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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY v 19,: 1911. 4 -1 HISTORICSCANDAL OREGON TO BECOME IBURKE ON STAND TDBE AVOIDED BY LINEN CENTER. TOO IN OWN BEHALF nirirnT n nvnniiPi - ' UlllLUI LLLUIIUIW! Senator Borah Argues - for ; Popular Choosing of Sena torsRecord of Disgrace Is Opened Urimer Product. (United' Preti hetti WIr.) . Vashlngtonl Jan. 1J. flpeaklng to ths .resolution submitting a constitutional amendment providing ' for tho direct ' election ot United States senators. : Senator Borah of Idaho branded the present system of selection aa vicious, ," out of date and one devised for a dif sferent age and other conditions. ' f "For. the past 20 years." he said, Itinera have been many prolonged con '. tests In state legislatures which have -fully Illustrated one , of . tha .greatest - evils of tha present system. For their ,. .' entire sessions soma legislatures have . been occupied with the election of 'United States ' senators, excluding-the t transaction of other business of quite ' as much Importance to their communl- ties. In some Instances special ses , alons have been called which were most , expensive. . rourtsen Senatorial Scandals. -l 1n,14 Instances during the period of 1 which I speak states have been for whole terms only partially represented J In the United States senate and In many pother-Instances bribery and -corruption 'of members of the legislatures have , ;been freely charged. And not only does .. direct and open bribery sometimes pre- ' vail, . but bills are killed and traded v iupon and the public interest is sacrl C tlced and, bartered away mat some par ticular coterie of politicians .may cap 'l tore the senatorial plum for the man r from whom they have most to expect "When patronage enters Into the con test the whole aflalr becomes a dis grace. Up to 1872 we had had no case of bribery connected! with the election of senators. . Then, we .had 10, not to mention a number of Investigatlona of ' alleged crooked practices which never readied this body. Tha Corruption- at Springfield. ; "Take as an illustration the matter ' : of this sort now before the senate (the ' Lorlmer . caae) and consider It, aside from, the question of technical guilt, as I an illustration of the system under which we elect senators. The Illinois t legislature met and spent weeks and -juonths in a vain effort to elect some- body. The whole body was demoralized. I , Men bartered their honor like the courte J,.sans of Babylon and finally performed thslr task amid charges . and counter Charges,, criminations and recrimina i tlons,! whjch ; would remrnd one of the cdrrupt days when the Catallnes, by trickery and' fraud, grasped the power ,of Rome. V- "Now we,r, solemnly told by an In vestigating committee that so shame i less, demoralised, criminal and degraded were many members of that legislature -that; .they were not to be believed on bath. And at the present time the legis lature of that great state, because of ' that election, i meeting under the eyes 1 and surveillance of a grand jury. Xrlmer Froduet of a System. . 'ISvery legislature Is an arena, harrow and confined, wherein selfish and cor ;,rupt Influences can easily operate. Why ' not send fights for the United States t senatorshlp to the open forum, where they can be settled upon their merits Jtnd where the candidates may freely ' ippeal to the honor and patriotism of vine masses? Why compel men to pass j through a season of humiliation and 'shame, through which the sitting mem ber of the senate from Illinois is pass- Ing, If he be not guilty? Why make it 1 possible for him to return here if he is - guilty r PRESIDE AT HARVARD " University of Oreuon, Eugene. Or., . Jan. 19. President P. L. Campbell, of , ths University of Oregon, who is a mem , bar of the class of '86 at Harvard, has : been chosen for the position of master of ceremonies at the coming commence- ment exercises. The commencement at, Harvard Is each year left to the class , of 25 years before, the class of '86 hav ing charge of the program this year. The-commencement and the alumni re union held together are entirely under the control of one man, the master of v t ceremonies or the "grand marshal," as v )hs Is called, who arranges the program, : appointing all officers and committees. President Campbell Is signally honored rt by the appointment which Is conferred lipon him by his class mates of 25 ears ago. 1RVINGT0N CAR BADLY ! HURTS MESSENGER BOY ... n . Walter Barker, a 19-year-old messen ger boy employed by the Postal Tele gwph company, was struck hv an Irvlngton car at Third and Washington! mm btvcihv mjureo. Tne Ijov wan Tiding down strpet on a bicycie and ?"was about to make the turn, when he saw the car. In attempting to avoid It , his wheel slipped and lie was thrown against tho car. He was taken to Ht. Vincent's' hospital where his wounds were dressed. The boy lives at 521 Mill street. His Injuries are not considered -fatal. -J ' City Awards Contrnct. 