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HELTSEEKERS, column. Ton d will gt you applioa- Boise - ,.......,... 92 Seattle , , , 3 Spokane ...... 14 Marshfield ... ...... ........ . . . , , Eaa Franolsco .......,...,.........44 Portland 31 V tloa from the oast "ellfflW." COST ONE CENT A WORD CASH ' The '"weather Rata tonight and Tuesday; brisk southerly winds. Wires down. VOL.' IX. NO. 272. PORTLAND OREGON; MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY. 16, 1911. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. gS0 ' TIVE ' NURSE To Succeed Beveridge Slated for Leader Fortify Panama Canal AND GOOD STATE OF MURDER PLOT IN MWTTEES , - , v4 jT ffiie ASM SI AT PENDLETON IS HOT SUIMtWICT HIGHWAYS EATON MEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF CONTINUES If . ,V tti$km HAND i pa .... State Board Wants Committee of Competent Men to In ' vestigate. Location for the Branch Hospital. PROMINENT PHYSICIANS NAMED ON 'COMMITTEE Legislature Asked to Name a Committee to Act With ' Board's Appointees. (Stiltm Burma tt Tit Journal.) Salem, Or., Jan. 18. -That the site chosen for the eastern Oregon branch asylum at Pendleton Is not suitable for such' an institution, and that another lo cation will have to be selected unless the state wishes to ' make a grievous blunder that never can be corrected, is the opinion of the state board, consist ing of Governor Oswald West and State Treasurer T. B. Kav, after a careful ex amination of the proposed location made by the board lost Friday. Governor Went sont a special message to the legislative assembly this after noon In whlrh he lays the matter before both houses of the legislature, and asks it to appoint a joint committee for the purpose of viewing the Pendleton site. Asks for Commlttea. In his message, Governor West says it Is the opinion of both himself and State Treasurer Kay that the site cho sen at Pendleton is not suitable for fiurh an institution, and this decision has been reached only after a careful examination made by himself 01 Treas urer Kay in company with Architect Louts Hnzeltlne, Engineer C. A. Murphy and Dr. It. B. L, Stelner of the asylum at Salem. In his message the governor recommends that the legislature name"! a committee of three from the House and two from the senate to act wltli a committee of ..'experienced medical ex perts named by TreasureTfTTay'lrld him self to examine the site chosen by Jay Bowerman and report their findings to the legislature and to the board. The committee named by Governor West and Treasurer Kajr consists of Dr. Harry Lane, Dr. Andrew! C Smith, Dr. J. ,F. Calbreath and Dr. W. T. William son, together with State Engineer John H. Lewis. The governor and the state treasurer believe that a false step In locating the Institution would be most disastrous, not only to the taxpayers, but to those unfortunates who must live at the Institution. The legislative com mittee and this committee .appointed by the board is asked to Elver their advice whether they should establish the in stitution upon the premises selected by Mr. Bowerman, and If not to assist the board In selecting a tract that would be suitable for such proposed Institu tion. Sends Letter to Committee. To the committee already selected by Governor West and Treasurer Kay to act with a committee which the gov ernor asks the legislature to name, the following letter was written Saturday: "Salem, Or.. Jan. 16. Under an act providing for the location, construction and government of a branch insane asy lum in eastern Oregon, passed by the people at the last general election, the a-overnor, secretary of state and state treasurer, acting as a board of trustees, were authorized and directed to proceed (Continued on Page. Seven.) f JURY A (Catted PreH Leuad Win.) Washington, Jan. 16. With the ap proval of President' Taft Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry, commander of the Pacific fleet, was today' officially re tired and transferred- to the retired list of the navy. The navy department has been, advised by Rear Admiral Thomas, - Admiral Barry's successor, that he has taken over command of the fleet The retirement ot Admiral Barry waa effected and officially approved before the publication of the report that offi cers of Admiral Barry's flagship, the West Virginia, had 'made charges re flecting upon his character. No off l . r.lal accusations have been received by the