THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 2, 1904.
READY TO T
Defense in Land Case
Begins Today.
MODE OF ACTION UNKNOWN
Only Attorneys Are Aware
What Move Will Be Made.
LOOKS BAD FOR DEFENDANTS
Prosecution Supposed to Rest Their
Case at Noon Today, After Intro
ducing More Sensational Evi
dence Against Accused.
"They did it" This is the substance
and the multi-distilled essence of the tes
timony which took all ot yesterday's ses
sion of the Federal Court up to 4 o'clock.
It applies to the alleged handwriting of
the defendants, Puter. Watson, McKinley,
Tarpeley and Ware, and seems conclusive
and positive, though this is, of course,
denied by the defense.
It was a weary day, from a spectacular
point of view, until well into the after
noon, when the handwriting men had fin
ished their work and the landladies, with
short memories, the companions who
could remember nothing clearly, and the
rural merchants who thought that Gov
ernment officers could do no wrong be
gan to tell their stories or failed to do so.
But today the "siege gun," to use the
expression of District .Attorney John Hall,
is to be turned loose for a final assault
upon the citadel of defense, for the pros
ecution hopes and trusts to end its case
by the time the big court clock has held
both hands aloft at noon.
What is coming no one knows, with the
exception of Mr. Heney and Mr. Hall,
and neither will do more than look wise
and promise that the Interest will not
lapse from this time on until the last wit
ness of the prosecution has left the stand,
and there are yet remaining some eight
to tell what they know of the case.
Defense Getting Ready.
Counsel for the defense, on the other
hand, is girding up its composite loins,
and while preserving an ominous calm
evidently has set its teeth for a desperate
affray. It will yet eat another dinner be
fore starting in to tear apart the struc
ture of the prosecution and show the
emptiness of the shell. Yesterday was
like the lull in the storm, when all is for
a time quiet and peace seems to return;
today will be the resumption in which the
breath of the prosecution will mingle
sturdily with the breath of the defense
for the hurricane of the close.
When the morning session commenced
John F. Marshall resumed the stand and
told more of his convictions in regard to
the forgeries alleged to have been com
mitted. He stated that, in his opinion,
the names of George A. Graham, George
Pettis, John R. Foster and E. R. Rees
had been forged on the affidavits and
final papers by Marie Ware and Horace
G. McKinley, who used the handwriting
of Miss Mida McCoy, of the Linn County
Abstract Office, as a standard from which
to work.
In the James Wakefield papers the sig
nature had been written by Guy Huff.
Horace G. McKinley had written the body
of the work in the relinquishment papers
of George A. Howe, which were trans
ferred to McKinley. McKlnley's letter to
Frank Alley, the publisher of the Leban
on Criterion, was used as a comparison
in reaching some of these conclusions.
The witness also compared the signa
tures of the bonds, the final papers and
the affidavits made before Loomls and
Ormsby, and identified the signatures as
the same for each, person in all cases.
S. A D. Puter. so the witness said,
wrote the body of the testimony in the
Maud Witt claim, while the signatures in
the Loomls report made by Thomas WI1
klns was shown to be in the handwriting
of Horace McKinley.
The signature of Emma Porter una that
of Emma L. Watson was examined by
the witness, and both were declared to
liave been written by one and the same
person.
Another Expert Called.
Judge Thomas O'Day cross-examined
Mr. Marshall for a short time, after which
J. F. Shearman, of Wichita, Kan., was
called. Mr. Shearman is the deputy clerk
in the United States Court at that pUwr,
and has made a study of handwriting for
many years, as many as 15, in fact. He
has had a great deal of experience in ex
pert work, and is called upon about once
in every three weeks to testify in some
disputed caso or other.
The witness stated that the Maud Witt
signatures had not been written "by the
same person, but by two persons. It was
his opinion that D. W. Tarpeley had
signed one set of the Maude Witt slgna-
tlThe Joseph Wilkins and Thomas Wilson
signatures had been signed by Horace Mc
Kinley. so the witness thought, while he
corroborated the testimony of the previous
witness in regard to the Emma Porter and
Emma Watson signatures.
The only break In the monotony of the
expert testimony was when Judge O'Day
called the attention of the court to the
fact that Emma Watson had filed no bond
and that therefore there was no standard
In evidence by which her signature could
be proved.
"I desire then," said Mr. Heney, "to
have the court increase the Emma Wat
son bond to $10,000."
