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tt MORNING OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY T, 1908. POWELL IS ASKED TO CLEAR TO May Swear That Senator Had No Connection With the $1500 Bribe. VISITED BY J. N. SMITH Politician Said to Have Paid J. S. Smith During Legislature Hold- . up Believed Heady to An swer Hency's Charge. SAL KM, Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Dr. J. N. Smith, State Senator from Mar lon County, made a hasty trip to Albany today for the purpose of se curing from James Powell an affidavit declaring that Senator Fulton had no connection whatever with the pay ment of the $1500 to Representative J. S. Smith during the legislative hold up in 1897. Senator Smith did not get the affidavit, but rumor in political circles indicates that Powell has made known his willingness to make some sort of affidavit on the subject and favorable to Fulton. Tailed to Get Affidavit. Just what the nature of the affidavit will be cannot be learned, as those who are informed from direct sources are very reticent. The fact that upon his return. Senator Smith refused to say anything whatever about the pur pose or result of his trip is taken as conclusive evidence that he did not get what he went after. It will be remembered that ex Representative Smith, of Linn County, made affidavit that lie visited the Mitchell headquarters at Powell's re quest and that after arrangements had been made for the payment of $1500 to him, the money was handed to him by Powell. It is understood that Powell does not entirely agree with the statement of the transaction as made by Smith. While Powell's story is not known In detail. Senator Fulton's friends un derstand that Powell will exonerate Fulton, at least as an accessory before the fact. Some reports are that Powell will make affidavit that Fulton neither had a part in the deal nor knew that the money had been paid, while others are that Powell will merely swear that Fulton had nothing to do with the payment of the money, and that he merely acquiesced in the transaction negotiated by others. Smith Friend or Fulton. Senator Smith, of Marion County, la one of the closest political friends or Senator Fulton, and one of his most loyal supporters. For this reason he was selected to call upon Powell and secure, if possible, the affidavit in Ful ton's favor. The fact that Smith was to go to Albany on this mission was known only to a few in the inner circle of politics at Salem. When met by a newspaper representative im mediately upon his -return, Senator Smith manifested his surprise that the purpose of the trin had become known. He flatly refused to say a word about it. It is understood that Powell finds himself between two fires. Fulton's friends on the one hand are trying their utmost to get the affidavit, while Fulton's opponents, on the other, are trying to dissuade him from making any statement. Because of the strenu ous efforts . that are being made on both sides, there is keen interest in the matter, and information as to the nature of the affidavit is eagerly awaited. -v TRUE FRIENDS OF JAPAN Takahira Predicts Peaceful Out come of Restriction Negotiations. LONDON, Feb. 6. "I know of no truer friends of Japan than the Americans, and our excellent relations and knowl edge of one another will insure an ami cable outcome at an early date of the negotiations still in progress." Such is the message that Baron Ko gora Takahira sends to America on the eve of his departure to assume the Am bassadorship of Japan at Washington. The Baron will sail for New York Sat urday on the Etrurla. "I am not going to "Washington on any special mission," continued the Ambas sador in an interview today. "But only as the resident representative of my country. I am delighted to return to the city and country where I have so many friends. When I was last in Washington as Minister it was an anxious period,, but I always recall how my anxiety was lightened by the friendship of the Amer ican people. I have always regarded the Americans as our good friends and friendship in times of stress and difficul ty is doubly appreciated. That is why I say I know Japan has no truer friends than the Americans, who all along have believed In the justice and truth of our alms. Although certain newspapers have spoken in a pessimistic vein re garding our relations. I have never at tached the slightest importance to these utterances, and with my knowledge of America's attitude during the Russo Japanese War. and of her relations to us in our earlier and more modest times, I have never thought of the possibility of war between the United States and Japan. Such a thing is unthinkable in this period of world's