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Newspaper Page TextGOOD E V Ell III 6 Journal Circulation THE WEATHER rHER. -rrh- ' a"K. MM Yestenbr nj! ' -7 , Filr, cooler tonight with light froa.-. Wednesday fair; easterly wind. . VOL. IV- NO.. 313.. v PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH ; 6, . 1906. FOURTEEN- PAGES; TTru 7 erwv fTTMf c -o rains in vm " iV ITUM VTV ri TaT .-JJL-V 1. nrngmmmm L.1--JSJ ' iiiiijlSi- onrninr -rnD 1 1 1 iiiiRiTnnnY 1 r sis f sasrsw s a s r v II III I Ull l l 1 1 II i .1 II I. a B B B B .1 II III. I - OpEOR-CllliU. . ..... -. . Vftjenfih: Federal Grand Jury at Caldwel . Completes Its Work, Return 1 ' 'Ing Eleven Different True Bills. t ARRESTS MADE BEFORE NAMES ARE PUBLISHED Stated That Mover, Pettibone, Hay- wood, St. John, Orchard, Adams, ., Simpklna and JT wo Others Under Arrest in Colorado Are Indicted defendants Want Immediate Trial. ; - . Boise. Idaho, March . At 11 o'clock " ms wuining uif iranu jui y io 1 into i th courttopm t,Cll wit, "and Fore " man Moss delivered Into the hand .of Judge Smith a large. package of legal ' documents having the appearance of In dlotmenta. - Theoourt cautioned the members of the Jury against talking of p their work, especially of the persona against whom Indictments had been re turned. The Jury then returned for fur. - ther transaction of business. ; When Judge Smith looked' over the papers handed him, it was aen that 11 : different instruments . constituted the ' : report of the grand Jury. To an earnest request for such Information as might '., safely be' given out Judge Smith said that the law prohibited information of ; indictments being made publlo until the parties informed against had been arrested and fcrrslgnsd. . ' It Is, however, . stated on good ' au thority that Mercer, May wood, ' Petti. " bone, St. John, Orchard, Adams and at least three others have been Indicted for the murder of ex-Governor,' Steunen perg;;;..8herif Nichols is onhiswvto Hoi and" it t believed hs is carrying - warrants-for all the men In the peni tentiary that are awaiting grand Jury ? action. - : . ' v " The defendants attorneys will demand tfielr Immediate arraignment in order to .. begin to raise objections to the indict . -ments and probably all the indicted men will be taken to Caldwell tomorrow.- Joe Clark, Indicted Xor. murder, and ' Calvin M. Turner for assault with a L r deadly, weapon, were- brought- before the court soon after the grand Jury re - ported and arraigned. This accounts for two indictments, leaving three unac counted for. One is undoubtedly Jack . 81mpklnA, for whorq $1,009 reward Is offered tor hla arrest, and the two oth ers are said to.be under arrest In Colo ; rado. . ; 1. 1 - ' ' ' Kaay . Strangers a Caldwell. . Fv K. Richardson of Denver, attorney Boise the night of 'March 1 'with an an- swer In the habeas, corpus case. It la i believed that Clarence Parrow, the Chi- ' cago lawyer, will not come until after , the date of the trial Is lat-.j. .. i l.i TliWyMghfr "strahgers got off of the . train at Caldwell last night, and there ..? j are mora unknown people In that county . than ever before in ita .history. No ex -. planatlon of the Influx can be given un- leas they are there for the benefit of the Western Federation men- under arrest. , The town Is very quiet, but many fear .c trouble is brewing, for conditions are considered desperate for. the Imprisoned SLASHES HIS THROAT AND BLEEDS TO DEATH h- (Special Dispatch to The Jooraal.) -Vancouver, B. d March The re mains of Ouy Kimble, a native 'of On- - tarlo. were found yesterday in a se cluded spot at North Vancouver. He had alashed his throat with a pocket knife and apparently bled to death. He was formerly a hotel proprietor of this city, had been in a despondent mood and was drinking heavily "when last seen. EUROPE ON THE VERGE OF GREAT WAR SAYS A BERLIN PAPER Article, Believed to Be Inspired, Makes the .Announcement That r .the Crisis Is Acute Germany and France May Start . , 1 th9 Ball K (Joeroal Special