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T II U ! A I L V JOUH.VAL 1 1 Two Cents a Copy Sunday Journal ft cents; or 13 tfiili a vr-k, for Dally and Hunday Jour nal, ljr carrier, dtrUtremL . .I.' J ii'"' .i....- f "STTT" Y" Xm.Mi.il-' ' 4 The weather IUln ' tonight nl Sunday; light northeast wind. ' JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTCItDAT tVAl c VOL. Vllf. NO. 216. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13; 1909.-TWO SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES. , . PRICE TWO CENTS. maS"1" c7m . 2 TTttSw . ' -II ClliC LEAGU liusiss; Prominent Citizens Respond Readily With Funds and v Moral Support at Meeting ftt Commercial ,Club I o Engage 'Architects. , ;. ' :, ' ' nbacrfptiona to the City Beaatt- . ,t ni run a. C F, Adams . If J..' C A ins worth ......... 4 Jonathan Bourn R. J Gllian , . . . Charles K. Henry The Journal, by C. 8. Jack son- , . i ...... Mrs. C. F. LewlB ........ Portland Lumber company. Portland R.. L. A P. Co... Paul Wesslnger A. H. Devera ... Mrs. J. E. Hoffman iMng A Co. , Doyle ft Patterson Ion Lewi.'...;.;... John P. Sharkey . . Total ,-. ; . t 600 500 too 100 600 500 , 600 600 600 ft.-saw ,.' 160 ,;. - J6o v .. 250 ' . J00 100 , 100 ........ 15, 00 ' w . Plana for making- Portland the ' city beautiful of America Were discussed by business men yesterday. ' The organiza tion of a civic league together with au thority to employ IS." H. Bennett, mu- -'nicipal architect-of D. If. Burnham ft , , Co.,, a well known Chicago firm, are'pre- iliminary evidences. that the plan general will be adopted.' The meeting held In .. tha .Commercial club, attended by ,the cfty'', beautiful committee ., of - 100 .and .. Irian y other waa characterised by , Us i enthusiasm, : Dr. J. R. Wetherbee pre sided. He unfolded the plan for mak ing Portland beautiful. ; : , The, plan consults In giving' the city a boulevard circumference and a bus. . 4ne .center with radiating - transpor tation arteries,. It Includes the butld- Ing of, broad streets; the construction ' of adequate terminal facilities for all railroad systems, a "buck in" depot yiat will open upon lower Park street, and a sewerage system; -all these to be made equal to the necessities of a city containing 2,500,000 people. Bee Immense Metropolis. In ' the , view of many who expressed opinions yesterday, Portland .will pass Raw York and London in size. 'But the lack of .foresight lit building London, which -, today makes that city . a con glomerate mass ' without plan, should be abhorred In plans for tha future , Portland, It Is worth any : reasonable cost, if was pointed out. ana tne mvest , ment makes returns of magnitude to ; plan a city which commercialises aes- thetlclsm. Many c'ilies, said Dr. Wetherbea dur ing ' his aOdreas. have taken counsel t rom previous construction folly nd are rebuilding. The cost thus to do Is in calculable, and the. labor past under standing. , Portland is at the place In - her history where the future may be provided for at a comparatively small cost Growth of the town Into a ma- , tropolls . is certain, j power,; Influence, prestige and intrinsic value will attend construction made for the future as well ,aa for the present '-;::: ".-? J.",',:-'-"Portland" exclaimed Dr. Andrew fc. Bmlth, clinching this thought, "may well necome not only, the. Paris of America, but the artistic gem of the earth." "I favor a bond issue for the purpose,' said J. C Ainsworth.- "I consider the . employment of Burnham. and Bennett a wise plan and. worth paying for." -.'Wants remanent City. v -I believe," said T. B. Wilcox. 