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tfE JOURUAL CARRIERS HILL TAKE YOUR VJAUT AD " e Riauuutun of CEIIT A VORD, IF YOU CAUtlOT CALL OR FllOUETUE Offl c, - w1 Booms to Xet ? - '"-. Boarders Wanted ? "Advertise" In The Journal Order Your Saturday and Sunday Jour . nal Ada at Once. v The , Weather--Probably fair to night and. Saturday; warmer. ' r ii ! in , . ,..-- iw.'vi ., a -N" i .. ' II JOURNAL CIRCULATION - lESTEKDAY WAS 31,475 VOL. VII, NO. 65. PORTLAND, L OREGON.1.FRID AY.EVENING, M AY 22, J808, TJV EIjTY PAGES. , ,1 ;,,PRICE,.TWOiCENTC HOT w w v , r n k j .i v j ' . ea v i H: M. CME PLEADED : LENIENCY m . - - , - v ,, ' T . '-v?'i-r.:,-;':-:'''-!!',4f''-,i.'-M:f FOR FJIURDERER 1;M.0LBERMM 1mO KILLED OLD MM CASTEEL . OSWALD WEST'S CHALLENGE UNANSWERED Land Commissioner Oswald West to hi's thallenjre to the X Evening Telegram" offering to contribute $500 to. H. M. Cake's campaign fund, if, on 'examination of the records of the state land office it should be shown that Governor Chamberlains record in relation jp tne f "state school lands can in any manner be impugned. i . . ? ;:v: " Mr. West's challenge was submitted to the? Telegram yesterday afternoon, but publication was, re-. X 'fused. It was then published in yesterday's JournaL - ; The challenge is still open. Here it is: ' "An article appeared in the Telegram of May 20 under the head of 'Chamberlain and Land Frauds which, by, garbled letters, misstatements, of facts and innuendo, attempts to blacken the character of X-Gorernof Chamberlain. .l' ' ?.:,-, t f "I hereby agree to pay to W. M. Cake, chairman of the Republican state central committee, for the use of his brother in his present campaign, $500' if, upon the submission of all the state" records having a bearing on this case, to Mr. John F. Carroll, managing editor of the Evening Telegrani, he (Mr. Carroll) does not admit that the course pursued by the governor was wise and commendable, actuated by the pur est motives and for the best interests of the state, and that he would have done the same had he been in Chamberlain's shoes. - OSWALD WEST. "Salem, May 21, 1908." , ; A AAA AAA A AAA A AAAAAAAA (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) -. Salem; Or., May 22.' That H. Mi Cake, candidate tor united states senator before the. people, and his brother, W. M. Cake, did, everything within their power to secure a full pardon for one of the crueleet and most heartless murderers that the state's authorities have ever had to deal with, Is shown by the records in the chief executive's office at Salem. The pardon, was asked for J. M. 01 berman, who shot and killed 1b cold blood, February 24, 1898, in Douglas county, Jasper Casteel, an aged man, as he lay helpless In his bed. " 1 Th murdar la.atlll fresh In the minds of the residenta - of Douglas county, where It Is regarded as one of the mot heinous crlmee ever committed In tb hlatory of the state. Not only did H. M. Cake and W. M. Cake ask once for tin pardon of Qlberinanr but, they repeated hli Monuti to both Governor T. T. - Geer and to Governor Chamberlain. Geer commuted the, death entence to a- sen tence for life in 1$9, the day before Olberman was' to 'have - been hanged for the cruel murder, but not satisfied Cake petitioned ' again for the pardon of the murderer on March 1,' 1907. '. The story of the- murder Is - a fa miliar one to the cltUene of southern Oregon.- The coolness and .deliberate ' neas of the murderer was a remarkable feature of the deed. In a statement on file In the governor's office at Salem George M. Brown of Roseburgv prose cuting attorney of the Second judicial, dletrlct, describes the ; murder , In the following words: i -y- t".s ; i Cowardly. Murder. '"Jasper Casteel and J. M. Olberman )iad been partner for. about three years In placer mining on Lee's creek, a trip- j utary of Myrtle creek, in this county. A few days previous to . the homicide, Olberman brought an action against Casteel. . On : the day previous, they went to Myrtle Creek together to attend the trial. After the trial was had be tween them In the justice's court they returned nearly the entire distance home together in the same wagon and went to the same house and took supper at ine aame tame. ... . "Casteel became intoxicated at Myrtle Creek, and he made threats against Ol berman, and after their lawsuit and their return home together and after dining together at the table of the dead man's daughter, i Casteel used some harsh language towards Olberman. "Olberman went upstairs to bed about 9 o'clock at night. Casteel slept on a lounge downstairs. About S oclock In the morning Olberman came downstairs, which seemed to have awakened Casteel, who said. 