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n THE- MORXIXG OREGONIAN. .WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1907. 'S L Immunity Contracts of Graft ing Supervisors Broken by More Indictments. PUNISHMENT FOR PERJURY Ex-Supervisor Wilson and Coffey Said to Have. Told Untruths on. Witness Stand In Ford Trial. Kidnapers Also Indicted. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 1. The first breach in the integrity of the Immun ity contracts given the former Board of Supervisors by the bribery graft prosecution was made today when the grand Jury brought in Indictments asalnst ex -Supervisors Andrew M. Wilson. State Railroad Commissioner, and Michael Coffey on charges of ac cepting and agreeing to accept bribes from the Vnited RailroRds. the San Francisco Ga3 & Electric Company and Home Telephone Company. t Tne indictments' are 'in punishment of Wilson and Coffey's alleged commis sion of perjury in the trial of General Counsel Tirey I Ford, of the I'nlted Railroads, which is now in progress. In the Ford trial Wilson and Coffey testified that no promise of bribes had been held out by Wilson to his fellow mernbers of the Board of Supervisors. Other members of the board testified to the contrary. The grand Jury also brought indict ments against R. Porter Ashe, an at torney of this city, and Luther Brown, of Los Angeles; "John Doe, Richard Roe" and "Roe Doe." who are accused of kidnaping Fremont Older, managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, who was arrested In this city last Fri day night on a charge of criminal libel preferred by Brown's brother at Los Angeles. Older was released at Santa Barbara on a writ of habeas corpus. The John Doe and Richard Roe named In the Indictment refer to the two chauffeurs who drove the automo biles in which Older and the deputy constables were conveyed from this city to Redwood City. John Doe Is a detective said to be employed by the I'nlted Railroads and who. It la al leged,, was Implicated In the arrest of Older. Superior Judge Coffey fixed the ball of each of. the accused at $5000 cash or J10, 000 bonds, and bench warrants were Issued for all. It Is said that Ben Cohn and F. T. Cochran, the-two Los Angeles constables who arrested Older, saved themselves from Indict ment by giving a full testimony be fore the grand Jury. STEXOGI5APHF.K Ml" ST TELL lnforiuntlon About Crime Is XoC. Confidential, Says Judge. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Oct. 1. That information imparted by an employer to a stenographer Is not confidential under the provisions of the political code when it relates to the proposed commission of fraud or crime was decided this morn ing by Judge lawlor, in overruling.atn objection Interposed yesterday by the Tlrey L. Ford defense to the question Ing of Miss Celia McDermott, Ford's stenographer. The court having ruled, the examination of Miss McDermott was resumed, but It brought out nothing of value to either side. Miss McDermott declared that she "tended to her own business and knew nothing else." The prosecution called George Francis. chief clerk In the law department of the 'I'nlted " Railroads, and assistant . to Ford. He was asked by Mr. Hency whether he had not In May of 1906 seen on top of Ford's rolltop desk two long, narrow packages of tounk notes. He de nied it. He said the name of Abraham Ruet was not on the payroll of the com pany's law department, nor were there - on the payroll any "John Does" or "Richard Roes." -. The prosecution called for the books of the United Railroads, and the defense made a vigorous and prolonged effort to keep them out of court, on the score that they were unwilling to have them sub jected to the inspection of Rudolph fpreckels, who was characterized by Rogers as the company's financial and personal enemy. Judge Lawlor ruled that the books be produced and assured the defense that the prosecu tlon would conclude Its case this after noon, with the exception of the testi mony of Abe Ruef, who will be called tomorrow morning. When court reassembled at 3 o'clock a further adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning. CHANGES IN SUPPLIES Bradistreet Reports Increases and Decreases Since Previous Reports. NEW TORK. Oct. L Special cable and telegraphic communications to Brad street's show the following changes, in available supplies as compared with pre vious accounts: Bushels. Available supply of wheat. United -States and Canada, east of the Kocklefl. dec 203,000 Canada, inc 555,000 Total