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VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,783.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL. 1G, 10O8.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CHAOS REIGNS
IF! CONVENTION
New York Democrats
Cast Out McCarren.
BRYAN MEN PROPOSE TO BOLT
Fist Fight on Platform Is the
Closing Scene.
THREATS OF VENGEANCE
King County leader, Driven Out,
Vow Tammany Shall Not Fleet
Anothrr Mayor Another
Oonxention J Probable.
XTCW TORS, April 3 5. In a two
Says' 5Mlon, which began Tuesday
with bitter factional disputes and was
toncl'idd late tonight amid scenes
bordering on the riotous, the Demo
rratic state convention squelched a
b"om for XV. J. Bryan, drove the
K tngs County faction, headed by Sen
ator Patrick If. McCarren from Its
Prta Is and chose nn un pledged delega
lion to the National convention at Den
ver Tlif last hours business was
transa tf-d amid a hubbub that made it
almost Impossible to determine the will
or tiio dr-l'-Ratcs as expressed In their
v fng.
Murine thA day The Bryan men, who
had already been defeated In the com
mittee on resolutions, abordoned their
attempt to have the National dele
gates Inslrufd for Mr. Bryan. The
r- il fight of the convention centered
li ;tn a t tetn nt to oust a T;irge number
rf lw Brooklyn delegates headed by
Nir. M.-Cnrrcn. Tliis attempt was suc
r.'SfuI. p was a resolution to have
the stnte committee name Its success
ors Instead of its members being
elected as formerly by several sena
torial districts.
i?c( arren Threatens nevenaje.
Mr. McCarren, beaten in convention,
carried his tight to the floor of the
convention and before he was voted
out of that body threatened that never
In the lifetime of those present would
Tammany be able to elect another
Democratic Mayor. lie was cheered.
Jiissrd. Interrupted and insulted.
When the new state committee plan
wan put through there was a wild
scene. Protesting- delegates clambered
Vpou their chairs and screamed pro
tests. The chairman pounded for
order until his gavel was broken Into
bits and then he called on 50 police
men, who had been In the hall for
some tiuic. to restore order. The lat
ter fa'Ied. Those on the stage crowded
out the clnirmJin until the serjeant-at-arms
wa-s pitched Into the orchestra
pit. Amid the din the chairman put
ind de.-litred carried tne several reso
lutions mapped out In committee. Then
he declared the convention adjourned.
Immediately afterward. Harry Walker,
who Is looked upon as Mr. Bryan's local
representative, declared that he would
call another Democratic convention to
Fed delegates to Denver.
Scenes Tense and Dramatic.
Mr. McCarren was unseated tonight,
a fter a two-days bitter contest, before
the committee on credentials. lie was
alternately greeted with cheers and de
rive cries when he finally addressed
the convention, and once was insulted
by a man on the platform near him.
The Senator told this man he would talk
to him outside the hall. Amid scenes
tense and dramatic in the rxtrcm he
first appealed to the convention to refuse
to sanction the majority report. He
tnreatened the Tammany delegates with
the statement that If the plans to put
him outside the party lines were carried
out no one in the convention hall would
live long enough to see the election of
another Democratic Mayor of New York.
The Senator's speech was attended
by unusual and picturesque scenes.
From the time he entered the hall he
received the cheers of Ms loyal fol
lowers, but the majority were against
him. and the counter cheers were
greater. He made his fight calmly and
courageously.
McCarren Retires Beaten.
The proceedings were attended with
much dlsorsranlration and confusion. In
which the McCarren men and their op
ponents participated. The two days'
waiting- for the committee's report af
fected the delegates, and they showed
the strain during the long rollcall on
the adoption of the majority report.
The business for which the convention
was assembled, the selection of dele
Rates to the National convention, the
nomination of Presidential electors,
and the adoption of a platform was al
most forgotten In the excitement over
the McCarren contest.
When the vote was announced, Mr.
Carren and his followers rose and left
the hall, while their friends In the gal
leries rave them a parting cheer. An
other cheer greeted Bird S. Coler. of
Kings County, as he and his fellow
delegates entered to replace the Mc
Carren men. Mr. McCarren said that
he would carry his fight to the Denver
convention.
AfrVr the settlement of the McCar
r n and other contests, the convention
proceeded with Its task and named
delegates and adopted a platform. The
platform reads as follows:
Against Instructed IDelegates.
