VOL. XLVI.-XO 14,517.
PORTLAND. OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1907.
PRICE FrVE CENTS.
LETTERS BLIGHT
HAYWOOD'S HOPES
Dark Cloud Hovers
Over Defense.
STATE SPRINGS A SURPRISE
Prisoner Sinks in His Chair as
He Hears Evidence.
WORD TO MRS. ORCHARD
Message Was Sent Assassin's Wife
Prior to Trip to Caldwell Mem
bers of Jury Lean Forward to
Catch Every Word.
HAYWOOD TO MRS. ORCHARD.
"DENVER. Nov. 18. 1B06. Mrs. H.
Orchard Dear Madam and Sister I
have not heard a. word since I aaw
you. The last information I got was
from Alaska. I think Falrneld was
the name of the place. I see that
awful conditions prevail among the
law and order element. Tours very
truly. W. D. HAYWOOD."
BOISE. Idaho, June 18. (Special.)
The cocksure confidence of demeanor
of the defense in the Haywood case
continued up to the time of opening
court this morning and for a short time
afterward. It may be added that the
tinge of dejection among: some of the
supporters of the state also continued.
The attorneys for Haywood came Into
court with fhelr heads up and smiles
wreathing: their countenances. The
prisoner himself stepped briskly as if
he saw liberty close at hand, and he
conversed rather Jocosely with his at
torneys and talked with an air of con
fidence with his mother.
Before the morning session was over
there was a change that was more
pronounced than anything else . .wit
nessed during the trial. It was all
brought about by the Introduction of
letters from Orchard to his wife and
one from Haywood to Mrs. Orchard.
These had an electrifying effect.
Prisoner's Face Clouds.
A cloud of dejection settled (Sown
upon the prisoner and the group
lathered about him. When they had
read the letters on their being offered
In evidence they showed perturbation,
while Haywood fairly shrunk down
into his chair as he perused them and
grasped their meaning as evidence In
the case the state is forging against
him. His attorneys fought fiercely to
prevent their Introduction, but with
out avail. They all went In and there
were faces gathered over the table of
the defense that wore exprsslons like
those one observes at a funeral.
Supporters of the state gathered in the
audience were thrilled as they realized
the manner In which the prosecution was
making good In its promise to "show
Ihem" as the case proceeded, and It Is
verywhere felt that one of the strong
est points of the trial, outside of the tes
timony of Orchard, was made.
The effect on the Socialists, of whom
rnany gather In the courtroom at every
session, was pronounced. A row of them
gathered at the newspaper tables showed
consternation In their faces they had
no Idea a letter could be produced from.
Haywood that would prove so terribly
damaging.
Jurors Deeply Interested.
Nor was the effect upon the jury less
pronounced. The Jurors seemed mental
tally to spring at the letters, the thought
being suggested It was Just what they
bad been hoping for. Their heads were
craned forward during the reading and
afterward, when the letters were passed
to them, they became absorbed in perus
ing them.
These letters have been In possession of
the state for a year, having been secured
by McParland. They show how close
Haywood was to Orchard and how the
two co-operated. Their introduction $
likely to go down- in the history of the
case as one of its greatest features.
Judge L. M. Ooddard, the man who
walked so often In the shadow of
death In Denver during the troublous
times of 1904 and 1905, Is here tonight
as a witness tor the state. It is not
known what his testimony will be, but
the fact may be stated that the dig
ging up of the bomb at his gate oc
curred at the time of the extradition
of the accused men. The statement
made by Orchard on the subject of
the bomb at the Judge's gate was
made known to the latter and It was
then dug up by Bulkley Wells and
others. While that work was In pro
gress a small company In the secret
were waiting at a downtown office.
Judge Goddiird joined them after a
time, his face drawn with the weight
of horror, and in a hoarse voice he
announced: "It Is true."
Woman Who Saw the Bomb.
