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HMlUOM'S SlORY of accomplices disproved
... I ' T i T :
TRIES TO IMPLICATE
3 INNOCENT PERSONS
Five Hundred Dollars Worth of Jewelry
Still Missing Believed That Prisoner
Had Another CacheEngineer Ryan
Clears Himself of Suspicion.
RECALL IS WELFARE OF
BEING TRIED CITY NOW UP
II JACKSON TO COUNCIL
PRINCESS DE SAGAN NOT SO
YOUNG LOOKING AS OF YORE
First Petition in Oregon
Under New Amendmen
Being Circulated" in Med
ford Councilman Olwel
Cause of Movement.
Fred ("Cinch") Hamilton, the
former Multnomah club athlete,
in jail on a charge of breaking
into three jewelry stores yester
day morning, has named three
persons who, he says, helped him
rob the stores and who took part
in the loot.
But in spite of the fact that the
people named by him have been
found to be actual persons and
jot phantasmagoria of Hamilton's
brainy each of them is absolutely
innocent of any connection with
the case further than that Hamil
.on saw him on the street Monday
night.
Another Important development of the
finy is that $500 worth of Jewelry taken
from the shop of the Oregdn Jewelry
company on Third near Washington has
. not been located although, the, polio?,
ny that thy have fourtd all missing
Jewelry. It ia boltaved either that
Hamilton had another cache where he
Hored the Jewelry taken from the
Third street shop or that someone saw
film Jrtd"""M' jewelry after Itraaklng
Into the Oregon Jewelry stora and
helped himself to a part of the Jewelry.
By an Xnnooaat.
'jack Ryan, named by Hamilton as
the man with a missing thumb and
fore finger who actually did the rob
bery. Is the engineer of a donkey en
gine and works for the Northern Pa
cific at Vancouver. Ryan worked with
Hamilton for some time and called to
fee him at the Jail yesterday morning,
le has been able to give a perfectly
satisfactory account of hla whereabouts
Councilman Wortman Clial
lenges Vote Difficulty
Arises Over Question of
License for Nash Hote
Bar.
Monday night however and haa estnb
llshcd hla Innocence beyond any doubt
In a statement this morning Hamilton
declares that the man was "Andy Smith,'
thnt he la the enaiuoer of a donkey en
fdne and that his thumb and fore finger
are missing:. lie also claims that a
woman living In South Portland whom
he calls "Fluffy Ruffles" stood in the
doorway of the Falling building at
Third and Washington with, another
pian and that as soon as Ryan or Smith
completed the robbei of the showcases
of the Oregon jewelcy store that they.i
took the Jewelry oveY to "Fluffy Ruf-1
fles" and that she and her companion
boarded the last "8" car and carried
the stuff to her home In South Port
land. Womu IfOoated.
This woman has been located, her
identity established and although it
has been found "that she and a male
companion actually were waiting for
their car at Third and Washington
Ftreets Immediately after Hamilton
robbed the Third street store, that they
were in no manner connected with the
robbery and received none of the
Jewelry.
Hamilton Rave the newspaper men
an Interview this morning In which
he detailed at some length his move
ments on Monday night and told them
Just what happened during the robbery
of the three Jewelry stores. This is
what he says happened:
"I played pool until about 9:80 with
some friends .of mine and started to
catch the Vancouver, car. I missed
it, however, and hung around town
until It was too late to go over, so
started to get a room at the Belvedere
hotel. About 1:80 yesterday morning
I met Jack Ryan (or Andy Smith, both
names being used in the statement)
and he asked me If I wanted to got
soma fine Jewelry. I said I did so ho
iook me over to Meier & Frank a new
store where he got a brick, wrapped it
In heavy burlap until It was foldeJ
about an inch and a half thick around
u ana then stuck it inside hla coat.
Broke the Window. I
'Then we went back to the Oregon
Jewelry store and he broke, the win
dow by throwing the brick through it.
He took out a lot of stuff -rom the
window case and went over tm where
Fluffy Ruffles and her friend were
standing waiting for the last "S" car.
