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PORTLAND, OKEGOX, THURSDAY, MAY, 21, 1908.
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TO SEE FLEE!
Atlantic Squadron in
Sight Two Hours
Off Astoria.
DAY BRIGHT AND CLEAR
Excursion Steamers Blow Sa
lutes to Warships as They
Round Tillamook Head.
COLORS ARE DIPPED IN REPLY
Splendid View Obtained of
the Great Sea Parade.
MESSAGES FROM SPERRY
Mayor Wise and Admiral Kxcliange
Greetings by Wireless Invitation
Board Roanoke Declined Be
cause' of Lack of Time.
FLKET ESTKRS STRAIT Jl'AN
IK IfCA.
According to a message received by
the United Wireless station at
t'ouncll Crest, this .city, the Atlantic
fleet tntereH fehe sralere of the Strait
Juanx de Fiica at 13:30 chls morning.
A the vessel pavsod Tatoosh Island
the weather was reported as cloudy,
with occasional showers. The sea was
smooth, with a four-mile wind from
the southwest. The barometer stood
at 30:05, with a temperature of 47
degrees.
ASTORIA, Or., May 20. (Special.)
From every point of vantage on dunes
and headlands between Willapa Harbor
and Tillamook Head today the patriotic:
people of the Pacific Northwest waved
their welcome and farewell to the bat
tleships or the Atlantic fleet as they
eteamed up the coast. Ten thousand
throats cheered the Imposing pageant of
the Nation's naval power; hats were
flun- high In the air and tears streamed
down the faces of many spectators in
an excess of patriotism, as the Imposing
file of monster fighting ships rounded
Tillamook Head and came in .sight of
the waiting multitude.
Present Magnificent Spectacle.
It was a magnificent sight, such as the
Oregon coast has never before witnessed.
In the lead, flying Rear-Admlral Sperry's
blue two-starred flag, was the Connecti
cut, the splendid type of the navy's
latest lighting machines. The vessel that
led the squadron on its historic voyage
from Hampton Roads, with "Fighting
Bob" Evans on the bridge, still stood
at the head of the column, which was
made up of the following ships:
First squadron, first division Connecti
Jtf. Kansas. Minnesota and Vermont.
Second division Georgia, Nebraska.
New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Second squadron, third division--Louisiana,
Virginia, Ohio and Missouri.
Fourth division Wisconsin, Illinois,
Kearsarge and Kentucky.
Accompanying the war vessels was
the hospital ship Relief.
Sail Within Two Miles of Shore.
As the fleet rounded Tillamook
Head at 11:30 this .morning, the bat
tleships, which were steaming abreast
of each other In a straight line
stretching to the horizon, swung into
a single column, the flagship leading
the . van, and cruised within two
miles of the surf, affording' a splen
did view to the spectators on
shore. A fleet of excursion steamers
crossed the bar early in the day and
greeted the battleships off Tillamook
Rock with a volley of whistles. Each
vessel was loaded to its capacity with
excursionists, and their cheers were
added to the noisy salute. The mos
quito fleet escorted the war vessels
northward of the Columbia River,
when they returned to Astoria. When
the war vessels left the excursion
craft behind, the battleships resumed'
their former positions, steaming away
to the north abreast of each other.
As the squadron steamed along in
perfect order, each vessel dipped its
colors In acknowledgment of the loud
acclaim from the excursion craft.
Day Is Bright and Clear.
Weather conditions were ideal. The
morning broke at he mouth of the
river, threatening rain, but later in
the day the clouds drifted away, leav
it bright and clear. The white
tMiecl sea fighters loomed up big and
threatening to any but a friendly coast.
Tiie steamers Roanoke. Alliance and
Ktlnore, from Portland, beside the bar
Continued on race 14.
HAS NOT AGREED
ON RUEF'S GUILT
JUKY OCT WHOLE DAY WITH
OCT REACHING VERDICT.
