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60 Pages Pages 1 to 12 VOL- XXVI NO. 22. PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE -2, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LIGHT TURNEO ON FAIRBANKS' PAST Attack on Vice - Presi dent Causes Stir. FALSE HISTORY OF CAREER Devious Methods to Boom Himself for Office. CLOSE ALLY OF HARRIMAN Article In CoIHer'a May Eliminate Fairbanks as Candidate and Clear the Way for Taft Secret Digs at Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Juno 1. (Special.)--Presidential politics took on new vigor as a result of a sensational attack on Vice-President Fairbanks in the current Issue of Collier's Weekly. Politicians of ail factions have been greatly stirred by the attack, which goes into the political and professional past' of the Indiana aspirant for the Republican nomination as party standard-bearer next year and which la of such a character that it hard ly can pass without attention from the friends of the Vice-President. Unless ha or his lieutenants can adequately dis prove the assertions made. It Is regarded as practically certain that Mr. Fairbanks will drop far to the rear, even as a possi bility. Elimination Would Boom Taft. Mr. Fairbanks' elimination at this time would change the aspect of the situation far more than the elimination of Senator Foraker, who was never more than a long shot In the race under the most favorable circumstances, from his own point of view. For Mr. Fairbanks, it must be understood, has been generally recognized as the most logical candidate of the Interests that desire to overthrow the Roosevelt influence and prevent the nomination next Bummer of a man of the Roosevelt type to succeeed the Presi dent In the White House. Mr. Fairbanks scratched naturally would mean a big boost to the movement In favor of Secretary of War Taft, who is regarded as the logical progressive candidate, as matters stand today, be cause it would remove the principal reactionary aspirant. Ills "Faked" Biography. "The Real Mr. Fairbanks" is the title of the article by Gilson Gardner that has excited the politicians, and Part 1 (it Is inHinutH that more is to aDDear anon) deals with "the Fairbanks book and the Fairbanks press." The writer charges that the only Fairbanks book, entitled "The Life and Speeches of Charles War ren Fairbanks." was written and pub lished at the Vice-President's order, and that it conveys a false Idea of his youth, rise to fame and fortune and political virtues which have been denied In part by his own method. It is charged fur ther that he controls all the influential newspapers of Indiana, through secret ownership of stock, and prevents the peo ple of his own state from learning the troth regarding contemporaneous politi cal matters. "Knocks" Roosevelt Slyly. Following a rather long disserta tion on the alleged Fairbanks methods of publicity, control and manipulation, In which charges are made of quarrels with newspaper correspondents be cause they would not overstate the crowds he addressed when a candidate for Vice-President; of the dismissal of the correspondent of a paper which he secretly controlled because Senator Beverldge'a name had been mentioned favorably in a report, and of attempts In controlled publications to make it Mayor Lane Takes His Fea in Rand Final Statement. appear that he was a bosom friend of President Roosevelt, when occasion warranted, while tn other organs the Roosevelt policy was "knocked," the reviewer turns to the events preced ing his nomination as Roosevelt's run ning mate. The article says: "' "Mr. Fairbanks has subjugated Indi ana and is now after larger game. His nrat adventure into the National arena was when he captured the nomination for Vice-President. In his well-edited biography he had that honor thrust upon him, another instance where there is a meagerne8s of fact. He began many months before. He employed his usual agencies. His alliances were what they are today, Harriman and the National politicians of the old Hanna crowd." Coincidence Is Remarkable. It is the belief in Presidential cir cles that the savage anti-reactionary attack upon Mr. Fairbanks will be em phasized by the Vice-President's op- Tle-Presldent Charles Warren Fair banks, Subject of Serere Magazine Article ponents by reason of its beingr prac tically coincident with the most im portant of President Roosevelt's pub lic utterances thus far, preliminary to the approaching contest; and especially as the President spoke his message to the country from Indiana, from the doorway of Mr. Fairbanks' home, as It were. MAN WITH EYEGLASS TALKS INTOXICATED TAILOR BOARDS PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN. Fairbanks, Wearing Big White Teat, Invites Man Inside Car, Where Roosevelt -Rebukes Him. BELLEFONTAINB, O., June 1. (Spe cial.) Robert Irwin, itinerant tailor, en route from Newark, Ohio, to Bellefontalne, where he has a job, clambered aboard the Presidential train at Gallon, Ohio, Thurs day morning, hobnobbed with President Roosevelt and Vice-President Fairbanks, rode In state to this city and lifted bis hat condescendingly when, as he descended from the private car Magnet here, he was greeted with the cheers of 10,000 people. , "I certainly had a 'souse' or I'd have got next to that train," said Irwin when questioned today. "1 was standing at the Gallon depot looking out for a chance for a free ride, when that train came in and slowed down. It didn't stop, so I took a sprint and swung aboard the platform of the last car. I was lookin' for th' con ductor, an' when a tall man having on a big white vest come to the door I Just said, 'howdy.' 'What you doing here?" he says, kind of sternlike. " 'I'm lookin' for the conductor.' " " 'Come inside.' says he. " Tl do that same, and much' obliged to you.' I answers. I made myself com fortable as you please In a big leather chair. I'll admit, as I said before, that I had had a pretty good 'snootful,1 an" when a man with eye-glasses comes up to me, I wasn't surprised when he kind of sniffed around an' said: 'My man, do you keep always in this condition?' " 'Yes; got anything on you?" I says. "He laughed and went to the other end of the car. "Well, that was the President of the United States, and the gent who let me into the car was Vice-President Fair banks." HARRY for The Ministers, as rsaal. Discover the "Real HAYWOOD'S NERVE HAS BROKEN DOWN Acute Illness Postpones His Trial. FEARED HE MAY GO TO PIECES Begins to Realize Strength of State's Case. CROP OF RUMORS FLYING Even Suggested He May Confess, While Friend Hints He Was Poi soned Breen, Fire-Eater, Joins the Defense. BOISE, Idaho., June 1. (Special.) That William D. Haywood, now on trial' here for the murder of ex-Governor Steuen berg. is much of a nervous wreck seems to be fully established. An attack of ill ness last night led to suspension of pro ceedings In court today, as the defendant was not able to appear. It was 5 o'clock this morning when the night guards at the jail first became aware that Haywood was so ill as to need the attention of a physician. They were informed by shouts from the annex in which the three defendants, Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone, are kept at night. County Physician A. B. Lewis was called and later Dr. George Colllster. The phy sicians found ' Haywood apparently In great pain and to alleviate the pain gave him several doses of morphine. It was though then that he would soon recover and perhaps be able to be in the courtroom at 9:30, but it was found that his ailment was more severe than was at first supposed. More morphine was required In order to give the patient the rest, he so badly needed because of his nervous condition, and he was still under the effects of the drug at the time set for the afternoon session. Explained by Lack of Exercise.' The physicians said that Haywood was suffering from a severe attack of neural gia in his head, resulting from intestinal toxima, which was caused by the severe mental strain he had undergone, and some slight stomach trouble. He might not have had the attack, at least in so serious a form, it was said, had he kept steadily on with the daily exercise be had been taking previous . to the arrival of his family. Before Mrs. Haywood came, the defend ant 'spent much time in walking about the jail yard, working in the little garden In the rear and in pitching horse-shoes. Since his wife came, she being an invalid, Haywood has had little physical exercise, the time allotted to that an hour or, so after adjournment of court afternoons being spent in sitting and talking to his wife on the Courthouse lawn. Nerves Broken Down by Worry. It is known that for a week or ten days Haywood has been in a highly nervous' condition. At several times he has seemed on the verge of going to pieces. He has been found walking his cell at night or sitting on the side of the bed with his face in his hands, and it has been the opinion of those about him that he would go to pieces. Therefore, it was no surprise to the people at the jail when he was taken ill and the physi cians announced in effect that nervous ness bad interferred with tils digestion and that toxic poisoning had followed. Haywood's demeanor in court has shown a change for ten days. That has been