The morning Astorian., November 21, 1907, Image 1

NO. 255. VOLUME LXIII.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1807
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STEVE ADAMS
OFF STAND
His Cross Examination Is
Finished.
CASE SOON WITH JURY
State's Rebuttal Not Expected to
Occupy Much Time After
Closing by Defense.
ORCHARD MAY BE WITNESS
Tat Defense to Preparing right Agalnet
tat Eatradltioa of Adust to Colorado
la Ui Ertat ol Bit Acquittal la Thia
RATHDRUM, Idaho, Nov. W.-Tbe
atatt aprung a surprise on tht defente
la tht SUva Adami cast today when it
made an attempt to bring In evidence of
other confeulons alleged to have been
mada by Adama In relation to other
crimes In which tha defendant la said
to bav been Involved with offloert oi
the Western Federttlnn of Minera. , At
tha flrat trial of Adama, at Wallace
leat February, no audi attempt we
made by the etate for tha reason that
It did not want the defense to become
familiar with evidence which might be
used in the Haywood cat. Now tha
late wanta to throw open the entire
cate.
Most of the morning waa apent In
fighting the right of the atata to bring
In other confessions than that In which
Adama Implicates hmsolf In the murder
of Fred Tyler, and the court hat taken
tha matter under advttement
Judge Wood elated this morning, be
fore he bad heard authorities preaented
by the atate that In hie opinion that
matter abould not be brought Into thia
. eaae. .,...;.
, la the event of the atate being allow
ed to ask defendant about other eon
ceaelons, It It etated that one of the
atate'i witnesses on rebuttal will aurely
be Harry Orchard. Otherwlie, the noto-
riou Hurry will not be brought here.
Attorney for the defense are making
ready to fight against the extradition to
Colorado of Adams In the event of hie
acquittal here.
There It no probability of Adami be
ing r cor res ted here on a charge of mur
dering Boule, but it it ture that in the
event of bis acquittal he will be ar
retted on the charge of murdering Col
lins At Tellurlde, and it it claimed that
a Colorado officer it already on the way
to thin atate with papers.
8. C. Thlelc, the Pinkerton detectivt.
was the first witness today. He was
asked , whether or not at the time he
went to Oregon to get M'ra Adams he
hnd Informed her that she need not
take any great supply of clothing with
her, as her husband would soon be at
liberty to -return to Oregon. The objec
tion of the state was sustained. ,
William O'Neil, a St. Joe hotel-keeper,
Identified the hotel register showing the
date of Adams' stop at 8t, Joe en route
out of the Marble Creek region.
Adams was recalled for further cross
examination. Hawley searched the de
fendant'! past life and efforts were
made to connect orlmlnal actions with
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone. Ad
ams positively denied any criminal, or
even any Intimate, relations with the
three labor leaders. Hawley questioned
the witness closely a to where he had
got money with which he had paid his
expenses In traveling over the country.
Albor being on the Witness standi
almost constantly since Tuesday morn
ing, Adami stepped down thia afternoon.
Clarence Darrow for the defense, said
that hit side would finish within half an
hour tomorrow morning. The state's
rebuttal will not take long and it is
possible tlmt argument will begin to
morrow. Tn this event the jury will
have the case by Saturday night.
FINAL TRIAL TRIP.
SAX FUANCIHCO, Nov !0. The list-
tie ship Nebraska's stay In this port
will lie shorter than was expected by
the big war vessel. Orders were receiv
ed yesterday to return to Puget Bound
The trial board will be here thia morn
ing and some time before noon the Ne
braska will mII for Bremerton, On tht
way north the Nebraska will be given
its final speed trial, which calls for full
peed for 48 hour. If the battleship
makes good In tht fact of the boister
ous weather that prevails between here
and Puget Baund at thlt time of the
year the test should satisfy all concern
ed. At Bremerton tht Nebraska will
coal and take oa ammunition tad will
retura here later, f
WAGNIK FESTIVAL,
NEW YORK, Nor. W.Ia a letter to
Charles Dalmort who it to ting Lohen
grin at Dalruth next tumrner, Fran
Coalma Wagner hat disclosed ber plant
for the coming feattval Two eyelet of
"The Ring." are to be given, betides per
formances of "Lohengrin" and "Parsi
fal." The festival will begin on July 22
and last (or about a month.
