JOURNAL CIHCULATIO'l YESTERDAY WAS vV THE DAILY JOURNAL IS VJOCEUTSnCQPY Sunday. Journal 5 cenl3; cr IS cents a week, for Daily and Sunday Jour nal. by carrier, delivered. ' The Weather Probably talr to night and Friday; westerly winds. VOL. IX. NO. 94 n n Mi CAPTURED ON ATLANTIC STEAMER COMES ' NEAR MEETING DEATH AT HAND OF SCOTT Brother of Mrs.. Mary Scott Charl ton Tries to Shoot Down the Young Murderer When He . ! Repeats Tale of Crime (Bpdl Diijwteii to 111 Journal.) : New York, June 23. Porter Charl ton, suspected of having killed his Vif e, Mary Crittenden ; Scott Charl ton, was arrested at Hoboken this morning on board the North German Lloyd '.liner Princess Irene, and shortly after -confessed ; the crlmei Charlton had been -traced by the police of Milan from town to town In Italy; to the steamer, y. The Amer ican police were notified of his pres ence on board the Princess Irene.. .Captain Scott, brother of , Mrs, Charltoi, attempted to shoot Charl ton,' i ' . ' Charlton after committing the . mur der hurried from Come to an Isolated town and from there made, his Way io the seacOast. 1 Tracft was had of him in several i places before the coast wi reached 'but nothing conclusive was learned about- the man until he made application, at a small railroad. station for transportation to a nearby town, lie was questioned by the clerk who gave the first definite information of Charl ton's effort to. reach, the seaboard, v?; f Relatives KotUled. i ' ' " v . Carlton's father, who la with the at torney general's office in -Washington, had been quietly notified that his son was on. the Princes; Irene and -at -.ths same time Captain Scott war appraised of the news. He was requested to re main at Hoboken until the arrest that ha might Identify thff young murderer. Charlton Is said to have kept to him self during the voyage to the United States and he drank a great, deal.: His fellow bassengers-say that he showed nigna of break down and was very nerv ous at f times.".'- ' Charlton Breaks Down. s Charlion at first denied his Identity, but the police came back at Mm with a rapid volley of questions and directly ac cused (lm of the . murder.; saying that they had all necessary evidence that he had killed Mrs, Charlton." The young man then broke down and admitted that he was guilty. , .' '.-" : .':; - "-.: ' When the Princess Irene waa coming alongside the dock Captain 8cott with Lieutenant Rogera of the Nw York police denartrnents and "Detective Ser geants Garrick and Weinthal of Hoboken ' were standing guard over Charlton. The police were also keeping an eye on Beott. Bcott had dramatically pointed to Charlton, and said "That's the man who killed my sister." The entire party left the ship hurriedly when the gang plank, was lowered.-.. :-.-.( H.-- Charlton had registered as "Jack Cole nan, Omaha, Neb." ' " . " t First of all, be exonerated Conatan tlne Ispolatoff, the Russian arrested ' near the Villa Legnazsl, as Mrs. Charl ton's murderer. , He said that' his wife's temper was ungovernable and that she frequently used vile language. , v; , . .On the day that he" killed her, ac cording to Charlton's confession, she had cursed him. He struck her with a mallet and after putting her. body In a trunk threw it into Lake Como. On the following day he went to Genoa to elude ths 'authorities. . Charlton's statement follows: , i "My name Is Porter Charlton. 51 live ;s if" , ' ft'"''. i fPnitM Preei Vntmi Wire.). ' , v San Francisco, June 23. As a result Of ; arrangements completed today . for . t.ie . covering of the Jeffries-Johnson fight by the United Press the 600 after noon newspapers served by this organK satlon will receive the most nearly in stantaneous action ever attempted in connection 'with a big news event"-"-. It is planned to deliver into the of fices of United Press papers throughout the country detailed descriptions of each blow struck within IS seconds of the time the blow actually landed. In order to do this two "United Press trans continental leased wires will be run to the press table at the ringside In Reno and these wires will be manned by two of the; fastest sending operators In the country, to whom the story will be dic tated. Owing to the limitations of the carrying capacity ot telegraph wires three relays fir resendlnga will be neces sary to reach all points. :.".: Belay at Ban rranoisco. - v Qpe.ct-ltiese-rftlfl.i-a-wm ha. male - ai4 fcan Francisco, where the stuff will be resent to the coast paners; another at i'enver, from where all , central , and southern points will be served, and a third at New, York, from Which eastern points .will be taken care of. ,At each of . these jiojnts the receiving operator will use .a. visible typewriter and the UNITED PRESS FIGHT ' ' . ' . . 