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A Better Position la awaiting the man or imn&s wto leti hit or her ability.be known tbroag-a a Journal Want Ad. Thty cost on cent a word cash. 'The weather 'Fair tonight and Sunday and probably Monday. JQUPJJAL CCCfiLVuv' xTESTIXiDAY W.V4 " PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER' 24, 1910. TWO SECTIONS 18 "PAGES' ' PRICE TWO CENTS. jllUciZ VOL. IX. NO. 32. nn s. El 1 ! ma rr innr, GO OH ULlMVLBdl ML w 14 J MEDIATOR Illli mmm- RESULT OF LAGORS There Will Be No Strike of the : 35,000 Engineers on the ; ; Western Railroads, Who Asked 15 Per Cent Advance CONCESSIONS EVIDENTLY MADE BY BOTH SIDES NeillV Announcement ; Culmi . nation of Struggle That Be gan Last May. , ' ' Chicago, Dec. J 4. A settlement be tween the engineer! of the (1 western railroads and the company officials has eeen reached and the threatened gen eral strike has been averted. The fact ; of a settlement was announced by Com. mlssloner of .Labor Charles P, Neilll who has been acting as mediator. ( The terms have not yet .been given out ' Nelll has held numerous conferences with the engineers and the officials, of the railroads, and had presented to both shies tentative; propositions, contain, ing many concessions. ' He declined to ieeal In advance what these concessions wore, but intimated this morning that a tK"ci8lon. would be reached today. v The movement for a wage increase on the western roads began at the convention of the ' engineers In Detroit (Continued on .Pag Three.) McKenney Reports to County L Court That Hawthorne Span I- Does Not Operate in a Sat- isfactory Manner. ' "Tt ' bridge, , as It is operated at dm mm IIEW BRIDGE LIFT 4g promt V oo not conmaer aatisiactory. 7 ( The operator la unable at present to - aun m uriuso cn ins piers at sal s' times as easily as it should be landed, and. I feel that the continual Jolts 4 might Impair the . efficiency of ths i structwro." , '. .,'.. ,; it This la a Btatement' mads today to the coanty court by W. F.: McKenney, ; electtrkai . and mechanical expert, on his aratninatlon of the new Hawthorne 1 ' avsiraa bridge. He raakea seyeral re- - ommendatlons for changes In the eleo- (Contlnued on Page Three.) That the Willamette valley has h creased" in wealth and prosperity dur 1 Ing the past 14 years at a rate that is astonishing is shown by a statement of the gain in profits of the Southern ' Pacific ' lines in Oregon in that period. ' i The sutement was filed in the United States circuit court this . morning' la YEAR'S END' EDITION OF ' THE JOURNAL .One Week Before the "Annual dumber Is to Appear Complete in Five Sections-Order Extra Copies at Once PUBLICATION DATE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3V AFFIDAVITS SHOW NET IUE OF SOUTH PACIFIC SINCE 1896 , TO BE LARGE SOU OF $4,139,419 . 1 ' - - ? . .': v ." - " " Grand Chief of Locomotive Engineers It ff t u 1 7 si & u - Warren 8.' LAVINA COREY SUSPECTED OF Tn IVH3 G BEAT H 0 F F.l DT1 1 ER; GIRL A PRISONER 15 YEARS , ; Chlco, ' CaL, Deo. 1 4. That Larina Corey, daughter of Mrs. William White line, found poisoned In' a room of her cottage here, has feigned her own ill ness . and evidently Is , not . Suffering from the same sickness that killed her mother was an assertion made .today by the physicians who have treated the girl since she was taken to the hos pltaL ; ... .,,. - - .' This statement has added a ' new element of mystery to the case of the two women, who, when first found, were supposed to have entered a , starvation pact :,. ; .;:,:.'.:, .: ii...,,..,,.,. I Wben she, apparently, began to re cover consciousness yesterday and told her story of the tragedy in which ber mother lost her life, and in which she had, as she stated, been poisoned, the girt alleged. that . eating pork- gravy prepared by her mother had brought on the illness. Poison, she intimated, had been put into the gravy. Whether this was added by her' mother or by some, outside person the girl could not say. She intimated, however, that she believed-it waa sent in by outsiders who desired to kill both ; her mother and herself. The fact that the girl was not sick at all, which the physicians who exam' toed ber today assert, ' bat that she affidavits by the members of the state railroad commission in the suit of the Southern Pacific company against the commission In which It seeks to enjoin the state from changing distributive rates In Oregon to points along the w u urot u 1 met jv. ' .r . . . The application for an injunction will be heard before United . States Judaes Gilbert. Bean , and Wolverton, JantH ary 2. This will be the first time in the' northwest , that the new federal statute providing that