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IrV JOURNAL CIRCULATION TC8TKRDAT WAS " TRAINS AND STANDS 5 CENTS Sunday JournolSc The Weather Fair tonight; pos sibly light frost Thursday lair." VOL. VIII. NO. 59. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1809. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. Zh&ihvP curl are MVSTCRY OF SHflWS : . - V ' L !, , . II . 1 ' I SCHIVELY TO 1RDER TRAP DEBATE WILL BE CROSS 01 FARii Ill BE TURNING EXAMINED CALIFORNIA POINT Legislative Investigation Committee Beady to Hear Witnesses in Washington State Scandal All Offices to Be Subject of Probe. (t'nlted Preaa Leased Wire.) Olympla, May 12. The legislative Investigation committee will resume He pitting late this afternoon with .1. H. Schlvely, state Insurance com missioner, again in the witness chair. So far as the state insurance de partment case is concerned, the com mittee is now ready to begin the drawing of its report. This report w ill" comprise upwards of 12 type written pages and will be ready for publication about .Friday morning. The Investigation into the affairs of the insurance department will be closed late this evening, it Is thought, and the committee will immediately begin formulating its report to the governor. Nothing will interfere with the immediate presenting of the report, unless it is the desire of Governor Hay that the committee continue to jirobe into some other state depart ment before making its findings on the insurance scandal. Olympla. May 12. It Is now rertaln that the legislative committee which lias revealed uch sensational disclos ures In the state Insurance department, will extend the Investigation to a clean sweep of the state offices. Before leav ing here Governor Hay forwarded to Chairman Pllney Allen of the commit tee In Seattle the copy of Treasurer J. (5. Lewis' lettr requesting an Investi gation of his office with the recom mendation that the committee comply. Opens tli Way. Chairman Allen Is quoted as saying: "This request. coming voluntarily from tho state treasurer, opens the way to look Into all state offices. I shall favor not only checking up tho cash and securities In the hands of the state treasury but go down the line with the other offices no far as the time at our disposal will permit. When the work ha been done. It will do much to re store confidence among the people of the state in the stato offices.' Chang-ad Bis Views. This shows that the general agita tion the past week for the extension of the Investigation has swung chairman Allen around from the views expressed last Wednesday when he said "The com mittee Is rot Inclined to extend the in vestigation on Its own Initiative with out charges." Former State Treasurer leorge (1. Mills la also requesting an Investigation of the office for his term. He said this afternoon he desired the investigation so that there may he no question In tho mind ol any one hut that the office has been ":orr!Otly sd- (Continued on Page Three.) OVERLADEN BOAT At Least 25 of 36 Working- nienon Board Believed to Have Perished. (United Press Lsaaed lre.1 Pittsburg, May 12. One body has been recovered1? between 20 and 25 men are known to be missing and It Is thought the number of workmen drowned when a yawl capsized In the Ohio river last night will exceed SO. The "river is being dragged. The yawl Bank near Schoenville, four miles below here, shortly after 8 o'clock last night. The victims were all employes of the Pressed Steel Car company and had been working over time at the McKee's Rocks plant. Too many men crowded into ths boat, which was being used as a ferry, and It sank In the middle of the river. Of ficials of the company have started an Investigation. Two of the men reported missing were 'found on the river bank In an ex hausted condition today. William Wil llRms, one of the survivor stated that there were at least 36 men In the boat when It went down, and that at least 25 were drowned. The body recovered today has been identified as that pf John Thompson. Pittsburg, May 12. Three more bodies were recovered this afternoon. They were Identified as those of Clarenca Hlsthue, Albert Rownes and Henry Vo getcy. ; Mob Threatens Lendon Dawson. (United Press Leased Wire.) Redding, Cat, May 12. Accused of attempting to assault Miss Hazel Hay den, a school teacher, Iendon Dawson, a stranger,' Is being guarded here to pre vent him .from1 falling Into the hands of a mob which threatens to lynch him. Dawson Is said to have admitted mak ing the attack' and H Is understood he 'will plead guilty when arraigned. SINKS IN OHIO Tunnel Front House Once Inhabited by George Mc Coy, a Keel use, Near Mari posa Skeletons in Well Gruesome