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Famous English writer who is special commissioner at li s Boise trials for The Journal and the Denver Post sees confessed assassin alone for an hour.' Other correspondents saw him in tt. o groups:' Compare .The Journal's reports with that of other papcts. -ill J l LLLLV iil-Wb WAUiU.Y. Ccor3 H. Shcsf Tclh How . cclalist VVritcri VVere Defied an Iatcrviaw - f .tii The Weather I 1 j "and Saturday; s ' VQL- .VI NO. .'I Srrft ' WENT " : t . i ' . A Little Ad la THE' JOURIIAL 7( S '''.i v ... j One Cent a Word. n . , Qk ftS The Weather Showers tonight ' V ' ! "Si 'v'VjLj bQi&JW V ; J 'and Saturday; southerly winds', "f , .'f , f - , ) ',,'r . , 1 , "fffr vy, ' " ; ' ','tir W--' , ' - 'J ,'TT VV- , . PORTLAND, A; OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17, TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. siawus. mi ci OF SLUMS TOSWltZ SchmitzMayprinName .Ony, All Authority Is Turned' Over to Committer - t - (Joaraal 8pHal SrTtee.t Ban ' Franciaco, May 17 From thia tip, forward Eugene Bchmlta wilt b mayor of San- JTanolaoo 4a. nam, only. Ha hag relinquished the reins of-government to a committee-of seven, "repre senting five , commercial organisations of the city. Beginning- with today the city la 'tinder- eotroVt men. whom the mayor-ha selected to administer the clty'a afTatr upon' the' lfnea de manded by the public, . The .capitula tion of the mayor is complete." H has transferred In. .writing, .his. authority, tantamount to power of attorney, to F. B. Anderson, F, W. Dohrmann, Ben T. Morgan, F. W. Van Slcklen, I Louis Rosenfeld, C H, Bentley and Charles W. BUCK, f ';.,k, The flrat move "toward the ejectment of Chief of Police Dlnan. ' member, of Uie ponce and health commissions and the 'board of publlo works .was made yesterday, when the committee of seven called upon Francla J. Heney and Ru dolph Bpreckela and discussed plans for .the reorganisation ox the various fle- fpartmenta of the city government. . , The- need 'of a 'new chief of police was the moat prominent matter brought up at this meeting, and, while the de tails . of the . reform. plan were not .de cided upon, a general scheme was out lined and will be carried out After the visit td the graft prosecutors the committee called upon the mayor and succeeded In getting from him In writ' Ing authority to proceed upon a tour of purification. . . ; ; y V: Oovemort tiigreatloa. ;."' '.j Bchmlta la In a state 'of mental and .physical'., collapse, . owing to the long strain, " It Is, claimed that the above method was the suggestion of Governor GUlett. Schmlta's trial on the extor tion charge ie scheduled for Monday, but by that time he Is likely to be under indictment on many graver charges. Many contradictory stories are In circulation In regard to the testimony given byRuef to the grand jury yester day. The most reliable statement la to the effect that he gave detailed evlr dence in reference to the trolley graft, in which he made direct and specific chargea against President Calhoun of the United railwaya. Mayor ; Bchmlta 1 and Tlrey I Ford, attorney for the United. railroads.- ..., . " . Ruef corroborated the : : testimony given earlier In the day by Assistant United States Treasurer Julius Jacobs that the sum of $400,000 had arrived at the mint In Ban Francisco after the fir and was placed to the oredlt of Patrick sAQ!noun' Of this sum 1200,000 In gold 'niSttaai withdrawn -from the mint by j GeorgeBtafr, treasurer ? of ..th United v railroads, and had been used in recon ' struction work Immediately after the fire. The remaining $200,000 went to . Ruef, Bchmlta and the board of super visors i as bribes for the-overhead -trol-' ley franchise. , sv, v i 1 Ah Xnef Talk. ' ' "Who' propoaed thia matter of fran - chtser; asked Heney. "Patrick Calhoun and I talked It over i several tlmea," answered Ruef. Mm GOT IDEUJ Executive Branded by Ruet as 'Most Sordid ot ' Grafters-Rumor of Suicide Denied :FLORETTA? WHALEY, if i eloping: heiress - (Jovnul Speclsl Service.) San Francisco, - May 