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k Ul'. : UVili OLliatXa-OIvT OG Ciuo.u. "-. , GOOD EVEHllG THE WEATHER. . :; Fair tonight, with light frost; 56fifc., , Ujr fair; northwesterly winds. Journal Circulation '25,403 Yesterday Was PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 31, 1906. SIXTEEN PAGES. Bpipp TWf r,T7MT,C OH TtAnrB ITD llgWS r lXKs J. WIS VCivJ.O. - htakm, riVE CSMTS ' VOL; NO. 22. ' A ijAItEWOOD LifRIC t v.- ufv s i ill j 11 vwr- iw n mu r us-i m lv . - -.' ' . ' , ' lCkm.rl.ht. 190.'kT W B.. BwiU , ! '. '. , 1 ,- J , Many Anthracite Operators Pre para to Work Mines Monday, Promising Employment and .': ; Protection to Men. HALF MILLION MINERS - GO OUT AT MIDNIGHT Rooter eh'i Determination Not to In terfere UntO Both Sides Have Ex- .. hausted Peace Efforts Is Approved Many , Bituminous Owners Sign the Scale of Three Years Ago." " (Journal ' Special Sarttee.) Wilkeabarre, Pa, March II. Borne an thracite compaulea , are preparing - to work their mines Monday despite th UpnWon-rdrssuMpy President Mitchell of tha United Mine Workers, The owners have ' poeted notices de claring that all men who -report will be .given-work, under the. presents agree ment SBd furnished 'ample protection. .. Tha suspension of anthraolto mining will affect more than 176.600 men. Of theae -H0.000 areemployed in th-00 collieries scattered through tha anthra cite belt. The others are railroad men handling equipment. Seventy-five per -cent ef the mine workers are .members -of h -union, bujL-the nonunion men will obey the order and quit wkh the union. - A further conference on the -anthracite situation will be held in New Tork Tuesday at the request of ' President Mitchell.. president Baer of the Reading 'road, chairman, of the operators com mittee, aocepted Mitchells offer, al though pronouncing the order to quit work during negotiations aa moat extra ordinary. , . - Pending tha result of this conference the i men necessary to run the. pumps. It la very probable, will continue work. . . Mitchell this afternoon announced ' fhat , no 1 tiara feteiwd raply- from fiaar to tha offer of tha anthraolto eom- 1 mltteo to meet tha anthracite operators. .Tha national executive board of mine " workers went into seoret session this afternoon, going over tha : details of tha atrlke. . t OPERATORS SIGN UP. Individual Offers Beoelved by Blttuni- aous Klaera Mother Jonaa om XaaA. ' . . (Jimrnal Special Service.) '. Indianapolis, March 81. A number of Individual offera by bituminous opera tors to sign tha 1103 scale were re ceived today. Tha indications are that many offera will arrive ahortly. Moat " of tha delegates to tha Joint oonferenoa have returned home. "Mother" Jones Is here thla morning and aald aha would 1 go Into the field If needed. . Among those who . indicated tneir willingness to sign the 1003 scale be 'aides tha Pittsburg Coal company .and "F. I Robblna Individual properties are the Keystone Coal A Coke company, the Jameson Coal ft Coke company, employ ing (,000 men, and 40 Independent mlnea In tha Irwin district of western Pennsylvania, employing lt.000 men. In many districts there will be a brief etrlka In order that- tha -companies may dispose of their surplus atocka during --tha suspension.; . . . J. APPLAUD PRESIDENT. ' moosevelt's Determination to Seep Oat af Coal Strike la Approved. ' (Journal BpeoUl Serrlee.) Washington. March" St. The presi dent's determination to take no hand In the coal strike until every possible means of settlement has been exhausted meets tha approbation of even the ad ministration a sharpest critics. Boutn ern members, usually ready and willing to find every fault, admit that the execu tive haa taken tha wisest course, una "southern congressman said: "I'll bet - Roosevelt la Just dying to get Into an argument, but Is not nearly so Impulsive was ha used to be 'end bla better Judg- ment haa prevailed." . V Mitchell needs rest. ftCUare' leader Worn Oat . by Hirht Weeks af Most Trying Ordeal. (Journal "pedal Berlr.) Indianapolis, - March 81. President . John Mitchell of the Miners' union Is badly In need of rest. Tha past eight weeks ha been-most trying on hla strength, a continual round of nrgu " mente In New York,' Pennsylvania or Indianapolis. As floor leader of the . Joint conference, presiding officer of the miners.' leading spirit of tha committee (Continued on Page Two.) HAPPY HOOLIGAN