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1 . 4 ; -: i:.w " v:a e - LITTLE Lir-JErJo. -VANTO." "FOR GALE," "FOR RENT." "LO'V AlWFOUND." COOT OWL;:: ' ' ONE-.CSNTi A -WOrip IN THE DAILY OR;SUNpAXJ9URNAL;v; - . 'f I ' , ..ff"" ' ' EFffr .. . JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING . ' l 1 A rtA hCK KVCJY QC'' V :''"-,'''h' l' 'V ' : ';' : ' -' V'' Ube,tRESul., ,., ( llTrQWlT FuJ n UMn JNTlrat journal CIRCULATION ; Real Estate for Sale? z-yk K l$ iv kl' W 'gWM SlisisLKl JLvlClSN ' ADVERTISE IN THE . i ' I , Th Weather Showers tonight and Friday; sontherlf winds, v ' VOL.' VII. NO. 40. PORTUiMD a TO miT KNOW REASON FOR EWDIO tW, Hodson, President of Commercial - Club. Will Present 4 City's Case at Washington Invitation to Admiral Evans. An tctlre bombardment of the United State nary baa been began by the Portland Rose Festltal aso- clatlon. The attack la being maae in two directions upon Secretary Metcalt In Washington by the aen- . atora and congreaamen there, ana unon Admiral Evam himself by means of letters and telegrams sent to him at Paso Robles. California.; 'It la th,Tiop bt thaiFeaUTai-aaao-; elation that tl doubt attack wm Pw aoecewful and that at Iat a porUon of th battlaahlp flaat' wUrjota.". with th mOqulto nt In lowrln their olora to Portland ana wr jm m- tival. ! C' Bodadn," prwident of th'Com merclkl elub. ls In Wahlatoo tofaT and narsonally' conductlna tha loray at th national capluL . Tha following I ttUgTam waa ant him ty rr8iaani Chester A. Whltemote of th Feetlvel aeeoclatlon today: ' wire to Xr. Hodaoa. .rf- w : HnHHon ' Bt.T ' Jamea I Hotel, Washington, Cun you endeajror to Ml bait eiip lor .roruaiiui " taken Humect up with Admiral Thomaa. He reph ft followa: ; ImpoaalWeto visit' Portland, Itinerary ordered from Washington ; alter jni after 1. Shtss at nayy yard docklngt and preparing tori 1. whiimnn bJho sent a oersonal sinator Nixon of Nevada, a per-1 R?:aneioTowafdMgretUngTar& IOftFl-rt.ug..ted by th. f-tlva! asso ciation that aU cltisens of Oregon bar Ing friends In congress ontslde of the Oregon delegation wlre them . asklmr their Msistance in the fight the asso ciation la maxing to for the festival. . k., But although every effort la being brought to bear in Washington the association-has determined to follow the suggestion , of Secretary Metcalf and baa written Admiral JEvana that he send a suitable detail of the fleet to Portland. A special wrarai"" the festival aaaoplatlon will J-o-.ao: to San rranolsco to extehd the invitation in person to Admiral JBvans and th4of- iicers or -nis-"oov- - " sttr to Bvaas, The letter written the admiral ; and an answer to which is expected within a few days. is miouow., , . mlral American wavy. so wu-, L m Dear Sir yvnen, youreV ""-. .1! eoial envo; from the, Portland Rose estiva! wl . m f ' j ' - M 4 I 1 . 1 lv1toHnna to visit Portland during out 'next Grand Annual Bose Carnival, June 1 to a, lUH, and participate In the fesUvltles. will k fmir hMiitlful da parades - and four gorgeous, brilliant rinMtiins- and .spectacular . illuminated There na r.H,i of which the water pageant will be one in which we desire your launches in flarnor to assist. . - (Continued on Page Twelve.) OF COURSE ADMIRAL ; EVANS BELIEVES IT ; IS THE REAL THING? (Uofted Prese' teaetd' Wire.) Santa Monica, CaL, April B3. ,e .Taking advantage of the prea- e , ence this afternoon of practical- ly all the officers of the' battle- ship ; fleet the city of Santa Monica, through Mayor Dudley, ' will present to Admiral ; Evans e tha historical gavel used by Lord Kelson, .the hero of Trafalgar, e ; when In ' consultation . with i the officers aboard of his flag-ship, e r. the ' Victory. The presentation will be wade to Admiral Thomas,, ' as the continued illness of Ad- mlral Evana will prevent , his personal participation in v the demonstration planned . in T hla honor.! This gavel waa presented ' ten years ago to 3 W. Pettit, now of Santa Monica, but who waa then a resident 1 of. Cain- bridge, England, by an old trav-- e ellng gypsy . whom he . had be friended. T The 'gavel had been given . to the gypsy as a keepsake by a 'Bailor Some years before. . ' JOURNAL , ' ' ' '""j - " ' ' 1 r : - r : ' -v- " 4 ' WAMS BATTLESHlPSi ClWDURimFIESWM MAUD ALLEN, WHO DANCED'WAY TO FAME I ,' . f Thla picture of Maud Allen, who Jnt before ahe left London: where dan of "Salome.",. Mlae Allen's identity aa Mias pnrrant waa rerealed In a letter to a former schoolmate In RUEFS Former Boss Scared by Warning FolIowing.Blowing Up v L-Police Suspect (United Press Liewd wire.) San Francisco, April !a.