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Newspaper Page Text- - .. ! i . Y .j-jJ ' f ' , . . . . . '. i ' . .. iri ... journal circulated;: THE DAILY JOUKNAL IS I- r' , Sunday Journal 5 cents; or IS cents a week, for Daily and Supday Jour nal, bv carrier, delivered. The weather fair tonight; day probably fair, cooler. " -Vo'L'lx "tioT "''"' ; roTLAND, OREGON, .THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 21,; mO.-WENTY-TWO PAGES. , PRICK TWU t-l- ..... nninniniic m n nnniiRV ' speierofiise I m. Yard Locomotive Used as a Battering liam to Knock . Down Prison Gates- Two Reca - - - (United rcss Leased Wire.) :".', , : ' . Leavenworth,1 Kan., April 21. Five of the most dangerous convicts in the federal prison here overpowered the crew pf a switcti engine in the prison yards, forced the engineer to run the locomo tive out into the country and, escaped. ' ' Two men, unarmed, were quickly recaptured. - The, others were armed, and told the engineer they would not betaken alive Forty guards of the prison and a company of soldiers boarded : a special train and started, in pursuit of the fugitives. ; The escaped convicts were later reported to be tn hiding in a ' wine cellar nine miles, from the prison. The convicts: are Arthur Huitt Frank Grigware and Thomas Keating; all i sentenced to the 1 prison for life. Huitt and Keating were ringleaders in the prison break of 1901, when 26, prisoners escaped and three were killed by guards. s' Following that . escape Huitt - and KMtlwr were convicted of murder and sentenced to life Imprisonment ' Grls war was one of the Union Pacific train ? yobbera recently sentenced; from Omaha. ' He was captured in Idaho after the robbery. . ""It Is believed that the fugitives got their arms from ex-convicts." The en . cape from the prison yard was one of the most spectacular ever recorded here.- 'The convicts' compelled the- en- glneer to use the locomotive us a nat tering ram. In breafcins lovn tlie prison rates. At first tlie- etigmeit rotusod, " hut when three of the prisoners drew v revolvers and threatened to tihoot him, he consented. After smashing the Kates, the engine ran a. distance of four ' miles. : Where, -it. was B topped'. , by . a : Taroken brldfi:. . ' ' The two ujen who were unArmed Rpd '- recuptured were ; Bob Claris arid John Gideon. .'.'. ..-': -. " ., -. One Night In Jail Alters Man's ; Opinion of Census Enuni- , ' crater's Queries. ; 1 i am a free American cltlsen, and I dont nndersund why I must tell a man v J do not know all about myself." Nels P. Sorenson, a carpenter df 21! Eleventh street, who, however, la not an American citisen. havinff been - re , fused second papers several months ' afo, made this statement this morning , to United States Commissioner Cannon, " before whom ; he was arraiffned on charge of refusin4 to answer questions put to him by an authorized census enu merator. . ' ' :. " . ' Then Sorenson told the commissioner he desired a preliminary hearing, so he was allowed to go tn $250 bail, to appear ' tomorrow morning at '19 o'clock to hear What evidence the government has v amassed atralnst him. Assistant United Btates District Attorney Walter Evans , will conduct the iroirernments' case. An example probably will be made of " 6orenson to impress upon the minds of the residents of the state the fact that ' the enumerators aje not to be trifled ' witb. When Enumerator-Phil Harrison called at Sorenson's address yesterday ' the man refused to answer any of the ' questions, and the enumerator reported - he was insolent and insulting - 8orenson said today he did not know . Harrison was an enumerator and that , he did not show his -enumerator's badre; But Harrison makes a statement to the :; contrary. Porenson was arrested last . nlsht by Deputy ..L"nlte4 States Marshal Clyde Nicholson, and stayed in the i county Jail all night. He was ready to answer questions when he was taken before the commissioner today. SOREHSON READY TO RECITE FACTS ntEil OPERATES I'll IM; Ft rrHTfl sec. April Jl It r ben ea-afced beyond a d-v;bt tf-t a r.g i f rs efi-mt'.r, ar l-s lm ! ir to thos Cl r the rfr'-.j Wit Vry irort merV ,r.C In Mn Frn -v-Ism Ant.!". I-rt-4 and f"" Wit' n t!. rt t" - ' s '' rate r'rortM t r""' ' r""r f -n 1 1 f -i inf."' 5 m fl '"' it :" c - 1 f t-1 t t -e . T lt "!