or .tomorrow. All Rnatnr Hnnrna h. i.nt.n n th.
ifmwa eviaenoe or surToeation
WILL ASK LEGISLATURE TO
ENLARGE THE COUNTY BENCH
tnis class or men. ah lone aa
lice are forced to continue the prac
tices of the past so long must good
citlxens be knocked In the heads on
dark nights."
I." 1 Postofflc llobbed.
CTJnlted Press Leasee TVlre.i
-Freene. t'a!-. Dec 30. Burnlars en
tered the postofflce at Fowler last night
and after dynamiting the safe took ins
in stamps and money. Tbey rode away
on bicycles. It is thought the same
cracksmen looted the postofflce at
Ktngsburg and Ljemnqre.
I Disease Germs
Cannot harm healthy human bodies.
Ws cannot have healthy bodies unless
we have pure bloedVthe kind of blood
that Hood's Saraaparilla makes. . .
This gTat" medicine has an un
equalled, unapproached record for
purifying and enrlchinr the blood.
It cares scrofula, ecxema. eruptions,
catarrh, rhennhatiam, anemia, nervous
ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss
of appetite, general debility, and builds
up the whole system, , ' r '
It effects its wonderful cures, not
Umpiy because It contains sarsaparlHa
lut because It combines the utmost
remedial values of more than 20 differ
ei.t ingredients. If urged to buy any
T reparation said -to be "Just as sood"
ru may be sure it is inferior, costs
I'M to mke, and yields the dealer a
J.t-rer profit,
- , ytr,.T'.vh trJiT- fn eil Ilm!t
Pat ton. of Marlon, la atlll In Pnrl.j
Testerday he went to Oregon City for
a conference with Campbell. As a re
suit Of the lltlmermia rnnfuram,. BhU
I have been held during the past few days
! " ls now ld that Bean and his friends
ire to come to tne meeting on January
9. Campbell ia also to come. McCue
lias aked to he allowed to attend and
ha been promised that he will be no
tified whm and where the conference
L" ? btth,,11- Eaton will also be on
haiid. Thla Include all of the candi
dates for the speakership, with the ex
ception of McArthur. ' -
ReporU fcont to the antt-McArthur
canoMiates caat some shadow On the
claim of 22 votes put out by the friends
of McArtliur. it Is contended that some
or the men claimed by the Multnomah
candidate have stated In writing that
they are not bound to him in any way,
while a few have rone farther and said
they did not intend to vote for him. it
this contention ls well founded there Js
nothing certain about the speakership.
All of the candidates with the ex
ception of McCue have agreed to fight
the question out In the conference of
January 9 and stick to the candidate
finally selected, so it Is said. If this
should work out as planned. McArthur
..L,iai to Jf ome to win out, even
with the definite lead which he now
, Kvervbody will know everything
1 ,ftr th conference but not
until then, according to the prophets. ;.
AJhany and RUverton Tie. !
("perlsl Dtoptteh to Tbe Jnornil.t
Albany. Or Dec 30. Albany High
and SUverfm High divided honors last
night. In a double-header basketball
8f ':. ""In, th S'rl game the wore
at the end -of the second half stood t
to In favor ef Albany, .while the Al
bany bora were not no lurky, losing
by the close score of SI to f2. In both
games the score at the end of the first
I ,k tle' Th' Rirls. standing 4
to t and the boys i; to 12..
Lawyers of Multnomah county and til
other parts of the state who have to do
business with the circuit court of th
Fourth Judicial district contend that
there should be two additional judges
for the circuit court provided for oy
the coming session of the legislature.
The Multnomah county bar association
has taken the question under considera
tion and will prepare a bill for submis
sion to the legislature. It has asked the
Multnomah delegation Tor an oppor-
unity to urge the necessity of tne pro
posed Increase and Tuesday next has
been set aside tentatively as a date
upon which the conference can be held.
The association will have a meeting
this afternoon to decide definitely when
It will be best to present tha bill to the
delegation. It is probable that Tuesday
will be selected as the date.
