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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1909)
BANK LOSES SI 200 TO FAT STRANGER Cashier Wharton, of Heppner, Makes Loan on Abstract to Fake Deed. tDRAWS OUT $800 IN CASH ; James Darls Turns up Later at Salem, Where He Cashes $50 Check on "Balance" to His Credit at Heppner Bank. "PP-yER. Or.. March 27. (Special.) Otflclals of the Bank of Heppner 1 . .n.Ltoda5r they hd been bilked out of 1200 by a suave stranger, who gave toe nam of James Davis and who rep IS;ente1 that he had Purchased for $20,000 cash the H. E. Burchnell ranch near Lexington, this county. ' l.raVl!, on a fake deed- secured an abstract, which he presented to the Sank and on which a loan of 1500 from a Spokane loan company was granted. Turning to V. P. Wharton, the cash- rr,iiVaA ? a.Sked and recp'ved a loan of $1300 In lieu of the $1500 from the i-poksne company. Davis drew $800 in cash and left $400 to his credit in the ban k. . r,y!S r"Prosented that he was going to Bitter Creek to buy horses, but con tinued on to Arlington, where he boarded a westbound train This was last Sunday. Nothing more 2. J? . .Prd f tavl" untn a 50 -heck. v.m rfVl8 8t lho United States National Bank at Salem, was presented here today for payment. .11" 8,ran"er reached Heppner two "eekg ago, and began inquiring for real estate. He stated to different par ties that he was a farmer of the Will amette Valley, but lived in Portland. Mnd a.",de8lrOU!' of bu-'"B a ranch in r t:o"ntv- Ho sve the name of James Davis, and was immediately tak en in charge by Wose Ashbaugh, a real estate dealer, and was given the name i" B,,rche". retired Morrow of i2ny, wno has a large tract of land lying Just north of Lexington, and is now living in Portland. . " a few days Davis gave out that he had purchased the Burchell land. II? Thad d;,.eds recorded and went to 1 Smith, abstractor, and requested an abstract made of the entire tract of BurcheU land. The deed, all seemed to be regular to the abstractor, as they rn'pV S?rJ?,Sed to have been made n Portland before a notary public by tne name of rsorman Butler, and wit nessed by William Allen and David Jones and were so sworn to bv But , Tlle calh consideration called for in the deed is $30,000, or $25 an acre. t,," Went 1, tbe bank of HPP"r and . yer,hi! abstracts showing the land to be free from all encumbrances and applied tor a loan from a Spokane loan company, which was duly accepted. Then turning to W. S. Wharton, cashier 2?! , ".l that WHarton loan him $1200 in lieu of the $1500 loan asked for rrom tr,e Spokane concern. Wharton gave Davis the $1300. Davis drawing $800 in cash and leaving 400 to his credit and left the bank with the impression that he. was going out to Butter Creek to buy horses-. Instead of going to Butter Creek. Davis hired a team from a local barn to drive to lone, but when he got on the road he asked ths driver if he knew the way to Arlington and finding that he did, then requested that he (Davis) be driven to the latter place. He- took the train from Arlington last Sunday morning at about o clock, and nothing more was heard of Mr. Davis, until yesterday when a $50 check came In from Salem, which had bean cashed there by the United States National Bank by Davis personally. Davis also carried a letter of recommen dation from Cashier Wharton. Ed. Burchell. son of the man whose Place Davis la supposed to have bought, came to Heppner today and said he had received a letter from his father in Fort land stating that the ranch had not been sold, and that he knew nothing of such a man as Davis. Davis Is about 45 years u.u. niwvy set. weighing in the neighbor hood cf 200 pounds, and about five feet seven inches tall. He is of dark complex ion and smooth shaven. Davls had the bearing of a farmer and seemed to be well informed about the different sections of the state, and left the Impression with all who met him that lie was a retired farmer, one of those . good honest sort of fellows. Cashier Wharton Is now in Walla Walla attending to some land matters, but has been notified by Vawter Crawford, as- Kisfnnt r ,.;.. -i i . . . j "41v uiowvcreo tne ounco kame, and will oe home Monday evening.. FARMER DRINKS POISON .Swallows Three Owners Carbolic Acid Mixed AVith Beer. COLFAX. Wash.. March 27 Ed Baker, aged 33. committed suicide at Coryel's lodging-house today by drink ing three ounces of carbolic acid, which he mixed In a beer glass. F. H. Nelson, a cook who had a room next to Baker, heard him mixing the drink. Baker's groans and cries for help brought Nelson to his room, and Baker exclaimed "bring me some paper quick, 1 