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:REGISTERr 'TO : - OFFICE ! DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR RIGHT TQ VOTE. REGISTER! v.. 5SB Little Ad in THE JOURNAL Journal Circulation Erings Result Costs Only One Cent a. Word. ' , , . ' ' '? 1 "" - , Pair and cooler, tonight; a possibly i , light frot; ' northwest winds. ' (I Sunday f Was PRICE TWO ' CENTS. , ffl5,BSmnil0"SS VOL. VI. NO. 58. i I PORTLAND,,; OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY IS, 1007. FOURTEEN PAGES. Mnntague Asks Cake f to Help Arrange for a Debate Between the Mayoralty Rivals Democratic Chairman Suggests to Republican Manager That City's Voters May Best Learn to Decide Questions Through Hearing Them Discussed. Thomas C Devlin, Republican eandl date for mayor, hu been challenged to open debate , with Mayor Harry ban Democratic candidate. The gauntlet ml thrown down this morning by R. ' W. Montague,' chairman of the Demo- eratie central committee. In a latter writ ten to W. M. ' Cake, chairman of the Republican central committee. The let- ter outlines the reasona why anon a series of public meetings would be of Isneflt to the voters of the city. The letter follows: -r: , . - ' ' . ' "(Mve Totota a Onaaoa. ' "Honorable W. M. Cake, Chairman Re publican City Central Committee, Dear Sir The eleotora of thla city are now entering upon a political campaign, the results of which will prorounaiy ax , feet tha welfare of every eltissn. 1 think yon will agree with ma that the only rightful object of auch a campaign In an Intelligent and enlightened demoo raoy Uka ours, la to aire tha voters the beat Boaelble opportunity to deter mine, eoberly, candidly and reaaonably how their votea should be cast, and thla without reeort to Improper, secret or unjust lnfluencee. ,. , - Tou will at ree with me too,.! am sure, that It la your duty and mine to conduct thla sampalgn. as far as the conduct of it devolves ' upon us, with these ends and none other In view. Now It Is. evident that In no way could a better opportunity be afforded v fair minded men to decide for themselves between the candidates for mayor, than a aeries of joint - publlo discussions, where eaoh man must place himself squarely before the people, on hie merits, in tha open, and enforce his claim to their suffrages, not only with fair prom ises, but with tha aincerlty, conviction and faith ho puta Into them. Had Oat- Weak Fleoes. "Ever olnce V.ie Lincoln-Douglas de bates it baa been admitted that no teat can better search out the weak plaoes in any man or any causa and bring out the very right or tne maer, ana wu now. a vary- .distinguished Republican and Democrat are engaged in aueh a da- hate In mint. Therefore, with that abiding faith In the power and w.l of tna peopie 10 ae clde right what la fairly placed before them, which la a fundamental article In the creed of my party, and of which FOOTLIGHT FAVORITE; MARRIES .: MILLIONAIRE LOVER TONIGHT V ., . ) f 'Ui. ')..';.. V I WW;:, VOTERS GET LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER County Clerk Accedes ; to Request Made by ;City Council in Spe cial Session Todays Books Are to De Kept Open Un til Five o'Clock Wednesday, Including Tonight and Tues day Night City Attorney De - dares Action Legal. "-May belle GllmarT In Her " Bridal Costume. : (Continued on Page Three.) . omen DDCPIflPTQ mm urn mm - f all Ml I 111 I I I II I I I IWW III. L.II I llftmUIIBWBW II STAY DRY Petitions for Vote on Local Op- tion Are Found Lacking Nec "T" essary Number of Registered Voters. v County Clerk. Fields has rejected tha petition for a vote on local option In the subdivision embracing precinct 1. 82, 63, 84, 67, 68 and' 69, because the petitions were. nine names short of the required number. Twenty-nine signa tures wore stricken off the petitions be cause they were not those of registered voters. The number of names on the original petitions was S6J. , ' .; The remaining five petitions ' have been checked over; and found satlsfao tory., Elections have been ordered In these districts, and j notices are ' being postaef today by the sheriff. The aub 4Vlslons in which votea will be cast y h- llniinii , lna amhrfl.ee nraelnnta n. si. . 8i nreclnot 8:"rrectncts 41. 48; precinct 85 precincts I6..84, 17, It, ' '.Under the law, if the majority of the voters In any subdivision should vote -for prohibition, then the entire subdi vision goes dry. But If the subdivision ' as a whole goes wet end any precinct goes dry, the individual precinct will be - dry until the next eleotion, though the remaining precincts embraced ' In the ; district will be wet CRIME PREVENTION . TOPIC 0RM0THERS t'sj ( ' ,''!') 