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LATTER MAKES READY:
I0R MTEBATTAC
Expects to Refute Charges Wheelvvrigh
Will Make Introductory Speech a
: Ahnory Landfrauds' Prosecutor Says
. He Has Now Arranged His Affidavits
Francl , J. " Ileney - will pay
additional . respects 'to Senator
Charlea W. Fulton at the Centenary
Methodist church, East KlntB and
, Pine streets, tonight la an address
on the subject of "A Crisis In Ore
gon's Moral Life, or Why It Should
not 1 Reelect Charlea W. Fulton to the
United States Senate." In his ad
dress the' speaker will make still
more pointed his allusions to the rec
ord tf Oregon's senior senator and
will back up his . statements with
'fresh documentary evidence dealing
.with the senator's political life and
. methods.
and telephone messages on Saturday
Mr. Heney had no time to eeggregate
, the mass of Democrats dealing with
rioaamn nntftlnat htntorr. which' he
has in his - possesion and' for ; that
reason his address at the Exposition
rink dealt with matters which he had
treated In his two previous antl-Ful
ton meetings some time ago.
Tonight, however, the prosecutor
will have all of his material arranged
In srBtematlc , order1 and ready to
use. It Is believed therefore . that
the address tonight, will be a sensa
tlonal 1 one, in which entirely new
L channels will be dug in the political
Mr. Hency will mak the addreaa to-
nlf ht upon the inviUtlon of JRar. Clarf
' ence True Wilson, who has placefl his
'church at the disposal 'of . tM graft
Troaoutor. ' The auditorium will seat
1.000 pwopU and tb addrtas wilt Degin
1 at I o'clock. The doors will be opa at
TsIO. Thla wUl be Mr. Heney laat ad
dreaa, as ha leavas at 11:S0 o'clock for
San Franclaco to rcmima charge of the
graft proBecutlona: ' '' '
Mr. Heney'a addr tonight will head
The Hat of a very buay four aaya" season
of Bolitlcal oratory which will only
close with the night before the prima-
Mr. eney wiu nun
rl of ADrll 17. ; Mr. Heney
tnnirht. senator Fulton will eom bact
at him at tbe Armfry tomorrow nljtht.
reoeat the dose at Orexon City
Wednesday night and will Are his last
shot on Thursday nlrht in Savoy hall.
East Burnslde and Grand 'avenue. In
the words of the showman, there will
be something doing every minute and
every minute will be-full of thrills.
Mr. Heney and Senator Fulton are not
to have the whole field to themselves,
however, but the other candidates are
planning to make as much noise as poa-
slbie. .In chronological order the four
days' fleets, of eloquence will be about
as rouows; , -
Tonight the Heney meeting at Cen
tenary cnurcn.
- Tuesday nlcht Senator Fulton will
hold his first Portland meeting of the
campats-n at the Armory. William u.
Wheelwright will have Charge of this
meeting: and will introduce the speaker.
Senator . Fulton will deliver the,, only
address, apart from the Introductory
speech or Mr. Wheelwright. -.
v. 7ultoa at X Grande.
v Senator Fulton la In La Grande today
and will spealc there tonight. He will
tales the night train for Portland, arrlv
ine here tomorrow morning.
- In his address It is expected that the
senator will make direct and full reply
to tue attacks which have Been made
heretofore or will be made tonight by
Mr. Heney. ,; The following of Senator
Fulton and his managers are, taking
great interest in his meeting and It is
expected that the Armory will be
crowded to the doors when be make his
appearance on the platform.
Tuesday nlKht also the Union Renub
llcan club has a meeting scheduled for
Morri.. s halL At that meeting all., of
th candidates for' local office m-lll be
expected to be present and make their
arguments to show - why they should
receive , tbe nomination they covet
This meetlnr was Planned. However.
while It was understood that the Fulton
meeting would be on Thursday nlrht.
and It Is probable , that It will be
changed' or abandoned.
dresham also has a rally scheduled
for - Tuesday night at which several of
uie candidates for county and district
oince win De present and apeak.
