Morning Oregonian., August 30, 1906, Page 10, Image 10

Tni MOHNIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 190G.
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OHWISBY
STANDS
6! ONE FRIEND
Refuses to Implicate Binger
Hermann in Mays Con
spiracy Case.
PLACED ON HENEY'S GRILL
Government Prosecutor Shatters
ged Witness' Reputation for
Veracity but Falls to Bring
Him to Time.
Immolated on the altar of his friendship
for Binger Hermann, ex-Commissioner of
the General Land. Office at Washington,
Captain S. B. Ormsby, who was forest
superintendent for Oregon during Mr.
Hermann's Incumbency, yesterday played
the part of the sacrificial victim during
the trial of the Blue Mountain reserve
conspiracy case In the United States Dis
trict Court.
Volubly protesting that he had lived up
to his oath as a witness for the Govern
ment and had told the whole truth con
cerning the case, Ormsby, who had been
recalled for cross-examination by W. D.
Fenton, chief counsel for the defense, un
derwent, with disastrous results to his
reputation for truth and veracity, an or
deal on the witness stand compared to
which the one he passed through in the
same case a few days ago was but a cir
cumstance. Not while In the hands of
Mr. Fenton, however. As before, Francis
J. Heney, the Go'ernment's special pros
ecutor, officiated at the gridiron.
Mr. Fenton's cross-examination proper
was confined to a few questions regarding
the boundaries of the Blue Mountain for
est reserve, the withdrawal of lands for
which Ormsby, as Forest Superintendent,
Is alleged to have recommended in July,
1902, In furtherance of a conspiracy to de
fraud the Government, entered into be
tween Commissioner Hermann, the late
Senator John H. Mitchell, ex-Congressman
J. N. Williamson, Franklin Fierce
Mays, Willard N. Jones, George Sorenson
and himself.
It was when Mr. Fenton referred to a
previous statement of the witness that
he had not been' treated kindly by Secret
Service Detective Burns, who gathered
the evidence in the land-fraud cases, that
the spectators In the courtroom began to
smell smoke. And it was when witness
Captain Ormsby answered in the aTArma
tive a series of questions asked by Mr.
Fenton, designed to bring out the fact
that Burns had given Ormsby what In
police parlance Is known as the "third
degree", for the purpose of inducing him
to connect Binger Hermann with the con
spiracy case, that the witness incautiously
bared his back to the branding Iron.
In his customary hesitating, evasive way,
Ormsby admitted that Burns had accused
him of ''holding back something' in re
gard to the case, and had brought strong
pressure to bear on him to Induce him
to make a full confession. Mr. Fenton
asked if, as a matter of fact. Burns had
not accused him of trying to shield Bin
ger Hermann, and if he had not been
. promised Immunity for himself and his
son, who had become involved In the land
frauds. If he would incriminate Hermann
at the trial.
Denies Promise of Immunity.
The witness answered guardedly, saying
that that was not exactly it; that Burns
had merely demanded to know who was
Inducing jhlm to hold back, not mention
ing Hermann's name. As to the rest of
the question, he denied that any promise
of immunity had been made him.
To counteract the Impression left by the
witness' testimony, that there was more
than he cared to admit, under the circum
stances, in the questions asked by Mr.
Fenton, Mr. Heney cross-examined the
witness himself, going to such a length
that the court, while refusing to limit
the scope of the Inquiry, requested Mr.
Heney to bear in mind that the witness
was no longer a young man.
The pitiable spectacle that the aged wit
ness, already one year past the allotted
three-score and ten, presented as he ner
vously writhed under the scorching fire
of interrogatories, and when he feebly
picked his steps down from the witness
stand and out of the courtroom, was am
ple proof of the humanity of the court's
warning.
Before he had finished, Mr. Heney had
' not only proved that Ormsby was an un
willing witness, having turned state's evi
dence to save himself from Indictment In
the case on trial, but that he had in nu
merous respects, while on the stand last
week, garbled, added to and detracted
from the story he had told the Govern
ment's representatives, assuring them
that it was the whole truth concerning
the Blue Mountain conspiracy and the
one he would tell when called upon to
testify. r
Protects Hermann to the Last.
In only one respect did Ormsby "stand
pat." He persistently avoided admitting
anything that would tend to show up his
old friend Hermann's connection with the
conspiracy, even when confronted with
the most damaging facts and asked to ex
plain them. Ormsby admitted on the
(stand that he had been nearly a lifelong
friend of Hermann and that Hermann had
procured him his appointment as Forest
Superintendent.
This phase of the ease was remarkable
principally in view of the fact that against
Mays, Jones and Sorenson, the defendants
who are now on trial, Ormsby seemed to
have no particular compunction in testi
fying, when pinned down by reference to
his previous confessions and documentary
evidence.
Mr. Heney was not content with bring
ing out all the weak spots in Ormsby's
story as told on the witness stand, but
went still further and trapped the witness
in falsehood after falsehood regarding
other land frauds In which the witness
reluctantly admitted that he had been In
volved. Indeed, he made his purpose in
the cross-examination so plain that S.