three ' Judges shall . hear an application to enjoin a state officer or officers from enforcing a state law,: baa been invoked. , Biff ICOeage Xnereace, The affidavit of Commissioner Thomas K. Campbell sets forth in details the gains made by the Oregon ft California line of the Southern Pacific company between 1896, when, the system of class rates now in. effect on that line was adopted, and the present ' The mileage from 189 to 1909 and 1910 ' has Increased but little, having been 658 in 18 and being- 684 in 1910. Thus the basis insofar ' as mileage is concerned, remains practically the same. what small increase there is tending to lower , the general average ef gains be cause they are lines running through a newcotmtry, JJoweverrom. J.894to 1910 y passeujrer revenue has in creased from $826,884 to $4,433,283. The freight revenue has Increased from $716,416 to $4,069,381. The -net Income of the line has increased from $137, 929 to $4,139,413. V. The relation of (Coutiuuevt on Page 6x.) Stone. represented herself to be ill and clever ly acted her own recovery, has led the authorities to regard her as the witness of most Importance In the tragedy and she will be questioned with the great est care. ;-; ,;;:i;tv v : 5 ..1:,- Z-A.'' 1 The girl is undoubtedly -concealing important -facts, the authorities assert, and. the story which she has told In little admissions of the real facts after repeated questioning contains so many contradictions that the purport of it is still a problem. Added to the-statements of the girl the police have unearthed a number of peculiar circumstances and these they are 1 striving to weave into the narrative so 1 that they may arrive at the true facts'in-the case.it . The investigation so far has developed that for 15 years Miss Corey was held a virtual prisoner by her motner. Al though she was not treated unkindly, Bhe was not permitted to see anyone and was kept in subjection by the fear Of her mother's "psychic power." ; ' Recently the " girl received a legacy of 11500 from her father, E.' J. Corey, former husband of Mrs. Whlteline. ' It la asserted that the girl thought she conld live on this sum for the rest (Continued on Page Three.) BIPLANEFLOATING IN SEA REPORTED: No News of Cecil Grace, Who It . Is-Thought, Lost His Bearings and Perished in the North Sea. . . ' Amsterdam. Bee, - It is reported that a biplane," supposedly ' the Wright machine, flown by Cecil Grace, the avia tor who was lost In attempting a return flight front Calais to Dover, has been found floating in the ' North sea, near TexeL It la believed Grace was drowned, Texol Is the northernmost and larg est of the Frisian islands forming part of the Dutch province of North Hoi land. ' 1 T . ' Grace was last seen at 8 p. m. Thurs day, off Goodwin sands. He was five miles out over the water, but was headed landward. ' He turned north, It Is believed, and .started toward the North sea. . . .. ? It is thought he saw the high bluffs of the Kentish coast and believed' they were fog banks, which he tried to avoid. He probably lost bis bearings complete ly afterward and kept his machine, In the-air untirhis petrol ran out.pr.un' UI some accident Happened to it. t Grace was - about 30 years old. He was a son of John Grace of the bank ing bouse of W. R. Grace ft Co. of New York. He was-bom in Chile.. He. was a graduate of Columbia university and when Ms parents moved to England he BUidled at Oxford. : , AVIATOR MISSING mm c on PEini; 6 Fast Express in Collision With ' .Standing Train in Snow storm; Two Passengers and Four Railway Men Dead. TWO PASSENGERS KILLED IN A WOODEN SLEEPER Nevada, Ohior Scene' of Ca tastrophe; Orders Confused; Signals Hidden by Storm. ) (TJnlfed Prow Teased Wirn.) . !'. Bucyrus, Ohio, t)ec ,xi Two : pas sengers and four, trainmen were killed In the wreck of two fast Pennsylvania railroad passenger trains at Nevada. Chio, 10 miles west of here, today. , , The dead:- ' 1 ';. WILLIAM FOWLER, passenger,' Chi cago, r ' i -- ' , : - ' ' FRIEDSTEIN, passenger, Chicago.-." ; ... GEORGE MORTON, baggageman. : CASS I). BEEBEk baggageman. C C. CRAIO, engineer. -- C. C, MILLER, engineer. The trains, running on the same track on account of a freight wreck, came together at. high speed. One train was made up entirely of Pullman sleepers.' The other train was a fast express. ;' . , . i . The trains had been ordered to stop r 1 1 '(Continued on Page Three.) LAYER OF ueorge unambenain, Who Killed Andrew Massin in a Duel at His Home Released by Jurors, , n; V A not true bill was returned today by the December grand Jury against George Chamberlain? proprietor of the Oregon electric theatre on First street. who was charged with killing Andrew Massin, a young Italian whom he found in his wife's bedroom.' ' Chamberlain was released from the county Jail as soon as the report was made to Presid ing Judge Cleiand of the circuit court.