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THE -3ipRapREGb2? ANUAgY 27, -1901.
ASKED FOR BRIBES
Witnesses in Connors' Trial
Demanded Money.
MRS. CONNORS REFUSES THEM
S. A. Phillips and Clinton G. Hawkins
Confess in Court--They Also Tell of
Connors Admission That He
Held Up Saloon.
Did It. Connors, who was formerly su
perintendent of construction of the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron Company, and subse
quently a business man In Denver, hold
up 14 men In the South Portland saloon
at the corner of Fourth and Caru tiers
streets on November 11?
This question is to be decided by a Jury
in the State Circuit Court The trial was
begun yesterday before Judge George
Connors is a good-looking, well-built man
about 35 years old, and during the pro
ceedings yesterday his wife occupied a
seat beside him. His attorneys are Dan
J. Malarkey, John F. Logan and A- Wal
ter Wolf.
The principal witnesses for the prose
cution were S. A. Phillips, a negro, and
Clinton Grant Hawkins, a bicycle repair
er, who both testified that Connors con
fessed to them that he and another man
robbed the saloon, and these witnesses
also made the remarkable statement that
they attempted to obtain $50 from Con
nors wife, agreeing to leave the city and
not appear at the trial to testify If she
could pay them that sum. Hawkins ac
knowledged that he was sore because he
failed to get the money, and he admitted
having told various people, including Po
lice Officer Carpenter, that he did not
linow anything whatever about the case.
Hawkins freely confessed that he tele
phoned to John F. Logan, attorney, to
ascertain where Mrs. Connors lived, tell
ing Mr. Logan he was a friend from Col
orado, and upon securing the information
he called upon Mrs. Connors and asked
lor $50 to fix Phillips, and also saw her on
different occasions at the shop where he
worked, but he never got the cash. The
attorneys referred to these actions as
attempted blackmail or trying to extort
blood money, but Hawkins didn't mind
these thrusts. He acknowledged repeat
edly that it was all true.
Hawkins Tells of Confession.
Hawkins made another very astonishing
statement, which was that he picked up
an acquaintance with Connors in John
Blazler's saloon on First street, and
that soon afterward Connors admitted
to him that he was a criminal and had
robbed the Italian saloon on Fourth street
of which Donati Rngnone and Nicola Cas
ciatl are the proprietors. Hawkins testified
that Conners pawned his watch for $7.50
and afterward, as they were walking
along the street, inquired: "Where can a
man get some money?" Hawkins said
he answered that he did not know, and
reproduced their alleged conversation as
follows:
"Connors said: You are pretty -well ac
quainted around here?"
"Yes."
"Well, don't you know anybody that
has got a bunch of money?"
"No."
"Well. I have got to get some. money
somehow. You read of the Fourth-street
saloon hold-up?"
"Yes." "
"Well, I am the man that backed-up 14
men against the wall. My partnor left
me In the lurch. He had b-jth guns and
he got nervous, and went out."
Story of Attempt to Bribe.
Hawkins testified that when he met
Mrs. Connors she asked him if there was
any way to get her husband out of the
scrape, and to see Phillips. He said he
did so and asked Phillips If he ever
thought of leaving the country, and Phil
lips replied that he had nothing to leave
on. He informed Phillips that Mrs.
Connors wanted to see him, and Phillips
related that ho did not want to see her.
The witness testified further that Mrs.
Connors asked him If Phillips would go
away, and he told her, yes, if he had a
ticket and something to go on, before
he. Phillips, was subpenaed as a witness.
After he was subpenaed he wouldn't
nudge. He said Mrs. Hawkins came to
the shop where he worked and wanted to
see Phillips and he informed her It would
do her no good. She said she could say
nil she had in three words and she wanted
to give Phillips money to go away. Con
tinuing, the witness said: "The conversa
tion was broken off by the appearance of
a Deputy Sheriff, who handed me a sub
pena. I told Mrs. Connors 'It's all off
"with me, but he has not been subpenaed
yet She saw Phillips and asked, 'What
will you do?" and he said, 'See Hawkins,
whatever he does is all right She said.
"He is your agent? and he replied. 'Yes.
whatever he does Is all right She said,
'all right I will see you tomorrow, and
that Is the last time I seen her."
"She didn't come to the shop?"
"No, sir."
