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Newspaper Page TextWATCH for PORTRAITS of Little Ad in THE firing. Results. Costs 0nl7 One Cent a Word. y ,Th Weather Fair tonight; Sun-; day. Increasing cloudiness. . - VOL. VI. NO. 40. .,r..",V Govern hi e nt J J to :lDe ; scerid Upon Weyer . haeuser, Smith, Shey Min and Others. ' - (Journal special Serrtae.) . Washington, D. C April JO. The rnvernment la about to descend upon Uit leading figures In the lumber trust. lecording to Information whisk 'leaked Hit today. An action will be brought it Minneapolis and St.' Paul against C k. Smith. T. B. Walker., Thomas Shev an. tne Backus Brooks -Lumber com wny. the Akeley' Interests,' and the ' A'eyerhseusers. among-others, for the ." iulation of the Sherman antl-truet law y maintaining combinations in i itralnt of trade. ' ' I - - It Is understood thit suit also will .' te brought to recover title to millions 1 if acres of timber lands in ' the west . 'tnd northwest owned by the.' lumber ;ruet and alleged to her? been fraudu 'entlyaequlred. .. -'-,.'. Frederick Woyerhaeuaet. iisM te Wval (oh D. Rockefeller- la wealth," -and mown to be the largest owner of tlm- Vr. land Jn the world, has dlsai'peat 'Fq Tom Minnesota and cannot be toested. it hie offices recently It was said that had "gone east" but no further In ormation waa ' given and the clerks retrained to be Ignorant, of hls.wbere- ' ibouts. '- . ' - ' Officials of the department of Justice ire at work preparing papers sgataat ' he lumber barons. - It la possible that wits will be brought in several places, nit the chief Utlaratlon center Is Mlnne- uta. Much of . the timber- land in 'con- rovers? is located in caurornia and is wned bf T. B. Walker and other rea-. ; dents of Minnesota. Government of Iclals, aay the lumber trust; .controls he operations and output of lumber otnpanies all along the Pacific coast, n Arisona, New Mexico and Colorado, at well as throughout the whole north feet. . . - '' ' vo I0SEPH ATKINSON DEAD AT SPRING' HILL FARM (Special Dtopatek te The ToeraaL) ' Kewberg, Or.. AprU0.--Joeeph Atkln o, aged 17 yeart died at his home Vednesday after afjwejk'a Illness of neumonta. He waa" wtll known over a breeder of -Jersey cattle aid other nne atock. and hta home. i.. mn Farm." la one of the -.... anota of Yamhill county. The Ime of his funeral has not been de- ermined, awaiting the arrival of broth rs from Ooldendale. Mr. Atkinson raves a widow and two small fchil- Iren. ' m' OF MAIIILA SWEPT BY FIRE 3ne Hundred Acres .Covered by Houses Swept Clean In Two : Hours'; Time- Thousands Are Homeless and Many Killed. . (ami Special Service.) I i Manila, P. U April 10. Eleven hun Ired houses were destroyed -by fire this aorolng. the' flames sweeping 100 acres lan in two hours time. The districts f Btngalong, Paco and Bambang of Manila, which are almost entirely In habited by natives, were partly destroy mi - Seventeen thousand natlvea are tnaefless and many lives were loet ?The united efforts of the fire de- mrtment ana eu tne soiaiers ana sau ks stationed in the city were necessary te save the American aettlementa In Uis Ermlta and Malate district. The names were fed by a heavy gale that wept Inward from the bay. The light tam boo huts In which the natlvea live turned like kindling wood, being con sumed almoat as soon as the flames touched them. The loss to the natives' residences Is estimated at 1200,000., The flrey waa confined to the , new pity on the weet aide of the Pail riv and did not at any tlmer-threaten--old Manila. VThe principal business section if the new city Is nearer the river, and aas not reached by the flames. . The houaes In the burned district for the most part were the one-story huts of lamboo with nlpa-thatched roofs In arnich the natives make their homes. The natives fled penlr-etrlckcn from (be flames, leaving the fire department ind the American troops to ftsht them. The fire Is now under control. rv; - -- . mmsm lllll I intra . I . S I llilll I IFIIIII I I UU ILL I liUILf I I Wt i r'illRFOIillPfl M H LUIIIULI1IIILII JOURNAL EE -3 c m 1 ROOSEVELT BARS Orders Issued Limiting Privileges of Correspondents Which Vir tu ally Establishes Censorship ' of the Press at Capital. ' ( (Josroal special, ervice.) ' Washington. D. C April to. Secre tary tioeb has Issued orders limiting the privileges enjoyed by.iWashtngton cor respondents ab,nt-tbe White Bouse and in the grounds surrounding the kome of the president. The order .does not apply to the executive Offices.' It, is de nied that it is Intended to establish a censorship, of tfie press, but the orders will bring about this result. t . -- The orders direct .policemen on duty In. the ''executive grounds to request newspaper man to- "move on." but they are not to be arrested If they, decline to eompln 'Memorandum la to be made of their names and handed to the po lice aergeant' who will give 'the names to Secretary Loeb.' . , v 4 .