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VOL. XLVIII nXO. 14,811-
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SENATOR PLATT'S
STEWART LOSES
ANOTHER FORTUNE
DBSTAGLES BAR
DYNAMITE WRECKS
TWO MORE CARS
SCENTS SCHEME
OF THE INTERESTS
ALABAMA VOTES
TO NAME BRYAN
SEATTLE FACTION
S AS AWOOER
JOLTi
XEVADA EX-SEXATOR CAUGHT
IX MIXING COMjAPSE.
DAT IS O.VE OF IiAWIiESSXESS IX
CliEVEIiAXIV
BUT JOHNSON GAINS STRONG
SUPPORT IN SOUTH.
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WAY TO
big
GIVEN
Mae Wood Draws Veil
From His Secrets.
- CALLED HIMSELF OLD FOOL
Alleged Wife Repeats Story of
Their Marriage.
FORCED TO RELEASE HIM
letters From Decrepit Boss Full of
Ix)ve and Kisses, Followed by Se
cret Ceremony and Enforced
Settlement of Claim.
.NEW TORK, May 18. Mae Catherine
Wood was upon the witness stand all day
today, testifying to her suit for absolute
divorce from United States Senator
Thomas Collier Piatt. before Justice
O'Gorraan in the Supreme Court. In sup
port of her assertions that she had been
secretly married to Mr. Piatt at the
Fifth Avenue hotel on November 9, 1901,
her counsel Introduced in evidence a
certificate which, he said, had been
handed to her by the minister who per
formed the ceremony and copies of nu
merous letters alleged to have been writ
ten to her by the Senator, addressed in
terms of endearment.
On cross-examination Miss Wood i;old
how she came to give up the letters and
documents she once possessed relating to
Mr. Piatt, alleging that she did so under
duress and was compelled to sign a re
i telpt for $10,000 in settlement of her
claims against the Senator.
Miss Wood, in her suit, named as co
respondent Lillian Janeway whom Mr.
Piatt publicly married in 1903. Mr. Piatt
was not in court today.
Shows His Love for Odell.
Miss Wood was smartly attired and
self-possessed. She identified copies of
several letters which she said were re
ceived, by her from Mr. Flatt. They were
mainly of an affectionate nature, but
in several there were interesting sen
tences on other affairs. In one com
munication was the phrase, "Your let
ter has cheered me up so that I am
almost reconciled to Odell's election."
A picture of the Senator was shown,
upon the back of which was written, "To
my little wife." Telling how this was
written, Miss Wood said:
"Well, I was sitting on his lap. Part of
the time he held my hand and part of
the time I held his hand. We wrote it
together. The words 'little wife were
written by him, I think."
Miss Wood said that the Senator came
to her room at her hotel with two men
and that he formally acknowledged her
as his wife before these two men.
Piatt's Promise to Marry.
Senator Piatt was not in court today.
Miss "Wood was the first witness,
ho testified that Mr. Piatt first prom
ised to marry her at Manhattan Beach.
"He safd the marriage must be secret,
as he was an old man," added the wit
i ness. "I demurred and told him that
he knew nothing about me, but he said
i he knew all my past life."
Miss Wood said she had two letters
. from Piatt, but that one of them was
i demanded from her by J. Martin Mil
; ler and another man in October, 11W3,
i and that she had never seen it since.
, Her counsel showed the witness a type
j written copy of a letter, and she iden
! tified it as containing practically the
. contents of the missing letter.
It was admitted In evidence, despite
ie objections of John B. Stanchfield,
1 Mr. Piatt's counsel. The copy wad
! dated Friday, November 8, 1901, an,
read In part us follows:
Ivoving Tom's Utile Bride-to-Bo.
"My little bride-to-be, I have made
i all arrangements. You are not to say
anything to anybody. You are to obey
my instructions implicitly. I enclose
card to the hotel. You will be there
ut four o'clock, and have room 158. I
' am an old fool, but you shall never
regret this step.
