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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,-. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11,. 1909.
llilOfill BAH IS PUCED
S0LO0SIN
SESSION
Eleventh Legislature Opens
'With But Nine Democrats
in the House and Senate
New Road Law, -;
Mn
JHIUKIAIIS
Bogus Missionaries Con
demned by Presbyterian
Church Proved Frauds.
C if
At the , Presbyterian Ministerial asso
ciation meeting this morning, a number
of letters were read in answer to In
quiries sent to the American boards "of
loreign and noma missions snow mi
that the Neatorlans who were endeavor
fnr in rnllort mnnev In this city a short
-tima ago and who were condemned by
mis association are noi umBio
by the American boards in any -way.
The letters expressed satisfaction that
the public had been warned against such
- - ' r-i t a n I llliieruni nojicuurv 'iuivuii ' . :
Granges, Seek to Secure Uuuon. mu th
tries, in greatly hampered by the aid
given the Nestnrlana in this way.
A special effort is to be put forth
from Thursday of this week to next
Wednesday night. January 14 to 20. by
friends of Albany college to increase
the endowment fund. The workers will
endeavor to Interest as many as possi
ble to make pledge of support that the
whole of the needed $10,000 may be se
cured by that time- , , ' .
President Crooks presented the mat
, hricfiv the Presbyterian minis
terial association this morning and It
will ha riven nlaca next Monday morn
ing also in the discussions of the as
sociation. ... .
Key. James R. Wilson, principal of
Portland Academy, presented an able
and thoughtful paper on "The Teach
ings of Jesus In Modern Liire," in wnicn
ha emohasised the point that these
teachinsrs- ara not a coda of morals to
be followed, but an embodiment of the
fundamental principles or Ills underly
ing all the relations of men. He said
also that their efficiency Is not to be
Judged wholly by the extent to which
they are lived In the lives of those who
try to follow them, but also by their
power to command the conscience and
to gain the assent of the highest type of
manhood in aft times.
The association voted to send the pa
per to The Interior, the official church
paper of Presbyterlanlsm, with a re
quest for Its publication, that it might
react) a larger audience.
(Special Dtepstrb to Tne Journal.)
Olympia. Wash,. Jan. II. With but
nine Democrats in the senate and house,
the eleventh session of the Washington
- legislature opened today, Thls is the
smallest number of the minority party
ever known in the law making body, and
a strange part of the story is in the fact
that not a single senator was chosen
last fall belonging to the Democratic
party. Three holdovers. Will G.-Graves
, of Spokane, Henry S. McGowan of Pa-ciflc-Wahkiakum,
and George F. Cotter
ill of King are the only" Democratic
members of the upper house; Never be
fore has there been so small a number
or minority members in the. senate, in
the house six members were elected be
longing to the Democratic faith, and
every one comes from the grain growing
sections in the eastern part of the state
Lincoln county leads with ' two. E. L..
J-srnsworth of Wilbur and O. W. Stone
of Davenport. :
In the house, with a total membership
pi vo, duc x 9 memoers nave nui pre
vious legislative experience. Of the 4 J
senators just one half the numoer are
iioldovers. -v ! .. - .
J',.-:.-- "Problems r:MMMd,':'-".':
Problems of greater ' moment to' the
state of Washington than those which
ronfront the legislature . never con
fronted a legislative body in this com-
: mon wealth. The local option' question,
a ghost which will not down' this sea-
. son until settled by the enactment of a
good law, will be the uppermost topic
until aome action shall have been taken
in the committee, to which will be re
ferred a number of bills treating the
subject In as many different ways. The
liquor Interests are here in force to pre
vent the enactment of a rigid law, and
the forces, of the different temperance
organisations are' gathering - to bring
pressure upon the body to pass a law
with .,11 -M . 1.
. The Farmers' unions of the state anal
tne organisations ef the state grange
are to make a'concerted effort to secure
the passage of a new road law te regu
late abuses and to make a system of
good, roads all over the state. A num
ber of bills have been prepared covering
every phase of road building and of
financing a number of big schemes for
county ana state construction.
To care for, the aged and Infirm at
least two schemes are on foot providing
for the appropriation of at least $200..
000 for the construction ef buildings
and maintenance of a great eleemosenary
institution. Te prevent the spread of
tuberculosis a number of plans are pre
pared and it la almost sure that one
of them will be adopted. The medical
sooieties of the state are behind the
movement, and every woman's organiza
tion is said to be supporting the plan
to offer some feasible method of stop
ping the ravages of the white plague.
Will Appropriate Millions.
. Million's of dollars will be appropri
ated to th several institutions, and it is
estimated that the sums heretofore ap
propriated will be Increased from 15 to 25
per cent on account of the heavy de
mands being- made uboh the charitable1
and reformatory institutions as well
as upon the colleges and normal schools.
The election of a United States sena
tor under the provisions of the new pri
mary law will come up within 10 days
and the first experiment In elections by
the people, nearly directly, will be
watched with Interest At present It Is
assumed that ,i'onir,mmiin win T
Jones will be elected senator without
TURKEY REJECTS
AUSTRIAN DEAL
Constantinople, Jan. It. The council
of ministers today rejected Austria's
offer of $10,800,000 indemnity for the
annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
oy Austria.