'You are uo earlv this morn ing, Mac.' The defendant went out of doors. Soon afterwards he returned and retired to his room upstairs. . . "About three hours later, '' without provocation, .without a word, he came aownstairs again, ne advanced lowaras the foot of the lounge upon which Cas teel was 1 vine and drew the revolver and fired at old man casteel, out missed. casteel. surprised, raised uo ana ex claimed, What is the matter for "what does this mean f- and the only replv of his assailant was to fire again, and as his victim fell back upon the sofa bleeding and dying, then Olberman fired the third shot. Then,' as the defendant told the witness , Duncan, 'he waa still.' ' Act of Brute. -"In the presence of witness Duncan and others Olberman told them to wash the body and prepare it for burial. He led the wav to the house-and showed them the body of his victim and raised rrom the- need or tne corpse an oil cloth slicker he had covered it with, and then stooped over and peered down Into the bloody face of poor old man Casteel and remarked, 1 am sorry, that I shot wits V1U 111.., ,1, IIIUU Uli ' "H lhi took tht dead jma.n T.v tha legs and said: 'I'll straighten him' out so that he wjll go In- the coffin.' - Every ptsrwjii ufr win uear wiineii 10 ins fact that-J. M. Olberman, who is seek ing executive clemency, was the coolest and most collected or the group gath- (Contlnued on Page Three.) RQSEBURG ROSES BY THE CARLOAD .Ladies' Auxiliary of Com . lhercial Club Will Bis tribute Pretty Poses, , : f ; " " " (SpmUI Dispatch te Th JoarnaH r - ' Roseburg. Or.. May ,SJ. -The ladies' auxiliary of the Roseburg Commercial club will send a Carload of - rosea from Roseburg to the Rose Festival in Port land, June 1 to . ' They' will have tbem neatly packed in boxes, so that they can be distributed and handed out in bou quets, with the card attached showing that they came from Roseburg. These roses are to be given away as a remind er that there i are some of the finest roses grown in the Umpqua valley , to be found anywhere. Many of the ex cursionists that top in thl elty ask if the tciwn was named Roseburg from the magnificent rosea that grow here. While this is no special feature to be mentioned in the great parade at the festival. It will add materially 4o the festival in that the supply of roses will not be so great as was expected on ac count of the warm weather being lacer than usual and of the plants not-blooming so fully as usual. It will also he a food advertisement for the Rose (Show hat is held annually in this city. The date of-this year's tiliow has not yet been fixed, but It will be held some time in June. . FAIRBANKS OUT : FOR REELECTION Vice-President ;Decides Sec ond Place on Ticket Will-, Be Good Enough for Him. 1 rttalted Press' teased Wire.) " " r Washington, May 22. Vlce-Prssldent Fairbanks is ' now a candidate for -the second place on the Republican .ticket; having abandoned.' his ' fight ' for - the presidential : nomination. This Is the first definite break In the.' forces of the "allies", as those opposing the as pirations of William vlt . Taft are known. No one In the. Fairbanks camp now gttempts to conceal the move ment.. " ' ' ' -. The word comes from Chicago that Mr.. Keallng, , the Fairbanks .manager, who "opened up headquarters for the vice-president in Chicago more than a week ago, is bending every effort now to getting delegates lined p for Fair banks for second place on the ticket. The significance of the action of the Fairbanks managers la that Taft will be the nominee. The