VOL. IX. NO. 178.
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ARREST CROOKS (jy MILE AND HALF A DAY
Exposure Shows That "Jack
'Hornaday," Alias Rice, and
Larry Sullivan of Portland
. Worked in Harmony. .
EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS';
.OF GANG OF BUNKOES
Arrest of Many Principals in
Leading Cities of United
; ' States.
l ' (Special Plipitch to The Joarntl.)
i New York, Sept 29. Nat Goodwin fig
ares today In the a weeping federal and
municipal police raid on curbstone brok
en and bucket shops In the principal
jetties of the United States. In New Tork
f this afternoon it became knawn that up
to eight months ago the actor was part
ner of Samuel Hersog; aliaa Bice, and
i George, alias "Red" Sullivan aind other
f crook. When Goodwin was partner
wlth the crooks they engaged In a so
called brokerage business and also acted
as agents In securing chorus girls for
' theatres. , ' , , ; . -
; Raids lh half a dosen big cities were
Conducted under federal direction.
Other raids are expected to be reported
from towns and cities all over the eoun
try. W" 1 w::.rr:w-
Rice served a term In the Elmlra re
, formatory under the name of Hertog,
for larceny. Later lie ' served another
Tteriii lu'JStng Sing ;ftir furguiy.",
: ,!; Rice eight years ago ran the Maxim
company, giving tips on the races, un
' til the postal authorities compelled the
company. to suspend." Recently the Bhef
tels firm sought to gain control of the
.."Cobalt- Central" Mining company.
V t Rice also was known as a race tipster
"at the Emeryville track, San-Francisco,
operating under the name of . "Jack
Hornaday", He also rormed a syndicate
' with "Larry" Sullivan and others for
the promotion of Goldfleld, Nevada. His
operations were successful for a time,
(Continued on Page Five.)
yjne of Three Most Important
Witnesses ' Against Dr;
. .Thompson. ,
(United Press teased Wire.)
Sad Francisco, Sept i 29. Glenn
Flke, one of the three men who shafe
with Dr. Robert Thompson, alias Dr,
James Grant the secret of the death
of Eva Swan, was brought to San
Francisco today from Weed, CaL Pike
Is being held in custody as a witness.
( ? Pike made a statement which was In
substance a repetition of the story told
by Ben Gordon to the authorities. Pike
heard the story of Eva Swan's death
.and burial from Wfllle Saack, Thomp
1 son's assistant, who was present It is
f alleged, when the girl was operated
upon and who assisted in the disposi
tion of the body. , , ; ,.
r . Pike was working In a sash factory
xat tWeed when apprehended. He made
.no attempt to deny his Identity.
' Customs Inspector at San Diego.
United PreM XMMd wire.)
Washington, Sept: 29, The treasury
department today announced the , ap
pointment of Mabel R. Seedy to be in
spector or customs at San Diego, Cal,
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Thomas . Edison Jells "How Can
; Cells Have Souls"'
In a brilliant interview with Edward Marshall, the famous war cor
respondent, which will appear in next Sunday's Journal, Thomas A.- Edi
son discusses the' ed spirit reappearance of his late fellow scientist,
Professor' James, of !-H,-fvard. He says: ,H v
i "As .well claim a future life'for the wax cylinder as, for the human
cylinderT Psychic investigation is being carried on by the wronjr people,
along the wrong lines,'' Spirit? It is our brains which are important, and
our brains are mere meat machines."
-'This is the second of a series of
Great International Interviews
The interview has alwavs been
halism. . In late -years it has lost its- force. in this country because, the
art of interviewing seems. tovh'ave fallen off. 5- ' v : ; , , ; ' .
, .The interviews obtained by Mr. Marshall will constitute the literary
and news feature of the coming year. A t;; f : '
Tracklaylng was begun by the Oregon
Trunk line this morning at the north
em end of its line into central Oregon,
and with the hope of having, the line in
shape for traffic as far south as Crooked
river, 22 miles south of Madras, by
February 1. . ' Allowing for delays It is
estimated that about one , and a half
miles of track can be put down dally.
