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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, .APRIL: 2. 1907,
Magnate Called Hearst People Crooks, Says
President Who Grills Railroad King as
v- ;:va ' Wealth Corrupt
flooraal Special 8er1ea.)
Washington, April l.Io letters ' to
Congressman Sherman refuting; state
ments mad by E. H. Harrlman regard
ing campaign contributions alleged to
hav been sought by President Roose
velt and supplied by Harrlman. the pres
Ment said, after making apeclfte denials
of Harriman's statements: ...
" "Ho muob for what Harrlman aald
about ma personally... Far mora Impor
tant are tba additional remarks be made
'to you. aa you Inform me. , When you
eked him If be thought It well to see
. Jlearatlsm, an the likejtrlumphant over I
i Hat he told you that he did not care
in the least, because thoaa people wero
crooks, and be could buy them. That
whenever be wanted legislation" from
i he state legislature, that he could buy
- it. That he could buy congress, and
hat If necessary could buy the Judi
ciary." A ,
"This was doubtless said in boastful
cynicism and partly In a mere buret of
bad temper, because. Of his objection to
the Interstate commerce law and to my
actions ae president, but It ahows a cyn
icism and deep-seated corruption which
makes the man uttering euch sentiments
and boasting, no matter bow falsely, of
the power to perform such crimes, at
leaat as undesirable citlsen as Debs or
M oyer or Haywood. It Is because we
have capitalists capable of tittering such
-sentiments and capable of acting upon
"them that there Is strength behind sin
ister agitators of the Hearst type.
;. "Wealth- corruptionlsts - and- the
wealth demagogue, who sxcltes In the
press or on. the stump. In office or out
f office, elses against class, and ap
peals to the basest passions tf the hu.
man soul, are fundamentally r-luce, and
equally enemies of the republic.
I was horrified.' as was Secretary
V.oct, when you told as toSsy what
Harrlman had said to yon. As I. cay.
PORTLAND JOBBERS ARE
THREATENED WITH TIE-UP
' : ' ,
; '. '" . - :' ' & i?' ' v -'
Local Terminal Yards Crowded With Cars of . Freight Standing
? Idle oh Tracks Chamber of Commerce Will Take Ac
t Ition and Force Improvement ;of 'Conditions.'
' With' hundreds of cars ol freight
....nn. in the terminal yards, more
arriving dally, shippers using them as
warehouses instead oi nnioj
"and clearing tha congestion. Portland
wholesalers and Jobbers are
- with a complete tie-up unleea ateps are
taken MmmedlaUly to break tha dlla
rS? Tsyitem in vogu. which U rpon-
slbla now for tha overburdened condi
tion of the freight yaxos.
It u stated ; that , onlt tt cars are
being unloaded a day la the term nal
.ylrdi while there should be not less
tba. 50 disposed of In order "
tracks and make way for tha tnight
whfch is arriving dally. To aid e
present congested condition msny of the
local shippers are using freight cars
storehouses and rather tb.n nload
their freitht are paying the
charge levied upon them by tha '
t.any Tha result la a hopeless tangls
which Is constantly growing .worse,
nmrv Hahn, ehalrmaa, of the transpor
U'tST committee o, the chamber of
commerce, said this morning that nn
loes immediate atcpa were Uke to
break tba blockade, Portland ahlppera
would b tied op completely, r .
tn view of the present urgent condi
tions tha transportation committee held
LEVEY HEAD OF
Hill Officials Now Take Places
; '. on New Directorate of
. Seaside Line. C
At a meeting of directors of the As
toria aV Colsmbla River railroad ta Port
, iund ' yesterday afternoon, tiis rouls; na
tions of retiring directors A. B. Ham
l mond. Thomas H. Hubbard, H. E. Hunt,
jington, O. W. Talbot, O. C. Fulton, Gen.
C ' F. Beeba and F. D. . Kuettner were
accepted and new directors and officers
- were ehosen C M. Levey, president of
the Portland Seattle railway, becomes
tlie executive officer of tha Astoria aV
; Columbia River road. ' . , . ,
I. The newly elected officers are: Pres.;
;ldcnt. C. M. Levey; vlee-presldent, I!
C. Oilman; secretsry and treasurer, M.
I', . Martin; superintendent, - John Ma-
gul re; audltorvF. D. Keuttner. These
. with A. D. Charlton, assistant general
, passenger sgent of tha Northern Pa
. c-iftc, . and William ' Harder, general
. aeent at Portland for tha Great North
ern, form- the directory of the Astoria
. road. Judge Oilman Is general attor
ney for the Hill interests at Seattle. -The
freight and passenger business
' of the road will not be merged Into the
freight and passenger departments of
'the Northern Pacific at Portland, but
wilt remain In charge of J. C. Mayo, at
.resent general freight and passenger
asrtt at Astoria. Auditor Kuettner
will have charge of tha accounts of the
road snd also the Regulator line of
tmboatt and the Columbia River A
Northern, both of which are Hill rail
road company fropertlea. ,Tha Astoria
mad will be utilised aa a coast ex ten
I. in of the Portland A Seattle, and In
rffrt becomes a Joint line of the North
trn Pacific and Greet Northern roads.
