THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908.
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Portland, Oregon
PUTER HOTLY ASSAILS THE
LAND THIEVES HIGHER UP
Declares That "High-Toned Crooks" Whom Statute of Limitations Pro
tects, Used Every Effort to Prevent His Pardon reared
Exposure by Convict-Author.
SA. I. PUTErjawas elated yesterday
over the news that he had been
pardoned, and -was the recipient
of numerous congratulations by tele
graph and telephone as soon as It became
known that he had been granted bis free
dom. By a peculiar coincidence, the doc
ument that will give him his liberty will
reach here next Monday, January 6, and
tie will go forth a free man on his 61st
birthday.
"While my pardon -was not altogether
unexpected," said Puter last night in the
County Jail, "it was In the nature of a
glad surprise, and certainly a most agree
able New Tear's gift. I was aware that
Jlr. Heney was doing all be could for me
In that direction, and I had full confi
dence that he would ultimately be suc
cessful, at the same time realizing that he
had much to contend with In the shape of
opposition from a powerful element that
bad selfish motives In wishing to keep
me Incarcerated. The principal opposi
tion came from persons whom I propose
to expose in my forthcoming book on the
land frauds.
"Several wealthy and Influential East
ern lumbermen, besides prominent politi
cians of this and other states, were invol
ved In the looting of the public domain to
such an extent that my efforts in that
line seem puny In comparison. But they
have been protected by the statute of
limitations, and they all along felt Im
mune, not only from the law's dragnet,
ibut from any kind of unpleasant notorie
ty, until it became evident that I Intended
to teU the truth about them In my book.
Knowing that I was In a position to ex
pose their fradulent transactions In the
past, and that It would be of such a char
acter as to direct the attention of the
country to their Illegal operations and
create a popular demand for the cancel
lation of a great many of their bogus land
titles In Oregon, in addition to shattering
many political ambitions, they exhibited
mich activity In discrediting me that Mr.
Heney certainly had his hands full when
tie undertook to secure a pardon for me.
"They knew that if they could keep me
In Jail, it would have a tendency to in
fluence public sentiment relative to many
statements I might make In the book, no
mater how true they might be, and for
that reason have moved heaven and
earth, not only to prevent the book from
coming out, but to handicap me as much
as possible In every other way. In their
desperation they have even gone to the
extent of circulating false reports to the
effect that the book would never make Its
appearance, hinting that I would be
Qwught off Just as if anything those fel
lows could raise would compensate me for
one-half of the profits I am certain to
realise.
"I feel very grateful to those friends
who have been loyal to me In my trou
bles, and Shalt make every effort here
after to follow the good advice Mr.
Heney gave me in his telegram from
Tucaon. Aris.. whlchv was published In
The Oregonian this morning. As soon
as possible. 1 shall make a flying visit
to my family at Berkeley, Cal., return
ing here In time to be on hand as a wit
ness for the Government In the coming
land fraud trials.
"The story printed that my pardon was
granted In order to make me available
as a witness for the Government is sim
ply preposterous, and Is about on a par
with a lot of other stuff that has been
written on the subject by certain Wash
ington correspondents. I was a witness
In the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve
case in the Summer of 1906, which result
ed 1n the conviction of P. P. Mays,
VVlllard X. Jones and George Sorenson,
and also in the Hermann trial In Wash
ington. D.- C. last year, though I was
serving my sentence at both times, and
my testimony carried as much weight be
fore the Jury as It would now that I
m free. I was on the witness stand
the greater part of three days In the
Hermann trial, and for several hours In
the Blue Mountain case, and Was sub
jected to a severe cross-examination by
the defense In each instance without
shaking my testimony In tho least;" sim
ply because I told the truth.
"I shall tell the truth on the stand at
the coming trials, if I am called as a wit
ness, but It was not necessary for the
Government to secure my release in order
to strengthen my testimony. I guess
they. 4felt that I had been punished
enough, having been in Jail since June
8, 1906, and that It was only fair to give
me a decent chance to redeem the past,
which I will do, while a lot of high-toned
crooks are enjoying a liberty that the
statute of limitations has been kind
enough to grant them."
BIG EXCURSION PLANNED
City to Entertain Spokane and Walla
Walla Business Men.
An important event of the presents
month will be the excursion of the
businessmen of Spokane and Walla
Walla, who will come on a return visit
at the invitation of the businessmen of
this city who made an excursion to
those cities about two months ago.
