T VOL. 2LLVI NO. 14,431. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUEF IS CAUGHT BY SLEUTH BURNS Curly Boss Is Found in Suburban Resort, HE SUBMITS GRACEFULLY 'Was Just Going Into Townr" He Remarks When Taken. PRISONER NOW IN HOTEL Captors Refuse to Entrust Him to Care of Sheriff O'Neill His At-' torneys Have Made No Attempt at Habeas Corpus Proceedings. SAN FRANCISCO, March 8.-r(Spcial.) Abraham Kuef, the fugitive politician boss of San Francisco, was captured by Special Agent William J. Bums at the Trocadero, a suburban resort, this even ing. The Sheriff and Coroner of San Francisco in turn having failed to comply with Judge Dunne's orders to bring the in. d-tcted Ruef into court. Judge Dunne late this aternoon appointed William J. Biggy an elisor, and immediately afterward the latter, in company with Burns and several of his assistants, hurried to the Trocadero in an automobile. Arriving there, the detectives surround ed the place while Burns and Blggy en tered and demanded of the landlord the whereabouts of Ruef. He at first denied that Ruef was there, but . the determined tones of Burns' voice finally forced ad mission from the 'boniface that there were two strangers occupying a room on the floor above. Blggy and Burns hurried up stairs and, forcing an entrance to the room, found Ruef. in whose company was Vlyrtlle Cerf, nervously pacing the floor. "Hello," He Says to Burns. "Hello, Burns." said Ruef, attempting to possess himself with an air of calm ness. "Hello. Abe." retorted Burns, and he and Biggy proceeded to view their sur roundings. "I was just going into town." said Ruef. "and Cerf was going to telephone for an automobile." "You needn't worry about an auto," remarked Burns, with a smile, "we've got one waiting for you downstairs." Ruef and Cerf were hustled into the automobile and brought back to the city direct to Francis J. Heney's office, in front of which Ruef, under guard, waited in the automobile for half an hour, the object of the gaze of the curi ous, while Burns and Biggy, in Heney's office, were communicating to Hiram Johnson, Heney's assistant in the graft cases, the news of Ruef's capture. Under Guard in Hotel. Later, Klisor Biggy took Ruef to the St. Francis Hotel, where it is in tended he shall remain practically a prisoner until his appearance is de manded in court on Monday. He was taken out by Blggy at 11 o'clock for supper, and announced that he would issue a statement before retiring. At midnight Ruef's .attorneys said they would not attempt any habeas corpus proceedings tonight. ItlEF'S LAWYER IS REBUKED Judge Hunne Sentences Shortridge to 24 Hours in Jail Tor Contempt. SAM FRANCISCO, llarch 8. Sheriff O'Neil and Coroner Walsh, having con- fessed their inability to find, arrest and ' , bring into court Abe Muet, the indicted lawyer and political boss, who has been declared by Judge Dunne to be a fugitive, It developed upon State Sen ator W. J. Biggy. a local business man and formerly Chief of Police of San Francisco by appointment during the interim between administrations of Chiefs Lees and Sullivan, to discover the whereabouts of the defendant in hiding and take him into custody. An order to this effect was made by Superior .TudKo Dunne late this after noon, and Mr. Biggy was appointed elisor and sworn in. The power con ferred upon Biggy authorizes him "to take the body of Abraham Ruef. de fendant in the case of the people against Abraham Ruef. for extortion, and to arrest and hold In custody said Ruef until the next session of this court, when you are directed- to bring said Ruef into the presence of this court for trial as charged." As elisor. Mr. Blggy has also full au thority to deputize as many other per sons as he may require to help him prosecute the search for the missing lawyer, and as the charge Is a felony charge he may Use "all force neces sary" to effect Ruef's arrest. "if I can tind him," said Blggy after he had been sworn in. "1 will bring him here. That much you may count on." This was not the only sensational development in today's proceedings in the Ruef case. Samuel M. Shortridge, attorney of record of Ruef, incurred a severe rebuke from Judge Dunne dur ing an examination of Assistant Attor ney Heney into the incompetency of Coroner Walsh appointed by the court as substitute for the disqualified Sher iff O'Neil to locate and arrest the in dicted lawyer. Shortridge persisted In an effort to en ter objection to a question put by Heney, and would not be silenced by the court, who finally