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THE OREGON ' SUNDAY : JOURNAL; f ORTLANp, ' SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1009. !' CHILD'S DEATH PUZZLES POLICE ajBwsaBsjBiassasaaSWSSBaSBS j fc r Lena Muzzio, Apred Seven Years, Pound Dead in Barn Near 'Frisco, " 1. 1 ARCHITEGTURAL CLUB'S SECOND EXHIBIT OPENS TOMORROW NIGHT LIEU FADE mi. Bureau Chiefs Quietly ;DJs- j plaVed ; Others Quiet- : I Woodworkers and Carpen ters Play. Into , Hands of. the Enemy. CLEAVAGE III LABOR RAHRS ORIGINAL I' '' -'-''L' . f .-v v-r,tT ; t J ' (Uaarst lire by Lorurrst Leased Win.)'.. ; t 6n Francisco, March 29, I'mler clr- rumatance of a remarkably mysterlutis character, little Lena. Musxlo, the seven year old daughter or Mr. and Mr. fcml t jlo Mimlo, wlio live. In Cambridge street, nrar Vtsttaclon valley, wai round dying today in the basement of a deaerunl house on a lonely mil about 300 yardii from her bonis. The first Indications r that aii had fallen a victim to a flond who. had choked her to death by twisting a necktie about her nk, 'but the autopay lit-Id tonight showed that thl theory Is without foundation, and that If the child was the victim f foul 'plav It wan by polHoning. The ' opinion of the doctor In that she suk cumM to bronchial pneumonia, but tiila . could not be ruuy determined, anu me stomach has been . turned over to City Chemist Green for an aniiiyai i ; .' ' Impact Arretted. In the hours between the' finding of the body and the- holding: of the autopny, the police busied themselves In a thorough investigation or me case ana as the result of their efforts, Jacalmo Balvi, a gardener employed by Mussio, , was taken to the Mission police station tonight and put uirougn a vigorous "sweating. H la explanation was satis factory, however, and he was not placed In custody. - r William Kuoxe. ft scene .painter, llv ing at 418 Sargent street, and Who was at the deserted house a few' minutes after - the child was found,' was also closely questioned, but mi story, oacaea by the evidence of other parties who . accounted tor tils presence mere, con vinced the officers that he knew noth ing concerning the manner of the child's death. . . Accompanied by her three ' year old brother, Herbert, little Lena Aluzzlo left her homd about 11 o'clock this morning. She was in the habit of roaming about the hills and so her , motlr did not worry about her until no me minutes later, when the- little boy, who cannot talk, came Into, the house alone. Mrs. Muzzio looked about for the girl, but could not find her. and failing to get response to several calls, summoned fcialvl from the garden and the two 5 set out on a search for the missing child. Mrs. Muzzio went in one di rection and Salvi in another. Search' for Child." According; to Salvi. he. went over the hill between the Muzzio home and Vlsi tacion valley and in making a circuit back to a meeting place with Mrs. Muz zio, nasMfd tiy the rear or the vacan house. Glancing in the open cellar door, 'lie saw the child laying prone on the ground. Bne was still breathing, -ana . lie melted her u and carried tier home. Meantime Mrs. Muzzio approached 4 the deserted bouse from the opposite direc tion and was tnere wnen sne fieara Salvi signal that the girl bad been t . found,-'. She basteTjpd to her , home and sent at once for ft physician. l)r. E. N. Torelio, but -the-little girl died without regaining consciousness oerore me doc tor arrived. About the little girl's neck was twist - ed a blue necktie, so tightly wound as to leave a dark line about her throat. No (initin the Muzzio family had ever seen this necktie before, and it was this fact that first gave rise to the theory' of murder. The ..tie was or the "string varletyv' With an embroidered design of , lattice' work and forget-me-nots in each " corne, J- It .-- had not ibecn tied, being merely wound around. : mm tnroat twice mi... ...j.gs g7.... try ....... iiiQiniiri . .. flUUIl I way as to tiehten.it. Within a few minutes lifter the girl was found, Mrs. Miiuzto went buck to the vacant house and found a mansit- l ting on the steps. Her first Impression j was that this man had perhaps killed . Alitehell, who With hia brother, Pat : Mitchell, was 'within 'hailing distance, - fhe asked them all to go to the house with her, Thf stranger-gave hia name f as - William nunze, said that he had ' come to look at the house with a oorh! j ble view to renting It, and that he had J, arrived only a minute or two before t Mrs. Muzzio came