Wednesday night ' will be congress
man's night st the Empire theatre. On
that night George 8. Shepherd, candi
date for congressman, will be the prln
clple speaker. He will have his ill us
tratlons of the Columbia. river and the
bar along am will tell what la needed
at the hands of congress to Improve
the ..water navigation of the river. - At
the same time invitations have been
sent out to the candidates for rtlntrlnt
attorney and circuit Judge to be present
and make addresses. Music has been
provided to liven up the program bo-
iweenvapeecnes. .
trie union ttepuuncan ciuo naa
planned a smoker for Wednesday night
me eeuing-jtiirscn ouiiaing ai wmcn
a expected to make formal announce
ment of the Indorsements made by the
It la expectei
club. Senator Fulton will speak at Ore
gon City on Wednesday night. ;
Thursday night the struggle wilt end
with the east side meeting of Senator
Fulton at Savoy hall, East Burnslde and
Grand avenue. Full arrangements for
this- meeting have not been made other
than to select the-hull. The meeting Is
in the bands or east sine , irienos or
Senator Fulton who will- select the
chairman of the evening and' have full
direction of the meeting. - Senator Ful
ton Will oe me oniy. speaker.
PROMINENT WOMEN WHO PLAYED PART . e ?
IN NAMING OF ENGLAND'S CABINET
APP0IUS
IDE PUBLIC
5 (CalUd Priu LMfed'Wlre.)
London, April It. Official announce
ment was made last night of tbe sew
cabinet appointments ana they are Iden
tical with the forecast made by the
Dally Chronicle In dispatches, as fol
lows: ' . '
Herbert Asqulth, premier and. first
lord of the treasury. - '
David Lloyd George, chancellor of the
exchequer. "-';.'
Lord Tweedmouth, president Of the
council. ''
Earl of Crewe, aecretary of state for
the colonies. ," - x "
Reginald McKenna, first lord of the
admiralty. , . .. 1
Winston Spencer Churchill, president
of the board or traae.
Walter Buncl
Kab . a. awl una frlnit
John Morley, secretary of state for
India, and Sir Henry Fowler, chancellor
of the Duchy of Aancaster. have been
made peers, but retain their present, of
fices.
HEARD REQUEST
Alleges Has Had tfoOf ficial
; Information' Regarding
' Sending Ships.
' f ' ' -1 -t v " r f . 1 1 i
' (Special Olapetch to Tbe Jonrnal.)
' Washington, ,; April X 3. "--Secretary
of the Navy Metcalt and the secre
tary and chief of the bureau of navi
gation said today that absolutely &o
mitted to the naV department that
Portland wants warshlpB sent there.
The secretary said that telegrams of
ficially signed asking Senator Bourne
to file the request would suffice.
fOUB CDii'IIS
H ESCAPE
trusties," Working on Fee
" ble blinded Institute at
Salem, Run Away. , "
. (TDited Press Leased Wire.) '
Salem, Or.j, April ,18. Four convicts
escaped last .night from the gang work
ing on the feeble minded Institute sear
this city: They are Casper Clinton and
Bozo DoDovtch sentenced' for larceny
from Umatilla county,; and Phillip La-
rriont and - Ed Boyd ' sentenced . for lar
ceny from Union county, They are all
one-year men, and $50 Toward Is offered
tor eacn. l,ne warden or tne peniten
tiary Dut bloodhounds on their trail, but
only traced them to the railroad where
they must have boarded a train In tho
night, i
OREGON FREED OF
MAGHINE SHACKLES
BY STATEMENT NO. 1
IMF - V - ' am
man. president or mei i i 't . : r i it I
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Statement No.'1 1 Will Be At
tacked by Politicians .Who
Are Lining ' Up Their
Forces . to Prevent Tic
tory.
