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Jlouimaf G OOD EVENING. The Circulation Of The Journal Yesterday Was 17.100 Tenlght and Sunday, fair; east erly winda. VOL. III. NO. 234. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1904 SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. F. R WOLGAMOT CAPS THE CLIMAX BY PLEADING GUILTY TO SWINDLING THE GOVERNMENT IN LAND FRAUD CASE CONFESSES CONSPIRACY Walgamot Involves All of Those on Trial in His Admission. ACQUIT MARIE WARE, PROSECUTION'S PLEA Opening of Afternoon .Session Crushes the Defense Attor neys O'Day and Hardy Take the Stand. t e Immediately on the convening of the federal court at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Attorney Claude Strahau roae. and addressing Judge Bellinger, said: "If it please the court I apt pea as attorney at thia time for Frank H, Walgamot, and I wish to withdraw hla. flea 'of not, guilty and enter a plea of guilty." Judge Plpea waa on hla feet on the Instant. "If the court pieaae." ho said. "I have appeared aa attorney for Frsnk H, Wajgaoiot up to thia time, but I ..! consider thtt action an a discharge so far aa he la concerned. I still appear fo: the other defendant. " Judge Bellinger aaked defen dant Walgamot If audi waa hla plea, and the confeaaed con spirator arose and said It waa. ' Attorney Heney, for the prose outlon. then aroae and address ing the jury, made recommenda tion iu.it a verdict of acquittal be given aa to Marie Ware, one of the defendants. He aald that while he waa confident that she had forged the signature of Mattle 8. Lowell, it had not been proved beyond a doubt that ahe had done ao knowing that the paper ahe forged waa to be used In furtherance of the conaptracy. Frank 11. Walgamot has furnlahed the rrownlng aenaatlon of the land fraud trial by pleading guilty to the charge of conspiring with hla co-defendantn to de fraud the government of public landa. Immediately after the reconvening of tire federal court at 2 o'clock thia after noon, Walgamot, to the utter dismay of the other defendants, aaked leave to withdraw his original plea of not guilty and to aubatltute therefor a plea of guilty. The aenaatlon In the court room waa profound. It waa the last crushing blow to the defense, already beaten to the ground by the overwhelming mass of evidence piled up by the government's attorneys. Walgamot now stands be fore the Jury a confessed and convicted party to the conspiracy charged In the Indictment. His plea of guilty waa en tered In the desperate hope that It might mltignte the severity of his punishment. Continued on Page Two.) CAPITALISTS PROFIT BY TAFrS REPORTS (JeiiriMl Special Service.) 4 Washington. Dec. . Plans are being laid for the early enact' 4 ment by congreaa of a tltll favored by Secretary Taft of the war department and hie predec.es- 4 snr. Root, for the government - Hist arc for rallwaya In the 4 islands and a ayndlcate of oapl- 4 taltsts Is being formed to con- 4 struct, a trunk line railroad In 4 the Philippines. It has come to light that a bill 4 carrying this provlalon passed 4 the house just before the final ad- 4 Journnssnt of a long aeaalon and 4 waa sent to the senate Iramedl- 4 atelv. reported by the senate com- 4 .... th. Phlllnnlnes mi l 4 HI lltr. .. ,. ..... wm - placed on the senate calendar. 0 Henntnr Lodge, nhalrman of the committee, saya that he will call up the bill-Wednesday. The scheme to lend the -credit 4 of the United state to a syndl- 4 ate of railroad capitalists has 4 been carefully nurtured and the 4 federal governmint Is to guaran- 4 tee the bonda that will be laaued to bull the rallwaya. The lla- 4 blllty of the government ia not to 4y exceed $1,500,000 and la not to continue more than JO years. The atlpulated sum Is 11.600.000 at 4 6 per cent Interest, which gives 4 evidence of the magnitude Of th project, Already Indications are 4 that a hitter contest will reatilt 4 over the proposed legislation. e The administration is said to be favorably disposed toward the 4 schema owing to the arfument 4 of Tart and Boot e 1 v. Frank H. Walgamot. who delivered the last crushing blow to the defense In the land fraud casea now before the federal court, by entering a plea of guilty, Involving his confederates. by -his confession. B LAZIER AS A Grand Jury Finds that Falsely, Corruptly and Maliciously Swore Before Judge Fraser that He Had Sold His Gambling House to