The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, May 13, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texts 1 4; The Journal Iks a Larger Proved; Svcrn - of Oregon Than Any Other Dally Pcper JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING THE BEST RESULTS REAL , ESTATE FOR SALE? ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL r TTU- .up .. . 1 The Weather Cloudy with prob able showers tonight "and Thursday.' VOL. VII. NO. 57. U THUG S CAPTURED AFTER EFFORT TO A7JJL CHWESE Second-Hand Store at the Corner of lfiin tiLLd IIIllldLLI - . . . . '. . , v ; . , ; . . , , . . S . ' . . . i, . $ Hi? . .h . . . : . - ,The "SpHtter"ahl8 afternooir at2 jo'clock aatd that his real name la Jack La Rose, that he has "been a marine flrenlau on the U. S. gunboat HouBatonlcand that 61b home If ln ;Rome; 7'GBorgla; - - -. ? He, declares, that he reached Portland last, sight and knows noth ing about the attacks upon the two Jews Monday and yesterday;! Fre ouenters of Erlckson's and other Second-street resorts say they ; have seen him hanging around for at , Followlngva murderous attempt to : kill John Chow, a Chinese tailor, at 249'Ankenyjtree$; at ll'o.'clock.thls ? morning,, a man .wno. gives. me name T6i " Ja,ck-therSpl Iter," was .'captured after, an etcltlng chase down Second i street, v The priiSner is said' Jy- .the , i police .to be tne jnan. who made -two other daylight attempts to "murder. , north end merchants this week. f "The Splitter?'- Is a powerf uliy ' built man of 23 or 24, ; dressed in conimott clothing and -evidently - a ; ?oggr or, miner.. . Ha la an American ? and, is' either ' feigning Insanity " or suffering, from' delirium: tremens. It le believed by the detectives that he is posseted by a mania to crush peo pla's pkuller. ; .. ; , " . ', K- In each instance, the assault lipon Mast Hermann Monday nlghtl that opon ' v H. Neumen . yesterday and ; the , third upon the X!hlnanian; today,;;, the circum stances r are practically identical, lln each case the man had entered a store, asked the proprietor to show him some thing on a shelf or case and as the tin- auspectTng"mercBanTent over to' reach it, had struck him on the skull with a "piece of Iron pipe, "wrapped In newspa per. .-!.. : : ' V In every instance the assailant, has dropped .the pipe and elmply made his escape, it not having: been shown satis factorily in an case; that money has -been stolen. . , y-r'.y. .V - Thin morning; St 10 minutes after 11 o'clock . the .splitter entered the tailor shop of Chow Vah, at . 249 Ankeny " street. - He accosted John Chow, one of three Chinamen in the little, shop and - asked him to. show; him some cloth, . polntlBg- to a bolt on the shelf. Chow turned to get the cloth' and as; he did : ko the splitter took the gasplpe wrapped in j newspaper,' which he was carrying under his arm. -and struck the China man, across the- back of. the head. , Chow , fell -to ; the floor, stunned by the force of the blow, and, his assail- PORTLAND-DENVER ; i r FIGHT FOR GROCERS ..- ; ! - Second and Couch, Where H Neumen Was Murderously Assaulted by ; , Gaflpipe Thug. . least three days. ant. rained half a dozen blows on this head and face before astonished Celes tials In the room-could nrevent him. A' they screamed the' Splitter dropped the f wasplrm on- the-floor -nd-, ttirning. ran but of the shoo.. . Instantly pandemonium hroke loose In the. utti bulldinsrs facing o Ankeny street' and ocoupled by. Chinese. The tanora in enow wan an nop nave -tne alarm whistle that called every China man within hearing out of his home and noon they were swarrfilnt Into Ankeny . street, which, between - Third and Second streets,- Is- o- narrow as to be little more than an alleyway. ln up the bloody gas pipe-led the chase arter tne spinier, tie was ioo wea 10 follow. The splitter ' walked . slowly down -Ankeny street until he; reached the corner