VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,687.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3. 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TAND PRINCE
FIGHT ON STREET
Anna Gould's Ex-Husband
in New Role.
SPITS ON PRINCE DE SAGAN
Both Roll in Gutter Till Butcher
Interferes.
BONI HELPED BY BROTHER
Quarrel Causes Sensational Scene
on Paris Street Prince Suitor
for Anna Gould's Hand, but
She Is Not Involved.
PARIS, Jan. 2. Count Bonl de Cas
tellane, from whom his wife, who was
Miss Anna Gould, of New York, was
recently divorced, and Prince Helie de
Sagen, who on several occasions was
reported to be engaged to Madame
Gould, had a personal encounter today
at the Church of St. Pierre' de Chall
lot, while a service to the memory of
Lady Stanley Errington, a relative of
both men, who died lately in England,
was In progress.
Beginning Inside me church, where
Count Boni says the Prince insulted
both him and the sacred edifice, the
encounter was resumed at the doorway,
where Count Boni, followed by his
brother, Count Jean de Castellane,
overpowered the Prince. Count Bonl
sput in his cousin's face. Then came
the clash of canes, followed by a rough
and tumble fight on the pavement,
which ended in the gutter, where the
men were finally separated by a big
butcher. Count Bonl at the moment of
Intervention' was holding down the
well nigh insensible Prince, while
Jean, according to eye witnesses, was
administering to him a severe kick
Ins. Held Apart by Butcher.
When the police arrived, the butcher
was holding the' two' principals in the
fight, who were covered with mud.
The Prince was bleeding profusely
from a wound in -the- right temple,
where he had been hit by Count Bonl's
heavy stick. With the butcher's hand
on his collar, Bonl -was haranguing a
crowd which had gathered as to why
he had spat In the Prince's face.
The police Invited me .two men to go
to the station-house, and this, after
some disputing, they agreed to do. All
three of them, bespattered with mud,
accompanied the police and, followed
by several thousand persons, they
marched off to the station.
Each Says Other Began It.
Both Count Bonl and the Prince gave
their own version of the quarrel, each
saying the other was the aggressor,
but the Prince alone lodged a com
plaint, charging the brothers with as
sault. A "process verbal" having been
written out, according to the French
law, the three men signed it and were
then released. The case now will go
before the public prosecutor, who will
decide what steps shall be taken.
In view or the fact that Prince Helie
has decided to push the matter In the
courts, the Idea of a duel seems to be
precluded. Besides, Bonl declared to
night It was doubtful whether he would
receive the seconds of the Prince, even
If the latter could find any one to act
In that capacity.
Bonl Tells Cousin's History.
Tonight the Prince is laid up in bed
with his head swathed in bandages, while
the Count spent a part of the evening
visiting the newspaper oftices. telling the
story of the encounter. When seen by
the Associated Press correspondent he
was in high humor. Throwing back the
lapels of his fur coat In order better
to display one of his famous white silk
waistcoats, he began the recital with the
history of his cousin, whom he painted
In the blackest colors, declaring that
Prince Helie has been ostracised by his
own family, none of whom would pvrmit
him to enter the house. Count Bonl then
proceeded to explain the episode, and de
clared that it had nothing to do with
lime. Anna Gould, but was the result of
an old grudge between him and the
Prince. He added that the Prince had
not been Invited to the ceremony at the
church, and he was therefore surprised
to find the Prince sitting three feet in
front of him. Count Bonl said he took
no notice of the Prince during the serv
ice, which proceeded without Incident
until the elevation of the host, when the
Prince rose.
Acts the Fight Over Again.
"As he passed me," said Count Boni,
"he jammed his hat on his head and
looked Insultingly at me this within 30
feet of the altar. I immediately got up
and followed him, and when I reached
the vestibule outside, I said:
" 'I have not given you your Christ
mas present,' and spat full in his face.
He raised his cane to strike me, 'but 1
got in the first blow, opening his temple.
We then closed."
