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YES, the next servant nay be an teprovement so try, another al Rate is one cent per word The Weather Fair tonight; Tues day, fair and warmer.-.".; T " : ' VOL. VI. 'NO. 88. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1907. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE ; TWO i CENTS.:, j ftSUTOSVffi! TO mpil mimms to irietojj m Ml CIVIL SUITS TO BE FILED TO FORCE TRUST DISGORGE ILLEGAL PROFITS mm Thief Bobbed Hiss Harring ton in Portland Hotel of Railroad Ticket, but Find ing It Useless to Him Re ' turns It With Letter. - JIflJiaserJoirersJGfaTfiLJIuest Check to Cover Loss of the Railroad Transportation, JFhiking. Robbery ?Was Committed by JUmpioye. h '. "Sorry, Clara dear.' but I can't travel on this. Tours respectfully. "A. BURQLAH." Baffle Is In town playing ducks and drakes with the Portland pollc and incidentally, robbing guests at the Port land hotel' of their money, purses, watches and other articles that can be turned Into coin "of the realm. .This Raffles is a "gentlemanly4' fellow, who believes that . the better the day the better the deed for he always robs on Kunila v. .... - ' 'v . .- A week era last Sunday - hs robbed Mies Bay of a" gold watch and several articles of Jewelry. 5 Last night he robbed Miss Clara Harrington of Min neapolis, a guest- of tha Portland, of a purse containing as, a soia waicn worm 176, a. manicure set and a railroad ticket Valued at 118.60. . - " v This morning Miss Harrington ' re ceived a letter from Raffles enclosing the ticket and the following note: - "Sorry, Clara, dear, but 1 canXtravel on this. -Yours respectfully, A, , Burg jar. " s ' -, --.,1- Vses Otaes Hotel Stationery, x rr The ticket and note were enclosed in an envelope from the Jferains hotel, mailed .this morning. In the meantime Manager H. C. Bowers reported ' the loss to the police and Detective Clif ford Hellver was put to work on the case. Fearing that the robbery had been committed by an employe of the hotel, .Mr. Bowers bad given Miss Harrington ajcheck for lin.bo in payment zor tne stblen ticket When aha received the letter the check was returned and Mr. Bowers was jubilant because the action of the crook made him believe that the robbery had been done by outside par ties. ...,.,.- :.. That the theft was committed by the aame man who robbed Miss Day a week ago is also the belief of Mr. Bowers. Both- Jobs were done at about the same hour in the evening1. s:so o'clock. At that hour most of the guests are at dinner and a thief would have the Best Opportunity to commit the deed. -' Took Tioket ty Mistake. a"lr. halls and corridors, are - also de- serted at that time, affording the thief a chance to operate unmolested. That he is a skillful crook was shown by, the manner in which the work was done. To all appearances he entered Lie room, leisurely examined tne con tents wltnout mussing them, then calm- l l v croceeded to tatte wnat ne - wanted. That he made a mistake in taking the ticket was probably not due, so much to haste as it was to the dim light in the room. Having no opportunity to OFFICERS . OF THE PORTLAND ROSE CARNIVAL AND , FIESTA if - IP : : v. , f( . ,m - - i :, i ( IX' - V .ri ll : I - j f 4 V- ? . ? 1 V I A J C. n. black. A ; l-c'-s V'-!aC aes.,... 'nrssii - J 'Chairman Press Committer. . . , 11JLJ... " B. W, -ROE, B. P, CANNON,' I T I 1 GEORGE? L. HUTCHIN, . ' rrealdent--l.r Chatrman of Parad Committee. UJ f C (' I Q P ) ( I II R C " " 0eneraI ManagerT - n'l'"-" E-: M FARLANE-r I BB H I P ' llbhll SW VIIWIgaSaV I mm CAR TICK IS BROKEN BY TUFT Heavyweight Secretary and His Friends Blockade . ' " Traffic. . ; (Toura I Special Berries J v Slouz City, Iowa, June. 17. Secretary Taft and party arrived here last night on their-way from fit. Paul to Fort Meade, South Dakota, after putting in a busy Sunday -making little wayside speeches - demanded by South Dakotans and Io wans, , bent on hearing the pos sible .president talk. -Iowa's public men were praised by nim, ana while ne did .-not mention - his - name, he" paid tribute to Senator Allison's long ser vice for his country, r -Members of the party are, laughing over an incident of the trip from St. Paul to Sioux Falls.