The Oregon daily journal., November 14, 1908, Page 1, Image 1

PROSECUTION BELIEVES -
ODLERS . COMIVED TO '
MURDER FRANCIS HENEY
E
WRATH OF
(TTnlted Pms Vtttt W'lre.J .v ,
Ban Francisco, Not. 1. Dla- -
trlct Attorney William H. Lang-
don, who arrived hero this morn-
Inn from Fresno, save out. the
following; statement- today : ,-,
v" "The prosecution wllj no on'.' I
" expect to be n conference before '
nightfalhr All plana will be made
. to carry ,on the workeffectlvely -
; and speedily., The machinery ot'
" the law will be aat In operation
At once to bring "to Justice
through", the regular- (organised ?
channels the would-be assassin.
Only tho regular ? and lega .'
method win be lolera'tea 1n deal-
lng with ;blni tod. other who.
mav-be involved. ..A Vv.,i t
"I am determined to prevent
any extra judicial proceedings....
of- any cfiaf acter " whatsoever in
' deallnK with the culprit. " I shall .
insist upon strict, adherence to
lawful 'methods In punishing the
matt or men responsible for this
dastardly crime. '; . ' " . ' ' '
"At this : critical period all
rood citizens, must remain cool-
headed and attempt nothing that ;"'
will reflect :. further discredit
upon this . community. The law
will be enforced, vigorously and
as speedily as possible. The
punishment of this crime must
be left In, the hands' of the law
officers of the city and county.
San Francisco, Nov. 14. De-
tectlve Burns, on behalf of the
prosecution, said this morning
4 that no stone would be left un-
turned to show that Haas was in
the employ of the men, who fear
the hand of the law. Assistance
Is to be given the prosecution
through the police department,
and Mayor Taylor will order a
detail .of the best detectives on ,
the force to run down clues to
the Alleged conspiracy.. ...
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(Cntted PrtM Leased wire.)
Sdn Francisco, Not.. 1 4.- Out
raged by the Bhootlng of panels 1
Heney, the graft prosecutor, while
he waa at the post of duty in the
courtroom yesterday afternoon," the
citizens of San Francisco are in a
Btate of unrest today, ; more dan
gerous than the unrest that marked
the attempt of Ruef to gain control
(Continued on Page Three.)
ROOSEVELT SAYS :
KEEP UP FIGHT
-.: (United Press Lcastd Wire.) i
' Ban Francisco, Nov. 14. - Rudolph
Spreckela today received the .following
telegram " from: President Roosevelt: ,.
"7ryashington, Nov. 14. I, am . inex
pressibly shocked at ' the attempted as
sassination of Heney and most earnest
ly hope that he will recover. ' "
..;'ine . infamous character of the
would-be assassin, no less than the in
famous Character of The. deed, call at
tention In a startling way to the true
character of the-forces against which
Heney and you and your associates
have been struggling.'
"Every decent American who. haa the
honor and interests of the cortimunlty at
heart should Join riot only In putting a
stop to the wave of violent crime, of
: which this man's act' is but one -of the
symptoms,-but in starHplng out the hid
eous corruption in. -which men like this
would-be assassin are bred and flour
ish. - ; -.- '
"That can only be done by warring, as
t Henev has -warred, relentlessly against
overy man who is guilty of corrupt prao
..tices. without any regard to. his social
etarnllMH!'. ' to his prominence In 'the
FEAR
PEOPLE
"world Mr politics or 'In the-world of
business.
' "I earnestly hope that Heney will recover,-and
I give utterance to what X
know would be Heney's wish when I aay
.-.that I earnestly hope thRt, whether he
recovers or not, there-will' be no falter-
ing in tho work In which Heney has
been so gallant and efficient a leader. -:
THKODOflfB ROOSEVELT." i
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"The Smile That Doesn't Wear Off,"
BU11TII1
MR. HENEY'S CONDITION
Lane Hospital,- Ban Francisco, 'Nov. 14.
Francis J. Heney. who was shot down
by Morris Haas,' an ex-convict, in tho
Ruef. trial court late yesterday, was
resting Quietly . this morning after, a
good night. The surgeons in attendance
were more hopeful for his recovery
than they had been at midnight. ' The
wounded man was in full possession of
his faculties. The' report that he would
lose his voice was. denied.
