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' a - 111 1 ' " Cj)'CEMTS 6j) A TRAINS AND STANDS A. J s CENTS 1 Sunday Journal Cc W A lA A JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTLKDAY WAS 32,675 , The WeatherFair tonight and Tuesday; westerly winds. VOL. VIII. NO. 39. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1909. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. l ID); ID) - V .. s I I LA'AAA A-fAAflA ' : - ' ' ' -v I y, YOUNG TURKS it READY YIELB CAPITAL T01ARCH PORTLAND MAN HELPS GUARD LIFE OF SULTAN OF TURKEY F RD Advance Guard Will Be Thrown Around Pera and Galata to Protect Lives of Foreignners Assault on . Palace. ' , . Captain W.-H.'- Ledbetter. . one of the two Americans mentioned in Saturday s dispatches from Constantinople as be ing one In - which- Sultan- Abdul . Hamld places explicit faith and upon whom he depends for protection 4n case attempt Is made upon his life, Is a, Portland man. UP tin about : two years ago- tie had Constantinople, April 19. The Turkish parliament held a bnei secret session today, and it is. re ported that thequestion of yield in? to the Young Turks was met ; favorably. It was proposed that'i parliament send a deputation to the Young Turks with authoriza tion to place the parliament under the protection and control of the oung lurks. Parliament asked the cabinet to postpone temporarily the an nouncement of a ministerial pro gram. ' . Constantino')!?. AdcII i9. An ul tlmatum embodying the demands of ths Young Turks and asking for the peaceable surrender of the city was received today by the sultan and the new ministry. The Young Turks demand the re- establishment of Rllmi Pasha's cab inet,' the restoration of their parlto ' mentary ? seats to the Young Turks who were expelled as traitors by the edict of the new 'ministry, and the surrender of the leaders of the,re- volt. ine leaaers wnose Burrenaer is ae-i charge of the local Branch hydrographfc manded Include Editor All Klamel, office in the custom, house building and Said Pasha -and Ismail Kemal Bey, Turkish navy under bis personal friend, These men. wltn tne sultan, are fie- I uaptaia , BucKara. the other American clared to have been chiefly respon sible for the overthrow of the Young , Turks, and their execution has been ' decreed.. ,' ,-.,,. London. April l.-rTa Toung Turks will march on TfUdls 'Kiosk,; tlie sul tan's' palace, and demand the surrender and abdication of the sultan today, ac ' cording-, to "messages received" here to day from the Constantinople correspond ent of the Exchange-Telegraph, ; The message ' explains that an ad vance guard or Young Turks will be thrown around Pera and Galata, suburbs of Constantinople, to protect tne lives of' the foreign residents, before the main body of the army marches against the palace. , PhlHpoppolls, April 19. Toung- Turks and Macedonian troops are expected to enter Constantinople tonight and de mand the sultan's abdication. . It Is' be lieved: the new ministry-will resign to day If there appeara to be any chance or tne roung xuraa meeting wun suc cess in their attack upon the city. Aleppo, Asiatic " Turkey, ' April ii Twentv Christians were killed bv Mo riammedans at MaraslVc 80 miles north of here, today. The Mohammedans started a fresh outbreak' of rioting to day and the town or Marash Is in a rotate of' terror. Scenes of horrible cruelty accompanied the massacre. SPORTS SHARE OF RACING 1- , " I; . y vy.v . I tt- i- " l v Ii Y 'S hr W. H. Iicdbetter, Former Portland Man, Who Is Helping to Defend - ' Sultan's Palace. ' ' . ' ' referred to in the Constantinople dis patches i Captain Ledbetter was one of the most popular: members of the University club and has a large' number of friends here who especially because of his be ing in the navy and aid de camp to the sultan, win watcn tne outcome or trie trouble with deepest interest. In a letter to a friend here about two weeks ago Captain Ledbetter indicated mat trouble was brewing- ana. that interesting- events-might- follow, ALDRICH HA FEARS FOR IfflUE Q Last Year's Session of Con . gress Declared to ;Have r Ueen iXtravas:ant More v Than Fifty Millions Un- , necessarily Allowed. ' fUnlted Pren Leased Wlr. Washington, April-19. In speak Ing on the senate tariff bill Senator Aldrich this afternoon declared the appropriations by congress in the last year showed 'unprecedented extrav agance," and , asserted that tney could ;iiave been treduced , $50,000,' 000 without. Impairing the efficiency of the government machinery. "In trie work of making the neees sary reduction Of expenditures and re- rorming , tne - methods or appropriation to which the senate Is pledged. 