-, The 'train was late because of n-accident which they at tributed to the avoirdupois of the sec retary arid his companions, who like himself tip beams somewhere around the 300 mork. The escretary was sit ting in a double seat with U. S. Senator Kittredge and Dick - Woods of Sioux Falls, when, the rear truck .Of the car directly beneath them broke, v The acci dent caused . considerable delay. . - OFFER SUPPORT .- . . - . '- TO TELEGRAPHERS Operators in Portland, Taco- - ma and Qther Cities . May Gfo Out. (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, , June IT. Dispatches from telegraphers at Tacoma, Salt Lake,-Se attle, Decatur, Peoria and Bloomlngton, Illinois, assure the telegraphers support if a strike is .called. President Small says that ' the situation is unchanged. He says' that a settlement of the griev ances has not been' postponed. -The executive commute Is in session, in New xork. , The Portland : Telegraphers' union held a -meeting yesterday and passed resolutions expressing- sympathy for the New xorK local, pledging rinanciai sup. Sort and expressing confidence in Presl ent Small. . .. ,r:"--- . . Hondred Fall In River. - - . (Journal Special Serrte.)- , . - Madrid.-June 17. A hundred nersons were thrown into the river Manxanarea by the collapse of a bridge. All were rescued. Many were seriously injured. ALL JUDGES MAY SfT EN BANC read the name on the ticket he placed it 1- his pocket until be would bo in a lighted place, where he could read the pwame of the person to whom : it was He probably would not have used it, but had it been made out t a man he would have had little difficulty In sell Ins- lt'to a scalper. - -i That he does not fear the polica-waS shown by, bis manner of returning the (Continued un ; Page Two.) TOOK HIS l!FE BY DRUG ROUTE Made Sure of Death by Tak4 ing Carbolic Acid and ' 1 Chloroform. an attempt to end his life quickly and painlessly. Charles N. Atwood. aa engineer employed by the Doernbecher Furniture company, took both carbolic acid and chloroform early this morning at htm hnm. in TCast Third street. No apparent cause for the act 1 given, ex cept by a fellow employe at the furni ture factory- who asserts that difficul ties had : arisen between Atwood and his wife. - - . ' - , . nuuaut was nhout 35 years old and had been employed at the Doernbecher sfaetory continuously for the last five or six yeara as night man, ne always ap peared in III . DBBl vt. Bpiriin iiu was not ttf m. riAonandent dlsDOSition. He was a member of the. Fraternal union, Albany, Oregon. .. ' ; . . . ' - ACOOraing U ail mr ntr uububiiu arose about 1 a. -m. and-when he did not return aha became anxious for him and upon entering the living room found him lying on a couch in the last throes of death. Beside him was a bottle which had contained a mixture of chloroform and carbolic acid. Dr. James F, Bell wj summoned but could not save the life of the man. Test Case on Sunday Closing of Saloons to Be Brought Before Circuit Court -Half Lid May Be Proposed by v - the City Council. WITH BIG EVENTS Eose Fiesta Week Start Off With Convention of Vet ' erans and Others. This' Is to be a red-letter week In the history of Portland. It is to be a week of promise for the future, a period of I realisation of great achievement in the paat, and indeed, week, of thorough enjoyment of the present. Pr.YS S100,G0Q FOR COAL CHUTE New York Hotel Buys and Destroys Brown Stone Mansion.- (Journal Special Service.) New Tork, June 17. A hundred thou sand dollars : for a eoal chute is the It wlU be a convention week, for three! price which the owners of the new Hotel different associations are- to meet here, Plaaa have not hesitated to pay to have each-of sufficient importance to be an facilities . for feeding the furnace in epoch of itself. : tn addition to the three their caravansary, which - is neartng great conventions there is . to ; be the WJSSLV.w ILL? ww a a. "a i-aav u .v aa,liu - BMU 1 U II J rose carnival and fiesta. ' A carnival such as waa never seen on 1 has been made by tearina down a flve- iuch aa waa never seen on f i -M . ,,. this coast a floral riot of magnificent ZJJZZZ?r!L'l tZTl lnm' wn'S? nnn..nl mA I-oM I ". uwna awyi on 1119 wlU bV the rreit fiesll the WcUcla? Sl'K?11 VJW&!.S 15 climax of a week of big events. Fun SSSSST; -Vi-. k" "'.7, 1""'"?.; will hjk innM Irlna, tnr tho wMk and i" wkito by the terms of his misrule the carnival fn. ff"?,"1 "2?? 