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tatkti UBLIHt FULL AtOOIATlD HHP OUT UOVBRS THI MORNINQ FIBLD ON J tit LOWKFf COLUMBIAN VOLUME LXI1I NO. AS o OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS fflf PATRONAGE FOR HIS ,1111 Multnomah Offers Govern or Commissioners. AMEND COLUMBIA BILL Bcleicvo They Have Enough Yotes Pledged to Pass the Measure. MEASURECENTEftOFINTEREST Portland M,n Think Governor Will Swing Demooratio Senator for Port of Columbia Bill If Ht Can Appoint Mmber,, HA I.EM, Ore., Feb. 18. The Multno mah delegation met at 1:30 on'l amended the fori of Columbia, bill U give the governor tb appontment of the comma Motnra, Instead of nam ing them In tho bill, llouia mombt-r wore iilo urged to tunl put on all Bonnie measure until the I'ort uf Columbia bill tfx jt through, This hit ter advice In hold In abeyance. Tho delegation determined to piny the gumo of politic to gi t tho bill through thUH olldlfylng tho delegation and winning friend for tho measure. The only voice against tho governor' ap pointing waa that of E. W. Wright, who mild the governor refused to tnke suggestion for ri pilot commission two years ago. When tho delegation mot It was for the purpose of nominating candidate for the coinmlNMloti, Michel nominat ed Ciiptaln Richard Chllcott; Itnlley named Philip Beuhner; Hodaon mimed Herbert llolman; Reach, Robert Ken nedy; Coffey, T. R. Wilcox, and L. II, Wontworth, Drlscoll aald tho tran portatlon committee of the Chamber of Commerce' auKgcatloh wan that tho oommlmiloncra bo appointed from In man Wilcox, H. C. Campbell, Alns worth, Mears, Wheelwright, Living ston, MarMantor and London. Senator Malurkey ileclarod ho did not do em It advUublu for tho delega tion to name tho commlHHlonerH, as thoo who had friend for position defcutod would not enter Into tho hard light ahead with proper plrlt. He strongly advlnod that tho best solu tion woh to have tho governor ap point. Tho motion was seconded by Reach. Ayres said that at this stage uf tho game to have the governor ap point wo llio only thing to do, and Not! lug hum declared such a move would gain one or two votes In the Senate and that every vote was need ed. "I belluvo In spanking tho governor at every chance, and I hate to give him anything," confessed Bailey, "but If tho governor ha tho appointment, ho may lino up tho six Democratic senators. He wnnts voles for the Unit ed States Senator next time, and this appointment of tho commission might help him consider tho bill favorably, for he has vetoed measures which no one thought he would." The motion to give the governor the appointing power curried unani mously, and the delegation adjourned, A strong lobby ha arrived from As toria and are using overy ovallable means to defeat the measure. The Multnomah delegation thinks It has enough votos pledged to pass the bill through the Senate. The delega tion does not believe the Astorlans Can tie up enough votes to defeat. It. While there are several big meas ures before the Senate today, the Port of Columbia fight overshadows all else. The Astorlan lobby consist of Mayor Herman Wle, F. J. Carney, J. T. Ross, R. M. Lesthurs, 8. M. Gallagher, Frank J. Taylor, Hnm Klmoro and C. J. Tren ch aid, FOR CUBAN PRESIDENCY. HAVANA, Feb. 18.Anoth.jr aspir ant for tho presidential nomination on Urn Ljberat platform ha appeared. He I General Carlo (Jarcla Velox, for merly minister of Mexico and son of tho Cuban hero, General Cullxto Car clii. General Garcia hn a largo fol lowing among the laboring class. I f I a I ny considered a a possible com promNe candidate In place of the lead ing aspirant for thn honor, General Joo Miguel Come and Dr. Alfredo Zayas. FOLLOW NEW CLEW, NK YORK. Feb. 17- The pollen of IAttritii. N. J., ar following it new clew In connection with the isitlna Hon of Justice of the Peace Robert Cortex,. They are seeking two women. One of these women, It I ald, live In Bridgeport. Conn., and the other, an Italian gjrl. I believed to be on her way to Italy In company with one of the men concerned In the Infernal machine plot. Roth women It la declared are relative of a man who I now serving a lng term jn the atute prison and who was convicted on evidence gathered by Jutle Cortex. Tho Italian govern ment has been notified to keep watch on steamer arriving from this country In Italian ports wjthln the next few day. T Hunters for Missing Man are Slaior Hurt Without Worning. EVIDENCE AGAINST SUSPECTS Two Men Believed to Have Killed Min ing Idaho Citizen Attempted Life on Previous Ocoation Search er Met by Volley. SPOKANE, Feb. 18. A Wallace, Idaho, spoclul to tho' Spokesman-Review says that the feature of the day of the Steve Adams trial was the evi dence of Archie Phillip. He