Theories. (United I'retis Leaned Wire.) Mariposa, Cat., May 12. The discov ery today of a secret tunnel leading from the home of the late George Mc Coy to within three feet of a well where four human skeletons have been un earthed within a week leads the au thorities to believe they are about to expose a death trap that may have sur passed the GumiPHs murder farm In Indiana. McCoy lived on the ranch from 1853 until two years ago, when he died. He was a bachelor of peculiar habits. No one knew his history and he had no in timate rrienos. Me seldom left the ranch, and his neighbors assert that h seldom went ut of sight of the house during tne last 25 years of Mia life. I he tunnel was found this mornlna- by Investigators. The entrance was concealed by a stone slab covered over wttti earth. The existence of the tun nel had not been suspected imd there was never a hint of Its existence before. Distrtot Attorney's story. District Attorney Adair, whn ham charge of the Investigation, today gave wie lunuwing statement to Uie united tress: "The discovery of the tunnel confirm our belief that we have found traces of one or tne moat remarkable series af crimes ever known In the wt. "Of course, we will not bring any charge, as McCoy has been doad two years, out as n lived on the place alone lrom joo untn tne time or tils death. mere is no Dossibln wnv tn .nna ih. belief that he must have known of the crimes. "The skeletons have decayed to a great extent, but the big bones and the skull are left The positions in whlcn the skeletons were found prove abso lutely that they were never burled with any ceremony. The bodies must have been doubled up so that the knees were against their chins. This probably was done so they could be placed in smaller holes han otherwise. "There Is no way to tell at what Intervals the four skeletons were burled, but all must have been in the ground a long time. am Wilson's Disappearance. "There Is no sign of wood or any thing that could have been a box or coffin about any of the skeletons and it Is my opinion that the bodies were burled without any covering whatever. 'The discovery of the tunnel will probably lead to further discoveries and It may be that a murder trap was conducted on a far greater plan than we have suspected. "The finding of the skeletons prob ably explains the mysterious death of Bam Wilson, who disappeared after having a quarrel with McCoy tn 1877. Wilson was last seen going toward Mc Coy's place, but no trace of. him was found, though a search, covering a long period, was made. At the time McCoy was suspected of having had something to do with hi disappear ance and he was even charged with it. He denied it flatly and asked the of ficers to search his house and grounds. (Continued on Page Three.) STRIPED BASS THE COLMIA Bureau of Fisheries Heeds Protests of the Sal mon Fishermen. (Waahlnftna Bureau of The Journal.) Washington. May 12. No striped bass will be juaced in the Columbia rver. ProtestsSof the salmon fishermen con veyed to the-bureau of fisheries by Sen ator Chamberlain, elicited a reply from Commissioner Bowers, who says: "The bureau has decided that It would be unwise to place the salmon In terests of the Columbia river In Jeop ardy through the transplanting of a new fish whose Influence cannot bo foretold. It has been decided not to attempt to introduce the striped bass Into the Co lumbia or any of Its tributaries." NO IN SEALS RETURN TO NATIVE HEATPf AND By Hlland Baggerly. Pan Francisco, -May 12. Happy as the proverbial clams, the Sealsaweturned from Oregon yesterday and continued their triumphs by downing the Oaks. Under new IcadershlpMha Oaks played with more ginger anfl determination. Manager Reldy. who directed the Dlav- ing from the coaching line, made a fine impression. Berore the game started Reldy was called on the field and nfe- sented with a large floral piece. The Oaka gave the Seals a scare be fore the finish, but not enough to ;op 1 vAn. .. .) A . 1 ' iijo iif v vi mill p. The Seals could have returned In bet- tey obndltlon. Zelder had such an ugly finger that- he repaired to hla doctor. who discovered symptoms of blood pois oning. The IXiU can't afford to loss in France, Which 31ean Revolution, Hangs on Decision That 3Iay Be Reached by Parlia ment Tomorrow. ( United Prw Leaned Wire.) Paris. May 12. The strike of the government postal, telegraph and telephone employes wil not reach an acute stage until parlia ment finishes its debate upon the demands of the strikers. The de bate will probably end tomorrow, and trouble may then ensue, as there appears little prospect of the gov ernment's surrendering without a struggle. Leaders of the strikers declare that by tonight