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The Journal U:s a larger Proved, Sivorn-to, Pald-Ior Circalalioh in PoHlaad and Wijh Sl::l ol Oregon Thsri Any Other Daily Paper Ko faceplionsvCirenlation Records an Ail Aavcru JOURNAL VAUTS ; 'Bring Best Results. Try it , v Tomorrow. - - . :, The Weather Partly cloudy with' possibly showers tonight. - JOURNAL .CIRCULATION TESTERDAY WAS 31,600 VOL. VII. NO.v63 tr '-; PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, : MAY 20, 1908 SIXTEEN PAGES. PPTPT? TWO f!?MTQ OS TRAINS A WD lrrwg - w -f XAJTSa. . riT , CEJIXt THO0SAND8 WATCH FOR IMME&W M oumm'WLUMBiAwm COMING OF WARSHIPS ' On Board the United States Steamship Georgia, by Wireless to North Head, Wash., May 20. To The Journal, Portland The Atlantic battleship fleet was off Tillamook at 9:30 this morning. .An offshore southeast wind has quieted the sea and better time is being made. ; The sky is overcast. The fleet will be off the Co lumbia river shortly before 1 p. m". and off Grays Harbor at 4 p. m. Anchor wilL not be dropped at either "place. Cape Flattery will be reached by. midnight, Port Angeles at daylight tomorrow and Belhngham r.O a. m. tomorrow. 7 -3 ' ASTORIA CMTGHES NEWPORT MUCH S DISAPPOINTED FOR BATT (Special ' Dispatch to Ttoa Joaraal.) Astoria, May 20. 1:15 p. m. North Head says t.-. The battleship fleet is oft the Columbia about four miles out. It seems to be proceed ing northward: without stopping,, al though Jt alowed op some, Excur sion -boats are accompanying It Astoria Or. Mar So. Astoria was up and astir bright and early this morning. About 2.000 started for the beaches by boat and rail shortly., after daybreak. A special train Carrying 1,000 left for Seaside at 7 o'clock. A special from Portland followed during; the JTorenoon. The fleet of a dosen or -mora seagoing tugs left at B a-T.m. for Fort Canby, carrying: -another thousand '" sightseers, the Intention "being to land where pas sengers can easily reach North Head. Supervising : Inspector Bermingham and Local Inspectors Edwards and Ful ler were present with a force of cus toms officers to see that the boats wera not overcrowded. None of the diminu tive craft were permitted to go beyond the bar to meet the fleet. The steamer T. B. Potter from Portland did not cross the bay to connect with railroad owing to report of a washout on the line. The steamers Alliance and Roanoke left for the ocean at 10 o'clock, both carrying large crowds. The steamers were gaily decorated In honor of the oc casion. Reports from the bar Indicate that the weather has moderated some what, a report received very cheerfully on the part of most excursionists, many of, whom have come from the far In terior and wtU make their, first ac quaintance with the ocean. uraers .were issued mis morning pro hibiting cameras from being brought ashore at Fort Canby, because of the new fortification work going on there. Astoria IS observing a legal holiday. every shop lit the city being, closed, ex cept eating-bouses and saloons. A wireless message at midnight said the fleet waa coming north at the rata of It knots per hour before a heavjjU sea. the worst experienced on the lonxTt cruise.. The vessels were 16 miles oft shore and a short distance ' north of Coos bay. This would bring the fleet off the lightship at noon. COMPTROLLER ISSUES CALL FOR STATEMENT (United Ptms Leud Wire.) Washington, May 80. The comptrol ler of the currency today Issued a call for national bank statements showing their condition at the close of busi ness on May 14. ,: ;w-'3: . -n PRESIDENT NOMINATES M'GREGOR COLLECTOR . ' (United Pna Leased Wire.) Washington. May 20.T'-The president today nominated 'William. F. McGregor to be collector of customs for the dis trict of Oregon. . . . , .' ' Ru Gearhart Concessions. (Special Dispatch to Tht Journal.) Washington, May 20. Admiral Sperry was. under orders to come In close to Yaquina bay and slow up. The navy department explains that the admiral is In absolute command when at sea, and that weather conditions may have ren dered It unwise for him to approach the coast. too closely. He would be empow ered to change the itinerary if la his Judgment be saw fit.tov do sa..,K ; Newport May I 0.V Yaquina Bay peo ple now know what it means to be passed up by the United -States navy. Although' under specific orders by the department at Washington to slow up off this city the la vessels of the battleship-fleet stood off 1Q miles off shore and proceeded on, Its; way north without any apparent effort to come ckse inshorethat the thousands of peo ple crowding the hills and beaches could get a glimpse of -the big ships.