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PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1907.
NO. 5952
T
HAW
WIN
RUN
HIS 01 CASE
Peabody Will Hereafter Be
Chief Counsel-Thaw Will
Not Talk Till Thursday.
EVELYN'S MOTHER TAKES
PUBLIC INTO CONFIDENCE.
Gives Her Version of the Relations of
Herself and Daughter With White,
Who Posed aa a Fatherly Protector
of Virtue Had Evelyn Told Her of
Willie's Debauchery of Evelyn She
Would Have Herself Killed Hun
Mrs. Holman Inspired by Resent
ment Toward Pel mas.
New York. April it. Thaw Is tak
Ing absolute charge of his own case.
Peabody, after a visit with the prison
er this morning said, "Thaw authorizes
me to say neither that he nor any one
connected with the case will yet
make a statement. He will Issue one
Thursday."
Evelyn's Mother Talks.
Mrs. Holman says, "The statement is
made reluctantly, but with the under
standing that no fact Is stated which
cannot be supported In any court of
law. I made no statement to Jerome,
nor to anyone else. Neither Jerome,
Hartrldge nor Gleason came to see
me." She detnlled the efforts to sup
port her family In New York and Phil
adelphia. The combined earnings of
Evelyn and herBClf were hardly suf
ficient until Evelyn, expressing great
love for the stage, almsot forced her
mother's consent to the engagement
with the "Florodora" company at $18
per week: later at $25.
She recounted meeting White
through Evelyn. "White promised to
do all sorts of things for us," she
said. "I asked him, 'Why do you take
such an Interest In my dnughtcr?' He
replied. 'Because she Is good, pretty
and unsophisticated. You must take
Evelyn from the stage, where her
surroundings are vicious. Anything la
likely to happen there. Wntch her all
the time.'
"White warned me especially against
certain young men, but Thnw was not
mentioned. He cnlled one 'the dirtiest
little rat In New York.' but not mean
ing Thaw. White sent us flowers nnd
presents. I objected to the presents,
none of which were valuable. When
Evelyn returned to Pittsburg she
showed no signs of the experience
fhe related on the stand. Hnd she
told me. It would have been unneces
sary for Thaw to kill White, as I
would have, done it myself. All
White's dealings with us were open
and above board, especially where
money was concerned. Outwardly,
everything was free from suspicion."
Resentment Toward Detiims.
Pittsburg. April 16. The Leader
this afternoon prints a copyrighted
statement signed by Mrs. Evelyn
Florence Holman, Evelyn's mother,
saying It is the first she has said since
the murder of White, and declaring
she at all times obeyed the Injunction
in the telegram from her daughter at
the time of the murder to "Say noth
ing." She says she is forced, upon the
advice of counsel, to speak now and
ansewr the unjust, untrue aspersions
cast by Delmas. She tells a story of
bringing Evelyn up In virtuous frugal
ity, supporting herself and children
by sewing on account of poverty fol
lowing Nesblfs death. She says she
always placed Implicit faith In White,
whose actions were always those of a
disinterested, fatherly man.
Destructive Fire at Phoenix.
Phoenix, Ariz., April 18. Fire early
this morning gutted the Boston Btore,
the largest In the city. Loss, II 16.
000. The third floor was occupied
by roomers, many of whom had nar
ro wescapes.
AmuHcnn Cardinals In June.
Rome, April 16. It Is reported the
pope has assured Bishop O'Gorman
of South Dakota, that one and per
haps two American cardinals will be
created In June.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, April 16. Wheat opened
78 7-8, closed 78 1-8; corn opened
47 V4, closed 47; oats opened 44, clos
ed 43 -34.
Bank Robbed of 11000.
Hnzelton, Iowa, April 16. The State
bank here was blown, Tho robbers
escaped with $4000 cash.
Repairing Defective Guttering.
The defective gutters on Court and
M.iln streets are now being replaced
by the Warren Construction people
In accordance with the promise made
to the city council last fall. Tho
plnces where the gutter is defective
through having been frozen before
becoming set. having picked up and
Mnssu Co. ore now engaged In re
placing them. .
Rate Case Hearing at Portland.
Portland, April 16. N. D. Mil
ler, chief engineer of the Port
land & Seattle; Contractor Win
ston; Charles Hayden, tax com
missioner of the Oreat North
ern; Fred B. Grlnnell, a realty
dealer of Spokane, and former
Governor John H. McGraw, of
Washington, were' witnesses be
fore the Interstate commerce
commission In the Spokane rate
case hearing this morning. U
testified regarding the valuation
of rallroaa terminals, rights of
way and cost of construction and
transportation.
