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. v THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 7. 1908. ,
J
EiViPEROR'S
BIRTHDAY
f ' t a n.l.l,..in 71 i a
Sixtieth Anniversary and
1 Vienna Is Gaily Decorated
in His Honor Cunsrat
: ulafced by Rulers.
MARTIN'S STORfdY LIFE
.AMONG IDAHO MINERS
Suspected of Implication in Death of Partner So Kept
in Jail for Another Offense While the Evi
dence, Wa&JBeing Secured ,
: (Cnltea frmm Leased Wire. I
Vienna. Mar 7 The emperor of Ocr
many and four rullnjr German kings and
princes . personally congratulated the
' '.venerable Emperor Fran Josef today
" on the sixtieth anniversary of his c-
t ceaalon to the Auetro-Hungarian throne.
The ceremony took piece at the Schon
i bruin palace Just outside of Vienna. 'It
was "the most brilliant royal gathering
Europe has known during the present
' generation There has been no such as
sembly of monarche since tne conven
. Hon at Vienna nearly 100 years ago,
.- when tha man of F.nrone was rearranged
after the great Napoleon had changed
' Us boundaries.
The city was gaily decorated. Flags
and burftlng stretched across the streets,
and nublio buildlnrs. private houses and
office structures had their fronts era
)lncnnH In a mass rf color.
Thousands of visitors poured Into the
capital, many coming from the most
distant Darts of the empire. The
streets were almost impassable because
of the throngs or slgntseers.
The German rulers, with the ezcep
' tion of Emperor Wilhelm, all arrived
, lasr night. " .
During the night dozens of court car
,. rlages, drawn by pairs of the emperor's
. famous breed of grays, dashed to and
from all the rail wav stations of the
metropolis, conveying the royal guests
! and their brilliant suites to Hofburg,
1 the imperial residence in the center of
. Vienna. . . '
The Germans were me! af the sta-
"tlons bv Austrian archdukes, of whom
nine, including the heir apparent, were
tolled off bv the emperor for tnis amy.
The chief guest, the .Emperor Wil-
helm; with the empress and daughter,
arrived this morning direct from Corfu,
. and their appearance produced a scene
almost as brilliant as the later state
reeeptlon. by. Fran. Josef at-Abe-. -Sehon-
' bruin. -
The day was fine. Fran Josef hlm-
. self welcomed his brother emperor at
Pending railway station. He was ac
; rompanied : bv all the archdukes and
archduchesses In Vienna. '
JEALOUS SIVAINS BEAT
E
SUCCESSFUL
SCOR
T
- Thomas Adams, 17 years old, residing
at 62S East .Twenty-first street, lies at
t Ms home lu.-f a critical condition; Oil
t Martin, Bruce Strange and Roy Antonl-
- tne juvenile court. The primary caus1 being glai
; oi an una is a pretty i-year-oia girt.
. Muturaay nignt Adams took tne young
f ladsr borne from a merry-go-round party,
r It Is claimed that one of the three who
' were arrested , asked for the favor and
i was refused. - Incensed, they followed
t the couple on the car until they alighted,
g when they set upon Adams and beat him
f severely.
v At the police station last night they
; admitted the fracas. This morning the
' trio Intimated that there had been pre-
vious ill feeling. . The physician attend-
lng Adams said this morning tl.at an
: operation would probably "be necessary
, on Adams' bead, as a blood tumor has
r developed. . The boy's kull was not
fractured, but there are several severe
, abrasions of the skin - . ,
TELL MUSICIANS OF
- THE ROSE CARNIVAL
i-
E. L. Rice left this morning for St.
Louis to represent local No. -09 at the
annual - convention of the Musicians'
Mutual ; association which convenes
there nest week.
Mr. Bice took with him a lot of lit
erature and Information that he intends
using with a view of boosting the Rose
carnival to' be held here this summer.
Mr, Rice is a member of the Portland
Symphony orchestra. He expects to re
turn immediately after- the close of the
conference. -
? CRAFTS SOCIETY'S
! SPRING EXHIBITION
I ' The spring exhibition of the Arts and
', Crafts .society "will open with a reception
Tuesday evening,' May 19, atthe. At
Museum, when members of the society,
; their friends and the press will be in-
vlted to see the articles of eraf tsman
! ship. Much beautiful handwork is ar
; riving from eastern workers, and Port
- land craftsmen are sending In many in
teresting things. - There will be bas
. Itetry, leather, books, textiles, jewelry
and all that goes to make an attractUe
;' and varied showing.
The committee on exhibits Is Mrs. Lea
Hoffman. Mrs. Hugh Hume, MissjGeor
rina Burns , N. Fleischner and Ellis
i". lwiwrence.
"Doc" Martin, as Edward H. Martin,
charged with the murder of Nathan
Wolff, is known to central Idaho, laid
In jail at Orangevllle for a period of
eight months, while the- Idaho, county
authorities were Investigating his con
nectlon with the murder of a mining
partner named Bowen, in Warrens, in
the spring of 1905.
Martin, who is an expert mlnerafo
gist, was brought out to central Idaho
a start lit the Warrens mining camp, a
wild and woolly hole In the Thunder
Mountain district. In company wltn
two other men, including Bowen, he
Prospected and set stakes to a claim
which was thought to be exceedingly
rich in mid ore. The trio worked the
claim until the spring of 1906, when
the dashinr ex-arm v lieutenant thousrht
Tie uncovered a plot to make away with
mm. Those were days wnen everybody
netted on nis six-snooter in tne morn
ing, where there was little law except
what the miners agreed upon thera-sjelves.
