VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,429. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 7, - y HE it WILL FIX HENEY' CrowdsWatch for Clash With Prosecutor. BOTH MEN ARMED WITH GUNS Writ of Prohibition Asked by Ruef's Attorneys. WANT DELAY OF 60 DAYS lawyers Contend That Stay of All Proceedings Is Gained Through Recent Decision That Allows Appeal to Supreme Court. SAN FRANCISCO, March 6. (Special.) Following the threat of Judge Hebbard that ho would "fix Heney on sight," a large crowd gathered about the court room today when the case of Abe Ruef was called. The overflow extended into the street and a mob formed on the out ' side. Assistant District Attorney Heney spent most of the day in Judge Dunne's court. Hebbard was in a nearby chamber. The two did not meet. Hebbard's declaration that he would 'fix Heney' followed the publication of a statement made by Heney that Hebbard was drunk when he granted Ruef a writ of error and allowed him to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Failing to find Heney. Hebbard had flashed his revolver at a reporter, but- no shot was fired. There was a tense expectancy about the court all day. It was known that Heb bard was armed. So was Heney. Heb bard has a name as a fighter, and Heney's record is well known. The situ ation is calmer tonight, but those con cerned in the case have prepared them selves to meet any emergency that might arise. ' Admits He Was Drunk. During the court proceedings today Heney made, no reference- to Hebbard. The latter emerged from the sanitarium today and opened court, but the session was brief. "I have been bitterly assailed by the press." he began. "It is most un pleasant to open the paper and read these accounts of one's doings. They say I was drunk last night. Well. I admit It, but there -was nothing of that sort when I made my decision on Monday. I have been accused on all sides. I would like to hear the opinion of some of those pres ent In this court." ' A few of Hebbard's friends had gathered in his courtroom and they expressed their admiration of him. Slay Be Impeached. Impeachment proceedings have been suggested, but it is not likely that such a move will bo made. The case will go to the Legislature, and adjournment has been set for Saturday. Moreover. Ruef's following In the State legislature is strong enough to block any attempt to remove Habbard. Although Ruef is still In hiding, it is generally understood that he has not left the city, but has secreted himself until certain papers can be prepared and tiled by his attorneys. ASK AY KIT OF I'KOHIBITIOX Unci's Attorneys Move to Stay Proceedings. SAX FRANCISCO. March S.-That conn eel for Abe Ruef have not exhausted their resources, but still have hopes of saving their client from immediate trial, was made known tonight when one of their number went before the District Court of Appeals with an application in behalf of Ruef for a writ of prohibition restrain ing Superior Judge Dunne from proceed ing with the hearing of the felony charges brought against Ruef by the grand Jury. The application is based on the fact of the Issuance of the temporary writ of error by Superior Judge Hebbard which enables Ruef to apply to the Supreme Court of the United States for a perma nent writ of error. Ruef's lawyers con tend that by virtue of the latter proceed ing their client has gained a 60 days' stay of all proceedings ' In the Superior Court and on this showing they ask that Judge Dunne be restrained. The application to the Court of Appeals was not signed by Ruef, but by his coun sel. Ruef's signature to the application would have been an admission of his presence within the jurisdiction of Judge Dunne's court, before a fact which the prosecution asserts and defense declared Ignorance of. May Not Have Standing. The failure of Ruef to attach his sig nature to the application, however, has raised the question whether Ruef has any standing before the Court of Ap peals. Justices Cooper. Hall and Kerri gan, composing that tribunal, will render their decision tomorrow upon the appli cation. Ruef is still a fugitive from justice, ac cording to Superior Judge Dunne, who late this afternoon decided that Sheriff O'Neil had not shown due diligence in pro ducing him for trial, and appointed Coroner Walsh as elisor to serve a bench warrant for his appearance in court. The Coroner was ordered to make a return at service at 3 o'clock tomorrow after noon. This was the net result of a day devoted to a fruitless search for Ruef, although HEBBARD VOWS none of those Interested