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V ' 1 1 Little Ada In THE JOURNAL Coat Only a Cent a Word an Insertion, and Thc Reah a MulUtudc of Readers. THE JOURNAL Reaches tlie Homes ot fhe People 17;000 Strongln Portland Give a 3-Tme ' Call today with your ads for Sat urday's, Sunday's , and Monday's Journal. " ' ' . - - ' . .. , ir i.'- The weather Fair tonight; east erly winds. r'- ', , , V' ,, . . VOL. VII. NO. 248. 1W0 SHEEIFf W)T SURE THES ABE XX" May Be Members Thieves Got $700 Worth of Plunder of Which Only a Small Part Was in Money The two suspects arrested by Dep uty Sheriff Beatty thiB morning near Fairvjew were taken to the county Jail at 1:30 this afternoon. One of the men spoke with a foreign accent and was apparently a Scandinavian. He carried a revolver and about 150 cartridges as well as some small articles of jewelry Including a breast pin, belt buckles and a woman's purse. The men said they had found the revolver and cartridges; that they had slept at Troutdale in a hobo camp there last night and were beat ing their way to Portland. One of the train robbers the one with a blacked face was a Swede. The other two wore masks. One was tall and thin and the other rather short, being about 5 feet 6 inches tall. The short one wore striped trousers and there was a large grease ..epot on one leg. I Two men, one of them armed, and both said to answer the description of the men who held up and dyna mited the Chicago express on the O. H. & N. almost within the city SAFECRACKER THE UillllS SE Trial Delayed While Ex hibits Are Dug Out of Antiquated Safe. (United Praaa LmnJ Wtre. , Flushing-, L. I., Dee. 18. The trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains, charged with the murder of William E. Annls, was delayed today by the discovery that ex hibits find papers Important to the prosecution's oaae were locked In an old fashioned sate, the combination of which had bee forgotten. Assistant District Attorney Darrln was forced to send an expert safe breaker to open the safe. The exhibits consisted of two revolvers and the bloodstained bathing: suit of Annls. Frederick Storm, a Bayeide real estate dealer, was cross-examined today bv the defense regarding hla supposed knowledge of the wherabouts of John Tonnlng. a Swedish ' boatman, whose testimony, It is believed, will assist the 'Herbert I Ftinke testified that the defendant approached him . before the shooting and asked, "Where Is Annls T" Funke said he. replied by pointing toward the yacht in which Annls was rearing" the Bayslde float. Hains then asked h1 If he knew Jesterson, to Which Funke replied in the negative. The witness declared he did not notice the Hains brothers as he approached the float. Funke then related the Inci dents of the shooting. CRIMINALS ON Los Angeles Police Work to Capture Perpetrators of Extraordinary Series of Crimes Robberies and Assaults Reported From All Over City. (United Press Leased Wire.) Los Angeles,-Dec. 18. Three safes were blown, a horse and buggy stolen, two offices ransacked, one home entered by burglars, a blacksmith shop broken Into and two women assaulted by rob bers In and around Los Angeles last night, and today the entire police and detectivee forces are at work In an effort to check the orlmlnal element which has been rampant in this vicin ity since the racing season opened. Safe crackers at Downey, a suburb, last night broke .into a blacksmith shop and stole tools .with which they entered the postoflce. Blowing the safe they secured two Mexican half dollars and some valueless papers and made their escape by stealing a her?? and buggy from th-arn of Riley Mannerlng. The .postmaster, Joseph Smiths-saved the stamps and receipts of the office by taking them horns with him last night, as has been his custom ever since the of flee was broken Into a vear ago. The aafe of the Corona World Mining companf was blown open and robbed of $150. The offices 1f the Wheat Cabinet rompanv were robbed,- but the thieves got nothing of value . j - The Union- Brewing company's of fice was robbed of ti In stamps.. The .home of R. . Tsylor'dn Orange street, one of the exclusive residence thorough- Order of Another Gang. limits, of Portland last night, were arrested at noon today by deputy sheriffs and will be brought to Port land this afternoon for Identifica tion. No information concerning the sus pects other