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THE JOURNAL HAS A LARGER PAID FOR, PROVED CIRCULATION in PORTLANtf and in OIU2GON THAN ArOTi: DAILY PAPER, arid Its Circuit IncreaseYourBusiness by using' mora space In The Journal. The Journal It tht best advertising mi dium In the Oregon countryV , v '"" t r 1 1 ; ' 1 .. . '. 1 . Cloudy tonight; Tuesday' proba bly fair, Westerly winds. JOURNAL CIRCULATION . ' YESTERDAY WAS I VOL. VI. NO. 303. ' PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 24, 1908 TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. siA5amDc,tixJ 28 000 is "rows m : i ' i- r- FUNIS EVIDENCE SEARCHED FOR HOLD UPS . KILLED HI RVrfllESION COIf I FIT WEME BOY An n io mi George Hill Drops to Death From Fifth Story of Davis- Smith Building at Tacoraa Disastrous Blaze This Morning. Conflagration, Started by Electric Feed Wires, Gains Great Headway Before De partment Is Summoned to Fight the Flames. I Tacoma, Wash.. Feb. 24. Reeling backward to the edge of the roof Just as he wa crawling from the high lad 'dr, George Hill, a fireman, fell from tthe fifth story of the Davis-Smith building at Nineteentn ana i-acmc avenue at 8:30 this morning and Ma k life daabed out upon the pavement WnlCn A1B . bliuuk wivu ici i force.- j Flra started in the building, occu pied by Davis-Smith Furniture com pany early -and had made much head- i discovered. The flames originated from i the electric feed wires in the rear of ithe top floor and Ignited the furniture, j carpets and other Inflammable stork inearby. Smoke and fire wre pouring from the windows of the upper floor (when the fireman reached the scene and ladders were raised and firemen XAo-.n fhuir work Several firemen had ascended tho ladder and had reached the roof be fore Hill started up. Owing to the dense smoke and fog Hill could scarce ly be seen as he neared the top, but hundreds saw the body as it was dashed headlong to the sidewalk. He was Dtcked up ana mougni io uo but life was extinct before he could be carried across the street. At 9 o'clock the top floor had been almost gutted of its contents and the nf .Kvi in. Husre streams of water were being poured on the flames much to the damage or gooas oeww. HIH, the dead fireman, was the son of Truant Officer Hill. He was a single man. TAX ORDINANCE John Crunican, Farmer Boy, Picked Up Rusty Steel and Took It to His Home. Exact Cause of Forest Grove Wreck May Now Be Ascertained. Forest Grove, Or., Feb. 24. Confirmation of the charge that the re cent Southern Pacific wreck at Forest Grove was caused by the old and broken rails used by the West Side branch was made today by the dis covery of the broken end of the rail which has been missing since the night of the wreck. John Crunican, a farmer's boy living seven miles southwest of this city, has the broken end of the rail in his possession ana claims to nave picked it up on the night of the wreck. This seven-inch piece of steel which is undoubtedly the key to the secret of the wreck la badly rusted and haa every appearance of having been cracked across the top for some tlnie prior to the accident of two weeks ago. The portion of the rail Is rusty and the thin body of the piece uniting the base to the top Is badly corroded. At the top, where the break begins, the rail shows that It was cracked for some time, the difference between the old portion of the break and the new being easily distinguishable. Xept la Zonae. Tii. hrnken nl6e has , been In the Cruuloan house since the night of the accident tl haa not rusted or been sub; Jected to the atmosphere since 'then; As nearly aa can be determined by an examination of the piece It la believed that the saiall end or tne ran was broken down the old crack by the pass ing of the locomotive. Engineer Zlm- mtirmu h&vlnsr testified in the hearing before the railroad commission, that he heard a clicking as though a piece of steel were breaking when he passed over 1110 ipui. Alio Heavier uukciic. iua have struck the adiolnlnar rail a blow on the end, the seven-Inch break affording leverage enough to displace It and dltrh lh traJri The broken piece was located Satur day afternoon by a Journal correspond ent who visited the Crunlcal houae. John Crunlcal. a 20-vear-old boy. lgno rant of the Importance of the piece of steel, nai picxea it up on tne nigm oi the wreck as a souvenir. He