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SAYS POLICE PUT WORDS
IN HER MOUTH WHICH SHE
NEVER UTTERED TO THEM
EXAMINES
Assistant District Attorney
Stevenson Learns Police
Side ot Story and Stays In
dictment for Slimier Will
Follow This Afternoon.
SHORE LEAVE TRS s
INSPECT DISTRICT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Thirty
-Five Hundred Men
Are Having Fine Time
With San Franciscans
as Hosts
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For the first time since the arrest
of her husband on the charge of mur
dering Nathan Wolff, Mrs. Edward
H. Martin consented to see a news
paperman this morning. She denies
responsibility for every statement
that she is said to have made to the
police and particularly anything pur
porting to concede the guilt of her
husband.
She characterized the statements
attributed to her by Captain of De
tectives Baty as untrue and evi
dently prompted by the desire to
force a conviction of Martin. Wheth
er or not she would appear as a wit
ness in Martin's behalf at the trial
Is something that she has not yet
decided.
Di8si4 In a slmpje black gown, her
face pale from the ordeal which the
past week has brought, so tired and
worn that she was scarcely able to sit
up In her chair, Mrs. Martin made a
pathetic little fltfur, as she protested
against the methods of the police In
attempting to convict her husband by
putting words in her mouth which she
savs ehe never uttered.
Mrs. Martin when interviewed was
with her sister and her lawyer, City
Attorney KavanauKh, who ts acting tem
porarily In her behalf until she secures
a permanent lawyer for her husband.
"I have not been ab) to read all of
the accounts of the alleged Interviews
with me," said Mrs. Martin, "but I have
learned of what the police say I told
them and I wish to say here that I dis
claim any responsibility for them. I
have not said that mv husband was
Kuilty. I have not said at any time
that I thought him guilty. They have
said that I made other statements to
them concerning this- case. I have not
dona so. I told the truth and the little
I knew has been greatly distorted, evi
dently In the interests of. tho case
against my husband.
Bos Hot Peair to Prejndlo.
"I do not desire to prejudice either the
newspapers or the publlo against' us.
But 1 ask them to await the outcome
Vnd withhold their judgment until., we
have a better chance to make a state
ment. As soon as I settle upon a per
manent attorney I shall try and make
public my knowledge of the matter.
'I consider that The Journal "has
treated me and Mr. Martin with extreme
fairness throughout the case, In con
trast to the spirit shown by some other
fiapers. I Intend to visit my husband
n the city Jail again this afternoon and
to talk over the case with him and ar
range the matter bf lawyers."
Will Cbarr Martin.
This morning Deputy District Attor
ney John Stevenson, sitting aa a grand
jury, examined the members of the de
tective department. Captain Baty and
other police officers concerned in the
arrest of Martin. At the conclusion of
the session this morning Stevenson de
clared that the evidence was sufficient
to warrant the district attorney in fll
lntr an Information against Martin,
charging him with murder in the first
degree. The Information will be filed
late this afternoon or tomorrow. This
atfernoon Mr. Stevenson expects to ex
amine two more alleged witnesses Al
Fields, a watchmaker with a place pt
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(United Pren Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, May 8. Shore leave
was granted 3,500 of the enlisted men
from the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, to
day and Jack is making the best of ,lt
by seeing the sights, numerous 'ex
ploratlon" parties were made up to- go
through what remains of the ruins of
the big fire.
Many .went over to Alameda, where
the rowing regatta will he held this af
ternoon, crews from the ships to con
test for troDhlen.
Tonight sailors from the Pacific
fleet will contest In four wrestling
oouts at tne .naval pavilion.
Present BUrer Servioes.
Presentation1 .of silver services to the
cruiser California and battleshlu N
braska are among the official function
of the day, both taking place this af
ternoon. Uovernor OllTett will make
the presentation to the California, while
uovernor Uheiaon or nieDranica win or
ficlate in the ceremonies- on board tho
warship named after his state.
Tonight Secretary of the Navy Met
calf and the officers of the fleet will
be tendered a banquet by the fleet re
ception committee at mo Bt. t rancn.
Farewell to Evans.
A great farewell demonstration Is
being planned by the officers of all the
warships dow In nan Francisco bay on
the occasion of Rear Admiral Evans'
departure for the east.
