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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1907)
TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1907. LAST IRQ FOR HERMANN SPOKEN Worthington Completes Argu ment in Defense of Ex-Congressman. WHY MELD RUM CONFESSED Attorney Imputes Hope for Leniency if He Helped Prosecution News of Blue Mountain Reserve Is 3fo Held Back. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. April 24. A. S. Worthington, counsel for Dinger Hermann, concluded tiis argument today; tomorrow District Attorney Baker will sum up for the Gov ernment and It Is understood that Judge Stafford will charge the Jury Friday morning. It seems probable that Her mann will know bis fate before the end of the week. Mr. Worthington declared that he did rot wish to Inveigh against the motives of United States Attorney Baker, but he read from the record of Meldrum's cross examination, the statement to the effect that Meldrum was first told "it would be the best thing for him to tell all he knew about the whole Blue Mountain forest reserve transaction" and from that drew the inference which he said must have been In Meldrum's mind after his conversation with the representatives of the Government. "I will tell you, gentlemen of the Jury. Henry Meldrum was under the impres sion that he would not have to go to the penitentiary; that he would get a pardon If the testimony he might give would help to put Blnger Hermann to Jail," said Mr. Worthington. He made a particular protest against the methods followed In attempting to connect Mr. Hermann with the alleged conspiracies. Sarcastic reference was made to the testimony of George Soren eon, who admitted being convicted In Oregon for participation In land transac tions. Throughout the session this morning Mr. Worthington made only indirect ref erences to the actual charge that Her mann destroyed letter-press copybooks Fald to be records of the Government. He challenged what he terms the "great card played by the Government," namely, the telegrams and letters to F. P. Mays, and asserted that Information about the proposed withdrawal of land for the Blue Mountain reserve reached Mays In Port land by publication In the newspapers at least two days before Hermann's tele gram to the same effect went out. IN HANDS 0F RECEIVERS Nine Breweries Affected, Valued at $250,000. TOPEKA, Kas., April 24. The State Supreme Court today appointed Judge H. 8. Allen, G. H. Witcomb and Judge T. F. Carver, all of Topeka, aB receivers for the Kansas property of the following breweries: The Helm Brewing Company, Kansas City Brewing Company, Rochester Brew ing Company, Imperial Brewing Compa ny, Pabst Brewing Company, Val Blatz Brewing Company, Joseph Schlitz Brew ing company. The value of the property of the nine brewery companies and one wholesale whisky concern locat ed in Kansas, which is to be turned over to the receivers to be named by the Su preme Court is estimated at $250,000. This includes liquor, bar fixtures and ware houses. Attorney-General Jackson today de clined to say in what manner the -captured liquor would be disposed of. Wheth er It could be sold or would have to be destroyed was, he said, a question that he would not decide until the courts had named receivers. The other property will be sold, he says, and the proceeds turned over to the state to defray the cost of the present suits. The court fixed the Jotnt bonds of the three receivers at $15,000 for each, or a total of' $45,000. The receivers qualified today and will at once take possession of all the brewery property in the state. When Governor Hoch was Informed of the court's action, he said: "Those are good appointments and the whole thing Is a great victory for prohibition." . Breweries Will Make Fight. MILWAUKEE. April 24. Representa tives of Milwaukee breweries which are parties to the receivership at Topeka as sert that they will fight the proceedings to the court of last resort. They claim that the step taken is unconstitutional. INDICTS COURT OFFICIAL Grand Jury Ferreting Out Crimes In Windy City. CHICAGO, April i4 John Lenehan, chlet deputy clerk of the Municipal Court, was Indicted today by the grand Jury on charges of forgery and fi&lslfylng pub lic records. Lenehan was arrested im mediately after the return of the Indict ment and was released on a bond of $2500. There were two counts In the Indict ment, one charging the forgery of