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t . . . - r- . a ri., - : ,y - 1 i ' cpCt v: in inn Mk VS. ' ' - $J 11 , , 1 " '" : THE DAILY JOURNAL IS 7170 CHITS fi COPY Sunday -Journal 5 celts; cr IS cents a week,, for Daily snJ Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, deUverfed. : .. "' The weather Fairf' tonight and Wednesday; continued warm. - JOURNAL Cir.CULATIO;; "-' f , r '. V'.'- .'XKSTEftDAY '.WAS ..' " PORTLAND; QREGOn7 tUES 17, " 1910. EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. HMDS IVS CEST VOL. IX. NO. 62. ' ' 1 'j i t - L l W V M si!' -V till l-' 1 "i U- 't LJ - ,Wr W . i ,, - . - KICKED OUT Representative Graham Forced , . to Request Chairman to Al . low Witness to Tell His Story Without Interruption. . 'n11 niinafpti to 1 Jonrnal.) v' Wnshlnptnn. MftT 17. "Mr. Ker- ty, did you ' think .Vou performed rour honorable jobllgations to your chief when' you gave that statement in th newsDaDers? v Senator Root In his most lmpres- Blve , tone put this Question to the Btenograpuer witucoo.. ' " Every one listened. - Then cam the answers , -; - ? ' "Rfirmtor T. 'thoueht I was tier forming my duty, to my chief, my v-rhlfif and my country. : Senator Root asked no more ques- . .; UOBb. T . ... ,, , V'slilngton. - May 17. FredftricK M. Trrhv. former stenographer in tna m - terlor department, who Saturday save : ,it.mni tniUnr nf the Drenara- tlon of the "liawler memoranda'' In, the Balllniter case, was today called a a Itne-ss before the .Invest liratlngf com mitted. Senator Knute NelBon, chair . , iio n4Ti ml tt . after olaclnff President Taft'a letter (if explanation of May; 16 on the record, asked that Kerby ' v ..ntil TYtar nrBBtrtpnt'll letter ex plained , the use' to which the La wler letter was put. i KinrnDv Rnni1la renresentinff Gia- . vis,' sHed that Kerba affidavit and . . Rnrretarv Carpenter's denial be also - ' fet v-eri...l.-T'- t-f.mo.tot Nelson ' ten AUornny r Vertreps asked Kerby If- he was a 'confidential erk." Kerby -in,.aBinhci1lv w handled confidential Information. I tonsldared that Try po sition as clerk In the government serv ice was not that of confidential clerk t) i iwriitirT thm -Interior, hut confidential clerk to the rovernment.' Kerby paid the Lawler memorandum ' waa the only document ha ever, gave ' out , ' igo Perawwlon Trom Oarrlald- t-r rlmlitn,1 that ha was friendly with former Secretary of the Interior n0rA hut denied ha.vlnr received any communication from Garfield re ' carding hla recently Issued statement. Tha witness said he told Garfield -. rjn y,m mot hiTTi In Pebrasrr that he would testify, it necessary, but did not want to do so, because no woum lose kls Job.- v , - "WhyT asked Kepresentatlve Xeny it h inmmtttp. ' "Well, I knew what - happened to rpnllprf Kerbv. i Tiin hm Bui A Oarfield had told him iand ha appreciated Kerby "dellcata tjiorttlon. ''; r:'-:,y1i ' V, Kerby declared that ha ;ave bla iitata lifment to Robert P.. Wilson, a, correspond- - fnt of tha united rress. . . . l LUmuLuniLn ui f ... ill . t a'.j . kV i , ... I i: : ' ill I'l -.i -tiit mm " ....... i . I - " . i&'M1 .-miK ".'