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Newspaper Page Text''-,' v-:..: v- sri) nnn nnn m I V. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNALV PORTLAND, MONDAY ' EVENING, MARCH 23; 1S08. T?,1. lIUUjUUUjUUU; r iui nuuuLLi QUIDS III CALIFORNIA ,1 mJ Henry Gassaway Davis Says He Is Not Much for Dukes but if People at Cherokee and Oro; ville Excited Over the - , Discovery. r (United Prase Lud Wtrt.) rtrnvllla. 17a 1. VTaroh 1 W. va dla Granddaughter niond mines been discovered In.Chero- Wants One She Shall Have that la on the tongue of nearly ovary citizen or ma two cuiee looey as tne r liini. " . I ,ult ' the tlr cauaed by the find in of wv uiauivnuf ail vncs uai 'wew villa, and ono In tha lattar city. Tha flrat two were found on tha Dron erty being prospected In Charokaa by a company of which M. J. Gooney la man- araav ani wnm inirn n a m nann aan niir n v aan (Cnlttd Praw Ltistd Wire.) Indian on a claim In drovllle. Experts Waahlngton. March Jl. In har dealre pronounce . tira etonea to ne reai aia A mA h. nnlra nt Ahritnl Ml Kath- " erlne Elkina, daughter of United Stataa Senator Klklna, la backed by tha entire fortune of her grandfather, Henry Oaa aawav Davis, said to amount to IsO.OOO. 000. Until th a aed multi-millionaire announced veetardar that ha would place bla mllllona at tha dlapoaal of nla granddaughter, If aha la really In love with tha Italian duke, ha had not Indicated that hie eyrapathlee were with ,tlie young wjmas. - l Know now u is, rcnunra uavia. "fnr tint loni urn I had a little affair mVnc.r wwSEK4! meVlf All Students at California amerine la reauy in love wun inai SMALLPOX CASE AT STAND I aauke. although I am not much for dukea, I aav IM har in ah nod flha un have very dollar I've got If ahe wanta It OBJECTED TO WIFE School Will Be Vaccinated. PARIS BANKER IS ARRESTED Eochette Charged "JTith ; Stealing. More. Than 12 Millions.. " (United freea Uaeed Wire.) Paria, March . ' IS. Chargad with windlea Involving over $11,000,000, M, Rochette, one of tha heading and bait known flnanclera of Paria, waa today placed under arreat. The accuaed man waa tha founder of the Franco-Hpanlah bank and haa capi tal at hie dlapoaal eatlmated to amount to 120,000,000. The polios are very ret icent about giving detalla leading up to tha arreat. and tha entire affair haa bean cloaked In myatery. It la aup- f 10 aed that other - important paraonagea n tha financial world are to be ar reated later. IES0TA RATE LAW IS KILLED mil CHURCH (Dnited Preaa Uaeed Wire.) Stanford Unlveratty, Palo Alto, Cal March IS Smallpox- haa broken out here. In tha face of the excitement cauaed today by the dlacovery of the preaence ox me piague. me xeua Deing waged between the under graduate body and the atudenta' affaire committee haa been almoat wholly loat eight of. So far only - one caae- haa come to light, thla being taken from Enclna. hall, one of tha men'a dormltoriea. Dr. W. P. Snow who waited on the alck atudent. t l i a. T) 1 ! n pronounced tna caae amallpox, and IffiniirKM AIHllll, lUMliMUll. ordered tha man'a removal. ' I . i al J i a v- i & v a it, iu eipwicu i nail rrrsiaoni loraan will Issue &n order for the vaccination of all students who remain In school. Husband Visited Trance Me diums and Made Slighting Became her husband objected to her going to hurch and made alighting re mark! about the preachera, though he peralated In vlaltlng trance mediume and clalrvoyanta and embarraaaed her by telling her what they aald, Mra. Alice E. Culver of St Johna haa begun auit In the circuit court for aeparatlon from William W. Culver. Mra. Culver aavs ahe la a devout church worker, and her husband appar ently took delight in mailing ori-aiae mmarku about the rjreachern. He waa generally jcaloua and fault-finding in reposition, ane aaya. no even oo 1 co ted to her receiving the weekly pa rer from her old home, but ahe out witted him as to that by having the pa per sent to her aon and reading It at ner eon a nouse. Culver saya "nay" to all of thla, his answer In the form of a general denial . . . n. . i it. Eirc.?.?.- .hit Z h 12 he and snowing Information In the caae of D. hhi wife decided that it waa useless to W. Stevena, ahot by a Corean. aa told try to agree, so he gave her nia nan- on tha flrat page of thla issue: interest in incir noma jiin.