Mrs. Heney . remained at her hus
band's bedside all night
The surgeons had decided to hold s
consultation at 9 o'clock to determine
when they , would remove .the bullet.
which was lodged tinder the right jew,
having passed . downward from bebing
the right ear. v ,
An official "bulletin issued at a.
m by Dr. Edwin 8. Bunnell follows:
"Mr. Henev's condition la Imoroved.
The pulse tstronger. The probabilities
are that the patient will rest comfort-
aoiy from now on. - unless complica
tions set in be will recover. He will
not lose his voice. ' The wound is
through the posterior nares and the
BURNS DECLARES
INSTIGATED BY "HIGHER UPS
(Written for the raited Press by Detective William J. Burns.)
San Francisco, Nov. 14. The' attempt to kill Francis J. Heney last
" night Was tho result of a deliberate, plot planned' by higher-ups. This
fellow Haas had planned this attempted murder - for weeks. ' He prac
ticed shootina- with hia revolver in his house for the last .wetk. He
was egged on. , ' - ''
It was .a great chance for the enemies of the prosecution. Here was a
man who bora a grudge against Heney because he was. exposed in the
, Park side 'case, as an ex-convict, after her had made a desperate attempt
to get on the Ruef Jury. He needed but little proddlna and goading by
these out-of-slght murderers. He soon decided to kill Heney. -I am sorry
that I, wasn't in the courtroom at the time of the shooting. This man .
Haia V no crank, no rattle-brained lunatic, bnt is cool-headed. It waa
- not hls fault that he did not .succeed In instantly killing Heney.
A saloon man on Kearney mhenhe heard of the shooting said fn hear
ing of one of my men: "It serves the of a - damn well right
They ought to kill few more of them.! "
, ' Onlr a week ago I received a letter warning me to look out The -attempt
to kill me waa to-be made near my house. I saw some of
Ruef plug-uglies hanging around my .residence. . but they fled when .
my men took tip their stand by the house. -. ,-. , ,
- We will nsej'' every endeavor to connect this fellow Haas with the hiM
who -Were behind him the men who egged him on. Haas In a crafty,
criminal.' He evades- all answera to questions aS'to who are behind him
in this attempted assassination by saying, "I was alone:" . -
'i The graft Investigation and proaecutlon. with all of its features, will
' go on. This is their second attempt to disrupt our work by. murdering
- pertple connected with the movement hut they can't stop us. Ruef wlll
go to me penitentiary, ana we nope
Francis J. Heney's Famous Smile.
P0RT1
bullet did not touch the brain. Mr.
Heney is sleeping quietly at this hour.
A bulletin issued as 8:30 a. m. by
Dr. Herbert C. Moffltt read: .
"Mr. Heney passed a comfortab'a
night His condition this morning Is
very favorable. Doctors Terry. Bun
nell and myself are about to take un
X-ray - plate, following which we will
hold a consultation with Doctors Hunt
ington and Stillman at 10 o'clock, when
wo will determine what further action
Is necessary. The doctors who will
take part In the operation on Mr. Henev.
In case an operation decided on, will
be Dr. Wallace 1. Tferry, Dr. Edward
Bunnell, Dr. G. W? Huntington, Dr.
Stanley Stillman, and myself.'
Dangerous, Yet Hopeful.
At 11 o'clock today Dr. Herbert C.
Mofflt issued the following bulletin at
Lane hospital:. t .
"Mr. Heney's ulse is good. The bleed
ing has stopped. While the patient Is
stfil in a dangerous condition, we are
not alarmed, as his general condition
is good, n X-ray photograph has buen
taken, but In order to Insure the ac
curacy of Dr. C. M. Oooper'e work
with the X-ray we are allowing th
plates to dry in order- to get the beat
possible Impressions."
CRIME YfiS
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GEMS VANISH
AT BRIDGE
- PARTY
Miss Hilda Jacobs Loses
Diamond Studded Locket
and Jeweled Gold Purse at
Society Function in Down
Town Hotel,
'
Who got Mlns Hilda Jacobs' diamonds
at a fashionable bridge pfrrty at the
Hoiel Portland last Saturday after
noon 7
The 100 society women who were
guests at the event are asking them
oilves the question, anil are wrought up
to the point where many of them have
locked their own Jewels in safety de
posit boxes until the mystery is cleared
away. - -
Both the Pfftkertona an! the Hotel
Portland detective department have
Seen at work on the case for a week,
but tlus far have been able to secure
little light on it.
