The Saturday Journal Out-Circulates Any Other Issue of tho'.' Paper, -Circulation of That Day's Paper Avcrafihiy ovu'w,,, ; : - - Copies, Whiles That of the Other Jssu;s During March Was 28,050 Daily Average V 7p A Uule Ad to TOE J0UR11AL Journal Circulation Eringi Results. Costs Only One Cent a Word. , - ; " , Sunday H) r Tha Weather 8howers tonight ; and Tuesday; eoutherlr winds., . , VOL. VI. NO., 23. PORTLAND. OREGON. . MONDAY, EVENINO, APRIL M,K 1807. -SIXTEEN; PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. , ow T.rat a inrwe, 1ASDS. fIVi CI.! nlnlrnr uHUuL ur TWin IlFATHfJ .... . , ,. m , .u u h m m m m I IIU ULIIIIIU - r. noscoe jamesiMiisnis - aweeineari ana u,es : by Own Hand ; Soon Afterward: ; Utter to Grace Disney,. His Vic- .. ,tlm, Show Maddened Love : Girl Feared for Her. Life and Tried to Avoid Hie Persistent , -r- Attentions. ' ' ' . . . . . .. ' . .,., Crased by bla love for a 17. . year-old girl -and Insanely jeal- -d , e ous of the attention paid t her . , by other young .. men, Rosoo Jeoies, the SI-year-old eon of C. B. Jamea, aaperlntendent of the . etate penitentiary, made ood bis , 4 ' oft repeated threats ' and shot - 4 and killed Grace Disney shortly : 4 after H o'clock Jaxt Bight As h the yeans; airl sank to the side- ' walk, expiring'. Instaatlrv he, . turned the 'weapon on himself . and sent a ballet Into hie brain. " Jaraee died at, St. Vlnoenfs a 4 hospital, where Ua wss taken at a clock this mornlna, without retaining oonsolousneea. .The e , tragedy occurred on West Park , .street In the full glare of the e 4 Ktleetrlo Ughts between Mata and 4 Madison streets. -.,.. : ; . ' . ' 4 '' -y--'. 'v-e Boco ernes earrled out the threats he bad made both tn .letter and In per. sen to the girl he lored that he would end her life and his own, when he shot ; her In the back last ntght while she was being escorted to her hone, , 411 West Park etreet. by C. E. Powell. - - That the young fellow had brooded . over hla Imagined mistreatment until ' he had become erased with Jealousy is evidenced strongly In the letters he had i written her and In hla actlona when In her. presence. ... The young school girl feared .him. had so told her friends end mother, sad the latter .had cautioned her to bo careful and do nothing to arouse bla passioa until she could break away from hla persistent attentions. ' Persisted la Attentions. James became fascinated with- Grace Disney when- ho ' first met her Ave months ego at the , hotel la Holton which her mother conducted. After the building burned down James followed tho family to Portland and persisted In psying attention to the girl who was attending business college. He would wslt for her on, the street at noon when she went home to lunch and again at ntght when school wss dismissed snd . he forced himself In her company when, ever possible, although his attentions were given little encouragement Miss Disney wss visiting with her mother In Oakland a few months ago, when. she met a young newspaper man. He fell In love. with, her, and after she returned to Portland he wrote a very ardent letter to her. This letter was lying on the table when young Jamea called a few daye later. He opened it (Continued on Page Two.) MAFIA AFTER Stuart's Enforcement of Law In Little Italy Angers Unruly Ele tment, and Raid to Disarm Malcontents Js. Made on. ; Sheridan Street Saloon as a Result. V . V - Patrolman R. M. Stuart, Is said to have been marked ' for death at the hind of the Mafla that dread terrorist organisation composed of Italians and Sicilians, whose decree of extermination ; Invariably results In a funeral." Angered by the blueooat's vigilant petrel of the Latin quarter and hie strict enforcement 1 A th. It Km AMmfltl Miwwt. tt the sound! of II has decided that he must die., - So pronouneed has become the hostile attltade of the reeldents of Little Italy and so alarming have been the threats of astasstnaUon that tha polios officials are taking .every precaution to prevent trouble. Acting upon reports received that several Italians had armed them, selves with the Intention of attacking ; Stuart Captain of Police Slovefdetailed florgcant Cole and Patrolmen Kay. Klen