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VOL VII, NO., 270. PORTLAND, OREGON,. WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' JANUARY 13. 1909. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. SL&mF ,1171 T'TOBEF rrr CHOICE PAILS TJ7 A- PEOPLE'S BREAK AN Wily Politicians Would Have Pledged Members Betray Their Constituents Machine Press and Ful ton Help Opposition. (United Press Leued Wire.) Raleni, Or., Jan. 13. New devel opmenta in the Oregon senatorial .situation reveal a deep laid plan to defeat tho people's choice and dead lock the legislature and thus pre vent the election of a senator, throw ing the matter of choice back upon the next legislature. Two Schemes. Two lines are pursued by those who want to defeat Governor Cham herlain, as fully, revealed today.' A systematic plan of inducements is held out to members who pledged themselves to vote for the popular choice to get them to go back on those pledges by remaining awy from the Joint convention next Tues day on account of Blckness or for other reasons. Misleading Argument. .:; The argument is brought to bear inn wimv i.uJjr icauj mic taby Statement Nor ! was to feujv port an amendment to the const! tutlon of the United StateB and not to direct election by the people of the state. Ron son Brought In. The other line of approach Is to persuade members that it is their duty not to vote for Chamberlain unless he will agree in advance to nppoint a Republican successor to Secretary of State Benson, who is published as being in a dying con dition from cancer. Math In o Press Helps. The Republican organization at Portland, headed by the, Oregonian and Senator Fulton, seems to have worked out this plan of withholding support from the people's choice. Governor Chamberlain refuses to make any pledges and the tension is becoming high. The house members have decided to take up the,. governor's veio mes sages, held over from the last ses sion, next Monday, two days in ad vance of the vote on senator, and will try to weaken the statement men by carrying some of the bills held up two years ago over the gov ernor's, veto. One Weak Kneed Member. One member, Applegate, of Doug las county, who subscribed to the statement to insure his election, now says he meant hy It only to indorse the principle of amending the fed eral constitution. .He was not counted as one of the 62 who Bigned the sworn statement to support the people'B choice, but his , alleged ac cession. Is claimed as a great vic tory for the anti-statement members. iHAKKBIAN'S PILE 13 A QUARTER BILLION ' 'Untied PrcM Lrased Wlre.l , New York, Jan - 12. Figures made public tn Wall strwt show that Har rlman dws stocks in the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific amounting to over $11,O0O,O0O and that be has other holdings aggregating an equal mount. This makes the estimate, of Harrlman's fortune about $250,000,000. : Here Is ihe Story Broken by OATH In sonic past senatorial elections in Oreg-on, members of the : legislature violated their . pledges. In 1895 two members . of the ; Multnomah delegation, pledged before their nomination and election to TOte for J, N. Dolph for senator, did iiot kefp this pledge. . Here t is what the Oregonian said of them editorially, Februafy 1, 1895; "Of all the cheipj stinking creatures who ever "entered the legisla Z live body through false pretenses and base lies, they are easily chief. These creatures never had any- consideration before, never will have J again; they eagerly embrace .the only opportunity of their, lives to be : infamous through misrepresentations oi those who- elected rthem. The cheap varlets, base coistrels, they cannot' even live in Multnomah X county hereafter, because nobody will trust them. Those who. now applaud their course and approve T against them to tne last man.. ; Multnomah will not be betrayed again." . '.,- ' . .;". --'.- " v v .