noticeable. It seems to have become most pronounced at the time of the ex amination of E. P. Tourtellotte and when Senator Borah announced in effect that the state would prove Haywood belonged to a murder organization. It was very pronounced on the occassion when Mr. MURPHY IS LED TO He Wont Have to Borah and C. S. Darrow had the fencing match over Harmon Cox. In that match Mr. Darrow was plainly worsted and rat tled, and it seemed to have a terrible effect upon Haywood. May Have Learned the Worst. The apparent breakdown of the nerves of the defendant has given rise to a multitude of rumors, none of which ap pears to have foundation. It is suggested he intends to confess, but there is no warrant for that. The most that can be said of the matter is that his nervous ness shows extreme apprehension. It is possible that he for the first time realizes that the state has a case against him with witnesses to go far toward establish ing it. The publication of the facta of Harry Orchard's condition disconcerted all connected with the defense, and Hay wood's nervousness has been noticeable from that time. It is assumed that the defense has been running down the prob able evidence to be given by some of the witnesses summoned by. the state and discovered what they are likely to tell. At any rate, whatever the knowledge or fear of Haywood, it Is apparent that he has been smashed In a sense by the nervous strain. It is altogether probable he will be able to be in court Monday, as it was the induced toxic condition of the bowels that laid him up. Breen, the Firebrand, Arrives. Peter Breen, of Butte, arrived today to assist the defense. That has given rise to further friction among attorneys for the defense. Mr. Darrow wants Mr. Breen entered at once as one of counsel, but Mr. Richardson objects, and there is a clash, the settlement of which is not yet in sight. Mr. Breen Is a radical of the radicals, and it is feared by some of his counsel that his appearance will prejudice (Concluded on Page 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 69 degrees; minimum, 47. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest winds. Foreign. French seamen's strike extends on all sides and government is helpless. Pace 1-4. Joseph Chamberlain returns to Ens-land, improved, but still a wreck. Page 8. Rebellion in China gains headway. Pace 8. How PobledonostcfT prevented liberty tn Russia. Page 32. Gossip of European capitals. Page 35. National. Secretary Straus makes radical change in Chinese immigration service. Page 5. . Tariff agreement with Germany put In effect. Page 5. Roosevelt will decide this week whether to prosecute Harriman. Page 1. Politics. Bitter attack on Fairbanks causes great stir. Page 1. romestle. ,. , Official announcement of new Harriman lines and Improvements In Oiegon. Page 11. t German Baron works In American mine and wins a wife. Page 2. Waters-Pierce Company heavily fined for violating Texas anti-trust law. Page 2. Breweryworkers Union expelled from La bor Federation. Page 5. Oregon girls disappointed in New York. Page 2. Thomas F. Ryan retires from Wall street with $100,000,000. Page 8. Kuroki goes fishing near Chicago. Page 2. Sports. -Pennsylvania wins Intercollegiate athletic games. Page 14. Illinois University wins athletic games at Chicago. Page 14. Barney Old field's manager here to arrange for races. Page 41. Great work of University of Oregon track team. Page 40. Portland shuts out Oakland, 6 to 0. Page 41. Pacific Coast. Haywood seriously ill and nerves breaking down. Page 1. San Francisco grand jury investigates Dln- an's tampering with jurors. Page JL Strikebreaker fatally shot In San Francisco. Page 2- Commercial and Marine. Railroad's withdrawal from storage business will change methods of hop trado. Page 42. Rain and warm weather prediction causes break tn wheat prices. Page 42. Speculation In stocks sluggish. Page 42. Hydrographlc Officer Lad better resigns to enter service of Sultan. Page 43. Portland and Vicinity. Emma Goldman, high prlestes of anar chism, lectures In Portland. Page 8. Thomas C. Devlin closes Republican cam palga at the Armory. Page 8. Arguments In suit of Washington wool growers to test Oregon sheep inspection law begun. Page 11- Bttter fight made on- electric wiring inspec tion ordinance. Page 83. Much enthusiasm shown at final Lane rally of camnalgn. Page 8. Harriman passenger trains between Paeifle Coast and East to run slower. Pace . INDULGE IN SOME ANTE-ELECTION PLEASANTRIES Stand It Knch' Longer. An Easy HENEY AIMS FOR SCALP OF CHIEF Investigates Tamper ing With Jurors. DINAN PUT POLICE TO WORK Head of Department May Be Indicted Monday. HIS