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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
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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-
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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
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