The Oregon daily journal., September 10, 1906, Image 1

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VOL. V.,' NO; 161.
PORTLAND," OREGON,:10NDAY , , EVENING. SEPTEMBER 10, 1806. TWELVE PAGES.
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Men at Non-Competi-.
tive Points Forced to
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-the Charge to Others:
Manner of Operation Strikingly
Shown by. Comparison of O. R.
& N. Tariffs . From Different
Points Manipulations" - Made
In Interest of Wall Street. .
rt Oregon U burdened by- a system of
exoeestve distributes freight tariff
which la probably without a, parallel In
the union. In an article published yes-
: terday In The Journal an exposition was
made of the extraordlnsry proms or the
railroads operating In this etate and of
the manner In which their books hare
been Juggled so as to hide these pronta
from . the publlo gase. The eouroes of
mesa proais is louna cnieny in ma
tortlonate freight rates. '
' There are few sections , of Oregon
which enjoy competition In transports
tion. A comparison 'of the rates to com-
petltlve points with the rates to non
' competitive points affords a striking
'Illustration ef the manner In which the
great majority of : the-- people -of - the
' state are bordered. ' Suett a comparison
-reoeaiathe fact- that- -wherever It has
been possible to do so ( railroads
have wrung- from ehippera at non-oors-petltlve
points rates two and three times
as high as charged- for similar hauls
made In. competition with ether carriers.
(Continued on Page Two.)
IS SAVED AFTER
BATTLING 17AVES
Despondent Would-BeJ Suicide
" Jumps'" From" One"; Steamer
: Only to Be Rescued by Another
, Ship Which Is .Crossing Ocean
In Same Course...::
(Jcsraal Bpeetet Berries.) -.
-1 New Tork. Bcpt. lev A story of rriar
velous reeoue at sea, which if contained
In a. 'work of fiction would too declared
Impossible, was told by the officers of
the . steamer Carpathla of the Cunard
line which arrived In port today. '
The event happened WO mllea weat
f Gibraltar. Just before the .Carpathla
ailed from this port August 1 young
man . approached L O. ,'- Hodgson; the
purser, and asked that be be given the
position or Hungarian and Italian in
terpreter, In order that ha might work
Ills .passage to Naples. The man gave
bis name as Paul Bidler and said be had
been In America two years.
About A month before be received a
letter from friends in Flume, Hungary,
stating that bis wife-had broken up
his home and had left with his chil
dren. He wanted to return tp his native
country In order to find his wife and
reeaiaousn jui nome. j-uraer noagson
was Impressed with the story and gave
hlrn the position. As the steamer neared
Gibraltar Bidler became melancholy and
the ofAoers sndeaVored to cheer blm up.
but round It impossible. - - tt.t
August t. about half past I in the
evening, Bidler, in the presence of sev
eral passengers. Jumped overboard. ' The
boat was stopped and an etectrlo buoy
thrown r overboard. -A- boat was also
lowered. .. Bidler was seen In the moon
light struggling in the water and cried
to bis rescuers: oo away and let' me
drown: I don't want to be saved!". The
men in the boat loot sight of him and
the search eontlnued for nearly an hour.
Then the steamer continued on her
Journey. " ' ..
The BNtisn steamer, uen Bnaw. on
her way from Liverpool tp Naples, takes
the same course as the Carpathla. and
while She was steaming along cries ef
"Help! . Save me!" were heard and the
steamer stopped and a smsll boat wss
lowered. vA man was picked up and
teld bow be bad Jumped from the Carpa
In telling his story to the officers of
the British ship hs said he bad become
sorry hs had tried to drown and won
dared how be oould be saved. Swimming
and floating about for an hour he saw
the lights of the British ship in the
distance snd suooeeded In, getting di
rectly In the course of the Bsn Shaw.
