The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 25, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTEE. JOUItMlGIVES- GOOD EVEHIHG ' THE WEATHER. Cloudy and: threatening Tuesday fair; northwesterly VOL. V. NO. 95. .7 Superintendent of Con Lstruction at The Oaks Is Indicted for Complic ity in Election Fraudsl ' Did J..YT. Reed., mayor of Estacada ..and superintendent of construction . at the Oaks, rote In Bellwood precinct under th assumed named of H. C. Reed? This la a queatlon that will come up In SUPERINTENDENT ACCUSED EVIDENCE QVEN&U court, for J. W. Reed was indicted this mornlna by the grand Jury. -. . . . . - The arid nee against , Reed la strong. R. Brown, whose name appear on tiie Hat of freeholder attached to the af fidavit of R. C Reed. , was subpoenaed by the grand Jury and questioned In re gard to his action In vouching for a sup- poaed colonlaer. Thla made Brown Ira-, mune from Indictment and 'heunbos- omed himself. v ' Hla story Involved J. W' Reed much -deeper liKth frauds- than the -testl-mony of Harry Young of Fulton, who had previously told the Jurora that Reed had induced hint to vote in Sellwood, Tteilmg-hlm euoh - sef would "not- be .11 . legal. Brown testified that it waa his belief that the man he vouched for waa .the superintendent .of construction of--the Oaks, that Superintendent Reed waa introduced to him by T. R. Baldwin, an electrician, employed by the Oregon Water Power At Railway company, and ' that he vouched for J. W. Reed oa tha ' strength of thla Introduction. 1 Signed Kaay Affidavits. - . Baldwin signed many aflldavita and la "Included In the? score of . Indictments voted by tha ' grand Jury but not yet ; filed In court. Tha name of J. W. Reed .' doea not appear among the 184 repre sented In the list of Hell wood affidavit volera. Several witneasea besides Brown - have told -the grand Jury that they saw - J. W, Reed cast a ballot. No one aeems to know R. C Reed; and it fa the belief of the witnesses referred to that R. C. . Reed and J. W. Reed sire the same per "son. The answering of thla question la ; to be left to the Jury that will try 1 Superintendent Reed on the Indictment Just voted. - - , ' The freeholdera who swore to the R. ' C. Reed affidavit are: B. F. Boynton, as , slstant auperlntendent of the O. W. P.; W. P. Jacks and A. K. French, employee . of the O. W. P.; -John Schneider, fore ; man of a leather works; O. Plass, sec retary of the Mount Hsod Brewing com ' pany, and R. Brown. All but Brown have been Indipted. . . , , k - Work Xa Wot Done. ;', Investigation of " the ' Sell wood affi davits la not yet completed. Bom of ' the obliging freeholders must have apent a considerable portion of the day writ- lng their namea. B. P. Boynton. assist " ant superintendent of the O. W. P., heada . the lint, - . It la said that he -signed ST . aflldavita, vouching for Juat and nnjust with kingly Impartiality. G. Plaas, W. P. Jacka and A. E. French also ran up quit a score. Among Tne new names brought out by the Investigation are. Herman - P. Labracque, car Inspector of the O. W. ' P., and O. W. Olson, a resident of Sell .' wood. Iibracquo Is said to have signed mor than SO affidavits. Olson also dis tinguished himself In the same line of work. Incidentally' Labracque'a nam - does not appear on the last ta roll, " r eiiner as th owner of realty or of per sonal property. Contrary to expectations no indict- menta were filed - In- court this morn ing. District Attorney Manning and (Continued on Page Two.) Extraordinary. Campaign Waged Between Policyholders and Standard Oil Mor gan Interests for i ... ' - ( Jnarast "pfclal Hervtee.l ' f ' : New York,. June 26. From now. on -until December next on of th most . extraordinary campaigns In th history of th country win be waged between 1,100.000 policy-holders of th Mutual and New Tork Life Insurance com panies' on one side and the strongest possible1 group of Wall street interest on. the other. .For several week both sides hav been preparing for th cn tri pe Inn. - The atak Is of monumental Im- portanc, as It Involve th control of TO ADVERTISERS -.TDE. .HAJOJM AMOUNT OF PUDLICSTY FOR tonight; winds.'