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HmitW lll VOL. XLIX.- XO. 15,115. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1909. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. EARTH RANSACKED OnM Will I RUN CLUB GIRLS DEFY GIRL CAUSES DUEL; TWO MEN MAY DIE SIMON LEADS AT CAMPAIGN'S CLOSE HAS GOULD LOST INCH EMPLOYES VOTING ON STRIKE WESTERN UNION? UHD DADC CI HDA ULIIUIIIL HILL. IIUII RENT COLLECTOR i w 1 1 i i r 1 1 1 i i I I ft FOR MAYORALTY WALL STREET RUMOR SAYS FORTUNE' SPENT ON GROUNDS DELTA GAMMA SORORITY TAKES CONTROL GONE TO MACKAY. OF CALIFORNIA HOME. TROUBLES TO COURT. Indications Favor Him in Today's Contest. OTHERS ALSO CLAIM VICTORY Rushlight and McDonell Each Expects to Win. LIGHT VOTE IS PROBABLE 'Chairman Mauley Predicts 12,00 0 Republican Ballots Will Be Cast Out of 28,000 Registered. Polls to Open at Noon. FORECAST OF TODAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION. McDonell, Rushlight and Simon each declared ' last night that he would win the Republican nomination for Mayor. Chairman Manley. of the Republican city central committee, predicts that the total Republican vote -will not ex ceed 12,000 of a total registered party vote of about 28,000. Polls will be open for today's elec tion from , 12 o'clock noon until T P. M. The use of carriages and alt forms of electioneering are barred under the provisions of the corrupt practices act. Candidates are to be nominated by Republican and Democrats for the following offices: Mayor, Munclpal Judge. City Auditor. City Treasurer, City Attorney. two Councllrnen-at-large and one Councilman each from the Second, Third, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth wards. With Simon, Rushlight and McDonell each declaring that he was certain of receiving the Republican nomination for Mayor in today's contest, the pre-primary campaign for Portland municipal nomina tions was practically concluded last night, A. A. Bailey, State Senator, the fourth man in the field, it Is very generally predicted will ' finish the race In fourth place. The campaign has been marked by inaction on the part of most of the candidates, and a general apathy on the part of the electors. However, the vari ous candidates will not quit their quest for votes until the pools open at noon today. The eonfllctlng claims of strength ad vanced by three of the candidates for the mayoralty nomination, coupled with the practical Inability to get any definite Information on the situation, make it more than ordinarily difficult to forecast the probable result of today's election. McDonell Has Made Gains. Indications ure, however, that Simon will be nominated. While McDonell has developed surprising strength during the last week, the Impression that the fight lies between Simon and Rushlight is so general that a conservative prediction of the results scarcely Justifies giving Mc Donell better than third place. Friends of McDonell, nevertheless, are, far more optimistic, and confidently ex pect that their candidate will head the ticket. It Is admitted that the strength of McDonell depends entirely on the ex tent to which he has been able to dis organize Rushlight's following. The lat ter firmly persists that, while he has been made the target of attack from the three opposing candidates, his following has not been scattered. Friends of the assembly ticket feel con fident that every candidate recommended by the Baker Theater gathering of Re publicans will be nominated. This pre diction by them is based on the grounds that the nly objection that has been urged Rgainst these candidates is ?he fact that they were suggested by a meeting of representative members of the party. Assembly Entirely Regular. That the proceedings incident to that assembly were entirely regular and with in the provisions of tbe direct primary law itself, it is contended, has been es tablished to the satisfaction of the aver age Republican voter who Is concerned for the success of the party and the nomination and election of its candidates. It is pointed out by the assembly friends that at no time have the candidates of that gathering been assailed on the charge that they were not qualified and competent, and they are depending on that form of indorsement to guarantee the nomination of the complete ticket. While they will not admit it. the assem bly forces are known to be