After a trip about the city the visitors
will be entertained at the Commercial
Club on the evening of January 7.
The architects' exhibition in the Art
Museum, beginning January 6 and last
ing until January 16, is expected to
attract a large number of visitors from
surrounding cities and towns.
About the middle of the month the
State Press Association is to meet here,
which will bring representatives from
almostN every town In Oregon, and
which, as is customary with these
meetings, will furnish an opportunity
for the editors of Oregon to observe
the progress made by the metropolis
of the state in whose marvelous de
velopment they are taking such an im
portant part.
January 21-22 the Oregon Retail
Hardware and Implement Dealers'
Association is to meet in annual ses
sion, and this meeting is one of much
importance to this center of distribu
tion. The Pacific Federation of Imple
ment and Hardware Dealers, embracing
representatives from points all along
the Coast, meets January 23-25, en
larging the Bcope of the state organi
zation in influence and numbers.
PHEGLEY'S BUGGY FOUND
On It Is Attached Note From Man
Who Is Mlssine.
According to advices received yester-
day from Canby, Or.. . the theory that
James Phegley, a prominent Canby cltl
ten. had been robbed" and murdered has
been discarded and the belief established
that the missing man's disappearance
was brought about through his own de
sign. Grant Phegley, his son, who Is a
resident of Portland, accompanied by a
searching party, found the missing buggy
and harness which had been used by Mr.
Phegley on his trip during which he
mysteriously - disappeared on December
18. The buggy and harness had been
placed on a side road, little used, about
two and a half miles west of Aurora and
about six miles from Mr. Phegley's home
In Canby. Attached to the buggy was a
note which Grant Phegley identified as
being in his father's handwriting and
which read: "This buggy and harness
belong in Canby. James Phegley." An
attempt had evidently been made to erase
the signature. The body of Mr. Phegley
was not found.
The belief la now advanced .that Mr.
Phegley became slightly demented and
wandered away into the woodsr His
whereabouts, however, still remain a
mystery and searchers are dally beating
the woods and the underbrush between
Champoeg, Aurora and Canby in the be
lief that his body will be found.
Mr. Phegley is about 60 years of age
and prior to bis disappearance had led
apparently a most contended and happy
home and business life. He was in the
nursery business. .
SPENT TWO DAYS HERE
Traveling Passenger Agents Ar
range Itinerary for Trip.
Two days will be spent in Portland by
the executive committee of the American
Association of Traveling Passenger
Agents. Word has been received here
that this decision has been reached. The
time will be devoted to showing visiting
railroad men the city and its surround
ings. The visitors will be the guests of
the Commercial Club. Local railroad men
will assist In their entertainment.
M. J. Roche, of Portland, president of
the association, has urged all along that
at least two days be spent here, and the
executive committee has arranged the
Itinerary so it will permit of this being
done.
C. D. Dunann, general passenger agent
of the Pacinc Coast Steamship Company,
with headquarters at San Francisco, was
in Portland yesterday and offered Presi
dent Roche the use of either the steamer
President or Governor, depending upon
which is in Seattle at the time, for a
trip around Puget Sound during the con
vention, which will be held in Seattle.
Stops will be made at every port on the
Sound, and a very pleasant time is an
ticipated by President Roche, who says
the company has entertained the mem
bers of the organisation before in a
splendid manner.
When the association met on the Coast
before, in 1905, the members were taken
for a trip from Seattle to Victoria and
Vancouver, B. C, and the excursion will
be remembered a long time by those for
tunate enough to participate in it.
HARRIMAN EMPLOTESN MEET
Freight Officials Hold Business Ses
sion in This City.
A meeting of all the leading freight of
ficials In the Harriman service in this
territory was held in this city Monday,
when matters of interest to the freight
men were discussed and decisions reached
on many disputed points. There was a
full attendance from all points in the
Pacific Northwest.
Those present besides Portland freight
officials were: Harry Riley, Seattle; A.
Macorquodale, district freight agent, Spo
kane: R. Burns, division freight and pas
senger agent. Walla Walla; C. F. Van
de Water, traveling freight agent. Walla
Walla; F. F. Wamsley, traveling freight
agent, Spokane, and C. W. Mount, Com
mercial agent, . Lewlston. . All ate con
nected with the O. R. & N. system...
Russellvllle Grange Election.
At the annual meeting of Russellvllle
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, held in
the Russellvllle schoolhouse, the follow
ing officers were elected for the year:
Master, Emmet Huffman: overseer. C.
