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'-Jrr- Ar- IT " - Growing! Growing! Mora wgiits In Tlx Journal each week. l'a- Journal Ads for l-t nults. rail today for 8atr day, Nunday and Mondyj ' Tho weather Showers '.tonight; and Saturday; southerly wlndn. JOURNAL CIRCULATION -' ' YESTEllDAV WAS " PORTLAND; 'OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING," ' MARCH V 19 1809. TWENTY ' PAGESJV - VOL. VIII. NO. 18, " PRICE TWO , CENTS. ow tb Anil km rrwt tamo, ma CtMIfc TY OF CONSPIRING TO MURDER CARMACK iinf' : r ' '. l i "... SEfil 3 00 NOT GU SHRRPE ACQUITTED; OFMpmiiM IN MURDER OF CARMACK AND JURY UNDECIDED IN COOPER CASE II IS TO MAN WHOM COOPERS WERE v .:; v'-i accused of murdering- I Ex-Sheriff Discharged bu Talesmen A re Sent Back to Ponder Over Inability to 'Beach Decision for the Coopers., , (United Pnn Leaied Win.) l Nashville, Tenn., March 19.--Job.n i). snarne,: former sheriff, -was ac quitted today of the murder of the late Senator E. V. Carmack. .' The jury failed to agree on a verdict In respect to Colonel ' Duncan ' Cooper and j his i son, ; Robin, with- whom Sharpe was a , codefendant. The court discharged Sharpe and sent the Jury back for further consideration of the Coopers' cases. . ' . - The Jury had been .out mora, than two days and during the first 24 "hours it was believed there, was " no -possibility L-oiaii agreement in respect-to-jany of $he j.-dfc-ndanta. -- i i "vi ' .j. w if : . . t- . , Judge Hart announced In the- beg lu ring that he would keep the jury .out i week or more in order to Obtain A dacl Blon. -.. ' The trial has been one of the costliest in the history of Tennessee. The county . funds have been exhausted by the heavy drain. ,.: " , ; In .case the Jury is still unable to agree and Is finally dismissed, the wide i spread publicity given the trial will' be ' a serious obstacle In the way of a speedy trial, owing to the difficulty of securing unprejudiced jurors. The kliring of Senator Carmack was .the, outgrowth or a long and bitter po litical feud between the Coopers and Carmack, which embraced many other prominent men of this atate. ' Originally Carmack , was a protege of uoionei cooper. i.aier mey Decame ene mies, when Carmack went to the United States senate, v Carmack freauently as sailed Colonel Cooper in the columns of - a paper which he edited, following his - allure of reelection to the senate a year ago. The Immediate trouble preceding the shooting developed from the publi cation of an article which Cooper had , warned Carmack not to print. - - Soon afterward ' Carmack met the Coopers on the street and after the ex ! change of a few words Carmack was i isiiot down by Robin Cooper, who, in his defense, declared he thought his father was in danger of death at the hands of Carmack. .-.t , - The ijury protested ' to the " court . against being sent back to further con- i siider the evidence and told Judge Hart they were hopelessly divided regarding the cae of both Coopers. Judge Hart however, sent the Jury back and announced his Intention of ; compelling the Jury to bring in a ver dict. If possible. - .-. when the Jury announced their find ing that Sharpe was not guilty, of mur ' der the former sheriff smiled, while his wife burst into tears. .-, On hearing of the ' disagreement as i' to their fate both Coopers turned pale. Their women relatives appeared worn V by the suspense. t. . . I) 5 e f v X iiisl "CITIZEN" ROOSEVELT ON 1 WAY TO HIS OFFICE Portland arid Seattle Capital ists Buy Out Los Angelans and -Will Consolidate Ail Allied:: Interests in the Northwest. . - : - j.x m .'si 7" El- Consolidation -under one manage' ment of the independent telephone companies of the Pacific toorthwest Is the object tobe-achieved by the sale of the . Interests of these.com panies to a syndicate of Portland and Seattle capitalists, . , This, means the. financial strength' ening of the Home Telephone com pany of Portland and' Its . allied in terests, with a large amount set aside for improvements of service and ex tensions into new territory. It is interpreted to ' mean an aggressive policy on the part of the syndicate that has taken control. Engineers are already at work , drawing, plans for $200,000 worth of Improvements foPortland that s sum being now available, and; half a million dollars will , be expended in ;tbe coming year, The 'holding company by. which the Ainlfication-of the independent interests will be effected is to, be called the Home Telephone company ' It will take over I stock .cpntrt)Ulngt the -Home Telephone (Continued ,on , Page - Seven.) BUILT "PEEHISTOKIC" CALIFOEXIA CITT a ill n ! t III if EH- APPEARS . ...f.M.