In March, 1907, The Journal carried 50,526 inches of advertising or a gain of 18,900 inches over its own record of Trif Avpridi (""irritlitirwi nf Tl 1
March. 1906. Durinir the same period. March. 1907. the evening issue of our contemoorarv carried 39.965 inches of ad- A " T V CI?j?5L lJS lA 11 :. 11 OI 1 IlC M -
vertising, of a gain of 6fi33tf laches over March, 1906 (according to its own published figures).' 'f . , ' , T)lirin?
. Thus it will he irrn that The Innrnal trained for the month nearlv three times the vnlume of advertising over its &
evening contemporary or, in other words, the advertiser, estimates The Journal's value at three times that of the oth
paper, . ' . . . ....... i '!..'.,.;' T . 1 . '-';-.
Advertisers have quit arguing about which newspaper is the most valuable. They concede that7 The Journal Gain OvCf
iSE 3,728 -.Copies
is head ana shoulders a Dove any otner paper in circulation in rortiana ana uregon, as is cviaencea Dy ine volume
gain in advertising. . -'-.
V
Little Ad in THE JOURIIAL'
i S
Bring i Results. ; Costs Only
One Cent a Word. JJ , '
Ttie Veather ShoVeri tonight
' and. Thursday; southerly winds.-
The Journal is Supreme
in Girculatibri
f and -in Advertising
(UlTlnim Tm1n . Journal Circulation
: VOW VI. NO. 25.
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smmmm built
Indignant Settlers Under Columbia South
, .; ern Irrigation Company's System Ex
- press. Feelings: Kindled Against Con
; cern for Alleged Wrongs Suffered In
Management of Canals the Past Year
- rnpwuj Mepeteh to The JoanuL) .
Shanlko. Or.. April 1. W. A. Laid-
" law of Portland, former president of
, the Columbia, Southern Irritation com
pany. And at presentjtg heaviest stock
holder was hanged la effigy last iilght
. on the main street of the town of Uaid
law, which la located In the center ef
.- the Irrigated district of weatern Crook
'county.' : .. "' , 'i. : - . - '
"' Settlers who own' land under theoo.-i.
pany'g canals prepared the dummyanel,
" after, pinning a placard on the coat,
- bearing -the rtame-f the - former- prest
' dent, raised the bodr by mesne Of a
' ' rope around- the ' neck over- the arm
' of a telephone pole. The dumin wee
"'. found there' tbla morning-, where It rmd
" been ejuletiy suspended daring the night
. In front of the tank ball line owned -by
the Laldlaw Banking tt Trust eompan v.
' , AUsgsd atistrMtmes. .
" The demonatratien ' la ' the reault . ef
Intenee feetlng which has been kindled
agilnat the company- during the paet
year end which it te said will result
In the hanging tn ofngy . other officers
of the company. , ' ' s
Feeling, against' the company for Its
alleged mistreatment of the settlers
undet Its canals sprung up over a year
, ago, was given an added Impetus when
Governor Chamberlain visited the eeo-
"tlon last June smd denounced the com
pany for Its violation of laws and rules
governing such projects, and received
still more fuel when the report on the
company's work by the government
. engineers of the ' reclamation service
was recently made public x 1 " '
This report held the preeent Irriga
tion aystem to be practically worthleaa
. and of little "or -no permanent - value.
. while the expenditure of lie per acre,
the amount of the lien fixed by the state
. land board, would be aufflclent. to pro
vide an adequate Irrigating system, ln-
, eluding storag reservoirs and eanale of
eultable width to carry, an abundant
supply of water to thoroughly reclaim
the entire segregation of 17,000 acres of
land. t , : ; , ., ,
UUU the nomotot.' r'V"
V, Ai La Id law. has been ' connected
with the Irrigating company atnee Its
. Inoeptlon a number of years ago. He
was president and manager of the Co-
lumbla Southern Irrigation - eompany
, when he latter purchased the rights
, and property of the Three Sletere Irrl-
gatlon eompany which has already done
considerable work on the project. Boon
' after the latter eompany was absorbed
. by the former, a large amount of stock
was sold to TV. -Wilson and J. W.
Blatn and the company's name changed
ee, the Columbia. Southern Irrigating
Smpany. 1 Wilson then became presl
nt and Bleln secretary; -
The fact that In addition to the sals
of ths company's stock It gave a trust
I
Ft !.- JeM 4.U. ' fcj"!, -iy' pSe rjf -! J-
WATCH
WM
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T. B. Bidwell ; Destroyed What-Was at , First
S Believed by; lljce txi Be Clue tcrthca Y
f r Mysteriou Johnson Murder -
. wnst wss tnougnt at nrst ie navs
been the watoh stolen from Dr. P. 8.
