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Cave Rise to Report of Securing Affi-kms conditions impr
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. davits With Intent to Use Them in
Legal Proceedings Against Prosecutor
Immediately Troops Will
Be Asked for Miners
Hold Up Valdez Stage at
Thirty-Mile House.
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' There was a rumor extant last night
' that Senator Fulton wu fathering evi
dence to aupport hia pending reply to
Francis J. Heneys attacka with af
fidavit that would refute the charge
of the proaecutor In the land frauds
casts, after which he would bring legal
proceedings against Heney. The story
probably was given moment by the ef
fort of State Senator. Smith of Marion
to obtain : an affidavit from James
Powell, setting forth that Senator Ful
ton had nothing to do with the passing
, of $.1,500 to 3. 8. Smith to secure the
latter a aupport for Senator Mitchell.
Friends of Senator Fulton declare that
they have It on good authority that Ful
ton will make the most vigorous, fight
. vgajnst ' Heney and that hi will not
tamely submit to what he terms "ma
licious, vindictive and wholly unfound
ed, falsehood,': ,X;.4hwW-
The Journal wired to its Washington
correspondent to Interview Senator Ful
ton and ascertain whether he contem-j
plates legal proceedings againat Mr.
Heney. The senator did not deny, nor
would he affirm the report. The Wash
ington dispatch Is subjoined.
United States Marshal Perry
Takes Strong Force of
Deputies to Scene out
Fears Soldiers Will Be
Needed to Aid.
Washington, Feb. 7. Senator Fulton,
when asked regarding the report that
he contemplates libel action against
Heney, absolutely refused to answer.
He said: "I am not discussing any of
these matters these days."
Senator Fulton Is known to be work
ing Industriously on a statement for
which there Is intense newspaper pres- (United Press Leased Wire.)
sure here at all aides. I Fairbanks, Alaska,. Feb. 7. striking
In the absence of any expression and miners are encamped all along the trail
aa he is preparing an answer seems to I between this place and valdez and are
Indicate that he proposes to Issue a deft I committing many acts of violence. There
asalnst Mr. Henev. maklnr a denial of will be an urgent reauest for troops by
practically all of the Heney charges. I tomorrow If the situation does not lm
It la believed that Fulton has teen in prove. Federal troops are at Fort Gib-
communication with hia Oregon friends bons, but business men and mine oper-
ewthertwg- data, -considering niosa earviatoM are much' concerned that tlwajcf
fullv how to frame hia utterances so I eminent will not tak-n lmmndiita artlm.
as tftceirt ' the' greatest height with to Improve the aituatlon and restore
FT OR HUGHES?
REPLIES PACIFIC COAST
DENIAL IS
LACKING IN
BACKBONE
s '
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zr
the people of Oregon.
mm scares
PROFAHE BANDIT
Blustering Bobber Chased
I Out of South Bend Store
by Mrs. Loveless.
(Dnlted Pms Leased Wire.)
S South Bend. Wash.. Feb. 1 7. A bold
attempt was made to rob Loveless &
Co.'a grocery store here yesterday. Mrs.
Loveless waa alone In the store, her
husband having stepped out for a ew
minutes, when the would-be robber en
tered the front door and swearing at
every step made straight for the money
drawer. By this time Mrs. Loveless had
decided he waa -not a customer, as she
at first supposed, and while he was
trying to break open the drawer, which
contained about (80 In coin, she edged
up near enough to him to reach a revolver.
Nfc The robber took a step toward her.
I, but noting the steady hand that gripped
I; the weapon he walked backward the
p full length of the building, keeping his
eyes on me pistol untu ne waa outside
the door.
EISA SWIFT BELIEVED
TO BE DYING AT BEN0
(United Press Leased Wire,)
p AWMv, a- t. is. 1. 'a vuuif woman
; believed to be Elsa Swift, daughter of
xne millionaire unicago packer, was
taken from a train in a dvlnr con-
oiuon innigni. in tne care or a nurse.
in n nriinnni
fldno UL
TO
ItiUUftHid
10 PjfflfHI fflR
President Wants House Com
mittee oij Xaval Affairs
to Order Four Ships.
ton
he left San Francisco yesterday morn
ing on ner way 10 umcago.