REMOVAL THE RESULT Detectives Admit Interviewing Men Summoned Threats Alleged to Have Been Made to Fehren bach, the Pool-Seller. SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. (Special.) The grand Jury, at a special session held this afternoon, laid the foundation for the charge of wilful and corrupt misconduct In office, on -which It ex pects to bring Chief of Police Jere miah Binan to book and secure bis re moval from office. Dlnan's activity In assigning members of the department to Investigate, In behalf of the Indicted city executive, veniremen drawn for the Schmitz trial, was investigated. A half dozen detectives and newspaper re porters to whom Dlnan made his con flicting, statement of innocence and his subsequent admission that he had assigned men to such duty were called as witnesses. That an accusation was not drawn and filed against Dlnan In the Superior Court was due to the fact that names of all the men assigned by him to the Jury work were not secured until the examination in the afternoon, and it is desired to complete the testimony be fore filing the formal charge. For this purpose an adjourned meeting of the grand Jury will be held Monday after noon,' when the patrolmen who were, not called yesterday wiU be required to explain the nature of their orders from the chief. y Orders Direct From Dinan. According to- the testimony of De tective Sergeant Archie Hamlll, of the "upper office," who was called today, he was detailed on the work of looking up veniremen in company with Detective Sergeant Ed Wren and Policemen Mc Gowan, Collins and Roccla. Wren was also examined, but the patrolmen will be called Monday. Both Wren and Hamlll denied that they had endeavored to influence the talesmen whom they ap proached, but admitted that they had In vestigated the antecedents and connec tions of the possible Jurors and reported to Dlnan. Captain of Detectives Colby passed the responsibility directly to Dlnan by de claring that he had not given any orders concerning the looking up of the venire men, and that he knew nothing of the matter. The men who were detailed, he said, were assigned to the work by Dinan personally. His Conflicting Statements. Two other detectives who were exam ined, George Graham and George Mul cahy, denied having approached any one connected with the Schmitz case or hav ing been assigned to the duty. Graham, whose name was first mentioned in con1 nectlon with Hamill's, but who asserted that he knew nothing of the matter, ex plained the case on which he was work ing at a Flllmore-street penny arcade when he was supposed to have been look ing up Jurymen, and his explanation was satisfactory. Other detectives who were subpenaed. but dismissed without being called to the stand were Timothy Bailey, Thomas Ryan, Edward 0"Dea, Thomas Gibson, Harry Reynolds, T. F. Conlon, James Cottel, James Rea and Stephen Bunner. Charles Morrison, of The Call, Ed Way to Create a Majority. Eve ward. Parker, of The Chronicle, Wil liam Levings, of The Examiner, and Frank Sheridan, of The Bulletin, were the newspaper reporters called to tes tify to Dlnan's original statement that he had not sent men to question the veniremen and. his subsequent admis sion that he was having the records of possible Jurymen looked up in behalf of Schmitz. Threats to Poolseller.' Policeman Gruenwald, one of the two men alleged to have approached Otto Fehrenbach, the poolseller who was discharged from the jury, with a warn ing that he must not forget his duty to the administration, was subjected to a severe grilling. Fehrenbach ad mitted Monday while being examined as a Juryman that he sold pools on the races at his clgarstand, but that after being drawn as a venireman he had taken down his form chart. It was alleged that two policemen had visited him with instructions to do this, and t I? Ti - - i fr-T Milium iw toMur in t, J. K. Chtlberg-, President Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Who Turned First Spadeful of Garth at Ground - Breaking Yesterday. the suggestion that, as he owed the lack of interference with his illegal business to the police department, he bad better pursue a satisfactory course of conduct in connection with the trial. Gruenwald absolutely denied that he had approached Fehrenbach for any such purpose. Indictment Probable Monday. - It is probable that charges of Jury tampering will be lodged against Dlnan Monday afternoon. This will be In the form of an accusation which will result in Dlnan's .removal from of fice In case he is found guilty. In the meantime District Attorney Langdon Is preparing an opinion for the court concerning the possibility of