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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1907.
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BACKERS LAY THEIR PLANS
Powerful Organization Will Be
Formed to Help Him.
CORTELYOU IS NOT STRONG
Fairbanks' Movement Said to Be
Lagging, Though Vice-President
Is Conceded Considerable
Strength In the West.
WASHINGTON, July 17. (Special.)
Antl-Rooseveltism at present Is center
ing upon Senator Knox of Pennsylvania
as the prospective presidential candidate
likely to make the greatest showing of
strength on the so-called conservative
side. Word has reached Washington that
the big business interests of the East are
preparing to build a powerful organiza
tion behind the Pennsylvanian, and It Is
further bruited that this organization
was in mind by the interests In ques
tion at the time the Knox boom was defi
nitely sprung upon the country by the
recent Republican convention In the
Keystone state.
In connection with the renewed Inter
est In the Knox boom It is learned that
friends of the Senator have been told not
to be worried by the present Cortclyou
gossip, because the declaration being
made with significant appearance of un
derstanding the situation, the Cortelyou
strength will all be thrown to Knox at
the proper time.
Cortelyou, the Unknown.
The "Cortelyou strength," it must be
kept in mind, is a decidedly problemat
ical quantity right now, grave doubts
existing as to whether the predictions re
garding delegations he may secure is
warranted by the knowledge of popular
conditions which, to some extent at least,
will operate to control the delegate con
ventions. It will be recalled that the Fairbanks
movement began to show signs of col
lapse In the East just prior to the time
Senator Knox pushed to the front and
became an active contestant in the race
for the Republican nomination next year.
Shortly before Vice-President Fairbanks
towered as the leading "conservative"
candidate of the Republicans of the
country 'as a whole, but the Eastern re
actionaries dropped him when develop
ments that seriously reflected upon his
availability began to reach the public.
Far West Situation.
In the Far West, where for some
reason the public seems to be slower
to grasp the situation foreseen In the
East, Fairbanks appears to be In the
lead among the Republican politicians
who want a leader of the school which
the Vice-President represents. The
South, where the Fairbanks' agents
were at first most active proved
to be fallow ground so that the re
maining hope of the Indiana aspirant
appears to He wholly in the Western
country. Knox, and some others who
might be mentioned, are more or lesr
strangers In the Far West, the entire
West beyond the Mississippi River in
fact, while Fairbanks has managed to
cultivate an acquaintance of consider
able proportions In that section.
President Roosevelt is understood to
be keeping an eye on the developments
in the political situation during his
vacation, with a view to preventing
the reactionaries from getting control
of the National convention. . While the
Eastern business Interests, as they de
light to term themselves, are making
hay, the President is not devoting all
his spare time to clover-Acids at Sag
amore Hill. He is attending to the
political hay crop, also. Everybody in
touch with the situation knows that the
administration does not regard Knox
as the man to carry forward the pro
gressive policies.
GULF STEAMER TAKES FIRE
Passengers of Allegheny Escape
From Burning Vessel.
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 17. The steam
ship Allegheny from Philadelphia is burn
ing off Tybee. All passengers were trans
ferred to the Government dredge and
brought to Savannah. The Allegheny Is
a Merchants and Miners Liner and left
Savannah this afternoon for Philadelphia.
The fire occurred at 10 o'clock tonight,
two miles off the Tybee Island. All of
her 32 passengers and her crew were
saved, but the ship, her cargo and all
baggage on board is a total loss.
EXPLAINS MERGER'S PLANS
K. & E. Man Discusses Purposes of
$100,000,000 Combine.
NEW iTORK. July 17. In view of the
widespread publicity given the plans of
Klaw & Erlanger for the acquisition of
European theaters and possible confusion
regarding the scope of the enterprise,
Charles Erlanger today gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"The J100.000.000 company which is be
Iw formed will be entirely separate from
the United States Amusement Company
and from the so-called theatrical sydl
cate, and will be in no sense a merger of
existing theatrical organizations. It has
a wholly distinct purpose the purchase
of. theatrical realty all over the world.
We have been offered a great many
theaters in different parts of the coun
try. "If hc terms can be agreed upon, we
shall purchase the properties outright and
conduct the theaters on the American
system. Our principal object Is the pur
chase of big vaudeville theaters.
"The vaudeville thetters that are pur
chased will be operated by the United
States Amusement Company and the
legitimate theaters that are acquired will
be conducted In conjunction with the the
atrical syndicate.
