THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1907.
STRONG
WITNESS
T
Puter Shows Commissioner's
Close Intimacy With Land
grabbers' Ring. '
FRANK ABOUT HIS CRIMES
Admits Attempt to Bribe Grand Jury
. Through Brownell How He and
Hermann Cooked Up the
Latter' Evidence.
OREGOXIAK NEWS BCKEAT7.' Wash
ington, D. C- March 21. S. A. D. Puter
has fulfilled all expectations of those who
brought him to Washington to testify
against Blnger Hermann. While not able
to give any positive information as to
the character of letters copied in Her
mann's private letterbooks, he was both
able and willing to give testimony which
wag of (treat value to the prosecution .in
its effort to show Hermann's motive for
destruction of the books, and also testi
fied as to the official character ot letters
which he received from Hermann, letters
that correspond in every, particular with
the type of some letters admitted to have
been copied in these private .books.
Intimacy With Land Thieves.
Puter's testimony . was chiefly, valuable
In showlnK the close-relations that existed
between Senator Mitchell, Commissioner
Hermann and himself in transactions in
the "seven-eleven" frauds, and he testi
fied oulte as damag!nKly In regard to
Hermann's relations with Mitchell and
Mays In the Blue Mountain case. Filter's
statements on the stand this-afternoon
left a decided impression that Hermann'
when Commissioner, was ready and will
Inn to do the bidding of Mitchell and, on
the other hand, was quite susceptible to
the influence of Forest Superintendent
Ormsby. an admitted accomplice of the
land fraud ring.
,. Weave Web Around Hermann.
By establishing Hermann's friendly re
lations with Mitchell. Mays, Puter and
Ormsby and by showing that Hermann
'liad considerable correspondence with
these men that cannot be found in the
official letter-books of tho Land Office,
the Government is weaving a tight web
around Hermann and daily drawing it
closer. The evident Intention of the
prosecution Is to show by preponderance
of testimony of 'the adjudged land thieves
that Hermann, if not a tool, was at least
a dupe of the men behind Oregon's gi
gantic land frauds and tTlen circumstan
tially to prove . that his private letter
books .must have contained important
correspondence with these men on mat
ters, relating to their land transactions,
correspondence which is admittedly of of
elal character. . ,
Puter today displayed the utmost frank
ness, holding nothing in reserve and only
once, when testifying as to the recelept
of J100i bills from President Chaffee, of
the First National Bank of Milwaukee,
did he contradict himself. His memory
as to the number of bills he received from
Chaffee was faulty and at various times
he gave different numbers, from two or
thre to nine.
The point In his testimony favorable to
Hermann was brought -out on cross-examination
by Mr. Worthington. who se
cured admissions from the witness that
nil statements made In affidavits, proofs,
etc.. in connection with the "eleven
seven" cases were false, but that nothing
regarding the fraudulent nature of the
transactions was stated by him to cither
Mitchell or Hermann.
rtTER MAKES CLEAX BREAST
Admits Attempt at Bribery and Fix
ing Hermann's Evidence.
WASHINGTON. March 21. Again S. A.
t. Puter testified for the Government in
the Hermann trial regarding fraud and
bribery in many land deals. Just as his
cross-examination was closing, Mr.
Worthington for the defense asked:
V'Were you ever promised immunity by
any representatives of the . Government
for your testimony?"
"To a certain extent I have been," was
the answer.
Puter explained that after he had been
convicted in the case in which he is now
serving a two years' sentence In Oregon
he bad gone at once to United States
Attorney Heney and offered to tell him
all he knew about the land frauds. He
had many conferences with Mr. Heney,
as a result ot which, the witness tcstl
Jied: What Heney Promised Itini.
"Heney told me that, if I became a
witness for tho Government, lie would
not press these other indictments against
me. but would have them dismissed when
the time came.'"
Puter said be received no special favors
In jail, but was locked in a cell as any
other prisoner. He was at witness fur
the Government in land fraud cases in
Oregon last September, and .Mr. Worth
ington. read frojn his testimony at that
time a statement that he regretted he
did not know more to tell about the Blue
Mountain Forest Reserve deal. He said
that Mays bad not let him in on that
deal, as he had been promised.
