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VOLUME LXIII, NO, 290
AS. oRIA, OREGON, FRlflAY, JANUARY 17, 1008
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CASE OPENED
Ikney Explains Senator
Fulton's Actions.
neededsthwer;svote
Reviewed Manner In f Which a
Vast Area, of Government
Land Was Secured.
STALLED OFF TAKING ACTION
Ball Wat Approaching thi End of Hii
Term and Wanted to S Mitchell r-Elscted-Polltlcal
Debts Wert to be
Settled AU Around.
PORTLAND, Jan. 18. - Fundi J.
Mcncy launched hit Bret Javelin at
United Slate Senator Fulton during
hi opening speech today In the Hall
Mays land fraud cms. Heney reviewed
the manner In which the Butte Creek
I And, Luntlier & Livertock Co., are al
felt to have secured through Illegal
methods, a atrip of government kind ree
tangular In ahape and enclosing vaat
area of other government land, and pre
vented the publle from locating on tbla
land and by preventing thlr crossing
the atrip owned by the company, ilall
and Mays, ha aaid, had been repeatedly
notified of the actions of the Butte Creek
Company, but In various waya "stalled"
off the taking of any action.
Honey aald Hall's term of office waa
approaching the end. and Hall wanted
to ae Mitchell reelected. W. W. Stel
wer, a member of the company, waa In
the legislature, and hi volo waa needed.
Hall threned Steiwer to taka Jown
the fence, a threat Ifcney anid wai to
coerce him to vote for Mitchells Hall
had not been reappointed In 1003. Ful
ion waa a candidate for Senator. Ful
(on to be elected needed George C.
Brownell't support, but Brownellwa a
candidate for district attorney also.
fStaiwer'i ixole was wanted (or Fulton.
About tills time a apodal agent named
Dixon was told to investigate the Butte
Creek Company's operations by Score
tary IUtchook. In October of that year-,
Ilall told Steiwer to get his fence down,
but Steiwrer sparred for time. This
Hall refused, but he was finally brought
around, llcney docared, by Senator Ful
ion, and ngTced to take civil action
against ptelwcr Instead of criminal as
Dixon liad ordered. ' '. , '
It came to Hall's knowledge that
Brownell was after the district attorney
hip and that lie had the promise of
Fulton and Mitchell.4, He also learned
. that ncney Insisted that Browncll had
been taking acknowledgment of forged
names In publlo land mutton, Hall told
Browncll ithat if he was Indicted It
would destroy him politically, but Honey
aid that Hall agreed! not to prosecute
Urownell If ho withdrew from the on
. test. "Brownel! agreed, but mis-stated to
ITency, and wrote to Mitchell and Fulton
that he still wanted the office.'
Heney stated that ItnlJ bad heard
about this and ordered Brownell to with
draw from the raoa or be prosecuted.
" Then, the apedal prosecutor , said; in
order to make euro thnt Brownell would
not double the game, Hall went to Wash
ington and secured promises from
Mitchell and Fulton of their support in
consideration of immunity for Brownell.
Judge Wjebster, counsel for Hall, de
clared Mi untrue that Hall mixed politics
..with the working of his office' and de
puted that Hall ever bartered immunity
from punishment to secure reappoint
ment. He stated Hall's reason for not
prosecuting criminally the cose against
the Butte Creek Company was because
Spedal Agent Loomis told him it was a
piece of spite' work. Attorney Wilson,
for Mays, stated that Mays had nothing
to do with tha fencing case, other than
acknowledge, tits receipt of one or two
letters. The afternoon sesdon of the1
court was devoted to the Introduction
of documentary evidence consisting of
eorrepndenr to and from Hall which
the government declares show that Ilall
wss Informed of the actions of the Butte
Creek Company, and shows tlie method
In which it is alleged he "stalled" off
tlxrae complaints.
AGAIN ELECTED PRESIDENT,
PU1U.LV, Jan. Ift-At a meeting of the
l'nk4 Irish League yesterday John E.
Redmond was elected president. A re
port was submitted showing that more
than 1200 evlctod tenant had been re
Instated during tha last three years.
EDWARD H. STR0BEL-BEMIS DEAD,
BANGKOK. 81am, Jan. lo.-Edward
Henry StrobelBemls, general advlier of
tha government of Rism. died yesterday
after a long illness, due to the bite of
an Insect in Egypt two years ago.
Edward H. StrobelBemis, professor of
International law at Harvard, resigaej
from that chair In 1006 to aaauine a posi
tion permanently with tha government
of 81am as general adviser. Prior to
this, from 1003, he had been acting In a
similar capacity while on an extended
lesva of absence granted by Harvard.
