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PUBLI3HC9 FULL AS90CIATC0 PRESS REPORT
COVERS THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LXIII. NO, 303
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FOR
THE PEOPLE
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Jerome's Speech Confined
to Facts.
BELIEVES THAW INSANE
Thaw's Incarceration in the Asy
lum for the Criminal Insane
Would be Satisfactory.
SPOKE FOR TWO HOURS
It U in Open Secret That Mr. Jerome
Believes Thaw Insane Now end at
the Last Trial Stated That Fact
In Open Court
NEW YORK, Jan. 30,-There is a
possibility that Harry K. Thaw's
case may be in the hand of the jury
before c6urt adjourned tonight. Mr.
Littleton for the defense had finished
with his summing up and District At
torney Jerome will begin this morn
ing. At the first trial he spoke for
over two hours and if he 'contents
himself with an address of no lon.;er
duration today there will be time
enough for Justice Dowling to de
liver his charge and turn the cane
over to the jury before adjournment.
In case Mr. Jerome, continues until
late in the afternoon the judge's
charge will not be delivered until
Friday and the jurors will have one
more night of their comfortable hotel
apartments before being locked in the
jury roont with the life of a human
being in their hands.
What task the district attorney will
take in his address to the jury is not
known. The defense introduced no
ul.lxno In altntu lll.ll K.lfrV TllHW
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insane nor that he is a safe
to be allowed at large. The
f the defense, "not guilty by
eason of insanitv would seem to
leave no alternative to me jury in
case they wish to acquit him unless
it be n verdict in the same terms,
The district attorney did' not at
tempt in any way to controvert the
testimony of the defense witnesses
that Thaw was suffering from a va
riety of recurring mania when he
t-ill.nl Wh te.
It is nn open secret" that Mr.
Jerome believes Thaw insane now
and at the las trial he stated in open
court that he would be satisfied with
the verdict of a lunacy commission
which would send Thaw to an asylum
for the criminally insane. It is not
unlikely that his opinion today is the
same as it was at that time and that a
verdict which would mean Thaw's in
carceration in the asylum for the
criminal insane at Matteawan would
be satisfactory to the representatives
of the people.
Jerome made a masterly plea today
that justice be done in the case of
Harry Kendall Thaw. Vindictiveness
sneers, insinuations, lacking logic,
analysis, the calm consideration of
facts were their substitutes. There
was ever a note of fairness, even at
times of mercy. Jerome was no
longer attempting to shield the name
of Stanford White; he accepted story
told by Evelyn as true, all but the
drugging, and made a frank confes
sion to the jury that velvet swings
and mirrored rooms in studio houses
described by the girl were a miserable
reality. Jerome pleaded for the girl
because she had never had a chance
for any of the higher, cleaner and
sweeter things of life. The climax
came however when Jerome denounc
ed Thaw and White in one breath as
"two degenerates" quarelling over a
woman, ne saia tnat nveiyn piayeo
'one against the other until Thaw
killed White. The case will go to the
jury tomorrow morning. Thaw may
know his fate before the setting of
another sun.
TRIAL MARRIAGES.
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Minister of Justice and Worship in
Favor of Trial Marriages.
PARIS, Jan.).In replying to the
theme advanced by Paul lkiur get in
his play "A Divorce," as seen in this
city Tuesday night, Artide Briand,
minister of justice and wonhip, prac
tically comes out in favor of trial
marriages.
lie endorses the idea of gradual
evolution of the doctrine of divorce
until the point is reached where a
marriage may be contracted for a
specific period under legal safeguards
protecting the interests of both par
tics. He declared it is impossible for
those about to enter upon this rela
tion to know the true character of
their partners and that it is unnatural
and intolerable to expect an unmated
pair to dole out an existence in which
they have nothing in common.
INVESTIGATING SOCIAL LIFE
NEW YORK, Jan. ,30.-Madame
Laurence Fiedler, noted as one of
the most advanced women in France
in matters relating to social life
among the workinjr classes, is in
America on a tour of inspection in
the interest of the French govern
ment. Mme. Fiedler has carefully
studied trade schools for women,
nurse schools, settlement work and
tenement reform work since she has
been in America and now intends to
devote considerable time to the work
being done toward stamping out tu
berculosis. To make these studies she
will visit manufacturing plants, tex
tile works and mines in various parts
of the country. All her observations
will be reported to the various depart
ment of the French government.
