THE MORNING OREGONIAN, "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 190S.
PRESIDENT
SIGNS
PITCH'S; HUMOR
Land-Fraud Thief to Have Lib
erty, That He May Turn
, State's Evidence.
HENEY ASKS THE FAVOR
Conduct of Convicted Man lias Been
Model Great Help to Honey In
Giving Evidence to Further
Land-Fraud Prosecution.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Dec. 31. Late this afternoon
President Roosevelt signed the pardon
of Stephen A, D. Puter, and by tomor
row it is expected that the Jail doors
will swing open and he will walk forth
a free man, for notification of his par
don was telegraphed to Portland this
evening by the Department of Justice.
While free, Puter is yet under an
implied promise to place his services
at the command of the Government,
and he will be summoned as one of the
leading witnesses in the land fraud
trials to be resumed in Portland Janu
ary 13. Later, when the Benson-Hyde
case is called in this city, Puter will
again appear as a witness for the Gov
ernment. It is because of the fact that
Puter is wanted as a witness here that
District Attorney Baker, of this city.
Joined Mr. Heney in recommending
Puter's pardon.
Just when the Benson-Hyde case will
be brought to trial is undetermined,
for there is at present no money to de
fray the expense of bringing 300 Gov
ernment witnesses from Oregon and
California. It is proposed some time
this Winter to submit to Congress a
deficiency estimate in hope of secur
ing a special appropriation to defray
the costs of this trial.
When he was here Mr. Heney gave
no intimation of his purpose to recom
mend the pardon of Puter, and no
inkling of what had been done was
permitted to leak out of the Depart
ment or the White House. Today's an
nouncement came as a complete surprise.
STO.RY OF THE PUTER CASE
Only One of Those Found Guilty to
Serve Sentence.
S. A. D. Puter was arrested and con
victed by Francis J. Heney, for what is
known as the 11-7 land-fraud case. With
him in this deal were Mrs. Emma L.
Watson, Horace McKinley, Marie Ware,
now Mrs. McKinley, Dan W. Tarpley
and others. The trial began November
"1, 1904, and he was convicted, December
6. and was sentenced to two years im
prisonment and to pay a fine of $7500.
All of the defendants were found
guilty, but Puter was the only one to
receive sentence and the only one who
l has served a term of imprisonment. Mc
Kinley ( fled the country and went to
China, Where he was arrested and is now
on his way to America. On July 6, 1906,
Puter was sentenced to serve two years
in the County Jail and he has served
about a year and one-half. In addition
to the Jail sentence, Puter was fined
J7500, but it is believed here that the
tine will be wiped out with the pardon.
Puler decided to turn against those
with whom he was connected in his
crooked land dealings, because they
turned him down. He has made friends
with all of the Government officials since
reaching that decision. There was no
half-way measures when Puter decided
to tell what he knew to Heney and it
was through Puter that practically all
of the land fraud convictions were made
possible. Whatever Puter might have
been, he has made good to Heney every
thing that he promised when he turned
state's evidence, and there is not a
man connected with the Federal Gov
ernment in Portland, who does not speak
highly of Puter. He has been a model
prisoner and has taken his medicine
without a word of complaint.
Last night Puter received the following
telegram from Francis J. Heney:
Tucson, Arli.. Dec. 31, 1907.
P. A. T. Puter. Portland, Oregon.
President has pardoned you at my request.
Warrant (roes direot to Warden. Happy New
Tear, and may you apply your undoubted tal
ent to honest work. FRANCIS J. HliN'EY.
WAR ON SMELTER TRUST
Montana Mincowners Say Its Rates
Are Exorbitant.
HELENA. Mont., Dec. 31. Mine
owners of Central Montana, comprising
operators of Helena, Butte, Anaconda
and other sections of the state, protest
ting against the alleged exorbitant
rates for smelting and refining of ores
charged by the Great Falls and East
Helena plants, will meet in this city
January IS or 17 to perfect an or
ganization for fighting these rates.
They say the present schedule is pro
hibitive and In restraint of trade.
In the event that the American
Smelting & Refining Company refuses
to lower its schedule, the mine-owners
propose to establish independent
smelters throughout the state, and to
ask state aid, as was done in Kansas
in connection with the independent oil
refineries.
