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VOL. VIII. NO. 303;
:;;. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1910 TWENTY PAGES.
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CARDINAL SENDS BLESSINGS
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I ten6 tiiy btfusings - tipon-' ilh .
roues of all 'countries to be ;4
planted , unrtffr' thi auspice of
tle Portland Rosa sorloty. 4
May the roses of all nations
takn root and blossom forth and
mlnfrlp tlielr fragrAnce In your
beautiful city of roses, and by
this, symbol, may a gracious
providence prosper In unity and
harmony the . people 'of all na-
4 tlons who are gathered In your
4 splendid commonwealtli.
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS.
(United Ptet UtKd Wlra.).
Philadelphia, Feb. 22 Stale troops
for th& first time In the present strike
of ihe streetcar, employes participated
in a clash between union sympathizers
and stkehreakers this afternoon. A
number of cars stalled in the vicinity of
the Baldwin Locomotive works were at
tacked by a mob. Police and special po
; lieenven were swept aside by the throng,
which endeavored to reach the non-union
crews aboard ' the cars. A company of
state", fenclbtes, called out to do . polio
duty, charged' the mob, with fixed bayo
nets. The host lies -stood their ground
until the soldiers were almost upon
them, . when they broke and ran for
afety.
Scores of rioters were beaten by po
llen In a Rreat riot this afternoon In
front of the postoffioe building. Po
lice and rioters exchanged revolver shots
and two women were reported Injured.
The police used clubs and revolvers In
an effort to disperse a mob numbering
some 25,000 which attempted to wreck
streetcars.
President Murphy; of the labor coun
cil appeared at -the headquarters of the
t strikers this afternoon and denied that
ftp had cafled a Kenrai Strike. He de
clared that a misconception had arisen
btiouse Tie sent letters to the presidents
of all unions affiliated with the council
ssing them to Qf?certaln how their
members viewed the possibility of a
general Stri'je.
Murphy had announced that he
, liUfcnded to go to Washington to consult
President Gompers and Vice President
Mitchell of the American Federation of
jLaJmr, and endeavor to obtain their
sc'tmn for a genera! -strike.. Murphy, j
however, did not leave the city.
Most of the world joined with Port
land in planting roses in the city park ' else
this afternoon at 1 o'clock. All nations
having official representation in the
city Joined, through their representa
tives, in expressing good will and aiding
in the success of the exercises when
they were held.
Cardinal Oihbons. head of the Cathotic
church in America, sent his blessing,
which was read by Father (VHara, who
haTbeen delegated by Archbishop Chris-
lye to perform, that ceremony. Lnrg
numbers of Portland people lent their
presence to the event and aided in mak
ing it a success. .
Xa Bom Blooming- Time.
When the rose blooming, time has
come residents of ttnd, visitors to the
city will be able to 'see roses from
many lands, mingling . with the home
grown blooms in the beds set apaVt for
the collections at fhe park.
As though the people of , the east,
jealous' of the blessings of the Orcjin
climate, had invoked the disnleaKiirc of
the chief, weather man, a sudden storm
came out of 'the north last night and '
made the day me of the most disagree
able one? of the winter season. '
."The officials of the Rose Festival as
sociation, of the Rose society god
those . actively'.. lntertPd rhthe. ose
planting did not. let such n iinlitfii
evef,' and -ne program was sarrwn cm
as Intended, with a large- gathering
present to give support and applause
to tfce movement.
Automobiles -Gather.
At;$l:75 o'clock this afternoon a large
number of automobiles congregated at
Seventh and Stark streets, from where
ihey, went- In procession to the city
"park, where the exercises were held at
2 o'clock. In the proiesslon were Gov
ernor Benson, Mayor Simon, consuls of
foreign nn tlons, members of the board
of park commissioners,, the officers of
the Rose Society and of the Portland
Rose Festival association, and - other
rose enthusiasts.
Rosebrook s hand opened the exer-
with a musical number, following
which President Kmmett Drake of the
Rose society gave a short address. In
which he suggested that the rose plant
ing day lie made srt annual feature of
the city. Following President Drake;
Governor Benson, Mayor Simon nnd the
foreign consuls all made, short talks.
The - exercises, fallowing, the planting
of the roses, were closed by the .-fading
of. Cardinal Gibbons' blessing by
Father crarn..
Mr. Jfuaiano's Address.
The largest donation of bushes tnado
by a .foreign nation came from Japan,
where the city of Yokohama gathered
175 different varieties of Japanese
roses ami sent them to the Japanese
consul, Y. Nnmano, tor presentation.
In . making the presentation Mr.
