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THE JOURNAL'S CIRCULATION IS GREATER THAN THAT OF ANY NEWSPAPER III O.wi- A'1 Uttic Ad ta THE JutRHAt f V-Vr i-fCV . i,: . . Ert,i, neiu. cm o-i, i 1 M- ! froHTlT FT) U if WJPiXC?; J llNN JnMUNF x J"al Circulation ; Tne Weatheiwralr and cooler to-; J , " SSssTITT a"i4-i - ' " ' ' I '" tei JT fklXXJf J ' nlfbt; Thureday fair and warmer. , ; J . XJ ; faj . , I e I i i .iSs ii ii iw ii - i i i.iiw i Lw i i mm niaain n .i - isaassai i X i mm i " i i i m i.n ae 's an i i i i m nwn i i i .i .i n i mi 1 . M ... ' " " ' ' '" """"" ' L' ',"' " " " ' VOL. VI.. NO. 37. PORTLAND , OREGON.; WEDNESDAY EVENING, J APRIL ' 17.. 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES. ' PRICE TWO CENTS. - aiUi-JaW MOB MILL BURGLAR CAUGHT BY WOMim TWO VIEWS OF. NOB HILL BURGLAR k - i It If lyoc POLICE NAB - PISTOL PLAY Ernest Lane Held; for ; RountreeOutrageand Other Puzzling Deeds of Darkness y Wife of , Proprietor Hammersley, ' Former Officer, Finds Black . Jack In Pocket of Young lodger and Husband Notifies Detectives and Aids In Capture Ths BwftM. Ernest Lane, alia Barl Lewis, alias John Davie. . '.-.'' t ,, , Twenty years of age. Native of Creswell, Oregon. - .. Committed . to -Oregon - a tat reform school In .DM, and paroled aama year. Arrested June 15, 1104, by Dsteotlvee Snow, Kern ran and Say for robbing residence of H. Rasmussen, 411 North Twenty-fourth street, March 4 aad Mareh It,' 1104. -Returned to reform school in - June .and paroled last yeas.,;, , ' XaVs .Alleged brlxasa. March ft Entered horns of Newton W. Rountree. 00 Ella street, murderous ly assaulted Mrs. - Rountree, who ' was alons In the houss at the time, aad car. rled away tar diamond earrings, valued at 1200. v - Mareh 10 Effected an entrance to home of Mrs. Van Winkle, 140 Oouch treet. and stole large quantity of valu able Jewelry. April 1 Climbed through ' rear win dow of the reaidenoe of P. C. Patterson. 7T1 Everett street, at 11:41 p. m, and attempted to bold up Patterson. - who was reading In bed. Noise of intruder aroused E. G Qlltner, in flat above, who fired several shots at the burglar, caus ing him to beat hasty retreat April S Surprised tin horns of Mrs. Rosetta Sherlock, II North Twenty-first street, by unexpected return of woman, and eacaped through rear window. ! April 4 Held up Henry Hahn on porch of his residence, tit Cornell road, and forced Hahn at muxsls of gun to enter house and turn over gold watch and 11.50. Subsequently fired at five times by Hahn. but escaped unscathed. April 11 Broke Into store of. Port land Gun A Bicycle company, m Flrat street, and carried away several revolv ers, rif lea .and other articles. April IS Forced sn entrance Into Moore's studio. ISIH Washington street, at 1 a. ro., bound and gagged I. Z. Du freene. an artist, and after securing gold watch and $15 in cash mads his way serosa roofs to Sixth street. It remained for a quick-witted little matron, unversed In the detective arts, but posseaalng aa abundance of good, common senae. Veen perception and the natural suspicious naturs of woman, to furnlaluthe Information which resulted in the capture at t o'clock this morning of Ernest Lane, the desperate felon held nslble for the unparalleled series of burglaries In the Nob Hill district. In- (Continued on Pago Fourteen.) , ROOSEVELT AS ENEMY TO LABOR ,' " :;i ' "i (Journal Special Service.) " '' ( ' " PItUburf. Kan., April 17. "Hypocrite,' "demagogne' and polltl cal prostitute" are some of the milder, terms applied to Preaident' Roose-: relt by Engene V. D be, former Boclallst candidate for president, in a ed statement made public today. occasioned by tbe latter' recent characterisation of Hearst, Moyer, Hay-" wood and Debs as "undesirable citliens," liud Is In part aa follows r BY'ETJOENK Regarding the president of the United States, as I do, simply aa a el.jn and fellowaan, the same as any other, I - shall apeak of him aad his acts free ' alike from awe and malice, and If I place him In the publlo pillory, where he hsa placed so many others, to bs . , seen and despised of men. It will .be from a sense that- his official acta,' so often In fist denial of his professions, merit- the eseorstlon of honsst man. . In the first place, I charts President ' Roosevelt with being .a hypocrite, the " greatest that ever occupied the.sxeo- ntlvs seat of the nation. - Ills profes- alort ef purs