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r ii hI : Mi THE lOmn'hi-CARRIERS VJlLL TA(E TOUi? YMIT ID flr the recomb rate of i CE.T fi YIORD.IF YOUCfiUUOT CALL OR PIIOllc Hid . . . Hundreds of Wants In Today's journal It Will Pay "You to Read Them Read the v Want Every Bay., , . The Weather5 Showers tonight and Saturday;, southerly winds. JOURNAL CiRCULATiON YESTERDAY " WAS 29,125" VOL. VII. - NO. 47. - PpRTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING,. MAY 1, 1908 TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ' PRICE TWO CENTS. ONiTSAIMS A1CD tw 8XAMB8. tlVg CiMl rx . . I H -vr-.: . -. . . ,a.v - -V ...... . J - A ki vLsJ U HwK J U aiL A - Four Million Ddllarrin SupplieforBat tleship Fleet Purchased in San Fran cisco Before jputside Bidders Had Chance to Compete Out of the purchase of about f4,oaQ,000 worth - of supplies by the navy department for the Atlantis fleets, just made by tbe navy board, Portland should have sold fully 3,000;000, but did not even get a chance to bid. San Francisco was awarded the contracts, and by some sort of juggling wa,s enabled to actually seir the navy department an Immense lot of flour delivered & the Atlantic seaboard, the flour being made from wheat hipped from Kansas to central California for milling. It has occasioned coneiderable sur ijriso In Portland raanufacrinis circles to . learn that thU huge slice of bov ernmcnf business was quietly, handed to Ban Francisco " without - the' usual op portunity being glvpn by the govern ment officials for submitting; bids from the Pacific northwest, where the wheat I rown and the bulk of flour e ports of the entire' Paclfte cotst origin ate. wbile facts The following Dress- dluBBtnlT, fiulalnlnic nothing, states the briefly: . " Washington, May 1. Btflg for mors than ,000,ooo of provtsioas for tha At Untfo fleet's orals from San Tranclsod to Kutl war op&4 at, the aary fl partmsnt today. Tna provisions will be delivered at Kara Island on, or kafore June 30, to loaded on tha supply ships Qlaoler and CtOgoa, wblca 'wlU nooompmay the fleet. . AU . told thers wera ' 0M :Idi lno niKted on M tturerea claasM wf troods. The most Successful Udders wera SUnonf ihe raeifla ooast hoaaea,. The lowsst hid for Hon eras : made fey thd' Tort Costs. SUUlnf company of Baa Tran- clsco.. The Western Meat oompsnj of San Tranclaco offered th lowest hid on smoked havm and tae Killer Ic Lux's bid on heaf was the lowest in that class. The Armour company of Chi-, cagro, was the low est -on pork, turkeys, snsag-es and lunchaon mots. Obviously tho bulk of the purchase was flour. Portland being the most Important flour. .munufai!tupItrg'"'eNtw of the Pacific cnuxt, it was to hp ex Deoted that the. millers iu're would be given a chanue to bid. Thev ay, how-c- ever' that they have repplvea no pecM fications for such bWi and that the rrxus dlxpatcit "Is the first 'intimation hev have had that tlia govcrnmont wanted flur for the .Atlantic- flt. The whole transaction seema to ha a confirmation of the, recently printed re ports that govarnmant officials Waahington have, thTOURh tbe tnfla eno of some cabinet officsr -whe (s a. Oallf ornU: booster to the trclnslon of every other public duty, effeo d as ar rsntfawent wiwrtr SMut.riaaciaoo IS te he aspeeiaUy favored" la supplying pro visions for the amy euta navu stations. ThB matter will be taken up vlsor onaly by ..the Portland chamber of com merce, and a square deal will be de manded and secured. THIEVES STEAL EXPRESSB10HEY AVells-Fargo Package Con taiiiins $73,000 Tata. From 3Iexican Train. (Catted PreM Leased Wire.) City of Mexico. May 1. Advices from Torreon say that when the northbound passenger train on the Mexican railroad reached that place it was found that a Well-Fargo package coneatnlng J7S.0OO was missing from the repress oar. There is no clue to-'the robber nnd so far... a Jknown ncarjestha3 been made. " ' " o - " " ' Baby Swallows Tenponuy 'all. (Special DUpstrk to Tho Jonroal.t Spokane, May l.The 8-months-old Child of William Cox at Jullaetta, Waho, yesterday