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Y ; THE WEATHER M COAST jTEMPERATUmiS : . 5 A. M. Today. Occasional rain and cooler tonight; .Wed need ay lair; westerly winds. Spokane ......... r i nuiiuiua Bin Tf kMlff 00, ......;,,.. ,., 41 Portland . 41 Snsebttrg1 . .... , ,,,,,,., 33 VOL. X., NO. 222. PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY '.EVENING,' NOVEMBER 21, ; 1911 -TWENtV-TWO PAGES. price'H'Two Scents 1; jfia,vci:!2 SDOfiKSPLANSVIlL UNCLES .GETTING. 1VIAD! Tarred 'Kansas Teacher T BE RUSHED-LOCAL HELP IS PLEDGED IS WILLING TO BUY If LEO IN FAfillLY II ill 1 - - ' 'YVitWW 'j f ' i ' , . I 1 . V V ' .sV I I ... I V I 11,11 II s I I I I yyTTT. rUjl X W 1 1 I I I l I .; I I I I I J I I I 1,' -f I 1 P a Boise . - : ' : ' : , : : ii i ',','" L : N, J II : : HAL BOARD II' HMD LOCKSATWO 1 EAR STELL-, ; New York Engineers Told to ! Come on at Once to Begin ; , Work pn $2,500,000 Sys tem' Intended for Portland. BOND BUYERS' DELAY NOT TO STAND IN WAY ' Citizens Plerfae Selves to Raise $10,000 Sum for.lmme- . , ' . diate Use. . Slowness of eastern bond buyer to 1 end the cash for the first $50,000 la- SUe I OUblfe dock lwinila will nAf Ikkim. delay development of Portland's harbor Jg ' - -" " - wBW. plan. Confident that the iiiDremt court wm ; uphold tho Oregon system. -and , anxious that the city's 12,500.000 pub- - Ho docks ayatem bo bull In time to , care' for th commerce of the Panama J canal, ' Chairman P, W.; ttulkey baa 1 raised a guarantee of .110,000 and baa - telegraphed the board of harbor angl . neers appointed by the '.dock commle- alon to torn from New Tork in time , to arrive In, Portland the first week In Daoernber. - . , .. -;,,"vc '-t .-? The engineers, are W. J. : Barney. E. P. Goodrich and , Mr. Staniford. Two of tha thr aa S are members of New - Tork a department ,of .docks ; and are ' S1' to construction and operation. . Tha third la an engineer of construction who has studied , tha most advanced I, j methods both abroad and in America. . Their work In Portland will be to lo- jCata the docka and formulate and' sp provo the plan of their construction. They hva . informed Chairman, ilulkey 'that Bir.-'e thev nledrfd 1 thnir (.ft,..a In the development of Portland's har bor plan they are anxious to do tha t worn as soon as possible, both for tha i sake of adjusting their own plana ?nd for Portland's food. , . .- 4 .f,;;- Baftrendom Xaat.Oaaa. , ' .' .J, Vhen the first issue of publlo dock :. warn Boa, mo test or tno.inltla- ' tlv and referendum had not been heard ; before the aupreme court of the United ' States. ' The -test cases are' Of the Pa. clflc States Telephone and that of tha Klernan Broadway bridge obstructlon- IstB. '-, ;-?.'.:" .'v--,.'iv -..'.''- V ('.V'.::.-"..,''i"5':r:lV m soon after it waa announced that tha WV I uprme court 'would ; hear" and giva . Judgment on the initiative law Under v which the .dock bonds wera authorlted, -- tha -eastern buyers telegraphed for more s data. This was' sent As . judgment I from the supreme court is slow in com ing, so has- tha deaialon of tike bond attorneys, been slow, and Instead of cash has coma requests1 for mora data. "All that. they have asked for has ibeen sent,'' saldlr. Mulkey. In-spite . of this fact X feel convinced that they ' are - only stalling until ' the : supreme court has handed down a deoiaion. If ill they would be frank and say so wa . would all feel better toward them. X was told that the title was defective, ; and -1 answered that In my . judgment Si the error was immaterial, since our or- (Continued on Page Three.) TED NEXT 1:30 A. M. Five Cent Fare to Be Charged and J All ; Except Interurban IJnes ' to , Bon Cara; Is First Attempt of ',' 1 Snch Serrlce In Northwest.' Next Sunday morning th Portland Railway, Light ft Power company will ' begin Its "owl" service by running a car on each of Its lines from the down town terminal at 1 :80 . o'clock- The fare will be S cents aa on the regular : cars. . " i ' . " a . 