-Aba Ruefa .... ... thrMt.n.i. accordina to a etatement made today ' by the ex-boss. " " -T.iTJ. The statement, coming so soon after the AIAV vvu.aa ' ghers home, in uaKiana, issi : aignx feeds to the belief tthat a- crank was responsible for the Gallagher outrage, ih. mntlvaa - fop'. attemDts en .the lives of Gallagher and Buef would nec essarily b dlffesent, -Ruef having drawn- away from the prosecution and lining up with the indicted 'higher ups" while Gallagher la giving the graft ' prosecution all the aid , in his Power.. . xrosecutor-xaoiiwy lur rwun. w ui euss the ' posniDie mouve zor me at tempt on Gallagher's life. Geor IiiteU Alleged to ' :v-' : -ir T "IT ' Tii.w.'n ' , . '.JU.rB. i Jll. X 1 C L lUitU. vi ,.;.:'; m iiflir nnn nv - --ai .It' '.' :ltMted Presi tMael .Wire.) ,: ' San Prancisoo, April M.--Qeorge A Xattell, aald to be one of tha most dar ing and cunning: confidence men in the country f appeared before 'United : 8tatea Commissioner Heacock today for "exam ination for' removal to, Seattle for trial on m- charge pf Impersonating a federal officer. ' j ,..' , 1 Uttell waa arreeted In Oakland a week ago - on . complaint of ' Mrs. " Josephine Daubney, a Seattle widow,' who charged that Littell secured f 4 70 front her after having courted her and securing her promise' to become his wife. Llttell represented himself to. the widow to be S, federal officer. ' . ' "i ':.. Lit tell, according to the secret serv ice operators, has made a trade of wooing- women, getting their- money and BHflKOlIfflRKS III . PORTLAND, OREGON,, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL' NOT C0MIM PRETTY GIRL waa Miss Maud Dnrwint, waa taken she made tremendous hit In the San Francisco. Crank of .Crime.' Extra precautions will be taken to protect Bu uet against attempts iat vio- lence. Th nallavher affair. is causing much apprenension among me omer oooanni unervlsora. thev fearlnr that las night's attempt will stir the cranks to general action.- ; .'; .. Oakland, Cal., April it. The mystery surrounding the attempt made last night to take the life of Jamea L. Gallagher, star witness In the boodle case affecting the old board of supervisors, by dyna miting his home, is as Impenetrably to day so far as. the identity of the irrpe trators Is concerned as ft was. lmmedl- tlv aftnr the exDlofllon occurred. Although Oakland's - detective force spent the night in running down various (Continued on Pag Blx.) Have Secured $1,000 From Twi1n'1 'AAnJ : ' : VI A Ul UUUU- 1 UOtCU X invpmmPTiT. Jewels and disappearing. A Mrs. Veda of this city charges him with having disappeared with! two of her Tings, one of which she claims Llttell gave to Mrs. W. J., Gates, an Oakland wldowJ to whom he was to have been married on the evening- of hla arrest. , Mrs. Gates refuses to believe Llttell guilty of the charges against him,- and sat by hla aide la the courtroom today, t - The i secret service men aver that Llttell has a record In almost - every large city In the country- Including New York. New , Orleans, . Minneapolis, At lanta, Chicago, Boston and Denver. The authorities claim to have learned that Llttell. while la San Jose In liOD secured from Mrs. J. M. Prettyman, wife of a Portland man, 11.000 to be Invested for her, in addition to borrow ing I S00.. Llttell I said to have fled to Beno --without making the Investment or returning the money. - . LIFE fS THREATENED 'V..