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uc JOURNAL'S GREAT BEAUTY QUEST ' CLOSE$;-M A little Ad in THE JOURNAL Journal Circulation Brings Results. Costs Only 2851 One Cent a Word. 'Yesterday Was - - r- Tha Weather Fair tonight; Wed nesday fair and warmer. . VOL. VI. NO. 51 ' PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY" EVENING, MAY 7, 1907. EIGHTEEN PAGES .' PRICE TWO CENTS. OR TlAXXa A WO KIWI MAUD. FIT I CiOH THE- 'TRSMM f0T ... , : . ' '. i i 1 OK masKea men puaru uNorn voasi Limited Near Logan, Montana Killing Frank Clow, Wounding . Fireman Sulli van. Posses Pursue (Journal Special Service.) Butte, May 7. Eastbound North Coast Limited on Northern Pacific was . held up at 5 , o'clock this morning by ' two " masked meniiear Homestead. Engineer Frank Clow was shot from behind and killed and Fireman: Sullivan badly wounded. The robbers fled after stopping the train without making an effort, to loot the express car which contained over $100,000. Posses are in pursuit. A suitcase was found on the tender containing 80 pounds of dynamite. . The masks, were discarded within a few feet of the engine. This is'the fourth attempt to hold up the crack overland train on the Northern Pacific in the past four yeafs. The bandit secured nothing, fleeing, apparently fearing detection In , the Ufht . ot i dawnlnf day. Welch epur la U - mile , eaat of Butte. . near the -creet of the mala dlrlde of the Rooky . mountain., section, " The country la ' ragged and wild , af Xordlng , exceUent . chance for the escape of the deeper adoeaw ": -..-- Pomss hare left Butte and Whitehall, together with bloodhounds from Deer Loda nenltontlarr. , and though . the banoltahave three hours' start, the ' officers' believe the dogs will overtake the robbers, as the Welch aeotlon is very sparsely settled and there la Both in t AMtrov the scent . - , Shertff Webb of BUUngs was on the train and he .found the trail, which he held till the arrival or tne wuwe posse. Trams Saw Xoldnp. A colored tramp, who was stealing a via nn tii tender, was arrested by of- Hcers. He says the robbers boarded the tender'' at Buttte, carrying a suitcase. They invited him to Join them, offering Kim half the plunder, but he says he Mi-ai Ha states that the robbers be. gan shooting almost as soon, as they had compelled, the engineer to bring tha treln to a atop. .' - . .... Th inmn aavs that the bandits eted so nervous thst It was apparent they were greatly excited. Lying . on the tender, they kept fingering their gum and cursing their luck because the train was three hours late. Officers found the eulteaao on the coal tender, filled with 80 pounds of dyna mite. The masks were discarded by the robbers within a few feet of the engine. ..N':;'Xa rourta Bobbery. . This Is tha fourth . holdup of the North Coast, the crack overland train on the Northern Paclno, In the past four years." the three other robberies Cfccur ing near Bearmouth west of Butte. This morning's robbery is close to the scene . t M Tm fvat itMlsV j FOUR KIUED IN RAILROAD WRECK .. . . . . - t. .. .. . . .-.... ., - Misunderstanding of Orders Be lieved to Have Been Cause of : Disaster on B.' & O. in West Virginia This; Morning. - ; , (Joornel ipeetal Berries.) Wheeling, W. Va- May 7. -Four train men were killed and a number of pas sengers injured, several probably fa tally, this morning in a head on col llslon between a passenger train and a freight v train on the Baltimore A Ohio railroad 18 miles south or this city.; An investigation Into the causes of the accident la being made by the rail' way officials And It is believed that soma mistake was made in the orders given to the trainmen. The passenger was running at a high rate of speed. endeavoring to make up lost time, when it suddenly rounded a curve and met the freight which was an extra. When the engineers saw the impend ing doom they did all in their power to save their trains and stuck to tneir posts nobly, sacrificing their own lives In their effort to avert the accident. When the news of the wreck reached this city relief and wrecking trains were