4 A special committee of tho city wa " ler board, empowered by the board to net, yesterday afternoon awarded a contract for 6S9 gate valves to Dunham 'Carrigan.. & Hayden of San Francisco, the bid of that company being tho low t of those that compiled with the ' specifications. The bid was $13,331.69. ftSUUBUI COVOX MXSICZNB t"Jr valuable family friend. Foley's Hone' and Tar-fulfill this condition . 'exactly. Mrs. Charles Kline, N. 8th St. 4 JJaston, ra., states:' "Several members ' .of my family have eh cured of bad , rough and colds by the-use of Foley's - Honey and Tar and I am never without , a bottle In the house. It soothes and relieve the Irritation In the throat and loosen up the cold, I have always round It a reliable congh cure and do not hesitate to recommend It highly" I "or la rtpp cpughs-ahd stuffy colds, i for children ana grown persons and fnr detteaey pewple sse ewir-ryrs-Tf rmwr and Tsr. Contains no plates. Skid more Drug Co., two torei-maln store HI -Third street; branch store, Morri son and West Park streets. Woodard Qlarke Drof Co, - - - ' - - PH CAMPBELL TO Harry B. Miller Says Soil and Climate Are Adapted to Raising of Flax. Harry B. Miller, formerly consul gen eral to Belfast, will be tne principal ipeajtetju a metlngJtabeheLcLJji tha assembly hall of the Portland Commer clal club by men interested In . the flax Industry, Mr. Miller has Just returned from the Irish linen manufacturing cen ter, and will illustrate how Oregon could easily become as' famous for its linens as Its apples have gained fame through out tho world. "Portland, lie will say, could become a second Belfust In point of importance. In the manufacture of linens. - William McMurray, general passenger agent or the Harriman lines in Oregon, other railroad officials, D, J. R, Wether- bee, C C. Chapman, Ernest Bof se of ottieiu, ana a, numoer oi outers aeepiy Interested In the flax Industry because of their belief that Oregon has the ideal natural requirements for successful flax growing, will attend the meeting, the purpose of which is to stimulate inter est and get a manufacturing plant 'un der way. With a linen factory in opera tion, it Is believed Incentive can be given to farmers to grow flax and at a good profit Ernest Bosse has conducted ex periments with flax In the Willamette valley for a number of year and the results show that better flax can be grown here than anywhere lh Europe. The enormous amount of money sent each year to Europe for linen goods. It Is pointed out, should stand as encour agement to build up the industry in this state since the soil and water are es pecially well adapted to flax culture Everybody Interested In flax or linen goods Is cordially Invited to attend the meeting tonight E Replies to Tawney and Hull and Challenges Them to ? Search the Record. (United Press feaied Wtra.V Washington, Jan. 19. Challenging- the remarks of Congressman Tawney of Minnesota and Hull of Iowa In the house that his statement to the United. tress on the country's unpreparedness for war was the utterance of an alarm ist, Frederick Louis Uuldekoper today struck back. "My statement t the United Press," he said, "was based, on the. official rec ords of the war department The as sertlbns of Congressmen Hull and Tawney were apparently made either with a desire to suppress the real facts In the case or through sheer ignorance of tho situation. With all due respect to Hull and Tawney, If they ask the war department for the records relating to each and every statement I made, and will give to the country without res ervation the facts those reports estab lish, they will be doing the nation a patriotic service. These' records will bear out fully to any unbiased mind the statements of the country's present helplessness to which Congressman Mc Lachlan of California referred in the house." What? th Congressmen Said. On the floor of the house yesterday Congressmen Tawney of Minnesota and Hull of Iowa attacked the statement of Uuldekoper, made through the United Press, as misleading, and denied that the country was In any such state of unpreparedness for war as that crltlo al leged. Hull particularly challenged the