STEftlSETO
SU-fl E
t Washington, Jan. H Senators Clark
of Wyoming, Dillingham of Vermont,
Klttredge of South Dakota, Culberson
of Texas and Overman of sNorth Caro
lina were today appointed as a sub
committee of the Judiciary committee
to consider the question as 'to whether
resident Kooeevelt natt authority to
permit- the absorption bKthe United
States Steel corporation of the Tennes
see Coal A Iron company.
U3IATILLA WATER
ASSOCIATION IN FIGHT
Pendleton, Or., Jan. 11. As a result of
a bitter fight made on Director William
H. Skinner and Secretary Fred A. Yates
at tne annual election or me umatiua
River Water Users' association, embrac
ing: every settler under the government
irrigation project at Hermiston, rival
ON ICE
Five Vancouver Men Make
Foolhardy Trip in Safety
-Trailbrakers Ilave Sev
; eral Narrow Escapes From
Death in Icy River.
Corporal ' Julius Conn of Company K,
First Infantry, stationed at Vancouver,
and Harry 8. Wade, a carpenter of Van
couver, walked across the Columbia
river on the Ice this morning. Rlvermen
say that this -is the first time such
trip has been made by human beings In
K 'years.
Conn and Wade became engaged in a
discussion at Vancouver as to the safe
ty of the ice. They offered to make the
trip lor but being unable to find
anyone who would put up that amount,
decided to try it "Just for fun."
Starting about :45 o'clock In the
morning. Cohn carrying an ancient
flint lock rifle with which to test the
strength of the ice, and Wade an old
broom, ther arrived nn tha smith alria
or tne river In time to board the 10:30
wieruroan lor Portland.
Trip rull of Ftrtl.
The trln across the thin lea . t,n
of perils, according to Cohn and Wade,
who remained in the city during the af
ternoon. The thickness of the Ice varies
from one to five inches and several
I'jnea uiey encountered open water.
Wade lost his footinar at one tima anrf
narrowly escaped sliding into the river.
Testing the Ice as they went and avoid
ing all spots which seemed dangerous,
they made the trip in about 40 minutes.
"ve had any number of narrow es
capes and at one time were fearful that
we would not be able to get across
alive," said Captain Cohn today. "The
ice cracked ominously aa we walked
upon it and often the water gushed up
through huge fissures and covered our
feet. Considerable snow lav on ton
and for this reason It was difficult for
ua to make accurate tests. Several
times WS thought it was ffnlnar from un
der ua. I would not encourage anyone
to make the trip."
last Time la 1888.
The last time on record when it was
possible to cross the river on the ice
was in January. 1888. The river was
frosen over so completely that teams
could cross with safety. Steamboats
were frosen in solid and any number of
people crossed on"' foot
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 11. Five men
OREGON CASTS
VOTE FOR TUFT
And Butler of Gilliam Is the
Messenger to Carry It
to Washington.
ILIA
nin
UIU
(Special Pispatch to Toe Joaraal.)
Salem, Or., Jan. 11. In due form Ore
gon's four presidential electors met at
the capltol today and cast etheir ballots
for William Howard Taf t for president
and James Schoolcraft Sherman for
vice-president of the United States.
After a sham contest. TL Butler nf
Gilliam county was elected messenger
to carry the sealed ballot to the presi
dent of the senate at Washington.
me memners of the electoral college
front Oregon are R. R. Butler, A. C.
Marsters. State Senator Frank Miller
and J. IX Lee. The electors met in the
private office of Secretary of State
Frank. Benson.' who called them to or
der. Organization was effected by
choosing R. R. Butler chairman and J.
D. Iee secretary, Maraters was then
selected teller.
Thirteen ballots were cast before tha
selection of messenger- was effected.
J. D. Dee and R. R. Butler being , the
cauuiumea.
The vote for president was taken and
properly recorded. One copy will be
ntea wiui r eaeraf juage woiverton in
Portland and one with , the secretary of
state. Another will be mailed to the
president of the senate at Washington
and the fourth carried to . Washington
111V illCWCUf CI,
FAILED TO BEACH
A COMPROMISE
(Continued from Page One.)
TRY TO BUY
LANDS
Asserts in Senate That He
Had a Eight to Do So and
. Accused the President of
Falsehood as Well as Un
fairness in Action.
dlately after the board adjourned that
he would take some- action towards pre
venting the company from throwing the
city into darkness but he was not pre-
rared to say just what he would do.
t is probable thourh that ha will fol
low out the suggestion of the executive
board that mandamus proceedings be
brought against the light company. ,
City Stands en mights.
In case the Injunction should b
granted, the city will stand on its right
as an individual to compel a publio serv
ice corporation to furnish the necessi
ties of life when the hiarhest charsea
of that corporation for such necessities
nave oeen tendered in advance.
Councilman Raker and Councilman
Vaughn, two membera of the sneclal
council committee appointed by Mayor
Lane, to confer with the board and the !
lighting- company's officials. anneared I
and urged that the disputed claims be
paid and that the city bear the burden
of proving that the company has no
right to tne money. Councilman Baker
became Indignant at the action of the
executive board, and for a few minutes
there was nothing but a confused babble
of denunciation. All members of the
board, the city attorney, the coUncllmen
and even President Josselyn took occa
sion to express their sentiments in vio
lent terms.
