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tortim. UBLIHI FULL AMOOUTID Pftlt APOT UOVIftt THK MORNINtt FIBLD ON THB LOW Eh OOLUMBIAi.1 VOU1MK LXI1I NO. 15 OIUA, OREGON, THURSDAY. FKHKUARY 21, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS -ir -1 BILL PASSES THE SENATE Tori of Columbia Measusrc Through Legislature. WAS CAME OF POLITICS The Multnomah Men Blocked all Measures Before the Upper House. CLATSOP WILL USE COURTS Will Bring Measure Before Civil Tri bunals if Govirnor Chamberlain Re fuses to Veto Portland Plays Gams of Bluff. rlAt.KM. ur Fib. 20. The Tort of Columbia bill punned tho Keniito thl morning by a vote of ;S to 2, Hchofleld and C'nlJwell voting uiciilnnt It. Tho Mil In now on lu wuy to th (iovernor, hunt night Multnoinith turned tho tulili n mid forced nil her oiponi)iita to put the port of Columbia bill through thn Senate thin morning. Thn opposl Hon hud to come to Multnomah's terms, for the Multuomiili delegation In tho House spiked the wheels of Irglnhitlon, thrnuKh Coffey and Ilrlnroll, ulded by Hpe.iker Mavey and the Miirlon dele Kiitloii, no that nothing could puni If deluyli.g It would bring thu recalcitrant Hwiiitr to term. The monient It became known that Multnomah wanted the port of Colum bin, every scheme needing support wan lined ii n a club over the Multnomah pro pie with the threat that uulenn they (nine through with their mil Id vote, thn Port of Columbia bill would ho de feated In the Senate. Then came thn change, and nuddenly, Iho (ip""tn of the bill, Senator Scho Held excepted, learned that tho Port of Columbia wan not no vltnl that tho Multn iiniih Henatorn nhould go on beg ging right and left for help. When It wan illncovere.) that tho Importance of the Port of Columbia wan nuhnlding, thn club over tho delegation fadcJ to nothing and tho opponltlon born mo nor vun. An noon an pnnHlblo Hart met Hod Hon, lleacli and Halley and offered to nwlng for the Port of Columbia bill all the voteM ho could that Rlippofted his ii'iiiipolntment inennurc. Thin wan practically the Ilalm-n crowd, iih In the! original organization tight, In return for thin nupport Mart wanted tho Hen ntofn to Hee the Multnomah Hmwo .b'lo Katlon ami pawn the roappolntnicnt bill. Thin nnaHure wiih In the hatidn of an unfriendly comiultlce, and had the Marlon County delegation ngaliiHt It. Hart wanted hlH bill panned, for It Ih fraiind to "take care of" one or two Henaiorn, nnl with the mennuro hang l.ig iliv In the limine they wore becom ing ncared. He offered to line up bis Senatorial friends for the Port of Col umbia .providing thu reappointment bll' wan taken up by tho Multnomah crowd In tho Ilouno and piiHRod. The Portland Senators could not nee tho giimo that way. They did not be llevo In delivering their voten first nnJ Informed Hart that If he wanted his Toappoiltlonmont bill to pasa the House, ho would first have to pass the Tort of Columbia In the Sonato. This, tequlred considerable negotiating, and In the meantime the Multnomah Sen ators fixed matters with the House delegation and the Representatives from Marlon. As a result of Hart's canvass among his frlendH, he agreed to deliver his votes for the Port of Columbia first. The Multnomah delegation next de cided to bring Senator Whealdom to tflme. His pet measure was the appro- print Ion fur I lin extension a port HgO rrillll. It hllll llllNNlt, tno Senate with liii) Multnomah support, but, nn explained, vviii-iililon did not stand with thin crowd when they wanted quirk fiction mi tM, I'lirt i,f Columbia, Thu 1 1 dum. delegation promptly tabled the portage ron.l iipproprlutlon last night, nnd It did nut take Whcaldon long l() wake lip, Having attended to Whciildon ,the delegation eourltluVd to show ltlligham und llooln it few trick". liliighnni In oKpoilHlJy Interested In tli approprl ntl'iii for Kugoiie, iitid with thu Mult nomah vote n curried thi npprnprl utli it over thu veto of thu Governor, Thu ilelrgiiilon next arranged to have ilm votn , r'CoiiH(ir''d by which the mlvernlty iippKiiulutli.il wan carried over th veto. .Hid thin liiformatl.m w,m not Ion in teaching Represent itlv,. Kiiinii and Senator niuKhfim. Thu Antorln li'lihv before leaving for hniiirt thin iiftcr noun, mild they would try to defeat flu. IV.rt of I'nliimhlii bill In the conn. PRINCIPALS LACK INTEREST. Proposed Match Between Corbett and Britt. HAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. Judtr liiK from the m k of Intercut displayed by the principals last night, thu pro poned mutch between Vouiik Corbett mid Jimmy Rrltt, linn not an yet rem bed tin? stage where It can be con sidered n nerl'un problem. Charlo Kohl, tho Reno promoter, waited two bourn yesterday afternoon for a con f-'rewn with Coffroth and Harry Pol l'"'k. When tn two failed to put In nn np pcarancii, Kohl hurrlnd way, stating that ho had nn Important bunlnenn proposition awaiting him In NVvnda. lle Instructed Pollock, however, to go ahead with negotiations. Thn Intter'n real authority, however. In limited anJ nothing may rotno of thn proportion. When Kohl wan with CofTroth Satur day night, he made mention of a purne mating that