allied candidates decline to discuss the action of the Fairbanks managers, but they are con vinced that Taft and Fairbanks will be the nominees. . i S SPENDS HE ; WEEPING Mail Accused of Killing Mrs. Aldrkh Shows Signs ;u . of Breakdown, i ' . (Special DUotteh to Tbe Toarnat) Walla Walla, Wash., May 22. An af; fectlng scene occurred at the county jail yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Bud Barnes called on her husband, who Is accused of murdering Mrs. Anna Aldrlch. Although Barnes has been in Jail nearly a month, yesterday was the nrst time . his wife , has visited him. Barnes was visibly affected when his wife was ushered into a private room by Sheriff Ha vl land and after affectionately embracing her he broke down and cried like a child. The wife's sobs, mingled with those of her husband." brought tears to the eyes of the officials. Barnes has been showing signs of breaking down for several daya Much of his time is spent weeping in his cell and he does not mingle with the other orls- oners as much as formerly. - Plans for bringing Barnes to trial June .8 are being, rapidly formulated and both sides will be represented by a great array of legal talent. The prose oution will be represented by Prose cutor' Otto Rupd. Deputies McDonald and Bryson and the firm of Gose ' A uose. v- '.. ..- Barnes will be defended bv Cain and Rurspool and the Arm of Garrecht. Ev ans & Dunphy. Forty witnesses .for the prosecution have been subpoenaed and a special venire of 150 jurymen has been ordered by the court. , . . HEART DISEASE KILLS GOVERNOR SPEIDS HIS GOLD COIN Li?ed at the Portland Hotel and Ended Wild Career Here With Big Party to His Many Dupes Repeat ed Tricks in Chicago. Sold Books to Prominent People Who Found That Friendship for Gay One Was an Exceedingly Ex pensive Experiment. Chicago book lovers have suf- fared tor the tune of. $e,009 through Fred Brlggs, book agent, who made hla headQuafters at the Portland , botel about 19 i months' ago. Brlggs , swindled many prominent people of Port- , 4 land and through its Chicago correspondent The Journal, 'haa been able to practically', identity Brlggs as the man whojsot away with a fortune of Chicago money. Brlggs' career In Portland, It was learned today, was certainly a wild one and expensive to those wo trusted him. OREGON. MAM WILL BRIM , SQUADRON TO '.PORILAND 1 ' .'""SI :- .... -;. .-.. ... ' .:- - r , , . . , . ' I ' .A ' V-i'" ' ' .' .' . ,', Tf ''ll'tWWW)lll.ajyiKtT.f'iiMiJJ W,l).t I, II . tWIIMI.ilil L.CJUi mimi)mnii'Hlnyi.im.HiJ i ,ii J ymu 1 1 1 mmmmmmmmm wmm - " " ' ' ' - " ' . , . : iP V , ' :& 'y:-ir !"' ' ' - :tp f A 7); i 1 vy,.i'w - f :''H' ' txA ..... . - ,:. -...s,.-:i-iav;-Jj. Cruiser Charleston, Which Will Be Flagship of the Cruiser and Torpedo Squadron That Will Visit Portland During tbe Rose Carnival. 1 Sparks of Nevada Passes at Eeno After Al ness of Five Months. Away (United Press Leutd Wfe. Reno, . Nev., May , 21. Governor Sparks, after an Illness of .five months died at. 8:30 this morning. Neuralgia of the heart was .the Immediate cause of death: Lieutenant-Governor Don & Dicker- son sucoeeds to the governorship.' Dlckerson Is 34 years old, being the youngest governor Nevada ever had. Governor. Sparks .was 65 years old and one of the state's wealthiest men. Governor Starka began . to sink at 1:10 'o'clock this - morning and his physician was hastily summoned, but nothing could be done for the patient and at ;!0 he passed away. His wife. sen and daughter were, at the bedside! Governor Soarka became III soon after the federal troops were sent to Gold field last December to prevent an ex pected; outbreak by' striking minors. The worry caused- bv the situation In Goldfleld, and the criticism heaped upon him for asking President Roosevelt to send federal troops" to the mining camp caused Governor Sparks to take to his bed. but ha recovered after a few tfava, Early in January Governor Sparks was caught in a "heavy rainstorm . and neuralgia' and nervous complaint fol lowed. He sought treatment in San Francisco,- but failed to benefit by It and returned to Reno. r -Jovernor Sparks was born