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Aded WomanWill Reveal Se
crets of Hm
yBoyJ
al Influences Jerome and
Uenists Wrangle
(Josrnsl Special Berries.)
" New fork, March . D. Wagner, tbs
Insanity expert, was oa ths stand In
' ths Thaw murder trial this morntnr.
., and his aWdsncs was of material aid
, to ths defense. Hs testified that Thaw
".did not hare epilepsy. As soon as Je
rome finishes with Warner. Mrs. WU
, 11am Thaw will brln to Dear the weight
of mother-love to save ths life of her
son. - ' ' - -
There win be a quick transition from
ths farce of expert testimony back to
tragedy a rain. Those who have sat and
alternately laughed and yawned at the
airnoiit interminable croas-examlnatlon
of the expert alienists, Pr. Evans and
, Dr. Wagner, will be brought once more
. to the realisation that a man's life Is
. trembling In the balance, by witnessing
the pathetlo spectacle of an aged worn-
bbmbL. almoat- broken - by srlefc -the
mistress of a huge fortune, and one-of
. xne social aroiiers OT nttsborg--tak
Ing the witness-stand to lay bare fam
" lty secrets, -to fling wide open the fain
' lly cloeet. In order to convince tt -men
J ' that hen-eon, the prisoner st the bar,
w charged with murder, has not forfeited
. his life to ths law. , ,. ' .
. ' " atar Ope Asytasa. '
. . And there may be a double .pathos
about' the? scene. In that 'the loving
- moiner,- in closing the doer of the
death chamber against her son, might
open, for him- the portals of the-mad.
. house, (, , ,. ., , ..
v The story she ' tens wl bs grim,
- stark and saddening, ons of the most
, ft-erful . stories a mother can tell to
- the world, euch a one as could nor be
; forced from her, perhaps, but which
- wOl faU willingly from her HpS when
, the life of her boy la la peril.
It wlU be a story of hereditary traits,
, of Insane tendencies and pre-natal In
2 tluences. given by the mother . through
.her blood as a heritage to the boy on
trial. The harrowing confeseion . will
'- be as If the white-haired woman," ris
ing before the solemn court end point-
jr4iiv
to nerseir should cry. "Blame not
boys blame me." .v. -r . ; -
Wear Bad of Befense. , "
' The appearance, of the elder Mrs.
Thaw en the witneas-stand will bs the
beginning of the and of the case of the
defense.- After she. has departed Del
mes has but a couple more alienists to
call to make ' answer ' to formidable
hypothetical questions' and perhaps two
Hill and : HarrimanCompanies May Reach
Agreement'on-Joint Use of Portland Ter
minals and Bridge Valued at Millions
Negotiations leading to a compromise
' agreement on ths joint use of railroad
terminal grounds valued at $5,000,000
, and ths steel bridge built at a cost of
11,000,000 are under way this afternoon
In Portland between the Hill and Hare
rlman companies. The . conference Is
attended by President C. M. Levey and
Vice-President Oilman of ths Portland
Seattle Railway company,'' J. P.
O'Brien, general manager of the Har
rlroan lihea la Oregoa, and W. W. Cot
ton, general attorney for. the O. R. A
Co. , '' r
he matters under consideration in
clude the Joint -use' of terminal yards
and awltches of ths present Northern
Pacific Terminal company, the grounds
that are now being converted Into ter
minals for ve Northern Pacific , and
Great Northern Railway companies, the
utllsation of several hundred acres of
land recently purchased by the O. R. A
N. company in ths violnlty of Guild's
lake at 'coat of 1500,000, ths use of
WAR IN VENEZUELA
BY WOMAN'S WIT IS
NARROWLY AVERTED
r 1 (Jeeraal Special gsrvlee.) '
i Caracas, March i. To Senora Caatro,
wifs of President Castro of Venesusla,
la glvsn ths credit of preventing war
ln Vencsuela. her .woman's wit having
defeated an Intrigue to plunge the whole
country Into a revolution. After she had
succeeded in making pears with Oomes
she brought the vies president to the
bedside of her sick husband and there
proved to him that enemies had. been
plotting against them. .
When Castro became 111 certain of
his ministers, hsvlng axes or their ows
to grind end fesring Castro's deeth,
brought about a atata of affairs which
broke, the strong friendship between
Life to Show Her
more Incidental witnesses. When these
hare Spoken he will call quits and Je
rome will embark upon bis final ef
fort to smash the structure that has
been built up In the Interest of Thaw.
