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Newspaper Page Text10' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL.1 PORTLAND,- TUESDAY EVENING,, FEBRUARY 21, 1911. .1 t DEAIII 01? MABEL Fought Reciprocity PTflMAINFPOISON "It Seems That Child Died From Natural Causes," De- dares Coroner Dr. Norden; "Chemist-Makes Report. I Investigation by the coroner and state health officers has established, prae tically without doubt, that little Mabel King, whose death was supposed to have - ; leen brought about by ptomaine poison ing, died from natural causes Acute - gastrins Is generally given aa the cause ' of death. . . ? - , v In line wlththls conclusion, neaun Iffirora have absolved Thomas King, the lather, a teamster living at 727 H Wll- llams avenue, from all suspicion. King has received a formal statement in apoi tnr mistaken SUSDlclon. . Wlien Dr. . Ts-Croddy waa called to "the King home more than a week ago to attend Mrs. King and her lour cnu ilren. he iud not hesitate to pronounce ptomaine poisoning the cause of their suffering. And waen aiaDei ung uiou ' Dr. Croddy filled out the death oertlfl- Cats, giving the cause of deatn at -p mains poisoning." "t ; Ho Poison round. Tr. rroddv' and other ohyslciani whom . lie- called in and who helped him with the. cost mortem examination, con curred In the opinion that ptomaines had brought on death.. It was only as ' a precaution that a portion of the Intes tines of the child was tent to the Ore ' ron- Agricultural college ? at Corvallls for examination, professor Fulton's let- ter that, after a careful analysis, he had failed to find signs or any una or poi ' son, was a decided surprise to the physl- clans. . - . ' The chemist wrote that he found that v the intestines were inflamed and slight ly swollen, but that he had tested for ptomaines, arsenic ana strycnnine ana had not found evidence of the presence - of-any of these poisons, ---v-- -1 will say positively that ptomaine ' poisoning did not cause death," said Dr. Ben Norden, coroner, today. "It would " seem' that the child died from natural causes, probably acute gastritis.'' Thomas King said that when he ar rived home on the day that hia wife and four children were ( affected, he found hia wife cooking' potatoes. When he saw that she had no meat in the house, he gave his 14-year-old daughter some money and aant her to a near-by meat market for livers For dinner the family had only liven potatoes, tea and bread and butter. The children did not drink tea. V;,-?! K ' ; -. . ' What Doctors Think. Physicians who have 1 examined the body, of the girl say that Dr. Croddys : declaration ' that - death- came from - ptomaine poisoning Is borne out by every symptom. All agree that they , would have-made the same report, when ftonsldering that five . members of the family were affected In Ilka manner. Even the autopsy atrengthened the be lief that ptomaines caused death. -Father W. A. Daly, whose parishioner King Is, said today that the teamster was a gooo,v nard-working ciiuen ana . an excellent churchman,: "King bears the best of reputations In this parish," said Father Daly. "He is honest and energetic and one of the best fathers : In the world. He works hard to sup port his family and shows the greatest r kindness and consideration toward- the . children. He, was sorely affected by the death of the child, his own child. , He Is poor and needs all of the assist ance the public can give htm." An inquest over the remains of Mabel King will be held at the morgue to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. NEW MAYOR GIVES UP MOSTGLORIOUS IDEA . " AND THERE'S A REASON . r. Portland has a new mayor. Henry Beldlng, president of the . e. city council, when he got out of bed this morning was . elevated e to the office of chief executive of the city at 11 o'clockwhen 'e the office was temporarily abdl- cated by Joseph Simon. Mr. 81- mon went to Halem to attend the 'funeral of the late William P. Lord. Acting Mayor Beldlng said this morning that he thought se 4) riously of taking the 1600 secret ' service fund which the city char 4 ter authorises the mayor to ex- pend every year without return , - ing vouchers therefor and using the money to pay for a banquet to be tendered to the olty offl- clala. The only encouragement Mayor Beldlng received, how- ever, was from the olty