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'i :FOR:YEMS:TIIEmEGOUtiiUAUD THS-THE JELEGRmpEELS SO DfD ABOUT WIS IT SPEUDSmOUT H The Journal ' . v Is, the Want I Medium V . ' In Oregon To buy, sell, hirt or rent j anything advertise In . The Journal. V .'; The Weather -Occasional rain to-; , nlghband Tuesday; southerly winds, , j at. Ik ( HIM T SA 'lX;-' i3A A'-' JJ C AvyVAAAA ll! . j JOURNAL CIRCULATION XTSTE11DAY WAS 28,100 , VOL. VI. NO.' 309. PORTLAND,, OREGON, MONDAY i. EVENING,; ; MARCH 2, , 1908jFOURTEfiN PAGES. PRICE TWO i CENTS. oi thaws airo jrrwa STANDS. ITVg ChMl iUiUuU va,U UULIJ . ii v Lii : U Wu W ; . . V " : 1 rr , ,v v '- , ..i " : -rr -rr piiiiiii; " FAR SIIIF n-i on of Olificer Fatally Wounded While Trying to . Save Father's Life. v Driver SjShippyKillsMM 1 t l attacked b .an .asasiri in frc f 9:15 a. m., who. stabbed him (Special Dtipatcfc 'to The JoaruL) Chicago,- March :2J-Chc(r oi Police George M.Shippy- was oni oi nis nome,,oi uncoio coun, ai twice in the right arm, and shot his son Harrv in the left lune and shoulder, then wounded the chiefs driver, James i-oley m ,lhe right .hand." 1 he .assassin, who was i : j i : . . ii i. il. j eviucuur a lurcitucr, wu inruuKu iuc 111:111. icuiuic tuu instantly killed by Chief Shippy. ":y 1 - : ; L Mrs; Shippy, who i had witnessed part ' of the' tragedy, which -was started on the Bteps ot the oiticiai s home, was terriDiy trtgnt ened but managed to call, tip' the. North. Halsted street station, short-distance awav. before ?she-; fainted'. ' ?,iv: - .vl; ; 5 ? , -Harry Shippy,, 19-years old, the -chiefV son, 'was probably tf laiauy wounaea.oy ine assassin.' nc was rusnca 10 xpe ugusuna 1 hospital, and immediately" operated' 6n; tbut ' physiciahsi hold out " little hope for his recovery: lhe chief and roiey. were also, taken .iiltMiiillti f The attack is. believed to have been the climax of Chief Shippy's work in driving: members of the Black lland'wf&bm thfe citvwThe ; assassin .was dressed as a, laborer and was a' foreigner. 4 . , j :.- ' - ft ON WAV -TO OFFICE . ; , v : ; . ' tt"" - rrJ -00 1 1 chippy if head of the police department, v T U put connnuca 10 iigni wun inc v i the chief was putting on an overcoat. A moment later the door I bell rang and a dark-complexioned man, aged about 40 years,-forced f his wav to the front room as Slu'ppy'S son opened the, door." He lunded the Jief a lett f oreigner,! ; witfii a curse? drew! a ' caliberrevplverind aimed it at the two occupants ot the room. . - . . . . THry-'SMppy-'iteppetf "foWatdTW 'saVe'Ii'faihrtnife'w 'Ihe assassin cursea, ana receivea. mree-ouiiet wounas mienaea lor me The on was shot m the shoulder, man, who then shot: him in' the t Jeit lun?.' SI p . As .the "youth , felt to the: floor the foreigner lunged at Chief Shippy with a knife which he had whipped out with his left hand Driver Foley, who had. been in an adjoining room, rushed in and fired at the man. : The , crazed assassin shot the' driver's- revolver from msnand shattering his right wrist. ,: ; , v v . desperatKstru6gleJ IWhilfr Shippy-wrestled-witlvhe fflanpthertveF-pieked up n weapon with nis other nandt ana urea at the man. -ihe assass i tan to the hallway and down the tront steps. j umet bmppy grap Bled $rith him here and the man" aimed a blpyv at the chief s head, hippy dodged; back, but. received the blow in the' right arm. An artery was severed and he fell, weakened from loss1 of blood. T As he staggered and attemptedto arise the :man fired another shot, which went wild. Shippy then 'fired directly at ; the man's head i and the assassin dropped dead on the door steps with a bullet in ; - Lieutenant Danner and all the reserves from, the North Hal- t sted street station who had come running to the chief's residence tooK cnarge, ana tne wounaea men' were attenaea to by a: number bf physicians whphad heard "the shots r ;., . . Chief Shippy was appointed about on year ago by Mayor ' Bmiee to . succeed Chief MoNell. Ever el nee be has been tn I office Bhippy has made war on the 1 Black Hand and alt manner of undeslr presslon of the villainous plotters of the anarchist districts, said; - "J wUI drive every one of them" out of Chicago. do-hoOlntend to alitor a lot of bums, whom