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VOL. V. : NO. 97.
PORTLAND, OREGON, . THURSDAY , EVENING, FEBRUARY, 14, 1907. EIGHTEEN ' PAGES.
! PRICE TWO CENTS.
ON THAIKB WD VVWft
AT AMI.. FIVE CfchTfl
all Bruits
Portland-Seattle Men
Form $20,000,000
; Company to Engage
in New Enterprise
Purchase Two, Hundred Thou
sand Acres in Acapulco Dis
trict, Mexico, and Will Own
Steamers and Railroad Lines
. Will Revolutionize Trade.
''.'A Portland-Seattl ayndlcata, backed
by capital estimated at 120,000.000. will
enter the fruit trading and transporta
tion business on the Pacific coaat. and
: It la aald present methoda will be revo-
lutlonlsed. The- company will -operate
, a plantation of 200.000' acres. Us own
ateamera and railroad, and absolutely
-control production and" delivery of ita
output "' ,
lf reported plana are carried eat Ahe
. now company will be one of tbe aost
powerful of Ita kind In the world, and
wlll exercise a VCry Important Influence
on tbe tropical fruit bualneaa of thia
coaat and alao tbe middle west. A
. party of .Portland and Seattle men rep
reeenting the ayndlcata hare juet re
turned from Mexico, where they made
1 the Initial lnveatmtnta of manor and
- laid the preliminary plana, Tbey ar
rived la -Portland ttxlay. and while they
are far from loquacious concerning
their proposed operatlona they make no
aocret of the fact that they will enter
' Thw friilt trade on an enormous scale,
"! In the party that visited Mexico are:
Morlts Thomaerr, president Centennial
Milling company: J, D. Treholme,
Northweatern Steamship company; T. F.
Ryan, a prominent Seattle fruit com
mlaalon man; Frank Btevene, Portland;
George Campbell. Porxlnnd; Oscar
Brown, Vancouver, B.'G; E. A. Har
riett, Seattle. ' f ' , -
: jpurebased Blf Tne. ','.' '
They 'purcbaaed a tract ' of " 200,040
ajrea In the Acpulcovdlirtrlct. , The
tract la partly covered by thouaanda of
cocoanut trees and kayaka nut tree,
nearly all of them riant a of old growth.
Bangnaa, limes and other tropical frulta
are alao frown andwlll be largely In-'
creased on the plantation. . The kayaka
' nut la 80 per cent cocoa, oil, - which
product la largely need in tha manufas- 1
ture of toilet soapa tha world over. Thai
nuta aell at 7 cents a pound in tha
market at Acapulco.'
The new company, which will bo or
ganised within tha next few days, .will
build about 11 miles of railroad from Its
plantation to a lagoon (0 miles long
extending to' Acapulco, tha flrat eeaport
" south of Mansanlllo on tha Mexican-!
(Continued On Page Two.)
NEGRO T
Woman; Who Finds She Made
Bad Mistake Begins a Suit for
Divorce From Dr. Paul Crom
awwell In Circuit Court. 5
URNS OUT
After, trying married Ufa with a ull-
flooded negro for nne years, Mrs. Kdith
Cromwell, a white woman, slight ' of
-build and refined -of feature,-has-deetd-
d that It la a complete failure and that
the Oregon laws against tha intermar
. ' rlsge of tbe races are wise arrd Jut
lne yesra ago Mrs. Cromwell, a girl
' Just put of her teens and a daughter
of a family In ' moderately w!ll-o-do
circumstances, broke nway from her
friends and from, white society forever
' bocutiffe of an Infatuation for a negro
' physician fir. Paul . CromwoII. ; She
found her lot bard, but she bore 'It for
nine long years giving birth to two
yellow-tiiif od bnbles meanwhile, until
n on February S, Inst Friday, her hus
band turned her out Into tha atreet pen
niless and ' with her curly-headed . mu
lattoes In- ber arms. )
Threngh Attorneys J. N. Pesrcy and
C. B. Wlnther. Mra Cromwell filed ault
-lfotdjvorce In the circuit court today.
' Cruel 'and Inhuman treatment are ber
- grounds. She alleges that for the past
two yen re her husband has drank to
' excess and baa constantly abused her,
accusing ber falsoly of unfaithfulness.
applying vile and insulting names to
hot and threstenlng personal violence.