Effort to Force German Vot
ers, Into line Not . Very
Cheerfully Received
"The . Interests Oppose
the Masses.' I '
: V ' Two women who were powers in framing English politics. The upp
per picture Is ofIrs. H. II. Asqulth and daughter. Her husband suc
ceeded Campbell-Bannerman "as premier. The lower picture is that of
Mr. George Cornwallis-West,- formerly Miss Jerome of New York, who
was the political adviser of x-Pemler Balfour. ,
TO
LEAVE PATERSOH
Newspaper Office Disman
tled and Preparations
4 Kade to Move. ;
(United Press icaxd Wire ) '
Paterson, N. j J., April 13, That the
anarchist grouo has decided to abandon
this cltv as a center of activity was in
dicated -today when the office of La
Questlone Soclale, . the -anarchist publl
cation recently barred from the mails by
the federal government, was dismantled.
(8pc!I Elroatch to Tbe Journal.) .
- Salem, Or., April 18. What Mr.
Heney said of Statement No. 1 In his
speech here yesterday was not fully re
ported by tho morning newspapers.' His
words were:;l. .4,V'"':? I:;t i
. "Too don't appreciate what jrou have
in the direct primary law and Statement
No. 1. That law has broken the shackles
from vpu and If-you don't get (rood men
, In office you have nobody to blame but
yourselves.
"Your nrlmary law la the best statute
of its kind in the United States. Tou
have to thank for that Mr. U'Ken of
Oregon City. Statement No. 1 is the
vital part of the law and you should
compel your' legislators to. take that
pledget. ' i -.-..y v-..-.. I:
"Mr. Fulton says he la in favor of
the election of United Statea senators
by direct vote of the peopl. It Is a
very safe proposition to be In favor
of. Mr. Fulton is not In favor of, the
principle of the direct election of United
States senators or he would urge can
didates for the legislature to take the
pledge of Statement No. L" -
The stuff was carted away In vans, but
it la Impossible to learn lta destination.
DEMOCRATS OF LANE .
v FORM BRYAN CLUB
. ,'.' ' '' ' f'.:' .'"'. ""awssasjeassBsa.; : , A' ir-.i-s"-
(Rpeclal Dispatch to Tbe JonrnaL) r'
' Eugene, Or April 13. The Lane
County Bryan club -'waa - formed here
Saturday with over SO members. . The
officers . are: - President, ,1 K. Ed
munson! first vice-president, H. A. Cox;
second vlco-president, v R. M. Veatch;
thirds vice-president. C. P. Houston;
fourth viqe-president, Charles W. Evans;
secretary. It.- M. Travis; corresponding
secretary, M. S. Wallla; treasurer, J. V.
MaUock, '
S40.G0LI FlfiE
V AT T0PPEH1SH
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Machine politicians and' heelers
back of . the slate of the Hodaon
Beach-Balle, ' Reed combination are
bending strenuous efforts to get out
the Vote, tor primary day in order td
put every available ounce of effort
back of the ticket
Alarmed at the unexpected uprising la
raror or Statement So. J which, exys-
taUUed In the petition of a large aou
her of prominent business aa4 profes
sional uea, bronght Out the full ticket
pledg-ed to Statement Ho. 1, too workers
in the Kodson camp are worklnff like
bearers to line up" their forces for the
anal standi Trlday aezt. ."-V;S'
By the - manipulation of Hodaon,
Ferdinand E. - Reed. Oscar Huber and
some others of the combination prac
tically the entire Hod son machine legis
lative slate has been Indorsed by a few
TRIBUTE TO LATE
john r; vandercook s?eHrthVcn?a Grnui" prk,n?
I a meeting or
SPRINKLERS OUT
IF SUN SHIMS
Wet Wagon Boss Keeps Eye
on. Weather, and Expects
Rain.
!
New Tork, .' April If. All
Leased Wire Operators Out of
respect to the memory of Presi
dent John Vandercook every
United Press' wire will be silent
from noon until 1JJ5 today. ' -UNITED
PRESS ' ASSOCIA-'
, tions. , iv:'..;
.. Instantly upbn . reeetpt of this
bulletin ' at ' n:59 a.1 m. today
every circuit operated by the'
United Press opened . and re
mained silent for 15 minutes.