1S?J? im spirit must be unmolested, j War Veterans' xennloa. LONGER TO KISS GIRLS Even Those Current These Lovely June Evenings to Be Barred." ' (Jonmtl Special . Service.) ; St. Paul, . Minn., June IT. No longer la It safe to kiss your girl good night No longer is it commendable and pru dent to kiss any one, or to be kissed if It is done on the mouth. If It Is possible to slip a kiss under the ear. or to In sinuate it upon ths cheek, -well and good. out aa outers are WiDooea. It has been brought before the at tention of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, that kissing is dancerous. that the a-reat white piaaue, which is annually getting a firmer -hold on the American public, is due to a large extent to the art of osculation, Dr. S. A. Knopf, an eminent German scientist, who has . been lecturing be fore the conference on the-care of the health, is responsible . for the drastlo burning kind that Bertha Clay used to write about, even to the more common ones, that are current .. on days and evenings in une. . Portland will know. before the week Is over' whether or not it is amenable to the state law providing for the closing of saloons and other places where In toxicating liquors are sold, -."i'V, Informations were filed this morning against the eight men making up the list of five Portland and- three . Mult nomah ' county' saloon ..proprietors who refused to obey .the instructions of the district attorney. Sunday morning. One out of the-- list of, Portland offenders will be selected by C. E. B. Wood, the attorney for the liquor . Interests, - and the case will ' be brought to immediate trial in the circuit court , . . . It is not known at this time which judge- will :, hear the , case,: while 'it ' is probable that all four of the-: judges will sit en -banc to listen -to the argu ments for and against the state's posi tion as maae ny jji strict Attorney Man ning and Mr. wood. It is expected by the district - attorney that a decision can be secured before' Sunday; next so that the questions, of Jaw can he defi nitely determined. , , , si-;ri'.v.: promise to Obey aw. . In the ; event - that. Mr. .Manning la sustained in his interpretation of the law. - there will be no further- nrotest on the part of the' saloonmen- but all will close their places next Sunday with out trouble or argument. If Mr. Man ning, is overruled by the court how ever.' it will not mean the end of thei case, for he will appeal the question to luS.t"u,rB"1" court ior a rmai decision. ' The CltV council "Vllt talra h,il t the controversy, so it is reported, in the vent that the Multnomah court finds iiiKi mr.i juannina- nas no authority appiy tne atate statutes to Portland. At the present time there is no -city ordi nance regulating the Sunday closing of ..luyu. mm ii ins attorney s con tention that the charter exempts Port land from the provisions of the state uimoia ne-council win pass an viuiuMic reiuiannf uie trarric, . - Half XJd from OovneU. It ' Is -exnected , that hntalm an A .... tauranta will be Uom during the entire day, while saloons will be closed, either all day or half of the time. - The ordinance-will then be sub- mmea o tne people ior their approval at. the earliest opportunity. . All Clubs Will ha lftavt Uniiil,, ... if the test case turns in Mr. Manning's favor, so it is understood. With the exception of the Elks club and the Uni versity, club ail clubs in th ,it k- "e.rT. the Manning edict - The , law will be applied to them next Sunday aa well aa to all other places where liquor ' W. according to the present plan. - The Sunday , closing crusade was in dorsed by the regular weekly meeUng of the Methodist ministers of the city held' this moraine. A msnintinn passed indorsing the- movement ' and including in the effort th diatrif torney. the sheriff's office,, the Mayor and the police. the street to receive the refuse from tne . xurnaces. It was lmDOSsihle to find a less t. The Initial Important' event of the pensive method of attending to the fuel week Will be the annual reunion of service for the hotel. This is the seo Indian War veterans, which begins to- j ond most costly coal hole in town, the morrow, r rum u vumis la in. nonii- i nignest-pncea t one Deing that or the west survivors