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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1911)
TITE SUNDAY OliEGOXIAX. FORTLAXD. DECEMBER 31. 1911. 16 ' THREE INDICTED IN GRAFT INQUIRY Captain Bailey, ex-Police Ser geant Cole and Singer Charged as Corrupt. WILDE IS ACCUSED ANEW I'romotrr Nrarlns Trial for Alleged $0,000 Erobeulrmrnt I Ilcld With W. Cooper Morris for 112.500 Bond Deal. A true bill charging Louis J. Wilde and VT. Coopr Morris Jointly with the tmbiilanuiit, January 7, 107. of S1I.S00 of the funds of the now de funct Oregon Savings Trust Bank, waa returned yesterday by the county grand Jury. The money la alleged to have been converted In connection with the purchase of bonds or the Home Telephone Company of Puget Sound. George II. Bailey, a captain in the Police Department, was Indicted on a charge of accepting a bribe of 112.Se from Anna Oelette. agreeing that she should be allowed to operate a dis orderly house, at S3 Clay street, with out molestation from te police. Tin aliened offense is said to have been commlttted December 15. Joseph Sinner, elected additional market Inspector by the City Health Board at Mayor llusbllght's nomination. Is charted In another Indictment with endeavoring to present a person from working; for another. It Is alleged that be prevailed upon Jake Kessler. pro prietor of a restaurant at 14 lamhlll street, to discharse lslo Straasberg. It Is charged that Singer intimidated Kessler. . K. W. Cole, a police sergeant wno waa dismissed from the service July 2. was Indicted on a charge of array It Is charged that on April 14 be ac cepted money from an Immoral woman on agreement not to molest her. Fear Bills Kept Secret. Joseph Dyer and Oeorge Sanborn wre th subjects of another Indict ment. They axe charired with know Ingiv uttering a forired deed on April -0 ill I. A third man was Inclu.led in the same bill under the name of John Doe- . . Four other true bills were kept secret for the reason that the persons chanted with crimes In them have not yet been apprehended. - The graft charges against Stner did n.tt result in Indictments. It is said that the fact that he was subpenaed to appear before the Jury In this con nection debarred the Jury, tinder the law. from takfng such action. It Is Intimated that the January grand Jury mar take up the graft charges, among which Is one that Singer accepted US from Jake Kessler to force the disrup tion of a partnership existing between Kessler and 1- Largman. whom Kessler is reported to have believed to be guilty nf white slavery. Charges have also been preferred that Singer shared in the profits of North End gambling establishments. The Indictment agalnat Wilde and Morris Is the second one In which they are charged Jointly. The trial of Wilde on the first. In which they are charged with embezslinar $0.000 of the funds of the Oregon Savings Trust Bank In the Omaha bond deal, will begin January t. Krsaarr ladleted. Sam Kraaner. called "the administra tion stool-pigeon." escaped Indictment There are already two true bills against him. one of which charges placing his wife In a h"ue of prostitution and the other accepting the earnings of t-aullne KrtstaL a fallen woman. The more recent charges against Krasner were that he was conducting a gambl ing establishment In his saloon, at Fifth and Couch streets: that he plied 1L Glerman with liquor and enticed him Into a gambling .game In which Gler man lost I160; that he accepted 10 from L. Largman as protection money, offering to prevent Largman's arrest. Through the agency of Singer be Is said to have returned the money to the restaurant at 4 Tamhlll street when Ke&sler. Urgmini partner, threatened trouble. The money Is al leged to have been taken from the re ceipts of the restaurant. He Is also de clared to have endeavored to Intlrr.a late Jennie Friedman, a North End woman. Into giving him lie protection money. The Friedman woman was a witness before the grand Jury. Many Mllaeaae-a Heard. The charges against Captain Bailey. Singer and Krasner were considerably Interwoven. Among the witnesses railed to testify In the Bailey case were patrolmen Huntington. Karneld. leavens. OrtfTith. McCarthy. Stlllwell and lllrsch; Joseph H Mora, until a tew days ago a guard at the I.lnnton rockpile; H. (Herman, who alleges that be lost I1S In Krasner's establish ment: Chnrles Jones, a resident of Hlllsboro and a former aaloon pro prietor of Portland, who testified that overtures to pay protection money had been made to him by Bailey: Louis Hossmsn. who declares that he was -Jobbed" Into accepting a term on the rockpl'-e: Jennie Friedman, a North Knd woman: Islo Strassberg. a waiter In Kesaler's restaurant, at Its Tam hlll street, who testified that he was forceJ to lesve the city because he haJ given evidence against Krasnor: Meyer Kaplan, who was arrested a few mouths ago on a charge of white slavery; Annie Wolfe. Anna iJelette. Louise Olcese. llie Hell. Violet Martin, women of the iir.i'erworlJ: Captain Bailey tat hit own request. Samuel 1-eavens. James FeMman. Police Commissioner Coffey. John I. Kil l. Jake Kessler and Slnser. relic Peaartsaent rrssstra, The grrn.l Jury In Its report referred t th. I f harmony In the Police jrrirt-nrr.l as follows. From ca""I observation and from it ?:..!. r.y irlv-.