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MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1912.
SHOWGIRL WIFE AND MILLIONAIRE HUSBAND WHOSE PROPOSED
IIINIOR'S DEATH
FREEDOM III SIGHT
LIBERATION SHE NO IMMitiH urruox.o.
BLAMED TO WIFE
F0BHBYK.T
HAW
Wife's Desire to Pave Way to
Marriage to Physician Re
moves Obstacle.
JEROME WILL NOT OPPOSE
rictit. AlnKwt Won, Has la
rlodrd Wmr on Manairmrnt of
Mallranaa I'mcnt Head
of Hospital Friendly.
NEW YORK. Irc. J I. (Special)
Coincident with the rumor, which I
m ell-authentlrated. that Mrs. Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw Is to be married to a New
Tork physician If h can obtain m
divorce. It Is i.il.l that there is little
doubt that Harry K. Th. slayer of
Stanford White, la to be released within
a It months from the State Hospital
for the Criminally Inunt at Matteawan.
fashioned plum pudding at Morrison
The Information cornea from one close
to the Thaw family and to the hospital
authorities.
Evelyn Thaw, wife of Harry, for
some time pant has stood In the way
of her husband's release by persistently
alleging that ber husband had threa
tened to kill her If she mere set free.
Put Mrs Mary C. Thaw, mother of
Harry, never liaa given up hope of ob
taining; the release of her son and It
Is said that she has succeeded In reach
lng an understanding with her dauajh-ter-ln-law
under the terms of which
this opposition will be withdrawn. Mrs.
F.velyn Tluv'a desire to become the
wife of the unnamed New Tork physl
run has aided the mother materially In
the accomplishment of her desires.
tnre the difficulties In the way of ob
taining a divorce from a husband whom
the law regards aa Insane would be
removed If Harry Thaw were free.
Mrs. Thaw has made certain conces
sions, it Is said, to her dsughter-ln-law,
ind It has been agreed that the divorce
a-ill not be opposed.
Jeresae Will "t OHJee.
Another obstacle to freedom has
been removed In the form of the objec
:ions of William Trarers Jerome, who
prosecuted Thaw and who said at
Thaw's last hearing that he believed
that If the prisoner-patient were kept
the hospital a few years longer he
would be In a much more healthy con-lition-
The Information now given out
s that Mr. Jerome has become satisfied
that there la now no objection to
Thaw's release and that he will enter
no protest If proceedings with that
purpose In view are Instituted.
The Thaw family have heen busv for
months preparing for their next efforf
Ietertlves have been In their contant
employ, and prominent New York law--ers,
among them Clarence J. Fhearn.
have been In constant touch with Thaw.
Kepresentatlvea of the lawyers have
visited the hospital and have had many
conferencea with Thaw.
The plan decided upon la to obtain
another writ of habeas corpus and de
mand a trial by Jury as to the sanity
of the pa'l'nt.
Kncourauement for the Thaws la
f und In two recent circumstances
Chief of them Is the new attitude to
ward insane persons adopted by lr.
James V. May. who became head of
the Matteawan Hospital last Summer.
Tr. May believes that Insane persons
should not be held In contlnement. but
hould have every opportunity to enjoy
chance of surroundings and conditions.
He has suggested that the yards at
the hospital be chanaed from the rear
of the building to the front, so that
the Inmates can have a road view of
the Hudson, the Beacon Mountalna and
the picturesque scenery Intervening. As
at present situated, tne yams, wnero
the Inmates are forced to exercise in j
the open air. are penned in by the hos
pital building, and the patienta can see
only the blue sky and the four brick j
walls. j
Tkaw-a Liberty ew F.ateaded.
