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'i' i ........ .. - .v.. :... . i I ... . ,' ., .4 ...V':' TRAINS AND STANDS . 5 CENTS ' i Sunday Journal Sc The weather Fair tonight and Friday; northerly winds. JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS VOL. VIII. NO. 60. PORTLAND, OREGON THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1909. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. $hhvF c3A. HAMILFOW' 'SCANDAL ONLY ONE Of MANY Ji . i lik. Ijf ff. o POUDERS OMR GRAFT RAMPANT AT OLYMPIA? TI MYSTERIOUS JUL RAFFLES WILL VISIT PORTLAND NEXT WEEK Has Outwitted Police and Detectives in Many Cities Can He Do It Here?- The Journal Will Pay $500 Reward for the Capture of Edward F. Girard. , The mysterious Mr. Raffles will arrive in Portland early next week. He will make his ecsape from a prominent place (mentioned later) the same night, after, which the hunt for the mysterious man will be gin. He will go anvwhere In this city that he pleases. ' Full descriptions and pictures of Raffles will be published each day. The Journal will pay $500 in gold for his capture by any man. woman or child in Portland, who will comply with the conditions that will be stated later. Raffles will never deny his Identity If accosted correctly. Edward F. Girard, better known throughout America and Europe as the "Mysterious Mr. Raffles," is coming to Portland, bringing with him his trusty companion and accomplice, "Bunny." with whom he has had many startling adventures, and they both will "stand watching" .while,. in.. Portland ... The Mysterious Mr. Raffles will be accorded one of the most stren uous receptions ever given an ordinary Individual upon his arrival here. Now for the Coin. The Journal wilt offer a reward of $500 in gold to the first man, woman or child living in Portland or suburbs, who proves clever enough, under conditions announced later, to identify this "man of many faces" after he. gives the signal that he is reuy to match wits against the combined efforts of amateur and professional sleuths. He Plays the Part. Within the last few years Mr. Edward F. Girard has re-originated the exciting game of "Raffles," as outlined by Mr; E. W. Hornung in his great book of that name, and has made it possible to put into actual execution the mythical and theoretical ideas as described by the author, performing sensational features that would seem almost impossible were It not for the use of numerous disguises and changes of attire and his accomplice "Bunny" and most generally escaping capture by some clever ruse, yet sometimes meeting the fate that befalls most professional criminals when they do a thing once too often. Chance to Amuse Public. In introducing the Mysterious Mr. Raffles to the people of this city let it be understood that The Journal does so largely for the pleas ure and amusement and financial betterment of those who care to Interest themselves in the man hunt; and while he is in the city "Mr. Raffles" will visit the public places of amusement and the stores, oc cupy his timeby promenading the principal streets, looking in the show windows, etc., and giving a detailed account of his adventures the next day. How to Accost Raffles. He will perpetrate a few innocent and harmless jokes on the peo ple, all of which should be taken good naturedly as he will mean you no harm only trying to give you a chance to secognize him; and say, "You are the Mysterious Mr. Raffles of The Oregon Daily Journal." Has Eluded Many. Sleuths. Many are of the opinion that he will last here about 3 0 minutes after he gives the word "Go" but then, it must be remembered that he has successfully eluded both professional and amateur sleuths of dif ferent cities all over this country for periods of from 8 to 30 days be fore being captured by some extra wise sleuth-hound. It is, of course, a fact that he is captured sooner or later in most every city, but it is his aim to give you a good run for the money. TURNS TRAP TO LOCATE Uncle of 3Ian Mysteriously Missing Responds to Ap peal of Heartbroken AVife .Tourney on Foot Down the Coast. Strangest Disappearance Case 4 on Record In Oregon. Lloyd W. Fancher dropped from sight at his home in Med- ford, Or., about 4" o'clock in November 23, 1908. In the six O months intervening not the $ slightest tangible trace of the man has been learned, although his heartbroken wife has Invoked the aid of the police in every city on the Pacific coast. Fan- cher had bean In the nursery bus- lness for several years and had 4 accumulated & competence. 11 4) stood high In the esteem of a) Jackson county citizens. Al- though, after hts disappearance, a searching examination wu made, not the slightest disparity . 