-n I- fore this bly we !ir..l tho rlly I'olK-e Department torn t-v tl.s.eni 'i and petty J.alousy. We w.ml-l revo-nmrnd more harmony :hroj-ch'-ui ihe uepartment and closer r-latton betu'e-n the Police Commls onrrs nl Chief of Police. It la plain i! at better C. sclpllne la sadly needed." Commenting on the Indictment of Captain Bailey the Mayor last night sal J: -Graft In whatever form It exists In the depsrtments under my Jurisdic tion must be stopped- 1 don't care who the official la. If he Is dishonest la his city affairs and I have conclusive proof, he must go. Mayor 1-eavee All to 9 levee. "I have established the policy of bolng careful la all graft Investiga tions and t refrain from saying or Inti mating anything against a man until I have conclusive proof of bis guilt I believe la giving every man a fair trial and do not Intend to persecute him In a.By way by making accusations against him until I have conclusive evidence. -In the case of -Captain BaJley I can say that I had beard chargea against him and against others which some might have considered ground for their dismissal, but I want all to have a fair deal. I still do not care to make any statement regarding these men. The place to determine their guilt or in nocence Is In the courts. -Chief Blover conducted this Investi gation under my directions and he pre sented facts to me which might have teen used to persecute offleiala. but I refrained from making them public and atill refuse to say anything about them publicly or in any way that will do these men any injustice. "Chief Slover Is the head of the Police Department and It la up to him to suspend the indicted officers If they sre to be suspended. It is not my duty. As to Market Inspector-Singer I don't know yet whether be will be sus pended." Chief of Police Slover said last night that be will take no action sus pending Captain Bailey unless he re ceives Instructions from the Mayor to do so. Captain Bailey therefore Is still In command of the first night relief at headquarters. FISTS FLY IX COURTROOM Comoron and Malarkey In Fight Over Wilde Case. Only the Intervention of Bailiff FIuI ford. who threw himself between the combatants several times, prevented a fist fight to the. finish between Dan J. Malarkey. principal counsel for Louis J. Wilde, ami District Attorney Cam eron In Judge Qatens' courtroom yes terday mornlnx. As It was, the-ir lists shot out several times and only the fact that Hulford acted as a buffer prevented the blows from landing, in the meantime they exchanged compli ments In fiery language. Mr. Malarkey accused the District Attorney of using his office) In the prosecution of Wild to serve the ene mies of the San Diego capitalist ana applied several epithets to Mr. Cam eron, among which were "unprincipled scoundrel." Mr. Cameron retorted by calling Attorney Malarkey a "dirty little scrub and other names. District Attorney Cameron appealed to the grand Jurors to say that he had been fair and called Mr. Malarkey a liar when he waa charged with having Inspired the recent articles relative to Jury-brlblng for the purpose of In citing public prejudice agalnt Wilde on the ere of his trial. Mr. Malarkey snapred his fingers in menacing attitude right under the noso of the District Attorney. Cameron made a "pass at his an tagonist. The blow grased Attorney Malarkey's face. Bailiff Hulford caught Mr. Malarkey's arm Just in time to prevent bta fist landing on the District Atttorney's face, Hulford then forced Mr. Cameron outside the railing and the two men continued their verbal crap over the barrier, reaching out several times In efforts to strike. The trouble was started by Judge Qatens, who read both the defense and the prosecution a lecture irom me bench Just as the grand Jury reported. The Judge criticised both sides for what he termed trying tneir case in the newspapers. The Judge had barely concluded when Mr. Malarkey was on his feet. I protest." he said, "against the deliberate efforts on the part of the prosecution to Influence the commun ity against my client. These aspersions are also calculated to reflect upon me. Now. I have lived here an my life" Mr. Malarkey. my talk was entirely disinterested. I am not trying to re flect on either side. I went to be im partial and I believe I have been, in terrupted the Judge. "If your honor please, 1 am reiernng to the attorneys for the prosecution. answered Mr. Malarkey. FIGHT ON SCHOOL IS SYSTEM BEGUN Civic Council and Big Taxpay ers Draft Bill to Change Directors' Rule. LEGISLATURE APPEALED TO That Only 150 Oat or 44,000 on Tax Roll Take Part In Ordering; Expenditure of $2,000,000 la Cited to Prove Plan Bad. . i .1. .... . i. ; raflnmrnnnilatlrinx were flatly rejected at the annual meeting of the taxpayers of School District No. 1, Friday night, representative uwm- - . V. nivt. f-niml-ll inll Other prominent taxpayers of the city have not- abandoned all hope of effecting a reformation in the general manage; ment of the school affairs of this dis trict. Official action has not been taken, but these same forces sire pre- i . 