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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1907)
14 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1907. L t QUIT POST Moy Bak Hin Announces His Intention to Resign in the Near Future. CUSTOM REQUIRES MOVE Emperor's Representative in Pacific Northwest so Explains, but En emies Say It Is to Fore stall Dismissal. Moy Bak Hin. Chinese consul for Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Mon tana, with headquarters at Portland, announced yesterday his Intention to re sign from that position. He declined to say when he would resign", but intimated that he Intends to step out on the arrival In Washington, D. C. . of Minister Wu Ting Fang, about two months hence. The consul speaks in high terms of Minister Wu Ting Fang, and says the latter is his friend, but on this point there Is difference of opinion In China town. While the consul asserts that he will resign merely out of a customary courtesy, adding that he Js going on a trip to China with his 'family, his enemies declare that he is contemplating this action because he Is not In good standing with the new Imperial minister, and knows that he cannot retain his office when the change of administration is made. Moy Bak Hin has been In office about 14 months, and has had consid erable trouble with his countrymen since his appointment. His enemies in Seattle and Portland once forwarded to the Washington legation petitions asking for the removal of the consul, but so far as can be learned, no at tention was paid to the matter by the Chinese minister. Moy therefore still holds his office, but in the meantime ho has experienced trying times. Sev eral months ago his life was threat ened by Infuriated Chinamen assembled in mass meeting on Second street, and when he learned of It, he appealed to the police for protection. The cause of their wrath was that they were in formed that Moy Bak Hin had foiled their attempt to purchase property In North Portland, on which they hoped to build up a new Chinatown. The Chinamen said the consul wished all his countrymen to move to South Port land, where he had holdings. Consul Moy Bak Hin, when Inter viewed yesterday, confirmed rumors of his resignation that have been afloat in Chinatown for several days. He said he would tender his resignation in the near future, probably when Minister Wu Ting Fang arrives in this country. The Consul says he has sent word to - Minister Wu Ting Fang to come via Portland, and thinks likely this invita tion will be accepted. In case it is. Consul Moy said, a big reception will be given. In Chinatown it Is said that Consul Moy Bak Hin has been advised by his closest friends to resign, on the plea that he wishes to take a trip to China, That he will secure a wife for his eld est son, W. B. Moy. now a student in the Hill Military Academy, is intimated, and In part Consul Moy confirmed this. He said his son would marry when out of school, but declined to state as to when that wMl be. In speaking of his own position, Consul Moy Bak Hin said: "I will resign when Minister Wu Ting Fang arrives, as all others do, According to custom. You know poli tics. Maybe minister will reappoint; maybo not. I don't know. Just the pame as Democrat President when elected appoints his friends to office; j ttext time, maybe. Republican get in. he , Appoint nis friends, and others lose their places. I will go to China some "time for vacation. Maybe when new Minister comes I will go." That Consul Moy Bak Hin is familiar iwith the game of politics is evidenced by his statement concerning his ene mies In Portland and elsewhere. "I am a friend to everyone," said lie, "but not everyone likes me. You "know If some one asks a favor and I Can't give It, they may say, 'He's no -good.' Somo like me and some don't." Concerning the relations that are yaid to exist between Consul Moy Bak - - : GHHESE mm w I T ( r"- - t -.-.....-., . , . , -a 4 ! t . , -" - - ; It v - - I . - - "V ! 5 , . l - a ' SlN ' i j - I I Hin and Minister Wu Ting Fang, mem bers of the local Chinese colony say the two men had several serious clashes when Minister Wu was at Washington before. The Consul, it is declared, had trouble over the charge that he had im ported women for immoral purposes. In dealing with the affair, the Chinese say. Minister Wu severely censured Moy Bak Hin. Because of these things. It is said, the Consul is fully aware that he stands no chance to hold his position under Minister Wu. OFFERS PLANT TO CITY Owner's Price $11,000 for Center Addition Water System. M. H. White, owner of a private water system In Center addition, sub mitted to the Water Board yesterday a proposal to sell his plant to the city. The system Is a small one, fur nishing well water to the