Count Boni dramatically acted the part
.as he told his story, and declared at its
conclusion that he had on'v- resented what
he regarded as an Insult to himself and
the church. He was cor vi need that the
Prince, on account of nil. iml character,
would not dare to prot-nta the com
plaint. Prince Helie de Sagan, tvn seen by
0
the Associated Press representative in
his bedroom," could only account for what
he termed a brutal and deliberate atttack
by Count Bonl and Count Jean de Cas
tellane on the theory that Boni was a
madman.. He therefore could not appeal
to the code, he said, but would let the
case take Its course in the criminal court.
He declared that the attack was entirely
unprovoked. He was sitting in another
part of. the church far from Count Boni,
and when he left, as the service was con
cluded, Boni and his brother followed him
out. As he reached the steps of the
church . he was seized by the shoulder
and, wheeling around, he found himself
face to face with Count Bonl, who uttered
the words: "This Is a Christmas present,
my child,"-and spat toward -him. '
When they .closed, after , the first ex
change of blows, his feet .caught In his
long, heavy , overcoat. , He tripped . and
fell on the. curb, and it was then that
Count Boni and his brother pounced upon
him, kicking him and beating him with
their canes. As it 'was evidently 'a con
certed attack upon him, he lodged a com
plaint. ' " , .',"'''''
Did Not Object to Visits to Anna.
To prove the animosity of the Castel
lanes against him, he declared that even
the Marquis de Castellane, Count Bonl's
I iv
4 ffii'n'' tttf&&&&4
Count Bonl de Castellane, Who Had
Fight With Prince de Sagan on
Paris Street.
father, who followed the party to the
police Btation, said tn the presence of
all: . ' ' .- '
"I wish I had been there, too, so I
could have hit you." -
Prince Helie said he regretted the in
cident principally .because the "name of
Madame Gould had been dragged into It.
"If the Count de. paste.llane's attack
on me was caused by my visits to Mad
ame Gould," he said, "it seems strange
that he objects to these visits now. when
tie did not object .before .he was di
vorced." . .
The Prince said emphatically that he
was not engaged to Madame Gould. He
said that he would-willingly, fight a duel
If there was honorable provocation. In
cidentally mentioning his prof iciency . as
a swordsman, but under the . circum
stances he Intended to allow the law to
take its course. While there had been an
estrangement between himself and Count
Bonl. he said, he had no reason to an
ticipate today's attack.
"If Boni desired to get me. out of the
way," he continued, "in order to effect a
reconciliation with Anna, this is . his af
fair, not mine."
The affair has created a great sensa
tion In Paris on account of the notoriety
and high family connections of the par
ties concerned, -and especially on account
of Bonl's prominence as an anti-Kepub-lican
and .an opponent of the church
policy. ' : . .
Prince Helie de- Sagan is a grAndson
of the famous Duke, who for years set
the fashion tn Paris and concerning
whom a hundred droll stories have been
told. He is a brother of the Duke .de
Dino and has figured extensively in pub
lic gossip in Paris. A few years ago he
attained notoriety . by slapping Maitre
Barboux during the - trial of a damage
suit by a prominent society leader - be
cause it was publicly asserted .that the
painting. "Nude Woman in a. Mask," ex
hibited at the Salon, .was her portrait..
Prince Is Wooing Anna.'
According to current gossip. In t Paris,
Count Boni and the entire Castellane
family are now convinced that Prince
Helie de Sagan, despite the opposition of
the Gould family; is seeking to marry
Madame Gould. It is stated that it was
only reeently that Count Boni abandoned
hope of reconciliation with his former
wife.'
T
BANKER SHOOTS HIMSELF
AFTER FAMILY COUNCIL.
Charles Becker, 'Wealthy Illinoisan,
Found With Revolver Beside
Him Evidence Is Suppressed.
BELLfYVILLE, 111., Jan. 2. Charles
Becker, 67 years old, formerly State
Treasurer of Illinois committed suicide at
his home today by shooting himself in the
mouth. The suicide followed a family
conference attended by three of his four
children.
Becker's first wife died two years ago.
Last June he was married to Mrs. Frank
Espenhalm. It is said that .the family
conference was held today to discuss the
disposition of Becker's estate as a result
of his second marriage. Mrs. Becker was
visiting friends In St. Louis at the time
of the conference.
