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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10. 1007. if 1 Ml GOES 10 TRIAL TUESDAY ow TELL SUf ii (Continued from Page On.) - i foumart monster. I know that much of ' .what Mrs. Harry Thaw baa stated aa a 'witness is true. I know that Stanford White's den in the tower of Madison Square garden was as she has described . It. I know that White made a Business ,t f ruining young girls. I know of at ' least one specific Instance. And whit ' 1 know I 1 named after I had been given the first dues by Harry Thaw him- -' Uf. Corastock said that to the sum- mer of 0$ Harry Thaw came to him , and told him of Stanford White, charg- , .Inn that the architect was ruining young girls la his studio. ! ,v Pursued Stags Beaatles. !A nearly as I can recall." said Mr. " Com stock today, "Mr. Thaw said to me. ' ' T-want to tell you of a man' who has " ruined more young girls than any man i. in New York. He Is particularly given ta pursuing the young girls of the . ' stage. It Is a debt which society owes V to Itself to halt him -now, be for he victims. II has come in tny own Ufa -in suck a way that I desire above any . , thing to see his practices atopped in order that others may be spared the offering he has brought on me and - , mine. His name Is Stanford White; LJh.JBajtt. -architect. and ..iaiiM.in.Ja. famous den In .the tower of Madison ".'I Square Garden.' v ;'. '"That was his statement, continued comstock, "Ho made a promise to ln- i vestl gate. He agreed, to pay the coat ; of looking Into the case. He also mailed - toe a check to defray the necessary ex- . penses and subsequently. Wrote me sev eral times upon tbs subject of which i ha asked each time what progress we , wars making. Our detectives were aa- . tounded at what they found. We worked -lard and I learned a great deal, bJt of all eases these are the hardest to prove ; . . under the rules of evldenoe. and before . risking an answer I determined to catch ! , White redhanded in his Iniquity." ; - Detectives After Thaw. " - 4 "I learned that his rooms .- in " the i flower were as Mrs. Evelyn Thaw had '- described-! the trial. Two of our de- : " tectlvei endeavored to hire rooms' in ' the same tower la which to watch his ; f goings and coming. . The deal was ai " most completed whea one of the detee - tlves made a bungle. . Bomething which ; lie said or did gave the alarm to the 1 Janitor, although we were on the wait--1 rnr Ustfor longtlmerajid although i aeveral times apartments In the tower wers vacant, w were never able to a ' cure a suite, or a single room. ... "i learned positively of -one -ease . where White had ruined a girl only 11 . , years old, almost identical as Mrs. Evelyn Thaw described her own ease, but the girl was la the chorus of a road company and we could not reach - and make a witness of her We got partial evidence of other things things that convlnoedm that what Mrs. Thaw i now swears Is true. I believe in her: story and base that belief upon what I ' know of the man. . - .."The laat tiro I saw Thaw wne two or three weeka before he shot White. . lie appeared to be in a desperate " , straight like a" man wellnigh frantic. - He said: 'You must keep ont you must . . stop this man; he must be stopped now v- at one.' ........ . rm aa Bvldaao. .. Through Harry Thaw counsel will be able ' to Introduce la evidence the will which vii drawn up by Thaw the night of his marriage to Evelyn -Neeblt. , This will Is strange and remarkable I document, and. If spread upon the court .'. records, wtU give indubitable corrobora . . . tlon . of Evelyn Nesblt's story and the . plea that Thaw feared Whit would kill bis wife and possibly himself. The will Is alleged to make a - liberal al lowance for Thaw's wife, her mother and brother, and to create a fund for the benefit and support of other girls - mentioned by nam whom It is said to set forth bad suffered from White's vll ' lalnlea as bad Evelyn Neeblt. Tbe will ' also shows that Thaw was In fear of assassination, and a part of bis es tate is 'said to be set aside for the , prosecution of bis murderer, should he slain. The , defense ' claims that th queer f f THE BIG STORE WITH H AT S For Spring 1907 Now Ready. SALSBURY AnyJSnape Any Color WALDORF The King of All Stiff Hats : SOLE AGENTS FAMOUS Corner Second and document will bear out th pleas of Justification -and Insanity. - The win is a crasy-looklng document, and th dis trict attorney claims it la not relevant. Its chief points were declared today to be as follows: ." To Proseeat Assassin. -. The trustees of th estate are au thorised to set aside a fund of I7S.000 to be used, to prosecute th Instigator of his assassination! that a fund of t7S.0d be set aside by the trustees for th ear of ehorus girls and others who were subjected to the same treatment at th hands of Whit as was Evelyn Neeblt.