i Little Ad fa Tli " Crini $ Results. Journal Circulation One Cent a Word. " The Weather Probably fair to night and Sunday; Westerly winds. , VOL. VI. NO. 62. .PORTLAND, OREGON, ' SATURDAY" EVENING, -MAY 4 1907. TWO SECTIONS 18T PAGES; ,PRICE TWO CENTS. y minra airo Krw LAMPS ! '..-v.,..:; . '.:''.Jj, -.v: ' ' ,. - ' r SEEMS " ,',:, V ,;v- ... . ' ,. t 1 . ' ' " ' - ' ' . , s . HEM VOTE Mfliliy MM UTS in BiG CilST ICHDOOB A CE1TADNTY T Indications Are That Devlin, Kellaher arid Executive - Will Be Zimmerman Is Line Chosen to Lead JHish ud Expected, - BuLlt Party's Ticket May Be Different Lane sentiment promise, to .weep the Thomas asplratloni out of exlst- ; ence at the polli thla afternoon - and force Mr. Thoma to make good , his promise mada tha first of the week to CO out In tha field in support of May- or Lane should the Democratic voteM demand him as tha 1 nominee of tha party for mayor of Portland. - Indications from every part of ' tha city at a lata hour this afternoon In dicate that the Lane vote will swamp tha ballots cast for Thomas and bury them out. of sight v . Prominent Democrats . from every ward la tha city brine In reports of an overwhelming Lane sentiment and tha prediction la freely made that Lane will receive tha Democratic nomina tion hands down. In the tenth ward. where the causa of good clusenahlp Is always backed by the voters, oloae stu dents Of the political situation make Tha ballot battle is on in Portland this : afternoon and by midnight tha suspense will ba over for all tha can dldatea. 80 far aa reported up to tha time of going to press this afternoon there has .been no trouble of any kind at the polls and tha day promises to pass quietly. , ' It is the general opinion that tna vote will be comparatively light, Tha estimate of the Republican vota is placed at the headquarters of all tha candidates at between 6,000 and ,000, while It la calculated that , from 1,800 1 to 4,000 votes will nominate.' i ' j I 1 raw seta on mayoralty. -. Devlla is given tha. lead In common opinion but at the aame time those who have money if bat on elections are not Dlaclnr much ' of. It on 7 tha race for mayor. .Kellaner atocc is Dooming ana confldenc in the result runs high in the ' Dim; of the east aide eandidate. BAY CITY "4 sbI a aaalaBa aBaM aP SOCIALIST GOVERNOR (EXPOSITION SEAL 4 V-XV J. . , r-, S Labor Situation Intol erable at Frisco arid Business Is Crippled,! Building Stopped This ,n the Official seauof, the Phone cirls Outlron and Metal jamesiown air. 1 .. .. worker: laia. wnue : tntirei Streetcar System Will Be Tied Up .Tomorrow Other Coast Cities Likely to Be Affected. msm fair III HARD STRAITS ...1, " ' -, tfeanal Iperlal lervtea.) San Franciaoo, May i. The telephone service remaine In a atate of partial paralysis, although eondltlons are some- Expositioti Company in FJnan Clal Difficulties Norfolk "hat better than Wrday. Oparators - , I are now stationed at all exchangee. Net- Bank Refuse to More Money. . the allegation, that " enough -Lana votes I His friends ln tha grocery buslheaa ar will ba cast to defeat Thomas even I working hard "for-TUm throughout , the though but little Interest should be I city and by, most of the propneie no ia inanlfeatad in other parts of the city. (put in secona piaca wiin a. xaiccnsaov eenvi OverwhalmUr. u J - . 01 winning oui oy now r " "come that about tha only Thomaa aup- ' "that ha 11 re, norfr in tha ward la tha nk-ecinct.com: friends -ara confident that M 1 will k mitteeman. otner warae sena in re ports Jus) cratlc voters go out to -vote. t argued that the backera of Devlin and T.J. concannon, in the nrst waro, is "r""'" .r" -Iw.r-Vfc aura of Lane s nomination una arter- v ' r K- " . , ' 'Z , 1. noon. "There are only threa or four candidates would baa. iIalUVraaVLV U hum WeftlVI S w VfVOW , .