bo wanted to handle th tight on a percentage bnnls. Hefore bin departure yenterdny, ho nnld that he would bo willing to glvo $10,000 for tho light, but that CofTroth demanded liT.r.oo. Pollock will remain here for several dnyn nnd ponnlbly longer, If ho think there In any pnnnlbllilty of Inducing CofTroth to accept the $10,000 nfTer on behalf of Hrltt. Inasmuch an Corbett In on tho ground, and doubtless thy of canli, he would Jump at $10,000. Per bnpn Ilrltt will take the same view of tho situation, although It Is a long way from the hot air offer that was made by M. Hlley with a roll of ntage money to back him up. Kohl wants th tight to take place In Reno, March ISth, If It can be arranged. Tim Callahan took tho train with Konl for Reno, where ho will assist Corbett In bin training. The Denver boy has been decidedly shy on spar ring partners and an Callahnn tins lit tle doing, he gladly accepted tho chance It Is nulte possible that ho will return to the Kast from Reno, In tho event of nothing doing for him on toe Coast. DISCOURAGED STANDARD OIL. Bailey Avers That h- Warned Trust Against Entering Texas. AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 20. "I gave them a written opinion In which I ma ted that If they nttempted to do busi ness In this state they would be put In tho penitentiary and their propertf ab sorbed In fines and penalties." This Is the answer which Senator Halley says he gave the Standard Oil officials when' they asked him about their chances for re-entering Texas. Ralley made this statement today be fore tho legislative Investigating com mittee In explaining his relations with the Standard and the Waters-Fierce Oil Companies. Tho request for thej opinion came, said Bailey, immediate ly aftor the Beaumont oil boom. Other portions of Bailey's story be fore the committee had to do with his deals with John H. Klrby, the Texas millionaire lumberman; S. G. Bane, president of the Seabord National Bank of New York; Henry Clay Pierce, presi dent of the board of directors of the Waters-Pierce Oil C6; B. F. Yoakum and other financiers. T STILL k Motion to Expcll Morman Leader Defeated. VOTE IS OVERWHELMING Vote is Forty-Two to Twenty Eight Against the Measure. MUCH INTEREST IS EXHIBITED Snnator Smoot Retires to Cloak Room While Vote is Being Taken Receives Many Compliments on Bearing Dur ing Fight WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Senator Kmoot retains his seat in the United Ktates Senate. Thin was decided to day by a vote of 42 to 28, ending the long content. Eighteen senators were paired, making the actual standing on the resolution 61 for and 37 agalnnt Kenator Smoot did not vote, and Sen ator Wetmore wan absent and not pair ed. The Smoot resolution was called up noon after the Senate convened. Every neat In the galleries was filled, and during the actual voting standing room on tho floor of tho senate was crowded by members of the House and employes of the Senate. Seldom has there been proceedings affecting the standing of a Senator that have attracted such marked attention. In the audience were representatives of a number of prominent women s organizations which have been active In circulating and having presented petitions of remon stranco against Smoot. These women secured nmny thou sands of signatures to their petitions. There have been numerous speeches made for and against Senator Smoot since the resolution to unseat him was reported from tho committee on privi leges and elections, Just prior to the ad journment of Congress last year. To day Sonntors Dubois, Hansborough, Bacon and Burrows, the latter chair man on committee, spoke against Smoot, while Senators BeveriJgo, Dol- llver and Foraker spoke for him. When the voting began, Smoot re tired to the Republican cloak room to await the result. Senator Hopkins of fered an amendment to the committee resolution and It was adopted. Under this a two-thirds vote would have been necessary to cany the resolution, which declared Smoot is not entitled to his Rent. Senator Gnrmnck then of fered ns a substitute for tho amend ed resolution a simple resolution de claring that Senator Smoot should be "expelled." The effect of this would be to displace the committee resolution if adopted, and it was defeated. Tnen came the vote on the committee reso lution as nmended, which was as fol lows: "Resolved; two thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, that Reed Smoot is not entitled to his sent ns Senator of the United States from tho state of Utah." Although It was foregone conclusion that tho resolution would fail and that the end of the long fight against the Utah Senator was near, the roll call contained some surprises. Of 42 votes in favor of Smoot, three were cast by Democrats. They were Blackburn, Clark, of Montana, and Daniel. Toller was paired In favor of Smoot. At the conclusion of the voting there was a rush of Senators to the cloak room to congratulate Smoot. A large number of members of the House fol lowed, and there the senior Utah Sen- Sill SENATOR iitor wan pntte 1 on tho back and hanil bin hands nlmkeri In a hearty fashion by men who expressed their