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Ho Weed fo Tramp . the streets ektnr aultabla how or t apartment. Explain year waata la I Journal Classified Ad. IT COSTS OWT owe czarr a, wom cask. f . , COAST TEMPERATURES ' 0 A. M. Today Boise ...... M Seattle 38 ; Spokane , 93 Marshfiald- ..., 32 Baa Francisco , ... . . . . 44 Portland 39 f i ' The weather-Occasional light rain , or snow tonight ana Sunday. VOL. IX. JNO. 277. ; PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY f 21, ' 1911, TWO SECTIONS 20 PAGES. PRIGE TWO CENTS. , g?AJgS.IJ,JDcN?2 Battling for New Jersey Senatorship SITE GETS A 12 BE DEFENSE PLEA REF0RI.1 SCHOOL ATCUISU BE INVESTIGATED FROM COLORADO BUILDING Mrs. Katherine Williamson Is Mentioned, " With Backing ,of Woman's Clubs and La bor Organizations. SAID TO HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR ELECTION Candidacy Would Be Further Aided by Consideration of Existing Deadlock. (United Press Leased Wire. Denver. Jan. 21. A woman , for ' United States senator la the -situation presented toi the Colorado legislature, which la facing a deadlock on the prob lem of, electing a successor to the late Senator Hughes. Mrs. Katherine Wil liamson, chairman of the legislative committee of federated Women's cluba of Colorado,, will .be nominated when , voting for senator begins. , ' Should Mrs. Williamson's nam be presented she will have the backing of certain representatives who are mem t.bcrs of organised labor, as well as of ail Woman's clubs In the state, and will etand a good chance f being elected. ' .. .Mrs.. Williamsona election, her friends say, would serve the double purpose of breaking the , deadlock which Is con sidered Certain and to vindicate woman .suffrage, which Coloradans believe has been fought, lobbyists who are favor ablly inclined toward tne selection of a woman say it would be an easy task to choose some woman out of politics who J.s .neutral to every- party and friendly to all upon whom the legislators could combine. " H. 1L Tammen, part pwjier'of the Denver Post and Kansas City Post, has admitted his Intention to enter the sen atorial race. Tammen is independent, but thinks he can obtain Republican and Democratic votes enough to elect . hjm in .ease; of a 'dead,!ook.,.,,;.. ' "My "slogan' shall be, "Net a cent for f Ensign Wilkenson Is Severely Burned While Inspecting Bunkers With Light. New Orleans, Jan. 21. An explosion of gas in the coal bunkers of the battle ship Kansas, now at Portland, England, Is reported in private cablo dispatches received here. Ensign Theodore Wilken son was severely Injured, it is said. Ensign Wilkenson and eight men were testing the coal bunkers. They entered with an unprotected light and an ex s plosion followed. The ensign was burned about the head and arms. GAS EXPLOSION ABOARD KANSAS GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS WILL STORM LEGISLATURE TUESDAY TO URGE PASSAGE OF BILLS ""' Good roads day at the legislature Is ealled for next Tuesday. ; Excursions of good roads boosters from all iarts of Oregon will' unite In advocacy of the five highway bills aub- .mltted b the Oregon Good Roads as- -ociatlon. v. ---i.'-i. - ' Three or the highway bills will come1 before1' the. senate for final . passage Tuesday aV 2 p. m. -Upon torotlpn of Senator H. won der Hellen, fjirmnn of tne senate highway committee, the sen- . ate will resolve Itself into committee ef the Iwholo'tO hear an explanation of iho purposes and intents of the highway measures which will be led by Judge " Lionel R. Webster, chairman of the good roads association's execkttivo oom- mlttrc. - ' f" .. A( Aiiwm' oort.f;:-. . t An excursion to the capital Tuesday Is being organized among the people Of Jackson and Douglas counties. Two . apeolal trains will go from Portland. (Arrangements for the chartering of the trains and the giving of a special rate for the occasion, are being completed . today by Frank C. Rlggs, committeeman for the purpose, appointed by the good jTads association,. Good roads promoters frorn eastern Oregon, Hood River, Clack amas and Washington, counties will Join . with' the Portland representation. More than TOO of Portland's leading -business men have pledged their attendance. ," -. . The highway bills before the senate arerNos. . 42, 9 and . 