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- I IS" Q CENTS G) -. JOURNAL CIRCULATION . VKSTKlllKiV WAS CI I. TRAINS AND STANDS CENTS Sunday Journal Cc 3.0,915 Tho weather Fair tonight, ' with light frost; Sunday fair and warmer. VOL. VIII. NO. 38. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY" EVENING. APRIL 1809.TWO SECTIONS TWENTY' PAGES - ..1 - I ; 4 t . .. . ' : . . . i' f v , ' ...... . M! 1 I 4 a r ') . .' ' i -N t f ' r ' ... . 1 1 - 17. PRICE TWO CENTS: ? " !,?D ?T , , : , .. : .. . . j rTTTTTT . ,'r'TI??!r??!TT?rf,TI!?? emana, J ':; v .-- ." ' i I ' " ' 11 1 1 - , ' .. . ,fi ' ' i .T , ' ; , ; ,r, ,' ' " '- ' - ' '' ' w i ' ." 1 . " . .; y.. ; ' "- " ' - . , . ' ' ',,''-.'.. . -.'.. , . i ...... . .. .. ' " , . .i i " -r : "; 1 " i 1 " " -, 1111 . 11 i r . ( , i. ' ' ' ' ' - I ' 1 1 bhi m mm , mm. a a, CBIALSirJ DESPERATE STRAITS LIBERTY BELL WASHIHG OUT IS FREE TO HOPE OF THE CHICAGO NATIONALS RESERVOIRS Business Man of San Fran- Philadelphia Hayor Says lie cisco jtatany snot seat- Asiss .uniy rroper ispon ;tle Bank Invaded by Bold Desperado Both Crimes Jlost Baring in History. sorship 1 and Respect Manager of Rose Show Al leges Sneer; Retorts. . ,Twp desperate attempts at holdup occurred today in Pacific coast cities. In Seattle a thug entered a bank in the heart of the city, and failing to get what he demanded, shot at the ' . (BpcUI Ditpatch t The Journal.) Philadelphia, Pa., April 17. White h intends to allow the council to settle the queBtion At, to whether tho Jlberty bell ahall remain at home or shall make the Journey to Portland andthe Alaska- paying teller, narrowly missing him I .Yukon exposition, Mayor- Kayburn and the president of the' institution. in ban Francisco - thugs , attempted tcr hold tip. the office of a construc tion .'company- and . desperately wounded one of the firm. ". " ; (United Presa LwurnJ Wire.) Seattle, April 17. A few minutes after-11 o'clock this forenoon an un Jn,owji man1 walked into the Ameri can Savings & Trust company's bank at Second r avenue and Madison street, in the hpart of the" business Fection of the city, and' poked a gun In the teller's window. ' uive me . some money," ne or dered, at the same time pointing a revolver at Teller Arthur T. Drew. laUSThS hparlllV at lh rHt n nvnm Inpnt Philadelphlans who fee danger In the rrack of the reHe the ,bcll falling- apart. . Said the mayor today: ' 'It the oltv Of Portland anil nfhr towns on the Paclflo coast want the bell, the officials of those cities must ask lor it. It -Is- not rnnuih that th exposition, or bankers,-or buslnetia. peo ple, make the request. The officials of those towns must rskuttih rpKimnuihll. tty for Its, safety and pav" It due -re spec. We will send a guard and take good, cure of it in . transit, but the' bll must be exhibited in & dlaiilfled man. tier and not utilized as .'monev-niHkinir uviubjhk, t-aru. iur an , exposition OF Gangs cf 3fcn AVith Big, ''Scrubbing Brushes Are Removing , . Accumulated Silt From Sides and" Bot toms of Storage Places., Mavor Ravburn's insinuations that the undertaking is not dignified enouKh are ' all poppycock,''" said ManBfr tieorge Ij. Hutihin of the Rose Fes tival - association, in - takina-. t,t the telvgiam received by .The Journal this mortiinar. "We took thi ISteii Of -comprint'H"e-Ttiii matter up with the mayor of - ihe dif- Urew quickly ducked under the i' ,V"",rA i.l" i.uVr'lt .? J he WOUld bo robber then I nonrvl nnA I )mw riirrunniul.n U which will show that the mayors of fenver. -Salt Lake. .Npw Orleans. . SU Paul, Jjos AriKflf. " Spokane,. - Seattle and Portland, together with commer clal clubs all alonsr the" line, -sent direct reriuests ton Maj'nr Ravburn and to the city council of 'iudipiiia tor me lib erty bell. Several - congressmen and demand counter. .turned and fired a ahot at Secretary Harr.y Welty, whose 'd"Rk is near the teller's window.