4 TTJE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY. AUGUST 21. 1908.
CROWD TURNS ON
THORNTON
RUNS
DemonstrationatAnnis
Inquest.
Brothers Held Responsible at
Inquest for Murder of
Hains.
Could Hare Saved Annis, but for
Thornton Hains Interference.
Lawyer Prevent Answer to
Questions Put by Crowd.
NEW TORK. Aug 20. After being out
22 minutes, a coroner's Jury tonight
brought In a verdict that William E. An
nia. who was killed last Saturday at Bay
side. L. I., came to his death as a result
of pistol-shot wounds Inflicted by Captain
Peter C. Hains. Jr.. U. 8. A., aided and
abetted by Thornton Jenkins Hains. his
brother. It was believed the Jury would
render Its verdict without leaving the
. room, but the Jurors remained out for
mora than 20 minutes.
When the Jurymen filed into the room
and the foreman announced the verdict,
there was a demonstration. A crowd
gathered around Thornton Jenkins Hains.
and began to question htm as to the
tragedy in which he played such an Im
portant part. He was asked if he felt
Justified in holding a crowd at bay with
a revolver while his brother shot down
Annis. Before Hairs could reply. John
F. Mclntyre. chief counsel for the brother,
rushed to his side and shouted:
"No. no. don't answer that question".
Hard on Thornton Hains.
Only two witnesses were called. They
"verS- Charles H. Roberts, of Flushing.
Who testified that he was standing on the
clubhousesfloat when he heard the report
of a pistol shot and saw Captain Hains
in a kneeling position clinging to the
drooping- body of Annis as he emptied
the contents of his revolver into Annrs.
and Coroner's Physician Frey. who testi
fied that Annis came to his death from
" the bullet wounds,
i Mr. Roberts said that he would have
f had time to interfera had not Thornton
4iains prevented him.
- Mr. Mclntyre asked him If he had noted
th expression in the eyes of Thornton
Hanis at the moment, but before the
question . could be answered District At
torney Darrln objected and was sustained.
Hains Shows Emotion.
Prior to his giving his testimony
II r. Roberts was asked to Identify the
prisoners. When he pointed out Cap
tain Hains as the slayer, the Army
officer put his hands over his face and
seemed to be greatly excited. This
caused commotion in the court, for he
has heretofore remained wholly un
. perturbed apparently.-
Before going out one of the Jurymen
" demanded that additional witnesses be
' called, but the coroner refused to com-
' ply
Before the inquest John F. Mclntyre.
chief cour.el for' the Hains brothers,
made the following statement to the
' Associated' Press representative:
Mrs. Hains' Confession.
' 'In answer to the statement of Mrs.
. Hains that she was made to sign a
confession under the Influence of drugs.
I wish to say that my clients and their
distinguished father have told me that
there were four witnesses present when
' the confession was made, one of them
being a prominent New York lawyer.
' These witnesses will testify at the trial
I am also told that Mrs. Hains talked
to several persons regarding the in
cidents related In the confession some
time before she made the statement,
and these persons will be witnesses.
"When Captain Hains was called back
from the Philippines, he questioned his
wife regarding rumors he had heard
about her and he became convinced
that his suspicions were wrong. Later,
he said, facts developed which made
him demand the confession from his
-wife and she made It.
"Caotatn Hains denies that he sent (
letters to Annis challenging him to a
' duel. Stories to this effect are absurd.
"What unbalanced Captain Hains" mind
' was the counter' charges made by Mrs.
Hains in a suit she filed in answer to
. his suit for divorce. Captain Hains be
lieved the statements made by Mrs. Hains
tn the. counter suit were dictated by An
nis." JJaJor John P. Hains made a statement
to the Associated Press before the in
quest. He was asked If he thought his
brother was justified! In shooting Ann's
without giving him a chance to protect
himself.
"I can best answer that question by
recalling an incident that happened to
me at Fort Riley." he said. "I was about
to put on my boot ont morning when
t I found a snake in lu I quickly drew
' my revolver and thot the snak. It is
the same with my brother. I do not be
lieve he should have given Annis a
chance."
