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Jt7 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1906. ATTACKS DEED TO Suit of D. K. Abrams' Guardian to Set Aside Gift Now on Trial. AGED MAN TELLS STORY Testimony Reveals That lie Wm Ex tremely Careless In Management of His Finances Loaned Money at Random, The trial of the suit of George W. Stapleton. guardian of D. K. Abrams, an Incompetent, against the Pacific Univer sity and the Title Guarantee & Trust Company to recover an undivided one half Interest in 90 acres of land adjoining the Portland Flouring Mills, was com menced in 'Judge Cleland's Court yester day. The evidence adduced disclosed that Mr. Abrams had been careless in finan cial matters to an incredible extent, lend ing: money without security, and even mortgaging his own properly to accom modate friends. In January, 1902, he sold the North irvington tract to the Title Guarantee & Trust Company for J3O.0OO. He paid off a mortgage for $3000. invested J4000, gave J1500 to the Congregational Church in hia native town: 1000 to the Highland f'hurch, and $300 to a church on Sauvies Island, and he could not remember what became of the rest of the money. Needed Small Persuasion. Reeardlng the deed to the Pacific Uni versity, which comprises one-half of what is known as the Knox & Abrams tract and is worth probably $50,000. Mr. Abrams testified that Professor Ferrin came to visit him at hl9 home, near Ridgefiold, "Wash., In August, 1903, and asked him 1o donate to the university. He said they were in need of $25,000 for a dormitory. "He introduced himself to me as Pro fessor Ferrin, of Forest Grove," said Mr. Abrams. "I had never seen him before. I did not agree to give him anything that night. The next day after breakfast, he nsked me to go to Ridgefleld. Mr. J. Thorburn Ross came to where Mr. Kerrin was stopping, and we talked about making out the papers. I consented to Rive the property, and the deed was made out to the Title Guarantee & Trust Com pany, and was acknowledged at the gen eral merchandise store of J. W. Black burn." Never Read the Deed. Mr. Abrams said It was a trust deed, but he never read it and never had a copy of it in his possession. "I told them," he continued, "I had no other way of raising the money, except on that property. I knew It was worth $25,000 or more. I never was In Forest Grove or met Professor Ferrin In Portland. I read about the university in the news papers. I never promised any money to the university." Mr. Abrams admitted that Rev.. Mr. Shaver and Dr. Atkinson, of the Con gregational Church, had asked him to assist. It developed that Mr. Abrama , hsd previously given J. A, Hasel L tine a bond covering his interest in fthm Knox & Abrama tract which waa i Intended aa an option to allow Mr. Inseltlue to dispose of the land for $900 per acre, and nine acres were nold. . Mr. Abrams is 76 years old and Is a pioneer resident. He owns an un divided one-half of 1300 acres of land ! in Columbia County and an undivided one-half of 160.) acres near Ridgefield, Wash. He once lived on Sauvies Island. Once a Cattle Baron. Mr. Abrams has conducted large dairy farms and dealt In cattle ex tensively. He has been a life-long Congregatlonalist and is a very mild mannered man and well educated. He said he did not want his partner, A. A. Knox, or Mr. Haseltlne to know of the gift of $25,000 to the university, because It would create a great deal of talk, as he had given so much. J. W. Blackburn, of Ridgefield, who witnessed the deal, testified to an ac quaintance wltn both Mr. Ross and Professor Ferrin. Mr. Ross frequent ly visited Ridgefield. He said they M-eve but a moment In his office. "I bave always considered Mr. Abrama very easily influenced," said the wit ness. "Vie needed some one to attend to his business." Donald McMaster, a lawyer of Van couver, who with 'William M. Cake nppenred as counsel for the guardian, testified that he had occasion to in vestigate Mr. Abrams' affairs and found him very much Involved. Mr. Abrams became surety for other peo ple and borrowed money on his own property and lent it to friends. A Few or His Loans. He loaned S. F. Steelman $6000, Ferdinand Farrell. a banker at Van couver. $5000, and U U Paulson, a lumberman, considerable money. Mr. Farrell. the witness said, wanted to borrow $5000 to buy Vancouver prop erty, and Mr. Abrams was to mort gage his Rldgefleld farm to get it. Mr McMaster said he objected and told Mr. Grldley. who had charge of Mr. Abrams- affairs, but Farrell suc ceeded in getting the money anyhow. Mi. Adams admitted his inability to handle his own affairs and to withstand entreaties for money. His indebtedness amounted to between $40,000 and $50,000. mostly surety obligations for others. For lhe Paulson and Farrell loans there was no security whatever. Makers Sister His Guardian. Mr. McMaster told of consulting In Portland with Mr. Thorburn Ross, with ihe result that Mrs. X. J. A. Simons, a sister of Mr. Abrams, was appointed his guardian In Columbia County in October, 1504. 