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VOL. LI V. NO. 16,741. hikim.. 1 - gggg j E. STAND IS DRAMATIC Crowd, Thrilled, Won by Murder Recital. LIAISON WITH HUSBAND BARED Publicity Feared Because Father's Code of Honor. of 'THY JOE' LETTERS TOLD OF Noted Advocate In Famous Dreyfus l?r i5 Chirr Counsel for Woman on Trial for Shooting M. Cal mctte, Figaro Editor. 1 t n ri ok n:-: HI MME. 1 Mi vi IN t-AXXS. f 4 Mine. Henrietta CfcilfcBXX, wife of f former Premier, faces charge of mtir- I dering Gaston Calmette. editor of the , Figaro. March 1. 1914. Notrd Advocate In the famous f Dreyfus case Is chief counsel for de T fendar.t. . In cuurtroom besides audience on first day were: 147 reporters. 20 artists. 73 witnesses and 50 barristers. . guarda and detectives. PARIS. July 20. Mme. Henrlette Caillaux. wife of Joseph Caillaux, once f" rentier of Trance and ex-Minister of FiBance. occupied the prisoner's en closure In the Assize Court at the Pal ace of Justice today, and recited In a dramatic manner the circumstances leading up to the shooting on March IS of Has' Calmette. editor of the Figaro, with whose murder she is charged. Judge Louis Albanel nctcd as presi dent ut the court; the Procurator-General. Jules Herbaux, had charge of the prosecution, and Fernand Labori, the noted advocate who was closely identi fied with the Dreyfus case, was chief counsel for the defense. ' . orin.om la Crowded. Mme. Caillaux held the attention of the crowded courtroom for three hours. Slight, almost Insignificant in appear ance and possessing none of the out ward characteristics of a figure of ro mance, she spoke wttli great assurance. addressing herself in turn to each part of the room like a lecturer. She told her story In short, disconnected sen fences, but showed remarkable skill in marshaling her facts so as to repre sent them in the best light for her cause. ".lory Draws Onl Applause. The judge's role was a simple one confined to encouraging her with brief questions as she came .to eacli sue ressive phase of the drama. Mme. Call laux was a willing witness throughout and showed great self-control. It was only after she had concluded her nar rative and was asked if there was any thing she would like to add that she cast restraint aside and. with accents of genuine emotion, thrilled her listen ers and elicited murmurs of applause. Then she described vividly the pro tracted agony she had endured because of the calumnies against herself and her husband. "For three months I mounted Cal vary," she said. "Such I do not wish to my worst enemy. No one can imag ine what I went through. I feared for myself, for my husband, fur my child. 1 feared for myself because if parts f those letters were published my deepest, innermost secret would be dis played before the world: my woman's honor stand stripped and naked. I.lalsoa Secret Guarded. "I had always been taught that a woman's honor consisted in having her life as open as possible. I was reared by aged parents. My father was the son of a rich bourgeois of the period of 1S30. devoted to the Ideas of that epoch. My poor father, who last year told me that a wife who had a lover was a woman without honor, never would have set foot in my house had he known of my liaison with M. Cail laux. "We were reproached with being of the bourgeoisie. It Is true. I did not blush for it. I am a bourgeois. When the letters were purloined M. Caillaux and myself felt alike; we have pre ferred to renounce our great happiness rather than see our inner life blazoned to the world. Bion al Kepnblic Feared. "I feared the publication of the let ters on account of the society wc fre quented. We had many friends, espe cially among the embassies, and in those circles people wished to humil iate and cast ridicule upon my husband by the publication of two letters ad dressed to two different women, signed 'Thy Joe. They wished to throw con tempt upon the head of a minister of the republic, the chief of the radical party, and strike through him the re public "Finally. I did not wish to blush be fore my daughter; that Is one thing a woman must not be asked to do. I deeply regret the present misfortune, end I would have undergone anything In the world rather than have been the cause of It." Her Impassioned peroration was ac companied by eloquent gestures of her slender hands, from which she had slipped her gloves. The spectators hung on every word and movement, fre quently expressing discreet approba- MM CAILLAUX tCoocluded on Page s.) IDAHO VIRTUALLY MINUS HIGH COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RESIGNS AND CO-WOIIKER HI. HERE. For First Time In History State Is Without Quorum of Members In Highest Legal Tribunal. BOISE, Idaho. July 20. (Special.) For the first time in the history of Idaho this state is virtually without a Supreme Court, for the resignation of t'hief Justice James F. Ailshie, who la now a candidate In the Republican primaries for