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Newspaper Page TextThe Jcnrnnl 11:3 a Larger Proved, Sworn-to, Pald-Ior Clrcahllon In Portland aid Within Sixty Miles oj Portland, All Directions, and Throunlicut SI ! ol Oreooa Tli:n Any Other Dally PaiigrK3 Exeeptions; Clrcnlatlon Records and Records ol: Cash) Recdpls Open to Ihe Inspection )'ol All Advcrli;:...; i GET YOUR SHARE . . , Of th Spring Butinmts. Um th Journal' want columns. Journal ads bring bitntults Th Weather Shower, tonight or Thursday;- westerly wind. JOURNAL CIRCUtATION TESTERDAr WAS j 7. 29,250 VOL. VII. NO. 33. ' ' V PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, ' " 1808. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE" TWO CENTS. SM2Jxtf9KT - . . . . ' ..... . . . w IrvmnTinpi lonnnno CAiUKIIUli OHILUIIO mmamm ii FULL POSSESSION AHMED! ILong-Looked-for Relief for State '" Goes y Glimmering: f That Senator lilight 3Iake 'Campaign ''for' Office He Now Holds. l X- . 4 i i . ; ; Senator v; Fulton f "b8eno .from , Washington it. th presant crlsla In , the f fajf of.th Fulton. amendment t to "the , Interstate ? commerce act ' i spells . defeat for the measure, ac cording to Washington dispatches, ' , and j It Is not bellered - that the amendment, which Is of sueh 'enor V nous Importance.' to the ' commercial ' interests of the country, particularly .the lumber Industry, of .the. north west, riU be reported by the com '" ':. mtttee In time to secure its passage during the present session of con-, ? . gress.- "' r v ;s " Thls mfndment , was framed to a!v ; the - Interstate " commerce commission power' to suspend arbitrary advances In ' rates made by the railroads until they whad been reviewed by the commlaslon V and their justice passed upon by It - It was occasioned primarily by Ihe . advance of practically 25 percent, made by the railroads In lumber rates from - the northwef. ; The lumbermen of Ore- ffn and Washington, feeling- that th 1 enforcement of this increase would ruin their ' business as well as work great .narm to an ine industries. or tne nortn weiit, have been fixhtlna- the new rate. Senator - Fulton's proposed amendment Introduced Into tne senate was regarded , by them as onb of the most important weapons of defense they and other ship pers couia nave at ineir commanq. v iv. tiU Wltb Ooaualttee.. . ' , t When the amendment was introduced into " the senate last December It was referred to the senate committee on interstate commerce and has been with ' that committee ever einee. Among the . members of the committee are several of the most influential "railroad" sena tors and (senator Eikins of West Vlr . gtnla is chairman. I A lonjr as Senator Fulton was in Washington, personally directing the efforts to secure a favorable Teport of me measure, tne ouuook lor such-a re . port was Considered good. At th very lime, however, -when the bitterest flrht . waa being' made , upon It Senator Ful- . ton rave up the battle there and re ;: turned te Oregon,-; Advices from Wash- Ington state that the amendment la (wiBuicrro iiraoucauy eaa. If this is true the lumbermen of Ore ", iron and Washington; aa well a other ' shippers .in every part of the country, ' will have no defense against the most arbitrary ihcreases in railroad rates. Senator Elklr.s has eucoeeded hT keep ing the Fulton bill in the committee- room and with the short time now re maining, even if a favorable renort wn made by the. senate committee. It is doubtful If the amendment could pass tne senate -ana -aiso' tne nouse r before BY TUG IN 3 ME ' LEFT MQMPSB - r .i 1 ile . '1 : ,-. Policemen Who I Turned Thieves 1' " I Charge Made Against Cap- Eear Admiral Thomas Given tain of Tatoosh by Al- Jeweled Key to Citv and llance's Master, "Who Tells How Bailey Held Him Up Off tlie Bar. $word Made to Present to Evans Immense Crowd Witnesses Parade. ROB CHURCH ROOSEVELT CAPTURE rr- OFiin WILL HEAD 51 DIEGO I 1 VESSELS vUNIlERSITV Inrestigatibn by the In spectors Is Expected to .Bring to Light the Meth 4o.ds Employed in Handling Shipping.: 'Three Hundred Sailors Are Forced to Framp Streets. Last Night Because No Place to Sleep Could Be Found in Hotels of City. Daylight Thieves Desecrate Post-Presidential Activities St. Joseph's Catholic to Be Exercised With tfn. 7 Church and Carry Away Several Valuable Silver Belies From SJcristy. . 