1 ' j''.:.,:'';;"-" (Jonraal Special Serric.) " . f Loa Angeles, Cal., May 18. -The sea- ' alons of the mothers' congress were, re umKl tbis, morning. . Mrs. Frank HU1 of Taromft led . the dlscuirslon in .the conference on the prevention of crime. TO FEAST BEFORE WEDDING MockingdBird iMabeHe G i I m a n V: a rrd S tee KC6reylR v night Roses for Decorations Mew York, May 18. The f&ble of the footllght favorite and the foolish mil lionaire Is the staple of gossip on Broadway these days. "Mocking Bird" Mabelle Oilman is the envied of all the "tenderloin bunch," as Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. would put it, while Wil liam Kills Corey . ls-4ut what's the use of saying It Another chapter is to be added 1 to thla never-ending romance Just after the clock strikes' 1!,' after midnight. when the millionaire president of ; the United States - Steel corporation will make Miss Oilman his bride. . As the wediding will not be solemn. ised until after midnight they will re verse, the custom of having supper after the ceremony, and the supper ., tonight will be 'served before the", eerejaony takes place. Immediately, After the Ceremony the eouple will go' aboard , a V steamship, which leaves for Europe" Tuesday morn ing. V. The wedding j supper at the Hotel Gotham will be an elaborate affair. The decorations of the room will' cost more than5 18.000. Over' 11.000 worth of American Beauty roses will . be used. About two dosen guests will be In at tendance. Including relatives of both parties. Among the guests will be Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Thomas of MoKeesport, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Thomas Is a sister of Miss Oilman. Thomas Is a chemist in the DuQuesne mills of the United States Steel corporation, where he has bee employed for noma montha, being placed there through Corey. Today Corey and Miss Oilman went out In the morn taav spending most of the day to gether. A',. ?' ': "AA. -The steel king "has been constantly attentive to Miss Oilman since she ar rived from Europe. . , He . Is evidently very much in love.' . There are lota of precedents for. the OilmanhCorey affair. In fact, it seems to bo a favorite trick of men of . mil lions te put away the wives of their poorer days when wealth opens the way to . acquaintanceship v with footllght queens. ......I I i .I i I ' i ii ' r ' ' '. I, Unregistered voters of the city will now be given an opportunity to com ply with the law and qualify for cast ing their ballots June 8. Thla morning the ' city council In special . session passed a resolution asking the county clerk to open the books for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and at 11:80 o'clock County Clerk Fields opened the roll once, more to the belated gratifica tion of a large number of expectant voters waiting in the office. According to program the books were to have been opened at 10:30 o'clock, but a hitch occurred over legal tech nicalities, and while .' the council was hunting for City Attorney McNary to lead out of the swamp fully 800 voters swarmed er the clerk's office waiting for 'an ; opportunity Jcjt do that which they should have do before. At last. however, Mr. McNary vached the coun ell chamber and cabjfted the fears . of the city fathers, after which the meas ure made rapid flight to enaction. "Well, gentlemen, how manyV votes are you shyT" said Mayor Ire to his strict ly Republican council, when he called the r meeting ' to order. . Councilman Vaughn., the. sole Demo-at ef the body. was absent, so 'there was no member present who could appreciate the Joke. . Xrneetaeas of Kr. Baker. : In solemn earnestness ; Mr. Baker ex. plained to the chairman what business had brought the council together. He stated that it. was a fact that a very large number of voters bad failed to register, but would do so if they were given another chance. He also aatd that County Clerk Fields would open the books if the council asked him to do so. Baker failed to see any objection to the pian. T--".-'" ":""s' Councilman Rushlight was . not so sure. He did not know that the council had authority to cause the books to be opened by mere resolution, and suggest ed that the city attorney be sent for to expound the law in the case. Accord ingly a recess, was taken while Mr. Mo- Nary wee hunted up.. .. , When the city attorney reached the scene he held the council had ample power to ask that-tha books be opened, Rushlight asked If it was not stipulated in the registration law that all regule tlona be made either by charter pro vision or by ordlnsnce. , , Councilman Booths thought that Mr. STATE MUST.M0MB TEM YEmS.CUlMES y'WE:mmB0MMS (Continued, on Page Three.) Con tinned on Page Flve. Advertising Record forlhe Week f X . For the week ending May -12 the records show that "The " t T Tournal carried more1 advrt?sinc trinn itrir tfi nronnian nr. ua vciuiig issue. . me juurnai printed x,oii incnes, or -sxo inches ,more than the Oregonian. ' Here are the figures: . ' Local display . . .......... . . .-. 7,103 ' r ! j: f J it bah foreign uispiay . . . oai Classifield and Real Estate. . . . . 3,511 Tournal. Oregonian. Telegram. Inches. Inches. ' Inches. -5,402 5,676' 1,378 ' . 73? t 4,515 2,401 11,511 11,295 8,816 - v Local advertisers have discovered by experience that ' ad vertising; in The Journal pays -it pays bectuse The Tournal -has more circulation in Portland, and in ; Oregon by several thousand than any other daily newspaper. , That these same merchants continue to vie The Tournal day after day and week after week,, is the best evidence that it is profitable for them t to bay Journal advertising space. .'V -':. 