1 nUEIC SUPPLEMENT Beautiful V r- 2 THE JOURNAL has a larger pail and proved circulation than any daily paper published in Portland or in Oregon. The Weather Rain tonight and , Friday; fresh southerly breeze. .', Journal Circulation 129,110 Yesterday Was VOL. V. NO. 309. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAAY . EVENING. FEBRUARY 28, 1907. EIGHTEEN , PAGES, PRICE TWO ' CENTS.' ' 2 nn tin m HONED1 OFF v-- kUlli II" 1 : ii nvu'u - Ii- 1 1 1 " " UMP A H TP BilAiEl r a w w rru mi iiii tii i ii I imi eh i&JMDS LEGISIITURE HIT: HA RD BY 4i JIORMM Grilled for Cowardice in Shirking Settlement or icnooi guestion as;0e manded by Populace Flagrant Vio lation of Pledges and Contempt for Electorate; Shown in Illegal Passage. (".pedal Dlipifrti t The Joaraal.) Salem. Or., Feb. it. "1 cannot give assent or approval to any law, whether passed In the Interest of an educational Institution or for any other purpose, which so flagrantly Violates the rights of -the people and shows such con tempt and disregard of their Interest There Is jq safety lor .government in state or nation If such a precedent la to remain established for the guidance Of generations yet unborn. I therefore return the bill with my veto."-. ' In this wis Governor Chamberlain closes his message vetoing the bill for the maintenance of the Monmouth and lrain normal schools and puts his latest veto on file. The whole message grill the legislature for cowardice In shirking the settlement ef the. normal question demanded by the people, end ores Speaker Pavey for the flagrant manner In watch he unlawfully de ..UmJ I. a Will mmmA In Vi A hrtiia Never perhaps has a veto nfessage to a legislature bristled with so many in-, clalve arraignments of the legislative acts and the legislators. sowed Cowardice. . The governor compares Davey'a ac tion to that of the Praetorian guards of Roma In auctioning off the government of the Roman empire. He says the Irglslature traded on the normal votes and shoewd cowardice. In beginning his message he says: '-. "My position with reference to appro priation for educational Institutions since my first Inauguration In 1903 has been pretty well understood. They Should alwaya be separate and distinct bills. Evidence of the fact that the dis tinguished members of the present leg islature understood these vlewe la af forded by the resolution adopted by both branchea in the early days of the session, that appropriatlona for the maintenance and support of 'the state In- STEVENS TRIED TO BE DICTATOR Chief Engineer of Canal Wrote Order to President Telling Him What He , Must Do" and Must Not Do and. Is Fired. "" New Tork, ' Feb. 2S. The New Tork Tribune says John F. Stevens' resigna tion aa chief of the Panama canal com mission came aa a result of his over estimating his necessity at the head of the engineering work on the Panama canal, and his assuming to dictate terms and policies to the president. When W. JT, Oliver's bid for canal work was taksn under consideration. It la said that Stev en's cabled that Oliver was not con genial to him and that the award of the contract to Oliver would necessitate his resignation." Then it la said the next mail leaving Colon carried abet ter from. Stevens to the president, the like of which never before was ad dressed to the president of the United States. " .'' In terms remarkable for their dlcta torlalnesa Stevens Informed the presi dent of his displeasure at hearing re ports that "Oliver aald in an interview he would be pointed to aa the man who built the Panama canal. Steven de clared that he , was determined to share In the glory of building the canal with no man or to.be cross-examined or dictated to by any committee of con areas or hampered by petty legislation. and finally gave warning that If his wishes were disregarami tne governmon would lose his . services nm chairman and chief engineer, ' President Koose velt slept on the letter and the next day cabled H'evens that his resignation (was accepted. wmmm GOVERNOR etltutlona should be by sepafate bills. Notwithstanding thla affirmative action and the fact that in the case of averv other bill appropriating moneys, ji'' mi,nin.,.i i - ...,... i -. ,l. "ir have been separated, the H3Ttur in thla Instance combined Monmouth and Drain In one. appropriation bill after a prolonged- elegeof trading votes on other measures, and after , other pert formancea which have been thoroughly discreditable to those who eve taken part therein. , . Popular Will Defied. ' "The resolution referred to reflects not only my own views on the subject of these bills and the. views of the peo ple or me whole state, but reflects as well those of a majority of the mem bers 'of thla body, otherwise, ' It would not have been adopted. What then was the purpose of the