COOKE STILL ON THE MOVE
Friend Shelters Fugitive, With Girl
and Baby.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31.-Rev". Jere
Knode Cooke and Floretta Whaley with
their S-months-old baby boy are believed
to still be In this city. After leaving
their Green-street flat, they were given
refuge by Eugene Martin of 1205 O'Far
rell street, who took pity on their help
less condition. When an attempt was
made to see them today at the Martin
residence, it was stated that they already
had left their temporary loflgings there.
report of Bishop Burgess' ' sermon
preached the Sunday after my husband
disappeared. There was something about
the handwriting that made me think It
was my husband's, but I could not be
:ure. Now I am certain it was his. which
.neais. If I am right, that he and the
t.1rl went to California at once.
"Not long ago I received a letter from
Hev. Frederick W. Clampitt. rector of
Trinity Church, San Francisco. He is an
old and dear friend. He said If he could
serve me in any way, to call upon him.
I thought of this when they told me my
husband had been found, and my first
thought was to help him in his trouble.
I have always loved him. For nine years
we lived a life of the purest devotion to
each other. I am sure it was so on
my part, and I believe It was so with
him until that girl came Into his life.
Then something happened to his brain.
It must have become demented. When I
heard he was in San Francisco I hastened
to write to Mr. Clampitt to appeal to
him to do something to save him. -
"Some friends have told me that if
there had not been something wrong my
husband would never have left me, and
now I see that he is reported to have
said that his life with me was very un
happy. This is false monstrously false.
Our life in Hempstead for nine years
was an open book. We were happy. -
"It was not until he made the ac
quaintance of Miss Whaley that I noted
any change in him. This was about a
year before they went away together.
One day about three weeks before he dis
appeared I seemed tp have an intuition
that there was some sin upon his soul.
Yielding to an impulse to know the truth,
I said to him: 'Would you do wrong?"
The question, did not seem to startle
him. Taking my hand, he said: 'Let me
look you in the eye and say no, no, I
cannot do wrong.' Then he added: I
can look you in the eye and say it, you
see.' It seemed to me that the note of
triumph in his voice was outjof place.
"My heart asks me what should- be my
duty At it were possible for him to re
turn a free man? Should I forget all
and receive him once more as my hus
band? It is a hard question to answer,
unless I lay aside all other feelings and
obey only the dictates of the Christian
spirit, which is to forgive, to forget."
LIFE OF PUREST DEVOTION
Till Evil Came Between Cooke and
His Confiding Wife.
NEW YORK. Dec. 81. Special dis
patches from New Haven, Conn., where
irs. Jere Knode Cooke now lives, quote
the wife of the minister who eloped last
April with Floretta Whaley and was
found recently in San Francisco, as say
ing: "This is the first reliable news I have
had of him since that day when my life
became desolate, but he has never been
absent from my prayers. About three
weeks after they went away I received
an envelope bearing the San Francisco
postmark with ho inclosure save a news
paper clipping. The clipping was a brief
PROMISE A BIG CONTEST
AY ILL OF MRS. ALICE BONNI
FIELD FILED IX DENVER.
Everything Left to Denver Woman.
Mother Will Fight tor Property,
Alleging Will Is Changed
DENVER, Dec. 31. By the will of Mrs.
Alice M. Bonnifleld, who died suddenly,
at the Shirley Hotel, In this city, last
Thursday, which was filed today in the
Denver County Court, her entire estate,
estimated to be worth J500.000, is left to
Mrs. Lute B. Porter, wife of W. W.
Porter, the wealthy landowner and presi
dent of the W. W.and M. B. Porter In
vestment Company, of Denver.
Mr. Porter was Mrs. Bonnifield'a finan
cial agent and had entire charge of her
business affairs. The executors are Mr.
Porter and E. E. Roening, who haa for
15 years had charge of Mrs. Bonnifield's
mining properties, the' Excelsior gold
mines. In Placer County, California. Mr.
Roening is en route to Denver.
Thirty thousand dollars Is left to Mr.
Roening, "for work, labor and services
for the past 15 years." The information
is given In the will that a promissory
note is in possession of Roening covering
this amount. .. Mrs. . Bonnlfield fs without
husband or issue; her only surviving
blood relatives are a mother, Mrs. Anna
Watkins, . who is said to be a public
charge In Watford, England; a brother,
Alfred Watkins, now a soldier of fortune,
roaming the world, and Mrs. Gertrude
Herridge Hill, a niece, now in Denver.
The promised fight over the will by the
mother cannot take place until the docu
ment is presented for probate. At that
time all sides promise sensational de
velopments. The document was drawn
June 21, 1907, at a time when friends say
Mrs. Bonnifield was mentally incapable,
because of opiates physicians found it
necessary to give her to ease her pain.
