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Newspaper Page Text"" m IT- GOOD .EV.EUIItG. ,-. , . - " ; jy;. T1I3 VVTATIIZa. r--..'V. V . Fair " tonight; .'Sunday' fair -and ' . warmer;' northwesterly winds. - f4. VOL. IV. NO. 131. PORTLAND. OREGON, ; SATURDAYEVENING, AUGUST ' 5, 1909. SIXTEEN PAGES. r TTTrT? TWrt rffMTC ' O ' T4I1AW1 ' taxi, ma Cj.a DECLARE THE WIRlNGT0Nf RACES OFF HO RACES IF j - ;;.fhi ' t iv' i.t-'- --''' v.v,,':- ;. , -: .. .11 Tmporary": Injunction Aked ; Against Multnomah Fair At-, ' V aoolation to Prohibit Oam - ? bllng Is Granted.; r ' GAME'IS DEAD WITHOUT THE BETTING FEATURES Cirt Holda That Making Books I ' aa ' Bad in . Indosure Away Prom ' i j City' as in Club on Public Street V; f and . That ' Gambling Encourages Idleness and Dissolute . Hapita. :- : PrMldlna CJrcult Jud rraser' thl '. Biornlnc (ranted a preliminary erdar rMtreintns th Multnomah .Fair aaao- 1 elation front, aalllns poola on race at tha Irvtorton track.' ' (..-..-. .' ,- ' Immadlatalr tha offlclale Tt tha track : announced that for on weak there would be no raoea, Wlthla that time i the : permanent Injunction proceeding wilt - be dlapoeed of and tha Multnomah Fair . . aaaoctatlon will kaow . tta leal autua . toward aooleeltlnsi t :. i Judjre Vraser conaldared tha eueatlon ' . from ite aqultr aide only and arantad ' tha temporary Injunction on tha around ' that the. term of tha leaaa riven by '. Mrs. Elisabeth Ryan tor tha association itad been' violated.' - ;' - - t While tha. opinion 'was baaed on, Its eonity phase only, tba court discussed the moral aspect of' the problem at nCi lia"SWaa ihil TSe iuoreal , court decision la the case af tha stats 'mlttln a publto aulaanee by -eanaliwt ln( a poolroonv applied to a raee treek as well as te uie aaie oz poois in a I bildln' slfuated te a crowded street tnt city.- Whua the saje or pools wni ' be estopped temporarily by tha ruling '. of tha oourt, tha main questl6n has - yet to be decided on the arrument as to maklna the Injunction permanent. - Judge : Fraaer declared : that- K erf- - denoa had been Introduced , eonrlaclnt ' him that tha suit was merely a quarrel . between gamblers ha would have thrown " it out of ootirt, and Intimated that such ' would ' be tha procedure at tha trial proper, prorlded proof wars furnished '.that tha action was due to motives of ' aplte or rsTensev. '. ' '. - ' Dramatte osew la Court. . : Dramatic scenes were witnessed In . " court prl9r to the flnal ruling'. Judge Martin U-Pipee and Attorney Whitney " L. Bolsa, representing the association, made earnest pleaa that tha preliminary ,' - Injunction should not Issue until an . answer, filed In .the proceeding's,- was ' considered by tha court...- Judge Plpee declared that aa ths opinion wsa- ren- dered on a question of equity only, evl - denoa would be ntroduoed establlahlng . ' tha fact that tha plaintiff had waived her rights under the lease by not only winking at-the . practice of poolselUag , at the track for two -years 'feutjby. an ' ' agreement actually providing for. Such ' form of gambling, s- ' !' 'A The court held that It was. too lata to consider j this proposition - on . tha Ques tion -01 a preliminary injunction, nut that It might properly coma up on the final hearing. He virtually aspraasnd the opinion that counse) had overlooked a '; v strong point in tha case. ' " - ; t'At the outset, In considering this case. " said Judge Fraaer, "It la to be understood that this court SlU hero only ' as an equity tribunal to ronatder' the , question of whether ,or not tha terms '' . of tha lease have been violate 1; that la, Y to consider whether -or not' the' clause that gambling shall not "be permitted on . tha premises hss been violated, that the t 7 premises shall not . be used for an ; un lawful purpose. ''.'' ..J;?' , Qnasttoa Was Tlolatton of , teaaa. "Ordlnsrlly equity courts do not In , terfere to restrain acts which constltuts trlmes Onleea - for , ether ' reasons' than n that they are crimes. I would, have It understood, too,, that tha court Is not (Continued on. Page Two.) . WIFE SEES HUSBAND - KILLED BY HER LOVER t '.