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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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GALLED ey BORAH
Pinkerton Reports Ad
mitted Readily.
NOTHING DAMAGING IN THEM
Defense Hoped State Would
Object to Them.
FRIEDMAN GIVES UP ALL
Admits Documents Presented Are
All he Had Prisoner in Bullpen
Tells Story of Conditions
at Cripple Creek.
BOISE. Idaho., July 1. (Special.) On
the opening1 of court this morning, when
Senator Borah announced that the state
had no objection to introduction of the
copies of reports of Pinkerton operatives
brought in by the witness, Morris Fried
man, Clarence Darrow was very notice
ably disconcerted. It was some little
time before he was ready to proceed, find
ing It necessary to consult with Mr. Rich
ardson first.
It is believed by a great many that the
keystone of the arch of the defense was
knocked out when the state failed to ob
ject to the introduction of these copies
made by the stenographer who had se
cured employment in the Pinkerton office
and stole this information. Unless all
appearances are misleading, the offer of
these documents was a gigantic bluff,
upon the success of which the defense
hoped to sustain a claim before the pub
lic, if not before the Jury, that it had been
preTented from proving the alleged con
spiracy on the part of the mineowners
and the Pinkertons to destroy the Federa
tion and convict its officials.
Harrow's Grand Bluff.
When Mr. Friedman was put on the
stRnd Saturday, the defense paraded
an lmense stack of what appeared to
be documents like tha ones finally of
fered for identification. The latter
were taken from the stack and every
thing: indicated they had reports from
the Pinkerton office, covering a long
period and a great number of subjects.
Mr. Darrow was over-polite in offer
ing time for the state to examine
those documents, which were offered
for identification at that time. He
stated they had. not determined which
of the others they would introduce.
In fact, he had not had time to read
them all. The entire manner of the
defense was as though they were
saying:
"Here we have a bale of copies of
reports to the agency from which we
shall select all that may serve our por
pose, but for the purpose of having
their admissibility passed upon, we
shall offer, only these at this time.
It very soon dawned on the attorneys
for the state that the other side proba
bly had no other reports than were pub
lished In Mr. Friedman's book that was
Issued some weeks ago and copies of
which are on sale at the bookstores.
Developments Sunday fully bore out that
opinion. So far as those reports were
concerned that were offered in evidence,
there was nothing to which the state
could object; indeed they were favorable
to it rather than the reverse.
When the matter was taken up this
morning, Mr. Darrow was evidently pre
pared for an argument. He knew that,
should the state object, the court would
be very likely to rule the documents out,
as they were plainly inadmissible, being
unverified copies of alleged reports, but
ho was fully satisfied the state would
object, and then he proposed to make
a great argument in the presence of the
jury, intimating that the documents
which the defense was prepared to in
troduce would absolutely prove a con
spiracy on the part of the Pinkertons
and the mineowners. If- he could make
such a speech and then have the docu
ments ruled out, he would be in a strong
position. It would certainly have some
influence on the Jury, while it could be
claimed that proof of the conspiracy had
been shut out.
Bluff of Defense Called.
But the state did not object. With a
smile Mr.. Borah announced that the
state had no objection to offer and the
bluff was called. Mr. Friedman was
obliged to admit, on cross-examination,
that he f had no copies excepting those
offered and admitted.
There was nothing In the reports re
flecting upon the Pinkertons, upon the
mineowners or upon the officials. On
the other hand, there were many pass
ages which Mr. Darrow was obliged to
read that must have caused him ' pain.
For instance, one referred to a conversa
tion with union men about the murder of
Lyte Gregory. They had said to the op
erative that he had been killed for his
work against the union and that those
who did it would get others. Another
told of a plan of a union man to beat or
kill a nonunion mc who was about to
go to work at the smelter, where there
was a strike. The reports throughout
were plain and matter-of-fact, showing
the operatives were doing their work
carefully and making uncolored reports
with regularity.
This man Friedman was employed in
the Pinkerton office, copying ten reports
of roundsmen working on the patrol
maintained by the agency and, when he ,
OA
was short of work, he was given some
of these other reports to copy. He evi
dently slipped in extra carbons and thus
secured what he wanted.
