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TIIE JOURNAL is the only piper fci Portland that tells ils cir culation every day year ta and ycarovt The -Weather-f air tonlsht and Wednesday; winds mostly northerly. Journal Circulation Yesterday 'AO I 28,685 .Was -i . . . . . 1 ' . . PbRTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY : EVENING. FEBRUARY 28, 1907; SIXTEEN PAGES. VOL. V. NO. 307. PRICE TWO CENTS. ew Tiinrt tw Tajiii. riS CisTS I mm TSWflCTOPJOUS fSS mm a i i i i i r 1 1 i i GI WIFE'S HEMIiiTS --VERACITY IS KilOlEDGE UI1SCATHED OF FRAUDS Story Js-Weakened in 'Spots,. But in. Main Woman Defeated Pro secutor's Efforts Crots-Examfnation Is Finished After Four and a Half Days on e Stand and Witness Leaves Smiling and Self-possessed-Hummers Testimony Useless ' (Joaraal .Special SorrUa.) New Tork. Feb. 26. Evelyn Thtwhu triumphed over District Attorney j. rome. The prosecutor ended hie cross examination today and at its conclusion - the girl wu etlll smiling and aelf possessed and still fighting. Her story wee weakened In places, bat In the main the girl defeated her trained ad- "iversary mi tne war of word that con fllieied four and a half days. The girl's vwracjiy is unseamed, ir a weak a pot ! to b found It is In the character of thewltneea, not In her truthfulness. ; ' Flays aHrungeol Card, Bvelya-played her strongest card for ' her Jiusband la the last minutes ef the - cross-examination today. She got be fore the Jury her belief that Thaw was insane-en the nubjeot of White aa early as Christmas eve. 1801. Jerome, thwarted la the lens; eentest to prove the girl untruthful, retired ander this last thrust and permitted her to leave the stand amlllnr and triumphant.-' The defense plea of Insanity was strengthened by ner atory. showing that White, - with hie relentless pur suit of the wife, and pitiless persecu tion ef the . husband, constantly ln . creased the, delusion, and developed hallucinations In the mind Of Thaw un til the tragedy resulted as its natural sequence. To prove that these ment al pnormailtlee were materially ex 1st an, as any mechanical derangement of a bone;' that when the cause was re moved, the erfect was lessened, until now the prisoners brain wss restored to normal condition., - ' That Deltnaa and colleagues are able to put up such a plea-as this, based wholly upon psychological phenomena, le due wholly to the admirable con duct of the young wife during her kmc -stsuggle against the trained efforts of , Jerome. 2 almas Bleaks Jerome.' Coupled with the girl's victory, was another one scored for the defense by Delmas, who neatly blocked Jerome at every turn whea the latter sought to discredit Evelyn by putting Abe Hum mel, J.be disbarred attorney, who for merly acted for Stanford White, on (Continued en Page "Two.) HARBORS BILL: NOT IN DAflGER Telegram From Senator Mulkey ' Sets at Rest Fears That Con gress Will Not Make Appro- nation for Oregon. j , i. - Fears which .have been - entertained for the past few days that the rivers : and harbors appropriation bill would be ' killed in the conference committee at Washington, thus robbing Oregon of nearly K.000.000 Included in the bill for ' the improvement of the Columbia aad other- waterways , in , this state, have been partially laid to rest by a dispatch received by J. N. Teal thisi morning ' from Senator Mulkey. The latter wires that the bill ia making good progress. Lat week Chairman Tawney of the appropriations committee stated that there were brilliant prospects ef a na tional deficit of 1100 00.000, and sen ators opposed te . the rivers and har bors bill, . which carries aa appropria tion, as amended In the senate, of !, 000.000. began throwing their daggers. Friends of the bill, however, got busy wrging a ffcvorabls report by the con ference oommlttae with the result that Oregon will probably profit by its final passage In the senate. ' Yesterday it was rumored In Port land that the bill waa In danger of -alng killed and Attorney J. - N. Teal of the transportation commute of the chamber of commerce, sent the follow ' Ing telegram to Senator Mulkey: ' "Wire present condition rivers and fcerhnrej bill. Reported here In danger 'not being agree on Tny conference cwmmltree in time to pane." , In response " the above, Mr. Teal received the following anewer this morning: v , . . ."Rill muling food progress In con ' Xeioiae. Think H In " dnnger. . . Tn.'