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VOL,. L.. XO. 15,404. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. "HEN1D" NEW WORD SET OFF SCHMITZ PAYS.'JP DUES AS MUSICIAN TITLE IS EVELYN THAW WILL STUDY SCULPTURE ROOSEVELT MELTS JACK LONDON USES ASSASSIN SLAYS ussHe HUSBAND SCORNED BLAST, SAYS WIFE Lents Dynamiter Sus pect Is Arrested. BY YOUNG HEIRESS ALL FACTION LINES EX-MAYOR THOUGHT TO FLAX RETURN TO VIOLIN. DONE WITH HARRY, FOR ALL TIME," WIFE DECLARES. COINAGE FIZZLES PliESS CLUB; AUTHOR ELUCIDATES. it JOHN N. SMOKE IS ACCUSED Couple Separated, Revenge Is Motive Ascribed. TWO WOMEN GRAZE DEATH Evidence Gleaned by Sheriff Stevens Leads to Seizure of S. P. Truck man, Lrrlng Two Blocks From House Blown Up. Accused of dynamiting' the- home of Elsworth Piper In Lenta, with Intent to vin his wife, Mrs. Marguerite Smoke, and Mr. Piper's mother, who were sleep ing Just above the place where the charge waa set off shortly before 1 o'clock Sun day morning, John H. Smoke, who lives In a shack two blocks from the wrecked dwelling, wan placed In the County Jail last night. Smoke protests his inno cense, although a chain of circumstantial evidence developed yesterday seems to incriminate him. Sheriff Stevens, Deputy Sheriff Leon ard and Deputy Sheriff Rayburn, of Lents, who commenced an Investigation of the ease Sunday morning as soon as they were notified, found every material circumstance thus far developed to In dicate Smoke's guilt. Wife Alleges Threats. . . Smoke and his wife separated last Oc tober. They have five children and he has repeatedly tjegged her to return to him. This she refused to do. although in constant fear of her life, she said, as he had frequently threatened to kill her If she did not come back. This, linked with other circumstances, form the basis of Sheriff Stevens' suspicions. To friends and acqimlntanoes, say the officers. Smoke has admitted a passion ate love for his wife, which, he said, was Intensified by her coldness toward him. Both Women Escaped. The fact that neither Mrs. Smoke nor Mrs. A. L. Piper, who is 65 years old. was seriously Injured by the explosion, seems miraculous. The floor is made of thin, single-layer boards. The women were sleeping In a small apartment In the northwest corner of the house, a small, cheaply-built affair, the outside boards being reinforced by roofing pa per. The dynamite charge was set un der the side of the house, immediately . under their heads. When It exploded, the floor was smashed through, the bed was thrown Into the air and the two women were thrown to the floor. The Iron bedstead was twisted about in a r.hapeless mass. The outer wall of the house was damaged only slightly. .The house Immediately filled with smoke and the women, stunned by the force of the explosion, upon reviving, thought the house was afire and called for help. Elsworth Piper, 23 years old and single, was sleeping In an adjoin ing room. He was awakened by the report of the explosion and the dis tinct Jar felt all over the house. He ran out Into the room, found It full of moke and gave the alarm. Husband Blamed First. Then neighbors, hearing the cries, reached the house and the' cause of the disturbance was discovered. Mrs. Smoke immediately expressed the opin ion that her husband was responsible for the act and so Informed Sheriff Stevens on his arrival. The floor for several feet in each di rection was a mass of splinters. The outer wall was only damaged slightly, though had It not been for the heighth of the bed from the floor, the springs, and the. fact that a heavy mattress and " a full feather bed were on it, both probably would have been killed in stantly. The full charge of dynamite did not strike the floor. The house is set about 18 inches off the ground, and the force of the explosion following the direc tion of least resistance, went outward. Had the house set closer to the ground, making it possible to tamp around the charge, the entire dwelling would undoubtedly have been demolished and Ms occupants either killed or maimed. Family Here Three Years. Smoke is 43 years old and is em ployed as a truckman in the Southern Pacific freight sheds. With his wife he moved here three years ago from Winnipeg, Canada. He first worked as a truckman here fdr the Northern Pac4ftc Company, but was discharged less than a month ago for drinking. Mrs. Smoke is a careworn little woman. 55 years old. They were mar ried 11 years ago, when she was IS. They now have Ave children, the youngest being three years old. Mrs. Smokes is employed in a box factory at Front and Stark streets and lives in Kern Park with Mrs. Mary J. Hill, an elderly woman, who, learning her itory, took her in. Brutal treatment, constant drunken ness and the theft of money, food and clothing are given by Mrs. Smoke as her reasons for deserting her husband. She says her husband beat her fre quently after coming home drunk and (Continued on Pace 2-) Suspension for Non-Payment Has Prevented Expulsion Heretofore on Charges of Graft. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. April 10. (Special.) Ex-Mayor Schmitz, who is out on bail pending an appeal on conviction for graft extortion, has been restored to membership in the Musicians' Union, having paid a considerable arrearage of dues. With five other members suspended for delinquency in dues, the ex-chief execu tive made application last Thursday to be reinstated. After being removed from office, the ex-Mayor neglected to pay his dues. An arbitrary law of the union causes suspension for this delinquency. There was some talk of expelling Schmitz when -the graft expose came up, but on investigation it was learned that a failure to pay dues had placed Schmitz beyond further action by the - union. It is possible the ex-Mayor will again take up his profession as a musician. At - 41 e time he was leading violinist in old Columbia Theater. " 1 ITO'S SLAYER REPRIEVED Polite Government Grants Time in Which , to Finish Book. VICTORIA, B. C. April 10. (Special.) That the Japanese are the moat polite people in the world obtains further cor roborative evidence in advices received by the just-arrived mail In respect of the case of the assassin of Prince Ito, con demned to death, with the execution date set for March 25. Before the time arrived at which the law declared that he should, expiate his terrible offense, the murderer and polit ical agitator communicated to the author ities that he was busily engaged in writ ing a book on political economy, to be known as "Peace in the Far East." He doubted whether he could complete the manuscript in time to permit his execu tion on the day arranged, and therefore honorably requested that the august exe cutioner might stay his hand until these literary labors were completed. And the government declined to be outdone in po liteness. A reprieve was granted. CUDAHYS NOT RECONCILED Young Man's Father Denies Story, but Jack Leaves for East. PASADENA, CaU April 10. (Spe cial.) Michael Cudahy today made a statement for publication In whtch he said emphatically that there had been no reconciliation between Jack Cudahy and Mrs. Jack, and furthermore that he himself has not been In Kansas City since last October. Cudahy left this city last night for the East. AIRSHIP STRIKES AUTO Women and Children Endangered When Aviator Loses Controls MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 10 J. C. Mars, amateur aviator, lost control of a Curtiss biplane, when 100 feet In the air, late today, and plunged into . an automobile. Three women and two children nar rowly escaped being crushed to death. Mars wasi slightly injured. PRINCIPALS 1 Portrait f Marjorle Gould, Hrlde-to-Bc. 2 A. J. DkhI, Jr. Pronpeetl-ve BrideCTOom. S Mrs. A. J. Dreiel, Sr. 4 SaaiMhot of Marjorle Gould aad Her h"mt her, Geo rare Gould, (t Hope Ham tltoa, M ho Will Be Brldeamald. 5-'" ( " V .V"""""-" 117 . vv it Miss Gould to Wed Mr. Drexel April 19. SOCIETY IS MUCH INTERESTED Young Philadelphiai? ad to Be Persistent Si v. r. WEDDING TO BE Bit LIANT George G. Gould Has Bo V 'Fine Home for Young- Couple n Fifth Avenue Parents of Each Married Same Day. DREXEL PARTY, COMING FROM LONDON FOR WKDDINO. WILL HTAY HERE FIVE DAYS. LONDON. April 10. (Special.) Among the 133 flrst-cl&ss passengers aboard the Lusltanla. which departed yesterday for New York, are Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel. Miss Mar ffaretta Drexel, her flance. Lord Maidstone, and J. Armstrong Drexel,. all making the voyage to attend the wedding of Anthony J. Drexel, - Jr., and Miss MarJorle Gould. They plan to remain In America Ave days, re turning to England on the next east ward voyage of the Lusitanla. NEW YORK. April 10. (Special.) Al-' though she had practically the run of ail the eligible titles of Europe from which to choose. Miss Marjorle Gould passed them all by and will marry an American. On Tuesday, April 19, she will become the .wife of Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., who has been her most persistent suitor for a long time, but who had to win his bride through his own worth and through the sheer attractiveness to her of his own personality. The approaching wedding is attracting more attention than any other metropoli tan mabimonal affair of the Spring. Pos sibly this is beoau.se the young man who succeeded in winning Miss Gould is an American. American Marriage of Heiress Novel. It is so- usual now for one of the beautiful and well-dowered daughters of a financial potentate to choose a hus band from one of Europe's titled families. that the opposite course attracts all the attention which formerly was given to the international marriage. The wedding, which is to be held April 1, at fashionable St. Bartholomew's, will be most brilliant. The bridesmaids will be Miss Margaretta Drexel. the bride groom'B sister, . who soon is to marry Guy M. G. Finch-Hatton, the Viscount Maidstone, who will some day be the Earl of Wlnchelsea; the Misses Marjorle Curtis, Beatrice Claflin and Dorothy Cur (Continued on Page 2.) AND OTHERS PROMINENT IN Modest Apartment in Paris Will Be Home While Art Talent Is Being Developed. NEW YORK, April 10. (Special.) A friend of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit .Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, today authorized the announcement that -Mrs. Thaw had given up her apartment and that she would leave for Paris next Thursday to study sculpture. Mrs. Thaw 1ms informed her friends that she is taking this step at the advice of competent teachers, who encourage her to believe that her talent for such work may be developed advan tageously. I am through with Harry Thaw for all time," Mrs. Thaw said to a friend on Friday, "and I am going to Paris to make my future home." Mrs. Mary C. Thaw still makes her son's wife a monthly allowance and it is said Mrs. Evelyn Thaw hag informed her friends that she will take a modest apartment in the outskirts of Paris while she is studying sculpture. New Albany Hotel Begun. ALBANY, Or., April 10. (Special.) Work began this week on the- three story brick hotel which is being erected by C. A. Van Dran at the southwest corner of Ninth and Lyon streets, ad Joining the present Depot Hotel, which is owned and conducted by Van Dran. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 56 flegreea; minimum, 40 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; northwesterly winds. - Foreign. Roosevelt obliterates factional lines in town where he opens Btreet named for him Page 1. Socialists and Radicals numbering 120.000 paraae Berlin streets; demonstration peaceful. Page 3. National. IT. S. Senator Jones ormoses second Sena torial representative from Eastern Wasn- mg-ton. race z. Dome tic Plttfrburjc Mission worker assassinated at door of church; co J league shot down. Pave 1. Miss Marjorle Gould scorns title to marry Antnonv J. Drexel, Jr., April 3U. Page J. Secretary of State Knox decides to forgive young eloping son and bride. Page z. MtfDer market fails to absorb tremendous offerings of new capital issues. Page z. Orgies of New Jersey legislators in closing nours may result in session or inquiry. Page 3. Southern Pacific and Santa Fe combine to shut Gculd out of Southwest. Page 2. Car wrecked In big motordrome meet, tire breaking; two hurt. Page 3. porta. ' Coast League scores: Portland 1-4. Vernon 4-4; L.us Angeles 5, Sacramento 2; Oak- lata , son FTttncisco z. page s. Jeff i tr does not box and pilgrims to his training quarters are disappointed. Page 8. Entries in for Columbia Indoor meet. Page 8. Athlete Glen's case arouses Oregon and Washington "V" authorities Coach Hay- ward talks. Page 11 Pacific Northwest. Fireman who mistook signals blamed for wreck at Spokane. Page 5. Purchase of Harmon and Warsaw mines at Elk City by Fred W. Bradley confirmed. Page 5. B. Lee Paget's argument in Oregon City for Clackamas-Multnomah annexation is assailed by Judge and attorney. Pqge 5. Marine. Revenue cutters to carry U . S. courts be tween Alaskan ports when legal actions arise. Page 10. . Portland and YlWnlty. Oregon labor takes slump. Industrial world crying for 6000 men. Page 10. Secretary of Japanese commission denies Professor Goode's assertion that Eastern cities treated distinguished tourists with discourtesy. Page 9. Seventy thousand census enumerators to be- f In count of people in United States next rlday at daybreak. gage 7- COMING MTLLIONS-TO-MILLIONS MARRIAGE Italian Town Goes Wild in Cheering Him. FLOWERS SMOTHER CARRIAGE Miss Carew, His Wife's Sister, Has to Translate Speech. 'APOSTLE OF PEACE,' TITLE Amid Salvos, ex-President Breaks Chain of Flowers Across . Street That Bears His Name, Talks of Duty Nation Owes Nation. PORTO MAURIZIO, April 10. Ex President Roosevelt this afternoon opened the new boulevard which has been named after him and accepted honorary citizenship of the ancient and historical city of Porto Maurlzlo, amid a popular enthusiasm such as that which marked his arrival last night. According to those who had long mem ories, never before have local, political, religious and all other differences been so completely obliterated as upon this occasion. The carriage containing Mr. and ilrs. Roosevelt and the Mayor was pelted with nosegays tied with ribbons, bear Ing the words, "Long live Roosevelt," until it was overflowing with flowers. Clieera Bring 'Smiles. When they reached the foot of the terraced hill opposite the port, where the cheering rent the air, the ex-Pres-ldent and his wife were smiling and looked happy. A stone bearing the name of the street was unveiled and Mr. Roosevelt broke the flowered chain that was stretched across the driveway and, amid a new outburst of "Vivas," led