Judge O'Day prepared to say something
in opposition to this, but the court cut
him short.
"That' would be for the purpose of fur
nishing a standard of comparison," said
Judge Bellinger, "and would be an in
direct method of making Mrs. Watsqn
testify against herself."
"I- guess that is so," concurred Mr.
Heney, "and I will withdraw the request,
but the next time we will remember how
to start the case."
The Mattio S. Lowell signature "was
written by Marie Ware, in the opinion of
the witness. Judge O'Day took the wit
ness through a few devious and technical
paths of -cross-examination and Mr. Shear
man was excused at 4 o'clock.
J. A Wilson, the manager of the Den
nison News Company, was called and tes
tified concerning the Identity of Tom R.
Wilson, the lame newsboy, who was
claimed, though under a slightly different
initial, by Frank H. Wolgamot, to have
been a witness in his final affidavits. The
object of this testimony, was to prove to
the jury that a false name had been used
In the affidavits.
John M. Keith, of Portland, was called
to prove Wolgamot's continuous residence
in the city, but his testimony amounted to
hut little.
Star Witness of the Day.
Al Jacobs, of Springfield, was the star
witness of the day. He had been mistaken
in the integrity of C E. Loomis and had
signed false affidavits at his suggestion,
thinking them genuine, so he said.
Mr. Jacobs told of his having been the
proprietor of a general merchandise store
at Detroit three years ago. He had met
Tarpley five years ago at Detroit, and
about that time had also made tho ac
quaintance of C EL Loomls, a special
agent. He had signed affidavits for the
latter.
"Loomis came into the store one day,"
said the witness in answer to a question
by Mr. Heney, ""and asked me If I would
sign an affidavit for people who held
claims In township 11 south, range 7 cast.
He said that the people had held the land
for several years and wanted to prove up
on their claims. He called the names of
several men whom I knew and I told him
that I would help them in any way I
could."
"Did you sign them?" asked tho prosecu
tion. "Loomls said he would bring the papers
In for me to sign," continued the witness.
"He came in a few days afterwards with
the affidavits and read the names I knew.
I signed the papers, but in the bundle
were a lot of papers with names I did
not know, and which I signed by mistake.
I found out afterwards."
"Did you know S. B. Ormsby?" was the
next question.
"Yes," said Mr. Jacobs. "He came Into
the store one day with Dan Tarpley and
asked me if I would sign affidavits for the
people living there, whom I had known.
I made another mistake and signed a lot
of papers I didn't know anything about."
A C. Woodcock made his verbal debut
In the cross-examination of Mr. Jacobs.
Heretofore Mr. Woodcock has sat silently
by and allowed Judge Pipes and Judge
O'Day to do all of the talking In the case,
but yesterday he broke the spell and said
a few things.
He asked the witness if he had not been
aware that It was a serious thing to make
a false affidavit
Thought Officials Honest.
"Under those circumstances," said Mr.
Jacobs, "I thought that I was helping
justice. In the way Loomis and Ormsby
sot me into it I thought I was helping
those deserving people get their lands."
"Did you look at those affidavits?" asked
Mr. Woodcock.
"No, I thought that the men were Gov
ernment officials and would not try to ring
me into any dirty work."
"That is all," said Mr. Woodcock.
Walter W. Thackery. clerk of the Rose
burg Land Office, was called, and stated
that at the time he had been in the office
no erasures were made in -the George A
Howe affidavits, and that during that time
no one was working in the office other
than J. H. Booth and J. T. Bridges.
Miss Maude Coffin was the next wit
ness, and she told of a little trip she had
taken with S. A D. Puter and Emma L,
Watson to Prlneville, but the testimony
was objected to by Judge Pipes, and was
ruled out of evidence by the court.
U. Grant Scott said he had known Frank
H. Walgamot for the past 11 years, but
he could not remember whether or not he
had lived in Portland all of that time.
"Did you know him while he was a
trapper and hunter in the mountains?"
asked Mr. Heney.
"No, sir," admitted Mr. Scott.
The witness remembered that Mr. Wal
gamot had lived at his house for xu time,
but could not tell during what year It had
been.
F. S. Skiff, a dentist, testified that Wol
gamot had studied in his office, but he
did not know whether or not he had lived
in Portland all of the time since he left
his office in 1896.
Miss M. A. Aikln was desired to tell
what she knew of the residence of Mr.
