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TOE MOftXiyG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, XOVE3IBER, 23, 1900. RECITAL OF GIRL SLAYER REVOLTING . State Exposes Every Detail of Romance With Joe Armes at Murder Trial. Americans, Grace and Cannon, for the reason, it Is pointed out, that the action of Nicaragua was according to law. RATTLES HIP AWAITS ORDERS The Missouri Receives Rush Com mand for ?ev York Harbor. NEWPORT. II. I., Nov. 22. The bat tleship Missouri, while engafted in tor pedo practice here today, received or ders to proceed at top speed for New York. . Preparations were made to sail within a couple of hours. . THREAT TO KILL IN VERSE Prosecution Attempts to Trove Cali fornia I.ass Possessed Two I'i- anc-es Letters of Alleged Murderess Read. Al'nUR.V, Cal., Nov. .(Special.) 'Without apparent shame Alma Uell to day told on the witness stand the story of her fateful romance with Joe Amies, for whose death she i now on trial. The girl spoke in a hard, metallic voice, and even when testimony which induced the few women in court to bow their heads was adduced she faced her ques tioners with tilted chin and flashing eyes and fired back answer after answer with out hesitation or loss of composure. Every Detail Told. Not a detail of her relations with Armes was allowed to escape. Again and again on examination and on cross examination she gave the history of what she said was her first downward tep Subsequent dates and places were told of by her as though siie gloried in what she had done rather than as if she felt shamed at the recital of tho facts. When upon cross-examination Kpeclal Frost-tutor Hamilton drew from her the details he did not attempt to soften his questions, but quizzed tho witness with all the directness of a hos pital ciinie. Still the girl held her self possession and her voice never faltered. Emotion Shown Once. Pity for the jrirl was lost in the wonder that a woman could undergo sui h an ordeal without breaking- down, (inly once Old she stiow any emotion. That was when Attorney Hamilton, asked her for the details of her down fall. In tilling rliem, she said: "I consented because I loved him and believed in httn." ' Her Tears Shortlived. Tciirs came to her eyes as she said this, but she hastily wiped them away and an instant afterward she was aain facing her questioner -with de fiimt eyes am! answered in the hard tones si:e li;id used since the opening of tile examination. Ac oniii.g to Alma's story she and Amies li'-iiimi- engaged to tie married in August. l:'t. Slit: then told ol" iivinx :if the home of Ms. Amies for several months after the dentil of Mr. Armes in February, lHO.i. That she noticed a change in her condition last .May was the next admission made bv witness. She testified tiiat after repeated ex euses Joe agreed to take her to Sacra mento to marry her there. 'ite story of her drive with Joe Ruth two evenings before the night of tho shooting of Joe Amies was told in detail, but nothing new was contributed. She then told of returning to the Amies home Saturday and h.-in? rei-eived there with coolness. She described her actions until shortly fKfore the hour when she went to tile cabin occupied by Joe Amies ami his brothers. It was under the f.re of Prosecutor Hamilton's questions that the girl gave the sordid details of her liaison with Amies. After stating that they became engaged in the parlor of the Orleans Hotel at Auburn, in August, .in, she told in a steady, even voice how she yielded to Armes a month lier. Two Engagements Asserted. Attorney Ilamiiton endeavored to show that at the time the s::rl said she was en'-'aged to Armes she was under promise of marriage to Kiehnrd Ailbright. but tiiis was ruled out as incompetent. In spite of the objections of the defense. Attorney Hamilton drew from the. wit ness the admission that she was not now In the condition she alleged to have b-en at the tipie of the shootinig of Armes. The answer was later ruled out but it had already been answered and the point of the prosecution was gained. Doctors Are Called. A ntirr.lvr of doctors testified to their idea cf Alma Pell's responsibility but tiiese emotional insanity experts added little to the jury's knowledge. Among the l'tteri secured by the prose eution suo.nosed to have been written by Alma Bell to Joe Armes were many "con taininc ohsccno and suggestive pictures and cards. The letters are nearly all directed as being to "Dear Plackeyes," and are signed "The Kid." In several the writer admits she does not expect to marry Armes but Kiys she will always love him. Prosecution Seizes Verse. One of the most significant Items is found in a letter believed to havo Mccn written in the early months of this year. It is a four line verse of original poetry, as follows: You promise me with a true heart From mo you'd never pari,- !f from n-e you ever