-iriW 1 ikia Sat a aood voPa wm be caat andrin. re switching to Zimmerman, eo that a good vote will , oe caat ana i, in- and th tlda mlT b -alT afternoon:" f fr. Zimmerman In Hfll . -A 1 . . - I -W Wait will -via w -4 Robert J. O'Nell.'from the second I ward, la also aura of Lane'a aucoeas in Ooff ay &oeln-. Ground. Coffey's cause has auffered aomewhat iZtJZi rmVatIMlTmo-frt" the past faw days and rumora that ward., rrnere are aooui w wm . th ihnr nnmrt cratlc votea in my ward, aald ; Mr. vu na .'" i.tln Ma la filaced fourth In tha Jority of them are for ,lr. Lanej Tnere -"f ' th. -.-oralt nomination bv lrinttreat in thVoMmarlea! 'or n mayoralty nomination by L.vJ? ad 1 beneva th2tftha vote orM of wnwnoK. auggeation. though h, k! iih t dfrf ot intend to cm? confidence 18 high ,tn tha Coffey camp WlU be light I did not intend to cast . . th -.-dM-t -nd ;: hia manaaana a VOta toaay, DUl wnen 1 receivva me Thomaa 'campaign committee' , circular I mada up rny mind that 1 wouia go to the polls and writs Pr. Lane'a name In on Vo ballot That is tha effect it Kail on ma and I believe that there are many others who are of tha aame mind. I am confldent tnat ur, iane wm win. rJTB Toto Expaotea. r N. Campbell, in the fifth-ward, is also sure of Dr. ; Lane'a v victory. "Every man Interested in ; decent govern ment will write Lane's name on tha bal in ald' Mr. . Campbell.. 'There i. are about sO Democrats in my ward and I think tha vote wlihbe light, yet Iv ho ove that tha majorwy 01 mow cbj wIITWq for Dr. Lane. 1 expec nun 10 . iweiva tha nomination. Mark O'Nell, from the sixth ward, 'reads Lane's success In . the ..sentiment " of the votera there. "There Is not much s interest being shown in the ward.? said x Mr O'NeiL "I am sure, however,' that nr Lane Is the stronger man there. know also that an astonishingly large number of Bepuoncans are in ' iavor 01 - s reelection and feel confident that he wouid carry the ward If he should be amnlnated this afternoon. I believe . that ha will ba nominated." n. M. Donner. from the seventh ward, Is emphatic in his summing up of the situation. , "Every man in inn waru, nu far as I have been able to and. Is in Continued on Page Two.) (Joanul Special Serrlca.) Norfolk, Vs., May 4. Tha Jamestown exposition management - appears to ba In financial straits.: It is admitted by Barton Myers, auditor of tha Jamestown exposition company that tha promoters of tha exposition had found It neoeaaary to raise $150,900 more to complete the grounds and buildlnga and that bonds for that amount would ba floated with tha exposition property of S00 acres for security. Buch bonds would not be taken, in . Norfolk, Myers sald0 and pri vate capital outside would be, sought Another, man prominently connected A(fy&nce thef aldo show signs, of making con cessions.- - '-' There is a probability of the labor council placing a boyoott on all mer 1 chants using the service of the Pacific States Telephone company. This will be done only aa an extreme meaauro. Sltoaflon Intolerable. The labor situation in. San Francisco Sydney Olivier, who has been, ap pointed to succeed Sir Alexander Swettenham as governor of Ja maica. - He is an avowed socialist FORCE HAMUI TO A SURRENDER has reached a otaga that ca oirty b. nt.rtts I rnmrnare. rftU. characterised as intolerable. . Nearly I ; wh,iih- 10,000 men are already idle, the entire telephone system la tied up and to cap tha climax tha carmen wui go out sun- day, as there is no chance that a atrlke oan be averted. Owing to tha atrlke of I the electrical workers, or rather the war between this anion and tha build ing tradea council. 1,000 bricklayers and carpenters are out of work and morel will aoon ba forced out owing to lacx sion Brings Magnate to. His Knees Gives Up Ninety-Nine Year Agreement. (Journal SpeeM Service.) Washington. Mar , 4. Tha Intaratato With -the expoaltlon aaya Norfolk bank I f nen to wire the buildings on which commerce commission haa brought B. BIG THEATRE 0 STARK TO BE ERECTED Pittock v Block ; Be Covered; by Ten Story Building Ac cording to Plans Pennoyer Property on Morrison Street Will Soon Be Utilized for Department Store Pur poses by the Jrustee Com pany." ' . " 1 ALL RELATIVES LEGACIES era refused to take tha exposition