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L ., in WIffiH YOU KEEP MORE flEIP Journal Circulation . : Advertise fa the Journal . , Help ' Wasted Columns .Thd'weatbr-Fa!r. and cooler, to- night; westerlr winds. ' 1 . 5 .'U VOL, VI., NO. 158. , PORTLAND, OREGON, 1 FRIDAY EVENING, ? SEPTEMBER ; 6, . J907.-TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. OH TRAINS AVD tXAMDtl, . yiVs, t. -. -J In mm . T! f ,. , , .1,111. , , i .,,-,. , w, : . ' 1 " mi 'A - "' V'''-; ..o... - . - - ' . . " .. 1 i. ' ' 1 1SAT11 1 : "... - "r. --s ... . LEMES POLITICS MOST ALONE Prominent Portlandcr Sells . Interests Here and Goes to Los Angeles to t Prosecute i Dr. J. 8. Owens, Who Is , i .Well Known There. reer Said to , Have Made Him Unwilling yictim of System of Blackmail by jJUo J 1 lie a CA-ll uouauu. Lo Anele, OO-. Bpt Dr. J. S. Owens, a prominent physician of thla city, was arretted at bla office In the Kamona building lat night, charged with endlngt threatening lettera with intent to extort money. Th complaint waa eworn to by J.-Whyta Bvana, or lantiar and former prealdent of tha United Rallwaya company of Portland. Ore iron. Evana' wife la the daughter of Captain C. H. Hance, city treaaurer of Laa Angelea, and waa formerly the wife of Owena. Under tha name oft Minnie Hance Owena she waa a alngerf note. In aupDort of his chargea Evans dla niava two letters signed by Owena. In one the writer demands that claims ag iii iDi sn ha liniiiAatad lm hfrlAiiiiitolv thronfAninff axuoaure Of CUt I. "aveh'ta: vfilc& ha claims will rulu Evan in airni nr tna worm u mmua uuuuu. The letter aa written her on February . 180 nd waa sent w .vana In on Vntjii-vaw trmlrht Evans stated that Ofyena has bean systematically bieedlrtlr him for. 20 years, securing un mensn aums by threats of exposure of ifeJ wi Devlin Arranging i?!? to Take Holdings of "up. and he therefore suomuiea io uio 7 VruuonuamuTm. Ings, Evans has come here with the avowed intention of sending to the penitentiary the man wha has made hn life a torment for the past two docadea. He Insists that he la entire- to wnniwipwf fOKWAKD MJP SKIUNG" tarn 6 UflORE TURNING .1 - ," i. PROPERTY OVER Bank President. ly willing that his past shall Da airea to the entire woria. When arrested Owens evinced great surprise. He requested thati he be al ms uccmji rum iiuuic in Deeds to approximately 7,800 acres of wheat lands In eastern Oregon and Washington, and warehouae property at tha corner, of Water and Montgomery streets' were completed today and all necessary papers prepared for turning InwaH tA trt t C charge of an officer, saying, ine jau I over to Kecelver Devlin of the Oregon nn nlrA tor a aentleman. His request waa denied, and in de fault of $4,000 bonds he was sent to the county Jan. DISPLAYED Sli qili. J. Whjte Evans Came to Portland as courthouse. Trust & Savings bank, these properties belonging to President W. H- Moore, who voluntarily relinquished them for tha benefit of the bank's depositors. Tha transfers . will probably be filed before the' closa of office hours at the Promoter About Two Years Ago. 2. Wftyte Evana came . to Portland about two years ago as the principal promoter of the united railways com pany, associated with Oeorge Lemcke, V. D Larrabee, W. H. French and Holdings Worth $300,000. The transfer involved oroDerty esti mated to be worth In the market at least 1 800,000. In order to 'place him self in a position to convey a clear title to , the lands Mr. Moore was othera who were jointly Interested with mm in me lanas.i uis nrotner, h. a. ?.tii-!f I Moore, waa ''. a ; partner In most of the properties. ,w W ... ' IDU . l . l . . , ' . . i uuiikcu iw ' ubj , uicr . mi O OU11J W w uinvr uub rtuuivu ...v... " i nth... wha.v.m in ni president or me company, ana unuor nis hl generalship a notable contest covering inreo or iuur muuui. tt uuiini crone onor JntJvmmVAMmli'r " ha boe bur idea. that by placing ending In success. for Evans and his asth.u Mm tn h. wri. th.: iaiv.f Bo:mioo. t,'. . v. a deal could do made quickly ny which EvfniJTi i'nt-?fi something over $100,000 could be raised liaved, pleted arrangements for fin- t he, te. pay,.out, naid Judge anclng and building the lines, but was x;E feearnes, who has been Mr. Moore's i.'6"" .XiZi k-.,.;I attorney In tha transactions. "We are chlse aAd prolato others because of hopefu, ot carrying tha matter forward BACON W.tt TAPT A.S STUDENT AT YALE , mnne for Broceedlnar with construction. During the period of these . operations J he showed