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IT IS BEGINNING- TO BE SUSPECTED THAT THE JOURNAL HAS A FACUETY TOR STIRRING UP THE DRY BONES I VOL. H. . NO. 1G7. PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 31. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIGHTING BOB EVANS, REAR ADMIRAL OF NAVY, ROASTS OFFICIALS WHO SAT ON COURT MARTIAL CASE-ARISTOCRACY OF ARMY AND NAVY DENOUNCED SHOULD BE POWERS Members of . Board Who Passed UghUy on Dis graceful Act Censured. Turkey- Bulgaria" Affair May Cause Trouble Throughout Europe. OFFENDER .; NICHOLSON END IS NOT IN SIGHT Officer While in Foreign Port Becomes Intoxicated and Assaults an Elderly fltallghtly Punished. Germany Wants Sultan Allowed toFol low His Course of Extermination, Austria May Agree. , of (Journal 8pec!al Service,) Washington. . Sept 21. Mail report! from the navy department made, public thU morning contain what is the moist ever eaatigatlon ever administered to member of a general court-martial. - It was In connection with the case of Assistant Paymaster Flch worth Nlchol son who Is a native of California and who entered the service two years ago, He was tried and convicted on the charge of drunkenness and scandalous" ;. Conduct tending to the destruction !" goW, morals. --'.- ...... It was alleged and proven, that while on shore at Chee Too, China, Nicholson ? became Intoxicated ,- and assaulted an elderly civilian. The sentence of the court was that Nicholson be reduced five . numbers In his grade, Rear ' Admiral .-fighting Bob ? Evans tn reviewing the case, says that the evl dance was of such startling character that the sentence should have been noth lng less than dismissal from the navy, Three officers of the court recommended clemency. Admiral Evans says those officers. Lieutenant Williams, Paymas ters Blscoe and Donable, have proved to -the convening authority and to the fleet their unworthlness to hereafter act as members of any court and will not again be placed in the position of passing Judgment upon other persons or for guarding and maintaining the dignity of the naval service. In addition to the three above named members of the court who are thus unprecedently re buked are Captain Sebree, Commanders Marshall. Dodd, Kinkley and Lieu ten ant Tompkins,- (he latter acting as judge advocate. In naval circles there is unusual com ment being made, and in the war de partment the matter is looked upon as serious. It is known that President Roosevelt agrees with Rear Admiral Evans and wishes to stamp out the 'tendency of officers of various branches of the serv- ice to shield scamps and pop-in-Jays simply because they have succeeded in gaining entrance Into the service of the government by pulls through political or other influential means. -Trtors who-mrw-ln-tha clty-ar expression , , ,i,i. Mf. t,0 -Zn is given that the aristocracy of the army and the navy cannot -too soon be eliminated. "NOT GUILTY" SAYS WANAMAKER JURY " (Journal Special Service.) Heaver, Pa., Sept. 21. A verdict in the libel suit against John Wanamaker wan returned this morning, the Jury finding Wanamaker not guljty, ; The Wanamaker case arose from a public speeah In which he said that there was corruption in the office of. the Btate printer under Robinson. PROFESSOR LANGLEY WILL NOW TRY AGAIN ' jpurnal Special Service.) "Constantinople,, Sept 2l.The Turkish Bulgaria embrogllo is fast assuming a diplomatic war between the powers of Europe. That war will be averted Is very probable, owing to the attitude of Germany In the situation. It Is believed here that the sultan is determined ; on j peaceable, solution of the problem. This fact is more or less demonstrated by his sending decrees into Macedonia forbidding massacres. .This he has done, for the last three days, or whenever during that tjm he has re ceived fresh rumors ' of outrages. How ever, just so soon as ne aas learnea that the rumdrs were unfounded he has recinded the orders. i i Germany, at Vienna, used her Influence yesterday to the effect: of counseling that the Sultan be allowed to put down the insurrection without the intervention of the powers. The latter says that this he wfll be able to ado without massacre or cruelty. Impossible to Stop It On the other hand it is known that should any warlike, demonstration be made by a power In waters of Turkey, It will be impossible to stop the impend