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THE DAILY JOURNALt1! AT'2 CENTS A" COmSiSoAai - jk: JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING" THE BEST -RESULTS. , V Real Estate for Sale? ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL The Weather-Showers tonight or ' Wednesday; southerly winds, . ... m rr r- - LA ar r m -aw iif . "VX-TV II A T KM l r l LI I-'' 'H TTtlJ LtUW V N7 li 1 1 t 1 I LI ... I 1 I iTV I 1 I K X II' JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 29,500 VOL. VII. NO. 50. V PORTLAND, .OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 6,9 1808. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ? itaxw awn ktwi I 1J1 IB SHERIFF DENIES HE IS C Sam Smith Enters Plea on Arraignment on Charge of Arson at Prirteville Made by Former Congressman Williamson. Believed Fresh Outbreak of Itonge War Will Result From tho Arrest of Pop ular Man Alleged Con fession Kept Secret. (Special Dlnpntch to The Journal.) Prlneville. Or., May 5 Former Sherlfl C. 8am Smith entered a plea Of not guilty to the charge of arson In the circuit court today. The charge was made by former Congressman J. N, Williamson, whoae sheep shearing- plant wai destroyed by Incendiaries recently. Bmlth was arraigned yesterday after noon and given until this, morning to . plead.' - .- . V - ' Long before court convenes 'an died crowd assembled in the , court' yard. Small knots of men excitedly discussed the pending proceedings and a new outbreak of the terrible range war was freely predicted. Angry glanoes were exchanged between sheep and cat' tie owners and for a time It appeared that there would be a clash. Cooler heads prevailed and there was no open rupture but it is expected, by people who were In the midst of the former wars, that hostilities cannot be post Tinned verv manv davs. The work of securing a Jury will prob ably begin tomorrow morning. The Jurors will be selected from men who are neither interested In the sheep not cattle business as far as possible. Them will probably be. a struggle between the attorneys while the Jury Is being secured for the feeling is running high. The entire case will be fought as never a case has been fought before in the eastern Oregon courts. Expert legal talent haa been ' secured and it will be a battle of wits seldom Been In the west. George W. Barnes of Prlnevllle, and Weatherford A Wyatt of Albany, are "the attorneys for the defense. Frank Menefee. W. A. Bell and H. S. Wilson will conduct the case for the prosecu tion. ' Larkln Elliott, indicted .Jointly with former Sheriff Smith, ia confined in the-county jail here. He was arraigned yesterday but has made no attempt to secure ball. . ; K is generally believed that Elliott fias actually made a confession Impli cating Bmlth and that. the document is now In the possession of District At torney Menefee. Although it - Is be lieved that this rumor is 'tfue no one besides the district attorney and Sheriff Elklns has been allowed to see the al leged confession. HOT PRESIOEMCY "'" BDedil- Dispatch to TSe Journal. Medford. Or.. May $. 1 anv-not ac tive In politics except for -. bigger navy.t,' said Captain Hobson today when asked regarding thereport thatJie was conducting a still hunt for the Demo cratic presidential . -nomination- . four years hence. He admitted having heard the report but refused either to deny or confirm it ' . . "1 think- Roosevelt will probably- be renominated by the Chicago - conven tion," he continued, "on the ground that he Is the only man who can beat Bryan. I think Bryan should pa me the mext Democratic nominee and seleqt someone who. will harmonise both wings of the party, someone like Folic of Missouri, who is strong with both nerth and south.1' . , . i. . ... Hobson admitted Johnson's -nomination would. not strengthen the' party In the south.-.-! '-....., ..,'.-'.--;.,-;-...: BALLPLAYERS MHNWWM ill ' f VX ) s vf-: ; -v :V h - - f v - X , GOV 0 up See Battling Speeches, at Vale and Ontario in Which He Tells Audiences of Duty to Statement No. 1 Principles. Chamberlain Shows That Needed Legislation at Washington in State's In terest Could Be Obtained by Energetic Action. 4 "Cheer Up" Pincance, Happy Maa of the Portlands. BATTERIES. Honorary Judee Georee H. 