United States Senator. went Into effect at noon today, Justice George If. Stewart is out of the state taking treatment at a Portland sani tarium, lie is and has been in ill lu lltll 0 time and it is not believed ever nri.I ygaln take nis seal on iu betic't. Justice Isaac N. Sullivan Is the only Justice In the state and as one Justice cannot constitute a quorum or majority of a court of three, tne supreme tribunal of this state literally Is non-existent. Governor John M. flalnes will not appoint a successor to ex-cniet justice Ailshie unless an emergency exists and if one does he says he is prepared to act promptly. By September 2 the primary election results will be known to a certainty which will bring with them the knowl. edge of the successful candidates in the race for the non-partisan nomina tion for Justice of the Supreme Court, and the Governor Is likely to take ad vantage of the expressed wis oi ine people at the polls and select from among the leading candidates a Justice to fill the recess vacancy caused by the resignation of ex-Justice Ailshie. TWO SAVED FRqM DEATH Man Falls on Track In Front of Train Trying to Rescue Child. MOSCOW. Idaho, July 20. (Special.) That Carlyle Warren, the 6-year-old son of Mrs. Jessie Warren, of this city, is alive Is due to Jap Campbell, who saved the youngster from being crushed to deat.i under a moving pas senger train, likewise saving the life of Charles C. Campbell, who went to the boy's assistance. The little fellow stepped In front of an approaching train, and. when Charles Campbell went to his assist ance, he stumbled and fell on the track. Jap Campbell saved them both by acting instantly, though bystanders expected to see all three ground to pieces. HUNGER STRIKE IS TRIED We Should Worry,' Say Walla Walla Officials Concerning Woman. WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 20. (Special.) Mrs. Cal Davis, transferred to the county jail as a result of a street quarrel Saturday night In whicli she wounded her husband and another man, II B. Hendry, with a knife, has begun a hunger strike. ( "We should worry." say the county officials. "As long as I am kept here I will not eat." she declares. It required three policemen to take her to jail. She kicked one In the stomach and then broke a window light in the Jail. IDAHO CAPTAIN MARRIES Wedding Hold at Gearhart Camp While Bands Play and Movies Run. GEARHART, Or., July 20. (Special.) Cupid made a successful attack on the maneuver camp near Gearhart to day, when Captain George P. Van de Steeg. of the Second Idaho Infantry, married Miss May Justus Palmer, of Lincoln. Neb. The regimental chaplain. Rev. Wiisie Martin, officiated. Hundreds of sol diers attended. The regimental band played the wed ding march and later gave an Impromp tu concert. Moving pictures of the wedding were taken. WALSH SEES BUTTE PEACE No Need r Federal Interference, Says Montana Senator. WASHINGTON. July 20. Senator Walsh, of Montana, who recently In vestigated conditions at Butte. Mont., growing out of riots between regular and seceding members of the Western Federation of Miners, called on Presi dent Wilson today and told him he thought the chances of settling the trouble were excellent. He did not believe there would be any necessity of Federal Interference. CANAL LABORERS KILLED rive Die When Charge Explodes Prematurely at Cucaracha. PANAMA, July 10. The premature explosion of a 400-pound dynamite charge at Cucaracha slide today killed five workmen, four of them white, and severly injured one white man and 17 negroes. The workmen were aboard the drill barge Teredo, which was wrecked and sank in the channel. GRAIN ARRIVAL IS RECORD 22 71 Cars Largest Ever Received In Chicago In One Day. CHICAGO, July 20. A new record of grain arrivals In this city was set to day, with 2271 cars of grain, of which 1S27 were wheat There are approximately 1300 bush els of grain to a car. PINE CREEK NEEDS 500 FIRE FIGHTERS Bridge Alone Stands as Bar to Spread. GREEN TIMBER IS IN PATH Small Handful of Men Combat Flames During Night. FUEL YARDS ARE BURNED Unless Progress of Fires Can Be Di verted or Checked, They Easily May Reach Council Crest and City Outskirts. MOPE OF FOREST AND GRASS F1KES IN OREGON. Pine Creek fire near Onwro re quires 500 fighters to prevent spread toward Portland. Heavy smoke overhanging Grande Rondo Valley Indicates important fires on east aide of Cascades. Blue Mountain fires are believed burning near Meat ham. Homesteader is believed burned to death and 140,000 worth of property burned In Chenowlth Creek Valley. Fire under -control. Klre near Knappa. now under con trol, burns two donkey engines. Grass fire In outskirts of Spring field burns over several hundred acres and threatens farm home. FIRES IN WASHINGTON. Fires are reported burning in Thurston, Ohehalla, Mason, Skagit and Whatcomo counties, with dry winds blowing. Aberdeen reports large areas of slashings burning In upper Hoqulanl