"Lovingly,
"TOM."
x Another letter of the same date was
offered in evidence, in which the writ
er advised Miss Wood that he would
not reach the hotel until after 8
o'clock, and that she was to go to her
room and await a signal from him.
The witness said she waited as directed,
that Senator Piatt came to her room with
two men. that he embraced her and in
troduced her to the men.
"I took his hand." said Miss Wood, "and
one of the men began the civil ceremony
by saying, 'You take this woman to be
your lawful wedded wife, and you take
this man to be your lawful wedded hus
band." "
Miss Wood said that Piatt gave her a
wedding ring, and she displayed the ring
to the court. It bore no- inscription. She
declared that she thought the man who
performed the ceremony was a minister,
and that he gave her a marriage certifi
cate. This alleged certificate was offered
in evidence.
Honeymoon Few Pays Long.
Following the ceremony, the witness
f she remained at the hotel for three
or four days and then returned to her
house. The marriage, she said, was not
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Decline in Bullfrog and Rhyolite
Leaves Veteran Mining Man
Again in Poverty.
RENO, Nev., May IS. (Special.) Fate
has again been unkind to William M.
Stewart,- for years United States Senator
from Nevada. The decline of Bullfrog
and Rhyolite stocks during the past few
months caught him with the rest.
The fact that his last attempt to wrest
fortune from the mines of the Sagebrush
State has failed is mutely told in a small
announcement, appearing in the last is
sue of a Rhyolite newspaper, announcing
that the Stewart mansion in Rhyolite is
for rent or for sale to the highest and
best bidder. Mr. Stewart and his young
Ex-Tnlted States Senator W. M.
Stewart, of Nevntlu, who baa
lout another fortune la decline
of mining atockJt
wife are giving It up to go away from
the desert forever.
Three years or more ago he went ii?
there to amass another fortune, so he
said. He did succeed at first and at one
time his fortune was figured into the
thousands, but he ventured far and th;
reaction has caught him along with the
rest. -
BOURNE GOES TO -CHICAGO
Try to Have Contested Taft Dele
gates Unseated by Convention'.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 18. Although Senator
Bourne will have no voice in the Re
publican National Convention; he is
planning to go to Chicago about a week
in advance of the assembling of the
convention, for the purpose of using
what influence he can to bring about
the unseating of the contested Taft del
gates. He believes that a majority of
the National Committee is unfriendly
to Secretary Taft, and that, if proper
steps are taken, practically all the con
tested Taft delegates can be unseated.
Mr. Bourne was 111 at his apartments
today and unable to attend the Senate.
His condition is not believed to be se
rious; it Is in "the nature of a nervous
breakdown, resulting from the strain
under which he labored while conduct
ing the third-term movement.
TIRED BY KAISER'S VISIT
Francis Joseph Asa in Indisposed
and Audiences Are Postponed.
VIENNA, May IS. Emperor Francis
Joseph is again slightly indisposed, and
this has made necessary the postpone
men of all audiences. The ' physicians
say there is no cause for anxiety, but
after the tiring duties connected with
the recent visit of Emperor William
and the German Princes, together, with
some slight symptoms of catarrh, it Is
necessary for His Majesty to be care
ful. He showed considerable improve
ment this afternoon, and it was stated
he expected to be able to witness the
procession of 80,000 Viennese school chil
dren in his honor next Thursday.
ITS PREACHERS INSPIRED
Xew Church Says They AH Have
Pentecostal Manifestation.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18. The Pen
tecostal Church of the Nazarene of East
Palestine, Ohio, was Incorporated to
day. A number of churches have been
established. In which the doctrine of
Immediate and complete inspiration of
preachers after the manner of the Pen
tecostal manifestation of the Holy
Scriptures, is preached, but this is the
first one of the kind to be Incorporated.
Among the tenets of this church is
the doctrine of the entire "eanctifica
tion" of believers. x
TORPEDO-BOAT IS RAMMED
Launch Breaker Runs Into Stiletto.
