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I ; " ' 1 f , i . ll .,.11-, - . .. . wc 'f-.tt t T . - V THi: IAJLY JOVKXAL IH Two Cents a Copy JOURNAL CIRCULATION ?V ' TESTEHUAT WAS - Pun Jar Journal 0 rents; or IS rents week) fur Dull aiid Sunday Jour pal, by carrier, drllveml. .The' weather Occasional rain to night and Friday; southerly wind. VOL. VIII. NO.' Ifi0. PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1909. -TWENTY-TWO. PAGES.' V PRICE TWO 4 CENTS. ItiPSSZ , - - a 1 (I'lin .x Biffltt) JHIiiil 111 RAIL li IS KILLED Mrs. r Lena Heiney Murders Adopted 1 Infant and; Then Commits Suicide in a i Sensational Planner' Near . urcsnam, ... New President -of Union? Pacific t n 1 liflG FORC'EMl?.. Ht I S LAS CALL CRISIS;! .'V:;v' vV J Mr. Lena Heiney, wife ' of Robs Hejney, of Linneman Junction, near Gresbam, crusnea 'witn a eieage hammer the head of her 17-months- 1 a J i. J -S V jna T7i.ur.Al ' w. la morning toon after 6 o clock, and , then Tunning In front of a Portland- . bound Cazadero , train, ended her . bwn life. , The woman has been mentally unbalanced for some time j it . , t . . ana -wan lexi aione wim me uuy iur ft short time this' morning for the ; first' time In. months: , The. body of . the murdered baby is no w In charge of R. R. Carlson; un dertaker at Gresham, while the body of the woman Is'at the morgue '," Ross Heiney and .his wife live oni 'and one half mile-south from Llnneman i Junction on the. Pleasant Valley road. They have been married for the past is years, and for, the past four 'of. five years Mwi. Heiney has been ? afflicted with nervous trouble. JCept at s Sanitarium. , feomeflve months ago Heineybrought ' hi wife' to Portland, where she was torv DC ' Judge Robert S. Lovett. - LOVETT IS Ml U.P. Premier Maura and His Cab inet Eesigrn on Pemand of . Monarch Good Faith ,to , Be Judged by Choice xbf " Maura's Successor. Popular Interpreter of Chari acters is ieau at irruit- ale, .'California, BOOTLEGGERS TAKE 1EUL 1 I PRSDII I Former General Counsel for Harriman Lines Will Continue Policies. TTnlk Pmh Tmu Win 1 Iew Tork. Oct.; 11. Robert S. Lovett. rice president' and general ' counsel for the ' Harriman .lines, was elected presi dent of the Union Pacific and the Ore? gon Short Line today. Three new vice presidents were added to the Union Pacific's staff.- They were J. C Stubbs, Julius JCruttechnitt, "director bf malnt . (Coltcd Prm Leafed Win.) London, Oct 21. A dispatch received here today by the Exchange Telegraph from Madrid says the Spanish cabinet hss resigned, 'and that King Alfonso has accepted their resignations. The resignation of the cabinet came about today on the express demand of King Alfonso. Immediately following the acceptance of their -resignations Alfonso entered Into a -conference with his advisers with the view of select ing a new premier who would be - able to assemble another cabinet. Upon the choice to be made depends the. future of the Spanish throne. The appointment of a conservative would be a signal for the liberals andrad-. Icals to continue the antl-clerlcaL and anti-military .demonstrations which have nearly caused an open revolu tion already. If Is known that Alfonso does not want to appoint a liberal to the pre miership. . If he should , decide to do so, however. rButcaer" , Weyler. who has been extremely active in the liberal ranks, will probably be the" man. The country is - 1ft a state bordering on chaos and the sudden resignations of the' cabinet members, . notwithstand ing they were expected, has Intensified the situation, ..-. .... - It ts openly acknowledged that Spain now faces , a crisis as acuta as that brought on by the -execution of Pro fessor Francisco Ferrer at Barcelona. ; Prominent ' diplomatists ' express the opinion that- the appointment of - the premier to succeed Maura will tndi whether Alfonso was really en- ni anoe and Deration of the Union Pa- Jt1 " -hii' whiH 2 T-JI?!?