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TVZ STTXDAT OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND. APRIL 30. 1011. V RESERVE INQUIRY GROWING HEATED Commander McNuIty Testifies in Case of Feud Among Officers. BLAIN IS CROSS-EXAMINER Fight Over Rival BIIU In legisla ture Principal Subject 'of I.at Night's Session of "Court" at Armory Building. Educations followed on another In rapid succession when John McNulty, Commander of the Ore con Naval Re serve, was on the witness stand at the Armory Friday night before the Court of Inquiry which is delving Into the con troversy between the officers. On cross-examination by Ideutenant Commander Blain. McNulty admitted that be went to see the late W. H. Corbett. head of the "Willamette Iron Works, and tried to have htm use hi Influence with Blain to have withdraw: the latter s bill before the Legislature, which was being advocated as a sub stitute to that championed by Capta George P. Shepherd and McNulty. Th latter who Is a nautical expert In th llrdrocraphtc Office, declared that h had requested Mr. Corbett to use onl his personal influence with Mr. Blain. Lieutenant Humphrey, of the Reserve. who was also at that time In the em ploy of the United States Oovernmen had carried a story, he said, to Com mander Klllcott that ho (McNulty) bad attempted to coerce Mr. Corbett. -I reauested htm." said McNulty. "t call up Mr. Corbett and ask him about it. He did so. but I never learned th details of the conversation. Later asked Lieutenant Humphrey If Mr, Corbett had said that 1 attempted t coerce him and he said that Mr. Cor bett had." . "Did you not Intimate to Mr. Cor bett that certain of the officers were Irving to depose Captain Shepherd and elwate blm (Mr. Corbett) to tne post tlon of commanding officer of the or ciniutloa and Intimate that Mr. Cor bett stood In on the deal?" queried II lain. -I told him that Lieutenant Hum rhrev and certain other officers had spoken to me of the advisability having a man of some social proml nrnce and financial standing at the head of the organization and that many of the officers of the Oregon Naval He- serve being In the employ of the V II lamette Iron Works, his name was as sociated with an ambition to occupy the Kosuion. was In effect McXulty'a an swer. McNuttv Stands by Plwphrrd. There was another sensation when McNulty told of an altered attempt on the part of the Klaln faction to have htm desert Captain Shepherd and come over to their side, promising that n would be re-elected to the position h nnw hoi. I, that of commander. Th conversation Is alleged to have oc cur red at the corner of Fifth and Al der streets about the time the fight between th rival factions over the bills at Salem era looming up. -Hlaln told me," said McNulty. "that 1 had better come In with them on their bill. I asked Its contents and found that It provided that all the of ficers, with th exception of Captain and Commander, were to be named In the bill and that those two were to be elected by th officers who retained their commissions. Blain aald. "Well. you know Shepherd Is not the man for the Job. Well see that you get the same position you have now. I replied that an Adrolralshtp wouldn't tmpl me to desert Captain Shepherd after all he had done for the Oregon Naval Keserve. Blain said he kaew mv silarr. my social position and my word and concluded with 'Well. If you don't come In we'll skin you.' I l-ld him 1 would sink or float with th Ship." Uater. on cross-examination by Blain. McNulty denied that he had said "To h 1 with Oregon. I am working for th Government." and that be bad threatened that unless the Blain faction gave way he would see that the O.-egan Naval Reserve re ceived no arms.- equipment or a ship from the t'niled States Government. Continuing his testimony. McNulty reused th third rlppl of excitement In the courtroom when he said that th day following the conversation with Blain be was told over the telephone by th latter that he (McNulty) Would b re ported to the Navy "department for mis ue of the Government frank on letters and undue political activity. "I told Mm to send his report In by wire.'" said McNulty. "A short time afterwards a voluminous report against me was sent to the Secre tary of th Navy. It was signed by J. t. Mc Wilson, who represented himself to be superintendent of construction for the O.