Another witness who arrived this
afternoon is Mrs. F. E. Soward. of
Berkeley, Cal. She rented the room
to Harry Orchard from which he
watched the habits of the Bradley fam
ily as ha arranged his plan to murder
Its head. She found piece of lead
and many other bits of substances used
by Orchard In making the bomb. Fur
ther, aha saw ths device by which
Orchard determined the pull required
to draw the cork from the bottle of
sulphuric acid. He testified he went
off down town and left that device of
string, bottle and screw eye exposed.
Mrs. Soward is accompanied by her
daughter and a Mrs. K. A. Strange, the
latter also being from Berkeley.
It is learned that Charles Neville,
the young man, son of Jack Neville,
with whom Orchard left Cripple Creek,
proves to know much more than the
state had supposed. He accompanied
his father and Orchard on that flight
after the Independence explosion.
LINES IX CHAIN" OF EVIDENCE
Haywood and Pettlbone Letters Are
Read to the Boise Jury.
BOISE, Ida., June 18. The prosecu
tion in the' Steunenberg murder trial
offered one of its most important pieces
of evidence against William D. Hay
wood today, when recalling Harry
Orchard for re-direct examination it
MAN WHO INDUCED ORCHARD
TO CONFESS.
James McParland.
Introduced and secured the admission
of four letters tending to show that
Haywood, during the Fall of 1905,
when Orchard swears he was engaged
on various crimes for the Federation
leaders, had participated in a plan to
deceive Mrs. Orchard, the second, of
Cripple Creek, as to the whereabouts
of her husband.
Over a variety of protests from the
defense. Orchard was allowed to testi
fy that early in the Summer of 1905,
Haywood told him that Mrs. Orchard
was writing him for Information as
to Orchard's whereabouts: Orchard,
swore that he proposed that he should
write his wife a series of letters that
were to be falsely dated and delivered
to Mrs. Orchard by agents of the Fed
eration. He said that he ftret wrote two let
ters which he dated at San Francisco
and had them delivered through Paddy
Mulllney, who represented the Federa
tion at Cripple Creek. Orchard Ident
ified the two letters and, overruling all
objections of the defense. Judge Wood
admitted them.
Make Out He Was In Alaska.
Next Orchard swore that he wrote
a third letter purporting to come from
Nome, Alaska, and that under the gen
eral arrangement that he had made
with the Federation officials, Marlon
Moore carried the letter to Nome,
where he went as organizer ,of the
Federation, and posted it This letter,
bearing the date of Nome. August 5,
190B, was produced, identified and ad
mitted in evidence.
Orchard then Identified a letter which
Haywood wrote to Mrs. Orchard. .and
that too, was admitted In evidence
and handed to the Jury.- It was aa
follows:
DENVER. Nov. IS. 190S Mrs. H. Orchard
Dear Madam and Stater: I have not heard a
word since I saw you. The last Information I
cot was from Alaska. I think Falrchlld was
t..e name of the place. I eee that awrnl con
ditions prevail among ths law and order ele
ment. Tours very truly.
W. D. HATWOOD.
The three letters written by Orchard
were commonplace and contained prac
tically nothing bearing on the case or
Orchard's testimony, except references
to the arrangement which Orchard said
he made with the Federation officials
for the care of his wife while he was
absent.
Can't Shake Orchard's Story.
The defense attacked the letters and
Orchard's story about them when It got
a chance to cross-examine the witness,
but Orchard held to the story he told
about them. The witness successively
denied that he had made an arrangement
for the delivery of the letters to Pinker
ton agents, that the letters had only
made their appearance since he left the
stand last week or that he had invented
the story because his wife had Hay
wood's letter in her possession. He swore
positively that Haywood had agreed to
write the Alaska letter and that Petti
bone and Moyer knew of the arrange
ment. It was a day of correspondence and
documentary evidence. Besides the four
San Francisco-Alaska letters the state
secured the admission of a certified copy
of the unsigned letter which Orchard got
at the Caldwell jail, and which Orchard
swears was In the handwriting of Pettl
bone. The letter was as follows:
Letter Orchard Got in Jail.
