..- . . . . - t - - . i . . 4 ; T J! K I A I L V J OV US Ah I M Two Cents a Copy Sunday Journal 5 wntit or 15 ffuli, wrrk, for Daily and Himday . Joarv ' ml, by carrier, delivered. JOURNAL CIRCULATION vcsTErtDAr was "' T " The weather flalu (or inow.to night and Saturday. ' , PORTLAND, OREGQN, ' FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER ; 24, 100D FOURTEEN PAGES. 1 VOL. VIII.' NO. 252. PRICE "TWO CENTS, f ?All"!i "B cY S A : DAUGHTER QF . , , .... , . - - Tl i limn i uu 5 ..' I HA Mm Mil nu DEAD IN TUB GHRISTIVIAS GIFTS iiaus ;!s Miss jean, Clemens,' Who' Had I i :V Suffered From Epilepsy, Ex- pires Suddenly at . Storm- v i '! ' ; " ' t ' ".', .- . '( I ! iieiu. 'UN EVER BEFORE This Is. Night When .'Santa Claus Slips Down Chimneys ,and Fills Children's Stock Zings With Candies; Nuts; etc, LADY'S MAID MAKES STARTLING DISCOVERY v I Greeted Her Father Early in the r. ESTIMATED $6,000,000 Vv SPENT IN THIS CITY Morning Then Went to Her Everywhere In Portland ; Spirit jf nitAnriAn Sn ETiirfonta. mui iihii iv yi vi ubtia4ivii( in. iviu&iiii Death. f: Churches to Observe Day. (UaltH Frw Lm(4 Wlr. . j- Rrfldln. Conn.,. D. J4. Mlsa Jean ' Clemrna, daughter of Samuel I Clem " i ens (Mark Twain), was found dead In ; bathtub at lier home near" her today. J ? Mf Jean Clemens was the younger ?' daughter of Samuol Claniena. She was i j found dead in a . bathtub at - "Storm- field.'' the family home,' shortly before " S o'fclock"T3y"th maid," who became anjt- . lous at the failure of her mistross to 1 i' appear in the dressing room. f L r Kpllepay, from which sHe had suffered ' for .several years. Is given as the caua i itt her death.- ' During the last few months her condition had seemed to be 1 1 Improved, : -.-, . When she -'arose this morning at 7 o'clock she greeted lier father Cordially i J and- retired to the bathroom, after la instructing her maid. to be ready. for her & in the dressing room "half an hour later. "i i Trhen her mistresB failed to appear at '. 8 o'clock the maid investigated aand found her body, - Mark Twain is reported to be nearly prostrated with grief, and it is feared ' - the shock will prove serious. ' ", Miss Jean Clemens was IC years old " She recently had been acting as her father's secretary. - t 1 Mark- Twain's other daughter. Clara, f i is at present on her , honeymoon in "Switsertand and has been notified of her i '"sister's death. " ' I "jjy daughter, Jean Clemens, passed I from this life suddenly this morning at half past 7 ; o'clock,"' said Mark .Twain ; , today. , t ;j. - ? . .-.' ; , . 'Thirlng the last half of her life she ' was an epileptic but she recently grew better. For two years we , considered i 'her well, bat she was not allowed to . be entirely free. ' Her maid, .who has . served us -28 years, was always with her - i when she went to New York on shopping if excursions and such things. She had a t few convulsions in the last two years and those she had -were not violent." Christmas, with Its . gifts 'and Its spirit, its religious feeling, its good cheer and its rejoicing, -is here again. Tonight., in accordance with the tradi tional belief of nearly everyone, Banta Claus will Journey over the city, direct from his Icy home in trie far north. climb , down chimneys, and leare girts for all good little boys and nice little girls, and occasionally, if there are any left, for the kind, and .Indulgent papas and. thoughtful, forbearing mammas. "Portland has no . "kick" at Santa Claus on this, the 1909th occasion of Ms annual pilgrimages of gift-bearing. All are looking forward to his Coming with open and receptive, minds. Tonight looks like a good night for him. Merchant prince and lowly-cottagers all believe that he will not Vail them and theirs, for. the times ara prosperous, and It has been