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25, 1912. RELIED OH By Ml rfr ninr nnnr MEMBERS 0F THE JURY IN THE LOUIS J. WILDE EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL. ILUt ulUt built - 'Originals' of By-Laws ear, but Oregon Trust's '-jlinutes Are Missing. itrf t4 4 '-VvLi ATE sees conspiracy r. ' TTTT! TirmfSTXa. OKEGOmS. TUTJK SD AT, JAMJAKT : - ss&7 " w I . . . 4 yiAi-usr '4s ' ' omty Malarkey Declares Bond le Legal and Opponents Arer Demi is Swindle Jury Is Put Cndr Guard. Om;m:d rr-rm rirt Pass.) u The witness also said that Mr. rk. f tf prosecution, had fre ntly Inj ected the bank's records. Devlin Regarded Careleaa. At timer." testified Mason on crosa mlnatlon by Mr. Malarkey for ths nse. "Receiver Devlin seemed care- In hanrtlng the records of the bank r he took charge. His mind ap red to be on other things much of time. For that reason I some s wonder that more of the papers doctimtr.il axe not missing." he only other witness called In the r-rnoon session was W. H-. Moore, sldent of the Oregon Trust Sav s Bank at the time It closed Its rs. Mr. Moore said he had assisted he search for the record book, which Id not be found. Mr. Moore will be died by the state. .-. prosecution obtained the Intro-tl'.r-ovrr the objection of the de- se of the original and amended com nts of the suit of Louis J. Wilde Inst the Oregon Trust A Savings :k and others, as well as certified lee of the articles of Incorporation the Oregon Savings Bank and the plemental articles of incorporation which the name of the institution sequrntly was changed to the Ore : Tri:st & Savings Bank. Malarkey Attacks Clark, eclaring that the prosecution of de was not only "forced and artl al. but that It was actuated by holy and unworthy motives," Mr. arkoy. In his opening ststement to r Jury for f d Mr. C I was cha J ed to for Jury for the defense., vigorously Clark, special prosecutor. argsd with having at- ix-e Wilde to "dig up some it aa the only consideration un- whlch the defendant on trial might ect to escape civil and criminal secutlon for the transactions he had h the Oregon Trust Savings Bank. The defense will show," announced Milarksy dramatically, "that A. E. rk In October, 10, went to Warren Thomas and Harrison Allen, rep ble lawyers of this city, who had y- legal work for Wilde, and asked m to make it known to Wilde that nt would dig up some money for .ebody there would be no civil or nloal prosecution brought against de. Mr. Clark may not have said i la so many words, but he suc ied In conveying very forcibly that resslon to both Mr. Thomas and Mr. These gentlemen will both be ed ss witnesses for the defense and : relate from the witness stand the versatlon that took place between to and Clark. - salts Prepared, Alias. d- .ttorney Malarkey said that when Clark Interviewed Messrs. Thomas t Allen. the special prosecutor wed tnem a civil salt he hsd pre ed In the name of Receiver Devlin, which the defendants were Walter Moore, president; W. Cooper Morris, hler; Henry A. Moore, vlce-presl-t; Leo Krlede and K. E. Lytle, dl tors. and Louis J. Wilde. In this ; Judgment was demanded for 90. . the sum Wilde and Morris have -s been Indicted Jointly for eni sling and the charge on which Wilde being tried. rf erring to an allegation In this -ip'alnl. Mr. Malarkey pointed out I when the Instrument was prepared, re than two years following the f all ot the bank. Mr. Clark, aa ths au r, had set tip that the. bond pur ged from Wilde by the bank was ie with the "knowledge, acquies ce and consent of each and ail the Lendants." This sdmlnslon. argued . Malarkey, was indisputable proof .t the bond purchase had the official roral and Indorsement of the of rs and directors of the bank. The nplatnt from which the quotation maile. however, was not filed. Maaey Said Be AJaav. 