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VOL. IV, NO21.
P6RTLAND, ' OREGON, SUNDAY MORNINCj, AUGUST 4 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
close
FIBHI n 8IIUK
If JOURHAL COME DOWN
Sheriff Orders . Gambling Lafe Pence, Who Has Option
Hell to Close-Makes Bluff on Fair Grounds, Outlines
at Paid After Club Is Noti- Plans of Beautification
fled He Is Coming and All Far More Comprehensive
Paraphernalia Is Removed Than Contemplated.
Action Taken Voluntarily by Washington and California
Club Officials. Who Hone Structures as Hotels With
" 7 A
by Bowing to the Storm
of Public Condemnation to
Let It Blow Over.
Grove for Use of Guests
Oregon Building as Auto
mobile Clubhouse.
The notorious Mllwaukle elub cam-
buns' resort is closed.
The Journal has won Its fight for
decency and rood ctfraenshlp,
The den In which hundreds of rlo
tlma have been fleeced will not be opal
a ted ror a time at least.
Sheriff Beattle of Clackamas county.
roaded Into action by The Journal, last
night ordered the place closed, and It
was closed.
This was not done, however, until nu
merous conferences had taken place be
tween the sheriff and the club officials.
The wires were" VepT hoi with messages
to Spokane, where I. E. Hllde-.and,
representative of the majority stock
holders la, and It was mutually agreed
that the best policy was to shut down
for the present, nntil the storm of pub-
lio indignation caused by The Journal
expose had blown over when an effort
to resume ousmess win oe maae.
Paraphernalia atemoved.
Early In the evening; patrons were no
tified that orders to close naa Deen
received and all were requested to leave,
Then the gambling paraphernalia
hastily removed. (Jut went tne
Circumstances growing; out of the
withdrawal of John C. McMillan, of
Seattle, who Invested many thousands
of dollars and had planned for ex
pending a fortune In the preservation
and development of the Lewis and Clark
fair grounds, save again placed an
option on the property In the hands of
Lafe Penoe, of the Pence company, en
gineers In charsre of the eroieat An
effort Is already under way, supported
by Mr. Pence, that will probably lead
to development of greater plans than
heretofore contemplated.
. "At last I am able to appeasa -tse
fears of the residents of this end of
town that smoke stacks will go into
the grounds, and nasty, black smoke
would blow on to the houses on the
hill." Mr. Pence said.
'Some months ago I had definite plana
for the fixed uses and improvements
of the buildings. - I shall know in a
few hours whether I can call together
the parties I then bad interested. If
not. 1 shall -Mrs to undertake It on
the same lines with local parties. I
think I can succeed."
Will Bond Properties.
Consolidating the many properties
controlled under his option, together
faro I with properties previously acquired by
tables and roulette wheels, out the poker purchase, he proposes to bond the en-
tables and all other signs of the knights
of the green.
When everything had been carted out
of sight, the sheriff was notified and he
came to make a bluff at a raid. He
walked through the rooms where for
months past countless throngs have
"bucked the tiger ana toyea witn
chance. Nothing but the bare walls and
a few chairs greeted him.
"I see no gambling apparatus," said
Sheriff Beattle. "There Is nothing here
to raid. There Is no evidence that there
has aver been any gambling."
Bay Journal Sid It,
And there wasn't. It was all stored
safely away, to gather dust and splder-
raha instead or soiaen snecxeis until
the good old times" dawn anew."
Th club officials' bowed to the in
evitable with as good grace as possible.
The place will be closed until It is
thought safe to reopen "till the public
flforgets." And they openly admit that
lit was The Journal that did it. and but
ifor The Journal they would have been
flowed to remain undisturbed" to
we unwary ana tne loeiwn.
piders panor la uosea uw
Oil . . . .
(Continued on Page Eight)
tire list, the money so raised to be
used for purchasing everything, and
placing the whole on a revenue paying
basis, on terms that will reserve to
the public the oriental building and
grounds for the annual Portland rose
fiesta, and for a great convention hall
or auditorium.
