S7ATCH;...FqiV 1 1 i2 i'I "-.his Xssns of The Sunday Journal " Comprises '.'.-- j '. ' v'' ' 5 Sections -T-5 2 Pages Journal Circulation' ( .1 ) " ; w a J II sWV I - The - Weather Tartly;. r cloudy; warmer; little. If any, rain.' V . V J . VOL. IV. " N9. 11 1 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE '16 1907. ,.5 .PRICE FIVE , CENTS. State Has .as Yet Made No Case Against Chiefs of Western Federation of Miners 1 - i 81! ID I JOT EKil i 1 s Narrative lias Only Shown a Human Soul ; in Awfn Travail, a Palpitating Tragedy, but No ponvinc- ing Proof of Conspiracy. Prosecution Played . , Its ' Trump . Card in. Assassin's Vivid, Poignant Story , of Fathomless Sin and Black Murder. ' (By Hurt. CNell, Special .Commis si stoner of tbe Oregon journal ana Den,- H Boise, :,,Id: Juno K l.Orchr4 i has 1 com and Orchard has gon. and now wa know that wa have not bean dream- Inc. Orchard has com and Orchard haa rone, and ,'now for tha tiro tfaya alne kta otn wa have kaea hnlldinc I in, (tiwdj ErBMU wm or viumi mm 'coral Inaacta build 'm tha southern aeta, 't the white walla of fact that are ,to fUl 1 In tha ateel frame of erldenca which hla Incredible atory riveted beam to beam fand beam' to breaataorK. - , ' . Orcbard baa coma and Orchard, haa i aone; and he went aa'he ciuna. that j breathleaa mcrnlnr a weekv eao, a man anuri. r luilb"il. iiiiuiuiabis aiiaaaa In a gray7 tweed . auit, looking Jtral ah t before him .wiui ' latnomieaa. reanesa is wida-aet avea. bellevlacv n ha eald. in tha Everlasting Ood, and' thinking also aa ' be aici,-tnai me. nere migni , o f aoifl weu ana cneapty tz, it orougni in: demnlty throughout eterntty: -k' t - ITIiat Uia Sefa&M Pradlaiea. ( ' f He-told- hlB tal ta.Haw.Uy bMefly , and without geaturea; and it drained I into bur ears aa a dream rnigni. a aream j He told hla tale again to Richardaon i an la. it waa a dream no. more, but a 'biting, vivid, poignant etoryof fathom- lieaa am ana oiacK murar; ana it we ;knew that-w were watching a human I aoul writhe, living through tb Area of .; hell. 4 i Before Orchard earn the defenaa had i told ua that be never would aay on the Intend what he had aald to McParland. ; He waa mad, they- aald, or half-mad, 4r .idlaeaaed. . They doubted whether be had lever killed Bteunenberg. They denied "i that ha had ever tried to kill Bradley in San Franciaoo. -They went further Franciaoo. They laughed at the etory that he had aver blown up the Inde- fendence depot They did not know hat he waa going to " charge i himself with the murder of Lyte Gregory. They Sneered at the attempted aasaanination of Ooddard and Oabbert and Peabody and Sherman Bell. They aald he waa a degenerate, a craven, cdwertne: .fugi tive, with no heart toe any fight and no faith in any Ood.," ' What tha Defease JUallaed. , ' They hredlcted immediate and final annihilation of McParland. -They aald McParland had crown old and foolish. a slippered fantaloon, gibbering of vain thinga, mouthing of nia past. They were prepared to sweep away the whole casa of tha atata in lesa than, 24 hours. i They were prepared to prove thaw the 4xnoio ming waa u. xooiibu mna nn ana '.fwMoked conspiracy. They were p ro il pared for anytmng. pared for every tning. llll llaf V WCbjI 111 t y''' i -.si A Newspaper Criticism Will Be .Considered Crime to Be - Punishable by Fine of Fif- teen Hundred Dollars and Jail Term. : V Kefusal of Lower House to ApproTC-Arrest of Hen-Ac cused , . of Plotting ' to Wreck Goyernment Given as Emperor's Excuse. They were p re- Rut thev were not prepared for Or chard; the! man who eaid that he be lieved In a life after death and wanted i. to in a a v mtm vmv t iu www wiwiw P to tell the truth. He was for ttem a ft problem - in the fourth dimension, and jj they left him quit unsolved. v 'i ' And so did we.- - He admitted arson; !; he admitted bigamyr be admitted mur jtder; he admitted burglary; he admitted i: assKBslnation attempted and aaaasBlna f. tion foiled; , he admitted lying; t ad- (Continued on Page Thiriean.) (Hunt Kaw by Laafatt teased Wire.) 6t Petersburg," June .18. 