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VOL.; V.
NO. 10.
Effort to Operate Tom John
' sonV Municipal , Lines
Ends With Violent Dem-
v onstrations From Sympa
thizers With Carmen. . t
: (BnMt.Kiwi by Longest LeaSM. Wirt.)
Cleveland,- "May 16. Io i two
... pitched battles .tonight between, the
police 'and deputy sheriffs and the
striking carmen, one shot was' fired,
, by a polioemap, eggs, bricks, rocks
and sticks were thrown, several per
sons were seriously, Injured and a
large number received scalp wounds
" and severe bruseiy;
Police under ; Instructions to re
store order after a day of rioting and
to protect the property of the trac
tionv company, even though violence
be used battled at '5 West One Hun
dred and Seventh street and Detroit
avenue, with a crowd of -700 striking
streetcar conductors and' xnotormen
and : sympathizers.' ' Another , ' big
equad of police met 500trlkers and
.thir allies !: before the '-Lakeview
bams' in the opposite side of the city.
' Attempts to run cart After dark,
taduced by ' tbe promise of Police
Chief Fred" .Kehller that' bis men
could cope .with.the.sltuatlon. and. by
the promise of Mayor Tom h. John
son that violence .would , be met with
violence : brought , on the, recurrence
of tbr rioting, ot the' afternoon.; '
The fcarr yiitriif markW the" cpen
lnr of th strtka f conductor nd mo-
tormen"-whoIloteaJai alghU deling
lo Btrik at O'clpck.v The strike pre
vented the .oper&Uol. ot; cars .for- set
eral hours at the begUinlng of the day
tuns and cripplod servlc all Sver the
city, only a -e line operating with
Kny semMano of regularltv. - President
Dupoiit of the Municipal Traction com
pany -announced in the afternoon , that
no cars would be run after dark.
WiU rrotect yzoperty. ; - -
This order was rescinded when Chief
Kohler declared Order i could be main
tained, "Mayor Johnson, occupying a
peculiar position' as chief executive of
the-etty-HHid- ressuref and prMtloaHa
head or the municipal 'oompany, which
he Insplted to operate cars at S-cent
fares, hsl proclaimed that property
would be protected at all cost, warning
the public that violence would be met
with violence and ordering the police
to nse ell force deemed necessary.
The sheriffs. -office, acting on au
thority of the county commissioners,
swore In special deputies late In the
day, and a score of these men were
sent to the Detroit-avenue car barns, in
lakewood, to protect the barns and
cars. Attempt to run cars from that
barn had been abandoned earlier la
"the day. Mayor Miller of the. town re
funlna nolica Drotectlon. "
Aating Governor James M. Williams,
chief executive of the state because of
Governor Harris absence. Is - remaining
in -his Offices .her" Instead of going
to Columbus, the state . capital. He
kept In touch With the situation
throughout' the' day , sad tllscusslon of
summoning the militia - was rampant,
but on Chief Kohler's declaration that
he needed no help no formal appeal was
made. - - - ."-v. l - -
Iate , tonight the police "department
advertised for 100 men to be sworn In
as special police. ' The city's force of
600 men fought all day long,- both night
and day shifts being held . In reserve
at the opening of the strike, and being
hurried from one side of the city to
the other in only partially' successful
efforts to -drive ' strikers away from
cars and car barns, -t
' ;i. 1 : Btrikers vioUat. . ''
The violence of strike Sympathisers,
who threw cars off 4h track and dis
mantled them and drove the crews off.
cut the trolley wires, hurled bricks at
crews and passengers alike, piled ob
stacles on the tracks, spiked deialrers at
the rallroinl ; crossing and on . draw
bridges and blockaded, the exits of the
car barns,, began at 4:40 o'clock. For
. three hours no form of service was pos
sible but by noon a number of lines
were operating in part
On Detroit. 8t Clair and Woodland
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CAKE AND THE
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IVIUU UIUULU
STREETCARS
X - The, committee on platforrri'ii) the" late' Republican state f
convention turned ' down and suppressed a resolution indors- t
;mg me jjumoij' i iv . uu oiaicuicni xx u. t, increuy viriuauy .
