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IS SOLD ON THE STREETS OF PORTLAND ; AT; 2 CENTS PER COPY, IF: THE PURCHASER FEELS III : , MUST. SPEND 5 CENTS HE CAN AND SHOULD OBTAIN, TWO COPIES OF THE PAPER FOR HIS NICKEL THE DAILY rr""- USE THE JOURNAL'S i JOURNAL; CIRCULATION . ? YESTERDAY WAS . .'. ADVERTISING COLUMNS fOR BEST AND QUICKEST RESULTS ' it w ; , ,' '' ; ' '' - " ," '"Tlje weather-7-OccasIonal'raln to-; r'-nlght And Wednesday. ; V , f PORTLAND, -;. OREGON, TUESDAY ' EVENING, v FEBRUARY 4, 1W8. -FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE " TWO s CENTS i EJZglAPgSn VQL. VI NO. 287. JOURNAL 29 EliEllflll)! i PLOT TO A ' Revolver That Was ' Logan Found Where Jacob Hilt Said Anderson Told Ilim It Would Be JJis covered ---Witnesses Were to Be "Doncl)p": i By the 'recoTery of the-molTer 1 with whicJCi Engineer. Harry M. Lo gan Is thought to hare , been killed .. and admlMlona made to a fellow prisoner, 'by Jo. Anderson, whose trial for the ninrder of Logari? to begin February .lit-the shadow of ;the gallbVs as ; drawn" close to the accused inan a t ' v? W 0 Oi last Sunday,' jnst three months from the, date of Anderson's arrest, ; acting on, Information. furnlBhed by Jacob Hilt, to whonv Anderson made - admissions, DetectiTes. ;TIchenor and .'Jones recovered the revolrer from the alouKQ on the east side at ex actly the point where Anderson told Hilt it would be found- , Ailderton alo confided in Illlt that b had Bred the hot that klUod a tdnduo tor of th Ros City, Park car Una ana that h had a part in Numerous holdups pwvIOua to hla arrest:, v Th ipropoaals which Hilt aay Anderson made to him how that startling; Plana lor wholesale ' murder hava been, concocted by Ander-; ' son, by which., he "proposed to kill wit-, neases who are to be called to testify " against him and to revenge himself en the officers who have built the chain of evidence around him; , - riaas to Xiurde. . ' If you will kill Peter Maher and Boy Etnbry " Hilt sava Anderson told him," I will return the favor by kill Ing any doaen men you -may-eel ecV. . Maher ia the witneea who last saw poor Harry Ixiranat the end of the Fourth street bridge, and JRoy Embry is a young man with whom Anderaon roomed in the north nd for two night; after the murder. To Embry he la aaid to have confessed the killing' of Logan and it le the testimony .of these wit nesses that he 1 most feara when he is called to answer for hla life. , i Anderson also unfolded to Hilt a plan for seourlng a mackintosh to be aoiled 'and torn so as to resemble as nearly as possible the , cloak t worn by the murderer of Xxcan, anl to leave thla In a place where it' could be found by . witnesses, T The object of this plan wns, to throw an element of doubt on the Ulcers at the scene of the murder. ywpared for Suloida. That Anderson kill himself if . Intended to; try to convicted was . aiao PRESIDENT TO SEE UNFAIR LIST Manufacturers Willppeal to Roosevelt ' to Aid ' Them in Fight , ' , ' (United Press Lessed Wire.) Washington, Feb. As a result of the sweeping anti-boycott decision by the United States supremo court "yester day a movement has already been start ed among manufacturers who are. rep resented on the ."unfair list" of the American Federation of Labor to -pet!? tlon Roosevelt for relief. , ' Daniel uavenporu counsel iur iw, upon whose complaint tho ease was de cided, is autnonty i for the- statement that the matter will shortly be brought t tha attention of the president, ' He points out a paragraph in the recent message by tho president . In.., which Roosevelt States that he wodld enforce the law against a labor inion as quickly as he would against a. corporation. TEN THOUSAND MOORS ' DIE IN BATTLE WITH FRENCH NEAR (United PreM Ia Wire.) - Tanglers, r Feb. 4. Ten thousand Moors were' killed or wounded yes--terday In a battle" with the French troops near gettha. The French army lost 160 men In the clash.:, .c, Reports of the battle, were , re. celved here Wont the front today. 