17. Mayor Bchmlta , wants to confess. The dis graced mayor la moving ; heaven and earth. to secure immunity in return for eomplet' statement of the part he took tn the stupendous graft fame, but Heney Is Immovable. . - t , - Not only will the mayor not be grant ed immunity or i be given the : promise or a light sentence, but will be nun Ished to itho limit ? The mayor even promised "to step .down., and out but Langdon and Heney. turned a deaf ear to au Bchmltrs propositions and are de termined to prosecute him to the end. (Continued on Page "Four.) (Joaratl SpMlar Service.) San Francisco, May - 17. When 8an Francisco awoke thla morning It turned toward th,e residence of Mayor Bchmlta louowing tn direction pointed by the accusing finger .of. Abe Ruef. Around the clty'a chief executive, branded by fill mentor -as a grafter of the moat sordid kind, now centers a atorm raised by the eonfesslen of ; the ex-boss , and when Ruef 'shall have TOmpleted hi story1' of ; the looting of, the city, Bchmlta and the , Interest that centers In him will .inevitably i be-. transferred to' Ban Quenttn or a suicide's grave.' : i -Early 'tn'tWe-dary-TunTora" of all aorta Were .circulated.. One of the flrat to go the round-was to the effect that the mayor bad committed suicide. 'Thia, of course, -wea untrue, "although many were only too ready to accept . It aa true. " Another "which was, given ' equal credence was to 1 the "effect . that the mayor had drawn up a letter of resig nation and would today hand it to the committee of citlsena who made the de mand on Rudolph Bpreckela and Prose cutor . Heney - Thursday forImmediate restoration of clvlo health, Sehxolta' XCoua Guard. .r All night long a aquad of Burns men: stood guard around the Bchmlta mansion and had the mayor made a move that had the least semblance of an attempt to escape he would nave been arrested. Lights In. Bchmlta -room burned until far past midnight,, giving rise to the rumor, that ; he-waa conferring with hia attorneya aa to the form In which he should frame his letter of resignation. Ruef a astounding confirmation or the charge that Bchmlta received a large share of the dverhesd trolley bribe was sufficiently nauseating, . but : that the mayor , accepted protection money from the brothela waa not believed by his bitterest enemies.. .The stamp of truth given thia charge by Ruef disgusted even those who had stood by the mayor through thick 'and tWn. , h : In the face of the positive statement made under oath by Ruef that high cfn dais of the United Railroads paid an immense sum for the overhead. 'trolley franchise. Calhoun. Mullally and Attor ney Flreyh Ford- continue -i to , make strenuous denials. " ' As much Interest ' centers in ' today's meeting of' the cltiaens' committee of seven m In thet session of the grand Jury. The members of the committee feel . confident that before the day is over Bchmlta will have relinquished hi '--.. : v' v t',- - . V"r;f!i"t': 4 A)m ORCHARD' :ELKM DS; HIM IW CRISIS LABOR UTERS HOT PERmiTTED TO SEE ORCHARD Governor Goaded I Into x Letting Correspondents . Talk With Confessed Assassin, Bars So- clalists. ". t " - - - ,i -'). i i. i , Ml)'.' " 1 v " 1 ' ' 4 i ' ;v, "rv",' !,'- ' ii t' ' .: : r-S.'W.i r-t ' ' A? in 1 v.. Body of Clergyman,;Supposed'To:Be J.Knode 5?u)0Ke,:; vy no '.nan ;-f Away r,u iin;. neiress is.: ; , (Continued on Pag Four.) GOODING GUILTY OF CONTEMPT. OF COURT (Jonnil Special -'Service.) ;.';. Vi . Boise, Idaho, May 17. The sensa tional climax of the action of Governor Ooodlnt In personally - conducting . an - excursion 7""or""'rjewspaexmen 1 to see : Harry Orchard came today when "Judge Wood denounced the matter from the bencaamnd Intimated that It waa con- , tartipt of court . He asked counsel what jeshould .be done, and finally referred the 1r' : matterta h cmml. ttnrnv for . In vestigation. .;? y k-4. t-t.--.',r'i---.-.': T.-r.