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5 INDICT CHICAGO CHIEF OF POLICE collection was taken up for the defense fund. William A. Coakley, representing the Central Federated Union, said organ ized labor was not for treason, but was going to see thst these men got a free and fair trial, adding: "If Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone are guilty of this crftne they ought to be hanged. But if they are inno cent, and we believe they are, they must go free." IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON ASK BEN SELLING Mayor Dunne's Friend1 and Former Head of Depart ment in Meshes. THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAY 5, 1907. MUTILATES ORDER BOOKS Detectives Ievy Tribute on Saloon men and Protect Gamblers Pa trolmen Do Political Work. Other Official Indicted. CHICAGO, May -4. (Spei-tol.) The trand jury returned four joint indict ments BRlnt ex-Chief of Police Collin this evening, other police and city offi cials In connection -with alleged corrup tion in the city police department. The action follows Q allegation that the po lite force had been used during; the re cent mayoralty campaign to further the interests of Mayor Dunne. Those indicted are: John M. Collins. ex-Chief of police: W. J O'Connell. ex commissioner of public works and chair man of the Democratic City Committee; Edmund H. Roche, city purchasing agent nd menrber" of the Democratic City Committee: -Prank D. "Comerford. ex-police attorney:', and Detective James Mc Grath and Patrick McNulty. In Its reiort the grand jury stated that "while the evidence .has caused us to hold the ex-chief of police and his as sociates in the unlawful transactions chiefly, responsible- for the transgres sions, we consider -the inspectors, cap tains and lieutenants guilty of reprehen ible conduct and deserving of severe censure," Charged With Mutilating Documents The first indictment is against John M. Collins, charging him with mutilat ing, destroying and carrying away pub lic records. The charge refers to the order of Chief Collins directing the police officers to tear from .the special order hooks previous orders of a politi cal nature issued by him. The second true bill is against Col lins and Comerford. and charges a con spiracy to do an illegal act. This in strument recites that Collins and Com erford conspired to cheat and defraud the city and Injure the police depart mental taking away policemen, from their police duties and assigning them to political work in the interest of the Democratic party. This conspiracy charge provides for a fine of 12000 or a penitentiary sentence not exceeding five years. In the third indictment. Collins is linked with E. II. Roche and William K O'Connell. All these are charged with conspiracy to violate the state civil statute. Protected Gamblers and Levied Graft The two detectives form the objects of the last true bill. The indictment recites that they collected graft not only from saloonkepers during the campaign periad. but also previous to that time. They are-.charged .with in-' stalling slot machines In saloons on a profit-sharing basis and with collect ing cash from gamblers for immunity. Tt was predicted around the Criminal Court biiilding that the object of this Indictment Is to trap others higher in the police department. BUSSE CALLS FOR SCALPS Demands Civil Service Board Resign, But It Refuses. CHICAGO. May 4. Mayor Busse today formally asked for the resignation of Joseph Powell. William Prentiss and Frank Wenter. who constitute the Civil Service Commission of Chicago. They re fused and asserted that, the Mayor is without authority to ask them to resign. Mayor Busse refused to assign any rea son for his action. After the Commissioners' refusal to resign. Mayor Busse decided that he has authority to remove them. Consequently he dlclared the offices vacant and ap pointed three new members to the board. These new appointments will be sub mitted to the City Council tomorrow night. The deposed . officials declare that the courts will be asked to Intervene. MARCH TO SHOW SYMPATHY New York Labor Men Hiss Roosevelt and Denounce Prosecution. NEW YORK. May 4. Two long lines of men and women, probably 20.000 of them, trailed through the streets of upper and lower East Side today as a demonstration of their sympathy for Moyer. Haywood and Pettlbone, officials of the Western Federation of Miners. A part of the paradcrs crowded Grand Central Place to wind up the demonstration in one of the biggest . union labor and Socialist