of the Indian wars pf a I Broad Exchange building, on Broad aenerauon mo wm puer in t-oruana street, for Which ISZ5.000 was paid. with their comrades. Many will he the memories revived, and . strange the stories retold. The veterans will assemble tomorrow morning at 10 o'oiock at the hall of the Woodmen of the World. Eleventh and Alder streets, where will be held the annual reunion of the Indian War vet erans or tne north r aciric coast. Hun dred of members will attend, and rou tine business, including the election of officers for the ensulngear, will be the THnrrcriin nf Arlmiril fiwfnriTtraa Sonila WiVfllneo UToocorvA rogram tomorrow - morning. ti. u. i uuiij v uuiuuui uniuwiuuu uvuuo mi viwo itoougc ount or suverton is- commander of the organization... Banquet to Teterana. At noon there will be a banquet-in honor of the veterans. ' The banquet will be given at the Woodmen hall and Will be in ' charge of - Mrs. C. Henry unamoreau, preaiaent or tne ; xxauve That Is Beceived at the Mouth of the ColumbiaDe stroyer Paul Jones Accompanies Larger Craft. coiin Mulcted Persons to Ask tho Courts to Bestore Bonus Charges Demanded by the Plumbers' Combine Evi dence Laid Before Bristol CompTomise Offcred by tho Trust Is Rejected Force ; Production of. Books in Coiirt--Mass Mectiig ' in Sell wood to Protest. , ... (Continued on Page Two.)- Tha cruiser Charleston, Admiral Swln burne's , flagship, arrived of the mouth of the Columbia river' atj?2 o'clock thla afternoon. A; pilot win 'bring her . in over , the .bar and then Captain Patter son of the local branch will pilot her up the river. She is expected to arrive here at noon sharp tomorrow and drop anchor in the usual warship berth be tween the Burnside and steel bridges. Another .wireless message waa re ceived from the flagship this morning af "North '-'Bead station at thr mouth of n1,.M,1 . .nnAIIHAlM ...1.. V.A Urcnara l alien ' to , talawell craW wouw be m the vicinity of the Columbia river ' iignuhip at . I p clock this afternoon, : ... - -; 1- ,R A telegram to the pilots , announces STEVE ADAMS NEXT WITNESS and Trial ; Postponed Till September. that the torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones will join the Charleston here dur ing the rose carnival,-so that after all the tars on the flagship will- have com- rMnarliil IManafoh te Tha Jnarnal.l I panions here. The Paul Jones will prob abJy arrive Wednesday. Being of the TO WAR AGAINST HOBOES f (Journal . Special Service.) i' Chicago, .June !1T. Marrlman, Bill and other big railroad - chiefs, have entered into an agreement with ths National - Conference of Charities and Corrections, to secure a national com mission of t vagrancy. The plan Is to clear the railroads and small towns f bums, "hobos and yags generally, force them to be sanitary, to earn . their liv ing, or to " disappear altogether from districts where the strong arm. of the commission can reach them. - it is estimated mat - nooos cost tns railroads annually 2,000,000: Tbey in fest yards, set Are to cars, throw switches out- pf malice, assault tower men and switchmen, break signals and cause disastrous wrecks with appalling loss of life' and property. .. . Here is a brief outline of what is proposed to do: - Strict enforcement of existing varrancy laws: urging the pas sage of rigid vagrancy laws where pres ent laws are Insufficient or where no laws e-iit; the enactment of daws every where making vagrancy punishable by lmpr sonment at hard labor; thorough policing of all railroad yards, to prevent tramps from boarding trains or lodg ing in cars; establishment of sanitary municipal lodging houses and abolition of ten cent bed houses. Striot enforcement of railroad tres pass laws; appointment of special state police officers to- arrest and prosecute vagrants; enactment by all towns and cities and state boards of health of laws to wipe out cheap, unsanitary herding places for bums; medical examination of all tramps arrested In order to pre. vent the spread of diseases, chiefly tuberculosis. , Spreading of literature warning all women against, distributing alms or food to loafers; pkssage of laws making it compulsory for lodging houses to bathe all buma who want a bed. . :' -.v. speediest kind of craft she can make the run to the Columbia river and ud to Portland in