had not heard of the search to locate the miss ing piece but had spoken to some friends and told them he had a memento of the accident. Was Busty AU Time. Crunlcal say that the appearance of the rail has not changed at all since he nicked it ud. It was rusty at tne time. he claims, and In the same condition than that it la now. Those who saw the longer portion of the rail on the night or the accident sa that It. too. was rusty, and the ol crack, corresponding to the one In the newly located section, had apparently existed for some time. VETOED BY MAYOR STANDARD MUST PAY FI IT. S. Supreme Court Bules That Elkins Law Was Not Repealed by Hepburn Act Ko Way for Trust to Escape a Heavy Penalty. (United Pr J-eil Wire.) Washington, Feb. 24. The conten tion of the Standard Oil company as to why it should not pay the 29.240,000 nn" Imposed on It by Judge K. M. ilandis wa dealt a death blow today T the United States "uprerne court wW that tribunal decided that he fifchief Objection Is That the Farmers Selling Produce May Be Barred. Mayor Harry Lane has vetoed the vehicle tax ordinance and a merry rignt L.- h. innkpil for at Wednesday's meet- !lni of the city council when an effort Will De muue iu pu tha veto. When the ordinance waa passed about 10 days ago there were Inlne members for U and six against It iTo Dass it over the veto will require 10 votes ana kk nay tney ouwui kj Mayor Jjune m wa ." . ........ Lives several reasons for doing ao, chief Smong which Is one to the effect that r. ,7,m nnt h clear If the ordinance li law whether farmers coming tin from the country would not be sub jected to taxaiiuii. """i."1 ""j"-" li"iS h h mavor Is that the meas- lura taxes all vehicles save those for Pleasure only. This he Deiieves to De unlust to persons using vehicles aa a means to a livelihood. His message t 'To the Honorable City Council, Qen herewith return ordinance hsin 17.414 not approved. This is an U.hiii on titled an ordinance to 11 cense vehicles, and repealing ordinance No 13,188, an ordinance to license' ve hicles. AU. ,M T In rrspect to una uiuiuduuB j. a mmv that many oujocuom imvo uccu Kirged against it by different persons. 'It IS not Cietti 11 ifc UOV.OHJO " .i.'.. it aiiM not onerate to fix a tax kiDon the wagons of all farmers coming lntO tnlS City 1" -oe icu fcandition of affairs which would work la great narqHnip io muni uuu w .t.mnia in 'sneolfio terms all ve- ki.. .loo.l fnr nleasure only' upon the lone hand, wnne upon iw um bhu h Itfixea a direct tax upon every person V"rho uses a vehicle or any sort as a inieans to gam a uveunwu ir iimi" and family, wnicn in nsoii ui to condemn It. For these and other reasons which are obvious I return the ordinance not approved. Respectfully, Wh.thor nmincllman Menefee who In troduced the ordinance, will be success' tful In securing the additional vote to ipasa the measure over tne veto seem, in rumcllinan Kellahet who a leading the fight- against tha ordin anc aava that all who voted against fit In the first place will not change their opinion when the matter cornea up hVednesday. Counqllwran Kellaher v has said that If the ordinance becomes a Daw ha will use tha .referendum against at. ,., r Elkl ns law was not repealed by .m sit "fh. cm. in which this important decision waa handed down waa . tha . of .l XTAtharn ra I rfiftH. WnlCn W HS "centlv found"Tuilty and fined under 1 the Elkins law for granting rebates to the W P. Devereaux company of Min neapolis. The learned attorneys, who have been grasping at everv technicali ty to save the oil trust from paying the big fine, pinned, their hope to their contention that the Elkins law was re pealed by the Hepburn act. It was under the provisions of the former law that the trust waa fined. Now that the highest court In the land has decided against them, the Standard OH attorneys have been left high and dry with their beat contention gone. Remarkable Confession of nazel Potter of Tacoma Who Aided Her Sweet heart to Terrorize the Town. Dressed in Men's Clothes, the Girl Accompanies Harold True on Night Expedi tions in Search of Victims. PORTLANDWOMAN Under ARREST Mrs. Charles Holmes Is De tained on Suspicion of Hav ing Stolen Alaska Gems. (United Preu Le.sed Wire.) stti Feb. 24. Following the disap pearance of a tray of valuable diamonds and rubies from a jewelry store in Ju