E. S. Heilley. Eugene Blaster waa Indicted thia morning by the grand Jury on a charge of perjury. The evidence by which he sought to escape punishment for conducting a gumbllng-houae, which saved two gam blers whose trial preceded his, the grand Jury, after careful lnveatlgatlon. de clared, to be falae. Perjury la a peniten tiary offense. The charge against .Bla ster reada: "The said Eugene Blaster. In the county of Multnomah, afate of Oregon. in trial 'hen and there pending before the circuit court before Arthur I. Fra ser, Judge, in which trial the said Eu gene Blaster waa defendant under an in dictment charging him with the crime of conducting, aa owner and proprietor, a gambling game, waa then and there tried by the Judge and' Jury, nnd the said Eu gene Blailer appeared and was sworn In hla own behalf, find then and there upon trial did falsely, corruptly and knowing ly, willfully and maliciously, before the court and Jury, testify, among other things, as follows: " 1 have not run the gnmbllng-place for nearly three years'; that he did not own any interest of any ktnd or charac ter in the roulette game which was con ducted at the place of business known aa Mlnzler's gamhllllg-house. .Inly 21, 1904, nor had he any Interest therein for about three years prior to that date, and that he sold any and all Interest that he had therein to E. 8. Heilley. All of which testimony was material to the Issue being tried DRUGGED IN SPOKANE, AWAKES IN ST. PAUL (speelal Dispatch to The Journal.) Colfax, Wash., Dec. I. L. D. Lyons of Jullaetta, Idaho, whose mysterious dis appearance from Spokane a short time ago caused considerable, of a aenaatlon has been heard from. His wife today received word from him that he was. in St. Paul. The communication aays that he was drugged n Spokane and rem' m bere nothing of his wanderings until he regained hla normal aenaea In the Mlnne aota town. Lyons, who Is. a man paat 50 years of age came to Spokane with the object In view of buying a saloon either there or at some smaller town in the state He was last seen In company with a stranger and It was understood they I started fo Ed wall, a email town on the Oreat Northern near Spokane, to look at a saloon that Lyons Intended to purchase If It was satisfactory. He carried about $1,000 on hla person at that time. i wow AMoarr woooi. ( Jon ma I Speelal Her Tie i Washington. Dec. 1. The president hats derided to appoint William R. WH OM foatmsjWsr for New York otty. INDICTED PERJURER He "Whereas, In truth snd In fact, the aald Eugene Blaster did have an Interest as owner of the roulette game conducted In aald Multnomah county In the place known as Blaster's gambling-house; and, "Whereaa. In truth and in fsct. the' said Eugene Blaster had an interest on January 1, l03. and continuously there after until July 21, 104, and In truth and In fact he did not sell any lntereat In the gambling business . to said E. 8. Heilley. and. the aald Eugene Blaster then and there, well knowing that he testi fied falsely before the court and jury aforesaid, contrary to the statutes 1n such cases made and provided, against the peace and dignity of the stats of Oregon." .. The Indictment Is signed by M. F. Johnson, foreman of the grand Jury; John Manning, district attorney, snd the following witnesses: S. C. Spencer, W. M. Davta, T. W. Vreeland, Fannie Har rison. J. 'F. Logan, John B. defend and CIs renew Urowthers. . At the time) of Blaster's trial, two weeks ago. he testified that about the first of the year he sold his gambling business to K. 8. Heilley, who Is now In Alaska. Judge McGinn, who was assist ing in tne prosecution, brought court reooros ano eviaence to show that on March 1. 1004. Blaster had pleaded guilty to the charge. The Jury found him I gnllty, and Judge Flaser directed the district attorney to take the testimony or master nerore the grand Jury, refer ring to It as "flagrant and rank per jury." Today the grand Jury Is still Investi gating the Tanner creek sewer scsndal. Judge J. C. Moreland and R. W. Mon tague, were before them this morning They started the Investigation and It wag for the purpose of getting what evi dence they had collected that the grand Jury subpoenaed them. 1 " A NEWSPAPER FOR EVERYBODY If you care for the live news of the world. The Journsl has the only special leased wire In Oregon which brings It everything worth printing In s news wsy from abroad. if