VOL. XXVIII XO. 14.753.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, . MARCH 11, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EVELYN THAW TO
SUE FOR DIVORCE
SaysThawlnsaneWhen
Thpy Married.
THAW OPPOSES SEPARATION
His Mother Not Meddling in
Couple's Affairs.
WILLING TO BE LIBERAL
Ample Provision "Will Be Made, trat
She Can Live by Writing Says
O'Reilly Snit Is Based
on Experts' Evidence-.
NBW rORK, March 10. Evelyn Nesbft
Thaw tomorrow will Institute proceedings
for the annulment of her marriage to
Harry K. Thaw. The action will be based
on the alegatlon that the defendant was
Insane when the union was contracted.
Tl.nhw purposes to defend th suit. The
paper will be servede some time to
morrow, and an early trial Is expected.
, In the meantime the two. by mutual
agreement, will remain. Apart.
Tn offlfcial statements by counsel for
both parties tonight was confirmed the
lonflf-auppeoted culmination in the wedded
lives of Stanford White's slayer and the
woman whose story In his defense brouKht
her an unhHppy notoriety as wide as the
reading world. For weeks It had been
gosiuitpcd that a divorce was Imminent,
and even during Thaw's last trial,
throuchout which his wife stood gamely
by him. It was pretty generally believed
that, whatever the outcome for the pris
oners, the two would never again live
together.
Thaw's Mother Not Concerned.
These? reports were frequently based on
rumored opposition to the young woman
on the part of the Thaw family. In their
statements tonight, however, counsel de
nied tliHt Mrs. William Thaw, Harry's
mothere. had taken any part in the pro
posed separation. During the day Colonel
Franklin bartiett. counsel for the elder
Mrs. Thaw, made a statement In which
he said there was no truth In the reports
that detectives employed by Mrs. William
Thahw had had herdaughter-in-law un
der mirvc'ihincr,ifnr "months. As to her
possible separation. Colonel Bartlett
said:
Family Will Provide for Her.
The matter V Inchoate. There Is every
disposition on the part of. my client to be
absolutely fair and just toward Evelyn
Than and to make liberal provision for her
support, and even more than that. Hary Vr.
Than ha nought a reconrilatlon and has
not desired hat hid wife should leave him,
hut she desires a permanent severance of
the marital relations. Any thought of e
plonuitt upon youiiR Mrs. Thaw would be
ahhurent to Mrs. William Thaw and has not
at any time been entertained by her.
Mr. O'Reilly added to his formal state
ment that Evelyn Thaw would tnke the
stand during the, annulment proceedings
and that several of the medical experts
who had testified at the murder trial
would also be called. He added that, de
spite his announced determination to de
fend the suit, lie believed Thaw would
put no serious obstacles in the way of
separation. If for no other reason than
the gratitude he felt toward his wife for
the aid she rendered hi mwhen he was on
trial for his life.
Kvelyn Can hive by Writing.
As to his client's financial resources.
Mr. O'Reilly said he thought she had.
funds enough to maintain her during the
trial of the case, and as for the future,
was capable of earning a large income as
a writer.
Both lawyers emphatically denied that
Kvelyn Thaw had been followed by de
tectives, or that she had made any de
mum) upon her husband's mother for a
money settlement .
It Is understood the attorneys for Mrs.
Thaw will depend upon the evidence of
Insanity introduced at the last trial of
Thaw to prove that he was mentally In
competent at the time to legally contract
a marriage. Should this be established,
the case would be won for the plaintiff,
pro idirg there was not introduced in
the defense that Thaw had recovered full
possession of his faculties and by con
tinuing the marriage relation save valid
ity to the original contract. This point
the attorney would not discuss tonight.
It was. however, pointed out that Thaw,
though committed 'to an Insane asylum
as having been insane at the tim ehe
killed White, has not been declared in
sane at the present time. Whethehr the
matter of his Insanity will be determined
before the trial for annulment Is not
known. If it is not. theer will be added
interest In the probable effect of the
present suit upon the later efforts to get
Thaw out of the avylum.
