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5BiTZ,MCliEHiDS Railroads ? JiTisr propose;;; " '" ",''.' - ifinnrnnf A WORN-OUT -MELODY - ' ' ' ' HIT FOR Declares That: He Has Reliable Business . Man .Who H,e Alone Will Introduce for- State When the Trial of E. H. "Martin Is Called. ' Chief of , Police Grltrmacher last night said that while he could not make public the name of the witness' who ylslted Martin last night, he was a' reliable business man 1 and a' personal' friend of the chief's. Qritzmacher also said that h was handling this feature of the Martin case alone, and that no other member of the , police force knew of the witness's identity. He said he would not make the witness known until the trial, ,v, ..'s. ';:??r-';?r"r:-... " - -'- -"The state's star wltpeas In the Mar tin case proved to be a disappointing flstle last night; He it . was whose name has been so carefully guarded by the police and whom they have depended upon to Identify Martin as the man he saw In Nathan" Wolffs shop after I o'clock on the evening that the pawn broker waa chopped to pieces. . When taken up to Martin's cell In the dty lall last -olght this man was not able to identify' the prisoner as the one he saw In Wolff's shop. His identifica tion was almost as weak as that of AL Field, the jeweller, who saw a man "who looked like Martin" enter the shop at 6:10. and it leaves the point of Mar tin's actually being seen, In the Wolff tore still unproved. Another disappointment of the day was the failure to locate Miss Sarah Griffin, 'Martin's sister-in-law, and the consequent postponement of the. filing of the Information charging Martin with the murder. Miss Griffin was wanted to tell what she knew of Martin's- late arrival home on a week ago laxt Friday, night. .She couldn't be lo cated at the Martin residence, however, and the district attorney fears that she has either gone to Vancouver, out of reach of a subpoena from this state, or else baa carried out her brlglnal In tention of leaving for her former home In (Rochester, New York. Mrs. Martin denies that her sister, has any testi mony of importance to give, inasmuch as she: did not see Martin on Friday night, but merely heard a few sen tences i that . were spoken Immediately after he .reached home. She. says that he does not know where her sister is, butjthat she -is certain she will return to Portland in time to testify tn the trial of Martin. Bros ladlcted.j,. ... ' District Attdrney Manning and Dep uty John Stevenson did not file the Martin information yesterday, as they had planned, because they were anxious . V. & .... iLl I - -4 1 - - Ji the papers, a a witness., i The filing of the information and tha transfer Of Martin to the county Jail has ben post poned Until tomorrow and possibly later la the . week. ., - 7 . ... v ; In spite of their failure to olrtch the cane against Edward Martin, the nollee still consider him the most likely sus-J peci iney nave yet located.- Their po sition in, this matter Is justified by tiie record of the prisoner. - KILLS SELF AT III Cotton Broker Leaves Ilis Bride-to-Be Waiting" at Church. . United Press Ltutd wire.) New York, May 8. At tha exact hour When ha-bad', expected to be married and whUa his bride-to-be. was waiting for him at the. Cathedral of St. John J . . . ' isaac r. yyuiiams, a cotton broker, committed suicide this after neon, in his room. .His fiancee. Mini Mary Arnold, did not learn of his death until she had waited nearly an hour at the church. . ... v i Financial reverses are -believed' to have led to Williams' act. He was formerly prosperous. Recent slumps In cotton. It is said, swept away hla for tune. Williams received " a - telephone call this afternoon. When the clerk went to his room he found Williams lying dead with a bullet hole through his temple. In anticipation of her marriage. Miss Arnold had already gone to the ca thedral. When word of Williams' death reached her aha collapsed. .: ; PERMANENT 'BOOSTER QUARTERS AT ALBANY (Special Dispatch to lilt Journal.) Albany, Op., May -. The Albany Commercial club has ., selected perma nent quarters on the second floor of the old Bank of Oregon building. . This will be tha headquarters of Mr. 'Das ant, the newly employed secretary, and thence will he - directed the campaign for a greater, and mora boautlfuL Al bany, ' . , The entire second floor of this build ing will be overhauled. 