admiration of hi bearing In the long find trying ordeal through which ho had panned. On the door of the Senate and In the galleries It wan many mlnutcn before order could be restored. WORK OF CONCRE88, H w the Mass of National Legislation is Piled Up. WASHINGTON. February 20. There aie several measures that some members of Congress believe to be of great importance, which will not be enacted Into law by the 49th Congress. It Is the usual thing at the beginning of a snort newsier! of Coi.greVn to say J that there Is time for nothing but the appropriation bills, and It almost inva riably turns out that that is all that in accomplished unless tho leaders re ally want something done. In the present case tho President and some of bis particular friends have wanted certain things done, but the control ling factors In the two Houses have been opposed, and the Congression al leaders won out. Many long campaign speeches have been made on various appropriations bills and M protest have k -" from potential Republican leaders. Up to a certain point they were willing that time should be consumed in this way; It Is as good as anything else to prevent clamorous demands for legls lation the leaders did not want Though the appropriation bills are now far behind and there remains only two weeks for actual work, all the supply bills will get through In ample time; but nothing else will. MARRIED AMERICAN CIRL. Leader of Attempted Revolution Venezuela Divorced for Cruelty CHICAGO.Feb. :'0. General Antonia Parades, who, according to dispatches, has been executed In Venezuela for fo mooting a revolution, was the divorced husband of Miss Florence Hutchison daughter of the late John Hutchison, a Chicago lawyer and for years In the consular sendee, prior to which time he was governor of Dakota, Miss Hutchinson, to whom the court gave the right to assume he maiden name, was divorced from General Parades February 9 on the ground of cruelty, He was 40 years old and came of a wealthy and prominent Mexican fam lly, owning extensive mining Interests and ranches. He was educated in u rope, where he received a military training. Miss Hutchinson declared last night that she knew nothing of Parades' Venezuelan venture beyond what she read In the newspapers, She was married to Parades September 1, Inst, having met him in New York, and the couple separated six weeks later. PASS POSTAL BILL. Increased Pay Provisions Restored to ..Post Office Appropriations. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The Post flee Appropriation bill, the largest ever reported by the Committee on post of fices nnd post roads, passed the House today. All provisions In relation to in creased pay, affecting 90 percent of the postal employes, which , yesterday was stricken out on points of order were today restored to the bill. This was accomplished by a rule presented by the committee on rules after the bill had been reported to the House by the Committee of the whole. Points of order were a feature of the day, the battle over provisions to the bill being continuous throughout the session. HEAVY WHEAT EXPORT. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. There is now setting In a heavy export movement from the United States, due princi pally to the failure of the crops and the famine in Russia, which is normal ly a grain exporting country. Last week there was bought for export to Europe 2,0(00,000 bushels of wheat. That figure will be exceeded in the cur rent week. Most of the wheat being taken for export Is to be sent to Ham burg, there to be trans-shipped for Russian ports. PROSECUTION SPARES NOT Searches Deeply Into Life of Thaw's Wife. HER MEMORY FAILS Declares She Cannot Remember About Money Paid By White. JEROME MAKES SHARP RETORT Rebukes Attorney For Answering Ques tion Put to Witness Mrs. Thaw Will Probably Be Kept on the Witness In definitely. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. In continu Ing his cross examination of Mrs. Ere lyn Thaw today at the trial of her hus band, Dlstrlca Attorney Jerome brought out the fact that In 1902 Stanford White deposited the sum of $1350 with the New York Trust Company with in structions that It should be paid Eve lyn Nesblt at the rate of $25 per week. Mrs. Thaw frankly admitted receiving a number of checks from the Trust Company but she did not admit there was a provision that she should receive the money only when out of his em ployment The prosecutor spent nearly the en tire afternoon in trying to make Mrs. Thaw admit that this was true, but as often and in as many ways as he put the question to her, she gave one ans wer: "I don't remember." Mrs. Thaw's Inability to remember a number of oth er things about which Jerome ques tloned her was by far the most mater lal element in the cross examination, The District Attorney delved into her past life with familiarity as to the de tails and a store of general knowledge which at times seemed to amaze all who heard, not excepting the defen dant's counsel themselves. Jerome Indicated early In hU ques tioning that he had no disposition to spare Mrs. Thaw's feelings in any way, He interrogated her