Request for Definition of Accomplice
Followed by Further, long
Deliberation.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. After being
out for 26 hours, the jury in the case of
Abraham Ruef. the former political boss
cf San Francisco, who has been on trial
for the past seven weeks on the charge
of offering a bribe to ex-Supervisor Jen
nings J. Phillips, shortly after II o'clock
tonight sent-for part-of - Phillips'- testi
mony. It took counsel for both sides nearly
half an hour to find the particular
portions of Phillips' testimony that was
desired and which evidently had sCme-
Abraham Ruef, Once Boas) of
San Francisco, Wboae Kate la
In Hands of Jury.
thing to do with the question in the
deliberations of the jurors whether or not
Phillips was an accomplice . of Ruef.
After the testimony was sent to the jury
loud talking was heard from the Jury
room, Indicating that a heated discussion
was in progress.
Judge Dooling ruled that, in order" that
a witness' evidence might be distrusted as
that of an accomplice, he must be
charged with the ;utie Identical offense
as the accused. In this case the charge
Is offering a bribe to Phillips and there
fore one who agrees to accept a bribe is
not an accomplice.
The judge was still in his chambers a few
minutes before midnight in the hope that
the jury would reach a verdict . The
courtroom was packed all day. All the
members of the prosecution remaining till
midnight, when the room was cleared.
TRY TO PUT SPEAKER OUT
Oklahoma "Insurgents" Create a
Scene in the House.
GUTHRIE. Okla., May 20. A scene was
created In the Hduse today when Tlllot
son, Norvell and other members of ' the
so-called House "Insurgents" attempted
to throw Speaker Murray : out of the
House. They rushed toward the Speaker's
stand, declaring their Intention, but were
stopped by conservative members. A
general row ensued and it was some time
before order was restored.
Kaiser Finishes His Tonr. -
BERLIN, May 20. Emperor ' William
returned to Berlin today after an ab
sence of two months.
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LILLEY'S GHARGE
DECLARED FALSE
Member of House Ac-
cused of Treason.
WILLIAMS WOULD EXPEL HIM
Tool of Unsuccessful - Bidder
for Submarines.
IS GUILTY OF BAD FAITH
House Adopts Committee Report
Denouncing Connecticut Member,
Who Attacked Associates' In- -tegrlty
Without Proof.
WASHINGTON, May 20 The con
clusions of the special committee which
has been investigating the charges of
Representative Lilley, of Connecticut,
that members of the House had been
improperly influenced in connection
with submarine torpedoboat legislation,
that LUley had violated ' his obliga
tions as a member and had acted in
bad faith with the committee and in
contempt of the House, was sustained
today by the House by a vote of 157
to 82. Five hours of the session were
devoted to the case, four of which
were consumed in reading the report;
The Connecticut members Joined in
voting against the resolution by which,
the House adopted the conclusions of
the committee as Its own. Williams,
of Mississippi, denounced Lilley as be
ing guilty of treason, for which he
said he should be expelled. It was a
noticeable fact that the five members
of the special committee, Bouteil,
Olmsted, Stevens, Brouesard and How
ard, sat together throughout the pro
ceedings, and that none of them sub
mitted any remarks in connection with
the report. ?
Tool of Lake Company.
The report reveals the testimony
brought out before the committee on
hearings extending over several weeks.
The committee finds that Lilley allowed
himself to be used as an Instrument of
the Lake Boat Company in questioning
the Integrity and fairness of members of
the investigating committee, and In at
tacking a competing submarine company.
Mr. Lilley is charged also with main
taining an attitude of bad faith, both In
bringing the charges and concealing from
the committee the Identity of the real
parties in Interest behind the Investiga
tion. The committee, at the beginning of Its
report, finds that the resolution Intro
duced by Lilley was Impotent and that
no evidence could have been compelled
under it. The real object of the resolu
tion is found to be the same as the
propaganda of the Lake Torpedo-Boat
Company, the defeat of the clause in the
Naval committee's bill relating to sub
marines. Violates His Obligations.
