m r pi fl PUKING SEPTEMBER THE JOURNAL CARRIED 45.308 "INCHES OF PAID ADVERTISING, A GAIN OF 10,345 INCHES OVER THfi CORRESPONDING MONTH OF lCfU. O : A GAIN iU BUSINESS OF JUST TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT.' NO OTHER PAPER IN OREGON CAN SHOW SUCH A GAIN. ' THE JOURNAL LEADS. , 0 Buy, SelL Hire or Rent any- USE THE JOURNAL'S WANT COLUMNS. - The . weather Fair tonight. To-, morrow fair; northerly winds. "''.- Ki i IlnlTf f?);ff) St H irialCirculatlon ! ; s vou vi. ; no,(180.',;1i i - PORTLAND; ;OREGQNWEDNESDAY -EVENING, OCTOBER 1907. SIXTEEN PAdES; PRICE TWO CENTS. ' twnr ' i i i 111 i i - vs t '.. . . 1 ' 1 . CliSll IliilficiE ifS " ll ' jiil fc ni";nH ': ' V 1 Charges Against Alleged Co- t TUlv-''TDAII' ? I-""' W Conspirator Dismissed- ? ' r lnr: " IllHll f 5 Will Tell on Stand of Rad- ."?T: r 1 I V f; v k J ding's Part in Plot to " ili-i V " V'"1' ' i Blacken Mayor's Name. I8I! ; : ' V i , 111 I Hearinff Benm This Morn- h-H fl V'; " h r II I mg Lane Tells of Scene W . ' I " . 1 r v I in JUamilton Building- ; V A . , . ' wu -.l.h i? , ' - ' iihi inoueni ai jirsi woman . i v. - I f pj i oa xxx: cu xxi u A OF COINS AND RATTLE OF CHIPS AT inn ... i .... , -I Tollo Scent r to Lumber , 1 ard JN ear Lepot-rTnrec , Jfen in Plot Disguised as , Negro, One of Them Keeps Watch. - (Iptrtal DUpatck to Th JocthiL) Baker City, Or., Oct. 2. Russell Ewaln, for many years a eloae friend of ex-Sheriff Brown, , who died ' yes terday afternoon from wounds re ceived at the bands of dynamiters, bas taken the trail of the murderers V .with, .'Draper's bloodhounds. 1 Swain Akt- not believe that . the .Western .- Federation bad anything to do with " Ifie committing of the dynamite out rage. He thinks that Harvey Brown had many enemies who have bitterly deteBted him for his cam paign against the gamblers and bad men of the town. Brown, accord ing to Swain, had kept up his cru sade against tfie toughs and there . weremany of the jmoBt desperate of '-, them .who bad silently held a deep , grudge, against the ex-offlcial. Swain,: assisted by Ui chief of police and several deputy ahelffs and citizens) ' set. tne nounas upon me iran or , imi ' murderer early inn morning- in ; doratook tho scent Immediately and ' followed it to the railroad track.- The ' trail doubled back there and led toward ' a lumber yard near the railroad depot. ' At the lumber yard the scent waa lost and the does coyJd nor pick it up again. However, the offloer nave secured val ,' uable eleVs and have come-to .the con- elusion that, there were three ; men in- . atead of two in the crime. They expect) V to trace the criminals ana jana tnera mi '. jail before many hours. . - r There Were Three. ? , . , Swain said that there were many per- toaa about town among the rough ele 'ment' who might have been capable of iiir sudii's lemuiB crimo. xis- waa working on' the theory that some Jhree r or more of these desperadoes had plotted ' against Brown. In his dying statement Brown had mentioned that it might have been other than.federatlon men who set off the bomb. But it must also be re- memoerea tnat 'ne more tnan insisted that Orchard and the friends of Steve Adams were Implicated in his belief. Brown1 waa- questioned .with difficulty . as he was weak and his mind wandered . under the terrifio strain. His state ment was not so clear M the district Attorney -wished it to be. r. . . . . Important olues were developed this " morning when the police learned that one of the men suspected of the murder ' "was blackeneTup as- a negro; Another wore a woman's dress and a. third, or me man who d supposed w, nave, nulled the wire that fired the bomb waf in the ordinary garb of a workineman. The latter was in a barber shop in the early part : of the evening, and the "negro" . stood outside as If ready' to give warn ing. The barber noticed the black man, but did not think, much of ttte Incl- dent at the time..'