THE OREGON 'DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY C 2, 1311.' y
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37 FOREST FIRES .
OF 191 0 ARE HELD
: TO BE REilARY
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'Campers Responsible, for 139
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; tective Agencies; : State Is
Censured. I ;
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" Complete reports ., of fires In na
tional forests , during 1910 have been
prepared oy the forestry service, the
.t. state forestry board and the Oregon
Forest Fire association. Aa. many re
s'' porta of .fires Outside government re-
V serves. as could be obtained have been
included, but these; are Incomplete due
fW IDS ISCl jnai vuo w 4"-
..vision for learning definitely about
.''its fifes, and causes 'Its fire wardens
to serve without pay. Not even stamps
are furnished for use In their corres
j pondenco with the state board. The
I state's lack of forest fire protection Is
severely censured' In the report, -which
Vreadsc part as follows: u s ; .,'
I (The total number of fires reported
't from all sources 1 ?4, of whlch8J4
were outside the national forests and
'-444 Inside, 7tt of the latter being on
k private land. Of the .440, 237 reached
J-destructive proportions while 242 were
.'extinguished la their lnclplency. On
fans average the small tire extinguished
J were Just , as well located for great
ff spread and damage as were those that
t actually - became large fires. 1 'The dif-
ference 1n results Is shown to be the
f difference ,between - frequent and littls
,on no patrol; i-v .j:.
v i Too' Tstucfe Territory. "
''Each forest service field officer wbs
J-charged ' with- an Hverag of -100,000
I aoresi ' Te reach alt "the exposed por
tions dally would Involve travel of from
i 40 to 100 miles for each man,, which of
" course Is a physical Impossibility. Trails
1 leading Into - country otherwtse dlffl-
cult of access In many Instances en-
abled the fire fighters to prevent small
- fires from becoming large ones. , Tel
f ephones- also saved the situation time
J and again. Extensions of . both trails
land telephone lines are being made as
F rapidly a appropriations by congress
will permit . 'r"-:?J??
kl "An analysis' of causes -of flrea In-
'Bide tne national xoresia snows mora ui
traceable to some form of human care
j lessnesa, .thoughtlessness or pialiclous
' ness with the exception of AS which
, f were caused ! by lightning. j
f )"Nlne fires; ere stared by- 'railroad
i locomotives.1- ST are believed to have
5 been Incendiary, J 4 "Ure charged to
1 f rsmneriL fi inera started bv sawmills and
the remainder "are placed 'rider tha head
j of unknown apd miscellaneous causes
i Oarele Ar BsacfheA.f.' . .,
' "The . carelessl ' and', thoughtless are
.? slowly being educated through the. press
f to greater precaution, 'In their pse of
t fire. JTho 'malicious ar,'yet unreached,
'k Over 42,000 peoples spent r from a few
days to seyaral.weelti last, summer in
j the nattojiat forests of, Oregon.' tThelr
5 fire recqrd.i ivhll1 ad', enouf h,- 'shows
V tint the xrM rosjorlty of, them are pf
the carefui.i thoughtful type:-. Many of
,thm, turwi their, recreation Into -work
f and fought tire valiantly. . Victory over
1 the flaraee -was frequently-attained by
i tnelr assistance. -
' "On national' forest land the .amount
i-of .'merchantable timber killed or des
Itroyed Is 608,000.000 feet, board meas
J.nre!? 00 " private land Inside national
forests,1" 184,000.000 feet, and on pri
vate, land outside t t,D60,00,ooo feet, Na-
Irtwil tlKa . 1 1R
, wiiviMiv ,: jiui tiu wa ,. v niucv .av s a,.
1 per thousand and privately owned tlm
Jber valued at $1.50, show a direct loss
" f to, the' JstaUf of!Il,40,000, Stich a
t-flra.lbsg on buildings In Portland, bulld
rlngsthat could le replaced, in a few
J months., would excite gseat comment,
t and result In stronger preventive meas-
uresrbut this loss In our forest wealth
J which a hundred years are required to
t replace, has heretofore excited only
passing' regret. , , , , . r
-That- part f the fire killed "timber
convenient to transportation will prob
tsbly be utilixed but by far. the . great
r er portion has .not yet been reached by
'trail and It will have become valueless
, la less than ten yarn. .The -manu-
fartured value of the1 killed atumpage
J at $10 per thousand would be $10,640.
j ooo which Is now f drevor lost to the
' peopl of this state v The great dam-
ag done-rosyuiig, growth, .to timber
I Injured but ndt" killed and ,tj forage
r. Is' conservatively estimated at $36$,000
-$aJditionaLv;c ; , . . . -,
.J,For. patrol and , fire fighting, the
V private owners of timber in this state
J expended this year the lum of $126,
g. 8S2; the government, through the for-
I pended $150.719,. and through the army 1 tonight, when all the crews that partlc
I which assisted in southern and eastern ' Ipated In the. race wlll be entertained at
j Oregon, approximately 125,000; compan-
ten the KflllnnAl ClumrA v&nAar-aA ua,
vice valued at $1150. - .
