The Oregon daily journal., October 17, 1906, Image 1

When the Other Fellow Gets Mad and Spouts Mud You May Know You Have Him-THE JOURNAL GROWS ALL THE TIME
VOL. V. NO. 193.
PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 17. 1806. SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS. SJaK?
THINK HUTCHINSON MURDERED BY WIFE'S FORMER SUITOR
SPOKANE OFFICERS SEEK
MAN WHO VOWED REVENGE
FOR WOMAN'S REJECTION
Widow of Slain Man
Refuses to Affirm or
Deny Story Which Is
Theory of Police
Police Would Force Suspected
Man to Prove Alibi and Explain
Whereabouts Ha Cannot Ba
Found, Though Search la Be
ing Made. '
Iu their Sorts to oolv the mystery
surrounding; til murder of Reno Hutch
inson st Spokane Monday night officers
are advancing the theory that the crime
was done by a former suitor of Mrs.
Hutchinson, one who had vowed that
she would never wad another.
Bo (Irmly convinced of the ultimate
success In running- down the murderer
are those who are advancing the theory
that Spokane officers are being urged to
locate the suspected wooer and ask him
to give an account of Ma doing oa the
night Of fH tragedy.
The theory Is said to have arisen aa
a result of an Inquiry by Mrs. Hutch
inson sS to the whereabouts of the man
at th Urn of the murder. Other de
velopments are said by those Interested
to nolnt directly toward him and of
ficers are now working with th end In
view of ascertaining whether or not ne
was implicated.
Mrs. Hutchinson, widow of the mur
dered man, positively refuses to throw
any light on th Inquiry ah la said to
have nade of th Spokane police. She
prefers, sh says, to have nothing what- )
ever to do with the case, ana win
neither affirm nor deny her belief in
the complicity of her former admirer.
I have nothing at all to say with
(Continued on Pag Two.)
LEAVES PULPIT
SO THAT HE MAY
TALK SOCIALISM
Rev. Robert Whrtaker of Oakland
Resigns Pastorate Because of
Convictions That His Duties
Are of Nature Not to Be Bound
by Any Creed.
Baa Francisco, Oct. IT. Because sec
tarian tie prevented him from exert-In
ing power In th Said of letters relative
to socialistic ideas, Rsv. Robert Whlt
sker of Oakland has resigned -His posi
tion as pastor of th Twenty-third Ave
nue Baptist church, th pastor states
further that the causs of his resigna
tion Is th fact that hla convictions of
Christian duties or of a nature that
no creed onuld bind, and whit he by
no mean Intenda to sever his connec
tion With the Baptist church, he could
no longer be true to his conscience a
a pastor.
Th resignation of Rv. Whltaker,
which will tak effect on December tl
of this year, comes aa a great surprise
to th members of th congregation,
with whom tha paator has been moat
popular.
Jtev Robert Whltaker has preached
socialism from th pulpit and public
platform far a number of yssra In Oak
land and elsewhere In th state. He la
a member of th Ruskln club, an or
ganisation that includes In It member
ship Jack London, Oaorg Starling and
Herman Whltaker. Whltaker la a man
of deep convictions and, despite the
fact that John D. Rockefeller la th
rtcheet contributor to charities and re
ligious work of th) Baptlat church in
this world, th clergyman never hesl
tated to denounos th methods of th
man from th pulpit, and In the column
of tha cress.
Th Rev. Mr. Whltaker characterised
Rockefeller aa a dangerous man to the
peopl la Amrlc and held him up as
an "sample of everything that a God
fearing and patriotic cKhtert should not
be.
When Rockefeller offered minion to
the oauee of foreign missions Rev. Mr.
Whltsker wss th lesder of lh move
ment that sought to compel the church
to reject th "tainted money.' He
wrote a lengthy ststsmeht ef the case
of th peopl against Rockefeller to the
board of missions and from hla pulpit
in Bast Oakland anathematised the
great trust baron.
lfta Reno Hutchinson.
