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ILIKGWATER
TITLED HUSBAND'S. GAMBLING
: XOSTmRmftOOftOO CASH
Pretended Eye i Doctor Hazes Jeff W.
Haves for Ten Hours Is Given Solar
Plexus and Forced to
ettes Escapes Half Dead After Suf
fering From
Cruelty
Imprisoned In room 122 of the Oregon
v hotel yrldey ntt&t by a jnan believed
to be totally deranged, Jeff W. Hayei,
, manaKer of the Haaty Messenger com
pany saya that he endured 10 hours of
uch- ItendiBU torture aa omy manias
Muld conceive and execute. ' - .
Mr. Hayes la totally blind. He telU
a etory of revolting cruelty which his
affliction makes doubly hideous. His
demented persecutor li to be arrested
today and efforts made to oeprive niro
of his liberty. .",
Warren I Foss, a guest of the Ore
. gon hotel, occupying room 222, Is the
'' man who is to be tried ror ma sanity.
. It was he. who, posing as a specialist
on eye troubles, Induced Hayes to ac
company him to his apartment and-4hen
Inf Ucted a night of . torture upon hie
unfortunate victim so frightfully fiend
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Foes Is a rreduate of Bowdoln'col
. lege, holds a degree for, post-graduate
work from John Hopkins university,
and was until -recently a tutor In the
.university of California. - It Is said that
, his dismisMl from the trnlversUy was
-result of hia Strange form of de-
.' mentis. W ...'':v..r1vf
II Has teea 1n Portland for-trfveral
weeks and to all MeaTanoea la aa re
tlonal aa anyone. He talks on many
subjects aa-intelligently-as-a maft ot
hl education should do ana unless one
particular subject is mentioned he Is
so rational In his speech aa to fail to
' arouse the-1 least suspicion aa ' to ; -fcia
aanlty' .. .V" 'Hi
: His particular- hallucination i la that
he Is a BDeclallst on dlseaaea of the eye.
;.VH had evidently heard of the efforta
of Hayes to secure the restoration of
his sight, for when he met the manager
of the messenger company at the norae
of Frank E. Colter, a mutual friend,, he
was introduced to Hayes as an eye-specialist
and Immediately began to talk
of the Hayes case. Hayes . listened
, eagerly, for Foos was apparently a man
of education and what he professed
to te. t
. Given Wine Supper.
"I am deeply Interested In your case,"
. he eald finally to Hayes, "and I pro
pose to take charge of It. I have heard
of you and the .time and money you
have spent in the hope of restoring your I
. sight. I- will restore It and it shall I
cost you nothing. I will' do It simply
for the sake of science." '
' Thoroughly ' impressed with 1 the
stranger and grasping at the hope that
was . offered, Hayes readily . consented,
He had heard nothing to arouse hia sus
picions and accepted an Invitation to
dine at the Portland hotel with Foe
the next evening. , $ f .
They met down town and started, so
Hayes thought, for the Portland hotel.
Instead they went to the Quelle,' where
Foss ordered an elaborate dinner "with
champagne, . Then , they .started.
Hayes Imagined, for the Portland hotel,
Instead they went to the Oregon to room
222. It was; 10 o'clock when they
reached there, and almost, the follow
lng morning when Hayes, suffering In
tensely, succeeded In escaping from the
clutches ox the maniac. .
Xg mart President. '
As soon as we entered the-room."
said Hayes,' "my. companion, closed and
locked the door.. I did-not know at the
time, .but later when I. tried to -escape
I found .the door , locked and the key
removed, i nad never sussected any
thing, until after we sat down and he
began to talk. He placed bis chair very
rlnaft .i sr Maa ' mrA wklsmaM m wma
.r u i ,msw nutPirvtou ' v Mlvt
Wbo'n oing to- be. -the next vresidentw
t was atartled and then my first feeling
vi marm nut. - ,, - -.
1 replied tht I -did not know.- and
again ne. wnispered into my ear. He
saldr -Guesa.' ,J expresaed the belief
that Taft mle-ht be. Ha uM. ..H
auggested , that perhaps ? Roosevelt
might run again , and be elected. He
said W again,, and, placing his mouth
close to my ear, whispered,. 'I am to be
the next president'
"Then I - knew that I was in the
hands of a maniac. He is a large;
powerful man, and I am very ellaht
But I kept my composure. Ife said:
I have not filled out my portfolio yec
and perhapa X might make you secre
tary of the treasury.-1 replied that It
would suit me very well If it was the
best he could do. Then he said he could
do better, explaining: will make you
kvlce-presldent, and If I don't like my
job, you, see, you can step right Into
my place.' ' ,
"After we had talked for a few min
utes he ordered me to get, ready for.