nimseiz possessea oi excep tional nerve and skill In handling large undertakings. Ha, purchased the Cham- ber or C6mmerce building, an $800,000 deal. within tha next few days to a point where tha prospects for tha deoositors will De decidedly ongnter. ' Ho Beport Thla Weak. Receiver Devlin Said todart it is simply impossiDie ror me to bought other real estate, railroad promisa a report on the bank's: assets (t materials, ; ana property in i and iiaoumea mis, weeK, ana a will De rrtnneption witn tna raiiroaa aroieci, t.rortunate 10 cat h reaav next ween. When- tne couapso ox ma synaicaie. would. ; ratner aisappoini puouc ana Iron and iction en the coiiaps came Evans atooa, pat ana engaged mi press than .to come rorwara with t re the real estate business along original I port, that is not entirely satisfactory to lines. In tha last year ha has leasedfme. This" work is. almost interminable. numerous vaiuaoie vacant DUBiness lots i and unexpeotea mings coma up- every and Drotnoted construction of. office and I day-that require more time. 'I propose business buildings that will aggregate to get up a complete and detailed report in value mora than 11,000,000. promi-ltnat win do so piam mat every man nent among his enterprises is the ereo can understand exactly - wnat la here, tlon of a mammoth department store As to tha .nature of tna commercial building on tha Peftnoyer block, and a paper, or the value of the assets, I can .. th..(n .nil hhtni hiiUriinp- nn tha sav absolutelv nothing' at thla time." Pittock block I Devlin said that in expressing himself XSvane has shown himsel possessed U? to the method of bookkeeping em j. ar Amaiironiii rHNiiuiTHiuiiiHHH m nn miMiai uiujqu at iuv ct imi hd uw 1 1 w iia3caia iu I Mess Judgment. For several months he reflect In, any way upon the keeping of J has been In a' "nervous condition, that accounts or the management of the j was noted by his friends, but not at- bank. The bookkeeping was different JtrlDUtea to aumrawa iiuuunn, al onaiirom wiini na wuum uavs vrcacriDea s tim. ha was on the verge of eollapse. an accountant, but he was disposed to i and was. in fact, confined to his room be a crank, he said, nn the subject of 1 for more man a wtck. na recovered bookkeeping. quickly ana resumea aim uiuu ousiness f ; nIJ-l weks a hs ' sold his real- PTTTTV A ' A MT J A PA TTVT !, dance property on .Willamette heights y ,2L ZTlZ. J,' 1, ' wnh . CLASH OVER TEEKIT0EY that hewas going there to Join his wife I or a brief , visit, she having preceded Win, to vialt per, parents at juos Angeles. " wuni nf Mr. Kvana predict that ha will emerge from hia present trouble successfully and there are many who believe mm wortny vi cunimunct ana support. KEW NAVAL STATION W FOR PACIFIC COAST TTnttMl Pmss LhhI Wlra.1 Washington, D. -C, . Sept. That, a nna reoommenaation win oe maaa oy ir-Admiral Capps, chief of construc- 1 Of the navy tor umiami a .navai tlon at San Diego la practically aa- td. ' It IS Deuoveu iu viwrm ih- Ked by Kear-Admlral Cowles, the kident's brotbor-ln-law f.';i;;. i rCdlted Press Leased ' Wlrs.) Tokio, Sept. 6. The number of Chi nese troops Is lncreasina daily in Quanto, the territory In dispute be tween China and Japam Tha Chinese commander ' has warned, the . Japanese that they must desist from any attempt at administration and withdraw Imme diately. ' Japanese reinforcements are proceeding to tha territory.' 5 . STANDARD CASK IS; ; v POSTPONED BY COURT ' ft (Cnlted FtMa' tessed Wire.) i f New York, Bept. The- trial of the Jovernnient s case' to revoke- t he-New ersey charter 01 the Standard Oil com pany waa a (raid postponed,; yea tar day WELLS-FAR60 IS VICTIFH OF LAWS 1 s-ssBBsasBBawBasjsa President of Express Com pany Says 54 Per Cent Is Not Enough. a - Such Is Showing. Accordins to Lowest Possible Esti mate of Polk Directory; People Two Months Be fore Directory Is Compiled Figures at Hand More Thau JusUfy-ActuaL-Facta-Bas-. ing Growth on Increased Birth Rate, School At tendance and Postoffice SECRETARY TAFT IN A VARIETY OF POSES AND SOME POR TRAITS OF HIMx'DURINO DIF FERENT STAGES OF. HIS CAREER. TAPT.JCPGB (.TJf.DUTOCT OHIO. Secretary Comes, Sees Portland and Is Captured By Our Leading Citizens SLEEPING GIRL WILL NOT TALK Florence Bennett Says She v Promised Spirits Not to Tell Secrets. September 17 (United Piess Ltued Wlrs.) Chicago, Sept 6. Florence Bennett, tha Sleeping girl of Kankakee, whose haps lasting a week at a time have bean the put, of tha medical profession. today began her sixth day of wakeful ness, and. although the young woman la suffering from fatigue and mental' dis tress, her' physicians believe that she will ultimately recover. Questioned by scientific investigators who have called on Miss Bennett for a description of her experiences In what sne cans "naiiway iana- nas oniy naa the- result of causing paroxysms of weeDina1 from wfil oh the girl finds it difficult to recover..' Miss Bennett's parents have tried several times to get a statement as to ner aranamginer, whom -. tha girl - declared ana nad been with ' When aha awoke from -a week's trance.