TJtllS BlOKiMAU OKISGONIAN. SATURDAY. JULY 20, 1907.
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In Glass Trial Court Decides
.Favoring of Evidence of
"Similar Offenses."
SMALLPOX FOUND IN JAIL
Echmltz and Zlmmer Incarcerated In
Wing Where Contagious Disease
Is Discovered Heney and Del
mas Indulge In Quarrel.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19 Arguments
by opposing counsel in the Glass case
over the admissibility as evidence of
'Similar offenses," of the testimony of
10 members of the ' Board of Supervisors,
that they accepted bribes from T. V.
Halsey to vote against an ordinance
granting a competitive franchise to the
Home Telephone Company, eventuated
this afternoon In a decision by Judge
Lawlor, the effect of which Is almost
entirely In favor of the prosecution.
Judge Lawlor ruled that it Is proper
to admit the evidence referred to, as
constituting proof of a general conspiracy
on the part of Louis Glass, as vice-president
and general manager of the Pacific
States Telephone & Telegraph Company,
to bribe a certain number of the Super
visors to defeat the ordinance; tVst the
prosecution is entitled to show by such
evidence, the criminal motive of the de
fendant Glass, in the carrying out of
the alleged conspiracy out of which grew
his indictment on the crime at bar.
Delmas and Henej Mix. .
The day's arguments gave rise to bit
ter personalities between Assistant Dis
trict Attorney F. J. Heney and Attorney
Delphin M. Delmas.
Mr. Delmas continued hlfl argument
as to the admissibility of certain evi
dence to the Jury. Mr. Delmas' con
tention Is that evidence tending to
show that corrupt relations existed
between T, V. Halsey, former agent
for the Pacific States Telephone &
Telegraph Company, and Supervisor
Lonergan is not admissible, inasmuch
as Mr. Glass could not be held re
sponsible for the actions of Halsey,
and that such evidence. If submitted
to the Jury, would be of a dangerous
and misleading diameter.
In the cours of his plea In support
of the admissibility of evidence of
"similar offenses," Heney turned loose
the vials of vituperation on Delmas.
Seldom, if ever. In the courts of San
Francisco save In the presence of a
Jury has so bitter a denunciation been
directed by one attorney f. gainst an
other. In one breath Heney sarcas
tically pointed out Delmas as a "would
be" Napoleon of the bar, and in the .
next breath he leaped to the other ex
treme of metaphor and likened the
leader of the Thaw defense, to a rhin
oceros, whose hide is so thick that the
blush of innocence cannot rise to the
surface.
Heney Human Bloodhound.
When the passionate echoes of the
Assistant District Attorney's voice had
died away In . the synagogue, Delmas
rose to reply.
Heney he described as a "human
bloodhound filled with the lust of pros
ecution, obsessed with the desire to
Inflict pain."
At another point, Delmas said, his
fervent voice ringing in the far cor
ners of the room:
"I thank God that I am still able to
travel up and down In the country
without the protection of body guards."
"I'm not afraid of you," cried Heney.
"No," answered Delmas, "the learned
gentleman from Arizona has still an
engagement to keep with Mr. W. H.
Metsoij. There he can perhaps satisfy
nls lust for encounter without hav
ing recourse to one twice his age."
Smallpox In Jail.
Immediately after adjournment which
was taken until Monday morning Sheriff
O'Nell Informed Judge Lawlor that small
pox had broken out in wing two of the
County Jail, where both Mayor Schmits
and Vice-President E. J. Zlmmer, of the
Pacific Telephone Company, are con
fined, the former under conviction of ex
tortion, the latter under a five days sen
tence for contempt of court, which ex
pires at 13:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Judge Lawlor instructed the Sheriff that
no prisoner shall be allowed to leave the
Jail until assurance is given the court
by Health Officer Watklns that there is
no danger of Infection being carried.
This order may result In the indefinite
confinement of Zlmmer, who "btherwise
would be brought Into court tomorrow
afternoon and given another chance to
testify against Glass, and so remove his
recalcitrancy.
KILLED IN FIRE AT SISSON
New York School Teacher Burned to
Death . In Dejtot Hotel.
REDDING, Cal.,' July 19. Fire de
stroyed the Southern Pacific depot and
hotel and the McCloud River Exchange
depot at Sisslon at 11:30 last night, and
Miss Laura Saxle.of New York, a school
teacher, who arrived yesterday to meet
friends and climb Mount Shasta, lost her
life. Several others were badly burned,
one, Miss Lizsle Walgamott, a waitress
at the hotel, dangerously.
