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THE DAILY JOURNAL IS KJO CEUTS n COPY Sunday Journal 5 cents! or IS cents week, (or Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. e-weather-Shower. this afters 'J1 " noon, tonight, probably : Wednesday. ' -;;.' . ; ' JSJIl ' ' y , . ... JL. TVoL. IX. NO. 82 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' TUS DA Y , .EVENING, ' MAY . tilti In V, .A RAILROAD BILL AS MUTILATED PASSES The l I. final Vote 200 to 126; Merger , Clause Cut. Out, and Com merce Court Clause Left in, as Filial Touches -1 TAFT BEFORE PASSAGE .,, : SAYS BILL IS GOOD Insurgents , Turn His bogged f inuuioeiiieiu nuu an v. rw , Upon Their Work. : - ' ' (Catted Pre Leased Wire.) - "Washington,5 May 10. The house this afternoon adoDted the railroad regulation blll as reported by the .committee of the whole.- The final - vote was 200 to 126, 1 , v '. When the bill came tip Mann of Illinois offered "an amendment rees tablishing the clause permitting mer gers under certain 'conditions. The amendment .was defeated, 168 to 160. , .-, ' . ; - Representative Adamson moved to recommit the t bill with Instructions to, eliminate 'the commerce court , ' clause. The motion was defeated, J 76 to 150. , - ; : - The railroad bill as piwed by ('the bouse omits two '. Important clauses In the measure as originally drafted, and adds two others 'which the administrs- , tton franaers did not Incorporates. - - - The ate agreement' -claue and the ' clause permitting railroads under some circumntanes to merge were stricken out of thi bill. " L Clause' providing for'flje assessment f the physical property - of railroads " and providing that . no f, railroad may charge irrsre for a, ahort haul than for a long haul over the : same' line, have been added to the original measures. - , ' Only the acarred and battered wreck cf the measure as It went to- the house was left, when ' the house was finally vready to vote on it ' Whole sections had been stricken out and the whole measure ' was patched 'wlth'ramendments.-V .. " " President Taft, however, Js satisfied with the measure. .- -,; :: : s-v - "1 am . not so' familiar with i the con dition of the bill in the house as in the senate," he declared, "but I think , possibly ' the condition of ' the bill in the senate wilt show .that the bill has ' not been, emasculated 1n either house ' ndv that it contains alt the remedial features of the original bill and. that ' the things omitted ; are neither sub- ' suntlal nor' Vitat'V. ::x-y rx. i. - The sharpest- skirmishing likely" to ' come up In the final stages of the rail i road bill fight wlll.be made over the long and short haul. clause. : The clause 1 provides that railroads must not charge more for a shorter haul than for ; a longer, haul over the same -line. The ' administration , does ' not favor this amendment The. amendment, how ever,, was adopted In the committee of '' the whole in spite of the efforts of the regulars to have it killed, and It is ufl- . (Continued on Page Slz.1 EGYPTIAN REOQ. Terrorism,' Bearin g Arms and Absorption of Army Among . : -k; Means Advocated. -r ' V (UirfW Ttm WW i Cairo,! Egypt May 10. Theodore Hooaevelt's appee.1 fr law and order la Krypt had little effect on 'those. In clined to favor a revolution, and the nationaJlst movement still Urea. Mo hammed Kernel, a well known Kgyp tlan rerolutionlst writing In the Egyp tian Oasette. openly advocatea an up- Ylalng and eurts several plans for a sucreeaful rebellion. He says: . "The time for action hs pome. The xneacs of action, however violent will be nobler than this deadly silence and cowardloe. , "But terrorism by Itaelf does no good. It must be backed y force which cn profit from the aaerinc. The eaat- t way la to Induce eur young men to t rrv and use weapons. Tbla ran be effected ty creating public eetsbll.b menta. enibly aa eluha for aOiletlc f rtris. wMc can later be , ehanred yr.1,;i'r late p!ace for practicing the fcee ff f rearms, " ?