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VOL,. XXVI. NO. 5.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EXTRA SESSION TO
ACT ON TREATIES
Will Hasten Settlement
With Japan.
AGREE TO COOLIE EXCLUSION
On Condition Schools Are
Opened to Japanese.
APPEAL TO SAN FRANCISCO
Waive School Question to Secure Ex
clusion or Fight to Finish in
Courts Democratic Sena
tors Ready to Oppose.
ORHGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 2. It Is the present inten
tion of the President to call an extra ses.
eion of the Senate after March 4 to con-,
elder and ratify the Santo Domingo
treaty and the treaty with Japan now in
process of negotiation. Under this , treaty
Japan will agree that her coolies shall be
excluded from the United States.
March 4 there will be 61 Republican
Senators, one more than enough to rat
ify the treaties, and the President is now
in consultation with the Senate leaders
to ascertain whether the Republican
membership will act as a unit. It is his
desire to have both treaties, particularly
that with Japan, ratified by Republican
votes.
Japan Asks Concession First.
It is authoritatively stated that Japan
will not give her assent to a treaty ei
cl .'ii iii her coolies from the United States
until San Francisco admits Japantse chil
" dren now in tliat city to her public
bc' When tiie representatives of that
city arrive next week, the President will
present the situation to them plainly,
showing' them thaflhey must choose
one of ttvo courses, either swallow their
".o ul ..r ; and by so doing Insure for-ove-
the exclusion of Jupanese coolies
from U.i- wh-lo country, which the
main thing sought by the entire Pacific
Coast, or persist In their attitude and de
fer, If not prevent, the consummation of
the treaty. If the city declines to admit
children after hearing from the Presi
dent, It will be Informed that the ad
ministration will endeavor through the
courts to force the admission of Japanese
to the schools and then proceed with the
negotiation of the treaty.
Coast Delegation United.
- Every Senator and Representative from
the Pacific Coast is heartily In favor of
the compromise proposed by the Presi
dent. Their opinion Is that It accom
plishes what Is sought by that entire sec
tion and San Francisco, in holding out
on the school question. Is arraying Itself
against the rest of the Coast. It is be
lieved in administration circles that San
Francisco, seeing the greater advantage
to be gained, will consent to admit Jap
anese children to her schools, in which
event the treaty can be concluded before
March 4, and its ratification by the Sen
ate will follow.
Democrats May Fight Treaty.
There Is a disposition among Demo
cratic Senators to fight this treaty, be
cause by so doing they can embarrass the
administration, but, if the Republicans
are united. Democratic opposition will
count for naught.
For the same reason Democrats are
preparing to fight that feature of the ship
subsidy bill proposing to aid lines on the
Pacific. They believe, if no subsidy is
given. American lines will ultimately be
absorbed by Japan; that this will tend to
weaken our ties with the Philippines and
.lead to ultimate abandonment of the
islands.
In administration circles talk 'of war
5 with Japan is ridiculed. The fact Is the
two governments are preserving most
friendly relations and Japan, while ready
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to concede the main demand of this Gov
ernment, merely insists that in return
Japanese children in San Francisco shall
have the privllige of the public schools.
BEFCSE TO HONOR THE FLAG
Japanese Boys Strike on Flag Drill
in Denver.
DENVER. Colo., Feb. 2. "We no like
American flag: nothing, to do with him."
Two Japanese boys nearly 20 years old.
and pupils of the Corona school for more
than a year, threw down their American
flags before the school flag drill at the
school yesterday and bolted from the
room, refusing to takeiart In the drill
or even to accept presents of nags from
teachers.
For more than an hour, while the other
children of the school drilled and waved
their flags In the corridors of the school,
the two Japanese stood sullenly in the
schoolyard. In spite of the cold, and,
when approached by other boys, refused
to go into the building until "that flag
drill was over."
