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GOOD EVEIIIITG Journal Circulation THE WEATHER. ' - - - .... ' . ' ' Occasional rain tonight and Thura ( day; westerly winds. - Yesterday Was JVOUVrNO.-B23.- ; PORTLANDr-ORECONT'WEnNESDAY-EVENINCr: NOVEMBER 21, 1908. SIXTEEN " PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS Taanra awn trrwg rAtwti iw .g.ia.3. , btauks. five cmti STREET SCENES IN SEATTLE PRESIBEIM HILL RAILROAD LINES TO FOR i fl C lever Postal Scheme UrrelrtBedlnPo By Inspector of the Department U: C. Hulin arid Woman He Calls His Wife Said to Have Made Profit of Two Hundred Dollars Daily by Their Shrewd Work. ' . What la thought will develop into on . Vat tha Inoat extensive postoffloe frauds "ever ninearthed In' Portland was made ' publlo today with tba arrest of Mr. and Mre. .N. O. Hulin, 127 East Fifteenth , f street, on the charge of using tha gov . ernment malls for fraudulent purposes. , That the parties are Interested In other ; schemes to defraud Is believed by E. C Clement, poetoffice Inspector, who fer . feted out the scheme which resulted In i the arrests. :'. - Hulin is supposed to have made $200 ' . a day out of his scheme, which is one ; of the oldest known to postal authorl . -ties and la famous for. tha number, of . victims-It has caught The plan la to send out postal card from one of tba two offices which the schemer main tains telling the person receiving tha card Of a "valuable, unique and pleas , ant method of obtaining money." The : card aeta forth that for a consideration Hulin will send tha prospective sucker t full directions fo carrying on tha busl- ; : esa.v.-: -r -: . , -. . In return for: his 10 oents the sender .- 'receives It postal cards bearing about the same information, which, llulln had - on his card. "W ith the cards, which are to be sent to prospective persons seek ing an easy road- to. wealth. Is. the tn-'- formation tha't If the receiver doea not , ' know a sufficient number of persons to ' : whom cards can be sent, a list of names - wUl be furnished by the Pscif la Letter Bureau, which Hulin maintained at his ' home on Fifteenth street, at the nOmi- nalchargaflfBjlL icenta a hundred or 14.60 a thousand. , ' Wnala trkm.tr, ,- After the person has received, 'the cards and the list of names he la sun- - posed to ba on a fala way to prosper ity. . All he has to do to consummate (Continued, on Page Two.) . PIIAflTOLl SHIP : MAY PROVE TO BE .8eenOffColumbla River In Early Morning, She Suddenly i Puts Out to Sea Again and Is Swallowed Vp Jn Mist Which Envelops Coast. a 9 a At S o'clock this afternoon tha bark aupposed to ba tha Ivarna ; was seen 10 miles to tha west of . tha Columbia river lightship chasing tha pilot schooner which '. haa been cruising off tha bar 4 all morning. A pilot will prob 4 ably board her thla afternoon and aa soon aa tha bar becomea a little smoother one of tha tuga will ba sent . out after tha . .. strangely : . maneuvering , wind- . Jajnmer. A. - . ' -. , X four-maated British bark la ballast waa aeen off the mouth of the Colum bla river thla morning and It la be- . lleved that aha Is tha missing Ivarna Ona of tha tuga started for ner, but. the bar waa too rough and ao had to teturn to Aatoria. In tha meantime tha bark put out to sea again and by noon had disappeared ilka a phantom ship. The lookout at North Head made tha - report of tha bark a presence at once to District Forecaater Edward A. Beals of the weather bureau, and all possible details were secured In order to if pos sible make certain as to tha vessel's identity, The captain of tha bark for soma reaaon did not'dlaplay his signal flags and it is impossible for ths look, out to read tha name. Tha bark waa five milea from the station at one time and had ths -skipper taken tha trouble to display his slgnsls.sll worry for the safety of the Iverna would probably now ba over. -District Forecaster Beals wired the lookout at North Head to signal tha bark to rtva her name next time she appears within reach of the glasses.', i ' Did JTot Oet mot. ; -Tha pilot boat was outside this morn ing in tha