' JBowen Disappears.
'One dav Bowen disaDDeared after a
heavy explosion of giant powder and
was never seen alive again. That left
ixc and tne third miner t-work the
claim. For weeks the little mining
community searched for Bowen, Martin
Being one or the leaders. If there was
ever any susDlclon at the time it was
allayed by Martin's actions.
Several months later he disposed of
Ms claim to his partner and went to
Florence. Idaho, where he continued bis
proBDectinsr. Martin became known to
all the miner along the trail from
Florence to Warrens because ha doc
tored the sick and Injured. That earned
him the sobriquet of "Doc." and bis
given- name was never known except to
mis immiairB. '
, Arrest of MarHn.
Doe-" W - mwmmtiul - In - VImmm..
Charged wjth stealing a shotgun, and'
taken to the county seat of Idaho coun-
at urangevuie. Me was visited by
O authorities who - wnr1 tn fniMn
the expense of a trial, which would ne
cessitate Hanging witnesses 'over the
trail from Florence, and tried to induce
Martin to plead guilty, promising him
a light sentence. This he re'f iiHert'tn An
and remained four months in jail be-
in" unaify consenting, w - r .
In the meantime thn ahnttereri hna f
Bowen was found at the mine. and. mm.
pecting that Martin knew something
about his death, an investigation was
about to be made. The information,
however, was kept from Martin, and
when he was finally induced to plead
guilty he was given a sentence of six
months. This enabled the officials to
make a -search for evidence. They pur-'
sued It diligently . ail over the Thun
der mountain district but nothing could
be found upon which to base a convic
tion. Martin leaves Idaho.
When Martin was released from the
Orangevllle Jail nothing more was heard
from him for several months. FlnalTy
came the information that he had been
arrested in Moscow, Idaho, upon a small
charge. He made such a rum mm that
he was given his liberty on the promise
of leaving Latah county, the officials
d to be rid of him.
me next neara or Martin he was a
student of the University of Oregon
medical colleee. He hurt nminiaii in
the meantime, and told Idaho friends
whom he met here that he had won his
father's forgiveness, had dropped the
drug habit and become prosperous again.
. .. Planned an Airship.
Martin's life history has much of ro
mance in l. He was considered a vis
ionary chap. ' In the Idaho county Jail,
where ha was accorded the privileges of
a trusty, he spent hours telling his
friends of camp and army life. He told
them of his early school life, his gradu
ation from West Point with highest hon
ors,, his campaigns in the tropics, then
the terrible yellow fever, and finally of
the morphine habit He recited Shakes
peare and let his friends in upon an air.
ship secret he had been working upon.
Martin would reserve the choicest bits
Of his history for his best Triends. To
these latter he told of his drop from a
position of honor to one of degradation
how he 1 became a dope field, then
a kleptomaniac, and finally an admirer
of scarlet women.
On Great White Way.
Being young, handsome, quick-witted
and brilliant, he won and kept the
friendship of Gussie. McKee, the notori
ous "poolroom aueen'' nf Mm
They were Inseparable companions on
tae great white way, and In entertain
ing her he went beyond his means. To
get money to lavish upon his favorite
BOOKKEEPER;
TOOK $4,498
EAST SIDE DRY VMR
BROUGHT INTO eOURT
W. EDoiiglasrEmployed.by
inici ueiecnve Agency,
Has Confessed His Guilt,
Declares' Manager Clouse
Gambled. Away Money.
J :, '
Gussie stuck to him, and together they
returned to New York a marriage short
ly following. His father turned hlih
adrift, and this was the end of Gusse.
Bite was killed shortly afterward, inff a
Bowery saloon brawl.
MARTIN'SFATHER HAS
NOT YET LEARNED OF
SON'S IMPRISONSIENTTtwo"
Agency In this city, wl E. Douglas was
this morning arrested on a complaint
sworn out by D. L. Clouse, manager of
the agency, charging bim with embei
xllng $4,498.40. Douglas admits bis
Mr. Clouse says Douglas showed con
summate skill In his peculations. Until
April S 8. when Mr. Clouse accidentally
stumbled ; qn ' Irrefutable evidence of
Douglas' guilt, he bad not the slightest
suspicion regarding; . his - bookkeeper's
honesty. ..-
The evidence was in the ahana nf a
letter, and, Mr,: Clouse asserts, not only
he misappropriated funds at Fort Ham
ilton. Upon the discovery he was court
martialed and dishonorably discharged
. Ul'l lltci DC1
Although several telegrams and cables
have been sent to various points in
Europe trying to locate the father of
Edward IL Martin, none of them has
reached him yet.. It is not known where
he Is at present, the last card pomlnir
several weeks ago, when he- was at
Monte La no.
City Attornev Kavanauah has been
acting on behalf of Mis. Martin and has
been endeavoring to locate Martin's
parents ror her. A telegram was re
celved by Martirr this morning from
"TIP" fhalan. a well-known New -York
politician, which was as follows:
- "Teddy, 1 am- with vou. Is there any
thing I can doT Telearanh the St. Hu-
oeri. xip naian.
