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X- VOL. VI. NO. 28.
PK WATS! AiEM
BAD Effll
III Ifiiil
Clause " Carrying Act
Passed by Legislature
in 1905 Omitted From
per Filed ; ;
Property-Owners- Will Undoubt-
yr ... edly 7 Make - Strong- Effort , to
- Show People' Purport of Pro
posed 'Amendment as x It
- x7 Stands. y , f??M . 'V:
' If the proposed free - water amend
ment to the city charter ia adopted, ail
1 bridge building- In the city of Portland
' will be a topped. .
".' Through an , apparent oversight In
compiling the amendment to the city
charter, better .. known aa the Wagnon
ordinance, one entire portion of sec
tion 114, one of those to be amended,
haa been omitted In the petition,' an
. error which -will call forth atrenuoua
- opposition to the measure from aU eeo
tlona of the -city, ? , .-. . ;J y .
CSaaae fteft Oak ' .
The portion of section. 114 referred
.. to provide for the levying of a I-mlll
' - tax on each dollar valuation of the,
property In the city, both real and pen-'
aonal, taxable by law for city purposes,
for the purpose of constructing bridges.
; This is know as the bridge fund.
' The Wagnon amendment of section
114 overlooks It. entirely, so that In the
", event of the adoption of the proposed
. free water ordinance by the voters at
. the June election, all revenue for the
construction of bridges across gulches
, on the east side or for the building of
.. bridges In any other part of the oity
of Portland will be cut off completely.
"aTo Cure slow Possible, f.--The
proposed amendment makes no
provision - whatever for a bridge fund,
and all oontemplated Improvements or
' , structures in this ' line, unless by prl
- vats subscription, will therefore be
come null and void In the event of Its
adoption. - The error la one of the most
1 glaring which has come to light In re-
cent legislative matters and Ita dlecov
(try at such a late data makes remedial
action Impossible, the ordinances pro-
vldlng that all petitions or amendments
to the charter . shall be submitted not
later than 60 dare preceding the next
! regular city election.-- '
The mistake, which involves several
hundred thousand dollars, abolishes
completely the levying of a two-mill tax
apportioned to the special bridge fund.
The assessment roll for the city of
Portland this . year Is approximately
. 1144.000.000 and from this a two-mill
bridge fund would amount ' to 1811,000.
This amount, however, would-be can
celled by the Wagnon- amendment as
(Continued on Page Two.)
KlERCIIAIIT DAYS;
BURGLAR
fllHTS
Sam Levy Makes Jekyll-Hyde
' Job of It Jill He Takes , to
Robbing Japs Once Escaped
. on Way to PervHas Record.
'.' tJoeraal Special Service.) ' . '
Los Angeles, April 4. Accused of
' posing' by day at fashionable hotels aa
a wealthy Chicago merchant and of
looting houses by night, Leo Levy, who
tells the police that ha la a member of
a wealthy family at San Francisco, is
' how under arrest after - an exciting
. . chase by the officers. . The police say
' Ms home Is at Oakland. The specific
charge against Levy la the burglary Jf
the room of a Japanese. - V
' Levy, who Is known also a Roe en -thai.
Meyers, Dyer, Goldmen. Lewis and
Latham, escaped from eus'tody here
. nine years ago when under sentence to
.the penitentiary. He leaped from the
courtroom window and agalnfrom a
' train that was carrying him" to Ban
Quentln. He has lived reoently-at Ts
. coma and Seattle,
The fellow -was arrested on suspicion
In the Japanese quartet after he had
- made a desperate attempt to escape by
scaling fences and hiding In dark alleys.