- The'buUet went wild. but barely missed James P, - Gleason president of the "b&nk whose office Is Bandar l"rom Water. Though Dr. Ralph C. Matson, city bacteriologist, ' finds the' river -watef to contain ' colon bacillus. -which Indicate the pres ence. of , typhoid.' And; dysentery, germs, and while he recommends that all drinking: water be boiled . t as a precautionary measure, - he , aeciares tnere in no reason lor a, scare , , ' f ' ' "Nearly all Jarge bodies , of water contain some such germs," ' he asserted today. " "A whole city , ' might drink -the 'water1 and yet escape. However it 4 would be wise' for all to forbear drinking unboiled city water.'' . t ; When he finds the city i water, 4r . now dargely Bull Run. free, from s all' bacteria. Pr.: Matson' win - make , a public - announcement through the newspapers. r - , ' - v- jy- - - . - ' 4 jf7' I ! I WHEAT BREAD TO BECOLiE Liverpool Predicts a Short age Scarcely ; Known in Modern Times "Wheat ".Margin" Gone Xot Pat ten, but Real Scarcity, : MannRC Chance has the same old triumvirate of ..strong, pitchers on which he (leprnded mo largely last yrar. n-is mniuiiui ji w n-ruuK wi BSKn-)-aiion w siao arusis were ever asftemblctt under one manatrer. wnne uvera-ii, urown anu iwuiuacn are me stars, t'fiMter ana Jiimagren ere both strong pitchers. In spite oi tne iact mat rimer juhu him "' io muuui in tne ictrou-Ainerican team last year in the world series tie is consiaerea. to ne oi ursi; eanner ny manager i hance.: , - " . , (Continued on 'Page Two.) RIOTERS SEN ADDED T0 15 ' W I NT ' " Mexican Government Con tinues to .Shoot '.Turbu lent Torreon Men, ; '' ' (Dalted Pms Lea4 Wlra. " ; Torreon, .Mexico, April 17.Mexlcn .troops executed seven condemned rioter at sunrise this morning at -Velardena, ac?ordlng to a dispatch received here today.- The .men who were executed were convicted by courtmartiai of par ticipation In a riot over a religious cere mony at Eapter. . So far 22 rioters havs been shot by the military authorities. . Other rlotors liaveifted to the mountains, and are known to be armed. It Is expected they will snake desperate resistance. During the riotine: last Ratnrdav the Store of the Torreon- Mercantile-- com pan'jv an American firm, was looted of arms and liquor,-end it is reported an Mexican rovern- Indemnity from the 1 ment will be demanded. senators have alo 1 mails direct flrtill- 1 cation to Mayor Raj-biiin that the bfll .be sent out west. I am surprised at the' mayor's attitude In the matter.'.' , ' When the matter rtrst came uo Mr.' Hutchin took' the matter up with Mayor Lane and he appointed a committee of three, composed of A. G. Rushlight, George U. Baker and John Annand from I the council, to have charge of the ne gotiations with. the Philadelphia coun cil and mayor. A formal request was forwarded. Mr. Mutchln is of the opin ion that an excuse Is being made for delaying the coming of the bell till It is too late for the trip. . ' TAFT WANTS TO TOUR THE COAST "'n.-'- ' " ; '""a-'i Itinerary Will Cover Alaska - to 3Iexico If Congress Appropriates. Work of cleaning out the two city reservoirs On Portland Heights and the timm on me west side Is being pushed 'wj "5 t-im wi-r iepar-ment. W ltn ' w next iwo or three davs the work ... - ..v. . u..ui , . rrin it I lie rivar wufai' :.i 'hfAh . ik. . I' was compelled to use because of -the h ' '" ' ' " ' " ' .' " ' ' ? ui-puKBge or the mains carryinsr the (- K i-j i j- ' ' r t i a. ' i E"r, Hun w!lr Saturday, win aiiie of Good Omen Selected SSTiUUEGO" AEEuEiratTE away with. enIt?i,,g.h w'-,11P'eU river water was forced into only 'one of . the .rrii.ir. on the heights thp lnv- tcnir hn.h - luufuugmy . scrubbed , .and cleaned. In the meantime the west side is being supplied from denoalta e . reservoirs. . auxiliary to the CREDITORS PURSUE r CALKLXS SYNDICATE (L'nltea