It developed this afternoon that Sena
tor Geariri. who wad retained to act in
the case,- may not be able to represent
Martin, as tne nrm or.DoiDh. Mailorv
Simon & Geartn is cerine for the astata
of Nathan Wolff, the murdered pawn
broker. Mr. Gearin stated at noon in
quite unmistakable language that he
was not at present at least. Martin's
counsel. William McGarry. Seneca
Fouts. John LoKan nnri Da nisi Malarkev
all have a finger In the pie, but have not
f'et aeciaea to take the case up. They
iad united upon Senator Oeftrin as the
deal man to renreaent them, but the
complication of the Wolff estate will
probably prevent that.' Clt Attorney
tiavanaugn ta acting ror mm. Martin,
butwill not represent Martin In any
way in me muraer trial. j
SPANISH WAR VETS
"SECURE ATTORNEY
FOR JAILED COMRADE
The Polo club of the Spanish-Ameri
can War Veterans' association has "come
to the rescue of their fellow member.
Edward Ji. Martin, and the club s presl
dent, Seneca Fouts, has been selected to
represent Martin In his trial for the
murder of Nathan Wolff. Fouts had a
long conference with Martin yesterday
in which he. assured him that the
Veterans of the Spanish-American war
would see that he was given every pro
tection possible. Mr. Fouts Is prepar-
"a in ueiiiu muriin in me case.
J ri
he advent of tha war vntunm .rn.
plicated the tangle of the attorneys
concerned in the Martin defense,. As
win as. vviuiam Mcoarry, , who was
asked by Martin's New York , agents
to represent the prisoner, heard
that Fouts had ' entered the case
he notified Martin that he would have
nothing further to do' with it and tele
graphed the New York lawyers to that
effect. ,
"I Hnn't wn n t tVio a ..u
Mr. McGarry, "although I believe, after
luiiunK wiui xuariin tnree times, that
the police have got the wrong man." But
ina 1 1 in b jjbbi reora is against him
I don't want to be mixed up in it in
and
Anw
worn, IJ . T U.H.... 1 i . ...
" l i uciinva jits is innocent.
MARTIN TAKEN
TO PAWNSHOPS
FOR IDENTIFICATION
The police took Martin to several
pawnshops this morning. At each one
they asked If the clerks or proprietor
had ever seen Martin. At a north eni
Jewelry store they exhibited a small
ring and aBked the proprietor if Mar
tin had ever SOld a itlnmnn.l rlno
about that size to him. He replied that
ne bad never seen Martin before.
At Uncle Myers' place the police
asked the clerk if he had ever seen
Martin 'previously and as the latter
transacted his business with Mrs.
Myers the clerk had never seen him and
aid so. .
Martin's garnet West Point class ring
was pawned for the last time by Mar
tin when he obtained $6. on It from
uncle Myers' pawnshop onIThlrd street
The ring Is still at thlsplace and un..
redeemed. Martin pawned it the day
before the murder. He told Mrs.
Myers It was worth S68.
FLEET OFFICERS
JIT RECEPTIO!
Tub . Suits all j ready
for the, boys!
Water, sunshine, soap
and wear-and-tear won't '
j hurt them, and they are "
the , prettiest lot we've '
ever shown. .
' Russian and sailor
styles sizes 1 3 to 10
years. Prices 50c up
to $5.00.
CLOTHING CO
CciKiiJuxPrcp
. 166-168 THIRD ST.. ;
'(Special DUptteh ,.o The Journal.)
Ban Francisco. May 7. Following the
big parade, the Fairmont hotel at noon
today became a scene of military and
social animation. The spacious lobby of
the Knob Hill Hostelry was filled with
smartly dressed society women and
gold-laced officers from the battleships
and of Governor Gijlett's executive
staff.
The occasion was the governor's for
mal reception to .the officers of ihe
fleet and the reception committee in
San Francisco. -
Governor- Gtllett's staff, assisted by
Mayor Edward -Taylor and the mem
bers of the reception committee received
the sailor men in the big red room of
the hotel. All the officers who rnA
in the parade hla morning were pres
ent with the exception of Rear-Admiral
Evans, who was unable to attend
tne junction.
At the conclusion of the parade
"Fighting Bob" jwas taken directly to
his apartments at-the BL Francis hntol
and remained there throughout the af
ternoon, xne- rormai reception of the
governor in the red room was aug
mented oyan tnrormai reception in the
hotel lobby, at which friends and rel-r
auves 01 me rieet orncers had an op
portunity of greeting them.
-At the conclusion of -the rerenttiu
governor uiiieii and ni siair were en
tertained at luncheon in the Fairmont
grillroom.
1 M-MBHHMM-.W.HMMMMMH. V
WANT LOWER STEPS
OX STREETCARS
At its annual meeting held yesterday
the Portland section of the Council of
Jewish Women adopted the following
resolutions:'. ' ; '-r-.-.. ' '
FirstFavoring- an appropriation for
the 8tate university at Kugene, Oregon.
Second rA recommendation to incor
porate the kindergarten with the public
schools, giving all children between the
ages or 4 aid s tne oeneiits or tnis ex
cellent system of training.
- Third petitioning the city council to
order the lowering of the steps on all
streetcars. . , .
