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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN. PORTLAND. APRIL. 21, 1907. r " , ijlUSE GRIFT ON WAGES OPSIN I . Captain Mooney Tells How Ruef and Schmitz Black mail Tenderloin. Sons, to guard against such a possibil ity, and the political antagonisms such action might engender, determined to oust Buef forthwith. Mayor Schmitj and Supervisors Box ton and Gallagher are members of the order. No decision has been reached In their cases, but It is said that they will be dropped with as little ceremony as was Ruef. George Burns, son of William J. Burns, left San Francisco today for Honolulu, where he will meet Theodore V. Halsey, the indicted oftlcial of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company, who is being brought back trom Manila. On the return trip, from Honolulu young Burns will encourage Halsey in any confidences he may offer. PROTECTED AT FIXED RATE 1! 5! Xotytktous- Pickpocket Agent for Men Who .Thwart- Police . Officer in. Doing Duty Censure for Arresting the Favorites. i SAN FltANCISCO, April 20. (Spe ' clal ) Captain of Police John Mooney l I wax on the. stand In the grand jury 7 j room for two hours today, and when he 4 left it was announced that he had not j completed- the story of police corrup- 1 tlon. but would return on Tuesday to J i finish the recital. . Mr. Mooney'g testimony was sensa tional in the (extreme. The burden of it was that .corruption of the blackest sort exists In the department, and that it exists by the sufferance and encour agement of Chief of Police pinan. May or Schmltz..Abe Ruef and a certain ele ment in the.Jower courts. Mr. Mooney nald that all.:his efforts Uk purge the town of undesirables were blocked by the men in authority, whose duty it was lo assist. . ( ff i Protected at Regular Rates. I' 4... Mr. Mooney. charged ithat resorts in ,i the now "tenderloin were protected at regular rates, witn nts assistance tuo grand 1ury has been put possession of evidence Tvhieh shows a depth of degradation ajnrost unbelievable. It has been shown that the Mayor and Ruef have been partners in some of the modt nefarious enterprises launched in any municipality. ,-; -. " ' Many of the revelations are such as cannot be put in print, nom tne Har- bary Coast, according to' the testimony of Mr. Mooney, the men high up have reaped a fortune1 1n protection money. It Is estimated ttiatJ ' something like $10,0)0 a month has found its way into ; the hands of tne men who have taken J oata to safeguard the morals of tne ! Chief Tells Men to Disobey Orders. , Dlnan's agent In. the tenderloin, ac- 5 1 cording to .tile revelations, "has been , Kid Sullivan, .a notorious pickpocket. '; : This man, it is charged, has been given charge' "of the tenderloin by the . Chief. In the vernacular: "What the Kid says, goes." If any project is to be launched in the tenderloin, it is "See the Kid." Another charge is to the effect that Dlnan has given orders to Mooney's men to disobey his orders. Mr. Mooney .nays that, although he has instructed his subordinates- to. ciose; certain places, they have received Veftnlta orders from i the Chieft sot ti inolest them.-- Mr. 1 Mooney tcsti grand jury that be- tween Diasn," Ruef, ScUmitz. the Po lice Commissioners and certain Police Judges, it was ftseless for him to at tempt effective work.i When he ar rests certain ?men and women, they are released, and'-Aie says that-be is-cenr sured for arresting them. Millionaire Ready With Bail. At one reso'rt Mr. Mooney charges that every time he makes an arrest the women are furnished bail by a mil lionaire, who is prominent in the com ' merclal world. , Other witnesses 'scheduled for ap . pearance on Tuesday are Patrolmen P. J. Mitchell, Leo Brunslck, Jack Walsh, Charles Ward and Charles Uhl, all of . whom have worked under Mr. Mooney J as plain clothes men, and J. F. Byrne, j clerk of the Bush-street station, j A subpena Is outsanding for ex : Police Commissioner Alex O'Grady, ( whom the prosecution has , thus far I failed to find. According lo' Q'Grady'a J wife, he Is at Reno. Nev., but Is ex- peeled tb're'turn to the city next Mon ; day, and -It was vigorously. 