and Wtshkah and Big Creek districts, with dangerous southwest wind threatening green timber. Gate City. 2" miles trom Olympla, reported In the path of a raging for est fire. Is saved by fire fighters. At 1 o'clock this morning Sheriff Word rushed ten county prisoners and several deputies to fight the fires at Oswego. Five hundred fire fighters will be needed this morning at the Fine Creek Gulch bridge of the Boone Ferry road to check the forest fires, which are ravaging the upper Pine Creek country, midway between Oswego and River view, for if the blaze crosses the bridge to the green timber below, all the sur rounding country, reaching as far as Council Crest on the west, is In danger of devastation, according to the opinion of Deputy State Forester Leo Martin and otners, who are fighting back the flames. All night long last night a small I ' SUCCORING A MAN LOST TN THE WOODS. j " ' j I , UaMCMaw 0m i ' iii i ...... ,.. Trti TTTtjen A x- I ri V Ol 1Q11 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, degrees; minimum. 56 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerly winds. Mexico. Carranza agrees to quit fighting. Page 2. As Huerta sets sail none says goodbye. Page 2. Foreign. Mme. Caillaux dramatically tells story lead ing up to shooting of Figaro editor Page L National. csnata .vrA.. tn snm ., rnnf.r.nrfi amend ments in sundry civil bill, rejecting others. Page 2. Government will resort to law In New Haven case. Page 2. New final appeal right is put In anti-trust bill. Page 4. Domestic. Witness tells of Patrick Calhoun's alleged United Railroads "grab." Page 3. Sports. Growing strength of Portland team shown in batting averages. Page 13. Low scores mark first day at Coast trap tourneys. Page 12. Major league baseball players threaten to strike. Page 12. Matty says Giants face hardest race. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Idaho left virtually without Supreme Court. Page L Encampment at Gearhart will close today. Page J. Results of teachers' examinations an nounced. Page 5. "Joe Knowles," naked nature man, plunges Into forest wilderness today for month Page 1. Rainbow being manned by British sailors to overpower Hindus. Page 3. Recall election falls In Centralla. Page 1. Sheep trail acruss Modoc forest reserve Is sought by Lake County men. Page 6. Smithsonian ethnologist studies Indian in Oregon. Page 2. -Commercial and Marine. Dock survey made for handling big grain shipments. Page 16 North was tern farmers holding; wheat at high prices. Page 17. Fear of unfavorable weather causes rally in wheat at Chicago. Page 17. Strong demand for all classes of livestock at North Portland. Page 17. Portland and Vlclalty. Directed verdicts denied land grant "loca tors." Page 1. Land Products Show gains many guarantee subscriptions, page 16. Independence asks to take fresh air party. Page 11. First response received for buyers week. shipments. Page 11. Weather report, forecast and data. Page 17. Pine Creek needs BOO fire fighters to check speed of flames toward city. Page 1. Mrs. Dawson breaks down and talks poison for first time. Page 4- HOMESTEADERS' AID WINS House Passes Slnnott Bill Giving Ad ditional Acquisition Rights. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 20. Representative Sln nott today secured the passage through the House of his bill providing that any homesteader who has acquired patent to 160 acres of land In a section where the enlarged homesteadlng is permit ted may acquire 160 acres additional and contiguously located, thus making his entire holdings 320 acres. As the law now stands, additional entry may not be made after final proof has been submitted. CZAR GREETS POINCARE Emperor Accords Full Naval Honors to French President. ST. PETERSBURG. July 20. Presi dent Poincare, of France, was wel comed on his arrival today off Kron stadt with full naval honors by the Emperor of Russia. The president was accompanied by Premier Vivianl. NAKED MAN ENTERS WILDERNESS TOOAY 'Joe" Knowles to Stay Month in Forest, NO FOOD NOR WEAPON TAKEN Intrepid Man Faces Cold, Hun ger, Wild Animals Bravely. "I'M NOT AFRAID," HE SAYS Last Night Is Passed in Camp, 80 Miles From Grants Pass, Nearest Telegraph Office Climb Over Mountains Rigorous. CAMP KNOWLES, Klamath National Forest, via Holland and ursnts Or., July 20. (Special.; inn i " last day in the land of civilisation. Some time tomorrow I shall be alone a lone, lonesome, naked, wanderer. . . ...in.-- in one of the densest. loreat nesses I ever nave seen, without com- ... . 