The executive board was advised by
ine cny attorney mat u might pay the
$29,000 to the company, accepting an
By. John E. Lathrop. '
Washington, Jan. 11. A strain of
pathos ran through Bert Tillman's de
fense today of the president's charge
regarding his connection with the Ore
gon land deals. , He was nov longer the
defiant,7 militant Tillman of old. His
words lacked the vibrant quality of
former pronouncements. I have In
quired extensively of senators and oth
ers and the sentiment seems to be that
Tillman's weak point was in not tak
ing the senate Into complete confi
dence, conveying a somewhat false
Impression in his statement of Feb
ruary 1, 1908. As I wired Saturday
night,- none claims Tillman sought- to
do any Illegal thing, simply to secure
the enforcement of an existing law
whereunder he would have bought tim
ber lands. However, everyone realises
the crushing, grinding force of the pres
ident's attack.
this moraine- made the trln MrnimttjrJKt.y
Columbia river nn tha I I : . ihl . "P"1 .DI tne pity WOUia HOt DO
fiV.7 k. . prejuaicea oy sucn action.
11 IB Tile a V i . i m. .
fir.t tima If 1... h. 11.. f;;juu. u. buim kudo. j ue ooara
inu iiki Vnr.i iiiHi,. nh, oriered to place the money In escrow
fLeVi,8;- F5IpoJ.a' fHic?h5, 'ith the circuit court, pending an ad-
. iniauiij aim tiai i y toi u, K van
much trouble. Senator i.avl iWn, a . directorates are claiminr the election.
Walla Walla has held the position of '" tne matter will probably have to be
honor for six years, but in the election ; determined in the courts. It is quite
last fall he failed to carry the state In
a popular contest with Jones.
woman suffrage Is sure to cause com
possible that the row Saturday. In which
Secretary Yates passed the lie to Presi
dent jrvm, and during wnicn , nair
motion later in the session, aa an effort i aOBen speakers were hooted down In at
will be made, to nasa a atmna- law tempting to express themselves, will re-
it will be urged by every organization ult ln the disruption and abolishment
in the state having Interest in the fran- of tha association by the government,
chlse problem. The last Indorsement Th txbt wa" precipitated when the
to be received was given by the State Skinner-Yates faction, through its dom
Federatlon of Labor at Walla Walla la to Inatlon of the old directorate, refused to
last week..
LOWER HOUSE ELECTS
L. O. MEIGS OF NORTH
YAKIMA AS SPEAKER
(Special DUmteb to The Journal.)
Olynipla. Wash., Jan. 11. After one
of the most energetic contests ever put
up In this state, the lower house was
ioiay organises oy the election of I,. O.
Meigs, a young attornev of North Yv.
Ima as sneaker and Iren Grlmstead of
Seattle as chief clerk. James W. Slay
den' of Pierce county nurrounded hlm
belf with enthusiastic friends and for a
time his contest for the position of
irniit iwnto certain or success.
In a caucus of the Republican mem
ncrs yesterday afternoon at x or-irvw
a majority voted for Meigs and the
nrrsp was semeo. jn the same manner
the contest between Mr. ririmitMi) . n
J. Will Lyons was settled, one vote de-
s cluing in tavor or tne rormer. These
were me two positions which have ab
orbed: much of the time and attention
of the representatives since the early
iMiaem ivj urop invo town, ana
after fruitless struggles for several
days the caucus was brought about yes-
(VI (IB y. -
-The house consists of 9B members,
of Whom 17 hall from Klna- rnitntv Mr
Meigs was chief clerk of the house four
years ago ana nas made himself popular
nifwufttiuui iue suit. ne .is a seir
made attorney, hailing from North Yak
, imav but more remotely from Oakesdale,
Whitman county. , . , ' -
MEX'S CLUB WILL
DEBATE OX POLITICS
At a publio meeting of the Centenary
allow owners of land purchased of the
Maxweu Lnd & irrigation company to
vote at the election. This acted as a
boomerang, and es the directors had re
cently assessed the water payment for
1908 against the land watered last year
the -owners of the Maxwell land chal
lenged the right of any other land owner
who had not paid that assessment to
vote. The challenge, which was upheld
by President Irvin, disfranchised Skin
ner's strongest supporters, and resulted
in his defeat Immediately following the
election Mr. Skinner and his friends
held a second meeting, with Colonel H.
O. Newport presiding, and the disfran
chised stock was voted solid, another
directorate being chosen.
DEPARTMENTS OF
WOMAN'S CLUB MEET
The art and psychology departments
of the . Woman's club will meet tomor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock ln the art
room of th Public library. The art
subject is "Botticelli and the Popes and
Despots of the Latter Half of the Fif
teenth Century." The psychology sub
ject is "Feelings," from Herbert Spen
cer. Mrs. Alice Weister will speak on
"The Poison in Gift Giving."