At y-r nlar's meeting of tha new dl
rei'tora the completed surveys from
H. nxi.u to Taqulna were adopted. It ts
ti Intention of the Hill companies to
!-mi the rlKht of way' lltiastion ss
'n aa posslhle tn ths courts, snd
I n id the jr'Ue-d extension to - Yu-
u-':, '""V. i
J ne la-'lflo Railway aV Karlgntloa
'r-i nr Is malting an effort to blo-k
.ii.
;i tI the AKtorta road south -
ASTORIA
ROAD
If you meet him, you are entirely wel
come to show him this letter, although,
of course. It must not be made public
unless required by some reason of pub
lic policy, and then only after my con
sent baa been first obtained.
"THBODORB ROOSEVELT.
The letter was written October .
190. October II the president" wrote
to Sherman, saying that both Cortelyou
and Bliss hastened to protest against
James Hasen Hyde as ambassador to
France, as soon as they beard that he
mentioned.
Letters between ; the nresldent and
"Hltrfl twin W r"nrToswreBrT wltn-Borre-t
spondence to Sherman. In one letter
Harrlman strongly urged the appoint
ment of Hyde. He said - that Hyda
would certainly have the backing of
Depew and Piatt, , The . president says
ta Sherman: ' .
The whole of this shows how In
compatible my actions at the time were
with any theory nbw advanced, that I
solicited or sought, or - expected any
campaign contribution from Harrlman.
I conferred with Harrlman. Morgan.
Hill , and other railroad men, but only
the umrii I did with Messrs. Keeft,
Morrlrsey'snd other labor leadera.
Harrlman, almost f rant U with rage,
refused to defend himself, except to ad
mit authorship of the letter. The and
of the greatest sensation President
Roosevelt has yet sprung In his most
spectacular administration. Is . not yet
in right. This morning It seemed as.
It tha president hsd been hit hard. This
afternoon tha world la staggered at the
force of the blow he has bit in re
turn. ; .... . ,, .. .r T '
Wall Street Is speechless, politicians
dumbfounded. -Judge - Parker, whose
friends this morning cried. "I told yo
so, thia afternoon hastened to aay mat
tha matter waa too important for ntra
to be auoted upon hastily. ' Treasurer
Bliss won't talk, .
a special meeting lrf the'ucKay bulg
ing yesterday afternoon to discuss the
matter and formulate plane for speedy
relief. Tha committee, acting- under thj
opinions expressed and measures tavored
by tha shippers present, will call the
attention Immediately ot local shippers
to tha fact that unless they unload
their oars aa rapidly aa they are re
ceived, tha congestion will soon result
In a blockade of traffic and also a
heavy monetary loss. I
'It was shown clearly yesterday that!
the blame lay at the doors of thnsa
shippers arho refused to unload their 1
cars a.id left them standing in the yards,
paying demurrage charges, much to the
detriment of other shippers who are en-
a savoring- to get tbelr freight to their
warehouses. These shippers will be
takes t task roundly for their negli
gence and a speedy effort made to re
lieve conditions. Mr. Hshn said this
morning: .
. , "The crowded condition of tho yards is
rapidly becoming a hopeless tangle that !
can never oe straightened out unless all
the shippers act In unison and unload
their cars as soon as received. Other
wise there wilt be a disastrous tie-up
which will not be relieved without a
heavy loss ta local wholesalers and Job
bers." '-,. ....... ....
ward along tha coast, and haa brought
injunction proceedlrtts. A number of
owners of ground on ' the survey have
refased to sell rights of way to tha
company, a Ad it has become necessary
to . bring :- condemnation." proceedings.
These suits must be settled before con
struction work can be commenced, j :
DROWNED IN FORDING T
A SWOLLEN STREAM
(gpeeisl Dtopatcs te The JnareaL)
Eugene, Or., April 2 George Me
Cauley was drowned Iq tha coast fork
of the Willamette river, near Walker,
yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock.
The body haa not yet been recovered.
He and Henry Dreese attempted to
cross tha river in a wagon at tha usual
fording place, but ' the water was so
deep and swift It swept the horses off
their feet and took them and McCauley
down at ream. A party waa at onoa or
ganised and a searcn was begun for
tho body, but so far It haa; been un-
successfuL - n -: ? '- 4 .:.-.. J ,.:J .
McCauley was an old soldier. - Ha
teuves a wife and six yaung Children.
He was engaged in farming at 4Wal
ker. -M .V . :. . ! : r
PERISHES UNDER RAFT;
r N SANTIAM RIVER
(pedal 1bpar to The loarnal.t ' -Albany.
Or.. April I. Roy McCraa.
aged It. a son of Thomas McCraa, re
siding near Thomas, Linn county, was
drowned yesterday afternoon In the San-
tlam river near Jefferson. Toung sic
Crsa was working with a logging crew.
