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THE MORXIXG OKEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1911. - r I STARTLING FRAUDS. tiht'p prPDrTiSDV 1 hashusuhstituil TATT'S SECRETARY WILL RESIGN TO RETURN TO PRIVATE BUSINESS. . - liin U ULunLlnlll I, Kohler &. Chase Saturday Special IN ELECTION TDLD Will- RESIGN POST New Jersey Democrats Recite! Norton Discloses Fact While Story of Thousands of Ille Arguing for Increase in Salary. gal Votes Cast. ,: rii j . . . . - 1 . , . ..- . . ' ;.- -J j j : . ' ' i .It f ' v - v; .'...'o v' T !'-. k ..-.- . t, - v . - . ", - " I - N s - ; 1 I .... ' ' ' -i.-...7 ", -v S'- ' - - J . -- . . - : I ; - . I I..-. -- " ' - .'. I " . ', S I. . I I ' I "''r-' 'e-V " ' v H . . S. . T - -oril-i I t t I - . : " - ' 9 ' . . j -; i - . " -ij ill! - POLL WATCHERS ROBBED Ili)lriiius Say Water I B-rugged by I5epnbllcan Three Thousand of Twelve Thousand Volra Held to He Fraudulently Entered. CITY. N. J-. Jan. ;0. rre startling frauds In ATLANTIC CITY, That there wei t?:e recent election here, especially In tne F!rt and Third YVarJs. was the evidence brought out at the first hear ing before the special commission ap pointed by the New Jersey Legislature to Investigate election frauds in Atlan tic County. In a single precinrt. the fifth of the Third Ward, a I -emocratlc watcher told the commission nearly J0 persons. nose of whom was known to him. "were vouched for by Itepubllcan Leader John J. Mahoney." Another Democratic watcher was sur rounded In a restaurant and robbed of Ha poll books, while two physicians testified thry were drugged by water 'brought Into tte booth by Republican politicians." It also was testified before the com- fnfsxlon that the Sheriff of the county, whnee family lives at Mtys I-anrtlng. frtmerro ana voted rrom a hotel Here. Lo-al Democrats ht they will be able to show the commission that at least noe or the ll.OPe votes cast at the No- registered and Toted from a hotel here. jrember elections were fraudulent. Frank Fmathers. a lawyer and Demo cratic Watcher, said that he waa BmiriM by "Kitnsters In m v nrad.i-i IT hey placed a drug In a pitcher of Ice water and when I drank of the water I became violently 111." f CASH FOR LIBERTY FAILS Xiteonrr Feijfn Drunkenness and Thra Sprint From Officers. Desperate and shrewd means were employed I.oat nlaht hy Frank Howard, an accused fora;er. fu an attempt to scape from Detectives Endlcott and .2;, tion to nalnier. ur.. wnere be is ac cused of having passed four forged checks. Howard, with Ms suitcase In his liand. was arrested by the detectives at the 1 nlon Depot, whereupon he feigned drunkenness and thereby lulled the distrust rif the detectives. The prisoner, taklna- tin much of the aide- walk In his apparent drunken attempts to walk, the detectives marched him to sixth and Davis streets. At the corner be Siddenly dashed his grrip with 11 the strength he could command upon the toes of Detective Sloane and ran. Before the officer recovered .from Ms surprise Howard waa half a black distant with the officer In pursuit. After running more than a block ploane tripped the fusltlve. felling him to the pavement In the mud. He was then handcuffed and inarched to the station. PUflfl DnRinO ClIDMITTrn wvi.wo ouumn I I Hoard Orders Vote on Added Issue for High School. At the meeting of the School Board yesterday afternoon. W. P. llds pre sented a petition asking the Board to call an election to submit to the legal Voters of this district the qnestion of I suing JliO.WO bonds to complete the new Uncoln High School. The request was granteii and the election will take place J-enruary It. The School Board originally appro priated xix.i for tr.e erection of the liish school building of mill construc tion, but with the passing of a nt' tu!!d!ng code it was rule, that the pro posed schoo!hous should be fireproof. u re additional cost will be JLiO.iXX The petition was signed by 17 promi nent bustnem men, among them being A. J Mills; president of the First National Bank; C F. Adams, president and sec retary of the Security Savings & Trust Vmpany; . Edward