BOOM FOREIGN MISSIONS
ircat Coinrntlon to Promote Young
People's Movement.
FITTSEH UU. March 10. With S per
son aeliv.ly iMirllrlpatins. half of that
ntiMihor b-inB nlesrHtes from all parts
of tho wnrlil. the tlrst International con
vention of the Youngr People s Missionary
-MnvenKiit convened here today in tne
music hall of the Pittsburg Exposition.
The convention' represents l-t.S.OOO per
sons ami is one of the largest gatherings
of the kind ever held.
At a session held tonight In Exposition
Hall three miles of moving pictures il
lustrating the missionary fields of th
world were shown for the nrst time.
At Old City Hall and several churches
throughout the city overflow meetings
were held. The meetings today were
very entnusiastic. The devotional .Xir
cists were In charge of Rev. John V.
Baer. president of Occidental College.
lns Angeles, who will also preside dur
ing the convention. Addresses were also
made by C. C. Michner, of New York,
general secretary of the Young People's
Missionary Movement of the United
States and Canada: Rev. James I. Vance,
Newark. N. J., on the "Resurrection,"
and on the foreign missionary movement
by Kenneth MacLennan. Great Eritaln;
Rev. J. I... Gurdine, Corea, and Rev. Ar
thur H. Ewing. India.
Purpose of Organization.
Mr. Michner said the organization was
incorporated in 1&07, the majority of the
board of managers always to be officially
connected with home and foreign "mission
boards-in the United Stateeand Canada.
The object is to assist denominational
mission boards, home and foreign. In
missionary education. The organizations
had extended from the young people's so
cieties, with 5.OUO.O0O members, to the
Sunday schools. The plans included pro
vision for missionary instruction in the
Sunday schools, putting material at the
disposal of Sunday schools.
During the first year of the movement's
work about 17,000 persons were enrolled
In mission study; the second year approx
imately 22.000; the third year about 50,000:
tho fourth year a little over 61.000; last
year nearly 100.000: and, based upon the
enrollment to the first of January, lflOS.
H is safe to say that during this mission'
study year there will be 175.000 persons
enrolled in mission study classes in the
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Kvelyn Nesblt Thaw, W bo Sue
Harry Thaw for Divorce.
churches. ' The movement provides a
library of the best recent text-books,
which now Includes 200,000 volumes.
Trains leaders and Teachers.
Owing to lack of proper leaders in the
churches for mission' study classes, Sum
mer conferences had been organized to
train leaders and fully 6000 had been
trained. Institutes had also been estab
lished in the larger cities, which more
than 5G00 persons had attended. The
various Sunday school bodies are co
operating !n plans for missionary in
struction in Sunday schools.
The movement plans to send out dur
ing the Summer of 1908 a number of in
terdenominational missionary de piutatlona
of three men -each, with, lantern slides,
moving pictures and exhibits, who will
go to the smaller cities and deliver ad
dresses and display pictures,' One' man
in each deputation will, gather together
persons in the different churches who
will In the next year teach mission study
classes; another will instruct In methods
of introducing missionary Instruction into
Sunday schools.
The movement is interdenominational
and stands in the position of administer
ing to the needs of all churches, thus
uniting all missionary organizations for
common purposes.
DYNAMITE CAR EXPLODES
Frame Hou&ee '"Wrecked, but No
Lives Are .Lost.
DEXVER, Colo.. March 10. A News
(Special from Buford, Wyo., says a car
of dynamite exploded there tonight from
some unknown cause, wrecking several
frame houses nearby and destroying a
number of freight cars. As far as known
no noe" was killed or Injured.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum, temperature, 61
depreea; minimum. ;.
TODAY'S Showers and cooler; southerly
w intls.
Foreign. ,
Kin;? Alfonso received . with enthusiasm at
Barcelona. Page
Insane man tries to kill King Haakon of
Norway. Fage
Japan ridicules Chinese naval preparations.
I'ase
Nationul.
House hears speech on trusts and discusses
postal affairs. Page 4.