At the close of the program there
will be a discussion led by Mrs. Spen
cer on "How to Get a Club Home." All
members are Invited.
TRAINS RUNNING ON
THE NORTH BANK
couver carpenter, led the way. At 10:30
ociock tney were followed by B. F.
Allen. J. Ferguson and L. Carlton, all
equipped with pike poles. They had
little trouble until the ferry landing
on Hayden's island was reached; there
they slipped anu came near going un
der the lee. The return trip was made
by three .of the men without Incident.
TO INVESTIGATE
STATE AFFAIRS
Resolutions to" Be Presented!
Providing for Joint Com
mittee to Make Inquiry.
(Special Dlspttch to The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Jan. 11. Legislative In
vestigation of aeWral state offices and
Institutions is y be undertaken wlthou,
uciajr, nwmuiiii iu aumenuc re poll's to
day. This afternoon or tomorrow reso
lutions are to be presented in the sen
ate and perhaps ln the house providing
for Joint committees to audit the ac
counts and conduct a thorough inquiry
Into the state asylum, penitentiary, state
printing office, the office of the secre
tary of state and the treasurer's of
fice. The sponsors for these different reso
lutions have not yet been disclosed. In
vestigations have been conducted in a
perfunctory way In the past, so far
as the state institutions are concerned,
but it Is intimated that the scope of the
Inquiry will be enlarged this time and
the employment of experts authorised
If necessary, with power to make a
sweeping Investigation.
FAMINE THREATENS
SOUND ISLANDERS
The North Bank trains are making
fairlv aood time today. Although this
morning's 7:80 train did not reach Port
land untH 12:45 this afternoon, the lino
Iftftiow open and the trains are expected
run close to tne regular acneauie
to
hereafter.
There" are no specials run-
schedule. No attempts are being made
to connect, with eastern trains.
cnurch men's club, which will belning today, and unless a sudden thraw
held in the church Tuesday nlgbt, Jan-ior a drifting of the snow should take
uarylZ. at 8 o'clock, a number of the I place . the. trains . will adhere to the
u. : T.4.. "": we merits or
statement No. 1 measure, with especial
reference to t1ts Purifying Influence in
a ".erU", This, k the first of
tStll fi 'ba4es.ad. social .affairs
2Lth'n0ulr!n?e -T" Panning. "Or.
i "SHi,?.-l. Itiid 'jd Messrs, Leon
aid. Johnson, Thompson and Abbett will
f ?7 i"? ,ead" the meetings
hiiei- VhJi.-U.nSy'-a Thelr debate Is
IkIJ" the cburcii s free to the
ON AUTHORITY, YOUNG
WILL BE CONFIRMED
(W iHbliiftea BiWh f Tt loarml.) ;! i
Washington. i Jan. II. By what Is con
riH7T1KUlbt"t aatharttir It is averted
thttt John C Young will be confirmed
ttmtmssier at Portland, Or., within 40
!. Dtmrne remains another week hi,
Ts ft at Augusta, Ob. - . - u
" Yn'l want to see the new telegraphing
machine, which sends typewritten me-
ac-a. The sreatest Invention of the
. Free demonstration at Cornelius
i.tel, oorner Alder end Park.
Par.ce everj Tuesday eve. Bingler's.
' (Datte Prass Leased wire.)
Belllngham, Wash., Jn. 11. Aggra
vated' by a lack of mall and trans
portation facilities, the residents of
Lumtnl, Fatos, Bucla, Stewart and other
small islands on the western side of
the San Juan group, are deaneratn nnrt
are raising a cry that wilt reach Wash
ington.
Toe contract for carrying mall to
the towns on the islands was iviri.
ed to Ed Hofercamp of tbts city, who
upemi.es a smau launcn. xxising the
mall contract, the largest steamboats
Immediately vacated that run, as it is
sai no boat con be operated along that
route unless by the money paid for
carrying mall. - .
Hofercamp found his launch was un
fitted for the work and transferred his
contract to the owner of the launch El
mo. Since the recent storms the Elmo
has been unable to run and the people
on the Islands have been marooned for
10 days. Captain T. R. Gawlev. on the
iug ianiuiB, maae a trip to tne islands
Baturday and reports that his boat was
the first to touch at any of the islands
for 10 days.' He reports that food sup
plies are running short on the Islands.
Judication of the case, but President
josseiyn rerused to accept this 'plan of
compromise. He demanded taat the
company be paid the money as thsfsole
condition upon which further overtures
would be considered.
Will vake Tender.
A resolution was adopted by the board
to tender . ithe company payment.' for
lighting bills rendered ln September, Oc
tober, November and December, minus
tne deductions made for failure to com
ply with the contract This money has
never oeen urawn Dy tne company. A
resolution was also adopted by which
the board rejects all bids for lighting
nereiozore suoromea oy tne corpora'
tlon.
Councilman Vaughn, who has been a
consistent supporter of the mayor ln
tne controversy, tnougnt the city should
pay the. amount claimed by the com
pany on Its old contract, whether the
claim is just or not. He said:
"Gentlemen,- I' advise that this claim
be satisfied under protest. We are
facing' a dangerous crisis. Pay it, not
Decausa it is jusi, out necause you have
to, We are in the grasp of an, absolute
monopoly, but we must have light at
uy coi.