department, and, so far an- is- known -t here, no action has been taken fcy the fleet officers which would necessitate ! the calling of a courtmartlal. San FranolBco, Jan. 1. Whether Rear Admiral Edward Buttervant Barry will be courtmartlaled on charges, the pub lication of which shocked, the naval and military heads of the natlon.vwlll be determined at a meeting of officers or tho cruiser West Virginia and other ves sels of .the Pacific fleet, which will be held In San Francisco, probably toraor tow. When,Admlral Barry and the West Virginia return to San- Francisco bay late this afternoon he will formalfy turn over, his command! to- Admiral Thomas, next in rank, but his departure from the navy will not closa the incident, offi cers today assert ' .'" ". ""-'TOcflarTirw began pulling wires across the conti nent to head off a possible airing of his alleged disgrace in a courtmartlal Hun dreds of telegrams -asking that the ad ' mirars request for retirement be acted , upon were forwarded from San Fran- ill Senator R. L. Owen of Oklahoma, who Is hailed as the new leader of the Democratic party In the senate. It is confidently stated by his friends that he will the unanimous choice of the Democratic senators for that position, which is now - held by Senator Money of Mis souri, ,who retires next March. VAN W ILE S IW IN BALANCE Attorney Powers Alleges There Is No Such Office as As sistant Att'y t General. (fUlfm Bureia of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Jan. 16. As a result of the overruling of a demurrer filed in an action brought by Attorney Daniel E. Powers of Portland, alleging that there is no such office ns assistant attorney general. I. II. Van Winkle, who has been acting In that capacity for three or four years past, is nearly out of a Job and the Vgislature at this session will be calledupon to be more explicit in Its provision for assistance for the attorney general's office. Assistant Attorney General Van Winkle says that the cane will be an swered by the office and tried out on Its merits. No injunction has been Is sued by the court and before final ad judication has been reached the legis lature will no doubt correct the statute providing for the attorney general's as sistance. The legislature did not fail to provide the salary for the office and tills Mr. Van Winkle has been drawing successfully up to dace. The case was tried In the Marion county circuit cuort before Judge Harris of the Second Judi cial district. WILL FACE IF NOT GALLED COURT MARTIAL daeo and Mare Island to persons influ ential in the navy, from Secretary George L. Von Meyer down. The sub stance of most of theso messages was the request that Admiral Barry's ex planation of the, predicament in which subordinate officers on the West Vir ginia say they found him Tuesday, night be accepted. They urge that for the sake of the honor of the navy the whole axrair be allowed to drop. On the other hand, officers who are convinced of the admirals guilt will Insist that he he treated the same as any other man In the navy. Ills rank, they believe, Instead of serving him as a shield, ehsuld be an argument against h'.m. Officers of the West Virginia, who figured in the expose, are expected to vote solidly for a court martial. The extent to which they may be able to off set the Influence of the admlral'B friends wfll decide the navy department's future act Ion,, it Is, believed. Admiral Thomas Zs Silent. BeyOnd a few words, spoken to Dis trict Attorney Flckert, Admiral Thomas refused today to make any statement lie remained on board the cruiser Cali fornla, steadfastly refusing to receive any visitors. ' Admiral Thomas,- it is understood, re ceived his first intimation of Admiral Barry's uisgraoe from r Admiral Barry himself His orders from Washington, calling htm from Santa Barbara to-San Francisco to. assume command of the WcWrfie(ettM6,ot'mtririiyAdrmral Barry was retiring. t:The West Virginia and th Califor nia passed each other off the Heads. "Xou will hear -a lot of damnable Ilea shout me in San Franclsco DoiKt (Continued on Page Seven) Says Mrs. Laura Schenk Told Her to "Shut Up," and "Lie Out of It," When She Pre tended Fear of Discovery. OPPOSING COUNSEL CALLS MRS. KLEIN "SLY LIAR" Witness Admits Instructions Were to Go Any Length to Catch Mrs. Schenk. (t'nlted PfW Leie! Wire.) Wheeling, W. Va.. Jan. 16. "Lie out of it and everything will be all right," according to testimony