1 In its announcement this morning the company states that the plan Is be- . Ing Introduced with a view of satisfy Ing those who desire a service later than the regular cars which leave tha down town terminals at 12:80 a, W. It Is explained that this will be the flrat attempt In the Paciflo northwest to run cars after 12:30, as In Seattle the last car for' the night leaves the down town "terminal at 12:80, while at Spokane It leaves at 12:18.. v..?;.;-'' ''i'.".-.v;?f;,;,.:,V'.-j. , The only exceptions in . connection ; with the "owl" service will be the lni terurbans to Oregon City and Casadero and tha Vancouver line. 4 - ' i It is not. expected that . this ' service will be remunerative' and it Is being inaugurated simply with a view of ac commodating the traveling publlo. ) i " (Special to The Journal.) -Medford. Or., Nov: 21. -Because he has accidentally shot and killed two men within the last four years, friends and neighbors of Owen Wilson are en deavoring to determine today whether there la not some law. by which ha can be prevented from carrying fire arms. - " .. ''vV.:..': 'n .if.,..."vr' Sunday's tragedy came In the after noon when Wilson, accompanied by his brother, started out to find some hogs which had strayed, taking with t them guns for use providing they ahould run across spy game. A abort distance from the house Wilson went to throw a shell into the gun, when it was dis charged,, the contents. lodging la the 'OWL' CAR 0WEN WILSON'S CARELESS GUN HAVING KILLED v : TWO MEN, HE MAY BE BARRED USE OF ARMS ' ' '.-- ..., .-. -..' ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' ;').. ',: ''';' ,v ' T'.'. '"..' '' , ...... . . r ; 'J-.;,, ERR1BLE EYES CAUSE 1 TO SHRIEK T Miss McDonald W'lH Not Have to lVce Dntlsti,MlM Kept Jler Cap A tlve tor More Than a Yea; For ' mer Jury Will Hear Testimony. ." T7nitd Pm LMMd WIr 1 - c SaABernardlho CaW Nov. 21. Shak ing with fear. Dr. A. W. McDavlt'tha mart .with the" terrible eyes,! was liter ally carried into Superior judge Bledso's courtroom today to stand trial on the charge of holding -Miss Jessie McDon ald, a. local high school girl, a captive for 15 months in a room adjoining his Office., With her little son, Arthur, on her knee, Miss McDonald was seated In tha courtroom when McDavlt, a former prominent local dentist, waa brought In. Given a seat directly facing his alleged victim. McDavlt slowly fastened his big "eyes on Miss McDonald. " ,' "Oh, those eyes,", she shrieked. 'Those terrible eyeai : For heaven's sake take ma. away.. I cannot stand them, they make me cold all over, and then I feel like my body s turning to stone." v Fearing, the girlwould become hya terlcal, the prosecutor secured permls alon from the court allowing Miss Mc Donald to remain away from the court room until called to the stand to tell her story. Then McDavlt will he removed to an adjoining room.' The venire from which a Jury will be elected is oomposed of sturdy farmers from Badlands and Ontario. The de fense lost tha first skirmish today when the court refused to dismiss the venire on- the ground that the undersherlff summoning them was prejudiced against me accused man. fVTnftt v rr- a Tokio, Nov. 21. Efforts of the Japa nese jingo party to Inaugurate an era of great expansion in Japan's military and naval nower wr lfMtl hi 4.,. after a cabinet council lasting alx hours! xi is aiso proDeoie tnat the grand ex position planned for ..Tokio wll be postponed. - :, 'i , . v ;..? ...,tv . Despite serious financial diffloulty which confronts Japan. strong clique of the nation's leaders stood strongly for a TtOllcV of 'treat naval n'tiimim This program was opposed by the mln- wwr J xmanoe, wno pointerout that Japan at this time muat needjafco slow- lv. In ordar to rhnhlllt finances after : the great expenditures Incident 40 tha war th Hni. tri. counsels nnairy prevailed. younger Wilson's back. Medical aid was summoned but the young man died shortly afterwards. . Coroner Kellogg Is holding an Inquest today, not" because it. is believed that John Wilson was not killed accident ally, but because It la thought Owen Wilson does not use due precaution In handling.. firearms. ,..,;, fi,i, , The parents of the young men live at Seattle, ' The father, David C Wil son, was a pioneer of Sams Valley. Two sisters of the young men are also living in this county. . 