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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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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
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Ghouls frustrated in Act of
-Exhuming the itemains or
Mrs. Pet Magill in Ceme
tery at Clinton Guard Is
Posted.
EXECUTED BY JAP.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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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
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Lord Lansdowne Arranged Existing Treaty With View, of
ForestaUing the Yellow Peril Kacial Senti
'y , , ment Will Prevail.
(Continued on Page Two.)
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THEOBOLD CHARTBAN
IS DEAD AT PARIS
rjburfttl SpeU. 8m.! .
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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
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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
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