The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, May 22, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

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, VOL. VI, NO. 68
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10 LOCATE
PROPERTY
People: of Oregon to
Force Harriman to
Disgorge Property
Held So; Long; " ,
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Nearly All of Three Million Acres
Claimed and Best Legal Tal
; ent In State Retained to Fight
Battle Through Courts With
? Land Holding Corporation.
- With 1,000.000 acres ot th. finest land
in the stat. a. the prls the people ot
Oregon in a frensy of
stampeding to locate upon the South
em Paclf lo railroad land rrants ana
thn ftrce in the courts the sale of' the
property the corporation has so long- held
in.Vallv. It Is claimed. Every train beare
' mTry w ot 'ih. t.000.000 ha.be
.rr. k- wiuina- to risk money
, lawuu. upoi " the. chance
the Southern facjrio " rZZZ
. . tmm aettlement. xne
. MO ions mi.uu.in - x..y .4 tti
people f the entire western half of the
eute hare enlisted against the corpo-
mi and a deluge rot ' UUgatlon Is
0TTh7oruVd. 'extend, along the
reSroVrfrom TamhlU t. - the southern
border of the state. It partakes oi
.ome et the features of . v reserYaUon
nlngl and Uck. IHtle If y t H.
rUbK. Effort
rgr;nr
c S?ks "d stenographers are working
aW'Mslk': pressure preparing papers
?o, serrlcs oS the land-holding corpora.
' ""P- numents. .making de-
for the purchase Of r .pecWed
oTarts and containing tender, for the
Sa 'Vending x to agorernrnent
term. Is pouring In on the Southern Par
when the railroad "' f00? "
claim te.the Unds In the
Hver them te purchasers according to
ihV VectntTon. of the act of congress
that maae xne .wiw
. wi An Claimed.
swift that In
vx""'.,:fluarter of the
nS hed by the reread ha. a cUlnv
If the movement keeps up. wthln
Ifew days or .week, the .whole of the
1.000.000 acres
actual litigation, and by men who win
ot give up nntU there la a final decis
ion ta the court of last resort.
in mm of the extent of the move
m.Ant is galSed from the M?
100 person, in Eugene, 200 In Dallas.
:a toe at Grants Pass, with
ilmltar Tumbiri in other localities are
naTties to suits that wiU be brought to
pet the railroad to sell the Unds
.t the government price of $I.0 per
.(ire. . . .tit-..
claimants
U. resolute way common tAm.rtcan
eitliens when they make up their minds
fiat it Is time to act. They are not
irting without advice, but are known to
Save the encouragement of able counsel.
Eminent Attorney. Stained. : t
It 1. said that Some, of the most emi
nent attorney s In western and southern
n.r retainer, and have
XZuA 'the a cases in he; interest
of
AGED MAN
; FOR HIS ESTRANGED SON
DIsKonored-Draft Is Cause of Separation and
tlndialilan, Spends, thousands imtnaeayor
.. to rina nis
. Because he acted upon th. advlc. of
.m-mW'
A-s friend, two year, ago anu -- "J
, v. honor-a draft for $100 that hi. .on
drew on him. T. H. Well. Of ,Well.boro,
: Indiana, ha. traveled .Inc.
ber and spent thousands of dollars in
-a vakfaearch for hi. son, from whom
" ' h.' he. not heard .Inc. th. draft ,wa.
y. Thi-a1
electrician.' Two y w ago hi ! as , in
Portland. His father. 72 years old. bent
with age, alone in the world, is now
in Portland looking for his boy. While
in Portland the son became pressed for
money and drew on his father In In
diana, who is wealthy, for J100. ;ao
t cording to the story told by the father
., ; ; this mornlns. - " :
mends advised the father net to hon-
r the son's drafr and if was rejected.
MANSFIELD '
HEAR DEATH
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RICHARD MANSFIELD
Mansfield Has Serious Sinking
Spell, but Rallies and Is Better
Todav Will Pfobably Never
Be Able to Act Again.
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'London. May 21. Richard Mansfleld,
th. American actor, bad s serious sink'
auiL last nleht and Was not ex
pected to survive until morning. How
ever, he rallied and Is .lightly better
thl. morning, v -V.' ' .