It is found that Lilley violated his ob
ligation as a member of the House in
urging groundless charges against Rep
resentative Loud and in permitting his
clerk, in Lilley's name, to send out let
ters reflecting on the honor and Integrity
of members of the House and in disavow-
Contlrued on Page 5.
UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP FLEET AS IT
SEE CHANCE FOR
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
PREMIER ASQCTTH SAYS HE IS
' OF OPEN MIND.
Declares That if Favorable Bill Is
Presented in Parliament, Govern-
ment -Will Not Oppose.'
LONDON, May 20. Prime Minister As
quith took a long step today in the direc
tion of encouraging the claims of women
for franchlsement when he replied to an
important delegation of Radical members
in the' House of Commons 'who were
deputed to obtain his views on this mat
ter. -- . .-..' .
He declared that the Government in
tended before the .close ' of the present
Parliament to pass a comprehensive
measure of. electoral reform. 'He said he
Representative George Im Lilley,
of Connecticut, Severely Con
demned In Report on Subma
rine Boat Inquiry.
was not himself an advocate of -woman
suffrage, not having yet been convinced
of Its desirability, but he had an open mind
on the subject, and if an amendment
was introduced to the projected reform
bill favoring woman suffrage on demo
cratic lines the Government would not
oppose it.
The Prime Minister said also that he
recognised the woman's suffrage move'
nent had gained -a great Impetus of late
years, but-no change of the kind proposed
could be carried through with effect un
lens it had the women of the country, as
"wyil as the electors, behind it.
WRECKS, OREGON EXPRESS
Broken Rail Causes Death and Fatal
Injury on Train.'
OAKLAND; Cal., May 20. The second
section of Southern Pacific train No. 16,
known, as the Oregon Express,- which left
the Oakland Mole at 8:50 tonight, was
wrecked at Pinole at 9:40 o'clock. One
man was killed and four injured.
The dead:
EXPRESS MESSENGER CUMMINGS.
- Injured: - v
Fireman Cody; will die. ,
R. J. Ward, engineer: will die. .
Express Messenger Birmingham; badly
crushed about chest.. May recover.'
W.. .W. Rodehorer, helper on express
car; fractured ankle.
The wreck occurred one mile vest of
Pinole station, and-it 'is. said was caused
by a broken rail. The engine, express and
baggage car jumped the track and turned
over.. Three . passenger coaches left the
rails, but remained upright." No passen
gers were .injured
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BLACK EYE GIVEN
. BRYAN BY GUFFEY
Keystone State Votes
No Instructions.
SHOWS NO MERCYTO PEERLESS
Delegate Calls Him Withering
Blight to Party.
HOT -FIGHT IN" CONVENTION
Black Leads Forlorn Hope and Is
Met by Fierce Oration, Accus
' ing Bryan of Leading the
Party to Destruction.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2a After one
of the hardest fights within the party In
several years, the Democratic State Con
vention here today decided not to instruct
its delegates-at-large to the Denver con
vention for Bryan. It was a clean-cut
victory for the Democratic organisation
headed by Colonel JameB M. Guffey, of
Pittsburg, the Pennsylvania member of
the National Committee. The Bryanites,
under the leadership of the executive
committee of the Bryan Democratic
League, had a large following and they
fought to the bitter end. '
The 64 district delegates were elected In
April and the state convention had
nothing to do with them in the matter
of issuing i Instructions. A majority of
these are claimed for Mr. Bryan.
Fight Begins in Committee.
The principal committee fight was that
on resolutions. The Guffey people offered
a platform which was silent ' on the
Presidential question and the Bryanites
immediately offered an amendment In
structing the delegates-at-large for
Bryan. It was defeated by a vote of 34
to 15.
When they offered another amendment
containing the Bryan plank of the 1906
statu conventicu, and it also,went down
to defeat 32 to IT.
Bryan a Withering Blight.
When the platform was presented to
the convention 'at the afternoon session,
Jere S. Black, one of the leaders of the
Bryanites, offered as a minority report
the second amendment defeated in the
meeting of the committee on resolutions.