naeu. Alaska, several weeks ago, Mrs. Charles Holmes, wife of a Portland com mercial traveler. Is being aetamea ai Wranrel. Alaska, by Deputy United States Marshal Shoup. Her effects were searched, but the property was not found. Deputy Marshal Shoup came on to Seattle yesterday and will investigate the woman's statements at Portland, he having left for that city last night. It is claimed that Mrs. Holmes wan In the Jewelry store a few hours before the ship sailed. When Inviting the officers to make tne most rigid investigation, she said her husband, a traveling sales man, had gone into the interior of Alaska on business. POSTMASTER GREEN MAY BE REIMBURSED Whlngton Bureau of The Joorntl.) Washington, Feb. 24. A senate com mittee today returned a favorable re port on the bill to reimburse R. Oreen. postmaster at Oregon City, for the loss by burglary of $206, December 17, 1896. OREGON MEN GUESTS -AT WASHINGTON, I). C. (Special bbpatrh to Th. Journal) Washington, Feb. 24. J. H. Acker man, state superintendent of schools of Oregon,- and Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of the Corvallis Agricultural college, who are attending the Educational as sociation, were guests at an elaborate tuncneon at the Cosmos club today. 1 v. VwMuJiirtiihiXi iiininn Tnnin jf 5 ' C I (Special Dl'piteh to The Jnumjl.) Tacoma, Feb. 24. Attired In boy's clothes and carrying a l"'ge caliber revolver, pretty, 17-year-old Hazel Potter, daughter of a well known Tacoma lumberman, living at 4811 South Taklma avenue, haa ac companied Harold True, her 17-year-old sweetheart and aldad in some of the most! daring hold-ups ever perpetrated In the northwest. With the capture of the girl, True and Fred Irons, a 19-year-old youth who formed the third member of the gang, Detectives Smith Led yard and Brown have cleared up all matters connected with the series of daring hold-ups which for four weeks made Tacomans afraid to go unarmed at night In the downtown residence dis trict True confesses to a score of attempt ed hold-ups, nine of which he admits were successful. His sweetheart was a witness to most of these and admits that she actually participated In some of them. Nine men, who, during the past four weeks reported to the po- Ice that tney had been held up ana robbed, delivered their money and Jew elry with trembling hands to these fearless Juvenile robbers. True, while alone, says he held up three men on First avenue in Seattle three weeks ago and compelled each to give him what money he had. Worked in Beattle. While the plain clothes men of the Tacoma police worked ceaselessly night and day, following every clue which mlKht lead to the capture of the ban dits whose operations marked a car- ival or crime seldom experienced in this city. True, his sweetheart, and young Irons operated coolly and with out fear. It waa by the merest chance that a detective overheard a conversa tion between the girl and the boy at a local cafe which furnished a hint and resulted in the Important arrests "Queen of the Bandits," as the local police have nicknamed her. Hazel Por ter Is regarded as the most unique fem inine cnaracter wno Has ever come un det the observation o the Tacoma po lice. Hazel la a pretty blonde with a winning personality. As a student In lo cal public schools, where she and young True were companions, she made a rec ord for scholarship, and she has mani fested notable histrionic talent during the several times she has appeared in minor parts in local theatres. Seated on the porch of her home yes terday afternoon, her curly hair rippled by the wind, her eyes sparkline with mischief and excitement. Hazel formed a pretty picture as she narrated the story of her aperations as a bandit. Said the girl: JHarold told me, about six weeks am. that he had been out the night before and stuck-up a man. I lauahed at htm and thought ha was Joking, but when he told me all about the details and then showed me a column story about the affair In a newspaper, I saw he was serious. He told me how scared the men held up were, how they either nearly dropped dead with fear and handed him everything they had or broke and ran like a streak, so that he could never catch them. He told me he would not shoot a man for fl. 000 Enjoyed the Sport, BOY WHO BID FOR CITY BONDS A BORN FINANCIER Saw V ' r' ) JV-i 1 i 1 "i-L ''' 1 l t's 3 ;y V ' I' vrv Ti? ' ' ' - ? l : . 