When Happy Hooligan disappeared several weeka sgo he waa in Jail In Turkey or some other foreign port He now; returns to tha United Statea safe and 'sound., and his return Is welcome. -' Xs soon aa he Is aeen cyllrtng down the gangplank a call la aent In for the reserves and Hooligan la not-fairly on the pier before lie Is In troubls. Get The Sunday Journal and you and the children van have a good laugh over tha T new adventurea of your old friend, Happy Hooligan. .. - While tha colored comic pictures are for the chll- - dren, - th grown-up people enjoy them as well. For 'the serious-minded, The Hundajr Journal Is full of tn x terestlng features. Queer meals are prepared In. queer X way by queer 'people throughout the 'world. If you Zwnt to learn something of thesa queer meals, read Man Who Poses as Friend and Champion of People Voted in ; . . Senate jfor Corporation . ; . Measures. ONE OF THREE OPPOSED TO SONNEMANN'-S BILL Voted Against Smith's Railroad Com mission Bill and Against Passage of Anti-Pass Measure Favored ZPropotitJon That . State ' Throw Away Money for Old Cook Home, Elmf B. Colwell, Republican candi date for state aenator, enjoy a the "firm belief . that ..tha voters . of Multnomah county have sufficient confidence-In htm to Bend htm again to tha legislature. In a published communication be refers to his record tn tha aeaslon of 190S as a reason for tha faith that is in htm. AiFr-CotweU-lnvltes careful study-of hla acta during that session. With single exception. Colwell waa guiltless of any achievement of Import-. sncaTiuring hla-term-a-represenjatlva. Ha waa elected on the laaua of a spe cial tax for bridges In tha city of Port land, and -with, the aid of. the other members of the Multnomah delegation he. secured ' the passage of an act sub mitting tha proposition to the voter's of tha city.' The only other bill Introduced by Col well In tha entire session waa one to saddle on tha city of- Portland tha .'duty of providing Justices of tha peace with office room blanks and" stationery. It was one mora addition to tha Innumer able petty grafts, from which tha tax payer sutler and waa undaratood to be In the interest of some of Colwell' s po litical friends. Tha biennial ac ramble for' tha office, of Justice of the peace In Portland ahowa aufflclentry that" no added emoluments are necessary- to make the Job attractive. .r . . . " Claims ve Feople'a PxUad. , . These ' two , bills were the only ones which Colwell Introduced, though the house Journal shows that ha waa se lected by his colleagues for tha honor of Introducing - tha customary resolu tion directing tha clerk to prepare the daily calendar of tha proceedings ot tha house. Elsewhere In tha records of tha session Representative Colwell's name appears only In the roll call on tha passage of bills. . Mr. Colwell Is making his present campaign aa th friend and champion of the people and - aa , their defender against monopolistic ' corporations. These professions are widely variant from hla course In the legislature of 1905, aa ahown by hla vote on a num ber of measures designed to proteot the people- from corporate aggressions. Apparently Mr.. Colwell haa undergone a change of heart aa complete as his flop on the question of popular election of United States senators. One of Three Vaya. 'On of the most Important measures introduced tn. the last session was Sonnemann's bill to tax the gross earn ings of telephone, telegraph and Putl-mancarTSdmpantsnrr.B-r; Popular- Bentiment waa- overwhelmingly In favor of the passage of the bill, which was opposed by the Interested corpora tions. It passed tha house by a vote of SO yeaa to 8 nays. . Colwell waa -one of tbe three members who voted, against the bllL In the closing hours of the session the lobbyists of tha corpora tions succeeded in throttling the bill In the senate. ."" " One of the spirited contests of the session 'was over the bill Introduced by Smith of Josephine (H. B. Hi), pro vtdlng for the creation ofa railroad commission, which should aecure for the people reasonable freight and pas senger tariffs. . A kindred measure was H. B. 355. also by Smith of Josephine, designed to regulate freight charges by railroads. . Both bills were killed Feb ruary 13. Irt a vehement argument In support of th bills. Smith declared that "every bill which affecta unfavorably the Interests of the railroads is turned down. Isn't