THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, .PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1908.
n cc U
raws ARE
"BURIftflOITA VILLA
John D. Baldwin, Alexander Schwabauer
and W. L Beckner Lose Homes by
; Fire Which Spreads Quickly Before
Firemen Can Arrive From Sunnyside.
School Children Endangered.
PENH BLOCK
CENTER OF SHOW
IIEIIfJEIII OEillll
I mm Tfi ia nnom
LHIU IU Li IVUOL
Grandstand Capable of Seat
ing 3,000 Spectators IVill
. Be Constructed. , .
' A destructive fire lit Montavllla which
' destroyed ; three dwellings and badly
scorched two others visited MontavtHa
this afternoon, and for a time threat
ened to burn the Montavllla school and
' a weep through- several blocks f . the
., suburb. - -;. ''.-" '.- . ' ' ..: .
The homes of John D. Baldwin, tit
. Broad: - Alexander ; Schwabauer, 114
Grave, and W. I Beckner, 120 Broad,
were totally destroyed, while the large
residences of J.' W. Dundy. SSI Broad.
... and Francis Roy, 21 Broad, were
anorched and damaced by the flames.
Had it not -been for the fast run to
the scene by the Sunnyside fire depart
ment which sent a hose wagon and en
cine to the scene, the daman would
' have been much greater as the flames
were spreading to adjoining buildings
; when the firemen reached the place. .
, Tliun.es Spread BapkUy.
The fire started In the Baldwin cot
tage a short time after 1 o'clock and
' spread with great rapidity until the
, whole ; house was a mass of flame.
Heroic' efforts were made by the resi
dents of Montavllla to check the fire,
but owing to the meager facilities the
flames spread to the homes of Schwa
bauer and Beckner, v
Appeals were made to the Sunnyside
department for assistance and an engine
and hose wagon was started for the
ccne. making the long run In a short
time, less than 80 minutes. . When the
apparatus reached the scene the fire
"was spreading to the Lundy and Roy'
residences. The firemen quickly stayed !
the spread of the flames, however, and
confined the fire to the ruins of the
other three houses. '
The Baldwin and Schwabauer houses
were newly finished, and were one-story
cottages valued at approximately $1,600
xne wecsuier nouse was a two-
worth approximately
each.
story structure
12.000,
. School Chlldrea Prepared.
' The Dundy and the Roy houses were
two-etory houses worth approximately
is.zuu eacn. . it is unaerstooa met eacn
of the residences were Insured, though
this could not be ascertained at the
tune. .
As soon as the fire was discovered the
pupils of the Montavllla school were
lined up by the teachers and held in
readiness to march out of the building
In case the Are should seriously threat
en the building. The arrival or the de
partment averted any such danger.
however, and the class work was re
sumed.
Hands Are Burned.
During the course of the Are John
Wiebush was painfully burned about
the hands. In his efforts to assist In
removing the furniture from one of the
burning residences ne was caugnt in
the upper story and before he could
escape his hands were badly burned.
Charles Hamtnorn, S years of age,
who Is helpless and could not assist
himself, wss carried from the Schwau-
ber house after it was a mass of flames.
The lire is said to have started from
an overheated flue in the home of Mra
Effte Wade In the house- of Anton Roy.
Mrs. Wade was ironing and It Is sup
posed the fire in the kitchen . stove
heated the flue to such a degree that
it ignuea. tne woooworx.
t
PUT LIGHTED LAMP UNDER BED
TO TAKE CHILL OFF CLOTHING
When a roomer at 691 Second street
T.ied 'a lighted lamp under the bed
'last night to take off the chill he did not
i Intend for It to do such a thoroughly
good Job ss to necessitate the calling
out of the fire department But that Is
what happened. Tha night w" fhUly
and damp and i-he bed was cold. It was
thought the lamp would bring about the
desired temperature. All went well tm
a few moments but suddenly there was
a grand outburst of flame frqm which
the bed occupant made a skyrocket exit
In response to the alarm engine com
pany No. 6 and the hose and chemical
from companies Nos. 4 and 16 answered.
The flames were quenched by the use of
a chemical extinguisher.
PLATT-WOOD
DIVORCE CASE
STEM
The Omaha Woman's Suit
vAgainst Senator Arpj&cT
' Before New York Court:
' (United Frees Leased Wire.)
New Tork. May lS.Arguments in the
' ...... r nrrtjt nmiu
divorce suit or ae
galnst Senator Flatt of New York, were
begun today before 'i Justice Ogennan.
sitting in a special te f h"f ubr.2f
court The woman Is suing for aDso
-1UThedlplIln'tlff names as corespondent
f hava been signed by the clergyman
who "theyclalm of) Related at .the
mony that rade Piatt
IT? marriage took place at the
tlJ.V1 ,1. hMel on November 4.
