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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING,' JANUARY 21, 1909.-EIGHTEEN PAGES,
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JIultnoinah Relegates Be
Hevc They ec Joker in
Bean's Measure J- Fixing
of Cha rges for, Tonnage
and Pilotage Provided For
CARTOONIST SEED HAD HIS ;
, PENCIL ON THE FOLLOWING
x By Ralph A. Watson.,
'(By Journal Iased Salem ' Wire.)
Salem, Or.. Jan. 21. Astoria is
after the Port of ;Portland. It has
vita chance Jn the Bean bill authoriz
ing the incorporation of porta simi
lar to the Port of Portland. When
the bill, came up for discussion in
the house this morning there was a
big fight. , the . Multnomah . mem
bers contending ' that there was an
anti-Portland' "joker", in the bill.
This was In effect that any port
formed under the law was granted
full control of all rivers, bay and
harbors within the limits of the cor
poration and the sea, j , It was ; also
provided that tbe corporations could
establish'' maintain and control all
pilotage on such bays, harbors and
eaual with that of the state Itself.
Theea provisions would make it pos
sible for Astoria to Incorporate under
the law ahd unller the authority of the
law assume, absolute control of the
lower river and bar , pilotage, harbor
regulations and everything in that con
nection. The" birr allOWa the" corpora
tion to. fix charges for - tonnage and
pilotage and any such charges are- to be.
liens upon vessels entering thport. It
Is contended by "Multnomah members
that Astoria might make towage and
pilotage so prohibitive' as to seriously
affect Portland-bound shipping.
After eonsiderlng the bill In commit
tee of the whole until noon, and adopt
ing the first six sections of the bill,
the committee struck on the seventh
section and, rising, reported progress.
Jaeger wanted to strike out the ob
jectionable sections but Bean declared
that to do so would cut the heart out
of the measure.
A meeting of the Multnomah delega
tion was called for this afternoon to
plan a line of attack on the bill and It
will be fought to a finish by the dele
gation. . .
The members of the delegation are
not opposed to the creation of ports,
but object to "surrendering the control
of the shipping business- of the port
of Portland into tbe hands of the nort
of Astoria.' -
EXPERIMENT.STATION
' FAVORABLY REPORTED
Rr Journal Leased Salem Wire.)
Salem, t Or.,, Jan. 21. At a meeting
Of both senate and bouse committees
on agriculture -last night It was de
cided to make a favorable report on the
bill appropriating 3000 for an experi
ment station upon the Umatilla? irriga
tion projeot near Hermiston. The
United States has provided 18000 for
this work, . contingent upon a like ap
' propf lation by the state. ..The object
Is to instruct settlers In the science of
irrigation. ' The bill was Introduced by
the Umatilla and Morrow delegations.
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SENATOR FU LTON S 1 AST"
lR AC E HOMB".,'"
StMKTOR WN KELLAHcR-: TOM OKV or 5AL.E M MAOEj
MTR0DUCEDTHg9 fOOT SHEELPHV -j JHiN&5JLrvlX.AtxTtrlE&.;
SENATOR CHS.W NOTTINGHAM
HAD A WUORTW) TO OFFIR
JOHN CTMClE OF HOUSe
R1C t IV ED. A CHAIRMANSHIP
KEPHESENTATINB RONES OF YAMHIU.
HAD A W MAKE.,
LABELS LEFT OFF THE BOTTLES
Mitigating Circumstances Result in Minimum Fine Im
posed in Federal Court on Dwight1 Edwards Com
pany for Violation of the Pure Food Law.
WORSE
III USUI MOB
Two Days of Temblors at
Smyrna and Thereabout
Great Damage. T.
iOnltpd Press Luted Wlre.
Constantinople," Jan, -J t. -Earthquake
s&ocks even., more - serious than those
'.hat occurred Tuesday of this week are
reported from Smyrna today. t
- One message says hundreds of houses
have been destroyed - and the en tiro
reputation Is fleeing to tlie open coun
ry. The-shocks have continued now
for two days. : There, is no tnf orma
tlon ' obtainable concerning - the num
ber Of fatalities. 1 : - . :
Reports from . Phoesea and Smyrna
say 600 houses were destroyed yester
day and that the shocks still continue.