you like to know what Is doing In the town you ran get the first and best and the most complete snd the only unbiased account of everything worth while that has happened In Portland In the last 14 hours. If you have any youngsters st home you are doing them an ill turn If you refuse to buy The Sunday Jour nal with ita double-color magsslne section. There's Happy Hooligan tomorrow, our old friend Mr. Jack. Letonder'a Chrtatmas tree. Foxy Grandpa, and two pagea of funny pictures besides, not to mention McDougall a fairy story. The newest and best things In the theatrical world are 'presented weekly In a brilliant series of letters by Jules Rckert Onodmsn. These sre the best theatrical letters ever offered to the Portland public. Count I. eo Tolstoi Is one of the numerous distinguished contributors to tomorrow's Journsl. The regular staff of msgaslne writers who contribute weekly are represented with bright. Interesting articles. There Is the only woman's club page In a dally newspaper In Oregon. If there's anything worth reading In Portlsnd tomorrow It's SHANNON GIVES LIE Deputy Engineer Declares Himself on Subject of ' Stuffed Payrolls. STIRRING ENCOUNTER AT THE CITY HALL TODAY Explanation of How Shraks's Name Appeared Among Thqse of Men Drawing Salaries from the City Engineer. A climax waa reached this morning in the alleged stuffing of the payroll of the- city engineer's department when A. M. Shannon, the chief office deputy In the engineers offloe, met Councilman Runic- l.ln and City Auditor Devlin and gave both of them the lie regarding a state ment which they reported he had made. Councilman Bumelln was the first one to meet Shannon. "Did you make the statement that I said that certain timekeepers had en tered Shrake's name on their slips in the past snd that Qvurge Hodman, the east, aide Inspector, had been aaked in do ho and refused ?" I. heard, so." replied Rairielln. "Come with me," quietly returned Rumeftn. numertn led the way to Auditor Dev lin's "room, where Shannon was In structed to ask Mr. Devlin regarding the statements.... . "Did. you make ths statement, Mr. He vlln. that I have said that Shrake'a name has been entered on their slips In the' past by certain timekeepers, and that CJeorge Bodman, when asked to do so, had refused?" excitedly queried Shannon "I dM say such a thing and you did make such a statement to me," replied Mr. I lev 1 In Shannon Talks Sight Out. "You are n liar," cried Shannon. "And whoever saya I made such- a statement la a liar." Mr. Devlin Jumped to hla feet, but Mr. Rumelln Immediately Interpoeed and no blows were struck. "I am going to get Justice In this affair," said Shannon after the tilt. "1 am going to fight It to ths last ditch." Audltdr Devlin waa not In the beat humor. He had very little to say. "I am going to see that this thing Is Investigated to the bottom." aald he. "It appears to me that there la some thing wrong snd I am going to aee that If there is anything wrong with that payroll It will be brought to light." The incident cauaed a great deal of excitement at the city hall. Oosslp of ths affair waa to he heard in every of fice and efforts to hush It proved of no avail; within an hour everybody In the hall knew of It. Elliott Saya it Was a Mistake. City Engineer Elliott states that the name of Sbrake on the pay roll was sim ply a mistake "They are making a mountain -out of a molehill,'.' aald he thia morning la ex planation. . "Shrake - haa been employed In the department atnee September. He waa put to work In September at 12.10 per day and worked seven days. In October he worked 11 days. H. W. Onddard of ths executive board came to me and aaked me to place Shrake on as regular man at $7.1 per month, and I gave orders to Braden. one of my fore men, to do so. I thought all along that Rradcn had obeyed my orders until the other day I found that Shrake had not done a day's work In November. "When the pay rolls came to me I thought Shrasv .had been at work and I notified Shannon, my office deputy, to put him on the pay roll, which he did, but marked him at 165 per month In atead of ITS. After Shannon had handed In his pay - roll he found that he had made a mistake. He went over the time books of the men In the office and found no trace of Shrake'a time, and It waa then that I found that Braden had not pat the man to work. I then ordered (Contlnued on Page Two.) eesss, THE SUNDAY