VOL. XL.V1.-X). 14,472. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FLAYED BK PROSECUTOR Baker Accuses Him, of Many Falsehoods. MOTIVE FOR LAND FRAUDS Had Consuming Ambition to Become Senator. RELATIVES AT PUBLIC CRIB Government Salaries Vsed to Pay Debts to Hermann Draws Ex pense Money While Conspiring With the Land Thieves. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. April 25. Time and again during his closing argument to the jury District Attorney Baker today branded Blnger Hermann as a liar; time and again he gave him a certificate that would entitle him to membership In the Ananias Club. Without pity, Mr. Baker tore Hermann's character to shreds. Mercilessly he laid bare to the jury the shortcomings of the man which were exposed when he was under cross-examination, and all to show that Hermann is the type of man who would be guilty of entering into the land conspiracy which the prosecution under took to prove against him. Mr. Baker's arraignment was severe. It was unexpectedly caustic. It showed that he had not failed to grasp the significance , of the slightest Incident of the trial. Cleverly he wove together various bits of testimony, but most of all he bullded on Hermann's own confessions. Hermann Winces When Flayed. Hermann was visibly moved by the ar raignment. Again and again he winced as Mr. 13akT flayed nim; quick he was to prompt his own counsel when Mr. Baker made a slip. Through t!ie terrible ordeal the calmest person in the courtroom was Hermann's wife, who sat by his side and not once changed expression. Out of the mass of testimony taken during the past 11 weeks Mr. Baker sifted the salient points. He graciously attrib uted Hermann's many alleged misdeeds to his predominant desire to break Into the United States Senate. It was to further this ambition that he arrayed himself with the land thieves men with a polit ical pull for this purpose, and to get his share of the swag. Ambition to Be Senator. "His chief ambition," said Mr. Baker, "was to be Senator. To gain that end he was willing to give up every acre of public land in Oregon, but he was not giving up any of his own money to In crease his chance of getting Into the up per house of Congress. He was making the Government pay the bill." Mr. Baker alluded to the character witnesses who appeared for Hermann id declared that they were placed on the stand to show reputation, not character. "Of course Hermann's reputation was good." declaied Mr. Buker. "Were it oth erwise, two Presidents would not have appointed him Land Commissioner." Mr. Baker then pointed out the vast difference between character and reputa tion." Hermann's character was forming," lie eaid. "at the time he was receiver of . the Roseburg Land Office; the time he unlawfully acquired public land. His character never changed," he added. Hermann's Thrifty Ways. Taking up Hermann's thrift and his solicitude for his relatives, he sarcastical ly reviewed the defendant's admissions and scored him severely for having ap pointed his relatives In order that they, with their Government salaries, might pay off obligations which they owed him. "No other Government official ever appointed so many relatives as Her mann," he declared. "He appointed them all." later he alluded to Hermann", double self when at Roseburg he appeared before the Land Office as entryman under the guise of "B. Hermann," and passed on his own entries as "Binger Hermann." "Blnger Hermann." he said to the Jury, "Is a remarkable man. not because he forgets or remembers, but because his memory is so convenient. It tits In and dovetails Just where it will do the most good." Told Deliberate Falsehoods. Reference was made to Mr.- Worthlng ton's roll of dishonor, "thirteen liars, per jurers and thieves." Mr. Baker quoted. He said that, after hearing the story of the defendant. It became necessary to add one name to the roll of dishonor. "And why?" Mr. Baker remarked. "Because . he deliberately and unqualifiedly told you falsehoods while upon the stand, and you know It." Mr. Baker taunted Hermann because he failed to bring from Oregon witnesses who manl ' festly knew of facts bearing on his case, his reference being particularly aimed at F. P. Mays. Mr. Baker did not over look Hermann's action In compelling Harry C. Robertson, his congressional clerk, to surrender more than half his salary. Touching further upon "Hermann's thrift. Mr. Baker called attention to the fact that the defendant, when Commls " doner, drew $3 per day from the Gov ernment In addition to his salary when on vacation in Oregon, "and on these vacations he conferred with F. P. Mays HERMANN and others regarding their schemes to defraud the Government out of its land." His Telegram to Mays. Mr. Baker dwelt at great length on Her mann's famous telegram to Mays, tipping off to him the" order creating the Blue Mountain reserve. He showed the utter failure of Hermann to reasonably explain that the telegram shows that Hermann's own testimony on that point was flatly contradictory and made it manifest that Hermann had concealed what he