The minister of the Interior is sending
assistance to these places. : , , .
-LUZON EARTHQUAKE
LET LOOSE A LAKE
(Unite press Lhim WIre.J
' Manila, Jan. 21. Reports of the vl
ranlo disturbances in Tayabas province
were confirmed today : by a dispatch
from Lucens, which aays great damage
lias beert' done . to crops. -v Most of - the
losses, however, were caused by floods
following -the volcanic explosion, which
loosed the waters of-a-large mountain
lake. The Lucena volcano is still in
eruption.--
Counsel for the Dwight Edwards com
pany, against which complaint was filed
in the federal court several days ago
on a charge of having violated the pure
food law, pleaded guilty to three of the
six counts , and the company was fined
$75 by Judge Wolverton in the United
States district court this mornlpg. The
other three counts were dismissed upon
the recommendation of District Attor
ney John McCourt.
The three counts dismissed were with
reference to tnisbranded raspberry and
strawoerrv riavorinr extracts. Mr. Mc
Court said that after the pure food law
became effective, Mr. Edwards had
given orders to his employes that bot
tles containing these extracts should
be labeled with stickers upon which
was printed the exact formula of which
the liquid consisted. In this particular
case, the district attorney said, it had
been found that the labels had been left
orr we Dotues inadvertently by the man
who had made the shipment. - The n-
tracts without ; labels were sent tn a
merchant in Montana and were found by
agents of the pure food department
in regard to tne. count pertaining to
the lemon extract which it -was alleged
did not come- un to the standard as re
quired by law. Mr. McCourt said that It
seemed tnat the company was not alto
gether -to blame for-this,-either. He
explained that some years ago Mr. Ed
wards had secured a formula to make an
extract,- which while It - was not of the
highest. quality, met the demands of the
trade. To make the extract clear, it
seems, tne ' mixed riuids aro filtered
through magnesia. A certain percent
age of lemon oil Is required by the de
partment In these extracts, and this
INDIGNANTiPEOPLE 1
DEFEATED -AMAZING
PIECE OF TREACHERY
(Washington; Bureau of Tbe Jonrail.)
4 Washington. Jan. 21. Com
0 menting on the final desperate
attempt to prevent the election of
4 Governor Chamberlain as United
States - senator and . to Indue
pledged . legislators ' to violate
their promise to the people, the
New York ; "World says edi-
'torlally: t ', : : .- ,
v "It-war an amaslng piece of
treachery. But for the righteous
, indignation of the people of Ore-
. gon thft'scheme might have sue-
ceeded.-; . . . .. , .
J 1 ' .-.....
particular brand confiscated by the gov
ernment was below the standard. This
was due, Mr. McCourt said, to the fact
that the magnesia had retained more oil
after the extract had been strained than
the men handling the fluids had figured.
Owing to this fact the extract got on
the market with a lower percentage
man is prescriDea Dy law.
mr. Howards
prised, Mr,
that such
was verv much" aur-
McCourt said, when he found
was the rasa in the extrant
department of his business. The dis
trict attorney also said that this was
the first offense of the company cited
as defendant.
In imposing a fine of $25 in the three
counts Judge Wolverton said that It
was the purpose of the pure food law
to protect persona from adulterated
foods and extracts but under the cir
cumstances the full fine would not be
Imposed. However, the court stated
that if a second violation occurred the
maximum fine allowed by law would
be Drought to bear.
CAPITAL PAPER
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II
SAVED BY DOBS
Sheepherder Four Days on
Desert Dogs Keep Him
From Freezing.
, (United Press tossed Wire.)
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 21. Four days and
nights alone. in the desert without food
or water, his leg shattered by the ac
cidental discharge of his shotgun, was
the terrible experience of . Conaro Un-
dace. a Spanish sheepherder,. near Ha
geraian. He was found yesterday, by a
searching party lying face downward
and unconscious. Conaro was hunting
a soyote when the accident occurred. His
life was saved by his two dogs,, who lay
close to their master and prevented his
freezing to death. The dogs never, left
him until they heard the cries of the
searchers, and then they led members of
the party to tne unfortunate man.
