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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, .NOVEMBER 23, 1909. 10 COFFEY OUT FOR STATE SECRETARY Harrison Brown's lecture delivered last Sun day nlsjht In the SelllnB-HirSPh Hall on the subject. "The Dollar Wants Me." While he advanced many kleas which were broad, beautiful and Instructive, he fell short on the one essential point, and especially o when he requested hta audience to observe the "science" of "The Dollar Wants Me." He aald that with the dollars he became an Investor, so far so pood, but lost on a $-' Investment In mining atock. This he con sidered his best Investment, for It tauKht him never again to invest In mines which is about as inconsistent as it would be to condemn all banks because one failed, or any like comparison. The geld and silver coin we have In cir culation over our country, and there are millions upon millions of it, came from the mines, but Mr. Brown should say he told where his "The Dollar Wants Me" came from. Certainly not from the mine. Cop per, iron and steel, together with gold, silver and other mefals. have made possi ble the great industrial progress of man kind. "When the mine, which Is the backbone NEW DEPOT IS WON FOR. s. P. Promises Grants Pass Delegation to Build. Senator Says He Will Go Be fore Assembly for Its Indorsement. NEXT BUDGET TO PROVIDE Commercial Club- Representatives Visit General Manager O'Brien. Change In City Trackage Is Also Planned. HE IS FIRST CANDIDATE A mmmw Mnltnomah County Solon Announces Himself In Favor of Party Leaders' Sanction Benson May Run, Too. . John B. Coffey. State Senator from v,,itnmh roimtv. yesterday announced that he will be a candidate before the Keptillican assembly for the nomination .. crotarv of State. Mr. Coffey Is the first aspirant for any public office to be filled at the general election next November who has flatly declared he will go before the assembly for its in dorsement. It. hart been rumorea iw some time that Mr. Coffey probably vnuM So n candidate for that office. and when asked yesterday concerning his plans politically he confirmed me re port. v 1 jh!ill he a candidate before the next state Republican assembly for nomination for the office ot secretary of State and shall abide by the decision of that body," said Mr. Coffey yester day. "I feel that the Republicans Who wiil be candidates in the next Repub lican primaries ousht to be honest with the people and declare at this time whether they favor an assembly recom nonHatinn to the Republicans In the primaries or whether they are opposed to it. and not iry to oe an wiuea w all men." Mr. Coffey is a native of the state, having been born in Marlon County. He has twice served the people of Mult nomah County In the State Legislature. He was elected Representative at the peneral election in June, lSot. and served In the lower house at the following legislative session of 16. In the elec tion of June. 1906, he was elected State Senator and has served at only one of the two sessions covered by his term of four years. In this election only three members of the Multnomah delegation were men who refused to sign Statement No. 1. Mr. Coffey was one of the three and the only State Senator to be elected who had not taken that pledse1. Some time ago Governor-Secretary of State Benson announced that he would be a candidate at the election next year to succeed himself as Secretary of State. Neither at that time nor subsequently has Mr. Benson made it known whether he will bo before the assembly for the nomination. MAYOR HITS MEDICINE MEN Distribution of Poisonous Drugs About City Is Stopped. Chief of Police Cox will now enforce the ordinance which prohibits the dis tribution of poisonous medicines, such as are frequently thrown on porches all over the city. Mayor Simon recently took up this subject and asked Councilman Wat kins to prepare an ordinance, if there Is none on the city's books. Investigation has developed that there is a law covering it. and Mr. Watkins held a conference with the chief yester day, in which the latter said he would at once begin a crusade against this business. He has already notified the distributing agencies to cease this prac tice. Last Saturday afternoon a lot of poison patent stuff was thrown upon Mr. Wat kins' porch, which forcibly callSd it to his attention. POOLROOM MAN FINED $25 Law Violator Allowed Minors in His Mablishment. ' Frank Ventress, proprietor of a pool parlor at East Thirty-fourth and Belmont streets, was found guilty yesterday of allowing minors In his resort. Ventress received a fine of $5. He had been ar rested at 6 o'clock Saturday aTternoon by Tatrolman Padriok, the officer find ing Walter Mountain, 18 years, old. and Jean Hammer. 