(Jnamel SpecUl Service.) ' '.a ian.rrsnclsco,-Aug. t. W.' 'W. 4 , Stevenson, a weeUhy rancher of ' 4 : Washoe county, Nevada, . waa shot and Instantly killed this morning- - by Challlan .. Bowen, 4 while trying - to break Into a."4 ' room 1 occupied by " Botren and w Stevenson's wife. Mrs,-Steven, a q son, who Is ' aged It and quits -i 4 pretty, waa a witness to the f e trsgedy. ' . Mrs. Stevenson end 'Bowen d eloped from ' the home of the '. w former about two weeks ago. Stevenson hss since that time been seeking for the couple, who 4 successfully eluded ' him ' -until q this morning, when ha appeared at the door of the room they. were occupying and - demanded admittance. Upon . refusal ha ' qS endeavored to break the door down and Bowen tired, the shot 4 ' . - ..14, e reaultlng faulty, .,- d . '- - " - -f''r"-- 1 1 JV'H I'l , II ! I II I JI .1 II I I I I -I I I l PEACE ENVOYS BROUGHWOGETHER iaioEiliiiiioiJilEl Formal Reception Aboard .Yacht Belligerent Exchange Felicitations and Make Speech Delegates Exprese '-, V. -., " . "... v j: ,. ," . (7eersal SpeeUI ServleeJ , ' Oyster-.Bay. Aug. V At. 1:10 O'clock this! afternoon 'the; formal, reception, of the -representatives of the belligerent powers by President .Roosevelt, on par half of. the United States government took place on. the cruiser. Mayflower. It waa a notable demonstration In honor of tha distinguished gueeta. envoys of their countries to. ths peace conference: Tha Mar no we r, the finest veesel of her class 'In 'the navy,, waa. tastefully decorated for the oeeaelon. The - beaui tlfdl Interior finishings were ornamented with cut flowers and smllax intertwined with the national colore of Russia and Japan. , The ' colors of -the two nation also fluttered. from. the -vessel', nrasta. - The- Japanese and" Russian plewlpo tentlarles left New, York this., morning on two -cruisers for 'Oyster Bay, where they met ; the ' president and were pre. sented to each other, -prevloua to their departure .for Portsmouth, where peace negotiations ' will be - opened Tuesday, The Japanese .delegation made the trip on the cruiser Tacomaeand tha Ruaslan envoys were conveyed to their destina tion aboard tha Chattanooga. - I It was -with somewhat gloomy fore boding that nothing will He, accom plished that- the--two delegations' left. New .Tors', w-t.., r-.', '' ., Delegates yeeslwlstle. ' ' Constantlne Makokoff of the Russian foreign office, when seked whethet Russia would agree to a cession of-territory, or payment of ' Indemnity, -.two points 1 on 'which , if Is . believed that Japan will Insist.-replied: , ' ..': ' ' "I don't think so,". ... , '. " . - . T - Sato, the. Japanese spokesmen, asked how .'prospects looked, said:. '.'"Not very bright, but we. are hopeful.?, t. : ' -.. Ths Japanese 'delegates' reached the New York Yacht-club Nptar -10 'minutes ahead of. 'the time 'schedule.:..; crowd had gathered .near the pier end net up cheers ss' Baron Komura, with a olgmr ette in his llpe,' slighted from his csr rlsge Lieutenant . Evans,, ton of, Ad miral, Robley ' V. Evans, , greeted Uie Japanaao... Launrhes conveyed the paty to the cruiser-Taooma, a salute of 1 guns being flred as it mounted the coin panlonway. 