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( ' il -':, THE PRICE of THE DAILY JOURNAL IS TWO- GENTS A COPY ON THE STREETS and AT THE OFFICE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE? BUSINESS FOR SALE? Adrertlse la The Journal. Call Today for Sunday' Journal. The Weather Fair this afternoon, tonight' and Sunday; warmer Sunday. , .11 i ; ; ; ii : ' 1 -r - J - 4 V JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 30 60 VOL. VII. NO. 102. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 4, 1008. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. SnfF FIMMJtlY' MS DWCEIVK BOOTH NO! T ' . , ' i 'm WEST, WANTS PROTECTION AGAINST CREED OF CORPORATIONS SAYS CHARLES HEIFNER JURY PUZZLED OVER TESTIMK FAKE HOLD ITT TINE BAIT FOR EVENING PAPEIi 3fisunderstood Court's Final Words Verdict Follows Second Beading:. James Henry Booth Is not guilty. Twelve men chosen in the United States court for their unbiased mind, this morning declared by their ver dict that the ex-recelver of the- hot,e burg land office did not receive a check of $800, given him by Fred erick A. Kribs, In payment for nl- vance Information Illegally given of I lands that, had been cancelled hv thf government after having been usd for lieu land base by Kribfr. It required Blx hours of delloera- j tfon and two readings of the instruc tions of Judge Wolverton before che Jury reached a unanimous decision at five minutes after midnight last night. The reason for the long delay and argument was a misinterpreta tion of the instructions of the court, controversy over the weight to-be attached to the testimony of J. T. BTttfge'srFwawricit a. TCrrorimar Dr. Twltchell. The verdict ctnie easily after the second reading of the court's Instructions at 10:10 last night. The end of the trial was marked with dramatic and exciting Incidents and the rcoeptlon of the verdict this morning loosened the self-restraint of ex-Sena- tor K. A. Booth, brother of the defand-, ant. much more than It did that of the defendant hlmseir. srdiot This Morning-. Shortly after 9 o'clock word was sent out that the Jury had arrived at a verdict nnri the court, attorneys and de fendant were notlfed and came hastily to court. Judge Webster accompanied his client Into the court room and while the 1urv was being polled showed the ktraln of the trial and suspense of tho moment more tlian the defendant, who pat with his brother, expectant but stoical throughout the proceeding's. An the verdict was read washing away te stain or the indictment' rroin the name of the defendant, Henry Booth Hushed a little and turned to grasp the hands of his attorney ami ma orotner. R. A. Booth: beaming- his gratification and Jov grasped the hnnd of the de fendant, while Judge Webster let loose of his suspense with a long drawn sigh of supreme content. Attorney and defendant thanked the jury for the'r verdict when they were discharged by the judge and court was adjourned. The Jury had Us long vigil over a misunderstanding- regarding the in structions of the court bearing on the testimony of the witnesses Bridges and KMbs. The court had Instructed that the testimony of Bridges, could be con sidered as tending to show the condi tions surrounding the -land office and the defendant, but not an evidence of (Speolal Dispatch U Ths Journal. 1 Albany, Or., July 4. This city and others In Its neighborhood is having a lot of fun today over a fake story that appeared In last evening's edition of the Morning Oregontan. The Ore gonlan's evening Issue had a yarn, fortified with seeming de tail, that a man named Matt BIJota had held up the light house keeper at Cape Foul weather and taken $80 in coin from him. The story had It that Sljota was "dressed like Woman." It was Sljota who. jokingly toll a story of himself having been held up and at no time was the lighthouse man mentioned. Sijota had been drunk for three days. He told an easily fooled correspondent his tale of woe. The correspondent b(t. This mrnlhgr Sljota was fined" In the Newport police court. Los Angeles Man Accuses