TLEIMIS
BURfJTHE
RED LIGHTS
Denizens of Underworld
3rove Soiled Household
Penates to South End
"North! of Burnside" to
Be No More.
HY BE VICTIM
OF BAND OF
OUTLAJS
It 1 moving day. all right But H Is
a case of moving In, not Out ;,8weatlns
truckmen toiled manfully carrying heavy
furnltura Into upstairs quarters pa, tha
three blocks of Front street Included
between Market and Mill streets. 'We
fret extra pay for hustlin'," one of them
raid. "You see the grand and formal
openln' when the red light shines and
. the:mery ha tia sounds, is scneuuieu
; for InnU'ht " h-a Added in explanation.
But Mayor Kimon would "not say that
the squalid district bad been officially
'chosen as the place of protection for
Portland's fallen women ana tmu ton
: sorts. Asked this morning If he knew
that the transfer from the north to, the
south end of the city wa being made
and that the opening of a new restricted
district was scheduled for tonight . be
answered: . , .
. Eimoa Does Wot Know.
"I have no knowledge of such , an
arrangement. , I have given positive or
ders that the north end must be . va
cated, however, and I suppose they are
moving away from there. . ..
"Had. It not been for the publicity
given the north end and, what has been
r going on. there by ?xhe newspapers. . I
believe I could have handled the situa
tion satisfactorily and quietly. The in
stitution is old as the race. It has
never been found possible to ' suppress
It and if these people find a place
where they will give no trouble and be
quiet they will not be molested.".
It was easily Inferred from Mayor
Simon's- comments that the south and
win not be unsatisfactory to him. In
this part of Portland, which has here
tofore been named "Little Italy," tha
word somehow seems to have been
passed around several days ago that a
change was to be made,
Small Boy oa Guard.
A visit to Front street between Mtll
and Market this morning was produo-;
tive of interesting results, A stranger
rapped on the door of a house where
every blind but one was tightly drawn.
In the one window was displayed : m
card "Furnished Rooms." ' . '
"No one's home," said a small boy,
apparently mounted on guard outside.
"No one's goln' to be 'till night,", he
added with an Impudent wink, 5 i
"You hear as how the red light's goln':
to be lit up around here tonight?" ;
inld a hostler in a local livery barn.
"Well, I got strict orders not to say
nothinY but if you'd Just been up here
last night, you'd a thought they wasn't
1 goln' to wait till tonight Oh, but It
was lively. I attended the north end
openingnever miss any of them im-,
portant a'ctety functions, you know -but
this part of town has got tha
i north end skinned from' 'way back. But
here.'' us Id the vouth. Interruntlncr him.
self, "I'm talkin' top much," and ha
relapsed into silence! . retuslng to ...an
swer any more questions. , r-
'Woman Enter Frotesfc
"We've been told those women were
coming up here and we protested,' said
aged Mrs., Zepler, who keeps a lodging
house at the corner of Clay and Front
streets. "We don't want 'em up here
nd we sent in cur formal protest to
the mayor, and we've been hoping they'd
mind what we said and keep our part of
town decent. ' But the word has been
around for. a week or more that things
were to be thrown wide open or tight
shut, l don i gnow wmcn is ma nest
description."
, It was because of the change in tha
old order of thintrs that i the mantrv
hound which' has long lain before' tha
ooor or a nouse 'Occupied ny an Italian
family was compelled at the eid of -a
hostile broomstick to get up and skee
daddle. his tall between )ls less. After
the hound came the Italian a ' Their
landlord had . found : more . profitable
tennntn.. , .. , !
The section was originally built up
, for the, benefit of the poor Italians.
The- houses are built close together In
ail sorts or queer rorms. jso room is
: left for alleys, but tortuous passage
ways connect the shacks that open in
.the center of the block with the street
It is a- district avoided at night by
men who carry money on their persons.
It never seems light, even with the aid
of the arcs. Scattered here and there
alonr the three blocks respectable fam
ilies live, who are protesting vigorously
gainst the new ruling. They will ail
move out before they will submit to
such conditions, they declare.
j -
FORGETS HIS KEYS;
PLAYS SANTA CLAUS
(Special Dispatch te The Journal.)
Tillamook, Or., Aug. 7,-Kircn.-anno
Lodge, on Cannon beach, is :
'hot very far from Portland la a;
direct , Una, but : It seems awful
far to the , man : who , reaches
there to spend his summer vac a-,
tlon and then finds that he has
forgotten, the keys to his sum
mer home. ' KIrchanno Lodge Is.
the summer ' home of " Charles
Klrchner and Henry Hanno of
Portland and it was Hanno who
came a few days ago and found .
the house securely locked and,
his keys' In Portland. '
Mr. Hanno was sorely put out'
He tried all the doors and , pried 1
at tha windows,, but ..the lodge
was built to face the . winds of ;
winter as well as to offset the
warm breezes of summer. It
stood Ilka a fortress.
Hanno started ' for boms dis
gusted with his ; forgetfulness,
went part way up tha road, then
suddenly returned. ' There Is a
big open fireplace In ; tha lodge
and Henry played Santa Claus
with aa agility that la surpris
ing. Somewhat tha worse for his
experience, but happy over the
tha bright idea Henry emerged
from the fireplace and the doors
of KIrchanno Lodge are now
wide open.