11! at r g t 1111 Used to Kill shown by a search of his cell made this morning; by 4. Detectives Tichenor ana Jones and 4 Deputy Sheriff Archie Leonard." Hilt says that' Anderson asked him aa to best way to commit sui cide, and wanted to learn the location of the jugular vein. Hilt told him. the best way waa to aever the velna of his wrist. Anderson had a pointed section of a pair of twee sens, and Hilt told him that mild urvt tha nurDose. , When the search was made todar the bit of metaL about one and one half inches nrm. was. found mrefullV Concealed in the hem of a pocket handkerchief be tween the loaves of a magaslne under th mttrM nn.hta-hd. 1 . Hilt, who tells the startling story of Anderson's plans and oonf enstons, waa confined In the county iU for some time on a charge of assaulting Superin tendent Jackson of. the county farm. . but tha- chirrs was dismissed about one month ago and U.wii discharged., .Tea terday nev was arrestee on a Denrn war. rant to be held aa a witness In the An derson, case, it being though! wV"e to hold him in tmstody. owing to the "near ness of lb coming muraer mat. : r :mavu atatameait -. iir 'tBt.miiit this monilnr Hilt said: '"Anderson came Into my cell while 1 waa in Jail here, and said there were two men he wanted to kill. In return for this, he said, he would kill any dosen -men I mlcht select. I tola Rim I had no enemies, and would not prom ise, to kill the men. and that I had no gun to shoot .with.. He then aaid: Go to Forest Grove and rob a' gun store there.' v I told him that no sane- man would go to Forest Grove When there are plenty Of guns in Portland. He walked up and down the cell, and after a while he said to. me: "Now. you' want a gun; I will tell you where to get one.' T,,My gun Is at 481 East Washington street, where I was staying. J knew the officers were coming, and I threw the gun out of the window into the water. It is about four feet under water. - "The belt is rolled around the gun. There are 10 cartridges In the belt and six in the cylinder." "Anderson also said the gun was a .38 Smith & Wesson special, and that ha paid 116 for it He said he had the number on the run drilled out at a bi cycle' repair shop... He wanted me to get the gun and kill two witnesses against him, Peter Maher and Roy Em bry. He said that he would kill Offi cers Tichenor and Jones and two others on the force,' whom he did not name. 'Wo a Ian wanted ma to ret a mackin tosh.' He said to get a black mackin tosh, a little worn and yellowish, and to haveJt torn in one place and then sewed up.- He also wanted it to have (Continued on Page Two.) CHICAGO CHIEF TO Shippy Declares Anarchists Must Make Home Out '' - side of 'Windy City. (United Press Leased Wire.) Chicago, Feb. 4. Chief of Police Shlppy today held a conference with Corporation Counsel Srundaga .on .ways and means to stamp, out the ..colony of anarchists now living in Chicago. ' The cmer aeciarea ' tnai' tne receni vn In nhlraam almost duplicated the events that led up to the Haymarket riots of a decade ago. TTney negin oy noiaint lndnnr mnetinirs. demandlnar the MBht o: free speech"; then they , demand the right to hold - outdoor , meetings, and when refused start riots, defy the police .,1 ...k1 nllna:, ... . . .r . .. ' Khlnnv - declares that." there are at Teast 60 anarchists here, including soma, t mm )ht Patarann. New Jersey, colony! and some from uermany ana Jttussia, i r The accounts are meager,' but Jt Is understood that" the French soldiers ambushed the rebellious Moors , and succeeded In slaughtering thousands of men .before 'the surprised army recorered sufflclently to return the Are." ; . ' - ' ' Harry RAD REDS REMMIABL&COMPOSITE PCTURE' I from active businesCleiving the! conduct-of their - gigantic business interests in the hands of their sons. -Jn this , pktufcare'showri-'fo :'and: successful: fathers; From left to right the are:;t J.1 