Read the Want Pages JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS ; ' 31,696 in Today'sv Journal; Fm 1 the Journal's Want Columns "" - T r for Best Results.".' .;" ' ; The Weather Occasional rain to- , night and Thursday; cooler tonight. i VOL. VII. NO. 300. PORTLAND, OREGON, " WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY ' 17, 1909. EIGHTEEN PAGES, 7 PRICE TWO CENTS. oit tbaots wb irrws STAKOS. , TIVB diHIS. IU1 1 . B mn:rvx MM mmm WAR ON Si EXPLOSIOH Jaeger Provokes Hot Wrath of ' Hughes, the' . Author, by Insinuating Self-In- . teres t-r-Bill Passed, De- - spite Job Charges. By Ralph A. Watson. (By Journal Leased Salem Wire.) ' Salem,. Or., Feb. 17. Under the open charge mad by different member of the hoq that the bill waa In the In terest of a certain gas fixture company having many atockholdera In Salem, En gene an ether up valley towns, the house yet reconsidered the Hughes safe ty aDullaiH-B bill this morning, passed It and sent it over to the- senate for con sideration. During- the discussion of tha measure a personal encounter was nar rowly averted between Jaeger of Mult nomah and Hughes of Marlon, father of the hill, because Jaeger denounced tha measure as a disgrace and asked Hughes tr he had any personal interest in me bill. The Hughes bill provides that all lodging houses and public buildings shall, if complaint be made against them, be forced to Install safety appli ances on every gas jet used for lighting or heating. . The bill was killed yesterday becasee It was reported to be In the Interest of a corporation wiioh would by tha enact ment of the bill ba given a monopoly in the state. lst night, after tha combination bad been effected between the eastern Ore gon asylum Jorees. the Alaska-Yukon appropriation people; tha agricultural college people, Hughes and tha Marlon delegation, Richardson of Union and tha scalp bounty people, tha Hughes , bill, according to program, waa called up for reconsideration, but tha house would not reconsider It Thla morning the bill was railed up a second time and pu( upon Ita final passage. . .. v, ' Jester Infuriates Hughes. Jaeger secured the floor, and said tha lobbies were full of men working for tha Hughes bill. - - That the members were being buttonholed and cajoled Into vot ing for reconsideration. "It Is a shams and a disgrace to this bouse that this bill should be recom mended at this time, when It is In tha Interest of one company," aaid Jaeger. "I want to ask Mr. Hughes If he has any1 personal Interest In this company if he . is personally interested in his bill?" r Hughes sprang to hi feet and across the aisle to where Jaeger' was standing and shook his fist under tha noaa of the Multnomah 'member.. "I am not interested In any company," be said, white with anger, ''and I want to tell you that If you make any more Insinuations against my character and my honesty I will meet you out there In the lobby. Now, I want you to un derstand that." flrtetaker MrArthn. nnnn (m mi. for order and the - sergeant at arms I threw down his paper and started ' down the aisle to the scene of Impend ing battle, but Hughes, hearing the gavel at last, went reluctantly beck to his seat. Jaeger said he had no desire to Im pugn Hughes motives, but he had been told by many persons that the bill waa in xne interest or a certain company and had been asked to put the question Why Eaton Toted At. When tha vote came Baton also threw a bomb into the house by explaining his vote. He aaid he was going to vote r . , Because ne nan prom ised a lobbyist a short time before that he would. He aaid ha had found the bill was in the interest of the Campbell Safety Cutoff company, that the stock holders, he had been told, were cora- r'oaed of Salem and Eugene men, and hat the bill would be to their inter est. He had promised to vote for the bill before knowing this, anil he miii the explanation of-his vote so that tha iiuubo wuuiu Know nis reasons tor vot ing as he did, and the status of the (Continued on Page Six.) OFF FOE EUROPE IN A CLOUD OF CIGARETTE SMOKE A (Halted Press Leased We.) 4 4 New York. Feb. 17. Smoking 4 4 a gold tipped cigarette which 4 4 was held between - two richly 4 4 Jeweled Angers. Mrs, William K. 4 4 Vanderbllt Sr. stood In the door- 4 4 way of her suits on the steamer 4 4 Kron Prinsessln Cecilia and calm- 4 4 ly surveyed the stream of pas- 4 4 sengers hurrying by her cabin 4 ?4 through the main companion way 4 4 Just prior' d the sailing of the 4 4 big Uner yesterday. "Mrs. Van- 4 4 derbllt was asked: 4 4 " "Would you object to statin 4 4 something about , your plans on 4 4 the other side T 4 4 . "Oh. I don't cars - (puff) , to - 4 4 talk about them.