Nephew of the Standard Oil's Famous Judge. his having entered Into the charges set forth In the indictment, me testimony of Bridges had to do with a prior con tract msde between Bridges and Krlbs when Booth was present in which Bridges said he agreed to furnlnh ad-. (United Press Leased Wlre.J Los Angeles, Cal.. July 4. Accused of obtaining money by false pretenses, R. R. Land Is, nephew of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lnndts. the Chicago jurist who Imposed the famous $29,000,000 fine on the Standard Oil company, will be returned to this city today, after having spent the night in the cell of the Caliente. Nevada, Jail. Landls was ar rested whllo enroute east, accompanied by his wife, upon a warrant sworn to by Guatave Bohy, who charges that he was swindled In a mining deal. Landls was the agent for the El Dorado-Nevada, Mining & Milling com pany. SOLDIERS LIVE ON ONE PILL PER DIEM (Continued on Page Two.) (Ppciil Dispatch to The Journal.) Denver, July 4. For two days, while on a forced march or 40 miles, .soldiers of the third battalion of the Twenty first Infantry, stationed at Fort Logan, lived on two bills, one given them each morning. They are now back at the fort, and are said by the army surgeons to be In excellent shape. But they ate a big meal at nignt, just uie same. Ration wagons and cooks were left at the fort, only the condensed meat pill being carried In the shape of food. FnrmVrs along the route were cau tioned hot to give the soldiers any food, but thev were siven all the water thev 1 wanted.' I l (rtulLStri IL ! ' 1 i f - .',, r ' t , Ji H .. EfllllllVII . Ill Cr: 1 AW;W it 1-- f i l-i i-ik- i.: s ' . t' 1 1 ttrarv- nilin nniflll mm I TO II I I ! J 1 f i f !' " I V) nnuiei nrnnim .NO i.N nff fflrJ UK if J r : i ; r KWYil KAILKUAU TOW v ,1 y If H : MElt WtS lf'.lmlM Pi"'V-r L ; M Councilman Vanirhn Finds i i.A7;vw;:'.';.'..v,'.o' .z-. v, & . .- , , i r- i VNL"'V I ' 4 , I - J ' i " f f I ?r - , middle west, according to Councilman I sCi'l iv''' " S Ilium a xnp iu Liniagu. exienoing over i V.. muEjMf, , - '-0- i several weeits, nuring wnicn ne visitea r ,i CT i" -' 0. gS7 some time in Illinois and other middle CTM fAVnl 1 "! believe that Illinois will go for Hr 'mi itn Siiy Ii I Brvan." said Mr. Vaughn this morninir. 1 bcy jt j r m i x v- i THOUSANDS LEAVE CITY FOR U Passenger Trains, Streetcars and Excursion Boats All Crowded With Parties-of Jolly Merry-3Iakers Ex odus to Reach Resorts. Humorous Features Seen in Bevy of Gaiety at Depot German Lunch Basket 'Held Something Akin to Something Else. San Francisco Newspaper Publishes Correspondence Involving Commoner. SUIT FOR DIVORCE HAS BEEN FILED BY MARY MANNERING (Tnlud Pms Leued Wire. New fork, July 4. Reports of an estrangement between Mary Mannering and her husband, James K. Hackett, the r.ctor, were confirmed today when it was learned that the actress hat! filed suit for divorce. It wna also disclosed that Mis Mannering cause! a writ to be served on Hnkett. Just before his departure for Kurope recently, compell ing him to surrender the custody of their child. Rumors of the pending suit' have been current along the great white way for tne past six months. It was known that Miss Mannering had engaged counsel, but In the theatrical circles It was be lieved a reconciliation would be -f-feeted. According to the report today llark ett's refusal to surrender their child, when Miss Mannering wished to tske her home, forced the climax. A prominent actress Is said to be named In Miss Mannering'! compjiaint. (United PreM Leased Wlre San .Francisco, July 4. Political cir cles are Interested today over a story printed In this morning's Call charging William Jennings Bryan with 'having accepted a rasFWfrom the Southern Pa cific company while he was touring the west in 1896 on his campaign for pres ident. The accusation was made In a letter from William F. Herrin, the Southern Paciric company s. political manipulator, to James W . Rea, former political boss of San Jose, written September 2, 1897, and a