upon him. His state ment was borne out by the Mitchells, ' who had been hunting over the' hills i for a stray cow, and saw Kunze climb . the hill from vtsitacion valley but few minutes before they were attracted ; uy me screams or Mrs. Aiunzio. x . Police Znves tig-ate. rVfDUty Coioner John Reillv and Pa- ;, , trolman Tim Cronin took charge of the . body 01 tne dead girl and made an ln-i- vestigation. In the basement of the b -vacant house they found nothing except s, a long string jof knotted calico, ' which - had evidently teen use as the tail of a j; Kite. . t Mra Muzzio, after recovering from . the first shock of her daughter's eud- den death, gave as her opinion that the i child had died from natural causes. Dr. James Clarke, who performed the v autopsy, aaia lonigni mat it tnere was J any discoloration of the throat It had disappeared when he examined the body. f. He found no signs of strangulation. The t heart was in good shape, and he was j,., convinced mat deatn was due to bron j chial pneumonia.- There was a possibll ' My, however, that the child had been J killed by poison, perhaps obtained by ac rtdent, and It was to settle this question is that he Bent the atomach to the city i chemist. J i . Y LEPER CARKYIXG THIS ( SKIPPER'S SPECIALTY S New York,' March 20. Before clearing from the lower bay for New Bedford t Captain Louis Olivlera, proudly survey- Ing his new command, the bark Charles . a. Rice, announced himself as the only . f skipper on the Atlantic in the leper car. i rymg business. The Rice, an old cer l chant vessel built at Yarmouth. Maine, f In 1879, has sailed in tier day the seven aeaa. She formerly carried cargoes be- -v. twen New York and Australia. , For months the vessel has. lain in ft Brooklyn boneyard awaiting a purchafl- . I er. 8 he was sold a few days ago to CapUi- Olivlera by- S, T Itlackburn i, Co. Primarily she Is chartered for the j !j transportation or lepers, but incidentally f If no such gruesome type of passengers offers the Rice' will engage In the trans- port at Ion of merchandise and Imml- t grant - V "I will continue to handle lepers," said 4 Captain .Olivlera. speaking In the com f roerclal Kwise. "ist as lung as there is any profit in the business. ! "I have carried lepers in several vm- sela. One of them was the schooner I "avid A. Story. She's going yet. I. act ' Mar I was the ontv captain who could be round by tne state or aiasRacnunetts ' to bring tha Russian lepr girl. Bertha sta, from tnikese island to i York. mm MW XW 5t1 1) .11' i' 'j f ' ' -'1 -w f --r1 - ill - If- J-eMjr , f ' --'ftfif-' ill fcp'"UBSBS - .... EKTHOUTiKB PROOF COKJTRUCTTCN IK JAN FJCWCXSCO The doors of the second annual exhl bltlon of architectuie and art will open to the public tomorrow night. Those who have seen the exhibit of the Port land ArchVtectural club last yoar will not need to be told what this event Is going to be, for the exhibition of last year was a perfect success, ana, aston ished tne visitors witn tne quality ana merit of the worn displayed. The growth and development of Port land has reached a point where an an nual exhibition of this kind will be seen not only by the residents of the city, tin th neon 1b from the entire Oregon country will make this an occasion to visit Portland and the Architectural--chib- exhibit. It is well known that people will and have traveled thousands of miles to see the sights of distant cities without having seen the attrac tions of their own. Not on this side of the- Mississippi, it is safe to say, was there ever a finer, more artistic and l more valuable collection of architectural drawings, than those on ejtlilblt at the Art museum. The most : famous architects and draughtsmen have sent their beat work. There are from all parts of the United States and some foreign countries the original drawings of the costliest resi dences, magntneent interiors, great monumental structures, etiurcnes. mural decorations and a magnificent display of fmotograpns or America s tamous Duua nes. the most Interesting also are the ex hibits or the different architectural school competitions, the work In stained glass, mosaic, architectural faience, and art metal work. The- year book of the club will contain the most Important of i nose proauctinns in engravings ana will be valuable as a mom en to of this occasion as well as tor Its Intrinsic artistic merit. Conforming to Its fixed bolicv the club will not sell this book at what It is worth as a publication, but any visitor may have a copy at the . . . (Catted .Tress Leased Wire.) ' Chicago, March SO. Pessimistic ac counts-of the labor outlook for Aprit and May. are coming to the Illinois and Chicago federations of Ijibor rrom locul unions and organisations through out, this and other states.