meet ings seen in New York in a long time. There was no disorder. Here and there would come a faint cheer, particularly on the downtown streets, but as a rule the crowds viewed the marchers, who made little attempt at parade function, with only curiosity. The first real enthusiasm came after the crowd had entered the hall, when a fife and drum corps played the "Marseillaise." The crowd howled and scores waved small red flags. When Morris Hilquist. the chairman, mentioned President Roosevelt, the name was received with a storm of hisses. "If he has any information about the guilt of these men, it is his duty to give this Information to the people." he said. His defense of Debs was received with prolonged cheers. He said it was not the fact that Debs. Moyer and Haywood had disobeyed the laws or done any of the things with which they have been charged that made them "undesirable citlrens." It was the fact that they were honest, law abiding, earnest workers for their fellow men that induced the President to make the statements he did against them. To the laboring men. he said. Debs. Moyer and Haywood are not "undesirable citi xens." "The undesirable citixens" to the laboring men are the capitalists, the mineowners and the Governors of the .states of Colorado and Idaho. ' "To us." he said, "the man who has been elected to the highest office In the land and who uses his power to trample down men whose very lives may depend upon the openness and fairness of the public mind, has violat ed his solemn oath. He is the 'unde sirable citizen.' " , Resolutions protesting against every step of the case, the President's state ments and the Idaho authorities' action in appropriating money for the prose cution were adopted. A copy of the resolutions is to be sent to every mem ber of Congress, the Justices of the -Supreme Court and the President. A OREGON WINS THE GAME Defeats Multnomah In College Base ball by 9 to 7. CXIVERSITY "OF OREGON", Eugene. Or., May 4. (Special.) Oregon defeated Multnomah in an exciting game at Rec reation Park today. There was plenty of base running and hitting on both sides, though honors in these phases of the play rested with Oregon. The varsity collected 14 hits from Newman and crossed the plate nine times, while the visitors carried away seven runs from nine hits. The game was reasonably free from er rors, the Multnomah team making but five and the Oregon players but four. Up to the fifth inning the visitors had no score against four marks for the college, but McClelland led off with a hit and Morgan. Sperry anil Stockton followed him around, filling the bases, when timely work by Ringer and Newman coupled with an error at second let four runs In. tleing the score. Oregon added three runs in their next two times at the bat and then Murphy. McClelland and Morgan aided by hits by Sperry and Stockton tied the score. At this point Clifford replaced Beck on the slab and in the last inning good stick work and base running by Smith, Ramp anT Kelly made the two winning runs for Oregon. -y The long drive of the day come in the third chapter, when big Dudley Clark smashed the ball over the left fence for a home run.' The whole Oregon team showed good fielding ability and played In form that was 60 per cent better than their work of last year. Batteries Oregon. Kelly, Beck and Clif ford: Multnomah, Ringer and Newman. Umpire, Weed. Attendance, 800. Aberdeen 8; Tacoma 3. ABERDEEN. Wash., May 4. Aber deen batted out an 8-to-3 victory to day. The locals took the . lead in the first inning and increased it as the game progressed. Starkett pitched great ball, four of Tacoma's eight hits being of scratch variety. The feature was Brown's fine work for Aberdeen at short. Doyle used the spit ball fre quently and with some effect. Score: R. H. E. Aberdeen 2 0120030 8 It 2 Tacoma 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 t S Umpire Ehret. ' Eastern College Games. At Worcester. Mass. Harvard 1. Holy Cross 0 (10 innings). At New Haven Cornell 2, Yale 1. At Philadelphia Princeton 5, Pennsyl vania 0. , At Chicago Chicago 7, Wisconsin 0. WILL NOT GIVE UP LIMA Guatemala May Suffer Breach of Relations, With Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO, May 4. Guate mala, has refused -to comply with the request ot the Mexican government that Jose Maria Lima and Colonel' Bore, charged with complicity in the assassination of General. Barrillas, be extradited. The Cabinet held a protracted ses sion and. it is said, debated' the advis ability of immediately