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VOL. V. NO. 278.
.', PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY , 23, 1907. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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What Fraternities May
Do for General Good
Is the Subject of His
Short Address ' :
Commoner Speaks to Students
:. : of Portland Academy : In the
v Morning, and Takes - Lunch
With Mayor Lane and Other
Citizens After Visiting Elks.
"Illlara ". Jennings Brian Awath
- aust oC the Kilts' ledg-tbfn morning;
.' Ue was cheered and. .applauded.. as he
' "r entered "the greet room on .' the third
, floor of the temple; he was applauded
A during his ahnrU address to 'the mem
:t bers and ha was cheered again when he
. finished his words, . -A . . .
Mr. Bryan was introduced to thf- to
'assembled mombers-by O. tl. jHutchln
tea "th treat t Elk In vfa ' T'nited
C ..Htatce." sid the ' distlnirjithed stated
.Vf man .aakcjLth'tt h'fTrHler lodge mem
, AJnfKvirrmC 1 seats ;. and . gather
vtnrflfid the. rostrum,, where ha tuld
peac to tiiero to better advantage.
Mr. Rryan devoted a few minutes
of his eddreas to a dlsousnlon of the
aood. lwing done - and benefit 'derived
through frcteraaT organizations. He
upoe of the broadening of sympathies
and the many chnritable acts which
come aa a prt of the fallow hip pre
dominant In the Klka' lodge aa well as
in other similar eraajilsatlons. and he
"Kelleved" that through tlie fraternal o-
rietlea and the brotherly lova whloh
rtich teaches., there would grsduUIy be
a broadening of thla spirit until It af
fected the foundatlona of the nations
themselves and brought aach country In
rloaer touch, wltb the ; refcult - that
bloodshed would be a thing; of the past.
Addresses Students of Aeademy.
The Nenraekan compared the work
of tba fraternal orders to a stream on
I - the summit of tha Alleghenies, where
, .a handful of earth will turn the water
j either Into the Atlantlo or down the
other Side Into the Gulf of kfextco. So,
ha aaid, were the little acta of kindness,
charities and encouragement from the
- lodges . to follow members and - others.
' No one knew the effect of any of them,
nor the influence they might bear on a
human life. . V
Mr. Bryan arrived at the Elks' ball!
7 at 11:31 o'clock. He had returned but
; s few moments before from the Port
land academy, where he addressed the
. students, and the home of Or. and Mrs.
;, Johnston, - the latter - having been
. vented at breakfast with Mr. and Mrs.
' Bryan this morning, together with Mr.
. and Mrs. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Mot
' lock. Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mis Delta
Watson and. J. O. Booth. .
From the Imperial the party waa
driven In three automobiles to the
academy. Mr. Bryan was, Introduced
ter the students, who sat In the chapel
in a body,, by Dr. Johnston, and . said
In-' part: ' . . " '
"Tba declaration Of Independence says
that certain trulba are setf-ovldenu,. t
(Continued on Page Two.)
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Southern; Pacific Asks -Legislature for Per-.-
mission to Build-Railroad Bridge Across
i t - ; : Willamette - Near Oswego 'v j
. (Br a SUff CornMpnsdeot)
SUte House. Salem. Jan. S3. What
Is said to be the flrat step toward taking
trains off Fourth street by the Southern
Pacifld ia a bill for a charter for a
brldgd across tha v Willamette at Elk
Rock, Oswego", introduced in tba sen
ate by Malarkey this morning at the
request Of A., C. .Spencer, attorney for
tba railroad.
" Tha bill requires that work on the
bridge ha commenced in .one year and
completed Within three years from the
passage of theblll. Tha road named' In
tha bill Is tha Bertrerton Wlllsburg.
but Malarkey says it Is a Southern Pa
cific branch, - 1
It Is proposed to divert trains from
the' Vounh street line across the- river
at Elk Rock' snd enter Portland ovej
ths present track on -the eaat aide of
the river. Malarkey says ' thst tke
Houthern pacific hes had the bridge In
copteraplaUon for a long time. - TSe
survys have ben made snd plans 'or
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Stanford WhitefsSlay-er-at:Last
Before the
Court Crowds Seek
Sight of Prisoner
Morning Spent in Securing Jury
; Two Jurors Accepted Be
fore Noon : Adjournment
Jerbme In Person Conducting
Prosecution. '' : f '
i-sKLJasraal SpectaL tmnita.1 '. .' Lj..
