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THE MORNING OREGONIANY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY i, 1908.
LAWYER PITS
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Says Von Moltke Is Vindicated
of Charges Made by
Harden.
WANTS EDITOR PUNISHED
Count Says He Resigned From Army
to Prevent Its Being Smirched.
His Lawyer Scoffs at
Threats on Life.
BERLIN. Dec 31. Four months' im
prisonment is the sentence for Harden
demanded by the State's attorney as a
penalty for his attacks on Count' Kuno
Ton Moltke and his associates. The day's
session of court was taken up with ar
guments. At the opening of the session the Judge
questioned Count Kuno von Moltke as to
whether he had resigned from the army
as a result of the articles published by
Harden in Die Zukunft. The Count re
sponded emphatically in the affirmative.
The State Attorney, Dr. Isenbtel, then
opened the pleadings and demanded the
imposition of a sentence of four months
Imprisonment against Harden. He de
clared that Harden had assumed that
there existed near the person of the
Emperor a group of men whose In
fluence was detrimental to the Interests
of the fatherland and which he felt him
self called upon to disperse. Among the
members of this group were Prince zu
Kulenberg and Count Kuno von Moltke.
Harden attacked these two 'men and.
founding his accusation upon the mere
word of a hysterical woman, Mrs. von
Kibe.' the former wife of von Moltke.
and upon statements made by her
mother. Mrs. von Heyden, who was quite
untrustworthy, he declared them to be
possessed of abnormal tendencies.
Continuing, Dr. lsenbiel said:
"Count von Moltke, who has been cov
ered with filth by Harden, leaves this
court completely cleared, he is without
stain, a nobleman from head to foot.
Prince zu . Kulenberg is equaly . vindi
cated. Von Moltke's Name Cleared.
"I. don't know what the Kmperor said
to Coun4 von Moltke. but he probably
told him: 'Go. von Moltke, and clear
yourseh; stamp out tn:s poisonous
snake.' "
Dr. lsenbiel. referring to Harden's mo
tives, said he believed his articles had
been actuated, as always, by purely po
litical purposes, but in this instance he
.had injured the fatherland, and he there
fore merited punishment. Like Icarus,
he had burnt his self-made . wings and
fallen into the sea of lies.
In conclusion, the State Attorney said
he had received a letter threatening him
with death if the verdict of the court
was unfavorable to Harden.. He felt
obliged to call attention to this letter,
but he laughed at the threat.
Dr. Zello, counsel for Count von Moltke.
then made a brief address. In which no
said Harden had permitted himself to be
persuaded into a regrettable act. and pic-,
turqd von Moltke as a man of an ex
tremely gentle and sympathetic nature.
Von Multke Denies Charges.
Count von Moltke then spoke in his
own behalf. He said he had discarded
his army uniform because he did not
want it besmirched. He denied that any
political group or camarilla existed near
the person of the Kmperor. The only
group in the entourage of his majesty,
the Count declared, was the Imperial
family circle, which was loved and hon
ored throughout the land.
llerr Bernstein., attorney for the de
fense, argued that Harden had no reason
to doubt the words of Mrs. von Elbe, and
that he was Impressed by Prince von Bis
marck's statements concerning the Liben
berger incident and the testimony of Pro
fessor Schweninger regarding von Voltke.
He protested against imprisonment for
his client.
The court then adjourned until Thurs
day, when Harden will be heard in his
own defense. . .
BOTH FIGHTERS ARE READY
Featherweights Meet in Open Air
Today, Jeffries Rcfcrceii's.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31. A be Attell
and Owen Moran are both ready to fight
for the world's featherweight champion
ship at Colnia tomorrow. They will
weigh in tomorrow at 11:45 A. M. The
articles of agreement call for 120 pounds
two hours and a half before the contest.
Both will mako the weight easily. The
gong will sound at 2:15 P. M. The fight
will be in the open air. James J. Jef
fries will referee. Attell continues a 6 to
10 favorite in the betting.
FORTY RIDERS ENTER CHASE
Big Hunt Club Event Will Take
IMace Today.
The paper chase of the Portland
Hunt Club will start this morning at
10:30 o'clock at the corner of Wtberg
Lane and Sandy Hoad. There wilt be
about 40 riders. Tho trail is & good
one, having several good jumps in it.
The hares are William Walters and
Walter McComon. Spectators desiring
to view the start should take the Rose
City car. The finish and much of the
chase will be in the same district.
First Game of V. M. C. A. League.
There will be a basket ball game between
the teams of the Portland and Everett Y.
M. C. A. in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium,
tonight, at S:15 o'clock. The game will
be under the direction of Physical Di
rector Grilley. This will be the first
game since the organization of the
Northwest Y. M. C. A. Basket Ball
League, which is composed of Young
Men's Christian Associations of Port
land. Everett. Bellingham, Seattle, Salem
and Tacoma.