- 11 Tt't'm I.b- , ,r f A t, ' " r-. " 1 Is m f i! Frt CUYDECUiiESTO Me NX m mm ' Vf I .. ,- .....: OUjJ wl 11 Ul l. - . -I. t - f' " ' v,-iJ to Wording of Document; ' , Prcccnt 'Form Would- Give '.Chance to Delay the -Work. : With , the awarding of the con tract for the .construction- of the new city crematory to the Public Works En gineering company," it was v generally thought that the final obstacle to the building of the badly needed incinerator had been overcome, but 'the fact that the "crematory isn't built yet"; was called to the attention of Mayor Elmon yes terday, afternoon by Superintendent B. N. Naple. of the present garbage burn ing plant v ; w' ;- ; : r-: -S ', :' ,' "-' ? ' . Mr. Napier "was designated by the health board to look after the Interests of the city in drawing up a contract with the - engineering company. . The contract presented to him by Engineer Fred P." Smith of the company has not met with the approval of the superin tendent and he has refused his indorse ment Mayor Simon heard Mr, Napier's reasons for refusing his sanction and assured the superintendent that the health board would back him up. . ' The particular obJectiy to the 'con tract presented lies In the fact that It permits the contractors, "at the direc tion of the engineer in charge," to make alterations, etc... Subject to the approval of the city engineer. Superintendent Kapleir wants the words ; "engineer tn charge," eliminated. In another sec tion of the contract the term Is defined to mean Fred P. Smith, of the Public Works Engineering company. J '- It is said that 8mith so worded the contract that the Public Works com pany, to which the award for the con struction of the crematory ' was made, could not complete the contract without his consent. In case he should have a a dissgreemrnt with the company, as be did with the Lewis A Kitchen company, which secured .-the crematory contract once "before but afterwards withdrew Its bid on account of trouble with Smith, he would be able-to dictate to the contractors and in esse his terms were not met with might delay the con struction of the plant Smith is one of the members of the contracting company and it Is thought that he manipulated the contract so that he would he able to protect his patent rlfhti In the plant which Is to be built for the city. . ,v -. t POLICE ASLEEP frieri'ls had aflrance ir.formatlim rn the outcome. Owtur to ri'e lerfrrr AHel t Me r-e- it ef II 709, thourh he it cut te csh i ret v-n. Part cf t- 's f r. c-'c'- in Fe- t ' 1 ltf r ie Y"fk : . rt r in I"nr:'ari. Or. Tvr wr i-1vr f,f ! l!!r c ty ti.t s:.l hav rn t (,rm rf tV t"t i "ain-'n cr "Jl-n-bit" H K l in c-'t r,i ' t , T - J A I - " 1 1 " ' '' . ! V ptured. Representative , Fowler Intro duces Resolution as Final Step in 'Absolute Freedom ' ' of House. , ; j , , COMMITTEES FROM BOTH MAJORITY AND. MINORITY Would' Establish Just Repre- scntation From Population and Other Standpoints. ' (United Prs teamd Wirs.i Washihgton, April 21. Introducing a resolution which. If adopted will, strip the speaker of all power' except that of mere presiding officer. Representative Charles- N.'Fowler of New Jersey today acknowledged. Cannon's challenge tx fol low up the rules' victory. . , 1 "It is the final step to Insure the ab solute freedom or the house, Fowler