1 , ', . . . ', . . , ' :, . k . , . . . , I . . , CP' at 304 West Fifty-fifth - street,'; New York. I am 21 year's of age and my home - Is Omaha, Neb. I am a bank clerk by profession. s- "I lived happily with my wife, who was the best woman In the world, to me; but she' had an ungovernable tem per, and so we had juarrels frequently. She used vile language, the meaning of which 1 am sure she . did not. know. , 'The day I killed her she cursed me, and I told her that, if she did It again I. would fix her.' 1 Again she swore at hie. I was In a daze and struck her with a mallet with which I bad been fltlng the couch on which we had been lying. I thought she was' dead. w "1 stiiffed the body Into, a trunk and threw the mallet in after her. . That night., after midnight, 1 ; dragged the trunk to the pier near" Moltraslo and threw it Into the lake. On the following day l left Como for Genoa and boarded the Princess Irene four days later." , Soott Attempts to Shoot. ', Charlton signed - the statement- and then underneath he wrote: : . . "I understand that N.' C. : Ispolatof f has bepn charged with the crime. He Is absolutely guiltless. I have no defense to make, and wish to make none." ' Vhll Charlton was calmly making his confession Captain Scott listened in silence. Almost abruptly Charlton made a' serlousicharge' agalnsf Ills dead wife.'! Scott rose, drew his revolver and pointed it at the prisoner,. V ?: : - T Xharlton sprang; from his chair and fell to his knees begging the captain not to shoot. Detective Weinthal and othef policemen grappled with the Infuriated armycfflcer and wrested tne weapon from his hands. . v . . Charlton Talks. . . Charlton chatted freely with report ers after his confession, today, "I made a clean breast of the whole thing and L, fee better now," he said. "I was In a daae when I killed my, wife. , It seems like adream..5 I remember It vaguely, but it does not seem .like It happened in my Ufa. ; -T loved my ' wife and I know she loved me. Despite our love we seemed io . quarrel all the : time. , Apparently everything threw her Into a frenzy and I guess I' was Just aa bad. Our tem pers caused. the crime. .' . "I don't care what is. done with me. I believe there Is no death penalty In Italy. I remember that from reading King , Humbert's assassination. I am willing to return to Italy and stand trial but I hope the trial will be short ."I Intend to plead guilty and I guess that taeans life imprisonment. But that won't be long with me. The doctors say that close confinement would cause me to ; die of galloping consumption. ' Oh, well, U Is soon over, anyway," he. con cluded, ; .: : Chief of Police ' Hayes was confused in reading Charlton's confession and Charlton, said: - '.;',?": ' j "Let me help you, chief." ..The prisoner then took the paper and without, any emotion read clearly every thing that was written on it Charlton posed calmly for several photographers. - He pointed out a typo graphical error In the ' stenographer's copy of his confession and asked that it be corrected. " WILL BE TOLD IIDCC L sending operator, seated beside him, will relay the incoming matter word for word as it is received. v The task of. giving to the country this description of the fight, a story which promises to be one of the most widely read of the decade, has been as Signed to Max Balthasar, best , known In ,the sporting . world aa 'The Ring slder," one of the foremost , boxing authorities in the country and a man whose 1 opinions have' fdr many ; years been the last word in Sporting questions on the Pacific coast, the home of the lighting game. i ' . : - Expert at Eelm. Balthasar has , been at the ringside during practically every important bout participated In by either Jeffries or Johnson and has a personal, and expert knowledge of the science and style of each man. For several weeks past he has been, in touch with, both" fighters. has studied them at their work and dur-t ng tneir relaxations, ana tne Full value - 4tis - - kiMrwledgg - cr - - methods will be brought out In his der scrlption and analysis of their battle. Balthasar will be assisted In his work by TIP Wright, also a well known box ing authority, who will' divide with Bal thasar the work Of giving to the United Press the' news of , the training camps up io ma tiay or tne cattle. LIlULU II ILL) PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23," MURDERER WHO CONFESSED ;t 4 , - 1- 1-4. l;fP;fllpiIlj:' 1 ' 1 1 .. ( - Porter Charlton,' who has been captured and who has confessed that ' he killed GUGGENHEIM VICTIMS BACK; TO ALASKA v (United press Uased .Win.) - " Seattle.