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Portland, Oregon, Monday evening, February 21, 1910. sixteen pages.
VOL. VIII. NO. 302.
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DEAL MAY MEAN
TALL BUILDING
ON WASHINGTON
Star Brewery Negotiatiitg for
Long Term Lease on Prop
erty at Northwest Corner of
That Street and Sixth.
REPORTED TEN STORY
STRUCTURE WILL GO UP
Prospective Buyers May Have
to Pay Annual Rental of
Thirty Thousand Dollars.
Negotiations are about to be closed
Whereby the management of the Star
' brewery will take a long: terra lease on
the property at the northwest corner
of Sixth and Washington, known as the
Raleigh building. The property belongs
to Mrs. Fannie R. Kelley of San Fran
ctsco, who was recently In Portland on
buslne connected with the- proposed
lease and Improvement of that corner.
It Is understood that during Mrs.
Kel ley's stay here the deal with the
Ktar brewery people progressed to the
point where 4t could be closed up by her
lornl representative. ,
Says Negotiations On.
Adam Mueller, vice president and
general manager of the Star Brewery
company, admitted today that he In ne
gotiating for the Sixth and Washington
street corner, hut said that the deal had
r.nt been formally closed He, however.
indicated that he Intended to take over
the property.
Just what rental Is to be paid for the.
corner, nor the length of time the lease
Is to run the principals declined to ra
venl. but It Is believed that the brewery
will have to pay an annual rental of
shout .?0.noo. f
The Raleigh building has a Wash
ington street frontage of 100 feet and
M feet on fllxth street. The leases of
the present tenants have about one year
yet to run and the property under the
present contracts brings a monthly
rental of J22BO.
May Erect Skyscraper.
While It Is not definitely known, In
case the deal Is consummated, that the
Star brewery people will tear out the
present building and replace It with a
skyscraper, but on account of the value
of the site and the rental demanded It
Is considered practleally certain that
the four story structure will be razed
and In Its stead will be erected a class
A building of not less than 10 stories.
Mrs. Kelley, the owner of the prop
erty. 1s one of four daughters of the
late P. Raleigh, a pioneer business man
POLICE CHARGE
FORI! PERSONS ARE HURT
EDWARD OPENS
Car Attacked and Mo
torman and Conductor
Dragged From Plat
form; Riot Follows
3D PARLIAMENT
OF
REIGN
NETTED $5000 FOR SUFFERERS
Throws Weight of Kingly In
fluence on Side of Commons
in Its Contention for Right
to Dictate in Finances.
BY INFERENCE FAVORS
LIMITING LORDS' POWER
Sense of Tremendous Issues
Reflected in Extraordinary
Outpouring of People.
Tba Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit company, employes of which
have rone on strike, have paid
ome very heavy dividends In
recent years. In 1908 the pay
ment was 942.50 a share; is 1907
the same; 1906, 935. a share;
1905, fl5 a r.are, 1904, 910, and
in 1903, 95.
The ooxnpany has a capital
stock of 930,000,000, and has ac
quired by lease the Union tran
sit system. The city of Phila
delphia has the right to pur
chase after 1957 all leases, fran
chises or property of the com
pany, or to sell this option to
another.
4 chase after 1957 all leases, fran-
a chlaes or property of the com- s
pany, or to sell this option to
4 another.
(United Press Leaned Wire.
Philadelphia, Feb. 21. A bloody
affray between police and rioters oc
curred here this afternoon when a
mob attempted to lynch a nonunion
rnotorman.
The, strike breaker and his com
panion, the conductor, were rescued
from the clutches of his assailants.
Angered at being robbed of their
prey, the mob turned on the police.
Mounted res.erves arrived on the
scene and riding, pell mell Into the
struggling masses of men. Injured 40
of the rioters so badly that they
were taken to hospitals.
The attempt at hanging occurred
on Kensington aveytue, where a car
containing four pnllremen and the
platform crew had been blockaded
by strike sympathizers. As soon as
the car became immovable a great
crowd armed with sticks and stones
surged forward.,, and swarmed upon
the platforms.
Police Powerless.