"Mr. . Mayer, before sailing for Europe,
had practically arranged for the capital.
He will be the legal adviser and the ex
ecutive business will be placed in my
charge."
' English Actors Credulous.
LONDON, July 17. London theatrical
managers are very skeptical concerning
the reported international theatrical mer
ger which Klaw & Erlanger are prepar-
Senator A. J. Hopkins, of Illinois,
Who Declares Roosevelt's Poller
on Tariff Revision.
ing plans for. Beerbohm Tree and
George Edwardes. interviewed today, de
clared that as far as they personally
were concerned, there Is no truth In the
report.
MIUIY VICTIMS OF FLOOD
TERRIBLE CLOUDBURST LAYS
WASTE VIENNA
Two Large Suburbs Destroyed and
Whole Fire Department Res
cuing Survivors.
VIENNA, July IS. There was a ter
rible cloudburst here yesterday. The
streel3 were flooded.
It is said that the outlying suburbs
of Neuweldogg and Hernals were de
stroyed and that there were many vic
tims. The entire fire brigade of Vienna Is
employed in rescue work, which is
much hindered by the torrents and the
flooding of the River Alserbach, which
separates Hernals from Vienna.
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,' 68
degrees; minimum. 66 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
American delegates win decisive victory at
Hague conference. Page 2.
Corean Cabinet demands Emperor's abdica
tion and Japan will elevate Crown Prince.
Page 4. .
Pope issues decree against liberal Catholic
writers. Page 4. -
Trial of Karl Haa begins In Germany.
Page 5.
. National.
Government sends Bristol ample funds for
land-fraud trials. Page 4.
Splendid acts of heroism on Battleship
Georgia. Page 1.
Additions to. Coast artillery on Pacific
Pass 8.
roiitics.
Conservative Republicans rally around Knox
for President. Page 1.
Tariff revisionists ready to' postpone ques
tion till after election. Page 4.
Judge Brewer condemns attacks on rail
roads. Page 8.
Domestic.
Elks elect officers and propose to stop
abuse of emblem. Page 2.
Daring descent from disabled parachute.
Page 4.
Many deaths from heat In Pittsburg and
New York. Page 4.
Sport.
Fltzslmmons knocked out by Jack Johnson.
Page 11.
Portland loses another "one run" game to
San Francisco. Page 11.
Pacific Coast.
Evidence in Haywood trial nearly all in and
argument begins tomorrow. Page 1.
Heney changes tactics in trial of Louis
Glass. Page 4.
New Mayor of San Francisco answers labor
critics. Page 1. .
Seattle capitalists plan railroad up Des
chutes Klver Into Central Oregon. Page 6.
G. A. R. has rousing celebration at Oregon
City Chautauqua. Page 6. '
Portland A Seattle Railroad In lawsuit with
boom company. Page 6.
doping couple escapes clutches of detective.
Page 6.
Railroad Commission orders 8. P. to build
depot at Albany. Page 6.
Board of regents of O. A. C. decide to re
instate Dr. Wlthycombe as director.
Page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Klaber's statistics on hop market position.
Page IS.
Wheat advances 1 cent at Chicago. Page IS.
Sharp fluctuations In stock market. Page IS.
Heavy shipping movement in river. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Alexander Huber murdered on Cornell road
by enemy lying in wait. Page 10.
Portland grocers hold picnic at Bonneville.
Page 5. '
No work for "moral squad" at Merrill's
Hall dances. Page 5.
Mayor Lane advises revocation of United
Railways' franchise. Page 10.
STUCK TO POSTS
AWAITING DEATH
Real Heroes of Georgia
Disaster Found.
CALMLY EXTINGUISH FLAMES
Keep Fire From Magazine and
Thus Save Ship.
SHUT THEMSELVES IN TRAP
Commander MoCrea Gives Thrilling;
Description of How Brave Crew
Defied Death and Danger to
Prevent Worse Disaster.
BOSTON, Mass., July 17. (Special.)
With the arrival of the Georgia here
today, it was learned that 'the men
who are regarded on board the battle
ship as the real heroes of the disaster
are Ensign W. H. Toaz, of New York,
and Boatswain E. A. Murphy, of Wis
consin, who had charge of the crew
in the handling room, 25 feet directly
beneath the turret, at the time of the
explosion.
There were 400 pounds of powder In
the handling room, and the magazine
door was open when the explosion oc
curred, and sparks and flames shot
downward from the turret through the
shutter, which was not clewed tightly.