Hawkins told of going to Mrs. Connors'
residence, and taking Phillips along, but
Phillips would not come to the house, but
remained a block away. Hawkins asked
Mrs. Connors for $50, but didn't get It
She asked him: "How could she tell if
he gave the money to Phillips and sent
him away," and the conversation ended
with her promising to see him the next
day.
He Certainly Was Willing.
On cross-examination, Mr. Malarkey
asked: "You were willing to take the
money?"
"I certainly was."
Hawkins denied ever having been con
victed of any crime, and said he had lived
lour years in Portland. He said he told
Officer Relslng he knew nothing what
ever about the case, and explaining this
statement said: "I didn't except what 1
was told." He admitted having also in
formed A. Walter Wolf that he knew
nothing about the case, and also others.
Ho told Mrs. Connors he would not go on
the witness stand if ho could help It He
told her Phillips would not leave for less
than JS0.
Mr. Malarkey You wanted $50 to leave
and take Phillips with you. and Mrs.
Connors turned you down cold-blooded?
Hawkins admitted that she fooled him
and he was sore.
S. A. Phillips, the negro, testified that
he was a Janitor and worked wherever
he could get it He said Hawkins in
troduced him to Connors in Blaster's sa
loon. The second time he and Connors
met Connors confessed to being the man
who held up the South Portland saloon,
and said his partner in the Job got nerv
ous while he. Connors' was going through
the cash register, and walked off with the
two revolvers. Connors said they did
not get the cash in the safe because his
pal got scared and ran away, and he
would have Killed him if he had a pistol.
Phillips was cross-examined at length. J
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"what Connors told him. until one dav
Policeman Carpenter came and took him
to the City Jail, telling him Chief Hunt
wanted to see him. On the way to the
jail he told Carpenter the Connors story.
Phillips admitted the Hawkins scheme to
get $50 out of Mrs. Connors and that he
was In on the deal.
Could Not Identify Connors.
Donati Bagnone and Nicole, Casciato, the
saloonkeepers, could not identify Con
nors. The robbers were masked, and one
was & tall man and the other a heavy-set
jaau. J. McKern. who -was in the saloon
when the robbery occurred, gave plmllar
evidence.
The state introduced the testimony of
J. F. Reising, who arrested Connors in a
saloon at Front and Madison streets ten
days after the robbery. The officer dis
played a revolver, a number of keys, said
to be skeleton keys, a pocket knife and a
"Jimmy," which latter the defense claims
is a stonecutter's tool, as taken from Con
nors. The defense will endeavor to show that
the keys are regular and were made for
the landlady of the house where Connors
roomed, by Hawkins.
Connors Denies the Crime.
Connors testified In his own behalf that
be had casually iriet Hawkins and Phil
lips. He denied ever telling them that
he was the Fourth-street saloon robber,
and denied having committed the crime.
He produced letters from M. Bettler, chlet
clerk of the Rocky Mountain Coal Com
pany: William Danford, superintendent of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, and
also John 9. Kebler and Robert 0NeII
of the same corporation. These letters
state that Connors is a stone mason by,
trade, and acted as superintendent of con
struction for the company of 600 ovens
at Tercio, and left In June, 1903, to go
Into business for himself. He was recom
mended as a man of good, moral charac
ter and strict integrity. Connors said he
went Into the saloon business, and failed.
Attorney Plays Sleuth.
A. Walter Wolf, attorney, testified that
he learned that Hawkins had demanded
money from Mrs. Connors and went to
her house early one evening by appoint
ment, and hid behind the iront door. Haw
kins was met on the porch by Mrs. Con
nors and Detective Wolf stated that he
heard him ask for $50 for Phillips. The
trial will he concluded today.
FATHER GIVEN HIS CHILD.
Rev. Guy F. Phelps Wins Suit
Against His Slster-In-Law.
Amid sobs that could plainly be heard
throughout the court-room and with tears
streaming down her face, Mrs. Anna
Anderson sat and listened yesterday after
noon to the decision of Judge Cleland
declaring that she must surrender little
20-months-old Oneatta Naomi Phelps to
the custody of her father, Rev. Guy F.
Phelps, of Hillsboro.
Mrs. Anderson is a sister-in-law of
the father and has raised the child since
its birth, the mother having died at that
period, and she has become very much
attached to her. She refused to surren
der Oneatta to the father upon his re
quest recently made, alleging he had
given her the little girl for keeps, but
this he denied and appealed to the court
Mrs. Anderson was deeply grieved at
the court's decision and wept Incessantly.
