JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS TRAINS AND STANDS ,- 5 CENTS Sunday Journal 5c The Weatlfer- Rain this afternoon and tonight.; Thursday showers. VOL VIII. -NO. 71. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' MAY 26, 1909. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. JlSf9 cSZ. CIL THR s Baf SSI s s gsi 1 OAK PAR KC11IYS BY TI SHOCK Large Buildings io Dubuque, Iowa, Sha ken Milwaukee and Other Cities Re port Seismic Disturbances Trembling Lasts Five Seconds Damage' bmall. (United Prwii Leued Wire.) Chicago, May S3. Reports from Oak Park, a- suburb, say that Umort every chimney wii leveled y an arthguake hook there at 8:40 o'clock tnU morning. Several small flras wars started by stoves being overturned, Th weathas bureau report! that ths Sliooki lasted from tares to flvs seconds. Th motion wi apparently from north to -south. Reports of tremors this morning eome from pointH throughout Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, the Bhakes In some sections lasting four seconds or more. jjik patclies from Dubuque, Iowa, say the shocks were felt there and the larger buildings were badly shaken. Milwaukee and other cities In Wlscon- s n report shakes at o ciock tins mnrninff. Muskegon. Mioh.. reports a shock at 8:80. but no damage was done there. Madison, Wis., reports that tremors were felt at many places in that vicin ity. Two distinct shocks were felt at Rock ford, 111. An lnterurban car standing on a grade near Rockford was started by the quake, and ran down hill at high speed, nearly striking; a wagon driven by s farmer, who barely escaped sud den death. The car was stopped when It reach a stretch of upgrade track. At Oak Tark, Chicago, the shock seemed to be most severe. This section of the -city is considered one of Its most densely populated residence districts. It is five, miles from "the, loop" In a south westerly direction. j MIDtJLEVVEST IS " SURPKISEP BY SHOCK iSpedal t)!pnfch tn The Journal. V Chicago. May 26. Chicago was rocked by an earthquake shock at 8:40 a. m. which caused widespread uneasiness and In some cases panic. Though no se rious Injury resulted so far as Is known and the vibration of the earth was not followed by a tidal wave on Lake Michigan, the tremor was sufficiently distinct to be, clearly felt by persons in homes nnd the downtown skyscrapers. In surrounding suburbs the violence of the shock was more pronouncea. eesiaes Illinois there were reports of tremors, more or less distinct, from Wisconsiu. Iowa and Michigan. Uneasy at Uto. All along the coast of the lake th trembling caused more or less excite ment. In the country west of Chicago the alarm was general. The first In quiry which was received with the local office of the weather bureau was from Elgin, where officials of the watch fac tory used the long distance telephone te Inquire what manifestation of nature was affecting their delicately adjusted instruments. The damage is believed to have been most serious In Kane and Will counties, though the, tremors are believed to have extended as far west as the Missouri. Wide, variation In the time of the shock and the duration of the earth's trembling Is .shown by the dispatches sent in from the cities tn the middle west by correspondents. In some places two tremors were distinctly felt, while tn others the sensation was of a con tinuous vibration. The time of the be ginning of the shock In different places varies from 8:36 to 8:40 a. m. Sinking' Feeling-. The first sensation of Impending dan ger was a feeling that the earth was Sinking.' Then came a rocking motion which In the high buildings was so pro nounoed that objects slipped back and forth. - This was followed by another sinking sensation and again rocking, then quiet. y -- . At Aurora. 111., two fires were stjirteH by the quake. Joliet people feared the canal dam would be broken and flood the city. Students Of Coe collets at Cedar Ran. iu. luwtt) were ncarea. Reports of the shock nsn r.ml from various parts of Iowa, southern Wisconsin, southwestern Michigan and an oi Illinois. Young American Sailor Ee ported to Have Confessed in Norway That He Aided Mrs. Gunness in Four Jobs, and Killed Her. (United Pren Leaned Wire.) Chicago. Mav 26. Word reached here today that a young American sailor is neia m detention at Frederlkstad. near Christlanla, Norway, after confessing that he helped Mrs. Belle Ounness kill four persons on her farm near La- porte, Ind., and then killed Mrs. Gun ness. He was placed under arrest by the captain of his ship, and H. H. D. Pierce, American minister to Norway, was notified. The captain of the vessel stated that the sailor, whose name was withheld. appeared to have been forced by his conscience to make a confession. PLACED BEFORE CITY ATTORHEY Council Wants Legal Opin ion on Petition for Referendum, SMALL BOYS FOR H? Young Cigarette Smokers Supposed to Have Started Blaze That Destroyed En tire Block at Front and Montgomery