They took most of the stuff and then
Andy and I went ud to Aronson's store
In the Swetland building at Fifth and fChlted Prm Leaaed Wire.)
iiaBinngion. Mere Anay DroKe tne Medfori)r July IK Thn firot
window again and crawled through into vrT .
the store, passing out tho trays to me recall petition in Oregon under the
" siaewaik. lie put some of the new amend mont to tho cnnntltiition
stuff in my pocket and I told him thai uuieuurauui io me conaiuution
the diamonds weren't genuine. adopted at the June election is be-
"Next we went to Heitkemper's, on tng circulated in the first -ward hv
Washington street, although Andy irltd 8 , . It , . - ,
to break into Honevman s hardware prohibitionists for the recall of John
S Y7Ze:&l P- olwell. councilman. Tho alleged
to fun not very fast, and I don't know cause of the recall Is that Mr. 01
wny irsn. But the policeman chased well doee - not now reside in the
m beKaVth Lv " ward. Tim real eause Is thought to
"I stopped when he Kit my foot be that he voted to "cense the Ho
When I told him that I had left my tel Nash bar and It is hoped by get
suitcase in the bootblaoklng shop on inB. Alwell out to adopt a council.
Fourth afreet he tnolr m wV thor. . lm8 u,we" oul lo e'e a Council
I found a lofof Jewelry had been left man In his place who will favor a
in some cigar boxes behind my suit-1 Arv
case.. I don't know how It mt thar UI'
but think -Smith must have hidden it I Mr. Olwell is a popular business
vLZraJttu?&?VI- w.j of the city and no complaint
everything clearly and was sure hat was ever filed regarding his removal
he was not insane when the robberies to another ward, until Councilman
were committed. He said that od m . . ,. . . . , .
Christmas dny, 1908, he was kicked on ortman challenged his vote last
the head and laid out while playing on Tuesday because he voted to keep
tenm. Last Bummer, while at the min- the Hotel ash bar in operation
erai springs, he said that he suffered Mr. Wortman threatened an injunc-
iuptB oi memory ana seemea to oe
tion against the license at the time,
but abandoned his intention.
MAN CRUSHED
BY STEA3IER
MAY RECOVER
CANNOT PAY III
ADVERTS G
United States Judge Kohl
saat Declares Illegal All
Contracts.
(United Pr Laaaed Wire.)
Chicago. July. 16. United States
Judge Kohlsaat today declared illegal ail
contracts between newspapers and rail
roads, whereby newspapers pay in ad
vertislng for railroad mileage ror Inter
State Journeys.
The opinion wss rendered in a test
case brought by tire Chicago, Indian
apolis A Loulsvllls railroad. The court
sustained the Hepburn act and the In
terpretation put on It by the Interstate
commerce commission. Although most
of the railroads have been obeying the
new law. Issuing; transportation In ex
change for advertising only on state
Journeys, Munsey s Mara sine and
the offl-lala of the C, I. I road de
cided to test ths legality of the pro
vision, on the ground that the contract
Is but a mere exchange, giving value
for value.
The court granted a permanent In
junction against ths Monon road nnJ
Vlunser's Magatlne restraining tbem
from fulfilling the terms of their ad
vertising eontrsct. The court held that
It was ths Intent of the Hepburn l w
tn sav, "Voa must PT ch." Th
will fronahly be appealei to the I'ntt-d
ftatea supreme court The InrufxIkMi
wa snnght by Cnlte4 Btitea ltstrtct
Attorney f ima.
out of his head a part of the time. He
naa not had any such trouble since.
nowever.
The police department has given up
working on the case and declare that
Hamilton is the only man concerned In
the robberies. He will be arraigned In
police court tomorrow morning. The
Flnkertons who represent the Jewelers
protective association succeeded in re
covering all the goods lost by their
clients, the Aronson company and so
they nave practically dropped the case
also.