-onl:r. some ft us sbtTMld enter t. rir.v with-a -vtw rf aowlrg the wli T or g officer and men, ao ttt tte rte wf'n and trln't it v .1 tr 'f iwr.H we m l have a rlsM rf-e-rf't to vtojerce, bavtng te ttr.d n riA who w)0 at rrUte -ir mt v be r1y ti pmflt by it c : r 10 E m CABIN WHERE UIITIiOGOOD Former Banker Accused of Embezzlement Under Mcrci less '.Fire ; of-Qucstions- f.lakes Admissions. For nearly two, hours this morning W. Cooper Morris,-testifying in; his own behalf, -answered or sidestepped a merci less firs of Questions directed by A. E. Clark, special prosecutor In the . case wherein Morris Is accused of erabei- sling $125,000 from, the Oregon Trust & Savings bank. , " N The Questions were hone the less scorching because asked , In gentle tones. and Morris plainly showed that he was uneasy a.t times, when" driven into close corners. .Part pf the time his-answers were almost inaudible and. the prosecu tor would repeat .them, : to make sure that thes Jury heard. i ' -Morris" claim on direct testimony that hs- directed fictittous entries on the books.: to "swell : the- cas;ywoount. be cauee loans and discounts Vers too high In proportion, was battered, first from one side and ithen from the. other. Ad mission that the cash account was made to show a false balance came, from the witness" with little : hesitation . It la only by admitting falsa entries, claiming they?.were ' flotitlous and represented no money; that the defense vhopes to es cape the charge of embezzling the funds. y,.: ' VawfiUna to Adilt. .V'-? Moiria was less willjng-to admit hav,i Ing sworn to the false entries' as true in statements issued' by the bank and published in the newspapers.' ; The state, however, succeeded in placing In evi dence a statement published In. Septem ber, 10. This, was after the $50,000 in "cash Itemed had, been carried, into cash, and appeared as cash; in the general ledger and the published state ment of the condition of the anfc 1 (Continued on-"Paga"Threa : - ' " : v r, l &? !&. GvZfv Showing, Mri "and MwIVpcKin suid thrw-childiw. anMiAMitAPiiTA ' r ' ! ' W ' 'H 1 cuts of Morton Orossman and . Mrs WaJcotf, who figure in the case. PflnnniP LnnPLM Til- I Nt VH ! ' The cabin to the Oossman home where Mrs. IVpoon waa probably mUKIf lo rllKbtll I U h -a -. v,-.-., :... . .. ....... 5ay TifAT nnn :. if- GREEK LETTER "DELIA" DEilVEBVOr, ffalte PrM LeseeS WliO Denver. May 10. The hand tat strangled to death Mrs. Katherlne Wil son In her palatial home here, carved on her forehead the Greek letter "Del ta, The polir are admittedly at a loss to understand the motive for the murder and for the atrange. sympof cut lat the victim's flesh. The body of Mra. Wilson, a Wealthy and comely woman, was found thrust Into a racking box In the basement of fr new home In the fashionable Capitol Hiil district. he had been strangled to death with a cloth that had been twisted about the. throat' The body wtn found by her huahand and by Mra Mabel Galland. a daughter by a former fcuvard. . When the body waa brought hito the 1'sht, the mystic sjtcdoI was noticed. The "Iv'.ta" bs 1 been cut In t. exact enter ef the f"rhl On ech s cf the ef tr tr!rb! the etOn T been cut In two strips brlrrlng tv;e ibol !? 1M relief. T" corr"-t cf the !.! a !-!-t' t. !ie t't r-. -i In tre f.Sr St ! V f t le l?ri,il. - i 5. r.n Tae i -...' are ifm.rj a TFIE PEPOON MURDER JS ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE, THE MURDERED : WOMAN AND i i i 1 READY T,0 Railroad Contractors Flock' Into - Bend to Secure .Sub-Con-' tracts oh 125 Mile Extension Or uregonjiunK. , ' v (Rpeclal Plapeteh to The JoqraaL) . Bend. Or.. . May 10. Railroad con-. tractors are flocking into Bend prepar atory, to beginning the first work on tho extension ;of the Oregon Trunk rrom Madras' to the KJsmsth Indian reserva- (ContlnueA on Pa Eleven.) AN'S FOREHEAD servant, who, according to neighbors, wik helping Mrs. Wilson clean house last Saturday, on the day she was last aeen allv. It Is certain that she was murdered fleturday, for she wort the earn clothea 'In which she was laat aeen and the sleeves were rolled up as they had been when shs waa. directing the Japanese. v. -The condition of the clothing and of the body eliminates the theory of. sn assault. 