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, PORTLAND, OREGON, , TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1907.-TWENTY PAGES.
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PRICE TWO CENTS ow kkw
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Glorious Victory Won by the
People Against Tremend
i, ous Odds in Smashing the
Most Elaborate Machine
Ever Constructed Here.
Count Complete b All But
One Precinct and Par
tially Complete in This
Result Cannot Be Changed
Materially.
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Mayor Lan Is reelected by appro!
mately (SO votes. It wti a gallant vlo-
tory, won against tremendoua odds.
HI opponent was backed by the most
oerfectly organized machine the city
: has knowrii wtth unlimited money at Ha I
PORTLAND'S NEW Cf5Y- GOVERNMENT ELECTED YESTERDAY
J. E. Werleln, Treasurer. : John P. Kayanaugh, City Attorney.
DEVLIN FEELING
BLUE OVER HIS
DEFEAT III RACE
Refuses to Talk.
l- Zlt: .T"""! republican , Candidate Be-
of the ijprth end and the -intereats." mains at Home Today and
And Aal can the climax the realsteivd I iiuu uuu
Republican voters of the city numbered
19,00 while the registered Democratic
voters? numoerea only f,7iT.
Returns are complete with the ex
ception of one precinct on the east side
1 precinct 18, where there are II. votes
to count ; Taking- the partial' count of
this, .yipeolnot and the completed .count
In every other precinct In the city, Lane J u " ,
has majority of (30. The uncounted I A
Thomas 0.' Devlin takes his defeat
much t heart and this moraine: , re
mained , at bora. ' He -did not wish- to
make any comment on the result of the
lection and refused . to discuss the
HQ OPPOSITION
GeIrOUS VOTE
Municipal Judge Reelected
With Largest Majority in
Present Contest.
; t'Dflr" you-wish to make any statement
im- regard- ta-ioe--ieotion, '. air. . irun
was asked over the. telephone. v
;'WO Slr,"'M Bald.''. :.v i-.KF;? V
"An effort la being made to see all
those who were interested in the, con
test," is was explained to him,
well, I have, nothing to say about
the
votes In precinct S cannot change the
result : ... ' j "
Cast lda SU St.
Lane ' owes his election to the east
side, as was the case two years ago,
Devlin carried' the west side by 121(,
nearly four times the majority which It
gave Wiillama in tne iaat eiecuon. wim M.. Ial( Mr. Davlln, and elosed
reiurna incompioia irom i.o yirv-mn guhject
lyZ ;:.Lv. MMr.S Mr- Dmwu defeat is laid up to the
ltCti i"0, f b,,t vote, accordlng to the opinion of
,v ...v.B .u. .ww , genreury Sherwood ef the Republican
x na iQiai w c. .rrl city central eommitteer- , ; r
"n "B?S' My lld.: "Where we fei! dbwn was In not get
" wt. V-wt IB 0S9 Which t,n- PUt th- VOt0 oa " -.
,. ago the total vote-cast was ib,us, wnicn i . , lhf- , . A .
i 1 1 1 .... k. .nA a,1 lhu morning. I do not know
1 JvlVt. " r Just what proportion of the vote
P7'DUOB "- ciVkut from th data J have I calcu-
. A feature of yesterday s e ection was ut, that not, mor than t0 cwt.ot
xaw tniB7 i n-y r those registered went to tha polls on
wiiu wcro unwiiiia. w rww west Sid. ; -
-.S.V- .T5" "S. 'I'kX - "T- -W. on h other nand.
ww. 4 .... w-- cast' a pretty full vote and the load
In the residence dlstrnts on both sides lthtl. "h M.vnrt-n . vlm
of the , river. Devlin's -ratest "5". .,ove "the danger llne.7. '
as The Journal repeatedly predicted
would be tue case, was In the north end
I have said all. the time that our
success would 11 In getting out a full
TV K , ' " ,r .u '": I vote on the west side and, In my optn
ait V wUVIH.ef acvtlvlb V anawnw
that the undesirable elements of the
city's population were overwhelmingly
arrayed on the side of the Republican
candidate. ..... :
Lane swept the east side Ilk
whirlwind. He carried every one r of
the four wards on that side of the river
and In many precincts his vote was two
and three times that given for Devlin.