'The appointment was not made in Multnomah County." said the witness, "because of the Influence J. A. Haselttne ts said to possess over Mr. Abrams. and to avoid publicity. They did not want Mr. Haseltine to know anything about it. Mr. Ross -seemed to think at that time the university deed would stand." The witness further said the Paulson rlaim was settled by Mr. Paulson paying $10,000, Mr. Haieltlne's Testimony. Mr. Haseltine testified that Mr. Abrams had long been associated with him In business and was Interested in the Hasel tine Company, also A. A. Knox, and men sureties on his note in the First National "Rank for o6.000. When A. La. Mill of the bank learned that Abrama waa disposing of all of his property he wanted better security. Mr. Haseltine said Mr. Abrams made a deed in his favor of his undivided half interest In the 1S00 acres In Columbia County, and his other lWO-acre place, and he gave the deeds to the bank.' Mr. Haseltlne holds a claim against Mr. Abrams for $13,000 advanced, which is In the form of a Judgment. The con troversy saema to be between Mr. Hasel SIT tine. the other creditors of Mr. Abrams, and the university. The Title Guarantee & Trust Company claims to have no interest in the mat ter except as trustee, and is willing to surrender the trust at any time. . Milton W. Smith appeared as counsel for the defense, also William A. Munly. The hearing will be concluded today. Mr. Abrama now has three guardians. Mr. Stapleton In Multnomah County. Mr. McMaster at Vancouver, and his sister In Columbia County. Sues Stevedores for $25,000. Carl Amons yesterday commenced suit in the State Circuit Court against Brown & McCabe. stevedores, for $25,000 dam ages for personal injuries sustained on January 10. 190S. while he was engaged with others in loading the ship Totten ham. He avers that a large piece of lumber became detached from the Bling and fell upon him. breaking his leg. and It had to be amputated between the knee and ankle. He alleges that neither he nor the en gineer could see what was going on. be cause of escaping steam from the donkey engine. Claims He Was Buncoed. Charles V. Risley, of Milwaukie, has sued the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, to recover $432. Risley al leges that on July 2. 1904, he delivered . a note to Mark T. Kady. the company's agent in Portland, and made application for a policy of insurance, and withdrew the application before the company's of ficers In New Tork had approved it. Mr. Rialey avers that Mr. Kady sold the note to a bank in Oregon City, and he had to pay it. SMITH'S PARTNER IS SILENT REFUSES TO TEL.Ii WHAT . HE KNOWS OP OUTLAW. Ed McGuire, Now In City Jail, the Only Man Who Could Clear Up the Mystery. Who was Frank Smith, the murderous outlaw? There is only one man in Port land who probably knows and he will not tell. There have been reports In circu lation that he was a son-in-law of a Linn County farmer. This has been disproved. Other reports have "nad It that he was a deserter from Vancouver Barracks, and a deserter from a Georgia regiment sta tioned near Atlanta. The Vancouver Chief of Police says that the photograph of Smith published In yesterday's Ore gonlan Is of a man who looks much like a Frank Smith whom he arrested some time ago on a misdemeanor charge. Ed McGuire, an inmate of the city prison, held on a charge of trying to dispose of stolen goods, is probably the only one in Portland who knows any thing about the dead outlaw's ante cedents. McGuire keeps as mum as an oyster and will not say a word. He Is known to have been a partner of Smith and yet he denies it. He has been kept in close confinement In the city prison for more than a week in an effort to compel him to divulge what he knows about his former partner. He has been "sweated" and coaxed, but all to no pur pose. He stoutly denied that he had ever seen Smith, but asked every day for In formation about the manhunt that was in progress. When notified that Smith had been killed he said nothing. but walked back from the bars of ' his cell and sat down on his bunk with his face In his hands. ' McGuire was arrested the day following the escape of Smith from Jail. He was taken Into custody In a pawnshop, where he was making arrangements to dispose of stolen goods. Smith Not Yet Identified. OREGON CITY, Or., May 2.