omnibus appropria tion In thla caseT. It may have .been brought about by cowardice, which I re gret to say, a majority of thla body .have shown In reference to the whole normal school aystem. It may be the result. of the persistent efforts of thla same distinguished majority - to desire to test the sincerity of the . executive with reference, to such appropriation billa and the normal school system gen erally, and who have openly boaated their purpose to "'put the executive of the state in a hole,' (whatever that may mean) because, forsooth, he has the mis fortune to. differ from them politically. If the enactment of the law under con sideration resulted rom any of these unworthy and unpatriotic motives. It la time to call a halt on auch high handed.' outrageous procedure. uty to Abolish Two. There is no question In the mind of any that there la a public demand for reducing the number of normal schools (Continued on Page Two.) DARLING DUCKY --PLATT TO MAE Mae Wood to Publish" Love Let ters From a BossTells How She Was Swindled by Abe Hummel, Who Posed as Agent (Jovrea! IpaHal Sarrlea.) y Detroit, Feb. 21. "Ducky" 4nd "darling" and all the aweet -nothings that man writes to woman with whom be la in lovefartly teems. In missives that Senator Thomas C, Piatt of "New Tork wrote to Mae C. Wood, eo Mae declared In an Interview at Colon, Michigan, where she Is Hying. Although she la suing the senator for divorce, "Mrs. Piatt" prefers to be called Mae Wood. Mlaa Wood aliegea Piatt paid Abe Hummel, the New Tork lawyer, $11,000 for a batch of 60 letters ehe entrusted to Hummel. She d tela res hen the Piatt-Wood - scandal nrat stirred the man who represented him self aa a secret aervlce agent asked to take charge of her interests. Sbe gave him the letters, later discovering that theaecret service- man waa Hummel.. . . But I etlll have enough letters that Piatt wrote me to carry my ease," said Miss' Wood. "I received letters from him every day sometime three a -day. one each for breakfast, luncheon and dinner. I Will take the stand egalnst him and tell a story that will be the sennatlon of a decade." . .. ... Mlas Wood laughed when told that Piatt denied she married him In the Fifth Avenue hotel. New Tork. Novem ber, 19. 1901. "Ton know he waa never Rocuaed of being the . second George Washington,"' . . I MDEKlflfflE'' PRETTIEST WOMAN IN ENGLAND ft t ' I , ' . ' . ' - " i Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew, whoe"plAure here appeara, In a voting contest In an English evening paper, has been overwhelmingly declared to be the most beautiful woman In England. Members ot Labor Party Discussing Best v v Man to Make Candidate for -i:;'' Mayor of: Portland. " f ' Who will be the Labor party candi date for mayor? , Thla la the one question being warmiy dlBCUsaed In union clrclee today. No eooner waa It definitely determined that the labor party should have a ticket or Its own than the varloue leadere began to east about for a satisfactory man to head their ticket One thing la certain. that no labor hoes will mske the nomi nation. The candidate must be accepta ble to the unions as a whole, for a clause in the by-laws leaves the nomination of candidates to a referendum vote of the 47 onlona affiliated with the party. . Vnloaist Hot sreoeesary. John F. O'Shea, JV, K. Robertaon, nn MeAllen and Oebrge- H. Howell are the four men who are being most seriously considered fir" the unionists aa possi bilities for the mayor's chair. While It not known whether or nor any of them would accept the nomination, all --- ' i i i j are known aa being warm friends of or. ganiied labor, and It, ia alleged that any of them, would be acceptable to the unions aa a body. Three of them are not in any way directly connected with a labor union, but It la claimed that this will not matter. - - . -When the question of oon fining the candidates to members of unions came up in the Labor party conference last night. It waa generally opposed on the ground that . more aatlsfactory men might be secured from among business men. OHhea, Robertson and MoAllen were mentioned as examples, and the proposal waa voted down"., " prefer Valoa's Heads. John F 0'8hea Is the founder of the t'nton Meat company and la one of the best known business men of the city. He gained the. friendship of . organised .. . (Continued on Page Two.) TAKE TRADE Saloons to Have All . Liquor Business by Proposed Bill Soon 4o Bq Voted On. Objection Raised to Provision of Initiative One Hundred's Bill -Raqulring Prescription - by Physician, but Finally With : drawn. . The proposed $1,000 liquor license bill of the Initiative One Hundred takes the liquor business entirely "away from the dsug stores, excepting on a customer's presentation ot a physician's certificate. It la said the