We believe that the Iemocra-r of the
Nat ton, by the strength of Its position on
quest Inns of great public Importance and
by the blunders and extravairanre of the
Republican party, Tias this year presented tn
it an unusual erport un ft y to return to the
government of the cnuntrv, and to that end
we believe that every sarriflee whi-h patriot
ism may suggest or publte. sentiment re
quire, should be made by all members of
he party in order again to pnt Democratic
principles into actual operation in the ad
m'niPtrstl"n of the fJovernment.
We be!iev that, as the country Is greater
than the party, so is the party greater than
any of Its members, and. therefore, personal
am bit inn and Ind f vini: preferment must
give way to the good of the many and tha
triumph of the cause.
We hold that Democrat ie traditions,
bound up as they are with much that Is
greatest in the istory. of -the country, re
quire that National conventions should b
gatherings of the best Intellect, the ripest
judgment and the most unselfish patriotism
of the party for the piirpose of studying the
needs and striving for the welfare of the
country t large.
And, therefore, we, representing the party
In the greatest state of th t'nien. a state
whose elciral vot Is essential to Demo
cratic Tictory, with no antmosfty or hos
tility for any candidate, and animated only
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Bfy, Chief Opponent of Bin;
Biary.
by devotion to the principles of the paMy,
call upon the Democracy of the country to
send to Denver in July next, unpledged,
unfettered and unlnstructd, their ablest,
strongest and most representative men, to
the end that out -nf the deliberation and
consultation of such men there may be
fien and there nominated a ticket which
will rally to its support, a vote of the ma
jority of the citizens of this country.
Alton R. Parkor, Charles P. Murphy,
Tw;s Nixon, of New York, and Charles
Frieh, of Brooklyn, were chosen dele-giites-at-Iarge.
Alternates were also
elected and tho selection of the various
districts ratified. A resolution that the
delegates to the National convention be
Instructed to follow the unit rule was
adopted.
AVfnds Vp With Fist Flplit.
After the platform had been adopted
and the delegates named, a scene of
wildest disorder followed when the names
of the new atate committee were. rend.
I'elegatea from several districts .protested
that the names read were not those se
lected. The chairman replied that the
question was whether the convention
through Its own committee should be em
powered to name the new state commit
tee. The aisles were crowded with dele
gates denouncing the -proposition. Order
could not be restored, the delegates re
fusing to be seated, and the police for
many mlnuten were rowerless to keep
them quiet. It was then past midnight
and the excitement was greater than dur
ing the McCarren incident. At the height
of the disturbance the sergeant-at-arma
was knocked from tho platform. The
committee's report was finally declared
carried. The convention adjourned at
12:3fl A. M.
LEADS AS Mm FORT
PnOTTiAXI EXPORTS IX MARCH
DOUBLE PUGET SOUND'S.
tliips One-Third of Nation's Ex
ports Total for Nine Months
3lore Than Doubled.
OREGONIA-V NEWS BUREAU. WASH
IN'tiTOX, D. . April 16. According to
statistics compiled by the Department
of Commerce ajid Labor more than one
third of the wheat exported from the
United States In MaTCh, 1908, -was shipped
from Portland.
In that month Portland exported 1.422.347
bushels, nearly three times what It ex
ported In March, 1907. and nearly double
the export of the entire Pugret Sounu dis
trict last month.
Government s'.atistlcs alo show that
Portland. In the nine months ending
March, exported ll.4O0.93l" bushels of
wheat, more than double lis export in t.ie
corresponding month a year ago. Not In
some time has any wheat exporting cuy
made sifch a creditable showing on tlite
Government record. Wheat export from
all Pnset Sound ports for the past nine
months amounted to is:t.f bushels.
FRENCH CAR TURNS TURTLE
Andres at Castle Rock on Way to
Seattle, After Hard Trip.
CASTAS ROCK, Wash.. April 13. Spe
cial.) The French car. In the New York-to-Paris
race, in charge of Maurice M.
Drieghe. accompanied by M. Leon Hoh
mann. arrived here at 6:40 this evening
on route to Seattle, after a very hard
trip from Vancouver. They foend the
roads in a very had condition between
Vancouver and Kalama and on coming
down the Kalama hill yesterday tho ma
chine got beyond control and turned bot
tom upward, though without doing any
thing but Fmall damage. After right
ing the machine they proceeded to Cnr
rolls. where necessary repairs wer
made. They will leave here for Seattle
In the morning, honing to catch an early
boat for Vladivostok.
