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THE bnlLY JOURlML SELLS DOUB COM -v-- 4 I , . - 4 BE SURE TO CALL EARLY WITH YOUR ADS JOURNAL CIRCULATION rfOR SUNDAY'S JOURNAL ,. The weatber-OccasIonal ratn'to- i night or Saturday; southerjjr wlods. ' i PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1808 EIGHTEEN 'PAGES. VOL. VI. NO. 295. PRICE TWO CENTS. OH MAUTS two IT4JI0S. .mi.CMIt -.11"'.'. I III A I 'll,r,-"-.'A- '.'A1A A'X 1 i-" ' T -T I -I A I 'A .A. A1JA A A II '. I -. . ., "- , u , . A M4QT ? . 71 f r rauU?&.h LI W U P;l a k- ' , " '.' iV;?,;''''''.'i -toT .-., "'i7:.'i;:v-;..,l.f' .,,. : r...- ,'--' ,T,.- , ;,-,,',:,;;' :' ;',., ;('';.'::,..; - , ' .,, , mmm J TT!- : . . 1 .; ,",,,.., ., , , ,.., , r ,,,, -, ,,';-::r ',',; 1 , 1 FFER 1 " ' .' ' ; ' ' '' " '' ' ' - -. y- ' ' '-J ', . .. ' Otto F. .Olson Steals $4,800 Which He - Used to Buy Mining Property. Official Bonds Declared Forgery. Prominent Member of the . Methodist Church. Obsessed with a mania to buy wildcat mining stock. Otto F. Olson, "secretary of the Willamette school board, pillar of the Methodist church ,of Willamette and superintendent of the Portland General Electric com pany's plant at Oregon City, has con fessed that he stole $ 4,500 of school' funds and is now a prisoner In the Brunswick house at Oregon City. ' Olson la being carefully guarded for fear tbat be will renew & former at tempt at suicide and attempt o ecape hl disgrace by death. Extmlnatlon of bis official bond reveals that It la a forgery. One of the best-known and most re spected -citizens of Clackamas county, Mr. Olson baa been a leader in busi ness, political and social circles. His arrest bas caused a great sensation In Oregon City and Willamette. Arrested I.at Wight. ' Sheriff Beattie of Clackamas county arrested Mr. Olson last night on a war rant . sworn out before Judge Stlpp. charging him with the embesslement of 11.000 of the school funds. It is claimed by the officers who are guard ing him that ha has confessed to hav ing taken 14.600 of the public funds. and it Is believed that further defalca tlona mar be brouKht to light. . It is claimed that the (8,000 was taken in Jun, 11106. The Willamette school district was bonded ten years ago and in 1904 $3,000 as the first in stallment on mis oonaea maeoieunenn came into Mr. Olson's hands. This money, the proceeds of a special tax levy, was spent by Olson for worthless mining stock, it is claimed. When the official bond of Mr. Olson was examined this morning It was found that it too was forged and that there is nothing to protect the district from the loss of the money said to have been embezzled. - v Integrity Vever Questioned. ' Olson has been clerk of the school board for ten years, during which time be has had complete charge of the funds of the board. Owing to his im portant position his integrity was never questioned and the books of the board were gone over in only the most cursory way each year. So arreat was the confidence in bis financial soundness that he was made financial agent of the Methodist church and had full charge of the funds of that institution. An examination - of its books will probably be made at once. - In addition to his- public and sooial positions of trust he is the general manager for the Portland General Elec tric company in Oregon City, one of the most Important business positions the county. Last week, while in the plant of the electric company Mr. Olson lumped or fell from the second story of the elec tric building to the ground, lighting on his head and seriously though not dan gerously injuring himself. T. Zu Capen Acta. Some aueer features connected with this fall which were difficult to explain by ordinary reasons, led to the discov ery of the shortage In the school board's books and the arrest of Mr. Olson en a warrant elgned by F. L. Capen, a mem ber of tbe board. It Is now believed that the fall from the building was a deliberate attempt to commit suicide and fearing that he may make another attempt he Is not left alone for an Instant by the officers guarding him at the Brunswick house. Mr. Olson has been Interested in many mining ventures for years and of tate has devoted a great deal of his tima to buying and selling stocks in various questionable mining companies. The siumr In these wildcat stocks dur ing the past winter made discovery of his shortage on the school books Inevi table. An expert began going over the school books today to find out the exact amount that is missing. ., -.:.:. 