The Oregon daily journal., January 13, 1911, Page 1, Image 1

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PRICE TWO CENTS.
ON TRAINS AtfD rJRWs
STANDS., riVl CENTS
JOSSELYH PLANS
Nominated Collector , of Customs
Empress Very III
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::More Than 100 Persons', 'With
little Food or Fuel, Prison
m Since Monday in Mon
, Jana Blizzard. " 1
' PASSENGERS - SUBSIST
ON RICE AND FLOUR
Chinook'. Winds- May Start
Snowslides; Danger Still v,
.; Very Grave.
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Spokane, Wash., Jan. JU.By midnight
tonight' according to. Information riven
out by Great Northern, officials, the
fast mail and passenger trains, sndw
bound at Fielding-, Mont, since Monday
morning-, will have been reached by two
large crews of snow fighters and their
loads of human freight; rescued, from
Icy prisons. "" '', ! z-" ' '"' ";"
Both trains have already been found,
but the- track la not sufficiently clear to
permit , them moving: out - Most of the
passengers are said to have subsisted
since Monday on rice and a few simple
flour .compounds, as rice and flour con
stituted the greater part of the supplies
carried, according to reports.
Though the suffering from old has
been intense among some of the pas
sengers, the majority are said to have
fared fairly well, as by using coal spar,
tngly ftre enough for warming the train
has been kept.
' A force of 100 snow shovelers has
been dispatched from Spokane yester
day morning to the blockade and local
officials declare the entire road will
be opened by midnight
Grave fears of a still greater and
(Continued on Pago Eighteen.)
Examiner Thinks Vancouver
' Institution. May Be' Re
organized. That the depositors of the Commercial
bank of Vancouver, Wash., will not lose
a cent of their money through the en
tanglement of the bank's affairs, Is the
belief of J. L. . Mohundro, state bank
examiner of the state of Washington,
who Is today making rurther investiga
tions Into the conditions surrounding
the failure. The sum of MOO.000 in de
posits was Involved wnen the bank was
closed by order of the state examiner
December 19, 1910.
- In commenting upon the present situ
ation of the bank, Mr. Mohundro said:
, "I am trying to reorganise the Cora
merolal bank of Vancouver and keep it
out of the hands of a receiver. At pre
sent there are fair prospects of thlt,
being done within the allotted time of
10 days.x I am very hopeful as to the
outcome and ln the event of a satis
factory reorganisation the depositors
will hot lose anything.
' "While the cause of the bank's tieup
was due to over loane to a few indi
viduals on real estate securities, many
of these holdings are perfectly good.
Realising on these holdings Is slow and
time will be needed to turn them Into
cash. I am very hopeful."
, A. ,V, Hayden, a deputy under Bank
Examiner Mohundro. is In charge of the
bank's affairs during the letter's ab
sence. During 1J10, J. W. Bailey as dairy
and food commissioner made eight trtpB
out of Portland into the state. Six trips
were to his farm near Eugene. There
was a trip each to Cottage Grove and
Junction City and the evidence shows
that he stopped at his farm either go
ing or coming. The state paid 'all the
expenses, although there Is but one
dairy on the road to hts farm that
Bailey could have Inspected, and the
proprietor says he rarely saw Bailey.
, This was the beginning : of evidence
presented by R. .Verne, Williamson,, ex-
(Chemist In the dairy commissioner's of
fice, before the grand Jury thlr morn
ing. The evidence was . from . records J
XOUna Ey Air. w luminnuu v luc. slave
capital yesterday.' -ii.:,..;,.,,.'a:v v -
During 109, Bailey, ald Mr, William-
.son, made six trips to Eugene and four
Salem, u He . visited , his larnu near
ten ' eaclV time "he-Went to EUgent.
