... p t 'is This Itu of Tho Gundiiy Journal Comprlita , GSccOons-OOPqics Tlie wcath' r Sunday rain, south erly winds. ' journal. cincuLJio;; ii:srci;i)AV was 1 V VOL. VI. NO. 43. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY -MORNING, FEBRUARY : 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. STORY OF THE MOUSE MID THE ELEPHMIT IS REVIVED MS ULTIMATE VORDOiiTRUSTS Mrs. Woodward Who Was Mrs. Lamberton ON HAY CREEK IS AND THE TARIF 13, 'S? AGREE ' Oil A VERDICT . . ...... .,, v ., . . , ' ....'; . - . , . , :. -:-trvJ ;'' I ; l m ' Tells Interests if Law Docs Not Fit Methods, Then Meth ds Must Be Recast to Fit Law Stands by law. PAYNE-ALDRICH TARIFF BEST EVER ENACTED Costs People Less; Brings Gov- ' ernment More Postal . Banks Upheld r 4 Salient Suggestions li nn! . " .". dent's Epoch, ' ;' Trust! Jf the, law I not con . alstent. with present business methods, business methods must 4 be made consistent with the law. , 4,i . Tariff The Payne-Aldrlch till . f Is a downward revision on neces- sarles, and the best tariff mess v ure ever enacted in this country. Postal Savings Banks Such ' banks can be constitutionally es- ' tabllshed., ; If the , Republican party does not accomplish this, . It must face charges of, bad 4 faith. Federal Incorporation Save interstate business from' stste embarrassment and protect the 4 public through unified federal. 4 control. " . 4 Railroads Prevent watering 4 of securities and empower the ln ,4 terstste commission to -regulate ' 4 .rates for the benefit of the pub . 4 'lie. '-... .. . ... 4, " Injunctions Require that no ' ' 4 ,' 'federal courf Injunction shall is-' 4 . sue without full notice and hear - 4 Ing,' unless to prevent Irreparable "4. Injury, and In such cases to ex- 4 nd only five dsys before hear ,,4 ing. '-..- ' . i 4 ' Conservation Reclassification' 4 of public lands, according to i!;'lr fri-esktpHt titlltty. and vst in th exnuMve power to dispose 4 of coal. -phosphate, oil and mln- , 4 . eral lands and water power sites 4 to prevent- their ; monopoly by 4 syndicates, v.; . -4 "If these measures to which I 4 have referred aro enacted Into 4 law and the pledges of the Re- publican .'party performed, there 4 would seem rf good reason why 4 "the party 'should not receive re- ' 4 hewed, approval In. the coming , 4 oongresctional" campaign," rTaft 4 V-'-. ' i Vs;- - 44444 4 4 44 4 4 44444 f- ; ; ? (By the Internntlnnil Xens Ktrvk.) ; New. York. Feb. 12. "If Wall street methods are such that the enforcement of the law , will, promote panic . then the (Quicker, the methods are .changed, the better.", V . - Thue President- Taftrt v-tnr.-r39tn Lincoln dinner of the Republican club . (Continued on Page Eleven.) 4 : 4 4 ,4 4 4 : 4 4 " 4 4 4 .4 4 4 4 '4 , 4 4 4 :4 "4 4 s4 :4 ' 4 4 '4 4 '4 4 '4 4 !4 '4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i . ' : V-. ! ... J ' . ' r When Decision Not Reached at 11:30 Last Night Judge Or dered Jurors Locked Up for the Night. Mrs. Gladys lamberton, who Is now Mrs. Walter J5. Woodward, ex-clerk In local bank. The young Mr. Woodward married Mrs. Lnmberten, who was' re ported to be the" widow of a. wealthy man. Mrs. Lamberton-Woodward, with her 10-year-old second husband,1 is now In Los Angeles, where the picture from men the above halftone was repro duced was taken. ; . . ; , mmwm By CANHDH 1H SS0I1 111 FIN ( Speaker Eulogizes "Lincoln in . Terms Replete With Implica tions' Concerning Present Day Criticisms.' , , , TOO DIG JOB FOR DAHi.ni; ' Former GovernonWould Be the. Democratic, candidate and , Bryanites Turn , From Old Leader Clark a Supporter. (By the International Ne-rs Fervioe ) , , Washington, Feb. 13.