' Dr. Wagner was recalled to the stand
this morning. District Attorney Jerome
continued his ' examination along lines
indicating' that the prosecutor Intends
to prove that the killing of White was
premeditated and -deliberate. Wagnet
persisted- that the: outward appearance
was no Indication of mental condition.
Quaertlons of Brala Storms.
.' Ts It usual in brain storms for ths
subject to display no agitation In ap
proaching the , person who - Intends
hartnf asked Jerome. ' .
Wagner .said that no. rule could be
laid down, but that he could cite no in
stance Where a person" In a brain storm
walked calmly toward ths victim.
' Jerome and Wagner argued as to the
logical sequence of an insane person's
actions. Wagner said It was Impos
sible to lay down a rule, whether It was
generally logical or . otherwise. Jer
ome asked U Thaw suffered from para
noia, a form of adolescent insanity, as
Evans described It, ' '
1 do not know, I cannot read Evans,
said Wagner.- ; ' ' '
"Neither can I." said Jerome, "al
though I tried for three days." . '
"Did- yo otloe--aiy-'aig"s- -los
arrhoeT". -added the prosecutor. . ....
Ts. talked freely, - His "ttoir: ejt
words was frequently abnormal."
The testlnuny developed that Thaw
41A mot, faare eereele. The- Dieturesaue-
ness of the examination of hallucina
tions, delusions of ths sense of smell
were lost ln ths 'umbls of teohnloall
ties. ' At noon Delmas scored over Je
rome by securing the court a decision
sustaining the defense's objection to
wagner a .repeating conversatlona wltn
Thaw la Jail. Another of Jerome's
sates - to ' Mattea wan was apparently
closed by the statement that Thaw did
not have epilepsy.
Jerome asked Wagner several times
If anything in Thaw's action the night
of the tragedy Indicated epllepay. Wag
ner refused a direct answer, until Je
rome said: Tou know what I mean and
you are ducking. Finally Wagner said:
"No." . A recess was then taken until
this afternoon, , , ,
. (Continued on Page Fourteen.)
Ill CONFERENCE
switching facilities in East Portland,
and the ' matter of reduced switching
charges over ths steel bridge of the
Harriman oompaniea.
' These questions will be discussed In
connection with ths eompromlss made
between Hill and Harriman ; terminals
In Seattle, and ths proposed outlet for
the Union Paoiflo and Southern Paclflo
systems crossing ' the Willamette and
Columbia rivers to tbs sound. -.
, V Bolstloa Is Vearer.
These large questions have been agi
tating the minds of ths railroad mana
gers for months,' and until today they
have not got aprpectably closer to a so
lution of the Portland problems. Ter
minal facilities have grown to ba'ot the
greatest importance to all four, of the
railroad companies Involved. .
All are' transcontinental lines, and
their business annually in Portland is
enormously,. Increasing each year, Ths
(Continued on Page Two.)
Castro Sad Oomes. Castro waa helpless
and ths whole country wss disturbed
by wild rumors of all kinds, while talk
as to a suocessor to . Castro kept the
politicians busy. ' ". -
When matters had almoat reached a
crista Senora Castro.. In whom the peo
ple have great confidence,' determined
herself to take action. After hard work
end much argument ahs finally per
suaded her husband, that certain min
isters had tried' to poison his mind
against his old and true friend Oomws.
Finally President Castro consented to a
conference with the vies president st
which sll was satisfactorily explained.
The men pledged friendship anew and
the crisis was ende -
y
PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH
m to
9
SAYS M R S
M OF VEALTHY MAN -
STUOEHTia DAY TlfJIE,
BUT ROBBER AT RIGHT
Pupil of Lak . Forest University
Admits Burglarizing Homes
of Millionaires.'1
(Xcenul gpeeUl Service.)
Chicago. March e. A youth aged 10.
giving the name of Richard O. Hoopes,
son of Ira O. Hoopes, a wealthy law
yer of Kokomo, Indiana, was arrested
upon charges of burglarising homes) of
millionaires. Including that of Chatfleld
Taylor. The boy, until six weeks ago,
when he was dismissed on account of
poor scholarship, wss a tftudent of Lake
Forest, university and lived In the fraternity-house,
from which the . police
have removed hla trunk, holding nearly
too pieces of fins jewelry. Ths police
have not estimated' tbs value of the
lOOt..,- ,
The prisoner says that hs waa con
trolled by an Impulse to rob . houses.