the entire mail and telegraph service' will be tied up. This will leave the wireless between France and England as the only means of communication with the outside world. The government announced this afternoon that it would probably quit attempting to run a railway mall service and rely entirely upon automobiles to transport letters. B1g machines with guards or . sol diers and experienced chauffeurs are prepared for the new service. Americans have been asking the meaning of the social revolution for such it Is which is taking place in France today. A few weeks ago the postal and telegraph service In the re public was completely tied up for al most an entire week by a strike of the employes. Thia Incident is the more re markable and Incomprehensible to the average American In that these strik ers are government employes, and as such amenable to the laws of the coun try. Now the cable dispatches Inform us that this strike Is to be repeated and that the railroad employes, also gov ernment employes, will Join In the dem onstration. The Direct Causa. Dlrectlv the cause comes from what the postal employes call the system of "trivislons": Indirectly It Is an open re bellion ngalnst the Clemenceau ministry and against Clemenceau nimseir. lem enceau. "the strong man of France,", conscious of his power, say the leaders of the Confederation Generale du I ra- vall. not only became Intolerant and or- noxlous. but forgot the worktngmen to whom he annealed when out or power and by whose votes lie reached the pre miership. Promises given by him as a politician were cast aside by Clemen ceau when hp became statesman. During his Incumbency as minister of posts an'd telegraphs, former Minister Mlllerand had instituted a system of promotion by which 70 per cent of the employes passed to a superior class at the end of three years. M. SI my an, the present Incumbent, has modified all fills. Slmyan divided the postal forces into three classes; 83 per cent of them were to be promoted at the end of, three years and three months and 33 per cent at the end of three years and six months.. This tr!-d!vilon ("tlerce ment") necessitated a new classifica tion, and that classification, ac cording to the postal and tele graph employes, was being arbitrarily made. This M. .Slmyan denied. He de clared he never had the slightest Idea of Imposing his views or his men on the heads of departments and the com missions chosen to determine promo tion a rigorous proportion of th 33 per cent above mentioned. Man Go Out. At first the maildrlwers struck, and the entire system of marl deliveries and collections was disorganized. Mall bags accumulated at stations and railroad de pots. In a day more than 1,000.000 let ters were held up and undelivered. Then In their turn telegraph opera tors Joined the strikers sympathetically, then followed telephone operators for the French republic has a monopoly of telegraphs and telephohes as well as of mall, and at last clerks In all depart ments Joined In the strike. Hone Taken to Salem. Albany, Or., May 12 William Herve, the man who shot Sullivan at Gates, was brought down on the C. & E. train last night and taken to Salem, where he was placed In a hospital. He was accompanied by Dr. Ramsome of Mill City and D. E. Chapman of Portland. ON WNNNQ Zelder. He la a giant In their infield, and Zelder will not return to his posi tion until he is In ripe condition. In the meantime Mundorf. a promising youngster, will hold down third. Manager Long thanked Pitcher Willis for working the second game against the Beavers. It was not his turn on the slab, but Ralph took up the white man's burden simply because he wanted to see the Seals win. ' Red- Ehret, the old Natlonalyegur. who has been umpiring In "the North west league, has applied to President Herman of the California league for a Job. 'Herman will give him a trial. Another player has Jumped' the out laws. Bills, of the Fresno club, haa returned to Scranton, whera ha played last year. Strike May CRUSHED BY COURT JUDGMENT SHEPARD TOOK REFUGE IN SUICIDE LITTLE BROWN NAG CAUSEOFTROUBLE East Side Carpet (leaner Had to ray Dear for Animal From round. Injustice of the law Is respon sible for the suicide of R. F. Shepard, say his friends. Broken and crushed by an unexpected Judgment rendered against him by a Colorado court, the east side carpet cleaner forsook his wife of a few months and crept out into the lonely solitude of Sullivan's gulch and ended It all. He couldn't bear to see the re sults of his labors and the prof its of his growing business sapped and drained by the Colo rado courts to satisfy what he considered to be an unjust judgment. Shepard's Story Is a strange one; full