lln, Roberta, Wade, Murphy, Wanleso and Stuart, to raid tha saloon at Fourth and Sheridan streets yesterday afternoon and search every one found In the place, Trie to side Oaa, Accordingly the posse swooped down on the resort shortly after 4 o'clock. ' The bar-room wae crowded to the doors and the entrance of the officers created consternation. . Jule . Pa trains waa caught In the act of seeretlng a re volver In the lavatory by Detective Kay snd promptly - placed under arrest Patralne, who waa In an ugly mood front ever Indulgence In , liquor, started to, re sist when retrolman Waulesa was tak SLAIN BY CRAZED YOUTH pmp Mtaa Grace Disney, From Picture Taken Three Years Ago. . TO3 KEEP EVELYN AWAY FROM JURY Jerome Resorts to Strategy to Prevent Thaw Jury From Be ing Influenced by Evelyn's Presence .In Courtroom. ' New Tork. April l. Just as Evelyn Thaw wee leaving the Tombs this af ternoon .- accompanying her husband from the court room,' deteotlvea from District Attorney Jerome's office served a subpoena a dob her.. . It la said that Jeromo has no intention Of calling her as a witness, but subpoened her for tho purpose of keeping her out of the court room... and .thus removing from the Jnry the Influence of her presence. When the Thsw Jury met todsy, the eourt- exeasedthent until .10:14 Thurs day morning. "It Is believed the lunacy commission will , report , before .. .that time. Justloe ntfemld will announce Thursday ' whether the trial will con tinue or Thaw trill go. to Matteawan. Jerome spent today putting Into shape the evidence put before the com mission to prove Thaw Insane. Thaw's attorneys , say they will not need to eel any alienists before the .commis sion and -axprese the opinion that the evidence .already given the commis sioners . Is sufficient to establish the mental atrength of their client. This morning's proceedings were nor mal. Thaw went Into eourt looking bright, and Justloe Fltsgerald excused the Jurors with the - usual admonitions. Thaw waa led from the eourt room to where Bvelyn. waa waiting and she re tained with htm over the Bridge of Sighs to the Tombs. It Is believed that It the trial Is re sumed Thursdsy the ease will be given to the Jury by Saturday night at the latest As Evelyn wss leaving ' the Tombs' she wae served by Jerome's detectives. Holbrook Pleads OuOtv. (Jeuiuet asecUl &. ) - " Chicago, April 1. r. A. Holbrook. In the federal court this morning, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy In re stralnt of trade. . Bentenoe was deferred. Holbrook was Indicted after the inves tigation of the furniture trust. - , 4 8tx Men' Are Killed. ' (Jonraal Rpeeuri Swrlee.) ' Port Worth, Texas, April 1. In a col lision of freight-trains six 'miles south Of bera this morning dt Is reported that alx men were, killed and. 10 cars burned. PATROLMAN ing htm front' the saloon, but was quick ly subdued.. . ... v . . J Angeles Leches, who was found to be armed with-a stiletto, ! was also taken. Into custody. The descent of the police on the saloon caused much excitement In tha district and from glowering looks of the Italians It waa evident that they were eager for trouble. On orders of Ssrgeant Dole. Patrolman. J. J. Murpby accompanied Stuart oh his rounds dur ing the remainder at - the watch,- as It waa feared some attempt would be mtde en the life of the poUoeman. . Stuart speatedly Warned. In discussing the matter. Patrolman Stuart stated yesterday that for the past month he has hoard that an at tempt would be made td slay him. - I am not afraid of a revolver,' aald the patrolman, "but it la the prospect of being cut to ribbons with a dirk that makes me anxious. The lawlesa element In Little Italy resent my action In mak ing them abide by the law and I have been warned repeatedly to look out for myself. The threats have become so ppen that I reported the matter to Cap tain Slover oa -several occasions. I do not Intend to be bluffed and will con tlnue to keep after them." . . . In the police eourt this morning 'Pa tralne was fined f 10 on a charge of ear rytng concealed weepons, snd the ease of Leschsa was continued for sentence. If the report of the decision of the Black Hand to take action Is to be cred ited. It Is thought that Patrolman Stu art ta In Imminent danger. DEATH PUTS END TO All ii W. Goode, President . of Consolidated Elec tric Company, Dies at Atlantic City, N. J. Overwork 'and- Constant Atten tion to Business . Causes Breakdown His Wife and Daughter at Bedside, but Young Son in Portland. H. W. Goods, president of tho Port land Railway. Light At Power oompany. died yesterday morning In the Windsor hotel at Atlantis City, New Jersey. He had been 111 about a week, with pneu monia, superinduced by Blight's disease and ether complications. Tha body will be taken tonight to Chicago, for burial. A telegram received by B.