com pany's bonds unless a radical reorgan isation or the executive staff was made. tner are naagea. - . ik, The Metal Trade . association, to which all the big Iron works in the city It hae bean common knowledge In Norr belong, baa determined to fight to tha folk that, the day of tha expoaltlon open ing the promotera had no money left to ' push .. the unfinished grounds and buildings to completion. It Is said the government was tried, but was obdurate. It had ' already loaned $1,000,000 and holds the exposition ' company's note for that amount, , which falls due this year,. ; -, -. -tm" BABE'S BODY KEPT IN : ICE BOX BY MURDERERS Cleveland. May . The mystery of the murder of Alex Hoenlg haa not been solved. Every detective on the city force has been withdrawn from other duties and ordered to try to aolve It The chief says the boy was murdered within 100 feet of where his body was found and kept in a cold place, probably an Ice box, until hidden In the barrel Thursday night Every shopkeeper in the neighborhood was examined this morning. '.-. ; ; Contlnued on Pegs Two. MRS. ROOSEVELT'S IIARROl'J ESCAPE Yacht Crashes Into Pier.' Crush . ing . Launch and' Breaking a Flagstaff Which Falls Close to Executive's Wife. ; t'Jonratl Special Service.) ' Washington; May. 4, It was learned - today that 'Mrs. Roosevelt narrowly escaped death yesterday.- She waa re- - turning With a party of frlendsfrom a ' short crulaa on Mho Sylph whan the ' yacht 1 crashed Into the dock, crushing . the launch and breaking the flagstaff, -which felt to the deck, three feet from whero Mrs: 'Roosevelt' atood. Captain Bulmer of the presidont's personal staff, eommamllng the yacht, believes that the engineer, tnlaunderstood the signals of the navigatlpr officer. . . - v , ' . ' - LOST HEY1D HOW WIFE Burgess Could Not Stay Avyay ' From Gam- bling Tables When Drunk,;and;So ; 1 Lost Thousands bitter end the demand of the molders for. an eight-hour day and aa a result the chances are good for a long-drawn- out battle. Although there are not more than S.000 men tnjtbe Iron trade actually Involved In -the atrlke, s.ooo men are Idle. ' The Union Iron works, which is owned by Schwab, Is likely to remain doaed indefinitely and all the Other big H. Harrlman to his knees. His road. the Southern Pacific, notified the com mission: this afternoon that- the tariff agreement entered Into In 190J between the southern Pacific and the San Pedro, uom Angeies eait Lake railway haa been abrogated. ; It aimed to control freight bualneaa in California for 19 years, and was signed by E. H. Harrl man ana w. a. ciark. The - disclosures were made durlna tne recent investigation at los Angeles and It Is announced by the contracting plant, will remain closed until the men ueaOhat; Agreement . After a week of suspense, Mrav OUle Burgess, was granted a divorce from Lemuel Burgess by Judge Fraser in the circuit court . yesterday afternoon on the grounds of cruelty and drunken ness. The aase waa tried before the judge "April S6, but the evidence pre sented at the -trial was held to be In sufficient to warrant a decree. Depositions from John V. Kelsey and Oscar Presley of WeatfalL Oregon, cor roboratlng the testimony , given at the trial were filed yesterday, and Judge Fraser signed the decree. It was shown that Burgess had acaulred the habit of drinking and while intoxicated could not atay away from the gambling- tables. According to the testimony Burgess lost' several thousand dollars gambling while drunk. The couple were married at The Dallea In September, 189S. . Two and one half months were neces sary for Stella Ford to find her .hua- band, John W. Ford, and have notice of her divorce suit served upon him. She filed her suit .In the local circuit court decide to go back to work on a nine-hour day. . Late last night V President Cor nelius of the carmen's union aald; . ,' Carmen to Go Out. "There is not a ahadow of doubt "that the men will . strike . at the Sunday mominc meeting-. We will stand firm for S and an eight-hour day and atay