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RE YOU GOING AWAY? Have Journal Circulation The Journal lollow you to A i jive you all the news from home. The ;Weather-B'lr tonight ; and' tomorrow? orthwetterly WlndaV t f J VOLl VI. -NO; llC-'M' "k- PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO. CENTS. ffaSUFfiS. slam i THEC DESERTED GIKL i FORGIVEN BY PARENTS miPi to eV ambush m 0RNM1 TOA1 SKIRMISH TACTICS Or RIFLE EARLY THIS MORNMG ' W 'A r Body Is Found at Dawn by His Partner Lying in DitcH Beside the Highway. Victim Is Supposed to Have Been Murdered by an Enemy Engaged in Saloon Row Last Sunday While walking homeward along the Cornell road at a late hour last night Alexander Huber. a Swiss dairyman. 24 years of age. was shot and killed by an unknown assassin, supposedly an enemy with whom he had had an alter cation. There was nothing to suggest robbery as the motive. Huber had reached a lonely spot .by the roadside as he walked towards his home. On the west aide of theroad there is a well-beaten path and near the path is a shallow ditch. When the ' assassin fired from the darkness Huber tottered and fell into the ditch, where he lay Drone upon his back. The body was found there at an early hour this mornlnr. the wan light of coming dawn directing the attention of a chance nasser-by to the stark fea tures of a man staring steadily towards the sky. Henry Nagell. Huber s part ner In the daJrf ranch 6b the Cornell toad, found the body. Nagell was mak- Ing his regular tuori lng trip to the city, o deliver milk to This pat; on " .': ' rolloe 0o to the So. . -Horrified at iheaiscoveri"of the body df his murdered partner' almost ttl his path, Nagell hurriea to uooa eamaruan hospital and from there notified police headquarters. It was at 4:50 o'clock ' that the orncers were miorniea oi ino . discovery of the body. City Physician Zelgler, Police Captain Bailey and Pa trolmen Phillips and Gruber hurried to the scene. The presence or me pnysi clan was found to be unnecessary, for the man had apparently been dead for severaJ hours. Leaving Patrolman Phillips to keep rlgil over the body, the others returned to the city. The dead man and his ffects were not disturbed. Coroner Flnley was notified. Officials from that office Immediately went to the Slace, made a careful investigation and rough t the body back to. the city. Walking Toward JKla Home, Huber was walking toward hi noma on the Cornell road half a mile or more beyond the end of Lovejoy1 street, so the -officers have, been led to believe, about 1 o'clock this morning. He drank but little nad never became Intoxicated, and frequently made the lonely journey at a late hour. A short distance south of the spot where the body was found is a small clump of trees, almost hidden from view by a tangled mass or unaerDrusn ana dense foliage. In Journeying along the road Huber must have passed this place, and officers believe the unknown as sassin there lay in ambush for his vic tim. As Huber reached the distance de alder by the man concealed in the copse the assassin fired from a rifle, the ball entering the victim's back and passing Blear througn .tne Doay. nuDer stag- 1 and started to rail, as ne am-so Ser shot was fired. Both went true. the second bullet lodging In his back. It was removed at the Investigation this morning. peteotlvee nd Wo Clues. Detective Sergeant Beatty and Detec tlve Hellyer were assigned to the case and at S o'clock this morning made visit to the scene. There was nothing to Indicate the Identity of the assassin, and practically no clues were found at the place. However, the detectives say they have discovered information which may speedily result in the apprehension of the murderer. In connection with the mysterious murder orncers are discussing a xaloon brawl which took place Saturday night at the Oruetll saloon on Yamhill street between First and Front In the im brogllo Huber and two of his friends engaged in a "free-for-all" flaht with three other men. Jacob I-eu. one of the otheg men, was severely injured, having not 'only been badly kicked and beaten, .but struck in the face with a cuspidor. - As a result of the fight Huber and ltwo. of his f Hands J4in and Andy Roth, bar was released from custody io the sum of 1 160. That