'harging that Mr. Clark was a stock ier and director of the German erlcan Bank, Mr. Malarkey declared t officers of this bank were the In ratlon for the prosecution of Wilde this time, five years after the sl ed criminal act was committed. He tended that by convicting Wilde mlnally the way would be paved by se bank officials to recover from lde in a civil proceeding the $90. he is alleged to have assisted to hezile. A civil suit, filed against of the officers of the defunct hank - the recovery of between 1300.000 1 1400.000 was suststned by Judge tens only aa against Moore and Mar . neither of v, horn had any mone). It was E. E. I.ytle and Leo Frieda o had money, that Mr. Clark and his lorlales In the German-American nk were after." assert! Mr. Ma tey. "But when Judge Oatens lered his decision, these same men .easy and It was not a week until - had secured a criminal lndlct .t against WT.de." Fall a r Set Laid ta Beada. I 'r. Mslarkey aald the failure of the gon Trum Savings Bank could be attribute! to Ita purchase of ;hon bonds from Wilde, but rather : failure to keep up its payments that tnvestmnet. But for this de luency on the part of the bank, the 'Sequent depreciation of Its assets -.e management of the receivership the panic of the Fall of 1907, Mr. trkey declared the Omaha bonds Id have proved a profitable invest- even though the bsnk bought tt par. jnsel referred at length to the ef- of Wilde and the Union Tele- Construction Company to real n the telephone bonds following Suspension of the Oregon Trust by rsantsation of the Uerman-Amer-a Bank into which the Construction xpany transferred its unsatisfied . tl-( AAA .ir.ln.t th Or a tin Vt and accepted stock in exchange. iB wiping out the largest lnuivujual .)m against the defunct bank, lie red that despite ine many re a these securities had experienced were today wurlii from 44 to 6t V I in -rv. s w- Reading Frosa Left to Right, Rotto R, II. Raa cents on the dollar, notwithstanding that some poor persons, under a mis apprehension of the actual worth of the bonds, were disposing of their holdings at from 10 to IS cents on the dollar. Mr. Malarkey also denied the further allegation by Mr. Clnrk. of the prosecution. that the ' bonds were worthless. Age ef Caae Reealled. Mr. Malarkey said only one question was to be determined in the trial of Wilde and that was. Did Wilde aid criminally In embesxllng the funds of the bsnk as charged. in the indictment? He said it would be necessary In the course of the trial for the defense to investigate a number of sidelights and also Inquire into the real motives be-, hind the prosecution In the case. Mr. Malarkey Impressed on the Jur ors the fact that the prosecution of Mr. Wilde was five years old and that by reason of the lapse of time the de fendant was at a serious disadvantage because of lost records, misplaced cor respondence and even Impaired mem ories as to some of the details of the many transactions between the de fendant and the suspended bank. Many of the books, essential to the case of the defendant, said Mr. Malarkey, had disappeared. Counsel said Wilde was not an of ficer, agent or employe of the bank, that he Induced nobody to deposit mon ey in or deal with the Institution and that patrons of the bank did business with It entirely on account of the per sonnel of the officers and directors. Wilde was apnly a minor stockholder In the Instltutlpn, owning at one time five or ten shares of stock that he had purchased at the earnest solicitation of Moore or Moorls. WHdea History Told. Mr. Malarkey then told how Wilde, In 10, when engaged In the banking business at San Diego, became Inter ested In independent telephono projects through an acquaintance formed with F. F. Graves, a successful promoter or these companies. Mr. Wilde became em ployed by the National 8ocurit)s Com pany, a concern Mr. Malarkey snowed by the character of Its stockholders was bona f ido and substantial corporation. and came to Portland for the purpose of selling bonds for the Independent telephono plants to be established in Portland and Tacoma. When these projects had been Installed. Wilde be came identified with the Union Tele phone Construction Company, another stable bonding company, and received contract for the sale of bonds lor me Omaha company. It was In this com pany Moore and Morris both held stock. Counsel, following this argument. showed that Wilde was a stranger to Portland people, did not know Morris or his record prior to becoming. identi fied with the Oregon Trust, ana was not aware of the fact that, although K. E. Lytle and Leo Friede were direc tors of the bank, neither was a stock holder. The business of Mr. Wilde, said Mr. Malarkey," was selling bonds to whoever wanted them and had the money to purchase. Among the sales he made in Portland, aside from his dealings with the Oregon Trust, were to Ladd tc Tllton, the Merchants Na tional and other banks. Morris Is laveator. As a result of frequent conversations with Morris, Mr. Malarkey said the defense would show that Morris repre sented