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THE DAILY JOURNAL IS mOCEIlTSICQPY Sunday Journal 5 cents; or IS cents week, for Daily and Sunday Jour. I pal by carrier.- delivered. , The weather' Fair tonight and Sunday; variable wiflds. JOURNAL CIRfl)LATIO;i ! , YESTERDAY WAS ' 74 VOL. IX. NO. 205. ' PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1910. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES PRICE TWQ CENTS. ,JAJIlfI IB nn Mi mnn a Pi liDUVv It H t III n QRBURN Mj) I ;AAfIWpH 10SS ' "lOIBDEK'IS HIS CIPHER V;ilEN HE WAS WANTED Acted in Interest of Bank That : Was Afterwards Accused of ; Misusing State Funds; New Light Cast on Record.- TELEGRAPH CODE TO. . HIDE HIS IDENTITY Another Case of Where Peo ple Were Forgotten in Ef fort to Serve Corporation, v. Jay Bowerman was one of the men ' trusted by the J. ' Thorburn Ross ' bank lobby In framing legislation In Its interest In the legislative session in IftflT .. r .. i, Under the -t name. of "Joinder' ..Bowerman was the man called on- by the Ross lobby to "watch"r bills -for .it, L . ' , As chairman tf the committee in y charge, Bowerman, alias . "Joinder." killed the Marquam suit review bill' He assisted In emasculating . the Miller bill regulating deposits- of Biate juuuh,, uy wiiHMi ttoBB was en' abled to secure big deposits of state , funds practically without security. ; He wa a member of the cprowlt tee which extended .the time f ; op- - eration of the banking act wherebyi RosB'later sought to scape convic- tion. for misuse of state money. ; .' Ever hear of "Joinder?" " . , v ' "JolnderT i th nama under which Jay Bowerman. smbly candidate tor fovernor, it : he.ld In, memory in the archives of the title Guarantee & Trust company. of which the , president, . 3. - Thornburn Roes, Is under sentence to 'the. penitentiary because of hie misuse of -state funds. , , Rosa maintained an active lobby at Salem during- the legislative session of 1 1907, and, carried on telegraphic com munication tn a cipher coda with those ; who were watching legislation In the ' interest of the bank. The lobby did Ms ((Continued on Page Three.) City Election in Progress on : Proposal to Issue $1,023, 1 000 Municipal Bonds; Heavy Vote Is Coming Out. ' . v CBltef Fmw teued W1n. Tacoma, Oct. 29. An additional city debt, of 11,028,000, to provide funds for a fire tug-, two new bridges and a mu- 'nlclpal dock, Is a question that is being voted on i here, today. The v voting is , heavy. Early indications tar that - the vot will be close. It takes a three fifths vote to carry any bond Issue. , Interest and general discussion have centered largely on the advisability of increasing the city's debt for a munici pal dock. . The fire-tug- has also been .a bone of contention. Mayor FawCett has backed the dock project, and has conducted a campaign In Its favor. TACOMA VOTES OH PUBLIC DOCK AND OTHER QUESTIONS G raft Grafil Mafil .. the entire couritiy honeycombed with graft? : J'l .-. r. J it helplessly" mired in corruption? . J - , ,f. And,-if io, is there any hope of betterment? ' , : These' are a few of the questions that Edward Marshall, the celebrated correspondent, placed before Woodrow Wilson, who is- to desert the presidency of Princeton university for the po litical field; . . Is ' this eminent educator alarmed at prevailing, conditions? Does he despair of the , many scandals - affecting men, high in' business and. politics, or does he see in these exposures signs of dvic reform ?.'- - ' ' "ReadnhS'answsrs TcTthese questions as given by Dr." Wilson his diagnosis of current ills in - ' the smmy louzim in Carrie Kersh on ATMIEVS DRAV .. Opening Arguments Devoted to - Tales of "Her. Career Either as Adventuress or as Un ' happy Wife. l J ' The Jury - empaneled yesterday morn ing to "sit In the ' trial of Mrs. Carrie Kersh, charged with abetting J. P, Webb Inane killing of W.' A. Johnson at the Grand Central hotel, -June SO. listened to the opening remarks or ' he state, outlining- the case ' against the woman, and to those 'of the attorneys for.the defense. , The " xjury ; wa,s. 1 afterwards taken byVthe balllffjj .to. vlew the scene of the Wiling.: - f-vr-v V : Actual taking of : testimony r wMl (be gin. Monday, Judge ' ; Morrow r bavins; postponed the'trlal fjn order to give the Jurymen an' opportunity, to arrange their business affairs. " ,' ' Deputy rlstrlctr,;Attorney Fltxgerald told the jury , the (State twould prove that Mrs, ; Kersh had formed a plot with , Webb ; to relieve Johnson" of his money before the -three left Spokane, and that the carrying out of the con spiracy led to the murder of Johnson. ,.,..,?, .V,.,.;-y Mrs, Xerslt