These men pushed part of the powder,
which was in four bags, to the maga
zine and part into the gangway,
closed the gangway door and the slide
door of the magazine, put out the
sparks of the Are which had dropped
from above, and then calmly awaited
their fate , with those who were shut
tight in the magazine.
They did not quite know what was
going to happen next, and they were
not aware of what had really happened
In the turret. What they feared most
after the first shock was over was that
both ' the magazine and the handling
room would be flooded, in which case
all hands would have suffered death
by drowning In both these compart
ments. They were long and critical
moments for the imprisoned men, but
not one of them flinched in the face of
the dread uncertainty.
M'CREA GLORIES IN HIS MEN
Tells of Heroism and Self-Sacrifice
on Board Georgia.
. BOSTON", Mass., July 17. On board the
Georgia In Boston harbor this afternoon.
Captain Henry McCrea told to the Asso
ciated Press the story of the disaster on
board the battleship on Monday, which
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has cost the lives' of nine men of the
United States Navy and caused injury, in
some cases probably fatal, to 13 others.
Captain McCrea said:
"I was on the bridge making the run
for the practice. I was taking observa
tions of each shot. As shot after shot
was fired from the 8-lnch guns, I saw
we were beating the records of the other
ships of the fleet. On the bridge I could
hear the command from the after-turret.
So I knew when the next shot was com
ing. "I heard the shout 'Are,' but there was
no shot, and then I saw men running
aft and getting the fire hose that is
always laid out in readiness when there
Is firing going on.
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"I rushed tothe afterbrtdge, near the
turret, to see what was the matter. The
water was already Deing poured into
the turret. The boatswain and Midship
man Gravescroft led the way for their
men with the hose. I tell you, there
was. courage!. .No man .knew what had
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happened, and no man knew Into what
danger he might be rushing. ' But those
men never thought of self or danger.
That brave act will look well on their
records.
"Then, they began to bring out the men.
One of the first was the one In whose
hands the powder was when it flashed.
He was laid down on top of the lower
turret with a blanket under his head. I
wont to him. I could not recognize nim.
His hands were burned to the bones.
The flesh was gone. With those hands
raised above his chest and the tips of
his fingers bent toward each other I
could hear him whisper,
" 'Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!' He could
not move his lips enough to utter other
words.
"I bent closer and said to him: 'My
dear fellow, God has heard your prayer.'
He was brought ashore, but soon died.
'Grit of Kimball and Goodrich.
"The men were brought out as fast
as they could be taken from the turret.
Most of them felt relief as soon as they
got to the open air. The gases from
smokeless powder are terrible. That is
what kills. The external burns were hid
eous, but to breathe that stuff is fatal.
"One man in that turret was not hurt
Midshipman Kimball and I do not un
derstand how he could have escaped. He
helped take out the men. He. too,
showed grit after the shock he had had.
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CASE COMPLETE
AGAINST HAYWOOD
Argument to Jury Be
gins on Friday.
TRIAL WILL CLOSE NEXT WEEK
Much Evidence Shut Out by
Court as Not Material.
GRAPHIC STORY AT FINISH
Sackett Tells of Tellurlde Riot and
Deportations Stuart Names the
Men Who Beat Him Into
Unconsciousness.
BOISE, Idaho, July 17. The state of
Idaho rests content with the evidence it
has introduced to prove that William D.
Haywood, the secretary-treasurer of the
Western Federation of Miners, conspired
to kill and therefore murdered Frank
Steunenberg, a former Governor of the
state. Tomorrow morning Haywood,
through his counsel, will rest nls case
with the Jury so far as evidence is con
cerned. Possibly some witnesses will be
called in sur-rebuttal, but Haywood's
counsel announce that the case may close
without further evidence.
Judge Fremont Wood has invited argu
ment on his own proposition to eliminate
certain evidence from consideration by
the jury, and probably a day will be
taken to present the views of both sides
as to the instructions to the Jury. On
Friday morning argument is expected and
the last stage of the trial will have com
menced. ' Much Evidence Not Material.
After having dismissed the Jury this
afternoon Judge Wood stated his opin
ion that the evidence Introduced by the
defense to prove a conspiracy on the part
of the mine-owners by showing the de
portation of union miners from the Crip
ple Creek district of Colorado during the
strikes of 1903 and 1904, was not material
to the issue involved and should not be
submitted to (the Jury. On the other
hand, he said the showing by the state
that Steve Adams was concerned in the
killing of two men in the Coeur d'Alene
district did not appear to the court to be
germane and should be eliminated. He
announced, however, that the court would
hear argument tomorrow on these points.