Walgamot, but she could not remember.
She had known him for a number of
years, and he had resided at her house
for a time, but she could not remember
the dates or the year. She was asked to
place the time within five years of the
date, but her memory was too treacher
ous, and she would not risk doing so un
der oath.
Miss Aikln was the last witness of the
day, and as it was close upon the hour of
adjournment. Judge Bellinger stopped
proceedings until this morning at 10
o'clock, when it is expected that there
will be a final explosion before Ihe pros
ecution winds up its side of the question.
Up to this time the defense has not
given the slightest intimation of the line
of its case, and it ls"not known whether
or not witnesses will be called or whether
the counsel will rely on the technicalities
in the case. It is the prevailing opinion
that none of the defendants will take the
stand, and that the defense will be short.
S. B. Ormsby In Salem.
S. B. Ormsby, the ex-Forest Superin
tendent, who was reported to have van
ished from the ken of man upon the dis
closure of the contents of the reports
made to the Government before the land
fraud trial now in course, has not gone as
the following letter will show. He writes
to The Oregonlan as follows:
Balem, Or.. Nov. 30. (To the Editor.)
The Oregonlan bos twice published the state
ment that, after attending the opening days
of the land fraud cases I had disappeared
and now cannot be located by the prosecu
tion. I attended the trial a part of the time
the first three days and came iiome Thurs
day, where I have been since. In Justice to
myself I think you should correct your state
ment, as my -whereabouts has been well
known. S. B. ORMSBY.
GOODWIN BOUND 0VEB.
Held to Grand Jury on Charge of
Infidelity.
The wife of E. H. Goodwin has succeed
ed in having him held to the grand Jury , on
a charge of faithlessness, and she shows
no signs of relenting, saying rather that
the case against her recreant spouse will
be pushed, to a bitter end.
Through all of yesterday morning the
couple which had graced New York's
swellest society sat in the dingy Police
Court as complainant and defendant while
evidence was presented and the lawyers
wrangled 6ver legal technicalities.
Judge William Held, representing Good
win, wanted the wife debarred from tes
tifying, because she had no legal right to
offer testimony against her husband. At
.the same time he was not willing to have
the court take judicial notice of the fact
that any marriage existed, and over this
point Judge Reld, on one side, and Deputy
District Attorney Haney and Attorney B.
S. Pague, on the other, argued until ex
hausted. Judge Hogue ruled against the defense
and allowed Mrs. Goodwin to take the
stand. She said she had been married to
the defendant in New York, and has a
little girl by the marriage. He deserted
her, she avers, leaving her without means,
and when she afterward located him in
Portland she found there was another
woman in the case, she said.
Mrs. A Coyne, with whom the complain
ant had "been boarding since her .arrival
in Portland, said the man had called the
complainant his wife in her presence and
had promised to pay her board bill,
amounting to $250.
The night clerk at the Portland " Hotel
previously testified that Goodwin recently
registered at the hotel with a woman he
claimed to be his wife, but who disap
peared at the time of the arrest of Good
win. They remained at the hotel for a
period of four days.
In 5dew of these things Judge Hogue
stated there was probable cause to hold
the defendant to the grand Jury. Bond
was placd at $1000.
Cannot Arrest Actress.
For three days and nights the police
have been endeavoring to make service
with a warrant on Miss Hattio Lundy,
accused of the theft of a water spaniel,
but thus far she has evaded them. The
woman is an actress, and is supposed to
he connected in some manner with one
of the local vaudeville houses.
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QUICKSTEP ON SAND
Abandoned Barkentine Comes
Ashore at Yaquina.
HER CARGO MAY BE SAVED
Vessel's Masts and Cabin Are Swept
Away When She Strikes the Shore
Bar Dredge Chinook Conies
to Portland Today.
NEWPORT, Or., Dec. 1. The derelict
barkentine Quickstep, abandoned off
the "Washington Coast, drifted ashore
this morning at 8 o'clock at Yaquina
Head, four miles north of Newport.
She was sighted off hero lata last
evening, but was not recognized. Sho
was observed close under the Yaquina
Head light station by Second Assistant
Keeper "W. P. Ford, who was on watch.