fiAj.r;?'JZ When Attorney Seneca Fouts bepan te tell the storyV of Mrs.' Keren's, life to the Jury, the woman sobbed audibly and drenched a large handkerchief with tears as her counsel described her early career and went Into minute details In the depiction -of her unhappy Uasons with Kersh. who - became her husband. and later with Webb, now a convicted murderer. . . . . L "Gentlemen." . said -Mr. Fouts, "the state has Injected Into .this - trial so much of the seamy side of human af fairs that It will be necessarly for ns to do the same. ; I will endeavor to tell you of things, that make a woman blush for shame In the telling In order to present facts which will show that Car- (Continued on Fage Three.) . Trial for Life It , ., ' :. 1 V. - Local Capitalists, Headed by .Hartman & Thompson," Are Buyers; 24 Acres to Be Highly Improved by Owners. Hartman & Thomoson. headlna a svn. dlcate of local, capitalists, closed a .deal yesterday afternoon for the purchase of tne property or crystal Springs sanl (Continued on Page Three.) EFFORT TO DRIVE III Guards Dragged From Seats and Shots Fired by Both vMob. and Strikebreakers Police Charge. (United Prm Uased Wire.) ' . Jersey aty. N. J., Oct 29. Rioting Degan today when the Jersev Pit nf. flees of the express companies Involved sent out their wagons, with auarda seated beside the drivers. Eight wag ons were stopped by the strikers and their sympathizers. The guards fired over the heads of the crowd that had assembled and tt mob " returned the fire. No one was Injured In the open ing fusillade but the sound of the shots stirred the anger of .the crowd, and there, was a wild charge on the wagons. Drivers and guards were pulled from the seats, horses were unhitched from the Wagons and turned loose, and in a few minutes Uhe f fight between the guards and drivers and the police that were rushed to their assistance and the angry crowd of strike sympathisers be came general. Stones were hurled bv the mob and the officers called Into use their clubs. The rioting occurred near the water front,: and while It was at Its heiaht It was reported that a number of per sons had been- killed and their bodies thrown Into the river. The report In censed the mob;- and they took up the rignt wun renewed fury. Finally a semblance-, t peace -was secured. The mob which had been driven back, how ever, was In an ugly mood, and the police fear a. recurrence of the dlffi- CUltitS...! ii i ii in. i .. 1 ' ." """ It ; is feared that the rioting; lh Jer sey City may have Its influence on the strikers In New York, where today the disturbances were Inconsequential. Po lice fear that the 'strike may develop Into a serious affair 4n New Tork. as well as ; Jersey City. J and special pre cautions will be .taken to maintain OI'wt''-'wWjgV"'''"''n't"','f' -...v.-.v. .r CRYSTALSPRINGS SANITARIUM SOLD: $200,000 IS PRICE RIOTIfJG FOLLOWS EXPRESSWAGONS FLYING MEN IN EVENT OF I Le Blanc, for France, Tumbles . as He Is About to Finish the Course at Rate of 66 Miles an Hour; France Out. WRIGHT BROTHERS' MAN TUMBLES OUT OF RACE (Srahame-White, for England, Finishes at Over 60 Mile Rate; Races Le Blanc. , : (tTnlted Prew LetMd Wire) Betmont Park, N. T.. Oct 29. Oaude Grahame-Whl the English ' aviator, was declared the winner of the Coupe Internationale race this "afternoon, the feature of the ' international aviation meet being held hererT White was de clared the victor after Badley and Ham ilton had been'diaquallfied for not get ting started within the time limit fixed by the rules. Entries for the Coupe Internationale: English team Grahame-Whlte (Ble- rlot) ; Radley , (Blerlot) ; and Ogllvle (Wrlght).V American team Hamilton (Hamllton- ian); Brooklns (Wright); and Drexel (Blerlot); ' French team Latham ' (Antoinette): lie Blano (Blerlot); and Thomas (An toinette). ' ' . " , Prise S0OO'sh and- the fames ,3or. don Bennett trophy. j Distance of course 12.14 miles. Belmont i Park, N. T Oct 39.-Two aviators were Injured, a world's record was broken : and all meet records sur passed In the Coupe Internationale, the supreme test of aviation, which was (Continue on Page Three.) John Ditchburn, Candidate for ,. Circuit Judge, . Surrenders After Dodging Warrant; Al Jeged Victim Looks Frail. John Dltchbufn,'BepublJcan candidate for circuit Judge, was arraigned before Municipal Judge Tazwell .this morning on the charge of assaulting John Mc Fadden, an attorney of Cathlamet Wash., and at the request of McFadden the case was continued until Monday ror nearing-. McFadden secured the continuance in order to subpoena the Witnesses to the assault which took place Thursday afternoon in the bar room of the Es mond