Chairman Greene of the lighting com
mittee of the executive board declared
early in the session that the company
Is satisfied it has no Just claims against
the city.
Company Is Desperate.
' "I am convinced," said he, "from the
desperation with which they are pur
suing their piratical methods that they
believe they have no valid claim and
will never bring suit They are simply
trying to force us into a corner where
they can make us present them with
nearly $30,000.
"If they did bring suit we could bring
a counter claim, not for $30,000 merely,
but for $75,000 which we could have
deducted on the early months of the
supplementary contract.
"The city attorney has translated the
supplementary contract to mean that
we are buying Illumination and that the
Illuminating power of the new lamp is
equal to that of the old and that the
city has been ln no wise damaged by
the 'claim. ;
"In Europe the old type of lamn is
used almost exclusively and it Is said.
to De oener tnan its modern substitute.
." (United Press Lcued Wire. I
Washlna-tnn a.Tn 1 1 Tr, a .k...Mta.
Istlc speech Senator Ben Tillman today
replied on the floor of tha senate to tha
charges of President Roosevelt that he
had participated in an attempted land
grab In Oregon.
Accusing the president of making false
statements, of cowardice and of using
the secret service agents in violation of
law, the fiery South Carolinan save a
lengthy explanation of his connection
with land deals ln the west admitting
certain things charged by the president
and vigorously denying others.
unman severely arraigned President
Roosevelt for "helnlno- hla dear frternl
Vtarrlman in YttlA 9 AAA AAA , ........
public domain because Tillman .wanted
io purcnase iuu acres.
He admitted that perhaps he had
made a statement that he had not
bought and had not undertaken to buy
any lands.
For the first time In his senatorial ca
reer, Tillman read his speech.
Adnata the land Transaction.
. Tillman arose to a question of per
sonal privilege. He invited thorough
investigation of tits private life by
Roosevelt or anyone else. He said:
"I have not attempted to deceive anybody--and
have told no falsehooda I
have broken no law ihd am not guilty
of Immoral conduct. I had the right to
buy land if I could.
"The president has prepared his in
dictment with consummate skill. He
was even cunning, ln his. apparently in
nocent pretense that in making search,
through the secret service, for one kind
of malefactor, he had run down another.
Why Did rrecidant pelay
"Mark you, he has been In possession
of all the facts In this case alnoe Jnlv
last, kad'taen will be curious to know)
ROME HEWS
OF LEGISLATURE
Libby of Marion Only One
"Who Refused to Go '
, Into Caucus.
V , - .
(Special , Dispatch to The Journal.)
Salem. Or, Jan. 11. The Oregon leg
islature went Into session for the twenty-fifth
time. - Jay Bowerman of Con
don Is president of the senate, receiving
the nomination In caucus by acclama
tion. - C. N. McArthur of Multnomah
county Is Speaker of the house, having
Mc-jii given iiih nnmmnTinn in rna -se 1 1
cus by unanimous vote after the with-
drawal of Pat ton of Marlon. Patton
iiiiiaciir iimning ine motion to make the
vote unanimous. W. M, Barry of Mult
"?lmih '" nlef e,erl ot toe senate, and
W. Fred Drager of Marlon holds the
Mine position in tue house.
Desire for Harmony.
JThe opening of the session was devoid
f Incident, and any bitterness of de
feat was hidden under the surface in a
desire to Invoke harmony. With the
exception of Llbby of Marion, who refused-
to go Into the house caucus; and
Jarrell of Multnomah, who was called
noiuv dv rtftann nf hi rAth,,1, Amtu
all Of tha Hemihllean Itnuaa nmhuJ
participated In the caucus. Selling of
Multnomah did not arrive ln time to go
"" i senate caucus, jtteuaher ana
Abraham signed the call, while .Albee
woiiv mw me meeting and cast his vote,
but had It lindnratnnil that ha
to be-bound by the action of the or-
aiui.ii.iuii uniess ne so wisnea.
Both houses met esrlv AnH n,Mu,4
to temporary organisation. Thev tnnir
? ,u o'ciocsj in tne meantime
uuiumg iwn caucuses. -i
Hobsss Beaasemble.
At 2 S'elnck- tha hnniu Hnnl.1l
the committee on credentials submitted
iia report, me- memners were sworn
lift uin uia iff II DUSinAHS A, tha ua.
slon was transacted with the introduc
tion of resolutions ana the first read
ing VI Uiiia.
MULIT WOULD PUNISH
KNOCKERS ON BANKS
. j - , - H '
.atask .j SBBBBa. SSS m aSSaa. aaa av aa .assa.
n pr nn p
u.iuu.imiLO
Tnnitf
UUA
J .', (Unltad Preai Leased Wlre.l
saiem. or., Jan. 11. Anybody who
"ays anything uncomplimemary about
miij uiciud irann nan Detter tootc out.
if Senator Mulit has his way with the
legislature; that is, if that uncompli
mentary thing has not truth to back it
up. Senator Mulit intends to Introduce
a bill making It a punishable offense
ror any person to circulate a false
rumor about Any bank. He ia taking
vnia nuuuu uvuauif ux tiia lesson taugnt
by the Merchants National bank of
Portland, which was forced to close Its
doors a year or more ago through the
coniinuea circulation or stories affect
ing its stability, in fact, the bank was
solvent, as future developments
showed, but circumstances forcei It to
ciose wnen raise stories caused a run.
senator Mum says a recurrence of
tnis incident snouia re Drevente.it hv
law. If possible, and he will Introduce
nis measure cany during tne session.