Mrs. Bertha Orr, of Chicago, wife of the
ex-Minister to Venezuela, Claire Orr, one
of the children present, found Becker's
body on the floor of his bedroom with a
revolver at his side. The other children
present were - Arthur Becker, a lumber
dealer of Little Rock, Ark., and Gustave
Becker, of Belleville. ' The oldest son,
Casimir Becker, of Osceola, Iowa, was not
able to spend the holidays with his father.
Coroner Irwin gave a verdict of suicide
after taking the testimony of members of
the family, but he declined- to make pub
lic the testimony.
Becker was a director in the First Na
tional Bank of Belleville and In the Belle
ville Stove & Range Company. He was
worth about $500,000. ' He .was. born in
Germany and served -throughout the Civil
War as a volunteer.
FEELING AGAINST
JAPANESE BITTER
Vancouver Aroused by
New Year Attack.
SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS
Riot and Bloodshed Feared
Should Firemen Die.
ORIENTALS ALL" GO ARMED
Two Thousand Foreigners Ready to
Make Trouble at Slightest Provo
cation Authorities Are- Said
to Fear the Japanese.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 2. (Spe
cial.) While at no stage-did the fight
between the three city firemen and the
Japanese at 2 o'clock New Tear's morn
ing reach anything like the dimensions
of the September riots, the incident has
revived the bitterest feeling. After all
the explanations and apologies that
have been made, both civic and gov
ernmental citizens' of Vancouver did
not believe It possible that an attack
such as occurred could be made.
All three victims are. still alive,
though at least two are disfigured for
life.. Toung Frost, a fine-looking ath
lete, had his nose sliced off by one of
the sword-like knives of the Japanese.
The other men, though fearfully in
jured, are recovering. McDonald was
removed to his home, while Anderson
Is still in the hospital with' Frost.
Knlfeblades Fill the Air.
. These three men, all Canadians, and
for half their lives residents of Van
couver, were the only white partici
pants in the riot. They had been at
tending a dance in the East End and
were returning to No. 1 fire station
when the trouble occurred. One of
the three was undoubtedly the worst
for liqnor, the other two, perfectly so
ber. Frost Jocularly pushed McDonald
against the glass front of. the Japan
ese store and then the trouble started
"There were knle . blades flashing
ST?,? dark:" Said McDonald
today, In telling of the fight. "It was no
fault of the Japanese that we were not
all murdered. They tried to kill us "or
we were only three against a score and
they knew very well that we were not
armed. We simply fought back with our
fists, . with the blood spattering around
until we were blinded.
Nose Cut Off When Down.
"Frost was first knocked to the ground,
and It was while he was helpless that the
Japs carved up his face.- It was merely
A
Has the Great Pleasure to Assure the Honorable Presi
dent That He. Deems the Presence of the Fleet in
the Pacific as a Hark of Confidence.
Requests the Honorable Mars to Ban the Very Much
Goodness to Fnrniah Him a Full IJne of Cruisers, War
Balloons, Bombs, Vitro Glycerine, Etc -
an accident that they did not cut off his
head, for .they tried hard enough. I
broke free finally and ran- toward the
alley Which ends at the police station.
There I met a sergeant and two officers,
and we went back.
"The Japs did not try to Justify their
presence or their fighting with knives.
They fled like highwaymen and, as
everyone knows, , the men marked with
bloody shirts were pulled out of their
beds later and arrested."
Only four Japanese have so far been
arrested, and all are held on charges, of
attempted murder. 4
Armed Camp of Japanese.
The most serious feature in the .pop
ular, view Is that. the Japanese section is
practically an armed -camp against the
whites of Vancouver. Two thousand men
live together there, ready to murder any
It f j 0 )
Cecelia Loftus, the Actress, May .
Die of Operation for Append lc it 1.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2. Cecelia Lof
tus, the actress, has been In a seri
ous condition In a private hospital
as a result of an operation , for
appendicitis performed yesterday,
but was better today. '
Miss Loftus recently played a lead
ing : part In - the unsuccessful. "The
Lancers" and it was a long tour In
one-night stands in New Englan4
that undermined her health. .. . ..
one who makes the slightest disturbance.