Body of Unknown Man Tied
in Blankets Is Fished
'Out of the lliver Crime
1 Committed Some Time
Ago, - V '' v: r (C
Wranned In a'auilt and two blankets.
securely tied with clotheslines and dou-
Diea up in tne Bnape or a minute me
body of a man believed to be John
Ghomls, a Greek, hailing from Spokane,
Wash., was found In the river at the
foot of Qulmby street last night
, Everything points to the man having
peen muruereu vy virBiiBui&uvu, ujcu
wrapped in the bundle and cast Into the
river. The condition of the remains
make Identification difficult .the only
clue leading to the belief that the re
mains are those of Qhomis Is a flyleaf
from a notebook bearing tha name and
ad Areas. - .
detectives Carpenter and Refsing, who
were assigned the case this morning,
have' not yet had time to look suffi
ciently into the case to give out any
opinion aa to how the crime was com
mitted, or by whom, but from Spokane
comes the report that It Is believed there
tnat unomis is tne victim or an vrgan
tznd hand nf forelirn outlaws and mur
derers, who are operating throughout
the northwest. The. circumstances sur
rounding the crime, are, so identical to
one committed there some time ago that
they believe the same band perpetrated
both.
About a year ago, ' says the Spokane
report the remains of John, Lynch, a
one amed man, were found floating
In the Spokane river wrapped in a por
tiere and bound with a cord. Lynch was
known to have associated with a bunch
of foreigners, who, it is believed, final
ly murdered him through fear of be
trayal. .
The foreigners disappeared suddenly
about a week before the body was found.
Greeks at Spokane believe that Ghomls
was a railroad construction workman,
aged 35, who - left that - plaoe ' several
months ago.
The local detectives will probably
take up this lead and center their ef
forts first among the Greeks living in
this vicinity, although: the theory -has
also been advanced that the remains
are those of a sailor who might have
been murdered on board of a " vessel
and thrown overboard. '
Probably Wot a Bailor. ;
But few foreltra vessels have been
In the harbor for : several weeks and
hence there appears little support for
this view of the case and the theory
that the , Spokane outlaws transferred
their operations to Portland is there
fore considered the most probable.
The body was found by George Dow
ling and J. H. Wright who live In
scows near the Pacific Coal company's
bunkers. It was lodged against one of
the pilings under the bunkers near the
shore. At first they supposed it was a
bundle of clothing but were horrified
upon cutting the ropes to see tha body
of a man roil out. :i . 1
Aside from tha leaflet bearing the
name, 40 cents and some tobacoo. and
Cigarette papers were found in the
pockets. A towel was fastened over the
face and a cord drawn tightly .around
the neck. The feet and hands were
tied : and ' drawn tightly together
so as to double , up the body ; in the
smallest, possible bundle. The towel
over the face was saturated with blood.
The man appears to have weighed
about 175 pounds and was about 5
feet 9 inches tall. - He appears to have
been aged about SS "and was of dark
comDlMlon. had black -hair. a 1 small
mustache and a few day growth of
beard on the chin. The description an
swers in nearly every particular to that
of Ghomls, who la reported to have left
Spokane.
Coroner Norden will hold an Inquest
as soon as possible, as the remains are
In a bad state of decomposition. ,
V.'DOnCRAFI DRILL
MIS COMPETE
IS. BURGE III
B IE 0 II
Oil
Writes Letter "to Husband
" Telling Him SheWiir .
. End Life; .
Mrs. , Peter Burge, who a few days
ago had her husband arrested on a
charge of cruelty, but failed to con
vict has given up all hope of living,
and in a letter to her husband this
morning states that her dead body will
be found in one of the suburbs after 4
O'clock next Sunday night
"I have made up my mind to never
work no more," reads the letter, "after
t o'clock . Sunday night - You-have
taken all I worked for a 120 dress I
worked for. I am going out. You have
sworn to lies about me and called me
VISITOR TELLS
OF Ei
iCIIH.HIii;
.
E
V. E. Ford, Visitor in Port
land, Tells 6t Experi
" . . ences in . Mexico. . '
. V. JS. Ford of Puebla, In Mexico,
is In Portland for a few months- visit
and Is with his mother, Mrs. Mary A.
Knox, and his sister. Mrs. A. ft. Smith.
His wife accompanies him and they will
remain tin tne nrst or uctooer, wneu
they expt-ct to return to Mexlcou- Mr.
Ford and his son are; In business in
Puebla, where they have been' located
for the past 14 years. ,
Mr. Ford left Mexico Just five days
before the recent earthquake fin Mexico.
On hearing of It he straightway wired
nis son concerning tne Business, wnn a
names. You will find my dead body I request for an Immediate return mes
In the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, as sage. The answer was delayed almost
a wliu iixvu vjl yuur iiiuuiiimih itcbuua,
Now I have no clothes.
"I will kindly bid you good-bye for
tne last, hat you want is my nie,
so I will save you the trouble. ,J You
have driven me to suicide., You -can
give my blue dress to Jennie and my
other clothes burn them. You will think
of all when I am throwed in a hole at
the county graveyard, where your dead
wire lies coia iron your orutai nanas. -"My
last dylna words are that you
are guilty of murdering her, so you
must go to hell. : you have caused me
to go to hell now. Don't laugh, I .will
do as I told you. I ,will come back and
sit on your oed. I don't care. I hate
you. i I never want to lay my living
eyes on yoii, and I am going out of this
postoffice for the last, time, , so don't
write, for I will not be living to hear
your lying words. . ?