LIVES LOST IN DISASTERS
Record of Deaths by -Accident and
Violence In 100 7.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. The Tribune
this morning. In a summary of the
accidents of the year, states that 57.919
persons have been killed and injured
In accidents during the year, 35,613
having been killed and 22,307 injured.
Some of the larger Items of the list
re as follows: . Earthquakes, land
slides, etc. 21.513 killed. 3092 injured:
explosions and mine disasters, 3086
killed, 2721 Injured; storms and floods,
20t killed, 1561 Injured; railroad
RED
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wrecks, 811 killed, '2639 injured; auto
mobile accidents, 229 killed, 704 in
jured; fire arms, 197 killed, 397S in
jured. Among other deaths "are 2269 lost In
wrecks ol vessels and 492 .in other
drownings.
ANNUAL MEETING PLANS
Chamber of Commerce Will Hold 113 j
Election Next Wednesday.
At the meeting of the entertainment
committee of the Chamber of Commerce,
held yesterday afternoon, it was decided
that the chamber's annual meeting and
banquet were to be held In the dining
room of the Hotel Portland, Wednesday,
January 8. At the conclusion of the ban
quet, the election of officers for the year
will be held. Reports of the retiring of
ficers will be read, and speeches made by
prominent members of the chamber and
others on matters pertaining to the com
mercial development of Oregon.
The chamber now has 900 members,
being the biggest commercial organiza
tion in the Pacific Northwest The mem
bership is even stronger than the regis
ter would indicate, as many of the large
firms appear only as one member. Next
Wednesday's meeting will probably be the
largest gathering of business men ever
held in Portland.
The secretary of the chamber and his
assistants yesterday vacated the rooms
which they have been temporarily occupying-
on Stark street, pending the re
modeling of their permanent quarters in
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JAN KTJBEIIK.
The world's greatest violinist, who will be heard at the Helllg Theater Thurs
day evening, January 9, and Saturday afternoon, January 11.
the Chamber of Commerce building.
While the work of fitting up these rooms
has not been completed, it is far enough
advanced to enable the office of the
chamber to be established there.
Chit-chat of Sporting
World
BY WIU, G. MAC RAB.
NEW YEAR'S greetings to the babe,
1908, born last night at midnight. May
the good sportsman get the best in the
land. May the mutt, the dumb and the
Insufferable, pretending bounder, get his
while the year is young.
Everybody and the pretty girls will be
out to see the football game this after
noon. . Show the players from Missouri
that Portland's beauty blooms in Winter
as well as In Summer.
Gemmel, H. J. Wilson's clever 3-year-old,
won the Portland handicap at- Ern
eryvllle, last Saturday. We would like
to decorate Gemmel with a wreath of
Portland roses. The horse is -owned by
a Butte man, so he is of the Northwest.
Here's hoping that George W. McMillan
Is re-elected president of the Multnomah
Club. If there is one man abroad in the
land, who is always a friend to a strang
er, and never a stranger to a friend,
George McMillan is that man.
If you want to get a raise out of
Coach Cochems, of the St. Louis team.
Just take a knock at Senator Da Follette,
of Wisconsin. When he comes back to
Oregon, Cochems is going in for the P.
and A. degrees politics and athletics. All
right, Cochems, you'll be welcome, only
leave La Follette at home.
If Floyd Cook, . and his beat-the-races
system, had been playing Jockey Miller's
mounts of late, he would be as free of
money as a frog of feathers. Miller
failed to put one winner over in 23
months. About 19 of these were favorites,
Floyd.
Eddie Han Ion has taken charge of Billy
Burke, the Quaker City boxer. Burke is
on the Coast looking for a battle with
some of the topnotch middle weights.
This is the date of the world's cham
pion featherweight battle between Abe
Attell of good old America, and Owen
Moran of merry old England. In the lan
guage of Billy Jordan, "Let 'em go," only
keep the title on this side of the big
drink, Abe.
SEWED SOLES, 75 CENTS
Best oak leather waterproof if desired.
While you wait or sent for? Jacob
Schwind. 367 Stark, near Park. Phone
Main 7359.
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION.
The employes of the Frank L. Smith
Meat Company adopt this means of de
claring their good will towards that
company, deeming that its treatment
of them deserves more than private ex
pression of appreciation. The liberal
policy of the company-during the year,
in the matter of wages and hours of
labor, associated always with the
courtesy and sympathy of Mr. Frank
L. Smith, and marked at the Christmas
time by his lavish generosity, have
awakened our deepest sense of appre
ciation. This cordiality, coupled with
unfailing fairness towards patrons,
must promise the prosperity which we
so sincerely wish for them the coming
year.
