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VOL. V. NO. 47.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1906. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Outlaw , It Probably Wounded,
Is In Unfamiliar Country
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HIS DISAPPEARANCE .
SEEMS INEXPLICABLE
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Whole Country S wanna With Armed
Men, Every Farmer la on' Watch
for the Hunted Man and Hia Final
Escape "Seems a Thing . Wholly
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' By Spencer B. Best,
(From JoursaT Btft Corxspesdent.l
' Wood burn, Or., Aprll SO. Hunted by
200 of the moat expert rifleman In the
' state, who are Inspired by a determina
tion to avenge the aeries of atartling
" crlmea he haa committed, Frank Smith,
the fugitive murderer of Policeman Han
Inn, Captain Henderson and . Sheriff
, Shaver, who died aat night, haa eluded
all effort to'rapfure htm and la atlll
' at laxge. Many believe tbat ha la dead
Tee the result of the wound Inflicted in
.' the battle On the railroad track near
her .Friday night, though faint and
. uncertain rtimora of but movementa tend
to discredit the theory.
Since Saturday morning the search Tor
the desperado haaV' continued . unabated.
, But not ona poaltlve elue haa been b
.' talnad alnce he leaped the 'fence, near
the tracka after the fatal affair on U
railroad track and ned- In a weaieriy
direction, louhumi minora ui ma nr.
, lng been aeen In varloua local It lea have
reached Bneriri ijuiver, qui . eacn nu
proved groundleaa. , v -
"'.Sanaa the afaa Muatera.
Though armed poaaea bava-acoured
the neighborhood and every avenue of
eacapo ia auppoaed to be cut off, the
fugitive haa disappeared ao completely
"' as to baffle 'the moat experienced man
, hunters In thta aectlon. Smith ia known
' to be thoroughly Ignorant of the coun
try In which ha ia auppoaed to be' in
' hiding- He la a stranger In the locality
1 and officers declare that he is unac
quainted with country life, having op
; crated alwaya in cttiea Ha la also
, known to be without funda. From this
they argue that the bandit must' ahow
' himself at soma farmhouse In search of
food or ahelter.
Accordingly ' ridera were sent for
. miles around on the day following the
double tragedy warning cltlsena and
. instructing them to notify Sheriff Cul
ver whenever a stranger appeared in
their locality. . Possea were hurried to
varloua towns and hamlets throughout
the French Prairie country to guard
the roeds that led to the river and to
the railroad tracka. An area many
miles In extent haa been patrolled con
stantly by day and night alnce the
tragedy, but not a single clue of con
. sequence haa been obtained. The coun
' tryslde bristles with armed men who
avow that they will not abandon the
search until the ..murderer has been
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Trais Orows Aid Poaaea. .'
Railroad atattbns further south and
i-lu the direction of Portland have been
I instructed to watch every tramp and
. susptclous-looklng stranger who arrives.
Train crews on every- freight and ,paa
' aenger are working In conjunction with
: poaaea and tt Is believed that escape by
the railroad was Impossible. And by
means of the highways It was also
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Formal Transfer, of Oregon Wa
ter! Power . & Railway Com-;
; ; pany's Holding Takes Place
Today New Officers. '
W.H. HURLBURT-WiLL
BE GENERAL" MANAGER
F. I. Fuller Becomes Vice-Preiident
'---All Plana Under'Conaideration or
Beinc Effected . by Company (Will
' Be Carried Out by New ' Manage
ment as Rapidly as Poaaible. .
Mranafer of the Oregon Water Power
4k Railway Co.. propertlea waa kiade to
day to the; purchasert; te ' Portland
General Electric and the Portland Rail
way companies. 1 The old offtcere and
director raaigned and the new were
looted. H. W, Gooda in the new creel-
dent. W n HiirlKnr4
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. g0T of the railway department.
At a meeting held at 11 o'clock the
old offlcera tendered, their resignations,
which were accepted. The following new
orncers were elected: , President. H. W.
Ooode; vice-president, F. t Fuller; see ro
tary and treses rer. C. N.' Huggtna; these
three and O. F. Paxton and aW. Reed
form the new directory. W. H. Hurl
burr; president and general manager of
the Oregon Water Power company alnca
Ita organisation, who haa been the prac
tical man in the building up of Ita ex
tensive properties, and aa executive head
of the corporation haa directed Ita opera
tion, haa conaented to remain with the
(new ownera, and today was elected gen
eral manager, o. l Brown, auperln
tendent and chief engineer of the O. W.
P. system, will only remain long enough
to place the work of his department
In the handa of the engineers of the
Portland General. Ha will go aaat with
F. S. Morris. - to take charge of con
struction work In an electric power pro
ject that la being developed by the Mor
ris Bros. - Otherwise the present organi
sation of working forces of the O. W.
