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JOURJAL-CIRCULATION CENTS TRAINS AND STANDS ft CENTS YESTERDAT WAS Sunday Journal Cc Tha weathar Fair tonight and Wedneaday; northwesterly winds. lJU d o TUESDAY , EVENING. SEPTEMBER 21, 1909,-ElGHTEEN PAGES, y PRICE TWO CENTS. 0 ntvn iw rrwa TAMP mi CkJUi PORTLAND, ; OREGON. VOL. VIII. NO. 171. Ar . 1 1 : V SI I I I I V J I I I If I 111 A 7 A V "WJ If l I I 1 ' I H A I I y( I, IV I ' i I - - . I . ' .-..'.....,.. , ll , , . : ' II: : I ... t . . lJJJr UVU' U y U s Ir . ' .., -v; ; t r i , , ..iiLiivAiii"nifl ini C'OAfOUEi?pRS mi Greeted by Family, Friends onri Admirincr Thousands as He Lands ' From the Steamer Reiterates His Claim. : .- (Voite4 Pre Um& Wlri . K,w York, Sept, 11. Dr. IeJrlck A. Cook was reunited today, afer two veara With his Wife and children, who ffln tl at Quarantine. early ,hA .hi aaw her hu-band Mr.. rnit. hoardud - h. tuF ran- to him and ?. . .minJ hia necK. leara were runnlnir. dowiwr"eUs-' weldomed him to America wwr .... hardships in the f roaen north land. - Cook was next greeted . by hi whom he kissed fond- lv .ft.; which he turned and shook hands warSly with his brother. William Cook and Bosewell Stebblns and Knowles Hare, both of whom are rnem bra of the executive committee f the A8oon "nerward'the steamer GramJ fee. xrxco dVwn and brought W-, stopnear the '"Then-thaenttre party was ran. frrid to the Grand Republic, hich fmmliatei; "lowed her way to Brook lvn where a crowd or - JO.poo people wilted at the pier to f reet their lellow XT the" veasel 'approached her land init the tugs In the harbor whistled while the cfowds, on the" shore cheered l0Whyen the Grand Republic Undid J numblr of automobiles were waiting to J,T Dr, ;,cook and his party .to the Bushwtck club, he walked do . 1,1 mi maV wii way.through the jam to the thA headauarters of the. BushwlcK ciua Acoounts for BkepttcisM. Thousands of 'P"""." Swed-at thVsight for a while and thes bfoka Into a. great cheer for the x plorer.--"zT,'" r,ubllc neared the" wuTlroon sjs the suppUei that nere ma1nde!rr, by Peary, anything regarding . his trip. WStuiiilyi-I did not tell Murphy anyiWng of my .? aa probably led Peary to think I was un, successf uU ;.r: ,;k' . , , Prodigious anthaalasm. r . rr; Cook came Into hta ownthe o h2 boarded the Grand Republic. Srwas neWmobbed by hi. An ' enthusiastic partisan thr ' .th nf white roses about Cook a necK MTlt.Simalnid there until the vessel 5i,iX t the Brooklvn l"r. Here the 2Ewft&na enthusiastlo than VhI Grand' -Jle-comed the explorer on the orana no pUil,C.ouvBJrV hunter to .off;. M Bhreds. The explorers oeroj v "!!! "i?:. h ressel had - left iSr'fok'mounted the hur- Ijuai a"'u" , (Continued on Page Two.) WORE WOE FOR- POLICE CAPUKi Broadhead Suspended-, and Must Show Cause or Be : Fired Entirely, v V,ew, 'Thomas M- Th ST," cheree ! rtrlrl lesrwe- lf-tJ llt Troe"h f sited fll-1 by th-M- the iiinu" ' ". ih. el erl- lApaeleetTnrferloln. b.r. not ronowl thi filing of rhsrse by the i, 'LIJ. the ofneer hs Keen why he n"t he rmorr-1 from r-rtlB the eettlement ef the This photograph I Pr.rCook wa Uken Bpwiallj ImihedUtely after he landed at Copenhagen on hla way to America. ' y . ' . Supreme ",(iurt:. of . Oregon ;iteyerses ;iiiiuuiuuiv ujAaiva ; Case Evidence, tfot Suf ficient to' Prove Motive- Other Opinions, y (Salem" Bnresn of The Journals ' f?a!em: Or.. Sept; 21. In an opin ion by Chief Justice Moore the Ore gon supreme court today, reversed the case of Abe Hembree, who was accused of the murder of his wife in Tillamook , county December 28, 1905, and tried for the crime Jasi April at Dallas, and a new trial is ordered. The Hembree case w nw torious r one. - The defendant was t,.iaiV.nne before for the murder of his daughter, which crime, is Bam to have been committed. at . me, aanw time the wife is alleged to have been murdered, "y. . ' " , The former conviction was securea In Vemhlll ' COUnt. , 1 ne veru.tv was' "manslaughter and Judge Mc nrida aara the' defendant an Inde- t.. nrinnn sentence, ncui- bree was paraonea rh.A,hrialn because of .the lack or evidence ftgatnst the prisoner. Hem bree returned to Tillamook, was i re arrested . and made to stand trial again, this time before Judge George H. Burnett at;Daiias. Because of the intense feeling against the defendant In Tillamook tt wa aec essarv to hold both trials utf. the JuriKiletion cf the Tillamook urta. (n erree icmrger. The second verdict Was murder ta the first - degree and Hembree waa sen tenced to be hangel. It w.a from thla dwm that the defendant appealed and Mcared the reversal and new. trial, to day. The grounds for the decision of the supreme1 court are . general and based en lack of. evidence sufficient ts convict. Th t.te attempted to shew by elr- ....i.i.1 erlienee " lht Hembree . - w ntls altrl hu f awl '"Ih. rrtl,H.r lnm.lnoes eff-ed w the Knu. we. hnmed. thel tK iwH of embers first seen ' h fire couM eot hae he sofflfe rrwn th wateHai fr"n w-K-!l te KolMins vae er.rre1. that mhn the ee,"r.a er rile. "Tre-1 f k i . 1 bnea Were SB1 tee UMifi ABEHEiBREE GETS HEW TRIAL t.e-.i himself and Ms dsusMer CMLIZMION Steamer Roosevelt Sails Into Sydney Harbor and Great Reception Is Accorded the Explorer City Elaborate ly Decorated. V (United PreM' teased Wire.) Sydney. N. S., Sept. 21. Sur rounded by a flotilla of hundreds of craft of every description which were crowded with cheering humanity, the Roosevelt, with Commander Robert Peary on board, ateamed slowly into As the vessel made us way iuruuK the boats ; clustering about it, Peary stood near the bow. By his side Mrs. Peary was seen. She had boarded the Roosevelt 10 miles to the north 1 of Point Low from the yacht, Sheelah. As soon as the Roosevelt had been brought to a . Btop in ? the stream, she was hoarded by the city and dominion official, who' officially' Welcomed the American explorer. Th welcome accorded reary oer was the spatestir8emoriSii4Won - ever given to anyone in uu.a:uu:v ... dominion. ' '"'.'', . The city la crowded witn vis ur from the surrounding countryside ana is 4 lavishly decoraced with flags and emblems In honor oCommander Peary When tne koobbvov l harbor vessels of all "' i,""!"". the shore loaded down with admirers of the explorer. Upon nearer pv-u. the wh sties or me ""(i"; vessels at anchor began and continued until the Kooseveii. wn and the reception commu uU InU an? to wflcome him once more to civilisation after his successful dash the Norm foie. , thB Probahlv the -proudest chHdren in the -orid toclav are the two cnuaren o Commander Peary, who , accomp an eu their motner on in. oiicc.a,, - - her boarded the Roosevelt before her arwVhaiie'hthe reception committee was Robert stood close to hls elder sister cee'kYM JfiS? which he w8 .hardly able to control. Md his ey never left the figure of his ratner, Sweeping From Florida to Texa-s Hurricane Lauses Great "Disaster. cation with :NewOrleah-1 was cut .rc rwprlhe'uTf cBo.-.t-fromlorid ?W The total loss of Ufa and the VropJrtyTdVTresuHi; Jrom the hurrtcaJJe are unknown at this tlme- . r known to be dead at ew OrCSa.'Sid.?. the least,? "h'rw'" prishA a..: the sh llne when the ''Tr.r.Jh. gulf were driven Inland damatrlnit the railroad - tracks ?i J52Lj. TASS thiVoft soil of the coast country h-e been washed out in many Places and a nber of . brSgea have Uen carried '"jurt hefore the wire, wentdown to d.r It waa Wrt4 that the atom, was abAmon'g the dtlea known to ave suf kt. oiMni Mobile. Blloxl. WI.V. J PensaeoU. FU- A number f smaller rlacea are reported to have partially wrecsro. hlORXIXG GAME , . WOXBYSFOKAXE - . . - t ....I Wlra.1 ftpekeU. Sent. J' wonTfrom Vancouver in b '"Tf r.me here. tJ": , , " Vsnoouver J I 1 ii 3 ? B. t terle. Va c rr. rdfloek and gta-Btey; gpokaae. IVwiner and Ortdlek. LVZ0X TOWXSITE ; SELLS FOR $100,000 DEATH Hi RUIN FOLLOW STORM . h..li m t "ll e-vh f P"toe arvl J.mej A. M we t MI.W fcai-e rrr. J . t-.Vr lai'ed rf'eg and WHEEL Sheriff Stevens Says He Will v Issue Strict Orders , to A';Eoadhouso!, Managers Not 'to Sell .Intoxicants to Chauffeurs. ' y Ttnadhouses must stop selling drinks to men who' gre at the "wheel of automobiles. In all such cases hereafter when I learn that drinks have been sold by these -places to atifAm hii drivers I will ask -the rnnntv court to revoke the license Further than that, when I learn that drivert are frequenting saloons anywhere, and calling for drinks I shall ask . the city to revoao , iu0 f the drivers." Thla la a statement made by Sheriff RL Stevens this morning lh discuss ing th question, of preventing a recur- "..,-k1 tragedies as those in IrT;; Vl and Mrs. Dollia : Per- r h heen watchinB-the roadhouses ' nt." continued the ior uiuu. - , sheriff, ; "I have driven out on the country riads at night and visited these places to see what was going on. . Oen JraUr I have found them conducted In in "rderly way- that Is, about asinr derly as such pfeces can be .pj. In a .Hproo censes revoaea. i . .- waning.hay--''''J;-"rhe usual, excuse eoaenlng dtsor der is-.''tt4Aeljiiaicted ' persons m house. They say. "What can I do when a bunch of . fellows like ?hu I. tell them that Is a matter for them to settle--for themselves, that ne" they can . control their Premises and observe the law they-will have to Quit that business. ! ... - i - Hot Beating Machines. "I find ' as ; a rule the trouble does not come from rented macnines. usually results when some young blood, by some means get hold of a machine like the case of Holland and Robert son. Men who rent maeninea much at stake to entrust them to reck less drivers, and they do not encour aite joy rides.; . Generally . their ma chines are rented by the hour anB they make their trips as long as thercan. "Then there we few young aportii who have, money enough to buy their own cars who are reckless. It won't matter who- It is, I am going to act as soon as t hear that men driving ma chines are drinking. The 9 per cent of law abiding and respectable automo bile owners ought not to suffer .for the other 1 per cent. . , .- This affair out by the twelve Mile house should be a terrible warnlne to boys who think It smart to get hold of an auto and go out and get drinks into them. It ought also to be a warning to girls who have been going out on aucn it AndSniiMi a.re rearulated by state law, and there is no provision requiring i . i. ainu a anvtlme exceDt , on Sunday, when they must not be open "for the purpose oi uh.k. are grsnted by the county court for one jaa .rn a rtetitlnn which must be algneA by an actual majority of the residents of the precinct who have lived there for at least 80 days. The regulations of the state law are as fol lows: '.,'.' Kta.ta Law on ; Subleot. . "8ectlon S85 Every person applying for a license to sen spiruuouj. man or vinous liquors, or fermented cider, vnnwn a hard cider, before securing the same, shall execute to the county a penal bond In the sum Of 1 1000. Ith two or more sufficient sure ties, to be approved by such court, con ditioned that he will 'keep an orderly house, and that he will not permit any unlawful gaming or riotous conduct In or about his house, and Jhat he will not open, or permit to be evened, his Place of business for the purpose of traffic onx the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday; that he will not give, sell or supply spirituous, malt or vinous liquors or fermented cider, commonly known as hard cider, to minors or ha bitual drunkards, nor to any person at the tfme In a drunken or Intoxicated condition." For av violation of any of the pro visions of this law the penalty Is a (Continued on Page Three.) GET THE wSwapw Habit ' READ THE , . Exchange ; Ads OF THE CLASSIFIED .