"I will call the station up at S o'clock
and if my clothes are not there you
will never lay eyes on me. Don't look
for me, as I will take a car out of town
m tne suDums, wnere i win ena aiL
Don't regret that I committed this act.
as I am fully satisfied to leave this
earth. I have no money nor friends. I
have 60, cents. Go where you please.
I will return some place. , I don t care
where. - You are tha cause of ma dying,
have no clothes or work. '
The letten which bears no signature.
was turned over to Constable Lou War
ner of the Justice court, but since he
aoes not Know- wnere to una tne woman
he can see no way clear to prevent the
rasa act aurge lives at its mm street
285.700 APPLY
i , '
FOR
SOLDIERS' II0L1E
SCEIIE0FL1URDER
Edward Leonard, Veteran,
Kills Captain Eastmond;
.' ' Shoots Two Others! '
H01STEADS
Applications Continue
Pour in for Land in In
dian Eeserrations.
to
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Federation of Catholic Societies.
Pittsburg, ' Aug. 7. Delegate from
many parts of the United States and
Canada are in Pittsburg to attend the
national convention of tha American
federation of Catholic societies, which
Is made up of Catholic . organisations
having an aggregate membership of
over 2.000. 000. The convention will be
furmallv opened in St Paul's Cathedral
tomorrow morning with the celebration
rf pontifical mass by Bishop Canevio.
1 he business sfgnlons will berin in Car
neeie ha&l Monday and will continue
!w iiave. Ari.'hbtfhnp Messmer of
Ji wwaukee. Bishop Mcr au! of Trenton
arul a number of other eminent prelates
are on tne program for addresses.
: All of today's session' of the -Women
of Woodcraft convention will be devoted
to the competitive team drills. There
were 16 teams entered, but only 13 are
here to take part ' . 3
Particular interest centers In the
drills, as they are an exemplification of
the ritualistic floor work, and have
been Instituted for the purpose of build
ing up that part, of the work. Each
team Is composed of eight guards and a
captain, and all teams give exactly the
same drill. They are judged on their
spacing, step and general execution. It
Is required that all teams wear white
uniforms, and they may carry spears or
swords, according to their preference. -
The Boise girls were particularly
natty in short skirts, . white shoes and
leggings, caps and sword. ' v '
' Kach team has brought Its own musi
cian,. and all have come determined to
make a fight for the prises. -. The judges
have been appointed ty the grand guar
dian, and no one but she knows who they
are., uacn-juage is in ignorance or wno
the others are. The scores will be hand
ed to the grand guardian, who will tally
them up ana mane Known tne decision.
Three hundred dollars and a silver tro
phy will be awarded to the winning
team, $200 to tha second best and $100
to the third.
The teams, entered are from Eugene,
Or Fresno, Cal.. Balem, ' Or., Ballard,
Wash.. Grangevllle, Idaho, Boise, Idaho,
Bellingham, Wash- Moscow, Idaho. Rai
nier, Or Elma, Wash., three from Port
land. two from Seattle and two from
San Jose, Cal., The teams from Fresno,
Boise and Eugene drilled this morning.
Last -night a reception was given by
the Portland circles at the Commercial
club for the grand officers and grand
delegates.- All W. O. W. women were
invited and three floors of the club
were- used. - ' . .
A committee from each circle acted
as the reception committee. , The speak
ers of the evening were Introduced by
Mrs. J. Leah. An address of wel
come was made bv Dr. J. R. Weather
bee, president of the club, and was re
sponded to by tne gTana guardian,- Mrs.
C. C. Van Orsdala.
Refreshments were served. The mu
sic was by Oilman's orchestra, ' Special
features of the musical program - were
the solos of Miss Elizabeth Harwas
and Miss Edith Nordstrom. The reg
ular, sessions of . the . convention will
convene again at o'clock Monday morn
ing. - . .- ) ". ' ;'
At yesterday afternoon's session in,
creases were made in tha salaries of a
j number of officials. The list includes.
ciert, iB&tj per montn: srand banker.
$126 per month: -grand managers, $10
per day; grand delegates, . $70
day during session. ,-
ROBBED HIS FEIEND;
GETS SIX MONTHS
; , :
Pete Saloway was today sentenced to
six months by Police Judge Bennett for
larceny from the person of Walter Ad
dison, a stranger in the city. - The $81
taken from Addison was returned, but
the watch has not been found.
Addison met Saloway on the street
and was asked for some money with
which to buy clothes. He gave him
$3.60 with which to buy a meal
and a bed for. tha night Discovering
that Addison had money, Saloway fol
lowed him to a place on Macadam road
and there relieved him of his cash and
watch. John Brooke, a young man ar
rested as, a partner of Saloway. was re
leased, as he seemed to have nothing
to do with the case.
- 1 - " "
'.-'- V -J ' ,'" "
per
(gnm4al TMnneteli to The Jonmsl.t
than 287,000 applications for land ' will
d- receivea xor tne tnree reservations,
according to Indications today. AddII-
cattons from soldiers at distant Doints
will be received up to August 9, pro
viding they are sworn to by midnight
August 6. -,.
Many - persons are sflll trying to reg
ister, but are being refused. Only one
man refused to take tha oath ao far,
as ha said he wanted the land for speo
ulajtlon. Applicants are required to
take oatk tliat tha land IS wanted for
a home.- ' . ' .. ''
About 285.700 apollcations have been
received to date for tha three reserva
tions. -
Everything Is ready at Coeur d'Alene
zor tne arawing Aionaay. .
