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PUIUSHCt fULL AS30CIATK0 PBC9S:RCP0RT CM n o 71 COVERS THC MORNING) FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXIII, NO. 295 NEW PLEA PRESENTED Erotic Mania Was Wbat Ailed Sndl. WAS MODERN SATYR Held To Be Sufflcent To Break Old Man's Will It Admitted! HE WAS VICIOUSLY INSANE Eiptrt Wltneie For Young SatU Art a Unit in ' Tbtir Conduiioot and Will Stick to Tbli Tert Through tbt Trial. l0 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS EDUCATION l,oS .. WJiat Chicago Bankers Propose in This Behalf. CHICAGO, Jan. 21. A campaign of editctttUm w decided upon by tbe currency commission of tho American llariker' Asuoclatlun at Hi meeting In Chicago lait week. It I proposed to furnUli pamphlets, document and pre pare articles to b used by country and other newspaper The ooiubiImIob do- sire to have ita bill read and under' atood by many parson who, It la be lieved, can ba reached in no other way, In addition, aUtt bank aeaoclatlons will be aaked to communicate witb their Congrraeu and Senator, and Imprest upon tfliem the necessity of remedial legislation. The large oommer clal bodies throughout the country will ba Invited to appoint committee to consider the currency question and In vile dimIon over pending billa. ; ; DIED AT SEA. WAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21,-Mrs. M. Kernes and her daughter were pa scnger arriving yesterday from South America on the Clennan atmmer Iture. .rrt, Barnes la returning to her home In fteatlle, a wlJow, her husband. Dr. Robert M. Karnes having died suddenly at e on board the barkentine Ama ranth on October 1 while he and hie rife and daughter were en route from Seattle to Antofagasla, Chile, on a pleasure trip. Heart disease waa the cause of death. CVriTCIICMT LAWILlilLUI IN THE HOUSE C1UCAGO, Jan. 21A despatch to the Tribune from Clinton. III., aeyai An array of medical experta almost aa formidable aa that which hue been gathered for the Thaw trial, will appear in Judge Cochran' court hir next Mon day to back up with scientific facta a plea hluh I aald never before to have been made in court. These expert, HI learned, will awear that Colonel "Tout" Knell waa a victim of erotic mania. To eubctantiate this claim the experte, will awear ttiat tbe last five year of the aged million aire'! life proved - him to have been nothing more nor let than a modern Satyrv Attorney for Richard cinell. the eon who la contenting the will, declare 'the pleaa sufllcieiit ground for breaking the Knelt willthat no man with eucb an orotic mind would be capable of die trlbuting a $2,000,000 etate. That amh a plea would be made became known yesterday. Many of the Iniuinlty expert who were to testify were pretont in court whn it waa learn ed that Judge Coohran'e tllneia, which a - . t . - 1. . lorceu nun to auiourn court uu c unity, had become aerlou. and that the Hear ing could not proceed for another week, "Yea, that ia to be the plea when w take ud our aide of tbe case, admitted E. O. Swecncv. eenlor counael for HMv ard SnolL "Itwldcnt of Clinton ao qualnted with Colonel BneU'a lialula all Know mu una true. - IHDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. Movement In Chicago Handicapped by Labor Union. , , , , ailCA(K), Jan. 21. The Chicago A aoctation of Commerce, through Ita waya and mcana committees, put itnelf on record aa actively lntcrcted ; in v the rnovement for Induatrial education which I to bo diDCi!ed In Chicago thla week by educator! and commercial men from varloua p&,te of the United State. Aa a preliminary to. the convention, whloh will begin -Thuraday a meeting of the iMocktion'e wava and meana committee will be held tomorrow, 'The meeting will be addreneed by aeveral ofllclala and member of the Society, including in-eeldcnt Henry a Prltchett of the Carnegie Foundation. M. W, Alexander, of Lynn, Miuia.i Profeseor Ceo. N. Carman, of Lewi Institute, and G R. Rleharda, of Columbia Univeraity. Mr. Rleharda, who la secretary of the Society, arrived in Chicago yesterday and began preparation! for the conven tion. In dltcusslng the work of the society he apoloe particularly of the opposition of the labor union toward the industrial education movement, which, ha aald, ia one of the most ser ious problem the proomter of the movement have to face. JAUNDICE Hot tilt Between Dalzcll and Randall. PENAL CODE BILL AGAIN CLAIMS OP CATHOLIC CHURCH. Taft Recommend Indemnity of Ijoowo for Philippine Land. Clark Declared That Bryan Would be Nominated at the Den ver Convention. DEMOCRATS WILDLY APPLAUD WAHHlmN, Jan, 2I.