'Williams. pucner uoionei jonn Mcuraaen, eaten er. . -.,, Portland Jesse OarretL -Ditcher: Tom Madden, catcher. Ban rranclsco "Slivers" lleniev. pucner; uiauae Berry, catcher. uame Begins at b:so. Headed by the Brown band, the big parade which inaugurates the annual lo cal baseball Season In the coast league, started from the , Schiller cigar store, Sixth and Washington street, - at X o'clock this afternoon and. attuck. out for the ball park at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets, , where the players are now practicing jor tne opening game, at s:S0 o'clock. . " ; Tha band occupied a big tally-ho and was followed by tha players la uni form, oonifortably seated s in auto- monnna i nere were some so auto mobiles In the parade, a distinct fea ture of which was the 40-foot scenery van filled with over 100 of the most faithful fans under Merry Widow lids, Tue parade proceeded up Sixth street to Morrison, to follow the route down Morrison to Third, down Third to wasningion ana out Washington to the Mirk. Thousands of people lined the sidewalks and watched - the players pass. The e were new . faces in the leading automobiles 1 but they were cheered as lustily aa the mora familiar figures. Never In the baseball history of Port- iaq an mo mucn emnusiasm prevailed as today.- - Perfect baseball w.itii.r will probably lure to -the grounds an Initial attendance of 6.000 people. Out i mo gro-jnas eyeryining la. In readi ness for this great assemblage. Park assistants have been frantically work- iv bo- "-'" irounm in snape ana It U rimaikable what an . achievement there Is. Last week" the field was abominable; today It la In good shape. : -Av- Comfortable Quarters. ' - . ? " ' ' A score of the posts-which obscured the players from the grandstand and causal many a murmured cuss have Uen removed and altogether things hi" n - mad ""-"h more comfort- JERSEY EXPECTED TO INSTRUCT DELEGATES . r FOR SECRETARY TAFT (Special Dispatch to The Journal. , ' ' Trenton, N. ff.. May 6.Ear!y scenes In the New Jerseyr state Republican , convention, which convened here, today vwlth 1.000 delegates present. indTCated that the four" delegates-at-larg'e to be fsent to the Chicago national -onvet'lon j:w1U instructed f or Tar. - . - Senator Dryden. chairman. Indirectly gave the war secretary good boost by VtAH tori!lIm, as Jh m08t Probable S5Dj!idB4?' '.Hf lso declared that Go v r,rhr' I?Ji1.?',K0Y: vice-presidential timber, adding that the country would J .TiB?,nl.?af administration II Ll!?e .5'p!lbJ,cn candidates in the Held were eleated. - . . That famous old battery Judge George H. Williams, the patriarch of Oregon baseballdom, and Colonel Henry Me Craken, almost equally renowned, have lent added Interest to the. day. Judge Williams will. shoot over the first ball to Hildebrand, and his battery partner will catch it or try. Tha Judee has been practicing for this event In fever ish anxiety for several weeks and thinks ne can float .'em around Miiaeorana s neck a la Amos Kusie. Trained to the minute and feeling full of confidence, Jesse Garrett. Mo Credle's spltball artist from the Texas league, will be upon the mound. Jesse arrived from the south Monday morn' (no- whln.il fv over yesterday af ternoon, rested nicely last night and today is prepared to pitch the game of his life. If Garrett wins today there Is nothing all Oregon will not do for him. we might as wel) call the race for United States senator off. Jesse can have it if he wants it. regardless of constitutional requirements and other tiresome ltral things. If Jess wln It will be the first opening game Portland has won within the memory of the old est Inhabitants. ... . . rinnAiu) tha -little-fellom he Is S feet 10 inches, and weighs US will be Slivers Henley. . silvers is wen mown here and has hundreds of admirers, but this la the day when everyone turns his -voice on high for his opponent Henley will be caught by Claude Berry and Garrett's battery partner will be Tom Madden, the youngster who Is batting like a fiend these days, GRAFT SCANDAL AT BAIT (United "rasp Leairt Wtral Baltimore. Md. May 6. Baltimore haa a graft scandal which promises all sorts of startling revelations In addi tion ' to those already maa a Mayor McHoql has so far removed from efflee i. .Arthur Mlckham. - Democrat, and James H. Marine, a prominent Repub lican, commissioners, for asking for and receiving money for paving contracts. . Foe several days charges against the two men and others have been under Investigation. Tha hearing came to an abrupt end when Contractor John C. Robertson s charge that be gave tl.tOO to Former Congressman Rusk,- who Is said to have acted aw a go-between, was substantiated - by two witnesses who overheard the details of the deal while concealed In a bookcase, . : A demand for $10,000 for a contract led to tha exposure. The president of the Maryland Paving company was the Informant - After admitting that' he passed rths tnonav Husk resigned last night -:-. . ,.