a short time from almost any port on the coasts -,' : -a Arrangements have now been - eom- leted here for the reception of Admiral winburne and the officers and screws of the warships. Mayor Lane this morn ing atiDointed W. D. Wheelwright. Oen. He was closely guarded by I eral Charles F. Beebe and Tom Bichard- , V Motion In Eddy Case.. ' ; ' Concord, " Juno 17. Attorneys for "Next Friends" In the suit to uncover the secrets of Mrs. Eddy's, fortune to day filed a meeting motion, asking; for an investigation of the defense's good faith, , . ff . t . law it is necessary for . tha defendant la a , capital case to be present in court upon, the date of the trial set in order to secure adjournment, Harry : Orchard was taken 1 on an early 1 train and ar raigned before Judge Wood at Caldwell for the murder of Ex-Governor Steun enberg. penitentiary officers and .- Plnkertons. The case . was postponed - until Bp tember. Because Judge Wood was In Caldwell, no - session of the Haywood trial, was held today. . - When court reconvenes Tuesday morn ing. Steve Adams will be called by the state. What he will do is a closely guaroea secret, it is generally under stood he will' refuse to be sworn at all. The first batch of the defense's wit nesses get in on the early train today, most being residents of tho Denver and Cripple Creek districts. , " Orchard will -resume . the 'stand - to morrow for tne purpose of permitting the - defense to Introduce impeaching witnesses; and for permitting, redirect examination dy tne state. Disconnected corroboration of Oreh ard'a confession, in which he accuses uaywoocu Moyer ana V ettihone in a wide murder conspiracy, has been pre sented by the prosecution of the West ern ; Federation of Labor. This testi mony so far is corroborative of events remote . from the murder of Steunen berg, and the state has not as yet pre sented anything to count up the de fendant with hat of other crimes The burden of the proof Is' solely to Indi cate relationship between Haywood and urcnara, Aaams ana eimpKins, ana the state got permission to introduce this on a son a committee to meet ths Charleston and bid the visitors welcome. The com mittee will in all probability meet the, Charleston in a launch at some point after the vessel ' swings Into the WU lamette. . The Charleston is a new cruiser,' having- been out of the shlDvard onlv t little over a year. She was completed i Newport . rews,. Virginia, in lOB, after havlnr been on the . wiva for a period of four years. Tha vessel was named after the cruiser that was lost in oriental waters shortly after having paid her last visit here in company with a nuraDer or otner memoers or the Pa cific souadron. The new 'Charleston'! dimensions are: Length, 424 feet! beam. on reei; mean urn, 1001. tier tota, displacement Is .V00 tons, and her en ginea are of 21,000 indicated horse power. - She is a speedy boat, having maintained an average or Zi Knots on ner ornoiai trial trip. - The- Stark street slip is being placed In - shkDe todav - so that it will be in fairly presentable condition when the visitors land 'there in their launches. Boatmen are figuring on reaping a little narvest carrying passenirers to ana irora Lthe warships during their stay in the oar dot. . v..---'-..'--kv.-..'-:.- .. ., - Heat Kills Twenty. (8peciai Dispatch to The Journal.) - ' Chicago. June IT. The coroner this morning reported twenty deaths ' due to yesterday's hot weather. . . .-p. - : - line of - proof connect the defendant and promise to later t and the actual assassin in the formation and execution of ths alleged conspiracy. . . . K. , . Advertising Record for the Weefc i T" ' ' " ' ' . . : ' ' T ,The advertising carried 1 bv. the three Portland daily papers for. the week ending Julie 16 shows the following results: ' . ! Journal, Oregonian, "Telegram,' Local, .inches. 6,647 Foreign, inches...............; T31 Classified and Real Estate, inches 3,697. . 5,663 952 5,855 653 1,836 11,075 10,892 8,344 : W I : Advertisers are nsing more'and more space because of better results. The population -of Portland and surrounding country is increasing by leaps and bounds and these newcomers have no way of knowinsr except thronsrh the dailv oaocrs where thev can trad a tha hctr aHvantao-e The'nerinlr rari tha'ttnr aria . T im . mt. i -.