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THE JOURNAL'S EXCLUSiVT LEASED WIRE TO SAIEM-TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING INSURES JOURNAL READERS A FULL REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE DOINGS THE DAY THEY HAPPEN. II4C THFCF H'FLVC FATHITIFC flDnFD THF Ift'lDUAl AWIV -IC ffMTC A UFFI CFtFM ICCltFC HFI IVFDFH A WVUHFDF fW FADTH PHHVF 11IAIW 777. A HAW F Order Your Want Ads; For Balance of the Week and Next Sunday's and : Monday V Journal Now The Weather Rain . tonight ' and, Saturday. VOL. VII. NO. 272. n n 16 SHIP GOES J! OCEAN PARI A j (Special DlcpatcB to The Journal.) ' Astoria, Or, Jan.' 15.- Driven shoreward by the gale that raged off. the coast early this morning, the French ship Alice, from London-for Portland with a cargo of cement, went ashore at Ocean Park, 20 miles north of the Columbia bar, and will prbbably be a total loss. The crew of the Alice landed safely at Ocean Park through the surf. There is a long, shallow beach" at the point, which .is comparatively sheltered. Seafaring men here say that the ship will not be floated again, in their opinion, as the sands close about a wreck very rapidly and it will be all but impossible to pull the craft into deep water. The. French ship Alien had been to this port several times In recent years. nia V her "TV nhe IIPX ' lttlKBH V1W11 LM3II1K Brnauu nhe took a cargo of wheat to Europe. Immediately upon having discnargea at I. !.,. Kill 1W.WUV VtfXI I Oil Ul i-uniiiii.uii signed to Hind. Rolph and company for .Jl ... ...... . LU. 1 . . T jnAnn aril very sii mis puii, ont cv v.v... July 20 and went to Hobart to replen ish her store. After a few days In oort she sailed from the Tasmanian port No vember II and benre was well due here at this time under ordinary conditions. Chartered for lumber. A few weeks ago the vessel was char tered bv the 1 P. Lumber company of this city to carry a cargo of lumber from here to a port in England. The carro is being cut but there will be no difficulty in securing; another vessel to take it should the Alice not be towed off Sleet Storm at Hood River Causes Ticup of 0. R. & N.- ' " cnM nAvara Vivnr Can'ohpn nnrl .T)erai1s ,jityi wi.vk . . . Enjnne Limited Sidetracked! (Special DUpstch to The Journal. Hood Kiver. Jan. IS. A severe sleet storm which started last evening has covered the old snow to a depth of three Inches and blocked the O, R. & N. rail road completely since last night. Train No. 6. which left Portland for the east at (5 P- m. yesterday,-ran into a heavy snow slide one mile west of Oneonta, about 11 o'clock last night, which bur ied four coaches and ditched the en- g!Vreckers and 200 men have been working since to clear the tracks and place the engine back on the rails. The Overland limited, which reached here last night at $ o'clock, on its way to Portland is sidetracked here and it is not known when It will be possible for it to get through. At 8 o'clock the tem perature was 8 above ero with the wind still from the east. Arrangements have been made by the offlolalB of the O. R. & N. to have the North Bank handle all their pas senger busfness between. The Dalles and Portland until the slide can be cleared away. No. 1, the Chicago-Portland spe cial, . due last eveningj and No. 6, due this morning, are being held at The Dalles until a special ean be sent down over the North Bank to carry the pas sengers on the two sriow bound trains. The special will leave The Dalles at 1:30 this afternoon and will reach 'Port land between 5 and, o'clock this after noon. S Train No. 1 from Chicago, due this evening, will be sent around by way of Pasco and come down . over the North Bank tracks int Portland. There were no trains on the O. R. & N. out of Port land this morning but 'westbound No. 1. which Is stopped at The Dalles, will "he turned there and will run east from' The Dalles as No. 3. ' Tha nincfl at oneoma wnere me snow- slido that burled No., 8 took place, is egarded as the worst spot on tne raa. fhrrn is a slide rising ud 1000 feet above the tracks and the snow has been 40 feet over trie rsuroaa rigni or way. The railroad wires are down and no detailed account of the slide had been received at the office of the general manager. 