4 was found "In his accounts. Me was about 4 5 years of age. lUnltfd Preai Leased Wire.) San Francisco, May 12. Footstore and disappointed but determined to continue his search until he lear :s the fate of his missing nephew. Lloyd W. Fancher, who disappeared' from MeUford, Or., November 23, 190S, J. E. Goodpasture is in San Francisco after having walked most of the way here from southern Ore gon. Fearing that a trip by rail would cause him to miss the man he is seeking, Gtodpasture set out on foot from Medford several weeks ago. Reports tnat Kansner naa been seen a few miles away led the Ore gon man on and on and he finally reached San Francisco, where he was greeted with a rumor which will probably drag him on southward as soon as he has rested a few days. (Goodpasture does not believe his nephew is dead, although he ha had graves opened, sought out dead bodies in morgues and trembled with fear at un founded rumors that Fancher had met deatli by accident. His theory is that MRS. SHAW, WHO DESERTED HUSBAND FOR CHAUFFEUR 1 21 "F p 1 t i . vl 4 fff sua FIND ROYAL Cities lony Iine of Special Train's Journey Turn Out En 3Iae to Greet (j nests From the City of .Hoses ttahquet at Seattle. First Picture Published in Portland f Mrs. Juimn F. Shaw and Ht-r Him (Continued on Page Five.) REGISTER WATSON GIVES UP OFFICE No Eeasons Yet Disclosed and Xo Intimation as to His Successor. CALLS TOLSTOI M EVIL M Roosevelt. Says Readers Do Xot Discri minate Raps the Bryan Plat form. (United Press Leased Wlr. New Torkt May 13. Theodore Roose velt, In J.he currertt number of Out look declares: "There was but one point In the platform ot either party In 108 which contained any element of menace' to the peace of the world.) This was the plank in. the- Bryan platform which demanded the Immediate exclusion by law of all Asiatic laborers.' and there fore the Japanese. Coupled with this was an utterly meaningless plank about the navy which was. however, intended to convey the imrtrelon that we ought to hare a navy only for the de fense of our coauis; that is, merely a defensive navy or In other words, a quite useless navy." Proceeding Colonel Roosevelt dis cussed Count Tolstoi, saying that wher ever his Influence has been felt, it has been for evil. He explains that if the reader Is strong enough to discriminate, something good .crfn be got from Tol stoi's writing, but makes clear his. opin ion that weak persons are Influencad for evil by the great Russian author. (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Washington. May IS. When Senator Rourne returns to Washington early- next week, from iSew Bedford, Mass., he will take up the matter of the ap pointment of a successor to J. N. Wat son, who has resigned the registershlp of tha Takev lew land office. No inti mation is given as to who will he reo ommonded. beyond the statement that the department requires all registers to have ft knowledge of law, if they Rre not practicing attorneys. The depart ment has not received Watson's letter of resignation, giving his reasons for giving up his office. Mrs. Shaw. a-wire disiiatchew have recorded, was brought ud In luxurc. be ing the daughter' of a wealthy brewer of Portsmouth. N. H., II. Fisher Eld ridge. She married James F. Shaw, president of the Interborough railroads of Boston and was for many years a social favorite in Boston society. Mrs. Shaw and her husband became estranged snd she deserted him for H. Keno Mar ble, who had been their chauffeur fur some time. Mrs. Shaw was a woman of high edu cation snd refinement, while Mart)!'- could scarcely be considered her equal to remain with In any way and the wonder is that h loves his father as to .make her give tip a life of luxury and ease for his meager hand to mouth life. When she lcserted her husband Mrs. Shaw took with her their only Son and for ft time resided in and around Boston. Many attempts- were made by Mr. Shaw to secure the lad and after all peace ful attempts hud failed he resorted to kidnaping and four tithes during th.i last three years have attempts been made by Mr. Shaw's employes to kidnap the boy. The son Is now 11 years old. blue eyed and pretty and says he wants his mother nut still That is the keynote of Today's Schedule Portland Bns- inesa Man's Special. MORNING. Arrive Leave ... Seat tie 7 ; 3 0 S 50 Ravtnsdale 9:00 :I5 Kansakat 9:25 W:16 Hot Springs 11:00 AFTERNOON. 4 1 :00 Cle Khun 2 00 2:5H KUenshurg 4:30 5:30 North Yakima Vouchers I nearthed by the. Leisla t i ve In vest i ga ting Committee Point to Pe culiar Methods in Han dling State's Funds. Some features of the excur- sion: Cle Klum shows many miles of 4 sights Jn one hour. Portlanders get unexcelled thirst quencher mountain water. uNorth Takima plans to educate visitors on how irrigation sys- terns are operated. Kxposltlon officials and Seat- tie chamber of commerce give ! banquet that develops into love feast. Kllcnsburg Elks entertain in club rooms. should have appealed to her so strongly 1 the reconciliation recently arranged. LIKE Ml FAMOUS SONG Prominent Klondike Resident Fails to Come Home and AVife Institutes Search, Fearing He 3light Be Afraid to Travel Alone in the Dark. Gust Wall, of Klondike, has all his life been afraid to come home in the d.irk. This fear coupled with the be wildering turmoil of Portland streets, his wife ami daughter, who aro search ing frantically