'denied that , he hits' any desire or Intention to evade ; the Jury summons. -, ,. j "New Move by Sclunltz. t'ampbH," Metson & Drew and John J. , Barrett, the attorneys who' will defend ( Mavor Schmlts on the five counts of ex- . tortlon returned Jointly.'" .against ! him and Abraham Ruef, today . tiled in the State Supreme Court a brief supporting Ruef'a contention In his application tor bail through habeas corpus that the section of the penal code rt empowering a Judge to order a defend- ant Into custody pending his trial , vlplatlon of. the state constitution, which .!rovkles tjiat a person is entitled to bail .. before conviction unless charged with an , '. offense, punishable with death and where in' the Jiroof Is evident or the presumption great Schmtts' attorneys, who tiled this brief as "friends of the court," hope in behalf of Ruef tor a decision which will lit in authority for the admittance of ' SchnVts to bail when he is called before r t -Judge Dunne to be tried. Will Challenge Many Jurors ...... M The Ruef trial, which . was adjourned from Friday oh account of the illness of . Henry Ach. of the defense. Is to be re sumed Monday morning, when each side will be called .on to exercise its , peremptory challenges of Jurors. . . .- Owing to' the attendance of many mem ... hers of, the grand Jury and of the Ruef jurors at the Merchants' Association ban ouet on Thursday night, it is said that the defense will challenge some of the 12 veniremen in the trial Jury box on the ground of prejudice and bias, if not of . having disqualified themselves to act as . , jurors by disobeying the instructions of a the court. TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION National Commission May I nvesti- gate Subject In Europe. WASHINGTON, April 20. An exhaustive investigation into-'all phases of immi gration as it affects the United States is about to be begun by a National Commis sion, which will meet here Monday to per fect its organization, and to discuss plans for its work. It already has been decided tentatively that the members of the Commission will Visit Europe either as a body or. if 'aH the members can not go, as a sub-commit tee, for the study of emigration at close range. ".. : ' . . The Commission consists of nine mem-, bers, appointed under the Immigration act passed by Congress last Winter. - Three of them. Senators Dillingham, of Vermont; Lodge, of -Massachusetts, and Latimer, of South Carolina, were named by Vice President Fairbanks. Three Representa tives Howell, of New Jersey: Bennett, tff New York, and Burnett, of Alabama, are appointees of Speaker Cannon. Charles . Nelll, Commissioner of Labor; Professor J. W. Jenks, of Cornell, and William Wheeler, of Oakland, Cal., were nomi nated by President Roosevelt. '' While some work will be done in. this country, by way of beginning its inquiries, the general Idea Is to extend its labors to Europe. x The most important ports of embarkation of emigrants will be visited. FOLLOWS UP THIEF San Francisco Arrests Barrett on Release. HIS EXPLOIT AT PORTLAND One of Gang Which Robbed "Raths keller No Sooner Ends Term in - " . Maryland Than California ' Claims Him. BALTIMORE. April 20. William -"Barrett, alias Thompson, who today finished a two years' term in the penitentiary for wallet snatching, was arrested before he left the prison in connection with the theft of 20,000 gold from the First Na tional Bank of San Francisco on Septem ber '17, 1904. The robbery was committed in the daytime. The money was recovered a few moments later, but the thief es caped. He was finally arrested in Port land, Or., but was turned over to the Maryland authorities,- who were con sidered to have the better claim on him. raising districts In Western Colorado are thought not to have suffered any great harm. Considering the severity of the storm, but little damage was done to telegraph and telephone lines, and railroad trains were not seriously delayed. EXPECT SNOW AT EL PASO Rapid Fall in Temperature Does Harm to Fruit. " EL PASO, Tex.. April 20. The mercury has dropped 17 degrees in the last three hours, the temperature at 9 o'clock being 40 Fahrenheit. It is growing colder hourly, and there is every indication .of snow. . Already the damage to the fruit crop-and-truck gardens in the Valley is estimated at $50,000. BROADWAY WITHOUT LIGHT ': Indicted in San Francisco. SAN FRA-NCISCO. April 20. The grand Jury today indicted for grand larceny William Barrett, alias Thompson, alias Woods, who has just completed a peni tentiary sentence in Maryland. Explosion and Fire in. Electric Plant 'i'V,'."? Cause; Panic; .'.!'.- . NEW ' YORK. 'AprlTSO. The explosion of an enormous ..electric -generator to night in the lighting" plant of the New York Edison Company at Thirty-eighth street and" First -avenue turned darkness on New York's most brilliantly lighted district. The explosion was followed by fire, and although the firemen responded promptly the water' only" spread the flames. For half an hour Broadway was almost in darkness. The foot-lights in half -dozen theaters, were so dim - that the actors were hardly distinguishable to the auditors. Scores of little moving picture theaters were put out of commission, and Beilevue Hospital attendants were busy for many minutes quelling a panic among the patients. Emergency generators were finally placed In operation. I ! if P jSgTvT) ; i f I ...... . ri".1""! mtt' ' A tentative Itinerary includes Great Brit ain, France. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Spam and Italy. It Is expected the trip will occupy three or four months. The work of the Commission will be. only fairly begun when-, it returns to America. Every possible source of In formation will be sought. Reports from all parts of the world will be placed at the ;dlsposal of the Commission, and ex perts on immigration may be employed to collect data. It is the purpose of the Com mission to inquire into the restrictions placed upon Chinese and Japanese immi gration, but it is not probable that it will visit Asia. The Commission will report its findings and recommendations to Con gress to be used as a basis for legislation. BAD CONDITIONS ON ISTHMCS Italy Forbids Emigration and Sends Man to Investigate. ROME. April 20. Leroy Park, agent for the Panama Canal Commission, who was sent here to- investigate means of obtaining men for work upon the isthmus, learns that the Italian gov ernment had received grave reports regarding ' the -Hygienic, humanitarian and moral conditions of the Isthmus; that the 'government had forbidden fur ther immigration of Italians to Jf ana ma, and that- a government official had been sent to the isthmus to investi gate conditions. Mr. Park did everything possiDie to place the situation before the. goyernT ent and to convince the oinciais nere that the men at work upon the canal earned $3 a day. were well fed, well housed and humanely treated, adding that he believed that 6000 immigrants might leave Italy for Panama immedi ately and that .thousands oi otners would soon follow. ' NATIVE SONS OUST RCEF Take Summary Action Against ': 'Trustee at Recent Session. SAX FRANCISCO, - April 20. (Spe cial.) The Order of Native Sons, at a se6ret session today, ousted Abe Ruef, who has been one of the most promt iv'erit niembers6f the order for several years. Ruef was thrown out without ceremony. There were no formal oharges, po hearing, but a simple dis missal. ' it was the desire of the Native Sons ' to gel rid of Ruef with as little pub licity as possible. The evidence against h(n is such thit a hearing was not "'deemed necessary. Members of the or dcr took steps to verify what has been I printed and .summary action followed. The dismissal was made ostensibly for the reason that Ruef, -as a member c the visiting committee, had failed to do his duty. Ruef is a grand trustee, )!llnd it is Ills ;'duty to visit various i bmiiches of the order during the year. The action taken . today forestalled 4ixiut4hl.-il&oU8sion, at the annual ses .sioii .of the order, next week in Napa. AtHronr, element . had mad .prepara tions to bring the question up on the floor of the convention. The Native ARRESTED HERE IN MAY, 1905 Capture of Barrett and Paid Kept Crooks Away From Fair5. -.' William Barrett, alias Thompson, was arrested in Portland in May; - .1905. in company with other criminals ' of note. and was held in Jail here until he was turned over to the Baltimore authorities upon the arrival of an officer from that place. He has been released, after serv ing a two-year term minus time allotted for good behavior. Barrett, "Fritzle" Dean and J. J. John son, alias G. A. Houlon, forming tone of the most notorious criminal trios in the world, came to Portland in. May, 1905, with the expectation of reaping a rich harvest during the Lewis and Clark Ex position. Fortune was againstr-them, how ever, and their first "trick," the robbery of the till at the Hotel Portland raths keller, resulted in their arrest. The robbery occurred Just about closing time at the hotel bar. The men ordered drinks. One quickly drank his - liquor, slipped to the till, robbed it and left the place, while the others engaged the bartender in conversation. The robbery was discovered so quickly that an alarm was raised and the criminals were dis concerted. The tlll-tapper and his pals rushed upstairs and took refuge In the corridors, hoping to get into a room and conceal themselves or to get out by means of the fire escapes. C. R. Nichols, at that time employed as a special officer. about the hotel, and other employes located the crooks two of whom they suc ceeded in taking captive. Barrett escaped and it was never known what room he occupied except tnat ne remained at the hotel where he had registered under an assumed name. When he left the place in the morning. he was followed, but dodged the' shadow" and managed to get as far as the United States National Bank,' Third and Oak streets, where he was recognized as a criminal by a negro employe. Detective Dan Welner was summoned and arrested Barrett. xue prompt arrest or tne noted trio discouraged not only them, but many other expert criminals