ing conflict. The Sultan believes he will have the support of Russia, Austria, probably Germany and the neutrality of England. As matters stand today little change is noted in the situation. Report continue to come from the provinces that out rages are being carried on, but verifica tion cannot be made. One thing seems sure and that Is the ferocity of the Mussulman and incidentally the Turkish soldier who is over running in armies, the provinces of Monastir, Salonika and Andrlnople. It is not believed here that the number of atrocities, committed have half been told. More Torture. From Sofia a dispatch was received this morning that a band of bashl- basouks and Turkish soldiers after burning the village of Dupenia and Kchia, near Resen, they searched the - ASSAULT ON THE PRIEST FatherDesmerais of Baker Will Have Persons Tried in Police Court. SAD AFFAIR SATURDAY Among Those Arrested and Charged With Offense Is 8 Bishop, Two Newspaper Men and a "Deputy Sheriff. (Journal Special 8ervlce. New Tork, Sept. 21. From the latest photograph of Miss May Goelet, tho richest girl in America, who Is to marry the Duke of Roxburgh In November. The new American duchess will be one of the Influential women In British social life. . mm s HORTAGE County Files an Action Against Bondsmen of Late H. H. Holmes. MINISTERS WAR ON LICENSED GAMBLERS WASH BEPOBT Z3 ' X.OOKTB rOB PBOM SPECIAL COMMITTEE OP MXirZSTEBIAIi ASSOCIATION BB- aixoxsa heftsal or crrr or- riCIALS TO ESFOBCE THE LAW. Association la' Executive Session This Afternoon, Discussing the Beport, and tt Is Said That the Aid of the COurt. Will Be Asked to Compel the Manloi- pal Authorities to Put a Stop to Vio lations of the X,aw, FOUR MORE BREAK JAIL Three Escape From Rock Pile, a Fourth From County Prison. DEPUTIES GOT MONEY (Journal Special Service.) k WHdwater, Sept. 21. Prof. Langley'a sjrshlp has been repaired , and another trial will be made soon if the weather permits, possibly today. : ' of 100 families of refugees. The women ere violated and other torture, re sorted to before the defenseless people were finally killed. Turks Iiose Heavily. Sofia, Sept. 21. A serious engagement reported between Turkish troops and Insurgents here today. The battle oc eurred in the Perim mountains near Melnik. The Turks lost 500 killed, in eluding two prominent colonels. : A right of rowers. London, Sept. 21,r-High diplomatic sources soy that the" powers are by no means unanimous regarding the action so far taken in Macedonian affairs. The kaiser has partially gained Austria's sanction to his policy to allow the sul tan to continue extermination. Russia is now wavering. . Preen Mas .acres Reported. Bona, Sept. ZLFresh - massacres are reported In the districts of Monastir, Adrianople ' and Kostovo. Many towns have been destroyed by Turkish artil lery. On Wednesday last the artillery killed 100 at Zeoddorlchan and-160 at Bodicha; at Okrenl 1.20Q were shot or put to death. A large number of the victims were women and children. The sick and aged who were 'unable to get to safety by flight were killed by the soldiers. REFUSES HIM MONEY I . AND HE SHOOTS HER (Journal Special Service.) . Helena, Mont, Sept IL A Shoshone, Idaho, special says: Mrs. J. W S. Emerson of Shoshone, wifs of Dr. Emerson, one of the leading practitioners in Southern Idaho,.; was fairly riddled with -bullets - bout-2 o'clock this morning, at Milner. where her husband is temporarily engaged In running a drug store. .One shot struck her in the left shoulder and another, en tered the left breast osly a few inches above the heart - Three- other shots ef fected slight. wounds.' lr. Klienman and Frank R. Gooding, chairman of the Re publican state central committee, the latter the father of Mrs, Emerson, started at once for Milner. Upon ar rival Mr. Gooding at once telephoned to Shoshone that his wife had been shot by a burglar. At last reports the wounded woman Is believed to be 'pas t recovery. According to an earlier report Dr. Emerson had been gambling and came In about S o'clock "broke." He is alleged to have demanded-rnore money from his wife, but she refused to comply with the request whereupon the Infuriated hus band began shooting. OeTJnpencTCame loslly MnTDeHff quent Tax Moneys and Occurred ," 'While ifr..''lIoImes:Was Con- V; fined to Home By Illness. Two suits were filed this afternoon In behalf of Multnomah