72. tThey provide respectively for the creation of a state Wghway board with the appointment by Ke board of a highway commissioner, ,Jfof the employment of state convicts in .'preparing road making material for the 'bounties, and for the' employment of ty-Tin (rrcmmy-Ttisffnerr- trr t woam e , way., , The passage of these, bills has . befn recommended by the senate com mittee. They passed their second raad jing yesterday, . : , To highway bills will bs submitted 1 Officer Reprimanded t f v ! " 1 I " "sV-n -j -mi . it."; .? , f -. -A k.r "V J "! " ; ' 'Si's n - ti I ; Commander Villlam 8. Sims, U. S. N. s (United Preas Leased Wire.) Washington, Jan, 21. Commander W. 8. Sims of the. battleship Minnesota, is given public' reprimand in an order Is sued by Secretary of the Navy Meyer at tho direction, of the president for his famous "to the last dollar and last drop of 'blood" speech- made at a dinner given by the lord mayor of Ijondon last De cember, when the American fleet was in British waters. The secretary says: "The gravamen of the offense is so clearly set forth in the communication from the president that no additional remarks appear necessary to indicate to the naval service the lack of tact and the knowledge of the duty of a naval officer exhibited. by Commander 81ms upon the occasion mentioned and to prevent a repetition of such a re grettable , occurrence." ., . In tit statement, submitted to.tae- that America would 4o to the flf Great Britain "to the last dol' laj- and i tlia last drop, of blood." This speech , might have been , overlooked had not some tierma'n papers and political speakers .commented unfavorably on the fact that German ports were left out of the Itinerary of the American fleet. LLDVDS OBJECTS TO (United Pre Leated Wire.) London, Jan. 21. Asserting that own ers of British ships will be unable to send their vessels to sea in time of war If parliament ratifies the "declaration of London," an agreement adopted two years "ago by the chief naval powers governing war prises, Lloyds, today came out. in, opposition to sanctioning the plan. Lloyds asserts that If the declara tion is finally confirmed and accepted the war risk on merchantmen will be prohibitive. for final passage Wednesday. Many Oregon good roads boosters will remain in Salem until the fate of . all is de termined. The bills before the house are numbered 40 and 47 and provide respectively for the issuance and sale of bonds for- road making - -purposes by counties,- and for state, aid for .county road building. The latter measure car ries an appropriation of S680.000, which Is to be spent in two yearsi $2000 to each county that provides ha the two years the sum of $40,000. When- the senate meets as a commit tee of tho whole next Tuesday anyone who may ' oppose , the building of good roada or Who may object to the high way measures in their present form will be given the opportunity of k hear ing.. . ,. 'v. - . , . - Judge Webster Confident. Judge Webster announces that he be lieves an explanation of the legal phases of the bills," their effect In' oper ation and their relation, one to the other, will be, sufficient. The Judge Is convinced that the members of the legislature realize fully Oregon's good roafls need and will not neglect the de velopment opportunity now nresenterl by the actual provision for a bstter highway system In every county. p. : wftir. -nin-iriai rvjji tJBenaiVe of th8 Oregon Good Roada association, returned last night from Salem, very optimistic as to the passage of the bills, yet expressing strong belief that their - final adoption, will not be se cured without a strong fight on the part of the development forces' of the state. ' " v ' ' ' . "Tha persons who oppos better roads and improvement generally," said Mr BatawfWliava thels -representatives at the capital and are. making a vory vig orous and, in some ways insidious, fight against the adoption . of - the 'measures. Some of the members of the logisla (Continued on Page Thrce-i . . . n u ( 1 1 tt Omah ....... i i . . PRIZE Contract Signed for Splendid Steel and Concrete Sky scraper on N orthvyest Cor-, ner Owned by Amy Adams PRINCETON TRUST CO. LEASES FOR 50 YEARS Initial Ground Valuation Is $250,000;. Construction Nto Begin Soon. Negotiations were concluded and the contract signed yesterday evening pro viding for the "erection of a 12-story steel and concrete skyscraper at the northwest corner of Park and Morrison streets. This site, which was recently purchased by Amy 'c. Adams, trustee, of Portland, has been loased for ' 60 years to the Princeton Trust Company, a corporation organised by Dan McAUen, J. K. Locke, W. Y, Masters and A. I. McAUen for the purpose of taking over the lease. Under the lease the ground Is valued at $-50,000 and the owners of the lease hold are required to pay an Initial an nual ground -rental of 6 perk. ont en that sum. The Princeton ' Trust Company- is required to improve' the pro perty with a class A building not less (Continued on Page Three.) BUYERS OE MS Wholesale Election Frauds and Corruption in Uncle Joe's -County in Illinois Will Be Bared to Grand Jury. (United PreM IeBsed Wire.) Danville. 