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The Journal tins a Larger Proved, Swcm-toPaliHor Circnlalioa In Portland and Within Sixty Miles ol Portland; All Directions, and Tiir II U Lil, el Oregon Than Any Other Daily: Paper Ko Exceptions. Circulation Records? and Records ;ol; Cash Receipts Open ; to the Inspection ol All Aflvertij 2: Thousands, of Bargains - Jtdvrtlsod by Portland Mir-..-.V chants In tho Sunday Journal . Tomorrow, Road Thorn. , JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 31,470 The "Weather Fair and" -warmer ; tonight; Sunday probably lair. .. J : s- .VOL. VII. NO. 66 VVKILANU, ' UKU.UUJM, VSAIUKUAK , KViliJMlNU. MAY 3. ltfUo.TYO SECTIONSlo PAGES. P5IPP. TWrt MTMT9 . o wanw air inrwi - " - . .. w. . giAjrsa.. riTx cut i 7 QUn:, :SJW;11S r nip ATTORNEYS nr h J " i TO ILL-ADVISED ATTACK Piatt & Piatt, Warm Adherents of Re publican Candidate, Prepare Statement Completely Refuting Cake's Charges Against Governor's Actions in State Land' Selections. "The action of the governor in this transaction was not only in the highest degree 'commendable for doing everything in his power to make, good the state 3 obligations, but it was no more than' an object lesson in common honesty. The state was in a position of a man who had sold not own laying asiae me question as to wnetner ne Knew it or nojLLwhjen he did it who thereafter does all he can to prevent his customer from suffering loss. AH members of this firm are warm supporters of 'Mr. Cake for the United States senatorship, and no member of this office has ever voted fon Governor Chamberlain for any public office We feel it our duty to set the governor right with the, public : hi so far as the fact are concerned in a case which is perhaps-typical of state4and matters as developed by the pro- ..j' tl t r- -t u-i.s ccuurc , in . jurtc pnur vj vruvcrnur viitmucria.iri au ministration. -.We owe it to him to set him right before the public in any litigated matter in which he has been either unjustly or erroneously i at tacked." " V From voluntary statement made by Robet Treat Piatt, of rlatt & .Piatt, relative to Governor Chamberlain s efforts to save honest state land purchasers from loss. j . Aa a matter of common Justice and In .overwhelming refutation of the unwarranted attacks made upon Gov ernor Chamberlain by the Evening Telegram in an attempt to besmirch the vigorous efforts made by the state's executive to save honest pur chasers of state lands from loss, Robert Treat Piatt, of Piatt & Piatt, whc appeared as attorneys in the case in question, submitted the fol lowing ' prepared statement this morning for publication, at the re quest of The Journal. - Piatt ft Piatt are political sup porters of Mr." Cake. : In consequence their stand in defense of- Governor Chamberlain is given the 1 more" strength. Tha statement made by the firm gives the lie completely and absolutely to. the charges made in the evening edition of the Oregonlan and are given publicity by the attor neys from a sense of justice and fair play in behalf of the governor who SALVADOR'S NAVY QUITS i SALARY (TMtod Press Lease! Wtoe.) . ' San Francisco, May" it. Salvador, with Its navy consisting of one gunboat, has Just solved a problem which it, was thought would ' develop into a naval scandal.- What did happen occurred be cause Admiral 'W. H. Moore, formerly a purser of a' Pacific Mail steamer, Insisted that as commander of the gun boat Presidents and tha "whole thing" in the Salvadorean navy he should get a salary of J300 monthly in time of peace and much more in time of war. - v Nominally H. Cake is oncemore a supporter of State ment -No 1, tnough not enough so to-hurt He is now travel-, ing through ' eastern Oregon, and in counties .where the Re-' pubHcan legislative candidates are Statement No. 1 men, Mr. Cake ..speaks from ,the platform in support of that principle,: ,1a counties where the Republican legislative candidates are anti-Statement men Mr. Cake does not open his lips on the subject. . , ' Here is Mr. Cake's record: , , V ' f . In 1906, - when he was a senatorial candidate, Cake was against Statement No. X: - t v ' J From January 1, 1908, to April 17 (date of thepnmaries) 2 Cake was for Statement No.rl. ; " -, . - From April 17, 190S, to May-15 (?) . Cake was against t X Statement No. 1. ' -" . ' Z From May 15-(?) to date No, 1--in spots.'