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FINAL TARIFF VOTE
TO BE TAKEN TODAY
Senate in Session All
Night Debating.
DEMOCRATIC RANKS ARE FIRM
Attempts to Put Wool on Duti
able List Voted Down.
BIG INCOME TAX DEFEATED
Body to Stay in Session Until 9
o'clock This Morning and to
Vote at 4 in Afternoon
on Final Passage.
OREGON SENATORS OFPOSK
I DITTY OS RAW WOOL.
I OKEOONUS NEWS SCKEAC,
BCREAtJ.
Senators T
ar went on I
ha La Fol- T
Wsshinston. 6ept. .8. I
I Chamberlain and Lane today
A rMnrd as oddosId M both tha
lctta and Catron uiraomtiu
tariff bill, proposing to placa raw
wool on tha dutlabla list.
Senator Lana Toted (cair.lt both
amendments, as did Senator Cham
berlain, but Chamberlain was paired
with Senator Oliver, who was absent,
and subsequently announced his pair
and withdrew his rote, so ha la ra-
, corded aa paired and not voting.
His pair, however, waa equivalent a
a vote against placing; a duty on
wool and In favor of sustaining that
provision la the bill which makes
wool tree.
WASHINGTON, Sept. The Mrai
schedule without amendment and la-
- elndlna" the pro-vis ton for tree sngar
la 11 finally was) agreed at 1
.' sj'elock rnia morning. Senator Brlatew
yielded In bin former demand for aa
ther rellcall. becsue Senator Rana
dell'a amendment earlier had been de
feated derisively. '
Aa amendment by Chairman 'Un-
saona, of the flaaace committee, to en
able farmers to manufacture denatured
alcohol, waa agreed to without oppo
sition. The amendment removed trou
bleaome reatrletloaa aow reenlred by
law.
After arreelaa; to numerous minor
th. Senate adjourned at
1127 A. M. to o'clock thla moralna;.
xi- a ctTTK-fiTOV Sent. S. The Senate
will vote finaUy on tne iemocrauc
tariff bill tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock. This agreement was reached
tonight at 11:45 o'clock, when it be-
rill vote finally on the uemocrauc
come apparent that it would be Impos-
Bible to carry the plan to pass the
measure before adjournment.
The party leader, agreed to keep the
SelatV.n session until well into the
Senate In session until well into trie
morning; to dispose of as many of the
reserved amendment still pending: as
possible, and then to adjourn until s
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Democrats Stand Firm.
d Firm.
the Senate stood
Democratic lines in
-, i , - v,. . re.n-it thA final on
ouuiy iviwbu . - i .
. . .... a i ih. TVItri nnrtv I
ClatlKIll OI 111 lOTIll ilB'"- v aas I
lexers urging their colleagues on to
approval of the bill, the ranas ciosea
up against the anti-free wool and anti.
mrar forces and defeated all
amendments to the bill as fast as they
came to the vote.
Attempts to restore a duty on raw
wool and to raise the duty on woolen
manufactured goods made in succes
sive amendments by Senators LaFol
lette. Catron and Penrose were de
feated without the loss of a party
rote.
A last stand by the anti-free sugar
forces led by Senator Ransdell. of
. Louisiana, held the attention of the
Senate throughout the evening, but
the vote of Senators Ransdell and
Thornton long had been conceded to
the Republicans upon the sugar issue.
Bis Iaaeritaaee Tax Beaten.
Among the amendments defeated
was that of Senator Norris for a heavy
tax on inheritances. This was beaten
SS to 13, the following Republicans
Joining . the Democrats in voting
against 'It: Senators Brandegee, Ca
'tron. Clark, of Wyoming: Colt, Fall,
Galllnger, Jackson, Llppitt, Lodge,
Oliver. Penrose, Perkins. Root, Sher
man and Sutherland.
Xwo attempts by Senator La Follette
to secure the adoption of substitutes
for the Democratic wool tariff failed
by strict party votes. There remained
the prospect of a final wool vote when
the single Item of free wool was
reached in the free list of the bill.
