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THE , OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' MORNINO, v MARCH 17. 1SC7. AN UNPUBLISHED PHOTO OF EVELYN THAW PLACED IN EVIDENCE BY JEROME . . .fcTl! ; AFTER TRIAL , Defendant Certain of . Si Acquittal by the Jury. r; Passage Engaged Up r on Steamer. ; ( (r.blliW.' hM a? special Urn 4 WIN.) v New Torlt March M.Harry K. (Thaw la planning a trip to Europe weeh " after next. Bo confidant la ha of ao iqulttal by tha Jury now trying blm (or the murdar.of Stanford Wblta that ha la pianolas; to 4eae tha United Btatee ito cat a war from tha notoriety which I la certain to follow him any plaoe ho J mar go In tha Unit ad Statea If ha la act free. Thla la tha report which waa r Circulated freely today. ! - Tha tlt of tha - oounteaa of Tar month to, tha Tombs to confer with her brother today, ' the ft rat aha has made ; In several weeka, waa eaid to bo for tha v purpoa f arrangine; dataila for Tbaw's ' ' sailing. -Thaw,. It waa reported, will ? return to Europe with the oounteaa after the acquittal to which' be looka forward. Evelyn end Mra. William iTbaw, his mother, It la Mid, will eom . pleta the party. - -,- .-: 'f . - Bag-afe ttawnr Sertha, . Ptovlalonal arrangementa have been made, according. t the 'current report, ' for a party of four to sail on one of ' the ateamera leaving during the week of March IS. No date haa been picked , to a certainty, becauae there la no cer tainty aa to Just when the trial will ' and. . Thawa lawyera have told him tha ease will probably go to the Jury by ; Friday of next week, ' or Monday or V Tuesday of the wek following. The V prisoner la confident the Jury will re i turn a verdict of acquittal without any tnaanlty condition, which will allow blm t to walk out of tha courtroom a free nan. The flrat ateamer leaving New i York after that day will carry him to I England. i . Thaw and hie wife plan, according to . report, then to lose themaelvea In some - European resort where they can con peal their Identity nnttl the furore over .the alayer of Stanford White dlea out if - Attorneys Also Confident. . i Thaw'a optimism la - ahared by hla , attorneye. Prom their offlcea today f came the declaration that the proaeeu Itlon haa failed utterly to make out a 5 case against 'the prisoner, and that ?Thaw would undoubtedly be freed by the Jury within a few minute after, the lease la given to Its consideration. . 4 Ten wltnessea "will bo placed on the ; stand by . the -defense-in eur-rebuttal. These witnesses. It la claimed by the i Tbaw lawyera, will mora than offset the testimony of District Attorney Jerome' a witnesses. . sour of the witnesses were jr experts. - They will: swear' la anawer to ' Jerome's ' hypothetical 1 question . that ' Thaw waa. In their opinion. Insane when, 'kJie abot White. The witnesses will then go further and answer a new bypothet- leal question Including all the evidence offered In eur-rebuttaj upon which they -will base another opinion that there "can be no doubt of the prisoner's ln r sanity at tha time of the shooting. With four more experta on record, the de 'tense will have exactly the aamo nam- ber of allenlsU to their credit that tha ! prosecution now haa six. , Irs Wttaeaaea Called. , I ', Who tba aix other witnesses' to be procured ar 'none ' of "tha lawyers for .' the defease would Intimate today. They are, however, "news." They have never before been mentioned In' tha trial. : Through -the witnesses It la stated the defenae will explode a ' few bombshells ' that will entirely shatter tha case Je t roms haa made out. It la expected the '.defense will offer no farther objection , on Mondsy to the . admission of . the Homme! affidavit. The showing up that will be given Aba Hummel will be re- filed upon to counteract any Influence that his story might have with; the -Jury. .. .. Aa to the evidence of James Clinch : Smith, White's brother-in-law, showing , that Thaw conversed rationally shortly before the killing, and wandered about the root garden with his eyea fixed on i one place, the table at which White i sat, for half an hour before he finally