Yesterday the ..first construction train
of the new Una crossed the Columbia
river from the North Bank connection
on the Washington side of the rlVer
to Clark station, a short distance above
Celllo. From this point about a mile of
rail has been laid toward the main line
grade where work was commenced this
morning. The train consisted of one
locomotive and six flat cars with ties
and steel rails.
The train was taken across on the
large scow- ferry towed by the steamer
Norma, which was secured some time
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ILK 25C
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Elimination of milk from tubercu
lar cows is given as the cause for an
advance in the price of milk delivered
In this city. Notices announcing prices
to become effective October 1 are now
being sent out by creameries and milk
compa!H.'7He"cTan
cream values. ...... , ":-
Tbe, advance will amount to 25 cents
per month for quantities of one quart
delivered dally, to 60 cents per month
If the quantity is a gallon or more.
No advance Will be charged where' the
quantity delivered dally Is only a pint
per day, the charge for a pint having
been 21.60 per month since October 1
last year. .
October 1 last year the price was
advanced from $2.60 to 92.75 per quart
per month and the price for, pint was
raised to $1.60. A gallon delivered
Opponents of Asiatic Immigra
tion Thus Provided With
, New Argument.
(Cnlted Press Lcbed Wlre.1 '
San Francisco, Sept 29. Since the
discovery of hookworm among immi
grants from the Punjab by the medical
corps at Angle Island, the opponents
of' omental Immigration believe they
have found a way to stop the Influx
of Hindus. Of 17 immigrants now held
in the hospital at the island. Dr. M.
W. Glover claims that all but five are
victims of the malady. Tha-result of
the discovery may affect not only Hin
du but all oriental immigration. - Of
Chinese immigrants, the only ones ex
amined, according to - the immigration
physicians, are afflicted with the same
Hindu immigration is now said to
have reached 6000 a year..
' New Minneapolis, Cathedral.
" Minneapolis, Minn., Sept 29. Today
marked the completion and formal open
ing of the new St Mark's pro-cathedral
in this city. The new edifice is one of
the largest and costliest Episcopal
churches , in the. northwest ,v
the most imoortant feature of iour-
DFALERS
S3 FOR
HOOKWORM FOUND
ago by . the Oregam Trunk line es
pecially for this trans-river work. The
scow ' will be kept' constantly on tho
move from now on, ferrying material
frt (i no trnn llil.
About 125 men will lay track while
an equal number-will' follow them to
ballast the road. Grading of the roai
has been completed to a point : about
70 miles south of Clark station and it
will" be. completed as far as Madras by
December 1. -Grading between- Madras
and Bend is ' also being done, nearly
1000 men being in that field.
Delay , In constructing the . big Steel
bridge across Crooked river, 23 miles
south of Madras, will check tracklaylng
at that point for some time, fcosBibly
till April, but it will not take Jong to
complete the road after the bridge is
in. This steel structure over the tur
bulent river, will be ISO feet, long and
260 feet above the river be&j-V1
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dally was valued at $9 per month but
on and after October 1 the .same quan
tity wilt be worth $9.60 according' to "the
new price list.
?We" are compelled to advance the
price of milk," .said the manager of one
f in j.yKP'L. establishments ' jn the
cTtylHsinorning, "fortbe farmers say
they have been forced to furnish1- a
purer supply and they have raised the
price to us from $2 per hundred pounds
to $2.50. We are unable to absorb this
Increase, and so the advance, which will
mean 25 cents a month to the greater
number of our cuf tomers has been an
nounced. "Elimination of milk from tubercular
cows has reduced the output consider
ably and the farmers feel that they
musj recoup their loss In some wav.
And I don't suppose our customers will
complain If they get better milk."
Judge Marshall's Action Fol
lows Conference of Attor
neys for Government.
(United Prois LMted Wire.)
McAlester, Okla., Sept 29. Federal
Judge Marshall today annulled the town
lot fraud charges against Governor C.