In floating the logs down tha river he
was accidentally thrown under tha mass.
His body has not been recovered. , A
diligent search Is being made.
PIONEER HOTEL MAN
AT ELKTON IS DEAD
IKperixl Plasatea The Inersal.) '
Drain, Or.. April J.Joseph M. Robln
. the well-known pioneer hotel pro
prietor of Klkton. la miles west of
Drain, died yesterday at p. tn.. after
lying at the point of death for several
monthjl with paralysis., iie w emut
is vesre of age. llo leaves an sged
-idow and two grown daughter, one
married and one single. 'He waa ona of
the most respected pioneers of Douglas
bounty.
ALBEE AWAITS
PIJS' VORD
Former Councilman Says He
Will Seek Nomination If No i
V One Better Appears.
Anohter day has passed without a
new mayoralty sun rising above tha
municipal h orison. Coffey Is still medi
tating on bis letter of announcement!
Kellaher says ha Is surely out but wilt
not file his petition for a few days yet;
McOonell Is making up his mind but
Is not ready yet to tell whether It Is
or It Isn't; Thomaa, p the Democratic
lists, has hot concluded bis calcula
tions as to whether or not ha. had bet
ter try to' beat Mayor Lane for tha
nomination. ' . .
Mayor Lane himself has not filed hie
petition but Is waiting for tha next
move of those who Invited him to be
come their candidate. City Auditor
Devlin is tha only one clear and away
out In tha open and plugging for the
PlThe only new feature "of the situa
tion seems to be that H. KUaseii Aioee,
orira- ol f orjrs ea hdld ale "Tor" the-Repub
Hcan nomination, now stands In tha po
itinn nf the business men's ultimatum.
Aa told In The Journal Sunday morning
Mr. ,Albee has been besought-for, sev
eral days to become a candidate and
haa been assured the backing of a large
number of tha prominent business men
of tha etty. To these requests ha has
turned a reluctant . ear, meeting the
arguments with the proposition that If
after a full canvass of the -situation no
man suitable to the business men could
be found who would stand for the nomi
nation then perhaps he would enter tha
"i don't want to run for mayor." .aid
Mr. Albee this morning. "By that . I
do not mean that I would not Ilka to
be mayor. I would, of course, as every
man would, appreciate tha highest
honor Portland could bestow upon him.
But I do not like politics. Political
strife la dlsatasteful to me and I think
there are others tn Portland, men of
large business Interests, who should
sacrifice something for the good of the
city and enter the race.v
' "My mends nave come to ma ,
offered to circulate, my petitjons. some
dven saying they would do so whether
I wished It dona or not. They have as
sured ma of a strong support among tha
business men. I am Inclined not to
listen to .them, but I told them that If
no other man acceptable to tha busi
ness Interests of the city was found
who' would be willing to run, then I
perhaps might enter the race. There
fore I .do not know now whether Kara
going to be a candidate for tha nomina
tion or not"
In the Demoeratlo ranks nothing is
actively doing. Mr. Thomas has not
decided what will be the next move on
his part and the rank and Ilia aw
waiting to see what he does. He haa
told them that ha may have something
to atfnounee tha latter part of tho week
and every ona Is waiting for that an
nouncement to be made.
SLOT' MACHINES ARE '
' GONE FROM WOODBURN
First Fruits of the, Temperance
Victory In the City Elec
tion Yesterday.
' .
' neeelsl mspateli te Ta Joaraal.)
Woodburn. Or.. April t. A hard-
fought battle culminated yesterday In
tha election of the Uroperance ticket,
with tha exception of recorder, and that
was gained by tha saloons by only two
votes. It Is alleged that there were
plainly a number of Illegal aalocn votes,
and the telephone, people predict ''.hat
tha contest that will be brought oy
j 3. Hall, the temperance candidate
for recorder, will without doubt, result
in his favor.
While license carried by a vote of
10 for to 144 against. It waa essentially
a temperance victory. '
The vote, by candidates, waa aa fol
lows: -.
Mayor B. T. Randall, 173; H. I.
Brown, Iff; P. A. Cochran. .
Councllmen-i-Henry J. Altnow, lt;
George A. Lnndon, If; Paul rljwa. Iff;
A. P. Branlgar, HI.
Recorder J. J. Hall, 171; J. A.
Knight. 174. v
. Treasurer 8. C. Berry, 141.
Marshal Z. I. Riddle, 1772 John Ty
ler, Iff..
..There were ISO ballots caat-
. The saloonkeepers recognised that It
waa a temperance victory and took out
their slot machine last nla;hr..
- A law and order leaauo will b organ
Isad. '. '
PORTLAND MAN INJURED
. IN TAC0MA YARD WRECK
RpcUl Manatee te The Jrmrnat.t
Taeoma, Waslu, April I, M. Ellas, a
Portland traveling man, sustained a
wrenched back, and Charles Jackson, a
negro porter, a sprained ankle, in an
accident in the Northern Pacific yarda
near Fifteenth atreet yesterday evening.