'Nothing -is missing from the house to Indicate robbery. The motive for the crime ts a'dep mystery. Japanese employment bureau a have no record of having sent any one to the Wilson some on Saturday but neighbors any tn7 saw a strange J pannes man enter the hoase. Mra. Wilson was pre'tarlng the bouse for the return cf ber husrnd, Wb ar- nved yesterday from Hot wprttirs. vh:l."n fcla wy home WtTson met Mrs. Galiend and iftgeiher ' they went tl the rli1n'"e. They find the b."i; i- k-1. -Veiling ertreri-e thv fojul nn tr- ft Mrs i',n ard bersi a ,,i-rit'- r-rr. wrl 1 erf!a f li'if f 1 ,n3 her r-ir-.p!"d bo-1y la the 1 1 - e tvx ia tie tnatt START on mm. I'fOlTOIWTH 1URDERED . a- - SKY WMOIS KIlSOFIItOOK Gleaming sLikevGreatj'Searph v light Thrown Across; Black ; Dome;. 'of,' Heaven's," ? Comet .Rushes Earthward.';., ' l fBperlsl Dtspstrh to The Journal.) ' Bend, Or... May 10. Residents, in and about J. Bend ' for the" pastf weeik,"" have been rising long-before, dawn1. to 't;atch the' first glrmpse of Halley's comet. 'The first early risers : a week a go saw'; but a 'small V portion of - the tall, "but' to wards' the lastVof the-, week., and early this week the vastnesa of thes tall' ex panse became apparent, and plainly via Ibis to the naked ey- : ; - Rinruk th hevv storms over a week ago tb.wjraoipoere- and' skies' of Vost- em Crook county - have been clear, as crystals, a circumstance which has glv entreat dent In this vicinity probably the ; best vlew ofv.the comet of : ny nlaoe ' In the stata The. llarhtnes. of the atmosphtire Is also conducive to remarkably dear. vlarw of the heavenly visitor. i t Ttlsas Owsr mot Bstta. ; .' From the main strat. of-Bend ths oomet rlaea directly over Pilot Butte, an extinct volcano, about 00 feet- lo height. s mil and a half east of town. A .week, ago when r tho resldenu here first began their' early morning obser vation Jhe tall of ths comet, flguraUvs ly spoaklng. appeared about two fet long. . Each succeeding morning the length has greatly increased, until now ths sweep of ths tail .axtends upward from ths central body at an angle of about IS degree for a tremendous dls. tanco. , Ts ths observer here the tail Is -aetly like , ths gleam cf a aearchRght thrown across ths heavens In the dead of night and for aa hour or more af ter sunrise ths white glara la stlU plainly-visible. The tall atends from the white mass at its spea eastward In the form of a V turned n Its sida - Dos ni of people hers are nightly watching the strange vlaitor as It rushes towards the earth. - CONFEREES ACCEPT ALL OnEGO.. ITEMS, V FEVERS AKPHARSORS ''. Vliri PWI mt TV. J Wl - Wimracstftv. Uf it U'n mJ brnm con?ere8 f-ra'.iy it'H today to ill the f free l'ms 1s t river, and nrVrt Mil. r,A,rt ,! eietl- tberw n. ' The Ktte r"tf"i foaf'-t e ;-aftf. a j rrt r "i fr tfce Hi"m f. l-vks. Sut y-e'.dei wfn the .'. ve ccnlaieea iisuui. mm THREE PRINCIPALS IN THE CASE FORMER STUDENT FOR . MINISTRY: TELLS MOW : : , YCUriG vtOI.lAI.LB - Absorbing twiturr of today's develcjrnnts IirPrpoon. caset. i:., George L. repoon, fx-stndent for ministry,' charged, with murder of beautiful young wife, talks for first; lime since arrest. - T V ) - rfcvJare he is gniltJessj that Bay M'Ucox, paroled '.convict,' ,I the " inarderert that he saw his wife die In fconrnlslons, but thought it was a fainting spell. '' ., 1 " - - - ' 1 ' " ' ' ',-, . 'Twelve Jurors are selected by noonand taking pftestlmony Is ex pected to begin this afternoon. ' - !-,.. , j ( - ' . Presiding Judge stop threatened-open battle ln8court when prose- cution accuses defense ofresorting to" dilatory tactics to prolong .trial. '. (By Verne Ilardln Porter, Journal Staff Correspondent.) ; : - Colviller Wash May lO.