saloon business, on pay ment of a tjr.000 license to the city for each, place tfwhere liquor la aold, shall have the entire retail liquor buslnesa. The druggists objected today to thla prevision of ' the law, and asked for a : cnange, dux uieir iwiubh oamv oa iaiv. ! A delegation. Including Drnggiata Laue, ' Martin, Jonea, Allen, Orarton. Crysler, I Jacobs, Nichols and Tr. Ftaher. called ,at the offloe of F. I. McKenna,- president of the Initiative One Hundred, this fore- i soon, and asked for a reconsideration of the proposed mil. iney saia tnai at a meeting of druggists last -evening their attention had been called for the first time to the provision of the bill , by which all sales of liquors excepting on physicians' prescriptions are to "be taken away from the drug stores, 'i ' ' To Hurry Calls. ' ' A number of casee were cited, in which emergency demanded that alco holic stimulant be supplied by a drug gist, and no physician waa within reach. A druggist said he had a few customers who kept liquor in the .houae for family use and who preferred to Tuy It at the drug store rather than go to a saloon. President McKenna expressed sur prise that the druggists had not sooner made their wishes and objections known. He aald the proposed bill had been published In full In the newspa pers and had been discussed for a month at meetings of the Initiative One Hundred and In newspaper reports of auch meetings. - He atated that the time waa now so short forthe filing of the necessary petitions for the June elec tion ballot that It would be Impoaslble (Continued on Page Two.) FAT PLUM FOR CADER POWELL Man.;, Who Embezzled Money : While Treasurer -of Multno- mah County Given Fifteen Hundred Dollars a Year Extra. ' (Waabisgtoa Burets ef The Jearaal.) Waahtngton, . C, Feb. Js. Lacey's bouse bllL creating two addlUonal land office-districts In Alaska, with head quarters at Nome and Fairbanks, has passed the eenate. - Under the terma of the bill. T. Cader Powell. United BtaUs marshal at Nome, becomes receiver of public moneys with a compensation ef tl.sOO a year added to his present salary, to be procured from land office fees. Ths remaining fees are to be covered into the treaa- urr- ". . T Cader Powell. .-while county clerk of Multnomah county from 1S0 to 1M4. emboxxlcd roeny thousanda of dollars of the taxpayers' money. Three times dur ing hie term of ofnoe nie books were ex perted and each time It waa found that he had stolen Isrge sums, ths amounts ranging from $1,000 to $11,009. He owea the county today at least $10,000. Powell was also deeply Involved In the ootorloua election frauds of 1(04. All of the facta are known to the members of the Oregon delegation at Washington, and to President Roose velt. Sworn documentary evidence that Powell te a defaulter and an embenhtr of public funda waa laid before the president nearly two yeare ago, shortly after he had appointed Powell to .the office of United States marshal at Noma Powell's salary as marshal la $4,000. His new office of receiver of the land office will give h'n a further compen sation of $1,1100. In addition be acts aa .aburslng agent for the district anl receive J a commission on the aalarles of all federal ; metals and employe who are paid by him. ALIENIST IS . ITCH FOR PROSECUTOR Jerome Catches a Tar tar in Dr. Evans Wrangle All Day-:But Little Accomplished. Net Result of Testimony Is Ad mission That Thaw's Letters ... Alone Are Insufficient E vM dence of Insanity Witness Wears Out Prosecution. ' Joeml R pedal Borrloa.) New Tork, Feb. It The prisoner told bis keepers this morning tie" felt more certain of acquittal tlian"ever before. He entered ' the courtroom amlling. Jerome had the table loaded with worka on Insanity. Dr. Evans took the stand wittt his notebook and hie - work on Physiology of Mind," which Jerome had told him to bring. - Jerome and Evans locked horns without delay. Through out the morning they fought., with the net- result .being the admission from Evans that Thaw's letters slone were tr.aufflcfeat toasts for the conclusion that Thaw ' was Insane. Jerome tried to force Evans to give direct yee or no . answers to certain Questions. Again and again his ques tions were repeated, but Evans parried them with evasive answers. In spite of all ef forte' which have been made to have Evana read Thaw's letters out of court, the witneae took much time yt peruse them this morning. He said pe had not read them carefully before. 1 Jeroma Slta Sows. Evans started lntq- eome long expla nations which Jerome calls speeches. Jerome saw what was coming and aat down. Several times Evana paused and Jerome started to rise, but Evans was only stopping for breath and started anew. ..':.'