Numano said: ;
"Gentlemen It affords me Infinite
pleasure that I am Jta be the medium
of conveying to you1 the united expres
sion of cordial greetings from the land
of the Rising Sun. On behalf of the
municipality of the city of Yokohama,
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Heavy Snowfall Is Ushered In
by Sharp Drop in Tempera
ture; Trains Run With,. Dif-
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WILL EXHUIE BODY DF
S. EDITH PEPOON ID
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COLD REPORTED OVER
ENTIRE NORTHWEST
Exception Found in Southern
Portion of Beaver State;
Moderate in East.
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Chicago, Feb. - Moderate
westlmr, with snow flurries pre-
vails In Chicago. The tempera-
ture at noon was 27. In the
east It was reported elundy, and .
was raining at Philadelphia this
t morning. Train Irafl'ie is mov- r
4 Ing about its usual. Farther
west trains aro reported to have
beeh delayed by a snowstorm
which prevailed In .Vortli ia-
4 kots Inst night.' There wan lit-
tie weather news up to noon, in-
dleating I hat. the weather In tho
middle west and east Is not gen-
erally bail.
Pendleton, nr.. Fell. J2.--The culd
(( preillcted ye.'terdnv struck this
section of the country last night and
this morning the temperature was down
to 12 nb:e zern. Stinw fell s'tcudtly all
day yestiMday and .fll this moiling, but
(Continued on page Twelve.)
Permission was given
Woleott of 111 Kast
street by I)r. Calvin' 9. Whlti , secre
tary of , the ktato board of hoalth to
day. io bring, the. body or her daughter,
Mrs. FJdlth. Pepoon, whom she thinks
was poison! ' -Northport, .Vash..
Into the state of -Oregon for.' cxairilna-"
Hon.
Arrangements were made yesterday
by Mrs. W'nleott ami Mrs. Karl -Pugh,
her daughter, with lr. Ralph Matson,
city hue tcrlologlst, for the examination
of the body. Dr. Matson will analyze
the contents of the stomach Jind search
for evidence of strychnine poisoning.
Prepares' for Exhumation.
If the weather permits. Mrs. Woleott
will leave for Northport tonight to
prepare for the exhumation of the
corpse, which lias been In the ground
for five months. At her request, Hr.
White has notified Coroner A. H. Cook
of Stevens count. and permission lias
been given by that official for the. re
moval of the body.
Plans have been made bv Mrs. Wol- I
cotl to have the body expressed to
Portland Immediately after it is dug
up. 'Tile e.a nitna t ion will lake place
at once In this city. If evidence of
strychnine poisoning H found arrests
will probably follow immediately.
Morton Crossan. at whose mountain
shanty Mrs. I'cpoon died, and who may
be the chief witness fur the prosecu
tion, Is expected to arrive In Portland
this afternoon. Ie Intends accompany
ing Mrs. Woleott to Northport and re
turning with the body of the woman.
Would Mortgage Horn.
Mrs. I W Woleott, mother of the
dead woman, today threw sidelights oil
her five months long' tisk to force jus
tice. Her daughter. Mrs. Karl Ptigli, of
Korty-slM!) and Belmont streets, cor
roborated her statements.
Mrs. Woleott is a poor woman. Af'cr
exnausllng her savings In gathering
cjdenee she stands ready to mort
gage her home to obtain moie mom y
with which to carry on the Inquiry.
During the period she has labor -1 i ou-
YV. tlnuRlly to force prosecution, she spin
Fnrtv-spventh 1 several hundreds or miliars.
Mtf. D.
tlnuHlly
1 several
With Mrs. Pugh, she worked with r
markable kceiinesH. Her task bean
when Cfosssn confided to Iwr his sus
picions, Tills-was-mi the day toll-wing
the funeral.
May Jones, the lS-year-ohi domestic
employed by the Pepoons, was the f i rut
to come under suspicion, brt she wus
soon eliminated from the Inquiry, aire,
pepoou died, following three convul
sions, Sunday afternoon. August ' 2.1,
1!t0H, about 8 -o'clock. Mrs'. Wolcotr stud
Mrs. Pugh arrived In Northport Tues
day, l'epoon and May Jones lie.-t hem
at tin- train. The Jones ulrl was tr
rayed In Mrs. Pepoon s cloili -s.
Ppoou Protests.
When Mrs. Woleott insisted en v'ew
ing the body, wulch had beei taken in
the morgue, l'epoon protested. Not
heeding. Mrs. Woleott look-'d at Kr
(dead daughter. Slie found the face
j blotched and swollen and I he hodv hor
ribly bloated. She discovered thii. i.o
I doctor had viewed the body or nad at
tended the woman before death.