deny that he is in the city. When court convened at 10 o'clock this morning. Sheriff O'Neil re ported that his search for the attorneys, whose trial was pending, had been unsuc cessful. Others supposed to know the attorney's whereabouts were examined, but no information of value was ob tained. Close Friend of Ruer. Then, after two adjournments had been taken. Assistant District Attorney Heney presented to Judge Dunne a lengthy affi davit signed by himself, in which he re cited the alleged facts that Sheriff O'Neil is a close personal friend of Ruef; that the latter, "recognized as the political boss of San Francisco," had procured O'Neil's nomination and assured his election and that, consequently, the latter was under obligations to Ruef, unfitting him to serve as the arresting officer. Similar- asser tions were made regarding the Sheriff's deputies, who, it was charged, had been named by Ruef. - The Assistant District Attorney also stated that he had been informed during the day that one of Ruef s attorneys had applied to the District Court of Appeals for a writ of prohibition, declaring at the same time that if it was granted the missing attorney would be produced. For t From the New Tork World. 1 t Study of Mrs. William Thaw Made I I at the Trial of Her Son for I Murder. ' these and other similar reasons. Heney asked that Sheriff O'-Neil be replaced by Coroner Walsh, as the officer delegated to produce Ruef in court,, and Judge Dunne so ordered. Mayor Schmitz ar rived today and is expected to be in court tomorrow. Mayor Schmitz Is Home. SAN . FRANCISCO. March 6. Mayor Schmitz arrived in the city at 2:15 this afternoon on the belated - Coast Limited train at "Los Angeles. With him were members of the Board of Education, who accompanied him to Washington. Schmitz declined to talk to any of the newspaper reporters, saying he would issue a state ment on the whole Japanese situation. In response to a question as to whether he would be a candidate to succeed him self, he declared he "would stand by his guns." and that he would not be driven out by the newspapers. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Weather. TODAY'S Probably fair; variable winds, mostly southerly. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62 degrees; minimum. 41. ' Foreign. Russian Douma will unanimously ask Czar for amnesty. Page 3. Castro and Gomes become reconciled and confound their enemies. Page 2. English women suffragists Insist on 'going; to Jail. Tage 4. , . National. National Guard and regular Army to have coast defense training. Page 3. " Representative Jones reviews work of ses sion, rage 7. . Folltlra. Hearst and Watson allied for Populist ticket in 190S. Page 3. Senator Peverldge speaks against state rights. Page 3. Domestic. Thaw's mother testifies in his. behalf and is overcome with grief. Fage 1. Rumor Harrtman has. bought Reading road causes boom In stock. Page 1. Haskin on Italians in America. Page 1. Standard Oil raises technicalities in rebate case, but Is defeated. Page 3. Meldrum says he is unwilling witness against Hermann. Page 2. Senator Spooner to be counsel for Hill roads. Page 2. Man who eloped with Mrs. Taylor to be taken to New York for stealing. Page 4. Another suit against Mrs. Eddy's manager. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Clash expected between Heney and Hebbard. Page 1. Whitman College defeats Pacific University In debate. Page 6. Adams case in Jury's hands, but verdict not reached. Page 3. Washington Senate passes direct primary bill. Page 6. Idaho legislators commenced prosecution of Steuenenberg cas. Page 6. Sport. Multnomah Club will send wrestlers and boxers to Spokane meet. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Upward tendency of coffee market. Page 17. Panic in stock market followed by recovery. Page 17. German ship Arthur Fitger chartered to load lumber at Port Blakeley. . Wash. Page 10. , Portland and Vicinity. Mount Hood Railway gets franchise from Council for East Side terminal facilities. Page 10. Council asks City Attorney to prescribe procedure whereby initiative petitions may be filed. Page 10. Council discharges special committee named to examine report of accountants who ex perted Auditor Devlin's books. Page 10. Construction of new Harriman line between Huntington and Lewlston commenced. Page Union millhands will present ultimatum to employers next Monday. Page 11. Portland timber dealers and mlllmen dis cuss President's forest reserve order. Page 1L Mayor reproves two persons at session of City Council. Page 10. "S Tells