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12 THE MORNING OREGONIAIH, SATtTRDAT, APRIL 23, 191U. WILLO WAS AGENT FOR C. A. SMITH Government, in Land-Fraud Case, Secures Admissions From Lawyers. M'KINLEY GETS GRILLING "Witness States That Men Who Signed for Tracts Were Not Com pelled to Deed Them Same Day They Were Mortgaged. The only Important evidence scored by the Government yesterday In the hearing of its suit to cancel patents to 33 timber claims in Linn and Lane counties now held by the Minnesota millionaire, C. A. Smith, was the ad mission on the part of Attorneys Lind and Kuland that John A. Willd, to whom the deeds were made, was the agent of Smith and that the deeds were so executed as a matfer of conven ience. Practically all the deeds were made at the same time that the notes and mortgages securing the money ad vanced for filing fees were executed to Frederick A. Kribs. Grilled for another half day on the witness stand, Horace G. McKinley, 'handsome, debonair prince of land frauders," as he was once designated by Attorney Gearln, now of the de fense, proved of greatest value to the defense of C. A. Smith. McKinley cheerfully admitted that Puter, Tarpley and himself secured residents of Linn and Lane counties to go upon the lands, that they paid all expenses connected with the several trips the entrymen made to the Land Office at Roseburg and that they sup plied the purchase price of the lands, but he firmly denied that prior to mak ing the first filings Puter and himself ever entered Into any arrangement whereby the .lands were to be sold to any person. Puter Had Gone East. ' McKinley testified that Puter had gone East with letters from himself to lunrber and timber dealers in Minne sota and Michigan, from whom they hoped to borrow enough money to pay all the expenses incident to the filings and acquirement of title. It was dur ing one of those trips, he said, that Puter met C. A. Smith, who sent Puter. to see Kribs, at thaf time looking after business in California. Kribs was admitted to have arrived at Albany at the time McKinley was under arrest for subornation of per jury in connection with the entries now belng assalledt and to have remained at Roseburg- until after all the claims had been proved up. McKinley knew that Kribs was advancing the money on the various claims and was taking notes and mortgages from each person for the sum of 600, but the witness Insisted that it was a loan. Puter and McKinley, according to the witness, expected to receive from $75 to $100 as a "locator's fee" from each person they conducted to the Land Of fice, which wouia compensate them for their trouble and expenses. "I believed," said McKinley, "that in years to come I could handle tho3 lands for the entrymen and make some money out of them. They at all times were privileged to- pay oft the mort gages and sell the lands to whomso ever they saw fit. That was a part of the understanding with them." The witness could not give a satis factory explanation of the fact that deeds to John A. Wlllds were made at Roseburg at the same time and place that the mortgages were given, to P. A. Kribs. All that he professed to know of the transactions was that Puter said Wlllds was to have the deeds, and that Kribs would furnish the money. Not Compelled to Sign. "The men who owned the lands were not compelled to sign the deeds the day they signed the mortgages," persisted McKinley. "They could have kept the lands three months and sold to whom soever they saw fit." When the attention of McKinley was called to the fact that Puter and him self spent nearly $5000 in expenses se curing the lands upon which their lo cation fees would amount to only $3300 it did not feaze him a particle. The witness said the realization of that fact was the time when he and Puter undertook to secure a purchaser for the property at $5.25 per acre, believing that &11 of the men who filed on the lands would accept , a fee of from $75 to $100 per acre and deed the lands to whoever Puter and McKinley named. An Important admission in favor of the Government was the statement of McKinley that the witness knew that Pred A. Kribs was representing C. A. Smith at the time the final proofs were made at Roseburg in April, 1900, when the $600 notes and mortgages were onade in the name of Kribs. McKinley testified that soon after the final proofs were made at Rose burg Puter and himself received $5.25 iper acre from the purchasers of the land. He did not know who paid it to Puter. but said Puter rae him half of the total amount. An effort on the part -of the attor neys for the defense to prevent further evidence on the ground that C. A. Smith and the Linn-Lane Lumber Com pany had not been connected with the original conspiracy at the time of mak ing the entries was overruled by the court, the IMstrtct Attorney averring that Kribs knew of the frauds and that the Government would show that Kribs was the representative of C. A. Smith. 