in Missis sippi. Early In life hla parents tnoK him to Arkansas, then to Texas. Soon after attaining his v majority he en gaged la rattle-re Islng on an. extensive scale in TTtah,- Nevada and Idaho and while still a "very , young ' man was known as a cattle king. In the winter of 188S, however, he . lost his entire fortune, but with r indomitable courage retrieved It. Finally he was ; elected governor of Nevada by a large majority. He was reelected in 1(06. - .. ? H served In the Apache war with credit, . i. . ". . , , .. .. i. . . Flzs water by the tub, automobiles at all hours of the day and night, f 20 gold pieces handed as if with a scoop shovel, such is the general memory held by numerous people in . Portland of Fred A. Brlggs, the high-rolling book agent who; appears to have repeated his Port land experiences In Chicago. But others In this cltv would like to meet the fes tive distributor of limited editions at four times their value and have a little confidential talk with him regarding a few small, very small, matters in the way of unpaid bills and bad checks. After the San Francisco fire a Jovial, well-dressed, smooth-talking chap en gaged quarters with his wife in the Portland hotel. Within, a . week he had acquired the reputation of being a "spender," and the pace he set is still used as a measuring stick when lesser lights are mentioned. . - Xla Sngae-lnr Ways. ; His eneaalnar wavs. his outside nollsh. his freedom with ready cash soon gave this prince or dook sellers tne latcn key to doors of many wealthy people In. this city. No-ringing' the door bell for Mr. Brlggs and then asking for the lady of the house. Hardly. It was the whole family for an automobile ride, a dinner or two. or half a'dosen. It real ly did not matter, then tbe sale of "lim ited editions." . Of course when the suave gentleman Incidentally mentioned that the price waa only a couple of thousand dollars no one dreamed of disputing him, or even of looking up the matter to find out. They paid. Then Brlggs would have- a la ps of memory that, somehow resulted In the money getting to Clare mont, the automobile dealers. - the wine agents and elsewhere less mentlonable Instead of going to the publishers in the' east. . Many were bitten by the hand that fed them, so to' speak. . One gentleman In this city loaned about ' 11.100 to Brlggs. He also bought' books at ' sev eral .times their value. - v Brigits was the soul of genial accom modation, "JUst sign this note," if the money was not . convenient. Then Brlggs promptly raised money on the notes, there was another golden whirl wind with showers of champagne to allay 'the dust' In all the throats In the room, and Brlggs forgot to remit the proceeds of the .sale to . the east. ' Gave Biff Party. Finally the end came, A roaring party in one' of .the-. leading hotels and things were as gay as ever, but next day there was a vast' silence where Brlggs had ? held forth, - Uts office in the Conoord building was deeeHed ex cept for a mob of collectors with a fair sprinkling of police officers. Two hun dred and flftv dollars was hung up as a reward for the presence In Portland of one Fred A, Brlggs. Short checks came back from the banks and an uglytem- fiered representative of the eastern publ isher wanted to see Mr. Brlggs for a moment to find out why something like 14.000 entrusted ,to him had dlsap- feared. Nothing more was heard of he gentleman till the news came from Chicago yesterday .uat a certain book agent - (no name gives) had repeated the Portland game in the Windy City to the , tune of about 1 50,000. v i John A. Patten of Evanaton. Tlllnole, one of the keesest members of the Chi cago board of trade, wants to' see the gentlfman. Because of a smooth tongua Mrs. Patten gave the agent a check for tZ.S50.and signed - notes for $20,000. These -notes . were promptly 'used' to raise money fen high rolling ooeratlone at ras lfeht conducted bv said smooth) kn. V a...., A -At Kr , millions I f-'a was tricked Into aiming note for 149. 