- . . ... - XOoattauea on Pac Stri& Discusses Philippines Situa tion and Tejs of Gov ernment's Policy. William H. Taft came to Portland this morning; he saw It a few hours later In the day and before he leavea tomorrow morning he will have oon quered It He carried the. little crowd that met fflm at the Union depot off Its feet It was cold and chilly and very early when the Taft party climbed down tha ateps of tha sleeper the secretary travels la plain style;, no private cars for him but. the first thing the commute saw waa a big f orm blg but ' not elephant. ine which stepped off - quickly and gracefully, and then the Taft smile. It began with tba lips under tha white mustache and spreaa up and , over the race until it aeemea as tnougit even the ha.ttered little atraw hat' waa obanurad hy It and Taft had won his first victory In Portland. . - President t. b, -wuoox or the Oregon Development league; C. W. Hodson, president of the Commercial club: 8. O. Reed of the chamber of commerce; .Tom Richardson, manager of the Commercial club, and 8. B, Vincent of the Manufac turers' association, hurried up and f rasped tha secretary's hand. Then Mr. Vlicox bundled tha Party, which in cluded Mra. Taft and Charles Taft, their son, General C. R. Edwardst Secretary W. W. Miachler and tha correspondents, MAN OF MYSTERY Continued og. Paga FlvaJ.. TORTURES CATS Doctor Who Holds Gastrino Secret Arrested by Los Angeles Officers. (Facifio Co t Press Leased Wire.) Los Angeles, Sept (.Reports of ays tematic and barbarous tortire of cats and dogs by the wholesale led to a raid by, the police and the cruelty prevention offloers on the works of the- Gastrin Chemical company on West Twectv eighth street today. Neirfhbora com plained that the pitiful sriea or rcunes In agony disturbed their slumbers and expressed the belief that horrible atroc ities were perpetrated on tha cats. ... Dr. R. P. Martenetta, president of the company and bolder or tna u amino secret waa arrested on a misdemeanor charge after the mutilated bodlas of eight cats had . been . exhumed in .his backyard. -'. - '., ."- Tha Martenetta place is known in the nalahborhood aa a houe cf mvstflr. M artenette seldom was aoen outside. A vouna- woman aecretary. vlnts tha nlaiia each day. A high fence teparatds tha lOpfittnusd -a Pag -Siva), (United Press Leased Wire.) New York, Sept. . Although Wells Fargo Express company earned 64 per cent on its capital stock in the year ended July 31, President Evans, In his annual report to the stockholders Is sued today, asserts that the company waa hindered greatly by restrictive leg. islatlon. He says: "In my last report I called attention to the serious hindrances we were ex. perienclng by reason of restrictive leg. Islatlon, and I desire to say in this con- nectlor that since then an additional nun. ber of states and territories have enacted laws appointing commissions. whose duties embrace not only the reg ulatlon of railroads, but express com. paniee as well, and the general tend ency of such commissions is to seek to reduce our rates. We are now under tiie Jurisdiction of the interstate com merce commission and compliance with bo many rulings and requirements sub ject us to continued additional labor and expense. While the company earned 64 per cent as citmpared with 88 per cent for the I-revioua year, It aya dividends of only 1 iu rer cent, ana mis rate is paid oniv as the letult of the light made a year ago against Harriman, who controls the ccn prr.y, by the minority shareholders, l tevioue to last year's contest the 00m-panj- (aid 8 per cent dividends. NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO TRY PETTJBONE is ad- ues- t (Special Dlspatcft' to Toe Jaanat) ' Boise, Ida., Sept. 6. According. to the records at the state house, only. a little over $3,000 remains of he state's ap propriation to try the Pettibdne case, which would not even be a starter in the matter' ofr expense. -A special ses- eion or tn legislature ror tno of apbrdprianiir foi" tg irafpoSi mitted to be entirely out of tha n tion -The statazauditor .haa positively stated that he . ' would iesuano de ficiency warrants for the Pettlbona trial expenses. 