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3IERQ, V7AHTC." - "FOR OALE'FOR. .REITT;LOST,,ANDi."FOUND.M-CGGT OI IE CEI IT A VQRD IN TE-IE' DAILY Oa SUNDAY JOURNAL? it -rl 4 T ALWAYS PAYS JOURNAL CIRCUDMION .... IESTET.DAY WAS 31,275 To Read Journal Want and Dls ay Ads. Don't Miss Them Today. ' - The weather Cloudy with prob-' able showers tonight and Friday. VOL. VII. NO. 70. PORTLAND; OREGON, "THURSDAY - EVENING, ' MAY; 28 1808.TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ' A nnrntf zrrttm , aTio - , " ow ntanrs lira l- ll II u vil v. - ii ; i I I J i 111 fill II I I I sV li M 1 1 I I 1l U I J A I 1,1 I I I - v '' II . I 1 I I 1 1 if I I , I 1 " I , --. I I 1 I 11. V ANKER SENTENCED TO -im-JESKSlBSOII BailFixed at $6,000, .Making Total ,Ifow ; Required $20,000 Defense Wins Sev eral Important v Points After : Argu ments Are Heard by the Court Ilonnnnrn nnnl GOVERNOR CMS J , ' u r u , ; PRtlEnlED K FOR f I MM W 11 I 1 -M !- PBIiPITIfS millflfllQ i t it ii i.i i i i t i i ii i i ii i . i i il l i uaaaii m-m m m m I 1 U .i 1 'f I v WI1WLLIIUU - VIIIIIIIIWIIL.U Salem, Or., May 28. J. Thorburn Ross, convicted before Judge George H. Burnett In the circuit court of Marion county last month of larceny by the conversion of $280,000 of state School funds while president of the defunct Title Guarantee & Trust company of Port land, was sentenced this morning, to five years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $576,853.74 cents, and in default of the fine he may serve 288,000 days in the Multnomah county jail, or more than 800 years, ; ; , . J-'"-" x:t:v : ' ; Stay of judgment was granted by .the court and bailpending appeal was fixed at $6,000. . The total bail now required of Ross is $20,000. , . ' , k. All afternoon yeitertay formr gov mor Wnilam Lord andJWaUac Mo Camant &rgvM In behalf of tholr client on the motion for a new trial. Mahy of the Mine points that were' threehM on t In . the original 1 irjat were ' gone over again by the counsel: " MoCanant cited fiitn umpiwo w au lawn w ruiinn of the court during' the trioj of Roaa laitt. month and endeavored to show-the ' exception were v founded on g-ood grounds br- reading an unlimited Burn er of authorities. 1 , . , The : court has misinterpreted and misapplied the law," was the conclusion '.-treche4: by Attorney!' McCamant, '"and ' had the court heard, the 'preliminaries as they were argued in the Multnomah bourta would have- ruled differently." . In that statement inada directly, to the court McCamant .all kut admitted that ha made a mistake by brtnglng the ease into this Juiiadjctlon. Lord and McCamant went thoroughly Into every legal point that had been raised before. 1 Ther asserted no evi dence had fien heard to show there was any conversion by- Koee personally. They also argued that the state-treas urer was a trustee and not a bailee and had authority to loan the funds or dele gate that authority to an agent, in thla case the Title Guarantee & Trust com pany, 1M k - t" . . ' " Effective Argunta. Williftbi Fi Iiord's pleading' Wa effective- His argument grew eloquent st times but when he would reach, an Important climax often- his voice would fall him and only a rasping whisper would reach the few in the court room listening to the argument. However, he talked for two hours and his argument was dear and attentively listened to. by the eourt .., . -t u -,-, ":. :0 :tu ' CEEMO SLOWLY 01 Fonner President Suffering Froni Serious Malady Which . Physicians vAre Unable to Check -Great Precau 1 tions Taken to Keep News From the'Public j . : ' (Cnlted Press tsesed .Wire.) :' :- ; ! is lakewood, K. J.,May IS. Renewed precautions against allowing any Infor mation to be given out were taken to day at the Lakewood hotel, where for mer President Grover Cleveland la suf fering rrom some serious malady; which It is believed. Is gradually killing; him and the impression prevails . that the ad - Is near. , The j utmost secrecr ' rearardlnsr - the nature of the former