Ziost at Beck Seoeption.
Miss Jacobs, who is the daughter of
Mrs. ft. Jacobs, and. who Uvea in the
handsome old Jacobs residence at West
Park and Monttjemery streets, waa one
of the guests who were invited to meet
Mrs.. Harry Beck, a recent bride from
San Francisco. Among the articles of
jewelry that she carried were an ex
quisite gold. pur studded with dla
mondfl and a . square gold locket, set
with a large diamond.. When ahe had
started home she dlncovered that both
the purse and the locket, which had
been, t a tene". together ty a sold chain.
.J-er9 mlssingV-
ene nurneaiy urove oauk to me iiotei
and went to her table but found .no
trace of the missing; Jewelry. Most of
the guests had left by the time ithe
search was begun, but those still there
joined In the hunt through the hotel
parlors. The purse and locket were
not to be of una.
At. a loss whether to suspect some
one of the guests at the party or the
hotel waiters who had served luncheon
during tho afternoon, the hotel manage
ment called in the .Plnkertons and half
a Ubzen of the best detectives in the
Portland district were placed' on the
case. The names of all the waiters
who had entered the hotel parlors dur
ing the afternoon of the bridge party
were taken. Each has been examined
and all have denied positively that they
knew anything of the robbery or that
they saw anything of the Jewelry.
; Guest or Waiter Guilty?
There seems to be a great element of
mystery about the case as to how the
iewels could have been taken from Miss
acobs. She herself is not certain
whether she laid the purse down on her
table or not, but thinks that during the
luncheon she plaeed it beside her plate.
That is the last that she can remember
of either purse or locket. That one of
the waiters could have picked them up
while ahe waa sitting there surrounded
by . eo many other guests seems- highly
improbable. If Miss Jacobs had left
the table and--forgotten the articles the
head waiter la certain that he would
have noticed them as soon as the room
was cleared. Yet he saw nothing of
them.
"It is more than I can understand,"
said one of the detectives at work on
the case today. "We cannot think that
one of the guests took the Jewelry, and
yet it would have been so much easier
for one of them to have picked up
the purse arid -locket in the crush of
the crowd that was in the rooms than
for one of the hotet waiters to have
taken them, conspicuous as they are
and always under the eye of the head
waiter, we are running down every
clue, however, and are not neglecting
tho possibilities that one of the ladles
who knew and talked with Miss Jacobs
helped herself to the. Jewelry, not only
for Its own value but with the hope
that there might be considerable money
In the purse.
Was it Kleptomaniac.
Besides tho theory that one of the
guests took the articles for their value,
there la the other that one of the guests
at the party was a kleptomaniac and
could not resist the temptation offered
by the glittering purse and locket. Sim
ilar losses or jewelry among society
women are not- infrequent and those
who have been wearing: their valuable
gems to such affairs are beginning to
leave them at frame or in the safety de
posit boxes under lock and key.
une seemingly suggestive point in tne
case, however. Is that a waiter em
ployed at the Portland, left suddenly
Thursday morning. He .was one of those
who assisted in serving at the brldgo
party and his whereabouts are now
the object of investigation bv the Pin
ker-tone. ,
The purse losl by Misa Jacobs was
gold mesh, and the. top rim was set
with three large diamonds. The locket
was an heirloom valued not only for
Its intrinsic worth, but because it was
a gift from Misa Jacobs' father. It
was an oid-lasnioned gold atraJr, - set
with a large diamond. The purse had
some small change In it..
Altogether the articles were valued
at nearly 11,000. and Mrs. Jacobs has
offered a large reward for their re
turn. LATEST BULLETIN
. . Lane Hospital San Francisco,
Nov. 14. The surgeons are now-
; taking a second X-ray picture,
' the first having proved a fall-
ure, in their effort to locate the
4 bullet; whictf laid Francis J,
Heney low. . The surgeons report
4 . that' his condition is somewhat
4 '. better than this morning, and
that the indications are favor--
able, '
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Abe Ruef, Who Is Called the "King of Grafters,'.' and Back of Him, to
the Left, Is Samuel Shortridge, One of His Attorneys.
