OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912.
AMI DIE $0011
AFTER STARTING
FRAGMENTS OF AEROPLANE AND
CLOTHING OF AVIATORS
FOUND
WING OF BIG MACHINE RECOVERED
Ena1" Thought to Have Bssn Cause
of Fatal Plunoe of Kearny
and Lawrence In
Ocean
1.08 ANGELES, Dec, 17. Frag
ments of. hydro-aeroplane and cloth
ing, which were washed whore and
promptly Identified proved today that
Aviator Horace Kearny and hla re
porter companion. Cheater Lawrence,
met disaster toon after they etarted
last Saturday, on their proponed flight
over the ocean to San Francisco.
The clrcirmstancea eurroundinf
their death probably always will re
main a secret of the sea. They may
hare died within a few hours after
they vanished. Saturday afternoon,
in the mists of Point Firmln. or they
may have clung to their fragile craft
11 through a stormy night and the
next day. But. Judging from the posi
tion of the wreckage, which gave to
day the first definite clew to their
fate, they died a short distance from
the shore, and In sll probability their
bodies now rest in the tangled morass
of the kelp beds near Redondo Beach.
The wreckage of the hydroaero
plane was found at Fisherman s
Cove four miles south of Redondo
Beach, by Paul Banihaf and two com
panions, who conducted an independ
ent search. The wreckage consisted
of a five foot wing pontoon, which
was recovered Sunday floating five
miles off Redondo Beach, and a frag
ment of a wing tip. Near by the
searchers picked up a ahlrt and a
, vest. -
Charlea Day, who built Kearny's
aeroplane, identified the pontoon and
the broken wing tip. Glenn Martin,
who undertook Sunday the dangerous
hydro-aeroplane flight in search of
Kearny, declared that the vest was
part of the clothing Lawrence wore
when he boarded the aeroplane with
Kearny for the ill-starred flight
FARM YIELD VALUE
IS 00,000
WASHINGTON. Dec 17. Final es
timates of the production and value
of the important crops which go to
make up the enormous grand total of
$9,532,000,000. the- wealth produced on
farms through the soil and farmer's
livestock during 1912, as stated by
the Secretary of Agriculture, were
announced by the crop-reporting
board, Bureau of Statistics, Depart
" ment of Agriculture.
These crops are only a portion of
the production of the soil which the
Secretary of Agriculture estimatea
will amount thl year to $6,137,000.
000. The Secretary estimates the val
ue of the animal products of the farm
in 1912 to be about $3,395,000,000.
CONVICT CAMPS ARE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 17.
Wiping out of convict camps In Ar
kansas, coupled with a desire to deal
a death blow to the leasing system
by which prison inmates are handed
over to contractors, U the motive
given by Governor Donaghey for par
doning 316 state convicts. Donaghey
also promised to liberate 44 county
convicts tomorrow.
"The penitentiary waa not designed
for a Sunday school," was the pro
testing telegram received by the gov
ernor from members of the state leg
islature. "No", answered Governor Donaghey
"that's true. But let me say that the
penitent ary was not designed for a
revengeful bull, either."
- Three cotvict camps were wiped
out clean by ti-.a governor's act and
under the arder the forn-er prisoners
are restored to full citizenship.
"The leaslfig f prison convicts,'
said the governor .toiny. is greatly
abused. Muy:arriaTe of jiiDice has
sent scores of men to t'je penitentiary
and convict camps for petty ofenses.
My act Is Intended as a blow to the
lease system and other blows equally
as crushing will be dealt before I go
out of office."
Robert Rodce.-v former attorney
general of Ark:ma. i, "o't'erly denoun
ced Governor Ijonah;'.
The governors t," :A Rodgers.
"was the act of either a inaauc or of
a man allowing spite and revenge to
outweigh the interests of the public.
"These pardons turn loose more
than one-third of the state's convicts."
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17-19 NORTH FIRST ST.