.lei 1. k V. MuHtey." ' , Government Trying to Prove Congressman Was Party to Blue Mountain Plot v Each Letter Cone Over to Show Knowledge- of Conspiracy Knew onrispector"Creenes - Visit to Oregon May's Letter About Fraudulent Filings.- : (Waaaiagtee Boreas ef The Journal.) Washing-ton. Feb. 2. It became ap parent today during the progress of the Hermann trial that the government pur posed to prove Hermann a party, to a conspiracy in connection with the Blue mountain forest reserve In eastern Ore gon. That being true, that he destroyed letter-press copybooks so aa to obliter ate documentary evidence against him ana his menae. When Judge Stafford decided the government could place the disputed letters in evidence, the prose cution at once begaa to develop certain facts at first not understood .. until to day, when the government's purpose was clearly indicated.- ?- - . One letter that is regarded as very important was written by Hsrmannto Senator Mitchell. October II, 10L" It shows they were in close relations. It discusses the land fraud Investigation in Oregon, then secretly In- progress by A, R- Greene, private special inspector tor secretary Hitchcock, showing Her mann knew what was going on. , He said in this letter, "Everything Is quiet here on the-Potomac." -- The letter said also that Captain 0. B. Ormsby. superin tendent or rarest reserves, and Special Agent C E. Loorals. had been suspended with only four days' notice. , tetter from Kay " , - ' Another letter was from B. T. May ef La Grande, it Jold Hermann of al leged fraudulent filings on timber and stone claims by employee of the Grand Rondo Lumber company. Hermann's answer te this letter related to plans for a vigorous Investigation and se vere punishment to' be meted out for Such fraudulent acts. , ' , The next letter from May contained an exportation ofHermann by May. who said he had been informed by the manager of the Grande Rands Lumber company that he-knew all about May's representations, that the company could obtain information as te pro ceedings in the general land office be fore Msy could, that he had learned that May was a poor man and he there fore had better desist from a course of exposure of frauds, etc-, or- he would be run cut of the country. (Continued on Page Four.) TRIAL MARRIAGE IS HOT 17AHTED Man Leaves Wife and Four Chil y dren to Get Younger and Pret tier Bride Mrs. Parsqn's Book Unbalanced His Mind. Montclalr. N. J, Feb. ' 21. Equipped with two buckets of boiling tar and bags of feathers, 10 wealthy citisens of Montclalr. New Jersey, recently made an attempt to tar and feather Otto C. Sentilawa and Miss May PhUUps, ia order to preserve unsmlrcbed the name of their community. - ' Every man and woman in Montclalr Is agitated oer the affair, which In volves a etory of how the book. The Tamily," ht which Mrs. Herbert Par sons advocated "trial marriages." so affected the mind of Sentslawe that he deserted' hie wife, and, having trans planted his affections to another, estab lished bis new borne within feet ef his old one. The family knew no discord, no tur bulence, until a few months ago, when the father tiegan te . brood and act strangely. He remained out at night a thing , he never had done before. His wife became worried, end one day bluntly put to him the question "What is the matter with yout Have you any troubles are don't know about r fltenslaws pondered, aad blurted al most savagely: "We've ' been married SI years a quarter of a century. That's too long. I confers I'm tired ef the game, and t want te aenarate from you. I be lieve Mr. parsons' theory about trial msrrlsgea." He left his wife ' to live with a younger and prettier women. When the neighbors, learned of It, they iormed the couples' abode and forced thrm to leave the city. ( TAR AN Otto C Sentilaws and May Phillips Jersey. , The Upper, House Is GOVERNOR MAY VETO DRAiH BILL Rumored Normal School Meas ure Will Receive Ax Board of Regents Not to Pass Upon Which Schools to Be Killed. (By a staff OnrrcsBasdeet.1 Salem, Or Feb. 1. There is a per sistent rumor that the governor win veto the Monmouth-Drain appropriation bill, or that it may be filed with a message calling attention te the fla grant