-c m m. tfuima, c v M . tj thla which conelata of a whole block. He 8an Franciaoo, March 23. Lata thla aaya It is worth 15,000 and that hla wife afternoon ttie-police learned tne identity also haa $600 In caeh, received from the 0f tj,6 two Coreana. I. W. Chang waa state or a lormer numuanu. iio wj . . . vf B(- m w .11 i,- k. i. t-tnn in th hank and a the man who shot Mr. btevens. w. w cenalon of 112 tier month. Hia wife Chun waa the man who also fell a vie aaya he Is worth $10,000 and wants Ulm of Chang'a revolver. Doctors state li.UOO alimony dmiuw iur - thla aft.rnnnn that Chun I dvlnar. Mr Jnqney. .... .. . I Siim hm a hnllAt thrnna-h hla' liver Culver says he is es years oia ana ;-;-h" hiTi its recovery :. " ui. r , .v.. i, file cnoncea are very mm VX. HIIII 1 111B UUIII l Ul V IT, CllO - . . .. . .. much more able to take-care of herself '.v,e" w? ontB?ia "VL?? i"? i ioii hr, h. Ma aava tha aat. ferry building to take a train for :;""r if. .i. Waahlngton for a conference with ou.t 10 day. ago is all that should be President Roosevelt H. waa accom STEVENS ON 1W TO KIGTOII Intended to Hold Conference With President Assail ants Indentified. Late afternoon dlspatchea added the Supreme Court of United States Says Jlcasure Is Too Severe. expected of him. LOS ANGELES SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DANGER S anted by the Japanese consul, Choike. ust as he alighted, from the bus he was approached by Chun, who was closely fallowed by Chang. Just as he approached the diplomat Chun whipped out a revolver, and, pressing It against Mr. Stevens' stomach, pulled the trigger. The gun missed fire. Using his wapon aa a club, the Korean then smashed the American full in the face (United PrM Leased Wire.) Tjjs Aneeles. March 23. Building In narlnr RapkllS. who has lUSt COm- oieted a thorough Investigation of the with the butt of the gun and then acnnoi duiiqitixi ui hiib tiiy. iuru 111a i w, v woo biuuhcu report with tttB city council today. but started In pursuit. As he did so, Tnta report sets xonn in lusoiuieiy i huiik, wuu up iu luib uuie imu iilkii unennlvoral lana-uaRe. that thousands no part In the right drew a revolver, nf lit tin Uvea arc dally olaced in 1eon-1 and fired three times In the direction of ardv beeauae of tha faulty construction; the' fleeing pair. and arrangement of some of the build- His first shot struck Stevens in the lngs. hip. The second hit him In the small of Tha investigation by Backus was the back and tha third hit the fleeing nrrierart bv tne council lmmeaiateiy ununar. attar tha nwftll disaster at CollinwOOd. Thla aftamnnn fhanir waa tnlrnn he Ohio. The report shows that a similar fore Mr. Stevena for identification but catastrophe might occur here at any the wounded man was not sure that time. The council haa taken no action the prisoner waa the one who fired the beyond referring the report to the Bhots. Later when shown the revolver board of education. with which the shooting was done. Chang admitted that it belonged to him and that he had done the shooting. "Thia man'a actions threatened to aa.. ri i ttti ti'ii I' fi,uiiiiiiMii uiiiik iuu u i wia uuiuuicte cAiciiiiniaiiuii 1 'AKhi VVIIn.K IIP F Pjlirjl.) lot tha Korean nation and that was whv I snot mm, ' declared cnang wnen ne -- . ... . . ... I IMC1I IU Ull. CllO V t I IB LUl. k. P. McCrosKey or me ianaaian E,m- -u i. Koir, n.M . irnro ployment agency against whom charges yet he haa een worklng wholly in were lum "y .,,.v """""' the Interests or Japan. Tomllnson. auegina mat ne naa sent vniwin. thi. im,. itiiniviii .et. flve men to Dee, Oregon, who were'un- I venH a8 a man faiBe to his trust and a able. to get work, has presented letters T traitor to Korea. At the conclusion of to tna autnonues to snow iiai 'r the tirade Stevens aaid in a kindly tone: nt the men were found Incompetent by I Won Wh innnt c,ri nniih tha lumber comnanv and that the other I m kv t i t, a ..,...,,; two roiuoou hid ji" c u"i iiicin. i0r you ana your Kina. (United Press Leud Wire.) Waahlngton. p. C. March !$. Tha Mlnneaota railroad rate law today fell before a decision of Judge Peckham of tha United States aupreme court who held the measure unconstitutional be cause of the enormous penalties in flicted by It. Including the ruling was an order for the punishment of Attorney-General Ed ward T Vmim of Minnesota, On a charge of contempt of the United States aunreme court. Youna attempted to enforce the new rate law In the face of an Injunction restraining him and granted to tha atockholdera. SAYS S. S S. LAVVJSJLLEGAL Assistant City Attorney Fitzgerald, who has been Investigating tne Schwartachild & Sulabuerger ordinance, said this afternoon that the proposed law la Invalid and Illegal, in view of the fart that It la class legislation. Mr. Fitigerald stated aa his grounds for the assertion that the proposed ordinance. if paaaed. would allow only sucn pacK-lna- nlanta aa are engaged In interstate commerce to operate within the city limlta of Portland, oarring an c.ner plants of the kind. South Portland cltiaena who are re slstlnt the efforts of the councilmen to pass the proposed ordinance will meet tomorrow ovening at 8 o'clock at 1106 First street to discuss stha question. TELEPHONE GIRL LEAVES UOMETOFDLLO.V ACTOR MEN REFUSED TO The men tried to collect carfara from McCroskey which they had paid him. This lead to the complaint by the city authorities. Here arc a few sam pies of what the