I "Saddest of all Is the loss of four
human lives. Louis Seo. Phlllin Rich-
; mand. Jay M. Brooks and Frank Mc-
v ,--.. All K . ... T . , .
jey. ah ipu Draveiy perrormmg a
4w dangerous duty which . a thoughtful,
oaroful people should make almost whol
' In unnecessary. Nxt to this is the
destruction of housen, bBrns, farming
implements and stock valued at $114,
1 000, representing In known cases, an
entire lifetime of hard toll and self
t denial. '
"Disastrous though the season was
It Is not without benefit
The fnrmt
officers and the settlers within and
t.ner me roresis and otner timbered
. regions have been developed into a corn
pf experienced fire fighters. The pri-j
vate. owners of-Jlmhfr are formulating
'flans for more Intensive protection.
j m next legislature will probably era-1
power the stale to take a hand In pro-
i tectlng her grentest resource. With
) awakened public opinion the outlook is
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! Constipation
si Is 6rowuif Smaller Every Day.
CARTER'S UTTLt
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feponible-rtb'ey not,
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IFliWSII ONE LIFT
PIER ON BRIDGE
Company Hurries 0. R. & N.
' Span, Hoping to Get the
Broadway Contract.
One of the two lift piers of the new
O. R. &.N. -bridge' has been completed
and is ready to bear Us share of . the
steel superstructure. Work has been
concentrated on the secofid lift pier and
It will be completed within a month. It
Is stated that placing of the superstruc
ture will by that time be well under
way.. ' ' 'i'i'-r "::''
.The Union Bridge A Construction
company of Kansas City Is said to be
hurrying the Job, not only fdrMhe iake
of finishing the contract" for the sub
structure on time, but to be. In readi
ness to obtain the contract for the sub-
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Broadway bridge substructure was the
lowest of any opened at the city hall
last week. The contract on the Herri
man bridge subetnicture totals about
$500,000, while the bid for the Broad
way bridge was mora than $(00,000.
This Is because of the greater length of
the Broadway bridge. . .
Having a, treat portion of Its equip
ment on the ground and with a small
factory outfitted for tha construction
of, such other machinery, as may be
needed, the Union Bridge ft Construc
tion company Is said to have been able
to, figure a lower price for the Broad
way bridge substructure than even local
companies. 4 .
In completing the concrete work for
the Harrlman bridge unusual engineer
ing difficulties have been met and over
come. Tlie lift piers are sunk to a
stratum of cemented gravel, fully 130
fet-bslow the. river,, had. inatead of
being rested on piling as Is the case of
the present steel bridge. Land piers
and fibuttroents . have been established
in the same way wherever possible.
The method of working In a subter
ranean chamber kept free of water by
compressed air" pressure which will be
used in the making of the Broadway
bridge piers was not employed : In the
Harrlman bridge substructure. Great
cutting edges were used In conjunction
with a force dredge system and the out
ting edge was left at the bottom of the
pier to reenforce the oonorete founda
tion. In building the substructure of
the Harrlman brida four main . nlera.
four abuttments and 28 small piers or
bases have been constructed after the
fashion Just dea'crlbed. ' -
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Sturdy Men of Bark Forfar
f shire Leave; Americans Be
lliind in ';Boat Race.
The,Ved flag of merry England waves
H proncny -along tne waterrront today.
The sturdy crew of the British bark
Forfarshire finished first In the an
nual : International. boat race between
crews of ships in the harbor of Port"
land at new year time.
The winning boat will receive apprise
Of 125,
Victory of the Forfarshire boat was
due to the well trained quartet of oars
men, consisting fit x. Ferguson, Fran
Friske, T. Oakley and E.Hall A. Bai
ley, mate of the Forfarshire, acted as
coxswain.' . The Forfarshire-, crew fin
Islied 10 lengths In- front -of the crew
j of the. French bark Bayard. Time made
by the winners was IS minutes. The
course was about a mile and a half in
length, the race being rowed up the
river to the Burnside bridge. Several
thousand -spectators gathered on the
Burnside and steel bridges and on the
docks lining the course,
The crew of the British bark Inaravon
won third prise. The crew of the steam
er Bear was fourth. ! The Vrews of the
British bark Inverness and the French
fcark Pierre Antoiiie tied for fifth place,
and the crew of the lighthouse Render
Golden Gate passed the finish last
lEaeh of the' crews will receive a cash
prize, varying from $25, for, the first
to $5 for the last.
The prUes will be paid out of a fund
collected from the ships In the harbor,
nnrl will he nreKented tn the nn rumen
a banquet at the Seamen's institute.