,Md theV.&TS.YBC1iti6thatrWa,
tritis to Salem were of political nature
durlng the legislative session of U30,
ITue number of these visas is in snare
fontraat , with cVlslts to other parte ,of
the state where he might have been ex
pected to be .attending .to the state's
'-'HSlnesa. There were -two to Forest
. HOPES RECEIVER
CHEMIST WILLIAMSON FINDS
FROM RECORDS HOW BAILEY
RJISFIl fkpfnsf innniiuK
7 lllliwuw uni L.IIUL. IIUUUUII U
Philip S. RIalcolm
(TTnlted Prut lMd Wlr. ' '
Waajilngton. Jan. 13. Philip T. Mal
colm was nominated today by President
Taft as collector of customs at Portland,
Or.
Malcolm's appointment for another
term Indicates that President Taft 'Is
still redeeming . pledges , understood to
have, been : give Jn hts tbehaif at - the
time of 'the last, national convention,
when . Frank -H. Hitchcock." then ebalr
man of the Republican national commit
tee, doled out promises of pie in return
for support for Taft by the Oregon dele
gation. In keeping pledges then . made to
Ralph Williams, national committeeman
from Oregon, the president continues to
fly In the face of the Oregon senators.
Senator Bourne's choice for collector of
customs wss Thomas McCusker. As the
only Republican senator from Oregon,
his recommendation would ordinarily
be expected to carry the appointment.
Bourne Is expected to fight the con
firmation of Malcolm In the senate. He
Is already opposing the confirmation of
BILL TO RETIRE
Carries High Rank, Thanks of
Congress; Practically Cer
tain to Pass.
United frets Leased Wire.)
Washington. Jan. 13,-The bill retir
ing Robert E. Peary with the rank of
rear admiral In the engineering depart
ment of the navy was reported with a
favorable recommendation from the
house committee on naval affairs today.
The vote In the committee was six to
four. The bill, which carries the thanks
of congress for Peary's achievement in
discovering the North Pole, it Is con
sidered. s practically certain to pass.
Grove, one each to Lafayette. Roseburg,
McMlnnvllle, Albany (and on this trip
he came hack bv Ru
City, St Helens, Condon, Deer Island
ana r-anaieiBn.v The state paid the ex-
icnw ior . ail tnese trips,
How Expenses Were Juggled.
"Bailey's trifling with my expenses
in obtaining samples for the laboratory
were as little and petty as the char,
acter-of the man," said Williamson. "I
paid, 12J20 for a number of .sample of
hamburg steak. , The state . paid Bailey
$5.80 for hamburg steak. I bought no
jelly. The state nald 'Ballev ti an for
Jelly at 25 cents a Can. He never
mrnou mm jeny in to ine orrice,'and
If he had only known it all the Jelly
neeaea ior a teat waa a in.rant riaia
Bailey's accounts showed that wherever
ne went tie nought short Weight butter.
Ha never hrftiiB-ht anv l rtff nrsilflpK Kit
tet, tftiheofflce.f orteat and lever
made any prosecytlons ror Its sale. In
fact he never brought any samples to
' ''I never botis-ht inv mum fnr'1atnr
alory 'test. ; The state paid Bailey 18fi
ior cream. x ftought lard sarnplM
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
PEARY
n
ot Portlaiid.
Elmer B. Col well as United States mar
flhul, and has the assistance of Senator
Chamberlain. It Is believed Bourne will
have something pungent to say on the
nominations of Colwell. Malcolm and
David M. Dunne, the latter as Internal
revenue collector, since all these places
are said to have been traded to the stal
wart wing of the party In Oregon for
i;at t support- ., . ' .-,v , . . : .
Mallra has been collector at Port
land four years. He Is, the highest de
gree Ms son In the state, but never 'be
fore held public office. '
Mr-Malcolm said, toiay that his ap
pointment came direct from President
Taft and that in his selection there
was no hint of politics.
"I see no reason why I should not
be reappointed collector of customs,
said Mr. Malcolm. "I have discharged
the duties or my office conscientiously
have kept out of politics altogether
and I have tried to be a fair public
official.
