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and the prosecution is delighted at a
number of the members pleading guilty.
It in expected that they will give evidence
damaging enough to land the leaders
within the law, and it Is when the latter
clash with the court that the real fight
is expected to begin.
VltKOR CALLS FOR
HALT
THE OKEG0IA?f, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, . 1907.
IRE FURNITURE
TRUST MEN FINED
' &'jfr&g ffj$P?0& '9mmj&g?
Score of Members of Combine
Plead Guilty Before Judge
Wolverton.
OTHERS SOON TO APPEAR
Furniture Exchange Members Pay
$26, and Second-Hand Iealers
310 Each Fifty-seven Will
Flead on July 10.
Twenty more members of the Pacific
Coast furniture trust pleaded guilty
of being in the combine, before Judge
Wolverton, in the United States Dis
trict Court yesterday morning, and as
many more are expected to do so to
day. Seventeen of the smaller concerns
and three members of the Furniture
Kxchange were in the party. In
several cases the guilty persons were
fined $25, while the secondhand dealers
were assessed $10.
Fifty-seven firms appeared and were
given until July 10 to plead to the
eharge of violating the anti-trust law.
Tills accounts for 97 members of the
trust, and leaves 88 firms still to come
forward and state their cases.
-rsttant Secretary Frank F. Free
man, lawyer, presented the names of
about 40 clients who will appear in
rourt on July 10. Five of them" later
decided to enter pleas of guilty.
The men Mr. Freeman appeared for,
who will plead July 10. were: A. K
Kellogg, nervals; S. Vandecar, North
Powder; J. Chapman, Dallas; C. TV".
Conkltn, Jacksonville: E. P. Voruji,
Baker City: C. S. Hamilton, Salem;
Tacoma Furniture A; Mattress Com
pany; M. Streff & Co., Stayton; Fred
Hebdlng. Medford Furniture Company,
Medford: J. (i. Chambers, Eugene; Max
Tj. Buren, Salem: C. T. Nelson. Vale;
John Poe Baker, John Doe Falsom,
Lewis Hunter, Valentine Stroble, J. L.
Sharon. L. A. Kddlngs. Pendleton:
Frank "W. Hollifl, Mark Baker, F. W.
Weeks, Medford: W. T. Macy. Walter
Macy, McMinnvllle; Paul H. Stage. Sa
lem: The Household Furnishing Com
pany. Salem; C. W. Halsey, Fossil; .1.
W. Kays. Eugene; John Weiss, ner
vals; K.' J... Mlnard. F.lmo, Wash.; Paul
Ueisler. M. J. McGrHth. II. A. Kern,
H. Hansen, H. C. Srhroeder, W. W.
Savage, H. Nusbaum. A. R. Cellar, N.
S. Mueller. W. M. Taylor, Frank V.
Freeman, Portland.
lawyers Joseph Simon and W. D. Fen
Ion appeared for a number of those to
plead July 10. who were: Olds.
Wortnian & King. Tull & Gibbs,
Art Furniture Manufacturing Com
pany, Kugene Cohn. Marcus Cohn,
Taubenheimer & Schmeer Carpet & Fur
niture Company. Kdwln A. Covcll. J. G.
Mack, I. Oevurtu & Sons. Henry Jonnlng,
Powers Furniture Company, Edwards
Company, William Gadsby & Sons and
the Eastern Outfitting Company, of Port
laud. The men who pleaded guilty and were
fined 10 each are: Nick Wels. Baker
City; F. A. Nutbrown. F. S. Nutbrown. I.
Dauton", a. Hochfield. A. Hlrt. B. Ablo
witx. H. A. Kerns. E. C. Yatler. A.
llausen and the Hawthorne Furniture
Company, of Portland.
Those in the $2S class are: Chehalis
Manufacturing Company, of Chehalis,
Wash.; Frank W. Hollls, Mark Baker,
F. W. Weeks, of Medford: W. II. Phelan,
F. A. Jones, W. M. Taylor. L. Ruvensky,
end Herman Metzger, of Portland.
When asked yesterday if the bench war
wants would be issued to those falling
to appear shortly. Assistant District At
torney Cole stated that he doubted that
tills would be necessary. Nearly all
named In the Indictments, he said, had
communicated with him by telephone,
letter, or by attorney, and he did not
look forward to any force being required
to have the remainder come forward. He
Is weeding out the smaller fry as rapidly
as possible and it will be with the leaders
of the combine that the law will grapple
horns.