rrens Leaaed Wlro k Sa - Francisco. April 17. If the ef forts being made today by the creditors of the Calkins newspape pticressrui tne corporation mav be rt clsred an lnvoluntnry bankrupt. Three rretittors of the concern, whose claims aggregate $I.Roo have tiled peti tions In the Vtilted flute district t-ourt asking -for such Judgment. It is claimed ' the corporation-' com mute.! two acts of bankruptcy when It transferred, while Insolvent, a portion of its property t a creditor. N A. Iwirn and another portion to settle a debt o miui noer ' (Catted Pre-s Lease! Wlre. Washington, April 17. President Tsft will visit Alnska If be goes to the Pa ciflo coast this summer, according to an announcement' made today at the White House. According to his present plans the president will start from Wasnfnaien anon after Aucust 1 and tour the cosst from Alaska to lower California- returning east via Ariiona, New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana. Be fnre maklnc his trio he mill go to hli "summer capital," at Beverly. Mass. where be will soend June ana July. Railroad officials were today request ed to esttYnate trie cost or tne presi dent's western trip.--It was stated this morning that from rough estimates, the prof.anl v rlrn trin wrtnM nmtmhlv rnut ahout jiiou-Bia arerni.nno. The extent of Tarts western t mav h. A- ! J. . - ... . . , 11 ip IS cni in-cri'i ii ".n m vuiigreaeiunsi appropriation of $45,000. fie mill be ohllsred 10 go to heavy ex pense, as he will have to have special trains, secretaries, stenographers and gnnrds. If Tart visit- Alaska ha will be the first president ef the I'nlted States to make the trio. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Taf; throughout the tour. Accoroinr io nis iians, ine president I 111 ..l-lt ' , I. lull!. ..nA.llln. Judse I Haven has Issued an order 1 national irrtaadon rimimn al Rno'l.n, rorporanon the Tranml--i-afpnl congress at Ien- lnei rer and the U. A. K. convention at Salt Ijike to show c-auoe whv the should not he drciRce-t bnnkrupt; order la returnable April it. Durlnar taa nlrh, r l." --' Bet-nous or i.."I " '" ' were thoroiigljlv ii T , . "a 1'usneo out hy means of M,U,,l..HfcUn.KWRtfr- "e1- l press,.?; . .... ., ! , iiicni mm inence to the sewer through the blowholes. During tho , -. V airrerent sections .are being sluiced out through the fire hydrants, rienty of Water. Some agitation-Was caused todav be cause of a report .that the cltv water supply was being rapidly exhausted, caused by reason of the act that the lone main which is furnishing Bull Run w'r from the Mount Tabor reservoir, Z I v 117 , , sur-icient amount. 1 hat there is no truth In the report is Droved hv the faet. that .h. . been furnishing a supply of 16.000.00d gallons each 4 heurs. ahll. th. immmi consUmei during that time has been but i. mum linn j u.uuu.uuu gallons. Work of reDallinar thn breaV In he cast iron main at th O. W.-P. dock Is progressing slowly. The suction dredge worked a. 1 today without any definite results being obtained. It may be sev eral days yet before the real work of putting In another section of pipe can be begun. ... for .IatVRace Before Racing Is Closed. , :P LAY BA-7-l'J-Li" 1SIXAH NESTED O.r.SEfiSOiTSOO ,111 (Miff. CASE Shvashes,-' . Colts, Beavers, Three' Men and Three Worn- (Culted Pres Leases Wlre.t ' ' San Francisco, April 17. This after .noon marks the-closing of the Emery ville-track. No more -this season, .and nemans never again, will lovers of rao big in the Bay Cities see the barrier sprung on the popular course. Yesterday, despite the evident infer iority of tho card . orrered, the stands and ring Were packed with one of the greatest crowds of .the meet.. If yes terday's gathering is to form a basis of estimates ior today, it is almost cer tain many will be turned away, from the gates. . , The Rutherford - handicap,' at a mile