president's Ill ness has been maintained since he came herg early In March. ? It was given out that he was .indisposed as the result of Indigestion. , But the emplownsent of two stomaoh specialists who remain with him alternately 24 "hours at a time has -not been -explained. :-, V Testerday- it became known that Clevelanl's oondltion had taken- a turn for the worse and last? nigmr both doctors were with him. The CTevelands' apartment is the only one occupied in the great v resort hotel. It is on the second floor In a wing, far away from the main entrance, so that the patient is as successfully Isolated as If he were on an island. . . - Mra Cleveland, who continually has f riven out optimistic reports is no? be leved to be aware of the true facts of the case. It has , been- repeatedly reported and "denied" that .Cleveland ls sunering rrom cancer or the stomach and thlg theory has been given support by the nature 'of the Illness, as In dicated by the actions , of the physl- vimiD, Thniiph there are Mvunl rrtnf nere, au or ine t leveiana prescrlptloi are sent to New York to be filled, a fiarently because the medicine' might ndicate the disease. . , . ,.: , R TO HEAR Empire Theatre Will Be Thronged Tonight by the Many ' Men and Women Who Will Listen V to, ; a ? ' ' ,, Speech by .Chamberlain. ' - Governor George E. Chamberlain will be greeted at the Empire theatre to night, when he delivers one of the con eluding addresses of his campaign, by tha largest crowd which has turned out to hear him any place in the stats dur ing his four Weeks' tour. From' alt sides of the city and from the outlying districts and suburbs both men and women are coming to hearthe senatorial - candidate. With indications pointing to an - overflow meeting;, the governor's managers are fearful that many will be turned away. Every ef fort will be made to accommodate as large a number aa possible. - . ; Recognised as one of the ablest speak ers in the state, besides being tha most S' opular executive Oregon has ever had. overnor Chamberlain has attracted im mense crowds in -every section where lie lias spoken' during the past month. Hence, the eagerness displayed by hun dreds to see him again and hear his re-marks at the meeting this avenlng which will practically conclude hie cam- Jtalgn on the west side of the city lin ed indefinite arrarrgementa f or him to speak at :S0 o'clock Friday night at Oriental hall on the fair grounds, are carried through; ' 1 ' ; :i ' ' Mayor to Vreslds. . ; Mayor Lane will 4realde at tonight's meeting at the Empire, -and Governor Chamberlain's " address will begin firomptly at 8 o'clock. Other. .Democrat c speakers will be heard at the con clusion of the governors remarks.- Tomorrow will be the concluding day of Governor Chamberlain's canulgn. lie will be spaded in an auto to various points throughout the county. Start le, 1 iill's f ....,-v:v-? Ing at 8 ell wood at I a. m, be will speak at Ariesa at 11 a. m.; Lents, 11: JO m.; ureinam, i2;so n. m.; Troutdal P- m.: Bt. Johns, 4:J0 p. tn and Hi nan, AiDina, s p. m. , i - --.. . During his -tour tomorrow tha gov ernor': will - be accompanied by a party of Democratic county and state candi dates who will speak .briefly : to . the voters. ',.:.;..: &U Waa the Governor.' . ", Demands to have the governor speak at other, points in the atate are still pouring into his headquarters. , These are taken as positive indlcationa of tbesman's popularity, and the vote he will receive in June. . .- . ' letters from individual as Republl caps and- every other party faith, de mands from granges, county societies, business associations and nearly every other kind of an organisation, aside from requests from Democratic commit tees of various counties, have flooded the governor's Portland headquarters Owing to the fact that it will be im possible for him to meet any one of these urgent requests, the governor will confine himself to Multnomah county Friday and .will observe Memorial day (Saturday by resting. Ex-Senator John M. Genrln will go to Seaside and As toria to address the -voters In Governor Chamberlain's behalf Friday afternoon and; evening.