B. Huston, of counsel for Defendant
Jones, finally ofTered to stipulate with the
prosecution that the witness was un
worthy of belief, in order to end the mat
ter. Mr. Fenton. who will call Ormsby as
a witness In defense of Mays, would not
agree, however, asserting that he wished
Ormsby to stand unimpeached.
Taken all In all, the morning session,
during which Ormsby was on the stand,
was prolific of more sensations than any
other during the trial. Even after Orms
by left the stand the Government fol
lowed him up and proved by subseqdent
witnesses where he had perjured himself
as to minor details of the case while on
the stand before.
Captain Ormsby Recalled.
Captain Ormsby was the first witness
of the day. On cross-examination by
Mr. Fenton his testimony was to the
effect that in giving him the "third
degree" Detective Burns used as his
trump card the fact that the witness'
eon, Merritt Ormsby, was in a posi
tion where he could be Indicted for
land frauds, and played the card' so
strongly that the young man's mother
went down on her knees to Burns' Im
ploring him to spare her son the dis
grace. Cross-que,stioned on redirect ex
amination by Mr. Heney witness ad
mitted that he had persistently with
held from Burns and from Mr. Heney
documentary evidence, Buch as diaries
and copies and originals of letters in
his possession.
Calling his attention to these and
other facts Mr. Heney asked:
"So Mr. Burns had good reasons for
believing that you were lying, didn't
he?"
"Yes." answered Ormsby.
Mr. Heney went at length into what
he referred to as the "11-7" case, the
one In which Puter, .McKlnley, Turpley
and other stars on the land fraud stage
were first convicted.
Ormsby admitted that he had been
indicted in connection with that case
for conspiracy in taking a bribe and
making a false report as forest super
visor, but attempted to Justify himself,
denying- facta that were fully proved
when the "11-7" defendants were con
victed. This was the case in which
homestead claims were fraudulently
located in the Cascade forest reserve
up near the snow line and exchanged
to the government for scrip.
Takes Heney by Surprise.
Taken by surprise but not baffled by
Ormsby's determination ,to reopen a
closed incident, Mr. Heney immediately
sent i for and submitted to the Jury
photographs taken in the re
serve proving the faslslty of the report
Ormsby had made and, proceeded to
rake up the evidence In the "11-7"
case.
Going back to the date 'of the trial
of Puter and others which resulted in
witness' indictment for conspiracy.
Witness denied that he had gone to
Binger Hermann and asked him to
intercede with John Hall, then United
States attorney, to save him from In
dictment. Witness admitted he had
gone to see Hermann but claimed it
was to ask him to Induce Hall to let
witness go before the grand Jury.
Coming closer to the present case,
Mr. Heney asked Ormsby if It was not
a fact that when Binger Hermann
passed through Portland last Decem
ber and spent a few hours 1 here be
tween trains, the only man he went
to see was witness. Witness denied
thlj, but afterward qualified the denial
by saying that he did not remember.
The rest of the cross-examination
related to matters in connection with
Ormsby's Indictment in connection
with the "11-7" case. Witness admitted
that the minute Detective Burns began
to cross-question him regarding that
case he asked permission to consult a
lawyer and was represented by a
lawyer, nt every conversation with
Burns. United States Attorney Hall
had counselled witness to get th
lawyer.
Both Protected Hermann.
In this connection Mr. Heney a few
minutes later asserted that it was the con
tention of the Government that Hall and
Ormsby had shielded Hermann in the
"11-7" case and that Ormsby was still
protecting him.
A peculiar fact brought out In the course
of the cross-questioning of Ormsby by Mr.
Heney was that Ormsby was on the grand
Jury that brought In the first indictment
against Puter, McKlnley and others of
their little coterie in. connection with land
frauds In Lane County. In this case, it
was brought out, F. P. Mays was In
volved, but escaped Indictment.
Among other things that were brought
out before Mr. Fenton and Mr. Heney
let the witness escape was the fact that
large areas of waste and desert land were
included In the Blue Mountain reserve.
Witness claimed he recommended this In
order to Include the watershed of Bully
Creek, and not to include school lands
which could be cheaply bought and ex
changed for scrip.
J. H. Dobbin, of Wallowa County, the
last witness of the forenoon, testified to
attending the State Woolgrowers' Con
vention which Congressman Williamson
procured to pass resolutions indorsing the
plan to establish the Blue Mountain re
serve. At the afternoon session, William Henry
Harrison, the guide who accompanied
Ormsby on his famous trip into the Blue
Mountains in May, 1902, to inspect the
lands afterward included In the forest re
serve, testified that II. A. Smith em
ployed him to accompany Ormsby. Smith
secured his services several days before
witness met Captain Ormsby.
Inspected School Lands.
Witness stated that the trip with Orms
by was not the first he had made into
that country. In 1901 he was employed by
Smith to make an Inspection of the school
lands In Grant. Harney and Malheur
Counties, with special reference to their
timber. Answering a special question from
Mr. Heney, witness stated that some of
the lands were timbered, some of them
were not.
