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VOL. VI. NO. 19.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 87, 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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GRAND JURY
lOWPHIIIG
GAS BRIBES
Supervisors Took the
. Money . for Making
Higher Rate Effective
to Gas Consumers--
f ' ;--:- : - -
More Than One Man of High
, Position' In Grave Anxiety as
' Result of Heney's Relentless
r" Inquiry W. B. Bourn, Mil
lionaire', Now Involved.
- -Uearoal Special Service.) . '
Baa Francisco, March 17. There' la
grave anxiety In tb taeart of mora than
oBe man of high posltloa In Ban Fran
ctaco today aa the relentleaa probe of
lleney and Burna goes deeper Into the
Kraft crankera .that are eating at the
rltale of tbe city. Those whd are "high
up" no longer reet lu eacurtty with ttia
feeling that the a mail thieves they have
used will not betray them. Each day
witnesses who have a close and intimate
knowledge of the bribery ' grow more
r willing to tell their atorles to the grand
jury ana nry. ;
'- ' ' After oea Company. ... .
xhe grand Jury today began the ln
: veatlgstlon ef the bribery of the au
pervlaors by the aa company. Super
visor Gallagher. confeased that na pain
' the members of the board $70 each to
vote for la, cent gea Instead of ft cent
gaa. to. which they were pledged. ' Oe
lagber' got tbe money from Abe Ruef
. and tbe grand Jury thinks It can bow
answer the question, who gave . ' the
money to Ruef
A confession has been made to the
graft proaacutora revealing the name
of the go-between who bandied tbe oor
' ruptlon fund of the gag trust Uia In
dictment by the grand Jury la certain.
- But beyond and above the go-between
'are men "of wealth and prominence
Whom the Inveatlgators are reaching for.
Moat nrerolnent of these Is William B.
- Bourn, millionaire club man and former
prealdent of the Ban Francisco das
kUectrlo company. Bourn's namal haa
been brought to the surfaco agalnxand
' again by the men who are delving Into
the .depths of the gaa trust bribery.
Ha la one of the olgheet up whom the
prosecutors are after. It la frankly ad
mitted by tbe Inveatlgators that no evi
dence haa yet been secured connecting
Bourn directly with the bribery of tbe
supervisors. Bourn and Bchmlts are
good,' friend a.
f : ': '.- After Those WOgbw Tjn.
.. Over half a dosen wltnessea have been
examined by the grand Jury, the ma
jority of them coming from Oakland,
to throw light on the distribution of
the 1100,000 that the, Home Telephone
. . company brought . up from ' Los Aa
(Continued en Page Two.)
REFUSES 12,000
SILVER DOLLARS
Rrst National Bank Declines a
Big Deposit of Collector of
Customs Because It Has to
v Pay Freight to Sub-Treasury.
" The First National bank yesterday re
' fused to accept some 111.000 In silver
from the collector of customs of this
port for dsposlt on the ground that It
haa already all the silver It eaa handle,
end that It ooata 14 to ship each 11.000
' to the subtreaeury at Ban Francisco.
' Chlaf Deputy Collector Pike has wired
' the department In Washington for In
structions aa to the disposition of the
coin. - An answer la expected this after-
' noon. ' ' "
Heretofore the collector of euatoms
forwarded hie collectiona direct to the
ubtreaaury, but . a few days ago In
structions ware received from the chief
' of tbe department to deposit the collec
tions in the national banks here. Mon
day about ' 110,000 waa collected and
about 111.000 of the money .turned over
to the bank, waa In silver. 'The gold
was' accepted hut the silver returned.
Prealdent A. I Mills of Jthe First Na
tlohal bank eays that the silver was re
fuaed on ths ground stated above, aa it
would be impossible to find space for It
In the bank vaulta at present. Ha ex
plains that enras years ago a law was
passed providing free transportation for
allver from the treasury but no provis
ion waa made for ita return. Hence It
e is up to eome one to pay the freight
In this Instance the bank does not feel
Inclined to do ,oo. . .
The average monthly collection by
the collector -of custom l 171.00. but
this month It is much In excess of that
mount because of ths csrgo of the
rrlntiil liner Arabia, which alone brings
more than 1100,000.
