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J ' , ' ' ' J.. f reycucc:::gavmy? iivc - r V r-.. ' V r'1 Journal Circulation J 'I f r"' " 1. . .V .' 1 '1 ... Ifc2-J0VTL1I loll I Ufi .1 0, P i VX ' 111 t ow ycu t3 give you &U the news trca home. , The Weather Fair tonight; to morrow fair and warmer. C VOL; VI. - NO. 03. . PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1907. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES. PRICE , TWO CENTS. J1IUu,fi'?,oT1 ML WUUUM ' .: - J A . r-'Vl ihi HKM Cigar Dealer iSwears Confessed Assassin Was Playing Poker .-With i Him -in: Mullah on Day Mill Was Dynamited Another Witness Corroborates Story Proving Alibi for, Murderer Stood Up in Broiling Sun Against Wall. ; Kept Standing, by Bayonet Pricks. ; Orchard Offered to Sell Interest, in Hercules Mine to Witness Two Weeks After He Testified He Had Sold It t (Joanal 8pe!U 8rrlo.) ; Boll. ' Pant as-ThonM riraa. XBllra iranaaktr, AMUrtd thM . Or chard 'U4 dia b .said fc fM at Waranw at" th tlm th SniOtr XUI nd luHlvaa mllla wr blows up ' April 89. 1899. ' B aald at that Mai : Orobard waa la hi clgr atora pUyln - pokr. H awora poilttTrty ttat Or , ehard did aot laara atora ntU tli 1 aftmooa of th . day tba mlU v blown ap. , Tb raMoa' ba rmmbrd waa that tba rm waa -aa nuuuy atirf on Sox tbftt ctlon. nyaa tc oloaly to bla atory aa '.-An a atrlot croBg-xmlnaUon. t Pafelcb MoKtlCa brtatr M'Mol Itai' taaw orchard la Co&a 5 d'JJna. J X pUyd,rt witb Orchard tho.day : tba mill waa blow ap j' ' v'"T11b of Banpaa. Frank Haugh. a painter of "Wallaca, llvad at Gem ,tn 1JI and waa bull . tnned for two aiontba with Jack Blmp ' klna. Ho did not "know and nevar could find t out what ' h waa arreated for. Tharo woro 300 bthr arreated at the tlrna.. Tha man wro compelled to Bleep f two In a bunk and Buffered area tly from lllneaa. Haugh aald Slmpklna waa taken oui of the bullpen and atood up aaalnat a wall for aix noura m we Droning for violating the rules. . He tried to alt down, but the negro aotdiera made him - atand by bayoneting. The wltnena told of the condition there at length, tue th rtpfense belnc to show that Simpkina and the other arreated at tha uma naa causa 10 iiaia Divuueumip. aire Orchard tba Xda. . J. H. Kamaey, a stage driver of Mur. ray, Idaho, knew Orchasd. He saw him after the Bunker Hill explosion when he tried to ell hia Interest In the Her- oulea mine, sayjng ne out of the country before tha troops arrived. The Witness said he offerod bis alxteenth interest for JM0IV Ramsey s tory abaolutely contradicted that of Orchard who awora he had disposed of hie Interest to Dan Cardonerweeka be ,0Sohn I. Tierney, representative cf the Denver News and Timea, testined. he at Trinidad during the atrike. He t ut. (imrnrv and wrote a story connecting him with the beating up of Chris Evans, Mooney ana wrujuin. tnjtm Tiiamn Rtevens. formerly ais trlct Judge of Ouray, Colorado, testified tha inauance of a writ of habeas orarinar . Mover released from custody at Tellurlde, which the military shot corn ; FOR BLACK DEilll fMcGee Confesses ! That He Murdered Woolley,. Think ! insr Him Wild Animal. - f (SmcUI Dhpttch to The Journal.) Drain; Or., June 39. It has Just been learned that it waa no the accidental " iiaeharga o bla own gun which caused th3tleath of Elmer Woolley last Tuea Way in the Smith river country, aa at wr ttrst reported. , Hia only companion. William McGee, has confessed that be ahot Woolley In mistake for a bear. The couple were hunting for bear at . the time and McOee, who waa about 60 yards distant, from Woolley, saw the latter'a black. hat through the thick un derbrush, and thinking it was a bear " shot at it The heavy rifle .ball tore al most hia entire head oft tha unfortunate man. ' . When McGee saw hia mistake be was s ; so terrified that he lost his way-while en route to Gunter for' assistance, and - ; was mora than 24 hours in making; the trip, a distance of six miles. . In bla half-erased condition he was a'fraid