- . Who knws where he' will, SiSOTQKfflB GiVE HE a piece of property which he did has been subjected to misrepresenta tions and whose honesty of purpose has been wilfully misconstrued. The statement for the firm by, Robert Treat Piatt Is as follows: "The firm of Piatt A Piatt 1b extreme ly unwilling- to be drawn Into any news paper discussion of any legal business entrusted to Its care, particularly with reference to cases pending in the courts before the various United States land offices - where anything; said ything said be. construed through the press might as an attempt to Influence the Judg- ment of the court or tribunal before which the case was pending. Governor Maliciously Attacked. "We have only consented-to an inter view on behalf of The Journal with rferenre-to an attack made upon- Gov ernor Chamberlain oy the Evening; Tele- day and Friday of this week, because we feel It our duty to, set the 'governor right with the public in so far as -the facts are concerned In the case in which we are interested case which is per baps typical of state land matters as developed by the procedure in force ortor to Governor Chamberlain's admin istration. (Continued on Page Three.) ONE MAN BECAUSE S INVISIBLE - The ' government was horrified, v-To pay that amount would bankrupt the nation, so arquiei nuni was made lor another admiral. Paul Aywald. famil iarly called "Bismarck," and also a for mer sailor on a tfaoifle Mail steamer, came to the nation's assistance.. Moore stepped down and out and has sent word that he is oomlng to San Franclsco.- Admiral Aywald's first daring act was to capture with his "navy" a few harm-less-lookihg revolutionary natives at La union ana stripping them or their trmt When he returned he was hailed as Sal vador's greatest naval hero. -.. - Cake hasbeen for Statement X ' . - . " , " , , t be tomorrow? . . ! , - OF AIRSHIP Passengers Injured "When Big Gas Bag of Morrell Flying Machine Bursts an4 Hurls Aeronauts 200 Feet Through Air. Trial Ascension at Berkeley Ends in Disaster Gas Gathers in Upper End and Canvas Fails to Stand the Heavy Pressure. (United Press Ieased Wire) Berkeley, Cal., May 23.r-rThe bla; Morrell airship which ia '450 feet longf -eollapsed when at a height of 200 feet here today and came down In a tangled mass of ropes and can vass, injuring seven men. The airship was scheduled to make an ascent from Mllvla and Allston Way.. It swung into the air amid the applause of a great crowd which had gathered to see its flight shortly before 12 o'clock. The ship arose, steadily 'until it was caught in an up per air current and the gas began to run into one end of the bag. Then it began to tilt, the pressure of the gas of the upper end together with the drag of weight of the five en gines which were strung at regular Intervals, caused the bag to burst. Men in the lower end fell about 75 feet, the force of their fall being lessened by the buoyancy of the gas bag above them. The men in the rear end of the ship fell nearly 200 feet in a crashing mass of wreckage and . tangled cords. Tha crowd Immediately rushed to the rescue of the occupants, cuuing meir way through the cord, canvas and bal loon envelope to the men who lay groan ing beneath. The Injured aeronauts were quickly removed to wnere mey could - receive immediate attention for their injuries. Bods oa Top of Bag-. John Burns, known as "Shorty," rid- Inr onr too of the gas bag, escaped in- jury by marvelous agility In Scaling the network that surrounded the gas bag. He- climbed 100 feet up the side of the bag as it turned on end and started to come down. Those who were in the air ship were: ' - C. A. Morrell.- Inventor of tha alr- shln. Inside rttrrlnr. - forward end, crushed bv rlsrsrin of BroAeller when alrehip.hit the ground, leg broken and badly lacerated. Taken to Roosevelt hospital. , . , ' C. Trlpple of 8an Francisco, engi neer of engine No. 4, orushed by en- Justin Barber, photographer, in for ward end -of rigging. Ribs broken. (Continued on Pag Two.) BANDITS HOLD OP E Old- Kirk ? Inn Near Reno : Sccn$ of Wild Kiot When Bobbers Assault Guests. . ' - tUntted : Press teased Wire.) Reno. Nev., May 21, After , severing all wires by which assistance could have been summoned, three bandits entered the Old Kirk Inn, a road house in a suburb of Reno Friday night engaared in a wild fight with their victims, but