PORTLAND, OREGON
DESPERADO KILLS
1 BEFORE HFSSLAIN
CALIFORNIA MAN. WHO ATTACK
ED GIRL, MAKES LAST STAND
IN HILLS
3 MfMBERS OF POSSE ARE WOUNDED
Officer Htld at Bay by Fugitive Until
Militia Arrives Girls. Slstsr
Tied to Fence by
Attacktr
SANTA ANA. CaL, Dec. IS. In a
battle today in the hills at Tomato
Spring, 13 miles northeast of Santa
Ana, between a young desperado on
one aide and more than 100 county
officers, militiamen and cltlxons on
the other, the desperado, who the
night before had attacked a girl, waa
killed. Robert Squires, Under Sher
iff, met death and three of hla dep
uties were seriously wounded.
The battle was the climax of an all
night pursuit which ended a; dawn on
the summit of the rocky hills over
looking the waterholes of Tomato
Springs. Turning upon his pursuers,
the desperado. Intrenched behind nat
ural breastworks of rock, opened Ore
One of his first bullets struck Squires
and the Under Sheriff, fatally wound
ed, fell in a gulch almost directly be
neath his slayer's aiding place. The
officer called for help, but each time
an effort waa made to reach him one
or more members of his posse fell
wounded.
It was not until Company L. of the
Seventh Regiment, California Nation
al Guard, had been summoned and
the soldiers, flanking the desperado's
position, had riddled his body with
bullets, that the body of squirea waa
recovered. The officer had then been
dead for some time.
The desperado appeared last night
at the ranch of William Huff In the
San Joaquin district and attacked the
latters niece. Myrtle Huff. 14 year
old. The stuck was made after the
man had tied Mlsa Huffs sister, Jes
sie, to a fence near the barn.
DEAD OUTLAW SON
OF
SANTA ANA, CaL. Dec. 17. The
young desperado who was killed yes
terday after slaying one and wound
ing three of the posse which battled
with him was identned today aa
Joe Matlock, Jr., formerly of Eugene,
Or. The Identification was made by
Dr. L. U Whitson. a dentist, who
formerly lived In the Oregon town.
Dr. Whitson said that Matlock had
been arrested at Eugene three or four
years ago for a crime similar to that
which he attempted Sunday night,
but he left that vicinity after hla re
lease on ball.
On a torn envelope In the dead
marts pocket was written the name
"H. L. bowen," and. according to the
dentist. Bowen was sheriff at Eu
gene when Matlock was arrested.
Sheriff Ruddock, of Orange County,
found a photograph of Matlock which
bad been cut out by the Eugene sher
iff at the time of Matlock's departure
and it bears strong resemblance to
the dead man.
Matlock was a son of J. B. Mat
lock, a former mayor of Eugene.
The three deputies wounded by the
desperado were reported as doing
well today. .The condition of Will
Prater, who was shot through the
head, is serious, but according to
physicians, he has a good chance for
recovery.
IS
EUGENE BUSINESS MAN SAYS
MARKS ON CORPSE PROVE
FIRST REPORT FALSE
SANTA ANA HAN'S STORY DOUBTED
J. O. Matlock, FormeHy City Execu
tive of Eugene, Has Suffered
Much From Misdeeds of
Wayward Boy
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 18. "From all
I can ascertain th i dead man at Santa
Ana is not Joe .'.!.. tlockY'
Thi statra;iK by E. D. Matlock,
a E lene bUHlriens man, who says he
has been In toucn with Joe Matlock,
his brother, Taarly steadily for the j
past year or two, militates against-1
the belief that the asHailant of 14-!
year-old Myrtle Huff, who shot fourj
pursuer: before he was killed Monday
afternoon near Sauta Ana, CaU la thfi
sou of J. . Mptlock, former mayor
of Eugene.
E. D. Matlock says his brother bears
two certain marks. Unless the dead
desperado has lhe:se marks he cannot
be Joe Matlock. Vhe only marks re
corded so far on the body at Santa
Ana are near the groin and were pro
nounced at first hv the doctors as
being from an operation for appendi
citis. Both E. D. Matlock and 1. D.
Ma-lock bellevm however, that the
fugitive member of the family has
never been 0erated upon.
The story of Dr. L. L. Whitson, of
Santa Ana, that young Matlock was
shot near the groin in Globe. Ariz.,
was told Mr. Matlock, but was cot
I credited by him. "I would have known
of such sn injury had It happened as
stated," he declared.