fac simile of the letter with Her rln's signature attacded Is printed In the paper. i ne letter was written to Kea In re ply to a request for free transportation to Reno from San Jose. It says: "As I have told you frequently, I will not Issue free Interstate transpor tation except to employes of the com pany. I know you reminded me tho other day that Mr. Mills had done this In the case of William Jennings Bryan, but I cannot help that. So far as I am concerned. I will not Issue any such transportation. If I can help you In any other way let me know." Rea. who was formerly a Southern Pacific lieutenant In Santa Clara poli tics, has turned against Herrin and in a long interview gives out some as tonishing statements about the methods employed by the Southern Pacific com pany to control the state. With but one exception. Rea savs. everv con gressman that has gone from Califor nia from the Republican party has gore on (Southern Pacific monev, and everv governor but Estee has been a Southern Pacific man. Denver Commemorated the Fourth or July Today Monster Shield and Flags That Are to Form the Speaker's Desk in the Convention Hall, the Flags and Shield. hy Dedicating jthe the Background of Above Is a Picture of Where are they all going where In the world do they all come from? The downtown passenger station re . sembled a department store tills morn- Ing on bargain day of the last big sale of the year. Only there were nearly s many men there as women. The bar gains consisted of round-trip tickets to Joyyille, . principally . - J -- Ik station waa crowded at 7 "o'clock. At 8 o'clock it was Jammed. The Sea side train was due to pull out at 8 o'clock. One arriving at the station be fore 8 o'clock might imagine that everyone was going to Seaside. But the Seaside train with 'steen coaches all loaded pulled out soon after 8 o'clock. land It seemed there were more people i buzzing about than had been there be- I fore this train got away. In other words, the departure of the"1 Seaside train atad all its hundreds of plensure-seekers only seemed to stim ulate those waiting for other trains. and they immediately began to swarm about the gates and the ticket-sellers ; and the guard'and every one with-a uniform. Hands All The same thing on a smaller scale taking place at the Jefferson-street station.- the O. W. P. starting points, the east side Junctions, and, in fact, every where where it was possible for the anxious ones, all with an object and a destination in view, although, many didn't act that way, to catch the train. . or interurban or suburban or any Piece of rolling stock that would take them away from the horrid old city. Everybody carried something. , They all had lunch baskets, all of whlcri were crowded to the guards. There was fried chicken In some of these baskets. - One could smell It. At the Jefferson street depot there was a Qernvan family. They had a certain kind of cheese In among the dainty things to eat. You could not see the cheese.' Everyone knew It was there. It was not cream cheese. Boys carried firecrackers and other noisy trinkets. Girls had dolls and other things equally as Innocent. AH the while the grown folks looked after the lunches. They were afraid to trust the pies and cakes and things with the youngsters. Others had guns over their shoulders. . fishing rods, one man had ' a golf stick, another a cane. . . . Others carried nothing but- smiles. One man had a bottle. Some one, a' glnd to see you sort of a fellow you. know the kind slapped him' on the back. There was a crash. An aroma like that of a barroom arose. There was a stain on the pavement.' People smiled. "I must get another, sura," said the victim, and he hiked for a aa loon. . . All Xloaa, AU Classes. mil. iW : Midsummer Call to the Onen , "America's Olad Rev?T in Outdoor Life." Where pleasure-seekers spend their vacations Thl will be the frontispiece of Iha 8uody Journal tomorrow ' "Useless Labors to 'Perfect a Missing Something." Story of an In sane man's ffort to clear up mysteries of the past. . "Study of Berlin end Its Musicians." Oregon girls write of their Impressions. "Million Dollars e Day for Meals." How a great community stints ' or splurge at Its table. "Mexico's Rockefeller May Be Her President." Ambassador Creel ' said to be training to succeed Dlas. ' "Climbing the Mountains of Hawaii" By Edward P. Irwin. i Short stories by special writers. Com lea. "Woraea's Pum. tTMldiwa'a (unnl.rn.nt Rmrtlnv an Sin. 4 C cUl Cable Pages. I ALL THE NEWS BT TWO LEASED WIRES and from fundar y Journal correspondents. . . : Ask for The Sunday Journal I lost nr.