county against the bondsmen of the late Hanley H. HOlmes to recover the amount of short ages which arose during two terms he served as county clerk. The total amount which the county seeks to re cover Is $2,74.79, of which the greater part is delinquent taxes and penalties Which the county failed to receive. As to the personal Integrity of Mr. Holmes no Question has been raised, but it was during his administration that many of the frauds in the courthouse occurred. Ill-health, Compelled him to be absent from his office- much of the time, especially during his second term. and he was therefore unable to give his personal supervision to the work of his deputies. Traced to Deputy. One of them was W. O. . Stlmpson. to whom embezzlements off more than $2,000 have been traced. The business of the county (Clerk's office was conduct- Some new and startling developments in the campaign against gambling and the slums in this city under the pro tection of the authorities are expected ijespnmg-ata- meeting tha -min isterial association this afternoon. The members of the special commit tee of clerics who, aided by information contained in confidential communica tions, became familiar with conditions In the slums will make its report to the association, i From what can be learned the report will recommend more drastic measures than appeals to the mayor to change his policy regarding practlcajly licensed gambling. In this connection 4t is hinted that the Municipal league will be asked to have the attorneys of that or ganization institute proceedings to en Join the mayor and the city government from receiving the bi-monthly tribute paid to the city by gamblers and the people of the slums. ii is conieiKiea mat lr tne revenue from this source is stopped by the courts Mayor Williams' system will be undermined and he will order he laws enrorcea. Rev. J. H. Talbot drafted the report, but said ne could make no part pf it publlo until after the association had acted upon it He takes this position, because he 1 fearful that portions of It may be eliminated or annihilated. From thla fact it is evident that the members of the ministers' association are not unanimous as to the method of procedure. That the association is done SHERIFF IS HELPLESS Storey Has Recaptured None and Has Concealed His Blundering in Hope That It Would Escape Public Notice. d Witn STMt lBTltv. nnii thin s-avAiir-i' cellent opportunity for the "boodlera" to dealtn8: witn Mayw Williams directly Is get In their work. . . conceded. The interview with him last Mr. Holmes' first term as county clerk 1 Friday convinced the members that the extended from July I. 1898, to.July 1. mayor will not recede from his present 1900, and his bondsmen were C. B. Bar- Uositlon In the matter. Tt , tel. B. P. Swetland, H. S. Howe and Jo-.ha rnort of the mmmiii.o m seph Paquet who are made defendants .. .u- ... In fh.(lr.) rf tho .,.1. fllaA TV- I l"n " umyor S XO American Bonding & Trust Company be- wnat Friday's interview, but came surety for Mr. Holmes when he iwiu .imir imnc. reamis. wag re-elected In 1900, and it Is accord-1 Additional sensations are. looked for ingly made defendant in the second suit when the Investigating committee pf the Mrs. Anna Holmes, -as executrix of her municipalJeague will report to the gen husband's estate, is a co-defendant In eral organization the result of Its re Vtl& ".. earches in connecUon with protected suits Instituted as a result of the in vestigation now In progress. Judge d H. Carey is acting as special counsel for the county and prepared the. pleadings. Expert George Black round shortages .(Continued on Page Two.) gambling.. $nd the police regulation re specting immorality., The committee refuses to disclone the I nature of the, report, : sweeping, tlve session, Four prisoners in the county Jail have escaped within the past two weeks, and Sheriff Storey, has not succeeded in re capturing them. Three of the four took French leave while working on the rock- pile, and the fourth Is said to have made his escape from the Jail. The matter was kept as quiet as possible, for Sher iff Storey prefers not to let the public know when prisoners slip through bis Angers. William Rowland, who was entrusted to the sheriff's custody June 16 under three months' sentence, gained his free dom September 6. He had only a few days more to serve, but had evidently