r-rfiv ; ,,r:. -
A Better Position
It awaiting1 the sua or womu wto lets
his or. her ability be known through a
Journal Wut Ad. They cost on oent
word cash.
.- The "weather Occasional rain to
night and Saturday.
JOUR'ML CKCULATiOa
YESTERDAY WAS
VOL. IX. NO. 231.
PORTLAND; OREGON, FRIDAY' EVENING, DECEMBER 23, ; 1910. TWENTY-TWO PAGES.
vTmv Txxrn rrwTO on trains and yr.vn
SPAUISHPREMO
SCORES El FiH
. AENHST QUO
Canalejas Quietly Passes the
Word About That Momen
tous! Bill Is to Be Passed,
ahdJAdherents Pass It.:.. 1
MORB OF SUCH, BILLS ' '
. 1 REMAIN. IN PROGRAM
Proposes to Follow' With Gen
eral Remedial Wleasures, -to.
Pacify: People. . " ;
f r , in.rftrf iKTHHd Wire.)
Madrid, Dec 23. Despite Carllst and
: clearical attempts to Impede the prog-
' rcss off the measure, the cortea today
passed the famous "padlock" blU," vir-
tually providing for 'the separation of
- church and state In Spain, and restrict'
-, ing the establishment of religious orders,
. t Premier jpanalejas did not notify -the
opposition-that the bill would be con
sidered.. but Quietly directed the' antl-
clericals and members of the govern
ment party to be In their seats. ' When
.sufficient votes were on hand the oieaa-
; ure was presented and passed. --,
i f Perfectly aware that the passage of
the bill will cause the church to. appeal
to the people to overthrow the govern
' men t, the premier has announced that
he will) proceed with further antl-cler-leal
legislation and seek "the adoption of
- a plan for the Improvement of the conai
v tlon of -the Snanish masses.'1 ' "i
Friends of ' the premier declare that
! "politics ,' welt as humanitarian inter
t :ests demand this action. It is asserted
' that Canalejas. believes that if upon the
overthrow of the; power; of the church
the condition-bf the people Is improved,
- they will attribute the betterment to the
abolition of the church's power and will
I ba 'heedless of the - clerical outcries
aealnst the administration, :':; : -u- fi
T. this end he. is said to be hastening
"class for'' the construction 'of govern-
' ".merit railroads. ? -canals 'and" other' tn
tiriivements throughout the country, to-
(Con tinned op Page Nineteen. )
Jury Convicts Tramp of . Mur:
der of Waldo Perry at Union
Sept. 11 oh Circumstantial
Evidence.
- - (Special Dlnpetrh te The Joernl) "
s La Grande. Or., Dec 21. T. K. Ellex
son's neck escaped the noose as punish
ment for the killing of Waldo Perry at
"Union, September; 11, or., thereabouts,
; when the Jury returned a verdict short
; ly after midnight ot murder in the sec-
nddegree. - . ; .-.:t..;;
' This entails . the. punishment of , life
Imprisonment and forbids hanging, as
i would have1 been the case under a first
degree verdict The Jury was out about
eight hours. V ' :y:,' :
Considerable surprise has been mani-
f ested at the verdict The general opiu-
Ion was that BUIexson would either be
acquitted or found guilty of murder in
j the first degree. In view of the fact
that the state could not hring the de
' fendant bearer than about six miles to
' the scene of the crime, it was likely the
' unanimous opinion , of the Jurors that
the evidence was not sufficient to war
'' rant hanging, yet strong enough to con-
yince them that Ellexson did the act '
" ' Kllexson Is apparently a man without
" i country. , During the recent census
enumeration he gave his permanent res
i idence as "Nowhere, and when qulssed
"i about his birth place, refused to answer,
f That was before he was under suspicion
'in the Perry case. Other matters, how
's ever, which have been observed in his
conversation and ; actions indicate the
man is a southerner, though why ' he
refuses to reveal his birth place or
whereabouts of his family is not known.
New Shubert Theatre. Sustains
Heavy Damage; Three Col
ored Men Lose Lives.