I'nited States and Canada, Inc SSS.Oon Afloat for and In Europe, inc l.ftOO.Ou Total American and Kuropea-n aup- ply. . inc. 2,233. OOO Corn. I'nlted Ptatea and Canada, dec HS.000 Oats. United States and Canada, Ine. . . . : 1.227,000 MAKE CHARGE OF FRAUD Application for Receivers Made for Two New York Street Railways. NEW TORK, Oct. 1. Startling charges of extravagance and neglectful manage ment, or If not that, failure to account for millions of dollars, are made by State Attorney General Jackson In a petition filed today calling for the appointment of receivers for the New Tork City Rail way Company and the Metropolitan Street Railway .Company, and also de manding the dissolution of the New Tork City Railway Company. The application for receivers was made to Justice Ford, of the Supreme Court, who issued an order for the defendants to appear In court on October Z and answer to the complaints. ' The New Tork City Company leases the lines of the Metropolitan Company un der a guarantee to pay 7 per cent divi dends on the Metropolitan stock. , This dividend has never been earned since the date of the lease and tho Attorney General charges that the deficit to date BOARD PROM SB TO amounts to more than $10,000,000. Allega tions hinting at fraud are made in con nection with the company's construction account. BOOKBINDERS ON STRIKE Demand Conceded in All but Few Printing Houses. NEW YORK. Oct. 1. The demand for an eight-hour day by the members of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders has been generally acceded to by the em ployers throughout the city and the strike order issued to the bookbinders today af fected only four shops, which declined to meet. the demand. President Glockling. of the International Brotherhood, satd that employers ln.32'clties would grant the de mand , for an eight-hour day, but that strikes would be called In Chicago, Phila delphia and Boston to enforce the accept ance f tne demand. MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 1. Two hundred union bookbinders struck today for an eight-hour day, Twenty firms are af fected. CHICAGO, Oct. 1; Bookbinders in some of the large printing establishments struck today and in many small shops the men failed to report for work. The exact number out is not known." The propri etors of the large concerns have declared they will not concede the eight-hour day. STRIKE FAILURE IX CANADA Toronto Operators Decide to Ask for ' Reinstatement. NEW YORK. . Oct. 1. The general of ficers of '' the Western Union Telegraph Company were today advised that at meeting held. In Toronto on Sunday the few operators remaining on strike there declared the strike a failure in Canada and agreed to apply for reinstatement STILL ONE , MORE ROAD Alaska Railroad Tangle Over Right of Way Is Added To.' WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. Another potent factor was Injected into the troublous Alaska railroad case today when Harry N. Abercrombie, an attorney of Baltimore,- appeared at the War Department as the representative of the Valdez, Mar shall Pass & Northern Railroad Company of Alaska and served notice that this third company, and not the Copper River or the Alaska Home Company, had the legal right of way through the Govern ment reservation of Keystone Canyon, the only approach to the rich copper country In the Interior of Alaska. The papers were taken under consideration. POINTERS TO TAFT MEN ' (Continued from First Paga.) Conners, of Buffalo, chairman of the Democratic state committee, and Charles F. Murphy, resulted In a deci sion to urge the Republicans to aban don their purpose of naming Judge Willard Bartlett as their Democratic nominee for the Court of Appeals and accept either Judge William J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn, or Daniel B. Lucey. of Ogder.sburg. At the same time,' how ever, the general opinion prevails among politicians that the two Bart letts will be the nominees of both parties. Another result of the Conners-Mur-phy conferences was the decision to confine the negotiations of the spe cial committee appointed by the state committee Monday to the Republican organization and to Ignore all other political organizations. Mr. Conners also Intimated tonight that the State Bar Association might be appealed to by his special committee to help the Democrats out of what appears to be something of a dilemma over the Court of Appeals Judgeships. The last word from Mr. Woodruff today was that the Republican state committee would unanimously