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UUHI UIC AMOOI ATM, iwodT.'u . r - i.xawi ; OOVIR THE MORNINQ PIIILD ON Tell LOW! ft OOLUMVIA f . ' ' s " ,;i NO. 172. VOLUME LXIII, ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. -t 1 SENATOR BORAH Great Peroration Delivered by Idaho's Young Sena " tor Was a Most Brilliant Effort GOVERNOR'S WIDOW At Conclusion of Argument the All Who Could Reach Him Including Attorney Darrow, Haywood's Attorney.-Haywood Said; "I HAVE HEARD THE BEST IN THE SOON THE MOST FAMOUS TRIAL OF THE NORTHWEST WILL BE OVER AND THE VERDICT WILL BE WATCHED FOR BY THE RATION GREAT CROWDS GATHERED AT THE COURT IfOUSE MANY WERE STANDING ON THE LAWNS. IKMMK, July M.-Evldnc and argu ment I at u end and tomorrow moru lug the jury wilt be left to deold whether William D. Haywood partici pated In a conspiracy resulting In th aeiiiation of former Oovernor Steunenberg a U charged by the UU. Senator Drh spoke hi Ut word to night. Tomorrow Judge Wood will charge and instruct the jury which It li .expected will retire to consider their verdk-l aliout II o'clock. The crowd seeking admlMlon to the court room to night broke all record in the murder trial in Idaho. Two hundred people remained on the grounds when the dor were cloeed after the morning session had closed and before they oiewd again for the wiling eeioii all the approaches were Mocked. When finally every Inch of part In the court room was filled, "ov er I hundred tood on the lawn under the open window,, that they nilgltt catch sentence frm the lmpaioncd pleading of the young senator. Ilorah laid the foundation for lilt argument taut night. This morning he began an nalyti of the evidence but Ito con fined himself to the murder of frtteun cnberg and the comdracy. lie linked Orchard to Haywood, Haywood to Simp kin. fiimpkina to Moyer, and Moyer to Fettiboue. Then selecting only the evidence of wltncses for the defen and leaving Orclwrd'n confession out, lie wove the live and movement of the five men together. Without departing from tbe record and Incidentally clear ing up a number of altuations left omen-hut clouded, he brought these officer and member of the Western Federation together, Then lie took Or chard away from Denver nd back again to Denver, to the headquarter of the Western Federation. Thin wan done carefully and almoit monotonously. Senator Borah l'gnn by reviewing briefly the point) made hi the opening hour of lil address to the jury last night. ' He nld ho would go briefly over the trail of blood left by Hurry Or chard, taking (list the murder of ex Governor ' Steunenherg and going back over some of the most important inci dents developed In the testimony. "I hardly need to tell you sensible men," declared the pleader, "that Pink erton detectives had nothing to do with the assassination of Frank Steunen herg. That le one of the most absurd of the mnny absurd things brought in to this case by the learned counsel for fhs defense." Senator Borah said he was ready to admit that Haywood was shrewd, keen and possessed of brains. "Of course, he lias brains," he exclaimed: "He had brains enough to start a defeme of the Western Federation of Miners the min ute he learned that Orchard, the hired lumbermen will fight proposed Advance TAOOMA, July 20.-Western Wash ington lumbermen have pledged $100, 000 to fight the proposed advance in railroad rates on lumber which is an nounced to go into effect October I. CONCLUDES r ? YACATES COURT ROOM Senator Was Congratulated by COUNTRY BORAH BEATS ALL' asMhsin, had fallen into ft trap. "Did the rinkerloua send anybody to defend Orchard! Did th mine owners! No, it wa the Western Federation of Mine re. Answering at great length th theory of the defense that attempt on the life of Fred Bradley at pan trancisco were accident and not the deelgn of Or chard, Senator Borah pointed out thai Hie latter moved directly from Denver to n mrtciseo. He traced the move ments of Orchard in Sso Francisco and ridiculed the theory of g explosion. "And," cried Senator Borah, "when On-hard got ready to leave San Fran Cisco, where doc he got Back to Den ver. What fori To get hie money. The deed was done, the pay w due." Quiet