sum .was deposited. wun tne snerur yesterday ana a recelp signed dt tne snerur was round in the dead man's possession; "His friends are bemoan in a- the fact that they aided him in raising the amount necessary to re lease nim rrpm cuscoay ana sarety. nnday Bow la Saloon. The row In the Oruetli saloon was between men engaged In the dalrr and milk business. Several of them are said to have been drinking, and one of them is said to have accused the others of adulterating his milk with water. It was an argument at first, but tntensU fled and aided by frequent drinks it re sulted in as fierce a row as often occurs in a Portland saloon. Detectives are today endeavorlnc to ascertain whether or not one of the participants in Saturday night's affray may not have some knowledge of the slayer of Huber. The men were in po lice court this morning to participate in tne trial oi tne cases resulting from the saloon brawX All bore positive margs or navina taken part in a rieht. for bruises and darkened features were . I ' "' 4 I iC' I 1 f .(w..:tri: 4 M lit j.f J..;li.(b;! I ' , tA , if I I I tyff'f ' Will . jlUM .Z-r a-r"'1"'''"" '"" L 1 RE Ghouls frustrated in Act of -Exhuming the itemains or Mrs. Pet Magill in Ceme tery at Clinton Guard Is Posted. EXECUTED BY JAP. NEAR TO Coroner Says Dead Woman's Husband Practically Con ducted the Inquest When the Verdict of Suicide Was Returned. Little Brown Men of Mikado's Domain Numbering Between 75 and 100 Un der Able Leadership Went Through Energetic Military Drill Last Sunday Two Miles South of Currinsville (Journal Special Srr1c.) Springfield. 111.. July 17. Attorney General Stead says Coroner Jones must I exhume Mrs. Magi Us body If the charges warrant such action. (Journal Special Serrtce.) Clinton, 111., July 17. An attempt to steal the body of Mrs. "Pet" MaglU from Its resting place in the local cem etery was frustrated last night by the authorities. It is believed that the ghouls were friends of MaglU and the greatest excitement prevails as the result of the attempt. Suspicious actions of a party of men in the vicinity of the cemetery attracted the attention of a passer by last night The oltlsen stepped behind a convenl- L . . .r ""'w,v- rlnt ' Some had rifles and others went to the grave-of Mrs. Magfll gnB Kicks which they used as rifles. A repared to commenoo axhumlng the prepi body MISS FLOREN CE SCHENCK. PE S NIL red In great prominence. Visited Saloons In Afternoon. Huber spent a greater part of yester day in the city. During the afternoon he visited the Oruetli saloon and last night spent several hours in the saloon or John schiuppe. Front and Salmon streets. He was at that place at 10 o'clock, last night, but later than that hour no trace of him has been, dlscov ered. Chris Berg, who was In that saloon a that time, called at policy headquarters this morning and told about Huber1 visit to. that place. Huber and Nagell were proprietors of tne Mountain view dairy, SECRETARY C0RTELY0U TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT New York Delegation Believed to Be Lining Up Behind Boom of Heati of Treasury Department and James S. Clarkson Will Handle South. i (Joarnar Special Berries. ) -' Washington, July 17-That a definite boom for Secretary Cortelyou of the treasury department for the presidency, supported by a live organization of con gervative business men, is about to be launched in New Tork state, was de clared here by a politician of national t reputation.! The Informant predicted that Secretary uorteiyou would nave the New Tork delegation to the next na tional Republican convention. It is known thai within a week Cor telyou was visited by James 8. Clark son of New Tork. Clarkson was chair man ox tne KepuDiican national com mittee in one or trie Harrison cam palgns. Ha la acknowledged to be the strongest northern man in handling soutnern politicians, mat tne adminis tration is preparing a coup in that di rection ana that Cortelyou, who was cnairman oi tne last national committee and as postmaster-general, awarded all the political plums in that locality, mav be the chief beneficiary, is the .general beuer in wasnmgton. WOMAN REFUSES TO SPEAK WORD TO MAN FOR SEVENTY YEARS 3 (Journal Special gerriee.) , Tjawrenceburg, Ind., July 17. Miss Barah