history. I have not a particle of doubt regarding America's sympathy towards us. and I fully believe that a satisfactory solution of any ques tions between the two countries will be reached at an early date without much difficulty." SMUGGLES ARMS INTO CHINA Japanese Steamer Seized Carrying Aid to Revolutionists. HONGKONG. Feb. 6. Chinese Imperial C'ustims officials this afternoon seized a Japanese steamer near Macao, which was landing arms on Chinese territory. It is alleged that the arms were intended for revolutionists under Dr. Sun Yet Sen, the leader of the revolutionary party in China. PAYS RANSOM TO RAISULI Britain Gets Back Maclean at Ex pense of $200,000. TANGIER. Feb. . Raid Sir Harry Maclean, commander of the Sultan's bodyguard and, next to the Sultan, the most Influential man In Morocco, has arrived here under an escort from the bandit Raisuli, who has had him under bondage for the past seven months. He was brought here in accordance with the agreement which the British Government finally succeeded in making with Ralsuli for his release. In return for which it will pay JtJO.OOO to Raisuli and guarantee him protection and immunity from arrest. HAVE HOT FIGHT "WITH MOOIM French Cani Attacked Second Time, Causing Loss of Life. PARIS. Feb. C A dispatch received here from General d'Amade. the French commander-in-chief in Morocco, says the column operating on the coast had an en gagement yesterday with the Arabs at a point southwest of Kashber Rachid. The French apparently had routed their enemy when the Moors returned with re inforcements and attacked the French camp a second time. The fight was a hot one, but the Moors were eventually forced to retire in the direction of Settat. Five Frenchmen were wounded. Have Enough Troops in Morocco. PARIS, Feb. 6. Foreign Minister Pichon announced today that the Gov ernment had no intention of sending any additional army corps to Morocco. 1TI-L T APPEAL- TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. Would Protect "Dry" Sections by Act Prohibiting Introduction of Intoxicants From Outside WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Representa tives of the Prohibition party, the Anti Saloon League of America, the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union and various Christian organizations ap peared today before the House commit tee on the judiciary to urge a favorable report on one. or more of the bills in troduced to protect "dry" local option districts from receipt of "Intrastate as well as Interstate shipments of liquor. Rev. S. E. Nicholson, legislative su perintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, spoke for this organization; Professor Charles Scanlon, of Pitts burg, for the Presbyterian Church; Fin ley Hendrlckson, of Cumberland, Md., for the Prohibition party, and Mr. Ray, of Pennsylvania, for the United Pres byterian Church. Present for the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union were the National . president. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens; the National secretary, Miss Gordon, and the National executive su perintendent. Miss Ellis. Representative Bartholdt of Missouri made an argument against the pro posed measures In behalf of the Na tional German-American Alliance. Representative Clayton of Alabama, a member of the committee, whose at titude supports Federal protection of Prohibition districts, questioned some of the Prohibition speakers as to the legal right of the states to Invoke Fed eral excise protection in the face of voluntary surrender to the Government of the very rights now sought to be re obtained. It was agreed that briefs should be submitted on this point. Representative Bartholdt asked that the decision of tne committee to close its hearing February 12, be rescinded, in or der to allow representatives of the Cali fornia Wine Growers' Association to come to Washington and present their side of the case and also to give further hearing to the German-American Alli ance. This request was denied. In asserting the complete failure of pro hibition laws In Maine, Kansas and Iowa, Mr. Bartholdt remarked: "These things we know, but we don't know how prohibition laws are going to operate in the states of Georgia and Ala bama." "Pardon me," interrupted Chairman Jenkins, "but I heard an answer to that query, made by a Southerner only this morning. He said: 'The inauguration of prohibition laws in Alabama and Georgia will work like a charm. This will mean that a white gentleman can sret a drink whenever he wants it, but a nigger can't get a drop." " Representatives Clayton, of Alabama, and Brantley, of Georgia, laughingly pro tested that this was not so.