1 am authorized to say1 that, we have "the earnest , support and co-operation of the president and ( tne administration," de clared Aldrich. - , - Sstimated TalnatloB.' The senator, estirflated that the rev. Hue for X9i0 fron the senate tariff bill (Continued on Page Threa)-, HAY PREFERS HI RULE Evacuation of Santa Anita : lias Barga in Day Trim ; min,'s, Sdd to Say. " Santa Anita, Cal.. April !. The hug grandstand at bania Anita, race track ttfdmr stands silent and empty, while those who made the raring game In southern California are chafing to get wav. Their departure - Is prevented, however, by lack of cars for transporta tion, and scores of horses are eating tip profits at sn alarming rate, with oats at 11.10 a bushel and hay costing $1, a Three hnndred horses are' en their way lo different parts of the country, but there still remain -Son racers tor which t ran sports t loo l larking. Bargains are being dflven at the track and many owners ure letting thcfcMjgh trd go at a sacrifice, ' Others In the raoaig game hsye bn hit hardNand the pawnshops of the rlty are doing thriving btilne in saddlea Blanketa. field g1aes snd tb like. Mexican horsemen have irade rr rhases that temptI them. One mim r-slr f!t for a horse en wly worth f-aui one of the animal's less s-Haa qrrae4 arrhirg err knows bed and would cause a layir.r ur ft several weeks. T otbrs worth 1 1 64 were psrehae4 for and simitar alee were reported. CLARK CALLS FOR THE STEEL STORY . (United Press Leased Wtre.V- Washington, April 19.- Representative Clark' of Missouri Introduced a resolu tion In'the liousa today requesting that Attorney. General ! Wlckersbam furnish Information regarding the action by hit department against the United Stales Steel corporation on account of the pur chase of. .the . Tennessee Coal & Iron company. J .This-was the purchase which President Roosevelt practically auth orised, on Information that It was nec essary to prevent a panic '' ' ..." PRIEST TIES ' His own LIFE , (I'nltfd Prtsa Leased Wire.) ' Torron, Mexico, April 19. Father Yalensuela. the priest who led the riot of religionists when the authorities at tempted to stop the ceremony -of the burning of Judas recently and who es caped into the mountains when the jail in which- he was confined was stormed by rioters, committed suicide today In the Purango jail by stabbing himself. "ather ValeiiEuela -'died- before; his Drotner, ats a priest, could reach him Shortly after his arrest Valenssela nana as unsuccessful effort to kill him Belf. '.. v; ' t . - - K '..; '': . Washington Legislature to Be, Called in Special Ses sion to Pass Amendment to Eevolutionize State Government. " " " 1 . LJ ISSaSBBBBBBBlMBBSaBl It "I I 1 1 1 II I j j 1 I. II I ! I ! . 1-1 ii . . - a. ',.'. RUSHLIGHT GAINS IN FA1RW0TER lltllt lr CHARGEDlITi S PLOT TO IRDER OREGON WLL $OON r . LEAD.THE WORLD IN APPLE PRODUCTON "Oregon is destined to become the greatest apple growing renter in ths world Is . the - statement which nve members of the stale board of hortl- cuitum Include In their reports filed with Secretary H. M. Williamson last week. Millions of apple and pear trees are to be planted here this spring, 1.0Q0,- 008 to be planted in J season county alone, which when In a few years they begin to Dear rruii, win piace ine artio snd pear growing Industry on a plane such aa It has never before known. Still better news to the reople or tne state Is the fact that with the exception of a flight damace done to the peach trees and loganberry bushes, the ex treme cold weather of late January did practically no damage to the trees of the male. In fact, thousands' of slips are being sent out of the state to Idaho and Washington rwlnts for propegatlmi. Reports were nlea last weK irctn . K. XewelL president. R. M. Weber, treasurer, and M. O. Lownsdale, A. M. Csron and Judd Jeer. rommlaslonera. Kach and every cine of them was nileu. with, Lrleht rronDexts. althouch all of them look ixxaanm condemn the p(r tratlng of overly big crops. - , The cropm this year