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SHERIFF
DENIES
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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
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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
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