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'"I " Ml HI ' ' "" " ' I.I II., IllI .11. .1 . II. I. I - ML- I- -I. II,. III... .-.. - Hill I II H.I II ..II I ll.lll.iy m - - . I II ' " '" " " ' "-l II ' '" ' "" . "' ' " "' Mill I. I I . I J I I I I . I f i VOL. XII. NO. 292. PORTLAND, 1 OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY ; 12, r 1914 EIGHTEEN PAGES.' w w , , IIinil nriT cun COURT REFUSES TO HOLD UP FURTHER SLOVER'S HEARING "Turn the Lights on" and "Let Civil Service Board Do Duty," Declares Judge McGinn in Ruling on Case. YAQU1NA ELECTRIC THOUSANDS PAY PLANT AND POWER RIGHTS ACQUIRED ofuioBay NEW CHARTER SAID TO BROADEN POWERS Injunction Right Should Not Be Prostituted When a Remedy at Law Exists. "Turn on the lights .nd go to lit," de clared Circuit Ju3e McCInn thi mrnlnfc whcrr he dissolved the injunc tion granted to Kuoch A. .Slover, do Ioed captain of police, restraining the city civil service service board from holding a hearlriK for which Slover had petitioned. "If the charts made are of a political nature and not founded on fact th people nhould learn of It, and they will see that Justice is done.' Attorney C. M. Jdleman. represent InR Hlover, aaid that Slover was ready for the Investigation and would wel come It, but that tlie otijectlon he raised was to the fact that the mayor had discharged him and the charges had not been heard by the entire coun ctl of mayor and commissioners. He aid that the point made by Slover was that the mayor had not the rlgh to discharge a police officer. "We do not object to any Investiga tion but we want the Investigation ' made by those empowered to make . one," said Attorney Idleman. "Our contention la that the mayor Is not a commissioner and the charter does not give him the right to discharge police employes. We believe the mat ter should be laid before the entire H'miMiidfHl on I'mte Thirteen. Column One) IN S. P. MS J. N, Teal Conferring With California , Representatives Preliminary to Action. (Wa.hlngton Burran of Tlie Journal. Washington, Feb. 12. "We certainly hall do all that can possibly be done to protect the interests of the shippers ' of the Pacific coast and the people as a whole." With this emphatic state ment J. N. Teal, of Portland, today , summarized the plans that are rapidly being perfected to Intervene in the suit 'which the government filed at Salt Lake to enforce dissolution of Central i Pacific and Southern Pacific. , Plans for intervention in behalf of I those who will be hard hit by the pro- I posed dissolution suit were worked out In tentative form at a conference of (Concluded on Pag Two, C'olnnm Two) Naval Budget Passes Despite Rioting Japanese Parliament House is Under Heavy Guard of Soldiers and Xiegrls lators Travel With Armed Escorts. Toklo. Feb. 12. With fierce riots till In progress here and elsewhere throughout Japan against the present crushing taxes, parliament passed to- day a budget providing for extensive naval expansion at a cmst of $62,000, 000 to be expended In the course of the next five years. Parliament house was under a heavy military guard while the lawmakers worked and the latter came and went with strong armed escorta. Many be lieved passage of such a b.udgct at' thin time was 111 advised, but the gov ernment was determined not to give up Its program. This was tho third day that dis orders have been going on and the authorities were straining every nerve In the effort t suppress them. EVELYN THAW ARRRESTED - Richmond. Vft.. Fcbr12. Mrs. Evelyn Neshlt Thaw was arrested here yester day afternoon as elie completed her turn at a local theatre. She had been warned by Mayor Ainslee not to ap pear. Mrs. Thaw was released on bail, ihe was arrested by order of the hief of police hut Magistrate Crltchfleld ordered the dtamiHEal of the charges that her dancing "outraged public de cency.' HUERTA' SHOWS HIS COIN Mexico City. Feb. 12. To satisfy Japanese dealers In military sunnlies that President Huerta can pay for cannon, riries and ammunition, which he orders, 1. Mori, a Japanese offi cial, was Investigating the govern ment's 1 financial condition todav. lluerta showed him the treasury de- . parimeni s books and records. . ii' - .