Pierpont- JVlorgan -Jr., -John rBv ;RocKefelerrJnrHc:H.: :RowrsJrMahdrEvl-P"SKaw,--'s6nof.sttt LlmmmZ-.mmt -mm . I MB II J t 1 I I ff A M P 1 ff V M , I III1LUUIIIL IIUIllll Kings of Finance Beginning to y Grow,; Weary of -, Coin Chasing. ., (United Press .Leased .WJre.) . New Tort ' Feb. 4 Are the high financiers of the country gradually turn Ing over their troubles to, their . heirs? Watl'street "seems' to think' so. and Ini cldents are cited showlnf that Morgan. Carnegie, Rockefeller and others are stopping the financial pace that over takes tha dollars and letting the "young fellows" do ths work. . .r i Recently there has been a tendency on the part of ue very rich men of the country to ease up on ths strenuous life of making money. : Rockefeller does' not give so much-personal attention to tha affairs of the Standard Oil ' com pany that he did in past years,1 and 101 opens with less aggressive action on ths part of the big; oil monopoly than form erly.' This may be because the Rocke leJer Interests are now so f. widely spread over ine world that the "young fellow" cannot, handle them so well as "the old man.".. . . ,,: i.-.,. . Ilead of Manufacturers As ; sociation. Holds Out OHyo: ' . Branch to Unions. (United Press Leased Wire.) . Wtuihington Feb.f 4. The -Manufacturers' association W ready and willing EMPLOYERS HIT TO EIID BATTLE to hand out the olivo branch of peaoe to the American- Federation ; of , Labor and close the bitter feud that has been raging for the past, year and to the course of which labor met such a crush ing , defeat; yesterday at ; the lhands ; of the surreme court, :. President James Van Cleave of the National Manufac turers' association has declared tot peace... ::jt:h$: iuMi'-i "Let us cease fighting, let organised labor and capital go forward in peace now .that tho supreme court has deter mined the rights of each, v It would be too bad if employers were compelled to resort . to drastio measures to i protect their property from' criminal practices 'The. decision of the supreme court carefully eliminates all the coercive and violent criminal methods of the Ameri can Federation that have been so promi nent In the- past, k It leaves a frame work of organised labor. If working matwact wisely they will obey the man date of the court. I rejoice in the de cision. 'It la the culmination of a life work ahd Jt is no surprise. I hope organised labor will recognise- the -Jus tics yf the decision." -' v i - 'v a J i c ; .I.;.-, ' : i.-, ;..'i -v ""' ' ('--.' :1 v Union Faces Complete Defeat in Fight Started Last Year ard System Established by Empers Ef-V fectually , Shuts On t Organized; Lahor." , , , (United- Press Leased- Wire.) Fairbanks, 'Alaska. Feb. ' 4. -After . fight which started en April 21 Ust year and which -Lhas been , prolonged ever sines, the miners', union Is s.bout to face complete defeat. f or . the strike which was ordered for i February i t has been a dismal lauure.- wnai jew men went out were quicair repiacea. y - r xoasy me mine owners esiaDusnva card system by . which no union man employed In the 'mines can obtain em ployment. o union men win oe given TO Louis Hill and Howard Ellidtt Declare They Would Lose Money ung and That They Will Not Compromise. - (United Press Leased Wb.f" -. Seattle. Wash., Feb. ' 4. The' northern lines will hav n6 compromise to offer the lumbermen oft the Question of rates and while President Louis BUI of the Great Northern and President Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific will met with the conciliation commute they declare that nothing can come of it . . "There is no monev n- naoung lum ber at the -old rate," said" President Hill last ' night, i 'The lumbermen win nna RELIEF FUND ..,v 1 4) itM " PTOTidence I Council Hunts ICheckiSentltofAidiSanK ' - Francisco Sufferers.1 ; IK ?r (United 'Ptess:iased;'Wlre.)'H V ' !. Providence!, R. L," Feb. 4. .The ' city council ef this city would like to know what haa become o the $5,000 check which , was sent, to the San. Francisco rellefvfand In April, 1M9.? and i which has - never been acknowledged ' Or the canceled paper never returned. .