Berries.) . Berlin, March , . An . ; Influential newspaper having official inspiration, ths . Frankfurter Zeltunavsaya today that the situation is critical and that feuropa is near a -waaa av result-ef tbe l disagreement . between Germany and Prance at the Moroccan .conference. There Is evidently no retraction on the part of the kaiser of the demands made by Germany In spite of the develop ment at Algeclras showing that Ger many la almost alone in Its - stand. Prance having the concurrence of Rus sia, Oreat Britain, Spain and Portugal and probably Italy also. . The discussion of definite police pro posals for Morocco nas'been postponed until- Thursday.- Tomorrow Will be de voted ' to a discussion of - the bank project ' i , Russia has submitted sn exposition Of th police question to the Algclras con vention which Is decidedly unfavorable to the German attitude, concluding with the argument that francs and Spain are Mrs.' Ella Rawls Reader Notifies - Government That She' Ts the - Whole-Thing In San Do mingan Politics. - . , EMPOWERED TO SETTLE .. REPUBLIC'S TROUBLES Female Financier Threatens to Over throw Modus Vivendi Now Exist ing .Wlth.Tbis Country Call. New Election' and Establish Constitu tional Government, r - - - Washington, , V. - C. March . Mrs. threatens to overthrow the modus vl- vendl now existing between" the United States and ' Santo Domingo. ' She has sent to the secretary of state and also to the committee on foreign affairs in the senate a letter, together with a oer tlflcate from Comlte Fatrloco Central de Monte Crlstt, Banto Domingo, copies of the .certificate being duly vouched for by a New York notary publlo as true and correct . copies, by which, he saya, she la empowered to settle the entire situation in the troubled islands.'": Mrs. Reader 1s not only given full au thority to collect and disburse all reve nue collections of the island, but, as she stated in her letter, she purposes to Ina mediately hold free general elections throughout the republic for the purpose of establishing a constitutional govern ment. She also promises, asr "sole rep resentative. oftheDomlnlcan govern' nrent, tocaJT an International commis sion to arrange all financial difficulties of the inland." . ' . Mrs. Reader's letter is now being con sidered at the state department, al though a reply has not been made.' In the eenata it has not been incorporated Jntha-procedlBga. but It will" receive due attention. It Is recalled that Mrs. Reader has been a factor in the Dominican situation since-long before tne present arrange ment began, by which the United States administers the finances of the Island republic. ' Apparently she la making a determined, effort to break into the re ceivership again. ,!, .. FJETOIILLIONS FOR FORTIFYING COASTS (Jooraal Sptctal Service.) ' Washington. D. C, March .-HPresl- dent Roosevelt sent a message to con gress yesterday emphasising the neces sity of -further defenses for American coasts, stating that the Insular posses sions cannot longer be neglected If the United State desires to hold them.": 13e- enVel are rernmnaedfar1rril)rtEn ports In the .Islands and also for en trances to the Panama canal.: The total cost of thr proposed defenses Is SKA AAA AAA - .11 " VETOES RESOLUTION TO PROSECUTE RAILWAYS roearaat Boerta! SorrVe Harriaburg, Pa., March . The gov ernor of Pennsylvania has vetoed the resolution of the legislature to prose cute the Pennsylvania, Reading and Lackawanna : Railway companies for operating coal mlnea contrary to the state constitution. . .. CZAR STILL SUPREME HEAD OF GOVERNMENT ' (Inaraal gprelal Service.) -St- Petersburg. March t. An imperial manifesto explaining the scheme of re organisation of the council of the em pire, the establishment of the douma. was issued today. - It is declared that the autocratic esar remains the supreme head of the state. . aiser. Bellicose. " ,. : , the most fit ' to be intrusted with the task of controlling the police force which - Is about to be created by Mo rocco. Prance agreed to accept., the