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if i ORDER YOUR SUNDRY JOURNAL ADS EARLY-AS MANY HOURS M ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION AS POSSIBLE THE JOURNAL FORCE HMmOISTOPmKINGmS . FOR LAST SUNDAY'S JOURNAL EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT HAND IN YOUR COPY EARLYI CEISJTS TRAINS AND STANDS 5 CENTS Sunday Journal 5c The weather Showers tonight or Bafurday; easterly winds. ir JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS VOL. VIII. NO. 98. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1909. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. JT"AS4n,Wi" l o INLAND EMPIRE WAS BIRTHPLACI Of GIRL W7IS GRL FROM NORTHWEST 2 (United Press Leased Wire.) 4 T Minneapolis, Minn., June 25. Court records here indicate X that Mrs. Edith Thompson Woodill was Ann Pearl Witz be- J : fore her adoption by Captain Charles H. Thompson of Balti- f more. The records show that Thompson adopted a girl of that X name October 13, 1890. She was the daughter of Ann o Zeetella Witz, widow of Matthew Witz, and was born at Aso- X tin, Wash., November 30, 1886. 1 GAG FUSES RE SOLUTION OF mm FE SECRET (United Presa Leasd Wire.) San Diego, Cal., June 26. "It's a shame to drag my name Into this mess simply because the poor girl's body was fourid in an eastern rlyer," declared Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of the treasury, today, discussing the tragio death "of Mrs. Edith Thompson Wood ill. who since her early youth has been regarded as the ward of Gage. Who Mrs. Woodill was Gage refused to say. When pressed for an explana tion of Ua Interest in nor he became angry and to his Interrogator s intima tion as to the parentage of the mur dered woman retorted: 'luuH vniif own riiess.M Gage declared that while his Infor mation as to nis rormer wara s .wnere abouts at the time of her murder was meagre he was sure that at no timo naa no ncaru uie nmur iinutcu Roberts connected with herst. Gage admitted that she was in Ban Diego noi less than a month ago and that she had been entered by him in the Tingley School of Theosophy. of which Gage is a member. In closine the interview Gage again showed his resentment at having his name drawn Into what he termed "a queer story. Showing considerable agitation when told that his silenoe was hurting the good nam of Mrs. Woodill. Mr. Gage late today declared he would continue to refuse io say anything- about her girlhood. He said it was for the fos ter father or the husband to speaK and that he would not discuss the case. A close acquaintance of Gage said Mrs. gage adopted the little girl and the Gages spent money lavishly on her education. She was sent to school In New York City, graduated from a mu sical conservatory In Europe and stud- led theosophy at point JLoma. Chicago. June 25. Mrs. Edwin P. Pierce, stepdaughter of Lvman J. Gage. today oaid he first met Edith Thomp son Woodill at Baltimore, where she lived with her foster parents. He toon in Interest in the girl and is said to Have sent her to school. That was be fore the death of the first Mrs. Gage. IN HOLD UP JUDGE'S SALARY McMahan Threatens to En join Increases Allowed Supreme Justices. II KEEPING OF GAGE I Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Salem. Or.. June 25. "If the supreme court sustains the decision of Judge Gallowav blocking the Crater lake road project I will immediately begin suit to test the validity of the increase in salaries being petd Justices of tho supreme court." states Attorney L. H. McMahan. who secured the injunction in the name of J. K. Sears restraining the- state treasurer and secretary of state from paying the $100,000 appro priated by the last session of the leg islature to aid the construction of the Crater lake highway. "I am not playing favorite This is the first of several similar suits where the constitution. has been grossly vio lated through acts of the legislature, which I contemplate. If sustained, I will Immediately enjoin the payment of Chief Justice Moore's salary on the " ground that his legal salary Is fixed bv the constitution and that the legis- la'ture exceeded its authority In , in- creasing it." It is rumored that McMahan will at ! lack tell of the salaries now paid state . officials as well as that paid Chief Justice Moore, and that he will also rndtavor to nullify the legislature's ac 'tlons In increasing the supreme bench from three to five members. . McMahan Is said to be laying his plans to become district attorney of Marion county but It ifa probable that his ambitions do . not stop here and that he will, be a candidate for state l of flee on a platform of reform and teonomv. His present efforts ore gen ? erslly conceded as a bid for trie sup port of the reactionary-and conserva tive elements. , ; (United rrr Leased Vim New 'York, June 25. The police suspect that possibly the "Roberts" connected with the St. Michaels tragedy was Robert E. Eastman, a former Wall street broker, who