1 ne truu is set ror uctober i. VOLCANOON PERRY T r CiMlSLAND IS, ACTIVE (United' Press Leased Wire.) t ,'.' Nome. Alaska, Sept . The steamer Olympian arrived front Puget sound cov rrna .wttn.:. aanes rrom . a ..volcano on Perry Island. Tha cook found a quan tity. .of colors in the sediment which .was saved by tha crew and passenger. Portland's population today, according to the lowest possible estimate which) can be furnished at this tima bjr Mra. Ella J. Clinton, manager of the Pol 1c Directory company. Is 315,000. Thla figure Includes 200,000 within tha city proper and 15,000 In the suburban dis tricts which He within the. corpora t a limits. " 'v, With tha completion of the Polk city directory still nearly two months distant nothing more tangible-than the) Dirtn rate,- which has largely increased. during tha past 12 months, the school attendance and postofflca statistics ia accessible to go on. but thea compared with tha large Increase in tha number of names which will appear in the new volume and other ' avenues through which an estimate Is baaed mora than Justify the figures given. , ? Mra ciintoo. states . that zio.ooo is the moat conservative estimate' with tha facta now at her disposal which-can ha made, and when the directory finally makes Ita appearance and the work of compiling the oenmia la completed it is probable that Portland's population will run considerably In excess of tba fig ures noted. Waw Directory Vest Xo&tfc.: The directory will appear tha last nf October, although the work, of adding names, making corrections and other wise brinKinr the volume up to datej will not stop until the final page baa , been handed to the printera ' Portland s population, based upon tha figures furnished ., by tha Polk neonla laat year at this time, was. 185,000, showing an increase during tha 12 months of 80.000. This increase, while. large, has been steady, ia not extraor dinary and is fully borne out by tha addition of hundreds of eastern j?eopla wno nave com to rununa to uve since last fall and whoae names appear for the first time in this year's catalogue ofi city residents and their addresses. " uuring tne wore or taking the city census this year 25 - canvassers . hava been employed. Every district has been carefully covered and a call will soon be made through the newspapers for the names of new residents who have arrived since the completion of the cen sus taking. Hear irames By Hundreds. "Hundreds of new names will appear In tha directory : this year', said Mrs, . Clinton this morning. . My estimate of 215,000 population is based entirely upon these additions td-t the directory, the birth rate, which shows a high in crease, and the largely increased school attendance Comparison of these figures with postal receipts, letter deliveries and other means upon which estimates are always based brings us face to face. witn tne pleasing ract mat they all agree, one Is simply-' In substantiation of tha other. Consequently,' tha most conservative estimate ofV tha city s population ts in tha figures named. I believe that It will largely exceed this number when we have '- the directory completed and can then furnish au authentic and reliable estimate,", BORAH'S F RIEIIDS CONFESS EG1 Men Indicted With Senator Turn State's Evidence to Secure Immunity. j . . (United Press teased Wtra.) Boise, Ida., Sept 6. It has develops! that Willis 8weet one of the men In dicted alone with Senator Borah, former Attorney-General Frank,. Martin an l others,' baa turned state'a evidence on , romise 01 unmunuy ana it Is on i t estlmony that the aovernment r..i . largely In the timber land fraud fM. , Friends of Borah claim' Swpf .... ' feasion ia untrue and was seen ro.i , . throinjfh a'fcromtee of .immunity ui i tnreata ' - "v-?;.'. v- There will be ho delay in brinrin. i , Borah case to trial and twltn?Bia r being . subpoenaadJor.. Scpu,ui- the date agreed, nppag,,.----- -4. y . tfitPMNNING TO CORNER TYPEWRIT I ; ' (t'sltsd Press a,! ir.) New .York. Sopt. Humor ( , been beard for some tim-j t . 1 n c of American Cflpltallnts tun - F. Ryan at their ! wer tnrr large company to n.vjulre aU ti, j , typewmor inn'r. s. i.i iruj vyi, to control tins 1. Among Uip ii. Kvaa an. I Iiia t Oiinrm'n' tima, liaiiy s'ai'ue ,Vi -H 4. i.r - .-jr. V A 1 .V