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PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY. MORNING, OCTOBER 88, 1806. FIVE SECTIONS 58 PAGES.
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Millionaire Snyder Is
Killed in Accident
Auto Collides With
Youthful Messenger.
Ufa Like His Death Was Tragic
Under Indictment'for Bribery
In St Louie Paid Council
man Fifty Thousand Dollars
Son Murdered After Robbery.
t TBioasnM XV MM. XAOai X
4 BICTDES'S Lin
First husband killed by her
brother.
Brother-in-law. younger broth
ay ax of Carey M. Snyder, her sec
4 ond huaband, killed In atreet-car
4 accident October, 'OS.
: Second husband. Carey M. Sny
der, whom aba met in Jail while
visiting her brother, murdered
4 near Glencoe, Oregon, December
e 4. '06.
4 Father-in-law, R. M. Snyder,
: killed In automobile at Kansas
City October 7, 0.
'(asjectal Dispatch r Uaset Wire to Tw Joarosl)
Kansas City. Oct. JT. Robert M. Bny
dar, millionaire banker and promoter,
met death In bis automobile hare at :J0
o'eloek tonight.' His chauffeur. Frank
M. Schroeder, attempted to steer clear
of a messenger boy on a bicycle. The
machine collided with the boy and the
curbstone at the same moment. The
shock threw Snyder from his seat and
bis head struck on an Iron trolley pole.
The motor-car was not damaged. Snv-
der was at once carried to the Agnew
fysgpltal. ' H died there upon his arrival.
His skull had been fractured. Arthur
boy. received Injuries that will probably
cause his death. The driver waa not
hurt.
Shortly before 6 o'clock tonight Sny
der left his office In the American Bank
building. At the rurbstone In front
of the building his chauffeur waa wait
ing with the Snyder automobile.
The machine- waa soon bowling along
Independence boulevard on the way to
the magnificent Snyder home. They met
another automobile and a race began.
Then the boy with bla bicycle appeared
In the pt ih of the Snyder motor-car, and
then followed the accident that snuffed
out the life of the millionaire.
The death of Robert M. Snyder waa
as his life tragic. He was under In
dictment at the time of bla death in
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DEATH FROM
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UNIONISTS TO RENEW DEMAND
Grainhandlers Declare They Will Ask
Forty Cents an Hour Again Next
August and Get It.
Ths union grainhandlers of Portland
declare that they will renew their de
mand for 40 cents an hour next August,
at which time the present agreement
will expire.
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MRS. SNYDER
PURSUED BY
CRUEL FATE
Though Young, Four
Great Tragedies Have
Occurred to Bring
Her Grief.
Her First Husband Slain by Her
Brother, Her Second Murdered
Also, Her Brother-in-Law Killed
in an Accident, Also Her Hus
band's Father.
At the Portland hotel, thouaanda of
miles from a Nelative or friend, Mrs.
Oeorge Snyder, alone with her grief, la
bemoaning a fata which has brought
four violent tragedies Into her brief
career of St years.
The fourth In the startling aeries of
red chapters In bar Ufa la the accidental
killing of R. If. Snyder. hs father-in-law.
In Kansas City last night. She had
scarcely composed herself after her arri
val from Hlllsboro, where she suffered
the rigors of a secret Inquisition, before
she reapived news of the final closing
of the tragic career of the head of the
Snyder family.
There la a strange fatality about the
striking blonde who wears deep mourn
ing for her murdered husband. Though
onlV 21 ve&rs of ut. a fate aa nltlku
as that which marked tne mythological
path at neausa naa pursued her and
those who were dear to bar. The first
tragedy of her life waa when aha waa
a mere girl.
Brother Killed
She waa married when quite youug
ana ner nusoana is said to have devel
oped marked traits of brutality. Her
brother assumed the role of avenger and
killed him. She visited her brother tn
Jail, and It wns In an adjoining coll that
Carey M. Snyder, the wild and dissolute
son of a rich father, waa confined.