noted , that Santa's sleigh bells jingle merriest while the sun . of pros perity-Is melting the snows of adver sity, i Bants, Oood for Stores. v Portland's stores are glad that Sai.ta ia no myth, as some cold-hearte . people declare, 'Ask any of the big 'storekeep ers,- or the little ones, : and tnev will affirm the old tradition In something like the ratio of their- season's business Some of them place the estimate of money spent In Portland for Christmas gifts at approximately 16,000,000 for the season. . , j . nimur Some of this hns gene out ut the city to the rural communities, but greater part of it is to be distributed from tree and stocking in Portland homes tonight. Trainloads of toys,. tons of sweetmeats. avalanches of present, of every kind and character have been taken from the stores by Christmas shoppers for-little ones and the youthful feeling big ones. And the buying is not. over,' by any means. Many have: heeded 1 the cryt of the - Consumers' league to "do., your Christmas sthopping ,earjy".j' and have come, bought and-gone. But not all. for today; every ' store' .in ; town has been' thronged since opening time with a f e- MRS.' MARTIN ON WAY TO COURT piEDS CM r TERMINAL DEAL . TO HAVE SEEN 1 III NORTH ENM CRAFT OF MYSTERY QUIETLY EFFECTED Correspondent Believes He Has Seattle Man- Secured Options Located Home of Tillinghast on Large Section From the Aeroplane Morgan Tele- Owners Without Great Out ; phone Men Are Employed. : lay of Money. " , , MANUFACTORY FOUND , SOME PEOPLE THINK THE ON J. D. G0UGH ESTATE MILWAUKEE IS BACKER a If Statements Are Verified Gossage Was Frequent Visitor Craft Will Prove Greatest V at Headquarters of Hill Party of Aviation Inventions. When Magnate Was Here. (Continued on Page Two.) i BAILEY SAYS HE " WILL NOT ISSUE MILK CERTIFICATES V ! Dairy Commissioner Makes Apparent Attempt to Block Enforcement of' New Milk -Ordinance.. 1 ! BOY SAVES TRAIN FROM GOING INTO DITCH ON THE N. P. w . .... T y ri.a.jr 3 : i i f i i t' Mrs. Martin,; mother of Ocejr SneHd,' victim ,of the New. Jersey s batJi-tub niysterj, ohk her ' wgy . to ' court. Th heavy veUimtf she wore'seems tu be in. line with her 'Ctonewl. habit of lrt. " Kai-h of the three sisters involve ments. ved ini this mysterious case have for years gone heavily veiled,-frequently indoors in their pvrn apart I , , . ....v;- 4;.. j .frtfty :; - -ti' - '' - "v M N . . ; 1 . John p;- ' United Praa Uuc4 Win.) Worcester, Mass., Dec. It is be lieved the home of the mysterious air ship which sailed over the city Wednes- I day night, which is believed by many to be the most wonderful aircraft ever set afloat, was found today by a staff correspondent of the United Press, on the estate of John B. Gough, six miles from here.-----.t rrr - The correspondent discovered" a shed over-100 feet long concealed in a dense woods. Fourteen men in the employ of the Morgan Telephone, company of this city were at work there on some secret occupation. - vv-.- '". 1 '"-.'Aires Spyta.f Correspondent, The aeroplane was not seen as the correspondent was captured and haled before a Justice of the peace, by whom ne was unea ior irespassing. . . ., ; Paul B. Morgan, head of the telephone company,' is a close friend of Wallace K. Tillinghast., who, is, supposed to be the inventor of the mysterious flying machine Morgan has been interested , li avia tion for, several years, -and two years agq he spent 115.000 trying to perfect a. machine invented by a Swedish avia tor, ' The Swedish invention,, however, proved unsatisfactory, , and. ' was CHRISTMAS TREE il!ESI3.000,000 EIGHT LOSE UVES FIRE KILLS EIGHT CHRISTUONEY INILLINOISCOAL AND BURNS HOI BYBULLCAIPAIGN MINE EXPLOSION .. . v. '. ' ... :'f " - I- . it i S fl. . : ". 'V ...r '.(.. ir ; '..!. , t ' : " .. i '.'..,' - ..J . . . i l; .