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tie Stetatrtett UBLItHIS PULL AttOOIATtO PMM RIPOrlT OOVKRS THK MORNINtt fllLO ON TrfK LOWCft OOLUMM.l VOLUME LXJI1 NO. 44 t , VIJOIUA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBKUARY 20, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS ADJOURNS SATURDAY Both Houses Will End Ses slon On That Day. 'VARSITY GETS FUNDS Big Appropriation Passed Over Veto of Governor Cham berlain. BANKING MEASURE PASSED Law Muoh Changed from Bill Intro duce! by Bank, But I Baliaved to b. Good Foundation for Fu ture Legislation. 8ALKM, Or., Feb. 19. noth houses will adjourn Saturday, at noon. At 2: IS this afternoon tho House pna'd the University of Oregon ap propriation bill despite thj governor's veto. Thn V'l" waa 44 ayes and 12 noi. Tho bill carrloa a 1135.000 an- nuiil appropriation for the school. Tho Henato thin afternoon pasaud tho Tnlvpralty of Oregon appropria tion over the governor's veto by 22 ayo. Tho Sonata passed lh Multnomah auditor's salary bill over tho veto of tho governor by three ayea, HA I. KM, Ore.. Feb. 19 While gen erally protesting that the banking; bill wiu not nil It should bo for the pro tection of the deposit and tho ad vancement of tho banking Interests, the Senate adopted tho much-amended mcasuro after two hours of talkfoat. Tho linn-op on tho measure waa sharply drawn and tho controversy heated to nt oxtrcmo. Aa It tuiHHcd tho Hetiate tho bfll bears only a faint resemblance to the first bill drafted, tho one on which a apo dal committee of bnnkort worked for nearly a year. Notwithstanding tho opposition to the bill, It waa concedod on tho final vote that thla moaauro la but the be ginning of bunk legislation, and thut. iih Senator Booth predicted, it la to bo tho nucleus of stronger, bolter und more carefully prepared statutos along tho lino of governing nnonee. It waa on auch an understanding an this tnut tho Sonnto enacted the moaauro In tho hint hour (luring which tho Senate hud the power to send It measures acres Mho hull to the Houho for ac tion. President Haines, In one of tho long cat apoochca of the session fought for the bill with BUCC088. ' Under proHout eottdltlons, he de clared, anyone ran rent a shuck, hung out a sign und do n bunking buHlnoHg. doing Into the history of tho bill, President Balnea said that two pri vate bunkers und one national bank er drafted the original bill, which wua submitted to the State Bankers' As sociation and approved. More than J 00 delegates wero present at the tlmo and favored tho bill. There was no opposition to It until It was Intro duced In the Somite, when several "bankers asked him to withdraw it or lot H dlo. They suld they did not want a banking law. Requests had been made to defer action and amend ments were piled on to It to defeat Us passage. The object was to kill the bill. "If you defeat It," exclaimed the prosldont, "the papors and the people will take Jt up and those who- vote to kill It will get what they deserve. Don't pretend to defend a bill and amend It to death. Every amendment makes It easier for the bankers. They an loan al lthe capital and surplu. No legitimate I" 4 wiposo th bill, but th to defeat It, - -icrmlncd effort After it few more amendment had been made tho bill wa enartod, al inougli Hetmtor Whealaori Mlgned aa ho declared that tho only safeguard It has for depositor l thut It make. It it ClIlilO for cashier to nci-eftl do. posit when ho know hi bank I In solvent. Menu tor Ilooth construed the bill a exceedingly liberal and ton tended thut uny hunk which shies at It need lonklng after, since It does no rc'julro u statement from tho bank fr fifteen months after Ita adoption .and any bank willed, would bo af fected by stii'h a incaHurv Is too shaky to be hhlelded. CHEC K INCREASE. Red Tap Provant, Pottal Empby,, From Getting Larger Salaries WASHINGTON, Fob. 19. After punning a numlier of hills under uian inious conHetit toiiuy, tno House re- suinpil Ita conHlderatlou of the Pout oltleo Appropriation bill. During the general debate, which terminated ut 4 o'clock, shortly after the reading of the poHtofflco budget waa bun, Ma tin of Arkanwts made a point of or der against tho paragraph increasing tho pay of clerk of first and second claa post, itnen uiiil carrier In tho city delivery service. A spirited dispute ensued between Macon and FlUgarak of -New York, wherein tho latter gave ten ho ho would sou tnat a point of order was not mado agatnat tho sec tion providing for an Increase of pay for rural carrier. Macon refused to abandon his position and the chair sustained tho points of order. HERMAN TRIAL DELAYED. Illnet Neeaatitatet Salaotlon of Naw Juror. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Further delay In the Hurmann case occurred today through tho lllnenn of a member of the Jury. A new panel of tales men was brought In and a new Jur or nelected. This necessitated the re instatement of the case by counsel for the government and defense, which was dono at length. Witnesses Recder and Hlttenhouse, who were sten ogruphors at various times for Her tnann, have unearthed th original stenographic note hooks and are tran scribing a large number of letters al leged to have been written by Herman not appearing In the land office rec ords and presumably destroyed on 'nls order. The defense will objoct to the Introduction of this testimony. DECISION NOT REACHED. Matter of Contract for Digging Panama Canal Yat Undecided. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. President Roosevelt told a number of contractors associated with W. J. Oliver In his bid for the construction of tho Panama canal that a decision In tho matter would not bo reached before March 1. What probably will bo n final confer enee preliminary to decision was held today with a number of contractors associated with Oliver. Secretary Taft said no conclusion had boon reached today. DESPAIR OF SCHOONER. Rita Newman Not Found After Pro longed Search Along Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. A sys tematic search has beon mado along tho northern coast for the missing schooner Rita Newman, but without result. Tho revenue cutter Thetis re turned to port today aftor after having searched along tho coast as far as Capo Blanco, but upon return hud no word of tho missing schooner which left Bundion, Oregon, January 24 for this port. It Is believed sho was car ried far to the northward and haa been lost with all on board. She car ried a crew of six men. MEETS PAINFUL DEATH. TACOMA, Feb. 19. Estell Lavan way, aged 17, died early this morn ing from burn's received last evening at her homo In Puyallup. She was 111 and sitting by a stove. Her clothing caught Are as she slept. EVELYN THAW ON TRIAL Resumes Witness Chair for Cross Examination. QUESTIONS SEARCHING Jerome Has Opened Way for Tes timony Discrediting Her Story. MAKES MYSTERIOUS HINTS III Feeling 8em to Exiat Between Delmas nd Proaeeuting Attorney and Latter Insinuates Former Hi Broken Confidence. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Evelyn Nes blt Thaw today entered on the orJeal of her cross examination and before District Attorney Jeromo had the wit ness In charge half an hour, he had secured from the court a ruling which apparently opons the way for bring Ing Into the trial of harry Thaw all manner of testimony which may tend to discredit the defendant' wlfo. Here tofore It had been held that the rule of evidence protected young Mrs. Thaw, and that regardless of whether her story was true or false, the fact that she had told It to her husband was tho only essential point Mrs. Thaw had been allowed to repeat the story so the Jury might Judge as to Its ef feet In unbalancing the mind of the man on trial for the murder of Stan ford White. Jeromo by a simple ques tion opened the way for the introduc tion of testimony tending to show the truth or falsity of Mrs. Thaw's story. Ho asked the witness: "Was the story you told Mr. Thaw true?" "It was," she replied, firmly. Delmas objected strongly to the question, but Justice Fitzgerald held It competent, as tending to show the credibility of the witness. Whether Jerome Intends to take advantage of tho ruling In an attempt to throw doubt on her story or whether Justice Fitzgerald Intended his ruling to cover tho whole subject of Mrs. Thaw's evi dence, tho futuro conduct of the case can alono determine. Delmas will con tlnuo to fight with constant objections the Introduction of any testimony as to any events In the young woman's life, but the subject of tho credibility of the witness Is a wide one and Jus tice Fitzgerald early today Indicated that ho will bo liberal In interpreta tion of rules. He allowed Jerome to secure from Mrs. J. J. Calne of Boston, a friend Pf Mrs. Thaw, who took the witness stand during tho morning session, many material points as to tho move mmits of Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nosblt following their return from Europe In 1904, including the publish ed Incident of their being ejected from tho Hotel Cumberland In this city, the proprietor insisting that tney should register as man and wife or leave the suites, which adjoined. In bringing out these facts, Jerome denied he was attacking Mrs. Thaw, and said he simply was testing the credibility of Mrs. Calne. The district attorney seemed reluctant to begin the cross examination of Mrs. Thaw, de siring to have the matter postponed until Thursday morning In order that ho might determine whether or not further examination of the witness is necessary on the issues involved in the case. "After I have looked further into the case I may decide to cross examine Mrs. Thaw," Mr, Jerome stated to the court, "or 1 may waive my right. When alt the testimony a to the in sanity of of this defendant Is in, If I am honestly of I he