-r (Puff). ' 4 4 Will, you remain abroad loagT" 4 4 -Hame as usuaL-. (Puff). 4 4. "Does .that mean all summer T 4 4 . "Yes." (Puff). ' 4 4 - "Return in the fall." ' - . 4 4 Yes." (Puff). 4 4 JOo!ng to tha south of Francs 4 4 this ysarr persisted the re- 4 4 porter. . , - . . 4 4 --No (Puff). "I stay lri 4 4 Paris." (Puff). 1 4 4 , "Going; yachting! ' ,. ' 4 4 "No." (Puff). i 4 4 : 'Good day. . " ... 4 .4 (Pufo. ; . . : , ;v : 4 4 . : . . . , . . . . NO STAY AT HOME WOMEN F'LEASE MEN. SAYS LESLIE OU A HAS HOT LOST HUGH Margaret- IUington's Desire (or Simple Life Stirs Act ress to Verbal Action. What Marfan XUiiurton Would Do. , "There Isn't anything in life . ... that's worth while for a woman except a home of her own, and a husband that loves her, and per- hapa a few kiddles to keep her busy. And that's what I'm going to have one of these days and tha fa the way I'm going to d spend all the rest of my life. "Jf a girl loves tha stags if 4 ' she's "all ambition and eagerness w for it; then she gets her compen- aation as aba goes along. I've e hated, it I've rebelled and re- 4 belled, and I've collapsed, and e I've fainted, and it was all noth- 4 4 lng -nothing beside the pride that my husband. Daniel From- 4 4 man. 'felt In my career. I wanted 4 4 warm, human ties I am sick of 4 4 the theatre." - 4 ' '4 (United press Leased Win.) New York, Feb. IT. "No darning of stockings or marketing, of vegetables for me,.', declared Mrs. Leslie Carter to day apropos of Miss Margaret IUing ton's giving up the stage and bur theat rical husband because she wants domes ticity, ' " . .,: ;. - n,T' c . ui luiam opportunity to venture Into the uncer tain muni ui nora is taxing sv Dig risk," was the Titian tressed actress1 next revolutionary declaration. - rn mmr tnnM.1.1. , V. a. iam M 11.1 tie homestarlng domeaUo mouse as they .... . - T mi . , , uv uMv - vi uTMuimttu Draioxi proies aional woman t No, they do not. Men " . v '-c , nit j w nu v niimLrilllR flaw. Th. l.ii vVitr. mrA th. .! the glamor are their heart's desires. inj iwni want 10 ds coniinea to the CHIEF GERONIO IS DEAD Famous Old Apache Who Was Captured by Law ton Ex pires at Fort Sill Has Been Federal Prisoner for Twenty Years. (United Press Lasted Wirt.) Denver, Feb. 17. A dispatch from Law ton, Okla., says Gerooimo, the fa mous Apache chief, died at Fort Sill this) morning. Geronlmo had been a prisoner of war for 21 years. Old Geronlmo has gone to the Great Spirit There is something; pathetic in the passing of this famous old Indian, cruel, murderous and crafty as he was. There waan't much in his character like the "Last of the Mohlcana." but there was much In his death that stirs recol lection of Cooper's chapters. For years Geronlmo has been a sick man and for ?-ears he has expressed desire to return o his old time haunts in the treeless Arizona mountains. Xespsotsd XUlwtos, General Lawton, who fell at the battle Of Santa Crus in the Philippines, was about the) only American general for whom Geronlmo had any respect When Lawton died the old Indian, whose cap ture was effected by Lawton, remarked, "Big brave. He died like big Indian." SHAKE TO HAVE E Half Million Dollar Struc ture Will Be 700 Feet Above Water. (United Press Leased Wire.) Boise, Idaho, Feb. 17. The announce ment is made here today that the high est suspension bridge in tha world will be constructed across Snake river Just below Shoshone falls. The bridge' will be 700 feet above the river and 3000 feet Ions:. It will be a Joint railroad and wagon bridge and will connect the north Bids and south side Twin Falls irrigation tracts. The cost will be nearly, half a million. JOSEPH PATTEKSON BETUItNS TO J)ESK 1: (United Press Leased Wire.) - Chicago, Feb. 17.