to Wilde that he represented a syndicate of banks and would Invest in a large block of the telephone bonds If they could be obtained at a good fig ure which would Insure a good margin. This bank syndicate Included the Ore gon Trust and other banks located at Drain. Rainier. Estacada. Aurora and Tacoma, with all of which Morris had Intimate business relations. Securing permission from the con struction company to dispose of 1500. OoO of telephone bonds st 0 cents net to the owners. Wilde returned from Los Angeles and contracted with Morris for the sale of the entire block to the syn dicate represented by Morrts at 0 cents, said Mr. Malarkey. and it was under those terms that the bonds were sold to the syndicate through Morris. Prosalaeat Bayers Cited. After making this sale, said Malar kev, Wilde and his sub-agents sold 1100.000 of these bonds at par to a number of prominent Portland persons and the bank received 100 cents on the dollar from these sales. Among the purchasers were: P. L. Willis, who sub scribed for 150.000: John Kleman and Fred IL Strong, $10,000 each: W. H. I'riodle. $500: It. L. Gllsan. $3000: W. If. Harris. $1500. and Miss Meagher. 11000. As further evidence of the desir ability of these bonds as an Investment. Mr. Malarksy showed that over $500,009 of these securities were sold at par about the aame time to wealthy resi dents of Southern California. Outlining the ease for the prosecu tion. Mr. Clark told of the organisa tion of the Oregon Trust A Savings Bank and the arrival In Portlsnd of Wilde in 10. Counsel said Wilde Im mediately became acquainted with Wal ter H. Moore and Morris, and through the medium of large business transac tions with the Oregon Trust became In timately acquainted with those offi cials, fo Intimately did this acquaint ance develop, declared Clark, that Wl.de and Morris adopted nicknames for each other which were used In cor respondence between them. Wilde fre quently addressed Morris aa "Henry." said Mr. Clark, while Morris familiarly spoke of Wilde as "father." ' ea. piracy la Alleged. Mr. Clark said that the state would show that a conspiracy was formed by Wilde and S. A. Reed, treasurer of the 1'nlon Telephone Construction Com pany, and Morris, for the sale to the Oregon Trust of $000,000 of Omaha telephone bonds several months before list transaction was actually, elcssd la r. h an Row J. II. MarDonald, J. B. Tanner, I.. dolpk, F. E. Jaekaosi, U. F. Itarope, Martli May, 1907, when the bonds were dellv ered to the bank. ' When Wilde obtained a contract from the Construction Company, as selling agent, authorising him to dispose of a block of $500.0no of the bonds at so cents net. Mr. Clark said Wilde both telegraphed and wrote Morris of the "grand" contract he had received and assured Morris that If the, deal was consummated they would be able to "buy a carload of ostrich feathers." In this same correspondence the state con tends Wilde made tho statement that he would have to pay $10,000 of the commission recolved from the bonds to disburse among the officers of the Construction Company who gave him the contract. The telephone bonds, according to Mr. Clark, were delivered to the bank May 6 or T, 1307, and were paid for with one demand certificate of deposit for $100,000. the balance in certificates of deposit of $26,000 and $50,000 each, due at intervals of 30 days. These certif icates were Issued to H. A. Reed, treas urer of the Construction Company. Deal niddea. State Coateada. On the same day. said Mr. Clark, the $100,000 demand certificate was in dorsed by Reed and turned over to the account of Louis J. Wilde, agent. From this amount, $10,000 was turned back to tho bank to cover the first payment, of $10,000. The other $90,000, Mr. Clark said, the prosecution would undertake to prove, was divided as follows: $5000 cash to Morris. $45,000 cash to Wilde, while the other $40,000 was Invested In Tacoma Telephone bonds, which were delivered a day or two later to Morris. The prosecution charges that Wilde and Reed not only conspired with Mor ris to effect the bond sale to the bank, but co-operated for months afterwards to conceal the transaction so far as Morris was identified with it. Mr. Clark then told of a partnership alleged to have been formed by V lido with F. F. Graves and F. H. Stow for the promo tion of telephone companies. Stow was placed In charge of the Omaha plant. Graves In charge of another, while Wilde