fired the "ahote beard around the world." It la probable an effort win be made to have tha wbola story thrown out of the record. . Jerome, aa one of hla arguments to " ; Induce the court to admit Bmlth as a "direct" witness, declared Health's story t , had come to him alnce the stats rested .its direct case, after Smith's return to . thla country la February. ,. . . Of set smith's Krtdeaos, - Delmaa made Bmlth admit on croas- examination that tie Had told" the whole 1 story to bis attorney, Frank BlackwelU . before be went abroad for tha last time. Jerome stated that ha had consulted with Black well. On thla ahowtng the Some People and It Don't Agree ' Experiment and tee if coffee it the cause of your trouble. Try leaving It off for 10 days. " Uie . POSTUM I FOOD COFFEE And if your till begin to disappear Veep it tip and get back to comfort and health again. ' There's a Ressba ; Coffee r .. vr: - ' " ' -' 1 .' ';'',) N' ' -' ' ' 1 i ! ' ' '':;':!:: :! ' ! 'v,.- -. : ... . , . defense may argue that it was Jerome's own ' aegllgsnee which prevented blm from having Smith at hand' to put in his evidence at the proper time, 'add de mand that It be thrown out. If thla effort fails, the defense will try to turn Smith's testimony . to Its own account in the final argument Del mas will arcue that the verv fact that Thaw conversed with a relative of' the maa be afterward killed in the way he did is the best evidence that he was Insane. It will be urged tbat no sane man contemplating murder would have gone to a relative of bla Intended 'vic tim for a conversation, knowing that his words would be offered n- evidence against blm at tba trial. . 7 THAWS JOCULARITY- Prisoner Laaghs and Jokes tn the Shadow of' Electric : Chair. -.V- ( '.v By William ttorter. meant Nws by Lonseet Leased Wire.) . New. Tork, March II. "Be careful, old man; don't cut my, throat I want to live a long while yet" Thla stock Joke of the barber ahop takes oa an entirely new significance when It Is made by a prisoner In the Tombs to the maa who la shaving blm, and when the prisoner .la Harry K. Thaw, whoa trial for the- murder of Stanford White la slowly drawing to a close. It Is - the- more remarkable also in that It does not reflect any particular buoyancy due to a possible hops of early freedom, but Is oa.a par. with the attitude of the prisoner over sines ths beginning of tna trial. Xa Greatest Baagec. As a matter of fact no time haa the danger of Thaw's conviction been greater than daring' the past week, when evidence of the most damaging char acter haa been piled up against him by District Attorney Jerome. The tes timony of James Clinch Smith, White's brother-in-law, which detailed Thaw'a rational conversation the night of the shooting, the open statement of Jerome that he would prove that no drug ex ists which can affect a human being aa Evelyn Neablt Thaw haa sworn she waa affected the night of her wretched experience in White's . studio, eoupled with his offer to prove an alibi for White if the court would permit him. and finally tha testimony of Abe Hum mel that Evelyn Neablt denied te him that aha had told Thaw tba story of her wrongs all have gone before the Jury tn rapid and crushing succession, and Thaw might well be Imagined aa paling before ths savage blows tbat the prosecutor has dealt his case. - - I will omit the testimony of the alx alienists who awear that Thaw waa aane . tha night, ha shot JWhlta Thla trial baa demonstrated one thing clear ly, rls: Absurdity of wxparta, The absolute absurdity of expert tes timony under the present system. But STUCK TO IT . o Tears Bat Finally jEad to wive try voiiee. "'-.. Oar habits of sating and drinking stlok to us like a hungry pup to a bone. We oan't alwaya break loose even whea we know ws ought to. Coffee does certainly hurt many per sona, and they know It Bat it Is one thing to know It and another to devise some way to change the habit and still havs a warm beverage at meal time. Thousands of persons all over the world have found It easy to quit coffee be cauae they ass Poatura Food Coffee, i "Fof years I've felt ths harm of drink ing ooffee," writes