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THE DAILY JOURNAL IS mOCEUTSACOPY Sunday Journal 5 cents; or 15 cent a week,, for Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. JOURNAL CIRCULATION .' YESTERDAY WAS ' ' Tho weather Occasional rain to ; nl&ht and Wednesday. ' VOL. VIII. NO. 279. PORTLAND, OREGON, 'TUESDAY:. EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1810 -EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO'' CENTS 0 f- RAGluG FLOODS Jl'ORK OF GI?AI!D COVER THIRD OF JURY HOT KNOWN ARL71 OF FRAIIEE FOR TWO MONTHS an be mm i llilf -Rains Continue After Down-1 Investigation of ;. Meat Trust "ih pour of a Week Seine Bis- v Begins at .'Once, but; Jury ing Half Inch an Hour- Streets of Paris Inundated. Slow In Deliberations Pe spite High Price Cry; ; . HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES V HAVE NARROW ESCAPE MORE THAN SCORE OF SUBPOENAS ARE SERVED Suffering Acute : Throughout Judge landis Regrets Press Flooded Regions Utter. Famine Draws Near. v Discovered Packers Are to Be Investigated.' - New Tork, Jan. 15. Security 4 holders received a setback to- day when-it waa announced that i tho dlrectorr"othe V. S. Steel , Corporation had . declared the regular dividend and not made tho proposed ad vane ,ln rates,- The announcement was the biff- ..gest curprle In Wall atreet In. years. , . " Coincident with this was the '. throwing overboard by persona 4 aald to be" closely Connected with Swift, of blocks of Swift ft Co.'s stock; resulting to a de- dine' of nearly 10 points for that issue during recent Hurries. The slumps induced heavy II- 4 quIdMtlon throughout, the .stock market today; selling coming. close to the panic' line. There, was a drop of over $5 a share : In , the price of Beading Rail- road stock and Union Pacific . common-shares -dropped $4,50 In value. , Similar declines wire ahown in many of the leading ..securities. - Chlbaao. Jan. 25. While actual In. Fallleres, .' Throughout that section, I vestiaatlon jf the meet . trut hv th hundreds Of vans are moving furniture I government Is scheduled ' to iwrin" )t und other property outof reach of its today ob possibly tomorrow It is intl- rapia advance. I mated tnat the result of the federal Una la T.IHa nnil ttlA AVenilA Ml- I irrari.t.lortr'a orm-V n1l nn K - t , -- . 1 t " .v- vv wiuvuutru talgne, two or Fans' "enow" streets, arei for two months. , - already submerged. V I The grand iyry began its morning Several hundred refugees were rea-l session by dlBposIng of calendar cases cued from death today when they were J and Its alow deliberations . Indicated Burrodnded on three, sides by rapidly j that It was not on tiptoe to take up the rising water and cut. off on the fourth I investigation of the Backers or thatait by a burning chemical factory. They j would be moved greatly by the popu were taken away ' In boats less than I lar nrotest atainst the current hlirh half i an hour before the neck of land J prices of meats. ; ' J on which, they, wera uuaaiea was . en-i Mora than a score of subnoenes huve 'itirely covered by,, thia flood. ' been served and wltnesaea are in readl- .The suffering Is acute. vWlth 0ev- ness to. go betore the inquisitors. Most feral i' sources of -feod-aupply. from the of thesis ar men, who have been acting country .districts out off the city Is a government operatives and who will . '-: iVmitM' Pttii leaied Wlre.j. I ' Paris. Jan. 25. The military authori ties announced this afternoon that. they - Intend to dynamite tna Aima- Dnage, the mOt beautiful structure that spans the Urine at Parla. " The arches of the" famous. bridge are . ' furnishing a baala for - accumulation! . nf dtbrls that is forming a dam. The- authorities! ' decreed that the bridge muKt te sacrificed to prevent additional Uhmege . in the city. Paris, Jan. 25. Almost one third of Frame lsNunder water today, according tc reports received from provincial towns that have not been isolated by Mho floods.:' ;. . The rains that "'have- been falling ,pl'-adtly for more than a week continued tmlay ana uie wine, iw or in iwuiira tributaries, is rising mora than .half an - In. Ii an liniir. ' - s Hundreds of men and hojs ara work- Jng .on .the banks and in barges on the river in an effort to keep the -drift and wreckage" - front' accumulating at any point. Should an obstruction be formed In the rivar the city would ba-inun- . dated by tha diverted waters. Early today the flood Invaded" tha lower Champs Ely see. where are located many of . tlio handsomest , homes in France. Including, that, of President j TCJJRIVt ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY Bubslstlng practically : ou quarter rations.' '.: - - ' . 