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ROLE OF
MURDERER
TO ESCAPE
District Attorney Has Peculiar
Case in Man Charged With
Killing Alaria Here in 1907.
IS WANTED ACROSS LINE
Curiosity First Aroused by Willing
un of JPTUoner, Arnitid la Vmu
' oouver, to Waive Extradition.
Did Nicola Aleurl, Italian. Mum
the role of a murderer wanted In
Portland as a ruse in escaping from
troubles In British Columbia?
This is the pfoblem in the district
attorney's office. If he did, Aleurl
laid for himself a sorry trap and the
cuhnlng thought of escaping extradi
tion to Canadian territory -will Ire
quickly dispelled In the very simple
process of deportation by the Immigra
tion officials. If he did not, AleuriV
predicament ia story of odd mistaken
Identity. '
On the night of December 23. 17,
in front of the frofino saloon at 322
Front street. Portland, Nick Polomeni.
llaa Imallg alias MmrliA. Shot And
killed Clacchina Alaria, a restaurant
keener. There were several eye wu-
nAfeaea in Trtlirrlef. ht PolOmCfil
made his escape, presumably darting
into British coiumma.
Waived Eatradltio Proceedings.
Not long ano the Portland police
were notified by the Vancouver. B. c.
authorities that an Italian there had
Identified another Italian resident as
Polomeni. On meagre information
City Detective Frank Snow went to
Vancouver, where he found Aleurl In
custody and quickly ready to waive
extradition proceedings and return to
Portland to face the charge Of murder.
Friday the non-identif ication oti
Aleurl as Polomen began. Detective
Joe Morak, who was in the Orofino
saloon at the time of the murder, r.
Costanzo. F. Qualtlere and B. Pugliese,
.1.11 former acquaintances of Polomeni,
called at the county jail but said the
liTisoner was a stranger to them
Costanzo and Qualtlere were eye-wit
nesses of the murder, but were certain
that the prisoner was not the mur
derer.
District Attorney Kvans and Chief
Deputy Collier were put In a quandary
at first. They had a man whom they
charged with murder, but who could
not be identified. Then it began to
develop that Aleurl is charged with a
ferlous crime In the British province,
Willingness Causes, Wonder.
The fact that extradition from Can
ada is both difficult and expensive
coupled with Aleurl's willingness to be
returned into the United States, caused
some wonderment and started an in
vestlgatlon. Should he be wanted in
Canada he will le disposed of by be
ing turned over to the Immigration of
flcials as an undesirable.
Lit ia said that Aleurl has passports
to show that he Immigrated to British
Columbia frotn ; Italy in 1808. a yeaf
:ifter the Portland murder. The story
is that he was proprietor of a barber
fhop 200 miles north of Vancouver,
and that at the time of his arrest in
Vancouver he had been there for sup
plies. .From information gleahed Detective
Morak is now of the opinion that the
informer against Aleurl was none other
than rolomeni, the wanted man.
HOSPITAIj FOB W EINSTEIN
Contempt of Court Prisoner Gets
Parole for 60-Day Treatment.
Ben D. Welnsteln, held in the county
Jail for contempt of court until he
pays 18000 alimony awarded PrlncesB
C. Welnsteln, will be a patient at the
county hospital for 60 days. Upon
certificates made by Dr. Harry McKay,
county physician, and Dr. Ixuils Buck
that Welnsteln is sick and that hos
pital treatment Is necessary. Judge
Tucker haa granted a parole that will
transfer Welnsteln to the hospital in
custody of the sheriff.
Welnsteln, who gave a an excuse
for failufa to pay alimony the fact
that he had been robbed of $5000, has
been lh Jail for three weeks after be
ing adjudged guilty of contempt.
$2500 Damages Awarded
Winnie S. ejMnger Saturday was
awarded by a Jury In Judge Belt's
i-nurt $2300 damages for her incarcer
ation in ,l!M5 in the insane asylum.
T ' vhs brought for $10,000, and
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Judge T. E. J. Daffy.
