- - ' ' "". . . . ' " Journal Circulation GOOD MORIUIIG '. V - . . - , , . 1 A ii s I TvT 1A AX Yesterday f) TUB WEATHER. Sunday fair; easterly wind. VOL. III. NO. 48. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1907. FIVE, SECTIONS FIFTY-FOUR 'PAGES, PRICE FIVE . CENTS. Ulil U a- i l K I 1 II II I I? II II ! I. I i' .. . - ,,. i , 1 I ' . i , ill'" 111 W1E KILE? Upj(? A mmom. FIGHT C .. ..,r.... ....... , . : Appeal to Partisanship the Last Refuge of Traction Lobbyists i Wft a Rre Flp to Eliminate Appointive Fea- 'ture of Commission BiU.y All the strength of: the Harrlman o hort will b arrayed at Balem tbla week In th effort to atrtka out from th Cha- V'a railroad commimslon bill tha provla- Jon- ctvtnn the governor tba appoint men t . of tba firat board of commlaalon- ert. Friend and foe of tha maaaura rard thl aa on of It o Tltaljaat- rt, and It la tha only point on wnicn the railroad Intaraata bava now any bona of victory. . ". Tha appeal to party feeling la -tha laat ' refug-a of tha railroad-lobby lata.1 Tbalr ' -r ffort t etrlke. out of the Chaplu bill tha provision for reciprocal demurrage and for regulation of ratea bava met with fall ura. All that la left them la to . arrive for uch a method of (electlnt the eommlaalonera aa will enable the rail road to bring; political' Influence to bear, ao that a majority of the board may be i .fahrable to their tntereeta. ' v The demand for a railroad commiaslon joppolated by tha governor la . oan 1 , llatly non-polltlcaJ. Tha preaant gov ernor la a Democrat yet an overwhelm ., lng majority, of. thou . who have Irt doraedUi.Chpln railroad commlaalon bill, which glvea tba 'governor" the ap , polntlve power, are' Republlcana. There : are ItS lumber mtfla In Oregon, employ ing probably te.OOO men, and fully per cent of th ownera of theee mllla are damoTlna" foY tha enactment of tha 'chap In bill, and their demand find un . qualified aupport among their amployea, Probably ti per eeruf of tha mambera . ef the Portland chamber of commerce are Republican, yet tba resolution of thle body Indorsing tha Chapin bill bav been paaaed without a dlaaeotlng-vote. '. .- Benuuid Xa CesareX -All over the atata ahlppera, farmer, '. merchant, bopgrowera. dairymen, com ; merclal oluba and chamber of com. mrcev regardleaa of politico, bava given i the ama atrong and unqiallfled en T doraement of thle -tnoaeure. The bill, wa ' Introduced by a Republican and I ' mmim referred to a committee In Which father waa not a alngla Democratic mera- ' . . , i A wA ,.m wi.mMr. rtf thla , nvr. pvvqh w-. - i Republican committee have agreed to , recommend tha bill favorably, with the comparatively- unimportant- amendment that eventually me oomroiiaer .. g a majority 4 of the appointed commission In office until January i.:iu. ; ' Republican advocates of an appoint 4va eommlaalon find abundant preeav -COAST LEAGUE PLACED - WITH MINOR LEAGUES rsbliehr' Pie- hf Syeelal Uaarf Wire.) , Cincinnati. Feb. t. Th national . baseball commission today promulgated , nsw rule and amendment regarding ) drafting f player to the following ef. I feet: The drafting aeaeon of the Pa cini Coast league la changed to the ..m date a all other minor when a major league club drafta a player ha cannot b returned within one rear to th minor league from which ha 4aa--draf tad-until theteam he was ..drafted from ha had a chance 1 6 re purchase th .player; Mjb Inter , eated ha a right to file with to com mission cople of -formal agreement ' between major leagu elub as to pur- ? ChTh'r.Urr th. national assoc..