't..- : The ,prlc4 of tneat has advanced 30 per cen t in tha past two days. Vegeta bles are 28 per cent s more expensive than ithey wera, yesterday, while but ter and Other commodities, how classed aa luxuries, command prohibitive prices. w;" i The country sections ara prostrated. ytt Tha wine, districts will not recover for yeara ana -vinoyn.ruioi.3 wm ue uiuuhb the heaviest iosera , - . Today's i rains, alternated with flur . tlV of snow, magnifying tha suffering of the homeless hundredSv j CONVENTION TO GARVEOUTKEW SISKIYOU STATE MURDERER OF HESTER GI CONFESSES CRIME .Anna Schumacher, Brutally s Slain at Mother's Grave by : 'James A. Hall, Who Is Cap tured While Trying to Enlist. ' Portsmouth, N. JI- Jan, 25. The : naval authorities here today turned over James Ai Hall, who is said to have con fessed tha murder of Anna Schumacher, ' nt Rochester, "N. to Sheriff Gillette. ' who will take him to Rochester for trial. . The little girl was brutally attacked and killed while she was in the act of . placing flowers upon her mother's grave in tne Rochester cemetery, ' . Hall attempted to enllHt In the navy ' and hfs actions aroused suspicion. After a severe course of the "third degree" he - Is said tp have told the naval officials i :that he committed tho Rochester crime. The feeling in Rochester ran' high - After tho discovery of the horrible tnur oer. Posses captured several innocent suspect who narrowly escaped sum mary punishment . ' . , ; ,. v. Sheriff Gillette- has arranged to take verjr (iicutunuu iu prevrru. iiau irom a iailing Into ttte. hands of., a mob when they return. - -. - ). Ijebanon Kealtjr Company. Albany,- Or., Jan. 25. The Lebanon Realty company, .with 424,000 capital mot k, was incorporated here yesterday hv. I M. Jones," J. C. Devine and Ceorge :: fected Counties of Califor nia and Oregon to Meet at Yreka MdrchlS. ba relied upon by : United States Dis trict Attorney Sims to clinch- his case against the trust. ? . . , Employes of the packers are also un der summons to appear before the grand Jury. Company "of ficala and their at torneys refuse steadily to discuss the Investigation .. but It Is probable that heads of departments of packing houses will decline -to atmear before the- Jury at all or will refuse to give my testi-iDpIpnntpR RpnrPSPntinn DlSflf many at the-risk, of being subjected to -; p r- punisnmentior contempt. The feeling that, there will be plenty of delay In the Investigation before the filing of a report by the grand Jury with Judge K. M. Landis Is regarded here as indicating . that the - packers will have additional and valuable time In which to prepare for. the legal fray. ; - Judge Landis ' In charging the grand Jury Indicated that tha action was start ed through his suggestion. He let this fact be known when ha criticised cer tain functionaries at Washington," who, he said, announced their purpose to conduct the prosecution after, he : had called upon them for an investigation. ' Judge Landis announced that he re gretted that the press had been allowed to dlsoover that the" Jury was to investi gate the packers, as ha said a general knowledge of this fact might taint the atmosphere frrfm, which tha Jury was to be drawn. He . clearly Intimated that the present action originated with him, and . not with anyone ' at the national capital, ' '. 1 His suggestion' that knowledge of the Grans . BEFORE SENATE FOR COAL GRAB (Halted Press tei.cd Wire.) Medford, Or., Jan. 16, The southern Oregon leaders In the movement to carve a new state out of southern Ore gon, and northern -California,; to be known aa Siskiyou, ara active with ar rangement to call a convention to de- rise ways and means. . , According i U , present plans the. con vention will gather In Yreka, Siskiyou county, California, not" later than March 1 $,'a and remain In session three' days. Prominent men from all of th territory affected have signified a wlUlngnessvto attend and aid in the movement. . As planned, tha L new stata wilt: em- purpose of the grand Jury might have brace seven California counties and five affected its formation caused a consid erable sensation WHOLESALE PRICE 1 OF EGGS REDUCED . 