-.- .. , t, I?ail road Czar Said, to Con trol North Coast Line -Attalia, Wash., Pivotal Pointor-iNortliwcst Bail Connections. Theodore RooseTelt an a private citizen' going to his office in the Outlook building. On Mr. Roosevelt's left -, is Lawrence F. Abbott, president of the Outlook company. , On Mr, Roosevelt's right Is. Douglas Robinson. This Is the first picture published of "Citizen" Roosevelt. Here Is a picture' of former United States Senator Carmack of Ten nessee and his little son, John D. Sharpe was today acquitted of being an accessory to the killing of Carmack. Ihincan Cooper, and his son Robin may also escape. , SULTAN ABDUL CRITICALLY ILL Investigation f by. the United Press Reveals.Condition of .Turkey's Ruler. rilnlted Press Lctsed Wlre.1 - '' Constantinople. March 19. An inves tigation by the United Press today re vealed the fact that Sultan Abdul Ha ni Id is in a precarious condition and his death In the near future is regarded as certain.- - .- ..'... f-. WAYOR REBUKES COUHCIL Takes Solon's to Task for Attempting to Give Away Part' of -.-ifnbiic StretVetoes'0rilinance Passed in j ' -x ' : 'Spite orite Known Illegality. ' c a "I want you to understand that this advice to the council la meant in the most kindly way. and that I wouldn't think of hurting ' their feelings." said Mayor Lane this morning.- The mayor had Just riven a Journal reporter a copy of his meneage vetoing one of the nvm erous Illegal ordinances lately passed by the council. The mayor aid not con tent himself this time With merely ve toing the measure, but he took occas ion to administer a severe rebuke to the lawbreaklng lawmakers. . "I am not hammering at the city council and I do not Intend this as a ecture," continued the. mayor.- out I would like to an end or uiis policy of disregarding tne charter . to satlsrr tne lraponunum v iniooi. i Ik an Injustice to tne counriimen. tnem elvoK. end should be dissent In ued." Following Is the tet of the veto: -"To the honorable rlty council Gen tlemen I return herewith ordinance No. 1C1 not approved. , Tnls is an ordinance granting to I"rderl-k V. Holman, his heirs, eieru tnra. edmlnlPtratirs. fessee and assigns the nt and privilege tt tnWIr inJ wtaJntalnlng an elevated sidewalk In fmnt f arwf edjolrlrg lot 1 In bkx-k f tn Couch's s-14it'on to the city of yr-tlan4 ta tne county ef Multnomah, State ef Oregon. "J relstUm to til erdlnanoe It msy r aM that a grant r-ir h e tM In vm soUv to te oenftt of private lr l.mta. snd tVat tl Tnlie t peeM 1rJ ar-on the nrurpelt'm ef tne rlgvi ef li.e prop) to the free see cf the public streets, and also that It Is not within the power of the city council or the -mayor to make such gifts and dis tributions and that It Is void. "I would respectfully suggest ' that the granting of such permits by. your nonoraoie. body despite toe ract tnat CHAULMl OB n ' ' '':'. e BIG CD T : (TJnllBd Premt ' Leased Wire.)' San Bernardino. . Cel., March 19. An . Ehigllsh swindle is the'' secret of the lost ."Sacred City" recently .discovered in the San Jacinto mountains, according to Howard Long of : San Jacinto, , who Is here today. ; , "Long said 25 years ago an Englishman went into the San Jacinto mountains and started to lay out a splendid city. He planned castles, built along the lines of the famous structures of the old world. ,, Foundations for some of these" castles were . .laid and large . blocha of ' stook in, the new city floated by a syndicate of Eng lish and Welsh swindlers. Then the .,-promoter of. the scheme disappeared. .' , Long says the British govern ment has been conducting a quiet search ever since in the hope of capturing the principals in the swindle. I Military Affairs,' Indian and Irrigation Oregon Is Well Provided. ; Mr. and Mrs. Colt ou and every one else la aware of the