Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 28, 1908, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1908. SDEPOSmON INTH E HARTJEGAS E Statement That Negro Now Denies Part of Evidence Against Millionaire. SERVANTS ALSO TESTIFY Defendants in Conspiracy Trial Ac cused of Aiding Coachman in Formulating Charges for Use In Divorce Suit. PITTSBURG. Feb. 27. The deposition of Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman, taken on behalf of Millionaire Auguste Hartje In support of his divorce petition against his -wife, in which the negro -states that during his employment with the Hartje family there had been Improper relations between himself and Mrs. Hartje, was read to the jury in the conspiracy case against Hartje; his friend, John T. "W'el- shons and Hooe late today. This was the flnst time the text of the deposition was made public. While it was taken for use In the divorce case, it was decided not to introduce it. The reading of the docu ment occupied nearly two hours. It is a disgusting recital which Hooe has since declared has no foundation in fact. Welshons, a prominent East End mer chant, is accused of having planned with Hooe for the making of the charges and in preparing several statements and the final deposition to aid Hartje in his di vorce suit, and Hartje Is accused of hav ings conspired with Welshons and Hooe for the use of this testimony. - Form Basis of Suit. These accusations form the basis of the case now on trial, the three having been Indicted for conspiracy and subornation of perjury. The prosecution, however, is being conducted by attorneys for Mrs. Hartje, the District Attorney and his as sistants not taking any part in the case, because the District Attorney and Mrs. Hartje are first cousins. Hx -Assistant District Attorney John S. Robb, who prosecuted Hooe on the per jury charge for which he is now doing time, and who is one of the attorneys for Mrs. Hartje. took the stand, today to tes tify to certain statements Hooe is alleged to have made to some regarding the charges against Mrs. Hartje and the cir cumstances under which they were made. The attorneys for the defense made ob jection to his testimony. The court ruled that he might testify but if he did eo he would be disqualified for angulng the case before the jury, whereupon he- withdrew from the stand. Charge Attempt to Intimidate. Charles H. Gillespie, a reporter, was called to the stand, but the defense ob jected to his testifying because he is under arrest in connection with the case. Gillespie is charged with contempt of jus tice upon complaint of Hartje, who ac cuses him of writing and publishing a story In advance of the present trial that was calculated to prejudice the cause of Hartje and defeat him in securing a fair and unbiased trial. Attorneys for the prosecution retorted: "Yes. you had this man arrested for the purpose of Intimidating him." Judge Macfarlane cut the controversy short by ruling out the testimony. The witnesses today were detectives and servants at the Hartje home, whose evidence was unimportant except in pav-, Ing the way for the introduction of the deposition and other documentary evidence. COMMITTEE IS PUT TO ROUT House Forces Ways and Means to Give Rooms to Speaker. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The all-powerful committee on ways and means of the House today was put to rout and by an overwhelming vote ordered out of the Capitol to the now House office building a block away. Various members of the committee, led by Payne and Dalzell. strenuously objected to the removal, but they had only a weak following, and their protests availed them nothing. The com mittee's present rooms are desired In or der that the Speaker may have more commodious quarters. The Army appropriation bill was dis cussed at length and tne provision for in creased pay of non-commissioned officers nd privates was finally stricken out. IJlley introduced a series of resolutions railing upon the Secretary of the Navy for information in his possession concern ing submarine boats. HAGUE TRKATIES SUBMITTED Senate Receives Kxhaustive Report of Peace Congress. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. President Roosevelt transmitted to the Senate, today 13 treaties and a declaration, the product of The Hague Peace Con ference. The treaties are accompanied by an exhaustive report of the doings of the American delegation at The Hague, written by Solicitor Scott of the State Department; also a letter of transmittal by Secretary Root. The declaration forbids the dropping of high explosives from balloons in times of war. . . Three of the treaties did not receive the approval of the American delegation to The" Hague. These were the convention relative to the status of merchant ships at the commencement of hostilities; rela tive to the conversion of ships into ships of war. and the convention defining the rights and duties of neutral powers in maritime war. The American delegation also withheld its approval of the explana tion agreed upon as to the reason for non-action by the convention on a com pulsory arbitration treatv. Referred to War Department. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. The New liimls Waterways Commission bill will he considered by a subcommittee of the committee on commerce composed of Senators Frye. Depew. Piles, Ncwlands and Clark, of Arkansas. An effort will be made to perfect the measure within the next few weeks and report it tp the Senate. In view of tho fact that if this blU be comes a law it will revolutionize river and harbor improvement work, it was decided today to refer the bill to the War Department for a report It appears likely that an amendment placing the execution of the work In the hands of the Engineer Corps of the Army will be adopted. Gillett Seeks Federal Aid. WASHINGTON.' Feb. 27. Governor Gillett, of California, today made a plea before the House committee on rivers and harbors for Federal assist ance in helping me state of California to improve the Sacramento, San Joa quin and Feather Rivers of that state. The committee has before It a bill in troduced by Mr. McKinley, of Califor nia, appropriating $400,000 for that purpose, provided the State of Califor nia appropriates a like amount. Governor Gillett assured the commit tee that when the Legislature meets he will send a message to that body rec ommending an appropriation of the de sired amount. ; It is proposed, he said, to use the $800,000, If it is obtained, on the Sac ramento River, not alone In deepening it, but in building docks that will pro tect it from overflow. Indian Land Bill Reported. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. The Sen ate committee on Indian affairs today ordered favorably reported an amend ment to the Indian bill appropriating $215,00 to buy lands in' Mexico for the Kickapoo Indians who left their reservation in Oklahoma many years ago because of the encroachment of white settlers. Relief Engine Wrecks Train. ELMORE. Mich., Feb. 27. A relief en gine going to the assistance of a Pere Marquette passenger train which was stalled in the snow, crashed into the rear of the train today and nearly de molished one passenger coach. Five per- WOMAN IS All ARCH FIEND MRS. MAR CTX HAS MASTER CRIMINAL MIND. Police Further Unravel Her Bloody Plans, Including Plot to Kill Her Tool, "Baby John." OAKLAND, Cat, Feb. 27. "I am firmly convinced that Mrs. Isabella Martin ha'd planned to take the life of 'Baby John' as soon as she-had used him as her tool to carry out a carnival of crime mapped out in her brain, in my opinion one of the best developed minds in things crimi nal with which this state has ever had to deal." So stated District Attorney Hall, of Trinity County, thjs morning. -Baby John" Martin is In his charge, and will remain so until after there has been an indictment found against Mrs. Martin. The dynamite found yesterday was in tended by Mrs. Martin to blow up the home of Superior Court Judge Waste. She felt that he had advised against her in her Insurance suit, and had him marked for a victim. Judge Waste himself ad mitted today he knew of her enmity and felt he had had a narrow escape from Judge Ogden's experience. A technical question has arisen here as to whether any of the Judges of the Su perior Court in Oakland could try a case against Mrs. Martin for dynamiting Judge Ogden's home, because the Bar Associa tion had offered a reward for the person who dynamited the Ogden home. The question Is being considered by District Attorney Brown. Notwithstanding the fact that the point has been raised that none of the Superior Judges of Alameda County will be com petent to sit in any trial of Mrs. Martin, the county officials who have been work ing on the case state tonight that papers will be made out at once to bring her to Oakland for trial. The police say they have much evidence of a startling nature against the woman which they are withholding from the public - and say that this has been thoroughly gone over by the District At torney and Investigated. It Is further declared by the police that there is no longer any mystery over the Identity of the third person whom Mrs. Martin in tended to make an effort to destroy. This person, they say. Is Superior Judge Waste, who sat for a time in the case Mrs. Mar tin brought against the West Chester Fire Insurance Company. Judges Ogden and Melvin, of this city, also sat in this case at different times, and it is said that the woman attempted- to destroy Judge Og den's home and make away with him at the same time. All of the Oakland police officers who have been working on the case are of the opinion, too, that the woman Intended to dispose of "Baby John" after her dia bolical work had been successfully ac complished, but the evidence of this sup position is not of such a nature as would go far toward making out a case against her. BURN TOBACCO WAREHOUSE Heavy Loss of Independent Firm in Kentucky. . FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 27. The large tobacco warehouse of Head & Switzer, independents, at Switzer village, was burned today. It contained 100,000 pounds of tobacco which was not In the Equity Society pool. The insurance is said to