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VOL. VII. NO. 70.
PORTLAND; OREGON, "THURSDAY - EVENING, ' MAY; 28 1808.TWENTY-TWO PAGES. '
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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
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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,',;