- ci'lft nd SouUerw-PaVlflff systems, and for" some lime.' WhPir she grew better, I ,,,, ..,,, n .i,. tt(- apparently, Heiney took her home again, ,-. and in order to see that She did herself 1 . ' " ' ' ' ': ' ' o harm has been staying with her iV A; " ""ri- , ; i. . I Constantly., " I 1 J'ie"i, w iceieuieu i mnrvita on... II.. TTalnav wa h fnn Ihbt " BUUIIir CIIUIIU wet mn III Ul Ul .1,. h,"A -hiMrAn ant f nrri rectorateof the Oregon Short ' Line, I cate pleaae her Heiney auopted the little I Stubbs, Kruttschnitt. and Mahl ; being I raged because he was not told the true Baby Home in Portland. Its .parents vice president aancrort was reeiectea. are dead. During the time that Mrs. Jacob Schlff and Wlllam Rockefeller Heiney was at the Mountain View san- were added to the executive committee atorlum the child .'.was), taken care of I of the' Oregon Short Line. Otherwise by Mrs. Frank Heiney. sister-in-law of the executive committees of both reads Boss Heiney and wife of Frank Heiney 1 remain pracucauy uncnangea. - wko owns a sawmill In that vicinity. J . .The election of Jacob Schlff. William Head Smashed to Palp. I Rockefeller and Julius Kruttscnniw to Believing that his wife had recovered L,.; M.. , miat. h.ni. the. policies of the roads. All of them REVENGE Enemies of Leader of Cru 1 sade Against Them Pour Oil on Son's Clothing and Set It on Fire Boy May Die, William L. Gleason. ply took the action he did, against Maura ; and . the cabinet for the reason that he feared 'his-subjects would hold him personally responsible for Ferrer's death. her mental poise Heiney brought the child home yesterday morning, and this in ".;r.. r ..Z i:t';:,. ""a.l"! either were '-closely-affiliated with him. time after 6 o'clock, left for the mill I , . ii. i.. T .ZIZ.Tm- where he expected to resume his work. I ,ul"l, v"". "rf ""T Y . Interrupted by the Illness of his wife. Almost Immediately after the depart lire of her busbaad. according to indi- ledge ' hammer . ana crushed the little .srlrl's head to a shaneless miln. - She ,then ran from the house and walked to Llnneman Junction and then took the O. W. P track and went east for some distance. . - Julius Vanderschere and , his wife were eating breakfast when Mrs. Heiney passed their house without hat or coat. mey noucea inai sne seemed to act in a strange - manner, being attracted by se section hands on the road. As shs approached these men she covered her face with her hands and ran past them up the trsck. After running up tne track for about 200 yards Mrs. Heiney waited there (Continued on Paare Ten.) imbued with, his opinions in connection with the methods 'under which railroads should be directed romf?iat.e,jr. !LnA !,?'tlLf5 Entrance which he dominated were being reor ganised. Lovett was elected as the head of the executive, committee of the Union Pacific "which took charge' of th rail road's, affairs temporarily pending the completion of the permanent arrange ments. ' .v v ', ' ' " , At that time it was announced unoffl dally that Lovett- would succeed hi PARDON ONLY CAN SAVE J: I. ROSS to Can Be Cut Off for Only a Few Months. Governor Benson's pardon Is . the only thing that can save J. Thorhurn Ross, ex-president of the Title Guar- dead chief as the head, of the system, I antes & Trust company, from five lopg and that -binder him the Harriman poll-1 years of , incarceration in the state cles would be continued. ; .... ... IpenltenUary at Salem, according to at- Lovett was general, counsel ror xneitornava tntereated In the case from 'th warriman 4in.-, am u wa. , ttarrimao m Int of the state. These attor- Oakland, CaL, . Oct 21. The funeral of William L. Gleason, veteran comedian and stage director, - friend ' of Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Edwlu Forrest, Lawrence Barrett and .other famous ac tors,, who died in a sanatorium in Fruit- vale yesterday, following an operation, will . be- held .Friday afternoon. The body will be.eremated. iVJ ; ' ;. j' Aitnougu Gleason had - been In ooor neaitn ror several years, be 'kept? stead ily at his work until a few weeks before his death. Besides; his widow, Mlna Crollus Gleason, who also is a famous character actress, . Gleason' Is survived by a son. James,' who Is playing in the east. , - T ;i ,i; . I ' oiioruy aiier uieason was Dorn in lre- Jrenitentiary I land in I860, his parents came to this country ana locaiea in uincinnatL .When the civil war was at its height, Gleason, at the age of 13, ran away from his home, Jolned'the, Tenth Ohio