residents of the district. The matter was re ferred to Superintendent Dodge and Engineer for a report as to its worth to the city. . It was argued by Mr. White that his plant Is worth 12.000. He wanted tcetain the pump and offered the re mainder of the property to the. city for 3 "sf-v..'3 -5" Moy Bak Hin, Chlnene Consul for I'aclflc Northwest. Who Will R. siKn. $11,000. The plant was worth $12,000 on a revenue-paying basis of 6 per cent, be said. "You are calculating that on the full income from the property?" suKcrested Commissioner Hart. "It surely costs something to operate the plant, and besides, your charges to consumers are much higher than those of the city. From your showing It by no means follows that your system la worth $12 000 to the city." The pipes laid In the Center addi tion are small, the largest being 2 1-2' Inches and most of them under that size. The distribution , means are therefore worth but 111116! to the citv as they would soon have to be re placed. It is probable that if the Board declines to buy, the price sug gested by Mr. White will be mater ially reduced, as prices have been in the case of several other private water plants that have been purchased by the city. BIG TIME AT Klamath Falls. The proposed excursion to Klamath Falls on Thursday, October 17, leaving Portland at 8:15 A. M., offers a round trip for $25, attendance at a very in teresting county fair and a chance to inspect the vast Irrigation scheme of the Government In the Klamath basin. Return may be made at pleasure any time within 15 days. Make reserva tions early so that there may be no trouble providing necessary accommo dations. Convenient arrangements will be made for meals en route. Inquire at city office Third and Washington street. Bank Capital Increased. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Oct. 10. (Special.) The Security State Bank of Chehalis has Increased its capital stock from $30,000 to $25,000. The bank has a surplus of $7000 and its assets now aggregate a full quarter of a million dollars. SCENE AT EASTERN OREGO.V DISTRICT FAIR AT THE D4XLES. DECIDE FATE TODAY Charles Anderson's Case Is Nearly Ready for Jury. FRANK WAYNE ON STAND Convicted Safecracker Testifies in Behalf of His Alleged Accom plice In Sellwood Post- office Robbery. Charles Anderson, on trial before Judge Wolverton "in the United States Circuit Court, for alleged complicity in the Sell wood postofflce robbery, will' know be fore nightfall, whether he is to regain his freedom, or whether he is to Join his former associate, Frank Wayne who is a guest of the Government at the Mc Neil's Island penitentiary. The trial of Anderson reached the stage ..yesterday where Assistant United States Attorney Cole had closed his opening argument to the Jury. This morning Anderson's lawyer will address the Jury in behalfof his client. The second day of the trial of Ander son was not without its sensations and Its humorous lde lights. Anderson took the stand in his own behalf and while he was gently led along by his attorney, he made a fair witness, but once in the hands of the Government's attorney, he "cracked" and tried to even up matters by accusing Mr. Cole, of attempting, early in the game, to moke him confess to robbing the Sellwood postofflce. An derson, whose face is brutal, even in re pose, became almost hideous with rage as he told of how, as he said, Mr. Cole 'threatened to send him to the peniten tiary, even If he had to manufacture the evidence. He loudly declared that when he had refused to make a confession, he was placed in the dungeon at the County Jail for three days and was fed on bread and water. The effect of this statement was minimized' when Attorney Cole took An derson in hand for the cross examina tion. Anderson became hopelessly tangled and repeatedly contradicted himself. Comedy in Courtroom. The crowd in the courtroom was given a chance to break into a broad smile, when Archie Turnbull, formerly in the local Fire Department, was on the stand. Turnbull had finished his rebuttal testi mony. In which he told of the conversa tion Wayne had with him after the rob bery, during which Wayne had said that he had told Anderson to "ditch" his gun by throwing it into the river. When turned over to the attorney for the de fense, the fun began. Attorney McMahon began snapping his questions at Turnbull and the former captain of chemical No. 1 barked his answers back. The examination was brief, but it was rapid fire exchange while It lasted. The attorney sought to bring out the fact that it was his habit to as sociate with robbers and to hang around saloons, and Turnbull got back at him by shouting, "I associate with Just as good people as you do," The most important witness for Anderson was Frank Wayne, who con fessed