fearful for some of the candidates suggested for Ward Councllmen. The candidacy of these men does not enter materially into the general situation, from the fact that such nominations always resolve them selves into purely local issues and are governed largely by the manifold inter ests of the respective wards concerned. Aside from the ward contests, however, the assembly people predict the success of their entire ticket. Including Mayor, Municipal Judge and the two Councll-men-at-Iarge. Munly Is Probable Choice. The Democrats are not expected very actively to participate in today's elec tion. In the first place, they have not regularly nominated a candidate for any of the offices. As a result, the members of this party will nominate their ticket today by writing the names of candl- ( Concluded on Page 12.) May Be One of Conditions on Which Rockefeller Pulled Him Through Panic. NEW "YORK, May 7. (Special.) Has George Gould parted with the control of the Western Union, and has this control passed to the Mackay company, which dominates the rival company, the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, and is ' ths largest individual stockholder In the Am erican Telephone & Telegraph Company? This Is what Is puzzling Wall street today, and the action of Western Union of late and its sharp rise today tends to give - color- to- the story. It has been known that, when George Gould found himself bard pressed as the result of the panic, he was forced to make his peace with, the Rockefeller Interests and that be was given financial assistance on cer tain conditions and within certain lim itations. These limitations, as a rule, affected his railroad holdings and, while be is still the dominant factor in the Missouri Pa cific, the power behind the scenes is be lieved by Wall street to rest at 26 Broad way. MEN JUST TO "LEND TONE" Spokane Women Did Not Need Them at Suffrage Meeting. SPOKANE, Wash., May 7. (Special.) tA meeting managed entirely by worn en, with women speakers, a women's orchestra and women ushers, was held at the South Central High School to night, and Mrs. Edith Delong Jarmuth and Mrs. Cora Mellott, of Seattle, were the principal speakers. The meeting is held by the local branch of the Equal Suffragist Association, and the head of ficers occupied seats on the stage. , While men were welcome at the meeting, they played no part in the evening's programme, except to "lend tone" to the gathering. The two visit ors from Seattle have been prominent in this line of work on the Coast and were in the lobby at Olympla with Mrs. May Arkwright Hutton, of Spokane, at the time the Legislature was in session. SHRIEKING WOMEN FIGHT Bakers' Strike in New York Causes Rioting and Bloodshed. NEW YORK, May 7. Women figured conspicuously today in street rioting In cldent to the bakers' strike. Most of the trouble 'occurred on the upper East Side. A woman -customer leaving a bakery was attacked by women. A policeman who arrested one of her assailants was attacked by a shrieking mob of women and men, who threw bottles, bricks and clubs at him. The mob ran when . he drew his revolver. Another policeman had a similar ex perience with a crowd of women who had slightly injured the daughter of a bakery proprietor. The women followed him into a butcher's shop and attacked him viciously. They were driven out by other policemen. GOES DOWN WITH. 21 MEN Lake Steamer Shores Has Sunk Off Whlteflsh Point. DULUTH, Minn., May 7. Advices re celved here tonight say the steamer Shores, six days overdue at Duluth, went down off WhitefiBh Point, in Lake Su perior. with all on board. The crew and passengers numbered 21. MARINETTE, Wis., May 7. Nothing Is known of the loss of the steamer Shores at Munising. The steamer Get tysburg reports having run through drifting wreckage last night near Sable Point. This wreckage consisted of pilot-house, yawl boat, skylight and cabin. There is no question that some steamer has been lost between Munising and Whiteflsh Point. PREACHERS TO GET PASSES Judge McCredie Invites Portland Ministers to Ball Games. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 7. (Spe cial.) "For some time I have been think ing about it. anl I have at last decided I will give to each minister In Portland a season pass to the baseball games," said Judge W. W. McCredie this after noon at . the courthouse. "I believe they would enjoy going to the games, and are entitled to passes. If they care for them I am going to have them issued." Judge McCredie believes that Walter McCredie has a strong bunch of players this season and will win the pennant for Portland. PRESS BUTTON, FIRES GUN Electrical "Director" .Invented by English Rear-Admiral. LONDON, May 7. Rear-Admiral Sir Percy Scott has Invented and experi mented with an electrical "director," by which human gun-laying In barbettes may be abolished. With this invention the guns are elevated and fired in abso lute safety by the pressure of a button. Albany Oats Make Record. ALBANY, Or., May 7. (Special.) Oats advanced one cent a bushel in the Al bany market today and reached the record-breaking local price of 55 cents. Wheat Is yet quoted at a dollar a bushel. Sales are very light In both grains. Governmentto Dismiss All Who Quit Work. RAILROADS MAY BE TIED UP Blockade of All Commmunica- tion Threatened. LEADERS MAY BE ARRESTED Declaration That Union Is Illegal Means Fine and Prl9on Whole Movement Part of Plan to Seize Government. PARTS, ' May . 7. t-Warned in advance that to strike means dismissal from the service, the members of the Post, Tele graph & - Telephone Employes' Associa tlons in various cities have already voted in principle for a general strike, and the Congress of Railroad Men has.,ordered a referendum on the question of ordering a strike and has appointed a strike com' mittee. That a strike will result is a foregone conclusion. The titles where it has been decided upon include several of the largest industrial centers,' such as Lyons and Havre. The time to strike alone ap pears to be undecided, having been left by the local unions to the general strike committee of each organization. Will Dismiss All Strikers. The determination of the government to fight to a finish the question of the right of state employes to strike is shown by the declaration of M. Barthou the Minister of Public Works, that the government, in the event of an attempt being made to strike, will instantly dis miss from the service any postman who ceases work. This action will be taken under the Chamber of Deputies' vote of confidence in the government on March 19 last, during the strike of the state employes. The resolution of confidence was drawn up to meet Just such an eventuality. It said: "The Chamber of Deputies la resolved not to tolerate the strike of state em ployes. It is confident of the govern ment's ability to restore peace and order in the public service and approves of the declarations of the government." Which Will Act First. It remains to. be seen which party to -the controversy will make the first move. The Attorney-General is expected to de clare that the syndicate organized by the posts, telegraph and telephone em. ployes is illegal under the 1884 act, which limits labor unions to professions and trades engaged in competitive industry Such a declaration would make the or ganizers immediately subject to heavy fines and imprisonment. Such arrests may be awaited as tbe signal to strike, or the employes may decide to strike before the government acts and thus get in the first blow. . Public sympathy Is strongly with the (Concluded on Page Three.) , IS HE FOR RED LIGHT, HOLY LIGHT, OR RUSHLIGHT? H. E. Huntington, Trolley Magnate, Gathers Costly Plants From All Quarters of Globe. LOS ANGELES, May 7. (Special.) H. E. Huntington, who- is building the most palatial country mansion in the West on the old Shorb Rancho, 11 miles north east of this city, is ransacking the earth for rare trees and shrubs to grace his beautiful grounds of 468 acres. Already the landscape admirably hal- ances with hill and dale, plain, plateau and deep canyons on the edge of San Ga briel Valley, which contains the largest collection of old oaks in the South. To these the trolley magnate has added $23,000 worth of plants from many lands. while expending $100,000 on the grounds. upon which 40 gardeners have been at work . two years. And this is but the beginning. ' Every week shipments of trees ' and shrubs - from . Asia,. Africa and South America arrive. .Huntington has Just purchased .