1' s, m An order has been Issued ,by General Dracheffakle, prefect or at,', retersbarg, directed to the municipal press and an nouncing that any article appearing in lmlcal to the- government will bo con sidered av misdemeanor: and punishable by. a ' Una' of f 1.(00 and three months Imprisonment In lau. ' this la tha moat araatio oraer issuea since the daya of the black reactions If ft la enforced it wiU entail the aupprea aion of every- liberal -newspaper in the city The aoclaliat Tvariach has thrown un the BDOnre. and will not" attempt to appear this mornlnr., feeling' that sup pression la meviiaQM, -- The sleeping populace waa aroaad thia-mornine bv the trundllns Of add! lnt iramiuirti mnA hv eventn tba Juard of tha city will be doubled, toi lers are camping In the streets. Poa alble collialona between strikers and the soldiers are anticipated (or toaay. dui tha revolutionaries . are not strong anough Ho cope wita me trwpa. . ' . wriaef xo rasar.. f i to-hen Kmneror TJIdholas aff lste4 "his eiamatur to tneiimoeriai uuse auui- Ishing the douma. he ordered that elec tions to lta aucceaaor, which is to meet November 14 j be held, unden the now election law. which provldea against the "submergence or tue educated , classes by the uneducated . classes. ' -Tma act conBuiuuji a viriuai ouuu etat' overriding the provisions of the constitutiomof the realm proclaimed by the emperor on the eve of the convocation of the first douma. It was declared that the electoral - can never- be changed without the consent of parliament- it self. . . . iwa. mouse .Aaeusnea. ... Tha threfct of the icsar to dissolve the douma was carried out tonight af ter the. recalcitrant members of the lower house had announced an adjourn ment to Monday Instead of replying to the government's. demand for the ex clusion of the 65 social democrats ac cused-oi conspiracy aa-ainat the gov ernment -and the approval of -the arrest of the 1C deputies accuaed of being leaders in. the conspiracy.. When the rsar was Informed, this aft ernoon, that the members of the douma bad not only - refused - to acquiesce -to his demand for immediate action on the sensational - Indictment against s the it deputies, but had also, in order to delay the - Issue, moved - an adjournment to Monday, he became furiously angry and gave, orders that troopa b aent at once to surround and close the Tauride Dalace. where the douma haa held its aesalons, and t prevent any one enter ing the building. . - Dissolved After ICdalgM. He was Induced, however, to recon sider this action, as it was represented that In the present temper of the people a bloody clash might result. . There fore the edict of dissolution was not promulgated until after midnight. . With the exception of two. official newspapers, . the press condemned the action of the government in insisting upon the suspension of the social demo crats as a pretext for the dissolution of the dooms, saying- that it was well known the demand would not be ac ceded to. . - "-, "1. DIVORCE REVEALS SEGR mm THE GORDONS 3T :- -. . . . - .-K 1 T . t : . ): i V'' , I E. is: GORDON AND. HIS FORMER ! WIFE. ' i-' Continued on Page Ten.) BEG ROOSEVELT. TO ffil SHE (icago Board of Trade Ap - peals to President to Pre- ' 'vent Operators!-Tieup. -i - ' - '.- "A ; '; 4 (Pabltobera' Preai br Sptelat'Xeaaid 'Wire.) .Chicago, June 15 The. Chicago board of trade appealed to President Roosevelt and Robert C Clowry, president of the Western Union, this,- evening to avert the threatened strike of telegraphers. Business interests of the .entire coun try foresee paralysis of Interstate com merce in a glgantio operators' strike and wish to prevent auch a disaster. ' The eommunicatlon to the president reads as follows; ..