1 General Manager J. P. O'Brien of the O. R. N. happened to-be one Of those caught in the delayed trains. He ar rived at The Dalles last night, just in lime to be held up by the slide at Oneonta and is personally taking charpe of the work of digging the track out. He telegraphed Instructions, for the pas ALIEPSHEEP TO BE TAXED? Fight Promised in Malheur County Over Attempt to Enforce Law Providing for 20 Cent Levy on Non-Residents' Stock. (Sperlal BUpatph t TV Joornat.1 Vale. Or., Jan. 15. Following a hear ing given a number of woolgrowers of Malheur county, the commissioners have decided to test thtf validity of the statute enacted 'by the Oregon ' legisla ture two years ago providing for a tax of 20 cents per head, upon sheep owned by non-residents and brought Into free ranges In this state. At this time it Is estimated that there are upward of 25,000 sheep from Idaho -and Montana on the government ranges in this coun ty, and District Attorney McCulloch has . beers-, instructed : to. collect the , tax. ; Money paid on this account would go to the county school fund.- i It Is believed that the alien sheep ! owners now In the county will fight the tax. S'a fliorn is jeonsiderablo doubt as to the constitutionaUty of the statute, L ..V ' ' ' .i - ' . - J;. -V -. '. IIILOi. IlLIIiJ I ftvll.1 I i.J JIWU I III. JVUniVAL, UIHI IJ V' 'i' J0URNAL CIRCULATION and warmer . rr (, CREW SAFE the beach, as there, is a largre fleet of disengaged craft or her size in ine var ious ports along: the coast. Built In 1901. The Alice was built In Bordeaux In 1901 for the Bocieta General d'Arme ment, and is of the following; dimen sions: Length. 280.6 feet; beam, 43.8 feet and denth of hold, 22.1 feet. She in In command of CaDtain Aubert. The value of the vessel was probab ly $75,000 and the value of the cement In the hold is placed at about $25,000. - The vessel went on the beach during; a heavy blow, the weather bureau iook out Ht North Head, station reDortinc I 60-milB Kale this morning;. But the wind was from the soutn so tr vessel should have been able to keep off shore had those on board realised their close approach to the sands before It was too late to .work: out again. 111 SLIDE sengers - on his train and the earlier one held up at The Dalles to be trans ferred to a special over the North Bank. Mr. O'Brien himself will stay at Oneonta until the track is clear and. will prob ably not reach Portland until tomor row morning. Trains on the Southern Pacific aver age about one hour late and on the North Bank from two to four hours. Temperatures in Willamette valley points vary from 80 to 36 above sero and along the O. R. & N. are above sero excepting at Oakdale. EH6HI IN CAB III LAKE 1 ' Locomotive on Canadian Pa cific Leaves Rails on Hitting Snowslide. (CnlUd Ptm Leased Wtre.t Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 15. Carrying Its engineer and fireman with It. the locomotive, of a westbound Canadian Pacific freight train ran Into snow slide at Three Valley lake, at full speed yesterday and, leaving the rails. Jumped down the embankment and plunged Into the lake. It Is presumed that both men were ninned In the cab of the engine and were drowned. . Three yalley lake is just west or i:ianwiiuan station. Information as to the identity of the two men killed Is being withheld by the authorities pending the receipt of advices "which will confirm beyond doubt their reported deaths. It Is rev ported, however, that Coughlln was the engineer, but the Identity of the fireman cannot be learned.. Several - freight cars immediately be hind the engine were derailed, but did not fall over the embankment. The slide is reported 30 to 60 feet wide. It was caused by the comparatively mild weather of the oast two days, and no train has arrived in Vancouver for that period.' and there Ik likely to, be some excite ment on the, ranges when the county officers seise the sheep which will be done if the tax is not paid .pronrptly. . The measure was passed by the leg islature at the instance of the wool growers who, as