In cirrrlnf out this
Idea shortly I
fr.f ..limine- the sunerl n tendency of
is. bo.nit.il nr. M.iv directed that
I.iaxie llalliday. who had been In soli-
tary connn.-ment for years, be allowed .
ezerclne In
trie open air eacn uay. in
the iae of Thaw his liberties were
retrk-td a year or two ago. soon
after Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw. Harry's
mother, announced that she meant to
appeal to the state authorities charg
ing dissraceful management of the
Matteawan Institution. He waa not al
lowed to eee bis mother every il.iv. as
he had bc-n d.ln. this liberty belna
.tnlv allowed taU-e a week. I'e waa
not permitted the use of the library as
before, when he was librarian of the
Institution, and many other prlvllegea
were denied him.
Mr. May now allows Thaw the free
use of the library and the privilege
of the music room, where for hours he
plays the piano. Other privileges are
also allowed him and a attendant
made the statement some days ago
that Thaw sees Pr. May In his office
and enjoys a cigar there. Dr. May did
not deny this some time aro. nor did
he deny that certain prlvllegea naa
been allowed Thaw. On the contrary,
he said he did not believe any patient
should be subjected, to constant con
finement If his case warranted bavin
a little freedom. Many of the patients
at the hospital are out of doors every
day. Dr. May said, working on the
farm, and others are taken for walks
i.lonc the drive leading through the
hospital ground". There waa no reason,
he said, why Thaw should not enjoy
the same prlvllrgcs.
W aaaaa'a Caae Foraaa Ireee.
Another circumstance In Thaw'a
favor Is the case of Mrs. Frances
O'Shaufhnesjy. who murdered her hus
band and who was recently paroled br
a New Tork Judge In the custody of
her Uwyer. Jeremiah T. Mahoney. and
rr. William Mabon. superintendent of
Ward s Iland State Hoopltal. will be
Ufed to show that Thaw's caie l
ldrntic.il witi hera and should be
treated accordingly.
It was said by the Informant that Dr.
May would be called to testify as to
T!iam-'s sanity, and that Pr. May would
ay that since he haa been watching
Thaw he has not noticed any evidences
of (lanserour Injanliy. Pr. May was
asked ome time ago to make a state
ment as to Thaw's condition, and re
fused. He raid he would do so If Thaw
eer demanded another hearing, but as
a state official he did not think It would
be Just for htm to do so before testify
ing In court.
The elder Mrs. Thaw'a present state
of cheerfulness gives strong Indication
tl'at she regards her son's future ii
being as good as settled. Her latest
visit to H.irry was Just before Chrlst
tr.a. and on leaving the Matteawan In
stitution she said that she never had
heen happier In ber life. Harry waa
lust as happy, she said. To one of the
young women at the Institution she
said:
TbU Is a merry Cbrlstmaa t me.
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indeed, and I hope It la to every one
of you."
Harry II lea-elf la CeaaMeat.
Thaw himself told one of the Inmates
with whom be has been friendly that
Ms time for remaining In Matteawan
was growing short, and that at most
he had only a few montha longer to
remain. . . . -
Thaw now spends a great deal of
time studying law. especially cases
aimilar to hla own.
The Thaw family has generally been
credited with being responsible for the
recent changes In the management at
Matteawan. with a vlw to obtaining
Thaw's release under an administration
more Inclined to accept the theory
urged by his family that Thaw Is now
sane. It was predicted, after thesa
changes, that Thaw would "be home
for his Christmas dinner."
That prophecy was made by Nor
man Lea. who waa committed to Mat
ttawan aa Insane early In 1910. and
was released on habeas corpus proceed
ings In October. 1910. Mr. Lees waa
employed by the Thawa. and baa spent
more than $10,000 under the direction of
Thaw's mother. Mrs. Mary C. Thaw,
who asked the state to Investigate
conditions at the hospital, charging
misconduct and mismanagement. 1-ees
ANNUAL FOR MAILING.
In purchaMnK the New Year's
Oregonian. wrapped for mailine,
the public i. cautioned that
fiKEKX wrappers have been used
exclusively. Wrapped copies of
the Annual are on ?a)e at The
Oreponian business office, at all
news stands, and by newsboys at
5 cents each. Postage in the
United States. Canada, Mexico
and the insular possessions is 3
cents. Foreign postage, 10 cents.
re.llrte.l that Cornelius V. Collins.