-.. . iThe station agent-noticed two men running from the lumber yard toward 'the railroad track. - A regular train had . Just - pulled out, but . the fellows . were Jifrr' CHARLES I A.- JOHNS; MAYOR OP, BAKER. CITY iNEUHAUSmNOTlFlEDBROm - "IN THE SHADOW" That Harvey K. Brown was afraid of his life while in .Portland I last: week, Thomas,"BjNeuhausehv special inspector , of, the inte rior department and . a warm personal friend of Brown, saw the murdered man on Sixth street one evening last week and stopped ' to speak to him. ' . ' ' J ' "1 noticed a 'peculiar, twitching - of " Brown's , eyes," v said Mr. Neuhausen, "and remarked about it. Brown .'laughed and said It wa probably the result of a strain he had received while lift ing a heavy weight . at Salem where he had been attending the state fair. ; : ."- . "But to me It seemed he wore a haunted look, He glanced nervously from left to, right as if he were vigilantly watching for some one. His look .was that of a man who has, been con tinually under shadow ' and was momentarily expecting to be as- .suited.'' ..-. . ,;-v MURDERED MAN'S DYING : STATEMENT-IB FULL 'V -, (Continued on ' Page Two.) T (Special SUpatch to ' Tbe , JoarotL ) - Baker City, Oct; S.--The dying state ment of murdered Harvey Brown waaM in full as follows; . V ? 8Utc mont of BTarvey.s K. 5 Brown at St. Elisabeth's hospital In Baker City, Baker . countyi Oregon, made October 1 1907, at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m.of said- day. Examination conducted by Iyeroy Lomax, district attorney, of the Judicial dlstrlot of the county of Baker tn the state of Oregron. ' " ' ETHEL LEVEY-MARRIES STAGE HERO EDESON ': (United Pms- Letfed Wire.) Chicago, ' Oct 2. Tbe romance of Ethel Levey, formerly Mrs. George M. ,: Cohan,- has been ' uncovered. She Is, - found to be the wife of Robert Edeson, the stage hero of romantic plays. :, : i Miss Lievey was married in Chicago several day 'ago,: after months spent in denying positively that she had any Intention of ever" marrying again and certainly of marrying "Bob" Edeson. She tried to keep it a secret until she left the city, but she whispered it -to a iriena, ana now everyone may jenow. HOPGROWERS RASE ; )' FUND; WILL SUE: S. P. A fund la being collected by the hop dealers of Oregon for the purpose of ' testing . the ? new railroad commission law la the matter of furnishing oars. v -The dealers claim . they have bad orders for car of hops for some time which could not be filled because 'the nllroads would not or cou.ld not fur nish, transportation.' They claim "they are very much damaged on this . ac count and will band together and bring suit against" the Southern Pacific at once. - t .- The' dealers -. say that not only 'are thy Injured by the lack of cars, but It puts the hop Industry in a tight place, Inasmuch as there is a demand now and may sot be later. , , M 1 1 k ' ' ' Q. : Did you see nnvbody that you think might have done this? . A. There was a' fellow here that ap peared to be following me. Q. How long had he been here? . A. , I have 'seen him for the last few days. ,1 passed him once and poke and h passed on and did not speak, and I met him In front of Romigs there and I spoke to him and he never answered at all, but went right on. Q. When was it that you saw him, was . that yesterday or when? A. - That was last night about 7:80; I went up across there to McCulloch's office to talk to Mac for a while. . Q." He was going down toward your iiousa inenx .? . v A. . Going that-way. Q. You met him sointr uo town? A. I met him as I was going us town and then I met him again up town. He is a man that I would know if I saw him, but. that is all. . wnat connection naa tuts with tte urchard business? ? A. I think that la what It' fa. picked up Orchard and these people are reeling angry about it. , Tne central people are commencing to find It out, O. Did Vo vcr ret anv threatening letters rrom anyone : A. Yes, but that was in connection With -that gambling businessv- - O. Never arot any Jetters about the urcnard ousiness? 