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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. .
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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,