INQUEST SCHEDULED
FOB NEXT MONDAY
An Inquest will be held Monday, afr
ternoon In the case of Bradley Saun
ders, ' tha young man who waa electro
cuted yesterday afternoon while tak
ing In dead telephone wires at tha cor
ner of East Ninth and Halsey streets.
The inquest will be held Monday.
Saunders was at work on a pole and
the wire he waa handling picked up tha
current from a 1000 volt lighting wire.
C Johnson, an old man - employed to
keep the wire straight on the windlass,
also received a shock. Ha was able,
however, to assist In caring for Saun
ders.
The straps with which Saunders had
tied himself to the pole prevented him
from falling to the ground when ha re
ceived the shock. '
Saunders was 2S years old and lived
at Sellwood with his wife and. mother.
WILL TEST NEW. I
, ; CRIMINAL CODE
: (Special Dispatch te The Journal I
South Bend, Aug. T. The section of
the new criminal coda which makes
it a penitentiary offense to attempt
suicide. Is to be given a . test .in : this
county. Prosecuting Attorney 'John I.
O'Phelan announced today that he would
begin proceedings gainst Walter
Lonrenti, wno attempted to taice nis
life last Tuesday night by shooting
himself In the left breast Not to ex
ceed two years In the penitentiary or
a fine not to exceed $1000 is the penalty
provided In tha new statute for at
tempted suicide.
RURAL CABEIERS :
. VISIT EXPOSITION
Seattle, Aug. 7. The rural letter car
riers bad their Innings today, at the
Alaska -Yukon-Pacific exposition. The
day was set apart by tha management
for the R. F. X. men and practically
the entire membership of the Rural Let
ter Carrier . associations; , of : Oregon,
Washington and California, 'attended the
big fair. A reception -for the visitors
was held at tne wasnington state ouua
ine and an address was delivered by
Paul L. Lindsay of Georgia, president nt
the National Association of Rural Lat
ter Carriers. . , ? ,
AGED MAN SHOWS -
SOME IMPROVEMENT
William Klrknatrlck. the acred man
from San Jose, who was struck by a
Hawthorne car yesterday morning at
the corner of East Thirty-seventh and
Hawthorne, has shown a gradual im
provement and it is now -believed that
he will recover. He is at tha Good
Samaritan hospital. .
a week and then tha message waa sent
by way of Galveston - with - assurance
that all was well with the Fords. How
ever, the earthquake, while causing , a
comparatively small loss of life,' has
caused a great amount of suffering and
great loss of property. The Mexico
Daily Record, published In Mexico City
by tha Hearst syndicate, immediately
started a relief fund and opened Its of
fices as haadauartara.
Telegraph communication Is much J
criDDled throughout , the vicinity and
news' has been received In piecemeal
fashion. The earthauake was far reach
Ing in Its effects and badly crippled the
water system or Mexico city, causing
innumerable - leakages.- The, . city was
warned to be sparing in Its use of
water. Acapulco is in the heart of the
eartnquaxe district ena surierea neavuy.
The town was oractlcallv demolished.
' The first shock of the earthquake
came at 4:14 In the morning and was
felt ror 6& seconds: the second tasted
a minute and a quarter and the third 35
seconds. It was notable that through
out tha earthquake region the modern
houses stood the shocks well and es
caped with comparatively little damage.
At the, hotels it was noted that seasick
ness attacked the tourists who were in
the hotels and meals served In rooms or
not served at all were the order of the
day. In Mexico City Alameda park be
came tha popular place of refuge and it
is estimated that 1 0 seconds after the
first shock several thousand people were
gathered there. The other .city parks
had smaller crowds of people. - ,
. There are of course the usual stories
of premonition floating around that at
tach themselves to every disaster after
it Is over. An odd fact is recorded, how
ever, in Mexico, that several people tes
tified to having been awakened fully five
minutes before the earthquake by tha
screaming of their parrots, and in one
instance the parrot after awakening its
master flew through tha window and
perehed on a neighboring house, and re
fused to return till after the second
shock. This same bird gave warning of
the second shock soma two hours later.
Others say their doss and cats awak
ened them in similarly odd ways prior
to tne eartnquaxe.
Mr. Ford was here two years ago lust
after another rather heavy earthquake
in Mexico through wnicn he naa passed.
Tha results, probably, were not as dis
astrous as in this last ona.
BLACKMAILERS
' Baseball at Banks. v
' : (Sped! fllipatcb te The Journal. .
Forest Grove. Aug. 7. The Colts, so
badly drubbed by the Banks huskies
on the local field last Sunday, will jour
ney to the spunky little town of Banks
Banks team has Dlared 16 rames this .Island.
season and won all, and It hurts the
Colt fans to see them lord It over the
college town team. , The batteries will
be: Banks, Caretens and Chaflln; Colts,
Robinson and Getter. :
AT LOS AHBEIES
''J, , K. " y. , ' r t ' '
FamHy of Former Mayor Is
, Threatened. With Death
$5000 Demanded.
ftTnHid Press baaed Wlra.V -
Los Antreles. , Aur. 7. Mysterious
blackmailers who recently sent threat
ening letters to three prominent citi
zens of Los Angeles became active
again last night and delivered another
letter demanding money, on penalty of
death to former Mayor William H.
Workman. - '
The letter was barely legible and.
like the previous ones, was written part
ly in German and partly in English.