EMPEROR DEFIES REICHSTAG
Kaiser Wilhelm Declares Ho Will Oo on Wray asHe Sees
Fit and Will Not Be Dictated to by His1
Opponents.
(United Press Leafed Win.)
Berlin. Nov. 14. "Despite everything.
I shall go on my way as -I see fit It
la not for the reichjtag to dictate to
me. It is for me to decide what is
best for the Fatherland."
These words are reported to have
been spoken by ' Kaiser YVllhelra to a
group of courtiers' in the castle of
Prince Fuerstenberg at Eschingen,
where the emperor has been a guest for
several days, and all Germany Is wait
ing for the kaiser's acceptance of a
letter of resignation that Chancellor
Von Bulow,' it is understood on the
highest authority will present to the
emperor at Kiel. Monday. It is expect
ed here that the kaiser will accept the
resignation of Von Bulow because he
does not approve of his chancellor's
speech in the relchstag when he defend
ed the emperor and promised on his
behalf that he would not take any more
Fart In International affairs without
lrst consulting his ministers.
It Is understood the emperor Is angry
that Von Bulow should have made this
promise, and declares he will not abide
by It.
The chancellor will insist upon the
approval by the emperor of every par
ticle of his speech, it Is stated, and
will demand that his resignation be ac
cepted unless the emperor agrees to
abide by the promises von Bulow made
for him.
It is stated that the kaiser will not
heed the warnings of the relchstag or
the federal council, but is determined
to uphold his personal power and the
exercise of great personal influence in
both domestic and foreign affairs in
the future. This information is claimed
to come from an authoritative source,
aa did the information concerning the
alleged statement bv the kaiser at the
Eschingen castle, that he would do
what he pleased.
'It la feared that , if the emperor ac
cepts Von Bulow's resignation he will
find himself without a chancellor, be
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I LOOKING TOWARD OREGON ?
"When it is not absolutely necessary for manufacturers or supply
houses to send east for goods, it seems folly to waste golden days ;
for many lines that can be purchased at horns," said Weert '
Schmacker, expert machinist from New York and Chicago, who has .
established a special tool factory in Portland.:' ."We 'are compelled '
i
T to get our tool steel and other better grade metal trom the east,
5 simply because they are not manufactured on the Pacific coast.
However, the manufacturers of these tgood$ are-v eagerly looking;
T forward to the time when the demand will warrant the establishment -
:'of factories in Oregon, We expect to see Oregon a, second. Cptioct-. ,,
T icut m the manufacturing line, bince many lines ot goods are manu- J
J actured in this state, consumers should be loyal to Oregon indus- X
.tries' and assist in developing the state, and. thu help themselves."
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cause the German statesmen would hes
itate to accept the chancellorship under
the conditions said to be imposed by
the emperor.
The emperor, it is reported, told his
friends that he disapproved the way
Von Bulow conducted his defense In
the relchstag, terming the- chancellor's
statement "an unwarranted affront."
The Nlttag Zeltung says conditions
make uncertain Von Bulow's succes
sor. The Zeltung deprecates conditions
In the empire, and "says General Lmw
enfeld, known as "the comic dancing
feneral," Is the strongest candidate for
he chancellorship. It Is alleeed that
General Loewenfeld amused the kaiser
by daneine a "can-can" on the deck of
the imperial yacht during a cruise.
GERMAN STATES
AROUSED; KAISER'S
DEFIANCE DEFIED
Berlin. Nov. 14. The emperor of Ger
many and his people are on the verge
of an open break today.
Following the receipt here of news
that the kaiser had declared to his
friends at the castle of Prince Fuersten
berg at Eschingen that he would not
accept dictation from the relchstag or
the federal council, the foreign affairs
committee of the bundeirath, or federal
council, the highest body in tho land,
announced today that the kaiser would
be compelled to answer It
The (fommtttee denied that the em
peror had the right to absolutism and
declared that absolutism 'did not exist
under the German form of rrovertiment.
It demanded that all the states liv the
German empire be given a share in the
control of the nation's foreign policy. .
Serious conditions that might lead to
the disintegration of Germany may fol
low the emperor's rerusai to answer the
bundesratb as he refused to heed the
relchstag. '-'
PLEDGED II
FLAYED FOR
BOLTING
Oregon ian Roundly Scored
Legislators Who Failed to
Htick by Dolph, but That
Was Veal's Ago and a Very
Different Thing.