-. Lccb will take the matter op with the newspaper which employs a corre spondent who declines to act on the suggestion of the policeman. What will happen - next 'has 'not been Mieclosed. Sueb conferences aa -Plerpont Morgan and Other leading financiers have had with President; Roosevelt at Che White House at night are now to be con strued as purely social v'alts In which the public is not supposed to be con cerned. . - GO Pardon for Convicted , andv Fine to Be Paid Now that J.' W. Reed haa been con victed and fined for Inducing electors to vote literally, ' what Is to become of the mayoralty of Estacadaf Down at the bottom of the eta te law defining tne penalty to be Inflicted for Reed's offense are ' the words:- "And shell be forever Ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit In this state" Mr. Reed aaya he. will mt resignat leaet not yet. The fact la, he expects a reversal at the tiands of the supreme oourt, and. aa notice of appeal haa al ready been given; Judgment la withheld and Reed may legally retain Ma office for the time being. If a remark passed by Judge Freter at the trial of Reed Is of any value. It la probable that a pardon will Inter vene between him and the disbarment NEWSPAPER MEN BEAUTIFUL PORTLAND, 'OREGON. SATURDAY. EVENING, " APRIL 20. ST' GREATEST - M - ROSES TO BLOOM BY CITY'S iSRACE Use of the Forestry Building Is I Granted as the Place for Hold ing the Rose Show in the Spring and Autumn. v : For. the first time In the history of Portland -a roee ahow will be given in a publie building. . At the requeet of the chamber , of commerce the park-board today gave permlsaion to the lovers and. growers of-roses to make an exhibit of roars in the Forestry building on the exposition grounds.. The chamber had asked - permission - for - only a spring exhibit, but Commissioner D. A. Raffety moved that It be also granted a permit for the display of the faU growth. "We-wish to mske Portland the rose city." said Dr. Riffety In explanation of hta motion, "and. to do so we must show our fall rosea. Our fall roses may not be aa beautiful aa those we grow In the eprlng. but no city can produce any better in that Reason of the year." Dr. Raffety'a motion waa carried and the chamber waa given two chancee to display : rosea grown in Portland each year. 1 - . v-- 1 - The board . took up the matter of a title for the act making an appropria tion for a system of parks and boule vards. After s dissuasion Commlaston ere Lang and Wilson were appointed a committee to confer with City Attorney MoNary and arrange a title, under which (he act shall be placed on the ballot. . W. P. Andrua of Hood River was V (Contlnued on Page Thirteen.). SCOTT FREE Estacada Mayor Men- Is Not Expected . ; by Him. from office clause. When the defend ant's sttorneys were trying to get be fore the Jury the fact that a conviction carried with It a perpetual ineligibility to hold office, Judge Fraser' remarked thai a pardon waa usually granted In that matter. .' He Immediately haatened to aay that Jte did. not wish, his . re mark to be interpreted aa a promise on his part. Hut .the Impression remains that aliould the sasrema oourt uphold the conviction of the lower court. Reed would not l3e his office-holding rlahts. In auch a ea-e the 11.000 fine wl'l be hie only punishment"and it' Is freely as serted that thla will not come out of Reed'a pocket. . Should no pardon be grants i, ouster proceed tnaa may be Instituted under the charter of Estaceda. to relieve Reed of hta ofXlo ,..- , k , i I ; S3 l OREGON WOMEN tOEs DELIGHTFUL SUNDAY JOUIU.V.. 1 urtA mm Portland Banks Made the Best Showing in Country Last Week; Says Bradstreet. Despite Low Figures of Last Sat urday, Which Seattle Papers Took Advantage of, the Total for the Week Is Good Evidence of Prosperity. 