hall re- porters, and he concluded to i abandon his IrVa. Mayor Beldlng will preside at a special meeting of the execu- . tlve board this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Broken Rail Wrecks Fust Mail. fCnittd Pnu IyMl wir.) Palisade, Nev., Feb. 21 a broken rail Is held responsible for the wrecking , last night of the eastbound China and Japan fast mail, resulting In the Injury of 15 passengers. Railroad officials say that owing t the cold -weather the rail snapped when the engine and ten der passed over It. The pntlre train tore along the track for nearly 400 feet, and then two coaches, tha smoker ; nd a chair car turned over. The In jured were taken to an Elko honpiui on I Special traliv No one was seriously hurt." 3 Red Raven U a pleasant tasting laxative , water, in bottles called splits. A bottle is a dose and relieves consti pation, sick headache and tick stomach v;- a - 4 Congressman John Dalaell of Penn sylvania, who led the opposition in its fight against the McCall bill, which alms to carry "Into effect the reciprocity agreement between the United States and Canada. T Secures Injunction Restrain Ing Committee From Re vising Journal. (Special Dlijwtch to The Journal.) Salem, , Or.. Feb. 21. Chief Clerk Flagg has won the first battle in his controversy -with Journal Clerk John Hunt and R. IX C. Mercer, whom the senate named late Saturday night to re vise .the journal of the senate. Flagg last night secured a permanent injunc tion through the district attorney's of fice from Circuit Judge William Gallo way restraining Hunt and Mercer from going ahead with the work, on the ground that, the law provides that the chief clerk shall do the work with the aslstance of, the calendar clerk. The work, of revising the journal has hot yet started because of the entangle ment President Ben Selllnr of the sen ate will be In Salem today to see" if an amicable adjustment of, the difficulty cannoi oe errectea wnerebv. the work of preparing the journal for publication can proceed. Attorney General Craw. ford took up the fight for Hunt and Mercer and arguad that a former legls lature eould not make a ruling that would bind the - procedure of a subse quent assembly, but the judge held mat me ruie iaia aown by the former body was law and must be obeyed, as nucn. Hunt and Mercer will probably not appeal the case to the supreme court out journal Clerk Hunt Is in nosaesalnn of the uncompleted journal which Flagg cannot handle until it Is prepared for mm ny Hunt, and Hunt does not seem disposed to give up his possession of me journal entries. REFRIGERATOR CARS AT T (I'nlted PrM tetMd Wirt.) Washington, Feb. 21. By the decision of the Interstate Commerce commission in ruling that western shippers should receive the use of refrigerator cars whenever asked without additional cost, hundreds of thousands -of dollars will be saved annually to the fruit growers of the Pacific coast The commission sustained every con tention made by the fruit growers, and denounced the extracharges made by the railroads for precooling facilities as unreasonable and unjust . The decision renders praotically use less the precooling plants of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, costing more than 1500,003 each. TWO PASSENGERS KILLED IN OKLAHOMA WRECK (Halted Pren Leued Wire.) Stillwater. Okla.. Feb. 21. Detail of tha train wreck near here in which two persons were killed and four probably fatally injured were received .today. The dead: Dr. Albert Love. Greenfield, Okla. Mrs. Ij. M. Rose, Stillwater, Okla. Eight persons were slightly Injured. Throo toaches were derailed. The wreck is supposed to have been emimed by the slide of a section of water. soaked track. GEORGE GOULD MAY SOON ? RETIRE FROM BUSINESS (United PreM Leiaed Wire.) New York. Feb. 21. With official verification of the report that the Gould holdlnga of Missouri Paclfio have hen offered for sale at something 'above 170 a share, it is generally believed heve that Georgej J. Gould will shortly retire from active business. The rail road holdings of the Gould family ap proximate 100,000,000. Fire on Battleship New Jersey. ; Boston, Feb. 21. X board of inquiry Is investigating a fire in the dynamo room of the battleship New Jersey, which last night lmperHed4hat vessel. It la believed that faulty wiring caused a short circuit and started the blaze. The flames were prevented from reach ing the magazine by the heroic efforts of the crew, - , i , Mission Lodging. House Hums. Sa'nran? isco,,"" FebT i f .