-"statement to make that' three fourths of the new, population take; 2 ine journal uccausc n is more oil newspaper alter weir own neart, e ) covering the news thoroughly in its columns. ..They are quick to see T that' The Journal carries the advertising of all the Portland adver X "tisers who are '.'live wires" in the march of progress and know the ' x value of newspaper publicity for developing trade, v - ' VTTTV Acting upon - the evidence produced; by The Journal's expose of the whole sale robbery conducted by - the plum bers' trust, suits will bs filed this week to force) ths combine t disgorge soma of Its Ill-gotten gains. "Bonus" re ceipts and other evidence accumulated by The Journal during its Investigation of the grauing . system , employed by ths trust will' be used ss ths1 basis upon wuich to, begin proceedings. Later the evidence wilt be laid before' United, States District, Attorney Bristol.- Civil proceedings will be Instituted, as soon aa .the necessary papers can ba prepare . and. it is threatened, that in ' addition to these suits criminal charges of obtaining money under false pre tenses will also be lodged. . Toroa Trust to Produoe Books, . Aie movement to' Compel-the clum bers' trust to return to- the home builder and wage-earner the vast sums stolen is not an individual one. and with the '. tiling- of the first suit this week numer ous others will follow. The first civil action which will become a matter of record before the close -of the week ia to be Instituted by a man who figures that at the present 15 "bonus" charge on every fixtures placed, he has been robbed of more - than $2,000, and this is the sum of money for the recoverr of which he will bring action in the ' courts. The outcome of this suit will establish a precedent upon which others will be based.. y . , ( Action win ne airectea . not only gainst individual plumbers, but will lso involve the Plumbers' Protective association, the inner circle of the trust, which leaves its grafting tribute on rich and poor alike. .Attorneys who have been consulted - in regard to the matter state that in the face of 'such flarrant fraud as has been neroetrated by the plumbers' combine the court ' can compel the protective association to produce its books and papers and in , this way much fresh evidence of tha worxmg metnoaa o tne trust iwm oe brought to- light. , . .. Trust Offers Compromise. .- Last week notifications was sent to ' soma of the-plumbing firms in the city to return "bonus" charges which had been made on various plumbing Jobs. These letters were ignored, but with the first step taken to bring civil ac tion to secure money obtained through, fraud, - compromises of , the impending; suits were offered. So tar fliese have . also been Ignored by .the ones institut ing legal proceedings. : -Contractors and real -estate "men throughout the city ire of one voice, in denouncing the . . systematized fleecing of the . public carried . on s ' by ths - (Continue-! on Page Two.) 1 Boy Slayer Goes to His' Dooia Smiling1 Esther Mitcliell "' Also to Be Taken. (Special Dispatch to TO Joersat.) Tacoma, Juno 17 Chester . Thomp son, slayer; of Judge George Meads Emory of Seattle, was taken from" ths county la II here last night, destined for the Insane ward of ths state peni tentiary. , , . - - - This ends one of the most determined fights ever , made In the state to. pro tect a prisoner from the rlsors- of ths law. - Young ThomDson had been confined here since last December, when his trial began. He had been a uioi-l prisoner and made himself a favorita with bis Jailers and also the other Drisoners. A number of vounav womon of Tacoma herorised him and made it a custom to send flowers and dainties to tne ooy. .- -.,, '' '-' - Chester acceptea prison iirs witri equanimity- . and philosophically . an. I during ; his confinement has - gained In weight ana neaitn. lie was reeom-iiwi and even cheerful over the prospect of going to the penitentiary. Traveling Guard taterbrook tnn Chester with half a dozen other pn. oners destined to occupy ordinary con vict cella Esther Mitchell, the Orer, Roller fanatic, who in coi - r : n -. 1 at . SteUaooom insane nvlnrn t n thu i dtr,of George Mlu hta, i,(r l will also be tiikcn t f h . - of the penitentiary wlnni i. In charge of. a wuumn tr ;