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c r Tfcg.Jonrad-Dss'.ji LnrgeK Proved, SivGra-to, PMd-for Circohlloa la Portland mi 7HhIn Sixty Hlilcs of PorllanJ All Directions and Thronnort!:3 SLfc ol Crcnoa Th'sri ::Ahy" "Ciher Daily Paper Ko Exceptions.- ! Clrcniatlony Records; and: Records ot Cash' Receipts Opcii-to 1 the Inspection of AH Ad vcr II: ' j 1 , if- 4 r Do You Want lloro Business ? - r " " An Advertlnennent lh Tomorrow '; Morning's Journal WW Io It. Tb WeatherFalr tonight; 8tin ; day probably showers.' . VOL. VII. NO: 21 . - .-. j JOURNAL .CIRCULATION 29,325 : ) ...PORTLAND,; OREGON, SATURDAY , EVENING, APRIL ; 4, 1808. TWO SECTIONS TWENTY : PAGES. " i PRICE TWO CENTS " c" timim wd mrwe , fiviva iy ; wftHii., msna. riva cunts FORCED TO ' - Eccalcitrant " Coundllmen Take 'the Oath Before I City's Chief Executive Af - ter Eef using: to, Recognize . Power to Subpoena. " Questioning on , Pacific States Telephone - Com ,pany, and Portland, Hy : draulic Elevator Company Is Conducted', by Vaughn; 6 'mmmymDEHCE Title, Guarantee and Trust Cases Go to Marion :fbr; Trial Affidavits Filed by Leading Citizens Allege Prejudice in Multnomah Victory for Defense Si T. Thorburn Ross, T. T. (Burkhart and John E. Aitchison have ypn their fieht to escape trial in Multnomah county on the charee ot misusing the funds of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. - tfy tne decision ot the judges of the-circuit court this after noon,: announced bv. Presiding ludtre Clcland. the cases of the accused bank officials will be sent to Marion county for trial before Judge Burnett of Judge Galloway at Salem, probably Judge Bur nett, as he is the senior judge and usually hears matters of this kind. . The decision was not a great surprise, following: the stroner snowing made by the defense when the application for change of venue, was made before, the four judges of the local bench. It was based on the 58 affidavits made by prominent citizens that a; fair 'trial cannot be had in this county and the copious extraqts read lrom the files of Portland newspapers. k. Although George H. Hill is joined with Ross J Burkhart and AitchisonMn the indictments, he has not fought the-proceedings at any stage, and 'it Is believed that he will Teceivi. an immunity bath, the cases against him to be dismis$e"d Vhett' he testifies' for the state. This has not. been officially announced, but is amolv " There are iouij cases on which" the accused men must stand trial. V Three of these .relate to the alleged misuse of the state school funds. ' The " Other '.charges that the defendants received deposits after they knew the bank to be insolvent. All the pre liminaries have now been disposed of, and all that remains is. to a Aew BubM. i.iued' win have the cases set for trial by the Marion county, court. tw a . notic. or win you Thc expense cf transferring the cases will not be large, as :ThoB.mmber of th. majority party ef the city council who war ubpoanaod to testify Wora idayor Lane'a fran chise comml ttaa thla morning , cam to tlla meeUhf with, their minda made . up . not to be sworn by Mayor lAne then tbey changed their mind.-. r . h. 'T? For a few mlnutea It looked If ' Mayor Lan 'land ' the committee . would Itave to Issue new subpoenas to satisfy the state of mind f , Counollmaa An liand, whe at flrat ' refused to teatlfy en tbe ground that the mayor had only the authority -to compel councilman, to testify under, oath when city 'Officials were oeinc mvesufacea. Annana saia that his subpoena did not read to that effect "Very well," said Mayor Lane, "we wm nave you take "No. i win not wait, and i wm not jn three of the cases, at least, there will be few witnesses. The come back'; replied Mr. Annand. ' "I I . . i u:- - ... am willln to tell all I know and tell U I uci.iaiuii iuuijr ,iuca wc iiiaiojm uiu cuuniy oi some Ot the KtomyVSwirf fighting that has ever taken place in the preliminary This aroused the Ire of the mayor, I Stages of any case. wno replied: . , .. "Tou will be sworn now, nr you will be in an hour; if there la any authority I have that-will get you here to do so. Wallace Is Delayed. At this moment - Councilman Wallace, who had not been subpoenaed, arose, to leave the committee room. 