TRftlRlL
RliiiWUGH
Repairs onSouthern
Pacific Nearly. Done
and PassengersLong
Delayed Can Start
Harriman Line Officials Make
the Surprising Announcement
That Rule of Interstate Com
merce Commission Forbids
Sending People by Ogden. -
Contrary to all expects tlona, the
Southern Pacific company announced to
day that It will prebably be In shape to
carry passengers between Portland and
Baa Francisco tomorrow. One by one
the gape where waahouts and - elides
paralysed traffic have been closed up.
and tomorrow only one serious break
will remainthat at Castello. Tbe over
land trains will meet on each side ef
this washout and transfer passenger
and malL
The Castello washout is between 81ms
and Dunamuir. It Is not the worst on
ths line, but It wss the last one that
therepair- gang- coald-.reaehaftar.lhe
California, flood a auealded. Several nun
dttd feet of track' was carried out. to
gether with a bridge. The repair gangs
are now at work driving piling and con
structing a temporary treetle overne
break. It will be completed by Friday
of this week, end the company expects
to run ther Overland trains through be
tween - Portland : and Ban Francisco
without change on that date. No
through tickets will fee cold until the
local passenger department, la certain
that the train service can be given and
transfer made at Caatello. It 'Is ex
pected that . poaltive advices to -that
effect will be received tomorrow.'
' Ogden Boats Forbid dem. ' '
Aa amaalng statement has been made
by the passenger department of .the
Southern Pacific relative , to the appli
cation of an interstate commerce com
mission ruling on the carrying of pas
sengers by a rout different from thst
provided on the ticket In went of floods
and ether disasters. . . It is stated In
positive terms by the Southern Pacific
company that the commission' ruling
prevents ths, carrying of Portland-Ban
Franciaco paaaengera via Ogden.
For the flrat three daye efter the
floods put ths Southern Pacific com
pany out of commlsalon ' between Baa
Franelsoo and Portland, all passengers
with through tickets la their poesesslon
were carried without extra charge between-
Portland and Ban Franeteco, rta
the Ogden 'route, notwithstanding . tbe
fact that It la aeveral hundred mltoo
farther, and the - fare via Ogdea Is
tsf.10, aa agalnat 110 far on ths direct
line 'from Portland to Baa Francisco.
(Continued on Page Two.)
POLITICS Ofl 1
DUTY FORBIDDEN
City Employes Must Keep Their
Hands Off In th Approaching
, Municipal ' Struggle, , Decides
Civil Service Commission. 1
Policemen And flretnea moat not, un
der an order made by the olvll service
commission this morning,' sates so ao
tlvely Into the oomlng campaign aa to
neglect their dutlee. Under the char
ter no person may Use his authority to
Influence or coerce the political action
of any other, person or body, or to af
fect lor to Interfere with any nomina
tion, appointment or election to public
office. Thle prevision,, ao It was re
ported to tbe commission, haa bean vio
lated by member at the two depart,
menta, , ; ' .
The men may have ' been talking
while off duty,- said Commtsslonsr Blaln
wbsn the report earns up. "Is It with
in our power to suppress their speech
when they have ended -their days
WorkT
1 think not," said . Commissioner
Brewster. ;
That la my opinion," said Chairmen
Willis. "If the men talk politics and
neglect their duties we should dis
charge them." .
VI f city offlclala try to Influence their
employee It would be our bualneea to
enforce the provisions of ths charter,-
rejoined . Mr. Brewster. -We . . should
not have to turn detectives to discover
a crime. That work belongs to tbe po
lice. Dirty politics would not be prac
ticed by our two leading candidates for
lbs mayoralty,' meaning Mayor Lane
and City Auditor Devlin.
The commission decided that If there
are any flagrant violations of the char
ter ths offender wilt he dismissed from
tbe service at enoe. . .
VICTIM OF
rOetW
SEiiTRIES III
BUILDING LOOBY
Detectives on Duty Day and
NTgrrtat"Entrance 61 Lumber
Exchange -Watching for
Some One to Enter or Leave.
For aeven daye and nights 'two men in
relays have stood sentinel In ths lobby
of th Lumbermen's Exchange building,
and closely acrutlnlsed th facea . of
very person who entered or left the
building. The myatery at laat got upon
the nervea of the tenants, add today one
of the owners, T. Scott Brooke, de
manded an explanation. The roan oa
watch at th time of the Interview de
clined 'to state bis mission, but said It
was necessary that hs should wait there
for a certain person to eome to, the
building. Ha was allowed to remain. 1 1
Aaked what the nature of hla secret
waa, ha replied that It was a business
matter,, and that It could not be. told
without thwarting - the purpoa " for
which th vigil Is -being kept up. lie
said there waa no woman in ths case.