It Is argued, by the attorneys, vir
tually all of wnom are in favor of tha
Increase, that the great growth of the
raerrer?;?
of Messina said- commercial , ciuo, nowever. has been
"The noma., in Me,lna nn,t,a. f. n. orWnr for several weeks in preparing
of thousands, if
s&tanee could he exeessVe? be chosen
are needed immediately." . ' I" Y" "'n.i
me Kussian battleship Admiral Maka I aui witn arnisran.
roir arriveo at jiapies toaay witn 400 All of the mall contracts are with
survivors from Messina, i The FnallshUtia traim-n nn. .VT u.-.i" -"
tramp steamer Therapla brought a great headquarters are lA Portland It 1 as
number of Injured, who were sent to been pointed out by President Hod-on
weak ana naif insane, . caeo-Portiand anaoiai ,inn. .
rrmiPF mail rnnnava Tr-rt m si n . a
SAX FKAXCISC0 OPENS xrnv,: AJSUL "IH
EARTHQUAKE FUND ?nrc?n7t2naZt ttfK
tnis city snouia or right be chosen as
tne neaaquarters or the new division.
Seattle is after everything. It has
secured the assay office. It is after a
sub-treasury. It wants the .lighthouse
offices moved from Portland to the
sound, and it Is even trying to secure
me removal oi tne united Ktates tea
inspectors from Its sister city of Ta
coma to Seattle.
All of this time Portland has secured
but little recognition. The Commercial
club and kindred organizations will
make. a consistent effort, however,, to
secure the mall division headquarters
for this city and' will ask the delegation
to aid In every manner possible.
TEAM RUNS AWAY AND
TWO WAGONS SUFFER
The horses attached to . a street
sweeper's wagon driven by M. K. Casper
ran away on Everett street last evenlna
and after having practically all the
street to themselves, thoughtlessly col
lided with a wagon of the Pacific Coast
Biscuit company at Eleventh street.
Both .vehicles were somewhat damaged.
i. . ' i i n - ...j
fipeclal New Tear's table - de hote I
served at the Perkins grill. S to ( p. m.
rUnlted Press Leased Wirt.)
San Francisco. Dec. 30. it is an
nounced that the Red Cross society and
the municipal committee have received
36000 In contributions for the sufferers
rrom the earthquake in Italy. In addl
tion many prominent cltlsens have
pledged themselves to increase the fund,
which will be held to await Instructions
rrom sne national headquarters at Wash
ington.
Hughes Appeals for Aid.
(United Press Leasatf Wtra.l
'Albany, N. Y., Dec. 30. Governor
i-iugnea toaay issued a proclamation
calling for contributions to the state
branch Of the Red Cross snr.ietv for ra.
net oi tne itanan earthquake sufferers,
county and -the consequent increase In
legal business have made it necessary
to increase the number of judges. The
dockets are congested and the cases"now
pending have to wait for long Intervals
for a date for trial. This delavs im
portant litigation and ls a source of
great inconvenience.
It ls pointed out also that unless the
legislature takes sction at this session,
it will be two years before any increase
cam be made, and in that length of time
the growth of the county and of the
business coming before the court would
completely swamp the tribunal. The
whole question Is summed up In the
simple arithmetical preposition that if
it took four judges to do the business
of the court 1 years ago it certainly
requires six at the present time.
Those who are backing the measure
do not anticipate any serious opposition
to the measure when It comes up for
consideration by tbe legislature. -. . - .
i
Cily Raises Fund for
Earthquake Sufferers
Members of the Italian relief committee who tre raising funds for
the sufferers by the great earthquake in southern Italy are meeting
with success and several thousands of dollars have already been'
raised. Meetings of Portland merchants and bankers are being held
this afternoon for the purpose of discussing the situation and deciding
upon the proper assistance to be offered the committee.