"My appointment came direct from
the president Political reasons or par
ty fealty In no way Influenced him to
make It" ,
FIVE MEN BURIED
Two, Other Lives -Reported
Lost During Blizzard That
Is Raging; Mercury 20 De
grees Below Zero.
Helena, Mont. Jan. 18. Three lives
have been lost inestimable damage to
livestock has been done and no signs of
relief are in sight. This is the sum
mary of the bliaxard which struck
Montana early this week and has been
raging with unabated fury since. The
known dead to date are:
Moses Stein, Culbertson.
Harold Leland, Upper Madison Basin,
Unidentified stage -passenger, White
Sulphur Springs.
It Is believed that others have per
ished.
Leland, with five others, was burled
under an avalajiche of snow and. Ice.
The others weo -dug out, badly frost
bitten. Leland 'was frozen stiff.
With the mercury at 20 degrees be-
ldw stero, the ,' snowfall, which had
ceased, began again today. It contin
ued all day.
Railroad traffic, which has been bad
ly demoralised, shows , little Improve
ment. Great Northern trains through
the, .Flathead country are erttlrely
blocked and traffic Is routed from Hel
ena td Spokane via the Norihern Pa
cific. ' Eleven hundred passengers are
on the stalled trains. It Is thought they
are plentifully supplied with food and
fuel and are not suffering.
-. Food trains behind rcftary plows are
hastening to their relief, but progress
is reported unusually slow, owing to
numerous slides.
POLICEWOMAN MAKES
GOOD RECORD; CHIEF
. ASKS. FOR FIVE MORE
' . ; Los Angeles, Jan. IS. So help- 4
4 ful has Mrs. Alice Stebblns o)
. Walls, Los- Angeles' pollcewo- f
man. been to the. department that
Chief of Police. Sebastian will
ask the city council for a squad
"orftvi addrttmiBl womenf for p )
e trol duty. The chief declares
4 Mrs. Willis has been a potenv
e . factor ln'polloo affairs since her e)
t -appointment four months ago. e
v ' Sebastian will also ask for 100"..
extra policemen. - - w-:4 "
BY AVALANCHE IN
MONTANA: I DEAD
Marshals Evidence Intended
to Break Down Testimony
of Dr. Hupp, the Expert Re
lied on. by the State.
SAYS SYMPTOMS NOT
CONCLUSIVE OF POISON
Analytical Chemist Tells How
Much Arsenic He Found
in Drinking Water.
(United Prw Lod Wire.)
U'hlin. W. Va.. Jan. 13. While Dr.
O. W. Burgatt, a dentist who had
treated John O. Schenk, was on the
stand today 'Mrs. Laura Sohenk, on
llini L'.'l lily i ' ' " c -
husband, leaned over to her counsel and
whispered: ,
"ThiptM. mv IiioUv number. I am
not afraid of any Friday the thirteenth
hoodoo."
9h .ml led hrlrhtlv as the dentist.
under duestlons from the defense,
hrnnrht nut the fact that black lines
that appeared on Schenk's gums and
which Dr. Frank Hupp, expert tor me
state, testified might have resulted
from lead .poison, appeared there early
In October. The dentist said the line
was due to the peculiar condition or
Schenk's blood. .
rtn i.rn...viiiTilnatlnn Or. HUDD had
admitted that the line might have been
due to some disease of the gums ana
not to poison.
n n,irn tnnV the stand when
v . .j . n". - ,
court convened today. His testimony
was of an expert nature. He saia ne
had treated Schenk in October and de
scribed the peculiarity of the gums
which Dr. Hupp had mentioned In his
testimony.
Dr. Burgatt said he was convinced
that the black Hne on the gums were
due to a derangement of Schenk's sys
tem and not to any disease ef the gums
themselves. i
On cross-examination he refused to
say whether the lines might have re
sulted from a disorder of the stomach.
