VOL,. XL.VIII XO. 14,812. -PORTLAND, OREGON, ..WEDNESDAY," MAY 20, .1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TRIED TO SECURE PIATT'S LETTERS WAITING TO DIE OF HYDROPHOBIA AGREES TO SOUND RIGHT KEYNOTE REPRESENTATIVE - OF ENTIRE WORLD PRAYER AND ARSON STRANGELY MIXED N1GHTRIDERS BURN TOBACCO BARS RELIGIOUSLY. T SAVES DISGRACE RULE GLEVELAND RICH MAX CALMLY PREPARES FOR ETERNITY. BVRROWS SEKS TAFT AND KE - MOVES OBJECTIONS. DOUBLE TRAGEDY RAH MOBS Miller'sCharge Against Loeb and Wynne." ' MADE AT MAE WOOD'S REQUEST Tells of Conspiracy to Force Her to Surrender. PLATT FULLY INFORMED Ex-Consul's Attack on Consul-Gen-eral and President's Secretary Brought Out Ietters to Hold Over Piatt's Head. NEW YORK, May IS. That high Gov ernment officials at Washington tried to obtain possession of love letters written by Senator Thomas C. Piatt to Miss Mao C. Wood was stated in the testimony In today's trial of Miss Wood's suit for divorce from the aged Senatpr. The court denied a motion of counsel for Mr. Plaft to dismiss the complaint. The statement bears the authority of J. Mar tin Miller and Miss Wood, who said she did not see the signature affixed, but was assured by Mr. Miller that it was genuine. The statement was prepared at her request, she testified. It declared that Miller was asked by "high Government officials" in Washington and New York to get possession of Mr. Piatt's love letters, that the papers were not to be given to Mr. Piatt, but were to be turned over . to "Mr. Loeb at Washington," and that, i when the plan to get possession of the original papers "failed, a scandal was ' begun In the newspapers to force Miss Wood to come to terms, Wynne "Started Ball Kolling. "Wynne, First Assistant Postmaster General, started the ball rolling by get ting a New York newspaper to print the article as it first appeared," says tha statement, which concludes: "I was gotten into the conspiracy by powerful officials whom I. dared not dis please from a newspaper or political standpoint. I consulted Mr. Howe, Sen ator riatfs secretary, frequently, and acted at all times under the direction of Loeb and Piatt." Bx-Postmaster-General Robert Wynne Is the present American Consul-General to London. J. Martin Miller, a former newspaper man, recently was American Consul at Rheims. France. "Did Miller every say anything to you about the letters?" asked the examining attorney of Miss Wood, who had been on the witness stand in her own behalf since early yesterday. "Tes," she replied, "he said that if he got the letters the Platts would never get them." "What was he going to do with them?" "Hold them over Piatt's head, I be lieve," she answered. Miller's Story of Conspiracy. The statement purporting to have been signed by Miller bears date of October 15, 1903. It reads: 1 was asked by hiirh Government officials in XVsahlnKton and New York to got posses sion of Senator Piatt's love letters to Mas t Wood. In order to do this. I had to pretend I would ret out a book, for which the gave me the manuscript on October 8. llo3. It was agreed by all parties inter ested that 1 was to get her to New York and set the papers out of her room. Mr. l.oeb railed up Ptatt In New York and told him Miss Wood was suing him for breach of promise. Then Piatt said he would be a party to the srheme. I failed to get pos session of any original documents or letters. We then beican the scandal In the newspa pers to force her to come to terms. Wynne. First Assistant Postmaster-Gen- Continued on Page T This photograph was taken at llic National resources of the country. Fairbanks, Justices Harlan, Brewer, i fl if If f fl V 'rf 1 Knowing End Must, Come Within Three Days, V. H. Marsh Ar- ' - . ranges Earthly Affairs. I . NEW YORK, May 19. (Special.) Will lam H. Marsh, a wealthy manufacturer of witter meters, whose residence at 74 Ocean avenue is one of the handsomest in "the Flatbush section, has hydrophobia. He knows it, too. ' -' - Mr. Marsh bolieves he is going to die within the next thee days, and he Is now. in his home quietly arranging his busi ness affairs so that, when the end comes, everything will be In shape. Admitting that he would rather die in some other way, having studied medicine sufficiently, to know the horrors of death from such a disease, Mr. Marsh says, however, that, as he must end his early career in this way, he can face it and do so