Mr. Black made an earnest plea for In
structions and ex-Congressman James
Kerr also supported the Bryan plank.
Then John T. Lenahan made a vigorous
attack upon Mr. Bryan which roused the
Bryanites to a high pitch of excitement.
Mr. Lenahan declared that Mr. Bryan
had "led the party to destruction" and
that he was a "withering blight upon the
Democratic party." The convention was
in constant uproar in consequence of
Lenahan's remarks and he was frequent
ly compelled to stop talking.
Mr. Lenahan said he was not afraid of
the crowd, declaring that the "noise and
bluster of the Bryan shouters" could not
terrorize him. After a tedious rollcall,
the minority report was defeated, 187 to
123, after which the platform was adopted
by a viva voce vote.
The first definite announcement that
the organization was still in control was
when the vote of the committee on per
manent organization on the selection of a
Continued on Page 4.
APPEARS ON THE HIGH
STORE WRECKED
BY LEAKING GAS
LIGHTED CAXDLE CACSES VIO
LENT EXPLOSION.
Woman Blown Into. Street and Fa
tally Hurt by Sudden Blast.
- Building Torn Up.
CHICAGO. May 20. The retail fur
niture store of John A. Colby & Sons
was badly wrecked today, one woman
fatally, injured and several others
slightly hurt by an explosion of gas.
Some workmen who were making
repairs in the cellar left a lighted can
dle close to the gas meter, and a ter
rific explosion followed. The windows
on the first, second and third floors
were blown out, the first floor was
Colonel J. M. Guffey, Chairman,
of the Pennsylvania Democratic
Committee and Victor Over
Bryan in State Convention.
torn up and much furniture badly
damaged.
Mrs. Fannie Geller, of 1012 Milwau
kee avenue, who "was passing the store,
was blown into the street, striking
against a temporary car track which
is raised about one foot above the
level. She sustained fractures of the
skull and one leg and was taken to
the hospital in a dying; condition.
The damage to store and contents is
estimated at 500O.
TRY TO BLOW UP BRIDGE
Attempt Made on New York, New
. Haven & Hartford Structure.
NEW YORK, May 20. An attempt was
made last night to blow up the ' new
bridge of the New York,' New Haven &
Hartford Railroad over the Harlem River
at "West Farms Road. Today a valise
containing ten sticks of dynamite was
found floating in the river and the watch
man on the bridge told the police that he
had been set upon by five men last night
when he caught them in the act of plac
ing a charge of dynamite under the struc
ture. The watchman succeeded in beating
the men off, and they fled when he fired
several shots at them. The valise con
taining the dynamite fell into the river.
Kansas Still for Bryan.
S A LIN A, Kan., May 20. Four hundred
Democrats, members of Kansas Bryan
clubs, are meeting here today. Hugh
Farrelly, candidate for United States Sen
ator, and other Bryan Democrats declared
today that there had been no move made
to claim the state for Johnson, and they
ridiculed the idea.
SEAS
SEWATDR PLATT
DENIES MARRIAGE
MaeWood Not HisWife,
Letters Not His.
ADMITS SHE FASCINATED HIM
Denounces as Forgery Letter
Acknowledging Her.
FLARES UP WHEN PRESSED
Testimony Is Series of Denials, Ex
cept That He Admits Paying
910,000 for Letters What
Miss Wood Told Reporters.
NEW YORK. May 20. Physically so
weak that ffractlcally he had to be car
ried in and. out of the courtroom. United
States Senator Thomas C. Piatt was at
times a spirited witness today when he
appeared to testify in his own behalf in
Mae C. Woods' suit for absolute divorce
from him. His denial of ail the charges
brought by Miss Wood was emphatic
and. when prodded too hard by the
plaintiff's counsel, the aged Senator
proved himself capable of vigorous re
sponse. While the defendant was In the
courtroom much of the day. Miss Wood,
the plaintiff, did not attend the trial.