declared. --! ' ' - Tho resolution creates two committees of the members of the house, one from the minority and one from the ma jority, empowered to select all members of the standing committees. . The reso lution directs the t census bureau to draw six parallel, lines running nortll and south and dividing the country as far as practicable Into seven sections, with populations approximately equal.. ' The house members within each sec tion will select one f their number as a member of the committee on commit tees. ,-'. ' Just Representation , ''- ,; ' Sevwi Democratlo.i congressman . will thus Rolect the Democratic members of the standing committees and seven Re publicans will select the . Republican members of these committees. The two sections of the Committee on commit tees, the resolution provides, are. to art wonflrfl.tclv. V 4 . :. rr.' , TU ( -''ri i of tl,a speaHer's o i !y -.abused," 'i Fowler: "is hl.f. iiiteTy esnontiat - to -.Ihs restoration of freo, representative gov ernment, t ' ' - One Job for Speaker. " ; ' ,"re have - already . eUmfnated the speaker In the rules committee It is now time that" we should -. strip the speaker's office of the power to ap point committees and should limit his functions to the single duty of presid ing over deliberations here. - ' ... ; "The resolution'. will , establish , the principle of , Just representation from the standpoints of s population! i geog raphy and the. peculiar business inter ests of each section, rlf will secure for the majority and the minority separate (Continued on Page Fourteen.) ' HIT HE EHTOr.lDED lfl PIT: Rescuers Work All Night Ito Reach PrisonersGases Fill Mine and It Is Thought No : , One Can Be 'Alive.' . V- Birmingham, XUl, April Jl. The Tennessee Mining . coropany's hospital car today took a dumber of gas helmets to Mulga, where preparations are be ing, made to sen niejj; Into the. mine. In which IB white men -and IS negroes were entombed by ; an ; explosion- late yesterday.-.-; : .- ', -v - Mfl. The mine Is badly wrecked and the work of rescue Is proving difficult It is believed none of iboee Imprisoned survived. , f " '. -V- : - The rescuers Who worked frantl lly all night attempting to remove the twisted iron cages which block the shaft declare that the gases permeate every crevice of the mine and It ia hardly possible for a human being to exist In the death pit Soon after the explosion large forces of men were put to work In an effort to reach the mew lmpr'laoned . in the shaft Various means were employed without success. , - ' ' Several parties of rescuers attempted to enter the mine today but each time were riven out by the gas fumes be fore a traee of the entombed miners could b found Aa a result of the fu tile attempt, the rescuers have decided that the orly. thing possible to ke done will be to st machinery to work sn as to clMir the shaft of gas, after which It will be possible to enter and remove the bodie from the d-th pit ALEERTA DISTRICT ASKS FOR NEW FIRE STATION A petition from several hundred ta ryera of the Alherla dir1-t. esktrg for s new f re stut'.on. wms t.4 m.tn t. c'fy sn1;tnr this rrvmir,. Th pe t..(n, r-iMi the fst tvat t-e Alder's p-(!--. c"'-,t!- of a trfl!-irv ere an j ? r--m s-i isro. Is . - nut f-r n. tcr 'nT a t alsrrTj t- m lo lk -rf-rt a-d t'at tVr t. 4 -i b Ki- -v t'i ;!' a I" EASED ALE DEAD I Iff'' 1 II II i Mark-Twain on his return 'to New i.York front licrmuda on, April-14.. The , picturr shows how.weak he ,was after the ocean tripf ' , ftTntttrf. Pim Leaaed tCr.t " Redding, Conni nApril ' Sl.i-A'vVhysl-cian's bulletin Issued at 8 o'clock today announces- that Mark TwaJn; is, weaker than he-, was at midnight' ; The . bulletin- - states tliat probably t he wfiu be- come weaker during' the day' 'Tfts pa tient ' was resting- j comfprtably. this morning. " - ' - TWain's only daughter,: her husband, W1LLC0ST LESS AFTI Flour at Wholesale Dovyn 20 to if 60 Cents " and Retailer Will FoIlow-Will Also i Be Cheap p er toKeep a Horse . ....:-.. u ... 