- The fleet passed at 6 a. m. The weather was somewhat hasy, but it was not raining. It was so far out to sea that it could not be made out without glasses, nothing showing but a distant smudge on the horizon. The outlines of the IS large ships could be seen with powerful glasses. Smaller craft with the fleet were not visible. . Excursions yesterday brought in sev eral hundred people from nearby towns and many remained awake all night that they might be first to- greet the vessels. Their disappointment aws keen. The Newport Commercial club celebrat ed the event last night by entertaining with an all-night ball, and this was enjoyed by the- visitors. SEVEN KILLED ' BY EXPLOSION (Bpedal Dispatch to The Journal.) " Astoria. Or., May JO. A. W. Utainger Of' Seaside has closed a , lease with Theodore Kruse of Gearhart Park for all ther concessions at that popular sea side resort during th coming season, , including bowling alley, ice cream par lor! and other refreshment' stands. Gasoline Tank on Launch Blows Up and Ends Lives of Many Persons. (United Press Leased Wire.) Memphis, Tenn., May 10. Seven per sons lost their lives and nine others narrowly, escaped destruction in an ac cident which befell the gasoline launch Columbia about eight miles south of Clarendon, v Arkansas, at 10 o'clock Tuesday night. The tank on the launch exploded. The drowned are: Miss Lillian Wlnfleld of Clarendoffc Arkansas. " Miss. Alma Peete of Covington, Ten nessee. Miss Mattle Counts of Clarendon Arkansas. - Miss Bessie Palmer of Kansas City, Missouri. . , Mis Aline Burton of Helena, Arkan sas: Joseph McManus of Clarendon, Arkan sas. ' ; i "v- . Dr. A. L. Houston of Clarendon, Ar kansas. The surviving members of the party are In a precarious condition today. - An inspection of what remains of the launch shows that both sides of the craft were blown out. Some of the fiassengers were hurled (0 feet from he boat. . These are believed to be the ones who lost their Uvea. I The river ia being dragged today for the victims, who were prominent so cially. . STAND IH WOOD CASE 'Aged Senator Denies Mar riage to Woman Who Is Suing 'Him for Divorce Admits He Called Her En dearing Names at Times. Defendant Says He Liked Girl Because She WTas So Agreeable Met Her at His Office and at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. (Special PUpatch te Tht Journal,) New York, May 20. Senator Piatt went, on the witness stand today to glva- testimony in -bis ewni behalf . in the sensational -suit brought against Blra by Mae C. Wood. The senator en tered the courtroom leading heavily on the arms of two attendants He seemed feeble and walked with difficulty. He was accompanied by his son,. Frank H. Piatt, and a stylishly-attired woman. , The prospects that the senator would be In court today drew large crowds to the county building where the hearing is in progress. Mies wood resumed her testimony today and was cross-examtoed as to the statement of J. Martin Miller In troduced late yesterday. In thia state ment names of William Loeb Jr., sec retary to the president snd Robert J. Wynne, former first assistant postmaster-general and present consul-general at London, were mentioned with that of Senator Piatt. The statement al leged there was a conspiracy to. obtain from Mis Wood certain letters -which she claimed were written to her by the senator. Hearty T6. . In opening his testimony the senator said he was nearly 75 years old, and that his first wife died In 1801. He first, met Miss Wood In 1901. "Do you remember seeing her at tbe Oriental hotel T" "I never saw her at the Oriental hotel In my Ufa" "Do you remember asking her In the month of August. 