new styles in footwear will be. If you are shoe shy, bring in your foot and we'll give it a good show. CLOTHING CO ti . GuiKuhnProp' , v 166-168 Third Street v Horse'g Leg Broken. "Nig." one of the handsomest and one of the most valuable horses owned by the overland Transfer company, was shot and killed at Second and Burn side streets today, owing to the fact that tha animal had-broken its lea- In endeavoring to extricate Its foot which had been caught In a frog of the street car track. Streetcar servica. was de layed some time. Says He Gets Drunk. Alma Frederika Johnson ha-s begun suit in the circuit court to be freed from Swan John Walfrid Johnson, alleging that the possessor of thelong name has too much of a .temper to make it worth while living jvlth him. She says he fets drunk at times and has threatened o knock her head off. For eight years, she says, ana haa not had a comfortable home. . They were married In Helslng borg, Sweden. In 1898. For Cora Luft, the 17-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Christine Luft of 876 First street the course of trua lovo has not run smooth. The pretty girl, who un til last week was a hello girl for the Pacifio States Telephone company, la in tha hands of the Portland Juvenile court while her fiance, Harry P. Dewey, leading man or a mcioarama company now nlavlnr In Tacoma. spent last night In the Tacoma Jail, charged with abducting the girl. n.wA, whn woa arraaten 1 1 nnn pom- plaint olf Mrs. Luft last night, was re leased thia afternoon upon receipt of a telegram from Mrs. Luffs other daughter, Mrs. Annie Cummlng In Portlana, saying tnai v-ur uu ucca found. . A. Cora Luft met Dewey about three weeks ago when he was playing "No Mother to Guide Her" at the Empire theatre in this city. She became Infat uated with the long-suffering bero of the melodrama and decided that, like the girl in the play, she would give up all for love. She forgot that she had a mother, however, and wnen on last Tuesday afternoon she disappeared from her home in Portland. Mrs. Luft sent her photographs to the chiefs of police of all the nearby towns and asked that she be returned. Mrs. Luft believed her daughter might be with Dewey and his company and last night ahe left for Tacoma to have the actor arrested and to recover her daughter. She had Dew' ey placed in Jail but eould learn nothing of Cora "My sister was very much in love with Dewey," said Mrs. Cummlngs this morning. "She had been working as a telephone girl, but a little over a week ago wo learned that she had not been at the exchange for a wtek. When she left homo we suspected she might have followed Dewey and we found that on Tuesday night she and her chum, a girl named Ivy, living at the Stuart rooming-house at Front and Washington streets, had followed the theatrical troupe and were with two of the mem bers of the company. After going to McMmnville they followed them to Al bany and then went to Tacoma. "My sister will say nothing about the case. She had a letter from Dewey in which he asked her to run off with him. but when we tried to' secure this in court this morning she tore it up. She is very stubborn and Ivy will not say anything either. , They both deny hav ing been out of the city at all. My sister is engaged to Dewey and he would marry her If we would allow It but my mother won't Tiear of such a thing." Mrs. Luft will return from Tacoma thia afternoon and the two girls will be left in the charge of the Juvenile court. BREWERS FIGHT. JEW YORK DIVES Say.They Will Help to Make New York a Clean City ; ; by May 1. ' (Special Dispatch to The JoaraaL) ' Nw York, March 21. New Tork'a brewera bav announced their Intention to aid la tha . atamplng out of Ralnea taw hotala and dlvea. In return for thla, tha brewera want tha leglalature to drop several bllla to raatrlct tha liquor business. In tha last few daya Colonel Jacob Ruppert and other leadera of the move ment have planned a campaign In Al bany against local option with the com mittee of fourteen and they predict that If they are succeaaful. they will hawe auooeeded In bring about a "clean" city by May 1. Their aim la to drive out all dlve keepera and the disorderly element, and to make tha liquor lawa so atrlct that a aaloonkeeper caught infringing will be barred forever from doing business In the city and vicinity. Colonel RuDDert aald last night: "TheBrewera aasoclatlon, cooperat ing with the Committee of Fourteen and the exclae department, la doing all In its power to make New Tork a 'clean olty, ao far aa places where beer and liquor are sold are concerned. Every aid ia given to the police department and district attorney'a of ficea, but along orriciai lines reauita are orten diffi cult The police object beeauae of fenders are not held by the magistrates. The Judges aay that the police cases are weak, and that the exclae laws are too severe and