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GEE PI-IOTOGRAPI-I5 OJT BEAUTIFUL OREGON WOMEN. IN THE MAMMOTH SUNDAY JOUia- , - ' ' , - . x ... - - ........ ... ' ... Little Ad b THE JOURNAL Journal Circulation Dring. Results. Costs Onl One Cent a Word. r . , ; Yesterday ,. . The Weather Probably fair to night and 8unday. j ; ; s 7 ' VOL. VI. NO.' 34. PORTLAND OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1907. TWO SECTIONS18 PAGES. ; , , ' . PRICE " TWO CEtfTSVy :V&nrPSEZl ACCUSES PRESIDENT 1 FIRST: PHOTOGRAPH OF CAYUSE WRECK mm .. '! '. - ' ' . Inn'n'nrif riT -r w III m TAKES ALL DIVIDENDS -.fc Southern Pacific .Eats UpEveryCentofProfit ! on 'Output of; the In terior Mills , 4 ... V: , i. Long-Suffering Owners of Xum- ber Plants Between Salem I . and ' Ashland Believe vHigh i Harrlman Officials Never Hear "Complaints. : V.V In wiping out the Interior 1 lumber mllle of western Oregon It appeara-that the Southern Pacific Railroad company's freight traffic officiate acts--aiming to check the rush of business that te mak ing this company too prosperous. . y The enormous profits of the Southern Pacific corapny( shown by the monthly statements oT the last year,-hare ap palled even Wall street and are a sub ject or lively comment In -the .wail The feature of- the earnings of the Harrlman roads for February Jtlera sued. Is the continued tremendous devel opment the earnings of the Southern Pacific. Its gross earnings Increased more than $1,000,000 for the month, or 25 percent and its net Increased $1.14$, 00, or S7 per cent . Twe HUUons BTe Froftt. , ' This la the biggest Increase relative ly In net earnings the Southern pacific has ever recorded," says the Avaa Btreec Jouraal; "in fact the increase alone In net earnings la February was nearly as great n the entire net earnings In the month of February- of the lfvO fiscal year." - " - vv,, ; - The astonlahlng fact Is thus brought eut that while the road la -February last year cleaned- uo a net profit of over $1,400.(100, its business Is' now so im mensely profitable that In February this year It cleaned up a profit more than double that of the same month a year ago. But when Willamette valley mill mm came te Portland . last , week . te plead for a postponement ' of the con fiscatory advance of the lumber rate to Sun Franclsoo until, the mills could finish out their shipments Under P new- en t contracts, the freight' department ef the Southern Pacific company figura tively "nailed them to the cross." . . tollmen la Difficulties. ' The mlllmen of the valley and south ern Oregon have had a checkered career in Mieit attemnts to develop the lumber .manufacturing business n Southern Pa cific territory between Baiem and Asn land. They have from time te time In vested their money in timber and mill machinery and logging outfits, and for a brief time some of thera have made a little money. But-they have not pros pered longer then a few months at a time. The annual car shortage has usu ally plucked them off. one by one.: and when, they survived the car shortages they hsve been occasionally snuffed out by arbitrary raises of the freight rate en lumber carried by the SouthernPa gtfic. -. - When about 10 years age they were given a rate of 15.11 on common green lumber te San Francisco they believed their troablee were over, and they -set In vigorously and built up the Industry. But ear shortages, one after another, kept them-down to a bare living basis. (Continued en Per 'Two.) II 1(1 BLACK; AFTER CARNEGIE Plenty of . - Conjecture About Woman Who Ma'kes'Ufe Mis erable for Iron-Master i When ever He Visits Smoky City. - -4ri-Tv fjoaraat Spatial trrriot.) Pittsburg, April U. "Ihe woman in lark" who always follows Andrew Car segte when he comes to. Pittsburg, was r. ...ia. ha Carnesta Institute .rflerdsy, giving the ponce, wno are acquainted wlthher history, no little trouble.' She appeared at the Institute, demanding to see the Iron master, de during she had painted a picture of the philanthropist and wanted the mon ey due her for her work, which wes done, she says, at