VOL. XLiVI NO. 14,706.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FORCED OUT OF
RACE BY HALL
Brownell Tells Why He
Gave Way.
FULTON ALSO IN THE DEAL
Cave Up District Attorney
Contest to Get Protection.
GETS IMMUNITY PROMISE
Dethroned Boss of Clackamas Coun
ty Tells How He Was Induced to
Indorse Hall Because of Veiled
Threats of Indictment.
Senator Pulton yesterday was unfav
orably connected with the Hall-Mays
conspiracy case, by the testimony of
George C. Brownell, ex-presldent of the
Oregon Stato Senate and for years a
prominent .Republican of the State.
Brownel! testified that he was forced to
withdraw from the contest for appoint
ment as United States Attorney for Ore-'
(ton In 1903 because of the insinuations of
Hall that the Government was In posses
sion of evidence on which Brownell's In
dictment for complicity In the Oregon
land frauds was probable. The de
throned boss of Clackamas County poll-tli-s
further ttstiflod that In return for
the Indorsement of Hall for reappoint
ment, which he was forced to make.
Senators Mitchell and Fulton exacted
from Hall a promise of immunity from
prosecutli for Brownell and the latter's
former law partner, 'J. U. Campbell, also
of Clackamas County.
The purpose of Brownell's -testimony,
which was admitted over the vigorous
objection of counsel for the defendants,
was to corroborate the charge of con
piracy alleged against Hall In the In
dictment in ihat Hall controlled Stelwer'a
vote for Senator In return for his failure
to prosecute Stclwer and his associates
for Inclosing Government' land, fey -showing
that Hall used his office as District
Attorney to Intimidate others and to
force them to indorse and support him
for reappointment. This contention by
Heney has been supported by the tes
timony of Stelwer and Hendricks in the
Butte Creek Company's operations and
by that of Brownell yesterday, and
Heney proposes by the Introduction of
other witnesses today to show that Hall,
together with the connivance of Pulton,
prostituted his office as District Attorney
by protecting violators of the law In two
other specific Instances.'
Forced to Indorse Hall.
Brownell testified that at the 1903 ses
sion of the Legislature he received the
promtee of Senators Mitchell and Pulton
that he would be appointed United States
Attorney to succeed Hall on July 1. 1903.
But after Stelwer voted for Pulton for
Senator at that session;' Brownell as
serted that he was satisfied that neither
Pulton nor Mitchell nor Hall, who had
apparently consented to Brownell's ap
pointment, believed he (Brownell) was
ver to be appointed to the office. In
fluenced by the repeated Insinuations of
Hall regarding the evidence Inspector
Greene professed to have against Brown
ell, and the suggestions of Hall that the
best thing for him (Brownell) to do was
to withdraw from the contest for Dis
trict Attorney and run for Congressman
or some other office, Brownell said he
retired and inftorsed Hall for reappoint
ment. In connection with Brownell's
testimony the famous Mitchell-Pulton
letter, dated January 18, 1904, in which
Brownell and his law partner, Camp
bell, were promised Immunity from pros
ecution, was introduced by the Govern
ment. There was also introduced the pro
posed affidavit prepared by Hall In Janu
ary, 1905. and submitted to Brownell for
his signature. Brownell did not sign the
affidavit which exonerated Hall from all
charges of Intimidation and threats of
Indicting Brownell. It was proposed by
Hall to present the affidavit, together
with other testimonials In his behalf, to
the President to efTect his reinstatement
to the office from which he had been re
moved on December 31, 1904, on the per
sonal recommendation of Heney. The
letter from Brownell to Senator MJtchell,
written October 2S, lf3, was also offered
in evidence by Heney, but was-, not ad
mitted by Judge Hunt, who held that It
related to a correspondence between two
parties, neither of whom was a party
to the case on trial, and for that reason
was irrelevant. He suggested, however,
that the letter might be offered In rebut
tal If a foundation was established.
YV. W. Stclwcr's Testimony.