. Ofg- .vr:5 s . i r,T ,.i' tu . zrx AAsttojr&zr . i - ystil BIBllii Ii. . ; ; . : -a"" , . - i f It Lpin ,ww lavpi 1 r- a nn I inill nA HA : riPl H Al 111" HP nnnll 1 a ! ra ... I ki m,.M - I W '. '..I in mi ii iti iuil iriiiiii nun uu Jiu iiuiiiu if iu vi wuwi nirni nn (!rnfMinu mm Timniinii i nr iiun rnuiinn i iiif ii i if ii ii i ill ii iiiif t i iff t i mi i i inn ii nil i . ill 1 ii i 1 1 i i 1 1 n i ii i 1 1 i .: i - - r I'll" I 1 1 If 1 11 V -I J M' HK LH . h i I J I - rililKI i . - iai i in i in i ' i iiiviiiii iiiiiiiiiiiii i mi iiiiiii i niiniiii i L .11 1.1: Ull Ull I I UU Mill lllllWUMIII I VI IUI1M hvni in a I niA AAiirTin Till : Rittpr anri SnMitacular Prohi- hition Fiahtto Be Decided. : . M:-'::;' K . '- I aaa Ml 1 hrsuime in History. HORTHWEST GIVE LOGGERS BACKING STATE ATTACKS STORY RELATED BY PEPOON OF HIS GIRL WIFE'S DEATH ALLEGED SLAYER Firm Stand Will Be Taken by Producers in . Oregon and Washington Against Buyers of Lumber in California. STABILITY TO BE GIVEN TO MARKET FOR LOGS Leaders in Industry Get To gether for the First Time Jn History. . papers are against palllngerr Attorney ; jVertreea asked. " v .v -."l .do not," Kerby answered.. .'?... ' Chairman Nelson frequently Inter roptad thA witness and finally, Repre i enttlva Graham asked Neloon ,to allow IfKarby to proceed, with nmt chance to Itall hla atory Steles Selfish Motive. Kerty testified that ha had attended m oonferenca with former Secretary .Garfield at Plnchofa homa. Thd con freranca, ha aald, waa o hla own seeK- i Kerby said that Garfield particularly 'Aii Mlrit htm , not to tet u a stV. 1 - Ha aald ha aaw Brandies later on the tilght of the conference. - Ha. said that ii Knew Baiimeer intenaea to aisonsxKa Dlractor Newell of, the reclamation Conttnued on Pae Fourteen.) Denver. l?kv 17. A bitter and. SDec tacular prohibition fight will be decided today; The voters of Denver are cast In their ballots for or seninat the sa loon.- It la the first local option election ever held In this city, when the dlscus- It waa not believed possible that a pe tition couia do aecurea tnrougn vonin dent number v of names to Insure the question belnsr nut on the ballot But tna youn peopie'a societies, - tne rea ermted churches and the anti-saloon peo ple set to work with a will and secured nearly 10,000 algnaturea to the petition. uuung w. cunpcign noma pruruonion speakers from outside the city were onlookers who believe that Denver will go ory at this election, there are many of the oplnton that, the present battle will pave the way for future success. . . -Among- the special Issues voted on at the election the water question stands next to the liquor question In public In terest and probably comes first In im portance.. .For. a number .of :yeara' the Few Things Not Nailed Down Expected to Do. Flip Flop; Electric Current Will Do Many Strange Stunts. , 'Xf. '- 1 . ! A.'-'' May 17. Halley'a comet rose today at' 3:43 a. m.: tomorrow nearly wlto the sun. Sun rlues at 4:44 a. m. Speed to- rtav shout l43 mllea ner minute. Comet approaching Its nearest, and coming be tween sun and earth, as. owing to its retrograde motion, it passes from west OF AMGTSCil Not a Sound Heard in Crowded ' Streets as Funeral Cortege , . Passes Along; Short Service . , at Westminster Hall. - (Continued on Page Two.) ' ' - (t'nltrd Prone Lw4 Wlre.1 . London, - May 17 The removal to day of the body of . King Edward from Buckingham palace, where It has lain in state." to Westminster , ball, where It nay be viewed by the gentry of Eng land, - resembled a glittering dress ra- Tha fight that for years has .been wared between the ; Calif ornla lumber bifyera and the Oregon and Washington lumber manufacturersfor power to establish the, market value of lumber is said to be" about to reach a cuma, with the loggers of the northwest atep- In n Voxlr 11 n th ITI UTI U f I1C tUrer S. Heretofora the logger naa ngurea win In the