than that they were found at daybreak this morning near Fa.r vlew has been received by Sheriff, Stev ens. Htephon Vanderhoof, the tramp who was riding on the baggage car of the train that was held up and who was taken Into custody last night Is positive that . he will he able to Identify tho train robbers If "they are captured. Sheriff Stevens thinks It probable the suspects belong to another gang and are not the tralii robbers. Aside from the certainty that the train robbers boarded the west-bound O. R. 4 N. No. 1 at Hood River last even ing and the fact that Vanderhoof la sure that he can Identify them and has given a fair description of them, little concrete information has been gathered by the army of detectives and special agents that was hurried to the scene of the holdup last night. It Is the belief of most of those at work on the case, however, that the men came to Port land after the robbery. If they did so, however, they either walked Into town or else separated and later met at some rooming house and are in hiding In town at present . All - the trains aitd steamers leaving the city are being watched by the police, and It Is not be lieved -they will be able to get away without detection. According' to the official statement made by the Pacific Express company, whose- car was broken open with nitro glycerine, the total amount secured by the train robbers will be about $700. The largest item in this bill was a package of diamonds - consigned to the Remington Liquor company, valued in the shipping bill at $400 and by the consignees at $500. Nine packages In the express car were broken open and a portion of their contents taken. One package contained some gold chains and small items or jewelry valued at about $100. The others were filled with ar- (Contlnued on Page Three.) ROOSEVELT GETS REPLY TOGETHER -I. ' Will Send Statenienf to Con egress on Secret Serrlce, After Holidays. (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Dec. 1. President Roosevelt's reply to congress giving his reasons for his utterance regarding se cret service, contained in his message -to congress, will be ready for presentation Shortly' after the holidays. Clerks are now engaged' In tabulating the informa tion ' contained in the prospective com munication. . Major Ray Investigated. Manila. Dec. 18. Major Beecher Ray is under investigation on account of alleged irregularities in his pay ac counts. A fares In the Westlake district, was robbed. Miss ' Winnie Durkee was assaulted by a purse snatcher, who secured $2 and a garnet ring, and Miss Mae Leffler was struck down and robbed by a negro. The third safe was cracked at Long Beach. L0FTUS SAYS BOOKS OF PULLMAN JUGGLED (Catted rruss Leased WIra.t Chicago, Dec. tS.M3eorge S. Lof tus of St. Paul, who filed the original charges against the Pullman Palace Car company, has filed a. complaint aginst the Pullman company before Commis sioner Lane of the Interstate Com merce commission. Loftus alleges that nine dividends have been paid by the company aggregating $51,65,848. He avers that the average annual return on the company's- Investments has been JO per cent, and alleges that profits of more than- 95.91 4.920 : yearly have accrued since 1901. Loftus In his com plaint charges that th company has charged in Its books enormous admin istrative) ' expenses to conceal - Us profits. . . , : '.V V N 1A PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER EXPRESS CAR SHOWING THE EFFECT OF THE NITRO-GLYCERIN EXPLOSION tyram. - - - - ' 4, 1 - i If I f ll ' 4,4 f - , lu f, ti4 'i s r mm sunk Eight Persons Go Down With Ijindtiolmen inx Col lision .With the Muller. (United Prc Leased Wlr?.) Dover, England, Dec. 18. The Swed ish steamer Limlholmen and the Ger man steamer Frederick E. Muller col lided in the British channel today.. Eight persons were drowned and two injured. The Lindholmen ' was rammed and sunk by the Muller. the whole)- disaster taking place In such brief time that many on board were unable . to save themselves and went to the bottom with the vessel. Eight members of the crew -managed to climb Into a lifeboat and rush oft from the doomed ship before she took her swift plunge beneath the waves. After a thrilling battle with the storm they landed here, half dead from ex posure. : ' xne Muner was so crippled that ut could not go ahead under its own steam. Its crew burned signals of dis tress and after a long delay a tug' was sent out to tow the vessel into this port. xne iinanotmen was on her way to Sweden from Cardiff. GRAFTERS MOST GO TO PRISON Pennsylvania Capitol Scan dal Ends With .'the Sentences. (United Tress Leased Wire.) Harrisburg. Pa. Dec. J8. William P. Enyder, former state auditor; General Tlf 1 1 1 1 T ........ ........... IT tlHMIl iUAHUCH A l . 1 HIT.. UWDUIDIi John H. sknderson, a contractor, of Philadelphia, and James m. snumaKer, a former superintendent of grounds, were sentenced today to pay tines of $600 and to two years' imprisonment for participation in a conspiracy In con nection with the building of the Penn sylvania state capitol. All of tho convicted men were placed in the custody of the sheriff to await the result of an applleation for a writ of supersedeas tb be heard before the supreme court at Philadelphia. TWO NOTED WOMEN . TRAINMEN'S FRIENDS (United Press Leased Wire.) New York,' Dec. 18. The new building of the Ix)ng Island railroad branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Long Island City, built through the contributions of Mrs. Russell Bage. and the cooperation of Miss Helen Gould, was formally opened last evening. The building in for the exclusive use Of railway trainmen. At the dedication services Mrs. Rus sell Sage declared that both she and Miss Gould were "ratlroad women." all their sympathies being with the train men; that they both were glad .of the opportunity to help them. The building cost $100x040. It Is four stories high, and finished in white mar ble and chestnut. It contains a gym nasium, library, meetlne rooms and two floors of sleeping apartments. KilU'Hiisljtand; Self-Defense. ; Taltnd rreaa Leawd Wlre.t Thermopoll. Wyo., Dec. 18. In order to save her life, after her face had beien beaten .to a pulp by her husband yes- gun and sent a- bullet through his heart. -Brown was a business man.' It Is said Mrs. Brown can produce wit nesses to prove her claim of self de fenses if any charge la nrf- inat bar. -, - - a.i III CHAHHEL ii m an. v I " rl 1 1 GUNS TRA OR DEIS Russia Holds Finnish Capi tal as Hostage for the Province. ' , (United Press Leased Wire.) Helslngfors, Dec. 18. Russia has trained cannon from Sveaborg fortress upon the city of Helsingfors. the capital of Finland. The fortification stands on an .island at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, a quarter of a mile, from tho town. Hitherto the guns . have pointed out to sea. Now they command the shoreward sides. The artillerymen have divided the city Into quarters for pur poses of bombardment. Within the fort ress accommodations have been pre pared for use on short notice by Gov ernor General Beckman, Assltant Gov ernor General Seyn and the commander of- the Russian troops in Ipinland. On. another island, but a few yards from Helsingfors peninsula, earthworks are ' being thrown up as a protection against rifle fire from the mainland. The RuRslan troops throughout the country are being heavily reinforced, mainly with regiments drafted from the Volga district. Tho extensive military preparations which the czar's represen tatives are making are taken Tiere. as indicating their conviction that an up rising will ' speedily follow the re assembling of the Finnish diet early In 1909. It Is believed that the Russians mean to make Helsingfors a hostage for the province's good behavior. In the event of disorders, even outside the city, everyone here issure the capital will bo bombarded. The clash Is expected when the caar demands a $1,000,000 appropria tion from the diet for a military bridge across the Neva. It Is considered cer tain that the legislators will not only refuse but that the demand will be made a text for raising the issue of tne coun try's liberties' which all Finns sav Rus sia has been gradually withdrawing until their constitution Is now hardly worth the Daper on which it Is written. The panslons which the debate will surely arouse. It is believed here as well as in Russia, will precipitate an out break all over Finland. WILBUR WRIGHT Goes 611-2 Miles in 1:53:59 Is in Line for Prize of 20,000 Francs. " (United Press Leased Wire. ) Lemans, France, Dec. 18. Wilbur Wright,-, the American aviator, today broke previous distance and duration records for aeroplane flight, going 61 H nilles in one hour; 53 minutes. 