attended to the ssle of bonds. To his associates, said Mr. Clark, Wilde reported the sale of the $500,000 block of bonds at S3 cents, netting this "bond-selling syndicate" $10,000. Of that sum, he said, $5000 was divided be tween Stow and Graves, the other $5000 going into the treasury of the part nership. All this time, according to the prosecution, Wilde was receiving a monthly salary of $300 as sales agent. Mr. Clark said the state would be able to substantiate the charge of embez-. clement set out In the indictment con clusively by witnesses and documentary evidence and asked the Jurors not to allow their minds to be confused by the Injection of extraneous subjects, but to decide the case solely on the question of the guilt or Innocence of the de fendant of the specific crime charged in the indictment. Jary Put I'nder Goard, The Jurors were yesterday delivered Into the custody of Samuel F. Scott and A. B. Stuart, court bailiffs, and will re main under that guard until the trial Is concluded. The dellberators take their meals at Watson's restaurant and have rooms at the Hotel Lenox. Judge Kavanaugh has not definitely decided as to holding night sessions to expedite the progress of. the trial, which promises to require at least a fortnight. If not longer. He said yes terday that he was seriously thinking of holding a short session every other night. If he decides on that programme, the first night session probably will be held tonight. PHYSICAL FITNESS ISSUE 'aval Militia Officers Haying- Inn ing Before Medical Staff. Oregon Naval Militia officers are go ing through their second ordeal before being Anally accepted as competent to continue In the organization. Physical examinations are being conducted, fol lowing last week's "exams" In naviga tion, seamanship and the handling of men. In advance of the physical exam inations the medical officers of the naval force were before the medical chief of the Oregon National Guard and on their qualifications being found ade quate to pass on their fellow officers they began their work. From Adjutant-General FInser's of fice reports were forwarded yesterday to Governor West as-to the first exam inations, with recommendations of the examining board and those of Adjutant General Flnser. Governor West will pass on them and his approval Is ex pected In line with the views of the Adjutant-General, after which the de tails will be made public. It is understood that there will be no wholesale retirement of naval militia offloers. but there probably will be changea Lieutenant Toax, L. S. N., has reported to Governor West for duty as the Navy Department's representative in the Oregon Naval Militia. Those In terested In the welfare of the organlsa. tlon believe they have found the reason for previous discord and expect to elim inate It and proceed with active work that will bring results. Office Xevcr In Buchanan Building. The superintendent of the Buchanan building announced yesterdsy that a man named Lesser, connected with a firm known aa the United Ktatea Realty Company, and who withdrew from the Justice Court a complaint against a prominent realty salesman of the city, asking $1! on an original losn of $7t borrowed test September, hsd never had an office in his building, aa sad heea reported. A. Ijijole, C'barlea A. Kalna, W. G. Eaton i fattler Top Row J. A. McArthnr, II. M. MANEUVER SHE SET Oregon Coast Artillery Will Camp at Fort Stevens. DRILL TO LAST TEN DAYS Adjutant-Genera I Fin wr, National Guard, Attends Oregon Meet- ing of National Militia Board at "Washington. Summer maneuvers for the coast artillery companies of the Oregon Na tional Guard will be hold this year at Fort Stevens for ten days beginning about 'August IS. This was decided yesterday at a conference at which were present Colonel O. A. Stevens, U. S. A., in command of the coast defenses of the Oregon district: Adjutant-Gen eral W. E. Flnser, of the National Guard; Major C. E. Dentler. U. S. A., and Captain Hlnkle, U. ,S. A., detailed by the War Department as Instructors for the infantry and artillery com panies of the Oregon National Guard. Bis Guns to Be Worked. . These annual maneuvers will be par ticipated in by the artillery companies of the regular coast artillery also. Members of the two organizations will be given instruction in the handling of the big coast defense guns, as well as target practice. This will be sup plemented by tests in propositions taken from