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UNKNOWN MAN BURNED
TO DEATH IN BOX CAR
An unknown man was burned to death
In a boxcar loaded with hay fit Eighth
and Irving streets last night, and up to
noon today nobody had been able to
Identify the remains.
It Is believed that the man started
the fire In some manner after having
entered the car to uleep for the night.
The body' was so terribly burned that
' It was believed that It .was a nerro. but
1 the clothing was stripped from the body
and patcnes or white skin were found.
i Th body was that Of a "very ' power-
ful man, weighing about 2.25 pounds and
measuring- about 5 feet 11 Inchel. He
was dressed as a laborer. The remains
were cremated today by the county. '.
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MIMIsUML DAIiUUL I - Ur
PUAIIDrD I A Kill A DV 11
1nHiviDt.n JMliUMrt III
- The annual banquet of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce will be held 'In
the large dining room of the Portland
T Commercial ClUB m rthe evenlfig" r Jan
uary 1 j. Election of offloers will be
held during the afternoon and the re
suit will be announced at the banquet
In the evening annual reports of off!
cers and" standing committees will be
read in brief and a few speaker will
be placed on the program for short
1 talks. The banquet will be open to
i uieruueru, uiuui.
J -- Mexico Celebrates New Year.
' -City of Mexico, -Jan. 2. New Year'a.
as usual, was generally observed In this
city and; elsewhere throughout Mexico.
At the National Palace President Dias
tttAlvd fham fnn trvaf itla Ham m'nf ksi mam
j bers of the diplomatic ; corps, magls-
i Government' offTclalaarmy Tnd
Mvir off tcerand hundreds- of- distil
respecu to ine ciuer -executive 01 tne
nation.
Monster masquerade on skatea. Oaks
rink tonight e
PORTUGAL WILD
King Manuel Has Chance of
Being Restored to HisT
Throne. :
ItlDtteo' tn Leased Wlro.t
London. Jss-n 'A movement to over
throw the new republican government
in Portugal Is apt to take definite shape
In a resort to arms, according to a
story printed in ihBUXiondon Evening
Times today.' , Private messages from
Lisbon, says the Times, are to the ef
fect that Portugal, ana especially Lis
bon, is wlMiy excited and the populacs
te ready . tq, . take up arms at mo
menfn notice. " t-- srv;:"
British residents areflytng the union
jack over their homes, -and British mer
chants are preparing to demand pro
tection - from the British government,
according to the Time, "
.Dissatisfaction with tne ursga-ad
ministration by both royalists and rad
ical republicans is said to be at tne Dot
torn, of,- the latest trouble, It . Is ex
pected that the two . dissatisfied ele
ments In Portuauese DOlItlcs may com
bine to throw out the conservatives and
that King Manuel may onoe again be
restored to big throne ;
Albany. N. T. Jan. l.--John A. Dlx,
Democrat, today became governor of
New York. Following a military and
clvlo parade W which the retiring- gov
ernor. Horace White, and nis Starr
participated, pix was sworn in short
ly before noon.
in his jnaugurai aaaress, vix saia in
part: "
"We have reacnea tne point in our
state where we are living beyond our
means. The pressing duty before the
lawmakers bf the state Is reform and
retrenchment, restoring us to a normal
condition, where we will have some
thing more than a fictitious surplus.
. "There is no doubt that it would
have been more, conducive of easy pop
ularity If we had used this occasion
to fix the people's attention on the
solution of abstract questions relating
to .morals and conduct, rather than di
recting attention to the humdrum but
vital problems of receipts and expendi
tures, In my opinion, it is better to
Insist on inconvenience and difficulty
In public departments than to resort
to an expenditure compelling us to re
turn to direct taxation." -
Lancaster, Mo., Jan. 1. The ease
against Dr. James R. Hull and Mrs,
Alma P. Vaughn, charged with having
murdered the woman's husband, Pro
fessor John T. Vaughn of the Missouri
State Normal school at Klrksville, was
dismissed today.
' After a number of postponements the
case, which made sensational allega
tions that the professor had been pois
oned by his wife, and Dr. Hull, was
finally called for trial. Soon after the
opening It was dismissed by Judge N,
M, Shelton.
ESCAPED PRISONER
.ARRESTED IN CHICAGO
Samuel Caplan, -the prisoner who es
caped afrom Town Marshal McLachlln
of La. Grande while In Portland a week
ago, leaving ' that officer, crestfallen
and disconsolate, hail been rearrested.
A telegram notified Assistant United
States District. Attorney Walter Evans
that the Chicago police have arrested
Oaplan and will hold him for the Port
land postal authorities.