W. W. Steiwer, president of the Butte
Creek Company, completed his direct tea
timony yesterday and will be cross-ex
milled this morning. He testified that
Iiis understanding with Hall was of
such a favorable character that his com
manv failed to remove the unlawful
fences It was maintaining after he had
the Interview with Hall. But In the pre
liminary questions on cross-examination,
Just before noon and before the witness
made way for Brownell at the afternoon
session. Steiwer admitted that he did not
think Hall had Influenced his vote for
Senator. . .
Heney said last night that the Govern
ment would not be able to conclude Its
case today, as was expected. The last
witness for the prosecution will not be
called before late Monday. Judge Web
ster, (or Hall, yesterday said that he did
not think it would take the defense more
than one day to present Its testimony. In
that event the final arguments can be
concluded and the case sent to the Jury
on Wednesday or Thursday.
While on the stand yesterday Brownell
made the sensational declaration that his
signatures had been forged to the field
notes and applications for survey on
which- Greene had threatened him with
indictment. Brownell report that he has
in his possession a signed confession from
Henry Meldrum, who is now serving a
sentence at McNeil's Island for the part
he played In making fraudulent surveys
of public land. Meldrum In this confes
sion admits having forged Brownell's
signature to the records claimed by
Greene to be irregular.
Brownell Tells His Story.
Mr. Brownell had left a sickroom,
where he had been confined for three
weeks, In-order to testify in the case.
George c. Brownell, Who Testified
Yesterday Against John H. Hall.
He entered the 'courtroom accompanied
by' 'Mrs. Brownell, and with unsteady
step and supported by a cane, he walked
to the witness stand. In answer to the
usual preliminary questions, he said that
he was 60 years old, came to Oregon in
1891 and served as State Senator for
about 15 years from Clackamas County.
He said he was President of the Senate
at the 1903 session, by which Senator
Pulton was elected, and that he sup
ported Fulton. Brownell also testified
that ' he had ' known Hall ' for a 'number
of years.
'Did you receive a promise from Pul
ton in relation to the United States . At
torney's office?" Inquired Heney.
To this ' question Judge Webster ob
jected, for the reason - that the Inforu'tt
tlon sought . to be gained was entirely
unrelated to the case on trial and could
not have the slightest connection with
the conspiracy charged in the indict
ment. "The most that is ' claimed for
It," said Judge Websterr "is to prove
that Hall, in order to retain the District
Attorney's office, took some action to get
Brownell - out of the way and to keep
him out of tfte way."
Heney replied by saying that he pro
posed to show by the witness another in
dependent, similar act on the part of
Hall, Inspired by the same motive and
object charged In the conspiracy in the
flndlctment, that of retaining the office
of District Attorney. Judge Hunt held
that the testimony was relevant and the
examination proceeded.
"Tes, sir," responded the witness to the
question. "I was told that I could have
the place If I wanted It. During the
session of 1903, Hall came to Salem and
there was a conversation between Hall,
myself and Pulton In which It was
agreed that I should take the office on
July 1. 1903, when Hall's term expired."
Suspected a Hoodoo. -
Following the adjournment of the 1903
session, however, Brownell testified that
he had several talks with Hall, relating
to the united States Attorney's office,
"While I had the secret promise of Sena
tor Mitchell that he w6uld support me
for the office, still I was suspicious and
did not think it was really intended that
I should get the place," followed the wit
ness. "I believed some one was trying
to hoodoo me in connection with the Dis
trict Attorneyship. In one of these
visits with Hall, he showed me some
field notes I was charged with acknowl
edging Improperly In connection with
some surveys. At that time he told me
that Inspector Greene was going to make
some report and was apt to make some
trouble for me.
"At that; time Hall, waited until his
deputy, W. W. Banks, had left the of
fice, and then he took the field notes out
of the safe and showed me where I had
apparently certified to the papers as no
tary public.
"But those signatures are a forgery,"
shouted Brownell, "for I never signed
them. As to the genuineness of the sig
natures, I am willing to submit It to
any bank cashier In the City of Portland.
I have In my possession a written con
fession from the man who did forge my
signature.
Hall Shows Field Notes.