Asked last night ror a complete state
ment of his plan, Mr. Pence dictated
u.e ronowing:
"I can only state in a crude way the
general plan, but in all the essential
matters these ideas will be carried out,
if I can succeed in arousing the public
to make the investment. None of the
buildings will be torn down. The for
eign exhibits building will be reroofed
for permanent uses. All buildings will,
as needed be reroofed and supplied
with concrete foundations similar to
that already cut under the forestry
Duuaing,
"This will be easy and cheap for me,
as I will have abundant travel right at
hand from my operations next winter.
Sand I can get from the river near cue
government bulldln
In
LITTLE GIRL
MUD 8Y
STREETCAR
Fender Does Not Work and
Three - Year - Old Edna
Kern Is Crumpled Under
Motor Box and Terribly
Injured.
Car Is Lifted Up by Bystand
ers and Doctor at Sunny
side Crawls Beneath the
Car to Take Out the Lacer
ated Body.
CZAR AND HIS FAMILY ABOARD IMPERIAL YACHT.
PLAII ESCAPE FOR
HARRY ORCHARD
Death Sentence to Be Com
muted," !Then Freedom
From Prison.
r. Cement I can buv
me open marxet. ir i can connect
on the lines I had laid out. the property
(Continued on Page Four.)
Uugust St. Gaudens, Famoui
for His Statues, Passed
Away Yesterday.
NOTED SCULPTOR
DIES III CONCORD
(Journal Special Service.)
Coneord. N. H.,?Aug. 8. August
St. Gaudens, . one- 01 me otbi-dowu
Sculptors in the. United States, died late
Ct.i. .fternoon at his bom here. The
Cti.t had been falling for a year and
fn the l&at- month had been sinking
raoldly. Notwithstanding wis, nowever,
he continued going to his studio until
hn.Aav. He could not work, put dl
rected his assistants constantly.
fit. Gaudens, Known as one or tne
treat American sculptors, was reauy
DOrn In Dublin on raarcn i, ists. ao
ires brought to this country in infanoy
rod grew up here. He learned the trade
f a cameo cutter and studied drawing
t Cooper Institute, New morg Later
he was a student at the National
kcademy of Design. His first figure,
Hiawatha," was produced In Rome In
1171. H returned to New York In 1872.
in 100 he received a, medal of honor
jn Pad. He was a member of the
fnete of France and an Officer of
FWe-teglon of Honor. .
IfJome of his most famous pieces are
Adoration of the Orosa." '"The Puritan,"
Tkiana'" In Madison Square Garde
ower, New Tork. and statues Of Abra-
t lain and Admiral Farragut, which oo-1 merely said that a
oovr ta various olUaa. ; , , ,(4ayaloDmanU might
EDDY SOU - W
BE COMPROrillSED
Departure of Glover for East
Gives Eise to Rumors
Concerning Settlement.
(United Press by 8pecial Leased Wire.)
Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 8. The sudden
and unannounced departure for New
York this week of George W. Glovrr,
who Is suing for an accounting of the
state of his mother. Mrs. Mary G.
Baker Eddy, founder and leader of the
Christian Science church, has given rise
to the undented reoort that a settle
ment of this famous suit is imminent.
Tw weeks ago a Miss Thompson of
Boston, a devout disciple or ana con-
riaante or Mrs. Eddy, arrived in utaa.
Glovers home, to visit his daughter,
Miss Manr mover, a rormer schoolmate.
Immediately upon being received at the
uiover noma mis xnompson oroacneo
the subject of Glover's suit. It is
claimed she delivered to Glover a per
son tu letter written to mm oy nis
King
suit and saying she courted the fullest
aiso
(Joorntl Bpedal lerrlc.)