, Friends of V an.fleld'. fear that ne
will not again be able to appear upon
th. stage... which he wa. compelled to
leave on account of falUng healthy He
1. suffering from a complication of dis
orders. M i- -V'iKg;
WYOMING CATTLEMEN ;
ir , DECLARE RANGE WR
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fn,-Ti. tirva. May tl Fourteen
-- -a 'mmmtad . men visited a. I
camp of th. Shoshon. Sheep company
near Wolton. Wyoming, yesterday
morning. The herders were told if they
-r ever caught in this section with
rhe7P again a! woUld be klUi. Th.
sheep are owned chiefly . by J., A. Del
felder who is a member of the state
board of sheep commissioners and pres
ident of the Wyoming Wool Growers'
...ociation. Tery Uttle damage was
done tothe sheep or the Map.
uty sheriff is now " with! the herders
and the sheep." ; All are armed and if
the raiders reappear a bloody battle
may bo the rctroU.; ' ' ', ,
EARLING SAYS ROAD
i WILL COME TO COAST
Miles City. MonV May . M-Tralns
wlU be running over the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railroad Tom Butte
to Aberdeen by Januar, 1. ccordlng to
. '.tatement made by Pre.ldent-EarUng
yesterday. : He denied that his company
had abandoned the coast tn"'on.an(S
.Utedtnat-Uylng .of ateel will- corn
mence within a very enoir
GREAT THESPUi
REPORTED DYING
SEARCHES FAR
losi nun
it
Since then th. fath.r hs. had no word
from hi. son. ' '
Th. young man'., mother is dead, hi.
father Is alone In the World, and want,
hi. .on at his side In his old age. After
long months of waiting in ignorance of
his son's ' whereaboutt," Wells started
last December to find hlm. '.'
i Since then the old - man has traveled
through Mississippi. Louisiana, Colo
rado. ; Texas, f. Arlsona. ; California and
Oregon; finding' at .every - stopplng-plaoe
only ignorance as to bis son. In El
Paso he thought he had found a trace
of him. but the clu. led only to disap
pointment. : Going ; to ., Ban Francisco,
Wells made a thorough search through
the records of the catastrophe of April
IS of last year and wa. reassured by
finding that his sonks name 'wa. not
among the long list of-dead. -He
has been In Portland pursuing his
Dense Cloucl of Swarm
iing Rests:' Light on
the Steamer FarN Out
Vessel Now Irs Port Had Remark
i.'abltj xperlence--Deckhands
i Driven ; Below . by -Immense,
: Writhing Mass of Insects
-Which Obscured Sun. , . -
' When 00 mile, off the QaUpago. 1s
thm Korwerlan steamer Bark ran
into a swarm of file, so thick that for
several hours during the afternoon the
.... nraetioallr j- obscured. The
viii. . Afh wee 'transformed into a
hue of deep crimson by the cloud of
Insect, that enveloped the big freighter
anoT everything on board wa covered
with the pest , Captain Dahl. who has
passed the Islands many times, never
aw anything like it before and Is at
a- loss
tn fathom tne ; .irn ,'"--
nomenon. i -' - "
m.. n.i.naroa Islands , are
; crossed
by th. eouator tew hundred miles
to th. weetwejd of South America. .It
was t th. latter part of April, that the
SrVTeached the line and .h. crossed
toth. weet of th. islands, running with,
in tt TmUes of land. - She was plowing
her wm through a mlrror-llke sea and
th. Ugnt nreese.u J .5 I.T "
. .Am.A intA a dead calm.
Suddwli-"dark cloud appereon
th" kOTtooh to the east and a. th. tramp
.tn , the cloud increased In
nr,d density. Everybody on
btrd hoped for a rain Storm er t least
a cloudy sky to ward off the scorching
n of the sun, bnt they were badly
dlsapopinted. for Instead of a cloud of
vapor camTa cloud of busring Insects
recognised a. ordinary hous. file. Of
th. temperate .one. - m
They warmea upon w ;
deck, to a depth or sever wo -places
and efforts to shoo them away
were or no avau. v
Many of the crew w.r. driven bj
low by the feroclou. insects. Th. deck
house had been newly painted hnd with
in a few minutes the. labor of several
days had been destroyed. The flies
Muck to th. painted walls as if they
had been covered with glued paper, r-
Bow many millions of flies were in
th. .warm would be impossible to .s
tlmate, .al4 Captain Dahl this morning,
in relating th. mo.t remarkable experi
ence, bu ther. were enough to last
until lat. that night, when, after crowd
Sigalonf at full speed, th. Bark finally
ran into a northerly breese that drove
the pests back toward the .quator.
The Bark arrived her. y.sterday and
commenced loading wheat at Oceanic
dock thl. morning for China. , .