- . li'i t iim""' "n'u'i i" mii J i ir'n'iiiiilni ihl iTn'ii!iitiiiiuir u'iiIiim t 1 1 r" nijrrn'ii "Tiiihihi in . T ' . Two Men Who Stand For the People I mil lim ii i in' ii nil in "iiin i'i 1m i ii i mi ' ! i. fm i in mil. nun i i I- Ipri Representative James D, Abbott (on left) and Representative W. J. tlcmens (right). m "GRAFT" 100 COARSE Senator Abraham of Douglas Blow Knocks Out Fake Investigation Scheme each Gives In to Kav. (Special PlKratch to Tb JonroLl Salom. Or.. Jan. 13. "Graft" is too ooars a word to be used in an oracmi senate 'document. This-was shown this mornlna:. when Senator Abratiara oi Douglas county moved to strike u out of a resolution reported by- Senator .v from the committee on resolutions. , lie moved to substitute th milder .word. waste. . -Kay did not wake a tight to retain the term 4,graft. lie accepted Abraham's suggestion, hut a. fw minutes Inter lie ralunaeri to tjie tiis of the mine )tfc-ro word In tho ou 'of, tpionrks yi tty rnmmitteei rtsofciuTion neanng u ueaui hlnw tn fulm investleations. In the end the resolution was adopted itnani- mouslv. and a lolnt committee or senate and house wilt frame a bill for a per manent auditing and, investigation of state institution. ORPHAN GIRLS Yomiff Italian Workingmen Offer Protection to the Quake Victims. (United rrei Leased Wire,) Naples, Jan. 13. While the Italian government and those tof foreign coun tries are pouring in money and supplies for the relief of the Sicilian and Cala brlan earthquake sufefrers, the work Ingmen of this and other cities by hun dreds are marrying young girls or phaned by the disaster. Hunoreas . or uniiminwi i.viiBiiivh h..i. o.ii,ctl!.,l that they would pro vide homes for homeless-'anrt friendless girls whose families, perished In the destruction of the southern cities. Many marriages have been 'performed and scores of others, are announced. .In. all cases the girls are oyer It, as required by law. ' ... i i - The marriages In most cases follow a few hours', acquaintance on tho part of th. nrlrM-lnaln. The advertisements are being quickly answered and little delay occurs ' lit performing- the . ceremony. , Bo many marriages navo ianrai -uince that the authorities have been called unnn to make an investigation for the purpose of preventing the. destitute girls and young, women, from ; -falling into the power of unscrupulous per sons. . ' '. - MRS. BROWXIXG ALSO FELT HYPNOTIC EYES , ttlolted PrcM I"d Wire.) Auburn, N.--T., Jan. 1J. Mrs. Gideon Browning, widow .of; the Allr carpen ter who was murdered by , Rev. John H. Carmlchaei' In th little Methodist church , at Columbus, Mich.,', said today that ahe ; believed her - husband con trolled others besides the minister by hvnotlf!" Influence. It is believed she will make an efforts bring her husband's-remains here for burial. . of Pledges Oregon Legislators i their treason and infamy voted HUSBANDS FOR Substitutes "Waste" Last benator . Beach , made an effort to amend by providing: for "immediate" In vest Ration, but Kay said that this wuuia oeniroy m .purpose or the meas ure, and Beach receded, Inr reciting rea- mn iur i m action taicen, the resoiu tion sava: "PaHt experience has shown that the HFRBion oi. rne legislative assembly af fords insufficient .time for vestlgalion of said institutions, and that ueh K.vstem tends to degenerate into a. perfum-tnrv Investigation Jnsuffioient in time lYHtt r,lro!H'li7U't.s f o.r,. rt..iml ..abuse: ajMk. isuut. iutefj&-z frartftofort flu -vogue ha,s, with some good, ehow of ivmhiiii, n cimiKuu io verge oh- politi cal waste in the-etmilnvninnt nf efn,-i,.Qi and other assistance, and as affording a minimum or erneicncy wnere-a maxi mum Is required, with .comparatively little benefit to the utate of Oregon. K Al K California Cracksmen Use Powder and Haul Plun der Away in Wagon. fUnltod Pnm Leid Wlr.l Burhank, t.al., Jan. IS. RohborK dvnu mtted the vaults of the Hnibnnk Stiitc bank early today and curried off a lurgd iiuanllty of loot in ii wagon. The; cracksmen secured between $:!0(1 mid $4O0 In silver from the outer vaults but officials of the bank have boeti unnhle to determine the amount stolen from the inner vaults. The robbers entered the bulldlug through n window some time after mid night. No one heard the explosion and the robbery was not discovered until the bank was onenert at S o'clock. Sher iff Hammell wn.s called from Ios An arelca and is trying to run down th robbers. More Snow at. The Dallos. (Spi'i'liil Dlnpntch to 'Ibe Jonrniil.) The Dalies, Or.. Jan. The tem perature at 6 a. m. whs 1 below. One inch of snow fell 'last night. The local weathfr bureau predicts snow. Just MEW' IMsKjlty IN MAituR."SKE6irii ,AN EOCENIC J? J IHClOtNT '-7 . BAN RO DURBAN a Sect gives few black and white sketches of iic pleasures and diplcaufes oLUic storin. , k FULTON'S I IE LOSING E See No Chance to Defeat Chamberlain Try to Get Him to Resign Governor shipStatement Men Are Standing Pat. By Ralph A. Wateon. (SiiecinI Dispatch to The Jnurnn.'