THE MORNING OREGONIAN. "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1906.
8
HEflEI LAYS BARE
DETAILS OF PLOT
Tells What the Government
Will Attempt to Prove
in Mays Case.
FLAYS THE DEFENDANTS
Reviews Alleged Conspiracy in Cool
but Merciless Manner In State
ment to Jury Defense Will
Answer Ilim Today.
JTRY IN THE BUE MOUNTAIN
CASE.
Gorg H. Buhl, merchant, ban
on. Linn County.
J. S. Tettyjohn, farmer, Wlllamtna,
Tamhfll County.
Walter A. Gon, tennla champion,
and manager Acme Mill. Portland.
Robert N. Lovelace, farmer, Rainier,
Columbia County.
"William J. Fullam, ahoa dealer.
Garrett W. Versteeg, brlckmaker,
! Portland.
Andrew Vercler, architect, Balem.
Thomai C. Fodley, flortot, Portland.
I J. E. Zelgler, farmer and atock-
t ra!er. Gervats, Marlon County,
t W. M. KapuA. department manager
Portland Gas Co., Portland.
J. Buchner, farmer, Tallman, Linn
County. -.
Hnry A. Chapman, manager Port
land Laundry Co., Portland.
CHALLENGED BY . GOVERN
MENT Not'. Perkins, banker and farmer.
North Yamhill, Yamhill County;
builder. Portland.
CHALLENGED BY DEFENSE
Linn County; Amoa Beach, Constable,
!)Voodburn, Marlon County; William F.
Davidson, farmer and hopgrower, St.
Paul Marlon County,
t EXCUSED FOR CAVSE
f Edward P. Hutch Ins, farmer.
Lofran, Clackamaa County; Gorge H.
Andrews, assistant secretary Arlington
Club. Portland ; George W. Kennedy,
department manager Allen, Gilbert ft
Ramaker Co., Portland; A. L. Miner,
capitalist, St. Johns; Walter Stolz,
confectioner, Salem; John W. Arm
strong, teamster, Klnsal Park. Mult
nomah County, and J. R. Linn, hop
grower, Balem. .
Like a surgeon In clinic, scalpel In.
hand, Francis J. Heney, special assist
ant to the Attorney General of the
I'nlted States, directed and laid bare
every detail of the Blue Mountain re
serve land-fraud case, yesterday after-
"n, for the benefit of a Jury in the
Federal Court. Never before has a
more thorough, painstaking and com
prehensive summing up of the proposed
proof in a complicated criminal prose
cution been heard in Portland.
Ponderous as Is the bulk of testimony
that the Government has amassed
against Franklin Pierce Mays, Wlllard
N. Jones and George Sorenson, who are
now on trial in the United States Dis
trict Court before Judge Hunt for at
tempting one of the most colossal of
the many ambitious get-rlch-qulck
schemes tried on the General Land Of
fice In recent years, Mr. Heney sifted
out the material facta and presented
them to the Jury in his opening state
ment with a facility only to be ex
plained by thorough familiarity with
every detail of the case.
Holds Jurors Spell-Bound.
As the surgeon in clinic ruthlessly
slices through flesh and musole to
reach the seat of the disease, the glit
tering knife carefully avoiding vein
and artery and twitching nerve, while
his class sits with gaze riveted on the
subject strapped to the operating' ta
ble, so did Mr. HeneyB trenchant re
view of . tho Government's charges
against the defendants uncover the
most minute and deeply-burled phases
of the alleged conspiracy for,the ben
efit of the spell-bound men in the
Jury box.
Cool, smiling, perfectly at ease,
speaking with the same bald, matter-of-fact
directness that the surgeon uses
In the clinic, Mr. Heney dissected the
indictment against the three defend
ants, piece by piece, explaining the
meaning ' of every ponderous legal
phrase and reciting in every detail the
testimony by which the Government
expected to prove the truth of Its
charge. The mere fact that the con
spiracy failed would not release the de
fendants, Mr. Heney said. If the Jury
believed that any one of the various
aots of conspiracy alleged had been
committed, that In Itself was sufficient
to Justify a conviction.
Evil Results Far-Reaching.
Trenchant as the surgeon's knife was
the Special Prosecutor's language as he
traced the progress of the conspiracy
from Its first conception, five years ago,
until It had slimed with fraud and perjury
scores of citizens In the humbler walks
of life and brought shame and disgrace
to three of the state's foremost office
holders. Clearly and concisely, each fact In
chronological order, Mr. Heney narrated.
In less than two hours, the substance of
the huge mass of undigested testimony
which it had taken the Government's
special agents and detectives as many
years to gather.
He painted Mays, the Portland lawyer,
capitalist and politician, as the arch con
spirator of the lot, with able lieutenants
In Jones and H A. Smith, whose death
occurred before the scandal came to light.
