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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE: 21, 180fl.-TWO ' SECTIONS 20. PAGES.
VOL. V. NO. 82.
PRICE TWO CENTS. VlSlnVaSl
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PLOT FORMED AMONG PORTLAND REDS
-- AN.n. MAN CHOSEN TO ICflffJ . PRESIDENT
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Witness Testifiesoh His
- Oath" Before Judge
Cameron-That Reds
Prepared for Crime
Says Funds Were RaisecTfiTSend
v John Przyware, the Man Se
elected to Do the Bloody Work,
to Washington to Assassinate
Roosevelt. " - - ; v
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Portland, Oregon, la becoming
! one of th worst centers of )
anarchy of Ruaaian origin, pro-
- -ductng a plot -to kill tbo prest-
. dent lata In May of this year. )
Collier's Weakly, Juna IS. ; 4
In the municipal court thla morning
Waiter Sealaasklwlca, a Pola who claims
to have been -Invited to Join what for
ernment secret service agents believe to
be on of tha "moat radical anarchistic
aoclettea In America.' declared on the
witnesa atand that a plot waa laid In
thla city laat month, for the assaasltia-
- tlon of President Roosevelt.
, Ho further 'tea titled that funds were
raised In thla city for tha purpose of
- sending John Prsywara. a Russian til
-htltst, also a member- teje-soeletyVto
Washington city to execute the murder
on plot. Plana for the killing: of the
president miscarried, ha said, because
or internal dissensions which arose In
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PRINCIPALS IN UNIVERSITY "QUARREL?
the society.
Plan Waa Abandoned.
When trouble arose1 In the ranks of
the red followers, he aald,. fear, of ex
..posur of tha plot -seised upon tbem and
the plaa wes-ubandoned temporarily.
Ills knowledge of the plot, be averred,
led to tha fight and his char of as
sault and battery -on which eevarjgl of
the alleged members of the society
were arrested. .-.
He. daclarea that ha fears for hi life
as tha result of his exposure of. their
plana. Ha brought with him Into court
a l-year-old girl who clalma to have
overheard a recent conversation between
certain , of tha accused In which they
planned to deatroy Settlaexkiwlca'a home
by means of a dynamite bomb as pun. 1
tsnment ror ma exposure. The girls
"testtmonyy-however, was not relevant to
the charges of asnault and battery and
was not heard In the course of tha trial.
She told what ehe had heard In full to
Deputy City Attorney Fstsgerald and to
.Government Inspector roster.
" ' Aeons Is Aeoaed.
T The statements-of Sealassktwlcs wet
vehemently denied by those whom he
accused of membership In. the red or
ganlsatlon. P. Stawney, one of tha ac
cused, rose dramatically In hia chair on
the witness atand and, pointing aa ac
cusing hand at th Pole, stated that
there waa no truth In his statements,
but that Sealaasklwlca himself -waa. an
anarchist. 4- .
Th sensational disclosures, with-ref--erenoe
to th existence of an organisation
of Teds In Portland and their plana were
brought out In municipal court.duxlng
the progress of the trial of P. Stawney,
Tony Budny, John Pnywara, R. Lukas
seski, John Koskalak, R. Zakssawskl
and D. Bclbor on chargea of assault
and battery. Btawnoy waa also charged
'. with having stolen a watch from Seul
2.akwlrs, who was th complaining
witness In all th cases.
.. Attended Meeting of Alliance,
v The complainant's story was'correft
orated to a great extent by several wit
nesses, who claimed to have aeen th en
counter. However, the testimony of the
accused and their friends resulted In
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Professor O. E. Coghfl, Who Re
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ISM
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Nebraskan Arrives at Trondhjem
and; IsrWelcomed by Amer
icans and .Norwegians---Stays-Until
Sunday.
(Joarasl flpeclsl gcrrire.) '
Trondhjem, June SI. William J.