JOURNAL - Frank Felton. gambler, who shot, dead Quy Roche, gambler, on Broadway. New Te.rk. in front of a large crowd. There are also given In the picture front and rear views of his gambling house In West Thirty-sixth 'street, the Utter showing the high fence and the detective on guard. Felton muat stand trial under Indictment by the grand Jury charged with muMer. A coroner's Jury declared the killing Juatfflable homicide. Roohe and Felton quarreled over money and a woman. ATTACH PROPERTY OF MRS. CHADWICK Action of Fifth Street Milliners Deters Her from Going to Cleve land Much Heralded Statement Is Not Made and Her Counsel Refuses to Se Interviewed. leiir Yo'flaTEe. still at the Hoi l Rpertal Service.),. c. 3. -Mrs. Chadwlck is Holland house? and It was learned this morning- that she had been deterred from going to Cleveland last night by the action of" her creditor In having a receiver appointed. It Is said she has no. Intention of going to Europe. A man who called himself "Coleman Carnegie,', called at the hotel early this morning and asked for Mrs. Chadwlck. and said that he was a nephew, of An drew Carnegie Ho was not allowed to see Mrs. Chadwlck. The much heralded statement which her counsel asserted that Mrs. Chadwlck would Issue clearing up all questions regarding her antece dents and financial operations,- la not forthcoming today. Her attorney re fused to be Interviewed on the subject. Justice Conlon In the city court this morning Issued an attachment agatnat the property of Mrs. Chadwlck In favor of Ixrulaa A Co., fifth svenue milliners. The attachment Is Issued on the grounds CONSTABLE KILLED IN CHICAGO SALOON FIGHT i Jam na I S peel Ml St) lies. I Chicago. Dec. I. In a fight over a slot machine between rival gangs of con stables. Joseph Btederman, a constable, was killed In Brunner'e saloon on Blue Island avenue this morning. The po lice have made three arrests. The two detachments or constables a rrl ved at the saloon- at about the same time and each was bent on the same mission, that of taking away a slot machine. A general fight ensued. Bled ermsn wss killed snd seversl wounded before the police errlved. SENSATIONAL SLUMP IN THE COTTON EXCHANGE (Journal special sorTlcs.) New Orleans. La.. Dec. . It Is an nnunced thst the government cotton re port placing the crop at l:,lt'.',00O bales caused a heavy slump ok the cot ton exchange today. Prices fell from 41 to r. : points. Only the fact that thw sinners' report had Indicated a bearing estimate saved the market from a much heavier slump. AEE FOB BATTLE. (Journal Special Service.) Washington. Dec. The I'nlted States consul st Chefoo has cabled that the Japanese are fortifying the Pesca dores ialanda, near Formosa, Hnd are planning' to meet the, Baltic fleet there. This point Is on the route of the Rus sian fleet. Japan plans to establlah a Strong naval base there, malting It a good place for a great battle. ithat Mrs. Chadwlck la a nqn-rtsWent. The If mount II 11.000. The Sheriff ttn- mediately stsrted in search of property upon which to levy. Deputy Sheriff Rlnn this afternoon served a writ of attachment on Manager Herrlman of the Holland house. Instruct ing him not to permit any of the wo man's property to be removed from. the hotel. CONTINUANCE TAKEN. By Mutual Agresment Matter Lays Over for (Journal special service.) Cleveland. Dec. J A third continuance was taken today In the case of Herbert I. Newton against Cassle I. Chadwlck In which application waa made for a re ceiver for the Chadwlck securities. The matter has been laid over until December 10. The continuance waa by mutual agreement. DEPOSITORS RESUME RUN ON BUFFALO BANK (Journal Special Berries.) Buffalo, N. v Dec. 1. The run on the Oerman-Amerlcan bank was renewed this morning Snd the bank was crowded with depositors demanding their money. A string of persons- lined up for half a block. Former Cashier Wehpner. who resigned by request of the bank officials a few days ago. gave out a statement this morning to the papers In which he declared that institution had made many big loans. FATAL. BATTLE BETWEEN TRAMPS AND TRAINMEN (Journal Special Rri.-e , Little Rock. Ark.. Dec. . I, One man ie i,i snd two seriously wounded Is the result of a battle on an Iron Mountain train near Newport. Trainmen attempt ed to eject a party of supposed, tramps. The latter opened lire, fritting Brskemen Speer and Irwin, both of whom are in a aertoue condition. One of the. .tramps was killed, his body being found In a coal car. NIGHT SKIRMISH AT ZEIGLER REPEATED I Journal Hperlal Herri, . i Duouotn. 