Carnegie's request. Twice she was put outside the' police limits, but her persistence was not di minished. The woman In black" Is the one person who makes life miserable for the little Scotchman, when he visits his old heme here. She hss long been the nubject of quiet talk In Pittsburg. There is plenty of conjecture concerning her, but little can be substantiated, Four other women also sought Carnegie to day to beg money for all sorts Of Im Bunslble project, -but none were able to t within hailing distance of the laird. Owing to supposed designs upon hla life, the police guard about Carnegie has been augmented. "Plain clothes men surround him at every step and nobody ho has a far-away look In bis eye Is allowed to get nenr the ilwl kl'sr w . ,' MM J wCharlee A.' Towne," ' COGKRELL'SvSOn OESERtS SPOUSE Senator's Jioy Eloped With Ad W ventures,, Declares Father-in-Law,' Who. Also Asserts . That 5( vYoung. Man Is a! Defaulter.. ? : t i.-i ' -;- '. .I - I ,V ';..-..?' i ) . ';.. '-' tii .: ijnii J . ; St Louts, April 13. Bobert O. fto- gatV formerly of AVebHter Orove. now living - In ; Baltimore; Issued ' a ' signed statement looay regarding the re)ort from London that tola daughter's hus band.. Epbratnv Breyard Cockrell, the third eon . of the former senator from Mlssourl.-Vas travelling in Europe with a. handsome woman whom: he intro duced as his wife and had appealed to the. American' embassy In .London for financial aid- " ' . Hogan's statement reveals the sep aration of Cockrell and his young wife more than a year ago, and for the first time makes public the unhappy endliia of a romance .which berfan In ISO, when Cockrell and Miss Hasel Hogan eloped end were married after a theatre party. Mrs. cockrell is with -her rather. Ho gan ssye that the woman with whom Cockrell has been traveling. Mr. Sum mers, is an impostor and that he de faulted with a large sum of money in New York. :- Hogan says he has notified the English nd European consulates of the fraud. - " . ; i j , ;. . - HUSBAnDSOBS before judge ', I ..'-" . 1 1 ' ' . ' .-. , GornetistrTtlls-of ShamelessiWendind Un-aithfuLWite--Seven Women Are Granted V ---. . , r ".- '"' ' . Helease I nrougn uivorce : Elsht little-tales, of matrimonial were told to Circuit Judge Sears this morning and eight bruised hearts were given legal leave to go and mend them selves at. the altar of a 'new, love. The tales were all more -or less pathetic and In- several cases the teller -sobbed out bis -or her story, from -behind the cur tain ef a soaking handkerchief. ' In one Instance the court room was cleared to , prevent . the - curious - from hearing the prurient details of the mis doings of a. wife who regarded her mar riage vows all too lightly.- .Though, he has, not seen- bla wife for 10 years. Alfred-T. Heard, professional eornetlstwept when-he'toM of her In fidelity. Heard - entertained - a - friend. Tom ,Jon. ait upper one evening and tfter that M re. Heard entertained Jones' In, the daytime while ,tfce man. of the house.- was-' away.- Heard and another witness. Mrs. Murray. - told of finding the. couple la compromising positions at various times, the trouble culminating In ''Heard sending for a . policeman to chase Jonea out - of-the house.. Since then-Jones and Mrs.:-Heard have itvee together and -have brought three- chil dren Inte the' world. -The Heards were married In Torontd, Canada, 11 .years sgo. - . HAR&I MAN HAUGHTILY REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN COURT '-" . (Joe rati Speelil lervtea.l New' York, , April II. E. II.' Harrl man appeared in the police court this morning and testified against Stenog rapher Hill, who is socusea or stealing the Harrlman-Webster letter and selling U to the newspapers. Harrlman waa on the stand for an hour and a half. - He refused to answer, the questions of Hill's lawyer. The court ordered him to answer. The magnate sharply I COY BUT TO -BE TEASED President Desires as ' Many Terms as Pos- siblvSays Towne, Former Populist- Executive Sends for Newspaper Men to Tell Them What He fThlnks of Foraker Will Send ..7. Taft