swallowed a t-n-penny nail. The child had the nail fast in Its mouth and the doctor was hastily called, thinking to extract it, but before he ar rived the tot had swallowed the wire nnd was apparently norm the worse for having dona so. SMITH'S SUIT IS DISMISSED Senator diaries W. Fulton ' " Awarded $30 Costs by Judge. (Cnltsd Pren Leaud Wtra. J"alem, May 1. The damage ault for $6,000. brought against Vnited Suites Senator Charles ,W. Fulton by J. S. Smith was dismissed by Judge Burnett today because of the failure of Smith to file an amended complaint after a demurrer liart been wustalnedL Fulton was alsp adjudged costs amounting to 130. Sett cm and Hrtwn Hold ''Jobs. (Special Dispatch tn Tba Journal.) Astoria. Or.. May 1. Master Fish Warden McAllister has announced his Intention to retain the services of Wa ter Bailiff Scttem of Astoria and Dep uty Fish Warden .Brown, as he believes both are capable.'tfustworthy and com petent men. Fulton Faction Stands for TaftBourne - Wing ".for Teddy Former Will Not Tolerate Domination of National Delegates. Cake as Senatorial Candidate Expected to Deliver Goods to Both Sides; Question of How to Do It and Not In cur Enmity Huge Puzzle. The'ake forces are at the hnr! nf the ICt-iubIican organization in th THOUGHTLESS ONES WAIT FOR CARS ON WRONG CORNER - It Isn't tbe srovernmenta, the trusts, or the law that rules jtheworld It Is habit T-- 7- ' For weeks the streetcar company has been advertising that beginning May 1 all ears would stop on the near side of the street ;Tbe order, went Into, effect this mornins. ;" About one person;in a hundred vir on- the right std?e when they started to tbe office or down town this morning. - It was the game all day lor. . - . v . .- " ' i When the cars stopped "Scroas the street from 'them the prospective pas senKers looked -and. thought and looked sgain. Then the gruff voice of the motor-mar would sing out "This side. pTenE-smd the person or persons would make a rush toward the car thinking how atupid not to remember that the change was to com. the, first cf My. -Torilorrow a few more will bp fooled, theyincxt. day the number will be less, "antt within a week Portland streetcar wtll tui .turnln. tin ( .1 . " ' " ' lira i omf a i 1 14 LPortland people actlnsr as If they had The people all knew of the charir to be made this morning but they slmplv couldn't overcome the far side habit ail In one Jump. - - - , - BIG. STICK BLAMED. . FOR RECENT PANIC :: BVAIiOiAZb MEN (rnlted Press Leased Wire.) ".k",-'-' Bt Loals, H.r May l--Follftwlnthe speech -of B. ,F. Toakum, chairman of the executive board of -the Rock Island. t j . L . ' inMt snu - -c rvciuB, dciuib inn I ni Uk, club here,' business men of Et Louis "hsvs started a movement In which 'the -- insnufactnrers. bankers. Snd business men of New Tork, Chicago and other ot'a will cooperate, oward a geaeral renewaTbf business and testoratioO' of conf idence. W. I). tUmmoni, president of thet?lmmon Hardware company, In an Interview aa4d: " - . - - . - "Predatory legislation, fatherejrtvi. public antagonism to corporate InterJST must cease. Tbe business. WJtioiikMn me country s nas -never been r.flgnter. All that, is now Lirkinir is public confi dence. . As soon as thla Ik secure there Is nothing to prevent the return of pros perity." -s vt --, II. M.-Cake,- Republican. candidate, for XJiited States senator, his broU W. M. Cake, chairman of the Republican state central Committee, and their fol lowing, to quote the more expressive than etcgant language of a politician, stand between his Hatanlo majesty "and the fathomless and azure deep. .To be more explicit the senatorial candidate is between the upper rufllstone of ( V. FultOll HlHl. lllH follAwinir n.l the nether axrlnder of Jonathan Bou re, John O. '-Young and the -frie"ridB..f th tain The force that la to atart the wheels revolving in xne personnel . of the dele gation to the national Republican con ventlon-rin Chkroiro. , . .v . . ; Senator Fulton s frfeads "oobtehd that ineir vnnmpion snan go to the national convention