indlacrimlnatlng. On the other hand, the landlord la apt to take no action beeauae the police fail to make a caae, and ao It goes. "The cure for thia condition is In the cooperation of the brewers. We are opposed to the dives aa much as we are to drunkenness. They are the worst foea of the brewers, and they can and will be done away with by concerted action. Withdrawal of the aupport of all the brewera will be accomplished by tne disconnected errorts or tne orriclals. "In view of our efforts to correct ex isting evils, we feel Justified In mak ing objoctlon to some of the legislation now pending." VETOES ORDINANCE TO RAISE SALARIES JIayor Takes Stand Fixed Schedule Should Be Made 'by Council. In pursuance to an announcement made several weeks ago Mayor Lane has vetoed several ordinances Increasing salaries of city employes. Mayor Lane takes the stand that the present 'time Is not the right time to make increases and mat ir changea are to be made In the salaries of city employes that the council should establish a fixed sched ule of wages. In his veto message Mavor Lane aava "I do not wish to say that the salary Of this Clerk Should not be Increaaarl In order to make it conform to that of some other person whose salary has alao been raised, yet I think that some aeiinue scneauie or wages should be auopiecl ana an employes under a cer tain classification should receive tha same monthly pay. 'I do not think at thla time that the city should enter upon any expenditure wiucn is not aosolutely necessary and should, in fact, carefully scan Its ex penditures In an effort to reduce the same if it can legitimately and justly JOURNAL'S EUROPEAN NEWS : . BY SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS do 80.' SUGAE TRUST TELLS ABOUT ITS EARNINGS' (United Preu Leased Wire.) New York. March 23. Much secrecy is being maintained todar over the dis tribution of copies of the financial statement of the American Sugar Re fining company to stockholders. The distribution is the outgrowth of charges made by the late Cftarles Havemeyer of the sugar corporation that the reports issued by the board of directors did not set forth the true condition of the company's affairs and that they did not tell where the profits came from. The directors were later asked to Issue a full statement giving all the details of the finances. The statement shows that the net earnings of the company was $8,749,291 In 1907. and that dividends of 18,299,980 were paid. The aurplus ior mat year waa z,445.Z6i. DOGS MANICURED IN NEW LONDON CLUB Br Paul VlUiere.. (Hearst Hews hy Longest teased IFire.) Paria, March 21. "Unless the French government takea tha moat radical measures to. a tarn n out the vice of opium eraoklpg among our naval offl cara, our splendid battleships and cm! aera will surely, in case of war, make an even poorer ahowlng than did tha Russian vessels under Admiral Rojeat vensky," a Paria paper wrltea. "Not only does thla vice make our officers unfit for their duties, but It also de moralises them and makes them traltora against their country. . Lieutenant Ullmo, sentenced to a long terra 01 imprisonment a lew weeka ago, waa as promising a young man aa any. until he began to amoke opium, and there are plenty of officers in the navy who will testify that he did not smoke more than many of his comrades. The use of ODlum In France la for bidden, that Is. It is forbidden like the sale or liquor in American temperance atatea, and If you want to amoke it you never have to go very far. There are no public opium dena, they have all been closed by the police, but the police can not Invade private nouses, and it ia in these that the poison la Imbibed. Many of theae houses are well known to the police and If you ask a policeman and cross hla palm with sliver the chancea are ten to one that he will ahow you the nearest place whare you may "hit the pipe." A few weeka ago, the only places In France where opium was being smoke, were Toulon and Marseilles, but now you find these dona of vice scattered all over Paris and even in the larger provincial towns. What makea the disgrace still more shameful is that opium smoking in France ia really due to the government. It Is In French Indc-Chlna that our naval officers learn to smoke opium and In Indo-Chlna the sale and manufacture of opium is a government monopoly. When the government followa the ex ample of the Chinese government. stops the manufacture and sale and for bids the use of opium In its own Asi atic colonies, then It will be able 10 stop opium smoking In Parte and Tou lon, but not before. M. Vanderveede. the leader of the So cialist party In Belgium, who haa long been interested In temperance work, has Inaugurated a new lodge of Oood Templars, whose members must not only give up the use of liquor in any form, but also sign a pledge to work for the spreading of Socialist Ideas. The