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VOL. VII. NO. 61.
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RIOTIWG IN TRIAL FOR PAYS FOR
PROGRESS MURDER HARDSHIP
Strike Seems to Be Broken,
But Union Officials Say
They Have Something Up
Their Sleeve, Perhaps Boy
cott. Tolice and Detectives Search
for Explosives Crowds
Gather About Barns, but
no Serious Clash Takes
Place.
(Unite Pre Leased Wirt.)
Cleveland, Ohio, May 18 Rioting
on a scale that threatened to result
in death and serious injury to many,
was resumed this afternoon by strike
sympathizers who are trying to ad
vance the cause of the striking street
car men.
In one instance a mob attacked a
conductor while he was turning a
switch. Trying to dodge hundreds of
rocks, chunks of wood and other mis
siles, the conductor rushed tor his
car and locked himself in. He was
suffering intense Dain from the iniu
ries inflicted by the sharp edged
rocks. Not content with having in
jured him the crowd wrecked the
car. The police stopped the rioting.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 18. Indi
cations early today pointed to the
fact that the streetcar employes have
already lost their strike against the
Municipal Traction company. The
best evidence of this is that cars
upon all lines are in full operation
and that there were no early dis
orders. Mayor Johnson has emphatically de
clared against use of dynamite and
threatens reprisals.
The report by President Du Pont that
more than enough men are on hand1 la
denied by the union. The union men
Bay there Is no truth In the report that
many have returned to work.
The state board of arbitration took
tepa today looking to a settlement of
the trouble but It is making little prog
ress. All this morning crowds gathered
about the carbarns and threatened the
police and specials when the car were
aent out. The police escort was strong
enough to prevent any serious disorder
but there wao a lingering fear that dy
namite would be used as It was yester
day. The detective force was busy all
last night trying to locate dynamits
but did not find any more than the
package of sticks located last evening.
The union officials say that they are
prepared for a new move and that they
will call out every man working on
traction work directly or Indirectly.
This would mean a boycott of the 3 -cent
lines by the unions similar to that es
tablished In Ban Francisco but which
oventuslly failed.
Mayor Johnson says that he will not
lift his hand to aid either side as long
as the strikers use dynamite. . Me said
this morning that he would at all costs
prevent further violence and that dy
ramlte outrages would not be tolerated
for a moment. All the police of the
city and a thousand specials will be
called out If necessary to prevent mob
rule.,
PREACHER TALKS
FROTil COFFIN
Salvation Army Captain
Breaks Record with a
New Scheme.
(Halted Press teased Wire.)
Pittsburg, May 18. From time to
time preachers, wishing '. to in
duce big crowds to attend religious
servloes, have carried out ingenious
schemes witU varying success, but It
has remained for Staff Captain T revet
of the Salvation Army to originate the
oddest Idea of them ail. And It' was a
whooping sueeessv
Trevet advertised that he would
preach from a coffin, attired In the
robes he wished' to be buried In. Then
the barracks were draped In mourning,
and no detail was overlooked to make
those who attended feel that they were
in the presence of the dead. "As crowds
of people swarmed Into, the barracks the
bass drum boomed and funeral dirges
were played by the band.; After the
place was crowded almost i to the point
of suffocation Captain Trevet stepped
Into the coffin and - talked about the
hereafter, his them being "After
Death. IVnatr ' -
Five Jurors for Suitter Se
lected This Morning and
Taking of Evidence Will
Probably Begin Tomorrow
Talesmen Excused.
Policeman Shot Host at a
Birthday Party Presence
of Witnesses Who Will
Swear Suitter Fired With
out Cause Makes Bad Case.
Nathan H. Suitter, former patrolman
In the police department, went on trial
today In Judge Cleland's department of
the circuit court on the chance of mur
der of Henry Schaffer in the second
degree, growing out of the killing of
Henry Schaffer on the night of March
2. Schaffer was killed in his home.
where he was entertaining a party of
German countrymen, he and others in
the house being under arrest on the
charge of disturbing the peace.
