"VA:iT AD" lers
XJie to know facta abort property and
your ftd will soil yotir house mora quick
ly you teiaamtoer tliia. "
WANT ADS
cost on;; cent a word csn
Tho weather Fair tonight and
JOURNAL Cir.CULATiG::
tj:.sti:::iuv v.'as
probably Thursday.
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Engineer Ferguson Loses Con
V trol cf 0, R. & N. Passen-
4 gcr Train, Which Runs Intd
. Freicuj Cars.
JUMPS FROM CAB AS ,
ENGINE TURNS OVER
Seattle Man Only .Passenger
" Injured; $5000 Worth ot '.
. ' ' Property ' Damaged.' .
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 'I
INDIAN DIES AT GOOD ; ,
OLD AGE OF 115 YEAftS
(CnftH) frees letsed ' Wire.) "'
... Los Angeles, Dec. 14. Metowir,-
115 years old, a member of the
Kowakapl tribe. Is dead at - the
home of his daughter." Mrs. 'C.
A, Pachlto, of Los Angeles. ' Ills
funeral will bo held under the .
rites of the Catholic church. .
-Metowlr wa born In 1795 on '
what Is now tlm Mcko Grande
reservation, near Ran Diego.- The '
aped Indian opent the last JO :
years of Jits life -at the home of
his daughter He was. In xcel-;4
lent health until a week ago. One
of the last atjts of his Ufa -was
to make a graat Jndlan bow and
a' dozen arrowr for his great- ;
grandson, Philip Pachl to, - seven :
yearo ' of age. v , ; ' ;
WIEl'l CliEGIE
BI10.000.0DI)
fORE FOR PEACE
Income, Half Million Annually,
,to Be Expended "for Pur
poses of Peace," by Board
of 25 -Trustees. . t
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BROADWAYEKIDGE
BONDS ARE TO BE
MARKETED
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' Tout men were hurt and several
others badly shaken tip, Beveral cars
practically wrecked and the track
torn up for a distance' of, 200 feet
this morning at 11:30 o'clock, when
Engineer George Ferguson lost con
trol tf an O. R.' & N. train at the
foot of -Oregon street and Jammed
into two freight cars loaded with au
tomob Ilea. The damage to the eqnip
; ment of the railroad company is es
' tlmated at $5000. The canse of .the
;accidenti9 bald by Engineer Fergu
son to ha-ve' been the failureof the
air brakes to work when he tried to
stop at the East Portland depot :
13. K. ;Ha,H fit-$cfttttwas'flle:nly
rasser ger who was injnred; but his In-
Jurips are not serious. ,H6 was sitting
n one of the-front seats of the smoker
and was badly ' JammTed"ujl' when the
trains collided.
'Fireman "Robinson of the , Spokane
-train, jumped whoi ,ho aw.that acoIli
Jslon was iiumiiient and. suffered a badly
HinvlnedMeg.:-- X;f';:'r'y', V'-' -:--'-Knglneer
Ferguson remalnfid.. at nls
.von . until just., before ' it struck'-the
freight cars.jind then jumped almost aa
- the engine went over on Its side. He
whs badly shaken tip, but not seriously
jnliired. i'iV-: ;"' :" V ''..A :T
f" Engineer Steve killer of the relief
engine,; waiting to, haul the Spokane
Vtrain across the bridge intp the terminal
'yarids Van drills1 fireman,' Roy' Reed, were
both tiadly shaken up but not seriously
Jiobert Buah.V pprt?r '.on ,, the Spoksaw
traiii- w-uA standing ;ih tlie (Vestibule of
a tourist, car,
collision and hustled two littlfli children
;r r
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BP.L REPORT
II
0IIMPO01G
ft
Dickinson ' and Cannon Agree
to Withhold Information as ,
I t , . :
- to Preparedness.