It because of th little blue (Continued on Page Two) TWELVE REPORTED ' v KILLED IN WRECK (Journal Special Serrlee.) ' - las Yegae, W. SC. Maroh 31 Wo. 10, the SI Paso-Chleago aastbonas paasea ge a tke Saata . Pa, went Into a Sites) at Pulton at boob today. , It la reported that IS panose war killed. BACK AGAIN IN THE The Sunday Journal, for tn It is an ntrtalnlng article Illustrated In colors. i . Ufa In Mexico la very quaint. W. P. Woodward of ; Portland 'recently made an extensive tour of Mexico, bringing baok with him a number of Interesting stories and also some fine photographs, and thesa you will find In The Sunday Journal. A special writer for The Sunday Journal,-who ha -been In Warsaw, tells thla week of the work of tha Bund, th deadliest foe Russia haa. Tou cannot miss this- great story If you are following events In th Russian empire. - For th women Mra Osborn haa a page regarding, the latest gowns am Mrs. Byrnes haa a moat Interest ing paga thla week, showing how bag punching Is a great aid In the physical development of women. Two Recent Indictments Re turned Today by the federal' : Grand Jury Investigating ' Great Forest Steals. BIG FISH BELIEVED ; . r- ; TO BE IN THE NET Special. Agents .Who JHsve . Been In vestigating in Klamath and Other Southern Oregon Counties Secure , Evidence Big . Eastern Capitalists J 'Are Said to Be Involved. ; , .- ,., ....... - J:.-- r Investigation of the Oregon land frauds haa been resumed and two secret Indictments were returned today by the federal grand Jury, which are believed to be of the gravest Importance. All Information as to tha Identity" of the persons Indicted la withheld by the fed eral officials and their names will not be made publlo until the arreata have bean made.- - -- . . ' - It la believed that tha government la now engaged In running down some of tha huge-timber steals In aouthern Ore gon For several daya past United Statea Ud strict Attorney-Bristol and the federal grand Jury have bean delv ing Into land frauds and the corridor outside of the Jury-room haa been crowded with witnesses awaiting exam!, inatlon. 'There Ja reason to bellev that some of the wealthy eastern timber owners, whose Oregon holdings run. Into hundreds of thousands of acres, are un der investigation, Klamath county was the field of many of -their operations. Elsewhere In southern Oregon other large tracts were appropriated. The policy of tha govern ment t - withdrawing Immense areas for reserves afforded tha timber and land grabbers to get in their worg ana th small settler had little chance. - Soeclal agents "nave been busily' erf- gaged for some time past In gathering evidence Tor auomiasion . to ine grana lun. The extraordinary oar which Is taken to guard from publicity tha nature of tha evidence ana ine laenwy of the persons Implicated bespeaks sen sational developments later. .Hitherto the men who hare profited most largely from th Oregon land frauds have escaped prosecution. The Investigation now in progress gives promts that tha day of reckoning la at hand for them, and that tha smaller thieves will not be the only onea to suffer. . , A. ..... . - WIRELESS VAGRANTS - GROPING IN.SPACE . (Journal Speclsl Service.) .New. Tork, March J 1. Officers and employee of the wireless telegraph con cern reported last Wednesday that 672 words had been flashed across tha At lantic ocean from Coney Island, to the oonst of Ireland. -a distance of 1,100 miles, without the use of cables, wires, or any other medium than tha atmos phere. This trans-Atlantlo achievement Is regarded as making the greatest for ward step yet taken In the development of . telegraphy wlthout-wirea For several nights past the Coney Is land station has been sending messages across the ocean, and these meesagea have been received in a large part by operators In Ireland. Wednesday night, however, marked the maximum achieve ment. On that night a total of 1.000 words was aent from tha Coney Island station,. Ireland reported by cable yesterday 'morning that 87i of the woTd had been received and recorded. The remaining 438 words were Inst somewhere between Coney Island and the Irish coast and may- b etlU wandering about- in space. CONDUCTOR IS SHOT BY IRATE PASSENGER (Journal ftpeclal SefTlce.) Denver, March II. Frank B. Curtis, a railway conductor, was. shot by C. L. Price and killed at midnight near Elida. New. Mexico, after Curtis had repri manded Price for alleged Improper eon duct to which female passengers ob jected. ' THINKS ROCKEFELLERS -SHOULD FEEL FLATTERED (Journal Special Sarvles.) -Cleveland. March SI. Anton Butgkte wics, an employe of the Standard Oil plant In thla city, hss named hla baby for 'John D. Rockefeller and thinks the magnate Aught to be pleased, SUNDAY JOURNAL ! "Baby ilUIIlL I FOR MURDER Prosecution Unable to Prove That Mrs. Le Doux Gave Mc Vicar the Poison. ADMITS JOE MILLER STORY WAS A MYTH Accused Woman Will Plead That Poisoning Wss Accidental or Suicides-Fear Caused Attempt to Dis pose of Body. (Journal Special ', Service.) - Stockton, March 31.