80 Mra.'- Wilson, mother i of the young men, la said to be in poor health, and It Is feared news ot the tragedy may kill . her. . It . la being withheld. , ALOUD IN COUR ROOM T0KI0CA6INET DOWNS JINGO EXPANSION DEA FLOODS GIVE SEATTLE IDEA OF SIMPLE LIFE; CONDmONSI PROVING Lack of Water Causes Closing' of the v ' Schools and Baths at the Ilotels -;. Temporary Supply Is Being Pro. . " Tided. - . ' " " '" " '. ' (Special to The Journal.) -" Seattle, Wash Nov. II. "Madam, you may have a room but not one with bath. Baths are prohibited.' ' This Is a typical reply of local hotel clerks to 'guests and illustrates one of the exigencies of the water famine. For the" present Se attle la bathlesa and just when the great unwashed will be allowed to again en Joy the luxury Is an open question. Seriously,. the situation is more prom ising but atlll of great gravity. -In the meantime city officials are . bending every energy towards restoring the Cedar xlver aupply and afso providing water from temporary sources. Water will be- pumped from Lake Washington during the emergency. From this source the city formerly took Its aupply but with thousands of people living on tha take ahores this supply beoame far. from pure and health officers advised boiling U.to prevent outbreak of disease. , Two large pumps formerly used in regrade operations are being rigged at Madrona Park and Leschl Park to pump from the lake, and It is expected they will be in operation In 24 hours, supply ing about 4,600,000 gallons dally. The normal , dally consumption Is about 26, 000,000 gallons and with economy tha present reservoir supply of about 75,- 090,000 v ganona wui oe exnaustea in three days, i ' a v .' ' w As it- will be impossible under the most"., favorable -conditions ' to restore the supply system before Saturday night,' a temporary supply Is absolute ly necessary. Half of the city is with out water and every? spring and well Is being. Utilised, water being carried to homea In every conceivable utenalL City officials have Issued ' strict or dera to - hotels, manufacturers and householders to . economise and many factories are temporarily closed. , Superintendent of water YOung this morning telephoned that a pile driver had arrived at the scene of the washout and repairing of the pipe llrie waa being rushed as fast as possible. ( However, pipes win not do in servioa Before Sat (Continued on Page Five.) SUFFRAGETTES BATTLE : WITH POLICE IN EFFORT TO STORM COMMONS Bobbles Are Compelled to Use Their . Clubs to Drive Back the Beter. mined Attack; of Women This Afternoon In .London.';.."'.-:..-'' t : London, Nov. '21. 'A suffragette raid on parliament this afternoon resulted In a pitched battle between the women and the police. For a 'time the police with stood the attack by the militant women, preventing them from entering the house of commons. . More, than 100 wo men were arrested during the first few minutes of rioting. ' Many minor cas ualties occurred, the women resisting the police bitterly and forcing them to use their clubs. ' - f - , President Kept Indoors." . Washington, Nov. 21. Thouah tha condition of President Taft Is much im proved today, every precaution la be ing taken . and the - president was for bidden by his physicians to go to his desk. - As a result of this the cabinet meeting today waa held in the White ileus library. .: : BEE PACKERS SPRING IN - GOVERfir.iEIIT AGENTS '."-: , 1, ., hi, " mil ' ' , . ' ; i,. ,( , - .. . a . . . i , , . ..,. ..T .'...; ,'.. . . Attorneys Ask for Immediate Entry of Jndge Kohlsaat'i Recent Pe clalon Quashing Habeas Corpus , Writs an Granting Appeal. - ' "- ! ' Rnuilal tt, - Th Innrnal t . ' Chicago. Nov. 21. Counsel for the beef packers who are being prosecuted for violation of the criminal clause Of the Sherman anti-trust law did the urn-expected-' again today when they ' ap peared - before t united - States Judge Kohlsaat and moved for .