I New Tork, Jan. 23. Crowds thronged
the atreeta early today In tha endeavor
to sea' Harry K.. Thaw1 enter tha court
on the opening of hla trlul for the
killing of Stanford Whlta last June.
Thousands' of applications for places In
the courtroom were refected. Two hun
dred newspaper men1 of thla country and
Europe were admitted. These, with th
attaches of the court and' those directly
connected with tha trial, caused tha ex
clusion of the. general poblla for lack of
spaee. ln tno publle show of Interest
tba Molinvur and Patrick trials. are aurf
passed by the. demonstration in- the
Thnw case. " . - ' ' -
Shortly nfter i o clock Mrs..Wllllara
Tbaav. E vuli u . liiaar. . Aha ..C()untea jot
Tarmouth. . lra. George Carnegie .and
May McKensle were escorted by Mward
Thaw and Oeorge Carnegie to design
nated awata. ' - .: , , .
" Thaw Fale and ITerrons. ; :'-'
The prisoner remained In - the Jury
room during roll call of the talesmen.
When this was concluded District Attor
ney Jero.no moved ' that Thaw be ar
raigned for trial on -the charge of mur
der. Judge F1tgrld cautioned tha
spectators againat any outburst Oaf
noise.- ' '' .
The olerk '. then called. "Harrv JT
Thaw to th bar." -
Thaw, pale and. nervous, .. walked
quickly to a aeat and nodded smilingly
to his relatives es he approached.
He worn a dark blue suit and car-
lied a . great brown ulster, which be
threw over his shoulders after he had
been seated a few minutes. Ha ex
erted a great effort to retain hla self
control.'' ,-. . . .
Charles Dryden, an engineer, was the
first taleaman called. He Indicated that
he had a biased opinion, which Dis
trict - Attorney Jerome thought . would
not permit his impartial consideration
of evidence. . , - . . : . . -
Tbe VawTlttan &aw. ..- ,
- After-" Tlosa -examination, . Dryden
was. precmptorily challenged. . During
he examination of Dryden, . Jerome
made bis first reference to the "un
written law" and naked a talesman If
ha ' would allow such law to enter
Into his judgment. ., - ' - ' j
Thaw's counsel objected to tha ques
tion. Dryden said be" would be guided
by tha direction of the court In law
points.
Demlng B. ffmlth waa accepted and
sworn In ' after a short examination.
Smith ia a retired manufacturer. Thaw
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TH STREET
ths bridge drawn and ready to submit
to tke railroad commute.
..The bill requires that tha bridge clear
a mean level above tha river of 10 feet.
Other roads will be permitted to use
the bridge upon payment of tolls to the
owner.' a commission of thrae civil
engineers to oaoe on tbo plana of tha
bridge Is provided for.
fltjitomont 1, amended to hind candi
dates to vote for choice of party for
United States senator. Instead of choice
of people, was provided In a bill Intro
duced in tha senate tbla morning by
Ballcy. Tha senator aays it will aid In
the preservation of party integrity If
the amendment la adopted.
Bailey saya he will have a hill pro
viding for. a stats convention to nomi
nate state officers before prims ry elec
tions, thus combining the two systems.
After the state aonventloiu ths people
may ratify or reject .the convention
nominees at. a primary.. Ths senator
says It will prevent heavily populated
centers dominating nominations at the
primaries.
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Senate Committee BIw
DELAY
(By a Staff Oarrwneodeat.) -Salem,
Or., Jan, tl. Railroad legtala
tlon In tha aenats will coma to its Snal
passage late in tha session,' according
to tha decision of ths railroad commit
tee, h ded by Senator Wright. No re
port will be made on any sen to" railroad
bill until all the house bills have been
passed by the house- and sent to tha
senate.' . . , -
There are now ' several bills In ' tha
house, all In the hands of the railroad
committee, of which Coffey la chairman.
