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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY ' EVENING. FEBRUARY , 2, 1907. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES.
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Pauline Morton Becomes a Bride
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- Senator Perkins.
JHAW'SCOUHSEIS
REM TO BEGIN
FIGHT . FOR, LIFE
Peabody Denies Thaw Will Take
Stand as Witness for Himself
Thinks Defense Too Easy
'. ..With State in Matter of Ex.
cusing Jurors. i
f Joans! Rpeeia tsrvlce.). : '
Feb. J. Thaw" a attorney
are ready to begin the presentation of
their case. They conferred with Thaw
this morning. Hartrlage, Peabody and
O'Reilly being present.' It, waa not set.
tied who should make- the-- opening
atatementa.
On Leaving. Peabody aald they found
their client In good 'health and spirits.
H- aald; - : -r . -
"If the atata closes Monday morning.
a District Attorney Jerome Intimated,
tha defense will be ready to go on Im.
mediately after a recess."' -
He denied the report that Thaw would
. take tha stand In hla own behalf. "We
shall not cross that bridge until Wa ar
rive all it." he aald.
t la eviaeni me aeiense tninaa 11
as too lenient with Jerome In tha mat
ter of excusing Jurors. PralxxW say I
7 he thinks the Jurora Jerome desired ex.
cused should have remained. ' ,
Qnrvln spent' today Hi a final review
of the case. ' He waa closeted for hours
with various witnesses for tha atata.
COLD WAVE
. Wii l: Not; ' Last Loirig,: However;":", Prophesies
orewsterv Beals-r-Past 'Month; full of
- ' : V Weather's : Odd Freaks 1 .
' restrict Forecaster Kdward A. Bealt
predict colder weather for tonight and
says Portland will be vialted by another
cold wave, although he la of tha opin
ion' that tha thermometer ' will not go
as-low, as utirlng the cold weather of a
few weeks ago, when It registered ' 11
above aero. The snow which began fall
ing a.S o'clock thla morning will con
tinue tonight, but with colder weather
tomorrow a clear atmosphere . Is ex
pected . ; :.. - - 4,
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- Tna .storm ie- not or a - local nature.
it covers,, nearly the entire Padflo
nuTWiwesu -storm nortnesst warnings
mere ordered displayed at 7:t o'clock
thla morning at the 'mouth of the Co
lumbia, and at all etatlona In western
Washlagton, and cold wave warnings
were issued at tha same time for north
west Or.;on, Washington and north
en Idaho. - --. f " --r
While there la no way of telling with
any degree of certainty1' how long tha
.ROOSEVELT
President Objects to State Regulation of Common Carriers and
r Thinks It Should Be Left to federal Government " '
to Alone Regulate Railroads. . ' V
(Journal Kneelal tervire.t
Washington, Feb. I. Letters are
renewing high officials of the admin
istration from owner Of railroad
stocks and bonds all over tha country
protesting against the prevailing un
rest in those securities, which ' they
s scribe to the Indiscriminate attacks
on- rallrcsds by state and federal of
ficials. ' ' m - ,
In this connection It can be atated
that the prealdent, 1n a recent conver
sation with callers, .lias Jet It be knowa
thWt he Is not in" sympathy-with many
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to; ;Crawl Out of
Trouble -Suggested ;
'. Uoanal gpeetal frit.i
Washing ton. Feb. X Possibility of
war with Japan continues , tha all ab
sorbing tonic of . conversattonln of-
tidal circles and It bacomaa mora evi
dent hourly that tha country if face
to face with a aerious crista. Not only
haa Senator Perkins openly expressed
his eonvictlona that tha. country waa
on the vara of a eonfltct with Japan,
but Captain Richmond P. Hobson. tba
tiera-of-tha Merrlmae." and- many oth-
ers equally prominent expresa .them
aelvea ta almllar vein.
There la no longer any doubt but
that tha government will loae its case
In tha courts agalnat tha aa Fran
rlsco school board, and it la up to Ban
Francisco to retreat, from.. ita original
position In the 'most graceful manner
noaslble. . In tha meantime active prep
arations to strengthen fortifications" in'
the f hlllpplnaa and Hawatt mm- wU as
,v- Am aTot Koagollaaa. '
- President Rooaevelt AndATTorny'
Qeiieral Bonaparte- are preparing a ease
to preeent to The California achool ffl-
eiala. They hold that tha board of edu
cation of 8an Francisco did not act
within tha law of tha state whan it
passed tha resolution excluding Jap
anese from- tha achool a. It appears
that tha board acted uifder section 1 a 62
of the civil code -of California, which
empowers "schools boards to exefude
"Mongollna" children. - Tha president
claims, the Japanese are not Mongo
lians, but a, branch of the Malay rae.
