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Newspaper Page TextTHE PRICE of THE DAILY JOURNAL IS ON THE STREETS and A T THE OFFICE GET YOUR SHARE ''-.. ' Of tho Spring Suslnoss : Vso '"' ' tho Journal's wanjt columns. 1 Journal ads bring bottr suits )ft T""""1 . . .i . . - 1 11 ' ii." 1 '1 SL.l-i3U' '".-J '"ii 'lll-T ' . The Weather4-FIr tonight and t Wednesday; probably light frost.' " JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS V . PORTLAND. OREGON, 'TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1908. EIGHTEEN PAGES. : ' VOL. VII. NO. 32. PRICE TWO CENTS ' tsaxjts svn rrw mJO CBIJTS W COP'S7 -1 29,450 ' ' ' 11 ' r .- , ; - J- . , ' ....'. t V-1 .'-.' . ; . , . .... .. . . ' - ', " " , ' ' - HIV:,-; ;. ' ,WV': ; , : -rt ' ' f ! 111 ill IrtUylllUiU h a nviirnirif nrninn or ' : : ... a IIMII' III I'll II I III I'llim III I 1 x m mm mm ur .U . ; , n V. : nnhnniil nn niiiair- "" ' . ll I II I I Illl I I I I II I 1111 II I Bl I I m-.-wWr7 - ' " 1 ' II I II IT fill 1 1 It V IWIIII.HIUI-I fi I Hlllilllll I limilllllll 1 , or CHiia FH TO HUll'i Form League to Down Mashers Police Will Make thorough Investigation to Deter mine Whether Conflagra tion Was Besult of Vi- v clous Plot' ' Boston. 'April 14. Fire (lends deliberately aet out to burn Chelsea. Daniel ' Ross and Manuel . Oliver were,; arrested today on5- the charge v. of ' baring started the fires r - which caused widespread destruction Sunday inornlng and made thousands homeless. The, po lice are on the trail of two other' men believed to ba members of a gang of four firebugs 'No doubt remains In the minds of the authorities that the conflagration was of Incendiary ,ongm-s y' ''-,', '- ' Circumstantial evidence is piling up against ae alleged firebugs and Mayor Beck openly asserts that the burning of the city was not an ac cident. He declares he has positive proof that four fires were lighted simultaneously at Chelsea Sunday. Rosa la accused of setting fir to a bundle of newspapers for the purpose of Ifnltlng a lumber, pile and Olivef la charred with having set fire to a. tene ment house while the other fires were raging. Ross' homo was destroyed in Vie conflagration and an Investigation J being made. Anarchists who have made their bead auartera In Boston are suspected of 1 having incited the crime. It Is known to the police that a large number oto "reds" have been making their home there and the deliberately planned de struction of Chelsea savor of an an archist plot. The police are working on this theory ai well as the possibility mat me nreoupa nna mercenary mo-1 tlves. and it Is probable that a number I of arrests will be made before night. ' One of the-most serious problems that h davalnnsA 1nn thA nnnflarratlnn 18 the work- of reuniting" the members or nunareos 01 ramiues wnirn were sep arated during the excitement. ' The Bos ton and Chelsea police departments' sro caring for hundreds of children of all ages. Many youngsters were left be- mnd by rieeing parents or became last during the flight from the burning; homes. The majority of babes 'picked up by the police are under 10 years of GOVERNOR HENDERSON WILL VISIT OTTAWA j ' IValtA Pmu tmmA tPlr - - . Dawson, April 14. Governor Hender son and his wife and child leave to morrow for Vancouver. From there Mr. Henderson will proceed to Ottawa to confer. on tne xukon policy. Edward C senaier, legal aaviser to tne governor. Is to fllll the latter' place during his aosence. V' " . r rt 1 Ban Wv if Promises to Tell All About His Connection With Mitchell and Herniann Will Not Discuss Pros ecutor Until Tonight. Doesn't Think Much of Web ster Affidavit Senator Receives His Friends at Hotel and Is Very Cheer ful.. Republican Politicians o Oregon Tried by Every : Means to Prevent the Pas sage of Direct Primary Measure. Senator Fulton will address the peo pie of Portland at the Armory tonight. at which time he will make reply to the statement whtcn have been made against him by. Francis J. Heney during hi threo recent addresses, two In Fort land and on at Salem. The senator reached the city this morning 'and I staying at his head quarters -at the Imperial. ! refua-sd to discus the Heney attack this morn Inc. narinr that he would dlsauss the question raised at tn meeting tonigni wnen ne wouia speaa at tn Armory. ... JTof TaUtaUva. Senator Fulton 'would not discuss 'the new features Of Mr. Heney'a attack, the aniaavit ox