- On the evening of December 14 Cham berlaln hid under the steps leading to his home. Massin Soon came to the home, was let in by Mrs. Chamberlain, and the two went . to her : bedroom. Chamberlain , took off his . shoes and quietly walked into the room adjoining that or his wife. He saw Massin sit ting on the bed. .Rushing into the room. Chamberlain demanded to know who the man was and what he wanted.. Mas sin drew a pistol. : The two men fought through the house and into a harrow alleyway leading to the street Cham berlain 'stabbed Massin several times (Continued on Page Three.) MAYOR CONGRATULATES PEOPLE 0F-P0RTLAND IN CHRISTMAS MESSAGE .i.. j :, ' ..i.:;,...!, 4 Mayer . Simon has sent " his Christmas message and greetings 4 to the cltlsens of Portland. - In : it he says: i, .. -s ----- . ' To the people of the city of Portland a very merry Christ- mas, and . another ' happy and w prosperous New Tear.. I con- gratulate . you on the general prosperity of the city,, evidences , of which I see on every hand; , on the enormous activity In building construction, which has made Portland the object of envy and admiration of her sister cities of the United States; on - the phenomenal increase In bank clearances, Indicating' the excel- lent financial condition of reel- ; -dents; on the low death rate es- ' tabllshed for the year ad the un- precedented freedom from 'dls- ease . due to our grand climate .and pure water supply, and the efficient handling 'of the pity health department under the cap- able direction of the health off- er and his industrious deputies. , V-!The.. city's Christmas, gift . to f yuu II io auuguiiia new XI aw- thorns avenue lift bridge. Hop- ing to be able to presenyou. "'WltlTthe "Tfroadway" bridge laext Christmas, , or at least to an nounce Its - near completion, - I aftaln wish yola all the Joys and blessings of the season. "JOSEPH SIMON, Mayor." lilLlEO JURY DECUEJES TO INDICT S Boston Widow Who V " C"' p. ; ' i .. i - ' ' ' '.: . .. T ' Duchess of Cholsenl rTeaslln Tours, Francs; Deo.; 24. The Duchess de Cholseul-Praslin, formerly .Mrs. Charles Hamilton Paine of Boston, to-, day, through her. attorneys, announced her WUlinKncfis, to drop the prosecution of "Count" and "Countess" d'Aulby de Gatigny-.-who are . charged with having extorted $200,000, from, .her. . Although the public prosecutor denied the request of the attorneys,' it is believed the ac tion foreshadows the collacse of the prosecution. " i Mrs. Charles Hamilton. Fame, widow of the Boston copper millionaire, became the Duchess 'of Cholseul-Proslln within the1 last few weeks. It Is hot; known whether it was performed in 'London or in Switzerland. ; In facf it . might not have been revealed for-a long time hid It not become necessary for Mrs. Paine Fire Spreads So Rapidly That "Injured Cannpt Be Reached, , Only Those . Escaping , Who Can Aid Themselves. ;, ' ' (United Pnm LmcmA Wire. London, Dee. 2 4. Two persons were killed outright and eight ethers so ' se verely Injured that theyrcould not extri cate themselves- from the wreckage were Incinerated iff - the - wreck of a Glasgow-bound express train near Car lisle today, according to - reports i celved here. " - ' r ' i Twenty passengers were severery in jured and many of them will probably die. ..'-. "The express tunning at'Mgh speed (Continued on Page Three.). Woeful Christmas for Those Who Lost Loved Ones' in Pretoria Mine Horror. , (Catted Pre Lrated Wire.) ' " ' Manchester, England, Dec 24. Christ mas eve in the village , of Leigh and in the vicinity of the Pretoria mine of the Little Hulton company, where, ap proximately -290 miners lost their lives in 'an explosion, was made the occasion for a " great f funeral : service over , the bodies of the 186 recovered , dead. ; t Th charred and mangled relics will be t1irne-no-a-Bingle"" grave "hear the mine. A pitiable feature' of the funeral is the fact, that only 50 bodies have been identified. Scores of widows and orphans will gather beside the trench-like grave,, .uncertain whether the bodies of their loved ones lie within It or under tons of rock and earth in the demolished galleries of thejpine. " . 