111.. Dec. J. Several shots were Bred at the pumping station at Zelgler laat night but none waa hit. The troops reaponded, firing about 30 shots. , The situation apparently remains about the eame. It la rumored that an attempt la being made by man of Influ ence to. induce Letter to try-and come to an agreement with the men. NURSE STRIKES THUG IN FACE ANO ESCAPES i. (gperlal DtaiMtrh to The Journal ) Tacoma, Dec. J. Jennie Smith, a nurse at the Fannie Paddock hospital, while returning last night from an en tertainment of which she was the treas urer, waa held up In Wright park by a thug. She struck the felow In the face and ran. reaching the hospital In safety with $7S. (Journal special San Francisco, Dec The IlI.eM In her sent is-lrariro atnli this MOUNTING BIG GUNS I Japanese Strengthen Fort ifications on Captured 203-Meter ML FIRST ARMISTICE FOR BURIAL OF THE DEAD Lasted Six Hours and Is the Only Truce During the Whole Siege Russian Ships Damaged. (Journal Special Harriet.) Toklo, Doc. 3. Advices from Port Arthur state -that the activity of ths Japanese has hot relaxed with the cap ture of 20 Metre hill. They have al ready begun the placing of big guns in position on the hill, and caissons for 20 of Uiem have been constructed. The day of December 1 saw the first armistice between the opposing armies at Port Arthur, declared for ths pur pose of burying the dead. It lasted six hours. The Russians actively continue mine clearing operations in Port Arthur har bor, which Is taken here to Indicate that their fleet will attempt a sortie. VH"?e& slan ships have boon badly damaged and are unfit for service, but they still have some with fighting power. Rxeept tonal haste Is being made In (he mobilisation of recruits, and, al though the war office Is, ss usual, reti cent, there can be no doubt that this Is due to reports constantly received from Mukden that Kuropatkln's force la ow ing' rapidly augmented -and that an ad vance has already apparently begun on the part of the enemy's rig... wing. This news Is undoubtedly having an effect also of urging on operations at Port Arthur, and the Japanese sre deter mined to accomplish the downfall of the stronghold before there Is any possi bility of relief by the Baltic fleet It Is not known here whither the recruits sre being sent. It Is possible that they are being divided, a portion being as signed to Mukden while the remainder go to Port Arthur. . (Journal S Dedal service.) London. Dec. I. It is reported In of ficial circles that Marquis Ito. the Jap anese minister to Russia, will come to ICurope by the way of America early in IMS. It is understood thst the mission partly relstea to the future administra tion of Korea and tbe transferring of Korean legations to Japanese ministers. (Journal Kclal SerTtee. ) Antwerp, Dec. I. It Is reported that Ruaala la offering $:'.'. fin a ten for freight including covering; for the risk of capture to vessels taking provisions and ammunition to Vladivo stok. Uournal Hpcclai Serrlee Colombo Island. Ceylon, Dee. t. The authorltlea here have been notified from Indon that no coaling facilities shall be given to belligerents without permis sion from the local government. UNION PACIFIC MAY BE ABSORBING ATCHISON 4 ( Journal Saeelal Servler.) New Tork. Dec. I. One of the 4 rumors current In Wall street Istely Is that Union Pacific stock- 4 holders are likely to get some w vsluable rights before long. The newest form of the rumor Is e thst the chief Hsrrlmun prop- s erty is to issue S40.eoo.nft0 add!- 4 tlonal common stock to pay for a hi rare block of Atchison, which 4) the Union Pacific haa aoouired. 4 Denials have been put out based 4 on the grounds tnat feus Union Pacific had no direct ownership 4 of Axehlson. The rumor seems to be related e to ths fact divulged last month e to President Ripley of the Atrht- 4 son that t2S.000.tno of Atchison e stock had been bought by Inter- e rats sasoetated with Harrlmsn. 4 The mystery of the big buying e of Atchison ts unexplained In 4 In Wall street, and the general 4 surmise smona brokers Is that 4 Harrtsaaa aad his associates are 4 planning to hold the Atchison e control but in such a way that 4 they will In so wise be smarts ble to the antl-trus' farce Or passed by in 11