LITTLE LINERG, ?FOR SALE' "FOR RENT." "LOST,, AND VFOUND,'! COST ONLY ONE CENT IN THE DAILY OR SUNDAY JOyRWAL, GET YOUR SHARE Of th0 Spring Suslnost. , Cs ' th Journal's want columns. Journal ads bring host tf suits . The Weather -Showers tonight or, I Friday; southerly winds; , , ..'.. ii journal; circulation YESTERDAY WAS IF 200 VOL. VIL NO. 31 PORTLAND,' OREGON,. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1908. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. on Tftuvs Anv mrwf TAii&A. mi . cuizi r - " - - -' . , w LECTS R Mi J ; JW01Vy:DMflWDS MADE UPON PROMINENT PORTLAND MEN TRAPPED BY Foreigner Resorts to "Black Hand" Tactics Folice Wilt Watch All Undesir ables Who Visit City Blackmailer Arrested, s Portland police arc endeavoring- to day to unravel the mystery ' of the threat made against the life of Big Slchel, a prominent Portland merchant, by Adolph Alder, who delivered to 'Slchel a letter purporting to come from a nfhlllat organisation threatening hi life unless he Immediately gave np 1400, At the elty prison today Alder passed through a grilling cross-examination without breaking down. He. sticks stub' bornly to his story that he was the domination of a nihilistic organisation who compelled mm to carry tne in tlmldatlng letters. Startled to discovered that a grounp of ''undesirables" had - made Portland their headquarters the plainclothes men are scouring the city today In en effort to find additional evidence to feex up ' Aider's story. In a recent report of the federal secret service on tne spread of anarchism In the United States, Portland was mentioned cities In which the 'Veds," one of the driven out 'of the east, were flocklna- to. but until yesterday the local police were Inclined to believe that the Washington do-1 tectlves were mistaken. It was thought that the main body of anarchists in the Pacific northwest were located in Seattle. Keep Sharp Outlook. The notice will continue to keen a sharp surviellance over the homes of Mr. Slchel and Ben Selling, whom Al der declares was down, on the lists ofl the nihilists for a request ror money. Alder continues to preserve his remark able calmness and reiterates tne siaie-men- that he is glad he is in Jail and so protected from the desperate men whom he asserts had lilm in their nftwpr He claims to be a Jaurnallst and writer on Socialistic subjects and his Austrian passport shows that he Was employed as a writer on a Socialist pa per In Austria. He has traveled much In Europe and In South Africa and ap parently an educated man. STORY OF ATTEMPT TO EXTORT 3I0XEY A small well dressed man with black hair and blue eyes and the general ap pearance of A foreigner, came to the door of Big Slchcl's office in the rear of his Third street cigar establishment shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday after noon, and asking for Mr. Slchel, handed him a letter containing a demand for 1400 to atd in ireeinr tne jews irom the despotism of the csar of 'Russia. The letter stated that Slchel and his family would" be "mercilessly exeouted" should he refuse to pay the $400. "Do you mean this?" Mr. Slchel asked, e vein it tne intruder. "yes," replied the stranger, with a calmness that was almost indifference. "Do you know what is in this letter?" "Yea." ' "Do you really expect me to give you "No," the man replied simply. "Then what do you expect ?'f "I expect to be taken to the police." Further conversation brought out that the Nihilist, for such he appears to be, ' had in his pocket a similar letter ad- dressed to Ben Selling, the clothier, letter to Mr. Slchel. The Slchel letter waa unsigned, and read as follows: n . l 4 ImII 1 k n... Many hundreds Jews which fought for ine UDeriy or tne ttussian jews sun suffer to death in Siberia. This poor to rescue ana revenge is our mission. Ton alwavs nass yourself off for a reD- resentative of the Jewish population of j Portland and are a rich man. You have the duty to help the poor and unfor tunate. If not we do must, must take you for a traitor. We ask you now to help us and deliver to bearer 400 in sold immediately. In case of refusal we are ready to employ means and ways 1 (United Press Leased