Mr. Matlock does not personally
know Ira Jones, the Oregon logger
hose postofflce order receipts were
found In nthe pockets of the slain out
law. -There is such a man," he said,
"but he is no relation to us and I
have never seen him. Joe married a
girl named Inez Whitlock three years
or so ago, but he has no brotber-ln-
DEAD
NHUW
NOT SON OF MAYOR
law."
J. D. Matlock, father of Joe Mat
lock, fools badly over the situation.
Just aa he has always felt over the
career of this wayward son. He says
the sen has been In the south for a
year or two and not In the northwvat.
In 1902. Joe Matlock was arrested
on a charge of assaulting a young girl
and was put under f.HbO bail, which he
forfeited. - .
Seven years later he returned home,
thoroughly bad. He was arrested
several times for drunk and disorder
ly conduct and once for assaulting a
business man. On this occasion he
cut through ttu roof of the city Jail
and was recaptured. Sentence was
suspended on account of hla father, i
then the city mayor. October !.
1 909. he was again arrested on a stat
utory charge, and after conviction,
pending an appeal, was released on
$.500 bail, provided by his father and
bis brother. He forfeited this bail,
and has since stayed clear of Eugene.
SENATE CAMPAIGN
POLICIES OUTLINED AT DINNER
OF DOZEN MEMBERS OF
UPPER HOUSE
RADICAL SGLONS FIGHT TO CONTROL
Establishment of Commlttte Assign-
mtnts Desired to Make Radical
Change In System In
Vogue
WASHINGTON, Dec 18. The fight
within the Democ ratio party for con
trol of the Senate under the next ad
ministration has taken definite form
within the past few days, aa the re
mit nf concerted action by a small
body of Democrats toward laying the
basis for what they term -progressive
control , in the next congress.
A aeriea of conferences, culminating
In a dinner Yesterday, at which nearly
a doxen Democrats were present, have
resulted in a general unaersianuiog
for a reorganltatlon movement de
signed to insure the control of legis
lation and policies after March 4 by
Senators In full sympathy with the
views of President-elect Wilson.
No detailed program has been out
lined, but the campaign is understood
to Involve the entire suDject or sen
ate control, the direction of affairs by
Senators approved by the reorganli
,r nd the establishment of a new
system of committee assignments
that will distribute Important places
alike to men new and oia in me sen
ate.
Those who have participated in the
fpronc thus far are Senators
Lea of Tennessee. Smith of Georgia,
Smith of South Carolina, Meyers of
unniini NVwlands of Nevada. Ash
hurst of Arizona. Gore and Ewen of
Oklahoma. Stone of Missouri, u oor
nan nf Vp York. Martlne of New
Jersey and Representative Norrls She
part, of Texas, prospective successor
to Senator ltalley.
AFTER SHE IS SHOT
PARIS. Dec. 14. Further complica
tions have developed in the sensa
tional shooting affair of Tbnrsday
night, in which Mrs. Barnes, an Amer
lean woman, and Walter Mumm, the
French spoilsman, were the princi
pals. Mrs. Barnes. It now develops
was shot twice by Mumm before she
shot him. She used her revolvei1 only
after Bbe had been badly wounded.
Every effort has been tnulo by tbe
Mumm family to suppress Information
In connection with the scandal.
Mrs. fiarnes. It is said, had not left
France as waa at first stated, but is
in a private hospital, where she Is
reported to be In a dangerous con
dition, t - '
According to the version given in
the newspapers today, Mumm and
Mrs. Karnes went out together every
where during the last year and Mrs.
Barnes believed Mumm was about to
marry her. Differences,, however.
arose and Mumm declared hla Inten
tion of breaking off his acquaintance
with her. This was on Thursday night
and the tragic shooting scene follow
ed immediately afterward.
Mumm, In spite of his wounds, was
able to leave tbe house without as
sistance. Walter Mumm, it appears from the.
police commissary's report, attacked
the woman during a violent quarrel
and kicked her in the face and neck.
Whether he fired at her has not as
yet been established, but she was so
badly injured that four doctors were
called by the servants In the bouse
and they attended her for an hour
after Mumm's departure.
Within a short time after the phys
icians had left a man called at the
flat and with the cook who was the
sole witness of the shooting, helped
Mrs. liarnes down the servant's stair
way into au automobile.
Mrs. Karnes, with her cook and the
man then drove off and no trace of
them has since been found by the po
lice who believe she was driven to a
sanitarium in Paris or Its environs.