before storm, then Borah's voice and manner changed. lie sprang into action. Ills voice quivered and hand upraised, lingers outstretched be shouted! ' "Watch these live men Slmpklns, Orchard, Haywood, Moyer, Petttbone Sieunenlicrg I to die in 30 days watch them we have got them together they are moving to the scene." Dramatio utterances and the tense figure of the pleader sent thrill through the court room For the space of ten second there wo silence Then relax ing Borah continued with hit merciless logic He brought Davis, Copley, Adams and Easterly, all officers or member of the Western Federation of Miners Into touch with Orchard .Without a pause ha drew picture after picture of the men, associating together at various point. From each place and freh from every crime lis brought Orchard back, "home to Denver," and then, smiling, leaned toward the jur to ftk: "Why! Why I Unless it wa to find there the protection and pay of his em ployers." AU those things denounced or sneer ed at by counsel for the defense found tfL bold and brilliant paragraph of the defense In Borah's interludes and coun sel for the dcfene were driven Into a murmur of protest, now under the lash of pointed sarcasm ami again when under the tirade of indignant reproach, culture, Christianity, law and order, home nd country found ft ready cham pion in the State of Idaho, it people and 1U chief executive, each in turn, were given a brilliant eulogy. Under it all, Itoiywood himself Was perhaps the one marl In the room who showed least emotion' ' - ' ," ' 5 At times hit face flushed and more than once he puled under the attack as Borah, reselling the climax of the conspiracy, pointed an aocusing finger at the' man who he said "Was the crim inal force behind the Western Federa tion of Miners." (Continued on page 8) The decision to fight was arrived at dur ing the meeting of the Paoiflo Coast Lunvber MftnufactjuittrV Association which, begun here today, ' ' t fY. L Some big Institutions will put a cheap man in a position of trust and then sre astonished when he elope with a bunch of money. It tin van, the New York bank teller who stole $!G.OOO, will receive tbe full limit of the law, Xews Item. Mayor Taylor Appoints New Board Yesterday. TWO ARE OLD MEMBERS Members Are All Well Known In San FrancUo 0. A. Treitmoe and J. I. Weil Were Members of Old Board Were Not Involved in Graft Charges SAN' FRAXC1SCO, July 26-Mayor Taylor today appointed the new board of supervixors as follows i A. D. Adona, physician; Joseph A. Booth, editorj 11. U. Brandenstein, at torney) tiustav Breuner, retired mer chant; George 11. Center, real estate dealer; A. Compte, Jr., attorney; M. I. Sullivan, attorney; Bernard Ratvmon- vill. Insurance man; Thomas Magee, real estate dealer; D. E. J. Molera, pres ident Academy of Sciences; Lipman Sacks, merchant; C. W. Stafford, mer chant; Cileries A. Murdock, printer; D. D. Murphy, attorney; Henry !Payot, merchant; Loring P. Bixford, architect; 0. A. Tveitmoe and J. I. O'Neill. The lat two are members of the old board and are not involved in the charges of grafl RACE ABANDONED. Owing to Refusal to Furnish Troops to Guard the Course. NEW YORK, July 20-Refual on the part of Governor Hughes to provide troops to police the course over which it had been planned for many months to run the automobile race for the Van derbilt cup, has resulted in the aban donment of the race by the American Automobile Association, under whose auspices the event was to have been given. ' The announcement that the race lrad been declared offame this morning in the way of cable advice received from Jefferson de Mont Thompson, chairman of the racing board of the association. The message wus sent after a confer ence betwocn Thompson and W. K. Vanderbilt Jr., the donor" of the cup, and it has since been learned that the exe cutive's refusal to furnish the necessary militia to guard the course is the rea son for not holding the race this year. The keenest disappointment! is ex pressed among the members of the au tomobile fraternity, both in this and other states and on the other side of the water over the announcement. Thousands of dollars have been useless ly expended by manufacturers and priv ate parties In building machines for the contest. On both sides of the Atlantic auto enthusiasts are downhearted as the greatest anticipations had been built around the event which would have been the most suooessful from all points of view ever run in this country. No reason has been assigned for Gov- r M il A S3 -t' -Li ri , " 1 II A f 5.