'In the utility, of private citizens putting up buildings which will be permanent. COAST CHIEFS I IB In Big : Po wo w ; Jlonday They Will Assail JUc Credie -They Say He Has Bullied Them and They Von't Stand It: linger. By' Illland Bapgerly, San Francisco, Nov. IS. The Paelfle Coast league will hold Its annual pow wow next week, the first session beln called . for Monday. ' President Ewlna la hurrying back from the Memphl conclave to be in time to present his resignation. : The appointment of hi successor Is about' the most Importan piece of business to come before the delegates. . '' .. - ' Recently there has been some talk of Swing's reconsidering . and holdtn over another - year. . . It is known tlm some of .the magnates are enthusiastic Ewlng supporters. Hen. Berry end Ed Walters are two who will urge Ewlng to stand for a reelection. They will call attention to the fact that the league has flourished under his admlnlstra tlon. and therefore he should stand by the helm : despite the ' protest dr . Mc Credle, who is Ewlng's lone enemy in camp. ' . ', "- ' But uncle Frank Ish, who Is closer to the incumbent than any other, said. today: ') --'".v : Nothing doing about Cal ; sticking around In office another year. He has had his fill,. and now the jleague can pick 'out somebody els for president. " uncle i ought to ; know , what he Is talking about,- but when asked, "How about a successor?' Uncle was reticent He had heard . names', mentioned, .Bill IMPORTANT WITNESSES IN REAL MURDER CASE ...(Continued on Page Three.' BIG SUIT Mrs.'.R. Becker Jr. ( and, Miss. Ethel Noss. Southern Pacific Company Is Granted a Million and ' Half ..Judgment in : the Imperial Valley Case in Southern California. (Continued on Page Three. cum unroR OEFEHOS CITY I'xecutive Declares ; Crime ;Had Become Rampant and I Had to Bo Stopped. ' ' " .- " 1 1 " " " ' '-4 v. v ' (fnltH Trim jn4 XTlpr.l - Cairo. 111.. Nov. 13. "Thr hnm ttnt tteen any mob; It waa simply n uprls Ing of business men determined ta put .i end te outrages against law and or der." x Maror Parsons thus declared himself to the militia officers today In referring to the Irnrhtng Thursday nlht of the negro will James, accused of the mur dr of Anna Pelly. a white woman, and Henry Bfl'xner, held en the charge ef wire murder, . . . In making the statement Parsons de rlared te wis expressing the senti ments Zt nine toaths o( the Inhabitants of Cairo. Regarding the punishment' ef the lyncher. Sheriff rls stated this morn ing that he would confer with Governor Dm! b-for takin; any action. The strs of Ue rt fcav taken ea a normal rpranr acatn. The ror lave th situation w-!l la hand, and ne Biore violfir Is rirt4. Artbur Ali"d.T, the f'(r whom Jam lmpU'td In 1K tnurdr of Anna rify, errttM at ( m (-. I ira Wet M on a j-tI train knd.r a scK'tarr rur,l II w rTnovd from CaJre lof af kr In, a the roN a.l tral d TTr a fo amrtmrm- U' fiTri(rn on th t-trnm sr rt' tr-, frw I w tt Y-9 m n : '1 r M4 1 f: n'ei Ik t U'' ". L (CnlM Pma Ourd Wire.) Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 18. By decision given by Judge Heuser of the Los Angeles : county superior court, granting, the Southern Pacific company judgment In the sum of $1,405,927.43, that corporation . is today in practical control ' of - the ; destinies" of . the -rich Imperial valley in southern California. ; Suit was brought by the Southern Pa elf to against the California Development company for payment on a' number of promissory notes,: given to the road by officers of the development , company, with the consent of its directors. The money advanced on the notes. It waa stated,: was used to dam the disastrous flood of the Colorado river i in 1104, when the Balton.alnk .-wa's filled and mtfch r of the f development compahy'a property Inundated.. . .-: ,,, ' ;. At r the - time the money was 'bor rowed, - the Southern Pacific company entered Into a contract with the develop ment company, which provided that the railroad corporation would appoint three members of the directorate of the development company, and In addi tion name the president. , The presi dent. .was empowered to appoint the executive officers and chief engineers Employed by the company. In the suit. which was decided late yesterday, the development -company alleged, that the Southern Pacific entered Into the agree ment in order to . control rich water rights which give It practical control of the valley. - . John D. Worka. counsel far the de velopment company, refused to, state whether further sctlon In behalf of his client would be taken. .. . . , . - WTat the Defense Has Shown. 