As she approached him he orled out sev-
leral times snd finally attractsd the at-
Itentlon of the ship's officers, who teok
him aboard rtrht hours after ha bad
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Boston. Bept. H. Literary, and ar-
tlstlo Boston wsa treated to a genuine
sensation today when word was whis
pered about Ttbkt Oeorgle Eliot Porter
Mackay had. krought-suit; for divorce
from Charlsa Donal4 M ackay. ' The com
.l.lnt m..Hm. 1111. v-Al LirnAwn nM.
pie, among them Miss .Way Kimball, the
actress.-- - j-:'.-r- -.r. . -;
Mrs. Vlackav belongs to. fine-old
family beiw and her father. Linn Boyd
Porter, has "made 'something of a name
for hlmseir as an author. Hs wrots- a
series of rather ) sensational' novels a
while back 'and people spent some time
guessing the real ' name of the author,
as Porterj put them out under, the .pom
do' plume of Albert Roes. - .? ..
when Miss Fortes, married . Charles
U S ES - P H 0T0 "T0 P
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' In ordsr to . enabb Ctfunty Clerk
Plelds deputies to 'Identify his wife
should, aha appear' with r another: man
and-ak for a .marriage .license, J. . H.
8hrver took a photograph ot her to, the
clerk's office, and Jeft It there-.Lt-j-v--,
Bhriver; said his .wlfs had . decamped
with another manhnd that he believed
they. Intended to ' procure a license .to
marry. He thought ; the' best place to
head them' oft would be- at' the desk of
the marriage license clerk, and accord
ingly 'took a photograph of himself and
wife to tha -court house and-instructed
the deputies to refuse to Issue the li
cence when the fleeing couple appeared.
'The 'name of I he man who won' Mrsv
Bhriver's fancy was withheld by Shrirer,
but. be. threatened dire', vengeance when
he caught, him,., as hs was confident be
would do, . Shrlvr told the county clerk
that bis wife's maiden nams. was Konlg.
German -for King, and thought , that
nam might be used If a license were
asked for. -. .-- i,-- '
Bhriver was t married . in - Minnesota
some y vara ago and came to Oregon
with his wife recently.; The Mlnneeota
maiden .proved: more attractive than
Oregon girls to soma : Portjand ' man
whoae - name - Bhriver would not give.
Bhriver' says he will use every effort to
HENRY KEENE DIES
; IN NEW YORK CITY
'" (Joaraaf awtil srvla.r '
New Tork, Sept. It. Henry Keene, a
brother of James R. Keene, died aO the
Holland .house today 'after a long and
painful illneas. Keens went to Califor
nia as a child with his parents In Ittl.
He was educated at Williston seminary
and Williams' college. For some years
he formed - one . of : the itaff . of . . the
gaseJDiatlfaaton.'?:
Donald' If ackay, the author,' Porter was
pathetlo in his sorrow and eplgrsmmatle
In his denunciation of the man .' who
"stole his ewe lamb. -.,t r l
UlUan Kimball, who la mentioned In
the ease, - was,, until . recently leading
woman . with - the - castle' Square stock
company, and la one at aba most btsratt
ful women on the stage today. . Before
she cam to Boston she played r chiefly
In tha west.' making a bit in San Fran
cisco aa leading-woman, of a stock cota-
pany of that city. , , , . i ,
i In Portland In April, HOI, -sh was
leading' woman - with - the first Nalll-
Morosoo company, which-played an-eo
gagement of several weeks at-the Baker
theatre. -She , is' an aausaw ef., muea
merit. . - . '-. ' : .. , -..
-.A few days ego Miss Kimball was di
vorced from Will- Rising, the actor.
R EVE fJ T: T.l A R R I A G E
J..H. , Shriver,; th" Errant ; Wifan4
? the Shriver Dog. -.
overtake the man who ' betrayed bis
frlendahlp- and stole his wife's affec
tions. ; . ; . : - '; ( , - i - -
Springfield - Republlean, ."owned ' and
edited by Samuel.' Bowles, and left It
to Join tha firm of Bowles -Broa,
bankers. In . Paris. After-their failure
he returned to California, - '. "
Later he " went to England and,. had
charge of his brothsfa stable . whsn
Pox hall Keene won his remarkable vic
torias. Hs held many offices of trust
In this country. -He had been secretary
of ths Equitable Qaa company and was
secretsry of ths Rubber Goods company
when Illneas attacked -him. lie was a
member of several elubs. , , ... .