Jv"6 v,w win .uv.vu -uiyugu
of the state-i-oh record acainst:
X dcrubt that the leaders or dominating; spirits of the convention
X were opposed not only to Statement No. I,:but ta the primary X
ww iij.;wiiuic,, nu. iu wic
While the convention . was in
it perfunctorily indorsed Cake
X the very principle and political
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wun uic nummauon. anu to wnicn
What are voters to conclude? -Is Mr.-Cake in sympathy 1
without influence in a state "convention, of his party?" Ther
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Mayor Accents City Council's
Suggestion : and Reap
points Inmari, Wlio Had
Resigned, but; Disregards
Ordinance, ' ;
Aut6 Registers Kow in Same
J Status as 'Before, asEx
t ecutive Contends Council
Has Not Appointive Power
1 Court Decision Cited.
That ths CQuncJK can , create offices
but cannot appoint office-holders Is the
contention of Mayor Lane, ..and,' In a
message to ths counoll filed with ' the
city auditor yesterday, Mayor Lane con
firms the appointment of R. D. ; In man
as a member of the automobiMfreglstry.
Inman was a member ot the . board
when It was first established, but re
si fcned because 6f 7 differences n which
arose between him and Mayor Lane In
respect to the East Sixth street fill.
At last Wednesday's council meeting
the members amended tha , automobile
ordinance and took -tha : appointive
Dower out of tha hands of Mavor Lane
and reappointed rnman with 'the present
memosra 01 tne ooara, ur.m -.. .isrown
and R. O. Mcpherson. This was Intend
ed as a direct slap, at Mayor Lane, and
was ror the purpow ox snowing, that
Inman would servs the oouncil. but
would n at .serve the city .through "the
mayor. - However, Mayor Lane showed
no animosity in regard to Inman's ac
tion at ' ths time the angry member
withdrew from the board, and sent In
man a kindly letter, thanking him for
the work-he -had performed while -serving
on tha board and regretting. In
man's departore. ,., i
'Mayor Lane not only wanted Inman
to remain, but the Portland Automobile
club did, also.-.' Inman, however, it Is
said, refused to serve under Mayor Lane
because of a - fancied arlevance - and
withdrew. . Now . It is said, that he is
willing to accept the reappointment
from-the hands of the council. 'Mayor
LanSr boWever,- eoateads that the oorni
ell cannot appoint Inman. but to show
that ha is still of the same opinion as
before : ha accepted the council's ap
pointment as a recommendation, and In
a separate message certified to Inman's
aDDOlntment by the mayor.
. if Inman accepts Mayor Lane's ap
pointment tnere win d no rurtner trou
bis over the affair, but if be accepts
his appointment from the. council and
tries to perform the duties -of the board
it is probable that Mayor Lame will re
fuse to recognise -the board as a legal
body.- Mayor Lane's nositlon Is based
upon 'tha court decision in the case of
MacDonald against' - the -' city. The
oouncil created the elfloe Of bailiff in
the municipal court and appointed Mac-
uonaia. aiayor Lana rerusea to reo
ognlte Macuonald s appointment and the
matter was carried to -the courts.- -The
courts aeciaea in ravor.or Mayor Lane,
, There Is. a difference In . the case
of - MacDonald and the board of reg
istry, however, in that MacDonald was
to have been paid for his services while
tne , Doara - serves without oompensa
tion. Mayor Lane. In hla mesaace. con
tends that in event of . litigation over
any ici 01 ins ooara tne court
would rule the board Illegal and void
and place the responsibility upon .the
city. In such event the jnembers'-rt
the oouncil would be' liable Individually.
we oouncu wouia be liable Individ
Jfayor Lane's message follows
-To tha, honorable city council.
Gentlemen If I mav be nermlttd. I
would respectfully call your attention
to ordinance No. 1786J. This is an
ordinance) -which amends certain sec
tions or ordinance No, 17036. entitled
an- ordinance regulating and ' licensing
ins ' operation 01 automoDiiea, . autocars
and- similar vehicles, tta. - - .,
"Among- other provisions ; this ordl-
board of examiners and. names the Der-
Sons who shall constitute such board Of
examiners or registers. v
-- "In respect to this nrovlsion of : ths
ordinance I have to say -that In J my
ODlnlon. it It null and void, it beinn
beyond, tha power of the city, council to
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CONVENTION
Ul WIUOC IlVIk lllC XVCUUllbcUlS ,
that law2;In - f ai;' threv: la Wr
initiative, ana reierenaum " also.
the hands of Fulton's friends,
for senator, yet it turned down
policy upo which Mr. Cake
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ne sun protesses adherence.