--' Attorneys Richardson ! and : Darrow, for the defense, denounced the 'matter ' In unqualified terms. They said It was a deliberate . attempt ; to Influence the ' Jury. ' They openly charged that the governor lntenda Jo max certain ; the 7 sceueed, men L should not ' hav a . fair trial In Idaho. - Attonteye Hawley and Borah agreed that the matter was bad and unwarranted . and.' said the ' aotion taken by th governor was - regretted - and not taken with their consent ; - -The county attorney was called In and ' a discussion arose as to whether the. matter'. waa , intended - to t Influence the prospective Jurors. The ; defense de manded that Gooding be punished for contempt Senator Borah defended the governor. It was finally rilled that the matter be taken up by the county at torney and the -governor and others w were - responsible be - punished. ; ' This closed the incident and ! the trial will proceed. , . N . "rThepTOculIdn"EraIr If "nas" located Jack: Slmpklns, chief of th. four men indicted for, the murder; of ', Frank Bteunenberg.v' The defense professes to know nothing of Slmpklns' whereabouts. ; The court took a recess -without seat No. S being filled. The publication of the .Orchard Interview has biased many veniremen and the work of aecuring a Jury may now take week. i 4 ; ? The county attorney, ha Instituted a searching examination of the propriety of Goodlng'a action and .expects to com plete . the Investigation and be ready o report to the court tomorrow or Mon day .--fr-. i, ,, fc. v He declines absolutely to forecast his Intended action,; but the -determined at titude of Judge Wood Indicates that some one is to "be" punished. While Richardson and Darrow.wer denounc ing, ths governor and. the- representa tives of th Associated Press, the New York Sun and Times, Judge Wood lis tened very attentively, hla face stern and act. . - , . ( (Journal Special Service.) New York,. May 1 17. Stricken With the full realization -of hia . outrage against society, deposed from, the min istry and tired, of life,' It is' believed, J. Knode Cooke, the Lx?ng Island clergy man! who eloped with 17-year-old Flor etta.Whaley, his ward and: an heiress, is supposed 'to have ended his earthly troubles ' by "suicide. A dead man, lh the dress of a clergyman, was found on the - Bowery thia- morning and partially Identified as the remains of the eloping minister. The ..identlflcation - was not entirely satisfactory, but efforts 'are now being -made to ascertain - whether or not it, waa Cooke who killed hlmeetf. ana 11 is neuevea ny tne autnorttie that such wllh be proven to be the case. Up and '. down hong Island " and .throughout 1-New . York City, the elope ment of-, Cooke with his pretty little' ward 'has been th subject of discussion 'for - weeks, i -..tl;vi w- '. "?-f ?: - ' The circumstances' disclosed since - the minister's departure ere peculiarly pa thetic from the 'girl's standpoint That she .'trusted her . pastor ' and avowed guardian ' to. the' ; fullest extent : is vouched -for on overy , side; . Not a alnglo one of , Flora's friend ; and i ac quaintances says she waa other than a good girl. On the other 'hnhdr nothing but the -strongest condemnation on all sides can be heard for the man who (Continued on Page. Two.) ;OpeningGuh: Tor Lane ! Great n6n-p artisan- mass , meeting at the Armory to- -night " " Speeches by Senator Gear j ;in; ayorrLaney Judge Pipes ! and others. ' . . -i . . '.., Do. not fail to, be present: (By George H. Bhoaf. Staff Correspond ent Appeal to Reason.) Boise. Idaho, May IT. Driven to fren- sy by the Importunities of Visiting' news paper men, Governor Gooding, last night finally consented to let representatives of - the press - associations Interview Harry Orchard, th star witness of th state in its proaecutlon of W. O. Hay wood., . ' -'-i ': ' ' r Th press : associatloA writers were permitted to talk to the famous self confessed murderer of former Governor Bteunenberg in the presence of a heavy guard.