With him ana became acquainted, and
the acquaintance resulted in their mar
riage. Soon after that event a younger
brother of her husband met death in a
streetcar accident on the streets of Kan
sas (Mty. Ha waa run down by a car
and received injuries which resulted in
hls'death at the Agnew hospital a short
Urns later. His father died In the same
hoapltal last night.
Two years ago aha and her reckless
husband came Into the wast and aettled
upon a ranch near Olencoe. After liv
ing there a rear, during which her hus
band took part In various crimes, ha
mysteriously disappeared. 'His disap
pearance occurred two days after the
robbery of the Forest Orove bank. In
which ts.000 waa secured by the rob
bers. Officers who triad to solve the mys-
for
"We are more determined than oyer
to get 40 cents an hour." said one.
speaking the sentiments of the many,
last night. "We are atronger bow than
ever before and the experience of the
strike Just ended has taught ns many
things. When we ask for 40 cents an
hour the next time we will get It. We
would have had It this time had It not
been fdf the proposal of the mayor for
arbitration. Whan our committee got
Into conference with the exporters they
began making concessions just to show
that they ware willing to give up some
thing for the sake of peaoe. But once
started, they were flim-flammed Into
conoedlng more and more until they
arrived at Just about where they were
before any demands ware made at all.
There was no need of It, either. From
the day the longshoremen went out we
had the strike won; had them tied up
so they couldn't budge. It waa Just
another case of the Japs and the Rus
sians. We had them licked on the bat
tlefield, but they won out in the con
ference room."
A noteworthy fact la that not a
single man deserted the oause of the
union during the strike. And now thst
the strike Is over, the spirit of solid
arity seems to have grown even
stronger. Testsrday on two docks
union grainhandlers and strikebreakers
worked side by side, but the former
made It so unpleasant for the latter
that they were glad to ssk for their
time.
Fifty strikebreakers voluntarily left
their Jobs during the working hours of
yesterday and about T quit when the
day was over On account of an as
sault made on C. F. Monnett and H.
Orlfflth. non-unionists, they were
leaving Montgomery dock No. 1 yester
day afternoon, those who quit at the
end of the day aeknd for polios protee-
tContlbued on Page Two.)
tt' ewWK "JBt A m AaSlAtv XithLl'"' CHA5. . HUGH&S. aV 7 1 1 rz. ,T
San Francisco's
HERRIN IMPLICATED WITH RUEF
MRS. MIZNER TO
SEEK SEPARATION
FROM HER MATE
Admiration Which Developed Into
Love Dispelled When Bride
groom Coolly Demands Fifty
Thousand Dollars Finds He
Wedded Only for Her Money.
Chicago, Oct. IT. Admiration which
grew Into love and a sensational mar
riage, both to be dispelled by a sudden
awakening on the part of the woman to
the sordid aature of the hero of her
dreams, such are ths' sequent acta In
the story of Mrs. Yerkes-Mlzner's second
romance.
Her first Is a familiar story. Now,
according to the conversation of iter
most intimate friends, she la going to
aak the courts to give her a legal sepa
ration from Wilson Mlsner.
ft Is not difficult to understand the
position tn which such an understanding
placed Mrs. Terkes .when she waa sud
denly widowed. Mlsner had been at
tentive so long when there was little
hope. Now he demanded a return of
hia sacrifices. She had no thought but
the haste with which he hastened the
wedding was born of love. That this
reputed sturdy mining engineer could
have mercenary motives never occurred
to her. She believed herself loved for
herself alone. Just as any woman would
have believed under the circumstances.
How humiliating the discovery that It
was not herself but vulgar money that
Mlsner loved. Urged beyond ' her
strength, she consented to a haaty mar
riage. A few days of trusting happiness
and then the shock of awakening. Be
fore the end of the first week of the
honeymoon the man ahe had Idealised
had asked her for money. Fifty thous
and dollars be must have at once to pay
his debts, or be ruined. Ths demand
was mads bluntly.
