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Boss' Attorney Thinks Judge
.. t Burnett Erred In; Ruling
' l". on Ko; Mnf Points
Thirty Days in JWhlchto
-1 Prepare 3Totion.
Prominent - -Attorney r ami
Former ; Member l pP. Ex-
ecutive ' Board ; )Expirc$
Suddenly While on Way to
His jt'iace 01 uusincss. .
Charles- Amos Cogswell. a member of
the city executive-board and on a of tha
beat-knwn attorneys In tha state, died
suddenly on an Oregon City car thla
morning near the golf llnka. 11a bad
the fMf at lalaftd Station A fW
IMSA fiftPS ffl Slinrmft CmiVt mlnutoa bafora. and waa on hla.wajr'U
. 1 , I kl. .nu 1. cvl from' hll inmmil
If eW Trial IS Denied homa near MHwaukla. Mr.; Cowl
; Condemned Juan to do Ben hart and u ia thouh( thia caud tia
'j t'enced Kext Monday,'Un4d,;..Vfthi f.ui'.u
less TJahs Change.
r v
Mr. Contrail had Often : talking: witn
Captain Jamea P. Shaw, and John 860
both of .Mil wauKi.' Suddenly thay no
Uoad Mr. CoiraweU itaaplnr for breath
and aa ha did ao alowly llpplnir from
th Mt. He nvfr , rlm)J con
oiouaneaa-and waa dead within a. few
Tha BOOT waa Drouum 10 'niruwa
. -t
. Although, tha. Jury In the J. Thor-
burn. Rosa cue la Salem .bad found
tha Hofandi nma a-ulltv rharirail I anI Ura (""nraireli and children, who bad
In the complaint, Wallace McCamant, SSinVtTrliXr:;.'
attorney for Mr. Robs, has not glten director of the Oregon Life minnc
ux hop, of freelntr hla client and the Ktfh i.nb.tefirh"lo.a' FSmS
light to keep the former banker from naa had. ' w ' "Id B
golag to the penitentiary has acaredy irbeBboVn Ti RutT.nd' Vermont,
lumh ' - tv, it . ... liniurv t. l4i. :Belde- . -wife ha
tr..,.. h,'MM M,: Hl h'area threa children, all of thla city,
vMr.' McCamant returned from ""'t" I Thev ar Mra. "Waller K.-Oellnsky, and
t Tjlght and aald thla mornlna; that! another daughter, iMIaa. Wajorla Coa-
5i Uken'jJ aayr lima jto preparal wan ana unaner .o. -
1 ... .5 11. . I ;' ' t tnminiit Attorney. - a
JlentVana, 'Ha rafoa-d ti'dla-
viaa jlwi trial for rblfiatlort, bnt lt laj attorney for the Bouthern Paolfla
unucriiwu iui air. ntmumii. i in . Klematn CDUmT. prmavnfc o& ciiv
that , Judas' Hnrnett rnade an error by I vaiiev fltock comnair. r trel-
rulln oh a many of tha pOlnta brought I dsnt 0f, tna Lakevlew, Oreaon, bank,
up for trial and by not leaving then toand waa a -node ted vlth other enter-
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THOUSANDS
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DEATH
. P. ALLIED
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Iifivpili f a mm a f
at Mai Hi
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10 11.1 P?
Briar Giffs Trophy Run-Be-
: suits in' Series- of Smash-
.ups and Exciting aln-
cidents A Tremendous
Crowd Gathers at Track.
Charlea Amoa Cogswell, i
tha inrw : fne eriafmi.
n il Baia iniii. lav ifrinciyu putnv1 tui aiirerent parxa qi ..jiq a nu wwi
D maaa in ma application lor a new him rona o( ' tue oeai anowa, men . in
trial la that Judge Burpett mlaread the Oregon.. , ,r ' ' .
law fand tha Intention of Ita framere jft waa atate enator from Tke and
when ha ruled that tha atatute making Klamath connty from 1888 to 1884. liav-
II an effenaa to keen school. money In lna" served two. terma. 8oon after re-
nanK uniean tna onnK nan more tnani tirina; rrom m wi irjiiui. mi.
