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i POJRTLAND, ' OREGON, ; MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1907. FOURTEEN PAGES.;
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VOL! VI. NO. 29.
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Fitzgerald: hCdnfirms
Report ot ' Insanity
!4C6mmission-rClosing
Scene of Trial v
Attorney Delmas Makes Master
ful Appeal to Jury for Client's
,' Freedom Quotes Jerome as
Saying That He Had No Right
to Try Prisoner for Crime. t
, (taml Special Service.) '
'- New 'York, April .Justice Fllir"
i aid today confirmed the report of ths
Thaw lunacy commlaalon finding Thaw
' sans agalnat Dletrlct Attorney Jerome's
. protest and directed that the trial pro
, reed. Dr. Hamilton waa the only wit
'!) examined. This afternoon Attor
;' ' ney D. M. Delmas made an eloquent
pies" for-his client's liberty.-- r
, A distinguished ratheiinc of lawyer
and prominent men. anions the latter
' being Senator .Spooner of Wisconsin,
- gatnersd to hear Delmaa.- Thaw a en
tire family and many women were prea-
ant. There waa scarcely room for the.
. alienists, whs gathered la force, y .
.''.'- -AttoraJy Stains alea
" Aa the jurors tools their aeata. Attor
' new Pelmae arose. - He began by read-
. lng the etatement made by - Jerome.
' when - the Utter aaked for a lunacy
" commlaalon. when the proeeoutor aald
; "If the real faeU were known, we
would have no right to be trying thla
man.1 Delmaa ealmly proceeded;
"Gentlemen, it yon bad heard theae
, ' worda from the lira of an Irresponsible
'babbler. Inetead of an official charced
. with a treat publlo dutyr If you had
heard them ' apoken In a place where
rble men reaort, lnatead of In a great
tribunal, and had the occaalon1 beea
a trlrtll dlacaaaton of an tnalajnincant
- topic, lnatead of In a debate, upon the
Issue of which hung life or death, and
, had you not heard theae aame llpa make
an appeal that the life of thla man be
' forfeited to the law, they, might hare
, filled you with amaaemrnt. ' It la now
, my duty to offer you all the assistance
- Mn my power to reach a correct deolalon
on the momentoua iaaua you must de
cide." x '
. Slaoarda xrawrlttaa taw.
In performing my Usk I shall make
no,' attempt to arouse your passion or
appeal to your sympathies, or to warp
i 1 (Continued on Page Two.)
FATHER If! JAIL
FDR HIS THREATS
"Wf. K. Butters Declares She
Feared for - Her Life Goode
4t
' son Says , He Did Not Own
( Her as Daughter. .
. : Ooodeaon, should lake her life, aa ahe
' swore he had threatened to do, afra.
. Calvin K. Buttera, living near Flrland
. on the Mount Scott ear line, brought
action 'against her unnatural parent thla
. morning In the Justice eourt with the
result 'that Ooodeaon was . sent to the
eounty" Jail, not being able to put up
the bond under which ha waa placed to
keen the peace. .
Mra. Buttera,' who waa an the point
' of nervous prostration, testified on the
aland thla morning that her father was
. a demon when drunk and waa not re
sponsible for hla actlona. - She said that
ha had abused, hla whole family; that
j-'Tie cams to the bonfa at Fir land not
. long ago and threatened to kill herself
.... and. husband unleae they peld to him
some 100 that he alleged waa coming
to him from them. On acoouat of her
- condition lira, Buttera was not eross-
1 examined.. Detectives bad beea era
ployed to watch the residence and
; Ooodeaon waa found continually haunt
lng the place. s ;
OOodeson testified In hla own behslf
that he had just coma to Portland
from Ulnnesota; that hla homo waa In
Wisconsin: and that he had threatened
to kill no one. Ha only wished to ool
1 lect ' what waa due Mm - from the
' couple. When he visited the home at
Flrland his daughter ran to him to
embrace him but he told her that he no
. longer clalmed-ber as a daughter. He
aald oa the witness stand that ha loved
her no longer and could not. '
Justice Held placed , thedefendant
under 1S0O to keep the peace until the
ly term or tbe circuit emirt. Me waa
unable to put up the bond and Was con
fined n the county Jn'l.