- " ' Value of Rrhloth Estate. :
' M. r. Dolph, W. G. Cox and Hugh CL
Gearin have -appraised C4" tetate of the
lste Ida gohloth. ftxingTfte value of tae
property at 5,5 00.
RECEIVER FOR
PRONE mnn'i
A receiver has been appointed at Van
couver for the Washington Home Tele
phone company, organized by S. V,
uavloor, J. D. Eaton-end associates, and
recently In trouble In Portland, owing
The receiver is Mr. McMaster, an at
torney, member of the firm of McMas
mr dc obck. it is reported that the
company is In arrears about $3,000 to
."..v,.c,o o.,u uiuera ior worg and sup
plies, and tnat the workmen Instituted
wi a. icuaiveranip,
CUSTOMS COLLECTOR'S
SALARY INCREASED
Liquor ; Interests' attorneys Attaclc thej Validity of the
Petition Rutherford Admits Some of Their ' : ;
-'Points, but Springs New Contention''
DIUCES 1
COIIDEIJED
Warring clans of dry and wet fought fore violates section 14 of the local op-
.u i t. .v. ka tk act. .,
kivuou v.... Tohn F- Logan followed, declaring
morning. Thirteen local option petitions that the east side petition violates the
showed that -Douglas had not only been
tampering wun me- oooKs, out- naa sys
tematically intercepted all letters to the
Portland agency .from the head office
In Chicago, where daily financial reports
were submitted, destroying - all those
wnicn mixnt. tend to incriminate him
with the home office..- A nril as Mr.
Clouse - seeured a letter from the Chi
cago headquarters asking- about some
money collected. - He believes this let
ter was overlooked by Douglas.
The letter led to an immediate invoa.
ligation, ana Mr. (Jiouse isvi. ta the
bookkeeper's confession that he had be
come imbued wun the gambling vice,
squandering all of his illicit gains on it,
Douglas casfa mother, sister and broth,
er living in Portland. He has been in
Oregon about three years. He came to
Portland from Baker City. Before com
ing out nere ne lived hi Philadelphia,
his birthplace. He is ssld to bear an
excellent reputation In the latter place.
SELECT JURY
TO TRY SMITH
are pending,' and chief among these 1
the one asking that an election be called
In June for the east side precincts as a
whole, except No. 61. Tha bearing wis
morning was for the purpose of decid
ing whether or not this east side peti
tion has any right to appear on the bal
lot tn June. '
The liquor interests contend that tho
antls have been empaled on a prong of
their construction, as it is auegea tnat
the petition to abolish saloons in fort
land east of the Willamette violates the
local option law. This position is vigor
ously assailed by the cold water men,
who assert that the law allows them 10
use portions of precincts already, dry to
enlarge tne ary territory. -a
Decision Zs DefewedT
Judge Webster and Commissioners
Barnes and Llghtner did not finish the
hearing this morning. go confusing
are the petitions and the questions pre
sented that nearly an hour was con
sumed" in taking the "lay of "the land.''
Then the attorneys settled down to ar
gument, which was resumed, this after
noon at 3 o'clock. A decision may not
be given for several days. v
Ralph E. Moody opened the battle Irr
behalf of those opposed to the general
east side petition. He and John F. Lo-
?an announced that they also appeared
o oppose two other petitions, both pr
plying a precincts Nos. 80 and tl. in
eluding the city of Bt. Johns. Opposing
them was Frank B. Rutherford of Ar
leta, representing the dry Interests.
Emphasizing his main contention as
to thn illevalltv. of the east side peti
tion, Moody pointed -out that local op
lion was voted on in June, 1905, tn what
was then precinct No. 40. The precinct
went dry. In November of the same
year the precinct was divided and pre
cincts Nos. 41 and" 43 were created from
It. At the citv election In June, 1907,
precincts Nos. 41 and 43 again voted
on the question and again went dry. In
November last the precinct lines were
again changed and true territory em
hraoed in Nos. 41 and 43 now forms pre
cincts Nos. SO. and 5J and a portion of
.NQS. 48 and 43. ,'
Ueclates Tots How Impossible.
Moodv then.Jnolnterl' to the clause in
the local ODtlon law which declares that
after any subdivision Of a county goos
dry the question shall potagain be
voted on for two years Within-that ter
ritory, except in the county as a whole.
As the territory referred ty went dry
last year, he argued, it is plain that no
vote can be had. this year, unless the
whole county votes.
Moody next pointed to section 14 of
tha loc&l-ottlon law. which says: "In
no case where prohibition has carried
in anv subdivision of any county shall
an election on this question of prohi
bition be held thereafter In any pre
cinct of such subdivision until prohibi
tion has been defeated at a subsequent
election held for such entire subdi
vision." Under this provision, Moody asserted,
no election can ever be held In a por
tion of the territory referred to until
all of the terrltoryhas voted wet. In
the present case the east Bide petition
excludes precinct tl, which Is a por
tion of the subdivision that was carried
by the drys in 1905 and 1907, and there-
spirit of the local option
."If it is true that prec
(Special Dlspstch to The JonrmL)
Prineville, Or., May 7. A special ve
nire of 20 Jurors summoned by Sheriff
Elklns yesterday And last night were
present at the call of court this morn
ing. A large crowd was assembled in
the courtroom when court was called by
Judge Bradshaw.