to tell of his mistake and re- - ; ported that Woolley met his death by ' the accidental discharge of his own gun. Jjater he admitted the truth to the dead man's relatives, who suspected that the 1 first report was not true. ' -' Aa It was impossible to remove .the , : body from the almost impenetrable ' : wilderness, a crude coffin was made of cedar Blabs and the burial took place in a lonely mountain grave, near the scene ' of the tragedy. Rev. Mark C. Munson ot Roseburg was present and conducted tha funeral services. . v . i ignored, and also that the military re fused to recognise the civil courts at any time...... ' ? . ' . r baaed by Keeked Xea, " William Amole, of . Denver, ; and for merly of Victor, told of being abused and ordered out of the district by the mlllUryi mole teatifled that Major McClelland. ' commanding' the troops. threatened to assault htm,, and Amole defied htm.' After his release he start- ed for Colorado Springs but was held up by four masked .men, who - walked him for six miles down: the Canyon City road, then bat . hlm with,' their1 re volvers and a whip until be waa nearly dead. ;. :J ; i- . '.'.:''..? , - They, told him to get out of the dis trict and stay rat, ' and :o baa never Deen Daca since. . . v ' . . - Maurice Frledmaa, formerly attached ta the Denver agency of the Plnkerton'a, was-the next witness. ; He waa stenog rapher ror Mcpariana aunng the crip ple Crbek strike. - He also handled the reports of the operatives in - the field, They had an operative named Crane at Colorado City, : when : the strike of the smeltermen was started. . He Joined the union, and later waa made chairman of the strike committee and made daily reports to the Denver office, Crane waa finally exposed., A man named Gabbln was then sent to take his place, but couldn't get into the union. The Pinker tons had many operatives in unions. The Plnkerton- agency,- he swore, had men in both federation and United Mine workers. . .:.... An operative named Lundruner, now assistant superintendent at Denver, the witness swore, was sent to .Bvltte to learn the secrets. r .. , Gregory TaratBbed Hea. James Moonev.a former memher .-f the National Board of Mine Workers, now a Missouri coal operator, told of the troubles of bis organization in Col orado in 1903 and 1904. Lyte Gregory did duty there as an agent for the operators, .u. --..' . ... . . 1 . -. v Mooney was terribly beaten bv deo- utles on a train near Trinidad,' he swore,' He had to go back-home and go to the hospital where he remained (Continued on Page Two.) r r . , ; , ... i - y ' -'..:- '-r ('' :: 'fc "' '.'y .-A.i LIQUOR 10 UP THE FIGHT Wholesale Brewers and Liq- . .our Dealers' Association 'Has Accepted Eesignation v: of Its 'Political I Manager Disastrous Results of Partic- pation in Eecent , Cam paigns Jlas 'Brought the Conclusion That Organi zation Is Not. Success.' MRS, B. FARM ALEE PRENTICE. OIL KinG SEEKS ilU II ER'S AID Mrs. Parmalee Prentice Hides Kockef ellef From Process Servers. , v " i (Journal Special Service.) L . Pittsfield, J Mmi.,' June .J9. Mra. , E. Parmalee Prentice, who' is at her farm for the summer, is ' entertaining . her father, John D.i Rockefeller, and the es tate is 'under1' strong guard to prevent Rockefeller being disturbed by process J (Continued on Page Two.) PIUOIG There la no Brewers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association. The de feat of all lta varloua political enter prises Mas caused It to disband, and last Monday it , held lta . final meeting ' and ceased to be. ; f if ' - f . The enactment of the local option law In eplte of the fight: made against. It by, the wholesale association, .the defeat of , the Jayne bill in the legislature, of inns 'the enactment of the high-license ordinanoe at the last tnuniolpttl-election in the face of the ngni put up against it bv the association.' and the election of Mayor Lane Jn the face of the strenT uous campaign wage Dy ine- associa? tion all these defeats' have had their effect.