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14 .THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1909. FINED S5D00, VERT DRAWS HIS CHECK Last of Umatilla Land Conspir ators Says Guilty and . Pays Court. TOTAL OF FINES $78,500 .Relieving Men Who Sought to Ac quire Land Erred Chiefly on Tech nicality, Judge Wolverton Im poses Xo Prison Sentence. John Vert, former employe of the First National Bank of Pendleton, yesterday pleaded guilty In the United States Court. Jle is the last to plead guilty of the con centrators who. In 1905, engaged In a cheme to acquire a large area of grazing Jnnd from th,- Federal Government by etaktnir advantage of some of the pro visions of the act which gave the Uma tilla Indians their lands in severalty. The defendants all maintained chat their notions were open and above board, and ft hat they had no Intention of violating the daw. Judge Wolverton promptly imposed a ine of JS000 on Vert and ordered him com mitted to the custody of the United States 'Marshal until such fine should be paid. Tli maximum of imprisonment, in default of payment of the fine, was named as a .period of two years, but Mr. Vert was actually in the hands of Marshal Reed a very fuw mlnu.es. Vert asked Clerk Can ijion to step into the anteroom, and after itlio Marshal had talked with The cashier ot the First National of Pendleton by 'the phone and ascertained that the check "would he honored. th defendant sat down int a desk and wrote an order on that (institution. Fines Now Total $78,500. ! "With the payment of this fine the Gov ernment has received the total sum of STR.oOO from what are known as the Uma tilla conspirator. Ten thousand dollars wjs the total of Tines in the Heney .con victions. Headed by Colonel J. II. Raley, onrt of the best-known practicioners at lie Oregon bar. some 15 prominent citi T.rnn of Umatilla County were Indicted in iMarch. 1S0S. charged with having or ganized a confcpiracy to acquire unlaw fully a large acreage of lands In the Umatilla Indian reservation. It was set out in the complaint that several of the larire owners of stock of Umatilla County who had for years enjoyed the privilege of a free range along the hills of the grazing country, had entered into a con tract with a number of clerks, laborers nn.l other persons, whereby the latter wre to take up lands and transfer them to the syndicate after title should be acauired from the Government.. AH but Two Pay Cash. Colonel Raly and 14 associates recently pleaded utility and were fined in the Film of $45,500. all but two of them paying in cash. At that time John Vert was in New York City on a business mission and failed to receive the notice sent out from the "ofTice of United States District Attorney MeCourt. As soon as he re turned lo the etate. lie arranged to ap pear before the court. When arraigned yeMerday the defendant addressed the court in his own behalf. '"At the time that these lands were filed upon,' said Mr. Vert. ,-I was employed by the First National Bank of Pendleton as a clerk and to look after their land investments. T was a notary public for the bank and took my orders from the cashier. I acknowledged all 'the papers which have been ehargrd against me but I wish to eav to the court that I did it under orders from my superior officers. My violation of the law was technical at the most, but I desire to enter a plea of fcuiltv and throw myself on the mercy of the court." Finis IVriters to "Conspiracy."' District Attorney MeCourt promptly en tered the same plea for leniency which he made in the former hearing when 15 prominent citizens of Umatilla County pleaded guilty. With the discharge of Mr. Vert from custody tlie Umatilla conspiracy case was closed. No individual has served time in prison because it appeared to the court that the scheme did not purport to de fraud the Government out of both the title and the purchase price of the lands. Colonel Ralejf. Vert and their associates fcad been making use. of the lands for 6ummer grazing ground for their flocks for many years and they desired to ac Quire title to the Indian lands when they wre placed on the market. They offered the full price named by the Government In each case. 