hotel at Front and Morrison streets. These were I P.. Branstetter, vessel owner; C. W. Hayes, an agricul tural Implement dealer, and Charles Carlson, a painter. Ditchburn had no witnesses and did not ask to have any called, , out . brought lan attorney .with him prepared to make a fight on the charge.. " . . r ' , McFadden reiterated today that he knew of no reason for the assault made upon him by . Ditchburn. , He Is of the opinion that some one wrote the letter mentioned by Ditchburn before making the assault to. Judge Gatens, lnrormlng the jurist of things harmful to Ditch burn. S i. . ' The contrast between the' two men was emphasised when they appeared In court today. McFadden, while tall, is of a frail build and Ditchburn Is robust and weighs more than 200 pounds. - Ditchburn yesterday dodged the of ficer who was detailed to srve the warrant upon him, .Last bight he called Captain of Police Bailey by: telephone and told him he would appear in court today. The warrant was then called In. Ditchburn was 'permitted to leave court on his own recognizance today."' " Ditchburn has bragged of his prowess as a pugilist and says he has fought tu the rlngi n ;.r- ,. ' i. 'li- ', FLOUR WILL GO DOWN .. . 20 CENTS A BARREL; -.. BAKERS WILL PROFIT - Blue Monday , won't be so bad next week, prom that time on 4 - consumers will be able to buy e --flemt-rT(Tmfnoirer7irontae a barrel from present prices. e The wholesale price of flour was ' e reduced a similar amount today, 4 and the retail value will follow.-: 4 . The drop ,1a due entirely to the: e 4 recent sharp looses sustained by e 4 the wheat market , 4 Ml AVIATION MEE : iwfce "IT J GOING TO SALEM ANTICIPfttltlR PUBLIC DOCKS , BE BUILT, STEAMSHIP HEM ALREADY APPLYING FOR BERTHS Even before 'the people vote for pub lic docks Kovember 8, owners of Inde pendent steamship lines, anticipating that modern wharves will be built are applying for berths in them.' Under public ownership they will neither be subjected to- the use of decaying," Insecure,- poorly , equipped private ddeka, nor compelled to pay the t extortionate tateS now Imposed on them by reaou ofA their present use of these private docks.;"- vr.?';- The Richardson Steamship company, Jake Meadows Shoots Himself When He Learns George Sexs,mith a Suicide; Both , Prominent in California. y El Cantro, Cat, Oct. 29. Inseparable friends through life, Jake Meadows, dep uty sheriff and a former Indian fighter of renown, ' and George Sexsmlth,- one of the best known surveyors In' the southwest, are dead, Meadows ,, having shot himself through the heart when he learned that Sexsmlth had Committed suiciee. Sexsmlth yesterday- went Into the office of Sheriff Mobley Meadows, brother of Jake, In the county jail and fired a bullet through his chest from a gdn he found standing in the room. ; He died late last night. .- An hour after Sexsmlth died Meadows was toia or nis inena s aeatn. , . "Good," he exclaimed;: ; "I'm . glad George got ' Off. . I'm going , the same route.''. -'..'', '., . ;;,;:,- Meadows then "went to his room In the Jail building, lay on his bed and sent, a soft posed rifle bullet through his heart, dying almost Instantly. Sexsmlth laid out the , famous Im perial Valley irrigation canal and built a 300 foot Jetty for the.'Southern Pa cific railroad in an attempt; to 'turn the floods of the Colored river back to their course. He had held several public offices. Meadows was known as a scout In the early: data in Arizona. He had served as a deputy sheriff here for many years. 1 Sexsmlth Is Wrvlved by ; a young daughtor and Meadows leaves a.wlf e tft-T'fTV"c1llIirrerir-'T Texas' Battle Monument Unveiled. . Gonzales, Texas, Oct 29.- A monu ment to commemorate the battle of Gonzales, which was the opening' con flict of the Texas revolution In 1835 was unveiled here today with Interest- lf -xeromonles-andi In -the-presence "Of a large cro.ed of spectators. : , LIFELONG FRIENDS JOINED IN DEATH-SELF-DESTRUCTION operating; from 10 to 15 steam schoon ers regularly between Portland and 8an Francisco, wants a landing place at and storage room on the public docks. This Urie In one year brought 28,000 tons of freight to Portland, paying a dockage rate or 16500 at the rate of 25 cents ton during that time. At San Francisco during this time the Richardson Steam" ship company has been paying dock marges at the rate, of 6 cents a ton The cost -In " Portland has been five times- as much as in San Francisco where docks belong; to the people. Want rabllo Boors. "We will go over to the publlo docks as soon as they are ready for ise.M de clared James J. Richardson; Ideal mana ger of the line. "In" Portland , we