nom inate both Bartletts Friday at noon. There is still some uneasiness In Re publican circles over what Mr. Odell will do at the committee meeting Fri day In the matter of Presidential in dorsements. Northwestern People In New York. NEW YORK. Oct. 1. (Special.) North western people registered at New York hotels today as follows: Portland Imperial J. E. Kane and wife. Grand Mrs. E. H. Brooke. Mur ray Hill A. A. Llndsley and wife.. Seattle Hotel Astor M. H. Ring and wife. Miss Gottstein. K. Gottsteln. M. Gottstein and wife. Prince George J. H. Calvert. Grand Union Miss M. W. Gurney. I... G. Wheeler. Park Avenue Mrs. R. B. Jansen.. CHICAGO. Oct. 1. (Special.) Oregon people at Chicago hotels: From Portland L- A. Northrup, at the Auditorium Annex. From Baker City James N. Leasia and wife, at the Grace. Three thousand marriages a day is the record of the entire world. t 1 I ft Jr? !r ' v ip I f 4 . : 'v3 S w If- - " " --iC I feW , - its - , r( ; : - T 1 - ' '. 'A M " -n. . v sa ,r.i& ..wAttL itmiimMiMMranWi Z?TsuL.-1 too?' ". , rSLAJTD WATERWAYS COMMISSION LEAVING THE PORT OF ST. FACL. Members, standing on the gang-plank of the Government steamboat Gen. A. McKenzie, are from right to left la order: General A. McKenzie, Chief of Engineers Senator John 6. Bankhead. Chairman T. E. Burton. Senator William Warner. F. H. Newell. Chief of the Reclamation Service: Senator Francis A. Newlands, James J. Hill, prealdent.of the Great Northern Railway; President Howard Elliott, of the 'Northern Pacific. Railway, and Congressman F.C.' Stereos, of Minnesota. DEFENSE ENDS CASE Surprise Sprung in Horseman Murder Trial. M'BROOM MADE THREATS Witnesses Testify That Victim De clared He Would Kill Man Now on Trial Attorneys Will Address Jury Today. PENDLETON, Or., Oct 1. (Special.) Proceedings in the Horseman mur der trial came .to an abrupt close at noon today, when the defense sudden ly announced that all of their testi mony was In. Not expecting so sud den an ending of the evidence the at torney asked the court for time in which to prepare their arguments, and a recess was ordered until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The chief feature of the trial today was the examination of William Troxle, who was apparently an unwilling wit ness for either side. He had been summoned for the defense, but denied he had ever promised to visit the of fice of Colonel Raley for a conference. Al Horseman was called to ;the stand and testified that Troxle had made such, a promise.. L. B. Oilman also appeared to be unsatisfactory- to the defense, even after admitting that he had been al most a brother to Horseman. The at torneys for Horseman read extracts of statements ma3 by Oilman after the murder. One of these was that McBroom waV advancing upon Horse man when the latter fired. Also he had consulted Horseman and his at torney before answering a subpena and had been censured by the District Attorney. earn tjaiawen, a young man, cor roborated Horseman's story of the first meeting with McBroom at Nel son's. George Taylor testified that McBroom had told him he would kill Horseman before the Summer was over. Frank Hlnkle testified that Mc Broom told him he was going to whip Horseman, and Anthony Corey gave testimony in a similar vein. COMPANY G. IS INSPECTED Captain Loomis Finds Everything In Flrst-Class Condition. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct, 1. (Spe cial.) The quarterly Inspection of Company G, Third Regiment of In ia.nr.ry. uregon .National Guard, was made last night by Franklin A. Looinis Captain and commanding officer of the company. The arms and uniforms of the men were given a thorough Inspec tion, and everything was found in flrst- class condition. The officers of Com pany j nave Deen disappointed over failure to obtain a rifle range at Will amette, and will seek another location Indoor target practice will soon begin, and the regular weekly drill nights nave oeen resumed. Company G pro poses to-, maintain the high standard set at the encampment last Summer, when the Oregon City company, the youngest in the state, was highly com plimented by the Inspector and Regl mental officers. FINDS SHIP TIED TO ' BUOY British Captain Awakes to See His Vessel Moored In Sound. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 1. (Special.) captain C. Korlrr woke up this morn ing to find his ship, the British bark Ventura, tied up to a buoy in Seattle Harbor, Instead of lying at anchor off Tacoma. He had been brought in dur ing the night In tow of the British tug Lome and left here with a cargo of cement that belongs to Balfour, Guthrie & Company, at Tacoma. The Ventura came around the Horn with her cargo. Instead of dropping the tow at Port Townsend. the Lome brought her on to Seattle, mistaking the port It is claimed, for Tacoma. On the voyage from Hamburg the Ventura had a set of canvas and rig ging blown away. RECLAIM LAKE COUNTY LAND Department of the Interior Ap proves of Contract. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) The State Land Board received notice to day that.'the Department of the In terior .has approved the state's con tract with the Portland Irrigation Com pany for the reclamation of 12,000 acres of land in the vicinity of CTie waukan Lake,' in Lake County. " The; tract is about 35 miles north of Lake view. . . , . .. The Portland Irrigation Company is managed by Edwin Mays and - C. H. Bell. The-land will be reclaimed with Spring flood water held in reservoirs.' VALUATIONS IX POLK COCXTY Assessor Graves' Figures Show an Increase of SI, 767, 790. DALLAS, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) The 1907 assessment roll for r"oiK County, was completed by Assessor C. S. Graves yesterday. The total value of assessable property this year is $10.6i)6,460, an increase of l.ib7,io over last year. A summary of the roll follows: Tillable land. 118.0M acres 3.:!.4" r-ion-tlltaoie lana, acre. ,.'Vr, Improvement on deeded lands MG.fL0 Town and city lota - 2J8'?! , Improvements on town and city lots 5K4.. Improvements on land not deeded.. -S. Rallwav bed, 73.67 miles 704. SOI Telegraph and telephone lines Railroad rolling- stock T. t TO Manufacturing machinery, - eto.... l.irc.-. Merchandise 2'..s:,t Farming- implements, etc K4.3in Money iO.'.i.'iO Notes and accounts 1u4.8io Shares of stock (2340) 135.m0 Household furniture, etc -. ... !4H.lSO Horses and mulea (4M1) ll..wii rattle f78fi4) lW'.S"! Sheep and goats (35.180) 68.311! Swlns (3452) 12.220 Gross value of property lO.SOfl 400 WESTGATE HAS BACKING APPOINTMENT AS SURVEYOR- GENERAL THOUGHT CERTAIN. Senators Fulton and Bourne and Congressman 'Hawley Add Their Influence. ' SALEM, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) Sena tors Fulton and Bourn and Congressman Hawley Joined in recommending G. A. Westgate for Surveyor-General of Ore gon. Although no definite promises or pledges had been made. Mr. Westgate has understood for some time that he would have the Indorsement of these three members of the delegation. His appointment Is therefore practically cer tain. . Mr. Westgate is an experienced civil engineer and is thoroughly familiar with the work of the office. He is a man of considerable business training, is pleas ant and accommodating, and in these re spects is believed to be well qualified for the position. In the last campaign he Berved as chairman of the Republican Btate Central Committee, and so far .-as politics has anything to do with the matter, his appointment is in a measure a reward for his service to the party. John D. Daly is tne present Surveyor General, and has been In office nearly four and a half years. His term expired last Spring. Before being Surveyor-Gen eral, Mr. Daly was State Senator from Benton County. It is understood tnat Mr. Daly was appointed Surveyor-General through the Influence of Senator Fulton. G. A. Westgate, who will probably suc ceed him, Is from Albany. He Is the chairman of the Republican State Cen tral Committee, and last year conducted a very active campaign for the entire Republican state ticket. In that elec tion Senator Bourne was a candidate for the United States Senate by popular vote. MOTHER TRIES TO GET CHILD Sheriff Believes Mrs. Stoan Planned to Kidnap Her 13-Year-Old Girl. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 1. In a letter received by Sheri.t Morris from Mrs. B, W. Redding of Snoqualmle, the aunt of 13-year-old Freda Stoan, the legal custody of whom Is the subject or litigation in the Supreme Court, a charge of attempted kldnannlne is made against Mrs. atoan the mother of Freda, and a man who accompanied her Is supposed to be Mai lorv. the station agent shot -by Stoan re cently at Olympia. Mrs. Redding says that the first attempt was made by two men who waited with a horse and buggy near a patch of woods between the school house and her home. When Freda came along she recognized her mother sitting in the buggy and says they pursued her but she jumped over a fence and got to a neighbor's house safely. Sheriff Morris has furnished Mrs. Redding with a dep uty to protect her and the child. Laennec Arrives In. ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) The French ship Laennec, which ar rived last evening from Swansea, re ports a pleasant trip until crossing In at the mouth of the river a huge comb er swept over the vessel, breaking the skylight and flooding the cabin and chart room. The two men at the wheel were washed across the deck but no one was injured and the damage to the ship was slight. Captain Gurlec. master of the Laennec, reports speaking the French bark Le Pilier, also en route from Swansea tor t-ort land, on August 23 in latitude eight Women as Well' as Men Are Hafe - - Miserable : by -Kidney - and ; Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discouragesandlessensambition; beauty, vigor and cheerful ness soon disappear when the kidney s are out of order or dis eased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncom mon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kidnevs. If the child urinatestoo often, if the urine scalds the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it, thecause of thediffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miser able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same RTeat remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty cent and one-dollar i size bottles. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also a Home of Swamp-Root, pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, including many oi metnousanas oi testi monial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad dress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. south. Captain David, of the L Filter, wished to be reported "all well." FILES CLAIM AGAINST CITY Miss Annie Anderson Demands $10,- 000 for Fall From Sidewalk. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) A claim for $10,000 for personal Injuries al leged to have been sustained by falling on Eleventh street in this city, was filed in the city auditor's office today by Miss Annie Anderson of Portland, formerly proprietress of the Multnomah lodging house In that city. The document which is in the nature of an affidavit signed by the claimant, recites that the accident occurred about 8 o'clock on the evening of September 2, 1907, during the regatta and on the west s'.de of Eleventh street between the rail way track and the regatta grandstand. It says the claimant stepped oft the apron leading to the railway track onto the wharf, fell and was so badly injured that she has been confined to the hos pital since that time. J. H. Smith, who Is attorney for the claimant says he has not yet ascertained who owns the property where the acci dent happened, so he does not know yet whom the accident will be brought against In court, but under the charter of the city a claim for damages against the city resulting from an accident must be filed within 30 days after the accident happens and the claim Is filed to pro tect the claimant's rights under the char ter in case It is found the property be longs to the city. He also stated that so large an amount is- named as damages in order to cover the case In the event the injuries sustained should prove to be per manent, although, according to the state ments of the attending physician, the In dications are the claimant will entirely recover from the effects of the Injuries. Sells Interest In Schooner. ASTORIA, Or.. . Oct. 1. (Special!.) A bill of sale was filed In the- Custom House today, whereby Charles H. John son, of San Francisco, sells a one-six teenth interest in the pilot schooner Jo seph Pulitzer, to J. H. Harriman, of this city. The consideration named is merely nominal. Captain Harriman was granted a bar pilot's license by the State Board some months ago and will now engage in piloting at the mouth of the river. Enlarge Fort Stevens Barracks. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) No tice has been received from the War De partment at Washington that the plans have been approved . for the construction at Fort Stevens of a barracks to accom modate a company of 109 men. Bids on the erection of the building will ibe called for in the near future. Marine Engineers' Strike Averted. NEW YORK, Oct. 1. All danger of strike of the marine engineers on the ocean and coastwise steamship lines whose vessels sail from this port bearing the American flag has been averted. A satisfactory agreement has been reached with the men. . 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