The Oregon daily journal., March 24, 1907, Image 1

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VOL. IV. NO. 2.
PORTLAND,, OREGON, SUNDAY -MORNING, MARCH 24, 1907.
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1ST HAVE
Executive Consents to
Enter Race Only in
IntfirW?; ! of Ratter
Government, i ..'
Mayor "" Harry Lane, In - r pott
le , the ' joint committee represent
ing; the ' Democratic organisations
of ' the elty. ; which ' called on him
some . days ago , - requesting ; hi
decision regarding hta candidacy for re-'
election aa mayor, haa announced hira-
re If aa a candidate. In ' a letter ad-
dressed to Oeorge H. Thomas, chairman
of the Democratic county central oom
mlttee, he atatea hie Intention to bo a
candidate ag-aln led by the argument of
me rrienas tnai i: ia nia duty to suomit
to the rote of the people, of Portland
the methoda and plana of admtnlstra-
tion commenced and followed for the
pant two year. - In bla letter he atatea
that ho muet be unfettered to follow
, tboae principles which in hi a Judgment
are necessary to secure the beat gov-
erniuvni lur 111 in. muuir. nil mtiim
Is .that "he who serves the people best
serves- his. party - beet.H -The- mayor"!
letter follows: ,.,., ! f -'
tetter of Acceptance. :' .
' "Portland. Oregon. March It, 1107.
"To George H. Thomaa Esq., chairman
Democratic - county committee, and
othera; ,
"Gentlemen In response to your re-
queat -that-1 announce, myself aa
candidate for mayor at the coming sleo-
tion, my reply to whloh haa been de
layed for some days by Illness, I beg to
say that I hare not at any. time felt
any desire or had any wish to enter the
rare for the office again. . '
"In fact, aa some of yonr committee
know, I bad decided not to do so. But
It haa been urged upon me that It was
y doty to submit to the people of this
city ror tneir approval or disapproval
the methoda and principles of municipal
admlnlatratlon whloh I have attempted
to apply during the past two -Tears. ' I
believe It la right that they ahould hare
a fair opportunity to decide this ques
tion, and, therefore, with much relue
tanoe of a personal nature only, I will
consent to enter the race again, provided
t can be accepted ss a candidate at the
hands of my party, with my hands left
free to secure, aa far aa In me lies, the
beat government for the people of this
aa a vhala la nrtmr,tm
or alt interests whatsoever.
To Verve people Only,
"I would expect to be allowed to go
before the electorate on the broad la
sue that the rights of the whole peo
ple are first to be considered in all
matters pertaining to municipal affaire;
and that any administration which falls
short of doing Ita full duty in, this
vital respect. Is unfaithful and culpable
to a dearee. If I enter the .campaign
I must go before the people as a whole
with unfettered hans.. pledging myself
do my full duty by them, unawayed by
motives of private friendship or' par
tisan aavaniage. i must go inio in
campaign asking them to placs the large
mffmt t-a nt ,ha aftv ta h.ndl ttm
(Continued on Page Ten.)
STORM COSTLY;
olden Stats Suffers -. Heavily
From Wind and Rain- Prune
Crop. Destroyed Cities Inun
dated. -. '- ' -,:' f.'.---
TO
CALIFORNIA
(Hesnt Mews by bengert Leased Wire.) '
Ssn , Francisco, March J. The fol-
owlng la a summary of the damage re-
ultlng from the storm today: -
Shipping In ths bay Buffer In terriflo
outhwest gale.
City streets and sewer damaged by
lood water.
San rranclsro. for 11 hours, cut Off
rom the outside world. ' ' v
Redding In ths grip of the heaviest
torm of the season. ' x
Half of Santa Clara county prune
rop destroyed by rain.
Fearful rain, wind and enow storms
Id. to distress In Yuka river valley.
Rescue psrty reaches marooned poo
le at Orovllle, but Is unable to, return.
Weakened levees threaten dlaaster to
ashlngton, acros the rlvsr from Sao
men to. ' ' .
Marysvllle receives the first mall In
week' Floods are subsiding there. -Cloudburst
strikes Vallejn, and Napa
reels are under water.
Creeks running through Ban Jose are
) to ths bridges shd the street are
oVd.
lorecant: Continued showers.
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..- ' X'-. i ' '-Dr. Harry XAnt. ' ' s -'
SAWMILLS OPEN TOMORROW
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So Says Poulsen for the Millowners K W.
v- Yi. urganizer is t tquauy : xenain ,
There Will Be No Urewa , '
IS CROSS OF
TURKEYCOCK
Burton Flays' Roose
velt as Consummate
Hypocrite Attached to
the Sugar Trust;
No Man Nor Method Too Bad to
Be Put Aside by President If It
Would Help Him No Crime
Too Black to Deter Him If It
Ministered to His Ambition. ;
(Pabnabers Ftess by ftUl Leased Wtre.