- ; Deputy Marshal Arrests' Chinese Wanted tor v: Robbery tter Round-About Search v ; i: Through Two States. - : :.' Trom th irosen lc" fields of Noma ' Alaaka to SeatUe. thene on a circuit through Wsehtngton and Orgon,-i:ited ' States Deputy Marahal 3. T. Warren ' reached Portland last vnlng. after spending four months on a man bunt i which oovered a dlatape f 0TT-4.000 mile. II bad Is outody a Chlna man named Chung Now. whom be flnal lr succeeded . In arreatlng at Oregon - c'it. before bringing him to Portland, where he Is now confined In th county lall on a charge of forgery and robbery, lie has confessed bl guilt to both '""'chung Now was In th laundry busl ' nes. at Norn nnttl Aaguat of last year- He forged a check for I9 on an other Chinamen and stole from him oven 1300 t Y vtarta a ZKng Caase. fw weoks after thsChlnamanr left Nom Warren started out Immediately for the statea The deputy marshal ' landed at Seattle, traced Chung to Spo dent for their couraa In tha precepta of aome of tha foremoat leader of their party. PrealdenW Rooaevelt If plainly on record In favor of thla principle, which la embodied in the national In terstate commerce commission, a body appointed by tha president and approved byUe aenata. La Folletta of Wiscon sin, to whom Ine people of that state owe their emancipation from railroad tyranny, baa declared In ringing terms that, only through an appointive com mission can effective regulation of tha railroads be Sec a rod. Governor Hughe of New York, Governor Banley of In diana, Governor Gooding of Idaho, all Republlcana, have publicly proclaimed the aama view. ;. V.."- - Savey Begiaa Opposltioa. ' ' .. With th ozoefltlon of "certain utter anoea by partisan newspapers, ' no ae rluu attempt waa made to Inject party politics Into the discussion of th Chap in bill until within tha past week, when Prank Uavey, speaker of tba bouse -of sapresentatives, came out In opposition to the appointive provision. Be haa ap parently secured the support of three of - the- member -of tha-. house railroad committee, and, according to currant re ports, he will make a fight against tha paaaage of the Mil unless this provision Is eliminated. One of hi reputes ad berent In th railroad commfttr,.fTm-OUB,r p.e1 by th trustees,, moot of Repreaentatlva Bolt of Linn oounty, Whoao constituents ' are . . praotlcaily unanimous In demanding the paaaage of the Chaptn btlL Tba other two are Jones of Polk and Lincoln, who, after many we-Re of - painful uncertainty astride of th fence, has- finally dropped down on the railroad aide, and King of Harney and Malheur. King la fearful that the demurrage feature of the law may Injur hi own buslnsss. ' . Speaker Davey Is quoted aa taking exception to the charge that he Is op posing the Chapin bill. In a published Interview he declare that he la "in fa vor of the bill." The assertion does not square with hla performance, for now that-th struggle, ia reaching 4ta ' cli max he I arrayed with the railroad foroas in th effort to defeat the ap pointive provision. ' The house will consider the bill to- mQrro In th .aenata at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. ' It seem certain that the bill will pass the aenata - Th real con fllot will be In the housa , tlon must furnish ' th aecretarlea of tbr Tianow -9ommIslonTh nam and address of each drafted player, to gether with a a ta lament of salary he ha been receiving, ao that such In formation can be furnished th club drafting th player. - Meadowthorpe Stud Sold. . Pabtlber Prws sy Ipnml Ld Wire.) Lexington, KrH Fob. t. Th far famed Uaedowthorp atud. established 14 year, ago by th late Colonel Jktmes EL Pepper, was dispersed today. The horses and farm brought an aggregate of 111.06. ' ' v Gotch Defeats Barns. (loMIh Pne by Sperlal LmwI Wire ) KnoxTllla. Tenn., Peb. . Frank Gotch defeated Farmer Burn In to night's wrestling match- her, securing th second and' third bouts. - ken, from there to Bremerton, then to Portland, thence to Seattle again and from, the latter place down to Oregon City, where th government extradi tion agent found him yesterday em ployed In a aaloon. - . . Th federal officer recognised Chung from the description and placed'hlm un der arrest on a warrant charging him With forgery and robbery. The China man at first denied all the charges, but later confessed Ma guilt - ' Seek Whea to Breaks. Chang ws placed In the county Jail and will be held there until th lc breaks In Alssksn waters In June, when he will be taken north to be tried