contest excepting as marsei con ditions have reflected upon that In dustry. At no time have they . taxen steps to back up the manufacturer, mnrallv Mhrw M. . rtxvinv th - Tmt several ' months ffrtrt ham hintn mad by the large buyers In California to break the t..w.M M..t'Wk U rtrinn and 1U III UCT ItllAQt. Mvn au v a-m . Washington; with the . manufacturer standing between, th buyer and the logger, exoopiiiig in.." .,' manufacturer himself, a In .many caes, markets his own product through a lin. of retail yard.. i -. , v ' ..To the manufacturer it matterea noi so mud) whether rough lumber aold on . nt nr it - Wo ;ion aa he hniiffh lht-s Mn the onen market and eould ahade log values accoramBiy, u with logg holding Itrm, -Dacsea o sfumoaKe values, the mlllman'haa been forced to taka aolld atand. , , ' ZiOfgara Take Tina Stand. Logxara on the ColomWa river, after carefully Inveatigatlng. tp altuation. have decided to stand pat on values d lleved to be- altogether uat and 8uch . , ni.A. ih inHuntrv on a . sound basis, with tha element of apeculatlve fluctuation--ellminatexuo imj? gree. And with loga holding firm, it it,., h ntaniifartnrera . will be IIVIU Ulft . forced to Stan's pat againat tha market smashing tacUca or tne ouyers irk. tomr.ri h.nv it is their prtvl lAirA tn establish values of logs, aa long as they keep i within; reason, and they believe it is th only way by which the industry will remain oa a.baste that will permit of dolnir business on aound lines In tha big markets of tha world. For several weeks past me wmu buyers, who supply strings or retau yards., arc satd to have' been buying sparingly from hand to mouth, In hope of breaking prices, out o Ar wnui success, These tactica have resulted, In some accumulation of Btocks, it Is ad mitted, but with good demand ' from Other sources and the mills well able to cope with the situation, it Is considered-only a. matter of time when the California buyerts, - also will have to admit that values should. , to a certain f if ' i ' it V fa l t V 1 I I f. . 1 IB v 1 i i II ? I I HESIIEIIW WHEN QUESTIONED Assumes Cloak' of Injured ln- "hocehce but Drops It and Loses Coptrol .Under Stiff Cross-Examination. Mrs. J. J. lleunessy, witness for the s state, and Charles Adam of North port, Wasih., witness for state. (Continued on Page TWO.) Continued on Page Fourteea) t (Continued on Page Two.) UOiil! PUIS B. I GIIARLES WMiM OF THE COMET,-If S.. . Gmmmm its 'MstorV-.- B1IIIE5S fl!ID III SIIE5 FOB S1300 SHE LEIIT BIO ' ' B. R. Charles, who cams Into notoriety ,' aevaral weeka ago by reaaon of hla al l legations that soma one had broken Into hi aafety deposit box at tha German- American. Bank and taken auut in goto, has been sued by Mlsa ' Jeans Eisner, formerly of Honolulu, for the recovery of 11300 which amount "aha lent him whila he was in the island city In her complaint, wmcn is xna lounaa tlon for a strange and somewhat weird tale, Miss ElKner charges tnat sha lent Charles $1000 In return Jor which she was given two notes for 3509 each. This was done In Honolulu, May. 26, 1908. , The first note waa for two years ) iu , v.viiv v , w.f w. - - I also; alleges that; she advanced an ad-iffH-8---41harle- rturlng " tho months of January and, February, 1907. None of this money has ever heen .re paid to her, Miss Eisner alleges, where fore She tiskd the circuit court to give hec. a JudKment' and costs. T According tn the, story hHi-lt of the suit Miss l-ilienor ' a reKltlnt' of llnlum in 33C6 and C'l.i-rks wus also in the aanie VJiitlen for the Journal MM PLEAS UStO .i TOKILLBOHDSFuR BROADWAY BRIDGE Frank Kiernan's Suif May Es tablish New Mark in Matter of 'Technicalities in Face of Demand for Span rrnk Vleinsn'S fleht against' the Rroadwav bridge promlsea to et a new mark in the voluminous pi eaa by which he hopes to upset tha will of 61 per cent of the voters of the city, as expressed at the polls in the election of 1909. The case makes a lawyer's delight in .t.....