--Davld R. Fran - els, former, governor of Missouri, Is all but a declared candidate for the Demo- cratie nomination for presdent of the United States to be, made two years hence. Furthermore, Champ Clark, ml- norlty 'leader of the house of repre sentatives, Is to be his - leading sup- porter and advocate. , ' , 4 , Both of the above facts cropped out today because of. a , visit Mr. Francis Is paying to the capital. The excuse for that visit Is the meeting of the Southern Commercial congress, which Is gathered -here to talk over plans for the erection Of. the so-called southern temple here,; as a Sort of . connecting , imK netween me souta ana .New York, commercially speaking. , 5 , i ; To SonaA aiembers. -' f . : The real reason of the Missourian's presence, however, Is to sound out Dem ocratic members of congress upon his ' prospective: candidacy for the nomina- tlon that has been' monopolized by Wil liam Jennings Bryan of recent years. : And his candidacy for the senate In Missouri Is . only & part and parcel of his higher ambition. If he can win out In his own state, it Is, believed by his friends, that the prestige resulting therefrom f will aid ' materially in the achievement of his real heart's desire. Waterways Sis 'Hobby. - . It is the intention' of Mr." Francis to make the - deep waterways project one of the leading features of bis platform: when he shall come out 'in the open as a candidate for the presidency. But he is not standing 'for the deep waterway alone, but for all internal river ' im provements as. the best' way to fight the Injustice of railroad rates. And he will use every ounce of influence he possesses to induce the. 'enactment ef i (Cntted Pr Leased Wire. Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 12. In the midst of a eulogy,.of Lincoln,! delivered here tonight at the Chamber of Commerce' Lin coln day dinner. Speaker Joseph O. Cannon- digressed long enoua-h to dra.w a parallel "between those who in the' pern-' ous oays or the eo; hurled reckless de nunciation at. the president and the crit ics of the present tithe who attack'pub lie men. - h-,-:. ' When the speaker-was dlscusslnr the assassination of X,lncoln, he said: l it is a numuisfting fact that the three presidents who have been struck down In office were murdered by foolish egotists, hungering for that notoriety which they found in a sensational press. Long in vestigation failed to identify, the assas sins of Lincoln, Garfield and McKlnley with- any- deep conspiracy , against -the life of the president They were all' of tnat type or shallow egotists who crave notoriety and In: whose diseased minds is created a desire to appeal to the same sentiment . that , tolerates and, even ap piauas reckless denunciation of those upon whom Is laid the burden- of re sponsibility.; v ;,? (, : Epithets of dvH War Davs. unce again ; the RDeaker referred . to nis- critics'.or ' the . press. ' "There is no more .curious reading to be found now.! he said, "in the light of subsequent Wst6ry,. than the flies, of , the metropolitan press nd magaslnea . of tnat day 1860-1861).. esneclallv irtimedl ately. after the first battle Of Sllll Rnn Oo ; to any Horary where you can find these .old files and read "the ''editorials and the news' dispatches from the front and from Washington, if you want to una evidences or pessimism and panic ma mouiaers or public opinion CAME INTO COURTROOM ONCE FOR INSTRUCTIONS Indications Were That -They Were Hopelessly Divided on . Fate of Defendant. T The BInger Hermann Jury at 11:30 o'clock last night had not arrived at a verdict and was locked up for the night; Judge Wolverton'left his cham bers at that' time, giving Instructions that he would not be called should a verdict be reached later than that, time, and that be would not hear anything further from the Jury before o'clock this morning. . " " Apparently; the Jury was hopelessly divided at the time they t were ordered locked up . ror tne nignt, as tney naa once come to the courtroom for instruc tions, and returning again Jo the Jury room had given no further evidence of progress toward a decision. - . Jurors Ask for Instructions. , At 8 o'clock the Jury sent .word to the-court that they desired some fur ther Instructions from" the 'Judge re garding evidence. They were brought into the court room and submitted a