- . Z. EMERSON IN TROUBLE V London, Feb. 12. Mlssi Zelle Emer son, the American suffragette. aDDlied today to the American embassy here for protection. She said she had been threatened with deportation by the British government. MENTION DISSOLUTION SHIPPING MEN'S PLAN Newport Deal Means Devel opment of Several Thou sand Horsepower by Big Hydro-Electric Plant There FROPERTY PURCHASED BY P., E. & E. BUILDER A. Welch Buys Rights and May Interest Others in the Project. Simultaneously with the announce ment that A. Welch, promoter and builder of the first unit of the Port land, Eugene Kastern railroad, has purchafsed the Yaquina Electric com pany s plant at Newport, comes the information that he has secured water power rights on the Siletz river, In Lancoln county. The deal for the Yaquina plant has Just been closed and It is understood that Welch Intends to begin the con struction of the first unit of a $150, 000 hydro-electric plant to supply New. port and surrounding country with electricity and power. Although the plans for the plant. It is saifl, look to the development of several thousand horsepower more, the first unit will be built to develop 2500 horsepower. At tne present time Welch has a I number of engineers working on the Siletz and In other portions of Lincoln county, and this, coupled with tha fact that the work points to a comprehen sive water power system' on the Sileta, has given rise to persistent , rumors that Welch intends to build an electric railroad tapping tho rich ,timber coun-I try back of Toledo and ; Newport, In addition to engaging in the electric lighting and power business. In the so-called Sileta district are! great stands of virgin timber, fir and cedar, and It is said little trouble would be experienced in building an electric road of easy grade from the timbered districts into Toledo, which is the sawmill center of the Yaquina! Bay region. . . Although "Welch declined to talk ofl Ills plans, . other than to confirm ttso I report that he had purchased thai Newport plant and had secured water power rights on the Siletz,. t la said that he has already Interested 'a. num ber of men in the scheme and that the near future will see the country here tofore backward on account of, meager transportation facilities, provided with aw electric railroad," connecting with the outside world both by. the ocean route and " the Corvallis & Eastern railroad. Tammany Forever, Shout Saved Ones Murphy, Moss and McCooey See Tens meat- Fire, Bouse Occurant, Get Them Out, Buy Coffee, Etc. New York, Feb. 12. "Boss" Murphy of Tammany, Judge J. E. Moss of the court of. special sessions and John Mc Cooey, one of Murphy's lieutenants, played firemen eatrly today and did it so effectively that they saved many lives. Silk hatted, fur coated, full fed and cheerful, the trio were riding uptown on a Third avenue surface car, when Moss. noticed smoke coming" from the upper stor window of a big' tenement house. All three piled from the car, shout ing the alarm. McCooey turned In a fire call. Moss puffed up the stair ways and along the corridors of the tenement, hammering on Ihadoors and arousing the sleeping lodgers Murphy herded them together as they rushed out and steered them to the street. The building had 150 occupants, and through the, three Tammany men's Efforts they ail got out safely. When they were sure of this,: Murphy led them to the nearest restaurant and bought coffee and sandwiches. Albanians Eager to Murder New King Accession of Prince of Wied to Throne Created hy the Powers Excites An ger and reriion of Factions. Cattnro. Austria. Feb. 12. Announce ment that the Prince of; Wied hn . crpted the Albanian throne ia hlno received by the prospective monarch's future subjects with demonstrations of mingled derision and anger, accord ing to reliable information which reached here today. The prince was the powers' choice for king, not the Albanians', though there was a nrptenso nf an .iii. and now that Turkey