Johnson, whose body was found be
neath the Ford street bridge tn a ter
ribly crushed and mangled condition tn
January, was sold to 1). C Gosnell,
saloonkeeper at 126 First street, by
Frank Wane, who la In Jail oharged
with complicity in the robberies of the
St Johns and Bell wood - postofflces.
iJiter the watch wss sold by Oosnell to
T. B. ! Bidwell, ' a timber cruiser with
r
offices In the Commercial building, who
threw the watch in ' the Willamette
, river from the Morrison street bridge
. when he found thst Wsne had bsen sr.
rested' for robbery.
' Bidwell. eays his action - In throwing
. the watch Into the river was caused by
' fear that he would receive publicity.
, . Bidwell alleges he did not know that the
; ' watch bad been stolen when he bought
t It He kept it until after Wane's ar
. rest when he eays Ooanell cams te him
end advised him to get rid of It. aa the
; man from whom ha had bought it had
1 turned out to be a robber. . , . .
. Blrtuell aald today the watch 'waa In
i a ailver ease and bore the nam of 11
.deed and mortgage to the extent' of
1175.000 to the Oregon Trust dt Savings
company, led the settlers to believe that
the-eompany wa. not prepared, to go
forward with development work.- The
state land board only reoantly appointed
agents to examine, the books and maks
a . thorough Investigation of, the com
pany's standing before beginning ac
tion to force the relinquishment of its
contract with the state or compliance
with the law regarding its work,
W. A. ' Laldlew, when asked eoneera
Ing the story shore printed, stated that
he had wt been-Interested' to tny Treat
extent In 'the OcSnmbla. Southern 'eoir.
peny -for a year an4 a half or mere.
Neither bad be beep a. majority suck
holder ta the company for. that length
of time. . - - .-
tt was stated, however, both bv Mr.
Lafdl&w and by W. H. Moore, president
of the . Oregon Savings bank, that the
Colsmbla Southern eompany has hoen
reorganised, and - that the last deaUs
ef the reorganisation were completed
yesterday. All the bonds of ths old
cm pan v had been taken up by tne
stockholders of the new organisation,
and from this time on the new com
pany will develop the project and put
sdded capital Into It without further
expense on the. part Of the old mem
bers of the company or added Uabli.
Itlea oil the part of the settlers..
Some of the principal stockholdsrs of
the new company as reorganised are: "K.
E. Lytle. J, Frank Watson. L A, Ter-jx,
C. M. Keep, D. E. Keesey. P. U W i ll,
W. H. Moore anl T. A. Rutherford. The
officers of the new company are: W.
H. Moore, president;' J. Prank Watson,
vice president: C. M. Keep, secretary,
and' E. K. Lvtla, treasurer.
FIRE DESTROYS LIGHT U
PLANT AT BAY CITY
i3tmnf Special Serrlee. s
San Franolsco, April S. Fire ' iat
night deetroyed the electrio light and
power plant of the San Franciaco Oae
Electrio eompany, which caused
loes of 12,(00,000 and plunged almost
the. entire city Into darknesa The Are
was eaueed by the exploeton of a tfeam
pipe, which scattered fuel oil about the
building. .- The oil caught Are, the flames
spread to the oil . tank, which exploded,
end eoon the entire plant was. burning.
Three firemen were Injured by being
caught under a wall which collapsed. -EleU
Republican Mayor.
r ' " (Jflsrsa! Seeelal tervlpe.t f -
Topeka, Kan., April I. Topeka yes
terday elected William Oreene (Rep.)
mayor by a majority of 1,500. '
Hanson on tbe back, and that Oosneri
stated that he had bought tbe watch
far It and offered to eell It for the
aame amount Bidwell bought the
watoh much agalnat his wishes because
of the name on the back. '
, "On Ooanell's edvico 4 scraped the
name off the back of tbe watch. One
day Ooanell advised me to get rid of
It end I did so. It wss "a six-ounce
watch, and the eaee waa fitted for a
lever eet, but tbe watch Itself waa stem
set. It was not a stop ' watch as 1
understand Dr. Johnson Swstch waa
The name H. Hanson was on the neck
of the eaee In large English- letters.
Ths authorities are confident that the
watch which Bidwell had wae the one
Stolen from Dr. Johnson. ' 1
Louie Smith, a bartender who worked
for Oosnell up until the time of his
arrest for complicity In. the poetoffloe
robberies, - ss Id that he barely distin
guished the tops of the lettere "P" and
"J" on the back of the case.