The present Instance is regarded as par
tlcularly flagrant, because the ' young
men were' in uniform, with firemen's
caps, and for all they knew the Japs
might have been assaulting policemen.
The truth is simply being forced home
to the entire city that the Japanese here
are barbarians enough to murder on the
slightest ' provocation. Vancouver has
been a little ashamed of herself since the
night of the- September riot,, but the
frightful ..attack of New Tear's morning
is just now being regarded In some quar
ters as showing complete justification.
Authorities Fear Murder.
There is not any particular danger of
another big riot in Vancouver except for
just one thing. That one event is a mur
der. Th-at is what the authorities are
afraid of today.
In the Police Court today H. Nakashei,
K. Tangusti and M; Tanowye, Japanese,
appeared on a charge of attempted murder-
The accused were remanded to jail,
bail being refused.
' OTTAWA, OnV, Jan. 2. The Dominion
government "has' 'not been' officially ad
vised of the riot at Vancouver. The Min-
(Concluded' 6n 'Page' 5.')'
RESTFUL DAY-WITH THE
TUFT JEN RULE
COMMITTEE
Call Direct Primary on
Presidency.
BEAT FORAKER ON EVERY VOTE
Convention . Will Choose
tional Delegates.
Na-
GARFIELD FOR . CHAIRMAN
Foraker Vainly Fights Direct Pri
mary and Holds Out for Election
by County Conventions Is
- Beaten Two to One.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 2. The Repub
licans of Ohio will be given an oppor
tunity to express by . direct vote their
choice for the party's candidate for Pres
ident at primaries to be held on February
11, when delegates and alternates to the
Republican state convention will be elect
ed. The convention will be held in Co
lumbus on March 3. and 4 and it 'will se
lect. In addition to the 'four delegates-at-large
to the Republican National conven
tion, candidates for Governor and other
state officers.
The call for the primaries and conven
tion was adopted this evening by the Re
publican State Central Committee after
a protracted and lively session. The
friends of "William H..Taft, Secretary of
War and candidate for the Republican
nomination for President, were in con
trol of the committee, casting 14 votes
to 7 for the supporters of Senator Fora
ker, also an avowed candidate for the
Presidency.
Taft Men Stand Solid.
The vote stood 14 to 7 on every propo
sition which required a roll-call except
the selection of a temporary chairman
of the state convention. James R. Gar
field, Secretary of the Interior, the choice
of the Taft supporters, received 13 votes
to eight cast for Harry, TM. JDaugherty,
of Columbus. Richard McCloud, ot Lon
don, a close personal friend of Mr.
Daugherty, but a Taft supporter, voted
for him as against Mr. Garfield.
The state committee decided that It
had nothing to do with the selection of
National delegates in the Congressional
districts and declined to make any sug
gestion In regard thereto.
The committee met early in the after
noon, and after a short sesBlon appoint
ed a subcommittee to draft a call for the
primaries and convention. This commit
tee called on Governor Harris during the
recess to consult hie wishes regarding the
call. A. committee representing the sup
porters of Mr. Foraker also called on the
Governor and asked him to permit his
name to be presented for chairman of the
JAP
Makes a Sketrb of the Honorable City of Portland's
Water 8j-etesa. N. B. If Ton Dont Believe it. Ad
dress H. L., City HalL
t
;
Carves Cp a Few of the Honorable Allj's Subjects but
Hopes the Honorable Ally Will Not Permit a Manifest
i Pleasantry to Disturb Tbelr Amity. ",k
state convention, but the Governor de
clined. The call reported by the subcom
mittee and adopted by the general com
mittee by a vote of 14 to 7 Is one of the
most elaborate ever issued by a state
committee. .. ."
Several amendments to the call were
proposed by the friends of Mr. Foraker,
but In each case they were-vote down.
