The Oregon daily journal., May 03, 1908, Page 1, Image 1

'MM TO LOWER RATES
0. R. & N. Attorney
i Struggle which Will Bring Abo Liti-
; gation in Federal Court---Action Causes
: Surprise Commission's Ruling Final.
Hsrrlman will not allow , the reduc
tion In local -freight rates ' In Oregon
ordered a month Tago to -o Into -effect
- without a, struggle. -Before .the expira
tion of Ita time to file the new tariff,
the O. B. N. will ask. tor aa lnjunc
tlon In the federal i oort restraining
II fHIu vwau.M - " - '
into effect 1U order lowerlngrates.
According to dispatches to The Journ-
' el from Iewtston yesterday, W. W. Cot.
too. attorney for the Harrlmaa -lines In
'Oregon, said! "W shall "apply for : an
Injunction against the oommisslon;; on
the ground that the order la aa Inter
ference with lnteratate commerce. . I
am preparing a bill which-1 will prob-
aW3r-fft-1fl--W TeaereT-coart. Ti
t order doea not go into effect untll May
Watt on Spokane Case.
Although : there has been' wtdevjnter
eat In the Order lowering the freight
rates to and from Portland and inter
ior polnU it wee not uenevea uiae cot
railroad would Interfere, with the act
; of the commission., If: is Believed,
however, that the road's determination
to fight this border means that It will
not submit to any rate reductions by the
state railroad-commission.-at least un
til f the 'interstate commerce commis-
which is very-similar to that begun by
the Portland commercial bodies.
' The caae In question Is that of the
. Portland chamber of. commerce, against
the O. K. & N. It waa begun berore
: the commission-last summer and asked
. Tor a rvuuvuun u. wBiaow,wwwwt
Portland and points-in Oregon on the
1 main and branch lines of the O. R. & N.
7.11 n claimed by the nlaintiff that
. the vclass rates put of roruana nat is
the distributive rates were- excessive
.,mi1 tn lmttn mtm mi nf nM rl V
all western : distributing centers except
'those on the north Pacific coast. It
was claimed that fates on the Cv R. A
N. had been so excessive that besides
.. taking bare of operating expenses 4
BIG RAILROAD -UTS
SHIPYARD
Bidder for Moran'-s Plant
Is Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul.
'" (Speclat biipatefe to The Journal.
Seattle, Jda -It was admitted to
' ay that the prospective purchaser of
the Moran plant is -the Chicago. Mil
waukee A St Paul Railroad company,
which wants the ground for a terminal
site. It embraces 24 acres. The Mil-
waukee now haa only two lots on the
' waterfront.. -The water In front is 40
feet . deep ' and - the acquisition of the
plant will give plenty of room for
wharves for a fleet of steamships which
the Osaka Sboeen Kaisha will operate
-from Seattle to the. orient in conneo-
ttons are expected to be completed and
the deal' closed in a few day a
DYNAiyilTE
TwiJm. TV C-.i km a W DlAnrln m 1 In . Uimlln fvf ah I imitArl
v for Excitement "Wreck
; i A m An thfl Twill
(gpeetal DUpatcb ts Tbe JoeraaL)
Butte. Mont May I -Toothful, van
dais are suspected, -by tha officers of
having dyna' 'd the overland limited
last night as it wastpulllng Into Butte,
In which wreck Engineer Charles Bus
sey and ' Cliarle Ming were killed and
. Fireman ' Geof gev Ehle- fatally Injured.
The names of the two'ywing men -are
freely mentioned byvthe officers as the
probable train wrecKers. -The
facts that they are away from
.' their homes and" that they, recently
-stole a box of dynamite and caps, are
- being linked Into a chain of evidence to
connect them with the case. The offi-
T
HENEY SAYS HE
i WLL PRESS ALL
FORD .INDICTMENTS
-. fChltsd Press teased Wire.)
- Xot Angeles, May I-When Informed
of the acquittal 'by a Jury in Ban Fran
cisco of Tlrey I Ford- today,-Francis
V. Heney, special prosecutor In the graft
' cases, expressed much-surprise.
"Will you drop the Ford case now?"
)ie. was ' asked, ,
' iTJrop his case?" he replied, as It
a m axed. 'Why should we? We sure in
.this gam to fight to a finish and Ford
FIGHT
Sounds Warning of
very large amount of building and cre
ating sundry sinking funds, the 'surplus
that had ... accumulated since 1890
amounted to $26,000,000.
Haw Tariff Ordered.