1 . ;,V Seattle ne wane pars are alive to their opportunities, and never miss a chance to discount Portland's nnanciai great ness. . In aeeklng a comparison of bank dealings they selected Saturday, the lowest day In Portlands week, end one of the highest for Seattle and Spokane. In thla way they caught Portland with Olearlngs of but IHUI1II. Other days of the week were mucn higher, aa ahown by tbe following clearing-house figures: " Monday, f 1.60S, T1.: Tuesday. tl.tll.Sst.IS; Wednea- day. - tl.tl0.4t.; Thursday. tl.t8t,- 114.42; mday.' si.ijz,b.io. - Tne total tor tne weea -was ei.si,- 049.14, a gain of more than (4 per cent over the clearings 01 the same week a year ago. This Is the largest gain made by any city In the United Statea for the last week, as shown by Bradstreet's re port tf weekly bank olearinga issued today,. t ' ' ; ' v '; .are. -aggiiag meiev Portland has never strained Us" finan cial -Ugxraents to" break (nto lha .class Of th" New fork" clcarlng-hbuss.' T'he conservative bankers Of 4hla elty go along as -of yore settling dally kalancee In gold and letting -some or tne ever ambltidui sister clUes do' the Juggling with paper slips and running half of their business through the clearing house twice dally.' Some queer acro batio stunts are being; done nowadays to force boom cltlea into false positions in the: published clearing-house list. A comparison of populations will naually give a fair Idea of bow clear ings are padded. Indianapolis, -an old conservative city wtth about 100.000 population, settles . in ' gold and closes Its clearing-house business st the end of each day. Ita clearings for tbe laat weea mra ,1.1 iu.vuu, mm vuujvcvu Portland's $7.tl,000. - apokaae Active Also. Seattle haa aomethlng like IS.000 leas permanent population than Portland, yet ita clearing-house reports for ths week show tlO.18S.000; Spokane, with a population of t(,!4t According to the laat government - census, but probably doubled since that census waa made, reports clearings last , week of t.ttl, 000. A elty that has a population of but 70.000 yet can muster that kind of a clearing-house report, is entitled t be In tbe same claee with' Seattle. It is generally admitted In Portland financial oirclea that . Spokane 1 ahould be pro moted to Seattle's rank.. The Paclflo eoaat Is forging to the front fast enough. It Is believed, to sat isfy any ordinary mortal. "The truth la good enough about Oregon," waa A. It. Craig's motto when he waa direct ing the publication of Oregon railroad literature. 1 . Ooloais-ta Poeriaf Za. Immigration la atlll pouring Into ths state from tbs middle weet, and home eeekera will throng tbe Portland anion station for It daya more.' The aprtng colonist rates on transcontinental llnee end with the month of April. Home- (Continued on Page Nina) UxtralUxtral Uxtra! 81 gate a fat pig, and Maud Initiated It Alonso outwits ths duke, elopee and - weds. 1 Sappy Hooligan off again, and back - again.'- '- - Bhort Charlie thrown.'-Tall George ecorea. ' t ... In The Sunday Journal Social settlement- work In Portland. A woman who farms over , 1,000.000 seres. ' Are women 7 losing the softness of .- aexf : - , How to lift the veil o'er the future. A Page of Oregon Beauties Spreading the Ooepel . of . Skilled Labor. Family skeletons seen . by family phystetana. Queen - plana to .save American duchess. . What Chlnsse think of missionaries. Occupations of Portland , Women ' , ' - : "; Brigandage the trade of tribes. -Loyelleet woman that ever lived. To recover aunken mtlliona In the --sea. Buddhism In Portland, In the Mammoth -Sunday Journal A delightful melody In the musio ection. ... . , , . 