4 i,'Y !S t l Y S! tttX S r ' ' x,i v ' v. a e "It was excltina- and lntnrAntlmr aaked him to let me go with him. ' He wa aimm ai ursc, out wnen I insisted he let me wear a suit of his clothes and we went to North J street. Harold let several men pass before he found one whom he thought was the one he wanted. .We stepped in the shade of a irt-f silo wnen tne rellow got about 10 feet away Harold Jumped out and yelled awfully loud, 'Hands up!" You should have seen that fellow. He was too scared to talk. He threw a bi- uuuu.o iic t.iuru i rmroia ana turned and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him. "We went home empty handed that uiKiii. ui on umer nignts we had bet ter success. It would take only a few minutes to turn, a trick and then we would go to .he theatre or skating rink and have a Jolly good time before I hart to catch the last car home. "I did not always dress no in bova' clothes. It gave Harold a better chance to work if he walked along with me un til he sited up his man,' and then he would leave me and go to it. Onlv one. was I frightened, and that waa one night wnen i sat in wrignt n ana waited for Harold and Fred Irons to do a lob trxtrmthmr T wnrt .HrAiH on4 nm t t V. an land long gloves. - While I sat on a J3Qme of the old financiers of Wall street are surprised at Ou stave A. Klopstock, who only 15 years of age who put In a bid for $1,000 of the new Issue of city bonds, carefully complying with the legal requi sites. Klopstock Is ambitious. He says: "A real big financier Is about as good a thing to be as there is, and that's my ambition. I think Mor gan is about the best of the lot, but I am not going to copy him. Every man should be his own kind of man, I think." 110 COLLIERS TO SUPPLYJLEETS Gallinger Declares Ship Sub sidy Defeat Puts Nation in Weakened Condition. BOKOERAO TTT-rrn-i T a rrr rTn titi "yt-twt emrTAM rm ditt nniifn vrr k pl"irTnptTirt 1 rnviuunarn ur oxvviva oav i nyii jc naui iuai .tta3 juipouu j . . (Continued, on Page TwowX (United Preti Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 24. "If we are to war now instead of seeking peaae, our lack of colliers manned under our flag might fatally delay or absolutely pre vent the transfer of ono battleship from 'the Atlantic ocean to moet the enemy sweeping down on the Philippines. Ha waii, Puget sound or ain Francisco," said Senator Qalllnger of New Hamp shire in the senate today in advocating an American merchant marine, uainn ger painted a picture or grave possibii ltles In advocacy of the bill Krantini second class mail ships the same sub sidy that is paid first class vessels In the tranportatlon of mails. He de clared that there has been a falling off In American shipping Interests, explain ing that last March 16 American ships were plying tne facmc, and that now there are only eight. He pointed out that since the shipping bill was defeat ed In the last congress almost half of the Pacific naval reserve has disap peared. "But that Is not the worst - result." Senator Galllnger continued. "The most startling humiliating episode of the year la the revelation-which Rear Ad miral Evans'" fleet la making. The mer chant marina does not contain enough ocean going colliers to provide fuel for ship sailing between American porta. Need we wonder that in spite of the Monroe doctrine we are belnsr shoul dered out of South America and other govtrnmrair .. .. i IES AS HELLO" GIRL "Miss Helen lies" Proves to Be Mischievous Young Fellow. (United Preu Leased Wire.) St. t,ouls. Mo., Feb. 24. There are many surprised "hello" glrla in the main telephone exchange of this city because "Miss Helen Iles.'Vis a boy and not a girl. Several weeks ago a young person ap pearing; to be a graceful girl applied for a position as operator and was accepted. She gave the name of Miss Helen lies. Her mannerism made her a favorite with the other girls and some of them confided to "her" their most Intimate secrets. A few days ago, while sitting in the rest room. Miss Ilea tried to make love to a dashing brunette, who Immediately informed her superior. Then "Helen" revealed her Identity and was discnargea. RAYMOND HITCHCOCK GETS CONTINUANCE (United Press Leased Wire!) -New York, Feb. 24. Raymond Hitch cock, tho comedian who la accused of mistreating young girla, was granted another