-. A stop order has been put on. the heck unta the mystery .of its- disappearance has been cleared up. AS tne San Francisco relief committee la now practically .out of existence -the money will probably oe retaiuea in ui ciiy ireasury. rrn; n vfWA- T iLlLLyvv OF FAMOUS FWlWC?S flD SOHS cards. Many of the men who were and are t 111 -strong advocates .of the union condemn the-officers for .calling the strike, saying ther won their point when the operators agreed to a scale of IS a day and board , and lodging, : for eight hours work. ' . i Since it 'has been Seen that the strike is a failure a number of operators who shut down have declared their Intention of opening up as soon as tnev can gat enough men to make up a crew. The outlook now -is that this district with the labor troubles settled will produce 1,OOO.OO0. that they .will have to pay a reasonable Uriff. We shall be glad to meet with" the committee of. business men but I believe it will be Tabor lost so far as settlingv the question of freight rates on lumber goes. . ; ' . "The lumber dealers of the east have put their prices down a little and it la likely thaf they will go down to some extent here. Everybody would be glad to see a resumption of business but the railroads cannot afford to haul lumber at the. old, rate.; . . i ICE A I SEIIT TO JAIL Heads of Toledo Trust Sen tenced to Six Months' Im-i prisonment by v Court. ? 1 rrMtad .Pmss LhmI Wtrt l ' Toledo, Ohio, Feb.,4. R.U Bard, R, Clajnmona; and; Joseph. Miller, convicted as members ",of the Toledo ; ice, trust, were ' sentenced ' tos six ' months in the county " Jail today by Judge . Klncald. Tha men were convicted in a Ions; .trial before . Klncald in 104 and, wera n- tenced to the workhouse. They appealed to the supreme court .and their case was remanded for a hearing. The orig inal sentence carried a, fine- of $1,(00, but the judge remitted thla and fined then the costs of the suit In Connec tion with thir jail sentence. RATE ATES Si ..V.'a t ' - 4 ALICE fJAYBUY YARMOUTH OFF Earl Willing to Drop Fight Against Divorce If Wife' ' ysHimo -S' - - (United Prase Lessed Wire.) : London; Feb. 4. -Legal advisers of the Karl of Yarmouth and the Countess of Yarmouth, formerly Alice Thaw ! of Pittsburg, are meeting today' in a con ference in which It is hoped that the question of financial settlement may be arranged whereby the earl will with draw his contest to his wife's suit for divorce and secure a certain monetary return. ' The suit for the annulment of the marriage Is set for tomorrow. ?ti If la generally understood that the earl would have, no objections to his wife's suit-. bevonA the , fact that the loss of his share of her income would leave him poverty-stricken.' i- - Prior to his marriage Yarmouth was a very poor man, who gained a rather un certain llvlns; as a vaudeville actor in the United States and the English colo nies.. He haa -na desire to resume his acquaintanceship with the stage. .. . . THAIV WILL HOT STAY AT ASYLUL1 (United Press Leased Wire.) ' New York, Fb. 4. Attorney Littleton made it plain today , that l he did not Intend to take up the matter of secur ing ; Thaw's t release from Matteawan at onccv At the same time he expressed an opinion that the board' of , lunacy would 'soori transfer Thaw to some other Institution. , v . , . ,. EDITOR OF CAUSING DEATH v OF PORTUGAL'S KING LIbson, via , the Frontier by Special Courier for the United' Press, Feb. 4. The Do Amaral cabinet is takin strong measures to suppress any Incipient rev olution. ; Over S00 arresU -. have, been made since Saturday Of suspects be lieved to be Involved In the, plot against the royal family, i K , - The police are f the tipinion that the editor of a leading Republican daily was at tho head of the plot It is thought that the paper was a source of the con spiracy to exterminate the royal famUy, declare a- revolution and . establish a republic. Fears of m revolution hava now been dispelled by the announcement that the constitution would b reestab lished aa sooo as safety permits. " (United Prni Leaei Wire.) Washlngtoo, Feb. 4. L'pon n.