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FOIlERilSHHra
ACCUSED
Captain Theoriaii is Fugi
,i tive From Justice
IS NOT APPREHENDED
Charged Willi Murdering Ras
huiscn Watch oi an c( Steamer '
Washington cf
VMS MATE ON SUE H.ELMORE
H 1 814 to Hivt Served Four
Year in the Penitentiary Por
Forgery Seen ia Albany But he
Escape - '
PORTLAND, Nov. 23-That Cap
tain I Theorieu, former matt on the
steamer Sua 1L Elmore, and later
master 1 of the iloop Condor, for
who arrest a wsrant ha been Is
aucd on the cbarga of murdering
Watchman ,M C. Raimuisen, aboard
the itcato schooner Wathington,Js
not only fled th city since ha Icara
cd ha wa accused of the crime, but
waa af A'banyMhU morning; is now,
positively krtoa"to Sheriff Steven.
With what appear to be evidence of
ah unmistakable character that the
atupect ia seeking nfety ! in' "fllghf,
tee efforta of the authorities to ap
prebend him have been redoubled
The Sheriff received a telephone
message troirl Chief of Police Me
Man at Albany tnat-ineoncn wa
aeen and Identified there this morn
ing by a man who knowa bim well.
When it , waa learned that Theo
rien had not been in hia accuatomed
haunti ai nca Wednesday, it waa be
lieved he had attempted to escape by
way of the. tea, and one report wa
received from- Aatoria that Tbeorien
wai on the steamer Rose City, bound
for San Francisco, These theories
were exploded, however, when it
waa learned that the accused man
wa aeen and recognized in Port
land yeaterday morning.
Theorlen narrowly missed arrest
yesterday" morning, the oflkere being
only a few minute behind him at hit
room at the Oilman Hotel. It ia re
garded at a significant fact that
Theoricn, though be had a room at
the Gjlman for some time, hat been
etaying at the Nortonia and Oregon
Itotelt since Wednesday. Close watch
was kept all day yesterday, but no
further trace of the man could be
found, and it was believed that he
bad fled from the city when he learn
ed that a warrant had been issued
charging him with the murder of
Raimusten. . ,.
'The fact if Theorlen' having been
convicted of forgery in Lane, county
and serving four years in the peni
tentiary will render it still more dif
ficult for him to pass through that
county without being apprehended,
as 111 the officers will know him. It
will be difficult; for the fugitive to
make his way back to Portland, but
to guard against any effort on hit
BOLICE CENSURED
I BY CORONERS JURY
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23-The
coroner' jury which has been inves
tigating for, four day the suicide of
Morri Haas, brought In a verdict
this) evening. ' The verdict wa as
follows, "That taid gunshot wound
was self-inflicted by Morris Haas
with suicidal intent following hi at-J
tempted assassination ot Assistant
District Attorney , Francis J, Heney.
i'We' further find from the testi
mony pf the numerous witnesses ex
amined that gross ' negligence and
Incompetency was shown by the po
lice official having in charge the
searching of the prisoner, Morris
Haas, in not properly safeguarding
the best interests of the public, thus
making It possible for, the small der
OF PHI)
part to return and attempt to lost
himself In the city and the officer
have been given i copy of Tbeorien
description, so at to be able to
recognise him with little difficulty.
. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23-Tbe
police boarded the steamer Roue
City this afternoon on her arrival
from" Portland "but" failed to find
Captain P. Tbeorien, who is wanted
in t!i Northern City on a charge of
mumer.; 'j hi detective called th4
entire crew on deck and thorough!
searched the vessel without finding
any trace of the man. :v
inn up nous
PREJUDICES AGAltf-
WUNIST&KS ASSOCIATION IN
NEW YORK , DISAGREES
' WITH ROOSEVELT
NEW YORK! Nov. 2J-In a reio-
lutlon- adopted today by the Presby'
terian Ministers'-Association of thi
city - they expressed - disagreement
with President Roosevelt' atatemenr
In hisrecent letter that the refusal
to vote 'for V candidate! for a hinh
office because he Is Roman Catho
lic , ia -"Narrow, .unwarranted, bigo
try The ministers endorsed the
letter eent recently by the Ne
York Lutheran ministers to the
President, dissenting from his view,
BUREAU OF SOILS.
Systematic Survey of Arid Landa In
; The West To Be Made.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23,-Conditions
existing in the arid lands of the West
are to be learned through a systema
tic survey thi winter by scientists of
the Bureau of Soils, according to-an
interview by Wm, E. Curtis with
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
printed in the Record Herald today.