calmly. Mr. Marsh waited too long before he ap plied to the Pasteur Institute for treatment. WOULD WHIP ALL INTO LINE Word From Roosevelt Means Pas sage of Anti-Betting Bills. ALBANY. N. Y., May 19. Much in terest was shown here in a statement of Senator Agnews, of New York, that one of his constituents had talked re cently with President Roosevelt and represented the latter as expressing himself in favor of. the passage of the much-discussed bills for the abolition of legal protection of public gambling at race tracks in this city. None of the Republican leaders would talk about the matter, but the gen eral feeling was that any authenti cated expression of the President In favor of the bills would Insure for the anti-gambling bills practioally a party vote. PRESIDENT NOT TO INTERFERE Says He Keeps Out of Alltate Leg islation as Policy. WASHINGTON, May 19. That Presi dent Roosevelt has authorised no one to speak for him regarding the antigambling legislation pending at Albany was the only comment obtainable at the Whlta House regarding the report from Albany that the President has privately ex pressed himself on that Subject. Presi dent Roosevelt's policy. It was stated, has- universally been to Interfere in no way whatever in state legislation, and it was added that he baa made no excep tion to' that policy in the present in stance. . , ALL CHILDREN SERGEANTS Police Inspector Appoints Pupils to Report Misconduct of Force. ' ' NEW TORK, May 19. Inspector Miles O'Reilly has appointed all the pupils of public school No. 52 in East New York police sergeants. He has asked them to watch the patrolmen and report any misconduct. The other day Mr. O'Reilly dropped into the school and explained hla plan. "I want the co-operation of you children to increase the discipline of my men," he said. EXPEDITE THE DECISION Mrs. George Gould Arrives in Paris for Conference. PARIS, May 19. Mrs. George J. Gould and her children arrived here today from New York. Her presence in Parts is expected to expedite a decision on the question as to whether any opposition on the part of the executors, to the mar riage of Madame Anna Gould to Prince Helie de Sagan, will be withdrawn. PRESIDKNT,' the front door of the White House. It In the front row reading from left to White, McKenua. Moimee, Day, Moody. Son Shoots Father and -Then Himself. DISLIKES SECOND MARRIAGE George E. Sterry About to Wed Young Lady. ' LEAVES AN OPEN LETTER George K. Sterry, Jr., Says ' He Is Sure God Has Told Him to Do This Act In Rambling Kplstle. Both Prominent in Business. NEW YORK. May 19. A family es strangement which had driven one of the members to Insanity, culminated to day in the murder of George E. Sterry, a millionaire drug exporter, by his son, George E. Sterry, Jr., and the suicide of the latter. The elder Sterry' was shot down at the Pine-street office of Weaver & Sterry, Limited, where he had been closeted for a few moments with the murderer. The son immediately after ward shot himself and both men were dead when others of the firm hurried into the room. The' determination of the father to re marry led to the tragedy. A letter left by the son made plain that his acts were deliberate and the result of a deranged mind. The senior Sterry was 72 years eld and in addition to his drug interests was president of the Bloomfleld . Mills Com pany and a director In the Spring Coal Company. He was socially prominent and active in religious affairs. Was About to Remarry. George E. Sterry, Jr., was 40 years old and with his wife lived at the Manhattan Square Hotel. His wife had known of the unpleasantness in the. Sterry family but had received no intimation that her hus band's mind had become unbalanced as a consequence. ; ' ' ' ' The murdered man' was president of the firm of Weaver & Sterry, the murderer was its secretary, while "William DeWitt Sterry, a second son, is the treasurer. John W. and James W.. also sons of the elder man, are directors. Mr. Sterry's wife died four years ago, and last Janu ary he announced his intention of mar rying Miss Rachel Blatkie, a public school teacher of East 'Orange, N. J. The sons disapproved of the proposed alliance but were unable' to influence their father against It. ' George Sterry, Jr., today went to his place of business as usual, and passing through the office of his brother, ad dressed him. casually anu then entered his father's