'Full displays of fruits, grains and grasses and other product of the county will be on ex-i hlbltlon. Literature, descriptive of the county and Its resouroes is being, pre, pared and will be forwarded to every section of the United States and to the best class of immigrants of tne old world. NINE BIO STEAMERS - x HEAD FOR PORTLAND 1 Nina - big steamships, capable' of carrying;. J0,040,08 feet- of e lumber, are headed for Portland. , 4 This la 'tha greatest . list oft Steam tonnage -ever booked-rfop this or any port of the Pacific . northwest at any one time' to 4 load lumber ; for, foreign" ports.- 4 In addition, ' a' five-masted 't' schooner will carry 1.SOO.00O feet 4 ...to J.pan., .j ' ; J r t 1 cnnirin unun wluuihu nuu a He la a dope fiend, and the murderer of Nathan Wolff was no ordinary crim inal or, hold-up man. Martin has re peatedly contradicted his own state ments and has proven himself unreliable O : A.11 ' virttimn nt thA mnrnhtna Ti u Hi t naturally are. 'He has told conflicting Stone in accounting ror the scratches and bites on his hands and face injuries received by him on the night of the murder. He did not come home until very late on that fateful Friday night His past record is bad. The shirt cov ered with blood and found back of a rooming-house on Everett street has not been identified as one of three pur chased by him. . But it Is known that he has had business dealings with Wolff; that he was quick-tempered, and was regarded by the pawnbrokers as a par ticularly hard man to deal with. On the other . hand, Kfertln baa not yet. been positively identified : as the man seen about Wolff's -shop. It la argued that tha murder' la one that one man would not have been able to do. Martin, as a dope fiend, , aurely would not have remained In the pawnshop for more then an hour following the actual killing of Wolff. The bloody overcoat found at Water and Montgomery streets and the bloody shirt found at Third ahd Everett streets are in totally different parts of the city. Give Up to "fCUce. A part of the story accredited to Drey, the peddler, who sold Martin the shirts, has been declared false. Martin made no effort to escape arrest . and voluntarily gave himself up to the po lice. There is no. strong motive' for the murder known to the ppllce. The shirts and collar said to be Martin's do not correspond in size. Field, the leweierV thinks .the ..'man tha ',, saw''; In weiri s anop naq no conar (10,. This mass ef i conflicting - evidence is but a sample of what the police have to deal with I'l 'Unravelling the ease. It can be said that since the arrest, of Martin the ponce- nave made Utye progress- In securing ; additional evidence against their man - TAey admit them selves that -.for . three "lays they . have done nothing '-'towards securing more proof against him. , Martin's father, It is believed, has been located hy . his New York , agents but 'has not 1 yet 'cabled to Martin in Portland.,. City Attorney Kavanaugh, who la still acting for Mrs" Martin in an-advisory capacity, has telegraphed to New. York to learn the address of the elder Martin 'but has' not succeeded in securing it DATII ItllllUIf 1 II DHin FOR RAILROADS? Foraker; Puts Question to Administration and Says Nothing Has Been Done tDDltfd Press UnmA Wire.) . Washington, May 9. Has the Roose velt administration mada a promise of immunity to the railroads from prose-cutloa-,undfir.,,, tha so-called commodity clause of the Hepburn blllT, Senator Foraker (Ohio), who raised this momentous question upon tha floer of ' the senate this week, aaid tonight "It la the ninth of Mar and the com modlty clause went into effect on the first or May. ine raiiroaas are aim hauling their own coal, regardless, and nothing is done to them. It must be evident to everybody that' an arrange ment granting them immunity waa made and still exiata. -My principal objeot In getting my resolution introduced the other day, asking the interstate commerce commis sion for light- on this subject, waa to get action on tha resolution of Sena tor Elklns, who proposes to suspend until January, i10, the . penalties at tached to the law. -1 want to clear the way for my Brownsville bill. "I have begged Elklns - for weeks to secure action on his resolution, sug gesting that I would call it up "my self If he did not but It has dragged alornr and now.I anall seek on Monday to displace it from the position it oc cupies as- tha unfinished