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PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY '18,- 1907 TWO SECTIONS- 18 PAGES.
VOL. -VI. NO- 63.
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Schmitz Name Leads
All the Rest in Indict
ments Voted, by jury
on Ruefs Testimony
Fear of . Death ,. Forced Former
Boss to Confess, Says His At
torney Schmitz Destroying
Vast Amount of Letters and
. Documents, v. , . '
. (Journal Special Service.) V '
San Francisco. May It. In tht next
- batch of Indictments- to be returned by
-the grand Jury will be rive true bills
against Mayor Schmlts. According to
the best authority he will be indicted
for receiving bribes from the' United
' Railways, the Paotflo States and Home
Telephone companies and the fight
trust Besides these, another . Indict
ment for extortion will probably be re
turned.' Unless the plans of thedls
' trlct attorneys office are changed, an
.! Indictment for extorting , 11,400 from
- the "municipal crib-, will also be re
turned. iiV ,; -;;i:','.,.i':l,.a-t.i,.;:-, 1- i.viV--It
was stated this morning that yes
4 terdaye session of the grand jury com
v pleted the ease against the United Rall
, ways, and all that semaine to be done
ts the drawing; up of the indictments.?
Henry Ash, former counsel for Ruef.
admitted today that tt was the fear of
death that brought .the confession ' of
. guilt from ;Ruef Ruef a mother fend
( sister, whom the ex-boss idolises, . , were
toJd by two of Ruefs physicians-that
"he had about two years to live. This
drove the parents and sister to Ruef
with renewed pleadings to give tup the
" fight and ' throw i himself ! toon the
mercy of .the court Ruef resisted, as
long as possible, but when - they, re
' peated to him what , the doctors said,
he gave in.. Ash planned to continue
Ruef s trial on the extortion charge
over the period of four months. , The
proseoutlon claims they have Informa
tion to the effect that Schmlts has
' been destroying a great mass of letters
i and other documents for the last, few
.days. , i -.
Beorraalxatlon Begun. ' ...
The committee of seven in whose
hands Mayor Schmlts has placed the city
government : has ; begun ; reorganisation,
although District Attorney Langdon and
Francis J. Heney refuse to recognise the
committee or any ; one acting for
Schmlts. This 'decision will s6mewhat
complicate the work of the seven men
'who - have undertaken t to ' assist the
mayor In' reforming the government,
A short note containing only 10 lines,
and signed by Eugene EL. Schmlts has
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: CLEWS
Portland Bank Trans
actions ' Show Tre
mendous Gain Oyer
v Last Year's Business
Week's ' Record Over Twice
Larger 'Than Any ..Other City
v, on CoastMonday's Account
Shows Phenomenal Increase
' of One Hundred Per Cent.
Ryan's Candidate for' President-By T. 1L. Powers
ThohasK
RYAN
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FOR.
FRESI PENT:
-.'.OP.TBttE,-
UNITE
STATBS
ONE BEST BET fJ
(Continued on Page Four.)
Portland clearing bouse records for
the week just closed show a steady
continuance of the gain that has been
seen every week; since the first of
February over the same weeks of 190.
The gain this week was about 4S per
cent Last Monday's clearings were
tt048.680.IJ. or about double the clear
ings of the same date in 190S. ,
The week's clearings - aggregated
ll.374.S4l.17. as compared to 16.718,
414.7 for that week last year. Mon
day's bis clearings are not explained
by bankers excepting that it happened
to be a bic aar tor business.
The week' percentage , or gain rar
exceeds that shown by Bradetreefs re
port of the week's clearings In other
Pacific coast cities. Los Angeles showed
gain of but ,10 per cent. Spokane
J3.per.eent. Tacoma it per cent.Seat-
ue -is . per -eent - v .4
Portland's gain was equalled by no
other large lty in the- United. States,
Isank Deposits Xnorease. '
Bank deposits have been Increasing
steadily. In nearly the same ratio over
since the first of the new year. The
banks are in excellent condition, and In
view of the very moderate and reason
able valuations of real : estate In this
city, as compared with valuations in
Seattle and other Pacific coast cities.
