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'mm n iioue? There are many ads ia The Journal's " Eoorn and Board and Furnished room columns that offer complete comfort. Read) them. . The weather Occasional rain to night and Friday; southeasterly winds VOL. IX. NO. 257, BOHILLA'S AiY ties up mm : 10 TEGUCIGALPA three Thousand Men Const'h tute Command; their Pur- pose 1o Reach Honduras' Capital' by Shortest Route. . 1 AMERICAN ADVENTURER SHARES IN, LEADERSHIP First Skirmish , Disastrous to Davila's Men; U.S. Orders Neutrality. (United Pre Leiwd Wfre. Puerto Corte. Honduras, Doc. 19. The first skirmish between the revolu tionary : forces under former P BonlUa and the government troops was fought today near Cape Gracias-a-Dios. The revolutionists were victorious, the government forces, falling back in dis order, and the rebels,, headed by;Bo- nllla and the American adventurer, Lee Christinas, started on their i march , against Tegucigalpa, the capital. BonlUa and Christmas arrived today on the gunboat Hornet i Their arrival ,i was the Signal .for the real beginning of hostilities that have been carefully . planned for weeks. The men who had ' been gathered and drilled in Nicaragua Just across the border, at once crossed the Segovia; river and prepared for the : advance on the capital.' With Christ mas and BonlUa a number of recruits arrived,' and the force that finally fell in for the long, march numbered about 3000 men. -. ";' -' Just across the river. a email force of government troops was gathered. They endeavored to stop the march, but after a short skirmish Jn which ajiumber of the government soldiers are reported to have been wounded, they fell back and the advance of the rebels began. ': Christmas and- Bont.Ua have planned a , eampalga of attack on Tegucigalpa. They wilt, march directly across from the Atlantic to the capital Plans for furnishing .their soldiers with stores) , i i ... ,r i' , .. ,. .'- '' i (Continued on Page IV)ur.) ;Rich Farmers Confess Sale of ,J Their Votes for Few Dollars One Report Three Sales ' Woman on List. - 1 (TTnltsd Prese Xeed Wtre.1 s West Union, Ohio, Dec 29. One hun dred and six new indictments in con nection with the Adams county election frauds were returned today, bringing the total since the 'Investigation began up to 988. So many voters have confessed that the time of the grand Jury will be taken up until Saturday, it is said, when the Inquiry will be completed. I A widow, whose name is withheld, has been indicted for selling the vote of ber son. . ' ,- one farmer Is said to have confessed that he sold hit vote three times last election. He received $12.60 to vote the Republican ticket, he said. Then' he accepted $10 to become a Democrat, and finally pledged his vote for. $$.-..' Another, farmer, worth $44,000, ad mitted in court that he and his son had sold their votes for $10 each. Both were disfranchised and fined $10. . - - nniis in Adams couHTY: NUMeER NOW 988 WHITE SLAVE VICTIM OF JAPS; CASE OF iS. fi HARRIS OF SEATTLE LiT II ATROCITY x (United Pre Leaaed Wlr.) 1 Seattle, Dec. 29. Mrs. May Harris, IS years old,, daughter of Mrs, p. W. Foster, an ear,ly settler In the Puget Sound country, was today taken to the state Insane asylum in Stellacoom, a mental and physical , wreck. The girl was rescued from : Imprisonment in a dark room in a -Japaiiese lodging house by the police after she had, been held in unspeakable bondage for ii days. ; In " all ", the history of white slavery in Seattle, ; no: cas has ever been m terrible as . the present one. The girl i a native of this state and was reared in a Seattle convent school. Vest than tweyersgrehewss"-narrted-'to james R. Harris, an Industrious man some years her senion -;A child was born to .the couple apd they seemed happy, the girl's mother stated . today. A few weeks ago Mrs. Harris visited her mother and later boarded a car to return to her own home, Her father ,. ,. i , ' ' . '"'".i "'' , ' "' , .. "r i i"' 'i' 'i " .ii,,,. -I,,, ", i . r American. Peeresses Imbibe : Political Beliefs From Husbands t a - ''-v '5 ' 'N ; "'Jul ' Lady Cheyiemore, rho before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth French r of New York, believes that majorltyof the; American peerense feel exactly as rhe does in politics. Ladj Cheylesmore says: . 