lodge is baaed on the same prin ciples which govern the Oood Templar lodgea In Sweden and other countries. Dlamonda Trom Heaven. Rome, March 2S. Dr. Laoour. a noted chemist, advances the sensational theory that diamonds fell from heaven. He argues aa followa: "Spectroseoplcal Investigations show that the particles of comets secured by scientists are Impregnated with carbon. Thia carbon la In the form of crystala. "In days gone by the earth must have come repentedly Into contact with comets, either the nucleus or the talis. These cometlc particles became aia monds in the course of ages, but were buried during the varioua transforma tions of the earth. "The above theory is strengthened by tho fact that diamond chips have been found in meteors." Wins Hovel Wager. Vienna. March 23. By riding on a train continuously for one year, a Selx burg drummer has won a bet of 18.500. The bet was laid in New York by an American sportsman, who held that a man could not endure the ordeal of a year's continuous railroad travel. The Austrian drummer took up the chal lenge and on his return to Europe laid out his plans to win the $8,600. In due legal form a contract waa drawn up undc which tho drummer bound himself to live on the railroad traveling the round trip. Vienna-LInx-Sajzburg-Innsbruck-Vlenna. for 12 months. He began his year of t ravel -in, at the herlnnlna- of a year ago, and endured two Journeys In good health un- I GRGERS When he had completed the feat he was in good health, except for a alight nervoua strain. aCUUaery Business Oood. Parts. March 23. The moat profitable business la Paris just now Is that of tna milliners. There la a boom In hats, which have reached high water mark in alaborateneaa and price, and the Par isian woman la so enamored of the pres ent style In millinery that ahe will pay almoat anything for a chlo model. One milliner haa coined money to such an extent since last autumn that on New Tear's day ahe distributed a sum of $11,000 In presents among her friends. Her leading employe draws a modeat aalary of 114,000 a year. The reaaon of the boom Is the modern woman's desire for expenalve hats and a variety of them. Almost every hour of the day calls for a different hat. King Honors American. London, March 2S. Mrs. Lulu Har court, a niece of J. Plerpont Morgan, has received an intimation that the king will honor her with a week-end visit to Nuneham, the magnificent seat of the Harcourt family, aome time during the aummar. Nuneham has been literally trans formed by Mrs. Harcourt. It was an nlri-faahlnnad nlaca with no lighting or heating apparatus and hideously fur nished. Today it la a paiace oi iin lights and radiators and ia furnished throughout with exquisite taste. A week-end visit from tne King usu ally entatls a eum of about $6,000. Spe cial arrangementa have to be made t bring the telegraph and telephone di rectly Into the aulte occupied by the king, a apeclal chef and etaff are Im ported, the klng'a favorite wlnea and cigars are ordered, the gardena are Il luminated and a bund la engaged. Mrs. Harcourt stands out from me rather uninteresting ranks of liberal hostesses by reaaon of her amart dress ing, her tact and her instinctive apti tude for entertainment, while her hue- band Is the moat popular man In the house of commohs with both parties. Shah afar toee Throne. Paris. March 2S. The shah of'PereU may lose his throne or his life any day, but he Is treating the political situation with calmness and almost inairrerence. lint for the last week terror haa reigned In tha palace of Jeheran, for the shah haa lost Tamara a lose of $25,000. That la what he paid for her m-hen he was still crown prince and ahe Is the daughter of a poor laborer In the vineyards near Ttflls. Tamara waa taught to sing and dance; no work ever spoiled her pretty. Idle hands. When the ahan came to tne throne he made her hla chief favorite. She gave him two aona. One fine nlgh, bribing her guardlana, she fled from the palace. In spite of all the abah's ef forts ahe haa not been traced. The accomplices who aided her flight have been beheaded. Scorea of servants have been beaten half to death. Valiant cap tains who were guarding the throne have been sent out to scour the country side with troops. But Tamara has vanished completely. The shah Is said to be.almont indiffer ent to the bombs thrown at him as he rides out In his capital city. He thinks only of Tamara. "War Trade" Hot Brick. Esaen, March 23. Baron Krupp von Bohlen, the husband of the former MIsj Bertha Krupp, and manager of the great gun works. Is authority for the state ment that the trade in war material is not aa brisk as It used to be. In a speech addressed to 276 we-rkmen who have been continuously employed by the Krupps for 25 years, he gave the fol lowing Interesting figures: "At the end of the seventies we em ployed 8.000 men; 25 years ago, 10,000 