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YOLi. VIII. NO. 299.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1910.-TWENTY PAGES. '
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Dseperate Efforts Being Made
at Trojan Company's Plant
in San Leandro to Prevent
. Spread of Flames.
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San Leandro, Cal., Feb. 17. With
four men missing, 14 known to be serl
ously Injured and a score slightly
wounded as a result of the terrific ex
plosion at the Trojan f'owdcr Works
Ht Roberts Landing, hundreds of vol
unteers are working- desperately thin
afternoon to prevent the fire from
(spreading to other magazines which are
nearby and are in imminent danger of
letting go. , j
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Pan Leandro, Cal., Feb. J 7. With a
roar that startled the people of this
city and vicinity and a detonation that
shook the Surrounding country the Tro
jan I'owu-T works or. this city blew up
tftroyod by fire
Over 100, men and women were, em
ployed In the plant Rnd wi re at work
when the explosion occurred at 10:45
o'clock. The plant is at Roberts land
ing." soinn distance from the heart, of
San Lcnndi".
Soon after the explosion occurred a
score or more of farmers In the vicinity
drove their wagons as near to the blaz
ing buildings as they dared and began
the work1 of rescue.' The Injured were
placed- In open wagons and automobiles
and hurried to the Alameda county hos
pital two and a half miles away. ,
Soon after the fife had gained head
way: a Southern Pacific train "(Jrexfr Into
the weet San Lorenzo station Rnd sev
eral of the '.njured were placed aboard
and rushed to (he county hospital.
it Is relieved at Palo Alto that the
shock w3 due to an earthquake and the
classes at the Stanford university were
dismissed.
The force of the explosion was so
great that hundreds of . persons who
were in the vicinity of the mill jaere
stunned and It was several rnlnutr be-
CI LEAVES
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Reflex of Hopkins Affair As
cribed to Inter-Departmental
Strife Hint That Com
mandant Phelps Must Go.
United Pnu Lcaaed Win.)
Vallejo. Cal., Feb. 17. The hint that
an effort may be made to remove Rear
today and was afterwards totally de- VAdmlral Thomas Phelps as commandant
rem
Good Order and Discipline Re
quired Abercrombie's Trans
fer I. W. W. Matter Not In-volved.
(Continued on Page Four.)
YUCATAN BUMPS
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Seventy Passengers Aboard
Skagway to Alaska; Taken
Off in Safety Santa Ana
Sails to Their Relief.
.'United Prcsa Leaaed Wlr.
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 17. The Alaska
Steamship company's . liner Yucatan,
southbound from Skagway to Seattle,
. hit an Iceberg in Icy straits thls-morn-ing.
She is beached at Mud bay, 25
miles from Hoonah. No lives were
lost. The Santa Ana has sailed in re
lief. There were 70 pasnengers aboard,
The ship is hadly damaged. ,
The Yucatan Is a 3525 ton boat, built
on the Atlantic coast, and Is an old
Ward liner. Sho was brought around
the horn to Seattle two year's 'ago and
put Into the Alaska service, on which
run she has operated regularly.
Officials at the loca: offices of the
Alaska Steamship company received
their first word of the wreck from .the
United Press. They had no list of pas
sengers. Captain W. P. S. Porter of
Kea-ttle. commands the Yucata"ri.
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THE DALLES, OR.,
IN 210 SECONDS
, Special Dispatch to Journal. 4
-The Dalles, Or., Feb. 17. Rec-.
ords f or quickweddlngceremonles 4
were broken here yesterday aft-
ernoon, when Louis A. Sorg, an
electrician of White Salnjon, and 4
Miss Laura M. Lee were made 4
husband and wife. ' 4
Mr. Sorg and Miss Lee applied 4
to the connty clerk for a license,
and told the clerk they were In a 4
hurry to have the knot tied, as
the' lady wanted to catch tbe - 4
westbound train which was due
tp leave the depot in 15 'mln- 4
utes. - C
Justice of the Peace Douthit 4
chanced to be in the courthouse, ,
and his' services were -solicited. 4
Within three and one tialf, mln-
utes from the time the license
had been granted- the marriage
ceremony had been', performed 4)
and the certificate of marriage
filed" with the county clerk. 4
Mr. Sorg .and his brltfe caught
the train. . -' .A
of the Mare Island navy yard Is believed
hero to foreshadow 8r. sensational con
flict In naval affairs that will reach to
the highest seats In Washington..