- ,i GONE TO THE JURY Trial of Lewis Glass for Bribery Ended. HENEY MADE GREAT CLOSE Judge Lawlor Instructed Jury That if rrosecution Did Not Prove Defend ant Party to Conspiracy and Giving Bribe Verdict Must Be Not Guilty. SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-The case of Louis Glass, first vice-president and general manager of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company, charg ed with the crime of bribing Supervisor Boxton in the sum of $5000 to vote against an ordinance granting the Home Telephone Company, a rival franchise in San Francisco, went to the jury this evening, after 14 days' actual trial and a day and half of arguments by As sist nt District Attorney Hcney for the people and T. C. Coogan and D. M. Del mas for the defense. Tbe reading of Judge Lawler's charge to the jury con sumed one hour At its conclusion the court room was cleared, the jury given into the charge of two deputy sheriffs and by them conveyed in a tallyho to the Fairmont Hotel The entire morning session from 10 o'clock until a few minutes past 12 was'occupied by Del mas in his closing argument fop the defense Hcney, in the judgment of ob servers, exceeded his powerful effort in the closing argument in the Schmits case Judgtt Lawlor instructed the jury that it was not necessary that there be direct evidence of n expressed agree ment of conspiracy It is competent to nrove that defendant was a party to a conspiracy by circumstantial as well as direct evidence He said that the prose cution must prove the bribing of Box ton and the connection of defendant with giving the bribe, and if the prose cution fails to prove that connection the verdict must be "not guilty" DERRICK AND DILLON IN FIGHT. Game Forfeited in Ninth When Score Stood s to 5- v PORTLAND, July 2B.-Portland 5, Los Angeles 5. The game was forfeited in the ninth inning when the score stood 5 to 6 by Umpire Derrick after fist fight which occurred between him and Captain Dillon of Los Angeles at the conclusion of which Dillon was given one minute to leave the field and did not do so. A NEW LOAN. BUENOS AYRES, July 28-A munici pal loan of 40,(1)0,000 pesos gold Is about to be issued. ernor Hughes refusal to provide troops to police the course and he refuses to give any himself. v ax m i y a. i 'HUM tf,p;wv !E OF THE Published List of Survivors Rot Absolutely. Correct Some Names do Not Appear. STEAMER SAN PEDRO According to Statement by Oiler Did Not Explode.-Three Men While They Opened SEVERAL STATEMENTS MADE DURING INVESTIGATION YESTERDAY CAPTAIN HANSEN OP THE SAN PEDRO DENIED THE TRUTH OF THE STATEMENT OF THIRD OFFICER HAWSE THAT HE HAD ACTED BRUTALLY Bf REFUSING TO TAKE ON SURVIVORS FROM THE COLUMBIA. Little additional news is being re ceived regarding the loss of the Colum lua other than statements of . passen gers and member of crews, which grad ually are coming in. The investigation now being held at San Francisco will no doubt fix the responsibility for the disaster and con siderable interest is being taken in the result as it is expected that many facts will come out that have not yet ap peared. The question of salvage on tbe Sen Pedro will cause some interest as on one bsnd it is claimed that the San Pedro was abandoned when the crew of that vessel left, her to go aboard the Mder. The captain of the San Pedro, however, denies that he had any thought of abandoning his vesseL. The question as to whether tbe boilers ex ploded before the vessel sank has ap parently been settled by the statement of one of the oilers wherein he states' that three men lost thir lives in tak ing precaution against the exploding of the boilers. Developments show that the passen ger list of the Columbia and the lit of survivors is not absolutelv correct. ,Ira G. Lee, of Lincoln, Neb, one of the survivors, does not appear in