Tliey are searching all thane estab
lishments systematically.
The antecedents of Mrs. Barnes
have not yet been definitely establish
ed by Police Commlsary Landel, who
wag in rharpe of the investigation.
She was not registered at the United
States Consulate-General and she
seemingly had no acquaintance In the
American colony here. She descrlb
d herself to tradespeople In the vi
cinity of Passy, where she lived, as
an American, and Mumm's acquain
tances who had met ber were told
that she was from the United States.
3 DEAD IN AUTO CRASH.
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Dec. 14
Three persons were killed and eight
injured when an express train known
as tbe "Atlantic Flyer" on the Central
Railway of New Jersey, ran Into an
automobile stage at a grade crossing
In this city today.
Mr. Heyburi to Get 17500.
WASHINGTON. Dec 14. The de
ficiency appropriation bill will appro
priate $7f0 to pay Mrs. Heyburn tbe
equivalent of one year's Senatorial
salary. This Is In accordance with
custom.'
DEMOCRATS PLAN
F
OUR ARE HANGED
WEST OBDURATE
GARRISON DECLARES ON 8CAF.
FOLD THAT HIS LIFE IS TAK
EN BY ENEMIES
CONDEMNED MAN SAYS HE IS VICTIM
Fauldner, Morgan and Roberta are
Others to Die All Walk to
Grim Scaffold With Firm
Step
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 13. (Special.)
Four murderers from four different
counties of Oregon were executed at
the alate prison today. '
Governor West remained firm In h(a
announced determination not to In
terfere. Protests were made to him
by varloua persons up to the very
hour for the executions.
The men executed today were:
Noble Fauldner, slayer of IauIs
Gehhart. In Klamath t'ounty. '
Frank Garrison, slayer of Roy Per
kins. In Josephine County. ,
11. E. Roberts, slayer of Donald
Stewart and' George liustlns. In Mult
nomah County.'
Three of the quartet confessed, but
tbe fourth protested to the end his
Innocence. One attributed his fate to
liquor; a second asserted he killed In
self-defense and a third declared be
waa crazed.
The men who had been reprieved
for periods running down from 14
months to four months, that the vot
ers of the state might say whether
they desired that capital punishment
be perpetuated as the penalty for mur
der or whether life Imprisonment
should be substituted.
On November 5 the voters decided
that capital punishment should con
tinue. Promptly at 11:31 o'clock the first
pair of condemned men was ushered
Into the executing chamber. Frank
S. Garrison waa leading, followed by
Noble Fauldner. Both walked firmly
up the steps to the scaffold. Garrison
walked forward, slightly leaned
against the rail and gaied a moment
at.' the crowd which half filled the
chamber.
"Citizens of the State of Oregon,"
he said. "Here, standing on the brink
of eternity. I swear that I am not
guilty of the crime, of which. I have
been convicted. 1 was convicted on
perjured evidence, on the perjured
evidence of J. W. Carter. Archie Phil
lips and Mrs. Carl Sneaberg, of Marsh
field. I have a statement prepared
for the press. ' Asking one of tbe
guards standing by to remove his
statement from his pocket Garrison
awaited the end.
FLVERS OVER SEA
T
OCEAN SCOURED FOR AVIATORS
WHO 8TART ON TRIP TO
8AN FRANCISCO
LIFE BELTS MAY SAVE BIRDMEN
Horace Kearny and Chester Lawrence
Start on Long Journey From
Los Angeles In Dense
Fog
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. Aviator
Horace Kearny, who left Newport
beach at 12:40 o'clock (bis afternoon
to fly to San Francisco in a hydro
aeroplane, with Chester Lawrence, a
newspaperman, as passenger, became
lost within less than hour after his
departure today. A fleet of motor
boats, the only craft available, was
started out tonight from Redondo
Beach, Santa Monica and Sua Pedro
to find them.
Both men have life preservers.
Friends think tbey are safe unless
there has been a mishap to the engine.
The flying machine should be able to
alight on the waves Instead of plung
ing, a wreck, beneath them, they say.
