9. it- 'v. - - - . , Tals Xasve of 1 The Sandfly Journal JOURNAL CIRCULATION ' I XESTEllDAY 1 TV AS 30,200 Comprises, 5 Sections 56 Pcges r The Weather -Rain; fresh south erly breeze. , ' - t . . vol. iv; no. ai 1 PORJLANDr OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, ; 1908. PRICE -Vive cent: F-GMF GEORGIA LOST. LIMES BYVOGELGESAN fHesrtt Hews by Vemgmt Lreeed Wire.) Waihingtoa, Feb. 29. That the accident to the turrets of 'the bat tleshlps Georgia and Missouri in which many men In the nary lost their Hres was due largely to defec tive powder loaded with foreign sub stances which interfered with its proper explosion, was the startling testimony given the senate commit tee on naval affairs by Lieutenant Commander Carl Vogelgesang, com mander of the president's yacht May flower, during the Inquiry today. Commander Vogelgesang testified that the powder in the magailnes of, the Georgia after the explosion was found to contain oily waste, old hinges,' matches and bits of wood. He declared that these substances might easily account for the "flare back" when the breech of the gun was opened after the gan'was fired, which killed a majority of the crew. Senator Hale, chairman of the committee, Senators Tillman and Perkins, all sought to obtain fur ther Information on this subject but were unsuccessful. " The commander champed his atti tude entirely when he noted the" im pression his statement had: made on members of the committed and In sisted that he bad no Idea when or where the powder was purchased, what officers had passed upon- it or from whom It was purchased. He declared finally, . that Lieutenant Commands .. Sims,, .naval, .secretary: to the president, knew all about the matter and was prepared to. testify at' - length concerning the condition of the powder.' ' " ; Aside from this bit of testimony, the' committee failed to establish any facts which tend. to substantiate the charges made by Henry Reuter dahl In his criticisms in a. magazine. In fact," the Witnesses suggested by 8. 8. McClure were decidedly hazy as to any definite defect In the con struction -of United States battle ships i anl aside from charges of a general character . had Jlttle to say. ; Lieutenant Commander Sims will be put through a severe cross-examination by the. members of the com mittee Monday, when "he-Is called. Sims objected to being put on the stand this afternoon. He said that be had a very long statement to make, covering; 12 years, and did not wish tou be interrupted. ' rearing to . place temptation In .. the path of official of the war department, the bout today declined to give per mlsslon for the department to purchase Ingredients for powder without inviting proposals. . - ' STATEMEUT 110. 1 OPPOSED III LANE Republicans Afraid Princi ples May Be Stultified r Lemon for .Hughes. .. (Special Dispatch te The Journal.) JBugena, Or., Feb. 29. A mass conven tion Of Lan Republicans was held at Eugene today at which resolutions were, adopted favoring the organising of Re publican clubs in every precinct Jn the county against Statement No. 1. That ?art of the resolutions touching upon ho matter read: ' "Inasmuch aa the -direct primary law does not require nor advise legislative candidates to. subscribe to. Statement Mo 1, we recommend that candidates do not sign any statement which might principles by voting, for anyone not a Republican. Fuoiican. i- he committee .reported a resolution TK. AnmmlttM .rim indorsing Hughes for the presidency, but U was voted down, two to one. BLAMES ANARCHISTS . f for Persian plot ".X. . ; As, - '. . . i " ti': 'r" '' - '! V- i:V.,:'(BBH:Tws,taei Wire.) ' i. ,..4 - m. Washington! D. Ci Feb.- t9.-aeneral (" ,- Kahn, the , Persian minister, said to- ! Si" day that the attempt to assassinate of ficials In Teheran toaay did not indi- .' rate to blatalnd a general uprising, but that it was simply the work of an- G BEFORE TIE ft ' Chairman Hull, in charge if the army appropriation bill, carrylngttnore than 186,000,000; and which pasted before ad journment, said that by advertising .the entire world knew of our ordnance. Not another nation did such a thing, he" added. Representative Mann, Repub llcanof Illinois, on the ground that to. pursue any other 'method would, throw the department opejn. to charges of graft, objected to the permission desired, and the prosoped change In present methods was knocked out. Replying