for him. believe to be the cause of his disappearance on Coun cil Crest at noon yesterday. Although the police force and the detective agen cies have, been put to the search no trace has been found" of the fat man. who may be trudfiing disconsolately around the streets of Portland or sitting on a los in the fir woods south of town waiting for bis friends to come and get him. ""Wall is, or ha.s been, a rancher. lg ; fortably for the rest of his days, he decided to sell out and move to Klon dike, the town nearest his home In Sher man county. Accompanied by hts wife and attractive daughter, they came to PARIS STRIKE WLL END. IF INDICATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED (United Press Leaatd Wlr. k Paris, May 13. Indications- today point to an early end of the strike of the government employee. No more employes joined -the strikers today, al though It was expected their forces would be greatly augmented and U la believed normal conditions will be re stored oerore the end of the week A serious outbreak it ft nwvnniMthv the troops this afternoon when there was a clash between the socialists and the radicals and - nationalists in the chamber of deputies. . Morrel, a socialist, was . booted down hv the noi excnange -or -woriW between the posing factions and Oeputy Rlanche, socialist, attempted to start a fight, e was expelled from the chamber and radicals and nationalists when he tried to address the chamber. There was a hot exchange -of word between the opposi a He troops, called to nreserve nrdrr .Two hundred postmen were forced to Join the striker this afte i gallons representing the strikers threat ened me postmen with violence If they did not walk out. . ' The worst reports from outside the city are from Lillie. where the strikers cut wires and damaged a number of teicsranh. Instrument. . . i IF PlCrS IS PIGS CHICKENS MI ST S JR ET.Y BE (TI IC K ENS 4 Pigs is pigs with Mrs. Fanny 4 I. Kllis, agent for the Astoria 4 ft Columbia River railroad at Seaside. T,ast winter Mrs. Ellis received a crate of chickens consigned from a Portland commission firm to Dresser Co., Seaside. One lion got out of the crate and flew under the station platform where It evaded the efforts of the station agent and all the small boys in town to capture It. 4 4 Mrs. Ellis reported the shortage 4 of one hen to the general freight' 4 department In Portland and sup- posed the Incident was closed. Today General Freight Agent Harry Adams received the fol- 4 4 lowing from his Seaside agent: 4 "Last winter I reported short- age of one hen In a consignment 4 of poultry. Yesterday .the hen 4 showed up from under the de- pot platform with 15 chickens. Please notify me what action I 4 4 am to take in this matter." Mr. Adams Is going to huy a 4 copy of that classic known as 4 "Pigs fs Pigs" and send It to 4 Mrs. . Ellis stiaiglitwlth. He won't attempt to solve the pux- 4 cle any other v. -' Portland for the purpose of putting the sain of the place into ihe hands of a real estate agency. While here they de- (Contlnued on Page Five.) HIT CLOSE SECOND TP DAD Kills Large Giraffe With One Shot From His Trusty Rifle. 13. fSpeclal Distant! t,i The Journal.) Cle Klum, Wash., May 13. The Portland special arrived at 1 o'clock this afternoon and was met at the depot by the mayor and members of the city council and all the leading business men, headed by the city band. Automobiles and carriages conveyed them to all points of in terest, including the coal mining plant or the X. W. I. Co. Though here but an hour, they were shown many things of Interest and treated to a thirst quencher unexcelled In the world, the purest mountain water. They were given a view of as productive and beautiful a valley as lies outdoors. They were initiated into the Intricacies of coal mining on a gigantic scale, and with nil made to feel that Cle Klum has a most prom ising future, worthy 'of every effort on the part of citizen and visitor alike. Before the special departed at 2 (Continued on Page Five.) FATHER AGED 10:5, SOX OF ttO AND WIFE TOPS 100 (Tnited Presa Leased Wire.) Nairobi. British East Africa. Mav .Reports from the camp todav tell how Kermlt Roosevelt killed n bull giraffe yesterday The animal approached very j close to him and young Roosevelt, tak-! Ing aim. killed the great animal with alT single well directed shot. j Colonel Roosevelt started today on trip to the American mission, which Is n day s march from the railroad. To-1 morrow Vc will Itrenk rnmn and .rnrt for the ".luja ranch, where he will ar-I rive Sunday and remain until May 20. V (fnltert Presa Leased Wtre Reno. New. May 13. When Stirling Arnold, a farmer near here, reached the ripe age of 103 years yesterday, he ceased heavy work and his eldest son. a mere lad of SO. Is taking his father's place In the fields. With the elder brother are four other sons, the youngest of whom Is 53. It was with difficulty that Arnold could persuade his wife to cease heavy work. . She will be 100 years old next month. Arnold was born in North Car olina. He has