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iJQTIIEa DEIvIGiiTFUC MELODY IN THE MUSIC SUPPLEMENT OF NEXT SUNDAY'S JOURI 37 ( ( I TfniTlT ffejQSod SltrtKl Sl - , F-muI Circulation 11 .11.1 I ... I , I I I II ,. I I I i II . rrilZ JOURNAL hps a larger paid circvlatioa than any dally paper la Portland, or fa Oregon Tho Weather Shower tonight and Thursday; southerly winds. VOL. . VI... NO. 18 PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY "EVENING, MARCH 20, 1907.SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. lUrc TSEMSM10K I I -. t II J f 1 1 I ' f I I f "S. - 11 - XA- '111 III I I V I I ' II - I I I 11 11 11 Mil 11 tlLnb HM 1L:U.U- !lll M CURLY W A STATEMENT Nature of Disclosures Kept Secret-Delmas Refuses to Act as Gralters1 Lawyer - From Seventy to a Hundred In ' dictments' Will Be Returned This Afternoon Against Prom inent and Wealthy Men - , Ruefs, Attorneys Aid. Ihiml Deriet-aervlee.t San Francisco, March , 30. With tht returning of from'i 0 to 190 Indictments assured thl afternoon and little doubt existing aa to the identity of the men to bo Indicted, the principal Intereat In the sensational exposure of craft condi tion' now centers around Abraham Ruef and Mayor Schmlts. . . Ruefs announcement - that he will make a statement that will create a sensation even - greater than that fol lowing the confessions of supervisors. has arouaed Intense Interest. M Much to TellT " , That the little boss could. If he csred or dared, tell a mighty Interesting ' story Is conceded, but Just what he will tell Is a matter of, eonjecture. That Burns has an Inkling: what the boss will maks public also seems certain, but although Burns has been working on Ruef for days in an effort to get a statement from him, the aleuth has beVn unable to wring anything of an . in- - criminating nature from the prisoner. - Burns has gone to Ruef armed with - the facts related by ths informers, but the boss . has been more than a match for the secret service agent. Despite the repulses. Burns .believes it is only (Continued on Page Two.) Portland's February Wheat Shipments v Far : Ahead of Combined Puget Sound Ports. : y Fourth for Past Eight Months J Next to NewTorg, Portland exported more wheat than any other port in the United States during the , month of February, and the quantity shipped from here , was to the bushel almost hslf of that set afloat from the docks of the greatest port in the country. ' It Is the best showing ever attained by the Oregon metropolis snd again goes to show that Portland Is the grsln ship ping center on the Paolflo coast. All he Puget sound cities combined take fourth place on the list, Philadelphia occupying the third position. Portland fourth, Puget Bo and Sixth, During the month of February there waa exported 4.09t.9fi buahels of wheat from all ports In the United States. The tout value of this whest waa $S,14. 790. Portland furnishing close to 1500. 000 worth. New York shipped . more thn 1.000,000 bushels, while Galveston, fifth on the list, exported a little less than 4,000,000 bushels. .-( Portland occupies fourth place as a eat shipping port In comparing the figures of ths past sight months. New Tork, .Galveston and Philadelphia occu pying first, second and third places re spectively. In this connection the com" blned Puget sound ports .are sixth on the Hat. New Orleans being fifth. - I Portland holds fourth place In point T PRISONERS FLIMFLAM GUARD. GET MEAL AND KEEP UP THE STRIKE Th.V prisoners on strike at Kelly Butte played a smooth game on Chief Guard Urlgga Monday night, by promising to jvo dsck to work providing, tney would ! granted their regulsr breakfast Tuea- lay morning. Guard Brtggs took the nen at their -ord and When the time me for them to go to work was colt- Kldernhly surprised to find that they nughed at him and refused to do so. -This. Is -the first time the prisoners '-o aver broken faith with the suthorl ls and summary action will be taken ' punish them for their behavior. The Ingleaders will be picked out and sent o I ho dungeons for severs! days. One of the leaders Is John Davis, a 'aky colored man, who 1 waa sent up or one yesr for larceny, Javls Is a HI WO V RYU Secretary ; Does' Not ConsiderRailroad Se curities'. Gilt- Edged tor Governmen Wall Street Representatives Be- sieffavsecretary for Official atement. .Government . . ...... Will Release All Railroad Bonds by Next Summer. (Journal Special terries.) . . i Washington, March - 20. The sxclu- slve Information ' given hi these Dis patches yesterday- concerning the gov ernment's proposed policy with refer ence to retiring railroad bonds as se curities for publlo money caused a flurry among the -representatives - of Wall street Interests. Secretary Cortelyou was besieged for an official statement hut ha declines to make a formal announcement at this time.' He indicated that the sentiment or tns administration . la against ths holding of