: ' ' .i (Halted Pretis Leaned Wlr.l
New Orleans, Dev S3. In a fire that
caused $200,000 darnatro;. In the Bnronne
T issreet busineBs district and heavily dam
aged. the new Schubert thestre,r three na-
groes were fatally burned today. For
a time the fire threatened the, entire dls
trlct but finally was brought under
ELLEX1I FOUND
1H SECOND DEGREE
11.000 FIRE IN ;
control. . -. , ....,.
TURKEY FROM PRESIDENT .
TO MARRIED EMPLOYES
ABOUT WHITE 'HOUSE
t ' v ;Coltd Frtm '-i-l WIr. 1
, Washington, Dec 23. Each 4
married ? employe of the White "
.'House received a turkey today as 4
a gift from President Taft Sin-
gle men were not Included in the ,
list given by the president to
bis commissary clerk, pne hun- 1 4
.. dred . and two fowls were dls- -
tributed. . . , ' 4
-V-;-. s,:. :;v-V
it
E:
OR PEOPLE VOTE
Councilman Declares if Coun-
Vcil Turns Down Measure
" Regulating Bars Will Circu-
' late Referendum Petition;
If the eounctl does not pass the
liquor regulative ordinance drafted by
the special liquor code committee sub
stantially as it was first submitted to
that body I will immediately start the
circulation of a petition to place the or
dinance on the ballot at the next gen
eral election,' said Councilman A. G
linahlight this morning.
Councilman Rushlight called up Coun
cilman Lombard on the telephone Just
after he had made .the" foregoing state
ment and asked him if he would aid in
the circulation of the petition, in the
event it should be necessitated.. - Coun
cilman , Lombard - assured Councilman
Rushlight of his hearty support
"I am ready to make good my prom
ise," declared Mr. Rushlight, "and I de
sire to make a public announcement qf
my intention in view of the fact that
an unwarranted rumor has been' scat
tered broadcast by . political enemies of
mine, presumably, to the effect that I
am not sincere in my attitude on the
liquor question, I am serving no par
ticular Interest either oir- the tslderOf
the liquor men or of the reform element.
iContfnued on- Page Klneteen.)
Blown Frolfn Course on Flight
From; France, Which He
Was Making in Attempt to
Make Round Trip Record.
United Pram Umed WSre.1
London, Dee. 23. Hoping that the
broad wings of his Wright biplane may
have kept him from sinking in the
Goodwin sands, rescue parties searching
for Cecil Grace, the aviator,, who 'met
disaster yesterday while attempting to
recross the English channel after a suc
cessful flight from Dover to Calais, 'are
preparing to search the sands today.
The search Is extremely difficult The
rescuers are equipped with ropes and
long planks. - - :,:-- .
.. Grace was blown from his course.
' When hews of the accident was re
ceived, rescue parties were sent out tn
all directions and the . continental coast
from Rotterdam, Netherlands, to Havre,
France, and the English coast from
London to Portsmouth, were patrolled.
No trace of Grace was found. - ;
It was reported, late yesterday that
Grace's flight led over the Goodwin
(Continued on Page Nineteen.)
Goes to Length of a Public
: Statement in Opposition to
Candidate Smith.
Trenton, i N. Dec 23 Governor
elect Wood row Wilson today issued a
statement ciarglng ames Smith Jr.
with bad faith to the Democratic party
m becoming a candidate, for election to
the United States senate against James
Martin,-the choice -of the party at the
primary election. .:vi ;y'! w ' '-J : V
" Before the election ' was over, it is
said. Smith assured ' Wilson, that his
health would not permit him to accept
the senatorahip, but after the election
be told Wilson ho wanted the office.
