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POKTlLvXDROy, SATUKDAY, OCTOBER 23, -1909 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. BONI AGAIN TIGHTS JEFF JUST PINES POISONED CANDY FEMALE JUROR'S TELLS OF J POR HIS CHILDREN TO WIN BACK LOVE HOPES ARE DASHED t'Ol'RT DKCI.AUES HER QCALI FIKI TO SERVE. FOR JAB AT BLACK OF NOTEGRANTED HEARST'S PLEDGE SAVE BLAKESLEY ASKS COURT TO SEND THEM TO ST. I.OITIS WOMAN CONFESSES PI,OT AGAINST RIVAL. SCHOOL HE CHOOSES. ! " i MASONIC MURPHY ME URY MAT V ManKnownasStubborn in Place on Panel. . LONG DELIBERATION IS FUTILE Further Prosecution to Be Dropped, Is Hint. DEFENSE ALLEGES PLOT IMstrict Attorney Passes Lie In Clos ing Argument State, After Indict ing Convict, Calls Him Myth. Blackmail Trial Ended. BT FRANK J. M'GETTIGAN. ST. HELENS. Or., Ort. 22. (Staff Cor respondence.) "They can't stick me; they Ton't stick me." Such was the terse statement this afternoon of "Toots" Blakesley. alleged blackmailer of County Treasurer E. E. Quick, after the Jury deliberating- on his case filed from the courtroom with his fate in their hands. . Blakesley's confidence throughout the trial which began last Tuesday has been great. Now it borders on boldness, and resounding about St. Helens Is the pre diction "the Jury will never agree." Adding color to the general forecast heard in the Columbia River town, the Jury retired at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and at a late hour showed no- sign of having reached an agreement though the chain of evidence against Blakesley seemed clinching and was declared even by the defense to have been well forged. Stubborn Juror Again Serving. Still further Indicating that there la great probability of no verdict being ren dered against "Toots" Blakesley on the Indictment charging attempted blackmail, a well-known physician . of Columbia County, a" lawyer and several citizens remarked that one of the members of the, Blakesley Jury Is said to have served on two Juries which failed to agree after long deliberation. If a hung Jury Is the closing Incident of the Blakesley trial. It was hinted to day, the alleged blackmailer will not be brought to trial again on the old count, or on four other on which In dictments may be returned at any time. "If this case fails." said an attorney identified with the prosecution, the whole business will be dropped, as we deemed this case as Irrefutable, and se lected It from the other counts, so sure were we of convicting Blakesley." "Lie," Flings Back Tongue. That the prosecution of the case of Toots" Blakesley. tried for attempted ex. tortion of $300 from County Treasurer Quick, had effectively concealed some thing the state did not want the people of Columbia County to know was the last say of the defense In the blackmail case. That's a He," was the aspersion flung back by District Attorney Tongue, "the grand Jury is still in session and if the imported Portland attorneys have any plot to prove let them bring on their dope." " "We will be there," responded Attorney John H. Stevenson, who, with Attorney Bert Ev Haney, both of the metropolis, defended Blakesley. 1 Defendant's Sigh Audible. Give and take was the order of the day from the moment the case was re sumed this morning, the state calling two witnesses before It rested and the de fense summoning none. Attorney Haney declaring Blakesley's counsel did not care to present any evidence. This elicted the first sign of emotion on the part of "Toots" Blakesley, who, until the closing arguments faced the Circuit Court for four days maintaining throughout most remarkable nonchalance. When both eides rested he heaved a deep sigh that doubt less reached the Jury, for the inhaled and exhaled breath of the defendant of v powerful build was distinctly audible. Then there was silence. Blakesley, oc cupying a seat where he had often sat as court bailiff peered Into space, an alleged felon who within a few hours would know whether he might again assume power as the king of Republican ring politics of Columbia County or leave St. Helens, his native town, for Salem for a period ranging from six months to three years, or face a new trial. Hard Fight Is Concluded. Both sides made a remarkable fight, the state before announcing it had rested Its case examining two witnesses who evi dently had been