on th Indictment returned against him by the grand Jury. Deputy Warren was formerly chief of police of Spokane, and when he reached there hla former associates met Mm st th station ana h was arrested on a flctltloua charge. II waa taken to the city Jail, but later everything was mad clear' to blm st a banquet. WRCEm . - - . , v , - - , . ; - BUSINESS MEN OF GIIAPKi BILL Large Delegatfon of Portland Merchants Going to Salem to Investigate Legislature and Opposition of Speaker Davey to Appointiye Committee. A large delegation of Portland bual nes men, member of the chamber of commerce and -other- commercial bodies will go to Salem tomorrow to Investigate for themselves the nature of th opposi tion to th railway commission bill and reciprocal demurrage law. Alarmed by th political activity of Harrlman rail way agents,; and the attitude of Speaker Davey, they; will exert their personal efforts to assist In the paaaage of th railway regulation law they have asked from the Oregon legislature. At a meeting of the board of true- teea of tha chamber yesterday after noon th matter waa discussed and It waa decided that th situation la of such gravity that extraordinary action must be taken to prevent defeat of the meas ure at the hands of partisan element in th leginlatur,' They say the law In all its f natures la entirely outside of any political consideration and should ba loyally support by. veryman who haa the beat commercial Interests , ef Oregon at heart. t ... Xeaolutloa Adopted. The following resolution waa unanl whom are Renubllcane: - -"Resolved.', that tha bVard of trustees of th Portland chamber of commerce Indorse the bill known a th transpor tation commute of. the chamber of commerce railway commission bill.-and requeat the members of the legislature Xo vote for It mi recommended by th majority of th Joint committee of th legislature and that th president be empowered o appoint representatives fof the chamber to go to Salem to obtain favorable action .thereon.". - r Parot Obapta MIL, ' The bill that the chamber favors Is known st Salem as tha Chapin bill. It waa drawn by attorneys for the trans-' portatlon committee of the chamber and the - Oregon Lumbermen's associa tion and unanimously Indorsed by them. Tbla . bill has . received tha voluntary ana earnest indorsement of more bust DErAMD PASSAGE rill mm iiplnei mea than haa any' measnr eei brought before th Ores-on - lea-lsleture la th history of the stata It Is backed by Immena business Interests, perm sit ing every class of shippers In the stata Gran res, hopgrowera' associations, lum bermen and commercial bodies all over Oregon have asked r forrths legislation embodied In it Two Dead From Fire. J ; (Peeltohenf Pre by Bcul Leased' Wlra.1 Odebolt, la., Feb. . Two men were killed, -another fatatly Injured and flv others seriously Injured by th collapse of a fire-gutted . building today. The dead are Charles Krusdnstjers. aged 41, married, and Harry Johnson, gged o! John Salatrom,. a widower, was fatally Injured. -i Houston Defeats Dawson. (Pnbnebers Press by Special Leased Wire.) New-York, -Feb.- .Thomas B. Hous ton of Scrantoa, Pennsylvania, de fended his right to th title of th world' professional pool championship by his decisive defeat of Edwin Dawson of fit Louis st Morntngstar's academy today. Th final. score wfes (00 to 3C. MRS.FISH LOSES LEADERSHIP" IN 400 THROUGH HARRIMAN Railroad Magnate Hat Avenged Slight to Daughters by Caus ing Downfalf In Business 7 , of Husband. . . -' (He rut (few by Longest Leased Wtre.) - New " Tork, Feb. t. Mra' Bruyvesant Fish's .social supremacy hung In . th balance with her husband position as president of th Illinois Central rail road In his contest with E. H. Harrl man.. v ' , .: Mr. Harshnan won.' Mr. Flab lost hla presidency snd now Mra Fish Is devoting 411 the resourceful energies of an' ambitious and beautiful woman to save her social eminence from going th way of th railroad leadership. , i ' When Mrs. Fish msrked out a social deadline - which she declared that th daughtera of Harrlman must not erosa, ah paved th way for 'the decapitation of her husband. " For th laat fouiSl months New Tork'a amart set haa been watching th Flah-llarrlman social bat ua mun ball breath. Tlios who bav been keeping 'fount de-lare that tha palm of victory rests, with (larriman. What Is said to bav been th con WANTS THIRD TERM FOR ROOSEVELT UJXJ. TJUlilOUifJ U ri ' f, ' g . ". . :. - ' 4 ': ' i . , ! ' . . f Br- , i :'. - - i -J..f -wm -- ' -' - i ' 1 . .' ;. ) "'. . $ ' ,'"." - v t I ,:..:? :..r v- ;: :. . : . V .