residents of the state, pay taxes and contribute to the com mercial prosperity of the county, where as the. Idaho and Montana sheepmen who winter on the Malheur ranges, take their sheep away before the. shearing season, so that their wool is marketed elsewhere. . The ranges are free, and some of the stockmen are advocating - the adoption by the government of the leasing sys tem, which, It is claimed, would result in . the, conservation of the- water and fodder and greatly , increase the grazing capacity tha country. ; , . NDS ASHORE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING,' JANUARY U o hitchcock's interference would be a crime Against the people F. H. Caldwell State Senator Wbo Is With the Statement Xo, 1 Forces. . FULTON DARK Members of Old Oregon Ma chine Aided by Ormsby McIIarg, of None Too Sjav ory. Political Fame, Fight ing to Reelect Senator. Charles W. Fulton is the dark horse. groomed, ready and anxious to trample on the people of Oregon who repudiated him at the polls and eager to continue in office through and by means of a debauched legislature, broken promises, violated pledges and dishonored man hood. "Any Republican wl'l do," ts the slo gan, the password, that is being handed out with soft words and promises of political rewards by Ormsby McHarg. by S. C. Beach, by John B. Coffey, by John S. McCue, by Ralph E. Williams and by all the others of the old ma chine, not exclusive of Jack Matthews and the rag tag and bob tail - of the old days. But it Is not "any Republi can" wlio Is the candidate of this bunch. It is Fulton who Is back' of it all. It is Fulton who experts, to benefit by the disruption of the legislature. If that disruption can be brought about by any means, no matter what. Senator Ful ton's confidential secretary is now here from Washington to help along the Iniquitous scheme. rirst Kots Disruption. The first great movement of the sensatorlal game now being attempted is disruption of the Statement No. " 1 majority and the defeat of Chamber lain. After that It is planned to put Fulton to the front and keep him there until either he la elected at the last minute or the legislature closes its session-deadlocked on the senatorial Issue. And Ormsby McHarg, now of Chicago but' late of North Dakota, has been sent to Oregon, or has come, to do what he may in that way which ts most ef fective, to cast back in the faces of the people of Oregon their own request and tfo trample upon their Instructions to their own legislature. t McHarg is a product of North Dakota. He is a protege of Alexander McKlnsey, noted' and notorious in the old Mat Quay gang, who was sent to prison for complicity in the, Alaska scandal which Implicated Judge Noyes some years ago and resulted in his disgrace. Sponsor-Za a Crook. McKlnsey was -pardoned through the Influence of Senator Hansborough. and It was through the influence of -both Hansborough and Senator McCumber that McHargv received his first promo tion to and Introduction to Washington political circles. Since that time he has .been aq "Irritant" in political cir cles nd it was. he who framed It up with Senator Fulton to recognise Hitch, cock's delegates to the national , con vehtlons and no others. .Because of this work dort by Fulton prior to the convention' McHarg ts un der obligation .to the Oregon man and t , -(.Continued on page Five.) t I -Si t ' - I HORSE AT SALEM V.LIHJ fl W LXn, JL1l.il iJJULJ, IW1 LA FOLLETTE Disinclination on Part of the Republican National Leader to Refute Story of Meddling in Oregon Poli tics, Would Prove Guilt. (Gnlted Pieai Lsased Wire.) Madison, Wis.. Jan. 15. That the reported action of Frank Hitch cock, chairman of the Republican national committee. In interfering with the senatorial situation In Ore gon Is "as heinous as th crime said to have been committed by Thornton Jenkins Hains," whose trial at Flushing, L. I., has Just closed, is the burden of an editor ial which will appear tomorrow in the second Issue of Senator La Follette's magazine. The edltdrial will saj: "Thornton Hatns, Is on trial for advising the commission of a crime, and Frank Hitchcock, who Is also widely accused of advising