69 sec onds. Wright's feat was performed during during a trial ' competition for the Mtchelln prize. Wright will receive 20,000 francs prize mohev if his record is not beaten be fore the end of this year. While Wright has made higher as cents than the one today, and has made faster time on different occasions, he has established a long distance record for the aeroplane that has not hereto fore been equaled. - FILIPINO DRINK ; KILJ.S SOLDIERS (Pnlted Press Leased Wire. Washington, Dec. 18. General Tj H. Bliss, commanding the department of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, cabled the war department today reporting the death of 11 men of the Eighteenth In fantry at Camp Kelthley, Mindanao. The mes drank methyl poison contained fn the dregs of "Colombian spirits," a native drink . - 1 ' I ! iT ... . i'V : - i ' NED ORS BREAKS RECORDS 18, 1908. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. i . t I W jH' REJECTED LOVER MURDERS GIRL Miss 3Iaud Hartley of Boston Victim of Jladdened Suitor. (United Press Laaaori W'--. Boston, Mass.. Dec. 18. Maud Hart ley, the 17-year-old daughter of Dr. Agnes Hartley of Homervllle, was shot and killed today by James Harmond, a rejected lover. . The girl was about to board a street car when the unsuccessful suitor made his attack. Drawing a revolver lie fired polntblank. but the bullet flew wild and he quickly followed It with a sec ond. His sweetlieart, fainting at the first shot, was struck, by a second bul let, which penetrated her body, inflict ing a wpund which quickly proved fatal. Harmond. In a frenzy of rage and grief, nicked his victim up and oarrted the body Into a grocery store nearbv. To the. horror stricken clerk he shouted: "Here she is: I've shot her." Then, turning on- his heel, he fled from the place. Later, when the police closed on his tracks, he surrendered and Is now held at the city prison, where a charge of murder will be placed against him. TO BE COMPLETE New Route All $nkcd Up 60 Days Hence; Freight Service by June 1. iTnlted Press Leased Wtra.i New York. Dec. 18. A. J. Earling, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railway, is planning the or ganization of a holding company to amalgamate tne temporary organizations now in charge of tho construction work on the Pacific coast extension of the road. Beaides the plans afoot. Presi dent Earling is m-gottating for the pur chase of a line extending 60 miles which Is to form the nucleus of a branch to Spokane, Wash. Karling said the main coast line. In cluding a tunnel in the Bitter Root mountains, would be completed within 60 days, a month in advance of the time estimated. fiefore June 1, 1909 the coast exten sion will be ready to receive freight traffic. MAY BE DEPORTED BECAUSE SUE'S POOR (United Press Laafed WIra.t San Francisco, Dec. 18. Warm heart ed persons are making an effort to pre vent tho deportation of Pasqualina Ranzzopl, a pretty ll-'year-old .Swiss Italian, who, through misfortune to her relatives, was compelled to seek the aid of charity within a year after her ar rival In the United States and thus be come subject to return to Europe under tne immigration taws. - The little girl was tne ward of Louis Plliponl, an- Italian mechanic, who came to tins country two years ago. Plliponl prospered and sent for the little girl to join him.'j After the letter was well on Its way the mechanic lost his money and his position. Pasaualina came to America with Gio vanni Capelli, also a mechanic, in the guise or his daughter. Admission was secured without trouble and the little girl Joined Plliponl. All wmild hiv. Iwn well had tint rh child .become seriously ill and Plliponl. without! money., was compelled to seek the aid of.the Anoclat t'hsritles of this city. This brought the little on under the banof the law. . MILWAUKEE Oil AffiESIED FULTON IS OUT RAIL OF CONTEST Senator Writes Letter 'Say ing Plainly That He Does Not Desire Office If Fight for It 3Iust Be Made Has (Uven Up Hope. Charles W. Fulton has no real desire In be 1'nlted States senator from Ore gon. He would like the office If fee could be assured of life tenure, but un der the circumstances he believes that it would be better for him to return to the practice of he law. Therefore he has concluded that it would be better for him to return to private life with out a struggle, though , he still believes that the Oregon leglnlature