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= vOL. 1 HAS Los Angeles Surrenders to hace! One Continuous Round af|:s Pleasure. {By United Press.) 18 ANGELES, Apri Angeles surrende une \ pie the navy today “gas suspended in accorda . the proclamation of the ma ig dawn thousands of vis towns were pe Into the ety to pay tbe jo the nation’s sea Malite ‘The features of the me pam were the ante @ Rear Admiral Thomas diticers of the fleet, and for of yesterdays Spar que and athletic events Kiyer gisied mea at Chutes’ bavcba pe. Boxing Contests. nee greater 0 umber land fans crow and grounds of th today to witness program of boxing im the A. A. t ebampic Wheeler won the decision Mann, three rounds. Beth iy Fratello beat Harry be founds, both 115 Se tor 135 poems stopped Rowell, ope © L MeDanieis, 115, knock fed Richards, ove round Ri lelend won over Fr WA, firat round. Harold fe tontinue afte . out Bert ( pten ip Louisiana in one )Arther Rollins of the Ken Won the welterweight oh of the navy. The ‘me minute, Compton © for the count from a suce of right and left ee to th ‘of the jaw. Sailor Attraction a ater Were cheered tho by the solid banks of gone that lined the route was the brawny Who was the center of interest. fommunity seems sur with an Kened patriot Sel the mere waving of a Fy bead singing of a national OS ongeend followed by an feeling n almost alternate the entire program Demand Sysedren anaes er the re @ttire battleship | feet ta the Pacific waters. or the Of at least a aquadron of ships, with a « Of trainers and te of the coant offi the ton yen arranged and the officers in @ continuous ot ber of « ral Sper ido Hons are being tendered ¥0f Colo fons of the Revo! Sailors Shooting PME Betting enough shooting. al ing away . th b f he cit eating wan ela oda . WY eared for (he We estimated that the ter. 8 i of the than 4,000 g-« ch Consiless ther thowsendc net: ~ Caravansaries ES Stiracted vis fay Gy Me middic won as fap CE te Briton Col ar saath the City of Mexien ‘ Satahibocingg Giies wat inimenes LAST EDITION er} ndnues fm the city At and cafes only} $6 Martial key ts be The national anthem | ni a ey * * PORTLAND RECOGNIZED. * - * (By United Press.) * * WASHINGTON il 21 * * cruiser ( om, with & * ed ing of ® & the I Preble, Da , “ it and f t «1 1, 0 ake pur eu tivities incidems to the . *R Festival to be held there # * * The Atlant i * however, will mot visit te * land * > * ee ee | FAILED TO APPEAR Austin La orlainase " the heating @ ateh by ate n Pe f ! without a teense, On mm f Depe ecuting Attorn u of guilty Atlantic Fleet in Royal Way. (By United Press.) SHINGTON April la going re battleships idea of the pha h ‘ome te weed t thie Britteh common to the with Aaaialy be gathered from a lette sent to the navy department by the tmumigrs tion league of Australasia, extra at whieh follow The good news has Just reached us here that America is pleased with the invitation from the prime nister of Australia for your Meet visit Australia. It will be a gala day for Austratia We shall give your fellows « grand reception, for aren't they ow own kith and kin? Aus’ alia has long waited for to show her love for ‘ans and admiration for thetr magnificent tation, We hope that the visit of your Meet will be the means of bringing as mach closer together——that the great American Australian entente cordiale’ which has lain latent so many years, will now be galvanized into active lite! and being to Austratia every ton people ha: thona and friends in Gre now, nine out of their rela Britain | We look forward to the happy time when Australians will te Writing| Gen merits, and in arriving at to their friends and relations in| scsessable value as compared with | Amngeien. its inventoried valuation, the as sensor should take into consi |tion the nature and condition of character of the stock, its age, the eT extent of and Hability to deprecta tion, the methods of bookkeeping (By United Press.) and all other matters in any wa EVERETT, April 21.—William M-! bearing upon the actual market Howard, a farmer, on entering his | value of the property, and from his stable in the evening to feed knowledge acquired from all soarc stock, was flercely attacked by an es, assexs sald property At its fair snknown man armed with a club. | mark alue irrespective of the Howard beat a retreat, and sum-| percentage of reduction its moning help, returned to find his own inventoried valuation, or the ‘amsatiant had made off with a horse. | relative reduction from inventoried Later the horse was found lying at valuations of other property the bottom of a deep gulch near If the merchants will (mpart to the Howard farm, ft# skin having o he ual knowledge they been cut to ribbons with a knife. | possess to the value of thei | was still alive, but