- Wash . ; June 23. Daniel Sutherland and " John' J. Boyce, former United States marshal and district at torney, respectively,., at '.Juneau,', are in Seattle on their return from . Washing ton. , They will sail tonight on the steamer Jefferson for Alaska. Suther land and Boyce are the officials re moved by President Taft.,;lt Is alleged, at the Instigation of ,the Guggenheim interests. vvwv iy.A-' , ' . ' "We . are ' not attempting to be rein stated but- merely to, - lay-.' before the senators conditions as' - they f exist In Alaska," said Sutherland vtoday. J v ROBERTSON, POET AND f . CLUBMAN, IS .DED (United PrtM Leewf Win.) San Francisco, June 23. LouieAlex ander Robertson, ' poet ' and clubman; died last night at the sanitarium where for several years he had been a sufferer from locomotor ataxia. Among Rob ertaon's best known works are a book of poems, "Beyond the Requiems," and "Montesuma," a play, which deals with the conquest of Mexico by Cortes. STREETS , jrtetn which metAfLHoAO 0 COMMON USK : j-tua lu Mi 1 ' ' - - ''''.. , ...-i..-,.,,.:...-J his wife.' . ' ! STEAMErT'HUMBOLDT.r: . r : DISABLED ON iPASSAGE ..' .- (United Pram LMwd ffln.1 Prince , Rupert, B. C.. . June 23. The steamer Humboldt, bound from Seattle to Skagway, Is af anchor in Lowe Inlet with a broken forward thrust bearing. The tug Lome has been' sent" ndrth. from Victoria to tow the Humboldt back to Seattle end Is due! here .Sunday; V ) Some of the passengers and perishable freight of the, Humboldt - were brought here by the steamer Vadso. The steam ship City of Seattle will bring the re mainder of 'the 'Humboldt's' Skagway passengers. ?' - ., . v -,. The Humboldt will miss her next sail ing . schedule from -Seattle,, but will be repaired at 'an early date.' , LANGFORD-KETCHEL . " FIGHT CALLED OFF :i- ; .-.iT; : ,- . (United Preoe Leaned Win.) '" . Jsaa Francisco,, June 23. -Tom O'Day, associated with Sid Hester, in promot ing, the fight between Sam Langford and Stanley Ketchel, which was to have been staged the morning of July 4, at Reno., today "announced - that ' the' bat- ltle .had been called off, , . , , VACATED FOR RAILROADS il 1 t:li a -'SI? Diagram Showing btrvete tlty founcil Voted Oyer 1910. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. SHOTS IN WOODS HALT MAN SOUGHT After 'Exciting Chase Over Rough Country Officers Cap ture Frank Jones, Under In dictments in St. Johns Case. FUGITIVE GIVEN TIP BY SAWMILL HANDS Threw Up Hands and Surren dered When Bullets Whizzed by In i, County Jail. Frank H. Jones, under indictment as one of the leaders in the Hindu riot at St Johns, March 21,' was captured last night" in a ; most sensational ' mannef, after a number of shots had, been fired by hla pursuers.;..-. .. - - . Jones,', who Is but' 24 years Of age, was 'brought, to. the county Jail at I o'clock this mornlng by Deputy Sheriff Frank Baty,-'. Special Government. Agent Tj. I .Levings and Sheriff Carnine of Cowlitx county, Wash. The capture was made in the woods at Eldred s mill, nine miles back of Rainier, i at 8 o'clock last night, - -v.,:- i;-i -;.- , -;.,.-.f U'-'A The captive was brought to the City on , the tomer Iiirllne, ,Wjtc stopped M Rainier at midnight ohlitr way from Astoria, and reached here shortly before I this morning. Deputy . sheriffs and Levings have been searching for Jones ever since . his- Indictment, and it was eventually learned, with certainty that he was in, hiding int one of the logging camps down the, Columbia river. . , j . ''?. Start' to TngitWe. ; ; Vv': J :.:', : . Tuesday afternoon Levings and Baty started out on a canvas of all the camps in hopea of getting, their man. . They: went to Stella-yesterday mornings be lieving that Jones was employed In one of .the camps in ; that district There they secured