EXPECT W
mm
From Europe to Appear in Thaw's
, : , , Defence. ,
LITTLETON FILLS IN THE TIME
By Piling up Testimony From Sources
Which Seem of But Little Importance,
But Which in the Aggregate Will Con
Finn Mora Important Witnesses. ,
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.--WSth some of
the ame tcaUmony that was Introduced
at the tint trial and with numerous wit
nesses who are appearing for the first
time, the defense in the trial of Harry
K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford
White continues to pile up evidence in
tended to show that the young defend
ant was nut mentally sound when lie
fired tlio fatal shots which caused the
death of the architect. To fill In the
time until the appearance of witnesses
who are on their way from Europe, Mr.
tlttloton, Thaw's chief councsel, Is put
ting on the stand witnesses who detail
In some cases taut that in themselves
seem of little importance, but which the
lawyer believe will, in the aggregate,
confirm the sorie of the more import
ant witnesses,
This morning August Weber, who was
a butler in the house eceupied by the
Thaws in 1003 in New York, resumed the
stand to finish the story which he be
gan yesterday. Little incidents in Thaw's
life at this timopare recalled by the
butler; incidents Of liis nervousness, for-
gwtfulncss, and his seeming ? irresponsi
bility, counted on by the defense to
show that for a long time preceding the
night of . the actual shooting of White,
Harry Thaw was mentally irresponsible.
It is evidently tha object of ithe defense,
a planned by" Mr. Littleton before the
jury every person who knew Thaw
throughout the years before the tragedy
on the Madison Square roof garden, pre
pared to detail any incident whtoh, even
in the remotest degree, might tend to
convince the jury that the defendant was
irrational. House servants and club
servants, teachers and medical attend
ants, in fact, all classes of people who
knew or saw Harry Thaw have been sub
penaed by the defense to add their tes
timony to that of men and women who
aotualy witnessed ne shooting, in the
effort to show that no only was i irra
tional at the time of the tragedy but
that his Irrationality on that occasion
was only tho continuation of (irrational
acts which marked his life for many
yeafs before, andi which were the result
CREDIT INI
ASSOCIATION
Plans for Commercial
Clearing House.
BUSINESSSETTLEMENTS
Proposal Enthusiastically Receiv
ed byRepresentativesof 350
Large Business-Houses.
APPOINTS SPECIAL COMMITTEE
To be an Institution Through Which
Business Bouses Could Settle and Col
lect Their Bills Without Recourse to
Bankers' Clearing-House System. "
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-A plan for a
"commercial clearing house", an institu
tion through which business bouses could
settle their debts and collect their bills
without recourse to banks, waa launched
last night at ttie meeting of the Chicago
Credit Men's Association. The proposal
was enthusisstically received by repre
sentatives of 350 large businesses houses.
A resolution was passed to appoint a
apodal committee to make an investiga
tion with a view to devising -ways and
means to put the plan into operation.
The plan is ximply the adaptation of
the "banker' clearing house system" to
the needs of mercantile affairs. Large
mercantile houws would proceed at once
to effect debtor and creditor setlsments
among themselves, by the exchange of
canceled checks, in a manner similar to
the settlements made by banks, with
no necessity for the exchange of real
money. ,
These mercantile settlements will be
made on tlio basis of the values of sound
mercantile accounts.
ALDRICKS FINANCE BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. After two
sessions of the Senate finance committee
t he members were in possession of a
fair idea of what ahape Aldrkh's finan
cial bill is to be in when it is ready next
week. - It is said he is practicaly certain
that the limit of extra currency which
the bill provides shall be raised is from
250,000,000 to $500,000,000. Most of the
member believe this figure is not too
high for the time of emergency. The
tax on emergency issues will not, it is
believed, be higher than 0 per cent.
Bailey's amendment reducing athe 're
quired population of county or munici
pality whose bonds 'are to figure in
currency issues from $220,000 to $10,000,
is , expected to receive s the support of
the majority of the committee. , Colli
ver will probably offer an amendment
excluding the railroad bond feature of
the bill, and this may call for the elimi
nation of such securities. Bailey will no
doubt support him in such a project
There is thought, however, to be suffic
ient opposition to such an amendment I
in tlio committee to defeat it.
ried the mother of his last two sons,
the las of rnidiignn legitimatizing them.
The caM has been in court three years,
GOLDFISH FOUND IN RUINS.
NEW YORK, Jan. lO-Searchers
oin the ruin of ths Parker building,
the skyscraper which was burned Friday
night, entailing a loss of more than $.',
000,000, diovered among the ruins yes
terday a gla tank in which there were
three live goldfish. The tank bad been
a portion of an exhibit in the offices of a
company making ecientifle instruments
on the second floor of the great building.
The office waa wrecked, the fire having
been particularly severe at that point
but the debr!a had fallen in such a way
that the glam containing the fish was
protected. The fish did not appear to
be any the worse for the experience.