Police with clubs drawn were swept
aside by the Infuriated throng and the
rnotorman and Conductor were dragged
from their place of refuge within the
car. Meanwhile a shower of rocks fell
linon attackers and defenders alike, and
many of the mob were struck by flying
missiles
The course of the mnforman and con
by the police, apparently in a dying duotnr from the car to the sidewalk
condition.
The noose was about the motor
man't neck when he was pulled
SAYS GRANT WAS
Continued on Page Three.)
BLINDING NOW
BLOCKS TRAFFIC
INJASTOREGON
Overland Passenger and Mail
Trains Stalled in Oceans of
Snow in Grand Ronde Valley
Breaks 20 Year Record.
SHOT BY SENTRY
Proposal to Honor General for
Wounds Received in Ser
vice May Fail.
(Special Dispatch to The Journnl.l
a Pendleton, Or., Feb. 21. Train
No. 45, the Pendleton-Walla
4 Walla local, due here, at 8:40
this mornlngr. Is lost somewhere
4 bejween Milton and Weston, and
4 has not been heard from for two
hours. No. 5 last night was
struck by small snowsllde. this
side of Meacham, but no serious
damage was done.
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U'nlted Tress Isei Wire.)
Boston. Feb. 21. That General Fred
erick Dent (Jrant twro a wound received
In a boyish escapade Instead of In bat
tle Is the assertion of Or. ('. A. Blake
of West Brookficld. commenting on the
propogal to honor the general for
wounds received In service.
According to Blake, Grant was shot
by a sentry after lie had refused to
obey the sentry's warning to halt. Grant
at that time was a mere youth In his
father's camp at Vlekshurg.
Caleb B. Perry, a sharpshooter In the
Union army, was the sentry who In
flicted the wound, according to Dr.
Blake.
It seems that young Grant and a
friend had run the guard In order to
enjoy a canoe ride on the river. Re
turning they secreted the canoe and
lay concealed In the bushes near the
outpost until they could return to camp
unobserved.
They were seen by Perry, who called
upon them to halt. The warning was
not heeded and Perry fired, wounding
young Grant In the 'leg.
The marksman was called to General
Grant's headquarters to be reprimanded,
but when he exhibited a written order
from his superior officer to shoot all
persons who passed without heeding his
warning. General Grant excused h;
sentry and sent him back to his post.
was indicated by the knots of men who
fought among themselves for a chance
to strike the nonunlonlsts.
Both strikebreakers were kicked from
the car all the way to the sidewalk.
At the cry of "Mere's a rope." the
men surrounding the tnotorman parted
and soon a noose had been slipped over
his head.
Meanwhile the four policemen who
had been sent out as a guard were
fighting for thf Ir lives.
W'ord Of the riot reache) the Central
station, and Lieutenant Sykes. at tin
head of a mounted squad, reached the
(Continued on luge Tw.)
NEW GRAND JURY
FOR CIO CASE
Four Colored Men on Jury That
Is Dismissed Mob to Be
Investigated.
(t'Dlted Press Leased Wire )
Cairo. 111., Feb. 21. -The grand jury
upon which there were four negroes,
was dismissed today. This Is believed
to foreshadow the drawing of another
Jury to Investigate the killing of Alex
ander HalMday, son of a former mayor
of Cairo, who was killed when a mob
of which he was a member approached
the jail, where William Pratt, a negro
purse-snatcher, was confined.
Halliday's body lay in the snow In
the jail yard for several hours because
the officials refused to rescind an order
forbidding anyone to enter the yard.
The charge was made that Halliday's
life could have been saved had he been
given Immediate medical attention.
The shot that killed Halllday was
fired from the jail, in the course of the
resistance made by the officers to pre
vent the. mob from entering the Jail
yard.
(fnlted Treat Leased Wlre.t
London. Feb HI. King Edward failed
to cut the Gordian knot In his speech
opening the third parliament of his
reign today, and by his -rtrdPcTKlon pre
cipitated a crisis between the Liberals
on one Hide and the Nationalists and
Lahorltos on the other.
These three parties were supposed to
have reached an agreement by which
they would form a coalition to support
the ministerial program and make pos
sible efectlve action.