- tiaaa Baa a. aa a a a a a i mm a aa a a aaa a a aa I St HOT FIGHT In Open Letter Executive Calls Upon .Council to Aid Him In Ousting Inman Poulsen Company From City Streets. Move Will Land Controversy in Courts Company Will Probably Checkmate Pro ceedings by Applying for Injunction. With the fireworks over in regard to the vacation of streets now ocupted by the Inman-Poulson LumDer company, Mayor Lane has gotten down to the real business- In the case and will In stltute proceedings to compel the com pany to move off. Tel this end Mayor Lane addressed a communication to the council this afternoon, in which he asks the members of the council and the city attorney to aid him In retaining the city's rights In the streets. Just what ateDS will be necessary to acoompiisn tnis- en a Mayor UAne naa not determined, and win-not until ne secures the views of the councllmen. CKy Attorney Kavanaugh sayi that if the mayor directs the chief of police to remove the mlllowner from the street they will have to do so If they have no rignis to me. property, . ' Pavers Ouster Proceedings. Such action would - undoubtedly ' re sult, however. In the company asking ror an injunction against tne enforce ment of the order which would brlnr the matter Into the- courts, where It is sure to go whatever course Is followed. Mayor Lane believe that another method should be adopted. He believes that , ouster .proceedings should be started on behalf of the el t v. and will take np the question with the, city at torney - and- the oouncllmen. Mavor Lane's menaare to the council follows: "Portland. Or.. AdHI 23. 1 DOS. To tha honorable city council, gentlemen: In asmuch as a claim has been made in an opening meeting of your honorable body, by an agent of the company, to the effect that the Inman-Poulsen Lum bering Manufacturing company Is the owner of certain portions, of East Ca- Grant street. East Lincoln -street. East Sherman street. East First East Sec ond and East Third streets. In this city, which streets are now beina- oocnnleit h. the said oompany to the exclusion of the fublio I write this to respectfully in Imate to you that acting under the au thority vested in me as mayor of this city, I shall Immediately institute pro ceedings so far as it lies in my power to do . so to secure the possession of , hu sireeis io mis city. Asks Council's Aid. . To this end. I as mayor of this city, do hereby call upon you as the lawful representatives' of the city, and upon the city attorney as Its legal advisor, to tender me all the aid and comfort in your power In an effort to retain th city's rights to these streets.. "In this action upon my part, there is no intention to do any injustice to the present occupants of these streets, but It la my full intent to secure to this city If I can do so all and every auch right as belongs to It "Sincerely hoping that the city may secure the benefit to be derived from your earnest active and wise assist' ance in ;tms matter, I am. Tours respectfully. ' 'N "HARRy LAKE. Mayor Bailroad BUI Passes. (Coited Press Leased Wfre.l Albany, N. Y.. April 23. The Frlsbie Mil extending; to 10 years the corporate lit In New York of the Canadian Pa ct no railway, passed ' the senate todav. Tha bill, whloh was defeated In th sen ate last year, now goes to th-governor. GREAT COCKTAILS! VANDALS DESTROY ( 4,000,000 OYSTERS! - , (Halted Pnss Teased Wire.) Paris, April S. Pour mil- lion oysters were destroyed at Cancale by Infuriated fishermen as tha result of aa attempt by the Cancale fishermen ;to kill competition. ' e - Th Immense cargo of the bl- vslves cam from St Malo and befor th vessel carrying, it had e dropped anchor the local fish- ermeu held a council of 'war at which It was decided thai ford- ble measures should be taken to e protect th local market A body of 100 fishermen was thereupon 4 ' selected to capture the unwel- . come steamer and destrqy her cargo. . They put out in s boata and clambering aboard they took , possession of th vessel! and J brought her to th;wharfc Thi4 ,. sack ? of ,'oystera vwr'.' thn-. , handed out'aad pounded & pow- der. Not a single shell.: waa 1 ; left intact , - ' ,.": ' ';-::J;-. J ' .