fact that you nave no rignt to do so, an act of injustice to yourselves In that it would seem to Indicate a lack ef re spect for the law by a law-making body aad la a sacrifice which you should not be epected to make. "The matter of the exclusive use of public- streets by private persona Is a question ef Importance which stould be - definitely settled . In an equitable manner, and to accomplish this I would recommend that a committee from the council be appointed and a list of all such public property now In use by private person be seenred and a valua tion eoual to the aescsed value ef ad joining, property be plaoed spon them and an amendment to the city charter be submitted to the people, . allowing tne city to irnnr mem ror ether land, where advisable, or to collect rentals upon them at a rat. eoual to the rental value ef such adjoining pri vately oned land. nuca a coure vova eettie the ques tion Justly and flnaHy. and y away with -the present emhsrreseing sttua- tkon. -Tn. ordlnsnee making tts grant Is rtirnd for y"ir tnr deliberate con sideration, t P.MIWt'uMT. . -HARRY LAXEi KJ or (Washington Boreso ef The Journal.) Washington, - March 19. Senator Chamberlain has" been given assign ments on the irrigation, Indian affairs and military affairs committees, which are regarded as especially good places. These assignments come through the committee on committees of the Demo crats, which, undVer the rulea of the senate, assigns all Democratic member ships, and tnese are always accepiea hv the senate without question. These assignments, with' those Bourne will jet, give uregon ep guou pvuuoni uu the committees as any state could pos sibly hone for. Chamberlain s experience in connec tion with Irrigation legislation and the general public movement tor xne recla mation of arid lands recommended him for that committee. Indian affairs will be advantageous from a local view point. Military affairs assignment are always sought, by powerful senators be cause or tne tremenoous imporiHi in tbeae latter years, of military matters. Chamberlain has aocepiea an mviia- tlnn tn address the students and fae- tiltv of the University of Mississippi at n,lArH Mlu. at . commencement time. Tomorrow night he will speak before the Oregon society- nere ana oaiuraey night be will address the Mississippi society. . which will then celebrate the Incumbency In the senate of seven E. C Horlt of Oregon Is nere assid uously working for an Increased duty on hops, clslmlng it Is necessary to pro tect the Pad Ha coast growers wi larger duties. ELEAXfat AXD AUGUST DENY ALL IX VAIN , 1 - - sr.14 eiM T i 1 Wtoal Xew York. March 1; Deepite the de nials or Miss EJeannr Kohson, -the aci tress, and August Belmont, mllllonal-e. rumor continues to link their Mints Ir. a story that they will soon be mar ried. Vise Rbaon, who Is aroearlug here In The I rn of Tomorrow, ha declared Belmont Is " very iear friend, that s ell," bet despite the noncommittal remark, her friends assert that bar eo gagerrent to P'lmont IS a fact and tbM a wedding wtil xouow in ue spring tt earlr summer. BelmoTit certlnnes te refu. te :- Q'jeslly st the theetr and whenever lr. Colt wbw wae Ethel lUrryinorr-. he is pt.nt isrr. muqi Mwi hs artrewv The marriage took ' .'- . t . . - ' - V ' T ' ' t - I. H.CUI1D BY SOCIALISTS College , Graduates Say lie Has Materially d- (United PrelW.ft Wire.) ' Nqw Tork. March ' l9".-i-Ex-Presldent Roonetfelt was; held up , by Socialists as a man who.' while president, had greatly furthered Socialism, at the dinner of the Intercollegiate Socialist society at Ka lil's restaurant, where the chief speaker. John 8pargo.: the writer, spoke of Mr. Boosevelt's policies as embodying some or tne mam principles or tari marx. Another speaker was Miss Charlotte Teller, daughter of , Senator Teller of Colorado, who said:. "Mr. Roosevelt has to a large extent helped Socialism, and the man now in the presidential chair will, in the next lour years, mane xne worn ne aas aone. legal and regular."' The college which contributed the largest number to the audience of stu dents and graduates, chiefly young women, was wryn Mawr, witn is pres ent: next came New York university, with 19; then Columbia. Harvard and Vassar, . with 9 each. Barnard had 7; Yale. 6; Princeton, z, and other colleges apiece. YALE STUDENTS WELCOME TAFT ROOSEVELT AS 1 ANTI-SOCIALIST . v" . .'