Lewis; lecturer, Miss Alice Mickelson;
secretary. Miss M. Jesma; treasurer, O.
Pittman; steward, Samuel Richmond; as
sistant steward, John Mickelson; lady as
sistant steward. Miss Elsie Lewis; gate
keeper, Ray Gill; chaplain, Mrs. Pollock:
ceres. Miss Bertha Pollock; pomona. Miss
Cldra Andrews; "flora, Mrs. Mabel Mickel
son. Tho Grange is a little over two
years old and has 133 active members,
largely young people. It is collecting
funds for a., new hall .
Recommends American Bishop.
ROME. Jan. L Mgr. Aguis, the papal
delegate . In . the Philippine Islands, has
recommended to the Vatican the appoint
ment of an American ecclesiastic as
Bishop of Jaro to replace, the late Mgr.
Rooker,
FIRES TWICE AT BURGLAR
DR. A. N. BRIGGS PUTS INTRUD
" ER TO HURRIED FLIGHT. :
Both Bullets Thought to Have Missed
. Mark Several Offices In the "
, Stearns Building Looted.
Awakened at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
morning by a sound which he at first
thought was the wind. Dr. A.- N. Briggs,
who bas rooms at 310-311 Stearns Build
ing, rubbed his eyes and vaa startled to
see a man trying to get into his room
through the transom. Dr. Briggs was
brought up In the West and has had
some experience with guns, so seizing his
big revolver he "blazed away" at the
burglar. It was very dark and he was
unable to take ,good aim, and the bullet
smashed the glass in the transom over
the man's head. The burglar dropped to
the floor outside and quick as a flash the
doctor Jumped out of bed for another
shot Seeing a faint outline on the plate
glass of the door, and supposing it to be
the man's shadow, he fired again.
Both shots must have gone wild, for the
man ran downstairs and escaped through
the front door, which was unlocked. Dr.
Briggs, nothing daunted, opened his win
dow and shouted to a passer-by to stop
tbe thief, but the man either could not
or would not hear, and the burglar got
away.
The police were telephoned for at once
and the patrol wagon was sent, with
Policeman Wendorf, to investigate, but
the officer was to late to learn the di
rection the mai had taken. The officer's
investigation, however, disclosed that the
burglar had broken into adjoining offices
on the same floor, getting articles of
small value from the Western Cooperage
Company and the Provident Life Insur
ance Company, where Jill the , desks were
found broken open and ransacked. The
only money secured was that taken from
a little savings bank belonging to the
stenographer of the Western Cooperage
Company. It contained about $2.
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Emperor's Greeting to America.
BERLIN, Jan L Emperor William and
the Empress received today the New Tear
congratulations of the Ambassador ac
credited to Berlin. In response to the
felicitations offered by Ambassador
Tower, His Majesty sent his good wishes
for the new year to President Roosevelt
and the American people. In the course
of his conversation, the Emperor re
proached Mr. Tower pleasantly for having
announced his Intention of resigning.
Mr. and Mrs. Tower gave a reception to
the American Colony in Berlin this after
noon. Several hundred persons were
present.
YOUTHFUL ACTOR PLAYS LEAD -
IN IMPROMPTU MELODRAMA
Celebrates Advent of New Tear Not Wisely but Too Well, and Lands at
Police Station Assumes Bole of Bad Man From Bitter Creek.
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CROWDS of people celebrating the new
year in the vicinity of Third and
Yamhill streets witnessed a little
drama shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday
morning, which was staged without a re
hearsal, spontaneously drawing a large
and appreciative audience and which, con
trary to the customs observed in real
playhouses, ended in disaster for the
hero, who became tbe first prisoner of
the police for 190S.
The dramatis personae were: "Eat-em-up
Jake," the hero, an aU round bad man
from Bitter Creek, Idaho, out on a ram
page, played by S. Goldberg, a beardless
youth of 20 or 21, who, when not engaged
in his role of fire-eating, gives free
dom to his ambitions for the elevation of
the dramatic art as an actor in a local
stock company, where be is employed to
essay sundry parts distinguished by their
unimportance; a burly guardian of the
peace, played by Patrolman F. M. West,
of the first night relief: a 44 calibre revol
ver, played by A. Colt, and a young
woman, drafted from the audience.