Immediately sent out and all of the passengers rescued from, the de bris, all of the deaths being among the members of the train crews, Annie Walker, Montana Cowboy Girl, Uncon sciously Leads. Federal Officers to Hiding : Place ot Man Wanted in Court " PHY MIES ' TO FI6HT CS E Western Federation Attorney at Boise to Take Charge of De fense of Haywood Daily Pa ; ; per to Fight for Miners. (Josrnal' BpeeUl Service.) Boise, Idaho, Kay 7. The only factor of Importance today In the Moyer-Hay wood-Pettlbone case waa the arrival of John H. Murphy of Denver, regular at torney for the western Federation of Miners, who win take a prominent part In the defense' of Haywood. Murphy Is la ill health and retired at once upon his arrival He will consult' with his as sociates ' late this afternoon to deter mine upon the questions to be asked the veniremen. . ' ' ": " t'.' Hawley and Borah for the prosecu- (Continued on Page Two.) Mil IS GRATEFUL1 FOR HONOR . i To Seek Reelection.as Candidate of Demo cratic Party As At Polls Demanded Source of Satisfaction to Execu tive to Know That the. Party Approves th? Doctrine That the Rights of the People Are Sacred to Public Officials. To tha Democratic Party of tha City of Portland: I accept 4 .the nomination for tha offloa of a mayor of ; this city . from your hands, not only , with a deep e t sense of gratitude for tha honor thua . conferred . upon mn, out with equal . appreciation of the . generous manner or ua Bestowal. O - It U a source of tha highest , satisracuon to me aa to au.wno w ' wish th party well, that It has thus placed upon record its unr - ouaUfled approval of the doctrine a that tha rlghta of the people aa a whole, regardless of party, class or calling, are prima ob- Jecta of sacred obligation to any a publlo ofnclal who is to ba en- trusted with them. HARRT IAjm S Dr. Harry Lane has accepted the nomination for mayor which waa forced upon him by the democratic voters In the primaries last Saturday. The nomination came unsought and was an empnauo inaorsemeni . or me position taken by Mayor Lane several weeks ago, when he declared that If reelected to office his policy would be to place the Interests of tha whole peo ple above any considerations of party, faction or private Interest One of the most extraordinary fea tures of this extraordinary campaign is the widespread expression among Re publicans of a determination to vote for Lane In the June election. It Is RUMS MUEB San Franciscan Becomes Suddenly Insane Over Imaginary Wrongs. Uses Shotgun at Close Range Upon His Neighbors in City Flat j . (Journal Special Service.) " ' San Francisco, May 7.- Walter Davis, ar carpenter, brooding over imaginary grievances, became temporarily insane and ran amuck with a shotgun shortly before f5 o'clock this morning in the flat in, which he roomed at 414 Pierce street ; Six of the seven occupants were brutally shot down, the only one to escape being Anne. Bush, the 17-year-old daughter of Davis' landlord. After completing his murderous' task Davis raged up and down the house defying any one to arrest him. " The police feared to attempt the capture, but two citizens crept behind him arid overpowered the maniac. All victims were mutilated. ; ' 7 ! (Continued on Page Two.) MARRY THAW IS BOr YET BROKE Trustees' Accounts Under His Father's Will Show Nearly a Half Million Is Due White's Slayer Uved Within Income, ' ' (Jooraal Bpeeial Serrlee.) Pittsburg. May Is Harry Thaw la hot broke. Four trustee accounts under the will of William Thaw were filed In the offloa of Register Walla today which show there is due Harry under the dl rect will of his father $m.S24.4. Hla income from- this for three years waa about 14,000. Harry nas - spent $60,000 of this. This is exclusive of his income from various other bequests under his fathera wilt , FRISCO CARS STOPPED BY MOB ! (Jbtmnl Bredal 'Bcrrlee.) San Francisco, May 7. The first at tempt of the United Railroads to run cars : proved a dismal failure. Boon after 11 o'clock this morning 1,000 In furiated strikers and sympathizers at tacked the first car. which left the