BLOCK BURNS AT
SEDHOLLEY
court. Senators Bingham. Albee and
It requires more care,-but gives better Hedges being named as a committee to
. ... (United Pren Leased Wire.) V .;,. '.,.(
Sedro-Wooliey. Wash.. Jan. fl. Plra
Vaeiral'1 wrx ll .,., a. , 1 .a,U...u'tliaiaiW. r 1
i. ft ' j i-oiv. viuj utovi uiou it xnnKuniuanni
Tiiima- A-iit h- .. and brick block and contents. The loss
Tillman dwelt on the fact that the Us estimated at $80,000. The fire started
president had waited so long to spring in the basement and ate its way up,
his charges. gutting the entire interior. The law of
He admitted the authenticity of thi n rntn,. a n,ku .
letters and telegrams attached to the j of the finest law libraries In the state.
presidents letter. .He entered Into a
lengthy discussion of his transactions
In relation to the Oregon lands. He
denounced Bryan R. Dorr for stating In
his circular that he paid fees for him
self and relatives. He said:
"The sleuths whom the president put
upon my trail have made their report.
A perusal will show any fair minded
man that so far from endeavoring to is
sue a fraud order against Dorr they
were really put to investigaing me.
wnue me president directed the investi
gation."
' Senators ' Culberson. Baker and CUa
are in conference to decide unon tha
best' method to pursue ln investigating
the Tillman matter. It is certain that a.
specmo report regarding Tillman's al
leged connection with Oregon land deals
win oe maae.
IN IBS
ARE SWORN
were destroyed. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
II
(Speclsl Dlptch to The Journal.)
Salem. Or., Jan. 11. At the opening
of the afternoon session of the senate
the reports or the committees on or
ganisation were presented. Then the
new senotors were sworn ln bv
Chief Justice Moore, of the supreme
CAMPS OUT UNDER FIR TREE IN
CEMETERY WITHOUT FOOD OR FIRE
Think of camping out under w fir
tree Saturday night and nearly all of
yesterday with no fire and only raw
potatoes to eat!
And the jstrangest part of It Is that
Ole Nelson, -the Norwegian who , was
found on the grounds of Kiverview cem
etery ..in .that predicament yesterday
afternoon had none of his limbs frosen.
He wss half famished, however, and
had not H.-L, Drlng. superintendent of
the cemetery, found him there would
almost certainly have been a corpse un
der that fir tree today. ,
Nejson, who is . 46 years old, was
taken to the superintendent's home and
given a good hot meal with plenty of
coffee. , Then he was sent Into the city'
on . the train, and lodged in the city
jail for the night, where already were
several others in almost as bad condi
tion. Today he was turned oyer to the
county board of relief. '
Nelson was trying to swallow a piece
of raw potato when Superintendent
light. Over there trimmers are hired
for from 40 to 60 cents a day. Here
similar labor costs $2 and $3 a day.
The carbons used in the old countries
are of a superior quality, too. There Is
no flickering caused from uneven burn
ing. jNo, we are not getting as good
service from the new arc as the old one
was capable or.
"That's right." declared Mavor Tjin
"I asked the agent of the companv If he
or any of the officials of the
company would swear under oath that
the city Is getting either the current or
illumination contracted for and he re
plied that he didn't nt to be sworn.
incy oon t aare to oe sworn."
Mr. Greene submitted a written report
Biiiuuyjrijiaj me opinions fie aavanceo: and
this report was adopted, "The
closing woroa or trie report would seem
to indicate that ln the opinion of the
committee the city attornev ia not tha
person to be entrusted with the case of
tne municipality against the corpora
tion, jr-ari vi me closing paragraph fol
lows:
"The council has recommended the
payment of the claims made by the
lighting company. We hold that there
is sufficient doubt as to the reason
ableness of theee claims to call for a
oecision or tne question on its merits
in the courts. If the matter is to be
litigated in a mere pro forma matter,
the city going Into the courts handi
capped by a confession of failure in
advance of any argument or examina
tion and laying down after the first
adverse ruling, the money had just as
wen De aonaiea now as later.
"But this - committee refuses h hi
a party to the transaction or to ap
prove payment and recommends that
the communlcaUon from the council be
placed on file.'
The, city council Is in session this af
ternoon io receive me report of its
special committee but it Is difficult to
see what further action the council can
take. The executive board- has made
its final decision, and the lighting com-
Dring found him. He was lying on the "PaPy Aa2k,-n,ade lu PJtion unmlsuk
ground. wrapped In old gunny sacks, but j fhK!nlA0?M.lfr ftlZ,to-2ln
without a fire. There was little snow the haW" of the city attorney and. the
under the tree, hut it araa . inAn.i I courjsi
cold. - Nelson had kept the potatoes
from freezing by placing them by his
side tinder the sacks. ;
"I have been working In town, but It
got too jt old to work,, and I had oniv
J2. so I came out here, where I'd
camped about a month ago for several
days," saM Nelson. "No, I don't think
Id have froxen. but it was -cold, all
1 1 - 1 ' A.
