s
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.