'Hold on there, Mr. Wallace; I want you, too." "what do you want to swear me fort" to find out what you know.- replied Evans Need Not Fear Courtmartial for Famous "Stoke- noVanTthin9.! ts fS wlSU hole" Saying-Eegulations Place No Eestraint on ne sworn ana iei you tnat." This broke, the fee and all the coun-cllmen- present, .including; Baker, . Con cnnnoit, Driscoll, Arinand. Dunning; and Wallace, agreed to be sworn, although Annand contended that he refused - to recognize the right of the committee or juayor iane 10 coerce nim inio lesiuy Mrs. II. C. Shaffer Frustrates Attempt to Burn United Brethren Church During Her Ilusband's Absence- Woman Saves Building. Window Broken to Gain En trance Fire Started in Ante-Eoom Mrs. Shaffer Has Flames Extinguished When Department Arrives II corns Officers' Speech. (United Pnn Leased Wire.) Wmahinartrin " Inrll. J -VintrflrT to lng before the committee which he saldvint. i - mnminr nanp hn Admiral he did not believe to be legally con-1 ?int ln. , morn PPf aere, Aamiraj JUTfMl 11 - all ,itu uaul VI VV1 I'lllM LMI atituted for that surnose. Then foUowed the questioning of the for his statement given exclusively to m'mjJv?":L'Shf.w .MlJSiSS ? the, United Press yesterday that If tho the Pacific States . Telephone company politicians In congress did not see fit and the Portland Hydraulic Elevator to grant him-a vice-admiral's commla company. Annand was the first wit- ,ion they couid take the commission neas called and stated that he had not . . ... read the franchise. In answer . to a f,VSuryi,Jt,'S.tS ?hkh."Le, ' h?U; question relative to the duty of the vom. fcf0."86,. t'lt.iovf2tb Vt01 was t0 pany to install adequate seTvice lor I . . the 'city fire aUrm and police Proll itll Viifi? ,rl 22 vtema tmon. BO davs' written hotice "f Admiral Evans said today that tho by the council, as provided by the terms 1 of the franchise, to the effect that the! council had neglected Its duty In failing to serve such notice upon the company, Annand stated tnat ne did not tninx Passes It to the Mayor. Annand contended that It was the! duty of the mayor and the executive branch of the government to enforce I the laws Dassed by the council and that body as a legislative , body could not,! be . expected to enrorce tnem. xmsi same position was . taken by the rest of .the councilmen, although .Vaughn, at member of the committee, emphasized the fact that the franchise provides fori the enforcement oi tne terms or me franchise of the teleDhono comnany i urinn a. written notice bv the council. This was the point on which all fhel questioning and the testimony hinged. I The committee, although composed of councilmen, contended that it was tho duty of the council to enforce tlftl terms of the franchise, although the J councilmen testifying before the com- i mil tee : contended that It was . the duty of the mayor to call' tho .at tention or the council : to. me if fraction of the franchise and' then' the council - would act. . Vaughn asked Anniuid what there was ln the franchise that wouW give him foundation for suchTL Bn- opinion wnen one section or tne franchise explicitly stated that the no tice muet. be served ' by the council in writing. i . ; Annand replied, tnat tne city cnnrteri regulations place no restrictions upon an officers conversation so long as it Is not ln the form of a criticism of a superior officer, or on a subject that might involve the nation. He declared that Admiral Evans had a perfect right tj express his opinion of congress and that he was not surprlsod that he had done so as It was well known among naval officials that