Rave you seen the Burllngame Tele
graphing Typewriter? Call at Cornelius
hotel, corner Alder and Parkv now" on
exhibition. Come and get a souvenir
telegram free. i .
Dance every Tuesday eve. Rlngler'i.
Spectacles at Merger's. . .
escort the chief Justice to the chamber.
The new members were called to their
feet and the oath administered to all
at the same moment.
Permanent organization was effected
by the erection of Jay Bowerman as
president and other officers as selected
by the Republican caucus. The Demo
crats casting an honorary vote for Sen
ator Milton A. Miller for president and
for their other caucus nominees. Bow
rman was nominated by Senator Beach.
SEMITE K
RECORD TIME
(Special Diipatch to Tha Journal.)
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 11. In 4 min
utes the senate met, organised and
elected six employes, passed a bill ap
propriating $8600 for expenses ot the
legislature, and a number of resolu
tions, the principal one being a memo
rial to congress askinr a retention nt
the tariff on lumber and shingles. But
four votes were registered against the
memorial.
Lieutenant Governor Coon nreaida
i mo uihhhhk BUMion ana arter a
Drier prayer senator A. a. Ruth of
Olympia was chosen president protem
without opposition. It was -known that
Governor Cosgrove had given up his
trip to be present at the capital for the
Inauguration.- Senator Ruth has-been
In tne body for six years and hari nn
active opposition at any , time.
For ' secretary of the senate, W. T,
Tvaube was chosen; assistant secretary,
jnarvin Amoia, ergeani at arms,
James Wilson. ' .
A committee of Ave was annotated to
report back to the senate, tomorrow on
the list of employes, - ? '.
--r y Meeting at ScIIwood. 5
Rev. J.- A. McVeigh, superintendent nt
the Men's Resort, is holding a series of
meetings at the Pel I wood Presbyterian
church every evening this week except
Saturday. The general nubile Is cor
dially Invited. -
The tower of the Metronnlltan T.lfe
building in New York, which Is 700
feet nigh, weigh! about $1,922 tons,
MURDERERS GO
TO
pnnim
Tracks up ; the Columbia
Rivet Are Blocked , by
Drifting; Snow Morning
Overland Is Turned Back
at Fairview. V
Two prisoners convicted of murder
were taxen to eaiero today to tne state
penitentiary.
Matt Johnson, who was convicted of
murder in the second degree for the
killing of F. J. Hollock. after being
tried on a first degree charge, was one
of the men. He will serve a lite term.
Antonio Petrasso. who was convicted
of manslaughter for shooting fellow
countryman. Vlncenxo Desantls, after a
wedding supper where both became in
toxicated, was taken up to nerve an
Indeterminate sentence of from one to
fifteen years.
Deputy Sheriff Bulger and Joseph
Morale, accompanied the prisoners.
GERliUBE
BELIEVES STORY
Oswald Lehan. tha fltrmui mnnil in
Portland, has begun an investigation of
the strange story related by Wlnrloh
von Gfug Gassendorff, under arrest in
the city jail charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses.; Mr. Lehan
stated today that he believed that the
prisoner was telling tha truth and that
ne is a German count. He has written
the German consul at ictoria, B. C, ask
ing for further proof of von Gassendorff
story and in case it is verified he will
attempt to secure the German's release.
The count and the German consul
were closeted . together for more than
an hour this morning In the office of
Chief of Pollc Grilxmacher. At the
end of the interview Mr, Lohan said
that von Gassendorff had told a Very
straight story, that he spoke the Ger
man language intelligently and was evi
dently a man of education and refine
ment, He said he had every reason to
believe that the story told by the pris
oner was true.
According to statements made by von
Gassendorff he was injured while a
young man In' Germany and has not
been always accountable for his actions
since then. He has made his home for
the past few months In- Victoria and
claims the consul there has papers to
prove who he is and to show that he
teceived 1 1000 from his mother in Ger
many just before Christmas. He also
told the consul aa extensive story of his
experiences in the German army. In the
French army in Morocco, as a deserter,
from the French army and leader of the
Morocco insurgents. Later he was cap
tured but . his release was secured
through the German government. v
Von dassendorff is charged with se
curing $25 from an employe of the
Studebaker company.- He presented aj
wonniess cnecK io tne company in an
attempt toTurchss9 an automobile. The
complainant stated this morning that he
would withdraw the charges - against
Von Gassendorff if it were found that
he was Irresponsible. The prisoner was
brought from flan Francisco yesterday
by Detective Smith. . .
; Logging Company Incorporated. '"'
Articles of incorporation . for the St.
Helens Logging company were filed
with the county clerk at the court
house, this morning. The capital stock
of the concern. Is stated at $1000, to be
divided into 109 enures of W each. The
Incorporators are T. G. FarrelU 15. E.
