VOL. XLVI.-NO 14,518.
PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1307.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CULLER "SHUT BY
JEALOUS
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.H.ReynoldsDiscovers
Man With His Wife.
OPENS FIRE WITH REVOLVER
Professor George Herbert, a
Musician, the Victim.
THREE SHOTS TAKE EFFECT
Terribly Wounded, He, Runs live
Blocks for Aid Woman Denies
Impropriety, Saying Engage- .
ment Was a Business One.
C. H. Reynolds shot and probably fatally
wounded Professor George Herbert, a mu
sician of Walla Walla, Wash., In a rooming-house
conducted by Mrs. Reynolds at
186 Fpurleenth street, at 3 o'clock yester
day afternoon, because of information In
nocently . given by 16-year-old John Rey
nolds. The boy told his father that his
step-mother received & strange man In
the parlor Tuesday night, and when she
fnllcd to keep an appointment to meet
her husband at the bathing establishment
at 2.30 yesterday afternoon. Reynolds sus
pected mischief and wept to Investigate.
Before leaving his bathing establish
ment, evidently believing a despoiler was
in his home, ' Reynolds placed in his
pocket a 38-callber revolver, and hastened
to the house. Ills wife had Just tele
phoned to him that she was going to a
park for the afternoon and would not
bo down to see him.
. As Reynolds stepped up onto the front
porch, he caught sight of his wife and a
strange man, whom he declares he had
never seen or previously heard of. The
couple were within the hallway, and
halted as though sturtled beyond measure
at the sudden appearance of the husband.
Scenting serious trouble, they faltered
and heard the ominous words from the
lips of the now thoroughly infuriated
man who confronted them:
"I'm onto you."
Reynolds Opens Fire.
Hardly had Reynolds uttered those
words, his voice shaking with uncontrolla
ble emotion, when he whipped out his
revolver and .started firing at Herbert.
At the first sign of the weapon. Pro
fessor Herbert dodged and cringed be
hind Mrs. Reynolds, who stood as though
transfixed until the first shot rang out.
She then rushed Into a side room, where
. she remained; while the entrapped music
teacher, exposed to the deadly fire, re
ceived one bullet through the abdomen,
one In the right lip and one that shattered
his right shoulder.
In desperation, although mortally
wounded, and while he was still the target
for the shots of the husband. Professor
Herbert made one terrific effort and
dashed headlong out the front door, pass
ing Reynolds in his flight. Three shots
were fired, the marksmanship of the old
scout being almost unerring, as every
bullet took effect.
Bearing ' the mortal wounds. Professor
Herbert escaped from Reynolds, although
he fell headlong down the front steps in
his flight, and ran five blocks to White's
Pharmacy, at Tenth and Morrison streets,
where he sank down, crying for help.
Dr. White immediately notified Dr. A.
Tllser, who ordered the removal of the
patient to the Uood Samaritan Hospital,
where an operation was performed in the
hope of saving his life. The bullets had
pierced the lntstines, making 12 per
forations, and from the outset little hope
was held out for his recovery. 1
Police Are Denied Entrance.
Neighbors heard the shooting;
and the affair was reported to
police headquarters, when Patrol
Captain Moore and Detective Ser
geant Baty proceeded to the scene.
Arriving at the house, they glanced
through a window, and saw a man and
woman evidently quarreling. They
went to the front door and demanded
admittance. It was locked and the
woman, who was Mrs. Reynolds, re
fused to unlock It, until commanded
to by Captain Moore. -
"There's nothing doing here," de
clared Mrs. Reynolds.
"It there is nothing doing, then open
that door and let us investigate," re
plied Captain Moore.
She then unlocked the door and the
officers walked In. They found Reyn
olds in the act of trying to hide the
revolver, which he had used with such
deadly effect. He was forced to take
it from a drawer where he had placed
it, and the chamber was still warm.
The weapon is held as evidence.
Then followed a scene in which Mrs.
Reynold played the part of a woman
who denied her marriage relation with
her husband, until "the officer's cross
questioning became so severe that she
finally broke down and confessed that
she was his wife.