-Scorea o? lives were Jeopardized when fire today gutted a lodging house in the Mission, the tenants fleeing to the streets, scan' tlly clad. v - WON BY FLAGG EXTRA CORBEIT FUNERAL AT TRINITY CHURCH Body Borne by Eight Fore men, From Willamette Iron Works. In the presence of a large concourse of friends and former associates, repre senting almost every walk of life in the city, the funeral of the late William Harrison Corbett, president of the Wll: lamette Iron & Steel works, who died yesterday, was held at Trinity Episco pal church at t o'clock this afternoon. Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity parish, read the Impressive burial serv ices of the Episcopal church. The body was borne by eight pallbearers selected from amotys the foremen of the .various departments of the Willamette Iron & Steel Co. These active pall bearers were Straus, Pete Skoberg, Harry Turner, William Casey, J. Otte and S. Pope. The following were selected from among Mr. Corbett's personal friends to act t honorary pallbearers: C. F. Swigerti William Brewster, Frank Hart, Morris H. - Insley, William MacMaster, E. - C Orelle, Major II. C. Cabell and Albion Glle. At the conclusion of the services at the church the body, accompanied only by members of the Immediate family, was taken to the Portland crematorium. TO MEET T The first Paclfio Coast Cost Congress of employing printers will open in the convention hall In the Portland Com merclal club tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Several delegations from Pa clfio coast cities and many cities as far east aa Salt Lake, Utah, arrived today. The cost congress will be in session Wednesday; Thursday and Friday, Two hundred and fifty delegates are ex pected t be - present - The delegation from San Francisco is coming In a spe cial car over the Southern Pacific. The principal speakers, will be .from the eastern states. C, A. Whltemore, president, and R. E. Morrell, secretary of the congress, are its founders. Mr. Whltemore is with the Irwin-Hodson Printing company, and Mr. Morrell is with the Kllham Stationery A Printing company. They are bringing printers of coast states to gether to form' a permanent organiza tion. The congress will take up the cost of materials and of labor. Delegates will discuss means of obtaining lower prices. . (United ' Prass Leased Wire.) Colfax, Wash., Feb. 21. One of the Quickest and smoothest jail deliveries in tne history of Whitman oounty was made by John W. Burns, confessed Durgiar, wno shot down Dinlnr Car Con. duotor D. L. Reader of Portland at Lew- iston junction last Tuesdav. ' Burns, compelled the prisoners In Jail to help him dig through the brick wall in tho corridor of the Jail, using a case knife and a can opener. The opening wb jobs man a root square and luckily came between the .iron grates In the wail. - It is said Burns had planned to kill deputy Sheriff William Cole aa ha en tered the jail to lock them up for the oigni. tie was planning to use a brick wrapped in his coat sleeve. The pris oners would not stand for the attack on Cole an4 as a comcromlaa heini him through the wall Every effort so far has failed to get even a trace of Bums, who made bis escape about 7 o'clock last night. Burns was arrested at Rlnarln th,... day after shooting Reader in a dining car. Burns in a confession said he was nungry and that Reader came in on aim wnue ne waa m the pantry. He shot through a door, the bullet striking ncnatr oeiow me neart. Reader is at Walla Walla, very low. Every deputy sheriff and nolle of. fleer in the county has been called out and every road in the vicinity ,of Col- lax is aeing guarded. COUNTY GRAND JURY SESSION IS OPENED The county grand Jury, which re ported to the district attornev t s o'clock this afternoon, took up cases of minor importance. Reports .on at least two of these cases are expected later thia afternoon. Tomorrow, being a legal holiday, the Investigators will not work. Later in the week the jury will take up the case of the three men accused of robbing the Diamond Palaoe on Wash ington street, last week. The Jury will aiso investigate complaints that the Portland Railway, Light A Power com pany uses "bad order" street cars. The collision at East Water street and Haw. thorne avenue, which resulted In the death of Byron F. Boone, will be gone over oy tne jurors. BILL UNINTENTIONALLY ALTERED BY TYPIST Snclnl ChDttcB to The Jmrnl.l .... Salem, Or., Feb. 21. Governor West has discovered that senate bill 225 was altered, most probably unintentionally, in enrolling so tnat it excludes train dispatchers from Its operation. The bill Is one prescribing a 14 hour limit for the continual employment of rail road men. There is a clause in the bill where the typist could easily have Jumped from one to another in copying without impairing, the purpose of the act otherwise than that of excluding from its operation train dispatchers. This was undoubtedly the manner in which the alteration was made. PERSONAL I. IX BoDine. the well known live stock buyer, Is confined to hit home as the result of beina rather aeverelv In jured In bringing in a carload of cattle rrom Huntington. Last Week Thousands of pairs of hirh mi h'Kj0T f veo-bodyJSow-about-half, price. Oregon Shoe Co 247 Morrison. between 8d and 2d. . See masquerade Oaks rink iimi. night i I esteei vo. i nese active pav&earers were de thlg wealt Wh general con- Charles Madcorge-erklng, R4veim0lrllf! mm pie OMORROW BAD IN BREAKS FROM COLFAX JAIL ELKS HAVE ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS 10 LINE UP FUND Committeemen" Say Three . Fourths of the : $ 1 25,000 Has Been Subscribed; More. Than $3000 Yesterday. - Four good' working days-are left of the Elks' campaign to raise a $125,000 entertainment fund for 'the lit grand lodge. About three-fourths of the total has been either subscribed ; or - prom- ised. the committeemen aay. J, Buslneas d IS exnecteil to tv rh ramatn. veniioinEommltlea meels Saturday even- Ing and goes over the work of 10 days, its members hope to f lasn over the coun try to every lodge, "We have the enter tainment fund. Now boost for Portland for tho grand lodge In 1J12." :k s Leaders of the convention campaign appealed today to business Interests for support in these last days of the effort. The entire fund, they said, is not at ail assured and no contributions should be withheld because of the impression that the amount will not be needed. The certainty, that the grand lodge of Elk can be induced to come to Portland next year, provided proper preparation is made, - has served as stimulus for aug mented activity on the part of the com mittees on solicitation. All the Elks and all their friends are anxious that Port land shall not lose the great prize which the national B. P. o. E. convention is conceded to be. Treasurer Van Schuyver - yesterday evening received reports of subscrip tions during the day that totaled more than 13000. The total amount of pledges outside the $35,000 Elks subscription is now in the neighborhood of f 30,000. The new subscriptions are: Perry C. Graves Co. ...........$ 20.00 Soule pros. J;$ ti. Blnshelraer 100 00 Bush St Lane Piano Co. 20 00 filers Music-House 160.00 Lieberling Lucas Co. ie.00 Sherman, Clay A Co. 100.00 Graves MliHin Cn 40.00 10.00 Hovenden Piano Co. 25.00 25.00 20.00 26.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 100.00 5.00 24.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 15.00 10.00 , 10.00 25.00 60.00 6.00 25.00 45.00 10.00 60.00 10.00 25.00 30.00 Reed-French Piano Mfg. Co.... Cote Piano Mfg. Co. .7.. W. H. Lang Sidney 8. Lathron J. N. Blair ' L. R. Bailey Morgan, Fllednejr & Boyce ... E. W. Heilman E. A. Stenhens Monroe Goldstein McCanta Stewart Charles J. Jacobs .i.. ........ Lawyers Abstract A T. Co...... iv. Ed. onii in ....... O. Kettenbaeh . . . . Leo F. Shehan Mt Scott Cemetery Co. W. I. Colo Herman Metzcrer 1 Baltimore Lunch Co. ... irastman ornie E. House Co. P. L. Thompson B. H. Moore W. R. Johnson , , u. juna,no , ... , 36.00 Royal Bakery & Confectionery . . 160.00 E. J. Beam 10.00 Oregonian Restaurant 30.00 100.00 30.00 250.00 35.00 75.00 SO.OO 6.00 6.00 20.00 15.00 u E. J us ton Read & Metzger ........ The Hof Brau ........... John E. Meister ........ Peerloss Cafeteria Co.... josepn ti. iruits Grussi & Zadow L. J. Shell Concordia Fire Insurance Co Harvey Wells ' Ed Schmidt Blunden A Greenbers- - 60.00 60.00 Friberg Brothers 25.00 Emil Schacht j 25.00 F. J. Jones 25.00 25.00 26.00 M. E. Freeman . F. E. Manchester, Lyle. Wash. R. L. Ray A. J. Brock Bay Bros L. Henrlchsen A Co 25.00 10.00 60.04 75.00 60.00 -40.00 100.00 100.00 60.00 75.03 30.00 60.00 60.00 125.00 30.00 5.00 10.00 60.00 60.DQ 25.00 60.00 20.00 20.00 25.09 I. Aronson F. Abendroth F. Friedlander G. Heltkemper Co Leffert-Bros. ........... Butterfleld Baos. L. W. Benns Co Sinclair ft Boss H. A. Forbes A. ft C. Feldenhcimer . . . Mrs. T. Grossman Fred D. Flora W. F. Ross ft Co Marx ft Bloch Jaeger Bros. ..- n. Mendelsohn ft cor..";.". Henry Fleckenstein ft Co. E. W. Spencer , Esmond Hotel Paul Van-Frldagh Total : $3,265 Treasurer Van Schuyver said today that he would like the committee of solicitation to report pledges as prompt ly as possible,, aa this helps in keeping the records of the campaign in business like form. SEATTLE IS NOMINATING COUNCIL CANDIDATES (Unltfd Preis Tinted Wire.) Seattle, Feb. 21. With 68 candidates In the field, Seattle votersare today choosing by primary election 18 candi dates, nine of whom will be later elect ed to the city council.. i;very member of the present council that served un der Mayor GUI Is seeking a return, but chances that more than, two wilL be successful are considered slim. ' During the past few days the women voters have been holding quiz conn gresses, requiring candidates at the meetings to answer questions regarding their fitness. Fine weather today prom ises a heavy turnout of the women, who, it is admitted,, wii( decide the election. Paymaster Reduced Two Numbers. (United Ptms Leagcd Wire.) . , Bremerton, Wash.. Feb. 21. Because his safe was robbed of $2200 by, one of his clerks, passed Assistant Paymaster B. R. Wilson, U. S. N., who Is attached to the navy yard here, will be reduced two numbers In rank. This Is said to be tha sentence determined upon by the courtmartlal. Paymaster Wilson was pay officer of the Philadelphia when the theft occurred. 1 , . t WAT DOWIf SOUTH Ef THH LAlttJ of coTToar." , The South may well lav claim fa"tfc title, "Land of Cotton." There nearly fourteen million bale of duced each year, out of a total world srop of twenty million bales. ' J The production of cotton oil shn up even more favorably. The choicest cotton oil goes into the manufacture of Cottoleni. tarWh , I 1 ara ; HU0 ' won lavor not onlv on it tnH . Jrytnf-tnd -shorteningrTnediflmrbuf be- cause of its purity and wholesomeness. f Lottolene u as wholesome'. THESE ABED OF. , GATHERING GRAFT ; Policemen at Seattle Must Tel Grand Jury What They 'Know of Old Regime. (United Press Leased Wire.) . Seattle, , Febv 21.--The. secret session of the grandT Jurythat jsjnvestjgating the charges of corruption and graft In the police ' department under former Chief Wappenstein has had - several prominent saloonkeepers before It and It Is said that Gideon Tupper, saloon' keeper, wjll be compelled to give bond before he will b,e permitted to leave the city. ;, Tupper is - ill and 1 wants to go,; to ; Hot Springs, Ark., for' treat ' .ntr : Tlln.AI f(4 ! - , - Trr-, . orr,cer, or tn Worthern club, a - big here last apring.jwhen Gill was mayor. A number of policemen, have j been called before the grand Jury, and it la said they are accused of having: col lected the regular weekly tribute from tne unfortunates below the dead line. and to have turned it over to their su periors. . , , 1 ' Chief of Police Claude W. Bannlck, who, was a police captain under Wap penstein, was before the grand Jury to day..' . .. v' ;,.. v'.;.".;fi-' Since 11 o'clock Saturday, morning, Robert Friend, 82 years, of age, has been missing. He is supposed to be looking for his wife, who is being har bored by G. O. Hunter. Gray'a crossing, whose . telephone number la Tabor 1471. Several days ago the old man wan dered away from tha poor farm and started to walk to town. Automobillets who passed him took pity 'upon htm, for he limped painfully.. They took him In the machine with them and carried him to the office of the Associated Charlttea. He said that he waa looking for his wife; Caroline Friend, He was given a room in the National hotel awaiting an opportunity to re turn to the poor. farm. Saturday morn Ing he wandered away from the hotel. He is about 6 feet in height, rather slender, wears a full beard and has gray hair. When last seen he wore a blue suit of clothes and a soft, ltght colored hat. Mr. Hunter and neighbors are plan ning to get a home for the