- - "The board of trade of the city of Chicaao resDectfullv reaueats the presi dent of the united states to-taae auoa steps as in his Judgment may seem ad- TIBER W ffiwiFE Wealthy Coos Bay Lumber man Ends Quarrels With ; Nemesis Denies Mar riage, Then Admits It- She Secures Divorce. (Continued on Page Seven.) ROOSEVELT ONLY CAN DIDATE LEFT TO REPUBLICAN PARTY I President Logical Choice of Next Convention as Taf t Und Knox Are in Positions Which Forbid Their 1 Standing Upon Platforms Built by Executive. 7 3 (Pabllshtn Press by epeeial Leased Wire.1 Washington, June 18. The signs of J the times a analysed by : political minds point unerringly to : Theodore Roosevelt as the only man who . can 'f stand squarely on the Roosevelt plat- form which he has already outlined for i his party 'and hi successor.. I . The belief is becoming strengthened I that the prealdent has presented poll I ea of such striking Jmportanca as to j Inevitably make him the logical choice 5 In , the ' next national: convention. ; Al- though the subjects of an Income or ft progressive' inheritance tax will have no place in the Republican platform and while it is conceded that govern ' mental ownership of public coal and oil U&da and an slfht-Aouc. Cay, federal Incorporation or licensing of interstate corporations- and characterisation of power will be Ignored In the declara tion cf party doctrine, these, undoubt edly, ,wlll "be the - Issues upon which the nominating struggle will be fought out. - -- - - - ' . - Taft Hoi logical. Some of the moat striking - of the policies which the . president haa da clared must be perpetuated if ha can accomplish It are: Fastening upon em ployera full liability for Injury to the employes and child labor; farther reg ulation of interstate carriers to include their operation within a atate as well aa between-' atatea; legislation to "pre vent abuae of government by Injunction. - There never -waa the possibility of Secretary .Taft, the . administration a presidential favorite, executing , the prealtlont's policies lo substajioe as jtaU as In anlrlt It believed that the last four' policies enumerated, and some of tnem advocated oniy quite recenuy, wm nrove a atumhllna- block of formidable dimenslona Some of the folks in tb con fidential councils of the administration Intimate that he - cannot accept them without stultifying himself. ; ' It Is Secretary -Taf t's enunciation as a dootrin or- veated ngntB ana -m Illegality: of employes bandlna: together to deprive their employera of their labor, or the labor of others, that biases the way for other ' "government by injunc tion" decisions, according to labor lead ers, v : ; - '" : - ..-. Xno . . Out . of Zarmoay. - 1 , Senator Knox, - who haa been 'spoken of as tha administration second choice. following his Indorsement by the Pennv syivania nepuoncans, oouia nvr puo seribs to the belief that the constitution givsfl the general government the right to" regulate interstate earrlers within a state, or to control all corporations with in a state by denying their products transmlsalon , bv Interstate -carriers. Xuripg the-conalderatlon .of the rail- roaa rai diu ne tooa ibbu wiio m president s upon limiting . the - power of the court - The senator was known as a 'Tbroad court,, review man and his stand lost him Drastics -because fa ap peared to - hava the . admlraUoa ; of jUie raUroada, , -i Mrs. E. S. Gordon, wife of both E. S. Gordon,. a wealthy Coos bay lumberman. and a dummy, the former 68 years old. the latter's age and nam sjnknown, buyer of. f 1,000 pianos and 1200 silk dresses, guest of . faahlonable , hotels. arrested one for forgery, accused of counterfeiting, and two 4 days ago ar rested again for; annoying her alleged husband. Is Mra. X. 8. Gordon ao longer. yesterday : afternoon she waa granted a divorce at Oregon CJty from her hua baad and allowed to assume her maiden name, "Bertha' EL Lerch. The decree also jrav bar $,00u worth of Gordon's property-;' Tha first-intimation that tha dordon Infelicities had come to an abrupt and was received Over the . telephone