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MbRE ANDAMORg WATER AT .THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER NOW OVER 26 FEET AT LOW TIDE-AND LESS AND LESS BARRIERS TO FREE NAVI ' GATIpN TO UP -RIVEIj POINTS WILL BRING MORE AND MORE BUSINESSTO PpRTLANP AND OREGON. KEEP AGOINGS ; :-7 VTcT REAL ESTATE FOR SALE ? BUSINESS fOR SALE? JOURNAL CIRCULATION i Advertise In Tho Journal. Call Today for ... Sunday's Journal. Tiia Weather Showers tonight and Saturday; southwesterly winds. VESTEHDAY WAS 30,175 VOL. VII. NO. 101. PORTLANp, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1908. -FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. HA25nhtP clSfr IHJUMCT10H Pimm ' ' j MEW PM1Y H1MGES OH 'Din MUST FAG Labor at Denver in Force In troduce Campaign for "Corporations Ajrnjnst ITnio'is" Want Plunk to "Mean Something." Br.van Declared to Be Strongly in Favor of Reso lution That Will Guard Labor Against Restrain ing Orders by Courts. ny JH E. NEVTNS. (tnltfj Crew 'Vlre.) Denver, Colo., July 3. Labor In here to mako its fight, around which will center the chief Interest of the Democratic convention next week. The contest for an anti-injunction plank will fcet 'results" at Chi cago was a niere skirmish compared to the battle that Is to be fought here, lf-the. statements of the leaders are correct. The Democrat are fa4o the open threat, backed by the strongest In dications of sincerity, that failure to Incorporate In the platform a strong, plain, concluiiive plank, pledging the party, If successful, to enact lawa that will prevent the use of courts "by corporations ngRlnst the labor unions" will mean the Immediate launching of a labor party. On tlif oilier band, the Democrats are promised the mipport of labor if they put in the "rlRht kind of a plant." Cfo Beyond Nebraska Plank. Atnons the labor leaders who are here today me H. II. lVrham, president of tho li.iilwny Telegraphers; P. If. Mor-rissi-y, kimthI chief of the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen; A. H. Garretson, uranil chief of tho tinier of Railway i 'ond nctors, anil Jnr:ies O'Connell, na tional president of the aehlntsts'in- lon Samuel !ompers, p,'slile;it of tho .American Federation of Labor, 1 en route. The leaders say that the Nebraska plank in nil right, as far as it goes, hut that It Is not conclusive eno-ugh. They are firhtinK for the stronRest possible wording which will not go without the hounds of what they consider a proper respect for the courts, which, they nay they do not desire in any way to at tack or undermine, l.nhor Is not flshtinff In this battle alone, either. Many of. the advance del egations arriving here bring support to tho iintl-Injunctlon plank. The main opposition is expected from New York and the east. What Bryan Has Pladgtd. f Alton R Parker's allecd plan to ftt tack the anti-injunction plank covertly in a resolution In memory of tho late drover Cleveland has brought . down great crlllclbin upon his head, and on every side ihe pro-labor men are con- (Continued on Page Two.) E W L COX-TO IB OV E CORNER Handsome Structure Will Grace Quarter Block at Sev enth and Purchased for $100,000 fiwner Optimistic Regarding Portland's Future. "Portland real estate In my opinion. was revcr so cheap as It la tidsy." re marked Thetdfire B. Wilcox while dls cussing his purchase of the quarter Mock at the southeast corner of Sev enth ond Stark streets from John B. Teen. i-or 20 fears." continue! Mr. Wilcox. "I hav been afraid tttot on account of Its ouilet Puget sound would rventually rain the iprer hand In the Tast corn- mere of the Pacific, but I now realise that with sn open river to the sea, wttn railroads from the great Inland empire coming" down both banks of the Colum bia aid the assurance that the whole Willamette valley l to be grldjronurt with electric railways, the hfishtess of the Pwclfio unrtlnrnt Is bound to oenter In Portland, and the future ef the city Is assured beyond a dnubt. "I cn't take my money with me and I know of no better p4c oft earth to Invest It , than right here In Portland. For J years I have wntobed the arawrh and development of this cltv and al ways hesitated to mike Investment bere, but the outlook r"W seem so I roml"lnr that I r-ard Portland prop erty a a cheaper than ever Vef ore In Its hts'rtTT. ' "I neter made aa Investment that I was ao wall aaUalled 1u aa l m Wlt2 SCENE OF LAST NIGHT'S FIRE, r HXIl 7- ,w, .f-4 irvTr 1 -r 6, f J FOUL PLAY Body of Jlan Supposed to Be II. G. Edwards, With -Hands Found Wyeth. Tied to Stone in River Near (Sprrlnl rUnpntrh to The Journal.) Wyeth. Or.. July 3. Telling a muto tale of what may prove to have been a", atrocious crime, the body of a man supposed to be II. O. Kdwards of Rich land, X)r.. was yielded up by the Colum bia river near this dace tills morning The tug Ia Crosse of the Wind River Lumber company discovered the body The wrists were strapped behind the back. Attached to them was a heavy rock. The pockets of the coat were crammed with smaller rocks. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by foul play. From marks of violence on the face and head It Is .evident that Ihe man had been brutally bealuu before being cast tiito the river. In spite of the fact that the corpse had been In the water for at least two weeks It is apparent that the victim was a man of means. Local authorities are inclined to the theory that robbery was the motive of the murder. The clothing bears the appearance of having - been thoroughly searched. Two knives, n pair of spec tacles and a purse containing; one cent were found on the body. The only document of anv kind was a card of the real estate firm of Hodson. rsishop .t Hall of Caldwell. Idaho, on the ba 1: of which was written, H. U. Kdwards, Richland, Or." This Is the sole clii, such as It Is, to Identify. The murdered man was between fid and 70 years of age. He Jiad on a dark suit of clothing ami a pair of shoes, nil being comparatively new. His hat was securely tied 'around his head. It Is believed this was a further precau tion to completely obliterate all trace of the crime. tht rui chase of the corner at Seventh anil Stark, streets. In a short time property on Stark and Alder streets will be as valuable aa Washington strvel property." The property purchased be Mr. Wil cox yesterdav wa sold by John U- Teon through the agency of Charles K- Henry Sons, the price Iwlng $160,000 and un derstood to be an all cash transaction. It Is one of the most valuable vacant corners In the rlty and Is In a district In hieh a lar-; amount of veluahte building ha been done In the past few years. The F.Iks' Cluh. the Hotl Oregon and the PortianJ library building oct upv the other three cornefa at the tntereeetton of Stak and Seventh streets. The 1 story annex to the Oregon hotel and the six-story Heck building are go4nT up Ir this district. Adjoining the Heck build ing on the north gro-nd hia been broken for a fle-storr structure to be occupied by Glass A Fru Jhomme. Mr. Wlleoi stated that he. would at once put a barxlsome Improvement oa the site, but was not prepared to make nr announcement a to the character of the butlrtlna further than that It would be In keeping with the surround ing Improvements, and with tbe. vain of tho lot and Importance of. tho local ity. ' . i k V-X .JiA vw V A O . '-. ' -hi .v...... Tfu.AjJi.falmtrf.rf.H'iHi H'n.iSm 1n V 1 . -5 m ASIATICSlD RESTRAIN COURTS Californians Go to Denver v Demanding Chiefly These Blanks. (United PrcM Leafed Wire.---"-' San Francisco, July 3. The Califor nia delegation to the Democratic con vention at Denver, which left here on a train laden down with wines, fruits and flowers, according to a statement made by one of the delegates who at tended tho caucus before the train started, will mako two fights at Den ver. One will bo for the adoption of the nnti-injunctnn plank recommended to the Chicago convention by the Amer ican Federation of Labor and, the other fUiUt wiJl. kd-. waged upon a plank call ing for o rluhl enforcement of the Geary exclusion law directed ngainst Inese, Japanese and all Asiatics. Thoilre A. Hell. CnlifornKt's Demo- atic leader, who will bo temporary chairman of the convention, left on the sueciai train. The selection of a national commit teeman from California has not vet been maile. I here are two caffdfdates for tho honor, Nathan Cole Jr. of Los Angeles and Timothy Speilacy. Bell favors Spellacy, but it Is Jikely Colo will be elected-. The delegation will hold a caucus Willie the train is crossing the Salt Lake cutoff, to elect (he chstirman. The delegates at large t;iat left on the train are: Theodore A. Bell. Ii. M. Fitzgerald. Judge William M. Conlev and Nathan Cole Jr. Their alternates art- M. J. Laymance, W. 11. Rogers and Mattlson B. Jones. ACTIOX OF MIKADO DELIGHTS WASIIIXGTOX (t'nlted IrrM Leased Wlrr.) Washington, July 3. News of th Japanese emperor's approval of tln Japanese-American peace trenty Is re ceived with pleasure by officials of both countries here, for while It Was a mer- formality it makes immediate ratifi cation possible. The treaty will !. formally raiifleil within a few tias. The new treaty is similar to those al ready arranged bv Secnvtarv Root with all Kurojican nations except Germany. and with Mexico. It provides for the submission to The Haggle court of ill disputes between the two nations ex cepting those which involve vital in-' teres: s, or the Interests of a third party. bomeWor In Line for Xice Job Till Wi'ey and Senator Mad dened President. (t'pllrd lrra Leterd Wu.l Wnshlngt' n, July J. The persistency of Jonathan Bourne, t'nlted ?tat a sen ator from Oregon and the original "sec ond elective" term boomer, and Tilr. Symons. wife of Colonel "fliomas W, pyroons. It was bsrnei today, rn.t the colonel the position of chief of engi neers, to which Cnionvl W. L. Marshall has been appointed. When h s.Micht a successor to Gen eral .V1a kenite. the president looked favorably uptm Colonel J)nions. That officer's wife. however. tlnght it would II t.j cHrwtf the matter, and eft-r enlisting the aid of Bourne, wbe has ccme to be known as the Tnoemilto fleel of tha swnate" on ac count of hla persiatency, she eomrotneed a bombardment of the white Houe Although, tha president intimated that he did Pot Want to be annove the Ktraom boomers kept up g. ronllniKiu firo.. A result ColooeJ 'Marshall Is IX appoint. queered mim SIXTH AND IRVING STREETS, NORTH PORTLAND 4 s m Li! Awakened by Smoke, Puppy Licks Blaster's Face-S Horses Taken From Burn ing B. & 0. T.'s Stables Loss $25,000. A pup with a good noso for untimely smoke persistently licked the. face of hia master. William A. Brown, last night, and this led to an alarm of fire, in. time o save the lives of S5 horses In two stables at Sixth and Irving streets. Though tho horses were led In safety from the buildings, the northern half of the block hounded hy Fifth. Sixth. Irving and Hoyt streets is littlo more than a pile of cinders. The burned portion Is directly opposite the union depot. The tire began a few minutes after midnight. The damage is close 10 jL'o.oOa. Brown, who is proprietor of the Port land Carriage company on Irving street, was' sleeping over hW stable. Next to him Is the barn of theBaggage & Omnibus Transfer company. Here were 67 horses, while Brown' stalls held over 15. Carnegie Medal for. A, young puppy made his way Into his masters room, and olawei his bed ana licked his face until Brown got up. Then he smelled smoke and gave the (Continued on Page Two.) SnOWEBS APPEASE FABMEBS AND CITY BESIDEXTS ALIKE District Forecaster Beats says It will rain tomorrow. That is. he expects showers now and then during the day. The farm ers in the eastern part of the state have been wanting rain for several days aVid it Is due to come this e.nliicr. and tle peo ple of Portland complained of the warm weather and dust, and so the rain was turned on hare today. Thus It is ex lalned by the weather n an. 'Showers tonluht and Satur dav, s oi; I: wester lv winds." sa5 the forecast of this morrtlng. JOUBXAL WAXT ADS , BBIXG RESULTS IXST AXI POVXI RF.TI KN WHEEL NO. Mt29 ( ERIK to 4"0 Washington at., get reward; no Questions asked. STOLEN ti.NK JWlTrHEL ICTCI.K Nil 13.512. Write 154 E. 43d St.; Ub erl renad. ii LN I ' I N K LOST ANI FOINI) APS cost only 1 rent a word. ( Insertions for the pri-e of J. FOl XI A TREASURE FOX At THE tirotto restaurant. 271 VamhllL Own- er please eatl at above address. ALL HELP WAST Kb, P fT V ATTON WAVfEI', WANTEr TO RENT, FOH RENT. A NO LOST AXP FOP VI CLA.SIHi:iV AlS. ON K CENT PER Tiip.l. THREE CO N f ECT ' T t V B IV PERTION9 FOR THE PRICE OF TWO. jl'NPER OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS 1 i r..- I A ohii, vr.y l- a ii.tt 1 3 F'R THE TRICE OF SIX. Cost only V r-ent word. Ci&sslfled patt 12 and IS. Se I I t Sr.s SAVES His tiff 141 4 ! til f at 4 ROGERS OFFERS TENTH PER CENT Insulting Pittance of $50, 000 to Pay for Process Worth Billions. . " (United Preas Leased Wire. r Boston, Mass., July 3. Rather than appear on the witness stand In his pres ent state of health, Henry H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate, today agreed to pay C'adwallader M. Raymond J50. oao In full settlement for his claim of $60,000,000 alleged to be due for tha uso of an Invention iised in refining crude petroleum. Rogers was recently given a decision In tiie case, which has been dragged through the courts for four years, but Raymond expressed his Intention of con tinuing tha fight. t ne action was based on a royalty contract alleged to have been made by Rogers with H, F. Greenough In 1S74. hy which the magnate obtained the use of a