VOL. XLVI XO. 14.688.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
10
GIVE UP HOLDINGS
Influenced by Ladd's
Move to Rescue.
BANK PRESIDENT EXPLAINS
Declares He Always Intended
to Sacrifice Fortune.
AWAITED PROPER MOMENT
Will Ask That His Personal Estate
" , Be Devoted to the Payment of
Claims Before Mr. Ladd's
Money Is Lscd.
WILLING
President Robs, of defunct Title bank,
offers to turn over his own estate for
payment of depositors, now that W. M.
Ladd has agreed to guarantee the
bank's indebtedness.
Text of Ladd's agreement has been
drafted by District 'Attorney Manning
and submitted to Ladd's attorneys.
Mr. Ladd has not reached an agree
ment with American Surety Company.
His friends deny that he is trying to
shun such agreement.
According to text of depositors'
agreement, surety company will get
from Iadd the $100,000 which it has
paid state and the $295,910 which it
has promised to pay state In two years
with 5 per cent Interest, In three years
with 4 per cent Interest. The surety
company wants better terms.
Attorney W. C. Bristol, representing
surety company and state, yesterday
petitioned Judge Wolverton to order
Receiver Afears to restore the state
school money. $288,000, dollar for dol
lar, as a trust fund, "prior to payment
Df money to any other individual," and
to defer until this matter shall be de
termined, distribution of $34,000 trust
funds, which the receiver has asked
the court to authorize.
Judge Wolverton deferred decision in
fhe matter until January 10. i .
Should the surety company win this
contention, it will not need the guarantee
at Ladd as to the school money
llnce the state's claim . will be
paid in full out of the first moneys ob
tained from the assets. Should the sure
ty company fall. It will fall back on the
timber land collateral, which the, Ross
bank signed over to the state as security
for the state money. ...
Attorney Joseph Simon, representing
Receiver Mears, reiterated in court yes
terday, that the receiver will take legal
steps to regain the timber land collateral
on the ground that It was Illegally given.
Bristol responded that the surety com.
pany and the state stand ready to defend
their claims to the collateral.
At the same time Ross credited himself
with $17,000 on his $31,000 note (just before
the wreck, during the holidays) and Ladd
& Tllton received $26,000 on account of
debt to that bank, Wallace McCamant
was credited with $1000 on his $5000 note,
all this being on November 2.
When bank fell November 6, the teller's
cash book showed $133,000 cash on hand,
of which $128,500 was overdraft, due from
the "general department" and but $4500
was gold, sliver, paper money and "tags."
On last day bank was open, October
IS. the teller's cash was $43,000, and there
was an overdraft due from the general
department of $80,009. Transactions rui
through the bank, between October 28 and
November, increased the overdraft and
depleted the cash.
On April 21, 1906. the general earnings
were credited with $53,200. as 20 per cent
discount on purchase of $266,000 bonds of
Oregon Land & Water Company (Uma
tilla irrigation project). In other words,
the value of the bonds was anticipated
to the extent of $53,200, and depositors'
money was used on expectation that
those earnings would restore it. The
bonds are of doubtful value. The bank
listed them at par among its bond assets.
These bonds were sold to the bank
through Ross' dummies, Coy and Reid.
and a fat rake-off was made by Ross in
the transaction.
The debt to Ladd & Tilton began when
the Title Company organized tn 1891. De
cember 31. of that year. It was $2035.59.
It grew steadily each year, In form of
overdraft on l.add Tilton, until on
April 15. 1307. It was $7t.TS4. It is now
1607.256, and the sum of" $193,000 was paid
by the fallen bank to Ladd & Tilton be
tween April 15 and November 2.
During the past year Ross had no per
sonal account on the books of the bank.
His personal funds were carried in the
rash of the bank, for which he drew
checks. An employe of the bank kept
for him a personal cash book and ledger,
which have vanished. It thus appears
that Ross had free use of the bank funds
by this system. All vouchers, being his
checks canceled, have also vanished.