-'l-. . .,hr.4'i? Tinln?'th.t have Lll vtlictj, Ui. ir.i ii.t.w. w . cltv.. FTh. wax Inlsrnata tn Ariattt.l philosophy and mental science. Meet at Circle. by that cult and became- acquainted with miss ,is ner, wno xinauy jent mm jioou to go Into business. This sum has h'ever neon repaid. According to the story, as told by Miss Eisner, she first met Charlea'whcn he cama'to a meeting of people Inter ested in, occult, science held In Honolulu. At that-time Mrs. Eisner was living in noautuiu una una cunQiucrDie money. She waa In poor, heal tlh- r j r , . , A .,AM1 ' i.A4(HMM CbaKlpJ came to her said. foe? was! a-rt.i VTic 'Yn actors' A crl'ir, V.a lf Khe. let htm treat her, and after gewral. treatments he confided that he needed 3400 to go Into business. , Ml'aa .Eisner, after, ' discussing tha question 'with him, finally went to the. bank and drew lt)00 Jn goJd... which-h pave to Charles. At first Vharles did not give tConUnunt on"i"p,; Two.) The nas'iinr teimorrow. of Halley'a comet between the aun and tha earth Is an evept awaited , with unusual Interest not Alone bv astronomers "In a.11 parts of the World, but by the lay folk as wBii. r while the men behind tha tele scopes look forward to tha transit of the comet merely with the intense1 tnter-f est evoked by any rare and scientific ally Important' phenomenon tn . the sphara of astronomy,, tie interest of the "unscientific' masses la not altogether free , from more or less fear, of tha possible consewjuencea of the coining event. ";,"" -' -f ".''' '' 4 " J Kanj Thaoriea. : " The 'authoritative statement that on m.v i a ih ftnrth would itass' through the tail of the comet, together with the ,h.t ih IvAre-ent theories of the llU.V .iiini " - - . astronomers feoncemtng the nature or i . t 1 1 nitnriiBAn , i na idarhbs UlB VUH3C. v-w.. wvs ' and' led them to lend a certain amount r rrodenee to - the most aDsura ana . t. ninHu nf Ifl-nornnt end SU Bum iiim, 1 r- - - -- " , perstitlous sensationalists. It respoHsl ki.' n tha. AraAri with which some Per HtU f-V. spns anticipate tomorrow's phenomenon, i',v,i, -i-rhe Comet's Orbit. ''altayoTMntrTorgn-slt'TJfIcTI wilt be observed tomorrow, moves in. an eccentric and, elliptical orbit around the sun. At the tremendous apeed with which the .comet travels it requires ahVnit.1& -yeartT'to' complete its course. Tli'Ji is not the first time that JTally'S ror' -t has b(en visible to the Inlinhl tj.ia of the' earth, but wiiat nidiea its vtu thf vr of special interest to as tronomical science la the fact that to morrow the erratic wanderer of the sfclea wilj present Itself under condi tions which have never. been observed ofore. ' - v ' Between Bun ana sars. ti i-nmiii will nana between- the sun jind the earth and It will be possible to make observations that may give, a clue: to the composition or me comet. The i orbit of the comet apparently in tersects that of tha earth at two points. Th first noint. of i Intersection was passed by the comet some time ago, tna nnn mHn h raBphad in a few days. iTavina riaaKMl its Tierthellon the comet Is now