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I t : i I, i . TPT"? er . . , : THE DAILY JOUltrjAI. IS JOURNAL CIRCULATION 1 II III A i r '. :..('.. r .v,.--.-; - , . wh- ; l . r . , 'v .;.. I I TVJO CENTS A COPY " Sunday Journal 5 centi i or 15 cents week, for. Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, ' delivered. - ' The weather 'Probably fair to night and-Thursday;, easterly winds. YESTERDAY WAS VOL. VIIL, NO. 298. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 16, 1910. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. VlnPEZ ' , . ..' 1 1 , ' . ., 1 . . . 11 , JU I I 1. 11 .- 11 ' ., 1 .. 1 . . -1 : 1-':v-" - : ': , : ; tl WI A.. I NINE THOUSAND MEN ilf STRIKE WB MINERAL DISTRICT UTTE (tTn!td Pr lMd Wirt.). Butte. Mont.. Feb. 16. livery mine in and about Butte, with the ex ceotlon of the Silver Bow. the Berkeley and the Mountain Consolidated suspended operations today. The suspension was the result of an attempt on the part of the union engineers employed at the mines to separate from the Western Federation ,6f Miners and organize a union to affiliate with the International Engineers' union. It is estimated today that 9000 men are idle. The smelting works of former Senator W. A. Llark closed this morning. According to General Manager John Gillie of the 'Amalgamated Copper Mining compawy the Washoe smelters at Anaconda, employing 3000' men, and the Boston "and Montana smelters at Great rails, employing 000 men, will probably be closed within four days. The three mines in this city which have not closed belong to the Amalgamated company. I hey are running under difficulties, with crippled ' forces. The direfct cause of the suspension was the refusal of the engineers to go to work this morning, further Complicating matters, the miners and smeltermen's unions have announced that they will refuse to handle any ore hoisted by the engineers who have secede from the Western Federa tion, nut will import engineers. This in turn has developed a new phase of a complicated situation. The operation of the hoisting engines requires such skilled work that the mining companies will not employ any but experienced men to handle them. It is feared that the conditions here will extend throughout the mining section of the state. HOW OREGONIAN IE CHANG D VIEW ON CONVENTION PLAN Article Printed in Its Own Col umns at Time Simon Op posed Lotan Told of Whole sale Buying of Voters. Thtrty-ftv thousand dollars spent 1 buying- votes In a single convention prl mary la Portland; voter herded to the polls In droves of 10 and paid from $1 to, $2.60 each after their votes had been cast; ward strikers paid US to $50 eac and higher up workers paid J100 onch for their day s work; gangs of men cor railed and colonized for the purpose of carrying the primaries, and the iiuestlo1 o which faction could outcount and outbuy the other as the chief Issue, Is an interesting story told In an old issue of the Oregonian of a contest between two rival citizens for carrying an old tlms primary election under the conven tlon system. Article zs XUustmtlTS. The primary transpired on the fifth of April, 180, and tho account of it appeared In the Oregonian of April TT article is illustrative of the roeth eds which prevailed in 'Oregon unde - toe em convention system an is as follows: "Ths result of the primaries held Sat urlay is regarded by the dofeated fac tlon aS showing a very ominous Mat of affairs. Thursday in Soutn Portland. precinct No. 8, where charges of ballot Vi t . j. am. 1 - . j& l or? mulling wwb 'Jiaiiuea, mere were 1 861 votes cast, against a total. Derco 9t S50. bo,- in North Portland No. 1, arftS Jsy the Lotanitns, fbrre wr ltd Wt 5Sst at the primaries, when two year -kg the total vote cf both parties ws only 231. Other ulm liar discrepancies ocuur in North Port land. No, . where' ?S7 now are eon tras ted against 279, and in North Poit land. No. 8, whre the combind vote two yar ago was 675, this time at Uvo primaries 88$. tUins&'a Precincts, "The precincts carried by Simon do not show up in any such shape. South Portland, Nd2, twlled, combined, two years ago, SIB; Saturday 63 J Republi can votes. North fprtiand. No. J. shows now 670 against a former reeora of 546. "More noney was -used, in ths prU manes than nas ever been used In a prl. mary election in Oregon before. Xotan's lieutenants estimate that Simon's men PARIS ONCE MORE THREATENED WITrl IF FLOOD HORROR fj Water in Seine Within Four Feet of Recent High Mark General Rains and Melting Snows Raise Streams. 