last evening -when Miss Ierch said ta The journal over the wire: - . . : j'-Wake Up! Get next!. 1 got divorced at Oregon pity this afternoon." MoJfride Orants Ssor. TheJiidlclal words which severed tha nuptial Hot or the Gordons and thus cleared up a part of tb mystery sur rounding . the coudI. were tronounr1 by -Judge - McBrlda The divorce suit Itself came as an afterthought td a suit wnicn tioraon had rued to quiet title to property in which his wife claimed an- equity.: .. The court besan hearlnar testimony In the caae Friday, but continued the ses sion until yesterday, when Gordon took the stand. Ho claimed that the woman had repeatedly dlsrunted various real estate sales by appearing about the time tny were to o consummated and as serting her . right to title in the prop erty. While giving hla testimony the mat ter of his marriage to the woman waa raised. Gordon at. first asserte that she was not Mrs. Gordon. Half an hour later he changed his mind and testified that, they . had . been married in Van couver some seven or eight yeara ago he didn't remember Just how long ago. Then the question of tb dummy, whom Mra Gordon influenced into posing as E. 8. Gordon and married at Vancouver over a yearago, was brought up. but before the mystarv surrounding thia man who impersonated Mr. Gordon No, 1 could be swept away, tha lid was closed down .tight. Attorneys Discomfited. Gordon's conflicting answers ta miaa. tlons rerardina his marriaae ao dia- comf Ited the attorneys that a recess was laaen. a numed conference of the lawyers was held, and it was then de cided tnat tne alleged Mrs. Gordon should bring suit for divorce and that the husband should remain passive and not appear sgainst her. ' The divorce eult was filed yesterday afternoon and Judge McBride granted mo divorce. , miss ticrcn, arter man In a tour of the Oregon City resorts will VS'';':k.:.'V. t'Vf V mm) ? -'- -::-! ?r- 4 ; :'. 1 "".,. V i f-i:'Zf-&.-Sf.-if livV-l'li,..-'- 'i f t !-i :-i';vi''-:'r.!:"vV 4- v' ''V '' " -: , c ... . i'K'f- '' '- w' v- L?HUT TIGHT hi i niirmnu all mm District Attorney Manning's Order to Close All the Sa loons on Sundays Will Bo Strictly Enforced by Po lice Department Fashionable : Clubs Having Bars Have Also Been No tified That No Liquor Hay "Ra KprvArl it HrATnhpr?i Some to Bespect Decision REPAYS PIERCE FOR KIIIDIIESS John Kirby Now-Aids Mag nate Who Helped Him in Time of Need. (Pablisbers' Prtas by Special Leased Wire.) Austin, Tex.. June IS. With the fil ing of a bid In the sum of f 3,600.000 by John Kirby today, the receivership - In the Waters-Pierca Oil company's case was vacated and the company, will j be enabled to continue Its business la Texas until its appeals are disposed of. It is not thought probable that the ap peala can- o decided before two years' time. Behind the- signing of the bond by lrby is. a story of how hs repaid the friendship Clay Pierce showed-him-live (Continued on Page Thirteen.) UNDERTAKERS REFUSE TO CONDUCT FUNERAL OF CONCRETE CORPSE Publishers' Press by Special Leased Wire.) Boston, .Maes., June 18. Un able to find an, undertaker will ing to byry the remains of Her man Unger. the Pittsburg sui cide, Unger s brother Odd Fel lows here, have written to his t home lodge asking them to take a charge Of their embarrassing be- queat' e Difficulty arises from the fact that in pursuance of Unger's dy- lng request, the Odd Fellows of Boston had ; his body -cremated e , and mixed ' the ashes , with ce-' e e s ment, making a concrete brick - p ; weighing over 100 , pounds. - 4 e For several days thl huge brlck was lying in the yard of e e o"th water proofing company. " e ' Not only have undertakers re-,' e fused to handle it, - but Hebrew e cemeteries have declined to re- 4 ceive, it becauae Unger was ft ) e sulcldas The Odd Fellows have 4 4 ' ft burial cemetery,' however, and 4 unless the.; undertaken . make 4 4 terms, . or the Odd Fellows take , 4 4 charge, Unger'a remains are, like- '4 4 ly -ts bake In thr sun at lh4 1 4 brickyard for an Indefinite pe- 4 noa. ; T " 4 -"! ,-,'-', 2 .