Reynolds Tells Story to Officers.
Reynolds at first refused to' talk,
but later told the whole story, freely
confessing that he was the one who
had done the shooting. He related his
version of the affair in a straightfor
ward manner, often choking up with
emotion to such an extent that he
could not apeak.
"He simply came in and despoiled my
home," sobbed Reynolds to Captain
Moore and Sergeant Baty. "I heard
of it and when I found him here, about
to leave with my wife for a park, as
they said, I shot him." ,
Reynolds Is one of the proprietors
of the Natatorium Baths at Second and
Washington streets. Upon being told
that he was under arrest and evidently
believing he had done right in shooting
Professor Herbert, the former scout,
who many times had faced death while
campaigning with General Custer! as-t
sumed a dramatic attitude and said,' as
he pointed to a large photograph of
himself in the costume of the plains:
Murderer One of Custer's Scouts.
"Do you see that picture there? I
was with General Custer for a long
time as a scout, and do you think that
now, when my home was In danger
from a despoiler, I would show the
white feather? I will stand by my
home."
Captain Moore placed Reynolds un
der arrest and conducted him to police
headquarters, and Detective Sergeant
SHOOTS MAX HE BELIEVES TO
BIS DKHPOIAJER. OF HOME.
C. II. Reynolds.
Baty remained at the home in charge
of Mrs. Reynolds. Captain Bruin went
to the hospital to obtain a statement
from Professor Herbert, but at that
time the wounded man was unable to
talk.
District Attorney Manning -went to
police headquarters to secure a state
ment' from Reynolds, but the prisoner
declined to talk until he has had time
to- discuss his - affairs with Lawyer
Charles J. Schnabel, for whom he sent
upon his arrival at the station-house.
Reynolds declared he had never seen
or heard of Professor Herbert prior to
yesterday, the first intimation of any
alleged improper relations between the
man and Mrs. Reynolds being- the In
nocent remarks of littje John, the bright
young son, who had told his father of
the presence the previous evening of
a stranger in the home. When his Wife
did not keep her engagement at the
bathing establishment at 2:30 o'clock,
Reynolds became suspicious and went
home suddenly. He discovered some
bottled beer and luncheon on a table,
and declared . . It must have been
brought in by Professor Herbert.
Police Doubt Reynolds' Story.
The police and District Attorney's
staff cannot understand how Rey
nolds came to fire the shots at a total
stranger without making an Investiga
tion, and they are skeptical as to his
declaration that he had never seen or
heard of the musician.
Mrs. Reynolds- declares that Profes
sor Herbert came to Portland Tuesday
morning from Walla Walla for the
purpose of transacting business with
her. She states that she had written
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY Maximum' temperature 78 de
grees, minimum 65 degrees.
TODAY Fair, Northwesterly winds.
Forelim.
Hague conference holds Its second session,
Pago 4. ,
Mucinous sappers at Kiev subdued after loss
of many lives. Page 4.
French troops In clash with mobs In wine
growing district. Page 3.
National.
Kentucky Republican convention favors con
tinuation of Roosevelt's policy. Page 3.
Scheme of the landgrabbers Is nipped at
Denver. Page 1.
Domestic.
People are warned to lay in Winter supply
of fuel; shortage imminent. Page 2.
Slim chance to avoid general strike of tel
egraphers. - Page 1.
Hajn burg-American steamship line Investi
gated. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
State strengthens Its case against Haywood.
Page 5.
Hard Job to find suitable successor to
CchmiU. Page 2
Portland claimant for estate of father sues
mother. Page 6.
Tacoma railroad lands valued higher than
other property. Page 6.
Party coming down Columbia in 13-foot
launch. Page .
6 porta.
Portland defeats Oakland, 8 to . Page T.
Commercial and Marine.
Rutnors of Italian prune corner are incor
rect. Pag 17.
Chicago wheat prices advance gain.
17-
Page
Continued exports of go1
17.
Paris. Page
Steamship Arabia, from Oriental ports, en
ters with valuable cargo. Page i&
Portland and Vicinity.
