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in JG nALL" o? 'aio cai-ipaign xtzzjl, de-keld at.armory tomorrow iii :if7i ih rrr . ;: A fiir A Little Ad. fa' TIIE JOURNAL- Journal Circulation Drbs Results J Costs Only One Centra Went Toe" Weather-f Fair tonight and Friday; westerly winds. J -. ' VOL. VI. NO, V 61.' r PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY .. EVENING, MAY 1 16, 1807. TWENTY PAGES.; PRICE TWO CENTS. ' MPeTO A fO)P' MIMA WS1E1D) 1 EX-TOSS STOREY TO WED PHILADELPHIA HEIRESS nr pHniln; ur uhuiuuij A CERTAINTY Curly One Said to .Have ..Made Clean Breast Vof Grafting Opera- tionsto Burns 2H HE V -1L. 1 SJX. liii.m'niiii .4 , (Joemal Special ferrle.) - Baa Franclsco,,Maj 16. Abraham j Ruef will go before the grand jury , this afternoon and tell what he knows concerning the-United Ball road franchise and the telephone and gas deals. He will probably be be fore the grand Jury all afternoon. , If Ills., revelations are of a startling nature a nignt session or the grand Jury toay be held. , ' Mayor Bchmlti wOl probably be placed In custody next Monday, with the opening of his trial on the charge to ' which ." Ruef. entered a J plea of guilty.,: This, line of action is open to the district attorney, and it Is ex pected that he will do this. '- - If -it! n 4 Detective Burns Denies Stories That Prose cution Made Propo sitions. to Ruei graft i (Jonraal 8pcU! Bwfc.)" San Franolaoo. Mar J. Tha loroaeoutlon, 'with the: aaauranca that i Aba Ruef will tell aU ha knowa whan called . to the wftnesa aUnd. beran lay lnsr the lines thla morning for the Cath erine In of the Die f lah. " The renerai expectation la that the long delayed m- 'dtctmenta agalnat high offletala of the public utility oorporatlone. will soon be returned Detective Wj X "Burna was- called to I 'Ruera prison early and had a long talk' with the fallen boss, later taking tne confessed corruptlonlet out in Ml auto. : Their det)ntlon was not made known but the trip 1 hollered to have con nection with Ruera promlaed expose. Jit Ruera orlaon it wm reported that RVef slept, well last night and was in a cheerful mood when he awoke tnia morning. - Ha w4s greatly conoerned, however over the condition of hl aged ;a . rA.A i. wi nam w H.mn ' I v. . ...wmw. . ' --- t . . . """ :ilH. nmrrfln thi h rrtAdm a.t once. a itit a a I . riman s pomicai agenv in,amornia, iHe was conaiderably relieved when in- Below is TirtPS L. Ford, counsel for fonnea that they etood the shock of; ,.; ..:..'': .., hl plea, of guilty quite well. Mayor uw ,uauea ntuvous.K t , Sehmlti continues to deny himself to newspaper men. After returning Ruef to his prlaon, Burns . gave out statement In which ha . denied that the prosecution - had promlaed Ruef Immunity If he would plead guilty and turn atata's evidence. Ho aaid that tha prosecution had prom ised notnlng to either Ruef or to any one else In the graft caaea. Ha said: ; vuef probably had his own reaaona for pleading guilty to tha flrat-vharge of extortion, but tha prosecution prom laed him neither Immunity nor leniency for doing so. The fact that Ruef plead guilty to tha charge of extorting money mi pnnrji MM IILL UUIlirUHII i OF BOISE SPIES . San Francisco,' May 18. The con fession of Ruef, which caused a sen sation in the city yesterday, will re sult in the conviction of some of the prominent grafters, according to some of the officers who are in close touch with the graft cases. ' ; Although Ruef would not admit that he had made a direct confession involving any one, it was learned to- dav that ha-has riven to Detective Burns information which will lead Failure to Hold Court This Morn to Important results. i. 1 i rjg Make3 It Unlikely -Thai I from tha Delmonloo restaurant may or fWall. of thla confession are care- i . . .. ' vl not ". ? XrX-. ? fully kept secret, but It is known that Uncovers all his career as po litical boss, dating back some years to the time when he first came into i "m 11 1 " v. : - -, - - - ,: t i-. "... . ' ,. i I i ' J , 't I ' ' , ' 1 I-'"' I I . , ; ',v. ) .', , . I '. r , v . . V ..V . ; I Miss Anne Thompson, .Whose Engagement to Emma Eames For- ; mer Husband Is Announced. ARTIST TO DEFY DECREE OF COURT Evidence Taking Will Begin Uay - Marry,Abroad Before Next Week. Ruef may be tried on any or all in dictments pending agalnat him." power. : (Journal Special Barries.) ' Boise, Ida, May 1 1. Failure to hold It is given out by the graft pros- this mo"'a 1mk " ut cutlon that the confession of Roef tn. Haywood trtal wm be Agun before CONGER IMPROVES AND WILL PROBABLY RECOVER Woman Whose v Picture He Painted Which Shows Resem blanoe to Portrait ' of Eames. will, oonvtct .Mavor BchmitS ' of , all Jjsges ; of accepting bribe) money ' fromtne United Railroads and other public service corporations, of aU the petty graft in the municipal depart ments,' the" police graft, the saloon; license holdups and '..all thermal! stealings of the people's." money of . which the"mayp? Is accused. . '"!?