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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY V EVENJG, JUNE 12 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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VOL. VI. NO. 81
Boss States That Mayor Got; Twenty-Five Hundred: Dollars, of Restaurant Money
SI
JURY HEARS
ID
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Attorneys For Defense PufrUp Strong
' Fight Against Admission of Testi
mony Which Makes Perjurer of the
Client Prisoner
. With, His Eyes.
f Journal ImcUI Berries.
flan Francisco. June 1 lThat Mayor
Bchmlts shared the money extorted
- from the French restaurants, and lied
when he denied accepting the bribe yes
' terday on the witness sUnd, was the
statement ef Abraham Ruef when caled
to ' testify In the mayor's trial today.
One of the hardest-fought legal battles
of the graft probing preceded Ruef s
statement that ha gave Schmits $3,600
of the hush money. The attorneys for
.the defense - battled - tooth . and jnall
against 'the admission of the evidence
,: of the curly boss, but In vain, for their
, ' motion was overruled and Ruef was
'called as a witness. 1 V- .:".' 'J. 4 v
In anticipation of Abe r Ruef taklnfc
: the stand, , fully ' $.000 people crowded
Into Busli street temple, this morning
when the Bchmlts case Was resumed
- but many failed t gain admittance to
i. the courtroom. Many artists and special
writers for eastern 'publications were
- present Therw wer many women in
the audience and a special detail of
police were on hand to handle the crowd.
-.v. i Bohmtts Is al. ; ,;. :
Ruef came Into the courtroom accom
panied by Detective Burns and District
Attorney Langdon, carefully groomed
and perfectly composed. - Schmits. en-
. tered a few minutes later.': He appeared
paler than usual but was dressed with
Campbell began his argument against
the admission or ku b murauuj -
soon as the court was, called to order.
Much of the argument consisted or
reading from, the New . Tork .and Cal
Ifornia coffes, . He contended that
Bchmlts was compelled to testify yes-
terday, upon matters not, pertinent ( in
cross-examination.- . ; -
- Campbell's argument lasted fully an
hour. At the close he saidr , i.' 1
"The contention of the defense Is Sim
ply that your -honor erred In allowing
Bchmlts to give the testimony he did
under cross-examination." -
, He then moved that all this testimony
be stricken out. This was denied, ; Ruef
was then called. - ' ;V. , ' ' '
"Did you give Rchmlts, at his former
home, any money during January or
February. 1905T" asked Hney.
, Divided WttH ' Kayor. ::
"I did. I gave him $8,600 In currency.
-I did not tell hint this was his share of
HIS EAR IS FJEARLY CUT OFF
LoTifhoreman Attacked . in
v .. nr: WI,a ClnoriAa TTia
Knife in
, ; With the lower part of his left ear
hanging by shred, weak from, th. loss
of blood, his clothes slashed to ribbons
and stained with gore. Sam Harvey, a
brewery worker from Kansas City; Mm-
sourt StaKBSred into the police station
about" I o'clock this morning and re
lated tale of fiendish brutality;"
The perpetrator of the crime was a
burly negro, and Detective John Price,
acting on a good description furnished
by the victim or the outrage , ia scour-
- ing the city for the thug. The assault
"occurred about 12:80 a. pw ln' the
Northern Paclflo terminal .yards near
the steel bridge. ; . : ,T
According to the story told by Har
vey he arrived hvthls city several days
1 ago and. secured employment as a long
shoreman. Last night after drinking
f with several acquaintances in number
of saloons near the union depot, he
Btarted for his lodgings at Second and
Jiumside streets, but, wandered Into the
-terVil yards.. , . -i x
' L33i passing one of the darkest
jjTOnts In the yards he was approached
ty a ' tall. wll dressed negro.- who
stopped mm wun a request ur u,uu.
CHILDREN'S THREATS
TO COMMIT SUICIDE ,
STOP MURDER TRIAL
.' ' (Joernal Special ierTlee.) .
Chicago, Jnue 12 The threat of four
children to eommlt suicide if compelled
by order of court to testify against their
father, on trial for the murder ot his
sen, was the .sentimental development
that caused another adjournment Jo be
taken in the caaa of Job h Gross before
Judge Kavanngh in thai criminal court.
The blocking of a murder case be
THAT
OFFICIAL
AS WITNESS
ReDroaches Ruef
the money Z received from the French
restaurants, but told him what I had
rebel ved - from the French restaurants
and that I wanted to give him $2,600 in
currency. I told blm I would be very
glad If he would take It"
"Did you give him anytmoney In Jan
uary or February. 106T" The defense
objected, but was overruled. Ruef was
very nervous.