The Issue was' tried out and the or
der of the commission announced about
the flrst of April, last, and has since
been embodied .In a formal order of
the . commission in which the railroad
was given until May, 13 to file a new
tariff; when the" new rates would go
into effect. .
The reduction was made In that por
tion of the charges referring to points
east of The Dalles, the commission tak
lnr ohe sixth off the difference be
tween the rate to the point in question
and. The JJalles rate. The Dalles rate
Is lown order Ho "enableHthe fbad to
compete with water traffic. But the
minute that ft leaves the river again
the present rates return to the top
notch Selected by the railroad company.
-The suit was planned to give all
f oints In the state east of The Balles
he- benefit of The-Dalles' water rate.
For instance the first class . rate to
The Dalies Is 21 cents. This is left un.
changed, but the former rate of 89 cents
to Heppner was ordered decreased. to 78
cents; ; the -Umatilla, rate -of 86 cents
was decreased to 76 cents, the Pendle
ton rate of 11.08 to 91 cents; the La
Grande rate of tf.Si to $1.14; the Baker
City rate of - $1.84 to $1.17. and the
Huntinston rate from SI. 40 to SI. 21.
' The commission recommended In Its
original letter s mat - similar reductions
be made In distance tariffs and staple
commodity rates, It was omitted in
the final order, but was recommended,
so stayed. - . ::
Suit Zs Technical.
?-Ttf ranrobable that tha railroad " will
base Its suit on' the grounds- that the
order Interferes with- - interstate com
merce. For Instance, rates from the
east to interior ipwints In Oregon are
made up of the rate rrom me eastern
fotnt to the Paciflo coast terminal, plus
he rate from the coast back to the In
terior point, the destination of the ship,
men t. But as the rates from Portland
to the Interior are lowered by. the com
mission's orders,, the Interstate rates are
also-affected. - . ' ' -
It la the contention of the members
ofthe railroad commission that although
a result of their order may lower- in
terstate rates, - yet that' ts not Its pri
mary result nor Its intention, and there
fore the government nas - no right-to
interfere." Both the railroads and the
commission, however, - are at sea , on
this point, and probably -will be until
the interstate commerce commission-decides
the- Spokane caae.
It la said that the railroads do. not
object to the railroad commission's re
duction so far-- as Oregon is concerffed,
but that they fear the results It may
have throughout the northwest.' If the
O. R. tc, N. is forced to lower local
rates Interstate rates will be affected
and - competing roads, especially the
Northern Paelrtc. will have to meet the
reductions, In the Spokane and Walla
Walla territory. .:- -
" T Senate Mourns Departed.
Wasnlngton,' May 2. The senate was
called on again today for tha second
time durlnar ' this session to mourn : the
loss.4f two of . its members, from the
same state Senators Mallory and Bryan
of Florida. . Among the senators who
delivered eulogies were Perkins of Cali
fornia, Carter - of Montana, Clark of
Wyoming, and the present senators
from Florida, Ml'ton and Taliaferro.
Milton was appointed to succeed Bryan,
who was tha youngest member- of the
senate.
Would Cmte-0fficers
nf tha ; VnimfffitflPfl
eers are now busily searching every
cabin and dugout within a radius of
10 miles for the boys.
The lads have been under surveillance
for some time and have caused the po
lice considerable treuble for the past
several months. In the belief of the
minds of the local authorities the deed
was wantonly perpetrated, not with any
desire for revenge or loot, but sumply
for the excitement that the wreck
would 'Create. -v. ... ..
Apparently- - the perpetrators had
planned to explode" the dynamite under
tha coaches as they were passing, but
the Jar of the engines exploded - the
charge prematurely, . or else the fuse
used was too short. "
will face " Jury "on erery count for
which ha was Indicted . by 1 the grand
Jury." , .....
heney was keenly disappointed, how
ever, when ne heard of the Ford acqult-
'"vVhlle I don't care te criticise the
ij own mm jma rora. " Jiency sahl.
"I cannot for the life. of me see how
tuvf vuum, vims jii ouun A YBrulCl ar-
ter Rearing th evidence. It Is too
TRAIN
AUTOPSY RE UEtiLS BULLET WAS
BRED BEFORE M WAS WEILDED
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3 That Nathan, Wolff came fo his death at 16 First street, in Portland, Mult- j;
nomah county,' oVegon,' -at about 17 o'clock p. m., May 1; 1908, frbm effects of ;
gunshot wound in neck and blows on head, causing fractures of skull, inflict- ' y
ed with murderous intent by some, person or persons unknown to the jury. T j
A, B. Stuart, William L. Higgins, P. Murray, Adam Zorn, J. M. Gilbert, Patrick
Holland (Verdict of Coroner's Jury).