opinion that he was Insane at tho time the act was committed, I do not propose to take up foe time of the court and this jury in contending " Delmas here Interrupted, He want ed to know If tho district attorney meant If ho we.ro honestly convinced that Thaw was Insane when he shot Stanford White he would abandon the prosecution. "I promise nothing," retorted the prosecutor. A wordy conflict ensued during which Jeromb hinted at broken con fidences and of evuslon of stipulations. Ho declared he did not wish to hu miliate the witness with a cross ex aminntl'n which he might deem un necessary, "However, if 1 am forced to do so. I will." said Jerome, with something of menace In his tone. "You may proceed," replied Delmas. Mrs. Thaw moved nervously and awaited Jerome's opening questions. They had something to Jo with her fclgnlng some papers, some of which the prosecutor declared were receipts for money Mrs. Thaw had drawn from tho Mercantile Trust Company in 1902, $25 a week." Delmas protested against these statements, and noted an exception. Mrs. Thaw said she was not sure all the signatures wero her own, but they looked very much like her writing, she added. Who provid ed the money at tho Mercantile Trust Company was not developed. Mrs. Thaw's confidence grew as the cross examination went on and she waa always ready with answers. Jer ome, under plea of testing her cred ibility, was allowed to ask many per tinent questions. He wanted to know when she first heard she had been named as co-respondent In the George W. Ledercr divorce case. Delmas quickly objected. Mrs. Thaw whis pered something In his ear and the at torney withdrew his objection. "I read of It In the newspapers,' said the witness cheerily, when Jer ome repeated the question. The prosecutor sought to show that Mrs. Thaw had gone to Abraham Hummel for advice with regard to the divorce proceedings, but was halted by an objection from Delmas which the court sustained. Justice Fitzger ald said the question had nothing to do with Mrs. Thaw's story to her hus band and did not affect her credibility. Jerome brought out that Mrs. Thaw had written to Stanford White from Boulogne after Thaw proposed to her In Paris. "Did you also cable White?" he asked. The witness could not remember. The cross examination barely got Into full swing when adjournment for the day was ordered. Mrs. Thaw will resume the stand tomorrow morning and indications are that she may be kept there throughout the day. The district attorney's reluctance to sub ject Mrs. Thaw to cross examination again lent color to the rumors that Jerome contemplates moving for the appointment of a commission In lun acy to test Thaw's present state of mind. Now he has entered the cross examination, he seems determined to make it a thorough one. There were evidences during th at ternoon of 111 feeling existing between Jeromo and Delmas. The latter Intends to protect Mrs. Thaw In every possible way. He moved from his accustomed place at Thaw's counsel table to a chair within the rail where the district attorney sits and directly in front of Justice Fitzgerald. Jerome informed Delmas that it was not courtesy in New York to interrupt an attorney when he was stating an objection. Delmas was later objecting to a question put by the prosecutor when Jerome interrupted. Delmas turned and with great sarcasm re marked: "I have been told It is not court esy ' in New York to Interrupt when an objection Is being stated." Jerome sat down. BURY SLOT MACHINES. TACOMA, Feb. 19. Fifty-one slot machines valued at $6,250, captured by officials in various parts of the county, are to be taken out In the bay tomorrow and dumped In fifty fathoms of water. ' LAWLESS SOCIETY Banded Together to Shoot . Idaho Claim Jumpers. RIVALS KU KLUX KLAN Beleived to Have Been Cause of Taylor's Dis appearance. the BLOW UP CABIN OF HIS FRIEND Remarkable Story of Organized Crime Brought to Light by Trial of Stev Adams for Murder at Wallace, Idaho. WALLACE, Idaho, Feb. 19. A story of crime and conspiracy that rivals the days of the Ku Klux Klan was unfolded today In the trial of Steve Adams, when Archie Phillips, Fred Tyler's neighbor and friend, . told of the "Jumper Killers' Association,' secret society supposed to have been formed by men living in the woods along Marble Creek in the Summer of 1904. Its purpose was supposed to be the killing of later settlers who had jumped the timber claims of some of the earlier arrivals. A Swede named Engstrum, the witness said, was sup' posed to be the president of this so ciety, and Jack SImpklns, whose claims had been Jumped by Tyler, was sup posed to be one of the ringleaders, as was also Steve Adams. Pnlllips said he left the district af ter Tyler was killed. It got too hot for him and he was afraid to stay, he said. About a week after Phillips left his cabin was blown up by dynamite, destroying about $300 worth of sup piles. Asked