.. , ' -' BSBBSaSSSBB.BBBSSBBSasSl! f In, the Outlook, lie Assails . Their Theories as Revolting?' New article Tonight There Will Be Banquet for Yale Men . at the Waldorf. a (Unites Press Uwwd Wlm.) New Haven. Conn., March 19.- Pres ident Taft was cheered by thousands of Yale students on his arrival here to day to attend a meeting of. the Yale corporation. The local police, aided by secret service men, kept the enthusias tic undergraduates from crowding the President. The party was driven to the borne of President Hadley of Tale, for luncheon. . President Taft Is scheduled to return to New Tork this afternoon to attend a banquet of the Yale alumni at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel tonight The attendance or the president upon each of these functions la In fulfill ment of promises he made- shortly af ter his election. A tralnload of Yale men will accompany tne president to. New York to attend the banquet tonight. &o large aa attendance) is erpected at the banquet that the. diners will he confined entirely to Yale men, who will not be able to secure seats for outside rruests. - It will be the first opportun ty the Yale alumnt ever have had to entertain a fVllow alumnus who Is president of the United States. Presi dent Taft waa graduated. In the class of in 8. and a number of his class- i mates will be at the dinner. 1 (United Press Lessed Wlre.l York, March 19, In a signed in this week's Outlook former President Roosevelt attacks "Socialism" as -it U- now practiced throughout the world. In Dart he says: "The immorality' and absurdity of the doctrines or socialism as propounded by these advanced - socialists are quite as great as tnose or tne advocates, ir tnere be any. of an unlimited Individualism. "Indeed, these thorough-going Social ists occupy in ( relation to ait morality, and especially to domestic morality, a position so revolting J choose my words carefully that it is difficult to discuss it in a reputable paper." The article attacks Debs and Social Ism, declaring Socialism is blind to everything except the material side of me. . Minister Not Assassinated 3 London, March 19. A rumor that -the Austrian, minister to Bervla was assas sinated at Belgrade was denied here to day.- . S5oHed1eo TO RUN Ashland Citizens Respond to Commercial Club's Ap peal for School. (Special Dlspatefe te Th Jonrnal.t Ashland, Or., March 19. As the re suit of a special canvass by the Ash land Commercial club I50UO was pledged by citizens this morning for the maintenance of the normal school at this place until the end of the ores ent term. The commercial club decided to make the canvass at a special called meeting last night The entire amount was raised within two hours this morn ing. The committee on raising funds for advertising Ashland for 1909 last night reported 14000 pledged and about one third of the town yet to be canvassed. The club set out to raise ft00 this year. Action was also taken tn making Ashland s reorganized oano permanent by voting a monthly allowance to re tain the services of Professor L. P. Miller, the bandmaster, who has de veloped the local talent to such a re markable degree of proficiency in two months. (Specl.1 Dispatch to The Journal.) . i Walla Walla. March 19. Follow loa the announcement by Robert Strahorn that the North Coast Is part of some great transcontinental line, comes the statement from a contractor of the line that It is nothing more nor less than a " .- gart of the Harrlman system, and will . e used' as connection for the (). R. ft . N. in this part of the country. sThe con nection Is mads at Attalia, gni the evi dence is conclusive- and more plausible than any story as to the identity of the : North Coast that has yet been sent out. -Attalia, formerly known ns Hunts Junction.. Is between Walla Walla and . the Columbia river, where the Northern -Pacific and the O. E. & N, tracks cross. Here the connections between the North. Coast and the Harrlman line are already . made The contractor-has begun work there, and part Is already completed. Seattle to Spokane. 