should elect some Republican to succeed him. This is Mr. Fulton's verdict as out lined In a letter which he has written to a member of the Multnomah delegation, in which he says that unless he could be assured of continued reelection with out serious opposition he had best re turn to private life and let politics go in order to build up his private fortune by the practice of his profession. Has alven Tip Hope. This letter makes it plain that the senior senator ha a given up hope of breaking down the Statement No. 1 ma- lorttv in the legislature; that he has no hope of reelection, and that the end of the opposition to the election of Oover- nor Chamberlain by the legislature has come in aerinite rorm. The senator addressed his letter to one of the Multnomah legislators in dis cussing a matter of private business. Before he conoluded, however, - he set out his vlewa on the senatorial question at length and made plain bis thoughts ma cournt) neiore me legislature which is soon to convene. In tho letter Mr. Fulton stated that he had never asked any member to violate his State ment No. 1 pledge In his own behalf. He then went on to say that he had no real desire to be senator unless-he could be assured of Indefinite continuance In office. He said that he enjoyed the work In congrens, that questions of na tional Importance and great interest .were continually arising In the senate for consideration and discussion, and that the most able men of the nation were there to take part in these discus sions. For these' reasons he would like to remain In congress. However, the senator stated. It was impossible for a senator to lay bv money on the salary paid. Weary of righting;. If he could be continued in office In definitely, or so long as his faculties were unimpaired, then he would much prefer to be reelected, the senator said. But under the circumstances, when even If he were to go before the legislature and be reelected, he would be put to a hard and bitter contest at the expiration of his term, he pelleved that It would be best for him to step out of public life at this time. "I would then be six years older and better off financially," the senator savs In effect, "and if I have to step down and out at some time. It would be Just as well now as at any time in the fu ture. I could make more money by the practice of the law than bv being sen ator, and I have no real desire to be senator." In following out his line of argument Senator Fulton contends that an Ore gon legislature, strongly Republican should not elect a Dempcrat to the sen ate. He contends that the primary law and Statement No. 1 were not Intended to be construed in any such, manner, and argues that the statement that pledged members should vote for the ' candidate receiving the hlehest number of popular votes without regard to individual pref erence does not take Into consideration political preference. Statement No. 1 Continued on Page Three.) FOR TOGA CITY PRISOH DEATHTRAP Chief of Police Gritzmacher Urges Council to Build An . other Jail on East Side Present Structure Is Crowded to Suffocation Says Keport. Police Captain's Keport. Some of these'days it looks to me like somebodv is going to be trampled to desth in the city jail, so congested is the space In Which we have to keep prison era Police Captain Slover's re port. I'sing the foregoing paragraph from a report made to him Decembev 14 by Captain of Police 81pver, Chief of Po lice Grltsmacher today Sled a communi cation to the mayor' and council, in which he made the urgent recommen dation that a new Jail be built on the east side of the river aa soon as pos sible. Such a building could be erected on a lot purchased some tinvajago by the city tor mat. purpose at Hancock strrei .and Union avenue, and could be in readiness for use, the chief thinks, within- three months. ,, v- - "A Jail on the east aide would great Ir alleviate the present overcrowded and unsanitary conditions and. would Improve the situation until such time as the city-can erect a central station JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 31,024 nnrpT7 Turn r-r.rnrc c TBATBS AYB wtw CHIEFS French Company's Grant or 750,000 Acres Is no In ducement to Build Coos Bay-Snake Road Vale Is Thronged. TURN DOWN OFFER . Special rilspstcb to The Jonrnsl.V Vale. Or.. Dec. 1 8. Delegates to the third Oregon-Idaho Development con gress continued to arrive here until a late hour last night and the hotel ac commodations of the city barely met the requirement of the" situation. Kn- thuHliimn in the cause of development . of the inland empire Increases as tha . speakers point out the varied resources of the great territory. This Is Malheur da and -It Is de voted chiefly to the exposition of the advocacy .of the government Irrigation project, designed to water 230,000 acres of rich sagebrush land tributary to Vale and Ontario. This evening a special train containing Ontario boosters headed by the town band will arrive to swell .