Wire.) to maxe you ana ramuy to suiter to china Ft, Anrii id The startiim? im- dead. The sum of $400 does not mean , . .5 , whatever for you but Is a great help to ertlon that education leads to atheism '" us. It depends on you to protect you and agnosticism was made today at the at'sohauTreaWu. Vf Z Methodist . missionary conference by betray us, call the police or have done John R. Mott, evangelist and organiser anytning to narm us or tne Dearer you . v.. . .. . h - 1 ' " 'in 15 years Christians will have to (Continued on Page Ten.) force their way. into China,; Korea and I MRS. HOWARD GOULD AND ACTOR DUSTIN FARNUM .v . 1 ' i . " i ' ' ,4"' " ' Xi ' 'V"... I -. . i -V . . V . . U.M4 rff I I. I . j , . rV . , , iy ;, , , I I'"-- 5-' t; Vv1 pas7 -1 PERJURY Ifj FILINGS IS THE CHARGE Settlers in the Rose burg Dis trict Protest Against Packing of Land Office Line by Men Hired for That Purpose. NEGRO HIGHWAYMAN SHOT BY POLICEMAN NOT YET IDENTIFIED 1 a PRIS0B HELD It) HEAVY BONDS Patrolman Henson Painfully but Not Seriously Wound ed Ives Confesses. Sworn Statements lTave Been Made That Lands in One Township Were Not Inhabited, and Lively Con test Will Follow. About 20 persons will be prosecuted for perjury as a result of alleged false statements sworn to In filings made upon government lands recently thrown open to settlement in the Roseburg dis trict. Actual settlers upon the lands, backed by friends with means to carry on the fight, have formed an organisa tion and will ' push the -cases before the federal grand Jury. . The lands in question comprise' a fractional township, $4-5, containing 2 claims in josepnine county, some of the claims are timber, and other Lare suitable for agricultural DurDnnos They were surveyed in 182. ana from Uhat time settlers have been coming In and making Improvements of a tem porary character, and residing on thf lai lauds, hoping they might ret a Htlo that would justiry them in making per manent improvements. The govern ment authorities waited 16 years, and November 30, 1907. approved the sur vey. After this the entire tract was taken by settlers, some of whom havo been resldlna- continuously on the land for several months, and a few are said to have been living there for a year or more. Contest Claims riled. Under the land laws a souatter has a prior right over a filing by a tran sient homestead or timber claimant, and is allowed three months after the open ing day in which to come in and make his filing on the land he has been occupying. On the day after the open ing every squatter in township 34-S found from one to four contest filings against his claim. These filings were made by people who swore to personnl knowledge that the lands were unin habited and contained no improve ments. In some cases the squatters had packed In timber and supplies over tho snow, and naa ouiit meir shucks wuii boards and "shakes." 8ome rf Patrolman 8. D. Vessey, Who Shot and Wounded Iteithke In Street Duel In Dark. FORECASTS FROM VARIOUSSECT 01 S Opinions as to Statement No 1 From Several Districts of the State. The following opinions of Oregon edi tors on the chunces for Statement No. 1 come. from, various sections of the state, and appuar to be a conservative estimate of the results so far as the Statement Is concerned In tomorrow's elections: ' By E. E. Wlmberly. Roseburff. April 16.' After caavass of tne rural districts it appears certain that Statement No. 1 candidates will be elected almost unanimously. At the primary electlbn tomorrow a full Demo cratic ticKet win De piaceo in tne neio, each candidate for the legislature being Dledsed to Statement No 1. The old machine sympathy is with Fulton, but the floating vote In the towns will back the rural distriotH In favor of State ment No. 1 candidates. m The divorce suit of Howard Gould has taken somewhat of a sensa tional term. Mr. Gould in the papers on which he claims the divorce. alleges that Airs. Gould -drank to excess and that she was Infatuated with Dustln Parniin, the well-known actor. The picture is from a re- Cent photograph of Mrs. Gonld, and below is a picture of Farnun In costume. SAYS EDUCATION CAUSES ATHEI HENEY SAYS HE WILL NOT BOTHER