1 'X
Prominent Democrats
Swear Loyalty to the
Mayor.FeelingSufeot
Overwhelming- Vote
Youngt Flegel, Wilhelm, O'Neill,
Greene and Other Well Known
Members of Party Declare He
Will Get Democrats' Votes De-
f ....
spite Thomas Frame-Up. .
Prominent Democrats In the city are
rallying to the support of Mayor Lane
and are emphatic in their expressions
of fealty ahould he enter the race Tor
reelection, ' no matter, whether he runs
aa a Democrat or Independent.
Those who represent the true spirit
ef the Democratic party here argue that
It la not a ease of .partisanship alone;
that spoils do not enter Into the merits
Of s municipal campaign, but that It la
the man whom they are seeking aa a
candidate and not the politician. - :
Mavor Lane haa given an excellent ad
ministration, they -contend; so good, 'In
fact ' that the onlv complaint heard
against it la that he baa not filled all
the aubordlnate omcos . with partisan
frlenda. In other worda,. fault la found
with hla spoils aystem, but not with
hla admlnlatratlve system. r;
' Saaplta Sosttlo OoumU. .
'Thomaa O. Greene, wU known In
Portland civic affairs, la outspoken in
hla aupport of the-mayor. J .
. "I am going to aupport Dr. Lane, no
matter what, kind of a ticket he runs
on" aald Mr. ..Greene- this morning
"Not only that, but I am going to try
to get him to run. Dr. Lane haa given
a most axcellent administration, - Con
sidering the fact that be haa had a
hoatUe council to hamper him, a coun
cil which haa not passed up many
chancea to embarraaa. him. and having
In mind the many handlcapa under
which he has labored. In my opinion Dr.
Lane haa given an administration en
tirely satisfactory In avery wf. i ,
"I think. Dr. Lane .haa the Thomaa
people on 'his Democratic doctrine. If
hla theory that be who serves the people
best serves bla party beat la not good
Democratic doctrine -1 do not know
where. any better will be found.-. The
rhomaa faction will have to ahow Dr..
Lane that be la not a Democrat. .
"In 'rr.jr. opinion Dr. Lane ahould go.
before the people on the record of hla
administration. He should give the
people of Portland a chance to say
whether or not they indorse the manner
In which he 'haa governed the city for
the past two years. I am for Dr. Lane
whether on one ticket or the other."
Ogleaby Young is anoUicr who favora
the independent candidacy of the mayor.
' m Oeaoetaaia Tote Anyway.
l ira tn favor of Vayor Lana oa any
ticket." aald Mr. Young. "I am after
the best man for mayor, not the beat
(Continued on Page Two.)
HEW RELIGIOUS
FAITH-COLIIIIG
Cornell Professor Says World Is
Approaching Crisis In Religi
lous Beliefs From Which Will
Result New Theory. j ,4
(JeerMl gpeeUt gantrs.) '
Ithaca, N. T, April That we are
approachlna a crisis In the ml I rl mi a ba.
lief of mankind ajtd that a new faith la
coming, is the opinion of Professor Na
thaniel Schmidt, Comell'a - profound
teacher of oriental and biblical hlatory.
In the April number of the Cornell Era,
which appears tomorrow, writing , on
-Epochs of Faith." ho declarea: ..
"The remnants of primitive Ideas and
practices are fast disappearing. Poly,
demonlam and polytheism are glvlna
way to conceptlona Implying unity of
creative power. Leaa Importance la at
tached to sacred days, sacred places and
such things. Emphasis Is being placed
oa (ne emicai contents or mngion.
"The new faith. Will seek, for that
whteh la universal In mart's belief, not
rooting up or tearing down one form of
creed In order to Impose another.! It
will honor and trust lh reason. While
being careful to keep Ita light trimmed
by the cultivation of the heart and will.