1 8 000 MEN OUT Enforced Idleness May Be Lo of Coal Miners, Millmen and Quarrymen. Continued on Page Seven.) TUG DESCRIED roil Little Doubt in Navy Circles Remains That Tug Is Lost With Her 32 Men. (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 16. It was learned today that a tug sighted off Mauntauk Point by the whaleback steamer Bay view was the naval tug Aparhe. The Apache Is one of the vessels dispatched to search for the missing government tug Nina. Whenthe Apache was sight ed by the' Bay view, she was thought to be the lost ship. There, is lltths doubt )n naval circles here that the Nina has rounaerea, and tnat. ner crew or 32 men if the tug had merely been disabled her. 'crew would have beenK rescued by a passing ship. The Nina carried a crew of 32 men. Kor four days revenue cutters and ships from the navy yard have been search ing for. her. (tfalted Prra Leased Wire.) Paris, Feb. 18. The river Seine rising again today and the flood situa tibn Is assuming an alarming aspect Houses at Alfortsville and In other low lying suburbs of the capital are being abandoned by their Inhabitants, who are moving to the higher ground. uonerai rams throughout the coun try and melting snows at the headwa ters of ths Seine and Marne are respon sible for the serious condition confront ing the city. A further rise of four o rive feet Is predicted and today the Seine at the Pont de Austerlltz meas ured a depth of 19 feet 6 inches. Tne hydrometric bureau announced today that the indications were for general rise for the next two days and that it Is possible the river may go to 24 feet, which Is within four feet of the recent maximum, when flood conditions prevailed. Following their custom at the recent flood, hundreds of poor famlies from the suburbs are flocking Into the city. i ney Dring tales of damage and dis aster auch as preceded the great flood or a rortnight ago. Owing to the difficulty eDerieneed by civil engineers in repairing levees and embankments and in making secure tne rounaauons or buildings along the waterfront, hundreds of factories have remained closed for a prolonged period ana Dusiness is at a standstill. Ths present rise of th wntar i rfously hampering the work of govern ment engineers who have been rushin me repairs to dykes and levees In and about Paris. T ONALASKA BILL KILLS IT Beveridge and Guggenheims Lose TogetherInterests to Lose Also on Postal Bill. ( YTuhlniton Bareia f The Journil ) Washington. Feb.' 16. The bitter fight that has been made has resulted in killing the bill by Senator Bever idge for an appointive legislative coun- 11 f op Alaska. The fight was on the allegation that the bill was In the in terest of the Guggenheims. It is asserted that Root's amendment to the postal savings bank bill cannot pass, opposition by Borah and others aving succeeded in defeating it. The bill. It is claimed, will pass this week witnout ttie Root proviso. Taft backed noot strongly, but it is said he cannot force congress to acceDt hl wishes The Root amendment is also backed by Aldrich. (Roerlsl DltDSl.-h Jrf"Tha Butte. "Mont.. FebT 16 Through the refusal of 137 engineers manning the big hoists of mines to go to work this morning in their effort to pull apart from the Jurisdiction of the Western Federation of Miners and force the min ing companies to recognize International Engineers' union No. 13S, all except three mines were compelled this morn ing to suspend operations, throwing 9000 men Into Idleness. The Sliver Bow. the Berkeley and the Mountain Consolidated mines of the Amalgamated Copper company are still operating, but with crippled forces. Senator Clark's smelter was forced to suspend this morning and within four day the Amalgamated smelters at Great Falls and Anaconda, employing 6000 men, will also be forced to shut down. Ten per cent of the smeltermen were laid off this morning. Less than 600 miners are at work In Butte today, every company In camp being tied up as a result of the squab ble, which Is purely between