mid ail lus wanted or HherlnT Storey's boarding-house, and when an opportu nity to escape presented itself he ,was prompt to take advantage of it. He was a trusty and had been allowed the freedom of the courthouse grounds. But the prospect of Immediate freedom was too tempting and Rowland, took leg ball. Prom the Bockpil. O. Fry was sent to the county Jail August 14 for 90 days. Like, other in mates' of the Jail, he was put to work on the rockpile, and he succeeded in escap ing from the guards September 11. The next day "Bill" Daley, -who was also at wors on xne rocupiie, accompusned an equally successful " getaway. Ha had been in Jail since August 20 under a 90 days' sentence. Escape seemed so easy and recapture So improbable , that L. McCoy, another member of the chain gang, concluded to cut short his imprisonment. He had been In Jail since August 6, under sen tence of ISO days. Last Thursday, with out the ceremony of leave-taking, he took his departure for part unknown. ' The guards explain that1 theee'escape from the chain gang could not well have (Journal Special Service.) Baker City, Or., Sept 31. Civil and criminal suits will begin this afternoon against Bishop O'Reilly, Father Gart land. Father Helnrlch, I. B. Bowen, a newspaper man; Jack Burns, a mining engineer, and " Deputy Sheriff Hemple. These are the persons who, it Is al leged, through force deprived Father Desmarals of his liberty and possession of the parish home Saturday afternoon. The' arrest and subsequent Incarcera tion was the. most spectacular event that has ever itransplred la Baker City. Father Desmarals and his demented sister have been rejpased from custody in the county Jail because no charge had been filed against them calling for their arrest and no subsequent charge could legally be died. Father Desmarals, throvgh his attor ney, Oeorge J. Bently, will this after noon cause the arresjof the two priests and two laymen, also Bishop O'Reilly and the deputy sheriff and the six will be tried in the police court for riotous conduct in the streets of Baker City. The members of the church have divided themselves into factions. The largest faction, it is said, is furnish lng money to support Father Desmarals In bis suits against the bishop and oth ers. If they appear in pouce court tnis afternoon the crowd witnessing it will probably be the largest that has ever gathered in the little structure in which Judge Bentley dispenses law. The sheriff's office was deceived Into action Saturday by a telephone message from I. B. Bowen,. stating that a crazy woman was acting in a dangerous man ner in the parish home. When the dep uty arrived he found the party named above waiting for him, and entrance Into the parish house was forced. Ac cording to the story which reaches the public, the woman alleged .to be crazy was quietly awaiting them with her brother. Father Desmarals, Father Gartland. with the bishop, seized Father Desmarais by the throat and forced him to the floor. Later Father Desmarais secured. afcplstol&ndthe .Btrwgxle,pe- ween the lone priest defending his sis ter and the two priests, the bishop, the two laymen and a deputy sheriff ensued. The defending priest was overpowered with the gun In his hand. As the sher iff was arrangingthe handcuffs the sister seized them, and with her two hands broke them into fragments. It now ap pears that the party forcing entrance had no legal authority and the charge of riotous conduct and suits for heavy damages will- result this afternoon. NEEDS OF Campbell Thinks $150,000 Would Put Department on Proper Footing. A FULL PAID SERVICE What It Would Add to the Cost andj now it would-bave By Reducing Jhe Insurance Jlates In WCJr7T"" Present conditions in Ore Hepart ment: Appropriation, 190,000: permanent men, 67; call men, 82. Minimum on which a full-paid department could be conducted: Ap propriation, $150,000; 'permanent men, 189, What Portland should have In comparison with other cities; Appropriation-, $200,000 yearly; per manent men, 175; new engine houses; new apparatus. Summary of needs by Portland's Are department by Chief David Campbell. The expose of the wretched condition : of the various engine houses by The Journal caused no little Interest among the citizens of Portland. That tha quarters were in bad shape was known, but the average citizen waa not aware , that they were actuallyfalllng to pieces, ' The Journal asked the fire chief what It would cost to put the fire department on a full-paid basis. 