Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 28, 1909, Page 14, Image 14

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INDIAN FIGHT IN
PORTLAND FEARED
U. S. Guards to Watch Redmen
Witnesses in Barkley
Murder Trial.
M'COURT WILL PREPARE
Brother of Accused Slayer Is Said to
Head Faction AVhlch Mar Canw
Clash "Tall Jim" Gives
the Alarm.
Fearing a clash between two factions
of Klamath Indians, numbering about
1 men. and equally divided, who are here
as witnesses In the William Barkley
murder trial. TTnited Ptates Attorney Mc
Court today will designate a representa
tive of the court to attend the Govern
ment's witnesses, that all unnecessary fric
tion may be averted. All of the witness
In the Barkley raw-hav. arrived, but the
trial will not bexin before next week. In
the meantime an effort will he made to
keep separated the two rival factions,
among which there has developed a bitter
feeling resulting from Barklev's arrest
and impending trial.
The Government officials received their
first intimation of possible trouble among
the Indian witnesses Wednesday, when
one of the witnesses for the prosecution
disappeared mysteriously, and could not
be located until yesterday. Iate Wednes.
day night. "Tall Jim." said to be the
richest Indian on the Klamath Reserva
tion, whose English name is John Lynch,
appeared at police headquarters In quest
of his son. Howard I.ynrh. a young edu
cated -Indian, whom the father feared had
fallen Into the hands of the other faction
and had possibly met with foul play.
"Tall Jim" is one of the Government's
witnesses as Is also his son. The missing
man showed up yesterday, having spent
a considerable part of the night sightseeing-.
Tom Barkley. brother of the accused
murderer. Is making a determined fight
to prevent his brother's conviction. It I
the activity of this Indian among the
witnesses summoned by the Government,
together with reliable rumors of a prob
able clash between the two factions before
the trial that has suggested to the DWi
trtct Attorney the precaution he will take
today to prevent any trouble.
Barkley. the man under arrest. Is to be
tried for the murder of Sid Jambs, a
white man. on the Klamath Reservation.
The two men had been friends for vears.
but frequently had quarrels when drink
ing. At one time. Barkley caused the
arrest of Jacobs on some trivial charge,
afterwards failing to prosecute the case.
Following this Incident the men renewed
their friendly relations.
In the trial, the Government expects to
prove that when the crime was com
mitted. Barkley lured his victim to a lone
ly place on the reservation, where he
shot him with a rifle. After the murder
had been committed, the prosecution ex
pects to show by testimony that Barkley
compelled "Old Man Little John." his
tincle. to accompany him to the scene of
the crime and assist In covering the dead
body to the depth of a tfvr Inches, with
earth. Barkley then went to California
and remained for several months. On his
return, suspicion In the meantime having
connected Barkley with the murder, he
was arrested and held to the Federal
Court.
Barkley will be defended bv Judge
Henry E. McGinn and it Is understood he
will plead self-defense. It la understood
that the murdered man. who was a horse
trader, was also a "bootlegger." and sup
plied many of the Indians on the Kla
math Reservation with liquor. It prob
ably will be contended by the defense that
while drunk and quarreling over a trans
action concerning Jacob's illicit traffic In
Intoxicants. Barkley killed the man la
self-defense.
THREE WIVES FILE SUITS
Brine Complaints Against Hus
bands for Various Causes.
Knocked unconscious nine years ago
with a blow from a teapot. Urn. SIdonle
Deconinck has decided to get a divorce
from Felix Deconinck. whom she mar
ried at Carrolton. Minn.. April 1,
She says that the happiness of wedded
life lasted only two months, her husband
slapping her In the face in June. ISCSt,
.while they were living at Cloquet. Minn!
The next February she says, her husband
cruelly drove her and her two children,
by a former husband, out barefoot Into
the bitter cold and criep snow of a Min
nesota Winter.
Mrs. Deconinck did not regard It as an
April-fool Joke when, on April 1. 1D01. her
husband refused her 10 rents with which
to buy bread, chasing her into the pantry
and heating her when she dared suggest
It. until her oldest son rescued her. The
Deconlncks came to Portland In Ma v. UsJ7
moving near Oregon City soon afterward.'
Last January they returned to Portland.
Mrs. Deconinck filed her suit In the Cir
cuit Court yesterday.