With the arrival Monday morning of
Judge George P. Bingham of Marion
county to take the bench of Judge
Davis, the six departments of the
Multnomah county circuit court will
again be in full awing following the
call into the army service of Judge
Gantenbein and Davis.
In the new alignment of the Mult
nomah coanty judiciary. Judge Kavan-
Would-Be Assassin
To Be Asked Motive
Perograd, May 12. (TJ. P.) A
man who Confessed he planned assas
sination of Minister of Jistlc Keren
sky is to furnish the Socialist Run
elan minister with his flrat object les
son in Russia's new liberty.
The would-be . assassin, a man
named Moukin, was arrested. He con
fessed he went to the duma on Friday
with the deliberate intention of shoot
ing the new minister of Justice. He
was taken, however, before h had an
opportunity.
"I will go to the prison and see
Moukin," eaid Kerensky today. "I
want to have a talk with him and
find out what his grievances are.
"My first act as minister of Justice
of new Russia was to abolish capital
punishment. Moukin, under the oUa
regime, would have been condemned
to death instantly foranu" plot against
a government official. Under new
Russia he Will hot.'
Petain Will Advise
French Government
Paris. May 12. (U. P.) General
Petain of France is to have his head
quarters in Paris and be adviser to the
government, which will assume respon
sibility for the full conduct of the
war, according to a lengthy article
printed today in the Journal des Bats.
Petaln's orders, tha editorial declares,
will Ha AttvitttMl fiv ih vAvarnmn(
direct to commanders in chief in the
various fronts.
Jackrabbits Are
Given Indorsement
Washington. May 12. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAIO
The canning of JackrabMts as an addi
tional food supply is indorsed by the
biological survey. It cannot, however,
favor the suggestion that the supply
of Jackrabbits be conserved, because
farmers are Justified In exterminating
them where they injure crops.
the defendants were originally E. Lee
Steiner. superintendent of the asylum;
I,. F. Griffith, assistant superintend
ent; William Hull, Mrs. Springer's
father; Dr. E. W. Howard and Dr.
Curtis Holcomb. TUe complaint against
Steiner, Griffith and Hull Was dis
missed when the case was called for
hearing.
Three Charge Desertion.
Desertion formed the pleas of three
complainants In divorce' suits filed in
the circuit court yesterday in the cases
of Harrlette Jr. Chambers against Wil
liam T. Chambers, Judd Dowry against
fimily M. Lowry and Jessie Langas
against Paul Dangas.
The
Portland
the favorite dininc
place for many of Port
land's best people.
Faultless service in
grill and dining-room.
Sunday Table d'Hote
Dinner $1
Served 5:30 to 8 o'clock.
Music by the Portland Or
chestra, directed by Mr.
Waldemar Lind.
Dinner Dante de Luxe
Every Weekday
Evening
Dancing from 6:lS to 8:18
ocIock. Table d'Hote Din
ner $1.00, served 5:30 to 8
o'clock, or Service a la
Carte.
Mr. and Mrs. George Edwin
' Love ascist at the din
ner dances.
Club Breakfast
Noon Luncheons
Richard W. Chads, Manager
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Jadgo George P. Bingham.
augh is now presiding judge; Judges
Tucker and Oat ens retain their depart
ments; Judge H. H. Belt of Lane and
Polk counties will ait indefinitely in de
partment No. 6. vacated by Judge Gah
tenbeln; Judge Duffy of Jefferson,
Crook and Deschutes counties replaces
Judge Morrow during his illness, and
Judge Bingham will take Judge Davis'
department for two weeks. Judge
FACTS MANGLED BY
FIREMEN, I. STEVENS
SAYS IN STATEMENT
It Would Be Impossible to
Give Each Man Actual Per
sonal Notice, He Points Out
Fire Marshal Jay W. Stevens
charges that firemen advocating the
adoption of a two-platoon measure by
the people June 4 are misrepresenting
the facts.