Following the removal of Commander
C. A. Oarr from his position as head of
the engineering department of the yard,
it has been' suggested that Secretary
Meyer, displeased with the fact that
Phelps has given support to the New
berry plan of the atlmlnlsi ration of
nayal affairs, may endeavor to establish
a entirely new regime at'Mare Island..
FTiend of Admiral Phelps point out
that he;tand in high favor wjth the
-entire tlalifornlit' delegation In Congress.
It is, said Fhelps is particularly friendly
with Senator Perkins, head of the naval
affairs committee In the senate, and
some of Phelps' supporters intimate that
perhips the admiral, though subject to
the regular discipline of the department,
may perhaps have more pbfr than
some officials at Washington may sup
pose. There is no doubt whatever .that anv
effort to remove Phelps will, result In
a' big row and it Is believed here that
his influence In congress would make it
possible for his friends to give Secretary
Meyer "considerable trouble.
Meyer Would Sevene irewberry.
The general dissatisfaction and un
rest in naval circles has grown out of
the conflict which resulted from the
action of Secretary Newberry In placing
the construction department In a posi
tion superior to the engineering depart
ment and making a naval constructor"
the general manager of the navy vard.
This policy was put Into effect through
out the organisation.
Wh,en Meyer became secretary he de- I
elded to revoke the plans of Newberry
and lnBtltuto the Meyer plan, which
contemplates the establishment of two
great coordinate branches and does
away with the. ranking of ono depart
ment over another.
Phelps' Friends Criticise Meyer,
friends of Phelps here think Meyer
Das ifiade a mistake in accepting fig
ures suTTmitted to him by Rear Admiral
Cone,, who is at the head of the engi
neering department of the navy, and is
thus naturally opposed to the Newferry
plan, -which placed the construction de
partment in - a position of superiority.
They point out that the secretary could
have obtained a more comprehensive
view of the situation If he had also ob
tained statements from the chiefs 'of
the construction branch.
The officers in the construction de
partment, here contend .that the New
berry plan was put Into effect more
successfuly at Mare Island than at any
Other nayy yard, and that the best re
sults were "obtained from It here.
Recent Derelopments.
When Secretary Meyer went before
the congressional committees at Wash-
(Srrlnl Plipntrh to The Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 1 7.-r-"Prsr,n-
al mistreatment of officers under his
command and petty tyranny in the
administration of the fort's affairs was
the direct and only reason for the re
moval of Lleutonant Colonel Abercrom
bie from Fort Wright to Fort Lawton."
The 4'oregolng Is the mm and sub
stance of declarations made today by
officers attached to headquarters. De
partment of the Columbia, at Vancou
ver Barracks. These statements were
accompanied by the emphatic declara
tion thaf the quartering of civil pris
oners in the giiard house at Fort
Wright had nothing whatever td do
with the removal gt Colonel Abercrom
bie,? nor was Genera.) rMau,jjf"rrtnrent'
commander, in any measure influenced
by that Incident.
Constantly Embroiled.
The truth seems to be that Colonel
Abercromble, ns commanding officer at
Fort Wright, wns constantly embroiled I
with the other officers at the post
und had heaped indignities upon a
number of officers with whom he was
not in harmony, This condition of
affairs had become notorious through
out the Department of the Columbia
and General Maus, taking cognizance of
it, ordered the Inspector general of
the department to make an investiga
tion of the reports and complaints
that had reached department headquar
ters. Acting upn the Information fur
nished him by the Inspector general.
General Maus Issued an order transfer
ring Colonel Abercromble to Fort Law
ton. General Maus Speaks.
When seen today General Maus re
luctantly consented to talk about the
much discussed order directing Colonel
Abercrombie's transfer from the Spo
kane to the Seattle post.
"The matter was never" more than a
molehill," Mid Colonel Maus, "but the
Spokane authorities and the. press have
made a mountain of It.
"The troublo that arose over quar
tering Spokane prisoners in the Fort
Wright guard house had all been am
icably arranged to the entire satisfac
tion of the war department, and had no
bearing upon the order transferring
Colonel Abercromble to Fort Lawton.
The removal of a commanding officer
from one post to- another is a fre
quent action of department command
ers, and the widely published report
that anything else than good order and
efficiency was the motive for Colonel
Abercrombie's transfer Is absurd."
Hostility to Abercromble.