- Their name and th nam- of Whit specifically appear. That a fund be feet aside for th edu cation of Howard Nesbit. brother of the wife of testator. - 'A fixed income is allowed for ..the- mother of Thawa wife during her life. The last clause pro vides that after all the trust funds have been satisfied, tbs remainder of th es tate be Invested and the income paid annually to Evelyn Nesbit, wife of th testator.' . . ; . ." - , ' . .Week Wearing- Apparel. , Six separate articles of women's wear ing apparel, on the flimsy silk of each. Is written with indeillble ink a nam ana a date, are, it la claimed, ought by the attorneys for Harry Thaw.- They are al- leaed to be- In the possession of the local police, - and to have oom frem a looked receptacle in the tower a teller or. Stan ford White, . having been seised when headquarters men searched that studio following th killing of Whit and th subsequent ., charges that . are .. mad against ' th architect. v One of th articles wanted Is said to bear the name of Evelyn Nesbit, and th date opon which sh alleges Whit ac complished her ruin.' They bav never been turned over to th district attor ney, so he alleges, and so Thaw's lawyers demand that the police produce them. Attorney Delmas Is stated to hav asked Inspector McLaughlin for the wanted ar ticles and to have given blm until Mon day to produce them. It be does not, 4t Is asserted th court will be asked ti or der them to do so. r--,--. Curiosity Seeker's Vary. Evelyn Thaw and her mother-la-law had a taste of th length th curiosity -z I THE LITTLK PRICES ') - $2.50 $4.00 Clothing Company - Morrison Streets ; - 'V (I v ' The'Late Stanford White.' . V" '.r;p-" seekers will got when they left -th Tombs this afternoon after, a visit to Harry's door. Several hundred - peo- pl wh had gatltfd about thadoor-nf the prison to see them emerge rushed forward aa they earn through t he door to enter an automobile, and they were buffeted 'against - the steps of th prison. - . . Police were hurriedly summoned, but they had to use strenuous measures be fore they" could get" therowdrway from th building so th women could get Into .their vehicle. Thaw's It Jurors slept late today, Captain W. J, Lynch, who has the IS mon in charge, owned up that the bell boys had literally to crack- the door panels before he aroused them for breakfast. When he made th round of th guarded rooms, all the Jurymen told blm they felt in splendid health. Tory Xnjoys Say. They spent the forenoon -lounging around the Broadway Central and read ing th scissored copies of th morning papers that their warders brought .to them. There came up a discussion as to hw. the rest of the day should be spent and how tonight and tomorrow should be spent and right there the Jury had its first disagreement. Soma fit them wanted to go walking; some wanted to stay ,1a the hotel; some fa voed a carriage rid and they learned that several managers had extended In vitations for - tonight's performances. accompanying the . invitations with promises that the Thaw cas should not b mentioned or suggested. When they found Jostle Fitzgerald had withheld his oonsent. to any theatr going, soma of th 1J jurors war disappointed and some were pleased. . Jerome's Hard Task. ' District Attorney Jerome next week will have the moat difficult and most delicate fight of his whols legal career. He will endeavor, to break the force of Evelyn Thaw's strong testimony .for he has to do so within th limits of time for cross-examination and it will require adroitness. While no statement could be obtained from Mr. Oarvan of Mr. J"'" jflr.U was,. sal(Ubypn jSrjlllutheu.h this matter has often been slstant that an offlcerla in possession of information which would go far to dis count Evelyn's story and that Jeroro would try-to bring it In. Under the direction of -Assistant Dis trict Attorney Oarvan, th entire foro of prosecutors, officers, lawyers, de tectives and process servers have been working almost ceaselessly sine Thurs day, trying to And evidence upon which District Attorney Jerome can attack th story told Jy Evelyn Thaw on the stand. Mr. Oarvan has not been in the courtroom, sine . Thursday, his 41m being given to the preparation of data concerning Evelyn s story for th guidance of his chief. Th intervening of Saturday and Sun' day with no sessions