to a sugges tion that he write to Secretary of war Tart about the matter,-Mann-replied by saying that next year he would address Taft in the white, house. . Officers Questioned. Red-hot criticism of Improper con struction of American battleships marked today's session of the senate naval" investigation committee. Three naval officers criticised certain details of naval construction. One blames the Missouri's IS dead due to Improper con struction. Lieutenant Commander Vogelgesang denounced the existing .ammunition hoists, and both he and Captain Bradley Fluke charged the navy department with not encouraging outside inventors. Lieutenant Commander 71111, on duty with the general board, in holding that the armor belt would be practically in efficient In action, disclosed the .fact that American warships, start on trial trips with a much' lighter load than later required,' in order to meet extraor dinary. speed1 requirements, never after ward equalling the record. ' Senator Tillman' -of South Carolina with characteristic Impetuosity called It "cheating." ; Senator Burrows of Michigan- an nounced bis intention of pursuing the subject further with a view of fixing responsibility. . . . Lieutenant Commander Blmms, 1 in spector of ordnance, ' naval aide to the president, "got in bad" with the, com mittee. He announced that he did not want to :begin his testimony today be cause he had a very long statement to make. w "I don't want to be interrupted until I get through with it either," he boldly explained. "I have been accused of all sorts of things,'.' he added. "I started to stir up this row 10 or 12 years ago." Who Started Bowf -. . "O-ho! You! started to stir up a row, did your interrupted Chairman Hale. 'I mean that as long ago as that I started to criticise our warships, in comparison with those of foreign coun tries, and I want to show this commit tee what, reports I have written. i Chairman Hale informed him that be would be examined Monday on present conditions and that he would not be in terrupted. Commander Vogelgesang said that if the two-stage ammunition hoist, later adopted, had been in use on the Mis souri, 16 lives would have been saved; that no sich accident as that could oc-. our on foreign ships, and that "It was God's mercy that the vessel was not blown out of the .water."' : -He said that the handling-room should be made safe. "That is beyond the rang of human endeavor," said Admiral Capps. "But it la not beyond the rang - of human endeavor to put a bulkhead be tween tne turret . and the men handling the ammunition,", -retorted the ready witness.. Admiral Capps denied that outside in ventors and designers were not prop erty incDurtiea, , aptaln Bradley Flake strongly mended the abandonment of reo the ommenaea ine aoanaonment o straignt ammunition hoist iMon hoist. . . . It waa brought out that Captain Fiske was a particlnsnt In the battle of Ma nila. "oh. that was no battle. That was murder on our part!" said Senator Till man. That may have been thought after wards, but it was not before, sir," was the stern reply.' CALEB POWERS WANTS TO GO TO CONGRESS FROM KENTUCKY JAIL (United PrM Leased Wire.) Louisville, Feb. 9. The trifling fact that he Ds now occupying a cell as an accomplice in the murder of - f ormur Governor Oqebel until his re-trial, la fkt considered sufficient reason bv Caleb Powers for keeping out of poli tics. Powers wants to go to congress from the Eleventh Kentucky district. Republican friends of the prisoner WANTS RAISUU TO VAUDEVILLE STAGE (United Prea LtiMd Wire.) London, Feb. 29. If Bandit Ralsull is so much offended with the suggestion or his appearance in a London muslo hall, Manager Trussell dt the, Hippo drome, who has gone tar Morocco to get him, . niay have as' unpleasant an expe rience as Katd : MAoleat; 1 H ; 1 i . , The flrt reports of several weeks ago stated that IlAlsuli would accept " an engagement. , - This was premature, it seems. The news reached - the bandit, however, and as soon - as ' one of hia deputise j could get into Tangier from the - great chief s mountain stronghold out eatne a scorching repudiation. Not oniy waa tne aiory untrue, it was ce- Fulton Refuses to Discuss F. J. Heney 4 Washington, Feb. . 