Professor J. W. Mallett chemist of
the University of Virginia, who anal
yred samples of drinking water that
Mrs. Schenk Is said to have opened
and taken to her husband, was called
by the state. He said he found the
sample contained arsenic, but that there
was no trace of lead. Eight tenths of
nf ruenlf to the Dint, he said.
was the proportion that his analysis
showed. In the quantity analysed, he
(Continued on Page Six.)
PREMATURE SHOT:
SIX MEN KILLED
Construction Gang Within City
Limits of Prince Rupert,
. . B. C, Wiped Out.
(Cnlted Prua Taana Wlra.
Prince Rupert, B. C. Jan. IS. An ac
cldent occurred on the Grand Trunk
Pacific right of way within the city
yesterday afternoon by which six men
lost their lives and another will prob
ably die. The men, under Foreman John
Bonan, were putting In a blast, which
prematurely exploded. Every man In
the gang was killed with the exception
of one. This man's skull was fractured.
The foreman and three others were
blown with the debris into the harbor.
The others were taken to the hospital,
whsre one died shortly after. "
No particulars of the accident can be
ascertained, aa the only man In the
gang who was not killed outright was
mortally injured and Is unconscious.
GAGE TO REPORT ON
PORTUGUESE AFFAIRS
(Dotted Fren Leased Wlre.l
Vaw Vnrk Jan. IS. United Rtntea
Minister Henry H. Gage, who returned
yesterday rrom wsoon, leu today ror
Washington. Gage Was In Lisbon dur
ing the fighting when King Manuel was
overthrown. It Is understood he has
returned to make a report on the con
dition of affairs In the new Portuguese
republic.
SITE OF PORTLAND'S
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s7SOf IT-
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in
Mai) gftovvjntf Mot k "8", and relation t union uepot and Hill or North
First Unit Alone of Huge Plant
Will Cost About $300,000;
F. I. Fuller Is Having Drawn
Now the Plans for It. .
CAR BUILDING PLANT .
TO GO IN EVENTUALLY
New Location Is Bounded by
Rhone, Holgate, East 17th
and S. P. Shops.
Ten acres of land have been purchased
by the Portland Railway, Light & I'oW.
er company in southeast Portland upon
which will be built the company's new
carshops. The tract lies directly west
of the large shops of the Southern Pa
cific company. -More particularly de
scribed, It Is known as blocks 18 and II
and sundry lots adjoining In Riverside
homestead.
The 11 acre tract at Powell and
Twenty-sixth streets, bought recently
hy the. company, will be used for a ma
terial yard with the Intention of erect
ing car barns upon a portion of the land
as the demand for shelter for the com
pany's rolling stock increases.
The new. car shops will mean a con
solidation of shops at Twenty-third and
Washington and at the east end of the
Hawthorne bridge. The Twenty-third
street site has been disposed of, but the
ground occupied by shops at the east
end of the Hawthorne bridge will be
added to the large terminal facilltiee
already there.
Vice President F. I. Fuller Is now
having the plans for the new shops
drawn .up and that Construction will be
commenced as soon as possible. The
snops win be built in units, the first
unit to cost about $800,000. It will be
a fireproof structure of brick or con
crete, other units will be added in ac
cordance with the demand, there being
ampie space for one of the largest
pianis in the country;
Oars to Be Bunt at Home;
One very Important feature President
Josselyn has in mind and one that will
prove an Important factor In Industrial
Portland will be the manufacture of
cars Instead of sending to eastern or
middle states factories for them. Last
year the company bought 120 new cars,
which, if manufactured at home, would
have furnished work for hundreds of
high class mechanics, and added a large
amount to the city's pay roll.
"The lumber that enters Into the con
struction of our cars is grown snd
(Continued on Page Eighteen.)
SAYS GOVE
State Board Believes Adjoin
ing Farm Should Be Pur
chased for Hospital Site at
Pendleton.
("pedal Dt.pt t eh to Th Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., Jan. IS. "More land is
needed and must be had," said Governor
Oswald West this morning after viewing
the site selected out from this city for
the location of the branch Insane asylum
In company "with State Treasurer Kay,
Superintendent R. E. L. Stelner, Engl
neer Charles Murphy and Architect L. R.