of th court will enable Jerome to tak up th cross- examination of Evelyn well primed. Then it will rest with th court how far tfe can go In seeking to discount the strong impression mad upon th Thaw jury by th wife of Stanford White's murderer. OPIUM DEN ON A FINE HOUSEBOAT Elegantly Furnished Craft of Poppy-Lovers Is Brought ". Down by the Flood. An empty casket a portion of a hu man body and other, things of a peculiar character were swept down th Willam ette by th recent flood, but th discov ery mad yesterday afternoon by De tecdves Jones and Tlehenor ranks first In Importance, on a costly, sumptuous ly furnished houseboat th officers found vldnc that th structure had been used a an opium den, evidently by people of wealth, and refinement and an investigation is now being mad to ascertain th point from which th scow broke loose and also th identity of th owner. - It was reported to th police that a substantial looking houseboat was slow ly floating down th river near Meade street and Detectives Jones and Tlehe nor war detailed to ascertain If anyone bad been marooned in the building. Th officer secured a boat and rowed to the houseboat A search of -th premises failed to bring to light any living thing but two complete opium layouts and a hypo dermic syringe, such as I used by mor phine fiends, wsre found In a dress suit Th structure was furnished In an up-to-date manner and th furnish ings were most arttt!o. Th houseboat i was moored to the shor by th deteo tlves and tb articles secured are now In poeeeeelon St th bureau Of criminal investl gaUon. ; Claims to Be Eager to Face Ac "cutatio'ns Which Ho Men ' Hons as but to Scorn. .' "" SOCIETY AT WASHINGTON MAKES MUCH OF MULKEY Items for Oregon In Senate Bills- - Bids Askexl for Kr'no ConM John - Barrett, Lecturer -Seattle Expo , gltioa-Ankeny'aad Car Shortage. (Washtatioa Banes f Tb Jeanral.) Washington, Feb. t. -Th trial of Blngar. Hermann on the charge of de stroying letters and copybooks alleged to be the property of the government, baa been-postponed to Thursday, Febru ary It. It was to hav begun Monday, February Jl.. Hermann's counsel will b A. " S. Wortbington and H. Preston Oately, a son-in-law of WOrthlngton. Th former la a, , celebrated criminal lawyer and has been eoun eel in a large number of famous cases. . f Hermann expressee confidence that he will be acquitted, and scouts tb alle gation. " that letter-. books other than mose contamngnts private eerreepon l dene , were tampered with or removed. He says he is ready for trial and in fact anxious for it to begin, that he may clear his name' from the charge, lodged against Ijlm. - fcoum afay Be' Sworn Karoh 4.' . Jonathan Bourne-of Oregon will be sworn 1n as United States senator March -if the senate should be, called in special session to consider treatise with San Domingo and Japan. He will then be assigned to a committee chairman ship and a committee room and wtll be able, to appoint a clerk and assistant olerk of his committee without waiting until December. He has not announced who hla secretary or clerk will be. Bourn throughout his campaign for th senate last year declared against the -admleelon of Aslatlu uuulUs."h encr"X" treaty with Japan 1s negotiated st-a special session he will contend for such a convention as will exclude them, al though, he refuses to say, anything on the subject now. ' Bids Asked on Xeao Canal. Contractors are asked to bid on th work of -excavating th Keno jeanal on th Klamath irrigation project. In Ore gon, involving about 10,000 cublo yards of rock and earth excavation. Plana, - specifications and forms of proposal may be obtained from th su pervising engineer. United States re clamation servtceJPorUaod. Oregon.-or th project engineer, at .Klamath Falls, Oregon. In connection with the construction of the Keno canal, the secretary of the Interior has authorised that a portion of the work be don by fores account. . Th estimated cost of this part is about 111.000. It is proposed by the reclama tion service to divide it into . small achedule so that local contractor pan bid on the work, this being 'deemed ad visable owing to th necessity for deliv ering timber October 1. 