has been a fugitive from justice, having jumped his bail after being arrested at Chicago last August with $55,000 on his person. It Is alleged that Eastman had liabilities of over $160,000 when he left New York. The suspicion tHat the man killed In Maryland is the former Wall street broker is based on the fact that "Roberts" had a deed in his pocket transferring property In Bergin county, New Jersey, from Robert E. Eastman to John J. Mann. The deed was dated July 29, 1908. Eastman, who was known as "Lame Bob." was RURnenrieri frnm the Consolidated Stock exchange on the charge of getting money by false pretense. LY ROAD SCENE OF ASSAULT Unknown Man Attacks Girl Going to Her Home at Sylvan Sheriff and Po lice Make Search for Cnl prit in Vain. - Los Angeles. June 25. After denying that he had given out any Interviews regarding th history of his wife, and branding as fakes stories attributed to him concerning her narpnia nnrl rionth Gilbert Wofcdhill, the stricken husband of the young woman found murdered In Maryland, said today that Lyman J. Gage knew rhore about his late wife than he himself had been able to learn. "I knew that my . wife was divorced from Caswell when she married me. but I knew little else about her and knew that Mr. Gage was acquainted with her life much more fully than I was. "I never lnauired int O the Milnntlnn nf V wife by Captain Thompson of Mary- miiu. uui unew mat papers legalizing the adoption were on file In ibliimnro and presumed they contained all the data. During a part of the interview Wood- (Continued on Page Six.) Gertrude Lucke was criminally as suulled on a lonely rpad between Aiount Zlon station and her home at bylvan by an unknown young man yesterday alteration auoul ?:du o clock and up to tins time the sheriff s otnea and the police have been uuuble to hnd a clue leading to an arrest. A suspect, picked up Uy Detective Baty this, morning and answering tiie general description of the assailant, was taken to the Lucks home this morning but was declared not to be the man by the injured girl. The crime is noteworthy because of Its iKilUnoss and the collected demeanor of tlie man who committed it. Not only did he beat his victim into submission but lie dragged her into the bushes at the roadside and compelled her to re main quiet under threats of Instant death while people passed on the road nearby. After detaining her in hm power for half an hour he rearranged her clothes, brushed them and accom panied her for some distance toward her home, leaving bar with the. threat tha: he wpuia follow her and shoot her if she told anyone of the asssault. He then left, going toward the Streetcar line up the road, and aitnougn the terrified girl informed a nelgnDor whom she met al most Immediately afterward, no trace of the man could be found, he evidently haying taken to the woods as soon as out of sight. Miss l.ucke, who Is the 17-year-old daughter of Kmil Lucke, manager of the Portland Art mass Works, is an employe of the Jones Cash store. She left her work last night about 7 o'clock taking the Portland Heights car for home. At Zion station she left the car and started on the two mile tramp along me jNorin uouievara ror byivan. According to her account, when about half way home, near the Keats place, she met a young man whom she de scribes as being Tn the neighborhood of 23 years of age, about five feet five In ches in heignt, weighing 130 pounds, with dark hair and light, rather than dark complexion. He wore a dark soft shirt without a tie, a dark coat, light corduroy trousers and a soft light felt hat. with a straight brim. The young man, Miss Lucke said this morning in telling her story, stopped her and asked if she was acquainted in the neighborhood, telling her. that he was a stranger and looking for the brickyard. She told him he was going In the wrong direction. She then con tinued on her way, she said, and after waiting a minute the man turned and followed her. She met two little nplc-h. bor boys a short distance further down the roail and spoke to them and the man overtook her around the next bend In the road. "You are scared ain't vou?" he said. according to Miss Lucke. She told him that he hail startled her when he stopped her in the first Instance. Brags Girl into Underbrush. The man then grabbed the girl by the arm and attempted to draw her Into the undergrowth on the loner side of the road. She fought him off and struck him over the head with a handbag con taining a small mirror, whereupon the assailant struck her on the head with his fist several times, knocking her down beside the road. He grabbed her about the neck with both hands, choked her and told her that he would strangle her to death unless she did as he said. Miss Lucke begged the man not to i i - i iMflsyiDi waul m Iff i ' . : J " 1 mmmmmmm w tuc mm . r- .rv:l I L IY1LI1 I nmm- to help a V'; ') ' ' 'f:Kl&T"ty Home 3Iission Society l)e- ''"'' clares Its Willingness to 1 S '''VX Sr1 Become a