SENATOR DICK INTRODUCES BILL,
WASHINGTON. Jan. R-A bill to
create a bureau of mining technology
was introduced y eatenlay by Senator
Dick. It assigns to audi a bureau the
duty of making exhaustive metallurigi
cal investigation and administering to
the mining iuterests of the country un
der a director who shall draw a salary
of $0000 per year. Senator Dick also in
troduced a joint resolution creating a
bureau of mining technology as a branch
of tha geological survey and requesting
the director of the survey to report
when such a bureau could be operated
independently of that branch, y
TETRAziTvOICE
Captures New York With "La
iraviata' '4"r
STANDING ROOM AT A PREMIUM
SOMEWHAT C0MPLICATEL SUIT.
(Continued oa Page 8.)
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-The Court of
Appeals he decided, in a somewhat com
plicated suit, that a decree of divorce
given i Michigan when one party is a
r? sident of New York and is served only
by publication, Is not legal in New York
State. The case, it is said, will go up to
the United States Supreme Court. '
Stale Olmatead, who lived in Tarry
town, died and left an 'estate of $8000
to be divided between hia two sons, or
their "lawful heirs." One of the sons,
Benjamin F. Olmsted, married in 1850,
Mliry Jane Olmsted, and by her had
four children. In 1870 he maried again,
He then secured a divorce from his New
York wife by default). He then remar-
Manhattan Opera Bouse Crowded to the
Doors New York's Verdict Was as
Enthusiastic at Wat That of London
Is a Second Pattl
XEW YORK, Jam lfl.-Seldom in the
history of the stage has an artist creat
so much enthusiasm as greeted Mme.
Tetraiaini, wheu she made her first ap
pearance in New York' last evening. The
Manhattan opera house was crowded to
sush an extent that standing room was
at an enormous premium. New York's
verdict was as enthusiastic as was that
of London, and the diva was heralded as
a second Patti.
Singer from the rival Metropolitan,
as well as well as from the Manhattan
Company, overwhelmed Mme. Tetraszini
with their congratulations after the first
act of "La Traviata," and the singer
herself expressed her appreciation and
her gratitude. She said:
"I am content. : I am happy. Yea!
So very happy, The audience is enthua-
oastic. Never have I sung before an
audience : so quick , to see. I was so
nervous, like all" artists, before I began
singing, but now there is only that feel
ing which come . when one feels that
recognition has been accorded in full to
the degree that t is deserved.
"I was .sure I would succeed beyond
any doubt. If I had not been, I should
not have oome to New York. Yet, I was
anxious because it meant much to me.
Now, after the first act I am sure of my
success. ( ' '
"The great audience was most kind.
My voice responded to every demand I
asked of it, and I could not ask for
greater good fortune in the things which
contributed to the achievement of this
night. ' , ."
"I shall sing Lucia next ,and perhaps
please them still more,1 eht Telly them
all the people I am happy, very
happy." ,; ;,( : J h-;,
MAUD ADAMS IN NEW PLAY. f
DASTARDLY
ASSAULT
Two Men Meet in State
House.
BLOWS. EXCHANGED
They Walk About Two Blocks To
gether and Another Assault
Takes Place. .
VICTIM A WASHINGTON MAN
Clemmona Again Attacked Dosh and
This Time With Such Fierceness That
Dosh Wat Felled and Bit Skull Badly
Injured by Striking the Curbing.
DES MOINES, Jan 18 An absolute
mystery surrounds the assault upon At
torney Dosh of Stuart, Iowa, yesterday
by Carl L. Clemmona, a rieh .lumberman
of Snohomish, Wash., in the office of
the attorney-general at the state house
end later on the street. The victim now
lies in a critical condition at the hos
pital and his assailant was arrested to
day and held in bonds awaiting develop
ments. The two men met by aeddent in
an ante-room of the attorney-general's
ofltee. They engaged in a discussion.
which was followed by an assault by
Clemmons on Dosh. Strangely enough
the two men left the capital together.
Two blocks down the street Clemmons
again attacked Dosh and this time with
such fierceness that Dosh waa felled and
his skull badly injured on the edge of
the curbing. Clemmons carried his vic
tim upstairs to a doctor's office nearby,
Clemmona registered the name of Mrs.
Harriet L. Clemmons, though his wife
was not with him. Clemons save he
cannot explain this except it waa a fool
ish joke.
Chicago A Alton of the railroad organ
ization, they constituted only a small
proportion of these questions that liar
riman refused to answer. The clash be
tween the witnesses and lie eornmisaioii
occurred February 25th last year. For
eeveral days the investigators have been
endeavoring to get at the bottom of
Harriman's railway manipulations with
the Chicago and Alton.