railroad, municipal or. stats bonds as securities, and hinted that it will be his policy gradually to reduce the number of such bonds and Anally eliminate them 'entirely.'" It Is believed that by next summer all railroad bonds that the government holds will be re leased. . . . . -, , Cam Do Mothlag for BaOroads. ; -.Isaao N". Sellgman was-Id conference with the president for half an hour this morning: on "leaving he said the presl dent had sent for him and the general financial situation was discussed at length. - . . ... "The president does not believe," said Sellgman, "that he can do anything to (Continued on Page Two.) of prominence as a flour shipping port during the past month. : The first place on the Hat falls to ths combined Puget sound ports, whence llt.635 barrels were set afloat. New Tork cornea sec ond, with 179.121 barrels: Philadelphia third, with 141.774 barrels; Portland fourth, with 111,811 barrels, and Balti more fifth, with 111. 127 barrel a. These figures have been compiled by the department of commerce and labor, the monthly report of which gives the following statistics: February - wheat shipments: New Tork, l.llt.m bushels. 171,177; Port land, iti.Tli bushels. $490.739 : Phila delphia, 537,094 bushels, 1430,255; Puget souno, . tvo.TZB ousneis, S50,43l; ual veston. 191.04 bushels. 1291,150. Eight months to March 1: Nsw Tork, 11.929.77 bushels, tll,l,059; Galves ton. 13.5H.755 bushels, 19,507.146; Phil adelpbla, 5,911.459. bushels. 14.101.034; Portland, 1,121.111 bushels, 11.(11,220; New Orleans, 4, 997iU bushels. 13,151.154;, Puget sound, 4.135,130 bushels. 33,391,309. The total value of all kinds of bread stuffs exported from the United States during February la fixed at I14,09.(4, while ths total value of all kinds of hreadstuf fs ' exported from the statss during the eight months with the last of February is placed at 1111.110,114, .. member of the ball and chain gang and Is considered one of the most dangerous prisoners. He led the jail delivery which was attempted at the county Jail several months ago, .. n Another of the strike leaders Is Fred Nelson, who was sent to Kelly Butte for 170 dsya for larceny. Nelson Is also a member of the ball and chain gang. Both men will be confined In the dun geon for a week In an effort to break up the- strike. - . With the. exception of the one meal Which the prisoner got by subterfuge, the men have lived on bread and water since the strike began. Thsy are not allowed to have tobacco and no passes will he Issued to the institution .until after the strike I settled. t t HERE IS THE REAL STANFORD WH1TE f00DS AWD I I SLIDES HALT 1 S. P. TRAINS . . . .1 LAST PHOTOGRAPH OF,' THE FAMOUS ARCHITECT,, TAKEN IVST, v union TOr.iAKE BRICK CHEAPER By Operating Brick Yards Will Effect Great . Reduction ' In Cost of Materials '. for building of Bay City. f Up. San Francisco, March 20. Bricklayers of Ban Francisco will manufacture brick and reduce the cost of .that material to the figure at which it sold prior to April 11. 1905. and possibly .less. Brlck laysrs' union No. 7. at a meeting held laat evening, decided to acquire a site for a brickyard and manufacture . Its own brick snd dsltver it In San Fran eleco at a figure which will greatly en oourage owners and contractors and re duce the cost of permanent structures to the minimum, thus aiding materially In the rebuilding of Ban Francisco. . : The union has received sssuranees of capital from 1200.0.0 te 1600.000 tor the purpose of acquiring a flrst-claaa plant wun a capacity or 1,000.000 bricks a week to start with, and room for In creaee to meet- future requirements. Practical- and experienced brlckmakera. members of the union, have volunteered to lend- their best efforts toward mak ing ths proposed enterprise a success and credit to the craft. - The aaauranoe -has also been received from the International organisation that every union of the craft throughout the United SUtes snd Canada and their 110.000 members will aid with liberal subscriptions to rehabilitate Ban Fran- elsoo, .. - ...... - - - It waa stated that the price of brleks has been advanced from 110 to 115 a thousand since last Msy. and that brick can be delivered in Ban Francisco at II a thousand. Kl LLEDWH - ("pedal Dtepatrh te Tee Jearsal.) Bandon, Or., March 10. C. T. Allen of San Francisco waa shot and killed last night by William D. Clark, night- watchman at the Hotel Oalller. Allen was formerly employed at Bandon. . Allen waa Intoxicated laat night when he arrived on thr stage from Dalryvtlle. He went to the hotel and aaked for a room. The hotel was crowded and Allen waa shown to the annex. He was dis satisfied with the accommodations la . i' . -V; . ' . ' DEITRICH IVIflS BEATTY'S PLACE Solicitor, for Short Line in Idaho Appointed bv President to V ; , cancy . 'Idaho. on Federal ' Benclr li (Jearsal Special Service.) Washington, March - 19.