"The candidacy of Smith renews the
struggle between the people and the in
terests," said Wilson. T desire to co
operate with the Democrats and form
every affiliation that will carry the par
ty forward by harmonious action toward
me Bi tiiv utiuw m cuu luauer me coun
try if l,t be true to Its principles. But
when the organization is used for indi
viduals not representing the people
whose interests are opposed to those of
PASSORDINANC
ON IT. RUSHLIGHT
- Hi SANDS
WILSON UPHOLDS
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
the people, we must resist" , ,
IT W. COTTON IS
SILENT FARTHER OF
STRAIIORJI III DEAL
Portland Attorney and Chief
'. Counsel for 0. R. & N. Ad
mits Guiding Legal Trans
; actions With: North Coast
WAS HARRIMAN ROAD
FROM VERY BEGINNING
Merging of Lines in Pacific
Northwest Becomes Effect-
- ive Late Tonighti -
W. W. Cotton, who will-be chief
counsel for the big Harriman merger in
the Taclflc northwest which becomes
effeollve at 11:59 o'clock tonight ad
mitted for the first time today that he
and the "mysterious" Mr. Etrahora have
been behind the mysterious North Coast
line since its inception. .. While Mr. Stra
horn was the man in the limelight Chief
Counsel Cotton of the O. R.. & N., was
the silent partner and the man who di
rected the legal work.
Mr. Cotton smiled when he "let the
cat out of the bag" this morning, Bay
ing "the whole object of the merger
Is to . get things in shape so. that we
can issue securities." " ; .
. " "Well, what about the North Coast,
and Mrr Strahorn's interests," Mr. Cot
ton was asked. : V - if..
"The North Coast, J Mr.' Strahornt
Well, Mr. Strahorn and myself have
been the North Coast until this time.
And I - presume ;; I - will -have charge of
the legal department in the future. In
cidentally I might state that I am pres
ident of the Oregon & Washington, but
I consider my election to that office
onfy an honor shown me, for you know
I never wanted to get. into office."!
Busy Getting Seeds. ; ,
Mr. Cotton was busy; as a bee this
morning getting the deeds to the vari
ous properties included 'in1 the merger
ready for signature this afternoon. The
names of officials, of the various Har
riman lines 5 in - the . Pacific, .northwest
are being affixed, thus transferring the
various properties tdt, the merged Ore-goit-Washlngton
Railroad & Navigation
company. The signatures In most case
are those of, the president Vice presl
dent and secretary. V The ,- aggregate
value of the properties, merged Is placed
ax iizz.4i6.ooo, including about 17,000,
(Continued on Page Klghteen T
One Man Dead and Five in the
Hospital at Seattle;. Ship
" " Now at Tacoma
- (United hM Lnued vn-s.
. Seattle, Dec, 23. Six of the Hindu
crew of the steamer Beachy of the Dol
lar line are afflicted with berl bert, ac
cording to the, ocaI health authorities,
and the vessel, now loading at Tacoma,
will be put into quarantine today. One
of the stricken men died Tuesday, and
the other five are In a hospital. One is
dying today. , , - l , . (
The Beachy arrived on Puget Sound
early in the week., coming from oriental
ports and Panama. ' A cargo of iron was
landed at Irondale, and the steamer
came to Seattle. The cases ..were re
ported- here as Boon as the Beachy ar
rivd. ' ,
The Tacoma health authorities be
lieve there is no danger of the spread of
the disease, ,
CALLS TO BATTLE
Insurgents and Democrats Co
: operate; Fight to Open Af-
, . ; ter the Holidays. ' ! :
(Dnited Preas . leased Wire.) -'
Washington, Deo, 23. A repetition of
the fight over the house rules that en
livened, the last session of congress was
predicted today by Representative Nor
rls of Nebraska, a leader of the bouse
Insurgents and, the man who precipi
tated: the fight that resumed in the
curtailment of the . power of ; Speaker
Cannon, i - ' 1 , : "
Norris. said., today that the fight
would start immediately after the holi
day recess. He said he proposed to in
troduce a resolution amending the rules
covering- motions to discharge commit
tees from consideration -of bla
His decision, it was intimated, was
the result of numerous conferences with
lnwurgte-end fmnorratff,- following" the
efforts of. the atandpat Republicans to
discredit the present rule, thereby pre
venting the expedition of . business. '
- "We intend to attack imperfect rules,'
said Norris, '"and we will. fight even
BERI BERI ABOARD
nil
harder than we did last March."