--George Ii. Pepoon,'accused of the murder "of his wife, made his firs and only, statement to the preus exclusively for The Oregon ?t)ally,i Jourpal; today, HejtalkedUor-an tour;, and - .half .with the .correspondent; fii::t.fX "i Vrat guiltless," he averredVI.am.'ccwifideni I.ca'n prove it. h Ray Wilcox, 'the convicts Doisdnedi my W if e.but, I -dl not know it until he escaped; .1 beueve he. loved, her. ,, , I Was a IOOl, I lOVeovner as. iti-never uioro iuveu a wwiunu, uai i 'did not- think others loved her; toa-'Now ktfow Wflcox loved her and - Morton CroBsantoo:; I welcome this, trlal.1 eveh welcome being ln.Jall; v thlnk.if I; had 'not? been ac'cused I j would not hare; beenable tc live out my life wltn the couhtryside-' iuspiclousi, of one and mentally: accusing ma 'of "tntfrder." I' feei no-tiir win Pugh.. - .They labored; accbrdlpg tc -, Talks oa'Xany Topics.' ; Refined ;and .educated ;for the Snirf- lstery, Pepoon talked on mnny topics. He told of-the-study of phyalcs Jn hlb cell,. and of reading the Bible and of his hopes' for the future. (But of the murder-, he -spoke more Treely .than 'or anything - else. , " . ,' ! .'- " V; ' "Tea, .1 saw her die., but I" did -not know she waa in the throes of death. , I watched her struggls but thought It was a fainting spell. . I Ternillted Ray'-Wil. cos to icare' for 'her because he was a druggist and, knew what to do. -,r tried tS collect her life Insurance because It waa Justly mine, but 1 did not tell J. J. Hsnneasy. It waa like finding 11609. Fl f lAt ; ACTIOfI TO IJAEIGE ' Final action upon the public dorks bonds ordinance) will h taken by the city council - tomorrow. It la - stated upon good authority that "the ordinance will be adopted, eight of the It members of the council, wis In the city kavlng premised to glv ths measure their sup port. - .'' -It la not considered probe bl that Mayor Slnsoa wtll veto . the ordinance when paaaed. although ha Is oppoaed te It, because of th public clamor for the rstiricstloB et tha election of ltOT, whes the Issuance of Ii.9 public dorks bonds was etnphaurally approvad by the roera ' t - Committees from the Chamber of Crn merce and tee Tat rearers' leartie w.J attend tomorrows meeting of the crurx lU as tler did two weeks as'v wben the crtfi n.rt'-e was afproved for pt by seven r-t the It coancllmea preeest. , i ror Ftmon ta a wotahle e-erttn ajnp-r the fhfef ei-utlve rf I sm If .c CMSt rltiea n hte attit-.-ie cf orr'"" tew.rvi tr a nf-'pal (enlrol cf ire wsiet f-t th rPti ecrrhati :'y be ll-" In. j la a re- er t tr'-.t.j i!."r G-ant' RD ? . i- ; ' t -i iisiiisiaBBBi n pii i ii r i : : ft . '-.'I W' H Ulll UII1M.C I I HI '.II I , ana muraerea ner to cover nis wrongs. towaras' euner airs, ttuiair or ir, to their 'convictions. t '1 ' marrlad Maude - Keller because I loved (her and for the sake of the chil dren. -'; I 'don't -hlnk a'man "could ilovs two women l ln'.;.a", llfs"tlm.,l''."i8hs(; has beenV good wife and has 'stood staunch ly by.. me; .why shouldn't. Uovs .her all the' more? '. . v. ... 9 . . ... , - . . -jBinyihlxw WUl'Snd Wsa. "Everything, will .'end- w'nwrilbs freed, for they have simply : a . piece meal case, against ma . Then I can face the world an unamlrched nan., . . . Taking of testimony will be begun in the'trlat Of George U Pepoon, acouaed of ' wife murder this afternoon.' before (Continued on Page Threa) ; BE - TAKEN fiy?BBADDPTED ..