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PORTLAND,,. OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1908. EIGHTEEN " PAGES.
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PLM OFy QUEER' PASSERS
HIM UNMASK
H. J. .Wells and Others
Threaten Life of George
Wellsley, Important Wit
ness in Prosecution of the
King of Thieves;
Upon evidence to show that there
was a well-organized movement' on
foot to kidnap George Wellsley, an i
18-year-old boy, now. at the Good
Samaritan hospital, because of the
(act that he Is the most important
witness for the government against
R. H. Wells and others, now in the
county Jail on a charge of using the
mails to defraud, an Important wit
ness warrant was issued by Judge
.Woiverton this morning and wellsley
'was taken into custody by the United
. W. J- N.,6ylor and-Frsnk Cvi
nets we arretted two weeks ago ' by
th local polio otl suspicion of having
tMn reaoonslble for certain defunct ,
Stat bank notes which had been" passed
on many Portland person ana circu
lated generally.
' Wellsley, for whom the warrant was
Usued this, morning t th request of
T'niH State District Attorney W.
Bristol, and E. C. Clement, postal in
spector, waa formerly associated with
one of the-, gang, now in jau.
In rear for Ufa.
That Wellsley la without fnds; that
he was In fear for his life, and that he
ha Kn threnttned If he should - ap
pear to testify against the defendants.
are some 01 in cnargf wmcn wi
sat forth by Clement this morning in
III testimony Deiore juuko lYuir.iivii
as to why the witness warrant should
bc!ment staled further that whll
Wllsley was really elck. he had evl
denoe In his possession whirh led the
inspector to believe that certain friends
of the men In Jail were concocting a
ehem to get Wellsley out of the coun
try as soon as possible.
Clement ha found that the prisoner
held for passing the worthless note
are desperate men. Two of them served
time In eastern penitentiaries. At the
time of their arrest one of the men had
In his possession high-grade flrearma.
Clement also has proof that one of the
member of the gang threatened Well-
''xVellsley had already been ubpoe
naedvto appear at the arraignment of
the men before the United State com
missioner. This hearing was postponed
last week at the request of the several
ittorneys representing mi oieiiBniR
It vis also Drougni oui oeioro iu
court thl morning that from evidence
gathered bv the roruana aeiecuvw, iu
LET
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PLAfi DEATH
OF DIRECT
PRIM
Eepublican Machine Lays
Scheme to Kill Oregon's
Popular Law and Defraud
the People of Their Eight
to Eule.
Old Corruption-Saturated
Method of Electing Sen
ators and Giving Office to
One "Who Pays Most Is Ob
ject Sought.
DEf M
con
Only Wholesale Furniture
Firms, They Say, Have an
Agreement Not to Sell to
Catalogue HousesMatter
Is Open Secret.
Eule Applies Also tfl Auction
Houses to Prevent Losses
to Permanent .Dealers
Cost Price Agreement Has
Been Annulled.
Republican machinists of Multnomah
county and throughout the state are
plotting the overthrow of the direct prl
mary nominating: law, disregard any
recommendation of the people given a
the June election, swing behind some
dark horse candidate for the United
States senate at the legislature next
January and elect him by the old time
method and with the old time manipula
tions.
Enough of thi has been admitted by
some of the leader of the Hodnon-Bal
ley-Beach combination in Portland In
their search for candidate to fill out
Uterr legislative slata t mak apparent
what the scheme Is and what the reauit
will be If plan carry.
Xa hol&inr up thelx Inducement of ex
pected suceeas at, the primaries to those
men whom they wish vo mak tie raoe,
thee leader say that they have the
ootutty employe and th olty employ,
or most of them, la hand, and tt their
votes and influence alone will mak th
late noofal at the prlmaiie.
They say that some "big man" Is
needed In the race for the United States
senate, and that it is the ielre of the
machine to put him forward at the
proper time.
Wool for the Eye.
They explain why the "big man" does
not come out In the open nnd make a
fight for the nomination before the pri
maries and under the primary law by
the argument that a "roan of sufficient
caliber for the position of United States
senator does not want to go begging
the people for nomination and election.