Dec. 30. Friend Tom: Tour letter received.
That was sent to Jack Dec 21 for you. He
should send it so that you ought to oava it
by this time. Will not write any mora this
time. Write me aa soon as you. set to your
new field.
The letter was postmarked at Denver,
on December 30. the day that Steunen
berg was killed, and it is claimed by the
state that the "Jack" mentioned was
Simpkins and that the "that" referred
to $100 which Orchard swore he asked
Simpkins to secure for him when he was
leaving Caldwell.
The state developed its contention that
4 Con eluded. On Face AY
FRANCE
RIPE -FOB" REVOLT
Troops Sent to Quell
the Disorders.
BARRICADES BEING ERECTED
Intense Excitement Prevails in
Wine Districts.
NATION FACES CIVIL WAR
Government Determines to Enforce
Strong- Arm of the Law and Is
Backed TJp by Chamber of Dep
uties: Populace Is Excited.
RUSHING IN TROOPS.
TOULOUSE, France, June 18. Troop
trains have been passing all day In the
direction of the Midi., Ten more are
due during the night, carrying 6000
soldiers. - - ...
NARBONNE, France, June 18. An
attempt was made to night to arrest
M. Marcei Albert, leader of the wine
growers' movement, and M. Ferroul,
ex-Mayor of Narbonne. The situation
is full of menaces. Practically the
whole population is disturbed and the
wildest excitement prevails. At 9:30
o'clock the tocsin rang and the mob
made for the Place de la'Hotel de Vllle,
seized iron girders from houses under
erection and erected barricades In
preparation for cavalry charges. Elabo
rate arrangements of signals were
made to summon the whole countryside
to the town. M. Albert's house was
surrounded by a large bodyguard. The
slightest untoward Incident Is likely
to precipitate fighting and the sacking
of the government buildings.
ACTION IS NONE -. TOf). SOOJS
Whole of Southern France Aroused
- to a Fighting Pitch.
PARIS, June IS. The- government ap
pears to have acted none too soon In de
termining to set the law In motion against
the revolutionaries In the south of
France. Prefects report the commence
ment of efforts to raise the populace,
and three departments, the Aude, Herault
and Hyretees-Orientales, are apparently
nearlng a stage when aggressiveness will
replace passivity.
Advices' from Narbonne, department of
the Aude, show that the situation there
has become worse. Dynamite has been
discovered on the rails in some cases,
tracks have been removed, telegraph
wires cut so as to Impede the arrival of
troops. ' and the revolting villagers have
been collecting materials for barricades.
The excitement at Narbonne and other
places baa Increased dangerously, owing
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to the announcement of the activity of
the government and the agitation of hot
heads. -
Winegrowers Aroused.
The announcement of the Intention of
the government to arrest the originator
of the winegrowers' movement was
promptly followed by a general rising of
the. countryside with the object of re
sisting government forces. . .
In , view of the incendiary threats the
general staff of the Sixteenth' army corps
held a midnight conference at Montpelier
and plans were made to meet eventual
ities. The winegrowers' committee at
Argelliers is still outwardly counseling a
strike with folded arms, but their follow
ers evidently are out of hand.
Summonses are out against the wine
growers' committee on the charge of in
citing revolt, and several Mayors will be
prosecuted for attempting to 'overthrow
the central government. Detachments of
cavalry front the East,. are on their way
to replace the local troops.
Lively Debate in Chambers.
The action of the government led to
a lively debate In the Chamber of Depu
ties this morning. Premier Clemenceau
refused to agree to the immediate dis
cussion of the interpellation on the gov
ernment's plan and demanded its post
ponement to June 21. He declared that
all means of conciliation has been, ex
hausted, and that as chief of the govern
ment he -was bound to force respect for
the law. The winegrowers' committee of
Argelliers has set up Itself in place of
the central government, and three depart
ments had revolted against the law and
were threatening to burn and otherwise
terrorize Mayors and others who refused
allegiance to the committee. If the Cham
ber defeated the postponement of the In
terpellation he would immedlptely coun
termand the prosecution, and the Cham
ber would be held responsible for the
grave conseqenqes. It was his desire
to avoid the threatened bloodshed.