as the leader and that the following of eight shall be pledged to the nomination of W. M. Tift dissension In Kanks. Senator Bourne and 'John O. Young his man on the ground, contend that Senator Bourne Rhull lead the Oregon deb-Ration unlnstructed and ready to sound the battle cry of a second elect ive term lor itnoseveil e ake ifTpubl state and between the Fulton and the Bourne following. If a Taft .delega tion emanates from -the state conven tion, Bourne will sound the buttle cry. If a Bourne delegation is sent to Chi cago. Senator Kuiton's friends will go on the warpath and either way Mr. Cake will get the ax. Republican leaders hold up their hands in horror at the thousrht of dis sension in the ranks of the nrtv. hut hose who have no official connection or dignity to maintain have a different attltudo.r They are standing readv to turn tholr thumbs down on the slight est provocation. Ask any of the men who carry the kevs to the headnuarters about the fight and they cross their Hands over tneir watch rop and say: "Fight! Ptssensioni Nothing to It, everything is as cahn as a southern sea. But the man who does not bol l the key and yet srets In. winks the other eye and supplements a little. "Yes," he says, "as calm as when the typhoon blows." On Thin Zee Between Veedles. The straight of the situation is that Mr. Cake Is In -Komethinir of the posi tion of an Innocent bystander. If he butts in on either side he will get hurt and ho cm not stanil around without getting Into the danger aone. Fulton's friends are willing that Bourne shall ho a delegate to the na tional convention, hut not te leader and they, will have none of anything but a Taft delegation. Bourne's friends are willing that Fulton go to Chicago pro vided he keeps discreetly in the hack ground and follows the leadership of the eecord elective trnm boomer. Each st'te expects W. M. Cake asthe state-chairman nnd H. M. Cake as th eenatorial candidate, to deliver the goods. Since he can not deliver to both side? he stands to get It from one or the other. Sands Out Instructions. According to the report, and it comes fxum One who knows, the word - was f assed to W. M. Cake prior to the selec ion of the Multnomah delegation to the state convention that unless he delivered a list of Bourne rielefrstea he wnulrl nnt be smiled upon by the Junior senatofi during the remainder or the campaign. Prior to that he has been,-compelled -to acceed to the Taft instructions of the state central committee. -John C. Young is not pleased with tho 1 . .. ' DAYS TRYING TO Remarkable Case of William Barton of Vancouver, Who Took Poison, Bather Than Pay High Bent to His Landlord. Evicted From Shack He De . sptfired of Xife, Although He Had Some Money on Deposit in Bank, Subject to Check. ' y (Speflal Dlspatcb to The Journal. Vancouver, Wash., May 1. To He exposed to the weather between two elabwood piles for nearly three days in a semi-conscious condition as the result of a dose of poison was the re markable experience ot William Bar ton, who died at 8:40 o'clock this morning. It was a oase of suicide. Barton said he was tired of life. Securing two ounces of lauilanum and a 10-cent bottle of carbolic actd Barton went to. h vacant lot ncar.-Slxth and Jeffelsbn stree(i1t,ues'day morning and swallowed-both of these poisons. Walk ing to some pi res of slab wood near by he went between" two of them and lay clown. There he remained unnoticed until 7:30 otlock last evening, when a little girl In search of a place to hide from some playmates In a game of hide and seek stumbled upon the prostrate body. John Hogan, residing a short distance away, w& called and with tho assist ance or several oiners iook nanon io ISt. Joseph's hospital. After being placed in a room at the hospital the suicide -recovered sufficiently to talk. "Yes, I want .to ell?: 1 am tired of liv ing." he said. "1 took the poison so 1 could die. 1 never did any one harm In this world, but every one has been hounding me lately. ' With tms the om man leu mio , a stupor, from which he did not rally. The