Caplan, an employ of the O. R. & N.
company at La Grande, was accused
of having taken a registered letter, not
his own, to secure clearance papers he
wanted, tie was arrested In La Grande,
and gave, bond. The bondsmen feared
he would leave and asked that he be
turned over to federal officers in Port
land. J
Town Marshal McLachlln took Caplan
in charge and brought him safely to
Portia ndv Once here Caplan asked leave
to visit a lawyer's office In the Mer
chants Trust building before being
turned over to .the United States mar
shal, v McLachlln accommodated him
and during ; the "conference" Caplan
skipped, leaving his coat and hat be
hind. The loss was a tragedy to Mc
Lachlln who said he had lost but one
other prisoner, and that one had died
before he got him to Jall
Mr. Evans will try to have the bonds
men send for Caplan, falling In which
the United States marshal here will
probably send a deputy for him.
Entries at Emeryville.
Emeryville, Jan. 2. Entries for to
morrow: . - ' .
-l First race, futurity course Judge Ca
banlss 112, Fountain Square" 111, laddy
alp, 108 Likely .Dieudonne 107, TDacia
93, Zwick 98. Ben Wilson 95, Ben - K.
Sleet 111. Welakao 96, Ketchel 108, Old
Mexico 100, Argonaut 110. ,
Second. raoe, three furlongs, two-year-old
niUes-vZlmrlCQ. W Berry) ;il.
Ulflun (G. W. Berry) 111,. Change of
Air (E. J. Caesatt) 111, Evelina (J. M.
Camden) 112. Auto; Girl' (Keene Broth
ers) 112, Florence 8. (Oakwood Stable)
112, LaCaiadera (California-Stable) 112,
Annau Schrelber Bi- BchreiberM 112,
Landltola (B( Echrelber) 112, Acquln (H.
ft H) 112, (Couple Evelln and Auto
Girl a Keehe Camden., entry; Anna
Schrelber" and - Landtola as Schreiber
entry), yp''y:' r .t&S.f :-,;:
Thjird race, mile and 20 yards Eudy
mlon 11 110( Eddy jGraney 103, ,Bonnie
Bard '108, Michael AngeloH 109, Buck
thorn 1 10. i, .,;t;s -t v, -
Fourth race, six furlongs, handicap
Pay Streak yo. Feather Duater 85,
Pawhuska 109, Eddie Dale 108, Starry
Nltrht. 86,. .-.1 :::;.:- .iiL.;,..., ,i :
Fifth , race, mile and " an oightn Sir
Wesley 102, Sir Angus I0h, Dovalta
109, BellevteW'lOl, Sake 108,' J. C. Clem
103, Captain Burnett 111,' Miami 108,
Footloose .108, Merlingo lll.g Sir John
110, Cabin 111. f -Sixth
race, seven- furlongs Adena-
105,' Chief Desmond 108, - Tony- Faust
1 ?,leTtnafle9 N ovforodr"! 0SV
Wise Child 106, Nettle graver. 99, lrd
of the Forest 113, Reene W. 103, PhllUs
tlna 98, lttle Jane 108. ' .
DIXpiSiES
POISON CASE AGAINST
DR. HULL DISMISSED
l Apprentice allowance..
SQUARE DEAL MEN
PLAN MWHil
TO NIE SPEAKER
Antis Would Unite With Those
Not Irrevocably; Tied to As
semblyites t '"Thompson's
Chances Are Dropping.
plans of the old-line Republican crew
to organize the lower house ef the leg
islature;; y the .election ,of ' Wvlatr
ThomD80n-aa uneakar dronned several
degrees In probability today.., It ,18 be
coming evident that a number of men
indorsed by . assemblies are inclined to
swallow everything with an assembly
brand. - v ' , ?- ' x '
Today there Is talk of a combination.
of members pledged to "a square deal."
which. wUl Include some, of the- men
listed, as assembly men, but are not
hidebound.' Prominent out-of-town mem
bers are' committed -4 a program that
will eliminate the leading exponents of
the assembly idea 1 and, unite on, some
candidate Who will stand pledged to deal
fairly and help put the brakes on the
planS of the. reactionaries. Y ' .,-.
The movement .haa made suoh prog
ress that there la reason to believe it
will succeed,-and search is now being
made for a candidate who can unite the
square deal elements. When he Is found,
it Is .believed, some of the candidates
now In the field will withdraw and clear
the pathway of the new leader.
There Iff talk of Lloyd T. Reynolds of
Salem, elected as an assembly man; of
M. F. Kggleston of Jackson county, an
antl-assemblylte, and of John. P. Rusk
of Wallowa, anti-assembly. It Is not
certain that any of these can command
the united support desired. Reynolds Is
one af the older members of the house
In service, bilt his previous assembly
affiliations are not liked by some.
Eggleston comes for his first term, and
for that reason is not looked on with
favor by . Bonis of the old members.
Rusk has been one of Hie leaders all
along and this is thought to militate
Slightly against him.