1907. ' The aeeretary of , th ; Interior today executed a contract on behalf of the United States with th Expanded Metal sc Corrugated Bar company of St Louie for furnishing 1.800,000 pounds of struc tural steel for the . Tieton Irrigation project in Washington. Th contracting company agrees to furnish th material for tSMK.t. -i Aakeny Busy en On Shortage. Senator Ankeny of Washington, hav ing received a flood 'of letters urging special Inquiry into the car shortage Question from all parts of th Paoltlo northwest has taken up the subject with th Interstate commerce commis sion after a conference with President Roosevelt, and now awaits further word from th commission. Senator Ankeny has- given .'considerable study to tbe matter, ao that when he saw th presi dent and commissioners he was pre pared to give facts and figures bearing on the Issues. brought to th attention of th preal dent this winter, he manifested deep Interest la Ankeny'g presentation of the case. Legislation- 1st pending touching th ear shortag and bllla hav been Intro duced by several senators, but up to this Urns absolutely - nothing is being don to bring the matter to a success ful outcome, so far as known, except ing such lngulrle as . that begtyi by Senator Ankeny. Throughout th en-' tire session of congress this , winter railroad representatives hav been her opposing effective legislation and It is asserted that there is littl hope that anything can be don befor next win ter, railroad men alleging that the financial situation In Wall street Is bad because of the agitatlonyregardlng th oar shortage and similar reforms. It is believed the arguments adduced by them hav influenced some member of con cress. Inducing a lass determined stand for needed laws. Oregon Custom Zona Items, Th estimated expense of th maln tatnanc of eollectprshlps of customs for ths coming fiscal years, given. out today by th secretary of th treasury, assigns to Astoria l.li Coos-bay, tl,00; Taqulna bay. $1,017; Portland. .ll: Montana, flS.llf; Alaska, $. n; Washington, 1111,110. Provision, mad by amendments added today, when th lighthouse bill passed tb senate, for rebuilding and equipping lighthouses and fog signal at Cap Arago. Oregon. appropriation GUIDES CHILDREN . Bxpexieno and a Mother's toy Make dvto) Yslanbl, ' An Illinois mother writes about feed ing children: ' "If mothers . wouia uss urapa-nuts mora for their little ones, there would be less need for medicines and fewer doctor bills. If ' those suffering rrom indigestion and stomach troubles would live on Orapo-Nuts, toast and good milk for a Short period they would experience more, than - they otherwise .would be lieve. Our children have ' all learned to know th benefit of Grape-Nuts as sn appetising.' strengthening food. It is every evening, with few variations, like this: -Mamma, lei a navs , toe si ana Qrape-Nuts for breakfast; or, let's bav eggs and Grape-Nuts' never forgetting the latter. "On of our boys .in school and II years or. age repeatedly tens m nig mind Is so muoh brighter and In vry way he feela a much better after hav ing Qrape-Nute as a part if not all his hreskfant" Name given by Postura Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read th little book, "Th Road to WellvlUe," in pkgs. "There's Reason.'' Special Terms: This three-roorft outfit is a sample of what "The Store is complete. That doesn't mean that you have to fill detail has been thought and Kitchen, is ready for Three-Room ---Ou-fflt"- Special . Terms $10.00 .Down, $2.50 Per Week. --v--ir. UU1B being mad therefor of 119.000. and for th cam at Oxford reef, near Oap Blanoo, Oregon, 1120,000; Cap JSpenoar. at the entrance of Cross sound, Alaska. U2S,000; light vessel lor th Faclflo coast, 1110.000. . John Barrett - f '- Portland, Oregon. director of th bureau of American re publics, has been asked by Secretary Root to tour a number, of cities and de liver sddrasses telling Of th objects of his bureau, to educate business commu nities regarding th need th United States has of cultivating closer rela tions- with th South American coun tries. Tonight be speaks of Providence. Rhode Island; Monday, at th Univer sity clnb. New Tork; Tuesday, at a Lin coln dinner at Orange, New Jersey. Barrett declare that when he ends Ms service - as director during Roose velt's terra he will make Portland his horn permanently. Senator Piles bill passed th senate today giving the right of way to th Portland A Seattle railway through the Fort Wright military reservation 100 feet wide. Th secretary of war Is am powered to make It ISO feet If It will not interfere with th post buildings. Honors for Senator Kulkey. Senator Mulkey was th guest of honor this evening at a large dinner at ths bom of Henry Cleveland Perking, a fashionable family - of Connecticut avenue, other guests were com or th most prominent people In society of the national capital, senator Mulkey was th recipient of a flood of Invitations to many exclusive fu not Ions. Senator Heyburn or Idaho la credited In eastern papers with discovering that ths clause In th army: bin allowing army off loer ta travel at -a reduced rat of far I tantamount to a repeal of that part of the rat bllL He raised a point of order today and analysed the matter. -Jh senat devoted seversl fcours to a discussion of th clause. Th saaTarsUrsTfeHM $98 w rr 8.75 Great Three-Room OUTFIT $10.00 Down, $2.50. Per Veek of, and this outfit, consisting you to step in and use. V'"-r-! 