the old commander had not lifted a finger to obtain the coveted commission. - It Is the general Impression here that congress ' will refuse to confer the title un avails, now mat u is Known that he wm not accompany tne rieet around the world. Stories have COAL MINES' TERRIBLE TOEL In 17 years nearly J9.000 men perished beneath the surface of the earth. . BLOW AT ENGLISH PRIDE Alfred O. Vanderbllt will revive coach lng glories, colleot fares from Britons and smash records. ROOSEVELT, AND THE PEOPLE Frank H. Noroross, Justice of the Supreme court of Nevada, was awarded Jonathan Bourne's 11,000 priro for the best "Second -Elective Term" argument. OREGON'S KNIGHT OF THE LIONS Mike D. Cervantes and Randall White prove that history repeats itself. "AM I MY SISTER'S KEEPER T" Rich women respond "Tea, 'and will 'leave luxury to act as factory Inspectors. - SETTING THIEF TO CATCH THIEF Notorious yeggmen who act as allies of justice in assisting ln the capturing of their kind. - 1 1 FOSTER ON B ASE j3 ALL An Incendiary attempted to burn the church ot the United Brethren at East Sixteenth and Bast Morrison streets last night- The pastor, 'Rev. II. C. Shaffer, 'was away from the Daraonaxe. but hia vita . heard the sound Of ; Breaking glass " and buo ceedei , . In extinguishing the - fire which had 'been' started .with kero gene. The police nave Deen maxing an investigation but hare made no arreBts." Both Rev. Mr. Shaffer and his wife say they can throw no light on the mys tery of the attempt to. destroy the church. Mr. Shaffer was at choir prac tice at East Oak and East Fourteenth streets. Mrs. Shaffer was alone when she heard the sound of breaking glass In the rear of the parsonage., The back porch of the house aad the rear of the church abut. Running out on this norch Mrs. Shaf fer saw flames licking the side of the church and apparently coming from a small window ln the rear. She tele 8 honed for her husband and . the fire opartment and then carried water to the fire herself , until she had timruished When Mr. Shaffer Investigated he found that the small window ln an ante room or the etiuren naa neen Droxen and kerosene poured Inside the sill and along the sash. The damage done was silent. On Wednesday and Thursday nights neighbors of Mr. Shaffer have heard noises in the rear Of the church, wed nesday night the barking of a dog alarmed Albert J. Walters, who lived on the other side of the church. Walters went out the door with a gun and saw a man run around the church. Jump the fence and dlsapnear. 'Ihursday night strange noises were again heard but no one was seen. The Shaffers ln common with other residents of East Portland, have had several unpleasant experiences with vetcmen and hobos In the oast week. One man came while Mr. Shaffer was away from home and. when the pastor's wife refused to give him money left. cursing the house and the family. Mr. Shaffer had a similar experience with anotner liobo earlier in tne weex. The united Brethren church served ss a convention hall for the state nomina ting convention of the Prohibition party last week and the pastor has taken a nromlnent Dart ln prohibition work. Four years ago, while living in Hood! River, he conducted a bitter local' cam palgn against the saloons and at that time his lifo was threatened upon sev eral occasions, since coming to Port land, however, he has conducted no local PROFESSORS OVERJOYED OVER. CARNEGIE'S PLAN n ...t, ..I X H..; ' .'--is ,"k - - " VLl i : j -mWi . . p: Kk ' ' h t . HI-."-? m . .' - 3v0K H i'-7 '; t :l J ' . I ' Jr ' t ' ; -;' :.v .v .l ' ' '. ' ; WKSmm Police at Home Will Xot Guarantee Safety of Amer ican Mnlti-Millionaire and . lie Is Forced to Bemain in Hiding.' ' ;,cv.:i;-i;;::: Shops Are Closed and Blood-4 m. shed Seems lncvitaMiip-. ' f ore Nigrht 3rilit jm9 j; it Will Be DecJared in Evejft of Biots.:ar'!': ' i . .'" ' I (United Press Leased Wire.) ' Rome. April l.