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trntwr K. VZ?.-..9'iJt-. 13,331 PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDxYY, FEBRUARY 8, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HEYBURN RAISES ICY DEATH LURKS IN WOMAN WALKS TO GAYNOR -SAVING MAN OF 70 IN FIT OF TEMPER KILLS HEDBERG WAS MY TRAILS OF ALASKA DEATH OVER FALLS l-TIME GHOSTS USING HARD WOBD MAXT FREEZE IX TEMPERA TURE OF 7 0 BELOW ZERO. BIDS FOXD FAREWELL TO HER WOUXD-BE RESCUERS. ARMY CAPTAIN SLAYS DOCTOR AFTER HOT DISCCSSIOX. VOL,. L.-XO. SURGEON ADMITS IV A F GOTHAM MILLIONS r Confederacy Is Bitterly Attacked in Senate. WOULD SEND BACK LEE STATUE Outburst Occurs Over Plan to Lend Tents to "Rebels." QUIET REBUKE IS GIVEN After Fiery Speech Is Over Vole Shows Every Man, Republican and Democrat, Disagrees 'With. Unionist From Idalio. WA6HIXOTOK Feb. 7. Protesting against lending Government tents for the use of the Confederate Veterans at their annual encampment at Mobile, Ala., next April, Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, in the Senate today, made the sharpest com ment upon the issues of the Civil War that has been heard in Congress in 3D years. t He inveighed against men in "rebel" uniforms being permitted to occupy Gov ernment property or the "rebel" flag be ing allowed to fly above it. Finally, he irlfted into the question of honoring men hy placing their statues In the hall of fame, and by unniistakeable inference condemned the action of Virginia in send ing the statue of General Robert E. Lee lo Washington. Quiet Rebuke Is Given Him. "Take It away and worship it. If you please," he thundered, "but do not In trude it upon the people who do not Rant It." democratic Senators moved uneasily about on the floor, conversing with each ther, or sat, frowning, during the ineeeh. When Senator Heyburn had concluded, Senator Bankhead. of. Alabama, said: "T am sure the Senator from Idaho feels much better, and I ask for a vote." "By rollcall." shouted a dozen or Senators, from every part of the cham ber. When the vote was had on the tent resolution, all Democrats and all Republicans, except Mr. Heyburn, voted for It. Bailey Trifle Heated. The resolution was reached in its regular order. Mr. Heyburn was prompt to raise an objection, and Mr. Bank head Just as alert in moving the con sideration regardless of the objection. It immediately was evident that the objection had aroused some feeling, for, with flushed face and animated voice. Mr. Bailey, who sat near Bank head, declared that if the resolution was ruled out of order no other busi ness could be transacted. The Bankbead motion being- undebat able, the Senate Immediately proceeded to an aye and no vote on the question as to whether the resolution should be taken up. This was decided in the af firmative unanimously, Mr. Heyburn not voting. Speech. Is 4 0 Minutes. Mr. Heyburn then spoke for probably 40 minutes, and went over many of the Issues of the war. He declared himself as much a patriot now as he had been In 1863-4. There were no material Interruptions, but all Senators listened with evident Interest. The Southern Senators held hurried consultation while "the Idaho Senator was proceeding, and decided to make no reply. Accordingly, when Mr. Hey burn had concluded, they contented themselves with allowing the question to go to a vote after the laconic re mark by Mr. Bankhead. It so chanced that Mr. Ileyburn's col league. Senator Borah, of Idaho, was one of the first Republicans to be heard in the roll call. Without a twitch of countenance he voted in favor of the adoption of the resolution against which Mr. Heyburn had so recently been investigating. Heyburn Very Earnest. Mr. Heyburn's speech was delivered in earnest tones, though in well-moderated voice. "This resolution refers in terms to a Confederate veteran's reunion at a specified time." ho said, "and it pro poses that the Government of the United States, in recognition of its pur poses, shall lend the property of the United States. I trust I shall not be charged with bad faith when I say that 1 have today inquired from a Senator who Is interested in this measure -whether on this occasion the men en gaged in this celebration would wear the rebel uniform and his reply was in the affirmative. I asked him further if the rebel flag was to be carried over this property of the United States and he replied that both the rebel and the Union nags were always carried at these reunions." tirand Array Cause Just Mr. Heyburn ' then proceeded to say that while he did not want to open the wounds of the war. he still thought the South had made a great mistake In that war. He had been told that the Govern ment was in the habit of making such loans to the Grand Army of the Re public and he thanked God that such was the case Decause the Grand Army was composed of men who had fought on the side of the Union and Muacluded m Pass 2- Merchants Returning Bring Tales of Suffering and Hardship in Intense Cold. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 7. Three Nome merchants, who have just arrived in Seattle, having traveled from Nome to Fairbanks and Valdez on snowshoes and by stage, report that the Winter in the North is the severest ever known. They left Nome December 7, and encountered continuous ad weath er and temperature often 70 degrees below zero. On the Valdez trail they reached Mil ler's roadhouse Just , before the climax of the storm, where they found four dead people laid out Joe King, an old miner, frozen to death; Mrs. H. A. Rockefeller, a middle-aged woman, well known in Nevada, who died on the stage ' from heart affection due to the cold: an old man named Taylor, frozen to death, and Mrs. Miller, proprietress of the roadhouse, who had succumbed to pneumonia. At another point on the trail an aged man named Franz Giebel had been frozen to death while driving toward Valdez wita a one-horse outfit. The Nome men said that Winter gold-mining in their neighborhood had been highly successful. Newspapers received from the Yukon Valley tell of miners losing hands and feet frozen, and of fears entertained for men snowed in on the creeks with insufficient supplies. The census enu merators were to have begun work on January 11, but could not start out. After a hrief respite, the blizzard Is raging again, according to cable ad vices. The Copper River Raiv.oad has been tied up, and August Ande.oon has been frozen to death on the erail be tween Chltlna and Copper Center. BROKEN LEG IS FATAL Klamath County Pioneer, Living Alone, Is Found Dead. KLAMATH FALLS. On, Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) Joseph Hendricks, a pioneer of 1S52, who had lived in Klamath County for about SO years, died alone In his cabin some time between Thursday and Satur day, as the result of a broken leg, frac tured near the thigh, probably by a fall at his cabin door, though no evidence Is found of the manner of the accident. Hendricks was 79 years old and had lived at the place where he died about three years, keeping some horses and oc cupying himself with small farming opera tions. Death evidently resulted about six hours after the injury and the body was not found until Sunday, probably two days after life became extinct. The cabin is situated about seven miles from this city. CONVICT FREED; IN TOILS As Prison Gates Open, Federal ex Prisoner Is Rearrested. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Feb. 7. Ar thur S. Spencer, alias Harry S. Reardon, who completed his term in the Federal prison today, found Deputy United States Marshal Need waiting for him at the prison gate and was arrested on the charge of impersonating an officer of the United States Immigration Service. Reardon has already served other terms In prison for the same offense. He rep resented himself to a Chinaman as being a Government Immigration Inspector and collected S3 as a fee alleged to be due the Government. Willie awaiting trial he collected a similar amount ot another Chinaman. His offense was not learned until after he had commenced serving his sentence. WOMAN TO BE TRIED ANEW Mrs. Ford Must Appear Again. Prosecutor Scores Jury. CINCINNATI. Feb. 7. Henry L. Hunt, prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, announced today that the sec ond trial of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford, on a charge of blackmailing Charles L. Warrlner, would not be de layed. The prosecutor reiterated his opinion that the . failure of the first Jury to reach a verdict was the result of "sickly sentimentality that makes it almost Impossible to convict women." "There are indictments against Mrs. Ford for receiving stolen money and for a more recent attempt at blackmail than that brought forward in the first trial." said Dennis Cash, assistant prosecutor. $800,000 FROM ABROAD Paris 'Waters Recede, Houses Topple. $4,000,000 Wanted. PARIS, Felx 7. Foreign subscrip tions to the flood relief fund now ex ceed JS0O.00O. The river Seine has fallen IS feet from its crest. More cave-ins In tbe streets, and falling houses are reported as the receding waters withdraw the supporting pressure. The cabinet