THE MOHOTNG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 3903. ON'TBEUEVE IT Reformers Suspicious of Mayor's Policy. WILL PROCEED REGARDLESS Say District Attorney Will Actively Aid Them. JOHN MAHHING SAYS HE WON'T Unofficial Announcement That Open. Gambling; Will Be Closed About Xew Year's Is Received. With. Incredulity by Association. FROM VARIOUS STANDPOINTS. I have no faith in any utatement that Mayor "Williams purposes to clnso all the games now running op-nly. Miller Murdoch; attorney lor the Municipal Association. The District Attorney has given us positive and sufficient guarantee that he will act within 24 hours on information. Walter J. Honeyman, president of Municipal Aesoclation. Mayor 'Williams sent the Chief of Police to me a long while ago, and said ho wanted tbo gambling matter left entirely in the city's hands. I gavo him my word that I wouldn't interfere, and that word I intend to keep. District Attorney Manning. We are much in the position of the boy tossed up in the blanket we don't know whether it will be there when we come down. Peter Grant, manager of the Portland Club. Whether or not Mayor "Williams -will 2lose the gambling-houses on January 1, the Municipal Association. Is going to try and stop open gambling by November 1. To this end a committee of three. Mil ler Murdoch, Walter J. Honeyman and Oliver P. M. Jamison met yesterday af ternoon to consider a plan formulated by the executive committee of 11. Presi dent Honeyman stated positively that the plan would be carried through by the aid nf thn District Attorney. The District Attorney, John Manning, stated as posl tlvely that he had pledged himself to leave the matter wholly in the hands of the city officials. As soon as the news that the Mayor would Increase the present fines of all gamblers to a prohibitive point was pub lished, the members of the Municipal As joclatlon were consulted by their attorney. Miller Murdoch, as to what course to pur sue. He asserted yesterday afternoon that there was a unanimous sentiment in favor of going ahead with a plan now under consideration, whether the Mayor and the Chief of Police would be forced to close the gambling-houses. "I have no faith in a statement that Mavor Williams purposes to close all the games now running openly," said At torney Murdoch. "If he can stop It then he can stop it now. He told a committee of which I was one that it was lmpos slble to close the houses without cor rupting officers and establishing graft. He will have the same officers on January 1 as now. We insist that it he can close the houses he close them now. Farther than this the attorney would not go. "The members of the association have the matter In their hands. They will adopt a plan, employ attorneys and seek enforcement of the laws through the courts." John Bain, a member of the executlv committee of the Municipal Association said: "I don't know just what Mayor Williams intends to do, but we shall go on the same as if he had given no intlma tions of any such purpose." "The Mayor is weakening," said David Patullo. another member of the commit tee. "I take little stock in. any such pur pose on his part. We shall go on just the same. We have a carefully con sldered plan and more money than we know what to do with. Should Mayor Williams give us a definite promise that he would stop all open gambling then I believe him, but till that promise Is given I, for my part, do not think he will do it. ' President Walter J. Honeyman was out spoken In his purpose to close down games immediately. "We are prepared for our campaign; wo havo engaged the best at torneys and we shall insist that gambling be stopped, not on January 1, or De cember 1, or ivhen the city Is financially recuperated, but now." "Will you seek a remedy against the property-owners who lease their property for Immoral purposes?" "There is that remedy," said President Honeyman, "but it Is not the aim of our association to cause any arrests directly. Our constitution distinctly provides that we are to 'procure the enforcement of the law.' " "Through the District Attorney," "The District Attorney has given us positive and sufficient guarantee that he will act within 24 hours," was the answer. "He has no right to act except on infor mation. When it is his duty to act, I am convinced that he will do so promptly and energetically." The District Attorney refused to make any statement except that he would keep his skirts clear of the whole matter. "Mayor Williams sent the Chief of Po lice to me a long while ago and said he manted the gambling matter left entirely In the city's hands. I gave him my word that I wouldn't interfere and that word I Intend to keep." When this was quoted to President W. J. Honeyman. he said the association had ample guarantee that the District Attor ney would fulfill his duty. Another member asserted that Attorney Manning had intimated that it was Im possible to secure evidence, on account of the opposition of Chief Hunt. "The Mayor is the whole thing In this city," said this member, "and any action against gam bling nust come from him. We shall force him to administer the law irrespective of any private opinions he may hold." . The gamblers, according to Peter Grant, manager of the Portland Club, are pas sive. "I have no inclination to criticise the Mayor," ho said. "Whatever he does, we will take. We are much in