At this time the masts and rigging
were all standing, but her identity was
still unknown. About 8 o'clock the
vessel drifted on a reef on the south
side of the Head, striking heavily. Tho
foremast was carried away. Swept oyer
the reef 'by tho heavy seas, tho vessel
was driven ashoro on tho beach about
a quarter of a mile from the Head. On
striking, the mainmast ' went over
board, and huge seas continually
breaking clear over soon swept away
the deck load and lifted the top off the
cabin, which, with most of the keel
and figurehead, were soon strewn along
tho beach. The vessel struck a high
tide, and at low water lay within 150
yards of the water line. It is expected
the next tide will wash her high enough
on the sand beadh to board at low
water. The bulk of the lumber cargo
is still on board and may be saved if
the vessel does not break up.
The llfesavlng crew arrived soon af
ter the ship came ashore, but as it was
known she was abandoned no effort
was made to board her, as it was not
considered advisable to risk tho lives
of any of the crew.
CHARTER OF FAIRRORT.
British Ship Will Take Lumber to
Port Pirle.
Negotiations for the chartering of
the British ship Falrport hs-ve been
closed and she will carry lumber to
Port Pirle. The charterers are "W. R.
Grace & Go. The engagement of this
vessel leaves only seven of the ships
In port free. All of them are hoping to
get grain charters, but from the pres
ent outlook there will be little of this
kind of business doing until after the
turn of the year, and probably not
much of it then. The idle fleet in part
consists of the Anna, Dumfriesshire.
VHlo de Mulhouse, Glaucus, Naurar
chos, Nomla and Oweenee. It is prob
able some of these will toe taken before
long for lumber loading. Puget Sound
Is also overburdened with disengaged
tonnage, seven of the nine vessels
there being without charters, while at
San Francisco there are 39 idle ships
and only 11 fixed for grain.
A number of last season's fleet out
of this port have reached their des
tinations and secured other business,
but none of them are headed for Port
land. The British ship Red Rock, Cap
tain Porter, is loading at Antwerp for
San Francisco, having secured a 17
shilllng charter. The Glenesslin is on
the berth in South Australia for the
United Kingdom and the Norma Is load
ing at Melbourne and will follow the
same course. Another well-known ship
loading, at Melbourne for England Is
the KIrkhlll. The Simla, commanded
by the widely known Captain Steele,
has Just reached Adelaide with lumber
from the Sound and will load for the
United Kingdom.
SEA WITCH IS MISSING.
Schooner Left Everett Last Friday
With Seven People Aboard.
EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 1. Nothing
definite has been heard from the miss
ing schooner Sea Witch and party of
seven- at a late hour tonight. Captain
Ramwell, of the American Tugboat
Company, says he saw the Sea Witch at
anchor off Edmonds last Tuesday. It
was reported that the Sea Witch had
been seen at Ballard, but It Is known
she Is not there tonight.
The 30-foot schooner Sea Witch, of
Ballard, left Everett last Friday with
seven passengers on board, expected to
return Saturday. They have not been
heard of In Everett since and it is fear
ed the craft may have gone down in
the storm Saturday night.
Those aboard were Mr. and Mrs. C B.
Pritchard, of 3820 High street, and
their three daughters, Almeda, Emily
and Nettle, school girls; R. Starks, the
oyner of the boat, who makes the craft
his home, and a. man named Spink, a
marine engineer. Millie Pritchard, a
sister of the three girls in the miss
ing party, who works in the Hotel
Colby here, says the trip was under
taken as a pleasure voyage and that
none of the party was prepared to be
away more than a day. They had ex
pected to land in Seattle or Ballard.
It would seem some trace of tho
boat's wreckage would have been dis
covered In case she went down, for sho
expected to keep In tho path of the
Everett-Seattle steamers.
CHINOOK COMES TO PORTLAND
Big Dredge Will Spend Winter Here
Undergoing Repairs.
, The bar dredge Chinook will leave up
from Astoria this morning. She will
remain here all Winter, and during her
enforced Idleness will receive a gen
eral overhauling, while quite extensive
alterations will be made to her. The
most noticeable change will be in her
upper structure, which will be almost
entirely removed. She stands too high
out of the water now and her house,
catching the wind, makes it difficult
to keep her in position while shN? is
operating on the bar in rough weather.
Her boilers will also receive consider
able attention and changes may be
made in some of her machinery.
It is probable that the Cblnpok will
bo put on the drydoclc before she is
taken back to the mouth of the river in
the Spring, though no definite an
nouncement to this effect has been
made. The Port of Portland Commis
sion would like to see tho big steamer
docked, as it would afford the first
thorough test of the drydock. On her
arlval here the Chinook will be moored
at tho "Victoria jdolphlns.