(UbIM Pmn LMMd Wlwi. M -
Washington, Dec 14 Secretary of
"War Dickinson today'sent to the house
of representatives the 'answer ot the
war department to the resolution of
'' Congressman' McLachlan of California
- asking about (he country's preparedness
for war; ; An 'effort - was -': made to
mnotber tbs report, the speaker sending
word to Dickinson that it would be held
ecret .
' The secretary refused to give pub
' Ucly the Information . that the resolu
. tion .requested. ' It la understood that
the administration-deems it exceedingly
unwise to publish the weaknesses of
the national defense. ' ! :
McLachlan announced. that he , would
demand the publication of . the rpport
, Speaker Cannon turned to Asher Hinds,
the . house parliamentarian.' - Hinds In
" formed him that -the . document was
, marked confidential,- and therefore the
1 house could , not openly receive It and
demand mibliratlon. ' '
; The report was left In' Hints' posses
- - slon and Dickinson was notified Of the
action the bouse haa taken. .
ouncil Orders Issuance of
$500,000 for Early Sale
Obstructionists ,May; Have
Knocked Sale to Rollins.
TO ASSAIL OTHER EVILS .
WHEN WAR IS ABOLISHED
WHITEWASH GOOD ONLY
r .IN THE PERSONAL SENSE
Mr. Carnegie Indorses Univer
sal Peace Progam Pro
. , posed by jaft ',
The, city council this morning unan
imously adopted, an ordinance authoris
ing the Issuance of 500,000 Broadway
bridge bonds and directing that .they be
advertised for sale. , This Is -the city's
response to the refusal of Ix H. Rollins
& Eons of Chicago to pay for tho $500,-
000 bonds which they recently .bought.
ThV mayor, the city attorney and
members of the council1 declared that
the bonds, will be resold, but that Rol
Uns & Sons would bo put on tho unwrit
ten black list so far, a awarding then!
any moro bids is concerned. ' : J
The. message that Rollins & Sons upon
advice of ' their 'attorney,! Wood, ? bad
turned down the bonds was received
yesterday. The legality of proceeding
without ct of legislature authorising
tha building of tho bridge was ques
tioned, 'although the supremo court of
Oregon had declared the act legal. ' .
It was also contended that an .act Of
congress ' should have authorized - the
building Of the bridge; but this the city
attorney tfinds is hot necessary .when a
river, such as the viyammejawwhflny
within the eonflnes Of the staAO. , In the
letter there were references ; to "mob
rule" which highly Incensed tho city of
ficlaJa. - , -.:..-
"I believe it to be an attack upon our
lnitlaJiveAnd referendum," said City At
torney - Grant; ;"Tho obstructionists
should realize that . tb initiative and
referendum, whether they agree with It
or not, -has been mad law by the peo
ple. :S It is ft 'part of the government
and If they are good citizens or desire
to be, they will uphold the govenfcnent.
The attorneys who passed upon "tho first
$250,000 issue of Broadway bridge bonds
are perhaps the greatest bond attorneys
In the country and their judgment that
the bonds are legal so far surpasses that
of Wood that tho bonds are not legal.
that Wood seems scarcely to be meritor
ious of being heard.': .
City Auditor Barbur called attention
this morning to the fact that Rollins A
Son' bough,t the Inst $500,000, Issue ct
the ' Broadway bridge , bonds subject to
the approval of their attorneys, instead
oi in the usual way, suDject to. legality,
These with other things, particularly
the way in. which the letter yesterday
was composed, lead many -to believe that
Portland obstructionists to the .bridge
furnished the reasons for the refusal and
perhaps participated in the composition
of the letter. ,- . - - .' ,y.
It is -not believed that the action of
Rollins & Sons will In any wise defnr
construction of the Broadway : bridge
Since the amount received from the first
sale of bonds amply "covers first ex
penses. " ' ' ':i-l:i--:: v":
" ' tUnlled Press teased Wir.
Washington, Dee. 14. Andrew Can
eglo today donated' $14,000,000 'in five
per cent bonds to the new Peace Foun.
datlon and the income derived will be
used to effect International peace.