'i ' tional , Institution to Ijo Richly . Endowed by An drew Carnegie. ; ; , LOSES: FOOT; BUT HANGS TO BEAU - . I -'it 1 ? --;vc -.: Agonizing J Experience . .of . Tourist Who Yields to - v-- Drowsiness. the end of the session, . Commenting on the delay in reporting on . the amendment the American Lum- (Continued on Page Two.)'. Captain . B. W. Olson, master of the steamship Alliance has . filed complaint with United ' Btatel In spectors Edwards and Fuller, charg ing Captain C. T. Bailey, toaster of the-bar tug ; Tatoosh with 'conduct t . ,i i i. i innoecoming a licensea - navigator. ; . St - ?W The inspector. ,wm give the matter Itomained In Washington., 7 ;; tJZl. i-ioT within 10 days, If witnesses can be gotten together in that time. The case is expected to develop nu merous startling revelations Regarding methods .employed by Captain Bailey in handling shipping at the mouth of the Columbia. He has been repeatedly ac cused of refusing to respond promptly to signals for tows from inbound ves sels and of working in the interest of the Puget sound porta to the detriment of the Columbia rJrer, but this la the first". Instance1 whM-e actual charges have ' been preferred against' him, the complainants in other oases having been mostly foreigners who did not have the time to remain and press their charges. The Alliance's Sxpexlenee. The Alliance haa bean nlvlnr n. larly between this port and Coos Bay lor minr.Tun. tno idi rnmniaint tua. lore tne inspectors IS sequel to an accident that befell her during the lat ter cart of . November last vear. wb.n oouna xrom. uoos to rortiatid. Cross ing .out over Coos Bay bar the Alliance waa hit by a tremendous breaker that tore . the rudder - from its fastenings, snapped off three propeller blades and washed a passenger overboard. The steamer was forced to stand out to sea in disabled condition and it was by he rola efforts only that Cantata niann managed to keep the vessel under con trol. -A . Jury rudder waa rigged and with tne aid of a few stretches of can vas - and the remaining blade of the propeller the Alliance finally worked up ip, wj. MiiamDia river' latitude. ; A gale, at times InoreaBing to hurrl cane force, lashed the ocean into terrl bly confused seas, but with a new rud aer made from one. of the iron bulk heads the vessel was fairly wall under control when ahe reached Columbia river iigmsnip-on tne morning or December s. The sea calmed down considerably, and Captain Olson refused to take a line from the tux Tatoosh without havlnr an understanding regarding the cost of being , towed in. . In the afternoon the Tatoosh came out again, and, according 10 uib compiainc, ne rrigntenea tne pas sengers on the. Alliance v by calling out that the steamer would surelv drift ashore during the night Be also c re- It 4 (Spwlal ' Diipateb te'. The joarpi. ' Pendleton, , Or-1 April? lf .--Forced - to ride aeveral miles on. a brakebeam with one foot ground -to shreds-waa- the ex peflerice of Frank' Xing, whb waa on last , night's No. 1 6. , be ' said he was from .New . York . and wanted to go on to Portland. He thinks he dosed and one 'foot lost Its rest, slipping off on the rail, r He was awakened by the pain, but managed to retain ' his , 'position. When the train came to a stop he called a brakeman to his aid. - He-isTnow 1n the.' hosDitaL . Ha suffered no inlurv other, than the loss of the, foot. ., 1 "JUST, ONE KISS". w . v . t ir 1 vr nrnm tif ma By H, I Clot worthy. (Ualted frM Lmm4 Wlra.1 : San Diego; Cat, April JJ. ah Diego and every one of the thousand of I strangers within her gates is navy mad. Not since the days of the Spanish war! has there been such' a tremendous out-1 burst of patriotlo sentiment as is being I displayed in worship of the nation's I sea fighters today. Until "'good-night" waa flashed from the flagship last nlcht thousands of er-'l cited men and ooroen thronged the I shore at Coronado with eyes straining I owru. wiierv taT uie Driiiiantiv ii. i luminateo neet or warships. Throughout the nlaht in 'the cafeai ana on the streets groups of men gath ered together to talk Of wars and ahlna I ana ugming mm. xney represeniea not alone the aentlment of this beautiful southland. From north and south and east they came to pay homage to the men arm en ids. the nation's first rrnt line of defense.