-... ..'. . - f.f, .. ." ; .' .... - . ;. , . . ;p V V ' ; 't ' 1 ' ' y tt 1 ' , - x l " f :; -k--? Wu-Pj $ ' ; , r ' a r. t t I ? ' ' I ! : . : ' i ' ' j i. , ' ,- " if ' 4 , ' ft ' I ' i iyrWrmrrwrw 1 New York' Traction Magnate Slips: Down to -ee-msiaent-anoioryi-uomDin and Third Term Rert Itews sy Leateat Leased Wire.) ""Washington. Pb. . That Thomas T. Ryan Is pledged to the support of Theo dore Roosevelt for a third term Is gen erally understood among well Informed politicians hera - . It Is believed that th alliance be tween th prealdent and the traction In surance magnate waa consummated last week, when Ryan-and Rooaevelt had a long secret conference at. th Whit Hous. , Ryan, unheralded.' slipped mto Wash ington on an early morning train. Imme diately on arriving be drove to th Whit House. Apparently he was expected, for h was at one ushered Into th pres ence of the president. 'Other "visitors were 'waiting and others-arrived from time to time, but on and all were told that It would be Impossible to say how long Mr. Rooaevelt and Mr. Ryan would be .engaged. A definite understanding was reached between the two men. clusive test of Mra Fltrh's sundlng In. the smart set - came . Tuesday night when aha gave a dinner at her home In East Seventy-eighth street Sixty per sons were present Not an Astor. not a' Vanderbllt, not a Ooelet,' net a Rhine lander, not a Bchermerhorn, not a Wil son ; all of those stand In ths front ranks sf New York's smart set, but they were not among the guests. The Astors. Ooelets snd Vanderbllta are all directly represented In th Illinois Cen tral directorate. Mr. Harrtman himself la not socially avpliing. But he la Intensely Interested In having his daughters "break Into" th "too." It was a simple enough mat ter. Stuyvesant Ftah waa president of the Illinois Central, In which Harrlman waa a director. Mra Ftah was sn un doubted leader In society.. What more easy than to have Mra Fish tske the Masts topples). . Owing to daisy In receipt of - contents of ths Sunday music supplement no supplement will , be Issued todsy. The series will . be continued a-wesk.-langar.on this account .' T alk Results. f The Hearst correspondent has learned th facts concerning this alliance, al though It msy be predicted that th Whit Hous ana probably Mr. Ryan will mak a very, vigorous denial, but th faets-ramaln end-4r truth will be demonstrated by future eventa Th Interrlew was -arranged by Secretary Root And now Washington Is waiting for th first confirmation of th deal In th rejection of th Oliver canal bid. President Rooaevelt la making no ef fort to" suppress ' politicians who are booming htm for a third term. ' Recently Roosevelt cared little or nothing In reiteration of the underetand-lng-promulgated when " h" began bis second term that h would not be a can didate again. Henc Fairbanks. Fora ker. TafU Cannon and others who are regarded aa prospective candidate for th Republican nomination tn'l0i sr viewing the situation askanc. - Wife of Former President of Illi nois Central Gives Function -and Is Ignored by ; - Smart Set. Misses Harrlman under her wing snd bring them within th charmed clrcl? But Mrs. Fish put her foot dowa hard and said that ths Mleses Harrlman must step outside. Bo Harrlman gave up th attempt rn behalf of his daugh ters and bided hla time. - That cam In November when h deposed Fish as prealdent of the Illinois Central. Mra Flab's on great ambition ha been to succeed Mra Astor aa th leader of th Four Hundred. . Her social stand ing, through her marriage to Stuyve saat Flah, waa unquestioned. She had birth, money, social gift and undoubt ed talent for entertaining. Society was ready almost to look to her as tta lea, er. Her husband was a railroad presi dent In with the big men. She herself was original,, daring snd ever ready to set the par. Her aoclety ' wss redy to hall th new aueerr when, th time should coma However, she blundered, and bow her coveted position Is slipping through her fingers. IciuSr President ' and Frisco Delegation Fail, to Ar rive at an Agreement Upon Question.; ; , : s .'