"I cannot state whether It was in Jan
uary or February, but about that time
I gave him $1,600- X told him the French
restaurants had paid a second Install
ment and said It was $1,000 short this
time.". - . - ,
' Rchmlts leaned far back in his chair
and stared at Ruef. Ruef said he did
not have positive recollection of giving
Schmits . any more money about that
time, but believed he gave him $260. half
of the sum paid Ruef. by Camllle Mall
hebau, one of the restauraters. The de
fense then took the witness, '
Ruef admitted thoroughly tftlkln over
the evidence with Burns Monday nigh U
In reply : to the questions ne saia ne
was under Indictment but did not know
how many times. JHe admitted then that
his chief guard, Foley, was in the m
nlnv at Rnrtolnh Bnreckels. He sale
Burns frequently took htm - to Heney's
office, anil before he entered -a plea of
guilty Bums .frequently, wone nim up
at nignur tjurn, ne aaiu, iuiu iimi ii
he made an ODPn statement In court-he
would do , His oesi to - secure jeniency
for him. . . ' '
Th former boss denied that he n-
nliNul nno tlrri that If he rave testi
mony there were many facts he would
refuse to give testimony In against
Mayor Schmits. He said if he did
testify many facts would be In favor of
the mayor. He admitted he made a com
plete confession to Heney, Langdon and
Burns and declared with much emphasis
that all he told today was the truth,
and thai he expected the prosecution to
carry out Its promise to secure le.lnency
for him.
u Ruef was -taken from his prison house
on Fillmore street by Detective Burns
last night snd held for the entire even
ing in hiding by the leaders of . the
prosecution,
. At 7:80 . o'clock Ruef was spirited
away in an automobile by Burns. The
dls&Dnearance of the detective and his
prisoner was me suDjeci or mysterious
evasion by guards In Burns' employ.
No one was allowed In the house during
his absence a,nd to queries as to the
(Continued on Page Two.)
Termlnai Yards by Burly
Viitim With I qitta nirL-
the Dark.,
Harvey complied with the stranger's
demand and the fellow started to walk
with him.
- In response to an inquiry Harvey In
formed the man that he recently came
to Portland from Kansas City and was
empioyea nere on tne waterrront..
''Kansas City is i a good town.T said
the- negrof . T was, there once myself.
But you. - you,-' are no , rood
and I'll fix you," and drawing a- large
dirk with a rasor edge, the thug startad
to clash ' his victim. The, first knife
thrust struck Harvey on the left side
of the head and almost completely sev
ered the lobe of his ear. 3 : f
The murderous negr wielded his
knife with maniacal frency, and binder
the savage onslaught Harvey ffell to
the ground. Fortunately . none ' of the
ntpwa struck, any vital spot. : but the
longsnoreman's coat waa cut in a aosen
plaoea. .. M-- :-.-?.,"..
'(For some unknown r reason- the thUg
desisted In his murderous ; work and
quickly disappeared ' In the darkness.
Tightly holding his ear In order not to
lose the severed portion, Harvey mad
his way to Third and Olisan streets and
boarded a car, for police headquarters. ,
cause ot the refusal of the state's witnesses-to
testify against the defendant
is unparalleled in Chicago. .
( A remarkable court scene followed the
declaration of little Mary Gross today
that she .would end her 'life f com
pelled to take the witness-Btand. -
"I'll drown myself in the lake If you
make me turn-against my father, . she
sobbed. 'Her declaration was the signal
for an outburst 'Of grief on the part of
the Ave members of the Gross family.
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teUVP-T1" V.F?J. -1WH
PRIZE FOR
noun PEAKS
TODLAZEAT NIGHT
Spectacular Feature Has
Been Definitely Deter
' mined; Upon. .
Zn no other city In the United States
is It possible to witness -the spectacu
lar and inspiring scene ' of the simul
taneous Illumination of - three, snow
capped peaks. Such distinction 'Is re
served to the residents of this 'favored
city, who on the night of July i"r will
have the opportunity " of Seeing red,
white and, blue flames spurt from, the
gray, old sentinels Hood, ; St. Helens
and Adams. ,
i At the meeting of the general, cele
bration committee last night the ques
tion of Illuminating Jhe mountain peaks
was discussed at --length, W, M. Kill
ingsworth,--who first conceived the Idea,
insistea mat it wouia prove tne princi
pal feature of the celebration and -that
It would accomplish much In ad vert Is-
il feature of the celebration and -that
I nr Portland abroad. - The committee
finally adopted Mr.- KOllngsworth's plan
and appropriated $800 to meet the .ex
penses of the illumination. - - '
The general committee selected Judge
Stephen . A. .Lowell ' -of Pendleton - as
orator of the dy. . A telegram was at
once sent to Judge Lowell, . apprising
him ; of : his selection, and an . answer
' (Continued., on Page Two.)