After heated remarks from M. Jaures,
the Socialist leader who declared the gov
ernment had brought the country to the
verge of civil war, M. Sarraut and Hlbot
came to the support of the cabinet, the
latter saying the situation was the worst
In 37 years. The government's motion
was adopted 413 to IBS.
MEET DEATH IN AN AUTO
Two Men Killed and Chauffeur Is
Hurt Rider Falls From Machine.
CINCINNATI, June 18. Thomas
Trever, superintendent of the H. & S.
Pogue Company, and Alfred Trever, of
the same company, were killed in an
automobile accident tonight. The
chauffeur is seriously injured.
ST. PAUL., June 18. While riding In
an . automobile driven by . Walter Hill,
son of James J. Hill, Fred Schroeder, a
liveryman was killed this evening by
falling out of the machine, the wheels
of which! ran over his head.
TURNS DOWN. $15,000 JOB
Benjamin Ide Wheeler Prefers Pres
idency of Berkeley at $10,000.
BERKELEY, Cal., June 18. Presi
dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler, has tele
graphed to the regents of the Uni
versity of California his declination of
the presidency of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, with a salary of
$15,000 per annum.' As president of the
University of California, President
Wheeler's salaryi is $10,000.
Hot Day at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 18 (Spe
cial.) Today was the hotest of the
season so far. the thermometer hover
ing around the 90 degree mark and
overcoats which were In use a day or
two age have been relegated to the
closet.
THE PIONEER'S DREAM
T
INT
MORE RESERVES
Would Have States Re
tain Control.
WANT UNRESTRICTED ENTRY
Public Lands Convention Is
in Session at Denver.
SENATOR CARTER PRESIDES
His Opening Statement Regarded as
Keynote of Policy of Those Who
Have Special Interests to Sub
serve in the Public Lands. .
DENVER, Colo., June 18. (Special.)
A mighty campaign to defeat the' pol
icy of the present administration at
Washington, which alms at the conser
vation of the remaining public lands of
the United States, was Inaugurated in
Denver today. A convention known as
the Public Lands Convention, with
delegates in attendance in greater or
lesser numbers from all the states
west of the Missouri River and from
the territories, but really dominated by
special interests in Colorado and
Wyoming, is to form the base of this
movement.
The convention organized this after
noon with Senator Thomas H. Carter,
formerly Commissioner of the General
Land Office, as temporary chairman.
Ostensibly the flght which the Great
West appears to be making is a fight to
give the public-land states a certain
degree of control over the Government
domain which lies within their respect
ive borders. It is a plausible conten
tion that the representatives of the
states assembled here are making.
Take away.' the public domain from
some of these states and little would
be left.
Want Unrestricted Exploitation.
The states, through some of their
representatives, argue that it is essen
tian to their development that the Na
tional Government stay Its policy of
conservation, so that millions of acres
of land may be thrown open to unre
stricted entry and exploitation. Great
areas of conserved lands deprive the
states of revenue through taxation, as
well as by preventing rapid growth of
population. The argument sounds log
ical, and can be mete only by the
aroused interest of the entire country
North. East and South, as well as
West to the fact that the welfare of
the people of the United States as a
whole is at stake.
Furthermore, it Is not merely a
question of the right of states to con
trol the land lying within their bor
ders. These plausible arguments are
merely part of the tight that Is to be
made later at Washington by the spe
cial Interests. These samo interests,
which have made millions of dollars
out of the exploitation of the public
domain In years past, inspired to
greater lust the fatter they wax, are
the insidious enemies the country has
to meet.
