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"HIE 5IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY. JUNE 28, 1910. BRAY NOW IN JAIL; WIFE OUT- ON BAIL Allege! Commission - House Faker Fails to Give Bond for $4000. EXPLAINS BRADEN MATTER Federal Prisoner Denies His Same Is Braden or That He Kver 'Worked" Anyone in East. T.7sed Wife's Former Xame. Fred B. Gray, charced with being the man -who used the United States mail to defraud farmers in Oregon and South western Washington through the opera tion of a fake commission house in East Portland, was yesterday held to the Coun ty Jail in default of a $4000 bond. Mrs. Gray was not subjected to the Indignity of incarceration, a J1000 bond being fur nished by C. A. McGill and W. T. Snook. Gray is the man who escaped from Deputy United States Marshal Tom Hammersly within a few minutes after his arrest at Seaside, and in whose re capture the officer expended a large sum from his private purse. Gray is charged with having operated a fake commission house on Union ave nue, and having offered through the mails a large increase over the market value of produce. Soon after having secured a line of credit. Gray is ac cused of having caused a failure of his business, and decamped to Seaside. Gray Can't Explain Escape. When the officer of the Government went to arrest Gray, the latter sprang from a window in his cottage, and was at liberty for a few hours. Hammersly followed him and effected his capture. "I cannot explain the Impulse which prompted me to jump from that window and escape," said Gray through the bars of the County Jail last night. "After Hammersly had arrested me, I went home with him and began chang ing my clothes behind the kitchen door, while Mrs. Gray got breakfast. All at once it came over me to run away, and I jumped from the window. I then went along the road to Tillamook, and on ar riving there was ready to surrender to the Sheriff or anybody else. "I can only say that the Government officials are wrong about this matter. I have been in Portland two years, and have never at any time been in St. Paul, Indianapolis, New Jersey or Pennsylvania as the Government charges. 1 have sub mitted to having my picture taken to day and it will be sent back there. If any of those people can identify me as the man who is said to ha-e defrauded them, I am willing to return and face the charges. Gray Explains Braden Case. "I understand that a man named Braden is supposed to have bunkoed them. My connection with that matter probably arises out of my having mar ried Mrs. W. B. Braden, divorced wife of Dr. W. B. Braden, of Portland, but now of Los Angeles. The little boy men tioned as being with the Braden woman at St. Paul checks up with the little boy who has been with Mrs. Gray and who Is the son of Dr. Braden. "There are only four people who .suf fered by my faUure in Portland, aside from a number of Portland business firms. They are Allen Bros., of Dixon ville, and Howell Bros., of Brownsville, and two others whose names I do not re member. "I had arranged to rent a store in Al berta in the name of my wife, Mrs. Braden, and I suppose that fact caused the officers of the Government to con nect me with the man who defrauded the people in the East." Mrs. Gray is the divorced wife of Dr. W. B. Braden, now practicing his pro fession at Los Angeles. Her father is T. II. Hopkins, an old resident of East Portland. Mrs. Gray was at the county ja,il all day offering consolation to the prisoner. Mrs. Gray Met Husband Here. "I met Mr. Gray in Portland last October," said Mrs. Gray. "After my experience I thought I was securing a good man, and when he went into business I was glad to allow the use of the name I formerly bore. I was never with him in St. Paul or at any of the places that the postoffice in spectors charge. Those things hap pened prior to the time that I met Mr. Gray, and from the fact that he ac counts for his time for a period of two years I am sure that the inspector Is mistaken. I formerly conducted a rooming-house at the corner of Four teenth and Washington streets." Both Mr. and Mrs. Gray waived a preliminary examination and Mr. Gray will be compelled to remain in jail until October unless he Is able to se cure bail. Deputy Marshal Hammersly relates the humorous side to his pursuit of Gray. While the officer was waiting In the sitting-room of the Seaside cottage for Gray to secure his breakfast. Gray jumped from a small pantry window, falling upon his head and shoulders. Neighbors reported to Mrs. Gray that they had seen a burglar escape from the premises. Officer Has Strenuous Trip. After capturing Gray the officer and the prisoner made use of one horse on the- return trip from Tillamook to Arch Cape. They -would alternate