and 70 yards. ' has called : forth .such entries as Restlgouche and Stanley Fay, and the other events,' aie as" well isup plied with stellar performers.' S. C'Hildreth will have three crack entries. .... Hasta t,uego. ("t'nfU a Tattle. While") Is the name selected tor the final handi cap. Pevhaps Nathanson hast hopes of another- Emery vllle season, and perhaps he regards the selection of this name for-the final-race as an omen. In any event, the Hasta Tjuego Is to be a classy race, and a fitting climax to one of the best card ever offered at Emery ville. .". , Tigers. Start'' Race. en, Relatives, Suspected ' ' of Foul Murder. ., (Special Diapatch to-The Joo-naH Seattle. .April 17. The 1909 -baseball season 'was ushered In this afternoon in Seattle with ail pomp and ceremony. In spotless new uniforms, the players com posing the Seattle and Portland teams of the Northwestern -league,' painfully unconcerned at the plaudits or the ad miring throngs in the streets, rode In a farade that started from President Iug ale'a billiard parlors on Second avenue and ended at Athletic park: ' , After the presentation of floral trib utes and the enacting of other cere monies -peculiar to opening days. Mayor Miner mined tne rirst-nan. in tne gen- an of In- the ' (United Press' Leased Wire.) Seattle,- April 17. Following vestigation by Coroner Snvder death Of Mrs. Wanda Kalem. whose re main were found yesteralay strewn along the Northern Pacific railroad tracka near Stuck, - Henry Kalem, the woman a husband; her brother-in-law. John Kalem, of tha Kalem Investment company of Seattle, and Arthur Kalem. the 17 Venr : filrl on nf .Tnkn . t..i, prisoners in the county jail hero today pending the clearing up of the mystery ...vui,uiiiS mli b, ixaiem a qeain. Airs, (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, April 17. Secretary Wilson today in. a statement reply ing to. the wheat men who denied the veracity of. hla report on the wheat. situation, said:- :. - . "Reports of. this department-indi cate that there were 143.000,000 bushels of wheat on" hand March 1. Reliable statisticians estimate the supply at from 100,000,000 to 170.' 000,000 bushels. Last year's report estimated the Bupply at about 4,000. 000 bushels less. There were 3i,- 000,000 bushels more of wheat pro duced In the past year than previous ly,; o it is. evident the scarcity of wheat is not the cause of the pres- , ent abnormal prices.'" . - He declared that the department's reports were received from farmers, who. should know the situation if anjbody does. , . Secretary TTllson declared there wa enough wheat in tho country at normal prices to make bread, for the American 'people until the new crop came In. Ht said those persons who were attempt- fContiTiued on Paga Two.; ' LANDS OUT III ' the OPEO :m: Secretary Ballinger Restores 364,000 Acres to Set - - tlement. . eral direction of the plate, and the game! John Kalem and Vie two daughter were I'lni-i-u uiHHri arrest. - From Information gathered by Cor oner Snyder? .he believes Mrs. Kalem did not commit suicide nor was her death accidental. -v The coroner says be has Information that Kalem had threatened his wife's life and that her life was in sured for S5000 in Kalem's favor. - - -Bloodstains .were . found on the back aor sreps or the ranch house. This, the Kalems exDlalned. was caused hv a dog fight , the night, before the woman was on. Weather conditions are ldal and an immense throng of baseball-mad men nd women' fills the stand and bleachers. President Ijucas, ' Judge McCredle , of Portland, President "Dugdale, the - local magnate, and many other officials of the league, are present. Indians '.Vs. 