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iii Tim MERCIIAIIT Who b -too Journal Circulation k"sy to adverUsg." wont be' very long I , v- ,; h ;; , 7 Was, The Weather Fair " tonight; Bat- urday, fair and warmer. . " '.t J, i' 7 VOL. ;; VI. NO. v8$.V.r ; : '0 t'-M PORTLAND, OREGON, FRID A V EVENiNO, - JUNE 14, 1907. TWENTY PAGES.' 'fy-1 ; PRICE TWO ': CENTS. ' 1 1 TO ASMS WW WW IW M MURDERER'S STORY OF POISON , AND BOMB CORROBORATED BY WITNESSES mm A EY i u HAYWOOD i.j .STEVE ADAMS, WOSE STOEY MAY HANG : OE SAVE HAYWOOD 1 Defendant Has Second Wind 'V i; and Braces Up When Mes r sages Are Eeceived From i supporters All Depends 1 t on Story Adams Will TcH Bradley.Eefnses to Appear as . Witness for StateTried i to? Conceal v From Family Efforts to Slay Him Let ter From Pettibone. 7" ' ' ' B Hush O'NellL' (Special Coromlniifbnr for thXnTr ' jrosi ana urejon journu.; Bolsi Idaho, Jun U.vMan la greffarloua anlmaLt Th yrt"i Fed eration of Minor U la ion In Den ver and men and many mdaaga rach William D. . Haywood, tha maater mind and dlrectinr hand - of : that oraanlaa- tlon, er In , Imprisonment, and ha ' ahowa ..the affect: ' . Tan . 4aya aao . hla friends . t earedf a breakdown. : foday he nter court aaaln with that prinry atep .that remmuea one of a prfaeflKhter toeing the mark. How lona will tlila last no one knows, but hl friends say tht be naa got bis "second wind' and wiU wm through 'ilka on iihaulll do- who has the blood of revolutlonarr sires Itt his veins. ' " it was well; nevertheless, that the Denver 'convention should hsra been in iseasloif In tha bowa when Orchard w on the witness stand telling again to tne jury that record of rime that mvoivea ine three men, charged with conspiracy. . Bob of Quaker ;varantav Orchard, son of Quaker parents, la in the penitentiary, tbe Helenas claims 7 - ; 1 yyi:?; .. - i i -Mm if t,yi m .? . OK imiR ur num an ''honored a-uest." hopeful for the fu 'l.i3AJrSJl hai.Qpua: J.H. BowlsbyofNofth'.Berid ner n crime, ls-oownauura in uib tuum; Jail, an .enigma to prosecution and the I se, making no proien 10 intun i although several nooses . dangle defense about his head. " neither claiming re-1 llglon nor caring an hours freeaom whether Haywood ' hangs or escapes. Mrs. Steve Adams will be the final dlc t&tnr .whether or not tha bullet-headed. loosiVjbinted terror of Colorado's mining I Fatally - Wounds LCIeve Jennings at AstoriaT (Special Dltpateh te'The Joe nut L) . . , . Asterta, Or June 14. J. H Bdwlsby. ramps shall appear ror me aeienaani. i u unmriMtr 01 nurin xwimi. vmuu, He la evidently danger blind. t- . -1 at r o'clock this morning shot Cleva alL"d7berety ,Vn"viromeStng Jennlngaged 2J. also of North Bend, played out Orchard goea back in fancy through, the body with a 4-callber;,ra- fn hi time of distress to hla Quaker volver, InfllcUng a wound that wlU home, and the Denver detective, waiting prove fatal - the psychological moment unravels the The f fray occurred on the steamer story of the Western Federation of 'Alliance, from Portland by way of Coos Minora and Its connection with tha party bay. while moored at the Callender f unrest In Colorado. dock. ' . la Baa rrenelaeo. The bullet passed entirely through . - -..jTrfcTii,.' Jennings' body. He .was immediately - has hittJrh7 taken to the hospital and operated upon, from Colorado to Ban Francisco With d,. rlton. the hospital surgeon, states Jha d?matJ- Jf.J?,l thst he cannot Uye the day.out' which h defense falls to expedite tne Bowlsby was at-once arrested and Krosecntlon picked on the Bradley pole- takw , t0 the county jail. He claims ned milk episode as the one to follow jnntnge ' was'' the cause -of hi wife's the Orchard revelation. And the testl- leaving hlm-and ooming to, Astoria, mony was presented with a deftness MrB gowlaby has two brothers living that Belasco could not have bettered, here. 7 Housemaid, dairyman, chemist Jolly I , Bowlsby and Jennings had threatened cwibb irowirmii, iui.n, , tj i tacn otner. 10 aui on siKni. j. by the golden gate, appeared and dlsap-l The Bowlsbys have two children, i seared. and Borah, saving of every word, I daus-hter of 18 and aaon of it Th .brought out the terrible story with daughter is a member of the North hi. I, m i , m.. , , i gen( , High school class that is to tconunuea on ge two.; 'graduate tbla evening. . . irinrniA nnnn HUM. MS 6010111 STEPS Bertha Lerch' Arrested-With Wealthy C!oos ; Bay . lum berman and Is'Fined. DIVORCED 1 A Nellie E. Briggs Informed Court5 Her Husband Sold Her Property to Go to Mexico to Join Eed Colony ; ; Seven utners secure freedom. 