The chief fight was made against the di
rect primary plan for the selection of
delegates to the 'state convenfion. They
proposed. that. delegates to county conven
tions . be .chosen by direct vote. . the
county convention to choose the delegates
to the state convention.
The call as adopted provides for a total
of 185 delegates to the state convention.
The Australian ballot is to be used in the
primary. If petition is made, the names
of the candidates for delegates may be
printed under the name of the person
who may be their choice for Presidential
candidate.- The unit rule in the election
of delegates will be observed in all ex
cept Cuyahoga and Hamilton Counties,
which may be , divided Into districts.
Provision is made for challengers at the
polls, .W'hieR.wlll be open' from 1 to 7
P. M. February 11. .
Dick on Guard for Foraker.
Senator Charles Dick was here to look
t t V
Arthur I. Vorys, Manager of Secre
tary Taft's Campaign.
after the interests of his colleague, Mr.
Foraker, but he remained at his room in
the Hotel Hartman and did not go to the
Neal House,' where the committee held
its sessions. Mr. Dick received many
callers, but had no communication, so far
as could be ascertained, with Arthur
Vorys, manager of the Taft canvass, re
garding the convention preliminaries, and
no efforts at compromise were "made on
either-side, although, j-umors to that ef
fect were iii circulation.' ' --
After the state " committee had con
cluded its work Mr. Dick declined to
make any comment upon It, either In re
gard to the dates set for the primaries
or convention or the regulations adopted
for conducting the ' primaries: Mr. Vorys
(CToncluded'on Page 6.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
..... The Weather. '
TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48
degrees;- -minimum, 45 degrees,
TODAY'S Partly cloudy with probably oc
casional light rains; southwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Count Boni ' de Castellane and Prince de
Sagan have street light in Paris. Page 1.
Leaders of Rus8ian Revolutionary Party ar
rested. . Page 5.
Asiatic laborer causes crisis in British
colonics. . Page 5. .
' National.
Administration postpones struggle for -lower
'tariff on Philippine products. Pago 4.
Bonaparte will soon announce purpose to
attack Harriman merger. Page 1.
Captain Plllsbury to succeed Admiral
Brownson. Page 4.
Government reports decrease in gold pro
duction in 1907. Page 6. .
Politics.
Ohio Republican committee, controlled by
Taft men, calls direct primary on Presi
dency. Page 1.
Stato organization formed in New York to
boom Hugbes. Page 1.
' Domestic.
New York teamsters back up strikers
against high rent; strikers have parade.
Page 4.
Receivers appointed for Seaboard Air Line.
Page 5.
Jury on Powers' trial out, 11 reported' for
aequlttal. Page 6.
Famous Illinois banker commits, suicide.
Page X.
Thaw' decides to plead temporary insanity
and investigates Jury panel. Page S.
Rockefeller gives over $2,000,000 to Chicago
University. Page 5.
Dr. . Nicholas Senn. famous surgeon, dies.
Page 8.
Dr. Schaelfer convicted by Methodist Church
court. Page 6.
Sport.
Coast League directors to meet today; op
posed to six clubs. Page 6.
Yost denies Jordan's charge of profession
. allsnr at Michigan. Page 6. .
Pacific Coast.
Heney to continue graft prosecutions; Glass
refused liberty. ' Page 8.
Feeling In Vancouver very bitter against
Japanese. Page 1.
Hoqulam Council may be asked to rein
state Marshal McKenney. Page 7.
Body of James Phegley found; death was
by suicide. Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity. ,
William M. Ladd reaches agreement with
Title Bank depositors; .will pay- all
claims. Page 10.
Fourteenth Infantry ' leaves for San Fran-
. clsco, en roue to Orient. Page 10.
City's last special ' policeman discharged.
Page 12. . -
Success .'of plans for merger of Oregon
Trust & Savings and German-American
banks assured. Page 10. - j
Congressman Ellis here to repair his fences.
Page 11.
Two Portland boys supposed : to have been
drowned In Nebalem. Page 10.
Mayor Lane.' proposes joint action by Coast
cities on .vagrant problem.. . Page 11.
Portland tax levy fixed at 14.2 mills. Page
12. .