The hank officers all had their salaries
Increased this year and last.-
Rossi' surrender of his personal estate
to Mr. Ladd will benefit the latter to the
extent of some $muK. if Ross" estimate
of its value Is true. The president of the
wrecked institution yesterday announced
'that ever since the crash he has intended
to "devote my private property to the
payment of Its liabilities," but has been
waiting for Mr. Ladd to guarantee the
ndebtedness before so doing. The fol
lowing announcement was received by
The Oregonian from President Ross yes
:erday: JVKTLA.ND, Jan. 3. l To the Editor.) As
Is known to my counsel and to a number of
others, including counsel for the Receiver, it
has been my purpose at all times, since the
suspension of the Title Guarantee & Trust
Company, to devote my private property tj the
payment of its liabilities. Because I had
thought I could be more helpful by so dolng
and because of some private Indebtedness of
my own, it has seemed to me bct to with
hold any public declaration of my purpose
until this time. '
1 think it proper for me now to state that
last week I was Interviewed by a gentleman
who claimed to come from Mr. William M.
Ladd. I was asked whether I would be will
ing to turn over certain specified asset to
Mr. Ladd '.n the event of his guaranteeing the
Indebtedness of the Title Guarantee &. Trust
Company. My answer was that I was willing
so to do. I have heard nothing from Mr.
Ladd for a number of days last past, but I
am willing to turn over to him substantially
all my assets, reserving only so much of the
same as Is sufficient to pay my own indebted
ness. This is substantially what I consented
to do last week. The proposition then dis
cussed, and to which I gave my assent, con
templates that my estate shall be first ex
hausted in the payment of the debts of the
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re. : '.-x x . w x s
Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine, Who
Will Champion the Cause f Ad
miral BrownsoD In Navy Depart
ment Dispute.
Title Guarantee & Trust Company before any
advantage Is taken of Mr. Ladd a guaranty,
this beinjr my own desire.
J. TfiORBURX ROSS.
List of Ross' Properties.
The chief holding of Mr. Ross is a 41H4
per cent interest in the Commercial build
ing, which interest he values at J146.000.
His several properties, listed in a state
ment which he left in the bank, are as
follows:
Twelfth-street property trust, one-
flfth Interest $ 7.000
Sunnyslcle Third Addition, trust
one-eighth interest 1.300
South St. John trust, one-tenth In
terest 935
R'otnmere trust, one-fifth interest. . 12,000
Fitch tract trust, one-fifth inter
est 8.000
Chase tract trust, one-tenth Interest 2.000
North Irvlngton trust, three-fifths
interest 200
Commercial Trust Company (Com
mervial block)
Ross, 100 shares: N. Coy. 24
shares; W. W. Reid. 24 shares; A.
A. Lindaley. 3 shares 146,000
Ladd -Ross trust, three-fifths In
terest (Mount Tabor) 20,000
Oregon L.and & Water Company,
alt shares 5.O00
Total $202,435
Guarantee Is Drafted.
The guarantee agreement, which Mr.
Ladd is to sign for the benefit of deposi
tors, was submitted yesterday to Mr.
Ladd's attorneys by District Attorney
Manning and will be signed probably
next week. Its terms are those proposed
by Mr. Ladd last Thursday and ac
cepted by the depositors committee
namely, payment of o00 deposits or less
within two years and of larger deposits
within three years, both with interest at
4 per cent. The agreement submitted is
as follows:
Text of Agreement.
This agreement, between J. O. B. Scobey.
S. J. Barber, Nathan Solomon. C. E. Moul
ton, J. R. Weatherbee and A. C. Panton. for
themselves and representing the depositors
of The Title Guarantee & Trust Company,
hereinafter referred to, parties of the first
part, and William M. Ladd, party of the
second part, witnesseth:
That, whereas. The Title Guarantee &
Trust Company, a corporation, was engaged
in the business of banking in the City of
Portland, Oregon, from the day of
to the day of . and. as such
banking institution, received a large number
of deposits from many depositors; and
Whereas, the said William M. Ladd was,
and Is, a stockholder In the said corporation
and was a director thereof from the
day of until the day of July,
1907: and
Whereas, the said Title Guarantee A
Trust Company became heavily Involved and
embarrassed and was. on the day of
- - -; obliged to suspend payments
and close it doors, and was. and is wholly
unable to pay Its saM depositors; and
Whereas, the said corporation has a large
amount of assets, property and securities;
and
Whereas, a suit is pending In the Circuit
Court of the United States for the District
of Oregon, brought by . a
stockholder of the natd corporation, against
the said corporation to wind up its affairs,
in which suit a receiver has been appointed
and is now acting and has charge and con
trol of the assets of the said corporation;
and
Whereas, it is necessary that said de
positors shall grant an extension of time
to said corporation within which the said
assets may be reduced to cash;
Now. therefore, it is hereby agreed be
tween the parties hereto that, in considera
tion of .he premises and of the extension
of time hereinafter mentioned by the said
depositors for the payment of their claims
by the said Title Guarantee & Trust Com
pany, and In consideration of the agreement
which the said depositors hereby make,
that the said William M. Ladd shall have
the right, with the consent of the said court
in said cause, to manage and control the
said assets and reduce the same to cash, the
satd William M. Ladd agrees with all of
the said depositors that he will pay all of
the deposits due by the said Title Guarantee
& Trust Company to the depositors within
three 3) years, in the manner following:
First That he will, as soon as possible
without too great a sacrifice, reduce the as
sets of the said corporation to cash, and as
the same shall be reduced to cash, at
periods of six months, beginning with the
period of six months after the date of this
agreement, he will distribute the cash so
realized from said assets as at that time
may be In his hands, pro rata among the
said depositors.