Hazeltlne.
The party arrived this mornlrig. and
made tlie trip to the site In an auto, but
on account of the snowfall during the
nlRht, tltey were handicapped to some
extent In the Inspection. However, West
and Kay satisfied themselves that the
adjoining tract mutt be purchased, and
from remarks they made It is thought
they will recommend to the legislature
an nddltlonal appropriation.
Dr. J. D. Plamondon, appointed by
Governor Bowerman as superintendent
of the new asylum, and who was re
moved by Governor West yesterday,
did not come down from Athena to meet
the party as he had planned.
NEW P0ST0FFICE
OB
MUST HAVE MORE
LAND FOR ASYLUM.
N
SETCTG
v '.Tfej 'if t
Czarina of Russia.
(United Prett Uunt Wlr.
St Petersburg, Jan. IS. Though the
fact has been kept secret, it is re
ported on "good authority that the crar
lna is again critically 111 and that on
that account all court fetes and enter
tainments have been postponed. ' The
empress is saia to be arnicted with a
strange malady which physicians are
unable ' to classify. Recently she was
treated at Badnauhelm and apparently
ws much Improved, but Is said to have
suffered a relapse 'that has left her
worse, .than before.
Partial paralysis is said to have at
tacked the czarina's feet and to he ex
tending to her legs and' arms.
CENSUS: BUREAU SENDS
OUT FIGURES ON EIGHT
MORE OREGON TOWNS
e (Spacial Dlipatdi t The Journal.) 4
4 : -Washington, Jan. 18. The cen- )
a sub bureau today gave out popu-
latlon figures on cities of Oregon
as follows:
e 1910 l00 1190 e
0 Astoria S599 8SS1 6184
e Ashland 6020 2S4 1784 e
Baker $742 6668 2604 e
e Gresham 640
Milwaukle ..... 860
e Oswego prec't..H07 .... ....
0 Llnnton 1166 884 .... )
Troutdale - 809
e The bureau also announced to- e
day the population of Reno, e
e Nevada, as 10,867.
0 Report was made Wednesday e
on Oregon cities as follows (fig-
e ufes for 1910 only, given): Sa- )
lem. 14,094; Eugene, 9009; La )
4 Grande, 484S; Oregon City, 4287. e
e St. Johns' population has been
4 announced as 4872. 4
4
WOMAN IN BURNING
HOUSE FOUND DYING
Santa Ana, Cel., Jan. 13. "Come
home, John; the house is on fire, and I
think I am dying."
Mrs. John Gowan telephoned this mes
sage to her husband after she had been
fatally burned by an explosion of a
gasoline iron,
Her husband-rushed home, extin
guished the blase and endeavored to re
vive his unconscious wife.. Physicians
were unable to save her life. Mrs.
Gowan attempted to refill the Iron, and
an explosion followed.
Portland may secure her new post
office site and besrin work on the con
struction of the building by spring.
United States District Attorney John
McCourt said today he would begin con
demnation proceedings against the own
ers of block "S," chosen as a site for
the. building, as soon as instructions
come' from the attorney general at
Washington, and would call a special
Jury to sit on tho proceedings, If such
action would hasten the matter. f.
The present jury panel In the nlted
States court will be out in a few weeks.
A new Jury will- not be called until
March, in the ordinary run of event,
but If it becomes possible .to try the
condemnation proceedings before then a
special panel will be drawn, ; , .
'. - Ho Delay Expected. j
If the secretary of the treasury ' ha
asked the .Attorney general to begin
conde,mnajtloiujjroc(llngstnBU:ucUona
f rom MJV Wlokersham should reach Mn
McCourt within a week. It would then
be necessary to secure an abstract of
the property which is bounded by Hoyt;
Gllean, Seventh and Eighth streets, so
as to getthe names of all defendants tn
the proceedings, v Suit could then be
filed, it would take 10 daya to Miswer,
0
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CONSTRUCTION OF SPLENDID
POSTOFFICE BUILDING HAY
BE BEGUN IN EARLY SPRING -
Struck in .Very1 Tender Spot
Senator Bowerman Likely
to Retaliate . Through r His
Friends During Session. :
BOWERMAN FACTION
PLANNING ACTIVITIES
Former Governor Retreats to'
Background When Defeat
Comes to Him.