Five jurors were accepted . by., both
sices -this--morning for the trial of the
case, and the taking of evidence will
probably begin tomorrow morning. Three
talesmen were excused on peremptory
challenges by the defense and one by
the state. Several of the men exam
ined had formed slight opinions, they
said, but these opinions were gathered
from newspaper reports and common
rrpori. ine jurors accepted were H. C.
Hardman. Thomas J. McNamec, I,. H.
Deardorf, Robert Kennedy and William
Harder.
Army f Xff&l Talent
On each side there are three attor
neys. District Attorney Manning and
Deputy District Attorney Adams are to
be assisted in the prosecution by Henry
K McGinn, who has been retained by
friends of Schaffer. Occupying a seat
at the prosecutor's table is Agent Paul
of the longshoremen's union, the long
shoremen being interested In the rase
of their late comrade. Don T M.iarV.o
John F. "Logan and John A. Jeffrey
make up the trio for the defense.
The defense is exneotert tn tn.Mfv th
killing of Schaffer, claiming that the
angry man was in a threatening mood.
and that the officer, alone In the room.
where he had remained to guard Schaf
fer and his companions while another
officer went td call assistance, had rea
sonable cause to fear that his life was
in danger. The difficulty In this de
fense is the lack of corroborating evl
dnce, with several witnesses on the
other side to swear that the nt t ir
unco nia weapon wunout cause.
Kolay Birthday Party.
'The men arrested with KMffr nt
the time were attending a blrthdav cele
bration at the house, and complaint had
been made to the police that the party
was too hilarious. They were given a
hearing in the municipal court a few
days later and were discharged, the evt-
aence Deing lnsumcient to nolo: them
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Only a few weeks before the affray at
the Schaffer home, Suitter shot a man
named Burkhart while the latter was
resisting arrest. Burkhart was shot
from the rear, and claimed that the
shooting was not justified. He was
convicted of resisting an officer in the
lower court and allowed to go. but ts
now suing Suitter In the United States
court for damages for his arrest and
Injury. "
If convicted as charged, Suitter may
be sentenced to from 10 years to a life
term In the penitentiary. The court
room was well filled this morning while
tTle tedious examination of the jury was
going on, friends of the accused man
and of the dead man mingling as they
listened to the selection of the jury.
TAFT RETURNS TO
NATIONAL CAPITAL
(United Praia Leased Wire.)
"Washington. May 18. Secretary of
War Taft returned to Washington to
day from his Panama trip, seemingly
Fileased with the progress of the work
n the canal cone. He says the differ
ences of the Panama canal commission
have been amicably settled.
til
Rioting Must Slop" Tom Johnson
-OevelandTOhio, May 18.
declared today that he would enter into no conference .looking
to the settlement of the streetcar strike until rioting had
ceased.
"Until all this disorder is stopped," he said, "I shall not
move my hand to adjust the differences between the warring
parties. I want it thoroughly understood right now that this
city-will not be run by mob rule. When both sides, consent
to conduct their battle along legitimate lines, I will do all
in my power to effect a settlement; but not until then. I
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feel certairTthat I will be able
an, agreement, I expect to f meet "President ahon of the
International Union of Garmea today." : ,
Governor Chamberlain Is
Physically Worn by His
Campaign in Mud and
i Bain, but Happy Because
of Attitude of People.
Throughout State He Has
Been Cordially "Greeted
and Promised Support of
Men Who Wish to See
Will of Voters Kecognized.
Tired with campagnlng In the rain
and mud but heartened by tho splendid
welcome and enthusiastic attention
which had been given him throughout
his week-long journey. Governor George
E. Chamberlain reached hla home in
Portland Sunday morning. Sunday night
he left for southern Oregon to continue
his tour through the state.
During the latter part of last week
Governor Chamoerlan visited the towns
and rural districts of Washington and
Yamhill counties and everywhere that
he spoke-" or appeared he was given a
most cordial welcome. In spite of the
inclement- weather packed houses
greeted the governor whenever ho had
a meeting ana at tnese times tne aiten
tion sriven him was close and the In
dorsement of his principles was shown
bv enthusiastic aDDiause.