Butte, Mont, Aug. 8. "Orohard will
be convicted of murder In the first de
gree. The community will not stand
for anything tflse. But he will not hang
according to present plana The plan
is to hare him sentenced .tohang, then
Governor Gooding will commute his sen
tence to life Imprisonment
"Orchard, who is to be provided with
money from unknown sources, will then
make his escape from prison. The de
tails Include a ticket to England. No
mention of his escape is to be made for
six weeks so that the fugitive will be
safe from pursuit."
This is the statement Attorney Peter
Breen of the Haywood counsel made
this afternoon on his return from Boise.
Mr. Breen does not reveal the source of
his Information other than to say that
Orchard "leaked" In the penitentiary to
the convicts, who were not in sympathy
with him. Attorney Breen says that
rumor has it that Attorney E. H. Rich
ardson will defend Harry Thaw.
DETECTIVES SEE
ARCHS MEET
Kaiser and Czar Jisit Aboard
Imperial Yacht, Accom
panied by Officials.
(Special OtbUs by Herat News Barrios.)
Swlnemunde, Aug. 8. An army of
German and Russian detectives, afloat
and ashore, watched the meeting of the
czar and the kaiser. The emperors met
under the standard of the ctar at noon.
Ths kaiser In the royal yacht Hohensol-
lern steamed out to where the cxar'a
yacht lay In watting. Wllhelm was
escorted by the entire German war fleet,
which was under command of Prince
Henry of Prussia. Prince Adalbert, the
kaiser's third son, was on the bridge
of the battleship Frederlch Karl. De
tectives have been unusually active for
the- past week. Obviously they feared
the meetings of the . emperors might
have tempted an anarchist outrage.
Every stranger who has arrived ,at
Swlnemunde this week was shadowed.
What the emperors discussed todav
nobody knows, although the papers are
filled with speculation. That the meet
ing was not wholly personal was Droved
by the fact that the kaiser was accom
panied by Chancellor Von Buelow, the
secretary of the navy and all the high
est officials of the court and govern
ment. I
Another victim has been claimed by
the dread streetcar Juggernaut and as
the result of excessive speed, lack of
proper fendera and the recklessness dis
played by the motorman of car No. Zlf
of the "S-S" line of the Portland Rail
way, Light ft Power company, Uttla
Edna, Kern, the 8-year-old daughter of
C A Kern of 150 East Thirty-fourth
street lies mangled, bruised and pain
racked at her home, close to death.
The latest In the already lengthy list
nf tremr accidents occurred at 6:30
Forced to Disembark From yftft&
when extra car No. ill, west Douna, ln-r
Wl AND WIFE
FORCED OFF SKIP
Ocean Liner Because Hus
band Fought Passenger.
(Hearst News by Longest Leased Wire.)
London, Aug. 8. The steamer Oceana
brings a lot of Indignant Americans
charre of Motorman W. U. Blue ana
Conductor J. Burkhardt, running t ex
train sneed. struck the unfor-
tn nt babv. hurllna- the llttleu form
into space for 80 feet and then dragging
the body for half the distance under the
ponderous wneeia.
Wedged trader Motor Box.
From eye witnesses it is learned that
the tot started across the street en
tirely oblivious- of the onrushing car,
from Sweden. They complain that the
captain compellod R H. Hood and wife coming with great speed and when dl-
of New Tork to leave the vessel because rectiy in tne center oi tne inuu wa-
Hood declined to fight a duel with Herr
Pick of Berlin.
According to the captain, the friction
between the Americans and the Ger
mans aboard was because the former ac
cused the Germans of bad manners.
Hood accused Pick of behaving indecor
ously In the presence of his wife. Hood
thrashed Pick, and the latter challenged
Hood to a duel with swords or pistols.
Hood declined and offered to fight Pick
with his fists.
When the captain heard of the inci
dent, it is reported that he ordered Hood
to quit the ship at the next port Hood
and hla wife disembarked.