The fire started in the upper rooms
from the explosion of a coal oil lamp and
spread rapidly. The roomers could not
reach the stairway and Jumped from
the windows. Among the Injured are
Mrs. J. L. Painter, of Weed; Charles
tialkreath. Southern Pacific agent; Mrs.
Wright, proprietress of the hotel.
Miss Saxle had Intended to leave the
train at Shasta Springs to meet friends,
but the conductor, learning that she In
tended to climb Mount Shasta, told her
Slsson was the place to stop. When the
tire broke out she attempted to escape
from the front porch, but turned back
into the house. Her body was found In
the debris where the charred remains of
her bed lay. Evidently she ran back to
her room and fell in a faint on the bed.
The financial loss is $30,000.
MURDER CASE SPITE WORK
Margaret Magill Defends Her Ac-
cused Father and Stepmother.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 19. Margaret
Magill, daughter of Fred H. Magill. of
Clinton, 111.,.- has made an explicit
statement In regard to the arrest of
her father and stepmother on the
charge of murdering the first Mrs.
Magill. Miss Magill says the prosecu
tion is all spite work on the part of
an aunt who has always,., hated the
first Mrs. Magill. Miss Magill says
she and Fay Graham (second Mrs.
Magllt) had always been chums and
that Fay Graham and Margaret's
mother were the beat of friends. Miss
Magill positively identified the letters
purporting to have been written by
her mother as being In her moth
er's handwriting.
It is learned that Miss Magill has
been kept apart from her father by
States Attorney -Miller of Illinois, al
though he has frequently expressed
a wish to see her since his arrest.
TORNADO HITS ST. JOSEPH
Man and Family Have Narrow Es
cape From Terrible Death.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 19. A tornado
and tremendous rain did heavy damage
in St Joseph and vicinity last .night
Houses were wrecked, street railway
tracks torn out and cellars flooded. The
family of Daniel Rlordan, one mile east
of the city, had a miraculous escape
from death. The residence, two stories
ln-neight. was torn from the foundatian
and completely demolished. Rlordan,
his wife and three children had taken
refuge in the basement. They were
buried in the debris, but the wind lifted
the house bodily from the foundation
and none of the heavy timbers fell on
them.
Scores of houses were washed from
their foundation in the city by rain,
which amounted to a cloudburst. Many
houses were struck by lightning, but
no one was killed.
GUILTY -OF LAND FRAUD
Millionaire and Others Caught In
Wyoming Coal Deal.
CHBTENXE, Wyo July 19. In the
United States District Court today F. M.
Holbroolc, a millionaire; B. E. Lonabaugh,
a prominent attorney, and Robert McPhil
lamey, a well-known business man of
Sheridan, were found guilty of conspiracy
to defraud the United States Government
of coal lands in Sheridan County.
The maximum penalty on each of two
counts on which the men were tried Is
two veans In the penitentiary and a fine
of $10,000.
Judge Riner announced that he would
Impose sentence In a few days.
WILL DISPEL WAR CLOUDS
Ishli Starts to Investigate America's
Treatmen of Japanese.
TOKIO. July 20. Noon.-?M. Ishli, di
rector of the commercial - bureau of the
Foreign Office, will start today ' for
America to Investigate the treatment of
Japanese and the labor question.
It is -reported that should the corre
spondence which Is exchanged between
Washington and Toklo on the San Fran
cisco incident be published Japan's Indig
nation would be Increased. The report,
however, is authoritatively discredited.
It is expected that M. Ishll's visit will
serve to dispel the last cloud of doubt
in the friendly relations of both nations.
DUE TO FLAREBACK
Naval Board Learns Cause of
Georgia Explosion. .
WIND BLEW THROUGH GUN
RAISULI PENSHIS VICTIM
MacLean's Tent Is Surrounded by a
Deep Ditch.
TANGIER, Morocco, July 19. The report
brought here by couriers that Kald Sir
Henry MacLean has succeeded In. escap
ing from the hands of the bandit Raiauli,
now appears untrue.
The latest letter received from the Kald
Is dated July 13. It says among other
things that a deep ditch has been dug
around the tent. In order to prevent his
escape.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Meyers.