written, request to Juege Wolverton. This was for'lnstructlons regarding the letters written by Senator Mitchell to Mays, promising aid, In seourlng the creation of the Blue, mountain reserve, and the one sending the protests filed by Ceorge Cattenach, which letter con cluded with the request that Mays con elder - the communication 'confidential and return the protests so soon as pos sible. ' ' - . ' ;, . ' , 1 . Some of the Jurors had gained the idea that these letters had been writ ten" by Hermann to Mays, and ' they stated that this was one of the points which ; was dividing them in their efforts to reach a verdict ' After having been given the informa tlon desired, the Jury filed back to their room' and again ; took tip the considera tion of the case. It was evident that there had been strenuous times in the Jury room, from the faces of the Jurors. Some of them wdro pale and, drawn, howlng the earnestness of thejy discus sions. . All of them showed the strain they were undergoing." ' . - Hermann Shows Strain.. The defendant, Mr.4; Hermann, : also showed-the strain of the suspense. As the trial has lengthened out and par ticularly durlnsr . the. nast 'few days of argument when he was under the grill ing fire of Heney. his face had become drawn' and haggard. " .' ' ' Last- nightithourh -strlvmlr-wlth the Iron will that he has displayed all during - Twt ..:m m im m mk l Y- - 'y 'S. w''i ' f J II li (I riff I ft 1 . a -y rs-P" T-.TT 'VJ .1 l" Ul l kl-vlt f." II I : -eas- a . - - Br w . . - k sa . m - - r- vm m - v r r m I . 1.W f VI I X -si.. 2 ' r I L r ' UtaAf I SOLDTOSfflCAIE Great. Section Including Som 2 , of the Richest Land in Crook County tJrBe Divided Up In v to Small Farms. 1 EPOCH MAKING EVENT , IN CENTRAL OREGON Portlanders in Deal Involving Sum.of.About Half a Mil- lion Dollars. ' One record The Carter cartoon as originally presented was not exactly In line with subsequent political derelopmenls, hence the changes in the mouse and the substituted caption- with apologies to Carter and the mouse. B 1 G (Continued on Page - Seven.) RE 0 AN LAY (Continued on Page Seven.) FIVE INJURED ' IfJAUIOI'RECK Tire Explodes When ; Cars Are Rushing Along at 40 Miles an Hour. : . (Continued -on Page Six. 1, (By t Interns'tionat News SerrtceV ban irancisco. Feb. 12 iriv. ,1 . . . - - " mree 01 mem women. Were badly in- jurec, wnignt m uolden Gate Park when the front tire of an automohlio vniArf while the machine was traveling at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Following the explosion of the tire, the machine swerved sideways Into a tree- and was overturned. Mrs. : Bancroft Gate wood was pinned under the machine and hr clothing' caught fire. She . was - badly burned. The other occuoants were Mm. Irene Heath ' of Emeryville, Mrs. B Wright, of San Pablo,. Charles Smith of Emeryville' vand W.' j. , Johnson, the chauffeur, in addition to her burns, Mrs. Oatewood suffered internal inju ries. The machine was the property of Charles Angstrom a well known horse owner ami bookmaker. PLANS FOR OLD- IE W ASSEMBLY UP QUESTION OF; vISIOIl 'Tho Uttlemou86 nibbled tho elephants And hurt tho poor, thing sd It scarcely ' ; A 'Could go.' ''''' ':'.''v The elephant said, "with big tears In his J eyes, . ' ' - -' 'Tou coward!, Whv' don't you take one of .your, .size?" . .. The State Central Committee's . .Scheme Is That Convention ; Will Have Membership o '.1,248 Will Meet Here. "Political leaders" of j Multnomah county, head and heart of the old con ventlon days, are to come into their own - again, according to the plan mapped out by the Republican' state central committee at Its meeting yes terday afternoon. . '. .' There Is to be a state "assemblv Anyone who said "conventlon'V yester day arternoon .quickly apologized for It, with a possible membership of 1248, which has been called for July 21 at 10 o'clock In the morning. ' The meet Ing place is Portland. ' How Delegates- Chossa. The delegates to tins assembly" are b chosen by mass meetings held In each precinct In every" county in' the state except Multnomah. In this coun ty, owing to tne ract tnat there are so many people in each precinct-that the mass meetings' ' would be ' "un ieldy," l the1 power has been delegated to v the ' county central Committee to provide tor tne , cnoice ot . delegates, with suggestions that they choose such members in . such a manner ; as i may be deemed by them best calculated to produce the best results, believing that their part loyalty,;: fealty and integ rity can be relied upon to secure- able and honest men. to represent its Inter eats1.!'