He was later Identified aata supposedly
. . wealthy inmate of the sanitarium at
Monrovia. The officials there could not
believe he waa guilty of any crime un
til It was proved by tbe police that he
had dleposM of a nuii r of diamond
rln)r, wai'-iii-ii eml mi -r Jowclry. It
Is ...ve 1 v Is r. y of many bur-
' " 1 - t t if m
BEAUTIFUL
Tre the fiti
...... v
William F." Herrln, Clef Counsel and
Political Agent for Harrlman in
California The Man "Higher Up"
MAIIIAC FW ;
WITH HIS RAZOR
Unknown and Demented Italian
( Is Finally Subdued by the Po--1
lice After a Hard Struggle on
. Treacherous Muddy Ground.
A demented ' Italian, whose Identity
baa not yet been established, ran amuck
on the ; east . side this . morning, armed
with' a . revolver and raaor,, and before
finally being landed behind the bars at
vne county Jail attempted to shoot an
inoffensive cltlsen,' tried . to . slash Pa
trolman Rob son with the raaor and was
only subdued after a desperate hand-to
hand struggle. - ,
The snanlac, even - though , manacled
with two pairs of haadouffa and bound
hand and foot -with a rope, fought his
captors aU'tLe way taJalL -.
Not a scrap of paper that would fur
nish a slue to - the nanve- of the Insane
man -was found oa his person and. sw
ing to 1 his mental condition, he was un
able to give any Intelligent account of
himself. . . -
After a Bridge Jumper.
. About 14 o'clock a telephone message
was received at police headquarters
that a man had jumped Into the slous,h
at the south end of the Larrabee street
bridge. The patrol wagon-with Ser
geant ftobson and Chauffeur E. Burke
was sent to the scene, ut nothing waa
found of the supposed suicide. It waa
learned from 1 pedestrian, however,
that a ere ay man had drawn a gun on
soma cltlsen In Montgomery gulch, but
(Continued en Pag Two.) -
LEADS IH PURE FOOD
Oregon' Officials Driving Adulterated Meats
and All Kinds of Edibles Offthe Market
Ahead of Neighbor States :
The efficiency of the Oregon pure
food provisions for detecting the sals
of adulterated foods has been Illustrated
not only by the numerous prosecutions
of ths last few. weeks, but Is borne out
by comparisons with efforts mads In
adjoining states for securing the pro
tection of tte people from the dangers
of embalmed and adulterated foods,
Oregon la In the advance of these
states - In this, line end Is In a
good way of retaining that advantage.
When V class of groceries Is put on
the market In any ststs and has been
found Impure; by a pure food commis
sioner, theee (roods sre Invariably taken
to - the nearest market outelde of the
state so that whan one state gains a
lead that atate ususlly - retains that
lead. Bert Pllklngton, the chemiet In the
employ of the state In thla city, made
some Interesting revelations thle morn
ing regarding the poaltlon of Oregon In
regard to other northwest states.
' Xdaho a Dumping Oronad.' .. ,
"In spite ef ths faat that Washington
has spent large .amounts of money In
perfecting Its food commission It Is
notable that there have been but one or
two proseci: Lions for the adulteration
of JTumburaer in t'..a. state, one of the
nmiit en illy detected adulterations.
1 h ejo.ired st Cpokane."
OREGON WOMEN IN SUNDAY'S JOURNAL ALSO THE ROMAIITI
STORY OF THE
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY -.EVENING, " APRIL- 6, 1907
HIGHER-UP
REALLY AFTER
Partial ImmunityOffer
ed to Abe Ruef Ft He
. Will Tell All He
Knows of Graft
Imprisonment Will Be Cut Down
to Two Years and Only One
.' Case Tried Wily - Boss Re-
fuses Proffers Indictments
Against Phone Officials. : '
' tfeamal SmeUl serrlee.1
Ban Francisco, April 4. "Ths men we
really want are E. H. Harrfroan and, W.
F. Herrln," la the latest declaration of
the graft prosecution.- The man who
stands between the prosecution- and the
accomplishment of this acme of their
desire to purify the municipal govern-'
ment and rehabiiate pen jrranciaco is
Abe Ruef, TO times Indicted on charges
of felony 1 five times for extortion, and
B tlmea for bribery.' .-!