Congress breaks away from standpatters
and will start tariff revision. Page 1.
MoCourt appointed District Attorney.
Page 3.
Cmilsers and torpedo-boats to visit Portland.
Pape 3.
Naval officers criticize construction of war
ships. Pajre l.
Roosevelt speaks to Mothers' Congress,
Pare
Iome4tc,
Evelyn Thaw to sue for divorce; thay to
resist. Tage 1.
Eye-witnesses tell cf Alia's crime. Page 4.
Four nesrroes lynched In Mississippi. Page
Coroner says some person ' must suffer pen
alty xor Colllnwood school Are. Page ft.
Beginning of Raymond Hitchcock trial.
Page
Grtat missionary convention opens. Page
Esra Meeker coming home with his ox team.
Pajte
Pport.
Smithscn breaks 70-yard hurdle record.
puk a.
American auto stuck in snowdrift in Wyom
ing. Page
Beavers In fine trim for baMgarae today.
Tage
PaeMe oat.
Schmlts released from jail and reconciled
with Ruef. Page 2.
Heney and Lang don answer Ruers plea for
Immunity. Page 2.
Tevls' agent forced to reveal secrets of
water deal. Page 2,
Luce tells California Railroad Commission
how he made rates to suit occasion.
Page
Tacoma Democrats renominate Mayor
Wrucht. Pace . -,
erased father butchers wife and two chil
dren. Page .
Harry orchard pleads guilty and will be
sentenced next Wednesday. Page 7.
Van Dusen s days as Fish Commissioner are
numbered. Pace a.
W K ON
BON
DUH1NG SUMMER
Congress Breaks From
Standpatters.
FEARS ANGER OF THE NATION
Backed by Roosevelt, May Re
volt Against Leaders.
HAS HEARD FROM THE WEST
Learns People Want Action, Xo
Longer Bpliering Campaign '
Promises L Folletle Threat
ens a Startling Speech.
WASHINGTON-. March 10. (Spe
cial.) Before the present session of
Congress adjourns there Is to be ac
tion definitely fixing a tariff revision
programme and starting- the wheels
preparatory to the enactment of a bill
next year. The action probably -will
take the form of a resolution In the
House. , either authorizing the ways
and means committee to sit during the
Summer or Instructing that commit
tee to employ experts to gather clata
for use when Congress again coin
venes. ,
The standpatters who control the
ways and means committee at pres
ent have not inaugurated the scheme
and do not take to It with any feeling
of satisfaction. There are Indications,
however, that they cannot help it. and
that they either may fall gracefully
into line or Interpose obstacles and
sufTer defeat for their pains. In the
event of a clash, the select coterie of
ruling spirits in the House is likely to
suffer disruption of its harmonious or
ganization because some of its mem
bers are for the action which Is sched
uled. . .
. Roosevelt Favors Action. -
As late as today Chairman Payne
and Assistant Standpatter-in-Chlef
Dalzell crave statements in opposition
to having preliminary tariff reform
carried on during Congressional recess.
But following this the voice of a larger
element in the House was Beard.. It
Developed that President Roosevelt is
back of the plan to have some action
taken before adjournment, not with
the Idea of getting any actual results
at this session; but with the Idea of
putting the Republican party on rec
ord In a . practical, way before entering
upon the Presidential campaign. It
also was made known that the Repub
licans of the interior states especially
in the Central West demand the ac
tion favored by the President, being In
.grave fear of their individual cam
paigns for re-election unless . they
make some practical performance to
show that business is meant by the
promise of revision "after election."
That the movement for definite action
has assumed proportions that are de
cidedly large and in a lame measure
concealed until now from the stand-pat
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leaders is one of the facts made apparent
by the latest developments. There Is
the best of reason for saying at this time
that, If pressure be needed to insure the
moderate action suggested, it will be
forthcoming. If exerted." It ' will be
pretty sure to prove effective."
Head Off Revision Orators.
