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GUM EXPLODES ON CRUISER
CHARLESTON, EIGHT DEAD
VESSELVASAT
HEAR
ARGET PllilCIE
0L0NAP0
Premature Discharge of Can
non Causjes Disaster to Crew
of Vessel of the , Asiatic
Squadron.
(United Press Uu4 Wire.)'
Washington, March 28. Eight
men were killed by an explosion on
the protected cruiser Charleston at
Olongapo yesterday, acoordlng to a
lhrffratch received today at the naTy
department.
The vessel was at target practice
when the accident occurred. A breech
plug on a three inch gun blew out,
killing the greater number or tpe
gun crew.
The dead!
PHILIP JOHN M'KEE, master at
arms.
WALTER AMSTEDT, seaman.
HENRY A. HEATER, seaman.
LEO RENMELE, seaman.
HARRY REAVES GRADEN, eea-
man.
RALPH BERKMAN, ordinary sea
man.
MAXIE BARNARD, ordinary sea
man. ':.'' " . ':, :
EDWARD ALBERT MOLIN,. pri
vate United States marine corps,
The meffer'toff?I t S7l!s-j
The report of the, accident was
made to the department by Admiral
Hubbard, commanding the Asiatic
fleet.
An official court of inquiry has
been ordered to Investigate the cir
cumstances of the accident. '
Hubbard expressed the belief that
the explosion was the result of the
premature discharge of the gun.
After taking the dead to Cftvlte,
the Charleston returned to target
practice.
IF SCHOOL SOCIETIES
""ARE ABOLISHED GIRLS
WILL LEAVE SCHOOLS
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M INSOMNIA
(United PrMi Leutd Wlre.l
San Francluro, March 28.
should : the Investigation into
hlirh nchool secret societies
which began today result in
their abolishment, number of
the sorority girls of the high
school havo announced that they
will quit school rather than re-
slKn from their sororities. The 4
a(tcl n the secret societies In
the school Is being led by" Dr.'
A. W. Scott, tha principal of the
institution, and the investigation 4
is being made by Mrs. Mary Kin-
cald. indications are that the
societies will have to go. The
state law is clear on the subject 4
and it prohibits pupils from be-
ing members Of any Such organl- 4
nation while attending ths pub-
11c schools.
0
KS H MSELF
Wealthy San Francisco Man
Writes Note on Shirt Front
and Leaps Into Lake.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
SCHOOL IS LATEST
(United FT en Ua4 Wliw.)
- Ban Francisco, March 18. -The mys
terious drowning of John Dempsy, a
wealthy retired busthess man. In m. laVs
at Golden data park,, Xesterday, which
many thought .was an aoqldent, w ex
plained trday, - when - Dr. Craig, at Bt
MAtjr.hoDlUV found note -wrUte
oy Liempsy on the msida or a White
shirt bosom. Ths nots read: - .
"May ths good Lord bless ths best of
brothers. Forgive me my weakness for
giving way. Forgive mi."
It was addressed to Dempsys brother.
For somo weeks . Dempsy had been
suffering from insomnia. He entered
fit. Mary's hospital for treatment. Yes
terday he left the Institution, ostensibly
to attend mass. Instead.' he hastily
scribbled a farewell note on the Inside
of his shirt and Jumped Into a lake near
the Grove street, entrance to the park.
It is believed he was temporarily de
ranged when he committed suicide.
Mrs. Mary A. English, Leading
Suffragist, Makes Such
' Announcement.
WOULD CHANG
E
CARRIER LAW
If Passed -Townse'nd Railroad
Bill Will Give Spokane
"Short Haul" Rates.
. ' (United Pwi Lcm4 WIp
" Los Angeles, March 28. With ths ob
ject of preparing propagandists of equal
suffrage, a, suffragist school' Is'o ba
established In .os Angeles, according to
tne statement of Mrs.' Mary ' A. English.
Mt.--rngHsh, who" ts ' a rrndUsts "of
ths University of . California, and In-
stmictor Jn salence at ths Vom Angeles
normal school, is president of ths Los
Angeles College Equal Suffrage league.
Under the supervision of a committee
of suffragists, a bibliography of suf
fragist literature la being indexed and
courses of study outlined. The general
course is to be divided Into tliq follow
ing five branches of instruction: His
tory of the suffrage movement; econ
omics of suffrage from woman's stand
point; evolution of the legal status of
woman; biology of suffrage as affecting
women; professions as social and In
dustrial factors.