$6000. worth in China and Ja pan. Included are five palms, which cost $200 to $530 each. Ferns from Australia and New Zealand are also coming. HARLAN SENT TO PRISON Nephew of Supreme Judge and Two Others Guilty of Peonage. PENSACOLA, Pla., May 7. Manager W. S. Harlan, of the Jackson Lumber Company, of Lockhart, Ala.; Robert Gallagher, assistant superintendent, and three of the company's foremen, will have to serve terms In the Atlan ta Federal prison, to which they were sentenced in the United StateB Circuit Court here three years ago on the charge of conspiracy to commit peon age. The United States Supreme Court, according to telegrams received here today by locl court officials, has de nied a writ of certiorari in the case. Harlan is a nephew of Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court of - the United States. . He is one of the most promi nent lumbermen in the South. The mills at Lockhart, where it was alleged for eigners were held as peons, are the largest In this section. WESTON BEHIND SCHEDULE Stops 1 S Miles Short of Topeka, Where He Was Expected. TOPEKA, Kan.. May 7 Edward Pay- son - Weston, who Is ' walking from New Tork to the Pacific Coast, reached Law rence at 5:30 this afternoon, making only a brief stop and continuing his westward Journey to Perry, 16 miles east of here, where he prepared to pass the night. He will leave Perry tomorrow morning and expects to reach Warn ego tomorrow night. Weston expected to reach Topeka this evening, but could not, because of his late start from Kansas City, i MESSINA REFUGEE FOUND AH His Friends Killed, Lad Walks to Paris Seeking Work. PARIS, May 7. The police tonight found a ragged, starving Italian boy on a bench In the street. Through an in terpreter he said all his friends had per ished in the earthquake at Messina and that he had made his way afoot to Paris in the hope of earning his living. Get Tammany Support, Ryan Backing. SOME SCHEMES NEED PUSHING Traction Magnate. Thinks Jerome Is Useful. BUT POPULARITY IS GONE Hailed as Greatest Campaigner,. Je rome Has Not Made Good, for He Let Insurance and Trac tion Thugs Escape. BY LLOYD K. LONERQAN. NEW TORK, 'May 7. (Special.) The first of the Spring booms for Mayor has made its appearance, and District At torney William Travers Jerome is an open candidate for the Tammany nomi nation. . The statement is made by men who should be in a position to know that Je rome- has the backing of Thomas F. Ryan, who wants a "safe man" in the City Hall, because he hopes to put through another traction -merger to take the place - of the present bankrupt af fair. Strange to say, several Tammany men, hitherto regarded as astute, have ex pressed . approval of the Jerome boom and are convinced that he would add strength to the ticket. Included in this list are "Big Tim" Sullivan and Sheriff "Tom" Foley. Murphy, of course, gen erally does what Ryan wants, although of course he would not put Jerome up If he thought the man wojild be de feated. "Jerome is the most aggressive cam paigner in town," is the way one Tam many district leader puts it- "He has a strong personal following, and can sway It anyway he pleases. He showed his ability the other night at Cooper Union, when he won applause from a crowd that had greeted him with hisses when he first made his .appearance on the plat form. He turned a mob of enemies int; a crowd of friends, and that shows what kind of a campaigner he Is." '' Only Friends Are Millionaires. Other men who have studied conditions as carefully as this' district .leader be lieve that Jerome would be the worst de feated candidate since the days that Va Wyck, the Iceman Mayor, was beaten to a whisper when he ran for Justice of the Supreme -Court. There are two classes of citizens who unless all signs' fail, can be counted upon to oppose Jerome's aspirations. These are the men who have insurance policies and those who have been injured by the aboli tion of transfers on the traction lines. And, it might be added, this includes nearly everybody outside of the million aire class. When the committee of which Hughes was counsel made its - insurance dis closures, Jerome took the center of the stage, and while the calcium played with (Concluded on Page 5.) Girls Say Owner of Honse Has No Right to Demand $75 When They Are Willing to Pay $60. SEATTLE, 'Wash.. May 7. (Special.) Confronted by six pairs of snapping. Indignant feminine eyes, shaded with veritable creations in the way of hats. E- W. Bolzow, a lonely bachelor, had the temerity to go on the witness-stand in Judge Wilson R. Gay's court this morning