SALEM, Or., July 19. Mrs. Ellen Eliza
beth Meyers, wife of Joseph Meyers, se
nior member of the old established mer
cantile firm of Joseph Meyers & Sons, of
this city, died at the family home at 11
o'clock last evening of chronic nephritis,
aged S9 years. Mrs. Meyers was a native
of Newport, Nova Scotia. She was mar
ried to Mr. Meyers In Linn's Valley, Cal.,
In December, 1S66, and has been a resi
dent of Salem since 1SS6. Six sons and
three sisters survive her, besides her hus
band, namely: Henry V., Milton L.,
Charles E., Arthur W., George H and J.
Donald Meyers, all residents of Salem and
members of the firm mentioned. The sis
ters are Mrs. -Carrie Hill, Bakersfleld,
Cal.; Mrs. Lena Maddox. Linn's Valley.
Cal., and Mrs. Robert Maddox, of Pannon
Bianco, Mexico.
C. J. White, Kansas City.
KANSAS CITT, July 18. Churchill J
White, a pioneer banker, of this city,
died at his home here st an early hour
today, aged 82 years. He was president
of the National Bank of Commerce, the
leading financial concern of tijis city, for
IS years, having retired from that posi
tion 12 years ago. He had large property
Interests here."
All Biased Against Chinese.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 19. Ef
forts to obtain a Jury to try Dr. G. S.
Chan, the Chinese physician, accused
by the State Board of Medical Exami
ners of practicing medicine without a
license, has been discontinued until
next Monday, when 80 additional tales
men have been summoned to appear.
Up to date 84t) talesmen have been
summoned, and but five have qualified,
the remainder being excused for actual
.bias upon answering that they would
not give credibility to the testimony of
a Chinese as they would that of a white
man. Dr. Chan is of the higher class
Chinese physicians, being a university
graduate and of much exterior, culture
and refinement. His trial has attracted
large attention, many white persona
appearing among the spectators.
Rescue Famishing Men.
SAN DIEGO, - July 19. The power
boat America, Just arrived here from
the south, reports the rescue of two
famishing men on a rock off the coast
of Lower California, 800 miles south of
here, and the death of their com
panion. The latter, who was named
Lugo, went from here in a sloop with
two companions, Johnson and Macha
doon, on a seal-fishing trip. Lugo
landed Johnson and Machadoon on the
rock and then started back to the sloop
in a skiff for supplies. The skiff cap
sized. Lugo was drowned. The other
two men nearly died of hunger .and
thirst before the America picked them
up. .
His Generosity Widely Felt.
HELENA, Mont., July 19. The will of
Peter Larson, filed today, bequeaths the'1
bulk of his estate to his wife and daugh
ter. To a brother, Louis Larson, of
Dwlght, 111., is given $30,000; Andrew Lar
son, of Spokane, gets $25,000, and Hans
Larson, who lives In the old country,
gets a like amount. Each of the churches
in Helena is bequeathed $1000, and these
with bequests to charitable and educa
tional institutions, make a total of $100.
000 given to these objects. The executors
of the estate sre Mrs. Larson, A. L
Smith and Dr. William Treacy, of this
city. They each receive $5009 for their
services.
Haste to Reload and Make Record
Cost Jackles Their Lives Pre
' cautions Since Missouri Dis
aster Full for Once
WASHINGTON, July 19. By elimina
tion, the Naval Board, which has been
investigating the accident whereby the
men in the turret of the battleship Geor
gia lost their lives, has arrived at the
conclusion that a "delayed flareback"
caused the catastrophe. In one sense the
verdict Is received with a distinct sense
of relief by naval officers, because it
showed that they had no new element of
danger to contend with. They had ex
perienced "flarebacks" before and thought
that they knew how to deal with them.
A delayed flareback is caused by clos
ing off too soon the blast of -compressed
air which is supposed to expel from the
bore of the gun the unburnt gases and
fragments of smouldering powder-covering
which might be left from the last
discharge. After the terrible accident in
the Missouri's turret three years ago. re
sulting in the loss of over 30 lives, the
Ordnance Bureau caused to be fitted to
the breech of each of the great guns an
air-blast apparatus calculated to expel by
compressed air any gas or cloth that
might remain In the bore of the gun.
So far, this has worked well and there
have been no flarebacks since the device
was Installed.
