i , i - - I Journal Circullicn GOOD riORITIIIG v J v v c; ii v Plr and not so warm; northwest winds.' ' "'"" ,',- ; PORTLAIiDr OREGON, 'SUNDAY MOIIIIIKO, AUGUST 12, lPOURi SSCTIQNS-FOfrTV-FOUR PAGE3. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Vol. in. no. 3. FUGITIVE DANK PRESIDENT. SEAnLE 18 wMSimm PLACE X MM i Ifflffi' mm UUABLE TO HusSV Oregon r.Ieiv Lose to Nonpareils or New Yoft by a Length and a Half After Magnificent Fight During Which They Led for. More Than Half the Distence Crowd Cheers Visitors . . -; - (Sped! Diapatck fcy Im4 Wirt to lb Jearaal) ' Woroeater. Mass.. Aug. 11. About the biggest surprise of tha nations! regstta cam int tha fntarnstlonsl four-oared race, when tha husky Portland. Oregon, eraw, whom tha crowd wanted to win alter- coming ,ao- fsr: to- compete. - waa defeated by tha Nonpareil erew of New York by length and a half ' after a magnificent fight, tlurlng which they led for more than half the distance.. . The long-distance vlartors did not hold bo true a. course -a the winner, whloh co them dearly In the laat part of, tha race. The. Portland men refrained from competing in -the final heat for enter four, though eligible In qualify ing yea tarda y,. because of the turn neo eesary In the courae. they preferring to take their chances on -the straight way course Used In the ihtsrnatlonal contest r '"v,;--,'.n Crowd for Portland. . v The spsotatere felt aorry . for the Portlanders, for, they .ha Jumped Into papular favor by their showlng-snd gsn ..i iic. The Nonpareils' time foe the vent waa nin mlnuUa and eight aeo-. Onde. '. ' - I The International four waa Claret truggle from atart to finieh for the five atartera, Thla waa won only after fine race by the tNonpareila of New York by length end half from the Portland. Oregon, crew. The Bavene wood erew waa third and the Winnipeg fourth. . '4-. 'v ( ' . . , The aenlor elht wa proteatad. to be rowed off by the New Tork AtbleUe Jury Decides His Case .Within arlfourjAfter Being Givemli)$triic I tions byJudseHunt i y Cos t. Barnard committed perjury when h swore on final proof piweeed- .lnga at Fossil, . Wheeler ; county hat Charles A. Watson bad complied with the requirements of the homestead law. This wss the verdict returned last night In the federal court by a jury of Portland bualnesa men. Accompanying the verdict was a recommendation to the mercy of th court. Ia order to save, time a night session was held. A feature of the final proof proceedings was that on of the Jurors, Waltr H. McMontes, who had been 111 with fever for three days, was pro- . vlded with a sofa and heard the closing arguments while lying in a recumbent position. Another feature was that, th Jury deliberated In 'tha courtroom in stead of retiring- to the place set apart for Jurors, v After Judge Hunt had de livered his charge be suggested lhat : the courtroom be . cleared in order to avert the necessity Of moving Juror If e Monlea, and th suggestion waa" fol lowed. " .'.v - Judge Hunt began his charge shortly before 1 o'clock After giving the Jurors the law. he resolved the. case Into two Issues: Waa Charles A. Watson a homesteader ta good faith, and did. Co D. Barnard a wear falaely in regard to . Wtaon'a realdenc and Improvement T Th instruction took 40 minutes, and it was 10:40 o'clock when th oas was finally submitted for decision. , ' : Clarke Ohosea'Posemaa, '. ' , Organisation of th Jury was soon ffeoted by th election of Lpula O. Clark foreman. . From th start all wr In faver of conviction. Th only . question was whether .Barnard should be recommended to meroy. After much discussion and some balloting this was attled In the affirmative and at 11: word was ssnt to Judge Huat, who was 'still In his chambers, that a verdict had been reached. In five minutes - the books of th federal court held a record of th conviotlon of the defendant . Judge Bennett, attorney for Barnard, gave notice of a motion for a new .trial. Th court set next