1 ... ihA mil aesslon T l.l.r,.,. fnr le-la1atlon that will directly serve the purposes to ward wnicn tney are striving. Legislation Incident to inaugurating k .c n. n, .nnfpmnlal.il in tho man agement of the schools can only be attained through an initiative measure. -.--.- .. . 1 wt.ilft hnvn to be HBltU lull in i ' J ,. ....... approved by a majority of the voters of the entire state, or oj "p of tho State Legislature, In event the A ha followed. such legislation would be subject to tho referendum oi tne eieciomio ' " state. It has been dennueiy ueciueu i . . - .4 ..-w - . . f an lmoroved sys tem for administering the affairs of the Portland scnooi aieinc w directly to the members of the Oregon Legislature. This undoubtedly will be done at the regular session of the states lawruaKera in iia. Many Changes Planned. Opponents of the present system by which the business management of school afflars Is directed and conducted will demand that, among other modifi cations, the election of school director shall take place -at the regular biennial city election or other general election Instead of being deferred for a special election two weeka later. Other equally material changes in the present man agement will be suggested In the pro visions of the bill that will eventually be presented for the consideration of the atate's anions. It has been agreed among those who opposed the final action of the taxpay ers' meeting Friday night that no ac tion will be resorted to at this time to defeat the execution of the programme agreed to at that meeting. These forces will direct their efforts now to ward educating the people of the dis trict to the needs of the legislation covered In the proposed bill which will be submitted to the next Legislature. "Self Interests of a chosen clique as opposed to the general Interests of the people of the entire district Is tha con trolling influence which actuates the DE PACHMANN WILL BID FAREWELL TO PORTLAND Great Masterpiece of Chopln'a Genius Will Be Played by Wonderful Pianist in His Final Musical Appearance Here. i :l t . " .. ' t ' v 'v.- "."V w ' ''; i J ' . ' ' r. i' ' .3 I ; - ';" J VLADIMIR D PaHllASS. -- ai..... a. ii------ aasseassssaesaas .....a.... board of dlrectora In the management of our schools under present condi tions." said J. H. Haak, an active mem ber of the Civic Council, yesterday. "It Is up to the people of the district if they desire a modern school system and modern school buildings. AVe are now conducting our city schools under the same system that Is followed by the one-room country school district. In Portland we And a peculiarly com plex condition In which the affairs of the district are conducted by a limited number of taxpayers who have only their selfish Interests to serve, Election Called Farce. "For instance, I am informed that there are on the personal taxroll. cov ering the territory Included in the Portland school district. 44.000 names. Although-every one of these Is entitled to vote at an annual taxpayers" meet ing, only 150 appeared and took part In the meeting Friday night when It waa decided by direct taxation to as sess the property owners, residing within the district, nearly 12.000.000. This is not right. It Is not sufficient ly representative nor expressive of the wishes of those who are called upon to pay the taxes. "The annual election of a member of the board of directors Is Just as great a farce. The election of director fol lows the reg-ular city election about two weeks. General Interest Is not tsken In the Issues Involved or In the selection of the director who will-serve for five years and It Is Impossible to .... , n.llfl.H vMara fn f-n to the noils. ' Last year, for Instance, with all the I Interest that was aroused with four I candidates In the field, only approxl ' mately 8000 votes were cast. "The solution to the present unsatis factory administration of our school affairs rests with the people them selves and not with the small handful of taxpayers who have heretofore ! taken an Interest In the situation, i They must take an Interest. There is ) something wrong somewhere when the Portland school district Is spending annually as much for school purposes as the city Is expending for the main tenance of municipal government, es pecially when we find the district pro vided with an Inferior school system, with out-of-date and Inadequate school buildings. Business Flaa Wanted. There Is no question but that the people have been shown through the activities of the Civic Council, the press and the operations of the Board Itself that the present system Is not producing , satisfactory results. Our next step will be to