Witness then told about his trip into
the mountains. In this connection witness
denied point-blank that Ormsby had paid
any part of the hire of the team they
used on the trip. Captain Ormsby, under
oath as a witness, testmed that he paid
Harrison the hire of one of the horses.
Witness testified that he himself signed a
voucher for $19. and that Ormsby never
paid him a cent.
Telling of 'the trip Into, the mountains
with Ormsby. witness made the damag
ing statement that during the trip Cap
tain Ormsby had left the wagon but twice
to make short horseback excursions Into
the surrounding country. All the rest of
the time Ormsby and witness were to
gether all the time and did not leave the
main traveled wagon road.
R. J. Gosslln, the man who acted s
driver for Ormsby and Harrison on the
Blue Mountain trip, was called. He cor
roborated Harrison's testimony.
Timber Cruiser Testifies.
John C. Murray, a timber cruiser, was
next on the stand. He testified that in
1904 he spent two months cruising school
lands within the Blue Mountain reserve.
Nearly all of it was timbered, but only
about half of it was of marketable value.
Witness stated that he was employed by
Jones to cruise the lands.
Several other witnesses were called dur
ing the afternoon, but their testimony
was merely corroborative of that of others
who had preceded them.
CANVASS TO BE THOROUGH
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Seven Committees Will Solicit Funds
for Alaska Steamship Project.
Seven committees are to be appoint
ed to take up the work of soliciting
funds for the Portland-Alaska steam
ship project. The personnel of these
committeemen will be announced by
the first of next week. J. B. Laber. sec
retary of the Board of Trade, and Cap
tain Richard Chilcott, who represents
the Nome Improvement Company, are
working on the subject. Each of the
standing committees of the Board of
Trade has been asked to co-operate In
the work and the members have signi
fied their willingness to do so.
The different wholesale houses and
other merchants Interested In securing
trade from Alaska and those who may
desire to subscribe as an investment are
being listed and their names tabulated
for the benefit of the committees. This
system will be carried out Instead of
having the four committees from the
commercial organizations handle the
matter as was suggested some time ago.
It Is probable that actual soliciting
will begin during the early part of
next week.
Remedy for Diarrhoea. Never Known to Fall.
I want to say a few words for Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea
Remedy. I have used this preparation in
my family for the past five years and
have recommended It to a number of peo
ple in York County, and have never
known it to fall to effect a cure in any
Instance. I feel that I cannot say too
much for the best remedy of the kind
in the world. S. Jemison, Spring Grove,
York County, Pa. This remedy 'is for
sale by all druggists. .
11 FEET ADDED TO
HEIGHT OF BRIDGE
Portland-Seattle Viaduct High
Enough to Let Small
Boats Under.
SAVE TURNING OF DRAW
Work of Construction Is Progress
ing and First Caisson Will Soon
Be Ready to Launch Large
Force Is Employed.
The grade of the Willamette River
bridge of the Portland & Seattle Railway
Company has been raised 11 feet above
the mark set when the final plans of the
bridge were drawn and approved by the
Port of Portland Commission. This decis
ion has been reached after some deep
thinking by engineers of the railroad
company, who decided that the added
space between the water and the bridge
would be worth the additional expense be
cause of the time it will save to the rail
road through lessening the number of
times the draw will have to be opened,
and the consequent delay to trains.
The height from low-water mark to
the Tails on the bridge will be 61 feet.
This will permit the passing under of a
large number of the sma'ller boats on the
river at any stage of the water, without
the necessity of opening the draw. It
Is said to be the belief of the heads of
the H1U system that when the Portland &
Seattle road Is completed, the iratnc
across the bridge will be so heavy that it
will not admit of needless delays.
Work is well along on tne first caisson
for the new bridge. The caisson is being
built on the west side of the river, be
tween two scows, a method of caisson
construction that is believed to be an
innovation in bridge building. When com
pleted, it will be launched from the barges
instead of from ways, like a ship, the
usual method. The caisson Is a huge,
box-like structure, heavily timbered and
braced and cross-braced with iron and
beams. When complete, it will weigh about
300 tons. It is 21 by 61 feet, and is to be
built to a height of 16 feet, when it will
be launched. The height will then be
increased to 20 feet.
Ernest Nickerson, engineer In charge of
construction of the Willamette bridge, ex
pects to have this first caisson at work
by the middle of September, when other
structures of the same kind will be start
ed for the other piers. Foundations will
first be sunk for pier 5, which is next the
west bank of the river.
A pressure barge, to supply lights and
compressed air to the men In the caisson,
has been equipped with the necessary
machinery, and was tried out this week
and found to work perfectly.- It has two
big air compressors, one high and one
low-pressure, steam for which is supplied
by three boilers. A dynamo will be run
In connection with the compressors. On
the barge are shower-baths and restlng
rooms for the "sand hogs" who will work
on the river bottom driving the caisson
down to the foundations. The pressure
barge will be moored alongside the cais
son as soon as it gets to working.