Cooperative Part i:Vy" . " of Northern Baptist Con- ' V, 1 '-4 vent ion. I . ?v Dr. Emnry W. Hunt, President of Den I son tJiifversityi ITJranvHIe, Ohio, Ooe of the .Strong Men. of tlw Baptist Denomination. BAPTIST CO NVENTION ATTRACTS THOUSAND (Continued on Page Six.) Baptists possess the city. Every in coming train and boat brings more of them. It has been made certain that the attendance at the second annual meeting of the Northern Baptist convention which begins injthe White Temple to night, will be the greatest in numbers and results in the history of the denom ination. The number In attendance and the in terest exnressed exceed all precedents So much greater Is the delegation of ministers and laymen than was antici pated that tte matter of entertainment has become a serious problem. Hotels are filled to their capacity, and have stopped receiving guests other than those who made reservations often a month In advance. Boarding and lodg ing houses are filled with Baptists and privafe families are being implored to open their doors for a week's entertain ment of the visiting Baptists. Five hundred delegates arrived In the city this morning within an hour of each other. A small army of reception committeemen had their hands full keeping the strangers headed toward the White Temple, the first place they seek after arriving In Portland. An Instance of the increase in attendance over what had been prepared for is Instanced In the case of the Montana delegation. Representatives of the denomination In that state had written asking for entertainment for a party of IB. When they arrived there were 40 in the party and all anxious to be located as close to each other as possible. The second section of O. R. & N. train No. 5 brought In 10 coaches filled with east ern Baptists, many of them from the New England states. Many are coming from border states and the attendance from California will be very large. Attendance. Breaks Records. "The convention tills year will be greater beyond comparison than the first meeting held In Oklahoma City last year," said Rev. F. E. Iiark, Pa cific coast representative of the stew ardship commission, this morning. "The meeting held in Oklahoma City was a surprise to the denomination, contin ued Mr. Dark, "but the Interest which has been manifested In the annual ses sion has so increased the attendance ns to give the body and Its Assembling an entirely new significance." Rev. Mr. Dark has made himself noted In the denominations for his ad vocacy of the theory that 90 cents will go farther than tl. when the re maining 10 cents is spent In Christian work. He is an energetic advocate of the budget plan of contribution among the churches, putting the financial end of church work on a real business basis. White Temple Busy Place. A permeating buzz as from an Im mense hive of bees is heard as one ap proaches tbe White Temple. Entrance brings explanation. What Is known as the lower temple has been transformed Into a kind of department store. Hero are representatives of the missionary societies, the publication work of the denomination and the financial depart ment of the convention. Space in the main auditorium of the Officers Elected. Honorary president, Mrs. J. N. Grouse, "Chicago. President, Mrs. John Nuveen, Chicago. ". Corresponding secretary, Mrs. Katherlne S. Westfall. Recording secretary, Mrs. Wil liam H. Baker, Washington, D. C.. Field secretary, Mrs. A. C. Reynolds, Boston. Acting editorial secretary, Miss Frances N. Schuyler. Treasurer, Mrs. A. N. Barber. tContinued on Page Five.) The Woman's American Baptist Home Mission society unanimously indorsed a resolution to become a cooperative part of the Northern Baptist convention during a busi ness session held this morning. Now the matter of accepting the feminine addition to heir numbers rests with the men who compose the per sonnel of the corventlon. The women frankly believe that tHe men need them as aids in raising money. In giving life and ambition to the or ganization. In contributing counsel and plans for extended work and to give the organization a deeper seriousness, an example of more unflinching loyalty, a broader Influence and a greater unity than ever before. Many of the members of the conven tion have vigorously opposed the union with the women's organization and have made known their Intention to fight tho issue vigorously when it comes before the convention to be voted upon. At the same time It is understood that the morij. progressive element of the con vention are heartily in favor of the co operative plan and that they will be surnclentiy in majority to win tne day. After Careful Consideration. In presenting the resolution before the society this morning, the president, Mrs. John Nuveen, stated briefly that the committee appointed to act had spent much time in pro and. con argument before they reached an agreement. Some were of the opinion that it will be made more difficult to raise the 1200.000 