decided today to ask Parliament for J4.000.000 as the ad ditional credit necessary for the relief of victims of the flood. KING GOES UNDER KNIFE Operation for Appendicitis Upon Gustave, of Sweden, Sucees. STOCKHOLM. Feb. 7. King Gustave was operated on tonight for appendicitis. The official reports state that the opera tion was a success. The King hap been suffering from in ternal disorders. It is stdd that the physicians diagnosed bis cac as ooe- re quiring Immediate operation. Civilian Called Him "Cur," He Says. SECOND NAYY DANCE CASE ON Miss Hesler Flashes Engage ment Ring at Trial. COWLES IS AIDED BY WIFE Court-Martial Growing Out of Inci dent of Cbarlcstown Hop Is En livened by Testimony of So cial and Personal Kind. BOSTON, Feb. 7. Resentment of the attentions of a civilian to his fiancee. Miss Dorothy Hesler, of Evanston, 111., was the basis' of the defense of Dr. A. S. Rohnet, Past Assistant Surgeon, U. S. N., at his court-martial trial today, resulting from the episode at the naval dance at the Charlestown Navy-Yard on December 11. Dr. Robnett's trial, which was on charges of conduct unbecoming a gentle man and of profanity, lasted only four hours. Much of the interest had been robbed by the testimony at the trial of Paymaster George P. Auld last week, on charges growing out of the same inci dent. Robnett Admits One Charge. The trial was simplified by the admis sion by Dr. Robnett that he did use ob jectionable language when he called Dr. E. S. Cowles. the ejected civilian, to ac count for his attitude toward Miss Hes ler. Dr. Cowles, who was again on the stand, denied that he attempted to make clandestine appointments with the young woman, and in this he was substantiated by his -wife. She also supported him in regard to Robnett's words over the tele phone, which formed one of the charges'. Cowles Changes Testimony. Dr. Cowles explained his effort to ob tain an appointment with Miss Hesler at an elevated station by saying the young woman had been, Invited to dine at the Cowles house and Mrs. Cowles had sug gested that the doctor meet her on her way from Maiden. When Major Leonard asked Dr. Cowles why he did not offer tho same explanation at the Auld trial last week, the Judge Advocate objected and the testimony was suspended while arguments were made on the question. Mrs. Cowles also explained the elevated station incident with Mlsa Hesler, saying that she had invfted that young lady to dine and told her husband that he ought to escort her from the station to their home, as Miss Hesler did not know the way. Auld Acted Alone. Paymaster Auld said that Dr. Robnett did not know his purpose when he Called Dr. Cowles from the dance and that he used Dr. Robnett's name without the lat ter's knowledge. Then Dr. Robnett took the stand in his own defense. He admitted that he asked Dr. Cowles by telephone if he had not re ceived a request from Miss Hesler to re turn her picture. Dr. Cowles replied that i (Concluded on Page 8.) ' ernment the sum of $1254. - tConcludea on Pa5. 2.) ...TT,.. ............. ....... ' J , UNPOPULAR KIND OF CULTURE. , - , J Mis Beatrice Snyder, of Buffalo, Chooses Niagara as Suicidal Place Leaves Letters. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Feb. 7. A young -woman, thought to be Miss Beatrice R. Snyder, of Buffalo, com mitted suicide today by wading into the river just above Prospect Point and going over the American falls. As her body swept over the brink: of the cataract she turned her face toward her -would-be rescuers and smiled a farewell to them. A park policeman paid scant atten tion to the -woman when she first ap peared on the path leading to the river bank. When she began to run toward the river it was too late to Intercept her. Without a moment's hesitation she waded Into the stream. She turned once and smiled toward the -men who were calling to her to stop, and con tinued to move rapidly into deep water. In an instant she was whisked from her feet and carried rapidly toward the brink of the falls. On the banks was found a handbag containing this note: "Mama and papa, may youi both for give me for bringing this awful disgrace upon you In these years ow your life. Also my Heavenly Father forgive all my sins. But I have been very good, thank God. You will find a slip for the money under your dresser scarf. With my heart full of love for all your kindness and tender love, good bye. Lovingy, -BEATRICE." There was a card in the purse bearing the name of Beatrice R. Snyder. HUGHES POSITIVE OF PLAN New York Governor Reiterates De termination to