-. BT Don F. Steffa. (fepedal DUptcb to Tba Joarnal.) Ontario, Or., May 5 Before a crowd of nearly 1,000 people, both at Vale and Ontario, Governor Chamberlain, in two addresses which brought repeated applause for his unalterable stand on the issues before the public, opened his campaign In eastern Oregon yesterday for United States senator. Governor Chamberlain chased the Cake adherents up a tree, then put the Republican sena torial candidate in an unenviable po sition when he told his audiences of the unequivocal stand for Statement No. 1 that Cake had made before his nomination and upon which he had re ceived the peoples votes, and of the wavering, unassertive and questionable position he had taken on the same issue immedlately'after. " ' v.:..." Malheur Zs for Statement So. "L The direct primary law and State ment No. 1 are both measures for which Malheur turned In a majority vote at the time of their adoption. Prior to the primary election a few weeks ago, the Statement No. 1 issue here was not an important factor of the campaign. Since the nominations were made, however, the right of the peorle to voice their sentiment In the choice, of United States senators has as sumed formidable proportions. In con sequence it is a factor which cannot be overridden during the present campaign. Malheur county believes in It. Will Work for Reclamation. At- Vale yesterday afternoon Where, In addition to a large crowd, nearly 100 school children sat on the platform with him. Governor Chamberlain scored instant favor in his enthusiastic cham pionship of government Irrigation in this district, where thousands and tens of thousands of fertile acres He useless for want of water. If elected, he has promised to use his utmost endeavors through the prestige gained as presi dent of the irrigation congress and through his active wprK in the reclama tion projects in this state, to force the expenditure of a large portion of the reclamation, fund In this Immense lr- ngaoje- region. Cake Scored as Opportunist. Governor Chamberlain was greeted at Ontario at his evening address by a crowd which packed the large public hall to overflowing. It was during his speech here that he tossed the firebrand Into the Cake camp and questioned the sincerity of the candidate who had championed the Statement No, 1 cause prior to his nomination, then assumed a' vacillating attitude toward- it la his camDaian for the Dooular vote. "It Is up to the voters of Oregon at the coming election," he declared, "not only to elect a man with tha prestige and ability to gain from con gress the urgent measures this state h.iul m i.,. n rlv.f ft. all Mm. trt nttTtA and in such a way that the eyes of we naiwn, cenierea now upon me out come here in Oregon, shall not be de ceived, the prooosltlon that the people of this commonwealth must and shall rule." ..,, Open aiver and Coast Ports. Leaving, the Republican candidate In a bog from which It will be difficult for him to extricate himself. Governor Chamberlain drew added applause in advocating other measures, ' speaking briefly on the necessity of opening the Columbia and - coast porta, the immedi ate need of stopping oriental immigra tion, on postal savings and national bank 'reserve funds. C. K. ft. Wood of Portland Introduced Governor Chamberlain at tha meeting last night and at the conclusion of the la Iter's address the Democratic candi date was' roundly cheered. He leaves here this morning for Bumpter. where he will, speak today, returning . to Baker City tontght Statement No. 1, which slumbered peacefully In Malheur county during the primary campaign, has suddenly de veloped Into a potent factor. Owing to tne aetermination or ine people or tnis section to .elect only . those committed to voting for the people's oholce for United States senator. J. W. Brooke. Republican - candidate for Joint repre sentative from this district, has been placed In-a peculiar position. Brook Is a Fulton man from cellar to garret He went before the neonle to receive tha -nomination unpledged, Fulton was de feated and Cake received the r plum, strongly advocating - statement no. l. Brooke In consequence is facing a ha rassing situation. : unouia caae come Into the district and ' maintain his do- slttoa on Statement No. 1 candidates only, as he did before his-nomination, he would pull votes away from Brooke and throw them into tha lap ef Moffitt, the Democratic candidate for tha same officer- Bhould" Caka- come here and not advocate Statement No. 1. hen the FORMER CITY EMPLOYE IS CHARGED WITH THE BUTCHERY OF m WOLFF 1KB Defaulting Clerk of Wil lamette School District Convicted on Charge of ForgeryBrownell With lraws Plea, (Special Dispatch te The