-' 23, 7 1908. -EIGHTEEN PAGES.' , , IENDIEIT Congressman MondelL; Sajs Rights of People Will Probably Be' Destroyed If Fordney's Amendment Is Accepted; - Solons Who Want Harrlman to Disgorge Oregon Lands Believe Michigan Prop erty Holder Is Trying to Insert Joker. Amendment Loses by Overwhelming s Vote. Washington, April It. One of th bit terest ; fights of this session of con gress occurred today -over th adoption of th senate resolution Instructing the attorney-general to . Institute suit to wrest land in F southwestern ' Oregon from the Harrlman Interests, which ar alleged to have violated th restrictions under which they -received 1,000,000 acre. -.' i The land lies along tha Or inn AT , ifornla railroad and waa granted to the company in 1868. Before . being pat entee . me government -amended tne grant so that th land could be sold in oatcnes or 10 acre at 11.60 ner ar- to actual settlers. SIqc litl the Har rlman management Is allesed to have sold not les than 1.000.000 acres far as much as f 10 per acre, and is sMU noiaing .,uvv,uvu acres as an invest ment Claiming that this disregard of the law has led to th devastation of the country and defeated the object of set- grant waa made. th department of Justice seeks to- take the matter to court, but It la neces sary to have congress authorise the suits. Scarcely had th debate on tha proposed resolution begun befor Rep resentative FordneV of Mlchlvan Intro. duced an 'amendment to protect "Inno cent purchasers," Including the Inhabi tants of small town and 45.000 acre bought by lumbermen, all of whom are said to have purchased the land In Ig norance of tne restrictions. It waa no ranee or ine restrictions, it was pointed out that th government Itself in tne uregon transactions had not al ways recognised the restrictions. The amendment was savagely at tacked, the charge being made that it was an attempt . to let Harrlman es cape. Fordney of Michigan, an extensive owner of timber lands In Orearon waa recognised to offer the amendment Sneaker Cannon announced a thr.. hours' debate divided into an hour to each side. Congressman fnniali hi. man of the lands committee, oanlmii&i the time for those supporting th reso lution and against th amendment Congressman Fordney is controlling the time for the friends of the amendment. Mondell made a? brief statement say ing the rights of th people and the gov ernment would probably ba destroyed If the amendment was adopted, as It would cut the ground from under th govern ment completely, jk !-i i .In answer to questions Mondell said tne lands commute was practlcallr unanimous for th resolution against tha amendment, tha 4nm.. .9 .... tic being strongly opposed to the ucuumaiu ana Bonaparte having said ihftl?2'r-,!?ime.nJt PpobJy would not In adopted. ' any amendment was .JiohDBOr ?r Arkansas opposed ' the smendment in an eight-minute speech. Hawley In a 10-minute speech supported the unamended resolution as the orig inal mover her to have th government take up the forfeiture. ;;.H.wiy w 'ha; had received a re quest from a small land owner constit uent that the resolution be amended (Continued on Page Slx.) HOLD UP GAMBLING HOUSE Four Masked Thugs Steal $10,000 Bankroll From the In . diftna Club at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Make : iscaj)e jjeiore ine ;.t (United' Press Leased Wire.) Hot .. Springs, Ark.. April !8. Tho most sensational robbery In the his tory of . th ..cltyl, occurred early- thla morning when four masked men entered a gambling room known as the Indiana club, lined up i everybody in the place, took tha club'a tlO.OOfl hankmii anil es caped. ,i , , Th robbery waa ' carried out with neatness and -felsp&tch. the robbers evi dently having planned th raid care full y. ' There were a numhee nf nlavera at each of th table distributed about tn Dig room when tn four, men en tered. Quietly , through the rear doors. Their presence . had not ; been noticed until the leader shouted th command. lianas up. - . ..!,: t Taken comnletelv hv innirlta anH Me. Ing resistance useless, the quartet hav ing disposed of themselves about the TJOTPT? TXtr CARELESSNESS NOT CRIME SAYS BANKER i s" ,'." ';:'e.'y 'aij 'it ' '. ' ' '." ! '; -; . a- , ' . a i. 3 , ' ' .t ? . . . 