Best Laws Vet Devised.
Chairman Carter in his opening
speech today, declared that the land
laws under which the Government has
operated for many years past are the
most beneficent land laws ever devised
by any country in the civilized world.
This declaration will serve as a key
note for those who have special in
terests to subserve.
On the face of affairs at the con
vention begun today one would obtain
the Impression that the great thing
at stake Is the matter of reserving
the grazing lands in the public do
main. The live stock men are on the
ground in greatest numbers, great dif
ferences of opinion existing between
the cattlemen and sheepmen on one
hand and between elements within the
circle of cattle-raisers on the other.
The American National Cattle-Grow-
Thomas H. Carter, Temporary Chair
man Denver Public-Lands Con
vention. ers Association, for instance, is on
record In favor of the land policy
of the Administration, which places re
strictions on grazing of forest re
serves and which It Is proposed to ex
tend to other public lands. The sheep
men and some of the cattlemen want
no restriction and they dominate the
present conclave.
Timber Barons Enlist Cattlemen.
The timber barons and coal barons, the
kind that have built palaces from one
end of the land to the other with the
stupendous profits made by the exploita
tions of the forests .andv fuel .deposits
belonging to the people, alarmed at the
sudden awakening over the spoliation of
the public domain, have enlisted the live
stock Interests who think the business
is In Jeopardy and with their aid they
hope to force the Government to "let
well enough alone."
It will be a great ftgh that will be on
when the Sixtieth Congress meets next
Winter. In his recent speech at James
town, President Roosevelt Intimated that
the Administration may make the publlo
land Issue paramount to every other to
be brought to the attention of the law
makers. It may attract more attention than the
railroad question, because it involves the
safeguarding of the future fuel supply of
the country as well as the timber.
SECRETARY GARFIELD SPEAKS
Urges Convention to Consider Inter
ests of Whole Country.
DENVER," June 18. Called together for
discussion of public land questions with
a view to formulating a policy and urging
legislation in accordance therewith, near
ly 1000 representative citizens, represent
ing all the Trans-Missouri states, met in
convention at the Broadway Theater in
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Th Weather.
TEflTCRDATR Maximum temperature, 84
degrees; minimum, 60 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and continued warm; north
erly winds.
Trial at Boise.
Haywood and Pettlbone -letters forge link In
chain of evidence showing conspiracy.
Page I.
Haywood sinks down in Tits chair as he
hears evidence against him. Pag 1.
j Foreign
Prance threatened with revolt in the south.
Page 2.
Russian officials fear no outbreak. Page 4.
China grateful for reduction of indemnity.
Page ft.
TometIc
Adams Express Company declares 200 per
cent dividend. , Page 3.
Miners lose lives In explosion of firedamp.
Paga O.
-Governor Hughes signs Mil granting -New
York Mayoralty recount. Page 3.
Public Lands Convention opens session in
Denver. Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
Two Mayors claim right to rule in San
Francisco. Page 2.
Professor Joseph W. Marsh resigns from
faculty of Pacific University. Page 8.
State Railroad Commission aroused by poor
service. , Page 0.
Assessment voted for Lake Washington
CanaL Page 0.
Commercial and Marine.
Strong position of world's rice market.
Page 15.
Another advance In wheat at Chicago.
Page 15.
Gold exports deplete New York bank re
serves. Page 15.
Transport Lawton purchased by R. P.
Schwerin. Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
Rose Fiesta w,)1 open tomorrow. Page 1.
Pioneers of state hold reunion today. Page
10.
Indian War Veterans meet In twenty-second
annual convention. Page 10.
Sunday-closing test cases argued and taken
under advisement. Page 11.
Beavers shut out Commuters, 2-0. Page 7.
School Board elects teachers for " coming
school year. Page 4.
Joaquin Miller visits Portland; discusses
Senatorial candidacy. Paga 4.
E CITY
ITS FIESTA GARB
Carnival of Flowers
Opens Tomorrow.