"All Bosh," Says Cullom.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. After a talk
with the President today. Senator Cul
lom, chairman of the committee on for
eign relations, said:
'This war scare Is all bosh. I'd like
to 'go to war' with Senator Perkins
for talking as he did last night. There
is no more chance of our going to war
with Japan over this little school ques
tion, than there is of fighting China,
Russia or Great Britain."
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 38
degrees; minimum, 31 degree.
TODAY'S Rain or snow, with no marked
change In temperature; easterly winds.
Japanese) Dispute.
Roosevelt to call extra session of Senate to
act on new treaty. Page 1.
California Japanese oppose exclusion and.
send lawyer to Washington. Page 2.
Schmits will go to Washington with San
Francisco School Board. Page 2.
Kaneko says Roosevelt's course has averted
crisis. Page 1-
Foreign.
French Cabinet agrees to lease churches but
may be defeated on action. Page 15.
German Socialists lose more Reichstag
elections. Page 15.
National.
Battleship Oregon will be renovated. Page 2.
PostofHce bill raises mall clerks' pay and
cuts railroad pay. Page 2.
House debates rivers and harbors and hears
eulogies on Gorman. Page 14.
No reform of land laws this session. Page 3.
Governor and delegates from Alaska disa
gree, page 3.
OIHver forms strong- syndicate to dig Pan
ama canal. Page 3.
Politics.
Governor Hughes running boss less adminis
tration and Juices despair, page 13.
Mayor Dunne .r.p.v-. settlement of Chicago
traction problem. Page 3.
Big fees paid Senator Bailey. Par ;iaa
lomotlc.
Professor Thomas, of ChlcaRo, delivers
more startling opinions on woman. Page
1.
Thaw chafes at delay of trial. la?e 3
Mrs. Btge gives $1,000,000 to r. M. C. A.
Page 1.
Fortune f Myer. the d-wd millionaire,
g es tt wife who de.-rtuj. Mm. Page 2.
Farmers frozen to death In Dakota bliz
zard. Page 1.
Officers of church athletic club arrested for
managing priaeflght. Page 3.
Oregon JL-egrlsIature".
Friends of Cascade County see danger in
Knowles bill, page 3.
Clash "in legislature over normal school ap
propriation seems certain. Page 6.
Representative Eaton, of Lane, declares he
is not with normal school combine. Page
5.
Pacific Coast.
Jury acquits Cheeter Thompson of the
murder of Judge Emory. Page 1.
Heavy snow in Eastern Oregon may cause
suffering among sheep and cattle. Page 4.
Seattle gets her million dollars, for the
19O0 exposition. Page 4.
Sports.
Flannlgan beats Sheridan In putting
weight. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity. ,
Project on foot to hold livestock show and
exposition in Portland next Fall. Page 0.
February opens with notable real estate
sales and new building projects. Page 16.
Automobile wrecked In collision with
streetcar. Page 24.
City Water Board members and delegates
from local improvement clubs hold Im
portant conference. Page 24.
Sunday law bill pending at Salem not likely
to pass. Page 38.
James Tracy dies of wounds; Inquest sheds
no light on murder mystery. Page 8.
Upper river salmon fishermen seek Master
Fish Warden Van Dusen's scalp. Page 15.
Cold snap headed off at Walla Walla may
not reach Portland. Page 8.
Committees of Oregon and Washington Teg
. ialatures confer on uniform legislation to
protect Columbia River salmon. Page 11.
Promoters of East Side theater project will
try to sell stock in one day. Page 0.
Commercial and Marine.
Grain bag prices will again be high this
year. Page 30.
Bad crop weather makes strong wheat mar
ket. Page 39.
New York bank statement shows less in
surplus reserve. Page 39.
New York stock market uncertain and fe
verish. Page 39.
Three vessels clear with grain cargoes. Page
31.
THE WEEK'S
"Why. lone mbout 87 there wu m thaw
thnt knocked down every telegraph, tele
phone and electric light pole In Portland
and b'gum the streetcar couldn't run at all.
