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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
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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
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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.
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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:-.
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