The Oregon daily journal., August 02, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

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-District Attorney Hejdges Says ;He Will Proceed When Prepared' to Act Effectively
VORD LAUGHS
TOM
"THE SPORT OF KINGS"
"Talk of Evidence Needed Is Foolishness"
Says Word "I Didn't Wait for Evi
dence I Served Notice to Gamblers
to Get Out of Business and That Ended
It Beattie Could Do Same."
Sheriff Beattie of Clackamas county
has "laid down."
In the face of the letter be wrote
- last Wednesday to the ministers of
Oregon City, relative to the notorious
Mllwaukle club, In which he said, '1
have made a determined effort to ret
evidence to prove a case In the court
, against the place, but have been unable
to do so. If you have evidence in your
possession I will act forthwith." Sher
iff Beattie this moraine let the light
shine on the Inside of his office by
stating:
? think the rood people of Mllwau
kle are able to attend to their own
business- without Interference of mine.
This la all I have to say."
Beaded JBvlaenoe Offered. ,
- The statement from Sheriff Beittle
a a -result of The Journal- rur-
. ctlehtng the much needed evidence which
is sought aad his sudden determination
w auow the people ei Muwauai to en
force the laws and stop the open and
flagrant violation of decency by the
gambling resort is in direct eon iraa lo
tion to tne position assumed Dy mm
before it became evident that It was
an easy matter for a newspaper or ah
individual to load down ma oince witn
"needed" evidence.
Sheriff Beattie this morning at Ore
gon City evinced his skepticism relative
te tne operations or tne notorious gam
bling resort at Mllwaukle whose Infrac
tion of the state, city and county stat
utes Is natent to evervone familiar with
Its work. Sheriff Beattie's full state
ment was as follows:
Beattie's Ml Statement.
"It did not take the Portland papers
long to find out about the Mllwaukle
club being a nefarious gambling hell
after the club had stopped advertising
In these papers. If the club is as bad
as these papers paint It, they must
have known all about this condition
when they boosted the club's business
by carrying Its advertising In their
dallies. Tom Word's course In matters
of this kind was approved when Bob
Stevens was elected sheriff of Mult
nomah county.
"1 think the good people of Mllwaukle
are able to attend to their own business
without Interference of mine. This Is
all I have to say."
Openly Defying the tw.
The contention raised does not blanket
the fact that the Mllwaukle club Is
daily, openly, defying the law. Sheriff'
Beattie stated that he needed evidence.
The Journal began to supply this evi
dence with the result that the sheriff
of Clackamas county now issues a state
ment that there la no occasion for in-
erference sfwnrhim against the nouriy
ution of the statutes.
.erlff . Tom Word laughed this
morning when tne statement was mane
to him that Sheriff Beattie had snld
i he would ! take action against the Mll
' waukle club wiienever evidence was fur
nished against the club.
- What Tom Word Says.
"He doesn't need that,' and he knows
Jt." declared the former official, who
made Quick 'Work of gaming-houses In
Portland. ."The common reputation of
the place Is enough, even If he has never
been inside of It If he needed evidence
he could go there and confiscate the ta
bles, roulette wheels and other gam
bling devices. That would be evidence.
It's possible he thinks they aren't
there.
"But all this talk about evidence, in
the face of the facts patent to every
one, is foolishness. I didn't wait for i
i evidence while sheriff of this county.
I served notice on the gambling-houses
to get out of business and set the hour.
That ended It They . quit Sheriff
Beattie could do the same thing In the
same length of time with the Mllwaukle
club If there wasn't some good reason
for him not doing so.
Hedges Hay Act Soon.
There Is reason to believe that Dis
trict Attorney Hedges Is planning to
close, up the Mllwaukle club In the near
future, despite bis noncommittal re
sponse to inquiries on this sublect
Since he assumed office three or four I
months aro he has had an unusual!
pressure of business, due In part tol
tne grana jury wmcn was sitting at
the time ef his appointment and which I
returned a number of tndlctmenta It
Is stated by one who professes to know
that District Attorney Hedges has been
striving to clear the decks, preparatory
to a determined campaign against gam
bling, not only In Clackamas but In
Clatsop, - Columbia and Washington
counties, .which are included within his
aisinot. - r-
Halng asked this morning regarding
any contemplated action against thai
Miiwauaie club, ne said:
"I snail proceed in tnis matter when
i re pa red to act effectively. Not be-
oro.