to having been" one of the rob bers who looted the Sellwood postof flce and is now doing a term at Mc Neills Island. Wayne was brought from the penitentiary to save Ander son, but as a witness he made a poor impression. He had the "disremember" habit down fine, and when Attorney Cole crowded him into a corner he al ways fell back on "I disremember." Wayne denied that Anderson was with him on the postofflce Job. and said his companions that night were ilttle Johnnie," "Jimmy" and "Billy." He "dlsremembered" their other names, if they had any. Evidently Wayne is a pampered Government guest at McNeills Island, for he looked sleek and fat; there was no prison palor about him, and his swarthy skin bespoke good health. He was Just as arrogant as he was sleek and fat, for when Attorney Cole asked him whether he was one of the gang that- looted the Gresham safe,- he did not wait for his attorney to interpose an objection, but shouted out at the top of his voice: "I object to that question." Then he turned violently and faced Judge Wol verton and said: "I object to that ques tion, it's Incriminating." At the re quest of Attorney McMahon, Wayne ad J8f . Jf "f mitted that he was neither an informer nor a fooC Wayne's Double Motive. Wayne evidently had a double motive in testifying. He was here to save Anderson from the oenitentiarr if tios- sible, and also to get back at the others who were arrested and turned state's evidence. On the stand he testified that "Toots" Bryant had framed the Sellwood Job and had promised to "get a line" on a safe that would yield a good loot. This was denied by Bryant, who swore that he knew nothing of the robbery until Wayne, the day after the robbery, on his return from Vancouver, where he fled, told him. Wayne also denied having" trouble with "Big Johnnie" in the Manhattan saloon over money that . he had that belonged to Anderson. He could not remember having trouble, but Turnbull and Louis Smith, the bartender at the Manhattan, both told of the dispute. The Government placed on the stand a large number of witnesses, all of whom gave damaging testimony against Anderson. Both sides rested at 3:S0, and after a 10-mlnute recess, Attorney Cole began his argument be fore the Jury. vIIe took the Jury, step by step over the testimony and called the Jury's attention to the two re volvers, one of which was found at Sellwood and the other which Anderson tried to conceal In his" room the time he was captured. Mr. Cole called at tention to the bullet which was taken from the wound In Policeman Soren sen's ankle, and declared that the bul let was fired by Anderson from the revolver that was found at Sellwood. Mr. Cole talked for an hour. When he closed court was adjourned until this morning. BROWS IS I'OfXD GCIITY Convicted of Contributing to Delin- . qutency of Little Girl. J. W. Brown, charged with contri buting to the delinquency of 11-year-old LUUe Stark, was convicted by a Jury in Judge Gantenbein's department of the Circuit Court yesterday, and sentenced by the court to serve .six months in the County Jail. Brown said he once taught school, but did not say when nor where. The prosecution was brought through the Juvenile Court, where it was learned that Brown had been making improper advances to the child. A number of witnesses testi fied as to Brown's character and con duct. Dave Smith pleaded not guilty before Jud:;e Frazer of the Circuit Court yesterday to a statutory charge made by 17-year-old Jennie Seghers. The girl was taken from the X-Radlum Sanatorium last Friday by Probation Officer Hawley. She at first gave her name, as Cummings, but afterward said it was Seghers. Smith gave bail and was released. St. John Contractors Sued. Alleging that work on the City Hall at St. John was abandoned by the con tractors about December 1, last, while the contract called for Its completion on January 1, the City of St. John has brought suit in the Circuit Court against L. Youngferdorf, A. H. Youngferdorf, doing business under the firm name of Youngferdorf & Son, and against the United States Fidelity & Guarantee Com pany, their bondsmen, to recover $1291.98 damages. - State Court Notes. The trial of George Brown, who has pleaded not guilty to a charge of robbing J. Wilbur of $70, has been set for Novem ber 6. A. C. Dougall has pleaded not guilty In the Circuit Court to a charge of as saultlng Tony Milovich with a knife. He will be tried Isovember 7. Sentence will be pronounced upon J. T. Layne next Tuesday. He has pleaded guilty to a charge of robbing the whole sale house of M. Seller & Company at Fifth and Pine streets, and securing 70 razors worth $140. Harry French, charged with, stealing a watch and personal property from Newt Nelson, and John Shannon and John Wal lace, against whom a