I d likA1 to go to war with Perkins
and others from tha eoaat who are mak
ing a mountain out of a-raole .hill." aald
Senator- Callum, chairman .of he for
eign relations committee, today, after a
consultation at tha White House. "We
are not on the eve of serious trouble
with any nation," ha continued, "and
should attend our own business and
quit talking war. Continual talk about
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cold wave may last. Observer Peels Is
of the opinion that It will be of ahort
duration. Portland has been served
with more than its share of unusual
weather ' daring tha paat two monttjs
and for that reason It Is argued that
milder weather ahould soon follow, un
less -this turns out to be an odd yesr
"for the first time In the history of tha
city freska." ..... .. ......
Tha meteorological aummagy for Jan
uary baa Juat been, Issued and the fig
ures show that tha month .waa a sold
one, the mean temperature for the
month being 14 degrees, whereas !.l
Is tba average: The rainfall, too, waa
greater than tna average by nearly, two
Inches, the total for tha month being
l.tl inches. " Since September 1' last,
until February M.7i inches of rain
have fallen here, thla amount being 1.11
greater than tha average. Tha highest
temperature last' month was St - de
grees on tha list, and tha lowest, was
II degrees on the 16th.
IS PROVOKED
of tha attempts of states to regulate
interstate commerce and that ' on the
whole he' regents the efforte of atatea
In thla direction la fallurea and a dn.
elded detriment to the rights of rail
roads. Ha la said to object- particular
ly to -the great variety of burdens Im
posed on interstate commerce by tha
numerous states and advocates- relief
by tha perfection of federal" lawa On In
terstate commerce. -'
Tha president may elaborate these
views In communicating with, the In
ters tat commerce commission.
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Captain Hobaon.
Castellane - in Desperate Straits
Over Wife's" Refusal to See
Him So That He Can Wheedle
Some iCash-Out of-Her
MMme. Gould Ostracised. -
(JMral BprHal Sfrlc.)-
Purls, Jeb. 2.-r- If you don't' consent
to' see me, I'll commit . suicide," . waa
the threat of Count Bonl da Castellane
made in a letter recently to his former
wife, now "Madame Oould." 8he is re
ceiving Weekly and even dally entreaties
from tha spendthrift count, beaeechftig
her to aee him.- He desires an Inter
view in., tha hopsthat -be. ean wheedle
her Into settling an annuity upon him,
but thus fnc she has turned a deaf ear
to all pleadrnga gnd- thv-eonstant over
tures' of the entire Castellane family.
Even the Countess Jean da Castellane,
who all along haa been ona of Boni s
strongest champions, has burled her
animosity toward Madame Oould and
Implored her to make- desirable -money
arrangements.-''"' '
It is- believed by Madame . would a
friends thut aha will ignore Bont's do-
mands for alimony until, in desperation.
he consents to give up all claims on the
children, although he is legally entitled
to ace them -at certain Intervals and
direst their education-
Hlghi society - women whom Madame
Oould antagonised In. exposing their re
lations with Bonl. have banded together
agaleist her, and the opinion here Is that
she can never regain her position In so
ciety because of. their, revengeful inso
lence. . -. - t ,
FORGER OF HARTJEr
V , LETTERS IS KNOWN
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(Jonrnal Bperlal Serrlcs.)
Pittsburg, Feb. r 2. Former District
Attorney Kobb says he haa Tound the
forger of the Madlne letters. Introduced
In tbe Hartje divorce ease, and thinks
ha will be able to prefer charges of
forgery, perjury and conspiracy before
nlgliffalls. .The lettera purport to have
passed between Mrs.' Hartje and'' her
coachman, 'Tom Medina. They were
used unsuccessfully in tbe trial In an
effort to. blacken Mra Hartje's .charao
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Son-in-L'aw leadbetter Says
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That Car Shortage Is the
Only Cause of Complaint ,
, v v Among the People. ;, ,
r. W. leadbetter,' who is tha son-in-
law of )L I Plttock. chief owner of the
Oregonlan does not look with favor
upon any kind of a railroad cotnmlaalon
for Oregon. Ha believes existing evils
can be cured by direct lawa and la un
alterably- opposed to Investing tha gov
ernor with power to appoint tha mem
bers of a commission In tha event that
the 1)11 to create such a board, now be
fore the legislature., oecomes a law.
He was Interviewed on the subject last
week and al Id:
"We have had a railroad commission
In Oregon before, and other atatea have
had them, and they have accomplished
little or nothing,'- said Mr. Leadbetter.
"I am firm In my opinion that a rail
road commission In this state now
would httve a useless career and be
short-lived." " '
"Would you be In favor of ah appoint
ive commission In the event of the com
mission bill becoming a law was
asked.
