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THE DAILY JOUKNAL IS
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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.
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Yard Locomotive Used as a
Battering liam to Knock .
Down Prison Gates-
Two Reca
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. 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.)
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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.
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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 ' '
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r r t :
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