according to the reports will be sverage, with tha exc tlon of ,l"n(Tli snd peacbea. tne moet tender of si! ftvits. There will t-e light but excellent quality crop of IhfM frulta, while the apples, pears and hardier fruits will produce a fairly rvl crop. Th" 'Irs or the tranches owing the gradual Oroo-which lha ther- nomtr t-k before the pol'1 eeaHir were but little affected and should beer wf :i. - . ... Joe pUiellng of new trees IMi yesf a In thla eertlon. . M '.iic-na ef plants snd teee V.av ten se ejt w1t tt.e re 'i t that wnhln the text fw yeere the trt- put of the state should be almost double i that what It is now. ' Josephine, Jackson and Douglas counties. were all reported as having planted many trees. Jackson county growers planted nearly 1,000.000 apple and pear trees, while In Josephine county nearly So0,90u grape vines jwere piantea. inese "were mostly of the Tokay variety. In Douglas, where a large amount of i, ' oni recently been done, the slopes are being set with apple and pear trees In large quantities, Many thousand acres are being cleared and rrom Uie tendency the present holders or the land have shown commi. ("arson, Is of the oolr.lon tha thousand more trees will be set ut In the next few years. v k Comments upon the- general move meat for the betterment n h chsrds shown by the fruttowerg were made by the commissioners In their re ports. The growers hava awaienerT to the fart that a well sprayed KM well pruned orchard will aire murh laraer crops than lil one only poorly cared for snd ate now heeding the many re uueats mul a by the Ipm-c tors tor tha betterment of their orchards. As a remit of tllll not Krtl- easel aeriH,n g to Iw, found in Ihe etate of On-rnn. as every disease known to liortictilt'irlets Is soon f-und and e termlnte.. The dllig-nee ef' one n rpeetnr did swsy with the pnaaihiilty of s slese of the brown tail tnoti aa the b'JC was Tond before it iroaif spread and waa destroyed aod other shipments watrbed. ; .(United Press Leased "Wire.) Ulympla,- Wash., April As a re sult, of the legislative committees In vestigation of state officers the legisla ture is - to be called to OlymWIa for special session; Governor Hay will. It is claimed, ask the lawmakers to cass a constitutional amendment to oe votea on at the next general election which will t.rovlde for the winlna nut of all elective state offices except those of governor and lieutenant governor. In lieu of. the nresent . svatem of electing state officers. Governor Hay would substitute the plan 'of cabinet government, la other words, he would have the government of the state run on tne same plan as the national gov ernment at Washington. This would, it is asserted, wire out petty policies and make one man Instead of a . half dosen or mora responsible for the con duct of the state government. Whether the supreme court Judges snoum aiso oe appointed is a mooted question but It Is llktly even thla would De aavocaiea oy tne governor. . - HaveYouReadlhe Vant Ad Section of Today's Journal . Xew Xotary. -SaVei frnt ef Tse KaTem. t'r, April 1 A tarlal mrl- role.ia -aa een laaued le- lyala C Gunpii ef . Fertlar.4, - 54 28 54 170 77 56 20 41 'dvertlM for" ;help-.. . .- r AdvertlM for sltnatkms ' Adrertlae famished ; rooms for rcat - Advertia real estate Tor sale , . . .. , AdverLia buslaveas ciianceV " . . Ad vert Ue tjcaaes for mt Advertise flats for -'rail Adrrrtlaa) boasekerplnc rooms for ml A.G. Rushlight, Candidate for Mayor of Portland.' ' Ftiends of the. direct primary law and opponents of corporate rule in the .administration of city affairs are arraying themselves behind the candidacy of ' A. G. Rushlight in opposition to the cam paign of Joseph Simon for the Republican nomination for mayor. Within the past tew days the strengtn ot Mr. Kushiight has berun to e:row steadily- and eachf day sees new recruits to the al ready large force of supporters which is lined up behind him. The Rushlight carid idacxisattracli voters, and it is expected that he .will have.; a majority of the labor ing men behind him when the vote is taken in the primaries. v People of Shawnee Believe Popular United' States .Marshal Was lulled by Hired Assassins Jail Doors Battered Down. - . (United Press Leaaed Wire.) '' Shawnee, Okla., April 19. Four men, two of them cattle ranchers, re puted to be millionaires, were taken from the county' Jail at Ada at 3 o'clock this taoroing by a mob of '. 