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The Journal ' Giisya-larear vPrb.vea-.Svjera-tot Pafd-for Circulation in Ported M -Wiililn Sixty Lilies of PorUaisd,; All Direciions; an il Ikroc;;!:G:;t 11:3 CrcQon'-Tte 'flriy-Clher 'Dally vfap8rK6;:Excepllo"ss, -Circulation Reeo All Ailvcrlis:r: 4 JOURXATi WANT ADS BRING THE BKST RESULTS . REAL.ESTATL FORJSALE? , ADVERTISE IX THE JOUKXAL v ' The, Weather Cloudy, with prob ably showers tonight and Sunday. I i I I JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 31,125 ,-. VOL. VII. NO. GO. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, : MAY 16, 1908. TWO ' SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. , JfJJ""' l Dn: (PI t f! UW'"ISU.. i P ,'"." pTSSl fBSf fCTl . M t,'"JBI " PI J'--" mCMNpMPLBE LEGISMMRS PLflTFORI i IS IGNORED Forgets That He Was Xom inated Because of His Sup port of Statement KcL l Turn9 vBaclv-on Former bupporters. V f . -J rJt CAKE'S REPUDIATION OF STATEMENT NO. 1. . ?1 do not want to mix up with the- -jplitlcl affairs of : any ooupty or take part in, the, sup- port of any tlckrt. "Tu ring the w primary, campaign I a'dvocn ted statement No. 1. X 3iJ. not ad-' vocate ' th nomination of any . 4 ticket In ny county." I do not" want, therefore, to meddle with the affair of any county, or to- attcmrt to folnt to" any ticket 4 "tliar "ahoulJ bo elected.--from an Interview wttn H. M. Cake, ,4 4 published In Tha Journal. April : Nominated on a Statement No.t Dlat- . form. " repudiating It 10 days' after ward, refusing 'to aupport the principles f Statempnt No. I or Ua candldatevj for tne leRislature during his present trurr of the state In behalf of his can; (lldacy fortho United States senate! H. M. Cake) apparently baeea hia hopes of being: elected t , iCqngresa on; the legislature in the event he is defeated in the popular election ,june i ny.uov emor George B5, Chamberlain.. Tn pcnr the election of states sena. ah ikr A KAnlAHntiitfvM,Arluinrfl AfthAr unpledged or -else pledged to "Republi tan voters' choice! i ia Cake's present plan of l-ampalgn. Then.-should t3ov -" ernor' Chamberlain -receive the popuhtr vote. In June, Cake may . Do in a posi tion to expeot the election to the United Hates senate at the hands of those leg islators who will disregard the recorded T wisnes 01 me people or uregon. n effect, Fthe attitude of the Republican candidate now tends . toward defeating Statement No,? i :-and restoring . the siate legislature to ring xnie. ' Vigoroos Before Election. t Throughout the state It ' is conceded ... that Cake received hls i nomination by .his vigorous stand on . StatementLNo. '1. Ihirlng his entire campaign it was the An vran tnaiiA hA iirrt find nloftdnil with . nls : audiences . to support. ; . In every address he made, prior to the pri mary election. Statement No. 1 was the meat and kernel of hia remarks.- He : held Statement No. 1 before the people as. the greatest and most -progressive step the statie had taken In its whole . nnlitieal hlntorv to roatnre tn the nan. Ele the absolute power, to. choose United tates senators. . . Ten days after Cake received his nom ination through an -apparently sincere declaration 'of a "principle favoring the pepple's right to, rule, he; repudiated Statement No. . 1. During his present campaign of the state, the Republican candidate has largely avoided reference - to Statement No. 1. He has not urged, as Governor Chamberlain is! doing, a election to the state legislature only of - those " candida tes who have, pledged . 'themselves . to abide by" the people's '' wisheatif!.'iS,'''&iff1'.Hi'fi' 5i''' '5::'.;-.