President Taft was . made ; honorary
'pfesldent of the foundation and ' Sen
ator Ellhu Root active nresldent Tha
iounaauon ,wiu make perpetual . dispo
sition annually or $500,000 for the pur
poses or peace, tsnouia the alms of
the foundation be successful, the funds
are then to be devoted to th abolition
or "The next most degrading evil or
evils.? .:-,:- --;::-,., v -Ay
In the deed of trust Carnegie says
; "Although w ho, longer ieat our feli
low men, sack cities and kil.1 their in
habitants, we still kill each other in
war, llke r barbarians. - Only ., wild
beasts' are excusable In ' doing . that in
this, the 'twentieth " century - of the
Christian era, "for the crime of war is
inherent, since it decides not iri' favor
of the right, but .always In favor iff
the. strong, i That nation is ' criminal
which ' refuse arbitration and drives
Its adveraunr It Is a criminal nation
that knows nothing of righteous judg
ment. ;' y-' -y hi." '. ' ' fi ,i '' .
"I believe the shortest and easiest
path-to peace lies In adopting Presi
dent Taft'S platform, put before i the
peace arbitration eoclety, March 22,
110."
submit "Honor- Questions. v v
"T'-bave. noticed,". Continues Carnegie
In the deed, "exceptions to our arbl-
BAliliiGER'S CASE
NOT YET SETTLED;
LET CONGRESS ACT
inchot Thus Defines Status
' and Indicates His Own Pur
pose to Pursue Matter to
' Farthest Conclusion: -
Majority Report Indorsed Pin-
,chot Policies; Coal the 1st
' sue, and Coal Saved,-
tTJnltrd Vrrmt LMd
, Washington, Doc.. 14.-Attacklng the
majority report of the Ballinger-Plnchot
consfesBlonal Investigating committee
and balling upon congress to place Itself
on record, Clifford Pinchot, former chief
forester pi the United States, today dis
cussed the rtcent so-called "whitewash
Insr' -"of .the feecretarr of. the Interior.
Plnchbt, in the course of bis statement.
characterised .Judge Balliuger as 'the
most H dangerous enemy conservation
ever had," and incidentally referred to
the clean bill given United State Sena
tor William. Lorlmer of Illinois by an
investigating committee of the body to
wmcn jjorimer was elected. '
; : ; Brief on Coal Claims Beady.
A brief on the Cunningham claims, on
which pinchot ' has been assiduously
working' for more than a ; month, will
soon be submitted to .President Taft.
Pinchot who has been In seclusion at
MUford, Pa while at his work, arrived
here "today to attend the session of tho
National Conservation association. It la
understood that lus .hag: completed tho
brief.' -. ) 4
'' Oounles Balliaarer' and lorimBr,
' Pinchot declared . that ttie "majority
report"' of the Balllngerv Ipvestlgating
committee supported i the. policies that
Ballinger had opposed and justified bis
own ideaa. : Pinchot issued the. follow
ing statement
"The majority report excited no inter
est and no-surprise, as it "Was .Known
tratlon; treaty as to the reference of from the beginning what the tenor of
questions of national . honor to courts,
of arbitration. Personally, J do not see
any more -feajson why matters of nation.'
(Continued on Page Two.)
ASKS
TO
FRANCHISES
OPERATE
CARS
NEW FRENCH SECRETARY
I AND HIS. PRETTY WIFE
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COililCILEII VOTE
AGAIi'ISTVACATR'G
EAST SIDE STREffi
Council Indefinitely Postpones
' ii .' . .
Acuon on uroinance 'Uivin'j
0. R. & fi. Portions of Pes
tle's Thoroughfares. .
SPELLS DEFEAT FOR
. , ROAD'S ENTIRE PLA::
William MacMaster Speaks i.i
Favor of Condemnation
: ' 1 Proceedings.