1 .,,.,1 OTi pass, witnout a morsm vt without so much as a tiny penknife. When my first meal time comes, if 1 get away after breakfast, I must have tramped my way. in naaeo . i , ., nnlnt which I will not know even, to find friendly fruits or berries. If I do not find them I must go hungry for my first meal and pray to my guiding angel that I may find something by supper time, lest I He down IP my first night in the wilder ness, not only alone and naked, but also hungry. Cold and Hunger May Join. It will be bad enough to be compelled to go to bed out of doors, In the open air and on the bare, hard ground, with not so much as the ordinary civil ian's clothing, much less a friendly blanket to throw over me, for they tell me that the nights are delldously cool, some say bitterly cold, up In these hills after the sun has gone down and the breezes from the snow-capped mountains begin to chill the warm air of the day. But to go to bed under such conditions and still be supperless Isn't the most enticing picture one can conjure in his imagination. Maybe, too. I shall have some wild, glassy-eyed mountain animals as my near bedfellows this rather uninviting lirst night, for they naturally will wonder what new kind of an animal has come amongst them. Animals and Birds Ills Friends. But I do not fear tliem so much as I do the hunger and cold, until X have had timo to make me some sort of a nature clothing, and have pro vided something like permanent shel- (Concluded on Page 2.1 RECALL ELECTION BRINGS NO CHANGE THREE CENTRALIA OFFICIALS CHALLENGED, WIN OCT. Major and Two Commissioners Re turned by Majority Varying From 2 70 to 6 Votes. CENTRALIA. Wash., July 20. tSpe cial.) The recall election staged in Cen. tralia today was a complete failure. 11. W. Thompson. Mayor; A. E. Sears and W. B. Kier, Commissioners, not being voted out of office. Sears' majority was 270. Thompson's 83 and Kelr's 6. All but four of the 12 precincts returned majorities in favor of the commission form. The election was a surprise in that several precincts supposed to be strong for recall re turned substantial majorities against It. The Individual vote was: Thomp son, 764 to 687; Sears, 860 to 590; Kier 731 to 725. Only H57 votes were cast out of a total registration of over 2 500. The Anti-Recall League, formed by business men to combat the attacks of Victor Jackson In a recall publication, pressed every available automobile Into service and took the voters to the polls in droves, 1000 votes being cast between 4 and 7 o'clock Many things favored the commission, chief of these being the fact that a municipal gravity water system is under course of construction and a change of administration might prove disastrous to this $300,000 project, and majority of the seven charges filed against the commission were ground less on their face. The charges included: Allowing the city to grow beyond Its legal limit of Indebtedness; permitting the existence of a disorderly house In the city; per mitting the sale of liquor therein: ac cepting tribute from fallen women; sell ing water for drinking purposes that they knew to be impure; entering into a contract with a cement firm for which Commissioner Sears was agent, and al lowing a local saloon to operate with out observing the state law. DROWNING GIRL RESCUED Charles Moomaw Saves Grace Fields as Waters Carry Her Down. MOLALLA. Or., July 20. (Special.) When he saw Miss Grace Fields strug gling In water beyond her depth here Sunday. Charles Moomaw, of Molalla, Jumped into the river, caught the girl as she was carried under, and brought her to shore, where she was resusci tated. F. S. Fields, formerly County Clerk of Multnomah County, and family were spending the day on the river. Miss Fields was wading when she dropped into deep water. 18TH PEACE TREATY SIGNED Uruguay Agrees to Brjan s Plan for Settling Controversies. WASHINGTON. July 20. Secretary Bryan and Minister Maria de Pena signed today a treaty binding the United States and Uruguay to inveati gate for at least a year, through an international commission of five nic-ui bers. all differences which cannot be settled by diplomacy. It is the ISth of such peace treaties and with similar conventions to be signed with Argentina Brazil and Chile, will be sent to the Senate later this week. PATMONT 'DOPED,' CHARGE Twioe-JIissiiig Clergyman's Friends Say He Is Mental Wreck. MILWAUKEE, Wis- July 20. That the Rev. Louis i'atmont had been drugged by enemies until he was mental wreck was charged here today by friends of the clergyman, whose two mysterious disappearances have aroused Nation-wide interest. Relatives today took Patmont. who vanished from Detroit more than a month ago. to a secret retreat, where an effort will be made to restore his health. He had been found at Rib Lake, Wis., In a mental daze. RAILROADS RE TO UNITE Stockholders Approve Consolidation of New York Lines. ALBANY, N. T., July 20. By a vote of 1,518,406 shares to 775. the stock holders of the New York Central Rail road at a special meeting here today voted to approve the consolidation of the New York Central with the Lake Shore & Michigan Central and other allied lines. The favorable vote represented more than two-thirds of the capital stock of 2,225,000 shares. NEW PLAGUE CASE EIGHTH Another in New Orleans Stricken With Bubonic Malady. NEW ORLEANS, July 20. The eighth case of bubonic plague was discovered here today. Charles H. Leaman. 