my - detectives know are none other than a band of organised crim inals, hold open air meetings' and damn employed. POLICEMAN SUITTER MAY ' BE HEW MR SMOTim One-Stop rian Inaugrurated I by Car Company at Cross ; ings Where Lines ; Inter- , sect Will Soon Extend to Entire .System. uiiange v in lie Jiaue as Soon as Streets Are in Bet ter Condition -Present ,Planof Making Only One - Stop Sayes Much Time. CHIEB'.OF i JPOUCB'V SHlPP.Y 1 IN0J.II. FREIGHT By cutting out stops on the farther side of crossings where two earllnes In tersest the Portland Kallwsy Light av Power 'company will sate 7.S76.401 stops la one year. -, ' , President B. 8. Josselyn of the com-1 Pny has,badblautistlcln:.at.work figuring but the number jof stops made i by -Portland streetcars en crossings andl has learned the gratifying fact that by I cutting; out the two atopa to .a crossing 1 the enormous saving shown by the above f igureg m made." T' " xt is the intention or Mr. josseiyn, as soon as the streets can Be placed In a condiltlon which will warrant the move, to have all cars stop on the near side of street crossings. -vve seriously consioerea making our enena to an .crossings. rrTrm nni r " T Si - ' " Y aSuiTTB -fcw-. rHr " . the OreffOll TraillC in - J aniiarV 1 1 c matters it is necessary t . , " conduct a campaign of education.' jiiscs Jieaa ana snouiaers AboveLast3year.Mr ? recent 'chancre . said Mr. Josselyn. "but owing to muddy condition of the streets did not fel that we could work such an Inno vatloa vnew. :r A-oon as - praotloable, however, .we will order all cars -to atop on in near siae 01 in aireei - eniy. to mpaisrn or education. we hope ' to Introduce other- metropoutan teatures as soon as we are able, i"8an SCENE OF, THE SHpOTlNO OT SHArPEB BY POLICEMAN StJITTER. In" Francisco the on -the near side of ' the cars au stOj street aocor IVIFF DEFEHDS Tonnage moved by the O. R. , & N. company this year exceed ; by several hrundred thquqand Jtona 'JJjmountcar- rled. by the same, company In January, 107, one or the most prosperous sea sons in the history of the country. The record .made. bytbls;.compary-la-Jan uary, 1908. i proves more .conclusively than anythitnTelae could show the unre mittinjKprosperlty of Oregon, and - the ethat this state la one of the areat- eai seciiona in America lor originating freight tonnage . . The fact that at the beginning of this year, ; wnen me country was vupposea to be prostrated by the5 results of the 1907 money - trlnarencv. the state of Oregon-gave the-o.-R. & N. company inoro lonnaie man in in. Himit mnntn of the preceding; year. will cause no less urpnaa nn tne latest tiarriman oivi dend Of 75 per cent from the O..R. & N. company's .earninra. t - The: entire Union Pacific system has mue similar-record or marvelous in crease of earnings and uroflts. A gold en stream, of money ha been pouring log. to a newly promulgated rule. It I PtwtctrlAnf TlanAiinoAe MAn Wh irailn tnilr nn ChnvltAl Is declared there that tha change has I voiuyuv juvuuvva iu.i,u 11 mquc atiava un ouauKiiai resulted In- a great saving in the num ber of . unnecessary- stops and hence in time required to make a round trirp- In jeply u to a suggesuon . that the llftl USAD it- the government In the name of tha un iloyed. ' 1 eserving 1 worklngmen ' Will be pro tected, but the anarchist and the Black Hands will get all that's corrrtng to them, nhlcaao must be ridden of these men." i nine the murder of - Father - Heln- I ylchs at Denver the Chicago police have hMn unusually active in trailing sus ioious cnaracters. enippy s men nave shadowing , several DiacKnanders Pi' been and It Is belfeved that"; Information rainst many had been obtained. t The Identification of the head assassin as a regular attendant at anarchists' meetings here: was ootameo jnis- irter noon.: it li reported tha't Tie had, been cted oy a lot or oomotossers at a to his elected br lot of recent meeting to kill the chief and the .papers ouna-on .mm mayor. .van la., Identity at, Meadvllle, 5V 1 1 may-lea ! 