SELL LIGHT
Mount Hood Railway & Power
, Co. Wants Use of.'Certam
Streets East and West of
River for 25. Years. . ,
CALIFORNIA RAILWAYS
KILL 306; INJURE 2175
(United Vrtn Lenaed Wlr.
San Francisco, Dec. 14.-The railroads
Of California killed SOS persons and In
jured 217S during the 'year ending June
30, 1910, according to the annual report
of the state railroad commission, made
public today. Five less were killed dur-
ing the fiscal year 1908-1909, but nearly
(00 more .were maimed. X The ' report
contains .135 typewritten -pages- and" is
one of the most complete ever, submit
ted py the commission.
FEW HOPS FOR SALE ItJ OREGON .
WILL BENEFIT
PIU FAILURE
IltlD GROWERS
LITTLE BY
Salem, 0r Dea 14. Certain mlddle
jneh will get pinched as a result of
the failure , of Plncua & Co., and some
! speculators will Hap a harvest, but as
! far i as the effect on growers is c'on
'.Voerned it Is not j believed . here that
t tbey. will bo benefited ; by the rise In
prices that, is almost certain to . be
j brought about as a result of. the big
failure. It is estimated here that there
! are less than '450 bales of the 1910
crop in the hands of growers and they
v. will have, a tendency to hold. For sev
I, eral davs oast IS'A' and 14 ccuta.liavo
been offdrM'Tri" Mils vicinity, without
1 takers. There are no hops to be bad
! and middlemen who have contracted Pln-
cus hops with the brewers will get
'" pinched . .." :" ' " - '
Plncus bad no contracts to speak of in
this district v The company endeav
ored to get contracts early at a low
figure, but It Is not believed that there
were any. outstanding obligations. Jield
by the growers vf this vicinity against
Ptncus. - Those, who had contracted hops
to brewers, which they expected i to get
from Plncua, will be held liable on their
contracts and will have to look' else
where forhops which are not to c-e had.
Those growers who are. fortunate
cnousa,to-hv. toon n -hand -wtir ibene
fit largely from the PJncus failure, but
they are very few, Indeed. Ifopa In
hands of buyers are In great demand
today. It is believed, the price will ad'
vancesteadlly In a few davs.
Requests -foe 25-year ; franchises for
railway, light and power purposes, the
salient features of which include a
provision giving the city the option of
purchasing the properties "at the ex
piration of ; the franchises,; were sub
mitted to the city councll this, morn
ing ' by j tha .Mountv H9od, Railway &
Power .company. v J-vf-V-i -5 K t:" -!t.
The amount of compensation v to be
paid to the city In roturn for the rail
way privileges is not fixed, this item
being left In abeyance until the execu
tive board .of the city- shall have es
timated the cash value of tho f ranchise.
Provision Is made for the payment Of
this money In five installments of five
years each. ; The city is offered , two
per cent Of the gross earnings within
tha city limits on the electric light and
power, privileges. . " .-,.-'
-.The company proposea to. gam acces
to . the west side by .crossing the pro
jected Broadway ' bridge and traversing
number of downtown Btreets before
returning by the same route. 'The
streets over which franchises are asked
are as follows: -.;':''.. rr -
: Would TXse ; These Streets,
Crossing Railroad avenae and Sixth
street and then Villa avenue, between
Lincoln street and Railroad . avenue;
thence crossing Lincoln street; thence
crossing Ha.ssalo street at a point about
S20 feet west of Railroad avenue, en
tering, upon Barr road at. Bast Sixty-
second .street and continuing along Bart
road and Halsey street to East Twenty
fourth street; thence along East Twen
ty-fourth to Weidler street along Weld
lor to Wheeler street On Wheeler street
to Broadway, across the Broadway
bridge to Seventh Btreet; thence along
Seventh street to . Stark, along Stark
to Sixth street on Sixth to Pine street
ana DacK to seventh street
A " common user" clause is included
Iff- this ordinance, it being stipulated
that, any other railway .company shall
pe nuuea to use the tracks uuon ob
talnlng the consent of tho council and
agreeing to pay a fair proportion of
the cost and maintenance of the tracks
and other apurtenances used Jomtly.