He admitted that he Is connected with
ths A. P. Brown detective agency.' Hs
Is a tall, slender men. and wears speo
taiss, through which hs fixes a piercing
gase upon everyone that comes through
ths main doora.. He goee oa duty at
T:l a- m., and la relieved about aa hour
by a shorter man. who stays on' watch
while ths slim one. goes to breakfast
At the noon hour the shorter man comas
back and " relieves -hie companion for
luncheon. The vigil ends about I o'clock
p. av for the day.
In converaation this morning with T.
Scott Brooke, the detective stated that
th tenants of ths building need feel
ao alarm, aa the person for whom he la
waiting la not quartered la th build
ing, and that hi business Is aot of
special concern to anyone employed la
the atruetura, .
PORTLAND MAN PRESIDES
AT KANSAS CONFERENCE
Emporia. Ken. March IT. The annual
meeting of tbe southeastern . Kansas
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
chyrch began here today with aa at
tendance ef about 110 minister and a
number of other visitor, Bishop David
H. Moore, of Portland. Oregon, la the
preeidlag officer. A number of promi
nent divine will be heard during th
sessions, which are to last four daye. .
Oregon's Most
Beautiful Women
TS your sweetheart
A - in the world 7 If yours, isn t, then
some other fellow's sweetheart is. We
believe she lives in Oregon. Help us
' Send her picture to'thej Beauty Lditor
of the Journal, to take part in the Great
Beauty Contest.
We have undertaken to prove to the
world that its most beautiful woman lives
in Oregon. ,,!-'.-.:.'
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,vl830ER-YEARllLUd
GERMANY SEEKS
SLICE OF PERSIA
American Diplomat Leaves jto
; Inspect Bagdad Railroad and
Report on Kaiser's Political
:-. Activity. ': : y
(Joarnal Iprrlal srrtea. '
Constantinople, March 17. Under ln
etructlone from 'Washington, P. A. Jay,
secretary of tbe American embassy, will
leave soon for Bagdad, la Aalatlo Tar
key, to lnapect the Bagdad railway,
which wee aealgned to connect the Med
iterranean aea with the Persian gulf.
: The .work Is being done by th Ger
mans. Jay will Inspect the rood and
report on the kaiser's political activity
to Waahlngton. .
' London. March 17. It Is believed hare
that Oermanya deelgna'bn the Persian
gulf through the Bagdad railway will
aoon threaten the world's peace, and
that Jay's mission Is more Important
than one of Inspection. It Is thou'ght
that ths president wants Information at
first hand of ths progress of event
which promise to become of vital Impor
tance. ..'.......
LARGER COURT ROOM
; FOR THE M OYER CASE
Boise, ' Ida- March IT. An effort I
being-made to eecure the courtroom In
the federal building In which to try the
Mover. Haywood end Pettlbone esses.
Ths oounty courthouse Is too small to
accommodate th large attendance that
la certain.
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the v prettiest woman i
AND SCENE OF
INGS
Mrs. Phillips, Divorce Plaintiff,
Testifies That She Had to.
; Spray Fruit Trees and Plow
the Ground.
Mra. Elisabeth T. Phnilp ' teatlflad
this morning In her ault for divorce
from Charlee J. PhlUlpa that ahe sawed.
cut and spilt a carload of wood, when
ah waa . living with ' bar , husband on
their farm at Th . Dallea, adding that
It seemed es If It took 10 years to com
plete ths taak. Mrs.' Philllpe testified
further that shs had dons most of ths
work to support ths family and that
Phillips has not earned more than f 10
In 1 years. t . .
Ths ooupl were married at Spring
field. Illinois, April 11, 1814, and moved
tor The Dalles) teo years later. . From
that time on Philllpe waa aasoctated In
business with his brothers. They con
tinued to live In harmony for several
years, according to Mra. Phillips, wbsn
th husband bagan accusing her of in
fidelity. From that time on th family
waa In poverty and living unhappily, so
Mrs.. Phillips testified, but trylna- to
keep up a eemblanoe of happiness for
the benefit of ths outside world. ..