-O. Reed. secretary and treasurer of the Portland Railway, Light Power company, from C M. Clark of Philadelphia, head of th banking syndicate controlling- the een pany, oonveyed tha following Informa tion: , ,., "Will leave her at 1 o'clock Won. day for Chicago, where. tha burial will take place." ' Had Cold Whsa Left Sec. Mr. Goode left Portland March II for Philadelphia, to discuss oompany af fairs with the directors there. He was accompanied by hla daughter, Helen. and at Cblaro-; the .'Wars : Joined - by Mrs. uoode, who went oast with thsra. His" health waa broken by overwork and ha waa suffering with e severe eoid-atndr-aymptome of-lagrrppe-when I he started from the coast Tha Jour ney undoubtedly added to his ills, . by tho exposure Incidental to travel over, land. - i .- .- i ... When Mr. - Goode reached . Atlantic City he- grew rapidly worse. Physi cians ware called and everything thst medical science could summon was brought to succor him In the desperate fight for a 'continuation of - his Ufa Telegrams received Saturday tn Port land . indicated that ha would ' Pull through safely. But on Saturday night hla condition became decidedly worse. Sunday morning Mr.- Reed received a telegram from A. C- Bedford of New Tork, a member of tho company's executive committed, which read: "Mr. Goode passed away peacefully this morning." ; Bapld Bla ta Batatas. At the dying man's bedside were bis wife, his daughter Helen, his mother, Mrs. Tu B. Goods, and Mr. Bedford. His son. Henry, who had been left In Port land to pursue his studlea at Portland academy, was told Saturday for the first time of his father's Illness. The totally unexpected news of Mr. Goods'a death waa a shock to Portland business Interests and to the hundreds of people who personally knsw and admired him. He had been very high in the esteem of Portland. For soma yea re he had been regarded aa one of this community's foremost citizens. His enviable position here bed been won by personal ability, merit and bard work. In a career covering II years sines his coming to Oregon aa the westsrn agent (Continued on Page Two.) TRAMP IS " R 'S. Harrison, a new employe who waa sent out to bank the day's receipts of the 8kidmore Drug company and who disappeared, has turned. out to be John , Schuyler Randall Harrison, a scion of the aiistoeratlo Schuyler and Randell famlllea of Philadelphia, a millionaire tramp and an epllaptio peri patetlo, , . ' , . .: Harrison was arrested at ' Astoria and now lies in the oounty Jail charged with larceny by bailee. He declares that he , had no Intention of stealing the money, but that he wandered away while in en epileptic fit and while still In that condition waa robbed of all he had. - Richard Morwood McCann, the attor ney, haa Intereated himself In tha pris oner's behalf. Guided by references given by Harrison, he telegraphed east and learned that the vagrant's tale of himself and his antecedents wss a far too modast one. . Hs learned that the prisoner, with hla brother and father, are the sole heirs to ths eststs of Mlaa Elen Castle, of 41101 Poplar street Philadelphia, who recently died, leaving more than 10 buslnees blocks In the heart of tho Penasylvanla metropolla It Is thought likely that one of Harri son's rich relatives will come to Port lend to look after .the tramp member of the family.