second That he will pay all depositors
who now have claims against the satd cor
poration In sums of five hundred dollars
$ro0 and less whatever balance may be
due them at the end of two 1I. years from
the date of the proof of their claims, to be
made as hereinafter designated.
Third That he will pay all depositors
having claims of more than five hundred
dollars $.VK whatever balance may be due
them at the end of three (3 years from
the date of the proof of their claims.
Fourth It is the true intent and meaning
of this agreement that the said William M.
ladd shall pay the claims aa aforesaid as
far as may be within said times above
Concluded on Page 5.)
EACH CHAMPIONS
DIFFERENT
Bourne and Hawley
Name Candidates.
FOR OREGON ATTORNEYSHIP
Question Up to President and
,. .Attorney-General.
BINGHAM OR SCHUEBEL
Bonaparte Turned Down One Man
Because Attorney for Defendant
in Land-Frand Case Point
May Go Against Schuebel.
OREGONIAN NEWS "BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 3. The fight over the Dis
trict Attorneyship in Oregon Is now
on. George G. Bingham, of Salem, in
dorsed by Senator Fulton, Representa
tive Hawley and Representative Ellis,
and Chris C. Schuebel, of Oregon City,
Indorsed by Senator Bourne, are the
opposing condldates. President Roose
velt will make the decision.
Mr. Bourne and Mr. Hawley called
at the White House together this
morning to tender to the President the
recommendations of the two candi
dates. They remained but a, short time
and nothing was said that would give
the slightest indication as to what the
President's decision will be. He merely
informed his callers that he would con
sult with the Attorney-General in re
gard to the matter, and later at a
cabinet meeting informed Mr. Bona
parte of the wishes of the various
members of the delegation. It is un
derstood that Mr. Bonaparte will make
inquiry as to both Mr. Schuebel and
Mr. Bingham before submitting his rec
ommendation to the President.
Bourne Silent but Confident...
Mr. Bourne, when asked about his
indorsement of Mr. Schuebel, replied
that he had nothing to say at this .time:
He would not attempt to predict which
candidate the President will appoint,
but from the tenor of his conversation
it was quite apparent that he believes
he will win out over his colleagues.
He seems satisfied with Mr. Schuebel's
chances. s
Mr. Hawley recited the facts leading
up to the indorsement of Mr. Bingham,
which substantially support the state
ments previously made in these dis
patches. On December 26, Mr. Fulton,
Mr. Hawley and Mr. Ellis met to con
sider this appointment. Mr. Bourne
asked to be excused from that confer
ence, for he felt - it would be useless
for him to sit with the delegation, as
his mind was made up. After consid
ering the available candidates, Mr. Ful
ton and the two Representatives agreed
upon Mr. Bingham, because he is an
attorney of many years1 residence in
AND HE
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Oregon and a lawyer of recognised
ability and extensive practice in the
higher courts of the sjtate.- After
reaching their agreement the three
members of the delegation drafted 'a
etter to the Prsident recommending
Air. Bingham's appointment.
Alternatives Offered Bourne.
This letter was given to Mr. Hawley,
as Mr. Fulton and Mr. Ellis left for Ore
gon immediately after the conference.
Mf. Hawley was instructed to present
this letter to Mr. Bourne, out of cour
tesy to him and because of a desire to
unite the delegation on some available
candidate.. He was to submit it on three
conditions: , First, that, if Mr. Bourne
felt that he could unite with the other
members of the delegation on some can
didate other than Mr. Schuebel. the
matter would be open to reconsideration;
second, if Mr. Bourne desired further
time for reflection and wanted no action
taken immediately, the letter to the Pres
ident would be ' withheld temporarily;
third, if Mr. Bourne felt he must support
Mr. Schuebel continuously, then Mr. Haw
ley was to present the letter to the Pres
ident on behalf of his colleagues.