the position of the tpy tossed up in the blanket; we don't know whether It will be there when we come down." Mr. Grant further said that It would be easy to force the gambling-houses out of business by raising the fines. ".Contrary to common opinion, gambling-houses do not always win. They often lose, and that for long periods at a time. When the fines 'take all the profits we shall close. Of course, tin horn and unfair gamblers can make money right along, but all the games here are on the square. The Mayor would allow no others." The ministers take the matter phil osophically. "We are fighting for a prin ciple," said Dr. E. L. House, or tne irst Congregational Church. "What we con tend for Is obedience to the law. If Port land wishes to license gambling, let the citizens vote to that effect. I shall be glad to see gambling stopped any way at all, either by the Mayor or any one else. I am not surprised at the Mayor's Intend ed action I have inferred all along that his aim was to get revenue, and that the city treasury once filled, he would stop the games." Just what action the Municipal Associa tion will take in the courts, the officers will not disclose. One who claims to bo informed stated yesterday that it would be in the nature of an Injunction against the Mayor, the Chief of Police and the Municipal Judge. This could not be con firmed, but it was stated that the best lawyers in the city had been employed by the association. FINDING OUT ABOUT "WHEAT Assistant Statistician of Department of Agriculture Is In Portland. SteDhen D. Fessenden, assistant chief statistician of the Department of Agricul ture, who has been in the Pacific Isorth- west for some time past gathering infor mation for use In the December crop re- tort of the department, is in Portland for a few days. He expects to leave here soon for California, where he will spend a rew weeks gathering data in that state beforo returning to Washington. His work Is about completed In Washington and Oregon. What Mr. Fessenden has learned regard ing the crops of this district he is not at liberty to make public, as all such Infor mation is kept a strict secret by the de partment until the report Is issued. How ever, he stated that the wheat crop would bo much llgher this year than last, as Is generally known. The information that has been gathered by Mr. Fessenden Is usually secured by a state agent of the department, but as there Is no state agent in Washington, Oregon, or California, it has devolved upon the assistant chief to cover this district. Hereafter a different method will be pur sued. A district agent with headquarters at San Francisco has been appointed, and it will be his duty to collect the statistics of the three Coast States. This agent will be assisted by a corps of county and town ship correspondents. "The figures finally Issued In the Gov ernment report," said Mr. Fessenden, "are compiled from reports sent In from three separate and Independent sources. We get reports from the state agents, county agents and township correspondents. The figures of each are put in shape, and on tho day the report Is to be Issued the three sets of figures are taken to the statisti cian. He and his force of assistants re main In their room, where they are Inac cessible to any one, until the report is out. This secrecy Is necessary in order to prevent schemers and sharpers from se curing information that might affect the market and enable them to make money at the expense of those who did not pos sess the same knowledge. It Is for this reason that all "data gathered by the de partment is carefully guarded until the re port is out." ... RUNS IN THE BLOOD 0. R. & N. Train Robber Rel ative of Jesse James. WOUNDED PARTNER CONFESSES Meier (Ik Frank Company Shopping Center of the Northwest Meier & Frank Company Shopping Center of the Northwest MADE NO DEFENSE. Indian. Accused of Theft Ghcerfully Admits Hi Guilt. Too-La-L.eet-Sa Js the euphonious name of a red man from the Indian reserva' tion, who faced Judge Bellinger In the Federal Court yesterday on a charge of robbery. "Poor Lo," attired in his native costume, was a striking figure before the bar of justice. His copper-colored coun tenance manifested no signs of concern about what was taking place. He ac cepted his fate with the stoicism charac teristic of his race. Too-La-Leet-Sa, It is claimed, was tempted by the evil spirits and became possessed of a desire to take things that did not belong to him. Andhe gratified the desire when occasion presented Itself. This might not have been such a peri ous matter had he confined his purloin ing to the possessions of the white man, but he stole from his fellow tribesmen. A clock that ticked in the tent of another warrior tempted his eye, and he took It A revolver and a hat were taken from other tents. In fact, it Is claimed that Too-La-Leet-Sa became a regular burg lar, robbing the tepees of all tho tribe. When the charges against him had been made known to "him through an interpre ter, the Indian admitted that he had com mitted the offenses enumerated in the mysterious document The Judge decreed that Poor Lo should spend six months in the Multnomah County jail as punish ment for his conduct He will probably be a good Indian when he is again at lib erty to return to his tribe. SMALLPOX APPEARS AGAIN Dread Disease Brought Here by Res idents of Lntourcll