He pictured Mays, Smith and Jones, with
the aid of Sorenson's expert knowledge
of the school and timber lands of the
state, deliberately making plans whereby
nearly 3.000.000 acres of land were to be
withdrawn from settlement, ignoring even
the homeseekers already living on It, for
no other purpose than that the, little co
terie might secure land scrip valued at
nearly $750,000.
Mays Brings Mitchell In.
He told how. In pursuance of this con
spiracy. Mays brought his political Influ
ence to bear on his personal friend and
fellow-lawyer, United States Senator John
H. Mitchell, and Induced him to enter
into the conspiracy by aiding In drawing
Blnger Hermann, then Commissioner of
the General Land Office, tnto the scheme.
Going a step further, he told how the
Government would prove that both Sena,
tor Mitchell and Commissioner Hermann
were won over, as he bluntly stated, for
a share of the stealings, and induced to
set In motion the machinery of the Gen
eral Land Office to bring about the crea
tion of an Immense forest reserve In a
section of Oregon practically worthless
for timber, for the sole purpose of carry
ing out the scheme to obtain land scrip.
He then told how the Government
would prove that long befor the Presi
dent of the United States had been de
ceived by forged petitions, false reports
of Government agents and the misrepre
sentations' of Commissioner Hermann and
Senator Mitchell, into withdrawing the
Blue Mountain lands from entry. Soren
son secured title to many thousands of
acres of state school lands within the
limits of this proposed forest reserve,
buying fraudulent filings and assignments
at wholesale by going about among sa
loon loungers and water-front loafers In
this city to bribe and suborn perjury.
Purpose of the Fraud.
He told me how these fraudulent en
tries were procured to be mado with full
knowledge of the proposed creation of
the forest reserve, with the Intention, af
ter Its creation, of turning every acre of
the fraudulently purchased school land
over to the Government under the lieu
land acts and procuring In Its stead cer
tificates entitling the conspirators to en
ter, acre for acre, lands of whatever
character, In any other part of the state,
open to settlement.
Mr. Heney rapidly summed up tho lieu
land laws undur which this enormous
steal was alleged to have been planned,
and pointed out the fact that, in order
to secure these huge tracts of school
land. Mays, Jones, Smith -and Sorenson
were obliged to risk In cash but 25 cents
an acre, the law making It possible for
them to defer paying the balance of $1
per acre due the state until such time as
the forest reserve would be created. Im
mediately after which every acre of
school land within the reserve would be
come worth $5 or $6 an acre for its sur
render value under the lleu-land acts.
Comments on Land Laws.
In this connection Mr. Heney comment
ed caustically on the Federal land laws,
broadly Intimating that by something
that appeared to smack of mere accident
they had been changed and amended to
make possible the wholesale theft of big
slices of the public domain by any rogue
with money to back him.
He dwelt on the fact that the original
lieu-land act of 1S91, allowing any state
in which Federal reserves of any charac
ter might bo created, to select in lieu of
school lands embraced In such reserves
unappropriated lands in any other part of
the state, preceded by but three days the
passage of the forest reserve act, while
the great boom In timber lands, which
led to the land frauds In Oregon and
other Western States, followed the
amendment of the lieu-land act In such
a manner that the right to select lands
In lieu of lands embraced within a Fed
eral reserve was extended to Individuals.
This amendment was made In 1S97, and
made It possible, as Mr. Heney pointed
out, for speculators to buy school lands
for the prevailing price of $1.25 an acre,
and then, by exerting corrupt political In
fluence and bringing about the creation
of a forest reserve, obtain the privilege
of selecting lands anywhere in the state
In lieu of the school lands bought at a
nominal figure.
Facts That Corroborate.
As he went along, Mr. Heney diverged
from the main narrative from time to
time to state minor facts that the Gov
ernment would prove to corroborate the
conspiracy charge, using as witnesses
many of the men who were active partici
pants in the frauds as paid agents of the
main conspirators.
Especially dramatic was his description
of the meeting between Senator Mitchell
and a delegation of his constituents from
Malheur and Harney Counties, where
most of the reserve lands lay, who came
to protest against the. creation of the re
serve. At this time Senator Mitchell, de
spite the fact that many letters and tele
grams had passed between himself and
Mays and Hermann with regard to the
part he was to take and had taken la
securing the creation of the reserve, bold
ly assured the delegation that he had
done nothing personally to bring about
the establishment of the reserve, and
would do what he could to block It, al
though he feared, inasmuch as it was a
pet scheme of President Roosevelt's that
he would .be unable to prevent the Presi
dent from carrying It out. :v
Mr. Heney's Little Joke.
"We would hardly like to bring the
President of the United States out here
to testify as a witness In this case," de
clared Mr. Heney with that smile that
bids fair to make him famous, "but the
fact was that he did not know a thing
about' the Blue Mountain forest reserve
at this time, and, though we can't prove
It by his testimony, I have no doubt, that
we shall be able to show It to your entire
satisfaction before we are through with
thla case."