business of the-senate." if necessary. Foraker will read At torney-General Bonaparte's statement to the senate on atonaay, togemer with the one Issued later to the effect that the denartment exnecta to bring a test suit to try this matter within a very, anon time. . . JAPANESE STATESM 1 TO VISIT NIAGARA (0c!ted Prert teax'WIre.) Buffalo, N. Y., May (.Japanese ex Mlnister of Finance Baron Yorcho Sak atana and party arrived In Buffalo to njght over the Canadian Pacific from Vancouver, B. C.' T ? - ,Tha party will visit Niagara Falls on Sunday, and then proceed to New York. It la asserted the baron's visit to the United States at this time is purely one of pleasure. ACCUSED OF BEING ! V -j. BLACK HAND AGENTS (United Praxs tested Wire.) New Brunswick. - N- J.. May - . Charged with being Black Hand agents and with trying' to extort $5,000 from 8. , Rerussd, a wealthy farmer living at Franklin Park. Michael Flloset and John 6 1 vers, Italians, are In Jail here to night - " , IMFHIMITV II UILH0L Freight Rates to Go-Up Heads - of Transportation ; Lines Defy State and In " terstate Commissions They Need the Money. Lumber Interests Aroused to Ask for Delay in Advance Until October Fulton Amendment Would Have Prevented Situation. An organised attempt by eastern rail road managers to affect a wholesale ad vance of , freight rates has aroused widespread alarm and protest. While no open action has been taken In the Pacific northwest In opposition to the movement, Oregon commercial bodies and , shippers have not been Inactive, and a determined resistance to the raise Is being organised. The eastern railroad preaidents re cently came into .the open and have de clared that they will carry the proposed increase Into effect and that the inter state commerce commission and the stata railroad commissions will be pow erless to prevent it. The movement has reached a stage where an outburst of popular indignation is spreading over the country. Commercial .interests aro forming combinations to exert the unit ed Influence . of the country's business men against the advance of rates. A telegram received in Portland from Chi cago advises local lumber manufactur ing Interests that tha lumber shippers of the middle west and northwest are up- In arms, and that united action will ba taken. The railroad presidents have been asked : to withdraw the advanced rates until October. A large meeting of shippers representing the entire western country will be held at Chicago May 16. It la admitted that the Interstate com merce commission and state railway commlsaiona ihava jm powers that ; can b used effectively under present laws to prevent 'the railroads from carrying the proposed increases into effect It was to prevent Just such action by tha railroad companies - that - the Fulton amendment -was offered id tha present congress.: This ' amendment" to the in terstate commerce law was originated by the lumber manufacturers and their attorneys. .They proposed "that no rail road should be-allowed "to increase an established rate until after the. Increase had first been submitted to the Inter state commerce commission and the shippers given a hearing in opposition to' the advance." ' " Had this amendment become a law the railroads could not carry the threat ened aeneral increase ' into effect until 11 naa oeen tnresnea oui oeiore me com mission and approved by that body, and then given a final hearing in the courts, where appeal could have been made' by ine rauroaas. - DEFTSOLDIERS ilore Troops May Be Called Out to Suppress Threat- j nrt. eneu iiiuus. (Oaited Press Leued Wire.) Manchester, Ohio. May t. With lamp light signals flashing on both Kentucky and Ohio banks of the Ohio river all night last night and tonight, great col umns of amoke arising on both banks as a signal, it la declared, to be night rider banda. troops A and B of the Ohio national guard, are patrolling the Ohio side for eight miles in an effort to pre vent a juncture of the bands of to bacco raiders. Detachments of the two cavaliV troops are guarding the highway lead ing Into Georgetown, where meeting of the raiders are in progress tonight. Tonight Inflammatory circulars were) distributed throughout the counties, voicing resentment - at the presence of the troeps. From Maysvllle, Kentucky, word Is brought that a band of Kentucklans are preparing to attempt the crossing- of the river In defiance of th" troops, whom they sneerlngly term "rag-baby soldiers." i Governor Wlllson, who has alreadv called out company M of the Seventh Infantry, today decided to summon two mora comnanlea of. lnfantrv to met on duty tomorrow. -,'..; A Clash tonignt is proDabie. following the Georretown meettnr. anil the tronna are ordered to break up any parties of more man ive men touna in ids nign way. Information from Madison oounty, Kentuckv.