"I don't see how he could do it" she
cried, and then, in an angry tone she
said, "That old woman," meaning tho
mother of Rev. Mr. Phelps, "hated my
sister, and she will cate the child for
her sake."
The father, In support of his petition
asking that his child be restored to him,
asserted that he had not given her per
manently to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, and
that they were well aware of that fact
He Introduced evidence to show that he
had bought clothing for the child, paid
the expense of medical attendance and
other things.
Immediately after the decision was
rendered, A. F. Flegel, attorney for the
Anderson gave notice of appeal to the
Supreme Court and asked that pending
the decision of the higher tribunal Oneat
ta be permitted to remain with the An
dersons. This Judge Cleland refused to
do, ordered the child given to -her father.
COUNTY TO SUE FOR TAXES.
Will Attempt to Recover Money Said
to Have Been Paid to Stimson.
Suits will probably be commenced
within the next few days by Multnomah
County, through Charles H. Carey, -attorney,
to recover taxes paid to W. G.
Stimson, Deputy County Clerk; which It
is said the County never received. One of
these settlements was $500 paid by the
First Presbyterian Church to settle up
an old mortgage claim.
Fisher, Thorsen & Co. paid $250 in set
tlement of certain property taxes, and
the Portland Cracker Company also
made' a settlement through the agency of
Stimson of $250. The county disputes tho,
regularity of these settlements, and will'
try and hold those who paid the sums
responsible for the whole amount due
Stimson is dead, and so cannot explain
what he did with the money.
Artciles of Incorporation.
Incorporation articles of the Smith Point
Manufacturing Cimpany, were filed in the
office of the County Clerk yesterday by
John W. Cook, William A. Munly and E.
H. Holmes; capital stock $500. The ob
jects announced are to engage In carrying
on and proeacutlng a general sawmill,
lumber, logging and planing mill busi
ness, etc
Petition in Bankruptcy.
A. B. Crosier and wife, of Wasco
County, filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the Federal Court yesterday. They place
their liabilities at $4197.57.
Court Notes.
The Inventory and appraisement of the
estate of Sylvanus Weeks, deceased, was
filed In the County Court yesterday. The
property Is valued at $20,034.
In the $15,000 damage case of William
Tinkman against Inman, Poulseh & Co.,
for the loss of an arm. Judge Frazer yes
terday, after listening to a long argu
ment of counsel, denied a motion for a
non-suit The case will probably reach
the Jury today.
INSPECTION IS DELAYED.
Theater Committee Worried With
Anonymous Letters of Complaint.
The theater inspection committee of the
Council was to take up Its Investigation
work yesterday morning, but Richard
Martin, the architect, was unable to go, so.
the trip was postponed. Several small
theaters, as well as the Empire, remain to
be Inspected. Then halls and churches
will be taken up.
Members of the -committee have been
greatly annoyed by anonymous communi
cations. "I have received a number of letters
calling my attention to certain buildings,
but many of these are unsigned,' said
Chairman Bentley yesterday. "Any signed
communication will receive attention from
the committee and will be treated confi
dentially, but It is hardly fair to us to
look up complaints made by persons who
do not -wish to sign their names."
Four "Sawed-Offs."
Argonaut
Andrew Carnegie is only a few Inches
above five feet in height Henry- W.
Phipps, his old partner, is not an Inch
taller, and John Walker, the other mem
ber of the trio -who revolutionized the
manufacture of steel, has perhaps a little
the better of both Carnegie and Phipps.
As for Henry C Frick, his head would
Just about reach to the shoulder of a man
of ordinary height It is said that one
day, when .these four steel masters were
walking together on the streets of Pitts
burg, a bootblack called out to his busi
ness rival further down the bloc's, as the
millionaires passed: "Eh, Jimmy, git
onto der runts!"
Dr. Greer Now a Bishop.
NEW YORK. Jan. 21 The Rev. Dr.
David Hummel Greer was today ordained
a bishop coadjutor of the Protestant Epis
copal diocese of New York. Fifteen bish
ops took part in the consecration serv
ices, and more than 500 clergymen partic
ipated In the processional
V!7Vr i MI'llll lilli H.S I I I I I l Mill "rWA HtfTB I
CAN HE
CHICKEN THIEVES ABROAD
THEY CLEAN OUT MANY PENS
. ON THE EAST SIDE.
Choice Lots Gathered in Sacks and
Sold to Butchers-Two Young
Men Are Suspected.