Gossip over the summary removal of
Dr. J. D. Plamondon, Bowerman'. ap .
pointee, as superintendent of the, new
eastern Oregon insane asylum, by Gov
ernor West and State Treasurer Kay
has turned to the effect it may have
in legislative circles. It is known that
Bowerman has been hit In', a sore spot
by the removal of Plamondon, and he
is expected to retaliate at the earliest
opportunity. s '
During the three day session or tne
legislature this week Bowerman, usual
ly prominent did not once address the
chair, even to introduce a -ill. This
quietude of the man from Gilliam, who
so recently held the rein as governor
and was deposed as president of the
state senate, is thought to be the fore
runner of a storm. ; .
The removal of Plamondon may not
become a subject of early debate, since
It is not the purpose of Governor west
to name any one in his place until toe
asylum buildings are erected, perhaps
two years hence. But no one doubts
that Plamondon will long remain In
the Bowerman mind, and It may like
wise add fire to the rhetorio of Sea-.
(Continued on Page Eighteen.')
FOR ATHLETICS
Willamette Boys Neglect Their
Sports to Stroll With -Maidens
Fair.
"OUEENING"BAD
(Salem Bureau ef The Joeraal. ? , :",
Willamette University, Salem,- Or.,, .
Jan. 18. "Queening.", as that particular ;
activity is called at Willamette uni
versity in which the boys are found too
much in the company of the co-eds,
must cease, according to the edict of -Dr.
G. J. Sweetland physical instructor .;.
at the university, If Willamette ia to
go forward in the matter of athletics.
The doctor delivered a tallt to all tho
students at assembly this , morning , tn ,
which he appealed to the patriotism pf
the co-eds and urged them to cut out
the boys for the sake of athletics. .
Coach Sweetland has been endeavor
ing. ever since . the football, season
closed, to get the boys of the Institution :
out on the athlete field to work It over
and prepare for the coming spring track v;
season, but the physical director said
this morning that the boya have, spent
their af ternoona after class hours stroll- ;
lng around the campus with the girls, ;
to the neglect of athletic field and the
doctor blames the girls for keeping the
boys away from their worlC He saya If :
the practice continues to be aa bad as It .
is at present there will be no athletic
at the university either this spring-ors",
next fall when It is the, expectatloar
that the Instlutlon will put- out the
strongest football team In the state. If '
not In the Pacific northwest -v ,
after which the suit could be brought
and rushed through, probably In time to
condemn the block prior to the adjourn
ment of congress March 4. '
Congress has gone on record for a
$600,000 appropriation for a site lor the
Portland postoffice. It. requires Only
the formal application of Secretary of
the Treasury McVeigh to congres for
this money to secure the appropriation. " "
The entire um.; will not be needed for
the site, of course, but all that remains
will go to.the building fund. Senators
Bourne 1 and Chamberlain expect to e- 4
cure an appropriation ef- $1,000,000 for '
the building without difficulty,
Individuality la Bnlldlng.
1 The Portland building wli be of two
stories, of stone eonetructlori, with pil
lars running, from, the ground to the
portico over the entire front elevation,
that type having been adopted by the
department for all Its new poatoffiae ,
structures so aa to make them re .1,1
rwcognlsaWer n-i..iny .,f-..
It will he the first" exclusive p.i-
fire building to le ereU"d weet vf M
Louis, where a $1,000,000 structtua U
being built ,: A slmllnr oiu; la h
btiilt at once In. Washington, I). ('. A:i
ere of the same gonei-xl tvv- If t.
(Continued on 1 'i
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