The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 27, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'.''yuiwaw II I , n,ee ' O.1 ' ' I tP j " '.' 1 1 V'' -A ', RE YOU C0HIG AWAY? Ihvc Journal Circubtion The Journal lc"ow yea to give you tU the news Iron horse.. ...The - Weather Fair, tonight: to " morrow, fair and cooler. y Yesterday C' I ruts VOL. VI. NO. 97, PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1907. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. os rnwrs imj jryw BlaUCS. riVX CialS :n7f) r p WWW JIILLIOXAIKi: DISOWNS DACOIITKU ' SECKETLY MAERIKD A . MTIIP .... - I- t- . a Mm it 'V.l 1 . J .1 1 I. " I aw . HOT SPELL n ilAS EFFECT Detectives Seeking Evidence , to Discredit McGee Davis Repeats Story Engineer f . v Tells of Attempt to Wreck Train and Blame Miners. ;- , Bv John Kevins. ; ; -u Boise, June 27. -Although substantial progress Is being made It la not likely the defense , In the vHaywood murder trial will be able to complete Its side "of the case before the middle of July, lowing to the length of tinie ' which Ma being consumed bjr Borah and Hawley ' In cross examining every witness. The Intensely hot weather is having- Its ef ' feet on the jurors, three of" them show. In the strain whenVth?'. came Into court today. . Th nroneentlon la still ' holding Dr, McOee and Mrs. Lottie Dsjr here1 1n order that their testimony msy be ex inlned. If McGee's story that Orchard was In Wallace in July, 190. is true. It absolutely upsets Orchard s claim ; thst he was In Denver at that : time, holding a conference with Haywood and Woyer as to the best means of gettMna rid ot.Brailley-lit San Frsnclsoo. 'Half An, en rtt.rttv are now working In' - tasr-t5oeTi-Tr1nea looking op evldenoe td discredit McQee. The latter wss decldeUys!OHittve in his Assertions, as - i Davis cross sxamxnso. ' The cross examination of W. F. Davis was continued, Borah referring Taack to the all e Keel conversation in union nan with Altman when Davis stated that Orchard In his. Easterly'a and Parker s nrsBenoe declared Bteunenberg made him a pauper and he would get square. Davis waa sure of Orchard's exact statement but was still unable to , tell xcntin In general ..terms what, the " others had ald at the time. Davis and , Borah mixed up in several wordy clashes but the Witness was not par ticularly worried by the s- aggressive manner Of hts inquisitor. r ' - j- ; Davis knew Orchard and his Cripple - Creek wife , but swore he never visited their home. At the time of the Vln dlcstor explosion he - lived half a mile from the mine. 8oon-after the explo sion he was placed in jail. His family died soon afterward. He did not recsll seeing Orchard after the Vindicator ex plosion but said be might have but as he waa not intimate with Orchard he coma noi . uBuiuvci "ireu thU there was .any serious irouoio in i i the Cripple Creek distric ' the strike was ordered l district irom ini iimo i U1IW4 a- BVl- I diera cams ut. - .- ., , i . Attempt io Wreck Train. w W W. Rush, a Denver locomotive en , glnoer formerly employed on Jhe Cripple Creek railroad. ; was called.1, He had charge of the engine Which figured In the 'SPlae pulling cueen ur ju- i vis and other union men were arrested, but Inter acquitted. Detective Scott told him i an attempt rw" nEcom1loa mill and Vct'or and to be very careful. He swore scoit asKea I him If there was any real good place to wreck a., train. He told hlnu of a aood place and Scott and Sterling rode I lli.t. V : 1 .rtnnAil h.m rt m I r Vihe point mentioned. Rush absolutely I R(l DLUU WJU w4n - laninq i a rail out or ina iracK in oraer 10 wrecs .