Hs said that ths Impulse was Irresisti
ble and cams upon hits after the other
boys were asleep, when he went out
He entered the Taylor house by sawing
the panel from ths door. Hs didn't
know ths names of the other houses- he
had robbed. The police claim that he
baa confessed to robbing.
RICH MEXICAN OFFERS
COIN TO KILL YAQUIS
' (Jearsal tpeeial Sarrfc.)
Chihuahua. Mexico. March I. Pedro
Alvarado, who ones worked as a miner
at to cents s day and who now is ths
Croesus of Mexico, has offered Preei
aent tlar 110,000.000," of )!0.06.00O if
ths larger aum la needed, to maintain
a special army to exterminate ths Ya
qui Indiana He says Mexico can never
be safe until rid of ths bloodthirsty
Yaqula. ,
Alvarado, who has given as much ss
114,000,000 to the Mexican poor,' of
fered not long ago to pay the Mexican
national debt, but ths government did
not necept his proposal. .
ISAAC STEPHENSON
TO SUCCEED SPOONER
- (Jeernal in-rtal Sirrl.
Madison. Wis., March 6.A11 candi
dates for Senator Spooner's aeat with
drew this morning upon the assurance
that Isaao Stephenson Will not seek re
election if given the unexpired term.
Stephenson will be elected March It. -
sin Tt n Trsa r3 . rsrsx
Mrs. yill!am Thaw In Court
-Sketched by Richard Boehm
r Ammm
. E DDY! S E
MARRIED GARVIN A: FR YE
SEIiSAW.FOUOH .
EACH OTHER RAPIDLY
- IN SCIENTIST ROW
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Claims, Leader Insane" for,; Years
t Witnessed Surgeons,' Per- (
" form Autopsy on Husband. v
. i
, (Jeeraal tpedat Servlee.)
Boston, March i. Sensations are pil
ing .one .upon anothsr In ths Christian
Science row. Allegations are ' being
mads that Calvin A. Fry has been se
cretly married to MrS. Eddyfor some
time. Frye denies this and so does
Irving C. Tomlinson of ths First church.
Boston, who declares he would know If
such were ths ease. No one has yet
oome forward . with records to sstabllab
ths fact either one way or ths other.
Watched the Autopsy.
Frederick W. Pea body of Boston, ths
lawyer retained : by . George Glover to
look 'after the suits to bs tried In Bos
ton against ths mother church trusteed,
hss Issued a statement which. If proved,
would tend to ahow Mre. Eddy has been
Insans for years. Peabody was attorney
for Vf ra. . Jieephlne Woodbury in the
letter's celebrated libel suit against
Mrs. Eddy. Peabody saya: ,
"Mrs. Eddy waa - present at the au
topsy that aha ordered performed on the
body of her husband. Dr. Aaa Eddy, who
died in 1811. She saw the body of he
husband out-up by tha surgeons and
later beheld his-heart held up for ex
amination. Ths defect of the heart that
caused hla death was pointed out to- her
by the surgeons. .
"Ths surgeon who performed the au
topsy. Dr. Rufus KnOyes, of f 0 Cham
bers street, la now engaged In-writing
an article dealing with the matter. A
day or two after ths autopsy Mrs, Eddy
cams out with a statement to the effect
that Dr. Eddy died from arsenical poi
soning, mentally administered.' '
... Want Xer xa mined.
"Can any one read of such things and.
believe that Mra - Eddy has not, .long
been a fit subject for ths alienist?" de
mands Peabodyi "Here Is a woman who
declared that two men were practicing
witchcraft; a woman who claims f&r
herself that shs can sit In her own par
lor and blaet erops In ths fields and
bring alckness and death to whomso
ever she wills. Tet od ths other band
to her followers she declares there la
no eickness. -
"Just wait until ths alienists examine
Mrs. Eddy." . . . ,
There is much mystery as to the
(Continued on Page Twoj-
5, ' 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES.
5Ss
C R ET L Y
JAKES GORDON BEiETT .
PLEADS GUILTY; OBSCENE
HATTER SENT IN HAILS
Red Light Personals May Cause
- New York Herald Officials1"
" to. Co to Jail.
(Joarael Speetel aarvtee.) ,
New Tork, March . A plea of
guilty on tha charge of aendlng 6b
aoene matter through ths malls In Its
so-called "redlight column" was entered
in court by "William Band, counsel for
the New Tork . Herald company, this
morning. ' Tbs plea was entered on be
half of James Gordon Bennett, owner,
and William GtUham, advertising man
ager of the Herald. Sentence will be
imposed April t. The Indictment was
brought at the Instance of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice.