'The ' Tacoma - weighed an chor and . started . up East river, - -, Shortly before 19 o'clock-, Wltta and party arrived at the pier, being received by Assistant Secretary Pierce,. Launches were boarded without delay and a salute of It. guns, fired by the Chattsnooga. In the abseno of Secretary Root. Pierce represented .the departitient. of state sad waa accompanied by Rear-Admlral Bigs bee as representative of the' navy and Major-Oenerak Fred D. Grant" es renrs. sentauve or the army., j- '.' raeeelved y FreaUtant. Early this momlng 'the president's naval yacht Sylph and Invited guests arrived and at I o'clock Prealdent Roosevelt boarded the Mayflower, - He was greeted with tha presidential salute of tl guna as h went beard. Baroa Komura and', .Minister Takahlra. and their suite left th;Chsttanooga In a launch and prooeedtd. to th MlOowpt ttT4 r,r.1 B.V fVhM- rifflrUle MimhM rrf Mayflower Repreaentativet of Gloomy Forebodings. A'' As they boarded ' the vessel, a salute-of 11 guns was gtvrn .in their honor. Ths envoys were received on deck "by Com. mender Wlnslow and hut officers In full dree uniform and escorted to the main cabin, where they were presented to the president by 'Assistant Secretary Pierce. The ' same ceremony wsa -theh enacted for. the Ruaslan plenipotentiaries. Ser gtus.Witte and 'Ambassador Rosen. - ' - The envoys of ths two powers were then .'presented formally to on another by .President Roosevelt, 'after which all partook" of "a' luncheon. Then the president took leave-of the envoy -and returned "to shore' In a ' launch. Jelng given a farewell salute as he 'left 'the ship... , ... , . ; " -: - - 1 "'" ' The Japanese envoys .were, then con veyed to the dispatch boat Dolphin, on which they will - sail to Portsmouth, New, Hampshire Wltte and his party remained on . ; the". Maynower,' which weighed anchor at .the same, time aa the Dolphin and started, on fts t cruise, convoyed byi the, cruiser. Galveston. ; ALICE ROOSEVELT AUCTIONS - GFF LOVERS; GIFTS.,:-: - - ".-.-., ; Remembrances From : Sweeti hearts Displayed Upoh. Church Fair; Bazaars for- Sale. . . v ; i-. tt-i i. ' (Weeblnctoa. Bares f Tee' Joareel.) - Washington. Aug. fc Thra,ar things doing In the St. Hilda society connected wltK"Chrlst church In Oystef,Bay. 'This Uttl guild Is Mrr Roosevelt's pet eharv Ity, and this fact ' being 'spread 'broad cast,, treesure and trophies, for its fairs are not lacking.' fndeed'eome remarka ble , object find their way to the ba saars, , and there Is a faint-suggest los that ths first lady.of the land,, with-the practical sens for Which she is .noted, utilises many of the useless gift wblch come her way , to raising money for her church. ; , .'. '-' .'"v 1 "Princess" Alice slso receives . cart loads of dainty perfume, photograph and, such trifles from her love-lorn ad mirers, who would doubtless be 'over coma tf they could see .soma of-their votive offerings displayed en the'basaar table. ' : , ." '"v- i - To pay a eesnal visit to the native of the cove of Oyster Bay, one Would be lieve that- they were an exceedingly cul tured and traveled people.- Nearly every home has a collection of fine views of Venice, Naples snd photographs of fa mous works of srt from every quarter of the globe. All these-have been gtven at various time to thervplstr' o( the White House by admiring friends, and they have ' been transferred from the White House attlo to the . stalls-of -St. Hilda's paaaara, . ; r . , ... :. .' : ' :.. . ' '-';. ,.," rf th WAimw rr theWAr1d . f h Garish Mske-Up of Burnt Cork With Red Swallowtail Coata, With Large . Pointed Collars ' "and ' .. Glittering .'Stones In Multi-Colored Shirts. V " " (Joaraal SpecUl ServWa) . Newport,-Aug. t. Jsnies Hasen Hyd has assumed the part of a village cutup and has been ths leader, of a. band of hilarious spirits that lrf tha last few nights . haa been serenading , society men and women. . . . '. In true modern minstrel .style Hyde and his little band have been doing the serenading, for their appearance has al ways been In burnt cork with red swsl low tall opats with large pointed collar and glittering stones biasing from multi colored shirt bosoms. , t , , Out Into the night they roam In their garish makeup, propelling themselves from place to place In their autos, and aa their voices are wafted on the gentle summer7 breexes 'to the accompaniment of guitar and mandolins, society admits that a new gonlus hss been found to dispel the monotony of existence. , With arid Glarlc . Trip of the explorers from ' Cell to to the' sea 'duplicated : by Frank JSmitKf Port- ; land, who describes, for The : Sunday Journal the. original 1 V expedition's route, ' corrects ' ; errors in the party's journal, tells the legends of historic , v. spots , . arid compares . the . country, of todayi with that -Cof ' a hundred years ago.;' ' Visitors - to - the . fair: who k want 'to know the news at , home can get it all by. buy ing The Sunday Journal.' It . has 'the only special leased ,'wire in Oregon and prints '; ' the on ly cblar, comic supple-. ; ment. .'. with , the famous ' Hearst -cartoons - Happy Hooligan, - the - Katzenjam-v , . mer ;Kids.: Ltilu and Lean-. der and alkthe, rest." People I.ln Portland don't need to be J . told that the best newspaper . in town'' is'. .'-' , . - 7h4 i Dunday J ( 4 . ' ' i ourna ByMlESIIVDETOIIlIS I TROUBADOUR .V - '.1- i:-- i ' :' " '" ." . ' II U ; ... ....... !: ? '' ": ., . v ' ., . Pill V Yl ' fi , , ,awpK irtc IS . EXPOSED nrnniwiTU isi nminT ucrnnviii iit.o, Drinking Bouts Common Between Officers' Wives Mrs. Taggart 11 .Took Children Into Saloon and Bought Them . BeerShe : Also Went on Slumming Parties With Other Officers. . ' (Joe real Special Servlee. - - wooster, o., Aug. I. Harry Pope, a butcher'a boy, testified In the Taggart trial this morning that two weeks ago Wednesday he 'was In a saloon -when Mr. Taggart ordered three glasses of beer. She drank one -and each of her two boys drank tha others. The deposition of Mrs. Shallenherger. a nurse at Christ's hospital, Cincinnati, was read, she testltfled that Mrs. Tag gart, when a patient there, told of her life in -Washington. Mrs. Tsssert said thst a lie aras in society In Washington, and whan she wsnt to balls and parties, a senator ana another prominent official would accompany her home. This grieved her mother very much. 1 Took Slamming Tour. - The deposition of Mrs. J.- R. Moore of San Francisco waa read. She worked In the home of Mrs. Taggart'a mother, Mrs.. Culver, of . Chics go. In 1801-03. Mrs.- Taggart waa there with her two children. Several men called, one named Spencer, who called nearly every night tor a month. ,, "Did Mrs. Tssaart tell vnn nvlhlm of her conduct In- San Francisco T" "She told me about one irlaht when as one of a party of four she went slum mlng. One of the men took them to a house' where a performance -waa ar ranged for . them. Mrs, Taggart said she was sorry she had ever seen the eahibltlon. Mrs. .Taggart told me her friend, an officer' wife, was the sort of woman that had all man at her feet. He had a way of going up and placing his hands on her knees, but she had never detected anything compromising." -' Filipino Testifies. "" The deposition of Aucustlna de la Cruise, a Filipino girl, with whom Tag gart i accused py his wife of indiscre tion In Msnlls, was presented this afternoon-.' She Said that In-101 she wss employed as a nurse In Taggart family. On an . August afternoon Captain Bash called and she was ordered to go and play wit re the- children. - Half; an hour later she went up stairs to get a ciga rette. The door was alar and she saw (iaptaln Bash and Mrs. : Tsggart to gether. Bash often carat to the house when Taggart waa absent. One night Mrs. Taggarteft the house with Bash and did not return until 3 o'clock In the morning. - She never saw .Taggart nrTk treat his wife, ." t ' . v Taggart Kay fcoa Baak. Major Tagsart will lose hi rank"un lesa he succeeds In substantiating ths accusation he has msde against - his wife. It was supposed that Mrs. Tag gart was Mlsa Orac Victoria.