4 ; :" - !'-'-':: ' : e SEES WORLD III DOCTOR'S BUGGY Twelve - Year - Old Youngster Tires of Strange Sights at Hillaboro and Ends Adventure - , . - r i In the Grim County Jail. The eight of Dr. Banford Whiting's horse and buggy standing in front of the Hotel" Portland yesterday afternoon in spired 18-year-old Warren Mallory with a sudden aesire. to run away, ana ne got Into the buggy and drove away to Hillsboro. , By the time the boy had reached HiUsboro his desire to get away from Portland had left him. and he put the rig up at a stable. When Dr. Whiting discovered his loss he informed Sheriff Stevens, who imme diately notified officers In outlying districts to 'look out for the stolen rig and the thief.V Last night Sheriff Con nell of Washington county found the rig and arrested the boy. Sheriff Ste vens went to muanoro this morning and brought young Mallory back to this city. ::'?v;v;:w x y'ix-i:-a-Hf:v At the county au this morning, the boy cried bitterly as he admitted taking the physician's horse and buggy. He said he had been kept la Jail over night at HiUsboro. He lives with Mrs. Kline at 1171 Mississippi avenue, who, he says, has cared for him since he was a baby,.! The boy knows nothing of the whereabouts of bis father, and eays his mother died when be was an Infant He was brought, to Portland from Tacoraa little ever a year ago by hie step mother, who took him to the home of Mrs. -Kline and then disappeared. Mrs. Kline bad also lived at Tacoma. ' . Young Mallory said he bad no reason for wanting to run, away, as Mra Kline bad always treated him well.':. Later in the - day he was turned , over to- the Juvenile court, -and the case will be dis posed of bj Jud Fraser.. . j W.: D. Haywood, Defendant. Haywood Prosecution's ir Tac fr -Wncf Giaaht AsUJ WUJ 4 VI III1IIIUI S crefs of Minina Camo of Four Western States PillS USE HARD FISTS "Mysterious Billy" Smith and the White Brothers Engage in Furious Street Fight to. De light of Large Crowd.' "Mysterious Billy"- Smith, proprietor of the Atlantic cafe, ax-priseflghter and ex-sailor boarding-house man. Is unable to appear at bis place of business today, for the reason. It Is said, that he is laid up for repairs as a result of a Satur day night fight with Harry White and his brother Jim. sailor boardmg-houas men, who received a conditional pardon from the penitentiary Saturday morn ing. Smith and the White brothers were until recently partners in the eaUor sup ply business;- ; v The fight occurred In front of Mr, Smith's Third street resort Smith was lounging in front as the Messrs. White passed. "Mysterious" la said to have directed ' remarks toward the. Brothers White In which he called them ell the different kinds of vile names of which a north-end divekeeper is capable, end ing with the assertion that neither of them should ever again enter his place. Entertaining Street right. The Whites "are also long on that par ticular brand of talk, ; and replied to "Mysterious Billy's" remarks In kind. The dialogue grew: loud, blasphemous and profane. 'A large crowd gathered about the iiree,i who are generally known throughout that part of the city as"bad men," anticipating trouble. And trouble came. Just who precipl- """" (Continued oh Page Two.) ; SEELIO EME EK (Joaraal Special Benrfce.) Boise, Idaho. May 18. When theourt convened thla afternoon the sheriff presented 87 names from which an at tempt will be made to draw a Jury. Many members of the panel immediately sought excuses from Judge Wood. Nine tenths of the ' panel are farmers and stockmen. They urge that their inter ests would suffer If they were compelled to remain away any length of time. Only a (eW are permitted to go home. The advent or the panel, wnicn la tne largest ever summoned la this county; caused for the first time the courtroom to be comparatively filled, women seem to lack interest In the trial. Only two so far have oeen present, ouisiao 01 the Haywood family. ' , . ' rorymea Aggrieved. The 11 men Who have been locked np since Thursday knowing that they were not likely to be retained, feel they have been imposed on. :- Little time was lost In the preliminaries this afternoon. The clerk called the roll and the court Us tered to excuses. The examination of talesmfifn then began. Attorneys of both sides think the Jury will be obtained from thla panel this week. A number of witnesses on both sides have arrived and Others are en route. (By Hugh O'Neill, special commissioner of the" Portland Journal and Denver Post.) ; .Boise, Idaho, May & Murder and assassina tions cold blooded, deliberate, carefully-planned, ruthlessly executed, is the charge that the "people of Idaho," through , their attorneys, will seek to prove against , William D.