if he thought Adams and SImpklns blew up the cabin, Phillips said no, but he believed the Jumper Killers Association employed men to do the work. Pnlllips testified that Tyler stopped at his house for supper the night be fore he disappeared. He told Phillips that he was afraid to stay in that re glon; that it was getting too hot for him, and tnat he was going to leave. Cross-examination failed to shake Phillips' testimony. , Mrs. Nellie Phillips, wife of the pre ceding witness, told of repeated see ing Adams and Simpklns on the trail near their home a few days before Tyler disappeared. She told of Tyler's last meal at their home and testified to hearing four shots fired the next morning at the time when the settler Is supposed to have been murdered. Owing to the Illness of Coroner Keys, the state asked that the court adjourn to his home at Mullan, to take his tes timony. The defense offered to take his statement given at the preliminary examination. LUMBERMEN SUFFER. Washington Lines Fail to Provide Any Cara for Shippers. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 19. Not a car of lumber has been loaded In Northwest Washington for shipment east for the past thirty days. Eighty five per cent of the mills in North west Washington are close down and It will be at least sixty days before the railways can furnish relief. Many empty cars stand on the side tracks but even these are refused for stor age purposes even. INTERNATIONAL AMENITIES. HONOLULU, Feb 19. The Japan- ese squadron arrived today. This morning Admiral Tomloka from the flagship Matsushlma, communicated his approach by means of a wireless telegraph. Rear Admiral Very replied, welcoming him. The usual courteslea were exchanged. The harbor was dec orated, American and Japanese flags Intermingling. Tae cruisers have been painted a lead color. They go from here to Australia. , REFUSE SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN. California Legislature Kills Measure Giving Tham Right to Vote. ' ' - -, i i SACRAMENTO, Feb. 19. The legist lature today placed Itself on record aa opposed to woman suffrage by killing the proposed constitutional amendment, which extended to women the right to vote at all elections. The bill failed to get the required two-thirds vote. The vote stood 19 In favor to 15 against In the Senate, eight short of the required two-thirds, and 47 to 28 in the assembly, seven votes short. WILL FLOAT LOAN. Fifty Million Dollars Will Be Placed by Pennsylvania Railroad. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. The Sun to day says: Plans are under consider ation by the Pennsylvania railroad management and bankers who usually act as seal agents for the road, for the placing of a loan which will not be In excess of $50,000,000, but very like ly wiil not fall short of that figure. A part of the loan, it Is expected, will be placed abroad and unless there is a change in the present plans, the money will not be raised under the authority to be granted by the stock holders March 12 for the Issue of $100,000,000 additional bonds. SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION. French Chamber of Deputies Express Confidence in Government. PARIS, Feb. 19. By a majority of 351 the Chamber of Deputies today not only expressed confidence in the government and authorized it to con clude negotiations for the leasing of churches to parish priests, but en dorsed with storms of applause a re markable speech by Minister of Edu cation Br land, in which the extreme left was openly rebuqed for its intol erant spirit Premier Clemenceau cut a rather sory figure. Although he Indicated Ms approval of Briand's speech, he did not mount the tribune, and the lead ership of the church question plainly has passed to his subordinate. MIKADO CONSENTS. TOKIO, Feb. 19. Government of ficials announce that the mikado has consented to limited immigration In principle, but has not consented to the amendment as passed by the American congress, the actual application of which depends upon negotiations not yet begun. OWNERS WON'T PAY. SEATTLE, Feb. 19. The Masters' and Pilots' Association has lost an im portant fight for overtime. The war which was started against the steam ship owners several weeks ago with an ultimatum that overtime for mates would have to be paid has resulted In ignominious failure. JAPANESE PRESS PACIFIC. TOKIO, Feb. 19. The tone of the leading newspapers this morning, commenting on the settlement of the San Francisco school question, Is em inently pacific. They appear to be rec onciled to the situation In view of the last clause in article second of the ex isting treaty with the United States. MORMON NOTE SURPRISES. BOISE, Feb. 19. In the House to day the Test Oath bill passed by a vote of 44 to 6. The vote Is notable In that seven Mormons voted for the measure and five against it. It cov ers all constitutional qualifications for suffrage.