At the head of tha list Is tha Chanln
bill, prepared by tha tranaportation
committee of the Portland chamber of
commerce. At least Ave other. demurr
age and commission bills .aa In the
committee's charge. All bills will have
to be considered In tha house, debated
and passed before going to the senate.
Tha senate will be required to read there
twice before tba committee geta charge.
In view of tha expectedltter fight on,
railroad legislation. It be well to
ward the last of the session before the
house disposes of Its own 1 bills: The
action of tha senate commission may
therefore mean that tha commleslon bill
will be , smothered in the- bustla and
rush of the laat daya of the aeasion.
'Wright says that 'the action - of the
committee is a good thing. It means
Poll of Both House and
Railroad Bo'ard Will -
: V; tain as to, What
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(By a Staff Cdnrepos4at.)' "
" Salem, Or.,' Jan,' JI. railroad com
mission law will ba paased by tha pres
ent session of tha. legislature rrovlded
tha members do not gat into a hopeless
snarl over the manner of . creating the
commission or diverted to a side track
by the awltch of reciprocal demurrage.
The bill now In the hands of the rail
road committee of tha house, which has
been prepared by the transportation com
mittee of the Portland chamber of com
merce, and waa Introduced by. Represen
tative I'hnpln, Is now the'- principal
nie'asura before the house providing for
remedies for ' existing discriminations
snd abuses on the part of tha railroads
of the slate.- i t ' '
'William. Jennings bryan ,
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tha careful consideration" of ail rail
road bills Introduced,-, and tho milling
from the mass, consistent and effective
.legislation. ) , v .-i ;.x --j-
. Coffey, house, chairman, ta of . tha
opinion that tha delay will be too long.
He- will make aa effort , to have Joint
aesslons of tba two committees and
have all bills considered before them,
and will ask all persona Interested in
the commission or In demurrage legis
lation to come before tho two commit-
GASPIPE METHODS FOR!.'
BREAKING COAL FAMINE
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"San Francisco, Jan. II. As a direct
result of the .fuel famine tha method
of tho gaaplpa thuga havo been . em
ployed to secure a supply. .'-As Oeorge
Homburg waa closing hla eoalyard on
Noe street for the night a well-dressed
stranger approached and , asked for a
sack of coal. When the coal was de
livered tha stranger dealt Homburg a
marderoua blow over .tho .head, with a
gun barrel Inclosed In a newspaper and
escaped with his sack of coal. Hom
burg recovered oonaclouaness some time
later -and notified the police, t There
nava peen no. arrests.,
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BILL
Senate Sho
Be ) Created Many Members Still Unce
They Think on Subject Hard Fight
' .By a canvass of tha houae It la shown
that there are It members of tha lower
house who are out in favor of the crea-
Klon of a railroad commission, while 11
members of the senate take tha same
stand. In tha house there are -at the
present time some seven members who
come out ftatfooted for tha appointment
of a .commission by the governor while
in the senate il senators take tha stand
that the appointment Is the beat method
of brlnging a commission Into brine j
' , Bayer Oppoeea Ooammlssloa. ' .
Beside this there Is a lar-e number
or hbuse members who have not yet de
elded how they will stand, ifhethor for
or agslnnf, a commission, but none of
l hem wltb the exception of tleprvsenta
teas and make their attitudes clear. He
la .of tha opinion that ' tho house com
mittee will take up . tha blllsL In ; the
order of reference. . ( - .
' If Coffey can got; Joint sessions of
tho committees he hopes 1 to expedite
matters by being able to aand to tbo
bouaa bills favorably reported oy , me
sonata committee. , In that case tha
senate can have tha consideration of the
bills for final passage, almost ss soon
as tha bills get past tha second reading,
and It wilt bring tha. bills op In ths
senate for paassge In plenty -of time
for a house, concurrence..