But on the west side Lane carried only
tpuren of the It precincts. These were;
V?lnct Devlli. 74, Lan 80; precinct
10, Devlin 54, Lan 68; precinct 2, Dev.
lln 14, Lane 121; precinct SO, Devlin 43,
Lan 81; precinct 83, .Devlin , iane
T; precinct 14, Devlin 7t; Lane 14; pre-
cinct 15, Devlin 111, Lane 123.
The vote by precincts was as fol
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Tote by rreclacts.
" : " : Devlin. Lane.
1 .........142
2... 117
3we) 74
4. ............... .121
t. ........... .....18
Ion, our failure to do so cast us th
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Municipal Judge . Cameron , outdis
tanced' all other members of his. party
In th number of votes received. With
five precinct tlll to be heard from-at
11:20 o'clock hie total rot amounted
to 11,024, The nearest competitor in
the' race ' for a high ballot was City
Treasurer werleln, whose vote totaled
10.IK. .
The five precincts," returns from
which are lacking, Include 17, 19, 42", 45
and 68. These preolncts ere . in the
districts which will greatly Increase the
party vote - of each of the candidates
and considerable Interest is attached
to the final outcome to determine whloh
of the Republicans will poll the heaviest
vote. Judge Cameron's vote Is "at tne
present time more nearly , a party vote
than any other candidate on the ticket
but his lead la so small over Mr. Wer
leln's that the complete -returns 'may
give him second place, although this is
hardly probable. It 1 believed, how
ever, that when the final figures are
known, together with, the total Repub
lican and Democratic vote cast It will
be seen that both candidates have polled
practically the entire party vote.
Xnn Zven Kao. .-
Present returns show that the three
Republican candidates for councilman
at large J. Annand, George B. Cellars
and M. J. Driscoll ran an even race.
Th former polled 8,029 votes, 8,881
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George J. Cameron, Municipal Judge.
A.-L. Barbur, Auditor.
HARRY LANE, MAYOR.
HAYWOOD'S
IS11NDER
REAL TRIAL
WAY "AT1AST
Prosecutor Ha wlcy Makes Opening, Statement, Accusing
Defendant of Instigating Many Crimes Witnesses '
of Murder Placed Upon the Stand.
(Continued, on. Pag Three.)
Lawyers- Hold 'Failure to Advertise ; Notice of Election
inrpws uoua on uona issues votea iesterttay
(Special-Dispatch to The Joornil.)
Boise,' Idaho. June 4. At Just a quar
ter of 10 this morninc James II. Haw-
ley of counsel for it he prosecution stooa
up In the. courtroom at Boise lo jn
the opening address in the case of peo
ple of Idaho arainat William D. Hay
wood and others for the murder of ."on
Frank Steunenberg."
Leaning-hla left hand upon the table
and -holding the lapel of hisxoat wtth,
his right hand, he stood up a big, plain
man, commanding respect by his mere
presence. There were tears in his eyes
when he commenced speaking and -his
voice was husky wtth sudden emotion.
His 'hands were damp and his face
flushed and pained and he wiped his
face and hands continuously with ;i a
large white handkerchief. His .voice
was 'low, his words came with, almbst
strained, deliberation. Opposite htm,
and almost three table lengths away,
sat "th defendant at bar," William D.
Haywood. Next to Haywood in an In
valid chair sat his wife and next to her
sat her two daughters. s - ?
The- courtroom - was crowaea bb n
never has been before and the flowered
bonnets of women splrkled here and
there brightly. There was an Impres
sive silence -t the opening of Hawley's
speech.'' Feet scraped, and-' scraped In
the dutslde' lobbies, the constant stir of
moving .people sounded In the warm air,
there was the constant harking noise of
Clearing throats and .long, . wh,eeslng
coughs. . " ' .
Ha'wley was not Impressive. ' He
seemed almost reluctant to talk at all.
ft appeared that even the Jury were
scarcely listening to him. He droned
on for almost 20 minutes unnoticed. Hej
was reciting formally dry facts. :In.