In Its efforts to reach the ."higher
ups" the prosecution has endeavored for
months to induce Ruef to snake a con
fession. He has been repeatedly sweated
by Detective William J. Burna but apparently-'
to ; little purpose. - For- the
Hswksnaw stated a zew aays ago: iou
oould not drag a confession from aim
with four horses." f .
Two Tears ia Prlsoa to Bnef. . .
In the Attempt of the prosecution to
induce Ruef to Inculpate his associates
In boodle, the 70-tlmes-accused prisoner
has been offered Immunity so closely
approaching a clean-bill of health that
the term of tmpriaonment which the
prosecution Is said to hav4 agreed to
arrange - with the courts, waa to have
been limited to two years. -
These negotiations were bad prior to
the return of the 45 . bribery Indict
ments, the Utter being filed with the
view of giving notioo to the accused of
the quality of the discipline be must
expect from the local Inquisition should
he remain obdurate. Promises of a
still larger package being handed to
him. If he failed to come through, did
not seem .to soften the stubborn
boodler. - ,-. ( ' ' - . -'
Baef Wanted Compute Zmxcxnity.
In trafficking with Ruet It Is said
the prosecution hesitated to give him
immunity on. the scale wlth which it
bad dealt out that commodity to the
14 -sslt-oonf eased graflng supervisors, on
the ground thst public sentiment would
not permit letting Ruef go free. The
proposed desl Is said to have Involved
trying Ruef on one charge only with
the penalty limited, to two years If he
would confess and implicate the
"higher ups."
Ruef Is reported to have been willing
to give the prosecution certain Infor
mation In consideration of complete Im
munity, but declined to tell all be knew
about the men on the bridge.
, (Continued on Page Two.)
"The last legislature la Washington
appropriated 121.600 for the naea of
the food commissioner," added Mr.
Pllklngton. "Washington has two dairy
and eheese Inspectors, two drug Inspec
tor a, besides an oil Inspector under a
separate provision. . In the face of these
protections In Washington adulterated"
groceries that cannot be sold In Port
land are carted off to Vancouver and
put on the market. Idaho la Just be
ginning to wake up. ..That atate has
long been known aa a dumping, ground
for Impure food bouses." -
1 Portland Is OrrUoat,
It Is conceded that Oregon needs mors
Inspectors) but ths force now employed
Is cleaning Oregon pretty thoroughly.
Some butchers have been arrested four
or five times. It Is true, but they are
persistently pursued. Mr. Pllklngton
says that foods are not adulterated aa
much aa the public believes them to
be and eonaldara Portland not so bad as
many cities where the population Is con
gested. Portland buyers are critical and edu
cated. '. his wss Illustrated recently
during the late butter famine. If It can
be so styled. Butter was very high but
Portland people would pay SO cents- a
roll for butter rather than buy oleoma r
gerlne, properly labeled aad represented. ,
IRK
NATIONAL
WONDERFUL
IS i
Trainmen's Peace Lifts
Last Cloud From the
Business Horizon of
Portland ;
On Every' Hand There Are Sub
i stantial and Unassailable Evi
dences of the Material Devel
opment of This City and the
Oregon Country Generally. ;
A perceptible algh of relief goes wp
rras Portland financial centers at the
announcement that . there haa been
reached a settlement of the Impending
strike of railroad trainmen involvlnx -40
roads weet of Chloago. The week onda
with bualneas . In first-class condition
and a season's prospect that la good for
Portland eyes. . .. ; - ;.