-'.. !L gtrong Stat anient Ho. 1, Sentiment. .. . " Throughout eastern. Oregon, .where the Statement''. Noi i l principle is a, much. . .. tftrnnirAr fnntoi' now than ft . warf. hefai-A , 1 the -primary-elcsctlon, . both.-Democrats : and Republicans declare that Qake is In great roeasur:; responsible for the strong grip which Statement No.sl lias on thepeople to hat-rgeetiojj of the tpuringTht,campaign east ! of the mountains, before the primaries, Cake's addresses were devoted largely to this issue. He declared forcibly that State ment Nof 1" was the only possible means : of abolishing -corruption the .'state v legislature. . - - : " In -every' lipeech ""mad In behalf" of his candldacv Cake spent the larger part of his time In picturing the debauchery, brlucry ajid corruption characteristic of Orepron's- legislature for decades. He j declared vigorously, that if the people ' adopted Statement No. 1 this year, and by mo doing evinced their, determlna - tinn to rule the legislature instead of . being 'sftld out by its , members, there ..would- oti an end to euch legislative - ' Cake Wow Is SUeni. ,' , . Since repudiating his own platform and Statement No. 1 in particular 10 - days after 'receiving the nomination, : V bk has been silent on the remedy he advocated a months ago. On the other : hand. Governor' Chahiberlaln 'in - his present campaign- is advocating Stnte- ment No. J even more vigorously than did -Coke before the primaries. Governor Chamberlain has spoken to the same audiences CHke addressed in ' eastern Oregony and in each lnstanca the' former hns made a flat-footed dec laration of his '.advocacy of- Statement GRANGE OFFICIALS SERVED 'WISELY-AND WELL .in,. V n- '-.' 1 X t "' Milk ' 4 7 CONFESSES ? ii o ill o li o j A I vin ; jreaton :i)eclares Tliat f 'Crime Was Premeditated . and -That He Had; Jade Preparations , to Proye an . .Alibi If Accused of Deed. Gir Threatened to, Force illim to;JJlarry Her andjle A Enticed Her. to Lonel' .Garden Hollow Where He Took Her Life. . "XJprflsy afremi '. tltp rotirinjt of,icf i'; 'I'f v "re V"o'0"! "I ",l f ,e' confiJtse sicps.. lUadu' ttitpi U'fi to i Uf.'jiti"pffi1p('81Hrx Ioitot.j in- (' li. . lirin', -bv4.sicr:' l-car Eaton, 'chapljuir A.. T liuUnir maKtvr. '(unA MUi),;"MVs.ipiii'j(1 7i U'oxvard.'w rctaif lMis-lttra -R. Wtildii.ilertttrci';, ft l1iotii'. Hirschbt ' I. Mason man rju'tprasurfr; 5irs.- IiittU'ivae, Flur,a; JVlrn.vMary (;riscntbwaitet' I'ert,1; Slrs; JurbinPouiqna; , Mrs.- A. a, lads" nxsistanrstwaitlvWrfielrl, sIstaijt Bteward. ,,Top Vow-.Vi Ai'outag,' steaJr-'E CHoff-V iiiiis!iiliiiii u,4i ' v a. . v yfv w . vs. i. Auuii v-va.. V-"vavav.vim. ami, , i t t " :viwtMMaHaswf ; v . "fip Ala mi ovr AVTilI!"nppidp Onptfnn'nf TnppfitiPfl " it Ratesourtecisions'Ifavbralble.'4' " v1 r C non-was regarasnnances-nerepnen: "The' property" of, the .railroads" is in a good physical1. condition'., and", ia' being - (Wtthlngton Bnreu of - The.. Journal.) Washington, May 16. EJ, H.'Harriman says thflt the traffic managers will have to decide- the complicated xate Question which has 'aroused a tempest of protest from . all- tver the country because, of Increases."" Thls"mOrnlng the . magnate said: . - i- "The traffic managers will decide the matter of increased freight rates. I do not. care . to further .dlacuBS. the sub ject" ' f - wnen assea -wnai ine raiiroaa'.auua- good physical condition', and", ia' being wel( maneg-edTheoada Jre .abft to get all.4the moex-j necessary .itOvfinance tnem;-,-.m:! lact jiney -can nnance , tnem: solves now..' j ." , . - , - i-Naturftl'3 conditions VhaT"'-mt'been better In years. -' The country, is going to have bumpencrops ana tne recent, Jinan clal aeitatton .has greatly, calmed. - Re cent.declHiona.nfAstate and