Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1908)
THE PRICE OF ALL EDITIONS OF THE DAILY JOURNAL IS 2c A COPY ON THE STREETS. AND AT THE OFFICII -J MORE HELP WASTED? v; REAL ESTATE FOR SALE? ; i-' BUSIHESS FOR SALE? . .'. i- f i ("Advertise in Th Journal i'9 JOURNAL CIRClllATIOiN TKSTERDAT WAS 4 ' 29,670 a The Weather Fair tonight' and ' Thursday;1, northwest winds. ' . VOL, VII. NO. J67. PORTLAND, ; OREGON, .WEDNESDAY EVENINO, SEPTEMBER 1908. SIXTEEN ' PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ' f " iftwt V Vbll i Di AT J VTAA viva It. - . wewm if- t STEVENS CASE'MAY .BE SETTLED OUT 01 ' ' w i u i - i ' ' ' ' 5 ' ' j ,i . ' m mm j i ' " t ,. ... . - . ' . ... . , , M) OUT OF CC FmOUSSCMDmtlKELY TO END M COMPROMISE i . . v If'TVM. Stevens Will Acknowledge Stevens No. One as Wife Adjustment Can Be Reached, Is ReportLawyers in Conference Over Settlement : ' After muttering bmlnlously for over month as to what would happen when the T. M. Btsvens caee cam 10 inai in the dlstrldt court, bothsides in the now famous scandal hare come together and are nerotiatlng an agreement The chances are said to be favorable for a settlement of" the suit outside of court Although neither attorneys 'concerned In the case will state what the nature of the terms is that are being consld ered It Is know that the cm, of the matter ie the question of the validity of Mrs. Louise Powell-Stevens' man-lag. to T. M. Stevens. . Will Acknowledge Wife. If T. M. Stevens will acknowledge that Mrs. Stevens is hie 'wife and we Willy married to him it Is said that the other matters can be settled wunout any long discussion.'. But without an acknowledgement of the marriage by Mr. Stevens it is understood that .Louise Powell-Stevens states that ...'she,, will never agree to a settlement, ene m lata on Khvina: her status in society acknowledged 'in any agreement that tnav t made. - tflnce the return of Louise Powell Stevens' from Seattle day before yester day Mr. Stevens and Attorneys Thomas O'Dav and A.; E. Clark have : been hold- Ins: several conferences. The talk or an out. of court settlement has reached the stage where Judge Oliav admitted tnis "mornlnn that It was probable the Stev ens case would never be brought to trial, Which aids Weakened. "We are talking, the matter over," said Judge O'Day, "and agree that it is a case that should not come Into court. It is hard to say which side made the first advances towards the settlement. te Were Both anxious 10 see the thing out' of the way. At present, however. we prefer not to say anything about the state or tne case excepting mat it is being discussed by us, and will prob ably be settled." 4 - ' ..." Mr. Clark who Is Louise- Powell-Stev. ens' attorney, admitted todav that the two sides of . the Stevens . family 'had come tos-ether for a conference, but a cllned to state anything furthjer, about me auegea settlement. . - . ( . . Oase in Wotloe. ; The Stevens Case was brought t6 public notice first when Mrs. Louise Powell-Stevens applied In the " clrcut oourt for separate maintenance - from her husband, the wealthy milling man and, exporter, who Is the head of the Portland Rice Milling companyand he T. M. Stevens company. Mrs. Stevens alleged cruel and unusual treatment id ner petition. . . , Tnis was followed soon arter ny. tne announcement that T M. Stevena and Miss -Lillian Monk. well-known Chi cago musician, had been quietly mar ried. Inasmuch as Mrs. Louise Powell Stevens had never secured a divorce this caused a commotion, which resulted in Mr. Stevens Issuing a statement de claring that he had lived with Louise Powell- for Is years, but had never been married to her.