'm , i m ii WILL BE TEIED FOE AUTOMOBILE'S MUBDER (CntUd rren Leaaed Wire.) Seattle, Wash., Feb. 14. Guy C. jStratton, secretary of the Acme Shingle company, will be charged today with involuntary manslaughter in an infor mation wnich will be filed by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer In the superior court today. The specific act complained of .ill be the killing of Henrietta jonnson, the B-vear-oid daughter or Jacob Johnson of Ballard, on January 26, who was run down by an automoDiie driven Dy Mr. Btratton. - - . - , ' , r ',..:..-- ' ,',' -V - :- . ,'.'. " " ' """""""Tr'"-' ' " ' ' , ' ""' - 1 1 1 1 i a- i w . r I If IfeC If t fM,.l 1 . . .-. fiircY vj in . '--4 ' ' . N CLEAR FOR file Trumbull Decision Removes Obstacle From Salem Jur ist's Acceptance of United States Attorneyship If He Desires Place. Says lie Is Not Candidate and Office Has Not Been Tendered Him To Make No Statement UntilDele gation or President Acts. Aillt , t JOLT FOR Senator Clay of Georgia De . nounces Financial Meas ure as Vicious Effort to Favor Eich and Powerful! Persons. :-j LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO DEATH BY MATCH (Colted Prras Letted Wire.) Los Angeles, Feb. 14. An attempt to imitate her big brother, whom she had seen lighting matches on the sole of bis shoe, has resulted In the death of little RoBie Kandarlan, 4 years old. When tha-match Ignited the flames spread to the little girl's clothing and in an instant her entire body was en veloped, before the flames could be ex tinguished by the mother. The child was taken to the hospital, where she died at a late hour last night. KNIFE FOR INITIATIVE Pacific Spates Telephone Company's Legal Attempt to Evade Taxes and Overthrow Oregon's Popular Law Will Be Heard February 28 Before Judge Cleland. THE DAY WHEN HEARTS ARE TRUMPS : The assault of the foes, of tha Initia tive and referendum which .is tfl be made in argument of the case of the tate of Oregon against the raclflo States Telephone & Telegraph company and the Sunset Telephone company, will fake place before Judge Cleland in the circuit court on tha morning of Fb ruary 28. . , This date was fixed this morning by agreement of Attorney-General Craw ford and local attorneys for the defend ant corporations. . It : was ' announced that the. heavy legal artillerists of the telephone company will be called from I San Francisco to take part In the effort to overthrow the Initiative and refer endum system, and the time" for the hearing was postponed from February 19, the date first suggested, In order to better suit the convenience of the tele phone attorneys: The issue in this case is the collection of 19,500 In taxes due from the telephone company In ,thls county under the fran chise tax, and the proceedings will be followed with interest by friends as well as tho foes of the Oregon system of legislation. The tax Is resisted on the ground that the initiative and referen- gum pian is in violation of the United states constitution and on numerous otner grounds. nnTiimn UUinllll UUli PLANJPARADE Suffragettes Will Be Sub dued by Police If They At tempt Demonstration. (t'nltea tres Letted Wi-e.) New York, Feb. 14. Members of the police force are preparing for all sorts of trouble next Sunday, when the suffragettes, according to their- an nouncement, will march 25,000 strong through the streets in spite of the law prohibiting demonstrations of this kind on tbe Sabbath. Commissioner Binarham declares that he will use every policeman in the city, if necessary, to prevent the parade. The women say tnev will gather at Union Square and march northward. ARRESTED FOR SUNDAY BATHING Canadian Violates Law by Taking Plunge in Tub , on Lord's Day. (United Press Letted Wire.) Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 14. As a re sult of a Sunday-closing crusade start ed by the Lord's Day Alliance under the Lord's day aot, one man has been ar rested in the act of taking a bath. Un dertakers conducting funerals have been taken !n custody, i and newspaper men taking notes on sermons have not escaped the keen eyes of the law. More than 600 summonses have been issued for alleged breaches of the law. and police officers are busy serving them. HEARST Ell RUN WITH BRYAN Editor Reported to Be Seek ing Alliance With Peer less Democratic Leader. (United Press Letted Wirt.) New York, Feb. 14. According to a report, William Randolph Hearst is willing to be . nominated vice-president on the Bryan, ticket if Mr. Bryan bas no objection. The story that Is being told here Is to tha effect 'that Hearst will deliver to Bryan, the full strength of the Inde pendence league, wherever it exists. If he will allow Hearst to be the