"At the time I talked with Hall and he
showed me the field notes, I thcught the
signature was mine, for I had signed a
great many such papers. I first discov
ered that I had not signed the papers ex
hibited by Hall, when H. I. Patterson
called my attention to the forgeries some
time In 1904 or the latter part of 1903, at
any rate, subsequent to the date of my
indictment.
"I can't teH in detail what was dis
cussed between Hall and me at that time.
Hall was a politician and so was I and
you know what happens when two noli-
ticlans get together. But Hall did state
in substance this: He said Inspector
ureene was after me. that Greene had
run across the apparently genuine field
note -signatures in the Surveyor-General's
office and had asked Hall to bring the
matter up for investigation before a
grand Jury. Hall said that he was trying
to stave that investigation off. When
the subject of United States Attorney
was Dcmg oiscusseo ne satd . there was
no use for me trying to get the place,
for If an investigation should be made
of the complaint of Greene, whether or
not an indictment should be returned
against me. I could not make It. He ad
vised that I get out of the tight for Dis
trict Attorney and stay out and run for
Congress or some other thing hanging
around that I could get easily.'"
After Judge Hunt had overruled the
objection of the defense to the question
from Heney if Senator Mitchell was in
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ILL STREET HAS
FOUND A
Admits Defeat by Out
raged Nation.
REFORM HAS BEGUN WITHIN
Chastened by Public Opinion,
Led by Roosevelt. .
MORGAN IS NOW SUPREME
Tamed by Discipline, It Is Now
Humble and Recognizes Stealing
Does Not Pay Only a Few
Irreconcllables Fight.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24. (Special.) In a New
York dispatch to the Record-Herald Wal
ter Wellman says in part:
Wall street Is whipped. It ts humble.
It realizes, at last that it has a mister
in the American people. It has felt the
chastening hand of public opinion
throughout the United States, led by
President Roosevelt. It feels, too, even
more keenly, a sense of shame and re
morse for its own vicious methi!s and
evil policies. It has learned humility in
the bitter school of experience.
There has been a great revolution in
Wall street a revolution as deep, as far
reaching, as the upheaval in France more
than a century ago. There has been puri
fication by deserved destruction. Many
proud heads have gone to the guillotine.
Others are in exile. Many men, sup
posed .to have been strong and brave,
have been shown to be small in body and
soul.
Morgan Towera Supreme.
A few really big , men- have grown
bigger. One figure remains towering su
preme. It Is that of John Plerpont Mor
gan. He Is in an orbit by himself, a
planet of the 'first magnitude'. By ' his
side are two notable satellites, James H.
Stillman and George F. Baker. These
thr. survive.-osmaplcuous - far the nrtmv
ment after the cataclysm. There are
none others worthy to be mentioned with
them only a host of little twinkling stars,
most of them smaller and paler than be
fore. ' Wall street has been destroyed as a
great force in the affairs of the Nation.
It exists, subdued, changed, softened. It
Is now a mere mart. It Is no longer the
leviathan, no longer the power, which,
In theory at least, in tradition, in the
minds and fears of men, dominated the
country.
The panic disrupted Wall street,
changed it for the better, . weakened It,
Rival Candidates Know
Waated..
MASTER
King Carlos Receives aa Erstwhile . The First Trip Over the New Line. ;.
Visitor of.Csar Nicholas. . ' T
to some extent - reformed It .The panic
and the condemnation of public opinion
and the policies of President Roosevelt,
supported by. the great majority ' of the
American people of all political parties,
have combined to produce a moral awak
ening in Wall street, the realization that
defiance of public opinion and the moral
sense of the people does not pay; that
hlgh-handcd recklessness and winking at
thievery and condoning of fraud is bad
business. .
From without and within haa come the
double pressure which has caused Wall
street to pause, take moral stock of it
self and be-appalled at - the Inventory.
It has found Itself a diseased body, and
it is In the hospital. Gone is the old
arrogance, the old . feeling that Wall
street ruled America and could do what
it likes. Now there is the cry, ."enough."
In the past. Wall street has been defiant
of public opinion. Now it fears public
opinion. The ferocious beast we used to
know, truculent toward all the remainder
of the country, from its lair within the
DR. EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR.