throughout - the country, the police stated, and as a result the city was free from crimes of a sensa tional nature during the fair. Leishinan Puts Porte in the Hole. CONSTANTINOPLE. April HWAmbas- sador Leishman has made a new move in the American school question by which he has Dlaced the Porte In tne awkward po sition of appearing to- thwart the will of the Sultan. In his last communication to the Foreign Office, the Ambassador point edlv called attention to the fact that not withstanding the formal promises and pledges of His Majesty that a satisfac tory settlement of the school question would be arranged, the Porte has utterly failed to carry out the imperial assur ances. The action of Mr. Leishman in thus holding the Porte responsible for the delay Is regarded in diplomatic circles here as being very adroit. Even. Turkish circles admit that It places the govern ment In the unenviable light of seeming to oppose the execution of the Sultans promises. LOOKS LIKE MARVIW BOY Relatives .Will Go to Identify Child Found at" Gloversvllle. GLOVERSVItLK, , N. Y.. April 20.-The latest development ' in the case of Al Allen, suspected of. having custody of the son or. ut. Horace Marvin, of Delaware, was the receipt of a message at police headquarters staling that Miles Standish, nephew Of Dr. Marvin, will arrive in Gloversvllle Sunday. Deputy Sheriff Hubbs of Mechanlcsvllle. -this state, who, with D. H. Murphy, has been investigating the case for the past month, visited Glovers vllle today and saw Allen, his alleged wife and the boy. He stated that he had no doubt that the Gloversvllle police had the right man In custody. The child bears a striking resemblance to the Marvin boy, even to having a slight scar over tne eye. NEW ROAD INTO PORTLAND FROM CLATSOP CITV VP LEWIS AND CLARK RIVER. Agents at Astoria Are Negotiating : for Right of Way Eighteen- - :- ' Miles Already Graded. THREAT AGAINST BINGHAM Displaced Police Inspector Vengeful Against One-Legged Czar. NEW YORK, April 20. Following the shake-up in the police department today through which eight Inspectors were sent to command precincts as captains. Police Commissioner . Bingham announced to day he. had been threatened with assault.7 He declined to say where the informa tion came from but added : "I have heard- this from a source I con sider reliable." The Commissioner, invested with greater powers than any other head of the depart-: ment in years continued to shake things up by appointing four new captains Coiv- nellus Learyv Frank H. Bowes, James Mc- Cafferty. as tne new head or tne detective bureau, and Thomas Walsh. BERKELEY DEBATERS WIN Defeat Stanford Trio in the Fifteenth Annual Contest. BERKELEY. Cal., April 20. The Uni versity of California debating team to night defeated Stanford in the fifteenth annual intercollegiate debate. The ques tion debated was, "Resolved, that Presi dent Roosevelt's efforts to extend the I powers and functions of the Federal Gov ernment should not be approved by the American people." The winnig team was composed of Sayre MacNeil, L. K. Under bill and Norman A. Eisner. ,The Stanford debaters were G. D.,Ferre)U W. F. 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If yours cannot supply you, write us, well tell you who can, and send our new Style Book- Schloss Bros. & Co. CITIZENS ARE UP IN ARMS RESENT PESTHOUSE IX NORTH ABERDEEX. Bids for Horses for Army. WASHINGTON. April 20. Quarter-master-General Humphrey today called for bids for cavalry, draft and riding horses and mules required (or service in the United States. Porto Rico and the Philippines. The animals consist of 725 cavalry. 234 artillery, 14 draft and riding horses and 525 mules. Bids will be opened simultaneously through out the various horse markets in the country on May 14. ASTORIA. Or., April 20. (Special.) To bnild a -railroad from a connection with the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Company's line up the Lewis & Clark River, through the Nehalem Valley to Portland, to have 18 miles of the road completed and in operation before the last day of next November, Is what is being promised by representatives of the Portland, Oregon, Seacoast Railway Com pany, who are here negotiating for deeds to the right of way. Some years ago the Astoria & South Coast Railway Company graded a roadbed from Clatsop City, distance of about 18 miles up the Lewis & Clark River, and there work was stopped on account of financial difficul ties. It is this grade which the new com pany proposes to utilize. J. S. Talbott, one of the men who is negotiating for the right of way, stated today that his company has arranged for K, 000,000 with which to build the road. has purchased sufficient 75-pound steel rails to lay the first -18 miles of track and will begin laying