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Newspaper Page TextTHE DAILY JOURNALltfAT' 2 GENTS A .COPY?Si ; - i i i I,,- -w "- I Jr ' " ' " ' ' ' " lum.T.cr Bonders War.ted TTfc A V W JOURNAL CIRCULATIOri -I YESTERDAY XV A3 30,075 Advertise In The Journal. ' Journal Ada Bring the Best Pesulta. . ' ' ' ' The weather Fair tonight and Friday; northwest winds. V0J,. VII. NO. 82. PORTLAND,'. OREGON,' THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE.. 11, 1908, EIGHTEEN PAGES.' ' PRICE TWO ; CENTS. KillF1!! y A1 Mi M m s tsw t r"i " ""iw. 11 '" " inwwiw-m- n. .,; ,. Jii ni f i 1 i U U U U U . e L s V UnUaa U DETrnMlMEB: EFFORT Mil mm Delegates Favorable to Sec retary of War; Consider f They Have Positive Assur ante of Victory Several 'Contests Settled. ' : . (United Press Leased Wirt.) Chicago, June Ther la a doubt that a determined effort will ; be mad to stamped the oonventioa to BooswvwM whether h give sis ooaam o raok action or not. v Chicago, June ll.Enough, pledged Taft delegate! to Insure his nomination on the. first ballot had been placed on the temporary roll . of the convention to day when the national committee ended - the contents in the First and Fifth dis tricts of South Carolina by seating- the Tart men. Taft leaders are Jubilant over what they ; consider final -positive assurance of victory. It la generally believed here now that Taft will capture the entire state delegations Xrom Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. , When the Taft men were seated from the First .district of South. Carolina, the boomers of the secretary of ' ar' an nounced that they then had positively ' pledged 489 delegates with, their names on ma temporary ruu, ' Contest afoUowa.'TZ"'" The contest In the Flfth.CaraJtna dis trict quickly .followed and waa disposed of in short order,, giving -the desired two more, making the Ol, which Is the num ber necessary for nomination. The "allies'' still are Inclined to dis credit the claims of the Taft men and assert the v have some surprises to spring, but - the general consensus of opinion la that the Taft men will sub stantiate their claims. The center Of the fight from now on will he the - credentials committee. where the permanent roll will, be male p, as Jar as ultimate results are con cerned and the fate of the candidates wtl be praoticany aeciaea. , , Allies Will right. - The "allies" will fight lhard "In tha credentials committee but Manager ; Frank H. Hitchcock today said that there is now -absolutely no question of a possible contingency . srlslng that might prevent the nomination of the secretary of war on the first ' ballot. It appears that the Taft men will win tne rest 01 tne coniesis oviore m ner tlonal committee with little difficulty and in that event they will go Into the convention with a wide margin to spare on the temporary roll. The committee filed ohieciions to the incorooratlon In the platform of a plank protesting against ine tree us or injunctions py . ' riHa Attoatlre Bills listened attentively to all the no reolv as it was evident he was not authorised to make any changes In the platform. The . objections In full are expected to be forwarded at once to Taft In Washington., Delegates, who were rerusea places on me temporary roll of the convention today received literature and buttons from the ''sec ond elective term" Roosevelt boomer and many or tnem wore tna outtone u public. - 1 " Former Governor Benjamin - B. Odell Of New Tork was brought forward to- (Continued on Page- Five.) TOWER LEAVES Declares He Will Never Be , tiirn to Berlin , and Is ; -Sorry About Scandal. . -t rr- r - '". (rnltfd Preae teuedi Wlrt.i ' ' " r Berlin,' June ll.-r-CharlemagYie Tower, former ambassador from the United States to Germany, who has been suc ceeded by David Jayne Hill, by the action- of .President Roosevelt, left this city today fur Paris. - . - , . - , . "I nevef expect to, visit Oermany again'' said Tower. "Under the condi tions of my farewell, I feel that I could never return. I shall withdraw entirely from public life. I am through with it all. I only wish that I might , have withdrawn under more favorable cir cumstances." . Tower was . plainly dressed. Only those members of the embassy who were In duty bound to see hira off accompa nied him to the station.' Mr. and Mrs. Tower will make a tour through Europe before returning to the United States, where they expect to arrive about the first of October. -- . Hlli to See. Europe.. New York, June 11. Former Govern or David B. Hill will be .one of the notable absentees from the Democratic national convention at Denver next month. Mr. Hill sailed on the steam ship Baltic today and will spend the greater part of the summer in Europe, ft is his first trip abroad. BORAH MAY HAVE BOOSTED FOR JOHN HAYS HAMMOND ' John Haya Hammond, Hla Wife and Ilia Daughter NaUlle. (Sperltl Dlipatea to Tbe Joorn!.) ' Washington.' June ll. Now that Sen ator Bora with somewhat of an air of mystery has decided after consultation with the president that a western man shall be nominated . for the - vice-presidency,' there Is belief among - the wise ones that the western' man In question may be John Hava Hammond, who has said "My home is from the south line of Mexico to the boundaries of Alaska.'