.. v:.'.yvff f vivV.'ii'H.,;-;,,;;1 It Is also provided that no proxies are to be allowed, but that in the ab sence of any delegate from any dele gation that the remaining members can by majority vote cast the whole vote of the delegation according to the Wishes of that majority, m Which will make It easier for the 'local leaders" to lead.'"' ;- t' -A , ; v v. : -fc ' r-w Many Meetings CaUed. In accordance with this, 'plan mass meetings have leen called in ' every precinct for every county, except Mult nomah,; for Saturday. July 9, , 1J10, at which time delegates to ; the countr (Continued on Page Six.)- Mikado, It Is Said, Will Jake .Determined Stand Regard ing Treatment of Japanese in United States.; ' LEGS CRUSHED: ' CWAfttE ' ..TO SAVE TRAIN RIVAL RAILWAY 1 -POWERS BLOCK GOULD'S SCHEME (United Frrwi oed t Washington, . Feb. X2. i'aron TJchlda! Japanese ambassador, has notified, the state department of his intention to bring before . It In a bhort time l the question of revising ths general treaty of amity and commerce, between the two countries,' which will expire In 1911.' The announcement that , Japan- would be granted, the minimum' tariff, rate,-according to the recommendation of the secretaryof state, has, removed one -of the difficulties in the negotiations !of a new. treaty. . j Troublesome Em migration Clause. ' . The most serious question, however. is the Immigration clause and the prob abilities are that the negotiations will be long and arduous before the govrnt' ments come to an agreement ; regarding the' exclusion; of ; the Japanese. -f t There is every indication,, despite. the recent attltude. of Japan in; cooperatin-t with the united States' oy preventing emigration to America; when the. Jap anese question arose in California, that the mikado -will take a much-more, in- deoendent ' stand r regarding : the-' treat ment of Japanese by the United States. The Immigration clause has always been considered an affront to Japan, and Uchida will stand out, for .soma modification -of it. 1 , , The matter has been: somewhat com plicated by the bill introduced "in the house by Representative Hayes, of Cal lfornia, providing that all aliens not eligible for citizenship shall be excluded. Manifestly the Japanese are the? race against which , the measure lsvdirocted, although no names ara mentionnl. . To day's cablaa from Toklo indlcai-i that already much ; resentment against the proposed measure ' has arisen In tha country., , , ' r i i " Telegraph Operator Falls Un - ;der Train and Feet Are Cu Off Drags Himself to Key ' and Stops Passenger. ' HOPE ABANDONED , FOR MISSINQtWOMAN . (Speoliil Dlspatct-, to The JooraaLt . v" WallaWalla,, Wash., Feb. 12.Hope of finding alive-Mrs. Alice Eaton, who strayed away from the Odd Fellows' Home here last Sunday night, has been abandoned,. The mystery of her disap pearance is. baffling and there la no clue whatever, to her ..whereabouts. All the lakes, river?, creeks and. woods have been thoroughly searched Tomorrow all 'the Odd Fellows in the city are ex pected to turn out to make a last grand ffort to find the bod. i -':..'' (Br the International News Service.) "' St. Paul Feb. 12. Rudolph Elfhqulst, 18 . years old,, saved' the St Paul rail road from one of tha worst, wrecks In southern,. Minnesota , today, when, ' with lower limbs mangled.v he dragged him self by his hands over half a mile to his' station