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r i rrn hhv V . . r. 1 '-4 P1F A Uu!c Ad fci THE JOURNAL Journal Circulation Drings Result Cost Only Nsjkjs, One Cent' a Word, ,1 The Weather Occasional rain to-' ? night' a, Friday" southerly winds'. L r- vol. yL;;NO.& 10 WffS Sherman BellandExr Governor Peabody Are Witnesses-Day Spent Examining . Jurors - fJoweel IkMclal Berrlea.t Bof seT"Idaho, May 9. At the recess . three prospective Jurymen, A. L. JEwJng, J. E. Yates and George Walker, alljMfe lsfactory to the prosecution, were; In the box. Nearly the entire day's aes- , tlon was taken up by the" prosecution's i .examination of , 12 ' veniremen. The talesmen, usually declared qutokly that they bad read everything they could vet on the case, discussed It freely and "formed opinions as to the desired out- CC. - , - vr "i. 'I.J ;: mnu Ipeelal ierrtea ? a V' Bolee, Idaho, May 8. Thia morning ' 'the trial cf W. D. Haywood, secretary ( . treasurer of th. Western Federation of Miners, for alleced, copipliclty hi the murder ' of forter Governor Bteunen berf, actually began after long months of weary waiting and delay.. Haywood . la the first of the three officials of the ' V miners to be .tried ana the trials of : f Moyer and attlbone v will, follow" tris, , The Vldence and : the charges In 'all - three eases are practically the same. . , Haywood was cheered . toy the pres ence of hi wife who sat in an ln Talld's chair near hlra with bis two daughters between. , .The room well filled with spectators. The crowd wa oroeny ana ne nenu nu(wra no trouble. Haywood's elder daughter Is Just budding. Into , womanhood, she Is rood-looking; and was tastefully dressed. Haywood's 7-year-old daugh ter gtrea promise of much teauty. ' "s - $ . Wmpklas ' Hot . ronad. f. $ . c Senator Borah, during ' the progress of the trial, denied that Jack SlmpKlna, who was Indicted with Haywood as a principal, vhas been located and- prom ised Immunity, uoran saia oiminin never would be given Immunity and 1 that they would find and convict hlra yet. -f..- :.;", ;',lft't'-iV;' The i state's list ,, of -witnesses was 'presented with the announcement that It mighti--e necessary , ui, cm ,""' later. r---,; . . - Fouf veniremen were excused, two because - they have interests on the range and no one to fcelp them, one be cause Be is a Boise policeman and one on account Of Ill-health. . It developed this afternoon that the list of ; witnesses filed by the prosecu tion for indorsement on the Indictment contains 18X names, nearly all from out side the state, ana tnereiore nwi uuji to subpoena., 't -v . ' .. :.,'.(. , Sherman eU a Witness. -; 1 The chief is General Sherman Bell, who commanded the soldiers during the labor troubles In Colorado. Then there is Carlton, head of the mineowners at rvinnia rnmiL who bad a pitched battle with the federation: Qovernor Peabody and his daughter, wno was un "Colonel uora rwuuujrs - j ujr men, head or me uoeur a juene of Thompson's organisation and the man who precipitated the trouble in that re gion by; arming and Importing strlke- Jfearly' every importnlmlne operator in the nortnwesi is on imi mh, u is stated that all have promised to come. " ne yrunnjuuuii..iiiwi.. stantiate. If possible, every point in n.rrv Orchard's alleged confession. The making public of the enormous list of (Continued on Page Eight.) LEWI S TO n f,1EII ARE INDICTED t Attorney j. N. Smith, Formerly a Portland School Teacher, js i f Accused of Conspiracy, in the Idaho Land Frauds.' ' : (Special ' DiaiMtch ! to The Joornetl Lewlstown, Ida., May . J. B. West, : : former register of .the Xewlston . land office, - and one- of - the best knoVn -politicians In north Idaho, and I. N. Smith, a prominent attorney of Lewiston, were yesterday advised In a notification from 5 United States Attorney Ruick that they 4 had been Indicted , for. alleged conspir acy against the government in the land 7t fraud cases. One was indicted by the - federal grand Jury at Boise.. March 21 vnd the -otter -April fe.vi.v-. t Bota"men,ttav bwnror"tbTippear without bond for trial at the 'Moscow term of federal court .whlci convenes next -Monday. Smith was ' formerly, a jwruanafcnooi teacnep , s: Jl- ' 'rt-B v3 . 