7 That her husband was an anarchist and old her property In order to go to Mex ico and Join " an anarchist colony at Toloban, where the remaining, money was contributed to a cooperative scheme, was testified to by Mrs. Nellie H' Brlgge before Judge Cleland In the ClrcnVk court this morning In- seeking a from George H. Brlggs. .The MiMMtl,. Al.tt 1aiA aftttr jiKAi.t IS months, said Mra Brlggs, and there was barely enough of her money left to bring them back to Oregon, The trip to Mexico was made In the summer of .Vot Crood Xsoagh for wItw, In June, ,l02, testified Mrs. Brlggs. her husband deserted , her,' saying she was , not good enough for, him to live wun, ana remained away until last fall, when he returned andjtold her he woul j let her return to Mm If she would be some a- Spiritualist and be a medium. Brlggs said he had returned because the spirits ad told him the time was ripe iv return. , , , ,' , r ,. . . : ;r ,.. ' Continued on Page Eight) ; BLIND MANIGHOBEN OKLAHOMA'SfSENMniMR -y (ennui Special Berrlee.) . '. ; r s Enid. Okla., June 14. T. P. Oore. who has been nominated by the' Democrat of Oklahoma for United States Senator, which action Is equivalent to election, as the new state is strongly Democratic, has -been blind since he was li years old, when he accidentally shot his rtgnt eye out with an arrow gun. At that . time, he ws a page in the Mississippi senate.-'Three years before a playmate, while in a boyish paaaion, had blinded his left eye--with a stone. -Oore. whrt has a marvelous memory, has won laurels In "politics and law. .A page at 11, a nominee for the legislature at J9, populist elector-at-large in Ml. Isslppl three years later, unanimously selected in 1900 for congressional, standard-bearer by the same party in Texas while" absent in" South Dakota speaking for -the' fusion ticket. - Such Is the po litical history of .Thomas Pryor Gore. But slways he was defeated.' He has never held office since he was a page in the Mississippi senate.--. . E. S. Oordon,' the wealthy tlmberman from Cooa county, and' Bertha K. Lerch. who la iald to have lured the1 old man almost to his financial destruction, were arrested on the charge of drunkenness at' an early ' hour ' this morning and lodged at ' police headquarters. They were taken In custody, la the ; vicinity ofxSlrth and Everett streets. . In police court this morning Oordon himself was permitted to depart with out the formality, of - a trial. The woman, however, was held, found guilty and fined $6. Oordon claims that he is relentlessly; pursued , by. the . Woman, from" whom he is unable to escape. Those who have followed the strange case,, however, ' declare that he1 is still madly infatuated with ner..- h i Recentir oordon nrouant suit in ore- fron City to quiet titles to his .property nterests. alleging that - she Interfered -with- his -business- by. appearing before prospective purchasers and' - asserting her claims to an interest in .tne prop erty. She once-procured, A- .t'dummy" whom she married at Vancouver, W sh in rt oil,, under the name of K. S. Oordbn. -The woman.' Is. well - remembered in Portland, for she has created numerous sensations here. At one time She was arrested at the Portland hotel., where what was said to have been a complete counterfeiting outfit . was found among her possessions. 1 -;-" . The pair were arrested by Patrolman Evans last night at the Mount Hood hotel. Sixth and Everett streets. - . i H TO CLOSE UP Hotel Men Get Opinioh From City Attorney McNary ; That Their Bars jray, Be Kept Open Entire. Day on Sunday. , Provision in the Charter De clares ; That Law Govern ing. County: Does -Not Ap ply to the Dispensation of Liquor Within 4he City. PEIONEES WIVES AT JAIL " U :WHEEE HUSBANDS AEE HELD f i ii ii in i mil in nil pi Kins jm im wu 'fi" ,y-nw-wvyy 'S-a';Pl ' 7(?l , fiS:Js i.u i I-Arr. I ! 