But as yet the mystery of what be
came of IR00 worth of goods taken from
the Sllbersteln shop on Third street re
mains unsolved. rnis lot Included
watch cases, bracelets, gold rings and
some barlos diamond rlnn tho latter
of little value. A part of the Jewelry
taaen rrom mis shOD was found on
the corner at Third and Stark, where
it naa evidently been dropped bv Ham
ilton, and a bracelet was picked up in
the north end which mav nosslblv have
been taken from the lot secured by
nammon.
Wife Tlsits Jadl.
Hamilton's wife visited him In the
1aU yesterday and again this momlnc.
She weDt UDon both occasions and shn
and Hamilton had conferences On the
situation. They seem to be on good
terms now, whatever they may have
been before. Mrs. James Hamilton,
mother of the prisoner. Is 111 and has
not seen him, although Hamilton tele-
nhonefl her thin mnrnlnff.
City Physician Zeigler examined Little Rock, Ark.. July 15. Members
Hamilton this morning but wouldn't of the Democratic state committee, pur
mmv nviMii hnrt hla rnnniai onniti. annnt to the call of Chairman Frank F
tlon. He said the- wounded foot was Mllwee. met here today to organise for
getting along all right 'the fall campaign.
(Spei'lnl Dispatch to The Journal )
Astoria, Or., July 16. John A.
Stradman, who was crushed be
tween ths steamer Rose City and
. the wharf, is not only alive but
has a good chance for recovery.
Nearly all of his ribs were
broken, as well as both collar
bones. This afternoon he was In
considerable pain but talked
freely. He is chauffeur for
Richard Barsworth of Oakland,
Cal.. a retired capitalist Mr.
Barsworth has arrived and no
expense will be spared to save
the man's life.
Supreme Court Decision on
Bond Issue for Improve
ments Leaves Entire
Work in Hands of Coun-
cilmen.
Legislative Body Can Block
Every Move If So Dis
posed City Stands in Im
perative Need of Imme
diate Action.
4 Measures validated by the de- 4
clslon of Chief Justice Bean of 4
4 the supreme court: 1
4 Water bonds, authorising the 4
4 construction of additional pipe 4
4 line between Bull Run and Eort- 1
4 land and reservoirs and malms, 4
4 83,000,000. 4
4 Park bonds, authorizing pur- )
phase of parks Vand boulevards, 4
4 their construction and main-
4 talnance, 11.000,000.
4 Dock bondsj Authorising pur-
chase of dock Bite and construe- 4
4 tlon of city dock, 8800,000.
MadlBon street bridge bonds, 4
authorizing the construction of a 4
new bridge between Madison )
street and Hawthorne avenue, 4 1
8460,000. 4
Flreboat and fire main bonds, 4
authorising purchase of addl- 4
tlonal flreboat and Installation 4
of fire mains. J375.000. 4
District street improvement 4
system, changing old plan of im- 4
provement work. 4
Increase of remonstrance ratio
necessary to stop Improvement 4 1
from two thirds to four fifths of 4
property holders. 4
Sale of property for delinquent 4
assessments amendment benefit- 4
ing owners. 4
Act creating sergeant of polios 4
to keep check on patrolmen. 4
Act creating free employment 4
bureau. 1 4 1
Act annexing Rose City Park 41
to the city. 4
Act fixing license of other 1 4
than retail liquor dealers. 4
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. fill 11
I f HzxZ k il
111 .f '4s
ASK BIDS
ON TWO H
STEAMERS
Boats to Ply Between Celllo,
Lewiston and Priest Rap
ids Will Be Built at The
Dalles Contracts Are
Called For.
Boilers Ordered for Open
River Company's Vessels
Carry Grain Tonnage
on Upper Columbia and
Snake This Fall.
Some filends of Anna Gould De Sagan
say that she has greatly changed in
appearance since her recent strenuous
efforts to bring about a marriage with
the prince. Here Is her latest picture,
taken for the New York American. The
man higher up Is the prince and the
fellow lower down Is the count.
MIR
HITS GILLIAM
Irrigating Dams Washed
Away and Farmers Sus
tain Heaw Losses.
Arkansas Democrats Iay Plans.