(Continued on Page Two.) Umbrella Mender Who Lived h in Squalor Found to Be' Wortha Fortune. : (Journal . Special Service.) ' WEALTHY LIISER DIES. Ill PEI1V ' jytttano. Cal., June 27. By tha death of W. H. Olyn, an old miser who con ducted a small umbrella shop In town, Is revealed a story of a fife of penury -and squalor. The old man died from cenile weakness, induced by the wretch' edness and poverty In which he lived, I SotrsSTaV tate in Washington, v. v;-, ana aeposits - in various banks. - Olyn was a familiar figure to all Fresno people, as he sat in his tiny ' shop mending umbrellas all day long, ' sometimes earning as 'much as $10. t The -old man claimed he was a colonel In the federal army. - , A few weeks , ago the wretchedness and filth In the hut in which he lfcved . was called to the attention of the health Inspector, and tha place was ordered swept out. it had been hie abode for the oast doson years, and here he kept! his tools and a few cooking utensils to . ery determined attempt to con wlth which his frugal meals were pre- .... . a n pared - 1 ' - ' When, the dwelling was searched,' it wns found that $117 in gold and silver was stowed- Away in an old stove pipe. TJiis ironcywas to have taken him enat to visit his children, who . live in Cln-1 Mnr ni mi' ,tiinston, and who will I to the juvenile court inai young cmi inhcrit, his f rtuno. They, have been' uren were being admitted to the weird cent woi i of i .a ccath. MRS. H4R9t' 170i',iA! DLOCKS PIIOliE; LlilEfJEil i y a ' t ' a.1 ' y 4 ti j nnins I NLO X UolllUlc. U1CU. XL , v, , 1 - ..:, , Takes' Ten Policemen ; toPulLIIer Out. . (Journal Spedit Bervlee.li . peorla, III., June S7.-f-A defiant- woman In a nnil Vinl Indif effiwtuallv .blocked ail the efforts of V gang 'of telephone to plkca a. pole, In front of her norao. - Aiior seven nowr-oi nrjuureu-, coaxing, attempted bribery, cajolery and tureats.the telephone conlpany ap- peaiea to -e police, wno, alter a wnn- n , -h B A lu.ii aar.it r Ail Ar-amtrftA. tW rlA. fiant women from the hole by means ut iijjoo uuuel not .tttipr vvit"u to- fleht. however, until she BDrawled on the grbund and was led away. - Dur ing 'the day her. children brought her food and water. , , ELIZABETH LOVING'S :: $T0RY IS ADMITTED (Josroal Bnc1al Serrtee.) Houston. Va.. June 27. The defense In the Judge Loving murder trial scored I a vlctorv this morning when the court ruled that Miss Loving's story how I Theodore Estes ruined her, causing her father to kill Estes, should be admitted In evidence. t- :. -.-v 1 ' E. L. Kidd,- in wnoae noma tne girl spent the night prior to the killing, tes tified that he regarded Loving as sane. Several witnesses testified along the line that Loving is hot ' tempered. The prosecution will close its case this afternoon. ... TO ii ' Attempt Made to of the "Juvenile Court With Pentecost by Tangled J Tongues Had Trouble for. Their Pains. Having penetrated the' inner temple. of the Tangled Tongues sect to a gath' erlna of the. select, thrice sifted from the common crowd, Judge Fraxer Of the luvenlle court last night was subjected ven nun v"" " J; -... his spirit with' the Pentecost, after- re- cetvlng which the pt'oselyte is endowed ritt'ot ton miea. p . . " " " , . " . ' .Kepeaieo wiramw" u "" ceremonies and. being -.ept up juaiu ' ''' l'-A ',-' , ' ; y ' JPr'i'A??s'' '.' AYERS HOIIEY T5vo;Petitions Eiled for, Ad ministrati6n of Estate! of i 1 Eace Track' Man. ' ; , . A contest over the estate of William M. Ayers, known familiarly tn Portland asBniy" Ay era, who; wa killed by a streetcar in Seattle Monday, has begun In the county 'court between i Henry , T. Hudson and C.' H' Rumelln. Each of the, men this morning filed a petition asking that, ha be named administrator of1 the -estate. : ty'-j ,- ;':, Hudspn filed his fnUtIon early this morning.-reeitirig that Ayers died with out leaving, a -will or any relative; or next of kin in this state. Hudson states that he had been a close and intimate friend-of Avers for manv years, they navtng oeen scnooimates xogetner r bu ?'ears ago. Hudson , says also that he one- of the few persons in this city who knew Ayers' people,, or wno Know now. where they live. 