Jealous husband shoots man he finds In
wife's company. Page 1.
Council passes ordinance providing punish
ment lor "mashers." Page 16.
Hunter fender legalised by City Council.
Page 12.
Horsethief captured and confesses. Page 12.
Pioneers of Oregon hold annual reunion
Page 10.
Government agent conies to probo Southern
Pacific land grant- Page 11.
Barney Oldfleld's racing machine creates
. sensation. Pag- 7.
Oregon Development Les true Convention
open tomorrow. Par 11. .
BASE VERDICT 01
UNWRITTEN LAW
Slayer of Despoiler of
, Home Acquitted. .
WIFE ADMITS HER GUILT
Testimony Before Coroner's
Jury Shows Home Ruined.
SHOOTS ENEMY ON A BOAT
After Hunting Several Days, Bowsley
Fires Deliberately and Kills Cleve
Jennings Which Action Jury
Says Was Justifiable.
On Friday afternoon. June 14. at 2:30
o'clock, John Bowsley, of North Bend,
who was a passenger on the, steamer
Alliance from Portland, was standing
on the main deck, -while the boat was
receiving freight at Astoria. Cleve
Jennings, who also lived at .North
Bend, came aboard, having bought a
ticket for his home town. Bowsley,
upon seeing Jennings approach, took
deliberate aim with a revolver and shot
Jennings, the bullet striking in the
man's abdomen. He died from the
effects of the wound at the Astoria
Hospital, Bowsley made no effort to
escape and stated to the Sheriff that
he had been hunting tor Jennings for
several days to kill him. as he had
wrecked his home.
ASTORIA, Or., June 19. (Special.) The
Coroner's Jury summoned to Investigate
the circumstances surrounding the death
of Cleve Jennings, who was shot ' by J.
H. Bowlsby on the steamer Alliance last
Friday morning, returned a verdict this
evening that Is rather a remarkable docu
ment, in that It not only exonerates
Bowlsby, but also "roasts" the deceased.
Bowlsby admitted the shooting, said he
had been hunting for Jennings for several
days, but asserted that he killed Jennings
because the latter had been Intimate with
his (Bowlsby's) wife. Mrs. Bowlsby in
her testimony admitted the Intimacy and
the Coroner's Jury," consisting of J. N.
Laws, J. Strauss, P. Lawler, A, L. Steele,
B. A. Coe and A. C. Jefters, placed its
stamp of approval on Bowlsby's act by a
verdict which reads as follows:
"We, the -undersigned Jurors, sworn to
Inquire into the cause of the death , of
Cleve Jennings, on. oath do find: That
said Cleve Jennings came to bis death at
Astoria, Clatsop County, Or., on June 14,
1907. at St. Mary's Hospital; that his death
was caused from a gunshot wound in the
body, inflicted by a weapon In the hands
of J. H. Bowlsby. We further find that,
after fully considering the evidence sub
mitted to us, the shooting was justifiable,
and therefore recommend tbat the de
fendant be released from custody.
Broke l"p Happy Home.
"The evidence shows that the defendant
and his wife had lived together in peace
and happiness for a period of over 15 years
and until the serpent entered their house
hold in the shape of Cleve Jennings and
destroyed their home. We are further
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more of the opinion, on account of the
lack of statutes covering crimes of this j
character, that said Bowlsby was fully
justified in shooting the said Jennings." j
Jin miormation cnarging Bowisoy witn
the crime of murder is on file in the Jus
tice Court and the defendant is confined
in the County Jail awaiting a hearing,
which Deputy District Attorney McCue
says will be 'held as soon as he can sum
mon the witnesses.
LET QUESTION-MARK STAND
Taft Xot Ready to Say He Will Be
residential Aspirant.
. LEAVENWORTH, Ka'n., June 19.
When William H. Taft, Secretary of
War, arrived here this morning his at
tention was called - by an Associated
Grover Cleveland 111.
NETV YORK, June 19. Advices
from Princeton today state that ex
Jreeldent. Grover Cleveland has been
seriously 111 at his home there for
some days, and that for some time
his family and friends who knew of
his condition were much alarmed.