-.".' '' 6 ... .a.v.i..-a,.y . t W 4 Accordlns to Kirby. -Pierce at that time waa on his years aao. bond for 1160, 000. Thla - aaved him . from ruin, i In the bond Kirby made an affidavit i to being worth more than 13,000,000 In f roperty In Texas, Had It not been for he fact that Pierce went on his bond Kirby would have been ruined by finan cial pressure. Thus he repaid Pierce's friendship. Salem High School Defeated. (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal) , V. , , .1'U AW. M , . ...... V.UV high school baseball team of Portland defeated the Baiem nign Bchooi High codav team in eleven Innings; score tt to 8. IS WILL soon OE IDIOTS Dr. Kellogg Says Terrible Fate Is in Store for Coun 1 try in Three'Centuries. (Bstrst Kews by Loosest- Leased Wire.): , - Minneapolis,-June 16. The American people are becoming a nation of Idiots. There' can be no legitimate question about the fact, - for Indisputable -evidence, figures- and statistics- were pre sented by the national conference ; of charities and corrections by Dr. J. H. Kellogg of Michigan., , , , . . ,a ' -i Weak-kneed, blear-eyed, whobby and various other thina-a la the fate which Dr. Kellogg holda out. And tbe con summation of this -dire .fate ,1s not far distant. Three hundred year from now the people of the state of Illinois will be -driveling idiots' Without'-even a re deeming quality. The state of Illinois wa taken as 'an example, and when the state of Illinois goes crasy the rest of the nation is expected to follow in line. Dr. Kellogg, with earnest enthusiasm, Sainted the picture of a nation of slant aads. ' a . condition - of mind In which even -the wise ones of Chicago and con tiguous suburbs would participate. "In Juat SO yeara." Bald Dr. Kellogg, with his finger on the statistical key, "Insanity haa Increased S0O per cent. Not only Is the race going to the dem- (Contlnued ' on Page Seven.) Portland saloon men will maks ft test of the Sunday dosing law today, according ' to Indications .- While aa ft general thing the saloons . will remain, closed 1 it is expected ' ft few - of ' them wUl disregard District Attorney, Joha ' Manning's Injunction and open their doors 'ss usual. ' s ' - 'i- In spite of th evident Intention ta tight th dictum of tha district attor ney, however, it Is generally believed that Portland .will b thirsty city today. ! While certain places may open as usual for the purpose of testing tha ta police-been- given rigid in- sirucucns to se ui ,u piucaa closed.'-' ""' "l'r ' ' ' "- - . - '. : ,- roll WIU Xaforo Order, ; ' If thlr order is enforced, and Chief Gritxmacher .says It will be. then th saloonkeepers will be arrested aa fast as they disobey the order, sod tbelr f leets will be ordered shut, by the P rolmen. This cours will afford tha material for a test -of tb law, 'but at ' the same tima not allay much thirst. Than la much dlseurreement over the queetion of whethar or not the -Arllns-ton. Commercial, .Coneordla,-University and other similar clubs come under tha provisions of the state law. Notice waa I. AM it thnu . .Ink. ia.vln ia privilegea, requesting tnem 10 cioa. The question was raised whether or not any auch. clubs were included In tha law " and Various attorneys gave dif ferent opinions. As result these place ' .-1 1 . . k. IJ MnAAna tt,...ll Commercial club haa notified Chief of , Police Gritsmacher tnat it wm ooaerva the Manning order. 1 - . MMmtwifiua to Waa Flaoes. Thirst consumed residents of Port land are planning to take no chances and crowded excursions will leave th c'ty in -every direction bound for thosa ' plses where tha Manning lid does not reach. Special arrangements have beert, : muia at Vancouver. Aatoria and other Dtacea to handle large crowds and many are planning 10 toy, um viiy, - early and return late. - . There has been no change In the sit uation and both sides are resting quiet ly. Mr. Manning says h is going to make the lid tight while the liquor men predict- tnat ma , courts win o asked to Interpret the law. Whatever the decision.' the liquor men say, 'the will abide by the decision of tha court. FUNE1L1L FOLLOWS - FOOLHARDY WAGER : .... 