FIRE IX SAN FRANCISCO.
Woman Cook Partly Asphyxiated and
May Die.
San Francisco, April 16. A firs
that threatened to destroy the entire
blork of temporary frame buildings
started this morning In a waffle
kitchen on Golden Gate avenue near
the Vanness building, which were de
stroyed as were the places occupied
by the Vanness Grill, Little Louvre
restaurant, Wcntllly & Johnson's
clothing store. Loss, $50,000.
Mrs. Mary Peterson, a cook In the
louvre, was partly asphyxiated. Her
condition Is serious.
GREAT MUSEUM BURNED.
Second Fire Loss hi Two Weeks to
University.
Montreal, April 16. A second fire
in McGlll university, took place this
morning. The museum was destroy
ed. This Is worse than the fire of
two weeks ago. The buildings were
worth $360,000. On account of the
loss of the museum the monetary loss
cannot be computed.
FINVLLY MANAGED TO KILL HIM
Five Contact Necessary In Electro
cution. Auburn. N. Y.,1 April 16. Edward
Sexton, convicted three years ago of
murder of Thomas Mnhany, was
electrocuted this morning. Five dis
tinct contacts were necessary.
TROLLEY LINE
HOUND TRIP FROM WALLA
WALLA EVERY TWO HOURS
Fnres are 2S and 10 Cents Line Will
lie In f 'oininiulim to Milton In a
Short Time Excursion to Wall i
Viull.i to llrur la Follctte New
Line 11n IVvi'lopi'd n Boom in
Suburban Piocrt.
JVecwnlcr, April 16. The Walla
Walla Tractlcn compiny began Ill
official service this morning, and will
now run as far as Freewater, until
the road Is completed Into Milton,
when II will run that far, which will
be within the next few weeks.
The first car left for Walla Walla
at 7 o'clock this morning, only one
car being placed on the run at pres
ent. It will leave Walla Walla every
two hours during the day. The
12 mile trip will he made In 46 min
utes. The fare from Milton to Wal
la Walla Is 26 cents, round trip 40
cents, and the same price will be
charged from Freewater. A number
ol citizens of the two towns have
chartered a special car to take th?m
over the line to Wulla Walla- to hear
the lecture by I.u Follctte this eve
ning. In u short time a sub-station will
be placed at Freewater, find the same
will be Cone at Milton. The com
pany will also run side, tracks from
tlielr line to the cannery, as will ulso
the O. n. & X company.
Many of the business people and
residents of Walla Walla are buying
property In five and 10 -acre tracts
along the line of the road, preferlng
to make their homes a' short distance
from the city, which will In time,
tend to make the entire country be
tween Milton and Freewater and on
to Walla Wnlla, one vast tract of or
chards nnd beautiful homes.
FINAL ORGANIZATION.
Freewater Cannery Conipnny Carries
tlR,000 Capital.
A meeting Is being held this after
noon In Frcewnter for the flnnl or
ganization of tho Freewater Canning
& preserving company, which Is In
corporated In tho sum of $16,000.
The building Is about completed, and
the machinery will shortly bo Install
ed, which will give 'the company
plenty of time to prepare for this
year's crops. The prospects were
never better for an excellent crop in
this vicinity.
The plant will have a capacity of
26,000 thToe-pound cans per day, or
1000 cases of canned goods.
The stockholders consist of busi
ness men and fruitgrowers in and near
Freewater,
OPERATION
I, X REDNESS
vwvP
Permitted the B & 0, Ry. as a
Medium for Lifting a Street
Railway Debt.
HARRIMAN AND WALSH
IN COMPLICATED DEAL
Harrlinan Allows Himself to Be Used
As n Leverage by Which the Value
of Securities Held by Walsh's De
. funct and Wrecked Bank Can Be
Raised Stockholders arc Object
lug Packing Conipnny and Mem
bers of the Company Must Pay
Fines Under Anti-Rebate Law.
Chicago, April 16. The federal
court today permitted the Baltimore
& Ohio to assume a bonded Indebt
edncss of $16,000,000 nnd discharge
of the receivership of the Chicago
Terminal Transfer railroad.
It Is alleged Harrlman and asso
ciates control the B. & O. and that
this deal Is with themselves.
Transfer of the road, It Is said, will
be to Walsh, who has been trying to
get his lines Into Chicago and thus
Increase the value of the securities
of his defunct bank. Some stock
holders are preparing to attack the
transaction.
Packing Company Fines Sustained.