Xo Uves Lost.
NEWPORT, R. I., May IS. The naval
steam launch Breaker today rammed
the torpedo boat Stiletto, Just off the
lighthouse at the north, end of Goat Isl
and, tearing a large hole In her port
side. The Stiletto was beached. No one
was Injured. The Breaker was only
slightly damaged.
The Stiletto was the first torpedo boat
put into active service in the Navy and
is 25 years old.
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But Anna and Helie
May Ignore Them.
CONSENT OF GOULDS NEEDED
Or Bride's Share of Estate
4 May Be Reduced.
COUNT B0NI IS FURIOUS
Will Demand Children Be Taken
From Mother, Because Prince
Helie Cnfit Associate Protes
tant Marriage Is Likely.
PARTS, May 18. When and where
the wedding of Prince Helie de Sagan
and .Madame Anna Gould will take
plaj ha3 not yet been definitely de
cided. They regard themselves as en
gaged and would like to solemnize the
marriage immediately. Certain pecu
liar circumstances, however, prevent
them.
First, there is the clause in Jay
Gould's will reducing the share of each
child one-half If he or she marries
without the consent of the executors of
the estate. If the marriage of Ma
dame Gould occurs within the very
near future it can be assumed that the
consent of her brothers and Miss Helen
Miller Gould has been given, otherwise
the ceremony will necessarily be de
layed to permit the courts to decide
the Issue.
Count Bonl Blocks the Way.
The most serious obstacle to the
marriage is Count Bonl de Castellane's
attitude, which involves the possible
limitation of Madame Gould's rights
over her children. Count Bonl natur
ally Is furious at the luea of the wed
ding and makes no "bones about his
intention to demand a modification of
the divorce decree, which gave Madame
Gould the custody jf the children, bas
ing this 'demand" on the ground that
Prince de Sagan would not be a suit
able stepfather, and that such close
relationship with his children would
be prejudicial to their interests.
During the course of Prince Helie's
suit against Count Boni, brought for as
sault, it will be remembered that Maitre
Bonnet, de Castellanes attorney, de
clared that no court in France would
confide the custody of the children to a
man of de Sagan "s character.
Madame Gould feels certain that no
court would. take cognizance of the case,
but the suit is likely to involve endless
complications, which she and the prince
desire to avoid.
The marriage, it is said, may occur
abroad, perhaps In England, but this
would involve the decision to reside in
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I IN OREGON, WHERE EVERY MAN IS HI8 OWN LEGISLATURE.
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First Attempt at Arbitration Meets
With Failure Several Hurt in
Dynamiting of Cars.
CLEVELAND, 0. May 18. A Broad
way streetcar was partially destroyed
by a dynamite torpedo tonight. While
25 passengers were In the car, no
one, for a miracle, was seriously hurt.
A panic followed and a mad rush for
the exits was made. '
A suburban -car was also damaged
by the explosion of powder on the
track.: The floor of the .car was
smashed through and one woman was
severely injured.
After 1 o'clock this morning a Detroit
Avenue car was dynamited near One
Hundredth Street. The- trucks were
badly damaged, but the single passenger
and the crew were jffntnjured.-
At 12:30 o'clock a small box, which
the police say contained deadly . ex
plosives, was found on the tracks at
Broadway and East Fifty-fifth Street.
The box was discovered with a car less
than 500 feet away.
At 1 o'clock rioting began near the
Windemere barns in East Cleveland,
when strikers cut six trolley wires.
Linemen for the Municipal Traction Com
pany turned out in force to repair the
damages, but were driven back by - a
gang of three hundred men.
At 12:30 this morning a brick was
thrown at a Woodland car while it was
passing eastward at West One Hundred
and Thirty-eighth Street and Woodland
Avenue. David Benjamin and his wife,
who were on the car, were both struck
by the missile. Mrs. Benjamin's jaw was
broken. Her husband had his face lacer
ated by the brick.