iinaiiy escaped on oicycies. The Inn was crowded with men' and women when the holdups surprised them by rushing in and commanding them to throw up their hands. One or two men more , brave than tha others ' grappled with the desperadoes,. whereupon the bandits opened fire. - - la the meantime women were scramb ling for places -of safety, some of tha weaker ones being -, trampled on. A wild seen of -confusion reigned for a few seconds. i ', , i. Finding their Intended victims unwill ing to surrender as a whole, the holdup men dashed through a door, leaped on their bicycles and escaped in the dark ness. - . . . : - . It was learned later that the trio did Hamate amounting to $1,000 In cutting tha wlraa- . ., ROAD MS mm FATTEN LIVESTOCK CORN GROWN IN fV ""TIP "r;r-?z m- ywi'-rjwiiyi'v1 irsjiiw.i. M(.n)Miwv..,frw,, , v ILW,-WTTO.,MW, -.U.S' !..:,- S.W;yW.:,:i.. , WlllX- " ' r:q - ii-vsw ! O. R. & N. Demonstration Train at Hear MALE CKAPEROFIE pus son JOB Madame Anna Gould Loses Companion Because of De Sagan's Temper. - (United Press teised Wire.) Paris, May 23. It will be a surpris ing bit of news for the American friends ofiMme. Anna Gould to learn that she employed a male chaperon to accompany her on her tour of the Mediterranean ports and. Italy; that his name is Ells worth Chapman; that Chapman' had a verbal clash with Prince Helie de Sagan, who wants to marry Mme, Gould, and that the chaperon has returned to tew York to resume his duties as a law clerk. .... - Mme. Gould conceived the idea of a male companion after her relatives had declined to make, the trip with her. She cabled to her lawyers In New Tork, and they recommended Ellsworth)-Chapman, familiarly known as Chappte., who was employed in their office. Chapman Joined , the former countess and was with her and Prince De Sagan on a five weeks' tour. Everything went along swimmingly. Chapman - was handed big wads or money and instruct ed to pay -the prince's bills. He did It. He waa told to do various other things. He did them. It was one round of pleasure for the chaperon, and until one night not -long ago when Mme. Gould, De 8a gen and a fiarty of friends (fathered around a table n the restaurant Dpj Ambaasadeurs to dine.- After, the diners had satisfied their appetites with various' and sundry dishes with unpronounceable names Chapman was right on the lob with a handful of money to pay tha waiter. Prince De Sagan had flashed a thou sand franc note and wag trying to at tract the attention of the- waiter. When Chapman insisted upon settling De Sa gan stammered that he was "insulted." Chapman there and then declared he had been slighted ' in -the presence of company, and quit his "soft snap." PORTLAND AUTO F esse Schaffer Loses Life in Willamette River at Salem After Canoe Ride. (United Press Iased Wire.) Salem, May - 18. Jesse . Schaffer, a chauffeur, whose home is In Portland, was drowned this morning in tha Wil lamette river at Salem, while canoeing with his sweetheart. Miss Ollle Drum tnond, who lives here. .... , ,The couple were returning--about II o'clock when they attempted to disem bark from the canoe onto a large saw log, which turned suddenly with them and precipitated them into the cold cur rent Miss Drummoud was rescued, but no trace of the youth's body, can -be found. -- i - ' .- - -- Schaffer had . been driving tha auto mobile of f Fred. Stewart who has: been traveling" over the Willamette . sellln - wireless telearraoh stock. valley Both have, been In Salem, living at the Cot tage hotel about two - weeks. Stewart went to Portland this week, leavlnr the automobile In charge of Schaffer, and. naa not yei returnea.. ; ;. - - - SEND BIG DREDGER. " .-TO" ALASKAN RIVERS , (Ualted Press Wlr, Ban Francisco, May- it. -With a big dredger in tow and tha launch Warrior on board, the steamer St. Helens will satr on Monday for Nome and St Mi chaels. The dredger is the property of the North American Dreaarlns company. and Is to be used in deepening Alaskan rivers ana cutting canaiajj DRIVER DROWNS y " .-v,!,,:-vs Wasco, Oregon, May II, Surrounded' by Fanners Who Have Come to' the New Doctrine of Diversified Farming. 0. 