7.:. - "- - v . rj.: - y , i ri 1111114 Portland hotel . men have , asked the opinion, of .City -Attorney McNary re garding the application , of the Sunday closing law to' Portland and the city at torney haa stated in1 a letter to them that bla opinion la that the state law does not apply to the city of Portland. ; This request and the opinion of the city attorney" adverse to the action of District Attorney Manning seema to In aicate taat tne hotel men win make a teat case of the law Sunday next by re fusing, to comply with: Mr, Manning" injunction -against, serving ' wine- or Hquorirtarthe dlnlng-Homa. The man agement of the Imperial hotel and of uie Oregon bave taken the stand that they -will obey the law as Interpreted oj mr. saanning ana wiir maxe no It tempt to serve llduer on Sundav. It is thou ah t. however, that either ha Portland, .the Perkins or -the Belvodara win continue tneir -present policy and take the Question into the courts. Th. letter written by the hotel men and the answer or tne city attorney are aa fol lowa: ... Portlands Or.. June 11. L A UiiHin City Attorney, Portland, Or. Dear Sir: Through the columns of the dally press, we have recently been advised that John Manning, district attorney of Multno mah county, has issued an order closing all places wherein liquor la sold on Sun day. We note that Mr. Manning quotes a certain section, of the law of this state. .'......' we nave rone to considerable troiibu to Investigate this matter and find that the present city charter was enacted by a vote of the electora of the citv of Port. land In June, 1901, and on page 11, para graph No. 48 of this charter, appears ill luuuwuii; 'No srovlsloh of the law mnMmln, the sale or disposition of any spirituous, vinous, fermented or malted liquors in Multnomah count, shall apply to the sale or disposition of same In tha citv of Portland.' We therefore ask vour onlnlnn mm t whether the district attorney , has power to close the drinking places of this city uii ouiiuay us iiq nun oraarro aont "We are not specifically engaged in ine saie or liquors, nut the hotel busi ness, and we are merely handling liquors as a necessary adjunct to our business. We wish to abide thoroughly by the provisions of the law governing this matter, but we do not wish to deny- re- ireBiimoni iv our guests unless me law so provides. "Ii. C. BOWERS, t "IMPERIAL HOTEL CO.. "HOTEL, OREGON, "M. C. Dickinson, Mgr. "HOTEL, BELVEDERE. P "Theo. Kruse. Proprietor, "HOTEL. PERKINS. ,".B chM- McOrath." Mr. McNary replied as follows: r"Dear Sirs: I am ln receipt of your letter, dated June 1$, in which you ouote from the charter of the city of Portland on the subject of the law ap plicable to the sale or disposition of liquors, and ask whether or not the of ficials "of "Multnomah county have ? , r x 7 yt . - :frhrrr4 nrtT.'.-i ,, v. I -;y 1IZ . " ' " '''' ' ( PRIIJER Judge Dunne Denies Con victed Mayor's Application for Eelease on Bail Dis-' trict Attorney to' Consider Official Only as Individual ',-) Conviction Opens Way to Po lice Eeform in San Fran cisco Schmitz Unable to Perform' Duties-Finahce Committee Chairman Acta UBS. STEV19 .ADAM? ON THE LE FT,' MRS,. PETTIBONE ' ON ftICJIT. CALLS - MPIHl'S ALLY John O'Neill Declares: That Wearing Eed ecktie, Will Not Aid. Socialists. (Josmal Special Berries.) ' Denver, June 14. The ' miners eon. ventlon listened j to the ' opening battle gun between the two, winge of Social ists." The indications are that tne uo- clallsts are In the minority and that their faction will withdraw from' the Industrial Workers of the World. Dele gate John ONelll. In his .report de nounced Daniel De Leon as t ''Har stung serpent" and an "ally of eapltal i.n.' tn r.nnrttnr his - answer to the charge that Victor Berger of Milwaukee had conspired to out De Leon from the Industrial Workers of the World. O'Neill said that "wearing a red-necktie and shouting I'm a revolutionist will never drive the capitalists to the cyclone cellar or throw off the bondage of slavery." " Organiser Petrlell of the Iron mines of Minnesota , reported inhuman oondl tlons there. . , MOFFAT SAYS HE WAS FEIENDLY AVITH UNION PORE Fffifi (Continued on Page Two.) (Joaroal Special Serriee.) Denver, June 14. Banker David Moffat who was named by Harry. Or chard as one of the Intended bomb vie time, has Just returned 'from ths east He says he can not understand why he marked hv the federation, as it has I hla h.nlr and hM has klwavi ii.uu. ; . . i ,.. ....... -- -- f ;. Deen- menaiy to me orgauuBiwn. CARRIERS WILL TAKE CENSUS Ex-Senator Mulkey. Agitat ing Move, for Postal "Men "to Learn Population. ' A letter carriers' censua of: the pop. ulatton of Portland is. being, agitated by a number of Portland business' men and m?ail probability;- yfttl. be .unfiertaken . by Postmaster Mlnto if he ' finds -that the department will not placet-objection in the way of the, movement and if It aoee noti Interfere with ' thedeliyefV aervice 6f the clty. ' -I. s-irT '..