' The crista cama when-ha turned her out
last Friday. ,
The wife aHeges ' that ' her husband
' in' a" iarge sthI - profltahle buainss
and. In addition to exiting for the
. riistmly of .her children, she sue.s for
tr.o m month alimony and stilt fees.
' Tha couple were mnrrie.l In Vancouver,
Washington, In IS'JO. Cromwell's of
flee nnd resldmue tire at 12" Twelfth
street. - .--,
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II
STR0H6 PLEA
Claims That Sanctity
of American Home
Isn't Involved in Mat
ter Under Discussion
Could Not Vote for Expulsion
Without Violating His Oath of
' Office-, and Converting His
Place From' One of Honor to
- One of Shame,' He Says.
( Joernt 1 gnsclsl Service.)
.Washington, Feb. 14.- Knox of Penn
sylvania, . apoke today In opposition to
the senate resolution that Senator Reed
Smoofof rJi la not entitled to hie seat
inhe aeviate. It was a powerful speech.
Kflox aald that he thinka that tha sen
ate can consider none of tha questions
Involved, except that of expulsion, re
quiring a two thlrda vote. He aald that
tha only charge -against Smoot waa that
he wna a member of ' tha .Mormon
church. . .' " '" ' ' . .
'Polygamy," continued Knox," la dy
ing out. Polygamous marriages In Utah
bare ended. If . tha history of the Mor
mon church onuses us to bar ita mem
bera from federal officers, why ahould
wa admit -the members of other
cburcbea, What Chriatian oiJeshl
seet has a bloodless history?
Frequently It is aald that tha sanc
tity of th American boms requires
Sraoot'a expulsion. I cannot sea how
the anncttty of the home la Involred in
thia Issue. 1 could not vote for Smoot'a
expulsion without, violating my oath of
office, without, converting my place
here from one of honor to one of
ahaine."
SUE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
FOR KILLING CATTLE
(ftpeelsl rospereb te Ts toenwl.t
Eugene, Or., Feb, 14. 8. A. Scharen.
J. A. Scharen and W. J. Scharen, broth-
mrm In tha flair and fsrmln himtneM
near Creawell. have begun suit, Jn the i Important la tha power to revlae and
circuit court against the Southern Pa- I regulate railroad rates, after due tnvea
clfio for damagea In the aunt of tm I tlgatlon and hearing. The ratea ea
for the killing of light bead of cattle ' tabllshed by tha commission shall be
and the Injuring of eeyen mora by being j In force until set aside by decree of
run' over by a gravel train last Septom- court, provision being made for court
ber. The complaint alleges that the
oompany'a . cattle-guards -t' were filled
with gravel and dirt, so that their cattle
could, enter the company's right of way
from tha county road, and while tbe cat
tle were On the track a train running at
great spd ran over them. The plain
tiffs allege that they put In a claim for
damages in the regular' way, bat the
company refused to pay It.
MA1T A A O R
Cou rt . Takes - Vacation. t6C Consider the ; Ad
Imission of Evidence. Offered by Govern
ment Against Congressman ; r
fWt.hlmtos Santa of The Journal.)
. Washington, D. C, Feb. 14. Tha Her
mann trial today adjourned until Mon
day! Counsel are In controversy over
the admissibility of evidence, Th gov
ernment ' desires to introduce letters
which wltnessea will swear were copied
Into .the copy books destroyed, and
whlnh were official land business. ' The
defense claims that the mlsslvea were
not government records.' The govern
ment hna asked leave to file an amended
bill.. A declHton will be rendered Mon
day.' Oregon witnesses are much sn
noyed at the delay, and already are be
ginning to chafe over the Inconvenience,
but 'durfng tha vacation of court are
sightseeing. ''''.''
Tho defense objected to the Introduo-
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1 wp IN otable VV omen
. lT'ie acte of heroines.. hits not passed' for an Oregon
tvoman haa earned a CarAcgic medal' for sating two lives.
. To another Oregon woman is slowly but surely coming the.
. long-withheld honor to which she was entitled by making
v the discovery of gold in California long before John Marshall
saw the precious metal in the little creek tlia, became so
famous; The stories of these womrrr arc told - - -i
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WILL soon
BEIIB
Bitter Fight Over the
Chapin Bill Ended and
Railroads Now Con
trolled by.the People
Oswald West Likely to Be One of
the Commissioners Named by
Governor Who Is Besieged, by
a "Dozen Different Applicants
"Anxious to Serve. '
Y . (gj- s Staff Corre.rxmaent.1 -
baiem. ur.. f ea. it. vvuo me passage
of the Chapin railroad commission bill
yesterday afternoon, tha bitterest strug
gle of this aession of tha legislature
came to an end. Governor Chamberlain
will undoubtedly sign the btll for It em
bodies all that he baa advocated In tha
nay of railway regulation, with the Bin-
r,le exception of the manner of tbe ap
polntment of the commissioners.