A wave of Chamoerlan sentiment has
followed the governor throughout his
trie not in the valley counties alone.
but throughout the eastern part of the
state, from which district lie has re
cently returned. Reports coming in
from the different sections of the state
waeiv uvvej iwr .jioiiii . ... .,... wen.
show a great growth in his strength and
on every hand the prophesy is made
that he will come Into Multnomah coun
tv with a a-oodly majority, while It Is
practically conceded even by the oppo
sition that the governor will lead in
Multnomah.
The following Is the Itinerary of Gov
ernor Chamberlain during the remander
of the week.
Monday (tortay). Mearora. 2 p. m.;
Ashland, 8 p. m.
Tuesday, ooid Mi", z P- m.; u rants
Pass, 8 p. m.
Wednesday Kosenurg, s p. m.
Thursday. Junction City, 2 p. m.; Eu
gene. 8 p. m. .
JVriaay, i;anoy, p. m., urrgun y,
P. m.
Saturday. Macleay nlcnlc. 11 a, m.;
Woodburn, 2 p. m.; Salem, 8 p. m.
MANY CONTESTS AT
CHICAGO CONVENTION
' (United Prm Lcnetf Wire.)
Chicago, May 18. Notices of SO con
tests have already been received by
Secretary Dover of the Republican na
tional committee and he expects 88
more before the time limit expires on
May 27. Seven of tnem will be state
and the remainder district contestants.
A committee will beappolntd at once
to decide them. (fjf
G0VEBN0B SPARKS'
HEALTH IMPROVES
(United Preen Leewd Wire.)
v Reno, New, May 18. John Sparks,
governor of Nevada, who has been 111
with neuralgia since last December and
who it was feared Sunday could not live,
rallied last night and rested well. His
condition this morning showed marked
improvement.
Professor Coyner Dead.
(United Pre Leaned Wire. I
Hopklnsvllle, Ky., May 18. Professor
J. H. Coyner. who was a prominent
college educator at Salt Lake City and
Los Angeles for several years, died
today a victim of grip. He was TO
years old. For some time he had
toured the country lecturing against
Mormonlsm. Realising that he did hot
have long ty live, professor coyner sev
eral days aaro selected the casket hm
desired to be buried in.
Mayor Johnson emphatically
to induce both sides to sign i
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE
AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE IN OREGON
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The above photograph, taken for Collier's Weekly, gives ' some idea of what a tornado can do to your
home in the east when it gets busy. The scene is in Amity, Louisiana. The south and middle west have
suffered severely from cyclones and tornadoes. The loss of life Is counted In the thousands and loss of
property in millions. After all, Oregon is a pretty good country to live in. Don't you think so?
PREACHER KILLS
BEAUTIFUL WIFE
Revivalist Declares He Went
Insane, But Regained
Reason After Crime.
(United PrM Leswd Wire.)
Fnrimont. W. Va., May 18. At the
conclusion of a revival meeting which
he conducted, the Rev. O. S. Cossman,
60 years old and a prominent clergy
man, returned to his home today, seised
a butcher knife and cut the throat of his
beautiful young wife. She died in
stantly. Cossman insists that the crime was
committed during an attack of tempor
ary insanltyr and that as soon as he
gazed nt the body of his wife on tho
floor before him he regained his reason.
Mrs. Cossman was 80 years old. The
couple were alone when the tragedy oc
curred. a Wot Sis Party's Choice.
Charges are being made by
4f Republican papers that many
Democrats registered as Repub-
licans for the purpose of voting
for Cake In the primaries, and
that Cake won his victory over S
Fulton by Democratic votes. The
charge Is palpably and rldlcu-
lously false, as the registration
rolls' show, but what If It were
true? If the facts were as these
Republican organs state, the
only possible conclusion Is that
CAKE IS NOT THE CHOICE
OF HIS PARTT .
for the office of United States
senator.