1 1 " -1 - DEATH IN WRECK III CH BRITAIN I ONE GREAT BURIAL I : 1 ; .: ' " FOR 186 MINERS Became Duchess (Mrs. Charles Ilamllton Paine.) to sign some papers in connection with her suit against the . bogus "Count" D'Aulby de Gatigny for having Bold hef $200,003 worth -of - bogus bid ; masters. Wben she 'Signed- these papers at Tours she wrote her name, "Mary de Cholseul Praslln." ' . v. , : - The Duke de . Cholaeul -bas been ' a friend of Mrs. Paine ever since she came to Paris after, becoming weary of her social career, in Boston. He never missed one- of the, noted, receptions of the charming American, and baa, it la said, achieved even the approval of Mrs, Palne'B three daughters. The marriage places .Mrs. .Paine with the other three American .duchesses ,of France -'the Duchess Of Rochefoucauld, the Duchess of Chaulnes and the Duchess of lalley rand,, . , , , . HOLD III CHECK Traction i Company' Prepares ' for . Extremities in' View of , Damage Sustained at the Hands of Strikers. , - (VnUHt Pren luA Wire i .Winnipeg, Man., Deo. 24. Following a revolver battle" between' strike breakers and striking canrien ; of, the, Winnipeg street car system here last night, the railway -f. management -baa obtained Maxim gun - and ammunition ' from the government ' arsenal at Halifax, and is preparing today., to defend its property against attack.. , . i . . , ' Fifty .cars have been wrecked since the strike be gran and fear Is expressed (Continued On Page Three.) Find Follows Pastor Downie's Denunciation of Reign of Vice in Seattle. ' (United Pms Lnwd Wlre.l Seattle, Dect 24. A package contain ing five sticks' of dynamite waa found on the front steps, of the First Method ist church late , yesterday by C E. Downie, who was passing,., . . . s ,v Downle is employed in the New York building. As he passed the church be saw the parcel on the steps. He inves tigated and found fl-e sticks, of dyna mite,' each about Si foot lone, r "KevTAdna : Wright Leonard la pastor of ithe church. Last1 Sunday evening he scored 1 the' city administration for permitting Vice conditions to flourish, and rebuked what he called the "fiend ish influence of vice" in Seattle. Later he received a iletter threatening hlrn with, death and the destruction of the church. MAXIM CD WILL RIOTOUS CAH DYNAMITE FOUND ON CHURCH STEPS MAY DOUBLE TAX LEW FOB C01TT WORK HEXT YEftR Erection of New Wings of the -Courthouse and Building on Poor Farm May Run Levy , ; Up to 3 Wilis. - 1910 LEVY OF 1.6 MILLS WITHOUT COURTHOUSE Taxes and County Clerk's Of fice Only Source of In- i come to County. Construction of a new wing of th county courthouse, to be undertaken the coming year, together with completion of , the unfinished east wing and the erection of a main building on the now county farm, will probably double th tax levy for county purposes next year over this year. ' The levy this year was 1.6 mills, but this included nothing for the new court house. Funds for 'courthouse payments were left over from the , levy of the year before the actual expenditures, for the new courthouse being nnarly $200, 000, . If the levy, is doubled over this year, it will stand about the same as in 1909, when It was fixed at 3 mills, but, , owing to the increased valuation, the same levy will of course bring in a larger sum of money. : . . ' s. , It is expected .the county court will put In about two mills for courthnunn Continued en Page Three.) GASC01ECi;i; Tragic Termination of Christ mas, Jollification; .AIL Par- tics Past Help When Bellboy Smells the Gas. . (United Pres. Leaned Wlra.t Kenton, Ohio, Dec. 24. Six persons were killed by illuminating gas, in an. apartment at the Lints hotel here to day. Their bodkri werj discovertd by a brfl.boy. The ddr Cbcrles Latham. " 1 Mrs. Charles Latham. William Kennedy. Purl Kennedy, ssn of William, :i. Harry Newcomo, S3. Miss Bailey, 21. - The six persons. Jul gathered for a lire-Christmas revel in a room of thu hotel. The management i of the hotel d'.d rot know of ;he gatiiriny until it was reported that there was an odor of gas coming from the room. A bcil- boy-was sent to Investigate.' He re purted ithat the, door was -..locked, bi t that he believed he had seen b'Kll as be looked over the transord. Entrance was forced -and the bodies were re moved.. ; Efforts at resuscitation proved fruitless.. -' - A. small gas stove had besnne cls- eonnected.' and from the iletiched ' plf e the room ' waa filled with ; gas. The apartment was strewn with empty bot tles and it is believed the rerelerj i;a l been overcome with liquor before the accident to the stove ocourre.1. - NEW TRIAL DENIED. " JOSEPH VVENDL1NG '(CBlteS Prtss LMiMl Wli.l Louisville, Ky., : Dec. 21. Joseph Wendllng, convicted of the murder of Alma ' Kellner, eight years old. in tm basement of St Johns' parochial fw-hool a year ago, was denied a retrial today by Judge Gregory. THEV SUNDAY JOURNAL Splendid Illustrated 1 Stories for Christmas ' Holidays in the Maga zine and Woman's Section for Tomorrow NEWS SECTION'S CfX TTf"I ' ::v f REVELERS BREAK SIX ASPHYXIATED