Fulls. Smallpox has again made Its appearance in Portland and three cases have been brought to the attention of the City Health Board during the past two days. Two sufferers from the malady, named Daston, came to the city several days ago from Latourell Falls, under the' be lief that they were afflicted with nothing more serious than chickenpox. They took up their home at Bast Thirty-fifth street and Hawthorne avenue, where another member of the Daston family, who Is em ployed by the O. R. & N. Co., visited them. Later he was taken down with the disease at Huntingdon and was im mediately returned to Portland and placed in a hospital. The mother and daughter were sent to the pesthouse. Tho city authorities will at once notify the State Board of Health and ask that Latourell Falls be placed under quaran tine. Those exposed to the disease through the Daston family have been In structed to get vaccinated without delay. liars hman Tells All lie Known o Attempted Hold-Up, and Gives Clcrys to Whereabouts of the Missing Bandits. It. was "Jim" James, a distant relative of the celebrated Missouri bandits, Jesse and Frank James, who instigated and led the attempted robbery of the overland passenger train on the O. R. & N. Rail way two weeks ago, according to the statements of Gay Harshman, alias Jim Connors. To Sheriff William A. Storev Harshman yesterday told evervthinir he knows regarding the disastrous affair, and ne runner declared that five men, and not three or four, did the work that night Harshman not only confessed to the Sheriff that five men were implicated, but gave their names and where they are likely to be found. Jim James was the leader, and the remainder of the gang were George Underwood, "Bill" Morgan. unaries Morgan, nephew to "Bill," and Gay Harshman, who was wounded well nigh fatally by leaden missiles from the, sawed-off shotgun in the hands of Ex press Messenger Fred H. Korner. According to the admissions and Infor mation given to Sheriff Storey by Harsh man yesterday at the Good Samaritan Hos pital, Jim James and George Underwood. both desperate men knowing no fear, were to head for the Mexican border with all dispatch after the robbery, while the Mor gans were to flee for the Sammlsh Flats, on Belllngham Bay, near Whatcom, Wash. Harshman, according to pro gramme, was to have gone to Eastern Oregon. Harshman told Sheriff Storey yesterday that he fully believed that the four men who are at large carried out their portion of the programme, and, therefore, that he Is of, the opinion that they are in the vicinities named. Sheriff Storey is in possession of the name of the city in Mexico to which the two bandits were to go, but he withholds it from publication for the present Sheriff Storey returned to Portland yes terday after a long hunt through Oregon and Washington, without any criminals, but filled with hopo of the ultimate cap ture of the bandit quartet now at large. After a brief rest at home yesterday, the Sheriff boarded the Northern Pacific train at 11:45 last night bound for Everett Wash. There he will be joined by two officers, who have been detailed by Chief of Police Kraby to aid him in the search of the City of Smokestacks. Bebore he returns the Sheriff hopes to capture the Morgans, who are uncle and nephew. It Is believed th'ey are skulking In the swampy marshes of the Sammlsh Flats, and the Sheriff and his partners from Everett will make a thorough search of that district, which will require several days. Sheriff Storey was tired yesterday, as he had been on the hunt practically without cessation for two weeks. "Harshman, the wounded robber, talked freely yesterday." said Sheriff Storey last night "He now admits his entire crim inal record, and told me several days ago that he had been in the counterfeiting business. He told me of a cabin near Goblc, Or., where he said there were S00 pounds of provisions cached, and where a lot of counterfeiting paraphernalia was stored. He thought that the Morgans might be encamped there, and so I went to that place with John. Farr and Oliver Chandler, of Goble. These men had known the Morgans, and so I took them with me. We arrived at the cabin, only to find it laid In ruins. The Morgans, we learned afterwards, had been there last Friday early, and set fire to the shaek. destroying everything. All we found was some tools, such as lues ana the like, used In counterfeiting opera tions. These I have in my possession at this time. We know that the Morgans were there last Friday and burned the cabin, for a woman saw them coming down tne nar row path that leads from the scene just after flames were first seen to Issue forth from the place. They crossed the river to Kalama. Wash., and from there, it is my belief, they went to the Sammlsh Flats. On my trip this time, I went to .Everett Seattle, Tacoma and all of the smaller cities of the Sound country, going through the bad districts of the towns with officers in search of the Morgans. We had no success In that work. I want to mention. however, the excellent co-operation given me by the officers, and especially by enter Kraby, of Everett who lent me all kinds of aid. "Harshman, while talking of the hold up itself, said that Jim James and George Underwood, the most desperate of the gang, were the men who boarded the train at Troutdale on the night of the attempt ed robbery. They wero the leaders In the work, according to Harshman's story. Harshman said that Jim James ordered him to shoot Engineer Barrett just after he had tried to get Messenger Korner to open" the door of his car. When Korner refused to obey, James was very angry, and demanded that Harshman fire at Barrett Harshman refused to do so, saying he did not want to do any needless shooting." Sheriff Storey is .particularly compli mentary In his references to services rendered by Sheriff Robert Hatton, of Co lumbia County, Oregon, who was with the party during the search in the vicinity of Goble. The boat used by the bandit gang was purchased by "Bill" Morgan and Jim James from a fisherman at Goble named .Mclntlre. They paid $20 for It about one week prior to the attempted robbery. 