Only One Union Man in Bullpen
The testimony of the day outside of
that of Mr. Friedman was unimportant,
but one very" good point was made for
the state. The defense has been endeavor
ing to get a picture of the Cripple Creek
bullpen before the jury as a foul-smelling
place, filled with union miners. M. E.
White, an organizer for the Federation,
was put on the stand in pursuance of
that purpose. He testified there were
some -drunken bums and soldiers in the
pen, but only one union man beside him
self. It is understood that the Friedman
story will make It necessary for James
McParland to take the stand. Mr. Dar
row for the defense says it will get all
its witnesses in with the exception of
Haywood and Moyer this week. He is
not certain whether Moyer will go on.
Marlon Moor, Who Is Said to Have
Carried Letter to Alaska to De
ceive Orchard's Bigamous Wife.
Mr. Richardson has made the statement,
however, that it will take the entire
month to complete the case.
TEIXS PIlVItERTON'S' METHODS
Friedman Exposes Reports of Spies
. and Denies He Stole Them.
BOISE, Ida., July 1. Morris Friedman,
the young Russian stenographer who left
the employ of the Pinkerton agency at
Denver to write a book in which he pub
lished certain correspondence of the
agency that passed through his hands,
was again today the principal figure at
the Steunenberg murder trial. More
than half of the court's day was occu
pied in reading to the Jury copies of the
documents which Mr. Friedman took from
the Pinkerton records. These were
chiefly the daily reports of secret agents
operating as spies among the unions and
union men at Cripple Creek, Victor,
Globeville, Trinidad and Denver, and
showed a complete surveillance of the
Western Federation of Miners and the
United Mineworkers of America during
the labor troubles in Colorado in 1903-5.
Pinkerton men sat in the Federation
Convention at Denver in 1904, reporting
all proceedings. None of the reports or
letters that were produced by Mr. Fried
man and read to the Jury by Clarence
Darrow contained other than general ref
erence to the collateral Issues of the
trial, but they were offered in substan
tiation of the counter-claim of the de
fense that the Pinkerton agency con
spired for the destruction of the Western
Federation of Miners and the lives of Its
leaders.
End Justified Means.
The prosecution offered no opposition
to any feature' of Mr. Friedman's testi
mony and no objection to the introduc
tion of any one of the documents that
the defense obtained through him, and
A
when Mr. Friedman was handed over
for cross-examination, it endeavored to
ascertain if Mr. Friedman had any more
reports or letters bearing on the general
issue. It attacked Mr. Friedman on the
ground that he had played the Pinker
tons false, had violated his pledge to
them and had stolen tSe documents
which he produced, but the witness
would not admit that he had stolen the
papers and would not allow Senator Borah
to call him a "Pinkerton." He insisted
that it was not stealing to take informa
tion that had been obtained by fraud and
deceit of secret service men, and declared
that the public service which he per
formed in informing the public of the
methods of the agency fully justified any
thing that he had done.
He said that had he known tills trial
was coming up, he would have taken
many more letters and reports. Mr.
Borah pressed him to tell Just what rec
ords there were in the Pinkerton office
at Denver bearing directly on this case
and, while the witness said he could not
tell him of any particular one, he re
membered many letters written by Detec
tive McParland, in which all manner of
crimes were laid at the door of the West
ern Federation of Miners.
Methods of Militia.
Another interesting witness was James
L. Wallace, an attorney of Cripple Creek,
who served with the militia first as a
private and then as a lieutenant during
the strike of 1903-4. He related several
incidents as tending to show the misuse
of the power of the militia by the mine
owners, and gave the .criminal records
of some of the gunflghters imported by
the mineowners, told of the working of
the card system, recited the circumstances
connected with the looting of the union
stores and a newspaper office, and swore
that he saw K. C. Sterling, chief detec
tive for the mineowners, fire the first
shot in the Victor riot the day the Inde
pendence station was blown up.