Russian suggestion, following with the proposal thaPtha police force consist of 200$ Moors distributed 'et 'eight "points, each, having four European noncommis sioned officers, and the whole under the-command' of is French and Spanish of fleers -selected with tne suitan's con sent. . . . .. . -. -.. . Herr von Radowltt of the German aelegstlon states thst Germany merely desires to avoid complications and ob tain guarantees of commercial liberty. Both France and Germany are fully prepared for war. -Inthe chamber .of deputies yesterday the French minister of war stated -that every branch of supplies and ammunition ' had been looked after and the army was ready to mnbollte at an Instani'a notice. It Is rumored that France Is ptepsred to make concessions on the Bsnk of Morocco if Germany will yield on the question tl "Moroccan police. ; , : F. August ritlOIlS DROPPED Copper Magnate and Others Badly Hurt in Storm of Liqui dation in Wall Street. JOLLY ROGERS' CREW . SECURES THE SALVAGE Imrnan Profits Added ' to thel "'Hoards of the System by Collapse of" Copper. 1 Boom Money Lost Was Velvet.. . . -v - - (Journal gpeelal Barries.) : New York. March tS F. Augustus Holme la reported tohave lost from It.OOO.OOO to ts.OOO.OOO In the sterm that broke over Wall street, nd other opera tors ' of -almost equal Importance-. are known to have been badly hurt In the rale of llauldatlon that continued until shortly before the market closed yester day. . , The Standard OH brokers ' were lying by in their wrecking fleet ready to take salvage of all stranded craft that drifted their way, and it is known that millions of the "System" before the day was over. Helnse-waa not seriously affected by the loss as. is well known, but merely dropped part of the 7"velvet" Te accumu lated since he has been taking the profits on a remarkable boom In coppers. He is no -worse . off than if he had stopped trading before . the bottom dropped out. The story of . his loss Is told in a transaction by1- which- ha is alleged to have sold a block of Amalgamated at t5. which two weeka ago cost him 116. The number of shares 1st estimated at from.. 100.000 "to . 800.000. . This stock was purchased by Ueinse about a week before the announcement pf the settle ment . or tne copper war tnrough tne organisation., of tb Butte Coalition com pany and, according to. street reports, was bougnt tnrough J. a. aacne tt co. The United Copper, which waa controlled by Helnze, appeared to have received Bomethlng ofaioltalBOand was evi dently a victim of the crew of the "Jolly Roger," for while Amalgamated dropped only from. 104 to 100, United. Copper dropped from tt to B. When Amalgamated was at 111 .United was selling st It. ' T BOMB FACTORY RAIDED -BY RUSSIAN POLICE (Jneraat Special Service.) -St. Petersburg. March 6.- A wholesale bomb' factory Waa captured by , the po lice today at the lodgings of a drug gist. - Twenty -revolutionary students were taken. A terrorist with a bomb in his pocket waa arrested. ' s i f A wnai-waarreatd auMoacow yeeterday while attempting-to murder Vice-Admiral , Doubasoff, governor-general . of Moscow. , Representing , that aha. - came from personal friends ,she gained admittance. Her actions caused her arrest and search and a' bomb .was found concealed In tier hair. . ...... , ; i NO NEW TRIAL FOR - : ITALIAN MURDERESS ' (joaraal Bpeelat Berrleal) - r- ' ? Trenton, N. March . The right 6f"Judge Bergen othe eonnty court "to grant a rule to show why a new, trial should not be granted Mrs. Tolls, the Hackensack Italian murderess, was de nied today by the court of errors. An appeal will now be made to the court of pardons... Mrs. Tolla's reprieve, expires ' Monday . -: ' ' '. . SHEPARD TRYINGLTO . . i SECURE A PARDON (Jnnrul 8pHa1 Rarrlre.) -. i Paris, March S.