- A gain of 41.1 per cent over last year
was shown In clearings and balances of
ths Portland clearing-house for the
week ending Thursday, night., r The
clearings and Dalances for six days, aa
compared with the same week a year
S" wore mm xouowsc
' Clearings. ; lOf. ., 10. ;
Friday . ....$ 14.tlt 51 . f 404.641.SI
Saturday.,. 64I.SK3.04 -474.141.66
Monday . .... 1.441,444 4S 1,001, 615.44
Tueaday . .. I.2J4.144.64 481.147.0S
Wedneaday . 1430.t40.ai .' 711.434 7
Thursday ... 1.0I0,011.7 t08,417,01
" TotaU ...,$.S01,tl4.ft 4.tSl,47t.et
afxtxa Bright Proepeots.
' Balanoes for - the asms week ' were:
For 107. fS17.140.8t; for 1104. 69t,481.
78. J With largo and steady Increases In
the postof f ice receipts, the gold clear
ings, bank' balances, bank - deposits,
realty transactions and Jobbing trade, and
the beat nroanenta fiw h(a
out Portland's vaat trade territory, the
years promises are golden and should
no great labor convulsion Interrupt busi
ness advancement In all
opment In Oregon Is certain to .be the
wriwi in am swiars nisiory. Ths oolo
blst movement for March already guar
antees -that the rewvirt n .
arrivals will bo broken before the end
01 Apru. . . - . . . .
A movement for securing ths estab
lishment of a United States subtree sury
In Portland has assumed definite shape.
ana s commutes or bankers Is in eorres
spondence with the treasury department
on the subject It is probable that auo
eeaa will crown thjttv .
will be able ti show that Portland of all
4 Continued on Page Two,)
Thk Great Sunday
Journal
Covera a wider rang of human In
terest subjects than any northwest
paper. Look at this partial con
tents: . -
Barnura - the Bhowman By Tody
Hamilton, his prees agent.
Building a Railroad Without Wall
Street Help. . . f V.
World's rearrest Sunday Bchoo Class
t In Portland.
Terrible , ftoenes of v the Chinese
: Famine. , ,
Reclaiming tha Oregon. Desert.' V
A Honeymoon In Plgmyland.' ,
A Woman Runs Julian's Celebrated
Art School. ,
Caar's New , Lend . ef Teath for
' Bxllea, ,
..... , r , ,. . " y
The Magic of a
Pretty Face
tfave Voi Fef ? .
Man On Other Planet . ' '
Woman .Who Prefers Kltohen to
' 'Stage.
Is Marriage a Failure? If Not. Why
. NOtT .
Tttuce Culture Under Glass.
China to Banish Opium.
Farming Without a Hired Man.
How Animals Predict the Weather.
Mand, the ; Katsenjammers and
Happy once more.
In the Delightful
Sunday Journal
Beauty Hints for the Lad lea. Plo-
tures and fltorlaa for- Children
Something for Everyone.
A sweet melody, "Ev'ry Morn I
Bring Her Chicken," lnthe Mualcr
Supplement.
ffl
BEAUTY QUEST
- TWO SECTIONS 18 x PAGES.
S ALL
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WtienFold-of
r
; -i
Senator U. C. Hansbrough.
union r.iE(i call"
ROOSEVELT DOWII
Demand of Teddy That He Make
Amends for, Casting Asper-
sions on Moyer and Haywood
' In Letter to Sherman.
NeTork, April I. A number of la-
bos- leaders of this city who have or
ganised a Moyer-Haywood protest con
ference today through their chalaman,
Thomas Crlmmlns. - sent a letter to
President Roosevelf demanding that he
make amends for his alleged strictures
on Moyer and. Haywood In his letter to
Congressman Sherman. ' In a long letter
Crlmmlns - reviews the statements at
tributed to the president and declares the
protest wss made by the representat
ives of 800 bona fide labor bodlea
"Before the Jaw Moyer and Haywood
are considered Innocent until they are
proved guilty. In the faoe of the pro
ceedings agalnat ' them are you not
aware that your words may prejudice
the general publlo and possibly the
Juryt .