Kearny, (lying low, passed Point
Firmln, the northern headland of Los
Angeles harbor, at 1:15 o'clock thls
afternoon, about 45 miles from where
tbe start was made. Kearny bad
trouble with his motor early in the
day and this U'.lay d his departure
for several hours, hut up to tbe time
he vanished and while passing sever
al shore towns, including Long
Beach and San Pedro, his engine
seemed to be working normally. Ap
parently he flew low from choice.
A few seconds after clearing Point
Firmln the flyer plunged into the baze
overspreading the ocean and disap
peared. Kearney, at the speed, be was flying,
should have reached Ventura, where
be was scheduled to stop for gasoline,
at about ! o'clock this afternoon.
When he failed to appear opposite
Point Dume, a few miles north of
Santa Monica, the wireless was util
ized In an effort to locate him.
Radiographs were Hashed to vessels
all along the coast. Only one, the
Steamer Bear, replied, and her com
manding officer said nothing had been
seen of the hydroaeroplane.
After leaving the ground at New
port, Kearny circled In tbe air for
five minutes before turning north. He
flew low over tbe outer wharf at
Long Beach, where officials of the
Chamber of Commerce and municipal
officers had gathered.
Kearny was greeted with shouts as
he passed over Venice, Ocean Park,
and Santa Monica. By the time he bad
climbed to an altitude approximating
i000 feet
Kearny said be could do tbe dis
tance to San Francisco In nine hours,
but probably would not attempt It.
HEN BRINGS $800.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo Dec. 13
"Iady Show You," a ben that won the
National egg-laying contest at . the
State Poultry Show this' year, was
sold here today fur JS00 by J. A.
Blckerdlte, of Mlllersvllle. 111.
Tbe hen has a record of laying 281
ARE LOSTAT NIGH
full weight eggs this year.-
THE TABLES
TURNED
ll F. C STUGllR
MIiim eiiulil. an uld dinky who
Inn I In Is en bis name from the former
nut'or of Ids family, wu it giant
,,.i.i ii ever llt'ed. He. (mil gravl
i i ,li lute In life ami mum en
.mi' I in uled. Ill Ills Kiiiitheru
' lie vni known to lie ulnive re-
i: In Ins northern Iihuii, wheu
,i. , i .i-il. he most take Ills I'liiituva like
III ill MIHM-(H. A (lllllllllllll lllll! I Ml' II
lcl wliUh hllu ae miyumh of steal
lug, ludeed, the owner dmiiirwl Hint
the atone was lying In a room Into
which Silas hail gun lo rvpluce some
ruga he had been i-leuiilug The gem
was missed aa soon iim lie came otit
of the room, and he wua Mean-hed.
It waa not foil ml. ami the owner be
lieved that Ml had swallowed It
Casey, the owner of the missing
property, determined In frighten Hie
old limn Into confessing the theft,
(letting a few friends together In hla
bouse, he apHiniwd one to play , the
part of JinUe, another to defend tbe
primmer, while tie m himself the part
nf proaiet-utlng attorney. Silas had
never been charged with crime In hla
life and. having never lHn In a court
room, knew no more of Hie organisa
tion of a court than a three year-old
child.
"Silas Venable," said the Judge sol
emnly, "yon are accused of stealing
a valuable dlamoud. Are you guilty
or not guilty?"
Silas rolled hla eyes about wildly
and said:
"Fo" de Lawd. Jedg. I don't know
nothlu' ahoul any dl'mnnV
"My client pleads nut guilty." aald
Jones, the prisoner's counsel
"Your honor." aald Casey. "I propose
to prove on behalf of the state that the
prisoner stnle the property and, belli
suected and accused liefore he could
get rid of IL swallowed It. I Intend to
look Into the atoinach of the acciwed
and find out whether tlu loet gm la
tliere."
"How yo" gwlne to look Into my
stnmueh!" asked Silas, much fright
ened. "Yo bntn't gwlne to put a pl
down my froat wld a candle In It. air
yoT
"Will your honor explnln the X ray
pnrea to the prisoner?" asked the
prosecutor.
"Does It hurt. Jedge?" axked Silas.
"Not at all. You won't feel It a bit"
"All r.Kht. Go ahead." said the prls
oner confidently.
Ills ready aswnt somewhat surprised
the court, who hnd aupiKwrd that thenp
was no doubt hut Hint he had done Hie
theft. Hut Casey, taking the dnrky'a
confidence for bluff, prm-ivded with
his plan. Producing a pair of binocu
lars with a scale fur dlstnuce attached,
he affected to adjust the latter careful.