the rails within two weexs arier me rignts oi way are se cured. The plan is to complete this 18 miles this Summer, put the road in operation and then proceed with the construction of another section. It is also asserted that the company has trackage arrange ments with A. & C. R. R. for running trains over the tatter's lines from Clatsop uity into Astoria. Tne right of way agreements wmcn tne company s repre sentatives are requesting the property- owners to sign provide that the first sec tion of the road must be completed with in seven months. ..Has Dynamite In Satchel. CONNELLSVIILE, Pa., April 20. Car rying a satchel containing ten sticks of dynamite, John Scalletta, an Italian of Baltimore, was taken out of the caboose of a Baltimore & Ohio freight train and locked up. Scalletta says that -just before boarding the train at Baltimore -three men handed him the satchel to aenver In Cleveland. Threats Were Made to Burn Build ing When Nine Smallpox Patients Were Quarantined There. . ABERDEEN. Wash., April 20. (Spe cial. A commotion was caused today in the North Aberdeen section of "the city by the action of the city authorities In opening a long-closed pesthouse. ' Some years ago when the pesthouse was locat ed in North Aberdeen a protest went up from the people living , In that section, and although Dut one patient ever occu pied the building, suit' was started to compel the city authorities to . abandon the place. , To prevent litigation the city promised that if the suit was dropped there would be no further use of the building for Infectious diseases, but that the building would be turned, over to the school dis trict for school purposes. It Is Ave years since the cnnaplamt wntsi entered, lint ----- .-.- v, have been no smallpox case in Aberdeen. . , now got a foothold, having been brought here by persons from Tacoma. There are seven patients quarantined and 'the city authorities se cretly undertook to place them all in the North Aberdeen pesthouse. Threats of burning and demolition had no effect, and the patients were installed there to night. The people of North Aberdeen will now begin proceedings against the city, as the maintenance of a pesthouse in the midst of a thickly populated dis trict Is allesred to be entirely at variance with the law. NBW YORK. dent of the organization, died at her home In Fredonia tonight, aged 94 years. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Thomas Venners, Pioneer Steel Man. NEW YORK, April 20. Thomas Ten ners, who was prominent in the Iron business for many years and at" one time was associated with Henry Bes semer, is dead at his home In Brook lyn. He was 84 years old. Mr. Ven ners for years was manager of the Keystone Mill, In Pittsburg. He was the first man to manufacture steel rails in the United States. Founder of W. C. T. V. DUNKIRK N. Y-, April 20. Mrs. Esther McNeil, founder of the Women's Chris tian Temperance Union, n.r.il flrat. presi Stevens Talks With Roosevelt. WASHINGTON; April 20. John P. Ste vens, formerly Chief Engineer and chair man of the Isthmian Canal Commission, talked with the President today about conditions on the Isthmus. He Baid it will take between six and seven years to com plete the canal. Murder Follows Holdup. - LIMA, Ohio. April 20. William E. Lgg, aged 40 was shot and almost. Instantly killed in his meat market in a suburb tonight by robberB. who .fired on him when he tried to secure his pistol., The robbers secured about $25. ' CHICAGO, April 20. (Speclat Portland people at Chicago hotels:" Palmer Honse-E. E. Page." ' TEA . Poor tea is poof comfort; there is no difficulty in get ting it good. Your rrocer return roar money if T o't like SchUlinc't But: wn par hini. iippiraiilitfiip'ii'p Coal Land Laws Codified. WASHINGTON, April 20. A codification of the coal, land laws, combined with reg ulations tor their administration, was is sued today by Commissioner Ballinger. of the United States Land Office. The lands are classified according to value and in formation as to the price at which the Government will sell each tract is dissem inated. The price varies from i0 to CO an acre, according to accessibility. Funston to Command California. WASHINGTON, April 30. Brigadier General Frederick Funston has been re lieved of the command of the Southwest ern Division, to take effect upon the expi ration of his present leave of absence and will proceed to San Francisco to take command of the Department of California.- ' . ilPliiSlliiiiW sttjrMra ill! ! 11 ililUiiiUUifei: i I iiaiiM Pi , IBM I m Lit O -II mm l im M h if . II I mm The eix highest mountains known are all in the Himalayas. . HEAVY SNOW IN COLORADO Some Damage to Fruit, but Cereal Crops Benefited. . DENVER, Colo., April 20. 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