'CHINK' THUG BREAKS ROCK tVa-Tong Steals Rope, Gets 2 0 Days. Holds Kecord. Wa Tong. a. Chinese, was sentenced to Sft days' upon the rockplle yesterday, by Judge Bennett for the larceny of a coll tf rope. . This case affords one of the rare ex amples werein Chinese have been ar rested In this city on charges other than Rambling. It is the first Chinese sen tenced to imprisonment by Judge Ben nett since he assumed the municipal Judgeship. Wa was caught by Patrolman Roberts1 in the act of stealing the rope from a large awning on the building of (Allen & ' Lewis, wholesale grocers, at Front and Davis streets. When arraigned In court he refused to make any state ment. ' BIG RANCH BRINGS $71,000 frank A- Sweeney Disposes of Prop erty to Ohio Capitalists. Frank A. Sweeney, of this city, has Just Consummated the sale of a large wheat ranch owned by him In Gilliam County to I. .M. Eskridge and K. I. Giles, of Ohio. The ranoh comprises 2S40 acres, and Jias always been considered a valuable piece of property, owing to its fertility. The price paid for the property was 71.000. Oilliam County has a record of raising about 6,000.000 bushels of grain each year. The purchasers of the property aie wealthy capitalists, who have been look ing for some time' for a profitable investment. FJRE DESTROYS DRY KILN &Test Side Lumber & Shingle Co. Scorched $3 000 Worth. Fire which originated in the dry kiln ft the West Side Lumber & Shingle Company, at the foot of Montgomery street, caused damages estimated at 3000 yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The entire plant of the com pany had a narrow escape from destruc tion, and thai it was not consumed was perhaps due to the prompt and deter mined fight made against the blaze by the company's employes with the fire equipment of the mill. Considerable delay was experienced by the firemen in getting streams of water on the fire because hose had to be laid so great a distarrce. Under the direction of Chief Campbell, however, this work was expedited. The flames were kept from spreading to other parts of the mill. Virtually all the lumber in the kiln was destroyed and the kiln badly damaged. The fireboat responded to the call and by the large and powerful streamp from its engines did more than any other cause to ex tinguish the fire. The smoke and flames drew out a large crowd of people. Several nrestan i and some employes of the mill were on the roof of a shed adjoining the kiln. A wall giving way on one side allowed sheets of fire to sweep out under -the shed where the men stood, endanger ing them greatly. A cry arose from the crowd and it was feared those on the shed roof would be burned to death. Chief Campbell promptly directed the play of streams of water-upon trie en- dangered men, and in a few seconds a ladder could be placed against the roof and the fire-fighters rescued. ALL GET CHANCE MOTE VOTERS WHO HAVE MOVED DON'T LOSE BALLOT. System of Certificates to Be Issued to Give 4000 Citizens Oppor- - tunity to Vote Feb. 1 5. 1 Voters who have changed their resi dences from one precinct to another since they last participated? in an elec tion, will be afforded an opportunity to vote at the special election to be held for the purpose of changing the manner of paying for.- water mains Tuesday, February 15, 1910. Mayor Simon took up the matter with County Clerk Fields yesterday morning, and arrangements will be made whereby a system of certificates will be issued, showing to the judges and clerks of election that the holder Is entitled to vote. Owing to the fact that it would re quire an entire set of books for a special registration - at the 'Court House, and the further fact that Clerk Fields has not the proper force of clerks to carry on the work, It was decided to resort to the card system, whereby each voter who has changed his residence may be permitted to so state and receive a certificate to that effect from the County Clerk. Tt is said that about 4000 voters are affect ed by this change of residence, and it is the wish of Mayor Simon that they be given an opportunity to vote. Mayor Simon asked the City Coun cil to call a special election for tire date named, in order that the laws governing the manner of paying for mains may be changed. At present abutting property-owners must pay for all of the small mains, and Mayor Simon and the members of the Water Board, as well as many others inter ested from an official standpoint, are advocating a change. It is desired by them to create a water fund, so that all extensions and improvements made in the system will be paid for out of this fund. One of the chief features of the proposed amendment Is that It gives the city power