Mr. Hawley saw Mr. Bourne within an
hour after his conference with Mr. Ful
ton and Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Bourne prom
ised to notify him when he would be
ready to act. Last night he informed Mr.
Hawley that he would go with him to
the White House this morning.
Objection to One Candidate.
It is not known whether the President
will reach a decision before Congress as
sembles next Monday, or whether he will
make a careful investigation before send
ing a nomination to the Senate. From
what Mr. Bourne said, it Is inferred that
he believes actton will be prompt, but
it is hardly probable the President will
act before the Attorney-General reports.
In this connection it should be stated
that the Attorney-General would not con
sent to the appointment of one applicant
for the District Attorneyship, because he
is attorney for a defendant in the land
fraud cases soon - to be tried. . In view
of that ground, there is room for specu
lation as to whether Mr. Bonaparte will
consent to the appointment of a man so
close politically to George C. Brownell as
Mr. Schuebel is known to be. The point
has been made that if counsel for a land
fraud defendant is not capable of filling
the District Attorneyship, certainly a
close personal and political friend of
Brownell, who is yet to be tried, is no
better qualified.
Senator Against Senator.
When W. C: Bristol's nomination was
withdrawn from the Senate, the Attorney-General
requested both Senators to
submit the name of a man for appoint
ment to the vacancy, but did notrequest
the Congressmen to do so. But previous
to that time the delegation, as it had a
perfect right to do, agreed that the Con
gressmen should be consulted regarding
this appointment 'and.- inasmuch as they
were invited to participate by both Sen
ators, it is reasonable to expect the de
partment will give consideration to their
preferences. Mr. Bourne may profess that
this-contest tsorely between himself and
Mr. . Fulton, : In which trase the President
would be called upon to decide only be
tween two Senators, but such a course
is not probable, particularly as Mr. Bing
ham is a fellow-townsman of Mr. Haw
ley. Mr. Bourne, it is said, has no objection
to offer to Mr. Bingham, whereas ail the
other members of . the delegation are
strongly opposed to Mr. Schuebel. Should
Mr. Schuebel be appointed, his nomina
tion would go to the Judiciary commit
tee, of which Mr. Fulton is now a mem
ber, and another fight might follow, de
pending entirely on Mr. Fulton's attitude.
New Washington Postmasters.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 3. Washington Postmasters
appointed: Heine. Pearl H. Nygren, vice
W. J. Metcalf, resigned; Kerriston, John
A. McRae, vice J. J. W. Kerry, resigned:
Pysht. Harriet E. Haviland, vice William
Crawford, resigned. -
MERELY CAME BACK TO
IE CASE
IN JURY'S HANDS
Retire at 8:50 P. Mfor
Deliberation.
JUDGE WOOD FAVORS STATE
Instructions Are More Liberal
Than in Haywood Trial.
DEFENSE DOES NOT ARGUE
Refuses Hawley's Challenge to Pre
sent Other Side of Story Pet
tibone Is Carried- Into
the Courtroom.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 3. The jury In the
case of George A. Pettibone, charged with
conspiracy in the murder of ex-Governer
Frank Steunenberg, began its delibera
tions at 8:60 o'clock tonight. The last
day of .the trial was occupied by the ar
gument of James H. Hawley, for the
prosecution, and the Instructions of the
court.
The defense carried out its announced
resolution not to argue the case, thus
preventing Senator Borah from address
ing the jury. i Hawley fairly dared the
attorneys for Pettibone to speak In his
behalf, but they sat dumb when he con
cluded, and when asked by Judge Wood
if any argument would be presented by
the defense. Judge Hilton, answered:
"Certainly not." .
Carried to Courtroom.
The courtroom was cleared before the
jury retired, but the attorneys, defend
ant and a few of his friends waited for a
time in the hope of hearing .the verdict
tonight.. .
No session of court was held this after
noon' on account of the Illness of Juror
Stahl,' but he recovered" sufficiently for
the trial to proceed tonight. -Pettibone
was a very sick -man during the day, bat"
insisted on the trial being concluded. It
was- necessary to carry him to the court
room tonight.
Wants to Hear Other Side.
In closing Hawley argued that every
circumstance In the evidence pointed to
the guilt of Pettibone. Calling the list
of the score of men killed by Orchard,
the prosecutor said that every one was
an enemy of the Western Federation of
Miners, and he said that during that time
no friend of the Federation met his death
through violence. He said that whiie
Orchard was, he conceded, one of the
worst criminals of the century, he re
garded those who hired him and directed
him as vastly worse than he. He went
over the documentary evidence which,
he said, proved the defendant's guilt.