-, v ? . t , . v- ' - t i i . , . .Vv': New Kotarleg amed. ' " (Special Dbpa'rh to The Jsarnal.t ? ' ' Salem, Or., May 28. CommisMoni as notaries have been issued as follows; W. J. Kyle, Florence; R. W. Hoyt and Charlrs R. Ponneil, rortland, and C. W. Lord, Condon. i . AseovEEon, Es has mads possible Tt ' leoki at Oregoa City. Es has plaoed the Stats Untd -:. Otfoe oa aa honest aad " btisljisssllka basis. J Es baa cleaned out tha old -aohool.laad rfasg and grraa ' ; yoa a good State land lawr. ;' . r- i - V . - Es kaa protsdtsd and lav ' ereaseddiseoatmoasohool , fOBdofthaBtata,- E1S THE GOODS" Waa taatromeBtal m the pas sage of law taxing oor poratlons and inheritanoes ; Bag always beea aa earnest advocate of Statement Wo. 1 and tha Direct Primary . taw. ' Baa helped aeoura the pas sage of laws preventing - - ohUd labor, rsgnlating the bonrs of labor; and otbat laws ia the interest of tho ;. working saav, ASSEflATOR .Es Will support ths admlnls - ' tratlon and its progresarro ; poUoUs.-t y jr WlH look to the oonunerolal j . gad tndos trial Interests of Oregon and tha oaserrat ' ttoB of ov fasoiuoasj. , WIS work for spproprlatlong lor Improving oar rivers and harbors and for nor pnbUo baildlnga. Win work for as smeadmant j. to tho Oonstltatloa per ' uttUng the election of Seav , atom, by a dlrset vot of the peopls. .'Win bso every endeavor to aeenre patents - for our ' honest and long .stiff sring t BOSwsteadMaV ! ,) work for Postal Bavin; banks and laws In ths la. tsrest of bbetv , ,) ' ,- J !. i Wm settle tho Pree Looks onestion. " "' " " iO 0,'lE (lEGtlETS VOIIL'G F00 FDD GOVfClIOIl MIlBrillSlII -JULJuvyL OREGON' 4 MAN 0F1HE PEOPLE IVD! ffV PLMfQRM ; W. S. U'REM LINKED CUKE'S NftMEMITH Sl jlN&MD OIL i Governor George E. Chamberlain, re plying to W. S. TTBen's, recent attack en him for becoming a Statement No. I candidate for United States senator, has exposed both Mr, .tTRen's and Mr. Cake's palpable Insincerity q the . Statement No. 1 principle a principle for which both claim they have been and are now working, notwithstanding; words and ac tions to the contrary; . -Ji a i r r- ' . Mr. U Ren is asked " some pointed questions relative to the position he has taken recently in-behalf of . Mr. Cake, which position is directly opposed to the one he maintained two years ago and even as recently as. two months since. Governor Chamberlain charges that Mr. U'Ren himself Is responsible for the charge that Cake was a Stand ard Oil. attorney, yet-Mr. ITRen is ap parently Mr. Cake's ardent supporter at the present time. The governor'a letter follows: . . . " "Corvallls, Or.,f May .--Hon. W. 8. U'Ren. Oregon City. Oregon. Dear sir I take note that In your advocacy of the election of Mr. Cake fou address sn open letter" to me in which you say: . " '1-r-Beeause the Statement No. 1 principle has not yet gained a decisive victory, and until ft does the" legislature will not elect you or any other Demo crat." . ,.- " . -: . j Pointed Questions for ktr. TTBea. "How do you know what the legisla ture will do? How can you tell that a 'decisive victory for the Statement No. 1 principle is not In the minds of the rople, already won, and that on June the victory will be signed, sealed, and delivered, and In January ratified by the legislature? ' - "Does not the overwhelming vlotory for the principle In the late primaries, oonceded and acknowledged by all even Its opponents, presage such a victory J,une it " - .-' "If yoa. If nr. Cake, and other such exponents .of the saeaaare, would de ots all yew powers to the election ef saaj4aea BlidJ4VJtlaiment JTo. X Instead of trying; to jjloud the Issue by lntrodncinf parOaad phases , Into , . the pbatest, would not. ths 'decisive victory for the principle be very; much easier of attornment? ; . . . - J;",:.. , :, . . "When you nnd Mr. Oaks persistently refuse to aid. la the election of oucn legislative , candidates .only no Nare pledged to thla principle, , ate yon ' not to that extent doing all yon can to in jure the oasss of Statement STo. 1 and sTuooomiy standing' in tho way. ox a decisive vlotory' for the principle t .'Tou, suggest'; that I should wlth 'draw from the contest; ' i;.