'THft'nronertv left bv Avers is valued at X40,0U0 Dy tne pennon wnicn nump llh filed at noon. It is signed by W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., Ashley & Rumelln a- xjl x. wiilla hit nwrt that th are creditors of the estate. It Is alleged that Ayers owed the van scnuyver com pany $208. Ashley & Rumelln 12.227 and Willis $500. - . No date has yet oeen set ior nearing the petitions, when It-will be determined which- of the;; men shall be appointed oritninlatratnr. and it .13 Deuevea inai others may participate In. the contest before it, is enaea. - , t . ., t j ' t 1 Fill Spirit of Judge Frazer ght whJthey had; InMm- Judge Fraser had sent a number of his protmtion officers tT.the tents at East Twelfth snd Division streets, where the Tangled Tonguers meeUunder the lead ership of . Mrs. Crawford and ; several negtoca. ' : ; .', " i :c. y.: " '--i.:"-r-;. Ofsoers War . Barred.- - The officers were never allowed to en ter the tents after ' the first public meeting dispersed, which occurs night ly at about - 10 -o'clock. . This .first meeting resembles very much an old fashioned camp-meeting .. . revival, aa- COHTEST OVER GOfJVERT JURIST SPOKANE : AT ;V- . , Host Important Case Regarding Trans :: portation Tariff Ever Befpre Commisr ision- Decision May Revolutionize the Railroad Business Entire Change in Methods of Traf . fic Handling Like ., ly . to Result. ' (Waihlogton Bursas of Tba JoarsaLt Washington, June : I. The Spokane rate caae, which was before the inter state commerce commission today for argument,' involves 1 one of the most radical readjustment ;pf freight grates ever contemplated In this ' country. It Spokane wins its contention, and; the commission utter an opinion that that city's ; allegations are true and Ita de ductions correct and good transportation law, the water rate competition nereio fore; determining lower rates to deep water ocean ports must be supplanted by rates based on' distances in a large measure, ' and existing scneouies . rrom New York and Chicago o Pacific coast points-must be completely revised. : '. poxane victory wouia aiso , compel nw. traf fin conditions -as to Butte. Helena and Great Falls, Montana, for Spokane has brought into Uie case tnose Ities' 't . i , v ! '.- . " : The seriousness of the Issues Involved are appreciated at tne -ornces or me comnilsslon here. Members of the com mission, ju-s pcepaxed,.-ta-givs. eiosat at tention to the arguments which were adduced today, and tne decision to- oe handed down finally will be made pub- lie', only after the situation shall have been reviewed with care ahd earnest City of Spokane.; Spokane Chamber of commerce, tspoitane joDoers- aasoci&uon notmnnara. and tne aeienaants sra . Northern Pacific Railway company', Great Northern Railway company, Union Pacific Railway company. O. R. 4 company, Spokane JTalls ft Northern Railway company, 1 Canadian Pacific Railwav nomnanv. Chlcaaro. Burlington Quincy Railway compan, Pennsylvanls Railway company, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway company, th New York Central and otnersi. i Intervenors protesting against the pe tition of. Spokane are the Pacific Coast Jnhhnra' A Manufacturers' ' aasoclatton the Portland Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants. . Protective . association oi Seattle and the Tacoma Traffic associa tion: . . VtAarinaa havn been held In Spokane, Portland and Chicago, and all parties have had ample opportunity to present facta The same freedom waa accorded here in the kearlnga today. Want Terminal Bates. Boiled down, the allegations of the ntition are: That on almost an am clea of Interstate tsafflc carried by the iiAfMniiflnta from states east of Wash lngton to Spokane the rates charged are equal to the rates to Seattle, Portland and Tacoma, plus the local rates back to Spokane, as nnmiraiea py mese. in stances cited py epoaane: ., Rate to Rate to Differ- Arttrla. ? ' Snokane. Coast ence Ttarrt . ..