-' ' To Carry Ho Freight. .
Continuing, the i ordinance ; declares
that no freight cars or freight trains
shall be operated, upon ... the xlty. atreetat
a nve ceni tare witnin tne ciiy limits
is providod and eight stops at pronor
tionate distances fixed for taking off
and lotting on passengers.
The council, however, is given future
the report1 would be. Forecasts and
polls of the Committee on rthe',ctual
result ' were printed in the newspapers
a few hours after the appointment of
the Committee.
"The standpat majority' did the easy
thing. It takes more moral courage to
assume the responsibility of deciding;
against a 'man high , In office than
to decide for him. The whitewashing of
Senator William Lorlmer la a good ex
ample of thf . . -
It's TJp to Congress XTOw.
The ,i people i long ago decided that
Judge Madison and the minority of the
committee, were right, Interest now
centers In the question of what action
congress will take. Time,, effort and
money have been spent on an investiga
tion and as yet no final result has been
obtained."
"When the court appoints a master in
chancery the master takes the testimony
to find the facts, and Oi rourt is bound
to consider the roaster's report and fin
ally decide the questions involved,' . In
this, case , congress is , the ; court : It
named a committee to take testimony
and cannot fairly avoid the responsi
bility of ruling on the committee's re
port. : ' ". ' ' ' "
r "I am pot concerned for my -own repu
tation or fortune in this matter. Irre
spective' of '.'whether congress favors
Ballinger or condemns him, It is evi-1
dent that the' people want their repre
sentatives to make a record of their own
on the- questions. : The constituents of
the men favoring the investigation are
entitled to know ; which of the' three
committee reports Congress approves.
. Victory for Plncho policies,
"Certainly the standpatters, believing
in the Ballinger kind of conservation,
are- entitled to the chance of going on
record to that effect I have one obser
vation to make." After the standpat ma
jority of the committeo had said what
it had to say in defense of Ballinger, it
proceeded vigorously to support the coal
land policy Ballinger had attacked. They
took the identical position that Price,
Olavts, Garfield and myself had defend
ed from the start: No stronger testi
mony to' the essential soundness and
justice of this policy could be given than
the emphatic support of the very men
who. have done, what they could to re
vive publje respect for the most danger
ous enemy the conservation policies ever
have had r
coU, STOt Ballinger, the Issue.
' "The question of whether Ballinger
was an-, unfaithful publlo servant is of
no consequence compared with the ques
tion of saving the coal in Alaska and
the water power everywhere. If the re
sources are saved the men against whom
the majority Of the committee decided
win. no matter what the majority says.
If the resources are lost, the people lose,
That Is what-the fight is about .
"When .the ficht began, the Alaska
coal was about to be lost to the people,
and the power sites had been opened
for entry; the conservative policy of the
last administration was reversed. Today
tlvt) fight for the resources la aa likely
to be won as it was likely to have been
lost before."
Mr. and Mrs. De Porettl de la Kocca, the new secretary of the French
embiussyi and his wife, who are well thought .of in Washington.
Madamo de Fcrctti de la Rocca in one of the most plctnrosque voyien
In. (lie diplomatic corpK Her friends say 'fehe resembles Marie An-
'( toinette. She Is a Mexican, and met her husband when he was an
- attache of tho French embassy In .Mexico City. f ." " '
Every member ; of the city coun. il
voted this morning not to give portions
of 13 oast side streets to the (X R. & K.
Co. The consideration of - ordinarK-. ';
providing for these - vacations, which
have been subject of a dispute for sev
eral months, was indefinitely postponed,
and this. is-considered equivalent to tin
permanent defeat of the entire plan to
make a trade between city and railroai
for property values desired bv each in
connection with the securing of right -i
of way for the Broadway bridge at
preaches. .