IS
WESTERNSEA
Seeks to . Buy 11 the
Pacific Mail Steamers
'"and Control Coast
tCommerc(
Negotiations Have Been on for
Some Months Which if Suc
cessful Woufd Cause the
American Flag to Disappear
From China Seas. "
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(loanul Special Berrl.) - '.
New Tork, Sept A cable to the
Times ..from Tokohama says:-. Competi
tion for the trade of tha Pacific between
the various steamship com pan lee is ex
citing lively interestIn Japan and China.
Shipping men here are positive in their
belief that tha Japanese eompanjes will
foroe their companies out of business.
i It: Is definitely stated since . the fail
ure of "the . shipping subsidy " bill in
America that -the Toyo Klssen Kalsha
oompanywlll buy out the Paolfte Mall
company, whose fleet oonsists of the
Mongolia. Manchuria, Korea, Siberia and
China,, all being steamers ot from 10,
00 to 11,000 tons burden. ' '
' The sals of the Pacino Mall steamers
will mean practically tha disappearance
of, tha American- sag from China seas.
These will still be J. J. UUl's twa ataam
era, the Ialmtar and Minnesota, trading
to Seattle. It is uncertain how long It
will be before -the Japanese purohase
these steamers also. - -,-- --
- PraoUoally the whole of the lnterooaat
trade with China and . Japan Ja In tha
hands of tha. Japanese, t - .
A few mentis ago a deal was on for
the purchase bf the Psclf lo Mail liners
by the Jepanese operating the steemers
of the Toys Klssen Kalaha eompany,
end while negotiation wore brokaa off
for' the time. It' waa learned that the
Japanese were offering such Induce
ments to tha Pacific Mail eompany that
tha sale would in an probability follow
before long., Those faralljar with, the
situation here do not believe that the
Harrlmaa people wonld part with its
trans-Pacific liners unless tha Ja panose
are willing to pay a fancy figure to
seonro complete eontrot of tha oriental
liners plying between Ban Francisco and
tha orient , -
Tn till a short time am the Psclflc
(Mall Steamship- eompany, " th Toyo
Klseen Kalsha eompany and tha Ood
daatat Oriental Steamship eompany
operated steamers on at Joint schedule
under traffic arrangements somewhat
similar to those la effect between the
Hill interests and . the Nippon Tusen
(Continued on rags Two.)
RAINIER ROBBERY
TO BE
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Detectives Believe They Have a
Clue to ' Bandits': Identity
Old Man Says He Warned the
Village Authorities, but , No
Action Was Taken. ' -'
' (prtl IHpate to Tse Inereal.') '
Rainier, Or., Sept. 10. aros the mul
titude of rumors that arose while the
little town of Rainier wen in a frensy
of excitement immediately after the
mysterious robbery -of the Btate bank
of Rainier ln daylight on Labor day,
tha Flnkertoa ' deteotrvwhave at laat
seised upon- a clue which they believe
will ultimately lead to tha capture ef
tha two men who . participated in the
daring crime In which the sum ef fl,00
la gold waa taken,-, v. - , ,
Snipe in Obarge. ';
Superintendent Kulper of the Portland
Pinkerton agency - Is personally - in
charge of the task of ferreting ouT the
mystery that surrounds the crime and
of apprehending the- robbera.
Though handicapped by the failure of
local cltlsens to notify him of the crime
until 14 hours had elapeed. he has
picked up tha positive trail of the two
men as thsy Isft Rainier and followed
Its tortuous and peculiar windings to
Portland, whence - the bandits are be
lieved to have - departed to - Seattle.