and tell of his efforts to make the Delta Gamma Sorority at the unl versity pay $75 a month for its sorority house at 4519 Fourteenth avenue North east, when the Delta. Gamma Sorority has not the slightest Intention of pay ing one cent more than $60 a month for any old sorority house. Mr. Bolzow raised the rent Just the same. "We won't pay it, .girls," declared the braver ones. "Why should we pay it when we don't want to? How perfectly absurd to think that we will." Then Mr. Bolzow raised once more. The girls told their story to the Jury this afternoon, and the Jury is still de bating. FATHER KIDNAPS HIS CHILD Steals Little Girl From Bed at Night Despite Mother's Pleas. LEWISTON, Idaho, May 7. (Special.) Officers have been scouring the Lewis ton country today in an effort to arrest Fred Follmer, who Is charged with kid naping his 2-year-old daughter from her mother's home in Kami ah last night, and the whole prairie country is aroused over the matter. Follmer has not been living with his wife since last January, but has permitted her to support herself and child, according to the story told by the distracted mother last night. Follmer and father left here yesterday afternoon and went to Vollmer, where they secured a rig, driving 24 miles to Kamlah. The child had been sent to bed and was soundly sleeping in ber night gown at 10 o'clock when Follmer entered the house and carried her out while the mother - frantically followed, imploring htm to leave the child. Mrs. Follmer de clares that she followed the buggy half way up Five-Mile Hill, when she returned to Kamlah and swore to a warrant charg ing her husband with kidnaping. Today the senior Follmer was arrested at Voll mer, but he gave no information of the whereabouts of his son and young grand daughter. POET'S STATUE UNVEILED Granddaughter . of Longfellow Pulls Silken Cord at Capital. WASHINGTON, May 7. The nations of the world, through their diplomatic rep- resentatives, today joined with America in paying tribute to the memory of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, when a statue of "America's most popular poet" was unveiled with Imposing ceremonies in the fashionable center of the National capital. The granddaughter of the poet. Miss Enica Thorpe, of Cambridge. Mass., pulled the silken cord which unveiled the statue, a splendid bronze affair.. VAST FORTUNE ALL' GONE Morse Says All His $30,000,000 Lost in Panic. NEW YORK, May 7. C. W Morse the ex-banker, who is now in the Tombs prison under sentence for violation of the National banking laws, has not a share of stock, a bond or a piece of real estate left of his fortune of an estimated value of $30,000,000, according to evidence which he gave in supplementary proceed. ings made public today. RIVERS FOUND NAVIGABLE Government Explores Grand and Green Above Junction. LOS ANGELES, May 7. Lieutenant" L. C. Easton, assistant to Captain Fries, Government engineer here, returned to day from an exploration of the Grand and Green Rivers in Utah and Arizona, and stated that as a result of the trip a report will be sent to Washington declaring those two rivers - navigable for many miles above their junction where they meet and form the Colorado. EVELYN ESCAPES JAIL Attorneys Pay Fine Imposed for Con tempt of Court. NEW YORK. May 7. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw did not go to jail today. Instead representatives of her counsel paid the receiver appointed to take charge of Mrs, Thaw's affairs the amount of $250. the fine Imposed for contempt In failure to appear in supplementary proceedings. There still remains to be paid nearly $100 in costs. TAFT HAS INFLAMED EYE Absent From Statne Unveiling, but Attends Cabinet Meeting. WASHINGTON, May 7. President Taft was compelled to abandon the Idea of attending the unveiling of the Longfel low statue In this city today, owing to a badly Inflamed eye. The President at tended to business as usual today, sitting with hie Cabinet. Gates, on Santiam, Is Scene of Shooting. MEN OPEN FIRE ON SIGHT William Herve and Henry Sulli van Shoot Each Other. VICTIMS ARE IN HOSPITAL Woman In Case Was Friend ol Herve, but Is Met at Train by Sullivan, Who Escorts Her to His Home Trouble Follows. ALBANY. Or., May 7. (Special.) Will- lam Herve and Henry Sullivan shot each other in a pistol duel at Gates, on the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad, 