FULTON; IS THROUGH WITH HIM . The following message, from Francis J. Heney waa received by. The Journal 'this morning! ' . - . "San Francisco, ' April 16. -In your issue of Tuesday last you State that friends of minelsay I will return to Portland to oppose Senator Fulton'a election If he secures the nomination at vth primaries. Any such statement was unauthorised and , unfounded..: . I' have given what facts were in -mypossession to the Oregon publlo about Fulton ami have no further Interest In his election or defeat and hare no Intention of again repeating them In connection with his candidacy for anv Office. . I felt that I had a public duty to perform and -having performed it my task Is finished, J rJTRAfcCIS J. HENEY." r , 1 Japan," declared Mott: "Over 7,000 stu dents In the orient have been educated in Christian schools. A distinct spirit of agnosticism prevails among these students and there is danger that they may become potent foes to the further spread of Christianity in the orient" Bison (United Pre LeaUd Wire.) Washington. April 16. The senate this afternoon passed a bill establishing a permanent national bison range on the Flathead Indian reservation in" Mon tana. , them are said. to have fenced portions of their lands, and spent part of the winter clearing and preparing ground for cultivation.. But without exception the filings made on the opening day were by persons who swore the lands were unoccupied, and It Is on this point that the squatters propdse to test the criminality of the proceeding. They held a meeting at Roseburg and organized with I. w. Mclrwln, of Placer, Oregon, at chairman. A sub- ?prlption. was taken to provide funds or stnrtlng the prosecutions. The following resolutions were adopted as the gist Of their allegations: Settlers' Resolution. "The undersigned homestead settlers In that part of township 84 south, range the plat of which was opened for 5 west of W. M., Josephine county, Ore s'' filing at the United States land office in Koseourg, on April 11, v a. m., ivuo being obliged to reside upon our re spective claims up to the date of tho filing or said plat, were astounaea on arriving at the land office for the pur- fiose of filing our applications to find n line, awaiting the opening of the land office doors a number of persons, holding position in the line, being reallv and actually hired stool pigeons, for the purpose of defeating the real settlers who have built dwellings on their claims, and residing there, some for a year and others for nearly a year, being obliged to carry into their claim. all their furniture and provisions, put ting up with the winter climate, and then to be confronted by the applica tions of such men as M. H. Cuslck, Fred Poquette, a saloon-keeper of Rose burg, and others who attempted to take the lands by serin from the settlers by fraudulently and -Illegally swearing that the lands were uninhabited, and (Continued on Page Ten.) By Bert Huffman Pendleton. April 18. The chances for reeleotion of .Charles A. Bamett, tho nly candidate for the legislature In this county taking the Statement no. 1 nledee. are exceptionally good. Mr. Barrett's stand for rapular election of United States senators has converted many former opponents to that princi ple In this county. . . He has made a good campaign on that principle, and his prospects all over the county are highly favorable.. He was the only Republican to take the pledge two years ago, and was elected by a large plurality. By W. S. McMadden. Corvallis. Or., April 16 Public senti ment here is pronounced in favor o Statement No. 1. In the main, it is poli ticians who are Interested In the elec tion of Senator Fulton that are opposed to It. Among- the people, particularly In the county precincts, the sentiment Is very Rtrong. The holdover senator, A. J. Johnson, Is pledgedHo Statement No. 1, and It Is very probable that a repre sentative similarly, pieagea elected. A dead highwayman, a wounded po liceman and two highwaymen, one of them with a bullet hole through bis leg, in cells In the city prison this morning Is the net result of a series of robberies and holdups that began before midnight last night and