-and the members'bf the organ isation . concluded,, subsequent to tha close of -the -municipal campaign, that the. best thing for them was disorgan-! isation. - This action was taken at a called meeting on -Monday last, and has just been made puouc. - ?: ' DEOWNED OIEL AND IIEE COMPANION. : t . - ' s - . : . - s i " i ' ' , , 0 j ; , - , :.v' I ' ' t '"'j ! ,: ' " ' HlilG Terrific Crash of Black Dia monds Startles Neighbor hbod. Nearly Kills Pedes trian ' and Buries Car Tracks on' Second Street, Nine Hundred Tons of Fuel Owned by Portland Gas Company Part of Big Stor age, Gave Way Without! Instant's 'Warning. MARIE ,VENEL,V LA.KE) VICTIM.' VOl'JS SHE TJIll1 be nun ' (Continue ! on , Page Two.) I TO LAW Oregon State Federation of Labor ..Will; Probably Bacl the Circulation of Initiative Petitions to Puf'Bill Be-,: , fore ;the People at the NextvElectibn., 7 ? Oregon is to .have an anti-trust l&w of lta. own, modeled on the - lines of the Interstate law and making It a penalty for any business, firm,: corporation or individual to unite with any other ag gregation or Individual for purposes c'f restraint of . trade or the atif ling or competition. . , " ' . ' Monday night next a resolution wbtcb baa been prepared by various men in tbe city affiliated with' the labor organiza tions will be introduced at the monthly meeting of the executive .board of tbe state federation of labor. The resolution, if it la adopted, will put the state fed' eratlon behind a movement for the cir culation of an Initiative v petition throughout the state having as Its ob ject the placing of the anti-trust oUl before tbe people ' at the next general election. , , ..-.:-!., , rail gaaotloa Expected. - : , " From expressions that have ' been .made by membera of the ' state feder ation' and labor union men generally there seems to be no doubt that the oroDositlon will be given the sanction and enthusiastic ..support of the - state federation, which will Insure the circu lation of the petitions and the necessary signatures - to place the proposed 'Dill u Don the ballots at the tiext election. - The -movement' has been fostered by reason of the great corporations and combinations in Portland and elsewhere which are in reality-trusty with all the Illegality of trusts, but which are be yond the grasp of the law by reason of tne iaci mat tneir ouniness . a oca noi cross the; state line, or if it does creeps I (Continued 'on Page Twa) ENGLISH SAYS LOVING. WIVES RESTRICT FREEDOM -: (Jonraaf Special Service.) ;f ' Berkeley, Cel.. June i9.- -Loving wives are a restriction on men a rree dom. . according to Professor , John Adams . f the TJniverBlty of London, who is a prominent member, of the fac ulty' of the summer school here. " He lectured on "The Basis of Discipline." and declared, among other thin us in his interesting discourse, that- men: re main conventional and often refrain from blsarre ideas or practices because of the-respect they feel for their wlvee, and because they desire - to avoid Of fendlog a, io flag. companion . . , i ' : . ; Conventions" of -modern life -constitute part of necessary discipline for men, according to Dr. Adams idea, and. that originality la (a Valuable "thing Is not concurred in by ..the English savant. Conventions he regards as: a form of discipline,- and valuable discipline.7 Said Dr; Adams: - ' ?: -v- '- "We , cannot haVe too much .conven tion in certain limits, We are apt to think. in this day that. we must be or iginal. Originality-Is well enough in lta place, but who will,. say -that a man should have an original way of dressing himself - in the morning or of going to bis bathrc Jy - - - Say, Maud Is Back! 