It is proposed to "take the question of
revision of the tariff out of the Presi
dential campaign to a great extent by
anticipating in practical form the Re
publican party pledge. Another actuat
ing motive that may cause the stand-patters
to submit gracefully is connected
with the agitation in favor ol a perma
nent tariff commission. There Is pending
the' Beveridge bill on that subject, and
Senator LaFollette. is preparing a meas
ure to be introduced in the near future.
Mr. LaFollette further may make a
speech which will bristle with data far
from agreeable to the over-protected in
terests on the eve of a National cam
pajgn. Several Influential members-' of
the Repubfican side desire to forestall
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the possible disadvantageous effect that
such exposure might have at this par
ticular time.
LAUGHS AT KAVAL ACTIVITY
JAPANESE CONSUL AT HONG
. KONG SCOUTS TROUBLE. .
Believes Tatsu Wilt BeKeleased in
Bay or Two Witnesses to Sei- '
--jtiire Go to Pek-la. '"j "
HONGKONG. March 11. In an inter
view today the Japanese Consul laughed
at the naval activity" In 'connection with
the seizure' of the Japanese steamer Tat
su. He belieevs the Tatsu will be re
leased in a day or two.. .
The witnesses of th e seizure of the
Tatsu have been sent to Pekin. The
Tatsu is still held at Whampoa.
The Japanese cruiser Idzumi ' has ar
rived here. ' .-
bid Yankton Save New Crnsoe.
WASHINGTON. March 10. The cruiser
Yankton " reported to the Navy Depart
ment by wireless early today that she
would arrive at Acapulco tomorrow
night.. The Yankton was detached from
Admiral Evans' fleet to go to Indefa
tigable Island for an American seamon
named Jeffs, of Tacoma, Wash. v The
dispatch did not say whether Jeffs' had
been rescued ' or not. .
FACTS SUP OUT
DESPITE THE GAG
SeriousDefectsinNavy,
Say Off jeers.';
ALL ARMOR BELTS TOO LOW
Winslow and Key Tell Facts to
Senate Committee.
OFFICIALS WERE WARNED
AH Evans' Ships Had Armor Under
Water Banger in Ammunition
Hoists Explained Before Ei
. plosion on Missouri.
WASHINGTON. March 10. That there
are serious defects in the construction
of American battleships was charged to
day by Captain C. McR. Winslow, As
sistant Chief of. the Bureau of Naviga
tion of the Navy Deisartment,- and Com
mander A. I. Key, former naval aide to
President Roosevelt. -The former officer
said the ships under Admiral Evans were
all over-draft when they left Hampton
Roads. He defended Admiral Rojestven
sky for taking the Russian ships into
battle with the Japanese with full bun
kers of coal, saying that the Russian
commander could not have done other
wise, for he did not know how far he
would be compelled to steam.
Commander Key attempted to direct
the form of his own testimony and in
curred the displeasure of the committee
on that account. He criticised the ar
mor belt and the gun decks as being too
low and the ammunition hoists as un
safe. He attempted to dispute the testi
mony of other officers, especially Chief
Constructor Capps, but was not permit
ted to do so. Finally the committee held
an executive session, at which It was
decided that Commander Key should be
heard tomorrow, but that his criticism
should be confined to ships and not di
rected against officers. . ' '
Banger of Low Armor-Belt.
Captain Winslow-, who was the first
witness, in defending the Russian Ad
miral used the fate of the Russian fleet
as an-illustration of the danger'of going
into action with the armor belt too far
under water. At the same time he said
that the ships should carry at least two
thirds their capacity of coal and full am
munition stores. He said that two
thirds supply of all stores would make
all American battleships too low and
therefore the armor belt should be raised.
Ha could not state the exact amount, as
it would vary on different s'hlps.
The witness was asked to compare cer
tain types of American ships with the
contemporary class of British ships. He
took the Connecticut and the Lord Nel
son and in gunnery said the British ship
had made better records for rapid shoot
ing with her battery of 9.S-Inch guns tham
had been made with the Connecticut's
8-inch guns. He thought this achieve
ment was due probably to the hoists.