$15 $ .86 f .80 Carpets ......... 2.6 ' 1-7B ' -.85 rntfon . 1.48 .85 .88 nm'". .v 4.12 1.40 ' .7 maaaware 1.88 ' 1.10 - .78 nint 1.80 :' : .90 ' ..4 Stoves 1 89 ,1 36 . j Twin. ..'.-.J'.. .. .3 v .90 ' .7 Woodenware .... 2.19 .1.85 --M , ' That rates -to Spokane are In excess of ratea to any otner city simiiany anu t m tha lines of the defendant com' panies. such as Butte, Helena and Great rails, Montana. , Ssilroad, Taxation. ' An interesting feature was the diacrep. ancy between the- railroads' valuation on their properties anu uieir own a mo ment of;amounts they are assessed In (Continued on Page Two.) LIKELY TO STRIKE iiinromiiiEXT Telegraphers Getting Rest; less and May Tie Up KtocK , ; - Exchanges in East (Jouraal Special Serriet.) .;'.-' Chicago,: June 27. Secretary Russell of the telegraphers, said today that It la possible that tha strike will reach the Chicago board of ..trade, and New York - stock7 exchange within 2 hours, Tha sentiment among the "operators fa vors a blow at the board and exchanges. The federation of labor has called the attention of the attorney general to the alleged "violation of the Interstate com merce Jaw by the companies. . , . , J 6an Francisco, June 27. The tele graphers' strike situation is, .unchanged. The , companies claim work Is moving and message service continues to Im prove. .Small is. expected to make, an important -announcement , but :: there " Is no Intimation as to Its nature. Messages are still taken subject only to Indefinite', delay, and large bunches are being matled to the nearest relay stations. A,, blockade o rne! ts ex ists at all western offices and at no place are messages taken ceyi suDjwct U dlay.' , ". ; ; RATE CASE VASNINGTOK Negro Willing to Be Ilanged After Having Eaten Last ' - Meal of Broilers. (Joarnal Special flarrlce.) St Louis Mo., June 27. "I'm ... going to live anyhow until I die," said John "Bud" King, a burly ' negro who was executed at 6 o'clock this morning. Yes terday the sheriff asked King if he had any last -request to make,' and the ne gro, alter pondering for some- time, an nounced that he would' pass up every other desire," If he could have all the fried chicken he could consume' for the three meals remaining to him. . His request was ; granted, and the prison chef had orders to put up the food in the best possible -style. Last night King had his first, supper of fried chicken, and he ate three large birds, with trimmings. He had a similar meal at, midnight, and was ted again Just before the hour set for execution. 'The sheriff alsb supplied him with cigars, iced bananas, oranges and coffee.' J A priest wrote to the governor, ask ing a reprieve for King, saying, that the iregro was not .ready to die,, but King said he waa. , - AW j . ' - l C " ' ' t '"' fotT jruo ' 'AW ' 1 , ' MRS. AUREL BATONYI.' i ) MlllfMS1AI -1 X If-JflORTAL SOULS FRANK WORK. AGED.CAPITALI3T. ' t' f " , , .... ... , r - i- , . .." m i , .. . i , iiiiiiihtii uniiitii; 1 1 UPOII SCAFFOLD J MM M ':'"$ , aw 1 1 , 4 BLAZING WHISKEY: BARRELS WATCHED BY WEARY WILLIES Sixty-five barrels, 262,080 'drinks, or bout K.S80 Fourth of July celebrations were destroyed by the burning of a car of whiskey , consigned to Rothschild Brother In the . terminal ; yards this morning..' The shipment was valued, t 18.450. For more than six hours a thirsty, hungry-eyed crowd , of professional ho boes lingered about the flaming, car con templating upon the Joyous, carousing times that were dashed to the ground by, the destruction of the ardent spirits. Streams of water were turned "upon tha ki,. in harrela bv members of chemical company No. 1. but the fire fiend sput tered and brightened in a mocking man ner as it slowly and surely, consumed the boiling liquor -.