must have known to be the truth about it He accused Hermann of having lied about that telegram when on the stand. He cited other bits of Hermann's testi mony to show that he time and again contradicted himself. Hermann had identified many letters on blue letterheads and declared them to be personal because blue letterheads were used only by the Commissioner. The Mays telegram was on a blue letter head, but af the' Government rate, and Hermann himself declared the telegram to be official. "If that telegram, paid for by the Gov- f i , J j h tkJ I H - I I' r Y a? j t' 1" s .... J I New Shah of Persia, Ftrat Head or a Constitutional Government In Any Mohammedan Country. ernment, was official, why. were not thousands of letters, also on blue 'letter heads and sent through the mails under the Government frank, also official?" asked Baker. Mr. Baker will conclude tomorrow about noon, and it Is expected that the Judge will charge the jury early In the afternoon. ; . HE STOLE S4Q0.000 BONDS TRIED TO FORCE TRUST COM PANY TO TERMS. AH Plunder Recovered or Located. Rumors That Dennett Hid Se curities Under Floor. NEW YORK. April 25. The World to morrow will say ; "It . was . learned yesterday that the amount of bonds stolen from the Trust Company of America by William O. Douglas, the assistant loan clerk, was In excess of $400,000. All of those bonds are now In the possession of the trust company or have been located. '.'It was 4eamed that the major part of the stolen bonds was taken from the strong box of the company by Douglas shortly before he fled on Friday last. His purpose In doing this. It was admitted yesterday, was to compel the company to overlook his smaller thefts If he should return this block." That a prominent Boston lawyer Is to figure In further proceedings in con nection with, the arrest of Douglas and Dennett was persistently reported in Wall street today. He is reported to have urged Douglas to take about $1,000,000 worth, of bonds and turn them over to Dennett, When President Thome, of the Trust Company, was asked today whether crim inal proceedings will be taken against a third man, he replied that so far as he knew the arrests of Dennett and Douglas ended the search for the men alleged to have taken part inxthe theft. There are numerous rumors ' that many of the missing bonds have bf n found to day secreted under the floor 4 of Den nett's office in Wall street. District At torney Jerome and his assistant. Mr. Mur phy, both refused to confirm this, al though admitting that there were inter esting phases of the robbery under con sideration. They were hard at work in vestigating, they said, and hoped to de velop something. Dennett's office was searched today by detectives. This much ! Is admitted, but that "several thousand dollars' worth of bonds had been recov ered was flatly denied. Attorneys for Douglas failed to raise 10,000 bail today and Douglas remained in the Tomhs. CANNOT WIPE OUT SHAME Judge-Advocate's Severe Words on Major Fremont's Deeds. NEW -YORK, April 23. The case of Major Francis P. Fremont, who has been on trial before a courtmartial here for some time on a charge of conduct unbe coming an officer and a gentleman, as a result of certain financial transactions, was completed and submitted to the full court today. The verdict of the court will be reported to Major-General F. D. Grant, after which It may be made public. . In submitting the case to the court the Judge-Advocate, after saying that some of the charges had been proven by the evidence, concluded, by saying: "Should he pay his debts today. It would not wipe out the disgrace which attaches to Major Fremont's effort, to evade the payment of his debts and would only be an excuse for clemency." Methodist Women Meet. HOUSTON. April 23. The Women's Home Mission Board of the Metho dist Episcopal Churoh South, opened Its annual meeting here tonight. Delegates are here from almost every conference of the church south of the Ohio River, and from the Pacliic Coast, ROOSEVELT WILL OPEN GREAT FAIR Imposing Naval Display at Jamestown. WARSHIPS OF GREAT NATIONS Review to Celebrate White Do minion in America. TWO SQUADRONS ARRIVE British and Austrlans Join Marine Armament in Hampton Roads. Roosevelt and Family Sail From Washington. FOUNDATION OF JAMESTOWN. . Today marks the opening- of tho Jamestown Exposition, held to com memorate the settlement of the first colony of English-speaking people on the . American continent. On April 26, 1607, the three small vessels, Sarah Constant. Good Epeed and. the pinnace Discovery entered Chesa peake Bay, and on May 13 landed their 80 passengers on the island in James River, some 35 miles from the site of the exposition of today. NORFOLK, Va., April 25. With Presi dent Roosevelt as the guest, and with diplomatic and military, officials from all the more Important nations of the world In attendance, the Jamestown Ter-Cen-tennlal Exposition will be thrown open to the public tomorrow. Every steamer and every train reaching Norfolk to night brought many visitors. The city is decorated as seldom