Morning Oregonian., January 04, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. JANUARY 4, 1905.
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SEEKING GIT! TO
TAKE SIXTH PLACE
But Coast Baseball League
Does Not Expect to
Find It.
SALT LAKE TURNED DOWN
Committee Will Arrange Schedule
Today Without Awaiting Action
on Xew Teams Will Be
30 Weeks' Play.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. (Special.)
No definite action was taken at the
annual meeting- of the Pacific Coast
League, held in this city today, as re
gards the number of clubs that will
hold membershlo during the coming
season. The l.tis Angeles business
men, R. F. Goings and his associates,
who want an additional club in South
ern California, were told they would be
given a franchise if another city were
secured, and a committee consisting of'
Henry Berry. E. M. Walter and J. Cal
Kwing was appointed with full power
to act In the matter of enlarging the
league.
The committee was given a week to
act, but, without quoting Individuals.
It can bo announced that the league
does not anticipate any change. In
short, it is desired to let the Southern
California applicants down as easy as
poswlhle. San Jose and Sacramento are
the only possibilities to make up the
sixth franchise and the conditions are
not satisfactory.
Arrange Schedule Today.
An adjournment of the league direct
ors was taken until tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock, when unfinished busi
ness will be settled and the schedule
committee will get down to work.
That opening and closing dates were
announced tonight, with a further in
timation that a four-team schedule will
be presented for discussion today, is
the best evidence in the world that the
league will stand as it is.
Under the schedule that has been
tentatively arranged by Judge Mc
, Credle. which will in all probability be
adopted, the season will open Saturday,
April 4 and close Sunday, October SI,
which will give 33 weeks of baseball,
as last year. Oakland will open the
season at Los Angeles, and Portland
at San Francisco.
The Salt Lake application for a
franchise was received, but tabled, the
distance being too great for the re
quest to be seriously considered.
Old Officers Re-elected.
The old officers were re-elected as
follows: President, J. Cal Ewtng: first
vice-president, W. W. McCredle, of
P'ortiand; second vice-president, C. W.
Pendieton. of I,os Angeles; secretary
and treasurer, D. W. Long: directors,
V. M. Ish. E. At. Walter, W. W. Mc
Crrdie and C. W. Pendleton.
The question of free days for
women and children was left to the dis
cretion of the clubs, the management
to seloct whatever aay seems best, and
to have as many such days as is
thought advisable.
The selection of the umpires has
been left in the hands of President
Kwing. Kred Perrlne and Ralph Frary
have been suggested and possibly
Jimmy Toman and Lou Mahaffey will
be given a chance.
ROSS WILLING TO GIVE UP
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specified out of the proceeds of the assets
of the said corporation, bat that in any
event, and If there shall not be enough
proceeds from the assets collected within
aid periods, that he will pay the balance
thiit may then he due to each depositor
Fifth The said William M. Ladd further
aerees to pay Interest on all the s&Jd de
posits at the rate of four (4) per cent per
annum from the 'date of the proof and allow
ance of the claims of each depositor, as
hereinafter mentioned.
Sixth Each depositor shall, within
days, present the amount of his claim as de
positor to the receiver of the United States
Court aforesaid, who shall, if the same be
satisfactorily proved, allow the same
Seventh The said William M. Ladd fur
ther screes to pay all of the expenses that
have been Incurred by Multnomah County.
Oregon. In the experting of the books of
the corporation to date.
Elhth The said parties of the first part,
acting for themselven and for all other de
positors of the said bank, hereby agree that
they will, and that the said depositors will,
extend the time for the payment of their
deposits as hereinbefore provided.
In witness whereof, the parties have here
unto set their hands and seals this
day of January, IWKS.
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No Agreement With Surety Coin parry
The American Surety Company haa r e
celved no pledge from Mr. Ladd, as j et,
though an agreement between them as
expected yesterday and the day be.,re.