. Evana aald the letters to ble mind Indicated .mental Instability. Jerome failed to trip Evans on the meaning of instability. Evans said the condition might last a few hours, and was not permanent insanity. He aald It was a pathological condition. Jerome then aaked. "What kind of a pathological condition." but Evana refused to answer and said to do so would be unfair ttt himself. Jerome kept bobbing ud and down like a jack in the box. Evana finally (Continued en Page Two.) TRY TO IMPEACH ELLIOT P. Both Defense and Prosecution In Hermann - Trial - Say Former Secretary Told a Different Story Off Witness Stand, j, (Wa.hlngtoe Koreas ef The Jooraal.) " Washington, P. C. Feb. 28. District Attorney Baker today, at "the Hermann trial, at the opening of court, declared it to be the purpose of the government to "show that Elliott P. Hough, who was Hermann'a private secretary while be waa oommlsaloner, la a liar." . Baker then proceeded to create a re markable situation, in which the gov ernment sought to Impeach Hough, while at the same time Attorney Wor thlngton, counsel for the-defense, is trying to Impeach him. showing -that both the government and the defense are thoroughly convinced that Hough'a testimony ia unreliable.. It la hinted that there-may be proceedings against Hough for perjury. . - ' Judge Stafford administered a sting ing rebuke to Hough thla afternoon when objection .waa offered by the gov ernment to question a The court said'. (Continued on Page J Two.) 1100 : . MUSIC HATH CHARMS ,..,'.'... . , v . "t . There la no doubt of that, ae the demand for The flundsy J.ur m,l ),. Jtaxed the capacity ef the big press to its utmost sine the ann.i ) . . ment was made that te each subscriber was given fr a' ;irn l, - poem set ,to muefo by one of the lea.llng coinp.'"-s of t e r muslo supplement one of , the finest feature evr.l ' ! pspsr I but (inn of the many good tMnxs tlmt f ' : tut, sinwrt: v"J" ' irM'Hi'iilJIH'HMM);'' TELLS HOW IfPARLAIlD GOT STORV .-'..''' . V ' v Steve Adams Relates; in His Own Defense Methods Employed tor Force Confessions V Promised Immunity and Safety for Family If He Would Back' - Pr - StCT? - ToT6rbv Harry Or chard in Prison Cell Feel. ings Worked Upon, He Agreed (Special Dtspatrk to Tae foareal.) . f Wallace, Ida., Feb, IS. On resumption of the Adams trial this morning Steve Adanra, the - defendant, waa again re-. called to the witness-stand and the examination continued by EL F. Richard son for the defense. Adams atated that It was about the sixth day after he had been thrown in -the cell, with Harry Orchard at Bolaa that 'he first saw De tective McParland In the third room of the . warden's office. McParland . gave. 1 him cigars and told him what, his busi ness was a"d why he had coma o see him.';.. ... ... Adams related all the facts already brought out in the evidence regarding' the stories told him by McParland of the Mollle McOuiree, and how "Kellv the bum"' had got free on account of , turning- state's evidence. He also told' the story of Pavld and Uriah, of St. Paul and Stephen, and other Bible stories, but Adams stating that he waa . not familiar with the. Bible, could not remember what they were. He also de- . tailed atorlea ef how McParland told him he covld have saved Tom Horn it Tom had been willing; to confess, and how when Tom was on the gallows, number of cowboys had started alnging to drown any confession ,hs might make at the last moment. Promised Immunity. Adams related many other similar stories. McParland remained with him that day until 4 o'clock in the evening, and told him that he wanted Adams to' help , convict Moyer, Heywood. .Petti bone, St. John and Slmpklne, and In the vilest language referred to these men as cutthroats. McParland told ' Adams that If he did help convict them, he would only be taken there ae . a witness, and would be Immune from prosecution In alt her Idaho or Colo rado. to-CYgarona- STAMFORD WHITE Edna Goodrich Indignant at Mrs. Thaw's Sworn Statement That She Was a Dead Architect. Friend of v - . '. t (Journal 8prUf a.r.tr.) New Orlnana, Feb. X. "An infamous lie that I can easily disprove." This waa the emphatlo statement to day ef Edna Goodrich, leading woman with Nat Goodwin, when confronted with the aworn testimony of Evelyn' Neablt Thaw that Stanford White had kissed and caressed Mlsa Ooodrlch. Her. eyes flashed -fire as" she read the pa per. "My sympathy for the girl.'-' said Vies Goodrich, "has caused me to re-. main atlent and to take no part In the matter. I never knew Stanford White. I never knew he had a studio and I never Introduced Evelyn to trim. "My name must not be dressed Into thla miserable affair any longer. I shall -not stand for It , My character has been attacked and reflection has been carft ' upon my ronduet. "My - reputation Is sacred to me, as It Is to every other good woman." DENIES KISS HG