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JOHN F. STEVENS WILL
. GUIDE WORK IN STATE
Willamette Valley System to
Be Gridiron in Future; 10th
St. Franchise Accepted. ;
Feeling fine, In good spirits and tre-
mendously pleased with what he has
Men In a way of railway and agricul
'tural detelopmenfdurlng the two days
i he'spent In Oregon, James J. Hill, em
pire builder, left! Portland this morning
for St Paul, by way of Puget Sound c.H-
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James J. HilL '
i ies an4 : Vaneowvef, "B. C The HIU
special, consisting of a locomotive, a
baggage car and two coaches, left the
1 North Bank depot at ,8:31 . ....
Mr. Htll saw the Oregon Trunk for
the first ttme yesterday in company
? with President John F. Btevens, General
Superintendent J.. Russell, of the S. .P.-
, ft 8, Chief Engineer R. Budd and the
frinnAa that rnnHtiitv1 the Hill nartV.
II expressed himself more than pleas
ed with the construction or me reaa
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; Burrowing for Jewelry Stock
' Criminals Kill Two' Police- .
men and Escape.
CUoited Press Leesed Wii.t
London, Doc. 17. Burglars who killed
" two policemen last v night in a pistol
duel with five officers were tunneling
;to a vault .containing $100,000, aceord
lng! to information, given out at Scot
land Yard. ' i ; .,... .
. The robbers ' had started the tunnel
from a house in Cutler street to the
.vaults of the Henry Harris - Jewelry
shop at Houndsditch and the boring was
nearly completed. , A policeman dis
covered the tunnel and summoned help.
In the fight that followed two police
i men were killed - and the robbers es
caped. ' Fifty detectives (are seeking the
: burglars. . - -
THE
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.The Magazine )a n d
-Woman's Section for
Tomorrow Will ' Be
Replete With Attract-
ive Xmas' Features
LATEST rEWS
.FROMXOCALJiJaD.
FOREIGN FIELDS
ME
Affected by the closing argument of
her attorney, asking that, the Jury find
her guilty and let her be banged if It
cannot, make her- a free woman, Mrs.
Carrie fiersh reached the point of col
lapse, in the circuit court this morning
in the closing hours of her trial for the
murder of William A. Johnson on June
Seneca Fonts, ber chief counsel,' told
the Jury it was unreasonable to believe
that this ' woman U the monster pic
tured by the state. He, told of her
trials, her unhappy life with her hus
band and the cars she has ' given to
her baby boy. . ' ' "
';Wewant you to let us go out from
this courtroom,, so she can say to her
child, ,'Come to my arms, my boy,' H
Fouts exclaimed.- "We' want a verdict
so she can go to some other: place with
her boy and forget this tragedy. We
want no verdict of second ' degree or
manslaughter. If you cannot turn us
free, we want to pass into oblivion and
not stay hero on earth to pine and
grieve away."
Mrs. Kersh wept as her attorney made
this plea for her life, and when - the
noon adjournment came she sank back
in her hair when shs started to rise.
Jail Matron Cameron assisted her to her
feet and she walked ; slowly from the
County Judge Cleeton and Commls
sloner Ughtner, after being taken up
and lowered half a doxen times on the
lift span of the new Hawthorne bridge
today, were . highly pleased with the
operation of the draw,! and the , final
acceptance of the bridge is apparently
close at hand. ,- . ,. ; ':
Engineer Clark, the designer of the
bridge,.: accompanied the officials and
-stated that the last odds and ends of
work will be cleared up this afternoon.
He asked for a test "tomorrow morning,
and said he would lx ready to turn the
bridge over tomorrow afternoon. -', The
county court wiU . confer with its . en
gineers, and unless something now un
known Intervenes the county will tell
the city authorities on Monday that they
are rendy-,to take control and pen to
the public, v
Judje Is Pleased, - .
i '' ''This' Is a (revelation to me," said
Judgo Cleeton, after, he had Visited' the
operators' . tower and had been - taken
up in the air half a dozen times, to dif
ferent heights, once to let a river steam
er pass underneath. T had thought
there was difficulty In landing the big
draw, that its speed '. could not be
checked when desired, , The operation
today shows - that stops' can be .made
anywhere and. the speed, . lessened - or
increased at the will of the . operator.
Unless ' there Is. something - else we
know of the bridge will be opened with
out further delay, probably Monday."
. Commissioner Llghtner was equally
pleased, and both officials were grati
fied at the way landings were. made by
employes of the county, the men who
are to have the netual operation in
hand. Operators Hicks and Doyle each
worked the levers taking the big spaa
up and down, and they took it into po
sition with the greatest ease. ' To illus
trate the' manner in which the span may
be handled, stops were made 13 inches,
six inches and four. Inches before the
draw came Into place, without any suoh
Jars or Jerks as occasioned alarm when
the first, tests were made. , . . i
, . Attendants Get Orders.