Accoraing to present plans, several
officers from each ship will go over
to the Oakland depot, where the ad
miral will take the train, and give him
a send-off such as no other retiring of
ficer of the American navy has ever re
ceived. The demonstration will be an
unusual one in that when a command
ing officer hauls down his flag for the
last time and goes ashore to become a
piam civilian no more attention is paid
to him so far as ceremony goes. Ad
miral Kvans, however. Is so generally
revered by his officers that they have
decided to break a custom and give him
a farewell that he will never forget.
MAX COMMITS SUICIDE
WHEN DAUGHTER DIES
(United PreH LMd Wire.)
Phoenix, Aris., May 8. Frank Wag
ner and his daughter Maggie, 14 years
old, are lying dead today at a nursery
just outside of Phoenix, where they
committed suicide, each dying within a
few minutes of each other.
Maggie killed herself Thursday night
by shooting. Her father rushed from
the nursery for assistance. A moment
later he returned, declared he could not
live without his daughter and killed
himself In the same manner. It la
thought that Wagner had Interfered
with the love affairs of his daughter,
causing her to become despondent.
H0BS0X WAXTS SIX
WARSHIPS EACH YEAR
(United IYeu Lead Wire.)
Los Angeles, May 8. Captain Rich
mond Pearson Hobson. representative
In congress from Alabama, who Is
looked upon as the mouthpiece of Presi
dent- Roosevelt- on naval matters, ar
rived here today. He will lecture at
Pasadena tonight and In Los Angeles
tomorrow night. In discussing with a
representative of the United Press, the
needs of the navy, Captain Hobson said
that the only safe course for the United
States to pursue in the matter of naval
construction would be to build six 25,
000 ton battleships a year.
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MURDERESS
IS ALIVE
Attorney Believes Mrs. Gftm-
ness Played Trick to Di
rect Suspicion From Her
Police) Agree With His
Yiews.
Eleventh Body Recovered
From the Farmyard
Searchers Think Body of
Woman Was Purposely
Placed in Building.
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"Fighting Bob" Evans.
EVANS
THOUGHT
HE WAS DYING
(United Press Leaied Wire.)
La Porte. May 3. That Mrs. Gun-
ness la still alive and that she set
fire to her home, burned her chlh
dren and left the corpse of a woman
In the house to'thrbw off suspicion
Is the belief of Attorney Worden,
who was well acquainted with the
woman.
Worden cross-examined Mrs. Gunness
during the second trial of Ray Lam
phere on a charge of trespassing. He
Is of the opinion that Lamphere knew
that the woman was a murderess ami
that she was well aware of the fnct
that the defendant had knowledge of her
alleged crimes. Worden thinks that
she became frightened, fearing that
Lamphere would expose her, and
planned to escape. He says he has no
doubt at all about three of the remains
found in the ruins of the Gunness home
being those of the woman's three chil
dren and that the fourth body la .that
of a woman other than the children's
mother. This theory Is being workod
out by the police authorities. They
now believe there is something in It.
The horror was Increased. ithisu morn
ing' when the searchers, whose work
had been Interrupted on Thursday by a
heavy rain, dug up two additional
bodies, making the known number of
persons supposedly murdered by Mrs.
tseuian uunness 1 1.
Mrs. Corey Will
Break the Trust
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xne searcners rirsi came unon a body
that had not completely disintegrated,
but It was in such a state that its sex
could not be determined.
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BELLINGHAM STORY WAS
BASED ON MERE SURMISE
(SpecUt Dtopatca to The Joarsal.)
BelHngham, Wash., May 8. The theory that Edward H.
Martin may have been the murderer of a butcher named Dames of
this city was advanced by te sheriff of this county and not by
the local police. Dames was killed about three years ago in front
of his shop and his body was dragged to the rear of the building
and mutilated.
Thene Is not ihe slightest evidence to bear out the sheriffs
deductions and the story is to all appearances nothing more than
a "pipe dream." ; There is no foundation for the yarn other than
that the crime committed in Portland and that committed In this
city were somewhat akin in brutality. It is not even 'conceded '
that AJartln lived here at te time the Dames murder was com
mitted and he has never been' under suspicion of having com
. mltted the crime. - :v . V , ; ,. . '
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(UnlUd Press Leased Wire.)
Santa Barbara, May 8. A Santa Bar
bara story that gives further evidence
of the love and admiration that the
lacklee of the Atlantic fleet hold for
Rear Admiral Evans was told here by
four sailors while they were dining re
cently, at the home of George W. Mo-
Comber of this city.
It is a tale of how zoo raunrui diuo-
Jackets watched over "Fighting Bob
one ntgnt atter juagaaiena Bay was
reached, fearing he was going to die.