Senator Ransdell. in beginning his
fight against free sugar, announced he
opposed free wool also and would Join
in any attempt to have a small duty
put on that product. He had voted
against the La Follette amendment,
which embraced tariff duty on all
classes of woolen goods, but it was
expected he would support the Repub
licans In the last fight against the
wool item In the free list.
Senator stone questioned Senator
Ransdell's right to ignore the agree
ment reached by the Democratic con
ference to support the bill. Senator
Ransdell Insisted he had reserved the
right to vote as he pleased on any sec
tion of the tariff bill. ,
Senator Jones, of Washington, Re
publican, who also had offered an In
heritance tax amendment, said he be
lieved the pmintn . ns n -
nize the justice of heavy taxes on large
Inherited estates.
PACIFIC OVERLOOKS
POTATO DIVIDENDS
JLiXri'ACTCRED TCBER -WOULD
SET PROFIT, SAYS CHE31IST.
C. C. Moore Thinks Surplus opuus ,
Could Be Turned Into Glucose,
Starch or Stock Food.
Possibility that the humble potato
win form the basis for a great manu
facturing" industry on the Pacific Coast
w as suetrested yesterday by C. C. Aioore,
assistant chemist In the United States
Bureau of Chemistry, who Is at the
Commercial Club and will remain in
Portland a week investigating the po-H,.,-H,,n
r,f Oreeon. Mr. Moore
says Oregon's surplus spuds would de
clare big dividends It. imdui."
Alnto alcohol, starch, glucose and desic-
"Vr- 1 1 iwl nfttatO-
"The idea of manufacturing potatoes
into glucose is not a new one," he said,
"although it has never been applied in
the United States. All glucose in this
country is made from corn.
ntlon of starch and
glucose in the United States approxi
mates 600,000 tons a year.
.i. r.t tha Pacific Coast states may
be approximated at 10.000 tons or more
a year. All this is manufactured In the
corn belt. It could be produced on
the Pacific Coast from surplus potatoes.
-Germany annually turns 20.000,000
xo,i. f tuher Into desiccated potato.
which Is used for stock food and has
replaced corn in that country.
Kf i-.fnr.re said that the price of
glucose ranges from 50 to ,75 a ton.
and the Pacific Coast sends between
tsnn noo and J750.000 to the corn dcii
each year for this product-
Several business men oi rorumm
Interested in the facts presented by Mr.
Moore.
PASTORS STICK TO "WEED"
Methodist Ministers Refnse to Join
Antl-Smoklng Crusade.
sr -jt A RLE 3. Mo- Sept. 8. Bishop
E. E. Hoss. of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, urged ministers aiie..i
inir tha Missouri conference of thatt
church here to refrain from the use of
tobacco In any form, and he character
ized total abstinence from the weed as
one of the distinguishing marks of a
gentleman. While he was speaking.
.p.i nrearhers were smoking on the
lawn In front of the church in which
the conference waa held.
The bishop asked those who attenaea
the general conference in Oklahoma
City next year, spceeially, to refrain
from smoking. He tnsn asuea ior -vote
Indorsing his views as to the gen
eral conference, but several ministers
voted "no."
PAROLED MEN TO ORGANIZE
Joliet Convicts Plan to Hunt Down
Those Who Break Word.
JOLIET. Ill- Sept. 8-As a result of
xwret na-th taken by the 45 con
detailed to work on the roads
down th0Be ot
near u"ber who broke their words
''.Trrher. wa. instituted at the
victs detailed to work on the roads
ltentlary today a movement
National organisation of paroled
local penitentiary today a ove"enM
for a National organisation of Parlea .
tor f"0" 37 strive to hold
COn'C'IhJto their word and to
lIne that break parole.
j those break paroie
covletI announced thejr he.
tii. rnnvlcta announced their hearty
approval of the Idea suggested by Pro
bation Officer Clelland. and requestea
k- muiA Immediately to
h ,d Authorities of other
carry ouv iua . OTin-. .VHtem
LIl.L 11. " "
penitentiaries "where the honor system
Is in vogue will be asaea w
the movement.