Turk atreet barns. After-smashing ev ery window and beating the crew, the mob forced them to return the car to the barn. The union pickets and a big squad Anhie Walker, the JO-year-old Tacoma sirl who startled the Paolflo northwest several years 'ago -when she was ar- reeted for horee stealing In Montana while dressed in man's apparel, is in Portland as. the chief witness against William Shdman, a bartender arrested last night by Deputy United States Mar shal Clyde Nicholson; for sending, ob scene letters through ha mall Since . her arrival - in Portland Miss ' Walks' has repeatedly strained the tth in order to help Shuman to es cape rom Ihe authorities, and but for a clever bit of shadowing by Nicholson last bight tha prisoner might have got- ten away. - - ja&-a.. j:-'t . Tha relations of r Shuman and Miss Walker are said to have been anything but harmonious, still the girl clings to him in his hour of troubla They are said to have met at a boarding-house In Tacoma owned by Miss ralker's mother. They fell In love and were to have been married. It la said. ' Shuman, however, evidently became : (Continued on Page Three.) 1 NEGRO HANGED FQR . MURDER NOW ALIVE ' (Joerael Special Setviea. ' Fort Worth, Tx., May 7 Report wa received t here from, trainmen and a negro ; passenger at tha .Southern , Pa clflr sutioa that John Armstrong, a negro hanged at Columbus, Texas. Fri day, April 19. for wlfa murder,. revive4 after being placed in e. coffin, and when delivered to his brother, at Sealy for burlnl was given medical attention, . It la declaHd that Armstrong la now living and that friends and relatives are keeping the -matter quiet ' fearing the state will again step in. Efforts to confirm the story are thus far without avail but the fact that the negro's Test touched tha ground when he hung lends credence to the'report. If Armstrong is living he will be the only living man who has paid the death penalty. The fact that - he was pronounced dead at the hanging renders tha state powerless to again enforce tha death penalty. . of - police Bought in vain to hold the mob In Check. The oar was a large provision oar and a second attempt was made to send It out but as soon as it emerged from the barn it was greeted by another shower of brick, rocks and plecea of Iron. The mob then closed in on the car and derailed It, but, almost Immediately it , waa replaced on the track. It then started down tha street followed by an other fusllade In which the motorman was struck on. the Jaw by a rock and knocked senseless. Another man took his place and proceeded a few feet when a teamster blocked the track. A policeman forced him to drive-off, the car proceeding, but when It reached a point where two 'buildings were In the course of construction about a block and a half from the barn. It was bom barded by scores of men concealed In the buildings. Tha car was literally wrecked. The union pickets succeeded In reaching tha vcar which they boarded and with their aid tha car was again returned to tha para. - " Ooaferenoe rails, Following the -unsuccessful Issue of tha final conference held for the pur pose of arrlvlnai at soma compromise that would and tha car strike; the United Railroads this morning started out cars manned . by , strikebreakers, on several lines. ,!-., ,;; i -. .,.-," -., Early this, mornins? great crowds gathered about tha various car barns from which It waa announced that cars would be started. The police kept the crowds In check and there were no at tempts at .violence. j.--.. As hour after hour sassed - and .no cars appeared much oonjecture as to what caused the delay waa indulged in. Btnaa sympathisers at once lumned at the conclusion that the street car company had backed down, but word waa soon sassed around to tha affect, that an important conference was be ing held and that aa a result of tha con ferenoe the strike might be-declared 'off. Then came word that tha conference, which was participated in by a com mittee of citlsens. Mayor Sohmlta, Pres ident Calhoun of the United Railways, and President Cornelius and Secretary Bowling 1 of the carmen's union, had failed of Its purpose and that tha rail roads would start cars out Immediately, Prepare for Fray, v In accordance with his promise to start the cars this morning, President wainoun naa m strong rorce or men ousy all night preparing for tha resumption of Service. He caused to be Inserted in all tha morning papers a statement that he would aend out cars, and declared that ha expected no trouble. He also said he felt sura the police protection would be adequate, although It la like ly that he had many misgivings on this point. ': 1 ..''v.'