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V- THE DAILY JOURNAL JOURNAL CinCUlATIOIJ YESTERDAY WAS TVJOCEUTSnCOPY Sunday Journal 5 cents; or 15 cents , a week, for Daily and Sunday Jour- t nal, by carrier, delivered t . ,' The weather Rain tonight and , Sunday; cooler Sunday. . ' . VOL. VIII. NO. 271. PORTLAND, v OREGON, SATURDAY ' EVENING. "JANUARY 15. 1910-SIXTEEN PAGES; :,' , ' -, PRICE TWO CENTS a2 DaIHnj? 59 ceVt! ' ' .1. . r n p1 tsc-'raB f"1 1 i i i . Vi J Li L 1 t 4 W i ..II- 1 , I i . a V 1 r - i i 41 ' " 'A' ' '' '' :';"' ''.' "' ': ' ' -"'"'' J T' ' ' ' ' ' " ;LiU J - iu WORST STORM IN YEARS SWEEPS OVER COUNTRY l70AIlWF?0ZWT0DlT-(SrlG ; ',. X'-" '"l"-' (Onited fnss 'imH Wire.)'' 'H ;'l .'' 1 Fairbanks, Alaska, Jan. 16.- Three lives hare : been : lost fa tha past three days In the terrlflo blizzard that has raged along; the Val-dez-Fajrbanka trail for a week, and(It la feared that others may have perlBhed. ' Rescue parties from the( United i States? signal: station ' are patrolling the trail In search of travelers who, may, have become lost In the blinding snowstorm" or. overcome by the biting "Arctic cold. i -Mrs. It A. Rockefeller of San Francisco was' yesterday.', taken; from a stage which bad been caught in the storm, frozen to death. body of Joe King, a miner, was .found by rescue parties. He had' gone to search for a missing party of miners and was overcome' by the cA4:t;.';y,,0y:.rxC:-is ':;,: vs &WvV-f!;Wy iVi -;y '.Walter Scheiler. of Index, Wash.i, who was supposed, to have per-1 lahe'd with Franz Geibe! of Seattle,.' whose body was found Thursday, has 'reached McCallum alive, but badly frozen' and in a serious-condition. 1 ; i -... !. ;'- ".' '-',. :;,"' : ';'.." The blizzard- la tha worst that has been experienced in this ec- 1 - " I tlon' for many years. , --' i ;-y, ;.. -u.rt ' -f - . vv I I ....'. f'v.----:. --:!-r.-:''-)v-::-:'-:-Kr-----:".-:r- FIVE UVES LOST HI. r III N. Y. BUZZARD BESIEGED CITY Neither ; Fuel, Supplies Nor ' Passengers Can Be Car ried I rtto. Metropolis. Coal Supply Nearly Exhausted and Milk Delivered Only to Families With Babies. SAYS HERMANN : E xt r a "WAHTED MONEY SCFfOONER GOES TO CREATE RESERVE AGROUND CLOSE zU Trt Ani f nr- i'nii KKfl H " - . ' . - 1 1 LL-L, Testimony of Dan rfarpley; In - Land Conspiracy; Trial, Would Also Indicate Senator Mitchell Desired Pay . FIGHT OVER ADMISSION A OF THIS TESTIMONY Tarpley Says He Offered Mays a Cut of 30 Cents an'Acre : an . Lands. (VoltH Pnm Lmm4 Wim. , Chicago, Jan. 16. Chicago is like a city besieged today, r A 'blizzard which hat' swept .Illinois, for sVveraI days -continued--' 'today and', caused niuch sufeTlnCber;e.( .;Xh6, poal;-sp-ply is nearly exhausted aiid' mitlrris Dnltl Vxon tswd Wtr.) : f. tKaw XorkK Jan. 16. Thla city Is fat In t tie. grip of the worst bliscard It ha '.-xperiencd' In ' year.v' .Five deaths. and ' mtny accidents hav already : bn r ported and it is feared the list will DA , . greatly Increased unless a cessation -ol ' ." th storm .cornea befor nightfall.-; V, Traffic Ik paralysed, and neither fuel. auDtillee tror onsaenaers can be" carried i4ni New-York- f)ont'ouiidi points. 1 being delivered only to families hav- - JSnippmg ) Jiaperllea. fears beina en-l j vvt ' tertained for many small .eraft plying I '-Vw.jv'rVf-tfv s.