before and the Governor of Virginia has proclaimed to morrow a holiday In this vicinity. Fair and cool weather is predicted, and, as the details of the programme of- land and water ceremonies have all been care fully worked out, the exposition manage ment Is looking forward to the opening tomorrow as forming a notable epoch in the history of tidewater Virginia. Roosevelt to Open Fair. Mr. Roosevelt, who left Washington this afternoon on board the Mayflower, Is expected to arrive off Fort Monroe tomorrow morning shortly after 8 o'clock. He will immediately review the fleet of foreign " and American warships now at anchor in Hampton Roads. This Im posing ceremony and a brief reception to the flag officers on board the Mayflower ended, the President will set out for the shore, landing on the exposition grounds at 11 o'clock. He will be driven at once to the review stand on Dee's parade ground, a magnificent ground skirted by blossoming apple trees, and will there deliver the opening and dedicatory ad dress of the exposition. Mr. Roosevelt will conclude by pressing a gold button as a signal for the formal opening of all the finished departments .of the en terprise. '. The President and his immediate party will then receive several hundred Invited guests in the Auditorium - building and after this function will be entertained at lunch. He will return to the review :: fr" 'ED . ' ing stand during the afternoon to wit ness the land parade of soldiers and sailors, several companies of the latter being landed from the foreign vessels. This will conclude the opening cere monies. British and Austrlans Arrive. Today witnessed the arrival of the most formidable of the visiting warship squad rons. The Austrian ships Saint George and Aspern and the British cruiser squad ron, composed of the Good Hope, the Ar gyll, ' the Hampshire and the Roxburg, passed In the capes within a few hours of each other. With saluting cannon and dipping flags, they cruised slowly up Hampton Roads to the position assigned them on the naval rendezvous grounds. The flagship Connecticut, of the American fleet, exchanged salutes ' with the Saint George and the Good Hope, and later Ad miral Sir George Neville, of the British squadron, and Commodore Hermann Ples cott, of the Austrian squadron, put out in small boats to visit Rear-Admiral Rob- ' , -Vi i iu Mi if" m fi r -i i Axmitrim inriiri n itfm"rr i i I William Loeb, Private secretary to President Roosevelt, Whose Res ignation to Become President of Washington Railway A Electric . Co., Xs Rumored. ley D. Evans, of the Connecticut. They were warmly, welcomed and had hardly, gone over the side to return to their own flagships when the American commander was in his launch returning the official call of courtesy. Contrast of Gray and White. With dull gray sides and smoky black funnels, the visiting ships were sharply marked in contrast to the American ships, resplendent in new coats of immaculate white Wiut. The arrival of "the BriWins and Aiistrians, who had. been, preceded two days by the German squadron and the Argentine ship Sarmlento, lent im measurably to the attractiveness) of the naval display arranged for the opening days of the exposition, and will make of tomorrow's review the notable event of the inaugural ceremonies. The steamer Jamestown, from Wash ington, bearing the Congressional delega tion to the exposition, arrived at Old Point Comfort tonight. The steamer New port News, with the diplomatic and naval and military attaches of the foreign em bassies and legations on board, will ar rive early tomorrow morning and disem bark her distinguished passengers at the exposition grounds. T v . Fair Is Far From Complete. The day before, the opening finds the management of the big enterprise strain ing every energy to put the grounds and buildings in presentable shape for the in augural ceremonies. Several thousand la borers were engaged today - clearing - the streets which are to be- traversed tomor row by the President and his . party and by the military organizations which will participate in the ceremonies. Not withstanding the rush of work beng car- (Concluded on Page '6.) LOOKS EASY TO RIDE, BUT E E Revelation to Illinois Legislature. STEEL HANDCUFFS AND CHAINS Idiotic Children Born to Pa tients 'in Asylums. BUILDINGS FULL OF VERMIN Horrible Conditions in County Instl. tutions Cause Governor to De mand Reform, Under Threat of an Extra Session. CHICAGO, April 23. (Special.) Sensa tional revelations of the horrors ' of county Insane asylums, including the chaining of young girls, forcing patients to sleep in coffin-like boxes and subjecting women to indescribable Indignities, have aroused such Indignation that Governor Deneen announces he will call a special session "of the Legislature if the present session- does not appropriate sufficient funds to place the insane patients in charge of the state. Some of .the revolting conditions that are set forth in the report to the Gov ernor are: : Only Some of the Horrors. That steel handcuffs, barred cells, cages, padlocks and ankle-chains are