The county gatetendera of th new
bridge were ordered to report- for' duty
tomorrow and become famirlar with
their wtfrk, - in expectation that the
bridge can be thrown open to publlo
use on Monday.
Agreement Among , Magnates
Such as Jo Give Coast s
Best from Everybody. -:
' (United Irs LeMd Wire. '
Seattle, Deo. 17. John Cort is again
In Seattle, after a, long and hard strug
gle with the 'powers in the theatrical
world in Jfew York. He has been ab
sent from the toast for several months.
Touching Upon the present status of the
theatrical syndicate and theatrical1 "af
fairs in general throughout the United
States, Cort said :
.'All down through Texas, : Colorado,
up to Salt Lake, Montana, Winnipeg and
Duluth; the worthy attractions are play,
ing to capacity houses. All of iwhlch
convinces me there is nothing to these
hard times whisperings. ; o s. .' 'c
"There were differences on' questions
of booking existing between.: the Na
tional Theatre Owners' association and
Charles Frohman and Klaw & Erlanger
which have been adjusted Without the
necessity of any written agreement or
any so-called signing of a truce, as the
papers stated. . I do not think that i of
an y. ioeal -4nter?t. -"v hatfam'sli re"6 f
is the fact that It has been arranged
that this northwestern country shall get
the best attractions of both sides of this
HAWTHORNE BRIDGE APPROVED
; BiNESS RUSHING
controversy."
courtroom, leaning heavily on the arms
of her vigilant ' keepers. ,
' judge Morrow has given instruction
to the attorneys to close the argument
by 4 o'clock this afternoon, -, He al
lowed two hours and 30 minutes on each
side for argument - - Allowing an hour
for. the instructions of the court; the
case will pass into the hands , of the
Jury about 5 o'clock. V'i ''Hi
Deputy District .Attorney Collier
opened the argument for the state this
morning.'; He spoke for an boor and
IS minutes, reviewing the testimony at
some length, --;". ."?'';
5 It was not Johnson this woman
wanted," he said. "It was money, mon
ey, money. She led him on, pretending
she would marry him, and all the time
she was meeting Jesse P. Webb, her old
paramour, and planning with him the
death of Johnson. ' It was a , craze for
money; that made the motive for this
murder, and she, a woman, should be
punished Just as the man should be,"
John C. McCue, In thje opening argu
ment for the defense,' spoke 55 minutes.
He made an Impassioned effort in behalf
of ' his client, declaring much of the
testimony of the state to be false.
He said the evidence is far too small
to warrant the Jury In taking human
life.
The final argimient for the state will
be made this afternoon by Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Fitngerald.
. B. R, : Weidman. engineer of the
Broadway bridge, also Visited th new
b pan during the tests today, and was
well pleased with the mechanical show
ing. ArrUrlng with a somewhat unfa
vorable Impression, he left with the feel
tog -that the bridge will be a success..; "
'The acceptance- of the new Haw
thorne avenue bridge Is now bein de
layed until the county court takes the
responsibility o operating the lift tn its
present condition," said Mayor Simon
this morning. "I am willing to accent
the span for my part, as I believe it
is a well built structure and wUl meet
the, requirements of the, contract except
for a few minor details. But these can
be attended' to at any time and should
not hinder the use of the bridge by the
PRINCESS ADELAIDE
: NEW COAST STEAMER
malted Preu Lesacd Wlre.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 17.-The steamer
Prtncess Adelaide, the latest addition to
the fleet of the British Columbia coast
service on the Canadian Pacific, reached
Victoria shortly before noon today from
Newcaetle-on-Tyne. ; The Adelaide was
boarded up for her long voyage of over
15,000 , miles., .After spending several
days at the company' wharf she wlB
enter the Victoria-Vancouver service, .u
The Princess Adelaide will be superior
to aiT other of the company's, steamers
with ' regard ti anoointments for ih
comfort and convenience of passengers.
.mere are xj.s siaierooms, a large num
ber provided with hot and cold water.
The grill room will seat 100 persons.
The steamer has a speed Of 18 knots an
nocr. : ' ;
VILE COUNTY IN
Fearing Hydrophobia Epidem
ic, Men -of Wallowa Form
Army to Slay Beasts.