reserved as clinching links of the prosecution's chain, welded principally by the evidence given by handwriting experts yesterday. The first summoned was Frank B. Prescott, County Treasurer Quick's partner in the abstract business The witness who rounded out the state's case was Walter G. Pomeroy,, of Scappoose. foreman of the grand Jury that indicted a Blakesley for attempted blackmail. Prescott testified that shortly before an indictment had been returned agamst Blakesley ho met "Toots" on the street and was asked by him for the loan of "a couple of dollars." Blakesley Asks for Coin. "I have that McCarthy money from (Concluded oo Page S-) But Lawyers Challenge Peremptor ily After Citizenship Is Sustained. LOS ANGELES. Oct. 22-For the sec ond time within a week Mrs. Johanna Engleman today came very near to the distinction of being the first woman in California to sit on a Jury, and then at the last moment the honor was snatched from her. The attorney for the defense In the case In which she had been called challenged her peremptorily and she was excused. Judge Hauser. of the Superior Court, had previously ruled that a woman might sit on a Jury in California, after the at torneys l.ad Indulged in a long argument, maintaining that the codes did not recog nize such a thing as a woman Juror and that in one place the code spoke spe cifically of a "Jury of men." "I find nothing to forbid a woman act ing a a Juror In California." said Judge Hauser. The attorneys had placed two consid erations before the court first, that she was debarred because she was a woman, and second." that she could not serve be cause she was not a citizen. She testi fied that she was born in Germany and never been naturalized, although both of her husbands had been. She was declared to be a citizen and thus one of the ques tion HAr iHri wfls thnt the naturalisation of the husband carried with It the rights of the wife. Later the court ruled that she was qualified to be a Juror. She still has a chance to serve. ANGRY WATERS TAKE TOLL Iaring Miner Loes Life in Trying to Shoot Rapids. VANCOUVER." B. C. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) A harrowing fight for life by four men in a hitherto unexplored can yon 20 miles above the mouth of the Naas River, into which they were swept on a raft by the fierce current, and the loss of one man. Is the story brought down today by George Wilson, one of the men, from the north. On September 30, while trying to cross the Naas on a raft at a point op posite what is known as Big Canyon, on a prospecting tour, the current whirled the raft away Into the canyon, which slopes steeply between sharp walls of rock. Afler 10 miles of perilous trav eling the four men were washed over board. When the scramble for safety back to the raft was over It was found that Cornelius Murphy, a .wealthy resi dent of Prince Edward Island, was missing. Searchers have since failed to find the body. Indians of Big Canyon district claim that no white man bad ever before ven tured Into the Big Canyon. Murphy was 57 years old and left a wife and family. He was a well-known mining man. 1 , ICE TRUST HAS TIGHT GRIP Buys Out Independents and Binds Them to Stay Out, NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Testimony de signed to show the existence of a trust arbitrarily controlling New York's supply was Introduced at today's hearing of the Metropolitan Ice Company's case. Several bills of sale, showing how the Metropolitan Ice Company had taken over independent concerns, were pro duced. In one of the bills the covenant, in addition to requiring the seller him self to refrain for 10 years from engag ing In the ice business in New York, fur ther bound Mm not to enter the em ploy of, anyone engaged in the ice busi ness or to assist in' the formation of a corporation for that purpose during the time stipulated. PEONAGE STORIES PROBED Committee Investigating Lumber Camps of Northern Minnesota. ST. PAUL, Oct. 22. A committee con sisting of John C. Elder. Washington, D, C; Congressman John L. Burnett, of Alabama, and Charles ' P. Neill. of Chi cago, is taking testimony behind closed doors to ascertain whether a condition of peonage exists in the lumber camps of Northern Minnesota. A general Investigation of the subject is In progress wlthput regard to any criminal prosecution. The committee left tonight for Fargo, -N. D., and then will go on to South Dakota. BOTH MULTNOMAH MEN WIN Frank Throws Piatt and Miller; Mose Throws Parker. i SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 22. (Special.) Both Multnomah Club wrestlers won in their classes tonight at Dreamland Rink. Edgar Frank. 