Streets. part and DIRECTOR NORTH OUT Of A JOB Secretary Nagel Gets Census Man's Scalr E. Dana Durand to Succeed. (United Press LmikI Wire.) Washington, May 28. It' wlis stated officially at the White House today that Census Director North bad resigned and that E. Dana, Durand, deputy com missioner of corporations,' had been named to succeed him. The announce ment of the resignation of North was made at the close of a conference be tween President Taf t and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel. It is understood Nagel demanded the resignation as a result of the investiga tion recently ordered by the president. It was explained that, the resignation was presented because of the existence, of certain conditions that appeared like ly to continue and Which would probably operate to make North's administration unsuccessful. SUIT FOR VALUE OF Hi no Theodore Nelson Lost His, and Sister Sues Employ ers for $7500. (United Press Leased' Wire.) Tacoma, Wash., May 26. Theodore Nelson, an Inmate of the state Insane asylum at Stellacoora, has brought suit against his former employers for J7500. Which he alleges is the value of the reason he has lost. The suit was brought through Miss Caroline Nelson, the man's sister and legal guardian. Nelson was ' formerly employed as a sawyer by the Masse 1 Lumber corn company. During the performance of his duties In the mill. May 1, 1907, he fell through a trap door, sustaining In juries which are said to have unbalanced his find. He was committed to the asy lum In January, 1P0S. Frauds, Cheats and Humbugs To what end does the Oregonian persistently repeat the false statement that the 35 measures to be voted on in the city election are all submitted under the initiative and referendum? Obviously, its purpose is to bring discredit upon the principle of direct legislation, careless of the means it uses, callously indif ferent t6 truth or to the principles which govern all decent news papers. If the people can be deceived, the Oregonian does not hesi tate to resort to the most barefaced deceit. , "The entire 35 measures are proposed under one form or an other of the initiative and referendum," says this Oracle of Untruth. The statement is a deliberate falsehood, and the Oregonian knows it to be false. As The Journal has pointed out repeatedly, only eight of these 35 measures are submitted through the initiative and referendum. The remaining 27 are submitted by direction of the city council, and the people are in no way responsible for their preparation or for the fact that they are to appear on the ballot, Oregon legislatures and city councils have submitted manv measures to popular vote in the past, though never before in the history of the state have the voters been confronted with such an extraordinary number of measures as will appear on the ballot at the coming election in Portland. The present city charter of Port land was thus submitted in 1902, before the initiative and referen dum had become a part of our -constitution. If any undue burden has been placed upon the voters of, Port land, the blame rests solely upon the city council, not upon the ini tiative and referendum. The people .have been temperate and rea sonable in the use of their power. - If the Oregonian really detests "frauds, cheats arid humbugs," why does it not bring forth fruits meet for repentance and acknowl edge the deception which it has been endeavoring to pass off upon the people? , . - J ' ' The citr dotrrafl tnfa Itinrnlnv firraA the labor union petition -for the referen dum on the blanket franchise given the Portland Railway. Light & Power com pany, to City Attorney Kavanaugh. This umoai win ten me council what to do wiui me petition. Councilman Vaughn moved to placett on ma, out uounoumen .Bennett ana Belding feared this action might involve the city in a law suit, so it was finally decided to await an opinion from Mr. Kavanaugh. Councilman Bennett said he did not see why the council should have any thing to do with the referendum. lie suggested that the same people who cir culated the petition should enjoin the railway company from laying tracks on any of the extensions granted by the franchise. The councilman thought this would be the most expeditious way to determine whether or not the charter provisions or- the state session laws ap ply to the f Ulna; of such petitions. The railway holds that the franchise Is now in effect as the referendum was not invoked within 15 days after the final passage of the ordinance over Mayor Lane's veto, as provided by sec tion 108 of the charter. Attorneys for tne laDor unions contend that this law Is abrogated and superseded by the leg islative act of 1907 which allows 30 days for the filing of a referendum petition on any city ordinance. (all Libel Case Dismissed. (United Pres Leased Wire.) San Francisco. May 26. Judge Bhort- all yesterday afternoon dismiss: the charges of libel preferred against the management of the San