An Increasing number of members are
Inclined to favor an open fight on the
floor, without holding a caucus on the
speakership. Four or five-members .of
the Multnomah delegation are opposed
to a caucus, and others may pursue the
same course. Id' this list are counted
Fouts, - Amme, Clyde and Bryant Gill
of Hood River has written that he is
opposed to caucus. Some of those who
are against the caucus idea qualify .their
opposition by saying that, If sufficient
members sign the caucus call without
them they wlfl also go in.
PREiEMi
Deadlock May Result and
Place Be Forced to "Dark
Horse" Candidate.
See-saw Is still the game, with
guesses both ways, In the fight for
presidency ef the next state senate
Jay Bowerman's friends say he has the
votes to win. while Ben Selling's ad
herents count the Multnomah man as
winner. A third guess Is that tne two
leaders will deadlock and the prise be
landed by a third candidate. Most
frequently named In the latter regard
are Dan J. Malarkey of Multnomah and
N. J. Slnnott of Wasco.
Strong claims are now being -made
by the Bowerman men to the support
ot Senator Hosklns of Yamhill, who
has been perched on the fence. Friends
of SelHnu do nof concede he will b
against them, however, andv point to
the vote of Yamhill county at the last
election, when West rocelved 1628 votes
and Bowerman 1394. .Old Yamhill's r.
pudlatlon of assembtylsm was one of
the features of the election, and sup
port of Bowerman may not set well
with many f Hosklns constituents.
Bowerman strategy In gaining votes
from men whose recent affiliations
have been opposed, to him" Is Illustrated j
by the cases of Senators Abraham or
Douglas and Barrett of Umatilla.
Abraham was one of the most un
compromising of progressives and
Statement One men at the last session
of the legislature Ho was frequently
lirvolvod In tilts with Bowerman. His
name led the roll call and he frequent
ly took the opportunity to make a few
remarks against the Bowennan style
of polities. He was openly ridiculed
on the floor of the senate by members
of the Bowerman school.
In the last campaign Abraham, after
being defeated by Bowerman for the
nomination for governor, went Into th
Bowerman camp with all his baggage.
He la now one of the most ardent sup
porters of the man from Condon. Vari
ous explanations are given, all -predicated
on a complete understanding be-1
tween the two men.
Barrett Supports Bowerman.
; Barrett Is another Statement' One,
man who has tied his .kite to th'
Bowerman star. After alignings Mm-'
self against the Bowerman school Ip
the campaign, he wavered.-then, plunged
deep Into the Bowerman pool. About
the same time Bowerman ""came
through" by appointing Dr. J.. D. Pla
mondon, son-in-law of Barrett, aa sup
erintendent of the new eastern Oregon
asylum.
Bowerman's haute In naming , the
superintendent, who began drawing sal
ary yesterday, .before an architect has
been appointed to draw plana, for the
new Institution, has elnce been ade
quately explained. Barrett was ex
tremely anxious To. have his son-in-law
appointed, and came' with Dr. Pla
mondon to Portland and Salem to make
sure Bowerman needed? Barrett's
vote, b he clinched it i;:;;,:;Vb ',
ELKiNS CONDITION NOTi
MATERIALLY IMPROVED
Washington, Jan. 2. Although Unite!
State "Senator Stephen B. Elklna of
West Virginia, Is reported weak today,
he ha recovered from the attack -of
hiccoughing with which he was seized
three days ago. In spite of favorable
bulletins ISsued from . the Elklng hom.
frlende-ef the enntor-re alarmed-and'
eHve bM I H 4n--eeHeu-ofmdittoTr.
Senator tElklns ' has been 111 for five
months. t -
STILL UNSETTLED
,. Go with the crowds to, Oaks rink toi
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SIT PHEIIT
Hold Convention at Boise All
Members to Attend Port
land "Convention?
""- tl btepitrk t The JnarntLt
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 2. Declaring that
Idaho, because -it 1 more Intensely In
terested In the wool Industry than any
other state In the union, should be ac
corded the privilege of naming the pres
ident of the National Woolgrowers" as
sociation, which meets In convention at
Portland this week, the Idaho wool
growers In convention today considered
the nanitos of Frank ; Hagenbarth of
Spencer and A. J. - Knollln of Chicago
for the honor. Kaollin is "heavily in
terested In sheep raising In this state.
Prominent woolgrowera declared at
today session that , the .aetlon : taken
by the coming convention wilt mean the
life or death of the industry, and as
a result of appeals made practically the
entire membership-la pledged to go to
Portland, The -Idaho association will
urge, that the president of the national
organization be placed on a salary-in
order that be may give his entire time
to the work.