breach of parliamentary law by which Speaker Davey auctioned it off for passage. The latter course would throw the question ef the legality of the law into the courta This is the bill Davey declared passed Friday eight, after he had held the gavel suspended, calling for affirmative votes,' until he thought be had secured the blue, passage. The subsequent count after adjournment showed SO votes, 1 short. Next morning Davey re opened the vote without the action of the house and allowed King to change from no to yea. . On this groand it Is held that the vote Is illegal and the gov ernor may veto it. The board of .regents , bill waa filed last nlgst Through a mistake . the house enrolling committee amendment. requiring the board te report upon the two normals for abolishment, waa not put in the enrolled bill. . The regents thus are not compelled by law to make any report upon the number of schools for the state and the entire normal question le la' the same condition, as followlag the close of the Isob session. ' MAE WOOD SUES FOR DIVORCE Crimes of Various Kinds, Rob beries and Perhaps Even As sassination Will- Be- Dis closed, Says Defendant. . (Joeraal Bseolal Berries.) New Tork, Feb. S. Bult has been brought in the supreme oourt -of this city by Miss Mae Wood against United States Senator Thomas C Piatt, and the eaee will probably create a sensa tion when ' it comes to trial. Miss Wood, who Is at Colon. Michigan, is quoted aa saying: "I Instituted divorce proceedings on December S7 last- in New Terk against Senator Piatt through my attorney. Mr. O'Flaherty, I hare named It women as eo-respondnts. The trial Ul dlarloee crimes of various kinds. including robbery and perhaps at tempted assaaslnatlon.", .' MisS Wood attracted a great amount ef newsnsper nortioe at abxiut the time of Senator Platt'e marriage to Mrs. Lillian T. Jan-way in October.-, ln. The first Mrs; Flstt ad been dead only a few months and the anaouacemeat D FEATHERS GREET TRIAL Who Were Mobbed for Attempting a the One Stormed, th Lower the Home BUILDINGS FOR PITTOCK BLOCK Pennoyer Property on Morrison Street Also to Be Improved by Modem Structures as Long Term Leases Are Signed. Two modern business buildings, to cost not less than SUO.OOO each, have been financed by J. Whyte Evans and will immediately be erected on the Pitt OCX block, at Washington and West Park streets, and on the Pennoyer block, at Morrison and West Park, under M-year and (0-year leases, re spectively, -t Mr. Evans has secured long-term leases : on other down-town corners, the terms of which provide for construction of bulldlnga His total construction plans aggregate 11.(00,000. Seen today regarding the reported leases and the buildings planned, be waa very reticent as to the tenancy of the prospective buildings. It is under stood a large department store, either Olds. Wortman A King or some outside concern, will occupy the first building that ia to be erected. The fact that the building now occupied by Olds, Wortman King has been recently sold and that the firm's lease has but two or three years more to run leede to the conclusion that this firm may be considering a new location. Con struction of tbs building will be com menced between' this date and March L Bonds to be Furnished. The Pittock block, bounded by Wash ington. Stark. West Park and Tenth (Continued oa Page Four. ) Mae. Wood. "J;av . 1 "v ; f .- .. , i. ... ' - i MARRIAGE : r . . . Trial Marriage at Montclalr. New of Mrs. Sentzlaws, SO Feet Away. FALLS; III FIT FROM THE FERRY Edward R. McLachlin, an Ex . pressman. Is Drowned In Four Feet of Water While Waiting to Cross at Albina. ' Edward R. McLachlin, anerprees maa in the employ ef the 'Portland Iron Works, waa drowned at noon to day la four feet of water at the Sev enth street landing of the Albina ferry. Half a dosen men stood within a few rods of McLachlin and saw him fall from the slip into the river, but no effort was made to keep his face above the surface. McLachlin has been subject to epi leptic fits for a number of years, and It is believed that he waa taken sud denly with one of these this morning. He had Jumped from his express wagon while waiting for the ferryboat and stood en a plank which projected over the. water some four feet above the surface. While leaning against a post he was