CdRSwell came 10 4-ornana, wiwn nt
took no the practice of law and -during
hla residence hero made, for hlmaelf
an enviable rcpnUtlon. . When; ha went
to tha. aenate he waa a Democrat .in
politlca. When William McKinley be
came nreeldent ha went over to the
announced. TEver since Mayor Lane hae
aerved a a tna city a chief executive air.
Cnaawell had aerved unon tha city exec
utive board. He-waa. a .warm aupporter:
and rrlend or Mayor, Lne ana aitieo
materially In carrying out tha mayor's
poiiciea. v.- , v. "
Mr. Cogawell waa a member of throe
oommltteea of tha board and waa one of
tha most active workera in that body.
Mayor Lane paid a high tribute to the
deceased member -of the board- and an
nounced that the regular meeting or tna
executive, bonrd tins afternoon would
be calrld and adjourned untn Monday
out of respect to the memory of Mr.
Cogawell., Mayor Lane aald today. In
peaking 'lOt itr, rcogawaii; t. "
i: . 'Mayor rraleea attojfsrhi.','
'far 'mair"irva aerved IhelfH city.
atate and country ao well aa Mr. C01
well and 1 creatlr deolore hla dea
Ha a. member ' of th execntlve
L,,rA .Inn. T hna, i.rVllfl M fnavAr ffl
Portland and at all Timea nave i count.
New York, April 24. Duke de
Chaulnes, the titled Frenchman, who
recently ' married Theodora ' Shonta
daughter of the New Tork traction
fA: -Smith Hopkins Drops w?f' dled ,udd.en'jr Jn -p1f,r,s tot
Pead , Of r Heart Fallurd recelredvin New Tork? today. ' One
During Wild Excitement S .dh5
Italian LarS Win IJOth family and the second waa Bent to a
Wall street brokerage firm;
No further particulars are given.
The cause of death la not known on
this, aide, both cablegrams , simply
saying, "De Chaulnes died suddenly
1 ..I V. .ft ' ' ' ' "i '
Theodore- Shonts " Immediately
Titled Frenchman Who Recently Married
Miss Theodora Shonts Passes Away at
t1 . I-V raJ . ' e . U:K tV.'. ' Z "
lisPnts :pf -the Bride Start for vice Prcsidcii itate
IQuestionvWhenv Asked If
Hill vskm li Interest ed
. umica ijxau ways ana
Valley Projects;- :
Europe Immediately.:
) (OBlted.Preea Leaatd Wire.) . , I refusal ty meet har lover, left her ale
Events.
INCIDENTS IN BRIAR CUFFS RUN
A, Smith Hopkins, dead of heart! ,PAI h, ,anirMlr (h. hm .,, h
a.ll 1 " ' -o -
lauurr. " 1 -1,. 1.... .... 1.. orf.
wauian, .unw ouupir. ioo Duke da Chaulnea came from one of
OToaen. , .. (v,a .matt arlator ratio, .-families . In
Smltlu mechanic Simplex, - badly I France- Ha won hla bride after a moa
Si
pri-es- which frequently tooki him toUd-on -hlm aa one af; the moat active
'enough caah on hand to cover such de
postt applied to the officer of the bank
instead -ot to tha atate officials.
' By rnlinf on' thla arid afcciarint that
xna jaw was mrtm m jiwiuue wiuciaia.
of the bank where the public money waa
deposited, Mr.' Hose and bla lawyer-reel
IVi. h. nnlv thlna- la n i Renubllcan DttrtV.
,l. i..H u, nai iinnw thit I rjurinn- hla life In aouthern Oregon
mo ju ... V"' - 7 4,- .II ,. ala ..,.1 aa Mi.nlf
Judge of LAKe county. e was aiwaya
school money- waa on deposit in the
bank. Thla latter point waa not con
tested by the defense.
s soon as the application for a new
trial la ruled upon, ir it la aenieo, Mr.
UrCiniAnt will anneal
to the aupreme
court. -He . left lnatructiona .yesieraay
with the court aienograpnem w prrpi-
in
him a transscrlpt of all that traneplre.