-... . (.. a i t-VC?1-.'''1'-1 1 - . 1 1 :;V ';H'-r-'v"-?-i' - ' - - ,r , f t i .' 1 ., , .'. '' t a Children;' Would .See Santa "Big Four" Operators, Includ- Claus Prematurely , and the ring Patten, Manipulate Cot- Candles Set Fire 'to Tree- Family and 3 Boarders Die. -, ton Market and M ake Large Profits Cotton 1 6 Cents. r I:: i i : ' - - -"That doesn't sound right to me." said Mayor Simon this morning when ' told of D4ry Commissioner Bailey's announce- . mit that lie will Issue no certi- Ilcates of Inspection. "Ner doea it sound reasonable," . - continued the mayor, "that the commissioner should not Issue rertiricaies ss he makes inspec- ' 4 lions." 1 ben with emphasis: , . "I wish we rould have more of the spirit of cooperation" bc-: tween officials. We can enforce no orainancq without coopej-a- "tlon.and 'We assuredly cannot enforce this ordinance unless all offlrlals cooperate, Pa I ley should 4 get in and help. I don't wish to 4 criticise him, but It will be necen- 4 eary for Mm to do his part and keep ois promises. That we ava.ll 4 ourselves o the operation of state la tnd npeel to profit by tnese inspections is only rea- - enable. '-'" "I know that for this causa I am wining' to sunorlnste anv , pwnnal views tqf the auccets , 41 of th effort te provide Portland ' eopi wnn pure tnlllc This sbeutd roe he made the subjrt of any dlfTerenrea between off!- 4 rials and w nunt wnrk together. 4 I era- going to de aU I ran all the time." . ; Palnr frrmmlMlfflifr J. W. R y fAx xiT4mT a new and htnr tinthnnsht rf eirl.natloo for him a nion rr.aoV mrnnm Vm m that ef'weme.ti, f th T'ir ntCk iJfnaTwa HI rtng a wtllk f j?wlt In rortlaBd. He eH: I ain't ret-a- ta Iwof any c-rt;n-r-. t . rf tiTwrtV-" T-e rwr,-p fri1 tt 1k drr. rrn furt itl a 'tn. m cf t-,rr. f .fi 1 ' 1 r f '-r-V - cn a -.t ) r 1 it H Harry Hunter 12 Years Old, Hailed as Hero by Passen gers When He Flags .Train Few Feet From Broken Rail V Oalt4 PreiS Leased Wire.) Ofympia, Wash., Dec. M. Harry Hnn ter, 12 years old, yesterday afternoon saved m heavily loaded Northern Pa cific passenger train -from a disastrous wreck.; Hunter and a companion were gathering Christmas decorations along the Northerns Faclflo track two miles from Olympla, when they noticed that one of the rails was broken. Knowing that a train was soon due to pass, the boys started with all speed down the track, young Hunter running toward Ta- coma and his companion going In the opposite direction. Hunter had proceed ed but a short distance when he met the passenger train-coming at full speed. He waved his arms as a signal to atop and the train came to a standstill within a few feet of the broken rail. The track was temporarily repaired and the train proceeded, the boy resetter being taken on board the train and hailed as a hero. Newcastle, Pa., Pec. - 21. Eighth per sons lost their -Uvea early today in a fire that destroyed tne home of Gultana De Gerbo at 'Hillsdale, nine., miles -from this city. The dead are. De Gerbo, his wife and. their three children., and three men who, boarded at their home. The desire of the De Gerbo children to see the Christinas tree that had been prepared, for .them. In' the -."front room of their little-home is believed to have been responsible for the fire. t Last evening the children were sent to bed so' that their . parents might pre pare the tree' that was to. make their Christmas happier.1' After the. tree was trimmed De Gerbo called in several of his neighbors, to view" it. ' The . little ones were, told that the room was being prepared for a visit - from. Santa Claus, and that -they could not enter' it 'until Christmas morning. -. Late- last . night 1 the neighbors, . who had . visited the De Gerbo home, ; sa lights burning In the Christmas .tree room. It is now thought that the chil dren, unable to restrain . their Impa tience, slipped In to see the tree, after their parenta had retired, -and - lighted one of the candles which decorated It, The candle. ' the neighbors '- believe. burned down during the nlght,l and started the fire , that snuffed "Out eight Uvea. fiew xora.f uec. z. Thirteen mil lions, of dollars Is estimated , today, to be the . aggregate' - profits fi om ' their proKont bull, campaign In the , cotton market of the "big-, four" operators, . as they are called;. Colonel -W..; P. 