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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1908. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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POWERS TO TAKE ACTION
General LeConte, New Minister of Inter
ior, Discovers Alleged Conspiracy and
Takes Law Into His Own Hands-
Turmoil Follows
(United Trew Letted Wire.)
Klncston. Jamaica. March 16.
Revolt, Intrigue and assassination
are running riot today In the Hay-
tlan cities of Port An Prince and
Gonalves, according to cable dls
patches received here. A hastily In
augurated censorship has caused the
greatest cofusion and accurate de
tails are unobtainable.
The wildest rumors are In circu
lation, following the policy of whole
sale assassination inaugurated yes
terday, when General Villardouhln
Laconte. the newly appointed minis
ter of the Interior, had 10 of the
leading citizens of the country taken
from their homes and shot without
'even the formality of a trial or court-
martial. They were suspected of
having conspired against Leconte,
The public murder was followed by
assault on a number of other prom
inent men and women, and the
thrusting Into Jail of a score of oth
ers. A report received here today by an
English fruit company, with a branch
office In Port Au Prince, says that a
number of residence have been burned,
supposed conspirators are being; shot
on sight anfl that General Leconte has
demanded that the French consul sur
render to lilm a number of refugees
who had taken shelter there, and had
hecn promised permission to leave the
Island In safety If they would promise
not to return. The same company Is
In receipt of a dispatch which says that
a number of the suspects arrested on
Sundav were today taken out and shot.
Foreign residents at both Port Au
Prince and Gonalves are flocking to the
consulates. There Is not room to house
them all, and the gravest fears are felt.
It Is said that homes and places of bus
iness of the foreign residents, deserted
'In the rush for safety, are being pll-
soldlers of
Uged by drunken negro
General Leconte.
Votlfie Washington,
Warships of France and England and
Germany are hastening to the scene of
trouble, and It Is expected that Minis
ter Furnlss will ask the Washington
government for protection today. The
British cruisers Indefatigable and Cres
cent left here before daybreak, one to
each port, and the French cruiser
d'Estress la sailing under rush orders
from Santiago de Cuba for Port Au
rrince.
The trouble which has been brewlni
for some weeks was brought to a hea
on Saturday when General Leconte be
came convinced that conspirators
against nis administration were operat
liflt from the French consulate. Under
the terms of a recent agreement polltl
cal foes of Leconte were granted Im
munlty from prosecution, provided they
would leave the country at once. The
agreement was made with the French
r government and the refugees were col
ectlng at the French consulate at
Gonalves.
Seises a Letter.
Saturday's letter written by General
Firm In, under date of March 1, at the
French consulate and addressed to M.
Massllllon Colcou, a prominent author
and political foe of Leconte s, fell into
the tatter's hands. Ln It were refer
ences to the conspiracy against Leconte
and a list of names. The minister of
the Interior gave the list of names to
his brother, enter or siarr 10 tne presi
dent, with order that the conspirators
be arrested and punished. The assas-
Inntlnna followed.
Today Leconte repudiated tne Killings
id declared that they were without his
orders. It Is believed, however, that lie
sanctioned the action of his brother, if
ha rfid not actuallv lnsnire It.
a rAhlit diaDatch reaching here this
afternoon says that an unconfirmed ru
mor current in Port Au Prince has It
that Majors Leon Carraque and M. Flf-
ford and a lieutenant namea la Kocne
were shot before sunrise this morning.
They were Implicated by Massiuon
Colcou, one of those assassinated yes
terday. In an ante-mortem statement.
Four other officers whose names have
not been learned were also named by
Colcou. but escaped the officers sent to
arrest them.
M. Borno, tne riaytian minister or
foreign affairs has served notice on the
French government that owing to the
discovery of a conspiracy among the
refugees who had promised to leave
the country under French protection.
the agreement is abrogated.
RA101 HITCHCOCK FREE
Comedian Dismissed by Court When Girls Declare They
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s were lorcea into jaaKing uiarges Dy uerry
Society Great Scandal Promised.
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Log Booms Break at Boss
Island and Jam Against
Madison Bridge Crossing
Closed to All but Foot Pas
sengers.
Train Scrrico Paralyzed
Washouts and Landslides
Block ' Traffic on Botn
Sides of Columbia Rivers
Sweeping Through.
(United Prett Leased Wire.)