. ,h. trial, nreaumably for use li
; making hla appeal to tha
The 80 daya for flUng a bill of axcep-
tlona Will Begin upuu wuwuii ..v..
: Monday. - . - '
JURY FINDS ROSS ;
" : y GUILTY AS CHARGED
'faoeclal Dispatch te Toe Journal.)
ej.W Or- April 14. J. Thorburn
unaa . orealdeiit of f tha defunct Title-
Guarantee Tfuat company,; convicted
by a jury, before Judge oeorge w. nur
nett In the circuit court i ot Marlon
- ...t.rrinv: afternoon, will be
0 arno'clock Monday after.
"ati echool funds to hla oWn uae.The
penalty is f torn one to l:yea l
penitentiary and a fine of twice tha
. amount convertea. . , .
, Under this atatute. In connection with
which. Rosa waa rouno, eruuiy.
i . i. ii.ki. to, iiuiiul tha reat ot hla
life in prison, According: to Attorney
McCamant Koaa has, notTe lunae o
pay th f me. " . ' . .,', "
ft took the Jury one hotir and 85 min
ute to flndhe defendant guilty. Judge
fipea 'conciuaea r nis .
&Vnutea before 8 o'clock. The charge
iha ' lurv1 was completed" at r 8 I
o'clock, end. the jarr began Its deliberation,-
At 4 :3t o'clock the- Jury notified
- the court that a rverdlctiihad been
rtiftclicd, !-; ' '" '" "; " ' 'v - -.
McCamant made an eloquent plea for
hla Client, and waa commended. oth by
outbr "judge Pipes ' for, hie thorough
work In the caae. McCamant also aald
. In the courao of hla .plea that ha i waa
wnrvina- ntirely for charity, that - the
defendant waa 80 poverty atrlcken that
he1 had to depend upon relativea to fur
. SfsrV thi fare by Vhlch r he catna to
Tha charge to th Jury .was ;almlla
. - a,w- jiniAH rAnrleren whfln McL.ftrn
- ant.aetVup hla first technicality to the
etfect tnat tne oan. .""i"t.
.iTi. rnnnnihle for any - wrong-
dolnffJ McCamant took exception to
the charge of Judge .Burnett, aa he had
taken exception to tho decision ren
dered Wednesday. In - order , that Mc-
Camant might no overlook anything.
Judge Burnett asked McCamant If he
wihmi to take, exception to ' other
pointa which , the , Judge named. McCam
ant excepted to , everything thn Judge
- offered. Jtewaa considered a yery neat
bit of irony on the part of the Judge.-
Tle trial or X, u , JBuricnaraipn 'me
w aame charge waa set by Judge Burnett
for Monday, May 4." A motion for con-
tlnuance to the July- term of court waa
J entered by Harrison 'Alien, attorney ior
, Burkhardt and the motion will be ar
gued before judge Jtsurneci-nexi Mon
day at II. o'clock. ! Judge . Burnett waa
to try jna remainder or tne
once; and wanted, to take un
the Burkhardt trial thla morning. The
attorneys for '.the f defense ,were not
ready. . .. '-r'r-i f-r
' .:' '".f-s ' :t ?.-
f PostmasteF at Huntington . ' .
J" fWimhtBRtoB, Bureau of .The Joomal.l J
s Waahlngton, April 24. The president
today sent to the ' senate-the nomina
tion of Wllllnm H.; Lcltner to be post
Diiiw m Iluntlnton, Oregon.
an active man In looking after -the Inter
est of the public and for several yea re
waa a member of the Portland board
of nubile-works. -1 - "' :
Mr. Cogswell was the owner of nu
siderable property. He had a handsome
homa- in Holladay's addition aa well aa
the summer residence near 'Mllwaukie.
The Warner Vallev Stock company of
which he was president owna 40,000
acres of land, part of which la In Lake
county and extends over the atata line
Into California and Nevada. Something
like 30.000 head ' of live stock are now
feeding on theae landa.
Mr. Cogswell waa a. member of tha
Grand Army of the -Republic and at
tached to vthe Sumner post of Portland.