Last Juror Is Secured.
The last Juror necessary to complete
the panel was secured at 3:15 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Immediately
after the Jury had been secured. Judge
Hunt announced that thla would be
the last case he would try prior to his
departure for Butte, Mont., to be pres
ent September 20 at his daughter's
marriage, and in view of the inter
vening period, the present venire of
trial jurors was excused for the term.
In all probability the trial of the land,
fraud cases will be resumed about Oc
tober 1. at which time Mr. Heney will
also be on hand, prepared to conduct
the prosecution.
At 9:30 this morning William D. Fen
ton, who is regarded as the chief coun
sel for the defense, will begin his open
ing statement to the Jury. Mr. Fenton
declared last night that he proposed
to go fully into every feature of the
situation, and would In all likelihood
occupy at least an hour. In the pre
sentation. Mr.' Heney's Opening Oun. ,
Following Is a summary of Mr. He
ney's opening statement:
"We expect to prove that the defend
ants In this case were implicated in a
conspiracy whereby they obtained from
20,000 to 30,000 acres of school lands
from the state by fraud. These sec
tions were In the proposed boundaries
of the Blue Mountain forest reserve,
and these defendants wanted to get
the reserve created. The vacant school
lands In the area amounted to about
200,000 acres, and it is only necessary
for the prosecution to prove to the
satisfaction of the Jury that the de
fendants entered Into the scheme, and
that they performed some one of cer
tain overt act3 In furtherance of this
scheme, and when this Is done It is
your duty to find them guilty.
"The school land laws of this state
authorize any person over the age of
21 years to make application for 320
acres of either the 16th or 36th sections
In every township for his own use and
benefit, and for the use and benefit of
no other person or persons whomso
ever. He is privileged to pay 25 cents
an acre down, with interest on the de
ferred payments, or he may pay the
whole $1.25 an acre down at any time.
We propose to show that it was the
scheme to pay 25 cents an acre down
and get certificates of purchase for
the lands, which were always Issued in
the name of the applicant.
Certificates AVere Assignable.
"These certificates of purchase were
assignable, and under this system one
person could hold as much land as he
was able to pay for, but he could not
cause men to make affidavit that they
were taking them up for their own use
and benefit, when, as a matter of fact,
they had an agreement to transfer the
title at the time of filing.
"As early as 1900, Defendant Jones
commenced to get school lands In the
area of country that was afterwards
turned Into this reserve. We will also
show that a man named Kellaher, who
Is living In Chicago, commenced buy
ing school lands there for speculative
purposes, with the idea always in view
of getting lands that were well tim
bered; also that Defendant Jones com
menced doing the-same thing and con
tinued making these locations through
1901, before there was any talk of a
Blue Mountain forest reserve.
"We will show that Defendant Mays has
a ranch over In Tvgh Valley, Wasco Coun
ty, and that early In 1901, Mays and
George Sorenson had an addition put on
the Cascade forest reserve through Sena
tor Mitchell created July 1, 1901 and that
Mays and Sorenson acquired title to all
the' vacant school lands In this addition.
It proved so successful and profitable that
Immediately they conceived the scheme of
creating a much larger reserve, and that
George Sorenson went around various
North End saloons and other resorts and
secured many signatures to applications
In blank for 60 cents apiece, and that
afterwords he would take these applica
tions to Salem and file them on school
lands, after first having filled in the de
scriptions and had the signatures attest
ed before Notary Fitzgerald.
Brings In Dead Man.
"We expect to prove that a man named
H. A. Smith (since dead) took a blue-print
exhibiting the boundaries of the proposed
reserve and went up to Vale, where he
was met at the railroad station by a
man named H. A. King, County Clerk of
Morrow County, and that Smith told the
latter he would like to see him the first
time he came to Portland, and wanted
him to meet Pierce Mays then. About
August, 1901, King came down here and
met Mays, and was again here In October
of that year, and had a talk with Smith,
who took him up In Mays' office and
there unfolded a scheme whereby King
was to receive $4 a day and all his ex
penses, besides a quarter-section of land.
If he would circulate a petition asking
for the creation of the Blue Mountain
forest reserve.
"Later, in December, 1901, Mays wrote
King that he was going to send Forest
Supervisor Salmon B. Ormsby up there
for the purpose of examining and report
ing on the reserve, and for King to meet
n with a buggy and show him around.
We expect also to show that the petitions
asking for the establlsnment of the re
serve were drawn up in Mays' office and
written on his typewriter, and sent to
King, who employed a barkeeper of Vale
named G. J. Pollock to go out and cir
culate the petition, and that quite a num
ber of the names thereon were signed fic
titiously by this man.
Senator Mitchell's Part. .