Furthermore, the movement to raise a fund for the refugees is
to be, made a state affair and the mavora of ail tnwna
villages in Oregon have been appealed to in order to interest jtht
people of their respective districts in the charitable work. These
Z funds from out of town are all to be sent to Portland to the com- X
mitteemerL And will be dispatched from here as 'soon as possible to
i - the people m, the ruined district. . -
X Colonel D..M. Dunne is treasurer of the committee and all checks, X
drafts or cash donations sent to him at the Jiibemia Savings bank
X will be receipted for, acknowledged and turned into the fund which X
now being raised. ; Colonel Dunne and. other members of the
Committee are anxious to impress upon the minds of the people the " t
X necessity of acting without delay. 1 1 is their desire that Portland i
be one of the first citjes in the country to start money eastward for
l"e reI . of ..e thQl,snds of sufferers. Money may be sent to Mr, 1
Dunne by mail or delivered by the donor in person. ' - -.
mfTH
loelal Plapeteb fe The Jonrrw!.) :
Centralia, Wash.. Dec- JO. An armed
posse was searching in ths vicinity of
Tenlno. a few miles north of Centralia
all of last night for the assailant of
jaane Man, a crippled girl, seven years
old. The child's home ls a short dis
tance out of Tenlno. She started from
Tenlno to walk home yesterday even
ing about dark.- An unknown man fol
lowed her and when within about Q
feet of the child's home assaulted her.
He made his escape In the 'darkness.
The man was about 25 years old and
wore a slicker hat and coat. A man an
swering his description was arrested in
Centralia and later released... Feeling
ran high In Tenlno last night, and had
the man been found he would undoubt
edly have been lynched..
About 11 o'clock last night, while the
searching party was out. Joseph Cor
drey of , Tenlno, discovered a man in his
chicken coop and fired three shots at
him.. The man escaped.
MARION DELEGATION ;
TO 00 UNPLEDGED
i. . We Burean ef The Journal.) '
Salem, Or., Dec. 0. The Marlon
eonnty delegation In the house ef rep
resentatives is unpledged in the .fight
for speaker, v It lit the impression aWng
the members of the house from Marion
that all the asDiranta for tha nlara -,
yicic.i iiiiiiiii iiicir airengin ana mat
the majority of the representatives over
the state are pledged to tha .support
Representative Llbby today said that
ne naa learned from various candi
dates that they were all counting on
the same support, more or lesa He
saia runner tnat mere was a tendency
among the members to be Indenendenr
and not to ally themselves with one
or snoiner oi inose men wno were vig
orously prosecuting their own selfish
end a V
As a result, said Representative L,lh
by, the members will go Into the house
or caucus with' ill feeling toward no
one and the organisation will he accom
plished with a minimum degree of
ui tuny. .'. .
DIRECTORS WILL
n ' PASS JUDGMENT
Definite news concernlnr the tmlMlna-
oi i ne ubbi'tiiihi orancn line oi tne u.
R. A N. is expected at the headquarters
of the Harrlman lines here within a
week. General Manager J. P. O'Brien of
the lines In Oregon ls in the eaat at
present and will probably . attend the
monthly meeting of th .directors of
the Harrlman lines to be held in New
xorg tne latter pari or tnis week. .
: All large construction Items are re
ferred to the directors for approval be
fore work Is begun on them and tha
Deschutes line ls awaiting their ap
proval along with other large pieces of
construction or repair work. . .
It ls thought that the final word tn m
ahead on the construction of the Ore
gon Washington, including the tunnel
across the peninsula, may be given at
the January meeting of directors. ' -
AnnT.icnv-n.il
ni.uniot uiu
QUAKE IS
FEARED
Cable Communication .With
Ionian" Islands . Is Inter
ruptedMany Miles of
Railroad Sink Into Sea
Mainland Is Cut' Off.
i . v (United Pre! Leased Wir. .
V i r a t (1.1. '.,.'
4ipica, A'ci vv Mil, wi.a miiwu
the cable to the Ionian Islands went out
e9 i m m tin trs tlnn ; fen4 tVilsl , ! I missel
with the fact that furthsr seismlo die-'
turbances have occurred at Palermo and
that the volcano Stromboll is active,7
leads to the belief that another great
earthquake has occurred. ' 1
An official message to Bom 'this
evening confirms the report that many;
miles of the Calabrian-Sicillan railway ;
have sunk Into the sea. .
v It is reported . that three submarine'
oables connecting Corfu, Zante' and the
mainland were silenced late this afternoon.
latest.