Meanwhlla other- agencies. In - coopera
tion with tha Pinkerton superintendent
have followed various clues and rumors
which have Invariably led back to this
town.
An old man,vridlng here, who grew
gray In the Pinkerton servloe, - elalmt
to have overheard a conversation ba-
DECLARED
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TOTOill
Defense Seeks . to Re
- fute Damaging :Eyi
;dence Given bytKing
IDf: Conspirators.!
Attempt Made to Discreditt 'All
of Puters Testimony Reflect
ing . on ' Mays Wife of Mays
' - Goes on Stand to Testify as
to Her Husband's Health. .
Nearly all of the oral testimony of
fered this morning th "the Blue Moun
tain land fraud ease centered around 8,
A. D. Puter. Tha defense sought to re
fute one of-, his damaging statsmsnti
in ths hope of discrediting his whole
story, and Special Assistant Attorney-
General Heney, representing the govern
ment, endeavored to prove that tha as
sailed statement waa true,
Puter In his story of land ' grabbing
told from the witness-stand last Thurs
day, declared that during tha trial that
resuitee)t his conviction he waa secret
ly represented by State Senator Frank
lin Pierce Mays, who worked on the
ease In hie omcenlghtg and Sundays.
To dispute this the defense this morn
ing put on Mrs.' F. P. Mays, wife of ths
senator. She testified. that during
Peter's trie -r husband was In poor
health - and remained at ' home every
evening4. '. .( -.', " -.'v ,
Jn regard . to Puter's statement ,that
while ha waa a fellow-passenger of Mr.
and Mrs. Mays on an east-bound train
Maya had told him that ha was going to
stay at the residence of Blnger Hermann
In Washington, Mrs. Maya testified that
she and hsr husband decided before leav
ing Portland that they would go to the
Hotel Dewey. She-did not know that
the Hermanns were living at thla hotel.
but favored that -place because one of
her friends, a daughter of 8enator
Mitchell, lived there, and her aunt. Mrs,
James J. Kelly, lived near by.-
Bales Out Xealta XvldsnM. fx -The
defense, brought" out that - the
health of Mays waa seriously impaired
at that time, but objection by the gov
ernment cut this line of testimony out.
Judge Hunt ruling that it was irrele
vant. -v. . - , -. - " -.
K. D. McKee.1 clerk -of the TTnlted
Btatsa district court. - testified as to
various attorneys of record in tha ease
la which Puter waa oonvloted. , , - -
The government asksd that tha court
proceedings of the -other eases In which
Puter waa lndlotsd be shown. On the
granting of the request Captain. J. A.
(Continued on Page Nina.)
.10IIIH LOCALLY
lilllABlOl
Two Hundred and Three Births
Recdrded So Far With Many
Physicians Yet to Be Heard
'-, Fro,m -Boys Way Ahead of
r Girls in Numbers. ; : - ; ,
'August wss the banner month for
babies in - the - history of Portland.
Doctors are always late In making their
reports to the- health office, but . thus
far tOS births during last month havs
been certified to by local physicians. It
is almost certain that several others
will yst bo reported.
Two hundred and three Dirtne pieces
August, ltos, at ths head of the list.
Of boys 106 made their appearance. This
outdistanced the girls, aa but ft of the
gentler sex,, were added ; t Portland s
population.
In August. l0i, the numoer or oirtns
was lit.. Going still further beck here
Are some comparisons:. July. 106, 141;
July, 10, 111; June, im. 141; June.
1104. Ill; May. HOI, It! May. 10I.
141; April. 1104,' 114; April, ltos. Ill;
March, ml, 161; May. 1MI, HI: Febru
ary. 1106. 110: February. lsOt.111;
January, 1101, 111." January. l0e, 144.