federal courts na ve jiaa Jt.gooat eiieci ,m aajueuntt. ai fairs of 'big ooncerns." !. . , - . .. i 1 ' ' 1' .!"' lw3',, (United, rress ttiel Tlre.l Wanhlngton, May It. Unofficial . an nouncement is made that r President Roosevelt has in strong terms called: the attention of . Japan to ,the continued ln- ux of Japanese laborers, and it is said hat the mikado has been told that if this matter Is not regulated the United State would be compelled to pass -an exclusion law. , ; f - ! - - Since' the passport agreement "went into effect . in January, 1S07, a drop of 4,30T"" occurred in ."that- month." aa -com pared wlth January of - tha. preceding year; In -February "there was - de crease of 2,167; In March it was J.1S8, V i. ''.'. .' '; v;'-' -' -t- . ' : anA in-4 April 1,185., According to the regulations; Issued -'by 'Commissioner-General- Sargent, a skilled or ; unskilled Japanese or .Korean,';' if 'found ,ln "t. the continental .territory ..of ', the ! United States, without! haying been, 4ly.'admlt ted," upon. Inspection,, 'may ba". arrested and - held- tor ". deportation.- As ", Japan would strongly oppose any action look ing to the legalfsatlon. of i a . policy ,of exclusion. President Roosevelt decided to let that country regulate) the matter so .that It would not suffer any humilia tion. - But as the mikado has been slow in stdpplngt the Influx of. laborers .the president feels that it, is his duty to, call a halt, even if he had -to address a remonstrance ;to Japan. i.... .v; CLEVELAND, : STREET. RAILWAY EMPLOYES ' : v LEAVE THEIR CARS (Continued on Page Tares.) (Cnltea Pless tm Wire.) . Cleveland, May 16. A. atrlke of the streetcar t .men , was ? declared at : . 4:45 o'clock this morning and nearly, all of the! municipal . traction company's sys tem,' which 'is ,the. B-cent- fare road, ;is tied. Up.": A few mild -disturbances fol lowed, such' as the breaking of a few windows in-car barns,, but no violence has been reported. A majority of the employes declined to walk out with the strikers, but ,it is. expected they .w ill follow shortly. - - l l Superintendent- Cook i of the munlcinal company declared that. the. usual, num-,1 ber f cara wllli be, running within .,10 hours. , - . h , v - . Vice-President Bedner of the' Inter national' union said that the - strike is the. result-of Presldenf Dupont, of , the company, breaking faith.' 5 .: s "We gave - the company more time than- it should have been given."' .con tinued Bedner. "The- executive i com mittee of our union even made' more concesslona than.lt was authorised . to make.";. - - ,, . v .... - - Th municipal company' refused ' to carry out the former holding company's contract agreeing to a raise-1 in wages and promising to grant free transporta tion to and from the bams for the men. Officers ' in Gouiniandv: of iCoastDefense WilloV- ' ' . EscaHardsliipsyf ; . -; , ? " i . , -: t. (TJnfted iPreal(tva Wire!) ! ,. ' ;'iWaahlhgton5May rfl.VOfficersof ,,the coast artillery Twhotha-ve been-chuckling because they thought ' they"1 were t Im mune from' the .testsT-of physical en diiranPel prescribed if or, field : and staff officers by President Roosevelt have not escaped the -tents. : i- v It will be a case , of .ride or walk with these- officers, , Th9 president says that if they preiicr tovwa Ik. they must-cover a -distance of. 50 miles In three consec utive days.', In tissuing '.the order f he says: ' ' s " - '' ! t "It Is Just as, much' the duty sof -all offioers -of -the 'army to- adopt1- suoh measures and. pursue ; such habits as will maintain f a . physical condition - fit f6r- active service asv to- cultivate their minds in fitting therAselves forthe in tellectual duties of their profession.'' -- The tests will- take Dlace durlno- the cavalry maneuvers in the coming fall. -j . i .I. i ii RELIEVES THAVJ IS SAHE Alienist' Want a ; Prisoner to Gp;on Witness Stand;and ';-'V;-i'CX)nVince;CourtW 'i, .U.. V i'' '.i"-T'.y..i J-rt.f-v.r''-5"''i'''?:nf fi Poughkeepsie. May ;'i.