"Have you lost your chickens?" is the
question people living in the suburbs
have jeen asking each other for the past
ten days. Wholesale chicken-stealing has
been going on for two- weeks. In Center
Addition, north of Mount Tabor, residents
report that nearly all the poultry has
been stolen. Most of the chickens were
sold at meat markets on the East Side
and some were evidently taken to the
West Side.
Suspicion has fallen on two young men
who have been selling chickens from
jacks, and their manner and some cor
roborative evidence leaves little doubt
but that they stole their supply or re
ceived it from the thieves.
B. Schmeer, who lives In Mayor Gates'
Addition, lost 13 fine hens, which he had
been rearing carefully with visions of
pot-pie In the near future. He did not
rest quietly under the loss, and on in
vestigation yesterday recovered six of his
hens from Gerllnsky's meat market on
Grand avenue and East Pine street The
remainder of the lot bad been killed. Mr.
Schmeer learned that two young men
driving a small bay horse to a buggy
had sold the chickens from a sack. They
said they were from Montavilla and
were fairly well dressed, one wearing a
sweater. Only a few days before, Mr.
Schmeer had noticed these same men
selling chickens at Albert Klein's meat
market at No. 432 East Burnslde street
where they brought the .chickens in a
sack.
"I have no doubt at all that these two
young fellows are the thieves who have
been stealing chickens everywhere in the
suburbs," said Mr. Schmeer. "They un
derstand their business, for they pick out
the best My hens averaged seven pounds
each, and would bring $8 and $10 a dozen.
My neighbor, Thomas Hollingsworth,
also had his ranch cleaned out Out in
Center Addition I am told that about
all the poultry has been stolen. The
thieves have been doing a wholesale busi
ness." FOR ST. LOUIS EXHIBIT. ,
Brooklyn School Has Prepared Fine
Line of Water Color Work.
Patrons of the Brooklyn School were
Invited to Inspect the water-color work,
of the several grades yesterday after
noon between 2 and 3:30 o'clock, and
many availed themselves of the oppor
tunity. Miss A. I. Dimlck, principal,
and the teachers have had this work
prepared for the school exhibit for the
S. Louis Exposition, and before sending
It away wanted the parents to see what
their children could do. Everyone was
proud of Brooklyn School. The display
was made in a classroom on the lower
floor.
The exhibit showed the work of the
grades from the lowest up to the Ninth
A, beginning with colored blocks and
graduating up to the more difficult produc
tions. Two pictures, both boating scenes,
were greatly admired by those capable
of Judging as superior in touch and finish.
These are by Lenora Klstler and Eliza
beth Mathesen.
Miss DImick said that the object aimed
at was to illustrate the complete grade
work in several lines. In arithmetic the
papers show each step of the pupils from
the first to the highest grammar grades,
each step being Illustrated with pictures
drawn by the pupils in connection with
the examples worked out In language
the illustrations used are in many cases
striking and effective. In giving an ac
count of the Polar regions; pictures of
the Esquimaux, his dog, boat a Polar
bear and finally the Esquimaux' s house
are all shown.
In local history illustrated papers are
to be prepared descriptive of Portland,
its manufacturing industries and the pub
lic schools. .Photographs will he used
In connection with the written matter.
Brooklyn School Is making a. specialty
of illustrated classwork. By examining
the papers it can be seen what is being
done form grade to grade in arithmetic
and language by means of the pictures.
SEW UP THAT SACK OB WILL, THE BEARS
The principal says that a few years ago
it would have been impossible to get up
such a display. -
MUSICIANS ARE FEASTED.
St. Cecilia Society and St. Francis
Choir Guests of Father Black.
Rev. Father J. H. Black, pastor of St
Francis Catholic Church, East Eleventh
and Oak streets, to show his apprecia
tion of the fine music furnished by his
choir and the St Cecelia Society orches
tra, gave them a banquet In St Fr.ancls
Hall on the corner of East Twelfth .and
Pine streets, Monday night The choir
and orchestra assembled In the hall on
the second floor, where for some time the
orchestra, under the leadership of Otto
Kleemann. director; discoursed music
much to the delight of the company.
The orchestra is composed of Otto Klee
mann, director; Miss Van Houten, piano;
Messrs. Simon Harris, Henderson, "Van
Houten, Chambuau. Larsen, H. K. Klee
mann, Moore, Hartman, Myers and son.
Frost, Owens and several othera who
could not be present In all the orches
tra has 14 members. It has been through
the work mainly of Otto Kleemann that
the St Cecelia Orchestra has attained
such efficiency.