11!., Jan. 21. Election oor ruption and bribery which Is declared to have been rampant for years in "Uncle Joe" Cannon's bailiwick, Ver million county, promises to be bared to the grand Jury Investigating a state ment sent today to a newspaper by a prominent attorney In which he con fessed buylngvotes in a previous eleo tlon. The attorney in his statement says he kept records of the names of the vole sellers and the amounts given them but this record, he said, he recently burned. His statement concludes with the assertion that bo was willing to tell full details to the grand Jury, sug gesting that - a mass meeting of the successful and defeated candidates In recent campigns be held at which all should agree to confess. Witt! the appearance of this state ment, panic has struck the politicians here and fnany are expected to confess to the grand jury Monday. More than 100 citizens among them many political ly active, have been summoned. One of these, . Hardy Whitlock, an ex-county treasurer, who confessed to the em bezzlement of $38,000 of the. county funds fprobably will bo examined as to whether he spent the money to buy votes. It Is reported that E. X., Leseure, manager of the Danville National bank, told the grand Jury that large sums of the county's money was usually drawn out of his bank shortly before each election. , Cartoonist Seed . ' r; . I Sir..,-. ,,. . . . - i V"). "JERRYS RUSK . . OF UNION and WALLOWA, IfiSi E JKJ E HOUSE, J EXPECTED TO RUSH n ' N " I - -s , r VI..' PPP. . ,4. mJ I I f Charges of Cruelty to Inmates Brought to Attention of the State Authorities of, Wash ington. BOYS FLOGGED WITH : HUGE PADDLE CHARGED Youth Runs Away to Avoid Beating; Girls, Too, Se verely Whipped, Alleged. (Special Ptopatt-b to The Journal.) Cenlralla, Wash., Jan. 21. Prosecut ing Attorney Buxton was today placed In possession of a sworn statement cov ering grave allegations ot cruelty occur ring at the state training school. The charges allege that boys have been brutally beaten with, heavy wooden paddle, that one sick lad was cruelly whipped, that another boy's head was gashed and his ear torn and that blood flowed down.. the lei;s of the luds. Although only three or four specif I u charges Ijave been made in the present complaint, unsavory reports have cen tered about the Institution for many mouths, and It has been charged that some of. the inmates have been subject ed to Inhuman, treatment by subordinate officers. Until today, however, nobody has taken the initiative and come for ward with open charges. It is expected twft Governor Hay and the state board of control will personally take the mat ter up at once. The affair has created a sensation. The reports state that boys have been brutally beaten with a heavy wooden paddle beyond all reasonable object of corroction and discipline, and that some of them are and have been in a de plorable condition. The.alleged abuses are said to date back a considerable time, and It Is urged that physical ex amination be made of the inmates at once, In addition to taking the testi mony' of the lnmatasi tud othei!- wjt neseiss "Who are said to be In touch,. it. '1.. T. i . ' Superintendent Aspinall has admitted corporal punishment,, and says he is willing to haVe an investigation. The names of several boys now In the in stitution are named as being badly marked and bruised, and other abuses have been mentioned. Girl inmates also figure in tho complaints. One boy has stated to his parents that some of tho lads have been ter ribly beaten by repeated blows an the same spot with a heavy paddle, and the lad's own condition even long after the complaint, seems to bear the charge of violent treatment. is Joseph's Bill Patterned After California Law; Other' Bills in Senate. Salem, Or., Jan. 21. An anti-trust law, which Is intended to hit all com blnations In restraint of trade, was in troducpd In the senate yesterday by Joseph of Multnomah and may loom as one of the large measures of the ses sion. It has been carefully drawn, be. Ing on the lines of the California law, which has been an effective. Instrument in suppressing combtnatlpns of retailers in that state. Ice trusts, grocers' combinations, plumbing combines and other similar organizations have been sent to cover by the California law. The law covers all combinations having for their ob- (Contlnued pn.Page Three.) mm Lffl ram Presents a Trio of Oregon Legislators -VfV .'