had spective stocks, | pledge to them 4 in 25 an absolutely square deal, individ ferent places. The man, who is be- | ually, collectively and relatively, a to have been a hunatic, made | compared with all other merchants leaving no clew exceptiand all classes of property as} a battered hat behind him wemned j IN A ‘Declines to Accept Prop- osition of Merchants. + Merely Promises to Give Everybody a Square Deal. County Assessor Thomas A, Par h, at a ¢ ence between the ane committee of me bants at the Chamber of Com Ne this morning, declined the tion 4 to him ihe ban ity that he a ean ty n the ba fa ) per cent reduction of the € a f hed by ther The Claim that th ave been unju taxed in the past In oe with ete fh . he mittee at epee with the a ntorles te ve t Partgh th ’ ould . Difficulti exper of Assessor sonal pr at rty, such the farn read the pana convinced me an t estan can be fair me owner the values antile stocks and plants om even oximated given special tn thereto in *, trial b seanor relativ he line alances a within the po of the as nemwerl Such information ac corded to bank tneer ¥ panies in all leadin involving the value ¢ ' affected, and no avenue of mation open othe he closed to the asseaxor, whose sole bject ie to vcquire inf necessary to enable him to do exact j the party as neoned but v tansy * In that In the event of inv ne exhibited to thy other “full di templated by the revenue a hortzontal reduction percentage 4 va made, as con awe, that ventor a careful consideration of the rab ject, that I pot think that @aid plan would or could result in a fair, just and equitable assess ment Each on ite Own Merits. 1 belt that fal oe should be made tn canes that each Individual mercant be conside on stock should a FORTY KILLED WRECK (By United Press.) MELBOURNE, Australia, April 2 trains from Ballarat and Bendigo, respectively, collided late pight at Braybeok junction about eight miles from Me ne 2] erseos being killed and 6 n ured. The Hendige train, with two heavy engines, crashed fear of the Ballarat train Five ears of the er train © wreck a The w kage too fire and was almost 60) ely consurmed a Many of the } ered site » (wo engines of coaches in of the ait it loctors oNlowed, mi « caught in ved with diffic injured bete age and re was @ ml nurses a f among © BAD FIRE | RAGED IN FRISCO “et y United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 21 Homes are being provided today for persons whose ape ents were dew 4 in a fire whieh at tacked fou t e and fourstory apartment houses in Buchanan st Jon coy and his wife, Annie, * suffocated in thetr me he { one of me Nergee ke and fire and cries of the firemen failed to sronue thela, aid when the buliding vas siuewt enyeleped in flames they were fogn@usleey by Sremen, | who faced death in making the ree i carried them to the Central hospital pw minutes after the fire orig 4 in # garage It swept along Buchanan st Fanned >} a strong ¥ th ' * leaped be nd the " f omen and were soon enting theic way through the apart ment buildings The oeenpants of the structures half clad, roehed to the « «. The fire was roaring menacingly when some one discovered that Macey and bis wife were not & thone who escaped SEATTLE, WASH., KR BANK CLEARINGS Beattie Clearingy today Halance $1,255,104.8 109,992.89 Tacoma Clearings today Halances $ 046,166.00 78,505.00 Portland oday ,.$1,008,76 Halance 176 00 00 eee ees ee | S Seat ee eee eee eee WOMAN |8 CAUSE OF TRAGED (By United Press.) BUTTH, Mont, April 21.—Jack Norw Was shot and killed last night J, Harrison, proprietor of & hotel at Belfry cording to a mange recelved m that town nid that Harrison beoan ate because Norman was showing | his Wife attention, Harrison ts un der arrest ANARCHISTS LOSE PAPERS TUESDAY, APRIL 21, WAVY PARISH SAYS “NO!” 1908. BOURNE! IS HE A Or Is He Gifted With Second Sight? That's What Half the Politi-. | cians in Washington Are | Asking the Other Half, (By United Press.) WASHINGTON April 1—t | Senator Jonathan Bourne it Government Takes Away) secons wictive term” a jot jie there some the Right to Citizenship. —_s,"%»" Is Jonathan talking just to hear oe himself talk, or is he gified with By United Precn} jeecond sight? CHICAGO, April 21.