The Oregon daily journal., September 27, 1905, Image 1

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VOL. IV,
Williamton, Bigjp and; Cnr
forth Third Tim Await a
Verdict -In thT Con
spiracy CaM.'
CHARGE-IS GIVEN
' SHORTLY AFTER THREE
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Bannttt Concludes Argument. Early
"l- la the Morning and Heney Occupies
Nearly Thret. Hours tn. the Final
Presenution for the OoTernraent
I Courtroom Is Crowded; "
if v'
. la the soardad aeolualon of the Jury
.room 11 man are 4trminine the question-of
the guilt or innocence of Con
arMmn J. N. VTUUemeon. Or, Van
: Oeaner .'and Marion . R. Bias, whose
third trial came lo a conclusion this
afternoon In the federal court. , , -
'Jxag Bennett's arsument for the de-fence-was
concluded at tttlSs e'cloek
this mornlna and he was followed jr
JMatrlot. Attorney Henejr In a final pree-
FATE IS WITH
; IDE JURY
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H demand the; conviction of th. accused
i men.i Mis argn meat wee interrupted
y by. the 4Kon adjournment and wee re-
tlia. charge tllyered to the Jury
;r by Judge nnntr .- eaee reftherer-
dlcS the lona-oceL-Vaaat at Sad.
; j V.V :'i teatej Thtee wiea.
The third trtl f Conremerr "Wll.
liameon. end Ilia eddefendahta. has occu
' pied three weeks sad' twe daya, a longer
.period then' either of the two- triala
which preceded It. 1 y- ; ' v- .
' The first trial began July T and ended
July . including the time , that the
: Jury waa deliberating upon the evidence.
After 4T boure of frultleee Rebate the
Jurore reported that they were unable
,' to agree and were diecharged. The eote
on the first trial waa 19 for conviction
r:, -The second trial began July-Jt-atid
: ended on August ' 4. the . Jury again
.. disagreeing. They were locked la the
jury room for it hours and stood for
; eenrlctlon and. for acquittal. .. ;"; '
?eae aad Jeetea sTeart. ' . .
Contrary to ths - previous arrange
ments the neat case to be tried will be
that of the t'alted States against W. N.
Jenea.aad-Tbaddeua 8. Potter, charged
.-with frauds In the Slleta reeenre. The
trial of Congressman Blngsr Hermann
and hta eodefendante will come later.
. Mr. Heney announced the chenge ef 'pre
grant this morning. ' , ,
;' Judge Bennett's ergument to the jury
- thla morning In the Williamson trial
Trmu chiefly a review of the evidence 1
.. but at times he turned to denunciation
' Of ths methods ef the prosecution end to
- denunciation of the alleged Intimidation
of the wltneaaee. He Insisted that there
waa no reliable evidence which waa at
variance with the theory that the de
fendants wars gulltleea of any wrongful
. Intent and he dwelt on the variance be
tween the testimony of the. wltneeeee
Oaylord and Cratn and the documentary
proof offered by- the defence. These
- witnesses testified that they went to
. gather to Oesnera office on December
, 101, and there received checks for
, the filing . fees they had paid. Each
. testified that he eaw the other receive
hie check. But when the checks were
. presented In evidence one of them wea
found -to-be dated Deeember , and the
other December . 11. In the opinion of
...defendants, counsel thla waa deer evi
dence that the two witnesses were not
' to- be believed. i, . " , ' .
"; Messoriea "Vadaly Oalttvated." -
"1 do not. say theee men were Inten
" tlonally dlshoneat." aald Judge Bennett,
"but I do say that their memory waa
I unduly cultivated. 'Remember that the
grand Jury le In eeaelon,' eald Mr. Heney
' td them, and the threat waa eufflclent to
Influence their testimony aa he desired."
The district sttorney wee accused of
attempting to bullxtowa good men to
- satisfy -his anrblt Ion to be known aa
; another ' Joe' Folk. Judge Bennett In-
- elated that It. waa: Incredible that men
whose lifelong reputation wae of the
very best could have engaged In a con
spiracy to Induce their friends . and
nelghbore to commit crime. He con-
' eluded hia argument with an Impea-
- atoned appeal to the Jury not to blast
the Uvea and reputations of hia clients
, by aa ad veree verdict,
In a rapid review of the teatlmony
ths district attorney pointed out the
evidence' that the story teld by the gov
ernment'e witnesses - - waa true. . - He
' called attention to the fact that of the
, 44' entrymen who had taken tip clalma,
tt were -men; of theee, three are de
fendants -end . Wakefield, " the partner
' of Williamson' Oeener "ought to be a
defendant"; others are deed, and of .the
10 remalnrng;'l""had beirr placed on
the stand by ths prosecution. j
' - 'i. Onlldiw Qeeasased. ,
' ' (J-srsal -SpHI Bn the.) '
Fort , Dodge, Inwa. Sept. . 17. Five
. children' sleeping' at -the borne of Ed
.,'ward . A damson were - cremated at I
o'clock this morning by a gasoline ex
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CAPITAL
COOLIE LABOR
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Governor Mead Asserts That
Backof Howl-Against Exclu-
sion Is Selfish Wish.