used tobacco all of his life but has abstained from liquors. He has been a deacon in the Baptist church for 84 vears. I ."pedal Iiwt(h i.) The Journal.) Olympia, Wash., May 13. Infor mation in the charges against for mer Adjutant General Otis Hamil ton will not be filed in the superior court before next week. Prosecut ing Attorney J. M. Wilson haa been away for a day or two and will be occupied the remainder of the week in court cases, so that -he will be unable to make out the formal charges upon which the trial will be conducted before next week. At torney General Bell states it i un necessary for the prosecution to wait' upon the results of farther Investi gations being conducted into the ac counts ot Hamilton", as the case ot embezzlement upon which the orig inal charges were preferred Is well based. . When asked If the trial would be only upon the. charge of embeizlement, or would also include charges (if forgery and perjury, alleged to have been com mitted in passing the. bogus vouchers upon the state military fund, by which the $36,000 or so Is alleged to have been criminally obtained, the prosecutor said the embezzlement charge would be the only one prosecuted. This seems to be also the idea of Attorney General BelL Hamilton Greatly Worried. Hamilton has nothing further in the way of prospects for obtaining the $10. OOo hall. He Is kept In Jail here, sate that he is permitted meals at a boarding house outside, under guard. He appears dejected and greatly worried, but not broken down in health. The trial will likely be held in June, when the Jury will be drawn. Developments today in the Investigation of accounts being con ducted by the attorney general, recall' his earlier statement, that others would -be Involved In the disclosures of his of fice. - The size of some of the vouchers for expenses of trips made by Hamilton" (Continued on Page Five.) LABOR FIGURES REGARDING JAPS v California Will Enter, Mon day, Upon a Long Prom- " ised Investigation. (fulled Presa t -rafted Wire.) . San Francisco. May 13 Attacftes of the state bureau of labor statistics are SEALS ASK LOCAL WRITERS TO BE FAIR TO EWINQ'S UMPIRES By Hiland Bajtgerly. gan Francisco. May 13. The Seals discovered a- new epidemic when they were at Portland last week, and they diagnosed It as "Cal. Kwlngltls." It Is a species of Insanity, they say, which imagines that President Ewlng has in structed his umpires to steal the pen nant for San Francisco if it can be dorte. "1 never saw. such a crasy bunch "of bugs." declared Nick Williams toiv. "Every questionable declston that was given was laid at Kwing's feet. The Portland hugs have an hallucination that Ewlng has Instructed his umpires to favor us on everv occasion. As a matter of fact there is no club In the league that Beta as few close ones as we do. "The Portland writers could help tilings if they would stand by the um pires as they are doing In the other cities. I.os Angeles writers used to roast the umpires, and when they did it was a hard city for them to "ik in. This year the writers are backing up the umpires, and what a difference It makes. Portland writers ought to do the same." Riil Urms sends word to a IochI player that Bobby Hioom has delivered the goods. "Cantillen things Groom Is a comer," writes Burps, "and there is no danger about him btln i turned back to Portland or any other rlub this year. Bobby is getting better everv game he pitches. The club has been playing iiani uiriL oh 1 1 uaninf. nm or xoouy would nave won more games.' making preparations today to berin garherlng data regarding Japanese In California. The work will be started Monday and is expected to occupy sev. eral months. It was provided for by an act of the last legislature, which appro priated $10,000 for this purpose. Everv employer of Japanese in California will be given blanks on which he will be re quired to furnish a complete list of those in his employ. He will also bo asked for information concerning the wages with or without board, the na ture of work the Japanese are doing, the season In which tbev work, and whether they are employed under con. tract. The blank Is in four pages, the second and third being devoted exclu sively to conditions of employment, re lations between white and Japam-se em ployes, progress of the Japanese, snd the employer's opinion of the rebttlw efficiency of Japanese and whites. TRAFFIC Btf T VA K 0 1 To Ua.v Bt'fore Commerce Commission Plan as to Spokane Decision. l'ihlwit BmM of I1 J'nr!l V V-tshlK"toi. May l$.--A flflegat tn lit traffic managers of roa.j Hfis, .., f,, the Spokane rate ,t. IkI.hi , - tini-' posed of MI'ier of the thorn tfu-, MAiinnford of )tlt ' Knrtttern ' ifi.. Woodwortr of th jreit Nottf-rn others. In here 'to confer t'Tm,?-row n k t Commisstouer iprouty nf t, .,t. ri, , , commerce commlswtim a t. th prm..,, i .ubmlsxlon of the plan of t'' j.,i,.i ,, relation to vompllanie with tKi,.:.i ;, that rase. Thy t. Train t r,n! .at 1 1 h -i prior to the-conference. !.,... , as to the method tw be foiiuwni. j i V