The coyotes are be lag slain today tn
Wallawa county. Aroused by mad coy
otes that have bitten children, sheep,
dogs and hogs, toe men and boys have
organised into an army forthe exterm
ination of the beasts. The hunt ac
cording to a message received from
Dr. C T. Anderson, the Wallowa county
health officer, by Dr.. Calvin S., White,
state health-officer, will continue until
tomorrow night and longer if neces
sary. ' v
Dr. Anderson ' reported that since a.
mad coyote bit Johnnie Bosely at Flora
In Wallowa county, many other coy
otes with rahies have appeared in vari
ous sections of the county, biting others
Of ; their : kind, and showing absolutely
no fear of men. ; -
Johnnie Bosoly has been in Portland
under the care of Dr. White. He was
given yesterday tho twenty-first dose
of the Pasteur treatment, which . was
sent from Washington for the purpose.
He will be sent book to his home' today.-
His father and mother are with
him.:. ' - ;-,,';:; vv;-
Dr. White believes that, although the
coyote which bit the Bosely boy un
doubtedly had hydrophobia, he has been
immunized . from' the disease. ; fJegrl
bodies, germs of rabies, which were
taken by Professor - Pernot from the
brains of -sheep and a hog that were
bitten : hy ', the coyote that . lacerated
Johnnie Rosoly's face.,.Mva...bean-.lB
Jected"intd the blood of rabbits and a
dog. f The time for the inoculation to
take effect has not elapsed. One of
the rabbits died Immediately alter be
ing Inoculated.
BIG COYOTE HUNT
' Oft NILU SIDE
600 FT, FRon
only ittu dc
r WORTH
. draw
STANDPATTERS IN
PLOT TO THROTTLE
E
Resolution in Senate Providing
; for Direct Election of Sen
MatorsJo Bo.Kcptn Com
s mittee to End cf Session. .
f (United Press Leue4 Wire.) :
Washington, Dec. 17. The steady
growth " of sentiment for ' the direct
election of United States ' senators to
day caused leadlngr standpatters to con
fer over plans to head off the move
ment It is, asserted by mends of the
direct election plan that Senators Halt
and Root are endeavoring to keep In
the committee on Judiciary a resolution
calling for the direct . election of sen
ators, and that they hope to succeed In
holding the measure in committee un
til the end of the present session.. The
committee, it la said, (Is about evenly
divided on the question.,. ., v.":', v ; -
It is believed that if a constitutional
amendment Is submitted to the people
it will be adopted. , - The house four
times has passed a resolution favoring
the direct election plan, and each time
the senate ha killed the measure.
States practically on record as favor
ing direct election of senators are:
Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Utah,
Kansas, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, South
Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Nonth Car-
Una, Tennessee, Montana, Wyoming, Ne
vada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri,
Iowa, Oregon, Louisiana, Colorado, Ken
tucky," Pennsylvania, Nebraska ' and
Oklahoma.
Legislatures in a majority of these
stales have already voted In favor of
direct election of federal senators.
POSSE SEEKS MAN WHO '
. MURDERED F0.R MONEY
(United Pri tiMMd Wire.) .
San Diego, CaL. Dec. 17 A posse un
der Sheriff. Jennings la searching the
Jamul valley, 30 mile east of here, for
the murderer or u. a. Mao, a 46 year
old rancher,-who was shot and killed
yesterday. Mau's body was found by
his brother when he returned from a
trip to Jamul last night The cabin
was in disorder and' had been robbed.
The brothers lived alone on the ranch,
which 1 In a lonely spot In the valley.
It Is believed they had a large sum of
money Secreted in the cabin.- It is not
known whether the murderer found any
money. ..-:;.:.;.-A;v i : v::
RASPBERRIES GROWING
IN PORTLAND DURING
MONTH ' OF DECEMBER
. , Red raspberries, as luscious as
the summer products, are grow-
inrf In and around Portland. Sev-
eral . branches taken .from the
bushes of F. A. Ball In Wood-
, stock have been; brought to The v
O Journal of flee. They are of the ,
Cuthbert ; variety, : and were
4 - grown In the open. . , . , .
It. " W. ; Crane, retired, : who ' is
4 living at Courtney station on the
O. W. P. line, six .miles from
Portland,, brought branches from
f his bushes to the city yesterday, 4
. bearing not only,, berries, but
blossoms; with promise of ' later
4 " fruit if they are .n,ot' killed -by
4 ; frost. Mr. Crane says be believes
.!. that the present berries form the
4 third crop, and he and his family
4 ; have been - eating them since
June. .',. u
' December berries are also be-
jnK Uicrea,m.j&aara.i.Br.iv--
Chase of 304 Monroe street He -
expects to have them as a Christ-
; mas dish. .
