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THE DAILY JOURNAL IS TWO CE!ITSICOPY Sunday Journal 5 tents; or 15 cent a week,' for Daily and Sunday Jour- '.. nal, by carrier, delivered. The weather Probably fair to- , night and Tuesday. JOURNAL CIRCULATION - Y ' ," ' YESTERDAY WAS I , ,i' ;-Y- V'. ., ; , .- y ; y Yv - VOL. VIII. NO. 298. Portland; Oregon. Monday-evening. February m. 1010. sixteen . pages. ' PRICE TWO CENTS. &Iw,Vc I I ' " I ' 1 ' ' ' ' I ' - W , , v- V . -. I M" 11 1 i MISUSE OF SCHOOL SEVEN IWEN ARE FUNDS CHARGED i SCALDED WHEN - - BY CARPENTERS ; BOILER EXPLODES AFTER DEUBERmiNGWmURS School Board Architect TV J. Water Tube Blotos Out on Tor- Jones 'Said to Have Used pedo Boat Destroyer Hop- Men in Public Pay to Build Private Stable. ; ! V kins at San DiegoSix Men May Recover. , ' ' JUoited frees LhmI Wlf. t -. Em Diego, Cat,. Feb, 14. As the re-1 O. B. McNerlin, first-class fireman.,, w. a. .Neave, rirst-ciass fireman. R. E. Taylor, first-class fireman. . : i 1m B. Csrietlllo, second-class fireman. A.'E. Clary, water tender. ' j T. J. Brown, coal passer. - ' The accident occurred at wharf No. . Affidavit! implicating T. J. Jones, mVUa 0rm V a anttAAl fSfa ( . An1 ,. .,.K' IH of a boiler axploeion on board be Attorney J. -.V. Beach, member of torpedo.b0ftt aeitr0yer Hopkina, at i:il ! the school board,: in conversion of thla morning. aeven'roen were earloualy scnooi runas o private use, .were scalded and taken to the Agnew aanl made public today. They charge that tartum today. Jones' had carpenters devote time Tbi.,n.'ur?d . Y: . . ' ;- ..v. , ..vi-u .... M I cniei waier lenoer, HIIU , IU1 HUItll mc 4a by the school board, to his private work, and that Attorney Beach was furnished with office equipment, a well house for bis ranch, and a mas sate table, together with labor, all of which was paid out of the school I . on the Xoronado aide of tha bay. Iunl- . , ' ' i Tha Hopkina was fetting Up ateam Both -lit. Jones and Mr. Beach preparatory to leaving the port with the dpny the charges and declare that remaining veeeeis of the fleet, for the thev paid out Of their own pockets regular practice f crul.e In northern' . .i watera. In the fire-room of tha Hop- for the work .in question. aclras were .the regular crew. Tha steam The affidavits are In the posses- gauge of the boiler registered 200 Bion of Attorney John A, Jeffrey, pounds pressure shortly before the ac- . ' . cldent. and this Is 60 pounds under the counsel for Ernest Kroner and asso- tapacltyi. elate architects. The sworn state- when ' the tube burst aeven of 'the ments are subecribed to by Dr. A, B. men were caught In the room and did Estock and. three carpenters, Alei not escape until they were badly, McLeod, D. C, McDonald and J. Han- u injured sailors were hurried to : sen." ' ' the Agnew sanitarium In this city. - All 'I am convinced," ' said Ernest were burned severely on the head and -.vita the. rharees arms, and the bandages completely cov Kroner, that while , these cnarges tred thelf facea. only ne, Hunt, the - are not exceedingly great jn them- Chiaf water tender, was .abla to taJk' selves, they are indicative of a se- through the' thick, bandages that en- rlous condition and that If an In- closed hi bead and face. veetigatlon be formally and sincerely .Vv r,W oTto . ; ..1. Uj ,iit .unit ' In inn. A winr liius uui, iiisi. h, Instituted, it ;wlJI result in some j w 0. . rfp0rtr. we were set startling disclosures. . J ting ready to leave the Aarbor. about All Sajaaed tn Jttji.vJ Wort. ' I 8:15. It was a weak tube in the boiler. The staterrienta of the three carpen-j because the steam gauge showed only ter. are nearly 'Jnt". the only one pVen. all were engaged ..in .the same, worg. I nn,.r ia h. mKtinr McJod makes the additional statement j Tht othr men could - not speak,, but In his amaavit tnai ,n emppea u- c)ntlnually moved their arms and massage tablei built at East 8lde Wgfc turnei