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PORTLAND, OREGON," SUNDAY MORNING,
BuIUlun Electric Hoad Will
' at Once Be, Pushed Ahead
on the Proposed Gresham
: Route If Condemnation
Suits Are Settled.
S"
Water From Sandy" River
, Will Be Bought Down to
Bull Run Canyon, Giving
It Great Power by Tre
mendous Fall. .
Tomorrow In the circuit court an
answer must be filed by Gammans &
Malarkey, attorneys for Qresham prop
erty owners, In condemnation suits
brought by the Mount Hood Electric
Railway & Powan company, to deter
mine the value - of ; landa sought for
rights of way.
Slowly but determinedly, the oompany
la flahtlna its way over obstructions
between Portland and the Bandy river,
its purpose being to buna an electric
road to tne soutnern oase or mount
Hood, and develop 76,000 horse powr
electric,-current-In the vicinity of Bull
nun poBiuiiioe. -The
suits now ' In lltlaatiOn are Mrs
Cr Cleveland, who owns property In and
adjoining the " northwest part of
Greaham. The right of way Involved is
snout- a quarter -oi a ma. :
Constructioa Awalta ,. Salts..
Ths chief of the right of way depart
ment of the oompany said yesterday
that the suits brought to condemn prop
erty at Oreaham, will end tha long-siege
or miration and' the moment these trou
bias are ended the company w(li resume
construction ; worx Between ' uresnam
and Bull Run.' This ' work ones again
Started, It is expected that there . will
not be another cessation until the'-line
Is completed for the- 25-mlle- division
between Portland and tne Bull Run
bower house.!
i The route between Qresham snd Port
land la not vet finally determined.
There are two or three routes for this
stretch under consideration, - and ' the
prososjt now looks favorable for-a
lection of the route entering; Portland at
a point soutn or Mount Tabor,
SUda la Held Back.
Although work at the Bull Run power
site of tha Mount Hood Railway &
Power company was begun more than a
year ago, not until now has the com
pany Deen ready to commence construo
ti
plat
bis
It was thought a suits!
sits for the
Dlant had been found on the conglom
erate! ' forming a strata of the canvon
embankment, but after the winter rains
set in sn enormous slide started from
above the site, and slowly crept down
upon it A bulkhead 600 feet long is
now holding this slide while the site is
being armea sna masted to bedrocK.
-In a few days after resumption ot
work the -site will bs ready. A con
siderable part of tha bedrock. Is already
exposed and work on the foundation
can be commenced t once. A large
supply of cement Is being assembled
in storage at the site, and -will be used
In making concrete. The foundation
will be fastened firmly to bedrock, and
then the big slide,' which covers 30 or
more acres, wlH be hydraullcked un
der a Strons heaa or water from
giant Into the - river and, it la' honed.
permanently disposed of. - Meantime
work will proceed on construction . of
ins' mam power nouse.
Tnnsels to Carry Water. . '
Tunnels will be driven up the stdo
of tha - canyon for the- enormous pen
stocks that wUl convey water from
tha reservoir on Bull Run plateau down
to the water wheels of the power plant
S26 feet below. These tunnels will be
run through solid soapstone under the
slide,, and by this process, any nossl-
oiuiT ok runner lnienerenoa irom tne
trouDiesome lanasiln will b avoided.
The diameter of the Denatocka will
oe. seven iset. xnrougn tnora the wa
ter will rush at an angle-of ' about 11
degrees a distance of 1,200 feet, making
the -total vertical drop approximately
0so xeei irom ins reservoir to the wa
ter Wheels. The first Installation will
os ioiuuu norsepower. 1 , . z:
v ' Mountain Water Xarnessed.
Within 'the rower house, a twn-irfnrv
building 400 feet, long, the-generating
j , will M un mfl BOUQ DOq-
rock of the lower floor and the tra re
former plant will be ' Installed on the
upper floor,, I& faet above the' ground
The oompany has harnessed water
rrom tne bills and built, a' novel nowar
structure Into one of the clefts of the
canyon immediately aoove - tne waters
of Bull Run,; a short distance frdm the
main power plant, and Is here gene
rating electricity used for . Uahttnar the
village of Bull Run and supplying cur
rent ror other purporea ','-.)
