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
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Four Attempts Mad$ to Throw
Heavily-Laden Passenger
Cars From Rails.
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MAN HATES HUMAN RACE
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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.
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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
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PORTLAN0 OREGON.
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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
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