- tonlcht states that two nlaht-rlders have been killed and the arm of a third was blown off by the discharge or a shotgun in an attack by the tobacco raiders on a pwnter. All names are withheld as the military hope to capture the ' band. ' When tha raiders v auproached the planter opened fire, when they started to destroy his plant bed. MAG00N "WELCOMED ' TO WESTERN CUB A . (Uolted Press Leased Wire.) roon r.ald his -firat visit to western Cuba todav and the Journey was a tri umphant success. . Ail along me route the. Inhabitants of every town, turned out and gave the governor anenthusl sstlc reception, tn this city' a special holiday was -declared ; in honor of Ma goon's visit. Tonight a banquet is being held ta cement tha friendship existing between the American and Cuban people. Tomorrow the principal towns will, be visited.- ! ..... : . . II G T RIDERS Sterne Old Tune the Voters Have MAWERMEUMM'S BALLOON EXPEDITION M u ARCTIC AMERICAN BLUFF One of the most remarkable stories of how a man who Is sup posed to know all about balloons, hot air machines, exploring expeditions and politics, and who has been re garded as a notable character among the syndicate writers of the conntry, comes from Paris by Hearst cable as follows: Parts, May . Mwenthal, chief engi neer of Walter Wellman'a balloon ex pedition to the north pole, declare to day that the whole affair was a farce, or what he calls. "Arctic-American Bluff." adding:- The ony serious member of the ex pedition waa Major Hersey, sent by the United States government for the pur- SALEM MAYOR . RKJOIIIT Bodgers Impersonates Squad of Police and Arrests Al leged Boss Gambler. (Salem Bureau, 367 Stata Street) Salem. Or., May 9. Mayor Cfeorge F. Rodgers of this city, performed the serv ices tonight of a district attorney ana a squad of police officers when ha raided the- rear end of a cigar store In the cen tral business section, placed Ed Plllette, a cigar dealer, under arrest for conduct ing a gambling game, "and ordered 0 men who were playing poker out of the place." : Thia Is Rodgers" second raid .on, Fil- lette for conducting a gambling game, the last time being three months ago, when be promised Rodgers to cease gambling. - Rodgers was Informed at 9 o dock to night that the poker game- waa running full blast. Unable to locate an officer, he resolved to make the raid by him self. The" Players were annoyed by -his presence, and under protest PUlette left. me tame, -ana waen- lnrormeo Dy ine mayor that he was breaking faith, be came insolent. Rodgers then placed hint under arrest and ordered the 20 playera to leave. PUlette was ordered to appear in thepolice court -for trial on. Monday. REPRESENTATIVE MEN TO ATTEND. SESSION ' ICnlted Press LeseZ Wlre.V Washington, May . Representative business men from various sections of the country are arriving to attend the conrresa next - week of : the National Draining association. The object of this congress la to Im prove and Indorse federal help to drain age aa a national policy, but not to rec ommend' nor attempt to dictate what legislation shall -be. passed by congresa .William Jennings Bryan and Senator Newlands' IKevada) will make ad dresses. - .: . ' .... pose of making meteorloglcal Investi gations.". l.lwentnal says he was sent In ad vance to construct an Arctic house, workshop, station for wireless teleg raphy, . balloon ahed and apparatus for making hydrogen gas, and took the thing seriously until Wellman arrived, with four assistants, one of them being a doctor, who proposed to establish on Dane's island a shoo for selling tha skins of white bears to tourists. Queer Instruments, The Instruments brought by. Major Hersey for observations consisted of a registering barometer, which was hung up among the hams and sausages; an antomefer, which was never unpacked, and a compass. This compass had one peculiarity the north stood 40 south. After Inspecting these remarkable in struments. Llwenthal . lost faith. The engineer states that" Wellman gave or dera to