- J.W. Reed,' mayor of EJa-; cada and superintendent of con- struction at The' Oaks, indicfed this amorning for complicity in J T the Sellwood election frauds, is declared by witnesses before ' the grand jury to have voted- under the assumed name of R. , ...... .... C. Reed, who was one of the affidavit voters in the precinct. j Attached to the affidavit as at- f T testing witnesses were the sig- J natures , of, : Superintendent Boynton and other employes of the O. W,P.'Co. Congress Hastens Action Pending Measures Govern ;. rnent Cannot Regulate Insurance Business. - on ' " (Josraal toeelal Berries.) Washington, June 26. Congress will probably dispose of the following legis lation thla week: Rate bill passed by tha house and which is pending In the senate: the meat Inspection bill, pasaed by the senate and amended In the house) which Is now before the conference; the -pure food bill pasaed by the aanate and amended by. the house, which s pending again In the senate; the anti campaign ' contribution, bill passed by the senate, wnicn is pending in tna house': the 'lock . canal' bill passed' by both houses In separate measures; the Immigration, antl- Immunity and public buildings appropriation bills, which, are also penaing. . . . . There la 'extra, hard work In the sen ate in th effort to adjourn by- Friday. Spooner reported that the . Judiciary rommlttee .- had unanimously decided that "congress waa without authority under th constitution to supervise ma rine, life, fire or Insurance companies outside the district of Columbia, the territories and Insular possessions. The Judiciary committee adopted resolution demanding, a atatement of all prosecutions under th anti-rebate and anti-trust laws, and calling for a statement of th disbursement of the tbOO.Obft provided for such prosecutions. The general deficiency bill of $10, 1S0.00O, reported to the house carries 101.000 to repair the public buildings In San Francisco the earthquake dam- agea, nna legaiisea tne war. department expenditures on . account of the San- Francisco disaster. It also legalises tne tariff duties imposed In th Phil ippines prior to March (, 1902. i - -a .. - .. . i -.- t 'v i t. 1 . .... .' - ' ? ' I THIS WEEK - v EET IS. IDE PEOPLE Insurance.Surplus ; " W . ... ' both th Mutual and New Tork Life In surance companies, whose combined as sets amount to 1900,000.000. ' The policy-holders have quietly or-. ganised an internal policy-holders' com mittee and as a result of Its 'labors during th next flv months It Is ex-net-ted the msjorlty of policy-holders of each company, .will -vote on the annual election, December It, to turn out the J. P. Morgan management, which ,now eontrola the -New York Life and the Rrandard OH management, which la In Kcbntrol of th Mutual Llf. , PORTLAND, ; OREGON, - MONDAY -EVENING, JUNE '25, 7T7, A TT 7TT. Y-XTTTK MM- FAIRBANKS AND UNCLE JOE -, QUARREL OVER NOMINATION V.Ji ... 1 :-. v , Vice-President Fairbanks. ' j (Washington Bonis of The JoumV ' ' Washington, June 26.- The antagon ism which usually la manifested near th close of a session of congress be tween th house and rhe sonata is ac centuated at this time by, the rival claims of Speaker ' Cannon and .Vice President Fairbanks for the Republican nomination' fo -the presidency. . For tome tltn, th Fairbanks people have looked upon ,th question as settled and apparently - hav filed a preemption claim on. the tiomtnatlon wnlch they re garded as final. Th recent spontan- TOT oulhiireis rif lQPUlajrjpproval . of Uncle Jo and the favor which haa been accorded- every reference to him as a presidential probability has annoyed, the Fairbanks crowd beyond endurance. Following a recent upheaval In favor of the speaker