MASONS AND KNIGHTS
ASSEMBLE'IN BOISE
Boise. - Idaho, Sept. 1. Prominent
Masons from all portions of the state
arrived here today to attend the ses
sions of the grand lodge, which holds
a three days' msetlng. beginning to
morrow morning. The grand mmm.t- -ery
of tha Knights Templar holds t
annual oon voce tlon hare also this
D0I1T CARE .
A BIG D. FOR
F. J. HEUEY
This Is the Manner Jn
Which Congrejssman
TordneySeekstpEnd
'Controversy. i t
(rate Legislator .Creates Excite
ment in Hotel Lobby by De
nouncing Assistant 1 United
States ; Attomey-Ceneral in
Emphatic Terms, ,
1 don't care a lamn for Heney or
anybody else. , : fc
T won't talk' about this damn thing
any mora. I have been dogged ever
since I have been in Portland." . . :
"Go away from here, I don't want
yon around, I did not Invito you here
and I don't want you now. j Unless, you
go away I -will throw you out of the
hotel." .- - '. '-. .
The story In ths Oregonlaa waa an
attempt to Implicate me in tha ' land
fraud cases," .''-;'
In thssa terms, which attracted the
attention of ever man. woman arid
child in the lobby of the Portland hotel
and caused them , to turn and stare in
wonder. Congressman J.. W. Fordney of
Saginaw, Michigan, aboutsd his denun
ciations of what be -say a Is an attempt
to Implicate him in the Oregon- land
fraud eases. ' Ho roared out the above
anathemas in a voice that caused per
sons in the hotel to believe that ho was
insane and many feared that he was
about to commit an act of violence. His
voice trembled with rage as be waved
bis hands above his bead and shouted
condemnations ot everybody that hap
pened to coma into his passion-fevered
brain. ' ..'.-.. t
Needless to say. the reporter did not
go away; having a perfect right to stay,
and was not thrown out of the hotel.
- "Ton came to me from Heney," be
cried, "and wanted to ask mo a lot ot
questions ao that yon can implicate me
la the land frauds. It is all wrong. I
am not oonaeoted with them, and never
khad anything to do with them. I do not
know any man who is connected with
them szospt Gilchrist and MacPhsrson,
who are neighbors of mine. I will never
believe them guilty until they are oon
vloted. , . :'.' -,,;
Believes XltoheU Waa rerseeated.
"I did not aay that MltoheU's con
viction waa tha result of persecution.
I said, that ha waa persecuted by his
political enemies. I believe-that and Al
ways will, and I don't care what Heney
or . any other maa thinks, about it. I
(Continued on Pago Two.)
count gives up
everything for
ShimoveIsIe
Heir to Duchy and Playmate of
- Royalty Renounces Family,
" Sends for Morganatic Wife
' and Marries Her in the United
states. ): i v: J
. (Joeraal Hpedal serviced .
'New Tork, Sept. 10. In the wedding
today at Oeslnlng, Nsw Tork. of Count
Hanse Ferdinand von Hochberg, heir to
the Duchy of Rohnatock. playmate and
companion of the jOerman crown prince,
nephew of Princess Maria - Von Saxs
Weimar, cousin of Grand Duke Michael
von Saxe-Welmar, a-remarkable romance
la revealed a- strange, story ' of how
honor prompts a msn to sacrifice name,
fame and fortune to marry a poor shop
girl.
- Louise Carow was the girl In the case.
Ton Hochberg fell In love with her and
married . her moraanatlrmllr. - At his
family's request tha kaiser set the mar
riage aside. , Toa Hochberg wss then
sent- to America to forget his love af
fair. -Arriving here he declined to nee
the remittance his fsmtly sent him, but
got employment . aa a chauffeur In
Tarry town.. Then ho cabled to the girl
to tome and' shs did so.
- At the marriage today the bride had
with her a girl baby, born to her and
Von Hochberg a week ego. Ths mar
riage ceremony was performed today bv
sn Osalnlng mlnleter In a small hall
bedroom rented by Von Hochbarg In a
boardtng-houee. The , only attendants
were two wltnessea. ., .