-. :.eutaid f-the harbor.. ) 1 ' Many trains due to leave the-city were compelled to fight their way up for other ; points were sidetracked to Quarantine in the face of a high and the roads' kept as clear as pbs- great danger in approaching the port jslble "fori Incoming f freight trains the ships found It . would be a bad ,to I hearlnir coal and milk ;? ' ; ' 1 remain eff Bandy Hook. ' ' I . a ? Mayor Gaynor. who had a narrow ea- v Hospital milk supplies are low and erfpe from death yeeterdar when-he it Tsfeared thar deaths -will result jeri a aiaiiea train at icaavuie. ix)ng - j i leland. and wae comoelled - to lie flat rom th, 8 ll several' instltu en a railroad trestle and hang on to the tlons unless ' conditions are relieved ralla to keep from being blown off, ' before tomorrow The 'fiipl sunnlv at the home of Dr. Adolf Rave, unablo Pelore tomorrow, ine IUd BUppiy te come to New .York and attend .to his will be exhausted at. the state asy official duties. , ; . v , u 1 lum for. the Insane at Elgin before hours late and the chances are slim for the day ends' There are 1600 pa moving of trafflo today. tients confined Jn the hospital and Jersey. In Connecticut and at all eub- 11 lg fered tnat great suffering will Urban points are appalling. Drifts are I folio w it coal and wood are not Be- pl led 15 feet high and-anow Is falling fast. Business la at a standstill with lie relief In sight New York hotel are crowded with : suburbanites unable -to eaeh"the!rhomea.- t j Under f "Big Bill' Edwards, - former Prlncetoir football star, now directing the street . department. IB, 000 men are making a desperate effort to keep the maiaarierlesef-travelpen- but- o far cured Immediately. Judge Wolverton, In tha United SUtea couM, has come to the point in the Blnger Hermann trial wbere he- must turn the hinge of. the . case ; for -or against, the defendant ' XU.. All during, the session of the court this morning the judge listened to rea sons presented by A. 8. Worthtngton, attorney for Mr. Hermann, why he should, not turn vthe hinge against 'the defendant and open the gate of evidence against him, and to other reasons pre- semea oy ,Mr. tieney why tie should let loose the flood of testimony, which The San Buena Ventura, Load ed With Lumber From Eu reka to Mexico, Is Breaking Up-Deserted by Crew.K . . (Sprll Ohpatrh to The JTosrail.) Gold .Beach, Or, Yaa. 15. The mted .schooner Baa Sneaa Tentnra stranded about one fonrta mile off shore here, soma time last night, and la rapid, ly breaking np on she sands., she waa evidently waterlogged at sea, aad appa rently had Deea deserted by her erew. She was loaded at Eureka with. 1 amber for Xexloo. ' ; FLAMES GMTW i3 BABIES i wHiiEMMHEmsmsEm 1 y " ' J . (Special DispatchVtOrThcTournal.) ,," C V, yr-y:1: , , Winlock, Wash.. Tan. 15. rThc three. infantrchildren of Mr. and Mrs! Oscar Backman were burned to death in a fire that: destroyed the .Backjnan' horae soutrji of this jcity; last . night.1 " Mrs. Backman had sent the two older boys 4 and 2 years' old, ptvaa errand to. a neighbor's and had' then left the yearold babyin a cradle in the kitchen while' she went, to her 'mother's home a feV hundred feet dis tant. She .was gone but a few minutes when' the; house burst into flames. ' The fire apparently start ed in 'the-kitchen.? ' . ": . ;:-r'-V-.-v;'V:'-V;''v''-": ' '' ': 'y v-.; ' : With, Warner Backman,; an uncle of the Children, Mrs. 'Backman rushed into the burning house and. attempted to rescue the baby, but the 'two' were unable to get into the kitchen. Varner Back man then broke into the front of the houses No one knew that the two boys had returned to the house until theif charred remains, were found in the' ruins. Backman effected entrance into the room where the boys met their death, but owing to the smoke could not see. them; I , The bodies of all three children were-incinerated.