"On what ships now under command of
Admiral Evans is the belt misplaced?"
asked Mr. Burrows.
"All of them."
"Misplaced because It is too low?'
"Because it is too low."
Continuing. Captain Winslow said that
the armor belt extended live feet below
water on all of the ship In. Admiral
Evans' fleet whsn it left Hampton Roads,
and most of them showed less than a
foot of armor above the water line. He
said that, with two-thirds supply of coal
and. two-thirds of all other stores on
board,' the armor belt of all the Ameri
can battleships would be too far below
the water line.
"This would be the condition in which
the ships would go Into battle." he said.
In reply to questions by Mr. Tillman
the witness said he never had written
the department concerning the defects
he had found in battleship construction,
but that he knew the faults had been
pointed out by other officers.
Paid Xo Heed to Warnings.
As to ammunition hoists. Captain Wlns-
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low said that it was not a question of
direct hoists as against two-stage hoists,
but entirely -a question of safety.
'Well,' have we got It?" asked Mr.
Tillman.
The witness replied that we had not
had safety in the past, but that he was
not familiar with the new direct hoists
with automatic shutters.
Captain Winslow gave his experience
as 'a member of the board which in
quired into the causes of the explosions
on the Massachusetts in 1903. In .that
case it was found that the damage was
due to the open turret and the ineffec
tiveness of the direct hoist.
"Naval officers had .predicted that
just such a catastrophe would occur
and the fault should have been cor
rected then," said, Captain Winslow.
" ..-"What officer had ..pointed out the
danger.?'.' asked Mr. THlmin;
"In 1902 I received ap personal letter
from Cammander Simms, criticising tho
Kearsarge and the Kentucky, and say
ing that -there was great danger In the
turrets replied Captain Winslow. .
He added that this information had
been given to the Department. He said
he did not know where to fix the
responsibility for the failure to correct
the fault, unless it was in. the fact that
there was constant change in the De
partment throught frequently shifting
civilian secretaries.
Witness Gagged by. Hale.
Commander Key began1 by stating
that he had a duty to perform not en
tirely agreeable, as his testimony would
not be approved at the Navy Depart
ment. He said he expected to show
by camparison that there were defects
In American ships as to the location
of armor belts, .the height of freeboard
and the character of ammunition, hoists,
and that he . would be compelled to
point out inaccuracies In the testimony
of Rear-Admiral Capps, chief construc
tor, and some other officers who have
been before the committee.
Chairman Hale told the witness that
he need waste no time in criticising
the statements of other officers nor in
discussing defects In old types of ships,
and instructed him to keep abreast of
the times and follow the lines that
had been laid down by the committee.
Speed Tests Are Fakes.
The witness took up the subject of
armor belts. He said the belt should
not be placed around a fictitious water
Tine, but should be located with regard
to the actual line when a vessel is
equipped for action. He criticised the
speed tests of battleships and declared
that the vessels run so .light that the
test is of no value in ascertaining the
actual speed of a vessel when carrying
full armament, crew and stores.
"Why should contractors be per
mitted to bamboozle the country with
these fictitious speed tests?" asked Mr.
Tillman.
'They should not. That is just what
I have been trying to show," replied
Commander Key.
CRUISERS FOR ROSE FESTIVAL
Considered Inadvisable to Send Bat
tleships to Portland.
WASHINGTON, March ;0. Senators
Fulton and Bourne have assurance from
the Navy Department that one or two
cruisers and possibly several smaller ships
will be sent to Portland in June, during
the period of the Hose Festival. The de
partment was asked to send battleships,
but decided it was inadvisable to do this.
The department is now working on -plans
for distributing the various ships of the
Pacific squadron to several Pacific Coast
points. .
Lands to Be Surveyed.
, OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 10. The Senate has passed
the Heybarn bill, providing ror surveys
of public land in Idaho. Oregon, Montana
and California, regardless of settlement,
and requiring the surveys to be made as
soon as possibles
HUGE PLAFT FOR
SOUTH PORTLAND
Independent Packersto
Invade Field.