Journal.) Oregon City, : May 6 Otto T. Olson was this morning' sentenced to a term of two to 30 years la the penitentiary on the. charge of forgery, Oregon City, May 6 Otto F. Olson, the defaulting clerk of Willamette school district, was arraigned before Judaa McBrlde this morning on the charge of forgmg the name of Rudolph Koerner to a promissory note. Olson, by his attorney, .George C. Brownell, withdrew his plea of not BUUty and entered the plea of guilty. When asked by the Judge If he was ready for sentence, Mr. Brownell asked permission to read a report from Dr, House of Portland. This report was to the effect that Olson has been suffering from an un balanced condition oz the mind, brought on by overstudy In hypnotism and elec tricity as well as by disappointment in mining schemes. It appears from this paper that Ol son also arana aeep or clairvoyance and sees accidents oocurring on railroads, accurately describing the people injured, and also seems to see . faces . of people whom he" afterwards actually .sees, and during these visions he even hears them talk. The money belonging to the school district, which he should have turned ever to the district, was Invested in mining storks, which. Olson believes, will yet realize and he is guided In this belief by clairvoyance. as to me scnooi money irouoie. lie accepts It as Inevitable, as a clairvoyant prophesied ter him the diversion of funds yeamHgo, and it simply had to (Continued on Page Three-) occur, in the course or events. He claims to have freauent vUlnna And the purchases of the stocks were made by mm while under the Influ ence ol unseen powers and rorces, urg ing him in his vlsiona All of which, the report stares, are evidences of a secondary insanity. It may be classed aa a "dementia precox," which signifies an insanity always followed by a de mentia of greater or less degree. Judge MctJride expressed his opinion that the report submitted does nnt specify any species of insanity recog nizee Dy me taw, ana that the general rule In mining Investments la that they appear gilt-edged, and tempt people of sound minds to make Investments, it being lack of judgment not Insanity. The Judge, then sen tended Olson to a term of Imprisonment in the state penitentiary, of not, less than two nor more than 20 years, at the pleasure of me governor.. iiTifliTo SAVE TROUBLE Music Teacher ' Murders Im , becile Daughter Before Committing Suicide. LAUNDRY MARK IT CLUES Suspected Man Disappeared From His Home Sunday Night Bought Shirt From Third Street Dealer, Discarded It in JNorth Portland Edward H. Martin, 35 years of age, graduate of West t Point, Fordham college, New York Law, school, University t 0 V . . at . aw "' . '-.'!.''- ar ,i oi uregon, temporary employe ot the aty .engineer's office, is the man the police hav arrested for the murder of Nathan Wolff in his jewelry store at 165 First street, Friday night. Martin has been missing from his home on the cast side since Sunday at 6 o'clock. 1 , The police say they are certain that Martin committed the murder, because of the bloody shirt found Saturday be hindthe Washington hotel at South Third and Flanders streets. The shirt was sold to Martin by a second hand dealer on Third street Friday mornings w (Doited Press Leased Wire.) Cleveland. May 6. To save his wife the trouble of caring for their Imbecile daughter, C. Kuppe, a musio teacher, early today chloroformed the child and then hanged himself., Mrs. Kuppe found the bodies. ' In a note written by Kuppe to his aged wife he explained his act by, say ing that he did not care to live, and that he did not care to leave behind him the daughter for-his wife te care for- EUGENE VOTES MOKE : MONEY FOR SCHOOLS "aaaaasawjaai . '.i' (Special Dispatch to- The Journal.) Eugene, ur.. May e Tha Eugene school board was authorized at a meet ing of -the voters of the district to issue wutuiw . on int district UP to S26.000 for the needs of the district including the addition tn . tha . v.ih school, now being erected, to cost ,$8,- vv i". iuv n' sua- lor . - new grade school recently purchased in the Huddles ton addition ami for another grade school ln -Fairmouht or Bast Eu gene. The - proposition . to Issue the warrants - wbsj carried - - UJlftntmnn.lv showing the spirit of progress that per vades the district It is probable that the new grade school In Falrmount will be erected during the coming summer or fall and tha one in the Hudtlleston addition, wnicf, lies .in tha opposite quarter of the &ty, will come a year or more later. . I Suspect E. H. Martin was caught at 2 o'clock this afternoon. - - 1 Martin was found biding in a room over the Pennl saloon. 