man war nn niir nivrnlla At tha en,l of the eighties the Increase In business j prince. II! RESUME I'M Operations in Columbia River Basin Slowly Take , on Old-llme Activity; f v aaaaaaBaneee - 1' s . ' 1 :M ; f ', Beginning thla weetf. Jogging opera- , ' tlona In tha Columbia river basin will ; be gradually resumed to meet the re-. vlvlng demands of the lumber mills for the season of 108. Condition! In the ' market are Improving, and tha mill a re- ; port a number of Inqulrlea for large ' cargo contracts. There la only a mod- -erate supply of loga In tha river and '. prices are firm - A tralnload of men was taken out over the Yacolt railroad to the logging camp ,' of the Clarke County Timber company some days ago. The camp Is being , opened with a force of about 190 men. The Weyerhaeuser company haa not be- ' f:un operations on the Cowltta, and It .'' s said does not expect to do anything v for some time to come. y The Heap River Logging company in Pacific county, on the lower Columbia. '.' Is getting ready to begin operations. ' The Alger lagging company had been.,, making preparations for opening Ita large logging camp near fikamokawa, ' and a smaller camp on the Coweman, when Interrupted today by the totally, Unexpected death of the president, " Lewis Alger. It Is not determined whether this even will result In modi fying the company's plans. The Collins camp, at Oetrander, la running with half a force. The camps of the Eastern Western Lumber com pany, the Chapman Lumber company, " ' the Portland Lumber company and other ' local mllla have been running In a small way moat of the winter, to ketp ' these mills supplied. It Is likely that ' theae forces will all be Increased dui Ing April, as there Is a marked lrn provement In the prospect for the lum ber trade for mills having facilities toe.'', ocean shipments. TRACK TODAY (1'altfd Press Leased Wire,) ' San Francisco, March 23. First race, six furlongs selling, three year old and up: Dr. Coleman. 99, 7 to 1, 5 to 2. 1$ to 10, won; Plaud. 106, 7 to 1, 3 to 1, second; Oene Handlon, 97, 1 to 1, ' third. Time, 1:13 1-6. . . ' PRINCE I)E SAGAN ' ELUDES REPORTERS t (United Press Leased Wire.) . New York, March i Mystery aur ". rounding the whereabouts of Prince I0 : Sagan, who is reported to be engage! : , to Mme. Gould, former wife of Count Bonl de Castellane, deepened today When Anna Gould's declaration that he waa In ParlB was followed by a statement by the management of the Prince George hotel that a guest who registered ' as "W. H. Thompson" was reaiiy the AT rv necessitated the employment of 15,000 men. Btlll later tne trade In war ma terlal became larger and larger every year and the new century round 25,000 men on our payrolls. "Then came the Industrial depression, forcing us to dispense with the services of a number of men. In 1903 we em ployed 21.000: but business soon be- tll the end of 1907. when he had a yio-1 came good again and in 1905 we had lent attack of grip. But he atuck to sz.buw. -J oaay we nave only 31,000 em his railroad home with the pluck of a I ployed regularly and the present out-six-day bicycle rider and won the bet. I look for business Is not good." THOMAS GAR WAY TO FRISCO Captain Hansen and Harold Bf inker Far Ahead of Foreigners. WORLD TOURISTS LIKE ROSE CITY SO WELL THEY WILL RETURN William Slelcher of. Troy, New Tork, a brother of John A. Slelcher, the first president of the Associat e Press, and who now is at the head of the Judge Publishing company, la at the Hotel Portland, accompanied by . hia family and William A. Griffin, president of the Bridgeport (Connecticut) Malleable Iron company. In which Mr. Slelcher Is also Interested. . .-... Mr. Slelcher and the ot. rs are being shown around Portland today by Dr. J. Wbltcomb Brougher of the White Tem ple, whom they formerly knew In Pat eraon. ie is accompanied by his wife. Miss Slelcher and Misses Ethel M. and LI Ulan B. Slelcher, Mr. Griffin la ac companied by his daughter, Misa Grif fin. . From .Portland the party goes east, a topping at various" points of in terest, ia April Air. eieicner ana hla family will return to the coaat and take a trip to Alaska. Mr. Slelcher retired from active busi ness 18 years ago. Since then he haa been traveling most of the time, and usualy taking his family with him. In the course of time he expects to visit every civilised country In the world. Already he has been to Europe, Africa and various other places. Mr. Slelcher waa at one time a "devil"' on the Troy Daily Times, when John M. Francis, later minister to Greece, waa the editor. , Afterward the "devil" en tered the , iron business, made good, prospered for-years, and finally retired with income enough to allow him to travel or do whatever he nleases. Three aona of Mr. SleiMier are in the Iron business, at Bridgeport. After he retired he bought a Plant for the boys, and ever alnoe then tney Have been run ning the affairs entirely alone.