N. Haskell and other defendants recent
ly discharged. The action followed a
conference of the attorneys for the gov
ernment, to determine whether they had
sufficient evidence to convict The vir
tual dismissal in all probability will end
the town lot fraud trials. ,
; Haskell made a stubborn fight to pre
vent the cases coming to trial, but was
finally overruled. - The action of Judge
Marshall In annulling the cases is .con
sidered an indication that he considered
the evidence so far presented as incon
clusive. Witnesses from several states
had been summoned by the government
Assistant Attorney General Rush
moved theVllsmlssal of the case. Gov
ernor Haskell, Walter Eaton; W. T.
Hutchings and C. W;. Turn- wera dis
charged. ', ; J . ," i '
v Seattle JSond Election.
, Seattle, Sept 29. King county voters
will have the question of the issue of
$1,750,000 Improvement bonds "presented
November 8, at the general election. The
money Is needed for drainage, docking
and purs water improvement a . , ,
ALASKA MINING LAWS
- COMMITTEE ATTACKS
v; FORMER SPECIAL AGENTS
S) Los, Angeles, Sept 29. The' re- , 4
port or tne Alaska mining laws'
committee of the American Mln-.'
tng Congress, read today,- charges
4 ' that Louis R. GlaviS and Special
Agent Jones of the field service 4
of the forestry bureau -were re- 4
sponsible for tha recent Alaskan
' coal -lands discussions, ' and de-X 4
dares that neither man was suf-
' flclently well Informed to make
4 official reports on the Alaskan ; 4
s"Glavis and Jones,' the report
; declares.'never were with 600
miles of the coat lands In' ques-
tlon,, and their reports were wHt
4 ten In the wilds of Seattle." '
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CHARGES AGAINST
HASHED
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Rich Merchant, Head of Wad-
hams & Kerr Bros., Marries
His" Pretty Stenographer,
Miss Albertina Sechtem.
WIFE GOT DECREE
BUT SIX MONTHS AGO
First Mrs. Kerr Said to Be Ig
norant of Plans for Mar
riage of Husband.
Alexander H. Kerr. 48 rears old. nr.ri
dent of Wadhams & Kerr Brothers, was
married at high noon today to hla nrettv
private secretary,' Miss Albertina Sech
tem. sne is 20 years old. Mr. Kerr's
first wife secured a divorce from him
six months ago last Friday on the
grounds of desertion. 1
Tha ceremony was nerformed in Hf.
James English Lutheran church by the
pastor, Rev. J. Allen Leas. Only a few
or me more intimate mends were pres
ent and a great effort was made to
keen tha event upcrpt until Inmnrrnw
in aivorcea wiie, wno is living in, tne
old homt pn. Flanders street, is said to
haveT been ignorant that the marriage
was to take place. She returned, with
her daughter, " but - a short time ago
from Cambridge, Massachusetts,. A son
secured her divorce In Oregon City six
months ago. It was not mads public
until about two months after it had
been secured.
About two years ago Alexander H.
Kerr became possessed of an English
estate heavily burdened, with, debt and
carrying a title. Soon afterwards he
made a journey to Europe and England.
Mrs. Kerr was left with her daughter
la-Sweden and Kerr, returned home.
Mr. Kerr's infatuation for his pretty
secretary Is said to have extended over
a Considerable period, and to have been
the cause of the desertion of which his
first 'wife complained In her divorce pro
ceedings. ; The wedding today created a
sensation' among Mr. Kerr's acquaint
ances. . His now bride's father is said
to have been at one time the popular
proprietor of the Fountain saloon at
Second and Washington streets. He has
been dead for some time. .
After the wedding today at St James'
English Lutheran church, luncheon was
served at the home of the bride at 124
North Nineteenth street
The wedding supper will he served at
o'clock this evening and the bride and
groom expect to spend a month travel
ing. Mr. Kerr is a member of the gov
ernor's staff, being, commissary of the
Third regiment.