—One haw in he merely a self.advertiser dred and fifty-four men have been |t*¢ Lawson of Boston, or is be the deprived of the rights of citizenship |*PO*tle of @ political gospel that by the clreuit and superior courts |{® publican party m 4s & result of the war'of the state | >Sfore the Ides of June federal eroments upon an-| Thee are questions that haif ists, At the request of the | the politicians tn the capital are Unt States district attorney,/ asking of the other 50 per cer Judge Pinekney of the cireuit court] gs 2 ? today revoked the naturalization) “MS! '* the answer? papers of men whe are suspect Laugh at His insistence ed of having anarchietic affiltation r or ho and last week Judge Bal War the most part, those wh: the papers of 89 persons w tale about the senator from Ore failed Uh that they som laugh at bis insistence that were not ¢ ected with any soclety Theadore Roosevelt is bound to porting: erthrow of {he BO¥"! te nominated again, despite him . y five slotlar cases ® saat 14 and will prob. "@t and remark "Oh ft ts just an ably result In the disfranchisement |othep hobby that the senator in oft vide.” teeta thet eehene if Bourne were not worth three * @ | mivioe dollars, Bourne would be @ WILL PROBE CLEVELAND. © called a crank : s . Despite the magnificence of the (By United Press.) ® | imported cigars that he forees up * COLUMBUS, Oblo, April his hearere i teckiods dew # —The Obio house of repre @ °% Bi Bearers ta ; . ® sentatives has adopted by a @ ston, the politi®a) gossips about @ vote of 63 to 22. « resolution the capite! make for shelter nowa ® providing for Mage agen im ® days whenever they see the Ore ® Vestigation of the city govern & @ ment of Cleveland and of «| SMiae coming # Cuyahoga count Jonathan a Talker yi ‘ *! ahey know that if Jonathan once EPS SEES SH Fl ote fold of their coat lapels he | will tatk them deaf, dumb, blind LOOKS i ne QUEER (By United Press) PEKIN April 21 The Chinese governm clines to accept the mikado’s explanation that the powertul #q of 15 battleships he intends te ond into Chinese waters are going on a friendly visit Foo Chew, Can mand Amoy Chinese officialg regard the sail ing of the ships aw a hostile move ment and ignore any mention of friendliness. It ie interpreted as & warning of what China may ex pect unless it lifts the boycott against the Japan ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTED | (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.—A mm “ from Guatemala City was ved last cht b the Guate nalan consul here stating that attempt was made to aseassinnte Manuel Estrada Cabrera, president Mar hota w one struck om the hand. Ne were comtained MURDER OVER CHILDREN y United Pr MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 21.—Mre. James W his city shot and kille i, & hero wom an ed a single bar reled Mra. Wright reload ed the nd started in pur wult Davis, another negro woman, She shot at her omee after & chase of nearly a block, but the charge went wild T iicide followed a deaper ‘ otwoen white and in whieh Mrs, John t of Mrs ho lives with her eating at the hands 4 Gordon women. A he children of the} white women being stopped from playing with some negro children living in the vicinity led to the fig Bryan and Wife Mect NEW YORK, April 21.—William J. Mryan es at the pler today to meet bis wife her return from Europe. Roosevelt-Roone velt’ | How anyone on earth or in Mare can even consider the of a republican candidate than Roosevelt himself, Jonathan } Bourne simply cannot understand In the f of all the fun that mérobere of congress and news paper writers have been getting out of Bourne and bis hard rid hobby there's no denying the fi that within the last few months he hes won a great many followers poss! bility other Waves of Rooseveitiom An odd feature of the case also ix that the whole country seems to have taken turns or spasms at fol lowing Hourne’s lead Every three or four weeks the| papers in varions parts of the United States are filled with arti cles forecasting Roosevelt's re-ne ination and election fp a few days the Roosevelt apnem fades away and the f era of Taft and others take or Rowsevelt and fal) of Roosevelt Jonathan in the But the rive waves don't worry leant “Oh, Just wait, before the con véntion meets, the y will come to my way of thinking and wilt etay there,” he a Bourne Not Bashful Roéarne is not bashful He talks just this way velt himself, upon whor regularly once or twt Hew doer Kooseve Well—Bourne has not thrown from the Whit. FRISCO BOODLING IS | CENTER OF STAGE (@y United Press.) BAN FRANCISCO April 2 Demet Col aa boodling viser for alleged bribing of whemein the United Railway fran chime case Tirey L. Ford is on trial, teday continued the tale of bribe taking which he began lat Monday The defense by closg question ng elicited the fact that the bood jers had been asked to attend @ meeting a few nights ago by De tective Burns to rehearse their testimor Coleman declares the meeting was formal, presided over by A tant District Attorne and that it was held in District Attorney Langdon’s ffice. The defense then fr ed the joint affidavit made by the boodler# after charges of graft were made inst them, in which hey declared they had taken no bribes ' THE SEATTLE STAR ONE CENT SHOWERS TONIGHT EAST AND WINDS WEATHER WEDNESDAY; LIGHT Aimee FAST AUTO TRIP ON | | rae FAMILY 18 DROWNED (By United Press.) IPEG, Man, April 21.