vicinity of the bark, but the lookout la of the opinion that the wind Jammer was still without a pilot when she stood out to sea. The wind was ,.; iContlnnad on Pga two. IvERNA WITH TAFT Secretary's Suspen sion of Order Dis charging the Negro Troops Rebuked. ; Friction Between Executive and Cabinet Officer May Resultiri ' . Retirement of Latter From " Public Life Many" Protests Fail to Move Roosevelt. ' (Journal I pedal Service.) "Washington, Nov. II. A dispatch waa received from the prealdent this morn ing In which the executive atated that he .would not suspend tha order for the 'dismissal of negro soldiers, unless new facta were Blscovered worth, ca bling to him.. Ha states thst his ac tion waa taken after due deliberation, and that the only matter to which he can pay head is the presentation of facts proving the old report wholly or partly untrue or clearly implicating some Indi vidual. , i . , v . This , morning . Secretary Taft . an nounced that immediately .upon his re turn to Washington, learning that the president had refused to reconsider his order, dismissing , the negro troops, he had ordered the execution of the order without delay. . All reports and specula tion to the contrary are unfounded. ,. .. . ""' . Quarrel la ospo. ; ' ' Secretary Taft acted on his own voli tion when he suspended the order of the president directing the discharge with- Twenty-fifth infantry- for declining to divulge tha names of soiaiCTs who ah 61 up the town of Brownsville, Texas, and killed a white man. .There U likely to oe irwum duiwooij uu presioent anq tha secretary, over - this action. . The president will now ba obliged to make an explanation.. When the secretary returned - to 'the city rrora Ala western trip be found a great number of protests . against the president's action. These protests came from all parts of the country and were so eraphatle and uumeiuua tnaTHe-tofiR them under earnest consideration. - He did not attempt to revoke the order of the president,, of course, but held it up until the. president, could, ba communi- (Continued on Page Two. STEALS TO GET MOHEY TO PAY HIS ROOM RENT Philip.Birkett.ln Jail for Taking Revolvers . From Honeyman Company's Store and Pawn, jng -ThemRelatives- Refuse to Help Him In His Trouble. "I had no money to pay my board until pay-day, and I waa tod proud, to ask my parents for it. so I tola." . Such la tha explanation made today by Philip Blrkett, a l-yesr-old son of a respected famtiy-ot British Columbia and a nephew of W. O. Smith, head of an engraving firm of this city, in de fense of his crime of stealing firearms from tha atora of his employers, the Honeyman Hardware company. Philip Blrkett Is ths son of Frank Blrkett. a retired gunsmith of Vancou ver, British Columbia. Leas than two months, ago PhlUp came to. thla oUy.4n search of work. Ha had a good home; but, aa his uncle put it, ha wanted ' to live In a bigger city. As a friend of tha family. A. J. Wlntera, head of the sporting department of tue Honeyman Hardware company, , found a Job for ths. boy In the Alder street store. Toung Blrkett went to work on October 1 st tto a month: but, of course, pay ment waa not to -a In advance. , Philip rented a room tt III Third (Continued on Page Two.) PITTSBURG PHIL'S MOTHER ELOPES (Journal Special rrlr.) "Pittsburg. Nov. II. Pittsburg enjoys another aensa'tlon since it has become publlo that Mrs. Ellsa Downing, mothsr of ths late famous turf plunger, "Pitts burg Phil," has eloped at Toungstown, Ohio, with Thomas Woods, a wealthy re- W IiimI Mn . . W The. elopement , and marriage took place last Wednesday, but -did not bet- come public at once. Both contracting parties are about yeara of age, and thla Is the - third marriage venture of tbt moUier or "fit t burg PhlV' , , , . , , ..... ... 