Abilene. Kan March, llv Joseph
Ralph Burton. ex-United Btatee sena
tor, who was released from prison ' at
Ironton, Missouri. Friday, delivered an
address here tonight to bis friend at
his home town. In the opera houee,
which he hired. The speech was a bit
ter attack - on President Roosevelt,
whom he blamed for all what he term
prosecution. . Burton reviewed the ease
In which he was charged with practic
ing before the poatoffloe department
while United States senator, and ad
mitted he accepted the money, but aald
the government was not defrauded; that
he was not connected with his client
when the fraud order was Issued.
Burton cited Instances' where sena
tors and congressmen practiced before
the federal departments. . H ssld he
did not Intend to violate the statute,
whloh at the time of hta Indlotment not
a single senator or representative knew
of Ita existence. ' A' . '- 1 -
4, .. Ttotlm ot -aTara TraaV
: 1 "
After a three weeks shutdown en o
eotint ot the 'Strike, all the' Portland
sawmill will resume operations tomor
row morning, "j Such was the ' positive
statement laat night by Johan-Poulsen,
partner tn . the Inman-Pouleen . L'umber
company and the authorised publicity
agent of the Portland mill owner. .. t
"All the mills are expected to start
up with a full day shift." said Mr. Poul
sen. "But we bave decided that It will
be better to run only In the day time
for some time to come. Tha,t. of course,
will prevent the output from being as
targe as II was prevloua to the strike
and It will also obviate the necessity of
employing aa many men. Instead ot
having tot men' In our plant, for example,
we will have only about ISO." . v.: v
V Q So taper ate.
As to Just where the Be men for ths
Inman-Poulsen mill and the- tot or 700
tor the day ahlfts ef the other mill are
to come from, - Mr. Poulsen declined to
eay. He declared, however, that the men
would ' be forthcoming, and . moreover,
that It would not be necessary to Import
tbem -from other town. He said that
the mills plan to make deliveries of lum
ber promptly and under-the same con
dition aa they were made before the
atrtke. , . .. . j
If, - however, there become evident a
disinclination on the part of union team
stars to haul the lumber or en the part
of union carpenters or ether artisans to
uae It . the deliveries would atop until
such time a thla difficulty could be
obviated without Inconvenience. , ' t
Fred W. Healewood,: member, ef the
general executive board of the Indus
trial - Workers - ef the World, who te
chairman of the strike committee, 1 aa
f" t .--..' -f . ' i," ' ' ., ' i. '.
positive that the mill will hot start a
Mr." Poulsen is that thsy wilt ' V ' "
Not on of our men ha deserted."
said Heslewood Ust night, "and there
Is' not a algn of weakening among tbem.
Moreover, every roan - the mlllowners
have Imported ha been wen ever to
our cause. ' The mills might put some
smoke - through -their smokestack as
bluff, but they won't make any lumber,
because they can't get the men. The
newspaper talk' about our quitting 1
absurd. .. - '
W hare hardly begun to make our
fight- Tomorrow we will begin harder
than ever,-16 . keep- the mill tied up.
More organisers are oa their way here
and. more 1 financial assistance Is ' com
ing. Beginning tomorrow night we will
hold street meeting and will bave ban
ners carried about the streets to 1st
the people know about .our fight and
that we are not quitting. Even If the
mill do get a few men we will take
tbem away from them. There won't
be any sawmills running In this town
until tht man are promised horter
hour find a minimum of I1-S0 a 'day."
Striker te Attend Funeral.
This ' afternoon at t:t0 o'clock the
striker wlU hold a mass meeting at
Arton hall. 8oond and Oak streeta.
Vincent Harper of Seattle will be the
principal speaker. James Kelly waa
arrested last ntght for violating a city
ordinance In distributing handbill for
this meeting. . .
Tomorrow the strikers will turn out
In a- body to attend the funeral of an
Infant child of Mrs. York, on of the
women who walked out with the rest
of the employe of the Union Box and
liumber company. i. '. - -.