He waa a thirty-second degree Mason
and also a member of the Knights of
Pythias. .- ... .- .-m
. .. An Old Soldier. ;; T '
When a twy Mr. Cogswell went to
Iowa.-. At the outbreak of the civil war
ho Joined the volunteere and aerved
throughout the time that tha fight between-
the' north and aouthr ' waa In
Progress. On - the . first of -November,
869, Mr.- Cogswell arrived in Oregon.
- Mr. . Cogawell had been a sufferer
from heart, trouble for aeveral years and
Often had alight fainting; attacks. '
- Mr. Cogswell's death cast a gloom
over the city hall this: morning when
braised.
' Henry Wilcox, spectator; ran down
and leg broken. . . . j
f washlngtoit t K!ncptrlcaTtr- apeo-
tator, broken ankle'v'-mi
Mra. 'rCharles ' Uherson, badly
burned by nto explosion. :
Marphy drlrrr Afaja, braised,
ririch, mechanic Maja, braised.
Three machines wrecked.
Five separate accidents.
Isotta, Italian, won.
Time,
m
Time,
Insistent courtship,- her father bavin
refused to receive hhn on Wa first visit.
Mat la Parta. '
". Tha. young .people met- ln Parla, aifd
It was a . case . of . love at f Irs t-alght-
When Mrs. Shonts had satlsf ledheraelf
that the dnke was acceptable as a man,
aha advised, him te imt to New Tork
and win her husband a consent, advls
Inr fullv of Shonta' antlnatby to - for
eign aons-in-law.
Tha duke -croaaed tha ocean, but
Shonts declined to give him an audi
ence, xnree weetca later, tna aune re-
turnea to nnm. ;: , - - fx
- The following year Mrs. Shonts and
her daughter visited Europe again. , In
Parla thev were the meats of the Duch
ess d'Usea, the duke's sister and a Und
er In Parisian society Tha couj4shlp
ost de
to wed
htm without her father's consent.
The duke declared that hla : dignity
would not permit -Mm to -make another
RUDOLPH SPRECKELS
i ;'" .' "
SHOT DOWN tN RIOT.
. ; (United Press teawS Wire.) . " .
San irranclsco, i!April twTnat "piot
to kill . Rudolph' Spreckels, head and
front ' of the ' graft prosecution, f and
Francis JA Heney, , special prosecutor
in tha B-mft nanea. hail been hatched
some months ia the startling' statement
made -today by one- close to the men
who are seeking to put.the bribe givers
behind the bar.; ' - . ' r ; : '
' According to thla. rumor ' It waa
planned to anger ' Spreckels during the
proceedings In bis suit for libel against
W. E. Dargle. ' whloh : waa- being- held
in Oakland, and start a riot- A famoua
gun fighter, tsvhose name IS well known
on- the Pacific- coast, had been ap-
Broached with Sx view to havlnr him
lead -the riot.- He refused, however, to
have-anything to do with the alleged
joo . nu,s, omers, ia saia,- were en
gaged to do tha fighting. The plot
fell through because Spreckela failed
to appear, it waa-also designed to mve
Heney , appear on - the day In queLJon,
but he waa unable to do thla on ac
count of other, dutlea., ...,(.. .1. . . ,
y On another occasion, according to the
authority for the story, Heney and
Spreckela were to- be called to a certain
place for a conference. over statements
credited to -them by a local newspaper.
In or near the room In which the con
ference was to be held -were stationed
gnn- fighters.- ; '--'
persons are Injured and three autO- whereupon Mrs. Shonts declared that If
mobiles are wrecked aa result of the J R'f P WX1
tsriar UUIIS iropny run inia morning declared orr. Tne auue capitulated and
in which fire separate accidents oc
curred. The -Italian car , Isotta,
driven by Strong,- won. the; race In
followed Mrs. Shonts and her , daughter
to America,
Heats Shonts.
"A meeting -with - tha father '
was.