Further the court asked that requests
for Instructions be submitted at once and
arguments on these instructions may be
expected tomorrow.
Finish Trial Next Week. .
Judge Wood has already stated that
by putting counsel on notice as to the
main points on which he would instruct
the Jury he hopes to considerably shorten
A LOCAL CELEBRITY
the arguments. Another announcement
by the court today was a determination
to conclude the case within the next
week. Judge Wood said he would hold
three two-hour sessions daily during the
arguments. E. F. Richardson protested
against this, but he met with no en
couragement. J. H. Hawley will open the argument
for the state and E. F. Richardson for
the defense. Clarence Darrow will close
in behalf of Haywood and the final ar
gument will come from Senator Bodah.
The last day of the state's innings
opened with the statement by Mr. Rich
ardson that he desired the court to order
D. C. Scott, William Dewey and J. C.
Routan, witnesses who have testified in
rebuttal for the state, to remain within
the Jurisdiction of the court. This was
afterward explained on the ground that
counsel for the defense was considering
the advisability of issuing certain war
rants charging state witnesses with per
jury. Nothing was done during the day,
however, and late tonight Clarence Dar-
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Who Won Decisive Victory in first
Vote.
row said It was doubtful if any such
steps would be taken.
Many Witnesses Xot Called.
The state called but two witnesses In
rebuttal today, notwithstanding Mr.
Hawley's statement that eight or ten wit
nesses remained. At the last moment the
prosecution decided not to call mine-owners"
or Plnkerton detectives, believing this
would strengthen their case before the
Jury. As a result of this decision a
number of Interesting witnesses will not
be heard. Bulkley Wells, formerly Adjutant-General
of Colorado and recently
elected a Railroad Commissioner in that
state, left Boise yesterday. He was in
command of the militia called out during
the labor troubles In 1903 and 190! and
dug up the bomb found where Orchard
said he placed It, at Judge Goddard's
gate.
Captain James McParland, the superin
tendent of the Western division of the
Plnkerton detective agency, who. It was
expected, would be one of the most pic
turesque witnesses, was not called. Cap
tain McParland has had charge of the
case since the arrest of Orchard.
Sackett's Vivid Story.
The witnesses examined today were
from Colorado and gave vivid accounts of
the conditions existing around the mines.
O. M. Sackett, employed at the Smuggler-Union
mine at Tellurlde, owned
chiefly by Boston people, of which Bulk
ley Wells Is the manager, had an inti
mate knowledge of conditions resulting
from the struggle between the members
of the Western Federation of Miners and
the owners of the mines. No amount of
severity on the part of E. F. Richardson
changed. Mr. Sackett's positive assertion
that the mob of the Citizens' Alliance of
the Cripple Creek district took the law
into its own hands as a last resort, and
that this organization was made up of
good citizens from the district. He justi
fied the deportations on the ground that
they were necessary and because the
citizens had reached the conclusion that
men who refused to work themselves or
permit other people to work should be
sent away. He admitted that some of
the deported were Innocent of wrong
doing, but stated positively that they
were allowed to come back when the in
justice was discovered. Mr. Sackett said
of his own knowledge an on information
he knew of a number of murders and
outrages committed by the union miners,
and the calling out of the militia and
declaration of martial law was neces
sary to the preservation of life and
property.
Stuart Tells of Beating.
The last witness of the day and the
last witness of the state was William
Stuart, a Scotchman, red-bearded and
retaining the burr of his native lan
guage on his tongue. He was a miner in
the Cripple Creek district during the
troubles and told a terrible story of mal
treatment at the hands of the miners,
who had warned him he would have to
take the consequences If he went to work
as a "scab." With native stubbornness,
Mr. Stuart went to work, however, and
today, with native wit, he told of the
consequences.
Mr. Richardson dismissed the witness
with the words:
' "That's all."
Mr. Stuart wheeled out of the witness
chair and as he steped down he said
quietly:
"Humph! Well, there's more, if ye
want it."
And with this the prosecution rested.
Made Treaty With Union.
Mr. Sackett told his experience In the
riot at the Smuggler-Union mine in 1901,
when he and several empfoyes ran
through a hail of bullets to the mine.
Vincent St. John was head of the union.
After some argument Judge Wood said
he doubted tho materiality of the evi
dence the state was trying to rebut and
refused to allow the witness to go into
details.