- , v All Over the World. . . Harrison Is a little, Wld-hesded man of about 40. He has tramped all over the United States snd In some foreign countries. He wss In South Africa dur ing tha Boar war and worked aa a la borer on one of the British railroads there. He came to Portland aa a harder In charge of a band of sheep oonslgned to the Union Meat companv by an eastern -. Oregon sheepman. He secured a Job with the Ckldmnra Drug company snd en Sfarch T Manacer Ralph Crrsler of that concern handed viVv - illinium 1 1 i." . .- sargw- ... . 4 ..Henry WaJtoa Good. .'' ' CniOFREIURfl E Dr. F, Burgette Short Advises Board ofthe TayTdr Street Church His Health Will Not Permit of Pulpit Work. . Dr. P, Burgette Short will not return to the pastorata of the 'Taylor street Methodist ohurch. . T. S. Mc Daniel, a member of the of ficial board of tho ohurch Is In re ceipt of a letter from Dr. Short who Is st present in San Jose, California, announcing that he will be unable to resums his work In Portland. In the letter, Dr. Short requests that the board of the church grant him a leave of absence until the annual meet- in c of the Oregon conference In October, and that the board tsks Immediate steps to secure a permanent pulpit sup ply In his stead. He also says that his physicians hav advised him' that hla health demands , absolute rest for several month a The matter oft grant in a- the leavs of absence to Dr. Short will coma before the board at the an nual meeting "tonight snd will no doubt be ected upon favorably. Three Tears la Portland.'' Dr. Short came to the Taylor 'street church Jest three yesrs sgo. He is an indefatigable worker., and as a result suffered a nervous breakdown laat Octo ber and wss granted a two months' leave by hla church. . He returned to hla former home In Delaware . where he hoped a few weeks' rest would re store his health. Dr.: Scott waa. one (Contlnned on" Page Two.) H El R TO Harrison, Epileptic In . Jail, a Member of Blue-Blooded Phil . , adelphia Family. ' him 1414.10 and told him to- take it to a bank and place It en deposit Har rison took the money, but be did not return, A day later he turned up at -eA4A S-r- J XU 8. IltrrUoo. 0 CHURCH HE Kr"'' '''''' - ' 'i- i '' ' f. ; V I ....... i V. :'. it I . s JZZf : . t -. J .... fv ','.'.-' t ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' : ' : '' ' ' t-1 "' - mi,'-, .-' -ssa rrrs Ill' III1 ' V; : . FRISCO LAUNDRY WORKERS-STRIKE Nine , Hundred Laundry Em- 7ployes Quit T WorkTBecause - Demand for Increased Wages Is Not Granted. V (Jeoraal Smelal Servtcal Ssn Francisco, April L A strike of all the laundry workers In the city, numbering 100, waa officially . declared at 1:10 this morning by the Laundry Workers anion, who demand a 4 per cent Increase In wages and shorter hours of work. The union made Ita de mands on the owners of tho laundries last Wednesday and announced at that tlms that unless thelt demands were ac ceded to a strlks would be called today. The owners assert that tho demands of their employee .are exorbitant and thst If they were to grant the Increase tn wsges asked It would be Impossible to conduct their plants without losa Thsy say the increased wages and shorter hours demanded make the Increase amount to 10- per cent and that such a raise would lep off their profits. It waa announced . by the owners of tha laundries that they were willing to sign ' tha schedule that wae . effective lest year, but that they will close their businesses rather than pay the wagea now demanded of them by the employea Thirteen of tho largest ' laundries In the city-' are closed,- only three- small ones being tn operation, and unless labor can bo obtained st a less figure than the "unions demand they will 'probably remain closed and Sen Prancisoo. will hsvs to depend on outsldo towns to do her washing or go nnweahed." FORTUN E the Staples lodging house tn Astoria, where he created a stir by crying out that he had been robbed. He was sub. sequently brought beck to Portland by Detective- Hellyer and lodged In Jail. "I have been an eplleptlo all my life: my father was an eplleptlo before me, said Harrison to a representative of nie Journal today, peeking between the bars of his cell.. "My wife left ma because I was sn epileptic - I left homo and friends because I was an epileptic. I have tramped the earth for eight years, I can get a Job' anywhere, but I al ways lose It when they learn thst I am an epileptic . And now I am In Jail because I sm an epileptic Oaanot Bemenabe Bepartuiai . "I did not mean to steal that money. I remember beoomlng dlssy on the street and the next thing I knew. I was on a train. I got off at the first stop snd found myself in Astoria, t waa still In a dase, but In the morning I re membered everything. I felt for the money, but It wss gone Then I- or led Out that I had been robbed. "Hellyer told me that they have my record. I have no record of crime. I have tramped for thousands snd thou sands of miles, but I have never been arrested before. I never stole even a ride on a train, but thst was hecaues I knew that any moment 1 mlsht tall into a fit and loae my Ufa Many a time while walking along tha road I have fallen and lain for hours snd hours In. nnalhte. Sometimes I go for months without having a fit than other times they com on me often.. . I guess there Is no cure for It" Harrison ts loath to talk ef his family connections and of his fortune, but ad mits that he haa at last decided to re turn home snd take poasennlon of what Is coming to him. He haa not com municated with hie relatives for sevarsl rears,- , v i No Corporation Official Who Is Implicated in Bribery Scandal Will Get the Bath District Attorney -Says-There Is -7 No Immunity for Any Higher ' Up -Supervisors Get Out the : Ax for Boss RuePs Special Favorites. (Josraal Special Servfoe.) San Francisco, April 1. Nona of the officials connected with any of tha cor poratlone Implicated in the , bribery scandals have been promised immunity, announced District Attorney Langdon yesterday. He aald: "Though several high officials have testified before the grand Jury, this does not mean that they will escape prosecu tion If they are found guilty ef having had anything to do with the purchase Of franchises. This statement does away with 'the popular superstition that anyone who baa been before the grand Jury cannot be 4roseeuted for wrong doing. Alt ef the telephone Company officials who ap peared before the ' inquisitorial body were instructed as to their, rights, but none of them was guaranteed immunity should evidence be had connecting them with the corruption of pub II o officials. This declaration of the flatrlct ef. torney gives ths lis to ths friends of the grafting supervisors and "Boss ftuef. who have been shouting that tha prose cution did not Intend to make good Its promise to go after the big fellows. Ax fog Bnafa Appointees. - A few followers who ' still remain loyal to the fallen boss have raised ths howl that the grand Jury had glvan cer tain telephone officiate a chance to tes tify, thereby freeing them from danger of Indictment Langdon announces de cidedly that "no official "high up" will be guaranteed Immunity. Close guard will be kept .by the dis trict attorney's office over the action of the board of supervisors. That chas tened body Is already beginning ta feel that It Is under rigid censorship. Al ready It Is preparing-1 - lop-off the heads of Ruef favorites, who sre draw. Ing salaries . from the city for doing nothing. . Curly Boas Ruef felt aa unusual sense of restraint yesterday as hs gased from the second-story front window-of his prison, the former Schmits rest donee, on Fillmore street upon the gaily dressed Eaater crowds bent upon their Sunday outing. Ruef ehafed In his cap tivity, but maintained bla usual retl oence upon all matters concerning bis acts before the time of hie incarcera tion. Beef StfU Befaaee te Talk, ' He read the morning papers, played cards with his' guards snd 'received a few callers. Including bis . relatives; Misses Ruef and Altmann. A reminder of Eaater waa the presence In hla room of a large bouquet of carnatlona ' . He made his usual announcement that at a proper time ha would make a full statement relative te graft affairs. When the conversation turned te the matter of Attorney Edward-S.-PI!ls- hurys statement before the grand Jury Saturday that the sum of 11.10 hsd been paid to Ruef every month by ths Paclflo Telephone company ror the Isat two year Ruef affected aa air of in difference and would make no dental or admission. When asked If be wss re ceiving a monthly stipend from tha es- IConttnued on Page Two.) e eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeee : I Record for the Week I ft.. . 