- The solidarity of labor here received a Jolt when the amalgamated woodworkers tonight noti fied the trades council of the decision of the members not to consolidate with tne carpenters. The latter have a strong organization and Invited the woodworkers to make common cause with them In demanding a renewal of their expiring contracts. Heretofore, whenever either union asked for an Increase, the well known hostility of the other organization has been a strong card in the hands of the employ ers. The unions recently had ft Jurisdic tional nenw mat tnreatenea to cause strikes on a number of contracts. , The woodworkers have notified the builders that-they will require a renewal of their contracts on May 1, The car penters were Invited by the employers to mane oners ror muon or tne worg now beta -done by the woodworkers. The carpenters, desiring to organise all the woodworkers Into one , effective body, Invited the woodworkers to either Join tne carpenters or accept the latter in the woodworkers' bodv with recogni tion of the officers of the carpenters. The woodworkers declined both proposi tions. . Their, action - practically assures the employers an effective weapon with whloh to defeat both unions. - Illinois miners have received warn ings to "keep away from Michigan." be cause of the enforcement of ft ilacklist by the owners of iron mines. , Officers of unions whose members man five big mlnea axe said to have advised them to strike rather than sign blanks that In clude waivers of the right to sua for personal Injuries In case of accident and pledges by the men to do many things contrary to the rules of the union. , MALE -SLAVE TRADE IN OLD MEXICO (Sperlal Dtipatrh to The JoumL Wallace. Idaho, March 20. Declaring that American capitalists and'Presldent I Diaz were ' working In conjunction InN an effort to bring about war with Cen tral America hi order that that territory might be seized and divided, giving Mexico tne northern portion, it. u. Hughes of Seattle, has asked the citi zens of Wallace .to contribute to the runa to be used to riant tne ex trad it on of the Mexican refugees held In the Los Angeles Jail. He also declared that the Mexican u . , Jy Takinff llint.. : . ' " ' ' " (" ' ' ' 7-- 'I i V .' ": d'nllwl I'reas foiled Wire.) 7 Washington, March . 20,Tha "orig inal" Roosevelt men In the federal ser vice are In distress these days. Their minds are filled with dismal forebodings and their voices are choked with emo tion. As they view the situation, the two weeks of "shaking down", of' the new government machinery Justifies the fear that ft few months may see very few of the Roosevelt lluutenanta at the helm. . 1 Asaistant ; Secretary1 : Wheeler . of ' the department or commerce and lab brouglit from California as a person! appointee, disappeared with unusual Bin: denness, Assfatant Secretary Coolldge "j or tne treasury! another close rrtend or the former president, skipped out, Con-, troller of the Currency Murray' an Commlsloner of Corporations Smith of the "tennis cabinet' are reported to be slated for retirement. The same is alleged of Jnhn-O, Capers of South Car- ollna, commissioner of internal revenue, and United Statea Treasurer Treat. Il ls believed the heads of many bureaus will be displaced. , 'v There la a widespread apprehension In some circles that the administration will Sut a quietus to ft number of "tniBt ustlng" suits. Attorney General Wlfk eraham, however, said today that' the government would posh to a successful oonoluslon cases. In which It has suffi cient evidence. labv I soniivL. I I Blld-'i CAPE FLATTERY HAS LIFE SAW Steamer Equipped to Savo ' Persons on Distressed -Vessels on Way North. Il l ou ii OF OIL OASES It Is the Forecast That In dictments at Chicago ; Will Be Quashed, ' M r inninTr Ulit IHUIUli Colted Pmss Leased Wlre.t Phlna.s-n. March 20. When United RtntsH Attorney Sims and Special As sistant Attorney General, Wllkerson re turn from Washington nbxt week It Is expected they will appear before Judge Landis and quash the untried Indict ments against the Standard Oil com nanv of Indiana. With these bills. which contain more than 2000 counts of alleared violations of the anti-rebate laws, will fall the whole widely ad vertised