.) Salem, Or., Jan. 1.3. The senate has adjourned until 1 o'clock and the houHc until ' o'clock Monday af ternoon. Salem, Or., Jan. 1 3. Oregon's senatorial game is now open to those on the inside. In order to acquaint those on the outside, but who have votes, an educational committee sometimes vulgarly called a Bteer- ing committee has been selected by the Inner circle to line up the antl Chamberlaln forces and if possible secure recruits. Ponator Fulton's1 friends want Gov ernor Chamberlain to promise to re sign as soon as lie is elected senator. By asking such action on his Dart thev vinuauy aamit mere is no nope to de feat tiim. and this lack. of Hone is caused by their inability io find inv Maiement jmo. man who wm vvttate Ne vertlieleBS." v a lust resort, the antt- Chamberlain men are trying: to bluff ins governor into promising to resign his ontice now held lv him. If he calls the bluff, as it Is thought he will; he will be elected anvwav. for there is no disposition on the part of any members, so far as can be learned, to violate pledges. Meeting oi Anns. Last night a meeting of the anti- Ktutement men was held at the-Willam ette hotel. It was culled by It. E. Wil liams and Senator Beach, and was at tended by a majority of the anti-State ment men, though speaker McArthur, President Bowernian. Renreentatives McKlnney, Brooke and several others were conspicuous by their absence. In addition to those who attended, J. If. Brown, Fulton's friend, was on the out skirts. Invitations were extended, straneo to say, to Representatives Bradv, McDon ald and Miihonc of t he Multnomah dele gation. Mahone got as far hh the lohbv when he changed his mlrld and went back to the wtate house. Bradv ting around In the lobby until after the meeting, when he went to the club with Senator t oftey ami some others. What Can Be Done? The committee appointed lat night is o find out what can be done toward de feating Chamberlain. There is no or ganized plan, except the Idea that bv working up sentiment It is hoped that Statement No. l men can be induced to request the governor's resignation as soon as he is elected senator. If this sentiment can bo created It Is planned to appoint another committee to wait on the governor . and a.ak his resignation. If this committee should he turned down it is hoped by the anti-Statement men that the refusal would stir up a feeling of resentment sufficient to bloek his election for a vote or two. If that could be done the opposition believes that the Statement forces could be dis organized and Chamberlain defeated. The anti-Chamberlain cause seems hopeless. Three weeks ago the Kulton (Continued on Page Three.) NOT M"a.lBA 0 ,M vj. 0 r THOSE OROPPIN& h CDl I I IstaV? I Q5& IRA DOORS. y NOJ-ic-..--. iTlAJ COAST VESSEL WRECKED, 1 DEAD lhe Lumber Laden Steam Schooner Sybil Marston rrom Grays Harbor for San Pedro Goes Ashore at Southern California. (I lilted Prcsf I.ossp'! Wire.) hurf. Cat.. Jan. n.Hlgglng a line from the beach to the, wrecked stoum schooner Sibyl Marston this afternoon, lifesavcrs rescued the captain and mem bers of tho crew who remained aboard the doomed vessel after two sailors lout their lives trying to swim through the surf. The dead men's names were M Carty and O'Neil. one body has been recoverca. on M-anrisco, Jan. 15. word was received here today that the steamer wrecked near Kocky Point, north of Point Conception, last night was the vessel tiyDii ftiarston. lumber laden from , drays Harbor for San Pedro. Two men were drowned. One body has been recovered. The Marston was a 647 ton vessel and carried a crow of 32 men with Captain BlelinkM. She was built a year nuu h nan ago ana carried 1,1UU,UU0 feet of lumber. News of the wreck was first learned through reports from coast points wherffaiijer distress whistles were heard ouring me nignt. Details of the accl dent aro not known yet. JAR A FIRE IflCIIfJ Railway Magnate's Family jeap rrom windows Mother Is Killed New Haven. Conn.. Jan. 13. fflre which completely destroyed the hand some residence of Samuel Higglns. gen eral manager of the New York. Npw Haven & Hartford railroad, caused the death of his