- PAGES TODAY Offer to "swap" articles. They may. be just what 'you have: been looking for. V, ' Fhone Your AdiX lain 7173 A60J1 iiSI KEEP . SOBER GOV. J 0HHS0I1 CALLED BY DEATH Heroic to the Last, This Champion , of the Teople Passes to His Reward His Life That of the Amer ican at His Best. The tate Governor John A.' Johnson . of Minnesota. ; "y;.-; f ' -' V .' (United rM 'a' 'Wilte.V''fi'''? Roohester.MInru Sept. Sl.-Goyereor Albert Johnson,- looked upon by ; thou sands: trie Dosslble Democratic stand ard bearer in' 1912 and three times elect ed governor of 'Minnesota,' died at St Mary's hospital at 8:25 o'clock this morning fallowing . an : operation last Wednesday for Intestinal trouble. Mrs. Johnson is on the verge or a co -lapse and is under the care of phySl- Cl Shortly after midnight Ooyemor John son took a turn for the worse and at tending physicians realised that the end was near. For short periods after mid night the governor was unconscious, in thi intervals hismind, was perfectly clear.' ."" f: '" ; , .tgtA At 1:30 he lapsea inio in ....u.,.n... (invprnor Johnson did not once speak of his fate, although he seemea 10 reo i.u. " nCWhen the end came "Mrs. Johnson, Miss Margaret Sullivan, bosom friend of the governors wife. Miss Jamme. . t. at Mary's hospital, Mrs. Pnysiclan McNevln were at tjie bedside. With the passing away John A. Johnson, the state of Minnesota Passes Into the . hands of Republican administration, for the first time in five un,Hwv annthar nurse. nu nuuos fh will be arulded by Lieutenant Governor Kvernari, a f-uwi- Johnson was first elected governor of Minnesota in . . ... ,., A snerlal train bearing the. remains of Governor Johnson left Rochester at 3 o'clock this afternoon-and arrive in St. Paul by S.m. The body is being escorted by a detachment or state militia. Chaplain Lawler of the late governor's staff will conduct the funeral services wn.cn wu m!!Wrmtns Willi be burled In St Peter's cemetery Thursday. St. Paul, Minn., Sept tl Lieutenant r,.. Therh(irt who will fill OUt the red term of the late Governor Johnson, is a native of Sweden. His name was Adolphus Olson, but as there are so many people of the same name in U......I. when ha married Miss Eber- hart the lieutenant governor took her name. JOHNSON'S RISE FROM DEEPEST POVERTY TO HONORS THE HIGHEST (United Press teased Wire.) St Paul. Minn- Sept. 14. "By far the best medicine that ever came out of a drug store." . This is the wsy Frederick B. L,ynch once described John Albert Johnson. Jnvernor of Minnesota. He referred to nhnson's early employment In a drug store at St Peter. Minn., and his subse quent achievement for the, people or his state. . Jnhnaon served as a clerk In a drug store, - auditor tor a lumber company. dH4 f a country newspaper, a state enator. and. finally governor. He rose from the mst abject and cruel poverty, being -obllred to leave school in hi twelfth year and go to work so a to rupport the family.. ... n aiiad la OyttaMJaaa. Pot through It ail he preferred his MilmUm and hH faith In human na ture. Hta character was a series or dellahtful contrast. He was eoeerva tlre ta his rrsonal hellefs and tsstes. disliking nates tatlon or disnJay and e crytng anything like eroal adver tleejnent Tet ao elmple was he Ja w that, when he was Intro duced to apeak er Cannon en day Jn Washington while the bouse was In mum. he took It aa a mailer of "r that e should . sit on the r"T " ieek with hi. b-rk to the mewr tMratuse there was oe extra thalr ror bl' m belore-l r all the Tc?' of l"v . k- I s . A . V ' , II ' ' ' t i (CUYa O" Iwe- GALE SWEEPS BUTCHERY SOUTH RUSSIA IS Reports Come That Natchez " and Greenville Have Been Partially Destroyed,-With . 'Heavy ; Mortality Attend . lng Catastrophe. H . r..