secret process for making oil non-explosive. jCKIES HAXKEBEI) FOB BAW ALCOHOL U nited ITeM Leased Wire.) San Francisco, July 3. An appetite for raw alcohol has landed eight sailors aboard tho . battleship Ohio In Irons and they are facing the chaijge of hav ing attempted to force their way into the painter's locker. The bluejackets were caught In the act of stealing raw alcohol, which they Intended to dilute and sweeten and use as a private store of grog. One of tho men, looked upon as the leader, may nave to taoe court martial and go to the prison at Mare island. The others will remain In irons fur sev- erals duys. CARBOLIC BECA USE LOVE WAS FX K I XI) (United Prens l.eiiaed Wire.) Pasadena, Cal., July ?. Hubert Mer cer. 18, Is dead at hin borne at Oak land avenue as the result of drinking carbolic acid last nli.'!,t. The cause of th suicide Is not known, but It Is thoughta love affair with a young woman of Tasadena had some hearing on the deed. An limuest wlil be held this afternoon. LOSES HOUSE BUT SAVES THE COOK Woman at Tonopah Solves Servant (iiii Problem in Her Own Way. (t tilted ITum I.eo.l Wlr ) t Tonopah. July 3 After saving her servant's life by causing the total de struction Vf her own home. Mrs. Key Pittman. wife of a rrortlncnt attorney here, is th her oine of Tonopah. While tn coak was preparing break fast l.er .'res cMiiuht t ire ! nrr. the stov'. 'a: ii- st i'Ken. the "n.an ran shrifkitL: towTrrl the door ym. Pitt man, teiiiz ' K 1 1 at ti.e str"iig bre-' outside W-'li.d f.m the flames. 8. iztsi her servant and threw her to the fior. I'nabie to forco h. r captive to listen to reason, Mrs pittman Raton the cook until Pittman came to Cie rescue and eiirc.ded in x ttrgaiRlung tho women a Waling Urease. As soon as he had removed hla wife and the aen-ant to a place of Bafe"y?'?e'vlia; hla appeal from the Judgment- Pittman attempted to nave hla home. which had n--cn Ignited ty the burning garments of Mrs. Pittman and the rook. H'a efforts were In Tain, how ever, and hie 4.Sv0 residecx-e w&a totally aeetrcyea The taauranc amount te but lIMt J " ' 1 1 Ja. 1 . Fireworks Explode in a ' iwded Store" Xearly One Hundred Persons 3Iore or Less Injured- Panic Follows.- (t'nlted Pri-M Leased Wire.) Cleveland. Ohio. July 3. Fourth, of July celebration cost the lives of five women, one boy and -the Injury of prob ably 100 girls and women today when a patent torch exploded during a dem onstration of fireworks in the Kresges five and 10-cent store here at noon to day. The store was In a five-story brick building and employed 100 girls. It was crowded with customers, who were attracted particularly to the fireworks department. one of the filrls engaged In the de partment overturned some fireworks on a table. At the samp moment the toreu popped and a spark flew Into tiie com bustibles. The firecrackers let go and also other fireworks. When tho firemen forced their way Into the burning building the six bodies were found In the basement of the Kresges store. Those killed had evi dently been suffocated' In llrclr efforts to escape. The stire was crowded with custom ers when the fire broke out. When the cry of alarm spread through the store, the women shoppers nnd sjrls etu ploveJ as clerks started in a wild stam pede to escape. Tig stairways leading from the upper floors were blocked quickly: The fire, spreading raphllv. caused a gf'cat volume of smoke, which spread through the building, causing terror. The girls who Jumped from the win dows to the pavement evidently were frightened out of their minds. The fire df prirtrnent arrive, "on the j scene quickly aid firemen were in tiie SIX KILLED very act of preparing nets when -some j f'i n s and the upper hand. They brok of the girls leaped. j Into houses and dragged c-rylna; women Most of them Vyere unconscious when nnd children Into the Streets, Sorno they were picked up but so far no de-! times they killed them outright, anil tails have been reported. sometimes they tortured them to make It is believed that everyone who 11 ' sport for their drunken comrades, on the )..er floors of tee bun, una-! AH attempts at restoring order have escaped, but the smoke was so d-v.e ' ov trie time tne Iirenien .irrte,i they could not enttr an! we;,, forcd to fictit the fire from utthuut The nearby stores were 1 inverted into hospitals, and physicians were hur ried to the S'-i't e from the hospitafs More than ja ;!rls sprang from th windows of ti.e upper floors and fell unconscious cn the sidewalk. The fir--tnen rigged up their nets as quickly s pos!tde ari'i ."aucht manv who ha 1 fe-ir-l to lump before but were cut off from ese.1e The :tost distressing scenes pre vailed about the flre during the tlm4 when the firemen were unnU to ntr the IvuiUllng and It was not known whether all of the occupants had ce- caped. 