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Opposition Should
Cause His Reelection,
Says Chamberlain
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BARONESS VON ECKHARDSTEIN
(Continued on Page Two.)
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Construction of Swift Packing House Begins
Within Week Dredp:e Nearly ComDleted.
.
Sloughs to Be Filled First
Actual ooeratlons towaf d the con
struction of the Swift packing plant on
t!te pepinsuU will start the fore part
of next week. The dredge which la to
fill some of the Immense sloiurha and
open channels in others la belhg com
rleted at the shipyards tat the foot of
Belmont street above the Morrison
street bridge. , It will be moved at once
to the site of the packing plant
The announcement comes direct from
the men who are In charge of construc
tion. - Off leiala have made no announce
ments previous to this and. say positive
ly that the reclamation operations will
begin next week.
It is estimated this part Of the work
can be completed in six or eight months.
It will be determined largely upon the
capacity of the dredge and the number
of- accidents and , repairing necessary.
The work contemplated for the dredge
Includes fills of (art of , the low land
known as Smith's lake and the deepen
lng of the Oregon slough, . which Is
really a part of .the Columbia river.
The high water at this time is favor
able to operations and is the principal
cause of rushing the work. The Oregon
slough, which incloses Hayden's Island,
aa a strong current and Us. depth-af.
fords an excellent location- fr the
dredge. -v ..- .
. When completed the Union Meat com
pany will have a modern stockyard and
packing plant located In oneof the most
favored sites. There will be rail and
water facilities and there ie plenty of
room to enlarge gs increased business
may demand. The company owns 1,700
acres. - x ; -'iir : .a. t -'v
The union . Stockvards comnanv win
build adjoining the plant where It owns
40 acres of land. It is riot probable
tnat more, tnan zo acres at present will
be utilised, but , larger operations are
planned ror the future.
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THREATEN VIOLENCE ;
M SANTIAGO QTY
HARRIMAN MUST
DISGORGE LAUDS
Government Will Attempt to
Force Southern Pacific to Ac
cept Named .Price for Three
Million Acres It, Holds in State.
MOTHER -TITLED
MARRIAGE FAILS
Baroness Von Eckhardstein Did
Notion .Happiness by Marry
: ing Into Nobility Husband a
Worthless Spendthrift.
(Special Diapatrh to The Journal.)
Salem, Or., May 28. "The people of
f ortiana snouia reelect Mayor iane.
both because or his good record and be
cause of the character of the opposi
tlon which Is arrayed against him,"
said Governor Oeorge E. Chamberlain
In the course of , an Interview today.
"The corporations and the 'interests are
doing their utmost to defeat him and
the disorderly elements are solidly
against him. '
"I am heartily In favor of Dr. Lane's
candidacy and I hope and believe that
be will be reelected. From the stand
point of the business man he Is enti
tled to reelection, for he has given an
absolutely non-partisan administration
and has placed the Interests of the
people above every other consideration.
This has been- evidenced by his de
termined opposition to everything- that
looked like special privilege or the giv
ing away of valuable franchises, and
by his earnest efforts for the Improve
ment of the city's streets and for the
betterment of the fire andf police de
partments. 1 ' -
"In addition to all that, it has been
the constant effort of Mayor Lane's ad
ministration to better the moral condi
tion of the city. This fact and his
determined opposition' to every attempt
at franchise grabbing, are the great
cause-of the -opposition to .his. candi
dacy, He deserves and should receive
the united support of the business men,
tne moral element and of the taxpay
ers generally."
Governor Chamberlain Is to speak at
I the great -mass meeting next Saturday
i evening in the Empire theatre, which
will close the Lane-campaign,
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WATCHMAN DROWNS IN,,
w STORM ON GREAT LAKES
(Journal Special Service.) .
Detroit,. Mich., . May 28. Bert Kable,
watchman on the steamer M. A.
Hanna, was washed overboard and
drowned aa a result of Monday's snow
storm. The schooner , Enelda Is strand
ed at North Manltou and will be a total
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INHOCSIGNO
VINCLS
SLOGAN OF THE DEVLIN CAMPAIGN
But Who Filled
the Sack?
PLUMBERS THRU
DOWN T. C. DEVLIN
Agent for Mayoralty Aspirant Is
Giver) the Cold Shoulder at
the Regular Meeting of the
Union.