In the case of the Georgia's eight-Inch
guns, what happened was this: The
breech of the gun was thrown open by
the air-blast, turned In at a pressure of
100 pounds to the square inch. This is
sufficient for all ordinary purposes, with
the important qualification that It should
be continued long enough to drive the last
remnant of gas or cloth 'from the bore.
In this case pieces of smouldering cloth
were driven probably more than half way
to the muzzle of the gun, when the air
blast was turned off. The Georgia was
steaming at 10 knots into the wind, which
blew into the muzzle of the gun. The
unexpelled gases or cloth were driven
back by the breeze into the breech of the
gun and out upon the powder charge,
which was Just about to be inserted.
The explosion which followed was inevi
table. ,
This accident, therefore, will without
doubt be set down to the ambition of
the gunners to make a record.
The conclusions of the board are sum
marized under five different prargraphs
as follows:
A The charge was not igrnited by a blown
electrical fue or a short circuit, nor by an
electric epark from any electrical device in the
turret.
B The charg-e was not lg-nttedby a spark
or cinder falling- into the turret from outside.
C The charge was not Ignited by a percus-
sional or frlctlonal spark.
D The charge was not Isnlted a a result
any condition due t3 deterioration of the
powder. (
Paragraph B gives the conclusion that
the charge was Ignited by a delayed flare
back. A full report by mall Is expected by the
Navy Department In a day or two.
Tenth Death From Explosion.
BOSTON, July 19. Midshipman James
F. Cruse, of the battleship Georgia, died
today at the Naval Hospital in Chelsea.
He is the tenth man to die as a result
of the powder explosion in the after tur
ret practice In Cape Cod Bay last Monday.
COREANS SHOOT JAPANESE
(Continued from First-Page.) '
terference with the government by the
Emperor. Suggestions are made that
there Is necessity of clearly defining the
position of the retired Emperor, In order
to prevent even an indirect meddling with
the administration.
It is also pointed out that, anyhow, the
change of government was caused by the
initiation of the Corean government, in
which Japan- had no concern whatever,
and that it cannot bo considered a final
solution of The Hague Incident. It is ex
pected that Foreign Minister Hayashl will
effect an agreement With the Corean gov
ernment regarding that question.
Telegrams from Seoul dated midnight
last night say that a general calm pre
vails. The troops have been called out
and a battallon,is guarding the palace.
Germany alone eende to London annually
20.000.000 feathers of birds for millinery
purposes.
HANDS OVER REINS TO HIS SON
Emperor's Edict of Abdication Com
municated to World.
SEOUL, July 19. The abdication of the
Emperor is his first communication to
the .world since the repudiation of the
convention of 1905. A translation of the
text of the edict follows:
I have been. In succession to my . ancestor,
on the throne 44 years, and have met many
disturbances. I have not reached my own
desire. While Ministers are frequently Im
proper men and progress is not controlled
by men, the times are contrary to natural
events. A crisis extremely urgent la the
life of the people has arisen, and the prog
ress of the state is more than before Im
periled. I fear a danger Ilk that that befalls a
person crossing the ice. Fortunately, we
have a son endowed by nature with virtue,
brilliant and well worthy of being charged
with plans for the development f the gov
ernment, to whom we transfer our inheri
tance sanctioned by the custom of ancient
times.
Therefore be It known that, as soon as It
is proper to be done, we will hand the af
fairs of state over to the Crown Prince as
our representative.
Court usage Is said to make the meaning
of the above an actual abdication.
' While Insufficient time has elapsed to
show the effect of the Emperor's action
on the situation, advisory opinion at the
Japanese residency general regards the
abdication as taking away tha force of
Japan's intended blow.
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EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE LIKELY
Coreans in Terror for Safety of De
posed Emperor.
SEOUL, VIA TOKIO, July 18. (De
layed In Transmission.) The throne
tottering with 44 years of misrule
toppled tonight. . Upon his arrlvel
Viscount Hayashl. the Foreign Minis
ter of Japan, --was greeted by 15,000
Japanese who were expecting the an
nexation of Corea.
The peril of the Emperor began to
be- realized yesterday morning among
the Coreans.. The police were doubled
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in the palace at night-fall on the
rumor that the dead Hague Deputy had
committed aulclde. which created the
apprehension that an epidemic or
suicide had broken out in eympathy
with the Emperor.