The company wants Mr. Ladd to taf ,e off
its hands its agreement to pay the state
within two years with 6 p r cent
interest: it also wants him to r .ay the
company 1100,000 within a "rear ;onable"
time, evidently a year or less . These
terms Mr. I,add regards too onerous.
Some of his friends huve urg him to
let the surety company shift. for itself;
others, to let the surety comp j,y "sweat"
until It will consent to easier conditions.
Reports that Mr. Ladd Is preparing to
repudiate any obligation t o the surety
company are denied by Mr. Iadd's
Mends, and they point cJt that, accord
ing to his promise to de positors of $500
or more he Is bound to pay the surety
company, along with til em. within three
years, at 4 per cent.
The company is not J u-essing the settle
ment with Mr. Ladd. perhaps because it
thinks It has a fair chance to get the
state s money wltho ,t it by having the
Federal Court pr mounce the school
money a trust fund . which should be re
turned dollar for iqilar. out of the first
funds realized t:.i m the bank's assets.
Such an tnterpr tation of the school
money was ask .d of Judge Wolverton
yesterday, in-a ; petition presented by Mr.
Bristol for the. surety company and the
state.
Claims or Surety Company.
The petitiot. cites that the report of ex
Receiver Hi?) does not show matters of
high Importiince. such as the following:
(a) whether the capital stock of the Title
Company as paid for In cash and if it
was so pu id for. what has become of the
money, or how It has been used; (b) how
the stool ; was subscribed, and In what
amounts, and whether any stock remain
In the company's treasury; (c) whether
the company operated a department of Are
insurance: (d) "Nor has any showing
been made by any receiver to this court
of the amount of moneys which should
have been on hand at the time of suspen
sion of busines of said company. Includ
ing among other things a transfer of
money to trust accounts of some 376,000: a
transfer of money amounting to the sum
of 326,000, either through or to Ladd &
Tilton or the United States Mortgage &
Trust Company or both; a transfer of
moneys, constituting the application of a
credit of some 317,000. upon a note held
by said company against one J. Thorburn
Ross, and the amount of moneys actually
shown by the books ' of said company,
which should have been on band, approx-
imatlng the sum of 3133,000 or thereabouts,
so near as your petitioners can specify,
or what became of said moneys, and to
what uses applied, and by whom trans
ferred, ' taken or diverted, if such were
done, between October 28. 1907, and No
evmber 6, 1907."
Want School Fund Restored.
The petition asks that the school fund
be restored to the State by the receiver
of the bank "prior to the pay
ment of any sums oi money to any other
person, individual or association"; and
that an account be rendered of the money
placed in the bank by State Treasurer
Steel, and of the places where the money
was paid out and disbursed, and to
whom, in order to determine whether
the money was used for other than State
purposes.
Receiver Mears has asked for authority
to distribute 334,000 trust funds, and the
petition asks that such distribution be
not authorized until "matters herein al
leged are fully determined." since the
distribution would deplete the school
fund. The petition urges that the school
fund was held as a trust by the bank,
and was unlawfully used by its officers;
therefore that It should be restored.
State Stands to Gain.
If this contention should be upheld, the
state will get back its 288,000 school
money and free the surety company from
further liability. As to the $107,000 other
state money in the bank, the company
would fall back on the timber land col
lateral assigned by the bank to the state
Just before the wreck. This collateral" is
a trust deed to 19,000 acres of timber land
in Benton County, and a $418,000 mort
gage on 9000 acres in Marion.
The receiver's attorney, Joseph Simon,
yesterday reiterated the intention of the
receiver to seek return of the collateral
to the bank, on the ground that it was
illegally transferred to the state Just be
fore the failure. Should the surety com
pany fall in ita trust contention. It will
fall back entirely on the collateral, pro
vided it Ehall receive no pledge from
Mr. Ladd.
The legal business of adjusting the '
bank's affairs, preparatory to the fail
ure, was performed by Wallace Mo .