Would Do Ssnic Thing.
"Knowiug what you do about the case,
would you do the same thing?" he was
asked. ...
"I most certainly would." he answered
emphatically.
"Is it true, as the District Attorney
says, that your brother. Thornton Jen
kins Hains, Instigated the shooting T' ht
was asked.
"Not at-all. For a long time Thornton
and myself have tried to dissuade Peter
from the killing of Annis for the sake
of our gray-haired father and mother.
Out of consideration for them our broth
er restrained himself, but finally the
strain became too great and he acted.
Peter would have killed Annis sooner
had it not been for this."
WHY NOT OLD GLORY?
American Seeks to Solve Flag Prob
lem for Canadians.
VICTORIA. B. C. Aug. 30. A letter en
closing a small United States flag was
received by the school board tonight It
was from Francis Gray, of Seattle, who
wrote saying that' having noticed there
was a difference as to what flag should
be flown from Victoria schools, why not
try Old Glory.
WOOD CASE NOT MURDER
Physicians Prove That Death Was
Result of Accident.
HILLSBORO. Or., Aug. 2". (Special.)
Dr. W. D. Wood, who yesterday held a
post-mortem on the body of Robert M.
Wood, at the Jennings ranch, near Gas
ton, today, in company with Dr. F. .A.
Bailey, .made a practical demonstration,
and tha result virtually sets at rest all
doubts as to the manner in which young
Wood met his death. It is the opinion of
the physicians that death was caused by
a fall on a sharp stick or palitig. Speak
ing of the demonstration. Dr. Wood said:
We held the parts affected In as near
ly a normal position as possible, and then
Inserted the stick through the outer aper
ture, the intercostal muscles, the peri
cardium muscles and then into the heart,
these parts all at the same time in proper
juxtaposition. We found . that proper
pressure and that not as heavy as would
be the weight of a heavy falling- body.
Inserted the stick's end with no great
trouble.
"While the stick was not stained with
blood for over one and one-half inches,
and the wound was three Inches in depth,
this could be accounted for by the fact
that the impact of the falling body would
crowd the integument into the wound.
"We also made another test that satis
fies us. This was the discovery of a clot
of blood, extravasated. In the muscular
tissues, proving conclusively that the
wound was made before death. Had the
wound been Inflicted after death this clot
would not have formed, this being one or
the oldest of facts known to medical
science."
This virtually sets at rest any suspicions
that might have been directed against
anyone who could have been Interested
in the removal of Wood. The District
Attorney's office is now entirely satis
fied that it Is not a case of murder.
GARBAGE SPOILS OZONE
OAKLAND ACCUSED OF DEFIL
IXG PACIFIC OCEAN.
Ship Captains Paint Realistic Pic
tureFishermen Say Overfed
Crabs Won't Bite.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. The
method employed by the City of Oak
land in dl&posing of Its garbage out
side the Golden Gate has caused navi
gators of vessels to make a vigorous
protest lo the hydrographic office of
the Government, which says It Is not
the proper place to file the protest
Ship captains say that the waters
about the entrance to the Golden Gate
are heavily laden with melon rinds,
corn cobs and other waste, and that
the odor is not at all nice, nor the ap
pearance of the heaving swells bearing
the garbage in their bosoms at all
pleasing to the eyes of passengers or
crews.
The fishermen also have a grievance,
alleging that the garbage not only is
unpleasant to their nostrils, but that
the crabs, fed to the limit of their
appetites on crumbs from Oakland
tables, refuse to bite at ordinary bait.
As yet no official action has been
taken to abate the nuisance.
BILLIONS NOW HOARDED
Pofrtofflce Inspector Makes Argu
ment for Postal Banks.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. "Fifty
eight per cent of the money In circula
tion in this country Is unaccounted for
by the banks, clearing-houses and
other depositories, and over $8,000,000
was Invested last 5'ear In money or
ders of small amounts by people who
had them made payable to themselves,
as a means of saving their money. In
stead of placing it in banks." declared
F. N. McMillan. Chief United States
Postal Inspector at Washington, D. C,
in an address before the convention of
the Presidential Postmasters' Associa
tion of California, today. In which he
advocated the establishment of postal
savings banks.
