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partmenta at Washington, and I trust I that our delegation will see to It that the action of the Department of Jus tice In the Hobnett case Is fully in- ' vestlgated and carefully Inquired Into. Personally I will nse every endeavor to have this done, and I think it Is the duty of all our cltlxens Interested In this matter to urge upon our Con gressional delegation the necessity for a full and early Investigation of this affair, no matter bow high up It may go or who it may hit. "If the Department of Justice, through Its' special prosecutors. Is de liberately purchasing the testimony of self-confessed thieves and bank wreck ers on promises of immunity, and with the full expectation of rehearsing tha farce of sentence by a court of Jus tice and the immediate pardon by the President of such dsngerous criminals. PICK OUT YOUR TR ACT RIGHT LETTERS' SEQUEL Accused of Writing Missives Down the River At Which Led Cousin to Take j Life, Man Kills Self. the people should know U. and. what la more, they are going to know It. "JAMES J. HAWLET. "Governor of Idaho." ANOTHER WOMAN INVOLVED nOBNETT IX JAIL JCST DAT BANKER'S SUICIDE A-1MD Cashier Cl.argel With ADonjrooas.lT Irglng Matron' Employer to Dlliarse Hr. Accounts Are Straight. SANTA ROSA. Cal, Not. 14. William Thomas Hopper, assistant cashier of ttta Santa Roaa Bank, committed sui cide at bis home bara today after hav ing been accused of writing an anon ymous letter, similar to the onei re ceived br Mrs. Belle Leppo before ber ulclde two week ago. Mrt. Leppo was Hopper's flrt com o and bis .ulrlde following o closely upon here, baa aroused Intense esclte ment In thla city. Mrs. Leppo """ a aerlea of anonymoua letters before ber death. The name of Mrs. Doris Lincoln, a saleswoman for Joseph Elnhorn. flo ured prominently In gossip regarding Mrs. Leppo a death and Elnhorn re cently received an anonymous com munication, advising htm to discharge Mrs. Lincoln. Soon after the bank opened today. J. Rollo Leppo. a brother-in-law of Mrs. Leppo. accompanied by William D Reynolds and K. M. Burrls. president and cashier, respectively, of the bank in which Hopper has been assistant cashier for a number of years, con fronted Hopper with the letter received by Elnhorn and accused him of having written It- It was pointed out to hlra that the stationery waa Identical with that used by the bank and that the typewriter with which It waa written had the eama characteristics as the one Hopper used. Hopper's wife tried In vain to cheer hlra up. This afternoon, when the bank closed. Hopper bought a new revolver and a bos of cartridges. His wife was not at home when he arrived. He kissed his little dauithter. Portia, aged eight, and sent her to ber grandmoth er s house with a note to her mother. "Taking a shaving glass from his room, be hung It on a fence In the back yard, fired a trial shot to test trie revolver and. standing before the looking glass, fired a shot Into his he-! above the right temple . The bank directors announced to night that Hoppers accounts were In good shape. He belonre to a well-known family here. His father. Wesley Hopper, was for many years president of the Santa Roaa Bank. He waa ZD years old. PARDON STIRS GOVERNOR lmt-1 frm First Pr- ihem with a wholesome contempt for such disgraceful methods." The Governor absolved President Tsft from blame In the affair, but throws all the onus on Attorney-General Wlckershem. who. be declares, evidently Inspired the pardon after having been "In collusion with his as sistants In charge of the pardon." A demand for a thorough Congres sional Investigation of the pardon of Robnett whom the Oovernor. refers to hotly as "this contemptible creature." la contained In the statement. There Is further an appeal to cltlxens of the late to bring pressure to bear on their Congressional delegation to have the whole affair aired In Congress, "no matter h-w high up It may go or who It may hit." "I feel that the pardon or Robnett Is a fitting eeouel to the proceedings In the Tnlted Mates Court during the Uit four years, while the special as sistants to the Tnlled State Attorney f.eneral have been usurping the func tions of the fnlted Mates Attorney and his assistants, and have been run ning the casea In which the Inlted Ftatea had been Interested with a high hand, regardless of Justice or decency. Barak fv rail laslnrt. -I am not surprised at thla pardon. In fact I have been satisfied for some lime that It had been promised and would b. granted. No act ever done In connection with the courts of Idaho baa so brought Justice Into disrepute end weakened the courts In the esti mation of our people. -For more than four years. In every Important case In which the tnlted Mates was Interested, the regular pros ecuting officers have been retired, and these .pedal assistants to the Attorney-General have been given full con trol. Without the slightest Interest In our siate. cartr.g nothing for our people, simply desirous of establishing a repu tation In the trpartmrnt of