the commission of a crime, is guilty of one equally heinous. "It is said Hitchcock has actively endeavored to induce the legislators of Oregon to violate their promise to support the candidate for the United States senatorshlp receiving the most votes at the primaries. "If both men are supposed to be guilty, the only difference between them is one of courage. For Hains' crime, if he is found guilty, the taw provides a ' penalty, but the one charged against , Hitchcock is un punishable. , "We decline to suppose that Hitchcock is guilty. In view of the impossibility of legal vindication it would seem that he can do no less than deny the aspersion." HITCHCOCK TWICE SAYS THINKS HE SHOULD BE SILENT (Watblncton Bareta of Tta Joanul.1 Washington, Jan. 16. Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee was today shown a tele gram from Portland, Or., saying: "Ormsby McHarg. a federal Official is In Portland. The Oregonian says he represents the Influence of the national organization and the national adminis tration in the interest of the election of a Republican senator by the legislature." Hitchcock read the statement and said after some thought: "I think I ought to say nothing about this. - Urged to make a statement, and told that his silence might be construed in Oregon as in a measure giving consent to the assertion that McHarg repre sented him, he gave tha matter further consideration and then said: "I still believe I should say nothing." (Continued on Pag Five.) DO YOU WANT HELP? Over. 100 people, male and female, advertise for situa tions in . the Want Ad Section of today's , Journal - ASKS FOR DENIAL LLLI I LI I LIS AMI I IT I ILItL Vll unil 15, 1909. -EIGHTEEN PAGES. I. H. Bingham State Senator From Iane Who He lie res to Direct PrlmaryrV; ATTEMPTS TO Rudolph 31 i Her Attacks 31 rs. David Schess With Stick of. Wood and Strikes Her Senseless 3Ian Is Be lieved to Be Insane. Oregon City, Or.,. Jan. 15. Rudolph Miller, a farm hand, supposed to be insane, yesterday attempted to murder Mm. Dsvtil Schess. on whose husband's farm at Clear Creek, eight miles from Oregon City, he had been working for the last' three weeks. Miller Is still at large and today a number of posses are scouring the county in search of him. Yesterday morning Schess, the wo man's husband, came to Oregon City on business, leaving his wife alone on the farm with the l.ired man. Miller. As usual the two ate lunch together. Mrs. Schess noticed at the time that the hired man acted as though insane. He babbled incoherently and laughed maniacally. . After lunch Miller asked Mrs. Schess to give him some rags to tie about his feet, which he said were cold. Mrs. Schess, complying, bent over a box in which she kept such odds and ends, and while she was tn this position Miller struck her savagely on the back of the head with a large stick of stove wood, knocking her senseless. After remain ing in this state for about two hour the woman revived and telephoned neighbors of the assault. When they arrived they found her seated on the floor, her face, head and shoulders coV' ered with blood, holding one of her young children In her arms. Miller was tracked to Oregon City. but here all trace of him was. lost. The county Is so well patrolled, however. that it is almost Impossible for bim to escape.. He is described as being about 5-feet 10 Inches in height, with black hair and dark eyes and complexion. When he . left the Schess farm he had about three weeks' growth of beard on his face, and wore a pair of blue over alls. - - Never before baa Oregon City and its vicinity been in such a state of excite ment. The authorities fear that if Mil ler is captured an attempt will be made to lynch him." TELEGRAPHER SECURES BLACKLIST JUDGMENT SeAttle. Jan. 1 E. -A tiirv vmmt mrAnv awarded J. V. O'Brien $1300 damages against the Western Union Telegraph rompaay iur oiacKiisiing mm wiin tne United Press and Associated Press as sociations because or nis connection with the telegraphers.' strike, in 1907. " " - y Oregon Vmi masters. . , Washington, Jan. IS. -The following Oregon postmasters were appointed to day: U. KndalL Richland: Ida M.Hor