Camant, between October 28 and Nf .
vember 2. For that service the or x
pense account was charged with f XI 4)0
on November 2, and this sum r ;as
credited on McCamant's $5000 not, to
the bank. This made McCamaj.it a
favored creditor for $1000, the same
way that Ross was favored witfi, 317,
000 credits and Ladd & Tiltoj-, with
$26,000 in cash at the same t ,ne.
Salaries Were Raise J.
The bank officers were f 0 dazzled
by the supposed wealth off the bank,
after gazing at the enhar 1Ced values
of Its assets in the "eusper .so" account,
that they raised their say aries to gen
erous figures, during the . high finance
carnival. Ross was rat ed from $5000
a year in 1906, to $60 jo In 1907. In
1906 hla salary was $J000 and he re
ceived an additional ,' gift of $2000, In
consideration of hls. valuable services.
In 1905 his compensation was $2600,
with $275 additions' i.
T. T. Burkhart v as paid $150 a month
in 1902-3-4-5, as assistant secretary to
Ross. In 1906 he t received a bonus of
$1200, making $7,000 in all. Beginning
with July. 190f,, his pay was $250 a
month, and tv 1th July, 1907, $300 a
month.
John E. Alt? .fhison. as secretary, drew
$250 a mon.' h, beginning with July,
1907. Durirv the year preceding, he re
ceived $175 a month. His brother, C.
B. Aitchia' an, now Railroad Commis
sioner, to en trust officer of the bank,
was pay,! in 1906 $100 and $125 a
month.
Geor;e H. Hill, vice-president, drew
after J uly, 1907, $200 a month, and dur
ing tl e year preceding $150 a month.
Other salaries were: P. P. Dabney, ab
stract department. $175; H. N. Hos
sick, bond department. $250; H. N.
Steele, real estate department, $176;
Jonn Kollock, $100; Charles H. Kopf,
V-76.
History of Big Debt.
The big debt to Ladd & Tilton began
from the year the Title company or
ganized in 1891 to carry on a title ab
stract business. The Title company
drew on Ladd & Tilton to make up
Its deficiencies. The debt paid as high
as $5000 a month Interest for a time
in 1904. The debt by years on De
cember 31. was as follows: 1891.
$2035.59: 1892, $3448.58: 1893, $3521.18;
1894. $4974.21: 1895. $35,170.27: 1S96,
$47,173.08: 1897, $63,908.13; 1898, $79.
378.86: 1S9D, $123,485.83; 1900, $1S0,
420.22; 1901. $279,686.56: 1902. $414,
255.23; 1903, $578,638.80; 1904. $715.
574.03; April 15. 1907. $769,794; Novem
ber 6. 1907. $607,256.
Ross carried his account in the oank in
a peculiar manner. His personal ac
count with the bank closed December CO.
1905. with an entry transferring $3764.07
to his personal cash book. Thereafter his
money was carried as a part of the tel
ler's cash, but not entered on the teller's
cash book. The only account of Ross'
personal money was kept In his personal
cash book and In his persnal ledger.
Books Have Vanished.
Both books have vanished. Ross would
draw checks on the teller's cash but the
vouchers, In the form of canceled checks,
arc not to be found. By this method
Ross had free access to the funds of the
bank for his own purposes.
CRAVEN ETTES HALF-PRICE
Clearance Sale to Reduce Stock.
Entirely too many coats on hand at
the Brownsville Woolen Mill Store; he
ginning today they will be sold in the
special clearance sale at just half
price. A Cure for Misery.
"I have found a cure for the misery
malaria poison produces,' savs R. M.
James, of Ixuellen, S. C. "It's called
Electric Bitters, and comes in ,"0-cent
bottles. It breaks up a case of chills or
a bilious attack In almost no time; and
it puts yellow jaundice clean out of
commission." This great tonic medi
cine and blood purifier gives quick re
lief in all stomach, liver and kidney
complaints and the misery of lame
back. Sold under guarantee at Wood
ard, Clarke & Co.'s drugstore.