ALL CROWD ON
PLAY HARMONY
Expressions 'of the leaders of
the Republican party In New
Tork on the resultaof the Sara-
toga convention: e :
4 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt- vs)
"We have a sound, progressive) 4
platform, have nominated a good
4 ticket and I think we will win.",
s Governor Hughes "I . am
greatly pleased with, the action
of .the convention and with the
s platform." ' ' 4
4 : William Barnes Jr The tick-
et has been nominated, and I am
for the ticket; . that is party gov 4
ernment I shall support tha
nominees of the convention, and
I hope for the beet I expect
that harmony will prevail In the
'party.".- '.' ..'', -
. James Wadsworth .'1 shall not
be a candidate for reelection as
speaker of -the lower house of tha
next legislature. I shall not be a
candidate for any bf flee. I shall
cdhtinue to. take an active inter-
est In the welfare of the party,"
"Lloyd. C. Grlscom-"There will
be complete harmony in the cam-'.
palgn., Ws will have the united s
support of every element of tha
Republican party at the polls." ,
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Saratoga, N. f Sept 29.The Roose.
velt band wagon is crowded. . Politicians
who are still In Saratoga are clamber-
BANDWAGON AND
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DEMOCRATS AT ROCHESTER
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DALE HOTEL IS
Ex-Portland Gambler Ought to
Know Something About Mrs.
Day's Diamonds, Stolen at
San Francisco" Hotel. .
' (Special Dlapetcb to The Journal.)
San Francisco, Sept 2 9.--Although
claiming to have worked with assiduity
for the past: 24 hours In tracing the
diamond -Jewelry of Mrs Jessie Day,
of Portland, which mysteriously dis
appeared from the safe of Hotel Dal
last Saturday night the police of this
city have been unable, apparently, to
find any clew to the whereabouts of
the missing gems
M-s Day, who Is prostrated by her
loss, Is "Under the care of a physician.
Tho woman's friends declare that they
Intend to present the case for the con
sideration of the grand Jury, at .its ses
sion tonight
f These friends of the woman are not
satisfied with "the -way the case is
being handled by the detectives, and
they charge that men who hang about
the Dale hotel are being given police
protection.
Dale is the man who was notorious
in Portland, and who was instrumental
In having "Kid"- Abbott driven out of
that city- because Abbott with, his
Seattle crowd of. crooks, was interf er
lng . with Dale's "acquaintances." It
was claimed at that time that he had
police protection in Portland. - Later,
when Dale learned that Abbott Was to
have full swing in San Francisco, he
protested to Police Commissioner Harry
Flannery, under whose assistance and
protection Abbott was tb 'K work. In
some mysterious way Dale was ap
peased and came permanently to this
city. '-. . -...'.' v
Although within a stone's throw of
the hall of Justice, Dam's hotel is the
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MINISTER COMMITS
SUICIDE WHEN BRAIN
r CANNOT STAND STRAIN
(United Trci Leiiwd Wire.)
Chicago,,- Sept. 29 Distracted
because his wife was compelled
to enter a sanitarium, Rev. Ar-
thur Little, an Episcopal mlnls-
ter, today committed suicide. He
left the following note:
"Something has broken in my
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but themlay maker did not believe
me. But" It is true. The wire-',
-less clothesline has broken. God
'Tiaye mercyl 6h, my poor wife .
be good. to her;":. : ihi : a
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BULLET PUNCTURES
he Knows if not
Bill Poster Ffnds Hole in Liter-
mature and 30-30 Bulletin
Satchel, but Never Felt Bul
let Strike. . .f " ';; X
(Bpeeltl Ptipttrh ti The Journal.)
Roseburg, Or., Sept. 29. To narrow
ly , escape from a steel Jacketed-. 30-30
bullet and 'not' know' anything about it
Until the next day was the novel ex-
pperlence of Thomas McCarthy, a local
bill poster and distributor, Tuesday.
A "wild" Bullet struck and deeply Im
bedded Itself in a satchel of bills. He
noticed that some of the bills had
small round holes in them but paid no
particular notice to it . The next morn
ing as he was preparing to start again
he noticed a small hole in his satchel,
and upon investigating, found the. bul
let in the bottom of the satchel. He
also found thtft , it had penetrated
nearly all" tha Mils. He does nor rec
ollect having felt! the bullet strike the
satchel but. nevertheless considers his
escape from .death! very lucky- The bul
let was probably from the gun of some
careless hunter in' the surrounding hills.