OLSOII CAIIIIOi
HELPDETEGTIWES
Former Employe Says He
Kuewliittle About Mur
dered Han Ilabits.
- "I have no Ides, -how much money
Wolff carried In his safe." said J. H.
Olson In his home In the Bangert apart
..rnar nf Washlneton and Trln-
lty-treetslast.nlghfl'l .worked for
mm aooui six years
week ago. .My share of the work was
simply to Bx watches and naturally I
had nothing to do with the other part
of the business. .' - ....
"Being merely an employe, I did my
. . . a n .a mv Awn nffaim
as kny one would naturally do In aubh
a position. - now muuu muucf vo..
rled in the safe, or how much stock,
I have no idea. It was none of my
affair' and J never thought of it at alt
Wolff always handled this part of the
business himself, so far as I knew, and
he never mentioned such matters to
me. He hired me to do the watch re
pairing and I, did that and let other
matters alone, as any one. else would
naturally ,do in the -same position. As
to who killed him, or how it was done,
I have no more idea, than any one else.
"I am only too glad to throw all the
light on the subject I can, but concern
Ing. the crime I know no mora than
what I see in the papers. It. Is a. nor
rible, brutal affair, and If I Can be of
any possible assistance In running dowa
the fiends J would be only too glad to
do so." . - vk . ,.- '- '
GUESSEKS ALL tfUUSB
. ON BIG BILL TAFT
-; ' , ' '"" ' ' '
( Waahlnf ton Burwu of Th ?mrat ) ,
rakktisrnn 1 H eH TtfalV Lit : ftlTt-
pears to be safe, to predict now that
Taft- will be nominated. The eurrent
sets strongly enough Taftward to war
rant no other guess. . The opposition baa
abandoned all talk of Fairbanks, Can
non; Knox -and Hughes, excepting that
In a desultory manner mention la still
made 01 tnem in ineir own puun,
though even there the opposition- Is
strong by all of the president's fol
lowing... '-;
lalK "OI vice presioeni is now no.ro.
Hughes of New York and Guild of
Massachusetts lead In the speculation.
Stole From Express Company.
Chicago. Mav 2. Arrested on a spe
cific charge pf embesiltng 15,000 be
longing to the Wells-Fargo Express
pnmnnnv. which employed 'htm as a
money order clerk, Edward J. Bteiber Is
being examined today and his accounts
are bein searched.
The ahortage, orncers or me com
nny say. Is between 15,000 and $10,-
00.
McCredle and His Team Arrive Tuesday
BATY iS
HEW THEORY
Detective Captain Baty last night
declared that the man who killed
Nathan Wolff was alone In hla
crime. ' The general Impression
among other than the police la that
men addicted ts drugs and one of
whom knew Wolff, committed the
crime.
The blood stains near the door of
the loan office ar t 65 First stresfcJ
are held as sufficient evidence that
the murderer war himself t wounded.
Every one who knew Nathan Wolff
la positive that no man could have
been more determined to fight to
tne,tlaat and to protect his belong
ings ven. at the risk of his life.
There Is plenty 'of evidence of a
struggle that did not end until the
eleaver-like ax had , done Its ghastly
work and the victim lay like a butchered
thing, Hte beyond another gasp of re
sIstancaTWolff undoubtedly. Inflicted a
severe, wound upon his - assailant, for
though the pawn broker's blood covered
the thug's clothing, the regularly
spaced drops of blood through the store
to the front door and even out on the
sidewalk show that fresh blood was fall
ing f rem a wound at that moment.
Leaving the store the murderer started
southward along First street That the
blood stains tail.
The murderer was probably wounded
In the wrist or arm.
Though a man of sedentary habits,
Wolff must have exerted a terrific
strength In the death struggle In the
back room of the little store.
Apparently In a desperate endeavor to
choke his assailant he seized the other's
necktie. The tie knotted hard, and so
great was the force of the frantic' s
man's arms that collar and tie gave
way and were pulled over the mur
derer's head.
Six detectives worked on the Wolff
case all of yesterday and far into last
night In addition, a number of the
most experienced members of the day
relief watch were kept at work last
(Continued on Page Seven.)
ROBINSON TELLS.
STORY TO JURY
Watchman Relates Experi
ence After Discovery of
Nathan Wolffs IJody.