. ' Commercial and Marine; -
Seventy-five thousand bales of hops shipped
from Oregon. Page 17.
Eastern and European 'wheat' markets
higher. Page 17. , ,.
Early decline in stock prices more than
recovered. Page 17. .
British ship Glenelvan . clears with .the flrst
wheat cargo for the month of January.
Page 16.
BONAPARTE WILL
SITE PURPOSE
Regarding Merger of
Harriman Lines.
NO DOUBT SUIT WILL RESULT
Ownership of Southern by
Union Pacific Illegal..
BREAK STEAMER COMBINE
Both Features of Merger Held to Be
Restraint or Trade Proceed
ing's Will Begin Probably
in the Far West.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. (Special.)
"Within a week or 10 days the Depart
ment of Justice will issue a statement
regarding the ownership by the Union
Pacific of stock of the Southern Pacific."
said Attorney-General Bonaparte. "It
had been contemplated to issue the state
ment earlier, but the absence ,in Europe
of special counsel employed by the Gov
ernment has caused the delay."
"While the Attorney-General will not
admit at this time that the statement
will be the announcement of proceedings
against the Union Pacific for violation
of the law prohibiting restraint of trade,
there is excellent authority for the state
ment that it will be. The Department of
Justice, according to one of its high of
ficials, has reached the conclusion ar
rived at by the Interstate Commerce
Commission that the control which the
Union Pacific has obtained over the
Southern Pacific by the purchase of
stock is in violation of the law and
amounts In substance to the merging of
two competing railways.
Not only will the Government proceed
for a dissolution of - the merger and a
restoration of the competition which pre
vailed before the Union Pacific bought
Southern Pacific stock, but the courts
will be asked, it Is stated by an official
of the Department. to .break up the com
bine under which the two railroads are
alleged to operate their steamships.
It developed that the suit may be In
stituted further West than Kansas City
or Omaha. It will be brought at the
point where it is found the papers, books
and other records required as evidence
can be assembled with the least delay
and trouble.
NIGHT RIDERS FIRE A TOWN
BURNS A TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
IX RUSSELIVILLE.
Shots Fired and Two Men Wounded.
Raiders Number 75 and
Wear Masks.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 3 A long
distance telephone message to the Ameri
can from Russellville, Ky., says that
night riders visited that town at 12:43
o'clock this (Friday) morning. The to
bacco warehouse of H. G. Work & Com
pany and the American Snuff Company
were dynamited and burned. The plan-ing-mill
of Roberts & Brown and three
other smaller houses were more or less
damaged.
Many shots were fired and it is report
ed that two men, one of them a commer
cial traveler, were wounded, but this is
not confirmed. There were between 90
and 75 masked men in the party and
they were in Russellville about an hour.
The Louisville & Nashville depot was
threatened by the flames, but escaped.
The attack was unexpected.
Russellville Is a town of about 4000 in
habitants and it is the county seat of
Logan County, which borders on the Ten
nessee line. It is in the heart of the dark
tobacco district and but one county, Todd
County, separates it from Christian and
Trigg counties, the scene of the recent
depredations in and around Hopklnsvllle.
Further details were not obtainable at i
o'clock this morning. ,
PLOT TO KIL10LD CZARINA
Conspirators so Sure They Issued
Invitations to Funeral.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3.r-The po
lice have arrested 19 persons, accused
of conspiracy to murder the Dowager
Empress Maria Feodorovna upon her
return from abroad, three week ago.
According to the police,, the plot was
of an Ingenious nature, and the con
spirators were so certain of success
that they Inserted an announcement in
the death column of the Novoe Vremya
of December 11, . concerning "Marie
Feodorovna - Roraanova,' inviting
friends to attend a requiem mass at a
fictitious monastery. The whole af
fair, however, is veiled in secrecy.
Greene Fined for Contempt.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Colonel WV C.
Greene, president of the Greene Consoli
dated Copper Company, and his fellow di
rectors and officers, 'were directed by
Judge Giegerlch in the Supreme Court to
day to pay a fine of t2M for contempt of
court In falling to appear for examination
as ordered by the court. -