Joint charge of pilfering $10.50 In money and Jewelry from Charles Phillips, has been preferred, will plead today. THE SEASON OF THE YEAR Is now here when lighting fixtures, fire-place appliances, grates and and' Irons are a necessity. Phone The M. J. Walsh Co., or call at their salesrooms, 311 Stark, between Fifth and Sixth, and have your lighting fixtures installed. Of fice and residence lighting promptly at tended to. Both phones. One difference tetween a Hanan Shoe and others is that the Hanan fits better all over than the others do in spots. Sold at Rosenthal's. . j' GIVES FIRST MONEY Mrs. Lewis Starts Voluntary Contributions to Festival. INTERESTED IN SUCCESS Ways and Means Committee Pre paring; to Have Complete Canvass Made for $100,000 Fund for the 1908 Show. The honor of being the first person to make a voluntary contribution, entirely without solicitation, to the $100,000 Rose Festival fund belongs to Mrs. C. H. Lewis, and the ways and means com mittee, which is responsible for the collec tion of the big fund. Is particularly pleased that a woman should be the first to come forward Vlth a subscription. For certain reasons Mrs. Lewis requested that the amount of her pledge be not made public at the present time, but with the subscription she sent a note to the Festival Association expressing her interest in the project She said that she had admired the grand pageants of the Carnival held last June and wanted to do all she could to encourage the work. She praised the project In glowing terms and gave It as her opinion that nothing has ever happened In Portland that will do more good than this splendid celebration. The Festival Association Is elated over the receipt of this pledge and feels con fident that It will be the means of in ducing other citizens ' of prominence to come to the front with generous contribu tions, as an expression of approval of the undertaking and willingness to render such assistance as the enterprise de serves. Begin to Raise Funds. Of the 105 soliciting committees which have actually reported for field service, nearly every one has done something In the way of arousing Interest in the "campaign day" round-up, and a goodly number of these hustlers have been doing more or less work each day this week. The ways and means committee, which has direct supervision over the work of raising the money, is bending every energy to get these canvassers out, and the 105 committees mean about 400 work ers, for each committee consists of from three to five members, nearly all of whom are prominent in the business and profes sional life of Portland. In a general way. It has been estimated that each one of these committees should raise approximately $1000. That, at least, IS the mark the ways and means com mittee has set for them. Of course some of them will secure a great deal more than that sum In pledges and others who are working in less fruitful fields will not be able to raise so much. ' But with this average prevailing, it will mean a total of $105,000. The committee working In one of the down-town office buildings reported to headquarters last night that It had secured pledges of more than $200 in less than an hour, and less than one- nfth of the tenants had been approached Go and See for Yourself at Our Ixpense Go and see Bay City during October. Buy property from our holdings, or. controlled by us, to the amount of $400, and we will allow you $20.00 toward your expenses or in proportion to your purchase. Twenty dollars should cover your expenses. A thousand times you have heard it said, or you have said it yourself, "If I could only have had foresight and bought in Portland, or Astoria, or Salem, or Albany, or any other good town, I would have made a fortune." Here's a chance. "Without shadow of doubt, Bay City will be the largest Oregon Coast city south of the Columbia River. It. will come quickly Do not miss this chance. You will surely double your money by next yea,r when the Lytle Road will be completed. Act this month. Bay City is on Tillamook Bay, 57 miles directly west of Portland. BAY 319 Lumber Exchange, Phone Portland, Oregon. Main 1116 Too Late Wh Trains to Tillamook Bay in a year! Big crowds headed "straight to the surf" next summer, that's sure. They'll all know of Bayocean Park, and they'll all go there. Values will jump up. Get your interest before the crowd" comes sell at your own price when - we're all , buying railroad ' tickets to Bayocean Park, two hours and a half from Portland. Don't wait! Potter-Chapin Realty Company 402 Couch Building, 109 Fourth Street KIDNEY TROUBLES The kidneys are essential organs for keeping- the body free from im purities. If they should fail to work death would ensue in very short time. Inflammation or irritation caused by