to lay mains by its own Initiative and with its own employes, obviating the necessity for calling for bids from contractors. Under the present law it has been impossible to make any headway, and there have been but few, mains laid. The . contractors fear they cannot col lect assessments ..from property-owners owing to a technical construction of the law. and they will riot submit pro posals for this class of work. If the proposed amendment is adopted it will be possible for the Water Board to lay as many mains as are needed to keep ahead of the laying of hard surface pavements and other improvements. CATALEPTIC JAP MOVES AFTER EIGHT MONTHS' INAC TION HE ARISES AND WALKS. Freak Patient Shows Remarkable Strength in View of Emaciated Condition. The first real movement he has made for eight months, K. Oghura, the Japan ese laborer Ixjng in a cataleptic condition at the Good Ajamarltan Hospital, yester day threw 'hl bed clothes off and sol emnly took two steps In the ward in which his cot lies. Then, while an in terne and several nurses rushed towards him for fear" he should fall, the Jap smiled, turned round again, slipped easily Into bed and pulled the bed linen up. For asi hour he lay in the bed, still ap parently smiling, and then his eyelids dropped as If even in his now semi-cataleptic condition he was sleeping. V For months his wide-open, staring eyes have been sheltered from the glare of lights only momentarily, except by a sheet of gauze put over his face to keep the flies off. . Oghura's case has attracted the atten tion of medical men over the entire coun try. He was employed on the North Bank Railroad, and last April was sent to the hospital, supposed to be 'suffering from meningitis. Dr. Louis Buck, the railroad physician, found no evidence of the dread disease. Even while waiting for- the ar rival of the physician, Oghura lapsed into the cataleptic condition, .which continued until recently, when he began to be able to chew. His movements yesterday are considered remarkable, in view of his emaciated condition. The Addition with Character We have some very fine lots which we will sell at $1000 each, upon the 'following payments: Pride of Lot . Gash Payment Balance of . . $rooo 100 $900 payable at the rate of $20.00 per month. . Purchasers may make the deferred pay ments at any time before maturity if they wish. Take an hour and go out to LAUREL HURST, and see these lots and others at both higher and lower prices. . . You can4 take either the Montavilla or the Rose City park cars both lines iun through the addition. Office on the ground at East Glisan and East 38th Streets. Telephone East 989. BOARD OF DIRECTORS L. A. Lewis Edw. Coojtingham Charles K. Henry H. W. Fries F. F. Mead H. R. Burfce S. B. Linthicum Paul C. Murphy James B. Meikle Robert H. Strong Charles K. Williams George F. Dekum jacsj rellwi rS t Cg. 522 CORBETT BUILDING Phones: A 1515; Main 1S03 DODGE IS ON TRIAL Accused of Taking Man's Wife and Money in False Guise., PRETENDED TO BE OFFICER BREAKING LipCQSTS $25 Restaurateur Fined for Selling Beer . . and Wine on Sunday. Dennis MarcaUs, proprietor of the Coney Island Restaurant, at - Sixteenth and "Washington streets, 'was fined $25 yester day morning for selling liquor on Sun day. Patrolmen Gill and McCulloch raw sev eral natrons of the restaurant get bot tled beer from bahind the counter. The policemen were ln civilian dress and en tered the place without arousing the pro pri&tor's suspicion. After witnessing sev eral sales of wine the policemen ar rested Marcalis. Asserting He Represented Interior Department, Testimony Is He Got ' Money From Connor to Take Wife From Prosecution. Charged with impersonating an officer of the Secret Service o(.the United States, as well as pretending to be an inspector , of the Department of . the Interior en- , gaged in the inspection of homestead entries. French B. Dodge is today on trial In the United States District Court. O. B. 