The action of the newspapers and
civil authorities of Spokane in condemn
ing the department commander for
transferring Colonel Abercromble to
Fort Lawton has aroused the indigna
tion and resentment of a number of of
ficers attached to headquarters, depart
ment or me. Columbia. '
The feeling is general amone the of-
fleers at Vancouver that Colonel Aber-
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PRETTY GIRL WHO WILL
. " WED TEDDY JUNIOR
Eastern Interests Start War ot
Finance for Control of Gas
and Electric Lighting Busi
ness in the Northwest.
With the struggle centering in the
Washington cities of Vancouver, North
Yakima -and Walla Walla, a fierce war
Of finance for supremacy In tho gas
and electric lighting business of the
northwest, has begun , between H. M.
Byllesby Co. of Chicago, 111., and
the General Klectrlc company, which
recently purchased the Portland Gas
company. .
Following the purchase of the Olvm-
pla Gas power company of -Olrmpla.
Wash., Tuesday by the Byllesby in-
erests, after a hard fight, the scene of
battle has shifted to Vancouver, Wash.
And in the meantime both great In-
erests have opened negotiations for tho
urchase of tte North Yakima and
Walla Walla gas plants.
Strengthens Control.
Within the last six months H. M.
Byllesby & Co. have obtained control
f the Northwestern Gas company of
Everett. Wash., Taeoma Gas company of
stoma, Wash., the Olvmpla Gas &
Power company of Olymplt, Wash., and
the Coos Bay Light K- Power coinpp.ny of
Coos Bay, Or. Franchises have been
obtained for lighting plants in Chihalis,
Wash., and Centralla, Wash. The Gen
eral Electric company has control of
the Astoria Gas company of Astoria,
Or,, and recently acquired the Portland
Qaa company. -f .
Staying ftt the Hotel' Portland' today
are H. M.' Byllesby, president of the 11.
M. Byllesby & Co.; C. R. Gooesbeck of
San Diego, Cal., vice president nd gen
eral manager of the western Interests
of the company; F. N. Stearns of Chi
cago. 111., one of the heaviest stock-
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School Board Director Declares
Controversy Between Archi
tect Jones, McLeod and
. Himself Must Be Aired. 4: ,..
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"If I am making false state-"
ments about Architect Jones and
Attorney Beach, why do they not
Institute an investigation ta
learn the facts?" questioned Alet
McLeod last evening.
McLeod has filed affidavits
charging Jones and tiea;ti with "
conversion of shool funds to
0
private use. He added:
"I have witnesses to J prove
that. what I have said is true. I
am willing to stand the niQst rig-'
orous Investigation. To show'
that something Is wrong, Jones
has telephoned me twice tc come
back to work for the school
board since my dismissal was-seeured."
"We must have an Investigation of tha
facts alleged In Carpenter McLeod's af
fidavits," saW Director J. V. Beach of
the school board, this morning. "Archi
tect Jones at the present time, I under-
stand, is ill. tie should attend tho hear
ing. While I dislike the notoriety ati
tending such action it yet' neoma to .ma
inevitable... It 4a- ,iu nylf, aiia-'M'. '
Jones I am sure will tie" Interested ta
seeing the matter adjusted. '' -.,'
Mr. Beaoh made tho statement thta ;
morning When he learned that Alex Mc-
Leod. according to records kept by th
clerk of the school board, had recved..
pay out of the school fund for work
(Continued on Page Five.)-
BLIZZARDS ARE
RAGING IN EAST
Mrs. M. E. WilliamsLeft Her
Wealthy Husband in Butte
to Lead Mountain Life on
Claim.
(Continued on. Page Two.)
(Continued on Page Five.)
ELOPEMENT OF
WIFE MS
OF
CHINESE
CELEBRATION
CHINATOWN NEW YEAR
New Year's celebration In Chinatown
has been marred , by the elopement of
Dorothy Kay, vlfej of t,ee Kay, a prom
inent commission merchant at 331 Flan
ders street. She imitated Hanna Kam
Far, wife of Lee Foo, another merchant,
in -emptying her: husband's safety de
posit vault Dorothy Kay took J600 Be
longing to her husband, their marriage
certificate, and J240 belonging to a
member of the firm. - ' - v.
A Chinese affinity is said to be the
caue. The woman is a beautiful type
of the oriental race.-and is 20 years
old. She told her husband Tuesday
afternoon she. was going to visit a,
friend and sked to wear the Jewelry
which was in the safety deposit vault.