Portland union plumbers turned
Thomas C Devlin down cold are meet
ing, held last night, when an attempt
was made to secure th indorsement
of the' union for the . Republican candi
date. Hartholomew D. Coffey was the
agent of Mr. Devlin's undoing, so far
as the indorsement of the union Is concerned.
Mr. Coffey is a plumber who at one
time In the past aspired to be plumbing
Inspector under '' the administration' of
Mayor Lane, but was refused en - ap
pointment, among other things, because
of lack of ability to fulfill the duties
of the. office.
- During; the last .few days Fdrdlna
E. Beed, who is Very unofficially the
manager tr Mr. Devlin's private cam
palgnr got into conference with Cofey
and as a result of the conference Mr.
Coffey ' appeared at the meeting ' last
night armed with a letter from Mr. Dev
lin asking for the indorsement of the
plumbers and pledging the union special
consideration during his administration
should he-be elected. ' f
, ' COf fey moved that the union 'proceed
at once to Indorse Mr. Devlin, but after
the motion had been seconded a member
of the union arose and asked a .'few
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Report Upon Office of
Auditor Written.vby
Devlin Himself as
Testimony Shows ;.
(Continued on' Page Two.)
Thomas C. Devlin, city auditor and
Republican candidate for mayor, . has
reasons for great feelings of thankful-
ness and gratitude towards the Repub
lican oounctl which stood by him In
wniuwainini ma reports oi jcxperis)
Clark and Buchanan appointed by Mayor
Lane to make an Investigation Into the
methods of keeping the books of-the
city auditor's office which method waa
characterised by Mayor Lane as being
"loose at both ends and defective In
the middle." , Not only did the council,
through Its ' ways and means com .
mtttee whitewash the ' auditor's of -flee,
but it decapitated the - com
mittee whose ' appointment was forced
by the too evident Intent - of the
council In dealing with the report of'
v.iarK aiiu Dui'ninBD. . . . ;
When Mayor Lane, following his pre
rogatives, put the experts to work on
the books of the auditor's office, he)
aroused . the animosity of Mr.' Devlin
who at. once1 entered Into consultation
with the various members of the city.
council. The report of ' the experts
found the method employed by the au
dltor. to be antique, unsatisfactory and
lax. various changes and Improve- .
ments were suggested, . . , . :., --v
Whitewashed Xlmself.'-. ...
This report, was referred to- the ways
and means committee and after a short
time a report was made to the council
criticising the . mayor; and practically
repudiating the repot t of the experts
as of no account It became known
that Mr,s.Devlln had written, this report ,
himself, thus personally ' whitewashing
the defects of his own administration.
This and many other things forced the
council to appoint -a . special commit tee . -to
make Investigation of conditions In
the auditor's office.' This committee,
however, was disbanded by the council
without being given an opportunity to -either
finish Us investigations , or te
make, partial report. '
The testimony taken at the hearings.
however, has been typewritten and by
Mr, Devlin's own testimony shows that
he whitewashed hia own office and hia
(Continued en Page Two.)
(Journal Special Serrle.)
Washington, May 28. The Southern
Pacific is still withholding 3.000,000
acres of valuable land from settlement
and In spite! of government demands it
refuses to carry out' ti.a terms of Its
agreement. The president is holding al
most? dally conferences with Senator
Bourne of Oregon, and if j possible the
federal " statutes will be Invoked to
force the road to release ltsf grip.
Senator Bourne says ' the i road xai
originally granted '6,000,000 acres, prom
ising to self them ' to homesteaders -at
18.60 per acre. Instead it sold con.'d-
erable of the' land at io an acre and
flatly ' refuses to aell ' the balance as
agreed. -'lief progress-of .-o whole ter
ritory . tributary ,to. the road 4s. retanded. .
T
' (Heartt News Servlea.) '.
London, May 18. "I paid $1,600,000
to settle my husiSand's gambling and
stock exchange debts.'; My father once
furnished $330,000 for the-same purpose.
The baron, my husband, also had an an
nual allowance or fiB.ooo."
. These statements were made in the
petition filed by the Baroness Von Eck
hardstein. She- asks Judicial aepara
tlon from the baron, who bears one of
Germany's proudest names,, and Js now
chancellor for the German foreign of
fice.. -J ,-' '.' i
' The baroness Is the daughter and heir
ess of the 'late Sir Blundell Maple,
millionaire furniture dealer.
, (Continued, on. Page. our.)