The Furniture Exchange is looked upon
as the forclhle element in the monopoly
Police Court Places Restraint on Mrs
Slight's Too Energetic Tongue
Neighbors of Kearney Street Matron Testify That She Is a Most Un
common Scold Judge Makes Peace Bond $50 to Close Incident.
Legal restraint was placed upon the
energetic tongue of Mns. E. Slight, of .
4S8 Kearney street, yesterday fore- I
noon. one rennquisnea ail claim to
the title of neighborhood scold, and
promised that hereafter she will be
the most pleasant and neighborly of
women. As an evidence of good faith
she posted $o0 as a forfeit with Mu
nicipal Judge Cameron.
Pretty much the whole neighbor
hood was on hand yesterday in the
Municipal Court, to tell of grievances
against the voluble Mrs. Slight. From
tho witness stand she was charged
with profane vituperation such as
would make the blood of a cavalry
non-com run cold. Only last Sunday,
it was declared, she abused Mis. Dris
coll until that matron swooned under
the harangue. Denied the privilege of
helping revive her victim, Mrs. Slight
1 said to have turned her vocal bat
terl es on Mr. iMMscoll.
Back In th good old Puritan days
an ampla remedy was prescribed for
neighborhood erolds, but people have
Krow more tolerant
I since then, and the
worst scolds ftft
nowdays la a small
tine. Not wishing
i to have a fine im
posed, the neigh
bors held off until.
rs they say, Mrs.
Slight's habits be-
v a m e unbearable.
Then tho Priscolls
had her arrested
on a charge or
li' 1 using abusive lan-
Jack Day. & pri
vate detective, who
lives In Ahe Slight
nelghborifrod. de
V
scribed one of his
experiences with
Hi I
the defendant. He
and & friend place.d
li
tent in an ad
joining lot for
physical culture
purpose. Kecently,
fir-.
while they were in
gymnasium c o s -tume,
and engaged In bag-punching,
Vlrs. Slight leaned over he rear fence
f her yard, pvilled back the flap of
the tent, turued a garden hose on the
Confesses to Court Tliat Lawyer's
Speech Is All Greek.
That he was muddled to begin with
and grew more muddled as Lawyer
Minor talked was the complaint made
yesterday afternoon by William Stan
ton, who rose in the Jury box to ex
plain his mental tangle to Circuit
Judge Frazer. The case being heard
by the Jury is the condemnation suit
entered hy the Oregon Electric Rail
way Company against the Terwilliger
Land Company and the South Portland
Improvement Company to obtain right
of way through land the defendants
value at S50.000.
"I am muddled." said the Juror, "and
get more muddled as the learned gen
tleman talks. I can't tell you now
whether they want a streetcar to go
through that land or a freight train."
Judge Frazer informed the Juror that
the remarks of the attorney were ger
mane to the subject, and the trial continued.
Laborer's Suit on Trial.
Before Circuit Judse Sears is being
tried the case of Harold F. Wilde, who
sues Robert Wakefield, the contractor
who erected the Wells-Fargo building,
for 115.000 damages, alleging the defend
ant is responsible for an accident to the
plaintiff while the latter was working
as a derrick hand. Wilde contends that
he was injured through the carelessness
of Wakefield in permitting the operation
of a derrick with manila rope Instead of
steel cables. Wakefield says Wilde sus
tained the injury through his own care
lessness. Wild Sent to Penitentiary.
For embezzling $40 from the Crystal Ice
& Storage Company, A. R. Wild was
sentenced to serve an indeterminate sen
tence of from one to ten years in the
Penitentiary yesterday by Circuit Judge
Cleland. Wild was a salesman -for the
Ice company and fled to Ios Angeles
with the money. Judge Cleland also sen
tenced Sam Nelson, a cook, to three
months' imprisonment for assault and
battery on a 6-year-old child. Nelson was
employed at a sanitarium in the vicinity
of Mount Tabor.
Given Time to Plead.
Before Circuit Judge Cleland yesterday
four suspects were arraigned, ail of the
prisoners being given until next Satur
day to plead. The prisoners arraigned
were Frank Kelly, charged with robbery
of the Gresham bank; Malcolm' Mc
Cauley. accused of embezzling $3000 from
the. Oregon & Washington Lumber
Company", Guy F. Rltter, held for ob
taining $20 tinder falsa pretenses, and
Harry Montrose, charged with a statu
tory crime.
Syrian Husband In Tolls.