It will recognise v the sovereignty of
ethics. It will he vital, touching life on
every side, growing with the growth, of
min i mauler over nature," -
THfltV AS HE APPEARED BEFORE IUSAUITY EXPERTS
.t-ve.-theaiitior the lnnacy ':; 11 f' i & " ' '
i commUaion was held fa -private- the young prisoner made V ." r:- IV vf
x remarkable witnest in hla own behalf. In the,pctur -- -'VY' .. ' ' ' STN. , '
; young Thaw la shown in court "as'he appeared to artist ' ' 'iC'L' C' '':'
Morgan." r The: photograph at the top is hat of David ;;,.rv-V li rf" "
McClura and that at the , bottom of former District At- ' .... -'--WW- - jT r
torney Peter B, ' Olney, the -wos legal members of the .
i lunacy jommiaaion, ,:'.''.V' V ".."' y. SUmm!1
TWO DETECTIVES
-have:
Menlivho-WenCintolKentucky
' Mountains; Seven - Ysars Ago
to Search for, Goebel'sj Assas
sins Never. Since Heard From.
(
riovrssl Special Her, Ire.)
t.ri.Miiii, STv.. Anril -. I. .It . waa
learned here this afternoon , that two
detectives who went into me mountains
Of Kentucky seven ysars ago to search
for the. assassins or senator -wuiuuu
Aaanel have never been heard Of Since.
The two men : were employed by ' the
atata to go to tno. mountain . oountiea
and search' for witnesses, documents,
letters and other evidence that would
directly connect any one with the Ooa
bel aaaaaaination. . - ',: t
One detectlvs named Russell, from
New Jersey, -went to Laural- counter dis
guised as a sign painter.. He meh Jim
Howard, now in . prison for tha Ooebel
killing, and haa never, been heard of
Sine. -"" " ' i ' " v
The second detective, who aald ha
waa from St Paul. ' Minnesota, and
whoaa nam waa McNaughton or Mo
Donough, went under an assumed name
to Leslie and Harlan counties. He haa
never returned, and Is auppoaed to have
been murdered by men who discovered
his mission In that country. ' I
McDonough slated In a letter that he
waa leaving for Belt eounty and would
write again a a soon aa he arrived there.
That waa early In the spring of 100.
His salary has never. been called .for,
and though relatives searched tor S
clue to hla disappearance, nothing. waa
ver discovered. , . . . -
Cuba Owns. Jsli oif Tines. '
Uneraal Sperail Servtre.) .-
Washington, April . Tha Isle of
Pines Is part of the territory of Cuba,
not part of the I'nlted States so fsf as
the collection- of dirtlus Is ooncemed, ac
cording to the opinion of the supreme
court handed down by Justice itillnf to-
VANISHED
dr. ,
. DISLIKES CLUB PHILOSOPHY
. ,. . . . -. . V..- -' .V-: '
'"Every woman' needs a good 'licking
very two or three months to keep bet
atrarghi;
Thla ' little . quotation Is not . from
Shakespeare, nor Milton. njr oven from
Josh Billings. . It Is from Dennis O'Con
nell, a carpenter who saws and planes
his philosophy into shape, at ii East
Thirty-ninth street,. Portland. r
Mr. O'Connell Is wont - to practice
what he preaches, as hla- wife. - Julia
O'Connell, who baa shared ' hla . name
ever since July,' 1IM, 1" ' willing .to tes
tify. - - " .I. ,
But Mrs. O'Connell does not agree
with her husband's philosophy. ..Though
aha avers that shaJisa been beaten more
or less reguiariyand. -moreover, ' that
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The Record
, .The record of advertising for the three paper of Port
land for the week ending April 7 shows that The Journal
is in the lead.'carrylng over 10,000 inches. The figures follow :
' : ' ; .Journal, Oregonian, Telegrsm.:
; - ."; ' "'' :- '7 -l , 7 Issues." 1 Issues. 6 Issues. '
Local, Inches.. 'i,'. ..,'',." '., 8,219 4,219 . 8,078
Foreign, Inches;".......;.:, 140 1.608 940
'Classified-Real Estate! In. 8,153 ' 3,085 ' . .. 1 1,905 1
Readers, Inches V 88 - 131 ' 64
The "circulation of The Journal on Saturday was over
, 30,000 and it hovers near that mark most of the time. That
advertisers' appreciate the rapidly increasing circulation is ,
evidenced'hv the "volume of advertising carried. The col
umns of v-The Journal several davs each week are over
crowded to such an extent that advertising is left out. and
J - this condition'can be rnet in a measure by the advertisers
J '-furnishing copier earlier, and to bring this about a letter is
being sent to all advertisers asking Ihem to- cooperate in
relieving this congested condition on certain days. x
mtwseessewee t
. , r. ., .. ' i . ... -
aha is "straight, she la not willing to
admit that the two ahould be placed In
the relation of causeandeffect In
deed while anxToua to remain straight
Mrs. O'Connell Is none ths less anxious
to escape the beatings of her carpenter
spouse. ;
For this reason aha haa filed suit for
divorce, setting forth ths peculiar
preaching and practice of her huaband
as lawful grounds for a decree. ' She
also saya that her husband has at times
assailed her with opprobrious nsmes.