in riding and walking. Hammersly was obliged to go into the Pacific Ocean in his pursuit of the escaping Gray. At Hug Point, where the wagon road from Seaside to Nehalem travels the sand at low tide, Hammersly could not persuade his guide to cross the sands. "I waited until the swell retired, and then I made a sprint for the other side," said Hammersly yesterday. "I made the 100 yards all. right, and saved a trip around the head of fully 3 miles. I had to walk six miles with my shoes iull of salt water, but I got Gray." PERS0NALMENTI0!l. L. J. Hadley, of Vale, is at the Per kins. O. B. Haynes, of Shantko, is at the Perkins. Roy Scatcherd, of Seattle, is at the Ramapo. C. W, KlenI, of Newberg, is registered at the Lenox. J. M. Reeder. of Shaniko, is registered at the Cornelius. R. S. Hughes', of Corvallis, is regis tered at the Perkins?. D. A. Doty, a business man of Mc Minnvllle, is at the Lenox. . Mr. and Mrs. Walter Holmes, of Marsh field, are at the Cornelius. E. M. McGettigan. a business man of San Francisco, is at the Ramapo. Mr. and Mrs. W.'. E. Meikle, of Winni peg, Manitoba, are at the Seward. Mrs. E. W. Pratt, Miss Delia Rush and Miss Viva Walker, of Corvallis, are at the Oregon. Mrs. H. C. Smith and Mrs. P. A. Stokes, of Astoria, are at the Imperial. Misa Rosamond Wright, niece of Gil bert Hunt, banker, of Walla Walla, is at the Portland. Mrs. William Watson, wife of the pro prietor of the Victoria Hotel, Spokane, is at the Cornelius. J. H. Dunlap. of Cascade Locks, presi dent of the Oregon Lumbermen's' Asso ciation, is at the Oregon. Eben F. Wells, former receiver of the Independent Telephone Company, of To coma, is at the Seward. Dr. C. C. Griffith, of Burns, is at the Imperial, on his way home after a visit with his parents and. relatives in the Willamette Valley. F. H. Hopkins' and family, formerly OVERWORK CAX'SES DEATH OF PROMINENT PORTLAND CATERER. Charloii BarenHtecher. Charles Barenstecher, one of Portland's well-known caterers, died Sunday at his home, 768 Marshall street, after an illness brought about by too close at tention to business. Mr. Baren stecher for 19 years had been a restaurateur in this city. He came here from San Francisco in 1891 and entered into a partner ship with Fritz Strobel. with whom he had been associated ever since. Mr. Barenstecher was a native of Baltimore, Md., and was 52 years of age. His first success in this city was in his management of the Louvre. He was the first to introduce mod ern ideas in the catering business in this city. Mr. Barenstecher later became a partner with Mr. Strobel, after a year of idleness, in the establishment of the Bel vldere Hotel. This venture, after gaining great prestige, was suc ceded by the Hofbrau, with which Mr. Barenstecher was connected at the time of his death. He re fused to retire from active busi ness relations, though his family had urged him to do so. Mr. Barenstecher leaves a widow and two children Herbert, aged 17. and Viola, aged 18. The lat ter recently graduated from St. Mary's Academy. Funeral ar rangements have not yet been completed. residents of Portland, are at the Port land Hotel and propose again to make this city their home. Mr. Hopkins has been engaged in stockraising in Southern Oregon. Leon Hirsch, of the Meier & Frank Company, has returned after an ex tended business trip to the markets of New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Rochester, Philadelphia and Boston. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Scoltz, of Fres-no, Cal., arrived in Portland yesterday afternoon by automobile. They report a pleasant trip and will return overland. The party is staying at the Imperial. John S. Owen, of Eau Claire, Wis., father of Frank Owen, who is to marry Miss Lelia Shelby, end his son, John G. Owen, of Owen, Wis., arrived in the city yesterday to attend the wedding. They are staying at the Portland. M. J. Buckley, general superintendent of the Harrlman lines in the Northwest, will leave today for a two-weeks visit to his old home In Minnesota, where he will attend his family reunion. This will be only the second time in 25 years that Mr. Buckley has been back to see his childhood home. SAN FRANCISCO. June 27. (Special.) Portland arrivals at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco: S. A. Connell, j; A. Hoyt. J. E. Dixon, W. L. Bllger. Vincent Cook and wife, Mrs. E. J. White, C. D. Ford, F. F. Lischke, Max Meyer, G. C. Park hurst, George L. Baker, Miss M. A. Ba ker, T. E. Follett, Charles Gould. CHICAGO. June 27. (Special.) Oregon people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: From Portland Mrs. W. Evans, Pa tience Evans, Edwin Evans, William Wil son. W. C. Barbour, at the Brevoort; J. X. Teal. Ruth Teal, at the LaSalle; Jona than Bourne, A. W. Prescott, Mrs. A. W. Prescott, at the Congress. Ij'j ' - " 1 ' v ' 'v 1 UL m'yj www- It yjf Jr-ex i i 'if . i i j: 0 x J. it W V ' Wv: j Ll,M:;.,: DELEGATES TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST STUDENT CONFERENCE OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HELD AT COLUMBIA BEACH. iwihiiwi wpi),i...iiiiwliM,iil.ii.. iu i in., .urn mt. ii. ...in. P.I.UMHI ii, .),, ,m , ,11,.,.,. i.. njummi ,mim,mimmm.wwmi.mmum.um OXE HCXDRED ASD THIRTEEN STCDEMS, REPRESENTING THENTV-FOIR SCHOOLS, AND SPEAKERS FROM MINT PARTS OK COUN TRY ATTENDED GATHERING PENNANTS DESIGNATE VHRIOIS COLLEGE DELEGATIONS. BIG SESSION ENDS Y. M. C. A. Student Conference Attended by 146. 