VESSEL MISSING
.WITH 400 SOULS
Steamer Mount Royal Long
Overdue With Host of
Immigrants.
OWNERS ABANDON HOPE
Sailed December 7 From Wntwerp
for St. John and Not Heard Of. j
Steamer Hungarian May
Have Gone to .3Md.
hope is given ryp.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jm.( 3.. (Spe
cial.) A private di&patrt-j from To
ronto says the C. P. R.-'aas given up
hope for the steamer Afount Royal
overdue from Antwerp j with 400 pas-
sengera.
ST. JOHN, X. B.. J an. s. No word haa
yet been received hi 3re of the Canadian
Pacific line steamep Mount Royal, which
left Antwerp on D -ember 7 for St. John,
having on board f.m immigrants, mostly
Italians and Jewr , besides a crew num
bering more than 100 men.
The Canadian Pacific officials In this
city, while expr esslng anxiety regarding
the vessel, Bin ted today that they be
lieved the stoimer probably had met
with some accident to her machinery
which had ca jused her to drift far out of
her course, ,nd that she would be heard
from in du, time at some other port.
MAY H.WE GONE TO RESCUE
HungaJ-lan ' From. Greenock Sup
posed to Help Mount Royal.
LOf DON, Jan. 3. The nbn-arflval of
the A .an line steamship Hungarian,
whicJ , sailed from Greenock, Scotland,
Dec..mber 14, and is now a week over
duu at Portland, Me., leads shipping
me n to believe that she has fallen in
w th the Canadian Pacific liner Mount
Bf oyal, which is now long over-due at
3 t. John, N. B.
MYSTERY IN HIS DEATH
J. F. Gist, Carpenter, May Have
Been Murdered In Montana.
HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 3. (Special.) A
special from Red Lodge says that there
is much mystery over the death of J. F.
Gist, a carpenter who had recently ar
rived there from the Coast. Gist was
possessed of a considerable -sum of
money, and upon his dead body being
found in a lodging-house, it was penni
less. An autopsy is now being held by
the coroner to determine the cause of
death. There is evidence of a severe
abrasion of the skull.
From papers on his body it is learned
that Gist has relatives in Portland, Los
Angeles and St. Louis.
Gist's relatives in Portland could not
be located last night.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Mrs. Mary R. Morrow, Resident of
Clark County 50 Years.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan.' 3. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Mary R. Morrow, an aged
pioneer of Clark County, died suddenly
at her home last evening. Mrs. Morrow
started on a short errand. On her way
home, she suffered an attack, of heart
disease, and died shortly after reaching
home. Deceased was the wife of George
Morrow and had been a resident of Clark
County for upward of 50 years. For
many yeare she lived with her family, at?
the corner of Sixth street and Esther
avenue, where she died. She leaves a,
husband and six children.
Mrs. W. E. Sylvester.
THE DALLES. Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
Mrs. William E. Sylvester, a resi
dent of The Dalles since 1860, died at
her home here today after a prolonged
Illness. Anna May Johnson was born
in Indianapolis, Ind., October 3, 1848,
spending the early years of her child
hood in that city. When 12 years old,
being left an orphan, she went to live
with the family of H. P. Isaacs, and
with them made the trip to Oregon, ar
riving in The Dalles late in 1860. In
1868 she was married to Mr. Sylvester,
and since resided here with her hus
band. Three of her children survive
her Mrs. Emory Oliver. Mrs. Melville
Murchle and Frank Sylvester, all of
Oroville, Cal.
Mrs. M. I,. Kmniitt.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 3. Mrs. M. L. Em
mitt, the aged mother of Mrs. J. Q.
Barnes, ani a pioneer of this state,
died at the home of her daughter here
this morning, after a lingering illness.