has been driven out; some ss per cent or tne people say they will have no outside domination forced on them. The dozen or more factions which are struggling for con trol, although bitter rivals another, are firmly united on one thing the Prince of Wied Bhall not ravern them. ft was considered here that the prince win c tamng nis lire In his nanus n no veuiurn miu me country ANOTHER RITUAL MURDER London. Feb. 12. What looks like another "ritual murder" case was re ported by the Central News today in a dispatch from St. Petersburg, telling of the arrest near Kieff of a Jewish tailor named Pashkoff on a charge of killing a boy of the name of Taranthe vitch, a Christian. Local Jews at once interested themselves, telegraphing for full information to correspondents 'of their own race near' the scene of the alleged crime. . . r i . " ', D rove Lincoln to t at I 5 5 Oregon Man's By AV. A. Coryea. The Dalles, Or.. Feb. 12. W. .N. Wiley, of this city, was possibly better ac quainted with Lincoln than any other man living in Oregon today. Mr. Wiley is now in his seventy-fifth year and relates with pleasure and a twinkle in his eye what he knows .about Lincoln and Douglass. I had the pleasure of a short interview with him recently when I called at his home. 1205 B street. I told him I had been informed that he was acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday the nation would soon celebrate. He replied: "Yes, I was well acquainted with Abe. In the year 1 1859 I drove over from Mineral Point. Wis., to Warren, met Lincoln and Douglass and hauled them from place to place during their cam- Many Killed When Town Is-Bombarded Government Troops Shell Esmeralda, Ecuador, Wbioh Xas Foreign Popu lation; Much Damage Done. Santiago, Chile, Feb. 12. That there m-aa ho aw loss Of life at EsmprflMaa Ecuador; as a result of the city's bom bardment, by, government troops, was reported here today. Tha story that It had been recaptured from the rebels had not been; confirmed and doubt was felt concerning fts accuracy, since It came from government sources. The town has a considerable foreign popu lation, including a good sized Chilean colony, and much anxiety was felt concerning Its . safety-, . . ; G reat Debates ? "t Reminiscences palgn of that state, beginning at Ar lington and-Closing at Galena. You see they divided the time speaking. Both were very able men and the very warmest of friends. Great crowds gath ered to hear them, seme coming 25 or 30 miles. Lincoln would sometimes close a -speech by. saying: 'I under-' stand my opponent is engaged to a very fine, lady ana they are to get married on condition that he become president. That is uncertain. so the day of the wedding i3 uncertain. "They would discuss their issues as we rode along the way and sometimes asked me to act as judge. I was a young Judge to pass on the issues of such great men. being at. the time in my twentieth year. - "Lincoln was a tall, slim, bony, skin ny figure, with sunken eyes, awkward and at first sight people felt sorry for him. He was, however, a match for all. Douglass , bore an impressive ap pearance, short by the side of Lincoln, but "rather fleshy for his size." SEPTUAGENARIANS ' WED Co vina, Cal., Feb; 12. Divorced three years ago- from Stephen Black .and wld owed a year ago when her second hus band, J. J. Montgomery, , died, Mrs. Mnntirnmerv: 70 vears old. is eti route to Elk River, Or., to -wed .Charles Ragott, 74' years old, whom she has not een for 48 years. . , PRESIDENT IS ILL AGAIN Washington, Feb. 12. President Wilson was ..suffering from a. slight cold today and "was ordered to remain indoors. . : HIGH LIGHTS ON LIFE : OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Born 105 years ago, February 12," 1809, in Hardin county, Ken tucky. Self-edncated, admitted to bar, member of Illinois legislature, espoused anti-slavery cause, "won national renown by bis debates on this subject with Stephen A. Dong las, defeating the latter in the presidential election of I860. Standing firmly for the perpetua tion of the Union he led the North through the momentous years of the War of the Rebellion. Sep tember 22, 1862, he issued a proc lamation emancipating .the slaves. He delivered his oratorical mas terpiece," the Gettysburg address, November '19, 1863. Was inaugur ated for the second time March 4, 1865. . He was assassinated by - John Wilkes TJobtln " an actor, while at tending Ford's theatre. Washing. ton, April: 14, .1863, and died the following "day.