1801 Attorney sSnehfleld. represent
Ing the defeldaat, denied these conten
UThe affidavit submitted by Piatt
save among other things; .vT.TL
M'htirintiff never claimed she ma
m until December, HW. 1 i
rerTeart I of Setl'Tn
Tchi'ew
"an absolute forgery."
OBJECTS TO YACATI0N OF
PLAIN FIELD STREETS
One ownef of property in Plainfield-
. vMr'vbO lives un jwm- y v
?irt street one block beyond the city
fimits says that he will ask the courw
limits, sas iij Educational so-
c?etPyrVrom 'preempUng the, street, that
Icnool Ming. fne" Jesuit father,
have a. 2-acre tract and want the
etreets condemned. They have offered
orone" $1,800 or his property. .He
Snr.ir.ce ihen ha. male repairs. His
0tGJn'r ctaim." when he bought the
Thirty he found the entire addition
Slatted 'with street, and lots and doe.
not thing it ngui
should be closed. If they are, he soys
that no sewers and water pipes can bv
extended through Plainfleld to Creston,
Fnt Creston and beyond, where thou?
sands of people nave tneir nomci.
T WILL
LEAVE BHYOLITE
Former Senator Gives Up
Fight to Eegain Fortune
Lost, in Mines.
. (United Press Lmmc Wire.)
Reno. Nev.. May 12 Wiyiara Stew
art, former United States senator from
Nevada, has lost In hi. light to repair
hi. fortune and has announced that he
iatend. to wreck his beautiful home
In Rbyollte ana move from the state
fireWabutUnn,U11 a miuTon:
aire, but on account of the depression
ha.tlt,.lnrt Buf"- dfrlct81h9
has lost a fortune in the past few
months that would make any man of
moderate means feel that he wailm-t2lZn?lthy-
H -lred fro"po
tim.' to recover the for
th.h.Kha1 .1"t but th Phill Strug,
gle has been too strenuous for him. The
i?1"?.810011" toav decreased a?". uch
an alarming rate that in some instances
KETCHEL SIGNED TO
MEET BILLY PAPKE
The entire Pennoyer block,. 100 feet
square, bounded by Alder and - Morri
son, West Park and Tenth, has been
secured by the; Rose Festival for the
purpose of converting It Into a general
reviewing stand for the different pa
rades of the week. Th public oere-
monlM connected with tne welcome to
King Rex and Queen Flora will also
be held at that place. -
A temporary grandstand capable of
seating 8,000 people will be erected, and
a covered reviewing platform for the
speakers and those who have charge
of the. exercises. . . . .., .
Special (reserved seats, -several hun
dred in number, will be set aside for
guests of honor, dignitaries of state,
city officials, and others who are to
take conspicuous part in the festivi
ties. The general Idea is to make the
Pennoyer block the center of the fes
tival attractions, and all four of the
parades will be sent around two or
more sides of this square. 'For the
day exercises the block will be deco
rated In the official colors of the fes
tival, and for the evening exercises it
will be illuminated by thousands of
Japanese and Chinese lanterns.
The Rose City Park Imoroement
league will enter three floral decorated
automobiles in that parade.
A general meeting of the Portland
Hunt club will be held either tomorrow
night or Wednesday night to arrange
further details of the design for the
decoration of the saddle horses and
ponies which this club wui enter in
the horse and carriage parade. All
owners of saddle horses are Invited to
attend. The time and place of the meet
ing will be announced as soon as the
directors have met this afternoon.
Entry blanks for automobiles are now
ready for distribution at Festival head
quarters. Chairman R. D. Inman urges
all motor-car owners to secure them as
early as possible.
MRS. WIGGS' KIDS AS
STARS IN TEST, CASE
Constitutionality of Juve
nile Court Act Will Be j
Attacked by Defense. j
Judge Gantenbein in the Juvenile court
will soon be called upon to construe
the juvenile court act as to its appli
cation to the employers of children who
night. A test case is to be made of the
children who appeared in "Mrs. Wlggs
of the Cabbage Patch" at the Hellig
last week, the manager of the theatre
being called to answer on complaint or
airs. irumDuu, a nicmoer oi me crma
Indictment Filed - Against
Man Who Later Assault
ed Chinese. t
Deputy District Attorney John 8tev
enson, acting as a grand jury, this
morning filed an Indictment . against
Jack La Rose, charging hlra with the
murder of Neumen, the- t pawnbroker.
He Is charged with murder la the first
degree.' The only evidence on .which
the. indictment tm filed Is that which
has been published : in the newspapers.
The fact that he attempted to pawn one
of Neu men's , watches in a saloon, and
the striking relationship (between 1 the
attack on John Chung, the Chinaman,
and the two- oh Max Herman and ,.Neu-
men are deeply incriminating.
It is In nowise the belief, either of
the' police or the deputy district attor
ney, that La Rose is connected in any
way. with the Wolff murder. Both Ve
hemently deny even ansv possibility of
It La Rose 1 will be tried on John
Chung's charge of assault and battery
before being taken to the county Jail.