EMPLOYES OF THE FRANK L. SMITH
MEAT COMPANY.
BEST TIME EVER
BGisterous Welcome for the
New Year.
NEW YORK SPENDS $750,000
Ear-Splitting Devices or All Kinds
Purchased Liberally by Crowds.
Police Lenient and Do Not '
Frown on Any Noise.
NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Of all the
boisterous New Year's eves in New
York there never was one noisier and
more hilarious than this. Early today
the word was sent out from Police
Commissioner Bingham's office: "Let
the crowds have a good time. Sup--press
rowdyism but allow them to
make noise."
It had been promised that tonight's
demonstration would be the noisest
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ever and the whole thing came off as
advertised. Early in the evening the
fun began, eardrum-splitting horns,
cowbells and every other din-producing
device that the huckster has discov
ered, sounding In horrible dissonance
and increasing in volume until the
midnight climax, when shrieking whis
tles, pealing bells and shouts from a
million throats marked the passing of
the old and the advent of the new
year.
Tonight's celebration cost New York
ers about three-quarters of a million
dollars. - Those considered authorities
on the subject say that 3250,000 was
expended in the restaurants and cafes;
that the theaters got 3100,000, and the
musicians, florists, cabmen and wait
ers the remainder of a half million;
while club parties, private entertain
ments and the thousand and one at
tractions along Broadway put at least
a quarter of a million Into circulation.
ASKS FOR EXTRADITION
Authorities Wait for Cooke's Wife to
Make Complaint.
NEW YORK, Dec 31. "I will imme
diately ask for the extradition of Jere
Knode Cooke, who eloped with Floretta
Whaley, of Hempstead, L. I., Just as soon
as I receive word from Mrs. Cooke that
he is to be made defendant in abandon
ment proceedings." said District Attdrney
mrankun A. coles, of Nassau County, to
night. "Under present circumstances, I
don't see any way open to me," he added.
"I shall be glad to have him. brought
back and tried for, whatever crime a
Nassau County grand jury Indicts him,
but I do not feel like sending 3000 miles
for him unless his wife takes the initia
tive. I am waiting to hear from her."
Mrs. Cooke has not expressed a desire
to have Mr. Cooke brought back.
BRIEF NEWSJY TELEGRAPH
Clereland Fir In the Fish er-Wil son lum
ber yards Tuesday caused a. loss of 475.000.
Boston Secretary Tart left here Tuesday
for Mitbury, the home of hie mother, re
cently deceased.
Rapid City, S. D. Andrew Carnegie has
given $23,000 toward the endowment of the
Dakota Wesleyan University at Mitchell,
S. D.
Cleveland Charles N. Schmick, president,
and his son, W. Harry Schmick. cashier of
the defunct First National Bank of Lee
tonta, O., were arrested here today by Fed
eral authorities on the charge of wrecking
the Leetonia Bank.
New Tork Office furniture valued at
$600,000 was burned Tuesday night in the
five-story brick building: at Twenty-fifth and
Twenty -seventh South street, used as a
warehouse and shipping office by the Derby
Desk Company.
Fairview, Kan. The last spike was driven
by the aid of a torchlight Tuesday night
that connects this city by rail with the
south fork of the Red River, a distance of
300 miles, and saves for the road a bond
Issue voted by Wichita and Sedgewlck
Counties of 1 10,000.
New Tork Upon a court order a safe
deposit box In the vaults of the Atlantic
Sate Deposit Company was opened today in
search for securities missing from the es
tate of the late Mrs. M. Col ton. of Wash
ington. The box proved to be empty. The
original custodians of the securities were
Walter J. Bartnet. president of the Cali
fornia Safety Deposit & Trust Company, now
closed, and J. Dalzell Brown, vice-president
or the same Institution. Both Bartnett and
Brown are now under grand Jury indict
ments. Half-Block Barns in City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. A Are
originating" in the Interurban Motor
Kx press Company's garage on Wash
ington street, between Druram and
East streets, this morning threatened
destruction to the entire wholesale
produce commission district, and, wiped
FULL SUIT
AND EXTRA TROUSERS
For the price of suit alone.
It's NicoH's way of quickly clean
ing up the surplus stock and keeping
our large organization of skilled Tail
ors and cutters busy.
Suit and
Extra Trousers
$25 to $50
NICOLL'S SPECIAL!
Full Rlack or Blue Cheviot or Thibet
Suit, with extra' trousers of tO C
same or striped material r
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
Garments to order in a day if required.
Full Dresa and Tuxedo Suits a specialty.
WILLIAM. J ERR EM ST "SONS.
108 THIRD ST.
out half a block of temporary struc
tures on Drumm and then Washington
and Oregon streets. Half a dozen
commission houses, a saloon and a
garage were destroyed. The total loss
is estimated at about $50,000, with
$10,000 Insurance. .