Bryan arrived here tbla morning. He
aald ha could not dleouss politics as he
has been away from homo so. long, but
he is certain tha Democrats wilt sdopt
a progressiva policy. ;
Mr Bryan .was .welcomed. the
Americana here and this afternoon
msny Norwegians called upon. him. He
looks In the best of health and Is ap
parently enjoying his trip. He will
witnesa th Inauguration ceremonies to-
inorrowT-7-1 Z " " T. '
Mr. Bryan will remain at Trondhjem
until Sunday when be leaves for north
ern Norway. - Upon hla return he will
S i vv iiui.i. v m. ... ...-." r
and Inspect Gibraltar,, from rhanoa he
will aajl for noma lp.AugustA
PRIVATE LINES MUST .
GO SAYS MR. CASSATT
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' (Jouraal Rpeclnl Srrrlr.) : ;
Washington, Jon tl. Today was the
day appointed for th presidents of
railroads to appear before the Interstate
commerce commission and say what
they wished In regard to their relations
with the coal companies. The Pennsyl
vania waa the only- road responding.
Fourth ' Vice-President Thayer appeared
and aafd that, befer -President Caaaatt
sailed for Europe he gave an order to
abolish within' a -year all private car
lines along tho-system, .
EIGHT OF CREW GO
; DOWN WITH SCHOONER
'- i (Joaraal Special Barrios. )
Dover, Eng.. June 21. The . Danish
schooner Bertha sunk near South Good
win lightship In a collision with a Dutch
tank eteamer, thla morning. Eight of
the schooner's crew were drowned. Tha
capTftlns gun waa ilia unljf suilr. -
13-STORY BUILDING . r
, TO COST S5.000.600
. FOR USE AS CHURCH
(Journal Mpeclai aerlo.
rhkwge June II. Undismayed by th
foreclosur proceedings-: sgainat - tha
X.hjpagp-Trxas .Lamt ft Lumber . . com
pany. Dr. George F. Ilalh pastor of tha
Independent congregation, which wor
.htna in nush Temule theatre, toromlses
V to carry hla enterprise to, a successful
I Issu JKl 'to build -in -Uhloage-B' "Chris
tian Tempi at the cost or is.ooo, vr.
Ha.ll Pk .enthualastjcally. .and .coodr
ilenll'y of both propositions.
"The Christian Temple" Is to be an
lt-story -sky rapr 'on the' north' aid;
In- th vicinity of Lincoln park. Dr.
Hall,, who, la .tha irJglnator nl Ides,
planned to, complete a fhrlatlsn cltr
vinder one roof. The mem -purpose i
to -pro Ide' good' aoclety'-fnr "working
joung men and omcn' of Chicago, who
are now ' compelled to live In cheap
room 1 and ' are deprived of ' all social
dlverelon. Klv floors, of the temple
are to. be devoted to m university, which
will accommodate 11,000 puplle, who
must obtain their education at night,
if at'aii: ..: " ). '
In the building there will be l.&OO
rooms, and each room will- be rented to
two young men or twft young women at
a .rat .fmr. JndJvldual ,f , 12.(0 ,a. week.
Tha young people will hare their clubs,
lodges, societies, parties, etc., all under
one roof.
There will be banquet hslla, restau
rnntjii laundries,- -rewms .for- servants
and attendants. j bnnk, chapels; rerrea
tlon. rooms., study rooms etc. In fact,
the young people need not go out of
tb tempi to live a complete Ufa.
REYNOLDS IS STEVENS GAINS SEVEN
JUROR OVER OFFICIAL RESULT
i III IU.UUUIII ui vu LU
-President W. N. Ferrfn, of Pacific Untveraity.j
Infatuated Manr Steals Brideiand. Keeps Her
ih-CloseVGonfinemehtiiforiSix Months
Before She Gets a Chance to Escape i
J- (Joarnsj ttpeetal Berrlee.) : f
Omaha, Neb June tl.-Held prisoner
against her -will for . more - than sis
months after being chloroformed and
kidnaped from aer parent's home. Mrs.