Father Black Invited the musicians into
the hall on the lower floor, with their
invited friends, In all numbering 48, where
a substantial banquet had been spread.
Here an hour was spent most enjoyably
and good humor bubbled over. The com
pany then returned to the hall above and
the remainder of the evening was spent
In social enjoyment and music.
The orchestra and choir will have a
royal musical treat on Easter, some spe
cial music for that occasion having been
sent for. The orchestra meets for prac
tice once or twice each week at the
homes of the members.
HOUSE RUNS AWAY.
Breaks Loose From Movers and Slides
Toward Burnslde Bridge.
While a small building for Joseph
Buchtell was being moved across East
Burnslde street between Union avenue
and East Third street Monday night, It
got beyond the control of the men and
started down the grade toward the Burn
side bridge. It came to a stop when it
ran off the rollers, but all the six large
plate-glass windows were broken, the
damage amounting to about $20.
The housemovers then hitched the house
to a telephone pole with a big rope and
waited till morning before moving it fur
ther, fearing it might take a notion to
cross the Burnslde bridge.
South Mount Tabor Railway Time.
The Oregon Water Power & Railway
Company, which started cars on the South
Mount Tabor extension Sunday, has
fixed the following schedule: Ten-mlnuto
service between 5:55 A. M. and 6:25 P.
M. and a 20-mlnute service thereafter
until 11:45 P. M. The first car leaves the
reservoir for the city at 5:55 A. M. and
a car leaves Portland at 6:25 A. M. for
the reservoir.
East Side Notes.
A special meeting of the Haywood
Musical and Dramatic Club has . been
called for next Tuesday evening In the
audldtorlum of the Haywood building In
University Park to discuss adding an
other important feature to the or
ganization. The funeral of Alexander T. Hays was
held yesterday at Dunnings -undertaking
parlors. Rev. W. E. Randall officiating.
Mr. Hays was 75 years of age. A few
weeks ago he sustained a stroke of par
alysis, which resulted In death Monday.
He was the father of William A. Hays.
Greatest Reform In Years.
Prairie City Miner.
The Primary Nomination Reform
League of Portland Is doing good work,
and we trust that they will succeed In
their purpose. It is truly the great
est move that has been made for many
years. If their plan is carried out and
laws enacted accordingly, It will take
the nomination of officers out from under
the thumb of the bosses or political dem
agogues and enable the voters to make
selection of the officers, while now a few
demagogues make the selection for the
voters. Nothine is needed so bad as
reform of our primarv election system.
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FAVORS JOINING A. A. I).
GEORGE M'MILLAN URGES THE
NORTHWEST ATHLETES.
Lewis and Clark Sports 'Will Then Be
Held Under National Auspices
Team Will Go to St. Louis.
George McMillan, who represents the
Amateur Athletic Union In the North
west has set the machinery in motion
looking forward to having the North
west Athletic Union join the A. A. U.
At present the Multnomah Club, Spo
kane, Victoria and Seattle are members
of the Northwest Athletic Union, but
of the lot Multnomah Is the only club
In the Northwest that belongs to the
A. A. U. McMillan's reasons for wish
ing to get the various athletic clubs In
the Northwest Into the A. A. U. fold
is for the purpose of having the sports
which are to be a feature of the Lewis
and Clark Fair held under the auspices
of the A. A. U.
Within the next couple of days Mr.
McMillan will issue invitations to the
clubs comprising the Northwest Athletic
Union, inviting them to join the A. A.
U. It will not cost anything to join
the organization and the annual dues are
less than $10. The A. A. U. governs
all records and unless athletes making
records belong to clubs working under
the protection of the A. A. U., the rec
ords are not recognized. Multnomah has
about decided upon the men who will
carry her colors at the St. Louis Fair,
yet at the same time McMillan believes
that there are a number of crack ath
letes In the Northwest who would be
eligible, if the organizations they
belonged to were members of the A. A.
U. At any rate, he hopes that the
Northwest Amateur Athletic Associations-
will fall in line, so that their athletes
will be eligible for the athletic sports
which will be held in Portland during
the Lewis and Clark Fair.