IMPRESSIVE STONE MAYING
Commercial Club Exercises Attended by Vast Crowds-Ceremony Carried With It AIL
Tl . the Splendor and Pomp of the . Masonic Bitual Parade Preceded the
; : " .. T ' .' Ceremony.
With fit ting pomp and tha solemnity
of Masonlo ritual- the cornerstone - of
the Commercial Club building,' now un
der course of construction at Fifth and
Oajt h streets, was ; laid.' this afternoon.
Speeches- outlining: the history of the
club f rbl r its inception through the
early years Of its work up to the pres
ent time," other addresses showing the
Interest of the state and the city in the
organisation, .were made by. men who
labored with the club and assisted in
Its upbuilding. .
A large crowd witnessed the impres
t:lv rites of the. Masonlo order as ad
ministered by Grand Master W.,T. WJ
llumson, Grand Chaplain J. R.N.ell
and other officers. .' : :
j Members of the Masonlo lodges, mem
bers of. the Portland Commercial club
and citiaons of Portland generally xala-
Official hose of Portland
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GOLD BUTTON FOR
THEP0RTLANDR0SE
Inslgnto to B Worked In Pink and
, :. Green Enamel -Plans for
Carnival.
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, - The most valuable prise in( time to
come will be given by the rose , show
and fiesta- for the finest' dosen of
"Portland roses." This priss , Is ' the
first ' -"Portland Rose" Insignia worked
in pure gold and pink and green enamel
in the shape of a button. If present
plans carry v through ; this buttorTTwlll
In a few years' become almost price
less. It will be worth Us weight in
diamonds as being the first ''Portland
Rose" button in existence, and given
as . the prise for the finest dosen of
Portland ' roses" ' grown In i the Rose
City of the world.'
. 'The Portland Rose"! This is '"the
expression that will soon be a household
word all over America. " v-The plan
of the Rose Show and - Fiesta Is, to
adopt 1 one ; rOBe . that shall' above all
others for all time become ; known to
the whole - world as ."The Portland
rose." ;- - ' " '- - ;
The -"Caroline Testout" has been
adopted as the flower to be crowned as
the queen rose of the Rose City of the
world. This - magnificent flower is
grown in Portland more than any other,
Ft blooms from.i early spring till" late
fall, it is hardy and prolific, and keeps
fresh long after beln cut "The Port
land rose" is a regal beauty, with deli-
(Continued on Page Three.)
gled in, the street listening to the ex
erclses-and the addresses made by the
club members. . ,. - . v .-.
, : Paraded . the Streets.
At S o'clock the members of - the
club, the officers and the board of gov
ernors met at the clubrooms at Sixth
and Alder streets ready for the pro
cession to the site of the new building.
The representatives of the Masonic
lodge, which had charge Of the corner
stone laying. - met at the temple on
Third ' and Alder streets . and marched
up Third, to Morrison, up Morrison to
Sixth and down Sixth to Oak. Turning
here they passed to Fifth and Oak, the
site Of the new- building.; As the Ma
sons passed the' quarters of the Com
mercial club at Sixth and Alder the
members-of the club fell-In with the
procession and followed It to the place
where' the exercises were to be held.
Arrived at the site of the new build
ing. Grand Master-Williamson and bis
CrowiiedO
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WERLEin VJILL
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City Treasurer Wagers He
Can Win Mile Foot Iac0
4 Against Heavyweight.
Having shown his ability aa a runner
in polltloal races by polling a larger vote
than any other candidate' at the city
election. City Treasurer X- EL' Werleln
will defend his laurels In foot racing,
and has staked $10 that he will win la
a mile race from a man weighing' 240
pounds. Mr. Werlein's corpulent oppon
ent will be J.- Frank Porter,., the real
estate dealer.