As the records of the circuit court
for Multnomah county rhow. it has' been
the contentfon of tlin Oregoninn In the
past that pledges given or promises:
made by a legislative candidate as to
how he would vote for senator, must be'
fulfilled. That paper has Insisted that
it Is the right of the legislative candi
date to eo bind himself and that such
a pledge or promise made. In order, to
secure election should be held sacred
and inviolable. . . . .. .
A striking Illustration - ef the- XMfe...
gonian'a approval of the plan of- pledged
candidates Is disclosed bv . the court
records in' connection with 'the notorious
legislative session at the time the late
Senator Dolph was defeated for To
electlon. During the campaign Inci
dent to the June election, it was com
mon knowledge throughout Oreuorf that
legislative candidates were. bing nom
inated with, the understanding that -thev
were ; to, vote in- the legislature for
Dolph; The plan, waa pursued in prac
tically every county, though in a few
there were revolt against Dolph, "with
the result that the senatorial lsatirt wan
a chief consideration in the naming cf
legislative candidates. . .
Every scnltaomait Man Fledged.
In Multnomah county the friends of
Mr. Dolph were in complete control, and
as the flies of the Oregonian show,
every legislative candidate nominated
pledged himself beforehand that if
elected he would vote in tha legislature
w. u... ..u, ,
In the campaign preceding the June .
Continued on Page Fourteen.)
1101 ASKS FOR
GOMPERS PLAGE
This Is Federation Report
Day Longshoremen's
Union Controversy.
(United Press Leased Wire.) .
Denver, Col., Nov. 14. Today's session
of the convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor marks-the real begin
ning of the work for which that organ 1-
sation is gathered In Denver. , .
Reports of committees is the order of
business for ithe day, and out of the re
ports will come contests which, will to
a great extent ' determine the policy of
the body politically and Industrially.
The report of the, committee on-the
president's report will bring before th
organization for the tlrst time for action
the indorsement or condemnation of the
policy of President Gompers' in the na
tional political' campaign just close!.
That Gompers will be indorsed seem
certain. That he will be re-elected pres
ident of the federation unanimous! v
seems equally certain, for not i single
opponent for the place of . the leader
has put In his appearance, -
It Is expected that Daniel J. Keefe,
nrestdent of the L.oncshoremen'8 union.
will oppose the indorsement of Gompers
political policies. Gompers' friends r
hoping that Keefe will show his hand,
for it will give them the opportunity
they are seeking to start the fight tn
oast him from the vice-presidency of th
federation.
Last year as a result of a controversr
with the Seamen's union. Keefe was or
dered to change the name of the Long
shoremen's union from the Marine and
Transport Workers' union, so it would
not be so stronitly- tndicatlva- of th
CaiiinB; OX lite pmen. , . Irria - !
complied with the. order of the conven
tion. Hla failure will be seize! upon as
an excuse for going after hla sca'.p.;
Andrew . Vuruseth of Ban Francisc.
president of the Seamen's unions ill be
his opponent. . ' ' '
- A resolution demanCig the furth-r
restriction of the immigration of.Ariatbi
laborers and tho rrstriction of the Im
migration of all foreigners with ("
exception of Caucauslan and - other
classes now exempted, by tl xclui'u
laws, was adopted by the- convention
today. '- ?:,.,- "-:' -
Resolutions were- sdopted demendinir
an eight hoar day for Jewelry work-'-
and denouncing the Denver -ft Jt!r
Grande railroad for its attitude tnwar l
the striking shopmen and accusing It
of Importing thugs and gun .men r.n
strike breakers.,-
. The-committee' en adjustment . fmit
In favor of the International l',roi.i.e--hood
of Teamsters and denounced l-
seceding orrtnlwvtton.
Tho Juriadic'iotial fiirht Iftwn f' i
International Plaste'.-em' union ' I l
tile-workers ws decided ia f sv t
the plasterers over th r.rf-t . r 1
tile-workers, who ela'.rnee; t;..-- h.i ! t
been (riven fair play.
Frank Duffey of the Cun .-,.'
and P. J? Flttnnprv .f ! , - i
filers and the rni!v Hem f i
rtMd'Ctarka' inioii-t;i i-. .
a labor tern pin t Vie t ,
ton at a cum f" iu,
Final- deoiHiriu m t ;-i r .
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