most pointedly to day as to her men acquaintances of the past. He laid special stress upon her acquaintance with James A. Gar land, who figured for the first time in the case. Mrs. Thaw said she knew Garland before she met White. "Were you not co-respondent in the Marland divorce case?" asked Jerome. Delmas quickly objected and Jerome quickly withdrew the question. Je rome questioned the witness about her manner of posing for artists and brought from her a denial that she had ever posed in the nude. Jerome during the morning session plied the young woman with questions ns to what disposition she had made of the letters written to her by Stanford White. Some, she said, had been destroyed and some she had given to her husband When the District Attorney was pres sing for answer to what had become of some of the letters, Thaw leaned far over and whispered to his counsel in voice audible to those nearest him that Stanford Wnite had stolen them. Attorney O' Rellly thereupon said; 'Stanford White got them." "If the counsel desires to testify we will be very glad to have him do It." Jerome remarked sarcastically. He apparently intends to take every- advantage of the ruling ot yesterday which allows him a wide latitude In testing the creditabillty of the wit ness. Delmas, contrary to expectations, in terposed few objections. He is eviden tly preparing, however, for an exten- ded re-direct examination and this, to gether with Jerome's cross examina tion on re-direct, promises to keep the prisoner' wife on the witness stand for an Indefinite period. GREW80ME METHOD. Plan Used by Korean Students to Se cure Aid is Uiusural. VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 20. The steamer Hyades, which arrived today, brought new? from Toklo of an unique method adopted by a large number ot Korean students In the Japanese capi tal to call attention to their destitu tion. Twenty-one of them cut off a finger Japanese capital to call attention to and the fingers were forwarded with a petition to the Korean government for means of subsistence. The students were sent to Japan by the Ilchlnooi, a political society now In disgrace. When the petition and accompanying fingers were received at Seoul the Korean em peror Immediately sent a fund for re lief of the students. The Japanese criminal code in effect by the present diet Among changes since 1886 Is being thoroughly amended made are a penalty of three years' im prisonment or fine of $0 Is prolded against spreading false reports or oth erwise seeking to Injure anyone's busi ness or credit through newspapers. Changes are also made with regard to insane and weak minded persons, the former being considered irresponsible the latter as entitled to Judicial juris deratlon. Some new provisions are Introduced with, regard to crimes against the prince imperial or his kin, and with regard to acting menacingly or insultingly against any foreign rep resentative or visiting officials In Jap an, and penalties are also enacted for injuring the national flag or emblem of any country with intent to Insult that country. . News from Vladlvostock says that China's greatest viceroy, Yuan Shlh Kai, head of the movement for reform In China, is losing power and reac tionary leaders are gaining control They have succeeded in getting direct control of the foreign-drilled army of North China transferred from Yuan to the court His great rival Chang Chlh Tung, has become the leader of the conservatives, and the reform party has received not only a severe setback but the loss of the army. Yuan has addressed a memorial to the throne asking that a reform be carrleJ out while Chang has sent a counter memo rial that any change would Imperil the peace of the empire. STRANGE SHOOTING STORY. Man Whom Policeman Shot had Just Committed Suicide. OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 20. Waile Chief of Police Vollmer, of Berkeley, was under the Impression that it was a bullet from his pistol that had ended the life of Charles H. Moller when he arrested nlm last night for shooting Hans Jenson in Alameda last Satur day night, an examination of the wound at the morgue shows that Mol ler had fired the shot himself with su icidal intent. The indications were that the weapon pad been held close to the head, while Chief Vollmer was sixty feet away when he fired upon him. The other shot fired by Vollmer took effect on Moller's left leg, break ing It close to the ankle. WILL REBUILD KINGSTON. Now Known That Eleven Hundred Per sons Perished by Earthquake. KINGSTON, Ja., Feb. 20 A mass meeting of citizens held Monday night condemned Governor Swettenham for refusing monetary assistance coming here. The meeting adopted petitions to Parliament for a grant of $750,000 and a loan of $5,000,000 to aid in the rebuilding of the city. Plans are now on foot for rebuilding a vastly Improved Kingston. All prin cipal thoroughfares will be widened and little Port Royal Street, that near est the harbor front, will be abolished. Dead bodies are still being recovered from the ruins and while the actual number of killed will never be known, the total cannot fall short of 1100.