- "Surely, Mr. Chairman, your friend did not speak that way of Alabama?" ques tioned Mr. Clayton. "I am quite positive he was not refer ring to Georgia," added Mr. Brantley. "He said Alabama and he said Geor gia," replied Mr. Jenkins, and even some of the prohibition representatives joined in the laugh that followed. MRS. TALBOT VINDICATED Sudden Ending of Divorce Suit in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. The Tal 'bot divorce case was submitted to Judge Seawell for decision today. Apart from refuting the testimony to the effect that she was addicted to liquor and drugs, Mrs. Talbot did not contest the suit. The .first question she was asked when put on the stand today was whether she was addicted to drugs and liquors. Before she could answer. Attorney Dunne, for Talbot, arose and declared that his client, in the face of the overwhelming testi mony brought to bear by Mrs. Talbot, was willing to eliminate all testimony to the effect that she used drugs and liquor. "That vindicates the honor of Mrs. Talbot as a mother and as a woman," said Attorney Shortridge, "and she has nothing more to say." This sudden ending was not un expected, as it was remarked that some kind of an agreement had been reached In private. It is understood that Judge Seawell in handing down his decision will give the custody of the daughter to the mother, and of the two boys to the father. Mrs. Talbot, it is thought, will be allowed $800 a month and the life interest of the house and estab lishment at 26S0 Jackson street. GLASS MAY BE RELEASED Health Breaking Down Under Con finement In Jail. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6. Attorney for Louis Glass who was convicted of bribery with the San Francisco Telephone Com pany's franchise will appear before Judge Dunne tomorrow morning and make an effort to have Glass released from custody on bail pending an appeal in his case. Glass is reported to be very til and has been removed to a private hospital. His attorney will assert that further incar ceration will endanger his life. Britt and Nelson to Fight. IXIS ANGELES. Feb. 6. Battling Nel son and Jimmy Britt. of San Francisco, have signed articles for a 10-round fight in this city before the Pacific Athletic Club, on the night of Tuesday. February US. The weight is to be 13fr pounds at 6 o'clock. Britt concedes Nelson 5 per cent bonus of the fighters' share of the money. CARD OF THANKS. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Helms wish' to extend their thanks to their friends for their kindness and assistance during the recent illness and death of their 4ii.ugh.ter, Lucy ii Helms, IY FIGHT ABOUT NEWBATTLESHIPS Republicans Want to Cut Num ber From Four to Two This Year. IN INTEREST OR ECONOMY Pruning Naval Appropriation Be cause of Prospective Deficit. Roosevelt Talks With Demo cratic Champions Big Navy. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Though the House committee on naval affairs has taken no vote on the subject, there is ex cellent authority for predicting that it will recommend the appropriation of money for the building of two instead of four battleships urged by President Roosevelt and Secretary MetcaJf. The certainty of a heavy deficit and the pros pect of decrease in revenue during the next fiscal year have been held up as a warning by Chairman Tawney of the appropriations committee and a general tendency on the part of the Republicans in the House to hold down expenses is evi dent. The naval committee feels that it is wiser to trim and prune in the commit tee than to recommend measures of ex penditure which probably would be voted down on the floor. Democrats Want More Ships. It is likely, however, that the commit tee will recommend, an appropriation to cover the reception into the Navy of, at least 3000 of the additional 6000 men asked for by the Secretary of the Navy to man the new battleships New Hampshire, Idaho and Mississippi and the new ar mored cruisers North Carolina and Mon tana, soon to go into commission. The Navy is now 600 men short of its quota. It seems assured, however, that the im pending proposal to cut down the battle ship appropriation from four to two will be met by a firm resistance on the part of the Democrats. Among those are Repre sentatives Talbot, of Maryland, who launched the "big Navy" policy in the Forty-seventh Congress, and Hobson, of Alabama, who was elected to his first seat in Congress chiefly on a larger Navy platform. Conference With Roosevelt. So earnest is the President's desire that four battleships be provided at this ses sion that today be sent for Representa tives Talbott and Hobson, Pagett of Ten nessee and Lamar of Florida, all members of the naval committee. They went to