a Juror's name who escaped service and the other covering the falsifying of pub lic records by inserting additional figures to the actual number of days Jurors had served. somebody behind Douglas in an at tempt to defraud the company out of many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tht Identity of the third man in the alleged plot was not revealed, but the statement Is made that he Is more I prominent than either of the prisoners j ana tnat the prisoners are probably his dupea. It developed today that at least $63,000 of the stolen bonds have not been re covered. This Is in addition to the $140,- 000 which were found in brokers' offices and Dennett's apartments. vv. o. Douglas, the assistant loan clerk; who Is charged with having removed the bonds from the Trust Company of Amer ica, late today was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. He also was held in iio.ooo ball for the grand Jury. When Douglas was arraigned, his counsel de manded that he be placed In a tier of cells other than that in which Dennett Is confined. 'I want to keep him as far as pos sible away from Dennett," the lawyer told the magistrate. I appealed to war den Ryan, but he refused to grant my request that Douglas be removed to an other section of the prison. If it is im possible to grant my request, I want Douglas removed to the Tombs." Warden Ryan told the magistrate that Dennett and Douglas were as widely separated as the confines of the prison would allow. He did not believe that the men had been able to converse with each other. The magistrate decided that Douglas be confined in the Tombs. DENNETT TO STAND TRIAL Third Man Higher Up Suspected la Bond Theft. NEW TORK, April 14. Oliver M. Dennett, the banker and broker, was today held for trial on the charge of receiving stolen property. Dennett was arrested In connection- with the theft from the Trust Company of America bonds of the Kock Island Railroad val ued at $50,000 by W. O. Douglas, as sistant loan clerk, who Is also in cus tody. A representative of the District Attorney's office informed the court thot Dennett was accused of receiving $51,00 worth of the stolen bonds, but that $140,000 was a moderate estimate of the aggregate value of the bonds taken. Counsel for Dennett declared that the bonds Dennett was accused of re ceiving had been returned to the trust company and that there was really no legal charge against his client. Dennett, bi'lnpr unable to furnish bail, waa re manded to prison. Thu officials of the trust company, not content with tne arrest of these two mon, are continuing their detective work. They say they are convinced that tiers was a plot and that thora waa REMINDER' OF OLD TIES TONOPAH GASIBLINO JOINT IS HKUD UP FOR S1800. ' Fusillade on Streets as Escaping Bandits and Pursuers Exchange Shots. TONOPAH, Nev, April 24. Two masked men, one with a sawed-off shut gun and the other with a big six-shooter. Just be fore 1 o'clock this morning stood up the Cobweb saloon and made their escape with $1800 of Crumley Brothers' coin. Charlie Patterson, a roulette dealer, ran out of the front dooor after the men had vanished through the rear entrance and tried to head them ot with a revolver. Patterson fired two shots at the men. This had the effect of bringing a large crowd into the streets. A dozen shots were fired in all. some by the excited men who had gathered, and it is not known If the Are was returned by the fleeing robbers. The robbers entered the saloon by a rear door, . which had evldenly been opened by a confederate. W. Clark. Joseph Murphy and J. N. Camden have been arrested as suspects. HELD FOR DEATH OF CHILD Deckhand Charged With Murder of Horace X- Marvin. DOVER. Del., April 24. Frank H. But ler, a deckhand on the steamer John P. Wilson, was taken Into custody today charged with the murder of Horace N. Marvin, the 4-year-old son of Dr. Marvin, the boy who mysteriously disappeared March 4. The theory of the ' detectives responsible for the arrest Is that the boy was murdered or accidentally killed, and that Butler knows something about the case. Butler denies knowledge of the disap pearance of the child, and reiterates that the boy was sitting on top of a haystack upon the Marvin farm when he and two other men, who were moving the effects of the former owner of the land, left the place. A man named Caldwell, who was work ing with Butler the day the child disap peared, says Butler