4, s. ' , V v - .' W - Too neean t as iur ui.i .i- in salary in ordqr to make both 1 enda meet- for present, inaicn- t Ions are that, the price of food-. stuffs is coming to meet me w wage check. - r" i There was a drop of from 20 to s 40c a barrel or from c to 10c a sack in the price of - flout at wholesale today. This same wit wlirbe made In the retail list . Even horses are going to have - cheaper feed, for today there was a ut'oC H 0 a ton In bran and Shorts. 1 - . " ' '. ' ' Man and beast are both helped by today's reduction In market prlcea- ,-'..''''.-. Z A ". C1ta Prs Laese Wire. fjeattle, April XL An Investigation today of local food prices, following the receipt of New Tork dispatches an nouncing a drop In the cost of living, showed a surprising falling off In prices on food stuffs. Flour haa dropped SO cents on the barrel. at wholesale and from 19 to IS cents on the sack. There was a 0-cent drop three weeks ago, and dealers eftaouneed, a Jo-cent cut today. Rice has dropp a euarter of a cent on the pound, barley has srumped I cents on the bushel, oata show a J rer cent decrease and wfcest a per cent decrease. Lard Is off a cent a pound and meat shows an average re duction of a cent.a pound. Urn Armeies, April Jl. The reported reduction of wholeeaie and retail pries ef produce, meat and canned g'wjs will rnt affect Los Arf;. and bnthem nlifcrn!v according to local whol sulers ard firkfrs. A local No?m' (tro-r ard rr -1 :- d"W !HrirM to rtnv t"". n re.-Joctlns In whnl! er ) , : -r T"-"! h 1 bn r.c"i . Jt- (nr.-i.flr pr'c-s to retaUer.- ard onii;m4:i art i; v THIItGSTO EAT 1 IS DATE i ine aociors ana nurses sro uc vh allowed to ente the sick room Albert fBlKclow T'Syne." th authors literary; assistant - fpr.'yeara,' h ' been refused perm ItiM on .to see-him. h There- are conflicting -tales regarding the humorlstSiid .hlstfelong ifriend the cigar. , ' . . ,- v i . ';The ,. oxygen., treatment.-has , 'been abandoned : for -'milder 'forms of heart stimulation. '";'" . " FOR REVEfJGE. GETS San Quentin;" Official Beats Senseless a Prowling Thug !2Wn Attabrcs "Woman ,1 in V House Befriended Intruder. (falted Prua.Iiessed Wlre.1 San-' Quentin, ,Cal April il Aroused by( the '; screams - of; his sister-in-law, Miss Kate Mosimann, who was fighting for 'her life with Roy Fitch.', an ex convict who-had -broken Into the house early- today, H. C. Halverson. general superintendent Of . construction at-San Quentln penitentiary, ruahed to her aid and after a desperate fight succeeded in making the. thug a prisoner. Iefore he eould subdue Fitch," Hal verson .was compelled to beat him into unconsciousness with ills Dare lists. Fitch was taken to the county Jail at San Rafael this forenoon. Halverson's house ls,wlthln a Stone's throw, of the' prison walls, and is within the gates, of the . penitentiary grounds. v . Fitch was released from San Quentln fn February, after serving a three years' sentence for errand larceny com mitted at San. Diego, j . . . Just previous to his release Fitch was detailed as a cook In Halverson's house. He was trusted, and . when given his freedom Halverson gave hlrn a quantity of clothing and some money to start life anew. Halverson said he believed Fitch -bad returned to San Quentln for the pur pose of "retting him" for some fancied vrwg Fitch says he broke Into the house for the purpose of gettlrg some thing to eat Miss Mosimann arrived receatly to visit with Mrs. Malrerson. Ehe. was sleeping In the front room. Phortly before daylight she was awakened by the feeling that someone was In the room The next mcroent the Intruder Bounced out of