A United States senator should not be
put in the position of pleading with the
Deonle for election, but should allow his
name to go before the legislature In a
dignified manner, as Is done in other
Who Is the Senatorial Candidate of
the Machine?
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U WAR 01 ANARCHISTS
postofflce inspector and United State .. .
i&"moS?nW of Chicago Detective Bureau Detailed to Locate the
Den of the Bombtossers All Eeds in the City Will
Be Gathered In.
' .-iMa nt th. nriaoner to aet Wellsley
' away from tne nospiiai Deioro me Hear
ing, and either take him from here or
force him to leave this part of the
COUntry'Oam rrom Minnesota.
' weiialev 1 from Minnesota and came
to Portland only a short time before
he was compelled to go to a hospital
ufferlnz with an abscess on one or hi
If Wellsley' condition I auch this
afternoon that he can be taken from the
hospital Wltnoui enuangering ma uwiin,
he will be removed to the county jail
to be held until the hearing of the men
March . . .
Tn hia raueiit for the important wit
nesa warrant, Mr. Bristol stated to the
court that mese men nan ueen using me
malls to bring great numbers of defunct
bank note to tne cuy ana mat mey
had been passing the bogus bills on the
Cung puDuc. rte hibo oam inai
the defendants had been
unsuspecting P
,the hearing of
"'postponed at request of the defense, and
owing to the fact that evidence had
been collected to show that Wellsley
'waa In dancer of being taken awav. he
would like tne couri 10 iaae action, in
the matter.
Wellslev has never been- connected
.with the case further than as a witness
for tne government, rie was won ac
quainted with one of the men under ar
rest and so far as It Is known was not
implicated in passing any or tne spurt-
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From tne noy s statement to postal
Inspector Clement, telling of his fear
nt twin or Killed ana ni otner dealing
with tha defendants, he created the im
pression among the officials that- he ha
never been In any serious trouble be
fore. .
WAESHIPS AT MANILA
OEDEEED TO PEEPAEE
FOE LONG VOYAGE
' (United Pre Ied Wire.) ''
' . Manila, Feb. 37. X secret
4t order' ha been received her that
4 all ship on thl station must be
- equipped and prepared - at ortce
for protracted service. ;, Pro
tracted aervlce mean three
month at sea. Thl may mean
extensive maneuvers with ships
eomlnr out -from thv United
States. --s -i-.r s ? --.-.
Abe Hummel in
Convict Uniform
"In no way Is there . any . kind of
a combination between the furniture
dealers In Portland.", said Fillip Oe
vurta In an Interview .today, "and
those who art-use us of, haying any J
agreement with other dealers In Port
land make their assertions absolutely
without foundation. TH furniture men
In Portland are today selling" below
cost In order to keep" their .employe
In the hope, that business. Will- Im
prove. ', ;' l. ,
"Th Only semblance of, a comblna-
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(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 27. Anarchists munt
flee from Chicago or fall Into the bands
of the police. Chief of Police Shippy
has listened to the warning of Chan
cellor E. M. Dunne of the Chicago arch
diocese, that an assassination similar to
the one of which Father Helnrichs of
Denver was the victim last Sunday,
may be repeated In Chicago at any time.
For two weeks the pick of the de
tective bureau has been secretly locat
ing the hotbeds of .anarchism. The net
Is ready and as soon as all the "reds"
In the city have been found it will be
spread over them.
It is supposed that the assassination
of Father Hetnrlch ha encouraged the
coiony oi anarcmscs in unicago.
QLAQYS ORDERS TWO
MORE MILLIONS FOR
HER OOUNT SNEEZKY"
(United Prem Leased Wire.)
New York, Feb. 27. Two millions
of the Vanderbllt fortune will be sent
to Hungary for Countes Ssechenyl,
formerly Gladys, Vanderbllt, who recent
ly married Count Szechenyl.
Attorney representing the countess
have applied to Comptroller Mets for
transfer or mat amount in cuy
bonds, which were left to her by her
iainer.
