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' 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
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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
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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,