Chief Inspector McMillan - asserted
that this 68 per cent represented the
money that was being hoarded, which
would quickly pour Into Government
postal savings banks if they were es
tablished. He pointed out that the
postal banks were not Inimical to the
commercial and other savings banks,
as the former would deposit their funds
with local banks, and thereby put into
circulation vast sums which were now
being hoarded.
TOURIST IS SANDBAGGED
Pittsburg Man on Way to Portland
Attacked In Buy City.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20 Directly
In front of the Lotta fountain, at the
intersection of Market. Kearney, Geary
and Third streets, in the heart of the
downtown section of the city, Frank
Keys, of Pittsburg, was beaten down
by a footpad in the early hours of tha
morning, robbed of $15 and left for
dead. Early pedestrians passed by the
unconscious man, believing him Intoxi
cated, and It was not until some time
later thai he was discovered, lying in
his blood, by a policeman, who hur
ried him to the Central Emergency
hospltil.
Keys, upon recovering conscious
ness, said he remembered being struck
on the head from behind, which felled
htm to his knees, and had a faint rec
ollection of struggling with his as
sailant afterward.
he intendtd leaving for Portland. Or.,
today, but will not be able to leave
tha hospital for several days.
RUEF IS HELD FOR TRIAL
End of Wearisome 6 7 Days' Hearing
in Police Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Abraham
Ruef was yesterday held to answer for
trial In the Superior Court by PJollee
Judge Cabanlss upon the charge of brib
ing ex-Supervisor J. J. Furey to vote for
an electric street railway franchise for the
Parkslde Realty Company, after a pre
liminary examination that consumed 67
days, the longest preliminary proceedings
In the annals of the local Police Court.
The bond was fixed at $3000. which was '
promptly furnished by Ruef.
Aside from the unusual length to which
the hearing was dragged out, the feature
of the proceedings was the summoning
as witnesses by Ruef's counsel of District
Attorney Langdon. Assistant District At
torney F. J. Hcney. Rudolph Spreckels
and others prominently connected with
the bribery-graft prosecution.
THINKS GOVERNOR. BLUFFS
Tabriz Discredits Coming of Army
to Subdue It.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 20. A dis
patch has been received here from Tabriz.
Persia, which says that the Military Gov
ernor of Azerbaijan provtnee has arrived
at that city. He Is accompanied by a
score of cavalrymen, and announces that
a detachment of 6000 men. accompanied
by a battery of artillery, is following him.
The townspeople, however, are skepti
cal of the- truth of these statements. If
this force really exists. It cannot arrive
here within ten days. In the meanwhile
Satar Khan is in command of the situ
ation. The city Is quiet and shooting is
heard at Infrequent intervals only.
Prices tain at Rosenthal's shoe sals.
ALTER BATTLESHIP PLANS
CONFERENCE AT NEWPORT
BRINGS ABOCT CHANGES.
No Radical Improvements In De
sign for Two New Ships May
Have 13-Inch Guns.
WASHINGTON. Aug. !0. Designs for
the two new bitttUshlps authorized at
the last session of Congress, probably
will be completed and approved by Sep
tember 19. The plans for the vessels
are now being completed in the light of
the developments of the recent confer
ences of naval officers at Newport
Some suggestions of changes were
made ac mat conference, and the
changes now are being lnco .orated in
the designs. It is said tnat tne changes
are not radical, but in the view of the
naval constructors, are material to tha
new ships.
Upon complatlon of the plans 'they
will be submitted to President Roose
velt for approval, and it Is expected
that by the middle of September pro
posals for constru;tlon of one of the
ships will be advertised. The other
ship is to be constructed at the Brook
lyn Navy-yard by the Government.
Pending completion and approval of the
designs of the ships, which will be iden
tical, new work will be done at the
Brooklyn Navy-Tark in preparation for
ths construction of the vessel which Is
to be built there. This ship will be the
Florida. Her slyter ship, the Utah, will
be constructed at some private yard. It
is likely that construction of the two
vessels will be begun about the same
time. It will be necessary to extend to
some extent the facilities at the Brooklyn
Navy-Yard before work on the Florida
can be begun, as the vessel will be nearly
100 feet longer than any previously built
at that yard.