1 X II..P mmmm X J 0-year campaign' has been entered upon by tha O. R. & N. Co. by which It is declared that the productiveness of eastern Oregon and .the ' Inland ' empire can - be trebled and livestock graslng converted Into a fat stock industry on an enormous scale. , It-is declared that Oregon can be added to tha corn belt. and will 'successfully ' produce the ce real 'that is the staple stock fattener o? the middle west .. . The complete success of the O. R. & N. Co.'s preliminary campaign for diver sified farming in the territory tributary to its lines has decided the company to continue the work. Other demonstra tion trains will be run in the future. and the most advanced and - scientific Ideas will b9 applied to the movement Develop Uvsstook Xxdustry. . "We believe that as to agricultural products the map of eastern Oregon and Washington will be made - over, during the next, few years, as a result of the work that we have undertaken." said R. B.-Miller, general' freight agent '"It is possible to put eastern Oregon .in the corn belt We. are satisfied that Ore gon will produce corn. and, various other crops In great abundance, and that the livestock Industry can be develoned to can be developed to na - V... 1 1 1 enormous proportions. by -following out the lines of diversified farming? advo cated' by the Oregon agricultural expe riment station. . .wnere vast - wheat farms now occupy the territory, and one half of these lands are idle every al ternate year, general farm products can be raised and the lands used every year with- actual benefit to every acre so used. The result will be that while wheat raising will continue to be enor mously successful, other crops will come In for their share of attention, as In the states of the middle west and there will be plenty of all kinds of feed for livestock. "AnOtnor thing it will be found that wheat fed to pigs will be highly prof itable, and will produce the finest fla vored pork in the world. There can be vast orops of field oeas and clover produced every other year on the wheat lands, and with corn as an important crop the eastern part of Oregon can De converted successfully to the livestock business on a large scale." (Continued on Page Two.) RESIGII FROM STUDENT BODY ,t sSBaaaa-BsssBBwa--ws ".fN...V Professors Cathcart and Swain Uphold Protest of Stanford Students. v . ' (rolted Press leased Wire.) - Stanford University, Cal., May: IS. Rather ; than be criticised by the stu dents for actions of the student affairs committer arousing their .ire, ' Profes sors ' A. M. Cathcart and R. B. Swain have resigned from that body,' , j .... ' It is generally believe that the resig nations will take effect on June 1. when the new committee for the next aca demic -rear will be announced bv Presi dent Jordan. The two professors, It is thought, gave notlcs of their resignation at this time to signify unwillingness to serve another term. - The student affairs committee, is tha board which cut such a wide swath i la the ranks 'Of the undergraduates by their wholesale suspensions, i It was the severe punishment meted out to the men in tha parade of March 12, which aroused the student body almost to the point cf rebellion and opened a breach Of ill feeling between the undergrad uates and the faculty. Professor Cath cart is an associate professor In the law "department stnd Swain occupies the same position la the department of chemistry. f , ' UPON OREGON PIATT SORRY FOR F.1AE WOOD SBaBBBSBSSSSSSBSBBSSSSSSSSaSBSaaBB - Aged Statesman Says He Is Not Candidate for Reelec tion to Senate. (Unites Press Leased Wire.) , New Tork,. May 2S.-VX will not again be a candidate for Urfl ted States sena tor. I am winding up the affairs Inci dent to the closing of my political ca reer." ; - Senator Thomas Collier Piatt made this statement today and added that ha Is sorry for Mae Wood, the woman wh,o lost her divorce suit against : him and was thrown ' into Jail ' on a charge of perjury. t - " : "My withdrawal to Private life, is da- creed, continued - the aged statesman. "I realise that my advanced age stands between he and another term in the senate. I cannot- tell you with what regret I shall . return .to private life." GRAVESTONE-CUTTER BUT COP Traffic of all kinds was tied up for SO minutes this morning about t o'clock on Third street between Morrison and Yamhill streets, by an excited mob of people clamoring to catch sight er Bil vanz De Bol as he charged with blood thirsty avidity after Otto Schuman. pro prietor of a monumental works at 204 Third street, his late, employer. The curiosity of the