It was shortly after the ships
steamed Into Masdalena Bay that Ad
miral Evans sent an orderly after two
or u- nam on or the uarit in re
lating the touching story, "it was ai
night. When two of us responded the
admiral whispered that he wanted to
be carried to the bridge. He was very
111. We feared he was dying. Three
or four of us carried out his request.
He was laid comfortably on a cot. .
" 'I feel better now,' whispered the
old sea warrior. "You may go now,
boys. I'll sleep. all right here.' And he
did. He slept like a child. In the mean
time there were 200 of us on the deck
ready and willing to serve him should
he ask for anything. We tiptoed about
on the deck and were quiet as mice.
Admiral Evans Is a father to us."
Mf. McComber declares ttiat the other
three sailors attending the dinner party
corroborated the story.
COPENHAGEN FULL -OF
UNEMPLOYED 3IEN
:
(Cnlttd Presi Leased Wire.)
Copenhagen, May 8. The number of
unemployed is Increasing because of
itrlkes in the towns and the economic
crisis . which has stopped all- building
operations. The tnen- have assumed a
threatening positioning are holding big
meetings, at which they aemana woric
as a right Their own leaders are di
vided and a breach In the socialistic or-
f:anlsatlons seems likely over tns Dili
o help the unemployed. .
The country members of parliament
consider the situation the more serious
becau.ne. while Copenhagen Is run or
unemployed men., the fanners . are In
need of thousands of workers and are
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A few minutes later, not far removed
from the first corpse, was found a
skeleton that fell apart when the dig
gers attempted to remove it. The
bones were lying In a box and beside
them were a pair of woman's heavy
calfskin shoes. The shoes were partly
burned and the bones showed evidence
of also having been burned.
Both Dodics were dismembered ss
were the bodies found on Tuesday and
weanesaay.
Continuing their search, the diggers
at oon found the bones of another body
by digging In the lot adjoining the Gun
ness home Tho:. bones were removed
from a hole two fet from those found
tnis morning. The sx cannot be deter
mined. This makes three bodies un
earthed today and a total of twelve
since the search began. Some persons
have advanced the theory that the Gun
ness farm Is an old grave yard, but the
oldest Inhabitants declare that there
was never a burying ground in that vi
cinity.
WaJtham, Mass., May 8. In the hope
of tracking the identity of some of the
supposed Gunness victims, the WaJtham
Watch comnanv has been noli a tn
over the records. of the case numbers
fin rh Wfllfhgm Ma f nlia. " m i . .
. i 1. "A uiaiuireo 1UUIIII Ml in
ruins of the Gunness home near La
- rnree or tne. watchea wer um n
New York and Chicago agents, but as
the watch company has no records of
vim iMt-i iui on me movements after
leaving me enops, me Indiana author!
ties win nave to turn to the dealers
Mrs. V. E. Corey.
Mrs. W. E. Corey, formerly Ma
belle Gilman, Is going to build a
theatre In New York in which there
will bo produced operettas that are
not given opportunity to be heard by
the critical publie.- -Mrs.-Corey says
the theatrical managers keep young
composers and young playwrights
down and she is going to break the
trust. Mrs. Corey has sailed for
Paris to study for the operatic stage
and when she returns tiie new play
house will be started.
73 SAVED
FROM SHIP
ON ROCKS
Men Fight Death 36 Hours
Before Being Eescned
From Wrecked German
Vessel Peter Rickmers
Aground Off Fire Island.
Caught in Storm While Try
ing to Save Cargo The
Stranded Craft Expected
to Pound to Pieces on Beef
Before Night;
WHISKEY
iN WIN
East Side as a Whole Will
Not Be Allowed to Vote for
the Sweeping. Prohibition
Measure No Appeal Will
Be 'Made at Present.
Sunday Journal
Magazine
Hobson writes further of the wily
Japanese and his ways, and ad
vances farther reasens for maintain
ing a strong navy.
Former (Jovcrnor Charles Peck of
Wisconsin, on what he thinks of the
prohibition movement in the south;
An eastern Oregon irrigation
scheme and its beneficial results.
Sixteen pages every one of them
bright and interesting.
Of particular value to the state
will be four pages devoted to dairy
ing in Oregon, well illustrated and
well written. Every dairyman
should procure the paper If for no
other reason than to read this sec
tion.. ,-.