123 pounds, first threw Harry Piatt, A former Coast champion In 3 minutes, 45 seconds, and later dis posed of Miller, of the Olympic Club. N. Mose, also of Multnomah, took the best two out of .three bouts from Parker, Olympic Club, in the best bout of the evening. CALCUTTA QUAKE SEVERE Fatalities Estimated at 136 With 150 Injured. CALCUTTA. Oct. 22. The recent earth quake was the worst that has occurred over such a wide area In many years. The fatalities are reported at 136 and 150 Promiseof$500,000to Connors Not Kept. . CONNORS LEFT HOLDING SACK Got "Fingy" Elected Chairman by State Leaders. TAMMANY BOSS CHUCKLES Says Hearst's Promise Caused Con nors to Run Bills to Total of $426,000, Which Are Still Awaiting Payment. NEW TORK, Oct. 22. (Special.) Fingy" Connors owes his election to the chairmanship of the Democratic State Central Committee to no less' a personage than William R. Hearst. Charles F. Murphy today told how Hearst personally obtained the election of Connors over P. E. McCabe, of Al bany, who had been promised the posi tion by the state leaders. Hearst got McCabe out of the race by offering to put up J500.000 as s campaign contribu tion. Murphy, said. He told the story up to a certain point, then dismissed the subject with a chuckle, saying: rfonnors will tell you; the rest; -he knows more about It than I do." "I knew about a meeting between McCabe and Max Ihmsen In a room in the Iroquois Hotel," said Murphy, in answer to a question, "and McCabe told me later that Mr. Ihmsen cn behalf of Mr. Hearst had offered JoOO.OOO for the expenses of the campaign." "Did Mr. Hearst later pledge himself personally to contribute that amount?" "I understand the arrangement was made between Mr. Hearst and Mr. Con nors."' "Was all the money that Mr. Hearst promised put up?" "Connors has since told me he for warded bills .with Vouchers to Mr. Hearst amounting to a good many thousand dollars pro.bably as much as $426,000. Hearst did not pay them. The last time I saw Connors they had not been settled." HEARST STILIi HAMMERS AWAY All Three Candidates Busy Editor Promises Brooklyn Newspaper. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. All three of New York's Mayoralty candidates W. R. Hearst, independent; Otto T. Ban nard. Republican, and William J. Gay nor, Democratlc,were In the field again tonight, hammering away with cam paign speeches, with election but nine days away. Hearst delivered . four speeches In Brooklyn, having crossed the East River lor the nrst time since the campaign opened; Bannard ad dressed seven mass meetings on the East Side, and Gaynor spoke at Long Island City and at Flushing. An attack on Gaynor constituted (Concluded on Page 7.) .xv,l)'ll, jSIOMllfflliiiliJiaHiiX .-1 Mil m WSWfmmSSm Accuses Her of Giving. Candy She Had Poisoned and Thereby Retains Husband. ST. LOUIS, Oct.. 22. Mrs. Ninette L. Lillard, who yesterday accused Mrs. Maud Ridley of giving her poisoned candy, today confessed to the police that she had bought the candy and put the poison in it herself. She did so, she said, to turn Mrs. Ridley against her husband, R. W. Lillard. a newspaper reporter. Mrs. Llllard's confession followed her Identification by the clerk who sold her the candy. As she admitted the poison ing plot was her own, Mrs. Lillard faint ed. Mrs. Ridley, who said she loved Lil lard, was released on bail. She was charged yesterday with attempted mur der. Tonight Lillard and his wife said there would be no prosecution .of Mrs. Ridley. Mrs. Lillard in a signed state ment said she had forgiven Mrs. Ridley. Her motive Is expressed In the. state ment, as follows: "What I wanted and all I wanted was to protect myself from what I be lieved and still believe was an Imminent danger. I believe I have accomplished that object. There is nothing more for me to do." HENEY WINS ON RECOUNT Majority of 65 Judge Finds No Evidence of Fraud. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22. The re count of votes cast in the recent direct primary election for District Attorney on the Democratic ticket was concluded today and Francis J. Heney declared the party's legal candidate by a majority of 65 votes over Charles Flckert, Re publican and union labor nominee for the same office. Flckert protested the first count of the votes cast, alleging that fraud had been practiced In certain precincts which deprived him of the Democratic nomination. ' The recount was ordered by Judge Murasky after a legal battle, and Heney's majority reduced from 88 to 65. Judge Murasky declared after the re count had been completed that there were no evidences of fraud. DIVERS FIND OHIO'S MAIL Hundred Seventy-Three Sacks Are Taken From Sunken Ship. ' VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Divers working for the Vancouver Dredging & Salvaging Company this morning recovered the malls of the wrecked steamer Ohio, lying In Carter's Bay. There were 16 bags of first-class and registered letters and 157 bags of second-class matter recovered, all of which will be turned over to the postal authorities here to take charge of. Work of salvaging the steamer's cargo is proceeding slowly, but favorably. JOIN IN NOTE TO RUSSIA Powers Declare Themselves on Af fairs, in Manchuria. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 22. A rumor was In circulation here tonight that the powers have addressed a Joint note to Russia with regard to Manchurian affairs. FOUR CENTURIES OF THE DOWN GRADE Portland Man Is Among Those Raised. SUPREME COUNCIL ENLARGED Scottish Rite Delegates From 'Abroad Received. SCHISM IN ITALIAN RANKS Noninterference of Masonry 'With Religion and Politics Empha sized Thirty-third Degree ' Is Conferred on Many. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Interest in to day's work of the supreme council for the Southern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite Ma sons, centered In the election of four active members to fill vacancies created by death. Grand Commander Richardson this af ternoon in cbnsistorial session conferred upon William Hayes Laird, of Winona, Minn., and Benjamin B. Allen, of Nash ville, Tenn., the insignia of the Order of the Grand Cross. This order was con ferred for distinguished services in the course of Scottish Rite Masonry. Enter Royal Order of Scotland. While the supreme council was In se cret session todav. Dr. F. J. Woodnian, of Washington, D. C, acting Junior grand warden of the Royal Order or scouana, communicated the degree of the Royal Order to eight Masons of high i degree. Including John W. Howerth, of Dallas, Tex., and Henry L. Pittock. of Portland, Or. . , Other Councils Recognized. Another event of Interest was the recog nition of representatives of other supreme councils near the supreme council ior uio Rnnthem turisdlction. all of tnem Ma os gree Masons, active. These representa tives of other Scottish Rite bodies were received bv the grand commander ana asked if they had any message to present to the council. Mr. Moore, representing Italy, told of an Interesting situation among the higher Masonic bodies of that country. "About one year ago," he said, "there ohlm in the ranks of Italian Ma sonry, brought about by the action of certain members of the supreme council, who were also members of the Italian Parliament. There was pending In the Parliament a bill providing for non-sectarian schools and an amendment was of fered to the bill. Eight members of the annreme council voted against the amend ment and thereupon It was attempted to discipline them for their votes. N'o Politics in Masonry. .tii- ualncr Masnnrv in rell glous and political matters was disputed by the supreme council, over wnicn nev- .iir Snvarin Fera presides, and tnere upon several members withdrew and took sides with the Grand Orient or itaiy, (Concluded on Page 2.) sks Money Penalty for Neglect, but Mother Objects on Grounds . of Health PARIS. Oct. 22. Count Eoni do Castel- lane having insisted that his former wife. who was Miss Anna Gould, place the three sons of the Castellane-Gould mar riage In a certain boarding school and the Princess de Sagan having objected on the ground that the health of the chil dren made such a step inadvisable, the case got into court. The Count asked that the Princess be ordered to comply with his wishes and further, that the court provide a penalty