4 ' , Mrs. Hasel Maddux - denles e 4 that she' confessed the killing " of Mrs. Real to, Miss Ethel Noss 4 e In Seattle. ' 1 . ' ' : She admits that she was auto-' 4 4 mobile .riding .with.. Frank K. Rodman, oodefendant, that night.- e but asserts, that - ahe . arrived r home by, 1:16 o clock, i ; : Frank.' E. Rodman testifies .4 that he drove ,'Mr. Maddux ta her home about 1 o'clock; 4 that he drove, a Pi eroe-Arrow car w and left it at his home on East Morrison street, for. the. night Patrolman vC. W. Maddux tea- a) tifles that his wife arrived, home e soon after 1 o'clock, driven to ( the corner' by Rodman. ... k4 Defendant's t testimony does l 4 not explain where Mrs. .Maddux and Rodman had been, : k , Two witnesses testify that IS. MADDUX DEIS Si male members of the Real party ; e were Intoxicated after . the acci- 4 dent, except Chauffeur Kelley, . . GRAND RONDE has siiorj sroftu Deense in Real Manslaugh ter Trial. Rests Case.Aftqr Accused Woman Has Been Asked Three Carefully Prepared Questions. ' Entire Valley Enveloped in AVhiteOver root Deep .'; in Adjoining Hills. - . (SnarUt Dlnnatrh to Ttie Joaraal.) ; Union. Or.rNov. 13. The Grand Ronde valley is enveloped in. a- mantle -of white; this morning, snow falling all night and continuing this morning. The snow of the past three days Is earlier than usual In this section and while beneficial. to the farmers, will. put damper on the wood hauling fronv the mountains, as . the snow is reported te b more than a foot deep In the hills. " No particular cold accompaniea. the snow and while there has been one or two freeses. no. damage has been re-i ported. The snow 4s melting rapidly and roads reported to be in bad cortdl tlon. ' -f , , La Grand, Or., Nov. It. Breaking all records for November snow storms of the cast decade, six Inches of snow fell here last night and It Is still snowing. The temperature Is not sufficient to hold the snow more than a day at most Hood River. Or,. Nov. 11- The first snow of the season fell here this morn ing. It has been snowing for several hours, and the surrounding hills - are covered. The apples are 'all harvested, and no damage will result - CREMATORY PLANSk AND SPECIFICATIONS . READY FOR BIDDERS Plana and specifications for the pre- pot-d nw raxfeace crematory to be ereetd rth f the etty, hare' ba rawn up br City Kngineer Morris and SupTtntnlrt ff the Otreilorf Naplr and sate a examined and recommend ed by the tears) of health. " The citr and!tr ha b aalhnrlsd to adrerj t'.M for t kda. Thra Is a- bmvd tsmia. rctM t.r tb r.t :a for IHfl for the r trHM fr-i!rr, bit it Is rot thnmt n tht trte Hds will ran fr ir ,fn rsv t,e i I wiJ b Mr.3"ir fc-.lldirg flnlpped with every modem coaTenleace. both for burning the city refuse and fnr health, safety and convenience ef the eroptoyea A brick or concrete chimney not lens than li feet above the furnace wl'l carry the f umee . of the tMimiog rffuee- Into the air and pro vision will be made to prevent aha and rarta ef burning ciodera, papers and tv.r rfu from ptng. Bt4 for Tcrng the tuning wfll he ar-rt4 itir ttm vp tn it a. m, l. f n. tr i thfi lie auditor atrj ctr tfce tka " . Resting upon a denial by Mrs. Hasol Maddux" that she . confessed to - Miss Ethel Noss in Seattle that. she . and Frank E. Rodman ran over' Mrs. Clara May Real on the night of August 6 at)d upon the testimony of Mrs. Maddux, Rodman and Clifford w. Maddux, nus band of the defendant,' that Mrs. Mad dux-was home by 1:16 o'clock that fatal night the defense finished : its test! mony in the t Real manslaughter case at 10:60 o'clock this morning. The direct examination of Mrs. Mad dux was confined ' to ' three questions, which'- had ' been carefully , framed prevent' the 'prosecution 'from subject e4 . .