DECLARE HER UNSAFE.
Crew of Victoria Sealer Decline to
Bring Vessel Home.
VICTORIA, B. C Dec. 1. The seal
ing schooner Oscar and Hattle. Captain
de Louchery, Is lying at Hesquolt, on
the west coast of this Island so badly
crippled by the recent storms that her
crew flatly refuses to bring her home.
The Oscar and Hattle was one of those
of the fleet which early In the season
was declared by deep-sea sailors unfit
to bo sent out. She was patched up,
painted, and sent to the stormy waters
of Behrlng. Sea. It was promised that
sho would be returned to the ways for
a secondary overhaul, hut this was
overlooked. The schooner miraculously
escaped serious mishap during the sea
son, but 'on her homeward run was so
badly buffotcd that she was forced to
run for shelter to the nearest port,
Hesquolt.
There a. new makeshift suit of sails
was made up for her by contributions
of others of the fleet, but her crew
declared her hull in such condition that
they declined "to risk the run home
in her. They expected to be brought
home on the last trip of the Queen'
City, but the owners would not ceo it
that way.
1 REDONDO'S QUICK TRIP.
Coaster Makes a Fine Run to San
Francisco.
The steamer Redondo Is keeping up
her good name for quick trips between
Portland and San Francisco, She
crossed out in a rough sea with the
Columbia, the crack liner of the Coast,
Monday afternoon, and the Columbia
arrived at San Francisco late Wednes
day night, while the Redondo arrived
there early yesterday morning-, only a
few hours short of the time of the Co
lumbia. Outside of the regular liners,
the Redondo Is one of the best boats on
the run between hero and San Fran
cisco. Sho will probably leave San
Francisco next Monday for Portland,
and will leave Portland for San Fran
cisco the following Monday.
The Redondo Is a steel steamer built
on tho Great Lakes, and is fitted up
with .all conveniences for passengers,
having accommodations for about 35
in the cabin and 20 in the steerage,
with electric lights throughout. Cap
tain Krog and the officers take a pride
in keeping her clean and nice looking.
Sho does not claim as much speed as
some of the other boats now running,
but she seems to get there just the
same.
EVERETT PARTY MISSING.
Left in a Small Schooner for an Out
ing on the Sound.
EVERETT, Wash., Dec. l.--The 30
foot schooner Sea Witch, of Ballard,
left Everett4 last .Friday with seven
passengers on board. They were ex
pected to return Saturday, but they
have not been heard of in Everett since.
It Is feared the crafc may have gone
down in the storm Saturday night
Those aboard were: Mr. and Mrs. C
B. Pritchard -and their three daughters,
Alceda, Emily and Nettle, schoolgirls,
R. Starks, owner of the boat, who
makes the craft his home, and a man
named Sprlnk, a marine engineer.
Millie Pritchard, a daughter of Mr.
Pritchard, says the trip was undertaken
as a pleasure voyage and none of the
party were prepared to be away more
than a day. They had expected to
landjn Seattle or Ballard. It would
seem some trace of the boat's wreck
age would have been discovered in case
she went down, for she expected to
keep in the path of th& Everett-Seattle
steamers. Friends of the missing
family regard with hope the fact that
no wreckage has been found.
To Dredge Wrangel Strait.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 1. A large
number of business men of Alaska are
forming a huge petition to ask the Gov
ernment to dredge Dry Strait, in Wran
gel Narrows. If such is done, it is
said the distance between Seattle and
Juneau will be shortened 15 miles.
United States Engineer Mills has al
ready figured on the cost of the work,
and estimates that dredging the strait
will require an appropriation of about
52,000.000. This would Include the re
moving of all obstructions from the
channel and the dredging out of all
mud and sandbanks. The strait Is
filled with mud from the Stlckine
River. After dredging It. It would be
necessary to build a bulkhead to keep
the mud back.
Elleric Is in Quarantine.
ASTORIA. Or., Dec. l.-(Special.)-The
British steamship Elleric was taken to
the Federal quarantine station this morn
ing by Pilot Staples, who was released
from quarantine after his clothing had
been thoroughly fumigated. The eteamer
Is being fumigated, the men on board vac
cinated and their personal effects disin
fected. Captain McLeod is still quite 111,
and, while the case Is not fully developed!
there Is every indication that he Is af
flicted with a case' of smallpox.