1901 at the Oriental to become your wife?" "I never asked her. It's falsa" "Did you talk to plaintiff In Novem berlSOJU about marriage?" , . . . "Did you, on Thursday, November 0, ask her to marry you, the ceremony to take place Saturday and say you would make all arrangements?" "I did not," replied the senator. He denied emphatically be had given Miss Wood a photo of hlmselfon which he had written, "To my dear wife." Lebarbler. Miss Wood's pounsel asked Piatt If he ever addressed Miss Wood In endearing ' terms. Piatt said: - . "I may have foolishly, done so some times." Called 'Her Kitty. Thi senator said be saw Miss Wood sometimes at nis or rice . at 49 sroaa- and she called with Mrs. Can- roi CME MD BOURNE ONCE MORE PULLING TOGETHER -pwsa aggajMsapissasaiajwMsiBajMBMBMBB-aa 3 Flip ! Flop ! It takes the Cake To do this stunt without a quake. See him swing from one to t'other "There's none can do it like me and Brother.' WHAT IS HIS ANSWER? way. field. who was a candidate polntment in the Philippines. "How manv tlmea did vou at the Fifth Avenue hotel?" asked Le- or an ap- ou see bar barbler. J "I could not say. uany uiima. Z saw her there TIM vou rmM hr TTIttvf "I called her Kitty in my letters. I was very much pleased with her and liked her very much." "Did she call you any pet names?" "Never in my life." "Why did you like her?" "Because she was an agreeable woman. Severe , Ordeal for Flat. The aared etateaman dlsnlaved Intense feeling aa he gave a detailed account ef his relations with the woman. Dur ing, the cross-examination he was plain ly nervous and at times it was feared by his counsel that the ordeal would be loo-- severe xor mm to wimsiana. xn telling his own story the senator began (Continued on Page Three.) NELSON ;MDlG MS TO FIGHT 45 . Battling Nelson apd Joe Gana this 'V; v morning practically completed arrange ments ,forf" 4S-round fight In Colma, ; California, just outside fian Francisco on the afternoon of -July 4, the durable Dane agreeing to an 48,000 guarantee demanded bjf the colored lightweight - champion. 1 ' 7 Nelson, accompanied by a traveling companion,- Robert M. Lambb of New York, reached Portland last night on his way to Seattle, j where he fights , , Kid Scaler .of Spokane before Johnny Reld's club "Decoration day. All mortj log Nelson kept the wires hot between - Portland and Pan Francisco Instructing bin manaaer. HVlllla Tirltt. how In nn. ceed In the final closing of the terms of agreement He ia looking for a mesr sage this afternoon informing hlra'that everything has been settled. "Money is no object In my fighting now," said Nelson, "I am after- my heart's desire, - the lightweight cham pionship of the world. Thac'a why I am allowing Oans an f8,00a guarantee and taking the gambler's chanae. "I am the drawing card in the west and none knows It better' than Gana My fights have always netted me more money than any ha has taken tari In and 1 am- sure - my prestige will give me the big end of the receipts In the end. -".i . -. . t . I feel sure"-! can whin Gana. Every body who saw the Ooldfield fia-ht knows t Joe laid down and that I didn't thai atrlke a foul blow, I am in fine con dition now and will put up -the great est battle of my career. None In the lightweight class has anything on me." Nelson started for Milwaukee to get i npi witn racxy UCFarland, but aiier ne got as rar aa Williams, Ari sons. Promoter Cnffmth aaV1 hi , consider a fight with Gana for Decora tion day-and the battler turnout arnunri and beat it back to thebay. But Oana wasn't ready 1 to mix , things on that date and Johnny Held promptly stepped In and signed the Dane. - A good propo sltlon.waa offered and Nelson took Jt up. Thia. will delay his trip to Milwaukee..