? Senator Borah may 'mean that Senator Plies of Washington has ambition - to become the running mate, of . Secretary Taft an be may nave an Idea that a man from Oregon or - California might oa avaijaoie - vice-presiaentjai timber. LARGE SlinS FOR Demand . for .Tickets ; to Be-, publican Convention: bends Prices to the. Top Xotch.. ' - '-United PrtM teaaed.Wlre.) f . Chicago, June 11. The 'demand for tickets to the Republican national con vention, which .convenes next Tuesday, is bo great that $100 Is the least figure at which -. one can be obtained. Tbe men who subscribed toward the . ex penses of the convention are receiving tickets at the rate of one for each 1100 contributed. No one has yet admitted receiving over one ticket- ' Three thousand tickets are to be dis tributed to Chicago politician,, and the rest of the space ln tho Coliseum Is to be devoted to delegates, press , and frlendn of the leaders. Many politicians have offered to act as cell boys to get inside the rreat convention hall so rreat ia the -dumand, for ticket, ? , ffillSSIl CARDS Be this as It may 7ohn Haya Hammond has been announced as a candidate and as he is" an intimate friend of the sena tor's ft is barely possible that Borah has, gone to. the front for the great min ing expert. . . , J .... . , i -Boston,' June 11. It was announced today that Governor Guild will form no alliance, either offensive or defensive, with John-Haya Hammond, In the race for the ' Republican . vice-presidential nomination. :, Governor Guild says that tie expects the Indorsement of Michi gan .besides .that .of all New-England, and that - it would - be unfair to bring the delegates from those state Into an argument with Hammonds. u . TAFI'S PLAIII! IS vTARlFF reform OMo Platform' Utilized to -Build Up .Q. O.P.'s Of-, ficial Structure.;: I. (United Praaa teaied Wire.) , , , . - ChlcagOv. June 11 . Since It has be oome known thit the tariff plank in the Ohio -Republican platform waa ac tually - written by Secretary Taft, an effort 1 being made to have this plank Inserted In the national party 'platform. The exact wording -of the tariff plank Is' aa follows: t ' HA revision of tn tariff by a special session of the nntt congress, - Insuring the maintenance of the true principle of protection by imposing aurh duties as will equal the difference between the coat of production at home and -abroad, together with-a reasonable profit, to the end that without excenaive duties Amer ican manufacturers, farmers, producers and wage-earner - may have adequate proWcUgn." ,(.,-. . 4 - " . ' ' ' . . v.-i! PARALYZED OH RACES BY FLOOD ABOLISHED Wholesale and Packing House District of Kansas City Under Water and Mis souri and Kaw Bivers Are Still Bapidly Bisingf. Mississippi Forced Out of Its Banks by Missouri and Lower Shore on Illinois Side Near St. Louis Has Been Inundated. (United Prem teased Wire.) " Kansas City, June ll.V-The wholesale business and packing- bouse district of this city is para' lyxed today by the flood,, which has Mt.an end to practically all com mercial t occupations. ,y Tbe flood Is now within 200 yards of the Union depot , and . practically all railroad irainq is cut on. - . -. The Kaw and tbe, .Missouri rivers continue- te rise and hare" Inundated such juwlde eweep of. country .that. the' lower sections look like a great inland sea. - "t ' Thousands' of the homeless! are be ing fed at relief quarters established by . charitable institutions. . The, great convention hall has been turned Into an enormous dormitory where whole families are "camp- ino-." So far it haa been impossi ble to estimsore the amount of prop erty' loss in the high water, but it Is believed the flood is more disas trous than, that of 1903. St. liouls, Mo., Juno 11. The flood In the .Missouri river are forcing the Mississippi out of Its .bank and the Water la rising here at an "alarming degree. ;;; ' ""' . ;. This afternoon the river was a foot above the danger mark and Is spreading over : the lower snore on tne Illinois side. - Reports from up the Missouri In dicate that conditions are much worse than yesterday- and firms with build ings near the water front are preparing to move everything