1 ' r - .- - . ' ) : mi . State Treasurer George A. Steel, Who ' llaa Poor Memory. IVO m Af I HAS BEEII ASLEEP 78 DAYS No Apparent CKahge in Con dition of Mrs. Buelah Hawkins;v - ; ; : r "(t sited rressLtased Wlre. "1 - Los Angeles, .April li. Stilly lying tn a cataleptic state at th county hos pital, Mrs, Beulah Eawkina seara th 1 tth week of her continued Bleep. . To day la the 78th day. since aha lapsed into a stat of coma. . Th fact that there appears to be no change In either her physical or mental' condition.' con tlnues to -pusale- both- the- hospital and outside physicians, and they have given up all hope of awakening the woman by . medical, means and. have decided to let nature take its course. Her strength and weight" remain practically uniform, although there is a atignt variation in - coin. ENEMIES DRAW GUNS IN WAtKON CHURCH ' (Special Dispatch -to The Journal.) ' Edwall. Wash.. April 21. Resorts ware received here this morning of a gun play at church at Waukon Sunday night -Seleotman started to go Into the Waukon Tradlna? companv's hail. where they were holding church. When he waa stopped by W. I Walker, denied admittance and ordered out Selectman refused to go, - and Walker is - said to have assaulted him In the doorway. Se lectman then drew a gun, .It .1 alleged, but was prevented from using it by bystanders.. Selectman la teaching the Summit school, north or waukon. Trou ble started when Walker accused Select man of being drunk. A fight followed. Walker being knocked down: three, time and Selectman coming out unhurt ' Dur ing the fight- Walker was armed with a stove poker, while Selectman gripped a pruning knife. t,. ... , SOLDIERS WILL AID IN FLEET'S WELCOME . i b i ii '.-',.',;:-,v (United Press Leased Wire.) . Seattle, wash., April 28. All regu lar army troop in th vicinity of Seat tle win participate in the welcome of the Atlantic fleet to this cltv. In reply to the request .of the ohamber of -commerce, Major-General Jk Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the army,, ha Issued orders at Washington to thla effect The issuing, -af- this order- means - that there will be In th neighborhood of i.ovu soiaiers oi me regular army gath ered In the elty to aid in welcoming the fleet. Of this number, about 1,800 will be of the coast artillery service at H1 f?4 ,ound forts and 300 men of the Third Infantry at Fort Lawton. Alarm is Uiyen, room lrt,euch.a..nianner as to b sble to cover ail of their victims, playera and dealers InstanU, obeyed thi command. laff.alSSi'W.J? !t tha trudera h 1 1 . k '-tnre,or tti ln- rolL - ' ?. ci.nit.iou a, mi, pana . Still cpverlhg . their victims.' the ' rob STXnrS Vl. o' front doors. if8?..0" f tho rear doors. locking 'r maae tneir escape In the darkness.--'-.f .v -. .. . - .-i-.-.-v t 4 They succeeded fit -getting a good start before the alarm -was, given and when' t' police arrived on the scene uiiouih iu pick- uif an jr-ciews. The city is being carefully searched . K .. L . U . . V. V. J - . ..I cape on horseback immediately after the 000 rUMTO ''J OW THAU! D WTW - ? PIPES OBIIIIIES FORPROSECUriOII ' --''. ' i Kt ' ' District Attorney : Manning Calls Attention to Use ' of School Funds. - ' (Special Dispatck to The Joans!.) . , Salem. Or., April J-DiyeUd by tha court of every technical plea that abl oounael could set up, th attorneys for th defense . In . th Rosa case today pleaded befor th jury misfortune and mismanagement In behalf of their cli ent' and asked the Jury to discriminate between misfortune ' and crime. Wil liam M. , Kaiser, known . as on of th moat successful jury lawyers In Marlon county, opened th argument for tha de fense, and at one put In an appeal for his client that - might secur hla ac quittal through sympathy. Th case of the state