- n.'nltiid Prew teiwd Wlre.y
Chicago, Jan. 2. A fight in which no
Championship Is involved but which
threatens to attract almost as much at
tention as (he recent Reno affair. Is on
in the household of Heavyweight Cham
pion Jack Johnson, "according to reports
today. Rumor has Johnson's mother
and his white wife as the principals,
with the colored bruiser trying to'
be Teforee, stakeholder and audience
combined. ' , "
The storm, which Is said to have been
brewing for ' some times -broke today
when" Johnson's mother, an Intelligent
but aggressive negress, Issued an ulti
matum that Johnson's wife was here
after and forever barred from her
house.- The occasion was the-attempted
return of Mrs. Jack to the .Jphnsou
house from a sanitarium, where for
more than a week she has been under
treatment by physicians.
Gaston Lefai.s alleged search With a
pistol for Jotmson la said to have
started the trouble.
Mrs." Johnson Br. Charged that Mrs.
Jack had been too friendly with Lafalt
and had given Lefalt her moral support
when he was gunning: for Johnson.
Then the champion's wife and Lefalt
quarreled and she had been so badly
Injured by Lefalt in the row that fol
lowed that she had to be taken te a
hospital, Mrs, Johnson alleged.
Johnson Is aald to have packed his
grip and gone to a hotel to think it
over. , .
Mrs. Johnson Br. lives In a palatial
residence given her by hBr son shortly
after he won the Championship from
Jeffries, at Reno. .
Greetings of the new year, from Presi
dent Taft: were received today by the
newly organized Organ naval mllltla.
The message of good cheer came through
Geonge von L. Meyer, secretary of the
navy, who telegraphed Rear Admiral
Cottman at the Puget Sound navy yard,
commandant of this, district, aa follows:
Washington, Dec! 30, 1910. The pres
ident sends his New Year's greetings
and cordial appreciation of services to
the officers and men of your command.
Transmit the above promptly to all un
der your command and vessels , at sta
tion, for publication prior to noon Jan
uary 1, 1911.
"GEjORGK VON L. MEYER. -,
1 . ,. "Secretary of Navy."
. .The message - was received for the
Oregon division by Commander John
McNulty, who turned it over to Captain
George 8. Shepherd. , The Oregon mllltla
Is preparing to take charge of the eruis
er Boston when it it repaired and ready
for the water. This cruiser was secured
from the navy yard through the efforts
of Senators Chamberlain and Bourne at
Washlngtou.
Friends 0t the movement donated 150
through The Jourjia! today, which will
apply on suits.1 . - Y; , '
TIME IN TWO YEARS
Pendleton, Or, Jan. :. Today is the
first "wet"- day Pendleton has had for
two and a half years. Twelve saloons
opened for business this morning and
all day bartenders have been kept busy
passing out decoctions of fermented
spirits, i The new regulative ordinance
went into effect yesterday but did not
become effectiye-untlHoday, which par
adox la explained by the fact; that yes
terday was Sunday, on which day It la
against the law to open saloons.
Another singular coincidence In con
nection with the saloon business was
the opinion handed down by the supreme
court. Saturday; v permitting Umatilla
county to employ a detective to enforce
theloqsl optlpn law on the very last
day. In - which the local option law was
In effect , . ', ;' - '' ' ; -t-
ROUNDUP DATES, SET
f FOR SEPT 28-29-30;
- ' (Special Dispatch to Toe Journal)
' Pendleton, Or., Jan.' 2.--September 28,
29 and SO are tentative dates selected
for the 1811 roundup Int this city .and
they will be confirmed, if they do not
conflict with dates 0 any. 'other tmnrt
ant northwest event ,thl decUklft tau
lowed a telegram- from "V
McMurray of the 0,-W.!C; K., re
questing that datts b' set sd they could
be ' Incorporated In - the , story of the
roundup te appear In the aext issue of
ithe Sunset Magazine,
' Bee mask carnival on skates Oaks
rink tonight. , ''-'.'?.
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TAFT SENDS WIRE
TO NAVAL MILITIA
PENDLETON It FIRST
, 1
Journal Want Ada rlng result
hiimoiLit mi mono
PRIZEFIGHT Fllf"i
Dr. Young, In Address Says
Pictures avor of the Low- :
est Depths of Hell.
The meeting of the general minis
terial association this, morning waa an
echo of the Jef fries-Johnson prize fight
Dr. Benjamin Young, chairman, of the
association's law and order committee,
passionately denounced the pictures of
the fight which were advertised to ap
pear In - a "local theatre this week as
"trrutalialnc and i debauching, savoring
ot the lowest depths of hell." He added
that the , tght ' had beeri outlawed In
every ' state put one, ana tnat pictures
of the tight should . also be outlawed.