to Ohio .to ; Take.. tho Stump. ' "' - Washington. ' April 13. Chartea A. Towne. who was Bryan's running mate on the Populist ticket In 100, fears not the buxxsaw. He saya: "There never was a time that Roosevelt did not hope tf get as many terms, ' as ponible. Roosevelt Is goc psychologist and realises that If the people think they cannot get him they will want him all tho more." , v,'- . - President Roosevelt last night ..sent for four newspaper men to come to the White House, that he might tall them what he thought of the speech of Sena tor Foraker. and also that one of the men in the 16,000,000 conspiracy had revealed himself . V The presldont snld that Foraker" speech at Canton. Wed nesday; was a sood one and was calcu lated to win. for Foraker many friends. ; Rr-esevelt said - he had not believed Foraker would handle the matter aa temperately as he had, -and had hope he would 'use- violent language. Which: he believed, .would have helped Secretary Taft. who is now the presllenf'a avowed .candidate for the presidency. ' .' The president confided to the newspa permen that he was going to send Taft to Ohio to take the stump and tall the people about his candidacy. Persuasion was Important, he said, and from now on Secretary Taft would have to devote himself to gaining the presidential nom ination. ' V I"-"-.. ' ' ' ' President - Roosevelt said Henry - IL Rogers had revealed himself as one of the men- -in the $6,000,000 conspiracy, and he pointed to this morning's news paper reports of the statement made by Rogers in which. Rogers declared that the strongest conservatism . Is needed in the Conduct of (the govern ment; that settled conditions were nec essary and that he believed the people would have settled conditions.. ' Brother Believes Him Insane. . Rome. April IS. A Blair Thaw, Har ry's half brother, says it has always been his opinion that Harry waa insane. va -' -wave! ' : t - Effte Holt took advantage of her bus- j band's Incarceration In the county Jail to apply, for ber freedom. In February Hans Holt.: was sentenced to . three months In Jail for wife-beating. Holt, who Ms a longshoreman, beat his wife regularly. . Once he chased her Into the street In her nightgown and at another time,, while' the couple were at the hop fields he set upon her with -his rough shod feet and would have killed her had not atrangera . Interfered. The couple were - married In Portland - lft August, 1105.' - -. . - a ... Frank M. JSswlck had cried ' -Wolf! wolf!" so many times that when In January, H0, he packed his trunk and dragged It out of the house, Mrs. Es wick went en getting his breakfast for htm. He had done the same trick many times before, snd she thought he would be back when the pangs of hunger came strong epon hlra. She did hot even go. to the trouble to Interfere-wlth'hla tak ing the --y ear-old daughter along with him. -' But Eswlck never -returned, aad the, mother has not seen her daughter since. Judge Sesrs granted her the cus tody of the four children. The couple (Continued -on Page Two.) replied that be - did ' not . propose to gnawer. - The attorney for the state then came to Harrlman'a relief with objections which the court sustained. Ha r I man re fused to tell the name of a friend to whom he had read the letter a month after It waa written. He Identified the letter that cauaed the sensation and waa excused on acooant ot an Import ant engagement, Derailed O, R. & N. Train, 14 Miles East of Pendleton. Showing How Engine and Coaches Were Overtnined. ; Four Were Killed and Four Injured in the Wreck, Which Ocurred Wednesday Photograph by tlore '.. ; .. house. 1 "' . ' -' ' - .- 'v; ,"'.'''.,.;' . . v ' ; ESPEE TO START ; FARIV1 III NEVADA Experimental , Project : Under -; Reclamation 1 Service at Truckee to Be Used to Attract Immigration, to Region. , Reno. Nev.", April II. General Land Agent W. H. Wells of the Central Pa cific 'Railroad company came to Reno today In a. private car to further hla hobby of aetabDRhing an. experimental farm on the corporation's land, which will be embraced tnt he- reclamation c-f tho territory of Nevada by the Truckee- Careoa project.