AM ERICAAN.D JAPAN
Possible War Talk Discounted by
United States' Action
Calling Attention of Ja
pan to Facts.
in
(SpecUl Dlptcb by Leaaea Wlra to The Joornal)
Washington. D. C, Oct. 17. The Lon
don cable dlapatches announcing that
Great Britain Is so interested in the
ease of the city of San Francisco against
the empire of Japan that It la proposed
to have the foreign office say whsther
that the troubles of the United States
and Japan will Involve Great Britain
lands a new Interest to the Japanese
children Imbroglio In California.
As It Is understood here the British
foreign office can only tell parllamsnH
that the troubles of the United Sta tes
and Japan can only Interest Great Brit
ain physically In case a third power,
not Great Britain, Intervened In an act
ual war between Japan and the United
States. Great Britain, for Instance, not
withstanding the treaty of offense and
defense with Japan, could only Interfere
in the Russo-Jarjanese war in the event
that France or another nation 'attempted
to give physical aid to
MONOPOLY LODGE WORKING HARD FOR HUGHES.
Municipal Scandal Grows in Magnitude Each Hour
SUPREME MOMENT
REIGN OE CORRUPTION WILL CEASE
1.
Benjamin Ids Wheeler Advocates Resort to Scaffold to Purge
City of Villains Webb Interferes in Behalf of the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
(Special MapeHrh by leased Wlra to The Journal)
San Francisco, Oct. 27. The munici
pal graft scandal grows In magnitude
every hour. The developments are be
coming more and more sensational. The
supreme rdoment approachea when the
long reign of rottenness and corrupton
In this city will be declared st an end
and the accusing hand will be pointed In
decisive fashion against the scoundrels
who have taken base advantage of their
power over a stricken community to rob
end pilfer.
Among the sensational developments
recorded today waa the declaration by
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the
University of California. In the course
of an address at Los Angeles, that the
day may not be far distant when the
people or San Francisco win oe com
pelled to resort to the scaffold In order
to purge the otty of the band of villains
that have brought about a crisis In Its
affairs. President wheeler Is only too
ready to admit that he la a voluntary
contributor to the fund that has been
subscribed tn defray the expenaes of a
thorough investigation or the shameless
evstem of grart that is Doing uneanned
in our midst, of the plunderbund that
by Its open and audacious working has
aroused even ths laughter-loving, best-
natured people on this great continent
to decisive action.
is Herrin Implicated t
The statement Implicating William F.
Herrin. the arch manipulator of the
crooked workings of the Southern Pa
cific, and Tlrey L. Ford, legal adviser to
the United Railroads of San Francisco,
comes as a revelation to the people.
It has thrown consternation Into the
hearts of man who bad been Inclined to
believe that what graft existed In the
municipal government lay only In a se
ries of small hold-ups. In ths prices paid I
Secretary Victor H. Metcslf.
APPROACHES WHEN
for licenses and accommodations not
strictly classed as steals.
The first man to rush to Herrln's de
fense waa Attorney-General Webb of
California, who. It la said, appeared In
court during the grand Jury proceed
ings on Friday afternoon, ostensibly as
a amicus curie, res lly as the protector
of the railroad Interests. Webb volun
teered a statement today to the effect
that hla sole object In butting In on the
proceedings was to see that Abe Ruef
did not get away with the game. In
other words, Webb declared that If the
court had seen St to recognise Abe Ruef
ss the district attorney and to Ignore
the claims of Langdon, he would In hla
official capacity have Interfered so as
to prevent any possibility of the grand
Jury Itself or Its deliberations being In
validated as a result of error on the
part of the court.
Baef Consults Merrln. .
William F. Herrin, with his usual
caution, refuse to make any statement.
He, of course, proposes to watch the
battle from afar. He has nothing to do
with Ruef, of course, nor does he rec
ognise Attorney-General Webb, save as
an official and a candidate for reelection.