which will be needed to carry on the work of the society this year and that It will hinder the Individual work of the organization generally. Others argued that the women have formed a habit of contributing to their own particular lines of work to the neglect of the general church contribu tion, but this was finally decided to be as much the fault of the male member ship which failed to donate according to their means. "At the same time," said Mrs. Nu veen. "it Is conceded that the women work more diligently to maintain their work. Trie policy of our societv Is that the women in the general work of tii church share responsibility for Its main tenance with husbands and brothers, but SBAHILL dav oonnn MI UJUUUU OHY 1 Her Income Will Be That Amount Per 3Ionth Is Completely Exonerated of All Charges Brought by Howard Gould. fContlffued on Page Six.) A LINE, O' TYPE, 'OR TWO IN FIVE, VARILTILS I NO CIGARETTES NOR CHAIN GANGS, SAY THE WOMEN (United Press Leased Wire.) Seattle, June 25. After taking 4 a determined stand against the cigarette and the chain gang, in resolutions which were unanl- 4 mously passed, the Washington 4 State Federation of Women's ,4 clubs closed Its sessions last night. Protest is made In the ,4 resolutions against the practice nf wnrklnc men in r'hn In pflnirfl .A in the streets and highways and of confining men and women in ,4 stockades without, division. After selecting Walla Walla as 4 the next convention city the fol- lowing officers were elected: President, Miss . Janet Moore, Olytnpla; first vice president. Mrs. I. H. Jennings. Seattle; sec- ond vice president, Mrs. John 4 PfTngle, Port Townsend; record- Ingr secretary. Mrs. E, G. Jewett, Bell Ingham; corresponding sec- re tar y, MUs Helen Cowles. Olym- pta; treasurer, Mrs. Nellie Day, 4 Walla Walla; auditor, Mrs. N. B. Coffman. Chehalls; first trustee, - Mrs. R. SC. McCredle,' Sunnyslde; second trustee, Mrs. Solon Shedd, . Pullman. . . , - CALF PRECIPITATES LITIGATION GALORE IN KLAMATH COUNTY . Klamath Falls, Or., June 25. Three criminal prosecutions and a half dozen or more civil cases are the result of the alleged theJt of one calf valued at ap proximately J 10. Two years ago Jay Arant was charged with the larceny of a calf from C, C. Harris. He was twice tried and acquitted. Next a fight followed and Jay Arant was again ar rested, this time on a charge of assault and battery.' He pleaded guilty and paid a small fine. After Arant was arrested a second calf showed up in the case. Arant put up the defense that he was arrested for stealing his own calf. In order to prove this bis father, F. W. Arant. took; possession of the second calf, which, was a stray. Tbe calf died. Judge Koland Is now hearing the evidence In the re plevin, case and a Jury will de cide If the dead calf Is the prop erty of ShorJ, the farmer on whose place . It was found, or Arant AH that Is left of , the animal Is the hide and that la orthless.'f:-.' .- ' ' : V Vw X "PEOPLE NOW ON GOOD TERMS WITH RAILROADS" STUBBS (Cal ted Pre Leased Wlre.l San Francisco, June 25. That the country at large will experl 4 ence a trade revival when the pending tariff legislation is com- pleted Is the belief of J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager of the Harriman railroad system, who is in San Francisco. "All indications." said, Stubbs, "point to a resumption of every activity. Crop prospects are ex- cellent at present and I antlcl- pate much general development in the near future." Concerning tho relations now existing between the people of the country and the great carrier systems, Stubbs said: "The greater part of the re- cent clamor against the railroads has died away. The railroads and w the people now understand each other much better, and this is a condition that Is absolutely necessary to proper and healthy 4 development. Cooperation be- v tween carriers and clients ts necessary to the greatest good for all." ' ' . " THREE ACCIDENTS FAIL TO KILL UNLFCKY SEAMAN 4 Santa. Rosa, gal., June 24. 4 Lying In a hospital at Westpoit, Chief Engineer Hansen of the w steam schooner Phoenix is suf- 4 ferlng from Injuries received in w three accidents that occurred In 4 the short space of one day. While the Plioenlx was pro- ceeding up the Mendocino coast 4 ths chief engineer was scalded severely when a steam pipe 4 burst. Believing his burns to be 4 fatal, the captain put into Hardy w creek and Hansen was sent ashore In a small boat. And the 4 . little crarft capsized. Only after 4 . a heroic struggle was Hansen, unconscious, brought ashore. After the unfortunate man was w revived, ho was placed In au automobile to be taken to the hospital at Westport. While w speeding along a rough road at the brink of a deep gulch, the w car leaped over the embankment plunging 16 feet to the creek bed beneath. Three of Hansen's ribs and his right shoulder were' ' broken. The car was demolished. a ;. ' ,. .. . v.; FRENCHMAN IS NOW OWNER OF FAMOUS HOODOO DIAMOND (Cnltfd Pres Leased Wire.) 4 Paris. June 25. Louis Aucoc. the leading French diamond ati- thority, Is the new owner of the' w famous Hope diamond, for which 4 the well known collector. Habit. 