JURY TO HEAR
THOMPSON CASE
Slayer of Judge Emory Is
Fighting for Freedom
From Asylum.
SECURE-PLAYGROUNDS
IN CITIES, IS HIS AIM
DOfflllPROPOSES.
iiooor IS S01Y
Secretary Hanmer of Playground Association Is in.Port- Qlaf f8 E? WaS
rJ : . 'v" . er Asked Him to Wed.
. , nay nas upon urns ana iioys in tne uties.
labor commission.
An information
will be filed in a
The Educational society claims mav
ss soon as 1 j'icd h. u..u...n
the tract will be replatted and that
treets will be run through again. , It
desires to close five streets.
PIPES WILL LEAD ' :
' DEFENSE FOB MARTIN
Martin Ik Pipes will be the senior
counsel for Edward H. Martin, accusM
of the murder f Nathan Wolff, ac
cording to the - statement made today
bv City Attorney Kavanaugh, - who has
actfd for Mrs. Martin since her hus
band was arrested. Kavanaugh this af
ternoon, before ; the circuit court, . e-'
cured an additional week's delay - for
Martin's pleading. - Attorney Pipes .has
been absent from the city, and na not
yet mt Martin. Another lawyer will
nio . be engaged. Martin's father . is
-l!eved to be in Spain, but has not
vet bea reached by the messages sent
to him. - - - - ; : -- '- .. - .:
LOGGING COMPANY
FILES'ITS ARTICLES
.-' '-- .. - - f .1 ,.'(.-'.
W K. Jntifn. J. E. W'heeW and T. If.
vrd rivr fiiei artltles of inrorpora
imn of the Jone-Vi heeler company,
v : - if eintsae I11 the lagging and
1 ),-! TLey have tncorpor-
iitl Li,'f l.vv'.C'tO.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Milwaukee. May 18. After months of
Sic"erinJl, i KWch.1. tlfe Mlchl-
wmiiwiiiu, una &IHY FAnlr ev.
prlnjr . Valley miner, wera rfnso
matched to t ght 10 round. T this city
on June 4. Under the articles of agree'
ment the men must weigh 154 pounds
.rsk " the afternoon ot
day or so by Deputy District Attorney
n. ai. t-steriy, ana upon tnis tne ques
tion will be fought out. Mrs. Trumbull
started to proceed against the children
under the child labor act and then
against the parents and theatre man
agers under the contributing to delin
quency act But it was discovered
that the child labor law does not make
the minor- guilty or an offense or a
delinquent if the law Is violated. As
the minor commits no offense in this
respect therefore, the person who re
quires or permits the child to appear
In a theatrical performance cannot be
charged with contributing to delin
quency. '
The question now presented is
whether the Juvenile court act In' itself
covers the case and Its constitutionality
also will be attacked. The case will be
followed with much interest, as it will
seriously Interfere with many per
formances If it is strictly enforced. The
small children parts will have to be
eliminated from the plays or else older
persons of small stature be engaged to
take them. . "
DESERTED WOMAN
TRIES TO END LIFE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Seattle, May 18. Deserted by her hus
band in a strange city, and bearing
marks of his abuse, Mra Alice Wilson,
26 years old. wife of C. D. Wilson of
Eagle Harbor, attempted to end her life
by swallowing a whole pint of horse
(lniment at the home of the police ma
tron shortly after 7 o'clock this morn
ing. A doctor was hurriedly summoned and
after an hour's diligent pumping the
unfortunate woman was out of danger.
Late yesterday Mrs. Wilson met Po
liceman Brown and told him that her
husband had deserted her, after keep-
( United Press Leased Wire.)
Tacoma, Wash., May 18. Tha Jury to
determine the sanity of Chester Thomp
son was selected this morning. The 12
men were sworn in tt noon, when court
adjourned until 2 ociock; wnen Attor
ney Will Thompson, father of the pris
oner, outlined his side of the case and
the taking of testimony was begun.
Snerfatora filled the courtroom.
Chester entered the room at 10 o'clock.
accompanied by bis father and a oeput;
sheriff. Ha chatted animatedly wit
his brother and some friends who
pressed forward to speak to him. His
f iance is clear and steady and he looks
Ike a man In excellent mental and phys
ical condition.
During the examination of the Jury
men the prisoner manifested the keen
est interest In the croceedings, follow-
nar averv mi nation and answer With
close attention, especially when Frank
B. Woodruff, one of the veniremen,
made the flatfooted statement that he
had always held the opinion that Ches
ter was perfectly sape. Woodruff was
excused for cause by the state.
The proceedings were otherwise de
void of incident
SAW WIFE SETTING Ifi
ANOTHER UAH'S UP
T .
W. 0. Stitt Also Comilains
She Goes Top Much to
Vaudeville Shows.