"The people themselves are the real
rulers," he replied. "They elect their
representatives to tha state legislature
tha same as tha governor .la elected, . I
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VISITED BY
FIRST W
Oaring Impersonator
of a Secret Service
Man Now Faces a
New Charge -
Widely Different Stories Are Told
J??J-.JYthe Apparent
Bigamist and Wife Who Says
Gibson Kidnaped Her Son
' From Grandmother.'.' ' '".'
Harry C. Olbson. alias Harry C. Clark,
arrested about three, weeka ago at
Walla Walla. Waahlngton.by Secret
Service Operative Thomas B. Foster? for
Impersonating a secret service officer,
waa- visited by Mra. Olbson In hla cell
at . tbe county Jail - yesterday and re
vealed the fact to Mr.' Foster that Olb
son Is a bigamist.
The Mrs. Gibson who called yesterday
Is Mrs. Gibson No; 1 and aha came to
find out what Olbson had done with
their little boy whom Olbsen kidnaped
?rom thcTntlefeTIbw'a grantTmbtliefbif
the pretext that ha wanted to purchase
the lad a auit of clothes.
Mrs. Gibson No. 1 lives -In Wallowa
county, Oregon, and has posaesalon of
the little boy, according to Olbson, who,
gave a most startling explanation emu
conduct regarding his second marriage.
It aeums that he has Ideas of romance
which diverge from the truth to a de
gree that Would -convict him' of -perjury
avara-Jta-to-raoount Oera
Manias In Xopyard,
?lbson-"tkl -tha he- married Mra.
Olbson in a hopyard near Woodburn,
but Mra. Glbaon entertains no such re
membrance of tbe nuptial ceremony and
Insists f hat .they were married llke'other
pome, in a Jiouse, September I, lo J.
Gibson aald that he -had tried to get a
dltorce from Mrs. Gibson in Tacoma,
but could find no legal record of their
marriage and had doubta as to whether
the man who married them waa a regu
larly . ordained . minister. Mrs. Gibson
had no such doubts and 'told Mr. Fos
ter that she had a marriage certificate
given to her at tha time of tbe cere
mony. .
Gibson admits that he married Mrs.
Olbson No. 1 at Elgin, Oregon, about 10
months ugo, previous to the time that
ha secured his little boy from Ita grand
mother. -- "
Still aVaethe WUa. 4
Gibson' also Insists that ha lost two
fingers by tha bolo method In the Phil
Ipptnes. - Mrs. Glbaon Bays that ha lost
them In a box factory and that Gibson's
father saw tha accfilcnt .
Another fact revealed by Mra. Gibson
No. l a visit to tha prtaoner yeaterday
was that Gibson had been married to
another woman before he married the
present Mra. Gibson No. 1. He says
that he waa legally divorced from thla
woman and that Mra. Olbson No. 1 haa
all claim upon him. Mra. Gibson No. 1
doesn't seem anxious to retain her nup
tial name and told Glbaon as mnch yea
terday. - Bha also wants the child and
waa angry yesterday when aha found
that Glbaon had turned her eon .over
to tha care of Mra. Olbson No. I.f -
Way ate Waa Arrested.
" Mra. Olbson No. 1 resides at Van
couver and, her mother at Tecolt. Wash
When Gibson went to the grandmother
to get the child, she told him that he
should get a divorce, not knowing that
Gibson had already been married to Mrs.
Olbson No. 2. Gibson brought ths boy
ta Portland and it ia aald told Captain
Bruin that ha wanted to take care of i
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Seldom Has There Been a Pret-
'.. tier i Bride Than - Insurance
' President's Daughtejr---Groom
- Is VliHionaire Yachtsman, Well
Known in America. '
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New York, Feb. 1. One of the largest
and most biilllsnt weddings that New
fork has seen In a long time took plnce
In the fashionable St. Thomas' church
this sf ter noon when Miss Pauline Mor
ton, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Paul' Mor
ton, became tha bride of J. Hopkins
Smith Jr., millionaire .and yachtsman.
A distinguished party of society folk
came over from Washington for the
ceremony., and many other guests were
present from Chicago, Boston. Portland.
Maine,; Newport, Philadelphia and otbei
placea. v
Beldora haa there been aeen a pret
tier .bride than Miss Morton, in her
magnificent Imported wedding gown -of
white aatln trimmed with priceless lace.