union or ganizations, no question or wages or hours being Involved. The aexlous situation is fraught with danger of immense loss by the com panies, due to their Inability to secure engineers to man the pumps and keep toe mines clear or water. Miners and smeltermen refuse to handle ore hoisted by International en gineers and the companies steadfastly reruse to accord the new union recog nition. Because of the great responsibility entailed, the companies will refuse to permit any but experienced Butte en gineers to man the engines. With the closing of the coal mines, lumber mills and stone quarries, to foliow the sus pension of the smelters. 18,000 men will be rendered idle in Montana and Wyo ming. History of ths Trouble. The trouble between the hoist engi neers and the miners has been of long standing and has occasioned much bit terness on both sides. It reached a point last fall where the miners re fused to go Into the shafts where en gineers who refused to affiliate with the Western Federation were employed. The miners demanded that the engi neers either join the Western Federa tion or leave the mines. This the en gineers refused to do and the miners appeafed to the operators to discharge the engineers or endure a strike. The operators at first decided to keep the engineers, but later, when the sun- ply of ore in the bunkers of the mines began to run low -and threatened the big smelters with a shutdown, t re capitulated to the miners. At this Juncture the smeltermen. num bering several thousand, stepped into the fight and used strong measures to compel the engineers to Join .the West ern . Federation. The mine operators, threatened with serious financial loss. Joined with the, miners and smeltermen in enforcing the demand, and the engl neeis capitulated. The action, of the engineers todav la ballevert to have, followed a decision on their part to throw off the domi nance of the Western Federation of Miners and to Bet at defiance the miners and smeltermen. Whether thev have the support of the operators is a mooted question. FEUDS IN NAVY COST LIVES OF INNOCENT IN High Officials, It Is Believed, a Last Suspect. With the Pub lie, That Virtual Murder Has Been Done. TROUBLE DATES FROM ORDER OF NEWBERRY Alleged Inferior Work Out growth of Strife General Shakeup Predicted. t (United Tress Leased Wire.) alleJo, Cal.. Feb. 1 6. Ttmnsrh ther is a aeep official silence at Mare Is land navy yard concerning the exoloslon on ma torpedo boat destroyer HoDklna uie possible reult of the inquiry is a ouojeci or intense interest and much speculation. The suggestion that hleh naval officials will start a swwnlne investigation to determine whether or not something Is radically wrong with the workmanship on a boat when ten explosions take place lr-Its boiler room In as many months, was xnressed to day. The possibility of the whole subiect or trouble and enmity between depart ments in (lie navy yard being submit ted to a far reaching. Inquiry is con sidered. The sending of an anonymous letter which warned the officials that some thing was wrong with the Hopkins and tne subsequent discovery of machine shop trash stuffed Into the tubes, taken in connection with . the explosion, may Da maae tne basis for an exhaustive re view of the troubjous conditions which have prevailed in certain departments at-tne yard during th DisfveaKK If an inquiry Is started iM believed here that it will be extended So' as to take in the causes which led to the eTts missal of Foreman flf Boilermakers Edward Kavanaugh arid Assistant Fore man Colettl. Their dismissal was the result of an investigation which showed that poor work was the cause of an explosion on the cruiser .West Virginia. rew months ago. The trouble between the construction and engineering departments has been matter of general knowledge since the order Issued by Truman H. Newberry, when secretary of the navv. which placed engineering work under the au thority of the construction department. The matter takes its moat serious aspect through the feeling In navy cir cles here that the men aboard the ships may be in danger from Inferior work. It Is pointed out that with the great number of explosions that have occurred In the past year, it Is hard to predict wltat the future holds for