"We can't afford to let Governor
Chamberlain name theee commission
ers, argued one Republican member.
"If -ha appoints a. good commission, one
that gives satisfaction to the people, he
will ba so strong three years from now
that he might defeat Fulton for United
States senator."' i
Thia argument, seconded by tha assid
uous efforts of tbe plehuntlng brigade,
pnn, decHlva with many Republican
members. . The reault la tbat the bill.
aa finally passed, places ' tha appoint
ment of the commissioners in tha first
lrstance in the banda of tha state board,
and tha scramble for tha Jobs la "sum
pin fierce."
. Win Sernlata Xatse. :
- Tha new law will create about f 15,000
of new patronage three crnnmlsslonersJ
at an annual .salary of 14,000, a ,aecri
tary at IA000, a stenographer at 11.200
"and such other expert help aa may be
necessary." It la understood that each
member, of tha state board wlll name
one commissioner and tha three ap
pointees will c"hoos tha secretary and
atenograpber.
The commission will ba clothed with
vary large powers. - Perhaps tha moat
review. The commission la empowered
to laaua eubpoenaa to compel tha at
tendance af witnesses, and refusal to
testify la punishable aa contempt, tha
offense to be established In a separata
legal proceeding. -
The law contains stringent provis
ions against rebates and discrimlna-
(Continued on Page Two.)
tlon aa evidence of original copies of
alleged official letters aald to have
been written by Hermann and by his'
direction copied In the presa copybook
whose destruction gnve rise, to. bis ln
dlctment. If these letters are admitted,
Hermann's counsel will demand post
ponement of the trial In order to read
just their defense.
The district . attorney today moved
that tie be allowed to amend tha bill of
particulars. Hermann'a attorneys . ob
jected on tha ground that It would, ba
practically a -new charge against the
defendont and thereby put him In Jeop
ardy in nt. against tho constfeutlunal.
provision 'which saya that no man .aual)
twice be put, in Jeopardy for' tha same
offenae. ., , . . -
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CIGARETTES CAUSE
-Charges bf smoking cigarettes have
been filed with Mayor Luna by J. A.
Cox, 'd'Oosed driver of hose company
No. 1, agalnat Battalion Chief Toung of
the Portland fire, department. To
which the battalion chief pleads guilty,
but saya he violated no rulea of tha
! r There are said to ba good reasona for
believing the charges to bo Inspired by
I spite. Aa a result of the ruccnt dla-
closures folio Ing the arrest of mem
bers of the fire department on serious
charges. Chief Toting begun a rigid ex
amination Into the habits of hla men.
Hla Investigation resulted In tha dis
charge of severs!. -
Latter to Mayor lane.
Among those who were discharged
was Cox; who I'M " driver-TrT bosa com
pany No.. 1, located immediately behind
police heudiinrtere en Second street,
Cox was charged with frequent Intoxi
cation, and mith having whixkev Into
station tor 4ha use of other, flra-
Ya
Drawh by Archie CJunn
am
Deposed Fireman Makes Com
plaint Against Battalion Chief
Young Who Says He Did Not
Smoke While on Duty.
For tha purpose of retaliating. It Is
said, ha wrote a letter to Mayor Lane,
In which he charged the battalion chief
with amoklng cigarettes In violation of
the rulea He sp-clfli-all y charged that
at the Watdloi mill flra the bsttslion
chief smoked cigarettes, and even of
fered t.iie. . ... . . ,
Cox nMo declared that, the bnttullon
ohiaf waa too short in stature to com
ply with th requirement a of the de
partment. The rules of the department
pmhlliH smoking of nny kind on trucks
or vehicles and prohibits cigarette
- . .-.
CHARGE
smoking about tha engine houaea or
whlls on duty. -
. "To the charge of having smoked
cigarettes I plead guilty," aald Chief
Toung, "but the charge that I have
smoked while on duty or about tha
houses Is untrue. Of course, it la un
necessary to deny tha charge, that I
smoked elgsrettes at a firs and offered
orld to a fireman. ' It is too silly to
deny.