Kiitu Kunerlntenrient of Prisons; Dr. R. i
h. Lamb, superintendent of
the Mat
teawan Institution, and Pr,
Amoa T.
Baker. Hrwt
assistant physician, would
that Thaw would be per
re.tKn. and
mitted to leave Matteawan. All these
predictions except the last have been
fulfilled.
May's Aslaaeat Is HlgsjIfleaaC
Ir. lamb resigned on July 7 last,
though a commission appointed to In
vestigate t!ie charges aguinst his ad
ministration had given him a clean bill
i.f health. in the resignation of Pr.
Iimb Pr. Maker headed the list of
candidates for the post on the basis of
Civil Service examinations with a
rating of 4. tr. Robert C. Woodman
had 91.5. so did Pr. Raymond C Kleb.
Pr. May. ho had SS.3S. hsd seen less
service In Insane asylums than Dr.
Kaker had.
Tk,'i riirht was directed more
...inst Pr. Baker than Dr. Lamb, and
.. k.,iH rtr. Hakrr no as the real
Ion" from which ,
k. .-i. h. .offered. Charges of crueltv
on the part of attendants were also
brought. The Legislature adjourned
without paying serious attention to nis
demand for an Inquiry- A commission
appointed to Investigate the charges
nported that they were unfounded.
BLACK HAND MURDERS
CHICAGO BAND CLAIMS LAST
VICTIM or Itll.
JoM-ph Ilrhalla Stalked at Lonely
Spot and Shot In Back Slayers
Make Their Escape.
CHICAGO. Dec. 31. (Special.) Mem.
bers of the North Side Dlnck Hand gang
closed their list of murders for 111 to
day, when Joseph Reballa. 30 years
old. fell a victim of the "sawed-off shot
gun." Rehalla was the tenth of the year to
fall in that district, riddled with buck- !
shot from the barrels of the short shot
gun. As in the other murders, the
slaver escaped, leaving his victim
bleeding in the street to be picked up
by the police.
As In all of the tragedies which have
made -Murder Point" a place of hor
ror, the victim was shot In the back,
his sssaiUnts stalking him from be
tween two buildings.
Shortly before daylight the murdered
msn was walking west In Hsrn Flaee.
When lie was In front of No. 457. two
men stepped from behind a nearby
store building and fired two shots. The
victim fell and the assassins, throwing
t.'iclr weapon away, ran down an alley.
tcorvniGHT bv baix
BOY HUMAN TORCH
Youth Perhaps Fatally Burned
in "Frat" Initiation.
MISTAKE FOUND TOO LATE
Student's Head Soaked In Alcohol
Instead of Witch Hazel and
Lighted Match Is Applied
by Companions.
PHILADELPHIA, Pec 31. (Special.)
Henry Basset, Jr.. a youth of wealthy
parents and a student at the fashion
able Kptscopal Academy, la near death
aa the result of burna on the head re
reived while he waa being Initiated Into
a "frat." and the future of the Greek
letter organizations at the academy la
banging in the balance.
The boys who burned young Basset
thought they were applying wltcli hazel
to hla head, but they doused him with
alcohol Instead and when a match waa
applied. Basset became a human torch.
Hla eyea were bandaged, which saved
him from blindness, but he waa so se
riously Injured, notwithstanding, that
phvslrtans fear he will not survive.
Young Basset had long sought per
mission from hie mother to Join the
ainha Phi EDsllon fraternity. For a
I long time ahe withheld It,- but at last
listened to the lad'a pleadings.
Pareatal Objeetloa Removed.
Parental objection removed, young
tassel wem jujiui"!
went Joyfully to tne -rrat
house. S17 south Hroad atreet. ana no
announced himself ready to "ride the
goat." He mas commanded to don a
harlequin suit, waa blindfolded and led
to a darkened room by T. Judaon My
ers, an alumnus of the academy and
now a student at the University of
Pennsylvania, and bla fellow students
at the Academy.