out until we get it" There la no doubt that the attitude of some of the papers haa much to do with the determination of the men to strike. They have been misled into believing that If they had but atood firm in their demands, Calhoun would yield, although It was well known from the start that Calhoun would fight until tha bitter end. If the men had realised this fact which, all newspaper . men knew, the trouble might have been averted. The telephone company received in formation last night that there la grave danger that the atrlke will spread to all other California cities and that the op erators may demand a uniform scale. The attitude of the company is calcu lated to arouse tha wrath of the oubllo as they' take the stand that the publio should auffer for the general oympauiy shown for the girle. . Earthquake at Malaga. - -" Madrid, May 4. An earthquake last ing, IT ' seconds was felt , In - Malaga Thursday, v ' gated because it appeared to be inimical to the anti-trust laws. EMMA GOLDMAN UNDER . f pypc nFPRiQpn pm Ire (Journal 8ielal ' Servlea.l . ' San Francisco. May 4. Emma Gold man, the noted anarchist, arrived here this n ornlng from Denver. She ' lec tures here - tomorrow and during her stay will be watched by the police. She leaves early next . week for Seattle and other northwestern cities. 7" , i A 19-year lease of the Pittock block on Washington . street, taken oy J. Why te Evans, has been ' assigned by him to the Trustee company of Portland. on a valuation of 1500,000, and the pur chasers will this year erect a modern building of eight to ten stories. It is almost positively decided that the build ing will be for a hotel and theatre. The theatre will - front on the Stark street side, and the. hotel frontage and entrance will be on Washington street The Pittock block consists of a perfect ly, level piece of ground 100 by '200 feet ituated between Washington, Stark, Weat Park and Tenth streets. It is oc cupied by the old Pittock residence and one cottage, which will be at once re moved. -i 'I' P annoy Tenants to Taoate, The Trustee company will begin ereo- tlon of the new building aa soon at It haa disposed of final arrangements for construction of the large building to be erected on the Pennoyer block in the aame neighborhood.', The Pennoyer block la covered with- dwellings, all the ten ante of which have received written no tice to vacate before July 1. The work Of ; clearing . the ground will be com menced Immediately thereafter.. ." If plans under consideration are car ried out tha structure to be erected on store purposes. If these plan, we al, ' .' ot M.000.000;Lady Cooper. tered . the building will be devoted to general occupancy. Theatre Profitable, BEQUEATHED MILLIONS u . i , i' ikM ' - V - , , - , t fc: i Lady Cooper, . Sister of 1 Silent Smith. the Late Will of James Henry Smith Made Public Widow Gets Four Millions and 'Sister Two, but Latter's Sons Cet Residue. v Ooaraal Special Scnrlct.) "Naw Vnrk Uav lTh. c. TMkA TY&MMH' 1 1 . . I w .in,, aaquiv buiilu B will, icnnmin, in. persons who have 'seen- the dooument. provider for a large number of legacies of from 160,000 up. Practically all of a dosen or more distant' relatives of Smith will get $60,000 or -more. To the widow a sister, is to get 12.000.000. and th residue will be divided between the son. of Smith's sister. George F. Mason The Pittock block buildlnr has been ? berdeen South Dakota, and William considered for a department .lore, with 0, , V "'""eni or tne city .... .i . I National bank of Evan n ton. tuinntt generai-4)ccupancya-storeswlth,Tofflces ?.rl f ' M,?" receive the larger above. -But tha jropoeal to make of It iTi, a S. . T"1- belD put a modem hotel and theatre building has f 10;0?,011??' t5hwe 'ormanta aay It been. exhausUvely figured and is found " her? will. -bo a contest, to be the moat profitable for the build V7 toelr n" been taken care of. 1 . Whvrs P!vsinst mrtian VaA nn. I ' ' - r 11 . ' cemlng the occupancr of the building; J VIENNA PEOPLE THINK "I have no longer anything