in, their beds, school to- Attorney Beach's ranch neai Taylor . waa the most seriously In Turner. Or. MacPonald and Hansen jure(j. Hals reported to be ln a very swear th'tt they aided in manufacturing aerlous condition, and may not live, matsrlal for Beach's office, the well The. other men are expected to re house for the ranch,l and the .massage cover. table -which was -shipped to the ranch. After the accident on the Hopkins Dr. Estock swears that Beach uaed the (he boiler was repaired and .the little table for hlnmolf and not for the gen- boat wrent out In the. channel ' to wait eral practice by the doctor. for orders, with the rest of the fleet Attorney J. V. Beach and Architect At 11:30 the boats slowly steamed out T J. Jones both stated this mbrnlng 0; the harbor, with a new crew in the that they had been expecting affl- frr6om of the Hopkins. The Iris, the davrts to be filed agalnt them. motMer ship of the fleet, alone remained "McLeod was discharged," said Mr. jn the harbor. - ' Beach. "I never had any dealings with The Hopkins is commanded by Lieu tenant E. FrieariCK. ner ensign is . HIGH FINANCE T SHOWS ALARM AT TAFT TALK .President Apparently Unable to Please Anybody," Save Regu lars in Congress Stocks Tumble; Insurgents Grumble s ' t V him. I asked Jones, our arcniusci, to send me over a , gooa " shelf around the room." Mr. Beach at this point Indicated an ornamental, hardwood shelf which extended around the room at a height of about, eight feet - -lf'y-:.-J - Beaoli Paid Jonas. "If he got his money from the echool fund I dont know anything about it It was without my knowledgs and con sent I paid , Jones and supposed he paid McLeod. ;:;':" - v M "I did some law business for McLeod at one time ana uroweo m mvny for that He -would have to. do n:iore work for me before he paid out what he owes me. Tha$ massage table was built and shipped down to my -Tancn ana shinned, back ; again. It ; never was in rir Ktock's office. ; "I don't seel why the architects Jump on me the way they do. I stood in with them against' the other members of the board, i Now they go aner me ana let the rest go scoi iree. M Th.t will have to prove all thla, aid Architect Jones. 'They have been making threats. 1 know It for spite wrk. What work was done for me I paid out of my own pocket? it was nev er paid out of the school fund. McLeod was discharged (1 He .was not honesj. ; jones flays Be TM. Ml. Jones did not at first remember that any work had ever been done on a stable for him. In a later interview he remembered that the-men had laid some nlanks in a barn of his on the east side, the work requiring; he said. (Continued on Page Two.) MEAT COMPANIES S But on Short' Weight Lard Charge Only No Evidence "of Fuel or Meat Combines.: " "'', (raited Pre teased Wire. I Boise, Idaho, Feb. 14. The grand Jury that has been investigating alleged local trusts today found Indictments against the , Boise Butcher company, the Boise Dressed Beef company- and. William Noal, local mahager of the Cudahy. Pack ing company, for selling short-weight lard. , . The- Jury wss unable to obtain evi dence' that combinations of coal v and 'meat dealers were -formed for the pur pose of controlling prices, and therefore no indictmenta, were. returned. .. ' - Bo wen. Both officers said they had the situation well in hand ' after the acci dent, and that the men wer cared for in the shortest possible Um. The accident today is-the most seri ous of the kind since the explosion here on July' 21, 1905, on the gunboat Ben nington, ; " ':' ''"' DENTIST TO CONVERT CENTRAL AMERICANS '.. 