A fleet of 12 barges to be used in build
ing the bridge is already on the scene of
operations, and four more are to be
launched soon. A scowload of chopped
mill refuse is being tried for fuel on the
pressure barge and is found to be quite
satisfactory, as It makes a very hot fire.
Work Is going lorward on the spur to
the construction dock from the main line
of the Northern Pacific, over which the
bridge materials will be brought. A pile
driver is busy sinking piles for the tem
porary track across the bottom, and the
rails have been laid nearly all the way.
One large derrick has been set up on the
dock, and another will soon go up. About
110 men are busy on the preliminary work,
a part of whom sleep In the bunkhouse
the railroad company has put up on tne
ground. A boarding-house Is maintained
by the company for the convenience of the
men, which is a model establishment.
The sharp raps of pneumatic hammers,
which are bolting together the caisson
timbers, and the incessant pounding of
caulkers, who are filling the seams of the
caisson with oakum to prevent leaks,
make the river bank opposite the drydock
a busy place. The short time since the
preliminary work was started has been
used to good advantage, and the actual
digging of foundations for the big $l,000,ow)
bridge will soon commence.
Montana Freight Rates Reduced.
A reduction of all Montana freight rates
JAMES FARLEY, STRIKE-BREAKER
Career of the New Yorker Who Has Created a New Pro
fession San Francisco is the Scene of His Next Job
JAMES FARLEY, of New York, is
the creator of a unique and en
tirely new occupation, that of strike
breaking. He is probably the only
person In the world who has made this
novel business a profession, and his
latest Job is to break the San Fran
cisco street-car strike. It is a busi
ness which has sprung up from the
disputes between capital and labor,
end this ex-detectlve has been the man
to grasp the possibilities and the
opportunities offered by these differ
ences to make a name and fortuno for
himself. An Interesting description of
his personality and the incidents which
directed him into his new profession is
given by Leroy Scott In World's Work
of May, 1905. In regard to his ap
pearance, this writer says:
"He has a long, lean head, semi-circled
by a fringe of brown and gray
hair, big cheek bones and a heavy
chin. The most striking quality of
his personality is his colorlessness; a
pale face, lusterless gray eyes, a me
chanical impersonal voice and an al
most languid manner. He talks In a
low. uninterested nasal drawl, which
under very moderate excitement can
mount to a metallic, painfully distinct
shout suggesting how the rest of that
personality can become energetic when
real business is on hand."
Mr. Farley left his home in New
York State when he was a lad of 14,
going to Montlcello, N. Y., where he
secured employment as a billiard-room
attendant. His close attention to busi
ness carried him steadily up the line,
for he became bartender, night clerk,
day clerk and eventually manager of
this hotel by the time he was 18 years
old. The hotel business did not satis
fy his cravings' for an active life, how
ever, so he sold out and engaged as
a detective in New York City and in
1895, was In charge of a squad of spe
cial officers on the Brooklyn street
car strike. In the same year he was
made timekeeper over 2000 strike
breakers in a Philadelphia car strike.
At that time detective and employ
ment agencies furnished the strike
breakers, each controlling it3 own
Is announced by the O. R. & N.. to be
come effective September 10. The pres
ent tariffs of classes 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, A. B, C,
D and E. are J2.50, $2.15, $1.75, $1.50, $1.25.
$1.15, $1. 90, 75 and 65 cents. These will be
reduced to $2.25, $1.90, $1.58, $1.35, $1.17, $1.13,
90, 80, 55 and 45 cents. These figures apply
from Portland to Montana common points
and' rates to Intermediate points will te
graded down In proportion.
A. D. CHARLTON HOME AGAIS
Arranges for Xew Northern Pacific
Office in Los Angeles.
A. D. Charlton, assistant general pas
senger agent for the Northern Pacific,
reached home yesterday, after some time
spent in San Francisco.. Los Angeles and
other. Southern California cities. While
away he arranged for the establishment
of a new office in Los Angeles, which is
given one of the best locations there. This
is done to improve the facilities In South
ern California, to turn the California tour
ist business this way. Mr. Charlton is
confident that the work will bear good re
sults, and he says many are being induced
to return home by the northern routes,
through the efforts of the Hill passenger
agents In Southern California.
"Everything seems prosperous in Los
Angeles," said Mr. Charlton. "The new
city directory, Just Issued, shows that the
city has a population of 242,000. The float
ing population will bring this figure up
to about 300.000. If Los Angeles has 242,
000 people, Portland, with her natural ad
vantages, ought to have 500.000."
"Conditions in San Francisco are rapidly
improving. I found things there much
better than I expected. The retail mer
chants are doing a better business than
ever. Streets are being cleared up and
many temporary buildings are. going up,
while contracts are being let for perma
nent structures. The. situation is rapidly
clearing up since the Insurance companies
began to pay their losses. The St. Fran
cis Hotel has temporarily taken up quar
ters, where It has 150 rooms. In addition,
from 40 to 60 people sleep on cots. The
grill and dining-rooms in the old building
are in use and are In good condition."