- ALSO PROPERTY Woman Alleges She Was an Heiress and Didnt Know It, but Brother Did. WATER RIGHTS IN NEED OF GUARDS (t'nlte4 Praa Lmtl Win.) San Funclsco, July 4. Robert Ward, a well known mining man of Oakland, has been ordered to appear before Judge Trout of the probate court to answer to charges of a roost sensational nature. mad" In a suit filed by his sister. Mary Charlotte Ward. The trial of the esse p-omlsi to bring oat a stry stranger than the famous tale of "Hans Blinker sad the Sllrer 8kat." Miss Ward claims that her father. James Ward, died la 1M7, J1n an es Ute -ralus-i at tle.e le be divided betwwen tm-e children. BVh ba-d )ot her memory througti aa aorldeet .while smaJl chil4. h. ajrs. and did not w that's cthH property. Nnw h ha rgslne4 her memory aixl wants br brother. Filbert Ward, to rDdr an areouMlnav ' he iit inat fe - has ' sold b property. i (I"nH-d Prem Lensed Wire Denver. Colo., July 4 The Washing ton delegation will present to the com mittee on resolutions the measure of Charles . Helfner. who wants to pre- veut corporal Inn." from gobbling up the rlnhts of undeveloped sections. Helf ner, who Is one of the Washington dele gates, arrived here ahead of hls party to boost his plan. "The western states are the hunting grounds of the big corporations whd are after water and land rights, and these J0UKXAI WANT. ADS., I.P.LVG RESULTS LOST AXI FOl XD WILL FINDER OF BLACK- PURSE, leather strap and 2 clasps, containing Important keys and papers and Z sou venlr coins please return to 85 K Morrison st. to proprietor Kan Kran Cisco restaurant 7 huppsed to hue been lost on Morrison St. carline. lie ward. LOST-A LADIES' G LI WATCIrRKT with one diamond on back case; mon ogram 11. Jl on front case. Return to tal Hollr st. Phone Ft Reward ALL HELP WANTED, SITUATION WANTED, WANTED TO RENT. FOR RENT, AND L8T AND FOUND CLAP8IFIEH ADS. ONE CENT PER WOKI, THREE CONSECUTIVE IN SERTION? FOR THE PRIOR OF TWO. UNDER OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS 1 CENT A WORD. SEVEN INSERTIONS FV-R THE PRICK QF SIX. Coat oaiy I cent a word. See clueiritl page 1Z and 1J. , - - need guards." Kaid Helfner. "The re suit Is that when homebullders attempt to establish themselves In undeveloped sections they are unable to sustain themselves. 'Much has been paid nhout big cor porations grabbing big tracts of land In tlit west, hut If the water rights are prUoctel iliere will be little Incentive .,r , I ..... . . , . . a.AV tl.A l..n.1 T 1 .i... t.,.ii n, p.. cwtt-i wur mini. a irc- lieve the water In the northwest par I tlcuhirly should be protected. As our ! section grows, we find we have great I need of these rights, whih have been j so recktessly given away, "If it Is good business for the Oug- genhejm and others to tie up water rights, tt Is good business for the peo ple. "I am here to form a measure that will Insure the safety of the water rights of the entire northwest, and i enpect to win." "JTot a Chacea. . That Is the verdict of th Democratic party leaders on most of th important measures the California delegation is bringing to the convention. the most treasured possession, the California party Is. carrying on Its special train, now on Its way to Denver, Is the anti Japanese idank. which the coast wants1 insTted In the Democratic platform. j The California delegation will make the hardest possible fight for Japanese exclusion and nearly all the western and northwestern states are In favor of It. j The state platform of California calls! for a law that practically means th total rircluMon of Japanese. Tbs sntl- I ment stands small chance of being adopted by the ronventkm 1 An exelualoa plank that handles the It looks like Bryan through all the middle west, according to Councilman W. T. Vaughn, who has Just returned from a trip to Chicago, extending over several weeks, during which he visited some time in Illinois and other middle western states. 