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. - mm MiDLAWi::: 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 llllsL 1 1 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. . "I .ilv i,-h I ' 1-. i-.".-r - - i