- Yesterday, evening on an - out-bound
Woodstock ear, Mr. Werleln and ex-8her-
lrr Tom- word, sat- togetner ana ois
cussed the recent election. The conver
sation turned from political races to foot
races and Mr. Werleln stated modestly
that, he at one time had been a first-
class runner and was still able to sprint
a few stepa - -,'y- ' " ,----',-':;,-
, "Pshaw!" said Word. '"There is a man
out here in Woodstock who weighs 240
pounds- who' can beat you any distance
"I'm not so sure of that" replied the
Cltv treasurer.' "I can make fair time In
a-, footrace. I doubt-If your man can
beat me." . (
"Well, l never-saw nim mn" replied
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assistant at once took charge of the
ceremonies and followed out the beauti
ful rites of the order. The Invocation
was delivered by Grand Chaplain Hell.
Club Took Charge.
Following the Masonlo ritual the com
mercial club took charge of the remainder-
of the program., Theodore B. Wil
cox, chairman of the executive commit
tee and a member of the building asso
ciation, made a short address In behalf
of the building association. , He told of
the inception of the home building Idea
In the club. - He spoke of the homeless
condition-of the club following the fire
of a year ago and the determination of
the members to have a permanent place
of abode. : : He - then related - how the
campaign was carried out : and spoke
words, or praise ror tnose wno assisted
bhh with large and -small stock sub-
scrintlona toward raisins the t money
necessary for .the construction ot the
DOZENIROSES
DEFEND
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ASSASSINS FtJRFJfTURE
TALE STILL TRDSIffl
Efforts of Defense to Involve
Orchard in Contradictions
x'Eesult ! FriiitlesslyPris-
oner Admits Selling Fake
v Life Insurance.
Confessed Murderer , Makes
No Attempt to Spare Ilim
self and Does Not Pose as
Bad Man Glorjing ihxllis
.Crimes.
(By Hugh O'Neill. Special Commissioner
Denver Post and Oregon Journal.) .
Boise,. Ida., June XI. -Heavy rains fell
In Boise City last night and today,
washing the city clean. The air was
fragrant with the scent of wet verdure.
The sidewalks of State street. where
the courthouse stands, were awash with
the drippings from the elm trees that
overhang them In large green arches.
The big rose trees around the court
house lawn "were glistening with rain
drops. " The old world ws sweet with
the scent of the rosea It seemed a
lace and" a morning for- a wedding
reakfast, or a feast to returned heroes.
The scent of the good, brown earth
wss a thing to breathe. Kin seemed a
vain thing and a folly. The land seemedj ""rS'i iJ- Jul FZhnr. JSi f
breathimr fceacan aood'Wiir. and upTten"v-ho navepleaded gunfy and. paid
breathing' teacw an good will, and up
stairs, inside the dull courtroom, sitting
In the high chair, still dressed In the
gray suit, still wearing tne oiacx tie,
till Inscrutable.- Harry . Orchard . sits
again telling the unbelievable story of
his crimes under cross-examination oy
Richardson of counsel for the defense.
and the story he told originally to Haw
ley h is telling to Richardson .with
greater care and elaboration. ,
: Does Vot' Spars Himself.
It la peculiar to Orchard that he at
tempts to spare himself in no way. He
does not pose as a bad man glorying in
his crimes. He does not wear the man
tel of a penitent walking publicly in
sackcloth for his sins. He does not
walk through his bitter : past moaning
as the lepers did, through muffled
mouth-bands, "Unclean, unclean." He
sits upright -in his nigh chair, looking
Klcnaraion square - ana-vieanessiy .. Be
tween the eyes, answering his sonorous
questions quietly, puisled a little ap
parently at . ine . teai
llous irrelevancy of
It ail.
Fnr tha first hour this mornine he
told Richardson over and over again of
his experience in writing -iaae" nan
Insurance with farmers in April. 1905.
Richardson became particular as to sec
onds, minutes, hours. He wanted Or
chard to agree with him as to the accu
racy of a mental calculation concern-
; (Continued n Page. Two.)
SIGLE
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Teal Questions in Joint Bate Hearing Disclose Exist-
ence of Combine in Washington Beckman Says Or-,
egon Railroad Sj'stem Has Plenty of Cars. ,
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nr.-hin.ton. v Juno . ItIntimations
art v An In tha nroceedlngs in the inter
state commerce commission
Ing a through Joint rat via Portland
from western Washington to middle
west points are that the interveners may
bring' out:faots bearing on the alleged
trust of th shlngls milts .of Washing
ton, QuesUonS asked by X N., Teal of
wltn-asea for the Wasnington mu men
Indicate, that when the Washington pe
titioners have finished their introduc
tion of testimony an attempt Will be
made to prove that-the shingle mills of
Washington afe under the absolute con
trol of the shingle mills bureau which
limits ths production at times, then per
mits the mills to start again,' creating
uncertain . conditions . as , to . transporta
tion. - -.--.;,. ' "'.Q-'
Victor Beekman, secretary of the Pa
clflo Coast Lumber Manufacturers' as
sociation. Intimated that there had been
a shortage of railroad equipment , in
Oregon and said he had been told by
some Oregon ' millmen it was not true
that there had been a car shortage in
GIVEN $6,000
FCR TELLING PATIENT
TO STOP SMOKING
"-t;-?,':;-: (Jeurnal Bpcll Berries.)