3 TO 5 PER CENT triiifpd PreiiS reaped Wlm.V i Chicago, Jan.; 25. With butter on the toboggan, ", with beef, pork; potatoes. whet and 'corn, the wholesale price of egg waseduced today from I to If per cent s: The 'radical" reductions in meats and vegetables . yesterday, - combined with a- hammering, down of stocks of a first i victory for tha boycotters of high priced foods. While packers here deny the rumor, Jt Is known that east ern middlemen are fearing, an attemnt to hold up the market by shutting off the western meat supply. - in support of the, rumor irhi pointed out that few er-carloads are being sent out from the local, packing houses, .. SLEUTHS BUSY IN :-v"-' m PACKINGHOUSES t.-v..ri! '.,;;'V - -., , , ;Chlca'go, JajlT iS. -It is " stated here that, in the , Interval between this (Continued on Page Two,) . Oregon counties. The movement grew out of wide spread dissatisfaction with : the treat ment alleged to have been accorded tha territory by tha two iutes.' California, it Is. said by those advocating -the for mation of the new state, has long neg lected Its northern portion, while south. em Oregon has suffered in like manner. it is claimed, at the handa of Portland and tha" WiUajnett galley. The move to create tha new state is popular through tha affected territory, LANDSLIDE TIES UP;; ' - G. N. IN MONTANA :'.' - (UnltPd Press Leased WlrO . KallspeL Mont, Jan. 25. Traffic on the Great Northern railroad is tied up today east of hero by one of the greatest landslides In. the v history, of the road. The slida ' occurred at,, High, Gate, 65 miles to- tha eastward. It la believed that iho tracks will ;b cleared before nightfall, y,r : :y -Botte Unions Will Investigate, ; Y- ' (Spert.l DUpatck to Tha JonroaL) 7 Butte, Mont, Jan. 25. The Silver Sow--trade and labor assembly, repre- senting all union organizations In Butte, has appointed a. committee to Investi gate the high prices, of meats. Territories Committee Apprised That Lobby Js Working -for Bill to Dispose , of 10,000 Acres for $100,000. (Waihinctoa Boreas of The Jonroali : Washington, Jan. 25. Charges were laid today before Senator Be ve ridge, chairman of the' committee on territor ies, that ', former Senator Turner of .Spokane, was here lobbying1 for a bill which would give ' the Quggenheims 6000 acres oA each of two-railways-in Alaska ; at $10 an acre. The Copper River and Northweatern road . pene trates the -Bering, coal fields and the Alaska Central the Mantanuska fields, in which are. more than 200,000,000 tons of coal, which at a royalty of 10 cents a ton, would yield the government J20.800.000 in each proposition, or J40,- 000.000 in au. s w ' . -Ballaina of Seattle, representing the minority stockholders of ; tlia Alaska Central road, shows the character of the, proposed - deal ; by - offering Bev erldge's committee to i give bond for 11.000.000 that he would enter into a contract with the government to buy these' coal fields according to a plan that would yield the government S0,- 000,000 royalty. . , - Delegate Wlckersham was impor tuned to Introduce a bill to embody the Ballajlna proposition but he refused. The measure - for which Turner ; Is lobbying is cleverly drawn in such gen eral terms as would make It possible for only tho two named railways . to comply with its stipulations, "NeamJth dounty? in 1910. (Special btepateh to The Joan I.) ' , Cottage GrovcOr.i Jan. f 25. The cltlsens of Cottage Grove and those in terested In -tha formation of a new county In 110 to be known aa Nesmlth. will assambla to the Armory on Thurs day evening, ; 'It : is proposed to create the new county ;fromLane and Douglas counties. - v - v..:-u.- J Notarial (Commissions. j: - -'r (Saiem Bnrearf at The Jooro.i.) ' ; Salem. Or.. Jan. 25. Notarial eom mia ul orrs have been issued to At. J. Conyers, Clatskanle; W. W.- Bailey, Bronsvllle; Frel H. Bogg, M. E. IngrahanK and G. Rosenblatt, Portland ; X S. Boyakln, Nehalem, and C. S. Williamson, Amity, T0SAV1 E T V0 UVES ARE . LOST IN WRECK Engineer of Twentieth Century Limited Attempts to. Cross Switch at Full Speed Dies, With Fireman. ' lllREDin TORCE HOME RULE TECHNICALITY OAtI Will Exchange With Liberals - on Basis ;of; Opposition f to LordsVVeto Power and Sup port of Budget. I ' WILL OBSTRUCT IF LIBERALS FAIL THEM Parliament-Not Likely Long to Survive Home Rule Struggle - Asquith for Premier. , : tDnlted Preaa taascd Win.) ' Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 25. The at tempt of Engineer John Scanlon, pilot ing ' the "Twentieth Century Limited," the train de luxe of 'the New York Central, to cross from one track to an other without reducing speed, sent the entire flyer off the raila early today and cost him his life and that of his fireman, Myron Handvili. Though tha whole train left the tracks while going at high speed, all the coaches remained upright and none of the passengers iwas 'seriously injured. The fct that the track is