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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1910)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1910. WOU LD-B E WRE6KEB 1 composed of D. I. Povey. Joseph Buch tel. H. H. Riddell. F. S. Myers. H. Ver ran and H. Waterholter. will meet to night In the office of M. G. Munly in the Wells Fargo building, to consider the terms offered by the Terminal Com pany and the O. R. & N. Company for rights of way for the Broadway bridge. Councilman Menefee. member of the Council committee which has been ne gotiating w-ith these companies, will supply maps, papers and data concern ing the negotiations. At the meeting of" the North East Side Association Friday night the sub ject of indorsing: the results of nego tiations between the city and these companies was considered, but it was thought that the terms and conditions were not sufficiently understood to warrant positive action, and this com mittee was appointed to examine the concessions on both sides and report at a special meeting of the association. Councilman Menefee and others believe that it would be better to agree on rights of way than to resort to tedious condemnation proceedings. The Meier &, Frank Store's Beautiful Souvenir of Our City and Vicinity Given Free to Visitors CONFESSES GRIME 1 Four Attempts Mad$ to Throw Heavily-Laden Passenger Cars From Rails. - MAN HATES HUMAN RACE 16 -A- - " : Obstacles Piled on Tracks of O. W. P. and Southern Pacific "ear Nickum Officers Capture Him at His Work. His heart filled with lust for whole Bale murder, Frank Rinaldo yesterday calmly recited the story of his three at tempts to hurl night passenger trains from the high trestles of the Oregon Water Power Company, and l similar effort to wreck a Southern Pacific pas senger train when passing under the trestle that crosses over the electric road just east of Nickum. , Rinaldo was ar rested Saturday night and is confined In the County Jail. Had the Italian been successful in any one of the attempts to derail trains, the loss of life would have been large. The electric trains were filled with people en route to and from their homes between Portland and Caradero. while the long line of Southern Pacific trains carried hundreds of visitors to the Rose Festival. Man Boasts of Attempts. "I would have killed them today lots of them if you had not arrested me," announced Rinaldo. as he calmly faced a party of inquisitors at the County Jail yesterday afternoon. "They accused me about a girl. It was done by an Italian who has gone c.way. They laughed at me and I hate them. I hate the courts, but not the railroad." Rinaldo made his first attempt to ditch a train on the Cazadero line on Thurs day night last, when he heaved cord wood, fence posts and the long limb of a tree onto the middle of curved trestle No. 6. between Kerrigan and Berkeley, nd at a point 20 feet above the bot tom of the gulch. Retiring to a position In the brush along the hillside he waited In the darkness for the crash. The first train to approach the trestle was a freight train in charge of Conductor E. W. Calkins and Motorman S. A. Webber. The motorman was running slowly, and when he saw the timber lying between the rails he applied the air brakes, but succeeded only in checking the speed of the train. It struck the timber and pushed It ahead of the motor several feet. On arrival at Portland the attempt was reported by Calkins, and thinking that It might be the work of a crank. Gen eral Superintendent Franklin instructed all train crews to run slowly and keep a sharp lookout. Second Attempt Also Falls. Westbound Cazadero passenger train, in charge of Conductor D. R. Heath and Motorman A. A. Reek, and carrying 25 passengers to Portland, was stopped Fri day night within a yard of a heap of great stones piled at a point on the trestle between Berkeley and Nickum, where it is 50 feet to the solid earth be neath. Officials of the Oregon Water Power Company on Saturday placed the case in the hands of the special agent of the company, W. P. LMWe. and Deputy Sheriff Leonard. The officers went to the vi cinity of the attempted wrecks and insti tuted a careful search of the adjacent territory. Unable to secure any evidence, Leonard and LJllis secreted themselves In the brush and waited for darkness. In the belief that the criminal would not abandon his efforts until he had taken life. Rinaldo emerged from his shelter in an abandoned stable about 10:30 o'clock Sat urday night, and again attempted to de rail a train, selecting the trestle near Nickum, where the O. W. P. crosses the Southern Pacific. His first idea was to pile on the O. W. P. track a lot of small tones. . which he says were scattered by i passing car. Officers Make Capture. Rinaldo then passed to the west end of the trestle, where he carried and rolled a number of large rocks onto the tracks. They were of a size which precluded the possibility of failure, unless seen by the men In charge of the train. Then slipping and sliding down the bank to the Southern Pacific tracks, Rinaldo arranged a death trap for the first train which should approach around the curves, which he hoped would con ceal it from the engineers until too late to save the train. As the man climbed hack up the bank to watch the success of his plans against the electric line trains, he