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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. , EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1908. 1
PRICE TWO CENTS. ' a2SFteP 53.
VOU VII. NO. 259.
'NEW YEAR BRINGS MORE PROSPERITY TO OREGON
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OREGON
'J All;
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TRACTIOH
NORTH BANK
Reported- at Vancouver That
Tortland Cars Will Eun
von Hill Eiiils.
1 . (Spcclni DUpttch to The Journil) . '
A'ancouverv Wanh.; Dec. SI. AScord-
: Ing to the positive statemenU ef a well
known huslnens man and property own
er of this city, .the cars of the Van.
rouver Traction company 'Will ba'run-
: ningr over the tracks of the North Bank
line Into Portland within one year from
now, or at least the local traction-company
will use the two big bridges to
""reach Portland and thua provide a rapid
' suburban .service- between ? Vancouver
and Portland.-" - -
i " The business man making these state
ments professed to have been given this
Inside Information from one of ...the
"higher- ups" and declares he -was
shown proof that this plan is to be
worked out. ' No such information is
unteered at the offices of .the com
pany. here. ,
li The Vancouver '.Traction company,
from Wl - outside appearances., is the
property of A. Welch, WV J. Patterson
and associates. . James B. Kerr, who
acted as chief counsel for the North
- .Bank line, is a director of the traction
company. . ,
. . Bootlegger ; Queen Captured. i.
i : Bsn Bernadlno,, Cel.; ftec. tl.; Mrs.
Paula Wart-us, known to the government
gents as the "queen of bootIcglerll. is
Minder arrest bore accused of selling: II-
. quor to Indians. Mrs. Marcus put up
a savage fight when surprised caching
liquor In a gulch. Prawlng a revolver
. slie sprang b;hlnd a tree, but was over
powered by one of the officers. . , .
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INDUSTRIES
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Git
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FOUR YEARS FOR
Convicted of Participation
, in Attempt to '"Fix? a
Kuef Juror.
V (United Press Leased Tttre,) ... A
San, ' Francisco, Dec. H. E. - A. S.
Blake.5 a contractor, who was convicted
a month ago of offering a brlbt to John
Martin Kelly, a prospective Ruef Juror,
waa sentenced by Judge Dunne today to
serve four years in the . state peniten
tiary. - . - j-- ... .
District Attorney William. H. lng
don personally appealed to the court for
clemency, representing that Blake had
been of service to the prosecution. .
Following his conviction Blake con
fessed that he had been approached by
A. S. Newburgh and Frank J. Murphy,
Ruefs attorneys, who, he said, declared
there would be money in It for him If a
Ruef Juror could be '"fixed."
Murphy waa placed on trial under a
similar charge, but acquitted. The trial
of Newburgh, is expected to begin soon.
li-YEAR-OLD BOY :
KILLED Br CAR
. VpcltI Dlspatrb to Tie learaaLt -
-,' Aberdeen, Waah Dec; SI. VThlle riding-
on a car used for hauling dirt for
street - fllllhg.- Arthur Plnokney. the
9-yeariold son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Plnckrfey, fell or jumped from the car,
falling tinder it and sustaining injuries
frorrt wlilrlt he died a 'few hours later.
Mr. Pinokrev was a former councilman.
The family ia prominent.
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BLAKE, BRIBER
BATTLESHIPS
TO HELP
RE
Officials of State and Navy
Departments Discuss the
Sending of Fleet to Sicily
Roosevelt 1 AVill Request
Congress to Help.
Istlmataa of Iroii of Xilfa
Rome, Dee. 31. The govern
ment today gave out the follow
ing official eatlmate of the dead
In the earthquake district:
At Messina
60.000
At Regglo .............
At Monteleone. ........ .
At Eanta Eufemia
At Bagnara ,
At Gaizlrl
At Palm I
40.000
1,800
1.B0O
1,000
' 1,000
(00
00
'4
At Bemlnara .......
At other towns In
the
. country districts..,,...
24,000
Total ,v n-rtti 110,$00 .
The press, estimates are highsr
er, some of . them showing the
aggregate over; 800,000 dead. .,.
"'. (TJatteA Press leaseO Wire. .,;. .....