It. (hen. putting them to his eyes, pre
tetiditl to look Into the prisoner's stom
ach. Silas did not seem at all trou
bled. "What do ynu see, Mr. Casey?" asked
the Judge solemnly, while some of
those present put their handkerchiefs
to their faces to conceal their laughter.
"I see first small bits of chicken."
Tbe expresslou on Silas' face chang.
ed at once He looked badly fright
ened. "I thought we would get at the
truth," remarked the udge. diving
Into a lawbook before blm to preserve
his gravity.
"Fo" do iJiwd, Jeifre." pleaded Sllaa.
"I didn't steal dnt chicken 1 bought
It."
"Bought chicken st 30 cents a
pound!" exclaimed Casey.
"No, aah. Job Wilson bo got a chick
en roost, nnd he sold me dat chicken
'cause I give blm some table garbage
I was takln' from a gen'leman's house
for de chickens. He didn't charge me
nothlu' fo- It."
"What else do you sec, Mr. Csseyf
asked the Judge.
"I see a little black spot about the
size of my dlamoud."
"Do you see the diamond Itself?"
, Casey considered that to say be saw
the diamond would not be true or fair,
so be claimed only that he saw a
dark spot flint might be a diamond.
"Fo' de Lawd. Jedge." said the pris
oner, "dnt sHt slu t no dl'mon'. I done
didn't stonl It."
There waa so much honesty In the
old negro's face that his accusers gave
up this "third degree" game, and
when bis counsel demanded hla dis
charge Casey assented.
"Would one ob de genlemen object
to lookin' Into Mr. Casey's stomlck?"
asked Silas.
Casey looked a bit annoyed. Hla
friends, anticipating more fun. demand,
ed that the negro's request be granted.
Jones seized the binoculars snd brought
them to bear on the new subject.
"What do you expect to find In Mr.
Jones' stomach, Hllas?" he asked.
''Oysters "
"Yes, I see oysters. What else?"
"Loliitct xiilnd."
"Why, lert.iliily. I cannot only see
the incut, hut there's a claw In hla
stonuich "
"When ii ud where," asked the Judfre
m si'iis. "il il Mr. Casey eat tbe oysters
and t!ie lol Trr?"
"Well. Jeilce." Silas replied. "I wsr
ifwlne cist n chophouse ylsterdsy. and
I snw i'1-n'leman havln' a supper
with yo" wife "
There wns consternation In the court,
and at the wjme time Mrs. Casey, who
had been listening at a keyhole, came
In to wir Unit she bad found the miss
ing dlntnnnd In her Jewel box
The rt adjourned amid much erm
barmssment and some ( suppressed
Man Coughs and Breaks Rib
After a frightful coughing spell a
man In Neenah, Wla felt terrible
palna In his side and his doctor found
two ribs had been broken. What ag
ony Dr. King's New Discovery would
have saved him. A few teaspoonsiul
ends a late cough, while persistent
nse routs obstinate coughs, expels
stubborn colds or heals weak, sore
lungs. '1 feel sure Its a Godsend to
humanity," writes Mrs. Effle Morton,
Columbia, Mo., "for I believe 1 would
have consumption today, If I &a4 not
used this great remedy." Its guaran
teed to satisfy, and you can get a
free trial bottle or 60-cent or ' $1.00
size at all dealers.
BRYAN LOOMS AS
CABINET
MEMBER
McCOMBS SAYS HI AND PRESIDENT-ELECT
HAVE DISCUSS.
ED NIBRASKAN
CAMPAIGN MANAGER SURE OF PLACE
Days of Publlo Receptions In White
House Numbered Business
Ktysuts of Jersey
Man
PRINCETON. N. J Itao. IS. Pres
ident elect Wilson got down to Cab
inet making today, and almost In so
many words said tonight that William
F. MoCombs, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National committee, would alt
at the big table after March 1.
McComha on his part said William
J. Bryan had been discussed, Hut Mr,
Wilson, without denying that It waa
In connection with a cabinet position,
aald he and McCombs had talked
over a meeting with Mr. Bryan In the
near future.