Stevens points to a statement from
George W. Booth of the National Board
of Underwriters of America, which the
firemen are using in their campaign
as an argument for the adoption of
their measure, to substantiate his
charge. Stevens says the statement in
reality is an argument against the
two-platoon system. Stevens said:
"The statement of Booth says: In
cities where the actual day strength
of companies is about one-half the pa
per strength, the two-platoon plan
would apparently not appreciably de
crease the effective force and It ap
pears that the total strength available
for serious fires may be even greater
than with the single-shift, if proper
provision is made for their notification
and response on second or greater
alarms.'
"That's the meat. If proper pro
vision is made for their notification
and response, etc' As a matter of
fact, however, the two-platoon sys
tem which the firemen are advocating
does not make "proper provision.' The
proposed measure reads: 'Every mem
ber of the fire department is subject
to duty calls at all hours of the night
and day when there is great or unusual
danger of which he has knowledge or
actual personal notice.' By the very
words this provision means nothing.
How actual personal notice may be
given a fireman as the act would re
quire is certainly mystifying. It
would he impossible to give each fire
man actual personal notice and every
person backing the measure knows it."
Seaside Physician
Ordered to Camp
Seaside, Or., May 12. Dr. Frank Van
Doren. a physician of this city, has
received notice to prepare to leave ror
the Medical Reserve Corps training
camp. He is the first citizen Of Sea
side to have this honor. More than
30 young men of this community have
Joined the regular army in the last
month.
Students Plant Potatoes.
Seaside, Or., May 11. The students
of the Union high school inaugurated
a new feature in celebrating the annual
campus day when they devoted the
first half Of the day to planting two
acres of potatoes, The afternoon was
devoted to athletic contests, after
which a lunch was served by the girls
of the domestic science class.
Jewelry Valued at'
$200,000 Is Stolen
Pelham, N. Y.. May 12. (I. N. S.)
Jewels valued at $200,000 were stolen
from the couhtry home of Frederick
H. Allen at Pelham Manor yesterday,
it became known tonight.
The robfeery occurred during the ab
sence of the family. The Jewels had
been left out of the safe in which they
were usually kept.
Highway Engineers
Indorse Bond Issue
The $6,000,000 road bonding bill was
unanimously indorsed Saturday night
by the Northwestern Society of High
way Engineers. Among the reasons
for the adoption of the measure it was
Urged that; increasing revenues from
motor vehicles made It possible to li
quidate the cost of hard surfaced roads
without increasing other taxes.
Hard Cider Causes Arrest.
Salem, Or., May 12. Six men drink
ing hard cider were rounded Up ' in a
raid made today by Constable varnev
on the North Saletn Cider Works at
372 A street. C. E. BUfthett' the pro
prietor, was arrested on a charge of
maintaining a nuisance under the Pro
hibition laws. A large quantity of
hard cider was sekwd. When taken
before the Justice of the peace this
afternoon Buttnett pleaded not guilty.
He has been arrested twice before on
bdotlegginr Charges as the result of
selling hard cider, and both times was
cohvicted. Kv
VACANCIES
MaU.i!
Judge H. H. Belt.
Bingham will be replaced by Judge
George R.' Bagley of Hillsboro. who
in turn will be followed by Judge Gil
bert V7 Phelps of Pendleton.
Judges Gantenbein and Davis, now
at the Presidio camp, still "maintain
their Judicial offices pending definite
determination as to their war service.
They, however, have waived their sal
aries as Judges.
Bomb Cases Will
Be Revived Monday
San Francdsco, May 11. (TJ.P.)
The preparedness day bomb cases. will
come back; Into the courts Monday
when Mra Rena Mooney is scheduled
to go on trial on a charge of com
plicity in the dynamiting. Her attor
neys have moved a change of venue
from Judge Dunne's eourt and it is
announced that if this motion is de
nied the prosecution will proceed with
the trial.
Simultaneously, Frank C Oxman,
charged with "framing" testimony
against Thomas J. Mooney, convicted
bomb case defendant, will appear In
court -in an attempt by his attorneys
to gain Juta release on a habeas cor
pus writ.
Roosevelt Is Deeply
Gratified at Vote
New York, May 12. (I. N. S.)