. CAN FRANCISCO, Jan.. 24: An
nouncement was made today of the
engagement of Dr. Edward Robeson
Taylor. Mayor of San Francisco, and
Miss Eunice Jeff era of this city. The
marriage will- take place- In Fht .
ruary.
shadow of Trinity a spire. Is now tame
enough to eat out of your .hand. i
Few Still Fight Roosevelt. '
It is a conquest" which bodes good to
the Nation, and, in the end, to - Wall
street itself. It is & conquest made by
the American people, which means sim
ply. In the last analysis, that, no one in
this country is rich or powerful enough
to defy the law and escape punishment.
It is not in human nature to love the
hand that chasteneth. In ffnanclal'New
York there are sttll -liundreds who give
fierce vent to their hot hatred of Roose
velt and all who stand with him. . There
are unregenerates like Harriman, who
hate the President witn such an intense,
bilious hatred that their judgment is
warped, who refuse to acknowledge that
they have been overcome by the country,
and who wish to go on fighting.. But the
men of 'real power and leadership are
accepting the inevitable situation.
Job for a Portland Man.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington,-
Jan. 24. Joseph P. Galbralth,
of Portland, has been appointed Immi
gration Inspector at Blaine. Wash.
,vt fM
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LEAVES FROM HARRY MURPHY'S
They Are Not
i
NEWYORKD
EGNG
OUT OF THE S
Great Storm Is- Boon
to Unemployed..
ONE FOOT OF THE BEAUTIFUL
Four Men in Metropolis Die of
Cold or Exhaustion.
CAR SERVICE PARALYZED
Public Service Commission Watch
ful of Stsuggle Steamer Driven
Ashore and Jersey Coast Towns
Flooded by : the Ocean.
.''"
NEW YORK, Jan. 24. New- York to
night Is digging itself out of a foot of
snow so unevenly divided that while
exposed and unfrequented spots like
Coney Island have been blown bare,
the thoroughfares of the millions are
left piled 'high with drifts that Impede
the progress of man and beast and In
the open districts have tied up street
cars and, vehicles. Mercifully, the snow
was accompanied by moderate tempera
ture and in Its early stages was wel
comed by the honest part of the 35,000
unemployed men in the city. All who
sought employment from last mid
night found It readily and at good
wages. The street cleaning department
required 10,000 shovelers, the traction
companies as many more, and thous
ands of others earned many dollars
from householders by shoveling off
walks.
Probably the sharpest distress was
experienced by several thousand gen
uine tramps who, having ridden into
the town on the hardtlmes "wave and
since enjoyed the city's bounty, awoke
today Jlo find themselves confronted
with an unmistakable opportunity to
work. Some rose to the occasion, and
others shifted their lodgings. ... .
Charity Supply Exhausted.
Tonight the charity societies had
their hands full.' The Bowery brea1
lines were extended tonight for blocks
further than at any previous time this
.Winter, and at an early hour U was
said that the supply of food would not
nearly meet the need. The free lodging-houses
were packed tonight and
the Salvation Army and kindred or
ganlzatlons were working heroically
to minimize the effect of the sudden
shift from. Spring to freezing weather.
During the day the thermometer reg
istered from 26 to 23 above zero, fol-
NOTEBOOK
NOW
Senator Bonnie's Stool la t'se Aaala.
lowed by a gradual decline toward
midnight.
A number of accidents and four fa
talities were credited to the storm's
account. One man was frozen to death
near an East Twenty-third-street
lodging-house from which he had been
ejected. A Grand-street merchant suc
cumbed to heart disease after battling
with the snow and wind. In Woodlawn
Cemetery a special policeman died
while digging a grave. A Civil War
veteran was another victim of heart
disease caused by eposure.
.Watching Transit System.
The storm gave the new Public
Service .Commission its first oppor
tunity to witness the transportation
companies' struggle with the elements.
The watchers posted at various points
made notes and the Commission en
tertained complaints and made sug
gestions. Except for the subway. In which
there was only one brief delay, and
; 4
M. Delcaase, ex-Minlster of Foreign
Affairs for France, Who Hade a
Speech, on Moroccan Affair Yester
day. the elevated roads, where the trains
with one exception ran regularly,
though under slow speed, transporta
tion facilities of the city and the sub
urbs were 'well nigh demoralized
throughout the day. Surface cars were
paralyzed, in all the boroughs.