YOUNG THOMPSON
IS NOT GUILTY
Jury's Prompt Verdict
in Murder Case.
"BY REASON OF INSANITY"
Slayer of Judge Emory Es
capes Gallows for Asylum.
FATHER WINS HARD FIGHT
His Masterly Appeal to Jury Saves
Life of His Boy and Family
Name From Disgrace Ver
dict Pleases Tacoma.
TACOMA, Feb. 2. (Special.) Vic
tory, sweeping, brilliant, complete,
crowned the supreme effort of the life
of Will H. Thompson, when the Jury
trying his son, Chester Thompson, on
the charge of murdering Judge George
Meade Emory, brought in a verdict
tonight, which, though it declares his
son a lunatic, removes the tarnish from
the family name; though across the
brow of the boy it branded the word
"insane," it declared him not a crim
inal. The state has been beaten, complete
ly beaten. The defense has won. Ches
ter Thompson has been declared not
guilty by reason of Insanity. The
greatest legal battle on the Pacific
Coast, a battle which has been fought
for 59 days. Inch by inch, piece by
piece, mighty brain against mighty
brain, a determined prosecuting offi
cial against a loving lather, id ever,
.,;r Jie father is declared the winner.
y ather Has Won Great Flgiit.
has gained the fee for which he
Oii-vd; -he gets it in the form of the
life of his child, and though that child
will have to spend a large part of his
remaining years in a lunatic asylum,
he left the courtroom tonight an inno
cent man, his hands washed clean of
the life-blood of the man he shot down.
For 12 of his fillow-men have held
that he was not responsible for the
act.
There were but few persons In the
courtroom when the Jury came In with
their verdict. The prisoner was not
placed in his accustomed seat, but led
to one at the side, where his brother
Maurice stood by him. Near him were
the attorneys for the state.
On being placed in the chair his head
sank into his hands and he again took
up . the attitude of apathy which has
characterized him during the trial, and
which has become a familiar sight to
the Jury and court.
Will H. Thompson, the father, took
his usual seat, but it was noticed that
his shoulders were bent and his head
bowed. The Jury was in Its box when
he entered the courtroom, but he did
not look in its direction, his eyes being
on the table before him.
News Flashed Over City.
The silence was so intense that the
rustling of the paper handed by the
foreman of the Jury was distinctly
heard all over the room. The instant
the last word of the verdict was ut
tered there was commotion. Newspa
permen sprang from their seats and
rushed to telephones, and within a few
minutes the news was being flashed on
the wires, cried on the streets, the
news that Will H. Thompson had won
the greatest battle of his life; that de
spite the obstacles confronting him and
the burdens under which he had la
bored he had girdled himself by a
mighty effort, thrown off sickness,
fought down death and saved his son.
This was the main thought in the
courtroom. None congratulated the
prisoner. When Attorney Thompson
arose to thank the Jury for its verdict
VARIABLE WEATHER
"An talk about your Ice gomes ; that
Jam at Oregon City In the Winter of
dammed up the Willamette Falls, and
. water went clean up over the bluff ft.
It seemed as if 20 years had slipped off
his shoulders. He threw back his
head, his eyes sparkled and , his lips
smiled.
Only Two Ballots Taken.
The members of the Jury crowded
around him, speaking together and at
random, told of the effect of the won
derful speech he had made.
There were only two ballots taken,
one at 8 o'clock resulting In a vote of
11 to 1 for acquittal, and the other
at 9:30 being unanimous.
The defendant will be kept in Jail
until papers can be made out commit
ting him to some asylum. The verdict
Is a popular one in Tacoma.
RAPS AT DR. WILLIAMSON
Attorney Thompson Takes Occasion
to Refer to Portland Alienist.
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 2. (Special.)
Will H. Thompson, in his closing argu-
Chester Thompson, Acquitted for the
Murder of Judge George Meade
Emory.
ment to the Jury in the Chester Thomp
son murder trial, flayed Dr. William
son of Portland, the alienist put on the
stand by the state, saying:
"I know Dr. Williamson went to the
Jail with a motive. He went for a price.