Washington Post - Editorial
Says Governor Will Be
Seated by Senate.
By John E. Lathrop.
Washington, Jan. 21. The Washing
ton Post ,has a special saying the, Ful
ton wing of the Republican party has
a plan to prevent Chamberlain being
elected, and that Ormsby McHarg, rep
resentative of Chairman Hitchcock, and
FSilton'a Hrnther. hava a nlsn hv which
the senate "Committee on privileges and
elections may reject Chamberlain - by
having members of, the legislature make
a record that they voted for Chamber
lain because "they voted, for him In
fulfillment -of a pledge to the people,
not because he was their personal
choice." '
The ; Post sa vs. editorially! "It s
hardly' likely the senate will question
Chamberlain's right, to a seat; ' The
Democrats of the- senate certainly wiil
not-object to the action of the Oregon
legislature, ir the Republicans suoul'l
do so they would be charged with act.'
Ing with partisan motives and their ob
jection would do more harm than-good
Mr. Chamberlain will probably take his
seat without opposition," - ,
In ihe Want Ad Sec-
f Hon of Today's Journal
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Jq J situations '
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A Advertise- real estate for
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a a Advertise honseg'for
Oil wnt . . , . . .
on Advertise flats for
l) rent rs f;;; ;,' ;
I n Advertise ' housekeeping
jq rooms for rent
Hundreds .of ; new ;"ada In
the . classified .section of ,
' this paper every. day. ' if .
. you do not. find what you
-; " ''' want today
Rtii ihe Classified Section
of Tomorrow's JOURHAL I
rJEVER rJEARER
WAR WITH
JAPAN
Situation So Tense That
Hostile: Attitude - in Cali
fornia Might Precipitate
Crisis Ex-Mayor Phelan
on Irrepressible CoiiHict.
Washineton. Jan. 21. It is the
view of the national administration
that the situation growing out of
Ihe relations of the United States
and Japan has sever been so grave
as it is' today. Hostile ' legislation
Ju California, or even any consider
able attempt in that direction, it is
feared, would precipitate a crisis. 1
Washingtoni Jan. 21. Ex-Mayor
Phelan of San Francisco, who is
here in the interest of legislation af
fecting San Francisco, said today:
"'We requested the president last
summer to keep .the fleet in Pacific
waters. He replied (that t th jhjo
gram already alvanxed must: be ful
filled. ; This ltft our; cdaat tinpro-
tctea.lr te Japanese iaeaired
they could descend on' our shore ttnd
do great injury before we could re
taliate. - Remember, they .struck
IttiESia when' they were least ex
pected, attacking Port Arthur while
Russia was feigning, and they would
do the same thing to the United
States.
"If such a thing happened we
would have thousands of enemies
right In our midst. Hawaii is even
worse off than California.
"Roosevelt is right in his contention
that the California legislature shbuld
halt the proceedings looking to antl
Jananese legislation now. The presi
dent probably knows more than the pub
lic knows about the Japanese question.
For the present, at least, California
should Intrust the situation to Roose
velt.
"1 am forced to say the time may
come when California will be compelled
to act. It is even now a question wheth
er California will be a white mans
country or will belong to the Japanese.
They are driving the white men to me
wall and tne latter nave Degun 10 .iixni.
Shall we maintain our standard or shall
we lower ourselves to the business level
of the Japanese? I have ralth in presi
dent Roosevelt; I believe when he says
an amicable agreement has been reached
whereby Immigration may oe restnetea,
he has good grounds for the statement.
I think the state legislature should al
low him amDle time to fulfill his
policy.
"I also know that the Japanese are
clever, and dangerous because they are
clever; that they are progressing be
yond all bounds in California, and are
a grave menace, and that there Is no
hope they will ever become In any sense
American at heart. They will not blend
with our people. They lower the stand
ard . of our life, supporting neither
church, school nor the family, In the
American sense."
Attitude of California as.