CUTS OFF WIFE'S
EAR WITH RAZOR
Wife Having Just Secured Pe-
linski's Release From Jail;
This His Thanks.
Chicago. March 28. BecAuss he
slashed his wife's right ear from. her
head with a razor and almost ampu
tated the other, Frank Pellnski ts in
Jail at Evanston, awaiting the filing
of charges against him. Mrs. Pellnski
Is being: treated at an Evanston hospi
tal. Pelinskl'S deed followed his re
lease from Jail, to secure which his wife
had labored - over a washtub until she
saved $50, the amount of the fine, in
default of which he had been Incarcer
ated.
Several occupants of the. house where
the family lived witnessed the attack.
which occurred less han an hour after
the husband had been liberated. Pftlln
skl's fine had been imposed for cruelty
to his wife. " '
SENATE PASSES JONES' "
BOUNDARY, RESOLUTION
T
Washington, March 28. Ths joint
resolution Introduced by Senator Jones
of Washington providing that Gover
nors Benson and -.Hay be authorised to
name commissioners to settle perma
nently the boundary between Oregon
and Washington where the Columbia
rlvor separates , the states, was adopted
by the senate today.
(Wa.hlngfoo Bnric,of Tbe Journal.)
Washington, March 28. Congressman
Townsend conferred with President. Taft
this morning concerning the calling of
the Republican caucus of the house on
the Townsend railroad bill. The bill, it
is expected, will be so amended by the
house -Committee as to change the pres
ent law; and prohibit any carrier from
charging more for ths short haul than
for the longer haul, eliminating. any ex
ception from the proposed new rule.
This would give Spbkano as low rates
from tho east as those to Portland, Se
attle and Tacoma.
250 KILLED N
BURNING HOUS
E
MAYOR SUGGESTS
RAILROAD BUILD
urn
ii
in
LUII
1 DECK FIRST
ALBERT WOLTER
Fi
HEINOUS
Says Upper Part of Proposed
Steel Bridge to Be Used by
0. R. & N. Could Be Con
structed Last.
OFFERS IDEA AS SOLUTION
OF THE PRESENT FIGHT
Holds Charter Does Not Com
pel Erection of Whole Struc
ture at Same Time.
I have a solution of
between the city and
the
the
"I think
differences
O. R. & N. company that will satisfy
everybody," said Mayor Simon this
morning, "and I will offer my sugges
tion to General Manager O'Brien of the
railroad company this afternoon, when
the special council committee meets
with him.
"I will propose to the company of
ficial that It go ahead with the con
struction of that part of the proposed
steel bridge which will be used exclu
sively for railway purposes. The con
struction of the upper deck may be left,
then, until the matter of the street va
cations needed for it has been adjusted.
As I understand It, the charter
under which the railway company Is
authorised to build the bridge, does not
comepl It to erect the overhead deck
at the same time the lower portion Is
being put 'together.
'If my view Is correct, ths eon-many
could build ths lower deck, and if, as
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
VESUVIUS CRATER
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MURDER
A
Thin-Blooded New York Youth
Suspected of Assault, Mur
der, Attempted Cremation,
and Horrid Mutilation.
RUTH WHEELER, 16,
SLAIN IN HIS ROOM
Bungling Effort Made to Con
ceal Crime by Burning the
Body in Fireplace.
(fnlted Prww Leued WlrO
New York, March 28 Albert Wolter
today faced the police and stolidly re
Iterated his denial that he knew sny
thing of the death of Ruth Wheeler,
portions of whose hodj. charred and
cut In pieces, were found In the grate
in Wolter's apartments. In spite of the
flood of questions, and the police third
degree methods Wolter maintained hlsJ
Innocence. The coroner completed his
Investigation In the gruesome case, and
by his order Wolter is held over to
ths grand Jury without ball.
OPENS
WITHROAR
NO FLOW OF LAVA
Activity May Be Caused by
Subsidence of Mount Etna;
People rIear Vesuvius Pre
pare to Flee. -
Zelaya's Sweetheart
Dancers at Village Inn at Mat
ezaka, Austria, Become
Panic Stricken.
Boy In Explosion Succumbs.
(Spcil- DUpfttch to Tb joornl.
Ia Grande, Or., March 28. Pearls
Rollins, the boy blown up by dynamite
at Radium Springs recently and brought
to La Grande for treatment, is dead. He
was bjftdly. mutilated.
fruited Pren Leased Wlrw.)
