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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE?
BUSINESS FOR SALE?
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VOL. VII. NO. 102.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 4, 1008. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES.
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FIMMJtlY' MS DWCEIVK BOOTH NO!
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' . , ' 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.'
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nilin nniflll mm I TO II I I ! J 1 f i f !' " I V) nnuiei nrnnim
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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
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pews sni get events as ther I r pa
In fast time. The Journal arill )v
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is spvciaj eorrespon dents :-
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j'jtin-. rkvis, imm rrvss
political writer,
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respondent of Tas J .irel.
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