of Second; then, hearing the cries of his pursuers, broke into a run, goinar north on Second street. Therewere hundreds of the nnem- Floyed on Second street, standing be ore the employment agencies that cen ter around Second and Burnslde streets, and they all joined in the. chase The splitter ran - alone the block between Ankeny and Burnslde streets, but see ing that escape was cut off in front of Erlckson's dance hall and ' saloon on the northeast corner of Second and Burnslde. - he Tan -into -Hhe big hall f the resort and was Jumped on by Prank Freeman of 23 North Second street. , ; Freeman knocked the splitter down And Jumped -on hl neck, holding . him until uetective J. r. fiover or tne Northern . Pacific Terminal 'company, who--hnd witnessed the ' chase, came breathlessly up and Joined in the fight. To Freeman the. prisoner made threats of treating him as he had treated the Chinaman and the brokers; ' ' ; ; -Folloa Hurry to Blotne. Meanwhile A. Nebendahl. a '' retired farmer living at 4U6 Montgomery street, had telephoned the police that another man had been murdered at Second and Burnslde streets, and that the murderer had been caught. . The police, headquar ters were empti J of detectives and cops In milrker time - than it takes to tell. The patrol' wagon with PetectlvA Tlch enor, Evans. Hunter, Policemen Ben Smith and Maloney, and as many more as :ouM, pllo: in, went galloping down Second street, while those who didn't get tn tbwaeron. Including most f the police court witnesses and hangers-on. ran to .tne . scene, oi assauu. ueiec tlves Price and Tom Cpleman took the splitter In charge and he was thrown In the bottom of the patrol wagon- while it went over to pick up Chow. Tne prisoner taKea-oisconneoieaiy hen taken to the notice station, and he was placed in a cell by himself and con fronted by the Chinese and half a dosen others who had seen him run from the little tailor shop. He carried nothinr in his pockets ex cepting a nickel watclv. that had Stopped at 12 .minutes past 11, and a cheap black Diaca blade. nanaiea jacaicnire witn one runty oiauo When questioned by Captain of, Deteo- tlvea Baty he talked tn a rambling fash he 'had arot that one. "Dldtft-I hit him though!" ha ex claimed., "I'll kill 'em all." 1 - ; v When asked why he atrnck the Chi naman he said because he hated them thev had "done him dirt" at, one time. When ouefftloned about the -other as saults, he said he had nothing against any pawnbrokers, but when someone re ferred to the gasoline stove in IIr- (Continued '. oa Pag four.) to; PdJ-f or arcchllon in Portland end Within Sixty Lliles j)i PorUand, AH Directions, and Throoohoat tl:e SIcI J Ko Exccpllons. Clrculatiqn Records end Records of Ccsh ? Receipts Open Jo tiie Inspedlori oi l All Adver lis cr j PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY . EVENING, MAY jar -pi. -an a 1 -r.tl J !!EUI CAIIHOT: LIVE-VERY LOIiG Victim of Gaspipe tMan May ' Not Survive Day- Her mann Slightly Better. -'Mm Vetuaea, vlotlm of, an unknown aa sasBin,. is slowly - dylar at ths Good, Bamaritau hospital.. JSis condition is sack that it is feared.: that he wlU Bot live throngb the day.;,:; Uvea If he should survive it is feared, hat he will sever reeovev his mlnd.. . J.?. Max Hormaan haa' a' elianoe for Ufa. So was slightly improved today, bat is by no means oat of danger. , Women's iSelf-Supporting League Establishes Head- quarters at New York. (Ur:ted Proa. Lent Wire.) Kew Tcrk. May IS. In an airy room on the eleventh jfldor of No. S! Union quare today plot was matured for the overthrow of the dynasty of man. The occasion was - the opening of the suffrage campaign .headquarters, of the Women's .Self Supporting league of which, the-..plotters were the. members who entertained' the constant stream Of Inquiring "visitors. They will first tco to Seneca ! Falln. where the first woman's suffrage com mittee meeting