(in Hie way from the Cr iss.ni cubi-i
In the morgue on the afternoon of the
funeral, l'epoon sat in the wagon beside
May Jones. She was -Ir-'-is-il in the
dead woman's coat. hat and skirt,
l'epoon joked and laughed ihiriu th?
ride.
"Not during our slay .Mi Northport.
did George Pepoon display any id nee
cf grief," declared the mo!l,--r anc iit
ter. . "lie seemed anxious for us to
leave."
Crossan. for two days, had menialiy
questioned the manner in will 'i Mrs.
Pepoon died. After the funeral lie told
Mrs. Woleott and Mrs. Pugii of hi-i mk
plclons. The trio set at work Investi
gating, When l'epoon was i!is.n' from
the house, Mary Jones was ;i;.ni iiway
on errands. The two women and
Crossan raked oyer the cabin.
Evidence of Poulplajr.
The party found seeral -.rpt-.' vials,
the labels on which testified that they
aeroplanes!
be feature of
Portland
Charles Hamilton Engaged to
.Make Flights,' Which .Will
Cover Three Days Many
Machines Will Participate.
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Establishment of Greenough
Bros, at Spokane; Loss
$125,000.
Spokane. Wash., Feb. 22 Fire de
stroyed Greenough Bros.' grocery sore,
one of the largest In the city, early to
day. The loss is estimated to he at
least $125,000. The fire originated
either from
Leaders at Cairo Not to Be
IndictedMore Mobs
More Likely.
a spark from the furpace
S Later Murphy announced that he had t through spontaneous combustion, and
rolled a general strike. Other and Puaoiy smouiaerea Tor nours neror
cooler leaders declared he had no a
4hority 'to call such a strike.
"Shortly after, making his announce-
most Murphy disappeared and rumor
Tiad It that he had been arrested and
was being held on a charge of Inciting
riot. 4
Pratt' Arret Xaoanaea T7mona
'Iib leaders," however, are aroused to
resentment at the- arrest of National Or
'ipnlBar C. O. Pratt of trio carmen's In
'tenatlonal union.
Pratt . charged wltb Inciting riot
and It Is reported that lje will bo held
by the police for some time -without bail
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being discovered. The entire fire de.
partment .worked In a temperature be
low rero. this being the coldest day
"spokane has experienced this winter,
Rumors of Abdul's "Death Persist.
Vienna, Feb. 22.-Rumors that Abdul
Harold, the deposed sultan of Turkey,
died yesterday, at, hfs villa In Salonlca.
where he has been a attfle prisoner,
are- persistent here today. Official de
nials have falles-to" convince the public
that the ex-sultan .is. still alive. Dis
patches from Salonica and Constantin
ople contained reportsiiof Abdul Hamid'-S
death, and these served to keep the
rumors. in circulation.
(t'nited Press Leiser fVlre.)
Cairo. 111.. Feb. 22. It Is reported
tonay mat no attempt will he made to
Indict ,the" leaders of the mob' that
muriiieu ine airo jan, wnere a negro
purse snatcher was imprisoned and
that precipitated a riot. In which Alex
ander afalliday. Son of a former mayor
of this city, was killed.
It is hinted that although Sheriff Nel
lis Is In possession of the names of tho
leaders, he would risk his life ,tf he
were to make them known. Feeling hero
la 'Intense, and ft Is feared another out
break will occur.
Rumors that night riders from Ken
tucky and Missouri arc planning to
come to Cairo and lynch the next negro
arrested In the city tire current. The
authorities are investigating a report
that an antl-blak society, formed pri
marily for the protection of those who
participated In the riots, is being organized.
APPLY PUBLICITY WHEELER HONORED
TO DANCE HALLS BY THE KAISER
University President Invited to
Accompany Emperor on
Cruise in North Sea.
(t'nlted Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, Feb. 22. Benjamin hie Wheel
er, president of the l"niversity of Cal
ifornia, has been signally honored by
American professor to .irtin him on
"I'll give the council a chance to solve
this- dance hall problem and I hope thev
will do something.'' said Mayor -Simon
this morning. "But if the coumil
doesn't act," he continued. "I think I
have a plan which will prove very ef
fect i e.
"MJ- idea is to hare tin; police arrest
as vagrants every couple they sec at
the dancing pavilions, that "are not
known to tne polire department. In this
way I think wo can cheek (he eyil.
people don't like to see their names
in the papers and they don't like to !
arrested and talw-n to the police station,
either."
"Why don't you close the dance halls
without further notice in view of the
fact I hat they are said to be Immoral
by the police?" the mayor was asked.