The nower Dlant is beinar duiu on the
bank of Bull Run river 25 feet above!
low water mara, ana about 10 reet above
high water. But. the water wheels are
not to be driven with water from - Bull
Run. The water; to be used Is taken
from the -Sandy river, marly- miles, dis
tant, and brought down Into a reser
voir . of several hundred acres on - a
plateau that Is 126 feet above the level
of Bull Rus river at the power-house
site. ' The only use to be permanently
made of the Bull Run canyon Is for the
site or tne power-house ana as a chan
nel .for receiving the water, from the
oanajr .river... w -..;...;.
Use Surplus of loll aa.
Temnoranr use of Bull . Run water
has been secured by- the company In the
form of a subsidiary right to use sur
plus water which the city does not use
in times of strong flow In the Bull Run
river. The city's headworks and intnke
In the ' Bull. Run river- are about five
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HANGING TO THE TAIL
:.' 1 .jS.-- cake's sole -hope - - - -r- -;;
Mil
New Jersey Police Hunting
for Clues to Evidence of
Guilt of Men Who Slew
Shepherds and Their Ser
vant at Wickatunk. '
(Cnlted Preas Uastd Wire.)
Wickatunk, .N- J., May Hi With two
suspects under arrest on suspicion and
posses still searching the countryside
for others, the authorities hope soon to
have the brutal killing of William D.
Shepherd, Mrs. Shepherd and their ser
vant. - Jennie Bundy. solved, and.' the
murderer under arrest.
While it la generally oeuevea 're
venge caused the killing, there are sev
eral circumstances that - are pussllng.
The fact that the bouse bad been ran
sacked, bureau drawers emptied and
Rhenherd e Dockets emptied, is held to
indicate robbery as a factor, but Just
what was secured has not yet been as'
certained. ,'-.' i.r '!,;..?,. ,;
Tha fact that the slaver used Bhen-
herd's own repeating shotgun and fired
a shell into tha cradle of the sleeping
Infant of the couple- has stirred the
community to auch a pitch of fury' that
it is doubtful If ' the murderer can be
kent in any lail -in the county. In fact.
it is openly asserted by the better class
of, citisens that a lynching will result
If the Identity or the fiend is disclosed.
Because of this, tne snerirr and unlet
of Police snecaer 01 Atlantic Highlands,
who ' are lead i n g the search, decline to
make any statements as to - progress
made- In Investlgatlugrthe crime.'
Frank Kasrter. an emnlove about the
rarm. one or tne men under arrest, was
taken into custody merely because be
maun-several cunuicun nuuemenu 10
tha police.' It is not believed he was
concerned in the killing.- but Snecker
thinks he knows more than he will telL
and has put' him through several rigid
cross-examinations without' getting any
new light. - The name of the other man
Is withheld by the police. -
jonn nuron, wno rormeriy worxea ror
SheDherd and who is belnr souaht h
the police, - will - be under arrest in a
very - short' time, uuicordlnr to Snecker,
He was discharged by Shepherd and,
the police allege, threatened to "get
even" with SheDherd. - No . formal com
plaint has been lodged against Huron.
T19 xs merely wameg on auspiciun ot
knowing who killed' the three persona --
The 1-year-old daughter of the Shep
herds ' was slightly , wounded - by - the
murderer, , but will reco"or. Brooklyn
relatives or tne 'slain- pair claimed the
bodies tonight, and- will -offer' a reward
for tha arrest of tha .slayer, v-'a- f. '
MAY 17, 1908.
1
CAKE HAS HOT
i WORD TO SAY
Con allis Disappointed That
Candidate Side-Stepped
Statement No. 1.
, (Special , Dliuteb , to Th Joaraal.)
Corvallis. May. 1. SUtement No. I
Republicans here who went to the court
house last night hoping to hear H. M.
Cake apeak out -in defense of their
favorite measure, went away disap
pointed. '.Mr. i Cake was ss silent as a
Sphinx on tha subject of Statement No.
1. After ' hla sealoua championship of
tha" measure -from the same platform
a few weeks ago, in which be devoted a
large part of his address to Statement
No. 1, his complete silence on the sub
ject, last, night left the men who voted
for him acalnst Fulton much mystified.
Soma of them were asked today what
they thought of Mr. Cake's attitude, but
tney had nothing to say.
X ta believed that many of thsm fears
the Impression that. Mr. Cake only aaed
big advocacy of Statement Ho. 1 as
means of getting gsaator rutton oat of
hla war, and that ss far as tb.s princi
ple Itself la conoernsd, Mr. Oaks oarea
nothing about tt.