1 " Prom Left to RightWilliam D. Haywood, Becretary-treagurw ot the) Western Federallpn of Miners; Charles H., Moyer, president; Charles A, Pettibone, ex-executive committeeman; charged with complicity in th "murder of ex-OoTernor Prank Steunenberg. of Idaho. ' ' , rwWmwW4: The Journal believes iri a-"square deal notonly for Messrs. X-f Haywood, Moyer;and Pettibone, officials of the Westerfl Federa-; , ttioii of Milters,-oa trial. at Boise, but ajso for .its readers - v h S ';..,., TL. ..t1 A.i, rimr with .vrl lrrlrh wnnrfi tb .news of ithetriaL; .'Xt.wiH , present. H sides of .this most: famous .-case -of -modern - times.-- . - .-'.'-wv. - -" v. -; v.. The Scrimps News -Association, Publishers Press and, Hearst - News' Service will give all the news of the trial. . The reports vfrll : be unbiased, uncolored, impartial and neutral ' ?-.--!;.:' V Eugene Debs and George H. Shoof of the "Appealtb Reason " will til of the progress of the trial from a Fedration and Socialist viewpoint as it looks to the defense. ; . -i Blaine .Phillips, i special writer, will tell of the progress of the ? trial from ' the .viewpoint . of the prosecution. No expense has been spared by The Journal in the collection of this news - ' ' - - ' - So That the People May Know X ?......, MM, MARRIAGE DATE Corey and Mabelle Gilman'to Bo Wedded Just' After Midnight on Fourteenth to Escape Cer- emony on Jll-Omened Dayi (Jonmal Special Service.) New York, May .The announcement Is made that Mabelle Oilman and. W. E. Corey will, be married Just after mid night The. ceremony is set for 12:15 o'clock on the Morning of May 14. This will enable the couple to avoid the hoo doo of the thirteenth, which has been worrying superstitious friends of the Drioe since aiay u was : annoiincea as the date of the wedding. - .t Tha guests will' be -reoelved at the Hotel Gotham at 11 p. m. of May IS and the ceremony; will take place at the' ho tel, where Miss Oilman and her mother are staying,-" After the ceremony sup per wjll be erred, hen Mr. and Mrs. Corey will take an automobile to. the steamer and . leave for their" European honeymoon , trip. . The bride's mother will remUjin bere a few months.' - . -One letter to Miss Oilman says: "For God's sabe, as well aa yours and those interested In you future success, hap piness and health, do not marry on May II.". ..-- i Many other such admonitions ' were received. v'v'C..t'';?:v V (Journal Special Service.) v ''-Los Angeles, Cal., May. Mystery which surrounded the calHhg"WTmir beta off last night before the first round of the ' 10-round ' fight between- Tommy Burns and "Philadelphia" Jack, O'Brien.., was cleared; away today when ;. Burns announced' that the fight had ; been "fixed" for O'Brien toxwln but that at thelastTnlnut Burn had ehanfret! his mind, and Manager McCarthy of the Pa cific Athletic club had promptly called off all wagers. , .' - Bums had - no. Clff loulty la 'winning DODGES HOODOO BUHIIJ FIGHT FAKE 11 w ! BEAUTIFUL WIFE SECURED REBATES Society Hostess . Engineered the Deals "Whereby- Sugar Trust Reaped the Special Privileges ; Resulting. In. Indictments. ? I- 1 i..; (Ion nuil , Special. Serrici.) Chicago, May . Back of the; alleged rebates which western and some-eastern railroads are accused of paying . the sugar: trust' Is the tjtory of how. these deals were engineered by a 1 beautiful woman, whose, week-end . parties, golf meetings and famous dinners were largely attended by railroad officials. ' One of the western officials explained that most of the rebate business was transacted through the. beautiful wife of Thomas w. . Riley,' who represented toe Brooklyn Terminal company, , which routed, shipments . over western, roads. Riley drew a .salary , of f 7,500 a year, but he . and his wife entertained at a 150,000 a year' clip, and their famous house at lake wood : was the center of railroad -officialdom ; --..until the govern ment began to get busy. Then the illegal transactions, were called oft and Riley;, found '. himself out 'of ' employ-r ment i It is believed! that , he assisted the government" materially with Infor mation of how rebate, deals were. carried through, i and because..- of - which four western roads have .already been In dicted, . - - " ,naTattle vfrom O'Brien after h -re- yoked his promise toy let-the. Pbiladel phlan; have the decision. O'Brien was scared Qut 'from ,the first and the" oon test was more of a footrace than it waa a test -of puglllsto, O'Brien. Started running away from his antagonist in Kthe first! round and kept It up to the rmisn or tne ngnt, despite tha. taunt Tjnthe-citswdSndrIhe tnvlutions of, Burns to "come on and fight" - " When "Burns made the admission; to-' Continued M fm .Shra, if THE THREE DEFENDANTS IN THE BOISE TRIALS ! 