have been cancelled sometime ago. The origin of the Are is unknown. NIGHT RIDERS OUT AGAIN Burn House in Kentucky, After Shooting at Occupants. HOPKINSVILLE, Ky.. Feb. 27. Night riders early today set fire to the resi dence of Broussais Gregory, near here and fired guns into the bedroom in which Mr. Gregory, his wife and daughter were sleeping. The residence was burned to the ground. A detail of Middlcboro troops on guard here under Major Albright was ordered to the scene. The band left a note ac cusing Gigory of violating his pledge to the association. The raid was made in defiance of the grand jury impaneled this week and spe cially charged to investigate night riders' lawlessness. Night Riders Give Up Raid. BATAVIA, O., Feb. 27. The expected vieit of Night Riders, who threatened to burn the . tobacco barn of George Rice at Neville, did not materialize last night and the local company of Ohio National Guardsmen who were rushed there re turned to. this city today. Mr. Rice Is an independent buyer, and received warning from Cincinnati yesterday that Night Riders had planned to burn his warehouse during the night. ' . PLAN TO DYNAMITE BANK Woman in Plot Betrays Conspiracy to Police. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27. The police tonight arrested Ralph McCabe, R. H. Hall. Charles Brown and a man and a woman whose names they refuse to divulge, and are holding them on sus picion. The police say that these Ave. in company with another man who has not yet been arrested, planned . to dynamite the vaults of the Hollywood National Bank and the East Holly wood Postoffice Wednesday night. That they were unable to carry out their programme was due to the fact that the woman, who is the sweetheart of the man whose name Is not given, told the Los Angeles police of the plans. . pSrtLnd AGJTf 'for NEMO CORSETS MAKE THE FIRST SHOWING OF NEW SPRING MODELS G 5i Reg. $7.50 Ecru Net Waists, Spring Styles $3.87 $12.50 Rubberized Moreen Raincoats at $6.85 Special for Friday only, we offer the season's first shipment of new Spring Net Waists in the popular shade of ecru, made in the new Spring surplice effect with wide bands of cluny insertion running down the front and back, and piped with champagne-colored taffeta. New elbow sleeves with cluny cuffs and collar. All lined with silk, The quantity is limited. We advise customers rt O to be very early. No phone orders filled. Selling regularly for $7.50, Friday only pO0 For Friday only we offer Women's Rubberized Moreen Raincoats in black, navy, brown, gray and green, made 50 inches long, full loose back, double-breasted and two pockets. two of a kind, and early purchasers will profit. Regular $12.50 values for Friday only There are only one or ;$6.85 - Initial Handkerchiefs' Regular 17c Women's Pure Linen Unlaun dered Initial Handkerchiefs, and 4-inch hems, hemstitched, wreathed initials. On sale Friday Bargain Day only for 1Q J 10. 72x90-in. Sheets, 55c A special purchase of Sheets ready for use, made from good heavy material, size 72x90 inches. A splendid bargain just for Fri day at 55J 50c Perfumes for 19c All odors of French Perfumes violet, helio' trope, lily of the valley, etc. On sale Fri day at Lipman - Wolf e's "Owl" Cut-Rate Drugstore 19ft ounce "era m 25c-$l Values 15c Darling Sue Bye-Bye Dearie 1 Once Had a Sweetheart That Looked Like You Moon, Moon. Moon Under the Matzoa Tree Summertime Patricia Salome .Top o' the Mornin JWhen the Moon Plifya Petk-a- n . f . I v boo wim low 1 Can't Find Another Cirl Lika You Flirty Eye There' Something Nice About". You Jut Help Your elf ' Sacramento. Two-Step Shitlala-ho, Two-Step Mtfrintcb, Down at .Coney I.-j land, Two-Step' Merry' Widow The Rage! of New York Entire Set. ReavSl.OO.MorilJc. Your choice Friday Only 25c$l Vals. 15c 15c ENAMELINE, 8c 15c Liquid Stove Enameline . 8i 10c Paste Stove Enameline. .. 5 10c Rtiing Sun Stove Polish.. 6t 25c Combination Shoe Pol ish 12H 10c Bixola Polish, 7c 13c Electro-Silicon, silver or sold polish 8 3or: Imperial Silver Polish.. 23t 10c Putz Pomade Metal Pol ish 64 15c Pearline, 8c 25c Smith's Liquid Metal Pol ish 19 3oc Stovepipe Enamel, Includ ing: brush 18c1 50c Bath Tub Enamel 35 20c Sheepskin Polishing: Mit tens 12 10c Dutch Cleanser, 72c 10c Asbestos Holders for .5 TOILET ARTICLES Pears' Attar of Rose Soap, regular 25c cake, " r our cut rate 1 Borodopt Tooth Paste, "I y r our cut rate Xt0 Ingram 's Zodenta Tooth Paste, regular 2oc, our cut Qn rate, at, special . Embroidered Linen Collars 35c-65c Values NEW SPRING STYLES - at 25c A most unusual event this sensational Friday sale of Newest Neckwear Effects just received by express from New York. Embroidered Linen Collars in plain stripes and the smart colored stripes that are the very newest styles for Spring. Regular 35c and 65c values. 