the White House and were closeted. with the President for some time discussing the situation as it obtains in the committee and may shape itself in the House. There was no difference of opinion as to the need of a larger Navy, but tne best means of meeting the prospective opposition to a four-ship appropriation at this ses sion were canvassed. RETURN CHILEAN HOSPITALITY American Fleet Officers Entertain Large Number of Visitors. PUNTA ARENAS. Feb. 6. The social gaieties In connection with the presence of the American fleet continue unabated. Dinners and dancing with excursions and receptions follow one another. The Amer icans are trying to repay the hospitality of their Chilean hosts and the Chileans striving constantly to put their visitors further in their debt. It was originally planned to have the fleet leave here last evening, but the departure was delayed until tomorrow in order to give the Amer icans more time in which to return the hospitalities. The health of Rear-Admiral Evans, who at Rio Janeiro was suffering from rheu matism, is improving steadily. The fleet will leave Friday night at 11 o'clock. The torpedo flotilla will accom pany the battleships through the Straits of Magellan as far as Cape Pillar, at the west end, from which point the smaller vessels will take an mside passage to the North. At Valparaiso the fleet will steam close in-shore and salute the town. The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco will precede the fleet out of the strait. The vessels expect to arrive off Valparaiso Friday. February 14, about 2 P. M. One of the boats of the battleship Rhode Island, in which Midshipman Herndon B. Kelley and four seamen were rowing, was capsized off the spit yesterday afternoon. The five men clung to the bottom of their upturned boat. Captain Martin, the Mari time Governor of the Territory, imme diately went out in a launch and rescued the sailors. John Hicks, the American Minister to Chile, who came to Punta Arenas on the Chacabuco, entertained the American Ad mirals and Captains at breakfast yester day on board the vessel. Commander Hodgeson, of the British cruiser Sappho, also was a guest. No toasts were offered by the officers, but Henry L. Janes, sec retary of the American Legation at Val paraiso, made a brief address, closing with the statement that he expected some day the sailors of the British. Chilean and American navies would claim and attain dominion over the seven seas. While the officers were being enter tained in the ward room of the Chaca buco, 200 Americans and 20 British blue jackets were given a splendid breakfast on the lower deck. Great enthusiasm pre vailed and the sailors drank to the health of their respective nations and their com manding Admirals. Tuesday afternoon there was a' dance on board the Chacabuco, at which the so ciety of Punta Arenas was well repre sented. Four hundred guests danced until 6 o'clock in the evening. Among those present were Minister Hicks, Admirals Thomas. Emory and Sperry, of the American fleet, and other American officers: members of the lead ing Punta Arenas families, and several British and Argentine naval officers. The decks of the Chacabuco were draped with the flags of all nations and decorated with evergreens. The orchestra Was in stalled In the boats hanging at the davits. The afternoon was one of animation and the dance came to an end with the Amer ican cake walk and the rendering of the famous Chilean dance, "Cue Ca." Punta Arenas is having a feast of music. Every day bands from one or another of the American warships play on the Plaza. Return Chilean Courtesies. - WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Admiral Evans does not expect to leave Punta Arenas with his battleships until the evening of February 7, Instead of the morning, as was expected. His despatch on that sub ject to the Navy Department today says he was ready to go ahead on the evening of the 6th, but in order to return cour tesies extended by the Chileans, his de parture had been delayed until Friday evening. There is a stretch of clear wide water from Punta Arenas to Cape Forward, in Magellan Strait. . This can be covered safely In the dark. Then there are long tortuous passages, and, while traversing UMMAGE SALE ENDS TOMORROW This being positively the last opportunity you will have of participating in the extraordinary bar gains offered in this sale our annual clean-up of all odds and ends which have accumulated in the various departments. Thrifty home-furnishers will find included in this assortment many bargains that enable an economical and pleasing selection to be made for almost every part of the home. 214-lb. 