'Washington, ee.- l-Offlclal; of the
state and navy departments are discuss
ing the advisability of sending the At
lantic fleet to Sicily on account of the
earthquake. It Is practically certain
that it will t done if such action Is
accepUble to the Italian' government.-
The fleet is now In the Red Sea and
will be near Sicily in four days, under
the regular schedule. -
The fleet Is expected to arrive at Suea
on January , and will coal at Port
Said. Under ordinary speed after en-
the fleet can reach Messina In three
days at forced draught.
here authoritatively today that President
Roosevelt will send a message urging
that a iiDerai appropriation m ronuo im
mediately for the Italian earthquake
victims as soon as congress reassembles.
ENTIRE COUNTRY
VAST HOSPITAL
AND RESCUE SLOW
(United tress Ziea Wire.) !
- Rome, Deo. SI. The whole of south
ern Italy and Sicily Is one vast hospital.
Before night It la expected 60.000 refu
gees will have been landed at Naples.
The suffering at Messina and Reggio
Is so appalling that the rescuers can
make but slow progress.
At Messina the agents from the re
lief ships with medicines and bandages
are going about the wrecked streets,
giving aid to the Injured wherever
they are found. -
The atroets are being made temporary
hospitals, as there la no means of mov
ing the .-Injured and no shelter to
which they could be taken.
Killed In Xallroad Station.
Soldiers raised the roof' from the
wrecked railway station at Messina and
found scores of corpses packed aolldly
together. The people after the first
shock had rushed to the station - In
hope of getting out of the ctty. but the
second and following quakes destroyed
the building and killed everyone, In It.
General Feccia -de Cassato, ,ln com
mand of the troops at Messina, notified
the government, that no effort was be
ing made to count the dead. The res
cuers have more Important work to do.
Under the orders of. General de Cassato
the burning of bodies continues today.
A merchant named Polonl who arrived
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INTO -THE SEA
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Straits of Messina Navigated
1 but New Charting Will
. Be Necessary. ;
CCaltea Press Leasts Wire.) . " '
Rome, Dec. SI. The straits of Mes
sina were navigated today without dif
ficulty although the . temblors . have
changed the channels and will necessi
tate ndw charting. J-'
A, dispatch by wireless, dated Reg
gio, from the cruiser Coatit Emman
uel today says: ,
; "The lower part - of Regglo Is 25
feet under water and the upper part
Is In complete ruins.
Tbe coast line Is sinking continual
ly, and moved back a doxen feet dur
ing last night.
'The tidal wave wrought great havoc,
and the destruction here Is more .com
plete than at Messina," . ; - ?
Jtesterday's Shocks Xot Severe.
, (Cnlted Prres Leased Wire, t
Rome. Dert Jl. The messages of to
day do, not mRke much special mention
of the earth. shock of yesterday -except
to say that, all ehattered walls . fell.
Fires broke, out again today in mai'y
part jof Messina, ,i
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WHAT THE' YEAR
PROMISES
In ' the speeding cycles . the old
year go and the newr ones come.
The milestones oi change pass in
swift succession as old earth swings
on and on in its orbit The gong
of the universe strikes the hour for
1908 to drop into history and for
1909 to enter the arena of action,
It is a moment when the world
pauses and takes reckoning of its
achievement. ; Tried - by the test
of materialism , and - social status
our world in this teeming north
west .is subject for. cheerful greet
ing ,and ..unhesitating, congratula
tion; We are great in material
wealth, rich in the conditions that
make for comfort and many times
blest in the privileges of social re
lation. .The year that is passing
has done much to provide us, with
forces and energies for another
one of more resplendent well be
ing., The tidings of this and the
hopes of unguessed joys yet to be
realized, .The Journal bears to its
thousands of readers. It is a mes
sage of abundant harvests, abound
ing fife, and an assured future. To
all and to each, the paper and its
army of busy Vorkers bear greet
ings and congratulations.
BUI LIGHT BY
DAY. SAYS
City-Will Have to Pay in
Advance Under Such a
Plan, Says President Joss
elyn of the" Light Com
pany. There will be light In Portland after
January 10 on the streets and In the
city, buildings.. Mayor Lane says so.
Tet the city executive board will not
enter - Into a -long term contract with
the Portland Railway. Light & Power
company. And that company has de
livered Its ultimatum that unless the
city signs up a contract for from three
to five years that the streets will be
plunged in darkness; likewise all city
offlcea The lighting trust allows the
city 10 days' grace from January 1, after
which' the announcement Is made that
the electrlo current will be switched off
the munieipai wires unless an agreement
Is reached. .