will be held. Then committee will go to Chicago. At the National Republican convention nm of the big men have pledged themselves to help tne women insert a little plank In the platform, When New Tiork state is cleaned up, the self supporting women will turn their .attention, to , tha national capital. WICKEDEST MAN IN NEW YORK IS DEAD tfnltied PtM Leaard Wlr. ' New York. Mir u iw-.ih v. . Claimed -"The" Allen, one of New "Tork city's most famous characters and known at one time as the wickedest man .in New,, York He died . at iis home' in West Eighth street at the age of 7? years. Twpntv veam trr Alton lrn, - jt A. hall in Bleecker street-and later he was proprietor or several saloons. Lately The" hadkent a nnolrnnv, nn Sixth avenue. This place was rairtrnl numerous times by the police In spite of the fact that Allen had protected the place by putting iron bars in front f tha - windows. He made himself , cob- BDiCUOUa a Short time un hv atartinir a crusade against pool-selling on race CHINESE STUDENTS , ! UPHOLD JAPANESE ' tnltd Prrts totted Wire. i v : TOKIO. Mav IS Thln iliHl. In Toklo are protesting- against the anti- viiimck Doycott ocmg maintained in China. Twelve hundred of them - hava Joined the - movement and are dally holding meetings to vojee their feelings; Three huadred atuuejits who uphold the, Chinese government In this matter are trying to break up-the. meeting by nalu&VL noisy demonstration , 4 SUFFRAGIStS OPEL" CMlPAIiGU PRESERVE Governors and Delegates of States Gather at Washing ton to Confer With Pres ident About Plan to Stop Waste of Natural Wealth. Matter of Importance to Ev ery Section of Union De struction of Nation's Sup plies Must Be Stopped If We Would Be Prosperous.' (United tr Letted Wirt.) Washington, D. C:, May II. With President RopjevglJjf dnjtlis grfat conrerence of governors, caned by the national executive to discuss ways andj means for- preserving the country's natural resources, openeq this morning in the east room of the White House. ; Forty-one state and territorial governors were In attendance. Thomas R. Shipp, of the forestry service, was chosen generals-secretary and W. J. Megee recording sec retary, -i. ' A number of subjects of national in- tereat not Included in the general eall will ' be discussed on Friday afternoon. They are as follows: A universal di vorce law. Including the classification of offenses for which a decree can ba granted, the extradition of criminals on the telegraphic order of a governor,, a universal iiereemt-nt on the treatment of cattle afflicted with tuberculosis, the care and segregation of consumptives and better supervision of quarantine regulations. The Oregon delegates are enter Jus tice of 8tns, Supreme Court Bean. F. C. Knapp ar.d-. S. Jackson. Mr. Knapp was unable to attend: After the opening ceremonies the president said In part: Our fathers. little of -the resourcea of the country, exercised a wise forethought in refer ence thereto. Washington clearly saw that the perpetuity of the states could only-be secured by union, and that the only feasible basis of union was an economic one; in other words, that -it must be based on the develppment and 1 1 a. nf their natural resources. Ac mu1 ugh they knew mo cordingly, he helped to outline a scheme of commercial aeveiopmani, fluence an Interstate waierwny. mlssion was appointed ny Virginia m Maryland. . It met near where we are now meet ing. In Alexandria, adjourned to o"" Vernon, and took up the cnB'ra";5 of interstate commerce, by U "' meana then avaiiaoie. ull. V.t Further conferences were arranged, lirst ionii and then at Philadelphia. It was In Philadelphia that the repre itia. of -ll the states met for what was In its concapaws merely a waterways conference, but ill..,.! - - their delibera tions the outcome was the constitution which maae me - iraitadi Aotlon. The constitution of the Vnjted States thus grew in large part'out of the necessity for uniteu action m w. usa of one of our naiurai The wise" all- of our. natural fe. IZrcil' ai well," is the-" great material 2f,Sn of today, "i hv skfJ you to enrae together now beoanse tne enur-mous- consumption of these resourees. i"nd the Uire t of ,.rnmine nt exha us tion u...1 K :fi5"M.l? of .mm r.i fuels and alloys have given us tha lead over Jfi other nations in the pro- deu"ctioTot '".1551.; Ss'rr'rTlyTVndave" led to such lumber in ouT forests thrrlche. of our i"mfAnmlnes. the discovery of gold sous na ..