Mr. McMillan has also written to Her
bert Hauser, who is the California rep
resentative of the A. A. U., protesting
against sending Kerrigan to California
for a try-out Coast and Gammie, the
three men who have been practically
selected by the Multnomah Club to carry
her colors at the St Louis Fair, and
McMillan feels that It would be an in
justice to have the athletes take a dou
ble dose of try-outs. According' to the
ruling of the A. A. U., the athletes se
lected by Multnomah must after they
have been tried out at home, go to San
Francisco, where they are to be sent
through a second sifting. This McMillan
think would be working an nnjust hard
ship and would be the means of keeping
the athletes in condition too long be
fore the opening of the events at St
Louis. Mr. McMillan believes that Mr.
Hauser will look at the matter as he
does and that the Multnomah athletes
will go direct from Portland to St Louis.
Dreadful Jokes on Unhappy Miss Cava
New York World.
Miss Bertha Cave's efforts to force her
way Into the legal profession have re
sulted in the perpetrating of the two most
awful puns ever heard in England. Hard
ened professional punsters of Drury Lane,
the Empire, the Alhambra and the Tivoll,
tears In eyes and hand on heart say they
would never, never wreak such atrocities.
Miss Cave, spirited, pretty and smartly
dressed, appeared before a committee of
the House of Lords to plead her case
against the Benchers of Gray's Inn, who
refuse to admit her. The Lord Chancellor,
the Lord Chief Justice, and five other dis
tinguished members of the English bench,
seated around a horseshoe-shaped table,
received her grimly but with apparent ef
forts to be pleased.
"Miss Cave! Miss Cave!" mused Mr.
Justice Kennedy. "Why ah her name
eh? her name suggests a hollow
claim." 'His honor made clear his play
on the word Cave by loudly emphasizing
the word hollow.
The poor girl's eyes filled and her chin
quivered, but worse was to come.
"Nevertheless," suggested the Lord
Chancellor, genially, "she evidently does
not mean to cave in." This Jest was ac
companied by a fluttering of the Lord
Chancellor's black silk robe which "would
Indicate to the expert eye that hia lord
ship had driven home his soggy joke with
deadly elbow into his Illustrious neigh
bor's rib?.
PROBING FOR TRUTH'
Slot-Machine Committee Be
gins Investigation.
EXAMINES COURT RECORDS
No Person on. Trial, Says Committee,
Which' Will Conduct Hearings in
Secret' Hereafter-Shapiro Has
Nothing to Tell.
After listening for an hour to the reading
or the complaints and warrants through
which a. number of 'saloonkeepers and slot-machine-owners'
had been arrested last
December, tne slot-machine investigation
committee of the Council adjourned yes
terday afternoon to hold all Its sessions
In secret hereafter. Chief Hunt, accused
of deceiving the slot-machine men, was
not questioned.
The only witness examined besides Fred
C. Olson, clerk of the Municipal Court
who procured the court testimony, was
Albert Shapiro, manager of the Maze Cafe.
The opening of the investigation was
held in the Council chamber in the pres
ence of a number of Interested specta
tors. As nothing more than the court
records was brought in as evidence, the
public was admitted. But in the future
the meetings are to be behind closed
doors at the call of the chairman. This
will be done that the witnesses may not
be aware of the evidence of others preced
ing them. A sensation was eagerly ex
pected by all attendants, but It failed to
materialize, owing to the length of time
required to go over the court documents.
The Investigation committee insists that
the probing will continue.'
When the meeting began af 2:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, Councilman Albee,
chairman of the committee, had a word
of explanation to say:
"Wd wish it distinctly understood that
this is, in no sense, a trial of any one."
So the investigation is to be merely a
truth-quest not a trial. But promises are
made that after sufficient evidence Is
gathered some one will be on trial, and
that person will be Chief of Police Charles
H. Hunt
The gist of the complaints and war
rants offered as testimony yesterday was
that on and about December 24, nearly
60 men operating slot machines were ar
rested. Ten dollars was required as bail,
which they forfeited, considering the bail
mere as a part of the fining system.
But after they had paid their fines or
bail, the slot machines were ordered out
Then arose the howl that they had been
bilked by the Chief of Police. They named
$2100 as the amount they had paid into
the city treasury under an alleged mis
representation. The object of reading every warrant was
to show the part of Chief Hunt in the
affair. A. F. Flegel, a member of the In
vestigation committee, conducted the case.
Mayor Williams sat in a Councilman's
chair, but said never a word during the
proceedings. Chief Hunt sat near by. He
was not asked to speak, a word nor give
any testimony, and therefore looked his
relief when the meeting adjourned.
The press table was occupied by the. in
vestigation committee: Counciimen Albee,
Flegel, Sharkey, Slglor and Bumelln. B.