Francisco Call by P. H. McCarthy, president of .the building trades council. The case was dismissed on the ground that the com plaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. McCarthy announced that he would prepare an amended complaint and file it at once. Fire destroyed the greater of the block between Front Water streets, and Montgomery and Mill this morning. The neighbor hood "gang" of small, bad, boys Is held responsible for the starting of the blaze. Led by Marcus Snyder the boys had been playing about an unused factory on the corner of Montgomery and Front streets. Just before the fire was discovered at 7:20 a. m. The damage caused by the blaze is variously estimated at from $25, 000 to $100,000. Two factories under lease by Lewis Reuvensky one of them used for furniture manu facture and the other for the pro duction of sashes and doors were completely destroyed. Neither fac tory had been In operation during the past three months. Four cot tages on Montgomery street, owned by F, Tiachner, will have to be re built. The frame of each was part ly destroyed, i4 'tbeittQundations were washed away jjy water. ' The" CJefmanla hotel, nsed as a room ing house, a small grocery owned by an Italian, were much burned, and two tenement houses said to be the property of'lngram As Croswell, were destroyed The lfvry status of-Hubert A Hall, on the southeast corner of Montgomery and Front streets was damaged to the amount of some $5000, the owners say. Several tenement houses fronting east on Front street belonging to Joseph Tracy, were badly damaged. Other buildings in the neighborhood were more or less damaged. Fire starts In Factory. The fire started In the lower South east corner of the old sash and door factory. The building was all of frame and dry as tinder. In a very short time the entire block was tn flames. Mike Partipello, a 16-year-old boy. seRmed to be the only one In the neighborhood with presence of mind enough to turn in an alarm. Engines 3, 7 and 13 re sponded to the first call. When they arrived it looked as though the whole section would be burned out. The fire was spreading with incredible rapidity, the slight rain that was falling seeming oniy io sua to me zury or me Diaze. . T . . 1. ...... ...... M .1 m RAFFLES CAPTURED BV CLEVER WOMAN SLEUTH Raffles As a Carpenter ';; . ,x k ' ' r l A : i t - r 1 (: h7 V- I- If: .;:-v! 2 i . - ; 'f ' V' '"f !.? V , ' ' ' s- J", ' . F. Girard. Edward Photo by Da- frame LOMIlEli BE TO ILLINOIS SENATOR M - m WILL BE PAID AT T1GRA1 THEATRE Tonight After Check Is Handed Over Mysterious One Will Make Second Getaway From Grand Theatre Audi ence, Second Performance. Raffles was captured at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the corner of Fifth and Alder by a persistent woman sleuth. The reward will be paid during the first performance at the Grand theatre tonight; after which he will- attempt to make a second getaway from the audience of the second performance. The reward starts again at midnight. '. Raffles cannot fulfijl-his engagement at the People's Mar-, ket today. Read new conditions of capture. By Edward P. Girard, the Mysfter. Bnrlngfleld. 111.. Mav 28. William Lorlmer of Chicago, member of the national- house of representatives and prominent for years in Chicago politics, was elected United States senator to day. This election breaks the deacilock that lias exlsti-d for more than five months. Ions Mr. Raffles. I left my room about 9:15 this morn ing after arranging myself In the gutse of a carpenter blue overalls and slouch hat, carrying square and brace. I trailed around the business streets for quite a white, but as it was raining there were but few people on the street and Idealised that I Tan a great risk. Nevertheless. I decided to hand -it to tha bunch of "wise ones" if I could. I passed Sherman-Clay's music store ana stooa in tne crowd Tor a few m& ments looking at the man painting pic tures and remarked to the crowd' "Humph! I could do that well myself." i then passed on to Gunst's cigar store on the corner of Fifth and Mor rl?JJ "treets. where I purchased a sack of Bull Durham smoking tobacco, and then went down Morrison to Fourth street, then to Washington, whence I was making my way to Dufresnes studio to have a photo of myself in this carpenter rig. but as I neared the door I encountered a new sleuth stand ind like an angel of death with Ms eyes watching everybody who came Eear.V 1 :ut, ftcrosa the street and went by the Perkins hotel, then up Wash- Hofbrau, but changed mv mind and went around the corner onto Alder street. I saw a lady start and look me square In the face, and I felt the sting was coming, so I walked a little faster, but could hear her coming after me, and as I was about to turn the corner pf Fifth and Alder I felt the hand light, ly oh my shoulder and a trembling voles hiss out the fatal words: "You are the mysterious Mr, Raffles of The Oregon Iaily Journal" shewing me a paper