POPLAUR
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PROJkCT .. FROM HIU.3IPC
Diagram Showing District Through Which New Sewer
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SMALL DISTRICT .
DRAINED BY BIG
Section Line Sewer Runs Along
Hillside Where Few, People
- Get-Any Benefit From th
Improvement . v I
The offtce of City Engineer Morris
haa Just completed 7th construction
of a sewer on Division street ana tne
Section Line road between East Thirty-
ninth street and East Sixtieth street;
The sewer Is of unreirtforced cement
construction and .ranges In size from JO
to 3S Inches, t The estimates made oy
the contracting firm give the , cost Of
the 80 inch section at I1J.S93 and of
the 33 inch section at 17228. This is
for the trunk' line and does not Include
the laterals, nor does it include- approx
imately ' J5000 charged extra for rock
excavation along the line of the, 30 Inch
pipe. From East Forty-eighth street to
East Sixtieth street, the end of the
sewer, the sewer Is capable of draining
but a small part of the hillside to the
north and Is practically useless as a
sewer so far as the big district to the
south is concerned. , . ' J, !
From East Fiftieth street the point
where the Mount Scott canine crosses
the Section Line road, to East Sixtieth
street the end of the sewer, it, will be
practically Impossible for the property
owners to the soutn to arain tneir prop-
(Continued on Page Three.)
Still Raging, and Enormous
Damage Done to Shipping;
Many. Lives Lost.
(TTnttitd Pme Lnaed Wlr.l
London, Dec 17. A six days' storm,
causing the wreck of dozens of small
craft and countless deaths, continues
today unabated. 11
6 Scores of bodies have been . washed
ashore, hundreds of souare miles of land
along the large streams are under water
and southern Wales is inundated.
The Selsey peninsula, which, previous
to a storm a century ago, was an Is
land. 'has again become an island, the
connecting strip of land ' having been
destroyed. The inhabitants of Selsey
are Isolated. :;
' "The . damage on the' south and "west
coasts of Great Britain Is enormous,
In addition to the ",. havoc wrought by
the storm, icy weather prevails and the
suffering among the poor and homeless
la very great
The rivers are at the highest point
The Thames, has flooded vast areas in
Warwickshire, Shropshire, Radnorshire,
Somerset and Essex, i ;,.," v-;--, m ;
Tremendous ' Earthquake ' Recorded.
(Catted PrM Leaned Wlra.
Cleveland, 0.,-Dec. 17. An earthquake
similar to that which wrought such
havoo in the island of Java many years
ago, waa recorded on the seismograph at
St.. Ignatius college last night The rec
ords of the two quakes are being: com-
-hemimissJtTghregan
9:12 p.' m. The main disturbance was
reached at ,9:47.' The' shocks ended at
10:31.- The 'estimated . distance of the
disturbance from Cleveland was 6000
mil '
CEMENT
PIPES
SIX DAYS; STORM
ON BRITISH COAST
System Built.
INSURRECTOS PUT
DIAZ FORCE OVER
LINE IIP TEXAS
Movement by Madero Sup
posed to Have for Its .Ob-
icct Division of the Federal
Forces. in" Chihuahua.,
(United Prni Umed Wfea)
Kr-Paso, Texas, Dec ' 17. A general
advance of tho Insurrectionary forces
that for weeks have .been concentrating
near OJInaga began today and the cav
alry of the Insurgents clashed . with
Mexichn federal troops at Hacienda, 14
miles from Ojlnaga.. It is reported that
the rebels drove Diaa' troops from their
position and stampeded the federal cav
alry over the international line into the
Big . Bend country in Texas.
This engagement Is said to h the
beginning of a movement by Francisco
Madero to divide the government troops
in Chjhuahua In the eastern and west
ern sections of the state.
In western- Chihuahua General Na
varro's forces are .demoralized as a re
sult of weeks of guerrilla fighting. The
morale 01 the government soldiers is
very poor and It is reported that many
of the privates desert to the insurrec
toa after every clash. - A report that
General Navarro was captured could not
b confirmed.
It was learned today that General
Hernandea, with reinforcements from
Chihuahua waa cut off by a superior
number of rebels and unable to effect
Junction with Navarro, v Messages in
dicate that the rebels number 4000 men
and that they are preparing to strike a
decisive blow.:
The people of Chihuahua City fear
that the first move of the Insurgents
will be to tear tp the Mexican Central
railroad tracks and Invest the city. Bus
iness is at a standstill and wild rumors
keep the people in constant alarm.
The capture by the lnsurrectos of La
Junta Junction, a point on the Mexican
Northwestern railway was reported in
today's ' dispatches.1 After desperate
fighting the federal forces, surrendered
the town and laid down their arms. The
lnsurrectos then advanced upon Madera
and Minaca.