one of the . Fairbanks iDBF(EICEI Toledo. Dealers . Who Formed Combine to Raise. Price Must ; Pay Five Thousand . Dollars and Spend Year in Prison (Journal Speelsl gerTlee.) Toledo, O Jun 26. Having been convicted of .the charge of conspiracy In the' restraint of trade, the five heads Ak-. i , . - n . - Lemmer, R. A. Beard. P. 8. Brelnlng and P. H- Waters, were' sentenced 'this morning to a fine of 16,000 and one year In the. penitentiary each. The sentence waa passed by Judg Klncald, before whom the defendants were lndcted. - The court announcod that If the- mem bers of th Ice trust would lower the price of Ice to below what It was be fore th trust -raised the price, and keep it there until th publlo could get Its money back and then put up the price to where it was - when- tne raise was made, he would consider the request made for a modification of the sentence. Some tlfne ago the five defendants, heada of th five ' big Ice companies hero, wer indicted on the charge of conspiracy. Their indictment created a sensation and the case has been fought step by step to the courts. ' Brelnlng of the Baw- Beeae Ice-company was the first to weaken, on June It announcing that he would -not stand trial and had decided o enter a plea of guilty to th charge. Thla announce ment was made to Judge Klncald by tt. O. Dmhira, attorney .for the de fendant. Peter H. Waters-of the Michl gnn Lake lee company- stated that hJ had decided to not pieaa guilty at tne time of Brelntng's decision. 'but he, too. wen convicted and sentenced. - Water's partner, John M. Nolan, was YOUNG STETSON RUNS AWAY . WITH NOTED BEAUTY i" -' (Joerssl Special Service. V - ' Phllsdelphla, Jun fi. The romantic elopement of George II. Stetson, son at John B. Stetson, snd Miss Helen " O. Lewis, thhotd beauty 'and -horsewoman, and their subsequent marriage In New York, Friday, la the social sensation- of the. hour In Ogonta. Ther wer no parental objections to th union except that both families wished a de lay until the lovers reached a mature age.' . 1 - The couple . ' met , Friday afternoon, went toNew York wer m rrld and telegraphed the new,' home. Th groom' Is sctlvfly engaged In the affairs of th Stetson hat manufacturing concern. 1'nder his father's will he has an am-' pi allowance, which will. b Increased becaus of bis" marriage... . . .rnTOlTTtv-;: ..TT'TTA J . K . .MM BS Speaker Joe Cannon. . . followers called upon Mr. Cannon and questioned him seriously as to his presi dential aspirations. Uncle Jo was foxy and laughed-hla Inquisitor tiff with aome Jollying - oracular platitudes, , for which he Is Justly famous, when he wishes to employ them. Foiled in their efforts to sidetrack him In this way th Fairbanks crowd under took other methods. The Indiana news papers owped or controlled by th vice- IpresidPOf simultaneously began attacks upon the speaker. 1 He was charged with holding up the pute food bill, with traf ficking In public buildings through the medium of the statehood bill -and with arbitrary method In handling public business. . These attacks became so bit ter that leading Indlantuns in congress Hemenway, Watson and others fin ally went to th vice-president and in sisted that , they ahould cease. ... ; . also Indicted en the same charge as th other Icemen, but to thls-tlm hss suc ceeded in clearing his skirts of the af fair. Th .Icemen are - charged with Von-sptracy-In having combined Illegally to raise the price of Ice to consumers. - A similar combination ' exists In nearly every city. jaMm i, iiiwin iiiimsii i i ivufmSM tt r rrr ifi ff A TIGHT SUEEZC FOR RICH LOOT, " II if II ' y-W-Tf .WsW ,-wrwal JS i. 'i II '-' ' f P Y" .Yi-AVd j -y. f i --:-'Y J ; ! hi " - i & m m 1 h'- :: . Ly' " : u . tt't '.!' -i -,''''.:';...', j ',;;' ' . '"' .... "... . .. ' V;sV' j .. I f , . . ' r i- - V " . -r -:' . .;-';. 