-What the Bute Jts Show. e 4 6 Miss Ethel Noss tells of eon- 4 fesslon by Mrs. Maddux in a e s confidential talk between - them e ' tn Seattle last .'August' . . , e 4 vMlsa I Noss? and . Mrs. Emma 4 Becker identify Mrs. Maddux as 4 having passed their . house ; at ' Twenty-sixth and Savler streets e about 11:80 o'clock the night Mrs. Real met her death. She 4 was In an automobile, accom- . 4 panied by a man, proceeding in . the direction of the - Llnnton 4 road. .?:'-'"'J. ,;. ' :: 4 Bartender at Claremont. tav- e d " era Identifies Rodman as man e 4 he served twice with either hlg-h ... e balls or whiskey that night, leav- ing '" the 'tavern about' 12:30 4 o clock. . He was accompanied e 4 by a -woman. 1 e 4 - Propriety of Cliff Inn tells T 4 7 of : man and woman who ar- a) 4 rived at the Inn. while the Real e party was there. He thought i they left in from 15 to 25 mln-; utes" after the- Real ' party left' f 4 - Patrolman 'Stanton tried to d e stop auto without headlights 4 4 shortly ' before 3 o'clock at 4 Twenty-first and ' Qulmby,- con- e d talnlng man and woman. ' " 4 4 Members of r Real party "say auto ' that killed Mrs. Real was running with : side lights only and give general description of e 4 a red car containing a man and d woman, ' IDE 11 MUD D STREETS OF CITY Residents Send Flood Comphiints to City of Of ficials Hawthome - Ave mie IiCft in Wretched Condition by Paving: Firm The deplorable condition of .many streets throughout the city Is causing no end of complaint from indignant cltlsens. . In several places where con tracts hsve been let for months "the work of repair Is no further along than that the ; street is torn up, blockaded and so sloppy and muddy that wagon traffic Is practically defied. Thousands of complaints about tne condition of Hawthorne avenue between Grand avenue and East Twelfth street have been registered during the last three weeks, yet nothing has been done In the way of improving the conditions which are regarded by the people living In that vicinity a disgraceful. At the corner of Grand and Haw- thorns avenues, which is the largest transfer point in Portland, thousands of people are forced to wade ankle' deep through the mud if they are to get on or off the cars. The suburbs reached by the cars which leave Hawthorne avenue at Grand are thickly settled, as Mount Tabor, Sellwood, Mount Scott and all way points depend on these cars for service.. Indignation Is at a. nigh pitch. The residents and storekeepers at the trans fer Junction, are of one mind that some thing ought to be done. No less than 600 people at a time atand on this cor ner every evening between 4 and :30 clock, i, they say, t and. many 0f , these BUI010SI LOCATED BY SLEUTH Gang: of. Fake Bookmakers AVho Robbed a Nevada Miner Had Room 2(i in 'Selling -Hirsch .Building Place Found Deserted, (Continued on Page Three. Finn to (Continued on Page Three. a UNCLE JOE" IS REAL AII6RY Says Newspapers Causing AH :His Trouble Because of IVood Pulp Tariff. . (Dattrd flMi Vnm4 Wta.1 Bloomlngtoo. III., Nov. 13. "Uncle Joe" Cannon's dander is up. In a speech here last night the speaker handed out the bitterest excoriation of his enemies that - he has yet- delivered. Uncle Joe declared , the newspapera of the country are after his scalp be cause the free wood pulp bill failed ta carry and that they are trying to make Cannonlsra aa Issue. - , la his epch last night Cannoa al leged that Herman Rider, president of the American Publishers association. headed a deputation which demanded that ha "railroad" through eoogras by Illegal means a bill removing the duty wood ptiip, pronilaing Cannem the support ef the conn try' a trig aewepapers in