the future lor Portland looks very
bright ' , - -
It Is, believed the present year will
prove to be by far the banner, year for
business In Its entire history, and that
the aggregate of commercial, ' real es
tate and building transactions will ex
ceed by E0 per cent the record of any
former year. ,
The demand for this expansion and
Improvement is said to be absolutely
bona fide, bv reason of the cltT'e steml
inorease of permanent population, and Head Of Notorious Indian Ban
iia neea lor inoaern improvements, ine
one thing now regarded as essential to
insure the city's continued growth and
prosperity le hard surfaced street pav
ing, ana iota or it
The prosperity of the whole north
west Is bavins: a strong- Influence on
Portland, and in turn this city is re
sponding with; Investments of its money
WwMfm
WONDERFUL
1 ENTHUSIASM
MAYOR IN FIRST
RALLY OF THE CAfflU
Executive Promises If Elected to iServe All
the People Will Not Rob, the Public or
Permit Others to Plunder-Senator Gearin
and Judge Pipes Makje Eloquent Speeches.
-Devlin's Non-Partisan Ideals :
DISPATCHES FROM VIRGINIA SAT THAT THOMAS FORTUNE RVAN IS AMBITIOUS TO BECOME A
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.. .
EXAMINE SKULL
OF f ACHE
KID
(Continued on Page Four.)
dit. Killed by New Mexican
Ranchers to Adorn Yale Uni
versity Collection.
Executive Bbard.of Council Will Compel Busi
ness Firms to Install Campbell System .
of Fire Protection .
For the puirpose'oVaidlng'basemenfp'Ubllcky will e given through the" ex-
fire fighting and minimising, danger
' from biases originating In such places,
the executive board of the city will
compel every business house and every
warehouse having goods stored in the
basement to, Install the Sullivan floor
pipe casing- holes.
Fire Marshal Roberts is now engaged
In a resurvey of the water front for the
nurnose of determining Just where the
casing holes are needed. He will work)
back from the river and . every place
within the fire limits will be visited.
ecutlve board and owners thus notified
of their delinquency, '.Yesterday at the
meeting: of the board H. I Plttock, F.
W. Leadbetter and others owning prop
erty on Front etreet were notified to
equip their basements with the new de-
vice, ikti , ,
Business Ztana Comply.
Fire Marshal Roberts says there ie a
cheerful compliance with ' the require
ments and a number of the large busi-
(Continued on Page Four.)
Chicago, May 18. The skull of the
"Apache Kid," a notorious Indian bandit
upon whose head the federal authorities
put a prloe, has been brought to Chi
cago and will be presented to some
anthropological collection, presumably
that of Tale university. r - . y-
William Kent- reformer. philanthro
pist and former alderman, financed the
expedition which rescued the head of
the bandit, who was kllleo by ranchers
In the New Mexico mountain ranges six
months-ago, A man who took part in
the killing guided the party to where
the, body had been left and the head
was severed and brought to Chicago.
There is a total of 19,000 rewbrd for
the head of the "Apache Kid," but it will
not be claimed, as the ranchers were
well paid at the time they killed the
outlaw, and the men who possess the
skull are; now all wealthy. VVvvi'
BOBBERS
SECURE
113,000 snaps
Safe Crackers Make Big Haul of
Postage Stamps in Pasadena
Postoffice Small Amount of
Cash Secured. ' -
" (Jooroil Specfc! Berv1ea.V '
Pasadena,' Cel., May 1$. More than
111,000 in stamps, a small sum of money
and a drawer full of valuable ; papers
were1 stolen from the safe of the local
postoffice last night The robbery was
discovered this morning. . .
;iTh mmtm Wttfl hlnvn nnan wltk nltM.
s"lycerln.r The robbers had nearly suc
ceeded ln xorclng the small treasure sec
tion of the safe which contained $2,000
in rash when tney were frightened
away. They made their escape ia. a
stolen buggy.
Corporations Paying for Privileges.
- (Speetil Diapateb to The JearnaL) "
Indianapolis. Ind., May H. The tax
commissioners s report that oorporate
assessments have Increased thfsycar
by -over 113,000,000.