Tet It la posltlvoly known that when
the first news came to the ears of Abra
ham Ruef of the contemplated Investi
gation of his corrupt dealings his first
act waa to Jump into an automobile
and make thebest of his way to ths
office of William F. Herrin. What
transpired between the two cannot be
stated with positive accuracy, for (here
was no third party present. But from
the bond of Iniquity between these two
supreme rascals it is generally be
lieved that Ruef, frightened out of hla
wits and desperate in his fesr, said to
Herrin:
(Continued on Page Nine.)
MAY FIGHT
Creat Britain Investigates to See
Whether There Is Cause for
War or Not le Allied
With Japan.
There is a great deal of "possible war"
here, but It is largely discounted by the
fact that the United States did not wait
for Japan to protest, but advised the
American ambassador at Toklo to make
explanations to the Japanese foreign
office- before the United Ststes was
ssksd. This was a fact, an essential fact,
not given out at the state department It
shows that the United States had tried
to satUS the affair before It became a
cause for International action and as
It had been proved, with It waiting; tor
all the tacts, so much so that It has be
come' necessary to send a cabinet officer
now to get what should have been ob
tained first before communicating with
the Japanese foreign office.
It Is. however, not probable that there
will be any serious war talk, if at all,
until after the report of Secretary Met
ealf. It Is true the president will be
absent when Mr. Metcslf returns here.
Continued ob rage Nlne.4
W TWI MOCKIHOBJRPOMte SatftQ
IW THE M00WLI&HT, 54MAHS LOW. I
TUtHI Fo mis Wiu. CMT Bat LOU
'CAUH WE own" HIM.PONTOitWfNOvV:
New Tork American.
IN GRAFT
HEARST GRILLS
BOSS M'CARREN
IN HIS BAILIWICK
Candidate Welcomed and Enthu
siastically Cheered at Seven
Big Meetings in Brooklyn
McCarren No More Democrat
Than Carrion Crow Is Eagle.
(gpedal Dlapatcb by Lead Wire to THS Joarnal )
New York. Oct 27. Welcomed with
demonstrative greetings wherever he
appeared, William R. Hearat tonight re
turned to the fight In Brooklyn, ad
dressing seven big meetings In that
borough after having first dashed over
to Long Island City, where a great
outpouring of the voters of Queens
wildly cheered his stirring speech.
Brooklyn turned out by the thousands
to cheer ths candidate. Kvery section
of the borough was visited and on all
sides the enthuslaam waa great In
(Continued on Page Nine.)
MYSTERY OF GHOST SOLVED
Man Who Solves It Is G. 0. Hostord, Who Rents
Haunted House Because He's From North
Dakota and Doesn't Believe in Ghosts.
Mrs. O. O. Hostord Isn't afraid to live
in a haunted houae and she isn't afraid
to chase the "ghost" over a fence with
a gun.
With her huaband ahe lives in the
so-called haunted house at 770 Union
avenue North, near Beaoh street. A
story of a screaming woman clad in
blood-stained garments who appeared
In the dead of night became circulated
throughout the neighborhood. Attract
ed by the low rent of a handsome resi
dence the Hosfords leased the house
for s year. They come from Dakota
and don't believe in ghosts.
As the result of s ghost hunt Fri
day night the Hosfords are euaplcloua
of a neighbor. It Is believed by them
that this man started the ghaatly tale
to depreciate the value of the property
which he wanted to see recorded in his
own name Instead of that of Miss
Blanche El. Bates, the present owner.
Several times since the Dakota peo
ple moved Into the house they have
been annoyed by strange noises. One
Of these manifestations of the "ghost"
wss a sound as though a man waa
drumming with his fingers along the
outside wall.
At t o'clock Friday night, after ths
family had retired, there came a tre
mendous crash on the roof directly over
their heads.
Up Jumped the people who don't be
ll ve in ghosts.
Hastily dressing himself. Mr. Hos
tord seised one of ths four repeating
shotguns he keeps In the house, and
accompanied by hs wife made for the
back dor. Aa this was securely, looked
end barred It took several moment
before they were In the open air.