, ' Kezaoved to Pertlaad. ;.
Latter Mrs. Phillip and her husband's
brother, R. B. Phillips, cam to Portland
to live with th defendant daughter,
Mr. Husbands. About tbls Urns, from
Mra. Phillips' testimony.- bsr husband
became auspicious and made hla accusa
tions. i
The attorneys had a , stormy session
In oourt this morning In which Judge
Fraser refused to allow ths lawysrs In
the case to examine the witnesses on
ths few facta set forth In the com
plaint - 'judge Fraser demanded that
ths case be thrown wide open and all
the facts introduced, threatening to con
tinue th trial to a future date unless
ths attomeya agreed to examine along
these lines. As a result the plaintiff
filed an amendment to the original com
plaint. In which sh asked fot tha di
vorce on the ground of eruel and Inhu
man treatment, by a ayatematlo series
of cruel and false accusations.
Flowed aad preyed, '
The defense took exception to th
action of th plaintiff and to all th
testimony which may eome up ander
the new ruling. '' '
Mr. Phillip waa th only witness
examined tbto- morning end- testified that
ahe had harnessed the horse, sprayed
th fruit trees, helped build the fences,
plowed and did many 'other thlnge eup
poeed to he man' work, while, as ahe
stated. Pnllllpe simply puttered around.
When aaked by Attorney J. J.- John
eon, Philllpe' ' attorney, whether shs
Bed brought keepeskes to her husband
when ahe returned from a trip to the
city, ehe eald ehe bad brought him
socks, rubber boots end a few other
articles of wear. Mrs. Phillips said that
aha had done her share of the work
and her huaband'e too, and that aha had
no words with which shs could express
herself la telling what kind of man ber
husband was.
Mra. Philllpe testified thef when ehe
was about to bring her dlvoree pro
ceedings, Philllpe said: -Well, he
(meenlng R. B. Phillips) has money,
and If you' beat me In th divorce ease
I will kill you both."
- The couple had eight children horn
to them, on of whom died In Infancy,
while another la la the care of the ju
venile court.
ROBBERY
RUNNING
OUIETLY
Situation ; Is Little 'Changed
Though Strikers Claim to
Have Taken Many Men Away
From Operators!
The situation In th lumber mill la
little changed today. All the mill are
running and though the etrlkera claim
they have taken 40 men out of th
Eastern te Western, IS out of tbe Stand
ard and over id out of the Portland
during the paat 14 hours, the owners
deny this snd say, they are operating
tiafaotorliy. .
Several reports of assaults made oa
strike-breakers by union pickets have
corns In, but for ths beating of A. 8.
Smlt, an employe of , the Eastern A
Western, none have been authentically
confirmed. Though, there are policemen
and plain cloth"s detectives Jin. plenty
abont every mill, no arrests have yet
been msde. The pickets are still very
sctlve and seem confident of bringing
about another tleup. -
The fact that tbe mill owners, oa ac
count of ths . loss occasioned by the
strike, hve agreed to hold out for a
smal'er price on logs, has glvsn rise to
a report that th logger will refuse to
open their camps. Secretsry Farrall of
the Loggers' association said today that
a . deadlock between the mill ownera
and the loggere le wholly Improbable
and that a compromise will undoubtedly
be erreotea. Toe loggere' executive com
mittee is to - meet Saturday afternoon
and a committee of the mill owner will
prebably go Into conference with It at
that ' time with a view to -coming to
an amicable agreement. The mill own
er want the price of log reduced fl
per thousand feet.
LID CLOSED TIGHTLY IN
LOS ANGELES BY POLICE
Greatest Tenderloin Raid In His
tory of fcitjr Hundreds
Are Imprisoned. ,
IJearaal gpMlsl aerrle.t
Lo Angele. March IT. Following
rumor that - th police eommUalon
would put th lid down end make Lo
Angele tho moat tightly Closed plso In
ths west came the greatest tenderloin
raid last night In the olty'a history,
practically the whole . police force of
over 100 men taking part, and every
questionable place being "pulled."