Accused of willfully refusing to support
his wife and baby. Najlb Khury, a Sy
rian, Is confined in the County Jail in
default of $l'00 bonds, awaiting a hear
ing before County Judge Webster. Mrs.
Louise Khury. who is American, swore
to the complaint charging her husband
with non-support. Previous to this com
plaint she had had him arrested for as
sault and battery.
Three Tears Her Sentence.
Three years in the Peniteniary was the
sentence pronounced yesterday by Circuit
Judge Frazer upon Beatrice Lewis, the
colored woman convicted last week of
grand larceny. Beatrice Lewis was the
accomplice of another colored woman.
Grace Reed. In robbing Andrew Johnson
In a Flanders-street resort last April.
The Reed woman Is a fugitive from Jus
tice. ,
Kamra's Executor Discharged.
Reporting that the 39 claimants
against the estate of Charles T. Kamm
had been paid 34 per cent of their
claims, a pro rata approved by the
County Court, C. F. Adams, the ex
ecutor, was discharged yesterday by
County Judge Webster and relieved
from further responsibility, none of
the claimants having entered protests.'
Predicts Douma's Dissolution.
LONDON, June 12. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg quotes M. Purishkevitch,
the Conservative leader, as declaring
that the dissolution of the Douma is
eminent, at the most within a fortnight.
two men. and gave them a sousing.
In explanation, she said the sides of
the tent touched her fence, and that
she could not permit any such in
fringement on her property rights.
It was Baid that Mrs. Slight has an
other bad habit, too, of giving Com
anche yells that are likely to break
out in the middle
of the night, awak
ening the whole
neigh borhood.
These yells are in
variably accom
panied by her ap
pearance on the
street in various
unsteady attitudes.
It was said.
Mrs. Slight pro
tested her inno
cence, and denied
ever having abused
anyone. To prove
it she had on hand
a diminutive, el
derly little man
who lives In the
same neighborhood.
He said he never
heard Mrs. Slight
use profanity.
Judge Cameron
took it that the
evidence was un
questionable. While
believing the case H-C
to be one of an ag
gravated nature, the court said he
would impose no fine since he thought
a peace bond would be far more ef
fective. "You will depost $50 ball with the
court." said he. "and if you do not be
come a better neighbor you lose your
fifty." -
Mrs. Slight gave assurance that
there would be no possible cause for
complaint concerning her conduct in
the future.
Russia Will Borrow Again.
NEW YORK, June 12. A Paris dis
patch to the Times states that arrange
ments are being made by European
financiers to supply Russia with $5D,
ono.OiO in gold, of which sum the Unit
ed States Is to furnish $12.000. 000. The
understanding Is that the money is to
be applied exclusively to domestic
needs.
From Nearly Every Stack in Portland
Commonwealth Building
This
TELLS OF THE TIL
Witness From Boise Discusses
Harry Orchard.
THINKS HE TELLS TRUTH
Rev. James Russell, Who Is Return
ing From Idaho, Says Dynamit
er Was Keally Converted
and Is Doing His Duty.
Kev. James Russell, a member of the
Presbyterian synodlof California, was In
Portland yesterday on his return to
Southern California from the Haywood
murder trial at Boise, he having been
subpenaed as a witness. Rev. Mr. Rus
sell was in Caldwell at the time Governor
Steunenberg was murdered, and occupied
a room at the hotel, directly over the
one which Orchard occupied while he was
making his infernal machine for the as
sassination of the ex-Governor. At the
time he met Orchard, shortly before the
murder. Orchard represented himself to
be & sheep buyer, Mr. Russell says. In
an interview last night Mr. Russell said:
"Orchard had with htm a fellow going
under the name of J. L. Simpkins. "Vhen
I was on the witness stand. I identified
him as the man from photographs which
were shown me. They have not yet
succeeded In locating impkins, as he
left the country Just before the murder
occurred. When I knew him Orchard
was going under the name of Hogan, and
was introduced to me under that name
by Mr. Dempsey. the hotel proprietor.
"Right after the murder. Orchard came
rear giving himself away when he was
cleaning himself up by spilling a bottle
of sulphuric acid he had in his pocket.
He also had In his pocket a giant cap,
and this exploded when tho acid reached
It. He was burned a. little, but the ex
citement was so treat at that time thy
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Will soon be issuing smoke from Consumers Coal. . At
the same time, into the pocket of every investor in the
stock of the Consumers Coal Company will be dropping
the steadily increasing profit from the investment.