"Is It too jnucn to ssx you. 10 nut
such publlo amends as a true gentleman
la boandrto-offerwhentnadvertently
he' lias msde a mistake and - Inflicted
grievous wrongs upon men who have
nothing to do with a personal quarrel T"
. In his letter to Congresman Sherman
the president said . that certain eenti
menta that had been attributed to Har
rlman made him "at lesst as undesir
able a "Cltlaen as Haywood, , Moyer or
Deba."
Basse's Successor Named.
Washington, D. C ' April I. The
president tooay announceo mat ne would j
appoint State Senator Campbell of Chi-1
eago, postmaster to succeed Busse. - '
E
Ann 'Wk'M unnir
UlfJS
A
Federated Trades Council Considers Radical
Scheme to Submit All Labor Differences
to Citizens Board of Arbitration
A' movement ' to abolish all strikes
and substitute therefor a conciliation
board sleeted by the combined commer
cial and Industrial intereate of the city
was launched last night at the regular
weekly meeting of the Portland Fed
orated Tradee council.. - ...... t ,
The plan is to call a eonventlon of
merchants and manufactursrs, union
lets and professional men, and to elect
from their number a repreeentatlve
committee of tt which shall Investi
gate .labor dlaputes and sndeavor to
bring about an adjustment of the dif
ficulty without stopping ths wheels of
Industry for a moment The sctlon of
the council in Indorsing the plan is It
self a guarantee that organised la
hoi" of Portland would recognise such
a committee and abide by Its decisions.
1 . Senllia ITot Indorsed.
Ths action of the eounoil la not an In
dorsement of the scheme of P. II. Bcul-
II n. who Is here trying to organise a
branch of the National Industrial Peace
association. Whlla the object le the
same, the method Is somswhat different
In fact, the council refused last nliiht
to have anything to do wlttt Scullln and
hla work.
The new peace plan waa' oriifint-l.
or at least proposed, bv C, A. ln'r, a
delegate from t'i typogr H t
ocirff - rixrr ;
s
BRIDGE - BIMH
VIGTIMOFAJOSH
Trusf Pof-flgansfRoosevef
' f
Senator Jonathan Bourne.
SHY ROOSEVELT
HAS BRAinSTORFil
None the Less Executive Is
i Pleased With Publicity ?Ovr
- Slush . Fund Story -Penrose
jStilMJenylng
(Special Hepetca to The Joornel.)'
Washington, April 4. Ths president
Is mightily pleased with the wide pub
licity given the exposure of the $6,000,-
000 conspiracy . agalnat htm. Scoffing
commenta are being made In some of
the eastern papers,, one of them alleg
ing' that the center of brainstorms is
now at ths White House, another urg
ing the president to take a long vaca
tion, and- othera lnalnuatlnr that the
latest sensation was sprung for the pur
pose of diverting publlo attention from
the Harriman-Rnosevelt squabble. - -
But at the White House everything
Is lovsly. Secretary Teb tells news
papermen that the publicity haa crushed
the conspiracy Ilka an egg. Senator
Penrose sent np protests todsy against
the charge that he waa a drunken bab
bler of the secrets of ths antt-Roose-velt
conspirators, and. hastened to de
clare his love for Roosevelt and Roose
velt tan pollclea and to set up an alibi,
explaining -that he was down around
Cuba with Secretary Metealf and Sena
tor Flint when the famous dinner waa
given at which the plana of the con
spirators leaked out.
Will Wot Aocase Penrose.
Becretary Loeb was quick to tell the
people 4 hat no; names had been men
tioned In the "by authority" story
given out yesterday. He would not de
ny that Penrose waa ths senator whose I
mellowness at the dinner - led to the
(Continued on Pegs Two.)
