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ATTORNEYS
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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
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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
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CORN GROWN IN
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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.
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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 ?"