for neglect of the order in the shape of a settlement upon the children of J100 per day for each day that their mother kept them from the school. The counsel of the Princess said she was willing to nlace the children in school as desired, but was prevented from doing so only by the condition of their health. The court promised a decision on Octo ber 29. BACHELOR RENTERS LOSE Must Marry or Indian Land Acreage Will Be Cut Down. i PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) Hereafter a man who is not married will not be permitted to rent land of the Indians on the Umatilla reservation, ac cording to rules Just promulgated by the Department of Indian Affairs. An exception is made In the case of a young man who resides with his parents on the reservation. Single men who are renters at present will riot be ousted, but they must get married before the expiration of their present leases or only be permitted to lease 330 Instead of 640 acres. As an additional premium on matrimony married men with families who actually reside on their lepsed lands will be per mitted to lease as high as WO acres in stead of 640. ' Provision Is also made for the elim inatlon of grafting, which has prevailed to a great extent. Some of the more wily Indians have been able to reap rich commissions from wouldbe renters who were willing to pay in order to secure leases on certain lands. ' Hereafter the renters must make public bids, and any one found paying commissions to secure leases will be denied the privilege of leasing any land on the reservation. FLAMES THREATEN WINERY West & Sons'' Plant in Stockton Is Burning to Ground. STOCKTON, Cal Oct. 22. George West & Sons' winery, one of the largest In the West, commenced burning shortly before midnight and at 1 o'clock this morning Indications were that little of the plant would be saved, as It has no fire-fighting apparatus. The fire started in the sherry room and spread to the brandy room, which ex ploded twice, scattering naming alcohol and setting Are to buildings rods away. The loss probably will range between J450.000 to $600,000. The plant was fully insured. All of the Government records for this year were destroyed, but tlie bonded warehouse was saved. HAWAII PEASANTS DREAM Russians of Siberia Long for Jobs on Island Plantations. HONOLULU. Oct. 22. W. A. Perelstrous, the immigration agent who accompanied Immigration Commissioner A. L. Atkin son to Manchuria In his search for Rus sian immigrants, declares that over 1J0, 000 Russian peasants want to come to Hawaii. When the Russians who arrived here on the Siberia were listed hundreds of fam ilies pleaded for a chance to come. Great destitution exists among the fam ilies brought here by the Siberia. Some of the immigrants are veterans of the late war between Japan and Russia. DOMINICAN REBELS GAIN Capture Town After Bloody Fight and Land Many Guns. CAPE HAYTIEN, Oct. 22. The revo lutionary movement in San Dominso continues to spread, according to de layed dispatches. A sanguinary engagement at Villa Lobo has been fought between the In surgents and the government forces. The dispatches state that the 'insur gents attacked the town and took it af ter a severe engagement. It Is reported that General Desidero Alvarez has landed a thousand guns and ammunition between Monte Cristl and Fort LImberto. BATTLE OPENS IN CHICAGO Cummins and Aldrich to Speak. Iowa Man to Answer Cannon. CHICAGO, Oct. 22. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and Senator Albert B. Cummins are to speak simultaneously In Chicago the night of November 6. Senator Aldrich will be the guest of the Commercial Club and will speak of the work of the monetary commission and is expected to outline Indirectly what cur rency legislation Congress should enact. Senator Cummins will speak before the Marquette Club and has announced that he will answer recent charges of Speaker Cannon. Nearly Fit, But Will Be Fitter. BIG FELLOW READY FOR FRAY Referee, Stakeholder, Place Only Questions Left. FORMAL BIDS IN ORDER Fight Goes to One Who Offers Big gest Purse Theatrical . Engage ments Will Not Interfere - With Presence at Ring. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. "Fight Johnson." repeated Jim Jeffries tonight when asked concerning his match with the negro. "Why, that's what I'm here for. What ever Berger has signed up for goes. I don't know what It is but it goes." "The division of the purse has been agreed on," put In! Sam Berger, Jeffries' manager. "Johnson has conceded that to us. That leaves only three points to set tle: "First, the selection of a stakeholder. "Second, the referee. "Third, a place and time for the re ception of bids. "That's all there Is to It. The fight will go to the highest bidder. There Is no wrangle about that. 'Various tentative offers have been received, of course, but no formal bids. "We ought to have a couple of weeks to get them all in, I should say, and then decision on them will fall automat ically to the best responsible bidder." "Will Jeffries consider any theatrical engagements?" he was asked. "Nothing Is going to interfere with our being on the spot when the time comes," responded Berger. "He might pick up a little expense money, but he will sign . for no extensive tour and any engagement he does make will contain a release clause, guaranteeing his presence In the rin," "How -soon will he fight?" "That depends on the other fellow," said Berger. "Jeffries is pretty near fit now, but he will be absolutely (It before he puts the gloves on." ' After Jeffries had left, a little group ot (Concluded on Page 7.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTKR DAY'S Maximum temperature. 67 degrees: minimum, 51 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. Foreign. Latham makes wonderful flight In rale at Blackpool. England. Page 2. Russian paper says Japan and America quarrel because of raca antipathy. Page 3. T P. O'Connor predicts defeat of British Lords In budget rlKht. I"age 8. Powers Join In protest to Russia against Manchurian agreement. Page 4. National. Taft declares for bonds to Improve water ways. Puge Murphy says Hearst broke promise to give $.tn,000 to Democratic campaign fund. Page 1. , ' Pill 1 1 ICS. Lake Mohonk Conference declares Amer ican dependencies not ready for self KOvrrnment. Page 6. Ship subsidy and Canadiaa trade discussed at Chicago banquet. Page 4. Iometic. Woman Junr declared qualified, but barred by clalltnge. Paga 1. Death of rtnl Francis Schlatter In New Mexico tlenert proves man who died at Hastings an ImpotMr. Page 2. Woman confesses poibnning candy and ac cusing rival or sending It n her. page 1. Scottish Rite Masons confer many degrte and hear of schism in order in Italy, l'age I. President Stevens tells W. C. T. U. of growth of prohibition. Page 3. Labor Federation committee favors Indus- trial niglu schools In all states. Page 6. Patrick H. McCarren dies. Page 4. "Only original" Schlatter, turns up alive in New York; several Schlatter dead. Page 2. Family of five perishes in crossing desert in California. Page 4. hporta. Olympic Club wins Portola. festival athletic games, l'age 7. Coast League scores: Portland 5. San Fran cisco 5; Oakland 7, Ixs Angeles 5; Sac ramento -'. Vernon 1. Page U. Jeffries returns to fight Johnson and is in tine condition. pas 1 Greek wrestler knocKb uu, two of Strangler Smith's teeth in anger or ueioal. Pane 7. Washington High School defeats Portland Academy i to O. l'age U. t rK-uic Northwest. Hung jury may save "Toots" Blakesley, accused of blackmail. Page 1. Movement begun to name athletic ground at university '"McArthur Field." Page 20. Rough riders "bust" bronchos at Trinevllle. Page 8. Pasco wants fourth Congressional district in Washington. Page 8. Coos Bay business men want Jetty work begun; opposed to dredging alone. Page 8. Portland and Virlnlty. Mayor Simon orders town cleared of gam bling and disorderly houses; bona Ada boxing permitted. Page IX Miluaukie crowd captures suspected robber . after mile chase in which shots are ex changed. Page 12. Trains are expected to run to Madras on Deschutes line by next June, page 12. Sixth-street property owners plan system of Illumination. Page 12. Board jf Education n 111 establish night In dustrial school. Page 11. Grand Jury confidently expected to Indict dltectors of Oregon Truat Bank. Page 13. Wife of Clarence C. Matlock granted di vorce, along with several others. Page 18. Dr Horner tells Women's Club that Oregon literary talent Is dimmed by lack of local publishers. Page 14. Miss Louise stoetz horribly beaten by IS. R. fiteen, sewing machine agent. Fag 14. persons were Injured 1 -