severing diplo matic relations with Guatemala. No one would talk, but Minister . of For eign Affairs Mariscal said that the po sition of the Mexican government may be announced tomorrow. He added that no aecision was reached tonight. ATTACKED BY GUATEMALA Mexican Lighthouse Said to Be the Scene of Warlike Act. CITY OF MEXICO. May 4. Tele grams from Sallna Crux tend to con firm a report that the Guatemalans at tacked the Mexican lighthouse at San Berti, on the West Coast. MRS. ROOSEVELT IN PERIL Narrowly Escapes Blow from Yacht Sylph's Flagpole. WASHINGTON, May 4. Mrs. Roosevelt and a number of ladies accompanying her aboard the yacht Sylph narrowly es caped a serious accident as the boat reached Washington yesterday on its re turn from a trip down the Potomac. Through some misunderstanding, the boat went past i- r dock and crashed into a tugboat. s The shock was so severe that the flag- pole of the Sylph fell to the deck with a crash, narrowly missing Mrs. Roosevelt and those with her, among whom were Mrs. Clifford Richardson, ot New York, and Mrs. Bacon, .the wife of the Assist ant Secretary of State. None was hurt. Mrs. Roosevelt was entertaining fnends upon the yacht, having left the city at noon. Both the yacht and tugboat were damaged. The impression is that the en gineer misunderstood an order to reverse his engines as one to go forward, result ing in the collision. The launch of the Svlnh was badly damaged. The captain of the Sylph was at the White House but for what purpose could not be ascertained. TALK OF JHE TOWN The big sale of trimmed hats at 4 less than the already low prices at Le Palais Royal, STB Washington st. Moves to Secure Glass Works. J. R. Laber. secretary of the Board of Trade. is hopeful that he will soon secure a ' new man ufacturing industry for Portland in the shape of a glass plant. He is in receipt of another letter from Eastern capitalists, who have been in correspond ence with the Board of Trade for some time. In this letter the prospective in vestors advise Mr. Laber that they have eiven ud considering any other Coast point than Portland for the location of their plant, and It only remains ior me people of this city to show the glass makers that sand of the required quality and in sufficient quantity is to be had here. This Mr. Laber thinks can be done. Samples of this sand are &2 per cent pure, while the company requires sand that will test S6 per cent. The board is continuing its search for the desired quality. Accused of Assaulting Young Girl. Frank Williams, a laborer, aged SO years, was arrested by order of Municipal Judge Cameron yesterday afternoon and was lodged in the City Jail, charged with assaulting the 11-year-old .daughter of Mrs. Lena Bostine. of Mnwaukie and. Brooklyn streets. Williams was found in company with the child In a vacant house, and the police say the evidence against him is damaging. He is a married man. -1 W 7 M&yt 1 pyf --rf mwi i Pi - -i, f 1 i rt v-f Iw'M4 AY yM4 Ml; ' UiA acXV"V, Xt' I) CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN AND BOYS WHO CARE CORRECT IN STYLE CORRECT IN FIT CORRECT IN FABRIC CORRECT IN PRICE $15 to $40 t Copyrifm lycf By W. C. BOTH Chicago Complete Lines of Washable Suits For Boys and Girls BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER RALLY NG AT BOISE Friends of the Federatjonists Gather Around Them. DEBS CANNOT. STAY AWAY Will Come, Though Lawyers Advise Him Not Socialist Jury to Watch the Trial Great Demonstra tion In New York. BOISE, Idaho. May 4. (Special.) Owen Barnes, formerly of Victor. Colo., now of Goldfleld. arrived 1n the city today. He is a. member of the Western Federa tion of Miners and was prominent in that organization during the Cripple Creek troubles. It is reported that he is to be a witness for the defense in the Moyer-Haywood trials. He spent much of the time today In visiting Mrs. Hay wood. - Several Socialists are now in Boise, who hae been sent from various places to sit as a Socialist Jury in the trial to report the proceedings to their home or ganizations. George H. Shoaf. representing the Ap peal to Reason, who has been in corre spondence with Eugene V. Debs, was asked today if the latter still intended to visit Idaho to attend the trial of Haywood. He replied: "He has made no changes In his previ ous plan3. to my knowledge. I believe he will show up here next week." "Do you tnink Debs would come out here, after being advised by one of the leading attorneys for the defense to stay away, if he had the interests cjf