He went to tlm jail alone. He took ad
vantage of my noy. When I held the
hand of my dvi'i-r wife, a man w? in
. ic -vt-- Jal1 ' king advantage or my
boy. -ga te'i me that is American
honorvf I you do, I am. ashamed of you.
It is "Snt? Is it Just? Strong language
I am i
iln,. but I am m man .and mortal
an feel a stab.' '
and
"Whcjn Napoleon left the battered walls
of Acf', and retreated across the burning
sands 7 of Egypt, he wished an opiate
.iven his wounded so th.it they would
not fall Into the hands of the merciless
Turks alive. The doctor looked in the
eyes of the plebeian son of Corsica and
said, 'My duty Is to save lives, not to
take them.' Dr. Williamson ought to
have understood that lesson. : Perhaps I
have said more than I should, I will be
blamed, abused and reviled, by counsel
for the state who follows me, but I can
stand it." '
DEATH COMES IN THEATER
Senator Gallinger's Wife, One of Be
lasco's Party, Stricken.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Mrs. Jacob H.
Galllnger, wife of Senator Gallinger, of
New Hampshire, was taken ill in the
Belasco Theater tonight, and died shortly
afterwards. Senator Gallinger, his wife
and four friends went to the theater to
night as guests of David Belasco. The'
party had Just entered the building when
Mrs. Galllnger swooned. While waiting
for the ambulance from the emergency
hospital, Mrs. Gallinger expired. Death
was due to angina pectoris. The body
will be taken to New Hampshire tomor
row. CONCORD, N. H.. Feb. 2. Mrs. Gallin
ger was formerly Miss Mary Anna Bailey,
of Salisbury, N. H. Two sons and a
daughter survive her.
Shooting Caps Hot Argument.
LYNCHBURG, Va., Feb. 2. H. H.
Harvey, a prominent business man, was
shot twice tonight .nd painfully wounded
In a Malnstreet restaurant by E. A.
Murphy, of Lynchburg. Murphy was ar
rested. Harvey's injuries are flesh
wounds and a broken ankle. The trouble
was caused by a discussion which de
veloped into a personal quarrel.
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PUTS THE OLDEST INHABITANT IN A REMINISCENT MOQD
lee
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the
MAn alon In '47 the Columbia
o tight the Northern 1'sLCltlc ran
Kalama over the Ice.
PRIMITIVE MATING
BEATS HOME LIFE
More Romantic, Says
Professor' Thomas.
MONOGAMY? "ONLY A HABIT"
Not Best Stimulation, Avers
Chicago Teacher.
FAST WOMEN SEEK NORMAL
Their Object This "Greater Stimula
tion" Married People Miss Uni
versity of Chicago Furnishes
Another Thriller.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2. (Special.) Ro
mantic love in the modern family Is a
myth, according to Professor William
I. Thomas, the University of Chicago
sociologist. In a book on "Sex and
Society," to be issued from the univer
sity press tomorrow, the Midway teach
er declares that present day matri
mony and the family institution are in
ferior to the unconventional mating of
primitive men and women, from the
standpoint of romantic happiness.
Professor Thomas, presents the the
ory that the ancient practice of get
ting wives by capture or bargaining
offered the highest stimulation to ro
mance, while the modern monogamlc
system, involving "intimate associa
tion and daily familiarity" are unfa
vorable to it.
Professor Thomas' book contains
numerous rtartllng statements and
y'r- les concerning woman's "parastt
i. tg pos!ti n in society. Modern styles
it woraca'i clothes, particularly in
".japhnu -"'j fabrics and decollette
esses," are compared with the !o
brevlated covering of primitive sav
ages. More Cognition, Less Emotion.