campaign, against maieractors of great wealth, at least In Chicago federal . courts, wherein most of these activities have occurred. Attorneys for corporations are now open critics of the crusade. in apparent conrirma- tlon of the opinion or tne corporation attorneys, activity In the alleged re bating of the packers has ceased. OREGON AGGIES TAKE SIX WRESTLING BOUTS MT IIICII I AT LPS ANGELES Grand Jury Starts Probe In to Alleged Misconduct of Officials. CLYDE PITCH RESIDENCE . G35BEMVICM, CONN.. coat of production. . the fln( -p,r). of cv,c prMe tnat th moruies are assiBiing capitaiisis 10 se- The amount or labor and expense tnat mempers taxe in tneir city as an art """J " . . ."-"v-' the club Is providing in order to make center. The people who do not visit this f'av1ery IO in tne mines at a. this the greatest art exhibit ever held exhibition will miss something highly head, and that Diaz has ordered all on the coast la very great and shows Interesting and instructive. . employers to reauce wages wnenever possiDie ana in 110 case givs an increaae. Men are being shot down by the score because or trie agitation ror tne better ment of condition He believes Diaz is responsible for trie death or at least souu during his regime. Men have been shot in squads of SO or more without their nearest neighbors knowing of it. FILCH RETURNS; mYSTERY ENDS ftiwtal TtDateh to The Journal. I Corvallis, Or., March 20. Six out of seven events in tne ouai wrestling meet between the Oregon Agricultural college and Washington State college were won by the former. Instructor O'Connell's pupils had it on the Pull man farmers in every department of the game. The only Washington man to score was Cheely, the football man, who cap- ured the medal in tne l&s-pouna event. The O. A. C. wrestlers showed a lot of class in the first dual meet of the conference colleges and hopes are ex- prentted here that they will w In the northwestern championship. ilBEL SUITS MAY BE TRANSFERRED (ttiilted Prm Leaurd Wire.) Washlnicton. March 20. Although the department of Justice gives no basis for be report that the libel suits against he New York World and the Indinnano- lieved the federal government will aban don this action In case the New Tork city grand Jury, acting at the sugges tion of Ilstrlct Attorney Jerome, shall hand down indictment!, under the state statutes. High officials of the depart ment of Justice Intimate that there would be no . necessity to prosecute a case under a questionable federal law, when it could be pushed In the regular way, under ft state law. KERMIT SXEAKS FROM A FAREWELL DINNER Tlt1 Pre. ttir4 Wire.) Hostou. March 20 Frlemis and class mates of Hermit Roort-velt. who bad In- New t tended to give Mm a farewell at a blc The girl was sent home on the dinner In a Boston hotel here tonight. steamer Hellig Olav. No harm came to wer eurprlwd today when It beatn veel or men. 1 known thst the nn of the ex-preoldent Uertbft Oeels I Dr-OUffit down here on ; had qulf tly left Harvard. It l supposed ne if, oust now rn pisns ror nis SD- proachlng departure for Africa, where nn a yacht I Ivlna the colors of tlw N. Y. Y. C. 'I've sold her to. run amnnc ! wtli -neronipapy tit father In quest -tTiir vresr inoies, nn ikiw me nanrior Uig garie- ... , - ' n. Rl-e is readV fe-1 ran port iny other It had been announced that ft formal - I'prr to tor port." 1 dinner would be given young Ranaevelt ' - 1.1 lef ore he started on the trip, which is Bowling Honors at nUtbmrg. rum life for s ' ' '- , -1Ajm , ,.,. tt, 1 jjear or so The event was announced WtlaW UTTtX' ,i. be-! - tont- - , I ween Uullue f kw heater and Bfuege-T a t tiS Ctty tor flrt honor, la RKRLIN OIL I)E VLERS 11,. A. ."rrl.t wis rolled off to- -''' vl" U. IjJI. J 11IIE. 1 EN ST.LXDA KD 'Bht !rmiei,e gardens. Mrnggrman I.-. t: e i-a 8t I tie start and was IS piim eread ft htm opponent on t!e f.mrlh fraTie but I' At his grip, fult-m r irt1 and wm the eretn by Zli to li. Ti e winner wtu get f 4 tar him trtuny h TL tmimament eloeed totilgtrt- N i.u of town trtmi eonpeteI In "ntght's le. tbm bowling b-i ng ror(lBd to !wl teams. , New Hilled Electric Railway '1--1 ftn t mfr Page t. sie- I :. i- .oi,i,n.i dua the river." ! parchasitg ua ricmji o.i. rterlin .March ! War' on the Standard hl company by tndepnderit 4lers who - rvo.plaia tw-ao Amrrleu emtnmor la distrtkBting oil direct m am 11 rvtailers In 1-nuart ran, thus enlarging Its market hik shutting ot the mid t.etrx-a and w bo'-eal-rw. is threaten. It Is aaJd tha Kiatar4 mtfr-rrti -er1(i nvireM:,, hclr-di4 Kt mmUwif K Kiea!