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f ' ffl fiff- VOL. XLVI.-XO 14,543. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ) 1 T INNINGS AT TALK Day Given to Argument in Haywood Case AS TO EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE Was There Counter-Conspiracy of Mineowners? DARROW'S HOT INVECTIVE pirectly Charges Sterling With Inde pendence Explosion Borah Says Counter-Conspiracy Is Not Sustained by Evidence. SUMMARY OF ARil"MKNTS. CLABEKCB DARROW Haywood not directly Interested In Couer d'AJene strike. Iefense had right to ehow crimes In Colorado committed by mlneownera with Intention to create appearance that Federation committed them. Directly charge K. 'C. Sterling, mlneownera' detective, with Independence explosion. Claims wide latitude to prove mlneownera conspiracy to destroy Federation. All evidence collected by Plnkerton men, ' who, as union members, Incited to violence. SENATOR BORAH Instead of , proving crimes charged to Haywood were committed by counter-coneplr-acy of mineowners, defense had shown Vindicator explosion an accident, Bradley explorion caused by gas, Steunenberg killed for private ven geance, Gregory killed through pri vate difficulties, attempts against PeaDody and Gilbert result of political feeling. Defense failed to prove coun ter conspiracy. Plnkerton man who talked anarchy elected to highest of fice In union. E. F. RICHARDSON State having" relied on circumstantial evidence to corroborate Orchard's story, defense is Justified In offering atronger clr crnmntflwrWrlWence against some one else. BOISE. Idaho, July 18 A day of argument on the admissibility of points of evidence followed the an nouncement from the defense that they had no further witnesses to of fer in behalf of William D. Haywood. The jury was not brought into court. Judge Wood having been informed by counsel of their decision to rest with out offer of sur-rebuttal. Clarence Darrow spoke for an hour and a half of the morning session. Senator Borah replied in the afternoon and was followed by E. F. Richardson. Judge Wood will probably announce his de rision tomorrow morning. The point argued was the propo sition to exclude from consideration by the Jury the evidence offered by the defense to show, by proof of deporta tion of miners from and the employ ment of detectives in the Cripple Creek district of Colorado, that a con spiracy was formed among the mine owners and the citizens of the dis trict to prevent the employment of members of the Western Federation of Miners. The position taken by the Haywood defense was that Harry Or chard was employed by the Mine owners' Association through detec tives to commit crimes which were then charged to the Federation, and public opinion aroused against the union workers, and it therefore fol lowed that, if Colorado evidence for the 'state was admitted, the defense had the right to show a counter-conspiracy. The reply of the state was that the defense had failed legally to connect Its case in these particulars and therefore Its evidence merely con fused that issue. Darrow Denies Proof. In the absence of the Jury the argu ment gave counsel an opportunity to take a wide range in commenting on the methods employed on both sides. Mr. Darrow was impassioned and vituperative.- Ho bitterly assailed Or chard and the Pinkertons. He main tained that Orchard's story connecting Haywood and the Western Federation with the various crimes to which he has confessed had not been corrob orated; that the Vindicator mine ex plosion was an accident; that the In dependence depot explosion, where 14 , men were killed, was planned by K. C. Sterling and D. C. Scott, railroad de tectives, and that the Pinkertons sent men Into the district to Join the unions and incite the members to riot and disorder. Incidentally he said the Bradley In cident in San Francisco was due to an explosion of gas, as shown by the evidence for the defense, . and that Haywaod had not been connected at any point with any of the overt acts confessed by Orchard except by the discredited testimony of Orchard him self. Counter-Conspiracy Not Proved. Mr. Borah confined himself largely to the legality of the question of ad missibility. He spoke for an hour, forcefully reviewing the evidence and allegations made by the defense, which, he said, failed to show by the member of the alleged conspiracy be tween the mine-owners and the 1 s Pinkertons that any such conspiracy existed. He took the position and quoted authorities to show that a con spiracy can only be considered after the introduction of direct evidence of a conspirator. Mr. Richardson argued that a conspir acy had been shown by the contributory effect of all the evidence introduced by the defense and closed with the statement that, if the court saw fit to exclude the evidence bearing on the Colorado situa tion introduced by the state, counsel for the defense would be satisfied to see their evidence barred from consideration. Judge Wood stated that in all probabil ity he would decldt tomorrow. J. H. Hawley will open the argument for the state