-, ' " ' v '? ' ' ';:; 'r -yy ... ( ;i : .; .'."-.'... : . . It. is not known how the fire started,' but it1 is supposed the boys had been playing with matches. From the position of the bodies it appears as if their'clothes had caught fire and they had climbed onto the bed.'-. , :? ' r .y-' ' ; r'-'i .' The 4-year-old boy had his arms around his -y'earHold brotherapparently trying to protect him. The 1-year-old baby's remains were found, riear'the bed J 'X ; 'y :?. , -. WIFE OF FAMOUS SKY MAN (Continued on Page Three.) PETTYFEUD DS :ff. t ir3 GORY FAS1 uii; fwnoE HASLASTSAYON BROADWAY BRIDGE John Ferris,-56, Kills William Woods, 72, Tn Duel in Base ment of Store, Then Coolly Calls Police to Arrest Him. (United Yrm Leased Wlre.l New Tork, Jan. 15. John Ferris, B6 years old, and William woods. 72. fought-a- duel today, and-Woods fell dead, with five bullets In his body. The battle took place !n the. basement of a (Continued on Paae Three. LED FIGHT AGAINST BUDGET V -' have failed. I W Ferry service on the Hudson and on East river has been desultory. PASSENGER TRAINS . IN WISCONSIN ARE ' STALLED IN DRIFTS t ' ' (TTnlfrrt Vrstn Ijard Wli.l La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 15. tinow plows! Were sent t"dsy to the rescue of two bassenger trains stalled In the ' great (Continued on Page Three.) DEC SI VE BATT LE AlfOrfA EXPECTED TODAY 4k Insurgent Generals Combine ( i Forces for Attack on General Vasquez Rail of Greytown 'ls Expected. . ,r , t (T'nlted Pre Jam& Wire.) 1 n Blueflelds, Nicaragua, Jan. 15. (By Wireless to Colon.)-Generals Chamorro ana. iena.:or' me revolutionary forces j effected a union of their armies near coyapa today. An immediate -attack upon the city is expected. Conflicting reports concerning the movements of General Vasquez, in ; commajtST of the government forces at Acoyapa, have ar rived here. - DM teport haa it -that vaa iuei has fallen .back to the outskirts of. liianagua, preferring to risk an engage- I ment there. . . . .( v. It Is'bellevedTiere, however, that -even . ir vaequej nas movea to juanagiia wicn a portion of his forces, he hae -left -Aco-yapa' strongfy. defended. The most re liable; advice! Is to the effect that the . sreater part of Vasque's forcesiare at ' ' Acoyapa, , and that decisive ningage- s ' ment will - take place thfere very soon. ' The fail of. Greytown also Is expected. Port of Portland Commission Can Wake Objections Only afHMc f.ieetingllVhere'Al Others May Appear. Permission from the war department to construct the Broadway bridge will be based solely, upon the evidence of the public hearing to be held In Port land following the completion of the bridge plans, and upon the recommends tion that Major James F. Mclndoe, chief of the United States engineer corps in Portland, chooses tu make. ' A commlslon from the council before the department, as appointed by Mayor Sinion, will not influence In any direct way the secretary of war's decision, nor (Continued on Page Seven.) MEREw COMPANION NIGHT OF MURDER Confession to Rev. Dr. Schell Made Public "Nigger Liz" and He Were, Drunk When Gunness Home Destroyed. (finite! trona Uued Wire. La Porte, Ind., Jan. 15. Elizabeth Smith, colored, known as "Nigger Li." whom Kay Lamphere implicated in the robbery of flic Gunness home on the night the place was destroyed by fire, was arrested here yesterday. It Is an nounced this afternoon that she is charged with complicity in the murder of Mrs. Gunness. I . : : . ' . . . ' . . I I ; .'7 Z 1 ! ; i L-7 .rf, 'fy'y-vT, !?,: U i) '.'