Dora West haa succeeded., according to
her story. In escaping from ber captor,
Tha latter followed her to th street.
overtook her and beat her to Inseniibllfty
and started to carry ber back to his
rooms, when a crowd . gathered and he
dropped her and ran.
Clay West, the husband of the woman.
la an actor, and soon after their mar
riage, In July, last year, ha left ber r to
fill a theatrical engagement.
became a boarder at the horn of Mrs.
West's parents and became Infatuated
with the young bride. On January 7,
according to Mrs. West's story, while
she was playing the organ In th parlor
of. her home, McDonald crept. In . and
placed a handkerchief saturated . with
chloroform to 'her nostrils, ' and ' ah
lapsed. Into Insensibility.. When aha re
gafrTud consciousness she found herself
in a house on the outskirts of Beatrice,
40 -miles from home, held prisoner by a
woman. There McDonald frequently
visited her snd sought to make her
promts to go with htm-and keep her
whereabouts from her husband and pa
rents a secret, and aha refuaed. Sine
that 'time aha had been held prisoner.
; Saturday night friends of. the -girl
learned that she was held prisoner- st
Beatrice. McDonald also learned that
the woman's husband was on his track
and hurried her to Omaha, where he
close watclr upon her. She escaped
from her prison and Immediately started
for the depot. Intending to return to ber
parents. McDonald missed her before
she- had gone a block. He caught her
and was In a fair way to carry her back
when a -crowd gathered and he fled.
Traction Magnate Loses Gontrol of New York
"State Democrat and
; ' Journalist Is -Triumphant v... r.
(Journal Rpaelal .nervtre.) -New
York. June 11. August Belmont
haa lost control of tha Democratic state
committee.- He captured thla body two
week ago by aecurlng th algnaturas of
a majority of th members to a call -for a
meeting In June to act upon tha resig
nation of Chairman Cord Meyer. It de
veloped after the signatures ware ob
tained and before the call waa laaued
except Belmont had Indorsed the call.
Th discovery resulted in the prompt
publication of a call by th friends of
Judge Parker and the friends of Hearst
Belmont's defeat -Is overwhelming and
irretrievable. Hearat haa become , tha
beneficiary of th Belmont fluke.. H
now haa mora than 30 of th 6 mem
bers who say they will vote for the sup
pression of Belmont' on any question of
reorganisation thAt comes- up. Th
most significant fact In this relation
aa showing the strength of Hearst In
th rural counties,. Is that neither th
Tammany nor th Kings county mem
bers of the committee -are counted In
the estimate of tha Hearat majority.
Information ' coming from Parker
Herrlck sources la to th effect that all
except four of tha upstate senate dls-
raanHrPeinocmilf Iwileii of standing trleta wHlaend committeemen to ' the
meeting who will not antagonise Hearst
nor consent .to any action prejudicial to
hts chances for th Democratic nomina
tion for governor. ; A new call is now
being drawn by tha supporters of
Hearst on th committee, with whom
ere allied some committeemen who are
not Hearst men, but. who will oppose
Belmont. The date of the meeting. will
probably b set forr4ulyT or I.
THAYER SAYS THAT- -
.OPERATORS PROSPER
'' (JoaTBSl Bpaeial gervlce.)
Washington, June 11. Th house sent
the Immunity bill to the conference to
day. . Thayer In th Interstate bearing
tried to prove the Pennsylvania mad
no attempt o prevent tha' Independent
operators from opening coal mines. He
cited statistics showing that many In
dependents are apparently prospering. ..
. Dewey a Singapore. '
(Joaraal Special Berrtre.)