GETS BACK STOLEN WATCH
Cordray's Good Deeds Inscribed
Therein Move Thief's Heart.
DENVER. 1 Colo., Jan. 3 (Spectel.J
John F. Cordray. manager of the, New
Majestic Theater, had a birthday last
month and John W. Considine, one of the
owners of the theater, presented him
with a watch suitably engraved. Monday
night his watch was stolen whfle he was
on a streetcar.
Last night Mr. Cordray was. standing In
front of the theater when a man stepped
up and handed him the watch.
"A friend of mine took this off of you
by mistake last Monday nlgYit" explained
the stranger. "He was going to pawn
it, but, when he saw the. inscription In
side', he hadn't the heart. So he gave it
to me to return to yot, and I thought
perhaps you would let me have a couple
of seats."
"You can have anything in the Ma-,
jestic," cried Mr. Oordray. ,
Buys More Silver.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The Treas
ury Department today purchased 300,
000 ounces of "silver for delivery in
equal amounts at San Francisco, New
Orleans and Denver, at. 55.567 cents per
fine ounce.
Another Arizona Reserve.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The Presi
dent has signed a proclamation creat
ing the Verde National Forest In Ari
sona. wtth an area of 721.780 acres, lo
cated in Maricopa and Yavapai Counties.
IS HELD
Identification of Murdered
Woman Complete.
HOME LIFE NOT HAPPY
Wife of Brooklyn Motorman and
Testimony of Husband and Sister
Show That Quarrels Were
Numerous In the Home.
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 3. Following
a searching examination during which
many incidents of his life were laid
bare. Theodore S. Whitmore. the hus
band, was held by the Now Jersey
police tonight as a suspect in the
death of "Lena" Whitmore. who was
beaten Insensible, stripped of her
clothing and drowned in a pond on
the Hackensack Meadows In Harrison
on the morning of December 2.
Whitmore, who had been detained1
in New York, was taken to Harrison
tonight and having definitely identi
fied his wife's body, was vigorously
questioned by the authorities. The na
ture of his testimony determined the
police to keep him within the Juris
diction of the local courts.
Identified, as Helen Whitmore.
The murdered woman was Helen
Whitmore, who with her husband,
Theodore S. Whitmore, conducted a
furnished rooming-house at 235 Adams
street. Brooklyn. The identification
was made by the woman's sister, Mrs.
Susan Schmitter, of the Bronx.
, Mrs. Schmitter furnished to the po
lice what is believed to be the most
Important information. She told of a
series of letters and telegrams received
ty lierself and her sister in Schenectady-,
purporting to come from Mrs.
"Whitmore. but some of which must
Have been written after her death. A
trunk belonging to Mrs. Whitmore had
also been sent mysteriously to" her
home, Mrs. Schmitter said.
Seen Xear Where- Body Is Found.
Mrs. Whitmore left her home on
Christmas day with the intention, ac
cording to her husband, of making a
visit to her sister, Mrs. Bessie Hughes,
whose home is in Schenectady. At 2
o'clock the next morning, she was seen
in the company of a man on the Hack
ensack Meadows. That afternoon her
nude body was found partly submerged
in a pool of water near where ahe had
been seen. The next day Mrs. Whit
more's trunk was deliverd at her sis
ter's home in the Bronx.
Whitmore is a Brooklyn Elevated
motorman. who ordinarily works
nights. He did not go to work Christ
mas night. He explained today that
he was taken ill with the grip after
his wife left their home and that he
had not been able to work since.
Frequent Quarrels at Home.
He had frequently quarreled with
his wife, he said, and was not sur
prised when she failed to return home.
They had quarreled, he said, because
she had accepted attentions from two
other men. Today Whitmore placed
an advertisement in a Brooklyn paper
offering, his furnished-room , business
for sale.