Continuing he aald: "I was con
victed by the press ef bribery and
fraud. I was convicted, by the court
jwlth misconstruing a rtatute. I w
gulUy ot nothing. My Only offense -- as
that I had offended the head bf "po
litical i community of Interests.' The
president and the most powerful mem
ber of the "commercial community ef
interests'- the sugar trust. I violated
no Isws. ' Shortly after I had been In
dicted, before my trial. I aaked Presi
dent ' Roosevelt wny ne proceeaea
against me In St. Louis and he evaded
the Question with a falsohcod. - He did
not know. - ' -
"M conviction had te be secured at
eome place where suspicion -would serve
the claoe or law end evioence; oyiwnion
the power of the president eouM be
msde erreetive: oy wnicn witnesses,
nroseoutlng officers end' Judge would
be epeclally responsive to proepeotluel
rewards and puirlshmenta,. and elewury
mucn issr, pom piaee wnesw-vny con
viction eosJd be bought kfi man who
had . the Mice seeewy Kvery witness
whe testified' to snythlng sgslnst me
either has been promoted In of floe or
received Immunity from punishment by
the president'- Every official who had
anything to do with my case, with one
exception, ha been promoted by the
president''
j Boewevolt I Blamed. ' '
"When my ease was brought before
the supreme court last year, Justloe
Harlan handed down an . opinion or a
majority, of -the Justices against me.
Shortly thereafter hi son Jam waa
appointed en the ' Interstate commerce
commission. ; I have been frequently
aaked who It was that Inspired this
unjust and cruel persecution against
me. I have not made any public an
swer to this question. I do It now. It
waa President Roosevelt : , ' '
Burton then detailed the alleged In
fluence of the "sugar trust" exerted oa
the president. Ellhu Root and Attorney-
- (Continued on Pare Ten.)
SHOT BY H ER OWN TRAPGU N
Mrs. Lundeen Receives In Her Face the Load of Rice Intended
for the Raider of Her" Chicken' Roost---Husband Is Held ;
"; V:-' In CityJail to Await Outcome of Injuries. :r,
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' Standing within a few feet ef the
munis of a double-barreled trap shot
gun, the trigger of which was worked
automatically with alectrto wires, Mrs.
Emma Lundeen was ahot In ths face
at o'clock last night ' The gun had
been heavily loaded - with rice and set
facing ths door of ths nsrrow chicken
cop at the rear ef the Phoenix hotel.
Fourteenth and Savior streeta, where It
was intended to atop any further theft
by marauder who had been stealing
fryp from the roost for several months.
The Injured - women - waa taken te
Oood Samaritan hospital in the ambu
lance. Her eyes were unharmed, and
the flesh-wounds In her face are not
oonsidared ssriou.
- Mrs. Lundsen and her husband. CL 3.
Lundeen, a carpenter, in the employ of
the O. W. P. company, have room a at
the hotel. Mrs. Lundeen haa besn conr
ducting a small poultry farm In the
back ysrd where she has kept 'several
dosen chickens. Three different nights
during the past few " week ' midnight
prowler have stolen SI hen from her.
After the Ust thsft. which occurred a
few night ago, she determined to place
a damper en the operation and at her
suggestion" her - husband arranged the
trsp gun.
. Blectrle Bell Attached,' s
' Lundeen . set the . double-barreled
weapon on a frame facing the door.
Then . he made wire connection from
the door to an electric bell In his sleep
ing apartments, and the electric wires
which controlled the trigger of the gun
were also connected with the door. Con
nections . wsrs so made that when the
door, which elides upward, was raised a
foot or eo, the bell would ring In the
house.- Elevated high 'enough te admit
a man's body, the connection with the
trigger would be completed and the gun
exploded.
Lundsen forgot to close the door lest
night, and efter he had left the hotel
his wife went to .the eoop tot that pur-
iContlnued
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Pase klsaaO
PREFERS PRISON
TO POOR HOUSE
Harrlman Thinks Cullom Wants
; to Send Him to Stay With
- County. Charges but He Had
Rather Co to Penitentiary.' '
(PnMliaerV press sy Special teased ' Wlr.
New York. March II. E. H. Harrl
man. answering Senator Cullom'a opin
ion that he ought to be In prison, de
clared tonight that he would prefer the
penitentiary to the poorhouse.. If forced
to- a choice because of the management
of hi great railroad Interest. Hani
man oommented on Senator Cullom'
plan te regulate Harrlman' Chicago A
Alton road bitterly, lie saio:
. "Eight year ago w found a great
road In Cullom great stats in a mori
bund condition. We bought It; Infused
our millions and ths llfs ot a dynamic
system Into It Our reward for building
up the line has been ths condemnation
of men like Senator Cullom. .
"If we bad remained, aa he think
w ahould have done. Inert and Indiffer
ent our atock would have shrunk 10
per cent. On the contrary, we extended
the road, perfected Its ramifications end
supplied ths state with another tlmulu
for Its ctlvlty. . .
- "I think Cullom Intend to send me
to the poorhouse. If he le quoted cor
rectly, rather ths to the penitentiary,
but I would prefer the prlaon to the
pauper borne. -
"However, there Is not any likelihood
at tor aoine? te either plac."
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