- v f WIFE IS' GIVEN ONE HALF Seattle. Wash.. Feb. 12. -Mrs. Julius Redelshelmer, widow of the Seattle merchant who died last week, and Miss Laura Lehman, of Cincinnati, his niece. are named as chief " beneficiaries '.n the will of Redelshelmer, filed yester day. Excepting a number of small be quests, the $750,000 estate will be di vided between the two women. In a striking clause In his will. Redelshel mer declared be would consider his en tire .estate a "burden -of wealth," for his wife: that "one-half will afford her aU 'money-needed -and desired byrher,' Ford's Theatre to Be Torn Down t t "Lincoln Toy Shop" to Go Also . Washington, Feb. 12. The one hun dred fifth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, celebrated today, finds a deeper significance than usual In the national capital, because this Is the last Lincoln's birthday which will see standing two of the most historic of the landmarks connected with .the li'fe and death of the great emanci pator Ford's theatre and the "Lin coln. Toy shop." There' Is little at present In the appearance of Ford's theatre to sug gest Its historic recollections. Tall, uncouth and ghastly in its glaring coat of yellowish paint. It rises on the east side of Tentlf street like tne gnost or its former, self. Following the assassination of Pres ident , Lincoln the theatre was pur chased by the government for $100,000 to be used for an army museum. ; The Interior was entirely torn. out and con verted Into three floors. When . the war . department became, so crowded that, a number of the clerks were forced - to work In the halls, . Ford's was taken., over., by the record and pension division and has been used for this, purpose ever since. By a recent decree of the building inspector it is to be torn down and a rrfbdern office building erected In Its stead. Scarcely less replete with historical recollections of -the great wartime president Is a little building on New York avenue, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets the little toy shop where Abraham Lincoln was wont to seek relaxation from the cares of the war.' ' . -1. -At times when the burdens of the war seemed unbearable. President Lin mln Would tak his littla son. Titrl. and I stroll-down : to-1 the ; little: two story brick toy shop, four blocks south of the White House, and there, sur rounded by all the toys dear to the minds of children the president of the United States and his little son would r.ri.hi th. kutl nt war ajld T)lan the future campaigns, all with the aid of the lead soldiers wim wnicn t"" shelves were lined. - Tiutin Vi tntr .hnn mlni DMLC frllr n m If ra. -n T't Ul R Tl t Lin- coln visited it. But. as In the case of Ford's theatre, the juggernaut of busl- ness nas decreed tne aeain o in wj shop. A large office building Is to be erected on this and the adjoining sites. Canal Could Admit , Small Warship Now Ooetaals Announces Xe Could lass ' Teasel Tnrouga If One Bnould Be wded la Ecuador Sevoluttom. Panama, Feb. 12. Colonel Goethals said today that he could pass a small warship through the canal at once If It should become necessary to send aid to foreigners at Esmeraldas, Ecuador. where fighting was reported between government troops and rebels. PRINCE WILL VISIT U. S. London, Feb. 12. The Prince of Wales wlll visit the United States In 19fS and. probably will take in the Panama-Pacific exposition, according to announcement today. A tour Of the British empire will also be made by his majesty, aunns that. year. - Deeds of Martyred President .Honored by Martial Music and Oratory, All Classes ' Joining Demonstration, t ; WAR VETERANS -HOLD ' MEETING AT ARMORY i? Lincoln Memorial Society to Give