the coast artillery drill regulations. The troops will be camped In the rear of the fortifications at Fort Stevens. At the meeting of the National Militia Board at Washington, D. C, January 12, 13 and 14, which was attended by Adjutant-General Finzer, who is a member of the Board, the members pre sented for consideration by the Secre tary of War a plan of mobilization for the organized militia at concentration camps during time of war. The recommendation prescribes cer tain points as established concentra tion camps, with regulations covering their administration. This is expected tc expedite the handling of troops pre paratory to leaving for the seat of war, and to obviate the confusion and delay such as was experienced in the hurried establishment of similar camps at the outbreak of the Spanish War. . I'nlfona Enlistment Time Urged. Members of the Board also recom mended the enactment of a regulation to prescribe a uniform period of en listment In the National Guard for every state, which shall be for not less than three years. At present there Is a wide difference in the length of enlistments In the various states. In some states the period of service in the National Guard Is one year, in others two years, and in one or two Instances as long as five years. The one and two-year terms are considered too short to permit the efficient train ing of men, while the five-year enlist ment has been found a hindrance in se curing a sufficient number of men of the proper qualifications for service. The three-year term is held to be a sufficient length of time In which to give thorough training and to assure service of men in any war extending for a reasonable length of time. The Board also recommended the pur chase of an artillery range in the east ern part of the United States. An artillery range is now owned by the Government at Sparta, Wis., but is considered too far away for use by members of ths National Guard of states farther east. Just where the new location will be has not been de termined. Rigid Tests Favored. The Board also discussed Informally the question of the pay bill now be fore Congress. Members of the Board are of the opinion that examinations for entrance to the National Guard should be more rigid, for both officers and enlisted men. If the bill now under consideration Is passed. The members of the National Militia Board' are: General C. R. Boardraan, of the Wisconsin National Guard; Colo nel Wilder Metcalf, of the Kansas Na tional Guard; Major J. M. Berry, of the Tennessee National Guard; General T. J. Stewart, Pennsylvania, National Guard, and Adjutant-General Finzer, Oregon National Guard. The Secretary of War is represented at the sessions of the Board by Brigadier-General R. K. Evans. U. S. A. Gcnsral Finzer returned from Wash ington this week, after an absence of two weeks. FRISCO LINE AFTER PLACE Sywtem May Keep Office Her to Handle Growing Business. On account of the constantly increas ing freight and passenger traffic In the territory tributary to Portland, an nfrice of the Frisco railroad system may be established in this city within the next few months. Charles Hall, general .Western, acent J Second Row L. C. Batchelder, CallwelL of the Frisco- system, with headquart ers at San Francisco, was In Portland yesterdsy to investigate the Portland situation, with the view of placing an agency here to take care of all traffic In the Northwest. "Business out of Portland has grown so heavily in the last few years that we will require a man to give It his exclusive attention within the present year," said Mr. Hall. "I am here now to look into the' situation and hope to make some arrangements for establish ing the office before I leave." The proposed office will handle both freight and passenger business. It is not likely that a ground-floor room will be rented at the start. A room in one of the downtown office buildings will be obtained and maintained until further business develops. Mr. Hall called on Carl R. Gray, pres ident of the North Bank Road and the Hill lines In Oregon, who was formerly vice-president of the Frisco system. He and Mr. Gray were closely associ ated in their work 30 years ago. MEN SHY AT BEING NAMED Mayor Seeks Nine to Act as Charter Compiling Board. Mayor Rushlight wants to appoint nine men to compile a commission gov ernment charter for Portland people to vote on, but he aald last night that those whom he has asked to serve do not seem to want to accept. The task is going to be difficult, and, he says, no doubt many busy men feel that they cannot devote the necessary time. 