19. Senator Fulton when questioned today re garding his probable action against Francis J. -Heney "refused to discuss the matter. The report was current that Fulton was looking up Heney's record and, was going to use the San Francisco prosecution of "higher ups" as an evidence of Heney's Tin dlctlveness. The senator would not confirm or deny the report. YELL FOR BRYAN XeTt Englanders at Boston Cannot See Any, Candidate but Nebraska Commoner: (United Press Letaed Win.) Boston, Feb. 19. "I do not think Johnson has a chance)"- said Senator Gore, the blind statesman from Okla homa, this : evening at Faneull ball, where the Bryan clans of all New Eng land had gathered to launch . the Ne braskan's candidacy In the east Similar sentiments were expressed by a majority of others present. Bryan's was the only name heard. A proposition to change the name , of tne new England .Democratic progress lve leaguo to tne Kew England Bryan league was defeated. The state branch of the organization, - however, was formed with George Fred Williams, oryan s closest aanerem in tms section, as -president, called Itself the Massa chusetts Bryan league. The league voted to Instruct all delegates to the Denver Democratic convention, , for Bryan. ; . , , WEST VIRGINIAN TO REFORM TfiE HOUSE (United Preas Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 29.-The initial step in a sweeping congressional inves tigation of all ; government depart ments in Washington City was taken by tho house tdday. By practically a unanimous vote it adopted a report presented by Representative Hughes of West Virginia and vitalized , hereto fore purely ornamental' committees of that .body gave them necessary em ployes and authorised them to insti tute economies and reforms in the de partments with the object of abolishing useless; officers. ,. wers somewhat surprised today when they received letters from Powers ask ing, support for the congressional nomi nation. His letter begins: It is practically certain I will be a w??i' man vhl pardon r aa quitted, or getting out on bond and, therefore, in a position to represent tha Eleventh district, should it be the will of i .? Pwple- thero to have me so hon ored. ' . ON LONDON ctared,- but It drove , Ralsull . into a ter- Tt FUSS"-; XPJ" U sn ariSto crat. a lord of the desert, rmagine him f nCin?nd8p;r,n .,or thB amusement RWt,.r0wd of ' rtou. tshop-keeping P.it--maiL ,ueh too much" wh'!?i,iwUTb 'i1 M"occo tomorrow. When he left London iet meant to ro straight to 'the bandit's lair HeJhad letter, of introduction f rom ail tfceAn clpal "offlclala and trades people of Mo-, rocoo, with; a native interpreter er gaged and with almost unlimited powers to indue, the ohlef tain to com. back with him. , ; .! . . All the same, many of f russell'a friends will, be more than happy if the venturesome amusement' magnate gets back alive. Wife Declares He Tried to Kill Herself and Parents After Ending Life of Brother Courage Failed Before Committing Deed. Assassin Admitted Inten- tion to Spouse WhileTry ing to Gain Pity Woman Sorry She Was Forced to Reyeal Husband's Crime. (Hearst New bf Lenfest Leaaed Wire.) Portsmouth, N. H.. Feb. 2 9. That Paul E.Roy Intended to murder his- wlfe, the beautiful Olacia Calla. her mother, Mrs. Grace E, Kelley and her foster father John D. Kelley, after he killed his brother-in-law, George Car kins, in the palatial home of the Callas in Newlngton on the night of .January 2, Is now the belief of the authorities and all of those directly connected in the ease. Glacla Calla and her mother, Mrs, Kelley, win both be the most dam aging witnesses against Roy If he is brought to trial, lils own admissions to them sines the killing Of Carklns are the most damaging evidence the yrunvuvLuu linn 1 ' - That Roy admitted to Miss Calla and Mr. and Mrs. Ketteyr nf tr ' the JtiUing of , Carklns, that he intended to kill tnem is tne assertion ot ttotb Miss Cal la nd Mrs. Kelley. Both of these wo men have confided all these facts to the county solicitor who la carefully keeping them secret until 'after be gets Roy Into that county where the prose cution will be vigorously pushed to a flnalty. "Paul Roy intended to murder the whole of us, and he told ua so, said Miss Calla today. "After he killed Bonny I fled from the houaa going to my mother's to spread the alarm. He pursued me, firmly determined to kill me and my father and mother, He found us all in the Kelley bouse. Wept Wlta Cowardly rity. "When he overtook-ua in the door yard of my mother's home ho was tren ded with rage. He