Members of the Progressive party
from Japan and others ojjposlng Marquis-
Ito's policy of leniency preced
ing the arrival of Foreign Minister
Hayashl are now holding meetings.
VUcount .Hayashl. it is believed, has
two missions to fulfill- The first Is to
assist Marquis Ito to execute the Jap
anese government's programme in the
palace, the second to consult with him
on the - Manchurian and American
questions.
NOT A FRIKND AMONG NATIONS
Emperor's Last Hope Vanished
When America Deserted Him.
LONDON, July 19 The , Emperor of
Corea Is without friend among the
eovernment of Europe sufficiently inter
ested In the status of the ancient Corean
empire to interpose a word In his behalf.
His Majesty had alwaye been friendly
with Russia, and the outcome of the
Russo-Japanese war was a great blow
to hlnr He then looked to the United
States for support.
When Edwin V. Morgan, who was
American Minister to Corea from June
26 until November S, 1905, when the lega
tion was abolished, refused the request
of the Emperor that he take refuge at
the legation at the time the Japanese
were pressing the Emperor to sign a
treaty giving Japan control of the for
eign affairs of Corea, the Emperor of
Corea was greatly disappointed and the
final removel of the American legation
was a great blow and disappointment to
him. Almost all foreigners who knew
the Emperor considered him a well
meaning but weak man, and hlg son, the
present Crown Prince, Is not regarded
os an improvement on his father.
MOB IS DRIVEN FROM PALACE
Angry Coreans In Seoul Ito Refused
to Help Emperor.
SEOUL,, July 19. A crowd of 5000 Co
reans has been beaten back from the
palace gates. During the audience with
the Cabinet last night, when the Em
peror acquiesced in the demand for ab
dication, a number of students attempted
to present a petition to the Emperor,
but the police . prevented them
from . doing so. driving them back
east of the palace, where they
remained all night, making speeches. At
midnight Chief of Police Maruyama dis
tributed carbines to the palace police.
The crowd continued to increase, but re
mained orderly.
Some shops are closed because of the
sympathy of their proprietors with tha
Emperor, and the streets around the pal
ace are filled with people. The Japanese
papers have published some sensational
rumors, but thre Is no indication of a
revolt- The Corean Official Gazette Is now
circulating on the street the first official
announcement of the abdication, which
was signed by tha Emperor and seven
Ministers In favor of the Crown Prince.
At the Japanese residency. Marquis Ito
and Viscount Hayashl, In an answer to
an inquiry of the correspondent of the
Associated ' Press regarding the effect of
the Emperor's action, its importance -in
effecting a settlement of the whole Jap-anese-Corean
situation, and whether or
not it was in accordance with the plans
of Japan, said they were not prepared at
present to make a statement .
Marquis Ito, however, desired It to be
emphatically stated that both before, and
during his audience yesterday, when tha
Emperor altol Cabinet were weighing the
question of abdication, he refused any
participation. The Emperor repeated his
declaration that he was not responsible
for the sending of tbe Corean delegation
-to The Hague, and asked Marquis Ito's
opinion of the Cabinet's action regarding
his abdication. Marquis Ito replied that
the matter wholly concerned the Emperor
of Corea and not himself as the repre
sentative of the Empire of Japan. Fur
thermore, Marquis Ito declares tha Cab
inet's whole course of action was based
On- its own initiative.
Phone Meeting Continued.
SALT LAKE CIT. July 19. After
three sessions today, the representa
tives of tha telephone companies and
the striking linemen continued their
conference until tomorrow. Negotia
tions looking toward a settlement are
running smoothly, but the work so far
has chiefly been preliminary.
OPERATORS GAIN POINT
(Continued from First Page.)
considering the situation, to grant the
strikers their just deserts.
"The concession on the part of the
representatives of the Western Union
officials amounts to a recognition of
our union and that is one of the prin
cipal things for which we have' been
contending," said a local operator last
night. "We are no afraid to submit
our case to the judgment of any board
of arbitration that may be named."
Swift I Defeated.
KANSAS CITY, July 19.-Protesting
against his own election and demanding
the re-election of J. C. Swift, of Kansas
City, Thomas B. McPherson, of Omaha,
was elected president of the National
Livestock Exchange today, as the culmi
nation of a campaign which was waged
against Mr. Swift's re-election, as the
outgrowth of. the late contest between the
livestock men and the packers over the
postmortem examination rule.