HEFJEY1. COURT ROOM ROW
Attorney tor Schmitz Almost Comes to Blows
With, Prosecutor and Is Th'reateDed With
; ; . Imprisonment by Judge
- .' .. (Jooraal Special , Service.)
Santiago, Cuba,- May-ltWlth 1,000
soldiers patrolling the streets In a at
tempt to preserve order, hundreds of
cltlsens backing them up with firearms
and jne striking dock' workers; threa ten
Ing outbreak atnyimoment. Santiago
today has the appearance of ; the seat
;or war.! ,r-, ',,.?." .....- y yj-, i .
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. . xisquieiins . rumors nil inn air unu
the city la wildly- excited. One story
' which . caused the greatest ' alarm this
'mornlne was to the effect that aband
of . anarchists, in sympathy with . the
strikers, were plotting to blow up the
whole plaee - with - gigantic- ehargea -
dynamite. -.. , . -s
Meetings were v neld "today .? by the
strikers to determine a Jlne of action
with a' view of gaining their ends with
out a direct clash with" the troops. The
cooler heads among the dock workers
counselled patience, but there Is a large
element which Is displaying Impatience
and a desire for bloodshed, 'which. It Is
feared,' will causa serious trouble. ' -!...
Th troops have orders .to preserve
peace at any cost and In event of seri
ous rlotlnx there will ha. bloodshed, .j.,
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Ban Francisco, May 28. During t.the
examination of the talesmen In the
Bchmita trial today,' Thomas Blanchard,
under oath, declared that soon after the
earthquake Frank Maestretti, the presi
dent of tne puDiic noara, rorcea mm w
give up. $400 vin order to secure Mas
trettl's signature '. to. a- bill Blanchard
had before the board. Heney and Barrett.-
Schmtti leading eeannol, almost
came to blows while Blanchard waa be
ing examined as result of Barrettt's
charge that Maeetretti was one of the
prosecution's chief . Informers. , They
shook- flstr at each 'Other's faces;' Then
the court' threatened' to send Barrett to
Jail and the trouble subsided. ' No
Jurors were jassed. thlsi morning. r ?
' Arraignment of Mayor Schmlts, :. Abe
Ruef,' 42ugene jDe 6abla, 'Frank Drum
and ' John ' Martin on- the i Indictments
returned against them charging' them
wlia brlberlr bf the- supervlaors In iht ,
gas rate case, was continued this morn
ing until Friday. v .
Nearly $1,000,000 was given In ball
yesterday by the men Indicted here for
municipal graft,' the total sum In ac
tual figures being ' $910,000.
! ; Schmlts, De Sabla and John Martin
each put up bonds for the sum of $140,
000, while Frank Drum posted the cash
amount of $70,000." This bail was on
the indictments Tcharglhg Ltheniwlth
bribery in connection with the 85-cent
gas franchise. Umbaen, Green and Bro-
Decs posiea Donas ror 3i.tu.uuQ each on
their lndictmentar for " connection with
the .overhead trolley . franchise bribery,
f Industrial depression resulting, from
the graft : investigations ' and " disclos
ures has led to the appointment of a
committee of 10,- which will take steps
toward 'the formation of ' ' , cltlsens'
body, object of which will - be to. re-
CONDUCTOR KILLED IN HOLD UP
Bandit Robs C. L Nevius Before
Murdering His Victim in
. Aisle of Coach.
Working quietly and silently, Intent
upon securing: money even at the cost
of life, a masked bandit armed with
an automatic revolver, held up the crew
of car No. 136 on the Rose City Park
extension of the .East Ankeny street
line at 9:40 o'clock last night As a re
suit .Conductor C L. Nevius is dead
from twoTbullet holes which pierced his
body, and Motorman B. L- Hull, is suf
faring from a gunshot wound In the
right hand.
The crime, which ended in the murder
of Nevius, the wounding of Hull and the
successful escape of the assassin was
one of the most sensational and brutal
affairs on the police records. The brav
ery of Motorman Hull In battling with
the desperado in' the face of -almost cer
tain death la looked upon as an act
worthy a Carnegie medal.
So Trace, of Murderer,
The entire city detective force Is
working- on the case, but .. as vet .Jo
trace of the murderer has been found.