NO MORE EXPRESS FRANKS.
Hepburn Law Cuts Off Prerogative
of Railroad Officials.
Railroad officials are now In a position
to sympathize with those privileged char
acters who are being deprived of free
transportation by the Hepburn law, which
has Just become effective, for by the same
act the free express franks that have
always been considered the prerogative of
railway officials, provided they stood high
enough In the service, have been cut off
at one fell swoop.
Circular letters from, the Northern Pa
cific Express Company have reached offi
cials of the Northern Pacific Railway,
bearing the information that it is the
opinion of counsel for the company that
it is illegal for any one to receive free
or reduced transportation for property of
any kind, and that both complimentary
annual and single-shipment franks will
be canceled forthwith.
This effect of the law was apparently
not considered a probable contingency of
the passage of the Hepburn act by rail
road men, for the announcement comes as
a complete surprise on Railroad Row. It
Is understood that the Wells-Fargo and
Pacific Express Companies, the only other
lines doing business here, will follow suit
with a similar curtailment of the free
list. Railroad officials have been In the
habit of receiving annual franks that were
good for the free transportation of ex
press packages to any extent. To have
this privilege suddenly stopped will give
many a railroad man In this territory a
hard Jolt.
Southern Pacific Trains Delayed.
Because of a landslide which covered
the Southern Pacific track near Can
tara, Cal., all through trains are de
layed. The train which should have
reached the city last night will get in
this morning. The morning train will
come In three sections, the first two of
which will be about on time and the
third will be an hour late. The
track will be blocked for 60 hours. The
slide occurred on one of the most
troublesome stretches of track on the
whole system, where slides are almost
constantly blocking traffic.
Ralls for Central Railway.
UNION, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
The first consignment of steel rails
for the Central Railway's line in the
Grand Ronde Valley has arrived. They
were shipped from the East. Work is
being prosecuted on the bridge across
Catherine Creek In the western part of
Union, and as soon as this is completed
rail-laying wiil ut commenced on the
extension from Union to Cove.
The Art of Printing.
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PORTLAND, Aug. 29. (To the Editor.) In
referring to Dr. Edgar P. HiU In thla morn
ing's Isaue, you say: "A discovery made by
certain obscure mechanics in Germany soma
centuries ago supplied the means which broke
the spell of authority in theology and religion
as well &s in politics and government for all
men for all time." Many of your readers
would be interested to learn what that Im
portant discovery was. IGNORAMUS.
men, while the car company had a
general control over the entire lot of
men. With so many heads there was
general chaos, and Mr. Farley then
conceived the idea of becoming a sort
of general to manage the breaking of
strikes and to furnish or have entire
control of all men who engaged as
strikebreakers. He saw an unexplored
field open to him and unhesitatingly
chose it as his career, deciding to spe
cialize on street-car strikes.
With this purpose In view he deter
mined to learn the car business in all
Its details and began at the bottom
of the ladder. First he became a con
ductor, then a motorman, then an oiler
In the engine-house, later a fireman In
the power-house, then an inspector,
then an office worker. AH these di
verse occupations he thoroughly mas
tered in two years. After his self-
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POLICE TO CLOSE.
CONCERT HALLS
Chief Gritzmacher Carries Out
Reform Order Issued by
Mayor Lane.
WOMEN FREQUENT SALOONS
Order Excluding Both Male and Fe
male Performers From North
End Resorts Will Go Into
Effect Sunday.
Acting Chief Gritzmacher yesterday
afternoon issued an order directing
the captains of police of the three
reliefs to enforce the ordinance pro
hibiting the employment of women and
the giving of concerts and exhibitions
In saloons. The result of the enforce
ment ol this order will be the suppres
sion of concert halls in Portland, be
ginning Saturday. i
The large music halls such as Erlck.
son's, Blazier's, Fritz' and the Royal
Cafe on Stark street next Saturday
will cease to be concert halls. They
will be saloons and nothing more. Only
piano music will be allowed, and under
ordinance that must stop at midnight.
The large concert halls, as such, will
be put out of business, and nearly
every saloon In Portland 'will be af
fected. In many of the liquor estab
lishments the proprietors have been in
the custom of hiring string orchestras,
consisting of several guitar, banjo
and mandolin players. These also will
have to go.
The strong reform arm of Mayor
Lane and alleged breach of faith on
the part of the saloonkeepers have
caused the new crusade. The police
say that the proprietors of the saloons
have persisted in keeping about their
places disorderly women who aided In
the sale of liquor. . The proprietors of
the large concert halls promised the
authorities that If they were permitted
to have men and women performers in
their places that they would not allow
"rustling" for drinks. The police say
that the saloon men have not kept
their word and they are retaliating as
hard as they know how.
No Performances After Saturday.
"There will be no more theatrical ex
hibitions or vaudeville stunts or con
certs of any kind in the saloons of
Portland after Saturday," declared
Acting Chief Gritzmacher yesterday.