'Turner, a ranchman ' living near Shedds. is the chief witness and while on the stand yesterday swore that Dodge not only Impersonated an officer of the Gov ernment without authority, but succeeded In securing. several hundred dollars from Turner. After securing a. large portion of the money. Turner iharges that Dodge took Mrs. Turner away and used the funds to support her in a tent, situated in a grove near Gresham. Turning his back to the part of the courtroom where Dodge sat beside his attorney.vTurner faced the Jury squarely and recited the story of his wrongs. He said his wife took their two children from his home in Shedds and removed to Pendleton in 1904. Turner went to see them In 1908, and succeeded in persuading the wife to return with him. They ar rived at the home in Shedds in July, 1908, j and about that time Turner received a letter from a woman in Portland saying that his wife had Anade a homestead entry near Pendleton, for which she was to eceive J500 when the patent should be issued by the Government. "Within a few days of the receipt of this information, ,Mrs. Turner told her husband that a friend had arrived at Shedds and asked her spouse If he had any objection to his calling at the home of the Turner family. Turner not only "'had no objection but went over to the store to meet Dodge, and invited him to the house. Turner says that Dodge came and stayed until September. About the middle of September Dodge told Turner, so the witness testified, that ha vat an officer of the Secret Service investigating land frauds in Oregon and that his wife had pretended to be a single woman when she made her filing on lands In Umatilla County. As a friend of the family. Dodge agreed to get Mrs. Turner out of the country and prevent her prosecution Ji the husband would advance sufficient . money to defray the expenses. Turner put up $500 at that time. ne says. Turner took the woman away and Turner understood she was in Canada. Numerous letters were read to the Jury signed by Dodge in which he advised Turner as to the whereabouts of his wife and made solicitous inquiries for the welfare of the children who had been left to the care of Turner. Some of them were dated at Seattle and others at Portland, but all of them contained ap peals for money. Turner sent various amounts to Dodge, but "finally became sue plclous and placed the correspondence in tne hands of the United States authorities. It was not long until the affinities were located near Gresham. submitted tea fine of $101 and a jail sentence of 60 days. Sam Huie has grown old with the operations of his business in the Ori ental gateway, and he wanted a younger member of the firm to come on from China to relieve him of some of its cares. He sent for Huey Sheong, who arrived at Seattle in October, where he was stopped pending an in vestigation. A number of Inspectors of the Immi gration Bureau were detailed to look up the matter, and it was ascertained that Huie Sam approached different officers in hopes of being able to facilitate his free . entry. On the day of the final hearing in the case Sam Huie testified that Huey Sheong was a member of the firm of Sun Soon Huie, and as he left the stand handed Inspector Saw yer a yellow silk handkerchief deco rated with the imperial dragon and surrounding a bill of the United States Treasury In the -sum f $100. The handkenchief and bill were turned over to the District Attorney, who procured the indictment and conviction of the old Celestial. Huie Sheong has been returned to China. AMUSEMENTS WHAT PRESS AGENTS SAY "Man ot the Hour" Tonight. The attraction at the Bungalow Theater. Twelfth and Morrison streets, tonight at 8:15 o'clock and continuing tomorrow (Wednesday) night, with a special metlnee tomorrow, will bo William A. Brady and Joseph K. Grlsimer's magnificent production of the fa-moua American drama, "The Man of the Hour." The pro ducers have given this interesting' play a splendid case. v ' . High. Water Wrecks Cribbing. CHERRYVILLE. Or., Dec 13. (Spe cial.) The second high water in the Sandy River wrecked the cribbing; -of the dam of the Mount Hood Electric Railway Company, but the supporting timbers are safe and arev being re inforced. Since the first part went out in Novenber workmen have been in stalling new timbers to rebuild and are tunneling" under the west bank to get a supply of reinforcing material. BRIBING CHINESE IS FINED Huie Sam 'Offered Money to Immi gration Inspector. "With his brilliant silk handkerchief confronting him in the United States Court yesterday morning, from the folds of which there peeped the numerals and outlines of a $100 bill, Huie Sam, senior member of the firm of Chinese mer chants known as Sun Soon Huie Com pany, yesterday pleaded guilty to hav ing attempted to- bribe Immigration Officer John B. Sawyer, and gracefully Alice IJoyd at the Orpheum. Teaterday was a great day at the Orpheum. Two big crowds greeted one