possible out of the lower; stories. Many of the residents along the. river have left their home in anticipation or oeing oriven out. FEDEEAL OFFICIAL BOBBED BY THUGS M T- ' : , 11 m ii .i i.i " ,' ..' j -'; . - (United Preat Leased Wire.) -Tacoma, June ; 11. O. J. II. Swift, United. States deputy ahipping commis sloner, after spending the evening with friends In the north end. on his return home took a "short cut tnrougn w right nark. Aa he was oasslng a clumn of shrub two men stepped out and ordered him to throw up his nana a, at tne same time striking him over the head with a blackjack, inflicting a deep scalp wound that renderea mm unconscious. Tne thugs -rifled Mr. Swift's pockets, se curing a valuable gold watch and 150 in e-oia. t - - . Mr. Swift , remained unconscious for some time, but by hard effort was able to reach hi home without assistance. He at once notified the police depart ment, who detailed plain - clothe men on the case. . Owing to - the darkness and suddenness of the attack Mr. Swift waa unable to give the police descrip tions ox ins uiugs. ' - SUBMARINE BUILDER INVENTS AIESHIP v (United Preaa Lead Wlr i ; New Torki June 11. Plana of the naw style airsnin. invented by S mon ik. the submarine boat builder, . were made publto today, together - with the infor mation that preparation for the build ing or in mp were already fairly unoer way. i ne airsnin ia to Da con structed by one of the best-known stu dents of aerial navigation in this coun try, on the lines suggested by Lake. ' The new ahlo ia to he a rnmhlnatlon of aeroplane, dirigible balloon and hello- cepier. una aesigns nave been snown to several of the most skilled aero- itlo enaineers in this country, who have declared they are practical. , - in ni application ior paienia, una say that the objects of his Invention are to provide an airship of great sta bility which will permit of safe and easy descent m case of failure Of Its propeller or steering mechanism. ; . SUBMABINES ABE PUT , . INTO COMMISSION Valleio. Cal..' June 11. The subma rine boats Pike and Grampus have been put - In commission, - with - Lieutenant Castle In temporary " command. The crew for the .two diver assembled at the navy yard today and will leave on the boats some time thia week. The ubmaiines will leave for the lower bay to make teats near San Francisco. . The torpedo-boat deatroyera Farragut and Preble have arrived here from their visit to Portland, The New York Ledslatnre Passes Hughes Bill Mak ing Bookmakers Liable to One Year in Prison With No Alternative of Fine., Senator. Foelker, Who .Was Taken to Session in Seri , ous Condition, Cast Decid - ing Vote WTiich , Won Governor's Victory. (United Preae Leased Wire.) Albany, N. Y June 11. The sen ate today passed the anti-race track gambling bill, which makes book making punishable by & year in jail with no alternative fine. The vote was 26 to 25. Senator Foelker of Brooklyn, who was brought here se riously. ill was able to take his seat and east his vote for the measure. The other .bill, which will com plete the. Hughes antl-raclng legisla tion' and putr an end to the "sport of kings'' in the Empire State, la expected to be passed by the same vote." This is the 'greatest victory Governor Hughes has won since he began, his term of, office. t . . Both bills were passed by the. lower house yesterday. The anti-race track gambling legislation waa urged by Gov ernor Hughes at the beginning of the f regular -session of - the legislature In January.' It was laughed at when first mentioned, but the , legislators soon found he was serious. - Every effort was made to postpone and -block the -bills, which; were intro duced by Assemblyman Hart- and Sena tor Agnew. wnen ine committee near ings were held, August Belmont, J. -B.-Ha.aTln and James R. Keene. million aire racehorse owners, - appeared in per son -with attorney and made a bitte fight. The session was adjourned after the bills were beaten In the senate by a tie vote. Hughes thereupon -called a , snecial election In Niagara, and Orleans coun ties to - nil a vacancy in the senate, stumped, the district and secured the eleotlon of Senator .Wallace, who fa vored the bills. . In the meantime he called an extra session of the legisla ture, wnicn- .toaay gave nim ine-oeeaea vote.' , . 'Albany, N. T., June 11, A daring plot to defeat the' ' anti-race ; track gambling bill was frustrated today by the cleverness of a trained nurse, who blocked four men in an effort to kidnap Senator- Foelker, whoso vote gave the needed majority that won the - victory for Governor Hughes against the racing interests. The kidnapers called at Foelker house. One represented that he was a doctor,- Foelker was ill in bed. They said they, had come to con vey him' to the capitolt The nurse, who bad been warned that such - an effort might be made, delayed them while a telephone message was sent to Foelker's friend.