Usually special - features and all
(he news worth printing -by two
leased wires, -
The liquor interests won a sweeping
vlotory In the local option hearing be
fore; the county court this morning. As
a result of the decision the east side
as a whole will not be permitted to
vote on prohibition In June, and all
the leading petitions supported by the
attorneys for the liquor men were
gran tod places on the ballot.
As the time in short, no appeal will
be taken. Attorney Rutherford, repre
senting tne antis, expressed dissatlsfac
tlon with the decision, and after tt was
announced declared that he has dlscov
ered that the county court is without
Jurisdiction to pass on the questions
presented. As he did not raise the
question or jurisdiction, however, no at
tempt will bo made to overturn the
action taken this morning.
No Tims to Appeal.
Judge Webster, in announcing the de
cision, said that It would seem the best
way would be to allow all petitions to
go to vote Derore ute people and let the
contest come afterward. One reason for
expressing oils opinion, he said, was be
cause the time is so short. If the
county court makes a mistake In refu
lng to submit certain propositions, there
Is no time to correct it by appeal. But
tne court is required to decide what pe
titions are legal and what others are
illegal.
The all-east-slde petition met defeat
because of section 12 of the local option
law, which was dwelt upon at length In
the argument yesterday. Judge Web
ster said the court had approached this
question with much circumspection and
was forced to conclude that the law does
not permit the question to be submitted
because of the following language:
"If at any time an election hereunder
shall result n prohibition for av aub
dlvlston of a county as a whole, or any
precinct of said county, no election
thereunder shall be held within said pro
hibition territory except an election .for
inw Mmrf couiiiy, oeiore ins rirnt unn
asv in june 01 me
tog."
Combination XUsfaL
The east side petition contains ter
ritory that voted dry last year, belna-
a subdivision composed of Whit
mrn precincig i ana 3. in the re
vision of preclm-t lines last November
these rirecincts now emhraca nwinot.
BO anJ 61, and a portion of two other
precincts. The county court held that
the combination of territory voted dry
last year with other precincts Is clerly
In violation of section IS.- .
The" two St. Johns precincts'. 80 "and
SI. will be combined- with University
Park. Nn 89. In the lst election It
waa neck and neck In BU- Johns, the
calendar year follow.
iConllnued ea .Page- Four.)
(United Pre Leaaed Wire.)
New York, May 8. After fight
ing death for 36 hours, 73 men were
rescued this morning from the wreck
of the four-masted German ship
Peter Rickmers, which is being
daBhed to pieces on the rocks 11
miles west of Fire island. The men
on the Rickmers were trying to save
part of her cargo when a sudden
storm made them prisoners on the
ship which went aground several
days ago.
When the storm broke over the
wrecked ship early yesterday morning
the tug Mohawk ran to the assistance
of the crew. The outlook was not
threatening at that time and the men
refused assistance. As the fury of the
gale Increased they became alarmed
and ran up a signal of distress. An
attempt to reach the Rickmers was
made by several of the llfe-sav-lntf
crews from stations along Long
Island sound. After a brave battlo
with the waves the life-savers were
forced to give up the fight and retire
to the shelter of their stations.
Give Up Hops.
All day yesterday mountainous waves
dashed over the Rickmers and the men
aboard the wreck, without shelter and
with what little food there was aboard
drenched with salt water, suffered In
tensely. Their torture was Increased
when the ship began to break up. As
darkness fell with no rescurer in sight
they gave up all hope of ever reaching
shore.
Althogh all four masts were swept
overboard by the storm during the
night and little of the wrecked ship
remained above the water, daylight this
morning brought a ray of hope to the
hearts of the desperate men. The
storm was raging but there was a faint
ly perceptible decrease In its fury. The
wind howled, but not with the fury of
the night before, and the waves ap
peared to be hardly as large as they
were when darkness fell last night.
Storm Diss Out.
Suddenly the storm died out. Within
a Short time the waves were noticeably
smaller and the lifeboats once more set
out from shore to attempt a rescue.
With the aid of tugs the' men were
finally taken off the Rickmers. which
is expected to pound to pieces before
night. Many of the men were In a
pitiable condition when they were car
ried aboard the tugs which took them
to Sachs Inlet. They are being cared
for by the villagers and It is believed
that ail will recover, although several
of them are hovering near death.
Thirty-three' of the men are members
of tho Rlckmer's crew. The others wero-
sent to the ship by a wrecking company
to assist In unloading her.
0 PARTY
LIES I
Delegation of Republicans
Insure Governor Chamber
lain of Their Support for
United States Senator on
Statement Platform.