- Inasmuch as Mr and Mrs. Stevens were members of the beet social set of the city, the scandal that followed was practically unpar alleled in Portland society circles. Threatened Arrest. Mrs. Louise Powell-Stevens st the time her husband made his announce ment, wa; In a sanitarium in Seattle. Her attorney announced that he would have Stevens arrested for polygamy and made preparations to prees a civil suit against Stevens in the circuit court. His activity resulted In the suit belna ready for trial next week but has ceased since the commencement of the proceed ings for a settlement- . Judee O'Dav. reriresentlng Mr. Stevens, said today that 'both sides realised that the , matter would have to be left to some arbiter in the end and that both had desired to settle without the pub licity of .jmbllc. hearings if possible. in tot onargwn uroum uy n. ens against " her husbiind she acoueert Jiltn of.havlna: held thouaands of dot Ian' . vnrth nf nrnnprtv from he dur in ths past- few years and in her oharr.a nf crueltv included those of in fidelity and J of s attempted) unnatural practices. PARKER DECRIES WASTE OF ilOllEY (Calted Ptms Leased Wlx.) Rochester, N. T., Sept. 1 Judge Al ton B. Parker, in an address before ths Democratic state convention here to- aay, strongly criticised Republican -ex travagance and declared that sines Roosevelt has been president the coun-I SUB - STATIO Xo. 12 at Marshall and' Six , teentJi Tapped for Second : Time Within Fortnight- Fifty Dollars and Quan tity of Stamps Stolen. ; ; Station Entered by Breaking Down Back Door Bob bery Is Third Trespass Against Uncle Sam Dur ing Past Montli. Jadfte Alton B. Parker, For the second time within two weeks, making three sub-postofflce station robberies , wthin as many weeks, sub-station 12 at Sixteenth and Marshall streets was'robbed last night of more than $50 In cash to-i cether with a large number of stamps. Outside of. a few small articles, the thieves took nothing but money. Twenty dollars of the stolen money belonged to Uncle Bam, . The remain der waf-ipr,V.-,of 't.ll!' day's receipts'. f t,n drug; store or v,w, Alien, ta wnicn AEROPLANE TRAVELS WITH ' J SPEED OF A FAST TRAIN i : m 9 4 5f f DISTRICT nor LIABLE FOR DEBT I1RT or hot rai Court Holds School Direc-Explosion at Illinois Steel tors by Negligence Cannot Works Causes Serious In jury to Employes. Chicago, Sept. 14. Several men were seriously injured today by the explosion of molten steel at the Illinois Steel company's works. The Injured men were removed to the hospital at the plant and information about the acci dent was refused by the company .of ficials. Reports, apparently authentic. were hurt and that some of them were burned so badly that they may not re cover. Involve Property. School districts cannot be held liable for damages for ths negligence of their directors. This Is the substance of a decision given by Judge Gantenbein In the circuit court this morning in sus taining a demurrer to the complaint in the Case of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber (however, say that not less than a score company against school district No. 1. The case arose out pf the construction of a building by district No. 12 near Lents, which has since been adsorbed by No. 1. . The school directors failed to exact a bond from the contractors, Clark & 'Simpson, as they were supposed to do, and Inman-Poulsen brought sutt to collect on material worth 1335. it being Impossible to place a lien on a publlo bulldlnr. Judee Gantenbein holds that such a suit cannot be maintained against the school dlstrlot, notwithstanding the nerlleence of the directors. The court also sustained a demurrer In the case of the Hawthorne estate against the Portland Railway, Light power company. In which the estate Is suing to eject the company from some of us property ana ror iis.ooo damages. j nis aecision -is not oi particular sig nificance, however, betns; given on tech nical grounds. The curt has yet to I B. 8. Josselyn. president of the Port' IT: .....7h. r.." "nBwer,n land Railway. Light A Power com- I pany, leaves tsaturaay ror Tne east, wnen try has- bfen burdened" with the addl-ibisM- ths'iilMits.tlaii? ifi'--'lafltcL: tlon of t,000. federal office holders at I1"8 tna suD-station is loeateo. an annual cost of nearly $70,000,000.' oBsd Two weeks Affo. Parker discussed the appropriations Two, Weeks ago sub-station 12 and Al by congress which he said were enor- a tnr m- nntcmd and shout mous and' out of all proportion to the . " . dru Btora as entered ana aDout necessitferf of the situation.' He. charged " cash secured. Also some stamps, the Republican with buildlna- nn and Also Mr. Aliens hat. There