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VOL. IX. NO. 62.
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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.
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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
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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 ' ' - '' '