-f -? :.tl!:? 1; T t. Becausa your Influence would be very much greater for the sleet Ion of Statement No. ' 1 members ; of tha legislature ir you were only an advo cate of the prlnclnle , Instead of being Trmen'Croasag Klmaelf. ' "if yon believe that, why did yon, after explaining that yon doubted the sincer ity of Xr. Cake no to Statement ITo, 1, come out as a senatorial candidate your self In ordtr to kelp , On the 'decisive victory for the principle " v "It your present contention Is true, why did you. not proceed before the people aa an advocate and not as a can didate, as you now advise me to do? If your appearance aa a senatorial can didate seemed to you to strengthen your hand , as a Statement No. 1 exponent, then .why. doe a It not also' strengthen my hand and further .the , cauae . of Statement No. IT "- - - -f'If it was necessary for you to come out aa a candidate, as you then de clared, irv order to force Mr. Cake to take a decided stand on Statement No 1, Is It not ' equally necessary how, since yoa have retired, for me to stand aa a' candidate In .order to force you as well as Mr. Cake te occupy a decided attitude toward the same principle T ' -Xm It 'not perfectly patent to yon, as to multitudes of others in ths state, that If I were not in the field as a sena torial candidate that Kr. Cake -would not, from too day after the primaries to election day ever have mentioned State ment STo. 1, standing as he does on an aatl-8tatemant Ho. I platform and bear in tha Indorsement or an anti-Statement , convention? ; rThe fact Is-that If you and Mr. Cake had r placed . ths principle Involved In Statement No. 1 above party and partisan- considerations you would both now be in the Held advising the election of those candidates only, without regard to party, who had pledged themselves to Statement No. 1, as you both advised the nomination" and election of such candidates before the primary., election. V-;-;,? principle ia. Jeopardy. . The vacillating course of yourself and Mr. Cake on this subject endangers the principle. This la the position which 1 have taken; it is the position which both of you should take, and. If you would Join with me. there is absolutely no . question but that the - legislature would be In favor of Statement No. 1 by a large majorrty. - I greatly fear that you place vour party above the Jrlnciple (Which you both advocated be ore the primaries and about which you expressed doubt as to Mr. Cake's sin cerity. - t i ''"' ' -, V " '" - - "I think that the suggestion In your letter - that: ray course will be Instru mental in "driving Republicans into the Chamberlain corral' In the hope that I may be elected on the 9rt day of June and a ' legislature elected wvhleh -Is op posed to Statement No. 1. so that some other Republican than Mr. Cake may be elected by the legislature. Is an insult to a large body of Republicans in this State.- ' v . - --- -'' -i v . - rYou i practica,Hy L charge that- they will be treacherous to, Mr. Cake's can- Outrageous Conditions in State's Prison Eeformed the Moment Chamberlain Took Office. Brutal Acts of Guards Made to Stop. Chaplain St. Pierre Shows y That Humanity Supplant ed Feelingless Methods of Men Who Served State Before Being Ousted. ' (Continued on Page Eleven.) z (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) - Salem, Or.', May 28 "No one knows better than does J. D. Lee, who was for a time superintendent of the penitentiary, what changes Governor Chamberlain 'has made (or the betterment ot the Institution," says Chaplain B. W. St Pierre ot the states prison, "and I amaur- lrlsed.:to Jearn-.tuaLUia. -Las- taken the stump In this campaign against ithe