ROBBER KILLED BY
OFFICER HENSON
Trio of Thugs Battle
With Police.
PATROLMAN IS HIT IN ARM
Unknown Robber Dead, Fritz
Rathke Injured.
SERIES OF BOLD HOLD-UPS
Eddie Ires, Tliird Highwayman, Is
Captured and Confesses Crimes
and Shooting Occur on tit
East Side of the Rirer.
After a series of robberies on both sides
of the river last night. In which three
men held up both pedestrtana and aaloona.
Patrolman Charles I Henson shot and
killed one of the robbers, as yet unidenti
fied, and was In turn wounded about 1
o'clock this morning by a fusilade of
nhots from the highwaymen. Another of
the robbers. FYitz Rathke. was wotinded
by Patrolman S. D. Veasoy and captured.
The third thug, Eddie Ives, was captured
later and made a full confession of the
crtnifJ.
The men were positively Identified by
O. W. Stephens, who but a short time
prior to the revolver duel with the po
lice was held up by these men on the
Fast Side of the Burnside bridge. Mr.
Stephens aided the police In the capture
of Rathke by running to the police sta
tion at tho height of his speed and
notifying them of the occurrence, tolling
the direction which the robbers had
taken.
ROB ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH
Thleres Steal Chalices and Ciborltim
From the Sacristy.
Robbery of the sacristy of St. Jofcph'a
Catholic Church at Fifteenth and Couch
streets, was reported to the police yes
terday. Thieves got Into the place o."
worship during the night, the doors of
the edifice having been left unlocked,
and made away with silver and bronzed
chalices, a ciborium and a metal box.
Leaving free access to the church
proved doubly unfortunate within a
period of a few hours, a drunken woman
having wondered into the place with five
bottles of whisky, early Tuesday afer
noon. She had to be removed by the
police. She is not believed to have had
and connection with the robbery, how
ever. A description of the stolen articles
was furnished the police. The thief must
have thought the secret relies were gold
and silver, which could be molten and
disposed of at a good figure.
MUST RETURN TO WORK
English Shipbuilders Send an lltl
niatiim to Strikers.
IjONDOX, April 15. The. shipbuilding
employers federation announced today
that unless the ship workmen on the
Northeast Coast who went on strike in
the middle of January, resume work by
April 25, all the shipbuilding yards in the
country will be closed. Such a lockout
would involve directly fully a quarter of
a million workmen.
The men on the Tyne ha.ve twice voted
against accepting the settlement arranged
by their leaders with the employers.
SANTA FE FILES AS AXSWEli
Denies That It Is in Combination of
Harriman Hoads.
SALT LAKE, April 15. Answer to the
charges made by the United States Gov
ernment in its suit to dissolve the Harri
IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF A HEATED PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
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man system of railroads as a combination
in restraint of trade was filed in the
United States Court yesterday by the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad,
one day before the expl ration of the tune
allowed it to answer. The answer to t.te
Santa. Fe is similar to those already filed
by the other defendants in the case and
makes a sweeping- Jenial of, the various
charges of conspiracy and Illegal combina
tion. It is asserted in the answer that the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Com
panies have nothing to do with the policy
of the Santa Fe and that the latter road
is a competitor of the Union and South
ern Pacific. Denial is mado that K. H.
Harriman ever obtained the use of tne
Santa F tracks in Southern California
in connection with the Salt Jake route,
the road -built by Senator William A.
(1ark and owned jointly by him and the
Harriman system.
Tho answer also declares that the Har
riman Interests in the Santa Fe were not
Colonel fame Hamilton I,ewfa,
" (entlemanly 99 Candidate for
(iorernor of Illinois.
of a controlling nature and were merely
an investment on the part of Mr. Har
riman. DRUG MAGNATE IS FINED
Must Pay $7 00 for Violating New
Federal Law.
WASHINGTON, April 15. As a result
of the first conviction under tho pure food
and drugs law, N. Harper, president of
the Washington Chamber of Commerce,
formerly president of the American Na
tional Bank, a drug manufacturer, and
one of the best known business men ot
this city, was today sentenced by Judge
Kimball in the police court to pay a loie
of 9500 on rnn count and $200 on another
count of the indictment recently returned
again pt him for manufacturing and selling
an alleged mislabeled pharmaceutical
compound. President Roosevelt had in
sisted that the prosecuting officer demand
a Jail sentence.