1 PennsyU JAMES OLIVER DIES S 4 AT SOUND BEXJ) HOME -yVim (United Pre Leaned Wire.) ' . South - Bend, Ind., March i. James Oliver, the Inventor of chilled plows, and founder of J;he lurgrnt flow factory In the world, died this morning. . C 1 Thomas WanarhPkrr Dead. . . ": ifnlied . I'mi )nl Wlre.l IPsrls, March -2. Thomos B. Wsna maker, eon of John Wanamaker of Phil, adlph1a. . died at the Hotel , Liverpool Tnoay or rnennisttc goui.--Interests lit Philadplphla. lie had, large (Continued on Page Twa) ' Interstate Commerce Commission Agrees' Unanimously !to Deny Petition of Eailrbads ,to"":Postpbne .Meas 5 y ; ure Becomes Effective Wednesday., r T (United tats teaitg Wire.) Washington, March a. The nine-hour railway, telegraphers;, law Will become operative Wednesday. ,s The Interstate commerce commission today"unanlmou ly decided to -deny the railroads' Dett- tions for an extension mr lima' .u1! 3? the contention or the railroads that they would be forced to employ an army or new operators and that many small offices would have to be aut off If mib iKdmt eirective. The law com pels the roads to limit telegraphers and uioiwiiiera iu nine nours service dally. J t L iiSflff Jurist and flls Charges Assault on Decency -Fearless'in Doing Bight. .'" "(Calted PreisTcaed WIre.T, Washington,: March .2. Judge ' L. R. Wllfrey of the United 8Utea circuit court at Shanghai, China, is upheld by President Roosevelt, Secretary Boot and the judiciary Commit te of the national house of representatives.'. The men who ask the Impeachment- of sthe Jurist1 are severely arraigned - asr having made aa attack on decency, i -- . A letter was sent to President Roose velt by the' house judiciary committee this morning denouncing the men , who mad the attack. Upon Judge Wllfrey. by a The letter was accompanied bv a report by Secretary Root which says that the original charges that the judge ruled his court as a despot were unwarranted. Secretary Root alao says that the fear lessness of the judge In handling un desirable cltisens was the cause of the attack. ' In reply the president sent a letter to Secretary Root, which was forwarded to- the house, concurring In finding Judge Wllfrey has done good and calls tne assault an impeacnmem or oecency. THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL OF PRIEST MURDERED BY FIEND 1111SIM1IC1 CARS STOPPING ON THE -'NEAR" : side: : muddy-crossing difficulty obviated by allowing all might be Second Attptf i bf - Illinois V t ' ? Central From Him'FailElprti )i xusiiivueu. a: ... V -. lianas it ,Lata Wire,) v.; - Chicago,' Marclf; S..The.' second atv tempt to., wrest the control of ths Illl- notaeotral front; ET. H, Harrlmaa failed this morningwhon Judge f Ball 4enled the motion of Henry Lemaa f or aa la- the Union Pacific Ltman is attor- junctlon restraining from voting Its stock. ney for the-Fish Interests. . Stockholders la the Illinois Central met at -noon..todav. but . nnitrnui th. passengers tn enter tha cars Via the front lat form, Mr. Josselyn said thst it was the Intention of the eompany ,to finally close the front vestibule aoors entirely and., have all entrance and egress through the rear vestiouie. . n s- claimed by the railway officials that fassengers climbing on tne irons piat orm Interfere with the motormaa and are -a source ot danger to themselves and ethera , -J' The change In the car service will be mad u tiien lit th ntrMt are placed I in good enough condition to warrant it , Utter Takes Office. ' (special DKpatch to The Journal.) tolse. Ida.. March 3. IX A..Utcfety who waa recentljR appointed surveyor-. met at loon today out . postponed, thel general of' Idaho to auCceed -Em Xki eifry v,u election until-1 o clock tomorrow rfter-1 Eagleston. has arrive here,', under In-1 nearxj, noon to gtve tbo committee time to e-1 structlona from " Waahingten. to. take I e v- -.v amina all proxies. - , ; - ,hra . of the otflct, , - . ' . . " : i ,-, . : : ':.'