VOL. XLVI. XO. 14,508.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE -8, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
'T BE
BY FIERCE FIRE
Orchard Meets Rich
ardson's Attack
COOLLY ADMITS VICIOUS LIFE
Took Detective's Money Only
to Gain Own Ends.
RECOGNIZES MEN HE NAMES
Assistants In Bomb-Making Identi'
fled In Court Moyer'a Body
Guard in ' Colorado Miller's
Mission In San Francisco.
WHAT OTHERS SAY OF ORCHARD.
Woolnsr. Ont. Relatives say, while
superintendent Methodist Sunday
School he betrayed woman of con
gregation, burned cheese factory,
sold cheese hurriedly and fled
with HattU Simpson, deserting wife
and Ctrl baby.
Denver, Col. Max Mallch. at
whose saloon Orchard said he had
stored 40 pounds of dynamite -with
which to blow- up Judge Ooddard,
denies story, but admits knowledge
that Steunenberg was to be mur
dered. Denver, Col. Sherman Bell says
Orchard's story false that he tried
to "get" Bell In July and August,
1905.
Cripple Creek, Col. Mrs. Ida Tony
Orchard, bigamous wife of the mur
derer, will go to Boise to testify
that Orchard was a Plnkerton agent
when she married him, and his
house was never searched by mllltla.
BOlSB, Idaho, Juno 7. (Special.)
Men who have taken part In or report
ed court proceedings for a Ions; time
and have been present during the hear
ing of many great criminal cases, de
clare this evening they novel saw a
star witness stand a rattling Are of
cross-examination as well as Harry
Orchard did today. Mr. Richardson
scored on some minor points, but all
his carefully laid plans to surprise the
witness into contradiction failed. Once
or twice Orchard made a mistake.
Then he deliberately went back and
corrected himself.
The defense made nothing of the
Jay's work, unless It was of -some
value to them to show that this man,
who committed murder as he would
follow any other occupation for pay,
was also In the habit of gambling; that
he stole ore; that he sometimes lied to
persons with whom he was associated
when it suited his purpose, and that
he even took money from a detective
when he felt that he had been mis
treated by his associates In the matter
of employment to wreck a train. Orch
ard stuck fast to his story with per
feet coolness throughout all the hours
of the ordeal.
Always Avoids Traps.
Mr. Richardson would string many
question together in one. and. fire the
lot at him. Orchard, with perfect com
posure, would dissect the snarled ball
and answer each separate . question.
Mr. Richardson came back again and
again to the same subject with sur
prise questions, framed as though they
were repeating what Orchard had said
before, but Orchard was never caught.
Something had been said about the
distance of a certain building from the
Vindicator shaft. Orchard said it was
from 300 to 400 yards. After a time
Mr. Richardson, without a warning,
said:
"So you say It Is from 200 to 300
yards from the shaft house' to the
building." Orchard's answer would at
once be.
"No, from 300 to 400."
That question was sprung four or
five times In different forms, but it
never caught the witness sleeping.
Why He Turned I u former.
It was so with respect to Orchard's trip
to Denver with Scott, the railway detec
tive. Mr. Richardson sought to make it
appear that Orchard had gone there for
the purpose of spying on the Federation
ofllciaU for Scott. Orchard had admitted
Scott paid his fare and gave him some
money, and that he had made Scott some
promise, but held to the statement that
he had had a purpose of his own, which
was to get AV. B. Easterly to induce
Moyer and Haywood to pay him for blow
ing up the Vindicator shaft. In all man
ner of forms Mr. Richardson went back
to the matter without warning and with
all sorts of surprise questions, but Or
chard, though answering quickly, never
failed to correct the statement thrust at
him by the attorney.
The perfect coolness of the witness may
be Illustrated by the following colloquy!
between him and the attorney, the lat
ter speaking in a sneering manner:
Sneers Do Jot Anger lliin.
"You must have had a very good stand
in with Haywood from what you say?
According to your story, you would have
us believe that every time you came
within his vision he began turning his
pockets inside out to dig up money for
you. He gave you all the money you
wanted, didn't her
"It was the understanding that I should
MOVED
go to him whenever I needed money," re
plied Orchard, quietly.
"And you hit him often for It, too,
didn't you?"
"Well, when I got out, I never hesi
tated to ask for money," was the reply.
"You were never broke after you got
real well acquainted with Haywood, I
suppose?" still sneerlngly.
"Oh, yes, I used to get pretty low
sometimes before I'd ask for any more."
"But you never dressed so well In those
days as you do now, did you?" asked the
Denver attorney, glancing over Orchard's
neat gray suit with meaning eyes.