1907. TWO SECTIONS 20 UO LONGER SHOOTS THE CHUTES saa..aajtfy SAM H. FRIKDLANDER. OAKS COMPANY RETIRES - AND A PUZZLE ENSUES Railway Company at Sea and the Concessionaires Wonder With v ' Whom They Will Do Business Opening of Big Resort for the Season Is. Almost DueMismanagement of Amuse . t ment Company Alleged Manager Friedlander '.Will . Not a. f LeaveTacoma foe Portland. i , . Reaolntlona to become extinct, to pass out of existence, were adopted at a meeting last night of the Oaks Amuse ment company.' a corporation that was formed a year or so ago by Sam Fried lander known throughout the 'Country aa a successful theatrical manager. Interesting . In connection with the dissolution, of tbe company Is the pro longed absence of Mr. Friedlander, who has taken charge of a theatre In Ta eoma. Members of the company that uu decided to become defunct declare a he abandoned them completely. while hta friends aasert that he has-a more- flattering proposition aa manager of the Tacoma playhouse. He , lert Portland laat November, and " though numeroua promises of ' return were made, he still remalna In the city by tbe' eound, : " " lv After weary waiting for hta return a meeting of the Oake Amusement - com pany was held last night A committee was appointed to wind up the affaire of the company preparatory to Ita demlee. The committee constats of W. J. Van Schuyver, Paul .Wesslnger. Her man Wittenberg and Mr. Cook. . Work of dissolution will begin immediately. The Oaks Amusement company was organised in 10I by Mr. Frledlanrler, who. while tn the service of the O. W. P. Co., conducted a - successful season at the Oaka. After organising the com pany the grounds were leased from the railway company for-the sum -of 13 S, 000 a year. The lease Included prac tically everything on the arrounda. The railway company, however, employed the leading bend at the place and aleo collected entrance fees Into the grounds. Concessions and everything else were controlled by the Oaka Amusement com peny. . Whether .or not laat aeteon was. a snccees financially the directors" refuse to state. However, they freely- a limit that mismanagement waa conspicuous tn the entire conduct of th affaire of the company.1- They- also sdmlt that leading concessionaires - at the close of lest season's business asked that their affairs be taken in charge by represen- BAD WHISKEY SOLD 'GOOD WILL CAUSE THOUSANDS OF WAITERS STRIKE FOR RIGHT TO VEAR THEIR .(loeraal.BpeHal fcrrloe.) - Parle, April to. "No tribute to pro prletora. If possible, but the right to wesr mustachee at all costs" ts the cry of several thousand wslters who sre on a strike here. The euocess of the move will surprise nobody more than them selves and it Is not likely that they will hold out more than a day. Con ferences are now going en between cafe proprletore and the waiters union tenn lng in the direction of a decreaee In the euro paid by the waiters for the privilege of being allowed to work In return for consent to go mustacheleaa and beardlese a few more years. It Is reported that the lose to the cafes will aot be vary large as Improvised waiters are working overtime, ... Yesterday Was PAGES. PRICE TWO ta tires of .the railway company for fu ture business, r While the Oake la the property of the Oregon" Water "Power at Railway com pany, a number of the structures and amusement) devicea erected on the grounds last year are owned by private Interests. Notable among these are the Keyetone Amusement company, the In gereoll Construction company, the Crys tal . Palace Amusement compear. . the Apollo Skating rink concern and other smaller concession establishments. The withdrawal of the Oaka Amuse ment company, together with the ree- lenatloa of Mr. Friedlander aa manager for the local amuaement concern, pre sents an embarrassing situation for the railway company which owna It . It la made . especially embarraaalnr because of the near approach of the time for opening. - Very little preparation, it la aid. haa been made for the opening except by coneesslonalrea who ' are somewhat at sea aa a reeult of eonai- tlODS. . The railway company, however, it la said, had been arranging for the sea son under the belief that the Amuse ment company would continue. It la said the management haa arranaed for musical concerto by some of the leading too ring bands in the country, the book ing of a number of free attractiona and the erection of a new band ehelL It has alsoi erected a stage, where It la Intended to produce) open-air opera, bur lesque and .choral concerts during the season. Officials of the railway company dis claim all knowledge of the action of the .Amusement company. F. L Fuller, vice-president and general manager, de clared today that he had not been In formed If any action had been taken. Vl.know nothing about what the Amueement company haa done." he said, "and waa not aware that they held a meeting. I certainly have not been in formed Of any action they may have taken. There la