There was no sound to guide them.
Mr. Hostord went 0M wax nd Mrs.
DEATH ENDS
SUICIDE PACT
WITH MAID
Love -Crazed Banker
of Sixty Shoots Young
Ends His Own Life.
Couple Brought Their Love Let
ters to Destroy Woman's
Nerve 'Failed 80 Her Gray
Haired Partner to the Fatal
Agreement Did the Job.
(Special Dlapatcb by Leased Wire to The Joorsat
New Tork, Oct. 17. Because she
grew faint hearted and refused to exe
cute her part of a most sensational sul
olde compact. Miss Victoria I. Tacskow.
young and beautiful, was riddled with
bullets by 0-year-old, wealthy Louis
Grant Hampton, assistant secretary of
ths United States Trust company. No.,
46 Wall street, who followed up ths
murder of last night by sending ths
fifth and last bullet of his revolver Into
his own love erased brain.
After much effort today the pie
or the torn and chewed up love
that had passed between the principals
in the double tragedy of the Hotel
Orlffou, West Ninth street, were
pitched together. The Investigation by
Coroner shrady and the letters showed
the existence of one of the most as
tounding death contracta that two par
sons had ever entered Into.fc Other doc
umentary and conclusive evidence clear
ing up the mystery Is la possession of
the coroner.
Tne girl, whose beauty had fascinated
Hampton, whose dual life during the)
past six months had never been sus
pected by bis wife and young daughter,
who live in the Hntel Chelsea and who
have a magnificent summer borne in
Highland, New Turk, quit her employ
ment as the head of one of the big de
partment stores or Third street with
an ounce bottle of luudanum with which
she promised to end her life, met by ap
pointment her gray-haired partner to
the death agreement. Hampton was on
Ume, with the five chambers of his pis
tol losded for the tragic affair.
Further, It had been arranged be
tween the two that both were to bring
their love letters and that before they
passed out of the world they should
read them over tn each other's presence
for the last Ume and than tear them
Into shreds, covering as much as pos
sible the secret.
This bundle of epistles Is In the safe
In ths coroner's office, as la also ths
untouched botUe of poison. The re
markable feature of the tragedy is ths
fact that Hampton had sent so rapidly
the four bullets Into his pretty young
sweetheart's body and found it possible
In that excitable moment to reserve
the fifth and last to exterminate his
own Ufe with.
The slain woman was II ye
(Continued on Page Nina)
Hostord went another. She saw a shed
on the other side of a fence which is
the property line. She instantly saw
that thla shed would be a good biding
place for the "ghost." She went over
that fence in a Jiffy. The fence didn't
stop her any more than did the dark
ness. (live me that gun: I think he's Insids
the shed." she cried to her husband.
He paased over the gun and quickly fol
lowed. But the shed waa empty and
there wasn't a sound of anyone moving
in ths neighborhood. It was dark as
eats, and the delay In unlocking the bock
door had given the "ghost" time to es
cape. Though the sally Friday night was
fruitless, the Hosfords haven't despaired
of catching ths "ghost."
-Mr. Hosford asked sdvlce nf an ac
quaintance yesterday aa to What he
should do If he did capture the disturber
of his evening; slumbers.
"Give him a good thrashing and then
take him to the police atatlon." was ths
atlvtoe.
A share of the mysterious noises said
to havs been heard by neighbors was
caused by young boys of the neighbor
hodd who like to drink whlsksy. One
of ths gangs of toughs nf
smashed a basement 'window and
tished headquarters on the upper
When th Hostord moved In the
empty whlsksy bottles and plenty
of
slxna of ronvlvlsllty In more than saw
room.
Yes, we have oar sueplctnaaV saaa
Mr Hoarord last srenlng "I gossa
that ghost 1 nothing but a man. And
I always keep four repeating guns ha
the bouse. ' And besides that Mr. atSSV
ford shows signs of a
tsysinssnasl