-W. R. N. Co. It was re turned to me through the hydrocraphlo pfn"-e I Investigated and found that McWUson was a fictitious personage.'" Captain Shepherd Talks. There was a great deal of variance In the testimony offered by Shepherd. Mc Nulty and Master-et-Arms Wlschausen. Shepherd said he walked away from BUln about SO feet on the night of th disturbance, at the Armory. April 1. and commanded th mnster-at-nrms to ac company him and that he did not order Wlschausen to arrest Blain until he had returned and was within bearing of th Utter. McNulty testified that Shepherd walked down th Armory and ordered Wlschau sen to go up and arrest Blain. also that Wlschausen bsd asked Shepherd what to do and that the latter replied: "Put Rim out." Shepherd wis not sure wheth er er not he had said. "I"ut him out" The really contradictory part came, however, when Wlschausen took th stand. H said that Shepherd ordered him. within hearing of Lieutenant Blom berg. Lieutenant-Commander Edwards. W. T. Carroll and others, to "place Mr. Btuln under arrest." and that at no time had Shepherd said anything of any na ture about putting Mr. B'aln out of th Armory. McNulty testified that Blain was dragged along by th master-at-arms several feet and that he attempted to free himself several times before striking his captor. Wl.chausen said that he walked op to Plain and salJ: "You are under arrest." that Blain swore and struck him Immediately. Ueutenant Blemberg. main. Mr. Car roll and Lieutenant-Commander Edwards had ststed on the stand at previous ses sions of th court that Shepherd did not order Wlschausen to arrest Blain but had simply ordered that Plain b put out. using th words, "put blm out." In response to a query from Wlschausen. -What shall I do with him?" They were also unanimous In declaring Blain used no foul language Shepherd Deasra Political Story. Colonel Sam Whit, president of th court, stopped Blain when the latter waa showering, questions upon Captain Shepherd for the purpose of bringing out Shepherd's nautical experience. Shepherd denied having given Bos'n's Mat Reeves his political cards for dis tribution. He admitted that Blain had mad overtures to him two or three time to forget the flcht before the Legislature, but declared he had not accepted them becauso he d'd not be lieve In Blaln'a sincerity and because he believed that the latter's conduct was such before the enlisted men that It would not have been for the good of th organization to have forgotten the Dast In view of Blain s letters to even- ng newspapers criticising him and th fight at the Armory. McNulty said on th stand that he had acted as adviser to Captain Shep herd on matters of procedure and thut he had advised the latter to arrest Blain the night of April 1. when Blain appeared at the Armory contrary to Shepherd's orders. He said ha believed It was for th good of th organiza tion to designate the officers of th Blain faction as conspirators and mut ineers in his letter to an evening paper, which was published February . Judge Advocate Bauer traced th fight of April 1 to this letter by bring ing out that the letter led to Blaln's stinging replies the next day. McNulty admitted on a question from Klaln that he had withdrawn the books of instruction Issued by th United States Government on naval matters from th officers opposing himself and Shepherd because he believed their ani mosity to their commanding officer was ample provocation for his action. BOWYER QUITS POST GIBBON'S TO BE SUPERINTEND ENT AT ANNAPOLIS. r'-'h f sucNusatw EKttJMS3 Navy Department Insists Boors In cident Had Nothing Whatever to Do With Change. WASHINGTON. April 19. Captain John H. Gibbons today was appointed Superintendent of the United Stales Na val Academy to succeed Captain John M. Bowyer. May 15. when the latter will voluntarily relinquish the position 'on account of 111 health. Captain Bowyer probably will be assigned to less ardu ous duties. Secretary Meyer yesterday received Captain Bowyer-! application for relief, and Immediately took up the question with the President, who confirmed the selection of Captain Gibbons. In announcing the change, th Navy Department declared It was due entire ly to th stats of Captain Bowyer's health and had no relation whatever to th recent Miss Beers Incident at An napolis. This Incident, which caused a lot of talk about "snobbery" at Annap olis, began when a midshipman was of ficially rebuked for bringing Miss Beers, th daughter of a Yale profes sor and employed as a governess In a Naval officer's household, to a social "hop" at th academy. Subsequently, at the direction of th Navy Depart ment. Captain Bowyer sent a formal apology to Miss Beers and her father. Captain Gibbons Is a native of Michi gan and for several months has been member of th Navy general board. His last command was the cruiser Charles ton. Previous to that duty, he was naval attache at London. a.- W m -SakaaW I M -siavT. L . .X 1 VI ' I 1 1 1 It f -I sUaFV ll-V , l"'l'T H r F aV W g w J I I bA V iWM 1 . 1 JOT f a I s "31 I "aV Modlesthly n tus&ffjmesm SEttStttMtOS w ;.'.'J5 i Alt iim E!cicf(0)m Mow tibia Beim -Selling Store,, Make Ym Hdk.EWlyv Suits That Carry the Stamp of Style. Suite of Sincerity and Satisfaction. Suits With Character, Reputation and Worth. $2 ft $4(0) HITCHCOCK IS ASSAILED PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY POLITICS SCORED. Representative Cnllop, of Indiana, Making Grilling Speeeh on floor of Ilouse. WASHINGTON. April 29 Represen tative Cullop. of Indiana, a Ixim rat. In a speech In the House, vigorously tailed FOstmsster-Genernl Hitchcock, and th Postofflc Department tor "per nicious activity" In politics. "Th Postofflc Department Is th greatest political machine constructed In this or any other country." said Mr. Cullop, "and It Is openly administered as a political organization." Too much time devoted by the head of th Postofflc Iepartment to polit ical affairs -and too little to business affairs were declared by Mr. Cullop t b responsible for the annual deficit of th department. He said that the people should know hrther any of the J72.COO postmasters or employeshad been discharged or reduced la rink for failure to perform political duties or to contribute to cam paign funds, and whether employes were regularly assessed for campaign purposes and punished If they did not comply. He declared that the appointive pow er lodged with the President was great er than that enjoyed by any foreign monarch. FUTURE WORRIES FRANCE Forecast Republic Will Have but 25 Millions When German Has 100. PARIS. April . SpecIal.)