private room. Perhaps five minutes' later the reports of a revolver twice discharged attracted others to the private office. Both Dead When Found. The body of the elder Sterry sat up right in the chair before his desk, wfth blood trickling down the face from a bullet hole in the right temple. Stretched out in a chair near his father's desk was the lifeless form of the son. He had been killed by a bullet over the right ear. His right hand clasped a revolver. A letter in the pocket of the son read as follows: To Whom It May Concern: The Coroner first, I presume. I took a solemn oath to myelf that my father would never dis grace the memory of my -sainted mother. There is not a bit of selfishness in me. Had my father engaged himself to a lady of ma ture age I would most certainly bid him good luck, and trust he would live forever. I certainly always desired a long and happy (Concluded on Page a.) VICE-PRESIDEST AND CO VER.XOIIS. MOST NOTABLES GRO TP" OK UNITED STATES. PUBLIC MEN EVER PHOTOGRAPHED. shows the President. Vice-President, I:.land "Waterways Commission, Cabinet officers, members of Supreme Court, and was taken on the opening day of the convention called to discuss the conservation of right are Governor Harris, of Ohio; Governor Hiighes. ot New York; Governor - Davidson, of Wisconsin; Andrew Carnegie, W. J. Bryan, Jamts J. Hill. John Mitchell, President Roosevelt, Vice-President Secretary of Treasury Corteiyou, and. Attorney -aeactal Bonaparte. ' ... Opening Speech of Republican Con vention . to- Be Satisfactory to ' ' . Conceded Nominee. - : WASHINGTON, "May . 19.-(Speclal.)-Gradually ' the excitement caused by the unexpected selection of Senator Burrows, of. .Michigan,, to be temporary chairman of .the. Republican National . Convention, is subsiding: ' ; ' , . '-'' -Mr.-Burrows has had a conference with Secretary ' Taf t, conceded to be the nom inee of the convention for' President,-and it is understood the National committee's designated, ch9l.ee. for. .temporary presid ing officer will deliver a 'keynote" in V - 1 M t) Senator C. A. Culberaon, of Texan. Whom Bryan Will Sup port for Democratic Nomina tion If He Cannot (jet It. full sympathy with his environment and of a character satisfactory to the pros pective nominee and the Roosevelt ad ministration as a whole. MEET AFTER MANY YEARS Portland Woman, Kidnaped by Father, Reunited to Mother. --- v -v - , ... , - HELENA, fM'ont, May 19. A special to the Record from Dillon says that after 18 years mother and daughter In the persons of Mrs. Jacob Hartwig' and Mrs. Charles Jellison, the latter a resident of Portland, Or., have been reunited in that city. The daughter had been placed In a - convent at Deer Lodge, and was kidnaped by the father, who spent years in traveling, visiting nearly every state in the Union, but the mother could never catch them.- Ftnally the child was placed In a hos pital at Beloit, Wis., where she became a sister. Later she removed to Portland, where she met and married Mr. Jellison last year. Mother and daughter finally located each other's whereabouts and their reunion occurred yesterday. . Fur ther details they decline to disclose. CURRENCY BILLS ARE DEAD Deadlock in Conference Delays Ac ' tlon for This Session. , WASHINGTON. May-M That -there will be no.' ciiffenVy legislation at this session .of .Congress is now believed by many members to be almost a certainty. The conferees "on the' Senate and House bills have held several sessions in an effort to work out something under -the head of the "Aldrieh-Vreeland bill,' but they are' said almost to have abandoned hope. - The Senate . committee on finance has submitted an argument for -bankers and commercial interests against the Vree land bill: The opposition has been based chiefly on the charge that. It proposes an asset currency through clearing houses being permitted to issue notes. Methodist! Conference Cosmopolitan. GREAT ENTHUSIASM SPREAD Question of Temperance Thor oughly Arouses Body. RESOLUTION TO CONGRESS Committee of C4 Bishops Visits Speaker Cannon With Memorial ' Favoring Passage of Iittlefield Bill Conference Sidelights. By Daniel L. Rader, Editor Pacific Christian Advocate. BALTIMORE, Md., May 13. (Special Correspondence). Any great repre sentative legislative body is of espe cial interest to those who belong to the . organization which it represents. When such a body