"The Governent expects to show further
that Senator Mitchell expedited the new
reserve before the Commissionr of the
General Land Offloe and Secretary of the
Interior, and kept continually writing to
Mays, telling him what he had done with
respeet to this. On the strength of these
petitions and representations, Commis
sioner Hermann, on March 19,' 1902, in
structed Ormsby to examine the land and
report upon the advisability of creating
the reserve.
"On March 3, 1891, an act of Congress
went into efTect that the State of Oregon
had the right to select lands outside of
forest reserves In lieu of school lands
within their boundaries, and June 4, 1897,
what Is commonly called the forest re
serve lieu land act went into effect, where
by an Individual was permitted to ex
change any tract of land owned by him
within the confines of a reserve for any
vacant Government land on the outside.
"When Ormsby got instructions to ex
amine the territory embraced in the pro
posed Blue Mountain forest reserve, he
wrote King, asking him what would be a
good time to come, and we propose to
show that Mays also wrote the same
thing to King. The Government expects
to prove that on April 14. 1902, Ormsby
went to Mays' office and Mays told him
that himself and H. A. Smith were In
terested In the formation of the reserve
and that Smith would accompany Ormsby.
"'Ormsby GIU His Bit."
"Ormsby returned from this trip May
24, 1902, reporting to Mays, and finding
the latter and Wlllard N. Jones in con
sultation. After Ormsby had informed
them what had been done. Mays said to
Jones: .'I think Captain Ormsby ought
to have a couple of school sections him
self." Ormsby edged toward the door,
and was followed outside by Mays, where
upon Ormsby told Mays he did not want
to talk before Jones, who was a stranger
to him, and- referred them to a personal
friend named LaForce, and the latter
went to Mays' office and got an envelope
containing the deeds to two sections of
land, which were to be held in escrow
until the reserve was established."
Mr, Heney then went on and described
how Dan W. Tarpley and Horace G. Mc
Kinley had filed on 17,600 acres of school
lands within the limits of the proposed
reserve, and how Mays sent for Tarpley,
telling him that they were "butting in"
on the reserve, and that unless they gave
up one-half of what they had located to
Mays, he would have their lands "check
erboarded." The lawyer explained the
meaning of this phrase by Stating that
when the 9an Francisco mountain forest
reserve was created in Arizona the Gov
ernment "checkerboarded" the lands of
the Santa Fe Railway Company by having
only the even-numbered sections of each
township embraced in the reserve, exclud
ing the odd-numbered sections, which
were within the railroad company's
grant.
. 'Confederates in Washington.
"After Tarpley had consulted with Mc
Kinley on the subject," continued Heney,
"they offered Mays 60 cents an acre on
the 17,600 acres located by them, where
upon Mays- responded: "Why, that
wouldn't pay for the two fellows we have
In Washington.' Tarpley and McKlnley
thereupon went up and made an examina
tion of the tracts they had located In the
proposed reserve, and ascertained that It
was impossible for Mays to checkerboard
their holdings without Impairing his own.
'and as soon as they had found this out,
they refused to pay Mays a cent.
"We expect to fhow also that when
Ormsby examined the exterior bounds of
the proposed reserve, some settlers resid
ing in a valley along a stream requested
him to exclude their places from the
operations of the reserve, and that he
had promised to do so; but when he re
turned to Portland and told Jones what
he had done, the latter went at once to
Mays with the Information, and as they
held some school sections In that neigh
bohood, they ordered Ormsby to leave the
settlers In the reserve. This he declined
to do, sending back word to Mays that
he would not do such a thing for him or
anybody else.
Lays It Onto Roosevelt.
"It will be shown that John L. Rand,
Charles A. Johns, who was a candidate
for Governor at the recent Republican
primaries, and other leading citizens came
down here to see Senator Mitchell when
he was out here on his vacation about
that time, for the purpose of protesting
against the creation of the reseve, and
that as soon as they telephoned to Mitch
ell that they were coming, the Senator
Immediately held a consultation with
Mays about It, so that when the delega
tion from the settlers reached here they
were met by the assertion from Mitchell
that he did not have anything to do with
forming the reserve, but that President
Roosevelt was unalterably wedded to the
forestry policy and could not be swerved
In his determination."
Heney declared that It was not their In
tention to call President Roosevelt as a
witness In this case, but that they would
be able to show that Senator Mitchell
was familiar with every phase of the sit
uation In connection with the efforts to
create the reserve, and that President
Roosevelt had nothing whatever to do
with it.
In conclusion, Mr. Heney figured that
the state school fund of Oregon was fully
J500.000 loser by the Illegal efforts of the
defendants In the case to further their
conspiracy.
Not the least interesting feature of the
proceedings yesterday was Mr. Heney's
statement of the Government's reasons
for allowing a separate trial In the case
of Dinger Hermann and granting an In
definite postponement In the case of ex
Congressman J. N. Williamson, both of
whom are alleged to have been Involved
in th Blue Mountain conspiracy case.