--The minister of Jus tice has ordered a postponement of the incarceration of Klllot Shepard of New Tork. sentenced and flned- because a klllA h tile antrimohtl VCt- Xorta are blg"made to secure a pardon. BY HEIIIZE us - Heiiue. . DUKE OF. ATHOL DENIES RUMOR Sexagenarian Peer Disclaims In ; tention of Espousing Mrs. sJottor Calmer HIS TITLE ONE OF ; LONGEST IN DEBRETT SepwCff4i sled in ChoaeBscsnse of the Departure for Abroad of the Palmers, . Including . Both ' of the Children. (Jooraal 8pertl Serrlpa.) ' 'it Chicago, March . The Inter-Ocean aayaCJiaf Mrs.. Potter Palmer Is going to marry the Duke of AtholJLJgoltcr Palmer Jr. Is really going over for his mother's wedding, if the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Honors Palmer for Europe Is really significant of 7 a shopping festival in Paris, at which Mrs. Honors will assist her mother-in-law in- the se lection of her trousseau, then, the famous social arbiter, sponsor and chief orna ment of Chicago will soon be wearing a title which in length at least will equal If not exceed that of any other American heroine of a. tTiiropean marrlaae. . "Mrs. Palmer, in that case, will be the wife of the Duke,3larquls and Earl of Athol,- Sir John --James Henry Hugh Stewart. Murray. K..T, "Chicago society accepta the rumor of Mrs. Palmers coming marriage as a fact and but little elae Is being dis cussed in the city's exclusive circles to day." ,-- v - The duke, whose wife died in 1902, will be S .years of age In August He owns 203,000 acrea. - A . London dispatch elates that the Duke of Athol denied , that he would marry Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago. - CANNOT TEACH CHINESE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT (Joarmal Special flerotcs.) Chicago, March I. Prince Tsal Tse, cousin of the present emperor of China, Commissioners Bhang Chi Hong, Li Chengto, Colonel Chien Sheh Lin and their retinue of secretaries. Interpreters snd servants, arrived today and were taken to the University of Chicago and the stockyards. ' They deny the rumors of the death of the dowager empress and declare -that there Is no rupture In the party!. The spokesman said; "We have learned much and expect to learn much more. 'The things that we learn may make China the greatest com mercial nation. We think other.natlons cannot teach China the science of gov ernmcnU" . . .. ' , " ... TREP0FF A CONVERT TO .P0BULARG0yERNMENT (Joorssl Special Serrlce.) ' Berlin, March .General Trepoff, the Russian commander who la tour ing Europe studying governmental sys tems, visited the Reichstag this morn ing. ' , He declared that he la converted to a belief in a constitutional govern ment and promised that he , would urge Its-installation In Russia. BOGUS-LORD MAY GET - NEW LEASE OF LIFE (learnt Special SeeWee. --- " Jef feraon City, Mo.. March . Bogus Lord Bnrrlngton, sentenced - to hang March II. Is likely to get an extension of life. The supreme court this morn ing decided to take up the case again and review It enbanc. : - - FIFTY VESSELS LOST IN LAST WEEK'S STORM (Jnaraal Special Strvtce.) . New Tork. March The maritime exchange today posted the names of ships known, to have been lost In last week's gale. The loss Is nearly $500,. 00ft It is. believed that the final list will reach over SO craft. ' - - Arrangements m Completed 1-- for General . Gathering Here'To-" "nrnorrow of Democrata i Repre- T;:senting Every r Section. z- j - NO PLAN TO PREPARE -7 THE PARTY TICKET Discussion, . However, Regarding Candidates for the .Various Offices la - Expected ' Chamberlain - Has Solid Following for Oovernorship Delegates Need No Credentials. Ienssats will i aelale. As. admit them to the atate assembly which e.