grappled with me and forced me to tell the story Which I did. During the long chase from my house to my mother's, however, and the time when he was appealing to me to tell the suicide story, his anger cooled and ha wept and cried while possessed of a cowardly pity. "Pltty me! Flty met My poor mother nearly died that night. She sat ea the floor of the pantry that night and held George's head in her lap and moaned .half the night. snoruy arier in. aociur diq onnsa my mother upstairs and pursuaded her to go to bed, 1 also went to my room and retired. During the early part of the morning Paul came Into my room but I immediately got up and left the room. I tolm him that I could never live with him again because he had killed my brother. He cried like a child. I left the room and slept with, my mother. Paul followed us about con stantly and said he rould kill us if we told the story. "After the funeral of Sonny we dis covered that Paul had my revolver ful ly loaded and was carrying it In his pocket My mother took it out of his coat pocket when he was not around, and placed It in a glove bpx and left it secreted until she gave it to Sheriff Col lis. Paul had frequently threat ened to shoot us if we betrayed our suspicions. "The awful secret weighted me down and I could not keep my mind from con stantly telling me that Paul had killed my brother. All the love I had for Paul was killed bv the tragedy. I have never said I would drag him to the gallows., but I must perform my duty, and I want him prosecuted and punished for this awful crime. "Upon the advice of physicians, my mother and I went to New York so that my mother could procure special treat ment for nervousness. Paul sought us out there and made damaging admis sions to both my mother and myself.. "The secret, weighed upon me so ter ribly that I became depressed and so licited advice from a New York attor ney. The attorney strongly advised that I return tq Portsmouth apd conr suit the authorities. We did so arid you know the rest I oannot talk any more about this case, in faot the authorities do not wish me to talk about the case any more and I am determined not to do so; but you may rest assured that Paul Roy firmly intended killing all of us on the night that George was shot though fortunately ior the rest of us his anger cooled before he executed hla purpose and he could not afterward muster up courage to do so." ROOM FOR ONLY HUNDRED MORE MEN IN AMERICAN NAVY (United Preps Leeeed Wire.) Washington, D. C, Feb. 29. e e It waa announced today at th. ' navy department that the navy e e has how secured, with the excep- ) e tion 0M6O, the enlistment of all e of the 89,000 men to whom it la e entitled by law. Thts js an oeptlonal record for the bureau 4 e Of Commander William R, Shoe- e maker, who has .charge of th.. e) e - enlistments for the navy. ; e STIES I. REUH Navy, Knocking Artist Caught Between Cross fire of Criticism Finds Pa tience Needs an Armor Belt ' Proposes to Return to Wash ington and Tell What a Tin-Tubby Affair a Uni ted States Battleship Re ally Is. (Hearst News by Longest Leased Wire.) Callao, Feb. 29 Correspondent Reu terdahl, who left the fleet here, will go to San Diego on a supply ship and thence to Washington to make reply to those who criticised his criticisms. Reu terdahl declared the navy was ineffi cient badly managed, and far below the standard the people of the United States believed It bad attained. He said he had seen four target practices of the United States navy and does not cars to go. to Magdalena bay, but will return to the firing line at Washington to meet and answer his critics. This morning the fleet sailed after Its stay in Callao ana Uma, The hos pitality extended to the sailors In Callao and Lima rivalled that vouchsafed In Bio - ae Janeiro. Admiral Evans, It is reported, Is still 111 but his physicians say he is in no Immediate danger. Rheumatism, with out complications, la his affliction and th. . grizzled veteran of two wars Is hardly able to be around. Th. admiral suffers excruciating pains. This even ing aboard thai admiral s flagship, the Connecticut, Ji. -ald to th. correspond ents:. - - , . "You may tell th. people of th. United States that the fleet will arrive in Magdalena bay on. day ahead of its schedule time and 100 Per cent greater in its .ff Idienoy - than when it left Hampton Roads. It la ready to follow orders at