- ' ..; The Journal is unequivocally and emphatically for Statement No. 1, So are nearly all the people of Oregon. Neither The Journal nor the people-want any victory that may be won in June to be an empty one. All desire that whatever man may be chosen senator, shall use the great prestige of his office, and all the forces at his command, for . defense and perpetuation of Statement No. 1 I and the primary law. ' , The Journal ' has., questioned Mr. Cake's loyalty to Statement No. 1. His vacillating record on the subject is the reason. Here is that record: Ho went through , the senatorial campaign two years ago as a candidate, without one single demand for the meas ure. His candidacy on that platform failed. The next time he appeared as a candidate, it was as a: luminous Statement No. 1 champion. He stayed with' it several weeks, that is, until Fulton was beaten, and then, suddenly ceased: advocating it. Then he accepted an indorsement from a convention that was hostile to the measure. He'is at this moment standing on a platform from which the measure was deliberately, after debate, omitted. Then, to add to the perplexity and complexity of the situation, as well as to the uncertainty of his attitude, he has, yrithin a few days, though still standing on an anti-Statement No. ' 1 platform, declared that h is favorable to Statement No 1. , - How can any Inan be for a measure and run on a platform that is against it ? r,Therefore, in ordertto aid Mr. Cake in making himself clear before the people of Oregon, The Journal has pro posed three queries to him. -Answered affirmatively and at once, these queries make' it absolutely easy for Mr. Cake to signalize before the people that he is a flat-footed and loyal Statement No. 1 advocate. They .-.-art a test that any genuine Statement No. 1 man in the state can take,v and that any true Statement No. 1 man is ready to take.! 'Only; vacillating and doubtful adherents of that principle will refuse. What are Mr. Cake's answers? Here are the queries:. S"i-X.-'- . FirstInasmuch 'as - yotf claim that you are going to stay this time -vrith StatenientN6.;l,;and in view, of the fact that the late convention that indorsed you showed by its proceedings and other wise, its hostility to-Statement No. 1, do you repudiate that con vention's indorsement,1 and - the; convention itself as not correctly reflecting your candidacy? . - ,- ' . . i;r:':; : 1 Second Since the platform which you are running is a known anti-Statement No. 1 platform, that measure having been refused mention therein,: and-since' you claim to be for Statement No. 1; do you. repudiate and reject said platform a$ unfit to repre sent you and your candidacy? ' , . - 1 v. ;.. V:j Third-r-As the perpetuity ',of ' Statemeiuv NoJ 1 the election of a Statement No. 1 legislittBfe'and upon the defeat l(Contlnued. on Page Threap y ' HELP ME AND I'll HELP YOU" Word Goes Forth to Sen ator's Trusted Lieutenant to Help Cake Campaign. K. 1C Cake, candidate for United States senator, and Jonathan Bourns, who has already reached the goal, are onoe more ia harness together and working side by side. Kr. Cake has hooked up with the Junior Senator for his owa success in JTana, lOS. Kr. Sonrae, looking far ahead, has donned the wax paint with Us eye on Jane, 1S18 and ia laboring to retrieve bis fallen fortunes, snatch victory from the friends of Senator rulton and insure his owa eleotloa four year from aow. Word to Young. Senator Bourne has sent out word to his trusty lieutenant. John C Young, that H. M. Cake must be elected, and that there Is no such word a "can't." He has outlined that the only way he can regain his seat in the saddle la to (Continued on Page Three.)- TELLS W B I WA T Mrs. Schaf f er Makes a Good Witness iov the Prosecu tion in the Trial of Police man Nathan H. Suittcr, on Trial for Murder. . . "My Husband Was as Meek as a Lamb," Declares the Widow. "There. Were No Threats, Loud Tajking or Swearing." In broken English, but cjearly and positively, Mrs. Dora Schaf fer. widow of Henry Schaf fer, told on trie witness stand in Judge Cleland's department of the circuit court this morning how her husband was shot by Nathan H. Suitter, then a policeman, who Is on' trial for murder in the second degree.;:1 i-f i Mrs. Schaf fer made a good witness,. She answered promptly and directly the queatlona that were put to her. -Once or twice. In- denying that her bus band gave any cause for Suitter to -shoot him, she had to be stopped from talking too faat for the reporter to catch her word but there waa no ef fort to be dramatic. Once there waa a touch of the pathetic, lust before she-, left the stand, when the clothing her; huaband wore-when he waa shot down in his home in front of her was un- wrapped and shown to her to identify.