testified that Tyler told him of threats made by Adams and Jack Slmpklns, but he was not ullowel to state the nature of those threats. Phillips next went on to state how on one occasion he saw Adams and Slmpklns coming up tho trail toward Tyler's cabin. Adams, who wns armed with a Winchester, stopped a hundred yards from tho cab In and Slmpklns, who carried no wca-, pons In his hands, went about 100 yards beyond the house. Tyler and Phillips sat on a log In front of the cabin and soon bullets began to whistle past, their oars, unpleasantly close. They got up and went inside the cabin. Ten sluts were ilred, four from up the creek where Slmpklns had gone, from a revolver, and slx.from whore he saw Adams, from a rlRo. Ho could distin guish the difference between the wea pons by the sound of tho explosion. Phlllli was tho last man to see Ty ler alive and testified that on the night before ho disappeared he had eaten his supper at his cnbim Mrs. Phillips gave Adams a bottle of horse radish and Identified It as the one pro duced In court. The shooting de scribed by Phillips oceured about a week before Adams, disappeared. In company with a Frenchman named Roule he had trlod to find Ty ler. Boule went to Santa to tell of Tyler's disappearance, Boule returned on August 19, and It was decided to make a big search the next day. Early the next day Phillips heard a fusillade of nhots which killed Boule and wound ed Lindsay, his companion. Boule's body was found with five shots In it Phillips returned to Santa with his wife and child and the sheriff and Boule's body was discovered within thirty feot of th Slmpklns cabin by the sheriff. SHOO SEARCHERS toact of PROVIDENCE Thaw So Desciibes Death of While. JEROME CHANGES MIND Permits Introduction of Testi mony Hitherto Pro hibited. MAY HAVE THAW EXAMINED Will Ak for Appointment of Com miion to Determine Hi Sanity at the Present Time No Dis agreement in Defenso. NEW YORK. Feb. 18. "I never wanted to shoot the creature, I never wanted to kill him. I knew he was a foul creature, destroying the moth ers and daughter of America, out I wanted through legal means to bring him to trial. I wanted to get him Into court, to bring him to justice, but Providence took charge of it; It was an act of Providence." This Is Harry Thaw's own story of the killing of Stanford White. It was told by him to Dr. Brltton D. Evans, an alienist, last August, In the Tomba. Dr. Ev ans 'today repeated the prisoner's words to the Jury that Is trying Thaw for his life. District Attorney Jerome fought hard last week against the In traduction of this evidence, which the defense say Is conclusive proof that Thuw did not know his act was wrong. Only the testifying, physicians had de clared that In their opinion Thaw was Insane at the time he made the state ments. However, the rules of evidence permitted the Introduction of the prls oner's words. In further bulwarking their contention that Thaw was In sane when he killed White, the de fendant's counsel today succeeded In placing before the jury the will exe cuted by Thaw on the night of his marriage, In April, 1905, and a codicil executed at the same time. Again Jerome fought the evidence, but he sig nificantly withdrew his objections af ter Evans had given his opinion that Thaw was insane nt the time he exe cuted the bill. The fact that the dis trict attorney seemed disposed to let In testimony of every character, pro vided there is preliminary opinion from the witness that the man was of un sound mind at the time to which the testimony refers, was taken today ns further Indicating that Jerome may, at a psychological moment, If he deems his hand strong enough, de mand the appointment of a commls slon'to puss on Thaw's present state of mind. The will and codicil were offered In evidence today as cumula tive testimony of Thaw's mental un soundess prior to the killing of White. In his will Thaw provided that his executors set apart $5,000 and more If necessary to investigate his death, In cose it was not a natural one, or was In any way suspicious, and for the prosecution of persons who should be found Instrumental In his taking off. In a codicil Thaw left to a lawyer at Pittsburg $7,500 to be used In se curing redress from White and another person whose name was not allowed to be read, for the benefit of four young women, who, Thaw declared, had been victims of 'degrading assaults" In the "house furnished and used for orgies by Stanford White and other Inhuman scoundrels." Thaw also bequeathed sums of $2,500 .each to Dr. Parkhurst, Anthony Comstock and a lawyer named in his codicil, to be used in discovering further alleged acts of White and asking redress for women. Drs, Hammond and Jellffe will tes tify