the men who labor In the boiler rooms of Uncle Sam's ships. What Constructor Evans Says. Naval Constructor Evans, who has returned here with Ids bride from the east, refused to discuss the explosion of the boiler tube on the destroyer Hopkins at San Diego, though the 1 HER WITS WERE HE& FORTUNE I Ik lSS'li 1$ 1 If $ sC ' - I IS. PARKER EEAVEVI1S T 0 MOURN LOSSES Mrs. B. S. Parker, woman with, several aliases, who bunkoed a number 4, of Portland merchants. SMS ijKr JAPAN TIES TRYING TO COVER EXCEPTIONS TO HIS OWN DEEDS! ontractor Bennett Declares This Is Reason School Archi tect Tried to Discredit State ments Made by McLeod. (Continued on Page Seven.) NIECE OF ELKINS AnEMPTS SUICIDE t - Annual Hood Banquet. fSpecisl Dispatch to Tfce Jonresl.) Hood River, CHv, Feb. 18. The Com, merclal club will hold its annual ban quet early In March. When the new lub quarters are completed in lulv a general reception will be held. An ef- rort win be made to double ths mm. hershlp of the club. The club has or. dered ths directors to put on minstrel shows to supply funds for, furnlshin the new club rooms. The club's annual field day will be held as soon as the weather moderates. The club favors the adoption of a slogan for Hood River and, tne adoption of a badge. (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) Kansas City. Mo., Feb. 16. Miss Ag nes Elkins, niece of Senator Elkins of est Virginia, shot herself above the heart In a room in a local hotel todav. Physicians who attended her announced that she had a chance to recover. Miss jciKins nas a u,uoo share In an estate of which the senator Is the 'ex ccuiui. rim ifiupai to give nls Der- mission ror ner to enter upon a stage career is reported here to have caused her much chagrin. DEATH CLAIMS 01 C. HOB Miss Stella Newman, Latin In structor, Passes Away Af ter Long Illness. Xagel on Control of Corporations. Chicago, Feb.. IS. Considerable .Inter est is manifested among politicians, financiers and business men alike In the dinner to be given by the Industrial club at the Congress hotel tomorrow nlght, Secretary of Commerce and Tvibor Nagel is to be the principal speaker, and will, address the club on the subject of "Federal Control of Corporation." A number of railroad presidents and oflclals.of large in dustrial corporations have accepted in vitations to attend the dinner. Detroit Man Buys Farm. (gpctI Dispsteh to The Jenrssl.) Eugsne, Or., Feb. is. Thomas Rich mond of Detroit; Mleh. has Just Dur- chased from M.' R. Hastings, the old Horace . Hampton ranch . near Goshen, eight miles south of Eugene, consisting of 587 acres. He wljl. bring his family here" soon and, will also bring a number f otber families hers from his locality. , ' I (Speolsl nispstch t Th Jmrrl. Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis. Or.. Feb. 16. Miss Stella Newman, in structor in Latin at the Oregon Agri cultural college, who came here froin the University of Wisconsin to teach in the language department, died last night. : Miss Newman had been In poor health for a couple of months, but re fused to accept the advice of her friends and secure medical attention, as she was receiving treatment from a Christian Scientist. Her gradual weak ening Induced Miss Newman's friends to secure medical aid yesterday. She died at 6 o'clock last night. Miss Newman was serving her first year at O. A. C. and had many"friends among the students and faculty. H. E. Bennett, contractor, asserted to day that the efforts . of T. J. Jones, architect to the school board, " to dis credit statements made by Alex McLeod, are for the purpose of hiding Jones' own alleged unsavory deeds. "Alex McLeod is all right. What he says I know to be true.'' said Mr. Ben nett, whose office la at 220gwetland building. "McLeod is the onlfone who had nerve enough to come out and swear to the facts. There are a great many niore who could do so hud the the courage. " Experience With Jones. "I had my unfortunate experience with Jones. I took the contract for the building of East Twenty-eighth. Hol nian and Sunnysldc schools. Jones re fused to give me a certificate for ray work, although Director BeacJi got up In a school board meeting and said mine wiis the best work ever done in the city of Portland. Jones caused me to lose $30,000. McLeod at the time- told me It was because I wasn't In the ring and tiiat he was sorry for me, but that if J wasn't one of Jones' favorites I could never make any money; that It was (Continued on Page Seven.) i THE HAYES BILL Leading Newspaper Says Jap anese Should Become Amer ican Citizen and Latids Statesmanship of Roosevelt. Develops That With Aid of Tears and Oily Tongue She Got Aid From Sympathetic Business Men. SOLD FURNITURE NOT HERS THREE TIMES Dr. T. J. Pierce Gave Her $96 Belonging to Wife Wo? man Indicted. ,J (t'lilted Press I.essed Wire. Tokio, F.