Because he went home unexpectedly
one night and saw his wife sitting on
the lap of another man, bestowing an
occasional kiss upon Mim, W. O. SUtt Is
seeking to be separated . for ays from
Gertie 8tttt This is the story told by
Stitt in Judge O'Day's department of
the circuit court this morning. The
'extra man in the case is John Katchner,
who Is named as corespondent in the
complaint
Stitt also objects to the irequency
with which his wife visited the vaude
ville shows. He said she went about
four times per week, sometimes going
with Katchner and sometimes wtth her
three children. Btitt was employed .as a
watchman at the Willamette iron vPorks
and therefore was not able to keep close
watch on his wile at mgnt.
Mrs. Btitt a comely woman who is on
the younger sida of middle age, aiso
wants a divorce. 8ne has filed a cross-
"W want to sea every Important city
in America show enough Interest, in the
welfare of Its boys and glrlg 'and in
sociology generally to provide, a play
ground within half a mile of every child
in Its limits," said Dee 7. Hanmer, field
secretary of the Playground : Associa
tion of America.
Mr, Hanmer Is Interested tn 'nlav.
grounds. He was physical director of
uie puDuo ecu 001s or mew York city
for four years and la now. uinta
iv AMiiciuon or America.
He is making a- tour- of the TTnit
States, trying to Interest people of the
larger cities in the matter
The playground movement took ahape
In a national society two years ago.
glum workers in the larger elites first
vuuio innea in tne r work and
from them the idea spread until now
cities in America have already made
some provisions for playgrounds and
more than 70 more are planning to take
fp .i.he work tnls yw. Portland comes
Tim for City to Aet
Mr. Hanmer reached Portland this
2JS-?,n,tan2ii,'.BtSpp,n Oregon
hotel. . He didn't have much chance to
see what Portland had done In the. way
of parks, but he had been riven -
. ui iMiri nere ana thinks that
u .otv in ins time ror this city to
begin looking -about - for vtnt
r&near u" ohooi buildings. . .-
.i FrHdnt Roosevelt expressed the
thing simply last spring," said he.
kL . I 1' In' "others' congress
tUalted. Pe
- '. :''?. Ban BVanclsco, May 18. tA record-
h forming of good habits. In teaching breaking courtship " nroDosal and mar-
na neaun. iay can be bad or good, prerogatives that lean tm, ,rBF1i,
hi W tt-ii!. i-Tl! "vaaka in" (h,UpWuarf "to?:
Lsased Wtre.
May it. A record-".
tho
was
today
that No school Is a good school with
out good playgrounds What we wish
to do ia to interest Deonle in the
ter and make them realise the impor
tance of playgrounds. It used to be
thought that playgrounds were of lm-
i r c Y m ln pnysical stand
point. People thoucht the nlov.t,,..
would make the children healthy. That
L?rvVb,Il bl?,Ja MOr nportant
side. If thel children cannot nl. n
the grounds 'they will nla k-
lay in
5J! 1 .y ,mu,t pUy "omewhere.
The city streets are, not the right
place. And yet in. many schools the
pupu are nor, allowed to play on the
grounds for fear of Injuring them. As
soon as school Is out they are warned
to keep away from the premises. They
have to go tO the etreete mA 4ui
streets are not the right place for them.
n Ohaxaote Moldlar.
"Playgrounds, we find, play an Im
portant part in character building, in
the forming o
ma
An
Fra'n'fn&.-.U
good." . " - ,: beard ' " wuuiian . : wai
Mr. Hanmer said that the Playground According to Mrs. Qulnlan she called
association preferred to have some al- at Quinlan'a home on TfWohe'r a iSli tH
ready existing body commence the work queil Tot" poso s hoSsSefBer
2. ?s"rin Playgrounds.- It has been "When I learned thi?'ffll' ...
found that-wfcen a T, M7c.-A.orWom- unmarried S3" U ealoTie Tfelt soT?5
fhl? k01" . mn11- -tarts tha work for him. I asked hlnf why It was that
Kh.tby 1 tnV ,eco year. th? a010?1 a man with the property hi Doaseswi
boar A or narlr i-nmmlLii fa lmA.t al. . i possesssj
. Ti if Z "if i . umuiub i v -me witness blushed a
? lT - Tl2e. b6,i wy ! .,or .ha hesitatingly admitting
hoard tn fair, rha wn,W )n !
board; or
schoSl board to tak. th. w'n,k teV It. ""."VV:..,5,ura,"'n : "e sug-
hands. . In thit wa "teacher, can bi Some snd unTX, ZYJSV
TSKy.VM-Si. "XL??? & iSf uinl WSPt?4 the proposil and ""two
r.iHi.i:..i.;l.i5rJ7..:".i.S u"".'"w- ueywere wed.
tir,?i..v, Vfr... "'"u;u '"'"l . wuinian, tn his own b
ime.l.e -".HS-'.t.T" " .V ""'. w . intoxicated at
. . . r- - vj mw rut mi marriee-e ,Ko,
ir.'VJ '""" "- " aiviuea into nree Uulnlan. . In his own hehl i-lA
lat he WSS lntiurlnatat. a t 'th, . lma -
0-lrla .jtan rtlflv iimb, I . i . , v .......