Clubman Who Says Wife Shot Him
" 'X I - . ?:.-xt ih i , i I
kj; Sin
and Mrs.. Herbert ML' Clapp of
Philadelphia, , .,
CLAPP WILL NOT
Millionaire Philadelphian Says
Spouse Shot Him Deliber
ately When He Attempted to
Correct Her for Late Hours.
' (VttttA Prem LeasHt Wire.)
Philadelphia, . Dec. . 23. H. Mason
Clapp, grandson of. the "blacking king,":
win not ue oi me wouna in tne necx
which he says he' (received at the hands
of his wife December 2, nor. will he for
give her.- Mrs. Clapp was held in SZ500
ban by a magistrate yesterday after her
(Continued on Page Two.)
BY SAFETY LEAGUE
Medical Lake ' Woman Gets
.Medal for Alighting From av
Streetcar Gracefully. ' tl
(Special Dispatch to The Journal) J
Spokane Wash, Deo. . 23. Mrs. 7. L.
Rlcketts, , formerly of Spokane, now a
resident of Medical Lake, Wash,, has
the distinction of being the first woman
In the world to win public recognition
for! alighting from a street car In a
proper manner. She is a - native of
Spokane county. The award was made
by the rAmerlcan Safety .league, recently
organised in Spokahe, for the purpose of
safeguarding life and limb by edu
cating women ' to alight safely - and
gracefully, from street ears. Mrs. Rlck
etts will have the gold piece mounted as
a louventr. i.ff'fd &','.:.':'!: -::Wt
The habit of avoiding accidents and
boarding and alighting fom street cars
and other vehicles - was acquired when
sh-seehe-ftand'hje-'haa,Jtreeti
complimented - on numerous ' occasions
by officers of surface lines and cross-
ring policemen. !;-:- ..
. The league will award 600 prizes be
fore the close of 'the campaign in Spo
kiss and: make
up v1th his v1fe
PRIZE AVARDED
kane.
For Purpose of "Getting Even"
Odorous Articles Are Placed
In Building; Depreciations
, Committed. - t -;
J ' (Special Pltpetdi to The JnursaL) . : ;
Eugene, Or, Dec 23. Probably to
"get . even" with the school board for
not granting the students of the high
school a two weeks' - Christmas vaca
tion instead of one, a number of boys
broke Into the school building Wednes
day night and committed many depre
dations of a serious nature and on ac
count of which, the school authorities
say, the offenders will be prosecuted
If they are caugth and .proven guilty.
- Carbon dlsulphate, a chemical wfth a
very bad odor, was placed In the ven
tilator, and the - fumes were driven to
all parts of the big building. Limburger
cheese was distributed in various parts
of the building and placed on the desks
ot some of the teachers, moth balls and
cayenne pepper were placed throughout
the rooms, alt of which created a terri
ble stench. It was necessary to dismiss
(Continued on Page Two.)
Independently i Drawn to Los
Angeles by Longing to See
the Children.
v- i . . (rjnhed Prea Leaaef Wire.)
Los Angeles, Dec. 23 Jack Cudahy
is .in Los Angeles and Mrs. , K.- C
Cudahy, . who was formerly Mrs. Jack,
will arrive tomorrow evening". Each was
drawn - to : southern 2 California for the
Christmas season by 'the children, Edna,
Marie and Ann who are at the Ramona
convent In this city. " The little Cudahy
girls, none of whom is yet 10 years old,
have already 'seen.' their father and
have been : told' that their mother is
coming.'! ' Cudahy, : according - to . rumor,
did not know his wife planned to visit
the children ; on Christmas day. It Is
said she had been planning the trip for
& month, . . . ; ' .-ii r f: :',: : 4
. Not a word concerning a reconella-
twartsetwwmirTSffmtsrthe" little
girls has been, sroktn here. Friends
of the couple refuse ; to discuss tlie
Cudahy '-affair, : and ' until they arrive
the authenticity of a rumor that Christ
inas day will mark a reconciliation can
not be detenu v .