i. A. weDsier, wno saiu that Fulton had offered him financial inducements to kcp him from changing nis vote irom uuon auring tne sena torial battle In liOi. It seems to me that the affidavit is Inconsistent upon the face of It. said the senator. "But I do not want to discuss the matter now. I will take it ud tonlcht. w. IJ. tvneeiwrignt win presiae at tne meeting tonignt and wilt introduce sen ator Fulton. It is expected that the capacity of the armory will be taxed by those who gather to near Senator Ful ton s first address maxus in rortiana in answer to the attacks of Mr. Heney. purlng the (lay the Senator has been busy at the hotel receiving the vIhIU of his followers and friends who called to pay him their respects and assure him that the onslaught of the noted prosecutor have had no effect upon the quality of their allegiance. Jtemala la City. The senator will remain in or near Portland until after the primaries. To morrow night he will go to Oregon City to address the people of Clackamas county, The appearance of George C. What do you think of the Masher, young; ladles of - Portland! Not very much," that is sure." In New York the young women are of . the same opinion and they have, formed an "Anti-masher'r society and their motto Is "We'll cure ogling men, In the picture. are shown' four of the leading meronexs of the new. organ Imrlrtn . Tn tha ' tinner nnnnl la a photo of Mrs. Charlotte, R. Marks; below are Miss Emily Pen ton Hardy to the left MlBS Maude S- Lorimer to the right, and Misa Neanetto Mar- Joseph Huggins Loses Leg The'. league emblem is also as jtesuit 01 recunar ac FALLS OFF CAR, HIT BY ANOTHER Brownell upon the campaign platform 'In that county, and the recent friction be tween the two men concerning Brown ell's testimony in the Hall trial may cause some, interesting oratory during tne courne or tne speecn at uregon city. Tnursaay nignt senator Fulton- will make his last address before the people of the east side in Savoy . hall, East Burn'glde and Grand avenue. Here he will answer tne charges of Mr. Heney for the last time and close his campaign 10 a wan me results or tne primary elec tlon of the following day, SERVICES IN MEMORY OF DEAD DIPLOMAT Letters Read by Heney Show How Carey and Mitchell Busied . Themselves to Block Action by the Leg islature. That Republican politicians have been strongly opposed to the direct primary law ever since It was first proposed In. Oregon, was vividly illus trated last evening by two letter which wer read by F. J. Heney In the court of his address at the Centenary M. E church. The letter wer written In llOt Just before" the special .session of thaUyear their purpose being to. prevent the pri mry law from beutg "brought before the session, because' It would drive the bosses out of control In Multnomah oounty politics. On letter waa written by Charlea H. Carey, then th leadnr f the Mitchell faction in Multnomah county, the other by Senator Mitchell to George c. tfrownell asking that Brownell do not take up the primary law during tne special session Tne letters, wnicn follow, soeag ror themselves in snowing wny it la that the machine politicians are opposed to tne primary law and Statement No.' 1. contained therein. They ahow plainly why Statement No. 1 la such sn . Issue in the present campaign, and why such desperate efforts are being made ry the Hodson-Beach-Balley-Reed machine and Its associates throughout tne stato. to defeat statement wo. 1 ana sena an unpledged list of member to the next legislature. Carey Saw tn Signs. The letter written by Mr. Carey fol lows: ... 'Portland, or.. Nov. 7. mos.r Hon. John H. Mitchell. Washington, D. C Dear sir It 1 practically certain that a special session of the legislature will be held some time In December. I un derstand that Brownell Is intending to bring up the direct primary legislation which failed by a margin of one or two votes at the last session. It is very lm- ortant that the present primary law in (United PrtM Leased? Wlra.1 Tokio, April H. Premier Hayashi nd American Ambassador - O'Brien have planned services In memory of Uurnam White Stevens, late advisor to tne Korean council 01 state, who was murdered oy a Korean revolutionist In San Francisco. The service will be held in Trinity cathedral on Saturday umi, DESERTER FROM ARMY IS SENT TO PRISON Nome, Alaska, Aorll 14. Harry Loner. a deserter, from St. Michael, waa today sentenced . to three