given today, was the. advice given "Mrs. Klein," a deteetlve-nurse, by Mrs. Laura Schenk, now on trial as a poisoner, when dis covery of the affair Becnied Imminent. A great crowd of tlje curious was present when Mrs-. Klein, wjio Saturday gave her real name as Klnora Zoecktcr, resumed the stand In the Schenk case and the evidence against the accused wife of the millionaire packer was seen to be growing more damaging as the case progressed. Resuming her story of her experiences with Mrs. Schenk. Mrs. Klein said she had 'accompanied Mrs. Schenk and her two children to thef Schenk home on one occasion when the defendant said she had the Schenk money "well salted " Three davs prior to the arrest of Mrs. Schenk, the witness declared, the defendant was most evasive In her con versation and once asked Alma Evans, another nurse, to leave her alone with Schenk, who at that time was In a critical condition. During the time Mrs. Schenk was in the room. Mrs. Klein said, she heard high words pass and when the defendant left Schenk's condition was alarmingly worse. After that experience, she testified, the nurse was Instructed not to leave Mrs. Schenk alone with her Sick hus band, MUe Out of It) keep Quiet." pn one occasion, Mrs. Klein testified. Mrs. Schenk said: "Dr. Hupp says John (Mr. Schenk) Is liable to drop dead at any moment I am determined to stick It out and be as happy ns I can." On the night before Mrs. Schenk was arrested, Mrs. Klein stated, she was alone with the defendant In the library of Prosecutor Handlan. "I pretended to he disappointed at the outcome of affairs." the witness said, "and remarked, 'My God, Mrs. Schenk. what have you got me lntof "She replied: 'Oh, shut up, you darned (Continued on Page Four.) President of Senate Deals Lib erally With Bowerman's Friends, HoweverNotting ham Displaced. (Bpeelil Disputes to The .TournnLi Salem, Or., Jan. 16. While President Ben Selling, In framing the committees of the state senate, deals liberally with those who recently preferred Jay Bow erman for president of the senate, the Hat of committees announced today shows that he has placed progressives oh guard at the head of the Important committees. Senator Nottingham, who was chair man of the ways and means last session. Is displaced by Senator Alhee, also of Multnomah. Nottingham remains on the committee In a minor position. Atbee Is known to be In full sympathy with President Selling's desire for economy, and will keep a close watch on appro priation bills. Malarkey of Multnomah gets the Ju diciary chairmanship, as was expected. This is considered the biggest prtge in the senate, unless it be ways and means, the latter being the one which holds the throttle on the state purse. Dlmlck Oats Chairmanship. Revision of laws chairmanship, the other Important place for lawyers' of the senate, ip awarded to Dlmlck of Clackamas, another of the leading pro gressives. Albee, in addition to ways and means, is given another important chairmanship, thut of the Insurance-committee. Bowerman, Selling's recent rival, Is given the chairmanship of th commit tee on public lands and Is also assigned to the judiciary and mining commlt-teest- m .. The elections committee, usually im portant, is one of magnitude this session because of tlje work of reapportionment of the state'lnto congressional and leg islative districts. Multnomah county, if dealt with strictly on a basla of popu lation, will be entitled to one third the membership In each house, giving It 10 senators instead of T and 20 renresentji- tves Iwwtesd 1 9i JfS'eph ''of 1 Wttlt-H nomah heads the elections conymlttec. Three Physicians Warned. Three physicians secure places on the committee on medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, which wilt handle proposed (Continued on Page Six.) PROGRESSIVES ON GUARD AT HEAD OE COMMITTEES John W. Kern, who will be nomi nated for United States senator i from bulimia, by State Senator Iternard H. Shlvarly of Marion. Senator ShivarJy will represent the senate and in a speech at n Joint meeting of the house and senate January 17 will plaee Kern In nomination. He will be elected to succeed Senator Albert J. Itever idge, the . well known Republican "Insurgent." Refuses Proffered. Chance to Explain the Charges; Cop ies of His Accounts Will Be Secured From Salem. J. W. Railey, state dairy, and food commissioner, did not accept the Invi tation of the county grand Jury