5:14:00 1-B and the Italian Car Fiat, caslon' being"", "dinner" oar tv ' a " Si
driven by Cedrino. waa second, the I Shonta home. Mlaa Shonta, who had
time being 5:21:05 2-5. ? ' f
- Wildly. oxclted by the cries of 200.000
people, who. had gathered to witness the
speed contest. Smith Hopkins, super
intendent of, the East View almshouse,
died of heart failure a few minutes
before,' the automobiles left the post.
Smith was said to have had a large sum
of money Jit stake on tha race and was
dancing wildly about the machines while
they were nam g- prepared xor tna race.
Suddenly he sank to the ground with
moan. When he was picked up his
hesrt had ceased to. beat.
Wataon. driver of the Simplex, struck
a post near isast.view and notn ne ana
hla mechanic Smith, were . alightly In
jured. W'atson'e toe was broken and
both men were seriously Jarred Inter
nallv but thev refused all offers of as
sistance. Thev renal red . the Simplex
and reontered it In the race. . The' crowd
cheered the plucky driver for his game
nesa, and although he failed to capture
a place he was one of tha heroes of the
nay..- - ,
Henry Wilcox, an excited spectator.
lumped .directly , In front of one of the
big cars near the starting place and was
run down. Hla leg was broken ana ne
was badly brulaed'about the back -and
bead. . The. hospital surgeons say 'he
will recover.- -- .. ,-
Washlnrton KlrkpafricK. - who waa
standing; on a fence watching the racers,
fell and Drone, ma. anicie. hi waa
taken ' home In the automobile .of -one
if the track offlclala.
-4 An explosion ignited the automobllo
of Charles Uherson, a wealthy race fan.
been 111 three weeks over har father's emergency.
workera on the board. He was a law
yer of ability and his death will, mean
a mat Jnaa to-tha cltV.'V
Although aaaoclltted In the work of 1 5:14:00 i-5.
h executive branch or tne city gov-1 . T.n.n aMn
tmm.i.tuMriv ntrvhnd In . tha olf If I Jat, Italian, SeCODO.
hall looked upon Mr. Cogawell aa a 5:21:05 2MJ,
friend. .Clerks and neaaa.or tne vari
ous denartments moke in - terms ! of
warm praise . of the deceased and' all I ' (Unite Press Leased Wire.)
"P,'? f? : U?rt.ltrn 1 Briar Cliffs,' N. Y.. April 2 4.-One
ww... -i ..... a. v.. .! ... I wouia not permK .n-im to .man
.V r. 7l? ; " "u,u " ' . " " to win the father's consent
air. IJglwvtl uv.v.uj'1 T-v, a. jiubiuvh miM.,,
called for great exercise of Judgment
and ability, and at no time did he fall
to perform the particular work to which
he waa assigned. -'Hla good nature and
humor often helped ".to smooth ' ovor
the thorny paths Of civio work and
facilitated, tha progress of the projects
under, way.' - ' ' " " ' v""""-. '
While , no arrangements . weremaoe
thla morning In regard td taking part
in the funeral exercises, it .is- expected
that members of the executive : board
will take appropriate, action.. t
TRAIN LEAVES, 'RAILS ; i
i NO ONE IS INJURED
I , ' (United Press Leased Wire.)
"Cantsteo, N. T.. April 1 4 Running
at the, rata of 40 miles an. hour, the
Chicago limited axpreas train- on- the
Brie -railroad was -ditched near here this
morning,, bu4 .fortunately no -,'pne was
killed or 1 ataify , Injured. '' Every, car
except tna-tinman jen tne rans, dui
did not -.toppe- over. Twenty peraona
were hurled from - their berths and
alightly ", bruised. . It. la .thought, that,
spreading tails were responsible for the
accident. Wrecking trains are en route
to the .scene. Engineer vandermark
remained' at his post, ..although he ex
peetedi o he killed,'
sick
bad to attend the dinner. Shonta waa
much -taken, ae-alnat hla will, with tha
dnke and finally relented.' ' ?
iOn February til. tha marriage to6k
place. The duke, who wa a physician
ot no mean ability, waa 28 yeara old.