ended at 1 o'clock this morning. The robberies were commltteed by Frits Relthke, Edward Ives and an un known negro. The negro is dead, shot through T.he heart and brain In a re volver duel in the dark with Patrolman Charles B. Henson. Relthke occupies a cot in one of the cells at the city prison, nursing- a wound in his leg inflicted by s bullet from the revolver of Patrolman 8. D. Vessey. Ives, the last of the trio of holdup men. Is a prisoner at police headquarters, where he, with Relthke, rests under a charge of highway rob bery. Ives at first denied that he was im plicated In the robberies, but when he resched the police station he made a full confession, alleging to have -been led Into the scheme to rob by Relthke, whom he had known for some time. He said he knew very little about the ne gro other than the man' claim that be was an ex-convict and an all around desperado.. Ives Is not unknown to the nolle. bavins been arrested' on savem! stons during the past five years for bur glary ana larceny. Reunite la a sailor, but left the sea several years ago, and lor-.sevesai . months past has been a hanger-on about the more disreputable vi iiitr uunn ena resorts. HIS wound is not serious. Bound Over to Jnry, In the. police court this morning rieunice . ana ives were bound over to await the action of the grand Jury on a charge ,of highway, robbery. Their bonds were fixed at $3,000. All of the property taken from the various persons "t " - Harrr Ives, One of Holdup Men. will be By Fred Nutting. Albany, Or., April 16. Statement No. 1 Is in favor Ih this county, and the In dication is that the No. l candidates with not more than one exception will be nominated tomorrow. It is believed Fulton will have a majority for United States senator. Bv Col. E. Hofer. 8a1em. April 16. Indications are that candidates supporting Statement No. 1 will be nominated In Marlon county by a majority of from 100 to 600 votes. B. E. S. Sparks. Forest Grove, April 16. It appears here that public sentiment strongly fa vors Statement No. 1, and that all can didates advocating direct election of united states senators will be elected. robbed by the desperndoes was found In tneir possession at the time of their arrest. Patrolman HensonMs ennflneri in hl bed at 385. Yamhill street, suffering from a wound In the right arm inflicted by a bullet, from the-revolver of the negro highwayman. Sobbed JUght and X-aft. The three highwaymen be nan their operations at about II o'clock last even ing wnen they ueia up and robbed John Kosky at Thirteenth and Gllsan streets. Kosky was relieved of 80 cents In cash. all the money he had In his pockets. After robbing Kosky the three thurs went to Ninth and Couch streets where they held up and robbed Frank Parton of 44 North Ninth street. A gold watch, gold .chain, locket and 60 cents in caehv was taken from him. A few mjnutes later the highwaymen held un and attempted to rob a pedestrian at East First and Holloday avenue. This holdup was witnessed by passengers on streetcar tnat came a ions' at the critical moment. Dr. C. S. White and Dr. O. O. Jefferson, passengers, leaped to the ground and ran to the assistance of the rr-an who waa being held up. They were met by a fusillade of re cover snors irem tne guns of the high waymen and were forced, to beat a hasty retreat In the meantime the victim of the Intended robberv. taklnir advantage 'of the momentary diversion took to ma neeis and escaped. rolloe Dragnet Bet. Bfy this - tlmes word of the robberies had been received at police headquarters no orncers under tne direction or cud- 1 tain of Detectives Baty and Captain of Police Slover were dispatched in all direction) In : the districts where the holdup had occurred. While the police- CRUISERS WILL . VISIT PORTLAND rr : . . w--Navy Department Will Or "der Formidable FJeet- V to This City. J":- . 