LIGHTNING RODS
AS EARTHQUAKE
CURE PROPOSED
San Francieoo
Theory That Terrible Upheav
als Are Caused by Electriotty
and Lightning Rods Driven Into
Ground Will Prevent Them
That th det ruction of -Ban! Francisco
wag caused primarily by "underground
lightning" is tha opinion' of Thomas A.
Keogh, e prominent attorney of that
City, who wag a guest yesterday at th
Belvedere. Mr. Keogh -has given the
subject thought and Investigation from
the viewpoint of a layman, and he says
th tlm Is not far off whan applied
science wUl eliminate tha earthquake
peril In civilised quartan of the globe
by simply putting down subterranean
lightning rods.
"What la the fore - that onuses the
tremendous Internal movements of th
earth and breaka Its crust? It la elec
tricity," said Mr. Keogh. There can
be no other logical conclusion In th
mind of anyone who has experienced and
observed the esrthquske phenomena. For
week we had aa earthquake for break
fast, another, for luncheon and a third
for dinner whenever there waa any
dinner at Ban Francisco. These singu
lar quskes were not caused by heat or
steam, tor there waa no steam or smoke
visible. They were not the result of
releasing gases from th bowel of tha
earth, for there waa no odor apparent
There was nothing that could be de
tected by any of man'a five senses ex
cepting th sens of feeling. You could
reel th earth move, and hear It grind
ing, and you could also hear the angry
ocean roar. I was told by a ship cap
tain that on th night of the grant
quake he never before faced such a ses.
It waa ilka a mad leviathan, and for
hour threatened destruction of th ves
sel, whim th deks wer swept by
wave after wave, and th sailor worked
waist deep in water."
Mr. Keogh'a theory 1 that there are
In th earth, aa la th air, th positive
and negative currents of electricity.
They move her and there, wherever ex
ist th pecullsr powers of attraction
that caua electrical activity. In th
so-called earthquake son of southern
California th mineral formation la auch
that the current are powerfully agi
tated, and must coma together. When
th contact occurs the earthquake fol
lows, aa thunder follows lightning In
the sky. H believe that artificial
mean will be found to relieve the sub
terranean depths of their electrical cur
rents, and that when this I done there
will be no more earthquakes.
The world will take off lta hat to
the peopl of San Francisco.'' hs ssld,
"for tholr hro4c loyalty and faith in
their city. The city will rise greater
than ever, th bualnee district will re
main In Its old place. The people sre
rapidly accomplishing th work prelim
inary to this end. The splendid spirit
and courage are there that rebuild
rulasd cities. There nvr waa eo much
mony held out ready for every pur-
(Continued eo Fag Two.)
THERE IS A REAL
ESTATE AD ON
Page 12
THAT MAY BE
PROFITABLE TO
YOU
HARRIMAN
DEFEATED
BY S. FISH
Effort of Magnate to
Secure Control of
Illinois Central Is
Doomed to Failure
Executive Makes a Sensational
Speech Charging His Enemiee
With Seeking to Elect Directors
for Stock Jobbing Purposes
Is Supported by Astor.
tjoeraal Special Service.)
Chicago. Oct. 17. Tha fight for con
trol of the Illinois Central railroad at
th stockholders' annual meeting today
resulted In a victory for the forces head
ed by Stuyvesant Flab, and the over
whelming defeat of E. H. Harriman,
who had announced hla intention of
wresting control of the road from the
present management
Fish wss In full control. Th vote
revealed that ho controlled tf 4.710
share out of the 960.000 shares of stock
representing a capitalisation of 106,000.-
.-sr--',
Fish refused to vot for D Fort as
to r
sensational speech said that ha had dls
covered, after making a half promts to
do so that D Forest was being foroed
In In an effort by certain parties to gala
control for stock Joining purposes.