Ths observation' and dining cars of the
train running between Seattle and Port
land were derailed. Twenty passengers
In tha observation car and If in tha
diner were thrown from their seats and
severely shaken up, but all escaped In-
Jury except Rllaa and tha porter. Both
men ware able to continue on to Port
land. -v ' ; ' '' 1 ' ' "
.' Tha train. In charge of Conductor
Walker and Engineer Robert Gregg, waa
aonroaching tha depot from the east.
passing through the yards at a speed of
boot IX miles sn nour. adosi zuv
yards north of ths depot the train came
to a switch. The engine, baggage car,
day coach and dining car had passed the
switch, when tha switch Isver li some
unknown - manner waa . thrown. This
ditched tha observation car and tha
diner was also pulled from tha rails.
TJio trucha of the observation car were
torn from their fastenings and tha car
was half turned over.
RESULTS OF DUFUR'S V
v MUNICIPAL ELECTION
' (ftperlat PWatcb te Tba Jsamel.t ;
The Dalles Or., April 8. The annieW
city election at Dufur yesterday result
ed ss follows: John Johnston, mayor;
F.d Htnman and C. P. Balch, councilman;
Philip Knowles and Hiram Dods, water
commissioners; Aaron Frailer, recvder:
Lindsay Thomas, treasurer.. There was
a contest for mayor and one councilman,
Monroe Helsler and Juntas Ward being
the . contesting candidates. Johnston
was elected by 10 majority over llete
ler and Balch by erne majority , over
Ward. . Ona hundred and sis votes were
cast. "
ATTEND, SESSION
Oil ARBITRATION
Delegates of Chamber of Com
merce to Lake Mohonk Con
ference Will Be Named. ! 1
t
Tha regular meeting of tha Portland
chamber of commerce trustees today
at 10:30 o'clock partook largely of a
peace meeting. Various measures look
ing to tha peace of tha states, nations
and Industries were heartily indorsed,
and delegates from. Portland were ap
pointed to attenj several conferences.
. President 8. O. Reed was directed to
appoint delegates to the Lake Mohonk
arbitration conference to be helfMay
I!. He will also nsma Portland' dele
gates to the national peaca conference
to be held In New Tork April 14. at
which Andrew Carnegie will preside. .A
suitable resolution was ordered drain
Indorsing the National industrial Peaca
association, of which P. H. Sculllrrls
general secretary. The objects of the
association are to bring about better
relations between labor and capital In
tha United States," .r
' r- stand " Ouf Teay -od.
The Chamber of Commerce and Com
mercial Club Tear Book haa been writ
ten and Illustrations are now being se
cured with which tha pages of tha book
will be adorned, showing Oregon fields,
fruits, forests, livestock, mines 1 and
various Industrial and scenio features.
The trustees authorised the offering
of prises of $10.' fit and t:5 for tha
moat suitable design - for tha cover
pages. Competitors should notify Sec
retary E. C. Olltner and secure particu
lars of tha competition.
. An edition of 0,00i copies of tha
2'?tS&!r.
cast over tha country to stimulate Im
migration to Oregon. Each book will
contain the latest Band at McNally map
of Oregon, and on the back of the map
will bo printed a complete . digest ot
state and federal' land laws, and also a
statement of the acreage of government
lands still remaining open to entry In
each county in the state, also a brief de
scription of tha character of the lands.
Resolutions of regret at the death of
Henrv W. Ooode, an ex-trustee, were
adopted, ' s
Would Be Bfambers.
The following applicants for mem
bership Jn the chamber were elected:
Jacobs-Stlne company, W. Howatson,
A. J." Dygert, National Live Stock In
surance association, Btalger Shoe com
pany, R, N. Hockenburry, Fred A. Ben
nett. Pugh Legs-, tha GlbSon com.
pany, T. Blrdsall. W. 8. MoOuIra, Cole
man Hardware company, v
ONE PARTY 10 A JOINT
OBLIGATION BINDS AU
Supreme Court Decision Broad
ens Revival of Outlawed .
Obligations. ,
(aoeclal Dlsnateli te The Joarnst.)
Salem. April 2. Holding that In this
state a payment of a part of a Joint
obligation by a maker thereof or by bis
l agent or legal representative revives it
aa against all persons who were liable
thereon though . made . without their
knowledge or consent, the supreme court
today in an opinion by Justice Moore
affirmed the-Judgment of Judge George
H. Burnett in the case of Charles
Scott, executor of the will of R. If.
Scott, deceased, against M. Christenson
snd H. Christenson, appellants. Tha ac
tion was commenced in September, 104.
by Scott to recover a remainder alleged
to be due on a promissory note given to
the, testator. The note was executed
January 1. 187, and interest amount
ing to ft In 1897 was all that waa paid.
Tha answer denied, tha allegation and
maintained the note was barred by. limi
tation. Judgment waa rendered against
the defendants and they appealed. .