PLAN NEW CHURCH
Edifice to Cost One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
REPLACE BURNED STRUCTURE
, vAEGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
St. Thomas Episcopal Church Society
Intend to Build Scientifically With
out Any Structural Subterfuges,
of Supposedly Gothic Cast
NEW YORK, Jan. 30,-rians, which
if carried out as now planned will re
suit in the erection of the finest Pro
testant Episcopal church structure in
the country, not designated for cathe
dral uses, were made public yesterday
by, the officials of St. Thomas Frotes
tant Episcopal Church for the new
edifice of that church at Fifth Avenue
and 53rd. street. The old St. Thomas
for , years a Fifth Avenue land
mark, was destroyed by fire in the
summer of 1905. Since that time Ar
chitects have been working steadily
on plans for an edifice to replace the
burned structure, As now tentative
ly announced, these plans involve an
expenditure of at least $100,000 for
the fabric of the new church alone
and provide a structure combining
architectural features from both
French and English cathedrals.
The application of such a sum will
be necessary, the church officers say
because of their determination to
build the structure scientifically with
out any structural subterfuges, mask
cd by applied decoration of a sup
posedly Gothic cast. They are deter
mined, they say, to avoid in this sac
red edifice the "structural lie" of em
ploying steel and reinforced concrete
construction with veneered exterior.
Interiorally the new church which
will be twice the size of the old, will
be notable for its great basilica, 214
feet long 43 feet wide in the center
and 95 feet from the pavement to the
crown of the vault It will with
chapels have a seating of nearly 2,000.
Facilities will be afforded for numer
ous memorials of various descriptions.
It is not planned to begin the work
of construction until after Easter or
next year.
keceIrship
applied for
DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED.
Eastern Steamship Co. in
Difficulty.
IN DIFFERENT STATES
Companies Consolidated by C.
Morse, Who Soughtto Control
Coastwise Trade.
W.C. MULLER, THE APPLICANT
Company Had Total Indebtedness of
$1,350,000 Financiers Say That the
Failure to Provide a Sinking Fund
Caused the Trouble.
BOSTON, Jan. 30. - Proceedings
were instituted in this city today for a
receivership for the Consolidated
Steamship Company were instituted
simultaneously with those in the
courts of Portland, Maine, and New
York. The action was brought by
Wm. A. Muller, of Arlington, Mass ,
whose counsel filed the three bills of
complaint against the Consolidated
and also against two subsidiary com
panies. .Mutter declares that the
Eastern Steamship Company has a
total floating indebtedness of $1,350,
000 and that the metropolitan com
pany has a floating indebtedness of
$1,860,000, with unpaid bills of $250,
000, and interest on outstanding
bonds of $1,200,000. The immediate
cause of the petition was the failure
of the Eastern Steamship Company
to meet a demand note to Mr. Muller
of $10,000. The companies were con
solidated by Charles Morse, who
sought to control the coastwise trade,
six being consolidated for that pur
pose, with an authorized bond issue
of $60,000,000 and $52,000,000 in stock.
In addition there were outstanding
bonds of the six companies of $24,
624,000. Financiers say the failure on
the part of the company to provide a
sinking fund for underlying bonds
was the cause of the difficulties of the
company.
FREIGHT CAR FIGURES.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-E. B. Boyd,
assistant to the President of the Gould
railway system was the guest of hon
or at a banquet given last night by
the Chicago Board of Trade, of which
lie was formerly traffic manager. W.
C. Brown, viec-president of the New
York Central lines, one of the prin
cipal speakers, deplored the quietness
of commerce throughout the United
States and expected conditions would
soon improve. He said in part:
"I want to say to you now, gentle
men, that there are now in the United
States more than a million dollars
worth of cars that no one wafits.
They are idle from lack of business,
in all parts of the country."
B. L. Wincbcll, president of the
Rock Island Railroad, saiy: t
"The shortage in care last year can
be attributed to the fact that more
than 150,000 cars were used ki trans
porting material to build more cars
with." ,
CASHING WORTHLESS CHECKS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. Nora
Bracklin, also known as Mrs. R.