Slngapore, June 21. The drydork
Dewey arrived her this morning in
gooa-eentlitUin, . '. m '
ATTACK ON HAAKON
: PREVENTED BY POLICE
' Trondhjem, - June II. Several an
archlsts known to th European police
war arrested quietly today to prevent
the .possibility of' an attack on King
Haakon.- A number ef bombs have been
sejyd. : . ''.. i"
PRINCE HENRY MADE "
. CHIEF OF GERMAN NAVY
Berlin. Jnn It. Kaiser Wllhelm haa
appointed his brother Prtnc Henry of
Prussia, commander-in-chief of th Gef
V
navy, i. ,'4 .;..-.-,, r. ,-. ,
WOMAN BURNS LIKE A TORCH
Suffering" froth a religious mania which made her convinced ahe had committed a great crime, Mrs.'
Margaret Emmert, 71 years old, laat night poured coal oil, over her clothing,'. She then applied a match.
Early this morning ahe died of her frightful burns.
About 9 o'clock last evening , aha
Mrar Emmert lived with her grown children at 763 Borthwick street.
asked her daughter for coal oil to fill a lamp. ' ' - - ;
Leaving the room where her laughter waa, Mre, Emmert walked into r anotherroom and Immediately
poured tha kerosene over herself. It ia evident that aha must have anointed her head, and that the oil run
ning downward saturated nearly every ahred of her clothing. An instant later ahe had touched a lighted
match to the hem of her akirt. ..'..l ... ;? ' .
' Then, without giving ahywarning of what ahe had done, the deranged woman, rushed into the yard.
Here her eon caught her, but by true .time aha had become a human torch.
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Throwing a blanket about hia mother, the young man tried In vain to amother the flames. The oil-
soaked clothing caught ao rapidly, however, that little could be dona until ahe bad sustained frightful in
juries The lower pert of her body waa burned to a crisp, and ahe had also inhaled the flames. ' -
. Dr. W. C. McKeChnie waa called, but all ha could do waa to relieve the agoniea ot . the .' patient. She'
soon became unconscious. Later in the night she was taken to tha Good Samaritan hospital, where ahe
died at 6 o'clock thla morning. The body waa removed to Holman's undertaking establishment.
-' Mrs. Emmert waa a widow. She haa several aona well known in Albina where they 'are in business. '
Her mind had been affected for aome time, but ahe had never before shown any suicidal tendency - ,
oWeeaaa.M mmmm 4mm t
University Park Man Chosen as
- -Grand Jury Member to In-
vestigate Election " '
Srr: Frauds, r?-
- Th selection of Thomas A, Reynolds
of University Park- as the seventh mem'
ber of th grand Jury and th submis
sion to Judge Sears of three hypotheti
cal queations framed with a view of
getting th court's opinion of what con
stitutes a crime against- the election law
were "Iw6 Important developments of
today growing out of th official Inves
tigation of th frauds in Sellwood and
other precincts, v . i.
Another development not : officially
recorded ia that J. W. Reed, tha con
tractor at the Oaks .who Induced Harry
Toung of Fulton to cast an Illegal vote
and sent It one-night 'colonisers to th
Hotel Sellwood, Is in th employ of the
Oregon Water Power- A Railway com-
4-pany and not th Oaks Amusement com
pany. Reed pays his carpenters . with
O. W. P. checks, and there is evidence
on record that he uaed one of these
checks to pay th combined bill -Of i tha
19 guests of the hotel.
Another Juror Selected.
'Before "the- convening of th grand
Jury this morning Judg Sears as pre
siding Judge of the circuit court -or
dered that another name be drawn from
the Jury box to fljl tha- vacancy, caused
by th resignation of Olaf Akeyinn Thtt
n bore the nam of
Thomaa jV. Reynolds, a merchant, who
Uvea at 1627 Portsmouth avenue, Uni
versity Park. '
Mr. Reynolds was ssked If ha had
registered and If "he had served as a
member of an election board. He an
swered that he waa a registered voter
and that he had served on sn election
board at th primaries, but not at tha
regular election.. He had bean drawn
aa a Juror in Judge Cleland'a court to
serve In the case of John H. Olston
against the Oregon Water Power Y
Railway company, but by agreement of
th attorneys of both sides h wss ex
cused. This removed the only obstacle
to ' his beoomlng a grand Juror and
ha was at one sworn.' beginning his
duties shortly thereafter.