New York, March 16. Raymond
Hitchcock, the comedian, was dis
missed from custody today by Jus
tice Blanchard of the supreme court,
and the charge on which he was
being tried was quashed. Flora Za
belle, the comedian's wife, who has
remained loyal to him throughout,
threw her arms about her husband's
neck when the action was announced
and gave him a kiss that was not of
the stage variety.
The climax of the case, which created
an interest here second only to the
Thaw trial, followed a sensation such aa
restore mono
TO II. I
House Passes Bill Ordering
"In God We Trust" Placed
on American Money.
(United Press tested Wire.)
Washington, March 16. The motto
"In God We Trust" goes back on all
United States coin If the senate agrees
with the house on a bill which passed
the latter body today by a vote of 251
to 6, providing for a restoration of the
motto which was left out of the recent
designs by the late St Gaudens, at the
Instance of President Roosevelt.
7 Chemawa Bof Recaptured.
(Special Ditptteh to The Journal.)
Sllverton,' Or March 16. Four In
dian boys who escaped from tfce school
at Chemawa were arrested In this city
last evening and held in Jail over night
awaiting the arrival of an official, of the
school, who returned with, them this
morning. , ., ,
COINS
the defense promised on the opening day
of the trial. Flora Whlston, one of the
girls whose statements to the grand
grand Jury resulted In the actor's In
dictment, took the stand today and de
clared that her testimony before that
body had been wrung from her by
threats of the agents of the Gerry so
ciety. She declared that the comedian
had never insulted or-'Wronged her or
any of the other girls, and that all of
the charges against him were trumped
up by the agents of the Gerry society or
by Hugo Voecks, brother of one of the
girls, who pleaded guilty to having
tried for more than a year to blackmail
Hitchcock.
The Whlston girl admitted having met
Hitchcock a number of times but de
clared, that she and the other girls In
volved In. the case were seeking posi
tions in the actor's chorus and had never
been wronged by him.
Assistant District Attorney Garvin
asked for a continuance and hastened
before the grand Jury to procure the In
dictment of the Whfston girl on a per
jury charge. On motions of tho attor
neys for the defense the case against
Hitchcock was dismissed. One mors
charge still hangs over Hitchcock but
it Is believed that this also will be dis
missed. Late this afternoon Justice Blanchard
ordered the grand Jury to investigate
the charges that agents of the Gerry
society had threatened the. Whlston jilrl.
Hitchcock's attorney says they wlllftpre
sent evidence which will result In baring
a scandal In one of New York's famous
organizations for the protectlpn of children.
Mild weather and exceptionally heavy
rains during the past three days have
sent the rivers high npon their banks
and considerable damage has already
been wrought by the swift current. A
number of log booms and rafts have
been caught In tho grasp of the swirl
lng water and towboats have been busy
saving the pieces.
Shortly before noon today four rafts
broke from their anchorage at the foot
of Ross Island and, coming down the
river, lodged against the supports of
the Madison bridge. There was danger
of the bridge being damaged and to
nluate any possibility of a diss
the bridge was immediately closet
streetcar traffic. Foot passengers were
permitted to maka their way over the
structure, but were warned of possible
danger, although the superintendent did
not expect tne oriage 10 gnu way.
several larger rarts are mreatening
to go out from the Ross island anchor
age, but every effort has been made to
hold them. With another half dozen
rafts throwing their weight against
the piers, the bridge would be In a very
serious position.
HlMrlTsr Breaks Loose.
A large plledrlver broke loose from
the new wharf being built at the foot
of East Pine street about daylight and
truck out for tne Burnslde bridge.
The tenders 'thought it would hit the
bridge and careen, but to their surprise
and satisfaction It hung up on a small
luster of piling left standing when the
old drawrest was torn out to give place
for a new one now in course or con
struction. The flreboat George H. Wil
liams was sent to capture the runaway
plledrlver and soon had It back at its
tatlon.
Steamers arriving from the lower Co-
umbia report that tho several tributa
ries are sweeping through their chan
nels with the speed of mlllraces. Two
og booms went out on the Cowlitz
river yesterday, one froni Castleroek I
and the other from Tuttle. Large quan
tities of the logs drifted Into the Co
lumbia, where the steamers Nestor and
Weown were stationed to Intercept as
many as possible. A report from Lewis
river states that a boom went out there.
Doss Hot Szpeot Plood.