to do in the handling of the matter. My inter ests have, been disposed of to the Trus tee company., But eatimate. have been considered for three - propositions. eluding at hotel .and theatre , building. The hotel and theatre proposition proved .fU4Contlnued on Page Two.) February 1 17, and it was not until this morning that Sheriff ; Flake of Lane county notified the circuit court that he had located Ford and served him with a summons. Ss? :si: ;-... Mrs .Ford oharge. that her husband pulled her-hair, knocked her down, cut l a gash over her ear that bled -for aev aral day. and left . her 111 -fer-several week. Also, ahe says, he blacked her left eye, called her vile namea and falsely accused her of infidelity. All these actions,' the . alleges, , constitute cruel treatment Ford Is a- carpenter, who earns 1100 a month, according to hia wife's complaint, and she wanta $80 a month of It aa alimony. They were married at Murray. Idaho, in October. I8J. I J. Lilea this morning filed a suit in the circuit court . for a divorce . from Alnnah Llles, charging desertion on March 8, 1908. They were married In this city in June, 1900. . In addition to a divorce, Lllea ask. that he be declared town a lot in St Johns. -Hoaford A Brice appear as hi. attorney.. . - AN AWFUL WAR FOR , CONTROL OF PACFC OOMINQ. SAYS SHAW (Jooroal Special Service.)- v Worcester, Mass., May .4. In a speech at the annual banquet of the Worcester board of .trade, L. M. Shaw, ex-aecretary of the treasury, declared that vwar for the control of the' Pacific ocean' 18 in evitable. t"v-., 'Tdo not Wish to pose as a prophet" he said,-''but do' yotujiuppose that the Pacific will always b y-peaceful ocean f God grant thajt It may, JVa liave not a collier, a transport, powder nor supplies to last ts nours. Other, nations have. There are many ships la the merchant aervlce of foreign countries under con tract ' to- leave the path of commerce at a moment's notice to enter that of war. We have not one such. a. these. "Some -day, o sure - aa Anglo-Saxon blood runs red, there is to be an awful war. There are two nattona that can contest for the Pacific, and this war WlU be setUed at awful oo.UM , .-aisssr , .'-! Beautiful Women Thm time Is growing short The v Journal's beauty . Quest close. No picture, can be entered after that -date.:'; ;';v--?-.r-r-?- It is your laat chance to win fame . and a abare or tnat iou. Another installment of Oregon's-fair eat In the - Mammoth . Sunday Journal A few of the contents! 1 The most - beautiful woman in St Louia and how she waa found. Grim battle science is waging against ' disease. ' " - Will an American heiress be queen of Spain? '. --. ". ' "Rita" say. the world la growing - wickeder.- ' Countess elopes - with a gypsy vio linist How the whole r world works to clothe modern woman. .. -' Social Side of the Circus ' byTodr Hamilton , Irrigation on' Mar.. , Man is a burrowing animal : What the 400 are wearing. , ( - The 'girl who aspire, to pretty neck "and shoulders. . " 4 Happy Hooligan, - the , dear little Katsenjammers, Bunk and the usual funnlea. Stories for little one. and grown-ups The Sunday Journal Juvenile Court : Wards May , Not Go to the Beach This Summer, as Usual, But Will : Pick Hops Instead : l - Though vacations for the poor chil dren are being planned by Judge Fra ser - of . the Juvenile court and other officials of the Juvenile Improvement association; it may be that no children will be taken to the seashore this sum mer, as lias been done in the past two years. ;-,.,; .;: iwc -jiu -'i -r Instead of the Masher camps, 'the of - ricuus are aeDating tne -advisability of devoting all their efforts thla summer to giving the children outing, ln indus trial camps, such . a. were established at various hopyards last fall under the direction, or the juvenile court and Its pronation officers. ... , At the industrial camps it ia planned to allow the children to work in berry news, nopyaras and such -other places aa will give them beneficial out-of-door exercise. The, earning, of. the