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T l I Pi V". TO GET THE MOST JOURNAL CIRCULATION "'' YESTERDAY TV A3 ' . ''" ., " ' for your money put your ads In " Th Journal Order your Satur day and Sunday ads at one. Rain or '.snow tonight and Qatar ' day, colder; northeaiterly winds. f ' : , VOL. -VI. NO. 307. - PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1908. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO , CENTS. ??JJStn,maBc,STJ m mmm on in.y uuhu im uyJUbem m 29 500 son M il A MUSI SERVE TWO YEARS IN ML MD PAY $7,500 Mf SERVE ' AS WITNESS Message From Heney .Ec quests Judge to Assign Prisoner to County Jail Instead of McNeill's Isl and Penitentiary. Two years In tbe Multnomah county Jail and a fine of $7,500 la the penalty to be paid by Horace Greeley McKlnley. Erect and stoical and looking the Judge straight In the eye, McKln ley stood before the bar of Justice In the United States district court tnis morning and beard tne sen tence pronounced upon him by Judge Charles E. Wolverton. Ten days ago McKlnley arrived In Portland In the cimtody of a deputy United States marshal, having been brought from China where he had gone. more than two years ago arter having been convicted by a Jury In the United States district court or a conspiracy to aerraua tne government or certain, um ber lands in the famous "7-11 aae. Since then he baa been in the county4 jau awaiting sentence. ' United States District Attorney W. C. Bristol represented the government and wuen tne McKlnley oeae was called soon after 10 o'clock he said there was no f reason why sentence should not be 1m poaed. Mr. .Bristol recommended anai -the defendant be fined, not lean' Than 17,109 and imprisoned for not less than : turn v.a rm i " A recommendation that McKlnley he confined In the county jail at Portland instead of In the prison at McNeil's Is land was made by Francis J. Heney In a telegram to Judge Wolverton In which It was stated that It was the desire of the government to have McKlnley tea tlfy at several pf the land fraud cases which are yet to be heard. Judge Martin L. Pipes, who defended McKlnley at the time no was convicted together with 8. A. D. Puter. also en tered a plea of mercy on behalf of his' client and requested that ne De allowed to serve bis time In the county jail in stead of a federal penitentiary. Nothing- to Say. When Julge Wolverton asked the pris oner if he had anything to say in his own behalf. McKinley stepped forward and with a quiver in bis voice replied In an almost inaudible tone that Judge Pines would state his case for him. It was only In his voice that McKlnley displayed any nervousness. He Is pale, perhaps from confinement and worry, but the same haughtiness for which he has become known In Portland and along the Pacific coast waa in evidence as us ual. "Judge Pipes is here and will" he said, and the rest of his words were lost as the defendant hurried to his chair. Judge Pipes said to the court that he had represented McKlnley when he waa on trial In the "7-U" case with Puter Mild that lie appeared to enter a plea of iBTercy in the prisoner's behalf. IT there Is any comparison Detween the two men, Puter was the leader of the conspiracy of which both were found guilty," said Judge Pipes. "Con sequently, oellevlng this, in Imposing sentence I respectfully request that the court send McKlnley to the county Jail In preference to a penitentiary or Mc Neil's intend." Just "previous to pronouncing sen tence Judge Wolverton spoke of the Charge upon which McKlnley had been convicted, following by reading the stat utes of the law with reference to such cases . "Pqter and yourseir were undoubtedly the chief conspirators in the offense charged," said tle crfurt, "and in carry ing out that orrense two additional of fenses were committed, namely, forgery and false swearing or perjury. From reading the Indictment It would annear that you had caused others to commit BerJury In an endeavor to carry out your plans to defraud the government." Punished for Escaping. Continuing. Judge Wolverton spoke of the sentence of Puter "and the fact that his term had expired. He said that if - lof 4 ( mm II i . II . I II V f f i :;,V 1 II ; 1-1 17 - i 1 . r , .11, f II :i in v w t f-v)tv If II I 11 ' i ry:w it 11 Jit AU .m-K JiVKtmte 11 .3 wy-" a"A .-t - . .-;-JjT , 1 QrC , DESPERATE ATTEIWPT 10 KILL SHAH Bomb Thrown at Persian Eulerjs Automobile Ex plodes, Killing Three Out riders and Many Soldiers. Assassin Escapes. Many Efforts Have Been Made by Revolutionists to Take Monarch's Life State Department Is In formed Shah Wasn't Hurt (Uoltd Pren Letted Wirt.) Teheran, Persia, Feb. 2 8. In a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to kill the shah today three outrid ers were killed and many soldiers wounded. While the shah was riding through the streets in his automo bile a bomb was hurled at him, but he escaped. Soldiers who were guarding him were knocked from their feet and the three outriders who were killed nere close to the ruler's automobile. The identity of the man who threw the bomb Is not known. Great confusion followed the ex plosion. The shah's