- After an absence of four years, during which he abjured his political party to east his lot with Socialism. Joseph ..Medlll Patterson., grandson of Joseph . Medlll, founder of the Chicago Tribune, today resumed his duties as secretary of the company pub lishing the paper.; ;' . Four year ago Patterson ; left .'the Tribune and edited a Socialist paper. He also , served as a. commissioner of public works under Mayor Dunns, whom he supported during Dunne's mayoralty campaign. - - . i ... - HIGHEST BRlDG l' ' ' .-M If , i ' " ' ( V' " i 1 r f i. - ' "iff j ' '"'J V?7; f' f " ?'. ' 7 , Leslie Cartef, who declares all men love "wine, women and song. endless monotony of a' horns with Just one f woman 'in- it.- -;,..- r. ... i-.:,., "They , love the gleam of .eyes, the sparkle of wine, the fascination of tbe variety that comes and coes. goes and comes, constantly, limes nave cnangea. My grandfather and grandmother lived together zor es years -and died within six weeks. But It's different now. Men don't want the tedium of four square wans. "Children are a nuisance. Dally rou tine is a oore. Mrs. Carter wanted It understood. however, that thla was in no wsy criticism Of Mies IUington's views. Lawton captured Geronlmo after sev eral months of the most arduous Indian campaigns . in history. The White Mountain Apaches, of which tribe Geronlmo was chief, had practically caused Arizona border and mountain lands to become depopulated. The band murdered men and tortured women and children. Detachments of the best United States cavalry were sent out to round them up, but to no avail, the In dians always retiring to the barren deserts or the broken mountain ranges where they alone could live under the burning sun, and where they alone Knew the location or the water notes. Captors of Band. General Lawton Irf the early eighties went on oerontmo s trail ana arter an Insistent pursuit captured the remnant 01 the Dana ana its enter. Geronlmo and his followers were exiled to Florida and later sent to Fort Sill. The old chief was given a great deal of freedom but to tbe last he longed for return to the sun baked plains of his native Arisona, FATE OF 108 YET They Remain in Wrecked British Colliery 32 Res cued ; 8 Bodies Today. (Dotted Preaa Leased Wire.) Newcastle, England. Feb. 17. Eight bodies were removed today from the ruins of the Stanley coal mine., which was wrecked by an explosion yesterday. Thirty-two miners, frightfully burned, were rescued early today and 10S men and boys are still unaccounted for. The mine la filled with gas and little hope for their rescue is held. WAVES FLAG AND CUTS HIS THROAT (United Press Leased Wire.) , ' Richmond. Cal.. Feb. 17. Edward Me- Gann. who, according to his brother, has long been threatened with Insanity. cut his throat with a .rasor today in the presence of scores, of terrified school children who were leaving the building. McGatrn waved an American -;f lag and attracted the attention of the children by crying: ;, "God. bless tbe flag." . As they gathered about him he drew tbe rasnr out and eqt his throat.' - . Shortly -before - the suicide' McOann ran Into a grocery-store and scribbled on a piece of paper; "My brother is innocent. STATE ROADS BE BUILT Special Message to Legisla ture Calls for Amendment to Constitution Providing for Publicly Owned Hail roads Surprising Facts,. (Br Journal Leaied Salem Wire.) Salem, Or., Feb. 17. Governor Cham berlain sent a hot special message to the legislature this afternoon calling upon them to put through the amend ment to the constitution providing for state aided railroads. The amendment has already passed the house, but bas been hung up in the senate. The mes sage is generally looked upon as strik ing a hard blow at Harriman and em phasizing the state's determination to build her own railroads. Coming as it did with announcement alleged to have been made through Harriman of a road up the Deschutes, it caused surprise. The