It Is expected that there will ba a big
fight In tha house) ' committee on the
Chapln bllL -Jonea of Polk-Lincoln Is
opposed to tbo Chapln bill aa at pres
ent drawn, because It Incorporates tha
demurrage bill drawn by hHnr four yeara
ago, and. barely loat In the session of
101. He says ha will favor tho pas
sage of a commission bill on ltd merits,
standing alone, but not with the demur
rage provision Incorporated.. It Is ex
pected that hla attitude as a member
of the railroad committee will make a
final report on the Chapln bill late. '
The house railroad committee will
meet Monday - next to outline a plan for
work and begin - consideration pf . rail
road bills. , ' ; , ...',-.,. '.-.'A,. ..
tlve Bayer of Multnomah comes, out
with tha decided announcement ' that
they neither, favor tha creation of a
com ml salon, nor tho appointment of tha
commissioner by ths governor aa pro
vided In tha crlamber of - commerce
bill.
Still others are doubtful as. to their
final attitude onthe commission ques
tion, stating that they havo not aa. yet
had time to make a thorough study of
the matter and therefore are In no po
sition to make -; a "definite statement
though In many cases their Inclination
Is both'for th commission 'and lte ap
pointment by. the governor.-
(Continued on Pago Pis.) .
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iSEUATDRS' CARSCRAC;
ELECTIONS TOGETHER!
RATIFIED lORL'IIIG !'
Mulkey Makes Speech
Thm tor Voting
as People Wanted
Telegram Read From Bourne
Praising Direct Primary Law
as Ultimate Solution of Pop
ular Elections Without - Re-
.; . course, to: Amendment.
- (By a Staff CorrMpoBdent.)
""Salem, Jan, St. Th election . or Jona
than Bourn Jr. and F. W. Mulkey for
tha United States sensta wss ratified
at noon, In Joint assembly by a canvas
of the vote of yesterday. Both were
announced elected by Prealdent Halnea.
. Upon motion - of Senator Hodson a
committee, conatstlng of- Hodson and
Coke from 'the senate Bayer, Pike and
Eettlemler from the house, was ap
pointed to wait on candidates, if In th
capttol and Invite themc.to tha floor of
th Joint assembly. -.
F. W. i Mulkey waa present and ad
dressed tho assembly. He waa greeted
with applause. H said: - '
v"l hm observed many . animated
scenea in theae. lAfflslativA hiiH-. m-n.
-j traded 'elecUons; failure -to elect; am-
j bitlons shattered; harmonious aeleo-
j iiunnj piraiirme realised, ana personal
! triumnha t tnl ne.l. Hstmm t9 thou w n u.
.met with my approval, others I have
oondemned but all none so well meets
my .complete accord as the great honor
i !nave just had conferred upon me.
With a - heart full of tha feeling- of
gratitude, appreciating tba reaoonslbtll
tiea . of tha position, expressing hop
that I may aerva th commonwealth as
United State senator with efficiency
and .dignity, I extend you, and tha peo
ple of . th atato of Oregon, profound
inancs. .
"In a personal aenss th election I
or ume moment;, tho manner In which
tho election waa brought about, bow
ever, la important. Oregon, under tha
primary election law and tb provis
ions of statement number one of that
law, elected a United States senator by
popular vote without constitutional
modifications. It must -ha tho concern
of all of us. tho people of thla state,
that our representatives in the legisla
ture never recede from thla advanced
position. When- other states in tb
union follow Oregon's lead, th effect
upon national legislation will be instant
and beneficial."
Senator Bourn sent the following
telegram to Prealdent Halnea and tho
legislature: ,'''
'To you and througtTyou to th hon
orable members of the Oregon legisla
tive assembly, permit ma herewith . to
express my sincere thanks for the leg
islative ratification and formal election
Of Senator Mulkey and myself, as the
people's selection, for United . States
senators, short and' long term respect
ively, aa signified In tha last general
election.- Without egotism or ' self
glorification.' I congratulate yon. in
people of Oregon, for having fairly tried
to a conclusion tho direct primary and
thereby evolved a plan In tho adoption
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John Mears in Widdowson; Murder Trial Tc:
tifies That William Givens Was Glad to
' y Hear of Moody's : Death
(Special DlaDeteh te The Jeerasl.)
Baker City, Or., Jan. Jl. Standing
beside tha dead and mutilated body of
WUlard Moody, William Givens. an old
rancher cursed th dead man' memory,
according - to . th - teatimony of John
Meara, thla morning.