1 ' . (Hunt Swi by Loeawrt tmtd Wire.) North Vernon. ImU June 16. Charles Dawson bantered Fred Ocha to sea who could remain, on tne raiiroaa iracxs to longest before . a freight train, which, waa .approacniuB. . . Dawaon won. . ' - -'- The time of hla funeral haa not -yet been fixed.-- " ,.r.v Ocha was so badly . injured that ha will not be able to attend. He was . barely able today to tell the details of their foolhardlness and its tragio re suits. GIGANTIC POSTAL SCANDAL UNEARTHED BY INSPECTORS (Joornal 8peclal Service.) Washington. D. C. June IS. A post- office scandal that threatens to assume even greater proportions than that which, Involved Rathbon and his con federate In Cuba several years ' ago, was revealed today when it waa learned that a .secret investigation of th of fie or tne second sssisiani poBtmasier gen eral haa been under wav for two- months In which disclosures nav aires ay Deen made to show losses of millions of dollars to tha government in mail contraota - :-' '.-"'-: The Investigation began shortly after W. S Bhallenbergar was succeeded by Congressman McCreary to th position of second assistant postmaster general and'' has been prosecuted silently -and thoroughly by expert poetoffie inspect ors in every part of the country. ,-.-., '&. Oross ' Klsmaaagemeat. Tha eonditlona revealed- by tha in vestigation show that gross mlsmanag ment obtained in the handling and plac ing or man contracts vinuor on-uian-. iiAwmABfrn ,Hi-nfni.tr.tnf1.' ' In- th .lit- era states it was discovered that-in a r-nmnaratlvnlv - small section the sov- ernment waa losing $1,000,000 a year. to! th railway companies for handling government- malla. -. . , . . - - , . On th Paclrio coast the discrepancies show even a greater mlrmianagement of railway . mail affairs, Contracts .that , Secret Investigation of the Office of , Second Assistant ; . Postmaster Results in Alarming Disclosures-Large , Sums Lost to Government in Road Contracts, were given to bidders whose bids were higher than others in numerous in stances. v t . Wh these awards war mad When th a-ovarnment could hava "received aa good service for less money will have to be explained to the satisfaction of the authorities. r ; . . - - year after yearw in - Bnaiienoergers regime contracts - wer -mad that mulcted tha aovemment out of millions of dollars. . They were given' to the aam nartlea at tha axntratlon of the contract despite the fact that lower bids were oirerea oy - otner persons when new contracts. were made by the department.- - -Although - the investigation haa not been completed and the full -report of the inspectors -'hae . not been made, enough. 1 known to the authorities to astound them; . Just what action will be taken in regnrd to the subject ha not been decided upon and will not be until the report has bu i-ompleted. At txia. tuna 11 u rrotuu.e tu.it, ler-General Cortelyou will make a re port to - the president and the report -will then be laid before the attorney general for-further Investigation. . When Shallenberger ' resigned last spring after 10 years' continuous serv tca, much speculation was Indulged in aa to hla real reason for getting out. H was appointed in the McKlnley ad mlnlatratlon and Bine that tlm baa -had the handling of oontracts Involv ing millions f dollars belonging to tbe government. , It ia alleged that niiny ; contracts - wer made that were .) trary to the rules of tbe Upnrt-r- Friends say that tihallenii.-n r -ably awarded contracts to - i estimates were higher t 1 1 cause the govemrtu-i r en... ; ter aervle by so of the Insppi-t-ir ! i .. however, i,e . i- i i have corv ft - - -f"-r ! -!. J "t r-:r.;-.:v.vr--.-;;--ii;j:--;