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Seattle 38 ;
Spokane , 93
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VOL. IX. JNO. 277.
; PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY f 21, ' 1911, TWO SECTIONS 20 PAGES.
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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-
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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"JERRYS RUSK . .
OF UNION and WALLOWA,
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EXPECTED TO RUSH
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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-
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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
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REP.
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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
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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.
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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, , , ;.
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for flylnif throtijfh' space presented to the United Stales patent
office by inventor.. . , , - -
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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
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MARTIN EGAN TO
President's Secretary to Re
tire; Cosmopolitan Newspa
perman toTakePlaqe; Nor
ton May Succeed Morton.
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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- ,
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