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Ladies' Cambric or Muslin Drawers, deep lawn flounce, embroidered, deep hem and tucks, all sizes, every pair regular 40c value today only, yl Per pair rrC $7.00 Velvet Hats $3.75 each. Ladies' handsome Velvet Dress Hats in the very best shades, silk wings and quill trimmed. Hats other stores ask you $7.00 per. 'jPGZ Today's price is $bO J Great Lace Bargainji 4c per Yard. 1500 yards Venise Insertions, Bands, Appliques and Edges, all widths, great assortment of patterns. Values in the lot up to 50c yard. Today only, A Per yard 50c Cushion Tops now 27c each. 100 handsome lithographed Cushion Tops, all the best subjects, new color ings, best materials. All the regular 50c values today (3d floor) Each Ladies Swiss Handkerchiefs 13c. 1000 Ladies' Swiss - Embroidered and Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, great variety to select from- 25c values, today only, at the low price of n Each lOG Children's Hose now lie per Pair. 500 pairs of heavy ribbed Hose fo.r boys and girls, double knee and toe, all sizes. Economical paren s will lay in a supply today only, at i I -Per pair , 1 IV Millions of Salmon Errs. H. G. Van Dusen, Master Fish Warden, said yesterday that the Ontario hatchery already had about 20,000.000 salmon eggs in sight for next Spring s output of fry Next week the State Fish Commission will visit the hatchery. The total output of all Columbia River hatcheries next Spring, Mr. Van Dusen esUmates at 0,000,000 fish. Four years ago the output was one-third of that number and the fish then released are supposed to have returned this season. Oswego Grange Fair Snturday. The third annual fair of Oswego Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, will be held in the hall at Oswego tomorrow. Farm produce of all kinds and women's work will be placed on exhibition. A short programme will be given. Those attending from Mult nomah County can reach Oswego by the Yamhill division trains of the Southern Pacific, which make frequent trips going and returning. Lining Bargains Extraordinary 36-inch French Twilled Silesia in 20 of the best shades. One regular 15c quality today 9c yard. 36-inch black Percaline, best 20c grade to- 1 1 flov nr Trnrrl f2 15c Writing Paper now c? Box. 500 boxes of fine white Writing Paper, best size, Envelopes to match. At regular stationery counter, regular 15c box today only, Per box $1.00 Zibelines at 65c per Yard. 44-inch French Zibelines in all the leading colors Oxfords,greens, navy, browns fine dress fabric of superior quaUty. Regular $1.00 values LKf today, per yard 02C Best Shoe Values Men's $6.00 and $6.50 Shoes $4.95 Per Pair. 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Four men who are accused of . passing counterfeit gold at La Grande a sort time ago, are in the County Jail here awaiting an investlgaUon of their case by the grand Jury, which will meet 'on October 19 next. The prisoners are Austtn Wells, George Stratton, C. Cochran, and W. M. Irvins. The offense charged against th.e men is that of passing a bogus $5 gold piece In a restaurant In La Grande on the night of Sunday, September 27. Irvin was arrested at La, Grande and tho three other men were apprehended at Sumpter last Sunday night by Deputy United States Marshal Roberts. They were given a hearing be fore Justice J. B. Meslck, of Baker City, and bound over to the grand Jury under bonds of $1000 each, In default of which they were brought here and lodged In jail. It Is alleged that Wells, Cochran and Strattonentered. a restaurant at La Grande.'' where Irvin was employed, and, after eaUng a meal, offered him the bogus gold piece. Irvfn stated that he did not have the change, but as he owed the proprietor a little any how it would be all right. He dropped the bogus coin In the till and handed back a good one. in Its place. The proprietor discovered the coin and upon investigaUng had Irvin arrested as an accomplice. His three al leged associates had disappeared, but were caught in disreputable places later. Those who use "Garland's" are the best friends of "Garland" Stoves and Ranges. 100 Overcoats like the above cut, handsome dark Oxford ma terial, satin lined, silk velvet col lar, very latest cut, 44 inches long, a coat the exclusive cloth ier would ask you $20 for, sale price $13.85. Men's Gray Velour Overcoats, silk lined, very nobby styles, reg ular $18.00 values, $13.85. Men's Suits at $12.35 Two great lines of men's stylish Fall and Winter Suits The kind the exclusive clothier asks you $18.00 for go on sale at $12.35. 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