crowd was not satis fled, for at the psychological moment when De Bol was Doised for a fatal lunge at Schuman, Patrolman Ellsworth Adams appeared and De Bol was escort ed to ponce neadquartera -. ue koi saia ne naa been employed aa a marble cutter for Schuman. and that yesterday when he quit, his employer rciuncu iu pay niio ms run salary. . Schuman, when he swore out his com plaint against De Bol, said that the latter-had been working, for him but a short time and that he discharged him . ITS THE OHE BESt BE Tftesc Arc the Features You Are Looking For NEWS OF THE WHOLE WOKXD Two ' leased wires, special corre- t spondenta at home and abroad, and tha best local staff ever assembled. COMIC SUPPLEMENT Maud. Hooligan, tha Frenchmen, and Jimmy are f the characters to tickle your riba. .... , 4 THE NAVY AND THE PEOPLE Captain Richmond Pearson . writes of tha educational benefit of cruise to Pacific. . BELLE GUNNES8 AND OTHER FIENDS Peculiar features t --ports .mystery: nave surprised wona s greatest detectives. -BEAL HIGH WATER MARK OF CIVIL WAR Spot-where the Confed erete wave threw lta highest spray. , . , WOMAN WHO LOVES FIGHTING MEN Why Helen ' Gould has a v warm place la tha hearts of the enlisted men of the army and navy. DRMIR VS. POLICE JENNINGS FV 8UTOR The -crltle" who has rsvoiutlonixed drsmatlc - criticism- In Portland, finds something more stupid thnn the pUy, TJNlVERSITy OF 5 OREGON -Alumni composed of men end -.iran o-t note who have played Important parts in progress of community, NATURAL GAS LIGHT Ontario man has demonstrated that Ms ton- has other resources than those of the soil.' POOR AND THE HOUSEBOATS Scowtowa looks good to some person whom the Salvation Army assists . BEST SPORTING SECTION Mr. Cronln's department of t? funis Journal Is tinmualed hr anr DSDer in the west JUST A FEW of the bright things in have oeea mentioned here, .Buy a t WITNESS : I ' ' ' ' THE CASE Member of Party at Staf fer's Unexpectedly Corrob ' orates Policeman's Allega tion of Self-Defense Adams Says It Is Perjury, Deputy District Attorney Declares Statement Made to Him Yesterday by Sprecher Differs Widely From Story Told Today. A crushing blow to the case that Dls trlet Attersey Manning has sought to build-up against Nathaa H. .Bultter. tha former policeman on trial for murder in tha circuit court waa dealt this morn ing by tb last of Mr. Manning's own witnesses. Like a bombshell it came as soon as the cross-examination of tha witness waa taken up by Dan J. Malar key, chief counsel for tha defense. Mr. Manning and his assistant Deputy District Attorney Adams, declare) that the witness was bought off between the setting . of the sun last night and the time he was called to testify before tha Jury In Judge Cleland's court this morning, y Mr. Adams says that David Sprecher, the witness In question, nar rated to him yesterday a circumstantial story of what he knew about the kill ing of Henry Schaffer by Suittor; and this story is atartllngly different from the statements made by Sprecher under oath this morning. -r;-.- - Jjglaslac Unk BuppuVkL " . Sorechr's testlmonv aunnilitd tVi waa missing In tha case of the defense up to that time an eye-witness who could corroborate the story Suitter told that he fired the fatal shots In self-defense while tha big longshoreman waa engaged In making an assault upon him. tlpn In the courtroom.' It appeared to lift a burden front tha minds of the de- (Continued on Page Two.) GRABS HIM "w0? Incompetency. . He 'aTIge De Bol had broken a marble slab wonh tf"--.,'d tb, he deducted $5 from nls pay on this : account . .... "w ih? ; circumsUnces. this morning De Bol came around and an altercation ensued. De Bel's warm Ital ian blood was aroused to the boilln point and be started In to wreak ven geance on Schuman. To the police this morning the lat ter said hewthought pa Bol had knlfa In his clothes, but he was not certain enough of this to Incorporate It In lils complaint - . , Officer Adams was four blocks a wsy when he heard De Bol's strident tonei He immediately scented a disturbs nr nd a quick run to the scene confirm" him. It is believed that his timely ar rival saved Schuman from serious phy. SlcaJ Injury , -. v 3 The case will come Up before Jurist Cameron Monday morning, v v O1 i Hobson of La- the greatest western ft - eopy tomorrow and see for . . f it f v f-f tt I ?"