-gtr lij:clof k tomorrow mornlrig In Hlbernla hall. Every Demo erat in Oregorf has been included in the Invitation sent out by the Democracy of Umatilla county, and. the indications are that representatives will be present from every part of the stste. Eastern Oregon-will undoubtedly send a large contingent and reaponaes re celved from Salem, Eugene. Medford. Roseburg and numeroua other points bespeak a large attendance from the Willamette valley and from southern Oregon. The Democrats of Multnomah county will be present in force. StiUmsA ob the Way. . " A. D. Stlllman, chairman of the Demo cratism county central-. -committee of Umatilla county, la expected to arrive either this evening or early , tomorrow While there will be no attempt to put forward a party-ticket, there will un doutedly be considerable discussion as to candidates for. the varloua .atate offices. The .Democrata of Oregon are practically a .unit in favor -of . the -re- nomination of Governor Oeoraa" VL Chamberlain and the assembly will give an added stimulus to the enthusiasm of -Ma na hi palg it. miHdwics"tir''MrT'BE election is steadily growing, and the apparent ; inability of the Republicans to unite on the choice of an opposing candidate lends strength to this feeling. It lg generally understood that United States Senator John M. Gearln will re ceive the Indorsement of the aaaembly ror election for the six-year' term be ginning next March, -and that he will have the support of his party goea. with out -saying. There fa a widespread Teel- Ing that he has already. In the bilef time thaf he has been In Washington, made an unusually good record for a new senator, and that the Interests of the state demand that he be continued in office. - -. ' -. legislative sTomlnees. , . The choice of legislative candidates will also receive careful attention at the hands of the assembly. The overwhelm ing Republican majority in recent ses sions of tl)e atate legislature has re sulted In many abuses and In mucrTTrri wlae legislation. With a more equal representation of the two parties the results would be much better for the people. Democratic leaders believe that the time is tripe for an effort to elect Demooratlo legislators. To accomplish this it is of the highest Importance that men of recognised standing and ability ahould be put forward as the party's candidates, and action will probably be taken tomorrow with this end In view. TO REPLACE PLAGUE SPOT WITH PUBLIC PARK eaBBSBsaBSBSBsaBaasiBsnsBSsasasBsss . New York to Pull Down China Ttown and In Its Place Es-tt-t tablish Play Ground. (Journal Special Servle.) New Tork. March Steps are being taken that will probably result in wiping out the nlaaue spot in Manhattan known as Chinatown. - The Manhattan local improvement, board will on March Z0 hold a publlo hearing on a proposal to end the existence of Chinatown by es tablishes a nark bounded by Bayard street. Bower, Chatham Square and Park Row. Worth street and Mulberry street. Mayor McClellan la on record in favor of the plan and many property owners Interested have signed peti tion for. this . park. ... The sssessment valuation of the land to be taken if the plan Is adopted Is less than IJ, 000.000 and the buildings are of little value. Mulberry Bend park, which grew out of conditions somewhat like those of Chinatown, cost the city 1 3.000,000. , Under the small parks act the city can spend money and can take land with the approval of the local board of Improve ments and the concurring Votes -of the boards of estimate and aldermen. , - PACKERS AIDED IN :OFFICIAL-4NVESTIGATI0N ( Jnnrsal Special Serrlce. ) " Chicago. March . Chief Statistician Durand resumed the stand in the pack ers' case this morning. He said that the packers gave all the information de sired concerning freight rates. He said that the packers offered every facility for the Investigation. . , " Snow Sleeks Train. ' tSneHet OIiMta i The Joeraaf.) Baker City, Or., March (. Trains en the Stimpter Valley railroad have been blocked by the heavy snowfall of the past few daya and threw engine an necessary to haul two coaches np some of the grades between this city and Aus tin,, the terminal of the line. George F; Baer. v f,ll DEMANDS Anthracite Operators Review . Proposals Made by United iheWorkers. CHOOSE DAY TO HOLD t : v A JOINT CONFERENCE President Baer of the Beading Road Presides Little, Hope of Prevent ing Strike in Hard Coal Re gions. i ' ' i ' (Joeraal Special Berrlra.) ' -New Tork, March . Anthracite -ooal operators met. today- to consider pro posals made by the tnlneworkers' union and to name a day for a Joint conference between representatlvea of the operatora and- miners. ' president George F. Baer of the Reading road presided While -no aiiiiounceineiit will be made as to the conclusions reached until the lulnt-conXetence , Is .hclil. , -It., la reported! that the -anthracite operators are. con vinced that a hard coal strlks Is Inevit able, and owners are exerting every ef fort to prepare for a walkout en April I and storing -as much fuel aa possible so as to have a large supply, on nana. . The demands of the tnlneworkers have been gone over by President Baer and other presidents of coal carrying roads, and it is reported the presidents agree that th-demands -cannot - possibly - be granted. No open break with the union Ts expected; however, until after the joint conference. ..- In this connection a settlement of the bituminous strike will have an Important bearing, and It is probable that President Roosevelt will take a hand in forcing a settlement of the anthracite ae well ea In the bitumi nous fields. - ' " . - ' President Gompers has called a meet ing of the executive councH of --the American Federation of Labor In Wash ington March 1. It is believed the coal situation wIK tieTooniideredr" rr INVENTION ENABLES . SHIPS TO COAL AT SEA (Joaraa! Special Service.) ' Washington, - March . One-of -the most important steps taken in the navy department , in the way of adding to the mobility of the fleet In time of action la the equipment of one of the naval oolllera with an English apparatus which will permit ooallng at sea. This haa been a subject discussed with much interest by the naval general board. It Is considered of equal Importance with the meana of repairing ahlps on the firing line by 'the employment of a floating dock.- It vessels can be coaled at sea, of course, there will be a great saving in time, which. In the event of war, means the preservation of the In tegrity," and -therefore-the maintenance of the efficiency of the fleet.; "The adoption of the British system of coal ing ships at sea will not be received .In all quarters with approval, alnee It means . the . rejection of an . American model, which was recently- tested In the service - and without those results deemed satisfactory by the expert ob servers. In the contract made for the Installation . Of the . apparatus on -the naval collier it Is stipulated that, the contractors shall receive no compensa tion until the device haa been f uUy tested under practical . conditions. . This will Include coaling, at a distance from the shore knd ' In reasonably rough weather.. ., . . i ,- FIND LOSTrTEACHER H DEMENTED CONDITION (Journal Special- Service. ) ., ' Riverside, CaL. 'March . Mre. Ger trude Russell, who conducts a private kindergarten, mysteriously disappeared aat nlahL Bhe was last seen on Mount Rubliioux, .-where she went mountain climbing with her children. Another teacher came hack with the children. The search .was kept up all night by a large posse, ghe wa found, at o'clock this morning west Of Riverside, in a demented condition, hiding behind a palm trc" gh haa-watkeff aiTTiighrin the fields. - : - INNOCENT MAN MAY 1 HAVE BEEN HANGED - (SeecUl Dispatch te The Jowaal.) Vancouver. B. C, March . -Sensational newt has been received from Cal gary to the effect that William Hay ward, for whose alleged murder Charles King waa hanged at Kdmonton laat summer, haa been Been alive In the northern wllda where the traa-criy wa helleved to have taken place. King was convicted on his second trial on purely rlrcum slantlal evidence. King died protesting his Innocence to the last. 1( . ' CONSIDERED Secretary of Interior Awards Schedule Fourof Main Klam - ath Ditch to Interna ton atCompany: BUILD SIX BRIDGES- -, WITH HOWE-TRUSSES Government to . Rush Reclamation Project to Completion Awaits Completion of Railroad Before Let ting Other Big Contract Land Is '2 Being Rapidly Taken-JJp. V (Whintin Unrein ofTtTaBrTiil.)-gejaCTC-JgZ-1" tr l t mtrr--- r Waslifngton," March t. The secretary r the Interior today executed a contract. with theInternational Contract com- pany for the handling of schedule 4 of the main canal of the Klamath project. The eontract calls for the construction of five highway bridges, with M-foot Howe truss spans, the superstructures to be complete in place, arld one bridge with 80-foot Howe truss spans and su perstructure. . . , ' v,- The contract is let J n acoordance with the determination of the government to rush the construction of the KlamaDj reclamation . project -1 eompletion- It will probably be the last large con' tract let until , the railroad reaches Klamath -Tails, which will materially reduce tho cost of construction. Owing to. absence of difficult en gineering features, the Klamath project can. be completed quickly, an most -of the land in private ownership can be supplied with water In very ahort time. As the Klamath basin is remote from any railroad, it was feared that putting such a large area under Irrigation at one time would result in overproduction in products and : a consequent decrease in prices which would worv financlp' Injury to settlers. - As under terms ef the - reclamation a muni oe sota oeiore tne water, la sud- plled. It waa believed the demand would not be great enough to Insure a fair price to the owners. But these fears, in light of present circumstances, are unfounded; . the ,-. letting of initial contracts of the work ' has so Increased the demand for lands that there seems to be no 'occasion for doubting that all of the excess holdings will pas promptly Into the hands of persona properly qualified to occupy them aa htimi.m.k.r. Th. rrn- ommends that the completion of the en. tire project- be carried 'forward aa rapidly ae funda can be made available for the purpose. . . . ,, . . GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING Jerome Takes Up Subject o' Campaign Contributions and Indictments May Follow. Uoomal Spedat Berriea.) New Tork, March District Attor ney Jerome appeared before the grand Jury this afternoon And presented evi dence based on his own investigation of the . report -of the -Armstrong Insurance -committee. He. requested the Jurors to i give the keenest consideration looking to the returning of Indictments for cer tain insurance officials, charging' them with larceny. . .-v. - 'The Jury asked the court questions en hypothetical cases of political contribu- " tlons by insurance companies, to gst instruction as to the law, -. -r The court warned the Jury to be cau- . tlous, not to be guided by publlo clamor but to weigh each case with great delib eration. ' - . -. WHITE SLAVE PLEADS ' GUILTY AND FAINTS (Joeraal Bpeelat Berfke.) New Tork, March S. Bertha M. Clalche, the "White Slave." today pleaded guilty to manslaughter In the first degree for slaying Emil Oerdron. her master.- the prosecution having .of fered to drop the murder charge pro vlded the' woman pleaded guilty to the leaser crime. When-- the-eooTt-- opened -Dtwtrtrt-At - torney Jerome said that he had decided to aocept the change in the plea.. The girl was taken to the bar frightened, in a half fainting condition. In reply to questiona put to her regarding the change in plea, she- nodded her head and dropped screaming to the floor, re peatedly crying. ' Mother, oh mother! - I am never - to ' see mother again," and fainted. - The maximum imprisonment for men -slaughtsr In the first degree Is to rears. . The Judge. may Impose any sentence up. te that that he may see fit. The girl waa remanded to Jail and will be sen tenced' March It. - ' " - CHICAGO SALOONS TO l " PAY HiGHER UCENSE Unerasl Special arrlee. ciM. I.Th. cltv CmiAflll last night passed -en ordinance raising . .. . I . . . , A,... the saloon licenee in j .". Li.k win ln.na.1 the reveniMM of the Will' II w.., - city tJ.500.000 and will permit the In crease of the police force by l.oftt more w-l4.a whitnr nut hi n ' of m.R, . saloons which are the haunts of tnievee and hoodlums. A israe crow-i a-teiu- t the pfoceedtnga. puhlln ln1 aiion v r the reign of crime forch.j t..e it " . iw -- CV