- President Roosevelt thlSV afternoon . announced that he har appointed Frank 8. Deltrlch of : Pocatello, Idaho, to be federal Judge for ths district ' of Idsho ' to succeed Judge James H. Beatty, - who recently retired, after ' a long incumbency. The appointee la one of the leading lawyers of Idaho and has for several years been the chief solicitor for Idsho of ths Oregon Short Line. He hss slso been a power In. Republican councils, though never an aspirant for office on his own account, nor personally active In the actual conduct of bis party's campaigns. .The relations between him and James H. Brady, for two years secratsry and two year chairman of the Idaho . Republican - state central committee, have been very close, legally and politically. r - . Deltrlch Is known as an able advocate and an uncommonly resourceful corpor ation lawyer. Deltiiuh's chief opponent for the pres ent appointment was Judge Jsmes F. Allshle of Orsngevllle, Idaho, now chief Justice of the supreme court of his own statei who had to meet an oppo sition based on the allegation that he was affected toward" the smelter trust and would be an ally "on the bench of that Intereat. in Its north Idaho opera tions. . This charge, however, was not oonsldered well founded. - a- ILEHU NTING VIGTI M the annet and abused Landlord Oalller. -Oalller left Allen at a room In the an nex, but Allen aoon appeared with a .ll-eallber Colta automatlo revolver In hla hand looking for Oalller.' He treated the guests in the office to a round curs ing. ' . Clark, the watchman, who waa In the office, saw Oalller down" the street with a ' lantsrtt In hand, -and told Allen he would go and gat Oalller. Clark met Oalller and the two started to return to the heteL Alton shot through the office 0 BEFORE .HIS TRAGIC DEATH. ELEVEN THOUSAND I Ellis : Island. ' Receiving Station for ' Foreigners," Is '.Crowded and Immigrants, Are Held on ShipsMany Come West. Ueemal Sserial SrrW.t , New Tork, -March St. -The number of, immigrants, now ' arriving at this port from Europe Is remarkable. ' Im migration Commissioner Watchorn says there will be a reoord-breaklng Influx of foreigners this year. The Inoomlng stream of aliens will net abate until May at least. ".:.' aJlls Island, : where the Immigrants are taken for Inspection before being allowed to land, is filled to overflow ing.- Several steamships which ar rived yesterday bad to hold their pas sengers aboard, aa there was not room for them at - ths Island station. . Altogether, 11,000 immigrants are awaiting release. . Reports about the prosperity of this country, the wages patd and the need of workmen are drawing' these people te the United 8tatea. Immigration In spectors are examining and landing about 1,000 foreigners a day, many thousands of whom do not enter New Tork, but are taken from Ellis Island by steamboats to the railway stations and go direct to ths west or south. - No Decision la Moyer Motion. ' (Speetal tnspatek te The Jnarsal.) Poise, Idsho, March 10. The motion for a change of venue In the Moyer-Hayweod-Pettlbone ease aa Caldwell is still being ergued. It Is expected s te guments will close today. - wtndor,- but the bullet did no harm He then opened the door and stood waiting with his revolver In hand. - - Clark then ahot tales, one of the bul lets passing through Allen's heart He waa killed Instantly. The coroner Is holding an Inqueat thla afternoon. - Allen waa interested in the Union Lumber' company of San Francisco. Ha Is survived by sn Invalfd wife and eon. He waa (I years old snd a popular mem ber of the Masonle and Odd Fellows' orders. , , . . , ' . v ' r i nri nnii to 1 11T llUnfllllOWflll Passenger Cars Have Narrow Escape :AH Southern Oregon Is Soaked by Downpour Freight Train Strikes Slide and Fireman Lost -Another Train in Sacramento Canyon Starts - Avalanche Down . the Moun tainside Upon It. ,; ' Telegraphic' . communication between Portland and San Francisco is out off. many slides and washouts have para lysed railroad train service on . the Southern , Psclfio, and conditions are the most serious in the reoent history of ths road. A number of train wrecks have occurred in the laat 24 hours as a consequence and enginemen have been killed. - Fearful rain storms havs flooded Cal ifornia and southern Oregon, and the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers are out of their banks. Advices from Ashland say ths rsln storm that has been raging - there for three days continued last night. Ths preolpltaiton. In- the- last three days reached the unparalleled stage - of 1.07 Inches. Traffic on the Southern Pa olflo south of Aahland has . ceased be eauss of slides and washouts, ' . . . ' ' Fireman Za Browsed, ,'; .1 "'A freight train ran Into a big elide last night at 61ms station and wss badly wrecked. . The locomotive plunged into the Sacramento river. Fireman Olmsted went down with the engine, and hla body was carried away by the raging torrent and has not yst been found. Engineer