19 years old, both living in the vicinity, engaged in playing pool. The boys were also taken Into cus tody and were witnesses in court against the poolroom man. The boys admitted that they knew it was against the law for them to play pool, so Judge Bennett fined each $10 and warned them to stay away from poolrooms in the future. FIRE FIEND MAKES ESCAPE Mann's Station Scene of Incendiary s Depredations. Reports to the effect that some vandal is making strenuous efforts to destroy by fire the waiting-room at Mann's Sta tion on the Waverly-Woodstock line has caused the police to institute an investi gation with the hope of apprehending the firebugs. On three separate nights of last week the Incendiary started a blaze which charred the walls but failed to destroy the structure. At 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, at 5 o'clock Friday morning and at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, fires were built Inside the waiting-room but the fire fiend escaped befor(e he was recognized. ROBBERY FOLLOWS DRINKS Man Says Ho Was Enticed Into Room, rockets Rifled. The police are investigating a rob bery reported at the Dewey House at corner of Third and Burnside streets, the victim. John Mack, a logger, saying J40 had been taken out of his pockets by some one who Inveigled him into a ' room, and. after plying him with liquor, rifled his pockets. Mack had been found on the sidewalk in front of this building In an intoxicated condition calling on passersby to help him find the thief. The records of the Police Department f how that affairs of this type occur with great frequency at the Dewey House. Mack waa fined 2 for being drunk. ' COMPLEX USES OF MONEY Correspondent Takes Issue With Lecturer's Facts. PORTLAND. Nov. 22. tTo the Edi tor.) I wio to reply, la. part to Henry I jr -'&;w - ''w f 'i' j l State Senator John B. Coffey. 1 i- Who -will Seek Nomination by late Senator John B. Coney, ho -will Seek Nomination by J Assembly for Secretary of State. ............. if all civilised nations, ceases to produce, a gradual backward movement would be the result, but we still have the mine and the progressive miner. Henry Harrison Brown should not be a "knocker." L. B. BARTXETT. SNEAK THIEVES ACTIVE POLICE CXABLE TO COPE WITH CRIMINALS IX CITY." Money and Clotffing Disappear From Homes of Well-to-Do Peo ple Complaints Many. The. activity of robbers and thieves in Portland is indicated by the number of reriorta of crime which are daily received at police headquarters. Mrs. M. E. Bennett, ' 371 East XInth street, complains that some one robbed her of a purse containing a small amount of money on Saturday night, at the cor ner of Third and Morrison streets; where she was waiting for a car. Two men and a woman Jostled her and she has fur nished a description of them Xo the police. Mrs. Frank Mitchell, 3S6 Ivan street, was the victim of a sneak thief. The prowler stole $5 in money out of her room and Mrs. M. Murphy, who lives in the same house, lost $45. A room thief visited the room of James O'Brien in the Eureka House, First and Market street, and walked out with a new suit of clothes. The more fashion able districts are included on the list also, for H. E. Hadley and I. M. Hurd, living in apartment 58 in the Rex. at Seventeenth and Washington streets, found their roms entered, two suits of clothes, several razor, and a. sterling silver match box stolen. "TV. C. Taylor, 1142. East Main street, who drives a wagon for the Wells-Fargo Express Company, was also made a victim of the day, a cravenette overcoat and a suit of clothes being stolen from his wagon at the Union- Depot. SHUT SPANS TO BE TOPIC Engineers to Learn Opinion on Closed Bridges In Kul Hours. t Mayor Simon was officially notified yes terday ntorning of a conference to be held at 2 P. M. in the office of the United States' Engineers, for the purpose of taking the views of the Mayor and those engaged in navigation and other lines of business, regarding the proposed closing of the Willamette River bridge draws during the "rush" hours, morning and evening. The Mayor has made an official re quest for action of this kind, tufct the Inconvenience of th9 traveling public may be minimized. He hopes to secure favorable action by the War Department. GEANTS PASS DELEGATION ; ' ST 'PS - ' ' ''A 1 : ; ' ' - - ; " ' - ' -V -rM- . ii I . .... -- 1T wxrjm ,mHit - mrf rwtfi v-m r. MmimM MmJ.