Ann Daniel, 95 years of age. died jresieiua? , V -" - miles north of x this city. She is be lieved to have been the oldest "old maid In .Indiana, . .For; 70 years she had lived in this locality and refused absolutely' to have any communication with men. , .Miss Daniel wis one. of the most pop. ular cirl la JM ,couatjrwUa . young oecame engagea to a young man ner. regularly. e SCHOOL Ha vlmitA but at the close of the iwrni ;eri ma county without a word Of explanation and Miss Daniel never heard from him again. Shgover P0k toa manftsrwirds. er When her father died and later her motherr she was so heavily veiled at the faneral that her. face could not be seen. All business connection with the farm sh transacted through, atigbbora of her HOT SURRENDER Peace Negotiations at San Francisco Come to End and Small Leaves. (Journal . Special Rerrlce.) Oakland, Cal., July 17. President Small announced today that the peace negotiations of the telegraphers' strike are off. . BmaU leaves, for Chicaao within the next 48 hours. He savs nothlnar will be done toward an extension of the strike until he holds a conference there Tues day with some' of the more Important leaaers or tne local unions in the east. Superintendent Miller of the Western Union, in speaking for President dowry, in answer io a reauesi rrom commis sioner Neill thst a suggestion be made ror a oasis ror seminar the strike, de cisxeu me company is willing 'to re instate ail but a few of the strikers who were unduly prominent in the union. c US 0 E When Horseman Deserts the Girl He Deceived Her Parents Forgive. WON'T TELL WHOSE COIN BOEES TUNNEL (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Spokane. Wash.. Julv 17. Jamni Lynch, the big railroad contractor who was refused a franchise for a 7,000-foot tunnel through Cannon hill because he would not-tell who was backing. It, has started work on the project without emission from the council. Lynch re used to divulge what road or t. roads were backing him but added that the project would be a ' big be:.efit to Spo kane. It is thought the tunnel is for the Northern Pacific, but Lynch aava it will also be for trolley use. A meeting win Do caned by tne board of nnhiin works to see whether or not work can Da stopped. (Journal Special Service.) New York. July 17. Eloping with the man she loved, earning the scorn of the world and the curse of her parents, only to find that her supposed husband had another wife living and that he had cast her aside After a few short months, is the terrible experience which has be fallen Florence M. Schenck of Norfolk, Virginia. But the silver lining of the cloud baa at last appeared. Miss Schenck's father, upon learning that the girl had been cruelly deceived and had done no' wrona- intentionally, has for given' her for her folly, and she has lust derjarted for her old home, which she declares she will never leave again as long as she lives. Dr. Powhattan S. Schenck was for merly a naval surgeon and when he thought his daughter had disgraced her g to the home of United States Attornnv Mitchell where he notified tne official or what was being done. Mitchell hur ried to the cemetery, but discovered that the ghouls had fled. Trlends Suspected. , It Is believed that Frederick Magtll. the banker, who was arrested at San Diego, California, last Saturday charged with the muraer or his first wire, has secretly communicated with friends and ordered them to remove Mrs. Magill's body before the authorities can exhume it and perform an autopsy. Maglll and his bride, formely Miss Fay Graham, who was a chum of Mrs. Maglll, No. 1, are now in oustody charged with murder. The authorities are working upon suspicions which may prove groundless, but hope that an autopsy on the body of Mrs. Maglll will prove that she did not commit suicide as was announced at the time of her death. Testerday United States Attorney Mitchell and the mayor of the city went to Chicago, where they made arrange ments for a chemist to examine the dead woman s body. This. It is believed. spurred the friends of the prisoners to immeaiate action. When it was discovered last night that the grave of Mrs. Maglll was still untouched, the authorities posted Some 75 or 100 Japanese were seen last Sunday in. a remote location