1 1. '" ' iVnUrA Pntsa IMfd Wire.) 1 Tacoma, Wash.. Feb. 14. Believing he has received ia direct call from Christ to carry the gospel to the people of Central America, Dr. Ueorge T. iora, a prominent dentist is closing up a prac tice amounting to-110,000 a year ana will, shortly leave with his wife for Guatemala City. Both Dr. , and Mrs. Lord are of intensely, religious turn, and they feel fully persuaded of the wisdom of the move.. Dr. Lord does not intend to give - up dentistry, but will give his skill and time gratia , to the poor of Guatemala, believing that by such saorlrice and open-nanaea cnar lty he carf reach the Hearts of the peo ple antl. find willing ars for the story of the cross. In other words, preaching and free dentistry will go hand in hand in his office. He also expects to estao llsh missions. .; ' The Lords belong 4o the First Con gregational church, and move in the best society. - , v 1 r Dr. Burke Accused of Murder. itTnltMl frrmm Lnid Wtrat Santa Rosa, ' Cat, , Feb. 14 District Attorney Lea and Sheriff Smith were busily nasaed today on. secret lhves tlgation concerning the evidence which- they art collecting to present m an effort substantiate the charge of at tempting -to kill Luella Smfth and her baby, with dynamite, lodged yesterday against Dr. Willard P Burke, head of the Burke sanitarium. There are certain phases or the case which it has been ., Impossible for us make Dublic up to the present time. declared1 assistant District . Attorney Hoyle todays "We have been pursuing investigations along certain lines which demanded the utmost secrecy. For this reason Mr. Lea has-been forced to con coal his movements to a certain ex tent" ,1 4 i -r.' ,wwm t m y-av .:.l:;',,:,:.:;:v;:i,,: " (nsittd PtfM Leased Wlii.yi,'"i -''" Kew Tork. eb. 14. Disappointment in high financial circles over the speech delivered by President Taft Saturday night caused heavy selling at the open ing of the stock exchange today. : Nearly all the stocks In tha general list fell off, many dropping from one to three points.'''.. ..''..: .' ' .As soon as the first rush was over, however, there was a brisk recovery and signs of strength were evident all along the Una. f7&::f' r'Eleveu for Conviction and One for t AcquUtal.? eiJjosyg IeishSn ' newspaper men JURY HELD IN DEAD BY SELKIRK'S VOTING TO ACQUIT Chicago Tribune's 'Canvass Shows Hisjndorsement for President by. Majority of States West of Alleghenies. ' (Cnltsd Prese tetMd Wire.) Chicago, Feb. 14. The Tribune today announces the result of a canvass which cannot-say .' when there will be - .' . Hermann Vot Sistnrbad. i 4 Mr. Hermann, when seen after the' jury had been discharged,"1 was at the .Imperial and did ' 4 not seem to be greatly disturbed 4 at the outcome of the trial; ' , : "I was very confident through- 4 out the case," he said. "The evl- 4 dence ' was so conclusive that I 4 was not connected with any con- spiracy, nut on the other hand that I was all the time doing all ' I could to prevent frauds and defeat'cohsplracies, that I had no , 4 rear or the outcome. Other than that. I do not think there is -anything for me to say, I - l Frank Beth Arrested. ' (Special Pupates to The JoornaL) ' Euarene. Or., : Feb. 14. Frank Beth. who is accused of 'stealing $23. from Myrtle Clark and 12.60 from a restau rant where she was employed,' was ar rested at Roseburg this; morning,, and will be brought pacic to Kugens this evening. - , '--' ' Chamberlain's Mother 111.','' , (WhlnRton Rureatt of The Journal.) Wasnington, Feb. 14. Senator Cham berlain has received a telegram that his mother, at patches, Miss., has suffered a paralytic stroke, lie may be called to her side. . it states haa been made of the Republi-fa another triaL Colonel Worthlnar- can editors of newspapers west of the 4 ton has -been called to Washlng- ton on Important business, and 4 Untir it la learned when he can return, nothing can be known regarding another trial." Allegheny mountains, - regarding their present; choice for president ' with, the following total. results: ; ; v ' Roosevelt, 1340.'