Bidwell said today that he did not
notice such letters end thst hs would
have stirely dons so, because he eraaad
the name Of 1L Uanaon. ..
PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESD AY , EVENING. APRIL 3,
LIFE STORY I ROCKEFELLER HWESS T0 VIED mLUOUMRE I
Former Commissioner
on Stand in Trial for
-Destruction-pfGov-ernment
Records;
Asserts That
vice of Secretary as to Keep-1
Jng Private - Copy BooWs Be
' cause He . Was'' Unfamiliar
With Methods In Use
1 . (Special Dtapetet te Tbe JooraaL) )
? Washington, April I. -Blnger Her-'
mann today related the story of his life
before, the trial Jury In his trial for de
struction of government records while
land eommlaaioner. . The courtroom wf
well filled, - because word bed been
paased around that the defendant would
probably take the .stand. - " y .
,- Hermann made a good impression,
maintaining an attitude Of apparent Sin
cerity, with no- trace of bitternesa 'to
ward the government couaeeL Ho
talked almost tnoesssntly ths " sntlre
day. His testimony, so far, relates to
the details-of the management of hta
office ae commissioner. He said - that
when- he assumed the position he was
unfamiliar with the methods, hones he
proceeded according to the advice - of
Elliott P. Hough, his private eecreiary.
who had brought private letter-press
copy books, with him, saying that It
was the custom of the former com
missioner to keep them.. . Hs fruited
Hough, so as to follow his advice.
r Attorney Worthington consumed an
hour or two going through some crvpy
books now In existence In the jeneral
land office, asking Hermann's relatione
to a large number of . Oregon people
to whom Hermann wrote lettere. Her
mann exhibited marvelous acquaintance
ship with the Uvea and career of scores
of men prominent . in Oregon for the
past 40 years, In - every instancs ray
Ing, "Tea, sir, he was a close personal
friend," or, "He waa a constituent and
supporter, of mine,'' The purpose tf
the defense was to show that the aipy
books destroyed contained personal' cor
respondence, and also to prove that Her.
mann pursued the polley followed for
the psst 1 years by former land com
missioners. Worthington led Hermann throush a
protracted Interrogation, concerning the
manner of handling official maiL '
FAMILY WIPb OUT
- BY, FIRE IN TEPIENT
(Josraal Special Servtee.)
, Passlae, N. J, April S. An entire
family except the father was wiped out
by a fire which destroyed a tenement
here. this morning. Michael Solupoe;
wife and four children were " ths vie-1
time. The mother died while trying to
reecue her children. j
STOP BUILDING Y
HEW WARSHIPS
Schwab States That Trusy Will
Tak No ; More Contracts
From Government Two
' Thousand Employes Affected
(Joaraal tpeelal Service. I 1'
New Tork, April s.-pChar1ea . U.
Schwab, president of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation- announced after the
annual meeting of the eompany at .New
ark, New Jersey, todey that It would
take no more ahip-bulldlng contracts
from the national government. Thle
eompany owna the Union Iron- works
of Ban Franciaco and several other ship
yards. ',. .. , '
Schwab sail all of them would hence
forth be utilised for making of mer
chant vessels exclusively. - He statea
that the corporation lost tl. 000.000 on
ths construction " of battleships. . On
three we. ships now under construction
st the. Union Iron-works they lost tl,
711.000, which has been charged off In
the past yssr. .
. This loss wss partly due to the earth
quake snd partly to ths changed condi
tions of trats and labor, ths contracts
having been taken five years sgo, when
materials snd wages were much cheaper.
'The principal cause of los." Schwab
added, "Is the succession of unreason-
He Followed Ad-i jTJ I j: :
(Continued on rage Two.)'
'Js- " t ,-ju
' t 1 I a snP sw I Z. M B I
r.- Mrs I
iy X
W Y'
A romance of millions bag Just culminated In the announcement of
the engagement of Miss Ethe: Ooodsell Rockefeller, .whose picture la
hero shown,." niece, of. John- D. Rockefeller, and Marcellus Hartley Dodge, ,
who Inherited many millions from, his- grandfather,- Marcellus Hartley.
The youngs couple -are to be married Very- quietly this month at the i
home of. the; bride's -father,. William a. ' Rockefeller. Although still ;
student young Bodge was lm'med lately" made a dfrec'or" la the Equitable,'
Life Assurance' Society, to succeed his grandfather, and also a- director
in a' number of other large' companies.' i . ! .
You are urged
to send at once
the pholo of f Ae mostr
' " beautiful woman you
; know to The Journal
Ths Journal believes that the tnoet
beautiful woman In the world Uvea
In Oregon and is trying to prove it
Next Sunday The Journal Will pub
lish the first Installment of pictures
or neauwiui. urrgnn women. . watcn
for It .