'It is quite absurd for people to say' that the Uadlcal party is in ainjr sense' ; ' the representative of American ideals. I have never yet heard that the American principles' included government by a siigie chamber, , ' which is practically what the Liberal or Radical program amounts to. I suppose that women naturally take on tlie political views of their ' husbands, and as most, of the.' peers are, of course .L'nloihistg it i follows that die women 'of their families believe" the sajne- way.' BieiSii RAILWAY WRECK Work Train . Runs . Wild and : Crashes Into Freight Train at Rye, Wash on the Mil ' waukee.Line..' . ' - (United Pleas Leased Wire.) . Spokane, - Dee. 29. A wreck on ; the Milwaukee railroad at the Utile station of Bye,, a few miles-west of the Colum bia river. In which two men lost their lives and three trainmen were serious ly Injured,, occurred at 4 o'clock , this morning. ;. The names of the dead are unknown, , as .; they were contractor's mem One of ; them was an electric cranesman, and the other was a coal heaver. The Injured trainmen are Con ductor Marre, Fireman ; Vorhees and Brakesman M. It. Fawcett The lattaf is the most seriously injured. rf The, track at that place has a steep grade and . the contractor's train : got beyond . control and raced down " the track until It crashed into the a freight traia "The wreckage is plied, high. A wreck train has gone to the scene. ; . volunteered to wheel the baby home In a go-cart The girl-wife disappeared that night and was never heard of again until she tolcphoned to police headquarters beg ging to be rescued on: Christmas day; Two officers hurried to the Japanese lodging houae and after searching the joint three times finally found the girl in a dark room. , : . v; . ; She was In terrible condition and said she had been " locked in the room 4 6 days. The girl said, the Jananese had forced drugs down her throat to still her cnes and had given her large quan tities of some native liauor that keDt her In a semi-conscious condition. - She i seea-the- fMrey of-j apatiesr laborers The ease was brought' before Judge Wilson R. Gay yesterday and a lunacy commission decided it was best that the girl be sent to the Insane howpltal to recover from the effects of the drugs that' had been administered, " ... The police are Investigating the case, PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY (United Pre Leaaed Wire.) .New York, Deo. 28. The sentences, virtually for life, given Maria Rapp and Stanislasse Pettanza of the Black Hand, convicted of holding two 8-year-old chil dren for ransom, has not deterred' the blackmailing organisation of 'the lover east side. The fourtb bomb outrage since Judge Fawcett sentenced the sup posed ringleaders of the society occurred todays Police say the explosions are the work of the Black Hand. ' A bomb was exploded today in a double decked tenement bouse In the Italian quarter, where 30 persons were sleeping. - It wrecked the stores on the first floor and demolished the stairway, but no one In the building: was injured. , .- Geordlno Bagaho. a - grocer, . whose itore was in the building, recently re ceived a Black Hand letter demanding $2000.; He refused to pay the money, and the bomb is supposed to have been the answer of the society. The three other explosions have fol lowed refusals to pay money, the police say. v w-v -I v ( : Judge Fawcett, who sentenced the Rapp woman and Pettanza to 25 years' imprisonment for the kidnaping of which they were convicted, was himself threatened with , death. , He , denounced the prisoners, declaring that the Rapp woman had less mother instinct than a beast, and that Pettanza was the sort of criminal that should have been de ported. He deplored the fact that he could not fix the penalty of their crime at death. - Pettansa was known as "King of the Black Hand.". . . Pettanza was convicted recently after a deliberation of six minutes by the Jury..'