present to the next Legislature a bill, the provisions of which, if enacted, will correct the business management of the Board . by providing a systematic and business like plan for administering the affairs of the district." "I am not entirely disappointed with the results of the taxpayers' meeting Friday night," said L. E. Latourette, "from the fact that the members of the Board are showing a disposition to accept and act on some of the rec ommendations citizens of the district have made through the Civic Council. This Is shown in their reported dis position to employ a commissioner oi school property for the district. I am In hearty sympathy with the proposed movement ugatn to appeal to the Leg islature for an enactment that will ni ter the present system of management of the school affairs of the district as they are directed by the Board of Ed ucation." George A. Carter, president of the Westmoreland Improvement Associa tion, waa equally enthusiastic In his Indorsement of the proposed legisla tive act. Dill Indorsed Strongly. "The Clvlo Council Is composed of representative citizens from all sec tions of the city who are directly Interested In the proper management of the affairs of our public schools," said Mr. Carter. W"e have been study ing for two yeara the bill the provi sions of which we sought the Indorse ment of the taxpayers" meeting. There la need for reformation In the manage ment of our school affairs and we shall strive to obtain that reformation In the provisions of a bill that will be presented to the next session of the Legislature. We can obtain the en actment of that measure only with the proper encouragement and support of tha patrons of the school district which we believe we have." -Without finding fault with any one. I must say that an attendance of only 160 at the annual taxpayers' meeting when more than 40,000 were eligible to attend and vote. In Itself proves that something is radically wrong In our present system, espe peclally when this decisive minority decides on the expenditure of nearly IS 000,000 of the people's money," said K. IX Merchant, "The fault la with the system and not necessarily with the members of the Board, who are merely following the programme of preceding directors. But I think ev erything goes to show that there Is Imperative demand that the system be changed. That Is the reason I am firmly supporting tho proposed legis lative measure." EX-OWNER EXPOSES BUYER Stock Alleged Worth $6500 Shown to IlaTC Cost hut $550. For advertising as a 500 stock, one for which, according to documentary evidence, he paid only J580. Abe Wein berg, a merchant at 115 Second street, was made the subject of a misdemeanor complaint yesterday, under a recent statute which forbids the misleading advertising of wares. Meyer Rosenkranta made the com plaint and exhibited a bill of sale exe cuted by him to Weinberg. In which the value of the stock was set forth. Ro senkranta had aet up In tho business but after a few weeks sold the stock to Weinberg. There appeared thereafter In the newspapers, big advertisements, an- i the sale' of a 16500 stock at at cents on the dollar, one Hamburger asserting that he had purchased THE coming De Pachmann piano re cital Friday. January S. at tho Ilrlllg mill be a notable event. It Is the farewell appearance after an ab sence of six yeairs. oi ia '' - , Interpreter of Chopin and tone-poet that j the mono nas etr By special request on the part or the macaKMnoot. Lois Sters-Wnn Coman, las I'nrhmann has consented to change his Portland programme, so as to In clude Ci pro's great Scherso In C sharp minor, the third, which Is one of the greatest masterpieces ever created for the piano, one Portland musician re marked that ahe would gladly travel a hundred miles Just to hear De Pach mann play it, so rarely la It placed upon programme. A scherso com monly In music represents the com poser In rlayfoi mood. But this one of Chopln s is the play of thunder and lightning, broken by paasareaj of soft fairy laughter of the most txquislte beauty aud grace. Tho series of con trasts thus engendered Is as dynamic and exciting as Is probably to be found la the mhoVe. range of piano music The Scherso , opens with a sort, scornful phrase, which quickly In creases to a furious presto, as though t.le god of thunder in fierce, tnood were hurling thunderbolts hit or miss. -A superb majesty of acorn Is expressed by a staccato octavo passage, fortis simo. Softly uttered phrasas develop Into rising crescendos. each attaining a new height of power. When the agitation haa reached Ita climax, the key rhangea to l Mat, and a gentle chorale of the most exquisite beauty and serenity is Introduced, which Is more like Beethoven's style, than any thing else Chopin has written. This chorale Is Interrupted by delicate cas cades of fairy music, descending ar peggios breathing elfin glee and good will, all the more enchanting beoause of their background of grim. Tltanlo scorn. Through this delicate) veil of fairy laughter