zart. I ll kill jou with an aching heart. This is pointed out by the prosecution as addins to the proof they havo gathered that the shooting of Joe Armes was pre meditated for months before -tho commis sion of the crime by Alma Bell. ! WORK OX GUNBOATS HURRIED Navy Sends Rush Orders on Repairs to Atlantic Fleet Craft. PORTSMOUTH, X. If., Nov. 22. Naval rush orders were received here today in connection with the outfitting: of the g-unboats Paducah and Dubuque, both of which have been preparing- to return to their stations in the Carribean Sea. MARINES TO SAIL SOUTH (Continued From First Page.) ific and the Prairie on the Atlantic, the marines could be quickly transferred from one coast of Nicaragua to the other over the Tanania Railroad. Rcar-Admirals galore were at the Navy Department today, but In no instance was it admitted that their presence there had to do with the trouble in Nicaragua. I: was said at the Navy Department that shallow waters along- Nicaragua on the Atlantic made the sending- of a bat tleship there usolees, and such action is not contemplated. Ready for Emergency. Preparations are beina- made by tho Navy for an emergency, but it was denied that rush orders had been Riven for the confpletion of repairs on such vessels as the Paducah and the Du buque. It was admitted, however, that the Albany and the Yorktown wo-jl.l re main for the present In Magdalena Hay. It had been generally understood that they were to be ordered north. REPARATION NOT EXPECTED Nicaragua Insists Execution of Americans According: to Law. MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Nov. 22. Not having. notification on the subject, the Nicaragtian Rovernment , expressed jiouht that demand for reparation would bo made by the United States on account of tho execution oT the two nniiT tirnniPT in ! li u n i vtnuiui ig AWAITED BY Rl Jury Deliberates on Murder Case on Trial Six Days in Pendleton. Victim's Father Waiting. HARRIPBURG. Pa., Nov! 22. D. K., Cannon, father of Ieroy Cannon, -who was shot in Nicaragua, said today that ho had determined to await the results of the Government's Investigation into the execution before taking any steps for claims of damages for -the death of bis son and the confiscation of his property. GOHPEBS HITS MRS ATTORNEYS WILL HEAD OFF BEST LAWS, HE SAYS. Employers' Liability Legislation Cer tain to Find Rocky Path Be cause of Legal Quibbles. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Samuel Gom pers. president of the American Feder ation of Labor, paid his respects to the legal profession today at the opening session of the National Civic Federa tion's annual meeting". He was discussing- the need in this country for new laws to cover the sub ject of employers' liability and to pro vide, adequate compensation to wage earners injured by accidents. "Lawjcrs will prevent our gettlnR the best and the wisest laws in the matter." he said. "They will have little difficulty in finding- almost insurmount able constitutional objections, for the resources of our constitutional lawyers for interpretation are limitless, partic ularly when they are superinduced by the opportunity for well-earned fees. "All we can hope for Is a little prog ress. We must go on with our work of spreading the light. For the present let us be satisfied with establishing; some semblance of the justice which is demanded by such disasters as this re cent one at Cherry, 111." Many prominent men were present when the annual meetinsr of the Fed eration opened today. President Seth Low outlined -problems to be discussed, among them employers' liability, old age pensions and uniform legislation. Mr.' Fill, a member of the British Parliament, and Major A. E. Pirokowski, of the Krupp works, Kssen, Germany, made addresses. Mr. Fill discussed the operation of the workmen's compensation act in Kngland, declaring it not only brought adequate help to injured workmen, but acted as a preventive of accidents, causing manufacturers to safeguard machinery. Major Pirokownki discussed workmen's insurance in Germany. BORAH TO PROBE BOW SENATOR BORAH SUGGESTS CLEAN-UP TO TAFT. Exhaustive Investigation of Interior Department and Forestry Serv ice Is Probable. ORRGONIAN NEWS Bl'RBAC. Wash ington, Nov. 22. Senator Borah, of Idaho, in the course of a talk with the Presi dent on the question of conservation, ex pressed the opinion that Congress at an early date should make an exhaustive in vestigation into the conduct of both the Interior Department and the Forestry Service, to determine who Is at the bot tom of the Pinchot-Ballinger row and to ascertain the respective merits of both sides of this controversy. Ho strongly maintained that air the facts should be brought out. the con duct of both officials laid bare and tiio Administration's family quarrel thus brought to an end. Senator Borah also told the President Congress should probe into the sugar frauds, particularly me action oi me Government departments handling this matter. When he left the White House. Senator Borah said it was his personal opinion that if this investigation should be pressed far enough it would show that at least one member of the late Cabinet was either grossly incompetent or a' scoun drel. He referred to an ex-Attorney-General whose name was unpleasantly linked with a civil suit against the sugar trust in Philadelphia. EARLY REPORT EXPECTED State Calls Killing Unjustifiable, While Defense Says Prisoner Did R'urht to Shoot and Character izes Shubert as Coward. PENDLKTON. Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) Mike Ryan's fate is now in the hands of the 12 men before whom he has been on trial for the past six days on the charge of murder. That he will know his fate before morning and that he will either be acquitted or found guilty of nothing more serious than manslaughter is the general opinion. District Attorney Phelps closed the arguments In the case shortly before 6 o'clock thit evening. Judge Bean im mediately gave his instructions to the jury, which was allowed to go down town to a restaurant for dinner before being locked up for its deliberations. District Attorney Phelps and deputy, Frederick Steiwer, who argued for the state, insisted that the killing was un justifiable. They argued that when Ryan saw Shubert coming he displayed the murder in his heart by going to his cabin after his gun, by going with gun in hand to intercept Shubert and by lying in wait for Shubert and Dixon to return after the latter had tied his team In the lane. They declared the testimony showed that both men were unarmed, and that there had been noth ing to show Ryan was in danger of harm at their hands. "Justified,' Says Defense. Colonel J. H. Raley and Judge S. A. Lowell, for the defense, declared the killing was Justified, that Ryan had every reason to believe he was in danger of bodily harm. They insisted that Dixon had already attacked the defendant and that the shot was fired just as Ryan wrenched the gun from the hands of his asssiilant. They said the position of the blood spotH, the position of the shells and the character of the wounds received by both indicated clearly that they were rushing upon the accused man. They also declared that their testimony showed Ryan did not go to file house to get the gun when ho saw Shubert coming, flint he did not intercept the latter and that he did not lie In wait for him and Dixon, but, on the contrary, tried to hide from them. Shubert Called Coward. Calling attention to the fact that Ryan had repeatedly warned the two men to keep back, they insisted that every law of man would justify him in shooting after they had crowded him back against the fence. In speaking of Shubert, Raley characterized him as a rank coward who had gone home after his fighting man to tako Ryan's gun away fro him and beat him up. Tho only testimony offered this morning was by the utatn yn rebuttal. . The de fense had- put witnesses on the stand to swear that by making tests from three different points it was impossible for Shubert to have seen Ryan with a gun in Ifis hand near the latter's house. To day tho District Attorney put on a host of witnesses who yesterday made the tests from the nearest of theso three points and they all swore It was possi ble to see the gun and to determine in what portion it was being carried. The testimony was all in by noon and then the arguments began. ARREST STARTLES BRIDE Man Who Weds Society Belle Held for Wife Desertion. LBW1STOWN. Mont., Nov. 22. (Special.) Acting upon advices from the author ities of Sidney, O.. ofiicers today arrested William Develvis, a young contractor, up on a charge of wife desertion, it being alleged that Develvis had a family at Sid ney. O. Early this month Develvis was married to Miss Georgina McKay, a well-known youiir society woman of this city, their wedding being one of the social events of Central Montana. Develvis has circu lated freelynmong the best people of the community since his arrival in this cit and his arrest today caused a sensation. Develvis admits that he is from Sidney, but maintains he is not the man wanted. Mis description corresponds with that telegraphed by. the Sidney authorities. They were unaware of his recent mar riage. BUTCHERS HEAVILY FINED Six Found Guilty of sing "Free.e em" to Preserve Meats. TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 22. (Special.) Butchers who pleaded guilty before Jus tices Card and Graham to having treat ed hamburg steak with "Freeij-em," a proprietary compound Intended for the disinfecting of refrigerators and the cleaning of pausnge machinery, were each lined $150 this afternoon, with the exception of Kd Puese, who is a clerk, und he wa fined JlcO. The maximum fine provided by law for the offense is