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The torpedo boat destroyer flotilla will go with the battleships until Cape Pillar is reached, when they will separate. SEVERE TEST OF SUBMARINES Three Start on Long Voyage to the Southern Seas. NBW YORK, Feb. . The submarine flotilla sailed late today for Annapolis, the first leg of Its extended practice cruise, but had hardly passed out at Sandy Hook when the boats turned back and headed up the bay for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was after dusk when the boats came about. The fleet is made up of the submarines Viper, Tarantula and Cuttlefish, convoyed by the converted yacht Hist. For several days the fleet has been awaiting favor able weather for what, It is believed, will be the longest . trip ever made by sub marines in the open sea. The fleet anchored off Tompkinsville. S. I., for the night and will proceed tomorrow, if the weather is favorable. The turning back this afternoon was due to the -heavy seas. Their ultimate destination is not made public, but they are expected to call at Delaware Breakewater and Hampton Roads, after which they will proceed to some point farther south, where in warm waters they will engage in a practice drill. Lieutenant Courtney is In command of the flotilla and the Hist will accompany the boats carrying supplies. At the suitable point the submarines will be put through a severe test, following out the maneuvers likely to be required in time of war. Mexico Grants Coaling Station. MEXICO CITY. Feb. 6. The concession by Mexico to the United States granting the privilege for the establishment of a coaling station at Magdalcna Bay is now in force and it is expected that the two barges provided under the concession will be anchored in the bay before the arrival there of the fleet. - - Further negotiations are pending for a large target range and. permission to land marines for small arms practice. Pre vious requests of like nature were not favorably received by Mexico. Tomorrow and Monday will positively be the last days for discount on West Side gas bills. Portland Gas Co. RUEF SPINS SPIDER-WEB RAISES NEW POINT TO INVALI DATE INDICTMENTS. Begins Technical Battle to Prevent Trial on Bribery Charge May Kill All Indictments. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Abraham Ruef, through his attorneys, today made the first move in what promises to be a long technical battle to prevent his trial on the charge of bribery. When brought before Superior Judge Law lor for the purpose of having a day set for his trial on the Indictment charg ing him with having bribed ex-Supervisor Jennings Phillips in the passage of an overhead-trolley franchise, Ruef set up the claim that he had never been lawfully arraigned. He said that, when he was arraigned with the other de fendants in the trolley cases, last May, the copy of the indictment handed to him at that time omitted to state that he had bribed the Supervisors "with in tent to corrupt them." as contained in the original indictment, and that hence he had not been served with a true copy, as required by law. Upon re quest of the Prosecuting Attorney, Judge Lawlor continued the matter un til tomorrow afternoon. Should the court sustain the contention of Ruef, It would not only nullify all arraignments and pleas of Ruef, but would similarly affect all the other defendants. ' Play Basketball Today. The basketball teams of Columbia Uni versity and Portland Academy will play a game at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club gymnasium this afternoon at 2 o'clock. This game should prove one of the hardest fought of the Interschoiastlc basketball league season. Columola now holds the lead and it is the ambition of the Portland Academy players to depose her. Both teams have practiced faith fully during the past few days and are in fine shape for a gruelling contest. The teams will line-up as follows: Columbia. Position. Port. Academy Walker F McDanlelf Pomeroy-Dooley ...F Henrys McDonald Moore Gleuson G William Dooley. O G Myers Eye glasses tl.OU at Metzger's How Schlitz beer is brewed, you would never buy any other. You would, see plate glass rooms, filled with filtered air, where we cool it. You would see glass-lined tanks where we age it so long that it cannot cause biliousness. How we filter it through white wood pulp. How we sterilize every bottle. How cleanliness is carried to extremes. You would realize better how much purity means if you saw the methods .we use, and the amount we spend, to attain it. Ask for the Brewery Bottling. Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz. To avoid being imposed upon, see that the cork or crown is branded Sherwood & Sherwood, Front Street, Portland. dclVlilwai