AUSTRIAN FLAN
SOCIALIST WAR
Chicago League Awaits the
Death of Emperor Franz
Josef to Revolt.
i j CnltiTlPresa ' Leased Wlre. ; '
Chicago, May 18. A civil war If
necessary, seliure ef the Telns of gov
ernment and the establishment of a
socialist republic in Austria are parts
of a movement started here today by
the Austro-Hungarlaa. league.' .the first
Steps looking to the actual consumma
tion of the plan to be taken- when. Em
peror Frani Josef dies. The revolution
"Is being organized by 2,(00 members of
the league here who are in direct .com
munication with the revoluUonary lead
ers In Austria. L - ' ..,,,
., The league hopes to ' accomplish Its
object without bloodshed, but fears that
a civil war will follow when the seizure
of the reins of authority Is attempted.
, Simultaneously with the . announce
ment of the .revolutionary, movement
the league issued' a statement to ' the
effect that It had allied Itself with the
Socialist National party and that- ttie
national -committee of the party will
send 00 organisers into h field to
day to spread the propaganda and se
cure recruits. " The report of the. na
tional propaganda- committee- declares
that the universities axe "teeming with
social students. j v , . i: - J ' '
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FLEET LEAVES
Battleships Start for Puget
Sound Without Formal
Ceremony.
(United Preu Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, May IS. Knveloped in
a slight haze and with a light but
steady rain beating down upon them,
14 ships of Rear-Admiral Evan's orig
inal fleet and the battleships Wiscon
sin snd Nebraska, which loined the ar
mada upon ti arrival here, sailed out
of San Francisco bay today for Puget
sound.
Led by the flagship Connecticut, from
whose peak the blue pennant of Rear
Adtniral 8perry fluttered. the great
ships, In single file, steamed slowly
and quietly through Golden Gate and
pointed their noses to the north.
The departure was without ceremony.
Shortly after 11 o'clock the Connecti
cut gave the Rtgnal to up anchors, the
great mud hooks were hauled up and
the start for the north was made.- Some
of the merchant ships In the bay hung
out the "farewell" signal and good
byes were shouted, the men of the wnr
vessels responding, but beyond this the
leave-taking was without demonstra
tion. Hake-Up of Fleet.
The fleet as now made up Is as fol
lows: First sauadron, first division, Con
necticut, Kansas. Minnesota and Ver
mont; second division, Georgia, Ne
braska, New Jersey and Rhode Island;
second squadron, third division. Louis
iana, Virginia. Ohio and Missouri;
fourth division. Wisconsin, Illinois,
Kearsarge and Kentucky.
The Alabama, and Maine. which
formed a part of the original fleet,
were left behind for repairs and as
soon as they are in condition thev will
proceed direct to the Philippines, there
to await the coming of Sperry's ships.
Tsooma Review.
The fleet will arrive in Puget sound
on Mav 21. Eight vessels will then
visit Bellingham bay, four will go to
Port Angeles, three will go to Port
Townsend and one will go straight to
the dry dock at Bremerton. On May
2S, 15 ships will rendezvous near Port
Townsend and at once proceed to an
anchorage In the vicinity of Seattle.
On May 27, 12 of these ships will pro
ceed to racoma, out oniv rour win re
main at that port, the other eight con
tinuing on out of the sound and pro
ceeding to San Francisco.
,' Sacramento, Cal., May IS. Police are
today looking for Harvey Williams and
George F. Smeckert, two of the torpedo
boat Preble's crew. The men are miss
ing and are supposed to have lit out for
the woods.
Sacramento, Cal.. May IS. Tonight
the men of the toroedo squadron will be
the guests of the Spanish war veterans
of this city. The sailors spent today at
target practice on the range of the na
tional guardsmen. They are being hand
somely entertained by the citizens. To
morrow the officers will be taken by
automobile through the orchards along
the American river and on a visit to the
state prison at Folsom.