Quit Office. ' NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Governor Hughes reiterates his determination not to accept a renomination, in a letter made public here today. "I have already publicly stated that I cannot under any circumstances accept a renomination." writes the Governor, "and I suppose that is understood by the people of the state. Certainly it should be, and I do not see how I could have been more explicit than in my statement to the newspapers. "Of course, you and others who have been so strong In njy support should real ize that there is not the slightest doubt about the matter, and that I mean exact ly what I have said." OFFICER DENIED RETRIAL Cosmopolitan Magazine Wins Second Round in Suit, NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Judge Ray in the United States Circuit Court denied to day the motion of Lieutenant Charles T. Wade, teacher of mathematics in the Annapolis Naval Academy, for a new trial of his suit for $100,000 damages against the International Magazine Com pany for an alleged libel published in the Cosmopolitan Magazine. At the trial of the action, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defend ant. Lieutenant Wades complaint was based on statements made in regard to the gunboat Bennington disaster in an article criticising the naval personnel bill. WAR "VET'S' WIDOW SUED Alleged Second Marriage Causes XJ. S. Action for $1254. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. Suit en tered today in the United States Cir cuit Court revealed the fact that Mrs. Mary Martin, of this city., has been drawing a pension for 13 years as the widow of a Civil War soldier, although she is alleged to have been married to a second husband during that period. The suit seeks to recover for the Gov ernment the sum of $1254. $1,500,000 Is Savedon Salary Item Alone. OYER 1000 MEN LOSE JOBS Active Tammany Workers Are Those Affected. ECONOMY IS WATCHWORD Everybody In Xew Tork Now Ilappy Except Practical Politicians Who Long Have Preyed on Unsuspecting Citizens. BT LLOTD F. LON ERG AN. NEW TORK, Feb. 5. (Special.) There was an unofficial meeting of the Board of Estimate the other day, at which the members exchanged views, and decided that they would be able to save Jl.500,000 a year to the city on the one item ot salaries. It Is the understanding that none of the borough presidents, the controller or the Mayor, are expected to cripple their working forces. But the officials are satisfied that they will be able to care for the interests of the city as well, if not better than their predecessors, who had assistants galore. The men who will be turned out. oc cupy what is known as the small places, the salaries ranging at from $1000 to $1500 a year. It is therefore plain that from 1O00 to 1500 men are scheduled to lose their Jobs. ' Employes Under Civil Sevice. All of these employes are protected by cK'il service rules. In other words, they can only be removed on charges and after a hearing, and even then the action of the bureau chief is subject to review by the courts' of the state. Most of these workers are active Tam many men, the kind that keep the as sembly district clubs going. The bulk of them were named under the &poils sys tem, and then shifted to the protected class to make their Jobs life positions. But this economy wave is too much for them. The courts have always held that a city official has a right" to cut down his force as often as he pleases. To pre vent fraud or favoritism. . however, a man ousted because of a cut in the force, retains his right to be re-employed if his place is filled within six months. After that he is out for good. As the new city officials are sincere in their work, this proviso has not created any great public rejoicing among the men who have lost their comfortable berths. It is the best thing for the taxpayers, and incidentally the worst thing in the world for Tammany. It Is upon thescr little fellows that the organization has always relied in the past. They have been election district captains, workers at the polls, and in other ways have aided in the success of Tammany in many a hard-fought field. Political Enthusiasm to Take Drop. Now that they are down and out, and are compelled to seek jobs in civil life. It is safe to assume that they will lose muoh. If not all, of their political en thusiasm. The elected officials are going slow Tries to Escape but Is Caught and May Be Secluded in In sane Asylum. TUCSON. Ariz.. Feb. 7. (Special.) Cap tain Stephen O'Connor, United States Army, retired. Is a prisoner In