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TUB WEATHER.
Sunday fair; easterly wind.
VOL. III. NO. 48.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1907. FIVE, SECTIONS FIFTY-FOUR 'PAGES,
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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President ' and Frisco
Delegation Fail, to Ar
rive at an Agreement
Upon Question.; ;
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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'
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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
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