- Haywood, secretary treasurer of the Western Federation' of Miners, at the trial for which the jury is being selected here today. There is no half way house in this allega tion; it cannot.halt of compromise the facts: it can not jgphalf proved, and ask for a penalty proper to a more moderate crime. It must be proved up to the hut. ; -. ! ; . , ;v. -j. b-i It is a case of all or nothing. And whether the facts will be available in the trial 6r not: whether the testimony in support of the charges will or will not be convincing and admissible evidence, there is no doubt whatever but that the prosecution has a profound belief in the truth of its charges. . , Cannot Go Half Proved. .? No refined or evasive language is possible in sirsinea meinoas wm ne possioie in handling them in court They cannot go half proved, -To prove in law that Kay wood, Moy er and Pettlbone contrived the murder of Frank Steunenberg. ens time gov ernor of Idaho, the state will not and cannot prove that case alone. Its task Is a much more serious and Impressive one than that It must bring in irre futable evidence, covering a period of 10 years; It must "expose the criminal secrets of the mining camps of four western states; it must kill over again in the courtroom of Boise the dead and forgotten men of Coeur ITAlene and Cripple Creek and Tellurlde and Gold fields. - , It cannot stop at proving that these three accused men are only bad char acters or violent persona or seditious or dangerous. It cannot atop at prov ing that they knew of or aided or abet ted or suggested or connived at tha assassination of Frank Steunenberg. t bfin rur -mu rvr ' - To prove that one . charge It must prove that these men formed a secret council, whose aim was Intimidation and sudden death;' that they planned dellb-.' erately, not one, er two, or three,' but a long line of consecutive murders; ar- -ranging coldly the cutting off of men, from life without "benefit of clergy,-, without leave to strike a single blow la return; without any. word of warning. Down the long line of dead and burled or mysteriously missing men this case must go, marking and proving them one bygone, as the victims of this unbe lievable scheme; showing a callousness to human Ufa that not even Nero knew, showing a mercUesa Intention to walk cross a bridge of dead men to some - wild dream of a western empire ec labor. If this ease la proved, as it must be proved to bring conviction, the blood stained record of "the "Molly .Magulres' will be clean while la comparison. It will exhibit in the twentieth century , Mrv nt TnttrtfA jwT rmtt mnA rueltv common only to those days when men that "Christ slept".: r It la all quite incredible something outside human understanding. :.. The his- New: Panel of Ninety-Seven Is Brought to Court, Composed Principally of Farmers and Stockmen. (Continued ea Page Three.-.-- . j, (Continued on Page Twa , LITTLE GREEN BUG SENDS WHEAT OVER DOLLAR MARK (Joe rxuil Special Service.) Chicago, May 18. Wheat advanced cents a bushel this morning la almost less - time than -it takes to tell the story. Dollar wheat jwas a reality right after the , market started. . December option - going aa high as. 81.08 within five minutes after: the trading began. In aplte of a sharp reaction later on realising sales the closing showed a gain of About . 4 cents ovsr Saturdays close. Buoh an Influx of buying orders has seldom before, been witnessed on the board. No one cared to sell and the mad ; scramble to buy . recalled the scenes of the famous Loiter .corner. .- The first quotation on December op tion was tha next instant a Sale of tfie same option being made at 81.08. This was an advance or wn Be tween sales, an unheard of ocourrencs la this market.' '-:iA.i. .ty v-,j -i: : , Liverpool and other foreign markets contributed a good share to today's rec ord-breaking advance. Liverpool penea and closed about 8Ho. higher per bushel than the closing of Saturday and reported that at the end of the ses- lon everyomE still wantea to ouy. The sharp fed vane e in what varaa December Qontinue Upward to a Dollar ? Three But Sags Back Net Gain -of, Four ...... Cents MadeShortage in Crpp at the atari was aided, too, by the con tinued sending . of damage reports by various grain-growing sections . of the middle west, as well as by unfavorable conditions In Europe. It la snowing In some parts of the American grain sec tions and colder weather Is predicted. After the sudden; sharp advance at the opening of the wheat market there was considerable profit taking. Ar mour a brokers are said to be among those who unloaded, and their sailing was suppossd to be . on an extensive scale. The market reacted quite sharp ly. The top prtcee reached were: May 94cl July 99c, September JV0Oli en i was at ST'. ? December 81.03 934c for J' y. r Septp At the c The 5e j t e 1 ClOS'.r I for July, e f r I - : ' t ; advance of 4 cents bushel for Mi? and July, Ho for -September and 4';. 1 for December. - . w . -. The Record-Herald today says: "f -velopmenta to ts are sumotent to I t the grain tra of the world to r -ita vlewa .Tse sharp advance in 1 the past fe-wTdays has been but ti Umlnary eftorts of the most uv -1 .. and sensitive portion of tdln t adjust itself to the new lv". r.r that seem to be In sight f .r t Buyers seem ti lin rffi is hancemert of 'valy lo,' I- "TP