Orchard did not hesitate with his an
swer. "I always wore pretty good
clothes," he replied.
"But you never wore nice, clean white
collars until the last few months, did
you?1' persisted the attorney, trying the
mettle of the witness.
"I didn't wear white, stand-up collars
when I was working In the mine," re
plied Orchard, "but I usually wore a
white collar when not working when
dressed for the street."
. . Finds Error in Record.
At one time Mr. Richardson read quite
a long statement made by Orchard on
his direct examination. When he had
Martin A. Knapp, Chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Who May Bring Stilt to Annul
liarri man's Alton Deal.
concluded, he asked Orchard about It.
The latter said:
"I didn't say that."
"But I have read It from the record,"
said Mr.' Richardson. . .
"It is wrong; I did not say that," quiet
ly persisted Orchard.
The newspaper men in the room recog
nized the correctness of Orchard's con
tention at once. They remembered what
Orchard had said and had taken It down
at the time correctly. When the Inci
dent closed. It was plain the stenographer
had made a mistake.
During his testimony he had stated that
W .B. Easterly and Owen Barnes had
assisted him In preparing plots and
bombs. Mr. Richardson called these
men to their feet at different times In
the audience and asked Orchard if they
were the men to whom he referred. With
perfect composure the witness scanned
each and said with deliberation and with
no show of special interest:
"Yes, he is the man."
Incidents might be multiplied to
show what It Is upon which the ob
servers base their estimates of the
staying character of the witness, but
all attending the sessions have become
perfectly convinced tlfat Mr. Richard
son will not succeed in shaking him. '
Miller's Mission to Bradley, p.
It Is said that Fred Miller has been
interviewing F. W. Bradley In San
Francisco and looking up others who
might be useful to the defense in at
tacking the story of the attempt, to
kill Mr. Bradley, first with poison and
then by using dynamite. . That -is espe
cially Interesting in view of the in
terview with Mr. Bradley published
this morning. In that interview Mr.
Bradley showed he was not denying
the truth of the Orchard story. He
simply said H accorded with his im
pressions. The story of the visit of
Fred Miller to the mining man further
states that he asked Mr. Bradley to
make some kind of a statement, but
the latter refused, unless a repre
sentative of the state were present.
While that may be a mistake, all the
developments suggest that the state is
not going ,to meet with so much diffi
culty as had been anticipated In estab
lishing the truth of Orchard's story of
that attempted murder in San Fran
cisco, It is very probable Orchard will be sub
jected to re-direct examination after the
defense finishes, as much was left out.
Mr. Richardson may get all the rest of
his story, if he will let the witness talk.
but he has a habit of shutting him off
whenever a dangerous vein is opened.
Fight With Husky Miner.
A lively fight took place In the court
house before the opening of the trial In
the morning. A big, loose-Jointed miner
from Silver City, anxious to see the fa
mous witness and hear the examination.
sought admission to the courtroom about
an hour before the opening. At the bot
tom of the stairway he was stopped by
three Sheriff's deputies, forming the outer
guard. The visitor resented the questions
put to him and undertook to break
through the lines. Jack Wooden, a big
deputy, tackled the stranger! who made
a lively resistance. Wooden, however,
finally landed his man on the lawn. He
was allowed to go, but not Into the, court
room.
TRY TO DISCREDIT ORCHARD
Haywood's Lawyers Force Him to
Admit Many Crimes.
BOISE, Idaho, June 7. Counsel for
William D. Haywood continued their at
tack on the testimony of Harry Orchard
at both sessions of the trial today and
centered their strongest assault on the
XCoscludtd. Jia. f agcUj
SUMMON HOSTS
OF WITNESSES
Actresses and Waiters
to Testify .
MRS. GOULD GETTING READY
Couples Husband's Name With
Stage Favorite.
MADE RICH GIFTS AT FAIR
Attempts to Be Made to Introduce
Testimony Concerning "Recita
tion Dinner" on Yacht Stopped
by His Wife's Arrival.
NEW YORK. June 7. (Special.)
More than 20 actresses will be dragged
into the separation suit that Mrs. How-
( ard.Gould Is bringing against her mil
lionaire husband by the time the case
comes' to trial, it was- declared by an
Intimate friend of Mrs. Gould today.
According to. this authority,, more
than 100 witnesses, the majority of
them elevator attendants, waiters and
chambermaids, will be called to tes
tify to Mrs. Gould's extreme provoca
tion for leaving the man Clarence
Shearn, her attorney, has described as
"Impossible for any woman to live with
and maintain 'her self-respect."