TROOPS GUARD COURT
IN FEUDISH KENTUCKY
(Joornal Ppedel Berries.)
Jackson. Ky March . AdJuUnt
nenaral tAwrenca arrived today to take
command of ths detachment pf troops
guarding ' Judge Carnes. who earns to)
try ex-Judge Hargls. chsrged with com
plicity In ths murder of Dr. Cox. The
troes will remain around the court
house to protect the officials. Ths clti
sens Indignantly declare thla Is unnec
essary. .. .
RUSSIA'S BIG WARSHIPS
TO BE BUILT IN AMERICA
(Jeareal Bseclal Bsrvlee.)
St. Petersburg. - March , I. The gov
ernment has decided within four years
to hsvs a squadron Including two bat
tleships of 11.000 tona each with a
speed of SI knots armed with 10 11-lnch
guna each In tha far east Naval of
ficials recommend that ths ships be
built In the United States.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
; V . . KILLS TEN MINERS
" "t
(Jonrsal Special Berries.)
Mt. CarmeL, Fa., March I. The ex
plosion of 1,000 pounds of dynamite at
a mine of tha Susquehanna Coal com
pany today injured 10 miners, one f it-
ally. The property loss , la $150,000.
PRICE TWO
LIE PASSES
Crawford .'Seizes His
Opponent, D. W. Bai
ley, by the Throat" in
Federal Court
Judge Wolverton. After. Receiv
ing the' Humble Apologies of
Both Lawyers, Denies Appli
cation for a Receiver for the
r .Highland Cold Mining Co. :
Ons of ths most disgraceful proceed
ings aver enacted In a federal court In
Portland occurred ; today : when-Judge
Thomaa-H-Crawf ord, . of ths seventh
judicial circuit grabbed bouglas W. Bai
ley of Baker city, by the throat and
struck blm on ths head In ths United
States circuit court presided over by
Judge Charles E. Wolverton.
' Judge Crawford and Mr. Bailey ap
peared aa attorneys la ths case of If.
J. Schults and others against ths High
land Gold Mines company, a caae In
which tha plaintiffs- sought te have a
receiver appointed. ' Judge Crawford,
with M.. D Cllfford of Baker City, ap
peared for the mining company, and
Bailey appeared for the plaintiffs. -
In the complaint Judge Crawford waa
accused of' entering Into1 a conspiracy
with others to sue- the company on fic
titious charges for 110,000. .-which, la
caae the alleged conspirators won, waa
to bs- used to redeem ths mining com
pany, which was st thst time In a pre
carious condition financially.
' "ZOs Is Barty Tassed. .
-: When Judge Crawford aose- to- make
I ths Slowing argument .this, aoarnlacae
was isDoring unaer ine excitement
caused by the reading of ths complaint
and affidavit mads ijy Schults. in which
Dcnuua . awvnr -insi vntwioni naa 're
ceived lt.000 for his services. In aa
Impassioned plea. Judge Crawford., de
nounced the allegation made by Schults
as a falsehood. Ha said: -
"That aflldavttstatlng I received $.
009 for that service Is a deliberate false
hood., and the efflant perjured himself
when he made it And turning to
Bailey) I believe that yon knew be was
perjuring himself when he mads It" - -"That's
a lie." retorted Bailey, ris
ing to his feet.
Crawford, despite his ere, made after
his younger opponent and grabbed him
by ths throat, then releasing -his hold
struck Bailey a glancing blow on the
bead.- Bailiffs Interposed and the men
were separated. -
. (Continued on Page Twa)
AUD JUDGE
Dexter Roberts,. Robbed by Crooks in Jan
uary, Did Not Recover From the Potion
Administered Murder Suspected
Hss Dexter- Roberts, a well-known
Woodburn rancher, been assassinated
out of motives of revenge by the rela
tives of Jsck Delore and Amos Oerrln,
whom he waa Instrumental In having
committed to thi state penitentiary for
navmg robbed mm or tut at the union
station on January ST
Ths grief-stricken wife of the miss
ing man was In consultation with Chief
Orltsmacher for some time todey over
the mysterious disappearance of her
spouse, and Detectives Jonss and Tlchs
nor have been detailed to make an In
vestigation. February " 7 Roberts left his ranch
near Woodburn with the expressed in
tention of going to- Pendleton on a
business trip. Since boarding the train
at. the former point nothing has been
seen or heard of Mm. and It Is tha the
ory of those familiar with ths case that
Roberts has met a violent leath.