M. E. White, an organizer for the
Western Federation, was the last witness
and brought the trial participants back
to great good humor with the drollest
kind of a tale of his arrest by the militia
with all the pomp and circumstance of
war times, the activities of the vermin in
the "bullpen" and his happy release by
a brother Woodman of the World, who
commanded the militia.
Counsel for the defense said today that
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ROCKEFELLER IS
READY TO TESTIFY
Oil KingWill Surrender
to Court.
APPEAR IN CHICAGO FRIDAY
Government Calls Off Army of
Process-Servers.
WILL NOT FLEE TO CANADA
Deputy Marshals Scoured Country
and Watched Great Lake Ports
Till Notice Came He Would
Obey Judge Landis.
CLEVELAND. O.. July 1. (Special.)
John D. Rockefeller" has decided to give
himself up and testify, before Judge Lan
dis in the Federal Court in Chicago. It
was learned tonight upon trustworthy
authority that the oil king had reached
an understanding with the Government
officers through his counsel and that he
hereafter will not be molested by United
States Marshals.
According to the present programme,
Mr. Rockefeller will arrive in Cleveland
on the Fourth to spend the Summer at
his Summer home. Forest Hill. No. Goc
ernment officers will meet him to serve
summons for his appearance in the Chi
cago court. Instead, service will be ob
tained upon . the oil king's counsel, who
have promised to have Mr. Rockefeller
testify in the Standard Oil cases before
Judge Landis in the United States Court
in Chicago. July 6. or whenever his testi
mony is desired.
It further was learned that the Govern
ment has sent subpenas for Mr. Rocke
feller to United States Marshals in dis
tricts where they thought he might be or
might visit. Thus they would be able to
obtain service the minute an United
States Marshal caught sight of the
billionaire. Now these officers wiH be
called off and Mr. Rockefeller will be per
mitted to go where and when he please
without being hounded by process-servers.
It was impossible tonight to learn the
present whereabouts of the oil king.
SUSPECT FLIGHT TO CANADA
Officers Watch Lake Shore No
Escape for Rockefeller.
CHICAGO, July 1. (Special.)-'Mysterl-ous
and secret movements by Federal of
ficials in Chicago indicated today that
John D. Rockefeller will be found and
forced to surrender to the United States
Government within a few days. Govern
ment officials are hurrying eastward to
confer with the Washington authorities,
and secret service men and special agents
are preparing to take up the trail of the
oil king.
It was reported in Chicago that the
Government search for -Mr. Rockefeller
had become so warm the oil king had de
cided to capitulate in his struggle with
the Federal court. It was rumored he
would come to Chicago In a special
train, waive the serving of a process
and ask for a conference 'with Judge
Landis, who issued a subpena for him.
An attempt will be made. It was report
THE
ed, by this means to avoid the open
court hearing Saturday, Mr. Rockefeller
requesting that he be questioned in the
private chambers of the court. Attor
neys for the Standard Oil Company
would not discuss the probability of this
report, and the Government officials re
ceived no notice of a surrender.
Those who know Judge Landis declare
Mr. Rockefeller will be forced to take
the witness stand in open court and an
swer the questions of the court or face
the possibility of imprisonment for con
tempt. It is now feared by the Federal offi
cers that Mr. Rockefeller may seek to es
cape to Canada, to avoid the Federal
writ-servers. The shores of Lake Erie
are being guarded and the Deputy Mar
shals are prepared to follow tife oil
magnate in Government boats, : should
he attempt flight and board his launch
before it reaches Canadian waters. Three
additional secret service men have been
added to the local force under Captain
Thomas I. Porter. It is said they will
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John M. O'Neill, Editor of Miners'
Magarlne. Who Published Editor
ials Gloating Over Murder of
Bteunenberg.
be sent to Join the Rockefeller chase, if
the Eastern marshals fail to secure serv
ice tomorrow. Judge Landis has left
Chicago for a short trip through Indiana
and will not return until Saturday.
William Rockefeller and C. M. Pratt,
vice-presidents of the trust, have thus
far escaped service.