the de fendants at heart?" was asked. Shoaf re plied: "Debs- is not the sort of man to be dic tated to by an attorney like E. F Rioh ardson or any other attorney. Debs has a mind of his own and will probably do as he himself thinks best." This was In reference to the fact that leaked out tome time ago that Mr. Richardson had made such repre sentation to Debs. The latter had indicated to friends in the East that he would net come, altnough he had aid frequently be would come and, if necessary, bring an army. VANCOUVER ISLAND ABLAZE Fierce Forest Fires Burning Up Much Valuable Timber. V VANCOUVER, B. C. May 4. A bush fire, which has already run over many acres of valuable timber, is burn'ing near Comox, on-Vancouver Is land, and it is feared that, with con tinued dry weather, it will spread considerably. Dozens of men are re ported to be fighting the flames, but despite their efforts the progress of the fire has not been stemmed. Tugs ar riving . from the North report that other fires are burning on the Van couver Island shores in the vicinity of Johnston Strait, where numerous de structive blazes occurred last Summer. At last accounts, Stewart's Island, at the mouth of the Euclatawa, is wrapped in flames, practically every stick of timber on the island being afire. Kihop Thoburn'to Speak. Bishop J. M. Thoburn will ad dress the City, Ministerial Asso ciation tomorrow ' at 10:30 A. M. at the- Y. M. C. A. His subject will be "The Latest News From the Field." He Is a veteran missionary and will speak with authority in regard to the missionary progress in India. Inasmuch as the mission textbook for all ths de nominations this year is "The Christian Conquest of India." by Bishop Thoburn, it has been decided to invite all Bible school officers. Young People's presidents, missionary committees, mission study teachers and all members of study classes to attend the meeting. Son of Mr. and Mrs. McGowan Dies. The many Portland friends of Mr. and Mrs J. E. McGowan were deeply pained to hear of the death of thetrb?by.0bi'; He died with malignant d'P0"1. Goldfleld. Nev.. April ' Furniture Trust Doomed Carpet and Furniture "Trust Price" Knocked Down From Their High Pedestal to a Reasonable Level. I No. 130-CC. Buffet I . Quartered Oak, 4V feet high. Quartered Oak, 41 Top of base 22x44 inches French bevel mirror1 12x34 inches. Trust price, this Buffet '.$37.50 Our price is only . $27.50 You save on this one article .$10.00 And we are making a reasonable profit at that. This price is not a special price with us, but simply an example of our regiilar low prices of the hundreds of articles we sell below the Furniture "Trust" Stores' Prices. 9x12 Royal Wilton Rugs .$40.00 Both the Carpet and Furniture "Trust" Stores are selling exactly the same at $48.00, which means when you buy it from us another saving to you of jnst $8.00. Whatever your wants may be in Furni ture, Stoves, Rurs, Linoleum or Housefurnishings, call and inspect our stock, in that green-front building at ' 106 FIRST STREET Between Washington and Stark. Independent Furniture Co. Window Shades. Made to Order. was also attacked with the same dis ease but Is now recovering. Alfred Wllfcle, Well-Known Singer. OAKLAND, Cal., May 4. Alfred Wil- kie, well known as' a tenor singer and music teacher, died at his home in this city today. He was years of age. and was born in Lancashire, England. His first public appearance in this country was In May, 1873. in a con cert with Mme. Anna Bishop. SAVINGS RATE ADVANCED TO FOUR PER CENT On May 1st we advanced the interest rate on Savings Deposits- from .Three to Four per cent. With absolute safety and the highest prevailing rate available, what greater incentive can be offered to those who want to build up a fund against the time of need? Start an account with ' us at once, any amount convenient. Your patron age means much to us,- but more to you, in provid ing against sickness, loss of employment, accident or old age. Merchants Savings & Trust Co. 247 Washington Street Capital Fully Paid $150,000.00 J. Frank Watson, President. R. L. Durham, Vice-Prea. W. H. Fear, See'y. S. C. Catching, Ass't See'y. O. W. T. Muellhaupt, Cashier. To The Public!: Title PEKIN Restaurant will have a ! Grand Opening on Monday, May 6th Visitors who patronize the restaurant on that day will be presented with a handsome souvenir free of charge. Delicious tea, Chinese candy and pre serves will be given free with each or der. The public are cordially invited. 323Va STARK STREET Second Floor Cor. Sixth Street