on. hour's notice. : Th. trip around th. oontin.nt has been no more difficult than the navigation of . Hell Qate. Our men hay. turned the trick without a halt, aa was to have been expected. We will cut out the target oractlc. within thre. weeks after our arrival in Magdalena bay and do the flower parade up the. coast without springing an engine or crippling a Jackie." Washina-ton. Feb. 19 No nna onn. nected with the navy denartment would admit any reason for th. retirement of Henry K.uterdam . with the American battleship fleet under th. command of Rear Admiral Evans, while the- fleet was at Callao. Secretary Metealf de clared that he had no knowledge that he bad left the fleet. All that be knew about th. matter, he said, waa what he naa ma in the newspapers. Washina-ton. Fab. 29 T!nnati.l rUnoral A. V. Oottschalk, at Mexico City, has written to the state department infor mation confirming the recent story that Mexico proposes to build a monumental city of Joy and honor to the sailors of Rear Admiral EvaneJ fleet at Magdal ena bay. In hla report Mr. Oottschalk points- out that when Mexico makes (Continued on Page Fifteen.) BLACK HAND THUGS ' THREATEN TO KILL PRIEST (United Press Leased Wire.) Chicago, Feb. t. Threats of death against Rev. Provoska Neuitl of the Bohemian Benedlotlne fathers, by mem bers of the "Blaok Hand" society, fol lowing closely upon the heels of the antl-ol.rical raoyem.nt and - th. threat againsi in. lives or several Chicago priests caused th. priest today to aeek the protection of tne polioe. ' The threatening letter, demanding 11,000, was received by the priest two days ago and after a consultation With a number of prlesta and hie attorney MAN WHO SHOT BILLY THE KID DIES WITH ... BOOTS ON AT EL PASO fCsitsd Prase Leased Wire.) Albuauerque, , N. M., Feb. 1 9. Pal Garrett, the man who killed "Bljly the Kid" in pistol duel at S3- Paso several yearn ago,1 and' who ha a testation all over the 'west tor hia ability to ahoot atratht,5wae;a.ho'- and killed today at t Cfucea In a gun fight. Garrett was a close personal friend of President Roosevelt-and. once held a Paso," lntrnal avenue oolleotor at At EI Pass" riA laawhau in Texas Pat Garrett Wa celebrated as a-dare-Aevll who .exemplified! , the California , STATE! SPINE OF iuihhiiiiiw 1 jjntm j,wiiMiiij.iiiji!in''vw."yyriw si - ' " it t ' Ben Seillns, Elected Permanent Chairman. " IHVEHTOR OH ROAD TO HEALTH Thomas Alva Edison Will Be Able to Leave Hospital InaJ'ewDays. (United Press Leased Wtre.l New Tor. Feb. S9. With the fever wlilch it was feared would bring on complications entirely tone. Thomas Aiva poison, ut inventor. la tonight well on th. way to recovery. It la ex pected that the electrical wisard will be able to leave the hospital In a few day a." - ', .- , NERVIEST UURGLAR IN WORLD AT FORT WORTH ' (United Prees Leased Wire.) . .Fort Worth,, Tex . Feb. 29. Police here claim Fort Worth hdlds the ' nerv iest burglar in the world. H. paid, a visit tonight to the 'horn, of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Nice and in a display .of pure , gall scared Mrs. Nice into hys terica. Without even taking the, troubl. to take off his shoes, the thief, on gaining admittance to their bedroom, laid down upon th. bed beside Mrs. Nice as he felt under he"r pillow for money Or Jewels. Evidently' the rascal believed that she might imagine the figure on the bed was her husband, Ntes wok. however, and h entertained no such de lusion. He, grabbed the intruder and this awakened Mrs. Nice. She at once began screaming and Nice forgot th. burglar in attending to her. A pocket book containing 9300 "was under the pillow but in his hurried departure the iniei missaa u. , FORTUNE , RYAN , IS NOT - VERY FORTUNATE ' (United Press Leeeed' Wire.) - New York. Feb. 29. Suffering from a slight attack, or tne grip, i nomas For tune Ryan is confined to his home to nirht. Tho financier, however, ex pects to be able to get outdoors within a lew aays. AT CHICAGO he decided to place the matter In, th. nanas or in. ponce, rne --leticr was turned over to Lieutenant O'Hara of tlis pollc. department, - -i Father Neusil received two threat ening letters. "I was bothered a great deal during th. services Sunday," said the priest, "by receiving the most threatening loi ters. All of them contained demands for money. I burned them up after I read them and took no stepa to try to