(SpeciaI.) Coroner Holman will tomorrow inter in the potter's field the remains of Frank Smith, the . desperado. Identification of the dead man has not been made, mem bers of the Smith family residing in Linn County failing to come to Oregon City to view the body and determine if the dead man ,1s that of their supposed rel ative. I. O. Smith, of this city, states that while living in Chicago a few years ago he knew a young man named Frank Smith, whose features closely tally with those of the dead desperado. He believes that the dead man Is none other than his Chicago acquaintance, and to satisfy himself he has written to relatives of his former acquaintance. Smith, In the East. Because of the constant reappearance of curious women and children at the morgue. Coroner Holman this afternoon terminated the further exhibition of the body of Smith, except on personal appli cation of those who had not already seen the body. Eckhert on Way to See Body. ALBANY. Or.. May 2. (Special.) The family of E. ' Bckhert. of Lacomb, Linn County, which has been in deadly fear since the first reports of the actions of Murderer Frank Smith, and fled from their home in the foothills to a place -of safety in the city of Lebanon during the chase after the outlaw, is now experienc ing some relief at the reports that Smith has been killed by the Sheriff's posse. E. Eckert, the head of the family, came to Albany yesterday and this morning left for Oregon City to ascertain if the dead Smith is really the man who married Into the Linn County family. WILL ADVERTISE BONDS St. Johns' Recorder Authorized to Sell Security. City Recorder Thorndyke, of St. Johns, was authorized at the meeting of the Council Tuesday evening to advertise the $10,000 in bonds voted at the April election. These bonds are for the pur pose of erecting a City Hall and run for ten years at 6 per cent. It is ex pected that they can be placed without difficulty, although a former issue for various purposes was refused by buyers. The. new bonds are considered legal and according to the charter. Plans for the City Hall are now being prepared by architects, and will be sub mitted to the Council for selection in a short time. It ts desired to get the building as soon as possible, as the city is greatly hampered for lack of room. In the new building room will be pro vided .for the fire department also. Chicago City Hall Unsafe. CHICAGO, May !. The City Hall was condemned today as dangerous to the health of Its occupants, and Chief Sani tary Inspector Hedrlck said that it should be vacated at once. Several months ago the county building, which adjoined the City Hall on the east side, was torn down to permit the erection of a new structure, and because of this the walls of the City Hall have settled several inches, and much of the plumbing has become disjointed. Office for Wisconsin Man, WASHINGTON. May 2. The President today sent to the Senate the nominations of Henry L. James, of "Wisconsin, to be secretary to the Legation at Santiago, Chile, and of the following "Washington postmasters: Connell, K. Trosel; Everett, J. M. Vernona. COUNCIL CREST LL COME Residents Present a Petition Asking for Annexation to the City. SOLONS GRANT REQUEST Matter Will Be Submitted to Voters of District Municipal Lawmak ers Refuse to Revoke Eschle's License. Council Crest is the latest applicant for annexation. At the meeting of the City Council last night a petition. GUESS WHO J.Jx , ..... . jt- . IP - lev i ANOTHER OF THE STORKS OF HANDSOME YOUNG "LAZrtKS WHOSE PHO TOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN StTBMlTTED IN THE CONTEST FOR THE QUEEN AND MISS COLUMBIA. The gallery of 'the belles of Oregon being collected at the headquarters of the "Made in Oregon" Exposition was further enriched yesterday by the addi tion of 25 portraits of charming aspirants for the honor of the position of either "Miss Columbia" or the Queen of the Floral Float In the manufac turers' parade of May 23. The committee is anxious to hear from more and the contest Is not limited to the young ladles of the City of Portland. The 'Jewels to be worn by the Queen and Columbia -will be strictly Oregon made and the costumes and all the other decorations, etc., are being manufactured here. The jewelry to be worn In the parade represents more than $1000 for the Queen and Columbia. The public is invited to take part in the contest of beauty by indicating Its choice to the secretary, 215 Ore gonian building. signed by 12 out of the 30 qualified voters of the district, was presented, asking that the east half of section 8, township 1 south, range 1 east, Wil lamette meridian, be taken Into the city limits. Council Crest is in the center of the 320-acre tract. The peti tion was granted, and the