-Slatls- ics have been publlkhed to show that n the year !!. the population of Ger many probably will 'each the figure of 00.000.000. while that of r ranee will bo only 15.000.000. Time alone will how whether this forecast la right; but It Is interesting to note that anil- ty on th subject already prevailed In Franc In the eighteenth century. The Abbe Satnt-I'ierre then thought that the marriage of priests would be remedy: and he calculated that. If 11 the -priests had married from the time of Francis 1. there would have been 40.000.000 more Catholics in the country. Maurice de Saxe saw the so lution of the problem In "leasehold marriages." which he believed would e more fruitful than the ordinary per manent unions for better or for worse. third proposal was that the entire French army should be compelled to marry. This plan, according io ine re former who recommenaea it, would embellish th race and ameliorate th estlny of the nation. IB. EM SELL IMC a , i 8 eS? bz LEADING CLOTHIER : ! Moiririsoini ait FonariLlhi SEsss5Sres s&Sa A-A-ir W Sr. !.. ext. ; MANY AUTO ACCIDENT A. B. Manley and Aged Mother- In-Law Hurled From, Ma chine at Night. GIRL RUN DOWN BY CAR GIRL GIVES LIFE FOR PET Attempt to Iletcne Chamois Front Foot of Precipice Fatal. GENEVA. April . (Special.) A pathetic little Alpine drama Is re ported from th village of Fernez. In th canton of Orisons, where a nine- year-old girl named Ureuter lost her life trying to sav that of her little chamois. t The Ureuter family received a pres ent of a baby chamois, and the animal was brought up and cared for by their only daughter. A few days ago the chamois escaped, and was followed by the young girl across the valley. As the girl did not return, her parents and some friends organised a search. They first found the dead body of the chamois at the bottom of a precipice, and half-way down th raangied body of the girl. She -had apparently seen her pet fall over the precipice and tried to climb, dowa aXter It, Speeding Motorist Does Not Stop to See How Badly She Is HartMis haps Come Thick and Fast In Portland Yesterday. An automobile driven by A. B. Man ley. carrying his wife, two aunts and Mrs. Margaret Kelly. Mrs. Manley's mother, ran Into a projecting sewer manhole at Thirty-fifth and Holgate streets, where contractors neglected to place danger lights, Friday night, and all the occupants of the car vers more or less Injured and badly shaken up. Mrs. Kelly, who Is 84 years old, was thrown through the wind shield to the ground in front of the car and sustained many bruises and cuts. Mr. Manley waa thrown out of the car and his shoulder was injured. The others fared better, as they were not thrown out. F.arly In the evening. Mildred Ander son, 15 years old, of 777 Vaughn street, was run down at the corner of Twenty third and Vaughn streets by an auto mobile bearing license No. 6028. Her arm was cut and her dress torn but she was not seriously Inpured. Tb chauffeur1 did not blow his horn as he cam down th street at high speed, nor did he look back or atop the car after he knocked th girl down to learn how badly she was Injured. A young roan and woman, giving th names. Ernest Walker and Ada Perrins, were injured In an automobile accident on Willamette boulevard early yester day morning. The man had stopped th machine to examlno the lights, when a speeding automobile ran Into th rear of th car. Miss Perrins sus tained a compound fracture of th arm and Walker was bruised about th body. The man and woman In tb other car were not Injured. An automobile was wrecked on th Base Line Road yesterday afternoon and Thomas Keane Is at St. Vlneent's Hospital with a broken arm and bruised hip. I.afferry Introduces Bill. ' OREGONLAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 29. Representative Laf ferty will tomorrow Introduce a bill di viding Oregon In two Judicial districts, msklng th Cascade Mountains the di viding line. His bill will authorize th appointment of a Federal Judge and court officials for the Eastern Oregon district and will establish headquarters of th court at Baker, with a term also at Pendleton. The bill probably cannot be consld ered until regular session in December. GAMBLING RUINS OFFICERS Berlin Has Gaming Club Where High Stake Are Played. BERLIN. April 29. (Special.) The fate of two young aristocrats, sons respectively of the commander of an array