years at McNeil's Island for attempting to kill George mcner on tne lower ruxon last Janu ary. Loper is from San Francisco. . He was convicted on a criminal charge there.' but the judge gave him th pref erence of going to the pen for three latter course. . cident on 0. W. P. Road. - Joseph Huggins, of Tremont Place, tO years old, employed by the Mar b shall-Well Hardware' company, fell from an ln-bound O. W. P. car early this morning near East Forty-fifth and Hawthorne avenue, 1 was" struck by car going In the : opposite direction and his left ' leg crushed to such an ' extent that it was found necessary to amputate It The other foot waa se- i wX - Kijurvu : uut - m : urgsous . Iff' lieve it will b saved.' ' ' Th younr man took th car at Tre- mont station. - The accident occurred soon after 1 o'clock. It seems that in om way, according to J.. F, Huggins, the boy' father, he either fell or was f knocked, from the car just as another , car pas sea along tn douDie tracK. - The young man was - taken- to the Good Samaritan hospital. Owing to th anaesthetlo given previous to. thet op- Brmitou ne naa not recovered auilicient ly late this afternoon to tell Just, bow the accident happened. - , FORAKER URGES : REINSTATEMENT OF . NEGRO SOLDIERS (United Press teased Wire.) ' ' y Washington, April 14. Senator For- aker :ot. Ohio today bitterly, opposed th so-called administration measure intro duced by Warren of Missouri, permitting any . discharged negro' soldiers ' to re- enllst upon "proving to the satisfaction of the president that they were. Inno cent of any complicity la the shooting up or .th Texas town." -. i ne senator aeciarea that ir th bill passes It would 'compel th1 negro sol 'dier to appear before th Judge who had already prejudiced their cases. TV.. tUt V. w. j gerou burglar , or - th bloodiest mur derer," . shouted the- Ohio , senator, "wouldn't be ' reaulred to either prove hi Innocence- or submit to trial before the ;Judg who . had even In the moat casual way expressed an opinion as to, the guilt of th defendant To pas this but would be adding Insult to Injury." Senator Foraker urged th passaga of bl bill restoring the negro soldier to their full right and enabling- them to return to th army, upon taking oath that they are Innocent of the shooting and ignorant, so far as th identity of tn guilty one are concerned. - He re viewed the testimony given at the tar vestigatlon taken at Brownsville. ' - .i ' ' . ' i -' .' ultnSmah county be untouched, and if Brownell takes his course, no doubt Mininn. who was with him in suDDort of the measure at th last session, will again unite with him and do ail he ran to ecure the passage of the art. We mav as well stop business If it goes into effect, for all the advantage that we geC as th regular organisation under ihe F resent system will be taken from us. am very urgent about this matter and hope you will use your strongest endeavors to have Brownell promise ab solutely that this measure shall not come up at the special sessions. V v ."Your truly, U la-CHARLES H. CARET." - atltoheU to Brownell. The Mitchell letter.. In which tho Carey letter was sent to Brownell, Is as iouows: "Confidential. "Committee on Coast Defenses, United State Senate, Washington. D. C. No vember 13, io. won. ueorge u, Brownell. Attorney at Law, Oreron City. OregonMy Dear Senator: ' Refer ring to my telegram to you or this date in regara to primary election legisla tion. I now beg to hand you herewith a copy of a letter I have Just received from Judge. Carey, which explains it- seir. "I therefore earnestly appeal to you to make no move at the coming special session of the legislature for any change In the law In regard to primary elec tions, judge Carey knows what h is talking about, and I -am sure you can find many reasons to satisfy Friend TJ'Ren and others why the matter can not with propriety be brought up at the special session. "Treat tnis aosoiuteiy conriaentiai. 'Hastily and sincereiyVour. friend, "JOHN H. MITCHELL. "Let me hear from yo." BACK TO GOD'S C0UNTRYC0MEW SHIPS OF BA TTLESHIP FLEET ANDM ANCHOR IN SAN DIEGO HARBOR J. A J nil Tf i ii n n iP VTXn . 