"With the ordinances now In effect we
cannot stop the playing of pianos up
until the hour of midnight but every
thing else will have to go."
"What about isuch exhibitions as
Juggling, acrobatic feats and other
performances of that kind?', was in
quired.
"Are they not exhibitions?" rejoined
the Acting Chief. "The Jugglers,
sleight-of-hand men and all of that
variety will have to get out with the
women performers. We have the au
thority to put a stop to these exhibi
tions and we certainly Intend to do It.
Time and time again complaint has
been made to the police of womon
freducnting the saloons for the pur
pose of "rustling" drinks. Investiga
tlons would be made and the saloon
keepers would declare that the only
women they permitted to visit their
places of business were the performers
and customers. The police say that
many dummy performers hung around
the concerts, who, while they .pre
tended that they were there for the
purpose of acting, they were really
Inducing patrons to buy drinks.
Captain Bruin is largely responslblo
for the order which has Just been is
sued. For several months he has been
sending in reports about the dummy
performers who hung around the con
cert halls and as conditions have been
rapidly drifting from bad to worse'
Acting Chief Gritzmacher came to the
conclusion that the only way to effect
a complete remedy was to drive out
the women performers and stop all
concerts and exhibitions.
Statement of Captain Bruin.
"Just as long as women are per
mitted to perform In saloons there will
be the same rustling of drinks which
the department has been trying to
break up," said Captain Bruin yester
day. "Disorderly women are not al
lowed to frequent the places and we
have arrested many of them. But the
proprietors of the concert halls used
graduation he considered himself
ready for business and hung out his
shingle. In the meanwhile conducting
a private detective agency.
nis First Big Job.
.At first Mr. Farley only supplied
small groups of strikebreakers, grad
ually enlarging the number of men
under his control and soon began to
gain a large share of the management
of strikes. He gained his first promi
nence in his new profession in the
car strike at Providence, R. I., about
four years ago, and his authority at
the time exceeded that of the presi
dent of the road. Up to last year he
has engaged in breaking 35 strikes and
has not lost one of them. He is gener
ally, engaged In advance of a strike
sometimes several weeks or rqontta
ahead of the expected trouble, and he
Immediately makes prsonal study and
Inspection of the local situation, col
lecting his men and holding them in
readiness nearby. He has 30,000 men
enrolled and keeps in communication
with about 10.000 of them.
Makes Big Money.
His financial returns from this busi
ness are large and he is supposed to
now be a man of wealth. According
to his usual arrangements, it is said
the company pays him X5 per day for
each man he furnishes, boards and
lodges the men and pays their ex
penses both ways. Mr. Farley, getting
the 5 for each man, pays some of
them J2.50, others J3 and still others
$3.50, and the difference between these
figures and the $5 represents his clear
profits. It Is said that he made as
much as $50,000 on the New York
strike alone.
Mr. Farley maintains that he has no
special dislike for unions, but regards
them as necessary, and that in each of
the strikes he has undertaken to break
he felt that the employer was In the
right, while he has turned down a
number of cases In which he consid
ered, the men's demands were Just.
Again, he has no especial liking for
employers.
It Is only the differences between
the men and employers which he likes,
for it furnishes him his novel busi
ness that of strikebreaking.
the performers as a cloak to keep
other women about their places.
W'V. n th MlipAmtm want t fi triA
concert halls and noticed the women
th npnnrlptnra rteelnrpil that thev WPT
all there to take part In the pro
grammes, xney all Ulewu lit a.
do specialty acts and consequently we
"Vi nnlv nnaaihlA WAV that we can
prevent the rustling' of drinks is, to
. . I, -.nnlnvmnn e women In
any capacity In saloons."
. v. , , . . vAar a cm when tA reform
under Mayor Lane's administration had
Its inception uio j-unv.e acu., iLtn
j a prnqnHA Asralnsr the rustllnsr
Diai .cu o , ,
of drinks by women in saloons. The
ordinance proniDiting me uaruunns
of disreputable women received a
rigid enforcement. An attempt was
also made to enforce the ordinance
prohibiting the employment of women.
The women's orchestra at Erlckson's
was forced to discontinue for several
weeks but at last ine saioon Keepers
and the police arrived at a compro
mise, and the women returned.
Big Source of Revenue.
a I r nno fyf lh lArcpst
concert halls recently stated that if
the selling of drinks by women was
stopped absolutely he would have to
discontinue business. He was one of
those who harbored many dummies
about his establishment. The women
entice the men into the boxes and in
duce them to buy expensive wines.
Under uch circumstances iiiiuur cuw
. . ,A m,,oVi a- It HrtAo at
HDUU1 J, u imica 0.0 " " ' ' "
tho bar and therefore the "rustling" of
drinks is one 01 i" '". i.uillui
sources of revenue of the concert halls.