L. Stowell, secretary of the Civil Serv
ice Commission, took stenographic notes.
The session awakened memories of the
first day of tho Roberts trial last Sep-"
tember. The Mayor, the Chief. Council
man Flegel, Sig Slchel and George H.
Howell, of the Executive Board, had all
been interested in the trial of the special
officer. Even W. F. Gelsler, the star wit
ness of the prosecution, occupied a spec
tator's seat. Chief Hunt doubtless remem
bered the parting words of Councilman
Flegel last September, when he declared
that the matter should not end with the
trial of the special officer.
"You can't prove anything by me," was
the way Albert Shapiro, a saloonkeeper,
opened his heart to the committee He
had been in Stevenson, Wash., at the time
the operators of slot machines were ar
rested and required to put up ball. He had
read of It in The Oregonlan. When he
came back he was told by Chief Hunt
that the machines could no longer be
operated. He didn't know whether the
ball money had been put up for the priv
ilege of running during December or for
January.
"Move we adjourn," said Mr. Rumelln
as another witness was about to be called,
and the expected sensation was over for
that day at least
WOMAN SDTFRAGE PB0GBESSES
Work of Enthusiasts Begins to Show
Results.
PORTLAND, Jan. 2$. To the Editor.)
If Annie Nathan Meyer, a noted Hebrew
woman, who owes all her present oppor
tunities to the high "moral courage" of
a few pioneers in the equal suffrage move
ment like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan
B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe,
who opened the way for the Affiliated Col
lege, In which Mrs.. Meyer is a conspicu
ous character, could have heard the log
ical and eloquent appeal for equal suf
frage made at the Congregational Church
the other evening by our distinguished
townsman, the Hon. D. Soils Cohen, she
would have learned that the very fact
that under existing conditions we do have
"de-sheltered" women is the crying rea
son that there shall be opened for them a
better way. I once had the honor of as
sociating on the platform In Washington
with Annie Nathan Meyer, and in the
splendid address she made on that occa
sion she exhibited no shade of the "un
womanly" nor did any of the leading
women (all except herself being suffrag
ists, as she ought to have been) show any
lack of that "moral courage" which is the
natural attribute of the best men and
women, ballots or no ballots, the world
over.
The question as to whether men are bet
ter or worse than women, or whether
either sex will be made better or worse
by opening Increased avenues of useful
ness for all. Is not under consideration.
The fact is that, since "de-sheltered"
woman, must live, it becomes the duty of
every man to assist in opening the way
for all women to choose the very best that
is In them, themselves and not their sons
to be the judges of their chosen "sphere."
Ballots cannot make a masculine woman
womanly; nor can they make a feminine
man manly. Such traits inhere In some In
dividuals in spite of environment else we
should have no "feminine men," of which
there are many. The great author of hu
man destiny understood his husiness when
men and women were placed side by side
In the same family, and he also knew
what he was about when he saw and said
that 'it was not good for man .to be
alone."
No woman looks for the millennium as
an immediate, or even remote result of
women's enfranchisement All history
hath shown that the struggle for subsist
ence Is a question of opportunity. It is bad
enough in all conscience when a man,
and an editor at that will lend the col
umns of a great newspaper to such plati
tudes about a great moral question as
abound In the article under review. But
It is even worse, though it only proves
our assertion that women and men are
naturally about alike, when a woman will
sell her stumbling blocks to an antiquated
publication like the North American Re
view, to be made the basis of such edi-
torials as can only pander to the human
Imperfections which inhere in both the
sexes, and which can only be eradicated
by toe equal and united effort of both.
In the government as well the home.
Meanwhile the work for the esfranchise
ment of women Is going on, u is perme
ating every stratum of hvxo&a thought
and gathering Impetus, eya &oj lh
opposition it arouses, as Is shown by
mavelous petition we are ro&ng up in
this brief Inclement season, .durjtag -which
we have been working to assure the jscog
nlUon of our equal right with men to the
full possession of our liberties, such
have been bestowed upon the women of
four of our Western States, aimos with
out the asking.
ABIGAIL SCOTT DUN I WAY.
PAYOEED BY "BOTH SEXES."
Clatsop Voters, Democratic and Re
publican, for Roosevelt.
CLATSOP, Or., Jan. 25. (To the Editor.)
With your leave I would like to occupy
a little space In your paper on the Roose
velt question and try to show how It is
viewed around here by voters, as one man
put it of both sexes, namely: Republi
cans and Democrats.