Every avenue of escape-is being close
ly guarded by the police and several
plalnclothesmen have been dispatched-
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Motorman Hull Fights Bravely
Until Stunned by a Bullet
; In the Hand.
to various points along the railroad line
in the hope of apprehending the crlmln- .
at' v"' '". " ' - " ..'S
The point at which the hold up oc
curred on the Sandy road, la about av
half a mile from Rose City park at
the O. R. & N. railway crossing. Aa
the . car in charge of Motorman Hull
and Conductor Nevius reached the rail
road tracks on the way to the city, the
motorman slowed down while the con
ductor went ahead to clear the cross
ing. Nevius had started back when a
masked man stepped from behind a '
telephone' pole and boarded the ear.
Grabbing the controller bar Hull hurl
ed, the heavy Implement at the crook. '
The missle went wide and the footpad '
fired n shot at the motorman. Hull had
put so much force' Into the throw that
he fell to the street frqm the platform. .
.Undaunted by the presence of the two
men and their intention to battle, the
crook-climbed "aboard;-ndrtevettnr thw - -automatic
pistol' at Nevius head, forced
aim to hand over . the day'a receipts. ,
(Continued on Page Two.)
SAUCE IS CAUSE OF DIVORCE
While her husband, Harry Dixon,
stood In the hallway outside the door
of the courtroom listening to the pro
ceedings and ; refused to defend himself
Mrs. Lena Dixon testified that Dixon
had beaten her and otherwise mistreat
ed her, and was granted a divorce by
Judge Sears in . the circuit court this
morning. When asked why her hus
band beat her, Mrs. Dixon replied:
I wanted some , cranberry sauce to
eat ana ne aia not want me to nave it.
The remains of a Christmas dinner
were the cause of another beating, said
Mrs. Dixon. The trouble occurred on
the day after ' Christmas. Mrs. Dixon
wanted to eat some of the good things
that had been left from the Christmas
feast,, she aahi. hut her husband pb
Jected and struck her.
; ''; Talks to . Her Client.1 '."t
l Dixon was represented by Portland's
woman Jawyeri Mrs. Mary Leopard. All
preparations had been made to fight the
divorce suit to the bitter end, bub Dixon
stayed-out in the hall and when the
time came .for Dlxonr witnesses to be
called Mrs.' Leohard went out and con
sulted her client She returned after a
few minutes- and - reported to. Deputy
.;,4CoaUauea.oa rage jDlatrict Attorney Moaer that Dixon de-
clihed to enter the courtroom and tes
tify. Deputy Moser said, he had" no
right to force him to testify. '
Mrs. Leonard then appealed, to Judge
Sears, while Dixon opened the door a
couple of inches and listened. Attor
ney Leonard wanted a subpoena to
compel Dixon to testify. Judge Sears
said as Mrs. Leonard was appearing for
Dixon, she could not have him sub
poenaed himself. The Judge suggested
also tnat the client had more authority
over' his case than his attorney and
could discharge his attorney if he chose.
"Not when the lawyer Is here on a
contingent fee,' replied' Mrs. "Leonard.
Dixon .opened .the door a little wider
and listened harder . ,
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V Juda-e Sears decided that Dixon need
not testify in hia own. case unless he
wanted - to, - and the - door was pulled
nearly .shut. After an effort to: prove
her case despite Dixon's : indifference,
Mrs.1 Leonard, gave up and. Judge Sears
awarded the divorce to- Mrs. Dixon. As
soon as court adjourned Dixon entered
the courtroom and slipped into a seat
;ln the; rear, or the roam.
Mrs, Leonard saw him. Rushing up
to Dixoa and Bhaklna; her finger la his
face she. cried: ' " - ,
"Thai's the way you sell out your
lawyer! That's the way a client goes
back on a lawyer who is trying to win
a case!"1 '!'.?S, S'--' - '-.
wh, well, I am glad to get rid of a
nuisance," said Dixon. "I. don't care
who got the divorce as long as I get
rid of that woman. It was cheaper to
let her have the divorce that to fight It.
Anyway, If I had fought it,'-the Judge
would have thrown the case out of
court and neither of us would have had
a divorce. I am glad te get rid of her.
I am much obliged " to Juda-e . Sears.
I. never , wanted to marry her In the
first plaee.. j , . ', .. :
When asked, why he had manied tra.
Dixon If , be did not want ben Dii
explained: . .
"Well, she woe Just an old acouatnt-
ance, and I guess I got in a hurry. th
wanted me worse than I wanted r. r.
anyway." 1
Dixon and his wife were . marrio.i i t
PorUand .. in November 1901. M
Dixon testified that h-r hutnni f
quently beat her, called her vii- i
and falsely ncc-ueed her of i
She said she had earned l; r i . ,
for two years and v., t
to the nelhbura to t i i