old people. OREGON TRUNK LAYS President John F. Stevens' of the Ore gon Trunk Line stated this morning-thai the tracklaylng crews reached Metollua thta morning and fireir.w pushing on towards Crooked River where the work will be delayed until the completion of the high bridge over tho chasm. This bridge will be 80 feet long and 350 feet high from the wtter level to the tracks. It will be one of the highest railway bridges in the world. In 10 days the tracks will have been laid through 'the Cornelius Pass tunnel on the Oregon Trunk and - immediately thereafter ballasting of the track be yond the tunnel will be started. This would have been done before but for the fact that the tunnel affords a much easier haul than the shoo-fly line around the mountain. The gravel haa to be hauled from the east side of the hills. The line will be pushed on to Banks as rapidly, as possible. E RULE LIKE THE REST (United PrtM Irtnsed Wire.) Washington, : Feb. 21. Democratic jubilation over the "gag rule" in the house ended today when it waa realized th at Speaker Can nonhel(L- the high hand. Although the rules can be sus pended, by a two thirds vote. Cannon need not recognize any one seeking a suspension. SPEED TAPE CATCHES MANY MOTORCYCLES Motorcycles are falling into the trap set by Policemen Trout and Lyon at Union avenue near Going street. A tape measure; a stop watch and a tab ulated card are part of the trap. . H... LHu ghes, who boas ted that ha was the first man -o introduce motor cycles on the messenger force, was cap tured by the two trappers at 4:45 yes terday afternoon. He was going. 30 miles an hour when stopped. He pleaded guilty this morning and was fined 110. J. a Barnett, a telephone repairman, was going 32 miles an hour in the same vicinity. He pleaded ' guilty and was fined 110, but sentence was suspended! Steve Smith, charged with speeding, was fined f 10 for that offense and $10 for not having a license. C J. Mobs was fined $25 and sen tence suspended... and . C Aerne,- driver for E. E. Lytle, will have, to explain later to Judge Tazwell. : . Two well known Portland physicians In an auto. Dr. C. H. Wheeler and Dr. J.s W. ' Morrow, ..rati Into the same trap last night and had difficulty in getting the officers- to let them go. : Each physician was speeding far beyond the limits. Both pleaded that they were on hurry calls and must not be delayed. Both officers yielded and the physicians sped away, while Trout and Lyons stared at each other and wondered. --Tweedy Denies Charges. (Hperlnl IrtKnatrh to The Journal.) - . Pendleton, . Or., Feb. 21,Donylng hl m6st in full the charges made against him by his ward and his. ward's son, T. ,S. Tweedy late yesterday afternoon filed an answer to the sensational pe tition for his removal from the guard ianship of the estate and person of A. J. Sturtevant, the wealthy Pilot Rock rancher, H also makes counter charges alleging that the wife of .Mark Sturte vant la responsible for all the present trouble and that she had conspired to oure tha wlllwhteh woold -leavstO her a fiig part of the estate, , ' ' '-'-i" i -'i '" ' i j,' ' -"-'-v,' Benzine will cloan the vellum head of a sanjo - wiinout injuring ; tha instru ment AGED MAN LOSES WAY WHILE HUNTING V1F TRACKS TO III S CA I A Ma.Hd CUPM SIB ; A r " v myeiihics ' ' ' ' , t 'r ' i Jolm nays nammond, who has ad vised rrestdent Taf t of his accep tance) of an appointment as special ambassador to attend the corona tion Of King George V of England next June. P. R., L. & P. Co. Seeks to Evade Payment of Taxes "to Oregon City? The Portland Railway, Light & Power company4 has a plan "Up Its sleeve' to escape , paying, . into the Oregon City treasury taxes on property . worth sev era! millions' located just outside of the municipal limits and which the city proposes to take Into its Corporate boundaries. Just what the plan is the company . is not disclosing, but appar ently the only resource is to try out the new law giving Oregon City the power to enlarge its boundaries, in the courts. Senator Dlmlek of Oregon City. Intro duced into the legislature and succeed ed in passing during the late session a bill defining a new method by which cities may enlarge their boundaries. This consists in obtaining a petition signed by one fifth of the legal voters asking for a special election. Under this lawtheouneir is