Emma Lousignout brought a divorce suit
agaliwt Frances LouelgnOut yesterday,
charging him with having deserted her in
She married him at Vancouver
"Wash.. July 2S. 1SS7.
Lillle M. McLane wants a divorce from
K. a McLane. whom she married at Van.
couver. Wash., January 12. );. She saye
he deserted her last October.
TAFT KNOWS A JAWSMITH
Sidelights on Porto Rico's Foremost
Anti-American Agitator.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. May ;To the
Edttor. It would appear from the Wash
ington dispatches published in The Ore
gonian recently that the Administration Is
beginning to put the correct valuation
upon Muuos Rivera and his work In Porto
Rico. In a former communication I said
that Munos Rivera and Balbas. editor of
the Spanish organ, a Heraldo Espanol.
were the principal disturbers of the peace
!n the Island, the foremost antl-American
agitators. 1 was somewhat surprjsed to
find that Rivera was having himself In
terviewed In the East and was loud In his
declarations of love for the American
flag, and not lukewarm in hla affection
toward Americans. He is represented as
saying: "We love the American flag and
we hope it will forever wave over the
Island. Independence is not thought of."
That Munos Rivera has persistently ad
vocated independence I know from his
speeches and his editorial In Ms organ.
I-a. Democracla. He has continually de
manded the absolute Independence of the
Island, declaring that the Porto Ricans
would never submit to anything else.
That has been the slogan of his party
from the first.
The Porto Rico Review reproduces a
portion of an editorial from hla pen oa
uiy js. it is as roiiowa:
"If. by the fortunes of war. the starred
flag should ever wave ovr the va:ieys
of Porto Rico, under this flag, under that
foreign ensign, we shall worship and ven
erate the glorious nag of Spain, wrapped
In which we swear to die rather than
dishonor It rather than change It for the
American rag of the hogs of the I'nlted
States and W It be known by the whole
world: and damned be the whole world
if they consent that we should be p
arated from the good and loving mother
to he. delivered unto the ambitious step
mother who will come here to exterminate
those that remain and who have not the
courage to die as I will die. wrapped In
the folds of the Spanish flag."
Mr. Rivera has never charged In the
least In hla Intense love for the American
flag. For a time he resided In New Tork.
where h published a paper for distri
bution In the Island, and In a hl.-h be
rnsde the mot bitter and virulent attacks
on Governor Hunt's administration and on
everything American. After Ins return to
the Island and the organization of his
Party, the Unionist, that now holds every
seat In the House of Delegate, he be
came dictator of the Island In so far as
the House could shape the policy. The
Exocutlve c-oun-il has been the point of
aftaok. and "Independence" the watch
word. In jl Independence." an organ of
the l.'nlonlst party, published in Ms ramies
by Mr. Medina, a member of the House
of Delegates, there appeared In Its Issue
of May rr. 1o5. the following:
"It Is high time that we should stanl
up for .our outraged dignity. The tear
or Impotence befits only anerilc women.
Gather up In a supreme effort all tlie
blood that circulates In your veins, and
burl It In a spittle of contempt upon the
face of the tyrants that humiliate us:
Tt the soil of this helpless Poland oulver
under the tread of a thousand victorious
heroes carrying ruin and desolation for
ward ! Iare on every spot of ground a
corpse and a hearth In mourning, and hv
the flaring light of the burning torch
which devours t ae woods and the flcldrl
you will see the northern hogs flee be
fore you and hide the filthy coarseness of
their lives In some nbscrare nook where
the caresses of the sun never penetrate."
And these are the men who have come
to Washington to ask for larger political
powers! Nothing more disastrous could
happen than to make the upper house
elei-tlve. thus giving Rivera and h!s class
absolute control of the government.
It is fortunate that President Taft un
derstood the situation and could . grapple
with the problem tinderstand'ngly. Ijls
recommendation to Congress that the Kor
aker act be so amended as to make It im
possible, for the llous of Delegates to
hold up the government Is a wise one.
The Island Is prospering in spite of these
agitators, and It wants only quiet and
confidence to bring contentment to all the
people, always excepting the professional
agitators.
It Is not f.ilr to Judge of the Porto Ri
cans as a whole by these unfortunate ex
amples. Remove these and we will have
left the elements for a splendid state In
the near future. The new generation will
be the finished product of our American
school system. The dominant class at
this time Is one of old Spain's mlsfifs.
ROBERT M'LEAN.