'Twas ' the glorious Fourth, and Maud, celebrated tt; so did 81 and Hank. Bunk also celebrated it. , But he ended In the lockjaw - ward. The Fourth : also ' proves too much for Happy, and the cop keeps him from leaving) home, already yet awhile. (The only real funnies that are funnies no names of dead artiste faked no fake pictures of other artists' creations in TheSuntlay Journal .The Kin- of the Fourth of 'July. To rejuvenate the Sumpter district. Convict becomes a - millionaire in prison. The Good Samaritan hosnital. -The Portland hello girls' luncl John Chinaman is afraid of spooks. uncheon. f BDOOkS. where they, Our fish - immigrant! Why Ohio is proud of Rockefeller: Fining the drug store from Ameri csn fields.--..- . . The lid on Portland 60 years ago. THE LID ON PORTLAND : nny years ago Only woman Judge In America. Must ; we . Quarantine . the Una agHinsr, . ioth r How women by strike entered parliament, .'--.. curious naous , ox turtles ana lizards.' . -' ' The world a biggest motor ' track. All the news of the day over three leased ' wires. ..the longest in the world. Into The -Journal's own office. Storiea for men, women and chil dren. - i ' r ,' aiPoint of Hunian Interest, The 'Sunday Journal Is Un surpassed in LheNcrthwest! ' Mother of Pretty 3Iarie Ten- nel Swears She Will; Convict Geo. Evans. ' '. ' (Journal Special Service.)' '. Brldgeton, N. ' J., June 29. Demand ing an eye for i an eye,, Mrs., Jane Ek- ert, mother of pretty Marie Venn el, who was drowneti . In . Sunset': lake , a week ago, has undertaken tbe task of sending George Evans, tbe girl's companion at the time of her death,; to the electric chair for murder. Mrs. Ekert refuses to believes Evans storv that the canoe in which they were riding tipped over and the -drowning was accidental, charging that her daughter was murdered while fighting to save her honor. . a Mrs. Ekert a contention la based noon the condition of the girl's body when it was rescued front-Sunset lake. - The un derclothing was torn . and there was every indication' that a foul murder had 1 Invited-Obrl t Bow. !- Evans, who Is a glass blower,' met Miss Vennel at a vaudeville Performance st Turklln Dam Park. He Invited the girl to go for a row on the lake and she consented. Hiring a non-slnkable -canoe the couple started out The canoe was later discovered overturned 'float ing in the lake. Evans arrived at his home a short time later' and told; his mother that toe gin bad. been arowned, A search was Instituted and her body recovered the next morning. . One theory as to how the tragedy occurred is that Evans while tunneling with the girl lost his foothold and. both fell into the laae, nis victim losing con sciousness in the fall . and drownlnr. The story Evans told to hie mother was repeated at tne inquest. - Aooused Xaa Telle Story. "We changed Beats very carefully, be said, "as l waa a r raid tbe boat would capsize. - '.-'.." - "When she got - tired v rowing "we atarted to change back again, and the boat turned and sent us both into the water. It was all done in a second. I grabbed her as1 -we went over and . we sank together. We came up and went down a second time "I am a good swimmer, but I was weighted down by my clothes and she bad her arms around my neck and I could not do anything.' I looked about for the boat, but It. waa dark -and It (Continued on Page Twa) . : . .. i i lc' - "'v " j GEORGE EVANS, ACCUSED. TOUTH BRIDE IS ROBBED BY HER MUSBAflDj ; (Journal. 8ecll Service.) '-. ; San Bernardino, CaL, June S 9. Mar ried . only ; seven days, .: Mrs Margaret Bepte-Neel .this morning ; ewore. ' to - a complaint charging her .husband. Wade Neel. witb grand larceny, alleging that ne has maae or with ner oiamonas. valued at $500 besides a-large sum of (Continued on Pegs .Two.) Former Seattle Capitalists Purchase Seven Hundred East' Side Lots in Desirable Portland Residence District. Building;EestrictionsWiU Be Maintained. W Charles , Francia Adama" entire hold- lngs In Irvlngton, amounting to about 700 lota, --were purchased ' yesterday, by C. Costello and E. A. McGrath, Seat tle capitalists, who- have operated ex tensively in Portland realty In the past few months and who have recently be come permanently identified with this city. , . ' , . . J . ' The cohstderatlon , Involved, in - the