Chicago, Juna - 1$. -"Stop smoking"
was the terse prescription for- which a
Chicago physician, collected a fe of
$8,000, the UrgeafTprice ever paid for
such a minimum of medical advice. This
ease ls an answer to Pr. W. A. Evans,
Chicago's health commissioner, to an Il
linois pusRle, "is tobacco injurious ;
When advoc&ua of the non-injurious
Twenty Todajr Entered Pleas
of Guilty to Charges Made
" in the Indictment Before
' Judge; Wolverton in th
United States Court.
All Who Have So Far Paid
iPenaltyy lt Is Said,: Will
Be Used as Witnesses in
Prosecution of the Other
Members of the Combine.
Three, more members of the North
west Furniture exohango and 1? mem
bers of the , smaller organisations corn
prising the furniture . trust, entered
pleas of guilty before Judge Charles '
EL Wolverton in the United States dis- '
trlct court this morning and were fined
$26 in some cases, and the seeond-hand -dealers
were assessed $10. -. ,
; This makes 40 members .of the trust
who -have pleaded guilty and, Assistant
United States Attorney James Cols ;
stated - this morning that many more
would be' in court tomorrow to' enter
pleas. He is, weeding out the smaller
fry as rapidly ss possible, so aa to nar
row down to the big people who are s
their flnes win Be usea as witnesses '
a mmmi iuo iai oi u osmau' uo4ci '
Oovernment Boors Again. 1
The action of X: Ruvensky. Herman .
Metsger. both of Portland, and the Che
halls Manufacturing company of Che- .
halls,- Washington, all members of the)
Northwest Furniture-exchange, in plead
ing guilty marks another victory for
the government in its prosecution
against ' the trust. , The furniture ex
change la regarded as the parent or- .
ganizatlon of the trust and amona- its
membership will be directed the heav- .
lest guna of the government when the
men whom Mr., cole resarda as the
chief factorslin promulgating the com
bination come up fop trial,
. The more members of . the exchange -who
plead guilty and appear as wit
nesses against the trust prior to the
coming legal battle the easier the con
, Lawyer Frank F. Freeman, assistant
secretary of the Northwest Furniture
ex-shnnae and secretary of the Oreron
Retailers' Furniture association, - was
much in evidence In court this mornlnsr -
and presented the names of a number
of hlB clients for appearance for July
10. Five of Mr. Freeman's clients evi
dently did not agree with him upon the '
Broceaure ne mapped out ror them, for
ley stepped, up to the bench and. en-. -
(Continued on Page Two.)
the lumber trade here.
It ia apparent
that the Washington millmen will strive
to establish that there la
cars and engines on the Harrlman lines
In Oregon which could be used In trans
portating Washington mills' forest
products, when pressed to a question
such as:
"Is it not true that you know thera
has been a car shortage on the Harrl
man lines in Oregon T' the answer by ths
Washington witness has been: - -
"I don't know that there has been;
Beekman ; cited an offer - - of Genern I
Freight Agent Miller of the O. R. ft N.
ef 241 cars andJtl engines at one time
for Washington lumber as proof that
the Orea-on mills had not suffered from
car shortage.-: ;.." "v. ,-. -.v -:. -
JBecKman. ror' tn washinrton mills.
explained several embargoes which the
Hill roads declared, refusine to recelva
any lumber tor shipment." He saw Pres
ident Elliott ox me Aoruiern racifio.
who asserted that no permanent relief
In the car shortage was In sight for -two
years until the north bank road
was built and improvement made in ths
Montana lines. -.- :, -;.' - . ...
(Continued On Pag Two.)
theory attempt to scuttle the new ant!
cigarette law. Miss Lucy Page O-''
and other enthusiasts will see t it- .
the man who paid $s,00o t
ewer in a loud voice.
I'r. Charles IL ltncksr-1 lit1-!'
who reretvt the un i . , . i
fused tonight to fi !.-;.,-.. -patient,
who Is l'' ; :
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