1 1 A. ' I never sot many threatening let tera, only about three and a couple. on a horsestealing case. ' I never got any out or tne other, dui I nave neara tnem all tolk. , w - Q. r How about that ' Idaho timber business up there;' was there anything of that kind or have you had anonymous letters from there? W., whereabouts? - A. The Senator Borah matter. - A. Nothing: I waa not ' connected with that In any 1 way. ; Of course they have been Reeling , radical, these Orchard people. , I can realize that this is netti ng but the orchard - ousmeas,-- because I have- hnd fellows ay right out that I did wrong In having arrested him, and By the dismissal today of the charges against L. L, Mandelay, accused Jointly with E. E. Raddlng and Mrs. Belle Way mire of a conspiracy to defame the mayor's rood name and bring htm Into public disrepute, tho state was able to draw still closer about the defendants the'het of gult , which is enwrapping tnem... .'.''-,v-. Mandelay will be a witness for the state in the preliminary" hearing which commenced this morning at 10:16 o'clock in the municipal court, and It la ex pected that ,he will tell of Bidding's having come to him to secure bis pres enoe in the Hamilton building on Tiiurs day last In order to be a witness to something which was to happen there. ty me testimony or c M. liahvl A. N. Wills, Mandelay and possibly Thomas C. Devlin, the state will show that Raddlng first made the proposal to wins ana ieviin to entrap tne may or; that he afterwards told Habyl he had a "deal" on in which a prominent man was to be associated with a wo man and for the uncovering of which he was to receive u.voo: and inen by Man delay that ha had planned the coup and aeairea a witness, to it. Defense righting; Hard. , The defense which haanow narrowed to Raddlng and Mrs. Wtcymire is bend ing every effort to throw discredit on the motives of Mayor Lane and by the testimony of Baddlng and his alleged woman accomplice, and by rapid fire cross-examination attempts to snow Im purity of motive air the part of Mayor Lane. The preliminary hearing, waa com menced this morning with the stuffy room of the municipal court packed and Jammed with a grinning crowd of the morbidly curious gathered to hear the testimony and gaxe at the woman In the case. Mayor Lane was first upon the stand and his statement and cross-examination filled the session un til a few minutes berore noon, when a recess was taken . until this afternoon at 2 o'clock. At the conclusion of his dlreot examination - Judge Cameron .or dered the court room cleared of all persons except attorneys and represen tativea or tne press. MoOarry 0ets Huddled. Nothing "touch new was brought out at the morning hearing, the time being taken with the mayor's story or. the attempted badger game, and with the strenuous efforts of Attorney McGarry to inject the taint or suspicion into the evidence given on cross-examina tion. . It was the mayor's morning, how ever, for the scope of McGarry s ex amination Became so wiae or tne issue that the court stopped him three dlf- 4- 't, !7f- H ....... ..... . .. .. .. .'. ! " "' m MILWAUKIE CLUB; .WHERB THE CHIPS RATTLE FOR. ALL EARS BUT THOSE OP THE OFFICERS . OF THE LAW. I 4 ' ' 1 A ih ' - i , SHERIFF BEATTIE, WHO HEARS RUMORS. BUT IS DEAF TO NOISES THAT SOUND LIKE A FARO BANK. Sheriff of Clackamas Neither $ees Nor Hears the "Direct Evidence'' That Gamblers Operate Under His Nose. (Continued on Page' Two.) .(Continued ea Faae ..ThrecO. , HAPPY BECAUSE HE HELD ON.TO. ' 0EEG0N-LANDS . (Wtabington Bureaa of Th Jonrnal.) 