- For the first time she produced - her handkerchief and wiped, away the tears that she was fighting back. v Yet the scene in court this morntn was not without dramatic setting. . The man who claims that ha 'shot in aelf defense, to protect himself from a . drink-crazed man, sat behind his at torneys with hla arms . folded and.'; listened intently to the accusing testi mony of the woman In black on - the wltneas-stand without moving the lines of his face. Back in tbe courtroom sat his anxious wife and in the room also were men and woman who are friends of the accused patrolman, touching el-' bows with those who were friends of 8 chaffer. , . ' ' Crowd to Hear Trial. i -Judge - Cleland - took - precautions - to- - day to prevent recurrence of - the crowding ' of the courtroom " that took place yesterday. ' Two special bailiffs, Weinberg and De Brost, guarded the doors . and did not permit spectators to enter after the seats were all filled.. Scores were turned away. Good progress was made with the trial this morning,". Mrs. Schaf fer'a tea tlmony being completed. Deputy Cor-: oner Flnley caUed, and the direct exam ination of a third witness,-Miss Marie Borrowlchka. begun. For the lattetf Max G. Cohen was sworn aa Interpreter, and many of the German witnesses, who were guests at the - Schaf fer birthday party the night 'their host was killed, will require Interpreters. v---- Three attorneys on each bide are try-, lng the case. - District .Attorney Man ning ia assisted by Deputy Adams and Henry E, McGinn in the prosecution. Manning and McGinn' took "turns In, questioning the wttnessea this morning, on their side of the case. - All of tho cross-examination -for the defense conducted by Dan J. Malarkey, who has John F. Logan and John A. Jeffrey to assist him. ... n . . - - Officer runs Hla Qua.' . According to the story told by Mrs. Sehaffer and -confirmed by Miss li.ir rowichks, the shooting of Henry SchHiV iw on me mgni or juarcn 1 was done when he was offering rro violence to 1U officer. He had asked to go out In the yard from the Sehaffer kitchen, and Suitter had refused to lt him go. It ma una wn the officer ha arresi. ne n&a asRea wny be was un ijr he would not-go. and d told "him he was under i (Continued on. Page Three.) TROOPS MAY QUELL CLEVELAND RIOTERS (raited Fran Lsaaed'Wlre.) . Cleveland, May 10. Troops may be called out to suppress the, .dynamiters Who are .aiding the carmen in . their atrlke against - ths : Municipal Traction company and who, after blowing up flvs cars last night, distributed nearly 10 dynamite caps along the - tracks this morning. The dynamite waa discovered this morning Just in time to prevent the wrecking of a dosen cars. ...... Rioting broke out afresh this morn ing and several persons Wera added to ths list of injured. No one, so far as can be learned, has been fatally wound ed, but the constant shooting and vol leys of bricks and, stones are expected to result In deaths ' before night Two deputies, a strikebreaker, twq strikers' and a smaU boy wars injured in a rVM at Lakewood yesterday afternoon, but it is believed that ail will recover. Tuesday's serious elnsh at Ijtkewrxxl. a western suburb, occurred when a r-i-nt hidden behind "rocks threw stone n fired revolvers at the firnt car to em-r the village since Saturday. thn f-r waa returned by deputlo, tut no waa hit A second vol i-v wnn f from behind the rocks, ih .-, again replying.; In the thd1 r , debuties. a small boy, a 1 1 1 ', i . ( . . - and two Strikers wr elmt. In a proclamation nud tr.nv ',. ,, r Johnson requests the r"vl" of i land to assist In malnmini.ig t-i. inm the progrres of th (,-,-i- r snd otters a rewar-1 t-r tt-a '- f i conviction of -ver..f.- nmt:f a,,!,,, i or being guaty ct . ..M. i, j,