0M ' . ' 1 IC IIIHUL' TO WRECK TRAIN ? WITH 0 Yd AMITE . ...... '"...jriuarv - - ' - i ' Twenty Sticks of Giant Powder Placed on Track of Hood, River ; Railroad Train Passed Over, f but No Explosion Resulted as Dynamite, Was Frozen. - (Stxctel OUpateh te JJe Iorl.l , "'Hood Riven Or Nov.' 21. A big sen sation waa produced here when Charlea T, Early, superintendent , of the Mt. Hood railroad, offered a rewand of 'IS20 for tha arrest and. . conviction of tha person or persons who attempted to dynamite a - train on- that road -Saturday night That the attempt was un successful waa due aolely to .the fact that the dynamite was frosen and did hat eaplod In all 20 sticks of powder were placed on the track, five of them across tha rail and the rest In bunches on either side. r --An examination of -the Bpot"whra the powder was placed, showed that tha train had run over two atlcka and mashed them, tha broken off enda being found on either aide of the rail. As yet there is no clue to the would- be wreckers, at least tha.- authorities nave made' nothing public. --. . The discovery of tba attempt at wrecking was first., made known by a carpenter who was , walking along . the track to work and found the pile of dynamite In a deep cut near what Is known as Paaach'a bridge. Aa soon aa poaslble he communicated with Super intendent Early, who cautioned him to keep quiet, and in company .with ao of ficer . visited tha place to -investigate. At the time the train passed over ths big bunch eof dynamite tt was dark and could not ba aeen and the train men knew nothing about the attempt to demolish the train. The train was a mixed ona with a passenger coach at tha rear ia which there were between twenty and thirty passengers. Tba Point-where.lhe powder waa placed ia in a deep canyon and cannot ba aeen' from tha surrounding country. ROOSEVELT WELCOMED BY PORTO RICANS (Journal Special gtrvtee.1 Ponce, Porto Rico, Nov. 21. President Roosevelt and party arrived . thla morn ing. ' They were received at tha landing at o clock by Governor wlnthrop and other officials. The' town Is profusely deoorated and crowded with people from the aurrounding country. !,-... Toolon Docks Baraad. , (Jntirnal Rpeelal ' frrin.l ' Tnulon. Nov. 21. The main Dortlon "o the dockyards, great forge .and Iron works,' where a number of foreign war ahips are building, waa destroyed by Ore this morning. The loss is several mil lions. -The wsrships were saved. . v - " Bishop Tiger! Dead. . Uauroal Bptelal nertrm.t Tulsa. I. T- Nov. 11 Bishop Tigert of the M. E. Church ' South, of Louis ville. Kentucky.1 died hero this morning of totisilltls. He was '.takon 111 a week ago and grew worse rspidly. : The blushing bride of ft blamee the whole thing on burglars. Bhe gave out an Interview saying that since her home was broken Into some time ago she .and The hired girl had been nervous and lonesome, and. so she and Mr. Woods just wsnt to Youngstown and were married. "We had known esch other for a long time snd 1 needed a protector from bur glars," she seid, as ehofondly leaned on the arm of her thtrdhusband. - At his death f Pittsburg Phil's" moth er earn lute about 1 1,0 9,0 00 - ATTEMPT I f- v if r y liijf.;:-;.! p; 'j'f'7" ? ! , ililJU', ' v ' I Z. "Jj. : i . Upper Picture Shows Flood Pouring Witness Deepen WHERE AND HOW PERRY LIVED MAYOR WILL ASK COUNCIL TO SUPPRESS KUiSANCE ' r .,. . . . ..:.:..-'--; Says If Regulations Are Not En forced That Body Will Be -4 to Blame. Backed , by the written statement of the city attorney that the council has full control of the operation of trains on Fourth street, Mayor Lane will tftls sfternoon present to the council a cora-"-"-'tion which demands "a yea or no answer. ; - i at this time,": writes the mayor, "urge upon you agnln the necessity for (Continued on Page Two.) WANTED A SITUATION WANTED Baalt loo wl reliable real eauta firm by eiprld mas.'- ; Ad ' draea Box gf, dty. ., ' IP row want a carpenter er.tblBgltr eaU ap pbooe Rellwood S29. WANTKO-i-Br a ynna married mas, to . 'tend bar; bave bad wm eiperlesce. Ad- l no,- care journal. 