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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
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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.