Matetaka, Austria, March 28. Two
hundred and fifty people were killed in
a fire which destroyed the village Inn
at Oakeerlte while a dance was in prog
ress there, according to advices received
here today. The bulWlng was built of
wood, and the fire spread with great
rapidity. A panio occurred and the
dancers Jammed tho doorways, cutting
off escape.
CHAMBERLAIN WILL
UPHOLD CONSERVATION
(Washington Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, March 28. Senator
Chamberlain win address the senate to
morrow on conservation, speaking on
the bill for the withdrawal of lands
from the public domain.
IN. HCTM TELLS
HOW MBIT GANG GOT '
' 40,000 OF HIS EASY HY
(United re Leased Wire.)
Catania, March 28. Ruin Is being
wrought today by a great outpouring
of volcanic rocks, ashes and lava in
the central crater of Mount Etna. The
village of Ban I,eo Is in the path of ths
moving mass of molten lava. The In
habitants for the most part have de
serted the village, and those who re
main will be driven out by the soldiers.
Army engineers are endeavoring to
change the direction of the flow, but
the violence of the eruption makes their
work perilous. Showers of ashes and
red hot stones are falling on San Leo
and upon the mountainsides. The erup
tion was accompanied by an explosion
that made the ground tremble for miles
and caused the people to rush Into the
streets, believing an earthquake had
occurred.
Catania, March 28. After 24 hours
of inactivity, a violent eruption oc
curred at Mount Etna late this after
noon. Lava is flowing through the vil
lage of San Leo. The villagers have
fled. It Is feared the village will be
destroyed.
Cnlted'Ksa Leased Wlrs.t
Kansas City, March 28. Thomas W.
Ballew, lumberman and millionaire
banker of Princeton, Mo., who was vlo
tlmlsed'by the Maybray gang of fixed
race swindlers, told of his experiences
today. Ballew lost 130,000 and his
faith In" human nature. In all he Is out
nearly $40,000 on account of the gang.
He said:
"I was an easy; mark, all rjgnt, but
was not -as easy as It looks at first
glance. " I simply loaned my money to
help out a man whom I had befriended
before, I had known Dobbins for a
number of years and held . a note of .his
for!3460. Ha did not ask me to bet)on
the race, but he Just offered to let me
go see ths race, which was to be an j
exclusive affair to settle a wager be
tween friends. '
"Of course, he win out df cash, and
1 fell for -the game, loaned him 130,-
000 to help him out of the hole he was
In. The . game could not have been
worked on me if I had not been his
friend. The Jockey liad fresh liver
in his mouth, began chewing on
It, and I thought he had a hemorrhage.
1 was as badly scared . as the others
pretended to be and 'beat It In double
Quick time, go did my $30,000, "
"I have since learned that Dobbins
received $7500 as his commission for
'stinging me, and I have spent that
much in landing him In prison. Alto
gether I am out nearly $40,000, but I do
not regret the loss of the money aa
much as I do the loss of my faith in
huraajp natur' ,
- . h " iT "
Naples, March 28. Five fissures near
the central crater of Mount Vesuvius
opened today with a terrific roar. A
great volume of smoke poured from the
r?nts In the mountain, but the first
tiptlon was not accompanied by lava
flow.
Scientists here believe the activity of
Vesuvius Is caused by the subsidence
of Mount Etna In Sicily. They are
uncertain, however, whether Etna is
at rest. Many believe that ashes and
rock have clogged the Craters, and that
possibly a great eruption -will occur
when the volcano throws off the ob
stacle.
Rumbling accompanied the outbreak
of Vesuvius, and Inhabitants of towns
near the mountain are preparing to
flea
New York, March 28. Albert Wolter,
white-faced, anaemic youth, accused
of attacking, strangling to death and
burning Ruth Wheeler, a stenographer,
today denied all knowledge of the
crime. The police, however, are en
deavoring to weave a net of circumstan
tial evidence about him.
Tha murder of Miss Wheeler was one
of tha most revolting Jn New- lorjts
criminal nmtarsr Ths girl had
44tred by h nardtr- to the. jMsn -s--j-
cupied by Wolter, under pretext of em
ployment She was sttaieked and stran
gled to death. The murderer then
sought to remove all traos of ths crime
by burning the body.
Finding that the corpse would not fit
his fireplace, he broke the bones or the
arms and legs. The body then was
thrust upright Into the flue, the cloth
ing satursted with kerosene and a
match applied.
The attempted incineration failed.
The murderer then dismembered the
charred corpse. He sewed the trunk
and head in a sack and placed it out
side the room. He endeavored to cre
mate the limbs.