Parker, giving her age as 17 years,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon
by a detective at a leading hotel
here, on a telegraphic warrant from
Seattle charging her with obtaining
niQney under "false pretenses. She
was registered under the name of
Miss Gardner and was occupying one
of the best rooms in the hotel. The
allegations under which she is held
in the jail here accusce her of cash
ing two checks aggregating $45 at a
hotel in Seattle as well as passing
other checks said to be equally worth
less on a number of merchants in her
city. The total amount is about $700.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30,-Thc ur
gent deficiency appropriation bill
passed the houe today. The total
amount carried is $23,664,450 or $410,
000 less than was reported by the
committee. The largest single reduc
tion was $300,000 in the clothing fund
for the army. The provision of bill
No. 34 for additionalmen police for the
new House office building was strick
en out. on a point of order by Jones,
of Washington, after considerable
discussion.
A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
STOCKTON, Cat., Jan. 30. J. A.
Martin, a carpenter of this city, shot
his wife and then killed himself. The
cause was jealousy. The couple had
not been living together, and had
eight children.
CUTTERS FOR COAST.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.-The
committee on commerce of the Sen
ate today ordered a favorable report
on the bill to provide for two new
revenue cutters for the Pacific Coast.
BRYAN THEIR CHOICE.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 30,-Bryan
was unanimously endorsed for the
presidential nomination in a joint
caucus of the Democratic members of
the West Virginia Senate and House
today.
TO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 30.-The execu
tive committee of the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission today gave $25,000
to the widows and children of 250
mines killed last month in the Darr
mine disaster.
CLAIMS INNOCENCE
Hall Enters Denial of Charges
Against Him.
CROSS EXAMINED BY HENEY
Heney Introduces Letters to Show
Hall Promptly Prosecuted Small
Holders But Failed to Proceed
Against Butte Creek Company.
PORTLAND, Jan. 30. -John J,
Hall today entered an emphatic denial
of the charges entered against him.
He said that he had never had any
understanding with the Butte Creek
Company whereby it could illegally
enclose public lands. Heney in cross
examining Hall introduced letters to
show that - Hall promptly prosecuted
individual settlers who had from 200
to 400 acres of government land en
closed in Gilliam and Wheeler coun
ties in 1901 and 1902 but neglected
to proceed against the Butte Creek
Company, which had enclosed 20,000
acres. Heney apparently is making
out a strong case against the defend
ant in cross-examination and it is
said that the rebuttal for the govern
mcnt is very strong.
BANK CLOSED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30,-Many of
the singers of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, it is said, had deposits in
the New Amsterdam National Bank
which was taken over by the comp
troller of the currency last night The
bank isc in the opera house building
and was therefore convenient for the
singers. Among the depositors, it is
reported is Enrico Caruso, the tenor,
who is said to have had $4000 on de
posit there. When the news of the
closing of the bank was told at the
opera house last night there was con
sternation among the singers but the
performance was not delayed.
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AUTOISTS BROUGHT" TO TIME
CHICAGO, Jan. 30. A despatch to
the Record Herald from Los Angeles
says: A decision by the district
court of appeals declares in effect
that automobilists are 'obliged to look
out for pedestrians and keep from
running them down and that pedes
trians cannot be charged with con
tributory negligence if they do not
keep out of the way of automobiles.
The decision affirmed a judgment for
$7000 damages awarded Stanley King
who had been run down by the auto
mobile of E. K, Green.
RUEF ISSUES
STATEMENT
A Denial of His Alleged
Double Dealing.
IS WILLING TO TESTIFY
In Open Court He Denounced as
Untrue Statement of District
Attorney Langdon.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
PROMISES OF LENIENCY
Accused the District Attorney of
Trying to Force Him Into Abso
lute Compliance With Certain De
mand, Had no Communications.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.-Abe
Ruef in open court today denounced
as untrue the statement of District
Attorney Langdon that he had been
in communication with the other de
fendants in the United Railroads' case
nA tnniuht issued a statement in
which he repeated the denial of his
alleged double dealing. He charged
the prosecution with violating its
solemn word ot honor ana wrmen
pladges; accused the district attorney
nf trinir to force him into absolute
compliance with certain demands by
securing his conviction and then un
der promise of leniency compel him
to testify. He reiterated that he kept
faith and asserted he is now and al
ways had been willing to testify to
the truth as he bad done before the
grand jury.
NINE MINERS KILLED.
