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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 ,
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- 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."
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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.
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MARRIAGE
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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
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