Came Home Unexpectedly;
and Found Wife Enter
L taining Harry Duncan-
His Suspicions Had Been
Aroused Before, He Said
New York World.
WILLIAMS ELECTED '
DEFEATING VARDAMAN
FISH PASSES LIE
ha w m
(Jovrnal Special BerrW.)
Jackson. Miss.. Auk. 1. John Share
wiuisms election over uovernor varaa
man for the senate Is no longer In
doubt Williams' campaign committee
claims a lead or from 10.000 to 15.000.
other of f loers ar" com In? "slowly. M a&TiatCS Contradict Each
1 1 Ct . . 1 . I w 1 It. I 1 '
imriv ouun in jb&uiub uy a; plummy
oi irom d.uuv to s.uuu wun to. f
Noel
second and Earle Brewer third.
TO MAKE WATERLOO
SITE OF PARLIAMENT
Other's Assertion About
Stock Ownership.
(Journal Special Service.)
HNew Tork, Aug. 2. Stuyvesant Fish
(Journal Special Set-rice.) land E. H. Harrlman stirred the waters
Brussels. Aug. 2. A committee luu L. Tiiinni. Brfai,. tniti. ?m
been formed to buy land at Waterloo ,,. - . ... .
so as to preserve the famous battFexleld. Wo0unV.Ph J.i ? 5 m t
Belgian newspapers advocate the selec- LVt1.-.-,3l!ih .TTJ? IVf-. rTiflli- e-
flon of Waterloo as the seat of the ?t.teme.nt about the Ulinols Central, In
future international peace parliament I S-V..C V
Thai lan aa et tka ln a.a-.n v taiiiiMu v ss vrv.n uviuiuas vvui
declared neutral and be placed under p"t 2,Wii,? tSWrnV,. m, vt.y
extra territorial or International control. wn ff.fiWjH 1ft
WOULD REVOLUTIONIZE
STREETCAR OPERATION
Ordinance Sweeping in Scope Filed With City Auditor
Providing Punishment for All Who Assist in Opera
tion of Cars Not Equipped With Air Brakes.
INCREASE III PAY
FOR SOLD ER BOYS
ever
held In his life." Harrlman said - in
answer to Fish's statement "And what
Mr. Fish said Is not so." he added.
Har
TATTCTS fiUW A TV. RTAT
APTPP VPYT TPTAT, "aJd and not at quietly-, "if
AX1 lililV JjA1 IJXLAM Harrlman said he owns more Illinois
Central stock than I do he lies, and
V (Journal Special Set flee.)
San Francisco, Aug. 2. Chief Counsel
J. H. Hawley, who Is here en route to
Honolulu, s
you can tell him so."
It was suggested to Harrlman that
in saying tnat ne ownea more man isu
Yl0JMI shares and mere of stock than Fish, he
no iuiuiu,. .win mat omiaiur Boren ..,( .k.t X. tmlll mnr. th ,.i
will not take his seat m the senate un-1 iTi w i tV,
Orchard cannot reDudlate his confes
Ion, he said.
FORCE RICHARDSON
TO DEFEND MOYER
he did not want to.
controversy over
affairs.
get into any runner
tne Illinois Central
Reduced Fares to East.
(Jooroal Special Service.)
Chtcaro. Ausr.' S. Reductions In Inter
state fares from all the prominent
Denver. Aug. 2. Federation officers ni&ces In the East to the principal points
say they will not let Attorney E. F. west of Chicago and St Louis will be
Richardson retire as chief counsel fori made Auarust 6 by the Eastern railroads.
Pettibone and -Mover. The officers I special permission to do so having been
know nothlnr of the renorted auarrel I rranted by the Interstate Commerce
between Richardson and I arrow. Commission.