Gives Broughams and Dogcarts.
Howard Gould was a constant at
tendant at the recent actors' fund fair,
and his gifts of broughams and a cou
ple of dogcarts to the raffle booth of
a prominent actress excited marked at
tention at the time. This actress, it
Is charged, for a long time has occu
pied the millionaire's attention to the
exclusion of all his other women
friends.
Rialto gossip has it that the actress'
husband, who is not as well known in
his profession as his beautiful wife,
almost came to blows with Howard
Gould during the last night of the
function over the millionaire's alleged
attentions to her.
Dinner Rudely Interrupted.
The woman In the case lent what
attractiveness she possessed to an ephe
meral war-play production, which, af
ter a brief career at the Majestic The
ater in this city, was buried In what
the critics decided was well-merited
oblivion.
When the case comes to trial there
will be a determined effort to Intro
duce In evidence the story of a "recita
tion dinner" on the yacht Niagara,
which was rudely interrupted Just as
KEWS ITEM HVK HUNDRED BANKS HAVE PLEDGED THEMSELVES TO MAKE LOANS TO MEMBERS OF THE
GKA1NG ROWERS' ASSOCIATION. . , ,-
things were getting interesting, by the
arrival of Mrs. Gould.
PROVIDE NEW MOTOR CARS
Union'Pacif ic Arranging for Extens
' ive Re-equipment.
OMAHA. Neb., June 7. (Special.) The
Union Pacific is putting the finishing
touches on 10 new motor cars which will
be put into service about July 1. They
are of the' latest model and are a great
Improvement over the original car. They
are to be put on branches and will re
place accommodation trains. At least two
will be sent to Salt Lake and two will
probably go to the Coast.
These cars are of full length, have a
side door and are of steel construction.
They will seat about 125 people and have
a maximum speed of about 65 miles.
.The success of the motor cars has al
ready been greater than dreamed of by
Franklin K. iAne, Interstate Com
merce Commissioner. Who 1d in
Investigation of Harriman Roads.
the promoters, and machinery and addi
tional shoproom are being arranged by
the Union Pacific whereby 10 cars a
month may be turned out.
SAVED BY BRAVE SAILORS
Barkentlne Northwest Pulled Off the
Rocks With Sinking Tug.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Captain P.
H. Collins and the 11 members of the
crew of the towboat Wizard, which
struck a rock and sank off Point Gorda
on the afternoon of May 29. arrived here
today. The captain and five of his men
were on board the Pacific Coast s'.eamer
City of Puebla, and the other six ar
rived on the sailing schooner Henry Wil
son. A dense fog overhung the coast when
the Wizard struck on one of the treach
erous rocks that abound In the vicinity
of Point Gorda, which Is 13 miles south
of Cape Mendocino. The captain and all
hands stayed with the boat till the last
minute and succeeded In pulling the bar
kentlne Northwest, which was in tow of
the Wizard, off the rocks. But for the
bravery and skill shown by Captain Col
lins, the Northwest, like the Wizard,
would have gone to the bottom.
Another Victim of Trolley Wreck.
ELiRTIA, O., June 7. Margaret But
ler, IS years old, whose legs were
crushed off In the wreck on the Cleve
land & Southwestern electric line here
on Decoration day, died last night,
making eight fatalities as a result of
the collision.
T
By Testifying He Es
caped Prosecution
ALTON DEAL MAY BE ANNULLED
Bonaparte Will Prosecute An
thracite Roads.
CONFERENCE ON TRUSTS
President Leaves Attorney-General
to Decide on Action Against Soft
Coal Roads, Alton Deal and
the Harvester Trust.
DECISION ON RAILROADS BLNS.
Harriman Immune from criminal
prosecution through having testified
on Alton deal.
Bonaparte to decide whether suit
shall be brought to annul Alton deal.
Anthracite coal roads to be prose
cuted for maintaining Illegal com
bination. Bonaparte to decide on whether
bituminous coal roads shall be pros
ecuted for discrimination against In
dependent operators.
WASHINGTON, June 7. That E. H.
Harriman, the railroad magnate. Is Im
mune from criminal prosecution as the
result of his testimony before the Inter
state Commerce Commission in New Tfork
recently; that the question of the prose
cution of bituminous coal-carry irrg rail
roads for discriminating against Independ
ent operators should be left In the hands
of the Attorney-General, and that prose
cution of the anthracite coal roads for
maintaining a trust will begin in Philadel
phia, probably next week, were conclu
sions reached at a notable conference held
at the White House tonight.