'L-J u 17 Hotel Coronado, In Ftynt of W hich the Fleet Is Anchored. JAPS SEND IIS 10 HA Hayashi Warns Flowery Kingdom That the Mikado Is Weary of Vaiting for End of Boycott , and War - May FollowAid for Chinese Rebels. , ' J (tlted rvest Letted' Wire.) Peklii, April 14. Proof that the rela tion . between Japan and China are daily becoming more strained was pro vided today when Minister Haysshl of Japan Informed the foreign office that the Mikado Is weary of China's delay in suppressing the anti-Japanese boycott Hayashi Intimated In strona- terms that unless action looking to the sup- trT presslofi of the boycott I taken at once the mikado might resort to arms. He wa told by the foreign offle that an- otner Japanese snio. carrying arm and ammunition believed to be for Chinese rebels, had lust departed for China. Th Japanese onijiai was told, however, that China would take measures, to sup press the boycott, although many Chin ese officials declare the boycott Is being aiong legitimate conducted line, and legal FREEZEUP Till COURTS DECIDE Object of Additional Grant Lands Resolution Lum- bermen May Quit. SONORA STRIKE RICHEST EVER (Unlttd Press teased Wire.) Sonora, CaL, Arpll It. The great gold strike made In the O'Hara mine, north of this oty, a few day ago, nowf'pro ra ise to be the most miraculous In the history of California. Nine sacks of ore sent direct to the mint netted f 160,000. One piece weighing - ten : pound : wa pried out on Sunday. - . The deposit la the largest found since the days of the old Bonansa mine, where la the biggest pocket, the find wa val ued at 1400.008,' This last discovery will exceed thai br at least $160,000 In the estimation of miners. Ther 1 considerable excitement In Sonora and a rush' 1 anticipated. ; . . : .,-. (WaahlDfton Boreas ef .The Journal.) Washington, April 14. The house pub lic lands committee today ' agreed to report to the house an additional reso lution which it 1 believed will hold the Southern Pacific grant lands In statu quo pending court decisions as to the railroad company' lands.- The design Is to prevent complicating titles during the trial. The statement was made today that the lumbermen had decided to make no further fight; that they had been ad vised that If they took their fight uoon the floor they would probably get more hurt than help. JOHN JOHNSON HIT BY TREE AND KILLED (Special Dtaoatcb to Th Journal.) Clatskanie, Or., April 14. John John son, 23 year of , age, wa killed last evening while chasing log at Benson's logging camp. A tree fell, striking him on the head and killing him In stantly. The body waa taken to Port land on the evening train. Interment will take place there today. SEASIDE PETITION TO VOTE ON BOOZE ' Special Dispatch to Th Journal.) ' Aatorla. Or., April 14. A netltion wa filed yesterday in ; the county clerk's . office to submit th miutin. of prohibition to the voter of Seaside ocmci at in coming election in June, he oucitlnn waa vntaA urm. a , v. Seaside city election last year and was defeated by an overwhelming majority. CHRISTIANITY IN GRIEVOUS CRISIS George Burman Foster Sees Old Faith Dead in Future. '..(Halted Press Leaied Wire.) Chicago," April 14. "In my opinion Christianity Is in the most grievous Crisis of its history. I do not refer to controversies in newspapers and on th streets, but to the quiet, bitter battle which serious men are fighting out In their own souls. It is the dying of the old faith which Christianity is exper iencing." In these words George Burman Fos ter, of the Divinity school of the Uni versity of Chicago strikes the keynote of a remarkable essay, "concerning the reliariou basis of ethics" In the Ameri can Journal of Theology for April. Ao- tivlty of the churches and their appar- ity, according io me aaring are only throes which pre- theologian, cede ent prosperity, according to the daring logian, are , dissolution, CRUISERS ARRIVE IN SEATTLE HARBOR (Doited PrM Leased Wire.) Seattle, April 14. The cruisers Ten nessee and California arrived from Ev erett last night. At noon today th California and Washington left for Ta- coma. The Tennessee will stay In this harbor until Saturday, when ail three will meet at Bremerton. CRUISE MAKES I HISTORY San Diego Receives Great ' , War Vessels That Have : Broken All Records. ;-f (Special Dispatch t Th Joe nut) . San Diego, April 14. Out of tit thin mist of the sea. through ths narrow deep channel of ths entrance . to San Diego bar ths United States battleship fleet came back: to "God's country" this afternoon, and to their anchorage off the Hotef Coronado. The ships came Into port In single file, the Connecticut leading and carrying " a great white "bone" la her teeth as her sharp prow plunged through the gentle land swell.. Guns , boomed, flags fluttered andvttie '', harp, snappy crack of , the ' rapid- ' fire cannon answering the shore si lutes, vibrated In every loyal Amer-' lean ear and made one proud of his country. .. . i .. . f: '' ' '-?