- Tomorrow he will Join Thomns Means and N. H. Taylor of the federal service and make a tour of the proponed reclamation') lands, i -. ! . ' "In order to be able to give authentic data to the people who make Inquiries of our company," said Mills today, "and to determine the exact work and ex penditure necessary to make ' one of these farms a paying property, I am go ing to select 160 acres nf good land whlle-l am here, and establish at thej company s expense an 1 experimental farm, which will embrace not only ex periments ' with various ,' seeds and plants, but with ' houses, sanitation. drainage and all the essentials of- a I wen-reguiaiea ana proper iarm. l ne company owns about 9.000 acres, which J may be Irrigated by gravity and will be divided Into farm lots and placed on the market when the experimental farm has proved their worth." . j INCENDIARY BELIEVED V": TO HAVE STARTED FlfiE ' Ban Francisco. April 13. Fire which threatened the new eight-story ' Hamlin hotel early this morning and destroyed the building adjoining It at Leaven worth and Eddy streets, Is believed to be the- work -at an Inoendiary. Two-hundred guests were a 1 seep In the hotel, but sll were awakened by the night clerk. The hotel' was' only slightly damaged. And Her Name l ; v Was Ma udsky I lev hath for Maud and then SI sees the old red schoolhoime. '' -The lad that loves a lady gets a sad surprise. ' Once more Happy 'Hooligan tries te leave home. Toll - G-orgA. aceres against little Charlie. .,, ..r .. . , , ..-'-, '. All in the Sunday Journal ' What Is Beauty t. Portland photog raphers tell you. ' ' ' What the 400 are wearing, and some "of Worth's creations. . Swimming out of water, as an aid to beautr. -.,-- In baldness curablef If .not,' why? ' Bhould we. smoke?. It so, how much? part Indian, once Jockey,1 now United States senator.' . ,' i- Circus Corhes to Town : Tody 'Hamilton tells , about Bailey, thevshowman, r Making farma out of the country's swamps. j ' -., Climbing tount Jeffersdn the Ma- lammi new trip. Similarity of Evelyn Thaw and Tess of the D'Urbervllles. . American women . walk awkwardly. Why do theyT Where prisoners ' are treated , a , guests., x ; i ; ,r . , Devil Worshipers of Today '. The new Klondyke In Oregon etory of Vlndy Hollow strike. The-horror of famine In China. The world's biggest -woman over elsht feet tail. Btorles for children as well as for , grown-ups In The Delightful Sunday Journal Who Is the most beautiful woman In Oregon? A page of them. Two pages next week. If yoit know hr, sond tier photo In. It may ' win $75, $50 er $35. For music lovers la a charming mat- .odvln praise of the heroin fire lad.lios. Kumcthlng 'or altall for a nlokol, In The Sun Jay Journal ..V v. NEW BORN BABE THROWN OEE GAR Woman on Pullman Gives Birth to Child as Train Passes KJyr tie Creok and Infant Is Hurled v Out cf Window. ' (Rneetal tUpattt ta Tbm Joersll.) Rotteburg, Or., Mrll It. A, woman accompanied by her husband ' on the northbound Southern Pacific train No. 16, which passed this place at midnight last night; gave birth to a full-slsed WJ2?-5 U4yr baby In creek. Either the woman or her hus band threw the baby out of the car window and ft was found op the track this morning by track walkers, dead.. " A 'man and wife told Conductor It. -3. Speck that the woman had given birth to a child, but gave no Intimation that she had thrown It from the window. The couple are en route from San Fran cisco to Portland and - ahould have reached Portland this morning. Ths names are not known here. . Coroner Hammltte of this county has deputised the Justice at Myrtle Creek to hold an Inquest, which la being done this afternoon. Authorities at Myrtle Creek believe the baby was born alive and was killed by Its falU CHASES A ERDG iff CHERT Chairman of Montavilla Function, to Prevent Interruption, Snares Amphibian While r Audience Roars invbaughter : ' ' This Is a-story ot how an ugly little frog came near, causing a panio at a musical , entertainment - at Montavilla last night, and It Is a true story. There were scores' of Montavilla residents at the entertainment who will, vouch for its verity. ,- : -."He was'Just a plain frog of the com mon or garden variety, with green spots all over his body, and big, bulging eyee that blinked bewildered - In - the flood of light -to which they were unaccus tomed. - What he was doing out at such an hotv nobody . nows, but be attended the entertainment' and might have en Joyed the music to the -end if be hadn't been discourteously ejected fronr a window.