In the case of Hermann, Mr- Heney
said, he had been forced to grant Her-,
mann's demnnd for a trial of the criminal
charge brought against him at Washing
ton, D. C, before the trial of the Blue
Mountain case In Oregon, In order to pre
vent Hermann from opposing a continu
ance of the case In Washington made
necessary by the destruction of San Fran
cisco, Mr. Heney's home city, by an
earthquake.
One Conviction Enough.
In tho case of Mr. Williamson, Mr.
Heney said that there were several mi
nor reasons, but the main one was that
In another case Williamson had been
-tried and found guilty of timber land
frauds. From this conviction he had ap
pealed. "It has always been my policy In such
matters as these," Mr. Heney continued,
"to conduct the prosecution not so much
for the purpose of punishing the Indi
vidual as for Its deterrent effect on oth
ers, especially persons in positions of
trust. Especially in the case of a high
official, such as Mr. Williamson was, the
deterrent effect resulting from a single
conviction .Is just as great as It would be
from a hundred: the spectacle of the law
vindicated is what the Government aims
at.
"I am not here to persecute anyfiody.
For that reason, were Senator Mitch
ell living now I would grant a
severance as to him In the case
now on trial. I would not drag that
poor, feeble old man Into this court
again, for the deteTrent effect of his con
viction was entirely sufficient.
Hermann Xot to Escape.
"I do not wish you to misunderstand
me and think that I mean that Mr. Her
mann Js not to be tried. Just as soon as
the case against him In Washington Is
tried I shall ask that he be tried In this
court for tb,e conspiracy alleged agalruft
him In this case. In the meantime. If
Mr. Williamson's case should by any
chance be decided in his favor on appeal,
I shall proceed to try him for this con
spiracy. Very possibly I should try him
and Mr. Hermann together.
"It Is for these reasons that In outlin
ing the evidence In these cases I have
purposely omitted much that reflect
strongly on Williamson and Hermann,
who are not now on trial."
At the request of Mr. Fenton, Mr.
Heney informed- the Jury that the crime
with which Hermann is" charged In Wash
ington, D. C, Is the destruction of Gov
ernment records, namely, 38 letter-press
copybooks containing official correspond
ence of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office.
Hermann Admits Crime.
Hermann, he said, had admitted In open
court In Washington that he had" the
books destroyed by a clerk In the Gen
eral Land Office when he was forced to
resign in the Spring of 1901. The books
were the ones which contained the Com
mlssloners' letters in answer to Oregon
correspondence, and many of them he
claimed to be personal, which fact he
pleaded In justification of his offensive
action."
TAX GITY FOR CONCERTS
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY ATJDI
'EXCE AT HAWTHORNE PARK.
Municipality Asked to Provide the
Funds to Make Park Band
Permanent Institution.
The Park Band discoursed cweet music
at Hawthorne Park last night. It was
the musicians' farewell to the park for
this year, and they played to the larpes
crowd that has ever greeted them there,
fully 3000 people being present.
Charles L. Brown directed the concert.
The Park Band will play at the City
Park tonight, at Holladay Park tomorrow
night, at Chapman Square Friday night,
and close the season at the City Park
Sunday afternoon.
During the Intermission at last night's
concert Professor R. R. Steele, of the
public schools, took the platform and. ad
dressed the audience on the benefits of
the concerts, and the necessity of mak
ing them a permanent feature of the city
life. He offered the following resolutions,
which were adopted unanimously:
Resolved, That we, the citizens of the Bast
Side, who have attended these delightful band
concert given the past few weeks In Haw
thorne Park, hereby extend to the leaders
and members of said band our hearty thanks
for the same.
Because of the refining Influences of these
musical treats upon all classes of our peo
ple who have gathered In Increasing numbers,
we respectfully ask the Exeoutitve Board and
Common Council to provide In future for
imllar entertainments by public tax.
Aa Hawthorne Park, with its beautiful
grounds and shade, occupies a position In the
midst of a dense population, devoid of any
other park privileges, affording as It does the
only place for these concerts with other forms
of social and family recreation, we 3000 per
eons present, and represented by a due pro
portion of taxpayers, respectfully and earnest
ly pray the said honorable City Board to adopt
such measures as may be necessary to se
cure permanently the said Hawthorne Park
as a place of public resort. "
The Municipal Band will play at the
City Park tonight, commencing at 7:45.
The - following programme will be ren
dered under direction of Signor De Caprio:
March, "Triumphant America"
Von der Mehden
Overture. "Siege of RooheMe" Balfe
Porto Riean Vance, "Roslta" Mlssud
Selection from "The Fortune Teller" ....
Herbert
"Reminiscences of Scotland Godfrey
Intermission.