The compound which brought the Harp
er prosecution was caned a headache
remedy, alleged to contain antipyrlne,
acentanilid, cafTelne. alcohol and other
ingredients. Testimony was offered that
an overdose would have a fatal effect.
Following the sentence, a bill og excerp
tions was filed by Harper's attorneys, and
an appeal taken to the District Court of
Appeals.
The Court's sentence named five
months imprisonment in the District
Jail, as an alternative in default of pay
ment of the fine.
COMMISSION WILL CONTROL
House Committee to Report Philip
pine Shipping Bill.
WASHINGTON. April 15. The House
Insular Committee, after listening to a
statement by Secretary of War Taft.
votd to report favorably a bill which has
already passed the Senate, pmcing within
the control of the Pholippine Commission
all shipping regulations in trane be
tween ports of -j United States and
ports or places In the Philippine Archi
pelago, and between hllippine ports, and
postponing the application of United
States continental coastwise laws to the
Philippine territory.
Mr. Taft explained to the committee
that failure to enact such postponement
would mean the throwing away of more
than J5.000.0C-0 of export trade annuoiiy
which !s now created by such shipments
of American goods to the Islands.
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AGAINST BIG NAVY
Majority Opposes Four
Battleships.
GREAT OUTBURST OF ORATORY
Pacific Coast Members Vote
for More Ships.
COCKRAM SUPPORTS THEM
Leaders n Both Sides Talk of Pres.
tige and Patriotism as Adequate
Uefcnse Rooserelt Meets
Threat With Threat.
WASHINGTON. April IS. By a vote of
If to tho House of Representatives
trxlny decided against the President'
programme for four battleships and ad
hered to the recommendation of lta com
mittee on naval affairs for two vessels of
that type. This result was reached after
ft debate which lasted for four hours and
It was received with applause.
The entire session was devoted to con
sideration of the increase provision of
the naval appropriation bill. As this In
crease was provided In the last section of
the bill, the measure was practically con
cluded with the disposition of the pro
vision. The committee of 'the whole con
cluded its work and It will report to the
House- tomorroy for a final vote on Its
passage.
The provision for battleships was the
chief subject of interest, the committee's
recommendation for two ships of that
type prevailing by a decisive vote after
a hard-fought effort to Increase the num
ber to four. . The increase was oppsed
by Tawney, chairman of the committee
on appropriation; !Foss, chairman of the
committee on naval affairs; Willetts, a
minority leader, and others, and was ad
vocated by Hobson, of Alabama, who
declared that In relation to tho increase
of other nations four battleships would
only keep the American Navy abreat of
other irreat navies.
Longworth Recalls Pledges.
Longworth, . of Ohio, in a vigorous
speech, told the House that the Presi
dent was more interested In this increase
than In any other question before Con
gress, and as practically all had in the
last election declared that they supported
him. this was a good opportunity to
live up to that declaration.
An amendment by Tawney to reduce
the number of new battleships to one
was voted down by an even more de
cided majority than was Hobson's prop
osition for Increase to four.
A provision for two fleet colliers of
18 knots and 12,500 tons capacity costing
tl.SOO.OCO each was adopted. Amendments
were adopted that one of tho battleships
and one of the colliers shall be built
In a Navy-yard.
Burton, of Ohio, opposed the battle
Bhlp provision. He declared that the Mon
roe doctrine was not maintained by the
military armament.
Hobson interrupted to ask what. In
the absence of absolute power to arbi
trate, would protect the country.
Protected by Our Prestige.
"Our prestige and the strength of the
Nation will protect us," responded Mr.
Burton, amid a storm of applause. "Not
only the strength of the Navy and
Army, but our strength as a people
will protect us."
No nation, he said, wished to quarrel
with us. He cited the instance of friction
In maintaining the Monroe doctrine in
Venezuela against the pretensions of
DECLARES
Great Britain, when this country had but
three battleships and Great Britain .
with the sentiment of Rurope on the side
of Groat Britain. That, he declared, was"
an illustration of the influence of the Na
tion resulting from Its inherent strength.
'We cannot be compared with
China," he said, evidently referring to
the President's .message of yesterday,
amid renewed applause. "We are not
In the same class."
The claim for four battleships, he
pronounced to be wholly Illogical.
"At this time," he proceeded, "let us
continue our traditional policy, not of
non-resistanrrr but or confidence in
our strength as a Nation, our military
strength, our materia! strength but.
most of all. in the great moral and
political Ideas that have made our
country great, our ideas of Justice and
the equality of man. These great Ideas
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Bea Selling, Intended Victim of
Fecond Rxtortlon Plot.
are stronger than battleships. Along
this line lies our destiny and our glory."