Mr. Sackett proceeded to tell of nego-
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GQNVICT GLASS
BY FLANK ATTACK
Heney ChangesTactics
in Prosecution.
BECAUSE ZIMMER IS SILENT
Witness Tells of Supervisors'
Visits to Halsey.
TRACING MONEY TO GLASS
Prosecutor Vndertakes to Prove He
Alone Could Have Paid Bribes.
Much Evidence Destroyed in
Great Earthquake Fire.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17. The trial of
Liouls Glass for bribery reached a crucial
stage today, when the prosecution made
Its first attempt to begin the Introduction
of the testimony of 30 or more Supervisors
other than Boxton that their votes were
bought by Theodore V. Halsey, acting un
der direction of Vice-President Glass of
the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company. Such testimony Is called "evi
dence of similar offenses" and it is often
admitted in criminal trials for the pur
pose of showing corrupt intent on the
part of a defendant in the commission of
the act for which he is being tried.
Glass at the present time. Is being tried
for the bribery of Boxton; the prosecu
tion contends that It has the right to lay
before the. Jury the Inference of his guilt
contalnedVin the proof of his having
bribed other Suoervisors, like Boxton,
against the granting of a rival franchise
to the Home Telephone Company. The
defense denies this right, mainly on the
ground that the state Is not privileged to
prove other crimes in an effort to estab
lish the crime on trial.
Halsey'g Many Visitors.
The argument of this point, conceded
to be of even more than its original im
portance, since the defection of Second
Vice-President Zlmmer from the ranks
of the prosecution's witnesses, occupied
the last two hours of the afternoon ses
sion and was in progress at adjournment.
The Jury was excused at the commence
ment of the argument and was taken by
bailiffs to a park near the Temple Israel,
later to be returned to Its quarters at
Hie Falrmount Hotel.
Charles J. Hall, formerly chief clerk In
the telephone company's offices, who had
charge of the preparation of literature
in opposition to rival telephone concerns,
proved a valuable witness for the prose
cution, Mr. Heney drawing from him
without trouble statements that various
Supervisors visited Halsey In the latter's
office.
Among those seen by Mr. Hall to enter
Halsey's office from one to six times
were Supervisors Walsh, Lonergan, Box
ton, Coleman, Sanderson and Fury. He
overheard none of the conversations. He
saw Glass in Halsey's office four or five
times In the period of the alleged
briberies, also Secretary-Treasurer Eaton,
but not Auditor Zlmmer or President
Scott.
Proving Who Paid Bribes.
Mr. Heney asked what were the duties
of John Krause, who testified yesterday
that he was employed under Halsey to
work against opposition companies. Mr.
Delmas objected and Mr. Heney replied
that, In view of Mr. Zlmmer's refusal to
testify, the prosecution had no choice but
to show by the process of elimination
that none but Halsey had authority to
pay bribe money. In cross-examination
Mr. Hall said politicians frequented Hal
sey's office seeking Jobs.
District Superintendent Phillips of the
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company testified that he gave no in
structions to Halsey nor did Halsey re
port to him. He himself had nothing to
do with the opposing telephone companies
nor with disbursement of money except
by payroll for labor. ' Between June 32,
3905 and March 15, 1908. he did not Inter
view or talk with any of the Supervisors
regarding telephone matters.
Books Destroyed by Fire.
Thomas E. Sherwin, of Burlingame.
who became auditor of the company
since the promotion to a directorship of
Mr. Zimmer, testified that during the pe
riod of alleged briberies June, 1905, to
March, 1906 he was not employed by the
company. Mr. Heney, smiling, assured
the court that he was, and over the re
monstrance of Mr. Delmas he showed
that Mr. Sherwin' was at that time trav
eling auditor of the North American Tele
phone & Telegraph Company, which
owns 51 per cent of the Pacific States
Company's capital stock.
"At the time of the fire." said Mr. Sher
win, "I was engaged here in auditing the
Pacific States books for the year 1305.
All of the books, except the general
ledger and the Journal, and all of the
books for 1906, except the general ledger
and the Journal, were burned."
Also, he said, the voucher checks for
the last six months of 1905 were similarly
destroyed. These customary checks have
each the signatures of the treasurer and
assistant treasurer; or of President John
I. Sabin, or Vice-President Louis Glass,
or E. J. Zlmmer as assistant to the presi
dent. He found no record of expendi
tures by checks signed by Glass without
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