-ni. wba ar virr'nc I te wnbltc la caaaa (United Press Leased Wire.) Los Angeles, March 20. One man Is under Indictment as the result of the first day's work of the special grand jury, which convened yesterday to proba the charges of misconduct which arose rrom tne recall campaign.- The identity of the indicted man is surrounded with mystery and the sheriff's nfflr-n h complicated matters by announcing that ue nmy do arrested today, or It may be 10 days before he is When the Indictment was found Judge juiuun jixpq uuu at ?uuu ana instructed the sheriff to withhold the name until after the arrest had been made. The Indictment was founrf hv th 1, lev at 5 o'clock last night after two witnesses had been examined. The witnesses' were E. T. Earl, publisher of the Evening Express, and Joseph Durand, known an one or tne lieutenants of Nick Oswald, fugitive boss of the tenderloin. Rumors are current that it Is Oswald that is under Indictment, but this can not be reconciled with the Instruction Of the court to the jury Before the Jury began Its deliberations Judge James instructed It not to return Indict ments against anyone other than an of ficial or an ex-officlal of the city. Os wald is neither. DEATH CURVE CLAIMS TWO MORE VICTIMS (Hearst Stwt by Longest Leased Wire.) San Francisco, . March 20. Hurled from the tracks by a 7th street local train at what is known an "T)ati, Curve" in west Oakland, O. Kehl and f. 1 tiweit, Dotn or Kan Francisco, were so severely Injured today that it is believed they will die., "Death Curve" is noted in the hlstorV of the Southern Pacific In Oakland for Its many ratal acldents. Announcement has been made from time to time that changes were about to ba made, but nothing has been dons. Erratic Insurance 3fan Re fuses to Tell Why He Left America. 7oi!fSpii MR. ROOSEVELT NOT IN ANANIAS CLASS ELLIS FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL, PERHAPS (Unites Ptvaa LaasM Wtra.) Washing-ton, March 30,- An Indorse ment of Wade H. Ellis of Ohio to be solicitor general was agreed upon at a meeting of the Ohio members of the house today. All were present except three, and they signified thctr approval. Both the Ohio senators also favor the eppolntment. but It Is doubtful whether Ellis will land the prise. President TaTt. It Is raid, experts to dispose of the office outside of his own state. Thinks McKenna Ordinance l'nwlM. Portland. March J To the Editor of The Journal. I saw in your paper of rnoam date, that Mr. J. McKenna and his associates are preparing a bill to be votl on by the people of Port land, at the city election In June. wh-re in the power of tbe liquor businesa Is to be taken from the t1tjr council and given to tbe mayor, and five of his friends, appointed by htm. Tliev will. undoubtedly. -dt fit btrMtng. Ho' could they do otherwise? Fine opportunity for graft . T much temptation for an honet mayor ' Mr. McKenna and hia assistant must have formed a very low estimate of the tnrelllrenca of the cltlna of Portland, to think that they wonta vota ror men m nteaauie. A one an power! - Hwh a bill might ha re been auctioned by the people a thou sand years age. when one man rulcxl a nattosL but surely not now. W are living In an age of reaaoa, and tV people are toa Intelligent t subm'l to such ruling It la aretty safe to aay that Mr. McKenna will nnt find fools enough te s:gn his . petition n brlig tbm drastic maacre to vota. juh M iLLKirT. - . TOWN TOPICS. " (tTnited Press Leased Wire.) New Tork, March 20. Howard P. Fitch, secretary of the) State Insurance company of Iowa, for whom American consuls and ministers of Europe con ducted a search for faonths, returned today on the Cunard liner Pannonla, from Naples. He still leaves his dis appearance a good bit of a mvsterv. Will, you tell why you didn't com municate with your relatives';" was asked. "That I will never tell." was the an swer. "As I have said before I under stand it IS impossible for a man to disaDnear for soma time without lnt of talk being' created, if It has become ublic that a search has been made for im. but I still adhere to mv determlna tlon to give nothing more than an ac count or my wanderings." were you surrering at all, do you think, from aphasia?" "Well. I may have been." was the answer, but Fitch laughed when he said so. During the voyage Fitch, accord In a- to some of the passengers, was the ''life of the ship." With other men he started a newspaper