Inflate the balloon, no matter how, make an ascension and bring the balloon down on a neighboring glacier, saying: STRIKE AT KAY WOOLEN MILLS Nine Workmen Draw 120 After Them f Demand a Wage Kestoration. (Salem Bureau of Tha Journal.) ' Salem. Or., May Senator Tom Kay's woolen mills In this city, employ ing 120 hands, are shut down complete ly tonight because, of tha strike of nine spinners. Tha strike, which is of an In dependent nature,. there being no union here, la because of the reduction tn wagea made tha first of the year, rang ing from S per cent to 12H per cent. The strike was a . complete surprise, though two of the men bad already served notice they would leave May 15. The tour spinners working through last night met the force of five that were to have begua at t o'clock thia morning and together they marched Into Kay s office and demanded a return to the old scale, under which, six of tha nine received 2 a day instead of $1.75 as at present, and the other three mada 150 per month instead of MO aavtbey do nOW. K.. . , Kay has sent his foreman to Oregon City to secure spinners but Is unable to get assistance from that city. Senator Kay said tonight:" ; ,"I amjsorry this occurred. I told the men when they came to me this morn ing that if they Would go back to work nd authorise one of their number to act as spokesman I would willingly lis ten to their grievances. f It was my In tention to grant them their increase, but I did not like their manner of de manding It. In fact. If the men coma pack now I ; will give . them their in crease; that is. all except - the ring leader. ' The mill is closed Indefinitely until the men come back to work or we get a new crew. I have always paid my men well and have had nothing like this before.',' - -. , v - . Kay also called attention to a reduc tion in store for the men In the employ of the Portland Woolen mills when that Concern runs up to Us full quota In the summer instead of. as now, only i days out Of every 60. The strikers say they. will not go back-until every one cf them Is taken In at the higher pay. i ,. ,., . . ... t- - , . - . Heard So Often "We mast hara something that oaa be clneomatDgrapaed," and the hero of tha Bortb pole expedition declared ha had arrangtd for a series of lectures la America. Uwentbal also notes Well man as saying ha had blaff ed tha world with an lmposslbla project. ' I) (scribes AsoenV I.iwenthal described tha ascent: - "One calm ' day the balloon - was brought out and aent up 'attached to a rope In order to verify the famous com pass. ' It was then towed seaward by a tender and the rope waa loosed. . "A - gentle northwest wind, of. a trifle more than three miles - an hour' waa blowing and tha balloon - turned . three times and fell softly on a. declivity of the glacier on Foul Point; -The balloon waa deflated with such-oare Hhat it was In rags and was. carried piecemeal ' to the sheds. The photographer,- however, had done his duty. So ended the" Well man heroio , expedition . to the north pole. SMITH'S FATE IN HAIIOSJNIY Majority of Spectators at Trial Believe No Verdict Will Be Beached. (Special DUpatch to The JoerntL) Trlnevllle, Or., May . Tha Jury that will decide the fate of ex-Sheriff Smith retired at o'clock this evening. . The first part of the closing argu ment for the defense, was made by At torney Wyatt. He tore the evidence to pieces bit by bit and bombarded the testimony introduced by the . state. Weatherf ord closed the case. Tha ar guments of defendant's attorneys occu pied about four hours. In his Instructions to tha jury Judge Bradshaw stated that the jury alone were to Judge the truthfulness of tha evidence of each of the different wit nesses. The Judge's instructions covered the usual lines of law in the case and they were complete. Tha part that worried the attorneys and - waa easily explained by the Judge in bis Instruc tions to the Jury was Just how much. If any, of Lark in Elliott's testimony waa to be considered. The majority of the people think that this Jury will not be able to arrive at a verdict Great interest haa been dis played by the people here and many will remain at the courthouse until midnight to await a possible verdict by the jury. WINSTON CHURCHILL : BEPBESENTS DUNDEE m I I. .i (United Press ttwil Tin.) Dundee, Scotland, . May ' 8. Winston Churchill, president .of , the board - of trade, Who was recently defeated for re election t