'Brown, Frank B. Hayne of Newt Orleans, -BJ.' J. Scales and James A. Patten of Chicago. yesterday for the first tttmev in : five years 'cotten reached 16 cents on the New;. Tork -exchange., 'May., option brought 16.01, and while, it was 'the only cotton, on the?list' to reach "that figure, .there - was ."an, -appreciable advance all along .the line, - the commodity' selling- at ai higher figure than at any time since the'flully boom of 1904. "The bulls, pre dict cotton will "reach; 17 'cents before the end 'of next. January. ' Four Hundred Men : Were :iri Mine 'When; Explosion :'0c , currecCaused by i ah i'Uri 'guarded Lamp-' ' John P. Gough, on whose estate the shed , was - found,, Is. iv. old time tem perance lecturer, - and Is : friendly with Tillinghast- and Morgan. Ills place; is pear West Jioyieston. . nyer Kay Have Been Xmploye J. ' Though Tillinghast himself is "be lieved to have' been In this city , last night snd that it was his machine that one of his mechanics made a flight last nightii and that It was his machine that was reported sailing over a dozen Maa aachusetta villages. ,- f , ; -, -'u :, v- In- his Interviews given ,'out " at ' the time he announced the flight. to New York and. return, Tillinghast said 'that the mechanics in' his employ were ex perta, and that they could operate the ' . (Continued on Page Two.) Extraordinary mystery-surrounds the latest acquisition - of optlona for - ter minal grounds In the northwestern, part of the city. Ever sinoe the news was first published - In yesterday's Journal there haa been heated debate" In real estate and business circles as to whether the mysterious purchaser Is the Chicago, Milwaukee & Bt Paul, or James J. Hill. Still another theory' advanced In soma quarterr ls that ther deaMs -being engt----neered by private speculators who are anticipating railroad -purchases in that part of the city and who have Jumped in with the Idea of making large profits by advancing prices -un the .. property This last theory finds some-confirmation . in the facf that so far as known only the -nominal consideration of on dollar has been paid on . the options ob tained. - . - '- . r, ,, Oossagt oeta Options. These options were secured by Jerome B... Gossage afid . cover 13 full blocks bounded by Vaughn street on the south. Reed on , the north. Eighteenth on the east and Twenty-first on the west. .'The land is partly skirted on the north by the Northern Pacific tracks. .. ; The total , price at whlchr. these 13 blocks were optioned is a trifle less thnn $2,000,000 and under the jeTrms of the options this entire sum is to be paid in ' cash hen title passes from pieseiif,i owners. Tlie options run for 90 days.'"' Mr. Gossage came to Portland a wtyk ago and without any ostentation or blare Of trumpets, tied- up S5 per cent of the area wanted and left last night for Seattle., Many Optlona Taken. In ! Sherlock's addition- options were procured .on seven full blocks and an additional quarter block, as follows: Block 11, owned by Frank X. Pfluger. and optioned at 1100,000; block 3. owned by Davis and Macleay estates; block 2, Rummelln and Macleay; block .10, ra- cif lc" Coast .Trust & Investment com pany; block 4, owned jay Davis estate, M. E." Pedersoh and