want to write my wife a letter. I am dying." Dr. Skalfe was -summoned, but Baker died before he could reach the room. He leaves a wife and baby on a farm 12 miles east of Colfax. Baker had sold a team this week for $400. and had spent about $65 during the past two days. is the proud possessor of a walking stick made from an elm rib of the "Beaver." the first steamer to ply In the Pacific Ocean. The "Beaver" went on the rocks at Burrard's Inlet, near Port Townsend, on the Sound, in 18S8. A. L. McClinton, deputy collector at Port Townsend In 1890, secured a rib from the steamer and quartered it, giving one-quarter to Mr. Kris, who kept the wood all these years, and a short time ago he had it worked down by hand by a local workman into a cane. The Beaver was built on the Thames, in England. In 1835. and sailed for the Pacific Ocean under con voy of the old Hudson Bay Company's bark, Columbia. Her paddle wheels were packed in her hold as cargo and were put In position on the vessel at old Fort Vancouver on the Columbia in 1836. The "Beaver" was the first steamer to voyage In the Pacific Ocean and the first to ply between Puget Sound and Sitka, Alaska, the latter than a Russian port. The Bea ver was operated for 52 years. What Is left of the old historic boat will be on exhibition at the A.-T.-P. Exposition. SPARES MOTHER PAIN JiriiDERER SUSPECT PLEADS XOT TO TELL HER. SUNDAY'S MAN BACKSLIDES Spokane Orrieer Who Gave Vp Star Lands in Jail. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 27. (Spe clal.)Phillp Duval, who after pro fessed regeneration at the Billy Sunday could not be a Christian and a police man at the same time, landed in th County Jail today on the charge of Im personating an officer. Duval, it Is alleged, appeared at a lodging-house on Fifth avenue operat- d T w ,ati'da Hend"s"1- aa demand ed of her baggage which she was hold ing for unpaid room rent of a lodger Duval, she said, declared he was a deputy sheriff, but declined to pro. duce a warrant. RELIC IN WALKING-STICK KIb of First Steamer on Pacific Is Converted Into Cane. VANCOUVER. Wash. March z7 (Special.) 1L B. Kris. County Auditor. Officers Believe Paul Krasnerosky Has Series of Crimes to Answer For. SPOKANE, Wash., March 27. (Spe cial.) "No, no. my God, man. don't tell mv n,s-l-k a.. . 1. .. I t i ..ii j - ..... " 1 uiai i tt.ii i in jail lor this murder. That w,ould kill her. then Vnil 11it 1 .) v.A a , .. - . uiuruurer yourseir. With the deep lines of his hard, dark face drawn hard. Paul Krasneroskv, alias Paul Cleln, held for the murder Of A Ijl.-r... .1. l.J . , . . . . . . i ' w r. I Hie i-OllSn CaDl- nfttmabr 1 .1 1 1 . .... Deputy Prosecuting, Attorney Dono van. He was visited In his cell of the County Jail and apprised of such In tentions on the part of the authorities. wus me nrst demonstration of ,,.0.11 n 1 1 rt v in h any tender ness that had been noticed by the au thorities during his six days' im prisonment Plain'. .. 1 1 . . . . . " o ftiaj-uuirea Ola mother lives in Schertendorf. near With flatn .! , . - 1 1 v 1 1 y laeounea as 1,1 "la" hired a livery rig from v,. ouames early on the morn ing of MArMi 9 K j -r in j aiier Xjewar- dowskl was last seen alive, the offl- iraigni mat little is lack ing In a chain of positive evidence to convict him of the crme. In this buggy Cleln l hoiiov. . 1 - -- v, iia.n idEen Dewardowskis body to Fort Wright Employes of the O. K. Stables saw Cleln at tho Jail and declared him the man who. pale and greatly agitated, appeared at the barn on that morning and asked for a buggy for a two hours' drive. Further evidence re vealed is that Clein did not drive to Didgerwood as was his expressed In- , u.1 ,nstea drove toward Fort W right. Believing by papers found In his trunk, that Cleln has left a trail of crime extenrilno- t,i .. globe. Deputy Prosecutor Donovan to- i, 4; . 1 u 'oauines to the German and British Embassies at Washington regarding his record In the German army and London and also in relation to his services in the Northwest mounted police in Canada. ortnwest WOMEN TO BEAUTIFY CITY Aberdeen Association Proposes Shade Trees Shall Be Planted. ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 27. (Spe cial.) Civic improvement of Aberdeen bv the prominent women of the city has been undertaken, and a meeting called at the library building Friday afternoon by Mrs. W. J. Patterson, wife of the manager of the Hayes & Hayes Bank, brought a lange and representative gath ering of the social leaders. The women were unanimously in favor of a cleaner and much more beautiful town, and since the municipality has adopted the permanent street improve ment plan and last year completed many fine streets, there is a disposition on the part of everybody, and especially the women, to beautify the town. Preliminary steps were taken toward creating bylaws and constitution, and it was decided to take a very active interest the coming Summer In the planting -of shade trees, in the arrangement of Sower beds and In stimulating the owners of property and those renting property to assist in carrying out the plan of the association. It is understood the associa tion will take up tho proposition of parks at an early day. It is proposed to create a park board and provide for a fund. This is the first movement of the kind in Aberdeen. JAPANESE ARE INVITED Commercial Bodies Asked to Tour United States In September. SEATTLE. March 27. At the Instance of the Chambers of Commerce of Se attle. Tacoma. Spokane and Portland, the Japanese Consuls of Seattle and Portland today extended by cable, an invitation for the five Chambers of Commerce of Japan to send a delegation of 15 leading business men of the empire and 15 trade experts on a visit to the United States In September next. Arrangements have been perfected whereby the party will visit all the lead ing manufacturing and trade centers of the United States in the belief that such an Inspection will result In a great stimu lus to the Interchange of trade between Japan and the United States. The party will be handled from the Northwest cities on a special train and probably will proceed over the North ern Pacific to St. Paul and thence to Chicago, visiting en route the chief trade and manufacturing centers of the West. They will spend not less than 90 days In the United States as the guests of the four Northwestern Chambers of Com merce and will arrive in Seattle In time to participate In Japan day at the AJas- -iutou-racinc imposition. COOS BAY MAN DROWNS John Fox Loses Life While Cruising Bay In Launch. . MARSHFIELD. Or.. . March 27.-John Fox. who had charge of E. G. Flana, gan's slaughter-house, located on Coal Bank Slough, three miles from Marsh field, was accidentally drowned this after noon. Mr. Fox left Marshfield for tbe slaughter-house In a gasoline boat, and when near the end of his trip, something evidently went wrong with the engine and he was seen to go in and out of the little cabin several times. There was a splash and several men ran to the shore close to the boat, but Fox was drowned before assistance could reach him. His body was recovered shortly afterward. Fox was a native of Coos Bay, and leaves many relatives and friends. He was about 80 years old. He was alone when the accident occurred. Rosenthal's pumps fit at ths heel. GQWAN THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. MARCH 28, 190D. WOOD ' - ? AND WORDY CLASH Harney County Delegate to On tario Congress Starts Fireworks. CITIZENS GIVE BANQUET Oregon-Idaho Convention Closes "With 600 Delegates Attending. Next Session to Be Held at Welser In April. ONTARIO, Or., March 27.(Special.) Today s sessions of the Oregon-Idaho De velopment Congress were even more suc cessful than those of yesterday. This morning's meeting was opened by A. W Gowan. of Burns, who spoke on the size and importance of Harney County as an inland empire. Mr. Gowan also spoke somewhat uncomplimentarlly of soma of the corporations owning huge tracts of land in Harney County. Elmer Clark, of Caldwell, followed Mr. Cowan, after which came F. M. North Yn fv. Eugene- a"d Judge George A. Shallenberg. of Boise.- After the speak Lff,.J eJwual r?'"tions were passed by the Congress, expressing thanks to Ontario. Other resolutions 01 Tmportance mB ones askln the County Courts of Malheur and Harney Counties to in vestigate the lntercounty highway prop osition, and to appropriate money there for, and asking for the location of an experiment station at Burns. JFt a"erno'n session was taken up lJ' discussion of the new water code L Saxton, of Baker City, and an address on the Idaho enabling act. by Carl Paine, of Boise. The Idaho act al lows districts to build railroads in much the same way that road districts build Highways. v More resolutions were passed, among them being one asking Congress to pass ? SW increase the price of land in if.aM ar,d SO" W-50 an acre and putting the extra .25 Into a fund to be used by Oregon and Idaho for construc tion of railways in these states or rail way districts thereof, which rallwavs 2a u al,enable- Another resolution asks the Congressional delegation to se cure the passage of a law making United States land nhin-t ,7 . conditions for railway construction as The evening session was taken up mainly by C. E S. Wood