The couple were married In Olencoe,
Ore iron, and have two children. The
wife aaka for auit money and an un
divided half interest In real and per
sonal property from which a revenue -of
1100 Par monta is aeriveo.
eeeee
for the Week
10,700
9,038
787
MGItll
Notice of Appeal With
drawn ; and Realty
Broker Hears Judge
:Mete Out Punishment
Convicted of Forgery, Taft
Breaks Down When He Hears
Ominous Words Talks - of
Wife Who Must Support Her
self as Best She Can.
Seven, years. In the penitentiary was
tha sentence meted out to W. XL Taft by
Circuit Judge Crawford this morning.
Saturday- laat he was' convicted of en
tering a forged promissory note with
Intent to defraud Dr.-George D. Petera.
Tha maximum penalty for hla crime In
Oregon is JO . years' imprisonment, the
minimum Imprisonment for two yeara.
Taft'a 'attorney, W. R. MoOarry, a
highly elated oveclhe penalty imposed,
which, considering tha circumstances.
waa extremely light. The fact that Taft
waa ones previously convicted of a sim
ilar crime seems not to have weighed
agalnat him. . Another thing which
makes hla sentence seem light Is that
there were no leaa than g other cases
of tha aame character which might have
been pressed agalnat him. All of these
cases will be dropped, so stated District
Attorney Manning this morning. .
: Taft Breaks Down. .
TTpon the reading of Nthe verdict of
guilty last Saturday noon,. Attorney Mc
Oarry announced that ho would appeal.
But he changed hla mind and this morn
ing he waived further tlms an4 aaked
that sentence be pronounced. Taft was
brought Into court, and Judge Crawford
Imposed a sentence of, seven years' Im
prisonment. 5
Though hla attorney felt that Taft
waa fortunate In getting off so easily,
ths condemned man himself broke down
with grief when he reached hla celL
T'ntll the laat ha felt that ho would go
free. Now he hopea to soon secure his
liberty by parole. ' ;
The former real estate man has s
faithful wife and child 4 years of are.
They are now -residing at tha Newcastle
apartment house, but era without means
of support. . . ,
"My wife will have to go to work."
said Taft through the bars Of his cell
I don t know what ahe can do but of
fice work. And the baby O, ths baby!"
And the father lay his head agalnat the
bars whlls tears filled his even. -
Perhaps, after all, the punishment is
Flrvman Killed In Ftr.
' IJoarasl Special Retries.
New Tork. April (..This morning's
flrs at the old Metropolitan Railway
company's barns resulted In loss of
nearly 11.000.000. the, doath of-Psntala
John Bvan and tha Injury of 14 other
nremen. -
No Franks for Officials.
Jormslv SpecUl aerriee.1
Washington. .April t. The. Interstate
commerce commlaalon today held that
expresa companies cannot give, franks
to railroad ornciais.
VATSOH'S WIVES
DIED OF POISON
Three Wives Died In Three Years
of Poison From Wall Paper
Each Cleaned House Just Be
fore Fatal Illness.' .