pay big money for dockage and we get no service whatever. The docks' are not equipped for handling- freight; the docks themselves are In the worst kind of con dition. At San Francisco we pay one fifth as much 'dockage, and the dock are modern in every respect. Tin freight Is quickly and economically handled, we discharge cargo,' load and get away again In about the time it takes, to get started to unload In Port land.' That Is the difference between publlo and private ownership of the water front and docks.; ' -, The' Richardson ' Steamship company Is not alone In Its desire to ..use pub lic docks. . It Is reliably, reported that every Independent steamship line whose vessels come, to Portland la .anxiously watching the progress of the campaign lor publlo docks in Portland. Hereto- (Continued on Paae Three. OR. II GILLESPIE The county grand Jury will this af. ternoon return indictments against Dr. R. L. Gillespie, resident physician at Crystal Springs sanitarium, and two at tendants whose names have not' been made publlo.; A great number, of wft- nesses have been examined by the Jury, the purpose being to clear up al legations that cruelties have been1 prar . In finding against Dr, Gillespie, the grand Jury has gone on the theory that whether be had knowledge of the cruel ties or not,, it was his business to know of the way affairs were conducted at the place, and that he should be held generally responsible ror whatever may have transpired there. IS TO BE IND CTED SPELLS BENTON CLILINTY IS REPUBLICAN IT PREFERS VEST Audience Four Times as Large as Bowerman's Greets Pop ular Candidate at College Town. ' ' . ' ADDRESS WINS VOTES AND HOLDS AUDIENCE Old Line Republicans Desert Party Right and Left and Boost for West. 1. By Ralph A. Watson. Corvallls,' Or.,- Oct 29. -Up In . Ben ton county everybody. Is a neighbor of..,. Oswald West and last night his neigh- . bors of Corvallls showed thelrelgh borly feeling , by; packing the opera house with an audience four times as large as that one which went t hear W. H. Hawley and Jay Bowerman a few nights ago. ' It, was not an audience of numbers alone, but one of bottled-up . enthusiasm, that laughed .when West laughed with them, that gave him long and - loud - -applause when he took , his place on the platform, that Interrupted! him with applause as he madt telling point-after telling point In his address. It was, too, one of , those audiences which, wheru not applauding, sit r hv el lence so Intent that a rustling garment or a shitted foot startles and strikes discord agntirst-tmrirpwikers voice. It was an audience gathered to listen and to learn,--full of sympathy, ..ominous of Bowerman's defeat. EepnbUoans for Wsst. - ; ' "Ttj Is going to be awful close, aw ful close, in Benton county," Is the way one of the most prominent Republicans In. Corvallls sized It up as he walked to the meeting; last night. "They tell me I am committing political suicide," he continued,, "but I. am out for.WeBt, and , there are a whole lot of other po litical suicides In Benton .county, I sat down. in my office the, other day and counted 1 40 Republicans Who are supporting , West in Corvallls alone;, .: "It Is a hard game here in Benton county,-', the wpeaker continued, ' "Cham berlain never could carry this county, but West is going' to get more votes than Chamberlain did. There Is a ma- (Continued on Page Three.) Assistant. City Attorney Sulli van Charges Head of Police Department Inclined to Stop Certain Prosecutions. ' "We must have legal backing In ouf prosecution of , criminal' cases by th city attorney's office. 'V-Chlef of polite Cox. ' - . ' ' "There is no one who asks to have tnor cases dismissed than Chief Cox." Assistant City Attorney Sullivan., who has charge of the municipal court pros ecutions, , . , 4 . In vlewT'of these conflicting state ments, the" searchlight promlses'to turn upon 1 the pollde department, and esp clally upon Chief of Police Cox.. The statements followed as a result of. the case in the municipal court Fri day against William Grant for gam. bling ln the Drexel hotel. He pleaded guilty an4 was fined $50, ' Chief Cox said it should have been more, and la!i the blame upon the office of-the tliy attorney.' .Continuing In his eplnton-ef the city attorney's office, the chief said the police department did not have full support in prosecuting case and that It was discouraging to h!S officers. 1 i Assistant City Attorney Sullivan, wh. ha had charge of; the work In the mu nicipal court -two years,, takes stronit exception to the views of t) chief ami to show that he has some grounds fr (Continued on Page Three.) PROSECUTOR SAYS DISMISS CHARGES