2HAX ACCUSED AS PROCURER Astoria Case First In Northwest Under "White Slave" Law. With the trial of Al Nathan, now held sit Astoria, the first prosecution in the Northwest under the white slave law re cently enacted by Congress will be con ducted in the Unitetd StatesNcourts in Portland. Nathan was apprehended upon a com plaint made by Immigration Agent Bar bour, who was informed that Nathan had placed an alien woman named Hazel Morrison in a disorderly house at Astoria and that he was profiting from her earn ings. Nathan was taken before a United States Commissioner at Astoria, and placed under a bond of $5000, pending a hearing next week. Hazel Morrison, who is 19 years, old, was brought to Portland and placed in the woman's department of the County Jail. The woman expressed willingness to be deported, if that action would save Na than from conviction and punishment. She admitted that she was born and raised in Victoria, B. C, where she met Nathan, and she said that when he went back to his occupation as a bartender at Astoria she went along because she want ed to be near him. Should Nathan be convicted under the new law, which was signed by President Taf t on March 26, last, he may be re quired to pay a fine of not more than $5000 or be Imprisoned not more than 10 years. DR. ELIOT GIVEN OVATION Speaker Describes School Conditions In Oregon 38 Years Ago. Dr. T. L. Eliot, after whom the Eliot School, in the North East Side, was named, received an ovation yesterday afternoon as he was introduced in the assembly hall to the patrons, who had come together to see the exhibition of school work. Dr. Eliot spoke touch ingly of the time when he was City and County School Superintendent, 38 years ago, and told of the primitive schoolhouses and methods then in use and compared them to the present mod ern schoolhouses that are being erected in Portland. He closed by saying that while the buildings were being made beautiful It should not be forgotten that the main object was to develop knowledge, goodness and beauty. Kev. H. H. Pratt spoke briefy on the Board of Educa tion, remarking that the Eliot building, a name that represents so much to Portland and its people, was one of the most beautiful and best-built struc tures of the city. In connection with the uddresses a musical .programme was rendered, after which Principal L. U. Downs and the teachers held a reception in the lower halls. The entire building will be used in exhibiting school work. The' exhibit embraced the following: School exhibit used at Lewis and Clark Fair, exhibit from the A-Y-P Fair, drawing work, sewing, health department, music, work of the deaf mute school, which waa a demonstration, manual training, shop in operation, furnace-room, fan room, vacuum cleaner engine and dem onstration, trade school exhibit, auto matic heating, cleaning blackboard erasers. Mrs. L W. Sltton represented the Board of Education. It was esti mated that 1000 people visited the school in the afternoon. Principals of many outside schools attended the reception. CLUB GIVES UP POLITICS Word "Republican" Is Stricken From Organization's Title. The elimination of the word "Re publican" from the name Brooklyn Re publican and Improvement Club, cut ting out politics from the organiza tion, was the most important action taken at the- meeting of this club Thursday night in the hall at Powell and Milwaukie streets. Hereafter the club will be known as the Brooklyn Improvement Club. The club found that the union of politics and improvements is not happy and has kept many from Join ing the club. President L. S. Daue suggested the change. The meeting was a rally. Addresses were made by Rev. Father Gregory, A. L Barbur, Councilman A. G. Rush light, James- Ruddlman, and others. Auditor Barbur called attention to the hardships to which the present system of paying for water mains is subject ing a great many people. He also ex pressed the opinion that when once a street had been paved, the city should maintain the etreet out of the general fund. It was the sentiment of the meeting that the present system of laying mains ought to be changed and the club pledged itself to work to bring about a change. A committee composed of Father Gregory, A. G. Rushlight. A. L Barbur, F. Bevens, James Ruddlman, to look into the question of the city taking care of all well Improved streets, was appointed. Ice Plant Promised for Hillsboro. HILLSBORO, Or., April 22. A com pany of local business men is prepar ing to start an Ice plant, the machinery to be installed in a building at the rear of Emmot Bros.' market, and to have a capacity of three tons a day, which will be sufficient to supply the local trade. FENCING EXPERTS WILL CONTEST FOR HONORS Mario G. Montrezza, Secretary of Italian Consulate, and Charles Lampert, Pacific Coast Champion, Will Exploit Merits of Italian and French Schools. i " J, ,W ig If- V? I 'TM .'