was also msklng possible the growth of . giant I bicycle taken which the police corporations H ram that Tf hd admitted1 that the majority - of r the trusts, had .arisen in the last 10. years, during Republican administration and under Republican control. The speaker made the charse that the beneficiaries from the high protec tive tariff are being relied upon to fur. sume the thief rode away. Or if there were two of them, perhaps one rode be hind, say the sleuths. Anyway, there was but one bicycle track, showing con cluslvelv that tha blcvcle did not re. turn for the other thief In case there were two of them in the first place. The bicycle. It seems, went north. The Orrflle Wright, superintending the rt-moral of his aeroplane from the balloon building at Fort Myer, Ta., where in a test flight he kept the airship in the air for more than an hour. His brother Wilbur today established a speed record for, aeroplanes, RECORDS State Fair Attended by Im mense Crowds and Tort land Day, Tomorrow, Promises to .Eclipse All Previous Batings, Streetcar Service Swamped mm visitors Oregon Athletes Will Attend; "Weather Ideal for State Outing at Capital. (Onlted Press teased Win.) Lemana, Sept. 10. Wilbur Wright to day , took , his, place besids .his brother nlsh campaign funds for the Renubll-1 rider went in the same direction. cans. In closing Parker said: I Just a few days prior to the first "It may have been a coincidence, hut I Allan robberv durlna the earlv Dart of tne president s crusaae asalnst the ve-l Hentember. Bverlev s dm store. 401 pal corporations and predatory wealth I Jefferson street, where postoff tea sub- burst upon' the people Just at the time I station 2 is located, .was entered and wnen tneir attention had Decome fo-l somothlna like 130 obtained by the rob i-uwj upon iiw corrupt relations ne-1 Ders tween tne KenuDilcan Dartv and the moneyea interests. . It is not too much to sav that tha highest duty of the hour Is to make the continuance of these relations im possible.!' Walked to Seattle. . Seattle, Wash., Sept. ' la.ij-Mrs. , Anna Johnson. 68 years of age, the woman who walked from ' St.' Paul to Rntte- carrylng 85 pounds of luggage, arrived in pea me lasi-rugnt over tne. Northern Pacific frorti North Yakima,: Sh is searching for her husband, Ols John son, wnora sne oeiieves is sick some wnere in aeattie. Josseljn Leaves to Submit Underground System to New York StockholdersWork to Start in Near Fu ture Cost Will Beach $1,250,000. Tl'O ME- DIE FROM HRIES . Nine Persons Lose Lives as Eesult of Car Explosion. (Caltr4 Preas Leastd WW.) Sedalla. Ma. Sept 14. Two addi tional deaths today make a total of nlns killed by ths explosion of tha ear of black powder at tha depot at Wind sor yesterday. A. F. Herschberger, tfie freight con ductor, who Is accused of having- caused ths explosloa by throwing a match Into a pile or powder for a practical Joke to frighten tha aegroea who were watch Ins him move the powder, today de clared that he Is Innocent of the rrlmsL He says that a negro who was killed In the explosion Is responsible for the explosion. The negro threw tha match into the iwrwdf. says Herarhberger. Ths officials of the town see wrovrht tip ever - the explosion, whloo killed mtiI small children, and are rn. dwettng a rigid Investteatton. Hersch-brg- Is the only one In Hfce group where the explosion sisrted that will recover and eo It wy never be pneelbl f oMin any tasumony cf sltne tut bis. t t - . ths plans for the work of putting the wires of the system underground and 'which task Is to cost something like II. 210.000. will be submitted to ths prin cipal stockholders In New Tork end Philadelphia. Mr. Josselyn will not be away from Portland any longer 4han is necessary. He will be accompanied as far as St. Louis by his daughter. Mis Mildred Josselyn. and his son Benage, both of whom are to enter the Prtnclpla school in that city. A fores of engineers has been ac work on the plans for the underground wire work and only completed the de tails yeaterdsy. It took these men near ly two months to arrange ths 6 tails, i Among ' other changes provided for Is the-removal of 'the sub-station . from