Grand Fantasia from "Carmen" Bizet
Waits, "Jolly Fellows" Votlstedt
"Senegamblan Patrol" Rosey
Hungarian Mazurka, "La Czlgane" . . .Ganne
"Give the Countersign" Scouton
A. De Caprio, Director.
ORPHANS AT THE CIRCUS
Youngsters From the Home Special
Guests of Mr. Rlngllng.
Forty-five boys and girls were distinctly
Joyous yesterday.
Very many more were at the big circus
yesterday afternoon, but not as the spe
cial guests of Henry Rlngllng. manager
and part owner of Forenaugh & Sells
.Bros.' show.
The 45 are orphans within the shelter
of the Children's Home. They don't often
get to go to shows most of them had
never seen a circus but this time their
cup of pleasure was brimmin.
President Fuller, of the street car com
pany, let them have a car, and they came
in a body. Marching two by two, with
the matron of the Home, Mrs. Ella
Stearns, at their head, and officered by
uniformed nurses, they made a pretty lit
tle procession, for they were neatly
dressed and clean and bright-eyed and un
mistakably happy.
A section right In the center of the
reserved seats was their viewpoint of the
performance, after they had Inventoried
the zoological features. Then Jay Rial,
lord. high chamberlain of the canvas city,
treated them first to a bag of peanuts
each, and afterward to lemonade, and
made them understand that they were
the show's favorite guests.
It was a red-letter day.
schedi'm: of steamer t. j. potter"
The T. J. Potter leaves Ash-street dock
for North Bend, touching at Astoria, as
follows:
August 23. 7 A. M.: August 23. 9:39 A. M. ;
August 2S. 9:30 A. M. ; August 30, 11 A. M.;.
September 1, 12:01 P. M.
From Ilwaco: August 24, 12:30 P. M. ;
August 26, 6 P. M. : August 29. 8 A. M. :
Ausiist 31. 8 A. M.; September 2. 9 A. M.
Tickets at Third and Washington
streets and at Ash-street dock. Meal9
may be secured on the boat.
BRUIN HAS 1!S
EYE ON HAHTMJUI
Captain of Detectives Investi
gates Charge That Sleuth
Accepted $10 Fee.
JAEGER BROTHERS PAID
Portland Detective Denies Report
That He Worked on Divorce Case,
but Admits That His AVlfo
Shadowed Mrs. Miller.
Captain Bruin has been making a quiet
Investigation for the last few days of the
rumors that Detective Lou Hartman had
obtained J10 from Jaeger Bros., the Jewel
ers on Morrison street, whose store was
entered and robbed some time ago, and
on which case Detective Hartman has
been working without success since the
robbery. Another rumor which Is being
Investigated by the captain of detectives
in regard to Hartman alleges that the
latter, together with his wife, who also
professes to be a skilled detective, worked
on an outside case in the time that Hart
man should have been working for the
city. .
When the jewelry store of Jaeger Bros.
was broken Into on the night of June 24,
the burglars took away near 12000 worth
of merchandise and left no clew to their
Identity. Detective Hartman was detailed
on the case, and for a time a well-known
character, an ex-convlct, was strongly
suspected of the robbery. It was said
that this man, who had previously served
long sentence for burglary, was seen
around the store several times, but as no
evidence could be found against him, he
was not molested. After this, jJetectlve
Hartman worked on several theories, but
up to the present day, nearly two months
since the robbery, one of the boldest In
Portland's history, not a cent of the stoleji
articles was recoverea, ana .tne gunvy
culprits have not been brought to justice.
Got $10 From Jaeger Bros.
It Is alleged that Detective Hartman
approached Jaeger Bros, a short time ago
and obtained from them $10. One of the
brothers made a formal complaint of this
to Chief Grltzmacher less than two weeks
ago, and Captain Bruin is now Investigat
ing the accusation against Hartman. Al
though neither of the Jaeger brothers
would talk on the subject, they admitted
that a complaint has been made to the
Chief of Police. They declined to say
anything until further developments.
Neither Acting Chief Grltzmacher nor
Captain Bruin wish to speak about this
matter at present, but Captain Bruin ad
mitted yesterday that he la Investigat
ing the "charges. From Captain Bruin's
guarded statements it would seem that
Hartman obtained this money from Jae
ger Bros, to defray his expenses to As
toria, where he thought he could recover
some-of the stolen articles. Whether Hart
man ever went away or whether he did
not are facts that could not be estab
lished. But In either case the question
of th ethics of the Police Department
arises as to whether a detective in the
service of the city has a right to accept
money in any shape from a person for
whom the Police Department Is working,
or whether a detective can leave the city
on a still-hunt of this description.
It is also rumored that Detective Hart
man and his wife were engaged by Dell
M. Miller, a superintendent of a logging
camp near Columbia City, a little over a
month ago, to shadow his wife, who lives
In ft fashionable boarding-house on Alder
street, in order to be able to obtain a
divorce from her.
Mrs. Hartman Also a Sleuth.