4r Washington, Oct. 3,-Henry 4 Gllfrey,. chief clerk of the. United 4 e States senate, willleave soon for 4 4 Oregon to look into his-realty 4 4 holdings on the ' peninsula and 4 4 porfftape effect-a sale of them. 4 4 Mr. Gilfrey's experience has 4 4 proved tbe strength of Portland 4 4 and vicinity realty. Only 18 4 4 months ago he offered his tract 4 4 on the peninsula for about 1200 4 4 per acre, and negotiations were 4 4 begun to dispose of the land at 4 4 that ngwse. Something occurred 4 4 to delay the, carrying out of the 4 4 transaction, and the owner de- 4 4 elded to hold it, He claims that 4 4 today he can get $1,000 an acre, 4 4 and that he will not lose sleep 4 4 if he holds it sometime longer. 4 4 Mr.' Gllfrey was calendar clerk: 4 4 of tha senate until the death of 4 4 . Chief ClSyk McDonald, when he 4 4 was promoted to the chief ship. 4 4 -He has- bee connected with the 4 4 .,' senate tor more than a quarter ' 4 4 of a century.. He is a rejrfdent . 4 of .Salem.,:., .r.i..r,,... .:':,: 4 r WEBSTER SETS ASIDE ZAH WILL County Judge Holds Testa tor Was Xot Sound in Mind. Holding that Frank Zan. when he made his will, was mentally incapaci tated and had an unreasonable delusion concerning his wife, Judge Webster in the county court this morning N set aside the will, causing, an entirely dif fereat disposal of the S25.000 tn prop erty than Zan had directed in the will. The contest was made bv the widow. Mrs. Jennie F. Zan, and the son, Domln- Ick A. Zan. ' There is but one heir be. sides the widow and son, a daughter, Regina, aged 12: years. The will being set aside, all bequests made by Zan are Ineffective.' and the property will be disposed of as if no will had been made. All the property is of a personal na ture, so that the widow as dower will have absolttto title to half of the S2&, 000, Instead of having only the house hold goods and furniture as provided by the will. She was alo to have 1100 a month for six years to enable her to support her daughter. " . The remaining . half of the property wui do divided equauy Between tne son, D. A. Zan, and the aa-isler, Kegina. Under the will the sort was to have had only $5, anl the Jansh'.er -iU th re mainder after 14.600 had been paid for tuberculosis : poor, since tie will was probated the propertr has ben ht-ld In trust by John Kelly and Fred a Dresser. The disDositlon of the property as di rected by the will was; To-the widow, Mrs. Jennie Zan, all the household ccmmIs arid furniture, except desk, bookosso.an.l bocks. To the son; D. A. Zan, J 5. To a crtisin, Nick Planclch, the desk, nook- case, books, watch,-guns, fishing tackle and similar articles. To "-St. Vincent's hospital 2.2S0. to be used for- tuhnrn. lar poor. To the board of hospital trustees of the Oregon diocese of . the Protestant EDiscooal church tn the same purpose,- and all the remainder to the daughter when she reached .th ag of II years.. With black-jack and poker games run ning full blast, a faro bank robbing dupes of, their savings and roulette ta bles standing Invitingly open, the lu- waukte club gambling house In Mll waukle is again being operated In di rect violation of the law. Last night there was a crowd of 80 or more .men, most of them evidently working men of the poorer class and a liberal sprinkling of "professional" gam blers crowded into a second story room in ti,e rear of the "club." There were two games of black jack and poker run ning and about 25 men were crowded around the faro - table. passing ' their money over to the dealer. Rhnrlff VtontHa nt Plflpkftmflfl snnntv 1H confer with District Attorney Gil bert It. Hedges today, he says, to see about "getting evidence" against the gamDiers. "I have heard rumors that the club was running again for several days and if it is I'll close it," said the sheriff, "but I have to confer with District At torney Hedges first The sheriff ' has a deputy In MIN waukie whose business it is to see that the laws are enforced, Including the one against gambling. This deputy, how ever, has been unable to secure any di rect evidence yet. Sheriff Beat tie said. There was Plenty of direct evidence at the club last night however, and there has been for several weeks. Passes the Lookout - A