Effect of Evelyn IMesbit's Story. TWICE OVERCOME BY SORROW Her Son Haunted by Thought of White's Crime. CONSENT TO HIS MARRIAGE Knowing Nothing of His Former Re lations With Evelyn Nesbit. Wel comed Girl Jerome Threat ens Lunacy Commission. NEW TORK, March 6. Another dra matic chapter was added to the history of tne trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White today, when the defendant's mother took the witness stand to contribute what she might to ward saving lier son from the electric chair. Mrs. Thaw's stay before the Jury was brief. When Mr. Delmas had defi nitely limited her examination to the change she noted in her son's condition following his return from Paris in 1933, after Evelyn Nesbit had told him her life story, and when District Attorney Jerome "had, with great consideration, conducted a short and ineffectual cross examination, the mother-love welled strong in Mrs. Thaw, and she felt she had not done ner all. She was loth to leave the witness chair. "There is the question of heredity," she protested when both Mr. Delmas and Mr. Jerome told her she might step down. "1 have asked you, madame, ail that Is considered necessary,' said Thaw's attbrney. With the- utmost deference. Mrs. Thaw half rose, hesitated, and was about to sit down again, when the leading counsel for the defense offered her bis band to assist her from the stand. Twice Yields to Grief. Twice during her recital Mrs. Thaw broke down and was unable to pro ceed. After a few moments Justice Fitzgerald asked solicitously if she felt able to proceed, and Mrs. Thaw, evi dently much chagrined that her grief had overcome her strong will to re sist it, nodded in the affirmative. She declined a glass of water, made an ef fort to proceed, but failed. Justice Fitzgerald then interposed a relief for which the elderly woman must have been deeply grateful. He said that, as many of her remarks had been uttered in a very low voice, it would be neces sary to have the stenographer read all the testimony up to that time to the jury. When the reading was ended, Mrs. Thaw had regained tier compos ure and was able to proceed. She said that, when Harry came home In 1903, he seemed depressed and apparently bad lost all interest in life. He passed sleepless nights; would often leave the table at meals and go into the THAW MOTHER HIM 1 . . . '. ...... I parlor to play the piano, the music growing softer and softer, until it finally died away. t Life Ruined by Wicked Man. "He told me a wicked man probably the wickedest man in all New Tork had ruined his life," said she. It was not until some time after he had offered this explanation of the change in him that she learned the story of the young woman who was to become her daughter-in-law., Mrs. Thaw told of her son's breaking down in a Pittsburg church and explaining that it was all be cause of the sorrow which prevented the young woman he loved from being at his side. Mrs. Thaw told of coming to New Tork to meet Evelyn Nesbit and of giving her consent to her son's , marriagethe one condition being that the girl's past life in New York should be a closed book, never to be r erf erred to in any way. Then came the story of the marriage in Pittsburg in April, 1905, the honeymoon trip and then a happy, placid Summer spent at the mother's home in the mountains. Mr. Delmas ended her testimony abrupt ly. The District Attorney was taken by surprise and began to cross-examine Mrs. Thaw In a very low voice. He then asked about conditions surrounding her son's al lowance, but Mr. Delmas objected. He asked what rKaon's income amounted to. airs. Thaw saldltwas moderate and nothing like the sum the newiftpapers have so often reported. ' Jerome on Thin Ice. Mr. Jerome next trod upon what he must have felt the thinnest of ice, lest he put himself in the attitude of attempting to harass the pathetic figure in black on the stand. He asked the mother what she knew of her son's relations with Miss Nesbit before she became his wife. "Nothing," she replied, without hesi tancy. The District Attorney seemed complete ly baffled and brought his examination to a close. Mrs. Thaw's story was deeply impres sive In its simplicity and brevity. If Harry Thaw's fate is thrown into the hands of the 13 men in the jury box who today heard the mother's story, there seems little doubt that what she said will carry wonderful weight. Threat of Lunacy Commission. . But Mr. Jerome gave the impres sion that he might use the mother's testimony as a weapon in another direction in his fight to have a com mission appointed to