- -rfh th Tf S aHlnOrBI fit SH. tui UIUV1 - a.l.nnn nf our inuinporwuw"! have Paralleled In" comfort and cnvni.ce. P"iS4ei." i-Min2 drain on th of our iiii nA onvenie e un- !"'.""."-... h,,. i.mmotM to an of system in 'dealing with them that there I is less navigation on them now than there was SO years ago. . . ..Waterways -Work. , :: "it Is 'largely, because of this that I appointed the waterways commission last year and that I have sought to per petuate its work. I wish to take thU opportunity to express In heartiest fash ion my acknowledgment to all the mem bers of the commission, a i J'?'" onal sacrifice of time, and, effort they CConttnued on Fags TSrea) : Ji"4 COUNTRY'S RESOURCES 13;. 1908. EIGHTEEN PAGES. RAILROADS ATTEMPTING TO DEFEAT CHAMBERLAIN RAILROAD "MACHINE" AT WORK r In .California .the .Lincoln-Roosevelt league is fighting a desper- ate battle to unseat the political machine of the Southern Pa cifier -company. .! In Oregon the machine1 that is dominated by the Harrtman Interests is 'trying to stamp out the people's desire for directvote for United Spates stiutor and Statement No. 1 The latest; move,: reported from 'The Dalles by The Journal's special correspondent,: is to throw the strength of the Harrtman machine against -Chamberlain in' favor of Cake. HON GEORGE ( A. . l1 i - t mm Whom theCorpbration' Political Machines are Trying ' to Defeat for United States Senator QUESTION TO1 THE PEOPLE OF OREGON- i r 44 WILL YOU LET THEM D04T?M DAUGHTER TOM, JOHNSON RILES . SUIT FOR DIVORCE ; (Cnlttd Prats betted Wire.! . Cleveland, , May 11. Bessie Johnson Marlant. daughter of Mayor Tom John son of Cleveland, has decided to ask the courts for a legal separation from her Italian spouse, Slgnor Marian!, whom she recently married! . - Divorce Da Dera hnvadun fii k,i by her attorneys, but they contain little ueiuus-oi ner complaint. She simply alleges cruelty and abandon- J..DALZELL BROWN. CONVICTED BANKER. - (ryted Pratt Leatad Wire.) v San Francisco,' May IS. Under guard of ' two- deputy . sheriffs. J. Dalull Erown, confessed accomplice In the wrecking of the California , 8afe De posit & Trust company ; was taken. t&J Bun-: Quentln v today to . serve " his sen tence! of 18 months for embesasltng JS5, O00 Worth of bonds of the. Sacrament,i Caa & Electric company deposited, with ine trust , coippany. . as. tne priner was - taken, from the PRICE TWO 44 G. CHAMBERLAIN -11 ..tfw vni(gw vv? -T m n s f MAYOR' ,;,".'v.;' ing with her husband -for some time. Shortly after the, marriage ceremony she left him in the Stratford hotel, New York, and It was - understood at that time that she, would never return to him. Since then a daughter has been born to Mrs. Mariani, and she will ask for the custody of the child, who Is not S months old.' 8hei Is now with her mother In Danville, New York, but'it la reported that she will go on tha' stags again. 1 county Jail he seemed . completely re signed to his fate and . showed little emotion., --.. . , . . lip to the last minute Brown had hopes of being able to escape confine ment in tho penitentiary, pleading that he be-allowed to-serve his sentence In the county .Jail, but this request wn denied him on the ground tliat it would lead to the breaking down of prtnon dis--tpline. He; will, therefore, have to undergo the humiliation of belnje meas ured, shaved end cropped ana clothed in convict's earu, JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 30,350 CENTS ?w kiws 3iachine, Much Alarmed,, Tries to Slaughter v Peo ple's Clioice for U. S. Sen-t ator -Make Friends for Candidate. : , By 'Don P.