The order postea ycBicruay oy
Acting Chief Gritzmacher Is as fol
lows: n a. -I CI...... Tnatrntt til flfflf'TH ftf VOUr
UttpiUI II oiurei . hd-. -
relief covering: districts wherein are located
v. i mIiwia nrt JtnlonnB
PUCH iimvro v
employing: or permitting women to act or to
perform on instruments, or witn i' M
h.ti4ai n-vVi ivi inm in their saloons.
permit, uiifii ,..i - -w
to notify the proprietors or keepers of such
places that tney mw eummaio nwn
.11 -..k nAtArmanMi and that no
mors concerts or theatrical exhibitions, or
women perronrnng; in any m
be permitted hereafter. Thm order will take
effect and b in full force September 1, 1006.
The captains of police will see after this date
that the order is siriciiy compueu wnu.
STILL REFUSES TO RESIGN
MAYOR -' POSTMASTER VALEN
TINE OF ST. JOHNS HOLDS OX.
City Treasurer Hall Slay Be Im
peached tor Refusal to
Pay Warrants.
Mayor Valentine, of St. Johns, re
nae to reslen as Mayor under fire,
and defies quo warranto proceedings
tr . oust him. which are threatened;
City Treasurer G. M. Hall still refuses
to cash warrants rrom lucui
tors or others, although he has plenty
of money on hand, and Councilman
Norton declares that the City Treas
urer will be impeached and ousted of
his office.
"I will not resign as Mayor of St.
Johns, as long, as these fellows are
after me. They can start a suit in
the court to oust me if they want to,
hut I will then be in office until the
first of April, 1907, sure. I can hold
the case in court that long. It is too
much work to be Mayor and Postmas
ter, and if the opposition will settle
down and City Treasurer Hall will pay
warrants, then I will step out, and not
before."
Mayor-Postmaster Valentine made
the foregoing declaration yesterday,
in view of the efforts to force him to
resign as Mayor. He was particularly
severe in speaking of the action of
City Treasurer Hall in refusing to pay
warrants that are piling up, and ne
declared the Treasurer has full au
thority to pay the warrants and must
do so under his oath of ottice.
In SDlte of Mr. Valentine's popular
Ity, a resident said yesterday that
nine-tenths of the people of St. Johns
want him to resign as Mayor, but few
are Inclined to resort to the court on
quo warranto proceedings. P. Hill
said yesterday that he understood that
proceedings were to be started to oust
the Mayor, or he should have started
such proceedings himself. He said he
felt confident that the matter will be
taken into court very soon.
Councilman Norton, in speaking of
the refusal of City Treasurer Hall t6
cash warrants, said:
"I think that somebody has fright
ened Mr. Hall Into his stand. The law
Is very plain. Mayor Valentine is
Mayor until he Is ousted by due pro
cess of law, and all his acts are legal
until he is declared out of office by
a court, and Mr. Hall has no authority
to refuse to pay warrants. Here are
warrants coming due for the work of
street contractors, and are being pre
sented to him for payment, which he
refuses to cash. When a warrant is
presented on a fund that has no
money It bears interest. In my Judg
ment Mr. Hall is getting into very
deep mire and making himself and his
bondsmen liable to damages. These
warrants unpaid will bear interest, and
who will pay the interest and the
damages, unless it be Mr. Hall or his
bondsmen?
"If Mr. Hall persists in this course
charges will be preferred against him
at the next meeting of the Council,
and he will be ousted according to the
city charter. As to the legality of Mr.
Valentine holding the two offices, the
law Is very conflicting, although our
City Attorney thinks he cannot hold
the two places."
Owing to the complications in city
affairs, in case Mayor Valentine re
signs, few names are mentioned as a
successor. B. T. Leggett. an ex-member
of the Council, is mentioned as
the MoseB to lead the people out of
the present tangle. Also c. W. Pot
ter is spoken of. It is agreed in case
Mayor Valentine does resign no mem
ber of the present Council will be
elected to the place.
Plays It Low Down on
Taxpayers
A mmiot SIgler by Subterfnite Gets
True Statrifaenta of Value of Per
sonal Property for Assessment
Rolls.
7Y SSESSOR Sigler Is Jubilant over the
V success of his efforts In getting State
ments from owners of personal property
valued at less than $300, which have here
tofore been exempted under a legislative
enactment. The State Supreme Court re
cently declared the law unconstitutional,
and the Assessor lost no time In sending
out notices that property of this charac
ter was subject to assessment.
Sigler adopted a novel method in secur
ing results in this respect, as each person
liable to the tax was served with a writ
ten notice from the Assessor that, owing
to his Inability to secure a statement of
personal property, he had placed an arbi
trary assessment thereon much In excess
of the real value of the property. This
had the effect of bringing hundreds to
the Assessor's office, each protestant
primed with a statement of how much
higher than the real value the arbitrary
assessment had been, and In this way
something like the true value was
reached.
Sigler estimates that the process of as-
A HUSTLING J
EKTERPR1SE
Manufacturers' Output J
Novel Method Adopted by
Some Leading Eastern
Manufacturers to Dis
pose of the Surplus Out
put of Their Factories.