100 men and hanged in a barn at the rear ot the prison. - The victims: Jesse west. , Joseph Allen. . B, B. Burrell. Joseph B. Miller., West was the only one to offer . re sistance. He fought with the mob un til they had dragged him into the barn. West and Allen were charged with hav- ing hired the others to murder United States Marshal A. A. Bott on February 27. Bott waa very popular and feeling In the case has rufr high since he was killed. - ' 1 , - ' i The mob quietly surrounded the jail and overpowered a deputy .sheriff who bad been left on guaird. This man did not have the deal red keys, however, and the jail was . partially battered - down before the four men were taken' from their cells! All four were hafieed together and as soon as they were Uead,tht mob nuletty , dispersed. TRe officers did' not find the bodies until, daylight. It in understood the prisoners had boasted that they .could not ba -con- icted, and had intimated that their money would free them. . This: it is said, aroused the Ire of the friends of , Die murdered officer, who deliberately planned the lynching. , GOT HIS OF OFFICE ABE RUEF Nicholas Tells "About the Crafting After, lie Was ...3Iade Supervisor. - In addition to the labor vote many, prominent business men of the city have come -forward to the aid of-Mr.' Rush light believing that should he be elected be would give a fairer, more equitable and at the same time as efficient an administration aa any candidate who has so far been mentioned for the noml nation anil election Anions' these men Is W. B. Ayer, president of the North Pacific Lumber company, who Is out openly In the cause of the plumber can didate, - . - . , It was erroneously stated in-a local nitur this mnrnlnr that Mr.-Aver -Was one of a group of men who were to hold a conference today looging to me se lection f a candidate to oppose Mr. Simon, in speaking of this and of Mr. Ruahlighfa candidacy, Mr. Ayer says: ; .. Mr. Ayre's Words.. '.; f hava heard nothing about a con ference and am not going to attend one. The direct primary law which provides a means for nominating candidates for office is sufficient. 1 am acting on my own Initiative in the matter, and am strongly opposed to a return of machine methods.. - The Simon convention was backed by a majority of his henchmen and a minority of innocents, it was the same old machine worked la the same old wsy. "I am going to vote In the primaries for a business man. Mr. A. G. Rush light who I believe will give a business administration to the city. -I also be lieve tnal fie possesses tne qualities that make for an efficient executive snd represents the Spirit of progressive Portland. Another thing that appeals to me Is that he Is not the attorney for large corporations whose Interests so often are In conflict with the true In terests or the city. In view of the., showing as - a vote Setter , which has been made by Mr, :ushlight during the last general elec tion when he was beaten, for the nom ination for 'assessor by B. D. Sigler by only 2000 votes, it Is expected that he will make -a strenuous, and a Winning campaign 1 against , Senator. Simon for the nomination. ' ' j The Simon camp is beginning to show uneasiness at the growing" strength of the Rushlight candidacy. As the con viction reaches the great mans of the voters mat tne convention held in the Baker theatre was run according to a prearranged slate, and that the success or its nominee means the first step towards the overturning of the direct primary i law and' the reestabitshment of the old time machine dominion in Multnomah county these voters are turning from any thought of Senator bimon ana seeking for a candidate wno is opposed to tne Simon program. As these voters are becoming ac quainted with the attitude of Mr. Rush light they aare attaching themselves to ma canaiuacy. Another Sjtrour Man. On the Democratic side of the fence there is talk of Jefferson Meyers as a candidate ror the nomination of that party. Mr. Meyers Is well known in Portland and has alwavs stood for the cause of progress and tha promotion of and protection for legitimate business enterprises. It Is believed that should he consent to enter the contest that he would prove a strong lactor In the final contest!.) June. There