Tried to Bribe Grand Jury.
"Did you try to bribe the cmn it.n.
that Indicted you?" asked Mr. Worth
ington. "I did," was the answer.
Tho -witness explained that he had
given a man named Brownell 30 to in
lluence grand Jurors to see that a "true
bill" was not returned against him This
effort failed.
"Were you engaged In criminal opera
tions after your conviction and prior to
your sentence?" was the next question
of the cross-examiner.
"Yes, to a certain extent. That is, I
was dealing In a great deal of state land
with alleged fraudulent title."
Questions hy Mr. Worthington devel
oped that Puter had not been asked
bout the correspondence he had with
Hermann by United States attorneys un
til last January, although the witness said
he must have told Mr. Heney about the
letters or the Government attorneys would
not have followed the matter up by com
ing to him in Jail.
Can't Find Letters to Hermann.
United States Attorney Baker said at
this point that a search was being made
for the letters written to Hermann by
Puter which had been referred to. Mr.
Baker produced one letter written by
Puter to Hermann, taken from the files
of the office, but which related to two
timber claims. This was put in evidence
by Mr. Worthington. who. after reading
it. turned to the witness and asked:
"Was that deal crooked, too?"
The witness assented with a nod of bis
head, but explained that' It was of a dif
ferent character than the other matters.
It was a timber claim.
Mr. Worthington dwelt some time on
the statement of 1'uler that he had. while
In Washington in 12 regarding the
"eleven-seven" e litim.i talked to As&Ulaut
IS
Commissioner Richards. To the direct
question whether Hermann bad not told
the witness that the matter had been
turned " over- to Richards and that he
would attend to the matter, the witness
answered in the negative.
Where He Got That $2000.
Regarding the two $1000 bills which the
witness said yesterday he gave the late
Senator Mitchell to fix things regarding
these claims, Mr. Worthington brought
out the statement that the witness got
them from Charles Chaffee, president of
the Wisconsin National Bank, of Milwau
kee. The witness also said he had regis
tered at 'various hotels in Washington
under -assumed names.
, Fixed Hermann's Evidence. -
Continuing his testimony in chief this
morning. Puter said the land he obtained
homestead patents to In the Cascade For
est Reserve is all absolutely worthless,
being loOO feet up in the Cascade Moun
tains. He could get lieu land scrip from
the Government for the land after patent,
which had a value of from $1.25 to B per
acre.
After obtaining his patent to the "eleven
seven" claim in 1902. Puter said he next
saw Hermann in Oregon at the time the
witness was being tried for land frauds
two years later. He visited Hermann be
fore the latter testified in the case. He
said they decided what would probably
be asked of Hermann and the conclusion
was reached that he would likely be
asked to identify Mrs. Watson, who was
in Washington with Puter when Puter
met Hermann and made affidavits in the
"eleven-seven" awards.
Puter said he suggested to Hermann
that it was a long time since Hermann
had seen Mrs. Watson and likely he could
not identify her. At the trial, he said,
Hermann was unable to identify Mrs.
Watson.
Money He Paid Loomis.
The witness was then asked regarding
the 'two payments of $o00 he had made
to Special Agent- Loomis and regarding
the ' representations he had made to
Loomis about" immunity. The payments
were made by draft indorsed to Mrs.
Ioomis. Puter said he had talked many
times to Loomis. advising him to tell all
he knew. He told Loomis that as a spe
cial agent he had long 'been connected
with the Land Office and knew things
and, if he would tell the Government at
torneys all he knew, he ' was sure they
would be lenient with ; hini. . ,
The witness said he had no authority
from the Government's attorneys -to make
any promises to Loomis. but said the
latter was an old man and be bated to
see -him convicted. iLoomis, he said, was
constantly referring to the' two payments
made to him by Puter and was very anx
ious to know whether the Government
attorneys knew of them.
His Letters From Hermann.
Correspondence the witness baa had
with Hermann was the next topic of in
quiry of Puter. He had written Hermann
several 'times, he said, and received two
letters in reply regarding a township in
eluded in the Cascade Forest Reserve.