the assistance ,. of Sheriff Carnlne.v They . learned that Jones had gone to another place further -down the river. ;. Chartering a fast launch, the party - crossed, and recrossed .the river half a dozen rtlmes, , touching at Clif ton, Mayger"s and Rainier on the Ore gon side, and touching at a number of points' in the vicinity of Stella on the Washington shore, but everywhere they were told that Jones left some time ago. ,r, . - i . It was learned that on an Island about a quarter of a mile from the Washing ton shore , lived an , uncle ot Jones, by "the name of Cllne, and- that In all prob ability -Jones had found refuge there. The Island would have proven a splen did place, for It Is made difficult of access by swamps and a rank growth of willows,-but the closest investigation revealed only that while the hunted man had been there he. was not there then. -::-On JTew TraU. ' ':;'' Late in the afternoon It was ascer tained that Jones was. working at the Eldred , mill. The party reached May ger's a little before 8 o'clock, but were unable to hire a rig to take them to the mill, 9 miles over the hills. At May gar's it was learned that In the afternoon a special -message had been sent to Jones to get out of the coun try: that special agents were hot on bis trail, and that he would probably be captured.-.' i Instead of waiting for a conveyance, the three man hunters ; struck out on foot. Spurred on by the fear that their man would gain a. big lead Into the wilds of the big timber, they kept up such a pace that the-S miles wire cov- (Continued on Page Eighteen.) V 5 - in' ill yrt to"O. It.'& PRICE TWO JOHNSON 11 N TRUNK ALIVE YCIIffl Grewsome Fact Announced To- day by Physicians Who Ex- amined Body Wefb Beat Man With Door Knob.6 ' WEAPON TAKEN FROM DOOR OF SLAYER'S ROOM Coroner's Jury Holds Accused Man but Fails to Mention , ' ' Mrs. Kirsh. ' ' details of greater horror mere brought out today In the Investigation into, the death of "William A., Johnson, wealthy rancher, with whose murder J. P. Webb and Carrie Kirsh are charged, by the discovery that he died ' In the trunk In which his ' crumpled body ' was found' in the union' TAAhirpr toflnn' Iota Mon day night .Suffocation, and, strangula- uon, anq not the cudgeling given -him ,by Webb caused death.--r :vi f-i''. '-'- Then there caihe the .finding by Frank Dane, deputy coroner, of a brass' door knob wltn which-physicians who. exam ined ' Johnson's akuil said Webb beat the-ranche .4ntd, & etatof .. eat'uBScfous nees before cramming him Into the trunk. Dr. S. C. Slocurt and Dr. Ralph C. Matson agree that Webb must have used the door knob for a Weapon, In stead Of the "blnclc . 1nrlT? which wo. found In JohnRon's hand satcbel.K ;. !i Webb made no. further statement to day. Neither did the woman,, but,de- iciuyeB Bttia sne is weakening and they expect a' atatement by ' her , within a few hours. She han neen tnM w.Kh confessed,-' but the , deUlls ;have ' been aepf irom ner. - - , , ; c. I ChOd Goes . With rather. 4- -Willie Kirsh, the v-year-old eon of the woman, was taken to Seattle late yesterday afternoon by the father, from whom Carrie Kirsh ran inv nuariv year ago, stealing the child. i . Another minor actor in the tragedy Walter Johnson, a brother of the mur dered man .will be here Wiav. w egraphed- that he is -on his way from iwin aiis, laano. Johnson's body lies at the morgue awaiting the arrival of the brother. ' After an Inquest studded with horri ble and , startling details, a coroner's Jury yesterday afternoon returned a verdict that Johnson came to his death (Continued on Page Two.) Deaths and Prostrations, in Ad dition to Widespread Dam age to Crops. ' (United PttHW Leased Wlro. Minneapolis, Minn., June 23. Rain predicted for today Is the only relief in sight to end the Intense heat of the past few days and prevent a. larger loss to crops in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mon tana and North and South Dakota. : Five deaths and numerous prostra tions have been reported in this city. Forest and brush fires are raging in the Mesaba and Vermillion ranges, to add to the intensity of the heat. Reports from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Colorado show that, crops are dry ing up. The loss is already estimated at 20 per cent The percentage, of loss will soar unless rain comes soon, , s ' Philadelphia, June S3. Two more deaths from heat occurred here today, making the total for three days 26. The temperature is higher today.