Defendant Smitn, ex-aneriir or urook
county, together with Larkin Elliott,
his wife nnd father, were present, be
side Smith's daughter and wife. Ex
Congreesman J. N. Williamson was
present, and conferred with his attor
neys, W. A. Bell, Frank Menefee and
H. 8- Wilson, from time to time as the
plot In the case developed.
, xne jurors examined were as xoiiows:
Walter Ruble, 8. F. Culver were1 ac
cepted, J. F. Taylor of Prineville was
taken. N. A. Newblll of Grizzly was ex-.
cused by the defense and John Steibel
of Bend was taken, C R. Henry of
Paulina was excused by the state, J. W.
Wil of Sisters was excused by the de
fendant, J. S. Wlndom of Culver was
taken. G. B. Milliron of Crook was . ex
cused by the state, J. F. Welgand of
Lamonta was ( taken, H. L. Prlday of
Hay Creek was excused bv the defend
ant, J. E. Wlmer of Sisters and I. W.
Stear of Prineville were excused by the
court, C. R, McLallin of Redmond, G. W.
Updike of Laldlaw and H. K. Taylor of
Haystack were taken, M. Nlswonger of
Hollow Butte was excused by the court.
E. C. Faught of Prineville was next ex
amined and after 20 minutes of ques
tioning was taken as a Juror: W. R.
Smith of Hollow Butte was excused by
the defendant. Ralph Moore of Hav
Creek wan taken after exnmlnAtlnn nnH
took his seat as number 10 In the Jury pleasant and painless and general James
box; F. W. McCaffery of Redmond was ! Kerchem and Dr. Coe have written a
FULTOIIITES FEAR
eOflTOH
Multnomah county delegates to the
state convention, 47 strong, are ex
pec ted to meet tonight at the head
quarters of tha Republican county
central committee to get acquainted
In order to make the Introduction
law.
creclncts alreaitv
voted dry may be combined with others
that are wet, thereby making the larger
territory wet. it will De possiDie to run
a shoestring of preclnota through the
county, overwhelming certain- weMpre
cincts with others that are known to
oe neavuy tne otner way," he said.
"Take Precinct -89. That is University
Park, a portion of Portland, where
very lot is sold with a' prohibition
clause In the deed. They Join Precinct
wim su ana si,- comprising the city
of S. Johns, to get prohibition In St.
Johns. They have a- right to do that,
and J am not complaining about it, but
the icourt can see the Identity of lu
What becomes of the spirit of the local
uuuun iawT' xnis is nothing Dut prohl
bltion, disguised as local option.'
. When Loaran aat down. Rutherford
came on the firing line. He caused sur
prise oy admitting much that the op
posing lawyers kad contended for, but
brought forward a brand new conten
tion. This waa tn thn ffnt that
precinct that goes dry, or a portion of
It, when it. is subsequently divided, may
be combined with other, territory for
""""s purjMwes, out tne result would
not affect the, territory already voted
dry, .even if the wet, forces carried the
Rutherford's Contention,
A aubdlviainn mo-o-
dry, territory." he said "but if it goes
wet. "It cannot rhmn th mmiiiinn. in
a portion of it that lias previously gone
.. i.' " aiiows us to extend the
territory. Tho nnnvia, nl ih.lhu i
enlarge territory that is dry. to re
etraln a thing that we say is evil."
itutnerrord- itt u.. i
- - - - - ------ v ...... uuuer 1 1 1 c
i"we to Bupport his claim, saying
that the Oregon law Is modeled on the
Texas law. It M that t. !i.. it-
election is ordered -and the out .iri.
f.08. T7 ,thre may be a contest as to
I '"Elusion of precinct to. adding that
k. "! or-tne petition Known
that 50 had Alresriv vnlarf Am ti i.i
have been left nut. tha n r...
he argued that this was a matter for
another court, and that the county court
fhouidi admit A,he east ld9 Petition on
the ballot as It stands.
znoi , Interests' Fetltlon.
nf5e.sardlli8r, other Pending petition.
Moody and Lrfigan argued that two of
ramril?r,KK U 8tt Johns precincts.
J7X ifi11, becau,8e they are In con
5ti i.a JP':evfou8 Petition of prior
Un?veihtyhpi?teS preclnct ,tn
The liquor interests supported a peti
tion covering precincts 6. 61, 62, 63 69,
, ! iV. t D. II. 7S anfl' 7Q a nl
44, 46 and 47.
ug tnese, put ap
rfunctory way. his
other embracing 42, 43,
xvumenora is opposm
... uiiij a penunciory way, his
b".b uoiuic tureciea toward upholding
itsnssftissf Cft,,,on backe
.??8hanl P,rclnct is involved in three
Pfi.iT.v in on of tneBe a vote is
asked in that precinct alone, in another
t Is combined with Powell Valley, and
in another it Is mine ih niL'?"z
. .. - - . V'l 3. VVV-IV W MUIL
Another eoantry subdivision to vote is
composed of Fairview and Troutdale
Other petitions In the clty re for sep
arate precincts, Nos. 8, 0 and 67. In
none of these is any fight being made
regarding the legality of the petitions
Methodists Declare United
States Legalizes , Polyg-
amy byx Granting Separa
tions Without Sufficient
Cause Being Jhowii. ,
(TJnittd Press Leased WW.) '
Baltimore, Md May 7. An address
ef the bishops attending the big Meth
odist Conference being held here - de
clares that divorces granted in the Uni
ted States permit polygamy and advises
the Methodists to aid In a movement
to eecure a uniform divorce law, with
adultery the .only ground for divorce.