1 WAXT to learn butchr baalneae; bad anroa eiprrlonea. , Address, B M, care Journal. EXPERIKM'ED real eauta and lnTeatment aaleamas frlvnea emplormant; good . ere duDtlala. Addreas 11 29, ears Journal. EPEntyrED Janitor wants a Job of So . or bnlldln. Fbone Taciae 2244. EI.PRRI.T lartr wants to take ebarx of mothorlrM children, one or two; fuud of children Addreas h Tt, tare JoornaL yOE OTHES APFUOATIOlfl COS "FOBI. TlOXg" , TTJR TO. THE OIA8SmXO PAOEg AITO SEAS THESE f AOES DAILY IF TOO AEE LOOKtXO EOS A SETTES rOUTIOV, ALWATi BEMEMSES! JOOk AX WAVTS COST LEU THAM A OXKT A WOSO ADD BftlKQ aignxxg hh-t - At 4 1 ' ,-' ? I Down Duwamiah Avenue. - Lower 1 Chickens on Roof. My LANDLADY DENIES BEAVERTON STORY Suspects Said to Have Lived at Boarding House and to Have -.T7 Spent Night Away. 1. Ill - (Spadal Olapatra to Tba JoaraaLt Hlllsboro, Or., Nov. 21. The officers of (his county believe they are on the track of additional evidence In the For est Grove bank robbery case and the murder of Carey D. Snyder. Up to the departure of Mrs. Madge Snyder, widow of the murdered man, for Kansas City, Missouri, the officials declared their be. lief In the guilt , of George Perry and Leonard Bell, or Rogers, .but claimed the .i evidence in their , possession was not sufficient to- warrant arrests. Now evldeuce -seems td be at hand disclosing the actions of the suspects on ths night of the murder. - ; - Nothing could be learned of the ao tlona or whereabouts of-Periy and- his pal Immediately following tha bank rob bery and up' to the night of the mur der, a period of four days." To this part of the case the officials turned their attention 'and while ao engaged Xleputy District Attorney B. B. Tongue received the - following peculiar mes sage from' Beaver ton: "Come on first train; ask no ques tions. EN8ION." Mr. Tongue could not understand the measage and feared that a joke might (Continued on Page Two.) n n - X . , U ENTIRE SHIP; FOR ELOPING COUPLE (Seeeial Dtapateb to The yoeraal.) ' New Tork. Novi 21. The French Una steamahlp La Gascogne haa arrived with probably the smallest cabin Hat on record. Mr. arfd Mrs. J. A. Gibbons of Philadelphia, a young eloping couple juat returning from a wedding trip abroad, had the entire cabin quarters to themselves, besides occupying the most spacious state room on the vessel, and had at their beck and eaU It stew ards gad. three stewardesses. Through- Interstate Commerce Committee to Ascertain THPracticaiTrffect of Merger on Country and What the Relations Are Existing Between ' the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington Systems Managed by One Man doerul Ipeeial gervlce.l Chicago, 'Nov. 2 L James 1. Hill and the -three great- railways he dominates are to be investigated by the interstate commerce commission. What are the rslations existing between ' tha Greet Northern, the Norther Pacific and tha Burlington aystemeT An effort win ba made to And out. . Picture Shows - Scene ' in - Riverside, WARLIKE SPEECHES MADE ' Bf-CUBAN BEKERAL . Threatens , Hostilities Unless Americans Withdraw Prompt- -. . .. lyasJPromlsedT" (Journal Speelst Berrlce.) . ' Havana, Nor. Jl. General Loyaa del Castillo is making Inflammatory speeches against the Americans, declaring there will be war unless they withdraw promptly, aa they promised. ' Governor Ma goon ia shortly going en a tour of the Island. The Fourteenth battery of artillery today returned from a practice 'march through the province of Plnar del Rio, making record time despite the muddy roads and the floods. In aome districts the troops were obliged to eae pontoons. WORKMEfLKILLEDJlY- : , COLLAPSED BUILDING ' Rochester, N. T., Nov. 21; Five were killed and eight Injured in the oollapse of a building In the course of erection at Kodak park thla morning. Some of the Injured, may die. The collapsed building waa of con crete and brick. The aupporte were re--"ved and tha concrete being undrled fell.