Along the coast the storm whipped
the waters into a- dangerous fury.
Sound steamers took refuge in harbors
to avoid the fate of the John M. Starin,
which went -ashore during the storm,
and shipping has been seriously inter
fered with. The schedule of liners has
been disarranged.
Several Steamers Delayed.
The steamer Graf Waldersee, which
reached the Hook -last night,' was still
at anchor this forenoon, also. the. Adri
atic, from Southampton, and the Presi
dent Lincoln, from Hamburg. Other
steamers due today include the Fried
rich der Grosse, from Genoa, and th3
Astoria, from Glasgow.
Retail coal dealers have advanced the
price of domestic sizes of coal 50 cents
the ton, this increase In price to remain
in force ' until traffic conmtions become
normal - again. It was announced that
the increase was made to cover the addi
tional cost.of delivery.
JERSEY TOWNS ARE SWAMPED
Seabright Becomes a Venic Train
Repelled by Waves.
ASBURT PARK. N. J Jan. 24. Much
property was damaged along the Jersey
coast from Long Branch north to the
Highlands by the storm today. The seas
broke over the bulkheads which protect
the narrow strip of land lying between
the ocean and the Bhrewsbury river,
flooding the streets of Seabright so that
it resembled ' a miniature Venice, and
caused general damage to cottages, piers,
pavilions and roadways.
Mayor Packer, of Seabright, dhected
the occupants of many homes to leave
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 64
degrees; minimum, 37 degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy and threatening; winds
mostly southerly.
Forelgrn.
Leader of Portuguese rebel escapee from
prison. Page A.
Iteleasse makes speech 'on French policy In
Morocco. Page 4.
French diamond-maker alleged to h a
fraud. Page 3.
Nat tonal.
Shackelford of Missouri bitterly assails
Cannon. Page 2.
Hitchcock of Nebraska booma Bryan In
House. Page 2.
politics.
Wellman aya Wall street Is humble and
admits defeat , by Rooaevelt. Page l.
Domestic,'
Fir does $1,000,000 damage at Portland.
Me., and destroys .valuable records,,
Page 2,
Orchard writes to friend saying he la glad
he confessed. Page 3.
Thaw trial delayed because storm prevents
witnesses' arrival. Page 5.
Great storm blocks New York traffic, causes
four deaths and flood new jersey coast
towns. Pag-1. 1
Nordstrom. Astoria bank swindler, cap
tured tn Florida. Page 6.
lAbor Federation violate boycott injunc
tion. Page 3.
Walker, the bank-wrecker, will light extra
dition. Page 2.
Nevada legislator dictate terms for passage
of police bin. I'age &
Sport. '
Sheppard, amateur foot racer, causes riot
by foul play at Philadelphia. Pag 0.
Pacific Coast.
Coqullle farmer- sets fire to brother's house
and armed with gun defies arrest. Page 6
Politics warming up tn Baker County. Page 6
Woodburn marshal shoots man who forcibly
resists arrest. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Clever detective work . foils Black Hand
plot. Page 1.
Secret political history of Oregon revealed
by evidence in Hall cam. Pag-- 1.
Adjutant-Oenerat Flhzer returns from con
ference at -Washington. T. C. Page 16.
Commercial and Marine,
Active buying of tin for cannery purposes.
Page 17-
Stocks dull and unsupported. Page 17.
Corn bulge helps wheat prices at Chicago.
Page 17. -Oeneral
trade reports -r mixed. Page 17.
Steamer F. 3. lxop reaches Portland on
. her maiden voyage. Pag 16.
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THREATEN DEATH
TO EXTORT MONEY
Plot Against Wealthy '
Women Foiled.
BACKHAND'S METHODS USED
Mrs. Rachel Hawthorne Se
lected as Victim.
CONSPIRATORS ARE CAUGHT
Shrewd Plan for Capture Laid by
Detective 1. J. Malier Kill raps
Herman Haffner, a Swiss, and
Leo Honsig, an Austrian.