'r:t-snf"rr' VSnMAlis QWlrS matter went over until Monday to be aisposed ot. - Although the senate committee on In. duatrlal expositions has reduced ma- terallly the amounts appropriated for th various Item In the Ankeny bill for th Alasks-Yukon-Paciflo exposition. It Is claimed her that th amount granted Is fully equal to what th directors of th exposition expected. Th bill asked for more with th xpctatlon that con gress would cut It down. The reduc tions were - from $500,000 ssked for to 1126.000. Th building of Alaska, Hawaii and th Philippines were re duced from $100,000 to $71,000. Ex hibits from th Philippines were pro vided for. Th delegation la well pleased. ' . - FACTS ABOUT BIRDS Many Wild Fowl Appear Each Tear In the Same Place. ; .. While naturalists hav speculated much as to the causes for th migra tion Of birds, - without being abl to assign any positive reasons, ' yet one thing w do know that bird which spend the winter as far south as th West Indie return to th eame spot yearly to nest; that they often build their- nests - year after year within a few feet of ths sera spot, . . To be sure, most of th grounds .for believing that th same bird - yearly nest hear th Sam spot are baaed en the fact that auch a pair of .birds are found each year in the sam place, It being seldom possible to prove absolute ly, that it Is ths same pair, but It Is certainly more reasonable to believe that instinct guides th sam pair to th sit of their old home then to be lieve that chance brings another pair to nest In th sit occupied previously by th cam species. . i for the Outfit can do. -"It in here arid there. Every, of Bedroom, Dimng-Room Three-Room iOutfit - Special Terms $10.00 Down, $2.50 Per Week. Here Is a List of What This Outfit Bead it arefully, and yoaH appreciate- the tmporvaao ( this offsri Bedreont .00 Iron Bed, ta-sS ror wlr spring, $3.AO saaMre) 12.00 dreeaev, ga.AO eaVr table, 1.TS rocker and s.OO allweot gat rug. Dining room TflM slde .board, 9840 S-foot extension table, four ak cane ea dlainar chairs. IM each, and om .00 alWJ wool rug, S-4.T5 SO-ptoo dinner aeil wannuf 01 enpe, sanoers, T-iaeh plates, soup plates, f rait dishes, butter dlshee, i bread plate, I covered vegetable dish, X. gravy boat, 1 pickle dish, pi 1 plate and 4 vegetable dishee. fcltlS lT.OOeoox tov. Ag.OO" kitohea fwbl and ai.00 hai, . rruc - - . r-r Hawks and some other birds frequent ly repair and reuse th sam nt for year a, particularly . th fish hawk or osprey and eagles. Robins rarely do so, but sometimes build en a founds' , tlon of th previous years nest, or jns oftea loe to It In th sam treaTfas nest of th Baltimore oriole la one cf th most durabl examples of bird arch itecture, and it ia not aa unusual thing to see three neets banging aid by eld from th same branch, representing ss many years of building operation by th birds. Where a number of bird box ar put up about a place th sam on may be occupied by bluebirds or house wren during sueesslv years, while th other remain untenanted. The red-eyed vlreo Is notable for Its , habit of nesting very close to th sit of th laat year's nest. This is also true of many of th warblers, Pheobee sometimes demolish th laat year's nest snd build on th asm site; rarely they build on the remains of th old nest; most often they locate as clos ss pos Ible to th previous sit. Birds which ar not gregarious dur ing the breeding season as a rule repel other--of their kind frem th chosen" nesting sit, so that th young of th previous year, which might naturally In-' clln to return to nest near wbr they were reared, ar driven to seek a breed ing pise lsewhr. Wl her birds breed In colonies, as Is POWERS' , , . - . - - : . K, ' ' ' . Comprises th ess witn most sea birds, they atl pear year after year at their breedlnaS grounds with remarkable regularity, and leav again at about th sam time eecti fall. We cannot, of course, know whether th4ndtvldosls of suen colonies' select th sam spot for ths 'nest each year, but w do know that they go unerringly to , their own ' nests, ones they are built, oven though surrounded by hundreds of other neets, apparently ail th nam. ...- :, .1