Colonel Roosevelt said tonight:
"I am deeply gratified at what the
house has done. I see that they have
taken a step which is eminently wise
and patriotic toward enabling us to
utilize all elements in the country
which would otherwise not be utilised
at all.
"It will enable a mixed force of reg
ulars and volunteers to be sent to the
front during the time necessary for
enlisting the great army under selec
tive draft."
Trunk FuUTof
Liquor t)ame High
Eugene. Or. May 12. C. C. McCor-.
mick and John Wojick. both of this
city, were each fined $150 In Justice
court this afternoon on the charge of
having liquor in their possession in
violation of the prohibition law. These
men shipped a trunk in from Califor
nia Deputy Sheriff D. A. Elkins was
tipped off that the trunk contained'
liquor ana wnen it was claimed at
the station McCormlck and Wojick
were arrested. It was almost full of I
whiskey.
Government May
Commandeer Boats
Washington. May 12. (t7. P.$ The
navy department has asked the hous ;
committee on naval affairs for legls-;
lation to enable the department to
commandeer ships for the coast de-'
fense fleet, because owners of a num- '
ber of vessels needed by the navy are ,
asking exorbitant prices for them.
About 200 yacht owners refused to sell
their vessels to the government at ap-- )
pratsal prices. Others refused 'to sell
at any price.
Five Insurance Men
Put in Appearance
New York, May 12. (I. N. S.) At
torneys for the five New York men
indicted in Pittfeburg on Thursday
charged with complicity In the alleged
"wrecking" of the Pittsburg Life &
Trust company, appeared in court to
day in opposition to District Attorney
Swann In the matter of ball fixing.
The sixth indicted, W. D. McQueeter.
was not represented by counsel, but
is said to be in touch with the au
thorities. Newspaped Assails
Entrance Into War
Chicago. May 12 (I. V. S.) The
ehttance of the United States into the
world war is assailed as "unwise, un
warranted, and contrary to the self
interest of this country and its people,"
Jn an editorial in today's issue of the
Republican, . generally recognised as
he official mouthpiece of Mayor Wil
liam Hals Thompson.
Copies of the editorial were placed in
the hcndsof the federal authorities to
night It is understood ihey win be
forwarded to Washington.
Explosion Fatal to ,
Four Mine Workers
Harrlsburg, 111.. May 12. (T, N. S.t :
- Four mine workers were killed by i
a gas explosion at-Grayson mine, sev-'
eral miles north of here today?
The dead are: Walter Calhoun. I
mine examiner; Claude Humnhreys. '
Walter Baston and Joseph B. Eaaton.
loaders.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined. ,
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etease fetation The. Journal. (Adv.)
ODD FELLOWS PLAN
ANNUAL GRAND LODGE
AT
All Branches of Order to As
semble During Week, of
May 21.
BIG PREPARATIONS MADE
Popl of College Town I.aylar Tlaai
Koyally to Satartala Mamhaxa
of Traternity.
All branches of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows will assemble at
Eugene for the annual grand lodg
session the week beginning May 21. A
special train will leave Portland at
1:30 p. m. About 10CO delegates are
expected to bo on board.
The officers of the grand lodge are:
Henry 8. Westbrook, grand master,
Portland; George W. Trefren, deputy
grand master, Ashland: W. F. Walker,
grand warden, Springfield; E, E. Sha
ron, grand secretary, Portland; O
T. Doane, grand treasurer. The Dalle.
Kerwin (Paddy) J. Nolan, grand mar
shal. Portland; Frank E. Weed, grand
conductor, Portland; C. A. Ilarwood
grand guardian, Sllverton; Harvey
K. i
Sickafoose, grand herald, Monmouth.
To Confer 2egTees.