(Jearml Kpeflal Mm-,
Evanavlle. Ind Anril s r.v.i.i
discovered today that poison, contained
in me paper iaai cove the walla ef
a room la the home of Jun -n-. ,
In Posey county. au4 ti.- -
few daya ago of Mra. Waton, who It
waa believed at first died of meningitis.
Watson has lost three i. ih.
last three yeara. All howe4 the same
symptoms in their last nine., and It
is Deiievea eacn waa poisonr.i by the
paper. . , I
Watson are that ewrh of y
had cleaned the wall T"fr a -t
before she be-on me i.i
1 t,.
paper has brn. ever,
and Is found lo oni'i..
son. . hen t ' - -1
I I v
t r
mice-like tn' -
was to rr--pnx
1 I
Ihxt I' -
ROOSEVELT
REFUSES TO
4
President Tells Jacob
Riis That He Will
Not Accept Nomina
tion as Executive
Bourne Takes a Slap at Loeb
Says No Gentleman Would
Divulge Dinner Party Conver
sation as Secretary Is Ac
cused of Having Done.
' (Joe rail Special ger1ee.V , ' '
Washington, D. C April S "Presi
dent Roosevelt told me thla morning
that ha wlU not accept another term. I
know tha man, and that is enough for
me. Ha will keep his word." Jacob .
Rile so disposed of ths third term
story after avvlelt ta" tha White House
today. :'. . - .
Despite the repeated reports from all
over the .'country that the Harriman
Rooaevelt controversy, and the disclo
sure of the "rich man's conspiracy"
meant only one thing, a third term for
Roosevelt, tha president himself la not
Impressed with this view. , , ,
- Boone at Whits Moss.
Bourne called at tha White House
again today and talked to the president.
When Bourne left he refused to com
ment on hla celebrated dinner at the
Sboreham hotel further than to say ha
was not In the habit of revealing what
transpired at dinner parties, whether he
attenda as boat or guest. ,
A story today gained currency that
the revelation of tha "rich man's )&.
600,000 conspiracy did not occur at
tbe Bourne dinner,' but tha story la
not credited. I It la believed that if it
were true Bourns would laaue an em.
phatio denial that It was told at hla
dinner. '':'"",'- .
Another report Is that Bourne him
self waa tha one who Informed Roose
velt o( Senator Penrose's disclosures,
but It is commonly believed that Loeb
waa the man who carried the news to
tha White House. Bourne added gin
ger to the si t us t Ion today by saying:
"I think no gentleman would repeat
s conversation at a dinner party."
' Inasmuch aa Loeb Is thought to have
carried to tha president what It la al
leged Senator , Penroae aald at the
Bourne dinner, thla remark may apply
directly to the private secretary of the
president.
(Continued on Page Tea)
SEVEN ATTEMPTS
TO WRECK TRAI,'!
Miscreants Again Attempt to
v Cause Disaster on Pennsylva
nia Engine Stopped Just in
Time to Prevent Loss of Ufa.
Ooertal rwpatrb ta The fnarsaLI
- Alliance-, Ohio, April I. After wreck,
lng four of tbe fastest tralna on the
Penaoylyanla railroad lines east within
a month, the miscreants, who seem to
be determined to cause great loss of II f,
have shifted their operatlona to the
lines west, and made the seventh at
tempt wlthfn a month to wreck a Penn
sylvania train here thla morning within
SOS yards of tti l depot. ' The engineer
of a fast freight saw tha signal sud
denly chsnged from clear to dsn are r.
He applied the emergency brakes an!
stopped the train Just in time to pre
vent a collision with some loailod rr.
Ths crew saw the nun who evIJe.-n.
threw the switch running T
-Aa attempt to -wreck the 't"t -
express was made at Parker, Pnn -vania.
yesmrtlay.
Last nie-ht the Cleveland frer. a re
train an the Cleveland and Pftth'ir
Vision, was wrei-ked In a narrow cit
mile west of Hudson, Ohio, fortui
no pereon was Injured, f
Conditions-of tlm tri k lmn '
sfler the wreck ilmvul b-': i mi .
that a d-llleraia ""-l't I ! 1 ' - '
tn vtret-k th train l.y I ' '
the ril. vf i '
-rf ru'"''l I f : ' - 'i
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