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THE MORNING OREGON! AX, THURSDAY. MARCII 12, 19Q3. RUEF'S RELEASE . MAY BE AT HAND the Bay Cities .property. Manson was still on the stand when court adjourned until tomorrow morning. En NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY Mrs. Duniway Comforted About As pect of Woman Suffrage. ALTO 4 Bail to Be Reduced. One-Half Because of Double In- -' dictments. MORE AFFIDAVITS FILED SprerkeU Joins In Denial of Immu nity Contract Rucf Mora to Have His Prosecutors- Cross- Examined In the Court. SAN FRAXCISCO, March 11. The re lease from Jail of ex-Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was followed, today by the first top to the release of Abe Ruef by the reduction of his bail. Taking advantage of the admission of F. J. Heney-in hii affidavit filed yesterday that Ruef had been twice Indicted on each offense, ex cept about half a doxen cases, Ruef's attorneys moved in Judge Lawlor's court that Ruef either have his bail reduced to a nominal amount on the duplicate in dictments or be released on hia own rec ognizance a to them. Judge Lawlor held that the motion was proper, and Mr. Heney said he would tomorrow designate on which indictments Ruef's ball should be reduced. Ruef'a bail aggregates about $lP250,O0O and the proposed action would reduce it to little over JtfOO.OU). which Ruef says he can furnish the moment he is allowed to with draw hia plea of guilty on the extortion charge. Blocks Move to Force Trial. By moving to make all the affidavits and proceedings in regard to one of the trolley indictments be made to apply to the 13 others of that series, Henry Ach blocked the attempt to bring Ruef to trial today, for Judge Lawlor took until Monday to deliberate. An affidavit made by Ruef last night wae filed today as the basis for a motion to require Mr. Heney, District Attorney Irngd on and W. J. Burns to' testify re-! jrardinff the statements in their affidavits. ! Ruef states that upon cross-examination ; he can establish that Heney made delib erate statements of falsehood; that he expects to show thereby that Heney was employed for political purposes to involve B. II. Ifarriman, W. F. Herrin and Gov ernor James N. Gillett; that he expects to force Heney to admit that many of the statements in his affidavit are. "de liberate and willful perjuries," and at tacks his credibility as a witness, charg ing that Heney is guilty of homicide. Judge I -aw lor will decide this question : tomorrow. ' More Affidavits Filed. An affidavit by Rudolph Spreckels was added today to thotte tiled by tile prosecu tion. He says that he always understood, believed and imdHted that Ruef wVild bt givon substantial punishment, and that Mr. Heney always agreed with him in this respeet and always declared his In tention of sending Ruef to prison. Mr. Spreckels further ays that he never saw the partial immunity contract or knew Its contents until after it was made pub lic on January 19 last. The bulk of- the affidavit is given to explicit denials of the affidavit of Ruef and Rabbis Kaplan and Nieto. I. ate this afternoon another batch of affidavits was filed by the prosecution In Judge Ijawlor's. court. These consist of statements by John Fl McCarthy, who was a guard during the time Ruef was confined in the Killmore-street house; George. Y; Burnell, who was formerly Ruef's teacher, and Mr. Heney. Mr. McCarthy's affidavit details some of the scenes that took place Ht the .Killmore street place and denies statements made by the former landlord and a servant In the pluee. Mr. Burnett's- affidavit allegps that Ra hhl Nieto told him on one occa sion that he would not believe statements made by Ruef. Mr. Heney's affidavit is a brief and spe cific dental of every allegation made In Ruef's first affidavit. Should Judge Lawlor decide the immu nity question against Ruef. bis counsel will probably apply to a higher court for a writ of prohibition. Should he decide in Ruef's favor, the validity of the in dicftnents will be attacked on the ground that Ruef was Induced to testify against lilmwelf. FAIL To LOCATE W. S. TEVIS Court Overrules Iefcnse and Im portant Witnesses Testify. SAN FRANCISCO. March 11. Carroll f. BeaT. general manager of the Bay Cities Water Company, who has been on the stand for three days In the libel trial of R. A. Croihers and Fremont Older, finished his testimony this morning and was followed this afternoon by Marsdon Mantton, whom the attorneys for the de fense declared to have more experience