Mr. Wilson and Mr. McCombs put
In three hours In New York at cab
inet making and nobody knows to
night just how far they goL
"Will Mr. McCombs be one of the
men with you In Waahlngton, helping
to run the Government?" Mr. Wilson
waa asked tonight, on the Princeton
hound tralu.
"Of course he will," was the roply,
but farther than that he would not
talk about It.
Besides Mr. McCombs. the Governor
saw Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, and
Colonel E. M. House, of Houston, j
Texas, and talked politics with them, j
The days of public receptions In
the big east room of the While House
are numbered, and In the next admin
istration people will not be admitted
at the executive manaloa merely for
the purpoen of shaking hands or su
ing In rnrloalty at the president. Pres
Identelect Wilson declared tonight
that he saw no use In spending time
Just to receive people who bad no '
public business to transact
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BONDS ARE INFLATED
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Dec. 1.
Public utility corporatlona' ropreaen
tatlves appearing before the Califor
nia Board of EiiunlUatlon arfcued that
the stock and bond valuations of the
various concerns they represented
were Inflated and should not be con
sidered by tbe board In assessing for
taxes. Stock especially was declared
to represent a greater value In the
nuirket than the property owned
would warrant. The market value.lt
was asserted, was higher because of
the experlnnry with which property
it represented would Increase In val
ue. The Board of Equalisation Is com
puting a new valuation on corporation
property In an effort to Increaae the
state's revenue and force corporations
to pay a rate as high as that of tbo
private property owner.
Among the corporations repreaontetl
were: Pacific Gas & Electric Com
pany; Northern Electric Railway
Company; Western Pacific Railway:
Southern Pacific Railroad; Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Company, and
the 8preck'le companies,' of San
Diego.
PEACE CONFERENCE HALTS.
LONDON, Dec. 17. The peace con
ference was Interrupted today by a
complication resulting from the pol
icy oi Greece In waging war and ne
gotiating peace simultaneously. The
Turkish delegation announced that it
was empowered to confer only with
tbo three Balkan kingdoms.
Dements Best
FLOUR
$1.30 PER SACK AT ALL GROCERS.
Careful of Your Property
On of ihe secrets of our, success
in the Baggage and Transfer Business
Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving
Williams Bros.
PhoneJ, Office 50, Residence
Office Both Phones 22
Pioneer Transfer Co.
Established ISM
FURNITURE, SAFES AND PIANOS MOVED Y EXPERIENCED
HELP. PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE.'-
-' SAND, GRAVEL AND BRICK ,.
Rales Seasonable, Bacgag Stored S Day free of Charge
Agency for the celebrated .' M17 HOOD BEER
D. C. LATOTJMTTft President
The First National Bank
of Oregon CttYt Oregon
CAPITAL, S5a000A0.
1 Transacts a General Banking Business.
lUSAygrATc
J. M. Itotiluson and wife to H. A.
Iliayinan and wlfu, tract lu Suction
15," Township X Hu Range 3 East;'
I l.oo,
Josephine Loonila and H. II. Uoiu
la. lo liertlm McNeill, lots 0, 11, 111 and
7, lit lllk IN, Windsor Add, to Oregou
Cliy; lio.oo.
Frahk Verities lo Sarah A. Uoodyear
I acre In I). I,. C. of William llolmee
and wife. In Township 3 Ho llauge
3 East; f 10.00.
Allen M. Htttlkwuiither to II. U.
Starkweather, luls 1 to 8 Inclusive,
all of IUk. i, lots 1 to 8 Inclusive In
lllk. 3, lots 1, (o 8 Inclusive In IUk. 4,
Arista, In J. H. Illslcy I). U C. Town
ship I So., Knngn 1 Eust; f 10.00.
Ollluirl En k1 ami wife to K .11.
Hawlell, O f) ucii'i lu Joseph T. Wing
field I). I. C. In Township 4 So., Kauge
1 East; ffiOOO.
Ellon M. Kockwood to F, A, Kuapp
and Minnie H. Knapp, lot 10, In lllk.
1, Ardcnwald; (too.oo.
Ellen M. Kockwwd lo F. A. Kuapp,
lots 14 and la, In Pluck 8; lots t and
7. In Block if; lot 7 In Block I, Ar
dfiiwald; flHfiO.UO.