When Mr. Vandercook' s death
4 was announced the telegraphers
and , i editors suggested a uni
versal testimonial of some kind.
Silence was decided to be the
most -fitting tribute,.' one which
has been accorded to few men. '
A meeting of the election committee
of the societies was held last nlirht St
the home of Otto Kleemaiu. There was
a handful of members present and these
inaorseg tne entire -senate; ticket and
most of the representative list of the
Hod son slate,. The results of the meet
ing were not for ' publication and no
word of what was done was clven out
by those present - ,-,.,'
It was atated that the action of the
committee was to be kept secret until
Thursday, when a letter Is to be sent
to every memDer or tne societies, giving
tne list or tne candidates indorsed and
asking that members cast their, vote as
marked on the sup of indorsement.
Waal Oermaa; Vote.':
It was eiitected by this eecret ma
nlpulafton to be able to nut the ma
chine candidates before the members of
the German societies at the last min
ute, backed by the apparent indorsement
of tho committee and thus swina the
Oerman vote of the city Into line behind
me iiooson aiate. - ,
It remains to be seen whether the
German voters will stand for being
whipped into line.- '
Statement P.O. l candidates and work
ers -ar confident that the entire State
ment No. r, ticket can be elected In
IWfi .
i :
Three Killed and 300 Hurt
; in Fire-Which Dcrastated
Pretty Suburb of ' Boston
Last Nights-Damage Esti
: mated at $10,000,000. . '
Martial Law Declared to
. Treycnt: Robbers From 1
'. Looting Charred, Remains
ui . jjuue uiiy ALimj rer-
sons Missing;
(Continued on Tat;e Two.)1
Great fire losses1 since i$71:
171 Chicago; 18,000 i e
4 :: ' bulldlnga 11(5,000,000
1S7I Boston, . 743 "
, buHdlnK9 ...... j.., 70,000,000
176 St. Hyacinth,
' Canada, 600 build e
e .lngaf .', ... " 15,000,003 4
1889 Seattle, 22
blocks , 6,826.000 e
e' ltn st. Johns, w
Newfoundland .... 18,000,000 e
1904 Baltimore. 2,- -
';.: (00 buildings Jo.OoO.OOO 4
i H06 Toronto . busl- -
ness district.;.;.. '12.000,000
e 108 San Francisco, :..
W a,vuv uuuuings.. . 4uv,vvu,uuu e '
, ', . (tinltel PrtM Leaod Wlra.1 '
Boston, Mass.. , ' April 13. Chelsea,
which was early yesterday- morning a
pretty, thriving suburb of Boston, la to
day the scene of great masses of ruins.
with 10,000 homeless persons, at least s
three persons doad, ' 300 Injured and
property valued at $10,000,000 destroyed
as' a result' of ' the great conflagration
that swept over nearly every part of
the city. '.' :. , - . ; '
Dawn broke this morning on scenes
that were nathetla In th xtr.m. Men.
women and children, not knowing which
way to turn nor what to do, are ruah
Ina through streets not made impassa
ble by the ruins. Some are loaded down
with wiat wearing apparel they had
been able to save, others are weeping
and moaning over the loss of their property.-
while there are many who seem .
to bo on the verse of 'Insanity.-. A rec
ord baa been made of the ease of one
man. who took hla life because all of
nis property, waa consumed py tne
flames. :.: - - -,,--,r
. Martial &aw Declared.
What remains of, the city la today
under martial law, which has already
prevented many attempts at looting.
The exact' figures representing the to-
continued on Page Two.)
HUGHES TO CALL OUT
MILITIA TO PUT END
'S TO TRACK GAMBLING
Second Blaze in Two Months
Destroys Business Houses
Recency Rebuilt.', . 7 ,
' b " (United Press Leased Wtre.)
1 Toppenlsh, "Vv"ash.'.A April 18. Fire
yesterday raged through the business
section ; of town and dwelling bouses
and. -many business houses were con
sumed. . The total loss will "be $40,000.