Justice. tlise special prosecutors have done more to Injure Idaho and retard Its de velopment since the Kail of 1S07. than all other causes combined. -The malicious, uncalled for. and In defensible prosecution of Senator Bo rah and ea-Attorney-neneral Frank Martin an.l others In the Fall of was the first experience Idaho had with these special prosecutors This was followed by Indictments against the leading- officer of the Rarbar Lumber Company. aicmpanted by a flood of Mvtl suits In large amounts against tat company also. . Caae Called Risk I a Justice. -The I-ewiston Bark case, however. Is t:-e m-'at f;acrar.t. tl.e most outrageous example of rar.k Injustice. Robnett. ll.e trusted employe of the Kellen-b-u-hs In the nanagrnient of their bank, stole, as 1 unr:and It of the lorlti funds nearly llto.voo snd still. In their desire to convict certain men. tl;ese special prosecutors have deiib erately used the evidence of tMs con temptible creature, althounh the men c-arged. and against whom he testi fied, were only technically guilty of Infractions of the law. Robnett did his work, however, un der Ms agreement, and today receives tfce reward of a full pardon before the Ink Is dry on a 10-jrear sentence passed on I im esterdy. "The Injustice of this action of President Taft. Inspired without doubt, by the special prosecutors, will rank's In the minds of our cltlxens and will Inspire them with a wholesome con tempt for such disgraceful methods. "It Is probably unfair to blame President Taft for this unspeakable ac tion, for he undoubtedly did It at the request of Attorney. General Wlcker shatn. who evidently ha I been In col lusion with his assistants In charge of tne prosecution. .eitssslseal Pvwae A.ked. -c Is to be hoped that during the eomlnsr session of Congress there will be a general nouse-deantcg la the de- Prisoner Released When Telegram Brings Pardon. FPOKAXE, Wash.. Nov. 14. (Spe cial! Clarence W. Robnett. aentencea yesterday to 10 years In the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kan., for ; his connection wltn banking transac- j tlons of the Lewlston National Bank. . was In the County Jail at Moscow less than a day when he waa given his lib erty. At 10 o'clock this morning a Deputy Marshal waa preparing to take the prisoner to Leavenworth, and half an hour later I'nlted States Marshal Ilodalns. at Moscow, received a tele graphic pardon from the President. Hodsrlna had the prisoner released from Jail and Robnetfwae on his way to Spokane, a free man. before noon. Deputy Cnlted Statea Attorney Gor don, who hae been conducting the cases against the Kettenbacha. Dwyer and otiiers. again declared that Robnett had never been promised Immunity by the Department of Justice. Gordon said today at Moscow: "After the strictest Investigation. w corroborated every statement made by Robnett on the witness stand from the records and reports made by the other defendants. William F. Kettenbach. Ceorge H. Kester. William Dwyer and Frank W. Kettenbach. "When I returned from the East last Fumsner I received a letter from Gov ernor Hawley. asking me what waa to be done with the cases against Robnett, saying that several people had asked him If he knew. I replied that the Robnett cases would be disposed of at the November terra of the Federal Court at Moscow. I never Indicated In what manner, but the reason la obvious and it would not have been regular to have done ao. "In pursuance of this. I notified Rob nett to appear here with his attorney. Miles F. Johnson, and told hlra to go before the court and formally plead guilty to the Indictments If he waa still of the opinion that he was truly guilty. He did so and was sentenced to 10 years. "Yesterday afternoon I telegraphed the United States Attorney-General at Washington that Robnett had been given 10 years and recommended hla pardon at once. This morning the Attorney-General telegraphed me that President Taft had Just pardoned Robnett unconditionally, which waa In accordance with my un derstanding of Justice In this unusual matter. I had been given full charge of these cases, to act aa In my Judg ment was right In a legal way as repre senting the Government. Robnett haa worked faithfully with the Government In explaining all these complicated entries and reporta for almost three years, and it would be In deed ungrateful on the part of the Government to put hlra over for 10 years and give the real offenders five years." PRESIDENT PARDONS WITNESS Robnrtfa Testimony Convict Offi cers of Idaho Rank. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. President Taft psrdoned today Clarence W. Rob nett. former bookkeeper and clerk In the Lewlston National Bank of Lewis ton. Idaho, convicted of embexxllng the bank's funds and sentenced to ten years Imprisonment. He has not served any of the sen tence. Through Robheit'a voluntary ronfeasion the Government was en abled. It Is said, to convict William F. Kettenbach, former president. and George M. Kesler. former cashier, of the bank. The prosecuting attorney recommended Robnetfa pardon. LOCKSlpOT SIS ORFCiOX CITT TO STBMIT RE PORT TO GOVERNMENT. Declaration That East Side Route Only One Favored Denied by Live Wire Speaker. OREGON CITT. Or, Nov. 14. (Spe cial I Declaring that Oregon City loses $100 000 every vear because of the con dition of the West Side locks and for the additional reason that the Clacka mas Rapids are a bar to navigation and retard the growth and progress of Ore gon City. John W. Moffalt. president of the Oregon Engineering Construc tion Company, created a sensation to day at the weekly luncheon of the Live Wires of the Commercial Club, and his talk on existing conditions was re sponsible for the appointment of a committee with directions to submit a report to the War Department on gen eral conditions, with specific reference to the physical value of the locks. Mr. Moffatt was connected with the Wil lamette Pulp Paper Company for many yeara and he Is familiar with navigation problems. lie said roost emphatically that the navigation question for Oregon City would be solved only with the removal of the Clackamas Rapids, and declared that the I-ortland Railway. LlKht Power Company had neglected to Im prove lta canal and locks on the West ... . .... .... -...on that the Govern- I Mill o ment would pay no more for the Im- I , i,an for the locks In proven pivi'Tnj - taelr present condition. The commit tee consists of Mr. Moffatt. L. Stlpp. J. E. Hedges. R. T. Mc-Baln and t red J. S. Toole. . O. D. Kby. at the lun.-heon. criticised Colonel R. Hofer. who made an Investi gation of Willamette Kalla aud the canal and locks niaurr "- , B.rd of Trade, flnce Ms. Hofer waa . r,r eeveral lommemai uvir. . Willamette Valley cities have intimated that Oregon City la blocking the con nection of new locks by Insisting that . . ...n. nn lha east aide of the canal oe uum - the river, and Mr. Ehy says that the publication ot mese '-."' - - ""'-' to Orea-on City, which seeks first of all to have new locks constructed on the east side. If practicable, but If this route Is Impracticable, then Oregon City gavors tne "nun" . . route in whatever place the War De ...etment in a v . de te rml ne. I The public dock matter aaaln en gaged the attention of the Live Wires at Tuesday's luncheon, but no definite action was tskm. We do It now. Edlefsen Fuel Co. j on 0 JiC7ZL&- 7r S 30 Office Open on Weekdays MAN FORSAKES COURT DIVORCE DEFENDANT LEAVES COAT AND HAT. 1 Mrs. Gantner Declare Her Husband Dissipated Her Money and At tempted to Cut Throat, -t- Shortly before he waa to be called s a witness yesterday In Judge Mc C.lnn's courtroom. Alfred J. Gantner. defendant In a divorce action, left tha room without his hat and coat, ostensi bly to make a telephone call. . He did not return, and 16 mlnutea of search by the bailiff failed to reveal his presence In the building. When court convened In the afternon th Judge allowed Mrs. Minnie L. Gantner a decree. Mrs. Gantner charged that Ber hus band, who Is msny years her Junior, had dissipated IS600 ot her money In the two veare of their married lle, and Pad been unable to support her. He collected and converted to his own use, she alleged, various sums of money due her on mortgages, on one occasion ap propriating 11500. She further charged that he forced her by threats of vio lence and actual violence Into accept ing hla unsecured note for 13000 In sat isfaction of her claims agolnat him for money converted. Mrs. Gantner was Minnie L. Foster by a previous, marriage, and the Judge allowed her to resume that name. Her maiden name was Ross, and she .was the daughter of a pioneer physician of Oregon Cltv. now deceased. She Inher ited considerable property from har father. t An alleged attempt on the part ot Gantner to cut hla throat following an msy 00 WW- -" for- 7S-0 o o a fff ear A mori an. F. B. HOLBROOK CO. LUMBER EXCHANGE BUILDING SECOND AND STARK interview id which . cretlons were discussed was testified to by Mrs. Gantner. Attorney Citron, appearing for the woman, had several witnesses on hand to corroborate this statement but they were not called. Late last night J. M. Haddock. Gant ner's attorney, who took .his client s hat, coat and umbrella from the Court house to his office, had heard nothing of the whereabouts of his client. It Is believed that the man became alarmed at Judge McGinn's emphatic utterances touching upon his marital relations. BRAKEMAN SHOT ON TRAIN Two Tramps Held at Stevenson'Were Beating Way on Freight. STEVENSON, Wash.. Nov. 14. Spo- Cal ) W. H. Shores. brakeman on Spokane. Portland & Seattle train No. TS. en route from Fallbrldge to- Van cauver. was murdered tonight about 11 o'clock at a point a half mile east of Butler Station. The train had eoim to a stop- at the station and Shore was supposed . to have started from the rear of the train to the head end when two shots were heard. Two tramps who were on the train are now in custody. Shores was heard to moan and was later picked up by the trainmen and brought to Stevenson. He died before reaching Steveaison. The body -waa turned over to the Coroner. F. S. Pratt