Mr. Cleveland, it is said, has now
passed the crlxia.
Press correspondent to a story printed
in the Kansas City papers quoting the
Washington Times to the effect that
the Secretary may retire from : the
Presidential race. It being intimated
that he is not physically equipped for
a long campaign, and saying that his
illness at St. Paul gave color to the
story. The story bore -this caption:
"Taft Not to Run?"
Secretary Taft declined absolutely to
discuss the matter, and dismissed it by
saying, laughingly: -. .'-
"You Just let hat question-mark
stand." ...
The Secretary looked to be in per
fect health, and said that he never felt
better in his life.
KANSAS CITY, June 19 Secretary of
War Taft arrived here tonight from
Leavenworth,' Kan.," and went ot the res
idence of W. B. Nelson, whose guest he
will be tonight. Secretary Taft will leave
here tomorrow morning for Ottawa, Kan.,
where he will address the Chautauqua to
morrow. ' . '
REFORM EGG DEMOCRATIC
Bryan Thinks His Party Should
Have" Income Tax Honors.
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OTTAWA, Kan.. June 19. Speaking to
day to 6000 people at the Chautauqua; As
sembly, W. J. Bryan urged Secretary
Taft, who will apeak tomorrow, to indorse
Roosevelt's stand on the income tax and
treatment of swollen fortunes. "I glory
in what the Presideht has done," said Mr.
Bryan, "but he has not done everything.
Democratic ideas have been worked out.
Democracy, which laid the reform egg,
claims to be the chicken's mother quite
as much as the hen that is hatching it."
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" HOW'S THIS FOR A JUNE SHOWER?"
SLIM CHANCE TO
AVOID - A STRIKE
All Eyes Are Turned on
Commissioner Neill.
LAST EFFORT OF THE UNION
Appeal Is Made for Meeting of
Both sfdes.
RAILWAY MEN MAY JOIN
If Strike Order Is Issued, the First
Walkout Will Occur in . Some
Small Town Western Union
Expresses Little Concern.
CHICAGO, June 19. (Special.) With the
general executive board of the Commer
cial Telegraphers' Union today approving
a strike against both the Postal and
Western Union Telegraph companies, the
eyes of the country are now fixed cm
Charles P.' Neill, United States Commis
sion of Labor, who Is looked upon as
the last source through whom peace may
come.
The strike situation reached a most
critical Btage during the day. In the
hope that strife may yet be averted, Wes
ley Russell, general secretary of the
union, .telegraphed from Chicago to S. K.
Konenkamp, deputy president of the Na
tional Union, to find Commissioner Neill
in New York and ask him to use his in
fluence in arranging a meeting of repre
sentatives of both sides.
Meanwhile the whereabouts of President
S. J. Small, of t'.ie union, is being kept a
secret. He has left New York and only
members of the executive board know
where he went. According to reports in
union circles. President Small has made
preparations to call the first strike in a
town of comparatively small size, and is
at that point now, making arrangements
for the walkout. In this connection, it
became definitely known that the strug
gle will not begin in either New .York or
Chicago. It may be Pittsburg.
Railway Men May Take Part.
If the strike order is issued. It will af
fect 2600 commercial telegraphers In Chi
cago alone, and paralyze the Board of
Trade and other business. Added serious
ness is given the situation by the proba
bility of the Order of Railway Telegraph
ers Joining the movement. There are
60,000 of them, and they handle Western
Union messages as well as train orders.
"The lightning is likely to strike al
most any time, and from an unexpected
source," declared Secretary Russell. "I
cannot reveal the whereabouts of Presi
dent Small, although I expect he will re
turn to New York tomorrow or next day.
If the strike comes and I cannot now
see anything but a very slim chance for
it being averted the first walkout will
occur in a city smaller than either Chi
cago or New York. We want to "estab
lish to our own satisfaction whether the
Western Union and Postal companies are
acting in collusion In this matter, and the
first strike will occur where this fact can
be amply demonstrated.