"We are about to put you to a severe
test," said one of the boys solemnly.
-It is ne in which you must qualify in
order to become a member. You have
beeu washed In alcohol and a match
will now be applied."
Young Basset, standing In the dark
ness, replied laughingly to the solemn
V'aU right. Go ahead; touch it off."
Match Falla Head.
A boy struck a match and those pre
! ... it broke, a flaming bit falling
nn Basset's hair and setting fire to
Basset s hair ana seiim
it The "frat" youths discovered too
i.t t he v had mistaken alcohol for
witch hazel. They said, anyway, they
had never Intended to really touch the
match to their companion a nemo.
t.vra grabbed a curtain and man
aged to extinguish the flames, but not
until young Basset had been severely
burned. .
t. i. aM ihnt students at toe acad
emy will henceforth be prohibited from !
maintaining "frats.
LEWIS JURY DISAGREES
Judge Refuses to Plschargo Men and
They Are locked ITp.
OROVILLE. CaL. Dec. 31. The Jury
in the case of Arthur Lewis, who was
tried for the alleged murder of his
step-niece. 13-year-old Helen Rumball,
by breaking her neck with his hands,
reported to the court today that agree
ment was impossible and asked to ba
discharged.
This was refused by the judge and
' the Jurors again were locked up for
the night. The case was given to them
at 1115 o'clock Saturday morning.
' Juror West Is said to. be slightly ill.
JOHN E. REDMOND INJURED
Leader of Irish Nationalist Thrown
From Wagon In Wicklow.
DUBLIN. Dec. 31. John K. Redmond,
leader of the Nationalists, was thrown
from a wagon yesterday at Augiiav
anaitti. t-ountv Wicklow. He was
bruised severely and Is suffering from
shock.
ilr. Redmond has rsncelled aI his
engagements for a fortnlgbt.
Inside block wood f i. Main 122$.
Woman Arrested as Hour of
Funeral Is Near, on Evi-,
dence of Stepson.
POLICE SEEKING LODGER
Effort to Secure Annulment of Deed
Giving Property to Woman Be-'
lleved to Have Precip
itated Fatal End.
CHICAGO. Dec. 3L (Special.) Two
hours before the hour set for her hus
band's funeral. Mrs. Charles D. Morrow
was arrested today and locked up at the
Hyde Park Police Station, charged with
his murder. Morrow'a body was found
frozen, with two bullet wounda In It,
on the rear porch of their home last
Thursday morning.
Detectives were sent out tonight to
search for a roomer who lived at the
-Morrow home and who waa supposed
to be friendly with Mrs. Morrow. He
la said to be a traveling salesman for
an automobile firm, and sometimes
Uvea In another part of the city.
The arrest of Mrs. Morrow followed
a second post-mo'tem examination of
the body of the dead Inventor and man
ufacturer, and resulted from Informa
tion furnished the police by Dr. Arthur I
Morrow, of Hinsdale, a son of Charles
D. Morrow, and by Cuthbert Potts, an
attorney.
Dosseetle I.l'e Troublous.
Investigation into the home-life of
the Morrows disclosed the fact that
there waa much domestic Infelicity and
that on several occasions Mrs. Morrow
had threatened to kill her husband. The
woman is only JS years old. while the
husband was 61. It is said that since
!. I .. fln.ni-1,1 t,Allhli KeKTan
their home life had been the reverse of j
congenial. j
At the time that Morrow was the
head of a manufacturing concern he
deeded to his wife property valued at
$25,000. According to the information
furnished the police, since he met with
failure and was threatened with bank
ruptcy, his wife refused to advance him
money with which to protect an In
vention upon which he was working
She compelled him to live In a small
bedroom and Is said to have shown
marked attention to one' of the room
ers In her house.