., , : . ', t Taft 1093. , 1 , ; La Follette, .197, , . , .. Hughes, 125. y 'I : , ;. ' . Y Cummins 66. ' ' . pmchot, 30. ; 1 ; Y , Cannon, 14. ' '. .. ,. ' ' Bryan, 40, ' ' ". : Scattering 114. , V The following question was submit ted, the .Tribune states, ,to every Re ' .Fbr conviction 11. For acquittal 1. That is the' way the Blnger Hermann Jury stood irrevocably deadlocked when It was discharged by the court this morning a short time after 9 o'clock. Those of the Jury for conviction were publican editor west of the Alleghenies? I C, F. Pearson, J. B. Thompson, William If you could vote for president to-I Myers, the foreman: Ben F. flkolfUM uy, ior wnuiu wuuiu jrou cmi your pu-i nena v. Simmons, tjmitn Ktephena ion , iMenry . tstone, cnaries W; Risley.-J. " Standing In Coast States. , iC. Smock, Wesley Houck, Albert us H Hie paper prints the .following as the aaetcair.-. , , results from the Paclflc-coast: ' I George Selkirk stood out for acoiilttal : Washington Roosevelt 61 i Taft 31; He held that jhecottld convict the de- L Follette. 1; Hughes, 8; Cummins. 1: rendant under; the law, but not under Plnchot, 1 i Dolllver, 2 ; . Cannon, 1 ; I the evidence, , and " that his conscience Bryan, 1. . . OregonRoosevelt 32: Taft 14: La roueite. 3; Hughes, 5j Pinchot 1; Can non. 1; Bryan, 2. . j- ; California Roosevelt - 81; Taft, 46; Would not permit -of his -disregarding the one 'phase of the case for the sup port of the other. . , - . . ' ' Storea for. Haw TriaL ' After the discharge of the Jury Mr, Heney Immediately moved that a new trial be commenced on Monday next and' meeting with ' the objection . of - the court that the Jury panel had been ex cused until a week from Monday, sub stitiited that date. Here5 he met with the objection of John M. Gearin, who stated that Colonel Worthlngton had been compelled to return to Washington and could not return for some time, whereupon the date of the next trial was allowed to stand open, subject to the agreement of the counsel on both Idea :''' ' It waa a haggard, unshaven and un shorn dosen that filed into the Jury box this morning following their summons to ' ths-courtroom by Judge Wolverton. With eyes reddened and faces drawn from much loss of sleep and long hours of wrangling, they took their- places wearily facing the court Judge Questions Jury. 'Gentlemen of the Jury," said Judge Wolverton, "1 have called you in' here to ascertain whether or not there 1 possibility." of your arriving at a verdict I do not want to Know now you stand, but whether there is possibility of agreement through your remaining out longer? "We havp not arrived- at a verdict. your honor, answered William Myers, the white haired foreman of the Jury, rising in his place. ' ; "It would seem, your honor, from In dicatlons" that tnere is not a very great show for an agreement. We have made sorr progress, but the agreement -seems LUMBERMEN IN ' CONCLAVE WOULD; SOLVE PROBLEMS (Continued on Page Two.) (Continued on Page Two.) 100 KILLED IN ESERIOI FIGHTS FLAMES IN CHAMBER AND SAVED BY POOL OF WATER Western Retailers' Association Meets in Seventh Annual Convention Membership Increased to 606. KANSAS CITY STAR, TAFT SUPPORTER; V MOURNS FALL-DOWN Kansas City, Feb. 1. The' Kansas City 8tar, the first paper in the middle i west to urge the nomination of William I H. Taft for the presidency, and whose I editor, W. K. Nelson, is a . personal friend of the chief executive, says to day: . "In his speech in New. York President Taft admitted a loss of popularity for his administration that might cause the Republican party to. lose the; bouse of representatives. .., ,.. .. Y "He might have gone even farther. . "So great has the defection been that 'if a presidential election were to be held next November, there Isi probably but one Republican, Roosevelt who- would stand a chance of carrying, the country against a ticket headed, for, example, by Gay nor or Folk. ;.Y ' .. '"' .-"In. all this transformation of wpublIo , sentiment there has been little bitter- , nseeY . -;-.'