aooara. wnicn was called the "Pannonla. Mercury." . The paper lam pooned the liner and some of the offi cers, and resulted In a fit of anger on the part of the Count Hieromlnua Pietro von Lodynski, who was a passenger. The count had a, wordy war with one of the editors and other passengers Joined in the mtxup, a challenge to ft ouei was issuea. .ana it was necessary for Captain Irvine of the Pannonla to step in and act as peacemaker. The trouble was said to have been caused by a funny paragraph in tbe paper inti mating that the power of the ship's en- frines should be computed In mule power nstead of horse power, as she was so siow. ine count interpreted this as an Indirect way of calling the passengers s lot of Jackasses. Hence the challenge. R0NIIA(j. SMASHES RUNNERS' RECORDS 1 by .Longest Leaaad Wkre.) Oowttam 1 It BMiMla far 1 1 laaaat aiiiahlr gK-arva raiina; l fwntnft raaStiae ii cauls, Kltig bra. meant N New Tork. March 20. -Georre Bon hag of the Irish American Athletic club and the champion distance runner of America, tonight again proved himself to be the most sensational amateur distance runner of the last decade when h- smashed to smithereens the seven mile rcord at the games of Fordham university, held at the Twentv-aeennrf Regiment ftrmory. Not only did Bon- sag snatter tne Old seven mile record or jo minutes, t seconds, made by Ed die .Carter in 1H86. by one minutes l J-5 seconds, but he added three more records, the and Vs miles xec- ori. i Bon hag ran against a relay nunnnaa of two of tbe beat distance runners in una iiKBiny. jimmy l and Fred Hel lara. The former ran the first four mues. wnue oeiiars ran trie rinal three. Bon hag had a lead of 100 yards when Hellars took UD the ninnlnr ht ew iora AinieiK- ciud s runner grad ually cut this down and led by Is yards to within five yards of the tana when e aioppea completely and generously a- v--uiiai auar in iyry, PADEREWSKI HAS SEVERE ATTACK... OF RHEU3IATISM Ejects Girl ' Who Objected - to Father Patroniz ing Shop.. Rose Wlnsfleld, proprietor of a fe male barber shop at 66 Fourth street, Is ' named in a warrant sworn out by Miss Cora Link, a business college stu dent, with having committed assault and battery. ' Miss Link appeared at the shop, ac cording to her story, and as far as can be learned, accused her father J, A. Link, a sawmill foreman, whom Miss Wlnsfleld was shaving, with being too frequently seen about the shop of the fair barber maid. Miss Wlnsfleld, so the girl claims, pushed her out in the street in an unseemly manner. The warrant was served on Miss Wlnsfleld yesterday and sfie put up S20 to guarantee her Justice court Monday.. appearance in POPULAR VOICE ON X .11 X J JL' XXUJ X. JJ U A X irifiltoe Fi.a. La4 Sk.1 Milwaukee. Wis, March J. A sudden attack of acuta rheu matism In hie right arm and hand ha aw disabled Ignece Pad rewkt that he has boea fomd to rrx-ej ell his western engage, men l a. Tonight be Is spwting teward New York Is hia Mvaia trer to ret expert nedkal al ter I ion. i Th fametia frfantat raniee 4 heavy Inauranra on bath of his ft - rtarmis frote-t wlfnaetr frosa - le la t-aae ef dlaakniity. New Tork. March 20. That a major ity or tne ceooie believe a reduction of the tariff the most Important task which the Taft administration will have to consider. Is indicated bv a national symposium of opinions collected by the (jnrtstian Jteraio. In all 1466 answers to a letter of In qulry were received by the Christian Herald. Unted States senators, con gressmen, governors, bishops, admirals. generals, presidents or universities, au thors, artists, labor leaders and capatfl lsts have responded. In tabulated form tne vote was as rouows: Reduce the tariff :'. . Conserve natural resources Preserve the forests Regulate child labor . Federal divorce law , Improve postal service ....... Parcels post Continue Roosevelt policies . Extend rural free delivery .... Settle the race problem........ Safeguard public health ...... A larger navy Restrict immigration ........ Tuberculosis regulations Reconcile capital and labor . . . Finish the Panama canal . . ... Obliterate sectional lines ....... Greater sanctity of courts . . . . Revival of merchant marine . Work for peace More efficient consular service Work for ideal government .. nland waterways . Restore business confidence ... Postal savings banks.......... Purer food laws Help labor i... Increaaad pay for soldiers sailors Prosecute Illegal trusts Fairer distribution of wealth . ttxtend civil service , ... Enforce the laws Reduce army and navy ., Vpllft the- farmers Regulate ownership of land An unmurzled press , Ballot for women , and .105 . 