tail end of his kite. While Hearst denies the rumor.' there are those who say that such, a bargain is on the fire. Judge Oeorge IL Burnett of Salem bas not decided that he could not ac cept the appointment as United States attorney to succeed W. C. Bristol if tendered to him by tha Oregon delega tion or by the president. In fact be says be has not been a candidate. In an active sense, because ha had' recom mended another applicant for the ap pointment and would not make any move to cut In under this man's efforts as long as the. candidate bad bis name up for consideration. . While discussing the situation with Congressman Hawley, ha bad mentioned the presumably disqualifying clause in his oath of office, the Judge said this morning at Eugene, but further than that had not made any decision because he did not consider himself a candidate. having made no move towards his ap pointment and having recommended an other man. Should the appointment be tendered mm by the delegation or tne president, said Judge Burnett, he would then give the question of bis acceptance respectful consideration and decide his course as toi considered to be right and inaccoraance with his duty. Tha Trumbull Cas. At the time of his discussion with Congressman Hawley when he men tioned the clause in his oath of office which provides that. "I will not accept any other office, except Judicial, dur ing tne term lor which I have been elected," Judge Burnett had not called to mina tne decision or the united States senate in regard to the contest Illinois In 1866 Declares South and West Discriminated Against in Bill in Classification of Bonds Used to Increase Circulation. " 7" ' made upon Senator Lyman Trumbull of BURNS SWORE TO KILL MV M BETRAYING ABE RUEF GREAT STRIKE IS PE Shopmen, Conductors, Brakemen and Engineers of Den ver & Rio Grande Take Exception to Abolition of ; Rules Unions Hold Meetings.' - (United Preta Lasted Wlre.l f V . Denver, Colo., Feb. 1. That ftU shop men, -englnemen, conductors and brake men on the Denver & Rio Grande rail road mar go on a glgahtic strike that win involve all of the Gould, lines,. Is the belief f railroad ihen. .- The gong for the strike was sounded when the Denver & Rio Grande posted "Effective March li, regulations governing the rules and employing men in . departments, mechanics, boiler-mak ers and helpers and apprentices of the Denver A Rio Grande railroad will be abolished.' . . - Meetings of union men will be held all over the state to discuss the order. Committees are to be appointed to dis cuss the situation with the officers of the road and to endeavor to' secuse new contracts for the next year. In event they cannot secure such contracts there is likely to be a great walkout that will a bulletion in all Us shops that on March 14, the Company will revise Its rules for emDlovlng men.. The notice follows; : : . , , 1 precipitate strike of buge proptfrUons,J bourf t XlJimor gtceat n4 WblUUo ';-V ';: k" y. tfir'4 s ; ;v-.. -;: : , ?'r-r ;.?. ... ;)? ; ? . ;,lV,-xr, j .. .,; ,; -- (United Press Letted Wire.) San Francisco, Feb. 14. Abraham Ruef this morning sat In court and with tears streaming down his face listened to the affidavit of his aged father and that Of his sister telling how he had been led to plead guilty to the extor tion charge and to appear before the grand Jury relying entirely upon the repeated assurances and promisee . of Detective William J. Burns, Elisor Biggy and Rabbis Kaplan and Nieto to the effect that if he did as the prose cution desired he would be given full and complete immunity. The affidavit of the two relatives of Rucf described at -length how they wero suffering from a serious ailment at the time of his trial before Judge Dunne On the charge of extorting money from the French restaurant keepers and now tney nan urged mm to save the lives of his family by pleading guilty and relying upon the promises 'of the prosecution ana ending tne suspense Upon the conclusion of the reading or ine aiiiaavita . Attorney Acn an nounced that he would attempt to se cure affidavits from Assistant District Attorney Heney and Judges Dunne and Law lor. - - ' .The affidavit of Ruef. which was Mad prior to those of bis father and sister, all of Which were presented in support of the claim that Ruef had never been legally -arraigned is in port as fol lows; " - ner Affidavit." ; ' "The affiant deposes and says that he was first taken into custody upon the first day of March, 1907, by Wil liam J. Biggy, an elisor appointed by the Judge o department six and that he was kept in close confinement at the little St. Francis