adjudged him guilty of. con tempt and sentenced him to 24 hours' im prisonment In the county jail. Short ridge, however, escaped Immediate in carceration by applying to the District Court of Appeals for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that . no contempt had been committed. The merits of this controversy will be argued before Justices Cooper, Hall and Kerrigan Mon day morning. In the interim Shortridge Is at liberty on his own recognizance. The ordering of Shortridge to jail cre ated a sensation in the city. As a law yer he is well known throughout the state. To the Associated Press Mr. Short ridge said: . - The action of Judge Dunne is an outrage, committed not so much upon myself as upon the legal profession and the citizens of California The law expressly provides that a defendant has the right to be heard by counsel, and the objection sought to be made by me and to whteh Judge Dunne took such indignant exception was offered by me in the interests and behalf of Abe Ruef. my client. - My conduct instead of being "bois terous and offensive," as stigmatized by the court, was precisely the opposite. I was act ing wholly within my. rights as attorney of record for Kuef. Judge Dunne said: Mr. Shortridge brought his punishment upon himself. In the matter of the examina tion of the Coroner he had no more standing in: the court than the merest spectator. The examination of the Coroner was not a part of the trial of Abe Ruef. but was a Judi cial inquiry by the court to determine S. M. Shortridge, One of Ruef's At- torneys,' Whom Judge Dunne Sen tenced to 24 Hours In Jail for Con tempt of Court. whether a public official had performed his duty. Shortridge was In court as legal repre sentative of Ruef. not of the Coroner. By his Insistent and gratuitous Interruption of that proceeding, and his refusal to observe the silence enjoined upon him by the court. he was guilty of conduct both boisterous and offensive, and I ordered him to Jail for con tempt. ORDERS LAWYER TO SIT DOWN Six Times Judge Dunne Seeks to Si lence Attorney Shortridge.' SAX FRANCISCO. March 8. Abraham Ruef again failed to appear this morn ing when his case was called in Judge Dunne's court Coroner Walsh reporting his inability to find the Indicted attorney. Assistant District Attorney Heney was examining the Coroner,, when S. M. Shortridge, one of Ruef's attorneys, ob jected to a question. Judge Dunne or dered Shortridge to take his seat, but he refused. Six times Judge Dunne ordered the attorney to sit down, but Shortridge kept on talking. Finally Judge Dunne or- (Concluded on Page . 4.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, CO degrees; minimum, 43 TODAY'S Showers ; southeasterly winds. Foreign. Electricians strike in Paris, puts city in darkness and demoralizes newspapers. Page 4. Woman suffrage bill talked to death in British Parliament. Page 4. Radicals elect officers of Russian Douma. Page 2. National. Roosevelt prepares to close gates against Japanese Immigrants. Page 8--Immigration law does-not exclude newcom ers to Hawaii. Page 8. Politics. Hearst wins another decision in Mayoralty contest. . Page 3. . . Domestic. Haskin on foreign strain in American blood. Page 1. Jerome will call Mrs. Thaw to testify again; reported move to separate Thaw and, his wife. Page 1. ' , Sugar trust sued for conspiracy to close Segal's refinery. Page 3. Puget Sound lumbermen advised by Inter state Commission to demand through rate over O. R. A N. road. Page 3. Archie Roosevelt is better, but not out ot danger. Page 2. . Mysterious suicide of millionaire in New York. Page 2. Railroad men in Southwest voting to strike. Page 4. Zoe Gayton, veteran actress and transconti nental pedestrian, dead. Page 3. , Sport. Two amateur averages broken In. billiard match. Page T. Good scores in bowling contest. Page 7. Changes in rules of National baseball -com-mission. Page 7- McCredie's colts play practice ball in driz zling rain. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Gloomy outlook in potato market. Page 17. General trade conditions good. Fage 17. Rally in wheat markets. Page 17. Drastic liquidation In 8tok market. Page 17. More coastwise steamers needed to handle .south-bound freight. Page 16. Paclilc Coast. Abe Ruef located by Detective Burns and placed in custody. Page 1. Tangle over primary bill precipitates row in Senate at Olympla. Page 5. Member Idaho Senate seeks to Insult Gov ernor Gooding. Page 6. Katherlne Romlff, Pacific College, wins state oratorical contest. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Rivalry develops between Industrial Work ers of the World, to which, striking mill hands belong, and Federated Trades. Page 10. i . " A. O. U. W. and Auditorium blocks sell for $233,000. Page 7. Russell & Blyth, buy B50 acres on Willam ette Heights for $230,000. Page 16. Testimony in Lindgren murder makes ac cused slayers nervous. Page 13. Police raid three Chinese gambling dens. Patrolman Anderson being slightly stabbed. Page IS. Governor Chamberlain breaks the veto rec t.. .... " tf ord. Page 11. ADMITS HE STOLE-. COLLEGE ORATION Student Confesses to Plagiarism. -" WALLACE TRILL GUILTY MAN Defect. Found in Time to Bar ' Him From State Contest. GOT IT FROM BEVERIDGE Bodily Lifted 300 Words From Speech on Philippines- Willam- . ette University Condemns Action of Student. The case of Wallace Trill Is the third Instance of plagiarism that has occurred in the Intercollegiate Ora torical Association of Oregon. The first charge of plagiarism was made in 1002 against Edwin Minchin, of Pacific College, who won the state contest at CorvalHs on an oration dealing with Wendell Philips. The following year Professor Kelsey, of Pacific College, filed a charge of pla giarism against Erastus Smith, of McMlnnvllle, who won at Eugene with an oration upon "The Home less Nation." Smith was severely cen sured by the executive committee, and McMlnnvllle was debarred from competing the following year.. At that time more strict regula tions were passed dealing with the submission of orations which prob ably resulted in the detection of the literary theft before the contest in the present Instance. SALEM, Or., March 8. (Special.) Fac ulty and students of Willamette Univer sity were stupefied with astonishment and mortification when word was re ceived here this morning that Willamette's representative. Wallace G. Trill, had been barred from the intercollegiate oratorical contest for plagiarism. The report would not have been, credited but for the fact fhat it came from Willamette delegates. Who said there was no room to question the truth of the charge made against the Salem contestant. In Senator Beveridge's speech on the Philippines had been found a passage copied bodily by Trill, without giving credit. Surprise in Salem was all the greater because of the general belief that Trill's ability and application) would enable him to 'prepare a creditable oration without resorting to questionable methods. Trill has been a student at Willamette for sev eral years. He was graduated from the college of oratory two years' ago and Is now a student in the college of law. Last November he was a candidate in the Republican primaries for nomination, for City Recorder, but was defeated. In telephone conversations with Salem friends today. Trill acknowledged his guilt of plagiarism, and to one friend said that he has quit Salem forever, ex cept possibly for a short visit to close up some business affairs. Thou eh the stu 'LET t 5 dents have generally believed Trill tobe a man- of considerable literary ability, a few know that he had very poor com mand of English and that his writing was full of bad grammar and worse spell ing. He was nevertheless exceptionally good on delivery. Competent judges say that his rendition of "Paul Before Agrip pa' could scarcely be excelled. The faculty of Willamette University held a special meeting ton-ight and adopt ed the following resolutions: Whereas, It appears that Wallace O. Trill. Willamette's representative in the in tercollegiate oratorical content. Is guilty of plagiarism, and so far k unabU to vindi cate hlnqself, and whereas, the fact deeply afflicts everjopPartment of said 'university, and involves Its honor; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, representatives of the faculty of Willamette University, do most emphatically condemn any such practices, and eameptly regret that any of Its stu dents should resort to a reprehensible method in an effort to secure honors; and be it further Resolved. That a copy of these resolu tions he given out for publication. (Signed.) J. H- COLJ2MAN, President. J. T. MATTHEWS, 'Secretary. After receiving news today of the if -'-v. 1 ( - - J i t Wallace G. Trill, of Willamette I ni versity, Self-Confessed Plagiarist, Barred From Entering Intercolle giate Oratorical Contest. charge .of plagiarism, . Willamette Univer sity authorities hunted up Senator Bev eridge's Philippine speech, compared it with Trill's oration and found that he had lifted bodily a paragraph of 300 words, which he used as a peroration. Trill's home' is in La Crande. He is about 35 years of age. Trill was to deliver an oration tonight in the intercollegiate contest at McMinn ville. His oration was entitled "A March to Democracy." NO PROMISE TO MELDRUM Baker Denies Freedom Offered for Evidence Against Hermann. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 8. It is now understood that the trial of Binger Hermann, which began February 11, will probably drag through the rest of March. There are many witnesses yet to be heard and con siderable evidence to be introduced, par ticularly evidence similar to that brought out during the past week, to show a motive for the destruction of the letter bookf?. There was a rumor here today that ex-Surveyor-General Meldrum had been promised his freedom if he would testify strongly against Hermann, but District Attorney Baker emphatically denied the report, saying no inducement whatever had been held out to Meldrum. S. A. D. Puter will be the star witness against Hermann next week. Held l"p at Gates of Moscow. MOSCOW. March 8. The cashier of the Bromley Manufacturing Company, an English concern,- was held up at the city gates today and relieved of a wallet con taining $C"-tK, US CO-OPERATE, LITTLE JEROME TO HAVE SECOND INNINGS He Calls Mrs. Thaw to Show White's Letters. INTENDS TO DISCREDIT HER Hummel and Her Brother to Attack Veracity. HAS ARRAY OF. ALIENISTS Rebuttal Evidence May Prove Some what Spicy Evelyn Thaw's Brother Tells of Scheme to Separate Her From Harry. NEW YORK, March 8. The defense in the Thaw case rested today immediately after the convening of court and an ad journment was ordered until Monday morning. District Attorney Jerome said that, while he had been informally noti fied yesterday of the changed plans of the defense, he had come to court today expecting to be confronted by additional expert testimony. His witness ess were not ready, he added. It was upon this representation and with the consent of the defense that the adjournment was taken. The court proceedings occupied less than five minutes and Mr. Jerome re turned at once to, his own office to pre pare the rebuttal testimony. Almost his first move was to subpena Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to produce in court any letters she may have, written by Stanford White. The District Attorney also had May McKenzie notified to be In court Monday prepared to go upon thm witness stand. Xot So Intimate as Formerly. Miss McKenzie had been under subpena by the state ever since the trial began. She is the intimate friend of Thaw's wife, and during the first stages of the trial the two were inseparable. Lately, how ever, Miss McKenzie has been seen but seldom about the court. There is no in timation that the young women have quarreled. Mips McKenzie probably found her position rather trying, sitting day after day in the witness room with the Thaw family. It is also said that Mr. Jerome has summoned Mrs. J. J. Caine, of Boston, who already has testified for the defense. Among the other known witnesses for the state are Dr. BIngaman, of Pittsburg, and Dr. Deemar, of Klttanning, Pa., the Thaw and Copley family physicians. The defense originally summoned these physi cians, , but Mr. Jerome has stated that the doctors can give Important testimony which the defense has failed to develop. The prosecutor has stated that he will call Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, who at first was in tho employ of Thaw's at torneys but left the case when Thaw dis missed Black, oleott, Gruber & Bonynge, who were retained in his behalf by his mother's legal advisers. Drs. Austin Flint, Carlos MacDonald and William Mabon have been in the employ of the state ever since the Thaw trial began GIRL" and have attended every session. They are prepared to testify at a moment's notice. Attack Mrs. Thaw's Veracity. Just what Mr. Jerome Intends to prove or will be allowed to prove on rebuttal remains a mystery. The prosecutor him self Is probably at a loss to know how far he can go In attacking Evelyn Thaw's story and in adducing evidence tending to contradict and discredit her. His cam paign may be changed at any time by an adverse decision from Jusiice Fitz gerald. Mr. Polmas. for the defense, un doubtedly will made Mr. Jerome's pro gress difficult by continued objections. The rules of evidence invoked in the Thaw case differ materially from . those In any recent murder trial in this jurisdic tion and it has