BEBLIH NEWSPAPERS CLAMOR :
FOR "BLOOD ID Ifi" GURE
FOR STRIKERS; 3 DAYS' RIOT
(fniUd Press teased Wire.) , "
.-Berlin, Sept 29.-rTh.e'.. newspapers, of
Berlin, particularly those ofithe.Moablt
section, which has been racked with
strikes and riots, today-called upon the
authorities to. use the "blood and iron"
tratment for the purpose of preventing
further outbreaka , ; J ;k, t . -
The rioting last night was the worst
in many years,, and it -U feared that the
disorders may surpass the Socialist dis
turbances, of . southern Germany, . in
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" The police- estimated today that "00
persons were injured. Many . of the
wounded, are In hospitals in a precari
ous condition. ; The '.injured Include
police, strikers' and 'sympathisers. Four
American newspaper correspondents re
ceived slight 'cuts, and severe bruises
AH B. PARKER
WARNS AGIST
CENTRALIZATION
As Temporary Chairman of
New York Convention, Key
notes Ancient Democratic
Doctrine.
EARNEST QUEST FOR BEST
MAN TO BEAT STIMS0N
Tammany Leader Says He Has
No Candidate; Ticket to Be
Framed Tonight.
(Cnlted Prext Leiwd WIre.1 , '
Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 25. Althouah
the Democratic state convention opened
at noon today, it is the general opinion
nere tnat the slate will be made up to
night. Leader Charles F. Murphy of
TammanyHaM, who dominates the con
vention, declared this afternoon that ha
has no candidates to put forward.
The old slogan of "Harmon. Hearst
and Harmony" will be revised for tha
present occasions The, Harmon portion
will not be touched upon, while tha
Hearst end of the triad is expected to
be decidedly lacking. The harmony is
promised, but a considerable fight is
predicted over the selection of a guber-'1
natoriioanUdac- te bock the fitlm-
son-Roosevelt line." .
Edward M. SheDard of Brooklyn Is
apparently the leading candidate for
governor, but the fact" that he was
fornwwly a corporation attorney Is being
Urgea af amsi mm. . i
. The necessity' of selecting a strong
man to fight Stlmson is' realized by the
leaders, and Roosevelt's assumption of
the Republican party leadership in tha
state has impressed the Democrats.
' The chief features of the party plat
form. It Is expected, will be an attack
on Republican extravagance and an as
sault upon' the Payne tariff law. The
direct primary plank will probably ha
ignored. , ' . .
Whoever may ' be chosen ' will be a
Murphy man,, as the Tammany chief.
(Continued on Page Four.)
Utterance Taken to Indicate
That He Will' Support Re- .
puDiican uanamaie.
(Cnlted Press tett Wire.)
New Tork, Sept. . 29.- Hearst's Ne
Tork American today Indicates that it 1
preparing to support Henry L. Stimson,'
Republican candidate for governor . of
New York. . "
"Stimson is the kind of man who gets
what and whom he. attacks," the Ameri
can declares. "The - Republicans had
brains enough to select a man standing
for something; who actually has con-'
victed some big men Of doing harm to
the community. '
- "If It can be shown, as we hnpe it
n that RMminn halftnff, n hlma.lf
the Republicans have a candidate of
first-class size." t ,
from sabers in the hands of mounted
policemen. , ' ,'
Regarding - Police j Commissioner
Jagow's order toj suppress, the disturb
ance without mercy, one newspaper
says:
"The saber having proved Inadequate,
let us have the bullet." ,
It is believed that this paper taks
its cue from the commissioner, who is
quoted as Saying the police would shoot
to kill if rioting was resumed.
The' damage to property alrfn1v
rraches 1250,000 in thriw hiict .!!-
nignis. or, rioting, it is prenu i-4 t-.-u
the, threat of the police will iiave little-effect
oh the Idle thouBNivm, el
though the authorltli-H -have inf. ;.t
the forces in the stations In the dis
turbed precinct. . ; '
Strike leaders cutfprrM i'1t t 'i ..1.
vise means to prevent further i .- w
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