In use, girls 20 years old being . found In steel cages with their ankles chained. That insane women in many institu tions bear illegitimate and Idiotic chil dren. That in most Institutions there are no facilities for bathing, and in some of the places the patients have not had baths for 18 years. In' others bathing is ' op tional. In BtiH others there is but one bathtub, and that used optionally by both sexes. That a majority of the county lnstitiir Hons are vermin-ridden, have no ventila tion, use filthy bedclothes, are cold and damp, the patients Ill-clad and- the houses firetraps. Sexes Mingle and Sleep in Boxes. That In a number of places the sexes are permitted to mingle without, restraint, old men being found caring for young girls. That some of the houses, are "not fit for human habitation." That boxes are used for- sleeping quar ters, some of the patients being padlocked in boxes little bigger than caskets, with small airholes cut out. That in 54 Institutions there is no sep aration of the insane from the paupers. That primitive toilet facilities exist, with shocking Insanitary conditions. That. In many counties the care of the Insane Is let to the lowest bidder, ending In putting a premium on filth and poor food. That some of the insane are detained without examination or commitment. Rioting Stopped at Castries. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., April 25. Ad vices from Castries, Island of St. Lucia, where serious rioting was reported to have occurred, indicate that the trouble GUN FINED OEMS is ended. Discontented laborers and porters created serious disturbances at Castries during the afternoon of April 23, and business was suspended there yesterday. During the rioting several persons, including: the manager of the Colonial Bank, were injured. The man ager's leg was broken. The Governor of the Windward Is lands, Sir Robert Llewellyn, arrived at Castries yesterday, went through the town and personally inquired into tho cause of the disorder, with the result that it was confidently believed that an amlcatle settlement has been arranged. HAVE SILENT SMITH'S WILL Sir George and Lady Cooper Arrive to Await Millionaire's Body. NEW YORK, April 2S. Sir George Cooper and Lady Cooper, brother-in-law and sister of the late James Henry Smith, who died in Japan on March 27, leaving an estate of from 150,000,000 to V: Mrs. Katherine Tinglr, of Point Loma, Who Will Build Theosophi cal Schools in Foreign Countries. $75,000,000, arrived here today to await' the arrival of the body of their kinsman. Sir George brought with him the will wh(ch disposes of the Smith millions. W hen asked If there was. likely to be a contest he replied that the did not think so. Asked concerning the report that Lady Cooper was one of the main bene ficiaries. Sir George - replied: "She' is his sister, is she not?" Lady Cooper was met by her brother, George Mason, of South Dakota. . SNOW AND FROST AGAIN Whiter Returns to Prairies From Nebraska to Texas. KANSAS CITr. April ,25. Snow in Northern Kansas and Northern Missouri and freezing weather extending from the Nebraska-Iowa State lines south into the Panhandle of Texas, was reported this morning by the local Weather Bureau, with predictions of colder weather by to night. The temperature at Kansas City this morning reached 39 degrees. No Senator Yet Chosen. MADISON, Wis., April 25. Three bal lots were taken tonight in the Republican Senatorial caucus, but the deadlock Is unchanged and unbroken. The next ses sion of the caucus will be held at 9 o'clock Monday night. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER - The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 72 degrees; minimum, 43. TODAY'S Fair; variable winds. Foreign. Russian Douma has hot debate on police ty ranny. Page 4. Bill for Polish autonomy introduced. Page 4. British Cabinet offers slight concession "to Ireland. Pace 6- AU Spain waiting for royal babe. Page 5. National. president to open Jamestown Fair today. Page 1. Army officer claims pay for time si nee dis grace by General "Wood. Page 14. Private Secretary Loeb may leave White House. Page 14. Marines In Congressional Library accused of flirting with visitors. Page 5. , Politics. Penrose and Bourne call on President Page 5. Iomeetlc. Haskln on Jamestown settlement. Page T. Horrible revelations about Illinois Insane asylums. Page 1. Baker denounces Hermann savagely In clos ing argument. Page. 1. Modern Jean Valjean tells story of life; huge petition for pardon. Page 1. Harrlman adopts scheme to thwart suit against Union Pacific merger. Page 5- Plot to murder San Francisco laboiw leadr er. Page C. Illinois town in pursuit of negro who at tacked white girl. Page 4. Extent of Douglas bond theft enormous. Page 1. Pactae Coast. Five-dollar rate on lumber declared Illegal by Oregon Railway Commission. Page IS. Harrlman to build double track from Port land to Tacoraa. Pace 13. Hood River will send big apples to James town Fair. Page 38. Row over Roosevelt's recent letter leads to fatal shooting in Wallace saloon. Page 18. Commercial