ot those fine all star bills for whictf this popular place of amusement is eo Justtly famoua. And there was Alice Lloyd, beautiful, dainty and petite. Her songs are bright and sparkling, while she Is just about the sweetest bunch of cleverness seen here in moons. Matinee every day. "The BUllken Man.". The big feature act of "The Land of Nod." the famous musical extravaganza at tii Baker thto week, is Adelalds Harland anrt n special ballet in the latest creation. "The Bll liken Man." All the other well-known char acters are Introduced, including April Fool, the Sand .Man. the Weather Man, the Man in the Moon and the Jack o' Hearts. Spinning in the Air. Spinning in the air and performing acro batic featA is the work of Delmore and Lee, who are the headllners on the new bill which yetserday opened at the Grand. Thl la one of the most daring and thrilling specialties that has been sent here by Sullivaa A Consl dlne. There are many other acta of impor tance on. the bill. Big Bill at P&ntages. The bill which began a week's run aft Pan tagea yesterday ia scoring a tremendous hit, as it is one of the finest ever presented on a local stage- Besides a half dozen acts " de luxe, two topllners adorn the bill, the Florenz troupe. Europe's most startling acrobats, and the four American Gypsy Girls, singing Quartet. "Mr. Potter of Texas." At the Lyric Theater this week the Athon Stock Company is playing a dramatization of that popular story. Mr. Potter of Texas. The members of the company are well cast ana tne play Is a bit. Matinee today. COMDH1 A tTRACTlOya. Seats Selling for Ezra Kendall. - Beginning next Thursday night. December 3, ana continuing tlie following two nights, with a special matinee Saturday, the attrac tion at the Bungalow Theater, Twelfth and Morrison streets, will be the famous American comedian, itra ivenaal 1 and an excellent sup porting company, in too aellgntlul comedy, STORE THEFTS ALLEGED Hardware Salesman Accused of Stealing From Stock. Cecil "Wilson, a clerk for the Oregon Hardware Company at 107 Sixth street. was arrested yesterday by Detectives Hellyer and Maloney for alleged theft from his employers. F. W. HacKer, president of the hardware company, filed a complaint against Wilson. Wil son is alleged to have engineered sys tematic thefts of articles from the store for several months. He is accused of taking a watch, a match safe, tape lines and many other articles: The first American paper money wan itiaa in liw. 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OPAL CITY will be the junction point between the electric road from Prineville and the Hill and Har riman railroads. OPAL CITY will be electric-lighted by power generated at Odin Falls, in the Deschutes River, which will also furnish power for the Opal City-Prineville Electric Railroad. t OPAL CITY will have an abundant supply of PURE "WATER from artesian wells' which are now being drilled, and will have a gravity water system, the reservoir being located in the foothills just east of the city. OPAL CITY will in all likelihood be the end of a division on the railroads, as it is the first "slack grade" the railroads can take advantage of after Leaving the Columbia River, and where plenty of water is obtainable. OPAL CITY wfll be the metropolis of Central Oregon. It is the opinion of all those who have in vestigated the situation that it is the one logical spot for a city. Now is the time to buy, for next year when the railroad- are built through Opal City lots will more than treble in value. FREE MAP OF OREGON Shoving routes and development of railroads in the Deschutes Valley, and literature describing- Opal City. W HITE Oil CALL LOTS 50x100 STREETS EIGHTY "FEET WIDE FIFTEEN-FOOT ALLEYS $100 10 Per Cent Cash $5.00 Per Month , American Trust 200-204 Chamber of Commerce Company Central Oregon Information Bureau V "The bodies of little children require the most nourishing food for their proper development. When you. bake with you are certain of the r purest of food." . Mother. All the muscle building, body building properties of wheat are concentrated iu Olympic Flour. Only the plumpest, hardest grams are selected from the Northwestern wheat crop this is carefully cleaned and scoured by modem methods with the resnlt that Olympic Flonr reaches you clean and pare and wholesome and nutritious. Always insist upon Olympic "there Isn't any Just as good." 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