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TIITC 3IORXIXCJ OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1010. COURT TIP ROUTS M'CABTHY'S POLICE Squad Sent to "Protect" Ap pointees Gives Way to Taylor Faction. DESK LOCKS ARE BROKEN Woman Member of Educational ' Hoard Is Subject to Indignity of. Having Suitcase Searched, Later She Hesuiiies Duties. SAN" FRANCISCO. Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) The war between the oaicCarthy and Taylor factions of the city admin istration for possession of the offices of the Board of Health and the Board of Kducation goes merrily on, first one side having the upper hand and then the other. Chief of Police Martin,. Lieutenant Dinan and five policemen, placed them selves In contempt of court for a time this morning- in the effort to uphold the hand of Mayor McCarthy in keep ing the old Board of Education out of oflice. Judge Sturtevant's denial of the original injunction asked by the Taylor directors was barely an nounced yesterday before Mayor Mc Carthy named Leon S. Olayburgh, James E. Power and J. J. Tiernan as the Board of Education. When Directors Payot. Bannerman and Mrs. Kincaid, acting under the au thority of Judge Sturtevant's order is sued last evening-, apbeared at their offices this morning they were denied admission by a squad of police. Chief Sends Police Squad. Chief Martin sent Lieutenant Dlnan and several policemen to "protect" the McCarthy school directors from inter ference, and the orders were literally and forcefully carried out. But Just before Judge Pturtevant's courb convened some one advised Cnief Martin to countermand his instruction to ignore the court order, and Lieu tenant Hinan was ordered to "come in" and lot the Taylor board have posses sion of the school headquarters. Henry Payot found that his desk had been pried open with a chisel and the lock broken entirely out of its socket, in spite of the fact that he had turned over his keys to the opposition when he was ejected. The lock on the doors to Payot's and also to President Ban nerinan's rooms had been forced arjd torn off, though the keys to these locks also had been surrendered. Political Debts Paid. The lock to Mrs. Klncald's room had not been forced, though she suffered the indignity when ejected of having her personal effects in a suitcase (arched, despite her assurance that there were no official records In it. President Rannerman made clear his position and revealed the reasons which Mayor McCarthy had urged for his re moval. "I did not seek this office." paid Ban nerman. "and I would have been willing to retire gracefully if a fair opportunity had been offered. I went to McCarthy some weeks ago and discussed the matter with him. He asked for my resignation and stated frankly that he desired it be cause he had pledged himself during his campaign to remove all the Commission ers- and to give their pUtces- to men who had supported his canvass and were In sympathy with his administration. That was the only reason he gave." Old Hoard rtesnmes Work. The members of the Board resumed their accustomed places1 at their desks, and the affairs of the department went on as usual, with all the old employes in their places', after the interruption caused by the police In the morning. The only difference between the action of the Educational Board and the Health Board when it sought an injunction is that the former lost no time in acting. The latter wasted four days in deciding upon the course to pursue, and in the meantime, according to the interpreta tion of the law, the McCarthy Board ,had established a de facto right. Attorney Frank J. Murphy, counsel for Chief 'of Police Martin, announced this morning that he would present a motion 1o Judge Sturtevant by Friday asking t1it the injunctign 'granted the Taylor Health Board last night be dissolved. ' WARNING GIVEN BREWERS J.os Angeles Mayor Will Drive Them Out of Politics. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 1& "When the brewers realize that their business is the making of beer, not conducting the city government, they will have no further trouble with the police commission," said Mayor George Alexander today. In an nouncing the policy of the city adminis tration with relation to the regulation of the liquor traffic. Twenty-one saloon licenses were re voked by the police commission on the ground that they were held by "dummies" of the so-called "brewery trust." This action followed a report by a special in vestigating committee, which alleged that the brewers were attempting to control the entire saloon business of the city by acquiring permits already granted to In dividuals and bringing pressure to bear on , independents to drivethem into the combine. It was charged by the committee that the 'trust" maintained a large political fund, to which all saloonkeepers were forced to contribute. TILLMAN AGAIN IS ILL (Senator Stricken on Capitol Steps When Old Trouble Kecurs. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Senator Till man, of South Carolina, was taken sud denly ill on the steps of the Capitol to day. Later he was removed to his home, where he is under the care of a. physician. The. attack is said to have been a re currence of the Senator's old trouble, hardening of the arteries. The physi cian in attendance said he did not regard the attack as serious, and later it was eaid that Mr. Tillman was much better. CHINA TOLD TO KEEP WORD Britain. France and Germany Ask About Railway Plans? PEKIN. Feb. 16. Great Britain. France and Germany, in an identical note presented to the Foreign Board yesterday, asked the Chinese Govern ment the meaning of the imperial re script of January ::0, in which the throne ordered the Imperial Board of Communications to consider' the appeal of the provinces concerned to build the railroads involved in the disputed Han-kow-Szechuen line. The not- holds China to her obligations contracted in the negotiations of last Summer. The above powers made an effort to arrange a protest against the rescript, but the United States did not Join with them In the matter. Neither did the United States participate in the Identi cal note, but Mr. Fletcher, the American Charge d'Affaires, made representa tions to the Foreign Board to the ef fect that the United States would ex pect full participation in any loan for the railways involved. Baron Ijuin, the Japanese Minister, called at. the American Legation and explained to Mr. Fletcher Japan's posi tion in the matter of the Chin Chow Aigun Railway. Japan's official representations to China for participation in the financ ing of this road do not contain new conditions not made in the informal representations, only as Japan makes clear her expectations of extending the Japanese lines to the rich Tonanfu r gion, preferably from Tl&hling. CHINA'S PJ.KDGK SATJSFIKS tS State- Department Didn't Deem It Necessary to Join Protest. , WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. The United States Government did not see fit, to join with Great Britain, France and Germany In asking China for an ex planation of the rescript of January 30, because the State Department relies on the promises of the imperial gov- SAN FRANCISCO'S EXECUTIVE HAS HARD TIME OUSTING EX-MAYOR TAYLOR'S APPOINTEES TO PAY POLITICAL DEBTS. t A K-. X MAYOR ernment to allow this country, to par ticipate in the loan from which the roads are to , be constructed. The other three powers felt their in terests in the loan were not based on assurances that they would deem con clusive. The State Department believes the roads will be ' constructed, not by a loan subscribed by the provinces through which they are to run, but with a loan subscribed by the leading powers in which the United States will share fully. BLIZZARD FAR-REACHING WKST, NORTHWEST, SOUTH WEST SWEPT BY STOUjr. Traffic in Rocky Mountain States Blocked Denver Drops 58 De- grees 7 5-Mile Gale Rages. CHICAGO, Feb. 16. A severe storm amounting in some places to a blizzard and bringing to other localities a heavy downfall of snow, driven by wind of al most hurricane violence, swept over the West, Northwest and Southwest today, and tonight is moving rapidly eastward. The storm extended as far east as In dianapolis, where nine -.inches of snow fell. Twelve inches of snow is reported at Terre Haute. Reaching into Oklahoma with a violent hail and sleet downfall, and into Northern Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri and Minnesota, the storm played havoc with the Rocky Mountain states, where it delayed for hours transcontinental passenger trains. At Denver in the 24 hours ending to day the temperature dropped 58 degrees. In other Colorado clttes the storm un roofed buildings and blew in windows. In the mountains the wind blew 75 miles an hour. In Wyoming a drop of 63 de grees was reported. At Cheyenne it was 4 degrees below and at Lander 8 below zero. A- heavy loss of livestock was feared in Oklahoma, where the wind and sleet made suffering intense. Much suf fering was also reported In Kansas and Missouri. At St. Louts the worst blizzard of the Winter is interfering with traffic and causing much suffering there as well as throughout Missouri and Southern Illi nois. . Temperatures near the zero point pre vail over Kansas tonight, and the south western portion is covered with snow. Livestock is suffering. ... Northern Pacific trains are from seven to 14 hours late on account of heavj snow in the mountains. CANAL PLANS ENLARGED Engineers Report on Sunnyslde Project Approved by Ballinger. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington-.- Feb. 16. The Secretary of the Interior has approved the report of tha board of engineers submitting plans for securing additional storage capacity to provide 40,000 acre-feet of water for land 3 under the extension of tha Sun nyside canal. This storage is to be obtained at Lake Kachess. This work, which will be partly earth excavation, it is estimated will cost be tween 50,000 and. fGOtUU, HERBS GIVEN B NEGRO TO SWOPES South American ; Paid Thou sands of Dollars in Fees . in Eight Years. TASTE BLACK'S ONLY TEST 'Doctor" Chesslng- Hatred Chase Jordan Expounds His Treatment. Mrs. Hyde Believes Hn and Innocent Many Called. KANSAS. CITY, Feb. 16. How Chess lng Hatred Chase Jordan, a negro of Kansas City, Kan., who advertised him- M'CA BTHY, self as "Minister of Medicines, Medical Doctor and Doctor of Liver and Gall Stones," obtained from $10,000 to $20,000 in eight years for doctoring members of the Swope family was told by the "Doc tor" today. He