0ECISI0I1 KEEPS DEFENSE III DARK Nature of Evidence Is Carefully Guarded Shoaf Writes of the Trial as Seen From Viewpoint of Federation ; Officials. !,,.', (Staff - Correspondent Appeal to Reason.) Boise, Idaho, May S. when! Fremont Wood, judge of , the district . court, be fore .whom Moyer, Haywood 'and Petti bone . will be i tried for . the murder of former Governor Steunenberg; ' yester day denied - the - application of; ' the de fense, for bill of particulars' specify ing the nature - of the charge .against W. . D. Haywood, whose Case? went to trial1 this, mproing,",he did mot decide the question, directly; as to whether or not ' such" a,' bill of (particulars would have been allowed has. the 'motion, been maae a -year ago, waen the- Sefendant was first arraigned., but ruled .that even If .the defendant, had. .been eUtled to his, right by .pleading, to ".the Indictment before, the case had been set for trial. The denial' of , the application-leaves: the defense in the darkV ai much as ever regarding. the 'nature of. evidence- by wihioh the' prosecution Vexpectsi to bring the leader of the Western federation of Miners 10 ine g&uows. , - Bought, for Svidenoei' Attorneys t Borah and Hawley of : the state, as well as Deteotlve MePartland and Governor Gooding. ' have given It out j that they, ptfsseased ; evidepce more man surncieni' 10 nang Maywooa .and (Continued on Page Two.) RAIN. IS PREDICTED ! i BY WEATHER BUREAU TO END LONG DROUTH Rain la predicted for tonight. e It commenced, falling. down by" - the ocean this morning," the look- e out at worm ueaa reporting a.,; e Dounuiui anower. trninci iore- e caster ueais. says ne. Knows to a certainty that it will, rain here before long- and he also knows . e a few good showers' will be greatly appreciated. '. . Thousands .of appeals for mois ture have, poured Into the weather, bureau during .the past few days and Mr. Beals Is anx ious to please - the majority. e , Southerly,; winds are predicted ror tonigni ana ,; tomorrow - and ' southerly winds usually 'bring; rain. A soaamg rain or two or three days duration is what the ' farmers-are praying for-and-Mr,7 Beals will do his best to accom- modate- them. ,The prolonged e T dry spell bas eaused the ground, f e e to .cruati anA' vegetation will be? e seriously, stunted should the dry t e e weather continue another few ' e ' 1flva. .. .. - . ' . ' e-A-raJn at-thts trine Would "J CTe. e. jmmenseiy 10 tae prospects f or ; e e the yeaK 'so the tillers o.f th ; e soil - declar,--. iv-1 ;l e- s e e e 9, 19w.eighteen pages. v:' MOORE SUED HlffflF E. S. Merrill Alleges Defendant ' Was Intentionally Made Party i to Damage Action for Fraudu lent Purposes. - ; That H.- W. Moore vwlth fraudulent In tent hired-bis 'Own attorneys to bring a suit against : himself , Is alleged- by E.' a Merrill in an answer to tne suit of C. C, Hlckok against 'Merrill and Moore. Merrill's answer was filed In the circuit , court yesterday afternoon. i, According :to .Merrill, . , Hlckok Is Moore's stool pigeon and .there ; la . a conspiracy between Hickok,. Moore and OB: Rlseland,to swindle Moore out of his money.' Merrill alleges that Mcoro hired ( bis ,own attorneys'' to brinir ..the aui,t,l ' for , Hlckok , against Merrill --and Moore on . an j allesed .contract 'of sale. .Vell. knowing , that the pretended sale was f alse and "Jraudulent." 5v4.--.tr,. Hlckok brought suit to compel MerrfU and Moore to make a deed to oroperty in Portland, .which, it la alleged,'- Mer rill authorised him to sell for $11,000, Merrill Is the owner vof the property while Moore holds a trust deed for It. Merrill ; in i his answer states that . he offered Moore 15,500 In satisfaction f the claim for which, the trust deed waa executed.: and that Moore refused xr ac cept It. -; : -i -y- '.