an Iowa woman, "but I liked it so well I stuck to It' until about two yeara ago I quit ooffee, and tea, too, aad began to drink Fostum. "I made it, not like ooffee, but bolted it according to. directions on the pack age, and the first time we had it we all liked It We have It now mornina-. noon and night, and all feel healthier and happier for the change. . "I feever have heartburn nor Indiges tion any morn, thotigh my husband and I uaed to suffer that way and with ner rous headaches a great deal of tha time when we drank tea and coffee. We can't say enough In praise for Poatura, and for the good it haa done us." Name given by Poetum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Get tha book, "Ths Road U Wellvllle," from ths pWg. ...... tn- record of proven facts by all tha to kens Thaw ahould be dispirited and anxious. Yet the contrary Is true. The flippant remark to hla barber In the .Tombs was made on Trldayjnorn-T lng, with tha Hummel testimony atar lng him In the face. . What sort of a man is its then? On that point It la a pity there cannot be shed some unbiased testimony tes timony that will not smack of par tisanship nor bear the hall marka of experts retained by the defense on the one hand and the prosecution on "e other hand. Surely ths subject war rants It HOSPITAL SEEKS TO : ; ENJOIN FROM TAXING ' i .' - ' " : : : 't :. St. Elizabeth's at Baker City, a Private Corporation, Against ; Baker County. . (Xpeelal Dispatch te Tba Joaraat) Baker City, Or, March 1C 6ult has been filed against Baker eounty by 8t Elisabeth' a hospital, a private corpor ation. In which It la demanded that tha defendant . be enjoined from collecting taxes from the plaintiff, la Ma complaint the hoapltal company I sets forth that the assessor has valued nts property at 6.7I, Inoludlng the building and four lots, and tbat taxes amounting to $171.67 will bs oollected unleas the court Interferes. . The demand for axemptloa- la baaed on the ground that the hoapltal la a benevolent and charitable Institution, Heretofore no attempt haa been made to collect taxea from the hoapltal com pany by the eounty. although nearly 2.0 was paid by the court to the hos pital last year for earing for alck paupers. John L- Rand appears as attorney tor the . plaintiff., and Ltroy lomn, In hla capacity aa district attorney, will represent ths county FINE BANK BUILDING TO GO UP AT BAKER fSpeeUl Dlspateb te The Journal. ' Baker . City.- Or.. March It. Having obtained possession of the J.. B. Oris wold corner at Front and Washington streets, ths Cltliens' National bank an nounces that It will sreot the finest two story bank building in the northwest on ths site within the next few months. The deal for the realty has Just been closed, the consideration not being made public The bankers will take posses sion of the property April 1 and imme diately commence tearing down the old structure on that corner. Aa soon aa possible construction on ths new bank building, which la to coat approximate ly 121,000, will commence. Plana for the building have not been completed but It la decided that' It ahall be of atone and modern tn every partic ular. The lower floor will be uaed by the bank, while the second atory will be fitted up for office rooms. H. B. DEWEY WILL. : V SUCCEED M'CULLY (Rpeelal Dlipsteh te Tlis Jeerssl.) Olympla. Wash., March 11. ft. ' B. Bryan, state superintendent of publle Instruction, haa appointed It B. Dewey deputy state superintendent sad W. W. Montgomery, who Is at present principal of the Hoqulam schools, will assume the position left vacant by the promo tion of Mr. . Pewey, Mr, Montgomery was a former pupil of P. M. McCully, who died last week after filling the office of deputy fttste superintendent -for the past three years. ' Vaa t-' ---r -, . i . J I KOREAN SCHOOL GIRLS BARRED Koreans Are , Mongolians, but Japs Are Not Classed With the Chinese. , ' JAPS STAMPEDE TO LWHITE CHILD'S JSCHOQJ- Flva pCoreaa Girlie Who Had . Bees Admitted hf ' Principal Who Thought Ther Wero Japs Are Ro fdaed Admisaloa When Known.'" Baa Francisco, March It. Ths five little Korean girla who were admitted