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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL.1 PORTLAND,- TUESDAY EVENING,, FEBRUARY 21, 1911.
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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
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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.
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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, , '
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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
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Ma.Hd CUPM SIB ; A
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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- . - : ! '
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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':
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