statement that the Infantry has not enough ammunition for a single engage ment declaring that the ordnance de partment had been accumulating a re serve of ammunition for years. Tawney declared that the country was already 'spending enough money for the national defense. He said: "In the past 85 years we have ex pended on national defense four times the aggregate loss by 'ire to all the people of the United States and Canada and enough to build five Panama canals In 10 years we have expended for war purposes four times the aggregate cost of the Spanish war. If we are still unprepared for war it would ruin the United States to spend enough money to bring about such a state of prepared ness as these critics desire." IS NOT DEAD YET Latest Engine of Destruction, Runaway Wood Wagon, Causes Loss. The one story brick garage at the southeast corner of King and Wash ington streets, owned by A. B. Ellis and occupied by the Neate-McCarthy auto mobile company, seems doomed to be destroyed by a series of peculiar ac cidents. Recently a cave-lw of the foundation of a new building which in being erected next to Mr. Ellis building caused the entire east wall to fall into the hole. Two days later a runaway team dnhed Into a portion of the west wall and did considerable damage.- To complete the work of the other two accidents, a heavily loaded wood wagon which was being towed up King street behind a large auto truck, broke loose from its coupling and came tear ing down the steep King street hill at a terrific rate. The wagon kept the mid dle of the road until It ot opposite the Karage, then veering suddenly rammed the corner of the butldlng smashing the brick pier, splintering the plate class window and pnmlm, n.iihin lew Inches of crashing Into a $4000 Locomobile, which was on display In the window. Mr. Ellis said today ' he was thinking of putting a fence around the building in order to save what' was left of it mmm EVUDl HOODOO OF GARAGE Gives His Explanation of Dy namite In Possession De nies Attempt to Poison. (United Pmt ts4 Wire.) - Santa Rosa. Cal.. Jap. 19 Dr. Wll lard P. Burke resumed the stand in his own defense when his trial for dyna miting the tent of Lu Etta Smith at the Burke Sanitarium was resumed today. "Did you give Lu Etta Smith more money during 1910 than you gave your wife T" asked Prosecutor Lea. In the methodical, deliberate manner that marked his testimony yesterday, Dr. Burke attempted to explain.. The substance of his answer was: "I do not know." He said that Mrs. Burke made money herself and therefore was not entirely dependent upon him. Dr. Burke's possession of a package of dynamite which the defense declares is the same the prosecution says was used to blow up Miss Smith's tent was the subject of lengthy questioning by Attorney Leppo for the defense. Dr. Burke said if he had been left to himself he would have surrendered the package to the sheriff after the explo sion, but he listened to the advice of his brother Isaac. He said he supposed he should have made an, effort to learn where Miss Smith had obtained the explosive which he says she used to blow up her own tent, but that he had not taken the time to do ft. Absent mlndedness was his reason for not getting more dynamite from his mine when he brought home the pack age that has since figured so promi nently In the case. There were many stumps to be blasted at his sanitarium, he said, hut he had not thought of it Burke's story of the Powder. When Dr. Burke took the stand in his own defense yesterday he told In detail of his trip to the mine, where be talked with a miner named Illley regarding dyaamlte. He said he noticed a box con- taming sucks mai looxea uk cannages and asked what -they were. He was told they were sticks of dynamite. Burke testified that he said he had never seen dynamite exploded and that a miner named Hedge offered to demon strate for the doctor and ordered Riley to prepare a charge, showing him how It was done. The charge was exploded on the dump. Burke asked for dynamite with which to blast rocks hear his sanitarium. He Bftid he -would carry some home in his overcoat pocket Burke denied he -used arsenlous acid to kill the Smith woman. He said he had used only one application of the strong solution of the acid on her arm after It was Injured by the explosion In her tent and that previously he had used a weaker solution. He told of dressing the wound with 1 per cent of arsenlous and boracic, acid, which, he said, he had often used In his medical practice with success.. Questioned' as to the presence of the dynamite In his home he explained