The grand Jury met at th usual hour.
but soon want before Judg Sears and
submitted a presentment containing
three hypothetical questions, which In
substance war as follows: a...
' Tore Hypothetical Questions.
If John Doe, a single man, who had
reglatered In precinct 14 while registra
tion waa open, went to precinct 17 th
night before election, registered at a
hotel, got hts' supper, bed. breakfast
and lunch and voted In that precinct
by affidavit of freeholders,, did he com
mit a crime t "
If John Doe, a married man, who had
registered In precinct. II while regis.
tratton wsjt open, weit to precinct 17
th night before . election, leaving his
family In precinct 14. registered at a
supperr-red. - oreak raat
hotel, got hi
and lunch and voted In precthot 17 bv
affidavit of freeholders,, did he commit
a crime? ' , -
If, sift freeholders mad affidavit to
the qualifications of John Do as a
voter, not knowing him and never hav
ing seen him before and not being ac
quainted with -hi - residence, did they
commit a crlmeT v -" " "
Tha distinction mad between a single
man and a married man la due to th
fact that th law presumea that a mar
ried man's residence Is where hla family
lives. Thepolnt whether a voter muat
make, an actual 'and hot a pretended
chang of res I dense la Involved lq -both
cases. . - 1 . . - ' -
Matter Vadar Advisement.
Judge Sears informed the Jury, that
he would take the presentment under
advisement and render his opinion aa
oon as possible. ' It Is not thought that
the court's answer will be received be
fore "aturday. In th meantime noth
ing will be don by th Jury In th
matter of election frauds, but It will
be ket busy with various matter sub
mitted to It by District Attorney Man
ning. . ' v
Jwelve Precincts Completed Up to Noon To
day Sheriff-Elect Stevens Now Has Lead
of Twelve Votes Over Sheriff Tom Word.
Work Progressing WellMany Ballots Re
jected Because of Flaws . - ,
- The result of th recount in th Word
Stevens contest up to th- completion
of precinct No. IS Is thst Stevens' lead
over his opponent haa Increased from
five, credited blm by the official can
vass, to II, and Stevena ta. supremely
confident that th battle la hla.
Th Twelfth precinct waa completed
at 12:1 1 - o'clock today, . much faster
progress being made than yesterday.
In the three-hour morning session 1,420
ballots were counted, an average . of
nearly too to the hour. At this, rate
th count will be completed by th end
of next week and precinct No. 17 will
probably be reached some time on Sat
urday of thlsjweelL .
ng this morning's tedious sea-
Stevens a gain of on vot In the first
precinct. In th second, two Word
votes and oneHteyns . hnllot were
thrown out for being marked In a way
that might 'lead to their identification.
In Precinct No. i a Word ballot was
relected because th elector had In
sisted on voting on the ''"wet" and "dry"
proposition, whloh did not .happen to
be an Issue in hts precinct. In tha fifth
precinct two Stevens ballots previously
rejected by th election board were
eounted, Judge Fraser contending that
th Intention of the elector waa appar-
vote going for him which had v1rhntl!
been mlseed In the election board count.
A Word vote was thrown out In preolnci
It, snd with the close of the morning;
session Stevena was thus left In the leadl :
by a margin of 13 votes.
Judge's Work Delicate. . -i -Tha
work of deciding upon . th ve
ltdlty or Invalidity of a ballot la a dell
cat on. Indeed, as Judge Fraser beg
stated again and again during th re
count. Ten times as many ballota ar
objected to as are rejected by the court.