Three Killed In Railroad Wreck.
i (United Prem Lessed WIre.i "
Kltannlng, Pa., Feb. 7. In a wreck on
tho Buffalo & Allegheny Valley railroad
near here today three persons wera; kilimi
.and a scots were injured. It la thought
that some or tne injured may die.' -
(United Press Lessed Wire.)
Washington, Feb. . 7. The revival of
rumors of difficulties between the
United States and Japan growing out of
the negotiations on the immigration
question are aupposed to be due to the
construction placed upon the recent
conversations President Roosevelt had
with members of the house committee
on naval af faira on the desirability of
maintaining a strong force on the Pa
cific coast, aa told. in The Journal yes
terday.
In hia missionary work the nreeldcnt
did not confine hia efforts to the Re- QFT,Tj,PT PATVFTQ "PAT?
publican members of congress but called OSUUCaKjX UAiJCilO Ult
in the Democrats in the none that he
could Induce them . to favor his four
battleship recommendation. It Is
understood that Roosevelt has given no
Intimation of any rupture In the imme
diate future with Japan. .
peace and confidence.
The strikers in the Tanana district
yesterday committed several crimes,
among which was the holding up of the
stage from Valdez carrying mall and
passengers. Fifty men armed with
clubs and guns were Implicated. Most
of the passengers were nonunion men
coming to work in the mines. The hold
up occurred at the Thirty-mile house.
Word waa sent here for help and
United States Marahal Perry sent a
strong force of deputies to the scene
with orders to arrest every man who
took part In the delaying of the United
States mails. When these deputies get
10 me xnirty-miie house It Is expected
that serious trouble will occur, as the
strikers are In an ugly mood and are
being constantly reinforced, by new ar
rivals at their camp.
The holdup was the second to occur
within a few days. The strikers have
possession of many firearms and have a
liberal supply of dynamite which. It Is
feared, they may use by springing a
mine on the stage carrying the non
unionists ' and their guards to the diggings.
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Journars Statement of Ore
gon Savings' 40 Per Cent
Interest in United Kail-
m ttt i i i r .1 a '
oi vitienoerff &ynaicatc.
Keceiver Devlin, Howctcp,-
Substantiates Article M
Every Detail Other Mem
be rs Fear Con t rol Mav
ajr
Pass Into Other Hands.
. - WHICH WILL
NOMINATED BY REPUBLICANS?
F0RJ1SHT
Pennsylvania Lawyer Says
Great Financier Would
Save the Country.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Feb. 7. J. P. Morgan, tho
noted financier, has been proposed for
president of the United States by F.
Carroll Brewster, a Pennsylvania lawyer
of some prominence.
urewsier argues thai Morgan, Demg
an employer of so much labor and a
financial wizard, could restore con
fidence and bring back the conditions
that the country enjoyed before the
money panic. He suecrests that the
Democrats and Republicans be dropped
and a new party started with Morgan
at the hefad.
Brewster seeks to warn everybody
that unconstitutional robbery in con
gress will surety happen it sometnmg is
not done at once..
BE .
CAKED
CZARINA
SCARED
Oregon for Stout Secretary
With Strong Leaning To
ward Hughes La Follette
Also in Kunning for Presi
dential Honors.
A statement of ti!e ownership by the
Oregon Trust and Savings bank of a
46 per cent stock interest. In the United
Railways company, made' In- yesterday's
Journal Is, as was expected, denied by
representatives of the Wittenberg syn
dicate These men allege that should
such an Interest be established the syn
dicate might lose control of the United
Railways company, and that control
mlKht nass to local railway Interests
alleged to be irtendly to E. E. Lytle.
Tne only nroor offered to suDstantiate
thin auceestion ia that Mr. Lvtle was a
uirecior lu me uregun i run e oyhik'
bank, and that he was supposed to havo
been a member of the United Railways
vndicate. It is not clearly brought out
why Mr. Lytle'a former connection with
the bank and the syndicate, aa a director
MUrder Of Klllg CarlOS May Ueroua then to the eyndicate-a control
v I Uan la thtt VMinlr'a nwnAruhin fin tit flk
46 per cent Interest in the road, after
Mr. Lytle is no longer attached to tho
bank.
it tr T.vtlu'a MinnKrtlim with the
"I bank then did not threaten the road
with foreign control, tne oanKS preseni;
Br ASSASSINS !