question of annexation will be submitted to the voters of the district at the coming election. The minority report of the liquor license committee relative to the revo cation of the license of August Eschle. who runs a saloon at 1070 Corbett street, within 40 feet of the block upon which the South Portland Schoolhouse is situated, provoked a lively tilt be tween Councilmen Shepherd and SYNOPSIS OF THE COUNCIL'S PROCEEDINGS. Ordinances passed, lO to 3. granting franchises to Cascade Power Com pany and Mt. Hood Electric Com pany. Mayor may veto both meas ures, in which event 12 votes will be necessary to pass them over his head. Gas franchise applied for by Thomas McCusker, and B. S. Pague and oth ers referred to streets and Judiciary and elections committees. Mayor's vetoes overruled In case of ordinances appointing bailiff for Mu nicipal Court, providing funds there for, and permitting Oregon Traction Company to transfer its franchise to United Railways Company, and sus tained in case of ordinance imposing a quarterly tax of $250 on local mer chants handling trading stamps. Petition of qualified voters asking that the Council Crest district be annexed to Portland, adopted, and question will be submitted to voters of proposed territory at next elec tion. . Minority report of liquor license committee adopted declining to re voke saloon license of August Eschle, 1070 Corbett street, near South Port land schoolhouse. Vaughn. It was signed by the former and Councilman Annand, and recom mended that the license should not be revoked, calling attention to the fact that such action by the Council would prevent the saloon man from having any redress in court. It was claimed also that there was a legal question Involved and that the matter ought to be referred to court for adjudication. On the other hand, the majority re port, signed by Councilmen Masters, Vaughn and Wills, recommended the unconditional revocation of the license. The vote on the adoption of the minor ity report stood: Ayee Annand. Bela Ing, Dunning, Gray, Kellaher, Preston, Sharkey. Shepherd and Wallace, 9. Noes Bennett, Masters, Vaughn and Wills. 4. Several of Mayor Lane's vetoes met the usual fate at the hands of the Council. His disapproval of the two ordinances providing a bailiff for the Municipal Court at a salary of $730 a year and naming James McDonald for the place was frowned upon to the tune of 11 to 1, and the measure granting the Oregon Traction Com pany the privilege of transferring its franchise to the United Railways Company also went sailing over his head. He was successful, however, in securing approval of his action In ve toing the trading stamp ordinance. 7 out of the 13 members present up holding him. Councilman Sharkey introduced an ordinance, which was referred to the wavs and means committee, appropri ating 10,0. for the relief of the San Francisco sufferers. The measure was not taken very seriously by the mem bers, however, as there are no funds available for any such purpose, and besides the Councilmen were agreed that Portland has already done a great deal in that direction. Give Salaries to Charity. Mr. Sharkey consoled himself with securing an order from a number of the Councilmen directing the City Auditor to transfer their salaries of $25 each for May to the general relief committee. . Ordinances were passed making; the appropriation for the repair of the city barn available for the construction of the East Side bam; fixing the amounts to be forfeited by contractors at $5 a dav for Improvement contracts up to $5000, $10 up to $10,000, $15 up to $20, 000, $20 up to $80,300, $25 up to $50, 000, $30 up to $103,000. and $50 a day SHE IS-No. 2 for contracts involving more than $100,000. The Portland Hotel Company pre sented a petition asking for a hard surface pavement on the block on Sixth 9treet between Yamhill and Mor rison. It was referred to the streets committee. The petition of Edward Holman and others for the improvement of Third street, between Main and Hall, by pav ing with bituminous macadam, was granted. Pathetic Petition Granted. One of the most pathetic Incidents of recent proceedings of the Council oc curred near the close, when J. Put Smith, at one time reputed to be worth $250,000, and whose equipages were the admiration of all beholders, was granted a permit to peddle without a license, the articles to be so disposed of not to ex ceed in value the sum of 25 cents each. After this boon had been given him, the recipient of municipal favor walked out of the Council Chamber with head erect and resolute purpose, as if determined to build another fortune upon the founda tions of his new-found commercial enter prise. Bad Investments and unwise