Cooklngham. vlce- rresident of Ladd A Tllton Bank, and J. D. Honeyman. of the Uoneyroan Hardware Company. Contracts were awarded for next Win ter's wood for the schools yesterday, the mount being about 4000 cord a WAN BUMPED, WALKS AWAY 1 t-tree tear Overturns Wagon Driven by Ross Murphy. A streetcar last night collided with wagon. driven by Ross Murphy, a Northern Express Company driver. The wagon was overturned and Mur Thy waa picked up Insensible by Police men Martin and Shaffer. H was not seriously Injured. He was able to walk way without assistance. Stray Dogs Mast Be Returned. Provisions for having stray dogs re turned to their owners are outlined In an ordinance approved by the health and police committee of the Council at Its meeting yesterday morning. The ordinance was prepared by members of the Portland Kennel Club and the Mult nomah Hod and Gun Club, and by re Quest was Introduced by Councilman Watklns. The ordinance provldea that If any person finds a lost dog and feeds It. Instead of keeping the dog. the finder must Inform the poundmaster. Any violation of the ordinance Is pun ishable by One not to exceed $it. MULESKIN VICTIM INSANE Man Who Is Sewed Up in Carcass Contracts Bkiod-Poisoninir. BLAIRSVTLLE. G, Jan. 10. Bar low Brown, the man who was sewed up in the carcass of a mule, whtla in an intoxicated condition. It is alleged, several weeks ago, has gone insane as the result of blood poisoning contract ed from the mule carcass. Brown Is not expected to recover. The four men responsible for the prac tical Joke. It is said, have fled the country. I j I J - ' 'v 5 aV - I 4 I I f I 7 DIRECT VOTE AIM California Gets Initiative, Ref erendum, Recall Bill. SENATOR GATES IS FATHER Measure Is Introduced la Vppcr House of State IiCslslafnrc Pub lic Service Commission of 3 Men Is Proiosed. SACRAMENTO. CaL. Jan. 10. In the upper branch of the State Legislature today. Senator Gates Introduced a bill providing for the Initiative, referen dum and recall. It gives the people the power of Initiative for any law or con stitutional amendment, provided the petition for such bears the signatures of per cent of the total vote for uov emor at the. preceding election. The law or amendment thus proposed must b- .ubmitted at the next general elec tion or at a special election. The recall provision provides for re call elections of elective officers upon petition of 8 per cent of the voters af fected. The Incumbent Is considered a candidate unless be states In writing that he is not. In the case of tire state officers, the petition must carry not less than 60,' 000 names. A bill providing for a public service commission of three men appointed by the Governor for a term of four years, was introduced in both branches of the Legislature today. Its chief provisions are the power to Investigate public service companies. the management thereof: to pass upon the safety and efficiency of appliances, fix rates of charges and to examine the stocks and bonds of such concerns. $33,000,000 1!! COURT SUPREME COURT ASKED TO SET TLE VIRGINIA'S DEBT. Bitter Contest Will Be Argued Until Next Thursday Certificate Hold ers Alt for Payment. WASHINGTON. . Jan. iO. The arith metical problem of bow much of th S33.0uO.O00 debt of the Old Btato 01 Vir ginia lhat West Virginia should near. was laid before the supreme couri 01 the United States today for Its solution. Recognizing the intricacies or tno nroblem. the court consented to devote practically all its time until next Thurs day to a hearing of arguments. This is more time than has been given to any other case argued before the Supreme Court in years. The bitterness of tho contest was re- fleeted today by the earnestness of Holmes Conrad, of Virginia. In opening the argument. He waa. spokesman for holders of 115.000.000 worth of certifi cates representing a part of the debt. In the present litigation the certificate holders are urging that West Virginia be required to pay the debt represented by the certificates. Mr. Conrad had time to lay before the court only part of the foundation for the contest. He took the court back to the