mother, Mrs. Isabella. II Moore, aged 84, and the probably fatai injury of his mother-in-law, Mis. M. K. Cochin, early today Htggins. hta wife, his dniiKhter Isa bella and his young son, barely escaped with their lives by Jumping from sec ond Ktory windows. I Ii! fire wan caused bv an overheated furnace. Higgins was awakened hv the smoke and aroused the family. The flames were well under wav and the only manner of escape was hy Jumping. All sprang from their bed as soon as they were awakened and leaped from the windows. Mrs. Mooro was killed in trying to escape and Mrs. Corbtn was hurt in Jumping. It was bitter cold and the victims, who had not stopped for clothing, were given shelter at the homes of neigh bors. lyouis (ilass "ase Continued. San Francisco. Jan. 13. Louis Glass, vice-president of the Pacific States Tel ephone company, charged with offering bribes, waa represented bv his attorneys today as being too ill to appear in court to answer several Indictments pending against him. On this showing the prosecution moved a continuance of the cases to February 10 and Judge Lawlor so ordered. som ote1 OMESTrfOOOHT 1MIY VtfCfUX i an iiAuyraMiON o' -OU MCMtD CS. 0CT06EIH! H. A. HEPPHER ELECTED TO Coiincihnan-elect 11. A. Heppner and the future mayor of Portland. ' 1-11. A. .Heppner, -president of the II. A. Ileppner Sales compuny, was this morning elcctl by -tti- i ty .-council- to sneered ex-councllman Dan KeDaher. Throe ballots, plainly .nerfunctory. were taken befora the election was announced. Other-namea voted on were those of W. Y. Masters. L. S. Pane and F. K. liol brook. Councilman Rushlight sought to post pone the election of Kellaher's successor In order, to give the business men of the east side time .to meet and make known their , wishes on the matter. I see. by one of the papers." said he. "that a, majority of this council has already agreed-upon ft. A. Heppner. I Hava na objection io Mr. weppner, wno is a gooa man. l nave no doubt, but I do object to star chamber methods of selection. I think the choosing of Mr. Kel'mher's successor should be open and above board and that the people have a chance to express a choice of the new councilman." Thanks the Council. Mr. Heppner received eight votes on tho third ballot anil was declared elect ed. The council then made the election unanimous. . Councilman Ileppncr was escorted to his chair by a special com mittee and in a short speech he ex pressed his thanks for tho honor be stowed upon him and promised to give his tacst.crforts to the welfare of the cltv. " Though a resident of Portland for IS years Mr. Heppner has never taken nn active part In politics and civic matters. He has never held public of- nce ana nas sought such but once. In the primaries preceding the lust city election he ran on . the Republican ticket for councllman-at-large. hut was defeated JMr: Heppner. a resident of the .Ninth ward, is a member of the hast Slds Improvement association, and an advocate of tho Broadway bridse plan. Born In 1R6H, Mr. Heppner migrated io lhe Dalles, Or.. In mo and was employed in the mechanical department ? RuA N," coming to Portland In 1 SS0 as chief clerk of the mechanical department of that rond. Soon after ward he was made traveling auditor ? 1 mechanical department of th" 1 RSI muii iiu ii ii-, leaviricr trial rem in to establish a drugstore in Port- lami In Iron Basis ess. In 1890 Mr. Heppner became unni-d In the steel and Iron business ami formed the firm of H. A. limnn.r x. i o. 550 Sherlock building, In which tv? cinV.r eea at tne Present time. In nr. neppner was married In Cali fornia and from the union have come three children, all of whom are living "My policy as councilman will he square deal for everyone." declared Mr. Heppner today. "I believe in run ning the city's affairs in a business manner, and trying to make the most out of what we now have. I think I will get along very well with the voters and, at least, hope that it msv be said of me that I always worked fcr their best Interests." Sou'easter at Rainier. (Sroll mp'tdi li The Jniirad.j Rairier, Or., Jan. 13. With a mini mum of 10 above today there seems lit tle prospect of a change here. A south east wind is blowing. The river is very low. , , lrf 'iw.Miw .,H.iiriii'niii.. iimi. mimiiiM mmm n NORTHERN ITALY IS MM P(M)iIe Rush From Houses and Remain for Hours in Panic Houses Collapse Walls' of Lar?:e Iiulhl injrs Crack Xo Fatalities Reported. t . . ' : United Fress Intri Wfr.I Rome, Jan. 1 3. All Tuscany aha .many (Titles tn norther shaken by.a severe earthquake this morning and reports of damage in the larger cities have, been received.' At Genoa the shock was n heavy thai, the people rushed houses, and would not return, for hour.' Other cities affected were Milan, Irfimbardi, Venice a':I l' and KIornc In Tuscany. - ' uaier reports indicate tnat tne no-K was more ev. -. t first. No reports of deaths - have , bee-n received an! i ..gr.