- From the great plains of the southwest, from tne mining I camps of the -eierras, from the farms 01 tne miaaie west, from the counting- rooms ei tne east, they have come to I ytnrw patriotic reeling. They riweoi u,a very neari OI tne natron. attuned to martial key. , On 1 la heard the demand for ana -more men. Not to be mm seas, on emmra mhh nv raids, but to encircle the homeland with a outtress or gun-stuaaea ateeL Bluejackets Before the rrar hasa of the sunlight, the streets were thronged with crowds surging toward the Coronado shore to witness the landlns- of tha (United Press 'Leased Wire.) 8t Paul. Minn., April IS. For; Just one kissVfrom the ruby Hps , of pretty1 Olga Berdarnen, his-' tenant, Jacob Kits, who owns a... flat building .-and' who surreptl- , ' tiously stole the smack one rent' day, " will v have' to pay ' nearly , $5,000. --.,,-U 1 Miss ' Berdarnen : brought 'suit for .damages and a Jury, after ..pondering over the harm,' today. . awarded her $4,750 as halm r for- her wounded, feelings. -t .':.-- .- MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION ; INDORSES JAMES COLE . ' There is ' probably mo: jnore" important 'of f ice to be voted v upon at this electionthao that of prosecuting attbrhey' ' The honest and fearless administration ., of the! duties of this office -is' absolutely essential to that' preservation of liw and order which is the onlv , satepuarci or tne puonc wenare unaer our torm 01 government. There are seven candidates for nomination , for theffice.on the Republican ticket, i Of. these .it is. conceded, that Mr. Cameron and Mr, Mbser will draw the bulk of, the undesirable vote, leaving live canawates to amae ine vote ..or tne Detter class. . We believe the Jaw-abiding cititens of -this county; can nominate .their, candi date, but to do thi3 they, must unite on one man or be defeated by thejiquor and allied forces. ' , . . -c 1 - Tiierefore, believing in Mr. James Cole's fitness for 1 the-pff ice, ' the Portland Municipal associatipfi has heartily indprsed him, and urges the law-abiding citizens of the county to give him 4heir un divided support and nominate him.' - -V -: H-''' 4 : 4- :;V-"-V-rv-' . .-EXECtrTiVE -board , ' ' - r - ; - Of the Portland Municipal Association. uiunjwB.is ana marines ror tn hiv m. vaae. wours oerore the time set for the debarkation cheers were exchanged with I uibuuk aiiia. . When the first cutters and harn. in tow of steam launches took station bv white and buff leviathans and I tcaets swung down tha nn,. ways, the great, crowd ashore went mad the great the bluejackets swum down im aaivgea, dv singing oat tnat one tnmi Captain Olson should at least do wouli do to tranererme nassenrera to tita tasr. Captain Olson maintains that Captain Bailey wall . knew that attempts to launch tha small boats in the heavy sea running at the time, would have meant ui toss or many uvea, x ioioy ' mm mv nan a Ann-era want sate.- says (jatitain' Olson In hla mm. plaint, "but asked him to renort ma all right ami that I would come in on the morning tide., This he did not do. but Instead reported ma In rrut itannr. with the result .that Mr. . Baumgartner sent me a telegram in care of Captain Bailey; instructing me to accept a tow ironj .tne. ,1 a.tposn, . ... ,-l,:t..:,: ;. ' mam um us ainoys. -: . "Bhortlvr after J o'elonlc nmhtt- the Tattosh came alone-alda and Oantain Bailey tried, again to get a -line, and after my refusing it he kept the tug di rectly between the Alliance and the bar so 1 couia not see tne buoys.. .! finally asked him to stand out of the way, and when I started up for the bar he passed ma the telegram from Mr. Baumrartner. After, reading the same I immediately - The contention Is made that Captain Bailey delayed tha Alliance two hour. entirely without causa and with the hopes of : getting opportunity for claim ing neavy salvage, jt is neid that he would have delivered the messara t once nan tnis not-neen tne case. , s The Alliance is owned by the Gray Steamship 'company' of . San Francisco, and ilr. Baumgartner is Portland agent - v Commits Suicide. ; ICalted Prats Leaned .Wlre.l . Honakona. . - Anrll - IS A . Pannillan flour miller named Rennle committed Suicide here by Jumping overboard from witn enthusiasm. Cheer afto nhr roared across tha water and v.r, thundering back from the throats of the thousands of bluejackets. Under command of Captain Schroeder "( , paraeanip Virginia tne brigade with a full reelment of marines m.t tha head of the column, landed at 6preckel's . (Continued en .Page Three.) Handed Hoke Lemons M -M M if ; . T T I ' iFninKen woman J?ouna Twpntr.Fivft V m liintis f. Kneeling More, the Altar . ; Command Eoosevelt to With Several: Flasks of lyAiskey. Lying About Her Affair .Great Mjstery." ; Travel a Year and 4 Then Proceed to Organize ' the Stupendous Scheme, curgiara oeseoratea the sacred pre. ainots.er Bt. Joseph's Catholie church, 4t fifteenth and Couch streets, yester day and the circumstances surrounding the robbery are such as to lend an air -'-(Spedl DispaflEA to. Tha JonraaL) -" Washington. April 15.