flat and well graded at the point where the acci dent occurred, 'undoubtedly prevented a disaster. . -v The train vras passing through St Johnsvllle on Its 18 hour trip from Chi cago to New York and Engineer Scanlon was . evidently unwilling to ' risk the chance of a slight delay by slowing aown. in orner xo maintain Its sched ule, which clips Just-ten hours off the regular running time between Chlcaa-o ana wew -xora, we train makes as high aa 70-miles an hour at Unres. For each of the 10 hours saved, each passenger pays i excess rare, ir tne train drops back an hour or is delayed, each pas senger can demand that the excess fare ba f funded to ( htm in proportion to the delay-"-, .,,;; --;r- .v...,-,. All tracks are cleared for the train. and tho engineers who ; pilot It take pride in taking It over their runs on the schedule, i-;, .--.'-:- r.--:et - Cleanup dub at Eugene. ' (Special DUpateh to Tb JournaL) ' ' : Eugene, Or., Jan.' 25. A movement has been started in Eugene to form a clean up, club among the pupils of the city's achools. The. object will be the cleaning up of the streets, alleys and Vards of the clty : City Superintendent of ' Schools G.. C. Stockton and Mana ger Freeman of the Commercial ciUh. have agreed to work together for the organisation or tne pupils' club and the Commercial club wil give prizes for the best work. . (United Fnw Lmp! Wire. London, Jan. 15. John . Redmond leader of the Irialt Nat lonallate, today practically announced that ho , would hold tha legislative balance of power in hia own hand in tha new parliament and If he can substantiate . his claims ireianamay gei nomoxui aiiBr.ni. The Nationalist leader declared to tne Liberal leaders that ha could "answer" for all ' but 10 of the 83 prospective Nationalist member Tho unusually even division of Conservatives and Lib erals resulting from tha elections now being, held, without doubt places the Nationalists In an enviable. - position, and Redmond's assertion, in the opin ion pf those conversant with tha situa tion, la based almost upon certainty. In view of the power which his. party will ba able ut wield, Redmond a outline of tha attitude it will aaauma in mat ters of vital legislation, is regarded her as tha most Important statement issued by a party leader during the campaign He is reported to hava laid down the The Nationalists will aid the Liber ala In passing the budget prepared by Chancellor David Lloyd-George. ; They will stand with tha Liberals In an effort to take -tha veto power , from the house of lords. In return for this, they will demand that the Liberals unite with them to secure the passage of the Irish home rule-bill. . - -. , Jt the . Liberals reciprocate '. in the home rule matter, tha Nationalists will remain their falthfulaittes. i . If they do not. tha Natlonallata will hamper .the government in every possi ble way, - . . . , Public opinion -has It that tha new parliament will not survive the home rule fight that Is impending. It Is pre dicted freely that the (tpllt will come about' the middle of next summerand will reault in another parliamentary election. '' ' The program during the coming ses sion Is the subject of much discussion. While nothing definite can be decided how, it is believed generally that th attempt to take from thj lords their veto, power will be scheduled for-ron-Blrteratlon before the reintroductlon of Lloyd-George's budget Conclusive evidence that -Asquith will accept the premiership again was given today in a-, seml-orf icial announcement that he waa arranging for a -cabinet meeting hls week.-. The only possible purpose of such a meeting, it la thought. la the outlining of plana for the coming parliamentary session. . DEFEAT PLAN FOR CITYGREMATOIiY Cpuncilmen". Opposed ' to Pro prosed Garbage : Incinerator Take Advantage of Mayor's Failure to Ask Appropriation COUNCIL MAY BE EVENLY DIVIDED ON QUESTION Public Works Engineering Co. Offers to "Erect - Plant , ; for $79,500. I have a, great' deal of sym- .Pathy now. for tha old admlnls- tratton on this crematory gues- tion. .1 can sea what tbey were W up against Never hava I seen ouch intense competition for mu- 4 nlclpal patronage as has been W f nrnlshed by the bidders for the 4 : new garbage-, burned. There seems to be an of funslve and de- tensive alliance on the part of the unsuccessful bidders to pre- f vent a contract being awarded , w tha successful one. Mayor Si- ' mon. . ' ,. , - -' 1 : ' '. i--" w CHARLEY LONG MAKES BID; WANTS RELEASE Stung by reason of his lack of know! edge of the Intricacies of real estate ti tie, Charley. Long, a