WHAT IT COSTS GAMBLERS
TO GET THEIR RACE NEWS
An ordinance so sweeping In Its scope
and so effoctive In Its provisions as al
most completely to revolutionise the
operation of streetcars In Portland was
filed with the cltv auditor this morning
by Councilman W. T. Vaughn and will
come up for consideration at th next
meeting of the council, August 14. Pun
ishment for violations of the ordinance
Is not confined alone to companies,
firms or Individuals running the street
cars, but will be given to motormen,
conductors or any one who assists in
the operation of the cars,
Air Brakes Demanded.
Section 1 of the ordinance provides
that every streetcar operated In Port
land shall he equipped with air brakes
in. good repair and- equal in efficiency
to the latest and most approved tvpe
of pattern of air brakes. This feature
Is assigned wholly to proteot life and is
chosen In view of the Inadequacy of all
of the fenders now on the market to
oerve the desired ends. Should the
measure pass with this provision It will
mean the exDendlture of thousands of
dollars by the streetcar companies in
WHO GETS THE
MONEY?
,Milwaukie Club Pays About Siity-Fi?e Dollars a Day for
i Leased Wire This Is But One Item in Daily Cost of
Operating Poolroom, So Big Profits Necessary. .
(Special ,DlpateB te The Journal.)
San Francisco, Aug. 2. It costs the
Mllwaukle club, the gambling fesort
near Portland, approxlmtely $65 a day
for Us leased wire report 6f race re
sults. This Is exclusive of operator,
which addfrom 7 to $10 a day. y As
this. Is but one of the many Items in
thecpense of conducting a pool-room.
Maa van be Had of me large re-
ipts and big margin of profit neces-
n. nr nneration. . i -
Mllwaukle- club obtains Its race
results by means of a wire - leased
from the Paclflo States Telephone and
Telea-raoh company. . When this leased
wire is down or out of order the wet
room business, giving It preference over
all Other messages. This Is done not
withstanding a resolution recently
passed by the directors of the Western
the Mllwaukle club pays these two firms
for the service rendered. In the sum
mer It is leased by what is known as
the Interstate News bureau, an organl
s&tlon composed of old Western Union
Employes. Its headquarters are In
New York.-
Buy from Strike Breaker.
, In the winter It is leased by the firm
of Martin & Co., of San Francisco. Mar
tin and his partner, Benjamin Rellly,
took an active part in breaking the re
cent strike of the telegraph operator.
rn Union company handles the pool' Lclrma during the course ef the year aad
i cam virtue vi iu. mini mu viraimvi
Union, prohibiting the handling of pool- l They were at one time race reporters
room business. I or th Western Union In this city and
-r-j . ; I the pari .they took in the strike le .be-
The leased wire of the Milwauklo club
goes through PorUand to Montana. The
Wires are direct from the tracks where
ever racing is in progress and, center
In Sai Francisco.,: The north wire car
ries the results to Portland. ; From
there It la repeated to Seattle. Tacoraa.
Spokane and 'any .other cities, further
north which - desire the service.
Tire wire is leased by ' two different
lleved to be merely an effort to con
tinue their lease upon the wire. -
The Mllwaukle club of Portland has
the wire cut at Portland and a branch
wire runs direct -Into their establish
ment, They have an operator of their
own: who takes the results as they go
over the main leased wire. They also
furnish race results to handbooks which
are, mostly located in saloons and cigar
stores which ' cater to clerks, laborers,
etc, and even newsboys, taking wagers
aa amau a 26 cents. J
4 There can bo no question about 4
e the desirability of closing the
e Portland gambling den known as e
e the Mllwaukle Country club. e
4 There Is nothing about it from
4 the community standpoint but
e what Is bad. It not only takes e
e the money of Its victims, but it
' destroys them aa cltlsens, pro- 4
4 motes Idleness and dissipation, e
and. Is the cause of many a life 4
e of crime.
4 lust why it has been permitted
e to ran 1 not spoken aloud. When e
the question Is asked of officials, .
4 the usual answer Is a wink and e
e the ono word "money." e
4 Who gets the money T '
" It has never been charged or e
e even hinted that the district at- e
, torney or his Clackamas county e
4 deputy, or the sheriff receives a
cent . e
On the other hand It Is fre- e
quently stated that not an offl e
, clal In Oregon city or Mllwaukle e
4 profits . Individually , one cent e
from the vile den.