- an Imme diate -entry of his decision quashing their writs of habeas corpus arid grant ing their appeal.. Kohlsaat granted their request. . ! ', i Saturday ; the attorneys for the pack- era protested againat the Immediate en try of tbla order, evidently with the Idea that they might gain time for a new coup. The government anticipated that counsel for the defense would at tempt to secure a stay of some sort before Wednesday when trial on the main Issue of tha case is set to open before United States District Judge Car penter and the move today came. as a surprise. .' V " Judge Kohlsaat Issued the order In chambers. First Attorneys Miller and Mayer of the packers' forces appeared and then the government attorneya were aummoned. Mayer asked the court to sign the order immediately. The gov ernment objected, although tha govern ment attorneys did not understand the move. The government attorneys fear that the packers' 'counsel has stumbled onto 'some new legal expedient which they will attempt to use to avert the opening of the packers' trial tomorrow. LOST HER JUST $75,000 (TJnltrd Press LsmM Wire.) v Paris, - Nov. , 21. "When Monsieur Chanler asked me to marry him he promised me $20,000 a year : and gave me hla American real estate," declared Una Cavallerl, In an Interview with a United Press correspondent when ques tioned about her suit for divorce and damages from "Sheriff Bob" Chanler, New York mllllonalre-artlat. The suit will be heard November 23 before the tribunal of the Seine. T will be glad when it Is all over and I can think of other things," she con. tinued. '"Tho whole truth of the story Is that I demanded tha $20,000 a year and gave M. Chanler alx montha to think It over. But I have never touched a oent of hla money. For a year and a half he lived at my house, after we were married, because he did not wish to fur nish another apartment. For more than a year I didn't appear on the stage. I received $1000 a performance In Paris, London, Moaoow and- St' Petersburg. In New Tork I receive more. I do not want $1,000,000 : from M.y Chahled I simply wish' him to pay me for what I lost by not - singing, that is $76,000. His Income la $60,000 a year, and he can well afford it. His first wife had nothing to do, with this case." . WATERING OF STOCKS . , HELD TO BE CRIMINAL Washington. Nov, f ,J1. Watering stocks is a criminal offense In the eyes of the commission recently appointed by t President Taft to Investigate this practice, according to the commission's report,' published today. In this .report federal supervision of all stocks and bonds Issued, special' valuations of rail road property by, the government, giv ing of publicity to actual stock values and legislation making- overcapitalisa tion a orlme are among the commis sion's recommendations. vs.i ' President Hadley of Yale la chairman Of the commission, r FRESH SURPRISE UPC CAVALIER SAYS UNION Will Recommend; to ; Qoveriji-1 ment, Compromise' Offer, of , B." S.'Josselyn ini Hope; of Escaping Litigation.. COMPROMISE IS $100,000 LESS THAN ; OLD DEMAND State and Uncle Would Make Repairs, P. R., L. & Pi ; Would Meet Damages. , ' (Eatem Bureau of The JoarnaL) - . ' i Salem, Or., Nov. 21-The state board of canal commissioners met today and decided to recommend acceptance of the compromise offer of ( President B. S. Josselyn of th Portland Railway, Light St Power company to sell the govern ment the Willamette locks at Oregon City for $460,000. . . . ;'--,s, R. A. Watson, secretary of tha board, waa instructed to notfy Major. Mdndoe of the action of the board that he may take the matter, up with the govern ment. ... President Josselyn's proposition Is not. final with the company, as he has only agreed to recommend. It, but It ia thought certain that the company will sustain his recommendations and that two of the three parties to the Im portant deal are in agreement The of fer of the company was presented to the board by State Treasurer Kay, who went to Portland last Friday to con. fer with President Josselyn. . It Is estimated . that the repairs and Improvements to the locks will cost $104,000. Under the terms offered