(Apeetal Dlipatrh to The Journal.)
ALICE NAUGHTY. SO
CAN T BE LET GO TO
PRCHI CONVENT ON
(United Preaa Led Wire.)
Columbus, Ohio, July 15. H. W. Paris
of Louisville, Ky., T. P. DeUaree of
Wllmore and H. S. IX Wright of Louis
ville are today In a cold sweat because
the Kentucky delegation to the Prohibi
tion national convention haa refused to
acred.) to their request to Invite Mrs.
Allcs Longworth to attend the conven
tion as the guest of Kentucky.
The three men have already written
to Mrs. longworth and thoy fear that
President Roosevelt will take the action
of the Kentucky delegation as a per
sonal affront. The Invitation osnnot
be withdrawn, but It Is not thought that
the president's daughter will attend the
convention. In view of the protest that
has arisen.
The Kentucky delegates to the Prohi
bition convention object to Alice be
raose, they say. she smokes cigarettes,
attended the Islington horse races and
sat beside Boss t'oj of Cincinnati, a
man of the world, and because she
placed a tack on a chair In the gallery
of the house at Washington, causing
pain and embarrassment to a diplomatic
visitor.
By the decision of the supreme court
validating the bond issues voted by the
people of Portland at the last munici
pal election In June, 1907. that trl-
j bunal has paved the way for many and
extensive improvements to the city and
incidentally for a mass of work to be
done by the city officials Involving
great responaiDinty ana judgment.
In rendering the decision Chief Jus
tice Bean also made the point that the
right of voters of a municipality was
not of necessity an Initiative power,
but exists by virtue of the constitution.
The court also rules that general laws
govern the submission of Initiative
measures In a city unless the city has
passed rules to govern such submis
sion. In the Portland Qfse, since no mu
nicipal regulations haorbeen passed, the
state law governed.
mtturs Uss With Conn oil.
With the power of the supreme court
back of the bonds voted and the last
stain removed from their validity. It is
(SpdEl Diapatcn to The Journal.)
McDonald's Ferry, Or., July 18. In
dlcations this morning go to prove that
a heavy cloudburst struck Rock Creek
during the night somewhere In Gilliam
county between the John Day river and
ths town of Olyx, causing great dam
age to irrigating dams and ditches.
The creek rose six feet above the low
water mark In less than an hour and
reached a stasre of water two feet high
er than at any time during the spring
rain.
A. Roy Jones and Frank Christy, two
gardeners at tho mouth of Rock creek,
were practlcallr ruined. They report
much damage to other farmers on ac
count of broken dams and ditches. So
far as known no loss of life has oo-
cu rred.
JUST PLAIN BILL
BRYAH FOR A DAY
Democratic Champion Goes
Out tu Catch Up With
His Farm Work.
COFFEE POT EXPLODES
AND BLINDS PASTOR
(Continued on Page Two.)
JOURNAL WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS
LOST AND FOIN'D
GRAFT RROSECUTON
ASKS FOR ARREST OF
PETER CLAUDANES
(fiitto FYm Lai Wtr )
an Francisco. July 11 Although th
police have wired all orer Nevada for
the arrest of Peter Clsudlanea. brother
of John Cliudian, who confessed thtt
he exploded the bombs that wrecked tt
UailAflier property, the man la still M
larpe.
i'eter is sorrowed to be nmfwi
la Nevada and snt'l he Is found aitd
quetlod concerning the rrmtrkah.a
ty toll to Plrlet Attorney Lanr
den by his brother, nsthlnf mers c.sj
b da la the can.
The polk-e hre ars Inclined to dis
credit the confession, but IMstrtrt At
torney Langdoo wants a thorough In
vestigation mads before he consents
to the releaa of Claudianes.