R. A. Neugebavime; block 15, by Sherlock estate. Block 12 (Continued on Page Two.) w FRUIT. CULTURE IN' OREGON COUNTRY, OF WORLD RENOWN Lewlston, Maine, Pec.. 14. Two. fire men were killed and two others ser iously Injured in a' fire that destroyed the Callahan block In Lewis ton early today. The building -was.1 one .of the; largest in the city, and the fire burned stubbornly for hours despite the efforts of the firemen. . - -. Irt the -wonderful,-, made in recent years MSSONARES MUSH - THROUGH SNOW N - BARE FEET: NO FOOD ; , trrf'4 few h4 Wlr Dawson, T. T, Dec. J 4. -Bishop L O. stringer, of the Tak&rfi diocese, has ar- ivel krre. 47 days from Port MacPher- son, at the moatfe of the HaeKentle river, bringing tbe first adrWs since summer from that rttea. Tbe bishop in4 M1a1oarT Chrle " y- - Jcbnena Started frm Fort MarPherwm aeptem bT I. rwrMrg te rroes to the he4 of the Port- j. In. rlree In. time te re-ft the Vokm rH-er lat fM llh a canoe. The a4 f th PU rlvrr, ffowltsa lta tSe rfrrorli rivT, wa pally mt they h4 t k hak tn Tnrt Tr.r JS (Sv f- v.f i-h i - f r Jtr-'i.- -., f ; r ' .'-' ! oat and the men experienced-hardships worse thaa those of Peary. Kor many daya there was only a hanlful of food for eart ma a daily. Finally they were cmrU-d 1a. tak t)ifT imwiiinii and murklui ka f rma their feet and eat th nu. Tfcey .were abi tben to walk only fire or ten miles a day. when they stumMed Into an Indian camp, where there were pletity of npplltw. Tbelr moccasins an-i niH-klurks bad kept them allre for sev eral rtaja . Fju-b Iran lest l Jvn4m t w-it "fixxi rmlred at f"et lIit'-nirT. Aftr the r'rer frre m- li th M)n !" I 1-1 r., -1 , f-r IA,n n1 r't -''"- i ... n .f r- t c v, r- f . - 1 , - f ' y progress in scien tific methods of soil tillage, no place has experienced greater de velopment than fruit growing. Increased attention to fruit cul ture hss won marvelous results. In the Oregon country. ' Prod- ucta from tree and vine In tbe -many fertile regions Of the state d 'have found a ready market at highest prices the world , over. Tlie fruit growing districts of the Oregon country abound In a wealth of orchards yielding Im . mense-annual .profits to the owners and constituting an Im ' portent factor In the ecoaomio life of the state. The whole nation is aware of the productiveness of the - or chards of the Oregon country. Tbe lesson of science in the re-. claroatlon ef arid lands Is re sulting In the transformation i thousands of seres of raw land yearly.- Tbe Increased retoma from Oregon fruit lands cease high values to he placed on them, bat not so high ss to de eresse the demand. Tbe treatment accorded fruit raltnre tm tt Oreon eeusfry . Ht the Teers End edlttna of Tbe Journal will be read with Inter est. 0r-!e will be eoJd by n--r-re oa the date ft puMieatton. Priday e-renlns. Ivcember II. fnr S rente. Opiee imt be -cured latr. wnrrd ill T4f for mailing for t rni. I wf pfige.' reeia; fore'uru, : '' - ' V (United TreM Leased Wire.) Marion, 111., Dee... 24.-.WVi T. . Pierce. the" mine engineer,"'Eugene Barrett, his assistant, Thomas , Williams, assistant manager. v, miners ' known , as? Snyder1, Greeco, Romeo-and." Ha rbor, and an "un identified Italian,, lost their lives In an explosion late yesterday- In m ine: A of the Chicago A Cartervllle Coal com pany. A rescue party searched the mine last right and', brought out-your men who .,' were r overcome " but, : will recover. They- failed1 to 'recover 'the' bodies V of the dead. Four hundred .men were in the; mine- when, the' explosion occup-ed. out. Kti w.ica hvi inost aiiiea Dy iie aciuat expioaion iibcit. : An - investigation into - the cause of the disaster is being made. It la thought tne explosion was caused , by an. un guarded lamp. -carried . by ,a miner. Members' of the rescue party