the uid.r.M - e VrtZr-rf:XZL ' L"r"8 .na mat he Knew
diate plavsrouidr where e'h dr. ,,n " Wl" na -ooerea up,
10 or 11 years old nlav. aiso under the
guidance of some teanher. and the thlril
division for the older boys practically
en e.iiiiei.ig neia, wnere mey can exer
cise under a nhvslcel dlrentor lhla Al.
vision to be more nronarlv located in
one of the public parks. ; ,
. The question of teachers raises the
bugaboo of expense, says Mr. Hanmer,
but this is not necessarily so. For the
younger children two or tnree teachers
who are naturally fitted for the work
wouia giaaiv remain through the after
noon for additional pay. And most cities
nave pnysicai directors wno could over
sea the playing of the older boys. In
the summer time the nlavrrounds are
usually open from IS to in the after
noons, giving tne children the mornings
in which to do their work around their
nomes.
"Was Hew Tork Is Doing.
In New Tork the school board Is
spending 1300,000 yearly for that por
tion 01 11
THREATEN TO
Kill SLEUTHS
Men Probing .Gnnness Mys
tery - Eeceiye Warning
. Letters.
nor.
Ion of the work under its control, while
(United Press Ltiied Wire.)
La Porte ' Tnri ' Mav IS lni,i-ut - In
board's Vr. d"oing the'wol-k and OUnne" Entered !, two
established many ttlavrrounda. huvlne- i-aiures toaay -tne convening or tna I.
early while property can still be pro- Porte grand Jury to take testimony and
cures mi reaeonaoie prices, r leia nouses I
ere established in many of the, rlav
rounds, and- these become the centers
the receipt by Prosecutor Smith and
Chief of- Police Cochrane of letters
or not only the children, but the men A;v..TRaV"":-r."",."1"
fPiwT-w-Lnh-"- rv"14! In spite of these threats. Prosecutor
5?,di.iia,tin.CWa"-!fi!i9 -of aJ92n Smith questioned witnesses before the
crowded dlstric a " " " llTJKrSSl0?:
tlnued his probe . today In an effort to
the 14 persons found dead on
SO ML REJECTED
Water Board Does Not-Wish
to Estahlish Precedent,
So Eeadvertises.
Because of a technical error In one!
of tennlds received by the city water
bbard for gat valves the members at a
special meeting- this morning, decided
tO reject all Of the hide anit BMvertlaa
for new 'ones.
When the bids were opened last Fri
day the members discovered that the
bid of Caldwell Brothers' comnanv was
contained in an envelope which was not
marnea indicating that It was a bid for
gate valves. In every other respect the
crowded districts.
Mr. Hanmer is an interesting talker 1..., '
and well nforme In. his -work.. He the Ounness farm met their death.
P5 c?aP' One missive received by Smith bore
visit the larr c iei In thlnt.st- of ."K"l2., r5r5K,y,R' ??
. . 1 ivv urn wcasB uiaitcu 111 rt nDitiiimtuu. jus.
nis asaociaiion. , 1 C. Th on. received hir Hnnhrant. sent
from New Tork city, told him that he
would be killed unless he ceases his
activity. - '
it is probable mat Abraham turnips.
of Belllngton,- W. Vs., may be another
uunness victim, in February, 1907, ne
left his fa am in West Virainia to marry
a rich widow in Da Porte. He has never
been seen by friends or relatives since.
Digging in the ruins or tne uunness
nome nas ueen reeumea, aa.-ine uniun
tles have suddenly come to the conclu
sion that more skeletons will be found
there. In addition to this work the little
1 t J TTM tt j -ir 1 Pond near , the private .burying grounds
J . mH'lI- Willi rinil nilirn wilt be dragged and the barn on tna
". -r ' aunnitta farm will he mnveo. ho that
diggers can turn up the earth undtsr it
MAY BE VICI1
F GANG OF THUGS
Money and Gold Watch
Has Disappeared.
bid was all rle-ht. hut rather than ee.
tablish a precedent in breaking the rule
or. tne Doara, tne members decided
cnmnlalnt denying the accusations or
her husband and coming back with alle
gations that he has been cruel to her
and made false accusations. When her
husband told the story of what he saw
through the window she smiled broadly.
His acousations in that regard were sup
ported by v friend who accompanied
him to his house and also took a Jook
h a-l, , V. window. -
V" " -" . 1. a 1- T,-.,l.a
The Btltts were marnra 111 ruivi.uu
wfc ..... vwn. u. wuv uUW,0 UVV1UIU W
reject tne bid.
At the same time the members did
not wish to work an Injustice on Cald
well Brothers for a clerical mistake.
and ordered all bids rejected and new
ones aavertisea ror.
The board members are also nartlcu
larly anxious to obtain a bid from Cald
well Brothers because 'they handle the
Kensatieer valves which nave given sat
lsfaction in service in the department.