. The Harriman case and the cases of the
coal-carrying roads were discussed for
three hours by President Roosevelt, five
members of the Cabinet, two members
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
and special counsel for the Government.
Following the general conference, Attorney-General
Bonaparte remained with
the President to disouss the harvester
trust. It is thought not unlikely that the
question of prosecution of that organiza
tion will be left in the Attorney-General's
hands.
Eight Roads to Be Prosecuted.
The roads involved Include the Dela
ware, Susquehanna & Schuylkill, the
Philadelphia & Reading, the Lehigh Val
ley, the Delaware & Hudson, the New
HARRiMAN
OK
IMMUNITY
BATH
York, Susquehanna & Western, the Dela
ware. Lackawanna & Western, the Cen
tral Railroad of New Jersey, and the Erie.
The Pennslyvania and one or two others
may become involved as the suit pro
gresses, but at this time no formal com
plaint will be filed against them.
Those who participated In the confer
ence were: The President, Secretary of
State Root. Secretary of War Taft, Sec
retary of the Treasury Cortelyou, Secre
tary of the Interior Garfield, Attorney
General Bonaparte, Interstate Commerce
Commissioners Knapp and Lane, and
Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, special
counsel for the Government. The confer
ence began shortly after 9 o'clock. Secre
tary Loeb was present. The conference
adjourned a few minutes before mid
night, Harriman Secures Immunity.
Mr. Loeb at midnight issued this
statement:
"The conference was held for the
purpose of affording ample discussion
concerning the ' matters which have
been under investigation by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The
Commission haa not yet formulated its
report, and all of the discussion was
1
Charles J. Bonaparte, Atterney
GenenL Who Will Conduct pros
ecution of Coal Roads.
of a purely preliminary kind. After
a report has been made the Attorney
General will, of course, carefully con
sider It"
The discussion took a very wide
range.. Much of the time was given to
the Harriman Alton deal. Every phase
of that transaction was thoroughly
gone over, and discussion was par
ticipated In more especially by the
President. Mr. Kellogg. Mr. Bonaparte,
Mr. Knapp and Mr. Lane. The con
clusion was promptly reached that,
however damaging the evidence might
be against Mr. Harriman, the testimony
he had given before the Interstate
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 67
degrees; minimum, S3 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest winds.
Miners Federation Trial.
Orchard coolly withstands fire of Richard
son's cross-examination. Page 1.
Admission by Orchard that he gambled
and took money from detective to serve
own ends. Page l.
Relatives of Orchard tell of crimes in early
life. Page 3.
Orchard's bigamous wife to testify against
him. Page 3.
Foreign... t ,
France declares policy at Hague confer
ence. Page 5.
Belgian official report on Congo - state.
Pag j 5.
Mrs. Karl Hau, wife of murderer, commits
suicide. Page 3.
National.
Pacific squadron wins most prizes for naval
gunnery. Page 8.
Government grows weary of Japan's frequent
complaints. Page 8.
Roosevelt decides Harriman Is Immune from
criminal prosecution ; may annul Alton
deal and will prosecute anthracite coal
roads. Page 1.
Politics.
Bryan men start boom In Illinois. Page 2.
Acting Mayor of New York vetoes recount
bill. Page 2.
Domestic.
Mrs. Howard Gould involves good name of
prominent actress In separation suit.
Page 1.
Outbreak of poker among Chicago society
women. Page 2.
"Wife jof West Point officer sues to gain en
trance to reservation. Page- 5.
Lieutenant Mack Richardson, forced to re
sign because he Jilted girl, commits sui
cide. Page 3.
Facifle Coast.
San Francisco restaurant men tell how graft
deal was made with Ruef. Page 1.
Another attempt to wreck Southern Pacific
passenger train In California. Page 3.
Oregon City strawberry show and rose fair
decided success. Page 6.
Kettenbach takes witness stand In his own
defense at Moscow. Page 6.
Railroad planned to enter Umat.Va wheat
belt. , Page 6.
j Sport.
Auto dealers' cars compete in hill-climbing
test. Page 10.
Annual Spring race meet of Portland Hunt
Club ttday. Page 7-
Commercial and Marine.
English hop prospects poor. Page 17.
Flurrv in wheat at Chicago .not sustained.
Page 17.
New York exports gold to Paris. Page IT.
Trade better in Pacific Northwest than
elsewhere. Page 17.
Steamer Stark clears with wheat for
Shanghai. Page - 16.
Portland , and Vicinity.
District Attorney Manning will close all sa
loons on Sunday after June 1G. Page
10.
Funds for Rose Show are apportioned.