; SAYRE LEASES FINE HOUSE
President's Daughter to Preside Over
Beautiful Home at Jjenox.
LEXOX.. Mass- Sept. 8. (Special.)
FrancJs B. Sayre, of New York, who
will marry Miss Jessie Wilson In tW
White House November 25, has leased
for a year the house of Professor Wil
liam E. McElfresh. in Williamstown.
Professor McElfresh Is head of the de
partment of physics and is now on a
year's leave of absence.
TTij. hniiM. over which the President's
daughter will preside is one of the
most attractive in the college town. j.i
Is a two-story structure of 10 rooms,
painted white, with green blinds, and
has a piazza the full length. There is
an attractive lawn with many flower
beds. The house is nearly hidden irom
the streets by much shrubbery.
POINCARE TOURING FRANCE
President With SO Antos Making
750Mile Trip in Odd Fashion.
PARIS. Sept 8. (Special.) Presi
dent Poincare boardefl a train for
Limoges today, where he will begin an
official visit to the surrounding coun
try In a rather remarkable procession
of automobiles. The tour will last two
weeks and will cover some 750 miles.
Mme. Poincare accompanies the Presi
dent. ,
The baggage of the party will be
parried on a special train.
MRS. SAGE GIVES $64,000
Money Distributed in Girlhood Home
as Birthday Gift.
SYRACUSE. N. T, Sept. 8. As a
birthday gift, Mrs. Russell Sage today
distributed 364.000 among Institutions
In Syracuse, her girlhood home.
Syracuse University received the
largest donation. 334,000. while the
Syracuse Home Association and Onon
daga Orphans' Home each received 110.
000. Mrs. Sage's gifts to Syracuse Uni
versity aggregate $270,000. -
REPUBLICANS
11
BACK LOST
Progressive' Vote Falls
Heavily in Maine
DEMOCRATS LOSE IN MAINE
Returns at Special Election
Give Peters 553 Lead.
MOOSE STRENGTH WANES
Defeated Democratic Candidate Says
Result Is Due to "Treachery" in
Party and Does Not Mean
Disloyalty to Wilson. . as
PORTLAND, Me- Sept, 8. Speaker
John A. Peters, Republican, of Ells
worth, was chosen to fill the vacancy
in the Third Congressional District to
day by a plurality of 653 over Mayor
William A. Pattangall, Democrat, of
Waterville, with Edward M. Lawrence,
of Lubec, a poor third in the race.
The returns in this special election
from all but a small island plantation
gave:
Peters, Republican, 15.106; Pattan
gall, Democrat, 14,553; Lawrence, "Pro
gressive," 6437.
The vote for President in November
was: Wilson, Democrat, 14,692; Roose
velt. "Progressive," 13,236: Taft, Re
publican, 7159.
"Progressive'' Vote Shrinks.
The "Progressive" vote showed a fall
ing off of about 50 per cent from that
given Colonel Roosevelt last Novem
ber. On the-'other hand the Peters
vote was 108 per cent greater than
the Taft vote while the Pattangall and
Wilson vote showed little variation.
Mr. Pattangall, the Democratic can
didate, gave out the following state
ment tonight:
"From the returns which I have re
ceived I should judge that Mr. John A.
Peters was elected to Congress from
this district by a plurality of 300 to 400
In a total vote OI aoout ij.uuu. une re-
suit should not be construed as a re-
. . . ii.. -.'.I 1 umi.i.t.,Hnn
In a total vote of about 35,000. The re
buke to the National Administration
It is wholly to be attributed to Demo
cratic treachery. Because certain men
failed of success in the primaries they
deliberately sacrificed the party In this
election. The Democracy of Maine "i
loyal to President Wilson and will pre-
sent a united front in the next four
years' campaign."