nlng, Sodaville; Howe,' Van. L I r' r- ' -- " " v i ' A, ' N t , t 4 to 1 MURDER WOW I II 0 I I IWIll IIIMII1 I f J. n PRICE TWO Unexpected Change in Tem perature Turns Streets In to Running: Brooks and River May Rise Above Danger 31 ark. There is serious danger of flood on account of the sudden break in thw tem- fperature which brought th mercury n the thermometer above the freezing mark. There is a possibility that the state may escape any flood damage, .however, but this all depends upon lh. Vapidity with which the snow thaws and the heaviness of the promised rain. Weather Forecaster Beals stated this morning that he could make no definite predictions yet as to the danger of a flood but that river bulletins would be Issued from now on until the rising waters subside to their normal level. The thaw came unexpectedly and al most unheralded. It was decidedly warmer yesterday morning than it had been for 10 days, the thermometer con tinued to rise all day and all of last night, until early this morning it reached 30 degrees, and a few hours later 85 degrees. It then sank 2 degrees, but this is probably on account of the melting of the snow, which draws the heat from the atmosphere. , Sleet Turns to sain. The sleet Of vesterdav turned Into rain by nightfall and thers was light out steaay precipitation -an nigm long, becoming heavier 'this morning. The Indications are for rain ' tonight and Saturday, with fresh southerly winds. A strong southerly gale is blowing along the coast This is probably the breakup of the coldest speii or weather in 21 years. It hai been eagerly looked for by the people or Oregon, who are not ac customed to such low temperatures, but it was hoped that it would come more gradually so that any danger of a flood might be averted. t Fortunately, both rivers are at a low stage, but there is an Immense amount of moisture. In the form of snow, on the ground, and the melting of this will swell their volume rapidly. Some fears are expressed that dam age may be done In the lower part of the business section of the city, on account of the fact that the gutters and storm sewers are choked with ice and snow and the water must, to a large extent, run off over the surface. CElTiUSMI Oil TO MM With 1,500,000 Rations for Quake Sufferers Now at Gibraltar. (United Preu Leased Wire.) Washington, Jan.' 15. The supply ship Celtic, with 1,500,000 naval rations aboard for the earthquake victims In southern Italy, has arrived at Gibraltar, according to dispatches received by the navy department today. The Celtic has been ordered to Naples Immediately. The Celtic was at New York taking on supplies for t!ie American battleship fleet at the time of the Italian disaster and was ordered- to proceed to Italy to dispense Its cargo for the benefit of the earthquake victims by President Roose volt. W03IAX, 4 CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH (United Press. Leased Wire.) Ashland. Wis., Jan. 15. Mis. Nate Sherrard and four children were burned to death early today In a fire at a lum ber camp 20 miles south of Madison. Nate Sherrard, her husband, who Is cook at the camp was badly burned in at temptlng to rescue his family. GREAT FLOOD 0 THREATENS TWEHTHWO CITY HOURS HOP DAIS FOR COOS BAY Glowing Report of ITarriman's Man Holabird Given Out by Harriman Taken as Sympton of Things Soon to Be Doing." ; f WtiBiogttw Bureau of Tbe Journal.) ! Washington. Jan. 15. Walter Lyon, secretary of the Marshfield, Or., cham-: ber of commerce, is ,here to . urge an appropriation for Coos bay. He .has presented to the rivers and harbors committee, among other matters.',, a Statement by .William H. Holabird to E. H. Harriman, whom Harriman sent to look over the ground and report on the traffic possibilities of a branch road from Drain. , to Coos bay,. Hola bird was highly optimistic, saying: "The harbor Is. one of the best on the coast. When- the, channel la deenenct by lengthening the jetty it will hav 30 feet of water at everr ."high tide." Holabird' s report was gjven to X,yon NO OTIilR DAILY iwrii; ' UUJi CENTS. OH TRAINS AVTt STANDS, riV CENTS. E L I B E RATES Man Charged With Murder of