test the present state of mind of the defendant. While the elder Mrs. Thaw was-on the stand, the District Attorney engaged in a wordy war with Mr. Delmas, during which he uttered publicly for the first time the threat of a lunacy commis sion. Mr. Delmas was- invoking the presumption of law that if Thaw was Insane in 1903 he was Jnsane in 1904. This was to enable Mrs. Thaw to state conversations with frer son in the latter year. These conversations were ad missible only on the ground that they were the utterances of a person ment ally irresponsible. Mr. Jerome said there was no reason why the assump tion should not continue down to the present, and, if Mr. Delmas point was well taken, the trial should be sus pended and a commission appointed. Justice Fitzgerald upheld Mr. Delmas and said the question of a commission was pot before the court. With the completion of the mother's testimony today Thaw's attorneys said they would have but two more wit nesses, experts, who will be called upon to answer a newly-framed hypo thecal question covering the entire case from beginning to end. These ex perts are said to be Drs. Graeme M. Hammond and Smithe Jelllffe. Harry Thaw, during his mother's stay upon the stand, seemed unusually pale and extremely nervous. At the end of Mrs. Thaw's examina tion court adjourned until Friday (Concluded on Page 5.) HARMONY FOR A FEW DELIRIOUS MOMENTS READING EXCITES MARKET Rumor Harriman Is Arter Control. BUYING ALL STOCK OFFERED Refuses to Deny or Affirm He Is Behind Deal. OTHER DEALS REPORTED Enormous Purchases and Rapid Ad vance on Weak Market Keep Wall Street In a Flutter Moving x- Power Carefully Hidden. NEW YORK. March 6. Sensational buying of the shares pf the Reading com pany today gave Wall Street its most exciting experience since the Northern Pacific contest of six years ago. Read ing had been strong in the face of a general weak market all through the morning session of the stock exchange, when shortly after 1 o'clock there devel oped an enormous buying movement in the shares, which carried the price up more than 8 points in half an hour. Up to the close of the market there was nothing to show the source of the purchasing orders, but a persistent rumor was in circulation that E. H. Harriman was buying the stock with the object of acquiring control of the property and that Mr. Harriman was taking all that was offered in the open market in addi tion to the holdings of H. C. Frick, which he was said to have purchased privately. It was also said that the Reading stock held by the Lake Shore had been turned over to Mr. Harriman so that he would have absolute control. Basis of Harriman Humor. It was pointed out that Mr. Frick, hav ing become a director of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, would desire to dispose of his. Reading stock and that, as he Is friendly with the Harriman Interests, he would be likely to sell to them if they eared to buy. The reports as to Hariman's buying were circulated throughout the financial district and were given credence in spite of the lack of anything official to confirm them, but there were other rumors. One of these was that 3. P. Morgan & Co.. who formerly dominated Reading,, were buying to resume their former position in the property: another was that the New York Central was adding to Lake Shore holdings of Reading, and a third attributed the buying to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. All the time that the stock was going up efforts were made without success to discover the source of the buying and to obtain either denial or confirma tion of the various reports in circulation. At the offices of the banking houses as sociated with the different parties men tioned in the rumors all knowledge of the movement was denied, but at the same time it was said that Independent action to secure the property might have been undertaken without the knowledge of the firm interviewed. Will Not Say Yes or No. Mr. Harriman, who Is in Washington, was informed of the use of his name in connection with the Heading transactions and he then made a statement through his secretary to the effect that he was not "interested in Wall Street and did not care to be denying all the rumors originating there." Further than this nothing was obtainable. The brokerage houses handling the buying orders were numerous and their Identity gave no in dication whatever as to the persons for whom they were acting. The trading in Reading reached the ex tremely large total of 736,300 shares, or about one-third of all the transactions on the