CALEB POWERS WINS
Venire of 200 From Harrison
County Discharged.
POLITICS IS CONTENTION
la the Prednctt Where tht Veniremen
Watt Summoned Thar it it an Over
whelming Predomination of Demo
crats Very Few Republicans oa Lltt
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Nov. 20.-Tbe
attorneys for Caleb Powers won today
their first substantial victory when
Special Judge Morris sustained a mo
tion to discharge the second venire. The
main contention of the defense is that
politics hat been injected Into the prev
ious trials and that this policy is being
continued In thia trial, in summoning
200 men from Harrison county and that
the defendant could not obtain justice
from a jury composed entirely of politi
cal opponents. Judge Morris, an ardent
Democrat, and appointee of Governor
Beckham, said that proof indicates that
the Democrat io majority in Harrison
county is somewhere In the neighborhood
of 1000 and the proof also indicates that
in the precincts , where the veniremen
wore summoned there Is an overwhelm
ing predomination of democrats. In look
ing over the llsta it muxt be striking
that so many democrats were summoned
and so few Republicans. He declared
that he did not want to preside at a
trial where there was any taint of oppo
sition that the defendant bad not had a
fair trial and because there might be
some ground for such a charge he was
going to discharge the venire. '
THE BANKERS
HOLD BACK
Arc Not Subscribing for
Certificafts.
ACTION IS TEMPORARY
Want Arrangement That Money
Paid Will be left on Deposit
In Local Banks.
NEGOTIATING WITH FRANCE
An Article la French Semi -Official Paper
States That France It Awakening to
Necessity of Doing All in Her Power
to Aid.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The govern
ment'! issue of $100,000,000 la treasury
certificates continues to engross the at
tention of New York bankers who ap
parently have not reached a definite de
cision as to the course they will pursue.
Subscriptions to far reached at the tub'
treasury indicates that the larger banks
are temporarily holding back their offers
of purchases. This fact has led to a
more or less definite report that the
heads of the larger institutions are de
sirous of obtaining some tort of assur
ance from Washington that the money
paid out here for the purchase of new
securities be left on deposit with local
institutions. ' The currency premium
varied between 2 1-4 and 3 per cent dur
ing the most of today's negotiations.
With the price of money ruling at these
figures it was said that the bankors
could not see their way clear to pur
chase certificates under any other ar
rangement. Money shipments from New
York to the Interior have been quite
heavy recently and the banks are anx
ious to continue this meant of assist
ance to the general situation. There has
been absolutely no organization to buy
forthcoming certificates such as has been
intimated since Monday, unless it be
the fact that several large loans were
called in today. Some of the New York
bankers are said to be holding back In
matter of subscriptions so as to induce
the small 'investor who has hoarded his
money to bring his amount from hiding.
PAR18, Nov. 20 international houses
which have been for several days trying
to Induce the Rank of Franca to tell
gold, for shipment to the United Btete
have received Indefinite answers. One
of these bankers said today that ha be
lieved that the Rank of Frnitca is hold
ing off pending the result of negotia
tions, he styt be has reason to believe
Is progressing between the two govern
ments, ' The banker expressed the opinion that
the direct transaction on the basis of
United Statee treasury notes is Impos
sible at the Bank of France can discount
only three months' paper but at the
same time the banker pointed out that
the transaction would be accomplished
indirectly by accepting bills drawn on
Parlt banks.
The sudden awakening by France to
the necessity of doing all in her power
to aid the United States to reflected In
an article by Jacques Siegfried la the
semi-official Tempt tonight. 8iegfrled
Insists that France cannot afford to
heeitate if tha opportunity offers. H
sayt that President Roosevelt baa only
to raise bis finger and European gold
would rush out in exchange for any sort
of government paper.
During every crisis, Tempt says, the
main nbject it to restore normal condi
tions, The Tempt then poinU out what
It regards at the fault of the American
financial system of insisting on the
necessity for the establishment of a
central government bank oa the model
of French, German and English banks.
MASK TWAIN HOST.