Tha foot of tha grimy cage was dec
orated with a crude drawing of a black
hand. The communication, in part, read
i follows: '-'v .., - . .-
"The black handWe expect the
Mack hand $5000 of. you. You leave
the money this month over Hollenbeck
Park left side. Find you a hole on
Boyla avenue where we coma after the
money. , . .. .
it you don't , leave that money we
will murder your family. You have two,
children- ana we are after those In par
ticular. Wa will follow your wife day
and night and wjll try to. murder one
oi your xamiiy. - ,
A rain we are after vour children and
wife, and will get them if you-don't
leave tha money in that hole near Hol
lenbeck - Park. , Wa are after you - for
years -to come. The black hand." -
Murder was one or tha least crimes
threatened by tha epistle in the event
tnat its aemana was not compiled with,
Residents of the Boyle Heights sec
tion, where Workman lives, are thor
oughly frightened by the repeated ef
forts that are being made by the black
mailers. . Many appeals have been made
to tne ponce mat aaaitionai protection
be given the neighborhood.
The nollce authorities ara of the opin
ion that the letters are the work either
of a band of desperate criminals, who
will hesitate at no crime-, to gain their
end, or or . soma mentally unbalanced
person. .
That Chief of Police Dlshman Is exer
cised by the problem Is best evidenced
by the strong guard with which he has
surrounded the Workman home and by
the number of department detectives
he has detailed on the case. Uls.iman
refused to discuss the affair, stating
tnat every enort would d made to run
to earth the author of the letters, and
that he would talk only when the man
was safely behind - the bars.
RIVERSIDE MEN OFF .
ON TREASURE QUEST
Riverside, Cal., Aug." T. -Bound for
Borneo to seek gold, 10 business and
professional men of this city are on
the Pacific The treasure seekers, who
sailed from San Francisco yesterday
on the liner Mariposa, are City Council
man P. T. Evans, brother of the
mayor; Dr. A. D. Cameron, Dr. H. E.
Martin, M. A, Chase, L F. Logan, a D.
Pelton, F. H. Speich and A. E. Gambia
The party was organized by Ghase,
who recently returned from a visit to
Del Monte. While there , ha met Ray
Beacon, who has spent tha greater part
of his,' life sailing the south seas.
Beacon told him of rich deposits of
gold he believed to exist on the island
of Borneo and consented to lead a
party organised to Investigate the
veins. -
i The Rlverslders, who were prepared
to take an oriental cruise, were willing
ly enlisted for tha treasure hunt and
left equipped for a long sojourn on tbs
(United Press Leased Wlre-1.
Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 7, Edward Leon
ard, a civil ' war veteran, ' who served
brilliantly under General O. O. Howard,
shot and Instantly killed Captain Oscar
Eastmond at his desk In the barracks of
the soldiers'' home here today.
Leavinac his victim, be ran up - the
stairs to a bedroom on the second floor,
where Sergeant Arnold - was playing
anil ta Ire. an1 nhor Arnold In tha face. '
' Rushing to the story above,-Leonard
met Corporal Warren Wright In , the
hallwav and shot him down
Still flourishing tha gun. the murderer
turned and started -to retrace hi steps,
when he waa caught and is now under
guard. M
When Leonard left the-dead body of
his first victim, the aged inmates of
the home, attracted by the report of
the revolver, crowded toward the office
of Eastmond. Leonard rushed at them
and threatened to kill the first one, who
stood In his path. Then be drove the
old soldiers before him.
Perhaps Sue to a Grudge. :
, When caught Leonard seemed to be
insane witn rage, iie oixerea no ex-
Slanations, and tha causa of his mur
erous actions remains a mystery.
- It is reported that Leonard was repri
manded by an officer and that this
made him furiously angry. , '
Another report is to tha effect that
Eastmond and Leonard " held an old
grudge between them, dating back to
the time they were living in New. York,
and that Leonard killed Eastmond to
sumo uie score.
That Eastmond was the man whom
Leonard wanted to kill Is Indicated by
the manner in which he approached his
victim. Leonard drew his gun, and
while Eastmond was reading a paper
ha crept up behind .him and sent the
outlet tnrougn tne dscic or nis neaa.
Eastmond was highly educated, and
was one of the most prominent. men at
the government home.
Leonard is 65 years old, And has been
In the soldiers'- home for some time.
vBoth Arnold and Wright are seriously
injured, and are thought to ba dying.
HEW PLAH FOR
JAPS III KOREA
Noblemen Organize in '-Inter
; ; est of Humane Treats
ment of Nati?es.'
SAYS HE til
' . GIVE JAMES
TO POLICE
Unknown Man Writes De
scription of Couple WTio
. Ran Down Mrs. May Real
,on Limiton Road Early
Tuesday Morning:.
', , May Be lllghwaymen. ;
gpeolal Dispatch to The Journal.)
Hillsboro, Or Aug. 7. Sheriff Han
cock arrested two tramps' yesterday
morning, near Forest Grove, on sus
picion of being tha- parties who held up
Ben Ward at his father' place near,
Gaston, At the point of a pistol the
holdup secured only I cents. 'Ward
identified one of the suspects as the
holdup. . ; . v.-, .; - '
William Henry to Visit America.
London, Aug. 7. William Henry, who
is known to many Americans as the
managing director of the Olympic games
held in London last year, sailed today
for Montreal, from which city ha will
start on an extensive tour of tha United
States and Canada. ' Mr. Henry is thi
founder of the Royal Life Saving socio
ty and- the principal purpose of his
trip to America is to arouse interest on
the other side of the Atlantic in the
organisation and work of life saving
societies and their work. He expects to
visit the most of the chief cities from
the Atlantic to tha Paclflo coasts.