-Sefrelary of Wkr Taft and Lieutenant-Colonel Hull, judge advocate of the Department of the East, today attended a bearing before the House Committee on lnular Affairs which bad under consideration the claim of the Roman Catholic Church In the Philippine for $2,500,000 Indemniflcatlon, Colonel Hull we chair man of the army board of church claima appointed to sift these claim. The re port of the board recommend that the church be paid 3J3,000 in full. atr. Taft today told the committee that In hia opinion the United Statea would be getting off cheap if it allowed twice the aura named by the board or paid the church at least $500,000. Cok. nel Hull Inclined to the aame opinion, which, he aald, represented aa well a the sentiment of the board. Tbe com mittee baa not yet reached a decMon James Douglas and Family the Victims. Designs To Show Evelyn's Incredibility As A Witness NEW FEATURES OF HER STORY The Law Does Not Concern Iter If With the Truth on Falaity of tht Story -What the District Attorney Expect to Show. ' NKVM YORK. Jan. 2l.-Kvelyn Xe.bit ThW . real ordeal began this mornlmj. Again ahe face District Attorney Jo rum o and his pitiless cross-examination. She know what ahe haj before her and from the answera ahe made to hi ques ton yesterday ia fully determined to light him with hi own weapons. The story she told on her direct examina tion waa practically the aame as that sin told in the flrwt trial nearly a year ago except that certain detail were omitted either on the objection of the Jlitlrict attorney or at the direction of Thaw'a lawyer. No detail of the story will be overlooked by the district attorney! At the first trial Mr.' Jerome subjected Evelyn Thaw , to a croa-ex-animation that few women have been compelled to undergo. This time he ha xtarted on the enme track and there i nothing to indicate that he intends to tie any more lenient with her. He has publicly stated that he, personally, does not believe her atory and there it no question that he will do all in hi poweit to break It.' s The . only new feature of . Evelyn Thaw'a atory at thia trial i that which deala with Thaw1 deaire to kill him self. Yesterday she testified to the de tail of an attempt that Thaw made to kill himself at the time before their marriage when they were traveling in Europe. She alo told of a proposal he made in Now York that they kill them nelvea together. 'Neither of these inci dent cme outin her testimony at the first trial. In answer to the district at torney questions yesterday the stated that she did not tell of these indidenta because Thaw'a lawyera were afraid they would "make Harry out too craay." Unable under the law to even attempt to show that Evelyn's etory is untrue, the district attorney will devote him self to an examination designed to (how her Incrediblity as ft witness,. It being (Continued on Page 8) Boutell on Hi Side of House Aroused Memberi to Hlg'j Pitch of Enthua- laim'Wnen he Named Cannon aa the Next Republican Nomlnea-at-Large. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 At the close of a day of excitement in the House an amendment was adopted to tbe penal code bill making It a criminal offense for any officer or employee of the gov ernment to give out advance informa tion regarding any crop statistic au thorized by law to be prepared. Earlier in the day interest attached to a hot tilt between Daleell and Randall in re gard to the latter' amendments pro hibiting Senator or member from be ing employed by public service corpora tions. Believing that Randall had in sinuated that he represented such cor poration at tbi time, Debtell grew In dignant and declared be had not been employed in such a capacity for 20 yeara. The climax of the debate came when Clark, amid thunderous Democratic applause, declared Bryan would be nom inated at the Denver convention and lloutoll aroused the member on hi side of the House to a high pitch of enthusiasm by stating that Speaker Cannon would be the Republican at the Chicago convention in June. PIONEER ARCHITECT DEAD. ' CHICAGO, Jan. 21,-John IL Wagner, 72 year old, prominent architect and engineer of Chicago for yeara, died yea terdav at his borne In Klmhurt He came to Chicago from Canada in pioneer dflvs and took an active part in tbe s - - a city' growth. He served throughout the Civil VJr a member of the See ond Minnesota Volunteer. Mr. Wag ner retired from active life a year ago. LEAVES PRESIDENCY INSANE MAN ESCAPES. SAI.BM. Or.,' Jan. 21. Napoleon Roy, an insane man of homicidal and suici dal intent, escaped from the itate in sane asylum Monday. He was commit ted from Douglas county on October 20 last :;, ' i'; I,;.;. Ho waa reported as having called at a farm house about a mile east, . Mr. Bradley' place, where he got bold of an ax and killed a dog. He waa