specula tion of various kinds are aneged to have been the prime cause of Smith's undoing, although domestic troubles are also said to have had something to do with the dis sipation of his fortune. SPLIT 0VERA PLATFORM Democrats Fail to Agree on Declar ation of Principles. Whether the Democrats shall have a platform, or run upon a plan of getting votes by playing to all classes and fac tions, is the question before the Demo cratic County Central Committee. At a meeting held several days ago a com mittee was appointed to draft a platform of Democratic principles, and the com mittee reported at the meeting last night, but for fear the platform would cost one of the Democratic candidates some votes It was re-referred to the committee with out any instructions. Newton McCoy. J. B. Ryan and C. E. S. Wood were the members of the plat form committee, but it is understood that Mr. Wood drafted the lengthy declaration of principles. His ideas upon the subject of sumptuary laws were the cause of a determined opposition to the platform, resulting in a tie vote, decided by Chair man Georg9 H. Thomas against Mr. Wood. Suspends Giving Away Clothes. SAN FRANCISCO. May J At the re quest of the Red Cross authorities, and In order to facilitate future distribution of clothing, etc. General Greely ordered today that no supplies of this character be issued until next Saturday at noon. Cases of distress will be relieved upon certification by a physiican. St it V is LOOKING FOR MEN Labor Department Created by 0. R. & N. Co. NEED OF SECTION HANDS Large Force Required to Make Re pairs and Changes and Keep Road In 8hape E. B. Coman in Charge. The O. R. & N. has created a labor department and placed E. B. Coman in charge as labor agent. The move was necessitated by the difficulty. In getting men to fill the section gangs of the company, and as much work in repairing 'tracks, laying new ties and straightening the roadbed has beon laid out for the season, the need for labor is urgent. This work is distinct from the building of new lines or rail road construction of any kind, as that work is carried on by contractors who hire their own laborers. All Spring the scarcity of laborers has been keenly felt and predictions have been made that the projected mileage for the Summer of 1906 in the Northwest will be seriously cur tailed because of the lack of common labor to build grades and lay track. Contractors who 'nave undertaken to build new lines in the States of Oregon and Washington have experienced great difficulty in keeping their men and at no point where construction has been started have .the camps been kept full. Efforts to get men have been continuous and only partially successful. So hard put to it have been the contractors building the Port land & Seattle line that the Hill lines granted a very low fare for laborers from St. Paul to Kennewick. With contractors bidding against one another for men. it has been doubly difficult for the railroad su perintendents to keep their section men or to replace them when they quit serv'ce. This work Is not so highly paid as construC.lon work, and laborers have turned to the contract ors building new lines rather than continue working on section gangs. To induce men to become section hands, the O. R. & N. is paying $1.75 a day, the' highest wages ever paid by the company for this work. Outfit cars, where the section men cook and sleep, are provided by the railroad free of charge. Numbers of men are being secured, most of them being gangs of Italians or Greeks, who work together for years. Numbers of Italians came West this year from steel' plants in Illinois and these are taking to section work. Probably 200 section men have been secured within the last ten days by the O. R. & N. Company and sent out to different points along the line where work Is being done In repairing tracks. About ten per cent of this number were refugees from California. "SEEING PORTLAND" CARS USED Observation Specials Are Brought Into Service for Summer. The Portland Railway Company has placed its "Seeing Portland" cars again In service for the Summer. Until the Fall rains come tourists and others who want to get a personal knowledge of Portland and suburbs will be able to see the city from these cars. Two long open observation cars are required for the service, and they will leave Third and Morrison streets dally at :30 and 10 o'clock A. M.. and at 1:30 and 2 o'clock P. M. The trip takes several hours and includes the principal business and resi dence districts of the city. Leaving the starting point the cars go to Mount Tabor, . returning to Second and Morri son over the Morrison-street bridge. Then they go down Second street across the Burnslde