One of the most Interesting piece
of work we have done this year," said
Secretary Wilson, "is to make inquiry
intQ the possibilitiea of the dry re
gion of the United States; that part
of our country which lies west of the
one hundredth meridian to the foot
bills of the Rocky Mountains, A great
many homeseekers are going out in
to the possibilities of the dry region
of the United States; that part of our
country which Ilea west of the one
hundredth meridao to the foothills of
the Rocky Mountain. A great many
homeseeker are going out into that
country so that it secured to us that
would be wise to ascertain conditions
through a survey by the scientists of
the Bureau of Soils. .The soil, a we
knowvaries from drifting'! white
sand to .valleys that will, produce
crop of certain kinds without Irriga
tion. Nearly the whole work of ihe
Agricultural department is outside of
Irrigation. The Federal government
lias arranged to' use the "proceeds
from the Sale of public land to irri
gate the dry lands in the West, but
after it has used all the water now
ringer which caused the death of
Morris Haas to remain secreted on
his person. V 1 v. '' '.'
"We also find there ha been a
strong feeling of animosity engen
dered between the police department
and the district , attorney' office',
which is greatly to ' be deplored in
the present crisis through which our
city ii passing. They should work
in harmony jo the end that all crime
in our midst shall be detected and
punished. ' r
"We, the jury, recommend that
the mayor of this city thoroughly in
vestigate the condition of affairs tnd
that he take such active and imme
diate steps as he may deem neces
sary, to remedy, thi palpable condition.
fluwiiif in all the streams, there wi
still remain a very large percentage
of that country that cannot be reach
ed by irrigation and that come un
der the care of this department. We
have, therefore, surveyed this sum
mer forty thousand square miles of
the toil of North Dakota and have
finished the work in that state. Win
ter ha come and our people now go
touth to the lower end of that dry
belt in Texa and survey toward the
north through the cold weather, Jn
thW spring they will go back to the
North again and continue their work
southward."
PANIC IN THEATRE.
Picture Machine Explode And Five
Are Wounded. ,
wuiv-rtw, aov, une man
die and four women are suffering ser
ious injuries a a result of the explo
sion of a moving picture machine,
which resulted in a fire and panic in
a five-cent theatre last niuht.
The injured are: Nick Maros, ope
rator of machine; left arm torn off
and badly burned; may die; Grace
Noonan; Agnes O'ConnclJ; Mrs. Jer
ry Dailey; Tauline Hampton.
Ihe theatre wit crowded with
large Sunday night audience when
film suddenly-took fire and the pic
ture machine exploded.
In moment the entire front of the
theatre wa in Barnes. Mangled and
burned Maros jumped out of hi blaz
ing cage and ran through a crowd of
women and children, holding the
stump of his bleeding arm and crying
loudly.
A general rush for the exit start
eil. Women were thrown down in
tfificruth. Several women fainted and
were half dragajed, half carried out of
the building hymen and boys.
A fire company put out the flame
The damage was slight.
i m m oui
HSCISIIE
ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR
POLICE COMMISSION, AND
SMITH ALSO SAYS YES.
A. M. Smith yesterday filed his
acceptance of the nomination given
him for the mayoralty at the Demo
crat nomination. Mr. Smith is
Democrat, and now has the Demo
crat and Citizen" nominations.
From, the first it was qui;e natur
any presumed that he would accept
this nomination, though last Satur
day: he announced in rather heated
term in a published article that he
couldn't think .of doing such a thing.
Apparently he changed his mind
over Sunday..
It was a busy day yesterday in the
political . held, and perhaps next in
mportance to Mr, Smith's accept
ance of the Democrat nomination
wai the filing of a petition last
evening for Dr. Logan on the police
commission. Dr. Logan accepted.
Thus there will be a three-cornered
fight for the office of police commis
sion, with Dr. Barr, Mr. Carruthers
and Dr. Logan as the candidates.
Eacb is well known, each i popular,
nd each would probably make a
first class man for this highly im
portant position. That the new can
date, Dr. Logan,, will make a strong
run, for the place may be taken as a
foregone conclusion. v ;
The provision of the charter per
taining to' the $25 tax' limit for all
candidates for the water commission
hasr caused ' considerable ' troublj.