politic Is false, his boast ed moral courage the bluff of a bully . snd Ms ''square deal" a delusion and a , abas? ' - . , : : '. ""- - i mm ; . . t , . -. . . . . . . .. .., . j - 'i. ;;:-"-. ..... r- .9 Ernest Lorn. AJlag Earl Lewis, Captured After a Hard Fight Throufh Uie EHTIRE FAMILY HYSTERIOUSLY GIVEN LPOISOH Father and Mother Dead, Three 'Sons Seriously III Daughter and Cook III in Hospital Under Arrest Arsenic Is Found in Flour Barrel. "" ' (Jeeraal Ssedal Serviee.) Chicago, April IT. Repeated poison ings of the members of the Metto fam ily of Irving. Park, this city, are giv ing the police a mystery to solves con taining . melodramatio features, seldom equaled. ..The .father and mother are dead and a daughter and Mrs. Mary Sladek, housekeeper for' the family, are under arrest In the hospital, where they are suffering themselves. Quantities of arsenle were found In the flour and meal barrels In the house and other poison was found buried be neath . the woodpile in the basement. This morning detectives en routs to the Motto house to resume their Investiga tions met Joseph Mette. Mette was desthly- pale and 'grew woree before them. The officers hastened . Joseph to a doctor and then continued to the home, where they found Charles, aged II. 'and Rudolph, aged - IB. suffering apparently from the same trouble. All are dangerously 11L . t Mffls DM Not Rrtlre. r ' - Uooml Special Serrlee.) Albany, Or., April 17. Contrary o sxpeetations, IX O. Mills did not retire from the directorate of the .New Tork Central railroad- today He was reelect ed, but may retire later. . GUILTY OF GRILLED Debs' attack on the preaident was F. DEBS. Theodora Roosevelt ' la mainly for Theodore Roosevelt and Incidentally for "tuch . others aa are also for . tbs ssms distinguished gentleman, first, Isst and all the time. He Is a smooth snd slip pery .politician, swollen purple with self-conoeit; he Is shrewd enough- to gauge the stupidity of the messes and unscrupulous enough to turn It Into here worship. - This constitutes' ths dsma gogus and he la that In superlative de gree. - . Only a abort time ago he arpeared in a characteristic role. Rushing Into ths limelight, ss riecesssry to him' ss breath, be. shrieked that .he, and Root wars "horrified" because of certain scandalous and revolting ehsrges made by one ot his . own former political . v i - -'-r' ? t :r. : - J Early This Morning. RAILROAD ESTIMATES OF CONSTRUCTION COST ARE PROVED EXCESSIVE SprJkane Introduces Evidence to Offset That of the Railroads--Woodworth States That Complainant Has . Been Specially - Favored and Coast Discriminated Against Distance Tariffs , Would Force Inland City to Purchase From Pacific Points ' Instead of From East Portland Demands Reduced Rates. 4 e "The interest of the great "mass of the people of .this coast 4 ' is to get. their products to mar- ' ket, east or west, as cheaply as, possible, . not primarily; to get e '.eastern goods Into' ths hands of Interior Jobbers at a lower rate. 4 ' The' Interest of the great msss of the people of this coast is to e get what they consume to them as cheaply ss possible, through 4 low distributive rate from their 4 natural eoaat market" J. - N.T e Teal to the Interaute commerce O) T commiaslon at Portland . hearing. 4 . .... v ; , . , .... . . e Evidence given this forenoon by rail- rpad . trafflo men before the Interstate commerce commission In the Spokane rate case emphasised the force of Port land's claims as a coaat point for In terior distributive freight rates, and In the seme ratio damaged 'the Spokans argument that That city, without water competition, should be entitled .to ter minal rates now given the eoast cities. "J. 'O.. Woodworth, trafflo - manager of the Northern Pacific railroad, was asked by W. W. Cotton the following vitally important question: ' HIGH CRIMES MMMlHMMMMMMMMMfMMMlMMMlMH sw a, ' ''- ' ' ', I! K ; . ' -v : ; itJti , , ,n. e i THEODORE .ROOSSVKLT. , , . . . ... chums Of course, ho and Root,- of Tweed fame, ths foxiest "fixer" of them all, were "horrified" because of ths shock to their political virtue, but It se happened that the horror took- ef- of 6 v. K' J Btforta ot Mrs. Tom Hammsrtly Tf a long and short heal or distance tariff and division were put Into effect on Spokane buslneaa and you. lived up to the distance tariffs, at. the same time taking into consideration the. rates and probable conditions as to water