approaching the earth's orbit at a speed ,qt a&out iugu mues a mmuic Tomorrow It will reach not nly tha nnint nf e-fefttpst nroxlmltv to tha earth. hut also a position which, brings it In direct line with the earth M tha, aun. ia thA rftmet's talL whataer may be Its composition is pointing away ffom me sun, ii ii un piuLiaiiv hi-m, vAia earth will pass through ranriea por tions of it. " - ' '. - ' Wo Danger. - a ftAnAAtitri nnrt nhvalntnt hnv ad. Taneeian!TaiV6t-ghr"tTleorl.eS''aStd tha effect which the passing through the comet's, tall may have upon ; the earth, but there la absolutely nd tea ant, in .vi.i-i t timr ibisn nnrlmtiit soma slight modification of the atmbspherlo-j conditions, as a result or wmcn. tnu sun, at the time of the comers tranalt, may appear .volled la a niial or haze of a reddish or yellowish tinge. , Twlca be fore this, in comparatively recent times. tha earth passed through tna tana oi. comets and tha only phenomenon which Indicated that fact waa a similar base, through which the sun appeared of a reddish tinge .Ednraxi XalXsy. , Halley'a comet was cscovred by . Ed mund Halley an, English astronomer rwn 1RRR anil died 1742). in 1705. Hal- ley was tha son of a soap manufac- i... in Tinlnfi and receive! his edU iwiw. " V . at Otrfnrdr Ha develoned a arreat lova for astronomy and vaevotea nim- i m , - vim ,'A.H. a.lon. Afta 1 Aa V. SOU l ll) lviii,...v - ing college-fea spent two years , on the Island of St Helena preparinr a cata logue of the stara. ' ' - In 1701 Halley became professor of geomatryln Oxford and, while holdlnn that Position he" discovered the comot named after ; him. ; H made , careTul compuUlonsL upon tha basis ofwhleh he maintained that his comet was, iden tical with tha comet observed by Apian in 1JJ4 and by Hepler and Ijongbmon t.,ia In IfiftT. Tr calculated In tlma Which the comets consumed In comptet- a a . , x ... ' a. l M BT ..i ' - L. . pretlTct ethar" m 6omrV6tlir-aIh be visible In 17S3, which proved to be correct. In recognition of hts valuable work In the field of astronomy Halley ws appointed astrononrer royal In i721, Whhm position he held to. his dea,.. His comet 1v3 been observed repeated ly Ktm-ft tl i, -but n'ever tinder- more XiHorahla cvuliUons. ' been raised, Wherj r i,demnrrer was sustained by the judges, of- the- circuit court sitting en Bans xo. tne oriRii. o page complaint,- Ralph RDunlway, at inrnv for K-fernan. came- back with an amended complaint of 42 pages. In the meantime Dunlway naa aiacoverea mm the ballot, numbers were not printed on the ballot the way tney were in inn qi- ' Oeorge IV. Fepoon, on trial for the murder of hls,beauttfu girl wife, la to day "making his supreme effort to es cape tn gallows. J Marklrj tha close of - m .1 . 4. a tlnn,. H.na,il IUI .'. Ia, ,", ailtivau. MlkU.U.f . Bell Is . cross-examining Fepoon this afternoon. " Penoon Mondav evenlnf related hla version of tha death of Edith Fepoon, daughter of Mrs. E. D. Wolcott of Fort- land, wto fought for five months before ahf was able to secure an Investigation into the alleged murder of her daughter at tha lonely mountain nomesxeao. Tha Journal this afternoon prints Panoon's story in detail. It has not be fore, bean published in Portland. 