some feminine derangement may spread to some extent to the Kidneys and affect them. The cause can be so far removed by using; Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that the trouble --rill disappear. When woman is troubled with pain or weight in loins, backache, swelling- of the limbs or feet, swelling- under the eyes, an uneasy, tired feeling-in the region of the kidneys, she should lose no time in commencing- treatment with Lydia E. Pinkham's It may be the means of saving; her life. Bead what this medicine did for Kate A. Hearn, 50 West 47th Street, New York, who writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "I owe a debt of gratitude to Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for it has saved my life. I suffered with Kidney trouble, irregularities and painful periods, and my blood was fast turning to water. I used your medicine for some time and it has made me strong and well." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from native roota and herbs cures Female Complaints, a : - i-i ti: i g nuu vj-amc iijoiaocs. itaeuirtu xt aireng-uiens ana rones xne oiomscn, cures neaaacne, ueneral Debility and invigorates the whole system. For derangement of the Kidneys in either sex Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is excellent. Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women H Women suffering; from any form g Mrs. tfnkham, at Lynn, Macs., for iBETmnff-"i!i:!(-:i-iinii!-" on the subject. The report of this body of workers was Interesting and gratifying In that the spirit of enthusiasm and will ingness to give was universally present, only two of those solicited refusing to contribute. Grocers Are Hustlers. The retail grocers have sent but a large squad of hustlers and for the most part they are following the assessment plan; that is. they have prepared a list of all the retail grocers In the city, with the number of men employed by each and then a provisional pro rata has been established. This arrangement hat; proven very satisfactory in a number of lines of business, and only a small minority of those assessed have protested either against the arrangement or the amount they are expected to give. SL John has been the first of the suburban towns to come forward with an offer to contribute toward raising the $100,000 fund. Some of the most prominent men of the hustling little city down the river have volunteered their services as a canvassing committee and they have been in conference with the ways and means committee getting pointers as to the best way of gathering In the pledges. Efforts are being made to get other towns to Join hands with Portland In this money-raising venture, on the ground that cities and smaller towns In the Im mediate vicinity will derive contributory benefit from the Festival. ' Committees Meet Daily. Daily and nightly meetings are now being held by various committees of the Festival Association in order that there may be no "fall down" when the pledges are gathered In next Tuesday. There are but three working days before "campaign day," and each one is being made the most of. for upon the results of CITY LAND CO. 170 en the Rush Begins Umste&oasttte&jjr&i rYk - It ' ' DH' PnirrrAkn. m 309fS00.Toj200O. IT'WILL PAY YOU. TO" GO' "STRAIGHT TO.THE SURF MISS KATE A. HEARN Vegetable Compound such as Falling and Displacements. . . m . , una gxpeu iamore si an early stage. of female illness are invited to write advice. It is free. the preliminary exploitation work will depend the success or failure of the sweeping canvass four days hence. So far as It Is within the power of the Festival workers no merchant, business man, professional man or private citizen 1 to be overlooked in the appeal for financial assistance. The ground that cannot be covered in the limited time allotted will be gone over in some other way, Just as soon as it has developed how much money has been raised under the "campaign day" plan, and as soon as it has been decided how best to reach the rest of the city. New Hotels in Prospect. Several new transient and family hotels are now nearing completion and it is figured that every Inch of room in them wTil be occupied as soon as they are thrown open to public patronage. It Is considered one of the essential features of the celebration that when the crowds do come they be confortably fed- and sheltered as well as given the most royal entertainment ever planned In this part of the country. Within a short time a canvass of the hotels, apartment and lodging houses of the city will be made with a view of ascertaining Just how many strangers can be taken care of by the time the Festival opens. If Baby Is Catttnx Teeth Be sure and ue that oI4 well-tried remedy. 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