It is pointed out that even If the
story Is disjointed In parts, it bear
all the earmarks of trsth. The scof
fers who always stand In with te
grafters, have yet been unable to ex
plain the letter written by Claudianes
to nta nrother Peter, threatening ex
posuee, followed by ths d-a f pearanc
LOST LARGE BLACK POCKETBOOK.
containing receipts of deposit on Til
lamook County bank, one 110 Tillamook
oounty warrant; also other papers. Re
turn to C. J. Clement, 1119 Mallory it.,
and receive reward. '
FOV NSD A CiOOIi PLACE FOR
Thursday evening; Norwegian singers
will sing at ths Lutheran Ladles
lawn Ice cream social. Mrs.
1009 N. Kth, Alberta car.
aid
Goldberg,
LOST DIAMOND HORSESHOE PIN.
Monday, In front of Golden West ho
tel, corner Everet and "th sts; big re
ward, no questions asked. K. R. Miller,
room 1 5
LOST A LEATHER CASE CONTAlN
lnr two thermo bottles, between E
taeada and Eagle Creek, last Sunday.
Reward If returned to Journal office.
LOST A COW WHICH 6TRATED
wr early oft July 14. IJfiS, from
K. zMh and Hawthorne ava. Telephone
f ast UO. or Main ii
ALL HELP WANTED, SITUATION1
WANTED, WANTED TO RENT. FXR
CLASSIFIED AD8 ONE CENT PER
WORIV THREE CONSECTTiyH IN
PFRTIONS FOH THE PRICE OF TWOt
VNDER OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS 1
CENT A WVtRD. SEVEN INSERTIONS
FOR THE PRICK OF SIX.
Cou only 1 cent word. Set
cl&silfiel pates 11. IX td II.
(United Pre Leaaed Wlra.)
Saa Bernardino, CaL, July IS. Rev.
Thomas B. Phillips, formerly pastor of
the First Baptist ohurch hers, probably
will lose his eyesight from ths ex
plosion of a sealed can which h In
tended to use for a coffee pot while
op a oamplng 'trip.
Having no coffee pot at hand, he
attempted to Improvise. on from an
other can which had a tight fitting top.
Phillips leaned over the fire attending
to his cooking, when an explosion of
ths boiling lkruta in the can wa
dashed Into his faoe.
out no hops for the
eight.
Physicians hold
recovery of his
(United Preas Leaaed Wtn.k
Fairvlew Farm. Lincoln. Neb.. July
I.o William J. Bryan, the oandldate.
was "Bill" Bryan, ths farmer thli
morning, when he went out early to
see that the affairs of his fields, which
have been allowed to lag somewhat dur
ing the convention excitement, are pro
gressing in active fjuihlon
He appears interemed in every feat
ure of his crops and gives them per-
' aiiTOiiun, uireciing me men him
self After he fnlahed the oversee
ing trip, he returned to the house and
probably will spend the remainder of
ths day outlining his speech of accept
ance. Few visitors ars expected and Falr
rlsw is quiet In comparison with the
buay hours of yestrrday during the ses
sion of the national committee.
No More Pa Jama Parades.
(United Prcaa Laad Wlra.)
San Francisco. July H. Pajama
parades are not the proper thing for
married men, Superior Judge Cook has
decided, and Eether M. Anderson is
granted a divorce and f$0 a month ali
mony because her spouse. Carl, was
fond Of this form Of MrmHnn A
derson, who Is a house-mover, was ac-
cua or frequently becoming Intoxl
vauxi ena or posseasirg a desire to
praug mi eireeia m nis night clothes.
AUTO AT 30-MILE
SPEED. DEAD MAN'S
HANDS ON WHEEL
(Tatted Press Leased WW.I
Kaw Tork, July It. A l horse-pow-
r Meroedes automobile sped along for
mors than three miles last night on
Oosaa Park way at a speed sf 10 miles
aa hoar, with ths hands of a dead man
on ths wheel. Every effort Is being
mads today by ths friends of Stephen
W. Anderson, ths dead man, to avoid
publicity of ths affair, and ths cot
oner's office Is searching for three
friends who sr In ths auto at ths
Una of Its frterd journey.
Aadsrsea, aha owned ths machine.
wss at ths wheel, when ha was sud
denly attacked by a fceatorrhag tha.1
resulted In his death. Ths other aorte
pants of the car did. not notice that
anything was wrong, as, Anderson ast
straight In his seat. .