-r-Further blood-shed between the police and the workingmen seems Inevitable .today. Shops- are closed and -business is at a standstill. TroODS nave been rimhed Into thn-i-ltv and imilltery rule will prolwbtv ba de clared In event of serious trouble. hears, has been warned by tbe police that they cannot , guaraate him - protection if Yeaturas --lato ,; the street. - Th financier Is steyUg close to his hotel, aad tlie greatest secrecy Is maintain d by .the management as to the loeatloa or his apartment. It la feared that the anarchistic ' element which. Is swaying the' crowds, might choose to kill the maltt-mtllknialre. ,i, ' "' The situation Is made doubly tense today by the parade of the workingmen. called in honor of their fellows who . were shot down Jn Thursday disturb ances. - Three. -, workingmen are dead, four are dvlns? and eleht are seriously hurt. Thirty-one police and soldiers . were seriously Injured, but none fatally. Thousands of men were in line. in- der oressure of popular demand the authorities gave permission - for- the parade, . the Tabor lenders pledging that there would be no disorders. When the line formed, however, the police were - overwhelmed by Its numbers. It is -feared that trouble cannot be avoided.' this evening. . New York, April 4. Announcement that Andrew Carnegie has con tributed enough bonds to Increase the Carnegie foundation fund . for state universities to bring the yearly income from $500,000 to $750,000 has created much satisfaction among professors. The fund was running low: Carnegie also said that be would contribute $15,000,000 more to the fund If necessary. The new funds allow for pensioning of professors. ROADS WILL HOT REDUCE RATES - ANOR 1 - Western Lines to Fight Cut iri pQaconrrai nnrt "KVoi'nrlif ' Ul A. (IOuvUmVI MUV X X V4 t-1 V Tariffs. Acting on Story Published in The Journal Tuesday, Til lamook Sheriff Takes Former Portland Eeal Estate Man Into Custody Be Brought Here for Trial. fight although he the state work. has been active in miRL MUST WED OR LOSE. LIFE Would-Be Groom Fails to Send Name With Proposal to Beautiful Woman. IS INTERESTED With the opening of the season now. jjon t miss this brilliant writer's oerlcan. provides that the mayor shay - examine Into : the franchises uDon assuming off f ice and, inform- the - council as to' his I findings. . Back and. . forth went ' the I arguments between the two men on this point, and when it ended both etlll maln- tainon their rmcirinnn. u : , - , Dunning followed Annand and held to I tne same position, uaaer attempted to rompt jjunnmg on tne stand, and rau rr. n ' objected, which resulted in a I verbal clash between the two,- "which finally, resulted In Baker agreeintr to I discontinue further- prompting, - It Is said that Baker simply . told Dunning I EVFTRT FAN life Is Instilled into every A rorecast or tne coming games. .TWO UVES MUST PAY FOR ONE Terrible experience of Mrs Karl Jahr. with "Shorty," an Indian, who murdered ner husband. WHEN IS HOME NOT 1 HOME T Blanohe Rafalska answers that It is - when families live In "furnished" rqoms. , INTRODUCTION OF CHINESE PHEASANT Oregon's most famous ; game bird, its habits and its place in game protection told ln William T. Shaw's book. ,WHT IS A DONKETT If you don't know those dear, sweet, cute, little Katsenjammer. Kids wfll show. you. Ths comlo supplement this week is a scream., . -. . WOMEN'S DEPARTMENTS Everything under the sun you wife or sweetheart wants to read. i - ... s THESE ARB BUT A FEW OF THE FEATURES IN w i (Continued on Page Two.) un&iyj all . (United Press Leased -Wire.) Paterson, N. J. April 4. "Marry me or . be blown to pieces." This Is the startling demand made uporr Miss Vir ginia Curtis,, a beautiful young woman who ran second in the race for aueen of tne Aiarai uras carnival last year. The proposal and the threat of death ln the event of a refusal, came to the Kirl in a black hand letter which she received