The two letters from Hermann he had
either left In his desk in the Berkeley,
Cal., home, or packed in boxes and placed
in his attic. He was allowed to say that
the letters from Hermann told him to
get petitions signed and to see Forester
Ormsby about 'the matter in question.
Lawrence Puter. the brother of the wit
ness, had testified that he had made a
search for these letters and could not find
them and Mrs. Puter is now on the -way
here to testify, according to United States
Attorney Baker, that the letters cannot
be found in the attic.
Puter dropped the proposition to get
the.township included because he could
not buy the land he wanted in it from
the Union Pacific Railroad.
Was In Blue Mountain Plot.
The witness was next allowed to Iden
tify himself as one of the conspirators in
the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve pro
ject, which be said was engineered
through by F. P. Mays, of Portland. In
discussing this scheme coming Kast on
a train with Mays the latter told the wit
ness, so he said, that he had everything
fixed. Mays added, according to Puter,
that "Mitchell will help me out and you
know how Mr. Hermann stands in."
Mays gave witness his telegraphic ad
dress as "Washington, care of Hermann."
The trial was adjourned to Monday.
LOADS OLD 50-CALIBKR MUSKET
WITH SMALL SHOT.
Jail Attendant Kept at Bay Until
Hose Is Procured Deputy's
Wound Is Slight.
BOISE, Idaho. March 21. (Special.) A
blooody affray occurred at the County
Jail today. Deputy Sheriff William J.
Driscoll being shot in the face by an in.
sane man named Henry Iorn, of Echo,
Or. The maniac had previously shot him
self in the forehead. The charges were
light and neither man was killed. !Dorn
is being held awaiting the arrival of an
attendant from the asylum.
During the night lie managed to get
hold of an old 50-callber musket kept
standing in the corridor, reaching it with
a wire he took from a broom. He also
drew his grip up near the cell in the same
manner, getting some small caliber rifle
shells. He removed the bullet from one
and put In some fine shot. With this he
shot Driscoll in the face when the latter
approached the cell. The charge tore the
side of the deputy's face. Dorn kept the
officers at bay for some time.. Iater hs
was subdued with a hose and then shot
himself In the forehead with a bullet. It
Imbedded Itself in his skull, but was ex
tracted. He is not fatally hurt.
NO NEWS , FROM GRAND JURY
Attorney Ruick Refuses to Make
Any Information Public.
TiOlSK. Idaho. March 31. (Special.) No
indictment has yet been returned into the
United States Court, now sitting here. The
JMatrtet Attorney and ' bis assistant re
fused to state today whether any had
been voted. Miles S. Johnson, the assist
ant, said he did not know, and Mr. Ruick
refused to make any statement on any
point. A rumor that two Lcwlston men
had been indicted was put up to both of
them directly and the replies were as
stated.
It has been impossible so far for any
body to get Information. It is known the
grand Jury is going extensively into tim
ber matters in the Boise Basin, and it Is
supposed something is aimed at the Bar
ber Lumber Company or persons con
nected with that corporation.
COAL LAND . IS flEOPENED
President Restores 710,000 Acres to
Settlement In Oregon.
WASHINGTON, March 21. The General
&n& Office today Issued a statement
giving the location of the following pub
lic lands reopened to entry by the Presi
dent's order of March 13 last:
Montana, 2,000,000; Oregon, 710,000; Wash
ington. 320.000.
The land was. previous to the order of
March 14 Included in land classed as coal
liuul and withdrawal from tmuj
NO STRIKE IS LIKELY
Leader of 0. R. & N. Conduc
tors Ridicules Reports.
SMALL POINT AT ISSUE
On Way to Chicago . Conference
Grady Says Xot Even Arbitration
Needed Declares " Mohler
Friend of Trainmen.
OMAHA, Neb.. March 21. (Special.)
That the trainmen and conductors have
never for one moment considered seri
ously calling a strike is the gist of ans
wers given to questions today by H. C.
Grady, chairman of the Conductors' Union
of the Ogden Railroad & Navigation Com
pany, who is here on his way to the Chi
cago conference.
"This report that we are going to
strike," he said, "is all bosh. There never
has been a majority of strike voters dur
ing the -taking of the - referendum vote,
which is now about concluded. My per
sonal opinion is the matter will not even
have to go so far as to be submitted to
arbitration.