It was expected that the king would
Indicate whether he wanted the budget
or tTie bill curtailing tne veto power of
the lords taken up first. Me failed to
do this, but, through the prominence
which he gave to the budget, he Indi
cated that he wants It first.
Already ihe'.Natlonallsts and Iebor
Ifesrhave warned Premier Asqulth that
unless he positively assures them that
the budget will not be taken up prior to
the curtailing bill, they will not support
the Liberal legislative program. On the
contrary, the leaders advised him, they
will combat the plan and force the res
ignation of the cabinet and another
election. i
The only reference msde by th king
In his speech, to the proposal to limit
the veto power of the lords, was as fol
lows:
"Recent experience ha disclosed seri
ous difficulties due to the recurring dif
ferences of opinion between the two
houses.
"Iegisailve proposals will he put for
ward with all speed to bind the rela
tions of the two houses and secure the
undivided action of the commons in
matters regarding finance, and their
predominance In legislation.
"These measures, in my opinion, and
in the opinion of my advisers, should
provide that the house of lords should
he constitute sn as to exercise Impar
tially Its functions of legislative Initia
tion and revision."
The king's reference to the desired
Impartiality of the lords is generally
construed as meaning that the existing
svstem renders undue partisanship is
the upper house Inevitable
Tils suggestion that the commons
should be supreme In matters of finance
Is practically a guarantee that the bill
to curtail the veto power of the lords
will receive the king's earnest support.
It has decreased the hope of the Na
tionalists and the Labnrltes. however,
that the matter would be taken up be
fore the budget.
(Continued on Page Four.)
RAILWAY D A
L
N GUATEMALA
(SDoetnl Dtnun to The JonrrtsV,
La Grande, Or., Vet. 2i. Avalanches
of snow following upon the heels of an
unheard of snowfall effectually tied up
traffic on the O. R. & N. today for many
hours 8nd at noon It was evident that
the imprisoned passenger trains on
Kamela hill, which are shut In from the
outside world by oceans of show, would
not be abls to get through before night.
Number 10. the fast overland mall, went
Into a drift at Porter, near Meacham.
early today, and following No. 10, No.
6. another overland passenger, was
stalled like the mail train.
A rotary was hurried from' this city.
but on reaching a point one mile this
side of Kamela,' It was struck by a snow
slide and for several hours was firmly
cemented to one spot. By ardent labors
the snow was shoveled away sufficiently
far the rotary to get a running blow at
the rest of It. The rotary reached
Kamela at 11 and started down the hill
to the seat of the trouble on the west
slope.' No freight trains are moving.
Two Feet in Five Hours,
Officials of the O. R. & N. say two
feet of snow, fell at Kamela In five
hours today; 10 Inches at -DuriVan and
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NATO
LEAVES
COMEDY PLAY;
Stanford and Crocker Capital
Invested in a Transporta
tion Monopoly. '
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TILLMAN GIVES ( "W
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BE GIVEN HIGH
TARIFF MEASUR
E
Officialdom at Washington
Prepared for Favorable Re
port on Aldrich-Payne Law,
as Effecting High Prices.-
INTERESTS OF PEOPLE
GENERALLY OVERLOOKED
Masses Hope for Results in
Campaign by Backing Men
and Measures.
Faces Death as He Faces His
Fellow Man Physicians
Now Give Hope.
tCnlted Pr Leaned Wire.)
Washington. Fell 21 Senator Benla
mln Tillman of South t'nrolina, who is
dangerously III at his Washington home.
was able to speak a few words today.
Dr. Tlekford and the other physicians
who are attending him were elated,
and Or. Tlekford now has hopes that
the senator will reiier.
Tillman collapsed last Wednesday on
the steps of the eapitol. He was re-
Lmoved to his home and lr. Tlekford
was summoned The phvshjan stated
Tillman had been stricken with partial
paralysis and might never regain his
speech.
Dr. Tlekford said today that the
senator's condition was more encourag
ing than It h.id been at any time since
he was stricken. He expressed the fear,
however, that Tillman would never he
able to exercise full control over his
speech
The physicians today issued an offi
cial bulletin which slated that Senator
Tillman's condition continues to im
prove. There was a noted Improve
ment In the paralytic conditions, and
his mind was clear and memory excel
lent. The outlook, the bulletin stated,
was more encouraging than at any time
since he collapsed last Wednesday.