, One of the most remarkable stories of
the discovery of a grewsome crime evor
listened to by a coroner's Jury was told
yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Robinson in Finley's chapel to the six
men selected to determine by . what
method Nathaniel Wolff came to his
death in his store at 165 First street
Robinson attempted no bravado in hla
recital of bis finding of the mutilated
body huddled In a dark corner ef the
rear room and told plainly how he 'way
startled and frightened by -his discov
eries as ne giopea about tne dark room
with nothing to light his way but the
flashes of. his electric lamp. His tes
timony before the, coroner's jury
prpught out by the cross-examination
conducted by Deputy District Attorney
John H. Stephenson follows: ,
JTo ZJghts Bars lng. t
"I rot off the streetcar at the cor
ner of First and Morrison streets at
6:30 o'clock and walked south on the
east- aide of First street " As I passed
along aI glanced over at Wolffs store
and noticed the llaht waa not burnlna.
I did not stop, however, because It was
broad daylight and I supposed Wolff
was stm about tne store.
"When I . reached Taylor street I
crossed to the west side of First street
and made . my way back to Morrison
street, Upon reaching Wolffs stere I
triea tne aoor ana rouna it iocxea
without the light burning. - This was
unusual, uniy tnree times since No
vember have I ever discovered the light
out and Mr. Wolff always returned and
lighted It , before finally leaving the
store for his home. I supposed Wolff
was In the vicinity and would return to
the store so I completed my rounds.
' "About 8 o'clock I returned again and
the light was still out and ihe door
locked. I then went to the Baker thea.
tre, where I stand in the evening while
tha crowds are buying tickets. I left
the theatre at 8:20 and went down Tay
lor street to Front street I stopped at
Fisber-Thorsen's store and entered. I
examined the safe there and made my
rounds, coming- up Morrison to First
"I strain walked down the east side
of First street toward the south and
noticed the light out I crossed over,
tried the door and found It locked. This
was at 8:40 o'clock. I then became
alarmed and reorossed the street to
Martin s furniture store and telephoned
to Wolffs home. . Some woman an
swered me and was agitated. She said
that thev were alarmed at Wolffs ab
sence from home and I assured her that
(Continued on Page Sevatt.)
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CHAMBERLAIN
CAMPAIGN
Leaves Today for Vale Where Opening
Address in Senatorial Race Will Be
GivenWeek Following Will Be Spent
in Covering Districts in Eastern Oregon
. George B. Chamberlain, Democratlo nominee for United Btates
senator from Oregon,, will begin his campaign " for election tomorrow
night, May 4, at Malheur. The governor left Portland this morning
for eastern Oregon and will be In Malheur county ready for the opening
meeting Monday. . ' ' -:'iy :;:-yy':;w
A partial Itinerary has been mapped out by Governor Chamberlain
for his trip through the eastern part of theyatate. He will make hla
initial appearance in Malheur county and win then work back toward
Portland, speaking at all of the principal towns along the route , until
he reaches ; Portland again.
-Following ''the meeting in Malheur on ..Monday Governor Cham
berlain will speak in Baker. City and Eagle ' valley- on Tuesday, and
Wednesday. He wlir cover Union, La Grande .and Cove on May 7, It
It 1b possible for- him to get over that much territory. Friday and Sat
urday he will be in Umatilla county, speaking at Pendleton; Athena'
and possibly other fit Jthe larger town" of the county. .
He will then come down the river to Morrow . county .' and will
speak at HeppnerMay 11, that being Monday a week from now. From
Morrow county the governor will go to Gilliam county, speaking there
May 12 and reaching The Dalles May 18. Following the meeting at
The Dalles Governor Chamberlain will return to Portland for a short
rest before commencing another trip covering a different section' of the
state. ' - '' v.':. -;.: -:it:-y'ty.s .y.
FOOT
Senatorial Aspirant Forgets to Hand Ally Laurels to
South ; Portland - Eepublican . Club Slight in ,
Naming: State Delegation Brings Out Knife. : -
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Still more trouble is brewing for H.
M. Cake, the Republican senatorial nom
inee and W. M.-Cake, chairman of the
Republican state" central committee and
aotive manager of the campaign of his
brother. This time he has , offended
the warhorses of South Portland, which
was a Cake stronghold, by, not recognis
ing the South Portland Republican club
on the delegation to the. state conven
tion and aa a result the long and double-
edged knife Is being whetted up for' the
head of the ticket In June. . V
V Before the organisation of the stgte
central committee and before the se
lection of the delegates to the state
convention by the county central com
mittee, different members of the South
Portland cjud expected to be sent to the
State convention as delegates. After
the selections had been made, however.
it was found that the southern club
had been left out In the cold.
moke rrom Blnmberlag Mrs.