Page 7-
All records for one day's business broken
in Probate Court. Page 13. -
Chief of police will ask ordinance fixing
speed limit for streetcar. Page 11.
Seven National Guard companies ordered
to take part in coast defense man
euvers. Page 12.
Increase In school population' shows growth
of city. Page 11, t
PAID RUEF MONEY,
FOR RE 15 BOSS
Restaurant Men Testify
About Grart
SCHMITZ DID RUEF'S BIDDING
Details of How Extortion Was
Made Fine Art.
NO OPEN THREATS MADE
Frenchmen Who Gave Ruef $1000
Each Trace Money to Boss, WIk
Will Tell of Having Shared
It With Mayor Schmltz.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. The pro
prietors, before the Are, of the five
French restaurants, alleged to have been
victimized by Mayor Eugene B. Schmits
and Abraham Ruef testified for the prose
cution today in the trial of the Mayor for
extortion. Two things stood out most
prominently when they had finished:
First, without exception they professed
to have paid into the J10.000 protection
fund because they were satisfied that,
unless they employed Ruef, they would
lose their licenses and as a result their
business; second, without exception they
denied that any threat had been made
that they would lose their licenses unless
they employed Ruef and paid him, or that
Ruef asked to be employed, or that he or
any one in his behalf solicited the (10,000
or any- sura of money whatever.
Rner Will Say He Divided.
The prosecution contends that it Is
building up certain conviction' by estab
lishing by circumstantial evidence, or
seeking to establish the fact that certain
of the French restaurateurs themselves
acted as the agents of Ruef in suggesting
that he be employed to protect their
licenses for them and in the developments
which followed; and Mr. Heney has prom
ised to prove presumably by the testi.
mony of Ruef himself, who has turned
state's evidence that the money paid
to Ruef was by him divided with the
Mayor, after which the licenses wers
granted. . ,
The defense takes the position that thus
far the prosecution has utterly failed to
support the accusation against the
Mayor, inasmuch as he is charged with
having "extorted through threatening and
fear."
Judge Dunne, who has several times ex
pressed anxiety to have the case progress
with as little delay as possible, will hold
a Saturday morning session In Judge
Cook's courtroom at Fillmore and Post
streets; By the noon hour the prosecu
tion expects to complete Its main case.
Where Ruef Arranged Graft.
' Jean Loupy, for eight years proprietor
of the Pup restaurant, now engaged in
the saloon business, was the first wit
ness. The Pup was, before the fire,
Abraham Ruef's political headquarters.
There every evening after 9 o'clock he
was accustomed to receive his lieuten
ants, confer with them and issue orders.
Loupy, examined by Mr. Heney, tbld
of the regularity with .which Ruef and
Mayor Schmltz frequented this restaur
ant after dark. Ruef always had his
dinner there, and afterward held private
court in one of the small dining-rooms
on the second floor. After his appoint
ment to the Police Commission, Dr. Jo
seph F. Pohelm was often a caller at
the Pup to see Ruef and the Mayor.
On the evening of the day Delmonlco'a
liquor license was revoked the witness
called Ruef on the telephone and mad
an appointment for next day.
Price Is Fixed "No Checks Go."
"The next day," Loupy said. "I called
on Ruef and asked him what was the
matter, why was Delmonlco's license taie-
en away? I suppose my turn will be next.
Can't you help us? Can't you be offr
attorney, and how much would be your
fee?
"Mr. Ruef said: 'Well. If you want me
to take your case as a lawyer it will cos',
you J7000 a year on a contract for two
years. And the money must be In cur
rencyno checks go.' ,
"I went to the other restaurant
keepers and told them, at a meeting at
the Bay State. They ald the price was
too much. Then Pierre Priet spoke up.
'I know Mr. Ruef," he said; 'I will go
and see him and fix this up.'
"A day or two later we had another
meeting at Marchand's of the propri
etors of the New Poodle Dog, Delmon
lco's, Marchand's, the Pup and the Bay
State. Priet reported that he had been
to see Mr. Ruef, and that Mr. Ruef
would take our cases and protect our
licenses for S5000 a year. We all Ave
agreed to pay this, and contributed our
shares. Pierre Priet took charge of
the- money and delivered it to Mr.
Ruef." .
Loupy In Ruef's Power.
"Take the witness," said Mr. Heney.
Cross-examination by Mr. Campbell, .
of the defense, brought from Loupy
the emphatic statement that Ruef had
never come to the restaurant men and
offered his services or asked to be em
ployed, but, on the contrary, he was
solicited by himaelf In behalf of the
restaurateurs; that Ruef said he would
rather not take the case, but If they
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