—On Peace counts wife and chil The © wit | throw h |sToLyein's BROTHER GETS FINED AND IMPRISONED. (By United Press.) | 8T. PETERSBURG, Apiil Alexander Stolypin, the tm | and nentenced to.a week ment for | 1 Bula . the TROOPS ARE HEMMED IN (By United Press.) TIFLIS, April 21 troops tod Two thousand were hed awa reinforce the handful of who, while b brigands ts { jeouvar, near lor force of Ru y hemmed clash in slan expeditio by the ted he ‘oads to car cements ve expec BO and the al y the cannot al days seene for » JEALOUS MAN GETS ONE YEAR IN PEN (By United Press.) TACOMA, April 21.—-Judge Snell in the superior court this morning sentenced Clinton C. Gandy, who early thin w pleaded guilty to ae sault and battery on bis young wife to © ar in the county jail Gandy was arrested last Satur day night on complaint of his fath erin-law, who, x to his daughter's he the latter handcuffed and b the bed post. Gandy was of @ jealous dix tion and took this means to keep his wife at home. RICHARDSON | 18 ON TRIAL Jobn Richardson was put on today before Judge A. W the super court, charged with | conducting gambling game at North Bend or He is charged with running a roulette wheel continually from January & to Febroary 21, 1968 He is being defended by Attorney Wit) H. Morris, who claimed jast Saturday that the superior court as working teo fast. Attorney Morris took an hour to get a jury this morning, although Deputy Prosecuting Attorney George Van derveer claimed that he could get in five minutes. trial | Frater in | BOX CAR WHEELS French Newspaper Correspondents, Who Make Noise Like Racers, Made Much-Touted Automobile Trip With Aid of Transcontinental Freight. re h © * #| Oregon ( * BACKS THE BOX CARS, *#/% the men came sed paid th f * Odd * | then # Dregt H | ged I * fi o | the * New ' eo | th te & race I ' * ¢ I bile men # reac rat an in ‘ * H w | ti «I pe * & wt t th ir * Story Is Denied * Ma " * T t hat we shipped our “oa : ’ ds wtated that ® | aute a. at to the * the two Pa Orrenypa nee ®lcoast in is absolute * finish the Kk race im the ® | (alge,” said Ma Dreighe, at the ® lead of the *\8 th f 01 We came * re ly ente ® | the « ead fr our own * * | powe h h route eS What w ! shipped fret \ Louis to (By United Press. 8 B22 ben PORTLAND, Ore A ar vir which 7 we are ca * of Lifting a Reece r “ be Miles in a f Ca bould the race of the F oblie | St. | t Verner, which ew ha obo iy contest, according to| On its Own Wheels The Werner car is in Ke of] Maurice Drei and Max Hoh-| The mixture of milk and crackers mann,” corre the Paris n of by Dellroy Fox, infant ee sey = of D. A. Fox. who died - —_ : esday after aa illness of two so eh 1 0 vga aggre contains no poison, accord- soe Recep grr eighie ing to @ report made to Coroner continent on its own OSt) POM. Carroll by Osseward & Rub- ae ee *lenstein, analytical chemists, last declares that the car came t¢ aie ee eee Arsenic poisoning, as revealed by and that t made the Sten wt ee umbux, Ohio, to St. Louis in eS miie con cn mat a lence tart © of death. Just how the child Sage Be ol Nye Cag d the arsente ts puzzling Cor- while unloading the big machine. | BOCUrns ve MT urther investigation Shipped From Columbus. I by the coroner is being made He declared, jt is alleed, that] The body of the child was taken the car had broken down at Co orth Yakima for burial by the lum bus, Obfo. nd was freighted to mis last week and they are not St. Low and then resh i to|expected to return to Seattle for Oregon City On April 4 h auto several weeks SEATTLE MAN IS UNDER ARREST ————— jters in Seattle, but is interested ty (By United Press.) CHICAGO, April 21.—H. H. Hew. & mill at aan te _ is mage Senitle ried man, and his family reside ai itt, © lumberman of Seattle, and poiuism The accident referred H. H. Stommel, 4 saloonkeeper, to above occurred in Chicago last have been ar n connection week. Hewitt and Stomme!, with with the automobile accident in |a chauffeur and Miss Simpson, were which Susie Simpson, a stenograph- out trying a new auto which Hew- er, was killed a week ago. The itt intended to purchase. In some coroner's jury refused to hold Hew-/ manner the chauffeur lost control itt for the death of the young wom- of the machine and it crashed in an, but her parents are trying tola telegraph pole and all the occu- thrown out ved injuries th several hours | Hewitt's in Miss Simp- which caused secure tment pants w Mr Hewitt ma his headquar ‘aaa IT STRANGE THAT THE OTHER FELLOW'S JOB Is EASIER THAN YOURS? 3) Es Ww PLEASANT Sm YOUR CALLING MUST | |THE STAGE YOU KNOW iS'WoRK. vs. COMEDIAN THAT'S EASIER 'N | DRAWING COMICS Hf VERY DAY FOR He Le A THOUSAND YEAR: ROONEY YE ALWAYS WAS A LAD FER SOFT _SHNAPS.