PLAN TO EXPEND $1,500,000
Schwartzschild & Sulzberger
Take Option on Site.
INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS
Council Will Be Asked Todaj to
Grant Bigget Firm Outside- tho
Beef Trust a Franchisee to
Operate Abattoir.'
Schwartzschild & Sulzberger, the
biggest independent firm of meat pack
ers in the United States, will build a
packing plant in South Portlaivi cost
ing $1,500,000 if the Council will permit
the establlsnmcnt to be located within
the city limits. An ordinance will be
presented to the Council today for pas
sage, granting the firm the right to con
struct and operate a modern packing
plant on the present site of the Zim
merman Packing Company's establish
ment. An option is held on the Zim- .
merman plant by the Schwartzschild &
Sulzberger Interests.
The plant to be erected In South
Portland will be a duplicate of the
Schwartzschild & Sulzberger establish
ment in Chicago, one of the most com
plete in the world It Is thoroughly
up to the standard of such plants any
where and, although not so large as
the Schwartzschild & Sulzberger packing-house
in Kansas City, is said to be
a model In construction. The capacity,
of the Portland establishment will be
30,000 cattle, 25,00J hogs and 15,000
small stock a week. -
The "completion of the plant will re--quire
between a year and 14 months.
Machinery must be ordered from the
Eaet and Its manufacture wilt r&qulro
at least six months. When the ma
chinery is delivered the erection of the
packing-house will be begun, for the
machinery" must lie ' built V into the
'houses. IF the permit desired Is given
by the Council, the option on the" Zim
merman site will be closed at once and
the contract let for the machinery.
Fine Wharfage Available.
The. choice of the Zimmerman .site
for a big, modern packing plant is
favored by the independent, packers on
account of the excellent wharfage
facilities, for the firm expects to oper
ate its own steamers from Portland to
the Orient to carry refrigerated meats
to foreign markets. Two mammoth
steamers, each drawing 35 feet, can He
end to end at the big docks to be
erected in front of the plant.
There are said to be few other avail
able sites ulong the riyer front that
offer such advantages as the tract now
under option, largely on this account,
the - independent packers will make a
strong plea to the Council that they be
allowed to construct and operate their
packing-house in South Portland.
Although this will bring the pack
ing establishment within the city
limits, the packers contend there will
not be a single objectionable feature
about the plant. Stockyards will be
maintained far outside the city, where
a .large farm Is now under option to
the Schwartzschild & Sulzberger inter
ests. Only animals to be killed that,
day will be brought into the abattoir
and all reserve st.ck will be kept at
the yards.
Furthermore, the plant, it 'is alleged,
will, not give off any offensive odors.
There will not be an ounce of waste in
any department, save the water that
is used in washing the carcases. All
sewerage will escape through air-tight
pipes. Special ventilating apparatus
will be installed, and air escaping from
the k'lling and packing rooms will be
passed through vats of boiling tar, thus
deodorizing it thoroughly.
Cover 18 Acres.
The establishment, as planned, will
cover 18acres of ground, being equal
also in this respect to the Chicago
establishment. Construction is to be
of the latest improved type, and as ia
required by the Government regula
tions affecting abattoirs. Cement floors
and metal window sashes will be the
rule so that everything can be washed
clean.
J. - S. Helseyj Pacific Coast manager
for the Schwartzschild & Sulzberger
people, who Is in Portland, said:
"We are. willing to invest a large
sum of money in Portland if the Coun
cil will permit us to operate this plant
within the city limits. All we need to
go ahead with the work Is the consent
of that body, whk-h we feel sure will
be forthcoming. All objectionable fea
tures that usually attach to a small
plant will be entirely eliminated in
such an establishment as we propose to
erect.
'There Is absolutely no rmell from
such a, plant as we will build. It will
be entirely different from the small
slaughter lus-s that throw offal out
of doors and which causes a strong
offensive odor. Kvery ounce of grease
and fat about our plant is used. The
offa! that Is thrown away by 'Uhe
smaller plants is made into fertiliser.
(Concluded on Page 10.)