The winner of The journal conies.
who will be adjudged the most beau-'
tirui womsn in uregon, win compete
In the national con teat. ....
Twenty-three of the Is r seat Sun.
day papera In America ars aeektng-
tne moai. oeauttiui woman in their
territory.
-A national commission will pass
upon the claims of the wlnriers of ths
stats contests and adjudge the win.
ner the most beautiful woman in
America. Help us to reflect credit
upon Oregon by ' submitting the
fin to of those yoeT think beautiful.
Xafr prises Of 75, tf.0 and SIS are
offered to those sdjuda-ed the moat
beautiful women In Oregon by The
Journal. , i, - , "
Get Busy
Too husbands, lovers 1 snd brothers.
Bend in HER photograph, for ths
honor of old Oregon."
Imn't send a small photograph. It
will not make a good cut Fend a
large one. the larger the better.
Ihd Send It (low .
1907. SIXTEEN" PAGES.
.AY
REVOLVER DUEL
Clltner Comes to the Rescue of
Brother-ln-Law In Flat Below,
and Marauder Is Scared and
Runs Away. -
: Edmond C GDrner, eecTetary ef the
Portland chambef of commerce, soundly
asleep last night on the second floor of
hie residence at 771 Everett street, was
awakened by a noise In the rooms of his
brother-in-law, P. C Patterson, who oc
cupies a fist on the first : floor. Mr.
Oiltner took hie revolver, went to the
window and looked down upon a masked
msn who wss eovsrlng somebody in the
lower room with a pistol. '
"What's the msttcr down there. Pat
ter ton T" Oiltner called to hla brother-in-law,
hesitating to ahoot until first
learning the situation. :
"Put your head back In there or I'll
blow It off," said ths masked man at
ths window below. .
Begtaa Do. el With Burglar.
This was snoush to put Mr. Oiltner
wise to the situation, and also to arouse
his snger. '
"You 11 shoot me, will you? I'll shoot
you," he answered, snd drawing hla
hesd'lnplds the window he thruat out
his hand, pointed his revolver down
ward and opened fits.
WITH A BURGLAR
(Continue-! on Tjo.)
PRICE TWO
TRUST IS TRICK,
. SAYS CHANDLER
Contrived .by Jailers of ' Mrs.
Eddy to Avoid Receivership
'Almost In Contempt of Court
to Evade Lawsuit.
(Special Dtapateb te Tie Jeans!.)
' Washington, April . Ex-Senator Wil
liam E. Chandler, of New Hampshire,
senior counsel for the plaintiff sin the
Eddy suit, 'haa Issued a statement. In
which he said In part:
' "This new trust Is a trick contrived
by the jailers of Mrs. Eddy to avoid the
receivership, which may be' ordered by
the court The validity of this perform
ance, four days after the suit
brought, will be Inquired Into when tbe
law suit Is tried, as will the validity of
all other conveyances of property- made
Dy ner wnen incompetent.
-roe new movement win not enange
the regular course of the eult Proof
hes been stesdtly accumulating showing
that Mrs. Eddy has been for many yeara
deluded and incompetent person, and
the defendants In this suit have used
her delusions and Incompetency to
serve their own selfish ends.
"Now thst tbsy are being pressed for
an accounting, they grasp, by a method
that la almoet contempt of court, all of
her' property and assert the right even
to . control . and manage the law suit
which' would bring them to Justice."
Ths trustees - are Henry M. Baker,
Mrs, Eddy's cousin; Archibald McClel
land and Joslah Fernald. of this elty.
They must, dispose of ths property at
her death according to ner wlIL Mrs.
Eddy retains her borne and , sufficient
money for current expeneea.
' " Klickitat Chief Dead.
-l.vle. W8sh.. April I. Bts-HL one of
. 1 1 iv- ' wssiesivH ww mmw e""'si.i
the oldest Indian chiefs In Washington,
died yesterday at Maddock station on
the Big Klickitat river.-at the age of
I. ' Sta-HI - was chief of the Weh-kla-ous
tribe of the Kllckltats. He asserted
repestedly thst his fathar had lived to
ths age of 110 years.'..
"AflGEL'S Mil
Mrs. Ordwfly Wins Over Mrs. Currier, Who
Must Now Pay tven More Than tho
Costs of Her Suit
i Vre. Ada Dow Currier, who , Intro
duced Julia Marlowe to the stage, snd
did great things in the theatrical world.
aheeayat must psy. to MrsTJune Me-
Mlllen Ordway the sum of IZ0.7B. and
must also par ths costs of the suit
which shs Instituted agalnet Mrs. Ord
wsy. according to the decision of Jus
tice Reld thla morning.