continuance thla morning. Hit attorneys produced affidavits showing that they could not get in touch- with their witnesses for at leant a vuk mA Justice Dowllng allowed tr$Ttat nivli .una. nireiivwui was prS.ll W Court during the arguments , ; SHE!! T BILLED W PLAYMATE Hector Brault Shot by Lloyd Hohman, His Friend and Boon Companion, on the Grounds Surrounding MtV Angel College. Ten-Year-Old Boy Victim ot Gun Supposed to Be Un loaded Older Boy, Fraii tic With Grief, Kept Un der Guard. Forgetting that the rifle he carried. waa loaded. Hector Brault, a 10-year-old pupil in Mount Angel college, was ac cidentally shot and almost Instantly killed Saturday afternoon by Lloyd Hohman, a schoolmate and bosom com.. panlon, with whom he had played tru ant from school and gone Into the woods for an afternoon'a hunt. Th tragedy occurred near the ;ol legs grounds, while tha two playmates were returning to their study. Young Brault died soon after being carried into the college building and Hohman. frantic with grief, was locked In a room with an attendant during the balance of the afternoon and tne following night to prevent him from doing him- -self bodily harm. - Saturday afternoon the two hoys, who were close friends and companions, slipped away from school unobserved. Hector sought permission to go hunt ing after the noon hour, but waa re fused. The older boy, knowing permis sion would not be given, went without asking It. Hector carried the rifle which he bad received aa a Christmas present, and which has since been his chief delight. The two went into the woods a abort distance from tha college and hunted, for several hours, then realising that they must return by t.SO o'clock, whloh la the study hour when every student . In the college must Be present, or bt punished for an Infraction of tha rules, tney nastenea to return in um. As Lloyd tells the story of th events preceding th tragedy, he was carrying the gun ahd unloaded it to remov all danger. He took out th slngl shell soon after they turned homeward. h says, but believes he- Inadvertently re placed it In th breech while thinking of something else. Anyway, h assarts both went the rest of the way to th college grounds under the impression tne rule was unloaded. As they neared the college buildings Lloyd thoughtlessly raised the ( aun.-- polnted It at Hector and pulled th trig ger. Young Brault dropped to th -ground fatally wounded, and Lloyd ran screaming for help to th college. Th ' wounded boy was carried to his room ' and died a short time afterward. - An In queat waa held this morning. Hector was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brault of 2S1 Chapman - street. - Mr. Brault is a prominent merchant ' tailor here. ' The parents went at one to Mount Angel and brought the body back this afternoon for burial. Th re- ' mains will be burled beside those of th boy's sister in St. Mary's cemetery. H had been at Mount Angel about a year, and prior to that had attended th pub-, lie schools here. Lloyd's parents, for merly of Portland, are now living la ' A. 1 & s k n President Frowin Kpper. of th colleffV was much upset by the accident. "It was, of course, an accident," ha said." "and a very sad one. The boys war on . most friendly terms, and Lloyd has been ; all broken up about it ever sine. I -emphasize the accidental element be cause reports founded on mere rumor so aften give th wrong Impression. That such, .a aad occurrence may do ' harm te an Institution is evident, but - the autnoriuea are unaoie to prevent violation of rules altogether n any school.' I SANTA FE BOOKS Raymond Benjamin Has a Hard Time Finding Evi-. dence of Rebating. (United Press teased Wire.) ' Los "Angeles, Feb. Js.Books of th Santa. Fe company, which are being ex amined hy Raymond Benjamin,, assist ant attorney general ere so complicated that It will probably take th San Fran cisco attorney a week or more to com plete his investigations into tba allege! rebate, cases - charged Io Hm Southnru Pacific, th Santa. Fe and th Salt Lake roads, - . j - . It Is said that Benjamin has m'1 discoveries in the Santa Fe books tnat bear out the charges of 'rebating, - Th Salt Lake road will coin In fnr an Investigation after the jmmimat in Of th Sants F books is eomyin l. Benjamin refuse to -wake a - '" tnent bearing on his investor1 fat. ..... ,. ... .,., 1