Mr. Cake bad sn audience that filled
the court room comfortably. His ad-
riremi was devoted principally to the
effort to prove that the only way for
Oregon to secure big Influence . In the
senate is to eiect mm. - . ,
VASSAR GIRLS
: PLAY POLITICS
Taft' Nominated for -Presi'-
dent by Beautiful TJele-,
1 . gates. V
(United PreM Leasea Wire.). -Poughkeepsle,
N. T., May 16. Vassar
held a national, convention tonight and
nominated Taft for president,-. ir- ;. .;
It ;was a4 life-like;, convention. -v, Taft
and Hugjiea. and Fairbanks oe' as good
Imitations , of. them ' as vassar - girls
cotild furnish sat upon 'the platform,
and Taft waddled fortti "and made a
short speech jt acceptance. It. was
great, tun. - v-
rui
u
OF THE ROOSEVELT KITE
WHOLE STATE PROFITED
ByWirSEFFiTSl
TOM WORD'S CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
John Van Zant, Chairman, -Ex
-Senator John 91.' Oearln, ' ' ;
John Montagr. v V
Edgar Allen, -: ''r'
Richard W. Jlontague.' " ' . ;"
In a statement complimenting ' Tom
Word , In the highest - terms . and .de
claring him to be the most fit candi
date for the office, tha Portland Mu
nicipal association has coma out strong
ly in favor of the candidacy of Mr.
Word for sheriff.
On every hand Mr. Word la meeting
with encouragement and enthusiasm.
Mr. Word has opened headquarters in
room a T and 8, Canterbury building,
265 Washington street. The statement
Issued by the Municipal association is:
"To ths Voters of Multnomah Coun
tyGentlemen We esteem It a privi
lege to Indorse the candidacy of T. M.
Word for the office of sheriff of this
county. - His record during his previous
occupancy of this i most imnortant of
flee was of the very highest character,
and members of ths county court hsvs
oorne testimony to tne ract that ne was
tha best sheriff that Multnomah coun
ty ever had. The-work which ha -ac
complished during thosa- two years has
made- its influence felt throughout tne
wnoie state,- and we- are reaping -me
benefits of it today in the hlcher moral
tone and the greater - respect for law
which pervades the community.
"During the paat two years few If any
arrests have been made by the present
sheriff for infraction of tha gambling
laws, either within or without the city
limits, though it has been apparent that
more or less secret gambling has been
In progress, especially during the past
year. Cigar and money-playing slot
machines have been tolerated, and other
vicious practices havs not been prohib
ited outside the city limits.
"Tpm Word, when In office, made his
fls-ht on vice when it meant great sac
rifice to prosecute privileged evil.
- "Sheriff Stevens has made his flirht
On the question of feeding the county
prisoners, going the length of having
an act passed by the lust legislature
to carry hia point, snd this set wlilrhj
is now before tha poop la under the rf-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
wo
J. W.'GnuMt, Secretary.
L.T,Pery,
Isaac Swett, - -
. , W.'F.- Edwards. - ; .
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erendum, Invoked by "the county court,
must be voted upon at tha forthcom
ing election. V
T'We believe that the man 'for t!
office of sheriff Is he who has de-noi
strated-his superior fitness for it t .
an. acknowledged record of unnelfish ,
votlon to the 'highest interest of tin
people; and with the. utmost confldV-n,
in his ability, integrity and consr-i. ii
tlousness, wa urge the election of T- u
Word. - -" -' - " "
"PORTLAND. MUNICIPAL AS3 N
BURROWS HEAD -
of cOi.;;:iM
Hepublican National Organ-'
. ization Honors Distin-
guislied Veteran.
(raited Frees Leases' Wire.)
Chicago, May 1. United States
stor Burrows of Michigan -a .,v.
chosen as temporary chairman of
Republican national 'rointnltif .
John R. Mallory of Columbus, t'l !
temporary secretary.
Th's action was taken t-.nlHt 1-
sub-commit t on rrrth--n-'itn
national vrmmtti- l ow m w. .M.m
fecting tho plans fir the i , . -
fcenator jiurnws Is vn r--1
eran r the rlv;l war !,,
yenrs In fortrcm I,, c,r
rif.int-d s.-nator to ; i .
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