regiment. went to the front and was engaged in several battles. " , " " 1 His theatrioal career also started in Cincinnati, where at the age of 17 ho (Hntted Preae Lr.Md wlr.t Aneta, N. D., Oct. tl. Kenneth Mc- Kensie, IS years old. Is dying in a Fargo hospital following his encounter last night with two men supposed to be ene mies of his father, Simon McKenzle, a butcher, who has been actively engaged in leading a crusade against alleged bootleggers here. Kenneth started out last night to deliver meat to several customers, carrying a lantern to light him on his way. He was held up by two men. The larger of the two held the lad while the other took his lantern away from him and saturated boy's clothing with the oil which it Contained. Then the two men ignited the boy's clothes and disappeared in the darkness Screaming for help, the lad, now a liv ing, biasing ball of fire, rolled in a near by plot of grass in an effort to extin guish the flames. His efforts, however. were unsuccessful, and. before the flames were later extinguished by pedestrians the lad had been horribly burned from head to.'foot. .Although his case was apparently hopeless and he was suffering excruciat ing agony, Kenneth was hurried to the hospital .at Fargo, where it' . was.; Bald his burns would probably prove fatal Kenneth was one of the most popular beys- ta Anefcsii 'etw$ ithe-maimer '"in wh-hh enemies of McKnaie sought revenge through the son has ' arouSed the town j to ,a high pitch of , exoltement, and If the assailants are nouna n n aimost ceriaun mey wui av eumiuiiy ueau With. Would MakeWar From the Clouds . f . S . " . , ': '.'ft ,. '" v Pope's Secretary 111. k (United Pre. Leaaed Wire. Borne, Oct. 21. -Papal Secretary Mer ry.del Val is today recovering from convulsions -he suffered last night as the result -of taking an overdose of an obesity cure which had been prescribed for' him. His condition is not serious DEATH SITS AT STEERING WHEEL Chauffeur Dies While Speed ing Car and It Crashes Into Tree- I)our Hurt. (Continued on Page Fifteen. ) right hand man, legally- speaking. He was made vice president and gen eral counsel . for .the Harriman ' lines about three years ago. " . ; DELARA'S FRIENDS SEEK i Petition Clarence Darrow. Famous Attorney, to Defend Noted Socialist in Fight Against Agents j)f Mexican GoTernmentWould Become American Citizen. ' Los Angeles, Oct. 21. Members of a hastily formed organisation known as the DeLara Defense league are await lng anxiously a reply io a telegraphic request that Clarence rrnrrow, the emi nent unicago murnrj, rvu. w mi. taij and Interest himseir in me oerenae or L. Guiterres Delars. tne Mexican so cialist arrested Monday as an alien an archlat ' . '. . Friends of the Mexican liberal met In conference last evening and decided to ppeal to Darrow to come to the aid of the man who accompanies jorn Kennein Turner through Mexico when Turner was aatnenna material lor ni cidoh id the Anerlno magasine, -barbarous Mexico." The following message was sent to the attorney: "Clarence Darrow. Chieacfc: Can yea some to ljom angeiee to aia in aeren of DcLsra. Mexican patriot, whom paid rents of dpot seek to deport asd slay as "errr was siain. . TKLARA DEFEX?B LEAGUE." Money for DeLara's defense, and snb- cnptlona to a fund to secure his re lane frona fail en ball are peering In. Cereral r-etltloos hat are belrr clreo latd about V city have rrlTe4 -eny slrrtaturea and the ball fund fcas aiready anumed reictab) frrpon t-e ILe-a Is receiving the heerty eaj port of pmrtlrnliy vry ttunn is L Argi. . It scoe-I toSayj neys contend that there is no ground upon which the case can be taken to the United States supreme court and that consequently the decision of the Oregon supreme court, recently hand ed down,' practically , puts a period to the fight made by the attorneys of Ross to save him from the sentence j of the lower court v ' Within 20 days from the time the supreme court handed down its de cision the attorneys for Ross will have to file their motion for a rehearing of his case before the Oregon supreme court This motion will take Its place on the docket of the court and in due j order wllLL be reached and argued. It will then require a little more time for the