children have ln ; the jaet- been ', more than enough to pay their Mvtng' expenses while in camp and leave a surplus for the child Who earned it-' it.ia.Deiievea that by following this m". ' i . . . ' " plan In the eoming summer th pense of providing the vacations can be materially reduced, the - children will obtain All. the good to be derived from outing in the fresh country air, and there will in many cases be pecuniary benefit to the children themselvea. The tents, camping utensils and trans portation are provided by the Juvenile eeert and the Improvement - association, and a supply of provisions laid In by them, The coat of the provision. 1. di vided into aa many part. a. there are children in the party. Each child may work and keep for himself all hi. earn- 0TT0KAR WAS KILLED ' (Journal Special Sarvice.) ml the Austrian killed hv th nn. aner a rignt in California, was not Count von Walstein. but Count Ottokar, who went to America two years ago in financial difficulties. His wife IS living near. Prague.- , . GERMAN SHIP FIETGER -DESTROYED BY FIRE --SMclal Cteoatck to Tfc. 3n.ra.f , Seattle, May 4. The German achoonee Arthurs Fletger. tonnare 1.727. laden for South America, was gutted by fire while anchored near Ballard at 10 o'clock last rtght . The crew escaped. The value of the vessel was $125,001 and the cargo. $80,000. 7 . , Knroatl Leaves Seattle. - - . (Jooroal - Special Service.) '. .Seattle May 4. General Kuroki and ttartv: laftiat .7:48 o'Mwk M. .... I - - " MMW MlV't "J for: Washington. , GLUCOSE TRUST IS KNOCKED OUT tngs in exoess of his part of the cAst of Allesred That Standard Oil Cfirrw provisions. Should any child fall to I pany wonspirea, to rod; Corn earn as much as hi. share of tile coat of living amounts to, the difference Is made up by the association and Is not charged to the more industrious children. The plan' of providing vacations in in dustrial eamprt only thla summer, to the exclusion or tne. seashar trips. Is be ing seriously considered by the Judge and ni. aavuera, though no final decis ion naa yet been reached. Products Company v of Business Factories, r Its GIVENCHANCE TO GET LOCAL COLOR ' ON THE ROGKPILE (JoernU Special Servtee. - . Chicago, May 4. Ernest Filer, an alleged author, who deaired aome "lo cal prison color" for a forthcoming" book, and threw a atone through' a ci gar stora window in order to get" him-..- self sent to prison, will get local color all right and Dlentv of it but it will be at hard labor In the workhous. ' t He .elected a email window expect- tlng t pay the damages and get out with , reprimand and a day or so in jalL Instead the municipal Judge sent , him to the 'stonenlla for-four months, with instructions that be be kept at hard labor. Filer out up a terrible roar. "I- want material for my new book." he explained. "One of the prin cipal scene, will ba inside a Jail. and. to get real Mope,' well, you know, judge. how it Is with ua literary people. - We want local color."-, vr,s-'---f ' "All rlghf aald his " honor, "four month in Bridewell at hard labor will fix you all right Lot. of color out there, i nnoerataad. , ... (Journal Special Saprlea.) Chicago, May i. A bill filed in cnurt today alleges that the Corn Product- company, an $80,000,000 corporation, t ,- been wrecked by the Standard Oil c - pany. . The. Chicago ' Beat Est-xte Trust company asks tor a receivcrf!:! and seeks prohibition by tlio o r i Products oompany. constituent enmj i nle or Individual membera, of any 1 1 t erty, particularly Iillnola real , t ,h . The Corn Product, company l."cm red a. the glucose trunt. The 1 i : -clre-4h-iftwUork Ol'ioosa rr , was. organised, and contr... Tty holders in the Standard. It all. : ; Standard atockholdera and crtoi , ber. of the Corn Pnuln. rj ( fraudulently consph -1 t- f ,r ganttc trust under ttm nam t f i Products company." It a Uo i the stockholders of t" ( , j Refining company j selling etfw-k to th t majority was ac'i'iir- 1 element, utio'purf i . new corporation :i t, fact:ia i : 1 tui , A