A new enterprise has been started
In Portland by a company whose busi
ness it will be to dispose of at retail
the surplus stock accumulated by a
number of Eastern manufacturers of
men's and women's wearing apparel.
During the four months of the year
when business all over the country Is
usually very quiet on account of holi
days and vacation time and various
other reasons, many factories are
closed down and the workers are left
to shift for themselves until the open
ing of the next season. When the fac
tories open up again with the revival
of business, many employers find that
some of the best help they had have
found other fields of labor or other em
ployers, with the result that they must
break in new men to their methods of
manufacture and ways of doing busi
ness. To avoid this trouble and annoyance,
12 of the largest manufacturers of
wearing apparel for men, women and
children have combined their Interests
and formed a company with the Inten
tion to keep their men at work all the
year round and dispose of the surplus
stock which accumulates at the bare,
cost of materials. To do this and not
lose their prestige among the tradei
supplied by them in the East they hava
devised the plan to forward all these
goods to Portland and dispose of them
as advantageously as possible. A com
modious salesroom has been leased and!
a competent staff of salespeople has
been engaged to dispose of the various
lines of merchandise shipped In from,
different factories.
The orders to the superintendent of
the manufacturers' output In Portland
are to dispose of the goods. No matter
what prices retailers usually get for
their goods, they will be sold upon the
Judgment of the person buying the
goods. For example, one of the best
known and largest manufacturers of
men's suits has an overplus of stock
to the extent of $20,000, representing a
complete line of men's ready tailor
made suits, manufactured to retail at
$25 per suit. This manufacturer makes
suits to retail at $25 only. The ma
terials and findings cost exactly $8.64.
and the suits have been marked to sell
at this price. All the manufacturer
loses is the cost of the freight, but
this loss is more than offset by the
advantage he derives from keeping his
force of tailors intact and turning into
money stock that he might be obliged
to carry over for another season. This
Summer's accumulation amounts to
$63,000, in round figures, and It is
hoped that this can be disposed of
within 10 days. If prices and quality
of material and fine workmanship are
factors in the selling of this lot of -goods,
they certainly will not last long.
The Output Company will throw the
doors open on this select lot of wear
ing apparel at 9 o'clock Friday morn
ing, August 31, and will continue to
sell until every article is disposed of.
A celebrated New York clothing man
ufacturer, we cannot mention the
name, but you will find some of the
labels on the clothes, has sent to the
Output Company about 2500 suits. One
of Troy's largest shirt manufacturers
has sent in about 800 dozen men's
shirts, golf, negligee, black sateen and
working shirts. One of Chicago's
greatest neckwear houses has sent in,
15,000 dozen neckties of every descrip
tion. Philadelphia's most noted un-.
derwear and hosiery manufacturer has
sent to the Output Company 950 dozen,
men's underwear, 8000 dozen men's
hose, 650 dozen boys' and men's sweat- (
ers. A celebrated Philadelphia pants
maker has sent for disposal 890 dozen
men's trousers from the cheapest to
the highest grades. Several women's
tailoring establishments have for
warded goods for disposal, but have
not yet found time to open them up.
See Friday's daily papers for com
plete list of merchandise which will be
on sale Friday morning, August 31, at
Grand avenue and East Washington
street. All cars east and west transfer
to the door. No goods sold before S A,
M. Friday morning.
The Output Co.;
92 Grand Avenue
sesslng property heretofore considered ex-
empt will result in adding at least $3,000,- '
000 to the assessment roll of Multnomalr :
County, from which an additional reve. i
nue of fully $45,000 will be realized. Field '
work will be closed on September 1, and .
the roll must be completed by the first
Monday in October. More than 20,00
statements were handled by the Assess
or's office this year.
OREGON BADGES RECEIVED
Bearer Delegates to Irrigation Con
gress Will Be Properly Tagged.
Badges for the Oregon delegates 4
the National Irrigation Congress at
Boise, Idaho, have been received and
are on display in the office ot Tom
Richardson, manager of the Commer
cial Club. The badge was modeled
after an Idea suggested by the Ontario
Chamber of Commerce. Each of tha
Development League representatives
will be provided with one of the badges.
The insignia consists of a button to
which a green ribbon with gold letters
Is attached. The word "Oregon" is
printed In large letters. On the button
is a picture of an irrigation ditch lo- I
cated near Klamath Falls.
Carl Albrecht, of North Bend, Cocs '
Bay delegate to the congress, srrtved
In Portland yesterday. Charles M. Sain,
editor of the Coos Bay Habor at North,
Bend, has gone to the Idaho capital to
arrange for the arrival of the. Oregon
Ian delegation." A large number have
made Pullman reservations and It Is
probable that the special train leaving
Portland next Saturday evening will
have all the people It can' accommodate '
comfortably. 1 !
BUSINESS ITEMS.
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B mire and uae that old and well-tried rem
edy, Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for chil
dren teethlnn. It soothes the child, softens
the rums, allay all pain, cures wind coll a
and diarrhoea. ,
Red Eyes and Eyelid. Weak FfM j
And tired eyes need Murine Eye Tonio.