-?-.'. '.ii.3,'r-.".v SEM.ALRKT , AftRA.HA.r1 oc DOUGLAS, HAD K ft E rtARKS TO PETE f. . T'-. v - 1 K?: ' -i - . 1 A 111 f J '' 'Ha ' I E.-Sen'ator James Smith Jr. of New Jersey (on the right), and James E. Mnrtine, who are the principal figures iu a hard fight for sena i torial election. Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey an nounced Mart tne, ris hi selection for the office and in repudiating Smith said that it 'would be a disgrace to New Jersey If lie were re elected. Following this Smith announced his candidacy and since then Wilson and Smith have been waging a bitter battle. CONDEMNATION OF Washington's Telegram Indi cates Anxiety to (Jet Port land Location Secured; Suit Not to Be Unfriendly One. Telegraphic instructions were received by United States District Attorney John McCourt today from Attorney General Wickcrsham, to begin atonoe condemna tion proceedings to secure Block "8" as a postoffice site. Mr. McCourt will proceed at once to ask for bids on abstracts of title to the property to be condemned. The making of the abntraots may require oiielwcek. As soon as they are completed Mr. Mc Court will file the suit for tho govern ment and do everything In his power to rush It through to satisfactory settle ment. A slight misunderstanding at Wash ington resulted In the receipt of a let ter yesterday evidently .written under the presumption that the United States already had an option on the block, and that condemnation proceedings were un necessary. Tho dlfflcutly was cleared up by a telegram from the district at torney, the answer to which, coming by wire this morning and Instructing tho filing of the suit. Indicates the Washington officials are anxious to have the matter of tne site straightened out as soon as possible' When the lowest bid from a re sponsible party for the abstracts is secured, the district attorney will au thorize their making. When these are completed, so as to furnish the names of all those who may possibly be a par ty to the suit or have an Interest In the land Involved, the suit will be filed In the United States court here. Ten days is allowed for making appearance and ten days for filing an answer. If (Continued on Page Tnree.) REP. eckie& FOUTS OPrlULTNOrlAH.C'' CHAIRMAN ON REVISION OF LAW. POSTOFFICE SITE IS AT ONCE ORDERED t ' 1 k im fwi h r- a- f - r v FIVE OF FAMILY OF PERCY BROOKS L Midnight Fire in Residence at Toronto; Apparently No One Aroused in Time to Make Effort to Escape. . (United .'Press Leased Wire.) Toronto, OnL, Jan. 21. Five persons met their death and another was taken to the Western hospital badly burned as the result of a fire that destroyed the resWence of Percy Brooks, manager of the Fairbanks Scale company of To ronto, at 435 Indian Road, at 1:30 o'clock this morning. While the cause of the fire is a matter of uncertainty It Is be lieved to have been due to a defective furnace.. ...... The building, which was a fine resi dence of two stories and an attic, wan formerly occupied by O. A. Reld, the artist. Percy Brooks, husband and father of the other victims, Is In .Chicago, where he went a few days ago. ine nre was .discovered by a neigh bor who lives across the road; As he was returning from a party ho saw the blaze and turned in an alarm. The first body was found by Lieuten ant Hamilton of the fire department, in the bathroom. He, with the deputy chief, entered the house while" the fire was stilt at Its height and carried out this body. Shortly after they took it out the stairs collapsed. The second body, which Is believed to be that of Percy, the Oldest boy, fell with the stairs and was discovered just Inside the front door. After this the firemen had to work from the ladders. On the north side of the attic were found the bodies of the mother and the remaining children. The woman was burned so as to be unrrognlzable, her Identity belnp; established by her wed ding ring and a diamond ring. The body Of a servant girl, Violet, was found on the south side of the attic. Rush to Register