Shores Is survived by a widow and one son. who live In Indiana. : r- CITY SLEUTH RUNS AWAY tstart LjOe Quits Job and Goej East After Carousal. Fearing prosecution because ha dli eVS Be wise to the hierh-class acreage land and with so many advantages, are fast being taken up that those who have taken up land have done so realizing that in the possession of such their success and comfort in the future is estab lished. Decision on your part right now will brush aside the problem that has been before you so long that problem of the future. Don't let that matter of not being able to finance it stand in your way we've made it so easy for you to secure one of these high class orchard and home tracts that it merely remains for you to decide on what tract you wish to take up. Our proposition we know will appeal to you just make up your inind to at least investigate it to sat isfy yourself that this is a profitable investment the opportunity that you have waited for so long. S20 to JpSO an Acre are the remarkably low prices that are being asked for this rich creek-bottom and vauey land. You can't duplicate them for attract iveness within a 7? rsns. S2 not appear t m " J : -rr ' a saloonkeeper arrested for conducting a disorderly house. Stark Lytle, city detective, yesterday quit Portland and left for the East. By request of De tective Swennes, who worked with him o:. the police force, Lytle divided his cash account, about $300. with his wife, who will attempt to obtain a divorce, and assigned to her real estate and mining property. Lytles flight followed two weeks of carousal. In which, being on his vaca tion ho accompanied a woman to Es tacada and later took her to his home in Sellwood. Mrs. Lytle left the house when the woman was brought there and demanded a separation and settle ment of the estate. Lytle turned over his keys and star to Uetectlve Captain Baty through Swennes. fearing to go to the West Side of the river for fear of arrest, he said. IDAHO EDITOR UNDER FIRE Pocatello Mayor Charges Criminal Libel for Political Article. POCATELLO. Idaho, Nov. 14. (Spe- cjaj information has been filed by the County Attorney charging Truxton Talbott, editor of the Mountain Home New Time, with criminal libel. Mayor J. M. Blstllne, of this city, is the com plainant. , ' lt la charged that Talbott In a series of articles in his paper last September, dealing with the Mayor's stand on the water question in Pocatello. impugned the honesty, integrity and virtue of the official. A warrant for the editor s ar rest has been issued. Talbott formerly published a paper in this city. Dlniick Asked to Kun for Mayor. OREGON CITY. Or., Nov. 14. (Spe cial.) Petitions to Grant B. Dlmlck 7o S&'Y fact that tracts in this section, so near to Port radius of many miles. 4.0 T ACT O o to become a candidate for Mayor were circulated today. Judge Dimick said tonight that he would decide upon his action - tomorrow. He was Mayor of this city four terms and was County Judge four and one-half years. Wil liam Andresen, president of the City Council, is the only candidate to date. fiOGAWAY JURY ANSWERS Verdict In Ashland Case Charges Murder to Unknown Person. ASHLAND, Or., Nov. 14. (Special.) After several adjournments and four davg passed in hearing evidence sub mitted by the District Attorney and Coroner the Jury summoned to invatl- BiiEAKS THE MOST STUBBORN COLD v AND ENDS GRIPPE IN A FEW HOURS Says It la Useless to Take Qui nine for a Bad Cold or to Relieve Grippe Misery. The most severe cold will be broken, and all grippe misery ended after taking a dose of Pape's Cold Com pound every two hours until three con secutive doses are taken. You- will distinctly feel all the dis agreeable symptoms leaving after the very first dose. The most miserable headache, dull ness, head and nose stuffed up. fever lshness. sneezing, running of the nose, ore throat, mucous catarrhal dis Phones Main 5396 A7507 gate the mysterious death of Nathan Rogaway, the Albany hide buyer, has returned a verdict that Rogaway. who is a native of Russia, 23 years of age, came to his death on or about the 26th of May last from a gunshot wound in flicted by party or parties unknown to the Jury. Search Is being made for a butcher, who, it is believed, could furnish In formation that would enlighten the of ficials as to how the latter came to his death. Rogaway's body was sent to Albany. His family, a wife and two children, reside in Portland at the present time. Germany has no law -which expressly au thorizes or forbldB the formation of trusts. The law guarantees to the individual the rifcht to engage In trade, but does not with hold from him the opportunity to combine with any or all of his competitors. charges, soreness, stiffness, rheuma tism pains and other distress van ishes. " . Pape's Cold Compound- is the result of three years' research at a cost -of more than $50,000, and contains no quinine, which we have conclusively demonstrated Is not effective in the treatment of colds or grippe. 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