leau man has no relatives. tie had lived In Vancouver for a. number of years and was known as a queer though honest character. U'ntil recently he re sided In a shack at Sixth and Ingalls streets, but when the Warren Pavng company secured me. tocaion lor us plant, Barton was forced to move. Since then he has Deen unaDie io nna a piace to live except at high rent. He claimed that people refused to rent to him. Aside tram tzo on deposit in me Vancouver .National bnnk, he left no es tate. No arrangements for the funeral have been made. xss ? . ft tt v J l - id r T I t S - II i )ferr F II Postoffice Bobbers Fleeing From Bridal Veil on Stolen Handcar 'Dodge Bullets and Empty; Be vel vera at City Officer Policeman Stands by Bail road Track- and Receives Fusillade of Revolver Shots in Reply to Com mand to Robbers to Stop. ISlsiioi) Henry C. Potter, Who Has Hern. Obliged to Abandon Church Work on Account of Critical tskknoss. . New York, May l.-The Bight Rey.' Henry C. Potter,' bishop of tfee Episcopal diocese of "New York, is so seriously 111 today that he has been forced to give up his church work for the time being. The frlenda who have seen him agree that his condition is critical and that it Is due to overwork. The physical -"breakdown has been made worse by stomach and liver trouble. " Bishop Potter is 74 years old. His physician said today that it is useless to say that his distinguished pa tient is a very sick man. ' ' SURA It (Continued' ,on Page Sixteen.) FIRE It; COMPANY FAILS Cambridge Mutual Wrecked by Heavy Losses in Chelsea Conflagration. (united Press Leased Wtre.t Boston. May 1. Swamped by Iossm In the Chelsea conflagration, the Cam bridge Mutual Fire Insurance company of Cambridge announced today that In order to pay Its claims It is compelled to reinsure its outstanding business and retire from business. Reinsurance was effected in the Royal Insurance com pany of England. This will affect 1T,00(MM0 of biifcl ness consisting mainly of choice pro tected risks In this state, Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont and Rhode Island. It Is expected that losses at Chelsea will be paid In full. V JIrs . Frederick Donaghy, Wife of Former Editor of Phila delphia Ledger, Falls Unconsciouson Washing ton Street, After Wasp '-Had Stung. While alighting from a Washington srteet car at Thirteenth and Washing ton streets after the theatre last even ing Mrs. Frederick Donaghy of Phila delphia, a guest at the Norton la hotel, was so severely fung by a wasp that she fell unconscious In the street. Two men heard her scream and saw her fall beside the car tracks. They found Mrs. Donaghey in a dead faint and were unable to revive her. The Klledner building, which Is nearby, con tains several doctors- offices and Mrs. Donaghey was carried there in t li - -hope that one would be found. Dr. Richard Nunn, the ear specialist, was called and after woeklng over Mrs. Dongahey for some time revived her sufficiently to remove her to her hotel. This morning she was suffering no Ill-effects from the peculiar accident. "I don't mind It particularly if they only don't print the 'stung" Joke," laughed Mrs. Donaghey. "I feel that WQUjd.be too much. The only way that I can ex. Flaln the occurrence Is that the wasp lew Wlndlv Into my ear. "I had been at the theatre and was Coming back to the hotel a little after J! o'clock. My hair is very thick and I wear It down over mv ears. I suppose the wasp became tangled up In It. tried to push his m-ay out of the ear. and find ing himself caught, stung me In the hopes that the barrier would give-way.-j "The doctor had to pull the tnsecfto Fleces before he could dislodge It f rom he aural cavity. It seems silly now, but at the time I can remember only aj sharp pain In my ear and the- fact that i DID THIS HAPPEN TO YOU TOtAY? I fainted. It doesn't hurt this morning and I feel like the parody on the man in the tree, who was stung In the arm bv a bee. When tiiey asked, 'Did it bleed?