was seized by Officers Leonard and LJllis, and after a Blight resistance surrendered and coolly admitted his guilt. While the men were standing beside the trestle thesame Caz . adero passenger train in charge of Con ductor Heath slid up to the obstruction, and Rinaldo grinned as the train em ployes rolled the stones from the track. When questioned at the County Jail, Rinaldo answered through an Interpreter, but did not attempt to deny his purpose or in any manner mitigate his crime. "I do not like the country and the courts." was his only explanation. AVrltten Confession Signed. The prisoner signed a written confes sion in the presence of all the officers. In. which he said that he had been in America, in the vicinity . of Portland, about four years. During that time he has been employed as a laborer on the O. W. P. line, and later as a gardener In the vicinity of Sellwood and Nickum. In tlje statement made to the officers, Rinaldo says that about seven months ago a 12-year-old Italian girl was as saulted in that vicinity, and that the peo ple with whom he was acquainted, as well as the father of the girl, laid the responsibility for the crime at his door, t'nable to convince them of his innocence. "Rinaldo suffered ostracism, and he as sert!" that treatment led to his hatred of the race. The case of the mistreat ment of the little girl never was reported to the office of Sheriff Stevens, and an investigation will be made today. Offi cers are' in possession of the names of the parents of the child, but will not make that information -public until after the story has been confirmed. Rinaldo is considered to he sane, his conduct since arrest having been con sistently rational. He is being kept iso lated from other prisoners. BRIDGE TO BE DISCUSSED Xorth East Side Committee to Con sider Terms Tonight. A special committee from the North East Side Improvement Association, POLICE UTTER WARNING THIEVES LIKELY TO BE MANY DURING WEEK. Special Care Should Be Taken to See Tliat Doors Are Locked, Say Detectives. That Portland will be flooded with pro fessional crooks. burglars and sneak thieves during the Rose "Festival is the belief of the local police, and a warning was sounded yesterday to all people to dispose of their valuables in such a rnan ner that prowlers would not find it easy to make a haul during the reign of Rex Oregonus. Captain of Detectives Moore yesterday asked that all residents of this city use every precaution to guard their valua bles during the Rose Festival. From almost every city on the Pacific Coast has come notifications from the police departments that an influx of "stick-up" men might be expected here this week. Portland people are urged, above all other things, to note that their doors are locked when they leave their homes. In the excitement of the time, according to the- police, many people are apt to leave their homes unsecured, and this is exactly what the invading army of ma rauders Is watching for. Captain Moore requests that the citizens of this -city take unusual caution during the coming week, citing the Instance of two people who have already suffered through lack of adequate care. Slg. Wolfe, residing at 340 Tenth street, was robbed of several valuable stick-pins between the hours of 8 and 11 Saturday night. Mr. Wolfe's house was entered by thieves, who picked up all the jewelry lying on his dresser, and then, evidently becoming frightened suddenly, left with out further search of the house. Mr. Wolfe admits that he was foolish to go away from his house and leave his valu ables lying in open sight as a tempta tion. Besides a couple of diamond scarf pine, which were taken from his home, two necklaces belonging to his wife were secured by the burglars?. Miss Evelyn LeRoy, living In the Glen wood Hotel, at Second and Salmon streets, reported to the detectives yes terday that "her room had been entered during her absence and a large number of articles taken. Miss LeRoy told Cap tain Moore that she had left her door unlocked when she went out. She lost a quantity of silverware and jewelry, and a considerable amount 6f wearing apparel. Among, the latter were two night gowns and a pair of silk chemises, which led the authorities? to the belief that a woman "hotel-room thief" is op erating in the city. The only way to combat these maraud ers, according to Captain Moore, is so to dispose of valuables in one's home that burglars will be unable to find them. An effort Is being made by the auyioritles to round up all suspicious characters who are unable to give satisfactory ac count of themselves, and lock them up until the close of the Rose Festival, when they will have an opportunity to leave town. SUIT TO LAST OVER WEEK Many "Witnesses Remain In Devlin's Action, for $82,500. There is little hope that Thomas C. Devlin's J82.500 suit against the former directors of the Oregon Trust & Sav ings Bank, exposing the inside work ings of the Medford & Crater Lake Railroad deal, will be finished this week. Attorney A. E. Clark, repre senting Devlin, said last night that the testimony of his witnesses will prob ably consume four days, as he has 15 witnesses. The eight lawyers for the defendants will then begin putting on their testimony, which may consume another week. W. H. Moore, ex-president of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank, and