The professor's sensational articles
on "The Adventitious Charact t of Wo
man" ,and 'The Mind of Woman and
the Lower Races," are included in the
book. Theso articles recently aroused
criticism throughout the country be
cause of the attack on modern society,
psychological defense of the "social
evil" and depreciation of the intellec
tual powers of women. "States of
high emotional tension are due to the
presentation of the unfamiliar that Is,
the unanalyzed, the uncontroled to
the attention," he declares, in discuss
ing modern matrimony. "And although
the Intimate association and dally fa
miliarity of family life produce affec
tion, they are not favorable to the
genesis of romantic love. Cognition is
so complete that no place Is left for
emotional appreciation.
"Our common expressions 'falling in
love' and 'love at sight' imply, in fact,
unfamillarlty, and there can be no
question that men and women would
prefer at present to get mates away
from home, even if there were no tra
ditional prejudice against the mar
riage of near kin. It is psychologically
true that only the unfamiliar and not
completely controlled is interesting.
How Monogamy Happened.
"Monogamy Is a habit acquired by
the race, not because it has answered
more completely to the organic inter
est of the . individual, but because it
has more completely served social
needs, particularly by assuming to the
woman and her children the undivided
Interest and providence of the man.
"Speaking from the biological stand
point, monogamy does not as a rule
answer to the conditions of highest
stimulation, since here the problemati
cal and elusive element disappear to
3ome extent, and the object of atten
tion has grown so familiar in con
f rose ap
trains at
. . ffiys.
"Why, In the Spring of 51 there waa
such a bis; rise In the Willamette yon bad
to take plumb-line to find The Oregonlan
tower.
sciousness that ' the emotional reac
tions are qualified."
Professor Thomas has expanded his
article on "The Adventitious Character
of Woman," and several of the opin
ions expressed in it are changed slight
ly. In regard to the matrimonial qual
ities of "women of loose habits" he
sa s :
"Many women of fine natural char
acter and disposition are drawn in a
momentary and incidental way Into an
irregular life and recover, settle down
to regular modes of living, drift far
ther, are married and make uncommon
ly good wives.
Innocuous Fallings From Virtue.
"In this respect the adventuress Is
more fortunate than the criminal, that
other great adventitious product, 'be
cause the criminal is labeled and his
record follows him, making reforma
tion difficult, while the in-and-out life
of womsn with reference to what we
call virtue is not officially noted and
does not bring consequences so inevi
table. "But if you drive nature out at the
door she will come back through the
window, and this interest in greater
stimulation is, I believe, the dominant
force in determining the choice, or
rather the drift, of the so-called sport
ing woman. She Is seeking what, from
the psychological standpoint, may be
called a normal life."
WOULD NOT GD TO CHURCH
SERGEANT LYNCH LOSES CHEV
RONS AND IS TRANSFERRED.
Fault Not In Disliking Services, but
in Refusing Superior Orricer's
Orders to Attend.
COJjUMBUS, O., Feb. 2. In accord
ance with orders received today from the
Military Secretary, Sergeant James L.
Lynch, of the Tenth Company of recruits
at the Columbus army post, who refused
to obey Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's or
ders to attend the Roman Catholic ser
vices January 6, will lose his chevrons
and be transferred to Company K of the
Fourth Infantry at Fort Thomas, Ky.
The War Department held that Lynch
was wrong only in that he did not obey
the orders and then make complaint. It
also held that the courtmartial charges
against the Sergoant could not be sus
tained. Lieutenant Clonet Glenn was held to be
wrong in isFulnp the order, which sub
sequently was modified to compel the
Roman Catholic soldiers at the post to
march only as far as the church doors.
The. obligation to attend the services
was optional.
Much dissatisfaction was expressed by
the men at the barracks because they are
compelled even to march to the services.
It is declared that even this modified
order is unprecedented in Army circles.
Captain Cabaniss. acting commandant,
declared today th:it the order, issued by
Iieu'enant Colonel Glenn just before he
ltft for San Antonio, Tex., to defend
Major Penrose, will be enforced tomor
row. MORE SAGE MONEY GOES
WIDOW GIVES. AWAY $1,C50,000
IN TWO BEQUESTS.