-v' ' It was a grand sight ; j The bay was . dotted with ";galiy r decorated pleasure craft,. ; tugboats, steamers, yawls.; yachts,J'rowboats .aridv,tbe lowly dingy, "Vthousanda of persons ' lined the, beach at' Coronado, thou- ' sands more blackened the wharves ' of the city front ahd upon the roofs of houses and in all other points of vantage the great crowds shouted till even the sound of the small guns was drowned.' - :' ' Coronado was a mass of bunting. The big white hotel was a pretty background for the flags of all na tions and the streamers of red. white, blue and gold.' . The tent city looked, like . a forest of ' flag poles from every spar of wlilch the stars and stripes swung lazily In the cool afternoon breeze. , The; monster ships, were lined up preparatory to dropping anchor and as they moved 6lowly op the harbor it was plainly seen the care that had been taken to make the name "White Squadron" as Immaculate as the words express. They were clean with new paint and the brass work and the guns shone flashes of silve and gold. "' Hours Deiore in urn set tor tne ar rival of the fleet hundreds of : people bad flocked out to Point Loma and Point of Bock to secure ' points of vantage from which to view the com ing of the fleet. Soon afterclawn many wer on Chelr way, men, women, and children, carrying lunch .basket, cam eras and binoculars, v f . , , . The finishing decorative touch were put on the city this morning ana never aid n look: so oeauttrui lng, residence and Every bulld- ousinesa, na ona Miner Killed, f fCnlted Prasi Titased Wfcre.1 . Dawson, April 14. Jo iAPort. Klondike pioneer, a native of Quebec, was killed yesterday afternoon : when the roof of claim No. 10 on Gay gulch fn. Tne ooay was recoverea dv sink tng a new shaft. The accident was due to a defective timDering-. - Vote for No tcfislativc CanJidate Wko'lFaila " i- :. ; ; to Sin This Pleo'ge : r ' ' 1 ' Pq you believe that the. people of Oregon are intelligent enougn to elect a united Mates senator t uo you wish to : have a vote yourself in the election of the senator? If so, do' .not vote for. any legislative candidate who has not subscribed : to Statement No. 1 . - ' - . ' ' This is the 'pledge which ensures to the people the right . to electthe: senator: . .- ; ; . ' - ' Cy ij "I further state to the'people.of Oregon, as well as to the ; r people of my; legislative district, that during my. term of office 1 will always vote for that candidate for United States senator, ; in congress who has received the highest number 'of tnfc peo-1 . pie's votes for that '-position at the general, 'election; next pre ceding; the election of a senator in congressi without regasd to my individual preference." .'.'' or more flag swinging to th bree and streamer or gold and the national colors have been employed with a thor oughly patriotic disregard- for expense. ' Coronado Beach Is packed to th limit. Every room In the hotel I taken, all of the tents In Tent City are occupied and there are hundreds of other People ther who have gone over only for. th day. At 6 o'clock .this morning the ships ' wer about sixty mile south of her. They were then going eight' knots, having slowed up tn order not to arrlvo her ahead of time. It Is likely that (Continued on Pag Tour.) 8V DOG E FAILS TO BITE Antone Graft Shoots Beast on Only Day It Is Good v and Pays $20 Fine. . (Special Dtepatck to The Journal.) Vancouver, Wash.. A?rtl 14.Anton Graft, residing between : Camas and Washougal. waa arrested and tried .-s- terday for shooting S Oog belonging i Mn Oonnors. He was found guilty Iv Justices Crawford and Brown at Cum- and fined liO, besides bolng put umi-r S00 bond to keep the pcaoe, It seems that Mrs. Connors' 6"(t ! I trnnhlert Draft BS h drov by. t ,; Graft decl.led to put an n.l t ti,i ( armed with a revolver, ii hlu.,1 tn nine yesterday. fcvlanre -nt t ) p that although the dor had lm-n l i ( , habit of attacking Graft on i-r." ; - . raalona, such wita not the i-h day, buKJraft. IihIuvt !' rn.i I i, , , the nlmal, bias-I a 'u y i;- i- f mal's perversny 1" ' t - i on tie only day Craii. 1. . i fixed for hii.