was called to give a deposition In the slander suit brought by Dr. B. C. Hyde against John G. Paxton, executor for the Swope estate. The "Doctor's" name was first brought Into the Swope case when Mrs. B. C. Hyde issued a statement expressing con fidence in her husband's innocence and saying that Chrisman Swope used Jor dan's remedies. Jordan gave his deposi tion after much protest, as he said his ministering to the Swopes had nothing to do with the case. Jordan testified that his medlc!ne3 were harmless "yarbs" as he called them. He said they were compounded from roots and herbs obtained in foreign countries and dug in the woods near here. "Chew" 2.egros Test "But how could you tell whether these herbs were poisonous?" Attorney FranK P. Walsh asked hhn. "Why, . that's easy," replied Jordan. "I'd chew them. If they did not hurt me certainly they weren't poisonous, and certainly they wouldn't hurt my patients. That's the theory I work on.' The herb man says he is a South Amer ican. He was raised by a negro named Eli Jordan in, Texas. There is no ' rec ord of his having a physician's license in Kansas. - Six witnesses testified at a short ses sion of.. the grand jury today. Thy were ur. v. 1. Twyman, Swope family phy sician; O. B. Gentry, a druggist of In dependence, of whom Colonel Swope pur chased a compound, containing strychnine: Benjamin. Smith and R. C. Fields, under- laiter a assistants who aided in the re moval of Colonel Swope s body from the vault; Sylvester Spangles, Colonel Swope's coniiaenuat. agent, and John G. Paxton As previously announced, the prelimi nary, hearing of Dr. B. C. Hyde, set for tomorrow morning in Independence, will De continued, prohably for one week. .Xurse Is Recalled. Miss Pearl Keller, the Swope nurse who was the sole witness before the grand jury yesterday, was recalled todav. On . the holding that a witness subpa rt aed for the grand jury is subject to the grand Jury summons until excused or until that, body adjourns, attorneys for the Swope estate assert that the plan of Attorney Walsh to subpena'all the wit nesses who appear before the grand jury has been balked temporarily. It is said that witnesses who testify at the grand jury hearing will not be finally excused until the jury is adjourned, ten days Hence. Formal notice has been served on Dr. Hyde's attorneys that depositions in the damage cases will be taken by John G. Paxton's attorney next Friday. OWN REPORT MOVES-GLAVIS (Continued From First Page.) results of the field examinations should go in first and accordingly delayed his reports. Vertrees and. the witness had a long argument as to the value of the. af fidavits taken by Glavis and his assist ants from the coal claimants and the use to, which these could be put. The' attor ney and Glavis soon got into a wrangle. "Ton Juft answer my questions and we'll get along better," said Vertrees. , "It seems to me you should ans-er tho questions1," directed Chairman Nelson. Nelson and Graham Differ. "X submit A'vxA tbwst is too much lectur- POPULAR RECIPE This Home -Made Cough Syrup Stops Coughs Quickly Make a plain syrup by taking one pint of Granulated Sugar, add one-half pint of warm water and stir for two minutes. Put two and one-half ounces of p re Pinex In a pint bottle and fill Jt up with the Granulated Sugar Syrup. Take a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. Keep well corked and it will never spoil. The effectiveness of this simple home-made article is surprising. It usually stops a deep-seated cough in twenty-four hours. It is also excellent for colds, whooping coughs, pains In the chest, bronchial troubles and simi lar ailments. Use the real Pinex in making it. however. It is the most valuable concentrated , compound of Norway White Pine Extract, and It is far superior to the numerous pine oil and pine tar preparations. If your drug gist does not have it, he can get it for you without trouble. The proportion above suggested makes a full pint, of the best cold and cough remedy. The taste is so pleas ant that children take It willingly. The total cost is about 54 cents. Strained honey can be used Instead of the syrup, and makes a very fine honey and pine tar cough syrup. Some of the best Known, druggists here, as Laue-Davis Drug Co. (dis tributors) and others think bo well of the above prescription that they guar antee it to give perfect satisfaction or refund the purchase priee! ing of the witness." Interposed Represen tative Graham ( Dem.) "I am not aware of that fact, re marked the chairman. "It strikes me differently," replied Mr. Graham. "I am sorry to differ with, you," re torted Senator Nelson. "The witness," stated Mr. "Vertrees-. "tries to lug in an argument to counter vail any state of facts he thinks I may be developing." "Proceed." said, the chairman. "Now, Mr. Glavis." resumed Mr. Ver trees, "please permit me to request you to answer my questions and not add any thing unless it is necessary tp explain your answer. I will be greatly obliged if you will do that for me." The examination proceeded quietly for a time. v Mr. Vertrees sought to draw from the witness the admission that, when he telegraphed the department he could not submit a report on the Cunningham claims because additional evidence was available, he did not know any evidence could be obtained. Glavis insisted that he thought evi dence might be had in Alaska. He was not sure, however. "Forestry" Letters Read. Mr. Vertrees asked Glavis when he first received word that he was to be sup planted. He said on July 1. 