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AMERICAN ?TRADE ' IS - J
- NOT THE COMPLAINANT
Rather. ; It , Is the Vast . Intertsu
That Need MiUiona of Workers
and Prefer' Serfs Rather- Than
Men;
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Governor Albert . K. Mead of .Wash.
tngtota todsry verffled the current report
to the effect that a movement of tre
mendous proportion la oh foot to break
down the barrlera now etandlng .in the
way of the admlaSton of Chinees coolie
laborers to the United State ... - - -
flovemor Meed was one 'J of the
speakers at the opening of the Trans
Mlssisslppt Commercial "i con green -. in
Portland and with Governor Chamber
lain, spoke emphatically against the ad
mission of coolies Into thin country, s
. The -congress -waged lte prinoipal de
bate over the question referred to, and
the committee on resolutions and the
sub-committee appointed! by them, on
whlsh ea Ceeesass iMIlss P Mnnra nf
Waehlnaton served, , listened to .tmpaa-
sioned speeches, which -would have been
repented on the floor of the congress
had not the committee reached a com
promise in .the -form of a plank that
called President Roosevelt's . attention
to -the too rigid "application of -ths ex
clusion lews by federal officiate at the
Pacific coast . porta and called on the
government to devise means' whereby
the conditions could be Improved.
I Chief Argnaaeat fo Admission.
' The chief argument for the modifi
cation of the present law, upon the ex
piration of ita life next year, was the
embarrassfnent of educated - Chinese
and orientals of the higher classes who
come to thle country to-travel or trans
act "business. -
Opponents of modi neat Ion conceded
the point, but claimed that It was not
a question of changing-the law er the
governing principle thereof, butVas one
of administration, and that the executive
department, of the federal -government
could bring to psee the' desired reform
by Instructions to Its serveate to exer
cise more1 .care) In the performance ef
their dutiee. ., , . . ''
Allegations were made-ln the. commit
tee meetings -and In -personal -conversations
-that ths proposal of the advotatee
of modification "were merely -attempting
to advance one step toward the ulti
mata goal which they ' had ' aet before
themselves tbe breaking, down of the
barriers and ths admission of -coolie
labor In unlimited numbers, -f ' .
T rapltsraaokr ia'moT- 1
Discussing, ths question today; Gov
ernor saeaa saia rrnat It waa apparent
that there -was more back of ths move
ment than appeared on the surface. - -"Tea,"-
asserted he. 1t was obviously
in the Interest of-, the admission ef
coolie lebor, and It Is not a violent ae
sumptlon thst-the cause nf -ths move
ment Is to be found la the struggle be-4
we eapiuu eno laBor tn this country.
-we-ao not 'went ceolls Isboiwra hers
and the people will not be alow to awake
to the Importance of the Issue that is
presented . by -any . atadlsd sUemnt to
modify - the laws so ae to permit the
Ingress ' of coolies In" small numbsra,
which- wlU mean simply-the opening of
the gates, and the admission Anally of
ths Chinese' lower -classes without re-
etralafc" - V " -' - -, '
In the eeeeiona of the enmmWiM at
the Commercial congrsse. Senator Her
ri or Texas brought the Issue sauarslv
home to the' members and secured ad-
mlsslona that Indicated that those fa
voring modification . In . the exclusion
laws hoped ultimately to break them
down altogether.
Ooveraor Meed la here with the mem
bers of the Washington- stats Lswls snd
Clsrk "edntmlsslon and AdJutant-Oeneral
Jamas II. Drain and Colons! John Kin-
sey. - The member of the-commission
are Dr. J. J. Smith of Seattle. Reaator
Huber Rasher of Spokane. Dr. Hare of
North Taktma,-Senator-Bumnet of ,H5--
nomiss. senator aMwart or Puysllunv
Representative Blsaer of Vancouver.