- Conrad of San Diego, has the following to say concerning the Importance of any coast city's acquiring public docks:, "la my message of May 3. l0f. I advocated the building of municipal Wharve and docks In order that the city might be prepared to handle Immense commerce which should naturally pass throush this harbor upon the comple tion of the Panama canaL "I am strongly of the opinion that if we are to have a successful commercial harbor, the control must be vested In the Inunlclpsllty. A study of the prln cfpat ports of the world d: (-) tr at those with' the mn prog-reset ve de velopment are puMlcly awned. Prxc tics'.Sy all the offlcisl and eiprt e-tls-ratkns on the subject are In favor cf pute msneerr.ent , of wharves sr. 1 ftnrk Eper'nr showa tht c"ntr I of oek - fai:itvs ty rsilrtv. a (nfl.iifT soppre.s enirpfCtl-T. tr ws'er rsrfiera . garepsasts Cp to T-.t. ' "The t :- 't 1 I ' . cf Fi-"i sr either put-.ji'r rr-1 cr s-e tr hr hrt"r trs r :r it , LEAD AS A CITY OF Census Figures Will Show" That in Proportion, to Population $ Rose; City-Has More Home. Owners Than Any Other.' ' BEACH SAYS SEATTLE'S FIGURES ARE UNRELIABLE Seventy Thousand Would Cc Added Here if Local Area Were Same Size. , "Portland , has a greater, population than any conservative Portland man ovsr believed, "Portland -will be shown by the cen sus to have , more home owners in pro portion;! to .-the ' population than any other city In the United States, not even excepting' Philadelphia, which hitherto has held the record. "Portland has more than 200,000 peo ple; more' than Seattle gives us credit for mo,ooo. , i i , - . "possessed of the same area as Se attle (lit square miles) Portland would add f 0,000 to . the population- shown by the census: if those communities which are immediately contiguous to the city, communities ,f which arc only "divided from the. city proper. by imaginary lines were included, Portland would add 30. 000 to the porjla.tton shown by the c1"-. - . . . . Census Supervisor S. C Bfoh mlRht have ..added, tsuntlngrly: v VTake that. Seattle!" yesterday when he made the statements 'Just quoted.. But he didn't. . .. i Estimate Unreliable. He said Instead: "The Seattle esti mate of 210,000 population for Portland ia totally unreliable and Incorrect. I doubt not but that -their estimate or 130.000 for their own city Is as com pletely unreliable and incorrect. i : "Portland has an area or ..-square miles; Seattle 143 square miles. Port land is- built like' a real city;; Seattle well, 'the difference- in area and the small difference In population shows what 'Seattle is built like. ;v '', ' "The population of- Portland Is great er than that of Seattle. A great number of thosa counted in , the Puget Sound city are transients; must be listed today or never, and all that: - but in Portland you can list the people . today and go, back and find them tomorrow. . They have' built their homes here, and , are going" to stay.'? - Had Portland louowea tne teatu policy' of annexing everything within telescopic view on a fair dar this city would Include Oregon City," Oswego. Mil-, waukle. Linnton Burlington, St Johns, , the Peninsula, 1 Vancouver. Kast Mount Tabor, S Lents. Brentwood.' etc., . adding 70,000 population. ' .V.. . "i 1 ; ' . , ; Would Add 33,000. ' If Portland included the communities whose people, . many of ' them, do not know they ar ; not Portland residents there would be added 8000 from' St. Johns, 4000 northeast and east. 7000 southeast, BOOO south. 3000 . southwest, 3000 . west snd northwest of the city, which, with 600Q Interspersed between more thickly settled communities, would. Contlnued on Pare Three.) COLD raw . S FEW Community in Alaska That Can Realize How Old Man Midas : " . -Felt About It. -. rCaltsa Press Isss.S WHO Juneau, Alaska, May 10. When ths schooner Anjta Phlllipa put Into the set tlement of Takataga, the first ship la eight montha, tha crew found 35 peoplij there dangerously near starvation, with only a few beans and a small supply cf tea, and yet with gold enough ti b'-.j a hundred years' provlslona, according ta Information received here. ".' The rhllllps had II t"ns of surr! -. for the store at Takatass, wtiirh w.i last the summer. Another boat Is r ; eipe-cted until tie-t fall. All the r latins earn their livrllh-xd kv r -or fishing. The f;h -:;r'v t ' ' and no tnore were a ji' t. t - l tlcal.'y all proxls'vrs ;i. the r'P'-Jistln In a t r""' " ' thing lik. r t a t the rr.r i TV 1 " tn e I " 1 , GUI