to the Redding primary school last Mon-i day by a principal who thought they were Japanese children, wero excluded I yesterday when they again applied forj admlaalon.' The only thing left for! them, now Is ths, oriental school, at which the Chlness children are taught. There was no official representative of Korea present to enter ' a protest agalnat tha exclusion of the girla They will have to remain under the ban of the American law until aome such pro teat Is made. There are 11 boys and girls enrolled at ths Redding primary school. Thla Is ths school where young Kelklchl Aokl was refused admittance) Dy Alias iMUf, me principal, prior 10 the capitulation of ths board of educa tion. Elnoe the Intervention of President Roosevelt la the matter . of. tha ..Ban Francisco Jspaneee school question, this school has become ths rendesvous for the young orientals who seek an English education. Eleven of the yellow-skinned pupils are girls. Since, the ehanglng of ths resolution adopted by the school board prohibiting ths admittance of Japanese In the publlo schools, ths rush has been on. Large numbers of Japaneae children are besieging tns needing primary school and nearly exceed In number the white children la attendance. The fol lowing message waa received from Beo- ratarv Root: . ' "Washington. D. C March 14, 1107, Lawrence Walsh, president board of education, San Franolsco I thank you for your telegram of today and am gratified to learn of the passage of the new resolution by the board of educa tion.' The president has signed an ex ecutive order under the Immigration act of February to, 107, finding that Indi rect Immigration 'of Japaneae laborers, via Hawaii, Mexico and Canada, la detri mental to labor oondltlons In ths United States, and . refusing entrance to suoh laborers. fBlsned) "KLtKTT JtOOT." 8KKPA0E8 21-88 . THE FINEST ARE ORIGINAL CONCEPTIONS, POSSESSING THAT v SMARTNESS OF DESIGN AND TREATMENT WHICH AT ONCE CHARACTERIZES THEM AS TRULY ARTISTIC THE MASTERPIECES OF WORLD RENOWNED DESIGN- " . . n i i i i J, ,i e . ' ERS. THEY ARE PERFECTION TO THE MINUTEST DE- ' TAIL AND POSSESS ALL THE GRACE AND EXQUISITE CriARM KNOWN TO THE TAILOR'S ART. " .7 f ...'. - ) ARE GUARANTEED TO RETAIN THEIR SHAPE FOR : : . ..... . . 111 . ONE YEAR OR WE WILL REPLACE SAME ABSOLUTE- .'!' 269-271 At "The The Church ' '' of the FutllTC . ' 'i "' Music, the ! ' w 1.1 Haifli fiv-r XlCaiin ijrlVCr Its Place in the Home Excellence of Our Makes Music 'Trades January, 1907 Points of Vital TmnnTtanri- liupui lauikc . " ' "v ;." ' , Sixth and Morrison $20 J. iL Every Day MtHSmeSMy PortUnd Seattle v : Taooma W ''V its. IN THE WORLD--IN MANY CASES THEY no KM ' V -W;,- LY FREE. ,: 00 to $50 ii MORRISON STRXLT House of V .There are those who declare tie 'uture w?iereta creeds will .'.'-.' 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We have a large number of standard makes also player-pianos, pipe- organs, Victor talking machines and records every instrument carried by piano houses of highest grade, all sold On THE EASY MONTHLY' PAYMENT PLAN. - .. : . ; Of the Steinway, one of our standard makes," FANNIE BLOOMFIELD-ZEISLER says, in MUSIC TRADES for Janu ary. 1907;. "Artistically there is no piano equal to the Steinway; hence all really great pianists who have not sold their artistic judg ment for material gain, and are moved solely by artistic considera tions, demand the Steinway." v ' , ' - : 1 ; : - - -v - When the mind turns to music it naturally rests on "THE H0USE 0F QUALITY," which covers the coast with its network 0f one-price, honest-dealing stores, and which is known throughout , the entire country to have a capitalization that ranks it at 'the very top, among the safest, most strongly entrenched business houses of America. , -; a : . v- '. "--, ' Think these matters over and you will realise the advantage of purchasing a piano from "THE HOUSE OF QUALITY.'.' Everett nay V-' r 'v w". that music Is to be the church of unite like the tones of a chord." 'V "'."' 'rv. '. system directly, tccording " to an when medicine and change Ballingham Spokane Opposite Pottoffice 00 QgaUty'' Co 6S