-r.lt is. the general concensus of opinion - among lawyers that the defense haa the beat of lt In' th JLJDoiixmurdercase, and that the' woman will not get worse than a manslaughter verdict and haa a good chance for a hung Jury or an acquittal. Tha prosecution admits that It haa not discovered a motive for the crime and cannot prove that the woman gave Mc Vicar the poison, although It will at tempt to prove thls by circumstantial evidence. The defense will not attempt to dis pute tha fact that Emma L Doux put the body of. McVlcar In the trunk, but here the admissions .will end and th defense will claim that the woman had no reason for wishing McVloar out of the way,- and that poisoning waa either accidental or auicldal. - The woman'a attorneys give aa a reason for her putting thebody tn the trunk her fear of prosecution when thej dead man should be round, wnicn caused ' her - to attempt - to dispose of tha body; 'Mrs.-Le Doux and hermotlfer are quite confident of acquittal. It Is known positively that tho woman has mad no-damaging admissions, although aha will admit on the atand that the Jo Millar story waa a myth. Invented on th apur of the moment." The prosecution will claim that Mra tie Doux'a object In slaying MoVlear was to aecure the life Insurance which he carried In her favor. , Thla la the only possible motive that can be as cribed for th crime, unless it followed a quarrel between the pair.' Th coroner's Jury-returned a.Terdlct aa followsr- . v "We believe - deceased came to his death from tba combined effects of bav Ing been' drugged with morphine and chloral and when In a dased condition having been forced Into a closed trunk where there was not sufficient oxygen to auatiUn what life there wa present. We eee believe that one Mra Anna L Doux was responsible for the death of Albert N. McVlcar. so far aa w hav been able to determine from the evl- nnTiuc fl i .Continued on Pag Twe. Bye, Here's a Fly, Let TO IMPORT TEN FOR WORK Coolies to Be Taken From Hawaii Three Thousand Orientals James J. Hill's New (Joaraal Special Berries.) Honolulu, March 11. Ex-Judge George D. Gear announcea that he has received a commission from a mainland client ta recruit 10,000 Japanese laborera In Hawall for work on the coast He does not disclose who his clients ars nor where the Japanese are wanted or for what service. n - mwh t Ha . h. fa atlthorlzMl tO offer free passage to the coast to laborera and guarantee not less man tl.St a day after they get there, to gether with steady work. Ha announces his Intention of taking out a llcens un der tha-terrltorlal law., which requires m license for all who seek to recruit TO PROTECT PUBLIC FR0L1 FAKE MINING SCHEMES Pittsburg Brokers Head Move ment to Stop Swindling of . Poor People. , - (Journal Special Service.) r - -Pittsburg, March II. Pittsburg brok ers are heading a movement to protect th publlo from numerous fake mining concerns which for some time past hav been reaping a harvest. Thousanda of poor families, guided by representatives of alleged mining companies In Nevada and California, only find after Investing their money that JJiere" is no possible chance for them to'recelve financial re turns of any kind. " A. B. Maston, a prominent Pittsburg broker, has wired his agent at Han Francisco aa to whether Nevada had a law to provide punishment for men en gaged In such swindles. He received an anawer to th effect that while Nevada had no such lsw, California haa, and that any person who works ench a min ing swindle In any part of the country I amenable tn that state. The Pittsburg stock exchange pro poses to bring action against a number of fake mine promoters In California. A movement la on foot to have a law similar to the California measure passed by