Coroner's Jury Verdict Rejected.
A few days before his death Morrow
had visited Mr. Potta. his lawyer, to
get him to bring suit to break the deed
through which be transferred all his
property to his wife. This, the police
believe, strengthens the theory that he
did not commit suicide, although the
Coroner's jury at the first Inquest re
turned a verdict of suicide.
Dr. Morrow and Mr. Potts refused to
accept the verdict of suicide and they
Induced Inspector Clancy to re-open the
Inquiry. The second Inquest waa con
ducted by Coroner's physician, Warren
Springer, who reported that Morrow
was murdered. The physician said he
was shot in the left breast, the bullet
passing directly through the heart and
causing death. The second bullet
found in the temple was received after
death, or as the man was dying and
could not have been self-inflicted. Be
sides, the physician said, the pistol bad
been held close to the temple, as the
scalp showed powder marks and It was
impossible for the man to have fired
the shot.
BOX CAR THEFT CHARGED
'Fat Wilson Held at Butte, Thought
to Bo Member of Regular Band.
BCTTE, Mont, Dec 31. Accused of
rifling Milwaukee freight cars along
the line from Seattle to Butte, taking
from them many articles of value,
"Fat" Wilson is tinder arrest In Butte.
The police say Wilson admits having
commltteed three such robberies with
in the past few weeks.
The robberies were committed In
nearly every railroad yard west of
Butte nnd it is believed that a band
r
(tlfts gnntrat
Be on hand tomorrow morning to
share in the unusual opportuni
ties to save on Books of all kinds, in
cluding fine Books in Sets; Ladies'
Handbags, Leather novelties, Arts and
Crafts Jewelry, Box Papers, Calendars,
etc.; Desks, Chairs, Typewriters! Car
bon Paper, Cuspidors, etc.
Full particulars in yester
day's (Sunday's) papers.
Take advantage of this an
nual January event at Port
land's oldest Book and Sta
tionery store.
mt 1. 1Ltfl Company
At The Corner Of Third and Alder Streets.
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TILE for the Kitchen.
TILE for the Porch.
TILE ior Entrances.
TILE for Lobbies.
TILE practical 1 y lasts
forever, is absolutely
sanitary and lends itself
to the most inviting color
schemes.
Sec us before deciding
on your Fireplace, Bath
room and Floor Tiling.
MlWalshCo.
311 Stark Street,
Portland, Oregon
Estimates and Samples
mailed to out-of-town
builders on application.
worked systematically with some cen
tral point where they cached their
loot and disposed of It through acents.
The Milwaukee nailroad, it is said, has
lost thousands of dollars through
such depredations in the past few
weeks.
RHODES' HEIR il'.ES
NEPHEW OF SOCTH AFRICAN
MILLIONAIRE BENEDICT.
Bride Is Mabel Berwick, Native of
California and Graduate of
Stanford University.
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal.. Dec. 31.
(Special.) Mi6S Mabel Berwick, of
Monterey, and Frederick Rhodes,
nephew of the late Cecil Rhodes, of
South African fame, were married at
the home of Edward Berwick, the
bride's father, in this city at noon yes
terday. The bride is the only daughter of
Edward Berwick, scholar and lecturer.
She is a leader in club life and is
prominent in literary and society cir
cles. She is a native of California,
and tne vaiuaoiv riiit:ii inuyenj ,
Carmel Valley on which she passed
her childhood days is now her coun
try place. She was educated at Stan
ford University, and has traveled in
the old world.
The bridegroom was born in India,
growing to manhood In London, where
he was educated. At the passing of
his uncle, Cecil Rhodes, he came into
possession of an estate valued at J5,
000.000. During the war between the Boers
and the British nation he served with
distinction on General Buller's staff.
Larve land and mining interests are
held by Mr. Rhodes In California.
WEST COAST THREATENED
Weather Bureau Predicts Disturb
ance on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. According
to a bulletin Issued late tonight by
gfamtarp bent
X ercTandk of fterlL Only-.