Distinguished People Witness Perform
ance of "Prince and Pauper."
XEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Mark Twain
led several hundred of his literary and
society friends to the East Side but
night, where at the Children's Educa
tional Theater, Uiey witnessed a praise
worthy performance of "The Prince and
the Pauper," a dramatisation of the
host's charming story of the same title.
The children'who produced the play
presented a commendable effort, and
they received therefor a prize of the
guests jand the compliments of Mark
Twain. Mr. Twain, between the acta,
made a series of speeches. He said:
"Just a word or two to let you know
bow deeply I appreciate the honor which
the children who are actors and fre
quenters of this cosy playhouse have
conferred upon me. They have asked me
to be their ambassador to invite the
hearts and brains of New York to come
down here and see the work they are
doing. I consider it a grand distinction
to be chosen as their Intermediary. Be
tween the children and myself there is
an indissoluble bond of friendship.
"This children's theatre is a great
educational Institution. I hope the time
will come when it will be a part of
every public school in the land."
Among those who attended the per
formance were Governor Hughes, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Judge El
Iwrt H. Gary, Mrs. John Drew, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Schiff, President Eliot of
Harvard University, John Burroughs,
the naturalist, Ray Stannard Baker,
Brenner Matthews and Richard Harding
Davis.
LETTERS OF
AFFECTION
Read
in Bradley Trial
Yesterday.
DEFENDANT COMPOSED
APPOINTED DELEGATES.
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 20. A dispatch
to the Minor from Helena state that
Gov. Joseph K. Toole has named 23 of
the prominent citizens of Montana dele
gates tk tfie national convention or
rives and harbors at Washington, D.C.,
Deo. 4-6.'- '
INDICTMENTS ORDERED. ,
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Three Indict
ments are said to have been ordered to
day by the Kinjp county grand jury
which has been Investigating the affairs
of the Borough Bank of Brooklyn. In
dications are tonight that there might
be other Indictments.
Taft Every now and then I hear a n encouraging sound. .
Taft Is keeping his ear to the ground for newt of hU Presidential boom.
Newt Item.
Cross Examination of Mrs. Brad
ley Began by the District
Attorney
DID NOT REMEMBER KILLING
Prosecution Endeavors to Bring Oat
That Mn. Bradley Bad Deliberately
Undertaken to Break np Kra. Brown's
Home Was Hef Enemy ia iooy.
WASHINGTON. Nor. 20.-That Mrs.
Bradley did not come to Washington
with any intention of killing former
Senator Brown and that the did not even
remember shooting him, the told the
jury in her trial today. Thia statement
waa not reached until late in the day,
the first half of the day being open
largely to the introduction of letters
from" Brown to'Mrt. Bradley inlTHrlr."
Bradley to Brown, very few of which
were read. The real tragedy formed the
subject of the afternoon sitting. At that
time Judge Powers brought out the full
statement in his examination in chief,
this consumed only a few minutes and
as soon as he concluded, District Attor
ney Baker entered upon bit cross ex
amination. He devoted comparatively
little time to the shooting itself, but go
ing back to the early days of the rela
tionship between Brown and Mrs. Brad
ley be sought to show by reading let
ters and questioning the witness that
she had deliberately undertaken to
break up Brown's home and that she
was at enmity with Mrs. Brown as
early as 1901. , He also brought out the
fact that Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Brown
had originally been strong friends and
that tfiis friendship even extended after
the birth of Mrs. Bradley's first child
by Brown. SBrs. Bradley upon the
whole was more composed today than
yesterday. There were times when she
burst into tears or sank into sighs and
sobs, but these were less frequent than
on Tuesday. Her voice was however at
all times indistinct and faltering, and
she was heard with the greatest diffi
culty. She made no complaint of la-
tigue today ( and left the witness stand
at tne ena ot me aay in very gooa con
dition. The fact that upon first going
to Brown's room at the Raleigh Hotel
lira. Bradley found there a letter from
Mrs. Annie Adams to the Senator was
dwelt upon at some length by the judge.
Urging him not to procrastinate, she
ends the letter with expressions of de
votion and constancy. The second letter
ia dated Bellevue, Idaho, September 7,
1901. Starting with expressions -of affec
tion, it recounts her doings for the day.