as an expert on water supplies than any other engineer, hut whop Assistant Dis trict Attorney William H off Cook con tended was "merely a surveyor." The attempt on the part of the defense to ascertain the whereabouts of William S. Tevis. president of the Bay Cities "Water Company, whose presence is wanted by both sides, by subpenainff the telegraph and telephone companies to produce all messages and records of com munications sent from this city by speci Jied. persons within the past 15 da-ys. failed because of the refusal of Judge lMoling to make such an order. Heal tcstJried that the water rights of the Sierra Water .Supply Company, a minsidiury organization of the Bay Cities Water Company, was estimated by en gineers to have a value of about SUXXbtOO and that the directors valued the rights, including all necessAry Improvements, at fcVOOo.Ouo. The sum actually paid for the rights was SiiR.Ort). Manson testified that he was appointed on the Board of Public Works of in Francisco in January, 1hi. and after wards was one of the engineers sent by the city to examine into the Hetch. Hetchy water scheme. He said he made a thorough examination and investigation of the source, declared the supply to be large and adequate and the quality good. Its distance from Sin Francisco is H2 miles, the area of Hetch Hetchy and) lakc Elinore watersheds square miles and the reservoir capacity with a 150 foot dam he estimated at 35.I.U,0tKWi gallon, and with a :X-foot dam at &4. JMt.0UOi. The supply of water, he stated, was sufficient for a city having a popula tion of 2.0.onp. Manson considered the Hetch Hetchy water supply in quality and quantity su perior to that of any of the many cities that he had examined in this country, with the exception of that of Portland, Or., and declared it to be equal to the water supply of that city. He told of W. P. Tevis coming to him in (.krtoher. 1!K," and endeavoring to en gage him to examine and report upon PORTLAND. March 11. (To the Editor.) How I wish the few remaining men of Oregon who expect to violate the women's (13k of 'truce at the forthcoming June elec tion, on the specious plea, that "women do not want to vote," could have been present and answer my doorbell and telephone yes terday! All day. beginning In the morning before I was out of bed, these calls came until at 5 P. M., In sheer exhaustion. I sought the home of a friend, for a little change. These calls were from women all over the city, who bad read the evening and morning newspapers and were excited over the report of lawsuits brought in resistance to-a tax levy by Attorney-General Crawford, to com pel obedience to the law. To reassure my anxious women constitu ents, and at the same time reach thousands' of others, equally solicitous, who search The I Oregon Win's columns dally for information. pleae allow me to say that I have consulted several lawyers, including Attorney Ralph R. Duniway. whose brief in the Kadderly case covers the entire constitutional ques tions involved, concerning both state and Nation. All answer me that we-have no cause for anxiety. The State Supreme Court cannot be expected, under the evidence be i fore H, to reverse Its rulings, i . And with the memory of Chief Justice Taney's infamous decision In the Dread-Scott case in mind, I confess I do not feel quite eo confident as to the final outcome before the United States Supreme Court. Although as I recall a recent decision of 'bis modern i successors, in which they agree with Mr. I Roosevelt that women should have all the ; rights of men. plua the right of -protection, ; I point with pride to the initiative petition under which the progressive men of Oregon have created our present equal suffrage campaign, and feel comforted. ABIGAIL, SCOTT DUNIWAY. THROW OUT SCOTCH- BILL House of Lords Braves Threats of the Government. LONDON, March 11. Undismayed by threats of penalties to follow the second rejection of the government's Scottish small holdings bill, the House of Lords this evening, after a debate which has lasted for two days, refused! to give the measure a second reading by a vote of 153 to 33. The Scottish clans have not risen in sup. port of the bill since it was rejected by the House of lords at the last session. During the recess the Ministerial spokes men threatened freely that if the Upper House again threw out the measure the government would restrict the powers of the hereditary chamber. Since these threats were made, however, considerable difference of opinion, has developed. The