Who gets the-- money T Ore- e
gon City SUr. . . -
' --. e
providing cars with the life-saving de
vices.
"" Perhaps the provision In the ordinance
which is most drastic is that regulating
tne approacn or cars to one anotner.
Should one car stop to discharge or re
ceive passengers on a street and an ap
proaching car 1r about to pass the ap
proaching car will be compelled to come
to a complete stop until the other car
has resumed Its Journey. Just what ef
fect this will have remains to be seen.
Following is the text of the provision
covering this matter In the Vaughn or
dinance: .
Complete Stop Designated.
"Every streetcar used or operated
upon any street In the city of Portland,
on approaching any other such car
standing upon the same or a parallel
track, or a track connecting with the
same, or a parallel track, and discharg
ing or receiving passengers, shall be
brought to a complete stop so that the
shortest distance between such an ap-
iiuw;uui ur una Hucn omer car aim
charging or receiving passengers shall
not be less than ten (10) feet and shall
be kept standing and without starting
until such other car so discharging or
receiving passengers shall have there
after proceeded a sufficient distance
(Continued on Page Two.)
Twenty-Five Per Cent Raise
for Privates and Less
for Officers.
(Journal Special Sarrk.)
Washington. Aug. 2. President
Roosevelt has the report of the board
appointed to recommend changes In the
Dlck-Capron bill for an Increase In pay
for the army, navy, marine corps and
revenue cutter service. These changes
are understood, to have been modeled
on recommendations made last year by
Secretary Taft when the Dlck-Capron
bill was under consideration by con
gress. The bill provided for a 10 per
cent flat increase In the salaries.
Secretary Taft urged a 20 per cent
Increase for lieutenants and captains',
15 per cent for majors, lieutenant-
colonels and colonels, and 10 per cent
for general of flcera These figures are j
now recommended, and now it Is also
W. Scott, Ontario Rancher,
Murders Wife and Man
With Her Rides Forty
Miles, Tells Friends of
Deed, Then Kills Himself.
proposed to give privates and non-com
lseloned orricers 25 per cent Increase.
This would probably necessitate an
crease of something like tlO.000.000
In aDDronriations for the next vear. half
of which would be for the army. The
president will probably approve the re
port with a few changes, and Adln B.
Capron, representative from Rhode Isl
and, will probably amend his bill to
conform with these recommendations
and reintroduce It In the next congress.
(Special Dlipatcfa te Tbe JoaroaL)
Ontario. Or., Aug. 2. Walter ScotC
rancher near here, shot and , killed
his wife and Harry Duncan last night,
rode 40 miles to Jordan Valley, told of
his deed and then committed suicide.
Infidelity on the part of his wife is the ,
alleged cause for the tragedy. Coroner
Farley and District Attorney McCulloch.
have started for the scene of the murder.
Mrs. Boott was a daughter-ef OL V
Kllburn of this place. The couple had ,
lived happily until Scott became sus-
Icious of hla- wife's relations with
arry Duncan, who is also well known
here. Last night Scott . surprised hie
wife and her .friend by putting In hla
appearance - unexpectedly ana in -
trageay xouowea vnauai wumm.
After making sura that his work had i
han accomDllshed.' Scott mounted ono ,
of his saddle horses and struck out for
Jordan Valley. He must have mado
all haste possible for he reached there
thia mnrnlnr at A o'clock, tne animal
white with froth and trembling from
the 40-mlle flight over the sage brash
AWaicening ma irienuB, nwu urn .-
them excitedly that he had avenged an ,
awful wrong by killing not only tho ,
wrecker of his home but also his wife.