The presentation of the case for the
defense, aside from Mr. Piatt's 'Own
testimony, was marked by a sharp at
tack on the authenticity of the mar
riage certificate which Miss Wood of
fered in evidence to support her con
tention of a matrimonial contract with
the Senator. This was followed by an
effort to show that a letter In which
Mr. Piatt is said to have admitted his
marriage to Miss Wood was written
over his signature on a blank sheet of
paper, to which he previously affixed
hi autograph by request of two
women applicants for it while ne was
stopping at the Hotel Arlington in this
city in 1906..
Repudiates His Signature.
Mr. Piatt himself in his testimony
categorically denied that he ever mar
ried or promised to marry the plaintiff,
repudiated the signature purporting to
be his on the marriage certificate and
the genuineness of several letters
which Miss Wood testified came to her
from him.
At the conclusion of the afternoon
session Justice O'Gorman announced
that the trial must conclude with to
morrow's session, no matter how late
a sitting of the court that might In
volve. As the Senator was leaving the court
house, he was met by a group of pho
tographers and a crowd of curious per
sons. Some one shouted to him jocularly
to "stand and deliver," whereupon he
raised j.. s hat, waved it at the crowd and
smiled, while the photographers snapped
.Continued on Pase T.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
, . National.
Hastier renews attack on Roosevelt for
treatment of Stewart. Page 3.
Many paper manufacturers to testify before
House committee. Page 3.
Co mm! union on suhmarlnen condemns I-illev'a
charges, House approves and Williams
calls him traitor. Page l.
McGregor confirmed aa Collector at Astoria.
Page 6.
Conferees on currency will recommend com
mission to prepare bill. Page 3.
Politics.
Pennsylvania Democrats reject Bryan in
structions In stormy convention. Page 1.
Foreign.
British Premier says government will not
oppose woman suffrage. Page 1.
Domestic.
Negotiations to end Cleveland strike near
succ-8(. Page 5.
Three-sldf'd shooting affair in Oakland ho
tel. Page 5.
Seven persons drowned in launch accident
In Arkansas. Page 2.
Hill proposes annual conference of Govern
ors. Page 4.
Methodist conference votes on bishops and
elects two of eight needed. Page 4.
Many changes In Methodist discipline pro
posed. Page 4. a
Senator Piatt denies marrying Mae Wood
and repudiates letters and marriage cer
tificate. Page 1.
Gas explosion In Chicago fatally injures
woman and wrecks building, page 1.
Coroner finds Mrs. Ounnen was burned to
death. Page 2.
Parifle Coast.
Jury In Ruef case (rtill out. Page 1
Hembree murder case expected to be In
hands of jury today. Page 6.
Oregon Oddfellows -entertained at Balem.
Page 6.
Cold-blooded murder at Teep River, on
north bank of Columbia. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Man who throws rice at newly-wedded
couple Injured by voarhrmn. Page 7.
Eighth missionary district of Episcopal
Church in convention. Page 11.
Ticket for Rose Festival grand ball placed
on sale. Page LI.
City Engineer submits four plans for new
modern steel bridge. Page 12.
Henry Shaffer's widow testifies against K.
H. Sultter In murder trial. Pag 7.
Mayor w cores council for fire hydrant ap
propriation. Page 12.
Portland defeats Oakland 6 to 3; Groom's
twirlln; wins. Page 5.
Pasfring of the Fleet.
Thousands view fleet off mouth of Columbia.
Page 1.
Arthar A. Greene gives his tmpresMons on
seeing the Atlantic fleet. Page 10.
Streak of smoke Is all Newport sees of
fleet. Page lO.
Coos Bay people gaxe In vain for sight of
warships, page lO.
Commercial and Marine,
Eastern prune market affected by crop re
ports. Page 17.
Wheat weaker at Chicago on weather news.
Page 17.
Violent fluctuations in stock market. Page
17.
Light ship experiment with auhoxiria 9db"
x&im. Pax J4,