This Is ths ssttlement of the Case In
which a acheme to fleece "the angel"
cf a play went awry. Mrs. Currier,
who proteased to aid M re.- Ordway In
the production of "Dregon," whose snd
fate at the Baker theater le remem
bered, eued her benefactor for 121, al
leged to be due as salary which Mrs
Ordwsy had f si led to pay-
followed Kef for Meals. " '
TTi defendant fllud a counter clulm,
showing ths mon-y thst htd b"-en it
pended and tli money ehe h i I given
Mis. Currier. Ph nUi m'-iiti.Mi- 1 th
fact that Mr. . urrier ! i r" .'' i - 1 to
Tv 1 pr t"-"rl. t.'.i iih ) 4 I ;...- 3
... ir i: i t it i i 4 C ; . - - y : ii
CENTS. gfiSFmPiES
ALIEHiSTS y
1 " sl nsl SaV
COlilSSl!
Thaw Lunacy Inquiry
Conducted In Secret
WithourAid of Doctors!
ers
Thaw Converses Rationally ,
About White, Saying He Does !
Not Now Consider He Was an ;
Agent of Providence In Killing '
White; . ' - . ;
'' ' ' ! .. .- i, 'J .'-
(Joarsal gpeelal Servtee.)
New Tork, April I. The Thaw lunacy
commissioners took (ha caao Into their
own hands this afternoon after hearing
ths contradictory testimony of the ex
perts." excluding the alienists and even
Thaw'a lawyers. The exsmlnatlon took
plaoe-ln JustleOi ritsgeraldr chsmbers, '
where Thaw was put through a rigid
physical and mental .test designed to.
result In ths commission's determina
tion of his condition.'
It Is freel predicted thst. unon the
Showing that wae made at the. morning .
session, anless the private examination
reveals some streak of Insanity, .the
commission tomorrow will report the
prisoner sane and the trial will proceed.
Wagnes Bays Thaw Xa Base.
At the examination "of Thaw bv- ths
lunacy commission this morning Dr.
Wagner made a strong point for Thaw
when he testified that he talked to the
prisoner today about White and found
Mm perfectly rational, x
T ssked him," explained the doctor.
"If he still considered himself sn sgent
of providence In killing White. Ths
prisoner , answered no, saying he had
come to see that thla waa not ao.
"I aaked htm If he understood what
his position waa and If he thought tt
serious. Thaw answered, thst be thought
the case serious, but that hla attorneys
had put up a good case. -
"I alao questioned . him shout the
financial arrangements with his attor
neys and he ssid he had made arrange
ments with some, but with others, be
ing bis personal friends. . he did not
think It necessary to make terms be
fore the trial."
Hartrldge took the stand m an effort
to strengthen the esse made out in fa
vor of Thsw's sanity. He said in all
the conversations he hed with him he
never found anything upon which to
base the opinion .that Thaw waa insane.
. Others 9 solars Thaw Insane. '
A big ssemblage of alienists wss on
hsnd when the lunacy commission re
sumed Ita sessions thla morning. Thaw
entered early. He looked well and ap
parently waa not worried at the pros
pect of facing the board tn the private
examination later In ths day.
Dr. Dlefendorf wss the first wltn .
He testified that In his opinion Thaw I
lneapahle of understanding the- proceed
ings against him or of advlxtng hit
counsel. Dr. Dlefendorf testified th.it
Thaw's lettere to the newspapers during
the trial Indicated Insanity, particularly
the one In which he said. "The prosecu.
tlon Is backed by blacklegs." -
. (Continued on Page Two,)
to sf.ii;
meal time and had followed Mrs. O-'.
way to the home of neighbors wheit
the hostess grew weary of preparing
meats. Mrs. Ordway also totd of V t
peculiar and alnlster Influence .liii'i
the other woman held over her.
In his findings this mornlns, Ju-'i i
Fold Stated that hs was cnnfMnt
Ordwsy had been under tbe oth-'r
man's influence. He also e 1, t e
though Mrs. Currier had denl, r , '
things in connection with ti e ,
believed the seme thln- t t- . ,
nevertheleas.
. . Iitravagrant T lree.t!"s.
In the cures i'f th irnii. i
Bnker. nian.tiier of the ) - r
here the i-uy i "1 i
thit he c'mi, t hv i . - i ! j
Wtll'.f It "'it '.-. . , i
nkliKul mi -. !l n .
sum of IJ. .
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