It had not been given to the officials, as Isaao , Burke, his brother, , said "It wouldn't do." He said he got no pow-' der at the 'mine at any other time than thatof which be testified. He explained In detail his movements on the evening of the explosion. Miscellaneous Explanation. Burke's cross examination was com pleted today. He declared he had no rupture. with Dr. Hitt wnen tne laiier left the sanitarium. He said Hit t, had told him some persons claimed that he (Burke), having been unable to put Mrs. Naylor out of the way, had placed her In a lunatlo asylum. Questioned as to another conversa tion with Hitt. Dr. Burke admitted that the night after tne explosion at the sanitarium he had said the Smith woman mlgt die, and had possibly said something about her going to die, to the officers when they investigated. He was unable to tell why he naa not labeled the box containing arsenlous acid and declared he did not tell Miss; Lennox what the box contained. Final ly he denied that he personally had exploded dynamite' under the Smith woman's tent or that he had procured any one to do so. A letter written by Governor Hiram Johnson to Attorney Naylor in response to a demand for 1500 for the Smith woman was then produced. It Is said that Burke refused to accede to the woman's request and denied the pater nity of her child. As corroborative of Thomas Riley' testimony that Burke "had deliberately sought information as to how dyna mite should be exploded, former Sheriff Chubbuck. Henry Downing and Sheriff B. Webber testified that Riley's rep utation for veracity was . excellent IN HAWKEYE STATE (United Prera Lested Wlr. Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 19. Juy Fee- ley withdrew today In the race for the United States senatorshlp. The ballot today stood: Porter 63, Young S3, Funk 22, Kenyon 26. Garst 7, Byers 14, Frank 1. Death of Josephine Pioneer. (Special Dtipitch to The Joarhal.l Grants Pass, Or., Jan. 19. One of Josephine county's oldest pioneers died In this city yesterday. Jacob-Williams came to Grants Pass when the mines of the locality were being opened and he had remained here until his death. He leaves a widow and several children. WOMAN 'POLICEMAN AT SEATTLE ARRESTS PETER THE MASHER 4 (United Press Lease Wlr.i V Seattle, Jan. 19. Dr. Mary B. 4 Martin, the only woman rated as a patrolman in Seattle, made 4 her first "pinch" last night Not ) only that but the man In the case, Peter Johnson, a, laborer, will spend the next 30 days In the 4 city stockade toying with stumps 4 and underbrush. He was -sen- tenced today. 4 ' Patrolman Martin, in plain clothes, was on the job last night 4 on Fourth avenue when she ob- served Peter making eyes at - every . woman and girl who 4 ) crossed his path. So she pulled her best frown- and landed on nratef:"gnrthgffrd" 0 Second avenue and plka street ) , and ; turned him over to Patrol- v 4 man MoNamee. "'v.;-.' v a 44 4 NOBODY ELECTED NEWDEVnOPMENT - V 1 v s . v. , -,: .,, H. W. Coe,Columbia-Land Co., et al, Sued for Collec tion of $125,000; Account ing Called For, . ' 'Special Dlipatrh to The Journal.) . Pendleton, Or Jan. 19. There was a new development In the -famous Fur-nlsh-Coe controversy" this .? afternoon, when suit was filed la. the local circuit court by Attorney C.. W. Fulton and Raley & Haley for the Inland Irriga tion company, the Furnish Ditch com pany and W. J. Furnish against, Henry W. Coe, the Columbia Land company and other parties named aa nominal de fendant in order to make up the Issue. The complaint la a lengthy affair, covering 138 page of closely typewrit ten matter, in brier tne suit is ror tne collection of 1115,000 and allege that Coe and the CoAmbla company were short In their collection made on aales of land and water right of the Inland Irrigation company, while Coe was act ing as agent, and It, calls for an account ing by Coo and the Columbia Land com pany to the Inland Irrigation company and to the Hlbernla Savings-bank of Portland, which was the trustee named under the bond Issue. The complaint set forth the original contracts between the plaintiffs and the defendants and afterwards sets forth numerous violations and breaches of the contract by Coe and hi sub-agent, the Columbia Land company. ' MRS. KVALSHAUG MAKES DENIAL OF CONFESSION Tacoma, Jan. 19. The principal fea ture of the trial of Mrs. Martina Kval shaug, charged with complicity in the murder of her husband, today was the appearance of the defendant herself on the witness stand. Completely ' Self possessed, Mrs. Kvalshaug answered the questions put to her by her attorney