'There Is no question hut that the
charges wore mniUt as a rexult of spita.
1 found It niy disagreeable duty to re
port a number of caees of violation rtf
the rules r?cculy, and Cnx wns dis
charged m a reault of what we found
BKfiinst lilin. lie Is now trying to get
even. "
. -lOvf - ICampbtll . sai a that, he will
mnke a thorough lhvHa ti in hut i
pfwltlve lh!t the ilinriv were Inrurcl
by fpltt. Mamr l.iri decla t..',.y
that he had ref. re t. the i-l.aii'. 4 to
the fire . mi it vco -n he v 1 t
aucb, uitri i,i.
CASE GOES
Mrs. Bolton Passes
Away Before Husband
Can Reach Her Bed
side Postponement
Evelyn's Brother Said to Have
Quarreled - With--Jerome
Young M re, Th aw!s JA other,
and Former Friends Against
HerHope to Discredit Her.
(Jooratt .Roeelsl Berries.)
New York, Feb. 14. Death baa Inter
fered with the trial of Harry -K. Thaw
for he murder of Stanford White Jaat.
June. The wife of Juror Joseph B.
Bolton paased away shortly after court
opened tbls morning and the trial was
adjourned until Monday...
Dr. Evans, the' alienist, was recalled
.to the atand and subjected to - cross
examination by District Attorney ,,Ja- -
Tbe courtroom waa not so crowded,
expert testimony-tending to-keep the
curious away. Thaw was particularly
anxious as to the state of health of
Mrs. Bolton and aaked If be couldn't
A aend a physician at his own exuense.
lie Waa advised that the state had al
ready aent Dr. Janeway to take charge.
Janeway la one of the foremost phy
sicians In the. country.
luraa Deathly Fala.
Th examination waa proceeding when
a note; waa handed to Juror Bolton. The
Juror turned deathly pale and leaped to
his rest.. His fellow Jurors forced him
to his .seat and extended their sympathy
and. assisted In controlling his already
overwrought nerve... Bolton baa spent
many sleepless nights. 'The court, ap
preciating the nature of the news. Im
mediately declared a receas and officltila
hurried Bolton to hli,horae In Bronx.
'Mrs Bolton paased away before her
husband reached ber bedside.' Upon the
announcement of Mrs. Bolton'a death.
Jerome announced that the court would
meet at I o'clock only to adjourn untU
Monday.
Bolton had remained at hla wife's
bedside all night, and appeared 1a court
with the other Jurora on time,
Mrs. Bolton contracted a cold result
ing In pneumonia, in her visit, to the
hotel Monday night to take her husband
a change of clothing. That night a
blizzard struck the city suddenly.
Delmas aeured during tha 'abort ex
amination, from Dr. Evans, an admla
Ion of Tnaw'a oral statements to Evans
(Continued on Page Nina)
JURY ROOM 18
RISKY FIRE TRAP
Member of Panel Says Quarters
In Courthouse Were Appar
ently Designed to - Force
Speedy Verdicts. V. "
M That tha Juryroom In tha county
courthouse Is a Are trap and sua dot
signed aa a medium to coerce Juries Into
framing quick verdicts la the opinion of
a member' of tha present panel of the
circuit court . . , , .
The room Is Just beneath tha attla
of tha courthouse. In esse of lira there
la one avenue . of eseape to the second
floor. Just below. . That is by meuun f
a narrow stairway. Windows epe
upon tho extension of tho county clerk s
office below, but the Jump is from i
to 30 feet. If a person cares to make it.
The room Is only 1 by It feet In di
mensions, aa paced by tbe Juror, and ll
men have to Bleep in It whenever a rase
Is submitted to them for a verdict.
Sometimes the Jury Is out a whole nigut
and sometimes longer.
'Tha , other night."- the Juror ealif, -"we
had two men "more than 70 ye.trs
old on tha Jury, vfs stuck to our ln.ll
vsdual . opinions, and tha question wts
raised aa to whether the. om'lnnu
ones ahould give in in order (o let ti n
Old men go home. None of us wnul i
give In, und the old men had to stay
up.
"gerernl of us who knew of the dan
ger of fire slept In. our rhuirs.
Before closing our eve t nf .
picked a f plice to t'.nui fnor., ' ,
event of a fire and ( b.-,i ,
by the atiilrwav. N-.-.v oh ..
biislnes men. an'l 1 - 1
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