either list He arrived at the dock as the Columbia was about to sail from San Francisco, and took the reservation which Joseph Leroy, of Denver, Colo., had mode and canceled. Lee's name was listed among the survivors as Leroy. Mrs. A. Graham, of Cottage Grove, was a passenger on the Columbia. She had a reservation accredited to Mrs. (ray, through some mistake. Mrs. Gray U among the missing. Mr. Graham is now in Portland endeavoring to find some trace of his wife. San Pedro At Eureka. EUREKA, July- 20. The steamer San Pedro lies near the Holmes Eureka Lumber mill, southward of the Ben dixen shipyards. She is completely waterlogged, her cutwater is badly bat tered, her mainmast broken in two, and her forward seams all open In the bow on one side ig lodged a piece of the Columbia's sheeting, two feet long and and six inches wide also a number of smaller pieces. The vessel is in control of men placed there by orders from C. P. Doe of the North Pacific Steamship Com pany. It would appear that the com pany claims the ship. Captain Hansen of the San Pedro consulted with Mohan & Mahan, the attorneys for the Metropolitan Lumber Company, to which the San Pedro be longed, and it is probable that an at tempt will be made to get possession of het General Manager Atkinson of the Metropolitan Company interviewed C. A STRONG NAVAL CONVENTION EXISTS PARIS, July 26. Intransigeant de- clares today that there exists a naval convention, between France, Great Bnt- ain and Spain. Under the terms of the agreement, LATE DISASTER IS V LYING AT EUREKA on the Columbia the Boilers Stayed Below and Drowned Valves of Boilers. BY SURVIVORS OF COLUMBIA j P. Doe, and was told by the latter that be would look into tbe matter further. Attorneys Mahan 1 Mahan have taken sworn statements from Captain Hansen of the San Pedro and First Mate Hen dricksen, and every effort will be made for a settlement Atkinson stated that in hi opinion th Xorthern Pacific Steamship Com pany had no right to the Saa Pedro. He said that any reasonable claim for towing would be paid immediately upon its presentation to the Metropolitan Lumber Company. After the Wreck V After the first horror of the Colum bia wreck passed, survivors recalled numerous incidents throwing sidelights on human nature. Men who did not have on a stitch of clothing, nor even ft life-preserver, ran around the Columbi before she sank, holding grimly to their eyeglasses. All the passengers did not leave the Columbia penniless. A woman from Spokane, school teacher, had her money in a hek around her wait A Portland girl saved $10 which she had sewed in a jacket she wore. There was a large fat man, who carried ft fortune with him, and saved it This man wa in the water with a lifepreserver, and seeing another man in a boat cried: "I have $10,000 in greenbacks around my waist, and if you will let me have your place in the boat I'll divide it with, you." The man in the boat helped the fat man in and then got out himself. The fat man has not offered since to settle; In one of the boats, when all in it were' feeling blue, one of the women struck up a popular song. When she came to the chorus several joined in and song after song was sung until th water-soaked survivors were in cheer ful spirits. i Even after they were safe on the San Pedro there were two men who stood by the rail and yelled with fear. They were not quieted for an hour. Another man collapsed by the rail and would have gone overboard but for another survivor picking him up and throwing him down a companion war. More than one person went back after watch, and the number of watches which 'were saved shows how dear the average person holds a timepiece. An Eastern woman passenger went back to her room and saved her watch, money and ticket. What made a young aur vivor most angry was seeing his expen sive camera knocked out of his berth and smashed. The ever-present kodak fiend was present and a passenger on the George' W. Elder began snapping pictures as the steamer came up to the San Pedro. A (Continued on Page 8) either country may, in case of war, 'make use of the porta of the other country, sucti an agreement wm at- tract keen attention of other nations.