Besult in Eussian Emp
ress (tomg 31ad.
(United Press Isd Wire.)
St. Petersburg, Feb. 7. It Is feared
that the czarina may lose her reason
as a result of the shock occasioned by
the news of the assassination of King
Carlos and the crown rlnce.
In recent months she has been con
stantly worrying and living in fear
that the caar will yet rail a victim of
bomb throwers. These fears have been
ownership of the Interest mentioned
would not be any more dangerous, say
those who nre Interested In conserving
the depositors' holdings in the railway .
company. : i -.
Devlin (Substantiates Article.
Keceiver T. 0. Devlin, whan asked to
day concerning . the aocuxacy of, The
Journal'! statement of tie matter, eaidi
"The article printed in yesterday's
EEVENUE CUTTERS
LEGISLATORS FAIL
TO JOB STOCK MARKET
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Port Townsend, Wash., Feb. 7. Ad
vices received today at the office of
Captain M. Munger, district commander,
announce that Seattle, has been selected
as appoint for conducting a competitive
examination for obtaining nlls-ihlen ta
Reno. Nov.. Feb. 7. In an attempt to cadetships for the revenue-cutter serv-
profit by manipulating Goldfleld Con- ice. April 27 is fixed as the date for
solldated Mining stock last week several the Seattle examination. Young men
members of the Nevada legislature and between 18 and 24 yeara of age, who
Other prominent politicians are said to desire to submit their capabilities for
have lost between them 140,000. Think- preferment, may obtain complete infor-
Inn that the passage of the police bill mation by addressing Captain Muneer
poy tne legislature wouia nave tne etreci i iiera,
f boosting Goldfleld consolidated, the
politicians pooled their ready money
and bought a block of 15,000 shares
on a margin when It waa selling at six.
On Saturday they were called for a
margin and on that dny the stock
dropped to 1 5.60. The brokers sold them
out at S5.20. It la said that one of the
politicians in the pot lost nearly all of I
a iiieumes savings..
THIRD -YOUTHFUL
ALASKANS DON'T
WANTJpSDV
Newly Appointed U. S. Dis
trict Attorney May Face
Charges by Nome People.
l AnrAHI fllllliviii' lAiinsi i
UntuUIV oUNUAY JUUKNAL
SATURDAY EVENING JOURNAL
The rapid growth of The Journal is especially pronounced in its
Saturday and Sunday issues. The Sunday Journal has been declared
by men "who know the game" of newspaper publishing to be one
of the best Sunday newspapers in the United States, The Sunday
Journal has no tqual in Oregon for the reason that
IT HAS THE BEST MAGAZINE
jxv ' The writers for the Sunday Journal are writers of national repute
and never prosy and uninteresting. , i x s
1 THE SUNDAY JOURNAL MAGAZINE WILL NOT
I . . PUT YOU TO SLEEP .
! The next "live one" is the Saturday Evening Journal. -The Journal
J js the only newsriaper in Portland publishing the United Press leased
wire reports.. . - . . y.. .,.:. -
Fine four-color comic supplement, sports, real estate and all the
X very latestWws of the day. . . -
X tlirdi feeing After Reading the Saturday Journal
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NABBED
Last of Trio Who Robbed
the Hillsdale Postoffice
Lands in Jail.
With the arrest
t the home of
Angel, near Woodburn, the last of the
of "Dl" TTa vwnnrl
the home of relatives at Mount
youthful trio of bandits who held up
Postmaster Mercer of Hillsdale last
Monday -night, has been landed behind
the bars. Havwood waa brnrieht ta
Portlandby United States Deputy Mar
ine county
Terrv . and placed
Jail at 8 o'clock, this morning.
glial
in
Like his oomnanlons in crime. Merl
West and Earl : Hanke, Haywood has
confessed to Sheriff Stevens.- His story
of the'affair In most parts corroborates
the statements made by . West and
Hanke. Ho admits-that he and West
were, the leaders In the exploit, that he
borrowed the revolver that West
manipulated, and that he and West took
the greater shard pf the spoils, amount
ing to about 190.