1; ; .... Window in rear"bf Jaeger Brother' iewelry store through which burglars .forced entrance last night." The space between the. bars ia only eight inches, wide. :'- ,: .. ' THE HCiUUDM AMOUNT OF COST-TOR 1906. FOURTEEN PAGES. Mrs. Ida Hurt Creffield. PRISO HI Man Who Invented Slang - Ex pression of Skidoo Proves to . 1 Be Sent to .Cleveland , Workhouse. Cleveland, June 26. Th man who In vented "ti," the founder of ',Bkdoo,was captured by the local police Sunday and was arraigned In court today. He was fined $21 and sentenced to three times 22-days- In th workhouse. Prisoner No 2S. was called and answered, "That's me. that's familiar; I Invented that ex pression." . ' :. The court said: "We'v been looking for xou." , : The prisoner, formerly a ; Jockey, named Pataey Morrison, eiplalned: "There 1 Just -room for 22 horses on Sheepshead track. Whett one mor Is entered It has to - go behind. - all th other and get a handicap. I started the saying by yelling 23 tor you every time an old akin bag got on th track because '23 had no chance, .whatever. The other Jockeys took it up and pretty soon everybody wa on." ' r . ' Th court said: - "You might get a year at hard labor, but being. first of fense I will suspend sentence." WORKMEN TO DEFEAT ENEMIES IN CONGRESS . - . i i Washington, - Jun St. Samuel Oompers published ' In the American Federationlat an appeal to wage-earners to defeat at th polls such candidates for reelection to congress as hav ahown their unfriendliness to the interests of orranlsed labor. -He aays In part: - 'Wage-earners should . defeat - thos who hav been hostile or Indifferent to the demands of labor. Wherever possi ble labor should elect Us own men." ' ' 1- - 10) MSI 1V .:;,,. . , r - - - r ' - ' " ' V - -' 'J Sunday PRICE TWO George Mitchell. Stevens Drops to That Figure During Morning Session of Y the Recount of Ballots for Sheriff. ----. d Result of recount to comple- ,. d tlon of forty-fifth precinct: d. Total ballots counted 10,021 For -Stevens ........... .--. (- d For Word i.SUl 4 .Variation from official re- a d : turns in favor, of e Word). . a Stevens' lead ............. 3 1 - Up and down went th Word-Stevens teeter-board this morning, and there wer time when the motion was so fast that th tceterer themselves were dlxxled by It. Steven face looked gray and smiling by turns and the counte nance of the Word adherents did like wise. When th morning count waa ended Steven was three ahead. The feature of the proceedings was the discovery of mistakes In the of ficial returns, and th excitement aroused by th . suddenness t of the changes In favor of or agalnat each of the opposing candidates. The day's work smarted off with th fortieth precinct. Thirty-nine precincts and .323 ballots had already been (Continued on Page Two.) E OF E NOV MADE PUBLIC (Jonrnal floedal Service.) New York. June 3t. When Olive Fremstavd of th Conried Metropolitan Opera company reached New York after having passed through th Ban Fran cisco earthquake and fir she carefully kept th secret tbat three days before the disaster she became the bride of Edson Webster Sutphea, a graduate of West Point and a well-known automo bile Importer of thla city, . Th romance waa nearly a tragedy, for ah and her husband, after a day of terror In th burning city, fought their way almost - through th fir for four hours in an automobile, finally reach ing the" ferry. They crossed to Oakland and caught the train th same night. The wedding took place April 11 In Salt Lake City, when th opera com pany, wa en rout - to San Francisco. The new was received her yesterday, when announcement cards came . from Paris, where the singer and her hus band are. spending their honeymoon. IE1I1IIS 4 hi Y j '' - y V" , ; I , ' EEAD Ten Minutes in Dressmaker's Parlors Worse r -Than Terj Nightsiin Barroom in Destroy- -ing Domestic Happiness :r. Y (Josraal Bseelal ffervlee.) New York. June-3S. The Press says;TMorn gowns srs bought snd soM. Ten "It has gone beyond extravagance In women' clothing and haa come to de bauchery. The dress habit Is ruining more New York home now. than the drink habit.