silence of the Ministers today leads to the belief that the Cabinet is not yet prepared to inaugurate its campaign against the House of Lords. BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Corona, Cal. The safe deposit here was. blown Tuesday, the'robbers securing $250. New Tork George Crocker, son of the late Cbarles Crocker of San Francisco, is seriously ill of stomach trouble.. Los Angeles William Wagner, the fifth defendant charged with Illegal registration in Ocean park election cases, was found not guilty. New Tnrk At a banquet Tuesday night Nikola Tesla predicted that development of water power would simplify warfare and that aerial war-vessels would displace ships, j New York Countantlne Pelisrino. 17 years old, who killed his father, Anselmo retlgrino, while defending his mother from his father's drunken fury, was discharged Tuesday. ' Trenton.- Tenn. Night , riders on Tuesday night fired Hhois Into the house of a negro tenant In Gibson County and pushed warn ings to leave under the doors of other ne groes. ; Ts Angeles A Jury awarded Anna M. Hooper $.04M damages against the Los An geles Gas & Electric Company for Injuries sustained by an explosion of gas In a res taurant a year ago. -Chlcago&A band of armed farmers is Da trolling the 'lake shore near Kenosha, Wis., in search of Christian Rasmussen, a drunk en farmer, who poured boiling water over his two children Tuesday. Chicago William Miller, -of Ravina, Mass., a college graduate, who was arrested here Saturday, cnnfessen that he haa been steal ing for more than three years In many cities. New York Helen Margaret Beatrice Sacher, the 7-year-old claimant to one-half of the $1,000.00 Colton estate, arrived here Tuesday to testify In the contest at Wash ington. . . " Manila Fire destroyed 2000 native hacks in the Samplouc district of Manila, on the evening of March 11, doing $100,M0 dam age and rendering 15,000 natives homeless. There is no danger of starvation of suffer ing. . " . Chicago Fire following an ' explosion In a building at IStt Fifth avenue Tuesday night, threatened neighboring buildings and tied up several streetcar lines for two hours. Several firemen were injured. .Loss, $M),000. Philadelphia An automobile in which were riding A. J. Drexel, Jr., II. Newell Guernsell. Benjamin Parker, all of this city, and three other men, was struck by a trol ley car Wednesday. The three young men named were injured. Los Angeles H. H. Hitt, local representa tive of N. W. Halsey & Co.. Now York bankers." accidentally shot himself In the left groin in his apartments at the Hotel Pepper. Wednesday. His recovery is prob able If bloodpoisonlna does not set in. Chicago The question of Sunday saloons will not be on the ballot at the Chicago Aldrmanic election. April 7. The Klectlon commissioners hold that the question of en forcing a law Is not proper for submission under the public policy act. CalHo. Egypt During the second race of the first automobile meet ever held In . Egypt, one of the cars left the course and killed a policeman and two spectators and injured 14 persons. The races, which were witnessed by the Khedive and the Duke and Duchess of Con naught, were then called off. Chicago Railroad presidents and vice presidents, officials in charge of operation and construction engineers, representing ap proximately $1SO,000,000 of a total of 220. 000 I miles of railroad in th United States, will meet with instructors and engineer experts i of Cornell T'nlversity and the University of Wisconstn next week in Chicago. San Francisco Though a reduction of $70,000 was ordered by the trial Judge In the case of William R. Zibbell. who -won a damage suit against the Southern Pacific, the motion for a new trial was denied and the remaining award of $30,000 damages stands. Zibbell was run down by a train and lost both arms, one leg and part of the other. The Jury awarded him $100,000. PERSONALMENTION. . Judge T. G. Hailey was reported last night to be no worse, although he was not up during the day. He is constantly attended by his wife. C M- Secrist. general manager of the Pacific Fruit Express Company. with headquarters in Chicago, and J. W. Mc Clymonds, general agent of the company, located at San Francisco, are on a reg ular tour to this territory on business connected with their company. Mr. Se crist sail yesterday that their visit had no special siglnirtcance, but that the out look was extremely favorable for a large amount of refrigerator traffic for the year. No change, he announced, 