-llarry- Thaw entered the. courtroom" today minus ' the usual smile, that he has. been wearina-. He was immediately'engagftd in conver sation by Attorney Graham, who evi dently sought to, coach the defendant for the ordeal he , must pass through: when he takes the 'stand in the proceedings brought to hsve , him released from Matteawan nsylum. . It ,1s probable. that he may testify. today.- . .!' -. , Dr.. Evans, who testified in the two Thaw trial, "was the; first witheea, to day.. -He declared -that he thought the defendant waa sane, basing his opinion on his observation of. Thaw, while the latter Was at At&tteawaihv j. . -, y hlm'I thought he shouli Uke the stand." saia tne witness. , ti eskea me whv, and I answered that I thought' he could convince the court that, he was-sane." Rioting U Tankau. . - (United Prn IuH Wlre-V Toklo. . Mav I-1. Rioting in Pankftu. China, is increasing. :, , Much property has Deen netroyea ana many persons nave been killed or wounded. "".1 'I " ' " (United PreM Leswd wire.) f ; : . JCanab, . Utah," May. 16. Al vin Heaton today made a - full written confession, giving the details of how he murdered Mary Stevens,, his ' sweetheart, last Mondayt - because she insisted on him marrying-hei. and hid her. body under a pile of rocks In Garden Hollow, Heaton,, who, ia only 18 yesrs oiti. V.i pie...cjj;.i,ed, J fe tell in the confession how he planned io build up an allbt for himself, as he realised 'he "Would bd accused of com mitting ,th crime-1, t ' j ' . t I ,. "Miss Stevens wanted 'm to marry her."? Said Heaton; "and I refused." Then she , told me , ahe could make me wed her. ' I then made up my mind to kill her i if she Insisted. On -Monday we agreed to meet In 'Garden Hollow at S o clock, ! As soon as we met , I asked her if she-wouldn't let me off. She again declared that under the law she could compel me to become her husband. 1 shot Irtsr four' times -and' dragged' her body -to the gully, -where I covered-It with rocks. T then went back home on a swift trot." . . . ......... .., Heaton then -described how-he made' himself conspicuous about the barn in the rear of his home, so he would ho able to prove an alibi later. He said that he left his chores half completed, so that he ' could work on them after returning from the scene of the murder. Misa Stevens, . whose home was in Or dervill. wan 17 years old. The Heaton and Stevens families arei prominent in the communities In which they live. REPUBLICAHS III THY COIITESTS yr-jjy'i-i i . "' ' ' r-rrrr-- Expected There;' Will Be ' OOFiglitsforSeatsat c Chicago Convention. . GOBBLED LANDS IN . Prominent Citizens of East ern Oregon Are to Be Brought Before. aFederal , ! ! Grand; Ju ry for Invest Iga tioir on Fraud Charges. : Inve'stigatiori' Wasf Begun vXea rl T wo Yea rs i Ago, '. hut', the Cases Have Lain Dormant District , At-itorhey.-Clearing,l)ocket. V '' . v ' " .''' 1 -' ' . - "r-. J-pV' h i"V .T'-f 'J 'f '!:' " : " Umatilla, county', land 'frauds, Involv ing ('some 25,000 'acres of valuable; land, are to be" investigated by the' federal grand Jury commencing ' Monday. May 15,-, at ?l o'clxwlt in 'the afternoon, v The frauds are- the most Important of any now pending or yet "to' be investigated by the ' federal 'grand" Jury and involve" Colottttt 'Jam'-ea' It.