000. which her delishted husband bought back for sio.eitu in coia rasn, even in these hard times, In each rase the game was the same. If the aaent could -enlV ret ft note signed the ruhllher would bind. seme verv expensive nooks in a-wy that SAILORS ViORRY JUI: SOCIETY ' ".. ' . - ''' ".- .vi.. ' ..... ' ' eBaeaaseasaesasssMeasaBMeBB ' Honolulu Belles Divided on Question of Dancing With the Enlisted Men. (United Press Lciud Wirt.) Honolulu, May 22. Society here Is divided against Itself today on the ques tion of whether Mr. Jack Tar of the Atlantio - fleet of - the ' American navy la a suitable dancing partner for the ladles of the upper crust., . The trouble has grown out of the plana for a big ball for all the sailors of the fleet to which the leaders of society were ex pected to come and weloome the blue jackets witn open arms. . "The ; society women of Honolulu, will never attend a -ball at which thev are expected to dance with the sailors. said -ueorge-w. mitn. -editor -of -the Advertiser. "It would be better to give a ball to the officers." ' This suggestion caused a storm of protest at the suggestion " of drawing tines nwiui i ii consequent airxl culty In determining -lust what mm. bers of Honolulu society would be elig ible to attend such a f unction. - Some of .the women, of society, how ever, -say they would be delighted to meet "Mr. Tar." Mrs. George R. Car ter, wife of the ex-governor, today said: "I should have no - hesitancy In atteud- mg uia dbiu ine American sailor is good enough for any society In any country In th wirM .' HjDfAffS-LIQUOR; DAGGERS, DEATH .?:;.' .-. '-' assssBBassBfcissaisssss Kewt Sutton Supplies Drink ;f and Eooney Stabs Him 4 . and Ira Strong. K (Special DUpatcb to The loarsil.) , , Toledo, Or., May 22. Newt Sutton, an Indian, came to Toledo yesterday and got a supply of whiskey. On his re turn home he was met at the Silett river by Ira Strong and Stewart Roo ney. The three turned back and went to W. M. Metealfs house, where they engaged in a brawl. Rooney fatally tabbed both Strong and Sutton several clmes. Strong and Sutton are about 20 years old. Rooney li about 85. No arrests have yet been.made. IMUDIK STORY OF COWIDEIi ' When the cruiser fleet sails up the Columbia there will be particular re Joiclng In two Oregon families and It will : be enthusiastically received First, because Percy Olmstead who came from the John Day country and to whose father pretty nearly every boy of any consequence In east ern Oregon went to school, Is going to fly the vice-admiral's flag as com mander of the flagship Charleston, and second because John L. Martin Is coming as chief engineer ; of the Charleston and that's a long story and a true one. Charles M. Mullen, who lives at East Ninth and East Davis streets, and who conceived the water, power tunnel, cut off of the Snake river, lived when he was a young roan In Portland, . Maine. And he had freckles that overlapped. When he had grown up and his freckles had ceased to show his mother grew lonesome.- "MOtner, i Deiievs yuu eou some one to bring In the wood and to have about the house that you can scold in my place, ne torn ner. -"Yes. I do." aareed Mrs. Mullen, "but I want a freckle-faced boy." Mr. Mul len pondered over it for awhile and the nest dav went to Boston and told the head of the Boys' Orphan asylum there that he wanted to adopt a . boy. . They marshaled the TO odd little mites out for his Inspection and away downy at the end of the line was a freckle-faced boy. . r. . .. ,..-....- "I watched him." said Mr. Mullen, 'land when I walked up close I saw that hla eves were brlsht. ha carried his head well and best of all he had freckles that overlapped. Weloomed at Boston. "I told them directly that be was the one I wanted. Hut you can't have him,' they said. 