The cases of all three youths will be
taken Into the United States court be
cause of the fact that the Hillsdale
postoffice ' waa ransacked. "Haywood,
whose home is in South Portland, is the
eldest member of. the gang, and ha
aivos his-ace- as 20 venm H tin
served on the rockptie and both he and
There are some men who live in
Alaska who will not agree with the ad
ministration policy of nominating for
tho position of district attorney of that
territory George B. Grigsby, vice Henry
M. Hoyt, resigned. Grigsby'a appolnt-
ment was made, it is said, on the Bug
gestion of T. Cader Powell, marshal of
the federal court at Nome.
That Grigsby Is not liked by Alaskans
is testified to by John Underwood,
mlneowner of prominence of Nome, who
has recently been in Washington con
cerning business of his section and who
has made known over his own signature
the fact that he and others have re
garded both Grigsby and Powell guilty
of laxity in dealing with Alaska crim
inals.
Mr. Underwood has already stated Jn
The Journal that when one John Hayes
reiatea to nim tne circumstances in the
case of the sailors of a whaling bark
commanded by a Captain Cook, who
oreaaiuiiy aousea his crew, Grigsby,
men assistant district attorney, re I used
to take any action aealnst Conk.. Tin.
aerwooa wrote: "wnue Hayes related
many incidents of crimes committed bv
Cook and hia hired thugs the officials
refused to act. Cook escaped the coun
try.-
T. Cader Powell is still holding his Job
despite his record as an embeizler of
tne lunas or Multnomah county when
he served as county clerk. Powell's in
fluence with the administration aeems
to be potent The Washington dis
patches aay that . complaints . agalnet
urigsoy nave tnus tar oeen connned to
allegations of "favoritism." But tho
complaints of both Grigsby and Powell
have been many.
"The Alaska people," says a dispatch
frcm Washington, today, "will indig
nantly., repudiate Grigsby. but he Ts
there by power of his frjend. the mar
ahal and other string-pullers, with their
cqrda knotted about the capital."
Republican sentiment on the Pacific
coast is almost overwhelmingly in favor
of the nomination of William Howard
Taft for the Republican nominee for
president.
A canvass of the entire Pacific coast
undertaken by the United Press asso
ciation demonstrates this fact In a
most convincing manner.
The lump of result of the Investiga
tion would about assay in this fashion:
Taft. 80 per cent.
Hughes, SO per cent.
La 'Follette, trace.
Sneaker Cannon. Vice-President Fair
banks, Senator Foraker and Secretary
Cortelyou are not mentioned. It is re
corded that there is one man In Idaho
who would be glad to see the nanJ
waaron. conducted - under the manage
ment of the friends of Philander Knox,
come under the wire with a triumphant
and vociferous lead, but even he will
not go to the lengths of hurling his
greatly Increased since the king of Por-i journal regarding- tea bank'a Interest la
tugal and his son were .killed, She isj . .,.7.vT. sun.
rrl In w W mm: w ,
a nervous wreck, ami It is feared In
court circles that if she does not cease
worrying her life will be very short
Physicians have told the cxar that he
must take the cznrlna away from Rus
sia to undergo treatment for her ner
voua disease.
PRESIDENT
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(Continued on Page Three.)
COURT ACCEPTS
. BOIIDJFJLffi
Telephone Manager Released
From Cell on Account
of 111 Health.
TOWn DILL
Eoosevelt Expected to Advo
cate Compulsory Arbitra
tion in Next Message. s
(United Press Lessed Wire.) .
San Francisco, Feb. 7. The supreme
court, sitting en banc, this morning
granted the writ of habeas corpus order
ing the release of Louis Glaaa, general
manager of the Pacific Telephone corn-
pany, convicted or bribing aupervisors,
on $20,000 bond, from thecounty Jail,
where he had been confined pending
the result of his aDDeal from his con
viction until he. was taken to the hos-
iltal on account or his physical conat
ion: The writ was granted with the
consent of the district attorney, who
declared that on account -of the condi
tion of Glass' health he would not
oppose the motion. Bonds will be pre
sented to the district court of aD Deals
for approval this afternoon.