by the company, the state and arovernmunt ; must bear this expense Instead of the company, aa was to have been tha caae under the former of fer of $600,000. This manes in compromise offer of the company substantially $100,000 under the former offer, .slnoe- the comnanv murt provide . . power . flumes for the paper-companies at an estimated cost of $BO,000. , , While It Is considered that $460,060 la a good pries to pay, yet the board feels that to go through long litigation m condemning the locks would entail so muoh '. expense and delay that the final cost of the locks would.be greater than- ubdef tthL9proinise offer - ITALIANS "DRUNK FITH LUST FOR VENGEANCE'' (United Piw Iaad' Wire. ' ?; "liondon Nov. 21.- "Our soldiers are dnink with" the lust for vengeance.": This statement is made by an Italian i soldier In a letter to the Turin newspa per stamps, connrming . stones -ox atrocities at Tripoli.' The soldier's state, ments, while in direct variance with declaratlona of Premier ' Gioletti and other Italian authorities, are printed In a newspaper that, as a conservative and patriotic organ, has supported the gov ernment throughout the war. The sol dier adda: "Our troops have mercilessly shot down the rebels, who were Inspired by the idea that they were dying for their religious convictions. I witnessed sev eral such executions In the discharge of my duties. ' " :H RED CROSS NURSES IN TRIPOLI EQUIPPED .WITH ARMS v yi it-y. f II ii V-l 7 For , the first time la any war,' li Is v ; arm members of the Italian Red ambulances by the Arabs. . (.. 4. . f ' I ; r ;r.i V r( . 'J'.', U a' . -vcf " ' if 'MA wN i j " mm . x;.'r;';;.1'v'''''4 41 t i ... Miss Mary Chamberlain, the Lincoln " Center, Kansas, school teacher who was tarred and feathered ' on ' ' August 7. 1 ' -.' . School Teacher ' Goes 'Over Story of Assault by Gang ; . Tells Story of Screaming for ' HelpEscort - Ran.- : ,' (Cnl'Ud Press 'Leased Wire.) . Lincoln Center, Kan... Nftv. Hi With calm demeanor,' her' voice emotionless and . her eyes, fixed ateadlly, upon , her iiuer ana momer as iney. sai perore her in the crowded courtroom. Miss Mary Chamberlain, the pretty school teacher, took . the .. etand today at tha trial of three of the 15 men aocused of tarring and feathering her, and told tha story, of . tha outrage of August . 2 .last.'-.-- ty M--v-i The . witness declared that "she, 3 was taken , to. a. bonfire by,, masked . men, stripped from the waist down, and the tar applied to her bare flesh. -' i : Soreamed t or Xals'' 'Asked' why She did hot call "fob help, he'repUed."-'' i '.:.'-..'. J'.. ' .: "1 did calf' T screamed.'' Rlcord, who was escorting me, remainea niaden in the bushes nearby and did' not reappear until It was all over."1 v i - . Miss Chamberlain recited her engage ment '.with Edward Rlcord, the . barber and village . beau, his v insistence -that she accompany him, his strange actions as they n eared the TendexVOua, the sud den appearance- of' a man who .pointed ? pistol at the-side of the buggy, i her rantlo appeal to Rlcord, and his hasty retreat into the huanes. aioord Comes Vront Bushes, The teacher said .that when; she had been tarred and feathered : and '. the masked men had left.- Rlcord returned from the bushes, , -helped her Into her clothing and drove her home.' - - . 4 Rlcord; shortly, after this time, open ly boasted of-having received -a con slderable sum - Oft money for .decoying (Continued on Page Eighteen.), 'Ml 7. ! -.:: ' I 's. .1 ... : ,' ;, -i! . . , ''-' k It has'.been found necsaary to j)"S because of attacks made on CHAMBERLAIN GIRL TAR-FEATHER TRIO Logger V Beats His Brother's Wife and When She Flies "'for Refuge" to Her Brother's House, Follows With Gun. . AFTER 1 SHOT AT HOUSE, GETS A BULLET IN FACE Slayer May Be Exonerated at Kelso, Wash., Inquest This :;lv- Afternoon. ; ' , r;. ; t (Special to The Jonrnl. ." - , s Kelso, Wash., Nov., 21. Shot in the face with a small caliber rifle by W; McRoberts. Henry RadcUff died at . the upper Inman-Poulseo logging camp, 1$ miles west f Kelso, at o'clock this morning and his slayer, is In