'His sister Is livlnr and there are reasons why we don't want him to leave tne asylum.' i insisted. However, and at last had my way. All the way home from Boston the little fellow was frightened and I had a hard time making friends.. But when we got In the -house be saw my mother and ran up to her and threw his arms about ner nectt. - There never was any trou ble after that. , . ; , ; ' That was 15 years - ago. The day he came I gave him a $20 gold piece and told him that if he carried the wood In and got the water every day there would be another for him at the end of the year. He lived with us seven years and then, it became necessary for me to be away from home most of the time end we sold' our place. I had seen John trying to pound a horseshoe In the blacksmith shoo and knew that he bad a hand for mechanics. Therefore -1 took him down to the Portland. Maine, '(Continued on Page Eighteen.) PROHIBITION PARSON 4 ' ARGUES WITH BRASS KNUCKLES; PAYS FINE (Continued on Page Three.) (Special CI' pa tea t the JoanuLV' . Enterprise Or, May. 22. Because , to began his prohibition campaign ; with nls fists and a pair of brass knuckles, Rev. ijoore. pastor f the Presbyterian church at , Wallowa wa force! to eon tribute 210 to the public treasury today. M. .Wltherell of Wallowa, the recipient of the love taps from the ardvnt. antlv snloon worker, appeared as -complaining wltneaa . . , . , ' Two month-usgo Rev. Moore entered a dispute with Wiiherell over th liquor : ' --..-'.. x Question. Their ideas on .the subject were -different and the advocate of pro hibition - proceeded to decorate his ep ponent's .face with sundry cuts and bruises... v - ? . . ,. Wlthereil started ' an investigation Into the. cause of the minister's eativ victory and learned that a pair of brasn by tile wontern rn i : a knuckles had been - used. . Ha reported i ered In some. quo n. .f th tne errnir to inegrna jury ana had Moor Indlottfd. The cafe was called before JiKltT Crawfird l;i llin circuit ro-.irt. J!rire enterci 4 l-lej of (guaty and was lineU no. ( IIEIlEy 111 HOT FREE ABE RUEF Prosecutor Declares He Will Camp on Trail of Ex-Boss - ' Till Convicted. (United Pren leased Wire.) San, Francisco, May , Jl. "We shall continue to prosecute 'Abe Ruef until the law ts vindicated. There will be no let up. We are not so disheartened over m oiMgrmiuunt lout w - wiu lay down." Francis J. Heney, . assistant -district attorney, paused long enough today In the midst of work he Is already carry ing on for the retrial of the ex-boss, to make this statement. If he is thorough ly discouraged , over - the- work of the Jury, which was discharged Thursday night because it could not reach a ver- UB1UI UUb UUUrH. IllH J KI'IHL expression did not Indicate it. The final vote of the Jury was six for acaulttal and six for conviction. "Of course," added Heney, "I am of the firm conviction that the vote of the jury Is not a fair index of the honesty, lntelllger.ee and cood cltlxenahln of the community, . but the blame should ' be placed where it belongs on those su perior court Judges who furnished such a large proportion of bad citlxenship from whloh to select our lurora- Thn efficiency of the Jury system is on trial in San Francisco and is beings put to a very hard test. I shall continue this battle until Jiuef gets what . he deserves."- ,, . - GRAFTED FROM C G i "U" Secretary of Big: College Ac- cuscdof Embezzling Ten Thousand ITollars. - (Ualted Praas Leased Wire.) . Lansing, Mich., May Jl-After hold ing the position of secretary of the University of Michigan for 25 years. James H. Wade is confronted by n charge, of having, embezxled between 15.000 and SlO.OOu of the funds of the Institution. . Further disgrace is said to be in store for him for Attomey-Oeneral Bird will demand that the university regonts dis miss Aim and will Insist upon the "' retary reimbursing the state In full. In addition to this the attorney-general will lay, what facts he has gathered in his Investigation before the Vashtnaw county prosecuting attorney for action.. It Is said mat waue pracucaiiy auinirM that he has been grafting for many vears. On account of the thefts hav ing been so flagrant it Is believed that no Immunity will be granted Wade. EAILKOADS CUT WAGES . TO F0BCE HIGH KATE (Unltr4 Vrm IjrnfA Wlre.J Chicago, May 22. A general wages of all section m anl in llorers has bepn ordere.1 hy t: roads extenamg wot rr ni , i evcral thousnnd tnen r erf.-.- This Is the first wage r- i. cut !'i .-:K.: ! " t a grntral cut lnnlln ! unu-.-s ! rra. hv fii i lion I , li tyu: s t , f i : '.