1 - J..;.:.a. 4Us WTJIUUI TJ J IUTTIII9III1 V ,! 7 I lJ VJ . IIIJ three daily papers of Portland was quite heavy. The Journal lead ing, the figures being t followt: ; . , TournaL Oregonian. Teletram. ' - k - 7 Issues. 7 Issues. 6 Issues. . Local, Inches . . . , . 0,883 Foreign, inches .v. 1,092 Claaaified and Real EeUte, Inches 3,232 Readers, inches . .......... 8S Totals . . . , . , Tha demand for. Journal space continues, greater than 'the mn pty at times. The circulation of The Journal nine about 28,500 daily average, and tha cost of advertising under contract in Th- ournal t tauch below two cents prr . inch per insertion per .(XX) f bone fide proven circulation, the. lowest rate ct any Paper - on the coast 'Journal rates, because of rtt in creased and growing circulation, cannot remain at present figures, and advertisers have been notified thst a new rate card will be come effective on 'July 1 nett and at that time The Journal's rrei facilities will be more than doubled, enabling the paper to hnd with greater ease and result a larger volume of both news an. I ! vertising. The people of the Oregon country show their deri ! ! preference for The Journal aa a newspaper, and the-adverti .rrs f it as a medium, for which The Journal is obligated to the puU-e in terests and the building up of a greater city, state and c The high-water mark of Journal circulation v. as r' last month, the average daily and Stjnd.iy circulation i davs .of March being i'.SoO-a greater circn!tion than t other paper in Portland and Oregon. et4teme-Mttr?t CAfJ'T TURiJ com OVER FAST E ! I Sheriff Steyens Makes Himself Liable to Fino and Imprisonmentfor Withholding Money: Has More Than a Million Dollar? That Should Be In Treasury - but Declares He Is Unable to Balance Books at the Rate . Money Pours In. . 1 ' Sheriff Stevena thla morning turned) ever to County Treasurer Lewi !17S. 000 of Multnomah s tax money. Then Is yet in ths sheriffs possession, en de posit, with ths United States National bank, approximately ILOOO.000 more of tax moneyi - In withholding this vast sum of money Sheriff Stevena Is tech. 1 nlcally violating the statutes govern ing the handling of tax money snd Js liable to a fine of 1100 to 11.000 or im prisonment for from six months to six -years, or both fine and imprisonment . The " sheriff,- however, explains his technical error by stating that he le making his turnovers to ' the county ' treasurer aa fast aa he csa get his ac counts balanced up and tha, statements made out : . ----tv . - SDlllom Tuned Za. Up ta the present time tha sheriff has turned over f 1,014.000 to the treasurer. This, added to the I17,0 depo1te: . thli morning makes a .total deposit of Continued on Page Two. ) KAISER SENDS TO William , of ' Germany Wants ' Prince Oscar to Attend Same University - With - Roosevelt's - Sons. : (special Dvpateh te The Toeraalt - London, April L The Berlin corvee pondent of the - Dally Mall aaya tha kaiser's decision to aend hie fifth aon. Prince Oscar, to Harvard university is a continuation of hla majesty a Amer ican policy, which began with dispatch. Ing bis brother. Prince Henry of Prus sia, to the United Statea in nog an. which haa been kept up by tb dona tion of . statues, buying of Americnu yachts, exchange of professors by Ger man and American universities an. I eonsplououo hospitality to distinguished American visitors. , Prince Oscar, who will be 10 years old in July, will probably be acconn. panled by a military adjutant He wilt go to America In tun for the opening of the oollege year in September.. He la now aa undergraduate of Bonn university. . . , Two facta determined tha emperor Inu tile choice of Harvard. The first is that Harvard la the alma mater of Roose velt and Ambasssdor Tower, who Sm extremely popular at tha Oerman eourt; snd secondly It Is the American uni versity, which mskea a specialty of Qer- , man subjecta Furthermore It la the sest of that small American cult whlcrt opposes - tha Monroe doctrine. . etisa m,--.A Vw. laa 5,191 5,034 . l.TOa 859 4,140 -1.009, . 10 ' 8 ,11.292 11,139 8.T8S 'try. I .1 i r ' HARVARD