CHEER AT EXTRA SESSION
Arkansas Legislature Adjourns With
Enthusiasm.
LITTLE. ROCK, Ark., May 18. The
special session of the Arkansas Legisla
ture was rudely extinguished this after
noon when both Houses adjourned sine
die, and the Senators and Representa
tives were instructed to go home. Much
enthusiasm marked the- closing scenes
of the session, cheer after cheer arising
from both chambers. There was not a
quorum present in either House.
The Senate was not considered in ses
sion, but was regarded as only a mass
meeting and it adopted resolutions to
go home. When the motion to adjourn
sine die was put in the House a great
cheer arose. All rushed to the doors
and handshaking was in order for half
an hour. 'Acting Governor Peudall Is
well pleased with the result.
FRENCH SURPRISE ARABS
Driven to Mountains and Forced to
Abandon Supplies.
PARIS, May 18. A telegram received
here from General d'Amade, the French
commander in Morocco, says that with
three brigades he made a forced night
march, and at daylight of May 16, with
a front deployed over a distance of
five mires, he surprised the Mdakea
tribesmen, driving them to refuge in
the mountains. The tribesmen aban
doned their cattle and munitions of
war In their headlong flight. The
French lost three men killed and 22
wounded.
Roosevelt Dislikes the
Choice of Burrows.
NOT MAN TO SOUND KEYNOTE
Known as Moderate Opponent
of His Policies.
SIGN OF A COMPROMISE
President and Taft Want Xo Har
mony With "Safe and Sane" Re
publicans and Will Strive
to Change Programme.
"Walter Wellman t Chicago Rcord-TTeraia.
WASHINGTON. May IS. (Special.) Is
the Chicago convention to stand squarely
and fairly for the Roosevelt policies, or is
it to be manipulated into a "conservative"
attitude in the interest of "harmony and
success at the polls"? This is the ques
tion which now confronts President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. It has been
unexpectedly raised by the selection of
Senator Burrows, of Michigan, to be the
temporary presiding officer of the Na
tional convention.
The selection of Mr. Burrows for this
post of honor was a surprise and disap
pointment to both the President and Mr.
Taft. It haB nothing to do with the nom
ination of Mr. Taft. -That is so well as
sured that nothing can disturb it.
Objections to Burrows.
The objections of the President and the
Secretary to the Michigan Senator are
not personal. They object solely because
he is not the right sort of man to sound
the keynote. He is not known as a sup
porter of the Roosevelt policies, but as a
rather moderate opponent of them.
The President and the Secretary think
the sounder of the keynote should be an
out-and-outer.' . The only Importance of.
the temporary chairman is as the maker
of that one (Ipeech, and the custom is to
choose for the task a man in thorough
sympathy with the Administration or with
the influence which controls the conven
tion and the nomination. Pour years ago
Secretary Root sounded the keynote for
the Roosevelt campaign.
Two Forces Within Party.
The selection of Mr. Burrows serves no
tice on the country that two forces are at
work within the Republican party. One
of these is the Administration-Taft ele
ment, which favors making the Roosevelt
administration and the Roosevelt policies
the leading issue of the campaign. Upon
these and these only do the President and
the Secretary and their friends believe
the Republican party has a chance to
carry the country.
The other faction, reactionary and antt-
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Northern Half of State Almost Solid
for Nebraskan Johnson
Carries Mobile.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 19. Ala
bama voters today, for the first time,
cast their votes direct for a Presidential
candidate in the state's Democratic pri
mary election, and the returns at 1 A. M.
indicate that Alabama's delegation to
the (National convention will be in
structed to support the candidature of
William J. Bryan.
Returns received from 51 t,t the 67
counties in the state show that out of a
total vote polled of 100,000 Mr. Bryan has
received 75,000. Governor Johnson, of
Minnesota, the other Presidential candi
date on the ticket, developed surprising
Ex-Senntor Turner, Chairman
Democratic State Convention
nt Spokane.
strength in the larger cities and has car
ried several counties. Including Mont
gomery and Mobile.