-m immH Wire I - luniww ' " ' . ...i. c.nt ai I m inn npair. here' have Just received an unverified renort to tfie effect that at least half nt the rltv of NatChes. Miss., na uw destroy ing the destroyed by the storm that, is sweep guir ulf coast. Natchea is a town of 1J,00(), Inhabitants. Memphis, Sept. il. A report has Just resched here stating that Oreeri viile. Miss., hss been wrecked by the storm. At least one half of the houses in the town have been unroofed, and a number of persons are reported to nave been killed. All wires running Into Greenville are down and confirmation of the rumor at this tlma Is impossi ble. . ; Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. ll.All communi cation with the gulf cities Is out today and but a few scattered reports of the devaatatlon of the settlements along rsxmt hi. leati-jrcivel...Xiia hur-i rlcane is the worst that has visited the gulf for years. It is reported that a number of beautiful summer resorts which dotted the beaches of the gulf have been destroyed by ths encroaching waters, which have been driven, far Inland by the fury of the wlnda The streets of Mobile and a . number of smaller . towns, are flooded and many Seraons are': reported to' have " been rowned, while othera hava been killed hv riiilnr hulldlnsa and crushed under trees which have teen; uprooted by the terrible force of the gale., rVfcksburg. Miss-., Sept. Jl It Is re ported that - tne waters ; iroiu jaivn Ponchartraln-' have been driven Into New Orleans through the two big chan nels,, inundating a number of streets in the- city to a depth of several -teet , Kf forts have been made all day to get into communication with - the wireless station at Pensacola, but -up to late this afternoon no reply has been received. It Is believed here from reports - already received that heavy- property damage has been sustained at-Pensacola and the surrounding country. " , y , Reports from the coast line indicate a number of fatalities among the fisher men. It is estimated that half a hun dred more than the 20 already known to be dead have heen arownea aurtng u. storm. ! ' GETS BE FROM THE DEAD Alaskan Miner, Crippled and 111, Dies While Seeking ; Aid Pitiful Letter. (United Preas Leaaed Wlra.1 Seattle. Sept'21. "I am In a desper ate condition. I am all crippled up with rheumatism and can hardly walk. Am all alone and some BO miles or mora from the nearest help, as far as I know. I am going to try to make It through tn the railroad survey, with the ho that I may find men working there and tret help. Goodbye, old boy. goodbye. i v..,.in... rrt with this message. dated May 27. 1906, was received here today by Erastus P. Humphrey, pro prietor of the Orpheum cafe and hak- i.a in letter from the post- mister of Susltna, Alaska. Tha letter informed him. for the first time, of the death of A. E. Beadle, an old rriena ana . 7 ahnu remains had been found by Indians in the summer of 1S". a year before tha discovery of the mThfilttle piece of pasteboard on which the lonely miner, crippled with rheumatism and suffering from ex posure and cold, had written his last Werds wss one of Humphrey's own busings cards, which Beadle bad take north with him In the summer of 105. It was found tacked up In the tent early list August by John F. Wallace, who was prospecting In tha vicinity. Wallace took the card to the. post master of Susitns. who sent It at once to Humphrey, together with an account of the dlacovery of Beadles "mains and the later discovery of the tent end card.- ; VICIIIil IIII1EJEEI DEEP Evidences of a Tragedy of Fairly Da3s Is Disclosed in Umatilla County. fr.tta4 Peass Ued Pendleton. Or, 8ft- 11 Mrvtery surrounds the "M-? CVhe of the rerr-alns ef 4 ' 'r ..I , ,7 Is onlr the falnteet ehe of dee.tnr The drees and a can erne atb"e InaTala of Cemrnr k. Second L'at anaTsfaatry fhe "'J""'" ale feet ndrrrnwd nd emrnM-d to r.LrV, when rereored. It la -e're4 UTlody was that f ror.reder.le a.,ijt-r. The eaurdrr theory s a4 vtnrea, , . - BURIED Reactionaries ' Tlayv .Upon Fanaticism and Attack Upon Worshipers in Syna gogue at Kief Is :- Signal for Massacre and Pillage, '- (United Press Leased. TTI.re.J . . Berlin, Sept: 21. -Fifty?