the Santa Cruz County Jail, at Nogales, charged with murder. Last Friday, at Duquesne Camp, he shot and killed Dr. S. A. Rus sell, with whom he quarreled. The doctor wearied of, a discussion they were having and turned away. Captain O'Connor, armed with a repeating shot gun, followed and shot him through the body. O'Connor fled, apparently bound for Mexico, across the lillls only a few miles distant, but was soon overtaken. It is believed he will be committed to the insane asylum. The prisoner is 70 years old, vigorous and known throughout the Duquesne district as the owner of an ungovernable temper. He was retired from the Army about 10 years ego for disability. He came to Arizona to work some mining claims be had found more than 30 years ago when a private in the Eighth Infan try, at Camp Crittenden. He had long Army service, enlisting in 1860 and holding a non-commissioned rank through the Civil War. In 1St he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Eighth Infan try. A son is understood to be a Lieutenant-Colonel in the service now. MRS. GLAVIS HAS STORY Wife of Rallinger's Accuser Reaches Washington, Promises Sensation. WASHINGTON. . Feb. t. (Special.) Mrs. Maud Glavls, wife of chief assail ant of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, and plaintiff in divorce proceedings in stituted in Seattle. Wash., has arrived in this city, with promises of a sensation that she will pring. Owing to the publicity attending the suit for divorce filed by her at Seattle, Mrs. Glavis. since arriving in this city, has remained In seclusion, her presence being known only to a few intimate friends. It was said that her husband learned she was In the capital only with, in the last few days. "Of course, I wish to avoid any trouble,' Mrs. Glavls said today, "but since the matter is begun, I intend to see It through, and you can say for me that the public will hear something within a few days that will be a great surprise. "It will be given out pretty soon, but just at present I am not ready to say anything about it. When it is made public, it will be a big sensation." BRIBERY CHARGES MADE Pittsburg Bankers and Couucilmen Are Indicted. PITTSBURG. Feb. 7. True bills were returned by the grand Jury today, charging conspiracy, bribery and per jury against President E. H. Jennings and ex-Vice-President A- A. Griffin, of the Columbia National Bank; Charles Stewart, former Select Councilman; Max Leslie, County Delinquent Tax Collec tor, and V. F. Nicoll, a capitalist. The Indictments were found upon a confession alleged to have been mad-e by Griffin to the grand Jury. The cases involve the alleged pay ment of bribes to Councilmen in 1908 to secure their votes for an ordinance designating city depositories, of which the Columbia National Bank was one. MEXICAN SLAYERS CAUGHT Murderers to Re Taken to Line and U. S. Officials Will Arrest Them. DOUGLAS. Ariz.. Feb. 7. Yznacio An tonio and Jesus Bega, Mexicans, accused of the murder of Ernest Kuykendall and Owen Plumb In the Swiss Helm Moun tains a few days ago and tracked across the Mexican line, were arrested today In Cananea, Mexico. It requires three weeks to obtain requi sition papers from Washington, but through collusion with Mexican officers the prisoners are to be brought to the American side of the boundary at Naco. Officers have been notified by wire to be there and capture the Mexicans when they cross the line. TAFT'S BROTHER RECOVERS Leaves Hospital for Apartments and Expects Soon to Go East. IDS ANGELES, Feb. 7. Henry ,W. Taft. brother of the President, has re covered sufficiently from an attack of erysipelas to leave the hospital where he w'as taken a week ago, for apartments at a downtown hotel. Dr. W. A. Edwards, his physician, says Mr. Taft probably will be able to resume his journey eastward before the end of the present week. GEN. WOOD IS IN HOSPITAL Rumored Serious Condition of Pa tient, Denied, However. BALTIMORE. Feb. 7. Major-General Ieonard Wood is a patient in a local hospital, where he Is undergoing treat ment for an old injury to his head. Reports that General Wood's condition was serious met with emphatic denials. Denial was also made of the report that his presence in the hospital was due to a fall from his horse recently. Gun Teste Postponed at Hook. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Tests of the four-Inch gun recently brought to the proving ground at Sandy Hook which were to have been begun today were postponed Indefinitely. It was found that some changes In tbe gun-carriages were necessary. FRIEND, GOHL SAYS Prisoner in Cell Talks Freely of Charge. POLICE TO BLAME, HE AVERS Dead Man Lived With Gohl Until Trouble Arose. ANXIOUS TO VIEW BODY Accused Man Insists Authorities De nied Him Privilege of Rest Friend Xo Fear or Trial, He Tells Reporter. HOQUOAM, Wash., Feb. "."I am an innocent man, innocent as you of tho crime with which I am. charged and when I take the witness-stand ill behalf oT myself It wll not take me five minutes to vindicate myself. I do not fear a trial because I have nothing to fear," said Wil liam Gohl today. He further said: "Charles Hedberg. the man whom the police say I murdered, was my loyal and true friend and the idea of me harming one hair in his head is repugnant to me. "Hedberg lived at my house and was for a long time like a member of my family until six months ago. W7hen the trouble came up concerning those auto mobile robes which I was accused "of stealing. I thought it best to give him something lees to do as I wanted no re flections cast on my family. Hedberg then moved to Indian Creek. Anxious to See Friends Today. "With reference to the death of Hal berg I did not know that I was charged with murdering him until I was taken to the police station and the warrant read to me. "Although Halberg was my best and truest friend although I was charged with murdering him, yet the demand to see the body, a legal one, was denied me. Had I been allowed I would have gone to see the body, but I was not given the privilege. "If Halberg has been killed, the blood of Halberg rests on the heads of the po lice of Aberdeen and the Sheriff of the county. Police Jealous, Cries Gohl. "I have repeated and warned and told them that there was considerable cattle stealing going on right under their noses, as their own statements will verify. "Personal grievances and pettifoggy strife between the police department of Aberdeen and the Sheriff's office have ob structed any efforts to prevent the crimes. "Anything else concerning the case I do not know, because I have not been told anything, have heard nothing except the reading of the warrant charging me with the murder of Hed berg. I have not seen a paper with the exception .of the officers, my wife and my attorney you are the first man - who has been" to see me and to whom I have talked. "Third Degree" Is Awaited. "I am still in darkness as to any other charges which you say are made against me, but am still in hopes of being given the celebrated 'third de gree' or sweating process, through, which they put all bad criminals as I am known now. When given this de gree I hope to learn something of which. I am charged of the circumstances leading up to my arrest, etc. I am now utterly unable to find out exactly on what grounds my arrest Was made. "It has been rumored by Wilson Buttner, who had offered his services, that I was to be lynched and that he refused the case. I wish the public to know, although I desire to refrain from injuring Buttner, that his condition after his trip to Montesano In my be half was such that I was compelled to dismiss ' him from the case and have since engaged A. M. Abel. v "I .am treated well in jail and have no neason to kick or to make com plaint. The officials are strict but courteous to me at all times. I have all I desire but freedom. There is plenty of food, and although not fur nished . with T-bone steak, I get suf ficient to eat to keep me sound in body and mind. Reserve Judgment, He Pleads. "Knowing myself innocent I want to ask the public to refrain from judging me too harshly until after my trial when the evidence submitted and my own story will declare me cither inno cent or guilty. "Yesterday was my birthday, and as I sat in this jail, cut off from the out side world, friends seeming to have de serted me I had plenty of time to re flect over the past. "I was born in Germany, February 6, 1873. I am a German and I am proud of It. Although I adopted the American flag and it has changed some of my ideas of Life and has caused me to love this grand old nation and its stars and stripes, yet nothing will be able to change the blood in my veins." Here the writer produced two of the latest daily papers containing thrill ing accounts of the charges against the prisor r. Gohl begged permission, to read them, saying that he was afraid th the Sherifr would stop him if he was caught scanning them. He begged to be allowed to keep the papers; he would have them hidden on his person, but said: "No. they will search me again today and will find them." Gohl was then assured that he could (Concluded on Paso 6.1