"How far and how raDldlv the initial
' strike will spread remains of course to be
en. We will go to the limit, if neces
sary. We would accept arbitration if It
was offered, as our laws provide that all
efforts to effect a settlement must be
exhausted before a strike Is called. There
are 23.000 telegraphers in the country, and
we control more than 65 per cent of their
number. A very large majority of the
highly skilled operators are in our ranks.
'I look for developments of the most
important character tomorrow. We have
reached the critical period, and unless
Mr. Neill Is successful in his efforts, or
the companies do something in accord
ance with our demands, a clash seems
Inevitable."
In marked contrast to the statements
emanating from union headquarters was
the comment of W. 3. Lloyd, assistant
superintendent of the western division of
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Western Vnlon Not Excited.
"We have made no preparations . for a
Btrlke," said . Mr. Lloyd, who declared
that should a strike occur, automatic tel
egraph devices, will play an important
If
J. J. Murphy. Clerk of tiie Supreme
Court, Who Died Yesterday at
Salem.
part in maintaining the company's serv
ice. Scores of telegrams from cities through
out the country received at the head
quarters of the union in Chicago today
indicate that tense feeling prevails among
the operators. The following are some
of the messages received and the names
of the cities from where they were sent:
'Say when." Charleson, S. C. .
"Am prepared to meet any emergency."
Dallas, Tex.
"Men clamoring for definite news; very
restless and hard to restrain. All impa
tient for Immediate action." San Fran
cisco. "Solid here. Command us." Memphis,
Tenh.
"We are well prepared. Regular meet
ing tomorrow night. St Louis Is with
you, heart and purse." St. Louis.
"Local upholds you to the end."
Portland, Or.
"Special meeting of Local No. 40 unan
imously commends past action. Express
confidence and pledge undivided support."
Seattle, Wash.
MATTER RESTS WITH SMALL
Unless Demands Are Recognized He
Is Expected to Call a Strike.
NEW ' YORK, June 19. Unless its
demands upon the Western Union and
Postal Telegrapn Companies receive
consideration, a strike will be ordered
within a week or ten days, it was an
nounced today by the Commercial Tel
egraphers' Union. No specific date for
the expiration of their ultimatum was
set by the telegraphers, and the ques
tion ofv involving one or both compa
nies was left open.
The announcement of the intended
strike was made In the form , of a
statement given out by Vice-President
Konenkamp, as follows:
"The general executive board of the
Telegraphers' Union has, approved a
strike against either or both the West
ern Union and the Postal Companies,
and the matter is now in the hands of
President Small. When or where the
first strike will be declared will not
be given out at this time, but it will
take place within the next week or
ten days. The plans for the campaign
have been laid, and the men are ready
for a struggle."
The language of the announcement
is construed as Indicating that no gen
eral strike is at present contemATateil,
but that the men will be called out at
some one large office, to be followed
by a series of local strikes elsewhere.
Edward J. Nally, vice-president and
general manager of the. Postal Com
pany, said this afternoon:
'.The Postal does not expect a strike.
We are confident that our employes
have no grievances against us."
Western Union officials said they
had no comment to make upon the
matter.
Ask Roosevelt to End Strike.
DENVER, Colo., June 19. Secretary
Arthur Williams, of the Denver Chamber
of Commerce, acting in the name'of that
organization, last night sent telegrams to
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and
President Clowry. of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, at New. York, urg-,
Ing them to use every effort to prevent a
strike growing out of the demands of the
telegraphers
RUSH TO EUROPE IS ON
Big Atlantic Liners Loaded With
Americans Going Abroad. ,
NEW YORK, June 19. The Summer
rush for Europe is in full swing and
every steamship leaving port for the
other side is thronged with passengers.
The big liner Adriatic, which sailed for
Southampton today, had on board 665
cabin passengers, every berth In the
ealoon and second cabin being taken.
Landslide on Great Northern.
MISSOULA, Mont.. June 19. A big land
slide on the Great Northern near' White
fish, Mont., compelled the sending of all
trains east from Sand Point over the
Northern Pacific last night
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WOLVES IS UPSET
Smoot and Warren to
Rescue at Denver.