(.'- " 1 '?"; Calhoun zn Dangeri 'J-''t:J! Ruef Is said to have given evidence , t to the gratt prosecution ia w oufes (Continued on Page Six.) " (7oonial Special Servtee.) Pasadena. Cal. May 16. E. H. Conger, former minister to China, passed a rest ful night and hopee are now entertained next, week. It Is now certain that the state, will not calj more than half the numhfti- of wltnMMI vhoi, tilmM r indorsed on the Indictments. A number ot his ultlmaterecovery. of theae arrived In .town today. It la expected they - will be secretly interro gated by the state's lawyers In order that their, stories may be known before they take the stand.1 , ""Reports from the penitentiary ,that Harry Orchard Is breaking down are de nied. His wife has. told the state that GENERAL KUROKI SEES WEST POINT ACADEMY " (Journal Special Sarrlca.V "' .Wast Point. May U.- General Kuroki and a party of guests are here today. he will te-Ufy If wanted. New de- fht Privateer rjnder uie escort of Oen tecUvea arrived in town and everybody tral Wood, retired. U. S. A., and three """ i winyuumu oi wo i orricera or tne Argentine army aocom strict espionage. . j. s 'panylng. HOW HARRIMAN TtH ROTTLED DEVELOPMENT OF OREGON Bottled; Up State; by Preventing Construction f New Railroads and refusing to Build ; Additions to His Own Systems V'.l ; - Counsel for the. Interstate commerce oommlssioB. m a report Just published, have -given efflclal confirmation of ac counts repeatedly published to The Jour sal showing the methods of the Harrt roan railroads In throttling construction In -Oregon by railroad builders whose projects would have helped to develop the state. The Journal's allegation that ' Harriman was taking millions of money from Oregon shippers to spend la stock ' speculation in Wall street , instead of building roads to develop tha aute has also been confirmed by the commission's Investigators. - For years It has been the undevlatlng 'policy of Mr. lUrrl-nan to Us up other . . . : j roads ia oontjracts not to build Into "hi territory, and meantime he has taken 1110,060,000 ' of earnings of the 'Union Pacific system, to purchase stocks in eastern roads, e.nd la 10 years the Harrt man railroads have built let than II miles of new road in Oregonj""' --'f h ". Ki- Kays. r 'I ' thirlnr tha same period attempts ot other people to construct line in thla territory hava been repeatedly-thwarted by the Harrtmaa companies. The North ern Pacific and 1 UnUm- Pacific ha for years held back development of the Clearwater basin by an agreement that traiflo conditions there should not be disturbed. The same agreement kept thNortbern Pacific from bridging the Columbia river and coming Into Oregon as an active -competitor I against the Union Paciflo system. : The Santa Fe has for some years been bound by an agreement not to ' build north of the southern. Oregon boundary line. The hostility of the Harrlmasi roads toward new railroad construction has boon ex ercised against steam and electric roads alike.' Two years ago when Independent Interests would have built an . else trio road into the rich. Wallowa region, and had mad surveys and secured txffida for deeds for rlhts of way. the Harriman people revived a claim to an old survey they had made there years before. aAd by litigation and bulldozing they wrest ed the right of way from the Independ ents and fenced In the ground; subse quently Inaugurating construction of a branch Una over the same route. . V The latest and most notable instance of the repressive policy of the Harri man companies was in thV Columbia .(Continued, on Page Xwo,Jl . (Haarat Htw girrlaa.) New Tork, May, II. Artist Julian Story who was divorced a few weeks ago and forbidden to wed again during the .lifetime of his former wife, Emma Eames, is to defy the court's Jorder and marry the Philadelphia heiress, Mis Anna Thompson, that he , painted i IdeaL- The wedding will take place shortly in Europe. - There is a remark able resemblance between the two por. traits of Miss Thompson t and " Mm a. Eames. ; !)': fir. "ri i ;J-..xr (Continued on Page- Six.) PREACHER WHO MARRIED COREY AND ACTRESS IS ;: FORCED TO RESIGN JOB Sb . -fJoaraal SnwHal ManlM 'a 0 . New York, May 18. Fearing e dismissal as pastor of the Bush- e wick Avenue Copgregational F e . church, Brooklyn, Rev. John It. e Clark, according to statements t e . made by a trustee, today offered i 4 his resignation at the meeting of " S trustees called - to confer upon r Irr Boy n tons denunciation of e e Clark's action in marrying W. B. e 4 Corey and Maybelle Oilman. . e e ; Judging from : the electrifled e e feeling of -the Congregational ;e e church atmosphere in Brooklyn;1 e and further frofn the statement . of the Indignant Dr. Nehemlah e e Boynton of Clinton Avenue Coi- e . gregatlonal church, f there, to . e e something pending for Bushwlck : e Avenue ehureh. 