Tha bride s attendanta Included a half
dosen .young ladles .well known In iV I
ctety, Miss Mary Candy of Chicago!
was the maid of , honor, and the .six
bridesmaids - were Miss r Lily Page,
daughter of Mr. and Mra. Howard-Page;
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Future Owner of the Oregonian
Unalterably Opposed to Com-'
mission That Will Be "Ap-
' pointed by Governor.
can see no advantage In taking away
from these representatives a right aim
ply to confer ltspon one man. No. I
would not look with favor ' upon put
ting tn tha hands of the governor the
power to appoint the. mem be re of the
commission.'- .. . ,
"The ear shortage problem Is about
tha only one, or at least ta the principal
cause of complaint among the people,
and thla evil along with others which
exist now or may coma Into existence
In tbe future, ran be wrestled with to
Better advantage by direct laws passed
By. the state legislature. I am not In
favor of a demurrage law.
Mr. Leadbetter at first refused to
discuss the matter of a railroad com
mission for. Oregon on the . grounds
that he waa not well enough posted on
the different points embodied In the
present, bill. - Also, that he had just
returned from an " absence . of several
weeks from Inrtland and had not kept
In touch with the conditions. When
pressed ' fur an ' answer,' however, he
gave hla views as above stated.
-sMr. Ijeadbetter'a nawa have been re
flected tn the Oregnnlan'a -editorials.
HOMAS
COMMISSION
WEDDING
; MISS
PAULINE
MORTON,
TODAY'S
BRIDE.
; BELOW IS
' ' ' MISS
' KATHERINE
. ELKINS,
ONE OF
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BRIDESMAIDS
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ONE OF GANG WILL TESTIFY
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Postoffice Robber Evidently Under Arrest Be
Jfqre" i Anderson Sullenly iUndergoes
vv - Tremendous Pressure of Questioning- :
' Despite his stubborn manner and at
tempt to conceal from Assistant United
States District Attorney James Cole
what he knows about the robberies of
the 8t. Johns and Be 11 wood postof flees,
Wllllnm t'jirter. ene of the gang ar
rested with Wane, revealed to Mr. Colo
tha fact that ha knows all about the
crimes In which tha gang participated.
Carter refused to talk whan brought
Into Mr. Cole's office thla morning, and
later refused to take an oath and make
a aworn statement of the robberies.' He
revealed tha fact that he haa been ar
rested before by bla Intimate knowledge
of the. working of the law and im
pressed Mr. Cole aa bejng an all around
Mth the People
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CoTOMrs"lnSuMrWitlT
Develop Charges of
Gross .Negligence
Against the Police :
Brothers ofi Dead Man Ht fit aft
Foul Play in Connection With'
Estate and Demand Full In
vestigation of the Surrounding:
Circumstances.: "" ,
a a a .
"My brother last October sold.,
his share of our fatber'a estate,
valued at f 10,000, to Jaeger
Brothers, the Jewelers, for 110,
000, receiving some cash aad a
mortgage for 117,000. I do not
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want to aay anything, but as he
waa married; ack yourself the
question, 'who would profit , by
hla death y I- have nothing to
base my suspicions on, but I do
not believe that the affair bap-
e , peneu as lies uuen tiiij te the pe e
e lice. r.xirscx irom an inter- e
r vtew-witb K. J. Tracy, brother of - a
the murdered man." e .
"It was only a few days ago t e''
asked my brother at the hospital e
evaded an answer.- He never did '
e - tell ns the story of how the af-. '
e fair happened, and I think that
'-someone ts toetng prnteated." Lasr- e '
e week I was directed to go to the
district . attorney's office. !-' '
tectlve P. Msher. who was the
only person there, told mo that e
if we would offer a. reward there
4 would -not be much difficulty In e
e placing nnnos on me man wno W
committed the crime. From an e
S Interview with J. O. Tracy, e
a Drotner or toe aeceaseo.
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Evidence which will be. Introduced at
mv inqumi 10 oe neia at 4 o ciock inis;
sfrnoon by Coroner Flnley over the
remains of James Tracy, whose death
resulted at T o'clock thte morning from
stab wounds received Christmas night'
will tend to show that the police have
been guilty of the grossest negligence
and have made no effort until two daya
ago to gather any evidence leading to
me arrest ot tne two men wno as
sen 1 ted Tracy and bis brother-in-law,
James Keegan.
On the other hand, the police main-
tain- that 'efforts oil" thelrpart" to gain'
anything tangible from the ones most
Interested in a solution of the mystery
surrounding the assault have proved
fruitless because the members of the)
family refused to tell what they knew.
Jamea Tracy died at 8U Vincents)
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criminal. lie" said that he would tell
ail he knew when tha proper time) came
bat first wanted to conault with an at
torney and be advised as to what
should tell. ,
- rm of CoavicUoas.
' Carter told Mr. Cole that ha woulct
tell everything at. the- proper time
which, as he put It with a dramatis
wave of his hand, would be "in tb
halls of Justice." " Carter, ia considered
one of the-bad men of the band ef
crooks held In custody by tbe govern
ment officials and hla record la being;
looked up with great care.
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