- The party leayea for Salt Lake to- London. March 23. There has Just been opened in London a toilet club for dogs. Here pets of the smart set can nave ineir nair aressea ana coats trimmed for 78 cents. If their teeth are imperfect they can be filled or extract ed, or if their claws protrude too far they can be daintily manicured. Thus groomed, their coats are put on, their goggles are attached and these exquis ite creatures are taken for their after noon automobile ride. EMPTIED GROCERY STORE CASH TILL Burglars broke Into the grocery store of Jra Russ, at 384 Morrison street, Saturday night and emptied thte cash register of its contents, a sum amount ing In all to about $10. .As tho bur glar failed to leave his card the police are unable at this time to fix his Identity. iihi -a ma in i Ski mi n na. sa-Maaaai Motion for New Trial. Motion for a new trial for Joe An derson, convicted of the murder of Harry Logan, the locomotive engineer, is to bo filed in tho circuit court this afternoon. This is the last day in which the counsel for the defendant may make the motion. Out for Legislature. J. P. Kassidy filed a netitloh with h county clerk thia afternoon making the announcement of his candidacy for the TRAINS CAUSE OF TUBRIBEL ENGLISH 1 . e There waa a lot of blue air 4) e around the . passenger station 4 this mornings-people waiting for trains were swearing. 4 Northern Pacific, No. 1, due e at 7 o'clock, arrived on time. 4 e Southern Pacific, No. 18. due 4 at 7:66, arrived one hour late. Southern Pacific, No. 18, due 4) e at 11:80, arrived at 11:45. 4 e O. R. A N.. No. 3, due it I 4 e o'clock, arrived on time. 4 e 0. R. ft N., No. 6, due at :46. 4 4 arrived at 11:10. 4 4 Aatofia Columbia River. No. 4 4 11, duo at 1IU6, arrived on tlrae 4 4 L.-'P-'V:-' yrm-t - v (United Press teased Wire.) Vlfalia. Cal., ' March 2S. Whirling over good roada at a high rate of speed the Thomas car, the American entry in the New York to Paris race. Is loday speeding toward San Franclaco far in the lead of Its closest rival. At 11:15 the party passed through Tulare and 20 minutes later it had reached and left Ooshen Junction. Captain Hansen is in charge of the car and Harold Brinkar Is the driver.- At the eleventh hour Captain Hansen' decided not to visit Los Angelas. (United Press tested Wire.) Fresno, Cal.,' March 23. A telophone meS8age from Fowler 10 miles from this city states that the Thomas car is having trouble with one of its wheels and will have to undergo repairs on arrival hore. THREE THOUSAND ASK REPEAL OF ORDINANCE Attorneys fc Councilman Dan Kclla her, who Is fighting the vehicle tax ordinance, passod recently by the coun-cll.-flled a petition this afternoon con taining 3,254 signatures, asking for n reoaal cf the ordinance. City Attorney Kavanaugn, aiong witn tut pennon, nas filed an opinion to the effect that the petition docs not suspend the operation of tho ordinance. Provisions of the latter will remain In force until tne Decnle themselves either accept or re ject the law When It is put on the bal lots as a reierenaum measure ai June election. MRS. METCALF GOES TO BEDSIDE OF SON JAPS WANT ENTERTAIN TO TARS Rushing through the lobby of the. hotel today on his way to board a train for Washington, Thompson de- , clared that he was not Prince De Sagan. -"I wish I were," he added as he en tered a cab. His strong French accent" tended to corroborate the story of the hotel management that he waa the prince. Mme. Gould today denied the atory that she dined with De Sagan last night, stating that ahe did not leave the home of her sister, Helen Gould, dur ing the night She also Insisted that she will not wed the prince or any other man. Y. W. C. A. LENDS AID ? TO MANY THOUSANDS Offers to Help Pay Expenses of Welcome to San Francisco. (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, March 23. The fleet entertainment committee has under con sideration today an offer made by the Japanese of San Francisco, through Consul Chozo Koike, to contribute least 13.000 to the fund and a request that they be. allowed to participate In the festivities. The Japanese declare this would be a most effective way for them to demonstrate the cordiality that exists netween japan ana tne United states and would give them an oppor tunlty to show their public spirit. "My people in San Francisco," said Consul Koike today, "are anxious to give some evidence of their love for this city and its people, and I think to allow thorn to participate In the celebra tion of the arrival of the fleet would be giving them a good chance to manifest this reeling. BURGLAR LIFTS TWO BANK BOOKS (United Press "Lsased Wire.) Washington. March 23 wre. Metcalf. .IA o&nrota rv nf the Tl&VV. IS speeding toward San Francisco to reach the hedside of her son. Victor N. Met calf, who will shortly undergo