stock exchange for the day. The magnitude of the sales seemed to pre clude the idea that an ordinary manipula tive maneuver for higher prices was be ing executed. The blocks traded in were laree. ranging up to -KM) and 5000-share lots, one block of 10,000 changing -hands at 125. Heading Alone Is Strong. The strength of Reading attracted at tention early in the day, owing to Its being in sharp contrast to the weakness in the list generally. The market opened with a rally from yesterday's decline, but before noon the better tone gave way to a renewed bearish sentiment and the decline became violent. The feeling on the exchange bordered on demoraliza tion, with extremely heavy liquidation and declines for many Issues to the low est points of the year. The Harriman shares and the stocks in what is called the Standard Oil group were notably sensitive to pressure, and this fact em phasized the strength of Reading and the !(! rn I am!? : Henry Clay Flick, Reported to Have Sold Control of Reading Road to Harriman. relative firmness of the Morgan and Hill stocks. This- sudden turn after the re cent .weakness. In the market served to strengthen the entire list and a general rally was soon in progress, which con tinued up to the close. The capital stock of the Reading com pany,, authorized and issued, is $140,000, 000. of which 3,000,000 is 4 per cent non cumulative preferred, M2,O0O,O0O second 4 per cent ' non-cumulative preferred and 7O,O0O,OO0 common -stocks. Heading Officials In the Dark. PHILADELPHIA, March 8. At the of fice of the Philadelphia & Reading in this city, it was stated that the officials had heard of the rumor, but -knew nothing about the passing of the company to Har riman control. A high official said the transfer books do not show such a change In ownership. At the office of a bank firm which has frequently participated in Mr. Harrlman's operations, it was said that nothing was known there of Reading purchases for Mr. Harrtman. and that It was not be lieved he was responsible for the rise in the stock. Does Not Care to Deny Rumor. WASHINGTON, March 6. When the report from New York to the effect that Mr. Harriman had secured large holdings of the Reading & New Jersey Central Railroad stock was 'shown to him, Mr. Harriman, through his secretary, re quested the Associated Press to say that he is not interested in Wall street, and did not care to be denying all the rumors originating there. ' Has Not Sold to Harriman. WASHINGTON. March 6. Senator C. M. Depew, upon his return to Washington tonight from. New York, denied that the New York Central had sold Its holdings in the Reading to El H. Harriman. ILLINOIS ' PREPARES ATTACK Plans to Invalidate Alton Bonds Is sued by Harriman. CHICAGO, March . A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Official steps have been taken by the State of Illinois to attack the validity of $32,000,000 in Alton Railroad bonds issued by IS, H. Harriman and his associates when they reorganized the Chicago & Alton Rail road Company. The Interstate Com merce Commission has received an appli cation from W: H. Stead, Attorney-General of the State of Illinois, asking for a complete transcript of all the testi mony taken by the Interstate Commerce Commission in Its hearing at New York regarding the Chicago & Alton Railroad. The Interstate Commerce Commission has begun to comply with the request which was made under the special, di rection of Governor Deneen. ADVOCATES CLOSEK HARMONY Harriman Discuses Railroads in Re lation With Government. WASHINGTON, March . E. H. Har riman tonight granted a farewell In terview to 150 newspapermen, saying that he would return to New York to morrow and stop talking for publica tion. Mr. Harriman discussed trans portation problems, railroad legisla tion, the tariff, the currency question, the attitude of the public toward the corporations, and the probability of a panic. "I. notice that the afternoon papers say that the New York Central hold ings and tiiose of the old Wasserman pool In the Reading Railway were taken over last night. This is not true. I have not purchased a single share of railroad stock since I have been in Washington." He refused to answer the direct question as to whether he had -secured control of the Reading. As to the currency and the tariff, Mr. Harriman said: "I think the currency and tariff questions should be settled in a more definite way before Congress and the (Concluded on Page 2. ITALY'S CHILDREN GOME IN MILLIONS Industry and Thrift Characterize Them. MOST SUCCESSFUL FARMERS Prosper in Orchard, Vineyard and Cotton Land. MANY HAVE GROWN RICH Large Property Holdings and Sav ings In New York Though Often, Illiterate, Are Expert in tbs ' Management of Crops. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ' WASHINGTON, March 1. Although. America has long been the land of' a thousand roads to fortune, the Italian was the last to come here in the searcn. for success. But now that he bas found the way, he is making up for lost time. In the decade" 1ST20-33 only 408 Italians came to America,"an aver age of only 41 a year. Now they are coming at the rate of upwards of 330, 000 a year. Italy is now furnishing the greatest number of men that the old world Is sending to the new. The in crease in the population of New York's "Little Italy", has made that city the third largest Italian 'center in the world.' - The Italian is a genuine hustler. Ha comes over here for .a job, takes what ever kind of work he can get, and sticks to it. I heard of a physician who served as a dish-washer, and a lawyer who worked for several years as a waiter until he could learn the language and become adjusted .to the general scheme of things. One steam ship line will have only Italian steve dores, because they work harder and are more temperate- than - the- men of other nationalities. The enterprise and thrift of the Italians is indicated by the statistics, which show that in New York they have 4000 real estate hold ings valued at J20.000.000. They own 10,000 stores in Manhattan and have $16,300,000 in the tavlngs banks. There are two Italian steamship lines and 16 'daily and weekly newspapers. Little Crime and Drunkenness. It is a rare thing to see an Italian beggar. Boston snows a court calen dar that has only three drunken Ital ians out of every of the popula tion, against three out of every 130 of the population drawn from Northern Europe. The women rarely appear in the police courts and are noted for their thrift and virtue. Reports on temperance and crime show that, while 24 per cent of the distress suffered by Americans is due to drink, less than 4 per cent of the Italians' troubles is traced to this source. They are quick tempered, and their acts of violence are generally due to this characteristic Through the efforts of the mission ary sisters of the Sacred Heart and of the resident Italians, the Columbus Hospital was established In New York. While this Is essentially an Italian charity, the patients represent every nationality and creed. There Is not an Italian physician on the staff, which is proof of the broad American spirit that actuates the management. There are Itulian policemen and postmen In New York, and the members of that race are In the Legislatures and on the bench in several states. The president of a giant fruit concern in San Fran clsno and the promoter of a million-' dollar ranch industry came to the new world only a few years ago in tno steerage of an immigrant ship. Statues of Italian Heroes. The American-Italian citizens of New York have given three statues to that city. One of these Is the figure of Garibaldi that faces Washington Square a short distance from "Little Italy." Another is the bust of Maxzlni, the Italian liberator, in Central Park. Both of these pieces are the work of Turin!. The third statue stands on the lofty column in Columbus Plaza at the Eighth-avenue and Fifty-ninth-street entrance to Central Park. These pa triotic people are now raising funds to build a school in memory of Verdi, with whose music even the most humble of -them are thoroughly familiar. Although two-thirds of the total num ber of Italians in the United States are located In New York, the trend of their emigration is now toward the country. California's success in fruit-growing is . said to be largely due to the efforts of, the 45.000 Italians who have made their home there and who brought their art of-vine-culture and wlne-maklng with them. They have some of the largest wlne-vats in the world and ship fruit by the train load. They own 2726 farms In California, and the value of their ranches and busi ness interests amounts to nearly $116, 000,000. The Asti colony. In Sonoma County, is famous the world over, per petuating in Its name the renowned city of the Piedmont wine country of Italy. The grapes grown here are made into Italian wines, red and white French and German wines, and Ane dry champagne, which are shipped all over the -world, even competing with France on her own ground. Colonies In California. A guiding Influence in the founding and building of the Italian colonies of CalU ( Concluded on Page 2.)