Wednesday as ths data of sentence, on which Hamilton -H. Hendricks, convicted of perjury, and Charjea A. Watson, convicted of per jury, will also, be sentenced. Adjourn ment Until Monday was ordered and tnea most of th Jurors, asked and war granted rsleas from ! further aervle.. When aaked what he thought of th verdict Judge Bennett said: "I think it . waa unjust. Ws were up against th earn old ston wall;" ', :W -'. - ta Seooad eoavtoctoa. The Barnard case marks th second , 'oonvlotlon secured by United State. At torney William C Bristol in connection with th final . homeatead proof' of Charle A. Warson. 'Homesteader" Wat son, who proved up on a . claim fh Wheeler county without ever having last Wednesday. Barnard was ons of Watson's - witnesses on final ' proof, wearing that Watson had oontlnually raslded en his claim, from January, 119. ' until June, 1104. barring su month of, lllneaa. and that he had made numerous llmprovementa. Clarence a, VUTt U.h Ovher wltaaaa foe .VYastoa, m m m . kamav m sa w "- . ,c sw .ar . w .,' w club, and- the Rlverafde Boat club of Cambridge at Norfolk, Virginia after next year's regatta at the Jameatowa expoalrlon. - ' Seventy-five . thouaand people wit neaaed today's racaa. The elght-oared vent will be raced Sunday at t o'clock. Today's racing of the regatta, of the National aaaociatlon was marred by col- llaiona In three 'events. ' Three eolllatons. In the Intermediate pairs and senior fours thero war no penalties but In the senior eight the Argonauts of jjToronto were diaqualif led. for .fouling the -River sides." The New York Athletio club fin ished tirat and the Argonauts second. Referee Pllkington -ordered u Riverside and New . York Athletio club to row ver. x! ";'' ' -:i '.' . - One of the biggest surprises of the day was the ease with which Conatanoe S. Titus! of the Nonpareil Athletio club of New . York defeated Fred - Shepard In the championship singles. The men rowed on eves terms to the turn, where Titus began to draw ahead of his oppo nent. . Tltua. working to' the lee of the woreeeter anore ana tne Detier ox ino oourae and woq aa he pleased by 100 yards. , ' w ''!: ; jh'ii' In the Intermediate pairs itha ITas saus and Nonpaell re-the. onjy en tries. Tho Nonpareil ron. 'tn pleased by -.10 loncths.' : v r . (Cbnttnuad ey-Psg 'rku r'P wa also indicted for perjury, and hi triall will begin (tomorrow. v v. . " . Border Spin aUrrrsd. 'While the defense wss closing Its ease yesterday - afternoon: United : Stataa At torney Bristol .brought out soma testi mony that suggested a revival of th old border spirit William Bhepard. witness for th government, had told f a con versation with Charles A. Watson, m whloh th latter had confessed to runr nine? off with a band of Wheeler county horeee and expressed a fear he might not be heartily welcomed if he returned to tha neighborhood of . hie, homestead claim. The defense sought to break down th fore of Sheperd's testimony by putting an witnesses to swear that his reputation --fot truth' and veracity waa bad. ' a - ' C. B Neat, known up Fossil, way as "Bob"- - Neal, took th- witness stand. After h had aaid that Shepard's reputa tion waa not very good, Prosacntor Bris tol set off a few fireworks ,,- ,. - "T-n't it a fact that thers baa been a whole lot of bad blood between you and Bill Shepard r.' asksd the ' prosecutor. , "In a way." ana wared the witness. ,'In what wayf - ( "He refused to let m pas aver hi land." - " "Didn't you at on time earry a dirk for himT" ( - 4 r . .i .awlad a a-otoUon., , ' JK;- w .mp: mm-., . .4" - V" , .'- t i rk";- . ' w' ' 5.' .. 4 S"' - f i XJ -TV." ''''!':' i - - . ; 1 wSc- " ' A . J i ' J ' .)'.:: Cos D. Barnard. , ; 5 1 1 "1 ' ' " SLAY SOU IF GROIfJAL Hetty Green, : Richest Woman, Says She Would' Give Her Off- spring a Hypodermic , If He Led Bad Life. . rXiMrlal Di.n.tch br Laaead Wire to TbeliaiaiO Bellowa ralla.-Vt, Aug. H-"If my boy Ned lived a life of orime l'fi. give him a hypodermic myself ana. put nnn iiT' where- there would be no more chance for dlegraoe." , - . . This remarkable atatsment earn from a mote remarkable woman, aald to be the richeat woman. In the United States, Mra. Hetty Green. It ws u tared as aha poaed for a newapaper picture, the flrat time aha said that sne ever piaoeo herself . before j newspaper man's "I really don't know why I should al low you to do this," she declared, and ahe BDoke rather petulantly, "for I have never Dosed for a newspaper picture be fore .and never shall again I under any clrcuraatanoes." ; L - ;- ' ' With a grim countenance she stood, turned slightly to one side and struck an "erect form at posing totallyunllke tha erafullv oreDared attitude and ex pression of the average woman before a camera. Then' ahe talked most inter estingly.:' '. . traelfos oolstr. ."People have made;all' kinds of aUa gaiipna,' shesaldt 'Tor lnatanoe I want ta -break UU aociety for .Sylvia's sake. Evers -word ef .that is- Ue. I am not fT' ' BUltTYiOP "Didn't you threaten t stick tha dirk int himr" "Only to protect myself." . . i '"Did you not in this courthouse. In th' preaeace of Isaao Blsdso. C. T. Scoggln and Elmer Metteer, threaten io thrash Shepardt"' V : ' ' ' Th wltnea wanted to xplaln, but Prosecutor Bristol insisted an a direct answer. - ; ' ' saia me ifiiness, . inen n Honi mi Shepard had threatened -Mm and that the teatlmony of Shepard mad him angry. V- . ' .. " ' Th incident referred to by th gov ernment'a attorney occurred day before yesterday. Neal, th man who caused the1 trouble, la the father of Henry Neal, a ,wltnea for th prosecution, f P. I Keeton, . a former sheriff of Wheeler county, gave character testi mony In behalf Sf Barnard. A few minutes lster hs went back on th atans and testified that Shepard' repu tation wa bad. ? . ' -. ! tee aajntaad. Albert Cleveland, a Portland livery man, spok a good word for Barnard. Mrs. Mary Potterton of this city did likewise. S. Btarr. a Wheeler oeunty aheevtalaer. who was one ths busl ness partner of x-8tte Senator W. W. Btelwer, waa oauea to CaapajrA's MputaUaa teetlfy that has, -tat aa .;7 4 ! paiil O. Stenslttid After His Behrd Was 8haved, K : ttrn iiinw inn run nmrn fJ II IK V UJl lir ALIJrVV nronuiii IIHIJIU ULilLu - : I I "llll llllll Defendant " Is ; Recpm: mended to the Mercy oftheCoiirt-rVerdict , at fnd of Session ' : i fallse . to (torn up to th expecUUoos of tha defense.. When the erlUcal ques- Uoa Waa aaked h . replied. l nave nothing to 'say against his reputation." Judge . Bennett ,. dropped Starr. , in a hurry. Prosecutor. Brutal had no aua- tion toaak, and; th, defens .maa haste U tsall another wltnea a. Prior to the taking ef tha testimony relating to Shepard' reputation, John Edward Boyai an expert stenographer, testified from 'hls notes that Shepard had denied. atrth trial af Watson that ha had any ccrnvaraatlon with ' Watson atf OreenvUl regarding th ' latter homeatead claim. , ; . Th govrnmnt i offered a I Ustl mony In rebuttal. , ' , , V.J ' united States Attornsy Bristol In hie opening argument rofond to tha wit nesses f or th defense as "the men-who have- practically ruined Wheeler coun ty." Alter' finding vldno of Bar nard guilt In Judge Bennett: opening statement and fa Barnard's affidavit as a final proof wltneaa . for Charles A. Watsoa, the prosecutor laid, stress on tha book, accounts showing- that. Watson spent several - months asch ,-yar . In Greenville. During" the ours of th argument "Bob" Neal . waa dubbed ' hlggblnder from iWheeler aounty." . v ,i Judge Bennett began' his argument for Barnard wltn a piea lor sympamy. " are all In a awns culprits," he said, f' "If all of na ' who hav - violated th law were put In th penitentiary I fear some ef us would hav to be drawn out and mads sentries In order to get guards for th rest."' Counsel denied that Barnard was guilty of more than carelessness or negligence. He reviewed th evidence. Jutting It la ' aa favorable a - light . for he defendant as possible, and aonoludsd by appealing to ths Jury not to take Coe Barnard from his wife and baby, not t ssnd him to- McNeil' Islsnd. - ' . iinitxt atatea Attorney Bristol In hi closing argument objected to . th. plea .fr sympathy, saying that whether the defendant was to t amjt to nign uesvvn or low hell waa not th issue. Th quee tlo tn be decided wa th gUUt or In- noeenc of C D.. Bernard. Then the rnvernmant'a. rsoresentatlv ."sssalled Barnard for his affidavit In eonneoOon with th final proof of John M. Morgan, hit naver anent a nlcht on his home atead claim. , Barnard had sworn thst he often stayed at Morgan's houss as a vis itor, when ss a matter of fact, Morgan had' no houas. Th similarity of thla affidavit to th on mad by Barnard In behalf of Charle A--Watson was pointed out aa evidence that Barnard waa In th bahft nt Mrlntlnr him sell The prosecutor aeat went Into the de tails .of .Watson's wsnaenngs ana uraie steed "Improvements,"- ending his aaaly aia with.Uie declaration that the evl- denee proved eonolnstvaly not only that Watson had Ignored ta law, nui xnai nam Mraanf was aware of th facta at the time he aided Wataon to mak final proof. . In oloalna hi a argument Proe rvitor Jiriatol aaid that the crime of perjury had became altogether too prev alent and tna it was me auiy.ux bjuw eltlsems ta bring such offenders te pun- mm .71 .'' m Attempt to Assassinate Grand Duke . Fills Czar With Terror and ' He - Abandon His Visit of Inspection. . (Obpyrlfht Hearst - Kews Sarvlee, by 'Wire -St Tea oeraai. : St Petersburg, ' - Aug. 11. Nearly hundred aoldlers of ths Imperial guard are under 'arrest In ..Tsnrskoa-Sla for oompllolty in ths atumpt today, to. aa aasslnate the Grand Duke Nicholas .In the summer camp. That tha grand duke escaped with his life la probably due to ths fact that tha men who used ball cartridges instead of blanks, while at drill, began firing at too great a dis tance and In their haste aimed badly. It is not doubted that th whole af, fair wss the outcome of a deeply-laid plot and it- Is ' strongly believed that aome of the officer are Involved. Bo great la the panic caused by tha Incident that the oaar, who Intended te visit tha camp -ths coming week, has suddenly changsd hi plans, owing to a well-defined belief that hi life will aot be safe with the troop,- - ' - - Tha men were advancing by ruahea In extending order when the shots war fired and for a time It waa difficult for thoa with th grand duk ta tell whloh way - the bullets came from when they began to whla by the head of Nicholas and bis tarr.- ' An tarAmr "to neeaa ' flrlna wa at once and' then it waa-found upon In vestigation that the bullets were from the rifles of the first battalion of the . t. (Continued -on Page Thirteen.) ER MITCH DEATH FROM TYPHOID FEVER . l (HyeelU Ptapatek te tha JearsslJ -Seattle, - Waah.. Aug. 11. Bsthsr MltohsU Is lying close to death on a eot in the county Jail and may, by the in tervention ef death, be saved from trial for murder In th flrat degree for slay ing' her brother Oeocge. ' for four day th girl ha tossed delirious upon a fever-stricken bed. but not until yester day afternoon did the jail physician de cide .that ah has typhoid fever. Bven now he refuses to state definitely that thlsJ is hsr aUmsnt, but he admit that all th symptoms of ths disease ar present" Esther Mitchell aino har confinement In the jail has enjoyed fairly good health until about a week ago, At that time shs complained of the prison fare and ef her Inability to eat it Pour days ago eh took to her oft, aad haa aot been able te rise from It alaoa. The girt murderess Is but a shadow ef her former self. Always frail, the con finement has worn hsr down to a mere shadow. - Whoa shs Was first taken HI the Jail physician thought that it was simply a esse of Indigestion, but when her temperature continued to climb the visits of the physician moreaaea is it- 4Pacy Beautiful Woman Used Her Charms to Rob Suitors; of : Wealth Then Reject Them HuTrffred Men Parted From Their Cash; by Laughing innocent Eyes and .' Unsophisticated Meln Rapid Course of Love In Case of Cincinnati Financier asiital tHaaateb by tueaaad Wire te Tee Jeoraal) New Tork. Aug. 11. The mesnes ox tha federal court : today closea more tightly - around "Helen. Hsmllton." the beautiful woman who la under arrest for ualng ths mails as a medium of obtain ing money fraudulently. ' As a result of an Investigation Into th woman' career by secret ssrvlo agsnta, there oome a remarkable story, on telling how the womsn with ths laughing, Innocent eye and unsophisticated main, with the se ductive manner, for years hsa used nor charms for the purpose of fleecing 10 en of their cash. Detectives believe they have absolute evldenoe that James B. MoClsUand, tha Clncinaatt financier, upon whom Miss Hamilton played to the tune of SS,00, government in Its endeavor to eend thl alleged thief, to prison la using every Instrument at . it command to gather together, those enslaved by the beauty under the name of Mra., George T. Ver- rault and who naively advertised for a husband at various times. , Attorney Carmody aald today:. .,; -t acted as m pioneer la punishing this woman, othsr mart wha have succumbed to her eharma and have been mulcted will eummoa courage ta appear against her- . - ".. - - - - ' Tha first Urns, id f ar as known, that tha woman appeared In publlo print was In January. liO. whan shs attained notoriety by thrashing har husband with a horsewhip for tauung aoouc ,ner,. sne said. Evan At tha present tannle" In which the woman la Involved did not bring her notoriety, the love letters she wrote to MCCiejiana, once nw aunur, now hsr aoouser, would . command at- tantlon, , ; - . t ' ,:, "Beginning en nunaay wm a iuruw vv Daar Mr. McClelland," they swift ly went through tha graduations most womsn wouia nave uuwn mouuia develop. On Monday MoCleHan was "My dsarest friend," f and Instead ef signing "Helen Hamilton" the woman wrote merely "Helen." j On Tuesday ths fervor Increased and McClelland was graduated to the "My dearest" class and "Helen" became "Tour eweetheart." It waa "Dearest" aa Wednesday and algned "Sweetheart- After Wednesday Mo CMland had capitulated and "Helen waa richer by l00. . Parsoaial That Oaaght Kin. The psraonal that baited th alleged trap Into which men fell waa: ,Toung widow with a liberal Income and ' beautiful horn desires meeting young gentleman of character, - bualnesa and position. Trtflers and aganta will be ignored. Slnoerely. I Broadway. New York"- -i - MoClellaad answered and was Invited ta call, . He did, and subsequently made frequent trips ta the city. On one of these trips the woman casually men tioned the qoeetlon of . an engagement ring and the gentleman . permitted her to ehoose one. - v It oost him M. Suddenly he re ceived word that heri fortune waa en dangered because ef her brother being Incensed at hsr Intention to marry. Would McClalland send l00 so that shs, might fight the case at once and nip litigation in the budT Certainly McClelland would, and he did. Finally It , became difficult for the gentleman to see his flsnoee. "Not In" was the only satisfaction ha eohld get when he called anja hs finally con- (Continued on Page Thlrtee lurdereS Tossing on '-Prison '.Cot for,-:Four K DayslXel inbus1ay - Yet Escape Trial C .. . it. v How he visits the girl aom aim or seven time a day. Th cell off th jailer's office In which she I confined l-fltted up aa a sickroom and the girt la given th best of care. Tha jailer who. see the most ef hsr are candid In saying that they doubt if shs will re cover. Th glrlr however, iaugha at their fear and declare that her alck aee will all be over in a few day and that eh will be ready for trial early tn October, when the prosecuting at tamey. aaslrea ta try the eaa The 7 Her Building Permits Less Than Portland s When Figured on the Same Basis : Portland's Figures Are for Struo jtures Alone, While Seattle's Cover . Cost of . Completed Buildings, Including Plumbing and All Finishing.1 Never again can Seattle her building permits show a - great: constructive activity than Portlande! During the past three months Port land outdistanced . Seattle , altogether Tet because of a difference In th sys tem ta Issuing permits Seattle baa been aoie w pumi wiia priue a amw mnnu. 'Kuuaing inspector naoe says amount of permits Includes oost of when com pleted. That la a pare of the anewer te a telegraphlo Inquiry by The Journal laat night i Portland permits show amy tha eon f tha atruotur alone. . Seattle permits show th soet f tha building when oompleted. - 1 The cost of plumbing, ete I eetl- mated at Que third the cost or the structure alone. Therefore from' all Seattle permits must be deducted one third of the total amount The same message stated that the cost of plumbing ia always Included la the permit. " The Seattle Time brags that Seat tle's psrmlte for May, June and July showed that tl,107,65 was being ex pended. Of 'the--Times own' devising were the Portland figures for .those same months. 12.171,744. Under the old ordinance 'whloh de manded ft for each additional thousand as a permit fee, nesrly every contractor falsified 'when he took out a permit. At least St 1-1 psr cent must be sdded to the amount up to ths mlddls of June, when th ordinance waa repealed, for falae statements. But going simply by th facta and figures as they stand hsra is ths resulti Seattle permit May. June, July (leas cost of plumbing, etc.), t.9l.il. - Portland permits May, June, July (plumbing not - Included : aa usual), 1.6S1.141. - - : ."',. Difference, IS7MI1. Allowing It 1-1 per cent for th no torioualy false statsmenta up to June It, and another II 1-1 per cent for the oat of plumbing, eto whloh Seattle has always Included, though Portland never did, th Portland amount of per mlta for the three months la t.l7.7, as against Seattle amount l.107,I, tha f lguree gtvsa by tha Times. ' , IYJII STOLE HIS IDEA 'JT KOI PAY FC3 IT (Special Messiah y LaaaH WlrxtsTto I New Tork, Aug. 1L That an Mas, even If worth millions, is ns and that an equity court I'laot compel th pacific performance of an asiae ment to make aa accounting, waa tha decision today f Vice Chaaoatloy Ste van in th suit brought In Trantosv New Jersey, by H. C Haaklna agnlnst Thomaa P. Ryan, ta eompel the latter to make an accounting of tha alleged snormous profits of tna lead trust and to pay Haaklna a share. Haakln'a contention Is that before the formation of th trust he had formed the plan, afterward - carried out ofl raising a fund of 110,000,009, to acquire II lead plants, and thus create the trust All ths details of ths plan. Has kins says, hs worked out and Ryan had mad an arrangement aa ta Haaklna reward In the new trust - Then Haskina alleged, Ryan appropri ated the Idea and left him In the cold. Hence Haaklna' suit v - jatlera, however, are hot aa hopeful a tha girt .."If ahe 'does not Improve during the day the judge of the criminal oosrt- will be asked to order hsr sent ta the county hospital, where shs can be given better attention than at the county JalL . - ;( ' ; . 4, , j During her dellrioua momenta th Srfrl does not make any refarene ta th killing of her brother on Crefftnld. Not one during har lllnee has shs shown any dlapoaltloo to dlsouss theee mat tern Several religious workers who visited the Jail tried to ingratiate them selves with the girl, but tbey fsilea. She treated them as well as shs do. i the most caaual . curiosity seeker sr. J na better. When totd that shs was 111 and t ' 1 now think of th wrong that a v dona, -she declared that . e v ' pared to die, aa she had t -any one. Prosecuting Att tosh does not bei.evs tnat be In cosditlon to stanil . , for several weeka. liurtnf r ahe has been visited by en employ of ths prosecution, t fuse je divulge the reeu.1 t vestizatloaa, CLOSE