President Josselyn Insists that the
city must follow the charter In its
dealings with the corporation. The
charter, he says, makes it mandatory on
the executive board to sign a contract
for not more than five years, and the
city council has dlreoted that the time
be not less than three years.
Mayor Lane says the city will not
yield, and he says there will be light
The light company aavs It will not yield
and that there will be no light unless
the city "comes through. The public
Is left to guess which statement will
prove 'to be correct
. Taj dt the Day.
! "We wlH not have lo go in the dark."
said Mayor Lane this morning, "and
we will not sign any contract for long
er than a year. - We will pay for our
lights every day If necessary, or every
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In f he Want Ad See
Hon of Todays Journal
an .4dvertlse for
' sa Advertise for
l) situation
j -Advertise furnished
HA rooms for rent '
I A Advertise real estate for
30
tm Advertise business
chances v .
t4 Advertise houses for
. 41 rent
Y q Advertise flats for .' .......
18 , '
- i A Advertise housekeeping
; 4U r0n)i 'r rent
A
Hundreds of new ads In
. the '; classified . section of
this paper, every day.
. you do not find what'
'yoV
want today
Read ihe Classified Section
a
of Tomorrow's JOURNAL!;
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POLICE
Two Thugs Landed in-Jail
Within Three, Hours ..'Af
ter Robbing Crew of Rose
City Park Car One, of the
. Crooks Shot by Officer.
Q?9wiwse
Beady to Oo to rrlsoa.
' Herman Schwartz and Albert
Miller, who held up a car on the
Rose City Park line last night,
were before the grand Jury this
morning, and 1t is expected that
they will be Indicted and sen
tenced this afternoon. They
pleaded, with District Attorney
Cameron for quick action,; say
ing they r wanted to plead guilty
and begin servitter their terms as
soon as possible. They probably
will be Salem bound tomorrow,
establishing a new record. . for
speed In the courts,
t Three hours after holdlhg up aiRoite.
City Park car,-. Merman Boh warts, alias
Chailea Brown, was canture4 after be
inr shot in his right arm aa he crouched
behind the door of a north endJodglne;
house with, a revolver.: aimect - at Ser
geant Kellers face. The pistols crossed
at me eage oi me aoor, rat neuer
fired first . : '' .,.
Schwart's partner,.. Albert Miller, had
already been arrested and confessed to
the robbery of theconductor and seising
the car, which was run by the high
wayman half a mile from the end of
the-line where the robbery was com
mitted at 11:45 last night. Miller told'
the officers where Schwarts could be
found. Masks and other articles found
In ' 8chwarU's room - in ' the Oregonlan
rooming house, on North Third street
near Couch, confirm Miller's confession.
- Apparently the robbery of the- car
conductor last night was the first crime
attempted by Miller and Schwart In
Portland. ' Had it not been for Miller's
unthinking remark when he asked, "Did
you get the other fellow?" when Offi
cer Ray Ellis caught him at Wlberg
lane and the Montavilla car line. It is
doubtful If the men would ever have
been apprehended, for the descriptions
given by the carmen were none too
accurate.
Capture Is Sensational.
The capture of Schwarts Is one of
the most sensational In the records of
the local department. Schwarts's pal
bad warned the officers that he was
a dangerous man. and had he been a
fraction of a second, quicker the three
officers sent to capture him undoubt
edly would have been fired upon If
not wounded, for the man . behind the
door had a marked advantage, and had
two loaded revolvers.
To show his appreciation of the cap
ture of the car robbers. President Josse
lyn this morning sent to Chief Grttg
macher a check for 1100 for the police
relief fund.
At 10:36 this morning Miller and
Schwatts appeared in the police court
waived examination and - were bound
over to the grand Jury, before which
body they were at once taken, it being
in session at the time.
At 11:45 car No. 356 of the Rose City
Park line reached the end of its run. and
the conductor. Harry Frank", and Mo
torman Patterson stepped off ,to warm
their hands at the fire the carmen
keep burning on cold nights.
Out of the darkness stepped two
masked men. who commanded the car
men to throw up their hands. Both
men complied and Franks was forced
to surrender the company's money,
amounting to nearly S20.
Then the highwaymen took posses
sion of the car In their efforts to get
back to the, city as quickly as possible.
The car started down , the track at a
rapid rate, leaving the carmen alone in
(Continued on Page . Three.)
MOUTH'S STAY
MAKES II VISIT
Longer,. You "Are. a Boarder
anCIust Pay Says LoP
Angeles Judge.