Preceding the action of the board
there was a long discussion by the
members as to the advisability of ac
eepttng the bid which caused all the
trouble. The error was purely tech
nlcal and made in a clear manner. . The
argument was put forth that the bid
was accompanied ny a certuiea cneck,
was correct, in every other, way and
came up to the specifications of the
city advertisement. THe members.
however, refused to accept It because
or tne rear 01 estaousning a precedent
which mlght cajise trouble in tho
luuire. . .
forMra'nw,ronth:.ya. ftfss5r- ..sls
she came to Seattle Saturday and he
secured a room for her. He left shortly
afterwards and failed to return and she
became despondent. Although her eyes
mow me enecis or a Drutai Deatlng and
her throat bears black and blue finger
marks, the woman refuses to make any
charge against Wilson other than plain
uoBcruoo.
WrXlPOLT KIPS OFF SHOES
lolti''?: SL "JW i OF MAN IN PARL0B
V:JZa-Mbl? .Tt togetier.
jvv..ic, . uuoaier insisting upon be
ing treated aa generously by the promo
ters as they . were treating the other
WISHED VERY MUCH TO
BATHE IN CHOP SUEY
"Th" 8jeat architect of the universe
tn5 fcr,Pon given of himself by
tin0! T-.wllamson at the county
Jail on the charge of insanity. He i.
tne man
picked un- at th. t.,i.
hotel last Saturday h. "!
himself of his clothing snd UkV a bath
an.yClhurP .comaitt
STREAM DOWN COP'S
NECK WHEN HE PHONES
Patrolman
bluecoats, will tel
Murphy, of the Portias
ill yoa that the nafh
Millvllle. N. J.. May 18. During a se
vere electrical storm a bolt struck the
Pettlt homestead, In West Millvllle,
crashed through the roof and weather
boarding into the parlor, where Martin
Pottlt and his brother, Harry, were
reading.
Martin sat at the etove with his legs
crossed when the bolt landed on him,
tore off both his shoes, divided and
passed through the opposite side 9 the
housie. Martin was knocked to the floor
unconscious, and his brothers thought
he was dead. The flesh on one of his
legs was blackened and scorched as if
by fire. -
After working for an hour Dr. Miller
restored the man to consciousness, and
aside from a severe burn Pettlt stated
that he feels no evil effects from the
experience.
i?.PtJIoh,JRn-A"a.not ro"a. even In
Portland. On Officer Murr.h'- w"..'.n
one of the 60 telephones by which ni
lice officers communicate Twlth head!
quarters from their respective be?t
Murphy's phone has bee? placed Imm,
dlately under a drain pi.P Todmt? ttS
drain pipe has been busy every time the
!U"7T nd "J" t "Port over
the telephone. Consequently, In the Ian
guage of , his report, "every time von
sund up to the telephone It rainsS
M0T0RMAN TOO FAST, 7
THO LIGHT PATROLMAN
For running his car in nnu. e ,-
lJ-m(le speed limit Motorman John
Lewis, of the Portland Railway. Dlght
& Power company, must appear before
Judge Cameron; tomorrow morning. - Officer-
Burke - Is the comnl.lnant. via
charges thst Lewis exceeded the speed
limit on torwu street between Dsne
and Pennoyer streets.- .
THEY TOOK UNIQUE '
REVENGE ON POLICE
Tren ton, MaysT-Atrndlessr chalrrt
or express wagons circling around the
principal business block of the city al
most demoralised traffic and set the
police department gnashing its teeth In
futile rage. '-.-- - - ',
The police this morning began a cru
sade designed to prevent express-wagy
one rrom standing along tne sidewalks
while awaiting customers, and the ex
pressmen retaliated by forming a con
tinuous procession about one block. The
police had no authority to stop the pa
rade, and the expressmen kept it up
until they ' were either - tired or were
called away-' on business.
One expressman who was slow in
falling Into line was-, arrested. His
fellows belled him. out. and. will de
fend him In a test case.
. r, KusselJ gt New Tork.
!'ntted Prete Leased ' Wire.)
New York, May IT. Minister to Ven.
esuela Ruesell arrived here today on a
leave of absence. He denies that he
has had serious differences with Pres
ident Catro. but admitte that he and
Castro did not agree on U things. .
one of the attorneys suggesteu to the
court that tnero were Mori w union
the courtroom who might not want to
hear some of the evidence. Judge O'Day
replied that he would make no order ex
cluding them, and they might Judge for
themeelvea whether or not they desired
to remain and listen. All of them re
mained. -:
UNIVERSITY PARK
. DEMOCRATIC RALLY
A Democratic rally will be held to
night at University Park at which
number of well-Known juemocrawo
sneakers will be heard. The meeting:
has been arranged under the auspices
of the county central committee ana
will be attended by a number of the
candidates for' ' office running on tha
Democratic ticket f - ; .