PIERCE WILIi FACE TRIAL
Will Answer Texas Perjury Charge
Before Appeal Is Heard.
ST. LOUIS. July l.-tf. Clay Pierce,
chairman of the board of directors of the
Waters-Pierce Company, arrived in St.
Louis today, and in response to a ques
tion if he is on his way to Texas to
surrender to the authorities in answer to
an indictment at Austin, in which he is
charged with perjury, it was announced
that he will return to New York to
morrow night. His son. Clay A. Pierce,
is authority for the statement that Mr.
Pierce will face trial in Texas before his
fight against extradition reaches the Uni
ted States Court of Appeals, to which it
has been taken.
TRUST IN UMBRELLA FRAMES
Three Eastern Companies Indicted
( for Organizing It.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1. An indict
ment was returned by the United" States
grand jury here today against the so
called umbrella frame trust. The indict
ment contains three counts and charges
the National . Umbrella Frame Company
of this city, the Newark Rivet Works
and the Newark Tube & Metal Works
with a conspiracy to form a combina
tion in restraint of trade.
Aged Man Badly Burned.
CANYONVILLE, Or., July 1. The home
of old Mr. Berry burned to the ground
at noon. Mr. Berry is seriously, if not
fatally burned. He is 80 years old.
RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD!
CITIES TO FIGHT
FOR CONVENTION
Republicans Begin in
December.
LOCATION HAS BIG INFLUENCE
Chicago Regarded as Most
Disinterested to Candidates.
INDIANAPOLIS HAS NO SHOW
Prospects Encouraging for LlTely
Scrap in Republican National
Committee ' for Presi
dential Nominee.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 1. The first actual skirmish
in the campaign for the Republican
Presidential nomination will occur in
Washington . next December, when the
Republican National Committee as
sembles to select a place for holding the
next Republican National Convention.
Theoretically the place of holding the
convention will have nothing to do with
the work of the convention, but it has
been demonstrated in times past that
locality is an Important item; and It is
likely to be of unusual Importance in
the convention of 1908.
There will be a number of cities bid
ding for the Republican convention be
cause of the benefits they hope to derive.
For instance, Pittsburg or Philapdelphia
will make a demand because they believe
that a convention held In Pennsylvania
would be much more likely to nominate
Knox than one held in Ohio or Indiana.
Indianapolis will of course come for
ward because of the hope that local in
fluence might operate to the benefit of
Vice-President Fairbanks.. Then . Cleve
land or Cincinnati will put in appearance
more likely the latter because of the
desire that Taft shall have the benefit
of whatever local influence may be ex
erted on the convention. In like man
ner, Chicago will make a struggle for
the convention because that city would be
able to inject more Cannon enthusiasm
into the gathering than would Cincinnati,
Indianapo'iis or Pittsburg.
In every National Convention are
thousands of spectators who are not
supposed to take any part in the pro
ceedings, and strictly speaking, they
have no voice In the selection of can
didates. But it is not to be denied
that the interested onlookers, if in
sufficient numbers, would be instru
mental In starting a stampede, and it
is this influence, more than anything
else, that makes It desirable for a
particular candidate to have the con
vention held In his own state, and if
possible, in his own town.
For instance. If the convention
should be held at Indianapolis, nobody
questions but what the wily Vice
President and his lieutenants would
see to it that the space allotted to vis
itors was pretty solidly packed with
Fairbank's boomers. These onlookers,
at the proper time, could swell the
demonstration and do a great deal to
make it appear to the unsophisticated
delegates that the convention was
ftverwhelmingly for Fairbanks. Such
a dodge as that might swing the con
vention for Fairbanks.
It is not probable that such a dem
onstration could sway a convention,
the majority of whose members were
hostile to Fairbanks, but yet such a
thing is clearly within the range of
possibility, and the enemies of Fair
banks and the friends of Roosevelt
will undertake to see that Indianapolis
is not named as the convention city.