: The court holda further that when a
payment ts indorsed on a note by the
holder at the request of the payer,
proof - of such fact la sufficient to re
more the bar of tha statute of limita
tions. -
GIRL WARNED .. .
OF HIS MADNESS
Since tha publication yesterday . In
The Journal of a letter written by
Roacoe James to Grace Disney, , tha
girl he loved, showing how Insanely
Jealous ha waa of her, still another let
ter comes to light which beara out the
aasertlon that the youth waa oraxed
ever his fascination for tha girt Tha
letter was written by Frank Campbell,
a roommate of James, at about tha
time James wrote to Miss Disney in
Oakland stating thst hs would kill him
self unless he heard from her inside of
a week. (
Campbell wrote to tha girl In Oak
land also. In his letter, which miscar
ried and was not delivered until Mrs.
Disney and her daughter reached Port
land, ha urged Grace Dlaney to. write
to James. He said tha boy acted eraxy
snd would sit on- his , bed for long
periods staring Into vacancy, then
would suddenly start op saying, "Next
Saturday will end it alL" -
Campbell was convinced that his
roommate had become erased and urged
tha girl strongly to write him to pre
vent tha youth from killing himself.
He also told her of other strange acts
and worda concerning her which James
waa constantly repeating.
LEG CRUSHED THEN
AMPUTATED AT HIP
" It C71Whlte,''enemploye of th North
ern Pacific Railway company at Scan
poose, Oregon, was so seriously Injured
yesterday afternoon tfiat It was necea
sary to bring him to St. Vincent's hos
pital for treatment White's right leg
was so badly mangled between two
freight cara that It was found necessary
to amoutate the limb at tha hip. Tha
finjured man la In a precarloua condi
tion and may not aurvlve tha shock of
tha accident and subsequent operation.
STRAIN AND HIS . CLERK"'
SETTLE THEIR FEUD
.-. .. . . .
John C. Herts, a clerk employed by
Paul Strain, proprietor of the Hub
clothing store, who was arrested yes
terday by Detective C.B. Hill on a
charge of assaultlag his employer, waa
discharged from custody In tha police
court this morning and the case against
him dlsclssed. . Strain and Herts ad
Justed their differences amicably out of
tha courtroom and aonsequently tha
prosecution was dropped.
L1EALS FIGIII
ALL: Hi-Villi
Stevens Seems Certain to Lose
Out, No Matter How People
Vote, Unless Reelected.
That Sheriff Stevens will never be
afforded the pleasure and the profit nf
feeding the county prisoners, at least
during his present term of offloe. Is a
certainty. . -
ivumy ommisnioner Liigntner siatea ,,
today .thatjUgnaturea-ao -tha- patltloi4"-55-pJl F"" w . M EPd
rerernng the xiuestlon to the people are
coming In fast and that many more
than the number needed will be in by
the required time.-- . . t.
Former sheriffs- hare mads much
money out of feeding tha county pris
oners. It has gone Into the official's
pockets aa a little "easy" money on tba
side. The county would allow the sher
iff ao much a meal or day for feed
ing tba prleonera and the sheriff would
spend as -tittle of the stipend as possi
ble on food snd would keep tha rest for
cigar money.. -, , .
jriaa. Over. Irfgislat
. To save unnecessary expense to the
taxpayers, at the beginning of Stevens'
term tha . county, commissioners took
tha plnm way from tha sheriff and
advertised for bids. Restaurant-Keeper
Ebellng got the contract on ' a basis
that promised a saving of about 14,000
a year to the people. Stevens strenu
ously objected. He won over the Mult
nomah delegation to the legislature and
secured the passage of a bill ' t.iet
would put tba county kitchen back Into
his hands- at a price that would Insure
blm a handsome profit . Thia bill also
provldea for adding four Jailers and
one matron to . tho sheriff's present
working, force. '
Should no further action be taken,
the bill would become a law May 10
next - A referendum petition properly
filed before that data, however, would
hold up the whole matter until the
regular election in June, 10S. , .
The commissioners are circulating pe
tition blanks and are certain of filing
the paper within the proper time. They
expect that the people will defeat the
measure by a very large majority, but
sven should they not. the bill would
not become a law until tha expiration
of Stevens' term of office. Tha num
ber of nsmes required to make tha pe
tition valid ta e.lOe.
LONG-SUFFERING ENDS .
- IS DIVORCE COURT
After patiently enduring a drunken
huaband for 2t years, Maria Henrietta
Bart el at last decided ,that she could
bear her load no lonfter. ' Today she
nied suit . for divorce in ' the circuit
court charging cruelty. Tha couple
were married In Portland in 1S7S. and
have resided here aver since. Mrs. Bar
tel says that her husband ..was not only
a drunkard, but a gambler, and,- that
he has often compelled her to give, him
money from her scanty purse to spend
at the gaming table.
ftnne In the winter nf IftAl'. when the
family was residing at 103 East
Eleventh street, her husband tried to do
her violence and she was saved from l
... .1
serious harm only by her two sons, who
combined to oppose their . father . in a
flstlc encounter. ,
MACCABEES WILL HOLD ,
CLASS INITIATION
"-' , .,.(. ..,..