Chinese, has ap plied to the county court to be released from a bid he made on the courthouse steps last May when he offered $2000 for a lot belonging to the estate of Fred Settgast Charley thought when he made this bid that his title -was secure, but later he learned that the sale was subject to tha dower Interest of the widow. She demanded 1900 for this interest. Char ley says 12000 Is enough. He paid 1100 down, and now asks that the money be repaid. TAFT HASTENS TO REASSURE THE POOR AFFRIGHTED TRUSTS Washington, Jan. 25. The Taft administration made It clear today that It does not ln- tend to frighten the. industries of the country by Indiscriminate . j prosecutions under the Sherman - s anti-trust law and that stories , 5 tow4he effect that the present 4 ' action against the beef , trust was the result or puoiic agitation or' a new departure are untrue. The , administration .. made .. known Us desire that tha public should understand that the beef trust : prosecution is merely in Una with the regular policies of 4 the : present government - These facts, were given out in the following statement 1 Issued . from the White House: - . "No statement has been issued from either tha office of , the at- 4 tornev . general or ha White A House, Indicating that the pur- pose. : or Jt tne :- aqministration - In reference to prosecutions under 1 tha ahtl-trust law la other than as set rionn - in. me president s 9 message of January 17, 4 , : "Sensational statements, aa if ; a 1 there were to be a new'.depart- ure, and as 1; there would be in- 4 discriminate- prosecutions of im- " 4 portant Industries, have no foun-n m dation." . . ....4 : : - . - If the mayor had foreseen the attitude of tha city council on the recommenda tion of tha , city health board that an ordinance appropriating $120,000' be passed t provide, funds. to. build, a new city "garbage incinerator he would have Insisted on such an rdlnance being passed -before the hoard ever advertised for bids. i''.-V..l ,:":V .- I , - . - The usual procedure would have been to ask' the council to make the appro priation before Inviting bids. !. But tha mayor and the health board did not know, Just what sum would--bo necee sary before the bids were opened and, aa . they anticipated no opposition from the council,, they preferred to wait un til they had decided on a type of cre matory so as to be able to call for the exact amount of . money needed. ,. . Ho Appropriation Made. Now that Councilman Lombard see'ins to have aligned-- six otiier councilnien with him In hla , fight to prevent the crematory - contract going to the Wil lamette Iron ; & " Steel , company, the mayor wishes he had made an estimatj of the amount of imoney needed or called upon 'the council to appropriate $150,000, the, amount authoriied by tha people at the last election. V If this had been done the1 contract would now h awarded : and work; would have . been commenced on the -new plant.;. , The mayor's zeal In carrying out his policy of economy has proved, a' boom erang. After ;working for months with the health board toTseiepiTa type of crematory for the city the council can, defeat the' plans of the board through a technicality failure of the boar 1 to see- that the crematory appropriat ion ordinance' waa passed before advertis ing for bids. This technicality and "the fart, that Councilman Devlin is in California anil not not be present at tha council meet ing tomorrow, may result in at leant a temporary check in the carrying out of the, recommendation of the health board. And any delay, no matter how . slight, - will not. be conducive to tho health of tha city. The su turner season Is certain to add to the danger of pesti lence from thousands of tons of rot- . (Continued on Page Two.) PEARY BELIEVES H TRIP TO POLE Aviators Ask Explorer for Much Information and Indications Point to Such Intentions Wrights Won't Talk; , . (Cnltod Preas Iaswi Wlr. i. ayton Ohio, Jan, 25,'ummander Peary announced today his belief that Orvllle and .Wilbur Wright -wera plnrc ning an" aeroplane - trip to the North Polv following a, conferenie during Which the famous aviators plied Peary, with countless ouestlons. - Peary said he connlnerfd the trip p-t- alhle. Jle gave the.wrlgWs in!iiniv description of atmospheric eofulitlon he .encountered them on bis au.-ceftJ trip.- . - " . , : U'haj Wrignta. ..ioiiowing. rneir ti.r' custom, declined, lo oi.n t!!.ir j ,f and would neither affirm ..! !.' V report that they would attempt f ' ' . the Pole. Peary '.delivered a lee:ire f. . ! night and the Wrlsl.ta wr r; I j . enca. . '-.. - ':' .''