P. lines wtll remain Intact, and the rail
way will continue to be operated aa a
separate Institution indefinitely. '
, The . transfer today . Included the
railway properties; the Oaks, the land
company, the power plants in thla city,
and at Casadero. and docks, terminals
and -other real estate In Portland, to
gether with all rights and franchises
of the O. W. P. company in thla city
and elsewhere. Statements "from good
authorltlea on both Sides differ aa to
the price paid -for the controlling In
terest , In ' the company's f 2,000,000
stock. It la said by those who ought
to know that the stock was bought at
75 cents. , On the other hand, thla la
denied, and It la said by- persons di
rectly Intereetad In the purchase that
the prtca waa considerably less than
that figure, Approximately, . the deal
amounted to - something between $5,-
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, Getting Breakfaat on Market Street.
on Sheriff Word's Request Dogs, Set
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Frank Smith, the , Hunted - Murderer, Sketched . From a1 Stamp Photo
' graph in Possession of Lebanon, Oregon, Relatives.
000.000 and tS.6a0.000. lnoludlng the
bonded debt of 14,250.000. V
The new offlcera of the O..W. T. cor
poration are men of wide 'experience
in electric power and railway manage
ment. Mr. Ooode, as president of . the
Portland General Electric company, haa
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APPEAL: OF OREGON WOMAN
PUT IN LOAF OF BREAD
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Mrs. H. Julian of Lents Uses
Unique Method of Communi- ;
eating With Stricken City. '
' (Special niapalen o The JMrMtr
Oakland, Cat., April JO. Aatomobllea
and foot messengers are not the only
means of eendlng Inquiries throughout
the devastated city regarding loat rela
tives or friends. .Even notes In loaves
of bread are resorted to by the Oregon
lans. Testerday . morning one of the
naval militiamen on. board the Marlon,
at the foot of Folaom atreet, rerelyed
a loaf of hame-made bread from a
nearby supply depot and upon cuttlpg
Into It camo upon the following mesaage
written jupon a fly leaf and daftly In
serted Into the' loaf, probably before
baking: . .
"I pray you will do all you can to
find May and AlphonseMoublrn of I2S
Jessie atreet. Hun Francisco. He waa a
florist for' Frank tc BarodI company,
10 Ueury atreet, la dark, age ST. French,
haa three, gold teeth In front of mouth.
May la fair, age 2t. Please aend tele
gram as soon aa you find them; I will
pay for same. See are' they among
dead or Injured. From anxlnjn sinter,
Mra. If. Jnlhin, Lents. MultnOmah
county. Oregon." ' . .
Americas Team leading-.
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Athena. April 30. Paul Pilgrim Of
New Tork won the 400-meter running
race in 0:60 -. -J. I. Llghtbody of Chi
cago woo the 1.500-meier race in 4:11.
The AmoHcan team ia far la tne-leed.. ,
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GIGANTIC COMBINE
OF THEATRES
Big Deal Involving Capitalization
of Fifty Millions Virtual
ly Consummated.' -
"(Sueelal Dkpstrh to The loorail.)
New Tork, April 0. The Morning
Telegraph say a: The moat gigantic
and Important combination In the his
tory of the theatrical world, one Involv
ing the capitalisation of $50,000,000. is
virtually consummated. Among the or
ganisers of . this coalition are Klaw A
Erlanger. B. F. Keltb, EL F. Albee. Kohl
and Castle, Morris Meyerfleld, Martin
Beck and presumably Stair and Havlln.
Thla group-ef men control the majority
of tho theatres in the "United .States,
which are either devoted, to high clasa
drama and muaical plays, popular price
theatricals or vaudeville, and to be
without the pale of -the alliance means
to be a competitor of a force that haa
never been equaled In the amusement
field.
A. I Erlanger will probably be the
executive head of the corporation and
tba avowed objects of the combination
are mutual protection, aelf preservation
and the general regulation of the the
atrica business for the common good.
It la alleged that the motives of the
amalgamation are not primarily antago
nistic, but that condltlona have arisen
which make the regulation of the the
atrical -business absolutely necessary
at this. .time. Of the organisers men
tioned above, Meyerfleld and Beck rep
resent the Orpheum chain of theatres.
KLAMATH IRRIGATION
WORK PROGRESSING
"(Rpectel Ttl.patch la The Jonrnnl.
Klamath Falla, Ore.. April 30. Work
on the Irrigation ditch Is moving sat
isfactorily, but not aa speedily aa It
will when machinery now on the way
la Installed. The contractors pay from
S2.2S to $3 a day. Board and bunk
are furnished at ti.SO a work, and no
hotel 'In the city furnishes' better fnre
than la bad dally at the "camp, the
humblest workman being served exactly
the same as the contractors themselves.
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Two? LittV VVhrte-Haired Chil
dren Make Dandelion Chains,
With Faith -That Mother
:" Will Return - to Them.