24C0LLEGES REPRESENTED Record Delegations, Jnotable Speak ers and Enthusiastic Meetings Make Columbia Beach Gath erings Best Ever Held. After concluding the largest student conference of the Young Men's Christian Association ever held in the Pacific Northwest, more than 100 students, teach ers and speakers returned to Portland yesterday from Columbia Beach, and most of them departed for their homes last night. According to those who attended, the conference was not only the larsrest but the most enthusiastic yet held. The work was earnestly carried out. and in the spare time interesting athletic events were held. The total attendance at the gathering was 146. This included 113 students, be sides faculty members and city Y. M. C. A. workers. Twenty-four schools were represented, the delegates attending from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. This conference was one of 12 similar gatherings held throughout the United States and covering the entire country. Eleven Denominations Represented. Interesting data on the conference were collected by R. R. Perkins, deligious work director of the Portland Associa tion. Among the denominations .repre sented the Methodist Episcopal led with 34. the Presbyterian was second with 31, and the Baptist third with 16. Eight other denominational affiliations were in cluded among the delegates. Many of the young men came from sectarian col leges, but the state institutions of the four states also sent large representa tions. One of the important objects of this conference, as well as of other such gath erings, was to aid young men to choose vocations. The experienced leaders of the conference made it a point to talk to the young men regarding their life work. As a result, when the sessions ended, there were only 17 delegates who had not made a decision. The callings chiefly selected by those present were as follows: Ministry, 14; mechanical, civil and electrical engineering, 14; law, 10; Y. M. C. A. secretaryships, 10; foreign field, 10; agriculture, 10. Faculty Workers Prominent. Prominent among the faculty of the conference were the following: H. W. Stone, general secretary of the Portland Y. M. C. A.; R. R. Perkins, religious work director of the Portland Y. M. C. A.; I. B. Rhodes, Oregon-Idaho secretary of the Y. M. C. A.: A. S. Allen, general secretary of the Seattle Y.. M. C. A.; Frank Nevius, general secretary of the Tacoma Y. M. C. A.: Fletcher Homan, president of Willamette University; W. W. Peter, of Rush Medical College, who is now on his way to engage in Y. M. C- A. work in China, and M. A. Kees, Y. M. C. A. secretary at Canton, China. A large number of addresses were de livered during the conference by well known men. One of the most interest ing speakers present was C. C. Michner, of Victoria, B. G, who was the first stu dent Y. M. C. A. secretary in the United States. Mr. Michner has retired from active Y. M. C. A, work, but is chairman of a committee in Victoria now securing money for a JIOO.OOO Y. M. C. A. building. Dr. Walter B. Hinson, of the White Temple, Dr. Lyman B. Sperry, a noted lecturer, and Bishop Scadding also ap peared several times on the conference programmes. The first few days of the conference were marred by rain. After that, how ever, the weather was almost perfect. Baseball, track athletics, swimming and tennis were some of the popular sports, all of which were under the direction of A. M. Grllley. physical director of the Portland Association. MOTHER'S PLEA SAVES BOY Confessed Forger Kept From Prison by Aged Parent's Act. Aided by the pleadings of an aged mother and a young wife, Lee Huthman escaped, in Municipal Court yesterday, the penalty for passing two bad checks. It was shown that the mother had ap plied all her meager savings to settling the misdealings of her son. One 6f the complainants was present and received $40 from Mrs. Huthman in satisfaction of his claim. Another check for $95 had previously been redeemed by the woman. With the approval of the prosecuting witness and the District Attorney, Judge Bennett