REAL TRAGEDY
IS REACHED AT
LAST IN BOISE
Reading of the Indictment
Recalls in Detail Story
of the Crime. .
By Hugh O'Neill. r.'
(Bpeolal Commissioner for D-nver Post
rul Hra orvn . Ttnsawal I
"BbTserdaho, June 4. Three by the
clock on Monday afternoon in the court
room of Boise. ' Silence, but for the.
spinning whisper of the electric fan ou
the gray ceiling. The canvaiis sun
hoods veil the open windows and the
light filters; through them from behind
the green, screening branches of the
flanking trees. Outside the circular
railing the room Is filled with men and
women waiting. The Judge sits at his
desk, dim In the anaaows. Beneath
him are th 12 jurymen, grim and ro
bust and serious. They seem suddenly
possessed of some new. Important spirit
At a long table to the left of the
Jury big James Hawleyjof counsel for
the state sits alone. - Borah, la not pres
ent. To the right of the Jury at another
table sit Darrow and Richardson and
John Nugent and Peter Breen, who bas
been formally Included In the defense,
Behind Richardson IS Haywood, one
large arm swinging over th back of
his chair, a new grave look in hi face.
His wife and two daughters sit . Inside
the railing near him, her th,n worn
face contrasting with the .white pillow
her head rests upon. His elder daugh
ter, tall and comely, sits with her back
to the railing, a wistful light dwelling
PEOPLE
CLEARLY
OPPOSED TO
CORPORATIONS
Mayor Lane Considers His
Election, a Great Victory
for the Masses. - -
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(Continued on Page Three.)
(Continued on Page Three.)
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
precinct
Learal opinion - today of all political
119 'shades united in saying that not only
were- the proposed bond issues . subject
16
80
to grave doubts, but some went even Te legal or not.1
precinct 8 .110
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
! precinct
Precinct
Precinct "17
Precinct 18
Precinct 19
Precinct 20
Precin
PrerjwWCf 23
:lnct 28
'recinct 24
Preolnct 25
Precinct 26
Precinct 27
Precinct 28
Precinct 29
Precinct 30
Precinct 81'
Precinct 82
Precinct 83
Precinct 84
Preolnct ,5
Precinct 88
Precinct 87
Precinct 38
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.139
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129
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49 further end saldUhat the; entire elecyf ' Seator Garln -said,' ''Iicannot' express
a definite opinion about the bond issue
now, as I have' hot "had time to look
Into It with the care that such an im
portant matter requires." 1
Ralph W.- Wilbur said, T do not jpass
any opinion on wnere me Diame resrs
for the failure to advertise the bond Is.
sue properly; but' looking at the matter
from the standpoint of the bond buyers
I would have very serious doubts whettv
er they wev. legal or not. . I would
not recommend them to anyone as a gilt
edge Investment because of the cloud
that rests in their issue. ' In bond Issues
like this if. the law is not fully com
plied with the bonds are subject to lit!
Judge M. A Pljes said;
..102 .
249
86
Precinct 39 (incomplete). ...189'
Precinct 40 ................ 60
Precinct' 41 80 ,
Precinct 41 ' . ; . . .' . ; ........ M 2 ,
Precinct 43 35
Precinct 44 Ill
Precrrtot 45 ................139
Precinct 46 , ... . ; , , . ...i 66
' 9otlon la, questionable,, so far as It co.
77 I cerns charter amendments, nond isaaes
166 1 and bther business acts author!
188 Some of the leading lawyers had not
45 1 yet hed time to examine thematter
d5 i with the care its importance yuemanas,
41 1 o reserved their opinion, bt not one
81 1 maintained that the bond issues and
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. ctner acta are legai. i
67 . Thomas O. Oreene aWi: "I can't say
' M anything different thanI said the other
T day. I still' think fat"the failure of
1 the city auditor tagive thet notice of
election required joy law tnrows such
ns a cloud upon thbond Issues voted for
68 yesterday thatsale of the securities
cannot be mane.
4
106
88
90
-123
94
97
150
69
92
68
97
84
123
94
217
61
219
:14
.199
?16
87
116
,271
167
f 'Tyftave not looked into the matter at
alLand cannot therefore give a definite
pinion on whether the bond issue would
tContlnuad on Page Three.)