1 tie nre. starting In the combustible, spread with great raplditv and the fire men consider It a miracle that more fr not killed. Many of these Injured In the stam pede were small, children wo had gorjeJ to Tne store wun a few certs to ruv fireworks for tomorrow' -celebration. A BAIL FOB BABTNETT COMES UP SLOWLY (t nltd Ptms taaea Wire. I . - Ban Francisco. July Jv Walter J. Rartnett, convlctedV banker, a.fter try ing alt Hay yesterday to aeruro " ha II ; ao that he could remain out of lail - oi ine superior cour eentencice; mm t 14 yers tn state s prtson. at a late , hour tad been unatie to r lee oe tetita f tbe t; 5ft.09 required. It la I k'U p will have to remaif In prison it;t t5 either goea to San Wen'in or is granted I anoiber trial ty U ii.gt.tr cvui IRIITHIFSS MURDER flF Shah's Drunken Cossacks Break Bules of War and Commit Terrible Crime3 Women and Children Shot Down Without Mercy England's Winning Unheed edHalf of Town of Tab-" riz. Burned Bebels Are Forced to Defend Them selves After Surrender. (Copyrighted by the Fnlted Press Asso ; clatlons). ' St. Petersburg, July 3. Authentic ad vices received here today state that Ta ' brlz Is' helng sacked by a Cossack horde. The soldiers of the shah are drunll ' and are rbptlng through the city, kill ing men, women and children. Most, of the main streets are blocked wltlt bodies of the dead and several thor oughfares are literally running with blood. Frenzied and brutal Cossacks are run ning about the town, burning houses and killing their occupants. Manv soldiers- are carrying the heads ot women and children on, their nikes. Over 2.060 people have already -been butch-v ere,d since the shah's forces entered the city last night rne last reports received here tonigni 1 : say the rebels havo taken to arms to defend their women. Oesperate street fltrhting 4 gotrip oti-ln -alt- partsor tht - city. City to Be, Swept of Xdfe. Raehin Khan, commander of tho shah's forces, la ' trying desperately ti marshal his forces and restore ordor, but he has entirely lost control of tho army undar his command. Women and children are fleeing; In the city in all directions to escape the horrible massacre. Keports Indicate that the Cossacks will not cease the butch erv until everyone in tho city has beett " killed. - The shah's forces entered tho city', at nightfall last evening after a fight . of two days before the city. The-revo- ; lutlonists hail held out stubbornly ' and lack of food a n ammunition was all that for6d tho surrender. Between Sunday and last night 370 had been,, killed and over "00 ' wounded by the' fighting. s British Warning- la Vain. When the English representative at Tabriz heajl that teprtis of surrender wero bcinjr negotiated they hurried to k ion and warned him that tr a massa cre took place, (Jrent Britain would Ini if-i ,rnr, uunii, . I i in I2fm iu sety ig - It- that no disorder followed the entry of the victors Into the captured, city, anil , a truce was arranged. ' Shortly after the Cossacks had en tered the city trouble started in a drink ing bout In the Hiabnn quarter. A small riot there quickly spread to other parts of the city and tha shah's Cos - " sacks ran through the city crying -"Kill the rebels!'' - ... The. cry was taken up. by soldiers In all parts of the city. Some one applied a torch to the drinking place In which the trouhle started and another Cossack: killed: the wife of the "proflrnytor" an.t ' ran through the streets with the Bev eled head on his acimitar. . y ' Russia Bees Her Opportunity. Incensed at the sight, the rebels. Who hn l promised to' maintain peace, took to arms. Pillaging, fighting and lootlnir followed. The Cossacks, most of whom w.ie armed with superior swords and so tar proved use,, ss. Tho armv of U.e shah has been turned by the thirst for blood . Into n howling .tntib. Tho (Continued on Page Two.) ' It Takes fflonzy to Buy News ! The Journaf has e.ulle ef the regular press assoeim inns tn "buying rnewa for Its tnhm rihra during rNtmoeratir eon vent out it Pmttr Tbe William Aln Wuit- pelalB aft Contracted fkr at a lirrge-exrenee and the epe4l Hert service corre(Ktdetits were 1 ij uj The Jptirnal's staff thut all tihaaea of tho convention wora maf La por trayed In The Jo jtnal. 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