CALIFORNIA GIRL WEDS
JAP AN ESE" ARISTOCRAT
- (Jfonrael giMetot Berrlte.) '
' Seattle. May li- Miss Oertrude
ni. th California sculptress, was
married to Takeshi Ksnno, ' Japanese J
writer, critic and ' aristocrat, on the
beach at Alkl Point ix miles from
BeatUe, yesterday. . They wer. refused
a license In California and earn, to
Washington to evade the law. :; ;
The eeuple will go t Japan t fauna
an art school.
inquiries for two days. ; This morning
he went to the courthouse, where he
asked Deputy County Clerk Carl Chrls
tensen to look through the registration
record, to see If the nam. of George F.
Well. wa. on them. It was not, and
Christensen ' directed ' the old man to
the offices of the General Electrlo com
pany where young - Wells . may hav.
worked while, here. - v
Offer. . ZJberal Seward.
George T. Walls, th. son. Is tS years
old. His father is so anxious to find
him that he says he will give a liberal
reward to any; one who give, any in
formation that will - lead , to his . son.
He will inherit aU his father's property.
Tounr Well, married unfortunately in
Chicago several years go, and wa- di
vorced from hi. wife. 'i :-fK
Well, ears if h. finds no trace of his
son In Portland he will : pursue his
search through Washington and all Over
the United States, or until death over
takes him. The long unavailing search
has sapped the old man', strength, and
hi. . yearning for , his only boy: shows
plainly in his fac Tears rolled down
his cheeks as he told his story, and he
rewarded th deDuty clerk for his ef
fort, bv a fervent "God bless you.1
though the result meant only another
disappointment. ; , .
wnTFn niPi nM armum AUTHOR GOES
OVER
if-.
'EX-MINISTER JAMES BARTON WARD.
SEVERED FiNGER
Plaintiff,. Testifying . for
Her-
self, Produces Bottle of Alco
hol in Which Amputated Digit
Was Floating.
A finger, bruised and crushed, float
In. in an alcohol bath in a small glass
bottle, is, the , souvenir Mi.s. Berth.
Strang has' of her wnployment with th.
American Cam. company, and whiea-an.
exhibited to the Jurymen and spectators
in th. United States circuit, court yes
terday afternoon whil. on th. witness
stand testifying In her own behalf in
her damage salt of $1,600 against the
firm. --", v ; :
Miss Strang proved a strong witness
for her caus and attorneys for both
Ides, with the aid of th. court,' had
difficulty iij confining her to an.wers
which the questions of the attorneys
called for. The climax came when she
wished to place her finger in evidence.
Sho carried th. bottl. containing the
amputated portion of her finger in a
handbag, ana at tn. proper ume openoo
the bag and produced th. severed digit.
Jurors looked at th. member in curios
ity, others in th. courtroom also gased
at the inanlmat. portion of anatomy,
while many turned away. at th. sight
of th. grewsom. object. -
A question was raised by the defense
a to whether th. finger could be used
In evidence, and Judge Charle. E. Wol-
verton oemea diui i1"
of adding her finger to the long Hat of
curious exhibits which ar. on record in
the federal court.. jSa f
MAYOrt BUSSE WILL
REGULATE TENDERLOIN
(JeemI Speetal Service.)
Chicago, , May S J. Hearing charge,
that the regular police force of the
tenderloin district countenanced viola
tion of the law, Mayor Busse has re
moved all regular bluecoats from , thst
section of the city and .ppolnted new
men in their stead. H has also an
nounced, ho weyer, that he will not en
force the Sunday closing) law unless
forced to do so, giving as hi. reaaon the
large foreign population., .
SCHM1TZ TRIAL BEGINS
WITHOUT , AHY AnELlPT
BY DEFENSE FOR DELAY
, (Journal "peeler 8enree. '
. flan Franclsoo, May 3$. Th. 4
trial ot Mayor Schmits on the 4
charge - of extortion began 4
prompUy thl. morning without
an attempt at delay on the part
of the defenssi The panel was
promptly tilled and- Prosecutor ,
Hntr oDened the trial with a
fi al statement of th. caee. H.
- .aid the defendant was oharged
A with , extorting , $1,176 from w
Vioaanh Malfanti. proprietor -of
A the Delmonlco restaurant.
wnen me oour dbwbw .. i w -j '
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the venire of 30. wer. in court - 4
Twenty-two of ; thes. , w.rrf -;
uMd-J.-D-i Campbell, - a -'
penter : employed - on publio '
works, said h. did not fear re-
inoval from hi. position if h.
found again.t-i Mayor Schmits. 4
H. admitted voting for Schmits
at the last .lection. Campbell 4
aid h. knew several member, of 4
the Spreckels, family, and when
they went into anything they did 4
so for the money there wa. in Jt ;
Campbell wa. excused. At noon
three other, were excused. , .-;.