4 paid 1400,000. Aucoc purchased the gem at the sale of the Habib collection, securing It for the bargain sum of 180.000. The Hope diamond was one of the most famous stones in Eu- rope and was declared by a w former owner to be worth J800, 4 000. Seven other stones of the collection also brought much less 4 than their supposed values, the entire collection netting but $27(5.000. A 1 karat stone from the 4 Princess Mathilde Bonaparte's w casket sold for S32.0OO, whfle a 68 karat "Mlregent" deriving its 4 4. hame from its similarity to the v ' Regent of the French crown col- 4 lection brought-160,000. .. 4 (t'nlted Press Leased Wire.) New York, June 25. Justice; Dowllng this afternoon completely" exonerated Mrs. Katherlne Clem mons Gould of all the charges made against her by her husband, How ard Gould, and granted her a sepa ration and alimony of $3000 a month. Denying that she had any affection, for Dustln Farnum and charging that every witness who had testified to hat ing seen her Intoxicated swore falsely, Mrs. Howard Gould resumed her story on the witness stand today. Mrs. Gould was gowned in a rich black dress and wore costly pearla to day. She made a good appearance on the witness stand and was' perfectly self-possessed under cross-examination. "Those witnesses swore falsely in 1 every detail," charged Mrs. Gould when the subject of her appetite for liquor was introduced. Attorney Nicoll, representing Gould, conducted the cross-examination. He grilled the plaintiff unmercitully on the subject of her relations with Farnum. but she proved a match for him in a battle of wits. She admitted meeting 1'arnum upwards of 10 times on va rious occasions, but upheld her conten tion that Farnum was "an acquaintance" and not an admirer, by consistently evading Nlcoll's questions. The lawyer was unsuccessful in an at tempt to have her tell the color of Far num's eyes, how broad his shoulders were, whether he was clean shaven or whether his hair was long or curly. She parried his questions cleverly, and Nicoll appared far from satisfied with his at-1 tempt. ' Doomed to Poverty. Mrs. Gould swore that her talks with 1 Farnum were of a business nature, con- " nected with a proposed theatrical ven ture. Nicoll suggested that the topic of -business must have been exhausted dur ing their 10 hour automobile trip, but Mrs. Gould replied: "The theatrical business as a topic of " discussion is practically inexhaustible." - ; In reply to the plaintiff's statement that she felt wretched, had nothing to ' do and had no money, Nicoll referred to the fact that she had been receiving from 5000 to JIO.000 a month, besides having had her hotel bills paid. Mrs. Gould admitted this, but said: "That isn't much money. It is not nearly enough for what I wanted." When Mrs. Goul 1 left the stand a number of unimportant witnesses were called. BANKERS CHOOSE THEIR OFFICERS Schmeer, Alberson and Ham ilton Receive Presi dential Honors. . (Cnl If d Presa Leaaad Wirt. I Seattle. June -j. The last of the sep arate sessions of the Tri -State Bankers' association was held today and closed with the election of officers. Tomorrow morning at the joint meeting the offi cers will be Installed. Attendance at the meetings has not been as great as had been anticipated, many u-legal" preferring the attractions about the city to sitting through the sessions. The officers elected by the Washing ton State Bankers' association are a follows: President, A. K, Alberson. 1 coma; vice president, J. I). Bass' tt, R1U vilie; secretary, f. (j.Kaurman, laeoina; treasurer. Charles A. McLean, Spokane: executive committee. K. W. Maxwell, te. attle: H. W. Wymarts, Walla Walla; it. W. Smith. Olympla: W J. Patterson, Aberdeen; J. B. Brady. Pomeroy. The Oreawn bankers, meeting it the ballroom of the Washington hotel thia morning, elected the following officers: , President, R. W. Schmeer, Portland; vice . president, Alexander Martin. Klamatii Falls: treasurer, r. 1 eyer, t-a Grande: secretary. L. C. Hart mm. Port, land: executive committee; K. A. WyM, Portland; Frank Patton, Astoria; W. U Tnompson, Astoria; Leslie Butler. H'od River; E. G. CanfleUl, Oregon City. The delegates from Idaho, b'Ut ft In n"mb,r. h" ,n ,h r,' room of tl Washington hotel and selected the fol lowing officers; .President, Byd H-tmil- ton, Coetir d'Alenef vice prtHldVttt, J. A. Given, Nampa: seretsry, 1 A route, Boise; treasurer, K. K. Hays. Emtnelt. .Private Irrigation J!mMHl. (Special IHspetfb t Th" J"("t 1 litis Jill, Wh., ' JiltlK - ri,-v-, ( ... .InnH . n F i t ! L ' , L I ,. I ... re having thtr lands irvry. 5, . ,.. story to installing privniH !! 1 systems. Among i!iiis- in nf KIK-khnllN. who ff f u rt! if r.A ditches ai .Mr. IWi ft,. ,, stock. R ! .ii iff i :i -i 1 . Y. J. WU'-j r. J ;!,-. ,;: ;.; -