required" to order the election and if a majority of tha electors of the city and residents of .the .terri tory which it is" proposed to annex favor the proposal the territory in question becomes a part. of the city.. When the bill passed both houses. Senator Dlmlek thought he had played gamewith the railway company, as an unsuspecting victim. If the latter a property is taken Into Oregon City, it will be required to pay something like $20,000 a year in additional taxes and the paper mills would pay nearly a much more. Oregon City furnishes city water . and fire protection to the rail way-company4-propertyand-tnilla and believes that their lands ought to be Included in the city limits and municipal taxes paid. Some time, ago an effort was made to do thia through the coun cil. but it failed, ,i'r---" Robert Townsend of the Counsel for the railway- company,,! who was t the sUtehouse during the-entire session, d nled after the bill passed, that the com pany did not know its Intention, despite wie iact mm me puijnB urn urn pear on the surface. He declaied that the company was not worrying abat the matter and implied that tnre was a means of nullifying the effect Jvst what this recourse was ho would not itate, but other attorneys who exam ined the bill declared that there might be some question as to whether the law would hold in the courts. , Garland Pound Guilty. -' -(Specltl tMipttrb to The Jonrnal.) Seattle, Wash., Feb. 21.--,Wr H. Gar land, the Seattle-Portland promoter, was yesterday found . guilty of grand, lar ceny for selling $1000 worth of alleged worthless stock to a Seattle cltlsen. IT IS NOT YET N00N-- -SATURDAY, FEB; 18; SEE' LEGISLATIVE CLOCK (Rpeclal Dtupitcb to The Journal.) " Salem," Or., Feb. 21. -From leg- 4 lslatlve standpoint It is not yet 12 o'clock noon - Saturday -Feb- ruary 18, and the senate and house ; of representatives ot the twenty-sixth Oregon legislature has not yet adjourned. , AS evt-s donee to this fact, President Ben a Selling of the senate arrived .at '" the capital Ah is afternoon' and ' signed some bills which he had not signed .bflfdre departing for 1 Portland Sunday, for the reason v they had not yot been enrolled. - 'The president and speaker both ' hive signed bills this week, and ' they must be signed before the 4 legislature has adjourned.: President Selling also is lnM4 Salem this -afternoon to - assist the authorities in' untangling the 4 -diffiTOity-nhatnnr'"aTts(ir--i)e S t ween the senate clefka regard- t i Ing the preparation of tho senate 4 journal. ' : y v 1 P. R.rL & PrCo.'s Profit for Last Quarter $403,463.07 Phone Cos Report. The quarterly report of tha Portland Railway, Light ft. Power xoropany, was tiledln-theojrflco"T)f" the" city 'auditor Ki this morning, It shows that the total i ' operating' revenue for- tha quarter waa'j ' $968,514.66, and the total operating ex- penses $565,061.49, leaving a profit of ? $403,463.07.. . v W?.-- i-. The total number of revenue earning passengers carried waa 17,245,169. Pas sengers transferred numbered ,4,847,945. Passengers carried free numbered-7 7 2,i 'w According to ',";tha t report the total I ' 1 iraTna ftf rh i1nn aanft nranaMlw av corporation . wa $43,185,119.37. ' The 1' number of stockholders of the company t waa 728. - The company carried 102,128 f ions or. ireigni. - Tne numner or mues or V inn vperaiw over was lO!,LiO, . fs. ' There are 987 stockholders In the Pa-' ' CiflcfTelephone: & Telegraph company, according to tha quarterly statement of i the corporation filed 4nthe city audi- . tor's- office todays tllvi-- t '. Operating revenues of the conuany during the j qnarter y wera $228,$19.2, " Operating "expenses were-. $202,161.01. leaving a profit or $$.157.22. ;Th6rsar ib.ioo poles or tha company within tho ? ' city llmlts.,74,414 miles .of wire and 29,- I iuo xeiepnonea. xA , . , , , - , MAN EXONERATED BYr FIND IN OLD MAIL SACK; (Cnlted PrtM teaMd Wire.) ' : . , Peoria, 111., Feb. 11. After 80 veara. Rev. Charles E. Burdette, brother, oi ' the humorist. Robert J. -Burdette, en-J joyed vindication today from blame, in ' Connection with tha disappearance of ! L $3500 In a registered letter- sent out 'i by the Peoria poatofflee when ha waa rtjgtstry clerk.'