the last chord of each section of the chorala Is heard, an ef fect as original as It Is ravlshlngNto the eatr. Weird, beautiful modulations follow, stranger than any compose- Chopin ever Imagined, Grieg and Wagner not withstanding. A passage, of entranc ing beauty leads to a final supremo moment of scorn and frenzy, closing, to the Intense surprise of the hearer, grandly In the major key, defiance merging Into a sublime splendor of optimism, as though, after all. tho mholo great m-erk Is merely a Titan at play. Huneker says of this Sche-xo. "It is all extravagance, Ore and fury; but It signifies something." What this something Is. each hearer will have to decide for himself. liTe Meier Bells Will Soon Chime the Dawn of 191 2 and to the Peopleof Portland and the Great Northwest &, Fran ore ears Siraceresfc Wishes for a appy, Prosperous New Year For your patronage during the past year we thank you. And we're truly grateful for the co-operation, which has made this the greatest Mercantile Insti tution in all the Northwest "The Big Store," of -which we and all Portland are justly proud. And as for the New Year the united, deter mined efforts of the 72 departments of this great 56-year-old institution will result in better and bigger things for you. In a greater and broader sense "The Store of Service Is Our Unceasing Aim ! See the Papers Monday jr.- f" 5 VftMa. :i.ltaw. lit K t Morn'g, Monday Night and Tuesday Morning for Announcements of Annual Clearance Sale! .-s-lSVrV:-';. (Ye- ; i- V' r L VUiK 'C TJtrriirrf'.iisssimijji . II' i Klfilia.' 1 ' I the bankrupt stock of Rosenkrantz. The latter was displeased at this method of heralding his misfortunes and lodged the complaint. Section 2i30 of the coda, provides a fine of from $10 to ,60 for advertising any false statement of the quality, quantity, value, price, method of pro duction or source of any goods. . What Number Did Ton WlshT We have it. Our stock of Victor records is complete. Sherman. -Clay & Co.. Morrison at Bixtlu M Do Not Mar Good Looks No one can tell you have double-vision glasses when you wear Kryptoks. No seams, lines or cement. They are not freakish in appearance. A reason for that supremacy which makes our glasses excel is that we have a perfectly eanipped shop In which to make them. THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE Second Floor Corhett Building, Fifth and Morrison. Portland's Exclusive Optical Place MR. HERBERT YEUELL OF CHICAGO CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH TODAY SPECIAL OLD YEAR TOPICS 11 o'clock, "If You Should Live Life Over Again "Your Last Year." Archie Allen Bailey -.nil sing. every night this -week. Come. " 7:45, Services TO PORTLAND BUSINESS MEN ... . . , so rt.v. rontlnu- a competent young man oners m ""''-,","" ' ance d fee to be dependent upon ability displayed. BEGIN THE NEW YEAB BY IMPROVING YOUR ADVERTISING , vaelf to be an exceptional salesman, good business man, I can rV th-clLs display and general advertising and with an kM tia K valuable to any business man. for I art ""on M' .J, ,Pac e more attractive and sell more goods than can make advertls lng s Pf" x d t ygelf to featur- J 7.i ilrtesT Mreage I do not want a salary, but a chance to up to the "8aoe- centage of cost of space used. A trial will secure work on a basis f J"" to snow result. Large and small cost you notli ni. and It is up to me sa Q 9, Qregonlan. account" solicited. The 13 Low Priced Plan On our floors may be seen the very best medium and low priced pianos to be found in Portland. The products of many of the finest factories of the country are shown, and they are priced at identically the same figures that you would pay for them on the floors of their manufacturers in Eastern cities. A high price does not necessarily guarantee the worth of a piano. Many dealers base their prices on the appearance of the instrument, on the elaboration of its case design, depending on ornamentation to cover the inferior quality of its structure and mechanism, and to hide its shortcomings in tone and action. Pianos of this class find no place in our house. Instead, the prospective purchaser is shown piano quality as the first consid eration in any and every piano at any and every price. Case, action, finish and tone must be of the highest standard attainable at the price asked, and that price, quality considered, is lower here than elsewhere on the Pacific Coast. At $200 to $300 we have a splendid lot of new pianos that are worthy of closest comparison with instruments offered at other houses at $100 higher. Every size and design is here. Fin est mahogany, walnut and the new Stickley oak cases are shown in numbers that give the broadest opportunity for selection. They are good pianos, fully guaranteed, and may be purchased on the most convenient monthly payments. You owe it to your self and to your pocketbook to see them before buying. ai s t j i ii u u ri-Sssiaaii i.mi 'wii - - ... VICTOR TALKING MACHINES New Location, Comer Morrison and Seventh Streets, 9