seen suddenly to fall forward. striking tbs water face downward. Several men standing oa a slip a short distance away secured pike poles and attempted to lift the body out of the water, but It had floated a few feet under the slip and rendered their ef forts futile. A boat waa then rowed under the slip from the opposite side and the body dragged through the water to the north end of the landing where it was suspended by ropes, partially out of the water for over an hour until DeputM Coroner Baldwin arrived. Senator Piatt Made Defendant in SensationafCase in Which Sixteen Women Are Named ' t-as Co-Respondents. that the senator would be married again oreated a vast amount of gossip, which waa Intensified when it became known that Miss ', Wood. Who was Mn em ployed in the postof floe department at Washington, insisted that she bad had res, aoa to believe she would become Mra Piatt and announced, that she 'would publish under the title ef tLove Letters of a Boss," a serlee of gushing effu sions la proee and poetry addressed to her by the senator. With sonnets, odea, triolets and a lot ef billet doux set la type she came te this city at about the time of. the wed ding, ' Frank Piatt, son of the a-nator. had an opportunity ie see the love letters before they were given te the public, and as the result there was e compro mise and they were act published, ' INITIATIVE BILLS MUST Petitions Are to Be Filed at a Special Council Session on Saturday If They Do Not Appear Within Time Limit, the Unanimous Consent of Voters, Practically Impossible to Obtain, Must B Had, According to Law, Under an opinion given by City .At torney McNary this morning, all bills to be eubmltted to the people at the June election muet be printed and pre sented to the council before next Mon day. Bills so far proposed call for an appropriation of approximately S1.600, 000. and a bill about to be proposed for an additional water main to Bull Run and the necessary reservoirs requires aa appropriation of 12,000,00 more. Aa all theee bills must be ected upon by the council before they are eubmlt ted to the people. Mayor Lane today Is sued a special call for a meeting of that body Saturday afternoon. The late date was set so as to give everybody who has a measure to pans time to have 4t-9dated suae presented te the council. Watse oad Win Jgeet, , No call for a meeting of the water board bas yet been iasued by Mayor Lena However, be said this morning that the commissioners would probably get together in a day or two. The water board la the body that has in charge the recommendation of the ap propriation for the greater system. It has had the matter under eonaideration for several weeks, but it has been wait ing for advice from presidents and dele gates ot ui uixierent improvement cluba If ths petitions are not Sled with, the council and. passed upon by it, the only war the people will have to pass a new taw srlU be by gaining the unanimous consent of every resident in the city, That. City Attorney McNary and City Auditor Devlin aay. will be Impossible. The law of procedure, passed by the legislature, says that all petitions must be filed with the council within days ef the Monday of election, aad all other petitions may be filed only by ananl mous consent. Vneaimous Ones t Impossible. After a consultation this morning the two officers decided that it was Impos sible to obtain the unanimous consent of ths voters to any ordinance or bill or amendment to the charter that might be eubmltted te them. Party differences. they believed, would have their effect. (Continued on Page Two.) GET 90 PER CENT OF HIS WAGES Mrs. Klees to Receive Through Mrs. Trumbull Nearly Every Dollar Husband Earns Forever and Will Pay All Bills. Ninety-! per cent ef his wages every month le the price paid by Nicholas Klees for freedom from the" divorce court. Mrs. Nellie Klees. his wire, had sued Aim for a divorce on the ground of cruelty and ooa-eapport. This morn ing an agreement terminating the suit, signed by both Klees and his wife, waa filed ia the office of the clerk ef the circuit court. Kleee agrees to par to his wife for ever 0 per cent ef all the money he earns. Mrs. Kleee agrees to accept the money and eupport the family from It. paying all the living eapensee- of the family, which are specified to be