and Marine. Hop market discouraging to buyers and sellers. Page 10. Wheat weakens on weather prediction. Page 19. Wall street closely watching crop situation. Page 19. Harrlman Ignores Portland's request for better steamship service with San Fran cisco. Page 12. ' - Portland and Vicinity. Hill lines said to be delaying granttng of excursion rates for Jamestown Expos i-' tlon. Page 11. Herman Bach, cigar dealer commits sui cide. Page 15. Estate of Lewis Love, valued at 91.600,000, subject of partition suit. Page 11. Federal grand Jury w511 return five Indict ments today. Page 12. Coffey replies to request of County Central Committee for pledge of support to party's candidate. Page lO. Democrats consider possibility of yet mak ing Lane party nominee. Face 10. - . f I 4 n 1 7 JANUARY f TELLS STORY DF FLIGHT New Jean Valjean Has Good Record. PETITION SIGNED BY 40,000 President Asked to Set Re formed Convict Free. HIS BETRAYER EXECRATED AVarden of Leavenworth Prison Do. lleves Story of Honest Work Pop ular Sympathy Booms Janu ary's Hcstaurant Business. LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. April 25 (Speclal.) Things are looking brighter tor William January, alias Charles W. Anderson, the modern Jean Valjean, who was recaptured and sent back to prison after being a fugitive nine years, during which time he changed his name, led an exemplary life and married. The prisoner has made a detailed report to Major Mc Claughey, warden of the Federal peni tentiary, covering his whereabouts and employment ever since he dropped over the fence to liberty. He gives the names of employers from time to time and makes a straight and clear record. The report was sent this morning to Congressman E. C. Ellis, who will forward it to Wash ington with other papers and petitions for the President. Escaped With a Comrade. The statement of January opens by telling how he and another prisoner, Walter A. Axton, escaped on the night of October 9, 1S98. After scaling the wall they walked toward Atchison and hid In the timber the next day, reaching Atchi son the second night. There they separ ated, when January caught a freight train and beat his way to Wichita. Three days after arriving in Wichita. January found that Axton had followed him, and they left there together and secured work In a rock quarry at Win field. They worked there two months, when Axton either accidentally shot him self or committed suicide with a revol ver. January worked in the quarry an other mcroth. Works Honestly, Saves Money. Early in 1S99. January says, he started to sell tea and coffee. He traveled through Southern Kansas, part of Mis souri and into Oklahoma with a man who owned a horse and light wagon. This he did for more than a year and then went to Kansas City, where he solicited for an Insurance company, sav ing his money, and later engaged in the same business for himself for more than two years. Thlswas followed by em ployment with the Metropolitan Street Railway Company for over a year. January was married in 1901 and lived In Kansas City from, that time until his arrest, operating a small restaurant. Major McClaughey is satisfied that Jan uary made a true statement and that he conducted himself well while at liberty. Huge Petition for Pardon. There was forwarded tonight to Presi dent Roosevelt a petition asking a par don for January. It bears 40,000 names, and it is believed the man will be speed ily pardoned and sent back to his wife and baby girl and little restaurant. There Is universal sympathy for January and his family, and equally widespread exe cration of the former convict who re trayed him to the officers. However, it is figured that it will be better In the end, as January can then go ahead with out the fear of arrest always hanging over him. His friends are conducting Tils restau rant during his absence and popular feel ing Is such that the place Is crowded at all hours and has proved a veritable gold mine. ALMOST KILL M0T0RMAN Held Responsible for Death of Boy Car Buns Over. NEW YORK. April 25. The sight of the mutilated body of a 16-year-old boy, who had been killed by a Coney Island sur face car, transformed the passengers Into a maddened mob, which beat into un consciousness the motorman. The timely arrival of police reserves saved the man's life. The car, operated by George Decker, struck Edward Kelley, who ran out of a side street ontb the track. The wheels severed his head and legs. The motor man was dragged from the platform, thrown upon the pavement and trampled upon. PEACE CONFERENCE ENDS British Columbian Miners and Op eratives Disagree. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 25. The peace conference at Fernle between representatives of miners and operat ors has broken up-without coming to any conclusion. Negotiations ere ap parently, flver, . and . the government will have the responsibility of settle ment on its own hands. There is great excitement In Fernle and groups of miners are assembling to discuss what will be the next move. Both sides re fused to make any statement for publication.