Coovert and C. O. "Master. .
. Blowing down the Columbia gorge
with a sweep that has carried the snow
off the mountains and, literally buried
the valleys with it, the east wind com
pleted the work of last week's blluard
yesterday and the O. R. A N. between
Portland and Bonneville baa been put
completely out of service.
No tickets are being sold today, the
local trains have all been annulled and
No. 2, the Chicago-Portland special
which left the union depot at $:S0 this
morning, had to turn back before reach
ing Fairview, finding the drifts be
tween Portland and the Columbia river
impassable. There are four transcon
tinental trains now. stalled in the snow
near Bonneville, with rotary plows
working from both directions In an ef
fort to dig them out before night
aotaries risThttng Drifts, ,
General ManuseP ' J.' P. O'Brien, who
is now in Chicago, was Informed of the
situation -by telegraph today and will
leave at nnce for - Portland. Otncmi
Superintendent Buckley Is In the thick
of the light, directing the efforts of the
rotaries to reopen tne line or transcon
tinental business, .-' The intense cold..
however. Is adding to the difficulties
of the train crews and the loaomotiveH
are constantly going "dead" for lack of
fuel and water.
Whllo Portland is comparatively pro
tected from the cold wind that is blow
ing down the river the Columbia gorge
1.... 1. .,lt Al, A 1- . A,
view station this morning, a -few miles
out of Portland the thermometer stood
4 aegrees oeiow sero ana tne average
along the river stations between Fair
view -and The Dalles was- 10 degrees
below. The Intense cold and wind make
satisfactory work in diarlne- out the
drifts almost impossible. ,
Stalled In Drifts.
. Tbe Jvorst of the trouble along the
O. R. & N., according' to information
sent the general manager's office, is
located between Bridal Veil" and Port
land. The other side of Bonneville the
track is in fairly good shape and there
Is little trouble making time. Trains
Nos. 1 and S of yesterday, the Chi
cago express due at 9:45 yesterdav
morning, and tlio Chicago-Portland spe
cial, due at 8:60 last night, sre now
stalled at Bonneville. No. 6 ef todar,
which was due at 9:45 this morning. In
being held st The Dalles. No. 6, the
east bound Kansas City express, which
left Portland for the east at 6 o'clock
last night, is-now stalled at Bridal Veil,
unable to move eltner way. An errort ,
la. being made to aet at it with snow ,
plows ana try to get it through to
Bonneville this afternoon. Other plows
are at work between Portland and Bri
dal Veil trying to get -the three Fort
!andbound trains into the . dtv. bv-na
The ' Chlcago-Portland special' whteh
started for the east this mornlns en
countered a huge drift between Clarnle
and Fairview 11 yards long and four feet
deep. After attempting unsuccessfully
to buck It the effort was given -up and
the train cam back to Portland.
Generalf Passenger Agent McMurray
stated at noon todav that while ha had
ordered the sale of tickets stopped tem
porarily be hoped that service would be
rcsumeu Dy lonignt. '
The O. R. A N. seems to have bean tha
heaviest sufferer because of the weather
conditions. The . Southern Pacific' In
running on an average of an hour or so
late. The North Bank, while . mnnlna.
behind, is still in operation. Its morning
train irom apoxane was nearly live
hours late, but most of the delay was
caused the Other side of Pasco. The
Astoria & Columbia River is experienc
ing llttledlfflculty
HUGE ICICLES
. MEflACE LIFE
Huge Icicles, caused most frequently
by broken waterpipes, are hanging from
the cornices of many uptown bulldlne
and constitute a menace to the lives of
all who pass under them.
. Some of these glittering pendants are
of Immense slie. One near the corner
of Fifth and Washington street reaches
from the ground to the top of the
building and must weigh several tons.
Its own weight is likely to cause It to
fall at any moment, and the unfortu
nate who may happen to be passing
when it falls wtll be more- liable to
need the services of a coroner than of
a physician. Other buildings are fes
tooned with equally beautiful perils.
The chief of police says ha has
given orders to have all Icicles re
moved or the space beneath them bar
ricaded, but although the order is be
ing carried out in some Instances, in
others it appears to be Ineffective.
CHORAL SOCIETY TO BE
- FORMED ATY. W.CA.
A Chofal society is to be orranizeA
at the T. W. C A. tomorrow evening.
unacr in, airecuiin ui miss ivouise Hell
man. All women and girls who are In
terested in studylng.vocal music are In
vited to be present at the meeting,
which will be held at 8 o'clock. Miss
Heilman wlil give a talk on "The Bene- -fits
of Music . and the glee club will
sing several numbers.- Miss Heilmnn
received her musical education In Bos
ton and has taught in some of the lead
ing girls - colleges In the south.
i
PERSONALS
Frank L. Brown, president of the
Brown-Walker-Simmons company of
San Francisco, arrived in Portland this
morning, accompanied by Mrs. Brown, to
remain a week. George L. Walker and
C. B. Simmons are also here, the com-
vm...j uiura in ruriiana ana
many investments in Oregon..
Brain and Nerve Cells
require, right food
to replace natural
. . . wasted . -
Grape-Nuts
"Thcre'i a Reason'
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