The class Initiation and degree work
Of the Ladles of tha Maccabees will he
held Thursday evening, April 4, at W.
O. W. hall. Eleventh and Alder streets.
All lady Maccabees in tha city are cor
dially invited to be present at I o'clock
sharp. The state convention will open
at If o'clock Friday morning, April fi,
and all members and delegates are, re
quested, to be present. ' ,
GOVERNMENT TRIES T0
GIVE KILDALL A TRIP
Arguments took up tha day before
Judge O. Ev, Wolverton In ' the federal
Mnrt tn the hshesA mrntia nroMMflnM
- - r-
Instituted by Simon F. Klldall to resist
removal to Alaska on a charge of con
spiring to defraud tha government out
of certain fish taxes. J. N. Teal, who
la appearing, for- KIMaJl, concluded for
His cl ten- Just ae-the noon rest for
luncheon waa announced, - and United
States District Attorney William C.
Bristol , wilt finish for tha government
this afternoon.
WANTED TO HUG GIRL
BECAUSE INTOXICATED
" Pat Ryan,' who, wlrlle Intoxicated yes
terday afternoon, pursued a pretty girl
clerk employed tn the Meter A Frank
store and attempted to embrace her tn
tha entrance of tha GUsaa block, en
tered a plea ot guilty In tha police court
this n ruing and was fined $25. Rynn
at first showed", a disposition- to fight
tha case, but finally decided to plead
guilty. Ryan - was unable to advance
any excuse for his conduct other than
hs waa drunk and not accountable for
his actions. ,. : , .
FIRE THROWN. HOTEL '
' GUESTS INTO PANIC
New York, April r Guests of tha
Hotel Sarense, one of the most fash
ionable hotels on upper Broadway, were
thrown Into a panlo lata this afternoon
by a firs on tha seventh floor. Men
and women climbed down the fire es
capes and Jammed tha stairs and corri
dors in their efforts to escape. Tha
flames are gaining great headway. They
have spread to the rear of tha build-'
Ing. Ambulances of police reserves are
on tha scene to watch for tha injured.
GROUND BOUGHT FOR
. NEW WING OF ASYLUM
Salem, Or, April 1 The Riley tract
of IS acres waa finally purchased yes
terday by tha state sxecutlva board for
110,000. Tha excavation has begun for
tha new wing of tha state Insane asy
lum, for whloh tha architects are now
making plana This wing waa author
ised by tha last legislature. It will
cost in tha neighborhood of 1100,000,
Honor fos Dog Hero. " 1
From tha London Dally Mali
Tha mayor of Blackburn,-,on behalf of
Mrs. Dn Courcy Laffan, the well known
authoress, has presented a . handsome
collar, fittingly Inscribed, to the saga
clous Pomeranian dog of Mr. .William
Cottam of Blackburn," whose household
waa recently enabled to escspe the dan
gers of fire by ths animal rousing them
during the night when an alarming out
break occurred In the- kitchen.
VENIREMAN FAILS TO
APPEAR AT RUEF TRIAL
Court Adjourns Until Afternoon
and Court Officers Hunt foir
'V Missing Juror. , "
CRAFT PROSECUTION,
ENCOUNTERS OBSTACLES
KyI ilea cc Pre i den t Scott of Pa.
clflc , Telephone Company .,'15.
mined by Grand Jury, ' .'' ;
" (Journal Special Servlr.) . -"- - ,
Sao Franclaco. April 2. The trial of
Aba Ruaf on ona of - the extortion
charges vti called this morning.' but
one venireman failed to appear. . Conrt
was adjourned until this afternoon 1n
order to give the officers an opportunity
to And the mtselng venireman...
'" 'Oeorie "Hatton;" former' tegat adviser
Of i Detwiler, and 1 Henry Scott,- presi
dent of tha - Paolds States Telephone
compkny.. wero examined by the grand
Jury this afternoon. Tha aummonlng
of Hatton' waa the result of -the testi
mony that Lucille Cochrane, his stenog
rapher, gave yesterday. She admitted
having knowledge-of a correspondence
between Hatton and Detwiler before and
after the Are. Tha summoning ot Scott
created surprise. -
Although the prosecution of tha brib
ers and bribe takers of San Francisco
encountered a number of ohetacles yes
terday afternoon In tha grand Jury room
and tha Inquiry Into tha corruption of
tha city officiate by tha officers of
ths Horns Telephone) and Pacific Tele
phone companies will be prolonged aev
eral daya, they are. not discouraged. '
The evidence secured- - by Assistant
District Attorney-Heney In thcabsence
of District Attorney -Langdon was so
trivial that ths prosecution wss forced
to admit that it had received an unex
pected aet back. - Edwin T. Earl of Loa
Angeles, on whose testimony the prose
cution depended In a great measure to
clinch tha ehargea brought against the
other officials of the Home Telephone
company, positively refused - to . admit
that he knew anything - In -connection
with the bribery of tha San Francisco
supervisors. : 't- ..