-.' P.ae :nt- hmiltrton, ' ""' 3 V IA -i., .. .. . .. James H. Raley vdJoited Pna Lul , Wlrt.) J'( V-' ' 'Chlcago'May, 16, Fully; 200 contests are expected to -be heard when the Re publican" convention . meets here" in June. , Already ..notices of , S3 v contests have. been received by the national com mittee.', two being' for delegate at large one from Mississippi and the other from Alabama. ' The other contests are ; as follows: , Alabama, .. fourth, and sixth districts; Arkansas, .' fifth; .. Florida, third; -Georgia. : second, third, fifth, eighth; Mississippi, fifth, -sixth,; seventh, eighth; Missouri fifth, eleventh, twelfth; Ohio, sixth; South Carolina, first,. flftrt; Tennessee, third,, seventh. -- Forty-eight delegates' are involved, it being a .case of Taf t against the field in all .contests. Chairman New will call - a meeting of the national committee in Chicago' June -1 'and I and from -then until .the convention opens .the.- contest , will be heard. , - i . ' , - one of the moet -widely known, lawyers and public citizens of .eastern Oregon: John Crow, a wealthy wheat raiser, and a number of prominent Jheep and cattle men or,limatmacojunt., .. .,,,-'- - Upon the request of United States At torney John - McCourt Judge Wolverton directed that a-panel of 60 Jurymen be drawft- from- which to---aelect-a -grand Jury. These men are to report May is ... Investigation into the, Umatilla counts land ; cases was begun ' by Edward W. Dlxcn and Captain J. H. . Alexander of the land office at La Grande during the summer of 1906. These investigations were continued, until: during the montn of- November, or', later, and the first news -of the investigation waa. printed in l ne journal or XNovemoer ti. Because of the treneral stasrnationln the land investigations in ' the state no thing: was dono with! tho reports of Dixon" and "Alexander f both of - which had been filed-with, the department at Washington. . Since that time no ; new investigations ' have beert"' taken up by the district attorney's office, here and it Is only with, the clearing of- the decks by district Attorney McCourt that the case has . been brought to the surface. . .--. , - . .vff ... T j f r -'j-:.. History .of Case, - . , j ' The- esse- grows out of the gobbling! of some 15,000 acres of land in Umatilla county Dy-a numrjer oi prominent ana wealthy rmenj of-the, county, or at least of .-that Part of the state. The history of the case 'is something as follows: , . in lssi, the Indian lands of the Uma tilla 1 reservation were ordered to be allotted -to the Indians of the reserva tion, u Each Indian, was ordered given a tract of agricultural land and in addi- DAYTON EUCHRES SPERRY Commander : of " the Cruiser Squadron Refuses to Sail Until lie Has Bossed Bat- . tleship Fleet at San Fran cisco for Few Days. Is Banking Officer and Big - Ships Cannot " Fly Blue Flag Until He Starts for, ilanila Suhordinates Are Frantic With Bage. . (Continued on ' Page.! Three.) i Sunday Morning Journal's Special. Features The Sunday Journals tomorrow will contain many attractive ! . features that are entirely new., Amonsr the snecial writers u-hn have J contributed' to theMaKazine-?iection are. . Inae r Mondeiro. lohn ti "Anderson "Jayne.--Richmond , feartlbnHobson,- Seumas MacManus - t X and -Frederic J..Haskin. , - , , . , -t N (j -i "i vuiiuv ytsc kujr vjjci, cwiiinci iuii : ana 'lays... oee- tne n?w a comic page entitica, tua mud. it is very amusing, so is - Jennie and Jack and the little lap dog.". " ; Special editorial page and all the news' vcortb. printing by two $ .leased wires..,-,-': -. . - . ... . . : -. :h k i ':;. ;i ",".::;':- -A .