- ' ";"'-?';-" . Merrill says also that he H gave to C, B. -Rlseland a r 60-day - option on his property for its sale for 111,000,' but that no purohaser was '.found within the time and that the 'option expired. Rise land,. Moore and Hiokok are -alleged to have, conspired to swindle Merrill who says that Hlckok, as plaintiff. Is ' not the real -party rin interest, but Is only Moore's stoot pigeon. ' TWO WOMEN KILLED IN , WRECK ON BURLINGTON (Joornal Special Service.) ChlcagOtJlay- . A . Burlington sub urban . train, en route to this city loaded with commuters , this "morning, was ditched and Mrs. Mary S. Miller of Riv erside and Lucy Ways,-colored, died en route to the hospital. - ,; -i Assistant United States District 'At torney Child and his wife . are . among the Injured. Flames attacked the wreck, age. but the fire, 1 ? department ; i extln-J RESIDENTS TO A movement to build an electric rail way connecting Coos bay with Rose burg has set all that country abiase with . enthusiasm for- the project, and everybody , Interested In property .- and land, from Roseburr, to Marshfleld and North Bend,- Inclusive,; will be solicited to Invest in a. hlonk f tnrk. At a meet ing, held by North- Bend and Marshfleld cttlaens . ctaterday: afternoon $100,000 was subscribed for' stock. '; " t . , rstlmB,tes iiava been - made . of . .the coat of the proposed railway, and I is believed the road can,, be built and PRICE; TWO I Couricilman Bought Land on Proposed Route of United Rail ways . y ( Property. Secured Shortly Before Franchise Was Granted Has Greatly Increased in ' Value, Showing Purchaser Was Well Informed of Its Success. . Investigation has shown that H. A, Beldinr, counollmcut from the Sixth ward- and a candidate for reelection .on the -Republican ticket, Is very deeply Interested in the success of the United Railways company and that the final settlement of the question of extension of- the company's franchise now pend ing neiore the council means much to him financially.' . . k ;.,-.. '; Large, property holdings acquired by Mr. Balding along- tbe right of way lust prior to the. warranting ef the fran chise by, the council or soon afterward give him a deep -personal Interest In tfre -success t the United Railways- In its fight for tbe retention ef its fran chise, whloh is soon to come up la the council. . ... . ,,,' - Says on Proposed Bout. '. Beginning in March, 1 1908, three months - before the franchise : of ; the United Railways was gran ted : by ' the council, or the proposed- route 1 of Its line was publleqjly mapped out, Mr. Beldlng began to make more - or . less extensive' purchases of property In South ' Portland - All of them have since turned out to be located ' close along the right-of-way ' and In some Instances f immediately . adjacent " to- it. Since the route of the proposed road was announced, property 1 through the southern part of the city : lying near the line has taken a great upward Jump in- value, i and those holding it have be come enriched In proportion to the siie of their holdings. -.. i . A partial -list of the property pur-i chased by Councilman fielding" between ! the first of March and the middle of September, 1906. and all lying within varying distances - of .from one-half block to three blocks from the pro posed route of ' the United Railways HHlsboro line Is as follows: . - , I The east 14 feet of lot In block 14 of Southern ' Portland, purchased - of Aloys Harold for $26. . - ' v Lot t In block $8. In the, same addi tion, purchased of J. Polhemus for $528. -'This piece is Immediately ad jacent to the route of , the proposed road. '-:,f?"r''' ' Lot 6 In block 71. purchased of Kate McKenna for $50. " . All of block In Portland City Home stead addition, purchased of Joseph Al bert for $400. Lots 1 and 17 In block of Bheiuy's subdivision, purchased of Tillle F.' Cor nelius, consideration $1. -- Lot 11,' block 1, In Southern Port land.,: purchased of the ; United 8tates National bank for $128. u Lots 1. J, and 4 in block 19 and lots S and 10 in block S7 in Southern -Port land, purchased of Walter . F. Burreii The .east $4 feet of lot' 9 in bfock"$4 In Southern Portland, purchased, of M. B. Watson, consideration $1. l-." Lot $4 In block 69 in Fulton Park ad dition, purchased of George W. Watt A large portion of block 26 In South ern Portland, located adjacent . to the line of the road, purchased from Albert A. Smith for a consideration of 91. Lots 12, 14 and 16 in block 19 in Southern Portland, purchased from the United States National bank. Two other tracts purchased In Wll- lard's addition. ' ' t"- . ought at tow Xtfl-ure. The franchise of the 1 United Rail ways -company' for the .construction , of the HHlsboro line running out second street and through Fulton Park was granted by the counell May 2. 