More &oa Aas-eles Witnesses.
Earl ssld that he was not . familiar
with tba affairs of tha Home Telephone
company of Loa Angelea and would not
admit that any sura was sent up hers
by that company to be used to secure
a franchise In San Francisco. In view
of the testimony given by Earl. It will
be necessary to subpoent several more
Los Angeles men to supply tha testi
mony which Earl was expected to give.
Earl did admit that the sum of $160.
too wast raised on ahort notice during
December, but refused to admit that
It waa used to bribe tha supervisors.
Several stenographers . and clerks tes
tified, but few gave Important facts..
The grand Jury adjourned untU t
j ciocg mis srternoon. The prosecution
predicts that important developments In
wepnone inquiry win take . place
l. T . I ' . .
! men. it is probable, according to
Heney. that the telephone matter will
be finished by tha end of tba week.
Speaking of ths testimony of stenog
raphers yesterday, Heney Illustrated his
FRISKY ZEPHYRS WEAR SEVEN ..:
LEAGUE. BOOTS ALL DURiNG.MARCH
It rained nearly four Inches during
the past - month, wnereaa the total
average precipitation for the month is
S.tO inches. Thus it Is shown by tha
report of tha weather bureau that while
people complained of a "rainy" month
tbey were really mistaken for it rallied
lens than ths average. '
According to this ssma report which
was Issued today by District Forecaster
E. A. Beals. Portland has not had too
much rain so far this season.' On the
. ' ' Jiinwiin H miq
Must about right, for white tha average
,tner nana, the precipitation has bean
rainrau from September 1 to April I
is I7.H inches, 17.11 inches have -fallen
since September 1 of last year.' -
NEW US BID HIGH
FOS PORTLAND REALTY
Choics Locations Bring' Fancy
Figures in Day's City Prop
,::,',"... '.rty Deals.''-.:;;'''. ;-';Vl
Frank Lodesher has purchased 10
foot lot on tha northwest comer of Fifth
and Main streets for I3MO0. Tha deed
was' made by tha Security Savings and
Trust company which held title to tha
property as trustee,-'.; ..- . - (
H. J. Wllktns and associates hava pur
chased from Woodard eV Clark a 10 by
100 foot ' tot on tha, wast side of Union
avenue, between East Ash . and East
Pino streets for 19.000. The sale was
made by E. J. Daly. , Mr. Wtlklns has
mads several large Investments- In Port
land realty . In tha last few months.
Ha has Just closed a deal for tha only
business location In Rosa City park, con
sisting of half a block at tha Intersec
tion of tha Sandy road and tha electric
ear line for which ha paid 15,000.'
Alonso W. earner of Castle Rock pur
chased this morning a new, modern, six
room residence on Multnomah street for
IS. 00s. Tha property belonged to A. B,
Rica and was sold through the agency
of Hartman aV Thompson.
R. H. Wallace has sold to a local
Investor a lot SO -by 10 feet on tha
southwest comer of Seventh and Giles n
streets for f 10,000. Title to tha prop
erty was taken by tha Title Guarantee
A Trust company as trustee.- k
TROOPS NOT. NEEDED
AT ALASKA .MINES
(Jnarnal Special service.) .
- Juneau, Alaska, April 1. Quiet pre
vails at Treadwell Island today snd It Is
expected that the troops will be with
drawn within a day or two. There has
been no disorder and none Is expected.
Tha report that tha miners threatened
to destroy property is untrue. . ,
u. Captain Swift Suspended. .
(Journal Heeetal Bervlee.l
Washington, April I. Captain Swift
commander of the Connecticut waa sen
tenced this morning to suspension for
nine months for grounding his ship Bear
I'ojto RIcq on January 13. - ,
remarks with a stenographlo notebook
which ha pulled from his pocket It be
longed to the stenogrsphsr of A. K. Det
wiler in this city. Heney, when ques
tioned regarding It, said tha book had
been obtatned from Detwiler" s desk. .
' Baef-SetwUer Oorreepoadeaae.
Heney declared that ha had a tran
script of tha notes and that they were
of great importance to tha prosecutlo
These notes contain the details of si
the correspondence between 'Ruaf - and
Detwiler preceding tha actual payment
of -tha brlbea.