2S45 Baron ne street, was taken 111 Thursday night and his case was diagnosed today as plague, ALASKA HAS EARTHQUAKE Several Light Tremors Precede Big Shake, but No Damage Done. VALDFiZ. Alaska. July 20. A sharp earthquake shock was felt here at 5:40 'o'clock this afternoon. The shock was preceded by several lighter quakes. No damage has been reported. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ninrnTrn iirnninm umtbtu vtnuiuiD DENIED "LOCATORS" All Motions by Defen dants Overruled. CRUISERS ARE SHUT OUT Harper's Testimony Attacked, but Without Avail. CASE MUST GO TO JURY Attorney for W. V. Mlnard. Accused of Land Grant Frauds, - for Dl.-missal of Case, Alleging Failure to Proic Charge. Motions for directed verdicts of not guilty for W. F. Mtnard. of Portland, and J. W. Logan and V. J. Sellers, of Tacoma, on trial for alleged fraudulent use of the malls in connection with their activities as "locators" of persons on timber eialms within the Oregon Ac California Railroad land grant In Ore gon, were overruled by Judge Bean in quick succession In United Slates Dis trict Court yesterday. This development cams as soon aa the Government had rested Its case. following District Attorney Heame.i' unsucceasful attempt to Introduce four timber cruisers aa witnesses, who. It Is known, were prepared to offer evidence that the amounts of timber on (he "claims" sold by the "locators" had been misrepresented. On protect from the defendants' counsel. Judge Bean ruled that the cruisers could nut be. considered competent wltneaaea. Defeadaala' Motlens Denied. Motions were made also to strike out certain portions of the evidence, and these were overruled by Judge Bean aa fast as presented, the court sustain ing the intentions of District Attor ney Reams, both a to the law and fact, on every point raised. The three defendants must new sub mit their cases and allow them to go to the Jury. Attorney Ryan, for Sellers. first moved that there be stricken from the record that portion of the testimony of Henry J. Harper relating to Hellers, on the ground that Harper was an ac complice in the alleged fraudulent scheme, and that bis evidence was not corroborated. Attorney Slrahan. for Mlnard. and Attorney Denis, for Logan, made the same motion. Judge Ueun ruling ad versely euch time. Harper's Teatiaaeav nalin-a Attorney Ryan made a fight for hel lers on this pclnt. He quoted Supreme Court decisions, urged that Harper had not given positive evidence agalnot Hel lers, and that even If he bad. nls testi mony, uncorroborated, could not be considered competent. The contest over Harper's tellm"ny grew out of the fact that Harper u-s one of the parties to the slleged fraud, that he pleaded guilty and aerved a sentence of 30 days, and w pardoned by President Wilson so that he could be used as a witness against Mlnard. Lo gan and Seller.. "If Harper's testimony, uncorrobo rated, Is to be admitted," Said Mr. Ryan, "then Innocent persons muy be placed at the mercy of rogues." Judge Bean held that there had been corroboration of Harper's testimony. Crucial Ruling Made. Attorney Strahan. for Mlnard, moved that the testimony of the County Re corders of Jackson, Douglas and Mar lon Counties be stricken out aa not competent. "That evidence was admitted without your objection." said Judge Bean, promptly, "and your motion la over ruled." Mr. Strahan then moved that the case against Mlnard be dismissed, on the ground that the Government had failed to prove the "overt acta" al leged In the Indictment. This was expected to be a crucial point in the case, as Strahan argued that there had been no proof that the letters written by Mlnard to people who had bought locations had Deoii used to further the ulleged conspir acy. Directed Vrrdlrt Monger. You submitted a demurrer in this case, und then refused to argue It." said Judge Bean. "Your objection is overruled." Mr. Strahan followed the same line of argument in his next motion, which was for a directed verdict for Mlnard on the same grounds. He contended that the letter had not been used to further the alleged con spiracy, that they had been written by Mlnard after the money, I loo, had been paid for each claim, and that therefore they could not have been used in the consummation of the con spiracy, which, he urged, had termi nated in each case with the payment of the money. "1 take It that these letters were the overt acts referred to In the Indict ment." said Mr. Htrahan. "If nut. then the evidence shows no overt acta. Statute of l.lnltatlaaa I rged. "There is no scintilla of evidence m show that theae letters, directly or In directly, were used to get the llSo. The fruits of the conspiracy weie reaped before the applications were seal to Mlnard. and (he money wa collected long before the letters were written. The letters were an acknowledgment of (.Concluded en i ... i