Exceptions" are taken to all the deelstona
and all ballots over which, there la any
controversy are laid aald to be ref rre
In later. La lei means at the conclusion
of th recount- If wholesale miscounts
alon ther were no glaring mistakes on
tha -part- of -election - boards-revealedr
No evidence of wholesale miscounts
appeared.' The alight variations from
tba statements of th election 1 boards
were due to., sllgnt -mistakes on their
part In. counting or to Insignificant er
rors of Judgment aa to the validity or
them. The recount yesterday gttve f upon w rourjiamMra are ate
are found which places either on of ther
candidates. jar4n the lead th ballota
laid aside may never be referred to
agatrc Hut If the result Is cloee, every
one of the ballots so laid aside will be)
considered . again; arguments pro and
and con will be heard and possibly
Judge Fraser may reverse many of too
decisions so far made. - .
enfc- In preolnota and thera waa-.no l -the sortilhat. is, . If he .waste hla
variation.
The results left Stevens nine ahead
Of Word at th close of last night's
recount. This morning, however, tb
"wet or dry vote waa reconsidered and
counted, thua reducing Stevens lead to
eight. ..,
work or ta Morning.
This morning precincts 7, , . 10, 11
snd 11 were recounted. In 7 Stevens
gained one and Word lost two. which
left Stevens 11 -aneaov in a.a5evens
gained on and Word Inst twd and
Stevens was IS 'ahead. Thla lead was
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rwliiuwl to 41 lir'Wu. t. where a Btevews
vote was thown out. It waa reduced
two mnre In 10, where Stevens lost one
and Word gained one. Stevens forged
ahead again in th eleventlvprecinot, one
ready plied more than three soor of
doubtful ballots over the validity ot
whloh a fierce" legal controversy la
likely to be made at the end of tberee
count, No long quibbles are heard at
this stage of the game: these will oom
later, provided tha recount shows the)
vote .to b close. .. .. ... . ., ,
If an elector wishes to vent his splto
upon any candidate h may do ao by
drawing a Una through th candidate's
name, but he may not write "rata",
after, tb nam.' "Drlaooll, tha dosj '
catcher,' "A. P. A. Clarno," or anything
vote counted. : Neither may ha writ
;K.-sfter g man's nam or. en - tha
ballot. This ' waa tha decision handed
down by Judge Fraxer this mornlna
after .ar rather amusing controversy en
the part of the attorney , r
Ballot Improperly Tstsekad.
Th ballot 'bad bean i cast In the
Eighth' precinct snd registered a veto
for Word. " But over tha name of Fran
els Clarno, Democratic candidate -foe
state senator, the letters A. P. A. had
been written. Dan J. Malarkey, attor
ney for Stevens, objected on the ground
mat tne umint contained a dlaiTnguTitTi-
ing mark. , Attorney McGinn pointed!
out the fact that th voter had vl
(Continued en Page Two.
WO EXPRESS FRANK
FROM TOM PLATT
GIVEN MAE C. WOOD
. . (Jonraal Special Service.) ' . " ,
Colon, Mich, June ll.--Me "TJarher
In Wood satd this "morning that" she
would remain In the city until her at
torneys directed hrr In the next move
to -establtah her alleged claims against
Senator Piatt. She Bays she fears to
go elsewhere, as she has been hounded,
shsdowed and persecuted ever since
101.
"I .expect soma. attempt will be made
to throttl me." she said today, "but
I have 'two friends who know where
the prearber who performed the mar
rlage is located.. When I ne1 I i to
testify I think he will appear, unless, of
course, snm great Influence manages t
suppress him.
"I do not know what sort of defense)
Senator Itatt will attempt. My sole
object Is 4av-hav the truth knoarrt. I
have means of my own and do not
want money: I want this Incident I ia
my life rinsed and closed truthfully."
Miss Wood said She did nf t ra
muk -a held statement 41 at t
Piatt' was .parsimonious. 1
never evert jtlven a r ' i
prnss mmriif. Fhe f
f!srou w!"i ( '
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