the 2arkoe anil e!d her br th throat. Fh marase-d to brRk h'-s arlp and scresmcd fr help, li!verf n. ho In tr, aeit room, rss Infv the apartments an! w Fltrh. The ex-convtct t-trte-1 a J'mmr at him rd t"H Kalvr-Ti he v;'. vvot hin If t sr pra V.eJ. Vot '' ardteg that Y V- e e-rnn Y' 1 a ti (,infii f. e-i n -i ife a r me!v. Ha!rr.n !t beater-' rtt-h ar- N-frc th J r; Jn gjaj. VIST OF BATTLE - -l V: 1 ' Attorney : General of Washing- k ton" tWill Give ; Prosecutor : Kirkpatrick Assistance .In -tj-: i'.r-':;.l nna of Man Accusea - ( DECISION RESULT OF. ; EFFORTS MRS. W0LC0TT Assistant Prosecutor of Spo-, J kahe' Instructed to iGiveHis ):i -Service to the Case; r " Olympla, Wash., April The, legal department of the. state of Washington will, assist prosecuting Attorney H. G. Klrkpatrick of Stevens county. In the trial of Oeorge U Pepoon, who is now In Jail at Colville, WaslW charged with the murder of his first wife. 'Edith. . (.'Decision to aid the, prosecutor of the northern county" was reached by; Attor ney General W. P. Bell upon his- return to Olympla Tuesday. He found an ur rent reauest awaiting him from Mr. Klrkpatrick that help be given in the prosecution. The trial is set for May 9, snd' Mr;1 Bell baa. directed Assistant At torney General Lee of Spokane. Wash., to give his service in tne case, , - Conviction of Penoon. If. he Is proved gulltyr would be another illustration of the notentialitv ' of 'mother love, this time directed toward avenging the mur der of-a beloved daughter. ; Mother Collected Evidence. "The mother is Mrs, D. W. Wolcott of 111 East Forty-seventh street, Portland, Or., and she has -been assisted in bring ing the accused murderer to trial by her daughter. Mrs. Earl Pugh,' of Forty- slxtl and East Belmont streets. Port- land. Whfn Mrs.-. Wolcott , "and her dauKliteTi Mrs; Pugh, went to Northport Wash.; near Where Mrs.-Edith Pepoon wss murdered. . to. attend tlw funeral -of (Continued on Page-Fourteen.) urns at . " V;,; ,- i , ' -'Sjj Demonstration I Against i M ill : Hands Tollovys Anti-Asi- . atic Mass Meeting. - OTalttd Prase Leased Wlte.) ' Everett Wash., April II. Residents of the little, town of Mukllteo will ap peal to the main officesof the Crown Lumber company In San Francisco for the discharge of all. Japanese labor em ployed In the company mill at Mukllteo. The appeal follows a noisy. anti-Japanese demonstration here , last evening. Beating drums and singing patriotic songs, 10O men and women paraded the streets' and marched to the mill to pro test to Manager Scott They found he had gone to Everett and waited at the station for his return. He did not put In ah appearance and the, crowd - dls persed. ; v . '' The outburst was a result of a mass meeting held Tuesday evening, at which speakers of the Japanese Exclusion league aroused' sentiment against the orientals to a . high pitch. COiJfflCI BODIES ililD TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE JDi; V FORCES OH DOCK EI! ; - . - ; .. - ' . -- r The commercial bodies and the Tax payers' league will Join forces to Induce the city council to take action upon the ordinance which authorises the sale of S0fl.09 puUlo dock hoods. - It la be lieved that the ordinance, buried in committee since last November, should resurrected, and the general opinion is that the council wlU pass the ordi nance when given the .opportunity. Mayor Slmoo said this morning that he will not oppose public docka, pro vided a sufficient amount Is appropri ated - to- acquire a site upon which to build Immediately. "I da not wish anything I have aald tl b construed as rrposltlon to public docka, or as denial of their necessity." aaid the mayor.T "TBut It Is not my policy to buy property and let It He Ml. If we are to have pabile dicks, let a have -first class dock, that will serve the- r"rfe for -tii-h they are Intended. We cannot do more than bur a limited te fr 1555 ft . and I shall not approve ay r'n tat d not In clude the Immediate cor.f'rurtion ef docka", -"Mayor Simon. I -atnl cr r.serid, ! !a tse roeg -ah-vit th.'s r'J"c 5ck tni! aaid W U.ls-n v, p-eat-Aa.t f the chair her f c-n-ner. e. -Jf the traycr ts - to o' yl-e of the r-er' 'a lae f ahnull obey te T' . r-a' mr ansirir'a. 7 r . i ' ' trm, b"1 irr-"1' t- f' " -fayr. ' i tn i ' - t ' ! - 1 !