'I want a first-class committee," said the Mayor. "I want one that will not fight among its members and ona that will draft a good charter, based on the commission form of govern ment. I have asked some good men to serve, but they have all declined. I would like to got the work under way; but I want to be certain that I name the right ment to compile the proposed charter, or the whole instrument and the work connected with it will be vain." The City Council has authorized Mayor Rushlight to name a committee of nine members, of which he shall be chairman. The purpose is to compile a commission charter for submission to the voters. REMOVAL UP TO MEMBERS Commercial Club Asks Each to Ex press Opinion as to New Home. For the purpose of getting a grasp on the general attitude of members of the Portland Commercial Club toward tho offer of quarters In the new Mar ket building, at Ankeny and Pine If every one would realize anH nt the- first svmntnms of ment to get rid of it, a great deal of suffering and misery could be avoided. But most persons are inclined to treat the early pains lightly, and by neglecting the trouble allow the blood to become,, so im pregnated with uric acid that Rheumatism becomes firmly established in the system, and then the sufferer "wakes up " to the fact that it is a powerful and dangerous disease. An excess of uric acid gets into the blood usually because of sys temic irregularities, such as chronic constipation, imperfect kidney filtration, indigestion and minor stomach troubles, to which we give no serious thought. But each of these disturbances has a direct effect on the eliminative members, which prevents the proper removal of waste substances from the system. This refuse remains in the stom ach and bowels, and souring forms uric acid which is quickly absorbed into the blood. Then the foundation is laid for Rheumatism. The occasional pains shooting through the body, will gradually become more frequent and severe, the muscles get sore, and the flesh may be sensitive and feverish in spots. Constant contact with the acrid blood slowly dries up the' natural fluids of the joints, causing the knees, ankles, fingers, etc., to become swollen and stiff. 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Members are asked to vote on three proposals: To accept the offer and move into the new building when- It is com pleted; to remain In the present quar ters and have them remodeled to ac commodate the growth of the organi sation, or to leave the whole subject in the hands of the board of governors, with full power to act. The replies to the circular are merely expressions of preference. Actual vote on the subject will be taken at the annual meeting Saturday night. In its present quarters the club has available only four floors, with a space of 8200 square feet. The quarters of fered in the Market building will give nearly double the floor space, while the rent will be one-third less than the club is paying for its present home. The decision of the club is regarded by the board of governors as extreme ly Important and tho preliminary cir cular sent out Is Intended to bring every member to a careful study of the merits of the offer before he casts his vote at the annual meeting. Livestock Breeders Meet. Members of the classification com mlttee of the Oregon Pure Bred Live stock Association met In the Imperial Hotel yesterday afternoon, preliminary to the regular semi-annual meeting of the association, which will be held to day beginning at 10 A. M. Proposed revisions in the premium lists for the State .Fair were discussed and several changea recommended, which will be referred to the association for final action. Delegates representing every livestock section of the state will be In attendance, and many were already registered last night at the Imperial Hotel which will be headquarters dur ing the meeting. Those who attended the committee meeting yesterday after. the danger of Rheumatism, the disease begin proper treat fincuiiiauhin, uui nu uiit should forget that the vital and necessary treatment is that one which reaches and changes the character of the blood. There is but one way to cure Rheumatism and that is to cleanse the blood of the uric acid poison. 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