INCOMING TRAINS CROWDED
Delegates to Three Conven
tions Among Visitors.
WARSHIPS ENTER HARBOR
Decorations for Rose Show Will Be
in Place by Night Parade ot -School
Children Will Open
the Festivities.
PROGRAMME FOR TODAY.
Annual meeting of Oregon pioneers
at the - Armory, Tenth and Couch
' streets. 2 p.m.
All persons should 'complete decora
tions by tonight, as awards on competi
tive decorations will be made tomorrow
morning.
Visitors will be received on the war
ships Charleston and Paul Jones during
the afternoon.
Portland's Fiesta of roses is at hand and
all is in readiness for the big floral dem
onstrations of tomorrow and Friday.
Miles of bunting-, rose, pink and green,
have been draped by skillful hands on
business houses and residences through
out the city. Visitors are thronging into
the city on every train, many coming
from other states to see Portland's
wealth of flowers and the sights of the
Carnival.
And everywhere there are roses, each
and every bud ready to serve its purpose
in proclaiming this a land of flowers.
The kindly sun of the past three days
has converted buds to blooms by the mil
lion. Pile the eity'r roses into one great
heap and Mount Hood would be rivalled.
Warships in the Harbor.
Two war vessels of the Pacific Squad
ron steamed Into the harbor yesterday
to attend the Fiesta. They were imme
diately bombarded with roses.. A re
ception committee headed by Mayor Lane
met the commanding officer, Admiral
Swinburne, and staff In a launch that was
hidden In flowers, and" when the officers
stepped ashore at the Stark-street land
ing they found blooms overhead, under
foot and at all sides of them. The land
ing had been converted into a bower of
roses.
The Indian War Veterans of the state
opened their annual session during the
day, choosing this time that they might
participate In the Fiesta. The grizzled
veterans spent several hours at Wood
men's Hall, talking ot days when the
worthy redman had not been reduced to
reservation life and civilized conduct.
Today Oregon pioneers will convene for
their annual reunion. Assembling at the
Armory of the National Guard at 2 P. M.a
they will spend the afternoon talking over
old times. At E o'clock there will be a
banquet followed by a campflre, around
which the old people will gather and tell
of the days when Portland was anything
but a city of roses.
School Children's Parade.
While tomorrow will be noteworthy
as the day of the floral parade of
school children, it will mark another
event of importance the annual con
vention of the Oregon Development
League at the Commercial Club. Dele
gates' are coming in from all over the
state for this meeting, and . to attend
the -reunions of veterans and pioneers.
Portland is host on a scale that re
calls Exposition days. The hotels are
already crowded to their capacity, and
there is a big demand for accommoda
tions in apartment-houses and private
residences.
Hundreds of people lined the steel
bridges and docks yesterday afternoon
to watch the cruiser Charleston steam
into port. The torpedo-boat destroy
er Paul Jones slipped In during the
night and dropped anchor just above
the steel bridge, where she will re
main until after the Fourth of July
celebration. The Charleston, Admiral
Swinburne's flagship, did not get into
port until 4 P. M. As soon as she
dropped anchor a boat put off from the
Stark-street dock conveying Mayor
Lane, president Rowe, of the rose
fiesta, and a party of citizens and
fiesta workers. The reception launch
went alongside and those aboard were
invited to board the Charleston. Mayor
Lane extended to the officers and crew
the freedom of the city, and assured
them that they were more than wel
come to Portland.
Voyage Up the Coast.
The Charleston had a smooth voyage ,
up from Mare Island, although the
Paul Jones did not fare so well. ' A
choppy sea washed the decks of the
little vessel much of the way up, and
the crew was compelled to remain
below. There were no mishaps, how
ever, the sea being only unpleasantly
rough. It was announced that durlna
the rest of the week the vessels will
receive visitors each afternoon.
The various committees of the Rose
Show and . Fiesta met last night at the
Board of Trade rooms and put on the
ON
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