- Theodore I Roosevelt, , chancellor of -the treat national - university to be endowed mystery to the whole affair. The Pr Andrew Carnegie with $25,000,- 000. thieves made away with several of the sacred and valuable ' vessels from the I sacristry- behind the alur. I Soon after S o'clock veatarri ri. I noon a young man, whose Identity Is still wrapped in mvsterv. notified . tha nouseseeper at me catnedral parsonage, adjoining tha church, tha a drunken VAIMh Wl, In , h. .hiiMk A. , .1 gatlon was made and a woman known I Washington;; that' Secretary ' Root ""Y"1' w louoa aneeiinglwaa tha fnfermarilartr whn wrnmrhr That PVeflldant TtnosAVPlt Tina nsr. fected plana for hla activities after hla term as, president ends, March 4, 1909; that Carnegie has been pre vailed on to donate 125,000,000 to found a great national university in Alice before the ur. Liin .1 1 Mr. nnm waa m rra r. n i in the last stages of intoxication and on the Iron-master to .induce him to whiskey ruskV B'e"",on ' verai my eet aside that magnificent sum as an The woman resisted all ffnrta emtovmcnt. and that tha framework sorter call was auJ?nl "VJZl the remarkable f plan - haa been quarters for to officer. Patroimn r. I finally , constracted. are asaertlona Bntl WftSl with C-h. a-.a..-Ml jv I . . f . 7vT " : Ul w"" o made toaar to -Tne journal corre- that city orison, where rh.,.. t BDondent by a man here whose con arunaenness was preferred aaainat Unn. ii hii tiUm itv, . . . - uuvLiuiiH luivBV aas 1 svwvuuuviu m w ilu a ev (United Press Laastd Wire.) TMarietta,' Ga., April IS. Mari t etta awoke thle morning to the reallsaUon that it Is in disgrace in- the eyes of its sister cities because of the wild demonstra tion In which lemons were hurled t uovernor Hoke Smith. f The. governor arrived at Marl- . etta last night to deliver an ad- dress in' his campaign ' for re- 1 election. - He was well aware of e . the fact that this was the stronghold, of Joseph M.- Brown, his rival, for. the nomination, but he did not anticipate any trouble. f ' But when he mounted, the plat- form ' to speak' Brown's , friends 4 : Jingled oow bells, f hooted 'and 4 made all the noise possible. Gov e ernor Smith ' tried In vain to e make hlinself heard above the , e oin, . but . he finally, gave up -the task and returned to f the train, Aa. he was .entering a. car ,hunt - dreds of lemons were , thrown- at blm and even- after he was f seated ' the " disorderly crowd s e hurled them ; through' the win- dOWS. , ; - U'i.irwf'CJvi-S-'i--;? The contest between Smith and Brown, whom the former lla- e charged front the railroad eom-'Ce mission ,when he became gov. w ernor Is fuU of bitter feeling.. , . From top to bottom: s. Policemen A.,B. Sithcns, Clement M. Lucken bill, to the left; John W. Straub to the right, and John Kelly to the left; William A.r Frost to the right, and Harry Rothenberger. . ' (SpecUr IMsDstcB, to : The Joornsl.) Philadelphia,. April 16. After having their heads shaved and donning suits of stripes,' four, policemen and a civilian accomplice were placed in , prison to day to serve terms for burglary. A sec ond accomplice went to the reform school. ,-Tjie policemen are Clement Luckenblll, John Straub,,' John KeHey and Albert Sithens. The accomplice Who went ro prison with them is William A. Frost, and. the boy In the reform school is Harry Rothenberger. , The ex-officers will serve seven years, and Irost will remain behind the bars for four years. . . When accused of wholesale plundering of - business houses on their ' beats and confronted with the confession of their boy, accomplice,'' Rothenberger, the po licemen entered pieaa or Frosty who had acted 'as lowed suit. i i According to Frost, the, polloemen or ganised the gang ana persuaded him to receive and sell the plunder they atoto. Rothenberger. who later exposed the gang, was let into the plot because he overheard . them planning a robbery one night-; - - The strangest feature of the whole af fair IS the fact : that the officers real ised little money . from their thefts. They stole . household, goods and pro visions and used most of the plunder In their, own. homes, f Frost used a. ouah- cart to remove the plunder to his plumb. In