Hla -full name Waa Emmanuel Theodore
Bernard Marie d'Albert de Lojynea
d'AlIy. ninth fKika da Chaulnes and de
Plcqulny and Marqula d'Angear.
)Later aable dispatches aay the Duke
da Chaulnes waa found dead in bed be
side hla wife In their apartments In the
Langham hotel. Heart disease was tha
evident cause of death.
The hour of the duke's demise la un
certain. The ' duchess awoke at the
uaual hour, thla morning and aeelng the
duke apparently sound asleep made no
effort to awaken him. After donning
her d reusing gown she walked around to
hla aide of the bed and peered Into hta
iac-. ine strange, enprewlon fter ha a-
Electric. Lines Great Dexel-
- Ti Mil TT ttT'll r'
. UllCfS, JJS All JIB AU Da
r Strong -Iond of Sym
; pathy Exists Between Km
- Roads and N. P.
JuibUo. Is .left to draw. its own
band wore fiirhtened har iiui ninln, I conclusion a aa tn mTatlnnanln ' K.-a.n
Mm llghUy by, the shoulder she shook! the Northern Paclflo railroad .A ,
mm dui mere waa no response. TliM n. r-ii- . ,,
feeling that something terrible had hap- 0reoa Kleetrio or the United Railways
pened she beaan to scream and hotel rcrimoanlea now acttvelv nrnmntin. Mn.
The duke Was dead and; had ean dead tan alley. Tha only certainty IS
for some time. , . ;. . thai a -strong yinpathetio bond axlats,
band of two month fcrld refuses t6Te Ply hostile, attitude, was shown by
tna Harriman. lines In- their refusal to
grant trackage connections in South
Portland. ;and-a ' connecttoir with" ths
terminal yards on. North Front street.
C M. Levey, 'vice-president In charg
of operation of the Northern Padflo
railroad aystam. In. Portland today on
a MI, ln.MNtlM .... . 1. . . ,
a... ' a-v...... . el I It . anV TAlAtlonRhtD vlfltM iaWMn
-own iiiiT.iirr . iiivuuurp .- ononis, I vA.i. tw.i,i ' . . - - , - . . . '
father of the duchess, received a cable-1 S"11'," Pcio and the electrio llqea.
mm annnunolna- tha ilenth of hla HtlmA I He.repUea: j..,!, I
consoled- - -. -..-.i-6
The duke and ducheas ware occunvina
apartments at the . hotel pendina the
compifuon oi tneir residence, . ,.-
. . "-' ' - ' ,.
: New Tork, April 4 Tha first news
of tha death Of the Duke de Chaulnea In
New Tork waa received by a Wall street
brokerage concern. 1 na cablegram arava
no oetaiia.
son-in-law.- He Immediately made ar
rangement to depart on the first steam
er,
Parla
1 1
Evades Qneatlon.
."Jfanuhv Si flh5,ff.'5; ? 4o,,'t know. ny thlnP about "that
acoompanied by Mrs. , Shonts, for to a query aa to whether the-North-
fn pacific la at. the present time
furthering any sort of rail evtenatnna
n the Willamette, valley that tha eom-
tr k T)Tr xri?w rrn ttw a t
lXVltliX i.iiJf i- XIUYX, Ipany does not wish tha publlo to know
CONTESTS IN JUNE 'hsV eleltrV llneV-"" remarked.
I, '--) (United Press Leased Wire.) ' i
, tndlananolis. Ind.. April' lt Chair
man Harry New of the Republican na-
tlonal committee, today sent a letter to
the members of thecommlttee stating
that a meeting Is likely to be called for
the first week in June to near -contests.