Harlman . was not present, 'but Will
iam Nelson Cromwell, hi personal at
torney, directed the fight against Fish,
who marshaled all his f cross to , re
tain control. John Jacob Aator and
Cornelius Vandarbllt war In the fight
on the aide of Flah. All of them, with
other strong supporters, arrived this
moving. The leaders will confer all
morning.
Fish's sensational speech waa passion
ately answered by Cromwell, who ac
cused Flah of making th charge to es
cape hla promise. s
Fish's nominee, James W. Cuttln. wss
elected director and all other directors
were reelected.
Scores of holders of the company's
shares war present at the annual meet
ing today from points as far south aa
New Orleans and from many parts ot
th east and west. The business of the
meeting wss of a routln character, th
stockholders listening to the snnual re
ports and being called upon to approve
the acta of th directors. Th reports,
previously mad public showed th
gross earnings of the company for th
year ended Jan SO to be tll.fti.40S.
and th net earnings and Income from
Investments and miscellaneous sources
to be tll.4tl.tt4. an Increase for the
year of 1770.167.
TOWN DESTROYED BY
INFURIATED NEGROES
(Jeareel special Service. )
areensborough. 8. C. Oct 17. Th
town of Ben 00 wee partially destroyed
this morning by fire, which was sat by
negro as revenge for dynamiting tha
negro college recently. Th leap Is
tiM.se.
STRIKERSWILLIN6 BUTDOUBTFUL
SENATOR ELKINS IS URGING
THIRD TERM FOR TEDDY
W.
toginian Thinks President
Rr Heed the Call of
the People.
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I Special Service.)
Washington. Oct. IT. Senator Stephen
B. Btklne of West Virginia Is the -ateet
to urge a third term for President
Roosevelt. Senator El kins, who passed
through her on his way from New
York, said the people of West Virginia
favored a third term for the president,
and thai the call of the people of the
republic should be stronger than the
srlll of any man. He thought that
there waa no doubt of 'he strength of
the demand of the country over that the
president take a third term and that
Roosevelt Should bow to the demand
Hearst's election in New York. Mild
Elk Ins. would foroe Roosevelt to run.
He did not think Hearst would win. bat
said he did not regard it a. foregone
conclusion that Bryan wentd bo Dm neat
Democratic nominee, as tne, Nebrasknn
had hurt himself by hi stand for gov
ernment ownership la hla New fork
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Shoots Himself With Revolver
and Dead Body Is Found by
Bridge Laborer Mystery Sur
rounds Identity of Victim and
Cause for Deed.
Th body of an unknown man, who
committed suicide by shooting soma
time last night waa found this morning
about 100 yards from tha Vancouver
ferry landing on the Oregon side of th
river.
Th dead man waa II or SO year of
age, moderately well oresaeq ana pre
sumably a wcrklngman. Ha carried a
cane and was slightly lame, in one foot
No papers wars found en him. Coroner
Flnley haa no clue as to bis Identity.
He used a It-caliber six-shooter of an
unknown make which he placed at hie
head lust over tha temple. Only on
shot waa required to do the work.
According to R. D. Depew, proprietor
of a cigar-stand at tha ferry landing,
the man came over from Vancouver on
th 3:30 ferry yesterday afternoon and
hung around the landing until about i
o'clock, when he disappeared and was
seen no more. Mr. Depew says that
he heard a ahot about 8 o'clock. H
now think that was th fatal one, but
thought nothing of It at th tlm.
This morning a laboring man, work
ing on th bridge near the seen of the
suicide, came upon th body a h was
going to work between 7: to snd
o'clock. Coroner Flnley was notified
(Continued on Pag Two.)
Agree to Arbitration Plan of the
Mayor, but at Same Time
Prepare to Extend the Strike
and Tie Up the Business of
the Exporters.
Th acceptance of th mayor's propo
sition for arbitration by both parties
to the grain handlers' strike waa the
only thing which prevented a general
walkout of the Waterfront Federation
today. As ft waa. the central body wae
in session several hour before the de
cision to postpone the general strike
and await the result of the arbitration
move was reach-' . In spite of this de
cision, however, the boycott of Long
shoremen's ITnloii No. Its wear extended
to include all the members ot the Ex
porters' association, aa well as any and
alt exporting buslueea.