Storrpy Trip of Jennie Wand.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. The
schooner Jennie Wand, which sailed
from Gray's Harbor 23 days ago with
a cargo of 25,000 feet of lumber, has
arrived here after a stormy trip. Dur
ing a southeast gale off Coos Bay, No
vember 17, she sprang a leak and there
were some seven feet of water in her
hold. The capacity of her pumps was
overtaxed and 100,000 feet of lumber
were thrown overboard to keep the
vessel afloat.
Months Shipping at Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec 1. (Special.) Dur
ing the month of November 21 cargoes of
lumber, aggregating 11.56S.659 feet, were
shipped from the Columbia River, and all
went to domestic ports. Six of the ves
sels cleared from Astoria, and their car
goes amounted to 2,854,767 feet. Besides
the above, 14,201 bundles of box- Bhooks
were shipped from the local mills to San
Francisco.
Custom-House Collections.
The November summary statement of
the Custom-house will show that ?50,
577.05 wero paid In for duties on im
ports in the month. The total receipts
from all sources were $50,873, as com
pared with 561,9 79 In October, and only
523,456 In November last year.
Chinook Coming to Portland.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.) The
dredge Chinook will leave up the river
tomorrow morning for Portland, where
she will be laid up during the Winter.
Marine Notes.
The Ruthwell, flour laden for South
Africa, will leave tomorrow morning.
Inspectors Edwards and Fuller went
to Riparia last night to inspect the
steamer Lewlston.
The Oweenee has moved up to the
Oregon Water Power' Company's dock,
where she will He up for business.
The Langdalo cleared yesterday for
Queenstown for orders with 115,313
bushels of wheat, valued at 596,863.
The schooner Honolulu left down
yesterday bound for Shanghai with
1,116,174 feet of lumber and 103 kegs
of nails of a total value of 511,294.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
San Francisco, Dec. 1. Arrived Steamer
Kllbura, from Astoria and Coos Bay; ashooner
Jennie "Wand, from Gray's Harbor; steamer
Redondo. from Portland. Sailed Steamers
"Westport, for Gray's Harbor; G. C. LJndauer,
for Gray's Harbor; Coronado. for Gray's Har
bor; Areata, for Coos Bay; Umatilla, for Vic
toria; Aberdeen, for Portland; steamer Sonoma,
for Sydney, via Honolulu; French bark Bldart.
for Quecnstoxvn; steamer Camperlco, for Cam
perlco, .via San Diego; British' ship British
Isles, for London.
South Bend, "Wash., Dec. 1. Arrived Steam
er Sequoia, from San Francisco.
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Board of Trade So' Declared
at Annual Meeting,
NEW OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
During the Past Year the Board Has
Scattered Much Literature Rela
tive to Oregon and Portland,
and Done Other Things.
The Portland Board of Trade held Its
annual meeting yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock In the hall at the Chamber ot
Commerce building. Officers for tho year
were elected. President I. B. Hammond,
who has served the board faithfully and
well for the past year, was urged to take
the office another 12 months, but had to
decline, owing to pressure of business.
In the election following, G. W. Allen was
chosen president; Wallls Nash, first vice
president; Paul W. Custer, second vice
president, and B. Leo Paget, treasurer.
The following members of the board were
chosen to compose the executive commit
tee for the coming year: Seneca Smith,
F. E. Beach, J. H. FIsk, A. A. Muck,
Thomas Gulncan, B. S. Pague, C. W.
Nottingham, I. B. "Hammond, Paul de
Haas and W. A. Lee. The president Is
an ex-offlclo member of the board.
A notice of amendment was presented
by which it is proposed to so amend the
bylaws of the board that the vice-presidents
and the treasurer of tho board will
also be ex-offlclo members of the execu
tive committee.
G. W. Allen, B. S. Pague, B. Lee Pa
get and J. D. Lee were appointed as a
special committee to prepare for and
have charge of the annual banquet to
be given by the board at a date In early
January. Tho annual report of the pres
ident will be presented at that banquet.
Yesterday Secretary J. D. Lee read
his annual report to the board, in which
he treated of the work that has been
done by the Board of Trade during the
year that has closed.
Mr. Lee In his report showed that while
the board had started out a year ago with
over 5600 Indebtedness, it now had money
in the treasury and was on a sound foot
ing and ready for Increased and more
useful work.