(I'Blted. Ptms Leasrd Wire.)..
Las- Angeleq, Dec. Jl. -One .month
constitutes the legal length of a "visit"
and a person remaining -at ; the home
of another after' the expiration of that
time must pay for his boards according
to a ruling of Judge Plercaon record
in the Justice court today. .
The court made this ruling'' In a suit
brought -by. Charles M. Knlebe of this
city against his brother Henry. -
- Charles sued Henry for four months'
board at $20 a month. He-alleged that
whan Henry. came-here from -Oakland it
waa agreed that he should live with
Charles until such time as he could
secure "work. He secured a position a
nhort time after his arrival, but contin
ued to board with his brothernd at
the end 'of v four months hatt paid .but
J10 for his entertainment. f
Jude Piirce decided that one month
was a sufficient lnuth of time for any
person to lodge ailtlier free of chargi-.
and awardi the Blaifitiff .for three
j 300,000, PORTLAND, 1910
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CHARLES TAFT
LEAVES RACE
In Interest of Harmony,
Burton Seems Safe
Taft Is Next.
tOnlted Press L.-sbmI Wire .
Columbus. Dec. SI. Charles P. Taft,
brother Of the president-elect, today an
nounced officially-his withdrawal from
the, Ohio senatorial contost. Politicians
say this means he will succeed Senator
Dick two years hence. -. ,
Representative - Theodore " Burton Of
Cleveland is, now almost certain to suc
ceed Poraker. " The whole Hamilton
county delegation, including-' -the 'Cin
cinnati members, will be solid 'far Bur
ton.' ' " :i .... i ..; -.
Thome Baker, who- lias scheiuled to
present Tairs name, will second the
nomination of Burton. - ,Taft avs he
withdrew In the cause of :hartnony."
In his statement announcltiK his with
drawal.. Taft ays: - . . ...
. ''My candldauy from the begtnnlng
seems -to have been misunderstd. A I
have been '. represented as . urging my
own personal ambition at the expense
of Republican harmony and success. The
Imputation is unjust. I yield personal
ambition to the accomplishment of bet
ter and. more imoortaut things.' .
1 0RAKER FOLLOWS
. . 'TAFT FROM FIELD
Coliimtms. Ohlov'.-Peq. 31. Scr.ater
Joser-h K. Korakf-r snnounci'il hl with
drwHl r-irn the p,natrtl r ontt'st to
day one li.ur afirr u wut.ii.-tr ai.Mnnn--ment
h-d been nmdo by i j -. rl P. T ift.
This loaves The.rr- K. li n ion iri
tic-ally a clear fit id. ,
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WOULD DISGRACE
STATE Of OREGON
San , Francisco 'NewspaiH?r
Scores 40Lichihc Press''
for"' Actions. .
San s FranciKCo, Dec. . 11. The Pmn
Franclsc-O'Huiletin In an editorial. "Kor
the Honor, of Oregon, the pledge Mut
Be Kept." says: - ' , - " .
"The honor of Oregon is Involve.! In
the . question whether the Republics
members of the legislature of that stain
twill stand by their pledges to elect
senator tb man designated uy ins popu
lar vote. - . ' , --
"To the surprise tif tlie Ttenublli'Sit
maehlne, the people eleeted a Itiuil an
mijorlty in tue legislature, but deeUiv4
themselves In favor of llovrnw tiii.i
beiiain, - a demw-rat for l.'nittl ii?
senator.' ' - - j -
"The shocked machine gang Is vere
reloctant to hud such a fme t.linu ti, a
Demwrat- The machine press. beah-'l
by the"--. Purtlaml Oregnniau. ht. i
ought to be ashamed off ll(f, In
venting sophistics I argnmetits t jr.rt'.r
a . breach uf faiU " 'i1'' pt of in
live m tiers Of the i.-jfittlatiire. , '1 h e ;..!..
trv of the pelitlrluns and Hi hm r
who are advoi.-ating a breaeh of t
pieic ii", h'wevei-, m thin snl ' v
answered that it f ill, to vouvin.-e e.i i
tn most willing memb-re of ti- 1
Ittture. Any i.le.iite.1 member .-,1-tit r-'
t vt fur cii'Hi.ii.'t :,.t'i
If detiantlv stul cin';ii."- -.-lattfiri
of ie.i;'.: . .
I'.is ord f -o?. -ii' t'"
wholo tt. Tin : ' -w
i 1 hold wa'er.
Ir.xwt citizen i