Sheriff Carnlne's charge at Kelso, pending the Inquest ' 5 McRoberts Is a brother of Mrs. James, Radcliff and James Radcllff is a broth, er of Henry Radcllff. Yesterday Henry RadcUff waa beating Mrs. James Rad cllff and McRoberts interfered. Henry Radcllff went home drunk ana In his attack on hla alster-in-law beat her terribly. ..She ran from her house to that of her brother and Radcllff fol lowed with a shotgun, with which he1 took one shot at Me Roberts' house. Mc-t Roberts responded with the rifle. All the men are loggers. An Inauest is In progress this after noon at Kelso at which McRoberts. may be . exonerated. :' ' ' . . Honrr RadcUff lived at his married brother's home at the upper camp and among the Radcllff and McRoberts fam ilies conslderame aiasension n The man killed waa about $0 years oH and is aaid to have 1 come rrom Ken tucky, the former home aiso or we Mc Roberts. . - - - -.-j - - ; ' , : The upper i inman-fouisen. camp - is five miles north of Bteiia, ana aii xne details are not- known here. - The camp sends its logs to tne upper ena ui vow creek slough, an Inlet of the Columbi river. Information regarding the affair was obtained from the flower camp Which irnlne miles from Kelso. ; James Radcllff .was bunting when the affray;, happen!.', -s-'f'1;,: j,W'f ,., Barbary. Coast Claims 5 Jewelry Salesman as Latest Victim; His $5000 in Gems Missing; Grape Skins Cover Body. : ; , (Colted Press Leased Wtre. , ' San Franclaco, Nov.i 21. Murdered and robbed on the Barbary coast for $5000 worth of diamonds, the body of Benjamin 'A. Goodman. 24, salesman for i the Brilliant. Jewelry company of this city, was found In a street gutter st Oregon and Front atreets early to day.' Goodman's father is said to be a prominent Jeweler of Stockton, Cal. V v Milton Gale made the ghastly find to day. He 'saw a foot protruding from a mass of debris of a wine plant. He at once notified - the, police, who, diggln out the corpse, discovered that the skull had been crushed to a pulp, Goodman's jewels are missing.,' , v. t Body Put la Ontter. The spot chosen for the disposition of the body la a deep gutter, Vhere the corpse was unceremoniously dumped and covered up by . many pounds of crushed grape skins. The action of the wind and the heavy traffic at the cross-. Ing, one of the outlets of the wholesale district. Is thought to have worked tbo coveting loose so that a foot protruding through the slimy mass acted as a sig nal f to Milton Gale, employed in a wholesale house.' A'-, '.'.('..,.'"",.:. --v;-.-' : Galew passing the spot, was about to kick at the shoe when his gass was fastened by the leg extending from the pomace. Hastily scraping off the. covr erlng, he exposed trie body, and then the bloody face and crushed head. !' ' The coroner's office was notified. At the morgue It was, found that the man had been dead at least 24 hours. . . v ; Told Employers ef Flana; , t ? At 1:30 o'clock ' Saturday evening Goodman, commutiicated with his em ployer, and told of a sale he had in view in the section where his body was found. Since then neither his relatives, friends nor employers heard anything frpm him or learnt J of the slightest clue as to his whereabouts until Galo'a grew- some find today., Goodman, on export salesman, ana in whom his employera Imposed the hih est trust, was allowed .to earry with him a case containing loose gems and at tones valued at over$5000. Bnti!H this, he wore a diamond ring vslued at $700, a small atlckpln with a chip dia mond a horsehair fob and a otiy watch. Only th stickpin rernaind ia his clothing. f i Storkton, Cal., Nov. U. The f! newsVf the finding of Behjnmit (',.,. man's body, was carried to hin i i--and sister, Joseph anil Bmn (ion ! at Goodman's Jewelry stonv h-i l y United Preja rprBcntattvo. "We received a telephone inMj;- ! night stating that lion had bfn i Ing since EntimUy una Unit rui i was feared," said Joweiili llou iiCMn. ' mother and father' and inv (.Hirr I for San Franoleco this irioniinsi- t ,. for him. - ' Hen whs min i.;. t Verve of Bun J, two yrr , . avs a Uttle baby.'' SflrBcEPILE 1 ' h it