Halbert P. Gardner, member of the
Progressive National commlttoe of
Maine, said tonight
In. cntrl fnnlirht:
,nf Tm.Zct
Peters In hl? h,m
We had "o money Lack of "rorn-"
the Progressive working "organ'
Tzation and prevented proper publicity,
It lg evident that the voters of th
" is evident that the voters of the
Third District are absolutely opposed
to the policies of the DemocraUc party.
Republicans Are Jubilant.
The election, made necessary by the
death of Forest uowwin, "'i1""'
(Concluded on Page 4.)
"HE LAY UPON HIS
GROUND
1 1 ii i iiiiiiiii iiiii
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
03
ucsini ii ....... v . .
TODAY'S Probably fair; westerly winds.
I'oreisn.
Jerome acquitted on sambllnc cnarge.
Paga 3.
Populace in Tokio anxious for ' war with
China. Page 2.
Rational.
American cruiser ordered to San Domlnjo.
r i 1
Senate to - take final vote on tariff today.
Page 1.
Republicans win election in Maine. Page 1.
Buerta makes good offer to give aid.
rage a.
Domestic
Criticism of verdict by Camlnettl Juror
arouses storm oi protest. Q u
Arguments on Sulzer's pardoning power
neara supremo i-uui i. o -
Valfl 'Vnrthireflt.
Bondholders of De Larm Company awarded
UUa to lu.uw-acre iracu
Advantages of Caldwell described by Ad
dison Bennett. Page 4.
Keen competition among exhibitors at
ii i ... w. I ,r fnl. llu ii, ft.
Hop crop at Independence estimated 20 to
2o per cent Deiow
sports.
Coast League results: Portland 5. Oakland 2.
i v,. nth.r parties Dlayed.) Page 14.
Schmuts and Callahan are opposing pitch-
. . j . v.uf hn.streflt
ers lor game tuui w -
m. 1 A
Wolgast announces final retirement from
ring activiuea. i 8o
Pitcher Koestner nqw going like whirlwind.
Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Reduction in freight rates will stimulate
Oriental flour trade. Page 15.
Firmness of wheat at Chicago due to
strength of corn. Page 15.
Wall street stock market In waiting attl-
inn"- a "
Wheat and flour rates to Orient drop 60
cents, rttiiu ai.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chamber of Commerce urges Port Commis
sioners to give j;a,vuu. x-e
Highway survey fund assured and early
work expected.- Page 8.
Miss Ruth Maglnnis becomes bride of Jo
seph Donnerberg. Page S.
Mother plunges into river ;mild and Is
drowned. Page L.
Politically ambitious ones see nothing but
turmoil on borizon. Page 1.
Special election to be called to correct eltj
charter. Page 0. "
Sidney Norman Is given verdict for 5085
against owners of Portland Hotel. Page 10.
Pacific coast overlooking profits In manu
factured potatoes. Page 1.
On first day's exhibit of assessment records
60 -complaints are filed. - Page 10.
Judge Bean sets aside deed of Max R'eter
to Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Howard. Page 10.
Adjustment of city salaries reduces wage
budget. Page .
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 10.
NEW BLUE BOOK ISSUED
Publication for 1913-14 Is Full "o(
Information About Oregon.
SALEM. Or., Sept. 8. (Special.) The
1913-14 Blue Book has Just been Issued
by Secretary of State Olcott. . It con-.-i
v.tfli of thA state
uuua -
by Professor Schafer, of the department
I - - . . . i TTnl.Un a Ct.acrnn
of history of the University of Oregon,
the Oregon constitution, names of the
various state, district and county offl-
c(jrg as weU ag a statement of the f unc
, h severai atate officers, de
institutions, boards and
commlslons. Federal departments rep
Oreeon are described. Ap
commlslons. u eaerai ueparimems rcj -
resented in Oregon are described. Ap -
..nnriiHnna hv the last LeKlslatUre,
..rliiinns bv the last Legislature,
suniraary of taxable property, registra.