- Steffa. . (Bpeeltl Dispatch, to The JoaruLl " ' The. Dalles, Or., May 13. Gorer-.) nor George E. Chamberlain will .notr! be elected to ihe Dnlted States sen-: ate from this state It the railroad corporations can prevent Jt. ' Already ha has Decome, a target for the 'en- Wilt vi tun Hues iistci siug wrc-KUiia and these interests have pitted them selves together in an effort to defeat the mad! who is rousing the voters against legislature and congressional bribery and, corruption and at the same time advocating measures giv ing greater powers, to the public; . Unmistakable evidence has developed that the railroads throughout eastern Oregon hiVel ' marked Chamberlain ; fpr slaughter at the June election, but their obvious ; efforts have turned the tide tn Chamberlain's favor. The undercurrent of opposition . to hlra doa not rise to the surface where it can be combated. but is stealthily at work In the' towns and cities along the railway lines. Out in the rural districts there has been no apparent attempt as yet to turn votes against the Democratic candidate, but me sueni, unseen nana is working fltli gently at Baker City, La Grande, Pen dleton. The . Dalles and other places where it is- believed effective work can be done unnoticed, - , -- Chamberlain's position v in tMe" pres ent campaign 'has met -with widespread favor among the masses; of the people , In eastern Oregon. Flat-footed . anl without equivocation he has told the n what he intends to do if elected.; anl has made promises, which, if he Is ablt to carry them out In the capacity of United States senator, will, rut the fingers of the corporate hands throt tling; this state, .... . .. .... .V Xa every address he has made dnxtag nls tow of the stats Governor Ohamber lala nag openly advocated measures to check the greed of the railroad , and . other Interests. Ee has declared him self in favor of laws riving greats? power to the interstate commerce com mission -and rsctrletlaa the eanoratlona. jtn addltloa he has vehemently advo- FEAR HIS POPULARITY oated Statement Ho. J, as a measure, which through the people, wul place a quietus upon the corrupted seaators rep. resenting- the same corporate interests now silently at, work la this state ta defeat bias. .; . . . . , , Approach Railway Employes. r Attempts were first made to draw away tne vote of tha railway mnlnv . The -latter-are almost solid In sup;mrt -pf- Governor Chamberlain. The effort to convert votes then spread to the tel egraph operators and then the silent hand went to work among some of th- business Interests in eastern Oreg.v, cities. The. argument is used that nr. goa at this tlrnev when the state nt-u to much, ennnot afford to send a Dfm- - vkct ituni , cMiin tTiiat?. i ii some Instances stronger pressure than this Is brought' to bear.- the source of the opposition being kept In the biek- 5 rounds Reference to the positive stand overnor -Chamberlain has tk-n against legislative corruption and cor. HIT. r TA K. Ilnl.A U . . . .. .. . Continued on Page Eleren.) WOMEN AUTOiSTS OFF FOR PORTLAND (Special EUpttrh to The Joonl.) s Portland. Me.. May ; lS.Sev- eral thousand people witnessed s the starting today At 12:30 of '-Mrs. M. fi Teape and her daugh- ter, Mra Vere McKelvIe, of Sandpolnt, Idaho, from the I.h fayette hotel, for Portland, Ore gon. It Is the first attmtt ever made by two womn t.i cross the continent alone in anr "auto and the trip Is rnad in the. lightest car .ever used fur a transcontinental trip. TW ir, using a two-c'lindr runabout of elght-horsopower. , Mayor Lighton (save t! t women a letter to t d-iivi l to Mayor J-jme of 1'i.rt l-tu 1, ;. gon. r.