(raited Prese Leaaeri Wire.
San Francisco, Feb. 21. It became
known today that the Pacific Improve
ment company, which Includes the Stan
ford and the Crocker estates, has pur
chased the Champerico and Northern
Railway in Guatemala. The acquisi
tion of the road gives the Pacific com
pany practical control of the railroad
situation In that country.
The Pacific company owns also the
Guatemala Central road, whleh runs
from San Jose to Guatemala. The new
roar", extend from Champerico to Mas-
tcnego. I be entire system thoroughly
covers the Pacific coast of the republic
REQUESTED?
(Continued on Page Three.)
Owing to some difficulty with the
management. Miss Pauline Hall, who
has been playing Lillian Russell's old
part in 'Wildfire," closed her engage
ment with the company Saturday night
in Portland.
Miss Hall ts better known in the east
and her reputation has been won as a
singer. This has been her first engage
ment In riramatio work and the manage
ment nas not been particularly well
pleased with her handling of the role.
It Is said. When she expressed dlssatls
faction and mentioned giving notice it
was quickly accepted if, Indeed, it was
not requested. Her understudy, who Is
said to be very clever, opened In the
part last nirht at Astoria.
Miss Hall was to have left for New
York yesterday morning and there Is a
ptrtlstent rumor of a revival of "Er
mine," with her and Francis Wilson "in
their old parts.
All of the magnificent diamonds
which Miss Hall wore In "Wildfire'
were genuine. They were a portion of
8on-.etliin.sr like $20,000 worth of-diamonds
which she has, all of which have
been gifta to her during hrr stage
career.
U. S. SUPREME COURT
RULES AGAINST TAX;
WESTERN UNION SUIT
(United Press leaned Wre.
Washington, Feb. 31. The United
States supreme court today held that
the Arkansas State corporation tax law,
I passed in 1907, Is unconstitutional. The
supreme court's decision was rendered
in a fruit of the western Union Tele
graph company against the state of
Arkansas. -
ROOSEVELT HOME HUNDRED LIVES
SHORTEST ROUTE LOST IN STORM
By John E. Lathrop.
Washington, Keb. 21. The answer ta
the all absorbing question, "Docs the
tariff increase the cost rtf living?" Is
to be given by the men who made snd
forced through the present tariff bill
Senator Aldrich, Senator Lodge an J
Senator Hale. Washington has no doubt
as to what that answer will be; Indeed,
already the national capital Is prepared
for "a congressional whitewash" of the
Aldrlch-Payne-Taft tariff law, and Its
exoneration of all responsibility ?or in
creased prices.
The senators named 1n the foregoing
are In control of arrangements to con
duct a senatorial probe into cost of llv
Ing. At the head and controlling the
rrther senators is Senator Aldrich. boss
of the senate. Those who observed his
disinclination to admit any facts
derogatory to the high tariff bill dur
ing the tariff debate last spring and
summer have no reason to etpect that
he will pursue tactics differing from
(hose he employed then.
Tariff Exonerated.
- -. .Wax. tki. .'Lwall
, Jin pitri. 'i wl to I u -rn7 viounc 'Yr,.
known 'political writer here, who la
known to get his information directly
from Mr. Aldrich, today printed this:
"And It Is. of course, expected that
the probe into cost of living by the
senate will be made to show that high
prices are not due to the tariff."
This man was writing "by the card."
Both the insurgent Republicans and
Democrats are asserting thai the tariff
Is an Important factor In compelling
the people to pay prevailing high prices.
The Democrats base their claims on the
historic doctrines of their party. The
Insurgents base their assertions on the
proposition that although legitimate
protection when home competition was
had was not productive of abnormally
hlgh 'prlces, the formation of trusts has
eliminated competition at home, the
tariff prevents foreign competition;
therefore the people, nnder the trust
regime, are robbed to the benefit of
tariff-helped Interests.
President Tafts New Tork Lincoln
Day speech when he reiterated his
Winona, Minn., declaration that the
.Miss Ruth L. Doyo, the noted pian
ist c, sliown in Hip upper picture,
who won the musical honors of a
concert given in Paris recently for
the Jtenefit of the flood sufferers.