The contests, it ia atatecu wm De de
cided by the full -membership on ac
count of - "tha peculiar . circumstances
surrounding - the presidential nomina
tion." Chairman New explained . tnat
tha letter "was Bent merely to prepare
the memDers in too event , or an
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,' Minneapolis, H Minn, April ' 24.--Th
Rev. Robert Hammond Cotton, i who has
been an Episcopal. talnister In England
rnd -the; United States f6r '40 years and
who has. built .three churches In Minna-
rota, was today practically excommuni
cate!! from the Episcopal .church by
Biahop 8.. C.1 Kdsail, who refused to
grant him a license to preach In tha dio
cese of Minnesota. - -
Blshoo EdsaJl base his action on
charges that tha Rev.' Cotton has been
in i .M .n... -y f, '
. -';'tVr.-.'. t ::' li rW.).H-:i;-'&.
teaching that the-story, about the res
urrection of Christ is a beautiful fairy
tale.- -I- .,--,...' ' -
After being denied a license today
Cotton declared that the church Is a
great trust and -that It bars all persons
With advanced ldeaa on religion.- Hla
Inability to get . a llcenae to preach, in
Minnesota ia said to mean that he will
be barred from every , Episcopal pulpit
W the world. Bishop Edsall put Cot
ton In the same class with Dr. A. 8.
Crapsev of Rochester, New York, who
ws excommunicated a year ago for
hereay. -v .' : ': -
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Next; Sunday The Journal will h a
publish something; about the old a)
hotels of Portland, where they
' were located and who 'managed "
S . them. .. , ,--'
SX." There Is a wonderful ' Italian
princess -who belleveS in spirit- a
a uallsm. Read what she haa ao-
a complished In inaklng converts e
S tai. of Aer ' wonderful tricks in
S producing; -"Spooks," ; '" ,
-Three good Short- stories by " O
. special 'writers for . The Journal.
"'. ': Special sports, section, lnclud-,
Ing-Slatery'w- baseball- latter and
a pictures of Portland . team play-:; e
a''6 Splendid Illustrated ; features,,;; e
'four pages' of comics, children's
a ' pats 'aw new fashion page' Tor
women All tha - news, worth ,
4 publlahlns;. - t , a'
v iak for Tha Sunday, Journal
President Hodson of Commercial Clnb Wires Navy ; Of-
ficials Positively Refuse to Change Plans for
Portland's chances of securing a
portion of . the , battleflhip fleet for
the Rose Festival have been ellmin
ated, according to a telegram re
ceived this morning; from C. W. Hod
aonr president of the Commercial
club. : Mr, Hodson .wired that .the
nary department" positively refused
to change the itinerary of the fleet.
Rear-Admiral , Thomas . haa also? de
clined to Bend the vessels to Port
land. ' ?
Although' there la no longer any
hope of the battleships coming up
the Columbia, the cruiser squadron
consisting of torpedo boats, gunboats
and destroyers will be detailed to be
present In Portland during the fea
tival. ' "V;:,,2:i''i:-;vtfrf''",;''iJ:,t;
Mr. Hodson has been In Washing
ton the past week pushing the claims
of Portland , with Secretary : MetcaJf
and the regon delegation at Wash-
mgion naa oeen enaeavormg to se
cure a detail of the fleet, for Port
land. ? But all arguments have failed
to carry weight with the navy depart
ment and the fleet will eail directly
for Puget sound. ' " ,
1
ER IN ALL RY. STOCK
f".- ..,-".- t1 f-i-BBBB-aMa-aasisSBaipa-.a V-;i"'-"' ;' e.'S'-'.
Thomas F. Ryan Gives Surprising Evidence in! Metropbl
y itan Street Railroad Investigation Very Little , ,
it 4 . .Money Needed to Operate Nickel-Eaters. "
" (United Press Leased Wire.)
New Tork; April 24, Thomas F. Ryan,
before the special grandJury Investi
gating; the affairs of the Metropolitan
Street railway., swore that 95 per cent
of the stork of railroad corporations in
thla country never coat a dollar. There
was great surprise and -many of the
Jurora questioned Mr. Ryan, believing
that they had misunderstood him.
' Ryan flo-ured out that the. t62.000.000
ot - Metropolitan s! Street railway stock
represpnt, cash payments of - 8J- per
cent or its par value.- as Utstrict aw
torney Jerome read this statement Ryan
Interrupted, saying; "Gentlemen, that
is the. answer to the statement that
has been mads' for the last five years
that! the Metropolitan Street Railway
company stojjc Is all - ; ;
Jerome then' asked: "Mr. Ryan, you
haveVbeen connected with a large num
ber of corporate venturea both Jn . street
railway- ana in steam railways, have
"Tea, sir," answered Ryan. "
" And as a banker you have been fa
miliar with the tsaloulations of many of
me rauroaaa or tnia country, nave vnu
Jiotr'--
, res nlr.
w ''How, will that eomparei-i-that per
oent.ire of water if you cull It such?"