PLAN OF THE ANTIS WILL FAIL
Roosevelt's Policy Will Be Up
held by Convention.
PLOT PROVES A BOOMERANG
Predatory Corporations Who Packed
Convention Overreached Them
selves and It Seems Counted
Without Their Host.
DENVER. Colo., June 19. (Special.)
With the development of its true Inward
ness, which came today when the com
mittee on credentials prepared to mske
a report, the power of the much-heralded
public lands convention of the Western
states to make any serious attack on the
policies of the present National adminis
tration was absolutly deadened. The
hopes of predatory corporations In respect
to the exploitation to the limit of the. re
maining wealth lying upon and under the
public domain, masked behind a conven
tion of Colorado and Wyoming Bheepmen,
who are disgruntled over prospective
grazing restrictions, have gone glimmer
ing for the time being.
It looks very much as if the convention,
which was declared in advance to be
the medium through which the boundless
West was to raise a mighty voice of pro
test agaln'jt the land policy of the Gov
ernment, would be a boomerang to the
persons and interests tha. instigated and
arranged its programme. Instead of regis
tering any effective protest, the result
is likely to give the rest of the country
the impression that the real sentiment
of the West favors a policy of conserv
ing the' resources of the rapidly diminish
ing public lands.
Outside -Delegates Overawed.
It is very- doubtful if Congress can be
moved by the resolutions of several hun
dred Colorado woolgrowers to regard the
same as the demand of the whole West.
But. same friends of the administration
who occupy seats In the United States
Senate came to .the front this morning,
pricked the bubble and exposed the "Job"
that had been rigged to hoodwink the
country, and especially Congress.
The time came when the credentials
committee essayed to make a report, glv-
ing a vote in the convention to every dele
gate accredited from the State of Colo
rado, some 460 all told, and permitting
other states to vote only the delegates
actually present and satisfactory to the
powers seeking a convention in which
Colorado had five times the representa
tion accorded to all the rest of the pub
lic land states combined. The attempt
to pack the convention had been so
stupidly carried on, however, practically
only the Interests in Colorado which were
known to be antagonistic to the Govern
men's policy, having been permitted to
send delegates, that the sitting delegates.
It is charged, did not dare to vote down
a motion to send the credentials report
back to the committee. The committee
spent the rest of the day trying to make
a report that would stand a show, and
that report will not be ready until to
morrow. Smoot and Warren to Rescue.
The convention, therefore, will not really
be organized until the time set for its
adjournment.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, occupying
a position squarely opposed to the dele
gates as a whole, who have come from his
state, ably assisted by Senator Reed
Smoot, of Utah, took the Government
side of the controversy and nipped the
plans of the protestants in the bud.
ATTACK PRESIOEXT'S POLICY
Speakers at Denver Convention Op
pose Government's Policy.
DENVER, Colo., June 19. A sensation
was sprung In the puDlIc lands conven
tion today by charges made by both the
Administration and the anti-Administration
forces that the convention was being
packed. The antis charged that a num
ber of men who were not properly accred
ited delegates had been given seats. An
order was made to Issue new cards of ad
mission and to sec that only genuine dele
gates received them.
When the committee on credentials re
ported it was found that 476 delegates
were accredited to Colorado, 143 to Wyo
ming and the balance of states scarcely
109. Colorado's representation was later
cut to 396, It being stated the first figures
were In error. It developed that all Colo
rado's accredited delegates, whether pres
ent or not, had been counted, while In
the case of the other states, only thos
present were to be allowed to vote.
The report was sent back to the com
mittee with instructions to bring In its
report according to the call of the conven
tion. This committee will be heard the
first thing tomorrow morning, and If it
obeys Its instructions It will give a vote
for every person whose credentials have
been sent to the convention, whether they
are present or not.
Murdo Mackenzie, president of the Amer
ican National Livestock Association and
an adherent to President Roosevelt's leas
ing policy, led the attack on the report.
The general committee had entrusted to
Mark Woodruff, Chief of the Pikes Peak;
Forest Reserve force, the duty of receiv
ing credentials and Issuing tickets and by
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