(Continued on Page Tbre,). -.
MRS: GOULD BOUGHT
60,000 IN GEMS TO
' ADORN HERSELF
(Joiml Bpeelar Service.)
New York, June 4. Another state
ment on Howard Gould's behalf given
out by ai "close personal friend." deals
further With Mrs. Kathryn Clemmons
Qould's extravagance. Oould's friend
states that Mrs, Gould in last., August,
after she and Gould separated, bought
at Tiffany's, a diamond pendant' for 118-
600 and a diamond necklaces for izz.eoo.
although she then bad a large collection
of jewels. In Beptember she purchased
a diamond UUdem for $12,600, 'a slj-(waj'e the friend."
phira ring for 86,000 and other articles
which fan the bill up to 10.000. . .The
bm was sent to Howard Gould some
weeks later by Tlffanys. He responded
that the firm would have to look .to
Mrs, Gould for payment
The friend also states that on the last
yacht trtp the Goulds took, Mrs. Gould
carried, la one of her trunks, 63 pairs
of new shoes, amaslng her husband. '
"Bhe simply threw - away money."
APOLOGY WANTED
BY THE JAPANESE
Strong Feeling in rTokid
That America Should Beg
Pardon, for Attacks.
(Joarol Special Berries.) '
Tnklo.' June 4. Opposition news
papers quote Count Okuma as , urging
the concentration' of Japanese national
efforts toward the pettlcment of what
i known aa the San Francisco question.
He asserts that Japan should demand
public apology from tne mayor or bm
Francisco, and also that tne Japanese
should receive treatment similar to
that given Anglo-Saxons in the United
States. . ' '
Herein lies the sole hope or aennjteiy
settling the question., utnerwise,
nnceasarvi demonstrative measures may
be taken which it will be impossible to
regard as precipitate In the circum
stances. '
- Seven university professors, famous
for agitation In molding publio opinion
before the war with Russia and during
the nerlod when peace negotiations were
In progress, ar again bestirring them
selves, although; this time, In the direc
tion of a generally more stalwart for
eign policy. Including Japan's dealing
with Corea and China. " v '
It is said the opposition, by means of
publio meetings and otherwise, will soon
begin a campaign against - the Salonji
ministry on the basts that It is showing
Itself too conciliatory and too much
disposed to make concessions in the
matter of persecution 'Of. the - Japanese,
In San Francisco. "This extreme view,
however, does not V ' represent i national
opinion here. " The Japanese generally
reaard the San Francisco Question aa a
ComsUo one fqr America, to decide.
Pete Mathieson Confesses to Slaying nis Bedfellow
the Minnesota 'Woods Feared He Has Committed
Similar Crime Here.
in
Confessing to the wanton and deliber
ate murder of his friend, John Johnson,
In a lonely cabin in the woods near Ten
Strike, Minnesota, last February, and
now" suspected ' of having encompassed
the death of the brother of his victim,
Pete Mathlcson, a young Dane, aged 28
years, was taken .into custody this
morning at Fifth and Stark streets by
Detectives Baty. and Hellyvir of the local
department and Deputy Sheriff J. - M.
Bailey, of Eemidji, Minnesota. ' .
"Through his lack of discretion in
writing to acquaintances In Ten Strike
and the cleverness displayed by Detec
tives Hellyer and Bat? In trailing the
alleged murderer upon receipt of tele
graphic advices from Minnesota, Ma-
thleson owes his ..apprehension. The
prisoner admits his Identity.
Brutal Murder.
Johansen and Mathleson were em
ployed by a timber concern having
large holdings near Ten Strike and
Jointly occupied a cabin in the woods
near that place. According to the
story told to Deputy Sheriff Bailey,
Mathleson shot his friend with a re
volver of heavy caliber while the latter
lay asleep in his bed and then to make
sure that life was extinct beat the body
of his victim to a jelly. ;
Dragging the remains of his victim
to a nearby lake, Mathleson cut a hole
in the Ice and dropped the dead man
Into the jvater after removing his
clothes to make the body small enough
to force through the opening.