SHI JURORS
THE HILLS TO THE POOR HOUSE
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JULIA WARD ' HOWE,
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Former Minister to China, Broth
er to Lew Wallace and Julia
' Ward Howe Forced to Become
a County Charge In Old Age.
Jame. Barton Ward, who for 80 year.
occupied position, of trust tn th. serv
ice of the government In the military
and foreign diplomatic service, wa. ad
mitted to th. county poorhous. yester
day afternoon, after telling the most re
markable story ever related to the
county officials. , '
Ward is a half brother of General
Lew Wallace, the author of "Ben Hur."
and a brother of Julia Ward Howe, the
venerable authoress. Ha was born at
(Continued on Page Three.)
LOAD OF
TO H AVE
A load -of eggs, anxiety of his wife
to . clear , their farm 1 from debt, - clan
destine correspondence . with hi. , wife',
sister and a ; 10-year-old suspicion ' on
the part of his better half that the
couple Intended to .lop. landed J., Peo
ples, a prominent farmer of Beaverton,
in the city . Jail her. this morning.
Peoples assured bU wife ef his undy
ing affection -for her, : disavowed any
intention of deserting his family, waa
released and th. 'couple Will return to
their country home thl. evening to re
sume their proelac farm Ufa, where they
Will endeavor to. forget one of the
most eventful day. of their marital
xtatence- -
J. People, and his wife, MinnW Peo
ples, i of Beavertoikldrove into Portland
thl. morning in their farm wagon with
a 4oadr-of egg. and farm product to
ell. At Second and Hall .treets they
stopp and , Mrs." Peoples , entered a
.tor. to negottat.-t. sal
Of 4 eggs. kWhen--she returned to th.
street Mrs. People, saw th. waon and
her husband rapidly disappearing down
th. .treet and she at once felt that her
suspicions! were confirmed. ,
- ;t gistef Anxloa. to Slope.
' Hurrying to i the .herlir. omce ; at
the courthouse. Mra People, reported
that her hu.band bad gon. t. sell th.
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WALLACE, HALF BROTHER.
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FIENDS WRECK
T. J.' McMahoii of Santa Barbara
and J. Victor of Omaha Are
Killed and ,: Twenty-Five In
jured at Los Angeles.
-Vrn-l 'glMctal Sefriee.) '.'
Xx AngekM, May H. Dastardly
work of train wrecker, resulted In th.
derailing of the Sun.et , express, in.
death of two pereon. and th. .eriou.
lniury of it other, thl. morning Ju.t
outside the city limit, of . Angeles.
The dead ar.: ' - " '
: T. J. McMahon of Sant. Barbara. ., ,
J. Victor of Omaha, Neb.
' Without doubt th. catastroph. wa. th.
result of th. work cf train wreckers.
Several spikes had been removed from
one of the rails and th. fishplates loos
ened. When the heavy Southern Padfio
loooznotive struck th. weakened .pot It
wa. thrown from th. track and rolled
down an embankment, taking every car
on th. train with th. exception of th.
two parlor car. at th. rear, with it
Heroic effort, were mad. by th. train
men to save th. live, of th. passengers,
and those who were injured were hastily
conveyed to the hospitals in this city.
Several are badly injured and it i.
feared that they will be unable to sur
vive, despite th. careful medical atten
tion which i. being given them.
' Railroad and city authorities ar. in
vestigating the cause of the wreck and
every effort will be made to discover
th. Identity of th. wretche. who de
railed th. train, .'vv
The deed wa. planned; with devilish
accurateness. Twenty spikes were re
moved from the south rail of the track.
Then X hook was placed under the end
of th. rail, to which wa. attached a
piece of wire that extended acroe. th.
right of way and was made fast to a
section of iron pip. 10 feet long. This
end was braced against a tie, and to
the other and was made fast another
niece, to which wa. attached a .tick
about three feet long, giving leverage
strong enough , to pull the rail out of
placa. The train wa. . running at th.
rate Wt - J5 miles an hour when the
wreck occurred.
Victims of Shrtnera' Wreck Burled.
.-. j fnnial KnaeUl Service.)