food, clothing, and like Incldentala The hus band is to be included In the . family supported by Mra Kites from the SO per cent given her by her husband. All the money earned by Kleee Is to be paid to Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, ef tbe City Board of Charities. Mra Trumbull will pay to Mrs. Kleee' the SO per cent that 4a eet sside for family expenses, and then return to Klees the remaining 10 per cent for his per sonal use. Both Klees and bis wife agree to try as hard aa they can to get along peaceably together, and If the agree ment ia kept the divorce oourt will bear, ae mure of their troublea Santo Domingo Treaty Ratified. tJnuraal etswtal s-rk . Washington, t. C.. Krh. :' -Bir a vote of 43 te 10 the senate last alalit ratified tbe tUnto pnmtnso treaty. TMa waa orXimnr vote la the erfirmative thanwaa resulreU. HUGE PROFIT Magnate Admits Re ceiving Check for Big Sum Explains Hold Upon Santa Fe ; Traffic Control of California Through Alliance With Clark Road Admits Selling of Branch Road to Alton for Three Millions. Oeoraal Special eervlee.) New Tork. Feb. 2 E. H- Harrimaa waa recalled a the stand this morning when the bearing ef the interstate com merce commission in the Pacific rail roads investigation waa resumed. He continued before tbe commission ths recital of his . stock transactions regarding the Chicago A Alton railroad. Me identified a check for several hun dred thousand dollars received for per sonal services in addition te his profits on the deal. Ha admitted selling a branch road to the Alton" for $2,000,000. .' 3eal With Santa Te. ' Harriman testified that the effort ef the Union Pacific te get an interest In the Santa, Fe railrsed resulted la H. H. Rogers and H. C Fries, buying S3s, 00,000 Santa Fe stock and becoming Santa Fe directors at the same time they were Union Pacific directors. . He admitted that no Santa Fe men had been put. on the Union Pacifio board. Later the Union Pacific had di rectly -purchased, J10.O0O.0O0 Santa Fe stock. To questions where the Union Pacific got this stock, and ' whether Harriman had sold any of his own stock to the Union Pacific, Harriman replied. "I decline to answer." .... . Wltnsss said that there existed an agreement for tbe control of the Cali fornia and Northwestern railroad Joint ly by the Union Pacific and Santa, Fe. He said that the San Pedro line wae controlled Jointly by Senator Clark and the Union Pacific but was still a keen competitor1 of the Southern Pacific's. He then fold about the Illinois Central deal , - . ' ' Why Sisk Was Fixed. Ha asserted that he had secured the dismissal of President Fish because Fish deposited large sums ef money be longing to the Illinois Central with the" Trust company of the Republic aad the ' Commonwealth Trust company, in which companies Fish was a trustee, for the purpose of padding their accounts. Harriman said that he brought the chargee before tbe board of directors and Fish's resignation waa demanded. By testifying before the commission (Continued oa Page Four.) GYPSY RIGO HERO OF IIEi'i ROMANCE Clara Ward's Cousin Deserts Her Husband ,for Violinist, Who Loses 'His Position as Orches tra Leader as Consequence. . New Tork. Feb. 21 Jalncal Rlgo. who made himself notorious by eloping ritK th PrlfftrtMS Phlml Ka. HI Job as leader ef the orchestra In the Herlem Casino because of his relations with Mrs. Cashar Kmerson, wife ef a newspaper artist, Mra Uraereon says she is a eousln of Princess Chirosy. who .was Clara Ward of Detroit. She bears a strong resemblance to her, and so Rlgo may retain the picture of his former wife tattooed upon hie arm. Mra Emereon saye she will marry - Rlgo as soon aa she geis a divorce from Emereon. She has filed a suit la Fhlie . delphls. Rlgo says ha is about to start on a tour of the world at a salary of 1500 a week and will sail for Havana la a lew days. Mrs, Bmeraon IS a eangtiter or Pre- feasor J. B. Hadley of Philadelphia. She has poeed for artists. She says she and Rlgo fell in love at first sight. Her la futuntlon for him became so evident at the Harlem Casino that the management had to interfere. UNKNOWN THIEF RODS : FARMERS OF AUr.CHA Aurora. Or., FM. M-Mtr farmers hrebmit report ' irnfi every ntsru ttit"(, '- of the liesvt-fl I' but a Hit no ru :--b rin,e mn letter le.'t t- i 'e'a. AT t'