The play consisted of only one act and
one scene and all the characters appeared
In proper costume except "Bat-em-up
Jake," whose makeup consisted princi
pally of a rah-rah-rah college cap, a but
terfly tie, and a look of burning ambi-
BTAMP SALES INCREASE 18 FEB
CENT.
Receipts from stamp sales In tbe
Portland PostUYIce for 190T aggre
gated $028,475.19 as against 1540,805.
47 for 1806. tbe Increase being IS
per cent. The - receipts for the
month of recember were 463,467.07,
or $7727.83 mora than tor the cor
responding month of 1906. Por the
la months the business of the local
Postofflce waa tbe greatest In Its
history. The money order and reg
istry departments also did a heavy
buslnesa
tion. Tbe dialogue and action took place
on the corner of Third and Yamhill
streets.
"Bat-em-up Jake" rushes Into the
crowd, grasping the revolver in bis right
hand. "
"Here, you tenderfeet. what are you'se
makin" all this noise about?" Flourishes
gun. Crowd gathers quickly.
"We are only seeing the new year in,"
says the crowd as one man, with fear and
trembling. "Any harm in that?"
More noise from those in the outer cir
cles who can't hear what is going on.
"Do you know who I am? Well. I'm
"Bat-em-up Jake from the bad lands of
Idaho, that's who I am. Shut up I Do
you hear me? HI, yip, wow!" Gun is
flourished. More noise from the outside.
The gun speaks. "Zip! Bang."
Unknown woman in the crowd:
"Oh-h-h! I am murdered! Help!" Is sup
ported by a bystander.
Guardian of the peace splits crowd
wide open with giant strides. Be stands
aghast at the sight of the limp form of
the woman, and cries in tones of thun
der, "Who fired the fatal shot?"
Crowd points to "Bat-em-up Jake," who
emerges from his character and wilts into
S. Goldberg, and the heavy hand of the
law descends on the hero. Expression
changes from one of burning ambition
to one of aheepishness, then gradually
fades to one of silly intoxication.
Unknown lady recovers, looks trem
blingly at the players of the drama and
remarks, "Why, the impudent little pup.
He's only drunk. He nearly scared me
to death."
The crowd: "He's only drunk."
Guardian of the peace demands of the
prisoner: "Are you drunk?"
S. Goldberg: "Why, s-s-s-shquertatnly
I am. Hoop!"
At the station Goldberg declared that
the revolver did not belong to him; that
it was the property of the theater, and
that he had taken It out with him to
celebrate with blank cartridges. He
pleaded hard for its return, saying that
he would be seriously embarassed at his
next performance without the gun as it
played an important part in the play and
as it was a holiday and stores closed
there would be little chance of his being
able to replace the theater property.
Captain Bailey was obdurate, and the gun
was held - as evidence. Goldberg was
charged with discharging firearms within
the city limits. -
He ecured ball and was released te
await trial in the Municipal Court..
BABIES AT CUT PRICES
As announced on page Ave of this Is
sue, Ellers Piano House is showing this
week the' largest stock , of high-grade
Baby Grand and Parlor Grand piano's
ever seen in the West. The fact of the
matter Is. the Arm is overstocked with
grand pianos. While many of them were
order during the Summer months, delays
in selection and shipment prevented their
arrival in time to participate to any
extent in the holiday trade. Only during
the last week six carloads of Chickerings
alone were unloaded at the big Washing-
ton-street establishment, and their whole
sale warehouse on Thirteenth and North- ,
rup. .
Now is the time to buy Baby Gran
pianos. Uprights will be accepted in part
payment at fair valuation. It Is not so
much a question of making profit in this
sale of Baby Grands as It Is of turning
the goods. If you have a home that
ought to have a grand piano you can
afford now to secure the ultimate desire
of every discriminating musician a
Chickering, a Sohmer, a Lester, a modern
Kimball, or even a Weber. Art Grand
piano at Eilers Piano House.
Summer Hotel Burns. .
: GLOUCESTER, Mass., Jan.. 1. The
Colonial Arms, the largest Summer hotel
on the North Shore, was burned tonight.
Loss, J100.C00. ,
. The Erxberg, Austria's, iron mountain
will furnish ore for 1000 more ypars.
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mhrae raonthi and Mine entirely enredof atomaeh
catarrh and oyipensia, I think a word of pralie la
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I hare taken aumerona other ao-called remedies
bnt without aTail and I nnd that Gaaearete relieve
more in dar than all ah others I aaksa
aronld In a year."
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