hotel, surrounded by guards appointed - by William J. Purns. an agent of Francis -J. Heney, a special prosecutor in these cases. He was afterwards taken to a houaa. at Fillmore and Greenwich streets ty the elisor ana later taken to a private avenud. where he remained until sent to the county Jail. "During all of (he time from March 8 until the affiant was taken before the grand Jury the said Burns had ao cess to the affiant at all hours of the day and night and that the said Bums repeatedly urged the affiant to tell all he knew of certain transactions and that these actions upon the part of Burns were known to the members of the dis trict attorney's office. Bums contin uously and repeatedly urged the defend ant to tell all he knew of these transac tions and declared to him that he would be granted full immunity in return for this testimony. This the affiant re fused to do. Had Jewish Clergymen Aid. The prosecution then had a Jewish clergyman. Rabbi Nieto, call upon him and urge that he tell what be knew about said matter. Upon the affiant's repeated refusal to do so the "prosecu tion approached another Jewish clergy man, Rabbi Bernard Kaplan, who called upon the affiant and" urged him to ac cede to the wishes of the prosecution for the benefit of his city, and stated io tne said ainant mat ne would be given full Immunity should he do so. Affiant further asserts that Rabbis Nieto and Kaplan and Detective Bums called upon the mother and sister of the affiant to secure their aid in the effort to have the affiant tell what he knew of the said transactions, promising that he would be given full immunity. The affiant. Ruef. in reDlv to these re peated urgtngs declared that if he should tell all that be knew it might not satisfy the prosecution and that they then might repudiate their agreement wtth him. . "The said Burns declared that no such 3 nest Ion would be - raised And that the lstrict attorney's' office' had assured him of that fact The affiant then stated that the Judges of the superior court might not . be willing to carry out the plan, or that the prosecution when the time arrived, might also re fuse to do so. "' 'The said '- Burns declared tnat no such state of broceedlnra would ever axis sua - thai Jus -BurnaV would Kill i anyone who would refuse to -ewy out the contract. The aforesaid mentioned elisor,. W. J. Biggy, also personally as sured and guaranteed the affiant that the Immunity contract would be car ried out and also swore that he would kill anybody who refused to do so. "The father and mother of the affiant relied upon . the repeated assurances and promises of tho ' prosecution and time and again called upon' him and urged him to accede to the wishes of the prosecution and rely upon their promises of Immunity. "The affiant was assured bv District Attorney Iangdon, Assistant District Attorney Heney and 'William J. Burns that should he pleau guilty to the ex tortion charge against him he would in the future be allowed to withdraw his plea of guilty and enter one of not guilty, whioh in turn would be dis missed and that all further indictments returned against him by the grand Jury would also be dismissed. They assured htm that they would be able to have the presiding uige set tne case or an indictments returnee against him be fore the Judge of departments t and 11 of the superior court and that these juages wouia dismiss "the maictments. Oet Judges' Consent. "It was later agfreed upon that Rab bis Kaplan ana Nieto, Detective Wil liam J. Burns. Assistant District At toraer Francis J. Heney. and District Attorney Langdon should call upon the judges or departments s ana 11 and se cure their : consent to the immunity agreement, ine ainant, nowever, re fused to plead fc-ullty. asserting his In nocence or tne cnarge wnicn ne now again reasserts. He was then .told bv the said Heney that It was absolutely necessary for htm to doso, and that should be falll to do so his code fendant, Schmits. bad agreed to testify against him. and that he alone would be held to blame. . . , ,.. ;- The affiant was then assured bv the Rabbis Kaplan and Nieto that judge Dunne of department and judge Law. ler of ' department 11 had agreed to carry out the plans of the prosecution. . jCCoatlz4 a fu Jbxesa The Lyman Trumbull case Is inter esting in this connection since it has set a precedent in the situation and furnishes authority Jn the opinion of many attorneys for Judge Burnett to accept the office of district attorney If he should so desire. Mr. Trumbull was a member of the supreme bench of Illinois and was elected to the United States