about two miles south of Currinsville, a flag station on the Estacada branch of the Oregon Water company's line about SS miles from Portland, executing with considerable ability a skirmish drill. The maneuvers were conducted under commands from one whose manner gave to him the appearance of a commis sioned officer of the Japanese army, eclnded Place Ohoaea. I. J. Helms, a barber employed In The Model shop at 91 Sixth street, with his wife was spending the day last Sun day near Currinsville and happened to wander some distance from the railroad into the woods. Attracted by the sound of gruff orders and occasional rifle shots they ventured further on until coming to an opening In the timber they saw between 71 and 100 Japanese train ing in arms. Mr. and Mrs. Helms were not noticed by the Japs and their drill was not in skirmish drill was the nature of prao tice. At the command of their leads . they would run to a certain position, y fall flat on their stomachs and fir at a target. Again the command would be given and again they would spring up. find a new position, fall flat and, fire at the target at a different angla, Oar tha Affair Ught Thought, Others beside Mr. Helms and his wifa saw the Jananese in that remote placa last Sunday. Three men who wera looking for berries also ran ujon the Japs. They thought little of the cir cumstance at the time but as they con tinued to think about it the seriousness of the occurrence came to them. It is thought that the Jananess ara employed near there getting out logs or making ties. However, those who llva near when they heard there wera near ly a hundred of them, were surprised; to learn that there were that many Japa in that section. The place chosen ror the - Practice is near the Clackamas river, far rom many habitations and a location, little likely to be easily run upon, T ha training Jamaa weiawaiiahout tha mJddia ot tha afternoon. 3. ENGLAND WILL PREVENT AMERICAN-JAPAN CLASH ' ) Lord Lansdowne Arranged Existing Treaty With View, of ForestaUing the Yellow Peril Kacial Senti 'y , , ment Will Prevail. (Continued on Page Two.) STRAUS UL BE R SATURDAY - v THEOBOLD CHARTBAN IS DEAD AT PARIS rjburfttl SpeU. 8m.! . ? I . Till 17 ThanKnM aVt A 1 w vuj as wavvau vusa,a v 1 oil. tha famous painter who has painted many prominent Americans, 'including President Roosevelt and his wife, died this morning. He was born in France in 184. . . ABE INVESTIGATING v ALLEGED.TAMPEBING (Journal gpfcffel. BerTlce.) - r ' San Francisco. Julv I7.t-The arranif jury today began an investigation - of tha alleged Umnerlna -with tha Schmltsl family he was furious. He declared to the. whole world that the girl waa no daughter of .his and , that never again would he look upon her face. IS Wot Heartless. But the grim old officer had a heart beneath his frock coat, and when he learned that Charles H. WlhsOh, Alfred Vanderbllt's horse show manager, with Whom' his daughter had eloped, had de serted tht girl upon their return to New Tork he boarded the first train for this city. When he had heard the girl's piti ful story of how she waa duped by Wil son the stern parent threw his austerity to the winds and ciaspea tne weeping girl to nis heart. xne romance wnicn oegan mm monins ago ended wun a neart-movrng scene wnon Wilson and the crtrl Darted. He denied that they were married and declared that his real ' wife was waiting for him at Newport. He ad mitted that he and Miss Schenck had been abroad together, and tried to pre vent 'her from giving to the world the story of their brief romance. He even reminded her that Mr. Vanderbilt had requested her to keep silent, but the weeping girl paid no heed and with sobs related the story of tha- alleged decep tion practiced upon her. Tela Her Story. . She told how Wilson had made lore to her. how she had abandoned her homo and Jilted her fiance, a naval lieuten ant, and gone off . with Wilson.