Cock ran for Big Navy.
Cockran, of New York, then made a
striking speech in favor of the building
of four new ships. Beginning by de
claring that he agreed with the senti
ments expressed by BurtoV Cockran
added that, while the House was to
use its own judgment concerning its
actions, yet the President, being Commander-in-chief
of the military forces,
great deference was due to his recom
mendations. He regretted that "the
Nation has undertaken the construc
tion of a fighting force and abandoned
the policies through which we won a
consequence In this world without par
allel." -eniwq eqi pasoddo 'oiqo je 'ao-jjng jx
He referred to the racial questions
arising from tlU school troubles in
San Francisco and said that, when the
question of race superiority develops.
It bodes danger. He added: I
Thla country Is the Eldorado of the .Tap
anepe and the people of the Pat-lnc will not
allow them to lodne thre befr ther ai)rt
eoualtty. Thla is the situation that jutins
me In vieldlng my Jndment to that of the
President of tho United Ktates. , He could
conceive difficulties that would -produce a
clash between the Japanese and thla coun
try Quotes Cockran Again Himself.
Ralney of Illinois ' caused a great
deal of merriment by reading from a
speech delivered by Cockran May 16,
190. against military expansion, to
which the New Tork Representative
replied by inquiring whether the San
Francisco school troubles had arisen
then.
"We have had the race question ever
since the Chinamen first landed there
and taught the American how to play
poker," retorted Ralney.
Williams of Mississippi created out
bursts of applause by his opposition to
military expansion. He referred to
Hqbsor. as "a young enthusiast, an ex
pert on naval affairs, whose mind Is
entirely absorbed along these lines."
War Expenses of Nations.
Tawney pointed out the Immense In
creases in appropriations authorized
by tho several supplementary meas
ures. Tawney's remarks were made
particularly applicable to the demand
for four battleships Instead of two.
He compared the appropriations In
various countries in preparation for
war and on account of war and said
the startling fact was developed that
the United States was expending more
than any nation in the world.
"We are this year." he said, "ex
pending JS4.97.-i.23S more than Eng
land; $1SS.067.83S more than Germany,
and $152,569,936 more than France."
Tawney declared further that, on ac
count of the appropriation for war for
an army of 2,000 men and a navy of 42.
000 men, the Nation Is expending this year
(Continued on Page 4.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 53
degrees; minimum. 4.
TODAY'S Showers: south to west wind.
National.
House rejects motion to build four battle
ships. Pag 11.
Senate passes anti-betting bill. Page T.
Land grant resolutions to pass House with
out opposition. Page 4.
Government shows Portland's supremacy as
wheat port. Pace 1.
Politic.
New York Democratic convention turns
flown Bryan and McCarren after riotous
scenes and bolt is threatened. Page 1.
James Hamilton Lewis candidate for Oot
. ernment of Illinois. Page 4.
Domestic.
Immense damage done by flood in Mis
souri River In Montana, Page 3.
New Union Pacific tariff will open Port
land gateway. Page 5. '
Railroads propose tsorage In transit rate on
wool. Page 5.
Sport.
Coast Lcajrue games: San Fra nci?eo 4.
Oakland 3; Portland 4, Ixs Angeles 3.
Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Great naval parade by crews of fleet at
San Diego. Page 6.
Admiral Evans still gains strength.
Jealous husband cuffs wife and ties her
to bed.
Eupene's music festival over.
Moscow ministers threatened In annony
moui letter.
PLOT TO EXTORT
BY THREAT FAILS
SigSichel Intended Vic
tim of Foreigner.
DEMAND IS MADE FOR $400
Adolph Adler Says He Is Ni
hilist Agent.
LETTER ALSO FOR SELLING
Extortionist Who Threaten to Kill
Merchant and Fumlly, After Ar
rest nrolares He Was Unwill
ing Tool of TonKplratora.
Adolph AdW. a foreigner of education
and good appearance, bearing passport n
from the Austrian government, was ar
rested at 3:S0 o'clock yesterday afternoon
after presenting to Sfe; Sichel, a promi
nent buMnesff man. a letter demanding;
$400 for the benefit of Russian Jewa -who
have been exiled to Siberia. Death was
fixed as the alternative of prompt pay
ment. Adler had in his pocket a almilar
missive addressed to Ben Selling, but did
not get to deliver It.