The main battery of the new hips Is
giving the Navy Department concern. A
strong effort Is being made to induce the
department to equip the vessels, espe
cially their main batteries, with 13-inch
guns It Is not improbable that this cali
ber of gun will be selected, although it ia
urged that the life of the guns of that
caliber is comparatively so brief as to
render the adoption of so heavy a gun
unwarranted.
LOSING ON MINES, HE SAYS
Hill Declares Holdings at Issaqual)
White Elephant.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20.-Declar-ing
that the coal mines owned by the
Pacific Coast Company, at Issaquah.
contained practically everything but
fuel. James Anderson, engineer for that
wealthy corporation, appeared before
the board of equalization and made a
strenuous plea for a reduction of taxes
on the company's property there. He
declared the coal was of such poor
grade that it was unfit for family use
and that the little coal mined there
was sold to the Great Northern Rail
road. The county assessor and his assist
ants fired such a line of interrogations
at the engineer that he made little ef
fort to answer them. He said, how
ever, that the Pacific Coast Company,
in the Issaquah holdings, was carrying
a white elephant that would do credit
to the largest circus In the world. He
said the company had driven tunnels
all around the holdings, but that no
coal imlarge quantities was found. He
asserted the company was losing money
on every ton of t al mined there.
The assessment on approximately
20.000 acres of land tn the Issaquah dis
trict was placed at $1,539,420 by the
assessor and the .company sought to
have It reduced to $203,610.
BREEM ISIN CUSTODY
Makes Second Break for Liberty,
But Is Recaptured.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 20
(Special.) Recognized and taken into
custody by City Marshal Walter Wood
ard, of Milton. James Breen. the ex
convlct who is thought to have played
false with the parents of Cecil Brittan.
in giving them the slip near Tollgate,
Monday, while lie was ostensibly going
to bring the long-lost child to his
parents, escaped for the second time
by telling a smooth tale to the Milton
Marshal this morning. He was recap
tured in this city late tonight.
When confronted by Officer . Woodard
and told he was wanted in Walla Walla.
Breen expressed a willingness to come of
his own accord, stating that Walla Walla
was his destination. Why Breen came
back to the valley and left his moun
tain fastnesses, when he knew he was
suspected, cannot be accounted for.
The Brlttam are still hopeful that he
may yet return their child.
Evidently believing he could get more
money from Mrs. Brittan, Breen tele
phoned the mother of the lost boy that
the child is In the city, but that he could
not be restored to her until ransom was
advanced. Breen tells a variety of Im
probable stories to cover his actions of
the past few days.
NO DECISIONS SUEZ LINE
Effect of Rate Decision on Japanese
Steamers Not Decided.
VICTORIA. B. C. Aug. 30. Japanese !
steamer Shinano Maru, which arrived to- '
night with 86 passengers of all classes and
2266 tons of freight, left Hongkong Just ,
prior to the disastrous typhoon and had a ;
smooth voyage. ' A. S. Mlhara, general ;
manager of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for j
the United States. Canada and Mexico.-:
who was a passenger, said no arrange- I
ments had been made, as reported In the i
Japanese press, for a service to New York '
from Japan by way of the Suez Canal
and what action his company would take ;
m consonance with the action of tne In-
terstate Commerce Commission had not
been arranged prior to his Uaving Japan.
If the rates ari advanced on porce
lain and other similar merchandise, which
Is unable to stand an Increased freight
rate, the chango will have a serious ef
fect on the business. Silk and some other ;
merchandise will be able to stand an in
crease and, as fr as could be learned,
the rate on matting is to stand.
MUCH . MOISTURE IN AIR
Humidity Is High and Mercury
Reaches 92 Degrees.