&J i i . COMMERCIAL CLCB REPRESENTATIVES FROM GRANTS PASS. Reading from left to right Front row: H. V. Gllkle, cashier First National Bank of'Grants Pass; A. E. Voorhies, proprietor Roeue River Courier; H. C. Kinney, Mayor; O. S. Blanehardi attorney: George C. Sabin. druckrist. Rear row: R. L. Coe. of The Coe Co., general merchandise; H. L. Andrews, secretary Grants Pass Commercial Club; J. T. Tufts. Councilman, and vice-president Grants Pass Banking & Trust Company; J. G. Riggs. Councilman and real estate. A delegation of Grants Pass business men obtained from J. P. O'Brien yester day morning the promise of a new depot for their city. They were informed by the vice-president and general manager of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon that an appropriation for this purpose would be included in the requisition for 1910-11. and that the old. worn-out wooden structure now in use will be replaced by a brand new building. The depot now in use was built 16 years ago. Satisfactory arrangements relative to the trackage through Grants Pass are also reported to have been made by the delegation. Under the present manage ment every train stopping at Grants Pass cuts off one-half the town from the other, delaying from 25 to 200 people, and many teams from five to ten minutes each time. The business men, who repre sentedathe Grants Pass Commercial Club, asked Mr. O'Brien to remedy this. Nine In Delegation. The delegation was composed of the following: R L. Coe, of the Coe Company department store; H. L. Andrews, secretary of the Commercial Club; J. T. Tuffs. Councilman and vice-president of the Grants Pass Bank ing ft Trust Company; J. G. Rlggs. Council man and real estate dealer; H. L- Gllkle. cashier Klrst National Bank of Grants Pass; A E. Voorhles. proprietor of the Rogue River Courier; H. C. Kinney, Mayor and manager of a general merchandise "tore; George C. Sabln, druggist, and O. 6. Blanchard, attorney. The visitors were the guests of William McMurray, general- passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, at luncheon at the Portland Commercial Club yesterday. In the afternoon they visited various sec tions of the city in automobiles to view Portland's paved streets, and determine upon the best kind of hard-surface pave ment to use in paving 22 blocks In Grants Pass, as soon as the weather moderates In the Spring. The club has recently gained 74 mem bers and now has a total of 204. Grants Pass, "Dry," Thrives. Prohibition has benefited rather than hindered Grants Pass, according to the Commercial Club delegation. The town has Increased its population between 500 and 600 in the last year, said Mr. Voor hies. Another Indication of prosperity and rapid growth Is the fact that in the last 30 days J25O.O00 of Grants Pass real estate has changed hands. The irrigating sys tem is to be completed during the Win ter, furnishing water to 18,000 acres of land. Lumbering has been more extensive thin vabp than for aeveral vears oast. !elnVJl ber Company of the Sweede Basin Mills put a large traction engine on the hM between Love's Station and Grants Pass this season, hauling 40,000 feet each trip. The Golden copper mine is said by the Grants Pass business men to be un usually active. The Waldo copper mine produced 16 carloads of copper mat In a 30-day run. In the Gallce district the Oriole gold mine struck rich ore on the third level. The Sugar Pine. Almeda and Golden Rod mines are all in active op eration, as well as the placer mines of the district. LIQUOR ORDINANCE WAITS License Committee of Council Post pones Action Two Weeks. After discussing the proposed liquor ordinance, introduced into the Council by Councilman Cellars, the liquor license committee yesterday, at Mr. Cellars' mo tion, laid it over for two weekB. It is a recodification of all the present ordinances governing the trade. It will prohibit "back door" restaurants, also, if it becomes a law. Its principal op ponent, thus far. is Councilman Belding. but there are others who' do not look upon it with favor. Kight Given (o Sue for Man's Death. Katherine W. Pope, administratrix of the estate of John. Joseph Lee, was au thorized by County Judge Webster yes terday to bring suit in the Circuit Court against the Shaver Transportation Com pany to recover damages for Lee's death. He was killed in an "accident on February 13, 1908. GETS PROMISE OF NEW DEPOT FROM GENERAL MANAGER O'BRIEN VA1'VV'.AVfc VUM AtMLA&C-o txvctvvco AalAX, AwJPO'vfcXa.vvA. 1 Oui AfyO-;CW. yp-WJj inAV CVW Ja wvdL aVlc 'jxe HO S rl. T A. Straus to Receive Sentence Tomorrow. GUILTY OF NOT DEPOSITING Charge of Embezzling $4015.76 of Postal