The cltlsens and committees of Eu
gene have arranged for the Patriarchs
Militant, the military branch, to meet
Monday, May 21. Wednesday, this
branch will confer the degree of chiv
alry upon all those who have done
some great act of service to the or
der. This branch la under the direct
supervision f Major General Harry
M. Beckwith of Portland.
Tuesday the grand encampment will
convene in the Armory, while the Re-
bekah assembly will convene in the
Odd Fellows temple. Earl Williams
of Freewater is I grand patriarch and
will preside aver the grand encamp
ment. Mrs. Nellie Wattenburg -f
Klamath Falls id president of the Re
bekah assembly and will preside over
that body. This assembly is compose!
of 600 delegates.
Orand to do to Meet.
Wednesday the grand lodgeyWill con
vene. This session will be composed
of 500 representatives from 220 lodges
with a membership in Oregon of 20,000.
i The committee has arranged a Joint
memorial exercise for 4 p. m. Wednes
day, when the 3000 representatives .f
: all branches will meet in the Armory
ana noia lining memorial exercises
for the deceased members of the past
year. The president, Mrs. Wattenburg,
will deliver the memorial address of
the Rebekah branch, after which Henry
S. Westbrook, will deliver the memo-
i rial address for the Odd Fellows. After
SESSION
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this service the citizens have arranged ' has examined various Kinds of min
a grand parade which will form at in machinery and has placed several
the Armory and march to the college orders.
grounds and back to the Odd Fellows' Today he will visit the paper mills
temple.
When writing b wr calling "on drer-tlrs,
,1eftBe mention The Journal. (Adr.)
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PASTOR CELEBRATES
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
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Rev. X. Shupp.
Commemorating the fiftieth anni
versary of the ministry of Rev. N-,
Shupp, prominent Oregon missionary
of the Evangelical church, a special
program of ce)bration will be given
in his honon, on May 18, during the
confeffence session In Monmouth, Or.
Rev. Mr. Shupp, whose untiring
efforts in behalf of his church won
for him many important positions In
missionary work, will be tendered a
banquet at the Monmouth hotel at
6:30 p. m. of the day set, when Blsh-
! op Lawrence Seager will deliver tho
principal address. Rev. Shupp will
deliver his fiftieth anniversary ser
mon, f
He organized several of the most
popular of the church activities, and
during his 28 year period of service
as a member of the conference in
Oregon, accomplished a notable series
of projects in the interests of -.missions.
Director of Mining
In China Is Here
Chen Oho Is Returning Home After
Examining and Buying Machinery
In This Country.
Chen Cho. dlr-ctor of mining for
the Chinese government, is in Tort
land on his way back to his country
after a four months' stay In the East.
i While in this country Director Chen
at Oregon City. Mr. Chen will remain
In Portland until Wednesday or Thurs
day going frem here to Ban Francisco.
He is staying at the Hotel Multnomah.
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Asking New Divorce
Woman Who Asked Ooart to Aamal
Previous Separation Xeappears oa
Former Charge of Cruelty.
Divorced and reconciled within the
month of January of this year, only
to have good behavior promises shat
tered, driven from home because of
rent arrearage and her three baby
girls, aged . 3 and 1. sent into homes
as wards of the Juvenile court, Desse
A. Howard Saturday filed a new di
vorce complaint against Edward W.
Howard.
Mrs. Howard charges that at one
time, in September. 191. her husband
threatening to kill her, struck-"her with
a hammer, and that a day or two later
he threw her to the floor and nearly
choked her to death. Tired of cruelty,
last January she obtained a decree of
divorce, and on the last' day of the
same month, at her husband's importu
nities, she asked Judge Gantenbein to
set aside the decree.
On May 1", the renewed cruelties
are alleged to have culminated In -the
refusal of the father to provide food
for the year-old baby. Then the three
children wero placed in homes pro
vided by the Juvenile court, and the
mother worked for her own support.
Madsen Heads the
Coast Longshoremen
International Convention Concludes
Session at Twoai With Election of
Officers; 7. 3. Tucker on Board.
Taooma, Wash., May 12. U. P.)
The international longshoremen's coast
convention, which has been in session
here all week, ' finished Its business
tonight with the election of the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
President J. A. Madsen. Seattle;, secretary-treasurer.
Marshal M, Wright.