transact ioa. yras about J 600,000 or, aa . average of v. 709 a lot. The property purchased lies between East Fourteenth and East-Twenty-fourth and Tillamook and Fremont streets, and is a part of tne most signtjy and desirable residence district on the East Side. . , Messers. . Costello. and McGrath,' the new owners, enounce mat contracts will be let at once for laying hard surface pavements - and concrete : sidewalks throughout the entire - district. - Under the terms of the sale, the . purchasers .Continued, on', Fag Two. Nina hundred tons of coal crashed! I through the side of a building in which It was stored at Second and Flanders) street at 9:18 o'clock this morning. The noise of the crash could be beard blocks away.. J. Graham, a pedestrian, had m narrow escape and the street car tracks ion Second street for a distance of 100 feet were burled beneath black dia monds. . ' ' ' Heavy Tonnage Stored. ' .About 10,000 tons of coal was stored In the bulldine.' which was a. fnni affair 109. by 200 feet and 2i feet high. The whole waa covered with corrua-at.il Iron. r..,:. ; I Several times Assistant Foreman John Dudley of the Portland Gas company had been- warned br the nolice that th ' building wae unsafe, and the west end. fronting on Second street, bulred ma perceptibly yesterday that Officer Carl son again warned Dudley, -.This .morning John Graham, proprie tor of the cigar store at 80 Russell street, was passing along Second street in front of the building, when suddenly; the timbers began to nap and crack. Superintendent Dudley was standing near and shouted "Come on!"i to Gra ham. Who barely had time to reach th I opposite side of the street ahead of tha .crashing mass. . , , . i Huge lumps of coal, three feet in diameter, rolled up against the curb on: the far side of the street. The iron rods holding the 12-foot timbers la place were twisted out of shape and the nails that held the smaller tlmhara war pulled out of their places. Thirty men i were immediately put to work to-clear away the debris and In a short space OS time had the car tracks relieved. The coal had been stored In tha hunt ing since last November. When filled the building held 15,000 or 20,000 tons, but Foreman Joseph Lonergan estimated that there was about 10,000 tons stored when the crash occurred. MAY SUTTON TO BE ' CANADIAN CHAMPION) London. June J4. Maw Button .nni. champion, is preparing io go to Canad to compete ror the ladles' championship of the dominion after th T.nnri nn 0-AmafeH Today she defeated Miss Morton. t council ipoo: MIES IIIEi.; Commissioners Decide to Temporarily Bolster Up ' '' -1 '. !: ' T... .1 . T. -t ,". ' 1 ." ; -r-: ... y i Wearied at the slow action of tha city- council in the, matter of rebuilding the east approach - to-; the Burnslde-etreet bridge, i the county commissioners thia morning decided , to - place temporary supports under the approach In order that the bridge may not become danger ous before the- council decider to re build the approach. - Work of placing these temporary sud- ports in position will commence Mui day and will be continued as rapidly possible. The necessity of riiiii,i'. j the approach was called to th .-iir. of the council by a letter whicft .v,., by the county officials on May 7. .n 'i Ing was beard from the city offlcmi say the commissioners, and a letter on the subject was written to ... council on June 17. Torced to Take Action. Since the date of the second letter i county officials have hi(ir1 riot; from the council, and, rn iu.Ux t snmetning must ne aone at nn. , commissioners this mornl!)!-- , . that temporary supports be j i , the approach. The position taken by the ficlals is that the trlil"s ere t erty of the city, and t.ut nil i. structures nr to be er-(.. i fc v- aa was done wlnn ti I. .r bridge was rebuilt. After t;. are completed tlieyare tun the county to opera t a. Tin t ers say tiiat the counfv t for repairs on th iiti . , f lteve timt the mst-r .r f lJng the ii.iu4..i 14 t r t