. -'-v ' '. : ' ' ; V'. . " -, . . - , ' Oalted Praas Leased Wire.) - i Paterson, N. JH March J. Three thou sand persons were unable to enter St Bonaventura chjurch and. waited In the reinsuring the funeral of Father lo Heinrichs who was slain by an anarch ist at the altar of his Denver church. Father Blake celebrated mass. Father McNulty delivered the eulogy. Fifty priests of the dloces and Bianop o Con ner of Newark were present. Thousands followed the hearse. There were rumors of an Intended demonstration by an archists, but the police were alert and there were no outbreaks. . . , hitchcock's teial 'postponed by;court ' (United Press Ltased Wire.) . Kew Tork, . March J.The ' trial of Raymond Hitchcock.' tha comedian. In dicted for abusing young girls, was postponed to March 10 by Justice Blanchard' today. , EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL WILL NOT PASS (Vnlted Prats Uasad Wlra.) Washington, March - 2. Prospects ' of favorable action by the house judiciary committee on the new employers' liabil ity bill, are very slim, according to Dem ocratic memoers 01 ine committee. , aUII I UK'S UltiCK IKUUdLCd v T-On". the morning''of November 6, 1907, 'PatrolinTrrSuTtter at- s '.tempted to arrest Herman Burkhart at Park and Morrison streets on a charge of disorderly? conduct: Bnrkhart resisted'the officer and- ; ran down the .street in an attempt to escape. Suitter gave chase and finally drew his revolver and shot Burkhart in the back; , After mak-1 ing an .itivestiiration of the shoblint Chief GriUmacher reported -to ' 3 the board of police commissioners that the shooting was entirely un- ; jusiuhui? ana- recommended tnat duiwer oe oismissea irom ine ae ipartment:y No public action was ever taken by the board in the Vmatbfr.'. ' ' ' ' ' ' . '-'v,:"t:'J--t' l ; . . s After recovering from his wound Burkhart filed suit in the fed- ' : ral court against Snitter for $10,000 v damages. This suit is still .pending. Burkhart was later tried on the 'Original charee of disor- derly, Conduct ''.and found guilty,v He was sentenced to pay a 6nft of rrom , which judgTOefrt he appealed.;. ine appeal has not yet been Mrs. : ShafiferVSaysf Killing TOsnEhtrayiUnjultifK abie--Manning to Act v "Policeman' Suitter should be ar rested ; for shooting 'Henry Shaffer and held pending an Investigation by all means. : I shall attend the coro ner's Inquest personally this after noon' and , make e Very effort '.to get . at the facts In the case; It does not seem to me that Sultter . was Justi fied f In shooting Shaffer, according to the reports of the affair which I have heard. However, the case will be Investigated thoroughly.State- ment vOf District .Attorney . Manning this morning.' v v .,t ' ' " Policeman N. H. Sultter. who shot and killed Henry Shaffer, . a : longshoreman. In his home at , Falling and , Mallory streets last night, where the officer had been called by neighbors who complained that Shaffer and his guests were dis turbing the nea'ce. has not been arrested and he is not to be suspended from duty unless later developments show that he was to blame In the case. Suiter says that the snooting was In self . defense." In corroboration of hla side, of the story , Sultter has the state, ment of Policeman F. E. Leavens, wlio In assisting to ; arrest Shaffer' ant th others of the party, left a minute befor the shooting. Leavens says that in hin estimation the nollcemen were in djmenr of being beaten and cut with knives. Held Xer Xashaad. Shaffer's wife, in whose honor the guests had assembled In celebration of her thirtieth birthday. Save that lir husband' did not strike the policeman, that she had hold of his arm at the tium he waa killed and that he wos endeavor ing to get through the kitchen door. ultter-was not on duty at tne tlm a44ves-4t-tw- Weeks from Falilns and Mallory Streets. Karly In tim evening he was requested - bv Jatoii Holsworth. who owns the properly nr. uphd 1jr the - Shaffers, and Cheater Shaffer, another neighbor,' to use his In fluence in an endeavor : to quiet th party at the longshoreman'. home. Tim neighbors say that a keg of bei-r w.j on tap. that there were sevrul 1mi. Johns of stronger dr'.nks at tiwrnl nr. I thafthe party in the houai wrnt B i t. lug and playinar a viol! n und mas usually noisy. sultter went to the front floor of I ' -t Shaffer home, and waa s-lni)n.. r , was riftt In uiilfnrri;: Ixit rii.; i , . I i star end Informed KiiafT.-r u:i i,. . i and , -the party," compound tit t-,i i and : most of whom wre h-i-..-, by their wives, that thn ti , complanHl of llio il'iiirl . i - v been making all f i.tmouh, a ti tha ofrtVer, r?h?!T.-)-- mi l the other tna t'fk " - c -terference and S l:e r- i f- (Continue! c i 1