- Culver before her marriage, .daughter of the late President Culver of the "Chicago board of trade, but It. wss last night shown thst she Is the daughter of John Manvllle of Chicago. Tngart'- attorneys state 'that they Intend to show that Mrs. Taggart'a re- Istlons with Captain, Spencer of Chicago and Capisln Baeh, -who recently mar ried Bertha Runkle.- the novelist, ' were Improper, and promised -to prove, thst she .boasted .of receiving. , calls ,jom 7 - t . h - : V T I - i J ... ? ( ; T3hy - .yi,U r, orr nr :mnv lllflRI Otl Ur, flUIIII IN COURT 1 V Brlgadler-Oeneral Chsrles W., Miner and had visited many places with Csptsln Rytherr Lleittenant Fortescue.' a cousin of President Roosevelt, and other army men. -. ' - . Mrs, Taggart will tak the stand so6n to tell her own story and refute the charge - which- have blackened - her honor. -Judge Easer said thla morning at the opening of the trial that he would admit all relevant testimony, believing that all light possible should be thrown upon the case. Cnptnln Taggart Is so sure of gaining Custody of the boys that he has secured their trsnsfer from the Vnlted States transport Sherman to the Eighth Infrtntry, stationed st Columbus barrscks, where he has prepared a home for 4 he children, . . . , - . ... When- court adjourned-attorney vref reading the depositions of Major Charles C. Morton of the war college at Wash ington, ' He was Captain -Taggnrt's - su perior officer-In the Sixth Infantry In which Taggart was then captain. At Fort Teaven worth when the Taggart were separated Morton says" that ' on days when Mrs. Taggart accused her husband of being drunk he wss sober. Other depositions of nurses In the Cin cinnati hospital, where ' Mrs. , Taggart wa a .patient, were read. .. i - , YOUTH CONFESSES TO 330 DIFFERENT ROBBERIES Engaged Rooms : at Lodging Houses and Then Invited Their Friends to Visit. (Joaraal SperU! Service.) Chicago,' Aug. StEdward Burtharott, aged ' 1 years, who was arrested with a gang nf three man and two women, charged with having committed whole sals robberies - In this city, has . con fessed to Chief Desmond that the gang robbed 110 houses. He refused to tell where they were but told the chief that he would tura state's evidence, and turn up much of the booty If guaranteed that he wou'ld not be prosecuted. ' . Burthardt detailed the methods of the gang's operations. He said that he and the only on of the gang not arreasod visited a rooming-house that promised to be a. good field, and engaged a room. After they neoome familiar with ,h premises thsy Invited their accompllcea 10 visit mem. ine visitors ransstked tho house, and the roomers later dlsan- peared. V Seven Drawn la raaee. - " ' j t'eorsal Speetal Service.) A Wlcnilu; .Kaiv, Aug... 6.- Mrs. Louis Stelnhui-hel, her three children - end three children of ' J -a. Tl" fi Lj'mh, a neighbor, w- - ' 'boating In tie 1,11 j-. .