has to do with mat ters which are of general interest, it becomes interesting and important to all those who are interested in the public good. The general conference of the Meth odist Episcopal Church is such a body as this. - Its representatives are from every land and clime, and belong to almost every nationality in the world. Here are men and women from Corea, China, the Philippines, India, Africa, from all parts of Europe, from South America and from' all parts of the United States. ' These people are of all conditions of intelligence and social refinement; they are Coreans, Chinese, Hindoos, Africans, of all grades of color. Among the representatives are three Governors, H. A. Buchtel, of Col orado; J. Frank Hanley, of Indiana; and Edward W. Hoch, of Kansas. 'With them may be classed United States Senator Jonathan P. Dolllver. These re among the most conspicuous mem bers of the body, representing the lay men. They, secure recognition from the chairman readily, and are frequent ly upon the platform. There are 574 members, half of whom' are ministers, and the other half laymen, repre senting 123 conferences. ' The bishops sit upon the platform, which seems exceedingly vacant, since the greatest men among their number have died since the last session of the general-, conference." The absence of Bishops Andrews, Merrill, Fowler, Fltz geralS, Joyce and McCabe very greatly weakens the body. The others look very old, as the death of their col leagues has given them extra work and brought upon them very greatly Increased burdens. Some charges of mal-adminlstration not of a serious character have been brought against these men by the .chronic accuser of the brethren, Rev. A. C. Cook, of the Troy conference. This is the man who has been railing -at such men as Dr. J. M. Buckley and James R. Day, and who is now invading the tallest tim ber. He seems to have a grievance against Bishops McDowell and Moore, charging not that they have been guilty of any immorality, but of unwholesome and illegal decisions. The case of the Rev. Bishop M. C. Harris, who was elected at the last general conference bishop of Japan and Corea, presents some very griev ous problems which will tax the in genuity and the most extensive re sources of the most astute legal minds in the church. About a year ago all the members Continued on Page T. Force Young Conple to Attend Serv ice, Singing Hymn as Flame : Leap High. ...LACENTER, Ky., May 19. Kneeling on the ground in the moonlight, with their heads bowed, while the leader, his masked face turned toward heaven, offered prayer, a band of night riders last night destroyed the big tobacco barn of H. D. Maddox, not far from this place. . The-' spectacle was witnessed by a young couple who " were returning from a party and who were captured by the riders and forced to accom pany them to the prayer meeting and barn-burning. After the flames were under headway the young people were Instructed to go home, and, as they left, the raiders were singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee." BOYCOTT CROSSES OCEAN Chinese Refuse to Sail From San Francisco on Japanese Steamer. SAN FRANCISCO, May 19. The Chi nese boycott of Japanese, growing out of the seizure of the Tatsu Maru, has ex tended to this city. Twenty Chinese ci gar merchants, who had planned to return to theif homes In China today, refused to take passage on the Japanese liner America Maru, but said they would wait a week until the Siberia leaves. Lieutenant .Accused of Frand. CHICAGO, May 19. John Hamilton, who claimed to have been a Lieutenant of Infantry In the United States Army, was arrested here today on the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. He is wanted by the police of Cincinnati, where he is said to have obtained money from various people by means of ad vertisements inserted in the newspapers. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY? Maximum temperature, 62 degrees; minimum, 4ti degrees. TODAY'S Probably showers; southwest . winds. Domestic. Nijrht riders play and aing hymn while burning barn. Page S. Federal grand jury begins investigation ot New York Cotton Exchange. Page 2. Exciting scenes in great Methodist Confer ence. Page 1. Wealthy New Yorker calmly awaits death from hydrophobia. Page 1. tiHer siory oX conspiracy with Toeh and Wynne to get Piatt's letters produced in court. Page 1. Furious rioting in Cleveland Mrike. Page 1. Conclusive- proof of Bella Gunness's death Page 3. - roil tic. Bryan will support Culberson if he cannot get nomination. Page 1. Gavin McNab abHirste- as boss of California Democracy. Page 5. Burrows agrees with Taft to sound right keynote at Chicago convention. Page 1. Bryan says Alabama primaries were victors' over trusts. Paje 2, - National. Director North defends census figures on paper prices against Bidder's attacks. Page 2. . ' Pacific Coat. Astoria expects 10.000 visitors to se- fleet today. Page 3. Defense in Hembree murder trial severely cross-examines all witnesses. Pago 6. Oregon Oddfellows In session at Salem. Page 6- Closing arguments in Ruef trial. Pag 2. Cannon explodes while firing salute to fleet and kills one man and injures four per sons. Page 7. Sports. President Ewing discusses extension of Coast League. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Eastern Oregon wool prices likely to open low. Page 15. Good gain in wheat prices at Chicago. Page IS. Stocks reach record values on present move ment. Page 15. French bark Bretagne ' clears for Europe with a mixed cargo of wheat and barley. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Episcopal conference committee's session ends. Page 14. Health Board prosecutes citizens failing to report smallpox cases. Page 7. Suitter'B lawyer makes sensational opening statement in murder trial. Page 30. Oregon Eastern will be extended to Cali fornia line. Page 10. Emma Goldman will not speak In Y. M, C. A. chapel. Page 11. Republican County Central Committee meets. Page 2. Shoot Down Carmen - and Burn Cars. GIRL KILLED; MOB WOULD LYNCH Spectators Eager for Venge ance on Conductor. FIGHT BATTLE WITH POLICE Head Severed From Body by Non union Mntornian, Who Flees. Strikers More for Referendum to Forfeit Franchise. CLEVELAND. O.. May 19. The most serious violence of the streetcar strike, which has been on here since Sunday, oc curred in Lakewood, a suburb, tonight when four men were wounded with bul lets, one car burned and another par tially t wrecked. Trouble , had been anticipated, and tha first car to Clinton carried no passen gers. When It stopped before a railway bridge, a crowd which had been lying in wait, leaped from hiding places and opened fire on the crew and guards. Guards W. G. Barnes and John Swanto returned the Are, more than 30 shots being exchanged. Gasoline Poured on Car. While the shooting was In progress tha crowd grew to nearly a thousand. An other car arrived and Its crew joined in the fight. Gasoline was poured on the second car and' it was burned to the trucks. The Cleveland police were notified and 60 officers were sent to the rescue. The first car, riddled with bul lets and- windows broken, proceeded to the barn. P. C-J lilsliolz, motorman, was shot in the lee. John Gray knd J. Alexander, guards n -the second, .car, were shot In the chest and Mace Burlingame, who was in the crowd which made the attack, was shot in the hand. All were taken to a hospital, where they were reported to be seriously wounded. Girl Killed, Mob Furious. An earner disturbance occurred in the downtown district, when Yatta Wolkinson, a little girl, was killed by a car while attempting; to cross the street. As soon as ho realized what had occurred the motorman .speeded the car several blocks ahead, where the police were notified. The conduc tor tnen left the car and sought ref uge in a nearby drug store. A crowd attempted to reach him, while others attempted to catch .the fleeing car. The police arrived just in time to save the conductor, at .whom the mob was . yelling "Lynch him, lynch him." The girl's head had been severed from her body. By mistake two morgue keepers had, been called and when their dead wagons arrived one took the girl's head and the other her body. The frantio parents of the girl, excitedly trying to obtain possession of the severed parts of the body, inflamed the mob spirit and more serious trouble was narrow ly averted by the police. Still Trying to Arbitrate. The state arbitrators took up the task of endeavoring to effect a reconciliation between tlie strikers and the Municipal Traction Company early tonight and re mained in session several hours. While the car service was slightly im proved today the general situation ap peared so serious tonight that possibility Continued on Page 15. FH 1 04.0