-: the chorus In support of the project. An Important speech was delivered . last night by Colonel C. K. 8. Wood of Portland, agent of the French company, owning the -military road grant of 750, 000 acres including 2a,00u under th Malheur project. The company baa been accused of being the chief ob stacle to the development of the coun try but Colonel Wood -denies It. In a clever speech he declared that his com pany had purchased the land grant with , gold coin from the pollnclans who had secured it. and waa therefore untitled to get some returns. He declared that his company was willing to sign up the land for the gov ernment project providing that It Is not placed In danger of having the land , confiscated by the foreclosure of the land for water before being able to find purchasers. It is believed that tho government will be able to make ar rangements to protect the company ; from loss and permit of a fair price be- ing secured for the land. Colonel Wood also stated that the whole of the grant is now under offer In London to capi- . talista who are considering the propo- sltion of constructing a railroad from ; the Snake river to Coos bay. Earrlmsa Befnsea Grant. The speaker said that the grant had been offered to Harriman as an Induce--ment to construct a road and also to the Chicago-Milwaukee & St. Paul In terests, the price being J3 'per acre, but that both companies had turned down the proposition in favor of con- ' st ructlng competing lines to those of H1U in Washington. He said that he would advocate the passage t , of an amendment to the constitution permit ting the state to construct a railway in order to have a chance to make the railroads develop the country Instead ot fighting each other In a territory ai- ready proviaed wnn transportation. The most Important address delivered at the Oregon-Idaho congress here to day was that of Walter Griffiths, or ganiser of the Malheur Water Users' association, which is to act with the government In the Malheur irrigation project. fr. Griffiths explained at length the status of the.project and Just . what had to ne none 10 meet tne ne mnnds of the government as it prelim inary, to the commencement of construe-- tion worn. Mr. Griffiths said in part: "The Malheur territory embraced In ", the project is almost Ideal for this kind of work. In tht territory and in tho country contiguous to it are more than 1,000,000 acres ot land as fertile and . productive as there Is in the- world. Almost circular in form. ; with rivers and streams passing through, the moun tains and into this magnificent valley,,- (Continued on Page Nineteen.) worthy of the name and in keeping with the growth of tha city," reads the report of the chief. k He says that with a station across the river overnight accommodation n could be provided for all persona tr rested on the east side, and that the old jail would be. relieved to a large ex tent of tb congestion that la becom ing worse and worse, each month. , . The communication calls, attention 1 1 Captain Hlover'a report that a man wbi t night of December IS went Into spain- . . . i s.. . arA a I. ... . m s . mild WOUKI slave iw iimiu iti' ot tha foul air of tho jail If hi rm-i A k. i BsMnuaul , Ass 1 9 UaS T T.I.. patient for Si wlnutea before he toul.l be revtvea. Anl.in dlAVft ilVi ia In - flit Ion to the regular grist -of -'-'drunk ' and "rounders" the city ban to pr.i vid -' shelter for mefty prons wh.. make nightly applications, or n them out to become criminals by aicy. , He says that rexpectaMa pwU m !- sometimes are .com iw lli'd to aiy i,,. r sight In the fail t ohilgnl in it.,,, mil II morning crummed Its ihi'ii..i filthy mass of howling and dn, criminal vl 'forced to "l-ffH), i vlli atniimplicre of (,i,l!ijtei 1 '- , .i j bHly exudation. r