The fact that Hartman's wife has been
doing detective -work has been an estab
lished fact for some time. It Is alleged
that Miller engaged both Hartman and
his wife to work on this case and on July
7 the two sleuths moved Into the same
boardlns-house where Mrs. Miller resides
and Insisted on obtaining seats at the
dining table near Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Hart
man endeavored many times to become
very friendly with Mrs. Miller, and on
several occasions suggested that Mrs. Mil
ler accompany her to the theater or even
ing parties.
From the crude manner In which the
woman Sherlock Holmes began her oper
ations, the fact was Immediately recog
nized that Mrs. Hartman was a detective
and that she had not suddenly changed
her apartments for the Improvement in
the board. From the attachment she
seemed to form for Mrs. Miller, and from
the number of remarks that she made at
the dlning-table Mrs. Miller was not alone
In deciding mat she was being watched
by the detectives.
And there is nothing strange in the fact
that both Mr. and Mrs. Hartman could
not conceal their Identity very long. Mr.
Hartman would amuse the entire table
Residence -
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POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
I take pleasure in saying that the service given us by the
Citizens1 Telephone Co. since the installation of the Automatic,
equipment is far superior to any ever had.
We get no complaints from customers because our 'phones are
not answered when they call, as our bell rings, whereas under
the old system the ladies, after asking "what number," neglected
to ring after making the connections.. We feel that we can dis
pose of three messages by telephone now in the time formerly
consumed in disposing of one. It certainly is wonderful, and the
"hello" girls must go. IV S. GOULD
Arrange to "Hitch Your House to a Home" When the Solicitor Calls.
THE HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY, General Office, Park and Burnside
every evening with his vivid descriptions
of his performances, the manner of his
disguises and latest developments of the
pases on which he was working. This fact
was corroborated yesterday by the other
people who sat at the same table with
the Hartman, s and when the latter left
In the early part of this month their un-detective-like
gossip was the talk of the
guests of me house.
On several occasions one of the couple
would be absent from the table, but when
Mrs. aHrtman was absent her loyal
spouse was there to take her place, and
vice yersa. Although Mrs. Miller cannot
state definitely that both of the Hart
mans were working on the case, yet, from
the dogged manner in which, they seemed
to shadow her, she thinks both of them
were working on the same case. At one
time. Mrs. Miller alleges. Mrs. Hartman
Intimated to her that a sum of money
would "set things right." The offer was
not made openly, Mrs. Miller says, but
the Idea conveyed to her was to that
effect. In the .early part of August tho
Hartmans left, and since that time Mrs.
Miller says she has not seen them.
The divore proceedings between Mr. and
Mrs. filler are at a standstill, and Mrs.
Miller does not know whether the de
tectives are still engaged on the case or
not.
Hartman Makes Denial.
Lou Hartman, ex-offlclo detective of the
Imperial Hotel, and one of the detective
stars on the Portland police force, denies
all connection with the Miller affair, and
says that he does not know anything
about It. He admits, however, that Mil
ler approached htm about a montfy ago
and that he referred him to his wife, who
took charge of the case.
A short time after Bruin was appointed
captain of detectives he suggested that a
woman- detective be appointed on the
force, and at that time It was an open
secret that Mrs. Hartman was slated for
the Job. The suggestion foil through at
the time, and Mrs. Hartman has been
obliged to exorcise her versatile talents
on private cases, principally dealing with
divorces..
ST. JOHNS COUNCIL MEETS
City Engineer Goodrich Makes De
mand for His Commission.
City Engineer Goodrich sent in a letter
at the meeting of the St. Johns Council,
last night, making a demand .for his 5
per cent commission on the cost of Im
provement of streets that had been ac
cepted. He announced that he would not
pay for the advertising out of the S per
cent, and declared that the city would
have to settle with the official organ out
of some other fund. The 5 per cent, he
said, would not cover his bill and that for
advertising. The S per cent to which the
City Engineer is entitled had been held
up because he had refused to pay for the
advertising. City Engineer Goodrich was
not present, and the matter went over
until the next meeting.
G. M. Hall, City Treasurer, who had
been absent from the city, was present
at the meeting with a big stick In pickle
for Recorder Thorndyke. He said that it
iad come to his knowledge that the Re
corder had been making a practice of
drawing up warrants and paying them
without his knowledge. Mr. Hall object
ed to this being done. Recorder Thorn
dyke said 'that he had paid warrants as
a matter of accommodation to citizens,
and that he had accepted money on taxes
for the same reason. Recorder Thorn-
dyke showed his vouchers and receipts
for all money that had been collected
and paid out. City Treasurer Hall said
that this money had not passed through
his hands, although he Is responsible for
this money and Is under 910.000 bond for
a correct accounting. Mayor Valentine
Instructed the Recorder not to receive
money outside the Municipal Court, and
hereafter all city funds will go to the
City Treasurer.