Californians here generally deplore an
attitude of radical legislation, though
expressing regrets that Roosevelt did
not allow the fleet to remain. Roose-
RIVERS SHOW S10NS
OF COMING FLOODS
DOCKS AWASH BRIDGE 10
F
Ml
Willamette Bises a Foot
During Night and Is Ex
pected to Rise Two Feet
More Upper Columbia Is
Jammed With Ice.
(Continued on Page Seven;)
SULTAN MARKED
FOR
SLAUGHTER
Thirty Thousand Reaction
aries in Plot to Annul
Constitution.
(United Press Leaaed Wtre.i
Constantinople. Jan. 21. Another at
terrmt to assassinate the sultan has just
been frustrated, through the miscarriage
of a letter written by -tne conspirators,
and the guard at the palace has been
doubled, '
There is no doubt there that the Dlot
against tne sultan s nie would nave been
Buccessrui 11 tne getter aaaressea to a
conspirator" had not fallen into ' the
hands of the young Turks. .The plot In
volved 80,000 reactionaries, whose ob
ject was to. overthrow the 'sultan and
thereby dissolve the parliament and an
nul the constitution.
It is reported that the death plot was
also directed against the grand vizier
and the president of the chamber of dep
uties. - ' -i
aiore than 100 arrests have been made.
PLOT TiTSLAY
CZAR FERDINAND
" (United Preas tcaaad Wire.) .-' 5 '
Budapest, Jan. Jl. Following an at
tempt to carry out a plot against the
life of Csar Ferdinand) several arrests
have been made, but the details leading
up to the attempted assassination are
Such weather as is now being experi
enced in the Willamette valley has not
visited Portland for 20 years.
Although the averaee citizen is not
materially affected by the rains at this
time, business men along. Front street
have been put practically, out of busi
ness by the flood, and every dock on the
riverfront la flooded so s that the mer
chandise generally transferred to .ves
sels from the lower Dock - has ' been
forced tot tba upper floors at a, great In
convenience, and- in fewna cases material
losses.; ;:,.'".;';.'.."... '."' .;,' "' t, ' ''.--."
Alt through this aectlonrf, theenun
fry the watt-r ! ri-'i'a and 1n ttie.npt.r
Columbia the Ice has Jammed ao - that
river -trarrio is not only at a stanii-
still but many of the docks- and fish
wheels will be damaeed when the ice-
blockades- loosen- and start -down f-the
river, a , condition .which , threatens at
loe Piled Blga. '
as xne t j-aiie the ice is piled, up
ven wuii ino Danauio murra A por
tion of Taffe's fiehwheel has-been car
ried away, the government work on the
Celllo canal as well as Seufert Bros'
salmon cannery , la . In danger Of being
carried away.' ' " '
The Willamette is constantly rising
and the current is becoming swifter,
bringing driftwood and log rafts down
the river at a dangerous speed. Three
vessels were forced to tie up at Rainier
last night In order to avoid the dan
gers of coming up stream In the dark
against the floating debris.
Iast night - the Willamette reached
a height of 18 feet and will rise at
least two feet more today. All over
the state heavy rains are falling and
CContinued on Fa&e Twelve.)
GORGEOUS BALL
. AT THE-PLAZA
New York Society to Wear
Swellest Headgear
For the Blind;
- (Special Dispatch, to The Journal. V
New York, Jan. 21. New York society
Is agog over the grand bal du tete to b
flven at the Plaza tonight for the bene
It of the blind. This dance of the
fancy head dresses is to be an exclusive
Invitation affair, and it is claimed that
it will be the most brilliant and gor
geous of all the long list of unique so
ciety events in which the "Four Hun
dred" has indulged this winter. The
notable patrons of the affair Include the
secretary of state and Mrs. Root, the
French ambassador and Mme Jusserand
and the British ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce. - .
The grand ballroom of the Plasa has
been mairnlficentlv decoratod fnr ih n
caslon. English, French and American
flags have been employed liberally In
the decorative scheme. Tn thA.renter
of the ballroom an Immense snowball
nss oeen suspended, and from It trails
of red wistaria have been carried to the
sides and corners of the room, t
Many of the women who go to the ball
will wear the headdress of Spanish and
Dutch peasants. Others will appear
with Venetian headdress and Venetian
ruffs. Neckruffs are to- be a .special
feature, particularly those of the days of
Queen Elizabeth.