PLOT 10 WRECK
CHICAGO
Thousand Convicts Plan to Blow
Up Wing of Building and Make
' ' Concerted Dash for Liberty
Ringleader Sent to Joliet.
o.
- c Joorol gpedal Berries.)
Chicago,, May 18 A plot to blow Up
the Chicago jail and liberate 1,000 pris
oners "was frustrated today by the dis
covery and capture of the prisoners'
store of nitroglycerin. ;
A breach had been made in the west
wall. In which it was planned to place
the explosive and destroy the wall. Ex
tensive plans ; were made for the in
mates of that wing to make a break in
a. body at , the i time or tne explosion.
Bed slats and other weapons were
found placed at- convenient spots.
Armed guards were placed throughout
the prison and ordered to shoot any
prisoner i who tried to escape.
In the cell of Charles Hansen, a con
victed murderer, the guards found
sealed tin can with sufficient ; nitro
glycerin to blowup the whole wing; of
the building, - .
. - M mi . in.
thuslastlo men and womenfl filling every
seat' and overflowing into the nooks
and crannies of the upper floor of the
Armory, wild bursts of oratory-checking
applause, music, and three speeches
such, as, have seldom been beard in
Portland these were a few of the
features of the opening of the Lane
campaign . last night. ' Nearly 1,000
were turned away, unable to gain ad
mission. ',''. i ";';'.';!;s-'
Old politicians grlisled in the service
of party and people shook their heads
sagely as burst after burst of applause
drowned the voices of Presiding Chair
man Thomas . O. Halley, ex-8enator
Gearin. Judge Pipes and Mayor Lane,
and swung into the lino of popular Be
lief that Lane's ; election cannot be
blocked. ' -
rrerlons Beoorda Bsokem, '
Never in the memories of all those
who have attended such meetings has
a municipal - campaign been opened
under such 'splendid auspices of large
attendance and- sympathetic good will
ss the Lano meeting of last night At
"lid" time' inmhe MtQ,fy" of Portland, has
nv noiltlcal meetlnr been - more suo-
cessful or representative, except It has
been during the, beat ana stress oc
national campaign- 4 ' - f;
Chairman R. W. Montague bad san-
e-ulne hones yesterday afternoon and
provided chairs for 1,000 . people, -but
the audience began to come early, and
by 8 o'clock he was rustling more seal a
He secures zbo, ana tney maae out
tie Derceotlt'o impression on the stand
ing crowd, wKJch, after every eat had
been taken, f il the rear aisles and
ranged round the ""na. v 1,
Henator i Owirln's address was one
long to be rememberV by those who
beard It The remarks 1 Judge Pipes
and Mayor Lano. were forceful and
outlined in no uncertain terms what
the Lane administration had represent
ed In the past and what it wouli-con
tinue to stand for In the event it was
continued by the people. The intent of
It all waa expressed in the brief state
ment of Mayor Lane when he said: -
City Safe ia Kane's Sands.
"I will make your city safe. I will
promise one thing: If I am elected
mayor ' of Portland I; will; serve the
whole people of Portland, and I win
neither rob you nor In so far as my
power Ues allow others to rob you."
Such a word-picture or conditions
has not frequently been heard in Port
land as A that ' furnished by Senator
Gearin In his address. He wasted no
time In Introduction after he had beeni
presented by Chairman Halley; but
plunged at once Into his subject After
one brief statement, in wmch he ar
gued that nothing in the world was so
exhilarating as a good, old-fashioned
Democratio rally, he began.' " "
"I am not going to make a speech,'
he said, "but J. am going to say a few
simple things; to tell a few plain facte
regarding this campaign. - First of all
I want to congratulate the people of
Portland on their nomination of Mayor
Lane for reelection to the office1 he haa
so acceptably filled for two years.
At the mention of Lane's name the
audience drowned the voice of the
speaker and held him silent while the
nominee was given an ovation for the
second time , since bis entrance into the
halU . -" .
STo Chuloslty Alone.