of sorrow and disappointments, bright ened towards the last by moderate fi nancial success, then blasted again by sudden misfortune which robbed the unlucky m;in of his accumulations and plunged htm Into despondency and a suicide's grave. Simmered down to Its primary cause. Shepard's suicide was due to a little brown mare, purchased tn 1902 from the city pound at Colorado Springs for the munificent sum of t. Out of this transaction resulted a lawsuit, favor ably decided in Shepard's behalf, an appeal to the supreme court of Colorado, after Shepard had left the state, a reversal, new trial and heavy judg ment against tho absent man. Buys Iiittle Brown Mare. As the story runs, Shepard, then a resident of Colorado Springs, bought a little brown mare of T. J. Fair, who In turn had bought It at a public sale (Continued on Page Seven.) MIEN TO BREAK DRIVERS' STRIKE Wives and. Daughters of Chicago Liverymen to the Rescue. (United Press I .cued Wire.) Chicago, May 12. While members of tne uearse a carriage Drivers' union are planning for a successful outcome of their strike against the liverymen who employ non-union drivers, a new element has entered the fight. Wives I aim uauKiiieiB ui niw liverymen nave tunic in uif am misoanas ana lath ers and manv of them, mounted on the drivers' boxes, are creditably per forming the duties of the former driv ers. The number of woman drivers Is growing and should employment be giv en to all who apply it seems probable the strike may be broken. One of. the women who replaced a striker, discussing the situation, said: "Why should not I drive my hus bands carriage In this or any other funeral? I'm as good a driver as any man in Chicago and better than most of them. I don't know what this strike is about but I know that mv husband's firm Is in need of a driver for a funeral this morning and I am going to drive the carriage." THREE 3IEX KILLED IX TEXAS WRECK (United Preaa Leased Wire. Denison. Texas. Mav 12. Three men were killed, on.- whs fatatlv Injured and 2o passengers were hurt when a passenger train on the M , K. A- T. rail road was wrecked near . Bonlto last night. The passenger train was de railed at a point where a freight wreck had occurred a short time before. The trarka had not been repaired and the whole train left the rails. - 'i'4 R. F. Shepard. The Spot in Sullivan's (iulch Where the Bodjr Found. Note Found in Notebook in Suicide's Pocket. VIOTHER LOVE John Mitchell, Indian Youth, Escapes Punishment, lie cause Old and Feeble Ko-ko-ye-a-lash Will Xot Prosecute When Case Comes Before Court. Motlief1 love, outweighing Injury In the balance of justice, brought to John Mitchell, an Indian youth, an unexpected ally when put on trial in federal court this morning, charged with a nrutal at tempt to. murder his mother, Ko-ko-ye- a-lash.. Although her head and bodv are cov ered with scars Inflicted by a tepee pole in the hanns of her son. the old Indian woman was fairly alright with tender ness as she refused to make any state ment that might lead to he"r boy's con viction. She was willing to say that her injury was the result of an accident, or even that she had Inflicted it upon herself, rather than let the young brave go to prison. Evidence was chiefly se cured from witnesses acquainted with the details of the assault at the, time it occurred. The federal courtroom presented a strange anptarance when the trial be gan. Dusky Indian faces were grouped about the prisoner. Some of the wit nesses had brought tiny brown babies. that could not well be left in the home tepee. The children were unlike white babies, for no matter what the noise or excitement, they uttered no sound. B. D. Klrkpatrlck, a white tenant, Dr. T. M. Henderson, attending physician, Robinson Mlnthorne and Joe Allen. Ind FRIGHTENED WOMAX BY PROMISING TO BLOW UP HOUSE A threat to hurl a bomb Into the house of Mra. La Foun tain, who lives far out on Pet tygrove street, brought a hur ried call for aid from her to the police station last nlht. Someone telephoned to Mrs. La Fountain and told her that at exactly 10 o'clock he would hurl ; a bomb Into the house and an nihilate the entire family. Who It was. Mrs. La Fountain haa no Idea and sho can conceive of no one who would have such de sires. lowever. she Immediately called the police for protection, and an officer was detailed to guard the premises. No sus picious character appeared in the neighborhood and there was neither bomh hurling nor any other excitement. MRS. ANN IS SATISFIED . WITH HAIXS VERDICT t New York. May li. Mrs. William E. Annis. wife of the man slain by Cap tain Peter C Hains. said today 'that she was satisfied with. the verdict In the officer's case, "All