1 ..... . I '.. . ," .'ill ,-' '.J '. v . (Special Dbpetetu to Tbe JoarbaL) ' Washington,. D. iC, April ,16. A,t the- navy department it waji said today that the department' will send several cruisers to Portland, f prob ably the Charleston,' Yorktown, , Al-. bany and a; flotilla! of torpedo boat destroyers, r The departmentrwas for a time without official information that Portland wanted ships, but It now waives all , formality to mept Portland's, wishes as it has, learned from the,. Oregon delegation that th boats would be welcomed ' i ,- . "i' - AUTOJST HOLDS BAD LUCK l Tacoman Jlas Already; Paid $1,30U Damages ana ls! Now Sued for,$10,9bO.; j (Continued on Page Fifteen.) (BoecUl DUpstcb te' Tne Journal, ; j Tacoma. April 1. Henry Royce j of thiB city, carries the re&rd for automo bile misfortunes. Already he has been assessed 11,300 by -Jurlea'-ln damage suits for different automobile accident, and a milkman is now suing him for $1.000 damages-iRoyeeran into the milkman's outfit and turned it a somer sault, oyer an embankment, the milkman . suffering severe Injuries, besides being nearly drowned In the mint and cream he was hauling. - ; ; WIFE OF MAYOR OF SACRAMENTO ROASTS . HUBBY'S JUDGMENT By Georsre Putnam. Medford. Or.. AdHI 16. Onlv two n. puoucan canaiaaies are Derore the peo ple of Jackson county for .the two seats (Continued on Page Ten.) VOTE TOMORROW FOR LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES WHO WILL OBEY THE PEOPLE'S WILL i (United Press Leased Wire.) Sacramento,, CaJ., April 16. "I have my opinion of any mayor who will allow Emma Goldman tw speak In public in his city." In these words Mrs. C. L. White, wife of Mayor -White of Sacramento, has publicly scolded her husband for per mitting 4the woman of anarchistic ten dencies to address a meeting in this clty-laat night. And to convince him that she was not at all backward about criticising his publlo acts. Mrs. White dictated what she had to say right in 1 his presence. - "Emma Goldmart should not b al lowed to speak - In publlo," she con tinued. "If she was not good enough to address a meeting in Chicago, it is my opinion that the mayor of Saoramento should think the same about his city. I oon't understand r why Sacramento- mayor permitted her to speak." Mayor White smiled after his wife had concluded, savins there ts no reit soh to believe that Miss Goldman will cret-any converts here. She will sneak, agajo tonight. , . , i . ' Voters of Oregon will have opportunity tomorrow to reassert their right to choose for themselves the United. States senator. Unquestionably an overwhelming majority of them believe in the prin ciple that the senator, like the congressmen, should be chosen by the people. But . the choice expressed by the people will count for nothing unless the next legislature Is pledged to observe It and abide by It - .i - - -. - It is of utmost importance; therefore, that no legislative candidates be nominated at the primaries tomorrow who have not subscribed to Statement No. 1. This is the pledge which binds the legislator to' elect s senator the man whom the people choose in the June election. ; : If you believe Jn this principle," do not fail to go to the polls tomorrow and vote for Statement. No 1. candidates. The list of these candidates la Multnomah county Is published elsewhere In this, issue of : The Journal. Cut it out and take it wita yo to the potts. ( ; . ; ... 4i t GREWS OF WARSHIPS , ENJOY SHORE LEAVE : . AND BARGE RACES t-V (Cnited Press Leased Wire.) San Dleo. Cal- April With un abated enthusiasm the sailors from tb big fleet continue to "whoop It up ashore today, and the streets which had been thronged ' with sailor men and vis itors all .night, were , this morning crowded to overflowing, i . - General shore liberty was? given the men of all the ships this morning. The ships were opened to the public and thousands of visitor - are- swarming aboard. - -. " v - The event is today s program ot en-, tertalnment Vpxnj 'Which the Jackie' in terests centered was , the boat r.i Long before .the .Unje set for i? re gatta, the sailors and mar!nen win, v i granted shore leave Wednomt i v un I remained all. sight ;tn h ti'v. i to wend their way to td w',r f prepared to back their fa von' i! with their . lusty. Aheer en'l l),- !r . cent. Four ruces are cr!)-t ,, I winner of each rei-elyen s . r , The first race l to be tt --t mlrals' barge.4, the mt!i!ritr u the mariiifs in mo rig tuti-rs i engineers in cut 0 ,)i(,, - -. . ,. . . ..it. .