and warned the northbound passenger train of the Chicago, Mil wau kee'& St' Paul railroad from contlnu Ing on' Its schedule. For onlylo days Elmquist has been operator at Bennlng, four miles north of Mankato, Minn., on ma juimi,., cwjiva ' vxj lira di, . faut ; ana Great Western railroads.' - In order' to reach nls -boarding place in Mankato, he has been In the habit, of catching the In-bound freight? of the Great -Western railway every evening. This ' evening he failed ana slipped under the caboose. His feet? were -severed .and 'his lower limbs mangled. - Tho freight continued on its way, but was stopped about two miles down the track by the creww' who missed Elmqulsti and suspected an acci dent. ... " :;-;.:-, i Elmquist Was thrown to one side and, regaining consciousness, he saw the tail lights of ' the - caboose coming back. About this time the northbound St. Paul passenger was duo and is always on orders of a clear track, j The freight stopped after backing quite a distance, but - the engineer got off and rin ahead to make repairs on his engine. . , ' - Then: Elmquist failing In desperate ef forts to attract the attention of the freight crew, began his bloody crawl back to his key. Upon arriving there about half an hour later, he sent the Mankato office this message: ' "My foot is cot off and No. 271 Is coming back to 'pick Jne up. i She will have t to have help against 142, which Is due at Mankato In a few .minutes.'. 4 When tha St.-Paul passenger arrived at Bennlng, about 20minutes later, they found Elmquist tying almost : lifeless over his operator's desk, a ptfot of bipod gathered on the floor. ' He was taken to the hospital ' in Mankato. and Is- under the care of the company physicians. , The passengers or . the saved train made up a substantial sum In reward of the plucky orator's efforts. 1 . Ocean-tor Ocean r Line Cannot Now Be Established, as New York Central Acquires West ern Maryland. of tha largest transactions on In eastern Oregon ranch land-? was consummated last week when th- Immense Crook county holdings of t!m Baldwin Sheep and Land company nt sold to a syndicate of Portland capi talists for a figure said to b In tns neighborhood of 1450.000. The purchasing syndicate is eomuos i Of Ik B. Menefee, one of the wealthiest timber land dealers on . the Paolflu coast; James Elwood of El wood & Snow Timber company operating in Portland and Seattle;. Guy M. Standifer. a Port land , lumber manufacturer and timber land operator; E. J. Ualy, an extensive operator In Portland realty, and N. P. -8orenson of the Sorenson JLocglng com pany or Astoria. .'.-. . Best X,so4 ia District. The Baldwin company's holdlnss com prise 28,800 acrea located on Hav crerk and Trout creek, and occupying the bent lanos in me Olstrict south of Shaniko and east of Madras. I The purchase in cludes the Improvements on the place. Including a large general store and bank, the value of which Is conserva tively estimated at 1100,000. A large portion of the Baldwin rnrh comprises some of the finest alfalfa land in Eastern Oregon to the extp nt nf several thousand acresj It is .the in tention of the new owners of the nrm- erty to develop all of the alfalfa lands Dy conserving the waters In Hay ereok and Trotrt -creek for irrigation purposes. iraencauy all of the water in 6oth those streams for their entire length H controlled by the Baldwin ranch. T!i Deschutes line of the ILtrrimunn sys tem will run through theTJaldwIn prop erty and arrangements have already been made for establishing one or morn shipping polnts.on the company's land i History of Company. The, Baldwin Sheep and Land com pany was established In 1873 by lr. Baldwin who commenced accumulating the 'best land ' along Hay creek. After Dr. Baldwin's death the property passe. I Into the hands of Charles Cnrtwright and Jack Edwards, who continued the policy Inaugurated, by . the founder of tho ranch of acquiring the best land in that section. This ranch is said ' to' be the only property of the kind