"Well. It's a rather, difficult thing to
put your flriger otj the offender even
when you believe there )R something
wrong," was the nniyor's reply. "Tin
police may he convinced that the Han.-oti i
are indecent but It would he a difficii'r ! planned to leave Berlin b.f,,r..
task to prove this in most t-ases. Tie
best way' to settle the question Is to
close tne dance halls -and 1 hope the
council will refuse to graflt them
Uccm-,s hereafter., However. if the
ENGTHEI
MAY STRENGTHEN
ORPHEUM CIRCUIT
English Music Halls and Amer
ican Vaudeville Syndicate
May Effect Combination.
(t'nlted Pros l.ensoi! Wire.)
New York, Feb. -'.' -An alliance of
vaudeville syndicate comprising the
iM-pheum circuit and an Kngllsh com-
Kmperor William, whose Invitation to j lunation nf mush , halls is being planned
eoi nctl'.wiU not act," I '
nana."
will try my
th.
a pleasure cruise iti the North Sea is
being conveyed to Wheeler today. The
kaiser's invitation has been extended
to Professor'!. F. Moore, exchange ed
itor at the Cnlversity of Berlin. Al
though no announcement of plans nas
been made by the professors It Is under
stood they will not be able to accept
the Invitation, as both have already
the de
parture of the kaiser's vessel.
According to present plans the kaiser
will leave Bremen on the North Ger
man I.loyd steamship Kaiser Wilhrlm
II on March 7. He will be accompanied
bv nearly a score of high officials of
the German navyt
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Jr. who have been negotiating with Al
fred Butt of l.-.ndon.
The combination would strengthen the
iirpn.uni circuit in America with the
choicest, of Knglisli teams and in Eng
land with the tiest American acts.
The combination is regarded in some
quarters as belnij intended to drive the
William Morrjs interests from the vau
deville field. The Morris circuit1 is
strong in the east and the Orpheum In
the west. F.a'-h vs reported to be plan
ning an invasion of the other's terri
torj and it Is h-Heved the Orpheitm
peopiehav. mad,e their first aggressive
move aeainst their rival.
The combination of American and
English Interests will Ik." effected by ex
changes of stocks.
Aeroplanes, famous ones, -local ones,
ones that hope to be famous, impossible
ones and. in fact, aeroplanes of every do-
scrlption. will fly at the grounds of
the Portland Fair & livestock expos!-,
tlon March 6, S nnd 7, according to plnns
completed by flint association yester
day. The announcement of the fact whs
made In The Journal yesterday, yet so
fast have the plans of the association
matured that today Manager D, O."
Lively was able to announce completed
plans for the rfvjatton meet.
The proposed meet was inspired by
Charles K. Hamilton, the man who,
driving the Curtiss biplane owned now
by K. Henry Wemme, president of tho
Portland Automobile club, made several
records at the Los Angeles aviation 4
meet, January 10-20. llamiltop . ha
signed a contract to make flights ex- ?
tending ' over tluce days. Should ..Ilia
weather be bad he will stay in Port
land three days longer before finally
abandoning the affair. -
Hamilton's contract calls for the "gfv .
ing of three llisthts, weather pefuilt
ting These flights a r schedtiied fof
March S. and 7, but should tho wea
ther prevent the holding of the meet
on any one of these three days they
can he postnored till March S, 9 . tod,
la. Tickets are to be sold for admission
to th grounds. If the flighti are pot
made the tickets will jedeemetl ' at
the regular purchase price. This mUill
Is included on the contract signed - by e
Hamilton. .
Allowances are being made bv HamlU
ton for breaking of parts. The. Ham- ; !
i 1 ton. outfit includes two full miw-hlne
a:iil parts capable of meeting witli till
a eidents. " -.'
Other Machlnsa.
Besides the Hamilton machines, Man- .
ng.-r Lively has be. n In coininiinlcdtlou.
with a Pirtlantl man who has given or
ders for two machines, whlen sru lm r
be delivered next week and which wl'il
be provided with driver. Th.m thertv
will be tho Wenun . Curtias .-tilplnn. : '
which !s in- Seatt! now on exhlblCon, . ,
but which h"s been ocl-red hero for
the- wee-k and which it is believed 4wllJ.
be driven by Howard M. tUtvey. ' .
For tho i'eiicf.tt of. local buililf,' ,
machines, the flssocfatictti ia 1f pt it
a special bonus for every waehin n.'
ing a flight. Alrewiy -ehrolied In -tills
contest are J.' C. Burkharrt, JscK i,kh
nlng, with two machiii, mi proifly
avveVal' Mhera. tf -1 fteiiovsd trt
there w UP. be at least faif d.eu -x
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