4 , i ,,- By Verne Hat;dln J'prter, Journal Staff -----v : Corjrspondent, ," , Colvllle, Wash.. . May 17. Under -cross-examination' by "Counsel -for the , state today, George I. Pepoon, who Is charged4lthwtha.rriurder'. of .hlS.,-Wlft', destroyed the fine fabric of the story he weaved -yesterday on direct examina tion., -i Nerved to a higli pitch, tlic. nnin accused ,, of i murder- tleprecated ' nn'iiy statements, he made tinder, direct yi ru ination,' and entangled himself in a n't cast: by the state td Impeach :iil, tesii- i mnnvl. ,H. ' follnwoil -tils first stoi'V for a time wllh 'deltbeiiftte exactness but rhn that AroaluftrDi nf miAHtiontt fi-ot ton -hot, the cloak of injured Innocence was dropped and he lost his seir-contrai tor a time. .-, .:, - . ' - '- , When court opened today on the clos ing session i of the trial, the courtroom was crowded with' a. curious . crowd, a majority of Whom were women. Pepoon showed restrained .nervousness when put nria prneuyB m Iniit inn hr fll-drpp A. Bell, assistant attorney general of coun sel ror tne state, , 'iaKing up tne suo Ject , of Ray .Wilcox, the prosecution learned that "Pepoon - was-'- first ' intro duced to .the paroled convict in North- port, fepoon said me jirsv time ne saw wilcox was when the convict went to him and aked if he might work for, him . (Pepoon). ' . - Pepoon Caught In Trap. ,' ., Pepoon said he ' tiid not learn until latar - that WUrnT tiail honn workti-irr for Maude" Kellur, who la Pepoon' a wife. Tnen iepoon. aanuttea tnat wne.n w u cox leftworthport, presumably for Che--halls. h (Pepoon) owed him only $10. although he loaned him $1.00. , He sniii he gave it no thousrlit and did not think It peculiar that -.Wilcox should desire to Jeave so suddeViIy at such a signifi cant time. "1 Bid not tnlnk It strange, at that time," he said, Vbut hae since." " When he said , he did not. know that Wilcox had a knowledge of chemistry. Lee produced a letter which Pepoon wrota to Crary, N. D.. commenting on Wllqox'a study of tha subject, Further, he .said. 'if Wilcox wai'dope fiend" ha did not know U. b letter pro duced showed he was attainted with the facts : :..,". ' When asked why he did not get medl- eal assistance for his wifa he said he OiU not have confidence In any of tli physicians tn northern Washington, lie said lift directed Wilcox to give his wife laudanum and that the convtct also gave her morphirre, which he had in hli possession.. The defendant forcibly de nied., having -mixed, win WUCOX, 1 strange. Drown colored- liquid and giving It to--hla wlfer shortly after-dinner on Sunday.;. He said. WUcox asked him for laudanum and not for that "stuff.", .as testified" to by "Massie" Downs. ',' Dens Downs1 Testimony. , Then gohiK down the, line of "Massle" Downs f testimony., lie (lurtlod it at all. damaging points. He shUI It was not Continued On Page fourteen.)' TAFT'S SON SIGHS , IIISEPEIII All Yale Seniors Sign With Him for Bank Juggler's- Pardon From Federal Prison. V . .YTnlta-ul .Prlial laiuA Wtr 1 New- Haven. Conn, HI)' 17 Efery member of tha senior cl5 at Tale, in At'...mM T,-,h-Ait A -Taft wtn. of Mia rtrl dfhCbalt-'StCT','t'Il-pert!Cfr'rrrr fliar par rinn nf Ranker Charles W. Morse, ac mniina-. fn sl retiort current here today The petition will 'bo, presented to tlie president following we-vaie ceinroence ment tiext montn. Krvhio M or,'- Ihe tinker' on ' n jVobrrr '1'ar't ?t-' c':l.-1-:v''' '' I - (Continued. on-Vagw Konrteen.) SECRETARY I1AGLE Will Investigate Irrigation Mat ters and Salmon Fisheries ' . on Pacific Iwa ' ' . ignited Trees U'" Wire.) , Washington, Way 17 - StImi V .' of the dopalltner-t of mm in. -"! ' 1nhr-tnm-i - Washington tl-vMit-r j- ' "f J " -t-rlp t S-VfillU -i-oi t, .it, i 1 Ho( wilt- in v.-tif " t 1"' .,:":i. r - in Varii!l?V' W ". 1; 1 ' ' - '' '