In Eastern Ore-gon- that has-been---flonttnouH moiv maker since it was established 33 yeura ago. ' Both Cartwright and Edwards XContlnued on Page Six.) STANDARD OIL (By the Internstlons News Service.) , San Francisco,. Feb. 12.pJeorge J. Gould's ambition to have art' ocean-to-ocean road between' this city and Bal timore has, In the parlance of the prize ring, received a solar plexus blow. If he recovers from It and realizes at last his long cherished hopes, - It will have ' to be by different plans and after a con siderable lapse of. time. , ,. - - His last chance for using the West ern, Maryland, railroad to enter Balti more and secure Atlantic tidewater, thus completing under one ownership and control - a through transcontinental . line between San ; Francisco and Baltimore, via Salt Lake, St Louts and Pittsburg, has been lost The .New York Central has stepped In and made a' traffic agreement for 99 years with the'Westr em Maryland, and the latter will on through traffic, be operated in connec tion with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie, two New York subsidiary com- A gan of 80 miles Is to be built Im mediately to connect the Western Mary, land with the .New ork central sys tem. ? Gould's east ana west systems now consist of the Western : paclflo to fiAlt, Lakej Rio Grande line to- Denver, Missouri Pacific to. St Louis, Wabash to . Chicago.-, Toledo . and . Buffalo and Wabash, in connection with the Wheel ing & Lake Erie, and Wabash Pittsburg terminal to nttsourg. i . , GRAND JURY BEGINS WORK AT TOLEDO fSiiecUf Dlap.tck to The JonrntL) , ' Toledo, Or. Feb. 13.t Judge Harris and District Attorney Bryson arrived last evening to hold the Regular Febru ary term ? or circuit , coun nere. The docket is a large one. mere being 49 cases, eight being divorce cases. The grand Jury is in session today. . EX-GOVERNOR W0LFLEY V r DIES OF INJURIES WOULD CONTROL CENTRAL ban:; Leslie IVf.-Shaw Declares That Amount of , National Debt Would Be, Reasonable Price : for Such a Bank Charter. h : - Br tke '.iasrrnatloDal Ke'ws fterviee. - Los AngelesL Feb. 12. Former Gover nor Wolfley of Arizona, who yesterday was struck by an electric ear. died this fternoonj " (By the Internationa' News Servlc.) ' Philadelphia, Feb. 12. "I do not think there can be any doubt in the minds of any one who studies the ques tion in the light of admitted conditions that if a central bank is established in this country It will be owned, or at least' controlled, : by the Standard Oil company," said Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury today at t!i meeting f the Pennsylvania Bankers' association In this city. His topic was 1 no L.euu a i " ?'There are two diseases prevalent In this country, either of which is likely U prove i fatal,":' lie, continued. , i "One Is Wall street mania and the other Wall street phobia. I don't think that I have been badly Inoculated with .either.' but X am frank to say that it seems to me quite un-American to place with any group of men the power to contract or expand our currency ' at will and to grant or withhold credit to any bank, in any merchant and to any corporation at pleasure.. The ractor of Control, , "It was charged and as visfornusly denied that the affiliated banks of Nw York, during th jpanlc, of . 1907 slsnvlv withdrew credit from the group ut i i Who" controlled Tennossne Coal & li:i. called their, loans and finajy. adjust-ii the matter by taking over ne . propi-i !y at a fraction of Its adraittfti value, ',! wards of $500,000,000. and' paid for it ! IT, 8. Steel securities witliout -ttse f 'i change of a dollar of money. Au-m- the charge to be libelous. Jt stiil i : trates what could be dn were a ; of mew possessing the requisitn i i h f . -, -; - tlon to be. In control, or trie rnri i ,. , "l thoroughly bllrtve thxt tic :- ard OU company sun t;i,v i. i corporation could siTcr l t ; , ' National di-bt for fcue'i a . ! :'! ;, say tliis ii5i.'i'i'u-n t v,.., ", . : Hank wotijd be profityo5- ..."