Seventh and Alder streets. In Ha stead will be the machinery which will sup ply the electricity which is to be sent along those wires which ar. to be nut under the ground and pavements. ..?rovl",on i" ,.b m,M,e tr handling -VP"",. d,rer..t current, instead of the 400 voltaae that haa bn w tofore. In doing this Mr. Josselyn says tumi nB I-,, connurni mat tne under writers win ne saiisea witlt the I rans-ements In every way. Mr. Josselyn will return tn Pnrf. as soon ss he has gone over the under- rrouna puna wnn m, STorxnolders and t is expected that the work of Chang- ins; ids wires win d commenced dur The work of the persons who entered Byerley's store was very similar to that or tnose wtio robbed Alien s place last night. Consequently, the police and pos tal inspectors believe that the Jobs, all three of them, have been done by boys. Allen's drug store was entered last night by the thieves It Is believed there were two of them because one boy Is usually afraid to enter a dark place breaking through the back dr. First they rifled the sub-station money drawer, the stamp case, looked at the safe, felt of it and passed on to the drug store cash box. Then they, tooit a cigar or two and some small articles and were gone. The police, deputy marshals, the postal Inspectors and any other officers who might happen along, are all look ing for the miscreants. youWEEr THEN REARRESTED Orrllle as the holder of the .world's record for speed' In an aeroplane: Wilbur sailed 89 minutes and 19 sec onds today at the rate of it miles an hour, approximately six miles Der hour i aster tnan any previous record. j This divides the honors between the two brothers. Orvllle holds the record for duration of flight and second place tor speea. wimur noias tne record for speed and second place for duration. The Wrights now stand out as the undisputed champfor.s of serial naviga tion In machines heavier , than air. AH Paris is filled with praise for Wil bur Wright and the French people take pride in bin having outdone his brother In the matter of speed. The French now take a proprietary Interest In Wil bur. Wright and are anxious to see him surpass the records of his brother in America. . . j Wilbur's flight this morning exceeded j (Pnlted Press Leased Wire.) ' '" Salem, Or., Sept. 16. This city has never seen such tremendous crowflg as are here todav . to. sea 'Salem day" at the sUte fair grounds. Thousands had poured In by noon and it Is estimated that the attendance by the end or the day will total .22,000. . ,y This is the largest , attendance ' that will have ever been seen at the Oree-on bv' 'more' than'nlns minutes' the longest "f J"trer flight ever made before In Europs. The ' Portland d-ri'" there-being Trttt H.000 flight was made over the military course admitted to ths grounds. It .js predicted bv the fair manager that .tomorrow. "Portland day." will smash today's record-breaking attend-, ance by several thousands and probabiy going well past ths 30,000 mark. - ; The big influx of visitors Into the city far exceeds the most liberal esti mates and it was not until the rail and electric trains began pouring their hu man freight Into the town, . literally swamping the local streetcar service. wnicn naa imported some oi tne open- at Anvours. Airship Wrecked. (CMled press Leased Wire.) V Berlin, Sept. ,16. The great dirigible balloon Parseval waa wrecked todav en route to Potsdam, where It was. to be in spected bv the emperor and empress. rne -big airsmp was going along ped areat hole In the monster bag. The smoothly when a rod br6ke and rlpt balloon quickly collapsed, but Its great sise made it impossible for all the gas to rush-out at once, and the descent was broken to some degree by . the gas that lair- trains from Portland, that it was remained in the , balloon. The wreck allahted on the roof of a villa near Qrunewald forest Major par seval. the inventor, captain Kepler, tne machinist, and the chauffeur were In the balloon and all escaped with minor bruises. The damage to the ship can be readily renalrert . The. emtieror- and Aemoress were Informed by wire of the accident. realized that this was to be a record- breaking fair