'The plan is this, as -It came from a , close, friend of a man who is in position to know, but who for obvious . reasons wishes his name withheld;. The O. It. fc N., by conectingri with the North Coast at Attalia, will then have almost direct . , connections to Seattle'-1 Spoknue and points east. . The track i - .t - coming from Portland will conneov With tut 1 . North Coast which-runs to Seattle. Thls ' of course-i of 'little benefit, but the track also connects so that the North. Coast from Seattle can Use" the tracks to Spokane, and also 'the Harrlman tracks east via Walla Walla. S i In othar ..war4sw,e,tfeUJa-la .to bw-thu terminer oi tne- wortnJ uoast, wnicn is to be used as 'an outlet for the Har rlman system to Seattle, That the road -will run 40 Walla Walla has often been assured, and under this plan-would do' so. It would connect Seattle with Spo--kane, and the new bridge was necessary in order that the two could be con nected, as it would - either,, have - to bo built Just blow. Kennewick, where it . is, or at Wallula. The former place is more 'feasible and for that reason was ' chosen. ' . ,. . ' .-... -. John Mangan. a Walla '".'.Walla con tractor, is building the 1st lap' of the : North Coast- front the bridge-to Attalia, ,. and he had already made the physical , connections between the two roads. - As to . real relations, - nothing definite can be learned here. But the statement re cently made by Strahorn.-in which he said that the road was a part of a trans continental line, and - that its identity would have to be known soon. Is taken to substantiate the theory.rj It Is the most plausible theory that has been i advanced, and while no on has ever put it ' to Strahorn. for the very reason that no one has thought of : It,: it is probable that be, will not deny it-or if he does, will do-so from the " same motive that last winter prompted . him to say his line had no transconti nental connections. But, Just at pres- ent it. seems as if the mystery of the North Coast were solved, and that tht O. It. & N. Is "It." :- : 1 --e":-!',-''f- C I West Virgin I Sinn Lynched. iralted Fm Leaned Wire.) Klklna. W. Vs.. March 19. For shoot ing and probably fa taJly wounding Chief of Police -Bcott White, or wnitmer, ne here, Joe Brown, a white - man, was taken from the Jail here today by mob of SO or more and lynrhed. CITY WATER CLERKS WILL GET SALARY INCREASE The city water board this snoratng resctaded Its order by which the salar ies fall elree In the, wshr Aepart- meat wre to have keen raised. In as far as It relate te clerks. Ts Increase K smart O. Ontt, snei of the MUliosv 1I1 now affect only the rhtef engineer. aire head of the rwbher trwt ajsd the aeat.tant engineer aad ell depoty ewtar i f v as- - -1 4 e iirn w r asv m w ss r arv l ratMd freie l2r te I a inortH. ffe-ilv. frnrn Mar-a 1. snd that f Ae t.t F-rtfer Randl'tt t. ajtvawexl from Ills t. 1 1 7S a nxith. srtve place recently to Ibe r t. i tlea are ralaed from JT7 te II! and one fnwn 1(7 te 72. A tw-tltlpn from lb rmpj"r at 1 h. beadanka for a ral. tn-m ;t ta 1M a month waa placed en fu. Tee ouestlon whether or not to re qitre surety tranda tn the sum if 1 feen clerka in the water offke was left In aheyane. J Bids for r. cn)irr-tlon ef -m .-,f j raine on P-inxl-wv H-.jt. Frr.nt ar d ! Thlrteit h tr- wer fr-rtt eea-l-j VTtt.1 frr. a. e.. er,r t. mt4i I efter te first aJvrt,i.r.t. . I PROVES COSTLY (United Presa Leaied Wire.) Paris, March 19. (Via. London.) France is face to face with a strike that will tie up the entire postal service and block rallrosd traffic. The electricians and v railroad em ployes are threatening to walk out Immediately-tn sympathy with the tele graph and postal employes. Jt is esti mated that the strike Is costing the gov ernment 1180.000 dally. There have been no disturbances as yet. " 1 HaveYouReadfhe Want Afc Section of Today's Journal 46 Advertise for . help - ..' 07l AdTertlsw for ' .-j ' sitvations Advertise" fornlshrd . iJ rooms for rent . )(r AdrertiM real estate for 57. sale (JAtA4verUih9 wUichsuire) tmslacra. 35i 15. Cy Adverti rooms for Advert h besses for rent Advertls flats for -rent hosaekrerlrs rent More 'VTsr.t Ads in Tbs Journaf test asy-oiber rttilBd 1 tper There Is a Rcnsnn THIUX IT OVEH