Heading. Pa., May II. Th. la.t six of
th. - It Readmg-vtcttms of tti.-anrraerr
wreck at Honda were bxirled today..;
SUNSET
EXPRESS
EGGS CAU S ES W I FE
H USBANQAR R EST E D
Mrs" j. Peoples ot Beaverton, : Has Spouse
Jailed toPrevent His Elopement With
Her i Married Sister
wagon, team and load In order t. get
money with which to go to Alameda j
county. California, ( to Join JL I
plea .lst.r. .-with whom Mrt Plss
feared he would elope. Mrs. People. ,
Ister ts Mrs.- A.' T. Unci, th. mother
of three v children. She live, with
written to Peoples urging him
to com. to Calif ornia and elope - with
h.r.'' -.j.yCV-:': ',
- ' Before Mra Ltnga wa. married ah.
lived for 14 year, at her ister'. home,
and during that tlm. sh. and Peoples
became - Infatuated with each other.
Mrs. Peoples "say. that ther. were
many sueplciou. acts during thos. 1
years, but they were forgiven on ac
count of the .even People, children,
rans-in from S to 17 year. In age.
.Since Mrs. Urn? mtrrled and went to
California t i live, according; n ti.-s
111 TIL
NEXT WEEK
Hawley to Make Open
ing Address for State
in Haywood; Trial.
Darrow for Defense
Borah Will Crost-Examlne Wit
nesses, as Will Richardson
Battering Ram Method Neces
,sary In Attacking Orchard on
StandWill Testify . Friday-
(Rr . TTii-h O'XellL Sneolal Commll.
sloner of th. Portland Journal and
. Den var Post. 1
(Special Dbpstefc to The JoarSaL) '
Boise, Idaho,; May 1J. Senator Wil
liam Borah of counsel for th. prosecu
tion told m. thl. morning that th.
trial of William D, Haywood for the
murder ot Governor Frank Steunenberg
would commenc. on Monday morning.
There are only eight peremptory chal- ,
lenge. remaining, four to be exercised
by each aide, and all tne counsel Mem
confident that th. Jury will b. com
tilatad on Prldav afternoon. : Saturday
will b. given to tne juror, as a recess
to arrange their private and business
affairs. The case for the people will
be presented by James H. Hawley. HI.
opening .ddre.a will occupy two hours.
Mr. Hawley , will conduct th. exam
ination in chief of th. witnesses for th.
state. - They will . be cross-examined by
Richardson, attorney of record, of
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- The opening statement f or the de-
renae , wm om . mau .. uj -r vtaru- ,
'rOW. r":'": ' - ,J. , ''',: '
' Ben.tor Borah will cross-examine th.
witnesses presented by the defense. . H.
will also make the final address to th.
Jury on behalf of the prosecution. w
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Th. cross-examination of Harry Orch
ard la on. 'problem that the 14 attor
ney, of th. defense .reconsider in g wiu
no little concern. Originally it was ar-
mm that tha attorna of record f OF
the. defense should cross-examine him,
but the impression is growing that dis
tant every day, that a truculent, battering-ram
method will only succeed tn
arousing the cool, stubborn pugnacity;
in the informer. ; . .
Orchard Is a cold, courageous, watch
ful fighting man from th. feet up.
Any .tatement that he mad. his "con
fession" , in contrition, or through -
broken spirit, or through cowardice mar
safely be discredited. If he 1. to be
discredited at all it. will only be by th.
subtle hand of a man as cool and watch
ful as himself, and th. probabilities ar.
that Clarence Darrow, and not Richard
son, th. attorney of record, will con
duct ni. cross-e aminauyn. umirvw wav
will probably deliver the closing ad
dress of th. defense to th. Jury.
Darrow'. only weak point Is that of
a quick .temper.- Hawley aroused that
temper with soma ill fortune for the
defendant at the original trial of Steve
Adam, and Borah will play on that
weak string in this trial Borah is a
man of immense self-possession and
steady temper. He wa. a law .tndent
In Lawrence university, Kansas, with
William Allen White, General Funston
and Herbert Hadley, now attorney gen
eral of Missouri. He cam. to Idaho IS
year. ago. . H. is a diligent student of
law and history and literature. He has
tn. most conapiei law uurarj ana tan
era! library In the state. And as a
Jury advocate he 1. unusually success
ful. '
-"-Orchard will irobeWy be put upon th
stand on Friday week.
People., there has been a constant cor
respondence between Peoples and
sister, and ah. t. confident that the t
Intended. to leave their respective hom
for, each other. Ther. ha. been mm
dlssention In , the Peoples home
the wife, end only yesterday there
a quarrel. . .- -
WeMa Xuabaad to Fay Se.t.
People, and his wife own 19 a
ef land near Beaverton, seven Srr
which are cleared. There le a "
ttOO yet to be paid, and 2fr. i
Mid til her husband leaves C
know whRt she wiil dD. i
money with which to hv.v
and can not pay c'f
The team ami --i ; -
Peputy -out
to lo- f ' j