G. E. CHIEFS TO MEET
Bid CONVENTION OF NORTH
WEST DELEGATES TODAY,
Founder of Society Will Address
t'nlon at First Congregational
Church Saturday Morning.
Delegates from Christian Endeavor
Unions In the Northwest district will
meet for a short business meeting; at
the First Congregational Church at
I:S0 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. A. J.
Kolsom will deliver an address, after
which the district work will be dis
cussed, and delegates will register and
be assigned to places for entertain
ment. The regular meeting of the Portland
Local Union of Christian Kndravor.
postponed from last Tuesday evening,
will also be held this evenlnn at 8
o'clock at tl.e First Congregational
iiuimi. vj. c vri l nmrr, presiaent or
the Portland Local Union, will preside.
AID OF 0. S. ASKED
Petition Requests Government
to Improve Cowlitz River.
KELSO COMMITTEE PLEADS
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Dr. Kraarli K. t lark, Kaaaser mt
The C'brUtlaa Kadeaver .ooeiety.
and the ad. Ires of the evening will be
given by the I lev. Henry Marcotte on
"Three Ideals of Life." The banner
will be awarded to the society having
the largest peicentage of Its member
ship present.
Saturday morning, at the same place,
Ttev. A. A. Winter will conduct a quiet
hour service at o'clock. After this
service a short time will be given to
the completion of the district work, to
the discussion of some items of state
work and the International convention
to be held at st. Paul In July.
At 10::i o'clock Saturday morning
Dr. Francis K. Clark, founder of the
Christian Cndcavor. will give an ad
dress cf especial Interest to officers
of state, district and individual socle
ties, but helpful and Interesting to all
Christian young; people.
At II o'clock Dr. Clark and all the
pastors of churches having- Christian
Kndeavor Societies wil be entertained
at luncheon, and an hour will be passed
In talking over In an Informal way
matters of especial Importance to
pastors.
Saturday afternoon, after a praise
service beginning at I o'clock. Rev. E.
M. Patterson win speak on the Chris
tian Kndeavor Society as an auxiliary
to the church. Following this Dr. Clark
will give an address to young people.
In the evening a reception will be
tendered to Dr. Clark In the parlors of
the First Congregational Church, when
all will have the opportunity to greet
Dr. Clark personally. .
Articles of laeerperatlea.
ATI.AS MIXED MORTAR COMPAVT or
PfRTHXD. OR. Ineocporstors. w. c. f?sy
PrH Lelnensrsber and R. C. Xelenai cacitelT
BRODIE-Bt'RKB cc.KPAN'T Incorcnra.
tors. FX E. Hr-J;e. FVward Hurts an y. J
lonergen; capital. AXk j
Delegation Confers With Portland
Chamber of Commerce Ioral
Trade Interests Sign Appeal.
Depth of 8 Feet Sought.
Residents of Cnwlltg Valley are very
much In earnest In an endeavor to have
the river Improved by the Government.
A committee from the Kelso Commercial
club came to Portland yesterdnj- and
held a conference with the-trustees of
the Chamber of Commerc-t and were
given the issurance of cordial support
by the clamber In the Improvement
project.
The Kelso committee was composed
of John U Harris, president of the
Kelso Commercial Club: J. g. Robb.
merchant: Charles A. peters, of the
Peters Machine Works; P. Hrusli.
attorney and secretary of a land com
pany; Senator F. I. Stewart, cishler
and principal owner of the Kelso Htate
Bank, representing Cowllts County In
the Washington S-turr.
After the . onfer-r-e with the Cham
ber of Commerce trustees, the delega.
tlon from Kelso visited banks and lead
ing wholesale firms of this rltv, pre.
sentlng. by wsy of Introducing the
subjeet. a communication addressed to
Portland trade interests and signed by
all the hankers and most of the mer
chanta and manufacturers of the Wash
ington community represented. The
letter reads as follows:
We. the undersigned mercHama and manu
facturers of Ke.so and lelnllv. who 1., our
trading In Portland Heatre your endorse
ment of an effort ..n nur part lo K-t the
I'M 41 Slate. Bnlnr ai ferllaxd I -
reeotnmen1 to th War lepartmenl the
adoption f a, hat Im termed Trojert I. a Men
contemplates the Improvement and deepen
lpf of the channel ,.f ine rnsliti Itlver In
Vahlr.i.-n to a depih ..f .!nt I i Tins
'""-'''c' carries an estimated appropriation
of "M 1.