PEACE PLAH
and the councll'e fraternal delegate to
tne ministerial union. ,' At the Invita
tion of the council.- the ministerial
union sent representatives to attend last
night's meeting. Rev 1. Whltoomb
B rougher and Rev. E. S, Bfuckley were
present. Both fell In heartily with the
peace movement Ia enthuatastlo
speeches they assured the unionists of
me support or tno ministerial union In
the undertaking.
taad Is Tory SUdloaL
The atu.ude taken bv the WmAmtt
Trades council agatnat strikes Is one
ot tne most radical of Ite kind ever
taken by a tradee oounoll In the United
Biatea. While numerous bodies of
worktng men have put themeclvee o-n
record as deploring striven, and othera
have Incorporated an arbitration ela.me
in their international constitution, the
Portland council la the first, f ,r a
known, to go on record aa N'lna; wi!:!na
to aubmlt any and ail of -( i .. t,.,
wth emt.!.-!v-rt to a bn. i , f ,. ...
upon v-r- , I v t V i '
thin -. .,.
U'd."
rrwre ow th nts 41m wrwi
VU" m , I1UDI, n Ci.MT4
Bourne Refuses to Dis
cuss Alleged Revel
ations -r- Gets Mum
at White House
' fWashtnctoa ttareaa ef The Jooraal.)
Washington, April . "T don't know -anythlnr
about any dinner. No, I did
not talk with the president about any
dinner; we i talked about Oregon mat
ters only," said Bourne aa he left the
White Houae at It o'clock, having been
cioaeted . with 'Roosevelt for 40 min
utes, j'-'--
"I have not . anything to say. Noth
ing about dinners or anything else. I
may want to attend othet dinners and
don't want to disqualify myself a a
guest," said Senator Hanabrough aa hs
came from the White House. Secretary
Loeb had nothing further to give out
regarding the allegations that "disclos
ures" were made at the Bourne dinner.
Bourne was besieged by every newspa
per man here . . . ; . f
7uxnp at Ward "Dinner."
' Say "dinner" to a senator and see him
Jump, ' Andrews, the new Mexican dele
gate, waa also a caller at the White
House and also a guest at the dinner.
He ' was equally "mum." Hemenway
got excited when approached, and cried 1
Wever say dinner to me again, t
never want to hear the word, I thiol
I'll quit eating." '
Tha alleged "disclosure" ef a con
spiracy of Harrlman, Rockefeller and,
other- millionaires to defeat the presi
dent with a 15.000.000 campaign fund
occurred at a dinner given by Senator
Jonathan Bourne at the Shoreham hotel
Just before congress adjourned. -
Two Yendoas of Penrose Story.
'' There are two versions of the Bourne
dinner. One Is that Senator Penrose,
who la related to President 8. B. 1
Penrose of Whitman college at Walla
Walla, Washington, waa tntoxlcatea
and at-the end of tho function dis
closed soms of the details of the plot
to raise SMOO.00O aa a starter towards
an enormous fund to enable Harrlman.
Rockefeller and Hearst to control botlt
parties. Penrose, when reminded whit
ho said on tho .ollowing -morning, re
iterated .hla statement and offered
see that one of those at the dinner ha.t
I2S.00O in his state for the campaign.
(Continued on Page Two.)
GIRL RAISES
Celda McChesney Needs Eye
glasses and Undertakes to
Make. Ujicle Sam Pay for
Them.-
(Joereal Special Serrlce.t
Berkeley, tel.. April 4 A 13-yer-61d
school girl. Or Ida Mhsnv. a
pupil at the Lincoln school, r
reated this morning on complmtit n''
the. government authorities timitu
her with having attempte.1 to m.-.
peetofflce money order wM'h site t."
dered for payment at the Booth t. rk -ley
postorflca, 8)10 admits hsvli,
tempted to cash the rlie.t m '
claiming that she neJ"d tli nx.n '
purchase a p"'r of ev'l 'i.-.-..
accused by IWitiVtlVS I ."'V J
and Bert Krasr, " I I r
first, but lr!.T I ! n i
mittsd hn'i'iit -I I 1 r
SE1W
L10IIEY ORDER