The action of the Waterfront Fed
eration last night euta out th export
era entirely from the labor of th long
shoremen, even though the f ei msr svr
their connection with Bregrn Mo
Cabs ss employing stevedores. In ac
cordance with the decision la tie up
all other exporting business also the
union longshoremen who' Went to work
Monday noon to load the tramp Steam
ship Wynaric refused to continue that
work this moming.
4 Continued en Pag Four.)
NEW YORK-CUBAN BANKER RUINED BY AB8C0NDINC AGENT.
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CUT FINGER OFF 10 ESCAPE
French Sailor Deliberately Maims Himself in
Order to Get His Release From Ship
Genevieve Molinos
. Olrvier Bchoquer, a sailor on .the
French bark Oenevleve Molinos, cut
off th Index finger of, hi left hand
yesterday afternoon In order to secure
hie release from the vessel, i Th offi
cers, aa well aa hla shipmates, say th
man la slightly demented, snd attribute
hla .act to a fit of Insanity. He waa
taken to the hospital and will be kept
there until well, or when th ship la
ready for th see.
. Bchoquer says he cut hla finger off by
accident, and denies having done It to
get away. He says he waa trimming
a stick with one of the broad-axe
kept on ship board, when the tool slipped
and severed the finger. Other sail
er say they saw htm raise the aae and
let It come down good and hard on
the hand with the evident Intention of
maiming himself so ss to be unable to
perform the work required on a wind
Jammer. The Oenevleve Molt no ilea Idle at
HON WORKMEN ARE GRAFTED
BY INSURANCE CONCERNS
Watering Takes Place in Com
panies to Extant of Two Hun
dred Per Cent Yearly.
(Jeers! Special Service. )
Boston, Oct. 17. Louis A. Brandts, a
lawyer and well-known atudent of
economies, aald In an address here last
night:
'Th history of Industrial Insurance
method Is a terrible record. In Massa
chusetts In 1& years the wage-earner
have paid Into Industrial Insurance
companies doing business here t6i.
OtOtOOO. and they have got out of In
surance companies tlt.000.090. Water
ing take places In those insurance
oosapanio to the extent of tit par cent
per annum.
"On company In 1104 had 140 lapsed
polio lea to one death. A man who let
hla policy lapse lose everything, but
the man who keeps on paying la worse
off. for he never gets ' hrough losing.
, "We must elthsr have govnrnroent
duatrlal Insurance corapanl r
must have Insurance which 'he wage
earner may get aa he gets in Investing
4 la ear savings banks. -
Dsvldge's dock awaiting to discharge
the remainder of her cargo, brought
here from Antwerp. She la the vessel
that furnished the first chapter In the
longshoremen's tsiike, by having her
crew work the cargo until enough had
been taken on board to stiffen her suf
ficiently to permit of her shifting from
one dock to another.
SchoqueVs shipmates say that be waa
tired 'of having to assist in handling
the cargo and had atated his Intention
of devising some scheme whereby to
effect his relea. It I even said that
be talked of cutting his whole hand off
If necessary.
WIODOWSOD ARRESTED FOR
MDRDER OF MOODY
Pine Saloonman Is Charged With
Brutal Crime by His
Neighbors.
(Special Dispatch to The Joersal.)
Baker City. Or.. Oct. 17 Alex Wld
dowson. proprietor of a saloon at Pine.
has been arrested charged with the
brutal murder of Wlllard Moody, which
occurred three weeks ago.
Moody waa found dead In the brush
about 100 yards back of the store at
Pine with a bullet hole In his head and
hla face beaten to a palp. There . was
absolutely no clue to the crime at the
time It was discovered, but the people
of Pine worked diligently on the case
and finally asked for the arrest of Wld-
dowson.