Banquet St v Mult nomah Hotel onlght. "With the 105ta anntrfrsarr of the birth of- Abraham Lrncoln. the rreat emancipator, beinc ceJe"taUed all ever the United State todejr. Portland is Paying- her homaa-e te p the martyred , president with son? and star ttmH- bln drums, waving flfr and martial music ji Tray's celebration g-eneranr , under the direction arid auspices (51 ' the Lincoln Memorial society, organ, lsed last year to perpetuate the Mm of Uiicoln. Veterans af the war the rebellion, men who. hae mm m fought for Lincoln, members of the , rapidly thlnntnir ranks of he Grand Army or the Republic, the women of Women's Relief Corp . Spanish War ' Veterans. Portland's treat host of school children and patriotic ritlsens generally are all Jolnlnjr hands In hon- -crlng the memory of -plain Abe Lin- -coin. . .- . . - The big celebration of the day Is in . . progress this afternoon at the Armory , wnere aq eiaoorate Lincoln Day pro gram is being- glvetv admission to which Is free. At the schools of the -city this morning speakers assigned by- the Lincoln Memorial society gay . talks nn Lincoln to the pupils. zVofram Xs' Vresemted. Escorted by the drum corps of tho , sons of Spanish War. Veterans, xnem- ' bers of- the Q. A. R Bpanlsta War Veterans and National : Quard marched ' to tne.rmory at J o Clock this arter- . (Oooclmded on Pge Twy Coliuna Wye) Gore Examines His , v Accuser :in Person Beaator Compels .KW: Bni t Admit the - Sttalla jp Mm : aruef Zait vUlt. Teettfrlas Xkre Today. (halted PrteI-d W1e. . Oklahoma ty, Okls.. Feb. If. Do- . tails of , the assault iShe alleges' she' suffered ' at the handle of Thomas P. Gore. Oklahoma's blind senator, were given from the witness staftd here to day by Mrs.. Minnie Si Bond. Senator Gore and his wife listened Intently as Mrs. Bond testified. I' Mrs. Bond Is suing Senator Gore for 158.000, alleging defamation of char acter. . She declared .! Gore assaulted her on March 24. last. In a room In the Winston "hotel t Washington, rented by former Iemocratlc Comw mltteeman James Jf-.coba She told of meeting Gore In if" 09 and described their political acquaintance. . - The witness said sine saw Senator Gore first In his office regarding ,a 'federal appointment ?or her husband. The next Interview, Me said, was sf the Winston hotel after she had de clined to visit Sena' or Gore's office again. Senator Gore crosY. examined Mre. Bond personally. . Wte admitted -she married Alvln Farraf In 1903, giving birth to a child four;months later. . The cross examination developed that Farrar had ancriher wife living, and that a second ciremony was per formed after Tarrejf- secured a di vorce. Mrs. Bond was then excused. FLAG FLOATS! OVER JAIU The first flag that' has floated peer the police station ln a!0 years was; on folded to the breesen this morning. When Captain .John Moore came on duty at 7 o'clock; his first order to the ' supertntendfTPt of the new building was to hoft the "new flag In honor of the Llivioln day celebra tion. About 20 years ago, the de partment had a smell flag that was used on July 4, butithn' flar was lost. One of the first! things provided for the new bulldinjr was the flag raised this morning. ) It is eight feet wide and twelve feet long, mflKary slxe, snd of pure wiol. FOR RENT , . i, i r Houses 8 room house. With two -bath-. rooms. $32.iO. 7 room bouse. laV A-l . condition. 122.50. :. S room cottage, 'ifclth large porch ' and yard. SIS'. 'i . West sld. 5 room, cottage, good 1 condition. $12. 4 v Coxy 3 room hxise. part tent, good plumbing. baWment. etc.. $t, . ! Rats Newly painted, unfurnished flats on the west aide. 2, S end 4 rooms, for fl. IIS and $22.(0. 4 room - modern flat, unfur-' nlshed. with porchj sleeping porch, ' Dutch kitchen, buffet, linoleum, etc.. for l.j j; Lower & room 1 furnished flat, good yard and fruit trees. : electric lights and: water included, The "For Rent" columns In The Journal want -ads form a di rectory of the tnost desirable houss. flats. roni and apart ments that are fo! rent. . You will ?rof it and save trouble by reading hem. - j . t ' 1