one of the defendants in the present suit, was on the witness stand when Judge Gatens adjourned court Saturday night and will be recalled this morning. A number 'of former clerks of the defunct bank are then to be called to identify books of the bank, which will be placed in evidence. E. E. Lytle, another de fendant, will be called as soon as their testimony is finished. Attorney Clark does not expect to reach Lytle's testi mony until tomorrow morning, how ever. The defendants in the suit are W. H. Moore, H. A. Moore, W. Cooper Mor ris, E. E. Lytle, Leo Friede, Dr. J. F. Reddy and S. W. Stryker. SUNDAY DANCING STOPPED Chief Cox Sends AVarning to Mana ger of the Oaks. There will be no Sunday dances at the Oaks this Summer. If Chief of Police Cox has anything to say about it. Those who delight in tripping the light fantastic in the cool evenings of Summer will have to enjoy themselves on days other than Sunday. Pursuant to his policy, through the fol lowing of which all of the public dance halls of Portland have been closed. Chief Cox yesterday delivered his ultimatum to Manager Cordray. He sent an officer to the amusement park on the Willamette to notify the manager that if an attempt were made to open the dancing pavilion during the evening, the police would close it promptly. The man to whom the pavilion Is leased promised that the hall would not be opened. Academic Psychology to Be Topic. Professor E. Tausch, Ph. D., of Ber lin University, and recently of Ohio State University, will give a series of lectures on the value of academic psy chology at the T. M. C. A. during the coming weeks. The first of these, will be given tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock In room 418 of the educational depart ment. The lectures are free and are of especial interest to the craftsman, the artist, the business man, the teach er, the minister, the physician, the lawyer, the religionist and the student of moral and social problems. The first will deal with eyesight and color. Qfrfr-V'g, frfr'Z& jQ&dO $tW '- 2u i CIRCUS IS IN TOWN Multnomah and Hunt Clubs Rehearse Tonight. STUNTS NOW 30 IN NUMBER Programme of Interest Planned for Three Performances, Wednesday and Friday Xlghts and Saturday Afternoon. Multnomah Field presented a very busy scene all day yesterday) In prep aration for the society circus, for mem bers of the Multnomah Club and Port land Hunt Club, which will jointly per form in the big show, were rehearsing their respective stunts while workmen by the score were constructing dressing tents and erecting the main tent.. A score or more of clowns were re hearsing their San Francisco-Portland baseball game. This "game" has reached- the scientific point and has nearly attained the professional stand ard. Opie Smith, Olmar Dranga, Frank Vincent, Hood Bottler and "Pat" Rid dle are the lads that will give an ex hibition of this great National contest. Kaye Has Charge or Clowns. The clowns are under the guidance of Henry Kaye, who has Matt Brown and H. Tlerney for assistants. One of the stunts which the funny ones will per form will be an impersonation of Bar ney Oldfield in his one-man-power rac ing automobile which has a guaranteed speed of a mile a minute. "Shorty" Knight will be the chauffeur. William Munley, Charles Prehn, Eu gene Oppenheimer and William Wal ters who will do bareback riding and Roman standing on horses were at practice yesterday and gave an excel lent exhibition of the most difficult riding. These boys are all amateur riders and will give some astonishingly daring and thrilling acts that would do justice to some of Barnum & Bailey's men. A full-dress- rehearsal of the full performance of the society circus" 80 acts will be given tonight-on Multno mah Field beginning at 6 o'clock promptly. No spectators will be al lowed inside the field while the re hearsal is in progress. Nearly two hours will be required to complete the performance. Three more acts have been added to the 27 that were scheduled on the pro gramme which was published In The Oregonian yesterday. These acts will be "dark horses." The 30 acts will be crowded into a space of two hours and one-half. - ' Concert Opens Revelry. After the concert by Brown's Mili tary Band, which will commence at 8 o'clock the grand entree of all the rid ers and actors will be made. After the retirement of the participants of the grand entr.ee the real performance will begin and the two rings and platforms will be busy every moment. All the acts will be short, snappy ones. While the acts are going oh in the rings and on the platform the clowns will dispense their laughter making stunts. A Society Circus parade will be held Wednesday at noon, at which several hundred Multnomah Club members will be in line along with many of the Hunt Club riders. Several bands will play for the marchers. All the members of- the two clubs that can possibly do so are urged to take part in the big parade. Portland fistic lovers will have an op portunity to see the Jeffries-Johnson fight without waiting until July 4, and making the trip to San Francisco, for these two fighters will appear in the circus in a ten-round battle. The Port land street cleaning department will be mimicked, too. . Grounds Well Policed. The grounds will be thoroughly policed to prevent "sharps" or "con" men ope rating and to prevent pickpockets from plying their trade. Chief of Police Cox has ordered about 50 plain clothes men to guard the grounds during the per-formanees.