"Tea. he's dca.d he ahould havo baeh
dead tS years ago." was tha exclama
tion of Givens aa ho looked at tha mur
dered man. Mesra aald he accompanied
Given to the scene of tho crime snd
they stood looking st tho body when the
curse fell from his companions lips.
There la a sad atory behind thia scrap
of testimony which was brought on
cross-examination and will probably be
probed deeper by tho defense. Ulven'a
son some few yeara ago was hit on the
head, with- beer bottle by WUlard
Moody In a saloon brawl. Tha , boy
Cted two yeara later-and it la known
that tha old man blamed the man who
struck him. Later. Given s daughter
died .under -a . criminal operation. Old
Conductor Is Seriou:'
-Injured in Collisic
-;on Irvington Lin
Early, in the Day
Inward-Bound Car' Passes t' i ?
; Switch, and the Two , Com
v Together on Single Track,
Injuring Numerous Passn
77 gers and Smashing. Window-.
a , ' The Injured. -
d Conductor William Evans, 707
-Monroe street, now at 8t.-Vin- -
4 cent's hospital; ..seriously in-
Jured about the head; leml-un- -
d conscious; extent of Injuries un-
q determined. r .-
a -' LJoyd. Homer; ahlngler, 5S2
Broadway; head and face badly
cut and bruised. ' - - - v
Conductor J. W. i Davis, lit
Sumner street; . bead and face o-
madly cut. .
Motorman J. T. Hicks. 1255
0-TMlssi9ipp! avenues face . and
4 T hands cut.
. Motormsn K. 1, Smrth; fsc
d . cut ", -
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Durlnc th dense fog that hung ov r
th city this morning, two cars on t!n
Irvlngton lino collided between Kns-t
Eighth and East Kinth on the lnKi
track on Multnomah street, arlouKlv
Injuring Conductor William. Evans r,;
the outward-bound car and bridly cut
ting and bruising several pastipntrrr
on both cars. The accident was dn.
directly to tha carelessness of the pl u
form men of car No. who hn l
passed a switch in the fog and wert
running alowly to avoid luat auch a i
accident - a did happen.
'it waa our fault." said Conduot,,r
J. W. Davie of thla car a few mimic
after tho accident.'"! waa taklnir un
fares in th rear and had not not!.-.-i
when we passed tho switch. ' Motor -man
J. T. Hicks Is a new man. m;-
t hough ho baa been a carman l..rir
and waa not familiar with the run ai ':
In th fog wa passed the awltch."
There were 23 passengers in cur K,
149, including some school rlrW. to;:
mostly working men. Mono of the pas
senger In this car were seriously in
jured, aa It was running at a slow r.n .
of speed. In ' the outward-bound c ,
there were - nln paasenirers, none or
whom, escaped without a bruise or .
cut from flying glass. -;
Tr Other Cars Collide.
Hardly had the passengers dlKn-
tangled themselves from tho wre-U" '
cars, when two other cars at Kji
Seventh and Mnltnomah atreeta Jamn..
Into each other In exactly the Siim--manner
aa those wrecked a block icai
Utile damage waa done, aa both ca
were running alowly. , '.,-
It waa at exactly :lfl when rap V
176 rounded tho curve at East Bnrei.i
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man Givens has alleged that Willi
Moody waa Involved in thla mat
also.
Mystery surround th cause or W
lard Moody's absence rront the tm
of-Ptne-th'e day before he was mo
dered." It Is being conclusively shn .
by .the state that he was not mnr.i.
until Saturday night or early f i.
morning, all the blood stains and .
dltion of tho body proving thw, hot
was not seen in the village sfter .
night. This Is considered trant ,
waa the dnd nana habit to c.u,,,
town every day. particularly on !- 1
day, when he dlil barber work f o
lagors, using WWldownon's saloon ; .
shop and borrowing the prisoner's i
with which to work . '
At the rate the Moody mm ! , ,
Is dragirlng slong, it Ij, indi. .-,i i .
If all testimony Is henr.i ti.
not'iro to the Jury for inn we. ,
six witnesae have been en nr i .
far and there- sre It in s'tr
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