39 miles east of Albany, today, and both. will prob ably die. Trouble over a girl arose be tween the two men a week ago, and both began shooting when they first met at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Knowing that Sullivan would arrive in Gates this morning on the stage from the Gold Creek mining district, Herve an nounced that he would shoot him on sight. A friend of Sullivan's met the stage before it reached town and warned him that Herve was waiting for him. Men Fire at Close Range. i When the stage drove into town, Herve was standing on the porch of the Gates Hotel. As Sullivan stepped from the stage both men saw each other at the same time and began firing at a dis tance of about 26 feet. Each man fired three shots before he fell. Herve was shot through the stomach, the bullet going clear through his body. Sullivan was struck in the right side of the neck, . the bullet ranging downward and lodging in his body. . It is said that HerVe cannot possibly live, and that there are small chances for Sullivan' recovery. According to the story told by people of Gates to T. M. Humphrey, mail clerk on tbe Corvallis & Eastern Railroad, who reached Albany tonight, Herve sent for girl from Aumsvlile, Marion County, to come to Gates and meet him. Sullivan Carries Girl to Camp. The girl came, but through some mis understanding Herve failed to meet the train. Sullivan met the girl in Gates, according to the story received here. formed an acquaintance with her and took her with him Into the Gold Creek . mining district. This occurred about a week ago, and Herve, learning of the girl's whereabouts, swore vengeance on Sullivan. He heard that Sullivan would (Concluded on Pace 7.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wralhrj. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62 ucsiccb, 111 in nil uni , a j degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. foreign. Hot election in Newfoundland today; may break Ions deadlock. Page 2. National. Senate votes to retain Dingiey train! on lead in ore. Page . 6. Politics. Jerome may be Tammany candidate for Mayor aX New York but defeat ia pre dicted. Page 1. Domestic Crop report causes bull riot at Chlcag-o; July touches $1.17. Pass 2. H. E. Hunting-ton ransacks giobo for rare plants for California home. Page 1. Captain Hains if acquitted may go way of Thaw before lunacy commission. Page 1. Testimony,, in Older kidnaping case shows Brown Instructed serving warrants. Page i. -Rumor that Gould has lost control of Western Union to Mackay. Page 1. Mrs. Boyle refuses to defend herself on kid naping charge; both she and Boyle want to Implicate third party. Page a. Mutual friend testifies Osborn did not tell about Christmas kiss given Mrs. Evans. Page 3. Admiral Evans emphatic against disarma ment. Page 4. Vlrgllia Bogue, formerly of Portland, chosen Queen of the Portola Festival. Pag . Sports, Coast League scores: San Francisco , Port land 2; Vernon 5. Oakland 2; Sacramento 2, Los Angeles 1. Page 8. Mike Donlln olTers to return to New York Qlanu. Page . Casey's Northwestern League team will open in Portland Tuesday. Page 8. Northwestern League scores: Portland 3. Vancouver 2; Spokane 7. Tacoma 1; Aber deen 2. Seattle t. Page 8. pacific Northwest. Two men expected to,, die as result of duel over woman at Gates, on Santiam. Page 1. Ortls Hamilton put in Jail. Page . O A. C. cadets reviewed by Army officers. Page" 8. Four victims of Seattle Armory accident may die of injuries. Page B. Seattle friend of Schlvely says that official will resign. Page 7. Other state officers at Olympla. to feel probe. Page 7. Henry E. Reed threatens $70,000 damage suit against A-Y-P officials. Page 7. Marshfield has $0OO fire; two people In jured. Page 3. Portland and Vicinity. ' Indications favor Simon for nomination In today's primaries. Page 1. Hopkin Jenkins elected principal new Jef ferson High School. Page 12. Water Board adopts method of repairing broken pipe. Page 11. Engineer stops his train Just In time to pre vent dastardly murder. Pase 14. Mysterious shooting affray at Swift Packing Plant. Page 12. Portland business men's excursion arouses great interest. Page 18. Seattle firm refuses to funslsh vitrified brick for pavement work. Pfage 18. Local Polities. Candidate Rushlight's record with 'regard to liquor interests. Page ETl 1 04.0 i