an op araHnn tn a Kan Francisco hospital. She left Washington yesterday after noon. Commits Suicide. (United Preu Leased Wire.) Fresno, Cal., March 23. In a nt or melancholy, caused by the absence of his wife and four children who left him over a year ago, and desperate be cause of a cancer, A. Morrow, 50 year? of age. ahot himaelf In the head with a 38-caliber revolver early this morning, killing himself Instantly. For the scene Of tragedy Morrow picked out the porch of tne nouse in wnicn nis wu w nv hng and the latter rushed out of the house at the sound of the shot and found him dead., Attorneys In Disfavor. The grievance committee of the Ore- Ron Bar association has recommended lat disbarment proceedings be brought against four Portland attorneys, M. J. McMahon, Hr C. King. A. J. Finch and 4. a, illicmnsa, . -t.-.- 7- v- J. P. Lindley, proprietor of the As toria lodging-house, reported to the po lice this morning that a burglar entered one of the rooms In his house Saturday night and robbed it of papers of value. Among the papers taken were two cer tificates of deposit on the First National bank of iaton, Colorado, aggregating something over $1,600: a bank book showing a deposit of $360, and a check for $40. The burglar also appropriated a rifle which he found in the room. In vestigation of the case has been turned over to the detective bureau. A most enthusiastic gathering of the friends of the Young Women's Chris tian association was held at the White Temple Sunday. The leading minlatera . of the city expressed their hearty eo operation with and appreciation of the organization. In the statement of the year'a work It . -was shown that the paid up membership aggregated 1,200 members. During the year 745 transients were accommodated at the headquarters of the association. There were 3,000 peraonal conference with girls needing advice and 848 girl a given apeclal aid. At the passenger sta tion 4,327 persons were assisted, the to tal being served by the Travelera Aid A Employment department . numbered 6,630. "',.. SAYS BUTLER WAS , LOBBYING FOR BOATS (United Press Laed Wire.)' " " " 1 -Washington. D. C, March 21. Rep resentative Lllley today presented a so rles of letters at the congressional hearing of charges against the Elec tric Boat company, which he- aald passed between Attorney Creecy. rep resenting the Holland Boat company, and the law firm of Shelly, Butler A Martin. Lllley aald that in his opinion one letter was evidence that Butler was employed in lobbying for the boat company and that thia waa not legal work because he waa associated with Attorney Creecy under a contingent fee Instead of a salary. , Metzger. optician. 343 Washington, ' MR. VOTER, WHY DO " YOU STILL HANG BACK? NARROW ESCAPE FROM WRECK ON 0. If. & N. (Special Dlspttcb to Tha Journal.) Pendleton. Or., March 23. O. R. & N. train No. 5 met with an accident a mile east of here at 2 o'clock thla morning. The brake beam of the en gine aroppea ana tore a guard rail loose, breaking coach frames and dis abling the mail and baggage cara so mey naa 10 De lert nere. The mall and baggage were transferred, to other cars and the train proceeded to Port land but little delayed. No cars were derailed and the passengers were not disturbed. A serious accident waa averted by quickly stopping the trax. LUCKEY FAMILY IS Vv MINUS ITS HEAD Although on the face of things she made a lucky catch, Mrs. Lulu Luckey had-an unlucky eperlence after, ahe mar ried Jeaae Ray Luckey, This event took place on November 6, 1905, but In six weeka Luckey left the luckless wife and departed, for some place unknown. Mra. Luckey now figures that the luck iest thing that can happen for her la a divorce. - Metuar. lawaler. . ehttrfan i w..h. What's the matter with regit- tratlon? .. ,,,-' Thia ia an unanswered query - 4) around the courthouse these daya. Despite efforts to tiring 4 out the voters by candidates, despite pleadings and scoldings. 4 the voters arej s hanging back. They have no excuse, but they simply don't register, y , Every evening until and in-. eluding April T, when' the bocks will close, the office of ' the 0 county clerk will be open until 9 o'clock. Ten thousand more should Teglster,-, an -unless - there is large increase in the next few' days there will be an e unpleasant rueh at the close. 4 Figures .prepared this mom- ing show that the east side pre- 4 clncts are now over 8,000 ahead of the west, side. The east side haa 11,797, the. weat side 9,703, and the country 3,426. Of the 22,925 total, the Republicans e 4 have 17,972, the Democrate 1,82$ and all there 1.12S. 4. 'Weat. side wards v ahow the following flgurea: Ward 1. ?; ward 2. 1.8S1; ward t. l.Hl; iward 4. . 3.022; ' ward 5, t.239; ward , 941: total, 9,702. Thla Is tha way the east tilt lines up: Ward T, 2,25; war! 8.897; ward 9. 2.1127; ,wr 10, 8.8. ; total, 11,797. e 0 O ' - . '' ' "