Mr. Johnson carried the town of Dem
opolls, and the First Ward of Birming
ham gave him a majority of 63. These
are both Scandinavian strongholds.
ATTEMPT TO' WRECK CAR
Tie Placed on Mount Scott Line, but
Does Xo Damage,
. An unsuccessful attempt was- made laBt
night about 12 o'clock to wreck a Mount
Scott car. A tie was placed on the track
near Stewart, and the car, striking the
obstruction, shoved it along the rails for
two or three rail lengths, when it fell off.
Few passengers were on the car at the
time.
Conductor Brannon and Motorman Mad
dox were in chanere. The place where the
obstruction was found was near the Sec
tion Line road, on a down grade, with a
station no nearer than qaurter of a mile
in either direction. The carmen state that
nobody was in sight and that the shock
of the collision did not even jar the car.
Yacht Starts South for Race.
VICTORIA. B. C. May 18. The Seattle
yacht Gwendoline II left Victoria today
for San Francisco, bound to San Pedro
for the race to Honolulu.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TEff3TT3RIAT 9 -Maximum temperature, 60
degrees; minimum, 48 decrees. -TODAY'S
Showers; southwest winds.
- Foreign.
Anna Gould and Prince Helie find obstacle
to marriage, but may wed In England.
Page 1. - -
National.
Heybum threatens to talk dry homestead
bill to death. . Page. 13.
Paper trust officials deny all charges. Page 5
Politics.
Roosevelt and Taft oppose Burrows for
chairman of National convention. Pago 1.
Bell overthrows Gavin KcNab's machine in
California Democratic Convention. Page 4
Bryan wins Alabama Democratic primaries.
Page 1.
IMmestie.
Methodist Conference to elect ten new
bishops. Page 7.
Montgomery's frauds cause closing of bank,
tying up Pittsburg city funds. Page 5.
Senator Stewart loses fortune by decline of
Nevada mining stocks. Page 1.
Mae Woods testifies about secret marriage
to Senator Piatt. Page 1.
Confirmation of Greening's statement that
Mrs. Gunneas murdered Los Angeles pro
fessor and his wife. Page 7.
Dynamite used against can by Cleveland
mob. Page 1.
Sports.
Coast League magnates propose eight-club
circuit for next year. Page 12.
Pacific Coast.
Seattle delegation gets hard Jolt at Spokane
convention ; Democrats declare for
Bryan and prohibition. Page 1.
Fleet sails from San Francisco for Puget
Sound. Page 5.
Ab Hurrtbree placed on trial at Dallas,
charged with murder of his daughter.
Pae 6.
Former employe of Chehalls Reform School
makes sensational charges against Act
ing Superintendent Simpson. Page d
Evldence In Ruef trial ends and arguments
begin. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Actlv trade in local produce market.
Page 17.
Fluctuations In wheat at Chicago. Page 17,
Rapid advance In stock market. Page 17.
Arrangements complete for excursions to
the beaches and aea for the maneuvers
of the fleet. Pare 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
VT. B. Mersereau, wealthy lumberman, de
fendant in $50,000 damage suit brought
by girl. Page 4.
Catholic Toung Men's Carnival opens at
Alblna. Page 10.
North End saloon crowd takes Max Fisher's
rnone-. Page 16.
Vehicle tax law to be tested in court.
Page 11,
Rose parades to be reviewed! at Pennoyer
block. Page 30.
Episcopal delegate resolve themselves into
conference committee; regular convention
cannot be held until next month. Page 11.
X. H. Suitter on trial for killing Henry
fch after. Page 7.
BTarriman system recelvw favorable crop
reports. Page 12
County prohibition elections alarm liquor
trade P&c 13.
Combine Against King;
County at Spokane.
DEMOCRATS IN LIVELY ROW
State Convention Presents a
' Stormy Session.