Eailroad Employes Deter
mined to Stand by Candi
date of the People Al
though Corporations Slums
Disapproval of Actions.
' (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) -La
Grande, May 8. As a climax'
to the unprecedented greeting which
everywhere throughout eastern Ore
gon has been accorded Governor
Chamberlain during his campaign for
the United States senate, a delega
U6h of 'TThioh county Republicans
waited on him yesterday at Union
and pledged him their support until
the ballots are cast In June. The
sentiment expressed, however. Is In
keeping with the Silent Bentlment
which is packing to the doors every
theatre and hall in which the; sen
atorial candidate speaks throughout
this section of the state. 4 i' ' V
Governor Chamberlain's : campaign
through Baker and Union counties bas
been a continued succession of large and
enthusiastic meetings. AVno tlms In
the political history of these eeramunl
ttes have such demonstrations been ;
mads toward a candidate for office.
Everywhere he speaks, both Democrats
and Republicans." with the latter largely
In the majority. Join In voiclnif their
approval of tho man who, largely re
sponsible for the acceptance -of State
ment No. 1 and the people's '.right to
rule Is still championing those meaa- ,
urea, together with other national meas
ures for the betterment or the peoplS
and state. : i
His popularity Increase.
The receptions given Governor Cham
berlain this year are much mors en
thusiastic and of far greater scope than .
those accorded him during' his second ;
campaign for governor of Oregon. Union
county. In keeping with the sentiment lit
Baker county, will line up wua tne iat- ,
ter and turn a majority vote for him
as United States senator In June. This
Is the opinion freely offered by both
Democrats and Republicans. The rural
districts particularly will show their ap
proval of the man's unquestioned admin
istration as tho state's "executive -and.
the cities themselves, even where ma
chine Republicans are straining every
nerve to defeat htm, with a large part
of their followlnr In silent approval of
Associated Harvard Clubs.
(United tTen Leases Wlr.)
Philadelphia. Pa.. May g The twelfth
annual meeting of the Associated Har
vard clubs began at the Bellevue-8trat-ford
today with a large and repre
sentative attendance. A number of so
cial features have been arranged In
honor of the visitors, chief of which will
be tho annual banquet tomorrow night.
The speakers at the banquet will Include
President Kltot of Harvard. Governor
Wtllson of Kentucky and Owen Wlster,
the author.
the vote-counting next month. . -Railroad
Workers for Sim.
Along the railroads Governor Cham
berlain has found warm sponsors among
the railroad employes. The determined
fight he, made In the -governor's chair
to defeat the fellow-servant law. and Its
vicious results has gained him practi
cally universal support in the ranks of
railroad employes, although there is an
undercurrent of opposition to -him. from
the corporations . themselves, who have
suffered somewhat from his policy of
aeaiing wun a corporation me same as
with an Individual who does wrong. ?
At La Grande last night, Governor
Chamberlain finished a whirlwind tour
of Baker and Union counties, speaking
at Sparta. Richland, Pino Valley and
other points In northeastern Baker
county, thence to TJnlon""ty auto, where
he addressed an Immense crowd yes
terday afternoon, and to LaGrande'last
night, where the entire town, turned
out to extend him greeting. . ', n
All Concede Union Conaty. . :
Yesterday afternoon at Union fully
250 persons wers turned from the doors
(Continued .en' Page Eleven.
T
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Fifty Buildings Destroyed and Damage Totals $1,500,000
Failure of Water Prt$snre Allowed Flames to Gaia
. Great Hcadway-Big Firms Suffer Loss.
x (Potted Press Leases Whv.l
Atlanta, Ga, May . Fifty buildings
were destroyed and damage amounting
to more than $1,(00,000 done by a fire
In the wholesale district here this morn
ing. Failure Of ths-water pressure at
the t'lme when it was needed, most al.
lowed, the blase to gain such headway
war it tooc rour nours to overcome u.
The fire started, at 8:30 o'clock this
morning. The Terminal hotel Is a total
loss, but Sll the guents escaped. As far
as can be learned there were no fatail-
t,U.aa, n0 ens was serlouoly in) ircl
Th -l1., started In tho butldlnn '
the Bchlesinger-liaker company.
when water was ii-oi1p1 ((, tn,',st ,,
pressure failed, allowing the flam
gain headway. The flr wua imt i,,-, t r
control until after a, whole t,j,., u .
buildings hud ten tvcied. "
One sub-postal station .was tivr-r '
but ths mall wax wvel.
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