(Halted Press Leased WlrM
Rome. Dec. 20. Dispatches from Mes
sina late thla afternoon state that an-.
other violent shock was felt today. Many
additional fatalities are reported. King
ummanuei is in tnat city, out mere is
nothing to Indicate that he was Injured,:
Buildings left standing, according to
the dispatch, were toppled by this af
ternoon s Bhake, -':
it la believed the ruin of the city Is
now complete. - The messages state that
a large number of survivors awaiting
shipment by warships were killed. '
.The shock Is said to havs been almost
aa -viuteui aa m ui at. vl uiv sei ivn pre
ceding the tidal wave. .
ERB HOUSEKEEPER
TELLS Of SHOOTING
(United rvau LMeetf wire.)
Media. Pa.. Dec. to. Beatrice Matsui.
housekeeper for Captain Clayton J. Erb,
for whose murder bis wife and her sis
ter. Mrs. Katherine Belsel. are on trial
here today, related the events preced
ing and subsequent to the shooting.
She declared that she heard the
voices of people quarreling In the cap-,
tain's room an the -convent bells were
striking 10 o'clock on 'the- night of the
shooting. Then1 she heard six shots. -and
16 minutes afterward Mrs. Erb told
her and the iOther . servants that her
husband was dead..
EVER WATCHFUL
A Little -CareyVllhSavft!
' Many Portland Read
ers Future Trouble
si
1:.
Watch the kidney secretions.
- See that they have the amber hue
of health r
The discharges not excessive or in
frequent;,... . . . . . : , .
Contain no "brickdust like" sediment.
Doatfs Kidney -P11U wlHdo this fpr'
yoa. ,. - '
They watch the kidneys and cure'
mem wnen tney re sick. .
Mrs, A. M. HoIIabaugh, 121 Grant St..
Portland, Or., says: "For two or three
years my kidneys were disordered end
caused me much annoyance. Unlike
most cases, I did not stiffen a great deal'
from backache, being bothered ' princi
pally by the Irregular action of the kid
ney secretions. .The passages were also
attended with pain. Learning about
Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a sup
ply at The Lane-Davis Drug Co. I
soon felt their beneficial effects and
when I had used the contents of ens
box, , my condition had Improved In
every' way.- I hold a very high pin-
ton of Doan's "Kidney Fills, and cheer
fully recommend thjm,
For sale by all : dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mllburn : Co., Buffalo,
New York, sola agents for the-United
Btates. . ' ., .' . -,
Remember the
take no other.
, name Doan's and
PR0TZM AN - CAMPBELL SHOE CO.
EUGENE C. PROTZMJtN. Managmr
Men's Shoes Exclusively
Sols Distributors Tor rortland of
United Workingmen's B. & S. Mfg. Co.
Co-Operativa
Sstaollshsd 1867
Bole Distributors the
Celebrated 0R0 Shoes,
THE BEST SHOE MAKERS IS THE UNITED STATES
146 FIFTH STREET
.:.: " ' '. .'-! . Portland, Oregon, December 26,1908,
Dear Sir It ii with the greatest pleasure that I am able to announce to my friends my return to active
business life. Ai ia well known, my brother Frank and I, during our 25 years in the shoe business, were
the introducer into this market of the best of the leading makes of the country. Now; as manager of the
Protzman-Campbell Shoe Co., I em able to aay that we offer tajthe people of Portland a line of men's
tootwear, complete m every particular, which for style, fit and comfort is the equal of any. And as for
durability of wear, we will guarantee every pair to outwear anything, of like weight of etockmade In tiit
United States.,
, Everything hat been made to order expressly for us, and in addition to that fact every sole and upper
has been the selected, choicest cuts from the highest grades of stock. The "best of the best." Each pair Will
be warranted to give you Al all round wear. Yours, 1 .-, : ;f ,
I-, - ' . . PRQTZMlM.rAMPniTI T ctrrr rr
Eugene C. Protrman, Mgr.
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