- No socialist or labor writers were permitted at th interview, which took place in th warden's room In the state penitentiary in which Orchard now confined. '. Thla. waa the first newspaper Inter view Harry- Orchard ha had with any one since his arrival ; at Caldwell over year - ago. During hia star- at ths penitentiary no friend or., relative haa been admitted to his presenoe, no law re or-. other- court representative- has been given 1 an opportunity, to roomer with him to see about securing his re lease, and no taper, book, at anything else has reached him that has been Bent him from the Outside. He has been de nied all communication -with the world. and the only persons who have seen him and talked with hint have been the warden ot the penitentiary. Governor Gooding. Detective McParland, Steve Ad am and Jila wife and th attorney for the' prosecution, W, K.-Borah and Jamea H. Hawley. . , : ti,,,: -i- -- - Oxvhard FrofsaMd Mlgloa. V The last authentic account concern ing ' Orchard reached the world laat August when 'Adams and -his wife were transferred from tn - penitentiary - to Wallace, Idaho. It was then learned that -Orchard had been quartered with th Adams family In the woman's ward and that he was given th freedom of the penitentiary yard. At that time he professed religion with great fervor and spent much time reading hi Bible and in prayer. ' ' - ' " .. ' In hia conversations with Adams and wife he said that Detective -.cParland, who broke up the Mollis Magulres in Pennsylvania SO yeara ago, conducted him to God and taught him the horror of aln. He further told Adam that he was going to get a big chunk of money SAW A GREAT LIGHT LIKE SAUL OF TARSUS AND THEN REFORMED Prisoner States That Christianity Is the Only Thing Worth Living; I for In This WoH Will Make ' Reparation for Evil He Has Done- Prison Gave Hirti Time to . Think for First Time In His Career No Indemnity or Par don Promised Not Threatened or Sweated Into Confessions (Continued en Pag Two.) (Br Hugh O'Neill, Special Correspondent of the Denver Post and Port -;:-. :,;'- -:--"-' '.'' ' : land Journal.) ,i. ';"'v'Um-? " - ' Boise, Ida., Mar 17.I met Harry Orchard In the office of the war den' of the state penitentiary yesterday, afternoon at 4 o'clock. I was sitting alone, talking with the warden, when he entered by a side door, and sat down in a -chair In front of me. I thought at first he was on of the deputies. . He waa wearing a new suit ' of grey checked tweed. His linen waa fresh, his face was clean shaven and pink with health; Ids black hair was brushed down, smooth and shining.- lie was square set and deep chested. . His dark mustache was' carefully trimmed, his tlp ttlted npse had a flush of pugnacity. He looked me squarely la the eyes, smiling and confident. - - ' ;--:vn- -. w "This is Mr. Orchard,,,. said the warden. , ; f ; ' ; ; ' , Mr, Orchard held out his band. It was strong and muscular. -. For a moment I was puiiled by the man's commonplace' entrance, by his ap pearance of ruddy health, by .his normal , manner, ' by bis ' quiet self-possession.' ; ' I think that the first few minutes I waa -more embarrassed than .,'Mr.'Orchard."? f, He has been for more, than a year hidden from tb world. A hundred stories ot his Illness, insanity, unhapplness and attempts at. anlclde have been common gossip. For a week th corre spondents at Boise have speculated, amazlnsly aa-to. where he actually was, whafcjhis confession really contained, whether he would "corns through" and affirm It on the witness stand. ' , , .V, ., - We had conjured- up the. Vision -of a shrinking and timid creature; afraid ot th light, fearing th eyea or men. we had ! thought of him aa aomethlng shambling and despicable, a -nervous coward, who .bad said something In the safe seclusion of a prison that he would never dare to say In th. light of day, W bad ' thought that th ' prosecution would produce him in court in sudden and dramatic way aa the court of cas sation had produced Dreyfus at Rennea. W had ' Imagined him as everything but what he- actually was aa he sat smiling before me, a healthy and vig orous snd strong-limbed man, with no trace of vice in his face and no cloud of fear In bis eyes. This la Mr. Orchard." said the war den again.