Yesterday C. S, Wright tendered his
esignation, and the committee nam
ed J, E Ferguson a the Republican
nominee for the water commission
at large., , ,;
The Republican committee also
named Maxwell Young for the water
commission for the eight-year term
from the Fourth ward in place of J.
C. S Anderson, and ; also named
Charles Goddard for the four-year
term from the same ward.
The Citizens' committee named
Peter Gimre for the eight-year term
and Sofus Jensen for the water com
mission from thi ward.
Over the Fourth ward nomina-,
tions considerable feeling arose, and
there wer'l charges "of treachery"
made openly by the Republican com
mitteemen, The plan of the Repub
licans was to have Gimre for the
four-year term and Young for the
.. t ' : til : :
pi mm
Admirals Dewey, Schley
and Evans Heard From
WE HAVE GOOD NAVY
Naval Academy Alumni Gives
Banquet In Chicago and Six
; Admirals Attend
OUR SHIPS GOODS AS ANY
Recent Criticism of Navy Unjust,
Misleading and Silly Dewey, Ev-
am and Schley Resent the Unfair
Statement Regarding Our Vesaela
CHICAGO, Nov. 23. -Critics of
the navy who condemn warships be
cause of minor defects were answer
ed publicly tonight at a banquet -of
ihe United States naval academy
alumni of the east. Six rear admirals
sat at the banquet board at the Audi
torium Hotel and letter scoring re
cent critics and praising the navy
were read from Admiral Dewey,
Rear Admiral Scbley and Rear-Admiral
Evans. Those rear admirals
present were Capps, Ross, Brown-
son, H igginson, Chad wick and Day
ton. Admiral Dewey wrote -that
"battleship building is one of the
most progressive of modern'' art
and t!:e old thip we not equal to
the new, but the vessels which have
been recently received with marked
consideration in South America, and
countries Bordering on the Pacifi?
Ocean are equals of the "foreign
vessels of their date of design and
completion and often, their' superiors."-
, ' :. i .
Admiral Schley wrote "that there
is no more possible to Create a per
fect ship than to find a perfect man,"
and he took exception to the critic
ism of the navy because the fact is
withheld that many of the minor de
fects adverted to were common to
large percentage of vessels of every
power constructed at the time.
Schley also wrote that the infer
ence sought to be established is. that
our vessels are inferior to foreign
vessels,1 He declare that one has
but to read some of the foreign ar
ticles to find that there are some
critics who seem to think all is not
well in these vessels on their own
side of the ocean.
Evans in his letter says that after
his experience with out fleet which
few men have had, he is convinced
that our ships taken as a whole are
equal or superior to those built by
any other country. ' Of course, our
first ships do not equal latest for
eign ships and no sane man would
expect them to, but he thinks that
our newest craft are superior to all.
He says he has studied the recent
criticisms of our navy , and has no
word to tell how unjust, misleading
and silly they are.
eight-year term. Then the Citizens'
named Gimre for the eight-year
term, after having agreed that he
should go for the four-year term, ac
cording to the representations made.
This made .Young and Gimre oppon
ents of each other, and left the Re
publicans in bad humor over what
they termed wa a palpable "trick,''
From the Third ward a nomina
tion was filed yesterday for A.
Sherncckau. for the water ' commis
sion for the four-year . term, which
would have "made him an opponent
of J. W. Welch. After considera
tion Mr. Scherneckau stated that he
would not take the nomination,
though feeling grateful to the men
who had signed the petition.
I. Bergman yesterday accepted the
nomination on tlie Independent tick
et for the water commission for the
Third ward for the four-year term,
which will make him an opponent of
H. G. Van Dusen.
The time for filing nominations on
the Independent ticket closed last
night. No other nominations may
now be made.
GIRL KILLS LOVER.
Lamented Tragedy I Enacted
Through An Accident
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov, 23.
Girth Spencer, aged 24 years, a young
farmer living at Owen, Ind., was ac
cidentally killed by Miss Ida Rein
hardt, to whom he was engaged to be
married on Christmas day, at 'the
girl's home in this city yesterday.
The tragedy occurred shortly after
Spencer had finished eating breakfast
at the Reinhardt home. Miss Rein
hardt, her mother and Spencer were
sitting about the table talking when
the conversation drifted to revolvers
and their uses. Spencer said that he
had no revolver, whereupon Miss
Reinhardt Said she had one and she
went to a trunk and procured the
weapon. "
Tehre were two bullets in the re
volver and Spencer removed both of
these before looking at the revolver.
