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VOU1MK LXI1I NO. 15
OIUA, OREGON, THURSDAY. FKHKUARY 21, 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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
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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.