" " ' ; obeed STee Depot. . .
Roberta cams to Portland January
and met Delore. a member of an infan
HARRIMAN TO BOOM
FORAKER SPOONER
, TO MANAGE CAMPAIGN
(Jearasl teeetal Berries.)
Washington, D. C. March 8. Is Ed
ward H. Harriman booming Senator Jo
seph Benson Foraker of Ohio for the
Republican presidential nomination In
lfOJf
, Will Senator John C Spooner of Wis
consin, who resigned his seat to prac
tice law, beginning May 1 next, take
charge of Harrlman's manifold Inter
ests snd cooperate In the boom for Kor
skerT These two qiji-Mlons axk-d at .he
eapltn wore, rather N I nl n- pl!y an
swered mlion It wen lnrprl Ihit I'ir.
rlnifn. f'pnnnr sn1 l'"rik-r r'
ered at a yV -t l.:-!e c :.f l-.i t '
CENTS.
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North Pacific Has No
'Men; and- Employes;
of Other Plants Are
Joining Union ;
Sawmill - Managers, However,"
Declare They Do Not Consider
the Situation Serious At
tempt Will Be Made to Close
. . Portland Lumber Co.'s Milt !
Tars hundred strikers left tbs head-
f aarters of ths X. W. irn oa Barasids
street, at aooa today, and marched la t'
body to the yards of tha Has antra Box
r&umbe oonapany . W. . T arrow,
organiser for tha WW.1tV ddressed
ths ssaployss) of tas aaUl aad Sa of ths"
SO or SO ansa oa shirt ten tfcelx place
aad Jotasd ths aaloa. c A a result
several aepartnaeats of las plaat will he
tied aa. '''':..' "
triksra alleged that their anmhers
have beem greatly augmented during the
past 84 hoars aad thst they expect to
Us ap ths saflla of tha rortlaad Xwaaes '"
osmpaay tonight.. '
as a result ' of ths sawmill men's
strike, the mill of the Korth Paclflo
tiumber company in North Portland
completely euspended operations ' this
morning. Ths men who reported fer
duty were so .few that they were sent
horns and the mill remained closed sll
day. Two hundred and fifty' laborere
were employed at tha plant previous
to the strike. -
TIUlhe otHeinfbr,tlanr mills continue
to turn out lumber today, all of them
running at nearly If not quite normal
capacity. - The strikers declared thla
morning that they have hs yet made no
attempt to tie up any of the mills ex
cept ths North Pselflo snd ths Eastern
A Western. As fast as they can organ
ise the men they will try to close the
other mills, attacking next tha mill of
the Portland Immber company. " v '
TSaloa Organisers Busy.- '
Ths'w entire energies of . ths of
ficers of - Woodworkers . union - No.-
Il, Industrial-Worksrs of the World.
are being put to.organlslng ths mill .
laborers. Up to noon yesterday they
reported that 100 had been enrolled. By
noon today ths number had reached 141.
By tomorrow they -expect to have a
major fraction of ths 1.500 sawmill
workers la the city upon their books.
(Continued oa Pare Twa) .
try company at Vancouver, .and Amoaj
Oerrln. a saloon habitue. After plying
him with liquor tha two criminals
robbed their victim of i33f In ths vi
cinity of the grand central station. In
order to avoid suspicion they divided
the money with several of their com
panions. The robbery waa witnessed
by a pedestrian, who reported the mat
ter to the : police. Roberts, greatly ,
under the influence of liquor, waa taken
into custody and locked up In tlje city
prison. He appeared to be dased and
wa evidently suffering from "knock
out drops." .
Detectives Jones. . Tlchenor. Mallet.
Hill and Price were detailed on the
case, and aa ths result of their inves
tigation Oerrln, Delore and three oth
ers were arrested... The greater portion
of the stolen money waa also recovered,
by the off leers. - At tha preliminary
hearing Delore and Oerrln were bound
over to ths grand Jury and ths men
(Continued oa Psge Two.)
at the home of Sens tor Depew. They
were Depew'a only guests,
Many declare that rorsker made a
bid for the BOmlntlon wh- he can-c I
the Brownsville Imjiilry. It n.ik.
upon as a Mil for the n"'ro 1 ) : -
from the south o siin"rt htm In .
lo eonrenil"n.
He Is sccept-d ss an svo-'
dnte. Hsrrlninn s i. 1,i-n- t r i
would be a trtmi.'ii i n t '
convention.
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