.. : . I - ; ; r:lv. ; - I .,. ; v mi sa7 r 4:;? THE first fencing match' held in Port land for several years will be staged tonight at Arlon Hall, Second and Oak streets. The participants will be Mario G. Montrezza, secretary of the Italian Consulate and editor of the Li 'Italice, and Charles Lampert, the Pa cific Coast foil champion. The match will be a contest between the French school and the Italian school of fencing. Professor Lampert represent ing the former. Professor Lampert is well known In the East as a skilled foil artist while Mr. Montrezza Had an en viable reputation as a fencer while in the Italian Army, where he served as Second Lieutenant. He was also a stu- HEYDPPOSES MAYOR Plumbing Inspector Declares Cement Pipe Unfit for Use. FAVORED IN OTHER CITIES Mayor Simon Is Determined to Have Competition for Portland In Sewer Pipe Even if His Subor dinate Fights Such Action. Plumbing Inspector Hey has Injected himself into the fight to make Portland a. city of "open" specifications for sew er pipe, which Mayor Simon began last week by causing action by the City Council to permit the laying of glazed cement pipe, as well as terracotta. In this instance, the Mayor finds a sub ordinate officer opposing him, much to his surprise. Mr. Hey has come for ward with the declaration that cement pipe Is unfit for use here, although It is used in many other places. In a communication to the Mayor and City Council filed with the committee on sewers yesterday morning, Inspector Hey states that he has no authority under the present ordinance to permit the laying of other than terra cotta pipe and that he has ordered out a lot of cement pipe connecting houses with main trunk sewers, because the cement pipe "is unsanitary." The Oregon & Washington Pipe Company, a local con cern, known as the "trust," has been having its. own way in Portland for many years and is fighting hard to maintain the field for its exclusive use. When Mayor Simon became aware of the attitude of Inspector Hey, he said that he was greatly surprised. He said, however, that Inspector Hey's attitude will not change the situation at all, and that the city is going to give compe tition a chance. "The representatives of the trust are doing everything they can to keep out the cement company from this field," said the Mayor, "but they neglect the only thing necessary to bring about their desired point, reduction in the price of their material. I do not care whether terracotta pipe or cement pipe is used, but I am going to insist upon a rate that will be reasonable, and that means a very material reduction on what people here have been made to pay. The trust officers say that cement pipe is a bad pipe for the city to use, but they don't say that they are willing to cut the price of their own make." Councilman Ellis, who introduced the ordinance before the Council at the last meeting to change the specifications in the Riverside sewer district so that glazed cement pipe may be used, said yesterday morning that there is noth ing in Plumbing Inspector Hey's con tention that cement pipe, being porous. Is unsanitary. Samples of cement pipe and of terra cotta pipe, side by side in the committeeroom, absorbed water ab solutely alike when tested yesterday morning. Owing to the fact that Councilman Rushlight, chairman of the sewer com mittee, neglected to appear yesterday morning, the committee did not meet, and no action was taken on Inspector Hey's communication. In the meantime Councilman Ellis is preparing to intro duce resolutions to open the specifica tions on other sewer districts through out the city, so that cement pipe may be used if desired, instead of having the terra cotta. pipe specified exclusive ly, as has been the case prior to this time. IT BEGINS AT 9 O'CLOCK The closing-out sale of the McAllen & McDonnell stock will begin this morning at 9 o'clock. A Hint in Time. Order the Mount Hood Brewing Com pany's famous Bock Beer now; to be de livered at your home. Phone East 139 or B 1SJ9. dent under Signor Plni, the champion follsman of the world, who is at present fencing instructor for the Argentine Gov ernment at Buenos Ayres. The bout will be for 10 points with two minutes' rest between every three points. The foils, will be regulation and the fenc ing court will be 20 feet long by 36 inches wide. Major Von Bgloffstein, of the Hill Mili tary . Academy, will act as referee, and Professor Lampert's judges will be Lieu tenant R. Sears, of the United States Army, and Professor Richard Gens, of the Turn Vereln. Mr. Montrezza has not yet picked his judges. A preliminary saber exhibition contest will be given by Major Von Egloffstein and another to be decided upon. Th 21 iiJi of the Eeilr W 11 M oraiini This morning at 9 o'CIock the doors will open upon the biggest closing-out sale ever held in this city. Almost $100,000.00 worth of high-class dry goods and women's and children's wear will be sold at prices that do not begin to cover cost, as the reductions range from 25 to 50. Of course we are going to lose quite a lot of money we are forced to do so by sheer necessity, as we were compelled to buy this stock in order to secure a new home for our