'in rates or otherwise is contemplated. This com pany is known as the Harrtman refriger ating line and is in close touch with the general agents in this city, having their offices In Wells-Fargo building. CHICAGO, March 11. J. C. Morrison, of Portland, is registered at the Auditorium. Income-Bearing Properties. We have for sale a $12,000 investment bringing 14 per cent: one for $12,500 bring ing 11 per cent, and a JU. 000 investment bringing 9 per cent net. Charles K. Henry & Son. 2,0 Stark street, Portland. Oregon. Give Dry Officers Preference. WASHINGTON. March 11. Repre sentative Acheson. of Pennsylvania, to day Introduced a bill to promote effi ciency among military officers, by pro viding that total abstainers be given preference in promotions. In and strictly proKibhs the sale or alum baking powder So does France So does Germany - The sale of alum foods has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as injurious. jq profeci yourself against alum, when ordering baking powder,' Sap plainly and be very sure you get RoyaL Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestibility and whole t -i t i ' someness or the loo a. DEATH OF PIONEER R. R. Thompson Made Fortune on Columbia. , STARTED IN EARLY. 50'S Stcamboatiuan Who Founded Oregon Steam Navigation Company With K. F. Coc Passes. Away at San Francisco. SAX FRANCISCO. March U.--Captain R. R." Thompson, founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, and one of the prominent capitalists in the city, died here yesterday at the age of 88 years. R. R. Thompson was numbered among the pioneer steamboat mn on the Upper Columbia. Early In the 50's he associated himself with E. F. Coe and accumulated a fortune by operating a line of steamers on the Columbia and its branches. Start ing with a single boat, the partnership soon built up a small fleet which was sub sequently purchased by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, the property after wards being absorbed by the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company. The early experiences of Mr. Thompson on the Columbia Kiver seem Incredible at this time and serve only to show the remarkable Ingenuity and business en terprise of the- man. "With his partner, Mr. Coe, he first secured a Government contract for carrying freight to Fort 'Walla Walla, their charges from Celilo to the Government post being as high as $100 a ton. -. Later another vessel was built, the business offered for the first boat, the Colonel Wright, being more than could be handled. After the firm disposed of its interests, having acquired consid erable wealth, Mr. Thompson located In Portland, where he resided until a few years ago, when he went to California, where he remained almost continuously until his death. REACHES MAGDALENA BAY (Continued From First Pace.) received by him on board the Torktown. On the day of the review all vessels will be fully dressed and at night the ships will be illuminated. Admiral Elvans has been instructed in connection with the movement of the fleets up the coast to inform the Mayor of Los Angeles of the date of arrival at San Pedro. CHAMPIONS OF PACIFIC FLEET Maryland Leads Battleships and Al bany Leads Cruisers. MARE ISLAND, Cal..' March 11. It is learned here that the cruiser Maryland, Captain Chauncey Thomas, will bo awarded the trophy for the best show ing made by battleship class vessels dur ing the recent practice at Magdalena Buy. All ships of this class made a better showing at Magdalena Bay than at target practice on the Eastern Coast, the Maryland far distancing all others. The order of record is as follows: Mary land, Tennessee. Pennsylvania, West Vir ginia and Washington. In practice with six-inch guns the St. Louis made the highest average, with the Maryland and Charleston snaking a second record with a tie. In the cruiser class a wonderful record was made by the Albany, Commander Henry T. Mayo. The Albany made a score of 93 per cent with the five-inch guns and it is ex pected that she will be rewarded by a trophy. The St. Lonis took second place, beating the Charleston.. The Yorktown was next, defeating the Milwaukee, al though the former had no preliminary praatice with the guns. The Yorktown, now at San Francisco, is expected to come to Mare Island for the installation of wireless telegraphy. It is reported that she will be used as a review ship by Secretary Metcalf upon the arrival of the battleship fleet at San Francisco. WTord has just reached Mare Island from Washington that all