- Ten minutes In a fashion able dressmaker's establishment today costs a husband more money. than 14 nights In a barroom did a decade ago. "Hundreds Of women In. New Tork spend more than 110.00 a year on dress A strlklnT Indication of t' debauchery In dress i y 1) i flat i larre num ADVERTiSl'.'G Z'. i. - f 1 Journal Circulation ,705 CENTS. ' ffiSSFlAYgEnl Slayer of Creffield, the Holy RoHerc Leader, Faces Seattle Jury to Answer, for Crime - Work of Selecting Jurors 'Occu pies First Day's Proceedings Only One of Five Talesmen . Examined Excused at Noon Sister of Accused in Court. Y (Joornsl Special Service.) " . Seattle. Wash., Jun 26. The ease of Oeorge Mitchell,, tha youthful slayer of Edmund 'Creffield. and th avenger of the wrongs done his two sisters by the holy roller prophet, was called for trial today. No criminal case In many years haa attracted so much 'attention throughout this section as that of young Mitchell and th trial will be followed with intense interest A The -accused youth has hosts of sympathisers in" Portland. Corvallls and other Oregon point where th people wer acquainted with the odious practloea and teachings of. Creffield and a substantia fund haa. been raised for Mitchell's defense. electing k Jsjry. : "JIbjwoj!f7fif.. selecjjng a Jury thla morning before Judge Frater in the superior court. At th noon ad journment of court flv Jurors had been ' examined and one had been excused for being prejudiced; None of the others , had formed an opinion of th ess. W. H. Morris, who is defending' Mitchell, will us peremptory challenges to get rid of three out of th four who passed. It will take three days at least to secure a,, panel to try tha cas. j i Mrs. Burgess Starr, th married als ter of Mitchell, and for. debauching whom C re meld served two years In the Salem penitentiary, la In court with her three young children to testify In favos of, her brother.. . - .. ", .;,;,. . . Brother Trom XUlaais. .V Perry Mitchell of Illinois, a brother of the accused. Is her to give aid to the defense. Yesterday he called on Esther Mitchell, hla sister, who will tes tify for th prosecution, at th home of th police matron, and told her that Mrs. Starr, her sister, was ' here and would be in to see her. "I do not want to see or to apeak, to her." said young Esther Mitchell. Th brother said, '"Don't you want io see your sister?" "No. I do not," replied th girl, "but if she comes I suppose I shall hav to see her. Last night a had a vision that she had displeased God and that Ood did not want me to see her." The defense will try to exclude Esther Mitchell's testimony on th ground that she Is Insane. - - The killing of "Apostle Joehua," as Croffleld called himself, ocourred on th streets of Seattle some two months ago. rTv got my man. Am la JaR, was the unique telegram the young murderer ent to his father at Corvallls. - - ' - "I come here from Portland for tha purpose of killing Crefftuld," Mitchell explained after hla arrest. . "I saw him ' and hla wife on First avenue and ahot th nu; That'a all there Is to It. He ruined my two sisters and I took his life." Shortly before he was killed Creffield had been released from th penitentiary, after serving two years for Illicit rela tions with women followers. Prior to his conviction, th peculiar ceremonies of th holy roller behind closed doors " and by the light of candle became so objectionable to th people of Corvallls that th authorities were appealed to. (Continued on Page Two.) ber of places where women's slightly yesrs ao there was hardly one of thes- shops where there are now many. "A woman of faahlosftx wearing a I00 gown once or twice sellsNt for . FxtrYagasreJn .dress imUs r women ef New York, .whl not. ! ground for divorce. Is one of fruitful causes. . "After having spent hr " clothes a faahtonaMe rune bills snd ."- credit l e p!r; s t j 1 v.- )