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TRAPPED BY
Foreigner Resorts to "Black
Hand" Tactics Folice
Wilt Watch All Undesir
ables Who Visit City
Blackmailer Arrested,
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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:
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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
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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
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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":-
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(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 ,-
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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
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(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
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