Twenty-nv wagons were employed m
carrying women out of the disorderly
placea of th town to th central eta t Ion
aa faet a arrested and every house
which bad character are known to fre
quent le under close guard. Tbe clean
up, which was quietly begun shortly be
fore midnight, continued until daylight
Places supposed to be immune. If not
positively protected, were entered with
out wsrning snd scores of the Inmates
taken away and locked up. The new
Ballerlno "crib" district waa lnolu.lM
and every person was placed In Jnil
Nearly 109 are behind th bars, a l
charged with mtrinrv.
Mayor Hn-r ! 1 " n 1 ml
rtv. orders t t f " r i r
not one did"' 1 i it m r
looked or f ' ? I
mlU.l to e
WWIH
Mrs. N. W. Rountree Is
Victim of Thug While
Her Husband Is Away
From House I
Hard Fingers on Throat Render
; Her " Almost Speechless
Robber Hits Her With Pistol
but Gets Little for Daring Call
on Ella Street Home.
Take theas and go, or I'll scream for
help," aaid Mrs. Nell Rountree, as she
unscrewed her diamond earrings and"
handed them to a burglar , who stood'
over her bed. "
Mrs. Rountree Is th wlf of N. W.
Rountree, of the real estate firm of
Rountree 4c Diamond, 141 Stark etreet,
and after being robbed ehe waa brutally
choked and then a truck over the head
with th butt of a revolver by a bur
glar who broke Into the residence, 0
Ella street, at 1:10 o'clock last evening.
Bendered sT early gpeeohl .
Mrs. Rountree was th first society
editor of Th Journal, writing under
the pseudonym" of "limn .Alert." Bbe
lie at her home today In a semi-conscious
condition. Buffering lnteneely
from the wounds Inflicted upon her per--f
on. The left slds of her face Is .black
and swollen from the frightful ' blow
over the eye, and her throat la so badly
swollen that speech this morning was '
almost Impossible.
. Mr. Rountree left, hie residence In
compear with his son, Robert, early In
the evening. , He went to ths Alnsworth .
dock with ths latter,, who took passsgo
for Astoria on hla way to Nevada. Mr.
Rountree walked home from th dock,
reaching th hona about 1:4 o'clock.
-- Kashas Mada Wife. ;..
Mr. Rountree said aa soon aa he
opened ths front door and stepped Into
the hall hla attention was arrested by
a moaning sound. Hs listened a mo
ment and heard the eame peculiar
stifled cry. Intuitively be sprang up
ths stairs and found his wife Id th -back
bedroom, leaning out ths open win
dow. In her half-conscioua condition
she was attempting to cry an alarm to
the occupants in the residence of Philip
Feldman, who Uvea next door.
Mrs. Rountree' clothing waa covered
with blood, which waa streaming from
a Jagged wound over th left eye. la
the front bedroom, where-she had been
attacked, the bedclothlng waa covered
with blood and she hsd left a- bloody
trail through ths hsll and Into the room
Continued on Pag Two.)
THAW JURY OFF
UNTIL : MY
Lunacy Commission Holds Se
cret Session With Judge Fitz
geraldThaw Goes Back to '
Jail. . t.---: i
fjooraal peeiat tentre.)
New . York. March II Tbe Thaw
lunacy commission mst In court at 10:10
thla morning and were Invited Into
Justice Fltsgerald' chambers. The
Jury, lawyers-snd spectators) gathered
In the courtroom to await proceeaings.
It was - understood that Fltsgerald -
called the commissioner together pri
vately to give hem Instructions before
going--Into court. Tho Jury upon open-,
lng Of court was excused until Monday,
when If the commission haa not reported
they will be excused again.
At the conclualon of a conference be
tween the attomeya ' and th court.
Judge Fltsgerald adjourned th sesnlnn
until 11:10. Monday snd immediately re
tired to his chambers, whre me com
missioner awaited him. No announce
ment waa mad in court aa to the In-
tent Inns of tbe commission. Jerome
ssld he had no'ldea what the first novo
of ths comlmaalon would be. Counsel
for Thaw notlfled the court tnai jtari
Hdge would repreeent Thaw before the
commission.
. .Thaw was taken out of court hn
the Jury retired. Hla wife, mother an.1
Inter' remained during the conference
between the court and Ihe attorney,
talking In a low vol-e. kvelva h.!
signs of much weeping.
H'Brten. ths heed of t - l
mls.lin, we form'T' i
of the appellsf
York euprome r
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