la a continuinr rumor that A A. Bailey la contemplating- withdrawal from the mayoralty contest. However. If -Is not believed that Mr. Railev hi made any definite determination to take any such action, and the probability is that he will atsy in the race for the nomination until the end. HARROVIAN MAY GET DESCHUTES ROUTE, ' BUT HE MUST BUILD More Want Ads la The Journal tban an other Portland paper Them Is a Reason THINK: IT OVER a afclacta Sanaa a4 Tse Jaaraai.1 Washington; April l After a visit by Joseph N. Teal f Portland, and senator Chamberlain to the department, the aeretarv of the te.terl.ir lui prom ised ts decide as te tne Iectiut.s proJee today or tomorrow. It Is the r-eltef at the deterttent that Kecretary Halltngef will rale tet Harrlman may bund throaah the ruri. aklrh necta aHIy loa-oiree the Shaindonment. In part St at. of planet beretotore formed by the r- latnation ere In that lo re lit v It la brd It wv be poMiMe te rfT the runs la t-e-mlt the ral'ved an 4 the rtaeallen service to rTj- out tHelr prot'-ta la tre prem I i I II fia 1 i i mi, i. I ' fi w.. I I It a anil'iainnl It la I be w'N the rt,e 'tl 1 1 ! m t agreemeat that t a railrrid ahall (tJoltfd Press Leased Wire. Sail Francisco, .April 19 During . the continuance of Tjis cross-e humiliation in th,e Calhoun trial this morning, ex-Supervisor Fred Nlchoras, whose, vote for an,' overhead trolley franchise Callioun Is alleged to have bought for J4000, re lated the events that led to his election to the boodling board.'.. V:- " i ITnder the questioning of Assistant District Attorney John O'Cara, Nich olas testified that he went ti Abe Ruef and secured his nomination. He brax- enly. described his part in the graft transactions of that . board, telling of bribes he said " he received ' from the ?rlseflght . ring, which he said were of ered -In, the Iwpe of securing the pass age of an elastic prizefight ordinance. Questioned further by the assistant district attorney, the witness - recall,! having testified In the police court that there was a general understanding among the members of the board that all "bis; matters" which should come before the board should be tabled un less those Interested la their passage "came through with the coin,". Tells of rnOne Franchise. . Nicholas further, testimony was a re cital of the operations of the Paciflo Telephone, and Home Telephone compa nies during their efforts to secure fran chises in 190. During the examination of Nicholas. t the 'request of A. A. Moore, counsel for Calhoun, who had difficulty in hear ing the replles'of the witness. Judge Iawlur ordered the table -aroiiud which the attorneys were grouped moved closer to the witness stand. Assisted by the court bailiff. Heney moved the table to the place wnere it stood .when he was shot by Morris Haas. He then took the seat he occupied when the would-be murderer's bullet laid him low O'Gara next took tip the "charge mad' by the, defense that the convk-ilon of ex-8upcrvi!or Coffey for perjury waa being used to compel Nicholas to testify for the state. TAKES POISON" TO GIJIEYK SWEKTIIEAKT 'i. 1 1 rr.e I i tl alle Preas Leased Wire. I rkiah, Cal April 19, Eileen HniiM. at od,V be constructed, there h.in. n-l' years.old. daughter of Mack lina.- l. question as to -the olstlnctness f th farmer living aear this city, commit- Prjmw' 5cVuUocifad7.te attorney .r I" T ear. Malheur rounty. Is here tn look into tie ' bolir M' rhfr ' "m' ' W. rwe H al Malheur Irriratloq rrojei-t. He favors I she rvalloani th unaware f the covernmerit's continuing altn Ita drtiv properties, t,, frlx fen ' project. Represent it n f Xhr. nr - ""V heawell, m of f rt . r Male testits sgaimrt government action, wi: fetor caeli. at.o u . oe bert twlajr. Tl,e department wliijhae paid her rrark'-i ai' rive a hearinc at ortoe. on the mental Mlaa Hirl w,-r. i i of the rontroverav. an! an early decis-H-'id a fiH il.iv .-at.ir .' Ion will be reentered. I left at a hotel b-,a t Teal is also In consultation1 with thjco"'n. Vra Ah-e j--..u national -ennaver-tatton eommia'ton a I leeter-ir m r- . i f "'" i nomaa K. .t(.p. -liie tii'it a,..i afternoon he -aa til orfr alth Kre a? cf i csr I'.; " a. ? V Plr hot on toe r.ie -utM. tn-la -e aa.f"e. , i ortait matter brf..te the rnmml:rf.fri - i have t-een heM for cal s arrival, await- i Ing his advice. . J ; r a I