A charge is made that the will has been
tampered with.
KILLED BROTHER OFFICER
Captain Von Goeben's Confession
Causes Sensation In Germany.
ALLENSTBIN, East Prussia, Dec. 31.-
Captain von Goeben, a distinguished of
ficer in the artillery branch of the Gerr
man army, has caused a sensation in
military circles by confessing that he is
the author of the mysterious murder of
Major von Schoorebeck, a brother officer,
who was shot dead on Christmas day.
Von Goeben will be tried by court-martial
and, if found guilty, will be. executed
by shooting in his own garrison.
Major von Schoorebeck, returning home
at a late hour Christmas night, heard
some one descending the stairway leading
from his wife's room. Drawing his re
volver, he went to meet the Intruder and
tried to shoot him. The revolver, how
ever, missed fire, and Von Goeben then
killed the Major and made his escape
without leaving any trace behind him.
He was subsequently arrested upon sus
picion, and confessed at the preliminary
examination.
Captain von Goeben served formerly
with the Macedonian gendarmerie and he
fought on the side of the Boers in the
South African War.
The wife of Major Von Schoorebeck has
been arrested on the charge of being im
plicated in the murder.
FRAUD IN MANAGEMENT
Receivers Xamed for Chicago & Mil
waukee Electric Line.
CHICAGO, Dec 31. Receivers for the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway
Company and allied corporations were
appointed tonight by Judge Tuthill, in the
Cook County Circuit Court on petition
of Charles' J. Monahan, a stockholder.
Monahan charges fraud in the manage
ment, whereby A. C. Frost, president of
the company, gained control. Carter H.
Harrison, ex-Mayor; Charles G. Dawes,
ex-Controller of the Currency, and
Gordon Ramsay, vice-president of the
railroad company, were named as re
ceivers. The road, which is 75 miles long, is
owned and operated by two Illinois cor
porations and two Wisconsin corpora
tions bearing the same names. The re
ceivers were appointed for the Illinois
corporations, but these own the Wiscon
sin company. The subsidiary companies
own the Kenosha (Wis.) street railway,
a box factory and a branch railroad at
Waukegan, 111.
STEAMER BREAKWATER
Will Not Sail Tonight '
The steamer Breakwater will not sail
on regular schedule Wednesday, January
1st (tonight), but will be delayed one
week, yeaving Oak street dock January
8th. at 8 P. M. .
KISER CALENDARS HALF PRICE.
Original photos. 248 Alder at.
DOUMA IS GUILTY
Members Accused of Treason
Are Sentenced.
LOSE POLITICAL RIGHTS
Prominence of Accused Iimits Sen
tence of 167 to Three-Months'
' Imprisonment and Two
Are Discharged.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 31. The
trial of the 169 members of the first
Douma who signed the Vlborg manifes
to was concluded today. One hundred
and sixty-seven of them were con
victed and sentenced to three months'
imprisonment, while two were acquit
ted on the ground that they had signed
under misapprehension. The sentence
carries, with it the Iocs of all political
rights.
M. Ramlschwili, who has served more
than three months' preliminary impris
onment, will be set free. Unless an
appeal from the decision of the court
Is taken, the sentence will take effect
beginning January 20, until which time
the former Deputies will remain at
large without ball.
The trial began on December 25 and
was notable for the powerful speeches
made by the most prominent men in
the Empire for the defendants.. The
prominence of the accused, it is gen
erally believed. Induced the govern
ment to exercise leniency.
The sentence withdraws from Rus
sian, politics the foremost liberal lead
ers in the constitutional movement for
several decades, among them being
Ivan Petrunkevitch, who drafted the
first demand on the Emperor for a con
stitution; Prince Dolgorukof, Prince
Dmitri Shakaffskoy, ex-Secretary of
the Lower House; Prince Obollnsky
and Prince Ourosoff, the well-known
Jurist; M. Petrajltskl, Vladimir Nabou
koft, leader of the Constitutional Dem
ocrats; Max Vlnaver and Lenltsky, and
the peasants Cehilkln and Nazarenko,
together with a score of other noted
men.
BOMB FACTORY IX FARMHOUSE
Most Complete Explosive Plant In
Russia Seized.