In a firm voice. She absolutely denied any knowledge of Ray Felton, a newspaper reporter, who testified that In an. Inter view at the county jail Mrs. Kvalshaug confessed complicity In the crimen She stated today that the first time she ever saw Felton was when he ap peared as a witness at her first trial. This rebuttal of Felton s evidence was practically the only point on which Attorney Kelly questioned, his client Her statements were not shaken, under cross-examination. It is probable that the evidence will be finished and the case" will go to the Jury tonight JUICY STEAK BURNS: FIRE LADDIjS CALLED Just what good the resident' at 407 East Market street thought tha fire department could do is a question which the fire company la trying to answer this ' morning. A call came in at 12 o'clock from that address, and when the department arrived all that', was found was a cinder that had a few minutes before been a juicy steak, but had been left too long on the stove. . The members of tho fire company be lieve the housewife was trying to make her husband believe the house was on fire when she found her steak burned. and that she called the department out to substantiate It At any rate no dam age was done except to the steak. DR. D. W. MACK MADE CITY MILK INSPECTOR The city health board held a special meeting th3 morning to ratify the ap pointment by City Health Officer Wheeler of Dr. D. W. Mack as city milk inspector and of Dr. Herbert Bllverwood as deputy milk Inspector. Dr. Wheeler made the appointments following the passage of a milk Inspec tion ordinance by the city council at its regular meeting last week.' The board approved the selections of ths health officer, and the new officials will receive salaries from 'January 16, the date on which they went to work. The appointments are for an indefinite period. Under the old milk inspection ordinance, appointments were for periods of only four months at a time. NEW BUILDING BOARD HOLDING FIRST MEETING The first meeting of the board of building appeal recently . created by the new building ordinance, which took ef fect January 1, is being held this after noon for the purpose of considering the requests of a large number of nickel odeon and other moving picture shows that they be extended a longer period of time in which to. make changes in their show houses to conform to the low. The fre committee of the executive board last week Issued an order that these Changes must be made within the next 90 days. SILENT CHURCHES WIN GOOD NAME FOR OREGON 1 11 "" " The address made recently by Bishop Bcaddtng of Portland has attracted at-, tention over all the .country. Bishop Bcadding, head of the Episcopal church in the dioceso of Oregon, made reference to Oregon's "silent churches," and It is on this subject that the Boston Trans cript. In a leading: -editorial discusses the address. WM. SIBSON, BROTHER OF ROSARIAN, IS DEAD Matthew H. Slbson, 68 years of age; died at bis home at 24714 Fifth street last night The funeral will be he'd at the crematory tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Slbson was a- brother of William Mi Slbson, the rosarlan. He had been a resident of Portland for tha "past 35 years. He was blind for 22 years. - For many years If wss actively engaged In the Insurance business. ' , Pleads Not Guilty. W. H. Tenef, one of a dosen or more lquor dealers charged with selling liquor to Indians on the Warm Springs reser vation, , was arraigned before United States Judge Bean this afternoon and pleaded not. guilty to the charge, Spokane Man BJortally Injured. New .York, "Jan. 19. Ernest Anarson of Spokane is at a local hospital fatally Injured. He was run down by a street car last night--; t --'Vi' MANY III ME'.- E Coroners Investigation Brings Pathetic Letters Dead Man Unidentified. (Snectil DInteli to. Ths JonrnsL) . Centralia, Wash., Jan. 19. .That nearly a dosen men are mysteriously missing In the states of . Washington and; Oregon, and have vanished within the pa,st month, is a fact established by various Inquiries made recently to Coroner Stlcklln who Is trying to as certain the identity of a young man who was murdered In. Centralia a oti ple of weeks ago. Some of the ' In quiries are pathetic In the extreme, oth ers display the anxletx, of creditors be traying anxious solicitude for absentee debtors, while a few 'are suggestive of eiopements ana illicit romances. : . From Prairie City, Or comes a pa thetic appeal from an aged man named Byron ' Crag who says he is praying hourly 1 for 1 tidings Of his 18-year-old son who was last seen In The Dalles, December 