-- lllil Chamber of Commerce Will Take) Action Looking Towards the - Securing of an Adequate i -City . Census. ' rVfANY-ARE BACKING A, ' ':' - JOURNALS CAMPAIGN Individual Business Men as Well as s Commercisl Bodies Willing to Pro ' vide Funds to Employ Competent Men to Get Rational Results In stead of Vague Guesses. E. C. Qlltner. secretary of the cham ber of commerce, elated .today that he would bring to the attention of the trus tees of the,chamber the question of the recount of the people of Portland. The : matter was presented to him as an of f Iclal of the chamber in view of ths : demonstration of the Inadequacy of tha census-that ha been taken by . the" punty assessor. Demand has grown In strength for action In the premises. Prominent . persons vhave , expressed -themselves to the effect that the slip- ' shod method In which the census ha . bsen .taken and the absardly small pop- -ulntlon attributed ,' to " Portland .have ' struck a blow at the city at a time when It Is especially In the public eye and when the falau slowness of growth -In- P y" AsMMet Waa Satisfied. -. Mr. -Oiltner stated that the matter of the census had been taken jip with the assessor before his figures had been made public and that 'that official had - clalraed that the enumeration had been thorough and could, not be Improved. "Bo soon as possible tha Question wiff - be-called to the attention of the true- tees or the chamber and - action de- T termlned at once " said he. - - ' v.? Torn Richardson, manaser of the rm. merclal club, was also asked concerning me maiier. in reply. to. the question, ' "Do you think tha census should be re taken T- he answered that he preferred not to . say anything, When asked., - Mill the Commercial club Drobablv take up the matterr the reply waa: ' It ' has not been considered in .any man , ner." "Do you think It-will be?", was the nest -question. , Mr. . Richardson answered: "I don't know. President Cske and Chairman Wilcox of the. eA-cutlve com mittee are out of the city and the utub now haa Ave times as many things on hand as can properly be handled. Per sonally, I believe that there are more people in Portland than ate shown by tha census of the assessor. T Scarcely kny one who has given at tention to tha matter doubts that Port- . land , has from .10.000 to - 25.000 4nore persona .than the census Indicates. - - Steeonnt Sng See Mds Before. The. experience of the city In, 1S0 . hss been cited as an Illustration' of the value of a recount when IV I obvious that tne census return are irtadeauatn. In that year the federal census showed Portland to have about 6. 000. and it was plain to all who were acquainted -with the conditions that there were many more permanent residents In the . city than that The chamber of com- mere took up the-task of securing a recount and procured the supervision of -U. . Leach, manager of R. I. Polk Co. - He placed enumerators In the field and found 14.6S7 permanent residents thst had been overlooked. - Were the same ratio to be carried out in a recount at this time, close to 30.000 would be added to th census figures. i. Since the publication of the figure .' secured in the test made yesterday lit -thj territory bounded by Seventb and Chapman and Main and Jefferson, at ths ' Ipstance of The Journal, there has been. a stronger demand for a recount. -Ths Journal's telephone . have been' kept, buay and offer have been mad ef Hb" crlptlon to a fund with whkli te se- , cure a new enumeration. . " ' . IMMENSITY OF BATTLE WILL ASTONISH WORLD (Jmirptl Kr-fUil Strlce. '" London, Aug. 6. The - Mojl (Japan), correspondent of the Telegraph quote aa expert who has Just arrived, ss saying that the corning baTtle In Manchuria will be on a scale of such magni tude that It will astonish v the , - whole werhf. Unices peace has previously been concluded It will decide the war once and fer alL The expert questions whether, despite the Immene forces pf General Llnlevllch, , he will be able to carry out his plans saootlilv. . for his front ex'.ends IDS miles ' In Manchuria alone and reaches hesMes the Tw and Amur rivers snj trt ' rostok. Huch sn iir Unprecedented 1 1 history. It Is i i IJnievltch . ' - control r maintal i : 4 e f4 Sii.: