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DECEMBER 12, 1906. SIXTEEN PAGES. , .PRICE TWO CENTS.
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ESTACADA MAYOR
FACESTRIALi FORi
---ELECTIOWKAUD
J. W. Reed, First
dants, Arraigned
ing Jury to Hear
State Circuit Court
" After nearly six months of legal de
- lays, the first of the famous Sellwood
- lection fraud cases was forced to trial
tbla morning. J. . W. R-d. mayor -of
eatacada and superlntendentof , con
structlon of the Oaks, was put on trial
In Judge Fraser'a department, of , the
; circuit court. - - .......... ,
The specific 'crime charged against
Reed 4a- that of Inducing voter o cast
Illegal ballots. On June 17 the grand
Jury Indicted Reed on three counts, the
voters Implicated being- Harry Young
of Fulton, Alfred" Drill of Casaredo and
" Merton Bell of Qladstone Park. Young
confessed to tho details of the colonlsa
.. tlon scheme, jrblch had been unearthed
by The Journal, and will be the prln
' clpal witness against Reed. A. N. i'oa
K dick, proprietor of the Hotel Bellwood,
where it employes of ' Reed were quar-
. -red on the night previous to the eloc
. tlon of June 4, will also give damaging
testimony. On the whole, the evidence
against Reed -a regarded as conclusive,
. and any veriu , but conviction would be
a surprise .o me district attorney's of-
' Ilea.,. .,:,.,. , ; ; . .
. ' Possible nalsasasmt. ...
It convicted. Reed will lie punished
--. by imprisonment in ' th punibntutry
lor noi jrss (nan one nor mar., man
threo years, or by a fine or not leas
than $109 nor more than 1 1.000, or by
... . . both such fine .and. imprisonment. -..,'' .
.Beven attorneys took an active 'part
. In the first of lbs election fraud trials.
That both sides will make a atubborn
. tight is attcstod by the fact that during
' the first session of the court but- four
. jurors were selected. District Attorney
. Manning left the prosecution of Orlando
Murray to -take active charge of the
prosecution of Heed. He was assisted
, by. Deputies Moser and Adams. Reed
' wss represented by four - attorneys,
' Ralph Moody. W. T. Muir, George Mar-
tin and A. W. Woif.
' Jtn Jurors Aooepted.
The four Jurors accepted thla morn
ing were George Rilea of tha regular
venire and A. B. Richardson.- A. J.
Browning and M. W. Lillard of a special
venire. . . .:
Rllea ia property owner of Monla-'--Villa
and took part in. the fight against
-prohibition In that precinct last June.
Richardson is' a real estate, dealer.
Browning ia the favorite barber of li
F. Boynton and U. W. Lillard la a
traveling salesman who came to port-
,landjlwodaya jrejrlousJothoelectlon.
Many Veniremen were exoOsT-d tor
cause. . Most or . thcia had read the
.papers and talked about tha caae and
many had formed a fixed oplulon as to
Its merits. . The answers Indicated
usually that the opinion was that-the
accused was guilty. IL C. Bowers,
manager of the Hotel Portland, was
an exception to this rule. Bowers de
clared that ha didn't have any faith in
news as printed in the newspapers and
believed that tha newspaper accounts
SEEKING PARDON FOR WHITE
Friends of Sailor Boarding House Master Are
. Circulating Petition to Use If Supreme
' o Court DeriieS;Rehearing of Case . . '
Friends of Jamea White, sailor board-Ing-houae
master, are circulating a pett-
1 tlon for his pardon, should the supreme
court deny the petition for a rehearing
filed upon the confirmation of the ver
dict of the. lower court sentencing him
to serve one yesr In the penitentiary at
Balem. White lias a number of follow-
. ors who are working hard for Ms lib
erty. . ' . . I v
Tha caae has been hanging, fire for al
most three years, and In the meantime
White has enjoyed his freedom on ball.
Tha decision from the supreme court
may be received any time, but not until
the mandate of the court has been hand
ed down will the sentence go into effect.
If a rehearing ahauld be granted, new
arguments will have to he heard and
the, final disposition of the case again
postponed.
. While frlenda of tha sailor boarding
house maater era working to save him
from serving time others will probably
bring pressure to bear to see tho law
carried out hould the supreme court
after all uphold the decision of the
state circuit court. Among these is
British Consul James Laldlaw, who
took a very active part In the caae from
the start, the crime for which White
was teonvlcted having been committed
against vssset sailing under tha Brit.
' Ish flag.
What bald-law ftaye. .
"I have heard that a petition Is being
Wrrulftipd for the pardon of James
White, but I am certainly opposed 10
of Sellwood Defen
and Work of Select
.Case Begins in the
of the Bellwood frauds were largely
exaggerations. Bowers was .excused.
: . Xadnt Xaad. the -papers.
. One man was found who had never
heard that anyone bad been accused of
violating the election laws at Bellwood,
He was Nathan Harris, a IJnnton
butcher.. ' Harris said he never found
time to' read the newspapers. Harris
was alao excused. i.
- The history of tha Bellwood election
frauds has already been fully aet forth
in the newspapers. At the June elec
tion prohibition was tha burning issue
In the Bellwood precinct. No. 17. Old
tesidents of the precinct say there were
scores of strange faces about the poll
ing place that day and it was freely
charged by the Prohibitionists that
many men had been imported and il
legally voted by the O. W. P.
' Vage Torn (Mm Kegtatsr. '
A Direct evidence was not obtainable,
however, except Jn tha case of it men
who had been colonised at tha Hotel
Bellwood- 4ne previous - night and -who
bad been voted aa-gang tha following
day. That they had made a mistake in
allowing the men to register, the law.
breakers decided- tha following day. aitd
-ai agent' waai aaut tit eertr-the-' pagv
containing tha , J names out of tha
register.- The page was torn out. but
the agent overlooked the faot that eight
or the- name were an another page.
A -day later a Journal reporter, in
search of election fraud evidence, en
tered the Hotel Bellwood, aaw the evi
dence of tha mutilated register. . and
secured an admission of - fraud from
A. N. Fosdlck, the proprietor. -
Fosdlck . said that J. W. Reed had
sent the 2t strangers to hie place and
had later paid their bill with an O. W.
P. check for $26. - The men were em
ployed on the building going on at the
Oaks.-"They had worked at tha Oaks
during tha . morning, had voted In a
gang at noon and Fosdlck had taken
hot luneh -to thera at tha Oaks.
.- ' Mow Seed Was Indicted.'
Through the confession '' of Harry
Toung before the grand Jury two weeks
later Reed was Indicted, aa waa also
Alfred Brill and Merton Bell, who had
atald at tha Hotel Pell wood with Young
and ' had voted with him. Brill and
Bell were charged with Illegal voting.
The affidavits filed at tha Hellwood elec
tion were examined and It waa found
tliat B V. Boynton, Jk.. R. Dtmmtck. T.
K. Hairtwin, w. y. Jacks, H. F.
bratue and A. E. Frenck. all esipTCyei
of the O. W P., aa well aa U. Plasa,
John C. Schneider, a leather worker;
K. C. Holland, a plumber, and O. W.
Olaeni a cement worker, had sworn to
tha voting qualifications of one or more
of the fraudulent voters. Incidentally
they had sworn to legal qualifications
of many others voters whose real com
petency to vote was not looked Into. In
(Continued on Page Two.)
anything of that kind." aald ' Consul
Laldlaw. 1 think Mr. White got off
very lightly .considering tha enormity
of tha crime and he should . bear the
sentence.' Paddy Lynch, ' the Astoria
sailor boarding-house man, served three
years for enticing a man on board and
shipping him against hla will. He . waa
sentenced to six years, but got off with
three, and yet hla crime was not nearly
aa serious aa that of which White was
found guilty- I don't think he should be
pardoned; I should be opposed to any
pardon.. . ' .
Wkitel Oaaa ramoaa,
White's caae ia one of the most fa
mous in the history of tha port because
It wss the first time that evidence waa
Introduced sufficiently strong to con
vict White wsa Informed against by
District Attorney John Manning, Jointly
with his brother. Harry White, and
"Mysterious? Billy .Smith, bis partners
In the sailor board Ing-houae bualnesa,
on February 11, 1901. on tha charge of
having kidnaped Charles Buren, a sailor,
from the British Ship Rlverdale. Buren,
In company with two shipmates,- Pear
son and Cyrea, was Intercepted on his
way to the vessel on the old Victoria
dock on. the east aide of the river,
beaten Into ' Insensibility and carted
away, and subsequently taken to Van
couver in order to rover up the crime.
Harborneater Ben H'giin got trace of
Continued a Page, Two,.
MARRIES
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MUg. Edith Evelyn Jijtclo
BIGELOW'S DAUGHTER WEDS
Bride Has Seen. Mpre 'of-European "Courts
Than Any Other American Girl Groom .
Is F. . A. Clark of Boston, Mass.
(Jouraal Special Service.)
London, Dee. 13 Miss Edith Evelyn
Blgelow, daughter of Poultney Blgelow
and . granddaughter of John Blgelow,
who waa American minister to France,
waa married today In SL George's
ohurch, Hanover square, to Mr. James
Francis Aloysius Clark, who calls Bos
ton his home. The church waa . filled,
the guests Including tha staff of the
Americans prominent in London society.
Mrs. Blgelow gave away the bride,
who waa attended by two tralnbearers
and ten bridesmaids. . Count Reginald
Ward, a life-long friend and business
associate of tha bridegroom, acted as
best man. An elaborate reception and
breakfast followed the ceremony at the
church.
As tha daughter of Poultney Blgelow,
tha bride has seen more probably of the
courts of Europe than has any other
American girl. Her mother has long
occupied a high position In English so
cial end literary society, and through
her Miss Blgelow hss moved In the best
set of London, Since her parents were
MRS. HARTJE WINS HER DIVORCE
Millionaire ' Pittsburger Defeated
in Attempt to Separate! From -
Wife by Defaming; Her
L, by Slander.
(Jeuraa! Special Sarvlce.) '
Pittsburg, Deo. It. The court today
decided the famous Hartje divorce caae
In favor t Mra. Martje, giving her the
decree. For over a year the caao bos
dragged through the courts, and pro
duced sensation after sensation. As a
result, the plaintiff. Millionaire Augus
tus Hartje, has been Indicted for con
spiracy, and Clifford Jlooe, the negro
coachman named by Hartje. aa co
respondent, has been tried and convicted
for perjury. Many other criminal trials
are pending.
Br the decision of the court. Mrs.
Mary Scott Hartje Is fully, exonerated
end cleared of the scandalous accusa
tions made against her by her husband.
The introduction of Hooe Into the di
vorce raae at Ita Inception waa met with
general , horror and unbelief. A eon
teased perjurer, under promise of a re
ward of 15,000; an Ignorant negro,
tempted. lt la declared, to commit a
crime by an undreamed-of, daztllng sum,
hs haa how been eenteaced to a term In
prison.
Hoea Sold Klaself.
Hooe' entered the employ' of Mr.
Hartje aa a. coachman some time In
103. and waa discharged In L04 for
drunkenness. -Xater lie - waa employed
IN LONDON
Dgagbtcr plPonltnex.Bigclow,
divorced three years ago, Mlaa Blgelow
haa divided her time between her
father's home In this country and that
of her mother, who remained abroad.
J. Francla A. Clark, the bridegroom,
la a native of Boston. Hie, moat Inti
mate' friend and associate is Count
"Reggie" Ward, another . produat of
State street, Boston. Both Clsrk and
Ward were clerks in the same broker
age bouse In the Hub and together
tney gave up their poiitionf to etB
llsh a business for themselves. They
struck the market right and made the
business pay. Clark married a Boston
girl and the partners moved to New
York, where they'bought a membership
In the atock exchange and did a rushing
business. Clark's married life was not
altogether happy, however, and ' he
finally secured a Dakota divorce In
much the earn a way that his cbum Ward
did a little later, Blnce then both have
spent much of their time abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark, after a wedding
trip through the south of France and
Italy, . wllj come to New York, where
they will live at No.' 1 J Eaat Thirty
eighth street, formerly tha home of
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg. .
at-different odd Joba, and In tha sum
mer af l0t, after Mrs. Hartje had left
her husband and the divorce proceeding
had been decided upon by Mr. Hartje,
he waa driving a dirt wagon. In thla
occupation he waa fou .d by Welahons,
Mr. Hartje's Intimate friend. Welahons
offered him a position In his hardware
store as porter, which the negro ac
cepted ami kept nnttl October, 1905. It
la alleged that Welshon secured from
him a statement that he had been In
timate with Mrs. Hartje. that the state
ment waa secured, after Welshon had
many talks with Hooe. explaining to
him that he would be well ' taken care
of If he would tell the story and help
Hartje get his divorce. The negro said
that he was finally given $100 when he
made a statement to Welshon and Ed
ward Hartje, an attorney, brother of
Augustus Hartje.
Then the husband brought out Thomas
Madlne, another coachman, aa co-respondent.
Women were hired to forge
letters alleged to have been written by
Mrs. Hartje to Medina, full of tha most
endearing terms. . j r
Another Coechmaa' la Oaaa,
The letters made Mrs. Hartje assert
undying love and dsvotlon to the un
taught and uncultured stableman, and
to profesa an attachment so deep that
alio was willing to leave husband, home,
children and everything to be with him
to become hie wife when she should
Lsecure a divorce or be put aside by her
husbsnd. Not only this, but the letters
made it appear that, Mra. Hartje's
father, her mother and her sinters were
aware of her Infatuation for the coach
man, and that bar sisters, at lea!, aided
TELLS HEART
To save her brother, who in defense of her honorshot and killed Lincoln Whit--ney-amonth-ago'-loday.Mary,
Murray, 19 years of age, .told the jury today the story .
of her love and shame. She told it brokenly and with painful effort, but loyalty to '"
the brother overcame the shame ofthe story of her betrayal.
The defense will likely complete its testimony, and the case be submitted to the
jury tomorrow. Fifty-seven witnesses have been subpoenaed for the defense, but At
torney Logan declared today that only a smalLportion of that number will be called.
The state completed its case yesterday! . . . .
GEARin WOULD
EXCLUDE JAPS
FROM COUNTRY
Oregon Senator Introduces Res
olution to Bar Jap Coolies
Senator Raynor Grills Presi
dent for Threatening People
of San Francisco in Message?
. ( Joarsal BperUI garvtecA
Waahington, Deo. II. Senator Gear
In, of Oregon, introduoed a resolution
in the senate today calling for the ex
clusion of Japanese eoollos by treaty.
It was tabled.
The resolution asks for a treaty
clearly enumerating the rights of the
Japanese and absolutely excluding all
of the coolie class.
Senator Rayner. of Maryland, had the
floor in the aenate thla afternoon, and
assailed the president's attitude m "the
controversy with San Francisco In ref
erence to tha Japanese. Referring to the
veiled threat in the meaeage .to. use
military force, Rayner said!
It is'-tm;porta'nt"to know whether tha
president haa any power in the prem
ises.. It Is quite a serious matter for
tha president to. contemplate bombard
ing a city sood after a dlsaater. The
president Is exercising many functlona,
executive, legislative, judicial, lawful,
and unlawful, constitutional and uncon
stitutional. .
"We must either disabuse tha presi
dent's mind of the Idea that ha la su
pervisor of all tha schools In the various
states, or assure him that we agree
with htm. as to the omnipotence of -hla
Jurisdiction.
"if the president forces tna people
of San Francisco to admit the. Japan.
ess to the schools, ha might Just aa well
force South-Carolina to admit to white
schools the negroes of San Domingo.
There are no provisions In the treaty
with Japan conferring the right of
which the president speaks. If there
were - such a provision - It would be
void."
FIRE BURNS OFFICE OF
PEORIA NEWSPAPER
IJnsmal Bpclnr tli a
Peoria. 111.. Dec. 11. The Office of
the Peoria Star was gutted by fire last
night. The loss is 1225.000. The Star
will publish from the Herald-Transcript
office pending restoration.
COAST LINE TRACK IS
SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD
" Joarnal Special Bervlee.!
Ban Jose, Cel., Dec. 1). A big foree
of men Is at work rebuilding the South
em Paclfla coast line track which was
carried away by the flood at Bargenta
yesterday. Trarno will probably be re.
sumed late this afternoon.
Hired Negro to Commit Perjury
to Blacken Spouse's Good
Name, but Loses the Case .
After Being Exposed.
her In carrying on an Intimacy wttb
him.
John Scott, father of Mrs. Hartje, Is
a son of John 8cott, president of the
Allegheny Valley railroad, and nephew
of the late Thomas A. Scott, partner of
Andrew Carnegie, and for year presi
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad. The
family Is one of the oldest here, proud
of lta name, but not of Ita purse.. Mra
Hsrfje's sisters are among the proudest
and prettiest of Pittsburg society beau
ties. Tet the letters purported to say
that tbey were aiding their alster In
her love for a stable hand.
Bragg for Over a Year.
Mr. Hartje began tha divorce action
In October last,-0 rat naming hla former
negro coachman aa co-reapondenU On
October II he aecured an order of court
to take tha negro's testimony as an out-j
going witness. The next day tha ne-'
gro's statement waa taken In the office
of Kdward Hartje, an attorney and
brother of the. UbeUanV. It. waa .. the j
moat hideous recital of relatione with
a white woman that waa ever breathed
by any man, white or black, and Hartje
listened to It and prepared to use It in
his suit. -. '
.(Continued aa Pag Six.).
SECRETS TO
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Orlando Sherman Murray.
AMBASSADORS HAHED
TO F
BY PRESIDENT TODAY
White Goes to France, Griscom
to Italy, Riddle to Russia,
Dudley to Brazil. J
(Jearasl Special Sarvtre.
Washington, Dec It. The president
today nominated tha following ta , be
ambassadors: Henry White of Rhode
Island, to France: Lloyd Griscom of
Pennsylvania, to Italy; John Riddle of
Minnesota, to Russia; Irving B. Dudley
of California, to BrasU. ' Leslie Combs
of Kentucky, nominated to succeed Dud
ley as minister to Peru.
of Senator Morgan of Alabama. . haa
been discharged .for alleged activity In
behalf of the lobby repreaentlng King
Leopold In thla city.
Tha senste this afternoon adopted a
resolution demanding of the secretary
of war Information relative to the kill
ing of 10 prisoners In Blllbld prison
through tha administering of bubonlo
plague serum by mistake.
STEAMER PROJECT HOT LOST
Local Business Men Will Buy Four Big
Steamships and Put Them on Hawaiian
. . . and-Alaskan-Runs
Since tha proposed Alaska-Portland
steamship project has been abandoned
by the board of trade It Is practically
certain that private capital in this city
will purchase the four steamships of
fered, and establish the desired line.
Two of the ships will probably operate
between Portland and Honolulu, Which
route haa been given up by tha Matson
Steamship company owing to various
reasons and misunderstandings.
A favorable outcome of present nego
tiations between Portland capitalists
and tha New York ownere Of the four
steamships Is now almost certain, and
will be accomplished-within the next
few days.
"While these-four ships are positive
ly secured by Portland, it may be re
garded as one of the'-greatest things
that has ever happened . for this city
In a commercial way," said a well-known
shipping man. ''It means an Immedi
ate and vast widening of -PortlnotVa
trade and Investment movement. It
mesns that thts city not only secures
an Immense new field foi exploiting
her commerce, but that men who are
making fortunes In this new field will
be attracted to Portland to Invest their
money and possibly to rslds perma
nently. It me- a-mighty boost for
the Columbia river and the harbor of
Portland, to have four tine swift p.ie
rengrr nnd mall filnpa a4.1ed to the
fleet here In a single transact Ion, ami
When the final slgolrj of, tv r - - t
JUROR APPLAUDS
POINT MADE BY
LAWYER L0GAI1
Crowded Courtroom Listens to
Trial of Youth Who Killed Man
Who Injured His Sister Spec
tators Ordered Out When Girl
IComesproiTthTStaTid.-
Behind . closed doors, with only of
flclals of the court, attorneys and a
half dosen other witnesses present.
Mary Murray, alster of Orlando Sher
man Murray, who killed Lincoln C.
Whitney, told her story to the Jury
and Judge Gantenbein thla afternoon.
It wss tha climax of a day's sensa
tional proceedings in the trial of young
Murray on the charge of murder in the
flrat degree.
Toe girl took the stand at' 1 o'clock.
t It was wlth: patnfal reluctance and -
embarrassing besltancy that she talked
and only by a continued aeries ef quee
; Hons and eross-queatlona waa ahe In-.
duced to relate the story of her love
end fall. L . . ' . . :. ......
- Pale, trembling and fully conscious
of her shame, tha fragile girl finally
told of ber love. . She loved Whitney,
she said, and In her blinded faith there
was never a doubt of the constancy of
him, who swore so strongly and vowed
so passionately that ha -would always
love, and-.xherlah, her. In tha almost
la still lova and loyalty to ber falth
leaa lover. . ' ,
. Crowd Is Excluded. '
Just before tha noon recess It wsa
announced by the court that tha girl
would take tha stand at tba afternoon
session. For obvious reasons, ha said. -the
crowd would be excluded from the
room and only a limited number of wtt-u -nesses
besides officials would be ad
mitted. The girl bad suffered a fearful
strain, already, be aaid. and ahould be
protected as much aa possible. Ia the
courtroom when she began her story
were attorneys for both the prosecution
and defense, a half dosen witnesses and
members of the Whitney family and
representatives of the press.
, The girl wss neatly and modestly at
tired In tha light -blue suit and Tam-o'-Sbanter
cap that she haa worn earn,
daydurlng the progress of . tha trial.
Her Buffering during tha recital of the
wrong she endured waa Intense. Fre
quently she was on tho verge of col
lapse and only with the old of tha moat
soothing words of the court and her
attorneys did she complete tha story of .
her ehame. , '
Crowd' riocke o Trial,.
Outside tha locked and eloeety
guarded doors waa a multitude at eager'
(Continued on Pag Six.)
ia announced it will be eocaaton for
real rejoicing among tha men who are
working for advancement of tbla city."
Of almoat equal Importance with an
Alaska line will ba the running of ene
or two first-class steamships between
Portland and Honolulu. The dissolution
of the Matson line has left business
relations between thee two points In a
confused state. Jf. Whyte Evans.whrt
recently completed'' arrangements foe
carrying on a large business In behalf
of Portland manufacturers and Jobbers,
Sent several tons of samples and a per
manent representative to Honolulu. He
had fairly got settled and token a large
Una of orders when It was found tbet
the Matson Una had quit running. Mr.
ttvana said:
"A good trade could have been car
ried on between the Hawaiian lalamJa
and Portland. They were giving mnv
orders to our firm. Great quantities ef
mlllstuffs, sgrloultural products ami
various manufactured articles conl.i
have been supplied from this point. w
have expended about l.t00 In mkln
complete preparntlnns for rtrrvirn 01
this trade, when euiM'nly we fi'i l I a
are no ships rarrr It - 'i u. only
thing that remains f'r us Is tt
our Honolulu reprrvn'utlve I t k luime
and close vr our arfai's, mi !. Irvn.
port a tlon ilir-t .icn !M r" t i
Honolulu I Inliue-Halel fmvl
il. nut U I" to o t"il-i''M ! s 1
t v.t way ! e'aV'ti
t