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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
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