To the unscientific, 84 degrees of
humidity means little except that, with
the thermometer registering 92 degrees
it heat there is a condition produeir.s
great depression and, in many in
stances, positive suffering. All night
Tuesday there -was little relief from
the sultry heat of the day. and. while
along toward daybreak there was a
suspicion of a shower, and the mer
cury dropped to S9, the forecasted cool
ing of the atmosphere for Portland did
not materialise to any perceptible de
gree. High point was reached at 3 P. M.,
when 92 was registered, and. accom
panied by an unusual saturation of
moisture in in the air, residents unac-
customed to the combination com
plained of the excessive heat. Those
who were wise, through experience,
drank little water and less Intoxicants;
the foolish ones drank both and paid
the penalty In increased bodily tem
perature. In reply to a remark made i
to a former resident of Southern Call
fornia, "This must remind you of
home." came the response, "Oh, we had
it much hotter than this down that
way, but you have the worst of it Just
now In excess moisture.
The hourly record made at the
Weather Bureau yesterday was as fol
lows:
Hour. i Dee ! Hour.
i A. M SO 12 M.
A. M SOI I P.
T A. M 71' 2 P.
S A. M 73' 3 P.
Dee
SI
M SO
M
M 0:
A. M 70 4 P. M
.01
10 A.. M 70 S P. M.
.91
11 A M.
. .ST P. M..
S3
RUNNING AUTO EXPLODES
Five Occupants Badly Burned and
Two May Die.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. A dispatch to .the
Tribune from LaFayette, Ind.. says:
Two men were perhaps fatally burned
and three others seriously Injured by the
explosion of an automobile near here
yesterday. Those seriously injured were
Thomas Denman. a wealthy farmer, and
Ralph Sear of Boswell, Ind. .The others
wounded were William Coffenburg. Leo
Schuessler and .Warren Mankey, also of
Boswell.
The explosion, which was caused by
gasoline, occurred while the machine was
running at the rate of 30 miles an hour.
The men, with their clothing ablaze,
leaped from the machine, which ran into
a fence and was totally destroyed by the
fire. The crUs of the men attracted
neighboring farmers who hurried to their
assistance.
SEVENTY MINERS KILLED
Explosion Wrecks Maypole Mine In
England Bodies Torn to Pieces.
WIG AN. Aug. 20. The worst fears have
been realized about the explosion which
occurred In the Maypole mine yesterday.
The entombsd miners numbered about 70
and It Is Impossible that any of them
can have survived.
Efforts at rescue, however, continue
unceasingly. Thirty bodies were discov
ered today In the workings, but the
fumes from the burning coal prevented
the rescuers from reaching the others
who probably are lying down in the
mines.
A few bodies were brought to the sur
face today, but all were so blackened and
mutilated that Identification was impossi
ble. At midnight an enormous crowd
was still keeping a sorrowful vigil at the
pit. mouth.
NEW FRANCHISE REFUSED
Sought by Cottage Grove Electric
Company, but Defeated.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 20
(Special.) By virtue of the initiative
and referendum law. the citizens of
this city voted on the granting of a
new franchise to the Cottage Grove
Elnctrlc Company today. The measure
was defeated by a three-to-one vote.
The initiative petition called for a
franchise covering lo years. The old
franchise hud a life of some six years,
but the company set up that It wished
to enlarge and Improve the plant, but
did not teel justified unless Its fran
chise was extended.
Express Train Hits Tank Cars.
INDEPENDENCE. Kan., Aug. 20
Missouri Pacitic passenger train No. 20.
from Little Rock and Hot Springs to
Kansas City, ran Into an open switch
at the station here this morning, and
collided with a train of oil tank cars.
The passengers in the four coaches
escaped jv-ith a severe shaking up. It
Is believed the switch had been tam
pered with. No serious damage was
done.
Seattle Archer Is Victor.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. The National
Archery Association tournament was
today won by William H. Thompson, of
Seattle, I'll hits, score 373, which is the
second largest ever made In a national
tournament and which beats the na
tional championship score of last year
113 points. Mr. Thompson's score was
in the double York round.
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PEALS AGAINST MOBS.
Calls on Good Citizens to Unite for
Law Enforcement and Sup
pression of Vicious.
NEW TORK, Aug. 20. The World to
day will print a signed 6tat;m?nt from
oBoker T. Washington, made at Balti
more yesteraay, in wnicn me "w" ed
ucator comments at length upon the
recent lynchings. In his statement Mr.