- - (:.'.'...,., .-..:.'" '.. ' ' Waele .Tows -Wag- There, ; , The entertainment, was for 'the bene fit of the free reading-room of the pub lic library of Montavilla. It was given In Odd Fellows', halt - The-hall Is on the second floor, which -fact baa given credence to the theory, that a mischief, minded small. boy may have aided the frog In gaining access to the room. -Mrs. Ella Jones Waa In charge of the musical portion of the program. - ; r r -The entertainment "had ' been gener ously 'advertised - and announcements were mads in the various sohools In the neighborhood yesterday afternoon. Con' soquently there' were many residents ef Montavilla and adjacent, parts - of - the city , present - to encourage .the' move ment. , ' -v .." .Asesads the Platform. The program was -opened by Miss Al ice Lewis, who sang a solo entitled "A- VETERAN OFFERS TO WED CARRIE NATION: IS GIVEN FRIGID MITT tfnersal peelel Brrfce.t ,' , ' Washington, April 11. Mrs. Carrie A. Nation bas had an oTTer of marriage from a civil war veteran living In Vir ginia and In the current Issue of her newapaper, The Hatchet, she thus tells about It: "Lonely and despondent at times be cause he baa no Wife, Thomas Flana ' . . .- J ' POLICE GRAFT IIQUIRED II1T0 Grand Jury ' Resumes Investiga tion Into Police Graft- No In- ' dictments Until Next Week RueFs Statement Denied. : '; Uaeraat Special Serrlea. San Francisco, .April ;$. It Is Im probable that there -will be any Indict mants returned at thle afternon's .ses sion of the grand, iury. ' The prosecu- - - -"da. oa. the Angeles promoters of the Home , Tele phone company until next weakv Bench warrants will be Issued at once for ( the The police graft , investigation ' was resumed this afternoon. The prosecu tors declare there Is no truth in Ruefs statement that be has an ; affidavit stating that some person Is' employed by the prosecution to get statements from talesmen with the Idea Of disqual ifying them from acting as Jurors. In the Rue trlaL -. ',: T ' '" Up to noon nothing bud been beard from Toledo In regard to the expected capture of A. K. Detwller. Old World Serenade." : A reading by Miss Sophia, Bhlvrs waa next' Botk oe1 locuonn. were neartuy enjoyed and en cored by the audience, -j Then it (ras the curn oi etnis-Meiba westeogard to ren aer a soio on tfte violin. - .'Miss Weetengard Is said to be a.tal anted 'nAislclan and' the -andlehce was thoroughly 'enjoying the music when a mall boy near the platform began to snicker. Those nearby -looked -at htm reproachfully. He pointed uo a small object on -the platform near the window. Then other 'small boys-began to snicker and a smile spread over, the features ef almost every one as they saw. the small Object ' on the - platform - bopping slowly toward the oenter or the stage, - - -'It waa the frog. He-looked undecided at -first, turning- hla great head.. from Bids-' to side ' comically, - and blinking hla erear In -bewilderment He -seemed to 'be -Interested ' in 'the music and started J in Its' direction. ' Re . had ad- vancea - cwniiurim -acance wiui hops and pauses' before the chairman of the meeting, wno was also seated on the stage, discovered his presence. v ; , . r ! ' Chalmuva Ohasas JTrog. , . ' Realising that the young performer, who had, not yet 'discovered the mer riment of ths audience, might be discon certed by- the proximity of the frog.i the chairman attempted a capture, without her knowledge. The frog by this time was behind the. young woman, looking up at her with hie big, bulgtng eyes In a way. that expressed difficulty -i In (Continued on Page Thirteen.) gaa of Virginia wnn'ta to marry, and be sings Ms song of "Can't Tou flee T.n Lonelyr to M. Carrie A. Nmlnn. received a l-ur of fropnuHi frorn tl l ardent admlrr on Krl.l.iv nd he n.n an eIy HMwer o be cn n'-nnc - affairs. 