day. The weather is perfect and ths track., which is said to be ths best on the coast. Is in fine condition. This, to--gether with the coming of the Oregon athletes. Is one of the reasons given for the estimate of the largo attendance on -fortiana aay. 11 D FOR GOVERNOR Choice of New York Demo crats Robertson Named . in Connecticut. Rochester. N. T.. Sent. It. Lewis Btuyvesant Chanlcr. the present lieuten ant governor, was unanimously nom Inated for governor today bv the Demo cratlc state convention here. Hartford Tonn. Sent. 1. .Turtle A Robertson was nominated for governor Dy acclamation here today by the Demo cratic state convention. Released on Counterfeiting Charge, Adams Nabbed by an El ma Officer. Rochester. N. T.. fint. the harmcny meeting last Which all branches of the party flgreetl tne Following night, in in a the winter. The first order of ctmnr kIm -1 . ivr inn nww airiu WU1 COS I tBO Mm pany IZtO.000. ADVOCATE GREATER COAST Seattle,. Spokane, Tacoma, Tortland and Los Angeles In vited by San Francisco to Join in Campaign for Federal Recognition. Charles Adams, arrested on a coun terfeiting charge several days ago by the Portland police at the request of Washington authorities, was taken be fore United States Commissioner A. M. Cannon this mornlna and released. Adams thought he was free for good. But he enjo'ved nis liberty but a mo ment. There was a deputy marshal from Elroa. Wash., who grabbed him be fore he could sav Cock Robin. It was thought that Adams had been working the country fairs with tbs can and knlfts asms and that inci dentally Its passed off a few home-made ti pieces, ft seems that the authorities toe Washington authorities got him mixed up with Albert Bnaarth. who was arrested Sunday at Independence by the government secret service scents. Owing to tnis tact Adams, woo is notning I mors thssi a boy, was released of the rharere by the commissioner this morn lna. Tben It was that Deputy Marshal Roe-era nabbed hiss. Adams Is to be kea hark to EIma.1 where he Is to fee a cbarce of obtain-1 Ing money by falsa pretenses. It Is I claimed thst he paswfd several defunct 1 stat bank notes uf the Merchant A I Planters bank f Ueorata variety, and I as thers Is a state law aratnst any vch saonker business In Washington, Adams f Is to be taken back get Mm. no haa been Indicted by a fed- tO "Dull tosether" for the national ticket, the Democratic state convention today named the following candidates: For sovernor Lewis Stuvvesant Chan. ler, the present lieutenant-governor.' For lieutenant-governor, John A. Dlx Of Washington, N. Y. For secretary of state, John 8. Whalen, the Incumbent cf Ihst office. For stste treasurer. Julius Hauser. the incumbent. For altornev-ceneral. George M. Palmer. For state engineer, James F. Farlev. For state comptroller. Martin II. Olyrui. When . the convention met at 11 I IS MYSTERIOUS 'S DEATH Salem. Or., Sept. II. Salem day has proved to be the most successful of the Oregon state fair In point of visitors. Crowds began coming ' early end thronged the grounds all morning. -The number of admissions un to an earlv hour this afternoon shows a record st-. tendance. Continued pleasant weather is only necessary to the attendance this year, far above that of any previous fair. '-f. -,.;..,,. .. Portland day, tomorrow, " is expected to bring the largest crowds to the fair on account of numerous excursions and excellent races. The track this vsar I , Miss Mary Lawlor Cut to Is-M'sK 1 ft. crasn to corns jmaay ernen three horses. Mona wuites j:oi,), Iceland Onward ohn S. Pieces Beneath Southern Pacific .Train. . ' 2:04fr) and Sir Job run for the rapid transit 2:064) will t nurse of tl.OOA. The track record la" 3:0AU, made by Sherlock Holmes September II. 107. The Greater Salem stake for -15.010 will be run off this afternoon. The Lewis and Clark stake of 15.900 will be run tomorrow. Both these race are ex pected to develop-fast time. 1 Judging- is prosressms; ss fast as roe- Henrl.tt Lawlor. 