-; .. , , ' r . i , - , Sighed m Xiong Sign.. Although the shipment was Valued st $8,460, a sad-eyed saloon-keeper drew out pencil and paper and iiKurea out that the whiskey would be worth about 40.000 sold over tne oar at is cents a drink. He replaced tae pencu, la bis m iLiiiun.. inri:i.-r.-u;-fji"" ."tji 1 r a---J.a,e 'l I ; ! ,. ; ' -. : 1 : " -.. :". . ''I I i - i .-" . ... . 'AUREL BATONYI, THE WHIP.; ' "SHE IS IIOIIIII. II Much Married ; Woman . Liv- ,ing oh Farm, Trying' to ! ;. . Support1 Herself. - 4- r. (Haarat .Nawi BerTlce.)-- : " f. New York. June 27. "She ' Is noth ing more to ,me. .t, -..l , ' ; , ' . ; . Frank' Work, the muUi-mlllionalre, who waa contemporaneous With' the late" William H. - Vanderbllt, Daniel Drew '(Continuel on. Page Two.) FDR Thirsty, Hungry-Eyed Crowd of Professional Hobos Saw, i Carload of Firewater Consumed by Flames in Termin J ;al Yards-rThousands of Celebrations Spoiled. pocket, threw away , the paper, and sighed a long deep-drawn sigh. A. weary specimen of the "side-door palace car" fraternity.- gazed for hours att the burning car in the expectancy that the- firemen would finally extin guish the blase and save at least a por tion Of the "boose," when he and a few confederates could rush in and get a' "nip." As the hours dragged slowly by and the flames showed no diminution he gathered his traveling. aoquaintiinees around him and held a consolation meeting. Resolutions were payed ir lorsrg the energetic nie;hoils ly t .e lira ri- partinent In its st'-- t t sive t-.-e whiskey from i i -l i. i m f ! ' they sdjou: ' ! i : passed si.. .: i , It Celebrated College Professor i Believes Dogs and Horses Class With Men; (Journal Special Service. ) . ' Berkeley, CaL. June 27. Dr. John C McTaggart, , former president of Trin ity college, at Cambridge, England, who has come to the state .university to de liver a course cf lectures at the summer school, cava indication v of originality and daring as a philosopher when he an nounced to a group of conreres at the faculty club his belief that dogs ahd similar animals had souls and were Im mortal, r . Dr. McTaggart Is an atheist, although) he has been retained In a high place In the faculty of Trinity college, rated as the most orthodox . of Institutions. He wrote a book" last' year 'called' "Some Doarmaa -of Religion.'' -which has been one. of the best sellers In philosophical literature, .,. -., .; ..' . . ... .When. asked about. his declaration of belief in the possession of souls by dogs and kindred animals. Professor ' McTag gart said: .: .. , "I .certainly believe that dogs, horses and all animals, that can.be classified as o- higher order, nave souis ana sre immortal. I should tm greatly surprised, if Such were not the case. Reason and. logic indicate f that the -animals l liave mentioned are possessed of souls .and that 'they ' aret Immortal, as. man is Im mortal. ' , i 1 am or thffopinlon that dogs, to take a specimen animal, have lntelli-renee.-. snd I believe . that ' lntelll- sence is Immortal. It is difficult -to draw the line and-mark the division be tween animals that, may be considered to 'have - Intelligence, warranting the be lief" in their immortality, and animals that are not thus endowed. "I do not try to draw the line, 'for. to do- se would be, -practically ' Impossible. I think,' however, 'that there can be no doubt about the correctness of the idea, that all the higher' animals, like man, horse and dog,-have souls." - . from the sad sight , to ; a . place wher they could sleep and dream in pchco ! floods of whiskey flowing from ' I hills to their feet, from Si f - could drink their fill snd !M1 in ' hspplnens .while-' sifiiK 'l-p ur of the Joy-creating ' 'l.z." How the fire n ail- 1 no oi-f although it is beiieve 1 t. 1 inaled from spurk; en - 1 ' pipe, of a tr'! wt: 1 f t-iy. p. Tlio i ,;-e - t;:e car . W-'IH ' I... :-. i i--l.) , - . . , (.Continued, oo Pa fnM :-jw":v:-r,V':