He related a conversation he had had
with George L. Baker at Salem when
Sunday closing of show houses was pro
posed In, a" bill submitted to the legis
lature and Mr. Baker had said that he
believed theatres should be open on Sun
day exhibiting shows that would have
a moral uplift Dr. Young then went On
to say that it Mr. Baker desired to make
good On this statement he would have
to disavow the picture: , , ,
Dr. Young had talked with the mayor,
the chief : of police and Circuit Judge
Cleland In attempting to' get the pictures
stopped. . A resolution ' approving ;: the
course of the offlclaJs and recommend
ing; that they continue- the fight against
the moving picture exhibition , until it
was rendered impossible, was , unani
mously ; adopted. K Df. Young aald "hi
had been Informed that newspaper men
had been Invited to censor the pictures
tonight. He said he thought the preach
ers of the town should also be invited.
The Issue waa- bo Interesting to the
ministers that many were on their feet
at once clamoring to be heard.
The address of the day was dellverefl
by Dr. E. A. Pierce, his subject, "Ore
gon's Fight Against 'Tuberculosis.'! Ore
gon, said Dr. Pierce, has heard the ery
of the unfortunate victims. A splendid
sanatorium for the care of state cases
has been, established at Salem. - The
yisltlng Nurse association and many of
the women's clubs have united to fight
the disease. ' The open air sanatorium,
established In 1194 hat accomplished
much of the original purpose to aid In
curing and preventing; the disease. Eduv
cation,' said Dr. Pierce, will - do more
than anything else to prevent the dis
ease. He recommended the Introduction
of text books on tuberculosis Into the
schools and- Insisted that teachers
should know . howi to teach prevention of
the disease. In many cases, .tubercu
losis is curable, Dr. Pierce declared.
Mrs Thomas Johns, 65 Years
Old, jn San Francisco Kbsfj ''
pita!; Skull Fractured.;;'
San Francisco, Jan. 2. Although they'
have two men In custody in connection
with the brutal beating and robbery of
Mrs. Thomas Johns, 65 yeas of , age,'
the police are continuing the search for
the men Who beat down the aged wom
an and left her for dead on the floor
of her grocery store.
.On a cot at the receiving hospital Mrs.
Johns is hovering between life and death
and her physicians fear her life cannot
be Baved. Mrs. Johns skull was frac;
tured by a blow on the head. '
The men being held are James Burke,
a marine fireman, and George Ross, a
bellboy. They were - arrested because
Burke has a peculiar swelling on one
side of the ndse. Mrs. Johns noticed
such a peculiarity of the features of
one -of her assailants. "
The robbery occurred at S o'clock yes
terday. - Mrs. Johns was alone In her
store when two men entered. One ad
vanced to the Counter, while the other
Watted near the door. As Mrs. 'Joans
turned to the shelf she was struck on
the head from behind. A, customer
found her. unconscieus on the floor -an
hour ; later. Fifty dollars was missing
from the cash register.
EASTERN CAPITALISTS
Based on a valuation of $325,000, the
B0 by 100 foot lot at the northwest cor
ner of Seventh and Morrison streets has
been leased to a syndicate of local and
eastern . Investors 1 for a term of 50
years Attorney E. A. Lundberg of Me
Nary & Lundberg, who has an Interest
in the lease and Who represents the
eastern members of the syndicate. Bays
tnat it is the intention to improve the
corner with a 12 story class A office
building, v ' - v ';,',;,
Under, the terms of ths lease, the
Risley estate, which owns the prop
erty, wijl receive a monthly rentals of
11125 for the first: 10 years of the lease,
with an increase ot 2&Q a month at the
expiration-of -each -40 year period, the
rent tor. the last 10 years amounting to
$2000 a month.. -:
'The holders of the lease are obli
gated to Improve the lot with a building
to cost not less than 1260.000. The
present occupants' of the premises hold
leases which will expire two years
hence. -
GOVERNOR-ELECT TALKS
AT EXERCISES TONIGHT
' Governor-elect West will be tte
principal speaker this evening at the
annual Emancipation celebration to be
held at the; Y. M. C A.' auditorium, A
program has -been made op of papers
and short talks by. Congressman-elect
A. W.v Lafferty, Judge McGinn, Mayor
Simon, Dr- A. C Smith, C. B, Merrjck,
f. B. Williamson, H. W, Btgne and J. B.
Yebn. r ,n -r--f -f ---v .... ..
u The prograra : begin ' at 2:30 o'clock
and, is held under the auspices of the
Afro-Amerlaan Political union, ' George
W. Kinney will be master of ceremonies.
The celebration-movement has-had -a
Tgpid growth theJpa&tyearuril'la
now being observed in every state In the
union. , . . t ' r
ROB OLD WOMAN
PLAN
BUILDING
Monster masquerade, on gkate Oaks
rink tonlrhL .
GREAT GROVTII OF
RAILROAD'S PliOHI
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Southern Pacific Forces Defi
. : cit by Ruse, Declares; J. N.
. Teal -to tlourt in Speaking
for Stale Commission.