During the past year the board has
given a great deal of attention to pub
licity and promotion work and has been
instrumental in bringing the state more
prominently before the people of the Mid
dle West than it has been before. Much
literature has been sent out from the
office of the secretary, which is bringing
results dally.
The needs of the city have been care
fully studied by the board and attention
has been given to those things which, in
the estimation of the organization, should
have had attention. The conditions, of the
streets, general Improvements and meth
ods have been a study during the past
year.
The board now has a lecturer traveling
through the Middle West telling of the
advantages of Oregon In general and
Portland in particular, and good results
are being obtained from his work. He
Is also distributing valuable literature
through the territory visited by blm.
. The board has petitioned the Federal
authqritles for better postal service and.
has co-operated with the other commer
cial bodies In asking for favorable legis
lation for Oregon and the West.
During the coming year it is expected
that the usefulness of the board will be
even greater and broader than It has In
the year that has passed.
AFTER CHIEF CAMPBELL.
Reported That 'His Removal Is De
sired by His Opponents.
A warm discussion with possible far
reaching results Is expected at the next
meeting of the Executive Board one week
from today. The discussion will be caused
by the report of the Are committee on
W. Hanson, a captain, who was suspended
pending Investigation of his alleged as
sault upon M. L. Crane, a ward politi
cian of the First Ward.
The committee heard the case a month
ago. Witnesses were produced and much
testimony taken. The report recommend
ed that Hanson be fined 523 and trans
ferred to some company out of the First
Ward. When this report was read In the
Executitve Board there arose a big pro
test. The matter was sent back to the
committee for further investigation.
Additional witnesses have been heard
since then, but the report to be presented
to the Executive "Board favors Hanson
more than did the first. He Is to be al
lowed pay for the time suspended, being
docked merely the amount of the 525
fine. And It Is understood he is to be
given the captaincy of Chemical No. 1,
on Second street, near Oak, a better po
sition than his former.
What the Hanson case amounts to is
that It will be used as a wedge in the
quiet movement to force Chief Campbell
out of the Fire Department.
There are those, politicians and ordi
nary citizens, who have a vision of Chief
Campbell's official head lying In a bas
ket. It Is reported that on the political
slate he Is classed as a dead man.
Even the charter is to be amended to
further the- purpose of Chief Campbell's
opponents. From no less a person than
A FATHER'S EX
PERIENCE Trying to Give His Little Girl Cod
Liver Oil Says He Had Reg
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An Interesting incident was told "by a
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and took it home. We had a regular cir
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Woodard, Clarke &. Co., Druggists.
P. L. Willis, of the Civil Service Com
mission, came a suggestion to the char
ter commission that the chief of the Fire
Department be taken out of civil serv
ice. David Campbell has been certified
by the Civil Service Commission as hold
ing his present position, and no extra
hard examination therefore could be
forced upon him for a long period. But
with the chief of the Fire Department
out of the civil service regulations and
privileges, another man could easllyx bo
appointed by the next Mayor.
SEND MESSAGE TO BRYAN.
Multnomah Democratic Club Holds
Meeting and Passes Resolutions.
A certain William Jennings Bryan will
shortly receive from tho Multnomah
Democratic Club a vote of.condol . No,
that's not It. The message will congratu
late him on "the able and fearless man
ner In which he assisted In the last cam
paign." This Is the language of the mo
tion proposed by Pat Powers at a meeting
of the aforesaid club held last night, and
a committee of three. District Attorney
Manning, Pat Powers and H. W. Parker,
was empowered to draw up a series of
resolutions which will be considered at a
special meeting called for Monday night.
There were 17 Democrats present,- the
chairman being John Lamont.
"This club was organized without any
Isms " stated Pat Powers. "It Is not a
gold or a silver club It Is simply a Demo
cratic club."
It was decided that tho club members
will hereafter meet on the first and third
Wednesdays of each month, Instead of the
first and third Thursdays.
Talked on Cigarettes.
The pupll3 of the Portsmouth School
were addressed yesterday by Wallace R.
Struble on the cigarette evil. An enthusi
astic meeting was also held In the even
ing at the University Church. Mr. Stru
ble will speak to the pupils of the High
School at 2 P. M. today on the. same sub
ject. As has been stated before, Mr.
Struble Is the organizer of tho State Anti
Cigarette League, and it Is their aim to
enlist particularly the aid of all school
children to fight the use of cigarettes.
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