barllament lot his farmer constituency of West Manchester, was today elected from Dundee. - ' -' Churchill's reelection is significant In indicating this return to DODui.ir favor of the liberal party and lv today's vic tory a longer terra or wer t predicted for the Aenulth. government. . ... Amount of Gold in Teeth Will Determine TOether Mrs. Gunness Was Burned in House or Substituted Another Woman's Body. Chicago Police Believe Thcyt Have Located Murderess I at Philadelphia Lam phere Probably Knew of Crimes. . (Hearst Mews Barrio.) , Syracuse, May t Mra Cora Bella Herron. tha. handsome wid ow of a prominent Chicago busi ness man, who was arrested under sensational clrou instances early this morning as ' Bella Ounness, tha mysterious mur deress of Xr Porta, Indiana, left here for New York at ' o'clock this afternoon. Bha will, go to tha horn of her slater, Mrs. Charles P. Rockefeller, 81T West Fortieth street. Angry and outraged over her arrest and notoriety brought upon her by the necessity of establishing her Identity, Mr a Herron abso lutely refused to sign a release !! I e - relieving tba police . of .the re sponsibility of her arrest and de tention and declared that she would Immediately consult law yers in New York and bring a suit against' tha police officials , and the city of Syracuse for the blunder. ' v : La "Porte. Ind., May 8. Sheriff Smut aer Is preparing to account for tha missing head.of the body In the morse here, which was supposed to ba tha re mains of Mrs.- Bella - Gunncsa. Tha sheriff will maintain that If gold Is found el the point whore the headless body was recovered It Will prove that Mrs. ' Gunness'. head ' was ; consumed by fire and that the f 30q worth of precloua metal In her falsa teeth, was melted by tha heat ' ' v'vV" .'-vr Lamphere's trunk Is still In tha cfflce of tha state's attorney, t its oontents carefully . guarded, f ram prying eyes. What the letters 'from Mrr. Gunnces to Lamphere may say Is known only H the sheriff, tha state's attorney, the sheriffs deputy, William ,Anstiss and Ray Lamphere nimoelf. t Offloers Slsottss Xamphera. These questions were put to' Deputy Anstlss: , -' "Is there anythln In any cf these letters which leads you to believe that Ray Lamphere was on accomplice in the murders which - peopled her private graveyard?".. . -" -"t - "I can't say that Cher la," replied the deputy. .;' ' ''Is there anything In them le maka you think that Lamphere nsnistcd In the murder of Andrew HeiKa'oin?" "I don't know that there is." ha re plied, "but 1 believe he tint some knowl edge of U. , Helgalein was last uren When he and Mrs. J-jnno.is came to tha First National bank In La Porte to col-, lect the draft of $2,636 on the First National bank of Aberdeen, South l) kota, his home town. "Lamphere has said that ha was in Michigan City durlntr the day W Jan-! uary 14 and the ni ant following: that' he returned to tha farm the night fol lowing. - He asked Mrs. Ounntiss whut had become of Melgalein, and was told that he had departed for Michigan City. "I haA'e evidence 'to prove that Lam phere returned to the farm before 11 o'clock on the night cf January 14, and tha probability la that . Hlgaleln was murdered, dlsmemberod and burled on that night Lamphere at least got torn Inkling of what was going on." , From time to time Coroner Mack Is taking, his depositions - In .connection, with tha murders of -Andrew Melgalein, Jennie Olson, adopted .laughter of the woman nf Ounness HiU, and Oleo Burds berg of Iola. .Wisconsin, who are tha only three out of the total nt J4 bodls thus far' reeovered from the barnyard (Continued on Page Fourteen.) HAWAII TO THE FORE - During the next Week The Josirn-,! will offer its readers an exceptionl feature in the form of a series of articles from Honolulu by Frederic J. Haskin . Tha facts about conditions there are essentially Important to Americana, because Hawaii is not nn 'insnlar possesalon" cf the Vnltivi States, as New Mexico or Ari .tia.. There are no more loyal Arnin . in the entire Union than timB in Hawaii, and there ahould t a L--t -acquaintance and more syiniut ! relutlonshlo .between them m-'I i '( other Yankees on the inafnlfiul. .( ewpeclally ' here In ' ' Imul, v, 1 i we are urging an eiTcrt to , Hawaiian trade. Head ti, ii. letter In today's imi, an, I It mi f not a regular aubM-rlbr.- t T' DaPy Journal ' tt-t '' tit ' week. The artlcltts wi.l i tr . : day. ......