to ap pear before it this morning Bailey remained In his office and said over the telephone that there he Intended to remain until called out. Because of the charges against Bailey, the grand Jury has no power lo subpoena him to appear before it. if he desires to defend himself he can appear, but his appearancw Is volun tary. In tliis Instance, however, the Jury roquested Bailey to come and make answer, provided he so desired. So much new evidence whs submitted to the eranrt Jury this morning that (Continued on Pnge Seven.) Governor West tJot in Favor of Abolishing Conservation Board; Little Expense. (Snecls) Dtfpstch to Th Journal.) Salem. Or., Jan. 18. "I certainly do not concur in this recommendation of Iiowerman favoring the abolition of the state conservation commission," ssld Governor West today when his atten tion was directed to criticism of the commission's work contained -In the Bowerman epistle. "I believe the com mission is doing good work," said the governor. "The fact that I believe in (Continued on Page Six.) CENSUS BUREAU GIVES OUT FIGURES ON FOUR ' CITIES OF GEM STATE (WiHlilngtim Unreal! of Tlie Jnnrnnl.) Washington, Jan. 16. The census bureau today made pub lic the population of cities In Idaho as follows. 1910. 1900 1890. CoeurdJAlne... 721 708 . 491 Lewlston R043 2135 849 Pocatello 9110 4046 Twin Falls... . .5228 .... ... Twin Falls" was founded in 1903, on the first of the great arid tracts opened to cultivation in Idaho by private enterprise operating-under the Carey act. It was the first and Is the chief of those towns that have sprung up since 1903 on a great Irrigated tract of 240,000 aores, that In ; 1900 was a saeehrush desert. The Af8w1rrr-!rr-TTisdatesr however, from March, 1905, when the first considerable unit of tho project was thrown open to set- tlement. BAILEY DECLINES TO COME BEFORE GRAND JURY BODY COMMISSION IS DOING GOOD IRK Residents of Southern Oregon Favor Better Roads, Says Newly Elected President, Judge Wonacott, in Speech". JUVENILE COURT WINS PRAISE BY SAM WHITE County Jurists, and Commis sioners Hold an Interesting Convention Today. The third annual meeting of the county Judges and commissioners of Ore gon was commenced this morning In the convention hall of the Commercial club. Twice as many ns attended the convention lRst year were present when President J...B. Messick of Baker called the session to order. The first order of business was the election of officers, resulting as follows: i Judge O. W. Wonacott of Itosehurg. president; Judpe J. M. Duncan of Linn county, vice president; Commissioner Earle Weatherford of Ollllam county, secretary W. II. Mattoon of Clackamas county, treasurer. The address of the morning was by Judge Sam White upon the "Juvenlltj Courts of Oregon." Judge White declared that the work of the Juvenile courts was becoming In creasingly r-ooj;ni2ed as a potent factor for the making of .good citizens, and ruch a factor was being conceded an Increasingly Important placo among the courts of the state. Judge Wonacott Speaks. "1 consider the association of county Judges and county commissioners one of the most Important organizations In the state," said the newly elected president, Judge Wonacott, taking the chair, in an Interview he snld: "The only live issue now before all the people of Oregon Is the making of good roads. The people in the wonthern part of the slate are tremendously In favor of better built highways, nnd they believe that the legislature should adopt all five of the good roads bills now pending before the legislature as a means for the making of good roads. If we build roads we build the state. If we neglect to build roads, we leave mudholes both In the roads and In the highway of the state's progress." "The people from the county I come from believe that the highway bills should be passed Just as they have been framed by the Oregon Good Roads asso ciation," said County Judge Oeorge D. Culbertson of Hood River county. "We regret the attitude of Mr. Mason of our (Continued on Fage Four.) CITY IS SUSTAINED Sale of the Broadway Bonds Now Practically Certain Since Kiernan's Objections Are Swept Aside by Court. The attempt to prevent the sale of Broadway bridge bonds made by Frank Klernan In the United States district court was blocked today In an opinion rendered by Judge Bean denying the application for an injunction restraining the sale of the bonds and sustaining the demurer