"The main question at Issue was
whether the conductors should receive the
flat $10 a month raise offered by the
roads in lieu of the percentage increase
they demanded. I think at the coming
conference the conductors will get the
percentage scale, but with a slight re
duction from what was originally asked."
Mr. Grady spoke freely of the help the
conductorse had received from . Vice
President Mohler. of the Union Pacific,
who represented the Harriman lines. Mr.
Mohler. Mr. Grady declared, was one of
the few real friends the trainmen had at
the conference.
LET MINERS VOTE ON STRIKE
Goldfield Industrials Take the First
Step to End Shutdown.
GOLDFIELD, Nev., Mr.rch 21. The ref
erendum vote taken by tho Industrial
Workers of the World resulted in 1100
ballots being cast in favor of permitting
the miners to hold separate meetings and
700 against. It is now expected that the
labor troubles here will be soon adjusted.
Excitement prevailed in the stock ex
changes tonight as a result of the vote
and some radical adiances in mining
shares were made.
TELEPHONE MEN TELL
f Continued From First PaRe.)
Now that this matter has been dropped
by Ruef and his attorneys', the proseeur
tion is casting: about to find anoher place,
of detention for Ruef. It has been decided
to take an apartment or a private house.
Mr. Burns and Biggy examined a num
ber of places today and Ruef will be
taken from the St. Francis within a few
days. '
Close Guard Over Ruef.
Perhaps no prisoner in'the United States
today is so closely guarded as is Ruef.
Mr. - Burns has placed six of bis picked
men under Mr. Biggy to guard him. At
night Mr. Biggy sleeps in the same room
with Ruef, two guards are on duty In
the room with their eyes constantly on
Ruef, one man stands guard in the hall in
front of the door and another man is on.
duty outside of the one window In the
room." In event of an attempt at rescue
or escape, the men have orders to kill
Ruef. Owing to the entertainment of fears
that he might try to escape or an at
tempt be made to rescue him. several
privileges which have been enjoyed by
Ruef were cut off today.
Heretofore Ruef has taken his daily
exercise In the narrow halls of the hotel,
pacing back and forth in front of his
room in front of two guards. This was
denied him today and hereafter he will
not be permitted to leave his room. The
question of examining his mall and all
packages sent to him, which have been
delivered to him untouched, is under con
sideration by Mr. Burns and Mr. Biggy.
All of the Supervisors who were seen
today emphatically denied that they had
made confessions to the grand jury.
PROBES INTO TELEPHONE DEAL
Grand Jury Finds Stenographer
Most Obstinate AVitness.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. The grand
jury today resumed its work of investiga
tion of the alleged wholesale graft and
corruption In the municipal affairs of this
city and, after an all-day session with a
brief Tecess at noon, adjourned tonight
until 11 o'clock Saturday morning. No
indictments were returned today. The
entire day was taken up In probing fur.
ther Into the alleged bribing of the Super
visors by the telephone companies, on
which 27 Indictments have already been
based.
The grand Jury made a determined ef
fort to trace the $50,000 alleged to have
been paid by T. V. Halsey, representing
the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company, to 10 of the Supervisors to pre
vent the granting of a franchise to the
Home Telephone Company. For this pur
pose almost all of the officials and books
of the Pacific States Company were taken
before the grand Jury by Secret Service
Agent Burns.
Among the officials examined were
Henry T. Scott, president; E. J. Zimmer.
formerly auditor, but now vice-president;
B. C. Carroll, general agent; John S. Cur
rani, adjuster; A. B. Cooper, station man;
C. J Hall, secretary to T. V. Halsey, the
former general agent; T. Sherwin, aud
itor, and Frank D. Drum, a director of the
company. The last-named emerged from
the grand jury room somewhat nervous
and excited and assaulted a -newspaper
photographer who attempted to take his
picture. Mr. Scott was in the jury room
but a few minutes and upon coming out
declined to discuss the Ualmony given,
beyond that he had "answered all ques
tions put to him."