Message. The President and Members of the Senate: The importance to the people of the State of house Joint" resolution No. IS, Introduced by the speaker of the house of representatives leads me to address you a brief message for fear that in the multitude of matters de manding your attention at the close of the sesaloa its Importance may be over- looked. , ; V This resolution passed .the house on (Continued on Page Two.) Editors of New York World and Indianapolis News Must Answer for Charges of Graft Published Con cerning Panama Canal. (United Pro Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 17. Tha grand jury of the District of Columbia this afternoon returned indictments against the owners and responsible editors of the New York World and tbe Indianapolis News, charging criminal libel on account of articles (Continued on Page SIX.) n the Want Ad Sec tion of Today's Jour ml Idvertlse for 39 help Advertise for 25 situations M Advertise furnished rooms for rent . Advertise real estate for 171 sale ill Advr.rt.lsA traalneaa 94chance,! Advertise nooses for 40 i rent Advertise flats for rent Advertise : housekeeping rooms for rent 20 36 Hundreds of new ads In r the- classified section ; of -this paper every day. If you do not 'find what you ' . want today '. , ': Read the Classified Secfion ; of Tomorrow's JOURNAL! 1 PULITZER AND SiTI ARE COLONEL TUCKER S DEFENDED BY HS FRIENDS IN ARMY rji.sie.liV'f" 1 w Colonel and Mrs. Tucker, Who Have Been Named In Sensational Stories from Chicago. (United Preaa Leued Wire.) Chicago, Feb. 17. Colonel Tucker would not say today whether he would prosecute the two men who found his old letters in an ash heap and tried to ell them to him. The men. a Janitor and an elevator engineer, were arrested yesterday for blackmail. "Colonel Tucker was a man wno may have had faults, but there was a great deal of good in him, too. I think he was much misunderstood. This is the way an army officer friend of the man who has been the center of a divorce scandal for weeks and who has been fighting to save his Fienslon before the pension board, put t this morning. "Colonel Tucker , under the rullmr forecasted yesterday .will receive . full pension. The question of his debts cuts no figure In the case. If Colonel Tuck er owes money It Is because of certain unfortunate investments, l Know that he occasionally took a drink, but I don't think he was intemperate. During BRIBE-TAKER Ex-Supervisor Coffey of Schmitz Board May Have to Go to State Prison Effect on Calhoun Case Victory for Heney. (United Preaa Leawd Wh-a.) San Francisco, Feb. 17. Ex-Supervl- laiiLi.i;!!. j u.i. ii. i.a . . i . sor M. W. Coffey today was found K from the United Railroads for his vote In favor of an overhead trolley fran chise. The Jury waa out half an hour and became unanimous as to Coffey's guilt on the third ballot. Coffey was elected supervisor under Mayor Schmitz. He was on the famous, boodllng bosrd and was ajrunted Immunity by the graft prosecution In return for testi mony which might connect the offi cials of the United Railroads with of fering bribes. Coffey was placed on the aland In JIarietta Nichols of Berkeley Was Wife of Abraham Lincoln's Schoolmate. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Berkeley, Cel.. Feb. 17. Mrs. Mari etta Nichols, wife of David Nichols, a former schoolmate of Abraham Lincoln, died at a local hospital today of burns received early this morning. Members of Mrs. Nlcnols' family heard her scream shortly after mid night and rushed into her room. They saw her with her clothing ablaze, run ning through another doorway to the street. When the flames were ex tinguished the woman was unconscious and was at once tajten to a nnspuai. Mrs. Nichols was 65 years old. She leaves two sons. Rimer Nichols, an attorney, and Wllford Nichols, a school principal. FLEET NOT DAMAGED IX SUXDAY'S GALE (United Press Leawd Wire.) Washington, Feb. 17. A wireless message from Admiral Sperry received at the navy department today said the battleship fleet passed safely through last Sunday's gale, only slight damage being done to the superstructure of the Virginia, Illinois and Kentucky. The message stated the fleet waa moving westwara at mo rate or n knots an nour, - BLUE LAW MANIA I IX IDAHO HOUSE .I. i . TUHlted Preaa Let! Wire.) Boise. Idaho, Feb. 17. Following the passage of the county local option bill, a wave of blue law legislation Is sweep ing through the house, and a bill has been passed doubling the state license for saloons, and a statewide prohibition bill is pending. . . . '. . . CLOTHING BURNS, AGED WOMAN DIES " i '' .' 