of the city of Portland to the suit. This Is the seventh consecutive de cision given by state and United States courts In which the legality of the bond Issue and the propriety of the proceed ings looking toward the erection of the bridge have been sustained. The ob structionists headed by Klernan and represented In the courts by Ralph Dun lway, have not won a point in their fight. Will Aid Bond market. Judge Bean's opinion will' have an ex cellent effect upon the bond market, It is believed. The fact that every at tempt to block the sale of the bonds in court has met with defeat practically Insures the city getting 100 cents on the dollar for the Broudway bridge bonds. That Klernan and Dunlway will ap peal from the decision rendered today seems probable. They expect to take the suit first to the United States circuit court of appeals and then to the United States supreme court. They have already taken an appeal from decisions rendered in much the same case by the Oregon supreme court to the United States su preme court. The Injunction asked for in the case before Judge Bean was based upon two grounds: First, the petitioners attacked the initiative and referaridum as destruc tive of a republican form of government and therefore obnoxious to tha federal constitution. 11 11 Obrecttoar Stated: t- Second, they attacked the- constitu tional amendment of June 4. 1908, for bidding the creation of a municipal cor poration by the legislature and" granting to the people the power to enact and (Continued on Puge Fifteen.) BY JUDGE BEAN IN SUIT OVER BRIDGE Hi ' i'VS:T!K53 II itl-ittll!iii, W0 Senator Charles Curtis of . Kansas, who advocates roast fortification for the Panama canal. Curtis' plan to fortify the coast terminals of the big ditch and leave about 45 miles of its Inland course un protected is meeting with ridicule nt the hands of the advocates of militarism in the capital. This the Word From Upstate and the Tiger Is Much Dis quieted Accordingly (TTnlted Prcas Leased Wlre. Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 16. That New York's next United States senator, de spite the wry faces made by Tammany Hall, will be Edward M. Shepard is the general Impression here today, where the Democratic legislative caucus Is in the worst muddle that even this state has seen In years. Headed by Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany members are Insisting that the plum go to William F. Sheehan, but this the upstate members vigorously op pose, and declare- that the state will surely go Republican at the next elec tion If the Tammany Influence is al lowed to prevail. Governor John A. Dlx's advisers have Informed him of ihls statement, and It Is believed that at the final caucus of the party tonight his Influence will be so thrown to Shepard that Tammany will be forced Into line. Toledo's Mayor Has Appendicitis. Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 16. Mayor Brand Whltlock, who Is suffering from appen dicitis, Is improving today, his physi cians say, and an opeiatlon probably will bo unnecessary. Whltlock was stricken yesterday. A ENA AND NOT SUN NS G S HI LITTLE E, BUT EATON ILL DIE i FIGHTING. IS KOW BELIEF (Special PUpatr-h to The Journal.) Salem. Or., .hm. 10. Tho. defeat of the Eaton-Ambrose forces in their In surgent plans in the house Is assured, following a careful canvass of the members on the ground. It Is unlikely that the Insurrectionists will rally more than 20. votes around them' when the subject Is brought up after the house convenes at 2 o'clock this afternoon and It Is doubtful whether they will make this much of a, showing. Ono apparent fnct, however. Is that there will be fireworks In the house rewtiihs. in mo .U!,o thls afternoon. Eaton proposes to In-, trodueo his recommendation from the commltioo on rules, favoring tho ap pointment of committees by the house. and fit tha same time 11 is declared by his friends ho will make plain re marks on the subject foremost In his mind. Opposition Fireworks. W. Lair Thompson Is expected to re ply to Eaton. Thompson haasome de cided opinions on the m tlou f Eaton' In" bolting from tho support Of - tho speaker and lm has expi'iswd them in private conversation In a forcible way. He has also declared that he mean to say what he thinks a'bout the mat ter before the house. The Lakevlew man is an excellent orator. Ho is also reputed to be a master lt the art of tongue lashing and