1909.' Several letters and telegrams dealing with the calling of "the forestry" were read by Mr. Vertrees. Copies of these were received from the "forestry" today. In a letter dated July 16, 1908, and ad dressed by Glavis to A. A. Shaw, ex-assistant law officer of the forestry service, Glavis said that the land office, "for ob vious reasons," probably would turn over certain papers to "the forestry." "But I have copies of them," he con tinued, "and they will make mighty in teresting reading to you. The reasons for my request for a delay will be apparent from my reports." , In a telegram, which Shaw sent to the district forester at Portland, that offi cial was instructed to assist Glavis and make, his telegraphic -report "full and strong." Own Report Cau.-sed Transfer. Mr. Vertrees next turned to the charge that Glavis has made that he was called oft the Alaska work in May, 190S, and got no orders to resume until October that year. Th witness admitted that three days before he was called off the Alaska work he had telegraphed the de partment that the United" States Attorney was Tequesting immediate action on 1(MX cases in Oregon, where patents would have to be attacked in the near future, and that the entire force would be re quired on this work until July. Mr. Vertrees quoted from a telegram from Commissioner Dennett on May 28, 1908, which told of an additfbnal ap propriation for field work, and in cluded 'Push work." Schwartz Advised Revocation. Mr. Glavis said that he did not re gard this as referring to the Alaska cases, and that H. H. Schwartz, chief of the field service, did not so regard it. for on September 23, 1908, Schwartz recommended to Dennett that the or der taking Glavis off the Alaska work be revoked. Nearly an hour of the session was spent on a comparison of a set of coal land rules compiled prior to'Mr. Bal linger's service as Commissipner of the Land Office and of a set compiled by Mr. Ballinger. It was found that the rules referred entirely to lands in the United States proper, and had no appli cation in Alaska. Henry M. Hoyt,, Attorney-General for Porto Rico, who was consulted fre quently by Mr. Glavis when he was United States District Attorney at Se attle, probably will be the next wit ness. I far yjsgJL-' Without Lines Lens One solid niece no cement and perfect sig-ht with the discomfort and unsightliness left out. TEN YEARS IX PORTLASD, and the 1 uric en t practice In the Facile IVorllnvnt, -. One chftrve ootmi entire oot of examination, K'ussm, frames. THOMPSON EYESIGHT SPECIALIST, SECOND FLOOR CORBETT HI.I)Q Fifth and Morrinon, Fori land. Or. 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Elkins, of West Virginia, attempted , suicide by shooting in her apartments in a hotel here today. The wound, will not prove fatal. In a letter addressed to the newspapers, which Miss Elkins wrote after dismissing her gruests, she said: I simply was tired - of lite, ana me t S -i I J tern .1. -- A mma. JsfclZ, r--. H I I - - J & -, 1 FO UBL STOCK NOW ARRIVING 146 FOURTH STREET MORRISON AND ALDER i CUT-PRICE Family- Shoe Store struggle for existence was more than I could meet." But friends of the young woman say disappointment because her relatives ob jected to her choosing a theatrical carer was the true cause. Miss Elkins had studied music for sev eral years. She was an accomplished sinser. Recently she obtained a minor part with a theatrical cmnpany in New York, intending to adopt a stage career. Her relatives protested. She gave up the engagement. Senator Elkins is executor for Miss Elkins; father's estate, and it is said he used his influence to prevent her from becoming an actress. Miss Elkins parents are dead. The family came to Kansa'S City several years ago. ENGINEERS LEAVE MINES Shutdown in Butte Follows Juris dictional Union Dispute. BUTTE, Mont.. Feb. 16. A shut down of all mining operations in tha Butte district is threatened by reason of the action of a majority of the hoist ing engineers in leaving their posts this morning when concessions from the mineowners in the matter of jurisdic tional disputes were not forthcoming. xne men invoivea ai e uiciuuvii m .in ternational Engineers' Union, No. 138. Operations were continued today In but four of the Amalgamated Com panies" properties, the Silver Bow, the Berkeley, the Mountain Con and the Buffalo. Six hundred miners were low ered In these mines this morning, but it is expected that the next shift will ANNOUNCE THE V ' Spring Hats . 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Sale or Firewater Allejced. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Feb. 1 R. (Special.) Joe Baker, a Pet River In dian, who. somo time ago, was indicted by the Federal grand jury at Portland for selling liquor to Indians, was to day arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Hamniersly and was taken bp fore Commissioner Richardson. He waived examination and will be taken to Portland for trial. A bushel of barlev yields 15 pallnns o1 hoer In- Ornt Hrltam ann n .prmany