4 1 . -.-W i WKr 7-; Mis stay at Vancouver and Portland no one ever noticed that the colonel "straved from the straight and narrow ptrth' very much. "Newspapers as a rule seem to look keenly into scandals about army people. If an army man gets into trouble, those troubles are exaggerated simply because the words 'army' or 'navy' seem to lend opportunity to make the story more Interesting. . While I am not in a posi tion to . know much of a direct nature regarding Colonel Tucker's domestic troubles. I can say that the officer has many friends in Portland to whom he endeared himself during his stsy here. "The news of Colonel Tucker being given consideration by the army retir ing board, retired on the bails of three quarters of full pay and without mili tary disgrace seems to have been re ceived with satisfaction by his army and: civilian friends.! The evidence of Mrs: Mary Logan Tucker and Mrs. John A. Logan, mother of Mrs. Tucker, will be excluded from further hearing In the pension board case." FOUND Gill' the trial of Tirev L. Ford, chief coun 1 1 . tuc win sel for the United Railroads, but re- rr used to become a good dos and gave sucn unsatisfactory testimony that he was forthwith Indicted The Doodling supervisor has been on trial scarcely more than two weeks. His conviction will undoubtedly affect the case of Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroad;, who is charged with offering a similar bribe to one of Coffey's follow supervisors. Coffey was tried before Judge Dunne, who continued the case until February 27 for sentence. The penalty for the crime Is a sentence of from one to 14 years In state's prison. LAST TARIFF BV COIillfflTTEE Schedules of Future Will Be by a Commission, Says Beveridge. Indianapolis, Feb. 17. United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge, In an ad dress today before the tariff convention, said a permanent tariff commission was Inevitable, because committees of con gress could not do the work. "Within less than four months," " he said, "a new tariff will have been made. I hope and believe it will be the best tariff that congress ever has construct ed. It will be historic In this: tlmt.it will be the last American tariff created without the aid of a tariff commission a commission to get facts and make classifications for congress; and not to nx auties, wnicn is the exclusive busi ness of congress. "These committees attempt to' find out the facts by holding hearings. , At these hearings crowds of men repre senting various industries desirous of special rates of duty, jam the commit tee rooms. Each one of them is care fully prepared upon his. own particular business of necessity he- is far. better prepared than the whole committee put together. Very few witnesses appear before the committee representing-- the great body of consumers. . These hearings are rushed through with alt possible speed, because the country's business necessarily waits un til the new tariff law Is passed. After these brief hearings, the committee is supposed to -digest such facts as the bulky volumes of such testimony dis close. "Having attempted tosift those vol uminous masses of scattered testimony thus, hastily taken, the committee next goes to the even harder, work Of ftxlns new rates of duty. "We who are demanding; an American tariff commission are asking onlv a commission which shall find out and digest the facts and make scientific classifications and report both to con gress, so that congress may have all this preparatory work done when con gress . a-oesto its legitimate work of UrlTpoUcrea."nUft' M '"I .i. BINGHAM HAS TUSSLE! SENATE