Mrs. RooBevelt up the drive to the ho tel. ' There the Mayor, in - a flattering speech, told how proud the municipal ity was to confer citizenship upon the great "Apostle of Peace." The city clerk, who wore a bedizened uniform and feathers in his cap, stepped forward and presented the parchment in a sil ver case upon a cushion covered with: the American flag. Mrs. Carew Translates. Mr. Roosevelt replied in English, but the Mayor experienced difficulty In translating the words and Miss Oarew, Mrs. Roosevel!i sister, amid much amusement, finally came to the rescue. The reception, Mr. Roosevelt said, made him feel as if he were at home in his own country. "I am especiailly touched," he con tinued, "at what you have said about my attitude towards peace and good will. I feel that a nation should be have toward other nations as an honest (Concluded on Page S.) Mental Attitude Described in Which Man Talks on, Though Topic Is Unfamiliar. N SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 (Spe cial,) Jack London is going to have his telephone taken out. It has made him a lot of trouble in the past but he was willing to stand that. The end came yesterday when he had calls from almost every member of the local press clubs, and in almost every case the voice, masculine or feminine, sounded something like this: J "Mr. London? Yes. Well, I heard you use a word last night that I -have never met before and which 1 cannot find in any of the dictionaries. I don't want to display my Ignorance, but what do you mean by henlds,' any way?" London is a patient man and admits that it Is not his word and that he took another man's word for Its mean ing and that he has no clear idea of its derivation. "A 'henid,'" said London, "is the at titude of mind in which a person finds himself when he is talking about a subject with which he Is not thor oughly familiar and N yet which he finds himself compelled to continue to discuss. I don't know where it began to be a word, but it is a good word and expresses an idea that no other one word does. CANADA COPPER TO FORE Americans Plan Operation of Pos sible Rich-Paying Ore. OTTAWA, Out, April 10. (Special.) Of . intense interest is the company promoted by Americans which has justi secured incorporation in Canada. It is the Canadian Metallurgical Company, the backers of which are said to be C. H. Carpenter, president of the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company, of New York, and W. H. Alexander, pres ident of the International Metallurgical Company, of the same place. The object of the company will be bf-tter understood by metal men, par ticularly when it is sta&ted that It con trols for Canada the Baxeres process for the extraction of metal from gold and silver ores, and from silver and copper ores. The process can be op erated with very small and cheap in stallation .anywhere there is ore to treat, and it can handle ores that are refractory to a smelter. - An enormous advance in the copper Industry of Canada is predicted and many workable ore bodies will soon become richly paying properties. CORDRAY QUITS ORPHEUM New Manager Is C. P. Klliott, ex Advance Agent for Mantell. John F. Cordray has resigned as man ager of the Orpheum Theater in Port land, and will be succeeded by C. P. Elliott, until recently advance agent for Robert Mantell. The new manager will take charge one week from today. Mr. Cordway last year took a long lease on the Oaks amusement resort and for some time has been contemplating resigning from the Orpheum. As the season for opening the Oaks drew near he found the demands on his time so pressing that he decided to step down at the earliest possible moment, and so informed John W. Considine, of Sullivan & Considine. owners of the Orpheum Northwest circuit. Mr. Considine passed through Portland yesterday bound for San Francisco, and announced the name of the new manager. Mr. Cordway, who Is dean of Portland showmen, -became manager of the Orphe um after the death of J. H. Errlckson a few months ago. He has been con nected with theatrical enterprises in this city for a quarter of a. century. Manager-elect Elliott is a theatrical man of wide experience. 