days of 1S2S when Virginia In augurated a system of constructing roads, canals and railways, extending from' the Atlantic Ocean to the Ohio River. That, he said, was the time of the origin of the public debt of Vir ginia, as it existed In 18S1. The public Improvements were begun, "largely. If not entirely, for the develop ment of the coal. oil. mineral and gas that today makes the State of West Virginia the wealthiest state In the Union," Mr. Conrad told 'the court. CHURCH FOLD WANTS BOYS Secretary' of "Forward Movement to Speak on Subject. J. A. Whltraore. of New York, field secretary ef "The Men and Religion ti-'r ii- 1 r - - - 1.., .i t .1. I I ............... .4 Forward Movement." will address a meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association at noon today on-tlie work and Its object. The movement Is a co operative effort of all churches, church brotherhoods and Interdenominational men's societies In behalf of the Chris tian life of men and. boys in North America. The special campaign will begin In September of this year and end in May. 112. The movement Is to- stimulate specialized work for mea and boys and spread the doctrine by literature, press notices and public meetings. Septem ber 17, Ull, Is designated as Rally day for organized Christianity to launch the campaign In (0 cities with central 80 day campaigns, and in 1350 cities and towns in auxiliary campaigns of four or five days. Sunday, April 12, 1912. Is designated as Conservation day, when all churches. brotherhoods, Sunday schools and Young Men's Christian As sociations will rally and adopt five year programmes of aggressive Chris tian effort by and for men and boys. ' The prospectus of the movement points out that there are 3,000.000 more women and girls In the churches of North America than men and boys, and the object Is to find the missing 3.000,000 males and bring them Into participation of church life. eoBiffS'iewpooe INDICTED GOTHAM BANKER CANNOT RECALL HOLDINGS. Examination In Bankruptcy Court Develops Little Positive Infor mation His Health Good. NEW YORK. Jan. 20. Joseph G. Kobln, the Indicted head of the North ern Bank and Washington Savings Bank, both of which were closed by the State Superintendent of Banking, was examined In the United States Bank ruptcy Court today. Robin's examination is the first step by his creditors to ascertain the amount of his estate. The indicted banker appeared in excellent health. out of uncertain memory. Of the exact amount of his holdings, Robin waa uncertain. He owned, he said, approximately 4000 shares of Nor thern Bank. 1000 shares of the Fidelity tc Development Company, $50,000 worth or bonds of the South Shore Traction Company, 71,000 shares of the Aetna Indemnity Company, 1000 shares of the Reld Lumber & Timber Company, and an unknown interest in various other corporations. ALLIANCE GROWS STRONG Jap Premier ays Empire Bound More Closely to Britain. TOKIO, Jan. 20. When the upper house of the Diet opened this morning, Prtmler Katsura said the alliance be tween Japan and Great Britain was strengthened with age, and he ex pected to complete new treaties with all the powers in a satisfactory manner. Corea, the Premier said, was annexed because conditions there were unsat- BOTII HOlbKS ADJOURN TILL 1 MONDAY. t STATE CAPITOL. 8alem. Or., Jan. SO. Ppeelal.) Both houses ad journed late this afternoon until llonday. The House will reassemble1 at 10 e'clock Monday momlnc while the Senate will not resume its ses sions until 2 o'clock In the after noon. Isfactory. It was the fixed policy of Japan' to develop the peninsula and bring the people into harmony with Japan. J With regard to armaments, the Pre mier said it was Japan's policy to main tain her defensive strength. Expendi tures In this direction would be re stricted ' absolutely to necessities coupled with fiscal considerations. SPECIAL TRAIN SATURDAYS To Clatsop Beach Points. Hotels at. Gearhart and Seaside are open all year. Splendid salt air resorts for Winter rest and recreation. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad trains 8 A. M. daily. 