The police have established that the
suspected man occupied the room in
which the murder was done, that he
owned the sack in which It was found
and that he advertised for a stenog
rapher. The nollce are endeavoring to prove
that Wolter 's guilty of a number of
revolting crimes, that he headed o
"white slave" gang, and that he kept
a record of young girls.
Katchen Mueller, who posed as Wol
ter's wife, is being held by the police
as a witness. They declare that she
has already told them many damaging
things concerning the accused man.
She gave the police a list of names of
girls, and the police1 are endeavoring to
find them. They are also endeavoring
to ascertain the addresses of the girls
of whom Wolter Is alleged to have kept
a record.
Coroner Haulthauser today held WoK
ter without bail on a charge of murder,
to answer to the grand Jury.
Mueller Woman Talks.
Katchen Mueller made a statement
to tho police today.
"About midnight Thursday,'' she said.
"I was awakened by a crash In tho
front, room. I called out, 'Who is
there?'
"Albert answered, telling me that a
part of the fireplace Mad fallen and he
was fixing It. He told me to go to
sle'ep.
"About 2 o'clock in the morning an
other nolRe awakened me. I went Into
the front room and found Albert shov
ing something Into the grate. I offered
to help him and he ordered me to go
to bed. He said he would choke me to
death if I did not go. I went back to
my ovn rpom." I
ROOSEVELT LIFTS
BIG STICK OVER
LAHDJFEGYPT
In Address at University He De
fies Nationalists by Denounc
ing Assassination and All
Assassins.
IMPLIED REBUKE TO
FAINTHEARTED BRITISH
Says Constitution Is Useless
Without Training for It; De
gree for the Colonel.
By
MJss Juliet Hero. th young Greek
who recently secured a verdict in
New York of $2000 for breach of
promise agnJnst Dr. Anibcl Zelaya,
nephew of former President Z
lara of Nicaragua. After the suit
was begun lie received an offer
from Zclnya. to e(o thVontro
! wsrsy-br BiaiK wth $30,000
settlement. She declined and Is
about to iail for Greece kith her
mother.
or
Mi
DONE ON ESTATE
. OF MILLIONAIRE
Beautiful Wife of Joseph A.
Merrick the Victim; Body
Excoriated and Clothes Torn
Off in Deadly Struggle.
(United Press Leased Wire. I
Baltimore, Md.. March 28 The body
of Mrs. Joseph A. Merrick, a hundaome
young woman, was found today with the
throat cut On the suburban estate of
Alexander Brown, a millionaire hanker.
The circumstances In .which the body
was found point to murder. The body
was gashed about tlie neck and breast,
and the clothing had been torn off.
Her husband was arrested shortly be
fore noon.
The police say the Merrlcks have
been estranged for a Ions; time. It Is
said, according to the. officers, that hus
band and wife were spen together yes
terday. The police theory, Is that the
couple attempted to make up their dif
ferences but quarreled. The police say
a woody nandKercnier was round In
Merrick's pocket.
Julta Chllds, a colored maid, found
the body. It was lying on tho bank of
a small stream that runs through the
Rrown estate. A trail of blood led from
the body to the stream, and the police
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
HOT TIME IN OLD
TOWN FOR JOURNAL
CARRIERS TONIGHT
4 Two hundred Journal carriers - e
ars planning to have a big time
e tonight, when they go to the
Star theatre as the guests of e
s the management. They expect e
e to eat their fill of popcorn, pea- e
e nuts and candy and to lead In e)
e the applause .which ts always due e
e the leading lady. They are going
e to look at the moving pictures
e and have all the fun there is to
e have. )
At 8:80. o'clock the boys will
e form in front of The Journal of- e
fice and march to the theatre, 4
a special Invitation having been 4
4 extended to them by the man-'
e agement. ,
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OF BS
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TIESS IN BEHALF
M ftlOORE CALLED:
LL NOT DIRECT VER
Staff Correspondent of ths United
Press.
Cairo. Egypt. March 28. Disregard
ing the warning of the nationalists,
former President Theodore Roosevelt..
In an address before the University or
Kgypt today, took a square stand for
law enforcement, denouncing ths as
sassination of Premier Boutros Pasha
so vigorously that It surprised even
those knowing the colonel's reputation
for fearlessness.
The nationalists. It is believed her,
sre responsible for the assassination.
Despite the fact that many members of
the faculty and many students are in
sympathy with the nationalists, ther
was so much In Roosevelt's address ap
pealing to enlightened Egyptians, re
gardless of politics, that the colonel ,
was roundly applauded and heartily con
gratulated at the end of his address.