Hawley concluded at 8:10 and Judge
Wood asked Juror Stahl, who has been
REGISTER
PEN BOH
ill. if he felt able to proceed tonight.
'Tea." answered Stahl, "I would like to
hear the other side."
The significant remark was passed, and
Judge Wood proceeded with the reading
of his Instructions.
Instructions Favor State.
The instructions differed to some extent
from those given in the Haywood trial.
Judge Wood held that on proof of the ex
istence of a conspiracy to kill enemies of
the Western Federation of Miners; that
the defendant was a member of such con
spiracy; that Steunenberg was regarded
as an enemy of the Western Federation
of Miners and that If his murder was a
result of the conspiracy, the defendant
should be found guilty.
The jury was Instructed that if these
facts were proven, It was not necessary
to show that the defendant was cognizant
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Countess of Yarmouth; Formerly Mis
Alice Thaw, Who Has Sued .for
Divorce.
of the crime charged in the Indictment at
the time It was committed. The jury was
instructed that the accomplice must be
corroborated by independent testimony
tending .to connect the defendant with
the crime charged, but said that such
corroboration need not of itself be suffi
cient to prove the guilt of the accused.
The reading of the instructions was con
cluded at 8:50 o'clock and the jury re
tired for a .consideration of the case.
STATK IS WEIili SATISFIED
Prosecution Believes Its Case Has
. Been Clearly' Defined.
.' BOISE, Idaho. Jan." 3. SpeciaI.) Those
connected with" the prosecution In the
Pettibone case, express themselves as bet
ing well satisfied with the Instructions
given the jury by Judge Wood tonight,
and the feeling prevails that the views
of the state are more clearly defined.
The Instruction asked for by the defense
that the acquittal of. Haywood should be
taken into consideration by the jury wag
denied by Judge Wood, while a number
asked for by the state amplifying the
definition of the law of conspiracy were
granted.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. SO
degrees; minimum, 41.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Counte3 of Yarmouth. Harry Thaw's sister,
sues for divorce. Page 2.
Harden sentenced to Jail and court declares
names of Von Moltke and Zu Enlenburg
Meared.. Page 3.
Count Boni ind Prince de Sagan both refuse
to fight. Page 2.
Witte and Kuropatkin have controversy
about Russo-Japanese war. Page 5.
National.
Rival candidates for District Attorney
lecommended to Roosevelt. Page 1.
Rio Janeiro preparing hospitality for fleet.
Page 4.
Politics. .
Foraker denounces method of holding Ohio
primaries; Taft men defend them.
Page 4.
Domestic.
Pea5e conference between tobacco trust and
growers falls; details of Russellvllle raid.
Page 4.
Hackensack Meadow mystery solved by
identification of woman and arrest of
her husband. Page 5.
Judge Hint sentences Butte labor union
men who deported nonunionlsts. Page 4.
Governor orders troops to Euppress Muncle
riots. Page 2.
Colonel Burke, Vancouver - hisamist, pleads
guilty and makes strange request. Page 2.
Canadian Pacific steamer missing with 400
- persons on board and reported given up.
Page 5.
Sport.
Coast League practically give up hope of
six teams.' Page 5. '
Pacific Coast.
(Senator Fulton calls on Heney to make good
his charges, page.1.
More Japanese reach Vancouver. B. C-
Page 0.
Severe earthquake In the Arctic. Page 6.
Mad scramble for Mayor in Seattle. Page 6.
Pettibone case goes to Jury at 8:30 P. M.
Page 1.
Seattle labor unions boycott 1909 Exposition.
Page l.
' Commercial and Marine.
Strong undertone In Northwestern oats mar
ket. Page 15.
Wheat advance held down by free selling.
Page 15.
Sharp fluctuations in stock prices. Page 15.
Trade is quiet in nearly all sections. Page 15
Sailing vessel collides with the lightship off
the mouth of the Columbna River.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
President Ross of defunct Title Trust Bank
now willing to devote private fortune to
payment of creditors; W. M. Ladd and
Surety Company not yet In agreement.
Page 1.
United Railways system proves its worth to
business men. Page lO.
Contractors attack policy of city in with
holding payment for work completed.
Page 10.
Police demand appointment of bail and war
rant officer for duty at central station.
Page 10.