See the Evening Papers
A Double Page
Removal Sale
Announcement
of the greatest interest to
Economical Shoppers
Tomorrow
Unprecedented,
Unparalleled Sales
Throughout the Store
on all
Fa-1 and Winter Goods
at
Prices Lower
than ever before in Portland
Every Article Reduced
the Weather Bureau the next disturb
ance of importance to cross the United
States will appear in the Far West
on Tuesday.
The disturbance wilt he preceded by
"OLGA STEEB
BT WALTER ANTHONY.
"I know another reason why Califor
nia shouldn't be cut in two. It's Olga
Steeb, a young pianist who has blos
somed where the oranges grow. Miss
Olsa is a native of Los Angeles, where
she has acquired all her pianistic
training, but she can go to Berlin and
play with any girl in that town and
come out of the contrast victor. She
has individuality, maturity of confi
dence, a nervous system that responds
like steel springs, and an abundance
of what Is called technique, but which
means no more than talent trained
"She made a notable figure last nignt
at the Central Theater, where the San
Francisco Choral Society, under the
direction of Puul Steindorff. gave a
Schumann festival, and, to Insist on the
initial statement written at the liegin
nlng of this story, she is a. girl w ho
will reflect honor on the state of Cali
fornia and carry news of our musical
regeneracy to far centers X.if,n'2
plaved with the orchestra Schumann s
concerto in a umioi. ':
moved with sureness and great claritj .
Indeed, if one characteristic of this
voung woman's playing is, more prom
inent than another it is Its clear and
quite limpid riuency. ij
would be monotonous, but that it
saved from sameness by a keen tense
-puE power of money
'MPSi' open raise
iiWiSWvi'-'' too&ae tnus an
IV'fNj' pull straight dawn.
JKEW YEAR fp
Km It
I Wnr twEm
liixTO 'A """1
-a- one is in tne greatest otcu ui n.
The shrewd man acquires the saving habit to
take care of contingencies as they arise or to
make profitable investments when the oppor
tunity presents itself.
The safe, sure way is to put your money
where it vill draw interest. We pay 4 per cent
on savings accounts.
HARTMAN & THOMPSON
BANKERS,
Chamber of Commerce Building,
Fourth and Stark Streets.
H
a reaction to normal temperature, be
attended by general snows In North
ern, and rains in Southern districts,
and will be followed by decidedly
colder weather.
HAS GENIUS"
for phrasing putting her musical
thoughts together, so to say, and em
phasizing with high musical intelli
gence the emphatic portions of her of-
'"She is like an Inte.iigent .reader,
whose mere voicing and utterance it la
a delight to listen to, so perfectly is
the thought molded into terms. Her
facility with her fingers is nothing
short of marvelous, and her observ
ance of the rhythmic beat of her musio
is never for an instant suspended, even
in the most intricate passages. She
was encored twice, and played con
trasting numbers to exhibit in one an
arrangement of the Mendelssohn Wed
ding March' her dexterity of touch,
and in the other a command over legato
and singing tore. Miss Steeb's first
San Francisco appearance became an
event of deep musical Importance, ana
her reception was cordial to the point
of enthusiasm." The San Francisco
Call. December 2. 1910.
Olga Steeb will play at the Heilig
Theater with the Philip Pels Concert
Orchestra, Sunday afternoon, January
7th on which occasion the Chickering
Piano will be used. Miss Steeb prefers
the Chickering to all other pianos.
Kilera Music House, Alder street, at
Seventh, are the exclusive representa
tives in the Northwestern States for
the superb Chickering.
"To a New
Year and a
New 'cap that
eliminates the trouble
some 'opener. "
used only on -
the quality
beer!
Quarts, S1.75 per doz
en; pints, Sl.OO per
case of two dozen. De
livered everywhere. Bot
tles exchanged. Phone
your dealer, or grocer,
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