(United Press leased Wire.) ,
Tokio, Aug. 7. -Tha Great Korean as
goclatlon, an organisation of Japanese
noblemen, has passed a series of reso
lutions ursinr the omission of all un.
necessary ceremonials and forms whieh
are a hindrance to . the progress of
Korea and urging tha -reduction of the
present number of Japanese officials
in Korea by ona half. Among other
recommendations contained In tha reso
lutions are the follow in ar: -.
Tha using; of Aha native polios fores
to tranquilizer tne rebellious Koreans, v
Tha taking of steps by the new rest-
dent general to bring about a govern
ment ty tha people in contradistinction
to tha plana -of tha late resident gen
eral to centralise tha government in
the king and his advisors.
Tha aotion taken by tha noblemen's
association la considered significant in
view of tha many reports which have
reached the outside world of the ex
treme measures praotlced , by the
soldiers and the police to stamp out
opposition to Japanese rule. :
Natives suspected of disloyallty to
the mikado have, according , to these
reports, been barbarously treated by
the Japanese, whoy notwithstanding
their harsh measures, have been unablo
to stamp out the rebellion that exists
in many parts of Korea. '
MAN WITH A DOUBLE '
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
. .nnlteS Vrmm taaad Wlre.i -
Taooma. Wash., Aug, 7 William
Ranft, who has just been released from
the city jail, where he had been con
fined for two days, realises there are
pleasanter things in life than having a
double.
Ranft waa arrested on a warrant Is
sued at the Instance of Louis Cuvreau
and when he was arraigned in polio
court he was identmed ny tne complain
ant as the man who had stolen a avian,
tity of launch tools.- The prisoner de
clared he was Innocent and said he was
satisfied that a man who looked like him
was the a-ulltv nartv. , So earnestly did
he talk that the police judge decided to
give time for further investigation. Two
detectives were detailed on the case and
they arrested William Lewis, finding
some of. the stolen property In his
possession. The resemniance petween
the two men was most striking. . ?..
Lewis was eonvlcted and sent to Jail.
FAIR WARRANT CASE
HEARING UP TODAY
(Special rtiapatek to To Journal.)
Chehalis. Wash.. Aug. 7. Whether or
not County Auditor Swoffora of Lewis
county shall Issue the $ou00 warrant
recently authorised by the county com
missioners to assist In making' the
Southwest Washington , State ' fair a
success is to ba determined at a friend
ly mandamus hearing today before
Judge Rice of the superior court. Coun
ty Attorney Buxton and Attorney Gen
eral Bell have both advised Mr. Swof
ford that he can Issue tha warrant, but
he has declined to do so on tha ground
t he Is not sure of his legal rights
In tha case. The opinion of Judge Rice
will settle the matter with him. . -
Whether the $5000 is secured or not
the management of the fair la going
ahead and the fair will be held and will
be made, a success for the neoDle are
("determined to make it so. The data is
September T-ll. - ,
16 DIVORCE DECREES :
GRANTED IN ONE DAY
(United Press Leased Wlrs.t
- Los Angeles, Aug. 7. Judge James of
tha auperlor court- holds all - south
ern California records for rapid action
in granting the pleas of mlsmated cou
ples for separation. In addition to other
routine business of his court Judge
James yesterday granted 16 decrees to
couples ranging In color from white to
black, and for cause mounting from non
support to threats to kill.- In addition
to the recqrd activities in the divorce
department eight actions for legal sepa
rations wero instituted, and 16 mar,
riage licenses granted., '- ...
CHAMBERLAIN ON . '
HOMEWARD JOURNEY
' Waabinrton Boreas of The Journal) '-
Washington, Aug. 7. Senator Jham
berlain left at noon today for Chicago.
There he will join the senate irrigation
committee, which will leave Tuesday for
a tour of the federal reclamation pro
jects and will reach Portland in about
three -weeks.
A letter cams to Tha Journal,
signed "Justice," in which the writer
says -that he knows the names of the
man and woman who, in tha big red
touring car early Thursday . morning,
ran down and killed Mrs. May Real on
the .Llnnton -road, near tha exposition
grounds.
"Justice" gives a good description of
the "ersons, says he saw them at both
the Cliff Inn and Lakeview roadhouses,
and expresses surprise that the police
have not found them. He criticises the
police as "poor understudies of Sher
lock Holmes," and 'says they are either
Ignorant or are purposely dilatory. He
says, further, that be does not care to
figure in the case - because of the no
toriety that would coma with it, but
that if it is necessary for him to "suf
fer this humiliation" to sea justice done
he will give both his name and the
names of the man : and woman to the
police.
What Ba Says.
Tha letter follows: -
"Journal: It seems to tha writer that
the police have been singularly dilatory
in apprehending the murderers of the
Real woman, Tha chief of police and
his men are either . purposely making
hard work out of the case or they are
poor understudies of Sherlock Holmes
and Dr. Watson. The man and woman
in the big touring car that struck and
killed Mrs. - Real , on the Llnnton road
early Thursday morning - visited both
Cliff Inn, which is operated by Harry
Rath and John Bandy and Lakeview,
operated by Eddie Wheeler and 'Dutch
Fred.'