- he replied, 'Yes, indeed: 'twas a horrible brute of a bee.' Tbe parody Js; "There was an old man of St Bees Who was stung In the arm bv a wasp. When thev asked "Did ithurt?" , He replied, "No It cfldn t, ' But I thought all the time 'twas a hor net.' ' Mrs. Donaghey Is In Portland with her husband, formerly editor of the Philadelphia Public I.edgr. and they leave this afternoon for Europe. Pumping wildly at the handles of :r a stolen handcar, the two men who escaped from the authorities tt Bri-. dal Veil yesterday and attempted to rob the postoffice there last bight, shot through the village of Corbett at 5 o'clock this morning, dodging the revolver bullets of the night watch-' man, and firing at him in return. As Corbett is six miles, this side of. BrldaT Vell lt-waa evidently tho plan of the;obbeir8 tQ;Tnn down 0n;the handcar as hear Portland aa possible and then quietly make their way Into the city. y..yj; Hearing a handcar coming down tho track, at a rapid rate' and at an' unsea sonable hour, 4he , watchman,' knowing of the occurrence at Bridal Veil, tool his stand close to the rails and ordered them to stop. A shot was the Only re ply, and as the watchman began to take a hand in the proceeding other bullets, (.pattered near him. ." ;,' r The handpar, evidently ' stplen "from one of the section-houses of the O. It fe N., flashed by in a moment, and tha Watchman lost; no time In' ealling up the Portland police' nnd notifying them of the approach of the handcar. All the officers of ths day relief were told to be on the lookout for the two men, whose descriptions have been fur nished, but thus -far they have not been apprehended. .Both were armed, so the waicnman ai toriwn reporcea. vjne wears a black, derby hat and a Ion black overcoat and a slight dark mus tache: The other ia a heavily, i built man with hob nails in his shoes. These descriptions were obtained when the men- were arrested yesterday at Bridal Velr foy : stealing a boat at Menominee. They Were -eonf ined in an old apple house, but -had little diffi culty in breaking out . when darkness came. - -- -.- "- - They-entered the store of Aldrlcb ft Llnnett, and had taken $6 from the cash register when Night Watchman Braun surprised thera In. the 'act ef robbing the txuttoff Ice. also situated in the store building. , They t.ade their escape, and apparently lost no time in securing pos session of a handcar and starting for Portland. .;-!- ...-,.-.(.-.-, AMOUNT STOLEN IS S St Louis Express Robbers Hade Rich Haul but 2 Did Xot Get Subtreasury Gold Score of - Detectives at Work. - 4 (Cnlttd Prase Leased Wtre. Pittsburg, May . 1. -M. . B. Slater. agent for "fhe Adams Express company, said today that the two men who held up the St Xxmla Express on the Pan handle line of v the Pennsylvania near Walkera. Mill, proliablv secured" $28.neo. but the amotint would not exceed-that Ktatr denied the report that a snck con taining gold -coins, being transferred from the subtreasury at New Tork to Bt Louis had been stolen. No clew to the whereabouts of the robbers he l been found. - N. Roshen. the meswnifer, who- was-overpowered by the hand! is. and rendered unconscious, la slowly r-oov-ring front the attark. ! . "The express company s"d nilr-.n 1 h&te about ID detectives lookirr f -t thlevea The officers-' are .wurkliK In ell directions and exoe-t to obtain r.u- to the robbers before night. I INTERESTING HISTORY IN 1 THE "SUNDAY JOURNAL I $ ' - ' "' ; X ' Captaln'Rlchmond Pearson Hobson's article on the relations -f this country with Japan' wilt be the first of a series of fojr r. - 2 rial letters on this subject. Captain Hobson dos not ritnc r i'- tein; b rlvea nm facts that are-well worth knowlpff enj l! certainly are convincing. " . " ; , K " : '.Another good feature of, The Sunday "Journal wiil .te "T: Student as, a Writer of Cheap Novels," what be rr t'.i ?. 1 bow he "grinds thera out." ' - Every individual story, and there are many rf Uk-,, 1 "Sunday Journal Magazine, is worth the price uti f i: '.'tire paper. 1 ' ' The Sunday Journal is- tine pper for tho 1 n:-. i T '' ""''-'-...'--' I JMtv-vtvvwvtvff 1 1 J I'.!'