Instead of the actual transfer being
made, formal transfer paper signed by
tne mayor ana comptroller of New
yoric will be forwarded to the countess'
banker in Budapest.
seventy mousand dollars, represent
ing 3H per cent, will also be sent
there. The bond will be held In her
name.
CHICAGO MAKES BIG
' SUM FEOM VISITOES
(United Press Leued Wire.)
Chicago, Feb I7.--That the people
who have been attracted to Chicago by
various convention during . the past
year -left $8,800,000 In this city Is the
claim of the convention bureau of the
Chicago association of commerce.
Charles Stevens. Chairman of, the bu
reau, has made a report on 246 conven
tion practically aecured by the associa
tion. v. -' ; . ..
He says tha bureau brofifrht in Chi
cago In 107, S76.O0O visitors and that
each one remained an average of four
day and that not one .of them Spent
less than It s, day. ;
BONANZA MINE MAY
BE BEOPENED SOON
(Special Dlanateh to Tha Journal.)
Baker City, Feb., 27. A report is In
Circulation that the old Bonanza 'mine
at Qelser, once a famous producer, and
the foundation for all th fortune of
tne ueisers, i again to o operated in
the near future.
It la aid that Mr. Hall, from the
east, and - representing, the owners, re
cently -Visited the mine and gave out
the impression that work would oon
be resumed. .
With the Red Boy and Bonanza coop
erating and producing as of old, it
would not be long before returning pros
perity would 1 come to upper .mlnlna
camps and i a stamped fronr Nevada
take jlac.-
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Incompatibility of temper has led to tbe separation of Rear-Admiral
Nlcoll Ludlow, U. S. N., retired, and his wife, a sister of the wlfa of Ad
miral Dewey, Mrs. Ludlow objected to living in the country, where, the
old sea-dog desired to spend the remainder of his days. The historic
Ludlow mansion on Long Island, which has been accupled by the Ludlow
family for many generations, has bepn purchased by Mrs. Ludlow, and
probably will be sold, passing out of the family, to which the family has
been long owners, under a grant by Charles II of England. Picture
shows Admiral Ludlow in uniform and below is a picture of the old Lud
low home- at Oakdale, Long Island. i.
tlon Is an agreement between the two
wholesale houses In this city not to
sell to catalogue houses and that agree
ment Is one entered into by every
reputable Jobbing house In these das
where the catalogue houses are threat
ening to ruin the dealers in the cities
as well as in the small towns.
"Such an agreement is known to ex
ist by all "the authorities that know
anything about ,the Jobbing buslneBS.
No attempt has ever been made to
conceal It. It is common with tba
hardware and implement trade, in fact.
every traae. i can snow you me let
terheads of any reputable furniture
house and It is .conspicuously printed
thereon, 'we do not ' sell to catalogue
houses.'
"The reason why this rule had to be
made Is slmDle. The catalogue house
and .the auction house comes, in the
same category, does not carry a scock.
They take no risks, but buy when they
receive orders. They are satisfied with
making a profit of 5 per cent, for in
stance. They have no large sales force
to pay, no large rents and they can ruin
the dealer in the town from where their
orders are received In a short-, time.
Now the lobbers have learned that the
dealers favor those companies that do
not sell, to catalogue nouses ana nave
made it a iule not to sell to catalogue
or' auction houses.
Now" you can see rrom wnere mis
treat bow-wow against the 'formidable
urnlture trust' comes. It is from the
catalogue and auction houses purely.
Ever since the panic the dealers in
Portland have been fighting tooth and
nail to get business from one another,
and they will all tell you that they
have eold at cost and even below cost
believe that next to the banks the
(Continued on Page Two.)
HEM QUAKES
FELUyjIlDEZ
Shock Destroys Telegraph
Cables Between Alaska
and Puget Sound.
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
Valdex, Alaska, Feb. 27. The most
severe earthquake shock experienced in
this section since 1903 occurred Friday
morning, and since that time thoro has
been a succession of smaller shakes.