... The letter from J. P. O'Brien, genenil
manager of the a R. & N. Co., askln ?
the appointment, of a board , of arbitra
tion, two to be appointed by the railroa.1
and two by the city, with a fifth to be
appointed by the four, to act as umpira
In case they could hot agree, was re
ferred to the judiciary commtttee." Th
legality of such an appointment wn
questioned by Councilmen' Cellars an l
Lombard.- - ' "- - .
Hacataster Protests.
William MacMaster, president of the
chamber of commerce, came to thu
council meeting to protost against tlv
yacations. . Ha said the 'Chamber wilt
approve only one plan of action, namely,
condemnation !, of J ; Broadway - bridge
rights of way. . . .;
"We will always oppose the appoint
ment of a board of arbitration," sai l
Mr. MacMaster. (i"That is no proper way
to proceed. The .only proper .way to
proceed is i to institute ; condemnation
proceedings, and that is the otJv llne of
action whlth WtU 'be acceptable to. the'
chamber of commerce, I am sure."
"I want to congratulate The Journal
JESS PARKER IS ;
FOUNH GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHTER
Jury Out 12 Hours to - Minute;
Evidence Badly Mixed; De
fendant Indifferent to J Re
sult of Trial. . -
CHICAGO FURRIER'S . ;
- EMPORIUM LOOTED
. QF EVERYTHING IN IT
(folted' Pwm teued WtrO
i' Chicago, Dec , Jt4w S. . SUber'-
man, furrior. reijorted to the po-'
lice today that robbers had
MPfli-roiv aim naa uiKC-a
4,200 mink skins and other -val-4
liable furs. Ho said - the store
' bad been practically cleaned out
and estimated his Iobs at $21,000.
CITY WILL COMPEL
RAILWAY COMPANY
TO PAV OH BRIDGE
, . .
(Continued on Page Three.)
HATTIE IE 6LAIIC
Council Instructs City Attorney
to Collect Part of Cost. of
28th Street Bridge on Ac
- count of Old Franchise. '
CLEARED: CROVD
CHEERSHCI
Jury Out : but Short Time
Asked, for Statement, De
fendant Reasserts her In
nocence; Wants to Go Home
La Urande. Or.. Dec .14. Just 12
hours to the -minute from the time the
case vas given .to the jury a verdict
of manlaughtcT was reached by,, the
18 men who heard the evidence in the
trial ot Jess Parker, accused-of shoot-
lnir his father-in-law. The. jury re
tired at exactly 6 ociock last nigui
and returned - a verdict at exactly 6
o'clock this morning.
Parker Bhbt his father-in-law , at the
victim's home during a , quarrel with
his wife. Who, was seeking , a dlvofca
Parker and his wife were in a dispute
at " that particular moment- over their
little son and during the dispute Porter
rushed up. Parker shot! him dead.
The defense claimed self-defense, say
ing that Porter came at Parker with a
gun in bis hand. At various times and
places the family -troubles reached acute
stages, and guns played important parts
Often. The trouble between the Parker
and Porter families was long standing
and in t lodges, churches and other or
ganizations tigureo - conspicuously, in
that they attempted to settle it
The defense, refuted the testimony of
the state and the state, of the. defense.
so that to tbe casual listener to the evi
dence it would be impossible to Judge
which side had the beet or the argu
ments. i Parker expected an acquittal,
though was unperturbed, and ; through
tho entire case has assumed an. indif
ferent air. bis friends showtng more
nervousness than he. He 'Will be sen
tenced within a few days, though it Js
supposed his case will be appealed.
COLOR LINE STREAKS
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L
EDERA
PATRONAG
E
Washington, Dec 14 President Taft's
inclination to nominate William Lewis,
a negro lawyer of Boston as assistant
attorney general is apt to bring down
a storm upon' the . president1 head.