-. Keports from Tuscany - shw thtt the prop-tv c..i - -..l!rs of a few houses and n. geneiai cracking of wall in t Several cathedrals wtre damaged, - . MAYOR FILES HIS REPORT FOR 1908 Iteviews Work of Alt 3Iunic ipal Departments for. Past Year and Suggests Vari ous Important Heforms Optimistic Over Future. In Ms annual report ft) the city- eoun, ell, in which re reviews at consider able length the work of the-municipal government for the year 1908,; Mayor Lane takes a most optimistic view re garding the city's growth and progress and makes a, number of recommenda tions designed to further the interests of Portland. He sums up the situation In the following words: i . , "The growth of, the city In the' past year Is unprecedented in lti history. In addition to this its material prosperity has been great and the health of its In habitants good. It has also closed its fiscal year with money left on hand" In every fund and In every way ft has much for which to be thankful." Polio Department. The work of the police department and the needs of that branch of the municipal government come in for spe cial attention from the mayor urn! he makes a new departure hy, criticising severely the practice of driving out of the city the wanderers, either criminal or otherwise, - who come here; at va rious Reasons of tho year. In this re gard the mayor says: "The woik of this branch of the cltv government .. jiicneoses. uch, year--with the growth of the city,, and Is greatest in the winter months,' Owing to tho mildness of the climate Upon this eoant it has become a winter resort for large numbers of nersnns from secttnn nr the country-where the weather is more severe. Among others the Idle - and criminal class also come and Tor this reason there la a noticeable increase of crime during that season of the vear. and the city must be prepared to meet the conditions. '!..,. "With the approach .of the winter large numbers of men with no vlatbhv means of support begin to flock Inti the cities In the hops of securing cm-: ployment. or for other reasons, best known to themselves. These persons are rounded up from time to time bv the police department of the different cities and driven out of town. Continued on Page Thirteen.) ALASKANS FELT ; JAB BUTy LITTtE Only Nome an d Ketchikan Shaken Monday--Cable , Ship GoesOut. 'HnlUd Press lea(4 Wtr. : Seattle. Jan. 13. According to dis- the United Press today only-two north ern towns felt the earthquake shock of Mondav- afternoon. A wireless re ceived at Nome from St. Michael wtatcd thut at 3 o'clock a shock lasting 15 sec onds was followed by one of seven sec onds' duration. The movement ap peared to be from west, to- east. No damage was reported. At Ketchikan ft slight shock was felt shortly after 3 o'clock. . s v . - Fairbanks, In the earth movements. Interior,, felt no At Juneau. Valdes and Douglas tl-e first intimation that an'" arthnnnkH shock had occurred was when press dia patches were received asking If the towns were still on the map or whether they iiad slid Into the sea. The dispatch from Nome bears ' out the theory that some extlncfe volcano on the Aleutian islands may have fooooitm active. Oreat relief tn thia section M felt by Alaskans that their friends and relatives in the north are safe. W hen .the I'nitcd States cable went-out of commission and delays- were experi enced in securing answers to wiress sent over the dominion government wires the gravest fears wera entertained that soma calamity had occurred In Alaska. The cable ship Burnsia Started this forenoon for Cape Flattery where grap. pling will begin for the, loose ends of the cable. Tests' show that fcgvemi breaks have resulted from the earth quake. ' ' - . - . -' ? . .. - , n Il;tlv f . i i .. I r.f 5 m in I . t i n f ,i 1 M ,!.