Taooma .
Executive board, member for OrecoxK
J. J. Tucker; T. Stlmson, and & R.
Lines, Wash.; George Thomas and Gor-
dan Kelly, Vancouver, B. C; J Tay
lor, Victoria, B. C, and Ohanesi Hoiou,
Hawaiian Islands.
President T. V. O'Connor of the In
ternational association expects to
leave for the east Monday night.
Portland was chosen as the next
meeting place of the union.
Draft Registration
Blanks Are Mailed
Washington, May 12. (I. N. 8.)
N'lne million registration blanks for
card Indexing every man in the coun
try between the ages of 21 and 80, in
elusive, available for military service
were put in the mails toaay oy tne war
department.
They were sent to the sheriffs and
mayors of every city, town and hamlet
in the country and will be handed out
by the appointed registrars, to be filled
in on registration day, which will be
named by the president as soon as con
gress finally passes the conscription
bill.
Taft's Son, 10, Enlists.
Washington, May 11. (I. N. 8.)
Charles P. Taft, 19-year-old son of
former President Taft, has enlisted as
a private In the artillery branch of
the array. As he is under legal age
it was necessary for him to obtain
the consent of his parents.
: held over until Wednesday no longer
The picture thousands have pronounced "the world's most
perfect photoplay" :
Sarah Bernhardt
"Mothers of France"
Sublime soul-irupiring powerful - heart-gripping
magnificent wonderful. You are missing the greatest
production of modern times if you fail to see "Mothers of
France" phenomenal breaking all records at Portland's
popular
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POINTS IN THE EAST
EFFECTIVE JUNE 20
Be1!
Limit on All Tickets
Three Months but Notito
Extend Beyond October 31
Announcement has been made by theT
Trans-Continental Passenger associa
tion that "Back East" summer tonrlst
fares this year will be effective
June 20.
Sale dates will be daily from June "
FARES
FOR
19 to 30 inclusive, and Frldsys and'
Saturdays during the months of July, ,
August and September. The limit on :
tlokets will h three months, but noV?
to extend beyond October SI. 1117 :
Journeys must begin on the date of .
ale. '
Fares will be $7 50 higher f rotrf; ;
Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver,
B. C, and related points, and $5 hlgbsr.
from Spokane and related points, than'!
prevailed in 1911.
In addition lo these fares special'
rates with 30-day limits will be made4 .
as follows: Boston, Mass, and re-'
turn. May 28 and 29; St. Paul, Mlnn:
and return, June 1 and 2: Des Moines, -Iowa,
and return, June 7 and 8; Chi- -cago
and return, June 11 and 13, and'
for the Elks' convention In Boston,";
July 3 and i.
These rates for 30-day tickets afre
for direct lines and are good for Stop5
overs returning. '
Some of tourist rates that will be In"
tffect from Portland are: Chicago,
$80; St Paul, Omaha and Kansas Ciur, :
3(7.60; St. Iouls, 378.70; Mew York, ',
1118.20 and Boston, $119.20. i
These fares are for direct lines from.
Portland. Tickets on which the return
reads via California are $33.19 higher..
The delay In publishing and filing:
fares with the Interstate Commrc,
commission this year was due to the ,
adjustments made in the Shasta route,
decision. H
Parties Will Join to 1
Boost Liberty Loan!
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Washington. May l!. (U. P.) Thj
liberty loan bond lasue la to be th
bond to unite the Democrat and Re
publican parties. -T
Vance McCormlck and Chairman!
Willcox of the Republican campaign,
committee are negotiating together tQ,
give the Issue nation-wide publicity.
It is probable the campaign orgAUW
satlons will be revived to this purpose.
Two Masked Men .1
Rob Pedestrian!
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Charles O. Schumacher, of 103 Oan-' '
tenbeln avenue, was held . up an
robbed of $30 in gold late Saturday
night near his home. Two masked.,
men of medium slxe committed th,
crime. Both wore dark suits and wore:,
slouch hats. The police were unable
to find any trace of the pair. '4
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France to the people of America
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