. or st at e officers in 1912.
tlon and vote for state officers in 1912
1 ... . 1. l.utatlv.
measures sudihiiicu ua.
and "fdu'n sInce 1912', miCa'
subdivisions or districts, population and
f a t"1
An effort was made to mane tne dook
al benefit to scn(K1 children and
lnterested In the study of state
KOVernment,
The book also contains iniormaiiyn ui
interest to women's clubs. Copies will
be mailed to Tall persons who desire
them.
DYING BED, HIS EYES WERE GROWING DIM," ETC., ETC.
IN POLITICAL POTS
Nothing but Turmoil in
Paths of Aspirants.
ATTITUDE OF WEST WORRIES
Observers Think Governor Is
Waiting to Be "Forced."
FULTON AGAIN AMBITIOUS
Ex-Senator Would Make Race for
Chamberlain's Job "Progres.
gives" Likely to Force Three
Oornered Battle in State.
ri. ..ii. of Dolitics. always
an involved and tangled pastime in
Oregon, by all signs ot tne
..ji.. will ha unusually complex In
UU 1UVI v. .
the approaching campaign of 131.
The political field win " a -the
man who loves peace and. quiet
and home comforts next year. Always
Judging from the signs and gumepu ,
which just at present point only to tur
moil, there will be one grand little
scramble and free-for-aii ir0u.
t..nHrohief drops. -And
time ma - -
though the primary is still nearly eight
months in the future witn w
-lotion , f ive months after that, the
handkerchief is a-flutter.
Already several interests "--
, joroinnpii. One of these re
lates to the livelihood that Governor
West will be a canaioa
tlon, despite his repeated public state
ments that he would not.
m.t Await 'Force."
Now It is said by those in position.
to know, that far from oe.ns
by any Intention of retiring from poli
tics the "I-should-worry" attitude of
the 'Governor really is part of a care
fully formulated plan of adherence to
what la popularly known as the "Harry
. ..iii after its dlatln-
LheT exemplar: th. present junior
United States Senator from uregu...
. . ,oo know, the method so
. Aa must
successfully followed by Dr. Lane was
to lay low, disclaiming any l""'"
hi the field was ln full
amuiu'-" ' - - .
cry At this interesting moment he
would be waited on by a select band of
patriots who importuned him to become
a candidate lor tne s '
. munlty. This gave mm tne mraws
1 advantage of having been "forced" into
I , v... nniiln, clamor. .
munity. This gave him tne strategic
ru ii ii i ii b uj f i"
in ii.,w thA enmnaiern mapped out
by the Governor's political advisers Is
for -him to stand back until compara-
hit lata in the race, when ne. too,
.iii h "forced" to give up his
cherished ldeul of retiring to a farm.
in order to "save the state.
4aolints Wax, Reticent.
At any rate, this is the trend' of cur
rent political gossip. Many th'-s
lend weieht to it, one of them being
the vigorous press-agentirig in behalf
ot the Governor by his newspaper sup-
(Concluded on Page 2.)
MOTHER DROWNS;
CHILD IS RESCUED
PARENT PLUNGES IXTO RIVER
AFTER HER BABY.
Workman Saves little One, hut Body
of AVoman Remains in Water Un
til Pulled Out by Husband.
When the 5-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Sadie Burton, 600 East Market
street, fell into the Willamette yester
day afternoon, while she was picking
stones along the shore, her motner
frantically plunged In after her and
was drowned. The child was saved by
a worklngman.
An hour afterward the husband,
Frank Burton, an employe of the Co
lumbia Steel Works, fishing about
hysterically in the river with a hook
he had improvised by driving two nails
Into one end of a long stick, . pulled
out the body of his wife.
Mrs. Burton and the little girl were
walking along the shore, and the child
kept leaving her side to gather little
stones. At Clay and Water streets the
mother missed the little one altogether
and turned around just in time to see
her fall into the water.
With a wild shriek the mother rushed
to the water's edge and jumped In,
At that minute a worklngman hearing
the woman's cries plunged in after her
and the baby. He reached the baby first
and took it ashore. When he jumped
in again the body of the mother was
not in sight.