As a result of one of the cleverest
pieces of detective worn ever done in
Portland, a daring plot to extort money
from Mrs. Rachel Hawthorn?, a wealthy
resident of the East Side, was frustrated
yesterday afternoon and the conspirators
lodged In the City Jail to await trlaL
.One of them has made a. full confession
of his guilt and the other admits a pas
sive knowledge of what was being at
tempted. P. J. . Maher, detective of the
District Attorney's office, worked up th
case against the conspirators and made
the arrests.
The men in jail arc Herman Haffner,
avyoung Swiss, who says he i3 only
years of age, and 1-eo Honnig. an Aus
trian, 28 years of age. Haffner was ar
rested at 3 o'clock In the afternoon at
the Arlon dance hall, at the corner of
Oak and Second streets wmle he was
in the very act of telephoning to his in
tended victim, whose life he tureatened,
unless he received a payment of $TiOO.
After Haffner was taken to the dis
trict Attorney's office and forced to con
fess,. Detective Maher also effected the
capture of Honsig, whom Haffner im
plicated as his accomplice.
Letters Will Bo la Evidence
Two letters signed with skull and cross
bones are now In the hands of the police
as evidence against the men.
Mrs. Hawthorne, who is the widow of
the late Dr. J. C. Hawthorne, who died
leaving a -valuable estate, was sent the
letter following last Tuesday:
Mr,. Hawthorne, Portland. Or. We take
th liberty to notify you that one of our
society will be at your house next Wednes
day evening (January 22) to gel the $500
we want you to pay. If you refuse to (ft) It
you and your family's lives will be in dan
ger. Now do as we tell you.
Get $500 in gold or paver money (no
silver) till next Wednesday evening and
give it to the ms?n we send you. That will
be all we want. Now choose
Of course It wouldn't be of any use to
notify the police, they can't save your lives
and it is not in their power to do anything
against us. Please don't forget.
Kept Her in Ignorance.
The handwriting on the envelope
was not familiar, and one of the mem
bers of the family, thinking it was a
communication relating, to business of
the estate, the letter was not given to
Mrs. Hawthorne, but was opencdby
one of the members of her " family.
When the import of it was seen,
George Black, attorney for the estate,
was told of it. Not dosiring to agitate
Mrs. Hawthorne, her family kept tha
knowledge of it from her.
Wednesday, however, Mrs. Haw
thorne was called to the telephone and
was asked if she had received "the
letter about the J500." The man at the
other end of the line - demanded to
know If she was going th comply with
the request. Being entirely ignorant
of it, she told the man that she had re
ceived no letter and knew nothing
about any sum of money due. The
man replied that another letter would
be sent her. and hung 'up the telephone
receiver. Believing that It might he
some business matter connected with
the estate, she communicated with Mr.'
Black.
House Well Guarded.
The nature of the letter was then
made known to Mrs. Hawthorne, who
became greatly frightened, and al
though there are two men servants in
the bouse, M. 6. Collins and his wife,
who Is Mrs. Hawthorne's . daughter,
came to the house, which is at 528 Bel
mont street, and spent the night on
Wednesday for additional protection in
case any attempt should be made on
Mrs. Hawthorne's life.
Mr. Black took up the. matter
Wednesday with the District Attor
ney's office, and 'secured the services
of Detective Maher. Plans were than
laid to. capture the bl&ekhand man If
further attempt was made to communi
cate with the Hawthorne residence.
Thursday the second letter was re
ceived, which is reproduced on this
page. After consulting with Mr. Black
and Mrs. Hawthorne, Detective Maher
arranged with the telephone company
that f another attempt should be mads
to call up the Hawthorne residence
this Information would be given him.
Mrs. Hawthorne was reftearsed In her
part and bravely carried it through.
Inasmuch as the man bad called her
up th day after the first letter was
received, it was thought that he would
jdo likewise after sending the second.
The detective's theory proved correct,
for yesterday, at about the same hour
as on Wednesday, the man called up
the Hawthopne home.
Detective Acts Quickly.
Detective Maher had .taken time by
the forelock and was waiting outside the
telephone exchange with an automobile.
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