District Forecaster Beals of the wea
ther bureau says the marked rise of the
rK'ers Is altogether out of the ordinary
but he does not fear a serious flood.
In fact he believes tho crest will have
passed here day after tomorrow. The
Santlam and Clackamas rivers have be
gun falling, which means that a large
volume of water has already escaped
from the mountains.
According to Mr. Bcal's forecast this
morning, the Willamette at Portland
will come to a stand at a stage of about
13 feet tomorrow afternoon. It will
remain stationary for a ;ew hours and
begin falling- Wednesday morning, un
less extremelv heavv rains set in again.
He believes, however, that the worst of
the showers are over.
The rainfall at Portland was heavier
than at any other point in the valley,
2.91 inches having fallen here during
the three days, as compared with 1.3
inches at Eugene, 1.20 inches at Har
risburg. 2.68 Inches at Albany, and 1.66
Inches at Salem. Early yesterday morn
ing the heavy downpour was accompan
ied by a most spectacular electrical
storm. Owing to the late hour few peo
ple witnessed it.
Tearful Skies Everywhere.
Reports concerning the Santlam and
Clackamas rivers were received this
morning to the effect that the high
water crest had already passed after
having reached a very high stage. From
Jefferson, on the Santiam, came the
report that the river stood 16 feet this
morning but had begun to fall. Bar
ton, on the Clackamas, reported the
river at 13.2 feet at 7 o'clock this morn
ing, but it too, was falling.
"I don't lock for any great rise here "
said Mr. Beals this morning. "The rain
fall has ceased and the weather Is some
what cooler than during the past three
days. There Is practically no danger
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Said by Physicians of Bat-
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Woman's Kind Heart Pre
vents Her Firing Point
Plank at Burglar.
(Continued on rage Two.)
BRYAN SAYS SILVER
WON'T BE ISSUE IN
COMING CAMPAIGN
(IJulttd Pri Leutd Wirt.)
Lincoln, Neb,, March 16. W. J. Bryan
reiterates his announcement that silver
will not be an Issue In the coming cam
paign, adding that he Is satisfied with
the platform adopted- In Nebraska aa a
whole.
Ths Oklahoma law Is the best l fav
seen," a saio 1a aa interview.
Instance, that feature of It that au.
thorizes the banking board to collect
assessments from all banks for the pro
tection of depositors of each Hank .thus
giving to each bank the strength of all
banks is a good one. The Aldrlch finan
cial bill Is bad. In- that it provides for
tne- issue 01 - Dante notes as .emergency
ave I notes, and permits the use of railroad I
For I bonds a a basis of security "
One of two men who attempted to
break into the homo of Mrs. Claire Babb,
454 Salmon street, early Sunday morn
ing, owes his life to the presence of
mind of Mrs. Babb and the fact that
she did not wish to kill him.
While the would-be-burglar stood on
the back porch almost under the direct
flare of an electric light at Eleventh
nd Salmon streets, beckoning to his
partner to como nearer, Mrs. Babb was
on the insldu of tho house only a few
feet away watching his every move.
Coolly tho woman raised the rovolver
in her hand to fire. She took aim. Then
she thought differently. It would not
be rignt to kill a man, she mused to
herself, because he was merely trying to
break Into her house and as yet had
done absolutely no harm.
So Mrs. Babb decided on different taO'
tics of getting rid of the man outside
preparing to break Into her home,
iianus up,
The picture if Miss Whaley Is In
the top at the left, at tho right Is
Mrs. Cooke, wife of the eloping pas
tor, and below is a snapshot of Rev.
Cooke, who is now la, San Francisco
in financial distress.
CASHIER BLINDED
WITH AUONIJI
GIRL WIFE HAS
FORTUNE DUE
Wires to Grandmother for
Funds, but Latter Will
First Investigate.
Navy Tugs Busy Staking Off
Ranges Crews Anxioui :
to Make World Records
With Both Small and ;
Large Cannon.
(Called Preu Leiaed Wire.)
Ban Francisco, March It. Jere
Knode Cooke, the unfrocked rector of
the fashionable Hempstead, Long Is
land, church, who has been living In
hiding here since his flight from the
east with Florsa Whaley, his 17-year
old ward, declares that he knows that
he stands damned before the world, but
that In spite of this he is happy. This
morning several of his friends came
to his financial aid.