Charges President of Title men's Association of Port land With Using Money to Defeat Bill Fist ....Fight Narrowly Averted. Uy Ralph A. Watson. (Br Jour on 1 Leued Salem Wire.) Salem. Or , Feb. 17. Charging; use of money in his attempt to defeat senate bill 69. providing for a guaranty fund for title guaranty companies, by A, B, Manley of Portland, who is fighting the bill in the Ibbby, Senator Bingham .will morning ran foul of ths Portland m on the floor of the house and a fight was only prevented by the-intervention of the sergeant at arms and various members of the house. , . Shaking his fist in the face of Man ley, who was struggling with the door keeper of the house. Senator Bingham raked him and scalded him with charges of graft, dishonor and attempted bribery. "Vou have been trying to use money to defeat my bill, and . you know yoj have," shouted the big senator from Lane. "You tried to do It in the senate and I have the proof of It. and for It we kicked vou out of the senate. Now you come o"ver here on the floor of the house and try to play the same game. Manley "Comes Sack.1 "You can not bring a single' man in the senate or the house or the lobbv who will say that I ever attempted to mnnmr " rUr-entlv or indirectly. ' .shouted Manley trying to Bet loose-and at ths-senator.. i . -r-,; , t "Yes I can, saia jjingnam. miuw you and your record and L Know what you have been doing here." t ' r 'j- .-. Then, turning to the house members ii.j iuf Their s)fLtn and crowded close to the two men, he continued;- "I know what I am talking; about. This- man baa been .trying to kill , my bill 'With money, because It will affect his business. If there Is not manhood enough in this house to -throw himtout I will do- it myself and I will take him With me now.-, I . . . Speaker McArthnr.v who had dust started to call the morning session to . i . V-. a .H.pnoilAn H t. n anil order wiirn oi.ci ......... ..- r. , who had hurried down the aisle gavel In hand, calmed the- senator down a little and then called the house Into session. ................ Manley was shunted off to one sld- and the senator was steered over to the senate chamber without further hos tilities. - Adjourn to tobby. . After the encounter in the house Manley discussed the matter in . the lobby "Senator Bingham has a bill which requires all title companies to- be capi talised for $100,000. to put up 60,00(1 with the secretary of state snd to pay 10 per cent of their gross earnings to (Continued on page" Eleven.) LIQUOR FIGHT Senate at Olympiad Wash ington, W'rangles Over . v - Local Option Bill.: (Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.) Olvmnla. Wash- Feh 17. Lcal op tion is having; Its Inning in the senatn today. At 10 o'clock the consideration of reports on five different bills was taken up. An ettort to suosmuie n spineless measure for, the Falconer bill was defeated, vote St to 21. - A dot amendments, lowering the unit from the county to towns or. me lounn ciana, having a population of 100, and chanc ing many provisions were defeated by straight vote, 21 to XI. . The total membership of the senate Is The consideration of the local option Mil and its amendments is still in or-' der before the senate. Standing room . In the galleries was all taken before 111 o'clock, the hour for consideration. DENTIST HOLDS -: BABY SECURITY :; FOR HIS BILL (totted Free Leased Wire.) d f Denver. Fen. 17. Members' of the staff of the;distrlct attorney 4 -are ;looklng up the law on the use of babies as liens for debts contracted by mothers... A two- - . weeks-old baby is being held by Xt Charles Graef , fr a debt which Jts father Is unable to pay. ' ' ' '- ' Qrsef declared' that v he per formed valuable dental work for tbe Infant's mother snd that s will hold the child,. as hostage until the money is paid. The parents. In distraction. sought the suthoritles and Dr. Ortf waa arrested on a technh! charge of jdtturbiog'; tha pe, . Th matter was .threshed' out 4 he courts, In the m n. w h t ' . the parents' are unable i -t t '- f. baby, which. It ! ': I. it being held St a "bahy T m." J" t sjb $ W NEARS CLIMAX