Mr. Sherwin said he was requested to
explain the bookkeeping methods of the
copany; was asked about the various
amounts on tbe books wbicb w-ere paid
to Halsey, but declared that the ac
counts showed no such sum as $50,000
or any considerable part as having been
used or paid to the former general agent.
Mr. Hall, under the interrogation of Mr.
Heney, explained his duties as secretary
to Halsey. which consisted, he said, in
looking after the publicity department
and of "gathering data on the opposi
tion." . ftliia Nellie Smithy stenographer to
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Gerstle. Ftick & Bccdy. the attorneys
who represented the ' Home Telephone
Company in the obtaining of a franchise
from the Supervisors, was recalled today
and spent over an hour in the grand
Jury room. She is considered by Mr.
Heney and Mr. Burns to be one of the
most important witnesses in the deal, by
which the Home Company is said to have
paid $62,000 to tho Supervisors -through
Ruef for its franchise. It is said that
all efforts so far to get any information
from her have failed.
Mr. Henepr and Mr. Burns have de
clared that she had positive knowledge
of the bribery of the Supervisors, and,
if she does not reveal it, she will face an
indictment for perjury.
One of the moRt important witnesses
was Frank a. Drum, who, in addition to
being a director in the Pacific States
Company, Is manager for the Tevis inter
ests, which seek to sell to the city the
Bay City's water project,' and which are
openly charged with having tendered a
large bribe to Ruef and Schmitz.
CAPTAIN ROCKWELL DEAD
Man Who Surveyed Columbia and
Oregon Coast Passes Away.
Captain Cleveland Rockwell, one of Ore
gon's oldest and most distinguished citi
zens, died at 10 o'clock last night at his
residence, 1100 Vaughn street. The de
ceased, who was 71 years of age, had
been ill for several weeks, having con
tracted a severe cold which brought on
senile pneumonia 'and resulted in death.
Captain Rockwell, formerly Chief of the
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
of Oregon, ' was born in Youngstown. O.,
in 1S36, and represents the eighth genera
tion by direct descent from Governor
Bradford of Puritan fame.
Captain -Rockwell -was educated at the
Polytechnic School at Troy and at the
University of New York; he was gradu
ated in 1856, and immediately entered the
United States Coast Survey, being sta
tioned on the Atlantic Goast. In 1861 he
was detailed to the "War Department for
topographical duty and was attached to
the staff of different commanding officers
with the rank of Captain. Captain Rock
well, before and 'after the battle of Bull
Run, surveyed from Alexandria to Chain
Ridge for the defense of "Washington.
Captain Rockwell volunteered after
the close of the war to accompany the
expedition to Colombia, which sur
veyed the Magdalcna River. After that
he was ordered to California, after
serving the United States of Colombia
for several years.
He was ordered to Oregon In 1S68,
and was made chief of the United
States Geodetic Survey for Oregon,
with headquarters at Astoria. In that
capacity he surveyed the mouth of the
Columbia and the coast for 40 or 60
miles south, which at that time was
practically unknown. Later he sur
veyed the Columbia from its mouth to
Portland, and his charts and maps of
this great waterway have done much
to assist navigation. After several
years of active work in this line he
retired and has spent the past six
years of his life almost continually in
this city.
Captain Rockwell was a depositor in
the ill-fated Portland Savings Bank,
which went under in the great panic
of He brought- suit against the
institution and its officials, which was
one of the most noted legal battles of
that period: the case being Anally
taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States. His daughter. Mrs.
John Rounsfell, who is now in Cali
fornia, has been notified by wire of
his death, and arrangements for the
funeral will probably be made' on re
ceipt of a reply from her.
Xo Chafee at Wisconlsn Bank.
MILWAUKEE, March a.-Offlcials of
the Wisconsin Katlonal Bank. from
whom S. A. 1). Puter at Washington to
day testified he received the money to
bribe Senator Mitchell, say no such per
son as Charles Chaffee ever was connect
ed with that bank.
Opposes Channel Tunnel.
LONDON, March 21. The revived proj
ect of tunneling the English Channel re
ceived its death blow, at least for a long
time to come, by the announcement in
Parliament today of the government's
well-considered decision against the en
terprise. The Londpn Ladies' Field has discovered
that "successful people are usually quite de
void of humor."