are as sured that every man who was in - tbe mine last evening la accounted for. . FIRE CONSUMES 1500 POUNDS GIANT POWDER fSpeciil piapatek te Tb. Joornal.) Albany, Or eo.. t4.W. J. Tur- nidge's warehouse at,' C rah tree - - was burned to the ground - yesterday morn ing. Fourteen hundred bushels of po tatoes and 100 pounds of giant powder were destroyed. Turn Id ge had been keeping a fire to warm the room where the potatoes were kept. The 'giant pow der Is said to have burned without ex ploding. The loss is placed at IfOOe. There was no Insurance.' ' - PROPOSITION MADE STRIKERS. BUT NO RESULTS FOLLOW Railroads Would Wait for Out come; of Chicago Confer ence, but .Switchmen De mand Separate Negotiations DICKINSON i'ILL GO TO CONGRESS FROM iSSOI - ftTnited Praaa LniH Wlre.V Minneapolis, Dec J . Prealdent Haw lay and a- -committee - of the railway switchmen are again in. conference with the railroad managers today in an ef fort to settle the strike in the north west. Testerday'a conference at St ' Paul failed i to bring tne dispute any nearer settlement. The railroads' proposal, submitted to President Hawley, Is as follows: "We will employ as many strikers as we ' havs room for. . under the nresent agreement, until the end of the confer ence In the Chicago district, at which time we will offer - to meet any in creases in pay. or any working condi tions. - granted the Chicago switchmen by their employers." The strikers demand arbitration un der the art of ll8 and-separate nego- la t tons here, regardless of the outcome ef tbe Chicago conference. OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ' NICARAGUA CERTAIN rrarted tne Leeeeg WlnO Bluerictda, Nicaragua, rta. Dee. 14. Br wlreleas te Cofoa.) Ueneral Dlas ef the Insurgent forces today began hia sd vasce upon Maaagna. and It is believed that before tomorrow night Estrada' entire arthy will be saovleg toward toe capital. . - tMnre tbe sseeplng' defeat ef tbe Ze lerane at Rama nd Rrrw- last Me r. Teeedar' asd Wedneeriay. eVtars ments f-t the rb army bare beew psr iiing the tmor f the Xfrrw-r -reei-evnt ths avelied r-a4tare. -THese res 'eta f the s.utmmr a tranf-m lift either ben flrfren tn Ike lanteinfuis (0.,trT js jjk.. MrrW. nr rare K V.-"4. ar I x e v r c ' - " - tv T ' ' C ' t I '" It Is believed generally that nothing can save tbe capital from failing into tbe basds of tbe rebels. L'aless the newly appointed president Jnee Madria. sees for peace the ever tarew cf be goremmeat appears ire mtaeat ' , - Tea eoeapiete annlbllatiM ef the 7' Uras arfey Is te terrirw! flghtlns erlr tbta wk waa srotas'.itd VtTedaeo.i. la a fleres battle r-r Rtrwn. Thr I tawd. aft- tbey had Ka (!rtrn tmrai Raw a Tbetr lnee wr iriagi Deadlock Is Broken in Election of Representative to Suc ceed Congressman De Ar-mond. fC nl ted Pns Leased Wtra.1 :.ButIer. Mo.. Dec. 24.-7-A deadlock In which 675 ' ballots were : taken was broken here today when C. C Dlckinaon of Clinton. Mo., wss nominated to suc ceed the late Congressman De Armon.l. by ' the Democratic coiigrressional con vention. - The deadlock began 'Tuesday and probably would have continued lottt next week had it not been' for the exeat desire of the delegates to spend Christ mas at home.' Representative De .r- mond recently' was burned to dutli, with his grandson, at his home. CATASTROPHE INCASSHOPSAT SIIKIEE. m. - , lt D l Pre Learnt Wtt.1 Saawwee, Okie. Dee. V evsa b:;t aave seen reeovered JYeaa tne ra'.m of Steak Zslaad railroad skera ht. waick were srrected r a ti; :c; . j cfcorUy before noe-a. Tks so3i. ef t ) sIees are believed' t lie k-- the rala a. Tks dlaaatar was nmM i eaploaloa f a tu - s t mhef a. , 1 ta hv. 4"l-k Acad fr.r ?. to .1, jei-k. mtrtM a ri mtgr f f. -r rr-f-l i A T 1 ' M .. I 1 - t t I I r ii j , 1 r- i I - ' ( ' . , ..... t I