senate by the legislature of that state a short time after ha had resigned nis position on tne Dencn. It is provided In the constitution of the state that no member of the su preme court can receive or hold any of fice of public trust or private profit In the United States during his term of office or within one year after Its ex piration. When Judge Trumbull was elected to the senate certain of his political op ponents filed a protest In the senate against his being seated on the grounds that his election had been held in vio lation of that section of the state con stlutlon which by' Its provisions made the vote electing him null and void. The protest was referred to the' Ju diciary committee of the senate which sent It back for the action of the whole senate. i Clears Way for JLooeptaaes. - After full discussion by tbe leading lawyers of the senate. Judge Trumbull was seated with but eight opposing votes, it being held that a state could not -by lt constitution superadd any qualifications of a United States sena tor to those reaulred by the constitu tion of the United States. This decision has since been made the precedent In a number of canes where similar objec tions have been raised to the candidacy or election of a man for federal office where the same conditions prevailed. It la believed by many lawyers that this action of the senate clears up the situation so far as Judge'Burnett's be ing barred by his oath is concerned. It being the consensus of opinion that the provisions of the oath apply . to . state offices, but can not be made, to apply (Continued on Page Ten.)- (United Praas Leaaed Wlre.7 Washington, Feb. 14. Another attack on Senator Aldrtch'f financial bill was made In the senate this morning, when Senator Clay , of Georgia denounced It la a JO-mlnute speech as a vicious measure framed to "favor the rich and powerful and to enable them to control the Issue of money against the Interests of the people." 'v;AV;".;i-" ", : Senator Clay declared that Sena tor Bailer's Idea of Issuing $500, 000,000 In treasury notes-was a much more effectual remedy, and criticised congress for allowing a surplus of $300,000,000 to accumu late in the United States treasury. He approved of Secretary Cortelyou's action in placing part of the money in national banks, as he said It, was better oS there than In the treasury. The senator , declared that the south and west are discriminated against In the bill in the classification of bonds which are to be used as a basis for an increased circulation. Wisconsin SOL D FOB I J. BRYAN Democratic Convention In structs Its Delegates to Vote for Commoner. (United Prtas Leased Wire.) 1 Milwaukee," WIS.. Feb. 14 The Wis consin Democratic convention today adopted resolutions indorsing William Jennings Bryan for the presidential nomination and instructing the Wiscon sin delegation to the Democratic na tional convention to vote for him "first, last and all the time." . , BUSINESS MEX - NEAeI S. END OF THEIB TKIP (United Preae teased Wire.) , 1 -1,0s Angeles, Feb. 14. -If the weather man keeps his promise, the visiting business men from Spokane and Walla Walla, who are expected to reach this city late this afternoon, will be treated to a solid week of Ideal southern Cali fornia climate. 1 V - . Festivities will start this evening, -with & bit nubile reception 'for the visitors at the Chamber of Commerce. The northerners have been entertained along the way by commercial organiza tions of Portland. Sacramento, Hnn Francisco and Del Monte. This morn ing they are seeing Santa Barbara. WONDERFUL BOAT W W Lakes Submarine Will Break All Surface Eccords, Sev enty Hours-Under Water and Boll on Wheels at the Ocean's Bottom. (trailed Press teased Wire.) New Tork, Feb It. "If Lake's "latest undertaking is successful, and there is very reason to. believe It will be," said an American, nval jpf floor today,' "the United States will soon own a submar ine warship that will break speed rec ords on the surface of tha water, that can steam 70 consecutive hours beneath the surface and tf necesnary, can run , OB wheels on the bottom of the ocean." 3.'hat is a brief desert of isej wonderful 8 00-ton submarine rrulvr that Simon Lake, n early tivvnfr ." submarine torpedo craft has urii.'ru'"--i to build for the 'American tmvy. j i new . submarine cruiser will twice as large a the blrgft sut.in.ni now owned or bplng tmlit fir t".- m It will be 11 feet long and ri place in tons nearly vn tlm. . of any submarines now in rm The vessel will probably H" mt!n in May, 19HK an t it i 5 1 ' it wlil have a. siiT-fiue of ovt-r Sj-UUt) luUiM,