"KIT" CARSON BIDDEN OFFICIAL
FAREWELL BY RAILROAD ROW
Denizens of Offices. Headed by Little German Band, Surprise
Retiring Agent of Rock Island.
RAILROAD row put in a busy half
hour at .the close of business yes
terday in tendering "Kit" Carson
an official farewell. The little German
band was hired and the departing pas
senger agent was given such a sendoff
as will be long remembered. Mr. Carson
leaves this morning for Seattle, where
he will become traveling passenger
agent for the Rock Island, giving up
his position of city passenger agent
for the same, road In Portland.
Fromptly at 5:33 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the entire population of the
Third-street railroad offices lined up at
Third and Washington streets and,
headed by the little German band,
marched to the Rock Island office at
Third and Alder streets, where the un
suspecting "Kit" was making a dinner
engagement over the telephone. The
musicians marched Into the offce fol
lowed by the mob of railroaders.
"Everybody Works but Father," was
the first number, but this was fol
lowed In rapid succession by the band's
entire repertoire.
John Thanum took advantage of the
"Girl-less Central"
Cities in the United States
Automatic (Sir? Never Tires, mfi
Instantaneous Jri Gossips, Visits 3s
Unlimited jftllp or Listens ife ( ) )
Individual vfiiilnM Rates Jlrx
Service vQ1t Reasonable
LOW RATES WEST
Great Demand for Labor All
Along the Coast.
HARVESTERS MUCH NEEDED
Lumbering Industry and Building
Trades Call for Men, While
Great Inducements Are Made
Colonists In Three States.
riAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 21. Paenger
and Traffic Manager Fee, of the Southern
Pacific Company, announces that In view
of the great demand In California for
labor to care for tho crops and other
work that is offering, that company has
docided to put Into effect low rates from
all points East, effective Monday, the
27th Inst. These rates will be one-way
rates.
From Chicago the fare will be $31, from
St. Louis $31, from Omaha aud Kansas
City $20, from New Orleans $31, from
points in Indian Territory, Kansas and
Nebraska $25, from New York $50, and
corresponding rates from other points.
They will remain in effect until the end
of October.
There never was such a demand for la
bor in the history of California. Thirty
thousand men, women and children are
needed to gather the Immense crops of
hops, gfapeu, prunes and other fruits and
sugar beets. The men in the lumber In
dustry can employ twice the present
number In the pine forests of the Siena
Nevada and the redwood forests of the
Coast Range. The railroad companies
want 16,000 for railway construction, for
at least a year's work.
In the rebuilding of San Francisco,
thousands of carpenters, bricklajers,
plumbers, and In fact all classes of skilled
labor are badly needed. This number
will Increase as fast as the architects and
ground-owners can get plans ready for
the steel-framo buildings that are golni?
up, over 1050 of which have already been
planned.
The rates will apply to points all over
California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico
and Oregon.
The employers of labor will not have
a clear field In securing the services of
people coming west. More colonization
projects, with land under Irrigation, have
become active since the San Francisco
fire than during any previous Summer in
the hiBtory of California, and these are
all reaching out vigorously for settlers.
Government reclamation work around
Truckee, Nev., at Klamath, Or., and at
Yuma, Ariz., Is attracting much Interest
from colonists.
The Southern Paciflo also announces
that it will at once establish tourist ex
cursions In through cars from all Impor
tant points west of Chicago to California,
running them daily, for the benefit of
people taking advantage of low rates.
Rates Announced at Chicago. ,
CHICAGO, Aug. 21. The Southern Pa
cific and Union Paciflo Railroads and t"helr
connections, and the Santa Fe System
today announced colonist rates to Cali
fornia points, one way, of $:i3 from Chi
cago, 30 from St, Louis and New Orleans
and $25 from Missouri River points. The
rates will be effective August 11 to Octo
ber 31.
first lull In the music to get the atten
tion of the retiring passenger agent
and presented him with a miniature
grip on which was written "Kit Car
son, Portland, 18S4." This was the date
of M Carson's advent Into local rail
road circles. While the recipient was
trying to express his disgust at the
whole proceeding, M. J. Roche execut
ed a flank movement and made a sec
ond presentation speech at the conclu
sion of which he handed Mr. Carson an
uncouth gunny sack. This was found
to contain a handsome alligator-skin
valise.
"Kit" Carson mounted a desk, from
which he expressed nla thanks for the
remembrance and told of his regret at
lea-lng Portland. At the same time he
avowed his Intention of throttling the
man who hired the band. Another num
ber by the musicians followed, during
which Mr. Carson tried to sell the
leader a ticket, and the railroad bunch
left after bidding Mr. Carson good-bye.
The unique farewell given one of Port
land's oldest railroad agents In point
of service attracted a great deal of
attention and people crowded the street
In front of the Rock Island office.
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