He gave her the key and the woman
emptied the vaiU- She returned to the
store and asked him for a ring he had.
While in the store sh took 2 40 from
the cash drawer of the partner. That
was the last seen of her.
A custom among thr Chinese closely
followed-ia that the wife shall not be
seen on the street In company of any
one, except her husband. This was
where the woman made a mistake. She
was s,een with her affinity, and the
husband was informed". He immediate
ly began an investigation and discov
ered he had been deserted.' A visit-to
the bank in the Chamber of Commerce
building yesterday showed his wife had
taken his money awl Jewjelry,
A search or Chinatown was started,
the news spreading quickly. Coming
as ;t doejs at New Year time, the affair
has created much gossip. . The. wife re
cently charged her huHband With taking
her Jewelry. It has. been learned she
attempt at that time to have hfim ar
rested efshe could" carry out her plans
with.heivChirwse affinity. ..
Was It? That is the question. "Was
It love, or was If beans and bacon and
hard-cooked bread? Was It the beat
ing of a bleeding heart marking off
the time antl tune of love, or was it
the cry of the senses oalling for luxury
and ease.'- Only Mrs. E. M. Williams;
of Butte. Montana can tell. Undoubt
edly she will say It was love, now.
Once upon a time, as the story books
say, there was a happy, happy home
away up In the smelter smoke of Butte.
In that home Jived M. E. Williams, who
was a cattleman of wealth who branded
his long horned beef on a hundred
hills. In the- home was a young wife,
who had much that money could buy,
and who seemed to bo without a care.
Mr. Williams Flees.
Suddenly, about a year ago. the com
parative quiet bf Butte society was in
terrupted by the news that Mrs. Wil
liams had fled, leaving no trace or
tractf Anxious friends and parents and
relatives, not to'speak of the anxious
husband, hupted high and low, but their
clues led thorn to nothing and they at
last returned disheartened.
In the meantime a young woman
appeared before the land office In Port
land and filed upon a timber claim in
the "7-8" district. The place was miles-
away rrom a raijroacl, without mall ex
cept when the lone settlers tracked
through the urlbroken forests to the
distant postofflce. Here the wife, for
It was Mrs. Williams, believed -she could
find solitude and forgetfnlness.
But Mrs. Williams had-been reared
in the midst of .civilization. She knew
not how " to hewVlogs. and rear rude
houses for her comfort. The pioneer
life soon lost its charm and the shadow
of suffering began to .peer at the lonely
woman.
Second Chapter Begin.
Then began the second chapter. A
solitary man, settled some miles through
the forest, stumbled across the rude
pneiter anq "tne aiscouraged woman.
"With ffc mountain spirit he helped
her butld her a -cabin, and taught her
something of the rudtments of the
Mtes Klcanor Hut ler Alexander of. New York, who will wed Theodore
Koosevelt, Jr., son of e-lresideiit Hoosevelr. Colonel lloosevelt
does not seem to have been consulted, and It if doubted whether
he will approve, for a eable sent to Africa by Teddy, Jr., was the
first intimation of the happy event. Young RooHevelt is working in
a cariPt factory in Thompsonville, Conn., learning the business.
WAN
O.Ai. STUDENTS
Party Organization Teachings
Are Deplored by Regent
From La Grande.
NATURALIZED JAP
NOT A CITIZEN
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal. I
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lls. Or.. Feb. 17. In one of the strong
est speeches ever made at O. A. C, the
Honorable Walter Pierce of La Grande,
a regent of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege, Inspired the large crowd of stu
dents and farmers at the convocation
yesterday. Mr. Pierce's address was glfc-
en as a special feature of farmer's week.
He said in part:
"One of the greatest dangers threat
ening the youth-of our state comes from
the state papers that urge adherence to
party organization. I would rather vote
for a great Republican statesman like
LaFollette or a just and fearless Demo
crat like Judge Jndsley than to be
ono of the puppets of party organiza
tion." ' - t.
Mr. Pierce urged that the place for
the average young man was back on the
farm where he could be independent.
Governor Hay Refuses to Ap
point H. Ohnick of Seattle
. a Notary Public. t
ANDiDDLEWEST
Traffic Tied Up in Many Sec
tionsTexas Orange Crop
Damaged to Great Extent
N. P. Trains Stalled. ;
(t'nlted Preaa Laad Wire.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 17.: Snow to thu
deptli of eight lmhes has fallen here
today. Th.ls is the heaviest fall of tho ,
winter. A blizzard Is sweeping Ohio, -Indiana
and Kentucky, according to re
ports, received here.