He snapped it several times and hand
ed it back to Miss Reinhardt, who also
snapped it several time's.." She then
handed it to her mother who snapped
it playfully. " .
Mrs. Reinhardt handed the revolver
back to Spencer and he put the 'two
bullets back into it. Miss Reinhardt
did not see him when he reloaded the
gun. He handed it back to her. and
she took it in her hands and again be
gan to pull the trigger and the third
time the cartridge explodede and the
bullet sped straight Into the man'
heart. ' . ,
DIVORCE LAW PASSES.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 24.1-
The new divorce law, increasing the
period of residence from six months
to one year, was carried November
3 in South Dakota by a vote of 2 to
1, according to unofficial figures com
piled today. ( , ;
BULL D08S DO BATTLE
IH40II NIL-
WILD ' SCRAMBLE WHEN VII
LAGE TRUSTEES RAID
iThe place;' t ,
CHICAGQ,. JCoy1 23.-After two
terriers had torn one another for 56
minutes and bad been prevented,from
rushing into a death grapple by the
lightweight pugilistic champion,. Bat
tling Nelson, the trustees of the vil
lage of Burnham," with a dozen armeJ
deputies at their backs, broke into the
city hall in which the fight was held.
The" 500 spectators jumped to their
feet and a wild rush, for doors ami
windows followed. Several shots were
fired in the air by the deputies, but
they could not stop the stampede.
Through' the roonr In which .he
fight took place: was on the 'fefcond
floor of the building, scores of men
did not , hesitate to drop from win
dows, one of the fugitives suffering a
broken leg. He was hauled to a wait
ing buggy by companions and was
driven rapidly away. The other men
in the audience, made up for the most
part of "followers of the sport,"
formed flying wedges and charged the
trustees and deputies'' in approved
football style (old, rules )and broke
through the ring of officers guarding
the exits." Then began a helter skel
ter flight from the village, some get
ting away in carriages, a few in au
tomobiles and a regular 'army . on
foot. Trustees and deputies, however,
managed to capture nine men.
Champion Battling Nelson escaped
the same fate by what his followers
might call a new exhibition of ring
generalship. When the scramble be
gan the battler bethought himself of
a deputy's star presented to him by
an admirer in- O'Baro, Mex.j last
year. Pinning this on his coat, he
mingled with the raiders and finally
slipped from the place unobserved,
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 23,-Total
receipts of $392,339 and disburse
ments amounting to $318,293 by the
Republican state committee during
the recent campaign are shwn by
the report of George J. Smith, treas
urer which was filed today with the
Secretary of State. The Democratic
state committee received $206,360 and
disbursed $204,892 during the cam
paign according to a statement filed
today with the Secretary of State,
by Arthur McLean, treasurer of the
committee. .
JOHN D. HFMEIi
HUG HY II
STAYS AT ANN ARBOR.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 23.-
Arthur Hill of Saginaw, one of the
regents of the University of Michi
gan, last night denied that Michigan
had offered Benjamin E. Wheeler of
the University of California the posi
tion now held by President Angel!.
"I called on Dr. Wheeler when I was
in California and he informed me be
was too well satisfied with conditions
there to make chance" said Regent
Hill. "Moveover the University of
Michigan ha tendered him nothing."
Regent Beal says that Dr. Angell
has not resigned, "There is nothing to
this' said .President , Angell last
night,."and I cannot imagine where it
started.'" .
HEf.EY EAGER TO BE
THE GREAT PROSECUTOR EX
PRESSES DEVOUT THANKS
v FOR . HIS ESCAPE. ,
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23--The
Call this morning prints the first in
terview granted to , the press .by
Francis J.,Heneyf since the assistant
district .attorney wa shot in Judge
Lawlor court room November 13 by
Morns Haas while the hearing of one
of the cases against Ruef was in pro
gress.,, :.- . .
After expressing devout thanks for
his miraculous escape, .Mr. ..Heney
"In this great human battle against
vice and corruption let no one believe
that the true source is to be found in
the individual dynamiters, jury bri
bers, kidnappers and assassins, and
that their .extermination, means ulti
mate victory. Such beings are but the
bubbles emanating from, the pool cf
tiitn that has been years in the mak
ing. The, seed has; been sown and we
must reap the liarvest, but in gather-
ing inc lares ici u oe sausnet wim
nothing but the. roots,"' 'J,.".,
""It. has been a terrible sacrifice,
but if my blood has not been shed in
vain, if the assassin's bullet has sud
denly disclosed to the public eye the
hideousness . of the "gigantic conspir
acy to defeat the law, then I shall
feel that have not lived in vain, that
my poor efforts, have met with im
measurable benefit to my beloved city
aim aiaic , (. ,;, .