court, to promulgate its de cision on this argument Should the that the members of the Typographical motion' be granted.' then, of course, union st their next meeting would con-1 there would be another hearing before SMITH fS GUILTY BUT MAY ESCAPE Salem Man's Attorneys Dig Up Technicality in Ef fort to Appeal Case. (Satem-Bureaa of Tbe JonroaLI Salem, Or., - Oct tl. Though A. B Smith' was found guilty yesterday in the circuit court, of the attempted hold up of Hinge's Jewelry store a question has been, railed by the attorneys for the defense as to the legality of the conviction, and upon It the case may be carried to the supreme court At the last session the legislature en- elder resolutions protesting against the the suprems court: should it be denied robbery or robbery committed where ?..H.r """nnao bo- Rosa will be sent to nerve his sen- the use of dangerous weapons was in- v- - I i unn mm mi m at r. n . r r . r. similar resolutions will be considered! supreme court reaches the Circuit court at the meeting of the. Central Labor I of Marion county, be Tore which trl- councll of Los Angeles. I bunal Rosa wss given hi trial. DeLara Intends to nrolr. imB-irl It Is believed by attorneys that there from further alleged prosecution on the I no chance for. Roes to secure a re part of the Mexican government by ap-e-riDK before tbe supreme court That plying for papers making him a cltisesl body was unanimous In considering or-the United State. He Informed R. 1 th- esse and handed down Its decision A. Ifolston, his counsel, late last vea-ifnrn,,n the 'lower court without a lng of this resolve. "dissenting volco. - "If I am not sent to my death In 11 M TT nniuieiy. Mejlco," he said to Holston. '1 shalL Im- ln" tne supreme court wiu mediately upon my release, make a r tit ration fer my ftrst papers ef naturalise- tion aa a citisen of thia country. Thea I shall he beyond tne raca of hired sgnts Of tyrants who seek to destroy me." MEXICAX MAIL RIFLED BV DE LARA'S EXE3IIES mo mm. uau iv-t. zv. poetmaater rrers O Klfi, ef tre Terminal It and effir. wtlh w Rft yet t.bCUraed CM i FlftMa by granting the motion for a rehearing, In that ease it is expected that Its final word will be received noon after tbe first f tbe year. If not sooner, and that Ross will be seat to Salem to begin hie serrlca. . It is believed very likely that friends ef Roes will attempt to secure his release frees - the penitentiary th roach tbe pardon route.. s noon as tbe supreme court has dVnied tbe too- a rehearing, if It takes seen action. In that rae- It In very prob able that Governor Benson will t put Oder sill preevnre tnroarh Influen tial friends ef tbe conrtcted hanker tn an effort to prevent aay )eig stay y Urn ,t Palenv , i volved. The law was changed only In respect to the penalty which was made heavier. 8mlth's crime wss committed tn April before the new law went Into effect He was. indicted in Jul after the new law went Into effect but he was In dieted under the old law that had been repealed. The attorneys now- assert that Smith cannot bo sentenced under th old law for it Is repenled and tbe new law will not apply because It went Into effect after the crime was com saltted sad la legal phraseology 4s ex post facto. Insanity was Bmitn s ptea and a for- Inldable array of expert testimony was adduced to prove the claim. The Jury wan out about three and one half hours and returned a verdict of guilty, recom mending tbe prisoner to tbe leniency of th court " . .. ' . ' Agf-A J a panes Nobleman, Dies trslted rnaa I'm, 4 Wire ) Tokle. Oct tl ITarqals Saga, the eld-t attendant In the net-vice of the ewiperrn died fcer yesterday. (I years f ate. Varonls -star had nerved otm tin(Hi!r tn the Japanese court for tt years, during whRh time three emperors reigned. . fUnlfed Preia Leased Wire.) Burlington; Wis., Oct. 21. With grim death sitting at the wheel, the automo bile of James E. Reynolds crashed into a tree near TToy Center and four of the occupants received serious lnju I beds today. Tl r v. n t,&.....i.i . i -.1 . i " wb urivmg nis car along a country road it suddenly swerved into a ditch and crashed Into a tree. Reynolds was dead when he was removed from the wreckage - and physicians who were