JACK CUDAHY AND
ulfElFB
. i
ONE DEAD-CASE IS
POSSIBLY MURDER
Mrs. William Whiteiine and
I Her Daughter, Mrs.; Lavina
Corey, Found Desperately
III in Their Home at Chico.
SUPPOSED BANEFUL DRUG
PLACED IN THEIR FOOD
Mysterious Note Found Pinned
on Dobrjs Only Clue No
:' Motive Apparent.' "
(United Press Leased Wire.) ' ' "
Chicd, Cal. Dec. 23. From the ef-
leits of some : poison Mrs. William
Whiteiine Is dead and her daughter.
MIrh Tjivlna Pnw ' iWHk11 lit
while the police are investigating what
they believe la a mysterious murder.
The two : women, found yesterday and
carried from' their home to a hospital,
were supposed to, have entered Into . a
starvation pact Physicians after an
examination ' declared that both had
been poisoned.
Mrs. Whiteiine died early today,. Her
daughter, who wrfs, unconscious when
the women were taken from the house,
has so far recovered as to be able to
talk. She said she was poisoned by her
mother, but she believes the poison was
sent in - by outsiders, who planned to
kill both her mother and herself.
- round Dying; Where They reU.
The poison, Miss Corey says, was in
pork gravy that was prepared by Mrs.
Whiteiine. Both; women ate of it
Shortly afterward they became violent
ly ilU " , .
When Mrs. Whiteiine was found by
ffl'e officers who broke Into the house
yesterday - after neighbors had reported
that they heard groaning in the cot
tage, she was lying face downward on
her bed.., She wore the clothing she had
on when she, ate the poisoned gravy.
Her' daughter, in her night clothing,
was found lying In an adjoining room.
stretched ir the floor. f The . faces of
both , women were - puffed and their
tongues swollen.' -;.y " v ; - 'I -v ' -,"V-' ' -.
The physicians who were summoned
said at first that the strange effect was
doubtless caosed by fever .that had fol
lowed the first effects of starvation.
It was not until a more careful exami
nation was made that traces of poison
were found. ' , , ,
, . . . Kiss Corey's Statement.'.",'
i Although the physicians worked des
perately to resuscitate Mrs. Whiteiine,
their efforts proved fruitless. . She had
evidently taken more poison than her
daughter. She died without regaining
consciousness. . ,. . ;
The daughter showed the effects of
the vigorous treatment given her by the
physicians and today was much Im
proved. She was sble to talk, although
only with great effort -
She will probab.y recover,' the doctors
say. -v, . -
lAlsa Corey said she believed both her
(Continued on Page. T0-)
CHICAGO VJILL PAY HIGHEST
10
F
ftJaltf d Prea teand . Wlre.k
Chicago. Dec. 23. -The body of Chief
Fire Marshal James Horan, head of the
Chicago fire department who was killed
yesterday in the falling walls of the
beef warehouse of Nelson Morris ft Co.'s
plant, will be buried by: the city with
military honors. . JThough : the time of
the funeral has not yet been set ar
rangements have Wen partially complet
ed and the deal chief will be given the
honors usually paid to the fallen leaders
of "armies." The city will make a demon
stration, in his honor, ana we nirsi regi
ment Illinois National Guard, the crack
reelment of the nlty. will act as special
escort when the body Is carried through
the- streets' to Its burial place. t . . ,
- The citr will also take a hand In the
funerals of the other fire fighters who
were killed when their chief was crushed
under the falling masonry. Two hun
dred dollars, to defray the expenses or
burial, will be given to tne xamuy or
each of the dead firemen.
In the meantime the commercial bod
ies of the city have undertaken to see
that the families of the dead firemen
do not suffer. . A relief fund of half
a million dollars has . already been
pledged,' and this will be greatly , in
creased by the offerings that are still
pouring in. --The commercial organiza
tions will arrange for the distribution
of the money. The funds will be col
lected and a committee will be named
to handle them, " . ' '
The city ; council has appropriated
$250 for each family to meet immediate
needs. , , ., - , ... w .