continued sentence against Huth man. The prisoner said that -he had entered into a number of contracting deals which did not turn out as well as he expected, and that he had raised money by the false checks to tide him over his diffl culty, intending to- take them up before A Rare Achievement A millionaire could command no better smoke than a Van Dyck "Quality" Cigar. Not if he owned Cuba's choicest plantation and had his cigars made to order, on the ground. For we get the choicest selections from ALL Cuba's plantations. And in onr factory at Tampa, Pla., we employ the most skilled Cuban work men. Thus, by making our cigar in the U. S. we save import duty, which equals the cost and doubles the price of every Cuban-made cigar. Van Dyck "Quality" Cigars No finer flavored or more luxu riously satisfying cigar than ours are are sold at double the price. They sell as low as 3 for 25c the greatest cigar value ever offered. And you have your choice of 27 different shapes, in all degrees oi mildness and richness. One Will Convince If. A. GUNST CO. The Ha Distributors they were protested. He was scored by the court for playing the "baby act" and allowing his mother to bear the brunt of his misconduct. - . TRUCKS ARE PROTESTED CITIZENS OBJECT TO GRANTING FRANCHISE ON SEVENTH. Remonstrance Signed by Property Owners Is Filed 'With Auditor. Signers Are Prominent. A strong remonstrance, signed by wealthy and prominent citizens for lay ing streetcar tracks on Seventh and Tay lor streets, was filed with City Auditor Barbur yesterday morning. There is pending an application from the United Railways Company before the Council for the right to track the thoroughfares named, and this is the cause of the re monstrance. The remonstrance is signed by Henri etta E. Failing, estate of H. W. Corfbett, by Henry L. Corbett; C. A. Dolph, A. B. Steinbach, College Endowment Associa tion, by. A. H. Maegley; A. Tichner, Portland Hotel Company, by Edward Louise Hoyt Cook, by Ralph W. Hoyt, Louise Hoyt ook, by Ralph W. Hoyt, agent; Theodore B. Wilcox. Louise E. Hamilton, Frazler & McLean, J. Risley estate, by Parrish. Watkins & Company, agents: First Unitarian Society, board of trustees, by W. F. Woodward, modera tor; W. B. Fechheimer, Oregon Company, Young Men's Christaian Association, by James Steel and L. A. Lewis, trustees. The remonstrance says: The undersigned property-owners to be af fected thereby respectfully remonstrate and earnestly protest against the passage of an ordinance granting to the United Railways Company, or its assigns, a franchise to operate and maintain a standard-guage rail road upon Taylor and Seventh streets, or the passage of any ordinance appropriating Tay lor or Seventh streets, or any part thereof, to tho purposes of a standard-gauge rail road. Your remonstrators respectfully represent that Seventh street has but recently been improved and hard-surfaced at great ex pense to the owners of property abutting thereon, and that the construction and oper ation of a standard-guage railroad upon said street would necessitate repaying with dif ferent and heavier material and would, in large measure, destroy the rental value of the remonstrators" property abutting there on. There is no public demand for such appropriation of the streets applied for and, in the opinion of your remonstrators, a standard-gauge railroad, hauling heavy cars from the interior of the state or' from abroad should not be permitted to occupy the principal thoroughfaxes of the city. We respectfully call your attention to the fact that Front, First and Fourth streets are already appropriated to purposes like those sought to be promoted by the franchise now asked for and we Invite your attention to the effect of such appropriation of the streets named. It Is worthy of note that the corporation asking for the appropria tion of Taylor and Seventh streets is now operating upon FTont street, to the great Injury of the property abutting thereon. The United Railways Company former ly held a franchise on the streets named, but no work was done in the way of lay ing tracks and , the fulfillment of the terms of the grant. Upon a resolution Introduced by Councilman Dunning, the City Council recently revoked the rights and privileges therein contained. Since then the company has applied for a new franchise. whs w 9 All Our Summer Oxfords at Sale Prices EVERY PAIR MUST GO $7 Edwin Clapp Oxfords reduced to ... $6.50 Edwin Clapp Ox fords reduced to...... ... $5 Protzman-Campbell Oxfords reduced. to.,;. $-f Protzman-Campbell Oxfords reduced to... $3.50 John Mitchell Ox fords reduced to Buy TVr. Shoes JL1UW 1dfi FIFTH i-VJ J. II. ill DAIRY EXPERT COMING DAXISH AUTHORITY TO SPEND THREE DAYS HERE. 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