Both Harriman and Kuhtt were ex
amined in relation to the affair of tha
Alton, A. T. & Santa Fe Illinois Central,
St Joseph, Grand bland, New York,
Central and Hudson River k Southern
Padflc. ' '
Harriman declined to answer whether
he owned any of the stock deposited
aith Kuhn. Loeb A Co, and Kuhn da
dined to answer any questions regarding
the ownership of the Union Pacific &
Alton stock so depom'ted. Harriman also
refused to answer whether he bad so
quired any Alton stock with the in ten
ton of selling it to the Union Pad fie or
whether he procured it at a lower price
than that paid to him by the Union.
ROBBER KILLED BY POLICEMAN. .
CHICAGO, Jan. 16. In a pistol duel
William Fenkerhauaer was killed early
today by Detective Michael Kern. Fenk
erhauscr was attempting to rob two men
when he was eapied by a policeman and
the shooting followed. -
Ml IT BE LOST
British Ship Hartfield Reported
Wrecked on Vancouver Coast
SEATTLE. Jan. 1& A special to the,
Poet-Intelb'gencer from Snohomish says
that Carl Clemmons was president of the
Chamber of Commerce and a prominent
land owner and timber dealer. He lived
in Snohomish eight years and was form
erly publisher of the Snohomish Trib
une. He was a graduate of Stanford
and was a prominent athlete there. His
wife and two children live here. Clem
mons was raised in Iowa.
BOHEMIAN BAZAAR BANKRUPT.
, CHICAGO, Jan. 16, -An involuntary
petition in bankrutpcy threw the Bo
hemian Bazaar, a ', co-operative depart
ment store, into the hands of a receiver
yesterday. The stock was held by 1800
Bohemian residents. The largest amount
of stock held outside of the directorate
was to the value of $50. The total capi
tal stock waa $180,000. The assets are
valued at $60,000. The liabilities are
placed at $105,000. ' '
HARRIMAN AND KUHN
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-"The Jesters,"
a four-act play, translated from the
original French of Miquel Zemacois, was
given for the first time in America, at
the Empire Theatre last night. It was
Miss Maud Adams' first appearance in
a new role eince ehe created Peter Pan,
the play in which she took the part of
the young man.
Are Directed to Answer Questions Asked
By Interstate Commission.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Judge Hough
of the United States drcuit court handed
down today- the opinion directing Otto
H. Kuhn, as a member of the banking
firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and waa
called to answer all questions propound
er by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. E. H. Harriman was directed to
answer all questions except those rela
tive to the purchase of the Union and
Southern Padfio stocks in connection
with the dividend of August, 1906.
While exceptions were regarded aa
to important questions by the govern
ment lawyers, who were investigating
NO SPARS SEEN IN WRECKAGE
Marine Department Will Not Send a
Steamer to Investigate Unless Further
Reports Are Received Warranting the
Despatch of a Salvage Steamer. .
VICTORIA, B. C Jan. 16 The ma
rine department will not send a steamer
to investigate the reported finding of
wreckage at Estevan Point unless furth
er reports are received warranting a
salvage steamer bdng dispatched. A
dispatch from the Estevan to the marine
department states that wreckage con
sisting of cabin fitting, doors, bells, life
boat fittings, and a small imitation
buoy lettered in pencil "Hartfield, Liv
erpool" found at Hejuoit, Mariners
point out that if the vessel had found
ered and pounded to pieces, spars would
have been included, and they believe
that while the news may cause anxiety,
that the chances are that ber decks had
been swept and the wreckage washed
overboard.
SEATTLE, Jan. 16. The revenue cut
ters Perry and Thetis leave Seattle to
night to seek the posible survivors of
the British ship Haart field believed to
be lost off the west coast of Vancouver
Island. The two cutters were ordered
out upon receipt of the news of the
finding of the wreckage from the Hart
field. The Perry deared about midnight
after all handa had worked feverishly
several hours getting her coal bunkers
full. The vessels have about 350 miles
to travel before reaching the scene of
the supposed wreck. . " .
INSPECTOR OF POLICE BAD SHOT.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16,-Edward S.
WTalker, inspector of police, entered tha
office of the Morning World tonight and
fired two shots at Joseph Ml Leveque,
the editor, neither shot took effect The
shooting tonight followed eeveral attacks
npn Inspector Wptaker in the editorial
and news columns of the World. The
head of the New Orleans police depart
ment was criticized for "Attending races
daily while he woe drawing $6000 a year
salary. ; '
At 6 o'clock ths inspector started for
Leveque, who waa talking at tha tlma
to a young woman reporter. Blowa were
exchanged, and it waa then that Whit
aker drew a revolver and fired twice.
One of the reporters, who rushed to tha
editor's aid, struck the police inspector's
erm and caused the shots to go wild.