marines will be granted & 40 per cent Increase of pay. This action has been taken in order to secure additional men. WILL DAXCE WITH JACKIES San Francisco Society Matrons to Entertain Sailors. SAN FRANCISCO. March 11. Society women will dance with the jackies of the fleet. The ladies of the California Club have accepted the invitation of the com mittee for the entertainment of enlisted men of the fleet to attend to all the details of the reception and ball to the men. There mill be no distinction as to class in this social demonstatlun in honor of the - , blue-jackets of the United States Navy, except that the women attending the ball will be there on invitations sent through the California Club. At a meeting of a large committee Which represented the club before Jhe fleet entertainment commute 'today, Mrs. Cornwall said she had spoken to several society matrons about the ball and all had expressed their desire to dance with the American sailors. Mrs. Coffin sug gested that Invitations be sent to mem bers of the Garment Workers, the Wait resses, tne Laundry Wrorkers and other unions, and the suggestion met with unanimous approval. PREBLE ARRIVES AT VEXICE On Way to San Francisco From Magdalena. v ; SANTA MONICA, March 11. The United States torpedo-boat destroyer Preble, Captain Freeman, arrived at Venice at 6:30 o'clock this afternoon, direct from Magdalena Bay, where she had been a week. The vessel will go to Port Los Angeles in the morning and take on coal enough to enable her to continue her voyage to San Francisco. When the Preble left Magdalena Bay on Sunday morning, there were in the harbor there four colliers, with coal for Admiral Evans1 battleship fleet, and the cruisers California, Buffalo and South' Dakota. WIRELESS FROM THE FLEET Aerograms at San Diego Indicate Progress Up Coast. SAN DIEGO. Cal., March 11. The Navy wireless station at San Diego was in direct communication with the bat tleship Connecticut, ,off the Mexican Coast, early today, ' and received and trajismitted 26 official dispatches to Wash ington. The first signals were exchanged before mkrnlght. A total of several hundred words was received in cipher and a large number . of messages were transmitted to the Connecticut. -A wireless message received here today states that the new armored cruiser South Dakota sailed north from Magda lena last night. This cruiser arrived at Magdalena only Saturday night, and ex pected to remain a week or ten days at the targets. ' All the wireless stations along the Pa cific Coast have been competing for the honor of the first direct communication with the coming fleet, and the residents of San Diego are much elated over the success of the Point Loma operators. The Georgia was also In communication with Point Loma early today, and transmitted many . brief cipher messages. . - Fails to Find Modern Crnsoe. WASHINGTON. March 11. The cruiser Yankton reported her arrival at Acapulco today. She also reported that her expe dition to Indefatigable Island to find Fred Jeffs, an American seaman, who was abandoned there, 4iad been futile. Jeffs was jiot found. Torktown at Golden Gate. SAN FRANCISCO. March 11. The gun boat Yorktown has arrived here from La Union. Salvador, putting In at Magdalena Bay for target practice on her way up.' The Yorktown will stay here several weeks. STEVENS GOES UP IN AIR Balloonist and Passenger Travel Over 43. Miles an Hour. HAMPTON. FALLS, N. H., March 11. After making an average speed of more than 43 miles an hour for a little more than three hours, the balloon Stevens No. 21, which ascended from Pittsneld. Mass. at 11:09 A. M. today, landed in this town at 2:15 P. M. The landing was made A. sense of relief occurs after coffee has been discon tinued, if Postum is used in its place as the hot beverage at meal-time. The caffeine, in coffee, is a drug and does more or less harm to all coffee drinkers, although some may not real ize it. Postum contains no coffee or other harmful 'substance, but has all the nourishment of clean, hard wheat, includ ing the bran-coat of the wheat berry in which is stored by Nature the phos phates for rebuilding brain and nerve tissue. There's real comfort from using P os turn, and "There's a Reason.1" A vr WILL BUY a frit "WILL BUT fl f f f WILL BUY UK 42x42-inch top I I i a heary 6- I XS 6-foot Ex- J)UJ 6 -fool Exten- J)l 1 J inch leg Ex- JXwU(mI tension Ta- gion Table. ' tension Ta- ble in round made of thoroughly, seasoned ble. Top is 44x44 inch and ex- top and pedestal base; golden hard wood ; golden, finish. Reg- tends to 6 feet. Regular value, or weathered finish. Regular nlar value $11.00. ' " $17.50. . value $21.00. J)6JUU ter - sawed J)1JJU Pedes- J)U lVU HnslonaTa; oak Pedes- w ble in finest tal Extension Table, 6 feet long tal Tabie quarter - sawed oak; finished and round top; finished golden with select quarter-sawed oak golden or weathered; round pil- or weathered. Regular value top and claw feet. Regular val- lar pedestal base. Regular val- $35.00. ' . ne $26.50. ue $42.50. WILL BUY ffQO An WILLBte (r9 Cll M PXvJlvJ leK Exten- J)J JsUU sawed oak JUwvJJ Extension sion Table, Ext ension T a b 1 e, in with quarter-sawed golden oak Table; finished weathered or quarter-sawed golden oak; has ip - and legs. Regular value golden; heavy claw feet; pedes- 60-inch top and plain pedestal $29.00. tal base. Regular value $55.00. base. Regular value $125.00. coo en rss:s ni 5fl rzsz tfi7 ifl SCjUmsJXJ toP and d)sJ IJU Extension dJUlJl tnP 10-toot square ' Table, with Ext eneion pedestal 6-foot Extension Table; 48-in. top and 8Tfoot extension; Table, with heavy pedestal base; made of select quartered oak has heavily carved claw feet; made of select quartered oak; and finished golden or weath- golden or weathered oak. Reg- finished early English or golden, ered. Regular value $41.60. ular value $56.50. Regular value $115.00. safely and easily near this village, the spot being less than a mile from the At lantic Ocean. The occupants of the carv were Leo Stevens, of New Yrk, who acted as pilot, and William M. Whitehouse, of New York, as passenger. The entire dis tance covered by the balloon in three hours and six minutes was about 130 miles. The trip did not establish a new record for speed. TRYING TO GET TOGETHER Britain Proposes to Russia Settle- - nient In Macedonia. VIENNA. March 11. It is stated here, but not authoritatively, that the Russian government has received Great Britain's proposal for appointment of a governor foe Macedon. for a term of years, the governor to be either a Christian or Mohammedan. Mlsche Reaches City. Kmil T. Mische, recentry employed by the Park Board at a salary of 208 a month, has reached the city and will to day be present at a special meeting of the Board, to be held at 10 A. M. He will supercede Arthur D. Monteith as park keeper. What position Mr. Monteith will fill hereafter has beaa Ucided. iPIL m ism', aoM . ftomelove: , , vftenyou 4it down to you Sunday dinned it vMC tabte Setter to you ftmddr and you&el ij you it on a bvwCl new toMe. oe you fiom t &7m 5 12 Extension Table Specials ead the dedbifUon4 oj theie ta $eb eontt 'into ou 6toe and you'll Mthe to Suy one. vH- faave too many dinintfoom taller and vtidA to tell them- that & all. FIRST AND TAYLOR CHECKS SIGNEDBYGQDDWIN LAXD-FRALD DEFENDANT IS CAUGHT IN TRAP. Shown Nearly 1000 Checks Atyer He Has Sworn Only a Few Were Issued by Him. LOS ANGELES, March 11. Dr. David M. Goodwin, on cross-examination be fore Commissioner Van Dyke today in the Oregon land-fraud cases, stated he had signed only a few checks while acting as president of the Pacific Fur niture & Lumber Company. Bundle after bundle of checks were then pro duced and shown Dr. Goodwin, and he acknowledged they bore his signature. The Government. In Its seizure of the company's records, obtained possession of nearly 1000 of uch checks. Dr. Goodwin Identified scores of these checks as bearing his signature, but said he did not know specifically what they were issued for. except that he was told they were for labor and materials. Dr. Hedderly, he said, was finPial xnanaxer of the company, and had authority to say how money should be paid and to whom, although Dr. Hedderly had no money invested in the company. As financial manager. Dr. Hedderly attended to the checks, the witness stated. HAFID IS LOSING POWER Forces Said to Be Deserting Snltan of the South. PARIS, March 11. Government advices received from Morocco indicate that thf star of Mulai Hafid, the so-called Sultar of the South, Is waning fast. The re peated victories of the French forces, coupled with the indifferent attitude dis played by Hafid, have created disaffection and resentment among his followers. Amends Vehicle Tax Law. Councilman tteiaing, i me i-rant meeting yesterday afternoon, introduced an ordinance amending the present ordi nance fixing a tax on vehicles. This measure is lniemiea to amenu ins ex isting law; so as to tax pleasure vehi cles as well as all others. It was re ferred to the general license committee for action.