Jsmes Dickey Jumped (Continued on Page Two.) ROAD Lumbermen on Falls City and Western Say . They jfere Not Apprised ot Hearing by, : Commission and Complain Bitterly .. . ' One of the first decisions rendered by the Oregon railway commission grants sn increase of freight rates for the Falls City A Western railway, a road owned by H. L. Plttock. F. W. Lead better and la, Ger'.lnger. operating be tween Palls City and Dallas. Strenu ous objection Is being made by shippers. Belcher A Stlne, owners ot a- lumber mill near Falls City, today entered a formal protect and naked the commis sion for a rehearing. Some days ago the railway commis sioners made publlo its decision in the case of the Salem. Falls City A West ern Railroad company. The Investiga tion and hearing waa held In Dallaa last Saturday. The decision of the commis sioners reads thus: "There being no remonstrance against the rate being Increased, although the hearing had been advertised In the local papers and It appearing from he sworn statements of the general , manager of the railroad company and the reports Of the company Introduced In evidence that the earnings of the oompany went not excessive, the prayer of the petitioner waa granted and leave given to inorease the rate as requested. . j : 'Heavy Tax Is Tjaoreassd. ' ' : J The effect of the decision is to In- j crease the burden of the lumber mill AFTER 17 YEARS THE RECORD OF DIVORCE Divorced for IT years without having the decree entered upon the Journals of the court Hilda A. Tubbs-Knlght appesred by attorney before the state Circuit court today and asked that such an entry he made. In. her motion for an order today asking that a record be made of her ease, Mrs. Tubbs, or Miss Knight, ss she Is now known, alleged that Wie oversight was dus to the negligence ef the clerk of the court An exsmtnstlon of the court flee to day showed that a comt.lun h. hn filed by Mrs Tubtm. f f ' ! . i which she slltr.-.l r Tonay A. Tubha, ' thai be de.rt'l 1- r Further files i . - , aSgsnnssasnnujgsMsjnBgssnsa, , Jerome Requests Court to Examine Mental Condition of Thaw at Present Time Prosecutor Proposes ; That In quiry Should Be Conducted . Under the - Court's Guidance ' nnrt Off a re All tha Information That He Possesses.-:-; -2... (Joaraal Special Servlee.) i ' New Tork. March 10. District At torney Jerome caused a sensation at noon today when he ' interrupted the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White and requested the court -to institute an inquiry . Into Thaw's present mental- condition. Jer ome proposed that the Inquiry should guidance, and offered Judge Fltagerald all the Information he possesses that would be likely to help at the Jrlai . Thaw pronounced Insane and committed to the asylum for the criminally insane at Matteawatu.. . , . . Alienist Tpon Stand. . Court was late In opening, aa Judge Fltagerald waa not so punotusl as us ual. . Evelyn Thaw, May MacKensle and. Mrs. Calne arrived earty at the court house and later Mrs. William Thaw ar rived. Delmas surprised all "by with drawing the letter that ha offered laat night and called Dr. Allan , McLane Hamilton who was the first witness Tr. ' Rvim tons- the mtmnA lata . TTa made the seventh alienist to testify that (Continued on Page Fifteen.) Industry along thla line about It per cent Formerly the ratea charged by the Falls City A Western were regard ed by mill men aa excessive and the new rate Inoreaaea the tax upon the shippers. . The old rates were: On kiln dried lumber, for the nine mile haul ' from Falls City to Dallas, 71 centa; on slsed lumber, 90 cents; on rough lum ber $i.o. x - - The railway commission abolished there ratea and substituted a flat rate of tl.OO for all kinds of lumber. The proportion of Increase on all lumber ratea is aa average of 11 cents. On local shipments between points on the line the rate la: minimum carload rate, 11.00 to 19.00. For less thsn oarlots; rough and sized, $1.10 to $1.90 per 1. 000 feet Carload rate, $1.10 to 11.50 per 1.000 feet. Logs, $t.o to $1.15 per 1,000 feet : , . - The rates on the Falls City A Weetern are alleged to be all out of proportion to the distance tariffs on other roads, and on the Southern Pacific. As sn In stance it la said the Curtis Lumber company at Mill City Is paying a per cent rate, of (0 centa, 10 centa, and 11.00, for the aama grades of lumber, for a $ mile haul on the Corvaliis A . (Continued on Pegs Two.) MRS. TUBBS' IS ENTERED the complaint waa filed by Tuhbs, hut that on December 10, 1190, Mrs. Tuhbs was given a decree of divorce snd her maiden name of Knight was reatore.1 te her. Ths names of John K. In iff. eeunty clerk, and J. W. Iwellen, dep uty, ap. ear on the enmplalnt (The tut ll sn unutial ens enl caused quite a little rnmment a I t ths courthouse. ftpei-nlatlon mi r - ss to whether Wre. Tubhs h s vnrced sll the time a luce t' . w.e granted t!r wht)ir : of Tubl... V t i f 't arr.vcl at A