11. The description . of : the boy tallies swlth the murdered man in all but age, there being a difference ot seven or eight years. An old woman In Portland, who gives her name as Mrs. Mary. Murphy, and says she is 80 years of age, says her son, Frank, has been missing for two months. A Seattle mother speaks of her eon being mys teriously absent since last November. The' man's name is David Smith and waa a marine fireman. A man named Sims, who says his wife ran away with a boarder from their Portland hometwo months ago, seems to ' think the mur dered man may be the runaway board er. In addition to these communica tions, the morgue is visited daily by out-of-town people who are viewing the remains of the murdered man in an ef fort to connect the identity of some missing ' relative with the dead man. Coroner Stlcklln Is in communication with a family In Canada and there Is some Indication to suggest the -Idea that the friends of the man may be located there. President of Northwestern Is to Be in Portland on February 4. President A. W. Harris of the North western University, Evanston, 111., wlU visit the alumni of the West during January- and February. His schedule calls for his arrival at Portland Febru ary 4, at which time be will be ban queted by the alumni of the local North western: club." "His object In making the western trip is to further the uni versity spirit-among graduates of the university. Dr. F. F. Casseday, a grad uate of -the university, who is taking a great deal of Interest in the Aevent, extends an invitation on behalf of the club to all former attendants at the university, whether- graduates or not, to be present' to welcome the educator. Those who attended the university are asked to send in, their names to 658 Sherlock building so that arrange ments may be made for their acommo dation at the reception to President Harris. Dr. Harris bears the distinction of being one of the most prominent edu cators of the United States. He Is pres ident of the Illinois Federation of Col leges, Illinois Council of tho National Civic Federation, the Methodist Social Union of Chicago and Alpha Delta Tau, an honorary scholarship society for pre paratory schools. He Is a member of the Vice. Com mission of Chicago, Board of -Managers of the Freedman's Aid society, College Presidents' association, Board of Edu cation and of the University Senate of tho Methodist Episcopal church, Chicago Peace society (honorary vice president), Chicago North Shore Festival associa tion (executive committee), Rhodes Scholarship committee of Illinois and many other committees of Importance. II Is a member of the University clubs of Chicago, Evanston, and Wash ington, D. C, of the Union League club, and of the Cliff Dwellers. ADMINISTRATOR BEARD IS CITED TO APPEAR A. E. Beard, administrator of the es tate of Stephen M. Beard, deceased, has been. cited to appear this afternoon at 2 o'clock before the county court and show cause why he should not be pun ished for contempt Beard was or dered to turn over some papers recently to another party, which he has refused to do. Ha was then asked to come to court, and this was disregarded. A warrant was Issued for him yesterday to appear this afternoon. ' B. Q. Whltehouse, one of the admin istrators of -the-estate of John Green, who died in 1897, has also been cited to appear before the court Monday. He has refused to join C. J. Reed In a petition asking that a division of $26,000 be made among ; the heirs and attorney of the estate ' 1 DECLARES PREVENTION ' IS BETTER THAN CURE Plans for the autumn convention in Portland were oiscussed at a meeting of the board of directors of the . Oregon Congress of Mothers, which was held Tuesday morning in the auditorium of the T. W. C. A. Tho convention will consume three days. In the afternoon members of the con gress heard a lecture on health by Dr. Louis Dechman. He expressed his views emphatically on the orthodox method of "curing.' "He said he believed "pre ventlon is better than cure." In an ef fort to show the mothers that his theory Is correct,Dr.' Dechman will treat chil dren free for the instruction of. mem bers of the congress. He will attempt to show them how to keep their chil dren from moral, social and physical evils, ) . , r. Alabama Man Admits Embezzlement. (United Vrrm twii.1 Wlr. Los Angeles, Jan. 19. Federal author Ulcsare awaltlngr .word from Alabama regarding" the"dlsposlHbnof "M. Keal-" Ing, 85, years of age, who, when arrested for intoxication, confessed he had em bezzled $2000 while acting as a deputy clerk of a United States court In