was ordered, to go to the barn and load up wheat screen ings In bags. This he did, and when Caldwell later entered the barn, he found that Butler had loaded three bags upon the wagon and a fourth was lying upon the floor of the barn. Caldwell says he lifted this bag into the wagon himself and found it heavy, although Butler had said It was filled with corks. This bag, Caldwell says, disappeared. ' Acting up on the theory that this bag contained the body of the child, the detectives decided to charge Butler with the murder. The opinion among the people of this city and vicinity is that Butler knows lit tle about the case. FREEZE INMIDDLE WEST Driving Wind and Snow in South Dakota and Nebraska, OMAHA, Neb., April 24. The mercury fell here this afternoon from 73 at z P. M. to 45 at 6 o'clock and at 9 o'clock waa still going down, but very slowly. The Government thermometer showed 40 degrees at that hour. A special from Norfolk, Neb., says a blizzard is reported having struck Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. A driving wind and fine snow arrived there from the northwest. The local weather bureau reports from Rapid City, S. D., a temperature of 30 degrees, ac companied by a snowstorm. i Traffic Delayed in Wisconsin. GREEN BAT, Wis.. April St. Six Inches of snow fell here 'today and the storm is still In progress tonight. Traffic of all kinds is badly delayed. TRAIN Y0UNG MINISTERS Methodists Accept Gift of JO00.000 for School in California. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. April 24. The gen eral board of education of the Method ist Episcopal Church, Bouth, in ses sion here today, appropriated $50,000 for the establishment of a training school at Palo Alto, California, to be conducted in conjunction with Leland Stanford, Jr., University. The appro priation Is conditional upon an addi tional $50,000 being raised in Cali fornia. It Is stated that a Californian. whose name Is withheld, has promised to give $200,000 in money and prop erty to the ' school. BURNS. EVIDENCE OF GUILT Safeblower Who Aids Dougherty Then Escapes From Hospital. PEORIA, 111..' April 24. Ed Tate, an alleged safeblower, who was held In this For Friday See our full announce ment for Friday bar gain day in this eve ning's papers. Window Shades Made to Order - Watch Repairing Picture Framing LipjfiaBiy mom S'.fifc, Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Pennants Pennants, Flags, Arm lets, etc., made to order, in any size, any color, any design. Not on Sale Until Friday Morning at 8 o'clock See the Window Display Today 15,000 Yards Highest Class 1907 Fancy Silks $1.$1.2 5, $1.50, $1.75,$ 9 $2.50 Val. 79c A Silk Event That Will, Eclipse Any Silk Sale Held in Portland in Many Years .fr y'm IB biggest silk purchase ever made on the Pacific Coast wSwfMlr r&PdW?J JL closing out the entire stock of sample pieces of the largest )Ltk l Vt!C ? closing out the entire stock of sample pieces of the largest and most reliable silk importing house in North America, with whom we place enormous silk orders every year and who reserved for us this extraordinary yearly clearance of silks which are ordinarily sold only to one of the great New York dry goods houses. Every individual pattern there are over 200 styles represents either a staple product that is the best of its kind orome new novelty in highest favor for Spring and Summer 1907. Every piece is new and bright as the morning, but the en tire lot was closed out to us at less than cost by the importer, who is already preparing his shelves for the next year's business. Considering the enormous demand and constant increase in price of all silks, which is taking place, these silks are offered at the most ridiculously low price we have ever known or heard about. In order that every Portland woman may examine these silks at her leisure before the sale begins, we are making a great two-day display in our entire Third-street window space. None' of these silks wUl be sold until Friday morning at 8 o clock. Fifteen thousand yards of highest class new 1907 Fancy Silks for Jumper Dresses, Shirt-Waist Suits, etc, in lengths from 5 to so yards, shown in hundreds of styles embracing every conceivable color, shade and pattern. The greatest assortment of high-class fancy silks ever shown by any one .Portland store. The styles include Plaid Checks, Striped Swivel Effects, Dres dens and Pompadours. Thefabrics are Messalines, Moire