com petition from-the east to Paclfle eoast ports, -where would Spokane merchants buy their goodar i , , . Mr. Woodworth, with considerable re luctance, replied: . ' "Such a plan would bring water com petition very i much ' nearer to Spokane. The merchants .of. that city . would buy their goods from Pacific eoast . ports." Elimination of Spokane Sons. ' It was brought out that ths only log ical conclusion ths ' Spokans case can reach 'will be the elimination of Its pres ent monopolistic "sone," andVtbe estab lishment of. graded rates from the east, accompanied probably by some reduction of the. distributes rates from' Portland to1 the Interior. The result will be to place Portland where It properly belongs as tbs natural distributing point for the territory from tidewater te the foot of thO'Rocky mountains. ' ' ' Mr. Woodworth. when asked where the dividing line between east and weet hoirtid distributing tariffs would be fixed, said that Miles City, Montane, Is (Continued oa Fnge Two.) AND SHOULD RE IMPEACHED. Debs on ; Roosevelt f I charge President Roosevelt with being a hyp ocrite, the greatest that ever occupied the executive seat of the nation. His profes sion of pure politics is false, his boasted moral courage the bluff of a bully and hisv "square deal' a delusion and a sham.. ' feet when they found themselves un covered. . Ths taking , of Hariiman's boodle for corruptly sleeting him pres ident and ths uss of the stolen lnsur aaoe tuadg for the sane purpose, did HARR MAN ' (Journal Special Service.) New ; York,'. April 17. "Harriman must ' go, is the edict issued in high financial cTfclea7ThdYrihls is being waged upon the Union Pacific mag nate. " Local and foreien investors are back- ins: Henry C. Frick and Jacob II. their efforts to oust Harnman from control, having lost all confidence in him becauseof ' . his radical plunges and the expose of his , methods 'as shown by the interstate com merce Investigation.. There are indications on 'change today that "something is hang ing over the Pacific," but just what is un certain. .1 ',. A split has occurred in the croup ciers that have for several years been known as the Harriman syndicate, which may re suit In important changes in the Union Pa cific railroad, so long dominated by E. H. Harriman. mere has been a lining up of the members of the syndicate with Henry C. Frick, Jacob II. Schiff and William Rocke feller on the one side as favoring a change in the . management and . with Harriman and Henry H. Rogers, opposed to them and wanting things to remain as they fcver since Harriman eave tht now famous testimony before the interstate commerce commission, which "-was followed by -the crash in stocks and especially in Union Pa- ;': cine shares, culminating in the panic of l M . .. . 1 . . 1 l ftiaren it, ii is saia inai mere nave oeen . mutterines in the Harriman camp. The panic resulted in very heavy losses to many of the friends snd followers of the Harriman group, nd these losses are thought to have extended to some of that group itself. The poor rallying power of Union. Pacific stock in the market has been a matter of observation in Wall street since the panic. 7 ... 4 , YOU 800(1 MUST PAY TEII-CEIIIS fJORE PER TRIM Price of Haircuts Will Be Thirty- Five Cents in Another Month, so ; You Had Better Get a Year's Supply at the Present Rates. . "V iab catting II eenta. Dig. The barber has got yon. Ton can't use a safety pair of shears and out your hair, so get resdy to meet smilingly ths new schedule which be oomee effective May, 14. TJntn then you can ssvs 1 cents a out. Better get several before the raise. The new price list for hair cutting Is ths result of the action taken by ths committee consisting of F. T. Rogers, A. R. Rlttsr and J. W. Rounds appointed at a meeting last. Monday night. Since that time practically every shop tn the elty has signed the agreement to Increase the price of hair cutting from 21 to II cent a Once down their names cannot be withdrawn and only a few of the smallest shops In Portland have re fused te . give their, consent to the enange. : - Portland. It. Is said. Is the only city In the country charging IB cents for hair cutting when only II oents Is re ceived for shaving. . Hence the forth coming Increase, the sorrow to ths pa unt, and the Joy to the barber. KUOENB V. DEBS. eesawee not "horrify" the president and Rnnt. nor would they bs horrified jet If