governor on any such grounds. ! rMr, Lee knows as welt as everybody else knows who has wstched the prison policies of our governors' that tha elec tion of " Governor Chamberlain 'was a great ' blessing to the people of this state on, account of thla one reform slone. I can prove every word Say regarding the governor's prison policy. nd An uv that he has wrouaht changes at the penitentiary that have been of more value to the people of this state than any other one thing that has ever Deen done Dy any governor ir, 1 am a MenuDiican ana always voieu the ticket straight until I . voted for Governor Chamberlain two yeara ago. My compensation for the work I do at the penitentiary Is $37.50 a month. I am looking for no favors from the gov ernor or from-anybody else and have no desire to tell anything duo me- en- solute truth.- My position depends not upon' the governor, but upon the prison board, oomposea - or - t reasurer . ueorge Steel. Secretary of State Frank Benson and the governor. , peaks for Ctoveraor. The truth of the matter is that 1 am more in danger of losing my posi tion by defending the governor than If I should keep still.' because the posi tion deoends unon the two Republican members of the board. I care nothing for the position further than that I love ine wora. x eiti u mmw reward on earth for what I, have done ami . must add that my ranch In Polk county bringing me an income of $2,500 a year reauy noeas ray mmnuuu. 'rMr. tee will verify? every statement make. He will not deny tnem. He win ramamher how nrisonera were un mercifully flogged, flogged within an inch or their lives ror inning raisoe- haviors. They were flogged until their backs were like raw beefsteak and one could gather a pint of blood from the floor where ' they had received their flogging. Chamberlain abolished all these ana many omer oruiai practices. "Perhans Mr. le can tell about the storeroom for vegetablee where-now is our dining room. .Because or tms piece there were at one time in the peniten tiary cases Of typhoid fever. That was under Governor . Goer's term . and the regime' of Mr. Lee. -, "' "What mad Tracy the most daring outlaw the west-hag known? Why did he escane from the -, prison snd . delib erately and in cold blood shoot a' guard in the backT it was Because orv tne cruel and Inhuman treatment he , had received at the hands or that sruard. Seven men were klHed by Tracy. I be lieve, in his outlaw life of a few weeka All because ort the . treatment ne re- cleved at the hands of the guards and other prison orriciata - - p pesllna; of Hatred. I could cite a number of Other "cases where ex-convicts have followed -and shot down in cold blood former guarda They -went out from the prison with vengeance--against .the keepers because of their treatment Many an unsolved murder was committed with 'no other motive. I cannot prove these things, but those familiar with Oregon prison history do know them to be true. - "And how about- tha former guard mac ia now saiu to oe a raving maniac, who possesses the hallucination - that prisoners are continually trying to kill htm and who cannot even live with his wife for fear that she may be In league with a prisoner that he once brutally beat who la endeavoring to kill bimT That guard is still living and he was one of the force under the regime - of superintendent juee. "All this is changed now. There Is not .a guard at - tne - state prison now who has any fear of any prisoner that la released from the Institution. The governor negan maaing cnanges at once. He is a natural reformer. He visits the penitentiary .twice a week when he is in Salem.-' He even takes food with the prisoners in order , to see .what is fed to them and any person who visits the prison ; may - at any time partake of the food that is served to the con victs. I do not know whether' it I generally known or not but the guards and officials at the Oregon state prison eat the same fare, cooked by the seme men in the same prison kitchen aa do the convicts.' .