9 ARE INJURED WHEN
CAR LEAVES RAILS
(Continued on Page Five.)
United Preaa Leaaed Wtr.J
Los Angeles, Feb. 17.' Three persons
aro in a serious condition and six others
are suffering from minor injuries as a
result of' the derailment of a streetcar
on the University line last night. The
reotoruian failed to shut off the current
while rounding a sharp curve at Twenty
third street and Eatfella avenue. The
coach leaped from the rails, rolled on
Itssidfltftnd slid across the street to the
curb,' where ft ran. into a palm tree
A number of peopfe were in the car.
Those who were seriously Injured are!
Miss Clara lgoe, a tourist, three ribs
tracturea; a, a? Gllhousen, compound
fracture of trie right arm, left leg brok-!
en; Thomas F. McLaughlin, postof f ise I
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Hem, ueey i3.eiBiions on neaa.
(Doited Proaa Leaned Wire.)
Olympia, Wash., Feb. 17. Governor
Hay will refuse to appoint H. Ohnick.
Japanese merchant of Seattle, a notary
public, even though Ohnick Is a natur
alized citizen. The refusal is made on
the groupd that Ohnick, being a Mon
golian, is not a citizen of the state,
though he may be naturalized. This Is
based on the decision of the state su
preme court, which barred a Japanese'
namea lamasmta of Taeoma from prac
ticing law. though he had been' granted
his citizenship papers, the court ruling
that his naturalization was illegal.
KAISER HAs fHYfjilpT
CASE NOT SERIOUS
Berlin, Feb. 17. Emperor William is
confined to his bed with an attack of
influenra according to an announcement
from the palace. The royal physicians
state that his condition is not serious
and that he will be out -in a fe.w days
Meanwhile attendants on the kaiser
are keepii.g free from him any informa
tion concerning the socialistic disturb
ances throughout Germany, that may
lena to alarm htm or aggravate his
malady.
St. Louis, Jrfo., Feb. 17. The heaviest
snowfall of the season was recorded to
day throughout the southwest. A -bb
zard which has raged for 36 hours con
tinues with intubated- fury.
Traffic has been tied up in many see
tions. Reports from Texas and Arkan
sas Indicate that intensely col'd weather
( prevails. The entire eastern portion of
me Missouri vaney is in me grip or inn
storm. s
Tho orange crop in Texas is reported
to be damaged . to the extent of thou
sands of dollars by the sleet that fell in
the orange belt last night. .
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Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 17. The en '
tire northwest ta in the grip'of u cold
wave. Minnesota ami the Dukotax -r
blizzard swept and communication is dtf-.'-fieult.
Northern Pacific officials art- 1
nounee today that the trains ot their
road are stalled in Montana because of -unusually
heavy snows and thut none la
proceeding toward the Pacific coast.
SCHOOLMA'AMS CEASE .
AGING JN UMATILLA
WHEN ?? YEARS OLD
L Burglar Runs When Help Comes.
(Salem Bureau of The Journal I
Salem, Or.. Feb. 17. Burglars en
tered C. N. McArthur's' residence In
Salem last night and stole 30 cents. Mc
Arthur was at thecluh until about U
o'clock. He returned home to find a
burglar going through his" dresser. Mc
Arthur ran over to the state house, got
the night watohroan'and a big revolver
and went back, but the burelar hart
tied. .. : -; ' ;
A small amount -of dunca ivlni n
j the dresser was all that was missed.
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(Spei'lal Ptapatch" to Tbe .Tnurtwl,
Pendleton, Or., Feb. 17. That
unmarried 'women never advance
rn- years after they reach a rer
tain 'age was given substantia
tion here recently when tbj coun
ty teachers' examinations were in
progress. The majority of th
applicants were women, ami
among the number were many
who had been in the pelagoi?fral ,
profession for several years.
It is a requirement of tlm
Tioard that-all candidates for cer
tificates give their og? at th.
time of th xajn nation , and
these are placed on record,""" In
leoklnsf' over IhJs book ll wa(
discovered that - several Trf-Hn
recent. af,pHcants' for paper Uvt
regiMtrrfl . f lv jcirs ago, ond
yet tin? flqtires irt f'te !
limn arc identical. Thy 'mijj"
women offer no cxpiiiutw.
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