escort closed about him and the crowds rushed from every direction. In the ex citement the bombthrower escaped. The revolutionists have been act tlve of late, and this is the third attempt that has been made to kill the shah within the past three weeks. WHO IS THE JOCKEY? jjj1 a PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE THE MAN WHO IS TO RIDE THIS MOUNT STOPS SUICIDE; LOSES HIS LIFE Othello Farmer Killed by Man He Saved From Self-Destruction. HEARST WILL PLACE ROOSEVELT AT HEAD OF.IIIS NEW PARTY RECENT PICTURE OF THE SHAH OF PERSIA, WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED ASSASSINATION AT HANDS OF REVOLUTIONISTS. Ulli ANSWERS (Continued on Page Two.) SENATOR T.B. KAY s Explains Transaction Which Moved Him to Indorse iCote for $500. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Oregon City, Feb. 28. W. 8. U'Ren this morning answered the allegations of State Senator Kay, whor In a com munication to a Portland newspaper, aid that U'Ren had refused to pay an BEST WOMEN'S SECTION EVER PUBLISHED IN THE WEST The advance of The Oregon Sunday Journal will never have been more clearly marked than on March 22, when The Journal will pub lish the finest four-color Women's Magazine and the best and biggest Fashion Section ever attempted by a newspaper on . this coast. Th section will be compiled by a staff of fashion experts of Paris, London and Berlin and will contain half-tone and four-color process illustrations, the finest that money can buy and good ma chinery can reproduce, V v The Journal is a favorite newspaper among women readers and the'' management intends to provide, something for their entertain ment, in the number of the paper, mentioned, that will have had no rival in coast journalism. , Watch for the March 226 Number ' 'And in the meanwhile do not forget The. Oregon Sunday Jour nal next Sunday; it will contain an exceptionally good selection of stories for all classes of readers. ', Don't forget the dates March 1 and March 22. "honest debt" of $1,100 to a Mrs. Mc Grath, who held a note for $500 and ac crued interest against him. Mr. U'Ren's answer follows: "Mary McGrath had a Judgment against three Other men and myself for that $500. The money was borrowed from her agent in Oregon City and was used for Seth Lewelllng & Co. in the panic of 1893. The note was signed by Both Le welling and two others besides, I going on for an accommodation. The others were then well off. All the other signers are dead and last year I paid $300 to be released. I never saw Afrs. McGrath and In paying 'the -$300 I con sidered that I was paying more than my share of that old debt. Senator Kay perhaps thinks I ought to have paid more of It, but I do not. (Signed) . "W. S. U'REN." The shah owes his life to a closed automobile that preceded the one in which he was riding. Had he been In the first car, which waa used as pre cautionary measure, he would have been torn to pieces by the explosives. Tho assassins took a position on the roof of a building and waited for tho ruler to pass. Thinking that he was riding in the closed automobile, the assassins hurled the bombs at it. One exploded in the air just above the car and the second one fell under It The machine was blown into hundreds of pieces. When the first explosion occurred the chauffeur driving the shah suddenly stopped, turned the car around and made a dash for the palace. Scores of pedestrians were thrown from their feet by the force of the explosions and 21 of them were injured. In the excite ment that followed the assassins climbed from roof to roof and escaped, although the police were on their trial. Washington, nartment haa ing that an attempt was Feb. 28. The state d- s received a cable announc- mnrtp. in iriil me snan. in tne dispatch Minister Jackson says several persons were killed. He confirms the report that the ruler escaped uninjured. MINE WORKERS SEE PLOT AGAINST TEDDY (United Press Leased Wire.) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 28. An edi torial in the United Mine Workers' Jour nal declares today that the captains of industry are trying to force -a lahor crisis for the purpose of discrediting President Roosevelt. "These captains of industry are mak ing the mistake of their lives," contin ued the article. "If they knew what was fomenting under the surface they would come to their senses." (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Spokane, Feb. 28. Frank Sherman, a farmer living about four miles from Othello. Adams county, was killed yes terday morning by E3. A. Sperling, who, with his wife, lived with Sherman. II. W. Kraups. a business man of Othello, says that he and Dr. Judah, railroad surgeon, went to the Sherman nlaca In response to a call. They found Sherman lying on the grouna in a pool of blood between the house and stable. Sperling eald that he and his wife had been quarreling and that he bad left the house, taking the shotgun, Intend ing to kill himself. Sherman, who was In the stable came out and tried to take the gun away from him. In the strug gle, Sperling says, the weapon was dis charged and Sherman was killed. GAMBLER SHOT