in reply to Mr Gowan s speech f this -morning. Mr W ood stated his position and that of Mr. Hanley in relation to their own corpora- uLV,!' L" Mr'..Haniey were t . V i luuuves ncy ought not to be assnr ntPri tuk i . .. wiLii. i no wors or tne wfoT' ,bv,Ul; h.e thouSht they were try- t, V 1 lur a" concerned. t. . ey also BPke, substantiating Mr. Wood's statements. hir"G.Wan then rePe3. and cleared up his statements of ihi. m : - ... " everyone apparently satisfied. mnsress closed with a huge ban- visitors and citizens of Ontario by the e? ,hla city.w. About 600 people at! tended. The congress will meet next in Weiser in April. NEW TRAIN TO PORTLAND Yacolt Local Will Make Regular Runs Into City. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 27 -(Sne a,-?rThe Jacolt train' runnTng on th; Northern Pacific branch line 'between Vancouver and Tacolt. a distance of miles, will on and after April 1 run through to Portland over the big railway bridges. The train will remain a mixed train as it is now. But when it reaches rm T" Uwa-y station In Vancouver if? . Z?01- the freint rs will be left in the local railway yards and only the passenger and baggage cars will go througn to Portland. The schedule for the present will remain as it is. that is. the train will arrive In Vancouver at 8:55 A. M. and go on through to Portland and returning will leave Vancouver for Yacolt at 4 P. M Under the new arrangement of " train service, the Yacolt train will not go down to the old Northern Pacific depot at tha foot of "Columbia street. The Northern Pacific branch line to Ya colt has been in operatibn for seven yea-s nUn,thJ?U,?h 3- ri?? fa-rming commul nlty and from Yacolt at the northern GORDON DEMANDS TRIAL Accused ex-Railroad Counsel Insists on Speedy Action. SPOKANE, Wash.. March 27. (Special.) A demand for immediate trial of M. J Gordon, accused of embezzling $9200 from the Great Northern Railroad, was made today in Judge J. Stanley Webster's Court by Attorneys Frank T. Post and Nuxum & Nuzum. of counsel for Gordon. Judge Webster refused to hear the case because he was formerly Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and managed the first action against Gordon. Judge Webster sent the attorneys hack to Presiding Judge Hinkle. who an nounced that ho Will hoar , . . .uciu iiejtt Tuesday morning. They declare that Gordon is ready for trial and does not iu wait tor tne grand Jury to act. The prosecution undoubtedly will argue fOr a TOStTOTi.mTlfr Until O ' v.. uupicme Court can decide points now pending re- nulu grana jury proceedings. RECORD PRICE FOR WHEAT Pendleton Farmer Gets $1.15 for 3000 Bushels Bluestem. PENDLETON. Or.. March 27. (Spe cial.) What Is probably the highest price ever paid In Pendleton for wheat was paid today by Byers" mill to Wil liam Mills for 3000 bushels of blue stem. The price paid was 1.15. This is what the grower netted, as the ware house charges are paid by the pur chasers. The wheat was raised in the north ern part of the county, is stored in the Balfour. Guthrie Company's warehouse at Vansycle. and In addition to paying the warehouse charges, the mill will be compelled to pay freight Into Pen dleton. This Is the last bluestem wheat to be had In the county. Sheriff's Hunt Fruitless. LA GRANDE. Or.. March 27. (Special.) Sheriff Childers returned today from Huntington, after a fruitless hunt for D. McMann and C. Mclntire. who escaped into Idaho, under charge of obtaining goods here under false pretenses. Particular Men Demand B enj amm Clothes and nox 1 iat's Prices no higher than for. the ordinary kind. We are the sole agents for Portland. Buffum 311 Morrison Street Pendleton Opposite Postoffice SEEK INJURED THUG Two Spokane Police Also Wounded in Fight. MAN MAKES HIS ESCAPE Revolver Battle Follows Command of Patrolmen to Halt Two of Outlaw's Six . Shots Tate Effect. SPOKANE, Wash., March 27. (Special.) Officers In all parts of the Inland Em pire have been notified by the Spokane' police to be on the lookout for a thug who was wounded in a duel with two policemen early this morning The men engaged in a gun fight at close quarters and all three were hit Patrolmen H. W. Hood and W. G. Bold man were wounded in the leg, while the character of the thug's Injury Is not known. He was seen by the policeman to fall during the exchange of shots, but he managed to make his escape and could not be tracedby the blood. When ' the suspicious-appearing man was called upon by the two policemen to halt when they met - on Pittsburg street and Second avenue, he replied by discharging six shots. The officers were hit by the first two bullets fired, but responded