."7 . yy--,f ir!y:-:t V A-n ! i i. f f!y ' -Hi ' TII " rs: y jz.. 11. if It I v',s-v - . j-f ' ITf f..r" .... RICHARD OLHEY ' 111 IN HOSPITAL NEAR TO DEATH ' ' V' " ' '.r.'' '' ' ' Operation Performed on For mer Secretary, of State but . .'No Information as to Result . :Can Be Obtained; f . Madame Paulhan, wife of the famous' French aviator,; who has set the fashion In the way of an .aviation costume for women. The dress shown is made of warm cloth and is so arranged that it can read ily he transformed Into knickerbockers. ' . t ' ' - tPnited Pr8 Leased Wlre.l Mount I'leasant, Iowa, Jan. 15.-"Nigger Liz," s.: negress, was . Ray Lam phere's companion on the night that he robbed, and : set fire to' the Gunness house at . I a Porte and chloroformed Mrs. Gunness and her three ' children, according to a Btory he confided to Rev; B. A. Si-hell, president of Iowa Wesley nn university. Lamphere'a confession to Continued on Page Four.) ' SALT LAKE ROUTE REMAINS CLARK'S ': i .-- y;:r-y';y y y 'i ;-; y OGDEN MILLS HAS : POCKETS PICKED Fellow Travelers Get Familiar and Millionaire Loses Watch and Coin, Is the Story. Lord Lansdowne, .who led the house of lords against the budget in his campaign speeches. lie admitted that the present form of .the house of lords was rather, cumbersome and should be changed, but hp strrmgly objected to the atmlishnfent o; the hereditary principle. ' Iitird Lantidowue is one' of the .'acknowledged leaders in the upper ' body.' v.. ,.t .--' -. b-) ; - a ' 1 -o.. y.-tu. :, it 4 Ex-Senator ' Denies Rumor of Absorption by S. P. Big ' . . Bill for Repairs. " ' i ,' (United Press laaea Wli. t New York, Jan. 16. It will require nearly f 3, 900, 000 'and six- months' time to 'repair the-flood damage on the San Pedro, Los 'Angeles & Salt Lake rail road in Nevada, according' to an an ncrunceroent today,. The road. 1 00 miles of which waa destroyed by recent floods. - (Continued oa Page Three. San FYaneisco, : Jan. 15. Ogden Mills fell a victim to two confidence men' on his cross-continent race to the" death bed of his father, according to a morn ing paper. .The story geies that he lost a wallet Containing 4uu, a number oz gold coins and his watch and chain. -- Two of the financier's fellow .passen gers, by their, well groomed appearance and apparent wealth, found favor In the eyes of the son of D.O. Mills. and grad ually acquired his friendship. 'The three were together during the trip west; and Mills - was said ; to have expressed his sorrow. at' parting. J.- !--' -It was not until, he had reached his destination that he found his . wallet gone. Later his gold was missed, and still later his watch and 'chain were ound to hare dtsappeared.-rt--T - Then Mills was said, to have realized that he had ,been made the victim of a pair of sharpers, :H waa too, tnertlf led to tell hia story to;, the police according to the puDiisneu repori, na,conriaeg i oriTv to aTew friends. . . : , .:-;', AI RS FLYING M . . . M .a . . - , Boston, Jan.. 15. It la believed here that , tiie condition of , Richard Olney, secretary of state under President Cleve land; whole ill Irt Cerrey Hill hospital. Is most serious.' Refusal of his family to give out Information concerning him and the fact that the hospital attend ants have been Instructed to remain silent on the subject,' lead to the .belief that feara are entertained for his re covery. It Is not , denied, that he has been near death for' several days, and that an operation , was perrormed last night. The. nature of the disease from which he is suffering haa not been made known. ,.'