. Drink Pabst Blue .Ribbon,
the Beer of Quality. Per
fect malt makes perfect
beer. The Pabst Eight
Day Process makes perfect
malt. Phone Main 460.
BE, YOUR OWN LANDLORD
MPi lOS-E, CJVW
BOYS' WEAR
FOR EASTER
Every mother makes a special effort to
dress her boys in the newest and neatest gar
ments at this season of the year. If appearance
ever counts, it counts just now; and if a store
was ever prepared to please its customers, it is
this store at just this time.
A half hour's inspection of the Boys' De
partment will interest you and demonstrate how
easy it is to dress well and save also.
SUITS FOR LITTLE
CHAPS
Ages 2i2 to 10.
Beautifully tailored from handsome
serges, black unfinished worsteds and
cassimeres. .
$3 to $8
SAM'L ROSENBLATTS CO.
CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS
LEWIS TD SUCCEED BOWIE
DEAD PROPHET FLINGS HIS
MANTLE OVER DEACON. -
Jicws Comes as Surprise to Lewis,
AVho Says He Will Take
Charge of Zlon. .
GUADAL.AHARA, Mex.. March 21.
Deacon John Lewis, an official of tho
Zion Church, who arrived in Guadala
jara last week to look over some min
ing Investments, received today the
news of his appointment as first apostle
of the church by the last will and tes
tament of John Alexander Dowle.
Lewis declares the news came abso
lutely as a surprise to him and de
clined to ray what he intended to do.
ife said, however, that he intended to
return to Chicago immediately and
take charge of the business affairs of
the Christian Apostolic Catholic
Church, in accordance with the wish
expressed in Dowie's wilL
Announcement Not Yet Made.
CHICAGO. March 21- The last will
and testament of John Alexander Dowle
has not yet been probated. Attorneys
for the estate stated several days ago
that announcement of the successor to
Dowle named therein would not be
made until the man himself had been
notified, had accepted the trust and
the will had been offered for probate.
FOUR MEN BLOWN TO BITS
Workman Tamp Blast 'With Steel
Drill and It Explodes.
HELENA. Mont., March 21. Four men
were blown to atoms this evening near
Lombard as the result of the careless
ness of one workman tamping the hole
with a steel instrument. Details of the
accident are meager and names of the
men were unobtainable last night.
The Northern Pacific is driving a tun
nel through a sail hill near Lombard to
straighten out the tracks. According to
the word received In Helena a hole had
been drilled and a charge of black pow
der placed In it. One of the workmen
was tamping the powder solid and used
a steel drill for the purpose instea of
a wooden stick. It is supposed that the
drill hit against a rock and caused a
spark, which ignited the powder. There
was an explosion and the workman who
caused the accident, along with three
others, were blown skyward.
GENERAL WINT IS DEAD
Commander of Department of Mis
souri Killed by Heart Disease.
PHILADELPHIA, March 21.-Brigadicr-General
Theodore J. "Wlnt, U. S. A., com
manding the Department of the Missouri,
with headquarters at Omaha, died sud
denly at a hotel here today. He came to
Philadelphia to undergo medical treat
ment. Theodora Jonathan Wint was a mere
bov when he became a soldier. He was
born in Pennsylvania March S. 1845. and
left the Providence High School to enter
the army as a private In the Sixth Penn
sylvania Cavalry. In which he served
from 1861 to 1864. He became a private in
the general mounted service in I860 and
was appointed Second Lieutenant of the
Fourth Cavalry in the regular army in
November of that year. He was suc
cessively promoted to be First Lieuten
ant in 1866. Captain in 18T2. Major of the
Tenth Cavalry in ' 1892. Lieutenant Colo
nel of the Sixth Cavalry in 1889. Colonel
in 1901 and Brigadier-General June 9. 1902.
He married Miss Lydla Porter Buttls at
Macedon, N. Y in 1SS0.
- Major-General Wakeman.
WASHINGTON, March SL Major-Gen-
eral Wakeman is dead at Fort Monroe,
Va., of obstructive Jaundice.
BROWNSVILLE IS FURIOUS
Denounces Attempt to Clear Negroes
by Fastening Crime on Town.