been evident from the first that attorneys have been feeling their way cautiously. Mr. Jerome un doubtedly will again summon Abraham Hummel, the lawyer, to the stand to testify as to the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is DetM-tlv. William J. Burns, Who Ix eated Abe Ruef, When Sheriff and Coroner Had Failed to Find the WUj Boss. alleged to have signed, charging Thaw with cruelties because she "would not tell lies" about Stanford White. Howard Nesbit was with the District Attorney today and it is Bald he will be called to testify that his sister told him that Thaw had treated her cruelly while abroad in 1903, because she "would not tell lies about Stanford White," Mr. Jerome hopes by the bro ther to corroborate the testimony he ex pects to elicit from Hummel. Hopes to Finish in One Week. With these witnesses and many others under" subpena, Mr. Jerome adhered to his prediction of last night that the case might be -givn. to the jury by Friday. When askod today how many witnesses he would call, Mr. Jerome replied smilingly: "The minimum is zero and the maxl mum 25, it may be either." Despite Mr. Jerome's hope for a ter mination of the long-drawn-out case within the next week, few of those who have kept track of the trial are willing to hazard a prediction that the end is less than two weeks away. Before leaving for his home in Pitts burg today, Dr. C. C. Wiley, the first alienist put on the stand by the defense, gave out a letter from D. M. Delmas. The letter, after stating that the expert testimony given by Dr. Wiley had "been fully confirmed by that of the alienists subsequently examined," contained the following somewhat significant sentence: "They have but reiterated your opinion, that upon the facts of the case, the de fendant at the time of the homicide was of unsound mind." From this expression by Mr. Delmas it would appear that he .does not expect to use the plea of "justification" in his appeal to the jury, but rather hopes to convince them that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw's story about White - temporarily un balanced the defendant's mind. Move to Separate Thaw and Wife. . There were many rumors today of a serious estrangement between thg de fendant's family and his wife and of the reported desire of the former to blng about separation of the young couple in the event of a verdict acquitting Thaw of murder, i Young Howard Nesbit, bro ther of Mrs. Harry Thaw, is quoted as saying: "The Countess of Yarmouth has said that she will not return to England until her brother and my sister haye been sep arated. I did not know of this until I returned from Pittsburg Sunday. As soon as I arrived here I went to the. Hotel Lorraine to warn my sister, but , Mr. Delmas would not let me see her alone. I did not want any of the lawyers pres ent while I talked to her because I knew they would probably deny it. I am sure that, if my sister knew of the plans against her, she would assert herself at once and not remain passive, as she t has been so far."' It has also been a matter of comment that, as two experts have declared Thaw insane at the time of his marriage, the ceremony might be declared void and annulled. Under this rule the will and codicil, in which Mrs. Thaw is left the main portion of her husband's estate, are also void. IXSAXITY IX MOTHER'S FAMILY Acquaintance of Thaw Tells of Evi dence of Taint. ALBANY, Or., March 7. "Harry K. Thaw was subject to fits of insanity when he was only a boy. Many times I've seen him when excited display unmistakable signs of emotional -insanity." This was the statement made yesterday by John C. Christy, an Albany attorney, who knew the Blayer of Stanford White when he was a boy in Pennsylvania. Christy went to school with Mrs. William Thaw, Harry Thaw's mother, and is well acciuainted with the Copley family, of which Mrs. Thaw was a member. There is a strain of insanity running through the whole family, he says. Margaret Copley, an elder sister of Mary .Coptey, who became Mrs. William .......................... i t u - :; I hffc'w'""- " nnn i n T (Concluded on Page - 3.) MftTERlflL WHICH 10ElEfllCiS Parent Stock from Eng land and Scotland. LAW AND LETTERS ENGLISH Scotland Furnishes Many o! Nation's Leaders. OTHERS BESIDES CARNEGIE Slore Canadians In X'nlted State Than in Canada Greeks Show Thrift and Pride of Race. Japanese Win Their Way. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. WASHINGTON. March 3. (Special Cor respondence.) Most Americans are de scended from English forefathers, and despite -the twisting of the lion's tail, and other occasional political and social evidences of Anglophobia, the English are not looked upon as other foreigners In the United States. Of the three millions of Americans In the colonies when inde pendent Government was established, all but half a million were English or of English stock. The English language, with improvements, is the American lan guage. English laws are American laws. The Constitution looks to English prece dents, and every one of our stata consti tutions comes from the same source. American literature cannot be separated from English literature, and even Eng land does not attempt a distinction. In the history of our country the Eng lish names are most numerous and illustrious.- Of our 25 Presidents, 15 have been of direct English stock, beginning with Washington and ending with Cleveland. It Is worthy of note that all but two of the Presidents have come from British stock, either English, Scotch, Irish or Welsh. The two exceptions. Van Buren and Roosevelt, were Dutch In the paternal line, but both Scotch in the maternal line. To enumerate the English names which stand out in the history of the Republic would be to set down the names of at least three-fourths of the men whose fame has made the glory of America in state craft, war and letters. Comparatively few English are coming to the United States now, the yearly immigration be ing about 50,000, and they are almost im mediately assimilated by the American, population. Among the native English men who are now holding high political office in this country may be mentioned J. J. Jenkins, Member of Congress from Wisconsin and chairman of the important judiciary committee; Senator George Sutherland, of Utah, and Representative William Lorimer, of Chicago. Famous Scottish-Americans. Andrew Carnegie is the best known of the native Scots who are now Americans, de came to the United States as a penni less boy, and is now the second richest man in the world. He has given away more money than any other man In his itory. Another Scot, born in the shadow of the home of Robert Burns, is James Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture. He is the only one of McKinley's Cabinet offi cers who has held onto his seat at the President's council table until this day. Alexander Graham Bell, the Inventor ot the telephone, was born In Scotland. The late Speaker Henderson, of the National House of Representatives, came from Scotland when a boy. Nine Presidents of the United States boasted of Scotch blood. Robert E. Lee, of Virginia, was de scended from Robert Bruce, King of Scot land. Washington Irving was of Scotch parentage and the list of his successors in American journalism who are of the same blood includes James Gordon Ben nett, Henry Watterson, Whitelaw Keid, Arthur Brisbane and John R. McLean. The St. Andrew's Society of New York is 152 years old, and nearly every stata has a Scottish-American organization. The few Scots who come to this coun try nowadays do not settle in colonies, but rapidly amalgamate themselves with the Americans. This was not so in the old days when the frontier was beset with dangers. Companies of Scotch people, armed with good rifles and Bibles, and accompanied by Presbyterian ministers, broke oyer the Alleghenies Into the West ern wild. Many of these colonies were from the Carollnas. and in Tennessee and Alabama and Mississippi they are found today still Scotch, still Presbyterian, and still unafraid. From such settlements as these have come the Witherspoons and Friersons, without which names the his tory of American Presbyterianlsm can not be written. A century old, each of these little transplanted Drumtochtys; holds to its old traditions, the marriages are with Scots, and the blood is kept pure. Welcome to as many of these law-abiding, God-fearing people as will come. Great Influx From Canada. Our neighbor of the north, the fair Do minion of Canada, sends us thousands of her sons each year. It is said there are more Canadians on this side of the bound ary than there are in the Dominion. The manner in which this country attracts the young blood of Canada Is shown by a re- , cent class of engineers which was gradu ated from McGill University, in Toronto. At the close of the term 21 young men were given diplomas, and 19 of them left immediately to accept positions which were waiting for them in various parta of the United States. The Canadian -Is so , (Concluded on Page 2.) 4 jm 108.0