called stated that death had occurred some time before the aocident occurred. According to the doctors, he had died from heart failure, and with his lifeless hands clutching the steering wheel, had re mained upright in his seat until the car pumped the road. Mrs. George Meadows, her stster-in law. Miss Meadows, snd her two chil dren, who were Reynolds' guests on a pleasure spin, were painfully injured. Charles R. Flint. Charles R. Flint arriving from Eu rope, declared the United States should have a fleet of airships. ' : - "I am financing the 'Wright broth ers," he said. , T have been for two years. I did '. not want to say any thing about ' it until results . were ob tained. The United ' States has mad4 a great mistake in not buying the se crets of the-Wrights, instead of forcing them" to go' abroad, y For the cost of two battleships - we could, build-' 6000 aeroplanes with a capacity of 20 ten- pound cans of dynamite.' You can draw j ruu vwn liiMiuiumon as to wtiai wouia Lh.9jawn.lo afieetiif ovem-only 60 per cent of U were destroyed. ' We- are spending 4150,000,000 a year for haw maintenance. It -would be wise to use some part of it' for aeroplane .'experi ments." mmm mi ii t - i ' t j ' " -I - ' - " RGESI District Attorney-"BolicVes Two Indictments Will lie Ileturned Against Of fi cials and Directors of Defunct-Bank. OTfinM PULITZER LVILL : STAY AT HOME No Action Will Be Taken to Remove World Libel Case to Washington. TCDDICIO icnninu oiunii III EAST BENGAL Sninnawanas-nasssnanwsn ' "V Survivors Report 5000 to 10,000 Lives Lost and Great Property Loss. (United Preaa led Wire.) " Calcutta, Oct. 31. Between five and ten thousand natives- have perished in an East Bengal tornado', according to a few exhausted refugees arriving at Cal cutta today. " ' " Scores - of , bodies blown . into th Ganges by the force of the.' storm are floating down the river. ; ' ' ' ' A number of Europeans lived nvthe stricken district, and it is feared that they, too. have 'perished In" the storm. According to the few survivors arriv ing here today the fields for miles are strewn with debris and bodies. Hundreds of homes have been washed sway and the survivors ere now j facing death , by pestilence -and starvation. The' tornado was followed by a storm cf terrific proportions, and this wrought as much havoc as the tornado whclh descended suddenly upon the natives. At least two .Indictments will bfi returned against the officials and di rectors of tne Oregon Trust & Sav ings bank la the belief of the district attorneys office, fonnded on the In vestigations; already, jnade into the transactions of the old Institution. One Indictment will charge embez zlement of the funds of the bank. the other will charge, that, the of ficials and directors violated " the banking, law. by . accepting ; deposits when they knew tbe institution to bo Insolvent. .These , indictments will be returned by the grand Jury, if at all, before the first of the com ing month. .'.'- "rS .;-' .''7; f ;: ' The grand jury is continuing its prob ing Into the records snd the high finan cial tangle shown ;byr the report of the experts now before the members of that inquisitorial body. It -is calling such witnesses as It caih find who may be able to' throw ' light ' oh the- snarl and ' each ' Witness is being asked to tei; 11 he knpws of, th various etartUti transactions set- out in the report ,of tne- experts., v " tr""" I " " Investigation is Thorough. peputjr, District Attorney Fitzgerald is not confining the Investigation to ohe Incident or one ideal at a time, but Is asking each witness t to explain, if possible, all he. knows aDout all of tha transactions 1 while before the Jury. ' .- Officials of the Portland; Clearing House association have been, subpoena e.i by hO grand Jury, . and.