W. E. Annis Goes Free Jury Studied Over Case Since . Yesterday After noon. (Special Dlnpatch to The Journal.) - 1 Flushing, L. I.,' Jan. lSThorn ton Jenkins Hains was acquitted of the murder of W. E. Annis this morning. The jury deliberated 22 hours. . When the Jury filed Into the court room there was a sudden cessation of the low murmuring talk that had filled the air with disquietude during the moments following, the announcement of the deputy sheriff that a verdict bad been reached. Relatives of the pris oner were present early In the day and many friends of the defendant had re mained near tha court Jurlng tho late hours of morning. ' '' Absolute silence followed the . ques-' tion of Judge Crane. "Has vth Jury , reached. a conclusion ?i' The forenu.i rose and said, "Yes, your honor, the Jenkins Hatns is not guilty as charged." For a moment there was a shuffling of feet and the vague sound of low pitched voices. The defendant remained perfectly cool during the ordeal. The "ui nppeu vigorously ior oraer anu Hains' friends gathered about him. Too courtroom was then cleared. ! Much surprise was expressed on the streets at the verdict, the Impression being that a verdict of second, degree would be rendered. -The Return at Early Koralnff. and with no prospect then of reaching an agreement, the Jury filed Into Judgj Crane's courtroom at 8:30 o'clock thl- morning and asked that the -testimony given by John Tierney, witness for McBrlde, who testified for the state, be lean 10 wiem. ....... At the conclusion of the reading Judge Crane inquired if the liirora do- 1 sired to hear the record on the cross examination. Jurors Benham and Hecb er shook their heads. "Your honor, we are old men and wo are ill, besides," was Benham'a reply. "If we cannot reach a verdict within an hour we shall ask yon to discharge Judge Crane announced that Renham and Hecker could have the services of - a physician if necessary, at the same' time ointing out to them tne import ance Of agreeing on a verdict . xne judge remained in the courtroom all night. . ;....... Substance of ths Charge. The Jury was locked ud at 4:5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Justic Crane's charge was construed generally to De lair. wnenever ne may nave leaned It was against the defense. , It required a little over an hour-to de liver the charge. He warned tho Juror to discard their feellnars In the i-s. and explained that the marital troubles or Claudia Mains and tne captain were, admitted merely to show the captain's . state of mind. He said:' . "If the defendant aided and abetted the killing and went to the club for that purpose, he is guilty of the crime He claims he drew his revolver to pro tect his brother and only, ran down the float after the shooting began. If this Is so, you must acquit him. The adul tery of William E. Annla, the deceased, and Mrs. Hains is not ' an Issue." The court declared that the iury must answer only the question, "Did-Thornton Hains help kill Annis?" The final clause ot the charga was: "If the defendant intentionally aided and assisted In killing Annis you need not consider Peter's sanity or Insanity. You may dismiss . the- question,-for the defendant would even then be guilty of crime. - "Take this case, gentlemen, review it carefully and patiently and say whether you find this defendant guilty- of mur der in the first degree, murder in th- . second degree, manslaughter In the first degrees manslaughter in the second de gree, or not guilty ."i . 1 by Harriman on the latter' urgent re quest. Holabird really paints a high ly colored picture of tha wonderful t- sources -along the line-from Iri.i i Coos bay. mentioning the cedar and fu as the "best on earth." - He says coal underlies K.00 i i iar miles, . "one acre of w hich is mI ti 18,7S cords of wood." "Tha country Is too rl.'h In nsitir,, resources to - be keM down," J ioU!(i t say a . The fact that Harriman gave it t Hohjbird- the report, is t many here us meaning 'tt.nt- h t,t. .. , building, and that - t.irtimi , . , i IW-ves tha road wimiM ..ty i , la.OOO.Oi.HI. which. i,c t' ' ' ifirlil pwiplf, wyuld ,,.( .,i t 1 . . , . , structitiy; IL