' "Two - "years ! ago,". , continued the :
speaker, . "1 was - instrumental In '
small way in Mayor Lane s election and
since that time never, for an hour or a --moment
have I been sorry for what X
did... "v;.'X..iv. . '.:,.-; ;: ;j ..s i". j.V-v ';''- . 'l '';
This meeting means more than a
4-elmpienbwtng BfTffe-banarrTt Is not
Idle curiosity that baa drawn this mag
.niflcent audience here. It means that
the people of Portland are Interested in '
the welfare of the city and are approv
ing' the administration of Mayor Harry
Lane. . . . . ..- . - .v,
"The presence of all these ladles here
means much. . . It . means . that In the
hearts of the mothers and the dauah-
ters of the city the efforts of the Lane
administration for civic purity and de
cency strike an . answering chord of
sympathy and approval. . And, in this
sign I read the success of a campaign
which means the indorsement of civla
righteousness.. ; v ,1
"This is not a partisan nor a politi
cal Issue that, confronts us here.,. We
have nothing against Mr. Devlin. He
is not upon trial, but Dr. Lane is upon '
trial:, not Lane the man. but Lane the
mayor, hist administration., his policies.
Xeeora. is Clean, , ., .
"Ton know and I know that whew
you elect a mayor you do not elect bint
forvhls politics, but as -the executive
headpf the great corporation of Port-
land. Ha le responsible for the welfare
and progress of the city and to this)
fact we invite the investigation of our
friends , of
side in their
i's official record
searching of
for the past
"Every man wbeowna property. wb
has a home, every of.fr who guards the
feet of the young in their path through!
(Continued on Page Four.)
DEVLIN MEN HAVE OPEN FIGHT
JEMWUL WOMEN A
viKJincr page cuuics iu inc jgurnaii ucauiy quesi will ap-
pear in The Sunday Journal, Although entries are closed, beauty
pictures will continue to appear in The Sundav' Journal .5
' The art commission to select the three most beautiful -.women
in Oregon is now considering the thousand and more photos entered
in The Journal contest ; As soon as the decision is made, the photos
will be returned. . x - . , .
TFuIl page portraits will be prbted of the winner's.- Ft'etwea i will "X
also be printed of the winners in the 26 other contests being con-
ducted by the great papers of the United States, from whom the X
most beautiful woman jn America will be selected. T 1 " 4
': The winners of these state contests represent every type of na-
tional beauty. 'You should save them for .comparison with the
Oregon beauties. v ' - . ' :T
1 Vafcti for The Sunday Journal ; :
- Factional war clouds, dark, trouble-
'some and forbidding, are hovering
above the headquarters of the Repub
lican: city central - committee. Thomas
B. Devlin is being censured because he
has een, and is, I leaning- upon a Reed,
whl(h staff of support is in turn sup
posed. f ; be braced up . by the. gosd
wishes and good coin of Frederick w,
Mufkey, pwpectlv-"candiaEte TS for
United States senator. . W. M. pake and
the city central committee are willing
that the Republican machine should be
well, oiled, but ::- Judgre Cake objects
strenuously to the application of any
brandthat beara the Mulkey stamp. .
. 'reaoe Sfforta rail. '
- The white bird of peace made two at
tempts, to settle on the Republican ma
chine yesterday, but was driven away
from the vicinity by discord among the
engineers both at , a meeting in the
morning and galn at one In the after
noon. , The poor bird is now hovering In
the clouds , waiting for a . chance to
alight , Z 1 "
The i trouble dates back before the
primaries and breaks upon the ambition
of two men, F. W.VMulkey and H. M.
Cake, both of . whom aspire to' be
United States senator 'from Oregon.
Yesterday a climax was reached at a
meeting of the executive committee of
the Republican city central committee
when Chairman Cake and Ferdinand E.
Reed. Mr. Devlin's advertlalng- manager.