Last night Whitmore visited the
morgue at Harrison and. though he ad
mitted a familiar appearance, he would
not say that the body was that of his
wife. Today Whitmore was examined
at police headquarters In Brooklyn and
finally expressed the opinion' that the
Harrison identification was correct. He
was certain, however, that he had re
ceived two messages from Ills, wife
after she left him.
He was detained on suspicion and
HUSBAND
GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK
COR. SIXTH AND ALDER STREETS
PORTLAND. OREGON
TO WHOM ST MAY
CONCERN
"The judicious advocate will never forget that a goofl cause
may be quickly lost by too much zeal."
If you Oregonians are going to keep up this rabble and news
paper talk indefinitely, I quit. "What the depositors want is
money and not dope. If you (anybody) think you, -can drive me
into a bad bargain, it, is better you get this out of your system
immediately. I will return every certificate of deposit in my
charge to the attorneys of the various corporations I represent
with instructions to collect and show no mercy, if your attitude
is continued for another twenty-four hours. I owe no person any
apologies and am asking for no favors, no positions and no money,
only an opportunity to help pay the depositors in full and make
good and clear my name of the ungrateful attacks and insinua
tions which are constantly being vomited up by a hobo element.
January 3, 1908.
tonight was again taken to Harribon,
where he made his identification posi
tive. Mrs. Margaret O'Neill, a neighbor of
the Whitmores, went to Harrison to
night and identified the body. Mrs.
O'Neill said that the Whitmores were
at her home Christmas day and ieft
together at 4:30 after having had a
quarrel In her presence.
Mrs. Schmitter fainted after recog
nizing her sister's body today. When
she had regained her senses she said:
"Ever since poor Lena married her
life has been miserable. On Monday
of last week Lena left her home in
Brooklyn and came to my house. Her
face was bruised and cut. That night
her husband appeared and begged her
to return home with him. She finally
consented, but first she left with me
her watch, her ring and $12 In money."
Whitmore told the police of his
struggle to live down an unpleasant
past and how a faithless wife had held
over his head a threat of exposure to
make known to new acquaintances
here what he now admits that he was
serving a sentence in Dannamora pris
on when pardoned by Governor Black.
Bitter quarrels and as many reconcilia
tions marked their married life of 15
years. His wife. b,e said, had become
infatuated with a sailor known to him
only as "Harry," but when she re
turned home at Christmas, following a
five-days' absence, he greeted her with
a "Merry Christmas."
She failed to respond, and they quar
reled on the street. He thought that
she had a bottle of acid and attempted
to take It from her. In the struggle
they both fell. Later they effected
a truce and had dinner together. Then
he went out on an errand and when
he returned to the house she had left,
never to return.
Whitmore said that on the day his
wife disappeared he had given her $15.
He knew absolutely nothing, he said, of
how she came to be in New Jersey,
or of the manner of her death.
TO ENLIST
GANG ROUNDED UP' IN ALBANY
TAKES TROOP TRAIN.
Awaits Deportation on Overland,
Officer Suggests Enlistment and .
Whole Gang Likes the Idea.
ALBANY. Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
Out of work and acting on the im
pulse of the moment, two dozen men
enlisted in the Fourteenth Infantry en
route through Albany last night, and
started for the Philippines. Police of
ficer Catlin had rounded up 25 idle
men who were temporarily hobos, to
ship on the south-bound Overland.
While they were at the deoot waiting.
a troop train carrying the First Battal-
Ion of the Fourteenth Infantry came in.
Catlin, who is an old soldier, suggested
to the men that they enlist, and the Idea
"took." All but one, who was too old,
boarded the train," expecting to be ex
amined and mustered in en route.
LAWYER ROBS A SALOON !
i
Together With Client Visits Gamb
ling Joint and Empties Till.