6:30 P. M. Saturday. Round trips 13 weekend: $4 dally. Edlalsen'l coal satisfies. C 2302, S, 103, HE WILL WOT GET BENEFIT It Is Said That It Has Been Under stood at Wliilc House That He Would Quit to Return to His Private Business. WASHIXGTOX, Jan. 20. The fa?t that Charles I). Norton, secretary to tne Tresldent, would retire from that position in the near future and return to private business In Chicago, was disclosed to day in connection with the proposal to ini-rease the salary of the position from tD0 to SlO.Oin) a year. It waa aajd In the sub-committee of the Senate committee on finance that while Mr. Norton strongly urged the increase, In connection with the reorganization of the White House stuff, he had declared that he would not himself get the benetit of the increase. Neither the President, nor Secretary Norton could be seen tonight, but it was said at the White House that from the beg'nnlng of his work as secretary, liHf I :he basis of the new Mr. Norton had a after the White reorganized on the appropriation, he would be free to re. turn to private business at such time as the President found convenient, but that the date of his leaving was still uncertain and not near at hand. It was further said that Mr. Norton's successor waa long ago decided Upon, but that no announcement on that sub ject would be nvide at present. CHECK TORN IN DISPUTE Partners Disagree and Charge of Assault Results. Tearing up a check for $1250, in an effort to get his share of it caused the rrest yesterday morning of Fred A. Williams, a contractor, upon the com plaint of Sylvester 9. Gill, hisformer associate, on a charge of assault and battery. The men worked together on a contract with the Mount Hood Rail way Company and In a recent suit, se cured a verdict for $1250. ' The check was turned over to Gill by Attorney Bronaugh. The former partners met yesterday at fourth and Stark streets and en gaged In an altercation over the di vision of the money. Williams claimed $400 as his share, while Gill asserted that his partner was entitled to only siu. Williams seized GUI by the coat, reached In his pocket, drew -out tho check and tore it up. Gill then grap pled with him and both men were ar rested by Detectives Carpenter and Price. Gill is 64 years old and Wil liams Is just half his age. SI II Jr-W IS PRIIII HF PI flY a w .KB-, . . - . . W . W b ft, "Hicks at College" Is Well Acted at Washington High. Before an audience which packed the assembly hall of the Washington High School to Its doors last night.' "Hicks at College was capably played by members or tne student body of the school. Robert Jones as Tom Horton, the col lege poet, is the hero," who has sev eral love affairs with the college girls. Hiram Hicks, a representative of tho Bralno breakfast food, who visits col lege to obtain a good advertising man. Is portrayed by Wheeler Dodds. Far Tremblay, as the gum-chewing waitress, furnished a great deal of comedy, while Lloyd Carrlck. as Bastian Brines, and thy Cleave, as June Grant, the "girl, was pleasing. Eleanor Ewing, as the Tiousekeeper, did some clever charac- ter acting." Much fun was created by the "Ger man band," who favored the audience. with several selections, when each mem ber played in a key to suit himself. They responaea to several encores. a wen-arranged musical programme was given by the high school orchestra. DEVOTED VIFE MAY WIN Parole Likely for Captain Van Schaick, of Steamer Slocum. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Captain Wil liam H. van schaick. master of the ex cursion steamer uenerai Slocum. on which more than 1000 lives were lost June 15, 1904, by fire, may be paroled soon, it was reportea tonight. The president of the parole board In Washington, the World will say tomor row, nas, it is understood, promised to recommend - to the Attorney-General that Van Schaick be released. He has served more than one-third of the ten years sentence at Sing Sing for mis conduct and negligence as master of the Slocum. The parole. If granted, will be due largely to the efforts of Captain Van Schaick s wife- She, as Grace Mary Sprut, waa superintendent of nurses at lsDanon Hospital, this city. Captain Van Schaick had courted her for 14 years and she married him soon after he was arrested. LAUREL AFTER PUBLICITY Town Near White Salmon .Organizes to Develop. WHITE SALMON. Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.) Laurel, 13 miles northeast of White Salmon, has organized a De velopment League with 25 charter members. C. E. Rick Is president, M. H. Bennett vice-president, R. H. Chubb secretary. Within a radius of two miles of the postofflce of this place are four or five million feet of merchantable timber. which Peek Brothers control. LAKME NEARING EUREKA Wrecked Steamer Towed by Xann Smith Makes Slow Progress. EUREKA, Cal., Jan. 20. A wireless message was received here this after noon from the steamer Nann Smith, towing the wrecked schooner Lakme and carrying the survivors. It follows: Passed northwest Seal Rock at 11 o'clock this morning. Weather floe. mod-. TV," Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powder mseso front Royal urspo Cream of Tartar H3 ALLIENS WI PHOSPHATE erate sea, light north wind. Making Shi milea an hour. Lakme in tow. At 8 o'clock this morning sighted the power schooner Washcalore, bound south, her deckload gone." Steamers arriving In port today repor! l heavy gale blowing north of Cape Mendocino, and fear the Nann Smith rill make slow time with the Lakme 1 tow. , SCHENK ILL LONG Til LAWYERS TRY TO SHOW SICK XESS ANTEDATED POISOXIXG. Defense Fails to Prove That Detee tlve-Xnrse Was Addicted to Use of Morphine. WHEELING. W. Va., Jan. 20. The de fense in the trial of Mrs. Laura Farns worth Schenk today Introduced testimony to show that her husband, John O. Schenk. whom Phe o charged with poisoning, had been 111 long before th time the state alleges she administered poison to him. In support, the lawyers for Mrs. bctienk put upon the stand Charles R. Hughes. railroad man, and Dr. A. is. iictit, tne Schenk family physician, The afternoon session was enlivened by tilts between attorneys. The defense sought to put on the stand, ur. KoDert E. Sleppv, of Plttohtirg, to Imppaoh the testimony of Miss Eleanor Zoeckler. or Mrs. Klein. ' the detective nurse. Attorney Boyce said he wished to show that she was addicted to the u of morphine. The state objected and was sustained. The defense then put Charles B Hughes on the stand, who testified that long before Mr. Schenke trip to Europe he had told hlin of suffering from nausea, vomiting ana auaominai pains, the same symptoms the physicians had testified Schenk had been suffering from when then attributed the . cause to poisoning. I i! 1 . ocak ICOULlcu .10 a,uu -. had treatea Schonk for tonsllitis in September, 1903 I IV. . , ana also nau anenaea mm uu wma caslons. The doctor was-pf the opinion that the symptoms described were those of lead and arsenic poisoning. The prosecutor succeeded in bring ing out the fact rrom J-r. J. J. usoorn first witness for the defense, that the ! symptoms as told by the physicians who attended Mr. Scheme in tne eariy part of his illness, indicated lead ana arsenic Dolsoning. In the night session, tne aerense in troduced witnesses to Impeach Dr. W. J. Myers, who testified Mrs. Schenk Jiad procured sugar or leaa irom mm ana who also said he reiusea to sen ner a. aolntion of arsenic. The defense has decided to place Mrs. Schenk on the stand. iTm DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE Clarksburg, W. Va., Loses Hostelry and Opera-House. CLARKSBURG, W. Va.. Jan. 20. One person is believea to nave met. ueaiu under falling walls and a financial loss of X300.000 caused In a fire wnicn de stroyed tonight the Traders Hotel block and the Grand Opera-house. The fire started In a servant's room of the Traders Hotel and spread rapidly. When the blaze was discovered the fire de partment was fighting a small fire in another section of the town. Before ap paratus arrived at the fire It had gained serious headway. ' The walls of the hotel collapsed and at least one employe Is thought to have been caught in the debris. 'DENVER' ED WINS ON FOUL Ed Hagen, ex-Policeman, Disquali fied for Butting. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 20. "Denver' Ed Martin; of San Francisco, was awarded the decision over Ed Hagen, the ex-Seattle policeman, in the third round of a scheduled four-round bout tonight when Hagen was disqualified for butting. WASHINGTON FIVE WINNER Missionaries Lose Basketball Con test by Score of 31 to 17. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Washington State Univer sity's basketball team, which came to Walla Walla with a clean record, hav ing defeated both the University of Idaho and Washington State College, met Whitman here tonight. . Both teams played good ball, and, while Whitman was muoh weakened by the loss of Cox, the star forward, and had but one veteran on . the team, the Missionaries played a better game than had been expected. The contest- was played in -the college cage, and via fast from start to finish. For Whitman, McCoy, Johnson and Hill were stars, while for the visitors Sugg, Olson and St. John occupied the limelight most of the time. The play ing of both teams, however, went more to team work than Individual starring. GUY LEE DEFEATS SHARKEY i Clever Portland' Boxer Gives Good Account of Himself In Match. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. (Special.) Guy Lee,' of Portland, easily won the decision over Sailor Sharkey in s four- round bout here tonight. Although he looked outweighed by at least Ave pounds, Lee managed to hold off the burly 4eUoc with a lightning straight New Sample Piano $175 This is just one of five Sample Pianos tou will find in Kohler & Chase Special Saturday Offering This Piano is a new-modem 1911 Colonial design in mahogany case and is sold elsewhere in Portland at the regular price of $375; while they last fJ1 7C we will sell for , P 1 ' A 60-YEAR RECORD OF HONEST PIANO SELLING STANDS BEHIND THE ABOVE OFFERING YOUR OPPORTUNITY ACT QUICKLY EASY PAYMENTS uliler Es-. 1850 .Weber, Fischer left and at the end of the four rounds had a big margin in his favor. . v, niitt hoth men were cautious. but Lee warmed up In the second round and went after his man. ine Bailor r,H rfM not hesitate once, but Lee had little trouble outboxing him. Time and again Lee brougut ms usii. play and had his opponent's face badly cut up at the end. -TK.n tr no knockdowns during tne bout, but Lee landed some telling blows In the third round, wnicn sailor's head. Sharkey startea eoni hard punches hlmseli, om uee mav and emerged from the encounter with hardly a scratch. "RUSSUN- LION" MEETS MATCH Hackenschmidt Fails to Put Shoulders of Sclioenlein to Mat. RAT.TIMORR. Md.. Jan. 20. George Hackenschmidt failed tonight in his at tempt to throw Gus scnoeniein 01 im city twice within one hour. He did not succeea in puuiu .." Baltimorean's shoulders to the mat once within the required time. ine men were not off their feet tne loiai ui five minutes in the entire hour. Coulon Will Fight In England. MEMPHIS. Tenn Jan. 20. Johnny Coulon. claimant to the bantamweight championship, through his father and manager, nas acceptea a icnmuvo oi ler to make his lirst appearance in England against an Australian bantam to be named by JFrompter aicimosu. The guarantee in expenses and per centage of purse waa cabled yesterday Jo Coulon. Crimson to Play Tigers Football, PRINCETON. N. J., Jan. 20. B. D. McClose, manager of the Princeton football team, officially announced to night that Harvard will play Princeton November 4. This will be the first time The lasting qualities of Sunny Monday laundry soap mean economy; to the woman who uses it. Its wonderful dirt-starting -qualitki are re tained until the cake is worn to a wafer, and as fa is a hard soap which doefi not wash away quickly, ontf bar of it will go as far as two bars of any yellow laundry soap. You spare your pocketbook as well as your clothes when you use Sunny Monday. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY CHICAGO c Chase 315 Washington Street and Pianola-Pianos the two colleges have met at football since 1897. ' Daughter Born to and Mrs. Baum. 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