TRAM FALL
RIVER
Structure Over, the Sacra
mento -Collapses While a
Freight Is CrossingThe
Flooding Streams Cause
Damage in Northwest.
flood Phases Throughout jrorth-
" west Today.
"Welser, Idaho In Washing
ton county, on the eastern Ore
gon -line, touching the ', counties
of Malheur , and ainlon, Welser
river; two feet hJgher than , at
any .previous time this Season.
Two- foot ' rise' tast 11 hours;
Snake j-rtve - foot and a hal f
V 3 Kalama, Co wilts
Wash.-Kalama , river
-eounty,
IS ' tPft
above low wat Ar "morV trlntt
"light and power plant threatened.
Columbia rising slowly.
Vancouver, Clarke county.
Wash. Quantifies of , debris in
Columbia. , Rise, .of, two feet at
10 o'clock this morning since 3
o'clock yesterday .afternoon. .
Walla,Walla, tWash.-put one
train tnto, city . in last . 44 . hours.
, Creeks ; and , rivers higher than
has ever-been known. Northern
Paolflc will make' effort to run
train in this afternoon. ' ..
Albany, Linn county Willam
ette river higher than at any
time during winter. StM rising.
..' Colfax, Wash. Raging torrent
"of water rushes through heart of
- city. Dynamic used to break
up ice Jams. - . .
' gpokane, Wash. All trains ex
cept Wallace branch on O. R. 4
N. annulled. : Washouts '' occur
in many places.
; Lewiston, IdahoSpokane river
rises rapidly. City Is without
light or :-. power. 1 Water : up to
door knobs in lower; sectlona -
;
'
:
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(Special Dlapatcli to Th J.-wnaL) "
Ashland. Or Jan. 21.-WHav ; a
freight train was crossing the bridge
over - the Sacramento river at Orlanrt,
below Red Bluff. Cal., this morning
the structure collapsed, falling into the
train with it. It Is impossible to learn
the extent, of the damage or whether
there was a loss of life, ' . -
today. . The . fall has. been .nearly con-
(ContlnC-d w Page Twelve.)'
3IAN WH0 DESPISED '
SOCIETY IS DEAD
4 Read the story of . General -
Hugh Cameron In the January 24
Issue of The Sunday -'Journal.-
4 General Cameron- dledt recently
4 after having spent over 19 years
4 in voluntary exile. He scoffed
4 society and said tha world was .
unfeeling and not worth bother-;
4) ing about.' -,---,. X;-vJi3,,;H...k-Uy.
4 General Cameron's' story will
4 r be part of the next Sunday Jour- ' 4
4 - nal magazine section. ,', ! -.- i' "
'r - ; V V:- ' X -"
being supprerjped.
But One Train Is Are to Reach the City Within tli o
: Past 44 llours-Washouts on ; All the -
y'- ;'':": Rail Lines.' ' -''
(Speclat Dispatrti to The Journal.) 'v
Walla Walla. Wasli.,- Jaw. 81. With
but one train into the city In the last
44 hours. Walla Walla Is t practically
cut off from the outside WQi-ld except
by telegraph.- Every . creek and river
In the eounty.-except -Mill creek, run
ning through this .cityi is higher than
has been known and the waters are re
ceding but little. A train is expected
in oiver the Komhetn ' Pacific this aftrr.
noon but the Q. R. & N. - will run no
iratnew-ionsy, - - - v:
- The- Tsfter road has two wnshnutt
Between this Wjr and Presoolt, two be
tween1er and Pendletnn, ene t--t
here and Wallula, complete! v t- '
Its lines. The Northern f an
a had washout at Osburnw an ; li
ferrlng phsspikts. Anotlnr i i
ported at Lamar. This may M.i. i
from . getting In at all.
- Many pnnsens-f-rs art tIM i-n i
city.-i Jhe barometer thia ino.-i
2Sthe liiwisat wlih-ft '-,
the- .history t( Ilia tit v. A
wind UU'W last fiistbt.
-'-Wheat -Is not irfaterf 1 I t
dHions r. excellent a (
concerneii.
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