-N- . r '-' S ' ' ,'. ...-: .. I . . t 1 ' ' ; ' - - " ' ' ' '.. , Californlans v Firm in Demands for Japanese Coolie Exclusion and President Insists That School Board Must First Re- cede -From- Original - Position. (Pnhllahers Press by gieelal leased Wire.) Wsshington, Feb. - . Mayor Bchmlti of San Francisco announced today that tha Japaneae school question waa In a fair way -for satisfactory aettlement Authority that cannot be quoted Inti mates that ths whole thing I again In the air. Mayor Schmlts says that s conference la to. be , held between the prealdent and ths Faclfio slop visitors Monday or Tuesday and an agreement satisfactory - to all, tu likely r-uy- be reached. Tha other authority, whoa identity must bo concealed, declares that-tha president and the San -Fran cisco authorities will never be able to adjust tb differences, and Ih visitors will depart without agreement being reached. The mayor and two of hi party had their form si conference with the -president at th White House thla afternoon. They gav every evidence of being satisfied , with th progress of events. Mayor Schmlt waa very op- umisuo.' . ( . , . . 5 o Basal Arrived At. To th Publishers Press be said: The matter will be finally settled. It Is be lieved, at another conference to be held on Monday or Tuesday. We placed our position before the president and he stated this to ua. There was nothing In the war of sn ultimatum or a state ment of demands from either side, but Just a plain, straight-forward announce ment of the atand taken by each." "Was tha conference on the whole sat isfactory or unsatisfactory T" h was asked. . ' ... "It would hot be' possible to say that It waa either," replied the mayor. "We will Imld eeveral meeting among our selves between now and Monday and will then i notify ths president that we are ready to call upon him for final eon- SieeT Burerthat in- outcome will, b satisfactory." ..-1 ---n-- j.T ''. Xxpeot a sUckdowa. No statement was given out st the Whits Hous to Indicate the position of th president. It Is understood.'' how aver, that th executive told hla callers plainly. ..that the government expected the school board to recede from Its attitude- of antagonism and again throw open Its schools to th children ef all races, in return for thla concession, the president Is said to havs assured them that the administration would arrange with ths Japanese government for the dlscontlnusnc of th immigration of cool lea L'nlees' the San Frasclsco board wer to make this eonceealon, which' Is a (Continued on Psge Flv) A Y ED TOR Bob-Estes Shot byJohn Pv-McManus of-Pilot ; Rock, at Pendleton, Who Claims : an Attempt at Robbery, v (Speetel Dfcpstrb re Tse Joarsal.) " Pendleton. -Or.. Feb. 3. John P. Me- Menus, editor of th Pilot Kock Record, hot and killed Bob Eates. a gambler of this city, at o'clock this svenlng la the Pullman saloon. Th bullet passed through Estes abdomen snd he died a few moments after th shot was fired. Th shooting occurred In a baok room f th saloon. Thsrs wr no sy wtt- Mse except McManus. . McMaaus said after the-' shooting that he waa robbed of a watch and u la cash at tha Idl Hour rooming-nous laat night and upon a second attempt ef Estes t - take money from his pockets In th rear room -of th saloon h shot him to protect himself. After th shooting McManus started to leav th saloon by th front door and was taken to custody by ex-Chief of Pollc Orvilla Coffman. McManus Is now confined