-and of their alleged marriage ? in- Richmond. Virginia. r i .. ? . .. "This, I suppose," remarked "Wilson, "means the end of my.20,000 Job." , And only a short elx montha ago this same girl looked out : upon a pathway strewn with hop and promises in tha Secretary of Department of Commerce and Labor Is Coming to Investigate. -'.Continued m gctt-Xvo.X Oscar S. Straus, secretary of the de partment of commerce and labor, will arrive in Portland Saturday morning v(o make a personal investigation of the work of his department in this city. He will reach here at 7 o'clock and will go to the Portland hotel, where reserva uona nave been made for a party of four. Secretary Straus' visit will be much of the same nature as that of Secret Garfield, who was In the Rose City last Saturday investigating local conditions. One of the most important matters wnicn tne secretary nas to consider on his trio to the coast is the Question nf more lights and signals for the guidance of mariners. This subject has always oeen a oono 01 contention between marine men and the debartment ami it Is believed that an amicable settlement will be reached and a larger number of guides will be established wherever danger lurks for the seamen. So far no arrangements have been made for the entertainment of Secretary Straus, but the matter will be taken up today by the chamber- of commerce, the Commercial club and the Concordia club. It la believed that a dinner will be prepared for the distinguished visitor wno aaa -jurisdiction over- many Important matters pertaining to Port- tanu weuuv. Mr. Straus la one of the leading Hebrewa of the country and is a man of exceptionally strong character. He was appointed ambassador to Turkey by rreaioeai noveuna ana, oecause or nis Seculiar fitness waa taken Into Fresl ent Roosevelt's cabinet aa secretary of commerce and labor. ', (Jonrnal Special Be it Ice.) London, July 17. Japan will never get the slightest encouragement rrom England to disturb peace In the Pacific. On the contrary, the king arffl govern ment of this country will strenuously combat any such tendency on the part of its far eastern ally. Great Britain's primary objection to encouraging or to permitting, if It can avert It a Japanese attack upon Amer ica arises from profound racial senti ment. Its secondary objection la lea insistent for the moment perhaps than j the other, even though more practical, and comes from the conviction that a sweeping Japanese conquest might in volve the integrity of the British em pire in peril. Lord Lansdowne went into tha alli ance with Japan, not to promote tha -Japanese peril, but to forestall It. For Japan to take the Philippines, according; to the views held at present in the most authoritative quarters would be only less grave in Its effect upon England than for the Japanese to take Australia. KIIZNER TO WED WRITER Mrs. Helen Green to Become Bride of Mrs. Yerkes' Divorced Husband. WILL WED AGAIN' Hon' Saga? for Then Preserves. (Special Dlapatcfc 'to The JneeuLI 1 Grande, Or.. July 17. The Amalga mated Sugar company will give $50 in ? rises at .the coming county fair for he best varletv of Union (Jonrnal Special Service.) New Tork. Julv 17. Wilson Misner, whnsn marriage to Mrs. cnaxies 1. Yerkes soon after the death of her mil lionaire husband created a sensation, is to try matrimony aeain. Mrs. Yerkes recently orocur.nl a divorce from him. At a banquet last night in the Rand hotel, Mizner's engagement to Mrs. Helen Green, a newspaper writer waa announced. Oliver Weldon ,Ba8v"?"..0I,ii J??; lionalre and the "white light district s latest aspirant for fame in the money v,mino line, was tne nost. ana or nnrtners in the Rand hotel t 1.2 Forty-ninth street. The story runs that Barnes embarked in the hotel business to show new ir uw vm should be conducted. EDNA BILLEK ON STAND FOB FATHEB (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, July IT. Edna Blllek. daugh- f., nf tfarman wine, wno in aocuaea or murdering six members Of the Vrsal - . . 1 (1 . 1 1 n fmvn av' Maw vb.Mam IramllV. lOBwiiwu i" w today. She desoribed events at the Vrxal home preceding uro uwua ox juary Vrsal. - .. y ; ENGLISH C0UBTS AID PB0M0TEBS OF TBUST (Jonrnal gpeetal Service.) v- t ' ". Liverpool. July 17. A Jury today awarded daraaaea Of S26O.OO0 t Lever Brothers, the biggest Soap manufactur er in tne wona, against the London Daily Malt i and Evening' News, Lord Northcllffe's napers. in a lthal suit which-was1 brought because the papers attacked an attempt of that a run miknn 1 V'.'.Vo. W7 ' ' . f . i 'lX .... " V .7- ... , If JBXMerjted. wU La, Grand, fir$aoUe ft Mf trust, , i V t .5 t