- -.. ? r ... ( i out the voyage, despite 'the Small par senger list, thers was a punctilious ob servance of all the ahtp'a social cere monies, culminating wttk the "captain's dinner" the lent night of the trip. The trip of Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons waa practically the same na if La Gasoogns had been a private yacht. In the second cabin there was but one passenger, Pierre Larraburu. who became . dissatisfied with the steerage accommodations and took .passage in the seoond eablp, the first dar eat, . , Tha commission will seek to ascartaiit what effect tha control of all these lines by ana man haa had. and la hav ing, upon rates in tha northwest, and consequently upon the agricultural and Industrial development of that section. The result will ba to bring out fasts regarding what haa taken place la tba northwestern railroad world elnoe tba decision of the United States supremo court in the Northern Securities , oaaa in iio, and to show what efforts the decision haa produced and to what ex tent Its intent haa been nullified. ' :..'acaHal Una Oomblaed. .' The announcement of- tha commie-. sion's intention to investigate tha Hill lines, eoming so closely upon tha heels of lta plana for an Inquiry into the Har- -rlman lines, seems to indicate a purpose on the part of tha Roosevelt adminis tration to expose and attack the various combinations of parallel railway lines which have been effected within the last several years. ---- -.- In the Hill, aa In the Harrtmaa In vestigation, the commission will act under an amendment to the Interstate commerce act passed in ISfl. It was aimed In the Northern Securi ties proceeding to prevent tha Burling ton, Northern Paclflo and Greet North-, arn from being so oomblned aa to pre vent egecttve eompettUon la the north west, .r. .. -tv....u',...,nesision imiafled. - i- . - Roosevelt and the eommlsaion feat . that while the proceeding was success ful tnthe courts ths effects. of the de cision have been practically nullified. - t . The three lines, with a total mileage of 10,865, under HIJI's dominance, ere perhaps even more closely allied than they we re before the Northern Securi ties decision. It has been reported rev eently that Hill intended to merge them. -Even as late as Monday it was said . -4e 4es Its identity, even Its name, but Preal dent Harris flatly denied this. There haa been complaint to the com- . mission from - shippers that the effect -of the present arrangement la to stifle competition In the northwest. HAS WILD RIDE Hurricane Sends Rolling Stock at Frightful Speed Over Co lumbia River Extension and Henry Austin Narrowly- Est capes Mad Sea Waves. Henry Austin, watchman on the Col umbia river Jetty, had a wild ride fe life on the night of November la that be will never forget. It was moat sen sational and ezceeda anything the moat daring performer could ever conjure. He did it Involuntarily and his escape from death la deemed a miraola. Austin waa guarding the government property on the aix mile extension into the sea and aa customary, slept In a pile-driver ear en the t trestle work . about half way from the mainland. The wind bad been blowing with an awful velocity -all ' nlght-fronr-the- southeast, ' when all of a sudden It veered around to the west, caught the pile-driver car and a tender car and started them at a break-neck speed towarda ahore. How the cars got eway is almost lncompre- henslble, for they were not only se cured with tackle but had all the' brakes set and the wheels blocked. They sped along in the dark and over the boisterous water at the rate of about a mile in three mtriutes, covering , the distance, of two and a half miles" in exactly nine and a half minutes. Auatln waa alone and helpless In his car, but retained enough ; presence of mind to notice the time. To him It seemed like eternity, . for he thought -every moment the car would leave the tracka and leap Into the roaring sea. The report of the strange happening was made publlo today by Assistant United States Engineer Gerald C. bag nail, who haa charge of the J"tty work. Mr. Bagnall returned from, Fort Stev ens last night after having investigated the matter and Inspected the Jetty to sae If It had been damaged By the re cent storms. Ths Jetty stood the storms well, he state, and the runaway cars were little damaged, eonalderlng their wild trip. Watchman Auatln s hair-raising axperlence, ss told to Mr. Bagnall. Is as follows: , , agnail's Stray. "The wind was soutlieaat all a' " t until I o'clock In ths morning, when u Continued pa fsga Tis THROUGH ST0RL1 ON RUflAWAYCAR