FRISCO
HARBOR
AMERICA AND JAPAN
PREVENT LIMITATION
OF NAVAL
7 , (United Press Leased Wire.) '
London, May 18. Limitation of naval
armament may shortly be agreed to by
the European powers, according to a
statement made by a hlarh British gov
ernment official, who said: i
"While England has no Immediate
Intention of issuing invitations to a
congress for the reduction of warship
construction, nevertheless, work is be
ing done to bring about an understand
ing among the -powers to this end. The
efforts that are being made are unof
ficial - and considerable headway, al
ready has resulted, . Within - a year. It
la 'Very probable, the ground' will begin
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Assault Attempted by Brown
Man at Corner of Sec
ond and Harrison.
Feeling has reached an acute stage
among cltlsens living In the neighbor
hood of Second and Harrison streets
because of two attempted assaults on
young girls within a space of 30 days,
the would-be assailants in both cases
being Japanese. The nature of the lat
est attack, Sunday night, has aroused
the police department to Its fullest
energy and It Is believed the fellow's
arrest will snortiy ronow.
Sunday night the 16-year-old daugh
ter of a family living in the neighbor
hood of Second and Harrison streets
the names are withheld from publica
tionwas returning home about 9:45
o'clock when, within a few blocks from
her home, a Japanese Jumped out from
behind a tree and threw his arms
around her. The attack took place in
a dark secluded spot and the girl was
almost overcome with fright.
She attempted to scream for help,
and instantly he clutched her throat,
choking off her cries. Then he breathed
In her ear not to ory but to come with
him. By this time the girl had recov
ered her self-control and she fought
him desperately, striking and scratch
ing him repeatedly. Freeing his grasp
on ner inroat sne screamed lor nelp.
This frightened the brown man and he
broke and ran rapidly away,
The girl reached her home with dif
ficulty, being weakened by the intense
reaction from her fight. Officer West
was notified by the girl's mother and
he reported It to police headquarters
immediately. The Japanese is described
as being a trifle over 5 feet In height
ard of slight build, about 116 pounds.
i ne aitacK a montn ago Happened
n almost the same place as the one
Sunday night and was of a similar na
ture. At that time two young girls
were going home after dark and when
the Japanese Jumped out to grab them
one of the girls ran screaming down
the street. This frightened the assail
ant and he made a rapid exit, escaping
capture.
WIPE MURDERER AT
EMERYVILLE TRACK
(United Presa Lease Wire.)
San Francisco. May IS M. A. E
Froembllng, a Montana wife murderer,
is believed to be In this city and a de
scription has been given each detective
to keep a sharp lookout for him. Froem
bllng was a gambler In Lewistown and
his wife possessed considerable money.
After leading a life. of dissipation, re
fusing to work for a living, Froembllng
killed his wife last December by shoot
ing her when she refused to give him
money to continue his evil life,
A man answering the murderer's de
scription has been a hanarer-on around
the Emeryville race track for several
days and a detective has been assigned
to that place to arrest the stranger If
he makes his appearance. - -
ARMAMENT
to be cleared for an imlrinn. "
."Three governments at present stand
ppsa w armament limitation. They
are the United States, Japan and Ger
many." Apparently it has now become
net . poucy or tne United States to
lav down two battleships of the Dread
naught type yearly. This means that
America will never enter any Interna,
tlonal agreement that will not recognise
her right to maintain a fleet superior
to the mikado's. No present, hope ex
ists of Japan acquiescing tn such a
proposal and so It Is hopeless to ex
pect the Americana and the Japanese
can be counted on to sign a naval reduc
tion pledge."... ,- , , i
SHRIEKING GIRL
Hi GRIP OF JAP
FAKE ORDER
SUGAR I IF
S I JAIL
Frank Thompson, Former;
Employe of Knight Pack-1
ing Company, Used T&atl
Firm's Name to Obtain5
Many. Sacks of Sugar.
Member of Once Notorious
Boggess Gang Young
Man Unsuspectingly Meets
Wagon Containing Police
man and Agent of Firm.
Confessions from Frank Thomp
son, arrested this morning at the
moment when he expected to re
ceive 20 100-pound sacks of sugar,
obtained by fraudulent representa
tion from Allen & Lewis, lay bare'
one of the most audacious frauds ;
perpetrated in Portland In several
years. Certain wholesale firms are
enlightened "as"tothe reasons for a
recent unexpected slump in business.