The , address condemns Mormonism
and declares that the political strength
of. the Mormon church prevents the en-,
foncement of the state law whert the
church flourishes. - .
Great gains in every line of work of
the Methodist church is - represented.
The membership of the church in the
United States is 8,036,000, and the for
eign communicants number 67,000.
The blShODS . DDMIm tha nrantlxa nf
bishops investigating charges of heresy.
tjiiig- mat tne regular comerences or
the church handle all such oases better:
VDBER HID
SOMEWHAT HAZY
Washington,
committee on
favorably on the bill deflnin
darles of four customs col
laiVr". "ncMMln the
to 16,000. n tnat, district
May 7. The senate's
cuinmerce today - voted
ig the bonn-
colfectlon dls-
DID NOT KNOW WHY
HE WAS HIT BY BRJCK
Nick Batfick. an Austrian, is on trial
before Judge Cleland In the circuit court
on the charge of assault on W. W. Cut
ler, who conducts an employment
vmloL..B.atilckwa,, convicted before
Municipal Judge Cameron and given 60
days on the rockpile, from which sen
M?tfh aa.! waH Ukefl- Cutler was
nliA hihH?Alc.kand knocked down. He
fhi hrVkd.lLot.KnoT why Wa'Hck threw
nothiwarsiidr d,sp,uu nd
It Seaohed, the Spot.
taken. F. I- Rlcker and James Whnlve-
ly were excused by the defendant, J. T.
Tark of Redmond was the last Juror
called, and after lengthy questioning
was accepted and the list filled.-
The Jury that will try this case
stands as follows: Walter Ruble, far
mer: J. F. Taylor, sheepman; John
Steldel. banker; J. 8. Windham, farmer-
T V TValvanil "..-... t 1 n'
Clellan, farmer; G. W. Updike, irriga
tion; H. J. W. Taylor, farmer; E. C.
Fait, sheep and cattleman: RalDh Moore.
farmer; W, F. McCafferty, real estate,
and J. T. Tark, farmer.
Witness Buns Away.
Word was received from the dentitv
sheriff who has been in pursuit of Dick
Miller, tne fleeing witness, to the effect
nai anoiner norse naa oeen pressed
nto service this morning, but he had
not caught sight of the man, although
there is not more than one mile between
them.
In stating the case to the lurv. Mene
fee presented a map showing the loca
tion oi tne premises and the relative lo
cation of the former sheriff's residence.
ne sneanng plant that was destroyed,
he sheen Plant that was burned and
the Dobos residence, which was the
home of the witness, Larkin Elliott, at
the time of the burning.
The evidence that will , nrnitiiMit
by the state, according to District At
torney Menefee, will -show, that Wil
liamson owns or leases all land about
which these buildings are located. Also
that In the fall of 1906 Williamson
bought Smith's hay and pasture for
13,000, and that according to Smith's
theory Williamson Would have to buy
it last fall, and the price was put at
$4,000, but that Williamson did not
need the hay and did not buy. .
Elliott Accuses Smith.
8mltn, In conversation With Elliott,!
according to the latter'a story, said'
that Williamson must be put out of
business in some manner, and on March i
24 these men met and decided to burn
the shearing plant and buildings and i
other property of 'Williamson. A .word- 1
lng to the same authority they mounted
horses and made their way to the build
ing and started a fire in the., cookhouse
which was burned, and in the .barn,
which was situated near the house.
For some reason the barn did not burn.
After settlntr the , butldlns-a nn flri
they left the scene and went to the top
of a rocky botte nearby to see if the
buildings were burning. They saw that
the fire had gone out in tha ahearlnir
plant, whereupon they -went back and
Smith, taking cord wood .from a pile
nearby, restarted the fire In the shear
ing plant, while Elliott held his horse.
This time the building was consumed.
The immediate cause or the burning
was given by Prosecuting Attorney
Menefee as follows: On -March 26 Elli
ott and Smith were working on Smith's
ranch and saw a band of Williamson's
sheep at a point very near, if not quite
on. Smith's land. This so enraged
Smith that he said to Elliott. "Some
thing must be done and we may as well
finish this- matter, right now as any
circular letter to each member of the
delegation calling the meeting, setting
the time and place and outlining ttu
object of the gathering.
There are a number of the delegates.
however, who are looking at the tn
vitatlon " with "iomej, 1 sfcuplcion. Both
Kerchem . and i)r. Coe are strongly
tainted with, the Bourne doctrines. Or.
Coe is the original-' Roosevelt boomer,
after Senator . Bourne of course. --Kerchem
is also loud in his argument -for
an unlnstructed deleaatlon.
. The Fulton men in the' delegation are
afraid to go to the meeting tonight for
fear it win be loaded wltn juourne ayna
mite. They are afraid not to go for
fear that the Bourne contingent will
spring some surprise on them if they
are not there on guard. It is probable
that they will go,; however, and take a
chance of coming' down in good shape
even If the dvrtarrrlte is touched off.
The fight for the control of the con
vention is now in run swing, .mere are
two Taft headquarters at the Imperial
hotel one labeled "Fulton-Tart Head
quarters" and the other plain "Taft
Headquarters." The second Is preside!
over by Frea MUixey ana s. t;. jaeacn.