1. v-- :, ';a e e 7 tr. Boynton Is not the only ' 4 pastor of the Clinton Avenue e onurcn, out ne was tne mode- e e rator .of the council which ln-K e stalled Dr. Clara, about three . e , months ago. -To put himself on : V record as opposed to what Dr. e 4 'Clark has dona, - Dr Boynton , e wrote a letter to tn newspapers e : In which he refers to the Corey- : Oilman nuptial - as "Miserable, ' e e unholy and disgustingly bestial . e proceedings." , , . I w w w.. ..W W .W .W. ,W W i WHEAT BOOSTED 5: 10 6 CEIII8 Bulls and General Buying Publio Send Cereal 'Above the Dollar ' Mark Agaln--Exctfng Scenes ' ' on' Chicago' Board of Trade, f ' (Joaraal Ipeelst- Serviee.) Chicago, May , Jl. After a day of comparative , recessions, the bulls and the buying public generally in the last half hour boosted wheat five and, six cents. . The last few. minutes were ,the most exciting since the ; present cam paign waa. inaugurated. . . . , , ' : July opened S3 , closed ' JJ W September sold at 100 1-4, and closed at 09 t-J. U December reached 1.08. - i Damage news regarding: the .Russian wheat -crop sent out by Broom hall, the Liverpool grain expert, caused- a very sharp advance in the market, values on most . options' going to a higher point than en Monday, when the .sensational advance .was. made, at the opening. El! Thousand Voters Sign Petitions Indorsing Present Mayor as an Independent, ' MunlcIpaT Association Shows Its Appreciation of His Adminls tration Medical Association Unanimously indorses Pledges Good Wishes. and (Continued en Page rtve. Dr. Harry Lane, Deraocratio nominee for mayor of Portland,: has been ao- ordad r the- Indoreemant" of more thaa 1,000 voters of the city irrespective of party, and Saturday petitions will be filed with the city auditor naming him as an Independent candidate for. the of fice of mayor. This is probably the first time in the history of Portland where any candidate, for municipal, of floe has been given the distinction ot appearing on the official ballot as a doubly nominated candidate for election. Petitions have been ln( circulation during the past two day under the general supervision of "W. I. Edwards, eampalgn secretary ; ot the . municipal association and the success met with by those handling the documents point with assurance to the great Lane senti ment which is to be found ia every part ef the city. ; ' - One petition circulated yesterday on the east side snows tne general exper ience' of the men handling the papers. Out of IS men asked to sign the petition II did so and went on record as being heartily Interested in the candidacy of the .present mayor for reelection. The signers were not selected or picked out because of known affiliation with Dr. Lane and his administration but were taken as tbey came. . One Mas Sas Orudg. The one man who refused, had a per sonal grudge against the mayor on account of some official action which was detrimental to his private Inter eats. He stated that he had 100 voters under his control and that he would vote every one of them for Thomas C Devlin. , -' x-- .: ,- In the circulation of the petitions for signatures the men in charge had no trouble In finding signers ,. and were much encouraged by the willingness of ths men approached ' to affix their names. All of the petitions nave not been returned to Mr. Edwards, but will be by Saturday, when they will be filed with the city auditor. . x To Show Oeneral Support. ' x . The action of the Municipal associa tlon In making the effort to bring v Dr. Lane out as an independent candidate la voluntary and has not been at the request of any person or organisation. It was Instituted simply as an indica tion ef the sympathy held by the asso ciation for the success of Mayor Lane's campaign and In order to show the general support . accorded him In all parts of the city among all classes of the people. . Ths association has made no request of Dr. Lane, nor has it asked or re ceived any promises from him la re gard to future conduct of the office should he be elected for a second time. Mayor Lane was also Indorsed by the City and County Medical association at a meeting held last night. More than so members of the association,, composed of the most prominent and beat known physicians of the city, were atthe meet ing. A set resolutions expressing confidence In the administration of IE MRS IKE Self -Convicted Post office Robber Makes Ardent Plea to Court for Leniency Stands In Courtroom and Ad dresses Judge in Hopes of Re ceiving , JJght : Term-Carter Must Serve Eighteen Months at Hard Labor at McNeil's. . '1 wanted to to betters ' t e wanted to lead an honest life. I . e stand here because of the ignor-. e ance of others who controlled e me. .. X stand here the victim ot e blighted hopes and ambition e and ak your honor to deal with e me as leniently as the mercy ot -the oourt will sllow."