: BY FALSE BEARD
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' '
Sister Flora ll. Bilkiss Makes
Scene With Salvation Army
. Captain at Spokane.
' :( 8iftal Dltpitcb t Tb Joornal.) '
Spokane, Deo, 17. Decrying the Sal-J
vatioa Army workers as , "grafters," i
"Sister" Flora M. Bllklss, a street mis
sionary, this morning created excitement
on Riverside avenue by stripping a Sal
vation Army captain of his Santa Claus
beard and wig and kicking his donation
po into the street ,
v The- .surprised Salvation army cap
tain seized Slater Bilkiss and clung to
her for dear- life until an officer took
possession of her. - , ,
"Anybody who will dress as ' Santa
Claus and will teach." little children
U.l'Hihe-.aid,-L'U"Bnath-witPTn-pt
There's no Santa Claua in the Bible."
For the past week Sister BUklss has
beem working in an effort to arrange a
Christmas ; dinner for the prisoners in
the Jails of Spolume, v , -, -
PLUCKS OLD SANTA
Second Rescue , Party Makes
z the Discovery; Unfortunates
: Overcome in Attempt to Es
, cape Deadly Gas. . ;
SEARCH" FOR OTHERS IN
PROGRESS IN PASSAGE
Bodies Are Found . Half Mile
From Entrance; Further
' Disasters Predicted. '
" . (Ualtcd Pwes Leew4 Wire.)
Denver, Cola, Dec. 17. The bodies of
four miners were found In the LeyaVn
mine, today ' by rescurers. The dead
miners were huddled toeethpr hohinri
a steel door in the passage leading from i
shaft No, ,1 to shaft No. 2. The door
had been closed, evidently , in the hope
that the men might '. escape the deadl y
gases that followed the explosion. They
were overcome as they attempted to
PBuri mw iresn air. ne rescuers are
searching the passage In which the
bodies were discovered.
The bodies were Identified as those
of Frank Kisgart, Lester Jones, Levi
Devi and . Frank Augustine. The last
named was night foreman.
The rescue party was headed by R. E.
Francis and J. W, Thomas of the gov
ernment rescue bureau. The men were
lying in an alcove of the main tunnel
2800 feet from the entrance. The firo
had not penetrated so fax into the mine
and the bodies were not scorched.
Families of the dead men were wait
ing at the main entrance when the dis
covery waa made, It was thought best
to break the news tojthem gently and
the bodies were taken out Secretly.
News of the discovery, was Imparted to
the newspaper reporters but others were
kept in' Ignorance, -v-, :
- All hope of rescuing the 10 miners en
tombed in tunnel No. 2,ef the Leylrn
mine was abandoned today ' when t!,a
first divlafofttof oxygen helmcted search-,
era returned to the surface1 and report!
that they had failed to find the impris
oned men.';- '"'-' 'a '''4,-v
A relief corps' that followed the first
division then set on t to explore the ex
treme right wihg cf the mine, the only
part of the-tunnel that the first party
had not reached. At 10 o'clock this
morning the men had been entombed 63
hour.,-.'v'. '',':.',''''-,''",'- '-.-''.'- " :
ynrther Disaster Predicted. ,
. State Labor Commissioner Brake. why
nas neen investigating 'tne Lcyden ex
plosion,, today predicted that others of
the same kind would follow In mines in
this vicinity within the next b!x months
unless steps were taken to safeguard
against it,:,' .:::-;,.--,.'
"There win be more explosions and
more dead miners, unless something la
done," said the commissioner. "Th
Colorado Fuel & Iron company's mlnrs
at Hastings,. Soprts and Englevilie are
in partlcuiarly bad shape, and it is my
belief that explosions will occur there
unless radical measures are taken to
safeguard the men.".
In Some Cases Lower, at Lon
don Sales; 16,000 to 17,
000 Skins Year's Catch.
Victoria. B. C Dec. 17. The sealskin
Sale' held yesterday at ' Lampson's in
London, at which the total, catch, over
SOOO skins, of the Victoria pelagic -fleet,-,
the United . States government take of
12,(fbo from the Pribftot. rookoriea an.l
catches of locally owned schooners in
the south Atlantic and Antarctic,
about 16.000 , or 17.000 ' pelts in
all,, were offered, showed no-advance in
prices over last year, according to ad
vices received here, today. ' In fact, the
general average will Bhow a dwlinJi in
the price of the South sea seals. Tho
average price brought by the Boring pr
skins was S2S per skin. . Last year tho
majority of the skins brought $2$ hmiI
130. .
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