The first by Clyde Fulton and C.i W.
Halderman, private secretary for Sena
tor Fulton. The Bourne headquarters
are up in Senator Bourne's olttce, where
John C. Young holds sway. From now
on until Thursday, May 14, the wires
will be strung out over the state to
reach the delegates ana arag mem into
the different headquarters. In the op
eration It Is expected that the wires
will be crossed and that out of It will
grow a most beautiful tangle when the
convention is caiiea to oraer.
THE MACHINE DIES
HARD IN SOUTH
(United Press !! Wire.)
Ban Francisco. May 7. Both the Lincoln-Roosevelt
leaguers and the Herrln
people are today claiming control Of
the coming Repuoiican state convention,
but it Is more than likely that -the-matter
will not be decided until the work of
oraanizlnsr the convention is taken in
hand. The leaguers are depending on
the committees in.counties In which the
delegates are to be-appointed to stand
by them In their- efforts to smash the
machine, but the Herrln men say., they
have enough appointive votes promised
to give them control.
President Frank Devlin of the --Lincoln-Roosevelt
league declares that It
Is his opinion that the league will rule
the convention. -
Strawberry day will
be'event at milton
Mr. E. Humphrey, who owns a larze I time." It waa on the afternoon of this
general storo t VA.., -i.i " I! '.Aav tha firm occurred. Thn vM.ni. win
. . - - - - - n viiiw, ami is - -- -:r "...
wounty Tele-ir-fr
. company' 88 well' as the Home
i-uiiiuany or f M count v.
T1 T-1 . . .
Ohio, says of
fry: "It saved m
of Pike
King's New Discov
1J. "u,a- W. seemed to reach
the spot the very beat of my cough
when everything ehw, failed.!' Dr.
King's New Discovery not only reaches
the cough spot ; It heals-the sore spots
and the weak spots in throat lungs
and chest- Sold under guarantee- at
SKldmore xru? rnniTimi i nr. . an
and L0O.-Trial bottle Xree. .
also show, that Smith diSDlaved Brent
anxiety concerning Elliott's arrest, say
ing to all Elliott's friends that the best
lawyer in the state must be had. Smith
made arrangements to have Wunsweiler
of Wurxweller A. Co. pay $60 to M.R.
Biggs In order to get Elliott out of Jail
immediately upon' his arrest. In all of
these conversations Smith said that his
name must not be mentioned. The out
line of the case will he made by the
defense this evening and the court ex
pects to be able to begin examining wlt
nsses by tomorrow morning. .- -
Rpeciiil riipntch to The Jourost.)
Milton, Or., May 7. Mlltofc will have
another strawberry day this year. The
Progressive club of the, city has- th-a
matter in chares and committe hm-
been, appointed and preparations will
soon be under way for the event, which
It is to .be hoped will exrel all pant
festivities of the kind. This event will
take fclace early in June and--is looked
forward to with keen anticloattnn by
all who Rave attended them in the
past . : - . .- - -
iLv i 'r Mayor Chaffee Dead. "
" fCnltrs Pr Letoed Wtre.J
-' Kansas City, ' Mny 7. Major O. P
Chaffee, brother of Lieu tenant-General
Adna R. Chaffee is dead- here of kidney
trouble, aged 79t Major Chaffee waaan
officer in the confederate army, -
SOLD VALUABLE
LAUD FOR TRIFLE
(United Press Lmstd Wire.)
Washington, May 7. Mrs. Nellie T.
Dutton of San Francisco testified in the
Hyde-Bensort land fraud trial today that
she could not recollect that she paid a
single cent in getting possession of &
B?ct'on of land In California, but
admitted that Frederick Benson, one of
the defendants, had paid her $300 for
the property.
Mrs. button said that other members
of her family had received similar sums
from Hyde. she declared that in all
transactions she had appeared before a
notary.
Walter K. Slack, farmerlv
fldential man. Was the next witness. He
testified that on? one occasion he went to
see Joost Schneider concerning the
exact nature of the latter's correspend
en.c? ith .the Interior department. He
said Schneider had told him if he could
get enough money he would get out of
mo. uuuiiiry. i ne witness identified a
number of applications for land, which
AT EMERYVILLE
TRACK TODAY
Emeryville, May 7. Results:
First race, six furlongs, selling, sub
scription, 8-year-oJds ; and, up Taland
(120), 6 to 6, 1 to 2, 1 to 6, Won; TH-
Royal Rogrue llZbh 5 to 2, third; time,
IvNAPP APPOINTED
OREGON DELEGATE
F. C. Knapp, secretary of the Penin
sula Lumber company, president of the
Brewer-Knapp company, and one of the
most prominent; lumber mill men inrthe
Pacific northwest, has been named one
of the delegates from tills state to the
conference of- governors'to be held at
the White House, May 13, 14 and 16. .
Governor. Chamberlain made the ap
pointment and notified Mr. Knapp yes
terday. The appointee has not yet an
nounced his acceptance of the honor to
a seat in a conference for which it la
understood many prominent men are
clamoring throughout the United gtates,
but It is believed that he will do so.
since he Is deeply Interested In the sub
ject of the conservation of the country's
natural resources. .