Antique, Chiffon Taffeta, Gros de Londres, Merveileux and Surah. Regular values from $1.00 to $2.50 a yard. The greatest bargain sale of many years at the low sale price of only f IMPORTANT None on sale until Friday morning at 8 o'clock. An extra counter, extra salesmen and extra wrappers to wait on you. Do not fail to be here at 8 o'clock sharp to get your choice of the most phenomenal Friday Bargains ever offered. - HAPPIER WITH ANOTHER Why Catron's Wife Left Him and Dwells In Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, April 24. (Special.) Because the salary of W. H. Catron as locomotive Inspector for the Southern Pa clfio Railroad was not sufficient to pro vide his wife, Mrs. Vie Catron, with the kind of clothes she wishes, she deserted him and went to Portland to run a board ing-house, and this morning Judge Waste, of Oakland, granted him a final decree of divorce. To a friend who saw ner hi Portland and later became a witness at the divorce trial, Mrs. Catron confided the fact that she did not llks the plaintiff and felt she might be happy with some one else. The couple was married In Oakland in 1900 and has no children. The plaintiff testified that he gave his wife all of his earnings, amounting to al most 100 a month, but that she never seemed to be satisfied. EVERYBODY GceS TO WAVERLEIGH FJtEE TALLY-HO RIDE Reserve Your Seats "Now by Telephone K Tally-ho Will Start Running Saturday Main 550 H. W. LEMCKE COMPANY Home Phone A2357 6th and Washington city on the charge of opening the School Board safe and destroying the N. C. Dougherty script, escaped tonight from the St- Francis Hospital. He had been In the hospital for several days suffering from blood poisoning. Dougherty, an ex superintendent of the Peoria public schools. Is in prison at Joliet for finan cial irregularities. The script supposed tt have been destroyed by Tate con tained, it Is said, further evidence ef Dougherty's, guilt j Mail Orders Promptly Attended to Satisfaction Guaranteed SILVERFIELD'S "The Fashion Center" Entire Corner Fourth and Morrison Streets $15.00 New Covert Jackets $9.98 The newest Spring mod els in tight-fitting back and box Goats, of all-wool tan covert cloth, self trimmed, with collar and collarless, lined through out with best quality sat in, finely tailored; values to $15.00. r o r F r i -day ....$9.98 SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY Specials on Highest Grade Merchandise Only. SEE WINDOW DISPLAYS READ EACH OF THESE BARGAIN ITEMS WITH PARTICULAR CARE Extraordinary Millinery Special Onr Entire Stock of Im ported Original Models it HALF PRICE. w y j Beautiful crea l I tiona of millin Z& J ery art. which we offer you your choice of at just half their worth. Friday, half pne 1 $7.50 Misses' Jackets $4.75 Mothers A Special in jaunty little Jackets for your girls, which should be taken advan tage of at this low redaction. They are jackets of merit, of box style, in mannish mix tures and checks; regular val ues to $750. Friday. .$4.75 Beautiful Silk ( Petticoats For $3.98 A splendid special offer ing of colored Silk Petti coats of fine quality taf feta; wide silk flounce and silk dust ruffle; reg ul ar values to $10.00 for $3.98 Best Values Ever Offered Muslin Underwear UNDERPRICED We call attention to an unusual sale of fine Quality Muslin Undergarments on our third floor for Fri day. We mention a few items: $1.00 fine Cambric Drawers. ............. ...49 85c fine Cambric Corset Covers...... 47 $3.00 fine Cambric Skirts $1.38 $2.50&Waists$1.33 Dainty Waists, of good quality lawn; many styles; trimmed with lace insertion and embroidered with new three-quarter sleeve; good values to $2.50. Fri day, special $1.33 NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE YOUR FURS REMODELED AT REDUCED PRICES. Stored- free of charge. ' We axe the biggest buyers of raw furs in the West. As manufacturing furriers, we pay the highest price for raw furs. Send for Price List. . ' WEDDING AND VISITING CARDS W.G.SMITH 6 CO. WASHINGTON BUILDING Fourth and Washington Street COFFEE Receipt for it: Buy Schilling's Best and grind it yourself. Your grocer returns yor money if yoa doal Uk it; w pay him. "Apply Dn Graves' Tooth Powder to discolored teeth. It bright ens and whitens them, hardens the gums, makes the breath sweet and the health good;" that's a dentist's advice. In handy metal cans or bottles. SSe. 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