tha next legislature. i SbAcklefora -W caslaatad. Jefferson City. Mo.. March ai.The Democratlo primaries In tbs Eighth con gressional district- were held today, There was no . opposition to 1 Doraey 8harltleford. the present representative of the dlatrict . Us Watch Him, You JAPANESE COAST for Labor in Northwest States Wanted 1 for Work oh ! Railroad Lines. '' -v. laborera for service outside of the terri tory. He expects to secure the required number of laborers within on year. They will be sent to the coast by the regular lines of steamers. Aa there are only about 11,000 Jap anese laborers at work on the planta tions of Hawaii,- according to a- recent census, this announcement of Oear's haa caused considerable uneasiness. If Gear Is as auocesaful aa he Insists he will be. It Is feared there will be a aerlous shortage In th labor aupply in the territory for the augar plantations. In addition, H. Kasakawa. a Japanese, la advertising for t.000 Japanese to go to the coast to work on HiU'a railway ex tensions. - ' : 25 CENTS REWARD PAID FOR SARAH'S $5,000 JEWELS Messenger Boy Finds Lost Gems and Returns Them to Bern-V hardt's Secretary. (Joaraal Special Serrlee.) Houston. Tex., March 21. Twenty-five eenta represents, the reward paid - to Will Curley, a messenger boy who found a box containing diamonds belonglng-to Sarah Bernhardt, valued at - $6,000. ' A secretary was Intrusted with the Jewels snd while at a telegraph office Sending a-telegram -dropped -th box. ,' Curley picked It up. He did not even 'look to see what he had. When the secretary returned wild with excitement the of fice was filled with French expletives, ' Cnrley reached for the box and tossed It over. The secretary .' rushed . and would have embraced the messenger but the boy struck a Jeffries attitude, . The pucker of th French lips waa too murtl for, him- and' he abandoned his defense tn favor of flight.- When he returned there was a quarter waiting for him and the secretary was gone. He waa then told what he . found. WHITERIDGE TO SEE. V , 'ALFONSO'S WEDDING (Journal Special Service.) Washington, March Si. The 'presi dent has appointed" Frederick j Whitn ridga of New York as special ambassa dor to represent the I'nlted Btatos at the wedding of the king ot Spain, - - THOUSAND PMC and I.' DELUGE OF WATER Worst Storm of Season Sweeps central , ftux ot state Wind Almost a Gale. innrninim r- r....sr-- . inntrMrtADLL UAIVIAUC - 1 ' TO THE' FRUIT CROPS City , of Sacramento Partly Under, Water Rivers Brimful and Levees Breaking Will Be No Apricot. ' - (Journal SpeeUI Seniee.) Sacramento, Cal., March 11. Central' California was swept lust night by th worst storm of the year. A total raln- .mu ul .iivii.-q 47! jii tiiia puj ant a similar amount throughout th ran-' tral section of the state. , All, the 41-. trlct south of O street In this city is under water. .All levees around the city are safe, but thousanda of acres of low grain land are flooded. . a, gale, which at tinira reached, a ve locity of SO miles an hour, doing irrep arable tfamage to the cherry crop and Inlnrv to all fruit crona. It la thmiatht that tner win d no apricot, pearit or cherry crop- in, the lower Sacramento) valley this year. TM rwtnt t ttrm nw -tilt v ' t already two Inches mora thsn normal. The Sacramento rtvr is st the highest - I- -fill -J -1 .. Heavy rains of last night have flllmt all rivers brimful and the ftan Joaquin ' vaJJey, which waa In danger early la thl week, again reports high - water. Levees have broken In several places and 'it large area, of farming land has been - flooded. Many cattle and hogs, were lost In th levee breaks. Th Han Joaquin -river 1 within a. foot. of;th top of the levee and sUU rising. ' A CHURCH WITH FLATS ; : AND BOWLING ALLEYS , (Jiremal Special Herrire.) Cincinnati. Ohio, March SI. Th ron- . gregatlona of the First and Second Presbyterian churches are' having plass drawa for an edifice, to coat IISO.OO') to accommodate the congregations, , which will consolidate, next May. The new church will contain- two flats for assistant pastor, with a bowling allcv ln, the basement - and . thoroughly equipped garage for the aiitoinolillns of wealthy ptrih loners," .- Tt.M are the oldest congregations lri the city. I,ymst Beeclter, father of Henry Ward P"1" br.'.. waa once pastor of the flrsr t-lmr.-n and bta son frequentlx JRrcacliod taera. CALIFORNIA . . . I'. s - - ' 0