tomorrow probably on the lm-, provement of Thaw's mind dtfrlng his confinement In the Tombs, declaring that the tre which caused tho men tal explosion was removed with the death of White. It I also said to night that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw may go on the stand tomorrow to complete her story. The opening of court today found every attorney In his accustomea place, notwithstanding the reports of disagreement of Thaw's counsel. Juror Ilolton, whose wife died last week, said he felt perfectly capable of going on with this trial, it was decid ed today that during the trial the Jur or should not bo confined. LOOKING FOR WALKER. Officials of Defaulted Bank Expect to Find Former Treasurer Soon. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. It Is stated today that most of the securities stolen from the New Britain Savings Bank by W. F. Walker, Its former treasurer have been located. Most of them have been found with reputable brokerage houses and efforts are now being made for their restoration to the Connecti cut Institution. Walker, It Is understood, disposed of about $200,000 worth of the securities a few day before he vanished from the hotel Cumberland and he Is believ ed to have had a larg amount of cash when he departed. EXCLUDE LABORERS Skilled and Unskilled Japanese Cannot Enter America. SETTLES RACIAL AGITATION American Laborers May Not Enter Japan, Nor Japanese Worker America if President Rooievelt Fulfill Promise. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The Jap anese children are to be admitted to the white schools of San Francisco un der certain restrictions. Skilled and uskllled laborers coming from Japan are barred from the main land of the United States and American laborers, skilled and unskilled, are to be ex cluded from Japan. This is the basis of an agreement between the Pres ident an Mayor Schmlta and the San Francisco school board as an adjust ment of the anti-Japanese agitation brought about by the segregation of Japanese children in San Francisco schools. The agreement means that the schools of San Francisco will be conducted In the same manner as they were before the board of education adopted the resolution last October, providing for the segregation of Jap anese children In San Francisco will be conducted In the same manner as they were before the board of educa tion adopted the resolution last Octo ber providing for tho segregation of Japanese, except that adult Japanese who are In primary grades must con tinue to attend Oriental schools and Japanese children under 16 will be ad mitted to classes with white children of their own ages. PRICE ON HEAD. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. A reward of $5,000 for the capture alive of William F. Walker, the missing treasurer of New Britain, was announced today. The reward If $1,000 if Walker be cap tured dead. , CHALLENGES ENTIRE CLUB. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18. A sto ry is current here that Prince Paul Dolgourokoff, leader of the Constitu tional Democratic party, who was ex pelled by unanimous vote from the Imperial Russian Yacht club, because of his anti-government teachings, has challenged everyone of the members to a duel. GOVERNOR VETOES Normal School Bill Killed By Chamberlain. SAYS IT IS ILLEGAL Declares That Legislature Must . Shoulder Burden of Selection. CHECKS ACTION IN MATTER Normal Lobby Strong Enough to Tie Up Further Legislation Railroad Commission Appointed Sen Will Adjourn Friday. PORTLAND, Feb. 18. A special to the Oregonlan from Salem states Ore gon's three railroad commissioners to be: Oswald West, of Salem, now state land agent; Clyde Altchlson, of Port land, a lawyer, and Thomas K. Camp bell, of Cottage Grove, a lumberman. This selection was decided on today by the state board. West will be sue ceeded as state land agent by Cbarlee V. Galloway, a Democrat, a lawyer of McMInnvllle. The Senate tonight passed a bill for a state banking law and for a bank examiner with only three dissenting votes. The bill is a very lenient one, but Is considered by its friends to be a good basis for fu ture legislation. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 18. Governor Chamberlain has vetoed S. B. 134, Smith, providing for selection of two of the present normal schools by a Board of Regents. His action throws the normal school situation In chaos. This veto may be sustained in the Sen ate by a combination of normal school senators, for sustaining the veto would make It too late to Introduce another two-school measure and would save all four schools until next session. The veto says that the bill would not be sustained In the courts if It should become a law and the board should attempt to designate which two nor mals be left. The power of making the selection la delegated by the Con stitutlon to the Legislature, and that body cannot, under a well-established principle of law, delegate its power to any man or set of men. "There Is no reason," says the 'mes sage, "why the Legislature should not Itself eliminate two of the normals, in stead of trying to shirk its duty and so avoid the responsibility." . This Smith bill slipped through the Senate despite the opposition of the normal school combination. The com bine, however, is strong enough, stand ing together, to sustain the veto, thus killing the bill and giving all four nor mals a chance, - The Senate adopted a resolution this afternoon to adjourn one minute past midnight, Friday. This means that af ter today, no bill can pass both Houses without a two-thirds' vote. At 9:15 this morning the House con vened and at once resumed the work of passing House bills. A peculiar sltaution exists in regard to final passage of House bills now. The Senate has laid on the table the joint resolution introduced and passed by the House for adjournment early Sunday morning. The Senate wants to adjourn Friday evening and hopes to bring the House to this way of think ing. But if the Legislature does ad journ Friday night, all the House bills considered today are being taken up illegally and the House Is only wast ing time In trying to' pass it's own measures, for, by a joint resolution adopted by both Senate and House early In the session it Is provided that no bills shall pass from either house during the lost five Jays of the session. The House expects to "put it up to the Senate" so far as adjournment Is concerned, and go ahead with It rou tine as though the time of adjourn ment had been set for Sunday morn ing by the Senate. Should the Senate hold out for the Friday adjournment and the House be brought to this way of thinking, all the bills (about 200, or nearly half those Introduced) that are "till on the clerk's desk or In tha hands of committee chairmen, would die, a well as those being pasted to day by the House. FAVOR PRESIDENTS BILL. House Adopts Conference Report on Immigration Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Under a suspension of the rules the House to day adopted the conference report on the Immigration bill, although the Democrats generally made a party Is sue against the passport provision as well as that requiring Increased space In vessels. The House refused to sus pend the rules and pass the bill rec ommended by the Interstate and For eign Commerce committee as a sub stitute for the so-called LaFolIette bill, limiting the employment on railroad to 16 "hours, the Democrats voting sol idly against the substitute. Overstreet asked that the debate on Postofflce Ap propriation bill terminate at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. THREATENED LIVES Unknown Man Promised Slaught er of Blacks at Brownsville. OVERHEARD BY WHITE MAN Declared That If Certain Negroes Were Not Arrested By Ten O'clock Citizens Would Destroy the Entire Garrison. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. The first shots fired In the Brownsville affray on August 13 were fired from the rear of the post commissary and not from the town, according to the testimony of William C. Nolan before the Sen ate investigating committee. Nolan, who is a white soldier belonging to the hospital corps, said he heard th6 first shot of the trouble. This was followed by shots from the direction of a negro saloon near the town. Wm. Harden, a negro ex-private, said that on the night of August 13, while walk ing between the post exchange and the hospital, he almost ran into Ma jor Penrose, Major McComb and an other man, whom he did not , know. Harden overheard the strange man say, "I can tell you Texas won't stand for it." He then said something about an assault upon his wife, adding: "If some soldiers are not put under ar rest by 10 o'clock tonight we will kill every negro soldier in Fort Brown." THREATS OF WAR. Cuba Would Play Part of Daniel to America's Goliath. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana, says that open, signed threats of war against the United States if it does not get out of Cuba, are now being made by the leaders of the Liberal party ,to whom everything has been given by the American provisional government, ex cept absolute control. The party is Insatiable and impatient over the de lay of the American withdrawal when it was promised, they would be left masters of Cuba. These leaders, the dispatch says, re sent the suggestion of the conservative classes that an American protectorate might be a surer guarantee of peace than the unklndled rule of any Cuban faction.