WAY HI PUNISH HAINAN
mother gently chiding him for brlngini
lnaulrv. Other matters were
touched upon and the hint was given,
it is said, that Mrs .Eddy might change
nea nuna anout giving ner son zuo.ouo,
as she promised, as it is claimed, to do
before he brought his suit'
Glover, who had been talklnr freelv
for publication about his mother and
the suit up to that time, suddenly ceased
to have anything further to say and a
day or two later left town. Judge G. F.
Bennett. Glover's lawyer, when asked
about Miss Thompson's visit and Glov
er"s sudden departure, -asked to be ex
cused from discussing the affair. Ke
soma very important
soorur pa exaeoteq.
(United Press by Bpeeisl Letted Wire.) -Washington,
Aug. 8. High federal
officials are tonight wondering if the
Standard Oil rebate case at Chicago
does not point the way to the criminal
prosecution of E. H. Harriman. Judge
Landls' order directing the grand jury
to take up on August 14 the rebate
practices as related to the Chicago &
Alton railroad means the criminal pros
ecution of the railroad officials who
granted rebates to the Standard OH. ,
The Elkins law, under which these
prosecutions are being conducted, Is
very broad. It provides a maximum
fine of 820.000 for each violation by
omission or commission. It further
provides that any person or officers
or director of any corporation or com
mon carrier, or any receiver, lessee.
agent, trustee or person acting for or
employed by it convicted of offering,
granting, giving, soliciting, accepting or
receiving any rebate or concession, may
do imprisoned not to exceed two years,
in addition to a heavy fine, in the dis
cretion of the court
SEarrlmaa la Control.
The recent report of the interstate
commerce commission of its lnvestlga-
Standard Oil Case to Be Fol
lowed by Investigation of
Chicago & Alton and Its
Officials Must Answer for
Granting Hlegal Rebates.
tlon into the Harriman railroads showed
that during the period covered by Stand
ard OU case, Harriman was In absolute
oontrol of the Chicago & Alton.
It Is pointed out here that the Chicago
A Alton filed a false rate sheet with the
interstate commerce commission on oil
shipments from Whiting, Indiana, to
Chicago and other points. There can
be no question under the law as to the
legality or illegality of traffic arrange
ments, for It specifically states that the
rate as filed with the commission shall
be conclusively deemed to be the legal
rate in any prosecution brought under
the Elkins act, and declares that any
departure from such rate, or any offer
to depart therefrom, shall be deemed an
offense under the act
By testifying under oath, in obedi
ence to a subpoena, Harriman secured
immunity from criminal prosecution
under the Sherman anti-trust law, but
no nas never Deen questioned as to the
granting of rebates by the Chicago &
Aiion.
It ' is learned tonight that Attorney
General Bonaparte, who has under per
sonal consideration, the Harriman report
oi ire interstate commerce commission,
has announced that he will return from
Lenox, Massachusetts, August 12. It la
unaerstooa ne may send Special Assist
ant Attorney-General Roadstrom, the
trust ouster.- to unicairo to adv w ih
Attorney Sims relative to the Chicago
& Alton. It Is stated here .that if the
counsel for the Standard OH company is
sincere in its declaration that it. rat mm
are unjust, a hearing can be had in the
Plan Xiegal Delays.
it is Deiieveo, nowever. that the
Standard officials will prefer to carry
the case on appeal to the circuit court
of appeals. By this method, the case
cuuiu on nop irom tne nignest tribunal
for several years.
Should the Standard carry lta trou-
dioo io iuo supreme court or the United
States, It will thus be deprived of charg-
( Continued on Page Four.)
MIL.WAUKIE CLUB SWINDLES CUSTOMERS
Sharing Odds So That Bettor
Has' No Chance at All
Meanest Graft.