Clarke coanty, nd Representative Mil
ler or Lewie County. . Mrs. Mead a)
Mrs. Smith sccompwny-the part v. - They
are at the Oregrt hotel and ths exercises
in connection with Washington dsy at
the expo"Kln wae the occaaloa for their
visa at t&u time.. .
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John A. McCall; President of the'Ncw York Life Insurance Company and His $150,000 Summer Residence on
l--y-2C;Z',' ! K'tb jiney Coast, "The White House by the Ses," i;i):i ';V.; ; ' '
LAWSON SAYS W'CALL SWORE FALSELY
llOUTIBOIIDjflVESraEIITS -1
President of New York Life Handled, Without Cloves by Frenzied
FinancierFifteen Millions Declared to. Have Been '
gr-etevr.e- "av-sen -
. Stolen Frorn Insurance Policy-Holders. i ; t !
..Kew Tork, Bept IT. !I am 'going ,to
haadte John. A. McCall. president of the
New Tork Ufa ." Insurance company,
without gloves. In an open 'letter I shall
send him tomorrow." eald Thomas W.
Lawson today. . "I shall state that Mr.
McCall swore faleeiy If he said before
the leglalstive Insurance committee that
his- company never Inveetsd funds be
longing to policy-holders .in stocks of any
kind, I will also say . that $16,090,000
hsa been stolen from the policy-holders
of the Insurance companlee of this Coun
try.; Vj,, .4.V:.. , . ;,
."Shortly I am going to New Tork and
arrange to start a fight sgatnsfths in
surance robherreei I 'shall form com
mittees in, -eaah state and from these
general groups we will form a central
committee .end go after the tricksters.
"To facilitate .mattere I ahall lenae
Madison Square garden and , make -. the
expanse. 'a personal mUer.j Then- ws
will tsks steps to pull every one of the
etar witnesses out of their burrows and
make them tell .what 'they know 'about
mysterious deals."ti ' j v t , t
SAYS PACKERS USE 1 .
'METHODS OF. CRIMINALS
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" tJonrssI SperlaJ aVrrlc. '.' '
Chicago, eJepl.- t7 Distrlt -Attorney
Morrison eppeared -4n-the- f ederatcourt
today a pd asked that the pleas In abate
ment the packers had filed be dismissed.
He declared they Were solely for ths
purpose 0f, delaying tbe trials and ac
cused . the defendants - of resorting to
ths ordinary methods employed by com
mon erlmtrtele. -He sddrrssed . the teourt
frr". several. Hours. .The srgsmente are
expected to last several dag, .--,'
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ft.ee an adjournment of ' days the
legislative committee' investigating, life
Insurance again 'met this, miming, and
reeumed Its Inquiry. Ths .first witness
called -wae. Henry . Regere Wlnthrop,
financial manager, of the Equitable tit e,
who told shout the, syndicate opera
tions -of Jits company. He waa quea
tloned by - Attorney Hughes regarding
several bond deals,- which he -wss un
able to give information, en last week,
frothing sensatlonsj waa brought out In
his testimony.- - : j,, . . '
Wlnthrop stated -thst Benatorhaun
cey M Depew, James H. Hyde -jjfid, former-
Preetdent : Alexander- had personally
participated Ih the syndicate operations
of "James H. Hyde- and -seoclates,"
which handled Investments made by ths
Equitable In securities and storks. Both
Ijtpjtw and Alexander were among tbe
"Associates."' . - . . . i '
It Is understood this morning that
Senatora Depew and , Drydjsn, . and
Jacob H. Schtff will be called to the
atand to explain the operations of ths
syndicate, especially In relation to -the
Union Pacific -bond deal. j
EMPLOYERS ARRESTED' ;
( ! FOR ' IMPORTING LABOR
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. ; . . ' tJesmal SperUI fWrl. . , ,
New Tork, Sept. TJ. Warrants ihave
been issued ly" "tie I'nited JSta tes dis
trict attorney for the errest ef -11 heads
of manufacturing concerns on the rhargs
of having eonsptred through the mediant
of 'an employers -association to violate
Lthe contract labor taw by the tmports-
ttoti or rorelgn ranor.- The penalty, if
convicted, is s fine el not less. than
ll.oos nor more thsa 110.000' sr Impris-.
emaeot of. net; snore, thja twe vara. '
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GUIIBOAT. IS LOST
United States Ship Leite Goes to
Bottom 'in Storm' That : '
, -Swept' Philippines. t "
GOVERNMENT POST ATr-
tr. MALAHI DEMOLISHED
Great Daraage Throughout. Islands
Reported Ten .Thousand.!, People
Homeless snd Thousands of Build-
ings Destroyed in Manila. " . -
(Jmrssl Speelel Swrlce.)