1908. Most of the property purchased by Mr. Belding waa seoured during the months of March, April and 'the jBrst part of (Continued on Page Eight) BUILD ROAD quipped for $1,500,000. This- estimate is regarded. as reasonable. .The dis tance ,1a ,90. miles. . It is proposed ' to start construction from Roseburg and from Coos bay simultaneously, ' and as fast as the Una- Is toady for operation cars will be put on and revenues earned. The enthusiastic boosters of the enter. prise believe -that the road can thus be made to pay from the - beginning, and mat The prooaeds from fares and freights will not only pay operating ex- .(Contlnued on rage Twa) CENTS.. ViSVS-w&- OF STRIKE Chief of Police Asserts That Crisis Is Past :Am pie Protection Is Afforded Company. No Rioting Today and .. Small Crowds Gather Around Barns Strikers May Establish Bus Service Throughout CityNo Attempt to Run Cars. , ; ' - (Journal Special Berrlee.) San Francisco. May 9. Chief of Po lice Dlnan announced thla morning that It waa his belief that the backbone of the strike Is broken and that the cars will be operated within a few days. He said that the police will protect all of the cars In the same manner as they were protected yesterday. The strikers will hold a meeting this evening to con sider the advisability of establishing a union 'bus service to au of the princi pal points in the city, - , .;:;-f ftlotlas; today. ! V I A lack of anything like a serious riot Wednesday Jiad ,-a . tendency v to -educe the crowds around the car barns this morning, r and ..when . detachments of mounted and. unmounted police took up their stations, they found it a, com paratively easy matter to maintain or der. They were given signal aid In keeping the crowds back of the deadline bf an auto squad. There was a perceptible thlnnlna- of the crowds at both barns when It was announced - that no attempt would be made to move the cars until 12.-S0 o'clock, when one car . loaded with strike-breakers will leave the Turk street barn for the Oak street barn. At 1 o'clock, or as soon thereafter as ; arrangements can be completed, two cars will be sent out of the Oak street barns ' to o .over the route , taken Wednesday. They , will be- manned by the aame crews and guarded by mount ed policemen. Before they start out the route will be thoroughly patrolled and all gatherings broken up. - (Continued on Page Eight) SIX-IIJGII SPACE Edward Ruckheim Testifies He" Gets Away From Trouble Hur ' riedly Even if f lace Is Quite Small. 1 That discretion la the better nart tt valorTls one of the fixed principles of Professor Edward Ruckheim. a nlnlKt . H has adapted the old adage so that he says ltr -"He who fights and runs away will . live . to run another day " But, unlike Bob Acres. Ruckheim. ac cording to his Own evidence, does not wait until he feels his courage oottnr out at his f lnger-tipa. - - At the trial before a' jury' in Judge Oantenbein'a department of 4he state circuit court thia mornlna- ',f . r n Learning, charged with assault and bat. tery upon M. Ullnger, Ruckheim. testi fied: i r "When 'I saw there wu minr trouble, I got out I ran.. Whn t across the street I . stopped., held my glasses up to my eyes jindlohkM hurt. I saw that blows were still hein ...,., and then I went some more. I did not wait to put the giasana on, I just held them up before my evea an I muh Then I put them In my pocket and atart- ed agamiv;..:--;;- .. i. always run. Whenever anything starts I get out, "If I hv' nni. . much space to get ; through." , Here Ruckheln, . hM nn hla ... . ... inches apar, to indicate the Bias of the aperture through which he can squeew when anything Is started ; -Ruckheim was aaked whether til hi n ger, the assaulted man, had atruck at Learning. He replied: ; , r I don't remember. 1 fast" --,'.-:- l" DiUlnger testified that h th -,' ( .. - bf , April 6 he and Ruckheim went tni viark restaurant, on Norrji Sixth street,, to get somethinv .... They began talking about ha v In t , overcharged at that place an! v overheard by Learning, .the i.r..,.,-. hUa. Ai.an.a- a . , 1 wuv uujTCimi io inpir remarks i,t) , . dered them out Then, suit i;.; . Learning sized a co-lgel, sn.l nn, his head. PUltnger cauMit th ... his arm, which- i ,rr,h.-t, i v r The defense conten.ii t! t .,,--( ger and Ritokh-!in -f i!h , teroua and ttec'.Mt i ? , CBM'nOIIGII themselves. X