Business men of state out of patience with
Harrlman'l policy of delay and neglect.
"Page 10.
Louis J. Wilde, threatens to abandon plan
for reorganisation of Oregon Trust ft
Savings Bank, page 7.
Receipts of Street Railway Company show
big increase over year ago. Page 14.
CALLS DN HENEY
TO "MAKE GOOD
Fulton Demands Facts
as to Charges.
BRANDS REPORTS AS BASE LIES
Insists Prosecutor Deny
Prove Insinuations.
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SENATOR IS NOT AFRAID
Confident He Has Knowingly Hone
Xo Wrong, He Is Willing; People
of Oregon Shall Inspect Every
Act of His Official Career.
ASTOP.IA. Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) Tired
of the insinuations which Francis J.
Heney has been quoted as making regard
ing his official acts, United States Sena
tor Fulton today addressed an open let
ter to Mr. Heney, calling on him cither
to. deny his responsibility for the insinua
tions or to make a public statement of
the alleged facts on which the accusations
are based, so that the people may judge
as to their truth or falsity. Senator Ful
ton's letter is as follows:
"Malicious He," Says Fulton.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3, 11)08 Mr. Francis
J. Heney Sir: During your recent visit to
Portland there appeared In The Oregonian
a purported Interview with you In which
you were quoted aa saying that you had la
your possession evidence that' I have been
guilty of some corrupt act. My attention
having been called thereto by a representa
tive of a Portland newspaper. I said: "If, as
reported by you. Mr. Heney charges that I
have been guilty of any manner of corrup
tion, I brand the statement as a wilful, de
liberate and malicious lie."
My answer was published December 20 last,
and I assumed that In view of such state
ment' you would adopt the only manly course
Open to you and. either repudiate the Inter
view or make a public and frank statement
of the facta, or alleged facts, on which your
statement was based. You have done neither,
although in a Washington paper you are re
ported to have said that you "never said In
an interview for publication discreditable
things regarding Fulton," but that "a Port
land paper may have printed some thing
you said privately."
"Let the Facts Be Given."
Whether uttered privately or publicly,
openly .or secretly, any charge that I have
been guilty of a corrupt or discreditable act
fcs an Infamous falsehood.
I therefor demand that In Justice to my
self and the people of this state, whom I have
the honor in part to represent in the Congress
of the United States, you publicly and specif
ically set forth the grounds on which you base
the charg-a of wrong-doing on my part. You
shall not longer hide behind Insinuations. Let
the facts be given and given at once. If facts
there be. I stand ready, at all tltnea to meet
any charge that may be brought against my
record as an official and, confident in the
knowledge that 1 have knowingly done no
wrong, will undertake to satisfy the people
of Oregon of the rectitude of my conduct and
official career.
v C. W. FCLTON.
BOYCOTT THE EXPOSITION
SEATTLE UNION .DISGRUNTLED
AT COMMITTEE.
Want Strictly Union Labor Clause
Embodied in Contract, Which Is
Refused Other Labor Troubles.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 3. (Special.)
At a meeting; of the Building Trades
Council tonight, the assembly voted to
call upon labor organizations everywhere
In the country to lend support to oppo
sition to the 1509 fair. Action was taken
after the executive committee of the ex
position had refused to incorporate in
building contracts a clause specifying
that only union men be employed.
J. E. Chllberg, president of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition, says:
"After considering the demands of the
union, the executive committee decided
it could not discriminate. Money sub
scribed for the exposition came from all
people. We do not object to unions nor
union men. We refuse to play favorites."
By the declaration of the open-shop
policy, notices of whtcb went into effect
yesterday, causing the walking out of 160
employes in the metal works of this city.
Seattle Is facing a general strike which
means that at least 5U0O men will oecome
involved, and at least $1,000,000 in building
will be retarded before a settlement Is
reached.
The contractor for the new J150.000
First Methodist Episcopal Church todav
defied the unions and placed a force of
non-union men at work. . Both master
builders and the unionists are now await
ing results, and full development of the
strike may not come to a general walk
out until next Monday.
Files Brief in Boundary Suit.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 3. Senator Plle-s.of coun
sel for the State of Washington, today
filed a brief In the Supreme Court in
the case of the State of Washington
versus the State of Oregon, involving
the ownership of islands in the Colum
bia River. Both stateu are claiming
Jurisdiction and sovereignty to val
uable Islands and sands in the channel
near the' mouth of the river, and the
brief filed today answers the brief filed
by the State of Oregon, December
in the same case.