BROWNSVILLE. ' Tex.. March 2WAt
a mass - meeting of Brownsville citizens
tonight resolutions were adopted express
ing indignation because of what is termed
an attempt being made both before the
court martial at Fort Houston and be
fore the Senate committee at "Washington
"to clear the negro soldiers of . the
Twenty-fifth Infantry of the crime com
mitted against Brownsville on August 13
last by fastening the infamy on the
town's people themselves."
The resolutions declare "such a consum
mation would be a grave miscarriage of
Justice and an outrage upon a wronged
and Innocent people, who know beyond
the shadow of a doubt that the outrage
was committed by the soldiers." The
Senatorial committee and also the Pen
rose court martial are urged to come to
Brownsville and make a thorough investi
gation. MEXICANS SHOOT OFFICERS
Desperate Criminals Escape Arrest
and Wound Three Men.
MERCED, Cal., March 21. Constable J.
H. McNamara. Deputy Sheriff George
DEATH IN THE AIR!
Pneumonia Prevalent, and Why It Is So Easily Contracted
A Common E-very-Day Danger in Winter and .Spring
It Can Be Prevented as Well as Cured by
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QUA R ANTEED
Under tho Faod and Drags Act, June 30, 1906
Serial No. 332
dsanembie climate is the most
prolific cause of Pneumonia,
is contracted by exposure to wet
It
ana inclement weather ; from
sitting or standing with cold feet ;
by going from hot and over
crowded rooms into the keen
night air ; and by sitting, in
draughts.
These are trifling causes, but they re
sult in Pneumonia and frightful
mortality.
The proper way to guard against
Pneumonia is to prevent its dc
: Telopment.
This can be accomplished in no other
way so well as by the liberal use
of Ozomulsion.
Taken early, when the first symptoms
of the cold appear, it
CURES PROMPTLY
and prevents the development of
PNEUMONIA
Ozomulsion is prescribed by Phy
sicians for Throat, Chest and
Lung Troubles, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Grip, and all Pulmonary
Diseases. '
Sold by Druggists Everywhere.
Two Sizes: 8 oz. and 16 oz. Bottles
The Formula is printed in 7
Languages on label of every
Bottle.
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Yoakum and Jack Middle ton. were shot
this . evening while attempting to arrest
Juan Peres and Antone M on tan, two Mex
icans who had escaped from the chain
gang at the County Jail.
McNamara was shot in the chin, the
bullet ranging downward and landing In
his - shoulder. . His condition Is very
serious, but his recovery is expected. One
of the bullets of the Mexicans grazed
Yoakum's forehead, but he escaped ser
ious injury. Jack Middloton, who was
passing, was struck in the arm by a stray
bullet.
The shooting occurred in the tenderloin
diHtrint. where the Mexicans were hiding.
The officers got one of them down on the
sidewalk, but his cries brought his com
panions to the rescue. He began shoot
ing and before the officers could retaliate
the Mexicans escaped in the' darkness.
The Mexicans were next heard of at the
ranch of Scott Croop. near town. ' They
met Croop in the road and robbed him of
a few dollars and then turned towards
town again. The officers are in pursuit.
- - Crane Beats Sands in l-'Inals.
BOSTON. March 21. Joshua Crane, Jr.,
of this city, defeated Chajles E. Sands, of
New York, in the finals of the National
court tennis championship today and will
meet Jay Gould, of New York, tho pres
ent title-holder on Saturday.
Viscount Royston, who is one of the band
of young sportsmen of England to whom
the new excitement of airship flying makes
an appeal. In the heir to an earldom, that
of Hardwlcke, and he Is ever to be found
manifesting a keen Interest In anything
which may for a moment have the novelty
of being new.
of Cod Umer Oil Pur ExtxIUat
Ozotaalsiott is a rich, liquid Food,
nutritions and strengthening.
And it is a well-known fact that
nourishing food, with the peat
medicinal properties of Oaomni
sion, is the most formidabie foe
of Pneumonia. -
Because it keeps the blood invigor
ated, and the Umjis in cuuditiou
to throw off the cofd that de
velops into Pneumonia.
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