The meanest graft connected with the
notorious Milwaukee club Is In con
nection with the swindling of lta cus
tomers in; the poolroom. If the odds
given were the same as i those at the
race track the bettor would have Uttla
Show, but under the rule at the Mil
waukle club he has no show at 1L
Not onlv are bettors tmfamlli&r with
Um condition or. ability o.tha;hors
upon which they are placing their
money, likewise ignorant of orders
under which jockeys are riding or how
the game is fixed from the start against
tne outsider (an this is the rule in any
poolroom), but instead of giving out
the actual odds on a horse as deter
mined on the official form sheet as
oubtomary at race tracks, the Mllwau
kle - club . proprietors cut the odds in
half. 4. '
For Instance, If a horse Is 8 to 1, the
MiiwauKle club lnrorms it patrons
that It Is 8 to 1 and takes beta at this
ratio. If he is a favorite at 8 to 8
the club potts htm as 4 to 6. and so on.
The wrong -. odds often com over the
Pacific States telephone wire, which
the gamblers lease, ielng purposely cut
under agreement by the firm of Mar
tin St Company at San Francisco, from
whoa - tU servios la purchased. - ' -
Odds Given at Eace Track
Cut in Half Other Tricks
to Fleece Patrons.
struck with terrific force. The child
was thrown ahead and before the mo
torman could bring the car to a atop
the little one was under the forward
trucks.
The baby was round tigntly wearea
under the motor box. terribly wounded
and it was necessary for bystanders to
lift the siae oi tne car oerere tne ooay
could be extricated. Drs. J. A. Pettlt
and A. M. Webster, who occupy Joint
offices at the corner where tne acci
dent occurred, were among the first
to reach the scene. Dr. Pettlt as soon
as tne coacn naa Deen raisea 4surn
clently, crawled on his hands and knees
under the car and carried the bleeding
unconscious form to his office.
Assisted by Dr. Webster the little
sufferer was made as comfortable as
nosslble and after the administration
af an anaesthetic the ugly wounds were
sutured and broken bones set It was
found by the surgeons that the child
had sustained a fracture of the right
thigh bone, an extensive lacerated
wound of the scalp, terrible Injuries
to the perineum and numerous bruises
and contusions on the body. The doc
tors believe the injured baby has a
chance of recovery.
Child Buns la lros.i of Oar.
From the Portland Railway, Light A
Power company it was ascertained that
Motorman Blue had been In the employ
of the company for a year and" Con
ductor Burkhardt for two months. Ac
cording to Blue's version of the affair,
when about 60 feet east of Thirty
fourth street he saw three or four wo
men ancTchlldren standing by the curb
near the south tracks.
. Blue says one child was standing in
the center of the south track and when
ImOfJS
INVOLVED
IN ISSUE
If Kailroads Are Not Per
suaded to Hold Down
Freight Rates From This
Territory Pacific North
west Will Lose Heavily.
Lumbermen Hold Proposed
Matter in Tariff Means
Life or Death to the Indus
tryHardest Kind of
Fight WU1 Be Waged.
(Continued on Page Eight.)
The Pacific northwest will be loser
to the extent of from $8,000,000 to $10,-
000,000 annually should the lumber man-'
ufacturers fail of success In their en
deavor to persuade the railroads not to
Increase the freight rate on lumber
from this territory to points east of
Denver, as proposed.
Means US or Beat.
Ths lumbermen assert, that the mat
ter, means life or death to them, and
way wiu put up tne naraest una or a
fight for the preservation of the Iniar.
et in which they are deeply Involved.
This was decided upon at a meetlnr
held yesterday afternoon by members of
the Oregon A Washington Lumber Man
ufacturers' association In the roomi of
the chamber of commerce, when the
matter was fully discussed.'
A committee, consist In r of A. C Dlx- ,.
Cobb, B. C. Miles and President Philip
Buehner, ex-offlclo member, was ap
pointed to deal with the powers that be
with a view of accomplishing ths de
sired result and they were given full
power to act To make the matter leas
strenuous for the committee a sura
something like $28,000 was voted for ths
use of the committee, an assessment of
810 ner 1.000 feet of ths dailv cut nf "
each mill belonging to the assoclstfon. '
25 per cent oi tne amount Deing payaDle
upon demand and the balance subject -to
requirement
subscriptions Solicited.
