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VOL. VI. NO.' 309.
PORTLAND,, OREGON, MONDAY i. EVENING,; ; MARCH 2, , 1908jFOURTEfiN PAGES.
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" FAR SIIIF
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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
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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 : ; . '
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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-
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