... :t ' III MIDST OF BH'SIf ST BITTER BATTLE ' :: :' "!'-'i;" ;y.y:y;y X One Seventh' of New Parlia ment Will Have Been Elected at Close of Polls Today, EoreshadowingJlesult..: AT ONE ANOTHER Wrights Sue Rivals College Professor Claims He Was First Flyer of All. (United Press Leased Wlre.l New York, Jan. IS.tVlth Orvllle and Wilbur Wright claiming that the Bleriot end Far man aeroplanes, as used by Paulhan at . Los - Angeles, Infringe their patents " far more than does the Curtlss machine, the outlook for peace In the aeronautical family Is slim. - The Wrights have' made, this allegation the basis of. a suit .filed "-yesterday. They state ' that not)' alone "do they demand the 'profits Of Paulhah's ' Los Angeles flights but threefold damages In addi tion.. - l. " - t According to 'the brothers. Paulhan's statement when their first stilt against him was filed to ..prevent ' his giving exhibitions in j this country, because of alleged Infringements of their patents, that he. would remove the disputed bal ancing planes, was an admission of his guilt - ! ; ; ' This -case .was-; to have been heard (Continued, on- Page Three.; . - CHnlfed Prs liraed Wlre.t J London. Jan. 1&.--The. most bitterly contested election ever held. In England and one of the. most important in her history is in progress today. . In 60 constituents: an enormous vote is being polled and excitement is at a fever heat. The constituencies ' voting today, are entitled to 74 members In. parliament. These, , with unopposed : conservatives, returned yesterday, Including r Joseph . Chamberlalni and 14 unopposed candlr dates declared elected today, "Will male total of SI seats that will be filled when today's balloting Is concluded. This-Is practically one seventh of tho total commons membership of 87,0. Of the 14 unopposed today, one is a non-parttsan, (Speaker Lowther: one Is . a liberal, seven are conservatives, and five are Irish nationalists. . The constituencies which. were repre sented by the 91. seats 1n the last per- . Hament had 6a liberals, 27 conserve. -tives, eight laborltes, five Irish nation-1 allsts and one non-partisan.: the spenker. who Is always classed as non-partisan. Tha Conservatives Chances The liberals s re confident of retain ing a large majority- today. The el-. tlon is In the nature of a test, as polit ical 1 statisticians en both -aides agree that If the conservatives gain 29 sats without losing any of the seats they al ready have, they will stand a good chance of' ultimate victory, v- The liberals are considering the pros ecution of the Great North of Seotlan.t railway, which it Is alleged, prohibited Its employes from participating in the campaign. :"f They ; are also -.considering the. prosecution of Lord ' Kibblesdnic who. spoke at Preston ; last ;nlglit, on charge of Violating 4he law whl h hlblts peers from camfnlgnUig after th election writs have been. Iseuedv The booths opened at 8 '..o'clock ' trjte morning and will close at o'elm-k night. It Is expected thst the retj! i will be known In in"t locIiti r-1 w i 10 o'clock and midnight. Uherala Worried About Xen!on. Kighteen London dintrlrtsi , I ! . , Today, and concerning tharn t h ! . are decidedly anxliiu. A!'n-,t.,. , same districts rpturnfd 14 j i ; . -- .-(Continued on f ago 'm I ' ''y'yy.'Y-1 yyf'y:.'"' v-vii'-' y , i