at the time. ... " , To-WW"1 i M 1 " nV 4n tfi;- said: "you wln-you are it. ' Let's go t the office and" be identified." Then the trail down Wash, ington to Fourth and up Morrison to Fifth, and then to The Journal office, where, of course, I was recognised by those In authority. , I knew I COUlrl not StlcV If Mil mh longer; but I am sorry that. the lady did not have a year's subscription, which would have entitled her to the full 500. As it was she had only a paper, which called for 1100. econd Getaway. , Now I'll hand it to you for a few more days, and will attempt to make a second sensational getaway from tha audience of the Grand theatre tonight. The reward will b paid to my raptor from the stage of the theatre tonight at the first show and at the second show I will attempt to again dissolve myself right into the audience and tha rewards for my capture will again be on at midnight Krnie J. Charboneau. a fireman from engine crew No. 1, was struck on the wrist by falling glass and the artery, cut In two. Charboneau was hurried to the Good Samaritan hospital. The center of Portland's Italian col ony is located where the fire began. Spectacular and amusing scenes were enacted. Through a tangle of live wires melted In two by the heat and dropping to the ground Italian women struggled, bearing in their arms whatever they happened to see first . One woman grasped an alarm clock arid ran several blocks with It clasped in her arms. Sud denly it went off with a whirr. Then she flung It from her and dashed back (Continued on Page Seven.) Lorimer visited Portland a few years ago as a member of the rivers and har bors committee of the house. Many years aa-o. when electric cars were unknown in Chicago. Ixrlmer was a streetcar driver. He dabbled in poll tics on the side, and gradually became such a power In his new field that he resigned his fob with the streetcar com pany to devote his entire time to his new calling. He is familiarly known as the '"blonde boss." on account of his long curly, blonde hair. He has repre sented his district In congress for many years, i.onmer nas always Deen so pop ular that although he Is a Republican nearly an tne democrats voted for him He has a magnificent mansion on the west sue or Chicago and a beautiful summer home at Fox Lake, III., .where he spends tne hot season or the year. WOMAN TELLS STORY OF MYSTERIOUS ONE'S CAPTURE i :y z. j?i yvt)y K " . ' l.L !T - -W,WHiir-, A, 3 4 By Miss Gertrude French. Captor of The Mysterious Mr. Raffles. During the entire visit of Mr. Raffles In Portland I have been look- lug for him. Each day I have purchased a paper and gone out on the trail. . , , This morning I arose early and dressed for the man hunt. I had a copy of The Journal or yesterday and started out Immediately on the seareh. Mr. Raffles waa scheduled to call at the drug store this morning: , and wasted no time In going there. ... t I live at 123 Twelfth street, and for the past month and a half have worked at the Ice cream parlor at Council Crest. Usually In the morn-' lng I call at the postofflce for mall from my home folks at Lamott. Iowa. This morning I followed my usual custom and crossing from Washington street to Morrison, walked down that thoroughfare to the postofflce. When I came out of the postofflce building at the Morrison street ' entrance I noticed a rough looking man walking down the street toward tuo river, w nen i nearea mm i Knew at once that he was disguised. Knew He Was Disguised. I have worked as cashier In several barber ships and around such places and It is not usually difficult for me to pick out a false beard I : suppose the Intuition of a woman told me it was Mr. Raffles, so I fol- ' lowed. The bearded stranger led me a merry walk down Morrison street to He men turned down Fourth street and I kept on his V Fourth street. (Continued on Page Three.) Block at Front and Montgomery Destroyed by Early Morning Fire. I YHERE TO FIND RAFFLES TODAY. I Between 8 and 10 tonight at the Grand theatre. . Watch the Studebaker, Raffles' special auto. X New pictures of Raffles in Dufresne showcases. V Merchants desiring Mr. Raffles to visit their place of business may arrange to do so by telephone. Main 7173. Raffles' adver tising manager, 4 ' WHERE TO FIHDRAFFLES THURSDAY : t t Between 1 and 3 o'clock he will visit the Washington ' Public Market, corner First and Washington streets. Here will be a good place to get him. , ' . : ! Between the hours of 3 and 5 Thursrlay he will visit the Morgan Atchley company on the east side, 81-84-85 Grand avenue, corner . Stark street. If captured at this place of business a $75 Davenport will be presented to the captor in addition to the reward in gold. Between 8 and 10 o'clock will visit I at the Grand" theatre Thurs- - day night. ; ; 7'; r:H tv.v ' ' ;i-'". - ' Between 10 and 12 o'clock Thursday night be wilt visit a . preamland Dancing Academy Corner Seventh and Oak strreti; ') in gold for his capture here.