no atatement of . thla company's plana wtth reference, to the Oaka that I can make at the . present time." '. Revenue Agents Secure Damaging Evidcn ; Against Dealers Wha Refill Bonded Bottles With-lnterior Liquor. Enough evidence has been secured to convict a dosen liquor dealers In Port land of deceiving their patrona by sell ing them cheap whiskey on the . pre tense of It being the very beet straight goods In the land. Oovernment agents have been on their trail fnr some time and today Revenue Agent R. M. Thomas Of San Francisco stated that samples seised' from a dosen liquor dealers here will be submitted to the npnrtment In Weahlneton. Mr. Thomas has alren.ly tetd the Stuff In the bottle and found it riot at all aa r- ir.-nt-d. For env-nil tk pant re ni-1 lav t n secret t 1 1 !' 1 dealer ..,- - , revefll-- ' muni- Journal Circulation CENTS. en TiADrt in rrwt ai !. . r rv a cii STOLE WIFE Colored Preacher May Lose -White Woman as They Married Soon After the Divorce. Mrs. Cromwell, Now Mrs. Smith, Has Had Two Negro Hus bands First Spouse Says the Mount Olivet ' Pastor Made Love to Her Under His Eyes. For atealing the white wife of ana of hie paiiahlonera and marrying her with in one - week after - her divorce,' Rev. John W. Smith, colored pastor of tbe Mount Olivet Methodist church on Sev enth and feverett streets, stands in dan ger 01 imprisonment ana aiegrace. Rev. Mr. Smlth'a accuser la Dr. Paul Cromwe)!.' a prominent member of hie congregation, and ' District Attorney Manning haa promised to Issue a war rant f :r the arreat of both the preacher and the woman. Wife Bum Sanitarian. . Mrs. Smith, or Cromwell, la at pres ent conducting a sanitarium on East Aldor street under the name of Edith Cromwell. Rev. Mr.- Smith la an ac tive preacher. Mrs. Cromwell aecured her decree of divorce on -March li. Aa there waa no contest, the case msy be mads the teet to decide whether or not the law pro hibiting the re-marrying of . divorcees within- six months Is valid. The popu lar Interpretation of thla law has been called Into question by ex-ClreuIt Judge George, Circuit Judge Frsxer and other, and District Attorney . Manning stated today that the law may aa welt be tested now as any time. Should the supreme oourt hold that default divorcees may - not re-marry within six months after the granting ef ' the decree, both Rev. John W. Smith and Mrs. Edith Cromwell will stand a chance of going to the penitentiary for a term of yeara. ' The white woman, wife of two negTO men, married Dr. Cromwell nine yeara ago In tbe- state of Washington. Shs gave birth to four yellow-tinted babies, two of whom are living and are now In her custody. She aecured her divorce on grouade of cruelty, alleging that the physician kicked her out of their home. Cromwell edmlta that he locked hie wife out but he aaya he put both her and Paator Smith out together. -. ' Say Saaltk Wooed STJa Wife. "Why. bleaa you, they were making honey right In my own house!" he de clared, indignantly. 'Of course I kicked 'em out She went and got her divorce and I never oppoaed her. She wae awarded tSi a month sllmony, hut I thought rd be liberal I deeded her a lot In Sellwood and gave her tM la cash. "Could yon believe it they took thst money, ran away to Kalama with It and got married. She'a admitted the whole thing to me and I Intend to have them both punlahed. Moreover, I want my money back and I want my children. Think of m preacher etealtng the wife of one of hie beet members!" Cromwell's place of business la at 117 Twelfth street He first met hie white wife In an employment office. Wll-r-.. 11- wvn. .v uiiis ab .uiuviv uw- meetlc for hla home. A few montha afterward they were married. . . - Convicts From Joaephlne. . Salem. Or.. April to Sheriff W. J. Russell of Josephine county haa brought from O rants Pass C K. Merren, who will serve a yeer la the penitentiary for obtaining money under falae pre tenses, John Cnavan, who will remain three years for larceny from dwell-, lng. ' . . FOR ARRESTS here with a deputy. The letter wt re main Indefinitely to aaatat In the i cutlon of the lawtireekera. i Thomas conduct further 1nv-i , In other cities on tlie enst. Some promlnrnt dn!.-i a 1 . 1 be lm(liratet In t -e - m:. i thelr names will . . dare have been r - . 1 1, , ton to Imv t iie -orders I - t 1 Stt rr ' 1 W-. 1-r !.-- ' for- f