, Among the speakers who have been
scheduled to speak are Deputy District
Attorney Bert E. Haney, Oglesby Young,
candidate for railroad commissioner;
John E. Jeffrey, candidate for congress
from the second district;. Tom Reed and
Professor Donergan. . -'j
WOMAN LONG AGO.
BANISHED, RETURNS
Helena, Ark.. May 17. After aa ab
sence of more than forty years, Mrs.
Emma Morris has 1 .returned : here.
whence aha was forced to leave in i Jier
girlhood because' she dared , to wear the
confederate colors upon her hat after
the capture of Helena by - the Federal
soldiers. Her name then was Miss
Emma High tor. . . . .
MISS itlgntor was organisi - at in
AT EMERYVILLE
TRACK TODAY
(United Press teased Wire.)
Emeryville Race Track, Cal May It,
Today's results:
First race, six furlongs, selling, four-
year-olds and up George Kllborn
ZO to l. 8 to 1. 4 to 1. won: Calla.
v to d, to 10, second; Dr. Crook
11 to o, intra. Time las,
1104),
112).
(114).
Tia tit I nt church on a Sunday following
the fall of the city, and she showed hr
spirit by donning a nat oearing tne col
ors or tne tonieaeracy.
a -VinWM lieutenant was at the
church, and after service he notified f
the young woman mat sne might con
sider nerscir uuuer arrcii. rn.ua later Sne
was compelled to leave the City. -
She went xrom Arkansas to Ken
tucky,- where she. afterward met the
young man whom : she married Ben
jamin Morris and In Kentucky she has
lived ever since. -
SEES OTHERS UNDER
i KNIFE; DIES OF FRIGHT
Creston, Ia., May 17. Fear of an ap
proaching operation and the sight of
surgeons - working over. , patients - who
went before - him Into the operating
room caused the death of Waiter
Wykoff in a local hospital.
The pnysicians aeciare ne died of
neart iauure. out aamittea the sirhta
ana exciioir.ent were indirectly resDon-
sible. - -
Wykoff. who was an old man, dread
ed toe orae&t wmcn - ne was soon to
face. He was lying in bed in the ward,
and, through a' door left partly open by
error, could see- into the tile-lined
chamber where "the surgeons were
working. Three ' patients were taken
from the ward into the chamber, where
the physicians performed oneratlona
for various disorders. r -
Unknown to the nurses," Wykoff
watcnea as tne Knives were wielded
nnon the helpless and insensate victims.
Then he saw them brought back and
placed on ths beds, until the nurses
could bring them from under the influ
ence or tne -anaestneuca.
.PERSONAL.
Theodore'B. Wilcox has returned from
a trip through the eastern states and. to
New. Yorki Mr. Wilcox has been aorta
from Portland for the past month.
FINAL ARGUMENTS ;
j IN TRIAL OF RUEF
(Cnlted Preaa Leased Wlra. -
Ban Francisco, May 18. Bumming aip
for the people in the Ruef case was be
gun today by Special Prosecutor Heney,
He opened with a brief review Of the
evidence adduced. :' x . w . ;
v Cornelius Hotel Opens. , :
The Cornelius hoteHopened for busi
ness this morning. C At Walker of
Bah Lake City was the first guost
to sign the register. ... . . .
A BANKRUPT
IN SPITE Of Mill
, -
Partner of W.-Coouer Morris
in Pullman Auto Car
Company.
The police are making search for A.
Stood, who put up at the Union' house.
81 North Sixth street. May 16, and mys
teriously disappeared after' staying there
two days. Roed left all his belongings
at the hotel and the proprietor believes
there has been foul play. Roed was
known to have a large sum of money on
him besides a gold watch. When he
came to the Union house, he stated his
intention to remain -some weeks. Roed
was a bridge carpenter and it was his
Fractice to come tp the city and recreate
or a period after doing a piece of work.
Because of this and similar cases re-1 A. D. Perkins was today granted his
cently It Is the .belief that an organized petition in bankruptcy in the federal
court by Judge Wolverton. The case
has been hanging fire for some months,
as the petition was opposed by Receiver
Devlin of the Oregon Trust Savings
bank.: it appears from the papers 'on
file that Cashier W. C. Morris of the
defunct bank and Perkins entered into
business together In the automobile bus
iness under the general name of the
Pullman Auto. Car company, Morris to
put up 82.500 and Perkins $1,800 and
an automobile. It is alleged that Mor
ris failed for some reason to put up
his 12,(00. and an overdraft resulted
In the bank of about t,000.
The matter was fixed up for the time
being, and the bank advanced $10,000
more to the concern. When this gave
out 1900 was secured, making a total
of nearly $13,000 advanced by the bank
directly and indirectly secured by Per
kins' notes. Perkins then applied to be
released from tnese obligations and oth
"s muga is operating in the city
whose methods are to destroy all dossi-
piei cnance of arrest by disposing of
moil viuiiuia, ine esse oi noed was
not reported to the police until this
morning, and they are thus handicapped
w voimiu caivm in Lueir searco.