bridge and turn north up Union avenue to Holladay avenue, re turning to the West Side over the steel bridge. The cars then travel up Third to Morrison and by way of that street to the fair grounds; thence up Willam ette Heights and by way of Twenty-third street to Portland Heights: thence down Washington to Fifth, and to South Port land over the Fifth-street line; thence back on Fifth street, unloading the sight seers at any point on that street de sired. The trip Is practically the same as has (Established 1879.) " Cur Whlla You Simp." Whooping-Co u g h. Croup, Bronchitis, Coughs, Diphtheria, Catarrh. Confidence can be placed in a rem edy, which for a cjuarter of a century has earned unqualified praise. Restful nights are assured at once. Cresoleae Is m Boon to Asthmatics All Druggists Semd Postal for de scriptive botklct. Cresolene Antiseptic Throat Tablets for the irritated throat, of yonr druggist or from as. 10c. In stamps. The Vapo-Cresoleie Cow 180FaltaSL, N. Y. UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF C QeeWo The Great Chinese At No. 162 lA First St. Cor. Morrison No misleading; statements to th afflicted. I guarantee a complete, safe and laiting- cure Id the quickest poesible time, and at the lowest cost posaible for honest and lucom ful treatment. I cur catarrh, asthma, lung, throat, rheumatism, nervousness, atomaeii. liver, kidner and lost manhood. It KM AI.K 1KOIB1E8 AND ALL FKIVATK DISEASES. ly remedies are harmless, composed of roots, nerbe, duos ana Darks especially se lected and Imported direct by us from the Interior of China. XX IOU ARE AFFTJCTED DON'T DEL1I. DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. If you cannot call, write for symptom fclmnlc and circular. Inclose 4 cents in stamps. CONSULTATION FRKK. The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Co.. first bt.. Cor. Morrison, Portland. Or. Fleam mention this paper. J Doctor been offered by the railway company in former years, except that Riverview cem etery has been left out. Experience showed that more cheerful sights for tourists could be provided than a ceme tery. New Manager Inspects Lines. Guy W. Talbot, the new general man ager of the Hammond lines, who was Brought from Peoria. III., last week by the Huntington. Hammond and Hubbard interests, arrived in Portland vesterdav from his headquarters at Astoria in a special train. He waa accompanied by J. C. Mayo, general freight and passen ger agent of the Astoria & Columbia River and the Corvailts & Eastern, and J. McGuire, superintendent of the two lines. The trip is one of inspection and foi- the purpose of getting acquainted with tne men on the road. The special will leave this morning for Albany, from whence the trip over the Corvallis Eastern will be made. Late this week te party will return to Astoria. Canadians Opposed to Americans. VICTORIA. B. C. May 2. An Ottawa dispatch says the railway committee of the Canadian Senate today reported the Vancouver, New Westminster & Yukon bill for a line to Edmonton and it whs opposed by Senator McMuIlen, on the ground that Americans were promoting the line. Hon. Mr. Templeman, Minister of the Interior, appeared before the committee on behalf of the Government in support of the bill, and said the line was to tap the Alberta wheat fields for the benefit of Vancouver. He said he would be glad if J. J. Hill was behind it, as he was the only man who built railroads in British Columbia without subsidy. WILL PLAN FUTURE WORK Women's Relief Committee to Hold Meeting; This Morning. Mrs. Mary Phelps Montgomery, chair man of the women's relief committee, has called a meeting to be held at the Armory at 10 o'clock this morning. It is hoped that all the ladles of Portland interest ed in the future of the relief work and the disposition of the immense amount of clothing that has been accumu lated will attend the meeting. Dozens of cases of clothing for both men and women were shipped to San Francisco yesterday. Donations of fur niture to the women's relief committee will be most acceptable now. There are many destitute families from San Fran cisco and the committee is aiding them in setting up housekeeping. . Tailor Sued by Local Union. John M. Bendroth, as president of Lo cal No. 74, Journeymen Tailors' Union of America, has sued C. A. Barette, a mer chant tailor, in the State Circuit Court for $1000 damages for unlawfully using the label of the union. An instance spe cified is that he attached the label to a coat sold to M. Lengle on February 25 last. Development "League Meeting. A meeting of the officers of the SI branches of the Or-egon Development League will be held in Portland May 22. 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