This Is the second blase to occur Here
in the last two months. - Four : of: tho
establishments nreviouslv ; burned out
had lust been rebuilt and stocks" re
plenished. - . -
INSPECTION OF- :
BALLOTS BEGUN.
, . ' (TJolted Press teaied ,Wlre.)
-New: Tork, April 13. The selection of
a Jury to open, the hallot-boxes and re
count the ballot cast at the mayoralty
lection in 1905 was begun today, before
Jriuprfme JustlceiLambert. It is -expect--ed
that the Jnry will be completed by
Wednesday, when the boxes will be
opened and each ballot inspected
(United, Prees. teaied Wire.) ,
New York, I. April ' IS. Governor
Hushes, according to information . .
To aprinkla or, not to sprinkle la theL.Ved from Albany, is preiirlna for a
question that confronts Alex Donaldson, "coup at the opening Of the racing aea-
auperlntendent of the street cleaning de- on In this atate; which takes place at
partment, these bright summer daya Aqueduct , on Wednesday. Angered at
whim th Iiiat. fllAM hi ph. -TTnnAMufa nf the refusal of ' thn . lnrlflTatni-o in VIII
..i.vuj iirfacetrack gambling, the governor la re-
... " -t ported .to be bent on repressive meaa-
,uu,vuu : viijjiiM.im i i um uirrnest Kina.
started the work. Theae people do not 1 n?sa T,".0 claim to know .his mind
real!, that, to onange the department tne' exercTse'ortTe ulnWo-tSS
umuiei executive OI IS
over ' from a v street cleaning , depart
ment to a sprinkling department means
a large waste of -time, which In turn
means a lot of money spent for trans
posing the services. -
That is why Superintendent Donald
son has been waiting a few daya to see
whether the weather would change or
not. ivasi year tne cnange in services
took place April 24, the earliest date
In the city's history. As a usual thing
the time for" making the change Is
somewhere between Hay 1 and May 15.
Because of this fact Donaldson' la won
dering whether the Bummers are grow
ing longer and the winters -shorter.
To satisfy the clamoring of many, the
city put on six of tho 34 sprinklers this
morning in the downtown district, but
Superintendent ' Donaldson said this
morning that he would be willing to
bet - that It would rain before ntght.
If the fair -weather continues and 'the
dust continues to fly all of the sprink
lers Will be nut Into commission this
Week.-; i... -s A , , :
, Spokane Votes School Bonds.
(8pedal Mtinatek to Tb JuDrnti.
Spokane, W'ash April 13. Tho prop.'
osltlon to issue 1250,000 new bonds for
the Improvement of the ;. city schools
was adopted by the voters at Saturday's
special, election, - .- -
the common
wealth to accomplish hla purpose. Thta
wuld Involve as h last resort. It is
Folnted out, the calllntr out of the mil
tia, a step which Governor Folk of Mis
souri threatened to take before he succeeded-
In stopping gambling at the race
tracks In that state.
- Governor Hutches is eald to tcontend
that the Percv-Grav law Is onenlv vio-
RMed on the racetracks by the manner
n which ' the . bookmakers reKi"tr tne
bets, and that by compelling etrict and
absolute compliance with ..the law (ram
bling at the ' tracks can and shall be.
ended by the authorities ovpr hnn th
chief executive holds powtr to com
Vote for No Legislative Candidate Who Faik
; - . to Sign This Pledge :
" Do yoii believe that the people of Oregon are intelligent
enough to. elect a United States senator? Do yott whh to
. have a yote yourself in the election, of the senator? If so. U
' not vote for any legislative candidate tvho has not subscribed
,to Statement No. 1. , .
This is thc-pledge which ensures to the people the ri'.i
to elect the senator: ' , ; ' " 1
"I further state to the people of Oregon, as well a to t1. ;
?eople of my legislative district, that during my term of of.'.cc
will always vote for that candidate for United States r va' r
in congress who has received the highest number of the j -pie's
votes for that position at the general election no;t
ceding'the election of a senator in congress, without rcjir I ,
my individual preference." .