- - ' - How do you do," I said atupiaiy. "I am aa well aa I look," said, Mr. Orchsrd,' "and how ar youT . I know about you. They don't seem to have HARRY THAW HIRES ELOQUENT ATTORNEY (Speclsl Dlapatch to The JoaraaL) 1 New York, May 17. Through a visit paid by Martin W. Littleton, former borough president of Brooklyn,' to, th district attorneys office to ascertain whan th aecond : trial - of Harry K. Thaw would probably begin, it became known that - thla lawyer, who la known as the "Silver-tongued Orator," baa been engaged to defend the alayer of Stan ford White.' - : Littleton, when questioned afterward, declined to state whether or not he had taken charge of Thaw's case. A friend of Littleton explained bis reticence by saying Thaw Is erratic and may retain a lawyer one day . and the next day throw him overboard, (No lawyer can safely Announce he Is counsel for Thaw until be actually appears In court" 1 Daniel. O'Reilly and Russell Peabody are still acting for Thaw. , O'Reilly, by Thaw's command, appeared in th court Of special sessions when th case of man charged with ' exhibiting Improper moving pictures waa called, to say that Thaw wished it known that the pic ture purporting to be a reproduction of the scenes In . the , Thaw tragedy were wholly inaccurate. This Incident lndi cates how Thaw la brooding over the caae.-A',-' ,: :t;;; . y .1.1. .Ai 1 mad socialism succeed In New Zea land." 1 ' -: s - "What are th facta about your con fessionr said I. . ' "You'U excuse me," said Mr. Orchards "but . X cannot yet dtscusa either th case or th confession with- wou.' Has Tim to Think Wow.- " JTo you feel confident of vouraei rr I asked him. "I am a better and a healthier ami a more confident man than 'I have ever been in my life," he replied. 1 nave nad tim to think hr thi laat year. I think I never bad time to think In mr life before. I waa in always- going. When I look back on lt I never eem aomehow to have hat ttm " to rest or think. And I have rested a great deal and thoaght . a great deal since I have been In this penitentiary." "And you will sav nothing about tha confession?" I said. H looked at me thouxhtfullv for a moment and answered slowly, nursing on knee between bis hands: (Continued on Pag Two.) THREE VIEWS OF HAFfRY. ORCHARD, CONFESSED ASSASSIN- ' s , 1 ,it , rf. ' 1 n, ' . ,v . ,,'' " 1 1 i I ' "N'. O l't' w nrr 1 UlirUDL LANE HUH TO n I G lit Democrats Headed by. Ex-Sen- ator Gearin and Judge Pipes Will t Open : Campaign for ; Mayor in Armory. Mayor Harry Lan will open hia cam paign -for reelection at the Armory, Tenth and Couch streets, tonight at S o'clock, with ex-Senator John M. .Gearin . and "M. LT Pipes as associate speakers. Special muslo has : been arranged for tha evening, and lt Is expected br th committee on arrangements that th opening rally will be notable one In the political history of the city. Especial efforts hv been ; made by those in charge of the meatlnr to pro vide for the comfort of those who at tend. Ushers will be on hand to sea to lt that all attending have seats wher they can see and hear. Senator Gearin and Judse Floes are well known In Portland aa public speak er. 'Senator Gearin has no superior a an orator on th Pacific coast, and is taking- a -deep- interes t -In tha present campaign. It Is expected that hl r. marks tonight will be remembered by his auditors, and that he will outline th position of Dr. Lane and the rea.. sons why he should b reelected In a way mat will carry conviction. juage Pipes la a Republican, and has stood behind' that party for many years in its work tn Portland and Oregon, lie ha becom convinced that Dr. Lane has given an administration which rMne him above the plana of partlsannhin. and :bla addresa . thia evening is ex pected to be both very intereatim ir, t highly instructive because of hi ,1. . Insight and study of conditions of t:.e ci ly, present ana past. ; vr. Juane will be the third i i r and It is expected ttfat he win t out what he haa accompllahel i . 1 administration and what he exi , . accomplish should h b rfi office." ..... , . The meeting will be a rv- : one, and tndicattor t t hwvy ttf'iiJnce, , ;