J. M. Robinson and wife to 11. A.
Drayman and wife, II 1-3 acres In
Suction IB, Township 1 Ho Range
3 East; 1 1000.00.
Ellen M. Kockwood to F.'A. Knapp
and wlfo, lol 7. In Block , Ardviiwald;
l.'iOO.OO.
John U Bowman to Mount Hood
Hotel Co.. lot 3 Block 10. Arrah Wan
na Park; $1.00.
Mount Hood Hotel Company to
John U Bowman, tract In Arrah Wan
na park, In Section ft. Township 3
So.. Range 7 East; 1130.00.
('tilled States or America to Fred
J. Ilechlll. 169 acres In Section 30,
Township 3 Ho., ltange 7 East; 11.00.
James 8. Iinel and George M B.
Jonea. to Charles 1). Kirk. 30 acres In
I), U C of Jaoob Toner In Township
3 Ho., ltange 3 East; f-SOOOO.
Warren Ball and Edna Ball lo M.
Blarkhurn, 30 acres In Section 34,
Township 1 Ho., Range 4 East , :io0.oo.
Ernest Ball and Unas Ball and
Wallace Ball and Minnie Hall, to Min
nie Blackburn, Cora Newall, Uila
Lee and De.lln Lusted, tract III Sec
tion 37, Township I So., ltange 4
East; 11.00.
Robert A 1st rop lo J. J. Koch, lots
15 and Id In Block 18. Windsor Add.
to Oregon City; 114000.
The Bandy Land Co.. to T. D.
Phelps, a part of tract I. the first Add.
to Sandy: 175.00.
J. H. Dirk and wife to Edward
Shull and wife, tract In D. L. C of
Philander !.' and wife In Township
3 So., Itnnge 1 East; flooo.OO.
Albert W. Ktggs and C. E. Rlggs.
lo II. It. von Wilder, lot ft In Block
II. In Caiihy; lltiOO.00.
A. W. Rlggs, et ux, to IT It. von
Welder. If.tf acres In Hectlon 13, Town
ship 3 East;; 1 1600.00.
Grace Dart lo G. F. Cleslor, 80
acres lu Section 31. Township ft So
Range 3 East; 11.00.,
John F. Rlalcy to Ella II. Rlaley,
lots I. 3. 3. 4. 6. 6, 7 and 8, In Block
8 Arls'i; 110 00.
M. J. Denney and wire to I. F.
Bradley and wife, 10 acres In Section
.14. Township I So., -Kango 3 East;
110.00,
Ten Broeck Whipple to Matilda
Jonsrud, lot 15, Hood Rover Acres;
:'.ooo.
Herbert E. Eddy and wife to Ed
ward Shcahan, I acre In I). I.. C. Pet
er M. Rlnearaon, Township 28, Kango
2 East; $700.00.
Ida M. Warren to It. C. Warren, lots
9, 10, II and 13 In Block 90, Oag
tlrove; $1.00.
John H. Mathews t al. to O. H.
Muthnws, 14 43 acres in Section 28.
Townhlp 3 So.. Hauge 4 Eaat; $10.00.
J. K. Boyer and wife to Everett
Pollock, tract In 1). I.. C. of Ira Fisher
In Township 2 So., ltange 3 East; $10.
Oregon Renlty Co., to Anna L. Mc
Farland and L. B. McFarland.tracts
3 and 3, In Foster Acres; $1000.
Sherman Gels to John L. Wlgto,
tract In Section 2, Township 3 Ho..
Kangn 5 Eaat: $.'00 0O.
Hans Anderson el ux to R. E. Mr
Neal. 10 acres In Section 1, Town
ship 3 So., Range 4 East; $1200.00.
The Mllwaukle Hand to II. M. Mill
Inn. lot 3 In Block!!, dwelling Park;
$1000.00.
O. P. Bailey to Paul Filings and
wife, tract In Milton Brown H. L. C.
In Township 3 SSo Range 1 East;
$10.00.
CLACKAMAS ABSTRACT 4 TRUST
COMPANY.
Lane" Titles Examined.
Abstracts of Title Made.
JOHN F. CLARK. Mgr
Oaloe over Bank of Oregon City
Transfer Co.
1562
61? Main Street
Residence phone Main '224
. Sucessor to C, N.' Oreenmao
t. i. METER. Cashier
Open from I A. M. te S P. M.