With a check for 1400 which Johansen
had recently received from Denmark and
a pay check for 116 belonging to His
victim; Mathleson repaired to the sa
Mayor Lane Is thankful to the peo
ple of Portland for their Indorsement of
him by his. reelection, .and . states that
he desires through the press publicly to.
thank his friends, and supporters for
their assistance and suffrage.
"If It la truA. aa ih nraunt Mnnn
indicate, that I am . elected," the mayor
saw, I consider it to be a great vic
tory, not for myself personally, but for
the people. It is a victory In which X "
think the people clearly express them
selves as being opposed to the rule of ;
the interests, partisan dominion or th
grasp of the predatory corporations. It
is an expression' of the people to the ef
fect that they desire an administration
which will carefully guard their prop.
erty Interests and public rights against
the attacks of the franchise grabbers
and, other corporate influences which In
the past have robbed them.
"I wish to express the deep debt of '
gratitude which I owe to The Journal
for the magnificent effort it put forth
In my behalf. I owe much to The Jour,
nal and wish publicly to express It. :
"I desire again.- to thank the people
of Portland' for their kindness' and ln
dorsement,' and to pledge to them' once
more the fulfillment of the promise X
made two years ago and again during
this campaign. 'that I would hold their
interests abov those of party or self:
that my administration would -be for -
the betterment of th city, morally and
In everyway;- that my administration
should be dean and tn-th interest" of - f
good government; that' 1 Srould'try to
make It a city! for tjia' home as well aa
for the business intere-faC1: V-rS&wM'i
A recognition bfthe good done foi
th ' city "by the aeonfe Is" tha nm.
attributed to Dr. Lane's success" by R. '
W. Montague, the chairman ' of v'h
Democratic . dty central v committee: ' 1z
The reelection of- Dr. Lane' showa. '
in my opinion, - that his record ln tb
office, his work-in- cleaning" up' th '
city and purifying' Its morals,' has test -with
the appreciation or th people lof ' - r
th city, who - desire 1 to ' see th earn ' v
administrative 'policies contlnued.' X -am
not surprised at ' th result and V
was confident all during the campaign, "
tbat Mayor Lane, would b elextad." -. v
"I am glad Dn ,Lane 1 elected," bew. i -
cause he has made a- good mayor.; Isn't '""
that sufficient i reason I Each election ' .
is only a step In the evolution of, good
government, and I don't think hla elec- '
tlon Is a retrograde movementneither A
in a moral or business aspect. M think,"". '
moreover, that municipal .' elections t f
ought not to be mixed with partisan
politics and I hop that will com to be -, -the
rule In the future." Judge Martial "
L. Pipes. j
(Continued on Page Threa)
4
Always in the Lead!
The result of the election. was first given to the public
by a Journal extra at 10:30 o'clock last night.
; ' The only authentic bulletins of the election were'posted
by The Journal and a huge crowd surrounded the office
until early this morning. The Journal is the only newspaper
in Portland that participated in the campaign or printed
campaign news, or had enterprise enough, to flash teturns. --
The Journal won its fight for good government and
good citizenship and helped elect Harry Lain er ,
' The Journal is THE newspaper of Oregon. .
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HARMLESS BOMB ON
BAY CITY CAR TRACK
(Journal Bprrlil lervkw.
Sn FrancJsco. Jun 4.--T wo , harm
less bombs, composed of salt peter and
sulphur, wore exploded this morning un
der Ellis street' cars which were crowd
ed with passengers. No damage was
done, but the passengers and crews
were badly frightened. The police ar
inclined to think It was th work of
small boys.
CHIXAMEX KILLED BY
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
4 (Journal Special eerrlee.) 4
, Victoria, B...C- June 4. Ad-
vices by steamer today say an .
earthquake, in the province of e
4 Hslngking, . China, ' killed 4.009
4 people. -v 1
- Lease ot Seining Grotfnds.
Astoria, Or June 4. The Warren
Packing company has1 leased the Jim
Crow seining grounds fro.tj F.nyart A,
Cook for a-term of three years. Te
lease Includes boats, horses and all U.
gear used, on tha grounds. ,
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