Soat ateoes Potpraed.
S'rM-!l(-il, P,'pt. 1(1 41n ormin1
- ' ,v foj t'xlty s b"t r. '
STATE FAIR
ill!
A - Record Breaking
Crowd Will Attend
Annual Event at Cap
, itarCity l his .Week."
Exposition :1s Greatest Oregon
Display Ever Made in Its His-.tory-ampers
Have Moved
into Town "of Tozierville by
the Thousands. " ' '-;
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(Special Dispatch ta'Tba JoaraaL)
Salem. . Or.. Bant. to. with h
choloeat products of field and garden,
range and dairy, farm and factory, store
and forest. Oregon opened this morning
an eXDOaltlon that shows tn tha vitrU
the versatility of hsr wealth and tha
iuaB ui oer wonasnuj resources.
To those- who live here and to an ex- ,
tent know aomethlnv.nr nramn an t
latent and developed wealth, tha state
iir inn year comes aa a mild surprise;
to others it Is a revelation.
- Tha aurroundlnra uiilnni
never more auspicious.' The weather to-
r s peneci. -jine rain ' was Just
snough to destroy the dust- and clear tha
atmosphere, the grounds were never
more beautiful and never before were
we crowds so large and the people so
pros parous -and contented.--
All dav-lonsr. Runrtnv sn4 lata um
evening last night, the cars on both
elect rlo roads were packed and the
driveways to the fairgrounds were
crowded with beoole who visitor tha
place to sea the exhibits and : tha
grounda.
' - Beoord-Braaklng Arteadanf e.
'All things point to ths svident fast
that tha attendance thlsN year will be
the greatest in the historv of atata
fa Ira in Orsgon. - More visitors are here
today than ever before attended an
opening day.
Three thousand people are here in tha
city of tents and Albert Toster la look
ing after their comforts. Thsy call it
Tpsiervllle." Some of the caramn
have been on the grounda for a week
and will remain here for days after ths
close of the fair, and perhaps until the
steady fall rains coma
la ths Ufa of the Oregon State fata
whlcb Is almost as old aa the common
wealth, - the main - pavilion has never
been so attractive as this year. The
cornices and largs- pieces bf staff
statuary brought from the Xewis and
Clark szposltion gives the interior a
solidity - it did - not possess, snd tha
decorations thla year excel anything be
fore attempted. vTho entire decorating
(Continued on Page Two.)
MONEY TO FIGHT
Ironmaster Helped Pittsburg Mil-.
.lionaire's 'Wife, Whose Father
' and Library Builder Had Ceen
Boys Together, for Honor 6l
American Worn anhood.
- (Jearaat Special larvkeA
Pittsburg. Bept. 10 The fight made
by Mrs. Mary HartJe against her hue
band, who sued her for divorce, is said
to have been financed by Andrew Car
negie. This accounts for the large soma
of money displayed by Mrs. llsrtjs's de
tectives and by Thomas Medina, the
ooachman, who was named - aa co-respondent,
-.-
Andrew Camssla . WTOte to his friend,
Thomas. MLUee -that ha. wanted te
spend money - to defend Mrs. Hartje.
Tor ths sake of Amertoan womanhood."
Mary Scott Hartje Is a grandilaughtar
Of the late Thomas T. Scott, once prnM
dent ' of the : Pennaylvanta railroad.
-John Scott, the father of Mr. llartK
and Andrew Carnegie, were bore to
gether. The father of the fair lltl"
requested Thomae M. Miller, t'arn"re
old-time partner snd friend, to wrii. ti
Carnegie and request him to pl.-e r"
Of his old workmen on.ths pen.ton liit.
as the worklnsmaa was In naad. Miner
wrote to C'arneale aa reiueeted, m--tlnnlng
the name of John C-v,t ae pu. i.
Ing f,,r the pT.fnnar. I'rnf f ro - ,
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GARnEGIE GAVE
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