ELY, Nev., Jan. 3. It is charged
that late yesterday afternoon Attorney
Anthony Jurich, of Ely, accompanied
by James Doran, his client, journeyed
to Ripleton, a few miles from this
city, held up and robbed the saloon
and gambling-house of L. Johnson, a
partner of Doran, whom Doran claims
refused to allow - him a share of the
profits or to withdraw his half of the
money Invested. Jurich, it Is alleged,
held everyone in the room back by
flourishing a revolver, commanding
them not to Interfere with Doran, aa
be was taking what belonged to him.
Doran Is said to have secured $19J.
from the roulette wheel and cash reg
ister. The two men then left hurriedly.
They were arrested here this morning
and released on $500 ball.
Yours truly, - '
L. J. WILDE,
PRESIDENT GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK
BATTLE WITH PENS
Witte and Kuropatkin Deal
Doughty Blows.
WHO WAS CAUSE OF, WAR?
General Tries to Make Statesman
Scapegoat, but Meets Vigorous
Retort Witte Is Gaining
Hisost Prestige. ;
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3. The con
troversy between Count Witte and
General Kuropatkin over Kuropatkln's
testimony at the trial of General Stoes
sel, which has been conducted at length
for several days In the Novoe Vremya,
has developed into a discussion of
Count Witte's role in the so-called
Eastern Adventure and the extent- of
his responsibility for the war. This
the enemies of Count Witte have per
sistently endeavored to saddle upon
him.
General Kuropatkin. In a series of
MY HOME
FOR
Jingoism is making new history for Oregon so go on
with these moving pictures of crime, murder, robberies,
bank failures, hold-ups, daily raps, investigations, arson
and rape. Let the wide world know all about your dirtv
linen,, and just how rotten your city of "Moses" is.
It will attract the Eastern settler and hasten the new
comer to the sacred limits of this pious city.
Turn from the Title Guarantee to the Oregon Trust
but keep on Kn to the Merchants National then for a
flank movement to the peaceful Commonwealth Trust.
Do not stop here, but dive deeper into the mysteries of
municipal affairs then on for bigger game. Peep into
larger banks, not closed for mining stunts and gas gazers,
then to franchises and laud frauds. Keep up your gentle
ness and your daily cry of prosperity in one column and
rottenness in the other. - It will build a city, restore confi
dence and open all banks. These daily injunctions are
among the many inducements offered new blood and out
side capital to come, build homes and rear their young.
Pat on the back the idler, the label-paster and pickle
packer; toot the little tin horn of insinuation; ping-pong
the toy pistol for peanut statesmen.
Hang high the banner of "Oregon for Oregonians"
you're making history, I say. Your extended lily-white
hand of welcome is LEMONS.
My God, what a place for Heney!
' "WILDE."
lettera. has sought to prove that Witte
was responsible for the foundation of
Port Dalny, which, the General de
clares, gave the Japanese an Inval
uable base during the siege of Port
Arthur and also interfered with the
prompt dispatch of heavy artillery to
the fortress. :
Witte Opposed Daluj.
Replying to these letters today.
Count Witte explicitly declares he waa
opposed to the establishment either of
a military or a commercial port In
Chinese territory, and says that the
policy of leaving the Kwantung Pen
insula and extending the railroad line .
thither was adopted over his head. He
ascribes the occupation of Port Arthur
by the Russians to the initiative of
Count Muravieff. who then was Foreign
Minister, and declares he was so in- '
dignant at the move that he Immed
iately broke off all relations with Mur
avieff. . His Prestige Reviving.
Count Witte challenges General
Kuropatkin to prove that he ever called
attention to Port Dalny as a strategic
menace to Port Arthur before the war,
and says that Kuropatkin, in 1903,
stated that Port Arthur was able to
resist the whole Japanese army and
defend Kwantung Peninsula in Man
churia. The controversy has greatly restored
Count Witte's dimmed prestige and
brought him prominently into the pub
lic eye. Among his partisans is Pre
mier Stolypln, who in a recent conver
sation said he Was a great admirer
of Witte's talents and would be glad
to have him In the cabinet, were it
not for the opposition to him In the
highest quarters.