I canvassed this precinct and talked with
every man, not. to try to Influence them
In any way, but to get at their Ideas, and
If one man was preferred to another for
President, to learn why he was preferred.
I found the voters (of both sexes) unani
mous for Roosevelt He Is believed to
be a man who stands for the right, and
It not afraid to stand. He is believed
to be the enemy of thieves, whether under
the polite name of grafters or any other
name. He is believed to be a man who
does not stand for dilly-dallying, or play
ing battledore and shuttlecock with an
Important subject for the purpose of de
lay. As one voter, a Democrat, by the
way, said: "He does not stand with the
tips of his fingers together, and a sancti
monious smile on his face, like a preacher
while waiting for the choir to sing tho
doxology before pronouncing the bless
ing.'He Is believed to be the friend of
honest endeavor among the people, and
the friend of all people who are honestly
and energetically trying to earn what
they get, whether found among the
laborer with muscle, with brains, or cap
ital. He Is believed hot to be the foe of
combines, either of capital, of labor, or
brains, when such combines, are for honest
purposes, but any combination that was
creating a force or power that was detri
mental to the welfare and progress of the
people, would be discouraged so Tar as
he was able to do it There are many
of the rank and file of the Democrats that
believe Roosevelt Is a better Democrat in
principles, in that he represents the old
Jackson and Jefferson Ideas of right and
wrong, and has the grit to uphold them,
than any prominent man of late years,
and many Republicans believe, that any
Republican who opposes him for the next
President does so, not for the public
good, but with some ulterior and selfish
purpose.
In regard to the Panama Canal question,
any one who has read The Oregonlan
during the last year or wo can see that
the opposition cropping out now to the
treaty, has been apparent all along. Some
of Its bitterest enemies pose as its friends
the better to defeat it The attitude of
some Senators remind one of the verse of
an old song:
"Mother, may I got out and swinv?"
"Yes, my darling daughter;
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb.
But don't go near tho water."
D. F. STAFFORD.
BAKERS ASK FOE M0EE PAY.
Minimum Wage of $20 a Week Is
Demanded.
A minimum wage of $20 a week is want
ed by the local Bakers' Union. Their
wages now range from $16 to $25 a week;
what the bakers" wa'nf is a' minimum,
which, while it will Increase the pay of
the majority, will not raise the price of
a loaf of bread.
The employing bakers have made a com
pact among themselves not to allow the
new scale. The union members say that
if the united demand which they have
made is not complied with it Is in their
power to effectually tie up the bread busi
ness of the city, and put Portland In tho
same condition as Paris was in recently.
No time has been set for the new wage
scale to go Into e:ect About 60 bread
and cake bakers are employed in Port
land, while there are 25 employing bakers.
A CONVERSATION TO A CLIMAX.
When a Professional Man Talks, It'a
to the Point.
Several famous American physicians and
surgeons ,were recently dining together
after a session of a National meeting held
In New York.
"I had a remarkable case this Winter,"
remarked a surgeon present, whose name
as a specialist in rectal diseases is world
wide. "My patient was a woman, a deli
cate, nerve-racked creature, who had suf
fered so fearfully from the ravages of
hemorrhoids that the knife seemed the
only solution of the trouble, and yet her
heart was weak and her strength so wast
ed by this fearful disease that we dared
not operate.
"I had ceased my visits to her for a
time and had given up all hope, when one
morning she entered my office looking like
a new woman; the pallor had disappeared
and the lines of suffering were nearly
eradicated from her face. She told me
she had bought at a drug store for 50
cents a proprietary medicine in supposi
tory form called Pyramid Pile Cure, and
had, obtained Instant relief from the first
insertion. I made an examination and
found the rectum in excellent condition,
the inflammation entirely disappeared and
the swollen veins in normal condition.
"I was so Interested In the case that I
had the remedy analyzed carefully and
was so pleased with the result of the an
alysis, finding a combination of the most
healing and scientific remedies present In
the Pyramid Pile Cure and In a more con
venient form than I could secure them
otherwise, that I wrote to the Pyramid
Drug Company at Marshall, Mich., asking
for their booklet on Piles, Their Nature,
Cause and Cure, (which, by the way, is
sent free), and have since used their Pile
Cure extensively and with best results
In my practice. I do not hesitate to rec
ommend it to you alL It will often save
your patient from a painful surgical op
eration, which in many cases results fa
tally." Nasal
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