Many Sign Petition.
The delegation secured the signa
tures f every f1rro and corporation
cnlled upon, among those who rrmm
mended the matter favorably to Major
Mclndoe being: Allen A- lwls. North
Pactru- Lumber Comp;inv. Axe Lumber
Company. W. M. ltdd. tVadhams r Co.
FIMsohner. Mayer A- Co.. First National
Hank. Oregon A Washington Hewer
Pipe Company. Mtbernla Savings Mink,
l-ang 1c Co.. Canadian Honk of Com
merce. Crane ,.. Lumbermen Na
tional Rank. Fleckensteln. Maer Co..
leorge Iwrence Co.. Simons Manu
facturing Co. Allls. Chalmers Co.. Mer
chants National Kank. Rank of Cali
fornia. United Slates National Rank.
,v- W Cotton. N'etistadter Rros . M.
Seller tr Co.. Marry L Corbelt. Iloney
msn Hardware Co.. V. B. Olafke Co.,
Willamette Iron Steel Works. Ore
gon Drydock Co.. Portland Lumber Co,
llosford Transportation Co.. Tblnklett
Packing Co.. West Coast Investment
Co.. Kastern A Western Lumber Co..
Oregon Round Lumber Co.. The Ore.
gnnlan. W. ;. Mcpherson Co.. Mitch-ell-Lewls-Staver
Co.. Studebaker Hros.
Co.. John Ierre Plow Co.. Parlin-Oren-dorff
Co, W. P. Fuller Co.. J. K. mil
Co.. endorsement by chamber of Com
merce. The reasons for the present activity
regarding the proposed Improvement
Is given In a communication to the
Kelso Journal signed by J. U Harris.
In which he sets forth that the project
recommended by Major Mclndoe pro
vides only four feet of water In tha
Cowlitz below Kelso, whereas the de
mands of the valley require at least
eight feel of water and a channel at
least 100 feet wide. Mr. Harris says:
Conslderirr the needa of the Industries
en Ibe to.tx and Hie absolute necessity
far the life of the lumbering Industries of
mesr.s of river transport a: ion f.jr llinHer
t'arsea and schooners to reach the Columbia
Jtl-r. me must bitt the uertt of eater a
shoan tinder estimates and I'roject No. 1
The absence of this deep rhannsl In reach
Columbia River Is greatly retarding the
a row l h of the a hols Cowllts Valler and at
the p-esent time our mills hava orders for
millions cf feet of lumltcr wMrh a era
under tha necessity of running down to the
Columbia ftlver In crib rafta and by other
expensive methods ami this lumber should
all be loaded on barges and schooners at
our mill dorks, oliirh could be dona If
I'rolect No I should be 'opted
Frojeet No. 1 pruvMes f.,r an eight-foot
chai n-l loo feet lde from the mouta of the
Ceenta to Kelso, at an estimated coat of
"'- : a four-foot channel, .j feet srlqe.
from Ke',o to O:raourr. at an estimated
cost of Sv0. and a channel ao Inche deen
thence to aat e Hock, at an estimated roei
of SJtstO. the total eost of the projert Inc-Sjf.l-tnc
allowance for engineering and con I In -grnclea
telng $4dl0o.
Statistics Submitted.
From official sources the following
Statistics lusve been prepared wil.-h
which were shown the Portland signers
or me petition to the trovernment Kn
glneer: Yearly timber products, pass
ing down the Cowllts. originating at or
"ear Kelso. L.S00.0i0 feet; cedar lum
ber. 7.00.000 feet; shingles. 1 4 2.000.000 ;
fir and cedar piling and poles. ; 700.000
linear feet; railroad ties, 3.40S.on feet;
originating north of Kelso, lumber. 80.
400.000 reel: shingles. lC4.000.noo. Farm
products. Including livestock. 1S.730
tons. Miscellaneous Incoming freight.
Tioo tons- 11 Is also pointed out that
water rates are from IS to 40 per cent
lower than water-and-rall rates.
The delegation expressed Itself as
well pleased with the reception re
ceived from Portland business men and
Institutions and believe that with the
backing of these Interests the project
favored would be given serious consid
eration by the resident engineer.
Senator Stewart said he was of the
opinion that Jetty work at the mouth
of the Cowllts would be preferable to
dredging, though both would Insure
more rapid results.
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