-;',' ": . v .' '. k ' - - 'kk . Ask for the Sunday Horning Journal v (United Press Leased Wire.) S ', ;San .' FranclBco, May 16. The esprit of the corps of, the Atlantic battleship fleet has . received a" sad llolt. There are 14,000 sulking sail or-men and swearing officers who are suffering from an aggravated case Of humiliation as a consequence of the delay of -'Adnaira .Dayton tot the cruiser squadron, la withdrawing from the big show, "when through the hauling down of the flag of Ad miral Thomas yesterday, he became the'.' senior - officer present. This means that the two-starred bine pen- pant denoting the presence of the commander-in-chief is now floating from the fore of a mere cruiser, the West ' Virginia, and an officer not identified wlthlthe big. fleeLla jua ning the whole show. It , was the original program that as soon as : the flag of Admiral . Thomas came down, 'the cruiser squadron would set sail "for the south, so as to leave' Admiral Sperry in command of the bat tleship fleet,- the senior officer, pres ent. But Admiral Dayton delayed his olng and when the blue pennant came own from the Connecticut it - wa raised on the West Virginia, ' Dayton s flagship, and the subordinate red. flag was raised by Sperry on the Connecti cut where it has. been, drooping deject edly ever since, ,v, '.r ' , ' now ' n one or tne , battleship ad mirals wants to do a little social stunt on shore, or sit at the table in un dress uniform he is compelled to ask permission of an slmost alien, officer. as a consequence tne priae or tne iilg i-ia puncturea : ana tne personnel Is sore. . - - ,"- ' - ' Many reasons jire .given for the . da. . layed departure of .the cruisers, but the battleship officers charge that Day ton worked his' rabbit's foot with Washington so that he 'could hang around and' take a large fall out of the fleet which has made the people of the - coast forget that there was a cruiser squadron doing, business la these waters. -' ..'" -- The cruisers, ' however, will depart before Monday, so that the -battleships can sail out the Golden Gate led; bv a - blue flag.' This , consideration for their badly-nurt -feelings will be deep ly rapprecia ted by the; fleet; officers. . -,.'- -., -fv.-- ".:.' in -. i : - -'. Admiral 'Dayton has relatives who live in Portland ' and a - number of friends here. Explaining- the situation reported from' San Francisco a near rel ative of the admiral said; Admiral Dayton Is the ranklntr a,i mlral of the fleet and was by virtue (, this 1 rank next ; in line to Artmir Evans.. Dayton is one of the stalwr.i Of the navy who' has never attemp i to use his influence to advance hlmm He is a man -of exceedingly mwS, nature, nevsr given to forcing him Into a position ' to which he ha iu claim. , Admiral Dayton is undoiihteiiiw Ing within the regulations of th navy department . In ' assuming tmpnrsry command of the .fleet at San I rnt) ii-i,. During the 8panish-Arnerican ,r l-iy-ton -served' with - dlntlni'tlon, - but -wis never 'advanced ' with tb rariliry f,f men, who were hl juni--i in rank anl who- were favored at Vv asiunti,,,, j. is not at all likely that he wi.ui.i -i-es.irt to 'political' graft' to oMairi r.-- i.. t Ion at San Francisco when he m',.i. estly . refused to pro! est, aealnxt iha .discriminations of Spaulsii-Ann! h nn war times. - 1 "The fact that he, the ranking ml mlral of tho navy, is In comnu.n l of a subordinate fleet, with a ci r f flagship, should disprove the i-ii.,i; (f a political pull." . THKEE KILLED BV (Cslted Pr- I,,,,., vire.) Wikatunk. N J Shepard. his wif r Pendy, a servant rirl were murder,! -ne n?nt in the ' Matawan. '1 i:e 1 . is not known h-.re The 1-y.ir-nil couple v,nn peri .it trr.grlv s vr., , " the farrn hand, pontrn U sn.rcl.t- -for the eiuae i i ' I- 11.1 f IU)' (