at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It is expected that he will take the entire day. Mr. Richardson, for the defense, will speak on Saturday. Darrow Makes Complaint. Mr. Darrow's speech was preceded by a brief announcement on the part of Mr. Borah that the state would not op- ! J- - - f 1 SSI W:&00fiMWB ' I : - g -, , f t if . . i John K. Teaer, of Charlerol, Fa., Newly Elected Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks. pose the striking out of that part of Harry Orchard's testimony which dealt with his talk to Steve Adams and Pettl bone as to Adams going into North Idaho ind "getting rid of some. claim-Jumpers." Judge Wood called attention to this tes timony yesterday and indicated that he did not believe it had been connected up in any way with the defendant, Haywood. "We objected to that testimony when it was admitted," declared Mr. Darrow for the defense, "and we do not think that striking it out now will right any wrong that was done by It. We will not ask that it be stricken out." "But you will not object to the court Instructing the Jury with reference to It?" asked Judge Wood. "No, sir, we can't do that," replied the attorney, "and while I do not at this time criticise the court for the latitude It allowed the state In this case, there seems to be no disposition to limit its testimony in any- particular as to some great, general conspiracy by the Lord only knows who." Denies Haywood's Connection. Beginning with the Coeur d'Alene trou bles of 1890. Mr. Darrow called the Court's attention once more to the fact that William D. Haywood at that time had nothing to do with the general or ganization of the Western Federation of Miners, but was an obscure member of a local union in Sliver City, many hundreds of miles from the scene of the disorders. As to the employment of detectives, Mr. Darrow declared that most or practically all of the testimony In the case was se cured by Pinkertons, and It would be im possible to dissociate them and their methods from the issue. Taking up Or chard's crimes as confessed by him, Mr. Darrow. said the defendant at bar was compelled. In refutation of a charge of having murdered Frank Steunenberg. to meet all sorts of conditions of allega tions. He said: The state was allowed through Orchard to bring In something about an alleged attempt to wreck a train and of course this defendant was held up aa tlie guilty party. Was It im material for us to show that the attempt was made by detectives in the employ of the rail way company and the Mineownena' Associa tion? I think not. Neither is it incompetent for us to show that the. men who perpetrated the crime merely wanted to create an im pression or appearance of a train wreck, so as to trump up another charge against the Western Federation of Miners. As to the Bradley explosion, Mr. Darrow said it was entirely competent to produce testimony that the explosion was caused by gas. It was also the proper course, he said, to show that the Vindicator mine incident might have been an accident rather than the result of design. Charges Sterling With Crime. Mr. Darrow spent some time in discuss ing and citing authorities as to the mate riality of the evidence showing, threats on the part of Orchard against Governor Steunenberg. He declared that. If there was any question as to the relevancy of any of the testimony In the case, the doubt should be resolved in favor of the defendant. Mr. Darrow charged the Independence Depot explosion directly to K. C. Sterling, the detective of the Mineowners' Asso ciation. Three undisputed witnesses, he declared, had told of seeing Orchard "sneak" into Mr. Sterling's room at night on at least 15 occasions. The explosion was a part of the con spiracy, the attorney said, of the men who were "engaged in the laudable oc cupation of driving out every man who ever had shown any sympathy with the Western Federation of Miners, the men who defied Sheriffs and courts and set themselves up as the only competent Judges." Sterling sat In the courtroom for a week and was not called, said Mr. Dar row, and this he took as an admission of the testimony of three witnesses who saw him so frequently In consultation with Orchard. "At any rate," he added, "these wit nesses have not been arrested for per jury on the word of the most perjured vil- LEADS. THE COAST E Portland Passes Puget Sound Cities. FOURTH OF WHEAT PORTS Will Soon Pass Philadelphia and Take Third Place. SAN FRANCISCO IS LOSING Oregon Metropolis Promises Soon to Excel Philadelphia Large Gain in Flour Exports Both From Portland and Pugct Sound. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 18. Portland Is now su preme In the grain export business of the Pacific Coast, and stands fourth among wheat exporting cities of the United States, being ranked only by New York, Galveston sind Philadelphia, with a fair prospect of displacing. Philadelphia if its present rate of increase is sus tained. These facts are attested by care fully compiled statistics made public by the Department of Commerce and Labor this evening. Being official, these figures leave no doubt as to Portland's position. For the 12 months ended June, . 