-b. '16. "We are tired of the anti-JapaniHtn of American politicians," declare? the Asuhl today In an editorial which Is typical of the general com ment upon the Hayes bill in the Ameri can congress "The question of the naturalization of the Japanese in America Is one of the meSt-important matters of the present time," continues the Asahl. "The time has ripened for Japan to take a decisive step toward cooperation with the better element of America, such as that rep resented by Former President Roose velt. "It is llrtie for this country to begin negotiations with the better class of Amerirans looking toward the?legal!z ng of Japanese naturalization. "Naturalization will be the permanent solution of the problem. The Japanese n America should become American clt zens. Such attacks as that made upon the Japaaese in the Hayes bill are becoming wearjsome. They are inspired only by the lower element In America. tJUl it time for Japan to act.'' The Asahl Is one of the leading papers (.Continued on Page Four.) CORPORATIONS OBEY INCOME TAX LAW; STATEMENTS FAIR STARVING WILD ANIMALS DESERT MOUNTAIN HOME t (wrial Dlspsti'h to Th Journal.) Stevenson, Wnsh., Feb. 16. Wild animals are becoming very 4 troublesome In tills section. Ow- Ing to heavy snows In the'moun- 4 4 tains they are coming down to 4 4 the valleys for food. The Hen- 4 derson brothers, living north- east of here, found the carcass of 4 4 a deer that had been killed and 4 partly- devoured. They set their traps near the carcass.-and Friday A 4 morning found, a cougar which 4 4 had been caught by the foot. It 4 4 measured nine reet rrom tip to 4 tip. Sunday nkfeft the brothers 4 41 ' caught a lynx.WMonday night 4 4 they caught a wild cat. . 4 ' ' Oregon corporations are taking heed of the Income tax law, and are keeping the office of Internal Revenue Collector Dunne busy receiving thejr statements, according to Colonel Dunne. As a result of the notices and copies of the law, which were some time ago sent lo every corporation In the state, and of the publicity given the require ments of the law. an -increasing flood of statements Is coming into the collector's office: ' Uncle Sam Is Strict. It in probable, of course, that, the vision of the penalty of from J1000 to $10,000 provided by the federal statute for the failure or neglect to make the statements called . for "before March 1, and the knowledge that It is a dangerous thing to trifle Wfth th federal regula tions, i causing the seeming eagerness of rnsny of the corporations in getting into lirie. The law-requires all corporations to send in statements of their standing, giving in, a sort of balance sheet, fur nished as a blank, the amount of busi ness iiene, the gross' Income, the ex pense! and the net income, tf the net Income Is over $5000 a tax is charged agalnBt that surplus, if it is 'below the $5000 limit nontax Is charged. All cor- poratlons are required to make their statements, however. ' whether their In come Is above or below the $5000 ex emption. Responses Liberal. According to Collector Purine the re sponses to the demand for statement have been liberal, and is Increasing as the time limit draws near. Nejft week he expects an avalanche of statements. "There are two. things that I want to say about these statements." said Colo nei Dunne this, morning. "One is that the statements that have been made, Judging them with the extensive knowl edge I have of Portland and of Oregon conditions, have been surprisingly fair. There seems to fie no aUempt on' the part of th corporations so far to evade the law or to shade their-statements in order to secure a reduction of the tax. "'The other thing I desire to say, and I want to lay stress on this, is that corptirS'tioui. or business-men. need have no fear that-their statements will be corne'imrlc property., or. pass Into the hands of business rivals. They are held strictly confidential with this office, and with the department, and, so far as I am concerned, a deputy in my office who would divulge the contents of any statement would last only long enough to hand roe his resignation. '' .Names given Anna Barker. B. 8. Parker, Elizabeth Harger. Mary" Barker, Mary Watson, Amy E. Parker, Beatrice Watts, A. E. Parker. Addresses 94ft Belmont, 6?9 Belmont. 