The city -central committee has ob
jected strenuously to the retention of
Reed by Devlin, 'arguing, that nis un
savory reputation was a menace-to the
sucasws of the nominee for mayor. Yes
terday a demand was made that Reed
be .cut off and retired. Reed went to
the meeting. " vtj ' '',.:'4:-- ' .fi
:Oajkfa4JwietfL
T'Beforo tho meeting the rumor spread
that Reed was backed by F. W, Mulkey
and ' that his machine, effected In the
Interest of Devlin, was to be - used In
the ent of Devlin's election for the
success of Mr. Mulkey's senatorial eam
paign. T Thle was contrary to - the ex
pectations of Chairman Cake, who has
hopes that Devlin, if elected, can use
the machine to asslit in the nomination
and election of H. M. Cake, who is also
desirous . of representing - the state in
the United States senate. The situation
waa canvassed at the meeting, but no
harmony eame f rem-thedlsenssion.-'-r
Tvhy,"v aaid Mr. caxe, apparently in
great surprise addressing Reed, "you
are a professional politician. -.-''
"Well," was the retort "I do not. know
that X have any the best of yon in that
You, and your brother, have sought of
fice, J. believe."
Turning to David Mosessohn. who bad
broken into the dialogue. Reed said to
. . . .
' Trouble of Kong Standing".
"Yes, I have an organization, and you
my pocket ' X took It out of my desk
because I know that if I left It there
when you eame into the office I would
losa it. This was about as near as
the meeting approached to harmony.
- The seed of all the trouble was plant
ed before the primaries, when the city
9.t!Lj5J515Ki,5!l -,execiitlvevisomnUfc
tee met and selected a mayoralty candi
date. At that time six out of the seven
members voted i fof Devlin and the
other cast a blank, S Since that time the
committee has been' behind the candi
dacy of ; Mr..' levlin. i Chairman Cake,
it la said, then entered into an agree
ment with Mr. Devlin, that the candi
date should use his influence and bis
Reed machine, then in course of incu
bation, for the success of H. M. Cake
when the time, came, in return for the
eupport of iba. i party., machine at . the
present time. Reed, however, seems to
have made .other plana ;i-uiii:-i:- C'
Realising Reed's pernicious Influence
Mr. Devlin sought to shelve him ; be
fore .the primaries ; but Reed refused
to go and is now in the Devlin head
quarters in the 8 wetland building. le
still refuses to leave and ie reported
to have consigned the elty central com
mittee to a place somewhat warmer
than the torrid sons following his ses
sion with ' that organisation yesterday
afternoon. - The committer is still stri .--
Western Union and Postal Perfect Working
Agreement Whereby Joint Offices Will ,
Be Used to Save Expense y ; 1
' (Journal Special Serrlee.) . i
New York, May 18. -A "story concern
ing a working agreement" between the
Western ; Union and "Postal Telegraph
companies Is published, by the American,
which states that the following saving
In. expenditure will be effected at a cost
of the excellence in service:
Decreased rentals for booths In busi
ness houses, hotels and other . Institu
tions over country, S5,000.
Abandonment consolidation and utili
sation of Joint offices. 81.000,000.
Salaries saved by discharging em-1
ployes, expense of -competition and re
ductlon in wire stringing and extension
competition made necessary, 1800,000.' '
Total yearly savings, 88.400,000. ,
Although the actual consolidation of
the two companies has not been effected,
their offices, in many, places-will be
combined. Large- hotels - where booths)
are maintained , by . telegraph companies .'
have been notified that rentals must
be greatly: . reduced. ',. If the reduction
is not granted by any hotel, telerraoh
service will be taken out of it Most ho
tela want service for their patrons. ,
THE CIRCUS THRILLER
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- 5 Tody Hamilton, , Bamum's i press agent, writes of the
raising thriller seen m big shows in the past 20 years.
- How electric lighting has become king marvelous stride
past quarter ot a centuryv ; ; - ,t
How' Oregon Jndians hold i revival - meetings. -
Is he saint Of charletan? A. visit to Father John of Kronstadt,
, Russia's most famous priest - .
1 r.-T A ' tsarrineae "Thft iniot nn , n ' r-' '
X , . A house that rose on a wave of gold story of the Gugjenh'iri
.- School days in other lands than ours.
v Why some people go to law absurd suits for trivial c-
No wedding , bells for him Maud and Si meet A!;1 - r
Gaston Jimmy rashes for paper's cigars Bunk anl 1 i
These are but'a trifle of the contents of
I Tom orrovs L In mm olhCrr-9
aaa some woroa - - i (
want It, but X have got It right here ia
ing for the solution of the pusslie.
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