Receipts Is Xot Proved Against Former Cashier Pen alty Fine or Imprisonment. Charles A. Straus, former cashier of the Portland Postoffice, was denied a new trial in the United States Court yes terday morning and was ordered to ap pear Wednesday morning for sentence. This action practically closes the inci dent by which the United States lost $4015.76 of the postal funds. Straus was for a number of years in charge of the receipts of the local office and in June of 1908 requested and was granted a leave ot absence because of defective eyesight. Soon afterward a discrepancy in hi ac counts waa discovered and an investiga tion was ordered b,y the inspectors' de partment. Straus refused to give any information concerning the manner in which the money disappeared, asserting cash and books were balanced when, he left the office. He was acquittted of a charge of embezzlement, but was found guilty of. RIAL DENIED fZl failingto deposit moneys received by him est cashier. The penalty which may be imposed by the court is a fine of an amount equal to the sum not deposited and imprisonment from six months to ten years. FULTON TO DEFEND SCKIBER m Motion to Dismiss Banker's Indict ments Is Overruled. A demurrer to the six indictments against J. Scriber. ex-cashier of the Farmers & Traders' National Bank, of La Grande, which institution he is ac cused of wrecking by means of reckless use of deposits, . was overruled, and the case will sro down for trial soon after. December 20, when the United States hopes to dispose of the Umatilla land fraud investigation. Senator Fulton represented the defend ant, and announced that he would appear in the trial. QUEENIE PLEADS NOT GUILTY Woman Will Be Tried on Charge of Fraudulent Use of Mails. Pleading not guilty to a charge of using the mails for fraudulent pur poses, "Queenie" Fense was arraigned in the Federal Court yesterday, and her trial set for December 6. The woman is acused of having ad vertised for a partner in a business deil and of securing $1000 from John Frjzzell under a false promise of mar riage. She was arrested in Spokane and returned to Portland for trial. SEVERAL CASES DISMISSED Federal Attorney Finds Accused Man Has Disappeared. District Attorney McCourt yesterday entered motions for the dismissal of a number. of cases, among them being OF THE, SOUTHERN PACIFIC that of John T. Cray, who, while As sistant Postmaster at Lostine, was charged with misappropriating funds in the money-order department. Cray is said to have left the country before warrants were secured. Prosecution against Lee R. Willis for perjury was abandoned because he was not found by the Deputy Marshals who followed his trail through three of the Coast states. Edwin B. Hill, a farmer and rancher who was indicted for throwing his fences around a tract of Government land, escaped prosecution by removing them as soon as notice was served while the case of perjury against Earl Benson, of Cottag-e Grove, was stricken from the docket without trial. An old prosecution was revived when the Government's prosecuting officer asked the court to cite John B. Stod dard for sentence. The defendant was convicted several years ago for illegal fencing of the miblic domain. The United States Marshal will be required to produce Mr. Stoddard on Friday. , Other cases set for hearing are: William Jones, for unlawful enclosure, December 3; C. W. Anderson, charged with timber trespass, December 2; John Love, burglary of the postoffice at Monmouth, November 30; Ingram Vine gar Company, violation of the pure food law, December 1. HERMANN TRIAL SET TODAY Case Failed to Come Up Yesterday in Federal Court. A date for the trial of Binger Hermann, ex-Congressman from the First District, and now indicted In connection with land-fraud matters, will be fixed In the Federal Court this morning, the selection of the time depending upon replies to telegrams sent to the Department of Justice by Francis J. Heney, the prose cutor, and by J. M. Gearin, representing the defendant. Mr. Gearin is to have the assistance of Attorney Worthington, said to be. the most able criminal lawyer In the Dis trict of Columbia, and who Is to appear before the Supreme Court on January 10, the date most favored by the prosecu tion. It is thought that Special Prosecu tor Heney may insist upon beginning the trial of Hermann on January 10, allow ing the Washington attorney to come in as soon as he can reach Portland.. Binger Hermann was not in court yes terday. ' Oregon City Loses Pioneer. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) 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