- In the meantime the regular physician arrived , and the kidnapers made their escape. " Reception 'on " Ship Chicago. 'New Tork, June 11. The French line steamship Chicago, which Is here on her first trip from, Havre, was the scene of a notable reception and lunch eon today given by the steamship-company. - The special guests of - the oc casion Included Ambassador Jusserand. Mayor McClellan Of New ,York and Mavor Busse and a score of aldermen hof . th city' Of Chicago. - STREETS HOT FOR Arrests Will Follow Unless. Debris From. Stores- and Sidewalks Is Deposited Somewhere Else Than ;on ' Clean Pavements in Early Morning Hours. Desolt the warning that have been sent out by the city officials in regard to sweeping upon . sidewalk and into street gutters, merchant and residents have continued the practice and arrests will probably follow.- Superintendent Donaldson went to the trouble . Of .noti fying the merchant In the , downtown district and asked them to have their janitors 'sweep their, stores before mid night so the street sweepers could .re move the rubbish during the night. - Instead of complying with the request the store are swept out in the morning after the city has gone to the expense and trouble of sweeping the streets and the rubbish and refuse is littered about the-pavement, where it remnins all ny and nlcht until the street cleaners again make their rounds.- v Jjonairtson ia loaay mat ine Firpis are nerfectlv clean in the downtown lts- Arict at 6 o'clock In the morning, but a None Better on the Coast Sunday Morning Journal is the paper that entertains, Next Sunday's Issue will ex ploit many of the advantages of Oregon as a home state and will deal with live topics of the day. Best sporting pages, best tele graph service, best illustrations and more reading matter.for your money than can be -obtained in any other coast Sunday paper. 1 , Special . fashion pages, special pages for children, special comics and alt tbe specialties worth spe cializing. . A paper to take Into your, homes. , Ask for ; The Sunday Journal BILLEK GOES TO Man Convicted of Murdering Mary Vrzal and Accused of , Poisoning .Five Others Is - Condemned to Die Tonior ; row by" Supreme "Court. . , j . . (United' Press Leaaed (Wlra.) ' . : Springfield, ; III.,' . Juna 11, Herman Blllek, the Bohemian fortune-teller, who waa, convicted of the murder,, of Mary Vraal in' Chicago in 1305, and accused of the poisoning of five other members -of the Vrzal family, must hang tomor row, " according to a decree '- handed' down by the supreme court today, , ' Blllek had applied for a stay of exe cution and a writ of habeas corpus on the technical ground that the judge who sentenced him had not asked him be fore whether he had -anything to say. The court held that this contention had no merit. The ' governor and the prison board have already refused to pardon Billek. ; Chicago, . June 11. Following a pa thetic leave-taking with his mother in Cleveland, . Ohio, over the long-distance telephone today, Herman Billek,- the condemned murderer almost-collapsed. His nerve returned after he had had a conference with Father CCallahan, who Is conducting , a whirlwind speaking tour, over the city today in an effort to save ? the condemned man. - - Blllek's wife visited his cJI this afternoon. When she wa ready to go Billek said: . . , : "Well, mamma, I guess If all over. I've got to - die.-: I don't- car much. Through all these things, I can see only the noose, -but cheer up, don't be crying over me. 1 Remember that when the time comes, I -will go to the scaf fold as bravely a any. man ever did." DBEW PENSION GIVEN- TO H$ DEAD FATHER (United Preae Leased Wire.l Santa Crux, Cal., June 11. A peculiar case of double' identity that ' waa a puxale to the government agents for a long time, has lust com to light here In the arrest today of Kltsah M Frank lin ss Walrren P. Franklin for making irauuuirnii nanus suii' o - " V ' . ment. It Is charged by PepntyJnlted States Marshal lien Toil, wno maaa the arrest that Franklin ha represent ed himself as his father, Warren P. Franklin, and drawn pension a Vet eran or tn civu war. ' . , . '- Thi UYnnklin has been dead for some time, but the son made out the application for the pension each month. few hours later are covered with refuse and debria of all kinds.. He said that If the merchants do not refrain from their practices complaints will be aworn to and arrests will follow. - v The city ordinance relative to keeping the streets clean is strict and fully pro vides for the