The federal court of appeals this
morning sustained the decision of
the lower court fining the Alton and
Its officials $C000 for giving rebate
to the Schwnrtzschild Sulzberger
company. The corporation was
fined $40,000 and the firm members
each $10,000.
Th court also sustained the ver
dict sentencing Louis Gourdain to
four and a half years In the pent-tent'.-iry.
Gourdain was convicted of
the fraudulent us of the malls and
when the appeal was granted fought
It. He did not want the sentence sus.
pen.led. .
English Honors for Botha.
London, April 10. The freedom of
the ri:y was today tendered the as
sembled colonial premiers. General
Botha is the hero of the hour. In
the raridc he rode in the first car
riage. Crowds cheered him, yelling
"You did the best for your country."
"We wb-h Kruger were here to sue.
WAR Ifj OVER, SAYS ZELAYA.
Roosevelt Extend) a Guaranty
of
Peace Hereafter,
Washington, April 16. Roosevelt
has addressed letters to Zelnya Flgue-
ra at Cabera. To Figuera he said
the United States and Mexico guar
antee no trouble between Salvadorean
troops nnd Guatemalans. Zelaya as
sures the president the war is over and
wants the pence conference held at
Washington.
Hissed Mrs. McLenn.
Washington, April 16. The daugh
ters of the American Revolution, to
day hissed Mrs. Donald McLean, pres
ident general, because she criticized
the treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Davis, for
failure to have her report ready.
CAUSE OF CAR SHORTAGE.
Seattle, Merchant Hold Freight on
Side Tracks.
Merchants, steamship men and
builders of the city are responsible
to a great extent for the Inability of
the railroad companies to furnish
cars for shipments from Seattle, ac
cording to the local freight agents of
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific, says the Seattle News.
They declare that cars are allowed
to stand on the tracks for days before
belnd unloaded and In the case of the
transportation companies cars are
held for weeks at a time. . The Great
Northern has had considerable trou
ble from this latter source but Freight
Agent Dlgby declared this morning
that the trouble caused by the fa'lure
of the merchants to unload their cars
is not so bad as it has been In the pnst
and that they seem to be doing what
they can to handle the goods as soon
as they arrive.
Particular complaint Is made
against the refusal of the steamship
companies to remove the cargoes re
ceived by rail for northern shipment.
Mr. Dlgby stated that considerable
of this freight Is received In Seattle
weeks and months before the Nome
season opens nnd that the transporta
tion companies have no place to store
It until It can be loaded. This holds
up the cars for an Indefinite length,
of time nnd after this delay Is over
the warehouses are crowded to the
doors. This makes It Impossible to
unload other cargoes and the result Is
that hundreds are tied uu on the lo
cal sidetracks.
Thomas Skolcs was killed at
Erownlee, Idaho, by a horse kicking
him In the stomach.
COMPANIES
FILE DENIALS
Waters-Pierce and United Dis
claim Unlawful Association
With Standard.
ALSO REBATING AND
OPERATING DUMMIES
Standard Owns 17 Per Cent of the
Slock of the United and Does Not
Have a Controlling Voice; Grounds
Disclosed Upon Which Defense
Will Rely In Coming Trial Three
Railroads Combine to Fight the
Missouri Maximum Freight Law
Passed Two Years Ago,
St. Louis. April 16. Answers were
filed this morning In the federal
court In the government's suit against
the Waters-Fierce Oil company and
the United OH company of Colorado.
The former denies combination in
restraint cf trade, and denies the
Standard owns over half the Waters
Pierce shares and also denies oper
ating bogus concerns as competitors,
or giving of rebates in the territory
of real competitors.
The United denies It combined with
the Florence Oil & Refining com
pany, the Standard or the Continent
al to regulate pricts, but admits the
Standard owns 17 per cent of its
stock.
Railroads Fight Missouri Law.
Kansas City, Apill 16 The hear
ing of the Injunction suit In which
the railroads are seeking to prevent
the attorney general and the state
of Missouri from enforcing the max
imum freight rate law was resumed
today. The law as passed two yean
ago and the suit has been dragging
along ever since. Three railroads are
making the fight and endeavoring to
show that the law Is unJU3t, In that
it wou!"l . compel the roads to accept
freighti ' especially live stock, at a
rate that would be ruinous to them.
The roads that are making the. fight
are tho Tltniington, Wabash and Mis
souri Pacific.
Will Be Argued May 13.
Concord, April 16. May 13 Is set
for argument on' the petitions for the
Mrs. tddy trustees to intervene.
BIG MONEY IN ONIONS.
Jrrigon People Find Gardening Print.
nble.