Mr! Burton was notified, and rush
ing from the plant seized a long pole
and drove two nails in one end. With
this contrivance he got into a row
boat and began the grim task of ex
ploring the river. Hardly an hour had
elapsed before he came upon his wife's
body and pulled It into the boat.
Mrs. Burton's body was taken to
Skewes' undertaking rooms.
GREENBACK KITTY" FOUND
Loose Methods in Sub-Treasury Are
Ordered Stopped.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 8. W. D. Van Diver,
Assistant Treasurer of the United
States, completed today his investiga
tion of irregularities In the St. Louis
Subtreasury.
Mr. Van Diver said that his investiga
tion disclosed that for years the money
counters in the office, had maintained
what was known as the "green-back
kitty." This was used to conceal
errors. If a counter shipped a package
of bills to Washington, and the pack
age contained an excess over the
amount printed on the package, the
surplus was returned to the St. Louis
office, where It was put in the "green
back kitty."
Mr. Van Diver found that shortages
were made up from this fund.
Although Mr. Van Diver found no
apparent discrepancies in the total
sums' handled arising from the practice,
he ordered tho "greenback kitty"
abolished, as It tended to promote in
accuracy. Mr. Van Diver found no evidence of a
"gold kitty" in which infractions of
gold grains were placed to make up
shortages.
WAGE HEARING iS PUBLIC
Minimum Pay for Women Factory
Workers to Be Ruled Upon.
The first Dublic hearing to be called
to consider the recommendations of a
minimum wage conference in the United
States will be held at the new Public
Library tonight, on call of the Indus
trial Welfare Commission.
The recommendations to be con
sidered are those of the factory confer
ence; that the minimum weekly wage
for adult women factory workers shall
be not less than $8.64 a week; that the
maximum hours of employment shall
not be more than nine hours a day or
54 hours a week, and that tne luncn
period shall not be less than 45 min
utes. FVillnwlnz- tonieht's hearing, the In
dustrial Welfare Commission will issue
Its rulings, which will be In full force
nt effect, the same as a state law,
with penalties for their violation, in 60
days after they are rendered.
" ..
BEES ROUT SPELLING. BEE
Humming and Buzzing in School
Toora Not That of Industry.
RACINE, Wis., Sept. 8. A spelling
h. iLt the Somers village, school was
broken up today by a swarm of angry
honey bees.
H. E. Sherman, teacher of the school,
hsl noticed a humming and' buzzing
In the room during the spelling and at
tributed It to whispering pupus. xie
was about to administer corporal
punishment when he was met by the
vanguard of honey bees which had
made a home In the schoolhouse during
the Summer vacation. He did not wait
to dismiss the school nor did- the pupils
await his permission to depart. .
Tho unelllner bee will be composed of
drones until the floors of the school-
house have been removed and the honey
bees evicted.
ACTRESS' HUSBAND IN JAIL
Lillian Lorraine Charges Spouse
With Theft of $5000 Ring.
vtti-w YORK. SeDt. ' 8. (Special.)
n-r-artnU M. Grieshelmer. husband of
Lillian Lorraine, the actress, from
whom he is alleged to have stolen a
r,nnn rinr and was indicted for grand
larceny, today surrendered himself and
was committed to the Tombs without
bail.
rjrioahelmer married the actress in
April and, according to her affidavit,
,hnnt the middle of June he forcibly
removed the ring from her left hand.
set with three large diamonas, ana
which she valued at J5000. Then, it is
alleged, he disappeared.
JEBOIAC U1IIED
JUDGE APOLOGIZES
Gambling Charge Not
Sustained.
WITNESSES DESCRIBE GAME
After Short Hearing Magis
trate Points Out Law.
THRONG IN COURT HOSTILE
Jerome Thanks Canndians for Fair
Treatment Thaw Says He
Is Glad Because Ruling
"Saves Him $250."