'Catafipokane. "' (Special Plunafh, to Tha Jouraal.) hPOKane,- svasn - April After a parade headed by Rev. Fathers Gollerj (Continued on. Page Three.) THE SUUDRY JOURUAL'S I : . LIST OF FEATURES Financing bodv and brain In the college course" v , Life among tfce biggest men on earth, or a iilt nf the rl IndUiea A worthleaa experiment. Short Story hv F. Horkir.coB p-nlth. Heroes of war times who live in Oregon. Ex-army mew h make Portland th-lr horae. .;,- v -..- The unhaj pr love stftry ef Bryan's daughter. Why Mrs !evitt ap plied for a divorce. ... ,.-.-Tha Heal woman aceording to rales. Ta cea-er(.t) virtaea She mut poeea. .-- -.. , " Two ;-lr,m rhf-lreo s pse an a speetst r HooT r wit Hluaira tlo. - . Ii a'".i''i'n r.' the mc!" fa-r Tr g )-a Jn-!rr! 't! freaeet re a r v fr-t.rini'nc a jA t i mrf ji fcrt,e-a ii a, a t a;-ra mrn Set v a r. e t ' a 1 r -rt i eat w ff-, l.a ' T I e fiiir Jnurr-al , V-ee it Jo tha - wf frra-,. r !-fir"--t;rn cf ,- c:4 nsr pe-ir r lv . ; . ." ...';;-'i:;::; ' i, ' ." '.:" -w-: ' -" ' :- ; ' " ';:: orfT- .,-... y '-'', ' j j' . " ;.... -v . :- ; : t , i , . .,' - -f ; ': . t .'' - v " ' ' ' ' . "'''. '- . : . x '.V: . ; ,. V '-..'''' ''": i :.'.'.... ! '.'". u m :.'-1 ". . I ?; - . - .. ." - ; . . " ""1 - ,.'!' ' ..-..... f i. - I I ' ' ; ' . f y 'S.. i ' aCa - jj. , . 1 ' 1 disappeared, from her home. 1 When denutv sheriffs located the V, letns on their ranch, where they recently i-Kiven.ar.ier sailing a loaging nouse in oeatiie. ooin men were under the influ ence of liquor and fought the officer in me way io tne county jail. Bo fur none of those under arrest ha made any statement regarding the death of Mrs.. Kaietn. . CABRERA PAYS ITAIIAII TO GO ? -a.- - ' ' - " -. -' Suspects poor Chauffeur of Being an Anarchist Assassin. (Uslted Praas Leae4 Wtra. Washington, April 17.--Cndernnier. from Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, 364, U00 acres of semlarld lands whicn hnd ben withdrawn from entry wer today thrown open to settlement. . The lsnd comprises three parcels two of which were withdrawn pending pre liminary surveys In connr-ction wit in the Yeliowsto-ie and JS'orth Platte reclama tion projects. Of the first of those there are 200,000 acres tn the lender and Buffalo- districts In-"Wyoming, and of tne second, there are HS.0OO acres 'in ' the Cheyenne district of tha North Platte project u The third parcel consists of U.OOrt acres located in the Kallsnell. -Montana. dlFtrlct. This land was withdrawn tne the conservation of water resource. Thn secretary's Btstement savs this land la restored -to entry because the interests of the goverwmefll no longer- require Its wlt!i(ii-awal. The Mnnounremen't Is In line with tlv policy,- or rather absence of -polirv. ' under which the department of ilia in terior. 1 to be conducted bv Secretary Ballinger. The department plans to con serve the natural resources of the conn., try, but does not intend - to take any action that will tend to hinder the de velopment of' the whole country. (I'ullM Praia Leases Wlr. San Francisco. April 17. After being driven out of Guatemala by President Cabrera, who was possessed of sn an rounded belief that there wa a' plot on foot to assassinate him, A. Ftrster- m ay her, an Italian chauffeur from New York, t a here today seeking employment. Flrstermacher s tale of bla experience Jo Guatemala I thrliHng. Whan he ftrat lvoded h was approached bv the prea- iiems private secretary, who wished fr"ii.un xo .start a revoiutioaj. Tl.e secretary effere the antomoblllat a . ior his part in the ravolt. but rim: rmachee diarM he was na aaaaln Fill! suapcjo. tha eeretarv had hi Impriaone-t snywav. He was reteaa,d after a short Wm. but aeiersl tim. sfterwsr-1 was thrown la'a Jat ) us. P"'on nf being an ar hut. At laai. affer ftra aunts ea t gr4 ietflt his wHriwia en. r I c t. f-irat mrhr crr-t a rw I .ma ara4e a him tr oe ef tii cnjf -vwteai art 1 Mg f a-goterwrnewt afKit, to a.-f,t ' a - I HaveYouRcndth Want Ad Section of Today's Journal 17 4 avert! for , . 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