- , . , , . v s l ; v Prison Xefonn,' : ' -"k;vvy'; ' "Last fall I attended the annual con-1 Oakland, Oregon, on Guard . Against Men Who Bobbed) Nearly Every Store iff tho ! Town and Are in' Hiding.' fosse of Citizens on Trail.: Details of Battle in Dark With Marshall Who .Was1 Ambushed by Thieves Besidents ' Indignant Over Outrages. 7 ; (Continued on Page Eleven.) -r1 Special Siepttd - te Ttie Xeeraal.t- . Oakland, Or., May 28 Every mala citizen ot Oakland and . everyone within a radiua of-10- miles ot this town who 'has a shotgun, rifle or revolver Is engaged in. the. man hunt tor .the two.fobber Who '.Tuesday night looted' every store In town; in cluding Xb9 postof flee, and who shot and4 BerlouBly wounded Town Mar shal, John W. Beckley In a fight near' the Southern Pacific depot. -, All trains entering and leaving Oak land are- being watched by the mar shal's posse of 20 armed men and every suspicious character Is being examined by the sheriff. , Late last. night a tinner who came Into town- yesterday morn ing on a freight, train, was arrested on the Southern Pacific V Portland-bound passenger, but when he showed his ticket to Portland and gave a satis factory account of himself while In town the posse allowed hirn to "continue to Portland. y-'t - ''''; - ' . Wholesale mobbery. The looting of Oakland is one of the boldest wholesale robberies ever pulled off In the Willamette valley. Oakland is a ; small town 18 miles north of Soseburg. Tuesday night the robbers went through every building of lm portance In the town, They broke Into" the postof flee and secured a few dol lars In cash and the supply of stamps. They bnrned the stamps through ma liciousness and then went in next door to the hardware store of Grubbe & Pielstlcker where thev stole a nnmbpr of valuable tools and destroyed aa much Sroperty as they could, smashing every Ung breakable.'.'? ... They entered a real estate office, broke into the desks, tore the papers out and threw evervthlna- nrln thm. floor. They entered another store ami finding , nothing they could steal, took the big clock from the wall and threw it out on the street, breaking it and stamping on it. They entered the onlv saloon In town and stole a whole ker of heer and half a dosen quarto ot whiskey1. - -,.,;' .- - v While all this was going on Oakland waa sleeping peacefully and undis turbed until a woman who lives over the general store thought she heard a noise beneath her. Bhe investigated and hearing the sound of breaking glass, let Town Marshal- John W. Beckley knew that' something unusual was hap pening. - Beckley summoned his depu ty and taking their rifles, they went put to capture the - disturbers of Oak land quiet. '::-.'..'. ',--- ..'i. " -v. Tight la Darfc'---'-" S, ; ..-.' ..Two men were seen running toward the Southern Pacific depot by the deputy and he called out to Beckley to loot out for them. The marshal didn't hear him. however, and was walking along the railroad embankment when -the robbers dropped behind a fence and he. gan firing. The deputy replied, empty ing Jjls revolver, but Beckley couldn't sea his assailants and stood, a line mark on the embankment until he ws Shoufder W by -'buUet ln tn9 f'ht r The deputy kept up "the flght'and the duel lasted some minutes until other residents of Oakland, aroused by the shooting, came running up with shot- S una when the . two robbers escaped own the track. . A large number of deputies have been sworn in and every one in the com munity is on the lookout' for the rod. bers, . --.i. Don't fail to Sec the Rose Carnkzl Next week's pageant will be as well worth seeing as any thAt have; taken place on the raclflo coast.' '.-.--- 'J : i ,-. And. also remember that Tho Sunday Journal next Sunday U contain valuable information r gardl: tha program of tn Week ii t many other mat(ri c-f Intero to readers. tun,! iy Journal leads thm '.:. f Ixtf-en-page map-ixlna, r :; of Special writer, '. ' t-t Oregoa develi-mn l- i all tho news wiiih i rit,',;