--- -. - . ; ...-"v ; ' United Railroads has secured about S00 men to run Its cars. ' By far "the larger part of .these men were gathered in the Turk street barn, which : was strongly fortified to stand a siege. Late at night when tha crowds about this barn,1 which all day amounted to at 'east 2,000, had VATICAN IS. BJIDIY II) NEED OF H MONET Pope Says Quarrel With France ' Leaves Church in Danger of. Becoming " Poor. ; i .h ' K'ih (Jborsal BjwebU ; Serviee.) -t : Roma, May 7 The popa gave a pri vate audience today to Bishop Fox of Greenbay, Wisconsin, at, which ha.'ad-J mltted tha quarrel between Franca and the Vatican caused a' deficit In the last annual balance sheet of the Vatican. The pope said unless wealthy communi cants contribute freely the church will become poor, a dwindled to a scant dosen. Including the union pickets, these men were distrib uted to other barns throughout tha city which had bean prepared for their recep tion. There was some hissing at the strikebreakers, but little disorder, and the cars were soon out of sight , By this means crews to run cars on all the main linea were placed at points where they could be used OsOhoua Scores , point, Calhoun, who has the advice and oounsel of Farley, tha famous strike breaker, scored, an Important point by this maneuver as ha waa enabled, to be gin operations en several linea at the same time and thua divide the forces of the strikers and the army of camp followers. v Tha Turk street barn on the corner of Park and Fillmore streets waa the head quarter of the strikebreakers from the very start. It Is a big brick building which la located in the center of a populous resident district and In the new retail business district -All night long aT force nf- men waa at - work strengthening the place for the coining battle and when day dawned the high fence waa surmounted by several rows of barbed wire. All the windows were covered . with heavy acreena to prevent tne oresjung or ue paaea. ( : Ail the other barns and carhousen are similarly protected and the arrange ment for the comfort of ; the men are mora complete . than , In most of . fort. resses. Besides beds and kitchen furni ture. Including, refrigerators, there are weu equippea Dams. - . Prepared for Contingency. v That the United Railroads la arena. ed for any possible contingency whloh may arise la ahown bv vocations of the men whom they have brought from the east' It has been stated that if tha r t v.avwsu DOtl . UUVI aLlllS its cars with platform men, there would oe a sympathetic strike on the part of tha alec tr Iclans, linemen, engineers and firemen. - This has been antlcloated by the company. . Among the men who are quartered at the Turk atreet car barns are number of men who axa qualified to fill any of the positions mentioned. If . the engineers should go out there will ba men . who are ready and willing to enter the big pow er house and operate the engines. There are also electricians and linemen. 1 TOR IK nufnucB Birthright and Ridgeway Are De stroyed and Babe la Blown Away by Terrifjo Windstorm Which Sweeps Country. . (Jooraal Special Bel tlte.) Mount Pleasant Tex May 7. The towns of Birthright and Ridgeway are practically destroyed, many people are dead, and an Infant which was In Its path blown a war. as the result of a tornado which swept the country 40 miles west of here Monday. - ' . Early Monday' morning the tornado tore across the country leaving a trail of ruin In Its wake. The towns named were reduced to rulna in ah Instant and it la feared that the death list will ba appallingly large. Details are lacking because the wires were prostrated by the storm. Nine dead bodies hare been identified already and no trace of the babe which was blown away can ba found. - TELEGRAPHER TRIES TO . EXTERMINATE FAMILY ... 