- Jewlstir men and "women have been mas sacred, 120 others aerlously injured and a thousand beatenhy an infu riated mob of Russians at Kief,. ae re cording to late dispatches received here this afternoon.; According .to the' reports the massacre Is much like the last " which occurred, in' the Russian city when hundreds of Jews were murdered. Outrages of the most atrocious kind have occurred. Jewish men, women and ? children have been ;murdered, tortured ; and i V... .hi. naasnntrv. whfl Were . UUUiiW .m-- nrert ohAo commit horrible crimes by men ' prominent : In . the reaction ary fiarty'. The -slaughter began -Thursday. , During the massacre the authorities- were passive, allow ing murder and looting to go uu uur der their eyes without so much as lifting a hand to stop the wanton acta, of the. frenzied Russians. .i-;bIII jWss''lssea''Wlra,) : Berlin, Sept Jl. Anotner msssai.ro , of the Jews by the Russians occurred at Kief, according to advlcea received here today- by prominent Jews oi city. ' Tha -Slaughter - oegan rJ-"u,aua- and did hot end until Monday. . miny Have been killed and 120 have been se riously injured. or baiting has been going on and the out break" of . tha followers o t the Greek church against those of ' tha Jewish faith has been looked for. ' According to the dispatches the great est terror exist among the Jews and none of them dare venture on the thor. oughfares, for fear of being killed by the , moos, many nn wii..- ,": their houses and have armed themsely to withstand the attacks of the Russian religionists should tha massacres con tinue. - ' - Foliee Connive ( at oangater. , k. Hitrlnv the last massa cre made but half hearted attempts to stop the butcheries, '.although several Jews were killed n the streets within the sight of officers. A number of the victims were caught on the street af ter nightfall and tatofl:, IB is reared mi '" , ; , the"part of ha 'peaaantiyja . Imminent against the Jewish people and the reen actment of the atrocious murders of Kief during the last massacre is ex pected by the Jews here. J .., During the three days of terror tha Russians destroyed Property to the val ue of hundreds of thousands of dollars belonging to the persecuted PfP' nf'J thousand Jews bfve been beaten and slightly t Injured in the clashes. , The Jews have scant means ofjSefense and durin the riots they succeeded in kill ing three Russians in the numerous en counters In addition to Russian cas Samieay a score were injured, but none, fatally. '.. '.-'-- '' ' " " ,:y . raasants Thirst for Blood. The rage of the peasants against the Jews wsl Increased by the the Russians and following the death of the first man. mobs composed or , hundreds rushed into tne jewisn ' ter of the city and wrecked buslne houses belonginc to them.- After the places were broken Into, thieves looted ihe stores end csrrled off everything of value. With the exception of a Ten, Vhe Jew. rave fled before the infur iated rioters without offering, a show of resistance.- Those who sttempted to protect their homes were beaten and la marty Instances killed. ... Tha Jews- In this -city are consider. Ing means or assisting their per-u ed hrethren. and It . Is probable that the vernment will be petitioned to re. (Continued on Page four.) COAST flEFEHSE New Project Includes Tmi torj From Grays Ha r- . " 'W to Coos Ray. aee1al raew Ta Port sVeTena. i-Tt- 1 1 t roe, 1 a land defense on the ftniw "--', JvT ar-t deal ?f '''"''yj; It. Lieutenant Para of the e cn8. wtts a detarhmer,t from . wn.a a ,r.'.'. . rm, from .r. y, '.". aad has J.rerre4 aa ...Kertt. t or. for the r.er-e...-r r At eTtwr'r ' In tVe fl'H "'" " ', the o. .- ' ' " tended l " f ' 1 " a1 eer ' 't f-r-a wor w. y ' wt- . t-e l 1 e,-w. rp- . - " t,m .el ft I- . . r. t,a .M ' ' ' ' t r - a e t,a t r, 4j.rr'i f.f f e- SURVEYS MADE t . "y ' y ; a aiu a.'U suit root) j nt'.ectfal of tie dslj-. n f. lrtnt ana