A committee, comoosed of W. H.
Mackay, L. J. Wentworth and W. C
Francis, was appointed to solicit sub
scriptions frofn loggers, brokers and ,.
kindred interests, should the capital do
nated by the lumbermen not prove suf
ficient to fight the battle to the last
ditch. The Washington associations
have set aside large sums of money for
the same cause, and it Is predicted that
the railroads will have the hottest kind
of a fight on its hand unless they
should see fit to reach an amicable set
tlement bv leaving- bad enoua-h sJons.
as some of the millmen prefer to put '
it, in view or tne snoriage or cars that
they have had to contend with for tntnr
months.
The meeting was called to erdar t
President Buehner, who. after statins' .
its purpose, went on with a statement , -on
tne general condition of affairs and
the Importance of the question at Issue.
He explained that investigation bad
orougni out notning to snow now the
railroads can reasonably Increase their
tariff on lumber, since they are sJresdr
making a good profit thereon. Others
made remarks much the same In senti
ment and the question of contesting ths .
action of the roads was unanimously
supported. : h ..
Very Sarlou Matter.' "f""
"This Is a serious matter, sail Mr.
Buehner after the meeting, "and that
was shown by the united stand of
those who attended the meeting. It
seems as If the railroads had about e
(Continued on Page Eight)
WW
mum
CHICAGO JUDGE
Glad That Standard Got
Limit Will Teach
Magnates Lesson.
' The Milwaukee elub adds a fraction
or sometimes one point to the odds re
ceives over their leased wire, which
are only half and ' sometimes only ne
third of the tracks odds. t deceive the
newcomers. For instance, if the odds
are quoted at 8 to I. the marker posts
them at to 6. while at the track they
are 1H to 1, and more frequently 8ft
to i. a norse tnat comes in to l may
(Coatiaaed en r-Page Jtoar.)
(United Prett by SpecUI Letted Wire.)
Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. 8. William J.
Bryan, who reached this city tonight
on a leoture tour, was outspoken and
direct In his emphatic approval of the
assesment of the heavy fine against thl
Standard Oil company. , v
"I am glad Judge Landls gave the
Standard OU company the limit" Bald
Mr. Brran. That combination naa been
operated in the most braxen violation of
law, ana mere w no reason wny len
iency should be shown the corporation.
While fines are not as acceptable as im
prisonment, this penalty nay be large
enough ro teach trust magnates . some
respect for law, if the company doea
not escape from it by appeal.
"A trust cannot be handled " with
gloves. we will now see whether the
price ef oil Is raised and the amount
of the fine exacted from the publlo
Mr. Bryan wap much Interested in the
delivery1 of' the opinion, and declared
that the feat of Judge Landla was mar
velous. . ... -,. t . . . ..
TRANSLATIO
III OF
POPE'S SYtLABUS
Pius Condemns Modern Er
rors Concerning Gos-v
pel Interpretation, ;
(Hetrtt News by Longest tested Wire.) ; "
New Tork, August 8.-A transiati ' i
of the text of , the 65 articles of th '
syllabus issued by Pope Phis X kas
been aecured by the Hearst New er
vice, u ma document, one of the most
Important Issued from the Vatican In
pearly half a century, concerns errors - .
In the Catholio faith errors resulting
from so-called modernism.
These errors are tolnti nut' k
oree of the Holy Roman and Universal
inquisition. v -ine popes set upon the
document are many and in the eurio
many are confident will rout out and
banish forever the new vlewa
a The syllabus in dealing with"! r,
modernism of the faith, condemn w- i '
no lack of decision "modern m
concerning the intrprtii"n o(
gospels, modern ' criticisms of t"
works, miracles and oeaift or i
This is the first docnim
to be Issued since l'"p i
"Quanta Cur" of Ic
which hn fathered s ,
popular errors.
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