The foregoing is a part of the state
ment which is published over Mr. Ho
ney's signature., The wounded man U
well on the road to recovery and was
able to walk about his room at the
hospital" today; tTo" his interviewer he
stated that he was eager to get back
to the prosecution of the graft cases
aagin.
PEKIN, Nov. 23.-The first trust
worthy report of a mutiny at Nan
king: was received here today.. "A
battery, of artillery and a squadron
of cavalry consisting of not over 500
men, entrenched themselves on No
vember 19th in the old fort and gave
but ' that' they had.' mutihed. For a
time they put up a successful resist
ance, but a gunboat was brought to
the scene and bombarded their posi
tion, 'whereupon they fled,
are now in pursuit -
Soldiers
ROBBER TACKLES
THE WRONG MAN
TACOMA, Nov. 23 Frustrated in
an attempt to hold up Charles Blom
berg, a bartender in a "C" street sa
loon at 8 o'clock tonight, two young
highwaymen, heavily . armed, were
arrested and when searched at the
police station were identified as the
men who held up and robbed the P
street car Saturday night. The rob
bers confessed that before coming to
Tacoma they had held up and rob
bed crews of two Portland street
cars. Both men were considerably
under the influence of liquor when
i TIH"''Q
, tilliiiio
F JUL
Bat it Ta Many Years
For Him to Learn Fast
MEMORY HOT CLEAR
Gives Credit to
Fte:!sr
and
In-
Todd tor Standard Oil,
ceptisn and Success
STANDARD
CASE
still c:i
There k More Imnortant tonrv
Than Making; Money," Say Oil
Magnate, But he Amassed $200,
000,000 Before Learning Thi.
-V ".--'''
NEW YORK. Nov: 23.-(W
for the creation of the Standard Oil
Trust which counsel for the Federal
government claim still exists as the
Standard Oil Comapny of New Jer
sey, was giveir by John D. Rockefel
ler today as a witness under crosa
examination to two men, Henry M.
fiagier and iamuel C. T. Tood, To
these master architects of the' oil
combine, Rockefeller gave full cred
it, saying he was sure it was" not'
himself; as he did not possesi abil
ity for so progressive a move. Rock
efeller spent an arduous day ori the
stand under the incessant .' .question-!,
ing of Frank B. Kellogg, govern-'
menfs counsel and when adjourn-'
ment was taken until tomorrow, he
gave every evidence of delight that
the day was done. " Counsel ' hope
to conclude Rockefeller's ! cross-examination
tomorrow, when it is
planned to' place John D. Archbotd,
vice-president of the Standard Oil
on the stand. Kellogg, who with oth
er government investigators ha been
endeavoring for more than a year to
locate ;the missing stock on ' the
transfer books of the Standard 5 Oil
Company sought to do so' today'
through Rockefeller who promised
to do what he" could to find them.'
Rockefeller's examination today car
ried him through - a period of the
Standard Oil Trust and years of its
subsequent liquidation which lasted
from i 1894 to 1899. Rockefeller's
memory at times was' not clear on
definite details of this trust liquida
tion period and he told counsel that
he could not recall many of the inci
dents and developments of that time.
During - the day ' Kellogg developed
from Rockefeller that early in the in-"
dustriat existence " of the ! Standard
the presidents of railroad companies1
together with their : directors were
stockholders in the oil combination.?
After adjournment tonight Rocke
feller told an inquiring audience of !
reporters that they were better
things, in the world that making',
money and that since 1891 ' he had,
been gradually retiring t from ", busi-s
ness. He added; Theer . more ;
important work than making money:
and there is much for me to do. I:
belong to the Brotherhood of Man
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taken into custody. Blomberg, when
the robber stuck a gun into his face,
dodged into the saloon office, return
ing with a revolver and this display,
of nerve unnerved the highwaymen,
and while he held them at bay, a pa
tron of the resort ruahed to the
street and summoned Patrolman
Nelson. Both robbers put up a fight
in the jail office and one of them at
tempted to get possession of the re
volver taken from him, but was
knocked senseless by Captain Fitz
gerald. , , -. . , , Y