'I believe that Illinois will go for Bryan," said Mr. Vaughn this morning, 'and the chances are excellent for the other states in that part of the country to go the same way. Everywhere that talked to the people the Bryan sentl ment seamed to be vorw strong. The Democrats themselves are all enthusi astic and the Republicans are exhibiting significant apatny towards tne Tart candidacy. One thing is certain the ahor element will not vote for Taft. Everywhere I was assured of that. There seemed to be ppoHltlnn to him on all sides. Nolody- wants him very badly." Mr. Vaughn round that industrial con ditions are much better throughout the northwest than In anv other part of the ountry that he visited. In Illinois and owa many of the coal mines are Idle. there aro vast numbers of Idle freight cars and many men out of work. Port land seems to be about tho best city in the country at the present time so far as prosperity is concerm-d. These con ditions all unite, he said to make the chances of the Republicans winning the election grow pretty slim. The weath er throughout the country has been fearfully hot, and the relief of return ing to cool I'ortiand was a welcome one. Thre -were big people going away to spend the Fourth, and little people, the short and the long, the young and the old. the weak and the strong, the fat ami the lean and the fellow with his girl and all that sort of thing. There were the little children of tho rich ami the little children of the poor, too. But everybody felt Just as rich as the next GOT OLD PEOPLE OUT OFJPCE And Now Mrs. Mar.v Peter son, Xurse, Is in a Critical Condition. one. for today Is the Fxwrth of Jul. for you know, and one hasn't time toshink "i noi ocins; u wroany as soma one whom on week days he might envy.. And then there went railroad presi dents and judges and clerks and rule little shop girt and then people Just plain, every -day peoples An old woman, dressed In black, sat pn the outside of the station this morn. Iiig where she could se the train, the platform and the hundreds of happy (Continued on. "Page Two.) (f nl ted Pra Leuwl Wire.) Oakland, July 4 Mrs. Marx Peter son, a nurse at the Altenhetm Old People's home In East Portland. Is In a critical condition today as the rsaralt sf burns received last night while she was rescuing the Inmates of the insti tution, which was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Peterson waa pulled out from a mass of burning timbers on th back porch. 3l tint as she had taken oat the last Invalid and waa returning1 to toe burning building to make auce t.t there were no mofe In the placs the building collapsed. Ths firs s'srted when the old poople were nearly ail on the ground) floor at dinner, or many lives woii have been loot. Those en ths top floor , wera rescued by nurses and stu-ndajii. who risked their lives te save tt old ' Po pis. . A defective flue Is supposed to b ths raM of th 1 :i. i Ths trustees of tne lnsi.tutWi an-1 nowird t"dsy that a terrrorsry s'rue tor will bs bun at ores s"t ri" for a rrrrsrewt fei.rre t-e drawn as soda as po Leased VJire to Denver Tne journal's leased wire between Portland. San Francisco and Denver oonventfn bail W1U esrrv an tn pews sni get events as ther I r pa In fast time. The Journal arill )v ins news or ins eonvn!ln throug'i is spvciaj eorrespon dents :- WILLIAM Al-UuS WHITE, litlcal writer and novel) t. - j'jtin-. rkvis, imm rrvss political writer, JOHN Fi LATH RAP. v-lal respondent of Tas J .irel. HEARST . HER VI r: PTir" Throughout t!- e.p'' '- " " Journal wlil r H s t ' United Press t.'.e l t. . j - re.xjfta." Do You Vi. . : on Fan Two.)