1 1 heart. Mrs. hi-r to: FOR RELEASE UPOII BONDS Prisoner Restless But Refuses; to Talk of Plans Evelyn Near Complete Coljapser . - . . Delmas Visits Client and Has a Strenuous Time Says He Is .Still Employed as'Attomey Howard Nesbit Writes Fawn ing Letter to Thaw for Money i' (Josrhal Special for ilea.) New York. April IS. Thaw savs ha Is hopeful Of belna admitted to hall - At. torhey D. M. Delmas visited the Tombs this morning. Ha waa tho onlv attornav calling on Thaw. Delmas said he waa still ThaWs , counsel He was clos eted with the prisoner three quarters of an hour, and when he came out looked like he had had a strenuous time. He refused to talk about hie possible re ten. uon. , ; ; , , . Thaw la restless. He was uo early and read the papers, but refused to talk. cveiyn s almost a wreck this morning, but the other women of the family had recovered from the shock. It is said the attorneys Will go Into another county to eek a writ of habeas corpus ordering Thaw a release under ball. Attorney Peabody. saying he poae wim inaws autnorlty, says there wilt be no, change In hla staff ol attor neys. . , f , : VesMt seeks Koaey. A letter that It is said Thaw received yesterday from Howard Nesbit waa made public today. Howard ssked the loan of 100, promising faithful alle giance. In the future.. . .. . The writer wrote at great length to sxntatn hnw ht -VhlM4x sMtituif k .1 mto arousea o xavor ine memory or White and) he had lied . in 'childish thoughtlessness" to Jerome, bat now he had. from the moment -Evelyn told her story -on the stand, been ber . "adoring, appreciative brother." There was much more of the same, finally approaching the climax In which was the "pathetic" appeal for cash. , Juror Wilbur F. Bteele said thla morn ing that he waa Impressed., by the fact that after. Evelyn Thaw had been kept from the atand four or five daya after her direct testimony, she waa recalled and under the sharpest cross-examination the district attorney could devise, she told the same story without a flaw. Thla, said Steele, convinced him that a he was telling the truth, and he thought It bad the same effect on the other Jurors, who voted for acquittal. Steele, who cam near having a flatlo battle with Juror George Pfaff. whose language he considered Insulting, said also; , , . t - - Qaaxrel (a Tory. ." "If It had not been for my difficulty with Pfaff, which resulted In breaking Oft compromise negotiations, the Jureve would-have agreed on a verdlot of man. slaughter in the second degree." Xf that I am convinced. . . . - Steels said a majority of the Jury be lieved Mrs. Evelyn - Thaw's statement that she told her story to Thaw aa ahe related it on the stand. Steele also said: . , . t (Continued, on Page Thirteen.) SANTA FE ROAD TO GROW POLES Immense Tract Purchased In 'California Which Will ; Be ) Planted to Eucalyptus for Use ; ' as Ties and Piling Lumber. , (Journal Bpeelat Service.) Los .Angeles. Cal.. tAprll IS The flanta Fa railroad has purchased the Rancho San Dlegulto, consisting r,t nearly .00 acres, and will there take up eucalyptus culture on an Immense scale, growing Its own ties. tMearnii poles, fence posts and even bridge tlm- oerw. lwenty men will at once Niin planting under the direction nr 11 11 Crawford, an expert forester. unicials of the 8anta Fa for v,r have been conducting a syatemaUu In. vestlgatlon on the eucalyptus for ri 1 road nses, and their conclviion Is t!i.- ;. vast timber industry can be rrant-.i California and that within a fw 1 the growing soan-liy of rxir..,l r terlals will be relieved ty t., , stantly increasing anrrlv. Tin 1 ortlnald with tii-m-rnl Al.tnn.-r Wells of the tv t lin ni ' ii I dent RIpWs rr,,mpt utT'.v,!. i says the f f Ci.,.;-,ru 1 I ' berm to m-i ii itim. 1 t'n pn-"( count y, it i '. 1 f h-.-1 I. " 1 1 t. t 1 I 1 a. ' 1