: Arguments ; to shpw the enortnjns
growth of the Southern. Paelf com
pany's business and' the fact 'that in the1
past 10 years it has waxed fattef at the
expense of, fts shipper than, has - any
other railroad 1A the state were made be
fore United States Judges Gilbert, Wet
verton and Bean Bitting en bano in the
case of the Southern Pacific against the
Staje Railroad commission today, j ; v'
The suit Is an application for ah In
junction by . the railroad te prevent the
commission from, lowering distributive
class rates from Portland to points on
the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon.
The railroad claims the proposed rates
would do It great and Irreparable dam
age and, would seriously effect already
impaired revenues. "s - '
Attorney Joseph if, Teal, speaking for
the commission,: said, the Southern Pa
cific has enjoyed a greater growth in
the past decade than .any other liner In
the state and that In spite of having
almost every expense met by the road
charged to the Item of operation so, as
apparently to .reduce the slse of net
revenues, Jhat still the road paid Heavy
dividends and interest j on its. Indebted
ness. ' " " ' " ';:'';.Vf n,
V.. . Argument. Xs XKmg.,. , .-.f
Mr. Toal'll 4 argument ijppposlng the
granting of the Injunction consumed the
morning session of the court and ajibtv
tion of the afternoon, lie was tollfwed
by Wv D.. Fenton, who asked .that Jhe
Injunction be- granted the road. .&
Mr. Teal showed many alleged lnao
curacies of Importance In the complaint
of the railroad company, Including the
notable one of in one place alleging the
Iobs ' m revenue. ,from the ( proposed
change wbuld amount to nearly $300,
000, in another placing the flguf at
$27,581, while In the affidavits of the
railroad's experts the amount was stated
at but $138,020. He also claimed that
Mr Fenton, in quoting the lease of the
Oregon. & California by the Southern
Paciflo used; the wrong , lease and hot
tlie';one now In effect t . 1
Mr, Teal stated that the operations of
the rdad under the lease have been so
successful that in 1910 If could have
paid 4 per, cent-on -all; stock ever end
above the ! and. 9 pec centpald on pre
ferred, stock, and lbs' interest ;pald .on
bqnd and operation of. roadV. J tf
" 'The books have been made to how
deficit," said Mr Teat.y the eUn.
pie process of transferring large sutoa,
sitch- as taxes,; pn all the lands held by
the company, against the operating ac
count. In the past few, years many huge
Bums have been charged to maintenance
bo as to create is reserve fund." $'
; Mr, Tea) also presented arguments ;to
show the commlBslon's order will jiot
affect Interstate rates as is alleged, by
the-'rallroad, giving many references ito
show : that the state commission pas;, a
legal right to change intrastate i rates
that ate made a part of an interstate
fate by the . railroad company'slmply
adding them, to a through. Interstate
rate. ,J. :v ; r ;i
; 'In line with this argument he cited
the" action of tte Interstate Comtnetce
commission when Oklahoma, was admit
ted as a state, dismissing numerous
actions before it, effecting intrasttte
rates to Oklahoma on the ground; that
such fates were .under the ole jurjsdlo
tlon of the state government, ;
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Upon motion, of the plaintiff s ktter-
neys, the Btftt ef Valenttne Laubenheinter
against tne Jiegon-iaano investment
company was dismissed today by Judge
Wolverton without, prejudice. , ; , J,
The dismissal or tn la action, set for
trial tonsorrowdtepose's of the last ?ofl
the series of suits Institute! by Mr.
Laubenhelmer, the lessee of the Corn
ucopia mines of Baker county, against
the Oregon-Idaho Iitvehtment company,
the Citizens' National bank and Attor
ney Emmet Callahan of Baker. In the
suit against the .bank,. Laubenhelmer
was. given judgment for over , $12,000.
TJie case against Callahan was non
suited by Judge Bean and the two
against the Oregon-Idaho company were
dismissed. AU concerned a contest be
tween stockholders and 'lessee for pos
session of gold bullion,, the product, of
the Cornucopia mine. , i V ; ,-
MONTREAL JOURNALIST? I
OF COLD IN UTAH
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 2.AIexn
der McGregor, a well known newspaper
man of Montreal was f rosea to death In
the mountains near here. " '
- It lsepoted that he wmt to he
mountains,, following a declaration that
he would take his own life, btu this ru
mor has not been connrroea. ' , , j.t
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Masks Ion sale at-Oaks rink 'tonight.
See masquerade. - , .
Hatiy mofners hare learner)
how much they needed; y , -
Scott's Emulsion
ty. takinff It to show their
children that It was a sweet'
tnedlelne.. ;' , - , '--i--'
" For thirty-five years It has
been the best koown specific
against fatigue and enf eeble
ment, as well as the standard ,
remedy for wardlnsr off and '
relieving coldi and affec-1
tlons of tha throat and lungs
CORNUCOPIA MIN
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DISMISS
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