In, the county JalL Both men ar well known la Umatilla county, having resided her many yeara Th dead men leave wire and sisters and brothers In this county. MrMsnus has a wife at Pilot Kock. Pnr several year McUsnus has been editor Of the Pilot hock Kccorrt. which he founded. After hie yesrs Of newe rsper eierUnr he m cmtil.lure.l on f th ablest writers of tl.l Bvtlm. The desd man mi a piffiwliiml gmMr. McManus ha J t-' n on protr-i vl THAW WILL TELL STORY TO Defendant Is Jo Relate His Side of Murder Case in Court-Com-stock May Testify. . Anti-Vice Society Leader Has' Evidence Confirming Evelyn's Narrative In" Many Ways Thaw's Will Good Evidence of Insanity, State Attorneys. . . By Carl 8. Bradbury. ."' (Pabusher Frees by Spectsl Leased Wire.) New York. Feb. Harry Thaw will take tha atand to deliver th final blow In bis defense for the killing of Archi tect Stanford Whlta Judge Dolphin Delmns, chief counsel for Thaw, prac tically decided today that th million aire defendant ahould become a witness and corroborate the testimony given by his chorus-girl wife. Harry Thaw will tell of Evelyn Nesblt's refusal to marry him because of what ah termed degradation at the hand a of Stanford Whlta He mill tell the Jury how the fragile child. In tearful words, that day. in Paris, sobblngly tolJ h4nr of her sham and ruin a story that burned Into his soul and-fanned the" Br of consuming hatred -for Whit. . Thaw s lawyers will seek to ahow by hla teatlmony that he brooded over his wife's wrongs until ths stretch of time dlaappeared In the figment of his dis ordered mind, a white spectre after a girl, a victim of White's lust, aa waa his wifa". " . Spectre Oast at aright, Th spectre cam to blm at night and In his waking hours snd with it th hallucination that Stanford Whit waa pursuing hia wife to tak her life with some aubtl poison. When he saw White that night glow ering at him on the roof of Madison Square Garden, Thaw will tell the Jury that he believed, that as the "agent of providence." ha was directed te kill the architect. Within a minute after the shooting Thaw said to his wife. "It's all right, dearie; I havs probably saved yor Ufa" It waa thla belief that. Whlta was plottlns;to miirierEvelynJhat ceussii Thaw to. make that remark; that for a long tlm It was on of th mysteries In the case. . , 8hould Anthony Comstock. head of the anti-vic society, recover from sn attack of pneumonia' before the conclu sion of the Thaw trial, he will b called as s witness for th defense, snd will, hs himself says, give startling teatl mony to corroborate tha testimony of Evelyn Kesblt Thaw. - Oosastook aa Wltaesa. -Comstock gav out aa Interview at his home today In which h declared that a year before th hoot lng. Thaw told him of White' a character and tha he found one clear case against th ' architect. Comstock said: "I know that Stanford Whit was a' - (Continued oa Pag Four. spree, which for yeara ha been his only known fault. Hla condition was supposed to have been taken advantaao Of by the sporting element. Tb tragedy, occurred at almost th sam spot where Ed Mills seyeral yar ago shot Kid William Miller, a saloon man." Mllla served a short term in the penitentiary, after which he went t Tnnopah. Nevada, engaged In promoting m'nlng schemes and Is worth half a million. At ths coroner's Inquest, which whs completed at l:li o'clock, a number nf witness were examined, but little s U dltlonal Information was obtained. Th Jury returned a verdict that Kstea cum Ito hi death by a gunshot wound st the hands or John P. Mi' Minus, Nit nttempr. was made to establish th nature nf th- crime. Common rumor hsj it now that Mr Man us had Intend,! to shoot a mitii named McCarthy, ln.t.l of l-;.ts, h it was so Intoxicated he thought he a.!-l th msn hs whs 1 . k I n tor Mfi'arthy vm ir-!l tie ft -t , ' the w-'k on a chrtr r f ,n ' money from JIpM t,'is, t..it & , -chara'l. as Mi M inm r '' l i j cut h in. if fl.ci r..lly It no tnton Hni;tr nnl tv ? nt " i d it t 1 - ' , f ' M '.I 'lllH (.' i ' .1' I ! - ' , ! - '