He had promised to love and protect her
but she had faltered under the pressure
of temptation and so ' to end It all ho
killed them both. Having related tho
circumstances Scott raised the gun.
fired and fell dead. The authorities
- MH,lfU4 tt w nAuihlA -i
The tragedy is prooaoiy tne most ara
matio evsr enacted In the history of this .
country, and the entire community hero
and along the Snake river for many
miles where the principals are well
known is shocked because few. If any,
had an inkling of anything having come
between the couple. -
Arrangements xor tne runerai or
Scott and his vietima will not be mad
until the investigation has been con
cluded by the authorities. Nothing be
yond ascertaining the facts as nearly as
posslDie can oe aone. nowwvor, sinov mm
Srlnclpals- in the bloody, tragedy are
ead. '"' v ':
Friends of the woman are anxious to
have a thorough Investigation - to clear
her of the accusation of sham and
friends of Harry Duncan concur therein,
while those who were on close terms
with Scott are honeful to have It shown .
that he slmDlY enforced tbe "unwritten
law." ..,.;t.;r-
SUMMARY ACTION TO
AVENGE MASSACRE
(Joornal Special SerrleaV
Paris, Aug. 2. An extraordinary
meeting of the cabinet was held this '
afternoon to discuss the Moroccan situ
ation. Minister of Foreign - Affairs -Plohon
urged Immediate action .to pun
ish the murderers of Europeans at Casa
Blanca. Plohon proposed suggesting to ,
Spain the Immediate landing of French
and Spanish troops at the seen of the r;
massacres. . .
TARDY TRAIN SERVICE DUE -TO
HEAVY FREIGHT TRAFFIC
(Special Diipatea te The Jon real.)
Grants Pass, Or., Aug. 2. The real
reason that north-bound trains on the
Southern Paclflo from San Francisco
are from four to twelve hours late reg
ularly Is declared by trainmen to be
due to the fact that the passenger trains
are required to do a freighter train
business. This Is particularly true of
No. 18. due at Portland at 7:46 a. m
which carries the malls, and the rea
son for this Is high freight rates, short
age of cars and tardy delivery, which
force producers to pay additional
charges and ship by express to avoid
delay.
"Wo Simply cant make schedule time
wnea zrom 10 minutes to a full hour
are required at every station for loading
on ana on rruit, - mining machinery.
one trainman - explained. "No. 18 is
practically a local freight from the time
it leaves Sacramento till it arrives at
Grants Pass. We are then so far be
hind that we can't reach Portland on
run." , .. t.
Northbound Southern pacific Trains From Four to
Twelve Hours Late Regularly Because Trains Are
Used to Ship Produce on Picked Up, Along Line. 1
die this great bulk of stuff In less than
half an hour. Tons of fruit tons of
salmon and tons of other produce must
be taken Into the cars, and this requires
time. Even cows, horses and goats are
shipped by express. ;
Grants rasa is but on point along the
real
ed
; rretght at Grants Pass. -
anta Vajr "aTona anoua-h exnress
Is handled every day to fill two or three
ordinary boxcars. It ia, nhvslcally Im
possible for the passenger crew to han-
iine in soutnern Oregon where a gr
bulk of exnress is handled.- At M
ford and Ashland a big amount of boxed
iruit is snippea oy express every da;
v.
and the same Is true at northern Call-
lornia poinia ine tracg was never In
better condition than at present, so rail,
road men affirm, and trains can make
lust as good or better time than over
before, but delay la . occasioned by the
"We muatatoT) vfi.nn,,
n,Uk..c.n etanding by ; tho track," said
an old-time engineer ua dlsgustand we
strike a milk can or a tox oi fruit a
hen coon or a hal nt t,.- . ?.
hundoed feet"
rj.a axpiaaation for this great vol am e
JL'-r?8 W1;1ne lies In tho state
"f"1 "hli)p1r" hv-made with such fre
21?K0.?.u,Lln,lr 'toe-past year; that la,
ri-'i'118?! rte ack of cara!
PPl h this U the exceedingly
long time required to ship goods of any
sort, even a short distance by frelnhu
Rather than be annoyed by tha long
elay. shippers prefer to pay the addi
tional charges and ship their produce
by expreaa Not only farm produce, hut
eyen mining machinery is shipped In
this way, aa mining men have not th
time to wait on the painfully slow
freight trains In getting In tholr nu
chlnery. - Tho only 'remedr for t'
so railroad men declare. i
only way to get t tie mull -
time. Is to operate the mail c I -
cars on - separate trains; r ' ' -
distinct express train. A '
already made between t''" ' '
mall ears, but aluiont ' , ,r
train carrtee xprex, I- 1 '
do so In oxJr t j ' 1
'1