-'Pettanxa was a member, accerd ing to the New York police, of one of the ANARCHISTS PLOT TO KILL GEORGE V King Marked; for Death on "Coronation Day; Bomb ' i Factory Found. : London, Dec. 19. A plot to assassi nate King George .'has been unearthed In connection -with the discovery of a bomb factory in the east end of Lon don, according to secret operatives and officials of Scotland .Yard. - 1 The discovery of the infernal machine works Is a sequel to the Houndsdltcb crime, in "which three. policemen were; killed ty. burglar's',' the police say. . They assert further that, not robbery but anarchy was the purpose of the gang. Documents found at the bomb factory and at the burglars lalr In Hounds ditch, the authorities say, , prove con clusively that a plan existed to kill King George on Coronation day. EVENING, DECEMBER TAXPAYERS ARE TURNED DQVfll AT Prominent Business Men Not Permitted to Voice Opinion ; or Participate' in Any Way in Proceedings; Protest. GHARGE MEETING PACKED IN ORDER TO PASS BUDGET Action Taken, by Directors De clared to Be Illegal; Pro testants to Gather PYominent , taxpayers protested . today against ' methods used at last night's school meeting In securing approval for the $2,132,100 budget of 1911 school ex pense. ; Complaints .were voiced by J. N, Teal, A. II. Pevers, Herman Wittenberg, John H. Haak and others. ; It was . charged that no effort was made to learn !Jf "the persons present were taxpayers, and. thus eligible to vote and participate in proceedings; that an motions were made, , seconded and voted upon without opportunity for discus sion; that the meeting was permitted to be ended before one of its most lnv portent features, the appointing of aa auditing committee, had been given con sideration; that an entire lack of cour teay to taxpayers who desired explana tion of proposed expenditure was shown by the audience and permitted by the presiding officer, that full explanation of the budget Item by Item was not forthcoming. ,v Say Proceedings Illegal, . The president of the clvio council. John H. Haak, called a meeting of the organisation together with all other in. teres ted taxpayers for tomorrow night at8 "clock In the convention hall of the Commercial clufc. Steps would tnen oe authorised, he.eald, to have ttie pro ceedings of last ni?ht declared illegal hr thi miirta. thiLa removlntr thA oblU gatlon of taxpayers In ScHdol district No. 1 to meet the S 3 mills of school (Continued on Page ISlghteen.) - Stainlasso Pettanza, Black Hand leader, sentenced to long term. ' largest bands of kidnapers in the coun try. The crime ox. which he was con victed was complicity in the kidnaping of Joseph Longe and Michael Rlsso, two little Brooklyn boys, who were lured to the den of the kidnapers and held tor ransom. ' . YEAR'S END, EDITION' OF THE JOURNAL ' Mailed to any address in the1 United States or Canada , (postage included) at 10c per " copy. ,, Extra copies at ' The Journal office, or from newsboys at 5c PUBLICATION . DATE SATURDAY DECET!BER 31 L MEETING SSS5 ; 29, 1910.-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. Made Member of Commerce Court V - V Martin A. Knapp of New York, who has been selected by ; President Taft as a member of the new court of commerce. ' Mr. Knapp gradu ated from Wesleyan nnivereity in . 1868. ; He has .been on .the inter state commerce commission for 10 years and has been its chairman since 1808. It is understood that the president selected ihS chair- main of the interstate commerce . commission upon the recommenda tion of the commission itself in ' order that there might be on the 'commerce court aw a court of ap peals from the interstate commerce commission . one 'who thoroughly understands the regulations and v practices, of the .commission. Judge Knapp comes from the sec ond Judicial circuit, that compris ing Ifcvf York, Connecticut and Vermont. ),"",.. . ', IN CITY HALL TO Mayor Says It Will Be Neces . sary to Cut Down Number of Employes in Every De partment. - " y " ; New Year's day will be an , anxious one for hundreds of - employes of - the city, over wh'ose . heads' the - modern Damocleslan sword of municipal econ omy Is hanging. Mayor Simon held an Important conference this morning with the heads of departments, the expenses of which are maintained by appropria tions from the general fund, i The en gineering ' and street cleaning . depart: ments will, in all probability, suffer the most . when reductions , to - meet the $264,000 deficit In the general fund are finally ordered by the city council. In his annual message, the mayor called' attention' to the fact that -estimated receipts of the