corps, and a leading member of th Conservative Party In the Diet, who hava fallen into bankruptcy, and been compelled to throw up their com missions In th Guards, has called attention to the existence of a gamins club In the center of Berlin, where their ruin was accomplished. It Is said that the place was financed from Paris, and is modelled on a sporting olub at Monte Carlo. The rooms are sumptuously furnished, and play Is al ways preceded by a Lucllllan repast. Baccarat is the only game permitted, and each table is presided over by a French croupier. Anyone who Is wil ling to pay fS Is admitted to mem bership of the club at a moment's notice, and a number of touts and deml-mon-dalnea act as decoys for the victims. Play runs high, and th night's turn over frequently far exceeds 125,000. When on of the gamblers runs short of money h can obtain an advanoa up to $5000 In return for a properly executed bill, forms for which are kept In readiness on the premises. Ordinary "L O. U.'s" are not accepted, as the sums for which they are given cannot be recovered In a court of law. It Is said that 25 young men, in cluding seven or eight officers, have already been ruined In this club, but although all th persons connected with It are known to the police. It ap pears up to the present to have kept within the law, and consequently can not be Interfered with. A recent Cabinet Order of the Emperor most strictly prohibited officers from enter ing establishments of this kind. MORMONS GAIN CONVERTS Countess of Chichester Alarmed by Inroads In Britain. LONXON. April 29. (Special.) The Countess of Chichester, who is engaged In the anti-Mormon crusade, says: "A flagrant propaganda of Mormonlsm Is being carried on throughout England. Last year 556 girls were decoyed to Salt Lake City and Utah under the banner of religion, and it Is the gross gnoranc of religious things In which our boyhood and girlhood are now growing up that makes them fall an easy prey to these people, who under the guise of religion entice them away from their parents and lead them Into a life of misery and sin. "The propaganda Is going on most insidiously among the servant classes. There are large Mormon colonies at Tottenham, Liverpool, in Essex and In Ireland. The difficulty Is to get facts upon which action can be taken to hare the whole thing brought before Parliament or the Home Office. But facts are being ' accumulated, and I hope that before long action will ie taken." BIG EDINBURGH AIMED Professor Has Plan to Make Most Vast In World. City LONDON, April 29. (Special.) By the eye of faith Professor Patrick Ged des looks forward to the rise of what he terms a "Greater Edinburgh," which Is to be a very wonderful city indeed. It Is to be "one of the greatest snd most metropolitan of city aggregates" and "one of the most vast and best situated cities In the world." So he told a meeting In connection with the Town-Planning Exhibition being held in the Scottish capital. Edinburgh and Glasgow, abandoning their Jealousies, are to form a "vast bi polar capital," extending from one Bid of Scotland to the other, and rivaling, if not eclipsing, London. They are to be linked up by garden villages and towns which the prophetic eye of the professor sees stretching for 60 miles or so In a continuous chain along the banks of . a -Forth and Clyde canal which is to form part of "the great circle of navigation from Hamburg to New Tork." den Jubilee of th proclamation of Italy as a united kingdom, employes of all branches of the civil service In Rome, Turin and Florence have presented a Joint petition to Parliament for an In crease In their salaries during Jubilee year, on the plea of the high cost of living. ( The tramway men in Rome, whose demand for higher wages has been re jected, have decreed a general strike on the eve of the formal opening of the Rome exhibition. The workmen en gaged on the exhibition works are also discontented, since their pay Is in ar rears. Prospects are not bright in the stagnant state of the foreign tourist travel all over Italy this Beason, owing to the cholera outbreak and divers oth er causes. Most alarming Of all Is the threat of the railway employes to proclaim a general strike at the same period if the government will not concede the extra annual grant of JS, 000,000 re quired to effect a living wage for 90,009 railway workers belonging to the low er grades of the service. FOOD COST , BURDENSOME Italian Lower Classes Demand In crease In Wages. ROME. Aprl1 (Special.) The high prices of foor and rents are becoming more Intensely felt among tne Italian lower and middle classes. With the approaching opening of the great International exhibitions at Rome and Turin and the Inauguration of na tional fetes to commemorate the gol- STOPS Toothache Instantly. Does not dry' op. Cleanses the cavity. Destroys bad odor. Dent's Toothache Gum AH Dratrrista 15c Orftng glass force plants, but hurts th fruit; violet glass Increases the quantity of fruit, but lowers the quality; red, blue and rTrPfn gTasH la- positively In.lnrinuw. 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