g shop after - the ? officers ;- looted a iace, ana tne - gang would meet arter he policemen left .their .beats to divide tha swag. ;.,Wr-i uilty. and . enoe,;; Xol 1' . : Election l,aw Sustained. ' t?Bited Pram) Lesaed Wire.) . -Jefferson City, Mo., April 15. The su reme court, has handed down a decision holding the primary election law to be constitutional. ; . ; -v i ..i- :, . iso importance waa tttaehi m ihi. inuiueni ana no runner attention would have been given it had it not been for the discovery, made four hnun i,t.. that the aacristry had been entered and ma i-uurvn roooea several sacred vessels. The articles takan , mm , . silver chalice, a gilded chalice, a silver ciuunum wiva suaea top and a round silver box, heavily gilded. , Aside from their IntrlnalA hich Is -considerable, tha aaAraf ..' sets were highly nrlsed aa a n.rt nt , ,a church relics. . , - As soon as the burglar! v waa Uann. ered the facts were-, communicated to the police, and .Detectives Prina mr,A Jones detailed to make, an Investigation. The thought that the McCrary woman might in soma way have been connected with the burglary suggested itself to . .. v muMiM o.io la ucing neio s prisoner at police headquarters until ths fullest investigation can bo made of her ujuvciriBiiia yoBieraav. aa well . ha. aasociatea of both sexes. She denies any knowledge of the crime and de clares that she does not remember how she cams to be in the church yesterday. atfernoon. ,.... The;doteetivs have so far failed to establish the laenUty of the young man who ' notified the housekeeper of the presence of the McCrary woman in the Church. ' - ; ?:,. , ' J i':,-:- -yi, ji SAWMILLS BESUME f f (Special PISDRtch to The JoarnsLl ' Grants Pass. On. Anrll lfitWitt. ta arrival of dry weather and good roads, the sawmill season has opened in Jose phine county. ' -Fourtaan mllla . arlti k. operated around Grants Pass this sum mJ?ritM? radius of SO miles. Their entire output -is hauled to this city, wflere itis assorted for shipment A large portion of It is converted into box. sash and door mtturlnl at tn r torlea. Lumbering la one of the prln fh1.m"tr?i! ?' m" tion, moat of .ntaJi1!111 u?lnRv from the famous errOr?gonuis.h thewath- authorlty. . '.- ,.. ... ' , , " ; 'The president will not be a can dldate for reelection," .he eald.' know Carnegie has consented to Root's proposals, that the president will travel abroad & year or there abouts, and then; return to organize the great Institution of learning as' JOHNSON ANGRY AT " BRYAN'S PEESS AGENT (Cnlted Press Leased Wlra. . Chicago, April 15, "I don't think that my candidacy for the presidential nomi nation is impertinent,' it is not of my seeking, but now that I am In I am go Ing to make a determined, but oeverth less dignified fight.", - V - Stirred' by literature sent ot by Wil lis Abbott, William J Bryan's personat representative at Washington, which In timated -that' Governor Johnson was an -interloper, and , that his candidacy was "Impertinent," Johnson . today . removed his candidacy- from a passive stage and declared himself a real active candidate in the above terms.. -.-.,........ -r: ;., "I did not become a candidate until friends and Democrats throughout the country Insisted that I should, and even now I think that they could have choan more .wisely, but now that I am In the matter 1 am not going to run away. My presence in the field la hardy imperti nent, as 1 see It" -A-v.-; ; -:: r. 'rI,: PLAGUE IN INDIA IS ; KILLING THOUSANDS (TTnitrA PraMt Lw4 Wire.) Calcutta. Aorii 15.-The plarua slta- tlon throuahout India is becoming wore. In the presidency of Bombay alone the deatha number 6.000 a week. . Vote for; No Legislative Candidate Who Failj (to SiTLis Pledge: ' Do you believe that the people of Oregon are intelligent enough to elect. 'a United States senator? Do you wish t- have a vote yourself in the election of the senator? If so, ( 5 not vote for any legislative candidate :who has not subscribed to Statement, No. ,4. ...? ., -' r -, This is the pledge which ensures to the people the ri-!.t to' elect the senator: , t , " "I further state to-the people of Oregon, as well as t- t' . people of my, legislative district, that during my term of ; 1 will always vote. for that candidate for United States : .' . .in congress who has received the highest number of th j ple's YGtes for that position at the general election ; -a ; -ceding the election of a senator in centre. wi-vil v ' my individual preference."