general, fund for the ensuing year would be but $745, 000, while the estimated expenditures to insure continued progress in all de partments would be $999,000. ' , ' Wo Saloons to Aid.? ' ' .y At- that - time Mayor-Simon thought the deficit -could be partially made up by Increasing the saloon licenses, but the city council has not increased these, "It ti a serious task we now have before us," said the mayor, following the conference today," "and ho "matter what course we adopt there Is bound to be dissatisfaction. . In my annual mes? sage I recommended that the estimate of the city engineer be cut from $210, 000 to $140,000 and that a correspond- (Continued on rage Fourteen.) Two Kentuckians Killed and Six Wounded as: Incident of Yule Festivities. - . Lexington, Ky., Dec 29. Craddock Willoughby and Clarence Young were killed and six persons were, wounded as the result of a feud that found deadly expression at the opening of the Christ mas holidays. ; Another, Willoughby Is reported to be dead on the mountain side several miles' from here. Few de-tails-iave-be enweetred herer"""" Vashon Island Feels Qnake. . ' Vashon,T Wash,, Dec." 29. People liv ing on Vashon Island report that three distinct , earthquake shocks: were flt yesterday afternoon about 6:20 o'clock, EAOSIILOIIOP- MEET BIG DEFICIT FEUD BREAKS OUT ATC1STUDE but no damage resulted. - PRICE TWO H IP GAINS 1 VOTE FOR -THATS ALL By Appointing Dr. Plamondon yo Superintendence of New Eastern Oregon Asylum. He i Overreaches' Himself. TAKES LONG STEP TO PRESIDE IN SENATE Leading Physicians Criticise His Action In Naming Su perintendent So Early. , , While Jay Bowerman is conceded to have pocketed one additional vote for president Of the state senate by ' his coup in naming Dr. J. D. Plamondon as superintendent of the new eastern Ore gon asylum for the insane.' the convic tion is gaining ground that Bowerman, with all his craft, has overreached him self and is not likely to land the other votes he needs. .,,' , v The vote Bowerman has Insured, for himself is C A. Barrett, the new State ment No; 1 senator from' Umatilla county and father-in-law of Dr. Flam ondon. ' Barrett has recently stated to friends that he is for Bowerman. This fits in with a story now being told that the appointment of Plamondon was de cided upon about. 80 . days ago,, about whlph time Bowerman. began laying wires to succeed himself as president of the senate, Barrett, who had been non-committal, came out for Bowerman and Plamondon was named as soon aa the site for the new state institution was .chosen. '..-. ;, .. , . May Bs Booted Out. That Plamondon will hold his "Job for a Tery brief time and will be booted nut Hv the nw stats board Is almost a certainty, In' view of news whlcn has (Continued on Page Fourteen.) AT AN EARLY DATE Chairman Interoceanic; Com mittee Gives Rosy Forecast : of Legislation to Defend Ca r nal and Make It Success. (Unlted Prat Leaiwd Wlre.1 Washington, Dec. 29. That the Pan ama canal fortification bill will be the first , of the ' administration measures considered after the adoption of , the apt proprlatlon bills, la the assertion of Sen ator Flint of California, chairman of the senate committee on interoceanio canals. That the passage of tbe bill is a prac tical certainty Is the prediction of the California senator, following a confer ence last night With President Taft , Senator Brandegee . of Connecticut, Representative Mann of Illinois, Secre tary of State ' Knox and Secretary of War Dickinson were also at the confer ence. . We will begin work with the war de partment today," said Flint, "to frame a general bill covering the fixing of canal toll rates and the building and ma in; icnance oi guvemmom uupiuy oimiiumb along the canal The measure will be attached to the administration canal re organisation bill - which has already passed the house. One of the important objects of the bill win be to enforce (Continued on Page Fourteen.) -- United Press led Wire.) Los Angeles. Dec. 29. Juan Garcia, 60 years of age, of a-royal Castilian family and formerly . captain, of' the bodyguard of the late King Alfonso XII of Spain,? began i today to serve a 30 day sentence In the chain gang. He was arrested for vagrancy as he knelt In prayer on the beach at Long Beach late yesterday. ' ., When