WsshinatenSei. 27. Oeneral Corbin
telegraphs from Manila that the typhoot
of yesterday - caused . great damage
throughout the Philippine-Islands ss well
as In Manila. Thouaands of nativee In
remote sections are houseless and many
towns completely demolished-Tbe wires
sre down' sndVthS full extent ', of the
damage is- unknown.. --r..- i
The government 'post, st Marahl was
totally destreyejt, but. so far' as knows
there were no casualties. Admiral Re Iter
cables thst the gunboat Lelte was lost
In ths storm. No one wss sboard of
her at the time. The craft wae ceo-
tured - from Spain ' and wss practically
worthless. ' '. - ' ...
In Manila lo."00 persons are liomelesa
Six persons ; are known .to have bees
killed Snd more than 100 Injured. Tha
wint-ltole4 a .veloeMy-ef-te- stiles an
hour. Hundreds of stone buildings wers
blown down snd workmen are busy to-
dsy removing the ' debris from - the
streets. ' U Is thought thst snsny dead
will be found in the rubie of the demol
ished buildings. Bhlpping In the region
Swept by the. typhoon' was warned In
time to get clear of its peth. The erejn
arty less is -esU-aated-.atlSOO.seS la
Manila. ' ,. J-,-. .,.) ii ,
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TYPHOON
5 Ef biio
Hanafer Clinton of
, Month
s of Work, Proves Old
- : -
Guess a
Evfry neans of Compatation Tells How Greatlf
Assessor Sigler - Erred in Haking the Re
. '. turns i at - Only 1 10,000. . - .. :
' Portland's population le KS.Oet.
" The ' enumeration' of Assessor B. V.
Slglsr for ltOS has been proved to be ab
surdly Inadequate.
The Increase for the past ,yssr has
approximated 12.000. and for the pact
Ova .years ths ratio of. growth has beea
the asms aa that from 1104 to 1106, or
about 70.000. J ' ' . f -
- Having completed compilation of the
ltot ' directory, - and with . final proof
aheete before her, Mrs. H. M. Clinton,
manager of the directory business of R.
U Polk A- Co. tn this territory, todsy
gave out flgurea that prove these clalme
to be true, and demonstrate that this
city has - not -sauntered along the road
way . of progress, as the censua of the
assessor-would seem to shew,-but hae
been trtnmphaatly in the. front. of. the
laanraS i;ss.Uls tsasf pHteat -wrst -le tjow
eovsrlug the last stretch In the race foi
the 100,000 ceasW-- , , : ...
, Instead of an Increaserln populatloa
in Ave years of zo.OOO.t ar per cent,
Portland hae grown . from . to Tt per
oent in tbe laet Ave years, and now has
between S0.000' to 70,000 more peoplj
then it had In 1000. : , . rr-"j
So thorough haa been the work, and
so conclusive have been the methods .f
srrlvlng at these results, thst Mrs. Clin
ton fsele authorised to make the fnl
lewtng offer: . -' '. ";
:- ngmrea Oaa Be tovea."'.. '. - "
: "We are claiming that Portland'a pop
ulation now le more than 110.000: prob
ably la 100.000. and may be as much ss
r'Tt'gg'Se' WBtt odUBtl 'tng'a'r-cu'rr
aey of thsse etetemeata la at liberty to
come to our offices, examine our books
and procure the cooperation of our em
ployes to get tbe correct figures.
"We welcome Inquiry; we ahall assist
the Inquirer In hie work and will do thu
In the knowledge that he will be con
vinced that Portland'a growth 'n the
FIGHT REVOLVER DUEL FOR 20 GILES
III CLOSED EXPRESS CflRf
Messengers Shoot at Each Other ; From Behind Barricades
Packages While Train Speeds Along Fifty Miles , an! ; '
ZZ.. . .. Hour Both Combatants Fatally Wounded. -
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(Jeoroal Speelel Service.) -
Decetar. IIL. Sept. 2T. While the
train was running at SO miles an hour
a fatal dual wss fought In a closed ex
press car of tbe-eeet-bound psssenger
on tne Wabash from Bement. Illlnola.
to this city this morning, between J. &.
a former
messenger named Greene.