Mr. Knaoo has for years been closelv
Identified with timber and sawmllllnR
Interests, and he is therefore .considered
a valuable man to appear as spokesman
lor. tnis ' part ox tne state. at tne com
ing conference.. l. v -" .
BELIEVED MAN ELOPED
WITH 'TWO WOMEN
t -,-;-v.- 1 v 'i; -j : :
' Cntteil Press tM4 wlr.li ! " 6
Seattle. May 7. PH. Merrlman, who
says he is a railroad man, is in the
city Jail and Mrs. Clarice McCullom, 17
years of age, and Mrs., May Burgess, 26
years old. are held by the police as
witnesses In a. case that the humane
officers believe is a double elopement,
TbTm Hurrp.. ,ttv aha is the wife nf
a lieutenant of police in Chicago an
Mrs. McCullom says she la the wife of
a Chicago fireman. . "
The trio arrived here J;hre weeks ago
from Chicago. Pending an Investiga
tion of the Chicago connections of the
trio, the police will hold MOrrlman. -
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Ban Francisco, May 7. The cross-
examination of G. IL Umbsen, one of
the promoter's of the Parkslde Realty
company, in the case of Abe Ruef, who
Is charged with . bribing Supervisor
Jennings Phillips for -his vote on the
jr-arasiae railway franchise, waa re
sumed today. -
umbsen proved to have a particularly
poor memory, especially as to dates and
incidents connected with the employ
ment of Ruef as oounsel for the Park
side company;
umbsen remembered that he had a
conversation and had supper with Ruef
shortly after the Are and before the
Parkslde franchise lapsed. Ho could
remember anything concerning the pro
posed trolley road, or the street over
which it should run.
Ihe defense objected to these con
versations, which were on matters per
taining to cnanges in tne franchise.
haying nothing directly to do with
Ruef's duties In securing the passage
of the ordinance.
Special Prosecutor Heney has warned
two detectives in the -employ of the
United Railroads that they must not
rollow him, as he is a representative
of the railroad, and If they persist in
doing so they will take chances. There
was a suspicious bulge in Heney's hip
pocket this morning.
PREPARE FOR JAUNT
TO UMATILLA PROJECT
(Spc!(l Dtiottch to The Journal. I
Pendleton, Or., May 7. The Umatilla
Water Users' association has perfected
arrangements for the excursion to be.
run' to Hermlston May 27, in celebra
tion of the opening of the Umatilla pro
ject. Committees have been appointed
and it has been planned to have the
exercises at the church in Hermiscon,
as that edifice will hold about 450 peo
ple. Among those who will give addresses
on that day are Judge Stephen A, Low
ell. Engineer John T. Whistler, who will
give statistics and data concerning the
project; Engineer Hobsori of the Port
land offices of the reclamation serv
ice; Supreme Court Commissioner Will
R. King, H. M. Cake and local speakers..
The excursion train has been request
ed by the Pendleton 'Commercial asso
ciation and by running the train early
from this city people will have a chance
to drive out from Hermlston to the
dam, giving people a chance to view the
entire project. Men will be stationed
at various places to explain the differ
ent portions of work for this occasion.
PENDLETON REALTY
IIEN TO GIVE BANQUET
(Bpeclsl Dispatch to The Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., May 7. The real es
tate men of "Umatilla county who will
gather In the city .Thursday night will
be given a banquet at the Hotel Pen
dleton by the Commercial club. The
real estate men will meet here for the
purpose of agitating the publicity work
which will be undertaken In the county,
SIMPSON LEBOW IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
(Sped) rlptc! to The Joornil.)
Cottage Grove, Or., May 7. Thomas
Simpson Lehow, aged 80 years, died at
2 o'clock this morning. He crossed the
plains in an ox team from Sedalia, Mis
souri, to California in ,1849 and settled
at Sacramento, thence he went to
Brownsville, Oregon, In 1850. He
moved to Cottage Grove ln"n86)l and
married Anna Shields. Five of his chil
dren are living at tbis place.
Sawmill Reopens.
North Powder. Or..: May 7. Tha saw- 1
mill of the North Powder Lumber company-has
opened tn -the hands of a re
ceiver, G. M. Metilar of the Clear .creek
sawmill firm of Hegsted & Metslar, for
the numose of making lumber of: the
great plies of logs that have been lying
there all winter and moving the well
seasoned lumber on hand and ready for
shipment. This fine piece of mill prop
erty has beerp shfit down for over five
months. A . '
WHITENS THE SKIN
" The formula gUren below will
be - found wonderfully effective
for whitening the skin, bleaching
-the cuticle and Imparting that
creamy softness which Is so de
slrable. ,i . --
Two ounces of Rose wateir One "
ounce. .Spirits of Cologne, .four
ounces Sartoln. Put the Sartoin
An a -pint "of-warm wafer; then
ftdl the Rose water and Cologne ,
Spirits, and after dissolved and
- cooled, strain through a fine
cloth. ; These ingredients are ob
tainable from any well-stocked
druggist. Apply .'immediately
after washing an to -only a por
tion of the skin at a time, using
.the bare hands. Never use - a
, cloth. After one 'part is thus
treated, proceed to another. "This"
should be done .twice -a day -or ,
oftener,. and no other lotion, pow
der "or cream need be used. -
Beneficial- results are -usually'
apparent from the first few ap
plications. .- . - . -
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