Washington sas:
Within the oast 60 days 25 negroes
have been lynched in different parts of
the United States. Of this number only
four were even charged with criminal
assault upon women. How longr can our
Christian civilization etand this? I am
aklnsr no special plea for the negro.
innocent or guilty, but I am calling at
tention to the danger that threatens our
civilization.
ynr the nesrro criminal, and especially
for the negro loafer, gambler and drunk
ard. I have nothing but the severest
condemnation, and no punishment is too
severe for the brute that assaults a
woman.
Mob Justice undermines the very
foundation upon which our civilization
rests, viz., respect for the law and con
fidence In Its security. There are, m
my opinion, two remedies.
First of all. let us unite in a aeter-
mined effort everywhere to see thai the
law Is enforced, that all people at all
times and all places see that the man
charged with crime is given a fair trial.
Secondly, let all good citizens unite in
an effort to rid the communities, espec
ially of the large cities, of the Idle, vic
ious and gambling element And In this
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You'll get better clothes in this store
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Other Makes cheaper,$l 2.50 to $20
connection I would not be just and
would not be frank unless I stated that
the better element of the black race
could use their Influence, especially in
the cities, to see that the idle element,
that lives by Its wits, without permanent
or reliable occupation or placa of abode,
is either reformed or gotten rid of In
some manner. In mort cases It la this
element that furnishet the powder for
these explosions."
CHANGE IN WESTERN UNION
J. F. Route Succeeds William lu
gold as Portland Manager.
R. T. ReiA, superintendent of the
Northwest for the Western Union Tele
graph Company, with headquarters in
Seattle, came to Portland yesterday be
cause of a change in the management of
the local office which will go into effect
todav. William Ingold. who has been
manager for sjveral months past, retires
from his position to assume the man
agement of the American District Tele
graph Company for the Pacific Coast,
maintaining headquarters in Portland.
He will be relieved by J. F. Rowle. who
has been in the service of the Western
Union at various points for the past -.
years having been manager of the To
ledo Ohio, office for the-past four years.
Mr. Rowle resigned the position in May
laet. but for the past three months has
had charge of the Tonopah. Nev., office,
and comes from that city to Portland.
Mr. Rowle is a native of Ohio, 40 years
of age. Is married and expects to make
Portland his home for the future.. Mrs.
Rowie accompanied him as far as Ta
coma. where she will remain for a few
days to visit frienos fcefore coming to
Portland. Mr. Rowie has the reputation
of being one of the most successful man
agers in the Western Union service.
Seattle Gets Editors in 1909.
ST PAUL, Aug. 20. Seattle today
won the contest for the next meeting
place of the National Editorial Asso
Cor. 4tH and Morrison Sts.
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AT OLYMPIC GAMES.
Betlah Says Oregon Boy Could Have
Captured 100-Metcr Race.
Scores British Sports.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) According to Sam Bellah, the
Stanford pole vaulter and the first of
the Pacific Coast athletes to return
from London. Forrest Smlthson, the
Oregon hurdler, would have won the
100-meter race, had he been entered.
"Smlthson was In perfect shape.''
said Bellah. "and I think he could have
won that race easily, for he was easily
more lit than any American athlete
who was entered for competition. In
his event Smithson was away at the
start like a shot out of a gun and he
surprised his team-mates. His showing
was remarkable."
Bellah expresses disgust with the atti
tude of the English toward the Ameri
cans and confirms ths many reports
which arrived here at the tlms of the
games concerning the discrimination of
the British officials. With the exception
of the tug-of-war incident, the Stanford
athl-te states that the protests of the
Americans were justified In every case.
Enftineer Falls to Death. .
SAN FRANCIS-CO, Cal.. Aug. 20-Olin
M Boyle. Jr., a civil engineer. 23 years
old son of O. M. Boyle and brother of J.
A Boyle both well-known newspaper
men of this city, was thrown from a
tramcar on a high bridge near Balllta,
Calaveras County, yesterday, and Instant
ly killed
EXCLUSIVE
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