- . , - . in this way Frank Wavn. Arr of a desperate band of thugs and rnb- v.a, hiw in ; apacn surprisingly dignified to Judge Charles L. Wolvor ton who Sentenced Wsyne this morning to serve nine years at McNeil s island at hard labor, Few men could have made a mor powerful speech than Wayne did this morning. Lawyers and spectators In the courtroom listened In wonder as the man who is- acknowl edged by the authorities to be one of the most skillful safe-blowers In the country, addressed the court. But there was the lack of earnest ness after all, that failed to touch the heart and after It was all ever after the spectator had time to welsh the speech with Wayne's record, the ver dict of the court was considered a lust on by those who knew of the crim inal's past acts. That he has served terms lit other penitentiaries and has been an all-around crook was knowa to many In the courtroom and they tnar veiled at the Impression the man's speech made upon them at tho time of Its utterance ' Sentence More Thaa Xxpeoted. Wayne got more than he exoected. counting on getting off with Ave years, and seemed dased when Judge Wolver ton kept adding up the time he had to serve as he passed sentence on each ot the five counts on which Wayne was Indicted. He soon, recovered himself when his confederate, William Carter, indicted on live counts In connection with the robbery of the St. Johns post- office, pleaded guilty to the . fourth count only, and was sentenced to serve (Continued on Page Five.) "(Continued on Page Five.) REED IS 10 FULL CHARGE Devlin Retains, in?: Employ. .Man. '.Whom.. He Publicly Repudiated Ex-Detectives Also ; : pn His Staff at Campaign Outers " Thomas C Devlin. Republican candi date fos Mayor, ha removed his per sonal headquarters from the . Msuory building at -.Third and 'Washington street to tho new Swetland building, Fifth, and. Washington streets.. -Here In rooms ilf and 111?" he has Installed Ferdinand tL Red. of. unsavory f repu tation, . , as private . aeereury, and ad vertising manager for the remainder of the campaign. - 1 -r . Mr. Devlin removed hi headquarters from the Mallory building because the Republican city central committee de sired the room here, . occupied as a stenographers', quarter for the - rest ; of i the 'campaign. He now ha more com modious quarters in the Swetland buttd- lAsV having two Urge rooms. yiotltXaf i under Vr. Reed are a force ef young men clerks and a stenographer. , . Bepuoiatod by Oeatrat Body. A great deal of surprise ha been oc casioned,: however, even among Repub licans, by the retention of FY E. Heed as secretary and eampalgn advertiser or Mr. Devlin. The Republican city cen tral committee officers have refused to have anything In common with him or his work and have repudiated Ms con nection with the work of the city com mittee in any manner.' Reed has betn. (;!iracti !s?r.1 oi n "Incubus" ' and rs pvr.f.. iV, ury" .. by inp!i.:...-: r ? t ' PUBLICITY KILLS DIG BILL'S DOOf. President Resolves on Campaign of Silence for TaftSltuatiqn n Ohio and New York Is Far From Pleasing to Executive.' . UoerasI Sseetal Sarriea.t Washington. May 1. - Preeldent" RoosCvelt has decided that there) ha been too much publicity about tho Taft presidential boom, and from . now on there wilt be a change In tactics. Tho president Is not at all pleased with the political situation' in Chin and . Naw York where his friends have uocedet In tying things Into several kinds ef knots, v -A-.-'i.-v- The troubles in Ohio are ehleftv dn to too much talk on tne part of Charles Taft and other friends of the war w rotary. ' A week ago It looked as tho.is.-h there would be peace In that state aol that Taft would have Ohio's solid gatlon in the national convention. -To day the old warfare is on a fiercely , ever, and no one knows what effete s?. win nave on me Tart presidential bo ", Th Situation In New York l ) ., . as bad. Th president and gr,vt.n have been working at crona f imo Neither is apparently undrK,. i ( the other, and the -remilt l t ' ., , Washington entertalnn vl Oo'vertior Itughes which re t friendly. It is beltevM t -it t' aitlons have ht i much pui,;s 'tj f t"n t ....v.i.' - . - - .