Relow Miss Doyo is Mrs. W. K.
Vanderbilt, and next Mrs. Whit
ney Hoff, the latter two' hoing en
ergetic patronesses of the affair.
The concert netted $5000 for its
worthy object.
(Continued on Page Three.)
AIRSHIPS 1
L
FLY OVER CITY
OR THREE DAYS
But Hopes to Visit the Coast
States Soon After Return
Advices via Paris.
OREGON TRUNK BRDGE
BILL PASSES HOUSE
i Wiishiagt'tn Bureau of Tbe Journal,
Washington., Feb. 21. The Fills bill
authorizing the Oregon Trunk to build
a bridge ' across the Columbia river at
Celllo passed the house today.
(t nited Pres. leased W'tre.)
Paris. Feb. 21. Former President
Roosevelt has confirmed Mrs. Roose
velt's declaration that the African hunt
ing party will not return by way of
Han Francisco and other' American Pa
I'ific coast cities, according t, a dis
patch received by a local news agencv
today from Gondokoru. The dispatch
quoted the former president as saying:
"I anr sorry that I K ill he unable
to visit my western friends on my way
to the Atlantic coast. 1 would like
Seas and Shores of Great Brit
ain Swept by Tempest for
Forty-eight Hours.
Arrangements Are Being Made
Today for Aviation Meet in
Which Three Machines
Participate.
London. Feb. 21.- Reports from vari
ous points along tho south and east
British coasts lndi'-at- that at least 100
persons lost ilielr lives in (he storms
that "have swept the British IsleK for
the last 4S hours. The storm has been
general all along tin- cuast and it Is
feared the death list will he much
larger.
No" news was received today of the
large steamer that was sighted last
night drifilriff apparently helpless off
Cat Craig, Scotland. It- is believed she
to see them, hut it Is Impossible at has gone down. ,
this time. I hope soon to he aide to Property damage on land has been
make a special trip to California and heavy.
other Pacific coast states."
According to a well known diplomat
here there are many reasons why Roose
velt must hasten home. Not the least
of these, he. stated, is the coming mar
riage of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
"It Is natural that the oung man
should want 'to be married in June,'
the diplomat said, "and It Is evn more
natural that his father should want tu
Lie present' at ' t ne ceremony.''
)
Vale Principal Resigns.
(Special Plapatch to The Journal
Yale, Or.. Feb. 2 1. As a result of a
conference between the special commit
tee from the chamber of commerce and
tlie members of the board of school
trustees of the Vale High school, pro
fessor D. Seeley, the principal, tendered
his riSlgnatlon to the trustees and It
I was Immediately accepted.
Portland people are about to ses men
fly. Charles K. Hamilton, who was ona
of the aeronauts at tha Los Angeles
meet, Is to bring his machine to Port
land and soar about in the clouds, and
will ilo so If negotiations now under
way are concluded satisfactorily,
Hamilton's manager, Crawford, of San
Francisco, is In the city and Is con
cluding arrangements this afternoon for
the meet. If ho is successful Hamilton
will bo brought to Portland for a thres
nays' exhibition, either on the fl st Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday . In March
or on the second Saturday, Sunday and
Monday.
A meeting of the Retail Merchants'.
Association was held this morning at
11 o'clock In the office of W. B.
Shively. at which time the details of
the proposed meet were discussed. Thla
afternoon Mr. Crawford met with the
agents of the railroad lines in the,
passenger department and discussed
rates from outside points to Portland
for the meet.
Definite arrangements bave not yet .
been made, hut it is practically certain
that the meet will be field, since nego
tiations have gone so far that fhero Is
practically no chance of the affair fall
ing through. The meet probably wilt
be held at the Country tiub grounds.
It Is expected that some one will make
several flights in. the Wemme airship,
which was ''brought from Los Angelo ...
and which has been on exhibition-In the,
city recently. In addition it Is xpct4
to secure the B ark hart alruhlp fioft ',
Albany, which" wtll also give, 'an e-
htbttlon-. , , . ; . .., .
Definite arrangement will ! prficf.
ed this afternoon, and as union t.i. !
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