they had not been caught red-handed In the act with the booty spon their person. When Roosevelt stepped eat of the if . v - n - - - '-j v a i :: ' V7T' ; 1 i 'if - ' ..t.JA T MUST Schiff in of flnan- are. BORAH'S AFFAIR MARKS A CRISIS FOR ROOSEVELT If President Interferes to Stop Indictment and Prosecution as Requested, to by Borah He Will Be Accused of Protecting Some and Prosecuting Others. Uosraal Washington. AprU 17. Kaatern news papers almost unantmoualy aaaert this morning that the attorney-general can not Intervene In favor of Senator Borah In Idaho to atop proceedings against him for alleged conspiracy in land matters. Federal District. -Attorney Rulek of Idaho Is due hers now to 'lay ths facts before the department of Jus tice. ...... n - s ".. .' ( '-. The matter has grown to a sensation of national scops owing to ths fact that labor men,. Moyer, Heywood and Pettl bone. In Idaho are Involved, ' according to Borah, In a conspiracy to injure htm aa their prosecutor. . Praotloaily every labor organisation . In ths east is wrought ap over the president's letter to Congressman Sherman condemning Moyer and others prior to their trial Crisis for oo sevela. - Special representatives of the laborers are due to call st the White House to day to demand a ' statement ss ' to whether Roosevelt made ths statement attributed to him In the Sherman letter. The opinion is growing that for the (ConUnned ea Page Two.) CABINET MEMBERS WALL STREET PETS wtilta House and called Moyer. Haywood and Pettlbone "murderers," men he had never aeen and did not know; men who had never been tried, never con victed and whom every law of ths land presumed Innocent until proven guilty, he fell a million miles beneath where Lincoln stood and there he grovels to day with hie political orlmes. ons af ter another, finding him out and point ing at. him with their accusing fingers. No president of ths United States haa ever descended to such depths as has Roosevelt te serve hie law-defying and crime-Inciting masters, Ths act Is sim ply horrible and without a parallel tn American history. The reatset XJa. Theodore Roosevelt la swift to hrenrt other men who even venture to dis agree With htm BS ltura. He, iri-nMim te himself, la immarninte and InfulllMo. The greatest ltnr la he who only llara In others. 1lTi Rowve!t -denounce.! M -T.r TTnywnod n1 Pett!vne ss tnur r-- v - Ottered a lie es Mi. en. a Pfll"r,i'-ir r f -1 e-i 1 r-r SSI1-1 -i ' , , thin ' . Un GO ''rVf-.?; HENRY C. FRICIL; FRISCO DAI Oil AIHIIVEItSARY OF El Brilliant Social Function Ushers In First Anniversary' of Disas terSeven Thousand Attend Charity Bali Dedicating Mag nificent Fairmount Hotel. fjoaveal Soeelal gtevtse. 8an rrar.clsco, April 17. The celebra tion of the flrat anniversary of the new 8aa Francisco began last night with a charity ball and promenade concert la the magnlfloent new Hotel Fairmount which crowns Nob HUL It was tn tha nature of an informal opening of the new hotel. The forma opening takes plsos on Thursday. AprU 18, the anni versary of the great earthquake. . ' Never before - in the history of the city has there been such a brilliant so cial function as the promenade con cert snd ball at the Falrotoast hotel last night. It waa eonceived oa regal pro portions as an ' appropriate event for the Informal opening . of the superb hostelry snd to give much needed finan cial assistance ta three of the most prominent and deserving sherltlee Irt San Francisco Doctors' Daturhtera, Nursery foe . Homeless Children and PolycUnlo. . - . The plans of the ladle interested In the affair were splendidly executed and the result wss successful, beyond the highest . expectations, It seemed that (Continued ea Page Two.) SAYS DEBS served their fellow-workers snd having spurned the bribes of thsir niaattrs. transcend Immeasurably the man in t; white house, who, with the cruel mlv- olence of a barbarian, has rrnnuunl their ' doom. Hers snd now I challenge presM.nt Roosevelt He Is guilty ot blah crim,. snd deserves Impeachment. For ths second time Prow I, lent P,in velt haa publicly denounced Moyer. lUj wood snd Pettlbone. He haa not r-renounced condemnation upin r Thaw nor upon any rich nwi with mnrder. He haa, hnwtr.r, i . poatmaater of a men at ., t-u ar - . by the Chlcatro Tribune wnn . shot another mnn In a l.rnwl m.r . ropntnhle wnnx-n, ari l thn tint I finnce to n-nkn thn mic i i . Of tlint 1 . IRTHOUAKE i -