TVZ STTXDAT OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND. APRIL 30. 1011.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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