-"They stopped at tha last named
place going out from town and then at
the Cliff Inn. I fcaw them at both
places. Naturally, for obvious reasons,
I do not care to figure In this case, but
if it is absolutely necessary for me to
sacrifice these feelings, and the police
are really ignorant as they would have
the nubllo believe. I will (five the name
of tha man In tha case and tell tham
where thev can Una the woman. Tnis
I will not do, however, unless the policy
fail utterly in their search and If , the
man and woman ao not voluntarily ten
their story to the polloe, , .
"- " - Gives Description.
"I will sive this much information
at this time: Tha man Is five feet
nine or 10, weight In the neighborhood
of 160; perhaps 17 years old. Has a
habit when dropping into a chair of
sliding down. Has a 'cigarette' com
plexiondull, pale, dirty color, at times.
Rather large mouth, cheeks sunken.
When he was out the night of the ac
cident wore lla-ht colored cants, show
ing washed out grease spots, ' light
brown eoat and vest, leather oap, gaunt
lets, soft ahirt with collar attacnea.
"I was standing; on tne veranaa at
Cliff Inn house when the man and wo
man drove tip. They drove a little past
tne steos Before getting out ana going
into the Duuaing. i was ciose enougn
to hear. Harry Katn, ona or tne pro
prietors say 'Right tnis way.' The girl
said, "Oh, isn't it nice and. warm in here.
It was ao cold rid in ft-.' , ,
"She -is rather nice looking. About
five feet six, weiarhs nrobablv 125. and
is 83 -or" St years old, maybe older. Her
hair is medium ngni Drown, ana sne
has a most pleasant voice. She wore
a checked cklrt, a little short Jacket
coat and a shawl or veil thrown over
ber head. Her face is thin and she is
not robust, but. nevertheless, rather
pleasant and nice looking, - I had seen
her before, but not at any of tha road-houses.
- Folic Khotua rma.
"Now. with this descrlntton and in
formation. It will ba a funny thing if
the polloe really cannot eatch these peo
ple. If they cannot I am willing to tip
them off, but I shall certainly not do
so unless protected from newspaper no
toriety. Of course, rather than -to, aee
these people go free I would suffer the
humiliation of publicity, but I do not
wish to do this unless as a last resort.
I have mailed a copy of this letter to
the police. JUSTICE."
Chief of Police Cox this mornlnar re
fused to discuss the letter. He did not
deny-that he had received a letter from
justice" out would not commit mm-
self either way.
i "Detectives, Snow and Day and five
other men are on this ease," said tha
chief. "If necessary I will, put every
man on tha force to run down these peo
ple, but I do not think that will be
necessary for we have a good deal of
Information that wa cannot give out at
this time. I don't think we are very
far off trim the rtarht cartles: we are
Just waiting to verify soma minor de-.
tans. Tne man ana woman cannot gat
out of our reach." -
, ,, .-, seat Know Than.
W. B.' McDowell, chauffeur for F. A.
Kriebs, broker, waa a visitor with. a
cartv of friends, at both tha Cliff Inn
and Lakeview houses at tha same time
as tne man and woman in the big car.
He denies any knowledge of them, how
ever, and does not remember either
them or their car. , '
McDowell passed the Real party five
minutes after Mrs. Real was killed. "1
stonned and asked if there was anv-
tning i couia ao, ne saia. ai em iters or
the party said there waa nothtnr and ,1
drove on to town. Z did not see tha big
red car coming into town."
. fT-1 .......... ...r ...Ml .a
o'clock -this afternoon. .
Detectives Snow and Day secured two
warrants from. the district attorney's
office this afternoon, one for a man and
one for a woman, but refused to give
tha names en tbs warrants.
WAR VETERANS ARE .
INCAMPTTODAY
An encampment 1 of the ' Snanlsh
American war veterans " was held in
th Armory this atern oon starting at
8- o'clock. Preliminary plans for a
state organization were discussed and
near the close of the meeting a .deles-ate
to attend the national convention
at Tacoma, September 8, 9 and 10, was
elected. Some 40 or 60 delegates from
different camps throughout the state
were present.
ROAD COUTES
STILL 00 AT
MO
t&pectai iJiapavs w lot 4ouriwi.p
Moro, Or., Aug. 7. -The special term
of circuit court for Sherman county to
consider the Injunction -against Porter
Bros, across the Gurti larra 1 still
in sssslon. , Both sides took the time
until afttr 4 o'clock yesterday , in pre
paring and submitting affidavits and
counter affidavits buaring upon ' tne
case. The case went to trial by affi
davits late., in the afternoon; and ran
through the evening until court aa
Journed until morning to finish the sj:
gument. . . . t
Twnhv Rrni. contend that thev have
made expenditures for the wagon grade
down to the river $7500, and improve
ments to the road from urass ,vaney
to the head of the -wagon road grade1
t3.0. also for buildlnar several new board
gates to replace the "wire gates formerly
in use Porter Bros., contend that the
wagon grade Itself Is not an improve-'
ment to any of the lands In dispute
that the road over tho private .lands:
has been Improved, but very little If
any, and, that permission -to use-, tha
private way was pot sought In any in-;
stance until after the wagon grade had
work of exceeding half a month on it..
and that on two of the three pieces of
land permission had never ueen given'
by either owner or . tenant -to use the'
private way. In the case of one piece'
of land attorneys for both sides have
affidavits stating that the owners had
not -Riven permission to pass over the
private way. These affidavits concern
tne partnership land or f rencn down
ing. : Porter Bros. ,, have an aff davlt
from Downlnar. in. which thev claim
French Jolnn, saying permission, ; had
never been given, and Twohy Bros. hav
an affidavit from French saying in. ef
fect that permission had been given.