de tained in ward eight, which I in the hands of an experienced attendant, but theer ia, no clue to the method he em ployed to get away. The institution is overcrowded with this class criminally insane, and will be In a badly congested condton untl the new wing nearly ready for occupacy, can be throw open. The wing was built especially' for thia class of patients. NO RESULT IN KENTUCKY. t FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 21. The House and Senate today voted separ ately for United States Senator with out result. The House stood: Beckham, 47 Bradley, 48 three Mattering. In the Senate: ''Beckham, 17 Bradley, 14) J. B. cCreary, 2 J. C. 8. Blackburn, 1. BIG SMOKE. HOPKINSVHJLE, Jan. 21.-iA band of 100 night Hders burned 15,000 pounda of tobacco in the barn of James A. Coleman, of Christian county. ENGINEER BEATEN AND ROBBED. BUTTE, Jan. 21 W. 'B. Walcott, aged 40, a railway engineer, was beaten and robbed by an unknown mulatto in the red-light district last night and died today of his wound. Leslie W. Shaw Out of Carnegie Trust Co. CHARLES C. DICKSON STAYS Mr. Shaw Would Say Nothing of Hia Future Plana Except That he Might "Shy His Castor Into the Political Ring." , NEW1 YORK, Jan. 21 Leslie M. Shaw has resigned tbe presidency of the Car negie Trust Company which he assumed on his retirement from the Treasury portfolio at Washington. In explaining bis resignation Shaw said that he had "Small differences' with Charles Dickson, organizer and chief owner of the trust company. On the future plans he would aay nothing definite beyond this statement: "I may shy my castor into .the political ring." ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. (LEWISTON. -Mont., Jan. 21.- rancher named Nordull has been arrest ed in connection with the murder of Mrs. Fred Sehleuter and hep four chil dren near Flat Willows Sunday. Sus picion was directed toward him by foot prints found in the neighborhood. It is said he was in love wit' one of Mrs. Sehleuter daughter. BILL PAPKE WINS. BOSTON. Jan. 21. Bill Papke of Valley Fall, 111., who claims the middle weight championship of world, defeated Walter Stanton, of San Francisco to night in a four-round bout. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. Delegate representing more than 60 cities throughout the United States, sent by the board of trode and other commer cial organizations of those cities, as sembled here today. The program for the meeting contains a large number of resolutions which have been adoptd by the constituent bodies and presented to the national body for discussion and action. BOLD ROBBERY N PORTLAND HARTFIELD HEARD FROM. A Week Ago Waa in Dire Distress B Uevevl to Hav Been Lett. WAS AWAY FROM HOME Jewelry, Heirlooms and Costly Clothing Valued at $4000 Was Stolen. SWORD, JEWELED BELT GONE Return of a Chinese Servant lightened the Robbers Away Later iney xe turned and Finished the Job Mrs. Douglas' Jewel Case Was Overlooked. PORTLAND. Jan. 2l.AJewelry, heir looms, and costly clothing value at iwa stolen o it developed today, from the home of Jamea Douglas in this city last Sunday night. Included among tbe stolen article waa a sword and jeweled belt given Sir James Doug las, grandfather of Mr. Douglas, by Queen Victoria, when Sir James Douglas became the first governor of British Columbia, his official seal and his nomi nation to office. The robbery was com mitted while the family was away from home between aix and eight oclock In the evening. The robbers entered through a window in the low tory, and after locking every door and open ing every window proceeded to drill in to the safe intending to dynamite it. The return of a Chinese servant pre vented this and scared the marauders away. Later at night Mr. Douglas heard a noise and on investigation, it proved to be the robbers who had re turned to apparently finish up the job. Douglas gave an alarm, which fright ened the fellows away. There is no clue to the thieve '''.; The robbers overlooked Mrs. Douglas' jewel case, which she had hidden in a waste paper basket, and $90 belonging to the Chinese servant SKATTLK, Wash., Jan, 21. A deaert ing sailor from the Norwegian steam ship Tryeo, Bcllingham to Australia, re ports that the Tyrea sighted tbe miss ing British ship Hartfield Wednesday hist 40 miles inside the Straits, east of Cape Flattery, She was on her beam ends, with her forward ensign inverted a a dittress signal. She seemed un controllable. Seven hours after she was sighted the wind changed to northeast, and the vessel was blown out to sea. Mariners have little hope for tho Hart field weathered tbe severe gales that have been raging off the coast The Hart field's crew numbered 25. Ia tho same storm that blew the Hartfield to sea the Tyrea lost her deckload of lum ber and had her bulwarks smashed to pieces. ' . CONSCIENCE MONEY. . EUGENE Or. Jan, 21,-The' clerks at the Eugene postoffice yestesday found in tbe letter deposit a considerable aum of money which had been dropped tber by some one from the outside. The petorBce force think it is possible w that some one who had at some time robbed a postoffice bad become repentant and wishing to make restitution to Uncle Sam, thought the best way to do was t leave the money at the postoffice hero. A DANGEROUS Life insurance Policy holders Borrow on Policies. OFFERED $ioo TO CUT OFF AN A. CHICAGO, Jan. 21. 