1 Before answering the question Chlefi Campbell said be waa pleased that Mayor Williams and many of the coun cilmen were aware of the needs of the, department and were favorable to glv-. lng it what funds are needed. j , This money la. not being given to mvi . said Chief Campbell;' "It is for the bene fit of the entire city and for every citt-v sen In Portland. Increased fire proteo-. tion means reduced cost of Insurance,' and every citizen should take pride la j the condition of the department." ayroU Would be f 113,899. Archbishop Christie of the Diocese of Oreg-on, will take no action In regard to the Baker City affair.. His powers do not cover the present case. "Each bishop Is the supreme head of his diocese or bishopric," said a priest this afternoon, "and Bishop O'Reilly-is answerable only to Mgr Falconlo. the papal delegate at Washington, D. C." KXX.X.ED HIMSEIiP. (Journal Special Sen-Ice.) Helena, Mont., Sept. 21. Because the rope with which he essayed to hang himself was too long and permitted his feet to touch the floor of the bunkhouse of the Montana City lime quarries. John Weto, a native of Norway and without relatives in this country, whipped out a razor and Inflicted wounds from which death, resulted yesterday. No cause is known for the deed save that Weto: had a black, eye and did not take kindly to the' Jokes of his fellow laborer. The Journal by Chief Campbell the an nual payroll of a full-paid department for Portland would be $113,599.92. or $9,466.66 a -month. The. present pay-, roll is $5,821.66 a month, ot $69,859.92 year. Given an addition of approxi-t mately $42,500 to his annual appropria-t tion Chief Campbell believes he could', install a full-paid department - Thla does not include the cost of the flreboat. crew. These figures are based on paying au the present scale- of wages for parma-. nent employe. The. chief believes that the increased cost would b fully Justl fted"tjytttS" better service; the" ttmB' saved and the work done about the quarters, by the men. Furthermore, Chief Campbell points ' out that it would be easier to get good ' men to Join the department and th discipline which would be enforced at all times would result In much greater t efficiency. - jH Waat the Department Is. At present the Portland department consists of 67 permanent men, including the chief, three assistants, the supertn tendent of the fire alarm system, his assistant the hydrant man and his assistant- The call men now number 82. making a total of 139, all of whom could , be hired permanently with the sum ' named by Chief - Campbell in his esti- -mata ' - - This number is the least with which, Chief Campbell would undertake to run a full-paid department In bis esti mate the largest companies would con-. , sist of but 10 men, which in most cities have from 12 to J4. The expense 1; kept at a minimum la tne esttmat Wnat 1150,000 Would Xaka XV The Journal ouMlshed tho statement that with $160,000 a full-paid depart- , ment could be installed, all the running expenses paid and needed, tmprovemnta made to many of the quarters. Thla statement is Justified by the: facta ' i The monthly running expense of tns department at present average $2.100,, , or $25,200 a year. Add this to $U . 599.92 and in round figures it approxi-, mates $188,800. With the lll.Suo re- . f (Continued on Page Two.) ha nmrt hn uvi it Will I B"' ' w novo hT? ULVLVIL been prevented., They say that they u ' ! (Continued on rage Two.), . MASKED ROBBERS BEAT MESSENGER Chicago, Sept, 21.- Three masked rob bers last night attacked and beat into unconsciousness with a lead pipe Ex press Messenger William G. , Apghran, employed on the Michigan Central. This was at noarly midnlKht When the desperadoes had accomplished their purpose of nearly killing their victim they searched the American Express car, which leaves' here ijn'the morning train. ' Two safes were rL1ed, but only a small amount of money was taken, , cording to the report of th AfftVhils morning. . The regular shipment cf 29.0i)0 rM.t every Monday was pot tirviiKt (-tr until the train waa tiy tn e' ,H 'i i robbers were evidently fti-r r.n , , . ure, and did hot wa.t !' t - i. -, i , secure it. Tn. titi-jUH-tin' r r . i fractured skull, en.-i it. u r -v ' that he can recover,