seems dear, and in view of previous rulings of the court is believed to be substantial. .On th other hand, th entlr case of th de fense has depended almost entirely upon technicalities. , . . . f . , ttpaa Bama TJp Caaa. :. : ' ' "It ha been clearly shown, said Judge Pipe In summing up the caa for th state, "that state moneys, known as the educational fund. Including- th irreducible common school fund, were deposited in the Title Guarante & Trust company bank between June i and October 28, 1907. That thla money after August 11 was paid out by th bank to meet Its obligation In one way or another, and that after August 2t all th cash assets of th bank -would not bave equaled th sum deposited by Sta-te Treasurer Steel. . , . . . We have shown by the books of the bank that thla state money was paid out -after August 11 by an accelerated geometrical progression until Ih bank closed, with almost every cent of th tate'a money paid out."' ; . . "The irreducible fund was meant t hav been Irreducible,' said John Man ning, district attorney of Multnomah cpunty.j.ln ;hl opening argument "and It was never Intended by the frsmers of the constitution of Oregon that anybody should have used that money, not even Mr. Ross or Mr. Burkhsrt .. V " '"Be aXatOe-for Zdaoatton ' ' - - - "That money had been set apart for th education tof our children and lv provided for Its loan. The land board my can loan th money, and Mr. Steel ad no authority to delegate a nnwee t the bank h did not hav himself. It has been shown that all the mnn la the custody of th stat treasurer ' deposited. In Portland was in the nti Guarantee A Trust company, the tnVt unreliable Institution In the state.; Mr. oteei, wnom you ana l have elected to trust with- the funds used tn Adnata our children, put this money In an in solvent bank. , There. Was io- reason for this or no understanding that such should be th case between Mr. T?n and Mr. Steel, who the court haa said was an unwilling witness." - Th testimony of Mr Ttn ... harply criticised by Mr. Manning.' H said Ross had been, presented with the gOlden. ODPOrtUnltV ' Of - eznlnlnlnar h matter In full to th Jury but had de clined. He simply took refuge behind the legal conclusion that h. iumniii ' had not converted on dollar of school money to nis own uses. , - - ? Xalar uft ItcCamani. Mr. Manning waa follower! hw Ttr Kaiae; falser waa .in turn, followed by McCamant. who made a strong and abl plea for sympathy, alleging at the Mini i inn int state naa not en tablished th guilt of his client. Fol lowing Judge Pines, vhn will the argument for the state, the case will go to th; Jury and aiTerdict may b arrived at this evening. ti '.lbn .the tiAujrt .convened, this- morn ing permission to put Mr. Burkhsrt on the stand wa granted ,ta the defense. Through Mr. Burkhart McCamant en deavored to show that, th faUur of the Oregon Trust . Savings bank brought oo -the failure' of . the Title Guarante Trust company. . This evi dence was not allowed by the court end wa ruled out because it was not ma terial to th case. Th defense thought to- strengthen lts plea of - misfortun through this testimony, by showing that tha jaUur of -the-Orepo Trust A Sav- ' s (Continued on: Page Twelve.) FRENCHWOMEN WILL - FIGHT-DUEL; MERRY WIDOWS AS SHIELDS , ' (United Prea Leaaed Wire.) e Pari. Jtprll 23. Mile. rIxile, a writer, la seeking a pistol duel with another woman writer, and ? has authorised her seconds, M. , DeForge and H. Aubrey, to chal- lenge her. ,A The two women recently en- ' gaged In a, dispute in the Chut- let theatre over the question t 4 womens wearing hats in . play- - house. : This haa led to the story 'that; Merry Widow sailors will i be used as shields by the spr. '' tators. ' i-Mile- LaLol Instated that o v men should remove their hat if '' asked polttely to do so. 1 : - other writer took exception t . this Idea, declaring that it v ridiculous. Mile. - ljil.,!. elded that she had been gro, !, Insulted, ana says that ff the man does not rxmke an j,n!. , she must fis-ht a du!. t Od :'- I