8 . DO . hi . 7 , 78 . 70 . 6a . (7 , 61 , (0 , 68 , bi . 2 47 4 43 19 32 SO 24 It It 14 12 13 14 (United Preaa Leased Wire.) Oyster Bay, March 20. Former Presi dent Roosevelt refused ' to permit any lawyer to put mm in tne Ananias class here this afternoon. - The library had been turned into a. temporary courtroom in 'order that -his deposition might be taken In a suit brought" by Peter A. Juley againRt the Town Topics Publish ing com Dan v. for damages for nrlntlna photographs which Juley claimed be had copyngntea. y When ' the - photographs ywere shown the former president, he Identified them at once. One of .them wan his favorite picture, he said, and he declared he had autographed it ana presented it to Mrs, Wads Ham n ton. He was unable to sav. however, whether he had authorized Its publication or nou "We are caught, not. in a falsehood," he smilingly declared, "but in a forget- rumnss. Mr. Roosevelt later said he had heard his .secretary, William Loeb, now col lector of the port of New Tork, had authorized the publication but he could give no testimony as to Just what that publication consisted or. RICH STRIKE MADE AT SNOWSTORM MINE (Hearst News br Lena-eat Leased Wlre.l can r ranciscw, M&rcn fi.quippeu a witn every avauaoie device ror saving; lives and rescuing -shipwrecked- persoip f' at sea, the. government steamer '. fin- . nomisn arrived today ana went to an anchorage off Saunaltto. The steamer was- built expressly for use In tho rough seas about Cape Flattery and In tne straits of Ban Juan de Fuca and will be permanently stationed at sea on ses sions of mercy. The Snohomish was born of the Valen cia disaster, in which more than: 100 lives were lost when that steamer went to destruction on the rocks near Caps Beale, Vancouver island, January Ti, 1906, after having run past Cape- Flat tery in, a thick fog. It was not long after that disaster that the lack of ade quate llfeaavlng apparatus on . tha stormy "northern coast was brought to the attention of the United States gov ernment and the building of the Sno- nomisn was soon begun. The vessel is the first constructed for use as an exclusive life saver and coxt 1200,000, She was built by the Puscy Ik Jones .company at Wilmington, Del., and nai ner trial trips ,at Arundel Day. (Special t la pa ten to The Journal.) Wallace. Idaho, March 20. A solid black coDDer glance was encountered to day at the west drift on No. 8 level of tne snowstorm mine, near .Larson. It Is the richest ore ever -struck since the mine was first - operated. The ore Is identical with the rich Butte ore of the same character, and will assay about 20 per cent copper, besides carrying high values of gold and silver. The drift In which the ore was Struck runs towards tbe Snowshoe property. Fifteen to is inches or solid steel galena was struck at the Star mine. near Mullan, tonight. The ore - was struck in the south' vein, which is the same as that traversing the big Morn ing mine. . The ore was struck at a depth of KOO feet deeper than the tunnel above, which also showed ft rich galena ore. MR. TAFT LOOKS 1 FOR SUMMER HOME . , , , f sites' rreaa Leases Wire.) Gloucester. Mas.. March It. All Gloucester Is confident that nreaidentlsl news during be Coming summer will he aated 1 Ue Kim parts.. . uuxutal.r." News' that Mrs. Taft has srrived in Manenester-by-the-Pca to spend Sunday with her friend. Miss Boardman, Iihs aWten4 tha ee,4km titer-the new president Is te e-qulre the summer resi dence ef the late Henry C. House, far mer president ef the Missouri. Kansas at ' Texas rellrwad. O. P Chirk. th agent whe has charge of the place, de riarea be export" Mra. Taft on Monday i at inspiri i iw eniprnj. na bii all th tatera rreta red a nd la confident rfcat before Monday night I ha president's! TWO MEN EAT WILD PARSNIPS AND DIE New Tork, ' March 20. Eating wild parsnips caused the death of two young workmen whose bodies were found a few feet apart In Watchogue Wood, near Mariner's Harbor. S. I. The dead men are Paul Dlurus, and August Smith, both of Mariner's Harbor. . i ne two young men were at wore near the wood. They went off together at noon to get lunch and were not seen again until tneir-bodies were round. Early in the day the body of Dlurus was round, c oroner canui toox un the case. having tr. Mord, his physician, exam ine tne Doay. it was at tiret thought