What is true of Indianapolis and
Fairbanks sentiment is equally true of
Pittsburg or Philadelphia and Knox
sentiment. Of the two cities, Phila
delphlals the better equipped; Pittsburg-
is handicapped by the dirt and
furthermore it has not an ideal place
for holding- the convention. Yet Pittsburg-
is Knox's home, and if Knox had
the say it is quite likely he would
prefer Pittsburg to Philadelphia,
though Knox, sentiment appears to be
about evenly divided over the state.
Of the various cities named, Chicago is
more apt to be free from local lnter-
B. F. Betts, Witness for Defense In
Haywood Trial.
ference than any of the others, for there
is a division of sentiment In Illinois as
to the advisability of nominating "Uncle
Joe" Cannon. But Chicago has advan
tages not possessed by many other cities;
it has a suitable place for holding Na
tional conventions; it has adequate ho
tel accommodations, and it has unex
celled telegraph facilities for handling
the news. And added to these, it has a
good Summer climate. All of which go
to make it an Ideal convention city.
Chicago's one drawback is the possibil
ity that the Cannon boomers might un
dertake to pack the convention and the
Chicago newspapers might exert them
selves in. behalf of Cannon as against
all other candidates, and by adroit mis
representation, give to Cannon strength
he does not possess.
AH in all. the prospects for a lively
scrap at the December meeting of the
Republican National committee are most
encouraging, .and the gaiety of the oc
casion will be Increased by reason of the
fight that will be made over the election
of a chairman. Harry New was desig
nated to act as chairman when Secretary
Cortelyou resigned last Winter.
The anti-Roosevelt men. and particu
larly the Fairbanks men, did not want
New appointed chairman, and they un
dertook to declare that Cortelyou had no
authority for appointing his successor.
(Concluded on Pate 4.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTER OAT'S Maximum temperature. 70
degrees; minimum. o7.
TODAY'S Shower!", followed by fair and
warmer weather.
Foreign.
French- emigrants' atcents arrested for send
ing .weavers to America. Page 1. ,
Cabrera passes wholesale death sentences In
Guatemala. Page 4.
Queen of Holland receives Hague delegates.
Page 4,
National.
Roosevelt will send battleship fleet to Pa
cific, ready for Japan. Page 2. '
Japanese smuggled in from Mexico by thou
sands. Page 2.
Rockefeller agrees to surrender to United
States Court. Page 1.
Politics.
Contest of big cities for Republican National
convention. Page 1.
Domestic.
Navajo Indians threaten revolt because
agent kills one of the,m. Page 3.
Miners' Federation adopts Socialist plat
form. Page 2.
New York garbage-drivers' strike ends.
Page 2.
Harriman orders publicity of all railroad
wrecks. Page 4.
Bllllk, hypnotic poisoner, hypnotizes five
of his Jury. Page 1.
Mexican rebel kidnaped across border from
Arizona. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Borah calls Darrow's bluff on Friedman's
stolen reports of Pinkerton agents.
Page 1.
Oregon teachers in session at Salem. Page 0.
Washington Commission to take recess In
rate case. Page 6.
Harry Draper's bloodhounds used success
fully at Lewlston. Page e.
Sport.
Great automobile race starts In France.
Page 7.
American tennis-players win In England.
Page T.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon Guardsmen start Saturday for Sum
mer encampment. Page 13.
Federation of Labor proposes state anti
trust law by initiative. Page 12.
Work progressing on Salem electric line.
Page 13.
Sale of soft drinks in saloons may be lever
to pry off lid Page 11.
Water Board has only enough money avail
able for urgent extensions of water
mains. Page 10.
Programme for automobile races is an
nounced. . Page 7.
Fourth of July committee makes final ar
rangements. Page 10.
Convicted union agent banished from state.
Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Cheap butter not likely to come this Sum
mer. Page 17.
European grain markets higher. Page 16.
Stocks do not advance as expected. Page 18.
British ship Dalgona re-enters from Ham
burs and opens fiscal year. Page la.
JURORS YIELD TO
HYPNOTIC SPELL
FiveStrangelyStricken
by Billik.
ONE FALLS PRONE BEFORE HIM
Accused Chicago Poisoner Ex
erts His Power.