Ala- REPORT Oil HUM CHIEF COX VffifTES WITH HONEYED PEN Tells Force How Patient, Cap able, Industrious,1 Honest, . It Has" Been. JL Chief of Police Cox,. In hi annual letter to the .captains," detectives, ser geants and patrolmen, Khich was filed today, praises generously-the work done by ths officers during ihs oast year. He comment favorably On the uncomplas ing manner In which ths members of the department have "conducted them selves In the Often .dlsarrena.hlA duties assigned them, .The letter in part Is as follows: - - ' "We Stand tOdaV' unenualeri hv mv other police department along ths west ern coast In : efficiency, - deportment promptness and general ability and ap pearance; and tha least compliment I can iay you 1 that I am proud to hold ths position of chief executive over a department of this -kind, ' , " "Never befora has ths dty; been freer from crime of all Hnd- before havs you, whether captain, de- ukuv sergeani or. patrolman, shown mora willingness to perforin your duties promptly: never before hnv tha minae&i conduct and discipline been better. Every oiucer, no maiier or what rank or posi tion, should be proud of being a member of ths police department of Portland. . "I again desire to compliment you on the exemplary manner In which you did. yosr extra duties during the teamsters' strike? last summer, for the long, hours you Worked uncomnlnrninfi'l - fnr ths perfect order whlch you commanded aiau umes. "On the first Of last vur T ranumted you to Offer ths verv best nollea aervlna possible to ths taxpayers and citizens, and make every, effort not only to elim inate as far as possible, but to prevent crime of all kinds. ' This request, I be lieve, has nearly been met during the year, and this, together with the exem plary conduct displayed by each indi vidual member, leaves the police de partment as a whole open to very little lf any just pritlcism "During thxomlng year I will make It the duty of each and every officer, whether captain n command, detective, sergeant or patrolman, to work harmo niously together with but one object in view: To give ths best possible police service, try to accomollsh something at all times, be attentive to the desir nrt needs of the public, be strictly above Doara ana honest in all dealings, and do your duty fearlessly, and you will al ways find me- ready and only' too will ing to give you all the possible support. "Wishing you a happy and prosperous year, I am, always your friend. , "A. M. COX, "Chief of Police." E And to Return Safe to Same In Aeroplane Catch Pel ican While in Flight. ' (United Pr Leaned Wire.) San Diego, Cal., Jan. 19. Aviator Glenn Curties will maks the first of his aeroplane experiments for the navy here tomorrow, when he will attempt to rise from and land in ths waters of San Diego bay. Pontoon attachments are being made for bis largest biplane, Lieu tenant Ellison of the navy Is here to watch the experiment. Other navy and army officers are expected. The Aero club of Ban Dlega has arranged a pro gram for. the Coronado meet, a feature of which will be an attempt by Cuftlss to capture a pelican in a net from an aeroplane. ILL ORGANIZE Omaha, Neb., Jan. 19. With the slogan "Fight tha Pinchot Pdlletes." an organisation to be called the "Western Development league," will be organized here Tuesday among land owners who will attend tha Omaha land show. Gov ernor Aldrlch is planning ths organisa tion and has Invited the governors of a dosen western states to send delegates. Louis Hill, president of the Great North ern railroad, has been asked to make the keynote speech. Discussing ths proposed society, one of ita promoters said today. ; . "We favor conservation for the pres ent generation; not for those to come. We do not want the lands, forests and water power of the west-placed fn cold storage. They are here, and we are here. Let us develop them and use them as we may.'; . CONFESSES HE KILLED Hutchinson, Kan., Jan. 19. Blaine Monroe, 28 years of age, ' confessed to , the police here today that ha poisoned i Frank Speer. a bachelor, near Laredo, -Kan., with strychnine in candy, and then 1 snot nun wuen he tried to telephone for a doctor. ' Robbery was the motive. Monroe said he got 60 cents. T0WNSEND LEAVES ON COAL: LAND HEARINGS B. t. Townsend, special assistant to ths United States attorney general, will leave tonight for Seattle where he will arraign four defendants in the coal land prosecutions the government has under- taken there, The men to be arraigned' are Charles F. Mundy, Earl E. Siegely, ! Cornelius Christopher and George Q. SlmmOhdirhtyrrre-aT'fa fore United States Judge Kanford to morrow1 morning and will either plead or present demurrers' to the govern ment's complaint ' - Mr. Townsend ex pects to return to Portland': Saturday.' HURTISS TO RIS nut mm FOES OF PINCHO 11 50 CENTS 2 SALARY BILLS WE INTRODUCED Bill Provides for Free Ferry to ;St.