bitter Invectives will -flu w...hu:U.iUi l.lit UiMdSjiltiximia. unless all migtis fall. . , , The defeat of Eaton andAmbrose- Is probably due to defections from their own ranks more than from any othor causa Most of the members of the Marlon county delegation,, who support ed Eaton in the speakership politest. Eaton Himself Is Made Chair man of Enrolled Bills Com mittee and Has Other Place Given Him. " V MOST APPOINTMENTS AS WERE FORECASTED Three Important Chairman ships Go to Thompson Men; Rusk Men Get Others. (Special Plspnteh to The Journal. ( Salem, Or., Jan. 16. Eaton men ap-' pear to be fairly well taken care of In -the committees announced this after noon by Speaker John P. Rusk. Eaton himself Is made chalrmarof the enrolled . bills committees and given a place on . the committee on counties. Cole of Multnomah Is chairman of the commit- tee on 'corporations, Abraitis of Marlon"" on military affairs, Cushman of Lane : on libraries, Huntington of Douglas on education. Johnson on capttol buildings and buildings and grounds and Neuner on mining. In addition to the chair manships, many of these have positions ' on other committees and other Eaton men are placed. The other important appointments ar . ' practically as forecasted. Fouts of Mull nomah gets the revision of laws - , chairmanship; Abbott of Multnomah, chairman of ways and means; Hollia of Washington, insurance; McKlnney of"? Bskcr, irrigation; Brooke of Malheur, judiciary; Mahoney of Umatilla, bank ing. Thompson Not Chairman. W. Lair Thompson Is not chairman of . any comlmttee, but has a place on Judi ciary, railways and transportation, rules , and Joint rules and Irrigation. Clemens of Multnomah is chairman of the rules, and salar ies and, mileage com , mittees, which are Comparatively :imlm-; bortant. ' Three sf tha important chair- manshlps go to Thompson men, and -Rusk supporters gather others. Tha appointments are as follows, with tha y chairman given first In order: ( Committees of the Eons. Agriculture Tlgard, Abrams and Shaw. Alcoholic traffic Clyde, Steelhammet and Magone. Assessment and taxation LibbyV Chambers, Carter, QUI and Powell. Banking Mahoney, Church, Powell, Miller (Linn1) and Westerlund. Capital building and grounds John son, Cushman and Huntington. Cities and towns Derby, Sutton and Collins. Claims Collins, Neuner and Peterson. Commerce Chapman, Chatten, Cham- bers. Mariner and Rackleff. Corporations Cole, Tlgard and Hoi- Us. . Counties Mlnerlner, Eaton, Derby, Gill and Buchanan. . - Education Huntington, Belknap, Powell Brownhlll and Clyde. Elections Buckley, Miller (Linn)", v Abbott, Belknap and Jones. . . Engrossed bills Lelnenweber, Blge- low and Johnson. ' Enrolled bills Eaton, Graves and Beals. v ' Federal relations Smith, Clyde and' Am me. ' Fisheries Pelrce, Gill and Chambers. Magone.Balland, tContinued on Page Seven.) told him flatly they would not be with htm Jn the Insurgency fight. Abrams and Reynolds are two of these. Abrams .is stated to .be chairman of the com mittee on' naval affairs, a 'position, which represents his particular ambi tions at this session and this may have "had something to do with tho matter. Reynoldp also has his eyes on a. con)- . mlttee position. O Others Against Eaton. ., Lelnenweber and Belland of Clatsop regard the fisheries committee a one of the most important to their con- Ktltuents and the v received olaln. intl- m!,tion that ttA .m , ., thltf eom.. mlttee. Huntington and Neuner , of Douglas, are also among the. former Eaton men who will stand with the ' speaker. . . . ;-.'.",.;- This would leave nut is or tne orig inal 22' Eaton men. So far as Is known the Insurgents have not added mora tlwn three from the Ruk ranks whlla the Thompson men stand solid. , Am brose and, possibly, Blgdo are tb only ones whose votes a ro. expected to go with the- Katon-AmbrosQ forces from Multnomah county. 5 . The situation resolved v Itself ' verv Plainly to the Eaton mn wm arrived on the scene yesterday-." A mwatlng was planned; m thera were , tfot enough, here at th time t form such a gath ering and tt became more In th nainre of a conference. : lMScussion of the inai taiLahuweduUei4.ibatJhi.jxlJ.l w-m hopeless, , ,t : Eaton "declare todajr that ha la still determined' to go ahead with his plHiis of -ma-kin a ininority r port from ! committor on .rule.-, : Ho i.i: sv h"' iflie is deputed he is diitermii.fi : bring- up thu matter at a Io'm' i!"".