They have discharged the attorney and
do not wish to appear to defend them-'
selves In this suit.
Baal Question at Issue.
The question of whether the Injuno
tlon shall stand Is based on the per
mission of land - owners for Twohy
Bros, to use the road berore work was1
begun on the wagon grade. Porter Bros. ,
seem to have the best of it, as they
deny any suoh permission being given,
and by affidavits' from different par
ties giving dates, show what they claim
did occur. , . - .
i wony oros. airiaavits are oi a more
general character and do not as a, rule
show dates of conversations that ara
alleged to have taken place. , The case
was submitted to the court at 11 o'clock
and It was intimated by Judge Butler
that decision would be rendered late
this afternoon. .
It was stated In court, nd not de
nted, that Porter Bros, nave right of
way approved by the government from
the mouth of the Deschutes to 'near
Madras, while Harriman has only 41
miles of right of way approved by the
government, which would take them to
a point two and half miles north of
Shearer bridge, , about south of tha
boundary of Sherman county.
RECKLESS
CIS
- HII AfJBIiliCE
.,,(. x ' r( ,,
Red Cross Owner Says Chauf
feurs Give Sick Wagon
No Consideration, ... ;:
PORTLAND PEOPLE -
- ATTEND BARBECUE
Nearly 100 Portland people joumeved
to Tualatin, several miles past Oregon
City, this morning to attend the good
roads convention ana , oameoue Deing
given by tha farmers of that vicinity.
Two beeves and a number of sheen and
hogs were butchered for the occasion.
A number of Portland business men
spoke for good roads. - Responses were
made by Tualatin , and , other WIN
lamette valley people. - -
"Father" "of tho House of Lords.
London. Ausr. 7. Earl Nelson, the old
est member of the house of lords,, re
ceived congratulations today on the oc
casion of his eighty-sixth birthday. He
succeeded to the earldom at the age of
12 and is the only member of the house
of lords who whs a peer during the life
time of King William IV. The earl is
a grand nepnew oi tne lamoua lora
Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, and by
virtue of this connection he receives a
f erpetual pension of $25,000 a year. He
n no way resembles) his illustrious
a-rand uncle, and Is as ttraightlaced s
the latter was the reverse. He was
at one time a clergyman, and for years
has been a
Frank Ehepard owner of tha Red Cross;
ambulance - today swore to a warrant
charging H. B. van Dusen with exceed'
ing the speed limit in driving his auto
mobile across tha steel brldgs last
night. Ehepard says the auto collided
with the ambulance and but for the f act
that tha horses were gentle a. serious)
runaway accident might have followed.
In the ambulance were a patient and two
attendants., They were badly fright
enod. , -
"I would like to hava this matter
taken up," said Mr. Shepard to Deputy
City Attorney Frank B. Grant, "because;
It happens every now and then that au
tomobllea run into us when we cross tha
bridges. Carrying sick people we natu
rally have to drive slowly and tha
chauffeurs do not seem to give us any
consideration whatever. It Is better to
put a stop to tha practice before a mor
serious accident occurs.
JAMES M'FARLAND ' '
. , RESISTS SWEATING
I TTnftMl anal ImwhA WIm.1i '
San-Jose, Cal,, Aug. 7 After belnaf
sweated all morning by etrerirr veaie. as
sisted by three deputies. James Mc Farm
land, susnected of nvurderinsr Manuel
Garcia, the Livermore rancher, Monday,
was taken to Martlnes, the county seat
or contra ijosta county, today, , ?
Aitnougn xucranana nas oeejj under a
constant fire of questioning since -last
night, ha stoutly denied that he was
concerned with tha murder of the ranch'
man in any manner or had any knowl
edge of the crime. -
He admitted that he discovered th
bloody ax used to beat the rancher's
head In and later found tha body of thy
slain man. He stated also that he wa
on the ranch when : the murder was :
committed, as he waa in Garcia's em
ploy, having gone to work on Sunday.
But through it all ha said nothing that
would actually Incriminate him,
McFarland explained the fact that he
was wearing the murdered man's trous
ers and silver watch by saying ha had
picked up the watch from the side of
the dead body. Tha trousers, he said,
were taken In place of his own for the
reason that they were better. He said ,
he had Intended to notify the officials
Of the murder. -
Sheriff Veala so far has said nothing
to the prisoner regarding the supposed
blood spots found on the discarded
trousers left at the ranch, preferring to f
let the man talk on in Ignorance of this
evidence held against him.
GIRLS TO LEARN TO
TRDI OWN HEADGEAR
X. ' ' ' ssssaiaassasatasBasMs (..-1-5- -y r, . w, . .
When tha fall school term' opens next
month the domestic! science department ,
will add a course-of dressmaking In the
three high school. Later a millinery
department will be established and it la
probable that a new system of physical
culture for girls will be inaugurated.
ttttT t frm nTT t-TkTTm-rTn
- TO JOIN PIPING
A department of plumbing was added
to the curriculum of the trades school
by the board of school directors yester
day afternoon. J. H. Oault was elected
to head the new department at a salary
of $1600 a year., .
MISS GIBSON GETS
POSITION IN SCHOOLS
Miss Christina J. Gibson of Mil,
waukee, 'Wis., has been appointed by
the- school board to the position of as-"
slstant drawing teacher to fill the Va
prominent and Influential I cancy left by Miss Essie Robertson, re
member of the English Church union, (signed.
)