'Robert J. Van Dusen, stage manager at MeVicker's Theatre, and Joseph Lablnnc, were ar rested la,st night on complaint of Robert Evans that van Dusen had conspired with Lablano and offered -the latter $100 to cut off Evans' ear.. Leblane ad mitted to the police that he had been offered, through a third person, $100 if he would "beat up" Evans and $100 more if he did a good job. Van Dusen was released on bail. Lablanc is held as a witness and the 'case will be heard in municipal Judge Settler's court room today. The trouble is said to have grown out of attentions which Van Dusen 'believed his wife received from Evans. V , ' '" . (TWIN)SULLIVAN WINS. LOS ANGELES, Jan, 21-Jack (Twin) Sullivan had the best of a 10 -round bout with Joe Thomas tonight. ' MURDERER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-A dispatch to tb Tribune from Joliet, 111., says: Frank J. Constantino, murderer of MMk Arthur Gentry of Chicago, and who attempted to commit suicide Sat iirday by jumping from tbe fourth tier of cells in the west cell house of the prison, will recover. Dr. Fletcher, the j prison physician, said last night that the the injuries were not so serious as at first supposed. N Tho only bone broken was that over the left eye, which struck' tho stone "flagging 'Constantino recovered eon sciousnes yesterday, but still seemed, to be in a half stupor and he would make no reply to questions as to why he jumped. FEATURE OF THE LATE PANIC Directors of the Big Insurance Com panies Have Discovered the Gam and Have United to Prevent Any Repeti tion of it NEW4 YORK, Jan. 21,-As a result, it is said, of tbe discovery that much of the cash drawn by policyholders from the treasuries of the big life insur ance companies on loans during the re cently currency panic, were taken to Wall street and sold at a premium, movement has been started among in fluential insuranoe men, it was learned yesterday, to obtain at the present ses sion of the legislature, legislation re stricting to a considerable extent the freedom with which policy holders have hitherto been able to borrow en their policies. 'Wlhen it was seen that tbe worst of tho financial flurry was over and de mands for loans continued almost un abated and from persons who might not have been supposed to be in need of ready money, insurance officials set an investigation on foot They are said to have discovered that a considerable amount of the borrowed cash waa being realized on at( a premium currency in brokers officers also that high rate loans were made with much of the money from them obtained on policy loans to get which they had frequently to dis pose of high grade 7 and 8 per cent dividend-paying securities. In the insurance district sentiment apparently favors enactment of a law whereby insurance companies might have privileges similar to those now ac corded savings banks in the matter of savings withdrawala namely, notice of 30 to 90 days by policyholders desiring loans on their policies. BOGUS CHECK MAN ARRESTED. 'BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 21. Samuel Stewart, wanted by the Helena officers for) passing bogus checks, was arrested here just as he waa about to leave the county jail where he had been confined on a charge of attempting to pass a fraudulent check for $120. Stewart had been released for want of prosecution when it was learned he was wanted in Helena. . . , V . y,:myrm wurnaW of paying a flnejf it I the but at tbe samo tinio kept an y on ... . . ' a policeman acrom tho atrecfc ' . ' "Bewtlful," says tho catoah young man a I drops my bands. "I belong Butts Is also to be deprived of the to a S. S. S. (swagger swell sot) dub plo,,,,,, 0f playing the ponlo maybe, flown hero, nnd a galoot with a lls In - V-WiMll If jP, 9 if At . r i a x tit .t i J m i t - t i m f i i f i t i u f , - i ? i m (6.S! i 1111 III r t. . n . - . . .. . "w"- -viirca cougns, ioiaa, roup, i-a unpps, Asthma, Throat t'. J asi Lung Troubles. Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption LAXATIVE in the