STOCKYARDS LABORERS
HISSING; FIREMEN YET,
1 TIGHT FIRE IN RUINS
' - - itTnited Prew L!4 Wire,! .
TCriTcaKa; DecT' 23l Reports . that a
dozen stockyard laborers perished in
the fire yesterday that killed more than
30 Chicago firenTen caused great crowds
n n
ID FOR FUSS FAMILIES
to gather today about the smoking rums
Of the beef warehouse of Nelson Morris
& Co. at the Union stockyards to watch
.. . ." ' ... . '. - - i ' -.'
OREGON TEACHERS
111 ENTER KID
POLITICAL ARENA
Convention Decides to Appoint
Legislative Committee to
Obtain Changes in Some of
Present Statutes-'
'f
WOULD GRADE COUNTY,
SUPERINTENDENTS' PAY
Educators Also Declare They
' Should Have Text Book
. Representation. .
- 1 , . -
. ' .:. : ':. . :t : ... .. . ..
Declaring .their intention of throwing
off the cloak of modesty which has in
the; past prevented school teachers of
Oregon-from becoming ; factors In polit
ical movements, the western division of
the Oregon State Teachers' association
this morning adopted resolutions calling .
for the appointment of a legislative
committee of five.- Among the Impor
tant legislation committed to the care
of the committee la a proposed bill to
regulate the salaries of county superin-,
tendents of schools In accordance with
the services 'rendered In various coun
ties. It is proposed to lodge power in
the county courts to adjust the salary ot
that officer in accordance with condi
tions and the ability required to dis
charge the duties. . '
. It Is urged that the superintendent of
Multnomah county must have a greater v
degree of ability and fitness than some
other county in the state where there are
not so many schools or pupils in at
tendance. ' :- ' ', " '
The resolutions , also s demand T that
school teachers or those actively en
gaged in educational work shall be given
membership on the state text book com
mission; vvt ' - v:
.") Afgnmesta te Be trsed.
'Delegates te the convention did not
hesitate to;etpres their disapproval ef
the .present plan of organization of that
commission, Its membership not num
bering one person actively engaged in
the school business, , It. will be shown
to the legislature that many of the text
books used in Oregon schools are not
in harmony with the general course of
Instruction. ' F. J.;Toose, superintendent
of the Oregon City Schools, seemed to
strike a . responsive chord in the state
ment that educators were themselves
most competent to prescribe the books
from1 which their pupils should .be
taught iv;':',':i'1:-!'::;,r--V'5;f: :-u
, The resolutions indorse the purposes
of the School Peace league, and declare
for the teaching of the principles of
conservation ? of. natural resources in
the common schools of the state. If the
teachers have their way, they will teach
the value of water power and its uses,
and considerable concerning the values
and , uses of timber, the purpose being
to equip them with knowledge of the
(Continued on Page Nineteen.)
the firemen who are still digging in
the wreckage for the bodies of their
comrades.
Forty-three engine ; companies and
three truck companies are still at the
fire. Fire is smouldering in the ruins
and streams of water are, being poured
in to keep the fire from breaking out
afresh. .- Most of the firemen,' however,
are ; searching among the heavy gird
ers and the masses , of masonry tha t
crushed out the lives of the fire flght-
The estimate of dead today is placed
at 41, v not including the f stockyard
workmen reported killed. ' There are 28
known dead. Fifteen firemen are miss
ing and it Is believed tthey perished.
- The names of . the members of the
companies called to the fire have been
carefully checked over by Acting Fire
Marshal Seyferlich. The search of the
(Continued on Page Klghteen.)-
TEAR'S END .
EDITION OF f
THE JOURNAL'
-Building Progress,
Realty Development
and Financial Status
of Portland in 1910
Make Proud Record
DATE SATURDAY,
.DECE:-mr.ri3i
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