Emma WHIard Seminary, Her Old
Home School, at Troy, N. Y., Gets
$1,000,000 Unconditionally.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. The Herald to
morrow will say:
Announcement was made yesterday of
a gift of $1,000,000 by Mrs. Russell Sage to
the Emma Willard Seminary, of Troy,
and also of J250.OOO to the International
Committee of the Voung Men's Christian
Association. Mrs. Sage finished her ed
ucation at the Emma Willard Seminary
and has been for several years president
of the Alumni association.
Robert W. DeForest, Mrs. Sage's coun
sel, made the arrangements and they fol
lowed closely the gift of $1,000,000 to the
Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute of Troy,
announced Friday evening. All these gifts
are made unconditionally 'and it is pro
vided that in the event of Mrs. Sage's
death before the money is paid it will be
turned over by her estate.
It is understood that the gift to the In
ternational Committee of the T. M. C. A.
will be used to erect a building here for
the executive offices.
Ex-Governor Higgins Improving.
OLEAN. N. Y.. Feb. 2. Dr. Schott,
the German specialist. says ex-Governor
Higgins is somewhat Improved.
And the
BLIZZARD LEAVES
DEATH IN TRAIL
DakotaFarmers Freeze
on Their Claims.
SEVEN DEAD NEAR ONE TOWN
Latest Storm Aggravates Suf
fering on Prairie.
WHOLE TOWNS LACK FUEL
Storm Rages Over One Day Without
Abatement Snow Plies Deep
and Trains Have to
Be Dug Out.
FARGO. N. D., Feb. 2. What is by far
the worst storm of the Winter is Just
subsiding, after having wrought havoc
with the train service and occasioned
much suffering and death among isolated
homesteaders.
Beginning Friday afternoon, the bliz
zard raged with unabated fury until this
evening. Sweeping across the plains,
driving quantles of snow before it and
piling It in deep drifts In every cut, it has
put an end to all traffic, not only in
THE II ASK IN ARTICLE.
The artlrle by Frederic J. Haakln.
usually published In this column,
will be found on pRRe 33 of this edi
tion of The Oregonlan.
North Dakota, but In Western Minnesota
as well, and resulted in a complete tleup
of all railroads in this part of the country-Digging
Out Trains..--
Vrom 2 o'clock this morning till 1
o'clock this evening not a train arrived
in Fargo from the east or west. Trains
leaving St. Paul yesterday arrived to
night, from 12 to 16 hours late. No trains
are running north or west of Fargo to
night. Eastbound Coast trains on the
Northern Pacific were held all day at
Mandan. Bismarck, Medina and James
town. Two passenger trains which left
Fargo early last evening were caught In
a snowdrift 13 miles east of here and it
was found necessary to send 75 men with
shovels to dig them out. They were not
released until tills evening.
' Telephone messages from Sharon and
Sheldon say that both towns are short of
: fuel ana conditions are serious.
Death In Its Trail.
That the present storm has carried
great suffering and death in Its trail there
can be little doubt. Many were short of
fuel and the blizzard aggravated this con
dition, but it Is among the homesteaders
that the greatest suffering exists and
scores of those have undoubtedly per
ished. T. M. Kruger. a homesteader residing-21
miles northwest of Wllliston, N. D., who
reached here today, stated that within
eight miles of his home seven men had
frozen to death on their claims.
PART OF MEMPHIS SUBMERGED
River Reaches Record Mark and
Climbs Over Levees.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 2. With the
Mississippi Klver tonight at a higher
stage than ever before recorded here,
at many points lapping the summit of
the weakened levees, and a further rise
anticipated before the crest of the
flood is reached tomorrow, the situa
tion is acute. At Memphis several city
blocks are under water as a result of
the breaking of a protection levee in
the northern section of the city. Sev
eral hundred persons were forced to
leave their homes. The river
(Concluded on Papa 3.)
next day It snowed.
A