Representing; that he was ttt unwilling
agent of a secret order of Nihilist, hav
ing; headquarters in New York City, .Ad
ler said he had been compelled to write
and deliver the letter. "When threatened
with arrst the fellow showed no concern,
saying; he would welcome being; taken
Into custody, as he was in mortal fear
of his employers. After the police had
surrounded Mr. Slchel's tobarco store at
92 Third street, where the letter was ten-,
dered. Mr. Slchel suggested to Adler that,
they (ro to the police station. Oddly
enough, the visitor consented to this at
once and went willingly to the office of
Chief of Police Gritzmacher. There he
asked to be placed under arrest. A
charge of attempting; to extort money
was lodged against him.
Adler Is Not Crazy.
Police detectives, immigration authoH-tiegr-gm-
secret service men were placed
on the caae Immediately after an exami
nation of Adler lu;d been made. The
first theory that Adler was crazy was
abandoned after Deputy IMstriet Attor
ney Hancy. f'hlrf Gritzmacher, Mr.
Sichel. Mr. felling and two Government
agents had talked with the man an hour.
In view of his unusual conduct there was
some Inclination to believe he might he
Idling the truth. Inasmuch as the writ
ten demand for money vowed vengeance
on Mr. SleheKs family should the mes
senger be betrayed to the police, an of
ficer was stationed at. the Sichel resi
dence last night, with Instructions to stay
through the night.
Agents of the Immigration Service,
used to dealing with Anarchists radical
Socialists and Nihilists, were almost In
clined to believe Adler might be telling
the truth as to his connection with some
secret and murderous organization. Fur
ther than to say that a powerful Nihilist
leader, was fn Portland, he would tell
nothing regarding his alleged accomplices.
Later he said this man was In Tacoma
for a few days. Continued examination
failed to Induce him to reveal the Iden
tity of a second party tn the plot.
Three Theories of Police.
Three theories were evolved by the po
lice. The first of these, that Adler was
mentally unsound, was shortly abandoned.
The second, that he had made an at
tempt to extort money and failing had
fallen back on the story of a Nihilist
plot In the hope of escaping with pun
ishment no more severe than deportation
from the country'- was the one offering a
larger element of probability, la the be
lief of the majority of those familiar
with the case. The third theory was
that Adler had been driven to do the
bidding of some secret order and was
seeking Imprisonment to escape the pos
sible displeasure of his desperate accom
plices. Officers were kept at work on
the case all night. Captain of Detectives
Baty taking personal charge of the po
lice end -of the investigation. tJp to a.
late hour no developments had occurred.
Adler was calm and self-possessed
when he walked Into Mr. Slchel's private
office about 3:30 o'clock. Mr. Sichel was
talking at the telephone. Milton Hyne
man, a Florida cigar dealer, was In the
office at the time. Noting a stranger at
the door of the office, Mr. Sichel stepped
up to him and asked what was wanted.
"Here is a letter for you." said Adler
quietly as he passed out an envelope ad
dressed to Mr. Sichel and bearing the
legend "Personal" in one corner. Mr.
Sichel read It with some difficulty, as the
wording was awkward, although the pen
manship was excellent. The letter was
as follows:
Text of the Letter.
Portland. Or.. April 15. Dear Pir: Many
hundreds Jews whinh fought fnr tne liberty
of the Rupsian .lews still suffer to death in
Siberia. This poor, to reecue and revenge
is our miavcn. You always pass yourself
off for a representative of the Jewlwh popu
lation of Portland and are a rih roan. You
have the duty to help the poor and unfortu
nate. If not we do must, murt takw- you
for a traitor. We ak you now to help us
and dellTer to bearer 400 in gold Imme
diately. In ease of refusal we are ready to
employ meana and ways to make you and
your family to euffer to dead. The sum of
$4' tO does not mean wnatever for you but
Is a great help to n. It depends on yoo to
protect you and your family from harm.
As you treat urn we ahall treat yon. If
you betrav us, call the police or have don
anything "to harm tr or the bearer you will
be sorry because we will execute you merci
less. The aim Justifies the means. J?xoiare
atlquis noatrfs ex oasibua ultor.
"Do you know what Is In this letter?
Mr. Sichel demanded with considerable
warmth when he had read it
"Yes, I know it," "aid Adler oollectedly.
"And you want $400?"
"Yes."
"What if you don't get it?"
"I will have to tell then.
"Tell who who sent you here witb)
thter'
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