for Recall Election. (United Press Leased Wlr l Seattle, Jan. 21. Reports today show that more than 11,000 men and women registered yesterday for the .privilege of voting 'at the special municipal, elec tion to be held in Seatttle February 7, at which the recall on Mayor Hiram 'C. Gill will be tested. rr.virr.fiririinnfiriniihnir'ifi'M PERISH INF Some Live Features in The Sunday Journal STERN REBUKE OF MAN OF TODAY" . ' ' ' Commercialism of tho brain is the agent responsible for msmV deterioration, says Mrs. John A, Logan iui an iuierview that brjs-' tics with-stmfriiiff criticism,, '. MEXICO AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ' ; . i G. V. Burton, iir another interesting travel letter, write ot rfe- ' vclopment possibilities in Mexico that await the guiding .hand of Americans with capital. ,..-. ' ' MAKERS OF THE FOREST SERVICE " c Interesting illustrated account of the men of ability to whom credit Is due for the development of the government forest trv- ice to plane of high efficiency. ' ' - . , '., UNIQUE DEVICES FOR AERIAL NAVIGATION, , , ;. - Time4v4fastrtetryHHMWg-MWr for flylnif throtijfh' space presented to the United Stales patent office by inventor.. . , , - - , '.'THE SUNDAY JOURNAL, , One of First Witnesses Called Says Albert Schenk Was Bitter and y Said He Meant, to Get Her Out of Family. EXPERTS SAY POSSIBLY SCHENK NOT POISONED Prosecutor Chides Himself; Failed to Keep Mrs. Schenk Talking After Arrest. (United Prew Lesed Wire.) Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 21. Without a chance to bear ftnm the Hps of Mrs. Laura Famsworth Schenk her personal refutation of tlie chargo that she ad- . ministered lead and arsenic to her mil lionaire husband, John O. Schenk, the Jury before which the one time society leader is being tried, heard the an nouncement at 8:30 this afternoon, 'The defense closes." As soon as the defense had closed Prosecutor Handlan announced that ha , had subpoenaed 0 new witnesses to re-"i but the "conspiracy" evidence of Mrs. Hodges and others. , 1 , (United Press .Leased Wire.) - Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 31. Predic tions that the defense in the trial of Mrs. Laura Famsworth Schenk, ac cused of poisoning her millionaire hua band, John O. Schenk, has "an ace up Its sleeve," were freely made at the. resumption of the trial here today when Attorney J. P. O'Brien, of Mrs, Schenk's counsel, announced that "the defendant would not take the stand. " ' O'Brien said Mrs. Schenk would not plead insanity and that Albert Schenk, brother of the accused-; woman's bus band, would not be called; in an effort to prove that Mi's. Schenk wis the vic tim of a conspiracy among the rela tives of her husband. No hint was given as to the evidence expected to bo prt fluced Jim which tne defense hopes for verdict "AH of last nights, aesslon of tha court was devoted to attempting to im peach the credibility of Er. Myers, who " testified that he had sold Mrs. Schenk a quantity of acetate of lead, which poison, as well as arsenic, is alleged to have been administered to Schenk. When the first ( witness for the de fense was called today It developed that the reason Albert Schenk was not to be put upon the stand was that he ha (Continued on Page Three.) MARTIN EGAN TO President's Secretary to Re tire; Cosmopolitan Newspa perman toTakePlaqe; Nor ton May Succeed Morton. NDTflM ouuullu mmiun AT WE HOUSE ' ' ' - , m u. v ('United Press tssed Wlre.s Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 21. Martitt Egan, mentioned In Washington dis patches as the probable successor to Charles D. Jifor.ton as secretary to Presi dent Taft, Jwas 'formerly a San Fran- . clsoo newsQfper man. His sisters now live at Sn Francisco, He la editor 'of "( the Manila Times, and has been asso ciated with Taft in the Philippines and In- Washington: He also accompanied . Taft on his tour o" the world. , Mrs. Egan was Eleanor Franklyn, a magazine writer. . . ' Kgan was offered the position of sec retary some time ago, hut refused un account of the salary, (6009, which lu ' lss than tie received at Manila. Taft wants Egan particularly to ban-, die the press. Egan Is popular, and haa held high 'Journalistic positions. ' ' Egan came hurriedly from Mantla'to , San Francisco five days ago at the re quest of Taft, "' , '', Egan is lis years eld. was born in Oak- , " (Continued on Page Three.) , - inrinriririiriiniri - inii - ii - - ii - . - -i-iri-r-ipi-i-irrf--i-trifl I 'al