She tpeakt of a trip to the dressmakers
with Margie, who she says fa a per
sonal friend and whose name ins does
not wish to give, and says that Arthur
misses his ersdle. She aaya that tht will
leave for Ogden onTuesday, and atkt
that Brown come there and visit with
ber. The rest la devoted to telling her
love for Brown. The third letter wan
also from Brown's farm and dated July
23, 1902. It begins, - -My Owu Dear
Arthur," and, as fa previous letters,
dwells extendedly on ber love for Brown.
The main part of the letter la devoted
to expressions of resentment toward
"Madame." It suggest a method by
which Brown can get rid of her ,.Sbt
aayt she saw ia the Tribune that "Mrs.
Arthur Brown had entertained at whist"
Mn. Bradley styt it makes her ; very
bitter when "She is called lira. Artbur
Brown." "To think," wrote Mrs. Brad
ley, "That the goet by that name, and
holds that which, I, tn all right, honor
and decency ought to have, makes of
me a whirlwind of fury." 8ha end by
hoping that he will have tweet dreamt
of her, and it aigned "Dolly."
Samuel Gompen Cakes Zzr
ous Charge to Federation..'
CHARGE DENIED BY ACCUSED
This letter was from Mrs. Adams and
is dated Philadelphia, December 1, 1906,
and begins, "My . Dearie, My Dearie."
Mrs. Adams laments the fact that Brown
is not near her and hopes that the win
ter will soon pass. She speaks of
Brown's prospective trip to the East
and wishes that he may have a pleasant
time in New York. She then lapses into
a paragraph dated the 5th, she expresses
a paragraph dated the th, she expresses
surprise that Brown ' was already en
route east, and asks him to notify her
of his arrival. The letter ends, "Love,
Dear Heart, answer, Annie." The other
letters read were three from Mrs. Brad
ley to Brown. The first was written
from Brown's farm; it is undated. Mrs.
Bradley states that she is in trouble,
and neither indifference nor neglect will
cent powers to solve this thing,'V"Our
ship," the says, "has run upon a ree
and neither indiffereno enor neglect will
put it on a broad peaceful sea again."
- 1 ' r
Bronghtoa Brandetmnrg, a Magazine
Writer, Who it Accused, Claims That
.jGompert railing to Forestall Magazine
v Article Makes a Groundless Charge.
NORFOLK, Nov. 20. A great sensa
tion was created in the American Fed
eration of Labor this afternoon by
President Gompers in a speech replying
to the attacks upon him and ' other
officers of the Federation by the Manu
facturers' Association. He told of aa
alleged attempt to bribe him at tht Vic
toria Hotel in New York in October by
a young newspaper man, the latter hav
ing declared that be represented the
Manufacturers' Association and offered
him immunity from all exposures and
to financially secure him for lift if he
would sign certain papers and otherwise
aid in the exposure of other leaden of
the Federation, with a view of destroy
ing the influence of organized labor. This
paper, Gompers said, he had preserved
and while death-like silence prevailed
he read it. Gompers during his recital
called upon different delegates who were
with him at the time of the interview
to verify his statements. This they did.
At the close of Gompers speech there
was a great demonstration. Victor L.
Berger, a Milwaukee socialist, and an
opponent of Gompers, declared that he,
thought he came to the convention bit
terly opposed to the re-election of
Gompers, but that he would, be one
this year to move to make it unanimous.
ith a vote of confidence not only in
r. Gompers, but in all the other offic
ials of the Federation. . i
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Broughton
Brandenburg, presdent of the National
Institute of Immigration and a maga
zine writer, said tonight that be was
the man referred to by President Gom
pers today. Brandenburg tonight em
phatically denied that he had attempted
to bribe Gompers. He stated that he
was preparing data for a magazine on
the conduct of the American Federa
tion of Labor by Gompers, and certain
others of its principal officers. He sayt
that it will cause a great sensation when
published. Gompers, he says, tried to
forestall this. For months, Branden
burg says, he and his men have been
tracked by spies and Gompers felt sure
Brandenburg had enough material to
make out a serious case. The statement
goes on to say that a party visited him
(Continued on Pagt 8.) .