325 JToTTTi Twenty-third, 106 Ora street, -627 Belmont. , Stories Told Daughter of American consul to Brazil; starving bale; cruel husband; sister of Izetta Jewell; Jrlend of Miss McKenzie. nurse; dlvorco suit pending In Boston, etc., etc., Poulson-. Ratcllffe company. Loans procured from Wagoner Broth ers. Colonel Harrington', R. A. Frame, K. J. CowIIshav. S. W. King, F. C. Priestly, C. W. Pallrt. New Era Loan company, Dr. T. J. Pierce, Ames Mer cantile company,' a total of from $1200 to $2000. Credit given by Woods rd Clarke. Sherman-Clay company, Edwards com pany, MtU & FJik. Will Hot Aid Wwn. Not one of the Individuals' concerned : in the list Just given was willing to con tribute a dollar and thus -swell a collec tion of philanthropic origin which is to help "Mrs. Parker," and so forth, to make a new start In life when she has been freed from present incarceration for obtaining money under false pre tenses. The loan men were convinced that their barrier of precaution believed Im pregnable, hud been broken down by on lone woman who had demonstrated that she could bjrrow money from as many -agencies," at as many times and In as many places as she desired. Could Get Credit. The 'merchunts believe that in spits oC their imposing array of credit clerks and managers. In spite of their precau tions, a little woman with a plausible x story attractively varied, could get credit as often as she desired and from whom she desired. , " ,. , Kind hearted per suns who have con tributed to the fund ami, who may pos sibly be disillusioned have not yet been heard from. , p 2 Mrs. Parker, etc., is under Indic'tment for selling and reselling furniture, and a piano, both under lease, which means they were not her property, but that she paid a small amount, promising to pay the remainder on the installment plan. The Indictment charges her with' rs- ' selling this property of others some three times. A little tour of the busi ness district of Portland -yesterday af ternoon ( resulted In the discovery of eight other loaning agencies who be lieve that while Mrs,. Parker, etc.. was t apparently selling them heV furniture, that she was i-n reaTTty "setting them out." At Praier Home. Mrs. Parker and her two children, a boy of 3 years, and a baby girl 9 months old, are being detained at the Frazer home, having been brought back from Tacotna. where t:h? went 1 without bM dlng he, PortlaridTrtends good by,' Many people have sympathy for them, but Dr. T. J. Pierce, whose office Is la the Alisky block, has not. "She told me," said the doctor, speak Ing with considerable wrath, "that her husband had deserted her, that her baby - (Continued on Page. Seven ) Si Seattle Campaign Battle Be tween "Liberals" and En- 1 forcement Factions. ! to t?nttea Press Leased Wlrsut Seattle, Feb. Hi.It is agreed hr (. day that the coming municipal cam paign will be a battle between ths 'lfh- rals and strict lw enforcement fe t.lons. following tho speech of Judg William Htcktnsn Moor, Democrat! candidate for mayor, last night. . If I am' elected mayor. I will. m- force the law'if 1 have to wipe our th underworld' swld' judga Moor. Tor homes and yotiv children are dearer if me than any offi.ee. in th gift of ; th people, dearer to me than all lha mrfney of the public servtca corporation aA) the underworld coinbrned. . rir add4. It was Moors'a opening speech of 'hit campaign. I propose to s that ths charges sf corruption and incompetency tn -,iT of fires r thoroughly Investigated," continued. . "If . the Charge . ara trOs. ths waste, baskets will", be at. ftumer&ii that it wilt taks all the garb" a whole day to haul them ty JSn the city hall. When Moora says fc wUl UU I WM.ti' "