Greene entered the express car at
Bement-. asd -the sw beaaa euarrellng
over aa old grievance, which la aald to
have origins ted from - Ryan's appoint-'
msnt ae successor to Greene. Greene
accueed Bysa of having undermined bis
standing with the company, which Ryan
dsnled. Blowe. followed and Greene was
knocked dowa. - Arising he pulled out a
revolver and ahot Ryan, slightly wound
ing him. ' " T-
Ryan, pulling oat hia own revolver,
SALOONS MAY CLOSE TO
The Interest In Portland day has be
come ao general, with 100.000 aa the
slogsn. thst even the seloone may close,
regsrdless of the fact that- Saturday la
their biggest day..
J. 7& Kelly, president of the Retail
Liquor Dealers' association, stated to
day that he would Immediately call a
meeting of the organisation and auggest
to thst liquor men that they close their
places of business and subscribe an
amount sufficient to take all saloon am-I
pioyes inio ine rsir on rortiana asy.
Doubtless this will be' done
The officials of the exposition, even
i a rainy dsy. express supreme con
fidence Kn the prediction thst ths st
terfdanca on next Saturday will be lot)..
000. - - ,'. '-.'..
i All r 'tr't - i will be offered
vlalt v. . Then, will -
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NORTHWEST
Polk Directory, After
:Poor .One. :
peat five years haa been, not 10.000 pas
pie. permanent residents, but mora thas) '
three times that number. . ' "
"The flgurea herewith -' given out .
were for the population up to two
montha ago; they represent the popula
tion' on July 1, 100S, and today there
are many more persona who era here to
remain than there wers then, for nearly
three months have elapsed since we
took our -enumeration, and". In these
three - months a quarter of a year
with people fairly streaming Into the
town to . establish . homes, - the popula
tion le really grsetec then la Indicated)
by the result announced. , t . -;
'- V '' Ke rsVoeaa'fo BowtnV ;
- In order that there might be no room .
for doubting the estimate based ore the
directory figures, Mrs. Clinton . gave ,
ordeTwwh yeSrfhat''' especial care
should be- taken to disregard the names
ef . persons who rare here temporarily,
and ao csrefol baa been the- work that
it Is possible to announce that ths very
few mistakes that have been made by
the inclusion In ths directory of per
sons who are temporarily here la mora
theji . offset by the omissions that have .
been made by -reason 'of absence , of
Portland people from the city during,
the summer. ., ... .. . . , -. . - ,. ,
.Two mesne ware smploysd ta prove
the population. First, Mra Clinton or
dered her assistants to count evsry in
corporation, church and society that
was la the directory of 100, and the re
eult waa 40.400. . .
Th" ,"e w- Itt. hl-
year'a L directory, and. the reeuit ... we
7J.I47. i
la other words, the 100 directory
haa only 40-7 2de aa many Insertions as
this year's. - -. -,
The federal censua of ' 100 - gave
Portland 0.4II people. , The ratio, of
(Continued on Page Nine.)
shot at Greene. Each hastily berrtoeoed
himself behind : express pscksgss and
continued firing at each other from the
two ends of the -car. - For the entire
tt - milea shots were exchanged, mora
than to empty shells being found in the
car. -, ,. - . - ...
--When the oar reached this elty train. ..
man. n earing the continued ' ahootlng,
forced opea the door of the oar and found '
both eembetants warily eyetngesrti other -from
behind their barricades. , Both
were bleeding profusely, being - badly .
wounded In many places. s -.-. i ;
. Both men were so exhausted front. I
bleeding that they were nnable to .re- . ,
load their revolvers. They were tarVa ..
to the hoapltal and pbyalctane etste
that there "Is no chsncs that either wlU
recover. " " t ,". ';. . ,Z , rz ."...""
Both men bore good reputations.-
OBSERVE PORTLAND DAY
. ..... it ..-..- -
ecllpaa anything "Of tbe kind ever wit
nessed here; Japaaeae day f I reworks
will amuse t house ads; an expert boom
erang thrower from Australia will pro
vide a feature never before witnessed
In Portland; there will be an exhibit!. m
flight by the aliShlp, the "City of fort
land", In tbe morning, and a long d:.
tance flight In the afternoon. '
A military drill and panada wt'.l li
glvea by the troops from Vanco ;
barracks at noon, and the day w I -ih
"wittr"gmrrtorn " ape. ri' t
(iulld'e lake a Teproductlon of i
tls of Msnlls bey.
Thers Is every rei"- '
irreet ttenrtsm-e fri-
f it prominent ef
irowt fw "
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