taken into custody, according to the story he told thTough an In terpreter, he was praying that he might before he died, . again see the face of the woman because Of whom he was banished from Spain, and who, he believed,' was the mother superior of a yrawtiB"evttt-4 Lo-AaggW-or San Francisco, v- " ,. ' Ojarcia ' was imprisoned after the frustration, SO years ago, of an elope: ment he had planned with the girl. Until the time of the Spanlah-Amerlean war he lay in a Spanish prison and was released on his oath to fight unilrr his flag- until the and of the war. He was HI- PAIIA1CAIIT0 BETAKEN CARE OF OLD SPANIARD FAITHFUL TO LOVE OF HIS YOUTH SEEKS HER Ifl CONVENT OF COAST JOURNAL' CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 4dDoG)(S4 CENTS. ' Sta"-.15?.0, P.IL&P.C0.TO OPERATE HILL II HE President Josselyn Makes lm portant Announcement; The Cars Wilt Run From Head of . Washington Street . . UNITED RAILWAYS BUILDS ONE HALF OF THE SYSTEM Other Section Is Being Con structed by Kings Heights 'Company; The Mount Calvary line of the United Railways will be operated as a part of the system - of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company and cars will run direct from the head Of Washington street to the Cemetery back of the hlH without1 transfer. The .connecting linK, from where the Washington street lln-s of the street railway company termi nates, to the eastern end of the United Railways line will be built by the King's Heights company of which Dr. J. R. Wetherbee is president. ' The statement that the Portland Rail way, Light & Power company would operate the Mount i Calvary ;; line was made by President B. 8. Josselyn of the street car system this morning and ha said the line would have service similar to that on other suburban lines that form part of the' big street . railway system. "The United Railways and the King's Heights company are building the line," said Mr. Josselyn. i 'That Is. the United Railways is building to the cemetery from, the top of the hill and the heights'' company will build from the head of Washington street to the top of the htlt'1' where the tracks will Join, but the com pleted line will be operated as a part ,. Contlnued"en Page Fourteen.) nr. iiLli IlL KILLED IEII ICE Of Thirty Men at Plant at Mprewood ? Lake, Mass., It Is Said .None Escapes In- ; , jury; Four, Dead Identified.- . (United PreM L.d WL1 Pittsfleld, Masa. Dec. 29. Fourteen men are, reported , to have been killed and 20 others Injured in .an explosion at the Morewood lake ice plant today. Ambulances and physicians were sent from Pittsfleld. Four of the dead have been identified. They are: f f William Dunn. ' ' - - ' ' Edgar Allen. v , John Raymond. Martin Smith. - t More than 30 men are known to' have been in the plant at the time of the explosion. It is believed none escaped injury. - The plant was : almost com pletely destroyed, , . Most of the dead are unidentified Poles, Swedes' and Italians. Engineer William Dunn was hurled 200 feet .Martin.-. Smith was thrown mfare than J00-" f eet. His legs were broken and his head prushed. Parts of the boiler were blown over the tops of trees 15j) feet away. Eleven of the injured have been brought to the hospital here, . One man died this afternoon, making tbe total number of dead 15. v :, : ' sent to Cuba, where he served until the surrender. After this, he : said,' he learned that his sweetheart after tak ing the ' veil in Spain, had come to Mexico or -the United States.. He mn spent more than 10 yearn sean-lilng the convents of Mexico and Out ml Ainerlt for her, tramping almost the wdola length of the Mexican western- count. Garcia arrived in Long Beach yester day eu route to Los Angeles to continue his quest. t" : Through an Interpreter he said' t'xl.iy; "I cannot tell you the name of th woman It is too sacred to be spokan in this prison. I am not searchm for h i to, try to take her from the si rvi'-o of thurchww;,,botrf-"tov',''''t'W'rf-T7 t i -look upon her face asain before I tv, I was praying that, this mlKtit li wi. u I was takan by tUm offii crii yi. r t - ' Garcia spent the great r part f i night on hts kne-s in tn. jail, .a c : cruel tlx In . his hand, ' f f v t j mltte to hf"r thi 'rrur":, : re was si-arched by bis j.iii.-. .'.. GNU u iim PLANT BLOWN UP f - .