- attempt no justification of ay
set," he said. "I walked to mine own
damnation with my eyes open."
Telegrams were sent to Cooke s
former wife, but she has refused to
answer them. Cooke did not know that
this action hnd been taken, for he has
been Informed that his deserted wife
has had done with him forever. The
authorities could not hellevo that the
deserted woman did not desire to pun
ish Cooke, so they tried to have her
take some action that the man might
be held.
Cooke philosophizes over his conal-
8aa Dlsfo, CaL, March 18, (By
United rress Dispatch Boat "Orient"
from Mafdalsna Bar, 18 P- ) r
Admiral Xvans will forever leavs tns
navy when the fleet arrives la Baa.
rranelsoo. H baa asked to be rslirred
and his request has ba granted aftsr
the exchange of numerous massages
with the commander-in-chief of tha
army. and navy at Washington. ., ' ,
Immediately mpoa tha arrival of tie
fleet at Mafdalsna. Bay, tha snips' anr ;
geons war eallsa aboard tha flafship
Connecticut and a consultation was fetid
at the bedslds of the eommander-ln-chief,
who has left his cabins trat twice
sine th fleet left "Hampton Boads.
The last tlms that he appeared was at '
Trinidad, and thsn tha rsar-admiral aao
rlfioed greatly, his every movement In
dicating the extreme tortara ht ' was
snffsrlnt.
Hon and among many persons
gained sympathy, lie
here has
alleged that his
conduct toward his wife was because
of lack of understanding between them
when he married nor. They were never
suited to each other.
Cooke, when located Saturday, was
found to be in need of funds, but he
had not made his wants known to his
friends.
Mrs. Whnley-Cooke saia toaay tnat
she had wired her grandmother to send
her monev. .Mrs. Keziah Whaley, the
eranrimother. has replied that the girl
has I6.UU11 uue nor, duc mai sne win
have to make further investigation be
fore she forwards the money.
top of
move.
her
there," she yelled at the
voice. The man did not
Hands TTp
up, there,
There.
called
the little
"Hands
woman azain
The man on the porch looked In the
direction of his partner only a few yards
away.
Then It was that Mrs. Babb aimed the
gun at the porch flo'xr ana pulled the
trlcirer.
There was a loud report, the sound of
falling glass the window pane naa been
shattered and the man walked calmly
out onto the sidewalk and went north
on Eleventh street.
Both men, who Mrs. Babb saw dis
tinctly, were tall, smooth shaven and
wore the clothes of ordinary working
men. The attempted burglary and
shooting happened soon after 3 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Mrs. Babb lives at Eleventh and Sal
mon streets with her mother, Mrs.
Shanple, and her sister. Miss' Violet
Boyles. Tho last words her sister said
to her Saturday night were to the effect
that the revolver had better be Inspected
becaus-i there was danger of burglars.
Heard Footstvps.
"My sister had been awakened by the
two walking on the back porch," said
Mrs Babb this morning. "Later she
called me. I thought it was all imagi
nation on her part and investigated be
fore I got out my gun.
"I usually keep the revolver near at
hand but take the shells out as a pre
caution against accidents. After seeing
the men prowling about the house I
soon found the gun and then had to be
gin the hunt for the cartridges. At last
I found thejn end stepped Into the
kitchen.
One man was standing inside the
porch lattice work and motioning to his
confederate, who was looking In a win
dow near the come? of the house.
1 could have killed that man wlth
one shot. e- I have always been handy
jtQpntinued on Page. Two.)
Star Theatre at Tacoma Is
Robbed of $400 by Dar
ing Burglar.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Tacoma, Wash.. March 16. One of the
most cleverly planned and executed
robberies took place last night at the
box office of the Star theatre. Secret
ing himself behind an Improvised door
he had cut through the walnscoating
of the box office of the theatre, timing
the movements of Miss Emma Olsen,
cashier, and her friend. Mrs. Edna Sul
livan, who was ' assisting her, and by
using an atomizer filled with strong
ammonia water as a weapon, the clever
thief, about 9:30 o'clock last night, after
blinding the two young women with am
monia, crawled, through the opening he
had made,' seized the day's receipts of
the playhouse, amounting to $400 and
escaped without even a "thank you."
WILEY'S ENEMIES TOO
ACTIVE TO SUIT HIM
(United I'rfM I.eaied Wire.)