'c :V- ,,it Washington. Msr 7. William Cv Rica. a telegraph operator, this morning shot and killed his wife, wounded hla 1-year- old son and committed suicide. . . Tha dead are O. F. Bush and wife and " son Orson, Mrs. Lillian Carothers. W. . 8. Baird and M. E. Vinton. - The flat resembled a shambles. Bush's -head waa blown off while ha waa stand ing before the washstand making hla toilet His wife took refuge In a closet but Davis quickly found her and shot her to death.' Orson Bush. Miss Carothers and - Baird were evidently ahot while asleep. All were frightfully mangled.' , Vinton la believed to have giren tha maniac a desperate battle, aa the sur vivor says she heard sounds of tha -souffle and the firing of a .number of shots, Vinton, who was unarmed, ft-, nally succumbing In tha unequal battle. Davis Is a carpenter-eend cams from Fcundryvllle, Tulare county. . Tha escape of Miss Bush la due to a , strange freak of the madman's brain. He had the girl at his mercy, but said that he had a daughter about her age, ' and told her that be wouldn't harm her. He permitted her to climb out of the window. . Davis tells a rambling story of tha slaughter which la entirely at variance with the facts. He claims that he brained and cut the throats of some of his victims, but all the wounds on the dead are gunshot wounds. - Davis claims his victims were slowly , poisoning him to death in order to get his life insur ance, which he carried In the Wood men of tha World. . He accused Baird of being the chief oonsplrator.. TWO FEUDISTS KILLED" 4 . IN KENTUCKY BATTLE (Jmntl flverial Servlee.1 : Middles bo ro, Ky., May 7. -John How ard and Martin Green were killed, Elea nor Howard fatally shot and James and George Green wounded this ; morning during a battle In tha Green-Howard feud. :PYc::VUPi:iA.'! f ''k'-i1 ' FORCED TO PASS RAISED BILLS James Morgan Sentenced to McNeil's Island, Says Partner in Crime Conppeljed Him ; . to Exchange Counterfeit Money If the story told by James W. Morgan to Judge Charles B.' Wolverton In the United States court s this morning Is true John , H. Mclntyre, wha waa ar rested with Morgan andClater made a sensational escape by , Jumping off 'a swiftly moving passenger train, is an other Fagan that would at least dupli es to tha famous character In Dickens' Oliver Twist '-f ' : :.i . Morgan, who la but 3D year old, waa sentenced today to serve two years at McNeil's Island for passing raised bills and .stated that be waa made to com mit tha crimes by MoTntyre. who at one time beat him over the head for re fusing to carry out the work of the bill raiser. ( - Morgan said that h met Mclntyre at Boise last August and that the two were on their way to Tacoma to enter a vaudeville theatre. While In Portland, Morgan says, he passed the first bill, but did not know until afterwards that it had been raised, Then cams the strangest part of his (Continued . on Page Three.) BITES TONGUE OFF WHILE FIXING AUTO -.: drama! Smclll Rtl fc- : - Chicago,' May 7. Bion I, Arnold, the $80,000 head of the traction board of supervising- engineers, is mute as e result of a peculiar accident While attemntin to fia his , brotbera auto- moblle, hia Jaws were forced together by. the engine "kloklng back." - hla tongue being cautfnt Between nis win and cut dear off. He made a wild run to Mercy hospital, where his tongue was stitched together. Ha wlU act be able to speak for some time. He p peered at the mayor's office and wni4 an account of what happened.-. ; Mr. Arnold, spectators relata, dUi,-tv-ed rare nerve after the. accident, i closed his mouth firmly on t!i tongue, and though tlood r;rj( If 1 i f clothes, be drove the muchine r p i and accuratelv, arI(Jns at the I ..- i to minutes after. tbeVcclu?nt t The doctor, assures Arnui.t t . tongue will knit and ti.fct h v , able to speak agalo.