prevention of littoring the street and sidewalks with storo sweep ings and dirt. City Attorney Kava naugh said yesterday that the law also provides that persons have-no- right to sweep - the sidewalks In front of their property and throw the refuse into the street gutters. The law, he said, is ex plicit upon this point. Mayor I,ane, Superintendent Donald son and other citv officials do not wish to proBecute, cttlssfna for so trivial a matter, but the Hbu has become ao f;eneml that action will have to be taken mmediately. Mayor Ijjiia hts pninted out that the. question i one of ivhethPr tne- citizens want a cl'in oltv and fur-. her whether they i;l perforin tlielri part in keeping it cltiu. J SCAFFOLD PL1S1I Calmly Greet Maid and Young Son But Do Not Overlook the Jewelry of the J. B. Frem Family on East Third Street. , ' Daylight Bobbery. Supreme :vin Its Audacity Ended by Arrival of Son, Who, How ever, Believes the Thief Is an Electrician. ' ' Unparalleled In the history of Port land police annals for audacity and con summate ' cunning, a daylight robbery was committed In the. residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Frem, 261 East Third street, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, while Mrs. Frem,' maid was watchtna the houae in the absence of the family. .Two diamond scarf pin and a brooch set with pearls, the total value of which Is placed at about $50, were, taken," The time-iy arrival of Mrs; Frem' son from school saved several hundred dollars' worth of valuable which. wce In closo proximity' to the stolen jewelry. ' ;' ., - atald Keet Burglar". ' From their method Captain of De tectives Baty place the thieve In the class ' of . professional ' daylight men. Shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday after noon two men tallying with their de scription knocked at the door of the house adjoining the Frem residence. When the knock was answered they walked' away after asking some ques tion as a subterfuge. Their knock at the Frem reaidenre- waa not inrari as the maid is a trifle bard of hearlnw. and 'was in her room on , the second floor. ,i They, entered the house, ono going to the second floor, whti ih other remained on guard downstairs .The maid met the man 'nn ilm tmt floor when she had occasion to go down stairs. -He waa standing neat- the door of the kitchen. He told her ha had an appointment at -the house at 4 o'cltK k. The maid aupposed he wa there on business for Mr. Frem and thought no more about it It Is the presumption that he remained In the vicinity of this house while his , partner wa working the Inside. ' . v r ' Burglar Welcome Son, Some minutes after th mnM v. talked with the man and retired to her room the Frem boy arrived home from school. As he was climbing the stair way o ine second noor ne met a well dressed young fellow coming down, who Bpoata to him, saying: "Hello, Jack." The little fellow thought he was an electrician or. some one with business in the house. ,,.,'. Nothing was suspected until I.Tr Frem arrived home and missed that j art Of her jewelry which had been lvm eit posed o the chiffonier in her bei Immediately she looked through t different compartments and found t . AKiior vaiuaoias sale. It Is th mi lUoa -'that -the thief had Just bf?n-i tl ransack the room when the arrivrw of J11?? h0 - 'fiKhtened him a , . J01; of the 'compartment of the ci .i lonter had ben opened. Captain Baty has detailed two ale.jf! on the case. The police have good script ions of the thieve, both of wN.-i r described as being stylishly dre-M-.i HOTEL 0ECi;..T GOOD Oi:B, ' ,"-' - ... '. Most Prosperous Year in Ex ; perience of the Portland j Except Fair Year. Net 'profit for the Hotel Pr,,ti,.. during the IS months ending April 1, this year, were the largest Jn its his tory with ' the exception of the f!-.i the Lewis and Clark ei-,...,i .- -, 1 arnings would nave n- eeeded the banner year had It not t ror the currency famine, whirh aff- i fi the hotel boslnes materially nil o- - s the. tnlted State, last fall, ia t!i- f,vm. ion of the officers of the coinptuiv. Th8e facts were matle known ,-s-i-day at the annual meeting of ttt u, -holders of the Hotel Portland. I ,n meeting was for the purpose of i ing the board of directors, ail of ... -,,,-, were reelected. The dir, tni nr- Harrv I. Ctrbrtt, president ; v. i . vord, vice-president; C. A. Iw.n.l,, v. ... Ham M. Ladd and Martin YVi, u s t boord of directors. ' The hotel Is now pavi-ir an jio- ,t dividend of 12 pT (: r . . quarterly 4 per cent ,.; i . f ? ? - J v, ., ., , cliireil yestriH. l.ftHt aiiilit :'-f I . and ail wo ; r-- ,..,'..,-. . hoif-L V nen t - -." however, n i- ' -- - i immedii'"v i ,- , erl innm ; l,.it I.. - ... -i. gar in ' ;