.'': "Instead thers lias, been general' sor row over a"Tos of confidence in a pres- " Ident of charming personality and right intentions;'' who; partly from tempera ment partly from Jack of sagacity, and partly from a deficiency In aggressive -militant earnestness, has 'alienated the people who- believed they had found In him a man to 'carry out the 'work of Roosevelt" ' . - The seventh annual convention of the Western Retail- Lumbermen's associa tion began, at '2 o'clock this afternoon in the hall on the top rloor of the Mar- quam . building. ' This is the seventh convention , of. i.the asnociation,.. which was openedAby Rev.. W., J. Hind lev of bpoxane, wno, being a most fluent talk er, was also selected to make the re sponse to the address of welcome, by Mayor Simon, on behalf of the Rose City, and by L. J. Wcntworth, on behalf of the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufacturers' association, : whose guests the visitors will be at a banquet at the ! commercial club next .We.dneS day night' ". ' ' j--.:- r ' '" i ' ' Then followed the reading of the minutes of the meeting of 1909, and the annual reports of Vice President C. p. Channel of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Sec retary Treasurer A. L. Porter of Spo kane. Vice President Channel called attention to .the fact, that the associa tion s purpose is not to do away with competition, or to assist members in maintaining ' profit-producing , prices, which, if attempted, would speedily re- suit In .the undoing of the association Itself: - The remedy for buccaneering busi ness methods,'' Said the speaker, "Is in educating ourselves and the other fel low to be-better and broader business (Continued , on Page Twa) CHIN Cornelius G. Murphy, head meter man of the city i .water , department ; lies in bed today scarcely, able, to move and that he is alive and able to move at all in In to th fact that he was cool headed enough to take advantage of a providential ; pool of water In the big Canton China ClOSPS tn Fftp.lKate chamber of ; the submerged pipes tfCtlllUII, Ollllld, UlUdCd IU TUI - at Mm nd water streets, t eigners Until Authorities Get the Situation inland. ;. (United Preaa Leaacd tVMre.t :. Canton China, Feb. 14. Following- a riot in which,. It Is estimated, 100 men were killed' or wounded by -a Chinese naval force that waa landed to quell rioting. me city is ciosea to foreigners It will be reopened in two days, when it is expecCsd that the officials will be in control of the -Mtuation.Y Many Chi nese.' fearinff: a ' general ' outbreak. r Vleeing'to Hong Kong. ' i . - The. riot had Its origin in friction be tween the foreign drtlied Chinese Boi lers and the city police, which culmi nated in series of ; street fights .yes- jterday, in which ths populace Joined, . I The accident that almost cost ' Mr. Murphy his life was one of the most Decullar in the history of the water de partment A noiseless explosion of some kind of mysteriously formed gas , set the meterman'a clothes afire and burned his hands and face badly one week ago today., , does Znto Chamber. About 1:30 o'clock last' Monday after noon . the water department employe de fended . Into the gate chamber at Mill and Water streets, with a lighted candle. His purpose was to open a tap on -one of 'the big submerged mains leading from the East side under the Will amette river to make' a pressure test . Having opened ; the tap he climbed out of the gate chamber, to attend to. some other work, leaving the candle on the, floor. Hardly had he .reached the top when a puff of warm air hit him in the face and looking down he . saw a strange blue flame playing around the candle in elliptical rings. He quickly descended again' and - had not -touched the floor - when he found himself wrapped ! In fire. A pool of water formed by the stream from the open tap caught his eye and Into this he dashed without a moment's delay. . He tnen put out the. flames and closed the tap before going aloft : ; 7Y-' V Y Seaohes Opea Air. .' . ; Itvas.not nntil he had reached the