Here is a great opportunity. While the consumer will
be able to get his coal at a greatly reduced price, the
investor will be making a grand strike in profits. Many
? consumer will become an investor as well. This' means
a double source of profit to him. He will not only be
making a big profit from his investment, but he will be
Grand Free Excursion
By Steamboat Sunday
We have chartered the Steamboat Kellogg to make the
round trip to the property of the CONSUMERS COAL
COMPANY, leaving the foot of Salmon street at 7:30 A. M.
Lunch and supper will be served free on board. A thorough
inspection of the properties will be made for the purpose
of substantiating the fact that we have an immensely profit
able coal mine within a few hours' ride of the city of Portland
For Detailed Information Apply at Once
Commonwealth Trust' Co.
Stock Is Not Going- Begging- for Buyers
We have already sold large blocks of it. Every day
finds new buyers. It will be only a few days longer
i'-at this stock will be obtainable. There are only 5000
shares for sale at $10.00 each. When this stock is all
sola, no more will be available. The company is. or
ganized upon a basis of 25,000 shares at $10.00 a share.
Only $50,000 is required to put the mine into perfect
wwmmmM
those who heard the explosion did not
think of It as connected with the murder,
and very few heard It. Before the mur
der was committed. Orchard had changed
his boarding place, and gone to the other
hotel in tlie town, as I had told him that
I had been doing evangelistic work in
Cripple Creek.
"Orchard had experimented with his
infernal machine so that he was dead
sure it would work. How well it did
work you know.
Did 'Sot Look a Criminal.
"On the night of Orchard's arrest I
went up to him, and was about to speak
to him, as I had no thought of what
had happened. The detectives kept me
away. I always supposed him to be a
man of good habits. He did not look to
me like a criminal. Immediately after
the deed was committed all arenues of
escape from the town were closely guard
ed. Knowing he could not escape he
tried to run a bluff on tho detectives
by saying to them. 'I am a stranger in
the town. Why don-t you arrest me?
They took it as a bluff, and let him go
for three days at least, when they final
ly took him fhto custody. On searching
his room they found the remnants of
powder caps and acid he had been using
In the manufacture of the bomb.
"There is now an undercurrent of feel
ing in Boise against the Federation of
ficials. At the trial Parrow is showing
his littleness of character. Richardson
being a superior man in every way. But
even he is beginning to wear under the
strain and to lose his patience at times.
It Is perhaps because he feels the hope
lessness of the case for the defense.
"Everybody who has heard Orchard's
statements believe them to be absolutely
true, because of the straightforward way
In which they have been told, and be
cause some of them have been verified.
It is, of course, believed that the real
reason for Orchard's confession is that
he has been converted to Christianity.
Thinks Orchard Converted.
"I was talking with Dean Hlnks, of
the Episcopal Cathedral in Boise, the
other day. He has been Orchard's spir
itual adviser, and believes the man Is
soundly converted. He told me that
Orchard is a changed man. Mr. Hawley
said that when the trial was first talked
of Orchard wanted to tell the whole
story, but he told Mr. Hawley that If
he told all he would be compelled to give
his true name, and that would bring
sorrow and suffering to his relatives. He
did not want to do that. A few months
before that, however, be did not care
Open Till 9 P. M.
how much suffering he caused anybody,
relatives or otherwise.
"There is another thing that makes me
believe that Orchard is all that he pro
fesses to be, and that is his attitude
on the witness stand. He never becomes
angry, no matter how provoking the
questions may be. Some of them are al
most personal thrusts. Both the lawyers
for the prosecution and for the defense
become angry over things which come
up at the trial, but Orchard remains Be
rene and calm, like a rock In the tem
pest. Richardson, a master In asking
questions, has not succeeded in one in
stance In tripping the witness, though he
has done his best.
Try to Kill Orchard.
"There have been attempts on the life
of Orchard. Two men found In the city
with explosives In their possession were
arrested a short time ago. Orchard Is
guarded with Jealous care. Few know
when he leaves the courthouse In the cab.
and it is not safe for anyone to follow
the cab if they do see him leave, as the
building Is guarded both inside and out
with a great many guards.
"One day while" I was there the weather
was stormy, so many of the spectators
brought umbrellas with them. They were
all compelled to lift the umbrellas above
their heads and open them In order to
expose any hidden packages there might
be there. One man was ejected from tho
room because he carried a package, but
this was discovered to be a bundle of
personal effects.