THEIR NERVES BREAK DOWN
Unable to Sleep and Prey to Xervouk
Hysteria, Jurors Shrink From
Trying Voodoo Doctor for
Wholesale Murder.
CHICAGO, July 1. (Special.) Five ot
the jurors summoned to try Herman Bil
lik for the murder of the Vrzal family
have been mysteriously stricken. Two
were prostrated Friday and had to be
relieved from duty. Today a new sensa
tion was created when three more Jurors
fell victims to a puzzling malady that
baffles the doctors. Belief that Bllllk,
hypnotist, voodoo doctor and fortune
teller, has cast his spell over these men,
who would have been called on to decide
his fate, has grown among court attaches
and those who have been attending the
trial.
Victim of ntllik's Spell.
At the opening of court today two ac
cepted Jurors rushed Into the courtroom
In a condition bordering on nervous hys
teria and begged to be released. The
third Juror, Carl Patterson, of Kvonston,
was unable to talk when questioned by
Judge Barnes. Apparently the man was
Intoxicated, but he denied having drunk
Intoxicants to excess.
"I feci dizzy," said Mr. Patterson, af
ter Judge Barnes had sharply uuesttoned
him. Then, when excused, he fell prone
to the floor and lay at full length in
front of Bllllk.
In all five men have been the victims
of mysterious attacks since the opening
of the case last Friday. They are:
S. P. Underwood, paying teller for the
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, first Juror
chosen; stricken during the noon recess
Friday and excused on account of ner
vousness. Five Have Been Stricken.
J. M. Singleton, 2.17 Francisco street,
accepted Saturday; excused today on ac
count of Illness.
Carl Patterson, Evanston. 111., passed
the quiz to the satisfaction of both sides;
was unable to speak when he stood in
front of Bllllk today; excused by Judge
Barnes. Henry E. Wiese. Harvey. 111., accepted
Saturday; excused by agreement of coun
sel today on account of illness.
Oscar Seehausen, 16SS Wellington ave
nue, excused by consent of counsel on
account of Illness.
Billik Smiles With Glee.
Billik, the inscrutable, stolid defendant,
smiled grimly when Weise and Seehausen
made application for discharge from jury
service today. Both men were pale and
exhausted and complained that they had
been unable to sleep since Friday, the
day they were tentatively accepted b
both sides.
According to the statement of the
state, Billik possesses the most remarka
ble psychic powers and it Is claimed for
him that he is able to exert telepathic
influence over all persons who are sus
ceptible to hypnotism. All the men who
have been released are men of nervous
temperament and are said to be easy
subjects of hypnotic power.
WEAVERS FROM FRANCE
Emigration Agent Arrested
Sending Them to America.
for
LILLE. France. July 1. The investiga
tion made by the courts here into the
clandestine emigration agencies which
have been ' shipping weavers from the
neighboring town of Roubaix to Pater-
scn. N. J., and Lawrence. Mass.. thus
enabling factories of those cities to com
pete with the products of Roubaix and
other French towns, producing similar
manufactures, has revealed an elaborate
system of recruiting of skilled emigrants
for American weavers, in violation ot
both American and French laws.
Proceedings have been commenced
against six agents at Roubaix and one
at Tourcoing, who were found by the
courts to have received substantial pre
miums. The defendants assert they are
not guilty of engaging in any emigration
scheme in violation of laws, saying they
have merely been acting as agents for a
steamship company, receiving J3 for each
passage sold.
The arrests caused a commotion at
Roubaix and Tourcoing. whence, it is re
ported, thousands of workmen have de
parted for America. Many are return
ing, penniless, having bc,en unable to se
cure employment.
XOT BROUGHT TO SILK MILLS
American Spinners Say No Foreign
Weavers Have Come.
LAVTRENCE, N. J., July 1. Inquiry at
the silk mills and among the silk
weavers here brings the answer that
no foreign silk weavers have come here
recently looking for employment. This
is vouched for by General Joseph W.
Congdon, president of the Phoenix mills
and for several years president of th
American Silk Association.