Kills Friend In Drunken Row.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Dec. 31. A spe
cial to the Province from Vernon, B.
C, says:
Joseph Ethier will probably die from
the effects of a gunshot wound in his
back Inflicted by George McCalla, who
Is now under arrest.
The men are old-timers, and having
come in from their ranches, met in
the Victoria Hotel bar last evening.
Ethier was abusive and insulting. Mc
Calla drew a gun and fired one hot to
scare the offensive man, the bullet go
ing through the ceiling. Ethier ran
for the door with McCalla in pursuit,
McCalla's second bullet penetrated
Ethier's back.
Must Be Tried for Rebating.
NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Judge Hough
again refused to sustain a demurrer
against an indictment charging the
New York ' Central & Hudson River
Railroad Company with granting re
bates to the American Sugar Refining
Company interposed for argument by
counsel for the railroad today.. The
corporation has already been heavily
fined.
Tlieft of Hearse Charged.
The Columbia Casket Company Is suing
Elvln Ames, in the Circuit Court, alleging
that on December 24 he stole an eight
column black funeral car owned by the
company and kept In Sellwood. It is
said to be worth $900. The company asks
that it be returned, or that $1000 dam
ages be awarded. .
State's Cash Is Low.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 3L (Special.)
The State Treasurer issued a statement
today showing $382,908 cash on hand. Of
this, $100,000 of the permanent school fund
will be paid out Thursday in purchase of
Seattle bonds, and $75,621, general fund,
will be used this week to release out
standing warrants.
Damages Asked for Assault.
Suit for $1000. brought in the Circuit
Court by Thomas Muir against Fergus
McCombs, alleges that on December 10
the latter violently kicked and beat him,
giving Muir a black eye and severe
bruises.
Run Thistlewood for Congress.
MURPHY SBORO, 111., Dee. 81. Cap
tain N. B. Thistlewood, of Cairo, was
nominated here today on the Republi
can ticket for the seat In the Twenty
fifth Congressional District made va
cant - by the death of Representative
George W. Smith.
If ybu want the most reliable informa
tion pertaining to agricultural interests
in the Northwest it will be necessary to
read The Weekly Oregonlan. $1.50 a
year.
WATCH SALE
IT'S IN the quantity that we sell
that enables us to sell High - Grade
Watches at - so low a price, and in
order to show you that our statement
is correct, we will send to out-of-town
customers, C. O. D. on approval,
with privilege of examination before
paying for same, and if same is not as
represented, return at our expense. Is
that not fair? We carry everything in
watches that Is made. It is no idle
boast to say that we have the largest
assortment of up-to-date watches of
any house In the Pacific Northwest
from the smallest lady's to the finest
gent's watch, and the prices we quote
on same and sell these goods at
guaranteed absolutely lower than any
store in Portland. SEND FOR ILLUS
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OUR COMPETITION watch here is
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Buying from the House of Eilers means taking advantage of every
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Will Build Second Subway.
NEW TORK, Dec. 31.-The Public Ser
vice Commission today approved pre
liminary plans for a new subway ex
tending from the Batery to the Bronx in
very nearly a straight line. The esti
mated cost is $60,000,000.
Sew York Customs Receipts.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. In spite of
9 The above building represents the large establishment of Henry Jenning's
Sons. The enormous business transacted by us during 1907 has been particu
larly gratifying, as we are native sons of Oregon.
9 We desire to thank our many friends and patrons for their generous pat
ronage during the past year, and by fair dealing hope to merit a continuance of
your favors. (
0 Every day we receive congratulations from citizens located in all parts of
Oregon on the magnitude and beauty of our stock, its equal never having been
shown elsewhere in Portland,
9 We will always aim to carry the largest, best stock obtainable and live up
to our motto :
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"The Home of Good Furniture"
H. Jenning's Sons are going East to purchase Spring and Summer Goods. During January
and February our stocks will be sold at greatly reduced prices to make room for their
purchases.' . .
All the Pianos Sold in Oregon Are Sold by the
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the recent financial depression. the
port of New York collected $212,697.
926 in duties during the year just
closed, an Increase of $3,131,018 over
1906. There was a falling oft of
nearly $8,000,000 in November and De
cember as compared with the rest of
the year.
Copper Dividend Reduced.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. The directors of
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the Anaconda Copper Mining Company,
controlled by the Amalgamated Copper
Company, declared a quarterly dividend
today of 60 cents a share, a reduction of
75 cents a share for the last quarter. The
stock has a par value of $25 a share.
kf Baor Is Cniilns Teeth
Be ui and an that old wll-trled remedy.
Mrs. Wlulow'i Soothing Syrup, for children
eethlnc It ootbes the child. often the
rum, allays puln. eollo ana dlarrnoea.