SEBASTOPOL Dee. 31. One' of the
most complete bomb factories ever
discovered in Russia has been un
earthed at a farm house 20 miles from
here. It consisted of a oomplete ap
paratus for the manufacture of high
explosives. Twenty-seven loaded bombs
of the most destructive type and 120
such implements unfinished were seized
and three men were arrested.
PRICE OF-LUMBER IS DOWN
Weyerhaeusers Make Deep Cut Be
cause Tendency Is Downward. -
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 31. (Special.)
Deep cuts in the prices of pine lum
ber have been made by the Weyer
haeuser Interests. Other concerns have
been selling at concessions from their
August price lists, generally 50 cents
to 31 a thousand, but' the Weyer
haeuser cut Is $1 to $3 a thousand. The
tendency towards general reductions
In prices and a decreased cost of
logging this Winter are given as rea
sons for the reduction.
The reductions are: Dimension tim
bers, S2 a thousand; common boards,
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, $1 a thousand;
fencing, Nos. 1 and 2, six-Inch, $1 a
thousand; No. 3, six-inch, S2; four
inch, $3 a thousand; C and better,
eight-Inch and wider, $2 a thousand;
siding C and better, $2; D and E, $1; C
and better Norway. $1 a thousand;
laths 50 cents a thousand; no reduc
tion on Inch D or on thick select and
shop.
The Store Where
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est Clearance Sale
Is In Progress
Every Department
Shares in the Most
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Giving
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A Happy and Prosperous
New Year To All
'?S THE SINCERE WISH OF
OLDS, WORTMAN & KING
We Ended Year 1907
with phenomenal selling gains for the last two busi
ness days of the year. A start for the Clearance Sale
that bids fair to make it by long odds the most success
ful one we have ever held. We have just cause, as we
look back, to be proud of our accomplishments for the
year just past. We have ample reason to be satisfied with
the business we have done and with the large number of
new customers we have added, and now that the year is
over, we extend to the public of Portland our sincere thanks
for their generous patronage,
our earnest appreciation of.
their help in making 1907 the
most successful year in our
h iatory- Inspiteoffinancial
flurries that threatened bus
iness prosperity, our holiday
business surpassed our most
enthusiastic expectations
we're sure our friends must
have been prosperous and we
rejoice with them.
We Start Year 1908
with a resolve to excel all previous records in the
volume of business done and in point of improved store
service, many plans are in contemplation for the better'
ment of this store as an ideal shopping center. An ag
gressive selling policy a determined effort for a sub'
stantial increase over the previous sales records will result
in better than ever values. Ever on the alert for new sugges
tions that will improve the service mr strengthen the store's
supremacy as an economical and convenient place to trade,
we have in mind many new
features that will tend to bet-
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ter value giving and greater
sat isfaction.
With brighter financial skies
in prospect, we look for even
more generous patronage,
and rest assured, we will do
our share in helping Port
land to twelve months of
abundant prosperity in
1908
Mrs. Gould Files New Complaint.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. Attorneys for
Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould have
filed an amended bill of complaint in Mrs.
Gould's suit for a separation from her
husband. Howard Gould. In the new bill
allegations of unfaithfulness have been
omitted, In accordance with a ruling of
the eourt, it being held that such allega
tions are not necessary in a suit for a
mere separation. The amended bill does
contain, however, the allegations of the
original bill to the effect that Mr. Gould
hired detectives to follow his wife and to
defame her, the court having allowed
these to remain over the protests of Mr.
Gould's attorneys. Mr. Gould in his an
swer denies all the allegations.
SAME RECEIVER FOR BOTH
Mrs. Leslie Carter and Henrietta
Crosman. Very Mnch Involved.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. Ezra T. Pren
tiss, receiver for the affairs of Mrs.
Leslie Carter-Payne, the actress, re
cently declared bankrupt, was appoint
ed receiver today also for Henrietta
Crosman, the actress, and her husband,
Maurice Campbell who filed petitions
in bankruptcy yesterday. -
The schedule of Mrs. Carter-Payne,
filed today, shows liabilities of $194,
418 of which $188,444 is unsecured, and
assets of $5926.
Xo Xews of Phegley.
AURORA, Or., Deo. 3L (Special.) No
news has been received of the where-
abouts- of James Phegley, who dlsap- was found on the road' between here and 10 or 15 men Is scouring the country In
peered 10 days ago after starting for Barlow, returning home without a strap I hope of finding a trace of the missing
OhamrxiPK-. Yesterday. Phesrley's horse or bit of harness. A searching party of man.
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