"Ninetv-five per cent of the stock of
the railroad corporations of this country
never cost a dollar, " was Ryan's decla
ration. .
. "You mean," said Jerome, "that 95 per
cent of the stork of railroads of this
cotmtrv H all water?' '
,.v.a , j
ra - twt - anon inina-a Tn, h. ,(,
of Portland and the country around.
They are- great developers, and ' will
nva " atrong Influence In building
UO the Vallev'4 mnmiwlil In,
WhereV-r they have. , been built In the ,
atate of Washington they have proved
to be profitable . lines. Water power
gives them an advantage that Is not
poseessed by linee In soma states furth-
. Mr. ;tevey aald Portland Is unquea
tlonably -in better condition commer
cially today than any -citv In the coun
try.. The effects of the late stringency
eeem to be less apparent here than any
where. - At "ho other Ttnlnt an lh.,. f n
evidence the number of aubstantlal
undertakings now going ahead with
various kinds Of construction work.
Importance of Xforth Bank.
"It la remarkable hnw rrnnvlv a mna
may become attached : to this Paclf la
nortnwest country during a bripf resi
dence In the four yeara that I lived
?r J,5rew..to Mk th' teflon Immense
i?'"i,Tn cl,'nt Is tho beat, and the
Pacific- northwest ia a a-r.a .
bualness and for natural resources. I
am convinced that Portland la to be
ffft cltyj It has the largest empire ,
back of it, and this is bound to build
5!PLr., ' J. metropolis The people
' Portland do not yet realixe what tha
norijh bank road will do for Portland.
ffhe expected through train, aervlca
jvfr. the north - bank line." aald Mr.
LfXrey. "cannot be put On until the road
J completed Into Portland over ita own
bridges. , as -It would be f uUla to a t
tempt such a . train service over the.
Kalama ferry.- As soon aa the bridges
are completed the Northern Pacific and
Greats Northern, with all their strength
In Washington and eastward, will take
advantage of the downgrade rover tha
north bank line." ; ,
... -i Ion Iforthern Paclfio 'tdawtp :
12 la significant that the Northern '
Iclflo Is almost entirely reconstructing
the present line between Vancouver ami
Kalama, connecting at the latter point
with .. the road northward from-tha Co
lumola river to Puget sound.. The old
linej la being atralghtened.- and perma
nent heavy construction Is being aub
atituted for the farmer work.. It Is evi
dently Intended by the company to run
Its principal passenger and freight
trains via this route between St. Paul,
Tacoma and Seattle. v ,f
: Mr,4tavey was Joined at Tacoma by
Mrs. , Levey, who . will acnomnanv him
east. Hft la also- ...arfnm nn n lA.f hv . I :
C. Nutt, general manager of tha western
MpeB or tne ortnern pacisio, onj B K,
Palmer,-superintendent -of western line-.
Thev Will Mft ovr thA rnnin, iin.a ftii,t
branches,, on Mr. JUevey'a aemi-anniml
trip, and will return east over the nrt)i
bank road to Pasco,- connecting , there
With . the Northern Paclf & .? Zf':-
WOMAN SUSPECTEB OF H
;;4 STEALINGlDJAJSfONP)
i (United Preat Leawd Wire.)
Chicago. April 24. Diamonds valu-1 at
12.600 are reported to have been si i
from tha room of-A. A. Fish, a dlHmim i
broker, at the fashivnahla liotl I , !
Prado last nlsrht while tho guests. wt-r
drinking. ; The police are aftr a. w.-ii
dressed rounn man who was seen Innii.'.
Ing In the lobby of the hotel j i ior t
the robbery. .
BATTLESHIP .FLEET
WILL SAIL T0jI0in':nV
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