return. ; Cannoa declared that he refused te be bought or ra.M1 and that tne big ptib Hsherathen went-out after his scalp. HERMAN KIDDER SAVS MA LIE, A BA.SE LIE' Kew Tork Nov. 13 Tts a lie. a base Iter This was th statement made by Hertetan Ridker today vhn hwa the ff-h ef Tncle in" Cat- iConti& jel ca I I Tcnre, MURDERED BY THREE THUGS Bold Jobr Under Arc Ligh at' Los Angeles Coach man the Victim. WITH YALE 1 ale, Wins by Score of 17 to 0 Harvard Beats Yale Freshmen Lineup for Big Game Other Eastern Contests. ' 0. ii; . Final score Tale, 17; Princeton, Final score Harvard Freshmen, Tale Freshmen, 0. ' Final score Michigan, 22; , Pennsyl vania, 3. . :r . -Final score Harvard, 12; Dartmouth, 8. ...: .. First half Navy, 6; Reserve, 3. First half Cornell 0; Chicago (. Final Navy 17, Reserves 3. . . . T7nltMl Pma Lnsed Wtrs.l Los Angeles, . CaL,." Nov. 13. Three thugs shortly after midnight shot and killed P. A. " Wlddell, a coachman. In West Twenty-third street the most fashionable residence section of the city. Ten minutes before the murder of Wlddell. the footpads fired four shots tt W. B. Elms, a department manager la the Broadway department store, who was hurrying toward his home with larsre sum of money In his pockets. Elms disregarded their oomraands to halt and made his escape amid a rusiuade or tmi leta from their revolvers. Within five minutes after Wlddell had been trhotr down scores of-rttieews were helping the police eerch for the trio. Good descriptions or tne muraer- era were furnished by persona who, at tracted by the shooting, saw the men running from the spot where their vie tlm lav beneath a brilliant arc light Wlddell's pockets had bea lined and wo bullet holee In Ms bead showed that his death had been Instaneoua. Oae supct wss arrested by the po lice, but - released when he proved as II ht Chief of Police Dtshman today detailed a desea detectives oa the ease. IIGHEIMT HAS - BEEN INDICTED rr4 N--W Tora. . U The federal grand Jury yeeteriay afternoea Indkted BJrrl, T"rfrvr aopertn- tdnt ef the W'1iliamHurg refiaery ef the AiwrVai flursr RTelrg eom pany. rfHg rw rrr rr te fra(l k (fmpm.ni h,r tg ral weljnta Brvi1amatlJ has New Haven, Conn., Nov. 13. Vale is a 3 to 1 favorite in the betting for the annual gridiron struggle to be decided here this afternoon. Although Tale is expected to walk away with, the game much Interest is being manifested be cause) of sentimental reasons. The lineup follows: Tale Kllpatrlck Hobba ... Andreaa - . Cooney . . . Goebel , , , Llllev Vaughn . ,. Hoe .. Murphy uai Ph. ly .... ilbin . . . ; Princeton ..i-K Ballln ..U T...(Capt) Slegling . . L G. r 4 ..... ,t Waller .. .U. ........ . Bamman ,.R. G. MeCopmlck ..R- T McCrohan ,.R. E. Welch ..Q. B Derbin ..L. H v Read .R- H Hart F. B Cunningham O A. C. READY FOR BIG GAIilE Oregon Agricultural College Con-allls, the big fray. Washington arrived yes terday la charge of Manager Zednlck and Coach Dobfe. and spent aa hour on the field going through light prac tice. Dr. Johnson tiaa' given orders that Keck, the best man In O. A, C.'s bark field, anust not play tods v. As Keck does all of the kicking, his loss Is mare serious thaa'sny suifrred this year. Keck sprained his ankle running in from the field a few ntgrna agL and baa en fen bod ever a'nc. . The etadats had a big' raliv lact nlht parading the streeta. frvllol t,r a big bonr.re and pli. The lineup today will be aa follows: O. A. C lVi t Ml. Wirn I Mm) ...... .1 .... J . . v.tn ,.,...,..Ril lswiv allar H.T.. rap t . I. T . . . . K I . ..U K. . .. . W . . . . .11. it . ..1. H . Lr.tfg F ... After searching two days. Captats Baty. head of the detective bureau of the . police department has found the room In which Emory Buren claims he wss fleeced out of 1800 by a gang of fake bookmakers. : The room la In the heart of Portland's business district and the gang have been operating there for two months. - The room Is in the 'Selllng-Hlrsch building on Washington street, between Tenth and West Park streets. It is number 26, and has been in. charge of a man who gave , tha name, of J. K Smith. - . ; . .'