On the 25th of March Mr. Road
ruck made a small shlpmmcnt of
young onions to Spokane, nnd on
the ,HHh he got returns for them, at
the rate of $1.25 per twelve dozen
bunches, six In a bunch, net, the ex
press charges being 35 cents and the
gross price $1.60, says the Trrlgon
Irrigator.
In sending the check for the
amount the buyer, Davenport's res
taurant, wrote that they were most
too large for their use, and if they
had been sent two weeks earlier,
when they were about the size of n
lend pencil, they would have been
worth 25 cents per dozen bunches, or
$2.66 net. '
We call the attention of our people
to these facts, as onions can be ship
ped from here by February 1, and
there Is big money in them at 2 cents
per bunch cf six. They can be plant
ed In the fall, and will be a sure
source of revenue to the planters. ,
Wc look to sec many of uor land
owners go Into the business and put
out large areas this fall. There Is a
ready market for all we can raise.
The Hotel Portland would alone take
100 dozen bunches a day, and the
Spokane market as many more.
SECOND TRIAL OF MRS. YOUNG.
Case Will Be Called After the Me
Mnmis Trial.
Once more Mrs. Mabel Young War
ner Is to be placed on trial during the
present term of court, and her case
will be called at the conclusion of the
McManus trial. Judge James A. Fee
will again conduct the case for the
state while Messrs. Winter & Collier
will defend Mrs. Warner.
At the opening of the present term
of court Mrs. Warner was tried upon
the charge against her, that of forg
ing a $40,000 will, and the Jury was
unable to agree, nine standing out
for conviction, while three hold for
acquittal.
Fireman's Rndy Not Found.
The body of Fireman MePnrtrldire,
who was killed In the Cnyuse wreck
last Wednesday, has not yet been
found. Yesterday while searching
for the body a piece of a glove was
pulled out of the river from under
the engine and It Is thought that the
body Will be found In the liver sand
when the engine Is lifted up. A force
of men Is at work every day and every
effort will be made to find tho body.
Twenty-Two Injured.
Seattle, April 16. A tele-
phone message from Sedro
Wooley, Wn., says a car on the
Great Northern's Rockport
branch was derailed last night
at Baker siding. Twenty-two
were injured, mostly laborers.
No particulars.
XEARIXG CLOSE OF INQUIRY.
More Indictments Soon at San Fran.
Cisco.
San Francisco, April 16. Today
will mark the end of the telephone
bribery investigation. It is not ex
pected any Indictments will be re
turned today although it is known
several were found and are now being
drawn up.
Investigation of the slot machine
graft will probably be completed to
morrow. ,
WOMEN'S DAY AT CONFERENCE.
Distinguished Suffragists arc the
Guests of Honor.
New York, April 16. This Is wo
men's day at the peace conference.
Mrs. Anna Garllo Spencer is presl
dert Julia Ward Howe and May
Wright Sowell are the guests of hon
or. Women spoke on various phases
of the peace propaganda.
ANCIENT VOLCANO IS ACTIVE.
Natives are Fleeing From Vicinity of
Coliina.
Mexico City, Mex., April 16. Dis
patches say that Collma, the ancient
volcano In the state of Ccllma, has
been violently active for the past
three days. Natives are fleeing from
the valley, fearing a downpour cf
liva. .
BELMONT FOR PUBLICITY.
Denounces Secret Expenditures for
Campaigns.
New York, April 16. Perry Bel
mont Is the principal speaker at the
opening meeting of the organization
for the support of a national publicity
bill designed to prevent ' secret cam
palgn contributions.
HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR
MIGHT BECOME SENATOR.
In nil Interview In Siiokanc Governor
Chamberlain Says He Has Not Re
fused to Run for the United States
Senate SK'nks of the Corruption of
the Sk.illlle and Snys the Only Cure
Is Popular Election.
What might be termed the launch
ing of the Chamberlain senatorial
boom took place In Spokane on Mon
day evening when Governor Chamber
lain said In an interview that while
he is not a candidate for senator from
Oregon, yet he had not said that he
would not accept the nomination.
A dispatch from Spokane says of
Governor Chamberlain's visit there
and of his sentiment on various Ore
gon questions:
Governor Chamberlain of Oregon,
when asked last evening If he would
be a candidate for senator, said:
"I am not a candidate for senator,
but do not say that I will not accept
the nomination under any circum
stances, for I do not know what con
ditions may confront me. I want to
get out of public life and I at first
refused to accept the nomination for
governor, but here I am, and I have
four years yet to serve, my term ex
piring January 11, 1911. The sena
torial election cames up In two years."