"I think it almost certain that if Hay
wood is convicted the other men impli
cated will be also."
"CITY VISITOR" APPOINTED
Boys' and Girls' Aid Society to Look
After Wards In Private Homes.
A regular monthly meeting of the board
of trustees of the Boys' and Girls' Aid
Society was held yesterday afternoon in
the oh ambers of Judge Gilbert, when
there were present: Judge Williams, ""f.
E. Beach, Judge Gilbert. Judge Wolver
ton. Dr. T. It ESiot, Mrs. J. A. Bladen,
Mrs. A. G. Barker, Mrs. C. R. Temple
ton, and Superintendent Gardner. Offi
cers were then elected as follows: Pres
ident. Judge George H. Williams; secre
tary, F. E. Beac: treasurer, J. C. Aius
worth; executive committee. Dr. T. L.
Eliot, chairman. Judge W. B. Gilbert and
Mrs. Levi White; financial committee, J.
C Ainsworth. Robert H Farreil um
practically cutting his Winter. coal bill in half at the
same time. He will be making and saving money by
the same process. There are only a few things necessary
to make lots of money in a coal investment. There must
be coal and plenty of it. It must be easily mined. It
must be close to transportation facilities. It must be
convenient to market. The market must be easily ac
cessible and reached at a low cost. There must be a
large and permanent demand. All of these important
features are abundantly present in the Consumers Coal
Ccnpany's proposition.
operation. Much of this work .is now being done by
capital furnished by the organizers. See the mine in its
pr sent condition and you will easily note what a simple
matter it is to begin the actual shipment of coal within
a very few weeks. We invite you to join us in our grand
free steamboat excursion to the mine Sunday. You
will enjoy the trip and will profit by it, if you wish.
Commonwealth Trust Co.
? a"
Helen F. Spalding. The president ap
pointed Superintendent Gardner to act
as assistant secretary.
The superintendent's report for May
was then read, showing that 17 children
were received during the month and 33
provided with other homes, leaving on
hand, June 1, 39. The report also stated
that Mrs. M. J. Graham, formerly ma
tron of the receiving home, would now
act as city visitor to visit the large num
ber of girls placed out In family homes
within the corporate limits of the city
of Portland. Mrs. Graham in 'this capaci
ty will have about 115 charges. It will
be her duty to see that the custodians of
the wards fulfil their contracts in cloth
ing and schooling the wards of the soci
ety in return for services rendered, and
also to correct any errors made by the
wards while in family homes. Mrs.
Graham has been matron at the receiv
ing home for the past 16 years, therefore
Is acquainted with the personnel of the
society's charges, and will be in a po
lh fc
NSSO so
Malaria is an atmospheric poison which we unconsciously breathe into
our system. The blood in its constant passage through the lungs absorbs the
germs, and they destroy the rich, red corpuscles of this vital fluid and reduce
it to such rfweak, watery condition that it is unable to properly nourish the
system, and disease gets a foothold. Then the symptoms of Malaria, such
as pale, sallow complesfions, weak vitality, poor appetite, deranged digestion ,
and. perhaps chills and fever show that the trouble is affecting every part of
the body. Malaria also affects the liver, producing a chronic state of bilious
ness, and often a long spell of fever follows when the blood becomes fully
contaminated with the poison. Chronic Sores and Ulcers, boils, aches and
pains, and skin affections of various kinds often result from this insidious
disease if the poison is allowed to accumulate in the blood in sufficient quan
tities. Malaria must be removed from the system through the circulation,
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S. S. S. is also the greatest of all tonics, and builds up and invigorates the
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are suffering" from Malaria will be pleased with the prompt and pleasant re
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AGENTS
Building
sition to improve the deportment of the
city children out In family homes, and
her surveillance will be beneficial to
both custodian and ward.
Current bills to the amount of $7?o.f0
were read and. being approved by the
executive comittee, were ordered paid.
The board adjourned until the second
Tuesday in July.
Credit Men Meet In Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 12. Several hun
dred credit men from all parts of the
United States, delegates to the twelfth,
annual meeting of the National asso
ciation, gathered In Chicago today.
Two sessions will be held daily. Gov
ernor Dennen and Mayor Busse, on be
half of the state and city, will wel
come the delegates to Chicago.
The convention will close with a
banquet on Friday evening. Among those
making addresses will be Speaker Joseph
Cannon. George R. Peck, Levy Mayer
and Judge Grossrup.
RIDS THE SYSTEM
OF MALARIA.
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