- : -"V: ."' ;' " , ; " . TT' "t.' Schurman Eulogizes Goldwin Smith. ' (United Pr Leseed Wlr. Ithaca, N. Y., June 23. A closer union of Canada and America was predicted by president Jacob" O.; Schurman of Cornell university in his address to the graduating class today. President Schurman praised the late Goldwin Smith, Canadian historian and. philanthropist,- who donated a 11,009,000 to Cornell. . FIRST CENSUS BULLETIN f-SHOWS-WASHiNGTOCtr" C., HAS.331 ,069 PEOPLE ffiolsl bnlletbi of , the census bureau, to- NORTH CENTRAL STATES PARCHED sned today, shows that the population of the city of Washington is 331X69. The population -tmolUy " recorded la "loco was 379,718. . . ; v . .- .-r " " -! a a .iLQ. CENTS. 'gntf9 "gg ; 0. R. & H. TO TAKE T Fourteen Ordinances Vacating Parts of Thoroughfares to Railroad Will Be Signed by " Mayor.' . BUSINESS INTERESTS SHUT OUT FROM RIVER Through Action of Council Cor poration Now Owns .249 ' Acres on East Side. . " Within 30 days 14 ordinances' giving to the O. R. & N. company portions of 14. east side streets will be submitted by the city attorney, passed by the city council and, signed by Mayor Simon.; In one act the city will acauire the right of way for the east approach of the Broad way, bridge and' forever" loosen the east side's; last hold on water' front publio docks property. . . City Attorney Grant said this rooming that the ordinances which the council yesterday ;. authorised , him to frame would be completed In the. time stated. ( "I shall give my-time exclusively to the matterafter being- put In possession of all the facts," said Mr. Grant "! shall most certainly ineltide in the ordi nances provisions allowing the city the right ,-of overhead and underground crossing of . this property. . I shall en deavor .to protect all , the city's Inter ests,!' -,. ' ' Road Anticipated Aotion. Although the east side streets be tween East First and East Second and East Ash . and East Glisan streets con nect 'one parcel of land, it is necessary that each street be presented to the rail road : company by separate ordinances. This is a matter of form. As a matter of fact the railroad seems to have antic ipated their possession, for already their buildings, equipment and tracks occupy the public ground. It is not k submerged land, ' valueless Without much filling.. . It is high and dry, above floods, and the correspond ing property on 'the west side of the river - ls occupied by- the city's most substantial business interests, and con stituting Portland's business center. The tract In . itself is of slight, di mensions compared with the O. R. A N, .company's present water front hold-' lngs. . These amount - In round - num- (Continued on Page Two.) Dirigible Preparing for Return Trip to Friederichshafen ' ' With Passengers Who , Lovo Adventure. - " . (United Pre Leaied Wire.) - i DusseldorC Germany, .June 23,The "sky Lusltanla," the dirigible Deutscn land Is preparing tor its trip back to Frledrichshafen with a score of pass, engers. Bookings for the trips In' tho big airship have been' made for weeks in advance. .' ' - " - The Deutschland will sail tomorrow and expects to reach the floating pUt on Lake Constance nine' hours after thr start. Count Zeppelin Js the nation's nero today. The successful trip of the "air- liner"-has aroused enthusiasm. "It teemed u though e were an chored in -midair," said one of the pas engers of yesterday's trip, "and that ..the world was passing beneath us. We iM In magnificent "- compartments . . and viewed the wonderful panorama pann ing beneath. ;J R.vv. '. . "The vibrations of the motor couM be felt . slightly but aside from tlmt tne ship might have been motion!. The .exhaust of the engine was th only sound. We maintained an avers height of 300 feet above the earth ami some times traveled as fast a 4 t mlUt .WLcaui'i " " ' ' - Aldershot-England, June 13. C ' t Cody, an aviator, wss probably f jt.iliv hurt today, when his flerrtla 1 rt ihci to earth. , He was - making sn evf-'i-mentsl fllg.-u a"hd lost - ,'tl...l of ! ; machine. ; ' The ' . hithjum tin nu.; I swerved ainl -i fell' - Coi v . ; from .tMiyt!j tha vutJu.4i (,. -t. i-liiiie ui)i-fi'uu.. l.ale tutlay f.e ditlon 'was -reported vi -. EASTSiDES REETS Nl DAYS SCORES HOPE TO -OBTAIN TICKETS - FOR AIR VOYAGE