The heavy shock was at 1:10 a. m.,
February 14. It started with a steady
long swing from north to south and
terminated In a number of violent
Jerks. No damage was .done to the
buildings i they are Yll frame struc
tures. The shock lasted nearly 80 seconds. ;
The oable from hre to Seattle and
the one to Seward were both broken by
the shock. Th break occurred about
SO miles from Valdes and It is thought
that serious damage was done -10 the
Ellamar mine, but boats arriving from
that tort yesterdav reoort - tha atWvlr .
as not being so bad there as at Valdes.
IN SWOW'.OE
TEDDY'S STICK
Strang Coincident Develops
Political SituationChin.
ese Escape;" Marshal.. M
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' Ban Francisco, , Feb, 27. Is . Senator
Joseph Benton Foraker's brother a Taft
man, or Is the president. Jess black than
Senator Foraker,. presidential, aspirant.
has painted him? - . ; v . -
The escape at .Third "and Townsena
streets on Tuesday of four Chines who
were being brought ''hr from Texas
for deportation throws the' searchlight
of publicity: upon . a 'political Incon
gruity. ,. i f
The United States marshal for Texas '
who was in charge of the Chines is
Crelgbton M. Foraker, brother ' of the)
senator,' who has opposed , Koosevelt's
nominee for the of Ace of United States
marshal in Ohio,' New York and other
states on the ground, that the president
has an alleged bad habit . of appointing
none, but Taft men to office. . !.
The president must- have overlooked
his hand in Texas, for It is not sup
posable that Marshal " Foraker Is ov '
traitor to Senator Foraker. ' the latter
having obtained the appointment Tor
the former. But, anyway,' the Chines
escaped, and the marshal mav have tn '
do some explaining to the president.
Will he engage his brother as emis
sary? -. , , ,
, There were 26 Chines In- th Toartw .
and they were elated to go back to
China on the Korea, having been caught
trying to sneak over th Mexican border.
While the prisoners were betna- tnki
from a car in the dark at the Third and
Townsend street depot, seven, of them
under the personal charge of Foraker.
mnue a sudden break for liberty.'! Threa
were recaptured but the federal authori
ties have been unable to t locat th.
others.
The Southern Pacific Is under bond 4
of $500 for the safe delivery of each
Chinese. t ;
Picture of 'Abe Hummel, taken
last week " for Hearst newspapers.
Hummel Is much interested in C. W,
Morse and his troubles- but Hum
mel .lias troubles, of bis wa.,v. .
MINER MAKES ANNUAL .
PROPOSAL TO OREGON .
GOVERNOR'S TYPSf
. (Rpedil Dbpatcb to, Tha-Jonrnal.)
Balem, Feb. ' 2 7, Bohemia Sharps, as
the old miner is known In Lane county,
has been paytna- his annual visit to th
state capital. He make a formal call
on th governor, and each year when he
comes around tbas tales of new discov
eries, and Tgularly . tenders" his hand In
marriage to th stenographer In th ex
ecutive ornce, whoever she may hew He
ai resuiariv rriiaari ... . ' . ,
tsnarpe-la now in th fn k -m
follow prospecting..- Bohemia left today
for his horn in th mountains. 2S miles
from Cottag Grove. .
HOT BETRAVER
Uabhi Browne ; Says Apos-
ue I'eter bow Jlis 3Ias
i ter to Enemies.
t i (United Praas Leasea Wire.)
Norfolk, W. Vs.,' Feb.. I7,The nv.
Dr, Edward Browne. th dlstingtifshe
Jewlah'rabbl of New York, in a loctur
hefore the Jefferson society of Norfolk,
created a religious sensation by the !'-
gaiion innj it waa nn Juut, hut i
posti .Jr'eter. who betruved tua
vior. v , .,, . .
Ir. Browne, In an elnbort &-,.,
on the suhjoct- of whth"r or ,
was crucified by -the Jm, u-i ,
to prove to liis aurix ik-m tt.f 1 i
th. doctrine that JuUss ; 1 l..a .
ter to his eneoiiea.
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