Early this morning a telephone mes
sage, supposedly from the Knight Pack
ing company, came In to Allen & Lewis.
Twenty sacks of sugar were wanted Im
mediately by the Knight Packing com
pany, for which an expressman would
call. Because of the arrest Saturday of
W. A. Cecil, an expressman, charged
with obtaining sugar by Illicit methods,
the firm felt suspicious and decided to
verify the order. At this moment the
expressman called and was refused. Ha
departed and shortly after his partner ,
came and told the firm that he believed
the telephone message was a fake.
Thompson Meets Wagon.
W, F. Greer, one of the office men,
and Patrolman Golti accompanied the
expressman to the place where the. sugar
was to be delivered. Sixth and Couch.
Arriving there young Thompson was ar
rested as he walked over to meet the
wagon.
After a "sweating" at police head
quarters by Detectives Coleman a. and
Price he confessed, but not until ho had
been Informed that his record under tho
alias- "Peanuts" with the notorious
Charles Boggess gang In 1903, when he
served time in the .reform school . for-
burglary, was known to the police. ,
Many Plrms Swindled.
In all Thompson ha secured 46 sacks
of sugar from Portland firms. May 14
five sacks were sent out from Lane
& Co. on a telephone message purport
ing to be from the Knight Packing Co."
and on May 15, 16 sacks were- aent out
in answer to a similar order,
These 20 sacks were sold by Thomp
son to the O. K. coffee house. First and
Madison streets, at $3 a sack. - Lang's
price is $6.45 a sack. - ,
On May 11, by the same ruse, Thomp
son obtained five sacks from the Maaoti
Khrman company. This consignment
was delivered- to a candy store on Third
and Clay streets.
Thompson is said to have sold all of
the ii sacks at the same price, $3 per
sack, which is less than one-half of ih '
regular price. . ' r
P. Planch, proprietor of the ; cof f ee
house, and M. Stanley, proprietor of the.
candy store, were arrested by Detec
tives Coleman and Prioa about noon and
their bond was fixed at (1,000. Tbey
declare that Thompson represented to
them that he had sugar which was wet.
and! that, they- were Ignorant of. any
thing crooked. . '
Cecil sua Xnaooant Tool. 1
W. A. CeciL the expressman arrested
last Saturday, will, be released from
custody. He Is not In any way lmpll- .
cated with Thompson, but will be used
as a witness . to testify against, him.
Thompson, it is thought! has mtlcheii
other firms out of sugar, and It Is be
liever his total operations will run the
list of sugar sacks up to 65 or SO. v
Thompson was at one time employed
by1 the Knight Packing company, and It
was there that he gained the experience
which ' he has -misused. ; He was dis
charged from .that firm's employ, and
that Is said to be the reason for his us
of the firm's name In his transactions.
Detectives Coleman and Price) found
three additional restaurant men it 1
O'clock tills afternoon who had boueht
sugar' of Thompson, The men were
brought to the police Station and after
an examination were released on thir
own recognisance. They were as fol
lows: J. C. Bitter. 10 North Sixth
street, who bought two Sacks: C. flr btno
kel. North Sixth street, who bought onj
Back, and - F, B. Knowles, Filth ai ti
Couch, who bought two sacks.
GLADSTONE AVENUE
- TO GET SIXJNCH 3IAIX
1 Residents along Gladstone avenue from
East Thirty-third street to the city lim
its at Forty-second street, were null
happy today by the action of the wair
hoard in - extending a stx-lni-h wsi-r
main along ths thoroughfare. Tl If 1
raceived a netltlon several ttt - t
asking for a main along Fran. Nat
from East Twenty-sixth etr. I f ;
second. After Investlgat'-iy t , ;
decided to ext"-l tli nul-i
which Is n !'( k f-
because a lttr,-r man -r "' '
would b .bm , .?.! 1 I 1 i
Wi.l t .-t ill t . M. ' I .