190G, Puget Sound exported more wheat than any other port in the United States. Dur ing the year ended June, i907, Portland shows a marked gain, while Puget Sound shows a corresponding decline Passes Sonnd on Wheat. Portland during the 12 months closing June 30, 1907, exported 7.198,844 bushels of wheat, valued at. $5,195,655. In the same year all the ports of Puget Sound com bined exported only 6.012,732 bushels, rep resenting a total valuation of $4,231,528. In the year previous, when Puget Sound held the record for the entire country, Portland exported only 5,658,107 bushels, as agplnet S,2,m0 . bushels exported from Puget Sound". ""Portland shows an Increase of l,84o,74i bushels for the year, whereas Puget Sound shows a .falling off of 2,340.179 bushels. San Francisco for several years has not been an active. com petitor . in the wheat business. Its ex ports for both years was 418,000 bushels. Great Gain on Flour. Both Portland and Puget Sound are forging ahead In flour exports business. For the fiscal year 1906 Portland exported 1,013,975 barrels of flour, valued at $3,725,765; during the year Just closed its export was 1.249,704 barrels, valued at $4,573,359. Great as was the gain of Port land, the growth of the flour trade on Puget Sound was even greater. The Sound in 1906 exported 2,099,601 barrels of flour, valued at $7,301,202. During the fiscal year 1907 its exports reached 3,182, 614 barrels, valued at $10,669,015. In the flour trade San Francisco is falling be hind. Its exports dropped from 466,540 barrels in 1906 to 393,220 barrels last year. This was no doubt partly due to the dis aster. Idaho Largest Lead Producer. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash 1 XPORTS . ' ' ift vnvv chough mm ington, July 18. Geological Survey fig ures made public today show that Idaho was the largest lead producer in the United States In 1906, its production being 117,117 tons. Washington produced 46 tons. Idaho also produced 573 tons of spelter, Washington seven tons. WATER WASTES THE LAND Floods Cause Death and Destruction In Ohio Valley. PITTSBURG, July 18. Conservative reports to the Associated Press tonight from Interior points of West Virginia Indicate that the floods caused by storms and cloudbursts during the past 48 hours, are receding and that the damage will reach at least half a mil lion dollars. Four deaths have - thus far been reported. The damage to the Baltimore &. Ohio Railroad will reach $200,000, prin cipally in tracks washed away. The most dangerous damage to pri- XT 1 Vt X Z7 ':: ! Senator Levi Ankeny, of Walla Walla, Who Announces He la Candidate for Re-Electlon. vate property was at Newberg, where several buildings were washed away and nearly every house was flooded. A church at Evansville was overturned and washed away. Near Elkins a cloudburst occurred and the streets of the town were Hooded. At Washington, this afternoon the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company's plants were put out of business by floods from overflowing streams, causing a loss of $100,000 to this firm alone. Streetcar traffic was crippled, cars washed, away and 'the Chartiers Valley for many miles is strewn with debris. Bridges and buildings floated down the river and the situation on the Bal timore & Ohio, and Wesiern Maryland railroads Is chaotic. Train schedules have been annulled and the damage to highways will reach 'several hundred thousand dollars. , Ore Dock Strike Goes On. DUIUTH, Minn., July 18. A conference arranged today by the Mayor and the bishop of Duluth failed to result In any settlement of the ore dock strike. Em ployes and company both refused to con cede a point. Ore shipments have about ceased. ....,.. ' SUPERIOR. Wis., July 18. Workmen at the Allouez ore docks struck at noon today for 25c more pay per day. This completes the tie up of the head of the lakes docks. Lieutenant Goodrich Buried. NEW YORK, July 18. The funeral of Lieutenant Casper Goodrich, son of Rear Admlral Casper F. Goodrich, comman dant of the Brooklyn Navy-Yard, who was killed In the powder explosion in the tur ret of the battleship Georgia, was held today at Stone " Church, N. J. Marines, bluejackets, a firing squad and the marine band assisted In the last rites. The Rev. J. C. Lord, of Atlantic Highlands, N. J had charge. LITTLE PHIL AND HIS BIG JOB- HOMES FOR AUTOS Mad Race to Acquire Social Standing. MOTHERS NEGLECT CHILDREN Extreme Measures Are Used to Appear Wealthy. PITTSBURGERS ARE SCORED Charged With Resorting to the Most Keck less Extravagance, Which Results In Homes Being Sold Under the Hammer. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 18. (Special.) "So mad has the race for social suprem acy become, that many owners of houses worth from $5000 to $10,000, which they have acquired after years of toll and sav ing, are mortgaging them in order to buy automobiles. So fearful are they of be ing outshone by their neighbors, that they are resorting to the most reckless extravagance, and trying to present the appearance of wealth on an income not exceeding $150 a month." This is a portion of the report of a com mittee of the New Era Woman's Club, o( Pittsburg, which has been investigating social conditions in this city. Mothers Neglect Children. "Something . must be .done and done quickly," the report says, "to prevent the women of Pittsburg from resorting to the means they do, to acquire social prestige in their set. Existing conditions In Pitts burg are such that active measures must be taken. Mothers are neglecting their children, and young wives are driving their, husbands to- the wall for the sake of the appearance of wealth." The club women charge that women and girls wh have married men receiving salaries from $100 to $150 a month, 'are gradually . driving their husbands bank rupt in many Instances, for the sette of possessing some means of distinguishing themselves. Homes which have been se cured through years of saving and hard labor, are being threatened with the auctioneer's hammer or the foreclosing of a mortgage, becauses the women have seen their neighbors' big red touring car, and do not wish her to gain the reputa tion of possessing something they cannot have Homes Are Mortgaged. After trying to figure out how to se cure an automobile by saiMng from her husband's weekly or monthly Income, the wife with social aspirations concludes it is not feasible, and casts about for some other means to raise the mpney. The automobile by this time has become a permanent fixture in her brain, and she must have one. How to get It, is the chief and most important point. Many ways suggest themselves, but none prac ticable, until the thought strikes her that they can- get money on their home by taking a mortgage. , The husband strenuously objects at first, until the woman's pleadings anfl tears bring the desired result, and the dea. is consummated. It looks at first as though the mortgage can be paid off easily, but something turns up the baby gets sick, and the automobile uses an immoderate quantity of gasoline. The monthly installment on the mortgage is not paid. Pittsburg clubwomen interested In the subject ask: "By what means can a stop be put to this state of affairs?" BIG FIRE IN WAREHOUSES Immense Damage at Hamburg and Flames Still Rage. HAMBURG, July 19. An extensive fire In the center of the commercial district early this morning destroyed a number of warehouses. The fire Is still burning and other . buildings are endangered. . The damage already amounts to several hun dred thousand dollars. Many of the fire- ... Marquis Ito, Resident General of Japan In Corea, Whom the Em peror Vainly Besought to Save Him From Enforced Abdioatlon. men were rendered unconscious owing to the dense ness of the smoke. The fire was caused by the overturning of a petroleum lamp, which exploded. BILLIK SENTENCED TO DIE Charged "With Killing Six Persons by Poison. CxlICAGO, July 19. Herman Billik. who has been on trial charged with killing, by poison, Adolph Vrzal and live of his children, was found guilty tonight, and the Jury fixed his sentence at death. During the trial evidence was nubmitted by the state charging him with disposing of Vrzal and his children in order to collect the insur ance they carried. Will Not Pardon Gentry. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 18. The State Board of Pardons has refused to recom mend a pardon for James B. Gentry, the actor, who was convicted of the murder of Madge York, an actress, in Philadel phia In 1896. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 66 degrees; minimum, 56. TODAY'S Partly cloudy with possibly oc casional light showers; westerly winds. Foreign. Emperor of C'orea abdicates after vain ap peal to Marquis Ito. Page 1. Karl Hau makes damaging admissions at trial. Pago 4. Speech by Choate on arbitration at Haguo conference. Page 3. Pope's condemnation of liberal Catholic writers. Page 4. National. Portland leads Pacific Coast in grain ex ports. Page 1. Politics. Civic Federation reports on municipal own ership In Britain. Page 4. Indian Territory Democratlo convention ends In riot. Page 2. Domestic. Pittsburg women ruin families through ma nia for automobiles. Page 1. Syrian engaged to millionaire's daughter declared to be a negro. Page 3. Igorrotes threaten teacher because moon is eclipsed. Page 2. Lincoln, Neb., preacher denounced by wom en made remorseful by his sermon. Page 2. Thousands prostrated by heat diA-lng ElkC parade at Philadelphia. Page 3. Italians convicted of murdering boy in Lou isiana and mob 'starts to lynch them. Page S. Northwestern Railroad prepares to extend to Pacific Coast. Page 6. Pacific Coast. Argument In Haywood case on exclusion of evidence of mineowners conspiracy. Page 1. Mayor Taylor, of ' San Francisco, begins work and freezes out Job-hunters. Page 4. Dissension among operators follows rejection of compromise on strike. Page 4. Levi Ankeny announces he Is candidate to succeed himself in United States Senate. Page 6. Judge McCredle decides Ooldendale Marshal ship contest. Page 6. Officials of Corvallls A Eastern make trip , through Cascades. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Melon season held back by cool weather. Page 17- Wheat closes firm at Chicago after fluc tuations. Page 17. Stock market dull and Irregular. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. North Bank road will ba completed from . Kennewlck to Vancouver by November 1. Page 10. O. W. Stewart, Prohibitionist leader In city Page 11., Portland Hunt Club will hold horse show next November. Page 12. Telephone slot machine robber confesses many crimes. Page 10. Female swindler operates in garb of sister of charity. Page of 11. Julius Kruttschnitt, high Harrlman official, discusses transportation problems. Page 10. John Q. Woolley sAys the saloon is doomed. Page 11. ; h .... DOFFS GROWN OF CQREA Abdicates When All Statesmen Advise. DRAMATIC SCENE AT PALACE Premier Says National Safety , . Demands Change. LAST VAIN APPEAL TO ITO Unhappy Monarch Turns From Cabi net to Klder Statesmen, Who Only Indorse Ministers' Advice, Penalty of Duplicity. SEOUL, July 19. (Friday afternoon.) Briefly the Emperor, In the Imperial re script of abdication, expresses his regret that during the 44 years of his reign Na tional calamities have followed In rapid succession and the people's distress be came so Aggravated that he deemed it now time to give the crown to the heir apparent, in conformity with ancestral usages. It is reported that a most dramatic scene occurred at the palace Thursday night, when the Ministers, headed by Premier Yi Wang Wong, appeared before his majesty and made the Cabinet's final representation in urging the Emperor's abdication. His majesty was in a high state of excitement, but the Premier, In the most humble, but firm, tone dwelt at length upon the want of precaution aisd prudence of the Emperor's policies hith erto, especially in diplomatic affairs, whereby he was endangering the safety of the nation. The Premier enumerated the facts of his majesty's duplicities, which culmi nated In the dispatch of a deputation to the Hague peace conference, and forci bly reasoned the uselessness of the Em peror's disavowal of his relation with the Hague affair. Unable to successfully combat the loglo of the Premier's representation, the Em peror sought a last refuge in the Council of Elder Statesmen, doubtless antici pating their sympathy. The Council im mediately convened. Four elders quickly responded and appeared before his majesty at 1 o'clock this (Friday) morn ing. The Emperor's disappointment and surprise was boundless when they agreed with . the Ministers' advice. His majesty's mind ws finally mads up and he consented to the draft of an imperial rescript announcing his abdica tion, which was placed before him for his signature. The Emperor's condition is indescriba ble. Greatly fatigued and perturbed, ha signed the document and his seal was affixed amid impressive silence. A sup pressed sigh from the Emperor was the only thing which broke the deathlike stillness which reigned throughout the) memorable scene. Much unrest prevails about the palaca and at another place a crowd of 2000 Is assembled. A portion of this crowd assaulted the office of the Dally Koku mn, but the mob was dispersed before much damage was inflicted. ITO GIVES HIM NO COMFORT Visits Emperor After Much Entreaty but Is Noncommittal. TOKIO, July 18. The conference of Marquis Ito with the Emperor of Corea has lasted one hour. It Is reported that the Emperor appealed Imploringly to the former to help save Corea from her pres ent complication in a manner satisfac tory to Japan and without doing anything derogatory to the Corean court. Marquis Ito, It is said, carefully avoided making any definite reply and retired without committing himself. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashl ar rived late last evening, receiving a hearty welcome. He drove immediately to Marquis Ito's residence. A number of Coreans calling themselves elder statesmen of Corea have sent a long letter to Marquis Ito intimating that Japan would receive their support in fair dealing toward the Emperor, but, falling that, they would die the martyr'a death and that the whole nation would do likewise. They denied that the court wa Implicated in the sending of the delega tion to The Hague. It is believed that the Cabinet Ministers again proceeded to the palace last night for the purpose of further urging the Emperor to abdicate. COMES OUT OF HIS SECXUSIOX Emperor Begs Ito to Come Crown . Prince to Succeed. SEOUL,, July IS, via Tokio. Marquis Ito visited the Emperor at 6:30 o'clock this afternoon, In response to the Em peror's plea. After two weeks' obstinate seclusion and silence, the Emperor late yesterday sent court officers to Mar quis Ito with a message that, Inasmuch as both were worried over the presence of the Corean deputation at The Hague, he therefore begged the resident general to come to the palace. Marquis Ito's first reply, sent this morning, asked for an audience two or three days hence, after the arrival of Foreign Minister Hayashl from Tokio. E MPEHOR (Concluded on Page 4 ) J (Concluded on Page J.) . ... -