after they had been knocked to the ground by the shock. Neither of the wounds are serious. A man with blood streaming from his hip a little later was seen at Yardley. ARMY SALUTES GUARDSMAN Brigadier-General Hamilton Recog nlzed by Fort Worden Commander. SEATTLE. Wash., March 27. (Special ) For the first time. . on this coast, at V;a,9t: a ener1 officer of the State Militia was given the honor of his rel ative rank In the United States Army yesterday when Fort Worden saluted with 11 guns, as Brigadier-General Ortis Hamilton, Adjutant-General of the Wash ington National Guard, entered its gates. Under Regular Army regulations this salute is given whenever an officer of the rank of General enters a post com manded by one of inferior rank. This courtesy has never been extended to militia officers on this Coast until Colonel Whitler, Artillery District Commander, ordered It yesterday.. The compliment has made a profound impression on tho members of ths National Guard, as it means that the citizen soldiery has been at least recognised as on the plane of the regulars and entitled to high -honors. SECOND HORSE SHOW HELD Walla Walla Horse Breeders' Associ ation Exhibits. v WALLA WALLA, Wash.. March 27 (Special.) Th second annual Horse Show of the Walla Walla Horse Breed ers Association Wa helH votAan -. noon, and in the parade, participated in u1wh ui ine county, were many handsome animals. Including racing 1 stock, driving horses, general utility ani mals and the heaviest draft horses. In tense interest was displayed in the parade and headed by a local band, the sight was witnessed by hundreds of people who lined the principal streets. This event is becoming an annual affair and although no prizes are swarded, con testants are taking great interest In showing the finest grade of livestock. Stapleton Sits for McCredle. VANCOUVER. Wash... March 27. (Spe cial.) Prosecuting Attorney Joseph P. Stapleton has been appointed as judge pro tem of the Superior Court to act in the absence of Judge W. W. McCredie, who has been called to Seattle to preside over a case there. . The case of Maxwell vs. Ktutz, which is set for Tuesday, will be a the first case to be tried before "Judge" Stapleton. Walla Walla Tagged for $1500. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. March 27. (Special.) Untagged men in Willa Walla were as scarce yesterday as the unkissed sons of Dowie. for from early morning Brown Your Hair With Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Juice Hair Stain. Gathering Walnuts It only takes " you a few minutes once a month to apply Mrs. Potter's Walnat-Jule Hair Stain- with your comb. Stains only th hair, doesn't rub off. contains no poisonous dyes, sulphur, lead or coppr Has no odor, no sediment, no grew, una bottle of Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Juice Hair stain should last you a year. Sells for 1.00 a bottle at Sr.t clasj druggists. We suarantae satisfaction. Send your name and address on a slip of paper, with this advertisement, and enclose 25 cents (stamps or coin) and we will mall you. charges prepaid, a trial package. In v""'-. wrapper, with valuable book: "n hair. 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Over $1500 was realized by the thorough canvass and not only were women engaged in this work, hut school children as well, took part. Partnership .'for - mutual-" -Srfrvantair -was observed whan two one-legged men went Into a Broadway automatic shoe-shltiing ahoo an-i Zt., ht one shoe shinedfor Mm asm nickel dropped In tha slot. y Make Cheery THE EVENINGS At Home r ' The picture suggests the way. Here isoneof our Player Pianos and a little group of people un mindful of wind and weather. Their favorite music is at their com mand, because the instrum ent Requires neither study nor practice, and therefore any and all ot the family can play.: ; Even the one who is a skilled pianist turns for recreation to the Player Piano and the music rolls, because they give a repertoire so much more extensive than can be acquired by manual playing. No more profitable source of enjoy ment can be found than a piano, on which yon can play with natural expression any musical composition. Choose from our five styles: The Conover Inner-Player Piano '. $1000 The A. B. Chase . . ... . 850 The Carola Inner-Player Piano . .- 750 The Kingsbury Inner-Player Piano - 650 -The Euphona Player Piano . $500 and 525 Enay terms of. ownership may be arranged. Shermanjlp ay & G o Seattle OPP. POSTOFFICE. PORTLAND, OREGON ' Other Stores -Tacoma Everett Brill. gham Wena tehee North TatUma-Spoluuie. WATCH THE MOVEMENT DOWN THE RIVER 23 Minutes to Haxborton