open air again that he realized .how seriously ne had been burned or what a narrow escape he had had. " . V ' Mr. Murphy was assisted to his home, main, street, Dy a leilOW workman and Dr, George B.: Story, was called to dress ms wounda ? Although, still suf. ferine a 'great deal his condninn . i much better today and hewill recover. Nobody . knows what caused the un usual fire, but the 'theory Is advanced by some of the engineers, of the water department' that gas formed In a drain pip leading from the gate chamber to the river,' found its way Into the cham ber and .collected In a' corner. A breath of air from the opening at the "top of the gate chamber then brought the gas in ' contact - with' the candle, prhaDa. with the result already recounted. IN COLORADO '.).... ' Mm i ' ". H: t i r ,.' ' .- .. .',. REGULARS PREPARE TO FRANK SPEECH;4 v DEMOCRAT TO ANSWER 1 Washington, Feb. 14. Republican con- , gressmen, taking President Taft's Lin coln day speech at New Tork as their keynote, today prepared their first' shot for the congressional campaign ,, next autumn. i . Encouraged by the general opinion that the president's speech 'was - the most -'powerful he; ever delivered, the regulars" decided to take advantage of Taft's aggressiveness by having the speech made -available - foe "franking" through the malls by making It a part of the congressional record.- - ; r i Comment- on the speech, today in Re publican ranks was generally favorable. The Insurgents, however, qualified thelr'S approval and most' of them objected to Taft's defense of the Payne-AIdrich tar iff law. A- ?, cx ; The .most striking feature of the speech la . generally j recognised, as set forth by one , middle . western senator, who said: ,v i ' - :. .- i. "Heretofore "In his desire to please. tl'.inHinied in !' Twn l WIRELESS HERO 0 1 HI E Certain Portland Girl fo Be Asked a Certain Question , New Assignment. ; $20,000 a Year Alleged Against State Boiler Inspector Three Sets of Books. trnltefl PreM leased Wlre. , Denver, Colo., Feb. . 14. Governor Shafroth announced today that he would remove State Boiler Inspector A.' E. J Whitney, pending an investigation of the .charge brought by , State Auditor Roady. Kepehan that - graft had been going on In the boiler inspector's office for about '14 years. Kenehan charged that the office collected nearly SO.OOO annually, but only turned 35000 Into the state treasury His charge followed the alleged discovery in Whitney's office of triplicate sets of books, The auditor declared that ;"the : worst is yet to come,": and intimated - that" graft had been prevalent in other stata. of rices. ' i (United Preaa LmkiT 'Wire.) ' .New York, Feb. 14. .William G. Ma- ginnis. the wireless operator , whose bravery saved the crew of the steamship Kentucky from . death recently off the North Carolina coast, will make another attempt to Journey to - Portland, Or., where, it Is reported, there Is a certain young lady who will give a certain an swer: to a certain question asked her by Maglnnls. So anxious was MaglnnlS'to reach the Pacific coast that he "took a chance when he replaced a tlmi'l wireless operator on the leaky Ken. tucky. Maglnnls volunteered at New port News' to ' operate the Kentucky" wireless apparatus after the Drecedlns operator had quit the ship through fear of future disaster. , ( , Maglnnls will shortly be. assigned to the new steamship Beaver, which will fellow, her sister ship,- the Bear, to the Pacific coast, and will ply between Port land and San Francisco on her arrival. The Beaver is expected to reach the Pa cific coast la about three months. HAWLEY IS PREPARING KLAMATH LAND BILL J' (Waghlnfton Rnre.s of Tb Joorunl l Washington, Ket. H, ltHrrnti .it I . i Hawley la preparing a bill' to j.iii:;' for the orcnlng to settlf-mfnt fif t large residue of the Klamatn ( -t tlon Ifft after the ImliHna- l,i- '1 r allotted. ,; Ha 'will get .- . ' through the comm!tte t.'i.'s I