IRISH HONOR - MARTYRS Hibernians Coinniemniorate' and Plead for "Ould Ireland." Irish patriotism and humor bubbled forth from the programme held under the auspices of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the Manchester mar tvrs at the Woodmen of the World Temple last niibt. In the principal ad dress of the evening. "The Spirit of Irish Liberty," Frank T. Collier alluded to the execution of Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the martyrs, whom he contended were ignominously put to death while en deavoring to promulgate tne meais oi Irish liberty in the Fenian uprising in Canada in' IStiT. Briefly he appealed to his listeners to follow in spirit the ex ample set by their kinsmen in securing the freedom of Ireland from the Brtish rule. The programme rendered was A3 fol lows: "The Snlrlt of Irish I.lhertv," Frank T. Collier: song. "My Wild Irish Ttose," Fred IliehofT; seleeilen of Irish .aim. Mrs. T. Cl" H allurnn : reeitathin. pelc-ctetl. Master Al eysius Hyland; f elections from "Moore's Melodies." Mi.-i Maiy and Clara L'nneannon; cone; "Mv Irish J.a.-s." Mrs. Rose Itoeson; sonic. "KUlarm-y.'l Miss May Ureslin;' son. "Ki Harney (iirl." Miss Phelan Jones Smith: comic song- Frank D. Hennessy; "Tlie t-tar Spangled Banner," the audience. "The auspicous day for Ireland's liberty has arrived. Poor, bleeding and oppressed Erin can never bo free, never enjoy freedom tmtil it owns its lands and its homes. Parliament is becoming humane, yet it requires that influence which only we free and unoppressed citizens of God's own land might lend to grant the ulti mate dawn of freedom of Krin's Isle," Mr. Collier said. V In a series of comic ditties in which he waa assisted at the piano by Mi5 Helen Lightner, that resonant-voiced baritone, Frank D. Hennessy, Deputy District Attorney, heaved a brace of melodies that convulsed the audience. WRIGHT BROS. INCORPORATE They Form Aerial Navigation Com jiany Capitalized at $1,000,000. ALBANY, N. T., Nov. 22. Capitalized at $1,000."A, the Wright Company, of New York, incorporated today to "manufac ture, sell, operate and otherwise use at any place on the North American con tinent or Inlands adjacent thereto, ma chines, ships or other mechanical con trivances for aerial navigation." The directors are Wilbur Wright, Or ville Wright. Dayton, O.; George A. Stevens, Henry F. Hooker and A. F. Karnes, New York. TORNADO HITS MISSOURI Over Score of Houses' Wrecked by Storm Many Hurt. ST. LOtTS, Nov. 22. Specials from Dexter, Mo., say 35 houses were wrecked and several persons . hurt in a tornado there today. The town has a population of 2000. "-n crvi tt 'rfrrsj YOU can't be better dressed than we'll dress you ; no matter where you go or in what company you appear. There are no clothes so good in qual ity, tailoring and style as our Hart, Scliaffher & Marx Clothes We have all the preparations made to supply you with Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits in the very latest models. 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They surged. into the lobbies under the conviction that they had heard the government's last word before the gen eral election; that Premier Asquith will make some declaration in the House of Commons next week, and that the long-delayed campaign against the lords wil be begun in earnest. After the Earl of. Crewe, Lord of the Privy Seal, had formally moved a sec ond reading of the budget bill, with comment. Lord Lansdowno, leader of the opposition, immediately moved its rejection. He quoted precedents to show that the Lords could not amend the . finance bill, though it has full right to discuss it and throw It out if it so will. Lord Loreburn replied. The attempt of the Lords to-Interfere, he declared, was the beginning of a system that would lead to external revolution. TAFT BACKS IRRIGATION Western Projects Boosted by Senator ' Borali, or Idaho. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (Special.) Senator Borah had a long conference with President Taft today over the pro posed bond issue to aid in the construc tion of Government irrigation projects. The Prepidept reiterated his belief that the bonds should be issued and. now thinks that in all probability Congress should fix the maximum at J30.0n0.000. "While ho did not definitely commit him self to this figure, Senator Borah has strong hopes that the President will agree with Secretary Ballinger. that this amount be substituted for $10,000,000, to which the President pledged his support in his Western speeches. It is expected he will recommend the bond Issue in hi annual message to Con ECZEMA A GERM DISEASE Myriad" of MleroHcoplc Animal Infest tlie Skin of the Sufferer. When the skin of an eczema sufferer itches and burns in untold agony, do you know what is going on within the pores of that skin? 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