25c See Big Wahington-St. Window Display No Phone Orders None C. O. D. " 5 to 6 -in. Fancy Ribbon Vals. to 65c, at 23c For Friday only, 5 and 6-Inch Dres den Ribbons, warp prints and floral designs. Just the wanted kind for the new Spring sashes, hair bow3 and airy bows. Regular vals. to 65c yard, Friday sale 23c 25c Hygienal Tooth Wash for 14c 25c Pond's Extract Soap for 14c I 75c Roger & Gallet Toilet Water, 59c J $?.!) Women's Gloves, 98c For Friday only a great sale of Women's i-clasp and 2-clasp Mocha Gloves and 2-clasp Kid Gloves of fine undress and glace kid, in gray, tan, mode, brown, white and black. Made by one of the best glovemakers of France from select, soft, elastic skins,, and much better than the usual glove at $1:50. Every pair fitted at counter; all sizes ' Fancy Wash Voiles Reg. 18c Values, 9c Friday only, this season's smartest wash fabric, choice patterns in navy, gray, tan, light blue, black grounds, with white dut figures and floral designs. Manu'frs KUg SampleS Another lot of manufacturers' Carpet Rug Samples, all bound , ready for use, sold at about one fourth their real value. Large variety of pat terns. Body Brussels Carpet Samples, d-i 1 Q l-yds,saIeS Body Brussels ' Border Samples, . 7Q 1 s 1 -yds. sale. 19c HD ON SIX COUNTS RICKEY ACCUSED OF EMBEZ ZLING FROM BANK. ' Protests Innocence and Complains That Grand Jury Would Not Hear His Story. CARSON", Nev.. Feb. 27. T. B. Rickey, president of the State Bank, was indicted on six counts this afternoon by the grand Jury on thecharge of embezzlement, and furnished "bail In the amount of J60.000. Among those who went on the bond are: R. K. Colcord, superintendent of the mint; Ex-Governor Adams, Deputy State Treas urer Wildes and a number of prominent town people. . Rickey stated that he was innocent of any wrongdoing, as will be shown at the trial. He further said he had not been treated with any show of liberality on the part of the District Attorney, as he had asked to be called before the grand jury and had been anxious to testify. The District Attorney stated that the- jury had many matters yet to consider in con nection with the bank. Bank Officers to Testify. OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 27. The Ala meda County grand jury this morning Issued subpenas for D. Edward Collins, president of the defunct California Bank: Cashier Frank H. Brooks, the board of directors, several stockholders and de positors, to appear before them tomor row. The question at Issue is whether the bank took deposits when It was known that it was insolvent. James P. Taylor, one tf the directors of the bank, is a member of the grand jury. Rook hill to Tour China in State. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. W. W. Rock- hill. American Minister to China, will visit the Viceroys of Nankin and Hankow, China, in April, aboard an American man-of-war, which will be escorted by one or mora American warships. The journey Involves the navigation of the Yang. Tse River for 1600 miles. . Will Examine Russian Convict. ST. PETERSBURG Feb! 27. The sur geon in charge of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul where Nicholas Tschateov sky the revolutionist Is confined, has been instructed to examine the prisoner with a view of deciding whether or not he shall be vtelted toy two specialists to determine the actual state of his health. Tsehalgov sky's wife, who is in St. Petersburg, has made representations to the Russian au thorities that her husband was threat ened with nervous collapse through the strain and circumstances of his impris onment and the uncertainty as to his fate, and it is because of her statements that WEDDING INVITATIONS VISITING CARDS. AND MONOGRAM STATIONERS. W. G. SMITH & GO. Washington Building. Fourth and Washington Streets. COFFEE Good coffee is 'partly. in buying and partly in mak ingj like everything else. Tour grocer returns your money If you don't Ilka Schilling's Best; wo pay him. the medical examination is to be made. In order to Dreak the tedium of his soli tary confinement, Tschaikovsky Is work ing on a series of lectures on the present situation in Russia. He is hopeful of a speedy release, but judging by the state ment made in the last day or two by the Russian officials, his trial Is still remote. No Trouble Over Refugees. PARIS, Feb. 27. The reports that fric tion has arisen between France and the United States in the matter of the Hay tian revolutionary refugees who found shelter In the French consulates at Gon- aives and St. Marc were given official de nial today. France has no intention of modifying her decision announced last week that she would not turn over the refugees to the Haytlam authorities, in asmuch as she does not believe that the Haytian government would given them a fair trial. Good Motchanduo 0ly Quality Coosida?d Oar Prices Arm Always tho Uweit Millinery Announcement Mile. Belva Myers, just returned from our Par is office, will exhibit new Millinery Models Friday and Saturday Mile. Myers will be pleased to exhibit a few of the earliest arrivals of French Pat tern Hats and novelties, and to discuss the new Paris fashions with our customers on Friday and Saturday. ' Mile. Myers has spent the entire Winter in the millinery shops of the French cap ital, and is showing, not only creations direct from Paris, but models combining French verve and chic with the -subdued distinction desired by American women.