Washington. March lti. Dr. H. W.
wnv chief of the bureau of chemis
try department of Agriculture, and foe
of aduueraiions in iou unu iu-uks, m
reported to ho seriously considering re-
oioninn- from office. The manufactur
ers who joined In protest against his
rieiii rulin In the application of the
Dure food law are said to have practi
cally succeeded In eliminating him.
PACKERS MUST PAY
FOR TAKING REBATES
(United I'res Leased Wire.)
WashinKton. D. C March 16.-
-The
United States supreme court today up
held the decision or me lower court in
Imposing fines a8regating $16,000
against Armour, Swift, Morris and Cud
ahy, the packers, for violating the El
kins law by receiving concessions In
rates from the Chicago, Burlington &
Qulncy railroad on meat exports.
FIREBUG TRIES TEN
TIMES TO DESTROY
APARTMENT HOUSE
(Colttd Press Letted Wire.)
Denver, Colo.. March t6- For the
tenth time within the past year and
the third time since Wednesday last,
tho - fashionable Bernard apartment
house at West Eighth avenue and South
Eleventh street, was set afire at t
o'clock this mornlng The blase was,
accompanied by a stampede of the
tenants, uniy arter aesperate wore aid
the firemen . succeed In 'checking , the
flames. x
Before the firebug started the blaxe
he cut the main electrio light supply
wire. As a result the entire building
was In darkness and it, was this which
threw the hundred tenants Into a panic.
Both exits opnedlnward, and in tho
mad rush it was tmposibU"to get ths
doors open until the police smashed the
glass and firemen turned a stream of
water -on the maddened tenants to force
them back. The doora war then
ODened and the tenants, a; number of
them severely Injured, wer released.
Magdalena Bay, March 18. A
puff of white smoke, a flying shell
and an angry growl from one of the
battleships' big guns that shattered
the death-like silence of the sleeping
hills, and, a thousand yards out at
sea, sent a shower of water skyward.
marked the beginning of target prac
tice by Admiral Evans' warships to
day. ' V
Early this morning the first of Unci
Sam's floating fortresses swung Out of
the bay and headed for tho ranges. In
a few moments three' more of the grim
fighters detached themselves from the
squadron that lay Idly tugging at their
anchor chains In the sheltered waters
of man-of-war cove, and slowly moved
toward tne open sea, wnere for the next
three or four days the gunners pf each
battleship will strive to. surpass th
wonderful records already established ,
by the "dead shots" of the jPaciflo
cruiser fleet.
Preliminary to the actual work . of
target practice came the work of clear
ing away yesterday the great mass of
superfluous superstructure and putting
the vessels In fighting trim. All was
In readiness this morning and far out '
on the ocean were dispatched busy little
navy tugs to lay out the several ranges
and set the floating targets, which, at
the close of the day will probably be '
riddled and torn to shreds. i
Conditions for accurate shooting to
day are propitious and not a gunner's
crew on any of the vessels but what
expects to hang up new marks for his '
ship. When the four, ships' that began '
practice today have completed the time
allotted them, they will give: way to
four other vessels of the fleet.-
Before the three or four weeks, of
target practice have been finished, U ,
Is estimated" that hundred Of thousands
of dollars' worth of ammunition will
have been exploded to test the efficiency
of the guns and the accuracy of the
men who aim them.
SEME SPIRIT
PROVES FATAL
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Society Woman Imbibes Too
Freely of Joy Water and
Loses Life. ; , ,
(United Press leased Wirt.)
Seattle, March 11 Death from alco
hol and hemorrhage from the lungs was
the result of the coroner's postmortem
examination of the body of Mrs, Mar
garet Glldden, the society woman who
was found dead in the fashionable Otis
apartments late Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Glidden was one of the best
known women In this city. She was the
wife of Harry Glidden, a wealthy brok
woo xur iuo past lew momns nas t,-i
in a private sanitarium in Ch!isaf..
Fond of gay society she sometimes J -bibed
freely ' of wine and during t
last tw month drank to ena. h i
generally in her v own private r. -
menta. - ? ''-:.' ' .- '
Her body was found In fr ro'
late Saturday afternoon and i
empty alcohol bottles arouaii
and the' coroner hnld the .
as many believed the njomait I .
poisoned, or else iwk puisvtt y.t
cioai mient.
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