WORKING AFTER MIDNIGHT
Prohibition Plank Adopted After a
Ix)ng Tnssle and Bursts of Fiery
Oratory Delegates Selected
to Vote for Bryan. .i
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EMSVEKTH-HOUR SELECTIONS.
SPOKANE. Wash., May 18. (Spe
cial.) At 11:45 P. M.. the convention
reached the following resultsc
Nominated for chairman - of the
State Central Committee. Corge P.
Wright, of Pierce County.
Elected as delegate-at-lavge to the
National Convention, the following
' delegates, with half a vote each
A. R. Titlow. Pierce; I E. Blgnold,
Chehalls; Fred E. Baldwin. Spokane;
Dan Paul, Douglas; George F.
Christensen, Adams; A. O. Mltchum,
Lincoln; Charles G. Helfner and F.
A. MacDonald, King. No alternates
were elected.
Nominated for Presidential Elec
tors J. M. McKernan, Garfield; E.
A. FItshenry, Clallam; Wllmon
Tucker, King; Thomas M. Vance,
Thurston ; George F. Richardson,
Benton.
Twelve district delegates, with
half a vote each, were also elected as
follows: ,
First district John I Lukes and
W. M. Pemberton, of Whatcom, and
Daniel Currle and W. W. Black of
Snohomish.
Second district Frank R. Spin
ning, of Pierce; W. W. Cannon, of
Lewis; Tal Brattan, of Klickitat, and
J. C. Conine, of Thurston.
Third district Jerome Drumheller,
of Spokane; T. A. White, of Whit
man; L. A. Simons, of Kittitas, and
M. A. Smaller, of Okonogan.
Indorsed for National committee
man W. H. Dunphy, of Walla Wal
la County.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 18. (Special.)
All day the Second and Third district
leaders in the Democratic state conven
tion overrode the demands, denied the
requests, resisted the pleadings and har
rowed' the lacerated feelings of the dele
gates from King County, ignoring alike
King County's arrogance, insistence and
her tearful prayers and sending the dele
gation home unburdened with honors,
bitter in their disappointment and re
fusing to be placated or consoled with
three petty places thrust magnanimously
upon them against their tearfully elo
quent protests.
Conies Defiant, Returns Humiliated.
King County came to the convention
demanding a lion's share of its honors.
It returned home with nothing it wanted t
and protesting against even what it was
Kiven; came defiant with arrogance,
went home humiliated into the dust;
came expecting to dominate, returned
rankling under the domination of others,
ven writhing under a final insult In
volved in the nomination for Presiden
tial elector of a King County man who
is persona-mm-grata to the delegation.
King County came to the convention de
manding the indorsement of Charles G.
Heifner as National committeeman, and
saw that honor handed out to W. H. Dun
phy, of Walla Walla.
Combine Holds to Bitter End.
It came asking for four of the eight
"half delegates" to the National conven
tion. It was given two, refused to accept
them and saw them thrust upon it.
The convention was controlled in every
action by a combination between the
Third District, or Eastern Washington,
counties, organized by Spokane County,
and the Second District, or Southwestern
Washington, counties, organized by Pierce
County. This combination totaled mora
than 500 of the 700 delegates in the conven
tion in person or by proxy, and rode rough,
shod and relentlessly across the prostrate
forme of the delegations from King
County, Snohomish, Whatcom, Skagit and
San Juan Counties, which had perfected
another combination to resist It.
DECLARE FOR PROHIBITION
Democrats Adopt Plank After Fierce
and Fiery Oratory.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 18. After as
stormy a session as was ever seen In a
convention hall in this state, the Demo
cratic state convention tonight, just be
fore midnight, adopted a plank declaring
for submission to the voters a constitu
tional amendment forbidding the sale and
manufacture of spirituous liquors.
Whether by oversight or design, nothing
is said about vinous and malt drinks. The
plank was adopted by a two to one vote,
following a night of fierce and fiery ora
tory for and against.
A double delegation of 20, each with
half a vote, was elected to the National
convention at Denver and Instructed
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