today. Miss Curtis states she has not the slightest idea as to the identity of the sender of the missive which has been turned over to the police. ' 'fi,' vv' -' Aberdeen to ImproTe Streets. (Sneeial Dispateh- te .The Jonraitt Aberdeen. Wash.. April 4. The eltv council has adopted resolutions calling ior S2a.uuu worm ; or - aireet improve- i ments. on the Immediate oavment nlan. nearly iii. ot. ineae are mu streets, , Through the publication of a photo graph and description ln last Tuesday's Journal Sheriff Henry Crenshaw of Til lamook county has arrested W.' P. Rl horn, the Portland real estate roan, whose wife told her story of desertion to The Journal. Miss Sanderson, the Colorado school teacher, who supposed she was Rtborn's wife until she learned that he had not secured a divorce from the last Sirs. Rlhorn Is still receiving wedding pres ents from her friends ln the east who havu Just received announcements of what ha nroven to be a mock mar riage to Rihorn last month. I haven't tne heart to go down and fret them," said Mrs. Sanderson-W 11-lams-Rlhorn. "My husband had 300 announcements of our marriage Issued, and they were sent to . my college friends in Michigan, Colorado and other states. They are still sending me pres ents, and each day I receive notifica tions of new nackaees. - But I -can't open them I feel they are'nt mine." District .attorney Manning said this ( Ooittd Press ' leased "Wire. ) , Chicago, April 4Wstrn railroad presidents have decided that self-preservation demands that" they should ' fiaht- vigorously In the - eourts all -e- Auctions in passenger and freight urates. - This decision was reached at a confer- i' ence today at which it was decided to begin suit soon tor , the annulment ot , the two-cent passenger rate law in Illinois ..t.-v'i- xP ' B. I wincheii, president or tne kock mnrnin.. that h wnnu .n .. I Island road, was; chairman ef the eon morning thai be-would send an officer ... ..A.'.,,.!,.,,, authoriMd a, to Tillamook at once to secure Rlhorn f erence and 'as such was authorized to . committee or tnree . wnose - andbrl "him back to SLMmJt.:' VZZLl ?ayB. ne wU1 P.ush the charges against Aac with the attorneys, the proceed- flaA rwMndTlm r,if,. Sas Rlhorn's supposed, wife was formerly .Althii,rh,. thfddentsi who attend- ' lh n?Xi U,h J I'd the conference took no decisive action-; v? RfWfl wr-u5!l.,,Sd! inJn' with reference to rate laws ' tn any ': ver, and they were married In Fima. I ... .n.t nn nn : Washington, hi. sprlag. Rihorn" told XSY-i 'Z&itt iresen t Joi'' nis wire inat his real name was WH I rate basis in oassenger ami -' freignt liams, and he married her-under that name. It developed later that he had been married three times, and It is said has not secured a divorce from his sec ond wife, who Is now lbfnar In Frank. fort, Ohio. Mrs. Rlhorn No. 3 is anx ious to press bigamy charges against Rlhorn, and has written wife No. 2 to secure her aide of the story. . Sew Idaho Ctaal Project. (Special DUpatcn to The Jooraal.V Boise, Ida., April 4,The large canal being constructed ; at Mountain Homo under the direction of J.. H. Garrett Is voui compieiea, ana , it ;wui be ready tt H.I 1,1.. .1.1. .... v v.. . , MHO HSBUU traffic toeether with p I would; bankrupt many of oor .Duslnasai, the roads. f a Have You Register eel? : . . If not," do so at once' Books dose next Tues- day at 5 p. m. County derk's office is open even-' ings'till 9,0'dock. - v - ' J 6EPIIYi!!fi!!' jnurria Kaiser's Government Wants ; America o Apply Big: 'Stickto 'Alexis.'. i (tToltea rnes Ua4 lre. Berlin. ApHl 4. Gumian Irritation at the continued , relss of misrule of Haytl la flndln expn-sMott in l States would eten In and apply the h.r. etick" 1 th lntereat of iru"-.,.- . claim of Perr Rehil.o: !, s u-'mwn s Ject, against . the lUytu" '':"',' " coupled with -the rrw!'' ,nr J'-' p- disturbancea In th s-"" ,' ' ' held jfo make the aUui'"B 11 t - - ,, ,..-,