-Johns $10,000 for, . . Bridge at Nyssa. k to 1 , Salem, Or., Jan. 1 Eleven bills were Introduced In the house this morning, two of which were salary bills.- Repre sentative Brooke of Malheur and Harr ney Introduced a bill proposing to In crease the salary of the uroaecutlhg at torney of the Tenth district, comprised of Union and Wallowa counties, from $2100" to $S000. and providing him with a deputy at a "salary bf 1600. Repre sentative Miller of Columbia also, Intro duced a bill Increasing the salaries tof the circuit judges In the Fifth district, Columbia, ' Clatsop, Clackamas and Washington counties, from 13000 to $4 00 the extra. $1000 to? be contributed" equally by each of the counties In the district ; , Representative Abbott introduced ! a blll In the house this morning providing that the county of Multnomah operate the ferry at St, Johns freeCif the .ctty of St Johns will buy ths ferry and daed It to Multnomah county. . A bill was also Introduced by Beprr sentatlv Amme of Multnomah propos ing the regulation and license of pri vate sanatorluras for ths treatment tof the insane, X penalty of from $50 to $200 is provided for failure to comply with" the provisions of the act ?. Representative Brooks has Introduced a measure In tha house appropriating $10,000 to build a bridge across ths Snake river at a point near Nyssa to a point on the opposite side of the river in the state of Idaho. The approprta-i tion ls contingent upon sn appropria tion by the city of Nyssa and ths state of Idaho. ' ' ' : POMONA .GATHERS IN i RUNAWAY B0ATH0USE Broken loose by the flood at a point some distance up the river, a boathouse was picked up by the steamer Pomona thjs morning and moored-at the dock just above the Morrison street bridge Another was also carried down through the harbor this morning, evidently a launch house. There was no launch in 1, however. " f. ' Barges which have been working at the piers of the hew steel bridge were taken away from there this morning and aa the water Is nearly to the top of the central pier, a red lantern will -be placed on it tonight to warn ships of danger. The launch Eva, belonging to Captain Charles Amos, ..will also be held in that vicinity for use in case of emergency. , .'. JUDGE TASTES COFFEE n AND FINDS IT GOOD Judge Tazwell this morning dis missed the case Instituted by Mrs. Evans, the city market Inspector, against Frank L. Smith, who ' was charged with selling a case of unwhole some condensed milk to Mrs. J. L. Wig gle last September. ', Mrs. Evans com plained that she had Asked Smith ; to make' good'' ths- price of tha case .r milk, which Smith had refused to ro far the reason that he purchased the tnlUe from a reliable concern after it had passed government inspection. A oup of steaming coffee, in which a por tion of "the "bad" milk was used, was presented as evidence, and Judge Taz well sampled the coffee, only to find It in good condition. WANT FIRE INSURANCE LAWS LEFT UNTOUCHED TMt,u.nra anA tnrV'hnlilf r In flin irarmara' Mutual VMra Relief association. meeting In 'annual session-at the hall at Grand avenue ana East wasningion streets last night vigorously condemned all bills now bofore the legislature for the amending of Insurance laws. Copies of resolutions discouraging such amend ments will be sent to each member Of the legislative body. Herman Doeamg, secretary or tne as sociation, said it was ridiculous to mm en A lawn that nAv. aafea-uard the people and satisfy the insurance compa nies, and that to ao so would causa con fueinn and burden the state with ex pense. Others also spoke against insur ance legislation. , . ;, . PATIENT IS PAROLED a FROM INSANE ASYLUM . . 'n' i -'4 (Special Dlmmteh to The 'journal,) Salem, Or., Jan. 19, -Peter , Garltx srVin mhnt and killed 'Anton ffroh in Portland four years ago, was released from the Insane asylum today, Ming olaced on parole to W. C. Benbow, who secured his release. Garits was de clared Insane by a jury In the Mult nomah circuit court and was committed' to the asylum by the late Judge Sears. flew Middleweight Claimed. - J (United Pr Lsoed Wire.) ' - Sydney, Australia, Jan. 19. Dave Smith, conqueror of Billy Papke, bet Jimmy Clabby of Milwaukee, in a 20 round contest here last night. 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