- That Portland haa a much larger fcop4 ulatlon than is khown ' byj the off lelal census la conceded on every hand.;; It la lrv common, talk' smdnr' tha tostal employes that the Portland carriers' In dividually are delivering' ' mall to a larger number of people than is the case in any other city In the United States, It- la belnar arrued - therefore, that such a censua would serve the two-fold pur pose of more correctly ascertaining' the population of 'Portland snd at the same time showing that the Portland carrier force Is doing; more work than, that of any other clty.. ' ' - - Ex-senator Frederick W. Mulkey is an enthusiastic promoter of the carriers' censua He calls uo the experience -of Tacoma. where the carriers compiled an accurate and complete , census of that city in four weeks'- time, vttlscevertng that the real nopulatlon of the citv was something Uke i.Ou more thaa tb fiUf-i ten . p -i' V':JCV" :-'" ' t ; 1 1 11 m "? i Ex-Senator .F. W. MulKey.' ' ' ;; urea given by the official census. Mr. Mulkey states that he is willing to aid the, Dlan in any war bonslble and that he wlU head a aubacrlptioa to meet the Plan Was Becently Carried Out in Tacoma With at - isfactory Eesults. 1 , expenses of the work, If there ahould be extra expense Incurred." - Postmaster Mlnto-states that he has already been considering the plan for some time ana tnat ir ne rinas it xeas- lble and -not contrary to the policy 01 the deDartment He win oe giaa to co ocerate in the work and to- direct it. ' . It Is the intention of Mr. Mlnto to take tha Question no with the office at Tacoma and rina irom mere in meinou nuraued . bv that office in taking the census of that city. He will ask the Tacoma postmaster all of the details of the census-taking,, what the expense was. how the carriers proceeded. whether or not It Interfered In any way with the regular-discharge of their du ties snd whether the sanction of the de- rartment at ; Washington waa secured. t the result of his inquiries is favor able he will tn all probability order that the Portland carrlera begin the compila tion. of the city's population. ' ; . - It Is believed the carriers would be hie to nther a verv fatr and con servative estimate of the city's population- .-They -cover every-portion of the city end would be able to- note practic ally every person resident here. It is estimated that the-work could be done within two months at the outside and that once It was completed the result would be more nearly the real popula tion. of the city than any previous cen sus. joiiiEDeirriiw Mrs. Palmer and Infant At tended by Eetinue of Ser vants Arrive in City. . Mrs. Honors Palmer .of Chicago, In fant child, maid and five servants, to gether, with IS trunks, oodles of hand luggage and necessary ; paraphernalia for housekeeping, . are at the Portland hotel,', where they were . met by Mr. Palmer. The party will leave in a day or two for Eugene, . where ' they have taken the E. C. Smith residence for the summer. , .. Mr. Palmer la the wealthy eon of the late Potter Palmer of Chicago. He haa come into, the Oregon, .country In the paat six months after carefully looking over Seattle and surrounding territory and decided to engage In the timber in dustry. To that effect he has set up an office at' Eugene. Is negotaltlng for savsral. hundred million feet of Oregon lumber, and has laid out plane for a model city that promises to outclass anything In the model city 'line ever turned out bv the Pullmans. Cudahvs and other wealthy. Chlcagoans who were looking for a place to spend money. (Jeeraal Ivettal Serriee.) San Francisco. June 14.