The action of the supervisors yester
day In dismissing from offloe the sec
retary of he board, George B.'Keane, a
close friend of Ruef, Is significant
; "We have tn the past been closely
Identified with Ruef,". declared James
L. Oallsgher. chairman of tha board of
supervisors and the man who acted as
msyor while Schmlts was' absent, -"but
tha board has decided not to continue in
that position." No reason waa given for
the discharge of Keane. ' y ' . '
It was' learned today that when . Su
pervisor Jamea -U Gallagher (t2f.Z6t)
waa dashing' sjhout San Francisco last
winter In a red auto, the quiet; unas-
summr- young wanar iBa-'-wheer w
none other -than a detective In tha em
ploy of William J. "Burns. When Gal
lagher went : o Ruef s office to get
1 Ifc I 1 1 11 - MIAII,, f.P lh. IK. .HMMflMAH
when he secretly sped to tha home-. oP'r
Mayor Schmlts to arrange franchise
programa, when he went to the bank to
deposit his own share ' of ' the bribe
money, -the, detective was always with
htm in the automobile. - t '
Boss Ruef'a petition to tba supreme
court for a writ of habeas corpus ts a
lengthy affair, - based on numerous
grounds, among them being allegations
that ha Is held without legal authority;
that it la In violation of Me constitu
tion to ' refuse him bail, and that hla:
indictments were Instigated by Rudolph
Spreckels, Special Prosecutor Heney
and' Special Agent Burns,-who are his
political enemies. The supreme court
took no action on tha writ yesterday.
Try o Make Xalsey. Ooafsss. "
" Theodora V. Halsey. the Pacific Tel
ephone company official who wns in
dicted . on. 10 counts for -bribing tha
supervisors and was arrested tn Manila,
win . leave the . Philippines an ths
steamer Chips on April tn charge of
Captain' Trowbridge, chief of tha Phil
ippine secret service. .
Halsey will be met at Honolulu by
Attorney H. M. Owens, who . will en
deavor to wring a confession from blm.
Owens will have copies of the Written
confessions of tha supervisors In which
they .admit that Halsey -paid them
13,000 each for voting against the Home .
Telephone franchise. Should Halsey be
slow about telling his side of the story
It Is expected that tuese confessions
will be valuable In influencing him ta
admit bin guilt ' y"
Information which will lead to the
Indictment of a number of tha officials
of the United Railroads for the bribery
of the supervisors for tits overhead
trolley franchise Is In the possession ot
tha grand Jury. The. names of the men
who will be accused by the grand Jury .
have not yet been revealed, but It Is
understood thst the indictments will
bn directed at men In three branches
of the company, namely, control, under ''
tha direction of President Pstrick Csl
boun; management, under the direction :
of Thornwell Mullaly. and Iho.law le-.
part men t undor Tlrey L. Ford. T's,
placing of tho blame wit) be dono next
week. ' ys'' '" ,
- But March waa a wlmlr mmth, for
tha saphyrs traveled i.010 miles dur- .
Ing the J 1 days that constituted .tha.
month. At ona time, on March 4. they
ettainod a velocity of 12 miles In this
city. Rut that waa no comparison
to tha wind off tha mouth of the river,
where tt sped along at the rata of about
80 miles an hour.
In regards to temperature, tha first
part, of the month was warmer than
tha . latter part excepting lat Satur
day, -when the thermometer showed 17
degrees tn the shade. - On the 12th tha
thermometer fell to. It degrees. That
waa . tba lowest . temperature recorded
during tha month.- ; . -
MITCHELL DID
HOT GET f.lO!IEY
At Hermann Trial Testimony of
Pirtar la tfalw trrmttimtt
':V'.;f '' by Ezra Hill. . ..
fWaalUastaa Sereaa er The Jeeraal.l :.
Washington, April liEsra Hill. s
professional statistician of Washington,
testified at tha Hermann trial today
that he was fn the room with. Senator
Mitchell and Puter on March 10, 1102.
tha day that. Puter. swore hs paid two
$1,000 bills to Induce the expediting of
his patents by Hermann. ' '
' Hill said he at tn an adjoining room
where ha could -sea Mitchell, but did
not hear anything - about any money
being paid. He said Puter told Mitchell
If ths patents were - not issued ha and
Emma Watson would be-ruined.
A number of witnesses testified that
there . waa considerable feeling between
Hermann ' and John A. Benson,- This
testimony was calculated to offset tha
government testimony tending to ahotw
Intimate relations between Hermann
and Banson, who was aoeused of gigan
tic land frauds while Hermann . was
commissioner. ' .
Attorney Worthlngton announced In
eourt that tha defense would offer let
ters to prove that Hermann continuous
ly for three years urged on secretary
Hltckcock a recommendation .to con
gress to -repeal the former law. per
mitting tha placing of lieu scrip on
forest lands of. any value, and provid
ing that scrip aould be placed only on
lands of not greater value, tha Inten
tion being ta show by doing so thst
Hermann would have been .working
against Ms own - Interest If he was
engaged in a conspiracy suon as is si-
leged. -, : .- , . .
- '.. Crooks In Machine Shop, r
Tha machine shop of Fred Hicks, be
tween East Third and Bast Oak atreets,
was entered lest night by robbers snd .
thoroughly - ransacked. Nothing was
taken, however, and it Is tha theory of
tha police that the robbera were safe.
crackers .looking for tool to complete
aa "outrrv .
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