Slnoe that time there has beeri some
warm feellnar in the South Pte-tland
club ranks and it is openly predicted
dv airrerent memoers or tne club tnat
Mr. Cake will suffer when the votes
are counted aa a result of his not al
lowing tne ciuo to nave representatives
on the delegation.
It is even said that a meeting of the
executive board of the club will be held
in a few days, at which some resolu
tions will be adopted which will not be
as friendly to the candidacy of Mr.
Cake as they might have been -had one
of the clubmen been elected as a dele
gate to the convention.
Tt more complexity Is added to the
senatorial situation by the story that
Frederick Mulker and 8.-C Beach had
made arrangements to open Taf t head
quarters in the Imperial hotel. -
Mr. Mulkey is not friendly to Senator
Fulton, otherwise he would not have
been the presiding chairman at the
Heney meeting at the Exposition rink,
where Mr. Heney flayed the senior
senator. '
How he can stand tn with the Taft
movement then is something of a mys
tery. It is taken to be simply a, move
ment of Mulkey for Mulkey.
The short-term senator is said to be
lieve that Chamberlain '.will be elected
senator over H. M. Cake with but Utile
trouble. He also expects-that Taft will
be the next president. By ; climbing
onto the Taft wagon, at this time it is
believed that Mulkey is making a play
to have a slice of the federal patronage
with Bourne and Chamberlain. . neither
PRINCE. OF SWEDEN
MARRIES PRINCESS.
BUT LOVES ACTRESS
(United Press leased Wira.)
St. Petersburg, May 2. Prince Wil
helm of Sweden will marry the Grand
Duchess ,Marle Pavlovla, daughter of
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovltch. and
cousin to the caar, at i o'clock tomor
row anernoonv-;.- :? 7 C " .'V-.-,
The ceremony will take clace at the
Tsarskoe-Selo palace.
- The csar. King Gnstav of Sweden,
and Prince Carl and Princess Ins-eborg,
Ulu DrDluvr buu riDici, will un preanii.
. All th. mva- famlli, Anrl th. riwat.
est of the nobility out of the charmed
circle of royalty will be present.
f irst mere wm p mi ureK cnumn
rttuftl and then a Lutheran ceremony,
to show proper deference to the domi
mm
IK mm
supported by Taf t, in the United States
senate.
Hard XTus to Crack.
Fulton's friends will not - stand for
Mulkey and It is believed that the en
trance of the latter into the state con
ventlon fight will drive the Fulton peo
ple to ' an uninstructed -delegation,
though no acceptance of a further con
cession will-be considered. In other
words. Fulton's friends will loin wKh
Cake in the selection of an uninstructed
delegation, but they will not neceeaarily
loin in the effort of Senator Bourne to
lead the delegation. -
However It works out,' It would ap
pear that the- situation . of , Mr. Cake
and his managers is daily growing mora
complex and that the ; candidate Is
hedged In by a maae of conflicting ele
ments which are working to his defeat.
If he does not please Senator Bourne
he will get the , stamp :. of Senator
Bourne's disapproval. If he does favor
Bourne he will get all that the Fulton
men are able to give blm.
From appearances, the main ques
tion with him, therefore, la which of
thev punshments will leave the least
mark. That Is a .thing that Mr. Cake
will have to decide within a very short
time. . . .-:' i ... ..
DENVER POLICEMAN
KILLED BY THIEF
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Denver. Col., May . I. Charles It.
Becker, a policeman, was shot and killed
early today by a burglar whom he cor
nered in the office of the Denver Pho
tograph - Supply company. Becker was
walking In an alley when he noticed
that a window of the company's off lc
had - been pried open.- He crawled
through It and evidently was about to
capture the burglar when he wasJkiUed.'
The bullet fired by the thug penetrated
the officer's heart. No arrests wera
made.
TWO MEN KILLED IN
- ' COLLAPSED SEWEH
. . ' (flatted Press Leased Wire. J '
- Altoona, Pa., May I. -Two , Italian
laborers were killed and three probably
killed tonight : when a sewer ditch In
which - they were working ollaps,
burying them under six feet of earth.
nant religions of both Russia sr 1
Sweden.
Outwardly It will be a masnlilcont
affair, but really not a very happy on.
Tsarskoe-Selo palace will be cordon t
by an army to protect the royal r' :
and guests from terrorists. Bii i ,
the prince is 'admittedly in love ,wli.-
beautiful young Swedish artres. P
i not thought he will be a very i
family man.
St. Petersburg is ninji1-i"r -rated
for the occasion, I .t r t i
Of the prj-ferfof ';
people are nnt int t.u ;
contemptuous. In t t.
The .-merry-n .tV't-i t
paUce w:!l i :. I ; --' -.
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