I wanted was. Justice," said Mrs, Annls, "and I believe the verdict of man slaughter, returned against him at Flushing yesterday. Is proof of the wrong captain Halna did me." Li-'? winm ri r mm, i.jaa mm 7 Was FOILS JUSTICE ian .policemen, gave statements con. i-ernlng the affair wftlch agreed in all material details. The firHi of March the old woman accompanied her tenant to Pendleton and there, received a check as rental on her farm. She gave the money into tne Hands or her tenant, saving as she did so. that she feared her son. John would want It. Later In the night he came home. much intoxicated, and when refused the money, struck his mother many times over the head and body. She was found next morning lying In a pool of her own blood, near the house of Klipatrick. She had been crawling on her hands and knees, seeking help when she became too weak to proceed further. It was at first thought she had no chance for recovery, but after dwelling In the borderland between life and death for manv days, she be gan to get better, although her injuries are of so serious a nature thatshe will never again be strong. John Snyder, a vouth from the Uma tilla reservation, pleaded gulltv to the theft of four horses before Judge Wol verton this morning and was given a six months' jail sentence, the scntonce. however, being suspended during good behavior, on account of his extreme youth. Attorney A. M. Moulton repre sented both defendants. TWO GIRAFFES FOR ROOSEVELT One of Them at Full Speed .4-00 Yards Away Leop ard Tubs Alive. il'nlt'd l'reta Leased Wire.) Nairobi, British East Africa. Mav 12. Messages received here today Indicate that Colonel Roosevelt's marksmanship is not falling off any since his recent encounter with a rhinoceros. He is re ported to have killed two giraffes yes terday. One of his shots was most spectacular, bringing down a giraffe 400 yards away artd galloping at full speed. One leopard and one buffalo were killed yesterday by members of the hunting party and two leopard cubs cap tured alive bv the ex-president. Me has not decided yet what disposition he Will make of the cuhs. BODV FOUXD NOT THAT OF FAXSHER tt nltfil Tree Leased Wlra.) Sacramento. May 12. It has been def initely determined that the body found In tho Sacramento river Mondav eve ning is not that of L. W. Kansher, the missing Medtord. Or., rtincher, who dis appeared from his homo a few weeks ago. Coroner Gnrmley sent a description to Fanatic's wife and received av reply this morning that Kansher had no gold teeth. There were, two gold teth in tne mourn oi in corpse. WELCOME HAS SINCERE Reception to Business Jfen's Excursion From Portland Shows (Jood Feeling, Xo Knock Spirit Exists in Seattle and Other Cities. , Todays Schednia of Special Train, MORNING. Arrive Leave Aberdeen 8:00 7:00 Little Rock ...7:10 a 7:60 Olympla ,t tS t 11:00 Tacoma AHTERNOON. .. . Tacoma .2:00 2:20 Puyallup 2:40 2:50 Sumner, 3;00 3 :15 Auburn 3;I5 3:87 Kent . . ': 3:45 .15 Seattle ... . 4 Some features of the trip-i- Slx hundred school children wel come PortlarTders at. Elma. Prizes In Hoqulam baby contest are increased. . President of Oakvllle boosters (a woman) delivers welcome speech on beer keg. Tom Richardson responds, tries to stand on keg, falls. Olympians show off capital city's charms from special streetcar. Brewery owners present visitors with souvenirs: Seattle merchants meet special (Continued on Page SI.) PRINCE FOUND LOST AGAIN Johann Salvator Disappears From Workshop Where He Was Identified. 41'nlted Preaa Leaaed W.ra.) P.ilnesvllle. Ohio, May 12. No clus to the whereabouts of Johann Salvator, who was yesterday proclaimed as the missing "John Orth," the lost grand duke of Tuscany, can he found by the authorities today. As soon as the Austrian consul at Chicago had identified ttalvator's photo graph as that of the missing grand duke, the man of mystery disappeared from the Coe company's machine shops, where he has been employed. Salvator's disappearance leads to the belief that he Is really the noble he had been proclaimed to be. The - missing grand duke left his native land ami royal station because of his love for an opera singer and his democratic be liefs have prevented him from return ing. It is thought he has gone Into se clusion again to avoid notoriety. Ci Q HaveYou Read the Want Ad Section of Today's Journal 51 21 33 244 53 36 11 34 '.drertls for help Adrertlse- for sit nations Advertise furnished rooms for rest Advertise real estate for sale Advertise chance Advertise business he tor rent Advertise flats for rent Advertise housekeeping rooms for rent More Want Ads la The Journal than mar other Portland- paper There Is a Reason THIM IT OVER R AND i