Hbutneighbor woman
- SAYS SHE WILL NOT
Pretty Home in. East Portland
Mourns for Mrs. B. E. Starr, Who
Left Saturday Night, Saying She
Had Gone to Her Spiritual Love,
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' In a grasy yard In front of a small,
neat home in. Kast Portland, two little
white-haired children of five and three
sit all day and play contentedly. They
greet a passing stranger with a friendly
smile and the Information that .they
like - to make dandelion chains. The
stranger asks where the mother la
and they amile and say:
"Mamma has irons away for a little
while. She will come back soon."
Such la the faith of the children. In
doors la a charitable neighbor who has
rome In to take care of them. Her
fait ti la not the same. -
"She will never come back till ahe la
alck of It. The beat thing would be
for her husband to go after and horse
whip her back. Anyone that could go
and leave auch -a sweet baby as that
has no feelings anyway," and ahe eud
dlesJondly a little seven-months old
babe who coos back gently and never
aobs or cries.
And In the meanwhile Mrs. B. K.
Starr has Joined her "spiritual love"1
among the Holy Rollera. She left her
home Saturday night without warning
while her husband- atlll alept, and left
a note to apprise him of her departure.
Afraid ChUdrsa Would Cry.
'I did not tell you because I waa
frald the children would cry," ah
wrote, "and Ha said tbat Christ wlU
take care of them.".
"He" with the capital "II Is Joahua
Creffield. her aptiitual love, and Christ's
Immediate "emissary , seems to be a
neighbor who puts less trust In divine
asalatanca than her own and presides
over the home with loving worda for
the children .interspersed with atrong
expressions of indignation agalnat the
mother and the "brute who haa done all
this."
"Does anyone want to do anything?"
ahe asks. "Then let him get an army
and go and hunt down that vlla man
like a dog and kill him. It is better
than he deserves for the number of
homes he haa broken up." "
Mra. Starr fell under the apell of
JoAb.ua. Creffield. the Rolling prophet.
tMC0V8era ago when he waa converting
weak-minded women to hia doctrine in
CorvalJIs. Her Sister-in-law, Mrs. Hurt
of Corvallla, vlelted her at that time
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Two Distinct Shocks of Earth
quake r-eit in ban Francisco
in Early Hours of Morn
lng Cause Excitement.
SOME WALLS COLLAPSE
BUT NO FATALITIES
Business Men Will Ask Government
to Loan Money at Low Rate So
Town May Be RebuiltQuestion of
Looting f Is Grave One That Con
. San Francisco, April 10. (Bulletin)-.
Two distinct earthquake ' abocka twere
felt in thla CltV at t O'clock this morn
ing, causing great excitement among
the various districts where the dis
turbances were noticeable. Some email
damage waa done In the, downtown dls-
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but no fatalities are reported.
Two dosen soldiers occupying Frank-,
11 It hall, at Rush .ml milmnM a .
fled-from -the building, refusing to re
enter until a relief aquad arrived- at 1.
o'clock thla morning. In the low dls-
trlcts the shocks were more severe than
(Journal Bpertsr Service! .
San Francisco, April SO. The return
of pleasant weather haa brought a great
increase in the number of refugees at
the parka and the Presidio and the pres.
ent Indications are that all ,the open
spaces will be densely populated durlnac
the entire summer. . For the most part
these people will be dependent on' char
ity for their existence, although the
number wilt gradually be : decreased aa
the men art able to secure employment
In the building operatlona that are now
being planned on every hand.
Tba problem of greatest gravity that
now -confronta the authorities Is how to
prevent looting, and particularly Is this
causing considerable anxiety amid the
ruina of-Chlnatown and Jewelry stores
u yaaiiauupi. mm soiaiera nave Deen
forbidden to shoot and this greatly com
plicates the problem. .
Kootera aa Sonvealr Banters.
More than 150 members of the Na
tional guard, most of them from Oak
land, and on (leave were today driven
from the ruins' of Chinatown, wnera
they were aeeklng loot or souvenirs. A
rain of shots was fired against the
walla, which aant the lnn.r.
in all directions.
Souvenir hunting, however' la tint .n.
fined to the aoldiers and cnrloaltv sMb.
-lng vlsltore who have swarmed hin h.
devastated section since restrictions were
witnarewn. it has become a popular fad
and even prominent business men and
aociety people, are engaged in exploring
placea other than their own whece
treasures are believed to abound. Um
of them have been driven from China
town at the point of the bayonet. Even
women risk the burning of their clothes
and ahoea In order to rescue something
of value from the emoklng ruins, ;
T 0O0 Tone of rood tm Tea Sara.
General Qreely baa prepared an estl
mate which shows that In the ten' days
following the earthquake 7,000 tona of
food waa distributed, making a daily
distribution of 1.400.000 nounria. wMh
coat about $140,000 dally. Thla does
not Include the coat of. clothing given
away. General Oreely r estimates that
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