Concerning the Initiative and refer
endum law in Oregon he said:
"It has been a success so far as I
know. At the last election the demo
crats all voted for the republican can
didate. At the election the legislative
candidates are supposed to sign a
statement that they wil support their
party candidate or will not. Mnny of
them refused to sign any statement,
but I don't know that It made any dif
ference in tfte election, save In the
case of one man. The Idea Is to have
the legislature elect the man who has
the largest number of votes. It is a
good law and will work out Its own
solution in time."
The governor ronstcd the United
States senate and said It was the most
corrupt part of our government and
the only way to start a flgl.t for purer
government was to elect senators by
popular vote.
Ho said the senators themselves In
variably stood In the way of amending
the constitution to elect senators by
direct vote, but he believed the direct
primary would help wonderfully to
remedy this, ns all legislature candi
dates could then be pledged. Then
the man who receives the highest
number of votes should be elected by
the legislature.
CHAMBERLAIN IS
WOTAGANOIOATE
LA FOLLETTE'S
MATCHLESS TALK
Held Every Member of a Big
Audience Spellbound for
for Over Three Hours.
IXDUSTRIAL-POLmCAL
QUESTIONS HIS TOPICS.
Traced Evolution of Modern Trust
Supremacy From Farm and Village
Shop to Aggregations Capitalised at
Billions- of Dollars and Possessing
Proportionate Influence in Politic
and Economics Sinister Relation
Shown Between Trusts and Present.
Day Statesmen,
With "Representative Govern
ment" as his themo Senator Robert
M. La Folletto lectured at the Chris
tian church last evening and for over
three hours he held a large audience
as though under a. magic spell. It
was 11:35 when he closed, but so
great was the charm of the brilliant
speaker that few people present
realized they had bejn listening since
8:25 o'clock.
The address of Senator La Follette
last night was a calm, logical, for
cible arraignment of corporate In
fluence upon the legislative branch
of our government. ' In opening his
address he spoke lr. i general way of
the perils that now beset the gov
ernment, outlining to some extent the
points to be covered In his addressv
He then proceeded in a brief way to
trace the economic development of
the United States and to analyze the
situation at different periods In tha
country's history. He read from De
Tocquevtlle to show' that In the
Judgment of the gifted French econ
c.fist such a thing as legislative cor
ruption bad. not been thought of In
the United States 77 years ago. He
then said that In Bryce's American
Commonwealth, written 19 years ago,
an entire chapter was devoted to the
corrupt - corporate Influence upon
legislation through means of hired
lobbyists. '
The Rise of Corporations.
Tthe transformation of the old-
time Individual businessman or part
nership into the corporation was
then traced and then it was shown
how corporations had ceased to con
fine themselves to their own spheres.
but Instead have become so Inter
twined that they now form almost a
compact mass with a few financiers
as the guiding minds. As a result of
this Inst change competition has been
destroyed and in an economic sense
the country has been placed at the
mercy of the financial barons. As a
result they have demanded not
merely operating expenses and a fair,
reasonable profit on investments, but
Instead have forced the peorle to
pay prices sufficient to allow of
dividends on watered stock and fic
titious valuations. He boldly de
clared that while the combined rail
way systems of the country are es
timated as worth thirteen billions the
actual value, shown by competent au
thority, Is hut six billions. To force
the country to pay prices sufficient
to nilnw of dividends on Inflated cap
1'alrrntions was declared to be noth
ing less than cold robbery.
Between the organizations of cap
ital on one hand and the interests of
the public the senator pointed to
the lawmaking bodies and showed
how the former has been striving t
dominate legislation In order to pre
vent any laws Inimical to their In
terests from being enncted. This
struggle fr the control of congress
and the state legislatures Senator La
Follette declared to be something
greater than any problem that has
ever confronted this or any other civ
ilized nation. Should the struggle go
to the vested Interests and the pub
lic finally become so numbed as to
give uji In despair, the days would
he dark for the future of the coun
try. The Roll Calls.
Towards the close of his address
Senator La Follette told of the strug
gle for r3llroal legislation at the last
session of congress and traced ef
forts of tho Interstate commerce com
mission to have laws adopted during
the preceding nine years. He told of
the nine amendments he had propos
ed to the law before the sennte and
of how each had been laid on the
table rv vote of republican senators.
He then read the senate roll calls to
show bow the various senators had1
stood In the matter. Before rending
the first vote he said:
"This Is rot a pleasant thing for
mo to do and my colleagues do not
think me for it. I could much easier
leave It out and be a good fellow with
them, but the people of this country
are entitled to know how their sena
tor vote. The vote of a senator Is
something of which each senator
(Continued on page B.)