IN QUARREL OVER CARDS (United Press Leased Wlrs.) Stockton, Cal.. Feb. 28. Joseph Ford the srambler who was shot In a auarre at the gaming table In Tracy last night tnis morning (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington. Feb. 28. Tae latest Interesting political yarn haa It that Hearst has developed into a "third termer." The story la that Hearst would take President Roosevelt Into his confidence and offer him first place on the Independence league ticket. Even against the presi dent's will, some aay, Hearst In tends to have his league nomi nate him If Taft and Bryan are nominated by the other two parties. By this move the league thinks It would be able to split up the two older parties. THO JUS EDISOir igh nlni bv J. L. Hutchinson, died this morn lnson has been locked vp In the local In the local emergency hospital. Hutcn jail on a charge of murder. de The shooting occurred In the club room at the Tracy hotel. During the same, it is said. Hutchinson became very abusive and when Ford took him to task for his words Hutchinson drew a pistol and fired three shots at him. MAHONEY OPPOSED TO STATEMENT ONE Salem, Feb. 28. T. J. Mahoney of lone has filed his petition for nomina tion on the Republican ticket to the of fice of representative for the Twenty second district. He states: "I will vote for the Republican can didate for the United 8tates senate who receives the greatest number of votes." Gilbert W. Phelpa of Pendleton has filed his petition for nomination to the district attorneyship of the Sixth Judi cial district on the Republican ticket. Laborers Killed Glastrow. Feb. 28. A night train from this city to laisley killed nine laborers. and bo terribly miliilaxofl were tne ood les it becan. necessary to gather the remains in sacks. STORM SIGNALS FORECAST CENTRAL COMMITTEE ROW CUPID TO UNITE TIVOJIGJACKS Astor's Great Grandson Will Marry Daughter of Hetty Green. (United Press Leased Wire.) New York, Feb. 28. According to an announcement. Miss Sylvian Green, daughter of Hetty Green, the wealthy financier, and Matthew Astor Wilkes, great-grandson of the original John Ja cob Astor, are engaged. For some years he haa been an consoicuous fleuro In the cotillons and while he Is not In his first youth, he has been regarded wixu zavor lor some time by Che otner sex. Ho is the son of Rev. Mark Wilkes, who was chaplain of the British em bassy In Paris, where Matthew passed muoh of his youth. When Rev. Mark Wilkes came to New York he brought credentials that made a friend of John Jacob Astor to such an extent that the financier induced him to forsake the ministry and go Into the fur business. In his changed state he won the hand of Astor's granddaughter, Eliza Lang- Inventor Passes Comfortable Night After Undergoing Second Operation. ; . don. SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR VISITS MONTE CARLO The "mass meeting" which has been called under the auspices and by the direction of the Republican city and county central committee will open to morrow morning at 10 o'clock In Se'l- ing-Hlrsch hrll under the control of Hie Hodson-Balley-Bcach combination. But the political weatherman is displaying etorm signals and the . more timid are hunting up their cyclone cellars for troublous times are predicted. The central committee Is in the, posi tion of an undersized nana trying to control ard hold in check-a turbulent and burly offspring bent on breaking me paternal oanoa 01 aumonty. me committee has aent out the edict that the sole purpose of the "mass meetlnr" is to formulate a platform, adopt it and adjourn. This platform Is to be a sort nnrmiess instrument or nisn sound ing words eulogistic of the Republican rtv ana us past. . it is to De a sort of verbal cement to. bind . together . the f ragmcntary factions of the party and maico ii wnoie agnin.. xt is to steer clear of the danreroua' reef of State ment No. 1 by 'Imply giving the longi tude of the rock In the Indorsement nf direct election of United States senators and the recommendation or coaatitu-, tlonal amendment with that end in view. Statement No. 1 or anti-Statement No. 1 talk Is to be barred. That is what Chairman C. M. Idleman and other mem bers of the committee desire. In order to fructify the wish a special committee of the central committee has a platform ready drawn for submission to the "mass meeting" which is a model of prudence. But there is going to be a storm. C. W. Hodson and a large number of the minions of the machine are delegates to the meeting, and they will undoubtedly rise and talk. They want something nerinne put tn tne pjauorm ana nave their hammers out to dent the head of Statement No. 1. They want the meet ing to Indorse some kind of a hybrid propaganda which will allow the can didates of the slate both the support of the meeting and its sanction, and at the same time leave them free to bolt the primary law should they be elected to the legislature. In accordance with this plan the ma chine delegates will make a strenuous attempt to control the meeting and force uron It a. stronsr anti-Statement NO- 1 plank In the platform. Opposed . see it discredited. They