BAnLTil
NIT AIJPOKAIIE
Local Option Has Turner
and Free Booze to Fight
Delegate jSlate,
(SpeehU Dtspatcb to Tbe Journal.)
Spokane, Wash.. May IS. The Demo-
cratlc state convention was called to
order at 11:80 today In the Armory with
about 650 of tbe 708 delegates present
and the rest represented by proxy. Tur
ner, of .Spokane was unanimously elected
temporary chairman, which election was
made permanent The liquor Interests
are freely giving liquor to delegates in
the reception rooms at the hotel in the
effort to get the convention to declare
against local option. There is differ
ence of opinion as to action on this
Question. Some favor an initiative and
referendum plank. Committees are
working and it is thouarht theae will k.
port for locsl option and the initiative
and referendum.
All delegates are ' enthusiastically
for Bryan. - -
The slate agreed unon this 'mnrnlnw
was as follows:
National committeeman W. W. rmm.
phy. Walla Walla. - .--
jjeiegates-awarge to the national con
ventionFred Baldwin. Rnnkene-
Charles O. Heifner, Seattle; A. R. Tit-
RltivilleT f ueorge . vartstensen,
Delegates from the third district
Jerome DrUmheiler, Spokane; T. - - AV'
White, 8t John, Whitman county.
Alternates Third rilafrlnr ii.n xat
Doualas: A. Q. Mltchen. T.lnni . a,
ers under the bankruptcy act, and Re-
pposea tne petition in
the interests of the institution under
ceiver Devlin opposed the petition
his- charge, because it held Perkins'
notes as security for $11,000 advanced
through overdrafts. -. , -
Devlin s contention was Dasea on two
grounds, that the Pullman Auto Car
company and Perkins had -kept no suit"
able set - of books, and that certain
valuable property was. being kept con
cealed. ( Judge Wolverton found that
these two charges were not well found
ed, so granted Perking
bankruptcy.
discharge in
For presidential electors -O. W n.m.
ilton, Benton; J. M. McKernan,- Oar
field. -. - - . .. .
Candidates for delegates xerta, ai..
trlct Frank Spinning. Pierce;', -i-v vr
Hidden, Clarke: W. . W. Cannon. Lewis:
F. Conine. Thurston: L. r. Riii
Chehalls. ' - ' .
candidates in tne lirst.dlefrlrt v a
McDonald and Is P. Calhoun. King; W.
W, Black,, Snohomish, and - several
others.',. :- -, .-; ,. - ,.
Turner as permanent chairman a.
clared against the local option plank
as adopted by tbe Republicans In state
convention. He said the proposition of
saying what - one's neighbors shall eat'
or drink is. un-American, and unfair. "'
. Steamship Lino to Alaska. " -
To oraanlse a steamship line betw SMI
Columbia river points, especially be
tween. -. Portland and Astoria. ., end
Alaska, Is the hope expressed in a let
ter from the Astoria chamber or com
merce to the chamber of - commerce.
board of trad and Commercial club of
this city. Secretary GUtner is asked to
have a committee of three appointed
from tbe chamber to Join with like com. j
mlttees from -other business bodies to l
see if such a line cannot be established.
HH ARRIMAN PLANNING
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
(United Press Leased Wlre.t ' 4
Dos Angeles, Cal, May II. E. H.
Harriman is planning the greatest Irri
gation system -in the world In the Im
perial valley. The constructive work
alone will cost $$,000,000 and a part of
the project is the reclaming of 1,600,000
acres of desert land,
.The plans that have been discussed so
far call fore a high line canal from a
point on the Alamo river. 0 miles east
of Sharp's Heading, which will be 100
feet '-above sea level. - The canal will
follow a contour on the other beach line
on- the east and north sides of the desert
basin around the eastern 'side of Im
perial valley and thence down the Cos
chela valley to Indlo. It will be 125
n long and will cover, 2,600 square
mnes. - v ; .
it is figures that this land will be
made the most fertile in America and
that if the irrigation scheme works it
will be worth $1,600 an acre. - - -
ARRAIGNED ON '
CHARGE OF HOLD UP
In ' Judge Oantenbeln's court " this
morning Finis Brown, alias Bonaparte,
and C H. Smith were arraigned on the
charge of having held up Julius Miller
and robbing him of $600; They were
allowed until Wednwday; to plead.
. Elmei Jennings was arraigned on the
charge of attempting to extort money.
He and Carl Jennings are charged with
threatening to do bodily harm to Wil
liam Beckett unless they were given
$260. Carl Jennings was not in court
today. !-".-,--'. - - - .',
" Aski tor Portland Pictures. -The
Atlantic News Bervlne haa writ
ten to the chamber of commerce asking
for- pictures and descriptive matter ?
showing the best J points of Portland.
The matter will be used in various pub
lications throughout the cnunlrv free of
cost to this city.