-otlon of " "N Official Confirmation of Re port That Schwartzcliild and Sulzberger. Will Es tablish Packing: Plant in 'This (My.: :''': l-. Louis y Zimmerman j Will Transfer Ilis Interests to Big Chicago :5c6ncni- FirmBuys: Larger Tracts of land. tT. f. ... - - Arrangements ' hare been com pleted by Schwartxchlld ' anc" Sulz berger, the greatest lot '.the Inde pendent packing companies, to use the plant' of7 the Zimmerman Pack tngf companyIn South, Portland, aa a temporary -plant until they can complete the enormous , stockyards and plant they are planning to con struct In PorUajBdi-.V'..-'' Cil''l '. . ' ? 'Louis Zimmerman of the Zimmer man company announced today that his plant' would "be- used by tho Swartichlld and Suliberger company and would probably be finally takes; over by the big packing concern. Aa was 'exclusively announced in The Journal, two - months, ago,, that Swartzchlld and - Suliberger was go ing-ahead -.with preparations to eyentually make Portland the head quarters for the Pacific coast, but the announcement made 'today by Mr. Zimmerman Is the first state ment of their actually: beginning work in this city. . The plant which they are planning, to erect here will cost 11,000,000. - General Manager. Elderidge , of tne gchwartschild A Suliberger company has secured options on . several largo tracts of ! land In South Portland and one on the Peninsula. It already owns considerable land on the peninsula. v "There Is no doubt that Bwartschiw & Sulsberger wUl establish a packing plant in Portland says Louis Zimmerman ot the-packing; company located in eoum Portland and bearing his name. - "The big; eastern' concern baa already mad arrangements for slaughtering tempore artly at my plant, but the company In tends to Invade this field with one of the largest and most up to date plants In the United States. - , "There has long . been a " great need, for a large Independent packing com pany on the Pacific coast, and Swans child at Sulsberger will find hearty welcome from the 'butchers, because . they have been forced to pay too hfh a price for everything ' they bought from the killers in control of the mar ket tv.r- ' - i - ' il- i 'i; : i Kas and options. "I know positively that Swartschlld A Sulsberger have - options . on aeveral tracts of land, and the company can get all it- needs and will hot have to pay holdup prices." ' - .' ' . It is understood that the Swartschlld A Sulsberger company will absorb tha Zimmerman company at an. early day--in fact, there in direct Information, to the effect mat tn locai cunipuuy imn already ben secureu oy ina ui imlo-. nendent packers and that ' comnleto charge will l ha taken In the near future. We have not been absorbed yet.!'. aay Mr. ' Zimmermsn. 'iana: wiu notes our identity for awhile, but It le quite likely that we will be taken over after a short time."; h xl . . ' " In contemplation of such a move n i (Continued on Pagre- Two.) Congressman Cousins of Iowa, rhatrmnri of the committee on foreign affairs. in house, of . representatives today a.iuptf t a resolution of sympathy with 'the peo ple ' of ' Portugal over the assassination of Kins Carlos and the crown pr!n .;. . Lisbon, Feb. ! 4.- The ' bol!p of f late Kini K 8QU tne crown urinco r state in the chapel of Nc-coliluiln ace. Many masses, nave neeti vw for the souls of the- dcwrt.i n - of the royal famlfv, sri.I the m f throughout the city en- ( i eral and genu tne. Pol. !. i ttori of tfie state I. wu.i i i n Out of the fiiblm t rh".-"-n v three mlnistra reni n'i. Inters are; Shihik-I .' ' H.-iirl . 0''s. nun i .'.-r ..f siiatA lip'-u.'1;.. . t' ' ' : Ister of i'uLi.'; , i