will Insist on a Statement No. 1 plank if the matter is made an Issue in the convention. Between the two horns of the di lemma, therefore, it would appear that the convention stands in imminent dan- erer of belno- SDlIt wide open before u fixes up its platform to suit the two warring factions. It is thouarht that tbe machine dele gates will also attempt to secure the in dorsement of the convention for the legislative slate which has been pre pared. This will also cause a second eruption in the meeting, so that there Is promise of much entertainment to the Innocent bystander once the meeting rets under way and in full swing. So far delegates have been reported as elected from some 80 out of the 116 precincts In the county. It Is probable that approximately zoo or tne delegates will be on hand to see the opening of the fight. Tha$ It will be a fight no one doubts, for the old-time conditions are not now holding sway, and the great mass of voters are dead set against the resumption of ring rule in Multnomah county or any place else. will furnish some little excitement and to this, however, are a goodly number ; perhaps will have much to do with the of delegates who are supporter of the i result of the campaign in Multnotnan primary law and who wUi not stand to I county and of the election in June, , Monte Carlo, Feb. 28. The Casino was crowded lately on the occasion of the visit of the sultan of Zanzibar with his two wives, who had great luck in nlav. the number 6 appearing: In six successive times on the roulette. (United Press Leased Wirt.) New York, Feb. 28. A bulletin post ed this morning at the Manhattan Eya and Throat hospital states that Thomas A. Edison, who submitted to a second operation. Dassed a comfortable night and that his condition is distinctly fav orable. His pulse and temperature r normal. Members of his family ara still at his bedside. YAMHILL IN RACE FOR H0MESEEKER3 (Special Dispatch to Tbs "Journal.) McMinnville. Or.. Feb. 28. At lha meeting of the Yamhill County Devel opment league held here yesterday to discuss some method of advertising the county, a proposition or a coast maga zine to print 20.000 copies of a pampn let setting forth the advantagea of the . county was accepted. This is to be put out in connection with one of the issues of the magazine and will be made up at once. Yamhill is determined to have Ita share of the homeseekera coming west. . COLLEGE DEBATERS ; WILL MEET TONIGHT 1 . ' ''YpS.y.-'.'f (Special Dispatch to Hie Joaraal.) McMinnville, Or.. Feb. 28. The Col legiate Debating league team, consist ing of E. A. Nott (captain), V. JO, Welsh and G. R. Mclntire. left thia morning for Monmouth, where they will i meet the State Normal team tonight. The question is, "Kesoivea. 'mat stnicea on tne wnoie na e been Denenciai. :- Albany college and Pacific - college will also meet tonight at Newberg on the same question. The two winners will meet in April to determine the championship of the league. Right to Publish Hugo. , (United Press Leased Wire.) ' Paris. Feb. 28. The editorial house . of Rouff, proprietor of the . exclusive ' right to publish the works of. Victor- Hugo, has gained a suit against Offen- the Journal or Fans, lor which sunt stadt for having published Jargal vr n suna aa dam-: of 5,000 francs must be paid age and prejudice. Crlspl Library Sold. . r,i- (United Press Leased Wire.) Rome. Feb. 28. The library of Crlsnl has been so'd. All the volumes bear the name of the illustrious man. written with his own hand, and nevertheless : many of them brought only - 20 Mm. teslml (4 cents). , - , ' R MlLtblUNt IN HISTORY "The virtually unanimous ratification by the legislature of the popular choice of Mr. Mulkey and Mr. Bourne for United States senators marks an epoch in the political history of Oregon. -It is not likely that the precedent thus firmly established will be broken hereafter. The time of the legislature will henceforth be devoted to the business of the state; its only concern with the election of sen ators will be to fulfill the constitutional form by ratification of an antecedent popular choice. , . , , "Seldom has a body of public men given a finer demonstration of loyalty to American principles than the Oregon legislature gave in ratifying promptly and decisively the popular election of Senators Mulkey and Bourne. By doing . this r they .have acknowledged the fundamental truth upon which our institutions rest, namely: that alt power umqiaiciy rcsiucs m tne people, ana tnat whenever the peo- i pie choose to exercise this power directly it is their right to do so. Our legislators have also acknowledged, with noble fidelity to fact and reason, that, high as their duties may be, they are but the serv- . J ants and the agents of the people, and that the popular mandate expressed under the' forms of law are of binding obligatiorwupon il public officials. We may therefore say without undue insistence upon its importance,, that the-ratification by the Oregon legislature of the popular choice of our senators marks an epoch in the devct- " ment of free institutions." Oregonian Editorial, January Z' - ! : . t t