visitor at the club last evening made his way past the "lookout" man at the little gate and Into the bar. In quiries as to whetner tnere was any chance of placing a little money brought directions to go to the rear of the bar, pass through the card-rooms and go upstairs. Tne second story room was wen ruled with residents of- Portland, Oregon City and Milwaukle, most of them playing faro. Ike G rat tan. better known as "Frenchy," was In charge as of yore, nnd with a full force of "cappers," was raking in the coin. When, the offer of a dollar bet was made to the banker of the faro game he replied that nothing less than $10 would be accepted by him. ' . v ; "Times have been too Jiard for us to fool with small bets," he said. On each of the other card tables f rpm $50 to -$100 was plleor up. The money changed hands in the same old way the cappers raklnar in bet after bet from the young fellows and working men who were foolish enough to play, Although the biff Dlackboi Information of pool buyers was not run ning, it is said that those who want to place money on the ponies are being ac commodated by the managers of the club to aa great an extent as they dare, with the assurance that within a few weeks they will be able to reopen full! blast. Bets on the races are again be ing taken in the down-town, saloons for the Milwaukle club. , 1 journal closed Clna. The club was closed through the ef forts of The Journal and - the decent. inw-aDiaing element in cincKamas coun ty on August 3. Early in September tne bar waa re. opened, and some quiet little card games) began to be pulled off In the rear rooms and the poolroom; These games merely took the form of black-jack or twenty one and poker at first. : This wee, however, emboldened by their apparent , freedom from restriction, the owners) started the faro bank full blast hauled out the roulette tables, dusted the cob webs off them and prepared to .revlva 1 the golden age of the club again. District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges and Sheriff R. B. 'Seattle gave orders in August that the place should be closed and should remain closed. K. H. Hlldebrand of Spokane, representing the chief owner of the gambling hell. Col onel Applegate -of Kentucky, came- here in August and after a conference with the , sheriff and district attorney of Clackamas county agreed that his place should be closetiL . Hlldebrand, however, through "Fren chy" Grattan and' other of- his represen tatives here, gave the tip-that the dull season would only last as long as it took the agitation to blow over and re (Continued on Page Three.) CHARTERS M BE VACATED Attorney-General of Kew York Asks', Supreme Courts Permission to Bring Suit to Put Western Union and Postal Out of Business, -for' 'Bate Fixing (Onlted ; Press ' 'teased Wire.) ' New- York, Oct 2. Attorney-General Jackson today applied to Justice Ford of the. supreme court tor permission to start suit in the people's name against tne. Western Union and postal ' Tele graph componies to' vacate ..their char ters and put them out of business, so fair as New York Is concerned. Jackson nalntalns that the. companies have en tered' lntoiagieements to fix rates on tnepKagea within New Tork. Tho same-contention' may be brought up- by attorneye-general ir- other Btau-s. as it le well known that the two coi po rtions have a rate agreement end have formed their tariffs uo that thesa Ui be no competition, so far an 1 concerned. All states of tfie ( peoially the far ' western Htt. Oregon ; Callfurnla an'! Uiri have been sufferers hy r. .I'-iui ern Union-Postal tat !" . tl-a rates being exceedingly l'i;:u f. mercial messages n'w t (. rates excessive. j(ni:rm m .. are said to be d r -i. . ; 1 far as rates are nmWv-i. i , rate beini? much In cxt ' -1 u i press raie.' It is believed : that Attn Jackson ul reotK-st t- s tret in Jina anii rin-n t . mentinncl In t:" ' ! the sttl! mill ; ' ' 1 iUtil.g V. . .1 ' 1 1 , :