Glass at present is in Lane, hosnital.
and reports from his physicians are te
the effect that he is slowly Improving
from the bronchial troubles with which
he Is ' afflicted. They state that hia
heart la still In a serious condition and
that it would practically nrove fatal
should ho be taken to the county JaiL i
(United Press Lessed Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 7. Another, mes-
aage from President Roosevelt Is ex
pected by Congress within a week or 10
days. It Is thought that it will advocate
the rassa?e of the Townsend compul
sory arbitration bill, which provides for
tne settlement or moor disputes, it is
Pointed out that voluntary arbitration
has oeen made auncuit since the sir-
preme court's jrecent interpretation of
the Erdman.i law. The president also
favors an amendment to the Sherman
anti-trust .law which will exempt labor
organizations rrom its provisions.
Remember Dickens and Irving.
(United Press Leased Wirt.)
London, Feb. - 7. The graves of
Charles Dickens and Sir Henry Irving,
in Westminster abbey.: were decorated
with many wreaths and other floral- of
ferings today 1 in commemoration of
their, birthuays. Pickens was born on
this date in 1812, and Irving; waa born
February 6, 1838.v - .
atantlaUy correct, . from beg tuning te
and. The facta war given, as every
official of the Oregon Trust as Bavinga
bank knows them to be, aa Kr. Eealy
knows them, and aa Mr. Wittenberg
knows them- The bank has ample
ground for these claims, and measures
will be taken to protect Its Interests in
the matter. ; Iffr, Bimon, attorney for
the receiver, agrees wita me that The
Journal's statement was aocuxnt and
will have a beneficial effect"
A. O. Emmons, attorney , for the
United Kailways company, made .ibis
brief statement v, -; yM -
"All X can aay today Is ' that the
United Railways company has not bor
rowed a dollar from the Oregon Trust
ct Savings bank ,
'. Claims Misrepresentation. '
, The United Railways company's chief
engineer, L."B. Wickersham, against
whose name stands the bank's claim
of a $19,000 overdraft by the railroad
company, asserted that the published
statement misrepresented the , company
in every paragraph. ......--..y;
He alleged that it was- none of the
United Railways company's affair If
the bank's officials in the ' syndicate
did not refund to the bank the money
that was paid into the syndicate pool,
and took the position that the United
Railways company - recognized en ly
Messrs. Moore.- Lytle and i Morris per
sonally and not the bank. In , the. wholo
transaction.'
It was his opinio that legally the
bank, had merely purchased $76,000 of
the bonds of the United Railways com
pany, which It now holds, excepting: the
nterest- coupons amounting to $750 that
were dinned from a-portion of these
bonds while they - were outside of the
custody of the bank. ,-
Reorganization-' Plans or s.: O. Rvi
president-elect of the new German
American bank, are progressing slowly,
having been "somewhat retarded throiiKii
the contindal : misunderstandings tr
grow out of. .-the attitude of District
(Continued on Pago Three.)
MILLIONS WASTED BY
GRAFT eMsWnWuREAU
OF llMLl?eV7"VG
(Special Dispatch to The 7oarne.l.) ;
Waahlngton D C., .Feb. ''LPrintlag
bureau graft i gradually coining o
light andL the most startling' develop
ments are expected. y The graft charges
have not been, made public- as to d
tall, but It ' la known fhnt th at,m
in the bureau of engraving and print
ing, which has to do with tiia engraving
t?f -bonds, bank note and the prfnMnt
of all public documents and tok, 1.
been - so, lax that millions 1,hv
wasted, if ; not ,stolan, from tn gov
ernment. ,
' The treasury department la t,
kava been first to eail the dln-i-t '
tion Of the president to c rt ;n . (( .
comings of the- piinilng bnrAm, -;..n.
plaint being Kase.X ui""i htiirr.M j -e
bond and bank-note pier.
west nave oeen in ina reiorm acnooi.
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