Booker T. Washington and Speaker Can
non will b Involved In the controversy
unless "w"-mirblew(TjTrstmcnf Is
reached.' - Washington IS stoutly insist,
ing on the appointment of Lewis, while
It Is understood that Caimon is as stub
bornly opposing-it . Speaker Cannon's
Objection is based, it is stated, not so
much on a question 1 of race," as of
economy.
fcity Attorney Grant ' was Instructed
by the city council this morning to in
stitute cgal proceedings to, compel the
Portland Railway, Light &. Power com
pany to pay for Its share of the cost
of constructing the East Twenty-eighth
street bridge,- recently accepted by -the
present city administration after it had
been rejected by the Lane' administra
tion. ..The bridge was first overhauled
and .repaired, however,: to the .satisfac
tion, of Waddell'& Harrington, eminent
eastern engineers, employed to supervise
the alterations. .
Before a suit can be brought, against
the street' railway corporation it -will
be necessary for the city - council to
pass an ordinance assessing ,its portion
of the cost of' the bridge against the
company.; If it refuses ' to pay , after.
this step bas been taken, then the City
attorney Wi 11 ' at vonce proceed to take
legal recourse. - - y-;,:yy.,-i
The company formerly ; had a fran
chise on East Twenty-eighth street, but
when the- city started to build the
bridge "the? company declared Its inten
tion of abandoning the franchise, pre
sumably so it would not have to stand
part of the expense of constructing the
viaduct V- .' 4 v ;-V v
Former City Attorney Kavanaugh
held that it could not abandon the fran
chise in' that case, - and that , the com
pany can be compelled to tay a share
of 'the assessment. J,V ? -:-iK1'
Accompanying the resolution, which
was Introduced by Councilman Menefee,
was a, long, petition' signed by nearly
every property owner In tho Immediate
neighborhood of the bridge, calling upon
the city to force tbe company to comply
with the law.
- Once the company has paid the as
sessment it will be more, readily dis
posed to push Its line out East Twenty
eighth ' street and through a thickly
settled district that is now without
adequate street car service. ) ;
TW0 DEAD; 2 WILL DIE;
, COLLIERY EXPLOSION
;''."' " ' '' . ' - :' i . A .
' (United' Ptm Lcied WIr.l .
Ravensdale, Wash., Doc. 14. -Two men
were killed and two fatally injured in
an ;exploslpn,fiCiasJa-tUainlae.4
yesterday.. . Ivan tale and 1a - Maurish
were. Instantly killed. John Ash and
Andrewi Johnnon who were rest-upd a
few minutes after the blast by workers
from the surface, will probably die. The
rescuers mnnagod to get out four men
who were in the lower levels of the
mine. . , ' " .. '
(United Ptmw lrf Wln.i
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. I4.r-Hattle Le
Blanc was acquitted of the murder of
Clarence Glover by a jury, here today,
after a brief deliberation. , When the
court had completed the'' Instructions to
the Jury, Miss Le Blanc was asked if
she desired to make a statement
"I . didn't kill : Clarence Clover,' she
said,' tremblingly. "I want to go home
with my father." ; 13 '
" Wild cheering followed the announce
ment of the verdict .Public sentiment
has been strong for the 17-year-old de
fendant i -: ''";" ;::'.,"; " A'-irf. . ,
Miss Le Blanc was accused by Glover '
in his dying statement.
Wattle shot me," were hl last words.
' f The girl eat with her father and her
aunts while the verdict was being read.
The trial was one of the most sn
tional ever held in this section. Glover
was a wealthy laundryman. Miss I."
Blanc Is a poor French-Canadian, girl
whom Glover' took from her homo in
Canada to educate. . . -
Glover's wife was the principal wit
ness for the prosecution. ' .. :
' The court's charge was generally re
garded as favorable ; to the defonno.
Judge Bond dwelt at considerable length
upon tho reasonable doubt as to thi
defendant's guilt, and pointed out that
the evidence was Circumstantial. ;
The girl swayed slightly as she n.rot.
to hear the verdict ! When "not guilty '
was pronounced' Bhet seemed about to
faint. . Then she burst Into tears. Lati-r
she recovered and. smiled at the juror.
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