7000 MILES MADE, 16 DAYS Muskegon Man Succeeds in Teaching London Some American Hustle. LONDON, April 10. (Special.) If the Lusitanla. which left for New York yesterday, should reach her berth on Thursday, according to schedule, John Q. Russ. of Muskegon, Mich., will have succeeded in traveling 7000 miles in 16 days. . Mr. Russ left Muskegon March 29 on two hours notice. At Grand Rapids he caught a fast train for New York and sailed on the Lusitanla next day. During his four days' stay in London he grabbed a bunch of machinery con tracts and caught the Lusitanla on her return trip.' By something of a real effort he achieved the unusual record of making the employes of a large London firm work night and day, like himself. RANGE WAR IS THREATENED Wool Men Go to Scene Hoping to Avert Conflict in Wyoming. LANDER, Wyo., April 10. Five special representatives of the Wool Growers Association have left here for St, Agnes Mountain to avert, if possible, ' threat ened trouble between the sheep and cat tlemen of that section. It has "been reported that the cattle men are determined to run the sheep off ail the open range in th,t territory,, and that the sheepmen are on watch to pre vent any sheep moi'tng". A war seems imminent. TragedyatChurchDoor Deed of Madman. COLLEAGUE, TOO, IS WOUNDED Victim Leader in Work Among Pittsburg Foreigners. MURDERER MAKES ESCAPE Shooting Follows Closely After Dec laration of Willingness to Die for ChrtJtian Cane Wor- r slilpcrs in Panic PITTSBURG, April 10- A sermon on martyrdom. In which Frank Ska. La, &a editor and prominent mission worker, had declared hiir.self willing- to lay down hW life for the Christian cause, was fol lowed tot'ay by his assassination in s highly sensational manner and the shoot ing" down also of a fellow church leader, John Gay. Arm in arm, the two missionaries were leaving the little Congregational Church. In Woods Run, a suburb, at the head of more than a hundred foreigners. A raggedly-dressed and coll&rless man .poked his way through the crowd and when ha was only a step behind the leaders he pressed a revolver to Skala's bead and fired twice. Dies Among Followers The bullets took effect in the jaw and temple and in the midst of his followers Skala fell dead. Gay, who threw up his right hand as if to ward off the weapon, was struck first In the thumb and then a second bullet was buried In- his head. HQ fell unconscious across the body o; his colleague. For some moments the assassin stood over his victims In a crazed con temp m. tion of the deed, flourishing his revolver while the panic-stricken crowd lied to shelter "behind posts and doorways. The madman was Jan Rado witch, a? , character known to most of the missions for his shiftless habits, slovenly dres and radical opinions. A moment beforex he had meekly read from juvenile leaf lets In the Sunday School led by Skala, previously he had sat in a back pew of! the church during the regular sermon; and, at .the beginning of the services, Skala had shaken his hand In greeting. Xo Warning Given. In all this Radowltch had given nu warning of his murderous intent. There were no police in sight when the , murder was done, the church people were" too frightened to seize the assassin and after the wild flourish of his weapon and stamping of his feet on the bodies he made off and was soon lost to view. A ; large armed posse of police, detectives 1 and church people was soon in pursuit, . but up to a late hour tonight had found ; no trace of him. After the madman's disappearance; the mission crowd reassembled about the fallen leaders and passionately mourned their loss. Skala's body was removed to an undertaker's rooms and Gay was taken to St. John's Hospital. His wound is dangerous, but it Is be-' lieved that he will recover. Victim Is Prominent. Skala was prominent locally as a mission worker and as the editor of the Bohemian Christian Journal, which he and Andrew James Losa published at Coraopolis. He was a Presbyterian, but had fil ed the pulpit at the Congrega tional mission-house as a substitute today, as' he had often done before. Dr. "VVilliam McA wen, head of the i Presbyterians here, said that Mr. Skala. was one of the most successful of the mission workers. After an education at Park College in Missouri he had come here to work among the for eigners. He was 25 years old. He married one of his converts, and be sides her, he leaves a child. Oay is a colporteur for the Bible In stitute of Allegheny County and is well known for his extensive work among foreigners. Killing Withont Motive. None of the church workers believes that there was any method in Rado witch's madness. He-was a man who had lived at the Salvation Army bar racks and as a charity iv-rasite else where, but was always at variaince with the teachings of his Christian leaders. It is doubtful whether he had ever seen Skala before today. He is said to have been detained once at a hos pital for examination Into iis mental condition, but was released after a brief time. It is believed by some of the congre gation that the sermon Skala preached with the emphatic declaration that at "any moment God would want my life, I am ready to lay my life down," had stirred the foreigner to test his Chris tian fidelity. Road to Centralia iteady July 1. CENTRALIA. Wash., April 1U. (Spe cial.) The Twin City Traction Company, building a line between Centralia and Chehalis, will begin active work in Cen tralia at once If laborers can be secured. The contractors assert that the mad will be in operation before July 1. Most of the grading work has been completed and the right of way Is all cleared.