A mounted pol!ctaa ' hailed the
car. ordering IX to slow down, and when
his order was not obeyed hs followed
ths ear sad hoy ted. A young aomta
who sat next to Andcraon. exiled to him
to alow down ths car. He did n
answer. Than tbs yoang vovta saw
blood coming from his mouth.
Another maa ia the automobile took
ths a heel and stopped iba car.
. A movement to establish
strong line of steamboats on the
upper Columbia river has reached
a stage where success is positive
ly certain, and within the next
three or four months a fleet of
first-class boats will be in opera
tion, in connection with the Celilo
portage road and the lower river
steamer J. N. Teal. Bids have
been asked , for construction of
! twH'&ttinri and' their pollers
have been ordered from the mak
ers. . . Ths two nsw boats will operata from
Celllo to Lewiston, on the Snake river,
and to Priest Rapids on the Columbia.
With the steamer Relief already on ths
upper river, this will make three boata
at work in the up river trade.
Dimensions of the new boats will be;
Length. 150 feet: beam. S2 feet. Their
lines will be adapted to tha conditions
of the river, and the greatest cars will
be taken to get boats Well suited t5 the
traffic. They will each have a carrvina
capacity of 260 tons of wheat The
boats will be stronglv bulkheaded' and
practically unsinkable, and will ba
equipped with very powerful engines.
In short, the aim of the Onen Rivet
association is to produce two steamers '
mat win do ideal ror tne navigation or
the upper Columbia river and the Snaks
river, where light draft. Dower and car
rying capacity are especially essential.
With the completion of -this long and
continuous line of important transpor
tation interests on the rivers, the loca
tion of the superintendent's office will
probably be changed to The Dalles, to
enable that official to handle the busl- -
ne.es from a point at the center of ac
tivities. .,
Celllo wll ba a busy place for tha next
six months. The government engineers
are about to let contracts for new con
struction work on the Celllo canal, ths .
contractors on the old work are complet
ing that job, the two new steamers ars
to be built at that point, and ths freight '
traffic over the portage road will dur
lng the crop movement add to the Ufa
and bustle of the Dlace. The ateamnr
Relief will serve the fall trade between
Celilo and Arlington this year, assisting .
materially in the crop movement.
EL PASO A TRAP TO
CATCH CHINK SNEAKS
(United Press Leaaed Wlre.l
El Paso, Tex., July 15. Almost 1,100
per cent Increase is the record for cap
turing, smuggled Chinamen by El Paso
Immigration authorities during ths last
half of the fiscal year which closed
June 30.
Since December laat, 600 Chinamen
have been captured after havtns?
reached American soil from the Mexl
can side of the Rio Grande, against a
total ot only 47 for tha preceding year,
no "zofTil
FOB THE PACIFIC
Purchasing Agents Accept
Atlantic's Tales of
Dearth of Ships.
CCaltad Praas Leaaed Wire.)
Washington, D. C, July It. Unless
word Is received from Colonel Doethels
todjy ts tha contrary. Pacific coast
dealers will not ba considered In ths
purchasing of supplies by tha com ml s-aey-efatiisait
of -tha can! cTnrr
Sloa. Captain Hegga. general pun-Laving
agent for the Itnama canal roi..
(n laaion, la a statement 1v-n eat I .
day, said that poor steamahij rvi i
on the Pacific coast Is resporsii.i I r
tb decision.
Tha Psrlfle cast merchants hare re
quested that some of -ii'..e ta '
chased there and iHfj"'! l La
Captain Hegr says !! If i ,
were purchneed on the I'-c t
and there ahould leaf . i- ii . .
on S veeeel tt aeul.l 1 ". . -. i a f . : ,
a either ehlpment . I at' i ; t
Atlantic fnai M; - ro . t
every fwjr 'st ) 't . ) t
otg S litrvl f r I'-e a
freh tafi r i s
prjrea au ! - -i t - - -
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