- The first show will be held Wednesday night, with another one on Friday night, and the third performance on Saturday afternoon. The matinee performance will be known as children's day for the children of the charitable Institutions of Portland will, be the guests of the management. - At this performance the feature will be a May pole formation by 24 small children on ponies. Marshfield Schools Close. MARSH FIELD. Or.. June 5. (Special.) Rev. G. Leroy Hall, of the Baptist Church, delivered the baccalaureate ser mon at the Tabernacle tonight, to the members of the graduating class of the Marshfield High School. The annual serv ices for the graduates of the Kinney High School at North Bend were held this morning at the Methodist Church, Rev. R. A. Pterson delivering the sermon. Smith Wants Veal We will pay as follows for first class produce. . Ship by express. Veal lO Pork 12 Live Hen 18 Live Spring Chlckenn. pound 20 to 2 2 Vie" Esss .- 23c Addrcma FRASK I.. SMITH ME AT CO. "FlKbtlns the Beef Trust," Portland, Oregoa. STRIKE NATIONAL ISSUE MACHINISTS TO WAGE 8-HOUK CAMPAIGN EVERYWHERE. Members of Union Expect to AVin Contest Here and That Move Will Begin In East. The opening gun of a National fight for the eight-hour day . in the metal trades unions was fired when the present strike of the machinists of the Pacific Coast was declared. Is the statement of William Hannon. vice-president of the International ' Union. As soon as the fight is won here, as the strikers confi dently declare it will be, the campaign will move eastward across the country until every machine shop in the Nation amenable ' to union influence has been put on the schedule of reduced hours. The fight was started on the Pacific. Coast, says Hannon. because conditions' peemed most favorable here for a trial of strength on the merits of the question. This and the $3.60 minimum for a day's work are the only issues of any iftiport ance at all in the fight, the strikers" de clare. They say that they are not fight ing the "open shop," but are in feet de manding an open shop In which union men can work without discrimination. "Three men have blocked the amicable FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO. SMITH'S Newest Market 563 Wash. St. It's the 23d Smith Market There had to be a 23d market, so this be it the dearest, cleanest, whitest lit tle market in town settlement of the question." said Hannon. "They are W. H. Corbett. of the Wil lamette Iron & Steel Works; Frink, of the Washington Iron Works at Seattle, and Patterson, of Moran's shipyards at Seattle." These three, the strikers say, have stood in the way of an agreement and have intimidated the smaller em ployers. We expect to win our fight through these smaller ones breaking away from the alleged restraint and accepting the demands of the union. "We do not expect any settlement of the question by arbitration," said one of the leaders yesterday. "We offered that at the start and were met by. refusal. Now it is a fight to a finish, though we do not refuse to arbitrate. We have the support of our International organization and can stay out indefinitely, and will do so until our demands are granted. There will be no violence on our part. Our men are peacefully picketing the shops, but have strict instructions against being led into any disturbance." "They have started at the wrong end of the line," wild W. H. Corbett, presi dent of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, when told yesterday that the strikers were planning the strike here as the beginning of a National campaign. "They will never get very far away from where they have started. We are ham pered, of course, and ere working about 40 men, but we expect to see the strike wear itself out and the men return to work before very long." German Southwest Africa produces not only diamonds but copper, tin, lead, asbefi toa and graphite. Moreover. It Is said that g-old has been found in the northern parts of the territory, notably In the Karribb vicinity. "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST." 23 Markets and One Grocery. Smith's Norway Creamery Butter 60? Smith's Fresh Eggs ........ 30p ;Pot Roast Beef 10 Boiling Beef .". 8 Beef Shanks ....!...!!!!.... .5 Mutton Stew .8$ Shoulder of Mutton io Mutton Chops '. . 15 Tenderloin Steaks 15 Sirloin Steak 12, 15 Round Steak 12 15 Shoulder Steak 124 All the above meats and the follow streets. Main 8751, Automatic A 4418: 6 lbs. Italian Prunes... 25 3 pkgs. Rice or Corn Flakes 25 Ripe Olives, per can 15c Evaporated Horseradish, bottle... 15 2 quarts Kraut . .' 15 4 cans Milk 25 2 cans Lemon Cling Peaches ; 2 cans Yellow Crawford Peaches .. 25 7 cans Sardines $ 25 3 pint bottles Catsup 25 3 quart bottles Vineg.tr 25 1 gallon White Wine Vinegar 25 Brazil Coffee, per lb 20C 231 WASHINGTON ST PORTLAN0 OREGON. NAKEft or MENS CLOTHES ing groceries at Third and Jefferson 100 lbs. Potatoes TO Corn Starch, per pkg 5C 3 cans Salmon ..,25 Sour Pickles, per quart . ..lO Sweet Pickles, per quart lO Olives, per quart 25 2 lbs. English Walnuts 25 2 lbs. Almonds 35 Fruit Jams, per Jar 20 50 lbs. Hard Wheat Flour R1.25 1 gallon Salad Oil 81.00 6 rolls Toilet Paper 25 Honey (IncambJ ......15c 0