learn the Identity of the writers, I am inclined to agree with the pollc. that the author is a member of the Black Hand society " creed he could "look every " .man straight in th. aye and4U. him to go te h More than-one "bad man' sof the southwest rgot the- drop" on Pat, who had a way of challenging hia man to snoot, tnen caimiy .taking hia enemy's weapon away and beating him- with it. . "Billy the Kid." a Mexican hBlfhr.i,l desperado, who terrorised the southwest for years, boldly entered El ,paso one nlgbt and was a guest at The home of his sweetheart when Uarrett heard of nia wnereaoouts. - oarrett forced his way mt -m. aesperaao's room,-pistols In hand, and in the duel "T?m hl bltxth. dust whlcb is stating it a la Texas, , - '- - Ill TO CONVERT! BADLY HUE Republicans Turri ;Dov Beach's Plank Denouncir. People's Right to Rule. Th. wheels of th. Hodson-Ee Bailey machine were blocked yester afternoon in Selllng-Hlrsch hall w! the Republican county .mass , cbnw tlon turned down the machine progra; refused to elect Its' slated 'candidate f chairman, . FrankvF.?.Ftreeman,'put I Selling, a Statement No. man, In t presiding - place- by " a ' uhanlmoue v and .repudiated-S.. C BeaChirplank the platform attacking Statement :. substituting therefore a recommen, tlon -for -a Republican rt voters' choi pledge. ':. t ,. Incidentally 'the Hodson comb!nn! tipped Its hand on the aenatorial ka confirming the stories printed In ' J9urnai of a plot in .course of Uv , tlon -to, overthrow the primary law" u take the senatorial elections back t, -the floor of the legislature undor r old-time conditions. This came dm r th. course of Senator Hodson's li; -, sioned argument against Statement . 1 .when in answer to a question put 1. by A, W. Orton he declared that Blur be be ejected to the ' legislature ; brought face to face with ; the pro sitlon Of voting for a Democratic in. M. 3.;; Griff in? Retired From C! After s ni-AdTised . Attack" tn l lnee for United States senator he v vote for "soma good man who w. good Republican, but he had, no who' It would be. It would not n aarily te the choice Of the Repubi voters.ot the state,:'. he said. . ' ' reaoe iteasnre Adopted. ' To make the. sting the. more In" It remained for a former Demote -man who had. labored in the eia Washington to elect G rover Clev in 1892, and Who was a Palmar Buckner elector In 1S96, to, evol v a compromise plank upon which the vention could fl6at out into clear v away from the howling winds-of , tory which bad been raised by f Beach's attack on Statement No. 1. The convention brought , back times from the first tap of the through the election of M. G. Grlfj iu temporary chairman,-his retiremonc cause of hie ill advised attack on , primary law in his address to th) vention, the ovation given Ben Jei when he was proposed for perni.n chairman and the, consequent Icn , tended wrangle over the adopt.,-. the platform. Oratory (Of the til l ; food, old-fashioned v whoop-".- spreaa-eagie addresses -abound i out of It all the convention smiling gamIJi.Jut..,.uUarlnrf its breath,,, -;,...-', -Neither, side 'sot what ; ft -vunt . for. -e-'i M. Idleman and the cr committee wera forced . tn .!. v s plank -Inthe--latform,nrecon)i a Republican voter's choice ui. , legislative candidate. nil t., , sorNBallejr-Beach 1 machine was f off from the wide -nn ri, which it wa steering, us plans i .,. and th. combination later bomui i pledging1 recommendation at n. vention. ' Altogether it was uns tory. .; .,-,. t, . Belling Mominated Ovsr rre:i George - W. StaDleton convention while tho predentin U . mtttee finished its report at t' -Ine.of the afternoon session, lit , tended that the primary law k.im party power to hod conventiot i; Suggest t tickets for the coiihi i, of the voters of the party. - in. that next yearjthls pln would riea oui. ran MUimeton t.i.. little additional diversion by t r icvuBing w. m uaivani or si'-:.. proxies or Ueorge u linker u H.C Yenney and then the work o. manent erganlsation was taken v lowing the. report Of. the er i committee. Vt -.: t :s f:- : the committee Oh permflnnnt c izatlon -left the iutioi of ervr with the convention lv re-" that "permantnt offlen-a'b ballot Of th mzxftiililY,- j --Georger- W. .-K'Nylefiin,'. w-. th. machine siie of ti,e b i -Frank K Omumh in noun, perninnent clialiiTim cm t av.nging wrathi n i m ' ; MACHINE RULE J i4 '.' 1 1 4 1 1 fV V f