- they: will , bo asked to throw light on' the statements of the bank officials at the time they appealed. to the, clearing -house to save the Oregon Trust a few- days . before the institution, went to- the. wall. It Is believed that tne testimony of these officials fwill establish th , fact that the directors and off iclals of the Ore gon Trust knew their bank to be in solvent at the time they first mode ap plication for aid to the clearing house. and that. In the face of this knowledge they continued to receive-deposits up to the evening that the bank finally closed its doors. . ; ; During the day the grand jury heard the stories of H. L. Frank,': one of the tellers of the Oregon Trust, R. W. Wilbur, attorney . for thre Board of Trade Building association, was also a witness, and was asked to tell what he knew of the account which ; the- as sociation had with the Oregon Trust, and hojv much money it took out of the bank,' and how. f " m , Note Teller , Deckless and -Bond ami Warrant; Clerk George Estes were als.j called as witnesses, as was ' Nats Si mon, attorney for the Golden Eafla department store, which received much aid from the bank with-practically no security. . '; .-'..-.;', . BespoasloUlty on Moore. T According to those who are following the investigation, the probe has dis closed that W. H. Moore, is responsible (Continued on Page Fifteen.) BlflKESLEfS TRIAL STAR County Treasurer Quick's Partner, Frank B. lrescott, Tells of Receiving Alleged' Blackmailing 'Letter ' Defendant's Handwriting Similar to "Jack's (Tslted Press LMed Wire.) Washington, Out 21. New Tork Oty will be the scene of the prosecution of th next of th Panama libel canes which have been Instituted by th fed' oral government sgafnst the New Tork World, the Indianapolis News and sev eral ether publications. Th case again th World In tbe next to be called. It ban not been derided when the kovern- mmt WUI proceed with tbe trial, an tbe business of th courts In In a congested condition. - - It Is assured that there will b no -no tion on tbe part of the proewattna to have tbe rs reanetvd from the turln- dk-tton of the tacni courts to Utth- lngton, aa was dnn at Indianapolis re cently, and for tM reason It la bettered th rase nlU.com vp for a specific de- lslon. . - (By Journal Staff Correpondeno. St Helens. Or., Oct II. Hundreds of reel gents of Columbia county crowded Into the circuit court room this after- rToon to' hear the first testimony In the sensational C- Kendall Blakesley black mall trial. .About noon the Jury, was completed and' this afternoon the call ing of witnesses began.' Durtnr the aft ernoon E. K. Quick, county treasurer ef Columbia county and chief witness for the stat. will be called. He will be asked only to Identify certain . letters alleged to have teen written to htrn by Blakesley for the purpoe of extorting! money. Th counsel for th defense Is confident that the trial will V finished this afternoon late. Few witness are to h examined by either aide and their testimony, wlthlsrhape the xrepttoa of tbe hand writing experta, will be brief. Tfce prosecuting attorney has seated that tbe detail of tb e-unpower plot, througn whir BUkeeiey I alleged to bar at tempted to blackmail Watch, will not be allowed to rose mt Other tectlaseny wbkh entvfct prove sua snore sensa tional will fee revered also. Trial Frssilsis nsatieas. The trial of C k"r,dn RUkee'er. on on r or! r known a "Toots'" ,.-:, r. fo tf years a tlral p,r n4 of fice hlJer f 0Jimitta emrT. a t set senst-nat and evrr i '..rated tn , the 'bi'siory' of "the county. Blakesley on trial charged with attempting to extort money. - K. E. Quick ts the com plaining witness. The story of the af fair as declared by Quick, is that through threats to' expose' aa a'.lerei plot to blow up tbe court bouse at Pi, Helena, Blakesley attempted to secure the sura of Slot from him. The p'.ct which Quick says Blakesley accused htm of hatching, was to blow np t:.e county court house. Octroying the rw. erda of the county. Quick, besides & lng county treasurer, ia pert owner pf th Columbia Abstract dt Title com pany,' which ponsi ssis the only ot!,-r i ti VBiumon county reeor: tn i Utenc. The alleged plot Is chsrc-l t hav been to Sesirov the- ecuMv records and compel (he ourc'ia t.f t -abetract company's set at a large j t . . On Way It, 1P". it la t'mrf A l Blakeajey wrote a h!irtiii!."( ;n vr t Qatek. demanding IJ'i. T' wss s'gned Jack Jack r-i. a criminal now st.J to he eer i t a In S'.ng F'r,i pew'tcet'jiry. . . 1 i.fected. Ht.r. - - . Jmsk Wct'wty srvl - .,,.; IndKted en a rf,.ri vt s" i - t axtrt nnvejr. 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