879 East '. Morrison street, corner of Union avenue, at 1:30 this afternoon. Detec tives Hellyer and Tichenor found tho man. ' i';f The patrol wagon was qulckljr summoned and Martin, taken to colic headquarters. He declined to say anything in answer to the questions fired at him by the. detectives. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Martin was being searched in the office of Chief Gritxmacher. He maintained a stubborn silence. Evidently Martin returned to his hiding place over the saloon as soon as he left the house of Mrs. Boyle, 480 East Davis street,, which he had visited less than an hour belore-the arrest took place. An abrasion behind the ear and a deep scratch on the face show that Martin has been through a struggle, though It was believed by tha detectives mac tne man wno guiea XNatnan Wolff certainly must have received serious wounds. .? husjnesa and therb obtained their first definite Information. Solomon knew Martin through various business jranaacUons when Martin ?oldnteh- i,1,010'. irr. Solomon tm h2l .-?CKf U? Baty th" Mar tin Dad been In his store Anrll S ani for wlliJrS I?"" instrunten l?ri In tha storJ", buy KTh tr,s re'ued but Martli aaked the man to wait a minute. I - "rey Idantlflaa Shirt -.i".0,00 " Martin finished his dell with Solomon and had obtained tha five fi.r" Xen ou the stora with F,TX. an.d the two went - to the plaaa block where Martin bought three shirts. Of these one of them waa the one found covered with blood behind the Washington hotel.. Dray Identified the doubt in. tha officer's minds. fHU yw"r not satisfied and went 2..' fartto house. Hera their lat doubts were removedV The detectives learned that Martin returned home at midnight Frtday night without a shirt and with a coal and vest on that Mrs. Martin had never seen befora Martin also had a wound on his forehead. wtt& this knowledge aid , knowledge that Starttn was a Ornar fiend, the oa ectivaa had their ease praetloaUy eom plete and begaa a searoh for Martin, who left his home Sunday evening -S o'alook and has not haas seen since by f amUy frlenda. :-.-- - Prom the time tha bloody shirt was discovered behind the Washington hotel at Third and Flanders streets. Captain Baty and, his detectives worked to trace the shirt to the man who wore It the night of the murder. Like bulldogs they hung on to this clue until they traced it to Martin, who" purchased It from Max Drey a second-hand dealer at 229 Front street v - With this Information In their pos session the officers gathered together the remaining ends of the crime -late last night when Captain Baty and Chief Gritxmacher were convinced that Martin was the man they were searching for. With the laundry mark, "A163" aa a basts for their search the detectives immediately made a round of tha laun. dries. A search at several elicited no information and finally the bloody ahirt waa taken to the Opera House laundry. The head marker who la considered an expert waa not In and could not be found until yesterday morning. " IiOoaang Shirt Owner. , Then commenced a naurli thrnmi, books and it was found to belong to a man other than Martin. This man was traced down and he told of selling it with a- lot of other shirts to Max TlfaaV a ; Sajmtr1.hanl Bvvviiu-uaiiu wail WI1U K(H?B about, the-elty. gathering up old elothea "'vu u rmeui, wnen urey waa found he could not tell the name of tha oian . wno pougni me snirt irom him. Drey said that he met the man at N. Solomon's Jewelry store at 189 Third Street - - - - , - - .: - Tired by their long search the offi cers were stimulated by this bit of im portant evidence and went to Soldraon's (Continued on Page Seven.) BOLD ROBBERS TAKE AWAY CONTENTS OF : STORE IN BIG VAN ' (CnltaA Preis Xisaaad Wire.) .Chicago, May 8. One of the boldest robberies in the history of Chicago was perpetrated early today when four men entered a store In Woodlawn, a suburb on the south shore, bound and gagged the watchman and carried away the entire contents of the store in a fur niture van. ; - "' - -. - t . -,, Aa thev drove away a dltlzen. mho had been aroosed by theouti-ry rf dow and emptied both brrMi snotgun at tne van dul nun lleved thai he struck any of t pants, ' The watchman was finlrf t store when , the' roMr i opened the door and nt-'-'ng us . toes ruxhfd upnn'luin 'Ji- ahoutvil. for fct-lp mi l v i Hagri. Iwmnd " ' carrif-l f i -of the stre, 'i ; im'-.'i t. t . out ail i.J the c-.n 6f a ot I 1 T ' had been aroosea oy tne outi-ry of out ail i.t the o-( ; j, the watchman, before the men succeed-1 tlir!r l.r.- s'i 1 ir-.- ed in gagging him. appeared at his win-l Ul.a ivut U t i . I 4