clothing business now located at Third and Stark. The sooner we can sell out this stock the better we will like it, and we know of no better way to hasten selling than by making it to your interest to buy. Every article bears the original McAllen & McDonnell price mark and the new price in blue pencil. PLACE OF SALE: Third and Morrison Sts. OCEAN TRAVEL HEAVY MANY FROM NORTHWEST VISIT EUROPEAN FESTIVITIES. Passion Play and Other Musical and Educational Events Attract. Sales Records Broken. Musical festivities in Europe are at tracting many travelers from Portland, who will leave this week or early next week. W. H. Boyer is conducting sev eral fellow musicians upon a trip over Europe that will give those traveling an opportuinty to be present at the festivals, as well as enabling them to see the va rious city sights. Frau Bekker will leave shortly with several young women from St. Helen's Hall and Portland Academy. This trip will be designed especially to see the ed ucational sights abroad. One of the Portland railroad offices re ported 20 inquiries yesterday for foreign tours and passages abroad. Oberam mergau were given as the main attraction, although the forthcoming exhibitions at London and Berlin seemed to be the in centive to many more. Others, hearing of the prospective removal of the Eiffel Tower, mentioned Paris as one of the principal objectives of the trip. C. V'. Stinger, city ticket agent of the O. R. A N., said that the number of peo ple buying tickets abroad from his office alone would nil more than half a column In small type. The following are the most recent purchasers of tickets, and Include those who left the past week or are planning to leave next week: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nunn, Mrs. G. F. Heusner, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Gill. Mrs. W. K. Smith, Miss B W. Cornell, George Seaton Taylor, Harry B. Scott, Charles S. John son, George Rae, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ziegler. J. H. Alf, Mrs. C. Brandt and Mrs. Bcnallhorn. The last three men tioned are from Grants Pass, the others from Portland. There are 15 others whose names are not announced. Others who will travel abroad by an other steamship line were S. B. Stewart, Frank Link. Mrs. Annie McGee, William Scales, William B. Bacome, R. F. Hynd and family of five. Miss Minnie Brlstowe and Rev. P. F. Grace. The foljowing are recent bookings over the Canadian Pacific Railroad and con necting steamship line: Joseph Green, Miss Mary Green, Henry Wilson, Osborn Mlddeelan, Mrs. Nellie .Middeelan, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Mackenzie, Miss Lil lian Cowley, Mr. and Mrs. Wolford, Mr. Fordyce and Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw. El F. Baird, city ticket agent, and Paul Wagner, assistant city ticket agent,- of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, assert that they hold the record for sales for the trans-Atlantic passage. Their most re cent sales. Including immediate depart ures, were made to I. Lowengart, A. H. Devers, J. D. Kruse and family, E. R. Clary and family, W. L. Archibold, Miss Archibald, Miss Elsie Berr, Mrs. J. J. Febvet and, son, Mrs. R. Rlegelraan, Mr. and Mrs. I. Liederman, Mr. and Mrs. E GiOSffiLg' McDoeeelL Co J. Jaeger, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hen rlchsen, Francis B. Clapp, W. H. Boyer, B. O. Spltzner and party of musicians, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ellers, I. Kaufman and family, and others. Endurance MOST young men tax the wearing qualities of their clothing to the limit. "Pro Gressive" clothes stand the strain. They are made from sturdy fabrics, tailored, and finished in a way that makes them last. There's a distinc tion of style and cut about them ahead - of - the - proces sion look that gratifies the young man's pride. The. makers show their confi dence by a strong guarantee. Lock for the Pennant Withlhe Name MADE tu Milwaukee SOLD BT 4S4 Washington St, corner 13 th ai Out mmesice o East via California And the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Office 252 Alder Street, "Why not travel, via Sunny California and the Santa Fe. The train service is excellent. 3 daily trains San Francisco to Chicago via Kansas City and you can stop at the marvelous ' Grand Canyon of Arizona or for those who prefer to travel via Denver, we can give you the advantage of that route. ASK THE MAN IN THE OFFICE JNO. J. BYRNE, Asst. Pass. jQFket lye is graded. ""'"III?! .1. li . .I-"-- a Sa ioclk H. E. Vernon, General Agent Phone Main 1274 This Store PORTLAND Traffic Mgr., Los Angeles Ml Na2 i. No.3 J None of these grades will do for us. We must have absolutely the Best Rye in the field. Grain men say we are the hardest buy ers to please. Perhaps we are, but see the result. Good old Bottled In Bono Since 1857, the Government's Standard of Purity Send lor a free copy of "Making the Standard Bye Whiskey of America". A. Gackenlieimer & Broi., DUtillers, P:ttburE. Since 1857.