40 year. old. who was JJ1". .V! cut to pieces beneath a Southern Pacific j Berkshire swins were announced as fol- train within 100 vards of the station I lows: (raited Press Leased Wire.) Menlo Park. Cal., Sept. 1. No suf ficient explanation ran be made today cf the mysterious death of Miss Mary Oattl. Holsteln Exhibitors: ' Theodore Kruse, Portland; P. A. Frakes, Srp- (Contlnued on Page Four.) CAimoirs POLICY Continued on Page Two.) hers Jast night Coroner Plymire will hold an Inquest Thursday evening and railroad officials will be summoned ss witnesses. rhe bodv was found by James Q. Mason, the Wells-Farso agent. The arms had been cut -off ' and the leas almost entirely severed. The- whole ody was mangled, the1 head being the only part of tho woman .that remained Intact. Miss Lawlor had lived In Menlo Park all her life until recently, - when she had been employed in San Francisco. She was on her way here-last night to see her mother, Mrs. Andrew Lawlor, who has been ill. . There was clear evidence that the hodv had beh drasrared under ths train wYsiiZrin .Vtemprg.ifihJ b, Congressman Bedeof 3Iinue It is considered strange that the train men did not see her and stop. RV 0 A. A A A A A A m m AAiAAa.AAAAAAAAA . WW 1 RESULTS sota Snowed Under for Supporting Speaker." . rratseg rraa tmiS KI Saa Frairrlaco, ttopt, 1C Isvltatlons are belna; IsatMd today by ths Saa Frais rlsoo chana tier of renaerce for a eew fereses of commercial ergaalMtlons f eaUUa, Spokaa Taoowa. Portiaad and l Af-m. to K rtd ta fMs rv Xondsr, vioKer g. eA ,- -fr the trans-Mtesstrl -o.(r aksria TJe neflng la rsJIf for ths purpose Cf discussing mvesures to broadts the anpe of tha rniMsatlons fr the Fn rai ef1t ef tbs eniavtanttte In watch teey operate, and tm Indorat aa fas M pnesibl the fdrl ytrremrwwt te ree wlsa thm rewir-u) afid etratacie lm rrtace ef tha Partfle eeawt. L rlt'-d I rr f . puiee. frem tha mast tr sr iriTlted ta attend tbs ctwjfer- v . , , Boaar er-al f-rand Jury and will Tacotna for trtal. be takes to I Reqatsltlost for Japs. ' (TsttM rMs bseS STIr. ' lew, Or Brpt. K. A requisition aerved upon Oovemer Chamber lain this morainf for ths retsra to Los Anaes of a Japanese, dts n Ihed as Joon Doe Ito. charged with tbs murder er 2. vsiasaai in ios An !. Febru-l sey 4. !. Ilo is snder srreet at astrtrta. ier to swatting the Cali fornia effWrr Km left Matro tvday te I Willaming. Or., Sept. 10, 1908. Jonrnal Publishing- Co., Portland. Dear Sin: lndoed p!rae find money 'order for amount due ryou for advertising- in Saturday and Sundajr Journal. Thanking jrott for the good results I 'have had from your paper, I am. yours very truly, ' - i - WILLAMIKA REAL ESTATE CO - Ira C Barber, Manager. ' The Journal gives the same grand results to all its advertisers, because it reaches the homes of Portland and Oregon most ef fectively. For real estate The Journal is found by leading - real estate dealers the best medium. It is the big bona fide local cirrula tkn; of The Journal that brings the'purchasers into their offices. Circulation in middle, southern and eastern states does not benefit local advertisers much. By making your' announcements in The Journal yon talk confidentially to Portland people in the privacy of their homes, every ereniiig-jast the time when thy-are st- lets- nre-ro study your propositions. . It does not pay any advertiser to b out of The Journal. 1( . . rcstted rress Lseses Duluth, Minn, Sept. 1 . Todsy s re- rns from ths primary eleetloti held here yesUrday ahow that Congressman J. Adam Beds sf the Eighth Minnesot district was snowed nnder by an aval anchs of votes for Clsreare B. MUW. bis opp.nen fur tha RepuhlW-an nomi ostloa. who secured the nomination . aa urparslleled ma;rtiy. The Indori.. ment sf Speaker Caaiton's pollry ml elles-sdl aeslert ef hts district were ! Issues oa ahlch Beds w.nt down t fee t. Tbs flsrht wss one ef the httt re waed In a ron resalonsl d etr:. i , M!nr,Mn(L Pde was ("'cl in !. , , Mmwlf OS i'anaen early In the .-.,. nslsa. He came c I riat-f -.i t ths ppeaker cf the hve. A-r ..., ( Is be on cf the rri" uiuit ,. ; rakers la the rouii'i. 1's t fended the paper trui s-1 KiheiS and sv) r Ma std to pass in remove tn t' ff. e - sr'-k sgatnst I la ti r- ss ti Tnn: the fmrm 1 t- ! . I It " J n,.e r ? , i 1 t -ii use cjs i bis -rsoar. , www 44w44w4444 i.i e ri.e-. . f - , :