- ' - --'. fco-ca .! f ' '-f ' - c )o r 1 It Dan Tarpley Forced to Confc:: iat Land Fraud Trial That 1 1 2, ?Puter and Mckinley, Did Sq f liciting for A. Kribs. ; COULD NOT RECALL. . ' PRICE TO BE PAID Took 1 8 Men to Roseburg - to File on Claims Designated - by; McKinley and Puter. , After oT-tlllnff- t)an X?. Tarrley with a fire of questions, X'mted- States District Attorney John McCourt today. In the hearing Of; the charges of ilk-gally obtaining- government land against C. A. Smith, "millionaire lumberman of .Min neapolis, and a score of others, suc ceeded -"In., bringing; out the-. 'startling fact .that Horace McKinley, S. -. t'. Puter and . Tarpley were financed in soliciting entrymen by . Frederick A. Kribs. , : " Tarpley made the admission after ii.r. McCourt had, battered down his t ti- mony with a? series or, cyclonic ti'n-- tlons. Finally, the witness,. nrter n. -n- ing he had knowlodse , of negotiations for the sale of the claims taken by the entrvmen whom he got, said ne unncr stood' Kribs financed . McKinley (Pontintied-onTaife fourteen. ) SEB mic ySt.lf.7: Demand of Defence fcr Fc- ductioTf of Toxicolccists' .1 Letters Denied. ''.. .'-;' (United Press Leased Wlre.l , -' Kansas City, Mo., April JL Judge Latshaw again ruled in favor of the prosecution today when he decided thnt attorney a for Dr.B. C. Hyde were not entitled to have produce In court cer tain letters written by Chicago toxi cologists to Attorney Paxton, adminis trator of the estate of Colonel Thomas H. -Swope, for whose alleged murd. r Dr. ' Hyde is on trial. , Attorney Walsh- had demanded that Attorney Paxton produce letters from Drs. Haines and Hektoen in which they are alleged to have expressed the opin ion that no poison was in the eject of Margaret Swope or -in -the capsuie tops found by Tom Swope. pearl Kellar, Colonel Swope's nurs was again n the wltrtess -stand anl testified concerning . the death of Colonel Moss Hunton. one time namcvl as executor by ColonVl Swope. - She (Continued her description of tho bleeding opera .ion performed on Hunt on by Dr. Hyde said " Dr. . Twyman. the Swope family phyalcian, had warned Hyde that he was drawing too mucli blood and that he knew of a man who had bled to death from' similar "treat ment . . " s Prosecutor "Conkltng" announced, to day, that he;had set detectives at work to discover how a record of Jhe grarni Jury , proceedings-, .came to - be in the hands of the defense.. Is unreasonable to suppose that the mat ter of public docks la so unimjinr. i ,-.t that -the site having been secured. will be content to rest without f.i -i r r action. This ts a big- and imr"''1-' " matter thoroughly favored by the 1 i,! ness interests of the -city." . larly Actios Xmperatire. "This 1 a' matter of self presena'I'-i that Portland shmild acujtr pi''- o docks now." said R. U OMn cf l'-Taxpaj-ers' league. - "If we tud one s - ! work It would be a starter. It wc.n'1 Il lustrate and emphas-ae the Hf-i,uv f : more complete erjuli'tnent wiife ' strating - the advanlaf-a of l: r -f Invest meaL" "The matter of p'jM'c d-jeka ! I debate.- cl.vUred J. N. T -.!. " -keen leed'.tg the V.tnt t- -Portland munh lj-a'ly u t,f! !. cnoncil hruM act n""n S' -' The conn.'tl will aijtove lie n : l am sure." -The council nf t;- rc v aomethii-1 te s' ' t " " In (tNey the i e if t ' ' -h o e 1 r r t : - e !