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CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 30.-
Nine miners met their death in New
River colliery, 45 miles from here this
afternoon by an explosion which
partly wrecked the mine. Sixteen
others who escaped with slight in
juries. '
UNIQUE OPERATION.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Two young
surgeons at Bellevue hospital last
night performed an operation which
is said to be unique in surgical his
tory. Nearly two months ago Michael
Fitzaptrick a "trusty" in the Tombs'
prison, fell down an elevator shaft in
the prison and broke his back. He
was removed to Bellevue but it was
thought nothing could be done for
him. He clung to life tenaciously and
Dr. Milton E. Lewis and Dr. Dudley
S. Conley, who were graduated from
Columbia Medical Schol lastjyear, be
came much interested in lis case.
Four of Fitzpatrick's vertebrae were
broken and the ragged ends were
pressing against the spine, paralyzing
the entire body. The operation con
sisted in cutting off the end of these
vertebrae with a crescent shaped saw
and winding the stubs of each one
with tissue rubber, making a cushion
of each. It was believed last night
that the operation had been entirely
successful. Fitzpatrick must remain
for several months on a rubber water
bed.
OFFICIALS GO TO ORIENT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.-J. H.
Hiland, third vice-president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, in
charge of traffic, and F. A. Miller,
general passenger agent of the same
line, left on the steamer Mongolia
today for Japan and China.
Their object in visiting the Orient
is to look over the field and ascertain
for themselves the business that could
be secured from the Orient . when
this road shall have entered Seattle.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
is well on its way west and if noth
ing unforeseen occurs it should be in
Seattle in about one year's time.
Arrangements will be made with a
Japanese steamship line to handle
through traffic.
BELLINGHAM, Jan. 30-Gui
Whichman, a longshoreman, was kill
ed and Chris Hansen, probably fatal
ly, injured by the breaking of a sling
white loading lumber on the Angus
today. Wichman's body was badly
mangled and crushed.
NO CIGARETTE SMOKING.
GUTHRIE, Jan. 30-.The lower
house of the legislature passed a.
measure prohibiting the smoking of
cigarettes, the penalty being a fine of
from five to twenty-five dollars for
each offense. .
ALDRICH BANKING BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. - The
Senate held a short session today
during which Aldrich reported his
banking bill from the commitee on
finance which he announced he would
call up for consideration on Monday
February 10th.
BURNS FINDS CHAUFFEUR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.-De-tective
Burns announces that he has
located Alexander Latham, former
chauffeur for Abraham Ruef, who is
an important witness in the bribery '
graft cases and who mysteriously dis
appeared. He declines to state y
Latham's whereabouts. r
IS JAPAN SEEKING LOAN?
PARIS, Jan. 30. The presence in
this city of Reizero Wakatsuki, vice
minister of finance of Japan, created
fresh rumors of Japan seeking a new
loan. ;
Government Accused of Doing
Politics in Ireland.
IGNORES REIGN 0FTERR0RISM
Marquis of Londonderry States That
the Present State of Ireland is
Worse Than in Dark Days, Early
in the 80's Judges Paralyzed.
LONDONDERRY, Jan. 30.-Heat-ed
charges of cowardice in turning a
blind eye to the "Reign of Terrorism'
in Ireland in order to keep Nation
alists in good temper and assure a
continuance of their support in the
Commons was launched against the
government in the house of lords to
day. The Marquis of Londonderry,
who was viceroy of Ireland in 1886-89
led in the attack and so infectious
were his statements that even Lord
Langford, who has been a represen
tative peer of Ireland since 1884
broke his silence of 24 years" and
devoted his maiden speech to a re
cital of hispersonal experiences with
cattle driving outside his own gates.
The Marquis of Londonderry
declared that the present state of Ire
land was worse than in the dark days
early in the eighties, when murder
and outrage were rampant. He at
tributed these conditions entirely to
the cowardice of the government
Cattle raiding is in progress in ten
counties. Judges are paralyzed in the .
sections subject to coercion by the
Irish league and a trial by jury
is a farce. Out of 237 prisoners tried
only 8 were convicted.
TO RESTRAIN ORDERS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Sena-
Gore introduced a bill prohibiting the
granting of restraining orders by the
federal courts in cases between em
ployer and employe unless it is neces
sary to prevent an irreparable injury
to property rights of the party mak
ing the application. The bill also
provides that no agreement between
employees can be held by a court as
a conspiracy unless property rights
are endangered.
NOBLES WONT GET IT ALL.
ALBANY, N. Jan. 30. A bill.
the effect of which would be to tax
dowries given by New York State
women under their marriage to for
eigners, was introduced in the assem
bly today by Keller of New York. It
provides a tax of 20 per cent on such
property above the value of $100,000.