- Judge Dunne) thle morning denied Schmtta'a applica tion for release on ball. and. remanded him into' custody until tomorrow, when the prisoner's attorneys claim .they wilt show sufficient cause for the granting of bail Schmlts claimed that as chief executive of the city, it was absolutely necessary that he have liberty 1H order to conduct the business that, comes be fore him. He will appear or sentence Jine it. . ' -, . i . With the opening of court Attorney Campbell made a formal request to Dis- . trict Attorney Langdon to agree with, him that Schmlts be admitted to bill pending, an appeal for a new trlaU ' Langdon, however, was not of the same mind aa Campbell. He said that the state would resist the motion. The fact -of -the mayor's official position didn't alter Langdon's stand. "I don't consider the prisoner here aa the-mayor of San Francisco, but aa Eu ?ene Schmlts. - I aee no proper reason or ball being granted." - . Campbell then stated that he would. make a showing tomorrow to secure bail for his client Schmlts was then left la custody of a deputy. . - - 'The conviction -of Mayor ? Schmlts -opens the wsy to reform In the police department which la In a deplorable condition. , Francis J. Heney said thla morning: '. , As a result or tne - conviction- oc Mayor- Schmlts. which means that he must be confined in JalL be will be un- able to perform the duties of that of fice, the chairman of the finance com mittee of the board of supervisors will be acting mayor. Under the law a con vlcted person- must be confined tn Jail unless a court of competent Jurisdiction . declares that such Imprisonment la sol injurious to nis neaitn that he should be liberated.- i Under no other circum stances could he secure admission to , bail." .- .- - With his conviction Eugene a Schmlts becomes mayor In name onlv. Though unable to perform the duties of his of lice under tne law or California, -Schmlts still retains his office. A few , years ago, through the Influence of the corporate interests, a . law was placed upon the-statute books of the state that a convicted . person could not be ousted from office until such conviction .- ha -been upheld by a higher court - . j -; : . ' WIS Try to Xold Ottleair "Although every Influence has been brought to bear upon Schmlts and hla attorneys, they have ateadfaatly refused to consider the suggestion., that tha mayor resign.. Even though convicted - (Continued on Page Two.) FIVE MILLION ROSES NEEDED Fiesta Parade Will Be at Least Two Miles Long " and , Neighboring Towns Are , Asked to Help Supply! Gar-, , lands for Decorating Automobiles and Floats. r For once in her existence Portland Is short of rosea It - Is estimated by George L. Hutchlns, manager of the rose show and fiesta, that at least 1,000,- 000 roses are needed and that 5,000,000 could be used It they could be obtained. The plans.of the fiesta management can hardly keep up with the demand tor entries, especially Jn the' rose parade on Friday. Tha moat that was hoped for a week ago was a column two miles long.- today -enough -entries of rose -decorated floats, carriages- and automobiles i 1 1 i 1 i .i in ; j. , I ii' i.. in.. have- been made, even from clttee out side of Portland, to, make a solid double column, . two abreast, . over two miles long. "t- To the surprise of the fiesta people entries have been made from Tacoma, Seattle and one from aa far away as San Francisco. But the demand from these enthusiastic! friends from afar 1 for flowers. "Can Portland, furnish us the roses?' they all ask, as it la not practical to ship the floats and auto mobiles Tleeorated beforehand. . Every rose within a hundred miles of (Continued on Page-Eight)- TELEGRAPHERS READY TO STRIKE AT ONCE " ; Uooraal BpKbl fervtoe.) 'i. Yyy New Tork, .June 14. the -NaUonal Clvie Federation's effort to bring about a conference' between the telegraph com panlea and the complaining operators having failed. President Samuel J. Small of the .Commercial Telegraphers' union of America has -wired a message to 131 suDoramate unions - advising mem to prepare for a strike. The locals la San Francisco. Houston and Chicago have sent replies urging immediate action and stating that they, were ready to strike at moment's notice Jacob Schiff. the only director of the Western Union who responded to the Civto Federation's plea for a conference, said there waa nothing to , arbitrate. President Small, and the executive com mittee have issued a statement saying they have reason to believe the Wnin , Union, and Postal"-have combined I i fight the union as well se to lnr--, rates and curtail the number of limn , offices' in large cttlea. "The treatment accorded, the en' - , of both companies in thtir la-tit . la brutaV tiX aJatit