COATICOOK, Que., Sept. 8. Willram
Travers Jerome was acquitted tonight
of the charce of having gambled pn
Thursday last on the station property
of the Grand Trunk P.ailway here while
waiting for the immigration authori
ties to pass on the case of Harry K.
Thaw. In discharging him the court
apologized for the humiliation to which
he had been subjected.
The hearing before Magistrate Henry
Mulvena, of Sherbrooke. lasted less
than an hour. It began at 7:35 o'clock
and at 8:20the court said:
"Sir, you are honorably discharged."
An attempt to hold an afternoon ses
sion failed because the magistrate felt
he had no authority to take precedence
over James McKee, the Justice of the
peace who signed the warrant for Mr.
Jerome's arrest
Toaight, however, the magistrate
said he was convinced of his authority,
to act and the hearing moved with dis
patch. Lawyer Ruled Out of Court.
Joseph Beaulne, a Coatlcook lawyer,
who said he variously represented jus
tice, the people and the criminal code,
interrupted the afternoon session, but
when he endeavored to renew similar
tactics tonight he was ruled out of
court.
When acquitted Mr. Jerome thanked
the court, spoke flatteringly of his re
ception in Canada and tided that he
did not attribute his arrest and brief
imprisonment last week to the think
ing people of the Dominion. He took
a late train from Coatlcook '-night in
order to be in New York Tuesday, and
will return to Montreal for the argu- "
ments on the latest Thaw habeas
corpus writ, to be held before the
King's bench, Montreal. September 15.
Townspeople packed the co, joom
when the hearing was opened tonight.
Jerome looked straight at the court
and did not glance at the thron-, which
plainly was hostile..
A. C. Hanson, joint crown prosecutor,
opeff'ed the case with the reading of
the complaint of Mllford Aldrich, a
millhand, who swore he had seen the
defendant playing cards for money at
the railway station. Statutes were
quoted to show that this was an in
dictable offense, pun!-- ' with a
year's imprisonment. Samuel Jacobs,
of Montreal, who has been re-'-d by
New York in its effort to return Thaw
to Matteawan, contended that the
statute applied only to gambling on a
public conveyance proper. The court
took this question under advisement
and called for witnesses.
"Little Game' Described.
Michael Knight said he had seen tho
defendant playing "a little game of
draw" in the station yard. The defend
ant had been pointed out to him as
Jerome, of New York.
"bid you see him win any money?"
asked the joint prosecutor.
"I saw a bill changed." answered the
witness. "I. could not Bay who won it."
The cross-examination conducted by
Mr. Jacobs was very short.
"Why did you stop to watch the
game?" he asked.
"Because it was in an automobile and
a. man in front had a little typewriter
in his lap writing and I was interested."
This wa3 a New York newspaperman
writing his story under difficulties.
Jonathan Chesley. nearly 80 years old
and snow white of hair and beard, was
tho last witness. He related the now
familiar details of the "little game of
draw" and when asked If he had seen
Jerome win money said promptly:
"Yes. sir."
"How much?",
"Can't say," said the aged witness.
He was not cross-examined.
Summing up the prosecution pointed
nut that a Dominion law had been en
acted to protect the public from card
sharps on trains, steamships, and other
public conveyances and that accordtng
to the evidence, William Travers Jer
ome, late District Attorney of New
York, had violated this law. Though
vae-un he continued, the statute un
doubtedly applied to railroad yards and
stations and he asked lor a conviction.
Mr. Jacobs did not even sum for the
defense.
"To save the court's time.," he said,
"we will make no atatement,"
Magistrate Mulvens said:
"Tn rendering Judgment I shall be
very brief. I believe, every right-minded
man in Canaoalregrets and feels
humiliation at the ffignity which has
been placed, upon It is excusable
neither In law nor Ivi fact The evi
dence adduced at ls hearing gives
no reasons ior tne ivursa nmcu
lead, against you nod for the indigni
ties which ,you have suffered.
"I believe, sir, in all . the clrcum-
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