An echo of statements made In his ad
dress at Khartoum, ., In. which he said
Kngllah rula In Egypt was beneficial,
was heard when he said: ;
"It will not make people sMf-govern-mg
merely to glvs them a constitution..
There, must . first bj Vajnlng of ths peo
pLs Ao fit. thejn -foijn -cojitUJtuUoit: This
usually la a slow, though steady de
velopment." , .. , , . ;
Assassination Anathematised.
Referring to the assassination of Pre
mier Boutros, Roosevelt said:
"The assassination was a greater ca
lamity than any wrong of the assassins .
victim."
Then he went on to say that the as
sassin type possessed all the qualities
alien to good citizenship, and severely
arraigned all persons who directly or
Indirectly encourage assassination or
who defend the crime afterward.
Many of the colonel's hearers under
stood an Implied arraignment of the
British authorities for their weakness
In dealing with the crime.
Later It was learned that an attempt
had been made to Induce Roosevelt to
omit certain paragraphs of his speech,
but that he refused to do so.
Honored, By University.
At the conclusion of his speech, ths
university conferred the degree of Doc
tor of Uwa upon Roosevelt.
Roosevelt had luncheon with Mr. Wat
son, head pf the American mission here.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon he attended
the dedication of the American girl's
mission school. , His program Includes
attendance at two gala performances at
the theatre here, the proceeds of ths
entertainments to be given to charity.
Colonel Roosevelt cabled Senator
Warren of Wyoming this afternoon ac-
ceptlng an Invitation to visit Cheyenne
the lust .week in August to attend a
pioneer celebration.
The colonel was pleasantly surprised
at noon today by the visit of 20 natives,
former members of his hunting party,
whom he believed he had left far up
the Nile. They said they could not re
sist the temptation to come to Cairo to
Hay good-by. The colonel gave thenj a,
banquet.
COL DUDLEY EVANS
DIES
III DEW 1
(
Hearof Wells Fargo & Com
pany Since 1902; Was a
Resident of Portland.
r
DiGT
Defeated in its- motion for a directed
verdict, the defense In the case of Wal
ter H. Moore, former president of the
Oregon Trust & Savings bank, called
the first witness in his behalf this
afternoon. The morning session was
wholly consumed In argument on the
motion of the defense and the decision
of Judge Bronaugh', in which he upheld
the. contentions of the state at every
point.
C. W. FultOn, chief counsel for the
defense, says he expects to finish the
testimony on his side by tomorrow eve
ning. He also indicated that it is his
purpose to place Moore himself on the
stand, although he did not say posi
tively that this will be done. Some
of those who have watched the prog
ress of the trial believe the testimony"
of the stats has made It necessary for
Moore himself to give his version of
the tangled affairs of the Oregon Trust
to thetJury.
Bays Banking Law Broad. '
Judge Bronaugh. in passing on the
motion for a direct verdict, said he re
garded the Oregon banking law as the
broadest of any state in the union'. To
narrow its application to the officer or
employe who performs the physical act,
said the court, would ha to make It
practically ineffective. The defense bad
contended that the evidence failed to
show Moore personally knew of the re
ception of the deposit of Minnie Mitchell
after banking hours on the last day
the bank was open, and could not be
convicted , for that reason.
"Construed as a whole," said Judge
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, March 28.- Colonel Dud
ley Evans, president of Wells-Fargo efc
Co., died last night at the Roosevelt
after an operation for gall stones. He
was born at Morgantown, W. Vs..
in 1838. and tought with the Armr of
the Confederacy as lieutenant colonel
of the Twentieth Virginia cavalry
from 1863 to 1866.
For 21 years Colonel Evans was a
resident of Portland, Or., as local agent
for Wells Kargo & Co. H was elected
to the presidency of the company In
1902. : , : j ;;..
SALE OF CENTRAL
OREGON ROAD LANDS'
NEAR CONSUMMATION
(Ridels I tHprch te T JourssLI -Ontario,
Or March 38.. tais of tha
lands of ths WlUaiastta Waller Cas
cade Mountain Bosd esntpaar fcS fceeaT
mad , to KinnsapoUs pitalit, thsjj
only remaining condition being that ths
property prove tte. r ; it ; as' eprent4.
Ons huBdrea thousand dollars os an op
tion has been plaoed in ths Tir Ra
tional hank of tfcia dty to hind t;. !.
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