Pine Is 70 miles serosa th count'
from Baker and rh sheriff will ba two
day getting in with his prisoner.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
TO ERADICATE PEST
(serial Btssatrs to The JesrssL)
Greats Paas. Or.. Oct. 17. That the
peat-ridden and diseased orchards of
Josephine county may be eradicated tha
local Fruit Growers union and the
county court have united In a campaign
for bettor and cleaner fruit fpr Jose
phine through the sfrlct enforcement
of the law regulating the spraying of
Infested trees Thai th law may he
enforced and all tardy and negligent or-
i bardlets properly prompted. Hortirul-
tural Commissioner Cs
In Judge Jewell ha
j-fr
toeter C arson and t ounty
ured (he appolnl-
fruit
been
een given
JAILBREAK
PREVENTED
BY SHERIFF
Plot ot County Prison
ers to Murder Officers
and Make Escape Is
Disclosed
Corridors and Cede Sayohas1
and Steel Saws FoundPlans
for Break for Liberty Had
Been Well Arranged When tha
Plot Was Discovered.
Positive Information concerning a
plan for breaking out of the county
Jail that Included the killing of Sheriff
Btevena and Taller Mitchell has been
received by the) sheriff, and a thorough
ssarch of th prisoners' quarters la
being made. Close watch oa tha action
of the prisoners la being kept.
Deputy Sheriffs Archie Leonard and
H. Bulger searched corridor No. t tax
forenoon sad found a quantity of steel
wire snd a steel table knife with halt
the blade notched Into a saw, concealed
ever cell I. Sheriff 8tpvna says he
knows of other Implements yet con
cealei la th Jail sad that th nera
will be continued until they are found.
The sheriff would not say what th
r thing are that are still hid in the cells.
But atated that they are mote tn the
nature or weapons than any of the
things yet found.
"We absolutely know that the pris
oners intended to kill both Jailer
Mitchell and myself If necessary In
order to get away." aald Sheriff Stevens
this morning. The corridors are
guarded by double doors, with a small
pace between the doors. We have
definite Information that the Inner door
of on of th corridors was opened by
the prisoners on thraj) different nights
after it waa locked by the Jailer.
"The first plans were laid) walla
(Continued on Page Four.)
CHINA'S ARMY IS
BEING INCREASED
AT A RAPID RATE
Conditions In Celestial Empire)
Really Much Worse Than Be
fore Boycott and Anti-Foreign
Feeling Stronger Than Ever
Tang Shao-Yi in Command. ,
(Jesrsal Special Berriss.)
Washington. Oct. 17. Condition In
China, which are generally auppeaed to
have Improved since the cessation of
the boycott on American goods and the
consequent agitation, are really much
worse, and th anti-foreign feeling la
greater- than It ever waa. Information
of absolutely trustworthy character haa
reached Waahtngtoa to this effect.
The Chinee array, under the guiding
hand of Yuan Shin Kai, who Is consid
ered by those who know China to be
th greatest man in the country. Is be
ing increased at a tremendous rats and
the government la putting a great deal
of money Into tha main fighting fore.
Yuan I viceroy of th province of Chill.
In which Peking Is situated. He haa
very great lnfluenc and his main policy
now seems to be to Increase tha army.
This fact, cou pi- ! with a show of for
eign hatred, which Is becoming mori
and more apparent, make the situation
serloua
Tang Shao-TI Is rapidly becoming one
of" the most powerful man la China. He
to getting a salary of 1 150.00 a year.
Not only Is he vice-president of the for
eign office, hut h Is director general of
the railway from Hankow to Peking sad
holds ths nam position with regard)
to the railroad from Peking te New -
Chwang. Hs was recently made super
intendent of custegta, ana in tnis
parity hs Is Increasing revenu. moot
which is being pent est in amy. A
few years ego Tang was. a person eg
merely nominal importance.
To just what tm present cosaWssM
will lead cas scarcely he ptssatcts.
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