- - i i burdette. resigned his J position- and studied for tha ministry A few davs ; ago it was decided that a mall sack ' neected a new bottom." When the cleth 5 was ripped apart' the envelope contain-" Inr the missing $3509 registered by tha f late jonn cvmstock, 0 years ago, Waa rou whilELMDsE IS CHARTERED. German Ship VittX Transport Lnmber to Delagoa Bay, Africa. " ; It was reported this morning in ship ping circles and on the' waterfront that the German ship Wllhelmlne had been chartered to transport a cargo of lum ber from this port to Delagoa Bay. She la the only spot ship in the harbor, hav-4 Ing arrived here February f front AftUt werp- by way of San Pedro, with gen- ; eral cargo for Henry' Lond A Co. Two of the carriers now loading;, full cargoes of lumber for offshore port . are expected to' finish this week.. These r are the British steamer Queen Alex,- andra, Which is completing her: cargo at the Victoria dolphins for China ports for the Pacific Export Lumber com pa- I ny.and the German ship Wandsbekl loading at the Llnntott mills for tha tfnlted Kingdom, under hartef to tjhejl Oregon Pine.; .Export company. , (f 1 2 me yueen Alexandra is expected to finish tomorrow with about 8.600.000 feet ' Of Oregon fir, and the Wandsbek will finish tomorrow, also if there is auo- cess in getting het. off the mud early' , today. She now haa aboard 1,900,000 feet of lumber and haa only a small amount more to take on. She was found. to be resting near the stern on ,a smalr ; ridge about two feet wide in' front of the dock off the Clark & Wilson mill 5 J and the Port Of Portland towboat ,Ock- labama was sent down this morning to null her off. v- . - : ! ' t GET WHITE IIAKDS GRI3IY. Stephens and Blodgett Show How: . Ship Should Be Coaled. Tolling diligently and with streams '1 of perspiration cutting furrows in the ' coal grime on their faces, Alva L. Ste- i phens. agent of the Pacifln Cnat ni ' company, and Dudley L. Blodgett. sec--, retary of the .Pacific Export Lumber M tne bunkers how to coal the British- steamer Queen Alexandra Sunday, ac-i cording to the story " that Is aolnr around the waterfront The story Is vouched for by Captain McDonald, maa-H ier or me steamer. .: While the tramo was beinr bunkerM xi Sunday the agent of the ooal oomnanvJjL and the secretary of the lumber com-, - pany, which is furnishing the cargo for ; the steamer, arrived on the scene. Af-I i ter watching the operations for a few'-' moments both simultaneously shed their coats, and, rolling p their sleeves, took , shovels and proceeded, to show how the Job shduld be done with dispatch. It ia saidrthat after - a ' few ahovelfulis of ; ; coal had been sheaved they, called the'J lesson .finished and,, withs panting) ; breaths and swelling chests and 'mtin-l cles, proceeded to done their coats with smiles of pride illuminating their dingy countenances.. ? , v Herbert W. Counter a Suicide, (Halted 'Piess teased' Win. V.. . HDOkane. Feh. SI. TTerhArt TIT Cnnn. . " ter, a former resident of Minneapolis. " Minn., and who has been living in Spo- ; kane for the past four years, commit ted suicide at 2:20. this morning by ! shooting himself. ..Acquaintances ?as- cribe the deed to worry over family af-, j rairs, following a drinking bout Coun-).;' ter ia said to have a family In Mlnne-J apolls. For , some time he had worked i i at Hillyard,, a suburb of Spoakne, as a jeweler. , ; Red Blood for Pale People II ........ i-iri'i'if mqi i.i in a ' . A . big supply of red blood eormisnUaH Is what helps lo tmake any. man. orf s . woman have a" healthy pink complex-ft ion and 'cherry ,,, red .' IIds. Resort t A I paint and powder are totally unnec- i essary ana besides that, are harmful, if Three rraln hvnn-niirlane , -aKi. w r used regularly for sevoral, months seem I to create a greatly added number r J ,! minions to tho red and white -corpus- it cles. of the blood, and not only Improve ' ' tVtA An!.. ' - JIM , . . . "' M . ...... I, . uv.ui, uui huu jHuronsea riesn to , i tho thin and frail body. These tablets , , promote a.simlllation, absorption and; digestion, and this unlanilM m t- re ture's forces transforms the complexion and figure. They are prescribed by '-' physicians, but being 'of a perfectly , 5 harmless character, self administration ji Is being followed ,'bv" man - k. taln-her?rwdimjr--Triitt air well ft stocKfq spothecary shop. Ladles' headaches ; an4 't hllrtlfAa1 .! pains instantly, relieved, Blackburn': If St.. ay.riaj-jr--,