having Dinan punished for contempt. This was requested by Judge Dunne Wed nesday. ' ' BIG GRAFTERS ARK ARRAIGNED United Railroads and Telephone Of ficials Appear Detwiler Msing. SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. Vice-President Louis Glass, of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company; Special Agent T. V. Halsey. of the same com pany; Mayor Eugene El Schmitz; Abra ham Ruef, President Patrick Calhoun, of the United Railroads; General Manager Thornwell Mullally, Chief Counsel T. I. Ford, and Assistant Counsel William Abbott, of the same company, were all called before Judge Lawlor, of the Crimi nal Division of the Superior Court today for arraignment on Indictments brought against them by the grand Jury, which has recently probed Into bribery and graft In San Francisco. When Glass and Halsey were called to answer to the Indictments charging them with bribing Supervisors not to grant a franchise to the Home Telephone Com pany, a competitor of the company in which Glass and Halsey were interested, their attorney. Delphin M. Delmas, read a motion to set aside the Indictments on formal and technical grounds. After brief consultation between opposing counsel and the court. Judge Lawlor announced that he will sit each day at 4 P. M. to hear arguments on -this motion. Judge Lawloj then called the cases against Abraham Detweiler, Toledo, O., capitalist. Indicted on 13 counts charging bribery of Supervisors in behalf of the Home Telephone Company. The where abouts of .Detweiler are still unknown. (Concluded on Page a.) the-Slot Machine Is Wrapped Up in the Election. DECIDE THIS WEEK 1 SE Roosevelt Will Hold Long Conference. LAWYERS URGE PROSECUTION President Said to Be Unwilling to Take Action. COMMISSION IS DIVIDED Donbt About Ability to Convict Is Cause of Hesitation to Move Against Merger Agreement With Clark Road Strong. WASHINGTON, June 1. (Special.) Some definite conclusion is to be reached during the coming week in regard to the course to be taken by the Government In the disposition of the case developed by the Interstate Commerce Commission investigation into the Harriman railroad mergers. An Important conference is to be held to consider the question at the White House in the week, which will be at tended by the President, the members of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, Messrs. Kellogg and Severance, special counsel for the Commission, and Attorney-General Bonaparte. . Roosevelt Has Not Decided. At present Mr. Roosevelt is undecid ed about what shall be done. He has received advice from some sources urging that Mr. Harriman be prosecut ed, while other officials of the Gov ernment have taken the position that such a prosecution could not be suc cessfully carried out. So far the Presi dent has not given any indication as to how he regards the case. It Is believed he la not in favor of going any further with the crusade against Mr. .Harri man. The members of the Interstate Com merce Commission are also divided on the question of going after Mr. Harriman for alleged violations of the anti-trust law. Chairman Knapp Is known to con sider the case 'as developed against Mr. Harriman of such a character that it would be a matter of great uncertainty as to whether a conviction could be had. These view3 are believed to be shared by at least two other members of the Commission, though they have refused to state their opinions. These Commission ers are ' Mr. Prouty and Mr. Harlan. Messrs. Lane, Clements and Clarke are generally believed to he in favor of prose cution. ' Lawyers Urge Prosecution. Messrs. Kellogg and Severance, in their summary of the case, have urged the Commission to recommend to the Attorney-General that proceedings be com menced at once against Mr. Harriman personally and also against the Union Pacific as the holding company of the securities of the' other roads It controls! The President, is alleged to have come to a realization of the seriousness of the present railroad situation and is unwil ling to attack Mr. Harriman and his railroads unless the facts demand It, when there is no assurance that a conviction can be had. The attorneys and Interstate Com merce Commissioners who favor prose cution base their opinion on the facts brought out in relation to the traffic agreement between the Southern Pacific and the San Pedro line, owned by Sena tor Clark. ' Robbery of Insurance Company. PITTSBURG, June 1. H. B. Mooney, Pittsburg agent for the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company, was arrested today on a charge of embezzlement of 18000. Thomas C. Devlin Putting the Finishing Touches to His Campaign.