that Dlurus had died Of heart disease. When, later In the day, the body of Smith was found near the place where Dlurus had died. Coroner Cahlll started a thorough Investigation. Dr. Mord, after examining the stomachs and In testines of the two young men, said that they had eaten wild parsnips In the wood. COLDWATER TOO SLEEPY TO W (United Pram (.eased Wire.) Enid, Ok la., March 20.Professional bank robbers Invaded Coldwater, 15 miles northeast of here, dynamited the safe of the Coldwater bank, demolished the building, gathered together several thousand dollars and escaped without,, awakening a single sleeper In the town. The robbery was not discovered until men going to their stores, saw the wrecked condition of the bank building. CARD GAME LASTS SCORE OF YEARS Traverse City. Mich.. March 20. John W. Wallace and u. W. Lasolle. Civil war veterans, have Just completed In their hom village of Mftncelona. a car-1 playing contest that lasted 20 years. Two decades ago an agreement was . ,. . t. i i i . . wouldTbe accorded to the one of the two soldiers who could win 10 consecutive games of'penochle. Might after nlaht alternating between the homes of the two contestants, and omltlng Sundays, the contest has gone on for a score of years. Several times Wallace -had nine games to his credit only to lose the tenth to Lazelle. But patiently and carefully the score was kept and It is said that in all the 30 years of playing not an anarrV word wast spoken by either of the contestants. wnen Wallace won his tenth consecu tive game Lazelle promptly challenge him for another series, but Wallane de clined on the (round that neither he nor his opponent would live long enough. Botvlers Meet Tomorrow. Tha ' hnwllnar: phsmnlntiahin ne ,h. city la to be decided tomorrow nlaht. . when the "Portland" and "Multnomahl bowling teams will line-up for a i felling match at tbe alleys of the Mult nomah club. Ball. Kruse, Bishop, Kneise and Barbour are the members of the "Portland" quintet, and the "Mult nomah" will be represented by Mer sereau, Mlnsinger, McCabe, Duffy and McKay. TAFT SPELLS IN SIMPLIFIED CLASS Death Roll pf the North west Mrs. MartlhU McCsIl. r rsparlsl Manatee to TWjrarnaLI Eugene. Or.. March Sjl-t-Mrs. Matilda McCklU a well-known iahe county pio neer, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Miller, In Portland, yeater day and " the remains will be brought here for burlnL Mra. McCall was bom In Illinois. Oi-tober It, 1S20, and come across the plains to Oregon with ber husband. William McCall. in 11S2. They settled on Rattlesnake creek in Lane county, where they took up at donation land claim, and lived there for many yeara. Mr. McCall bled about 30 year (rutted Pr-ea Leasee Wire , ago. Bestoe Mrs. Miller. Mrm. Met Washlnsrtoa. Mirrh 20. President lee ve another daughter,' Mra. jr 1 Tart's first proclamation, other than j Rowland. ' Portkaad, and a son, Hayes ine one caning rongreaa in extra aer l is iopi cvuuij. uregepu. si on for the purpose of revising tbe tariff.- la a boost of simplified spelling. An executive manifesto Iswued tolay changes the name of the La a!t ne tl'inai forest in Colorado, end L tab) te "La sal. 0 RANTS PASS WOMAN INSTALLS FIRST FRAT f perls 1 r-.tr fa The in Mloooula, Mont.. Maf-h sit 2 Mrs. wife will have definitely 'chosen the i Mary Canbr of Graeta Paaa, Or to- ure-py rtpi'lL ' e'trrther than the declaration af II, firS mthieg aVftrrlte Is knoaa here nf Mra Tatte xpe-(d visit, nut the Irn- freavsloa ta general tiist the d'el for -Tfca etamperte ts as gtsud aa cl-ied. rilsM Ian-hed the ftrat ttatinnal we man's fratemtty In Montana. itanng at tn onlveratty of M t a na it' P-eta phi r-hapiey c.f the Kappa Kappa Ctmni m-ritv. Mrs. Cant.y a mm fonoriiy (.res ident ef the organization. - , Tapt a la Harry Wincbewtrr. Tacoma. Wish. - March I. Captain Harrjr Wlnheater, , , - yeans, - fintner county roramiaaloner and a ttner of the state. i rta-l at his home st Glen Cnm altar a lingering lllneaa. He came te Pterr county 44 yare agA front tie land. He hs4 realil'il here since sn4 until reeentlv had taketi an ar-tire in. tereet la public afralrs. Captain Win. rheater saeryed In tha British navy f.e coeatng te this rnuntry and hia flrt Of a here was aboard sound veaeela. Uie became pilot but later left the- ateemtafaat hotnMi te "Hr In Heg 'ng. . la this he a:naad -onileraM fnr. tone, atlirn he left t hi -two (nth ef nm are new rnaatera r.f era af P-.irt mntiml. Mm. v." taw heattr dred auaneer ef 1 eara a re.