. Smith has not been seen around the place since Saturday, when Buren caused " the arrest ' of. Frank: Watson, whom he claims "steered" him into the place. Neither has the room been occu pied, and all bookmaklng paraphernalia Buren claima was Jn tne room has been removed.,.' '';'''.,'.", . Baty Is Certain. . - The room now contains a flat top desk, a typewriter desk, and a quantity of literature pertaining 'to real estate., A email peep-hole by .the door r knob has been covered with tin from tho inside, and a Tale lodt ls also fastened to the Inside of the door. . tl feel certain this is the . room." Said Captain Baty. "I have been work ing on the case since Wednesday, and Detective Price and I found, this place yesterday, While there were mo book- making :or other gambling fixtures In the room, the operators had plenty of time to get' It out of 'the wayj. We don't know this, man Smith, and cannot find out anything about him." , ; - The janitor of the building said thai-. Smith came to him about two month ago, and. rented - the room. , lie repre sented that . he "was. In the, real estate business, and he saw several men go. ' in there. , He states that he does not know who Smith Is, where he . cam from, or where he has gone. The man paid his rent by the month, and has it paid for November. The man is described as being tail, light complexion, -and wears short eld whiskers. . The ' Janitor' also, saw thn same men entering the place, and that no women were ever seen there. . Bnren Has teft Town. t Attorney Seneca Fouts " represent Buren. and Wednesday took his client out and found the , building within an hqur. At that time, no one- was In the , office,' and that night Burcn left Portland, presumably for his home, ami failed to appear Thursday when the case waa called against Watson in mu nicipal court. .Attorney. Fouta failed to. notify the proper "officers that' he found the room, and says that Buren is still In Portland, but does not icnow where he is stopping or c,an be found.' Attorney John Manning represent Watson, who waived a preliminary hear ing when Buren. did not show up, ami will go before the grand Jury on th charge of larceny. ' Watson la also . accused of being a member of a' gang , of bunko men who prey upon tourists. , '. . Bobbed Of all Xa Had. , Emory Buren came to Portland last Friday, and Saturday was approachM on the street by a, stranger," who. with Frank Watson, now : under arrest. In duced him into a" room, where he savs there were, three other men, and they won $2000 for Watson on a horserace. The room was fitted out as that of a bookmaklng shop, ; and Buren was in duced to bet 3100V and when he din played his money,. he said. Watson and (Continued on -Page Three.) TARV AS a .iie . . . . . . . . May . . . . 11 Mm r'r' .'. W i . r n - . . 'm ' . ... ' -e M It ' -' FOOD FOR 1. 17.11 WorkeiV Say They 'Will Soon Have Jlore Becru its and Defy Au thori ties.: iraltod Press "lw4 Wlr, Spokane Wash., Nov. 13. It l r-port-id today that the military "author ities at Fort Wright, where 108 nd.. trlal workers ; are Imprisoned la li guardhouse, are Insisting that the ril oners be given food. A maturity of tht mm confined there are still on hunsfr- strike, and many are to weak t. 1 from their cota Tbepollc authorItli hHv tK. have the 'Situation ndr control. . the Industrialists declare ty af waiting fer recruits for arrive fron t nerthwefterw atajee to con'lnue l em inn re 1 ion. Fifty mn arrived lvtay - fc I '..-,' Inr anI,.lrat Fat;. M-mt . ar. n 10 from Hati (. T"t r-fi tn.- mrti ar ePctd trn P'-rt ' i f -'' r The emptovmnt a-n- im in . hav tBtevi"! t'-at 11 rr ! ,-t ' mrtre of 1' t '.! V- l orlfl Wtfft ISi tat a-. cf r t r ! 71 ' r ef t1 t-i ' - m
